Toby H. 🇺🇦🇵🇸
@mezcalhead.bsky.social
Shoegazer, fly fisherman, terrible golfer, Margarita enthusiast. Californian by birth, Coloradan by choice. Wu Tang is for the Children. #ITFDB #YNWA
He said “I know how to live, I don’t know how to die, and there ain’t no thrills in the afterlife…”
Quote a line from a Song.
September 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
He said “I know how to live, I don’t know how to die, and there ain’t no thrills in the afterlife…”
I’ve wanted one since this show aired.
September 13, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I’ve wanted one since this show aired.
Reposted by Toby H. 🇺🇦🇵🇸
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
Good thing we all took the high road, lol.
Deeply disturbing rhetoric is spreading from influential MAGA figures (including the President of the United States and the owner of that other website). They have no idea who the shooter is, and many of these same people mocked Democrats when they were victims of political violence in the past. 1/
September 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Good thing we all took the high road, lol.
With 532 monthly listeners, seventeen years might be the greatest hidden gem on Spotify. Today’s track in my #15under15k, Margot Robbie, has less than 1000 all time plays (25 views in YT), and is an utter banger of a shoegaze song. #MusicChallenge
Day whatever | seventeen years | Margot Robbie
Day whatever | seventeen years | Margot Robbie
margot robbie
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August 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
With 532 monthly listeners, seventeen years might be the greatest hidden gem on Spotify. Today’s track in my #15under15k, Margot Robbie, has less than 1000 all time plays (25 views in YT), and is an utter banger of a shoegaze song. #MusicChallenge
Day whatever | seventeen years | Margot Robbie
Day whatever | seventeen years | Margot Robbie
French shoegazers Maria False (397 followers) provide us with today’s #15under15k #MusicChallenge entry. Feast on this tremolo heavy goodness! #shoegaze #MusicSky
Maria False | Spades
Maria False | Spades
MARIA FALSE - SPADES
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August 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
French shoegazers Maria False (397 followers) provide us with today’s #15under15k #MusicChallenge entry. Feast on this tremolo heavy goodness! #shoegaze #MusicSky
Maria False | Spades
Maria False | Spades
As promised, #15under15k number 2 for the day brings us a remix of brilliant atmospheric shoegazer three quarter skies. #MusicChallenge #MysicSky
Three-Quarter Skies (2,136 listeners) | Crows (Drab Majesty Remix)
Three-Quarter Skies (2,136 listeners) | Crows (Drab Majesty Remix)
Crows (Drab Majesty Remix)
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August 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
As promised, #15under15k number 2 for the day brings us a remix of brilliant atmospheric shoegazer three quarter skies. #MusicChallenge #MysicSky
Three-Quarter Skies (2,136 listeners) | Crows (Drab Majesty Remix)
Three-Quarter Skies (2,136 listeners) | Crows (Drab Majesty Remix)
I owe you dorks two today I think (it’s my #MusicChallenge and I’ll mess up the days if I wanna). It’s seriously criminal how undiscovered these guys are!! #15under15k #MusicSky
I Used to be a Sparrow (27 listeners!!!!!) | White Flags
I Used to be a Sparrow (27 listeners!!!!!) | White Flags
White Flags
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August 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I owe you dorks two today I think (it’s my #MusicChallenge and I’ll mess up the days if I wanna). It’s seriously criminal how undiscovered these guys are!! #15under15k #MusicSky
I Used to be a Sparrow (27 listeners!!!!!) | White Flags
I Used to be a Sparrow (27 listeners!!!!!) | White Flags
Seriously dreamy downtempo soundscapes from Snow in Mexico (1,221 listeners) - who, if you like trentmøeller or Boards of Canada, you should definitely check out (whole catalog is ~20 songs) - in today’s #15under15k
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day 8 | Snow in Mexico | Thirteen
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day 8 | Snow in Mexico | Thirteen
Thirteen
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August 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Seriously dreamy downtempo soundscapes from Snow in Mexico (1,221 listeners) - who, if you like trentmøeller or Boards of Canada, you should definitely check out (whole catalog is ~20 songs) - in today’s #15under15k
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day 8 | Snow in Mexico | Thirteen
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day 8 | Snow in Mexico | Thirteen
August 23, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Here’s a fitting one for this evening.
#15under15k
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day ? | Ten Fé | Caught on the Inside
#15under15k
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day ? | Ten Fé | Caught on the Inside
Ten Fé - Caught On The Inside (Official Audio)
YouTube video by TEN FÉ
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August 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Here’s a fitting one for this evening.
#15under15k
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day ? | Ten Fé | Caught on the Inside
#15under15k
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day ? | Ten Fé | Caught on the Inside
There was a lyric in the first one that ruined it - totally forgot about it til I posted it.
This one makes more sense.
#LookAndSee
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day 178 | City and Colour | Northern Wind
This one makes more sense.
#LookAndSee
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day 178 | City and Colour | Northern Wind
August 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
There was a lyric in the first one that ruined it - totally forgot about it til I posted it.
This one makes more sense.
#LookAndSee
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day 178 | City and Colour | Northern Wind
This one makes more sense.
#LookAndSee
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day 178 | City and Colour | Northern Wind
I skipped a day. Cause I’m stupid. So we’ll go across the dateline to Birmingham, UK for this one in an attempt to time travel my way out of it in a way that makes no sense at all. #15under15k #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
Day 5 (3 days ago) | Victories at Sea (496 listeners) | Quiet House
Day 5 (3 days ago) | Victories at Sea (496 listeners) | Quiet House
VICTORIES AT SEA - QUIET HOUSE
YouTube video by VICTORIES AT SEA
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August 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I skipped a day. Cause I’m stupid. So we’ll go across the dateline to Birmingham, UK for this one in an attempt to time travel my way out of it in a way that makes no sense at all. #15under15k #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
Day 5 (3 days ago) | Victories at Sea (496 listeners) | Quiet House
Day 5 (3 days ago) | Victories at Sea (496 listeners) | Quiet House
August 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
What would it be like if Trent Reznor had a baby with Kevin Shields and it possessed the reincarnated soul of Ian Curtis? 👇🏻
#15under15k
#MusicSky
#MusicChallenge
Day 7 | Weekend (4,724 listeners) | Coma Summer
#15under15k
#MusicSky
#MusicChallenge
Day 7 | Weekend (4,724 listeners) | Coma Summer
Indie Indie presents: Weekend - Coma Summer
YouTube video by Kasper Vogelzang
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August 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
What would it be like if Trent Reznor had a baby with Kevin Shields and it possessed the reincarnated soul of Ian Curtis? 👇🏻
#15under15k
#MusicSky
#MusicChallenge
Day 7 | Weekend (4,724 listeners) | Coma Summer
#15under15k
#MusicSky
#MusicChallenge
Day 7 | Weekend (4,724 listeners) | Coma Summer
15 artists/bands to get to know me (dovetails nicely with the #15under15k “15” theme)
My Bloody Valentine
Leonard Cohen
Hum
Rage Against the Machine
Slowdive
Portishead
Daniel Lanois
Tears for Fears
Small Black
Wu Tang Clan
Ride
Deftones
Television
Pete Rock
Bowery Electric
My Bloody Valentine
Leonard Cohen
Hum
Rage Against the Machine
Slowdive
Portishead
Daniel Lanois
Tears for Fears
Small Black
Wu Tang Clan
Ride
Deftones
Television
Pete Rock
Bowery Electric
15 artists/bands to get to know me
Depeche Mode
The Cure
New Order
Duran Duran
Pet Shop Boys
Echo & The Bunnymen
The Psichedelic Furs
A-ha
James
Blur
Talk Talk
The Smiths
Pulp
Erasure
Pulp
Depeche Mode
The Cure
New Order
Duran Duran
Pet Shop Boys
Echo & The Bunnymen
The Psichedelic Furs
A-ha
James
Blur
Talk Talk
The Smiths
Pulp
Erasure
Pulp
15 artists/bands to get to know me:
Charlatans
Happy Mondays
Fontaines DC
Jah Wobble & Invaders Of Heart
Bowie
VU
Spacemen 3
Libertines
The Specials
Sex Pistols
Stone Roses
Hole
Pixies
Rolling Stones
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Charlatans
Happy Mondays
Fontaines DC
Jah Wobble & Invaders Of Heart
Bowie
VU
Spacemen 3
Libertines
The Specials
Sex Pistols
Stone Roses
Hole
Pixies
Rolling Stones
Red Hot Chili Peppers
August 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
15 artists/bands to get to know me (dovetails nicely with the #15under15k “15” theme)
My Bloody Valentine
Leonard Cohen
Hum
Rage Against the Machine
Slowdive
Portishead
Daniel Lanois
Tears for Fears
Small Black
Wu Tang Clan
Ride
Deftones
Television
Pete Rock
Bowery Electric
My Bloody Valentine
Leonard Cohen
Hum
Rage Against the Machine
Slowdive
Portishead
Daniel Lanois
Tears for Fears
Small Black
Wu Tang Clan
Ride
Deftones
Television
Pete Rock
Bowery Electric
Let’s stay on the wall of sound theme in today’s #15under15k with an absolute cracker from Melbourne, Australia’s lowtide (5,695 listeners). #MusicChallenge #Shoegaze #MusicSky
Day 6 | lowtide | Julia
Day 6 | lowtide | Julia
Lowtide - Julia
YouTube video by Innsmouth815
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August 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Let’s stay on the wall of sound theme in today’s #15under15k with an absolute cracker from Melbourne, Australia’s lowtide (5,695 listeners). #MusicChallenge #Shoegaze #MusicSky
Day 6 | lowtide | Julia
Day 6 | lowtide | Julia
One hell of an A-side. #NowPlaying #MusicSky
August 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
One hell of an A-side. #NowPlaying #MusicSky
The highest point (Mt. Whitney) and lowest point (Badwater Basin) in the continental US are separated by only 85 miles.
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
August 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The highest point (Mt. Whitney) and lowest point (Badwater Basin) in the continental US are separated by only 85 miles.
For today’s installment of #15under15k we’ll hear a track from Black Hearted Brother (483 listeners), a #shoegaze supergroup formed by Nick Holton (Opulent Oog), Mark Van Hoen (Seefeel), and Neil Halsted (Slowdive). #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
Day 4 | Black Hearted Brother | (I Don’t Need to) Wonder
Day 4 | Black Hearted Brother | (I Don’t Need to) Wonder
[I Don't Need To] Wonder
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August 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
For today’s installment of #15under15k we’ll hear a track from Black Hearted Brother (483 listeners), a #shoegaze supergroup formed by Nick Holton (Opulent Oog), Mark Van Hoen (Seefeel), and Neil Halsted (Slowdive). #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
Day 4 | Black Hearted Brother | (I Don’t Need to) Wonder
Day 4 | Black Hearted Brother | (I Don’t Need to) Wonder
If the white monuments to capitalism I grew up in felt as spiritual as this I’d have never given up on church. Shame on the people who traded faithful authenticity for PowerPoints, rhythm sections, and gaudy buildings.
“With less they beat slavery. With less they beat Jim Crow… Harriet Tubman didn’t have email, Twitter, Texts, TikTok…”
August 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If the white monuments to capitalism I grew up in felt as spiritual as this I’d have never given up on church. Shame on the people who traded faithful authenticity for PowerPoints, rhythm sections, and gaudy buildings.
August 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Former Standing Nudes bandmates Jason Kluber and Molly Shea, aka Acrylics (325 listeners) bring us today’s #15under15k #MusicChallenge
Thank god they kept part of the band together!
Day 3 | Acrylics | Sparrow Song
Thank god they kept part of the band together!
Day 3 | Acrylics | Sparrow Song
Sparrow Song
YouTube video by Acrylics - Topic
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August 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Former Standing Nudes bandmates Jason Kluber and Molly Shea, aka Acrylics (325 listeners) bring us today’s #15under15k #MusicChallenge
Thank god they kept part of the band together!
Day 3 | Acrylics | Sparrow Song
Thank god they kept part of the band together!
Day 3 | Acrylics | Sparrow Song
Another #MusicChallenge? Fine I’ll bite (as always)!
#1977AlbumChallenge
1. Television / Marquee Moon
2. Wire / Pink Flag
3. The Clash / The Clash
#1977AlbumChallenge
1. Television / Marquee Moon
2. Wire / Pink Flag
3. The Clash / The Clash
Partake in the #1977AlbumChallenge and rank the three best albums from below's list or add your own entry. My picks are below. Feel free to share and we'll tally the results in a few weeks.
1-Animals #PinkFloyd
2-Rumours #FleetwoodMac
3-Exodus #BobMarley
1-Animals #PinkFloyd
2-Rumours #FleetwoodMac
3-Exodus #BobMarley
August 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Another #MusicChallenge? Fine I’ll bite (as always)!
#1977AlbumChallenge
1. Television / Marquee Moon
2. Wire / Pink Flag
3. The Clash / The Clash
#1977AlbumChallenge
1. Television / Marquee Moon
2. Wire / Pink Flag
3. The Clash / The Clash
August 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM