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I love getting fucking trounced at Magic: The Gathering I am learning so much

no thoughts only Marisa Tomei saying "limited slip differential" indefinitely

lyricspam 

When they ask, what do I see?
I see a bright white beautiful heaven hangin' over me.

Listening to The National a lot again, no idea what this could possibly mean for my mental state at all

... to be sublated by the desires of others (...)

Imagining birds of prey flying over the American urban sprawl

I signed up to do a cover of In The Shadow Of The Western Hills for this cover album of Transcendental Youth by all trans artists and I've just been mentally planning the structure of it all day at work today which is a very fulfilling way to while away your 15 hours as best you can

The Grunts are the protagonists of the Halo series

If a creative project is causing you frustration you too should set it on fire.

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Finished 11th of 12 tracks for my album earlier today which basically meant taking the musical equivalent of a blowtorch to the song and calling the resulting chaos a finished work.

lyricspam 

You were sitting in the recliner with the TV on
When you said something evil and then you were gone
Explosives in the water main
Burnt fuse
College graduation photograph
Splashed all over the six o'clock news, I won't be
CASHING IN YOUR POLICY
TILL I FIND OUT WHAT IT IS YOU'RE TRYING TO DO TO ME

This, alongside the fact I play it in DADGAD, makes it a bit less amenable to being performed when I subject people at open mics to 20 minute Mountain Goats marathons

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I have performed this song for people at song sessions before and they always think it's a funny song which yeah "there's a lot of ways to make money in this world but I can't recommend insurance fraud" is something of a funny line but I think focusing on that can lead you to lose sight of the fact that actually it's a gorgeous song that makes me feel chills.

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When he recorded The Coroner's Gambit John lived beside a train track and at the end of Insurance Fraud #2 as the strumming pattern eases you hear a train go by in a way that's like a perfect descent and that's some real beauty there

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SHRIKE CLUB

ONLY CREATE ACCOUNT IF YOU PERSONALLY KNOW AN ADMINISTRATOR, AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF IN YOUR APPLICATION. YOU DO NOT NEED A SHRIKE CLUB ACCOUNT TO FOLLOW SHRIKE CLUB USERS. A PERSONAL FEDERATED SOCIAL MEDIA INSTANCE FOR SMALL CARNIVOROUS BIRDS BY SMALL CARNIVOROUS BIRDS