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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 2d

wtaf are you talking about

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 4d

I'm on the east coast and thus can't take advantage of this, but if you're somewhere in the midwest.... get on this.

Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 5d

I just bought $23(!!!) tickets on Stubhub for Paul McCartney in Minneapolis next week.

I've seen him 5 times and never paid under $100.

I wouldn't sleep on those 🎟 if you're interested. I sent a mass email to all my music students parents letting them know those are available.

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 10d

One of the absolute best songs ever recorded.

Art Of Coop @artofcoop.bsky.social · 10d

youtu.be/6ZSVsRTMp1I?...

Shangri-La (2019 Remaster)

YouTube video by The Kinks - Topic

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

Post something random or have an awful October

An ad for HeadStart computers from the eighties featuring professional wrestler King Kong Bundy

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Haunted Laundry @thelaundry.bsky.social · 12d

www.guitarworld.com/gear/the-sec...

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Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · 12d

Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · 13d

From bravewave.net/interviews/t...

Mo: Do you remember the first time you met someone who said they loved your work on Mega Man 2?

Tateishi: You’re the first, in 2013. No one else has.

Mo: Wow. I’m surprised. I don’t even have a follow-up question… how could no one come up and say something.

Tateishi: …

Mo: Now that you know how big Mega Man 2 is outside of Japan, do you look fondly back at the soundtrack?

Tateishi: Yeah, my thoughts have changed since I met you and became more aware of how people felt. But even when I was at Konami, I didn’t even bother telling anyone I did Mega Man 2. So the fact you came all the way to Japan to tell me these things makes me very happy I worked on the game all those years ago.

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

I don't know if there's ever been a better guitar tone than the one Ron Wood had in Faces.

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

It is never a bad time to listen to Faces.

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

This feels uniquely like something that should have been referenced on Mystery Science Theater 3000

STABITHA🔪🔪🔪 @crabitha.slutmo.de · 12d

Here you go you maniacs

Dial a beef
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claire @marcymallows.bsky.social · 12d

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

I am at the *exact* intersection of Millennials and Gen X. This feels like a much more accurate way to sort myself than by generation, because I'll be *dammed* if I'm gonna watch a video when I could just read an article.

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 13d

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

(Also, the show was *well* past its prime when the *first* movie came out, but I don't feel like I really even need to point that out)

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

A Simpsons screenshot of Troy McClure saying "Who knows what adventures they'll have between now and the time the show becomes unprofitable?" while framed portraits of the Simpson family hang in the background.

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

Like - the whole nostalgia angle here is worth picking apart. Times change! I just think it's *also* worth noting that the video isn't even factually accurate!

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

I *worked* as a cashier at Walmart back in 2001. By that point, nothing in this video existed.

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 13d

This is doing numbers on social media right now and it's so depressing how people truly yearn for this shit and want to preserve that feeling indefinitely like a mausoleum of false memories.

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Audra Stang @audra-stang.bsky.social · 13d

accidentally got the most precious screenshot of bobby

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

When I was a teenager, I spent about a year with no running water at my house due to various circumstances. This necessitated going to a local laundromat to do my laundry. Said establishment had a single arcade machine: This one. I can't fully express just how good I got at this game.

Ramsey Jade @ramseyfox.bsky.social · Jun 21

Just played the old cab a couple weeks ago!

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kerekes @kerekes.bsky.social · 12d

Coworker desperately trying to talk some sense into me at 3:30am but he doesn't realise 99% of my brain capacity is permanently occupied by gryphons right now

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

You might say that that's a function of who I follow here, but.... that's exactly the point! I follow the kinds of people who post about the Buckingham/Nicks reissue! I don't get a ton of political shit jammed down my throat by the almighty algorithm here!

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

I find it funny that people talk about BlueSky as if its a huge hub of political extremism. Here on BlueSky, most of the posts I've seen in the last couple weeks are about the reissue of the Buckingham/Nicks LP. When i checked in on my old account over on X: The Everything Site.... hoo boy.

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

It's my favorite game of all time! Not the *best* game of all time, but my favorite (if that distinction makes sense)

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

I was in high school when the GBC release happened and I lived in the middle of nowhere. I borrowed my dad's car and drove fifty miles each way to get to a GameStop so I could buy it on Day One.

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

I never got all the monster medals, but I was intrigued by the idea that I *could*

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

I am just now learning about this and HOLY SHIT I am pumped.

Ziggy, Tabletop Taurus @ziggybull.bsky.social · Jun 20

Warning you all now; I will not shut up about this when it releases.

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Phil Maddox @pamaddox.bsky.social · 12d

I have played:
* The NES release (multiple times)
* The Game Boy Color release
* A fan translation of the Super Famicom release
* The new HD-3D release

I will play this game every time it's released with a new coat of paint.

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