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The Daily: Bipartisan group of states refuse to sign settlement between Justice Department and Live Nation - Our Geek This Week Bipartisan group of states refuse to sign settlement between Justice Department and Live Nation “The settlement recently announced with the U.S.

...in my humble opinion, Live Nation/TicketMaster is, indeed, a monopoly, so this settlement (again, in my opinion) is complete and total horse shit...

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The Daily: Bipartisan group of states refuse to sign settlement between Justice Department and Live Nation - Our Geek This Week Bipartisan group of states refuse to sign settlement between Justice Department and Live Nation “The settlement recently announced with the U.S.

THE DAILY: Bipartisan group of states refuse to sign settlement between Justice Department and Live Nation

Let me be clear that I am not a lawyer by any means, but I am a person that typically attends more concerts than the average person and I can tell you this:

The Weekend! (09-Mar-26) - Our Geek This Week Poker, sports, and a surprise! Friday: It was the first Friday of the month, so that meant two different things: poker with the Grohs and Bandcamp

The Weekend! (09-Mar-26)

Poker, sports, and a surprise!

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Nine Inch Nails "Came Back Haunted" I struggle with this blog sometimes in that I don't want to keep posting the same artists over and over, but also, I want to be true to the ...

...Seeing it live again reminded of how good this song is, and me being slightly obsessive, I have to listen to it with regularity...

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Nine Inch Nails "Came Back Haunted" I struggle with this blog sometimes in that I don't want to keep posting the same artists over and over, but also, I want to be true to the ...

Nine Inch Nails "Came Back Haunted"

[E]ver since seeing NIN back on February 22 this song has re-entered my daily playlist...

The Daily: One week into the Iran war, the fallout is global - Our Geek This Week One week into the Iran war, the fallout is global What began last Saturday as coordinated attacks on Iran by the U.S. and Israel has sprawled

...[T]his means that I do not support the war in Iran, but also I will not shed any tears over the death of Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei.

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The Daily: One week into the Iran war, the fallout is global - Our Geek This Week One week into the Iran war, the fallout is global What began last Saturday as coordinated attacks on Iran by the U.S. and Israel has sprawled

THE DAILY: One week into the Iran war, the fallout is global

First things first: I don’t care for fascism, whether it be Nazism (Germany), Francoism (Spain), Islamofascism (Iran), or Christofascism (USA)...

Prostitute "All Hail" Thanks to the Instagram algorithm I was fed Prostitute a few days ago, who will soon see their debut album released around the world on Mute...

...though Prostitute unleashes their rhythmic cacaphony through the medium of noise rock...

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Prostitute "All Hail" Thanks to the Instagram algorithm I was fed Prostitute a few days ago, who will soon see their debut album released around the world on Mute...

Prostitute "All Hail"

This is not a comfortable or easy listen, similar in that aspect to Death Grips,...

Today’s Reading: Squadron Supreme by Mark Gruenwald, Bob Hall, et al. - Our Geek This Week Squadron Supreme by Mark Gruenwald, Bob Hall, et al. My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve heard praise for this book for decades now and for whatever reason

Sometime in the past year I picked up a cheap copy of the collected trade and finally decided this year that it was time to dive in and read it...

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Today’s Reading: Squadron Supreme by Mark Gruenwald, Bob Hall, et al. - Our Geek This Week Squadron Supreme by Mark Gruenwald, Bob Hall, et al. My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve heard praise for this book for decades now and for whatever reason

Today’s Reading: SQUADRON SUPREME by Mark Gruenwald, Bob Hall, et al.

I’ve heard praise for this book for decades now and for whatever reason I just never had a chance to pick it up and read it.

Avicii & Sebastien Drums "My Feelings For You" This is the first track I ever heard from Avicii, albeit a collaboration with Sebastien Drums, and from that first listen I knew immediately...

...He released so many great, booty-shaking tracks, but this one will always be my favorite...

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Avicii & Sebastien Drums "My Feelings For You" This is the first track I ever heard from Avicii, albeit a collaboration with Sebastien Drums, and from that first listen I knew immediately...

Avicii & Sebastien Drums "My Feelings For You"

It's sad that someone who brought so much joy to people could not escape his own demons...

US submarine sank Iran’s warship off Sri Lanka coast, says Hegseth Sri Lanka says it recovered several bodies and rescued 32 wounded sailors after the frigate sank.

Sinking an Iranian vessel in international waters near Sri Lanka is a dangerous expansion and escalation.

"US submarine sank Iran’s warship off Sri Lanka coast, says Hegseth."
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Iran mourns 165 girls, staff killed in US-Israel strike on Minab school Thousands gathered in Minab, Iran, for a mass funeral of 165 schoolgirls and staff killed in a US-Israeli airstrike.

That's a lot of innocent lives just for a man with small hands to feel powerful.

FTR, I don't support fascists, whether they are Islamo- or Christo-.

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On Aging: The Beard - Our Geek This Week

On Aging: The Beard

A couple of weeks ago I looked at myself in the mirror and was a bit surprised by the length of my beard, but more so, the amount of gray within it...

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The Weekend! (02-Mar-26) - Our Geek This Week I hate to say it, but I think Loverboy had it right when they said “everybody’s working for the weekend.” Friday: Nothing crazy here; I went into

The Weekend! (02-Mar-26)

I hate to say it, but I think Loverboy had it right when they said “everybody’s working for the weekend.”

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Black Nail Cabaret "Totem and Taboo" Last year in November I highlighted another song by this group off of this album because at the time it was hard for me to choose between "A...

Black Nail Cabaret "Totem and Taboo"

Here, on the second anniversary of the release of CHRYSANTHEMUM, I wanted to highlight another fantasic track by this band that deserves far more attention...

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I was pleasantly surprised. Please let me know your thoughts once finished.

Today’s Reading: There Is No Antimemetics Division: A Novel by QNTM (Finished) - Our Geek This Week Humans can forget anything. It’s okay to forget some things, because we are mortal and finite. But some things we have to remember. It’s important

...creating a unique idea for a novel, and as you’ll well learn in this book, it’s hard to kill an idea.

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Today’s Reading: There Is No Antimemetics Division: A Novel by QNTM (Finished) - Our Geek This Week Humans can forget anything. It’s okay to forget some things, because we are mortal and finite. But some things we have to remember. It’s important

Today’s Reading: THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION: A NOVEL by QNTM (Finished)

Is this hard sci-fi? I think so, because it takes a fairly simple concept that most people know today and then inverts it,...

INXS "Don't Change" INXS, one of my favorite bands from the 80s/90s, and honestly, the first band I was obsessed with before I discovered Depeche Mode, has fina...

...where I believe he and another friend of ours, Marre, were swinging in a hammock and one/both of them asked me to play this song again...

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#thistrackisfire #inxs #dontchange

INXS "Don't Change" INXS, one of my favorite bands from the 80s/90s, and honestly, the first band I was obsessed with before I discovered Depeche Mode, has fina...

INXS "Don't Change"

It's not a particularly important memory, but whenever I hear "Don't Change" I think back to my teen years, specifically a day during a sunny day at my friend Dan's house...

Netflix drops out of bidding after WBD deems Paramount’s takeover bid ‘superior’ | CNN Business Netflix said Thursday afternoon that it has “declined to raise its offer for Warner Bros.” after the Warner Bros. Discovery board determined that Paramount has submitted a “superior” offer.

#Paramount doesn't know how to manage their own IP and somehow they're going to handle #WarnerBrothers better?

Sure, Ok.

This is the dumbest timeline.

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The Daily: Christian Bale to have his head all the way up Heat 2 - Our Geek This Week Christian Bale to have his head all the way up HEAT 2 …Bale confirmed he will indeed return to Chicago to film Heat 2, directed by [Michael]

...I’ve bought it on DVD, BluRay, 4K digital, and I am sure that I will buying it on 4K Bluray at some point (in fact, there’s a good chance that I owned on VHS as well)...

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The Daily: Christian Bale to have his head all the way up Heat 2 - Our Geek This Week Christian Bale to have his head all the way up HEAT 2 …Bale confirmed he will indeed return to Chicago to film Heat 2, directed by [Michael]

THE DAILY: Christian Bale to have his head all the way up HEAT 2

"…Bale confirmed he will indeed return to Chicago to film HEAT 2, directed by [Michael] Mann."

Listen, HEAT is one of my absolute favorite movies of all time...

Elbow "Six Words" Sometimes I post because I have discovered some new artist or song and I just have to share it as soon as possible. Other times I put on an ...

...because wow, "Six Words" is peak Elbow and oh so sublime...

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Elbow "Six Words" Sometimes I post because I have discovered some new artist or song and I just have to share it as soon as possible. Other times I put on an ...

Elbow "Six Words"

[Some]times I put on an album I haven't listened to in a while and as it plays in the background I am struck by the power and brilliance of a rediscovered tune,...

Sturgill Simpson "Sing Along" It's hard for me to believe that the album Sound & Fury  is over six years old because to me it still so fresh and alive. I bought it on CD ...

Sturgill Simpson "Sing Along"

If you haven't heard this song or this album yet, you really should remedy that because, in my opinion, it's just that good.

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The Weekend! (23-Feb-26) - Our Geek This Week A chill Friday and Saturday before having our faces melted off on Sunday. Friday: Just a chill night at home; we got Burger King and watched TV

The Weekend! (23-Feb-26)

Get you some friends that when you say, "let's go day-drinking before the NIN show" no one objects.

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