Skullvalanche

I'll have a black manhattan, stirred, not shaken. You don't shake a manhattan.

(He/Him)

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2026-03-24 15:37:38 UTC

Today's #HorribleAdminUX is brought to you by the #Zendesk admin interface.
I'M SURE SOMEONE TOLD YOU TO MAKE YOUR ADMIN INTERFACE MOBILE FRIENDLY, BUT IN THE PROCESS YOU'VE MADE IT THE MOST DESKTOP HOSTILE THING I'VE SEEN ALL DAY.
#ux #administration
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2026-03-05 19:06:29 UTC

The Lost Boys was the original pop depiction of ”young hip vampires".
Which means... without #TheLostBoys there would probably be no #Twilight or possibly no #Romantasy genre at all.
🤔

2026-02-26 23:07:54 UTC

Last night wifey was chatting with one of the regulars at the dance club she DJs at (wifey DJs)... the regular asked me if I also DJ. I paused and thought about it and confidently said I would be a terrible DJ.
Mostly because being a good DJ is (apparently) about reading the room and keeping the dance floor going.
Apparently normal people wanna dance to _familiar_ songs that they've heard a bjillion times?
I would play so much random shit that it would kill the dance floor for just about everyone who wasn't just an “I'll dance to anything" person.
Potential DJ names I have come up with in the following 18 hours:
DJ Floorkiller
DJ WTF is this?
DJ Deepcuts
DJ Bootleg of the In-Store
#music

2026-02-06 22:33:59 UTC

#FortnightFridayMusic #Purple theme
Jimi Hendrix feels too obvious. Let's go with the unexpected cover verison.
The Cure - Purple Haze
https://song.link/i/40455197
#music

2026-01-23 02:20:59 UTC

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@nprofile…rs0f Whatcha hungry for?

2026-01-13 23:05:33 UTC

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@nprofile…6vrv This post brought to you by https://thefin6672.bandcamp.com/track/nebula
which is tagged several genres I take umbrage with.

2026-01-13 21:38:19 UTC

MOTHERFUCKERS, JUST CUZ YOUR SONG HAS REVERB DOESN'T MAKE IT #SHOEGAZE
TAGGING SONGS WITH GENRES IS NOT USEFUL IF YOU DON’T APPLY THEM APPROPRIATELY.
This post brought to you by the “lo-fi chillhop beats to study/relax to” tracks that I keep finding in my #shoegaze feed.

2026-01-12 16:59:24 UTC

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@nprofile…ttxh may wanna throw in some hashtags for searchability/visibility. ;)

2026-01-12 05:23:03 UTC

My latest #blog post is up... in which I try to explain how to self-host a media server, all without making too many assumptions about my audience's tech nerdery.
https://skullvalanche.com/blog/self-hosting-your-media/
Special thanks to @nprofile…0ceu for inspiring me.
#SelfHosting #Tailscale #Jellyfin
Readers: if y'all spot any inaccuracies or confusing bits that need more clarity, please lemme know. 😄

2026-01-08 16:50:35 UTC

#ThursdayFiveList theme is #DesertIslandMusic. "If you could only have 5 songs, what would they be?"
As a person who is constantly seeking new music, this is like asking which limb I would prefer to cut off.
I guess I'll go with some songs that at various times in my life I was able to listen to on repeat, for at least a little while.
5. VNV Nation - Epicentre
https://song.link/i/1697344600
4. Brian Jonestown Massacre - New Low In Getting High
https://song.link/i/1668320946
3. Lowrider - Pipe Rider
https://song.link/i/1492149576
2. Dandy Warhols - Sleep
https://song.link/i/1668264767
1. Underworld - Cowgirl
https://song.link/i/1443809057
There's a number of artists that it feels weird to leave off this list, but 5 is a pretty limiting number.
I also worry I didn't include any instrumental tracks, which I suspect would probably be better for repeatability over longer stretches of time... 🤔 Maybe I'll do a 5 instrumental tracks follow-up.

2026-01-08 02:36:53 UTC

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@nprofile…0ceu a NAS (network attached storage) is just a dedicated computer that stays online and connected to your network and has some storage drives accessible to other computers on your local network. Any computer can be used as a NAS with some small configuration settings. You can even plug in external drives into the NAS computer.
Jellyfin (jellyfin.org) is a server app you can run on the NAS computer. You configure it to point to your media folder(s) on the computer, and it acts as sort of a combination Spotify/Netflix replacement that just runs local on your home network.
And assuming you might also want to access your jellyfin server when you’re _not_ at home, you can also install Tailscale (VPN) on your NAS, which allows you to remote access the Jellyfin server even when you’re away.
… having now typed all that out I’m thinking this is probably better as a blog post. This is kinda the basic idea though. :)

2026-01-07 23:15:09 UTC

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@nprofile…0ceu I'll write something up if I can't find a good write up elsewhere. It's not as daunting as it sounds.

2026-01-07 22:55:27 UTC

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@nprofile…0ceu I'd suggest something like a NAS with jellyfin running on it as a "personal streaming service".
An old laptop/PC/raspberry pi could likely do the trick as the server, if you're the only person using the service.

2025-08-25 16:14:01 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce In a land called Hanalei eh? Wifey and I got married at that bay. :D

2025-08-24 19:34:04 UTC

Alien: Earth is great, but I'm pretty annoyed at the director for using modern pop songs in some scenes. It utterly breaks the vibe.

2025-08-18 05:14:51 UTC

#JunkDrawerASongOrPoem #HashTagGames
The Safety Pin Dance
Men Without Hats
https://song.link/us/i/310750238

2025-08-18 05:11:24 UTC

#JunkDrawerASongOrPoem #HashTagGames
Carry A Laser Pointer
Mr. Mister
https://youtu.be/9NDjt4FzFWY?t=93

2025-08-18 05:08:00 UTC

2025-08-17
#TeamHeardle @nprofile…wfv9
#DailyGames #music #Heardle
14/19 -- not too shabby. Wifey had a solid evening.
**Yep**
Heardle Flip #1045 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
Bandle #1096 2/6 ⬛🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
Heardle 1960s #1193 🔈⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩
Heardle Super 80s #194 🔈⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
Heardle 1980s #1212 🔈⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩
Heardle New Wave #883 🔉⬛️⬛️🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ Wifey!
Heardle Rock #901 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
Heardle 1990s #1192 🔉⬛️⬛️🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️
Heardle 1990s No. 1s #135 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Wifey!!
ReHeardle #837 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
Heardle Love Songs #553 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Wifey!!!
Heardle Soft Rock #254 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
Heardle Greatest Hits #625 🔉🟥🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ Wifey!!!!
Heardle College Radio #352 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
**Nope**
Heardle Lyrical #413
Heardle Super 70s #730
Heardle 1980s No. 1s #1153
Heardle USA No. 1s #890 KOST 103.5 failed wifey!
Heardle Hall of Fame #166 🔇⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 at least I had the artist

2025-08-14 20:59:07 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce So far only 1 instance of 3 songs that fit the circular structure AND fit the genre(s) criteria, but I have high hopes that I might be able to identify a few more.
Bowie - Love Missile F1-11 (https://youtu.be/B6fudSHb0js)
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Surrender (https://ssselectronic.bandcamp.com/track/surrender)
Cheap Trick - Rebel Rebel (https://youtu.be/RxJTQ8xH7SU)
and of course, the originals…
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11 (https://youtu.be/eG5U2Q-CL2A)
Cheap Trick - Surrender (https://youtu.be/T_Km11HNzUY)
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (https://youtu.be/U16Xg_rQZkA)

2025-08-14 18:45:08 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce Oh! Ha! I’m planning way ahead, my birthday’s not til April.
I did have a nice chat with the DJ after dancing last night though. He accused me of being a goth. I told him I was merely an aspiring goth. 🤣
I guess my Sisters of Mercy T-shirt gave me away.

2025-08-14 17:59:37 UTC

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@nprofile…xlhv I lovingly dubbed my friend Charlie cuz she was always just kinda putting up with me and my other friend being annoying and ridiculous.
I think I was the unnamed pink unicorn, unofficially. 🤣

2025-08-14 16:03:44 UTC

This week's #ThursdayFiveList is #MusicOfTheMountains.
Well, this turned out to be one hell of a scattershot playlist.
Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song
https://youtu.be/1kAIMlISHhU
For years I never understood why a song about the South included such a NY way of saying "Vicksburg"... turns out Mountain is from NY. The song is just about a Southern lady. Get your cowbell fix here.
Mountain - Mississippi Queen
https://youtu.be/qEnF6EB-yMs
This is my favorite Spaceslug side project. There's some words I didn't expect to type today.
Mountain of Misery - Not Away
https://youtu.be/ktnQcB6IvCA
My favorite song for luring unicorns into a trap to steal their kidneys.
FilmCow - Candy Mountain
https://youtu.be/CsGYh8AacgY?t=120
Speaking of unicorn related songs, this one is an instrumental metal track by a fictional band as featured in the webcomic Questionable Content. 🤣
Deathmøle - The Unicorn Prince Approaches the Fire Centaur Clan (With a Gift of Smoldering Ash From the Crater of Mount Unimpous)
https://youtu.be/jhZ0o4uYzl4
#music

2025-08-14 15:08:07 UTC

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@nprofile…k3y3 As a resident of Minnesota, I have a hard time considering this a “coastal” state, but I do go biking around the coast of Lake Harriet regularly. 🤣

2025-08-14 14:29:53 UTC

While out dancing last night, the DJ played Sade's classic Smooth Operator.
And now I cannot get it out of my head that it has some really weird geography descriptors.
"Coast to coast, L.A. to Chicago, Western Maine" ??
What coast is Chicago!? the coast of Lake Michigan?
what the hell is happening in Eastern Maine that the smooth operator is only operating in Western Maine? A quick look at the map shows that there are basically no cities at all in Western Maine- so that's a strange place to be.
A quick look at a lyric site seems to think that the line is western male and not western Maine. I guess that makes slightly more sense, especially since he considers Chicago a coast and he only goes back-and-forth between LA and there.
but then she starts mentioning Key Largo, which is distinctly further east than Chicago.
this song is breaking my brain, and I am still not convinced that that line is western male. 🤣
#music #MusicMusings #showerThoughts #80s #80sMusic #lyrics

2025-08-10 14:44:16 UTC

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@nprofile…k39d I managed to find a trio last night before I read your message, it was based on David Bowie covering Sigue Sigue Sputnik.
Bowie => Love Missile F-11
Sigue Sigue Sputnik => Surrender
Cheap Trick => Rebel Rebel
I was hoping to leverage SSS cover of Smashing Pumpkins but I couldn't find a good Smashing Pumpkins Bowie cover. Just a live recording which was meh.
@nprofile…dqcq

2025-08-10 05:31:02 UTC

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@nprofile…k39d Nice work!!
I don't think I will request that particular triplet for playing in the club, but that's impressive all the same !

2025-08-09 22:10:24 UTC

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@nprofile…dqcq He's done a live performance with Metallica, but that's a whole different thing.
https://youtu.be/4XOYa-30XyE?si=2c3Frby0cZbTph8d

2025-08-09 22:08:35 UTC

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@nprofile…dqcq Iggy has done a lot of covers, but I don't know of any Metallica covers.

2025-08-09 18:07:48 UTC

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@nprofile…dqcq Basically similar style stuff to the alt wave turntable channel would be ideal.

2025-08-09 18:06:06 UTC

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@nprofile…dqcq No, it doesn't need to strictly be from the 80s so 90s late 70s early 2000s are fair game

2025-08-09 15:50:52 UTC

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@nprofile…dqcq this feels like maybe a thing you'd know

2025-08-09 15:50:18 UTC

There is a local 80s alternative dance night that I frequent. If it's your birthday, the DJ will play a three song set of whatever you request. The songs don't strictly have to be 80s, but ideally they're in the 80s/alt rock/left of the dial stuff.
I love weird cover songs. I am attempting to identify what I will call a "triangle of cover songs" so I can request that for my bday.
A covers B, B covers C, C covers A.
I have found some very entertaining and ridiculous covers, but I have yet to find a closed loop.
I need to identify a highly covered artist who is also big into doing covers. I swear Iggy Pop or David Bowie are the most likely candidates.
#music #musings #coverSongs

2025-08-07 00:14:23 UTC

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@nprofile…xlhv No, really, who are you talking about? I need more drone noises.

2025-08-06 22:55:59 UTC

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@nprofile…xlhv Hi, yes, I would like to order a slice of 3 minute long ambient drone-y track. Where can I pick up my order?

2025-08-06 21:59:38 UTC

First play through of Gino Vanelli’s “Black Cars” album is giving me really strong Icehouse vibes.
Random passing #music thoughts

2025-08-01 23:23:42 UTC

Bandcamp Friday!
Picked up 3 #VinylRecords I’ve had on my wishlist.
Some #PostPunk #SynthPop goodness from #Bootblacks
https://bootblacks.bandcamp.com/album/thin-skies
Polish #StonerRock from #SpaceSlug
https://spaceslug.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-water
and some local #Shoegaze from #TheFlavorCrystals
https://flavorcrystals.bandcamp.com/album/the-shiver-of-the-flavor-crystals
#music #BandCampFriday

2025-08-01 15:46:35 UTC

@nprofile…xlhv https://social.coop/@mattl/114950893118472494

2025-08-01 15:30:39 UTC

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@nprofile…xlhv I’m pretty sure she prefers whatever the latest one is. Sometimes she’ll fire it up when there’s a new expansion or whatever. Hasn’t played it in a while, but I assume that’s cuz they haven’t dropped any new content in a while.

2025-08-01 15:11:51 UTC

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@nprofile…xlhv every time I see wifey playing clicky-splodey (Diablo) I keep thinking I should make a stripped-down version of that game, which would just be a terminal screen full of stats and their multipliers. and then sometimes you’d get a “drop” of a thing which slightly modifies those multipliers.

2025-08-01 14:37:51 UTC

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@nprofile…xlhv ASCII boxes and text more than sufficient to play RNG-please-be-kind.

2025-08-01 04:40:33 UTC

Today's #ThursdayFiveList is #T5LFestival - "make your own festival with the five best live bands / songs you've ever heard, or would like to hear."
1. VNV Nation - Epicentre (with a brief interwoven segment of Underworld's “Cowgirl”)
2. Soundgarden - Blow Up The Outside World (Lollapalooza ‘96)
3. White Zombie - Blood, Milk, and Sky
4. Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (Vans Warped Tour 2000)
5. Weird Al Yankovic - Dare to be Stupid
#music #HashTagGames

2025-07-30 23:13:35 UTC

This conversation between Jon Stewart and Peter Beinart is pretty much my internal dialogue as an American Jew, but said out loud.
https://youtu.be/X5kXCdzt_us
Honestly, I have an easier time talking about Gaza with non-Jews than I do with fellow Jews, because being pro-Israel is so ingrained in the Jewish experience that it might as well be the air we breathe.
Right around 12:28 in the video Jon says “I was raised in the story of Israel being necessary for the safety of Jews. Which, by the way, if that’s the case, we have a much bigger problem in this world than anything else. The idea that a people need to have an armed fortress of a homeland just to be safe living in this world is an absolute failure of humanity in the first place.”
I get that we (Jews) have thousands of years of history of being the underdogs/scapegoats/victims of persecution, but character is measured by how one behaves when one has power as well as how one behaves when powerless.

2025-07-29 01:11:32 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce @nprofile…wfv9 Yeah, you’re not wrong. I feel like modern radio stations are to blame… many of them have doubled-down on a set list of “tried and true” songs which just compounds the reductionist problem. Treating Paul Simon like a one hit wonder is criminal.

2025-07-28 17:42:50 UTC

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@nprofile…uae6 frying latkes - reminds me of family gatherings for Hanukah
stuffed peppers - reminds me of my grandma, who would make these somewhat frequently whenever I went over to her house
leather baseball gloves - reminds me of my dad. he used to own a sporting goods store, and he would bring home baseball gloves to re-lace them, which meant we always had a cardboard box of fresh leather strips handy in the front closet. This probably explains my love of leathery tasting red wines.

2025-07-28 17:21:02 UTC

Fellow #music nerds!
What is a band or album which had many radio hit songs, but has since been reduced over time to maybe 1 or 2 songs that are “remembered”?
My favorite example of this effect is Smashing Pumpkins, which, near as I can figure, has been reduced to the song "1979" despite them having numerous songs that got radio time during the 90s.
@nprofile…wfv9 #Musicstadon #RockMusic #PopMusic

2025-07-28 15:35:53 UTC

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@nprofile…y6g5 @nprofile…qcga @nprofile…gaap I feel like this should read “Play Wonderwall!”

2025-07-27 04:24:59 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce A list is just a set of people you’re following, yes?
Couldn’t you just copy the membership of each list and paste it into the end of the other list?
(Perhaps I’m wrong, since I mostly use a fancy 3rd party client, rather than the native app or the web UI)

2025-07-25 21:46:04 UTC

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I’m a sucker for Neal Fallon vocals, so here’s some not-with-Clutch Neal.
The Company Band - El Dorado
https://song.link/i/529757452
#FridayNightJukebox #HeavyMetalHardRock #Music #NealFallon
#Clutch #TheCompanyBand

2025-07-25 21:43:05 UTC

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Who doesn’t love some #Dune themed #HeavyMetalHardRock ?
Sons of Arrakis - Temple of the Desert
https://song.link/i/1618380235

2025-07-25 21:34:42 UTC

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#JukeboxFridayNight #HeavyMetalHardRock #music
The Sword - Cloak of Feathers
https://song.link/i/1440927224
Excited to see these guys play in October.

2025-07-25 21:31:54 UTC

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#JukeboxFridayNight #HeavyMetalHardRock #music
Lowrider - And The Horse Your Rode In On
https://song.link/us/i/1761172171

2025-07-25 21:29:50 UTC

Today's #JukeboxFridayNight theme of #HeavyMetalHardRock is definitely in my wheelhouse... now if only I had enough time to drop _all_ the songs.
Guess I'll start with this one.
Clutch - Firebirds
https://song.link/i/1019336321
#music

2025-07-25 21:23:14 UTC

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@nprofile…dqcq Frogstomp! an under appreciated gem.

2025-07-25 21:21:47 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce
https://files.gladtech.social/media_attachments/files/114/915/967/470/020/479/original/2671d6077ee2a892.png

2025-07-24 21:19:30 UTC

When I am unwell or injured, I am a “bad patient” and generally do not want sympathy. I mostly just want to hate the universe until whatever the condition is has subsided.
Do not ask me if I’m okay.
What I will accept in those times is solidarity in hating the universe. If I stub my toe on the bed frame, tell me you’re on your way to go burn down the factory that built it. That might make me feel a bit better. Never ask if I’m okay though.
P.S. my toe is fine and I’m not sick at the moment, this is just a tangent that came up due to a conversation with a friend.

2025-07-24 19:58:34 UTC

Babe, wake up, new Gunship just dropped.
https://youtu.be/KlUJTtBphb0
#music #synthwave #Gunship

2025-07-22 14:59:43 UTC

Today is #TuneTuesday! The theme is #CityAfterMidnight! Why am I putting exclamation points after everything?!
Weirdly, Judas Priest was the first thing that popped into my head, though I'm not specifically a big fan of this song.
Judas Priest - Living After Midnight
https://song.link/us/i/978784355
I'm sure I can dig up something more "me" if I think for a bit. 🤔

2025-07-22 04:58:52 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce @nprofile…wfv9 You got more than I would’ve expected. Some of these were real stretches of the imagination.
Lyrical: The Cranberries - Zombie
Flip: The Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
Bandle: yep!
60s: yep!
New Wave: Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours (da peach mode!)
80s: Roxy Music - Jealous Guy
Rock: yep, it was Janis
1990s: yep, Elton
ReHeardle: Billie Eilish - Bad Guy (Billie Eyelash?)
Love Songs: Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Soft Rock: yep, Huey
HoF: yep, also Janis… again
Hits: yep, Clash
College Radio: Mazzy Star - Blue Light (Maize-y Star?)
You got most of them!

2025-07-22 03:30:04 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce I guess I never had you pinned as a Nirvana fan, so this is some news.

2025-07-21 04:03:03 UTC

2025-07-20
#TeamHeardle @nprofile…wfv9
#DailyGames #music #Heardle
15/19 - pretty good, thanks to Wifey's mad skillz.
**Yep**
Heardle Lyrical #385 🔉⬛️🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🫐🍗 🧟‍♂️
Heardle Flip #1017 🔉⬛⬛🟩⬜⬜⬜ you won't fool me THIS time, 2nd wave ska! 🥁 🪞🚽
Bandle #1068 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Wifey! (this was 83? really?) 🍷🍷
Heardle 1960s #1165 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🥠🌞
Heardle New Wave #855 🔈🟥🟥⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 Wifey!! (who is now angry at me for not getting this sooner) 🍑📳 🤬👥
Heardle 1980s No. 1s #1125 🔈⬛️⬛️🟥⬛️⬛️🟩 🪨🪨🎶 😒
Heardle Rock #873 🔉🟥⬛️🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ 😭👶
Heardle USA No. 1s #862 🔉🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Wifey!!!
Heardle 1990s No. 1s #107 🔈🟥🟥⬛️⬛️🟩⬜️ Wifey!!!! 💨🕯️
ReHeardle #809 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Wifey!!!!! 💵👁️ 🦹‍♂️
Heardle Love Songs #525 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🎎 👁️
Heardle Soft Rock #226 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 📰 🔋🥰
Heardle Hall of Fame #138 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ again? LOL 😭👶
Heardle Greatest Hits #597 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🤜🤛 🇬🇧💂‍♂️🤙
Heardle College Radio #324 🔈⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 oh! I got it! ha! 🌽⭐ 🔵💡
**Nope**
Heardle Super 70s #702
Heardle Super 80s #166 NOT Tricky
Heardle 1980s #1184
Heardle 1990s #1164: Wifey almost had this one, but wrong song.

2025-07-18 01:04:09 UTC

The only right way to eat a KitKat. 😁
https://files.gladtech.social/media_attachments/files/114/871/543/310/618/273/original/69f15fc588104105.jpeg

2025-07-17 19:29:11 UTC

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@nprofile…xlhv The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a prime example of a hybrid workforce.

2025-07-17 03:14:15 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce Rhymes are for chumps! 😂

2025-07-17 00:20:11 UTC

Belated #TuneTuesday #LongHaulTunes entry, cuz that's how I roll.
https://youtu.be/38Vun2LYnoY
#Cracker #music #EuroTrashGirl 😅

2025-07-15 14:48:44 UTC

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@nprofile…xlhv I see one or two people have already called out the IoT problem. Anytime you purchase hardware that relies on a cloud based service in order to function you are making a deal with the devil.
recently wifey was shopping for a laser cutter, and I forbid her from purchasing one that relied on a cloud service in order to function. The last thing I need is a very expensive paperweight when that company folds.

2025-07-13 14:55:51 UTC

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@nprofile…efkj And if he doesn't change his ways, in a couple of years we might be able to vote about it. Maybe. If it's not rigged.
Public opinion polls are meaningless to an administration that doesn't care about public opinion.

2025-07-13 04:48:22 UTC

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@nprofile…xlhv :lolsob:

2025-07-13 04:11:39 UTC

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@nprofile…xlhv and @nprofile…3ucg this feels like maybe your #IndieWeb kinda jam 😁

2025-07-13 04:10:07 UTC

Today I learned about #GeminiProtocol and #GemLogs
If it was possible to make an even more obscure way to #blog -- I'm pretty sure this is it. 🤣
Kinda reminds me of an old school #Citadel #BBS
Maybe I'll make one.
https://geminiprotocol.net/
https://gemlog.blue/

2025-07-13 04:08:48 UTC

Ooh! My primary instance is back up! 🎉
Thanks @nprofile…k39d 😁

2025-07-04 04:41:02 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce We may go again tomorrow night- I'll do my best to capture the good bits. 😂

2025-07-04 02:51:13 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce https://youtu.be/dN9eo7zoucg
And then one of them traded in the piano for a guitar to do some Guns N' Roses.
https://youtu.be/2LpLKK_HCGQ

2025-07-03 17:32:08 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce Very! Though I think they have some apps/iPads for looking things up on the fly

2025-07-03 16:31:45 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce Basically the players trade off playing requests, which are accompanied by "bribe money" - the bigger the bribe the faster your song gets played. Mostly it's just a lot of ridiculous drunken sing-a-longs to the sorts of songs you're likely to hear at karaoke.
But I'm a troll and like to see if they can play deeper cuts. 😂
Last night I got one of em to play some Alice In Chains. 😁

2025-07-03 08:42:21 UTC

Dueling piano bars are great. That is all. 😁

2025-07-02 06:11:45 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce @nprofile…wfv9 Honestly, they played nothing I wouldn't expect. The deepest cut of the night was "Celebrity Skin" by Hole.

2025-07-02 05:28:03 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce @nprofile…wfv9 They're great. And yeah, they know it. 🤣

2025-07-02 05:21:35 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce @nprofile…wfv9 I'm waiting on "Somebody to Love" by Jefferson Airplane now.

2025-07-02 05:10:53 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce @nprofile…wfv9 They didn't know it. The guy played Love My Way by the Paychedelic Furs instead.
🤣

2025-07-02 04:46:07 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce @nprofile…wfv9
https://files.gladtech.social/media_attachments/files/114/781/818/954/351/309/original/ee2707cc857e4be9.jpeg
https://files.gladtech.social/media_attachments/files/114/781/819/053/909/514/original/269f2cc1cde626f7.jpeg
https://files.gladtech.social/media_attachments/files/114/781/819/141/014/424/original/9f176f92d059ce48.jpeg

2025-07-02 03:42:39 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce @nprofile…wfv9 I'm away from my notes, cuz I'm drinking in Vegas, but the Rock one was definitely Bryan Adams. And the other one was definitely James Taylor. 😅

2025-06-30 22:32:26 UTC

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@nprofile…dqcq It’s a romcom?

2025-06-30 05:05:30 UTC

2025-06-29
#TeamHeardle @nprofile…wfv9
#DailyGames #music #Heardle
**Yep**
Heardle Flip #996 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
Bandle #1047 2/6 ⬛🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ "you were right" "but I had a 2nd guess!" - Wifey!
Weirdle #1162 🪗:🟥⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
Heardle 1960s #1144 🔈⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬜️ carrot cake
Heardle Super 80s #145 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
Heardle New Wave #834 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
Heardle 1980s No. 1s #1104 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Wifey!! "I was certain it was not Foreigner"
Heardle Rock #852 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🇨🇦🎸📢
Heardle USA No. 1s #841 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
Heardle 1990s #1143 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
Heardle 1990s No. 1s #86 🔈⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 oh UK, you goofy goofy country 🇬🇧
Heardle Love Songs #504 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
Heardle Hall of Fame #117 🔉🟥🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ this is NOT the version of this song I know. this is a motown jam. why is there granola?
Heardle Greatest Hits #576 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Wifey!!! (for the same song as bandle 🤣)
Heardle College Radio #303 🔉🟥🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
**Nope**
Heardle Lyrical #364 🔇⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ turns out I don't know the words to this song.
Heardle Super 70s #681 🔇⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 I only know one song by this artist. This ain't it.
Heardle 1980s #1163 🔇⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ smoooooooooth
ReHeardle #788 🔇⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ this sounds like Italy's answer to Roxette
Heardle Soft Rock #205 🔇⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟥

2025-06-29 00:09:22 UTC

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@nprofile…24uw My first VIP one- seen him many times over the years, but excited to meet him. 😁

2025-06-28 23:05:53 UTC

Yeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
https://files.gladtech.social/media_attachments/files/114/763/494/393/092/027/original/be1b5d6e8f482e84.jpeg

2025-06-28 19:18:59 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce @nprofile…wfv9 Doh! It was late, I forgot to cleanse the answers from my post.

2025-06-28 05:11:16 UTC

2025-06-27
#TeamHeardle @nprofile…wfv9
#DailyGames #music #Heardle
not even gonna tabulate, cuz I know this wasn't a good round
**Yep**
Heardle Lyrical #362 🔈⬛️⬛️⬛️🟥⬛️🟩 Pat Finnerty would probably love and hate how long this took. {3 Doors Down - Kryptonite}
Heardle Flip #994 🔉🟥🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ {After the Fire - Der Komissar} 🔥🚒🧑‍🚒
Weirdle #1160 🪗: 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🇨🇦🤪 {Canadian Idiot}
Heardle 1960s #1142 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Thanks Prodigy, for using that sample 🤣 {The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire}
Heardle New Wave #832 🔈⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬜️ {Talk talk - such a shame} 💬💬 😮‍💨
Heardle 1980s No. 1s #1102 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ {diana ross - upside down} 🙃
Heardle USA No. 1s #839 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ {Prince - Cream} that moaning sounded Minnesotan 🤣
Heardle Soft Rock #203 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🐈 🌍 {Cat Stevens - Wild World}
Heardle Hall of Fame #115 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ "disappointingly easy" - wifey {GnR - Paradise City}
Heardle Greatest Hits #574 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ {Al Green - Tired of Being Alone} HA! what a lucky educated guess
**Nope**
Bandle #1045 x/6 🟥🟥⬛🟥⬛⬛ 3.7B views? I guess I'm now one of them. {Major Lazer & DJ Snake - Lean On}
Heardle Super 70s #679 🔇⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🍞 {Bread - Everything I Own}
Heardle Super 80s #143 🔇⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ {Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger}
Heardle 1980s #1161 🔇⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ {the brothers johnson - stomp}
Heardle Rock #850 🔇⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ {Mink deville - spanish stroll}
Heardle 1990s #1141 🔇⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ {Basement Jaxx - Red Alert}
Heardle 1990s No. 1s #84 🔇⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️. {dj jazzy jeff - boom shake the room}
ReHeardle #786 🔇🟥🟥🟥⬛⬛⬛ GAH!!!! {Fiction Factory - Feels Like Heaven}
Heardle Love Songs #502 🔇⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ {Gabrielle - Out of Reach}
Heardle College Radio #301 🔇⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ my indie cred is slipping {Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia}

2025-06-28 02:48:03 UTC

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I should probably just lean into my love of this stuff and make a massive YouTube playlist. It’d be _days_ long.

2025-06-28 02:47:38 UTC

Late to #ThursdayFiveList #UnderCover “Songs that someone else sang first”, but I can do what I want. 😂
IMHO good covers must almost completely alter the song such that it barely resembles the original and takes on new facets as a result.
1. H.I.M. - Wicked Game https://youtu.be/8oYodfK4DkE
Chris Isaak did a crooning mopey sensual ballad thing, H.I.M. turns it into a swirling mix of goth rock, glam metal, and yet still keeps that core crooning aspect. He sounds downright anguished as he belts it out.
2. Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction https://youtu.be/QmKQ2Z1odSc
The Rolling Stones version is full of sexual angst. Devo's version is so downright mechanical it feels like they're going through the bare minimum motions required to meet the criteria of "cover"... and yet at the same time this is the most DEVO sounding thing imaginable. Mocking the entire concept of rock n' roll while still participating in it.
3. Goldfinger - Rio https://youtu.be/PSCpWfWLMtM
Duran Duran's magnum opus- sped up, turned into a 3rd wave ska punk song, and then they take it a step further by throwing in some random references to The Monkees and Ronnie James Dio. Perfection.
4. Another Heaven - Running Up That Hill https://youtu.be/o4LHcXfs860
I'm not much of a fan of Kate Bush, but I readily admit this is a great song. Another Heaven takes it, slows it down into a distortion fuzzed out guitar riffed slog and renders it barely recognizable from the original. Kate's version feels like a pleading prayer with a glimmer of hope. This version feels more like that glimmer has turned to defeat.
5. Type O Negative - Cinnamon Girl https://youtu.be/BO9aD4mzSE8
Neil Young's version feels thin and almost whiny compared to the lush wall of sound that Type O brings to this track. Type O has such a distinct style that they can cover pretty much anything and it will cease to have any resemblance to the original. A genre unto themselves. (Though there are some immitators nowadays.)
#music #coverSongs

2025-06-17 04:45:58 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce I suspect the mainstream media don’t want to report a number they can’t back up with some sort of citation.
Though, lord knows Faux News does that shit all the time, so 🤷

2025-06-17 04:44:04 UTC

2025-06-16
#TeamHeardle @nprofile…wfv9
#DailyGames #music #Heardle
14/20 -- shrug
**Yep**
Heardle Lyrical #351 🔈⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬜️ wow. this is so weird without music I barely recognized it.
Heardle Flip #983 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Wifey! 👩 🤍🥛
Bandle #1034 3/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬜⬜⬜ Wifey!! also this has the same bass line as Pumped Up Kicks? 🔫🌹 🍯👦⛏️
Heardle Super 70s #668 🔈⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 granola and weed?
Heardle 1980s #1150 🔈⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 🇯🇵 🤫🧬
Heardle 1980s No. 1s #1091 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🍯💭🧀
Heardle Rock #839 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 👸 🎶
Heardle USA No. 1s #828 🔈🟥⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 Wifey!!!
Heardle 1990s No. 1s #73 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Wifey!!!!
Heardle Soft Rock #192 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ I'm insulted this is being classified as "soft rock" 🇦🇺 🪡-L🫵🌃
Heardle Hall of Fame #104 🔉🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ I always get these 2 song intros confused 🦪🫙 ⬛
Heardle Greatest Hits #563 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Wifey!!!!! 🌆🌭🧅 🪨🗣️🙇
Heardle College Radio #290 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ "that's all you, I don't know this genre. (2 seconds in) WHAT? I KNOW THIS!" - wifey 📡👯‍♂️ 🎠🎠🎠
Troll Heardle - #472 🔈 ⬛️⬛️🟥🟩⬜ damn, almost had it before the first chord 🪲🪲 🧾👨‍💼
**Nope**
Weirdle #1149 🚫🪗: 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬛ instrumentals are hard
Heardle 1960s #1131 🔇⬛️⬛️⬛️🟥⬛️⬛️ is that the name of this song? huh.
Heardle Super 80s #132 🔇⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ NOT Huey Lewis. NOT Celine Dion. The other one.
Heardle New Wave #821 🔇⬛️⬛️⬛️🟥⬛️⬛️
Heardle 1990s #1130 🔇⬛️🟥🟥⬛️⬛️🟥 buh??
Heardle Love Songs #491 🔇⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

2025-06-07 16:32:27 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce Run David! Run away from Trent! 😂

2025-05-31 04:13:38 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce @nprofile…wfv9 1960s: I love the Cyrkle, and I think Turn Down Day was the B-side to Red Rubber Ball, which was a fave 7” of mine as a kid. — this was Whiter Shade of Pale (Pail) though. 😂
Super 70s: Steve Miller Band - Take the Money and Run!
Super 80s: nailed it!
1980s: Bananarama - Cruel Summer. I am amused at the Gwen Stefani connection though. That shit is bananas.
80s No1s: Nailed it again! == 1 would be “is this true?” in most coding languages.
Rock: Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze. I do think Deep Purple is a good alternative option though.
1990s: almost there! Salt n’ Pepa - Let’s Talk About Sex.
Love Songs: Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You. I don’t recall there being any drums at all in the song. 🤣
USA 1s: Anita Ward - Ring My Bell. That “byewwwwwww” song is constant and very much the basis of the song.

2025-05-29 03:53:09 UTC

2025-05-28
#TeamHeardle @nprofile…wfv9
#DailyGames #music #Heardle
12/18 -- harrumph
**Yep**
Heardle Lyrical #332 🔉⬛️🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Wifey!
Bandle #1015 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩⬜ hey! I know things! :lolsob:
Weirdle #1130 🪗: 🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🎉💪🦵🤕
Heardle 1960s #1112 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ ⚪⚪⚪🪣
Heardle Super 70s #649 🔉🟥🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 💰🏃‍♀️‍➡️
Heardle Super 80s #113 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🎸🤡 🐇🦘🕴️
Heardle 1980s #1131 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🍌🍌🍌🍌 😎🌞🍦😈
Heardle 1980s No. 1s #1072 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🩰 == 1️⃣
Heardle Rock #820 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🎸🟪💨
Heardle 1990s #1111 🔉🟥⬛️🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🧂🫑 💬♀︎♂️
Heardle Love Songs #472 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ "with the mystery drumbeat. you have to guess where it is." - Wifey
Heardle Soft Rock #173 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Wifey!!
Heardle Hall of Fame #85 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ I should karaoke this someday.
Heardle Greatest Hits #544 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ AGAIN? 🎸🤡 🐇🦘🕴️
**Nope**
Heardle Flip #964 🔇⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
Heardle New Wave #802 🔇⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ "apparently I was not familiar" - Wifey
Heardle USA No. 1s #809 🔇⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ 🛎️ (this entire song is based on the byewwwwwwww noise)
Heardle 1990s No. 1s #54 🔇⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️

2025-05-22 05:01:29 UTC

2025-05-21
#TeamHeardle @nprofile…wfv9
#DailyGames #music #Heardle
12/19 -- hrm, not great.
**Yep**
Heardle Lyrical #326 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
Bandle #1009 4/6 ⬛🟥⬛🟩⬜⬜ Wifey!
Weirdle #1124 🪗: 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ that beep sounded crisper and newer.
Heardle 1960s #1106 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
Heardle Super 80s #107 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🍻🌱🍺 🍽️❤️
Heardle New Wave #796 🔈⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩 ho ho ho, I know that feedback noise.
Heardle 1980s No. 1s #1066 🔈⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬜️⬜️ I know that screechy noise too
Heardle Rock #814 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ "oh please" - Wifey
Heardle USA No. 1s #803 🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
ReHeardle #750 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ mahna mahna... but not
Heardle Love Songs #466 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🌴☀️🏄‍♂️🏄‍♂️ ☁️👨‍🦳👉☁️🧠
Heardle Soft Rock #167 🔊🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Wifey!! ❤️ 👉💭
**Nope**
Heardle Flip #958 🔇⬛🟥⬛🟥⬛⬛
Heardle Super 70s #643 🔇⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
Heardle 1980s #1125 🔇⬛️🟥⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ I was robbed! also this is a terrible cover.
Heardle 1990s #1105 🔇⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ dammit UK!
Heardle 1990s No. 1s #48 🔇⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ even more dammit UK
Heardle Hall of Fame #79 🔇⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 gah! at least I got the artist.
Heardle Greatest Hits #538 🔇⬛🟥⬛⬛⬛⬛ doh! not Cyndi

2025-05-16 19:38:03 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce @nprofile…xlhv and now, the 8-bit rendition of their hit song Trollhammaren
https://youtu.be/ah0_E-zF5JU
🤣🤣🤣

2025-05-16 19:36:15 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce @nprofile…xlhv We're deep in Gabriel Garcia Marquez territory here. 😂
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finntroll
> On 16 March 2003, shortly before the release of Visor om slutet, guitarist Teemu Raimoranta died when he fell off a bridge in Hakaniemi, Helsinki. Although they had lost their last remaining founding member in this tragic event, the band did not dissolve, but after some time decided to go on...
also amusing:
> Finntroll's original singer, Katla, decided to use Swedish over Finnish since he was part of a Swedish-speaking minority in Finland and the sound of the language seemed to better suit the band's "trollish" outfit.
Swedish is the language of Trolls, apparently 😂

2025-05-16 19:09:06 UTC

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@nprofile…xlhv @nprofile…m4ce While it is tragic that the lead guitarist of Finntroll (the premiere Troll Metal band) died, he did die of a falling off a bridge, which feels befitting of a band that sings about troll related topics. 🧌

2025-05-16 19:01:54 UTC

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@nprofile…m4ce @nprofile…xlhv There is nothing quite so entertaining as exploring the family tree of Metal sub-genres.
Troll Metal?
Yeah, of course, at least until there's a schism amongst the like 3 bands that fit that category and they need to sub-divide into cave trolls vs. forest trolls vs. bridge trolls.
To each band there must be a sub genre!

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@nprofile…m4ce Cocoa Pebbles then? :ablobcatbongo: