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18 Dec, 2018 :: My favourite albums of 2018
Busdriver .:. Electricity is On Our Side
Favourite Track: Right Before the MiracleFeminazgul .:. The Age of Men Is Over
Favourite Track: To the ThroatOpen Mike Eagle .:. What Happens When I Try To Relax
Favourite Track: Southside EagleMitski .:. Be The Cowboy
Favourite Track: NobodyJean Grae & Quelle Chris .:. Everythings’ Fine
Favourite Track: Gold Purple OrangeBlood Orange .:. Negro Swan
Favourite Track: Runnin’ ft. Georgia Anne MuldrowMilo .:. budding ornithologists are weary of tired analogies
Favourite Track: failing the stress test (iguessillbeheadingthen)Georgia Anne Muldrow .:. Overload
Favourite Track: OverloadOptiganally Yours .:. O.Y. in Hi-Fi
Favourite Track: Too Close To The SunNao .:. Saturn
Favourite Track: Another LifetimeNomadic War Machine .:. Always ↙↙↙ Forever
Favourite Track: No Gods No BoyfriendsBrandi Carlile .:. By The Way, I Forgive You
Favourite Track: Hold Out Your HandTuyo .:. Pra Curar
Favourite Track: Me LevaNoName .:. Room 25
Favourite Track: BlaxploitationGhost .:. Prequelle
Favourite Track: Pro MemoriaCzarface & MF Doom .:. Czarface meets Metal Face
Favourite Track: Phantoms ft. Open Mike Eagle & Kendra Morrisserpentwithfeet .:. soil
Favourite Track: mourning songMC Paul Barman .:. (((echo chamber)))
Favourite Track: (((believe that))) ft. Open Mike EagleSaba .:. Care for Me
Favourite Track: Logout ft. Chance the RapperThe Breeders .:. All Nerve
Favourite Track: MetaGoth
Honourable Mentions & Singles
Black Thought .:. Streams of Thought Vols. 1 & 2 (Double EP)
Wax Mannequin .:. Have a New Name
Andre 3000 .:. Look Ma No Hands (Single)
Lizzo .:. Truth Hurts (Single)
Childish Gambino .:. This Is America (Single)
06 Oct, 2015 :: Moving
Last week my wife and I decided to move from Eugene, Oregon to my home town of Lexington, South Carolina.
The decision didn't come lightly at first, but the longer I think on it the more I feel that it is simply the right thing to do for our family.
Some back story: In 2003 I was nineteen years old...
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30 Jun, 2015 :: The Smiths
When I was about 14 I started listening to metal and punk almost exclusively. The loud, sloppy, noisy, and angry kind. The stuff that sounds good when you are a kid and parents just don't understand. Since I was a certified poseur I also read all of the rock and punk magazines that I could get my hands on. Despite... Continue Reading ->
15 Jun, 2014 :: Big Brother
On 21 October our second child was born. We named him Opal Poseidon. Opal is calm and completely at peace with the world that surrounds him— no matter how boisterous that world may be. As the one in the room onto which the title of 'adult' is bestowed, this brings me near to the point of sneering at times. His... Continue Reading ->
15 Jun, 2014 :: Scrabble
It seems that at some point everyone says (at least to themselves) that if only TROUTING were a word they would be up 61 points. Could I play it off? Try, like Kramer, to use it in a sentence and trick my opponent? ("Quone. To quone something. Well, you won't find it in there, you need a medical dictionary!") Or,... Continue Reading ->