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LadyMarth01

@LadyMarth01@mstdn.games

Video and board game collector, occasional player. Amateur film buff. Dabbler in guitars and synths. :verified_trans:

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LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 273: Heart Monitor by worriedaboutsatan

https://worriedaboutsatan.bandcamp.com/album/heart-monitor

2010 IDM/post-rock EP from Bradford, England. More of a glorified single than an EP, with everything centered around the title track, but hey, it's a good track!

My picks: "Heart Monitor," "Heart Monitor (her.eyes.like_static Remix)"

#AlbumOfTheDay #AOTD #Music

etherdiver, to random
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I am amazed that I somehow never realized that the Midnight Special, a TV music show that ran from the early '70s thru the late '80s, existed until like... six months ago? Less than that? (Honestly, nothing's ever made me more inclined to believe in the Mandela effect than this 😅 , considering I was a professional music journalist for most of a decade and a lifelong music fanatic).

Anyway, I've been catching up on it via YouTube, where they're slowly archiving all of the episodes.

LadyMarth01,
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@etherdiver Focus' performance of Hocus Pocus on The Midnight Special is better than the album version, at least in part because it's significantly faster. The whole band kills it, but Jan Akkerman in particular absolutely shreds on guitar here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyxSvZOby54

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 272: Relativity 3 by Lemaitre

https://lemaitremusic.bandcamp.com/album/relativity-3

2013 house/French electro EP from Oslo, Norway. Mostly upbeat, and always catchy as hell.

My picks: "Iron Pyrite," "Cut to Black"

#AlbumOfTheDay #AOTD #Music

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 271: Céleste by L'indécis

https://cultclassicrecords.bandcamp.com/album/c-leste

2015 instrumental hip hop EP from Grenoble, France. Jazzy chill hip hop.

Fun fact: while Céleste isn't inspired by the video game Celeste—the video game wouldn't start development for another four months!—L'indécis has participated in speedrunning Celeste!

https://old.reddit.com/r/chillhop/comments/9cfi1r/hello_im_lind%C3%A9cis_music_producer_at_chillhop/e5ac4j4/

My picks: "Jeux d'eau," "Lost," "Céleste"

LadyMarth01,
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Here's a video of L'indecis participating in a Celeste any% tournament.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdG-E2mOx1M

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 270: Goodbye Enemy Airship The Landlord Is Dead by Do Make Say Think

https://domakesaythink.bandcamp.com/album/goodbye-enemy-airship-the-landlord-is-dead

2000 post-rock album from Toronto, Canada. Leans a bit more towards the Tortoise end of post-rock, with some more jazz influences, a strong synth presence, and horns on some tracks. "Bruce E Kinesis" almost sounds like a trip hop track.

My picks: "The Landlord Is Dead," "Bruce E Kinesis," "Goodbye Enemy Airship"

#AlbumOfTheDay #AOTD #Music

LadyMarth01, to gaming
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While Letterboxd seems to be the popular option for logging and reviewing movies, there doesn't seem to be a consensus option for video games. In the past I've used Backloggery, Grouvee, and Playfire (RIP), but dropped those years ago.

So, what does everyone on the fediverse use for logging/reviewing video games?

#Gaming #VideoGames #PCGaming

LadyMarth01,
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@gmr_leon That is indeed one slick design. Looks to be quite heavily influenced by Letterboxd, even down to the name. Not a negative, given how I quite like Letterboxd's design.

LadyMarth01,
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@questlog I quite like the site design, and your policies are great!

One of the things I like most about Letterboxd is being able to follow people and having an activity feed to see what they've been watching and what they thought of it. While Questlog seems great for reminding myself of what I've played (which is great, because my memory is crap 😆), I hope you consider something similar as your site continues to develop. 🙂

LadyMarth01, to gaming
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It appears that I'm not the only one to make the connection between Batman: Arkham Asylum's oversized moon and Majora's Mask. Someone took the time to make a mod for it!

https://www.nexusmods.com/batmanarkhamasylum/mods/49

#Gaming #VideoGames #PCGaming

LadyMarth01, to VideoGames
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Started playing Batman: Arkham Asylum recently. I last played the game in 2015, and I've never played any of the sequels, so I figured I'd go back and give the original a go before continuing the series.

So far, it's held up pretty well! I'm not too great at the combat, but it's fun enough. Love the sort of Metroidvania style of the game—although maybe it's closer to The Legend of Zelda, with the different buildings acting as dungeons.

#VideoGames #Gaming #PCGaming #Batman

LadyMarth01,
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The moon in Batman: Arkham Asylum is absolutely absurdly oversized. You'd think it was going to crash into the Earth in 72 hours or something. :zelda:

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 269: Promises by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, and the London Symphony Orchestra

https://floatingpoints.bandcamp.com/album/promises

2021 minimalism/progressive electronic/third stream album consisting of one 46 minute peace split into 9 movements. A repeating piano/synth/harpsichord riff plays throughout as other layers come and go: Sanders' saxophone, synths, and the orchestra. Absolutely beautiful.

My picks: Movements 5-7

GamingWolf, to random
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So anyway you're going to spin me like a wall. Wonderful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw2fh8qfDiA

LadyMarth01,
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@GamingWolf Neil is love, Neil is life.

I don't think any other Internet "celebrity" has had such a long and varied career.

optilude, to guitar
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Rate My Knob, round 3.

  1. Witch hat
  2. Small cupcake with lines
  3. Strat style
  4. Large cupcake with words

Which is your favourite?

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LadyMarth01,
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@optilude Still a fan of the small cupcake. (2)

nolando, to boardgames
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Pulled #SpiritIsland down from the shelf today for the first time in ages to play a two-handed solo game, and I finally won a game! To be fair I’d only played fully solo before, but having a second spirit to balance things out was huge.

#boardgames #soloboardgames

LadyMarth01,
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@nolando Congrats on the win! I think the consensus is two-handed solo is generally easier because each spirit can make up for the weaknesses of the other.

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 268: Gloss Drop by Battles

https://battles.bandcamp.com/album/gloss-drop

2011 experimental rock/math rock album from NYC. While difficult to follow up on the strength of Mirrored—especially after Tyondai Braxton's departure—Gloss Drop did a solid job of it. The guest vocalists are varied and great—particular a fan of "My Machines" with Gary Numan.

My picks: "Futura," "Wall Street," "My Machines"

Simpike, to boardgames
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Agricola with two noobies who are spending more time on their phones than the game #boardgames #baaaaaacon #howtokillagame

LadyMarth01,
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@Simpike That's usually the time to pack it up and call it for me. If the people I'm playing with aren't interested in the game, why waste everyone's time?

Real shame, too. Agricola's a great game.

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 267: Mukang Fields by Mukang Fields

https://mukangfields.bandcamp.com/album/mukang-fields

2020 "space jazz" album from Hanoi, Vietnam. Synths and drum machine with some very jazzy sax and flute over it. Once again, has nothing to do with the atrocity that L. Ron Hubbard called Space Jazz.

My picks: "Lake Skies," "Axis of Drone"

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 266: Two Hands by Big Thief

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWYnRLpmjtk&list=OLAK5uy_nUjoC-ciG9NIUdHE7fPpl-litQ9_6D09o&index=1

https://bigthief.bandcamp.com/album/two-hands

2019 indie folk/folk rock album from Brooklyn, New York. "Not" is the real standout of the album, a great folk rock song that builds up to a Neil Young–esque guitar solo. There's still much to like about the rest of the album, but if you only listen to one, that's where I'd point you.

My picks: "Forgotten Eyes," "The Toy," "Not"

buru5, to music
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i've always found pop covers of metal songs fascinating as they clearly draw out the original creator's intended melody and reveal the pop underpinnings of metal (standard verse-chorus song structures, for example), and The Cardigan's cover of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath comes close to being one of my favorite renovations.

anything else come to mind?

https://youtu.be/aAOlvbKmU4A?si=BVgqcV_FCErAd8-_

LadyMarth01,
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@buru5 The Cardigans really liked Black Sabbath, and I love their covers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb7IpfOzon4

LadyMarth01,
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@buru5 Oh, and how could I forget CAKE's great cover of War Pigs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhmvKYbi7iY

LadyMarth01,
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@buru5 "the greatest covers are such that they sound almost like a different song entirely, befitting the style of the coverer instead of the coveree"

I feel like Todd Terje and Bryan Ferry's cover of Johnny and Mary by Robert Palmer is the greatest example of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibuSxgL83dE

Original:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6kRjyFjHi4

Of course, you could throw in Soft Cell's cover of Tainted Love, Manfred Mann's Earth Band's cover of Blinded by the Light, Charles Bradley's cover of Changes, etc.

rootcompute, to random
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Okay, but has anybody actually eaten a slice of the glue pizza? Don't knock it until you try it

LadyMarth01,
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@buru5 @rootcompute Drinking your own urine, you say?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm7Bn36NdkA

LadyMarth01, to music
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I've been meaning to share a couple things I've recorded somewhat recently. Nothing fancy, simple one-take stuff — obvious mistakes and all. I make no claims of being a professional! :cat_music:

LadyMarth01,
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@buru5 I absolutely love Laughing Stock and Spirit of Eden, so I take that as a huge compliment. Never heard of Spacemen 3 before, though.

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