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Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · Oct 21

hey im mel

i have no real aim with being on here honestly-- ill mostly be be here to interact with friends and read news

i'm
@/melcord on discord
@/melblur on tumblr
@/melmellon on spacehey
@/melloggd on backloggd
@/7grandmel is my siivagunner blog on tumblr

one day ill make something cool!

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Cactus Fantastico @codenamewhatever.bsky.social · Dec 26

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Olsie @olsiekj.bsky.social · Aug 19

Underated favorite #fearow #pokemon #fanart

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⋆ ˚｡⋆🍂⋅ŌKᗩ‧🍂⋆ ˚｡⋆ @okaliz.bsky.social · 21h

Laurel loves autumn too!

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Big boobs (chelsey) @greatmothsucks.bsky.social · 1d

Flygon

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Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 1d

part of me hates that ive become a linuxcel but hoooly shit kde plasma is so fucking cool

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 8d

On Monday, Yacht Club Games delayed the much-anticipated upcoming game Mina the Hollower.

On Tuesday, I visited their studio and saw the game. It made for a rare glimpse at why a video game gets delayed and what "polish" actually means.

This week's column:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Why 'Mina the Hollower' Was Delayed

Yacht Club Games hasn't given a new release date, but the delay shouldn’t be more than a few months

www.bloomberg.com

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 2d

Tomonobu Itagaki (creator of Ninja Gaiden 2004, Dead or Alive) has passed away according to his Facebook

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AshbornPhoenix @ashbornphoenix.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, remember how I talk about hating Remakes being treated as replacements for what they're remaking? Guess how I feel about this.

Tak @takgoup.bsky.social · 3d

Capcom should die. Give all their IPs to less stupid people.

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かくれ @krkrkkr.bsky.social · 4d

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Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 3d

hoooly birthday is in less than a month

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Aussy 🌱 @ausshawott.bsky.social · Sep 4

"taking a break" he says... "not sure what to draw" he says...

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Dizzy @dizzyisverydizzy.bsky.social · 4d

😊👑✨

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Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 4d

always and forever final fantasy xiii

Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 5d

started with this 1st post re:the booster course pass discourse and then someone made fun of it by reposting the images but adjusting warios ass

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Gamechamp @gamechamp.bsky.social · 5d

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燈菓子 @2tou9.bsky.social · 5d

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Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 5d

That being said

A Tiermaker tier-list ranking of The Strokes' discography, not including sideprojects such as The Voidz, and also not including the demo EP "The Modern Age EP", but including their lone "proper" EP.

S Tier
[2005] First Impressions of Earth
A Tier
[2013] Comedown Machine
[2020] The New Abnormal
[2001] Is This It (Using the US Bubble Chamber cover)
B Tier
[2011] Angles
[2003] Room On Fire
C Tier
[2016] Future Present Past (EP)
D Tier
Empty

Following the empty D Tier, the International "butt" cover of Is This It is placed in it's own tier at the bottom of the image, with the tier's label being excessively descriptive:

"the bubble chamber cover is way better Julian was 100% correct to want to change it im so mad the Ass Cover became their most iconic one its MID"

Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 5d

What im saying is i think The Strokes' discography is so cool specifically because just about every albums release came with baggage that makes them so interesting to the point of even puzzling their frontman. its never business as usual but it never diminishes their output. theyre so fucking cool

Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 5d

of course Julian is going to understand something like Room On Fire better when he wrote all of it! Even on The New Abnormal when the music was collaborative, the lyrics were still 100% Julian. As a result Angles/CM are super interesting as reflections of the *whole* band rather than just their lead

Wikipedia Track Listing for Room on Fire. Note the credits attributing just about all of the songs to Julian Casablancas as opposed to the rest of the band

Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 5d

Julian once kind of subtly disowned Angles/Comedown Machine by saying they're albums he "doesnt understand" which some ppl take as meaning they were phoned in, but its important to remember theyre also the only 2 out of 6 records that were 100% Collaboratively written as opposed to being spearheaded

Wikipedia Track Listing for The Strokes' 5th album, Comedown Machine. Note "All tracks are written by The Strokes" as opposed to individual per-song credit.

Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 5d

i really need to make some sort of thinkpiece about The Strokes sometime its insane to me that their output is at once so varied and almost aimless whilst all being so exceptionally high quality. it truly is different strokes for different folks.

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sam candles🕯️ @samcandles.bsky.social · 6d

sam candles sunday

sam candles standing on water which is very blue and overlaid with clouds. there is two emblems of hearts in each corner, one reversed and one right side up

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Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 6d

i hope i can be this to some people

vullen @vullen.bsky.social · 6d

my very attractive friend of unknown gender

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vullen @vullen.bsky.social · 6d

my very attractive friend of unknown gender

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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