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Who here misses the genre of the day? Did anyone notice when it went away? Would you be willing to be a free subscriber to Rambling & Gamboling to see it again, with a deeper (5-15 minute read) exploration of the genre? I enjoyed doing it, and I kinda want to motivate myself to get back on the horse
October 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Who here misses the genre of the day? Did anyone notice when it went away? Would you be willing to be a free subscriber to Rambling & Gamboling to see it again, with a deeper (5-15 minute read) exploration of the genre? I enjoyed doing it, and I kinda want to motivate myself to get back on the horse
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Time Magazine's cover this week is "Enough. The Killing of Charlie Kirk and the Epidemic of American Political Violence."
They did not do a similar cover when 2 Democratic politicians were murdered earlier this year.
Why does this seem to be so consistent?
They did not do a similar cover when 2 Democratic politicians were murdered earlier this year.
Why does this seem to be so consistent?
September 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Time Magazine's cover this week is "Enough. The Killing of Charlie Kirk and the Epidemic of American Political Violence."
They did not do a similar cover when 2 Democratic politicians were murdered earlier this year.
Why does this seem to be so consistent?
They did not do a similar cover when 2 Democratic politicians were murdered earlier this year.
Why does this seem to be so consistent?
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I'm sorry, but whatever else it may be, "Guy who says school shootings is acceptable cost to have guns" getting shot in a school IS funny, and it's goofy to make like it ain't.
September 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I'm sorry, but whatever else it may be, "Guy who says school shootings is acceptable cost to have guns" getting shot in a school IS funny, and it's goofy to make like it ain't.
Today my spouse said to me, "your hair looks like you play trombone." In an attempt to clarify, they insisted, "but just your hair though. The rest of your body is giving like, 'I pick up rocks.'" So it's safe to say I won't be sleeping tonight while I try to detangle all that.
August 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Today my spouse said to me, "your hair looks like you play trombone." In an attempt to clarify, they insisted, "but just your hair though. The rest of your body is giving like, 'I pick up rocks.'" So it's safe to say I won't be sleeping tonight while I try to detangle all that.
Today's genre is Funk! Here's five tracks to get your algorithm groovin’.
Rick James- Super Freak
Commodores- Brick House
Stevie Wonder- Superstition
CHIC- Le Freak
Bruno Mars- Uptown Funk
Rick James- Super Freak
Commodores- Brick House
Stevie Wonder- Superstition
CHIC- Le Freak
Bruno Mars- Uptown Funk
August 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Today's genre is Funk! Here's five tracks to get your algorithm groovin’.
Rick James- Super Freak
Commodores- Brick House
Stevie Wonder- Superstition
CHIC- Le Freak
Bruno Mars- Uptown Funk
Rick James- Super Freak
Commodores- Brick House
Stevie Wonder- Superstition
CHIC- Le Freak
Bruno Mars- Uptown Funk
Today's genre is Han Chinese Traditional! Here's five tracks to have your algorithm sipping tieguanyin:
Hong Ting- Flowers on the Brocade
Jian Xiao-Qing- Leaves of Autumn
ShuishanYu- Moon Over the Mountain Pass
Liu Fang- Lotus Emerging On the Surface of Water
Zhao Liangshan- Mourning Over Ying
Hong Ting- Flowers on the Brocade
Jian Xiao-Qing- Leaves of Autumn
ShuishanYu- Moon Over the Mountain Pass
Liu Fang- Lotus Emerging On the Surface of Water
Zhao Liangshan- Mourning Over Ying
August 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Today's genre is Han Chinese Traditional! Here's five tracks to have your algorithm sipping tieguanyin:
Hong Ting- Flowers on the Brocade
Jian Xiao-Qing- Leaves of Autumn
ShuishanYu- Moon Over the Mountain Pass
Liu Fang- Lotus Emerging On the Surface of Water
Zhao Liangshan- Mourning Over Ying
Hong Ting- Flowers on the Brocade
Jian Xiao-Qing- Leaves of Autumn
ShuishanYu- Moon Over the Mountain Pass
Liu Fang- Lotus Emerging On the Surface of Water
Zhao Liangshan- Mourning Over Ying
Today's genre is Chamber Pop! Here's five tracks to give your algorithm flashbacks of drunkenly crying over him in 2006:
Stars- Your Ex-Lover is Dead
Beirut- Nantes
Devandra Banhart- Mi Negrita
Sigur Rós- Svefn-g-englar
DeVotchKa- How It Ends
Stars- Your Ex-Lover is Dead
Beirut- Nantes
Devandra Banhart- Mi Negrita
Sigur Rós- Svefn-g-englar
DeVotchKa- How It Ends
August 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Today's genre is Chamber Pop! Here's five tracks to give your algorithm flashbacks of drunkenly crying over him in 2006:
Stars- Your Ex-Lover is Dead
Beirut- Nantes
Devandra Banhart- Mi Negrita
Sigur Rós- Svefn-g-englar
DeVotchKa- How It Ends
Stars- Your Ex-Lover is Dead
Beirut- Nantes
Devandra Banhart- Mi Negrita
Sigur Rós- Svefn-g-englar
DeVotchKa- How It Ends
Today's genre is French Jazz! Here's five tracks to make your algorithm look at you through cigarette smoke with distain:
Pink Martini- Sympathique
Jill Barber- Petite Fleur
Madeleine Peyroux- La Vie En Rose
Brigitte Bardot- La Madrague
Serge Gainsbourg- Baudelaire
Pink Martini- Sympathique
Jill Barber- Petite Fleur
Madeleine Peyroux- La Vie En Rose
Brigitte Bardot- La Madrague
Serge Gainsbourg- Baudelaire
August 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Today's genre is French Jazz! Here's five tracks to make your algorithm look at you through cigarette smoke with distain:
Pink Martini- Sympathique
Jill Barber- Petite Fleur
Madeleine Peyroux- La Vie En Rose
Brigitte Bardot- La Madrague
Serge Gainsbourg- Baudelaire
Pink Martini- Sympathique
Jill Barber- Petite Fleur
Madeleine Peyroux- La Vie En Rose
Brigitte Bardot- La Madrague
Serge Gainsbourg- Baudelaire
Today's genre got fired. Here's six tracks for your algorithm to listen to while saying goodbye:
Willie Nelson- On the Road Again
Roy Rogers- Happy Trails
Vera Lynn- We'll Meet Again
Willie Nelson- I'll Be Seeing You
Green Day- Good Riddance
Hilary Summers- So Long and Thanks for All the Fish
Willie Nelson- On the Road Again
Roy Rogers- Happy Trails
Vera Lynn- We'll Meet Again
Willie Nelson- I'll Be Seeing You
Green Day- Good Riddance
Hilary Summers- So Long and Thanks for All the Fish
July 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Today's genre got fired. Here's six tracks for your algorithm to listen to while saying goodbye:
Willie Nelson- On the Road Again
Roy Rogers- Happy Trails
Vera Lynn- We'll Meet Again
Willie Nelson- I'll Be Seeing You
Green Day- Good Riddance
Hilary Summers- So Long and Thanks for All the Fish
Willie Nelson- On the Road Again
Roy Rogers- Happy Trails
Vera Lynn- We'll Meet Again
Willie Nelson- I'll Be Seeing You
Green Day- Good Riddance
Hilary Summers- So Long and Thanks for All the Fish
Today's genre is Crust Punk! Here's five tracks to give your algorithm a hatred of the government, a drug problem, and a distinct odor:
Crass- Big a Little A
Doom- Police Bastard
Subhumans- No
Reagan Youth- No Class
Aus Rotten- No Justice, No Peace
Crass- Big a Little A
Doom- Police Bastard
Subhumans- No
Reagan Youth- No Class
Aus Rotten- No Justice, No Peace
July 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Today's genre is Crust Punk! Here's five tracks to give your algorithm a hatred of the government, a drug problem, and a distinct odor:
Crass- Big a Little A
Doom- Police Bastard
Subhumans- No
Reagan Youth- No Class
Aus Rotten- No Justice, No Peace
Crass- Big a Little A
Doom- Police Bastard
Subhumans- No
Reagan Youth- No Class
Aus Rotten- No Justice, No Peace
Today's genre is Hapa Haole! Here's five tracks to make your algorithm feel discomfort about the commodification of Polynesian cultures:
Ehukai- Molokai Slide
John Keawe- Hwai'i Island ..is My Home
Hapa- Ku'u Home O Kahau'u
Jack Johnson- Better Together
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole- You Don't Know Me
Ehukai- Molokai Slide
John Keawe- Hwai'i Island ..is My Home
Hapa- Ku'u Home O Kahau'u
Jack Johnson- Better Together
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole- You Don't Know Me
July 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today's genre is Hapa Haole! Here's five tracks to make your algorithm feel discomfort about the commodification of Polynesian cultures:
Ehukai- Molokai Slide
John Keawe- Hwai'i Island ..is My Home
Hapa- Ku'u Home O Kahau'u
Jack Johnson- Better Together
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole- You Don't Know Me
Ehukai- Molokai Slide
John Keawe- Hwai'i Island ..is My Home
Hapa- Ku'u Home O Kahau'u
Jack Johnson- Better Together
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole- You Don't Know Me
RIP to a legend. Today's genre is Classic Metal! Here's five tracks to get your algorithm headbanging:
Black Sabbath- Warsaw Pigs
Motörhead- Ace of Spades
Iron Maiden- The Trooper
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Dio- Holy Diver
SPECIAL SIXTH TRACK: Ozzy Osbourne- Crazy Train
Black Sabbath- Warsaw Pigs
Motörhead- Ace of Spades
Iron Maiden- The Trooper
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Dio- Holy Diver
SPECIAL SIXTH TRACK: Ozzy Osbourne- Crazy Train
July 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
RIP to a legend. Today's genre is Classic Metal! Here's five tracks to get your algorithm headbanging:
Black Sabbath- Warsaw Pigs
Motörhead- Ace of Spades
Iron Maiden- The Trooper
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Dio- Holy Diver
SPECIAL SIXTH TRACK: Ozzy Osbourne- Crazy Train
Black Sabbath- Warsaw Pigs
Motörhead- Ace of Spades
Iron Maiden- The Trooper
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Dio- Holy Diver
SPECIAL SIXTH TRACK: Ozzy Osbourne- Crazy Train
Today's genre is Progressive Rock! Here's five tracks to sit your algorithm down in a beanbag chair and contemplate a blackligh velvet painting:
TOOL- Schism
Rush- Tom Sawyer
Genesis- The Cinema Show
Frank Zappa- Uncle Remus
King Crimson- 21st Century Schizoid Man
TOOL- Schism
Rush- Tom Sawyer
Genesis- The Cinema Show
Frank Zappa- Uncle Remus
King Crimson- 21st Century Schizoid Man
July 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Today's genre is Progressive Rock! Here's five tracks to sit your algorithm down in a beanbag chair and contemplate a blackligh velvet painting:
TOOL- Schism
Rush- Tom Sawyer
Genesis- The Cinema Show
Frank Zappa- Uncle Remus
King Crimson- 21st Century Schizoid Man
TOOL- Schism
Rush- Tom Sawyer
Genesis- The Cinema Show
Frank Zappa- Uncle Remus
King Crimson- 21st Century Schizoid Man
Today's genre is Lilith Fair! Here's five tracks for your algorithm to drunkenly scream-sing at karaoke:
Alanis Morrissette- You Oughta Know
4 Non Blondes- What's Up?
Sinéad O'Connor- Nothing Compares 2 U
Meredith Brooks- Bitch
Jewel- Who Will Save Your Soul
Alanis Morrissette- You Oughta Know
4 Non Blondes- What's Up?
Sinéad O'Connor- Nothing Compares 2 U
Meredith Brooks- Bitch
Jewel- Who Will Save Your Soul
July 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Today's genre is Lilith Fair! Here's five tracks for your algorithm to drunkenly scream-sing at karaoke:
Alanis Morrissette- You Oughta Know
4 Non Blondes- What's Up?
Sinéad O'Connor- Nothing Compares 2 U
Meredith Brooks- Bitch
Jewel- Who Will Save Your Soul
Alanis Morrissette- You Oughta Know
4 Non Blondes- What's Up?
Sinéad O'Connor- Nothing Compares 2 U
Meredith Brooks- Bitch
Jewel- Who Will Save Your Soul
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please meet Alex the Great, a therapy bunny who works at the San Fran airport and now Giants games to help people who are overwhelmed
LOOK AT HIS TINY BALLCAP. LOOK AT IT.
LOOK AT HIS TINY BALLCAP. LOOK AT IT.
July 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
please meet Alex the Great, a therapy bunny who works at the San Fran airport and now Giants games to help people who are overwhelmed
LOOK AT HIS TINY BALLCAP. LOOK AT IT.
LOOK AT HIS TINY BALLCAP. LOOK AT IT.
Today's genre is a study of the Romantic Period! Here's five tracks to make your algorithm feel feelings in spite of its Victorian sensibilities:
July 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Today's genre is a study of the Romantic Period! Here's five tracks to make your algorithm feel feelings in spite of its Victorian sensibilities:
Today's genre is Jump Blues! Here's five tracks to make your algorithm jump:
Roy Milton- Big Fat Mama
Bull Moose Jackson- Nosey Joe
Big Joe Turner- Shake, Rattle & Roll
Buddy Johnson- Shufflin & Rollin’
Floyd Dixon- Hey, Bartender
Roy Milton- Big Fat Mama
Bull Moose Jackson- Nosey Joe
Big Joe Turner- Shake, Rattle & Roll
Buddy Johnson- Shufflin & Rollin’
Floyd Dixon- Hey, Bartender
July 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Today's genre is Jump Blues! Here's five tracks to make your algorithm jump:
Roy Milton- Big Fat Mama
Bull Moose Jackson- Nosey Joe
Big Joe Turner- Shake, Rattle & Roll
Buddy Johnson- Shufflin & Rollin’
Floyd Dixon- Hey, Bartender
Roy Milton- Big Fat Mama
Bull Moose Jackson- Nosey Joe
Big Joe Turner- Shake, Rattle & Roll
Buddy Johnson- Shufflin & Rollin’
Floyd Dixon- Hey, Bartender
After a long convalescence, I'm back, and the genre of the day is OrgCore! Here's five tracks to put blue collar in your punk:
Off With Their Heads- Nightlife
Jawbreaker- Do You Still Hate Me?
The Gaslight Anthem- American Slang
Hot Water Music- Wayfarer
This Bike is a Pipe Bomb- Poison Ivy
Off With Their Heads- Nightlife
Jawbreaker- Do You Still Hate Me?
The Gaslight Anthem- American Slang
Hot Water Music- Wayfarer
This Bike is a Pipe Bomb- Poison Ivy
July 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
After a long convalescence, I'm back, and the genre of the day is OrgCore! Here's five tracks to put blue collar in your punk:
Off With Their Heads- Nightlife
Jawbreaker- Do You Still Hate Me?
The Gaslight Anthem- American Slang
Hot Water Music- Wayfarer
This Bike is a Pipe Bomb- Poison Ivy
Off With Their Heads- Nightlife
Jawbreaker- Do You Still Hate Me?
The Gaslight Anthem- American Slang
Hot Water Music- Wayfarer
This Bike is a Pipe Bomb- Poison Ivy
It's finally going up! I really hope everyone enjoys the adventure of my magical cowboy.
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The Kobold (part 1)
Being the first part of a newly completed rough draft
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June 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It's finally going up! I really hope everyone enjoys the adventure of my magical cowboy.
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1,375 words today, but I slept in, and the dishes remain unwashed, so I feel like a lazy lump. I really gotta get better about managing my definition of what counts as “worthwhile endeavor.”
June 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
1,375 words today, but I slept in, and the dishes remain unwashed, so I feel like a lazy lump. I really gotta get better about managing my definition of what counts as “worthwhile endeavor.”
Alright, it's taking longer than originally estimated, so here's a teaser:
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The Kobold (Teaser)
The first 1,235 words
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June 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Alright, it's taking longer than originally estimated, so here's a teaser:
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Mansfield, heh heh, what do you think they were growing, huh?
I SAID WHAT DO-
I SAID WHAT DO-
May 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Mansfield, heh heh, what do you think they were growing, huh?
I SAID WHAT DO-
I SAID WHAT DO-
Writing prompt:
I have personally catalogued almost two thousand planets with indigenous language-capable species to the galactic registry. In ninety-eight percent of cases, those species have named their home planet some near variation of “the thing we stand on.”
I have personally catalogued almost two thousand planets with indigenous language-capable species to the galactic registry. In ninety-eight percent of cases, those species have named their home planet some near variation of “the thing we stand on.”
May 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Writing prompt:
I have personally catalogued almost two thousand planets with indigenous language-capable species to the galactic registry. In ninety-eight percent of cases, those species have named their home planet some near variation of “the thing we stand on.”
I have personally catalogued almost two thousand planets with indigenous language-capable species to the galactic registry. In ninety-eight percent of cases, those species have named their home planet some near variation of “the thing we stand on.”
It's my first foray into horror! Kinda. It is very much a rough draft. I wrote it in a frenzy over the course of three hours last night, so please forgive stylistic errors and the like. Though I welcome notes concerning pacing, plot structure, and concept clarity.
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Mine
A short spook
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May 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It's my first foray into horror! Kinda. It is very much a rough draft. I wrote it in a frenzy over the course of three hours last night, so please forgive stylistic errors and the like. Though I welcome notes concerning pacing, plot structure, and concept clarity.
open.substack.com/pub/sethtrib...
open.substack.com/pub/sethtrib...