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I finally took the time to write up my thoughts and put together a mixtape for the month of March. This is "In the Underworld of the Long Dark" and I hope you enjoy it if you end up giving it a read and a listen! #musicsky #metalsky #coresky www.tommyokeefe.com/blog/mim-03-...

When I choose to orient myself to the good, I’m not being naive, I’m choosing a posture that determines my next meaningful action. www.flotsam.wtf/posts/circle...

Got some thoughts up about my anxious brain and the need to narrow my scope of focus. Give it a read if you're interested in that sort of thing. www.flotsam.wtf/posts/circle...

I’ve had the Slint boys in the algae filled reflecting pool for a hot minute now 😂

If you don’t listen to NØ MAN you should start immediately.

The new Snag record has me fired up snagmke.bandcamp.com/album/all-th...

FROG MALLET! frogmallet.bandcamp.com/album/consum...

I now fervently believe this. Relatedly, I think celebrating good news and embracing joy are equally radical. You have to remember what you’re fighting for. We cannot sustainably organize around sorrow.

I'm part of the very specific fragment of the population for whom this image is the best joke of the week.

“Mirth is the mail of anguish” - Emily Dickinson “I grieve saying, “you’re killing me!” when I meant to say “you are killing me.” I have died right in front of you so many times; my grief is my plus-one tonight.” - Saeed Jones Excerpts from 2 poems I read today separated by 132 years. #poetry

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Another Sunday morning with The Innocence Mission! Today we’re listening to Befriended, the album I have the deepest nostalgic ties to. It came out the year before I got married and is tied to so many good memories. Here’s my favorite song from the album: youtu.be/Akzt9236myc?...

After a series of meetings finally free to hit play on something else - “Through Zero” from Elder. Really solid proggy psych stuff. beholdtheelder.bandcamp.com/album/throug...

Started my day with the new Monolord record. It was an excellent choice! monolord.bandcamp.com/album/nevere...

I’m guessing reactions will be a bit mixed but I am REALLY loving the new David Eugene Edwards album. davideugeneedwards.bandcamp.com/album/mercur...

Started the day off spinning The Appleseed Cast’s “Low Level Owl (vol 1 & 2) on the turntable. What a fantastic record. 10/10. One of my all time favorites. Is there a better album at the intersection of emo and post-rock? deepelmdigital.com/album/low-le...

I feel this in my soul “…I have a finite time on this earth that I mostly want to spend interacting with other human beings. I don’t want to be the person arguing with a robot, or wasting my time reading something that a real person couldn’t be bothered to write.” www.404media.co/your-ai-use-...

This morning the cats were like “WTF is wrong with him” while I made coffee & gyrated wildly to the new Darkthrone. Siberian Thaw got these hips all loose.

I keep coming back to this one over and over. Melodic and harmonic sensibilities are at absolute peak here, especially for something that falls under an “extreme metal” banner.

Another Sunday morning with The Innocence Mission. Today we have Brave from the 1995 album Glow. “And I always go to pieces And I have it in my mind That the sky is tall and heavy When I could be Brave Brave” #musicsky youtu.be/tPzQ0oVCPbc?...

“How possible everything is in this wondering, endless wait. And how sure is joy, and safe. In May I will say, I am sorry and glad together now” Sunday morning with the Innocence Mission - today is the nostalgic “Sorry and Glad Together” from 1991s Umbrella. #musicsky youtu.be/DdTZcCVG5ME?...

The Trump cabinet trying to explain 6th grade math challenge (impossible)

I think this new Failure single that features Hayley Williams healed something inside me. youtu.be/YusKvwuV3pA?...

This Shaking Hand cover of Badly Drawn Boy’s “The Shining” feels like a well placed nostalgia bullet straight to my sad bastard heart. 11/10! #musicsky shakinghandband.bandcamp.com/album/the-sh...

More sage wisdom from Francis Weller: #booksky 📚💙

On Sunday mornings I often reach for the music of The Innocence Mission. Today is a “Mercy” day. “There are no fires of hell, there is only mercy.” #musicsky youtu.be/L2glRLOysp4?...

I read Moses Ote Utomi’s excellent novella “Lies of the Ajungo” yesterday. It is unreal how much story and world building he packed into 82 pages. I’ve been thinking about the story and themes all morning. Highly recommended! #booksky 📚💙 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

This is genuinely infuriating. It’s destroying the fundamental basics of the web. I hate it.

Unearthly Rites - “Tortural Symphony of the Flesh” This came out earlier this month but I’m just getting to it today. Sludgy crusty death doom at its filthiest. I’m really digging this! #metalsky unearthlyrites.bandcamp.com/album/tortur...

This is excellent!

lighter listening this past week so it's a #fourbyfriday instead of #fivebyfriday - a lot of good stuff none the less! #musicsky #metalsky

Last coffee post of the morning - today’s brew is a Counter Culture subscriber exclusive and it’s delicious. I think a I’ve been drinking their coffee for 15+ years now as well! I even got to be a part of selecting them as the provider for NPR’s Coffee Club subscription back when I worked there!

Also, ignore the bed head but isn’t this coffee mug freaking amazing?! I call it my “memento mori” mug.

Is there anything like that first whiff of brewing coffee in the morning? I’ve been making pour overs of one sort or another everyday for the last 15+ years and it is truly my favorite part of the morning.

I think I’ve mentioned this recently but I’m a new @robinhobb.bsky.social fan and I still can’t get over how good her books are. I’m about 90% of the way through The Mad Ship and I think I somehow like the Liveship Traders even more than Farseer?! (Don’t tell my boy Fitz, he’s been through enough)

you see this, post a pic of you in glasses (First selfie posted in ages, lol - if you quote post or reply I’ll repost!)

Which perfect album came out when you were 16?

I love the delightfully nerdy parental advisory on this “Stench of Sorcery” album cover - “Parental Advisory: Castle Metal may corrupt the pure” Also, the album rips if you’re in the mood for some fantasy themed old school death metal. #metalsky stenchofsorcery.bandcamp.com/album/the-pa...

I listened to the new 10th Anniversary edition of Touché Amoré's "Stage Four" this morning. I've always loved that record and the demos and remixes really elevate it. Highly recommended! toucheamore.bandcamp.com/album/stage-...

“Infinite Illumination” - Spirit Adrift A farewell album with dark and old school doomy roots. Excellent. #newmusicfriday listen.20buckspin.com/album/infini...

“Not A Sound In Heaven” - Sugar Horse This is very much my shit. Noisy, industrial, experimental doomgaze that is somehow full of exquisite hooks and melodies that are bafflingly gorgeous. This might be my favorite thing that came out today. #newmusicfriday sugarhorse.bandcamp.com/album/not-a-...

“Life and Other Horrors” - Paisaunt Raw melodic black metal with some unique flavor out of France. In the bands own words “Paisaunt creates highly melodic Black Metal with atmospheric & Rock ‘n’ Roll elements.” #newmusicfriday paisaunt.bandcamp.com/album/life-a...