the buff who fell to earth

Happy Sinéad Ripping Photo of Pope on SNL Day to all who celebrate. Fight the real enemy.

This is one of the most interesting albums I've ever heard, mixes post-/art rock, glitch, and avant-garde metal with traditional Brazilian (Candomblé and Capoeira) music, lyrics in Portuguese, Tupi, and Yoruba. Found via Roadburn's announcement that Antropoceno will be playing this album in full at next year's festival, wishlisted because of that sweet sweet cover art called "Missionary Being Eaten by Jaguar". Antropoceno - No Ritmo da Terra (2026) https://sonhostomamconta.bandcamp.com/album/no-ritmo-da-terra #Antropoceno

Happy Dolly Parton Day to all who celebrate (9/25)! It’s a great day to be kind af and wear some sparkles. #DollyParton

I had drafted this the other day with a different pop culture thing in mind, but it's also relevant today so: I always find it strange that there seems to be a parallel tendency to provide a personal stamp of approval when (rightly) stating another community/gender/etc. than your own deserves human rights (e.g., "as the father of a daughter, I think women should have bodily autonomy" or "as the friend of a trans person, I think everyone should have access to gender-affirming care") but then to provide a personal criticism of someone's art when (also rightly) pointing out their horrid human rights views (e.g., "good riddance to them for not standing against genocide/transphobia, I think their music/books sucked anyway"). I know the intentions are good, but, like, we don't need to provide a personal justification for why we stand up for human rights. And cutting someone's art out of your life for moral reasons even though you loved it says much more than if you never liked it at all.

Lol new diss track just dropped…by Tom Waits about a house fly. “Why don’t you go out and eat cat shit with your mom.” Tom Waits - “The Fly” (2026) https://tomwaits.bandcamp.com/album/the-fly

ambient noise project called Only Fans, featuring recordings from inside my house where all i can hear is fans.

This album is so lovely, the 4th from Glen Hansard's band, The Frames, just turned 25 back in April. Part of it was recorded by Steve Albini. The Frames - For the Birds (2001) https://theframes.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-birds

Tiny Desk Concert - Glen Hansard (June 2012) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFlMFVwgIQI

i'm kinda sorta starting to wish the theory that this universe/existence isn't real and is just a computer simulation or someone's dream or whatever is actually true. mostly because my brain cannot comprehend WTAF is going on. just absolute madness.

Tiny Desk Concert - The Swell Season (August 2009) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crS5ti-Py7Q

Possibly my favourite movie soundtrack ever, I think I know every single note. Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová - Once soundtrack (2007) https://album.link/i/254347531

Has a novel been published yet that mentions Angine de Poitrine?

TIL Death Cab for Cutie's name comes from a track on this Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band album, lol. Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Gorilla (1967) https://album.link/i/691819629

OMG. The Lego is out there. https://www.lego.com/en-ca/product/the-x-files-21369 #XFiles #Lego

@thomas@metalhead.club i hope your request is successful, i'm one of the accounts being mentioned in this spam wave. they're at least going into my filtered notifications, but i'm still reporting and then blocking each new spam account, i've probably done that ~20 times just today. i can't even imagine the amount of work it's creating for all you mods/admins!!! thank you immensely for your service. 🙏🏻

Seeing Angine de Poitrine on Tuesday and suddenly have realized that I don't own a single thing with polka dots. No clothing, accessories, decor, nothing. I don't remember ever having an aversion to polka dots, but maybe I do when they're not microtonal?

Reminder to Albertans and other concerned Canadians that there's a current ourcommons.ca petition regarding AI data centres in Alberta. The petition was started before the Sturgeon County one was announced and doesn't close until September, but I don't know wtf else to do. https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7427 #abpoli #Alberta #yeg

Sweet, new album coming in October from Catalan experimental/avant-garde composer Marina Herlop! Marina describes it as "a violent celebration of life" structured as a single coherent piece, and today released the middle track as the first single. I had added her 2022 album Pripyat to the 1001OA list, methinks I should do that spotlight soon... Marina Herlop - "Jacque" from upcoming album Dja Dja (2026) https://marinaherlop.bandcamp.com/album/dja-dja#MarinaHerlop #experimental #avantgarde

Too tired from the house being an oven to find a solution that would prevent the afternoon sun-facing door and window making the house an oven.

Is there a Fediverse publishing house yet?

@senanthic@mstdn.ca in every single way

Randomly perusing SpaceAce/J's Discogs collection today, clicked on this which is lovely jangle-y indie pop. The sole LP album from a (super?)group headed by Brix Smith (The Fall) with Craig Gannon (The Smiths), Clem Burke (Blondie), and James Eller (The The). Adult Net - The Honey Tangle (1989) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fgrriUK9gA #AdultNet #BrixSmith

This article was boosted into my feed, and, oof. I'm not familiar with the press but I assume this is just a widespread thing now. And I will now be wondering if I'll have to one day prove I'm a real person who actually wrote the book I'm attempting to get published ... https://www.bona-books.com/news/we-bought-an-ai-story #bookstodon #writing

And now, found because I searched "Bullet LaVolta and Green River', this cool comp from the European cousin of Sub Pop, Glitterhouse Records. Has those bands plus other American post-hardcore/noise rock/alt rock bands. various - Endangered Species (1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUs7a4kOKSg #BulletLaVolta #GreenRiver

Inspired by mention by a music industry professional that someone listening to a new-to-them album a day is an admirable feat, I'm curious: how many new-to-you albums do you listen to a day, on average?

@Axolotl1@gaygeek.social lol, do you happen to like fans that sound like airplanes about to take off?

@aral@mastodon.ar.al @joynewacc@mastodon.social @riverbirchtree@mastodon.social Amazing, so happy to see this. 💜

@brh@metalhead.club I’m super stubborn so I’ll keep going, but complaints will be made

Lol, Lingy does an organ-backed (and slightly unhinged) Sugar Ray cover. https://linguaignota.bandcamp.com/track/fly

@harriolkn@metalhead.club Hurray, this made for a great start to my day! Great vibe, I really dig it, onto my 2nd listen... 🤘🏻

@joannaholman@aus.social ooo nice, if only that whole book was Mastodon toots and not Slack messages, lol.

@deborahh@cosocial.ca I believe it's only on Netflix

@theotherbrook@sunny.garden Oh no! I watched this one on my own (though it took me forever to get to the last episode too).

@theotherbrook@sunny.garden Whoa, I'd read that :ablobjoy: Did you see the TV adaptation, btw? So good!!!

@alvan@social.lol Sweet! Looks like he had a KEXP session a couple years ago that I totally missed at the time, watching that now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgdEd9uuZpg

Canada tariffed for “discriminatory treatment of American products" US tariffed for discriminatory treatment of American people

Ewww, just realized that the Alberta government's decision on eliminating time change includes no longer using 'Mountain Daylight Time' or 'Mountain Standard Time'. As of November, we're apparently in 'Alberta Time'. Wtf, sticking with Mountain Time, kthxbye. #ableg

This band was recently on KEXP and I looked them up after hearing 2 seconds of their set because I'm, like, a huge fan of mustard, Ireland, AND dissonance-tinged shoe gaze. Just Mustard - We Were Just Here (2025) https://justmustard.bandcamp.com/album/we-were-just-here #JustMustard #shoegaze

So did Good Charlotte completely kill off Invisible Oranges too then? https://pitchfork.com/story/brooklynvegan-alt-press-hit-with-mass-layoffs/

@boxspring@mastodon.social oh noes! that was also a large part of the decision, especially since i would've had to fly and stay in a hotel...

imho, it's a rather brilliant idea by the artist to take advantage of the stupidity of people who have money to throw away on literal garbage. https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c9d2w62ngd9o

@AmeliasBrain@mstdn.ca Is that something you can remove/replace each day? We do need some sort of pergola-type structure in front of the door outside because opening it to let the doggo in/out increases the temp 0.5 degrees every single time past noon. The window is right beside so we might get be able to have a shade over both outside. But not cheap, have to make sure things are absolutely fastened down with our wind these days, etc.

@soundclamp@mastodon.xyz omg, glad i bookmarked this the other day, this is excellent! 🤘🏻

@reallyflygreg@mstdn.ca i had bookmarked this toot to remind myself to register, but then saw this news story today. i'm concerned. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-referendum-self-declaration-concerns-9.7331954

@DenOfEarth@mas.to @theotherbrook@sunny.garden It's from Gabriel García Márquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. I don't know any Murderbot because I'm a bad Fedizen.