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.
@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.
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!
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?
@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.
@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. 🙂
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.
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.
@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.
@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?
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: #music#guitar#PostRock
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.
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.
@optilude Cupcake. I quite like the design of the knurled one, but the very clean white seems to clash with the pickups and pickguard; in the opposite direction, the stratty knobs are too yellowed to fit in.