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Fester’s Lucky 13: 2025 Year-End Summary

It’s that most wonderful time of the the year — lists, more lists and lists of lists!

Top 100 Albums of 2025

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#MDANT #MusicSky #bestalbums2025 #messa #chameleons #latheofheaven #bambara #stereolab #civic #belairlipbombs #bask
Fester’s Lucky 13: 2025 Year-End Summary - Fast 'n' Bulbous
It's that most wonderful time of the the year -- lists, more lists and lists of lists!
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Fester's Lucky 13: Prog & Prog Metal
Phantom Spell: Thin Lizzy/Ashbury guitarmonies, early Styx keyboards. Mold is a concern, but in their bony hands it’s fresh as a daisy. | fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#prog
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December 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Fester's Lucky 13: Art Pop & Dream Pop
Cloakroom: Post-hardcore, slowcore, jangle pop, less doomgaze this time and more dream pop, and a bit of Americana via the late Jason Molina. | fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#ar...

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December 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Fester's Lucky 13: Goth, Goth Metal, Deathrock & Darkwave
I pick Anna von Hausswolff's existential crisis over Rosalía's any day. Plus, Iggy Pop beats Björk! | fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/#goth

#festerslucky13 #bestalbums2025 #goth #annavonhausswolff
December 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Fester's Lucky 13: Punk & Post-Punk

Horsegirl – Phonetics On and On
:o-fi motorik jangle created in a budget post-punk lab just for me.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Fester's Lucky 13: Garage Rock
Black Honey Cult for that evergreen coctail of Velvet Underground and 13th Floor Elevators with kosmische, goth and post-punk.
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#festerslucky13 #bestalbums2025 #musicsky #blackhoneycult
December 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Fester's Lucky 13: Psych Pop & Prog Pop

Triptides – Shapeshifter

The jam of Psychedelic Psummer '25. For those who miss when Tame Impala were good.

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#festerslucky13 #bestalbums2025 #musicsky #triptides #mdant
December 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Fester's Lucky 13: Psych
The Miffs! The jazzy flow is alluringly hypnotic, until they change it up with some bluesy pscyh/grunge that bring back flashes of the Gits and early Smashing Pumpkins.

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#bestalbums2025 #psych #miffs #musicsky
December 15, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Fester's Lucky 13: Heavy Metal

Old school black metal with occult psych noir, goth, post-punk. All hail the glorious Scimitar.

1. Scimitar – Scimitarium I (Crypt of the Wizard) | Denmark

Phantom Spell, Mean Mistreater, TOWER, Castle Rat

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#musicsky #festerslucky13
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Fester’s Lucky 13: 2025 Year-End Summary

It’s that most wonderful time of the the year — lists, more lists and lists of lists!

Top 100 Albums of 2025

fastnbulbous.com/lucky-25/

#MDANT #MusicSky #bestalbums2025 #messa #chameleons #latheofheaven #bambara #stereolab #civic #belairlipbombs #bask
Fester’s Lucky 13: 2025 Year-End Summary - Fast 'n' Bulbous
It's that most wonderful time of the the year -- lists, more lists and lists of lists!
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December 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Gene Wolfe – The Book of the New Sun (1982)
SF disguised as epic fantasy, unreliable narration, a big ol’ puzzle, but also a bit of a slog.

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December 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Happy Krampusnacht!

Cozy holidaze romance Champagne Problems has a German character Otto: “We covered ourselves in ashes, crouching in the shadows, eating marzipan and knackwurst while hiding from Krampus.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
November 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Camp! Trick or Treat (Charles Martin Smith, 1986)
"What are you afraid of? It's only rock & roll."

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November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
On a dark and spooky October night thirty years ago, a site called Fast ‘n’ Bulbous was born, screaming into the cosmic abyss. Celebrate with Dr. Fester and friends.

Amdusias: A Horrific Short Story Treat, spooky books, movies and more Halloween Nasties

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Spooky Season - Fast 'n' Bulbous
On a dark and spooky October night thirty years ago, a site called Fast ‘n’ Bulbous was born, screaming into the cosmic abyss. Celebrate with Dr. Fester and friends. SPOOKY SHORT STORY Rather than a b...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Amdusias: A Horrific Short Story Treat

For someone who doesn’t believe in ghosts, I’ve sure had a hell of a lot of hauntings.

Apologies in advance for the nightmares!

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#horrorfiction #spookyseason #Halloween #booksky
Amdusias: A Horrific Short Story Treat - Fast 'n' Bulbous
For someone who doesn’t believe in ghosts, I’ve sure had a hell of a lot of hauntings.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Tom Robbins – Still Life With Woodpecker (1980) & Jitterbug Perfume (1984)

Alltime favorite books, tied at #20. “People are never perfect, but love can be.”

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#tomrobbins #favoritebooks #booksky
Tom Robbins - Still Life With Woodpecker (1980) & Jitterbug Perfume (1984) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Alltime favorite books, tied at #20. “People are never perfect, but love can be.” The princess and the outlaw, the environmentalist activist and the Woodpecker. It’s a postmodern fairy tale, and “a so...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Thomas Pynchon – Shadow Ticket (2025)

One of the greatest living authors gifts us with one more classic.

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#thomaspynchon #shadowticket #booksky
Thomas Pynchon - Shadow Ticket (2025) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
One of the greatest living authors gifts us with one more classic. One downside to publishing new work when you’re 88, is people assuming it will be your last novel because you’re undoubtedly going to...
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October 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Kurt Vonnegut – Slaughterhouse Five (1969)

Favorite book #1. A WWII book disguised as SF, or vice-versa, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty Dance With Death. “And so it goes…”

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#booksky #kurtvonnegut #slaughterhousefive #favoritebooks
Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse Five (1969) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite book #1. A WWII book disguised as SF, or vice-versa, or The Children's Crusade, A Duty Dance With Death. "And so it goes..."
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October 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Neal Stephenson – The Diamond Age (1995)

Favorite book #2. A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer, an undersung post-cyberpunk AI era classic.

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#booksky #NealStephenson #diamondage #post-cyberpunk #sf #favoritebooks
Neal Stephenson - The Diamond Age (1995) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite book #2. A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, an undersung post-cyberpunk AI era classic.
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October 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash (1992)

Favorite book #4. “See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places…”

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#NealStephenson #snowcrash #cyberpunk #sf #favoritebooks #booksky
Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash (1992) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite book #4. “See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places...”
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October 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
William Gibson – Neuromancer (1984)

Favorite book #5. “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

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#booksky #williamgibson #cyberpunk #neuromancer #favoritebooks
William Gibson - Neuromancer (1984) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite book #5. "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”
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October 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett – Good Omens (1990)

Favorite book #6. The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

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#terrypratchett #goodomens #favoritebooks #booksky #mdant
Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett - Good Omens (1990) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite book #6. The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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October 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
John Kennedy Toole – A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

Favorite book #7. “I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.”

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#booksky #favoritebooks
John Kennedy Toole - A Confederacy of Dunces (1980) - Fast 'n' Bulbous
Favorite book #7. “I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.”
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October 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM