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Mr. Zack
@thatwordyguy.bsky.social
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Nerd, former lit major, enjoyer of bitter drinks. MPLS Resident. He/Him.
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Another week of listening down.

#WeeklyTunes

#LastFMCollage

#LastFM

#musicsky

#yuletunes
A grid of album covers, 5 by 5. From left to right, top to bottom: Onyx Brass - Canite Tuba: Music for Advent and Christmas Amanda Whiting - A Christmas Cwtch Paul Gilbert - 'TWAS Cafe Accordion Orchestra - Cafe Christmas Ill Considered - An Ill Considered Christmas Sean Thomson - Sitar Christmas Synthetic Villains - Christmas Album GreenMatthews - A Medieval Christmas Shire Oak - Thimblewinter Binaural Space - Christmas Carols in the Snow Fischersund, Sin Fang, Kjartan Holm - Sounds of Christmas Laura Cannell - Brightly Shone the Moon The Gentleman Terrapin - At the Gates of Heaven The Soul Santas - Christmas Crackers, Vol 1 yuletide - Yuletide December Album Eric Van Thyne - Eric Van Thyne and the Christmas Time Ensemble! Frostgard - The Last Letter of Winter Santa Sabbath - Children Of The Sleigh Askasleikir - Yule Pilgrimage Buried In Coal - JUST FOR ONE DAY Dixieland Ramblers - Jazz Christmas Matt Dorrien - My Christmas Plea WaqWaq Kingdom x NYX - Doomed Ebisu: BBC Late Junction (live from Maida Vale) Hole Dweller - Winterlude Piqsiq - Angels We Have Heard on High
December 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
thatwordyguy.bsky.social
This #caturday Evie has made herself a little blanket cave to stay warm and cozy.

#thedustballs #catsky #rescuecat
A floofy grey cat with dark tabby facial markings is burrowed under a grey blanket on a loveseat.
December 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Finally, a 4th volume of irreverent yule tunes that treats Xmas with a healthy dose of comedic contempt & fun. Definitely better suited for the adult parties due to a copious amount of adult content.

hwæt! Xmas XXV Irreverent Xmas Volume IV

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8/9
A heavily modified illustration from the Christmas-Party Murder showing a man disguised as Santa fleeing while a man chokes and onlookers watch in horror and surprise. Overlaid on the image is the following text: hwæt! Xmas XXV Irreverent Xmas Volume IV Original source for the image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wolfe-Christmas-Party-Murder-1.jpg This image is the cover of a mix of songs with the following track list: M J Hibbett and the Validators - Give Us A Kiss (For Christmas) Fairyport Convent ft. Michalina Łuzińska - Sexy Santa Claus Kay Martin & Her Body Guards - I Know What You Want For Xmas The Darts - Mistletoe Nicholas Burgess - Red Lingerie with White Fuzzy Trim Stranger Cat - All I Want For Christmas Is You Logan Lynn - It’s Christmas, Motherfuckers! X Ray Pop - Le Noel Erotique Petrol Bastard - Donkey Melkbelly - Hating You for Christmas Derris-Kharlan - FUCKCHRISTMAS The Understudies - Midnight Mass Dylan Blackthorn - Season’s Greetings to One and All
December 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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The inevitable 3rd mix of Xmas Jazz... Though distant enough from the usual mix of adult contemporary jazz pumped through retail stores from September 30th through New Year's to avoid causing service job flashbacks...

hwæt! Xmas XXV Jazz-Mas Volume III

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6/9
A heavily modified image from the Night Before Christmas by Arthur Rackham showing Saint Nick surrounded by living toys. Overlaid on the image is the following text: hwæt! Xmas XXV Jazz-Mas Volume III Original source of the image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Night_Before_Christmas-1915-024.jpg This image is the cover of a mix of songs with the following track list: Oscar Peterson - Let It Snow Norbert Susemihl - The Little Boy that Santa Forgot Dixieland Ramblers - The Christmas Song Company B Jazz Band - Snowbird’s Carol Amanda Whiting - Skating Eric Van Thyne - Silent Night Mars Williams - DID YOU HEAR THEY FOUND LIGHT IN DARKNESS Ill Considered - In The Bleak Midwinter Vens Adams - Wait for Me on Christmas John Zorn - Santa Claus is Coming to Town Adam Neely - Christmastime is 15/16 Charlie and the Tropicales - Postcard to Sparrow Matt Dorrien - White Christmas
December 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Second, a mix that could easily be another volume of the Eclectic Holidays mixes, except that all the songs are all sung in a language other than English.

hwæt! Xmas XXV Bonnes fêtes Volume I

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4/9
A heavily modified image of a French Holiday card showing a young woman with her hands in a muff standing in a street. Overlaid on the image is the text: hwæt! Xmas XXV Bonnes fêtes Volume I The original source of the image is: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joyeux_noel_Rothenburg.jpg This image is the cover of a mix of songs with the following track list: Origami Vokstervisse - Haugebonden A Hill to Die On - Entre le Beouf Unto Ashes - Krampusnacht Alice Redaux - Noel dans la nuit Tranquille Mikado - Message De Noel Meridian Brothers feat. Mau Gatiyo - Lloro sonriendo en navidad mirror 1 - Veni Veni Emmanuel (as performed by the International Synthetic Girls' Choir) grabyourface - Petit Papa Noël wor_kspace - salva nos stella maris GreenMatthews - Gaudete Séamus Begley & Oisín Mac Diarmada - Song: An Nollaig Theas Conspiratio - Ríu, Ríu, Chíu Janice Burns & Jon Doran - Haugebonden
December 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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First this week, a third volume of eclectic holiday tunes suitable for all audiences, a mix of old standards and new songs for a playful yuletide mix. This one has a slight psychedelic lean to the selection.

hwæt! Xmas XXV Eclectic Holidays Volume III

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2/9
A heavily modified panel from Little Nemo in Slumberland where a taller character says to Nemo "That's where old Santa Claus lives, yes Sir!" while pointing at an elaborate palace. The image has the following text overlaid on it: hwæt! Xmas XXV Eclectic Holidays Volume III The original source of the image is: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Nemo_1905-12-17_panel_nine.jpg This image is the cover of a mix of songs with the following track list: Paul Gilbert - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Alice Redaux - Noel psychedelique The Cosmonauts - It’s Christmas Day The Grip Weeds - A Christmas Song CattleChoir - DON’T BE A JERK, IT’S CHRISTMAS! JoeyFunWithMusic - In the Bleak Midi-Winter Husbands - half yourself Buried in Coal - JUST FOR ONE DAY The Republic of Wolves - Wonderful Christmastime The Nervous Gregorians - Little Donkey Death Valley Girls - Season of Dreaming Falcons of Haunt and Friends - Psychedelic Sleighride Titus Andronicus - Drummer Boy
December 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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I wasn't the one who gave one of them a giant hideous bloodshot eye!
My mother did not recognize the "dinosaur" from a texted photo and suggested they needed eyes so Christy gave one a grotesque halloween bloodshot eye candy. This cookie sees into the darkest recesses of your soul. Image shows a horrifying green "dinosaur" spritz cookie with a massice bloody eye on a cooling rack on a table.
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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After many years of making Spritz cookies @ladychristyk.bsky.social finally got to indulge herself and use the "dinosaur" shape to make tasty, festive reptiles.

Or maybe they're sparkly green camels?
A Nordicware baking sheet with green Spritz cookies on it. There are the classic wreaths and a shape that the Kuhn Rikon pamphlet claims are "dinosaurs". @ladychristy has decorated then with sprinkles and green sugar and is in the process of moving them to a cooling rack.
December 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
thatwordyguy.bsky.social
Another week of listening down.

#WeeklyTunes

#LastFMCollage

#LastFM

#musicsky

#yuletunes
A grid of album covers, 5 by 5. From left to right, top to bottom: Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble - Christmas Tubas Charlie and the Tropicales - Presents For Everyone! falcons of haunt and friends - Trippin' the yuletide 2 Golau Glau - The Masque Of Bruma Music for Isolation - On Christmas Day It Happened So The Legendary Pink Dots - The Legendary Pink Dots Xmas Special 2025 Husbands - XMAS 2 Alice Redaux - Winterlands Husbands - XMAS John Zorn - A Dreamers Christmas Buried In Coal - JUST FOR ONE DAY No pasarán - The Fight Before Christmas The Gentleman Terrapin - A Grand Opening Doors in the Labyrinth - It's Christmastime (She's Lost Control) Hole Dweller - the first of yule [demo] Omarandthebear - merry christmas silver biplanes - SNOWFLAKE 38: Snowflakes Christmas Singles Club The Annihilators - Christmess The Republic of Wolves - Two Christmas Songs Laura Cannell - Winterlore Piqsiq - Jingle Bells Gravsten - Krampusmas (A Dungeon Synth Christmas) idylls of the last king - Come In Weary Traveler and Rest Yourself Titus Andronicus - Drummer Boy Who Saw Her Die? - A Very Vampire Christmas
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Evie has fully fallen asleep wrapped around my hand now... #caturday #thedustballs #catsky
A floofy gray cat asleep on a couch cushion while wrapped around her human's hand.
December 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Lazy #caturday afternoon with #thedustballs. #catsky #rescuecats
A floofy gray cat with dark tabby facial markings curls up on a couch cushion looking pleased to be getting chin scritches as she's wrapped around a man's hand. A floofy gray cat with rainbows cast from a prism on her fur nestles on a gray blanket on a man's legs.
December 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Finally for this week, a 3rd volume of WIZARD-MAS. A mix of #DungeonSynth, ambient & other synth heavy Yule Tunes for a wizardly holiday flavor. A little melancholy, a little nerdy, a little cozy.

hwæt! Xmas XXV WIZARD-MAS VOLUME III

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9/10
A heavily modified drawing of a bearded Santa like figure wearing a crown of holly, carrying a yule log, pot and staff. Overlaid on the image is the following text: hwæt! Xmas XXV WIZARD-MAS VOLUME III The original source of this image is: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas_with_the_Yule_Log,_Illustrated_London_News,_23_Dec_1848.jpg This image is the cover of a mix of songs with the following track list: Maanskild - The Journey is Long and Perilous Idylls of the Last King - Come in Weary Traveler The Golden Bough - Hearthfire Krampusnacht - Bûche de Noël Hole Dweller - Winterlude The Gentleman Terrapin - Extra! Extra! Read All about It! This Christmas Eve, Ye Ole Fashioned Inn “The Gentleman Terrapin” Hosts a Grand Opening Banquet! All Invited! Stick In the Wheel - Drive The Cold Winter Away Askasleikir - Jingle of the Twilight The Legendary Pink Dots - Sleigh Bells Elyvilon - Pat-a-Pan DARKEST DUNGEONS - Carol of the Bells Gwenwyn - Cailleach’s Breath Frostgard - The Eve of Yule
December 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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It wouldn't be Xmas without an Unexpected Xmas mix. The 4th volume of unusual instrumentation and arrangements to add some spice to your holiday festivities.

hwæt! Xmas XXV Unexpected Xmas VOLUME IV

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6/10
A heavily modified photograph of a man in a Santa costume sitting at a desk and looking at papers with a surprised look on his face. Overlaid on the image is the following text: hwæt! Xmas XXV Unexpected Xmas VOLUME IV The original source of this image is: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Claus_Oak_Ridge_1947_(10728814536).jpg This image is the cover of a mix of songs with the following track list: Misha Grossu - Deck the Halls GurdyBird - Aye, Therefore, Be Merry (The Holly Bears a Berry) Budeč - Christmas At Vampire’s Lair Sean Thomson - Up on the House Top Weevil - Coventry Carol Philip Glass - Mishima (Bob's Burgers Arrangement) WaqWaq Kingdom x NYX - Santa's Wife Mariah Crazy Piqsiq - Jingle Bells Eban Schletter - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear DKSTR - Have Yourself a Merry Funky Christmas The Nervous Gregorians - Mary Mary Cafe Accordion Orchestra - Silver Bells/Silver Bells Polka/Snow Deer Nik Turner & Simon House - Silent Night
December 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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a third volume of Swingin' Xmas, Like the others, this is a mix of party friendly, funky and rocking yule tunes with a heavy dose of Surf Rock.

hwæt! Xmas XXV Swingin’ Xmas Volume III

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#surfrock

4/10
A heavily modified photo of a man in a Santa costume lifting his pants and wading into the surf of a beach. Overlaid on the image is the following text: hwæt! Xmas XXV Swingin’ Xmas Volume III The original source of the image is: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Claus_at_Panama_City_Beach,_Florida_(8290745559).jpg This image is the cover of a mix of songs with the following track list: Green Wasagas - Cuckoo for Christmas The Surfrajettes - Marshmallow March Naomi & goro - santa on surfboard Los Straitjackets - O Come All Ye Faithful Kidbug - Just Like Xmas Aztec Camera - Hot Club of Christ Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Just Another Christmas Song Werewandas - I’ve Got a Great Big Christmas Tree Building Rockets - Surfin’ Santa Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene - Ride Santa Ride The Breakers - O Holy Night Insect Surfers - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Green Reflectors - We Wish You A Surfy Christmas
December 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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As tradition demands, I've assembled another Goth-Mas Mix. 13 songs for all the former teenage goths out there who need dark, wry and bleak songs to counter all the holiday cheer.

hwæt! Xmas XXV Merry Goth-Mas VOLUME IV

#gothsky #goth

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2/10
A heavily modified photo of a "Santa" in front of a post office, taking a letter from a little girl. Overlaid on the image is the following text: hwæt! Xmas XXV Merry Goth-Mas VOLUME IV The original source of the image is: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marion_Stockton_and_Santa_Claus-_Christmas,_Florida_(8287963478).jpg This image is the cover of a mix of songs with the following track list: Matt Hart - I'll Be Home For Christmas (VARIANT 3808 ft. SLITHER) Who Saw Her Die? - A Very Vampire Christmas Doors In The Labyrinth - It’s Christmas Time (She’s Lost Control) Xander Harris - Blackwood Yule Nog Saltsick - Last Christmas Yuletide - Dark Winter’s Eve (Gothic X-Mas) Ratio Strain - The Grinch The Blue Lady - Not A Creature Was Stirring Interface - Father Christmas Gorgons - Silver Bells STAHLSCHLAG - White Christmas wor_kspace - Vampyr Christmas The Annihilators - Goth Girl Christmas
December 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
thatwordyguy.bsky.social
Another week of listening down.

#WeeklyTunes

#LastFMCollage

#LastFM

#musicsky

#yuletunes
A grid of album covers, 5 by 5. From left to right, top to bottom: Ammer/Einheit - Frost - 79°40' The Nervous Gregorians - Christmas A Hill to Die Upon - The Black Nativity The Rowan Amber Mill - Frore Yarn Buried In Coal - Heavy Holidays for Heavy Times The Grip Weeds - Under the Influence of Christmas Naomi & Goro - Presente de Natal ~Bossa Nova Christmas~ Shire Oak - Sempervirens Ill Considered - UnEvensong The Annihilators - A Very Krampus Christmas Cath and Phil Tyler - Hither Ye Faithful Misha Grossu - When You Believe Nicholas Burgess - Xmas Gold Old Nick - The Kloven Hoof Of Krampus Popular Müzak - Carols For Consumers Uncle Fido - Tipentap Winter Holidays Pig - Black Mass Lisa Bella Donna - Blizzard Of ‘78 karu machay - looking for stars at christmas Kibble - Head Like a Holy Night Daughters Of Saint Crispin - Daughters of Saint Christmas Lapompe - Carols EP Various - A Merry Hyrule Christmas Dylan Blackthorn - Season's Greetings to One & All Kibble - Warm Fireplace
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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I realized recently that I've been scrobbling since March 2005, so over 20 years now... I think I got on #lastfm right after they opened it up to the public.
A chart of last.fm scrobbles by https://www.last.fm/user/schwarzz starting with the year 2005 and going through 2025. Near the bottom the year 2025 is highlighted to show a legend of Scrobbles 12,994.
December 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Eves has decides that instead of tidying I need to sit with her and hold her mitten while she snoozes... #catsky #rescuecats #thedustballs
A fluffy gray cat with darker tabby facial markings snoozles on a red blanket while partially wrapped around the flannel shirt covered arm and hand of her skindad. A close up shot of the same floofy gray cat showing how she is pressing her little beans against a man's thumb while she sleeps contentedly.
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Wrapping up today's mixes is a 4th volume of my holiday folk mix. A more traditional mix of songs both old & new featuring folk, acoustic goth & neo-folk Yule Tunes—suitable for all holiday family gatherings.

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6/8
A vintage illustration of Santa Claus gesturing to a snow covered mountain and forest with Mrs. Claus (?) and a gaggle of fae creatures around him. The image has been modified to deepen the richness of the colors and has the following text overlaid on it: hwæt! Xmas XXV Folk Xmas Vol. IV This image is the cover of a mix of songs with the following track list: The Rowan Amber Mill - Deck the Halls Conspiratio - To Drive The Cold Winter Away Mirabilis - Wexford Carol Dorothy Carter - Ukrainian Carol John Doan - The Angels First Noel Forest Mountain Hymnal - Pat-a-Pan Cath and Phil Tyler - O Sight of Anguish (Occam’s Carol) Séamus Begley & Oisín Mac Diarmada - Song: Oíche Chiúin Shirley Collins - Ashen Faggot Wassail Nativity Songs - Watt’s Christmas Lullaby Rowan:Morrison - In The Bleak Midwinter Laura Cannell & Andre Bosman - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Janice Burns & Jon Doran - The Trees Are All Bare
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Then a 4th volume of heavy & dark Yule Tunes for yr enjoyment whether its a solitary sojourn from the bright lights & forced mirth of mandatory celebrations or a celebration of the long dark nights & doomed souls of Xmas time.

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#metalsky

4/8
A vintage painting of Santa flying above rooftops in a sleigh pulled by reindeer that has been modified to give it a palate of gnarly oranges, violets and shadowy grays and blacks. Overlaid on the image is the following text: hwæt! Xmas XXV Heavy & Dark Xmas Vol. IV This image is the cover of a mix of songs with the following track list: Old Nick - Ghosts of Christmas Presents Buried in Coal - No White Christmas Anymore Youth Pastor - All I Want for Christmas In My Two Front Teeth Grotesque Misalignment - sleigher Moth66 - Lighting Up The Wreath One Eyed Ancestor - River (Joni Mitchell Cover) Jesu - Christmas (JK Flesh Remix) Santa Sabbath - Nativity in Red and White Angry Snowmans - Elf Destruct Chubby and the Gang - Violent Night (A Christmas Tale) A Hill to Die Upon - What Child Is This (Feat. Ole Borud) John San Juan - I Still Believe in Santa Clouds Taste Satanic - You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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First, an entire #Krampus themed mix to help prepare you for #Krampusnacht on December 5th. I managed to get 13 different songs at least tangentially related to Krampus together for your dark holiday needs.

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2/8
A vintage image of Krampus on a massive broom flying through the air with infants in tow that has been modified to be a sickly green shade with the following text overlaid on top of it in nauseating red: hwaet! Xmas XXV Krampusnacht This image is the cover of a mix of songs with the following track list: Old Nick - Krampus Has Arrived Lady Luna and the Devil - Krampus Returns chAton Suicide - Krampus The Annihilators - Krampus S.J. Tucker - The Feast of Krampus Spiral - Krampuskarten Krampusnacht - Krampusnacht Sam Haynes - Krampus of the Bells Midnight Syndicate - Night of the Krampus Hopkirk - Treading Krampus Strap On Halo - Ode to Krampus Mission Indigo - Krampus Kave GlitterWølf - Krampusnacht (feat. Dreddd)
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
thatwordyguy.bsky.social
Another week of listening down.

#WeeklyTunes

#LastFMCollage

#LastFM

#musicsky
A grid of album covers, 5 by 5. From left to right, top to bottom: Kneecap - Fine Art Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film Holy Scum - All We Have Is Never Cold Specks - Light for the Midnight Madame Reaper - This is an album because the industry says it's not. The Young Gods - Appear Disappear Sophia Djebel Rose - Sécheresse A Star Too Far - Saucers Over Lincoln Redux (2025 Remaster) Blixa Bargeld & Nikko Weidemann - Blixa Bargeld Sings David Bowie Bretwalda - Bretwalda Rún - Rún Bretwalda - Dread Prayers I Cowboy Spice - Static & Spurs Herzschlager - Buried Deep In The Heart Loot the Body - Tasty Jamz Seeming - Tomorrow Place Edward Ka-Spel - The Random Time Machine Alicia Cordisco - The Burden of I Pharaoh Overlord - Louhi The Body & Dis Fig - The Body & Dis Fig on Audiotree Live Kate Nash - GERM Kim Gordon - BYE BYE 25! Lankum - Ghost Town Panopticon - The Poppies Bloom For No King (EP) Water Damage - Live At Le Guess Who?
November 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
Henchman 21 aka Gary Fischer out of his henchman uniform and dressed up in black armor as the leader of the Orchard Street Wolf Pack.
November 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Describe your cat's personality in one picture

#caturday #catsky #thedustballs
Evie, a floofy gray long-haired cat is in cat-spiral mode, snoozing on a red and white blanket. She has her little face tucked under her tail like she's hiding from the world, but she also looks very cozy.
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
thatwordyguy.bsky.social
Describe your cat's personality in one picture

#caturday #catsky #thedustballs
Nadja, a fluffy gray long-haired cat nesting like a trash goblin on a piece of bubble wrap on the floor with a basket of sheets and blankets behind her.
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM