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joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 5h

had a spicy potato taco from taco bell tonight. god tier fast food item.

joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 16h

modern man only desires one thing: getting your buddies together to eat couscous, drink whiskey, and watch “as above so below” in the catacombs.

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joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 1d

i think it's my favorite tegan and sara album! i always get the bug to listen to it around this time of year.

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joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 1d

last week!

5x5 album grid: jon van deusen, hayley williams, relient k, liz phair, tegan and sara, billy cobb, cartel, geese, lorde, david bowie, sparks, yellowcard, gully boys, pleasance house, mayday parade, bad at sports, bunch of believers, louie zong

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joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 2d

you hear a lot of people talk about "covid albums" but allow me to remind you all of their precursor: the "h1-n1 album"

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joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 3d

springsteen feels like a rich kid desperately cosplaying as johnny cash but simultaneously trying very hard not to look too much like johnny cash

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joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 4d

are there really people who pretend that reputation was a good album

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joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 4d

i think the high harmonies on “jamie all over” are what push that song from ‘pretty good pop song’ to ‘the definitive example of neon pop punk in the late 2000s.’

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joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 4d

Every now and then i like to see if there are any good note taking apps out there. ALL of them now advertise that they have ai features??? Like no?? We have to nuke silicon valley

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joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 5d

rip to my little macbook air. you were a good computer. until you died for seemingly no reason this morning. 🫡

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joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 6d

the world is dark and scary but we will tough it out because THE FORMAT IS BACK, BABEEEEEE

joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 6d

truly a banger year for people who like bands from 2006 (me)

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joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 8d

s/o to the taco bell in downtown cedar rapids, ia man. they’re doing god’s work here

joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 8d

last week!

album grid featL five iron frenzy, r.e.m., the format, kelly clarkson, neko case, portishead, taylor swift, thrice, write this down, david bowie, fleetwood mac, failure, gully boys, mgmt, michael w smith, frances quinlan, avril lavigne, paul meany, the paradox, the starting line, belle & sebastian

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joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 9d

"the very spark that burns the stars drew near to me today
the god of everything that is whispered in my ear
that his love is boundless"

absolutely takes my breath away every time i hear it

joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 9d

also, i'm not a lyrics guy at all, but world without end is some of the most beautiful poetry i've ever heard.

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joel! @angrytortilla.bsky.social · 9d

probably have posted this before but i'm so glad god saw fit to let me get into five iron frenzy instead of skillet as a 14 year old

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