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Quinn @rollot.bsky.social · 3d

Hey all! I have some expensive events coming up, and have put together a package of podcasts on Patreon to help me offset those costs.

It's available here for just $5, and you get five bonus podcasts and an incredible piece of art from @dirtynerdygirly.bsky.social (18+ feed).

Bonus Podcast Package | Weekly Manga Recap

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · 3d

#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 7: Andorra 🇦🇩

Andorra is one of the smallest nations in Europe, with a population of less than 90,000. One of the biggest musical acts from the nation, period, is prog metal band Persefone.

youtu.be/rSlYrbibiD4

PERSEFONE - Katabasis (Official Video) | Napalm Records

YouTube video by Napalm Records

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · 9d

Forgot to post #MulticulturalMetalMonday because I was wiped out yesterday.

Week 6: Ethiopia 🇪🇹

Nishaiar's music is strange and engrossing, ambient black metal with elements of shamanic music that combine to make something almost hypnotic.

youtu.be/AExcC3BriQ8

Nishaiar Igewanda

YouTube video by Nishaiar

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · 12d

The problem with Brave, ultimately, is that we're supposed to see Merida and her mother as equally to blame for the rift that forms between them, but one of them is a parent with full control of her daughter's life.

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A ★★★½ review of Brave (2012)

Brave has two problems: other Pixar films already exist, and more importantly, The Little Mermaid already exists. Most of the film is fun and engaging and funny. It's all visually beautiful almost all...

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · 17d

#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 5: Costa Rica 🇨🇷

Honestly got choice paralysis from this one. Hundreds of small metal acts have uploaded their songs online, but at the same time none of the really big acts seriously appealed to me. In the end I decided to go with Dream of Fire: youtu.be/6gHx173AbEk

Dream Of Fire - "Dream Of Fire" (Music Video)

YouTube video by Dream Of Fire

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · 23d

KURENAI

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · 23d

Israel has been accused of rigging the televote in order to boost its entries, to serve as a form of propaganda on an international stage. It really shouldn't have taken so long for people to start taking these measures.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23d

Spain first of Eurovision ‘big five’ to decide on boycott if Israel participates

State broadcaster says it will withdraw from next year’s contest in Vienna unless Israel is excluded over Gaza war Spain has become the latest country to say it will not take part in next year’s Eurovision song contest if Israel participates. Board members of the state broadcaster RTVE voted in majority favour of boycotting the contest if Israel is among the countries fielding an entry next year. Continue reading...

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · 23d

#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 4: Timor-Leste, aka East Timor 🇹🇱

Sanctuary Golgota isn't to my usual taste for metal, but it's fun to see bands that metal growl in other languages - in this case, Tetum.

youtu.be/VjrQSAko_8Y

Sanctuary Golgota - BRANI (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Sanctuary Golgota

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · 27d

My viking heritage entitles me to say that neither of you dipshits are getting in.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27d

Kash Patel: "To my friend Charlie Kirk. Rest now, brother. We have the watch. And I'll see you at Valhalla"

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · Sep 9

Slightly belated #MulticulturalMetalMonday week 3: Solomon Islands 🇸🇧

An Oceanian archipelago with a population of about 750,000, the nation recently produced metalcore band Sons of Solomon. If they ever actually record an album, I will absolutely buy it, because damn.

youtu.be/CpIYsBtdLAw

Sons of Solomon - New Beginning (Audio Official)

YouTube video by Kokros Records

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · Sep 4

We've had ten theatrically released Spider-Man movies this century, and the only appearance of Felicia Hardy was as Harry's secretary in ASM2. And I don't even know if her name was mentioned on screen.

So, yeah, I'll second this motion.

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · Sep 2

"I'm never going to finish this video idea I had, so I might as well turn it into a topic for a WMR bonus episode."

(I have to read a 500-page non-fiction book in preparation for the eventual discussion.)

"HOW COULD ME DO THIS TO ME!?"

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · Sep 1

This is exactly the kind of thing I was hoping to learn from this little venture. Thrash metal isn't exactly my favorite subgenre, but damn if my life isn't a little brighter knowing about this band.

Also here's a song I liked from a much lesser-known act, Madjera.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NPU...

Madjera - Masqueraded (Official Video)

YouTube video by Madjera

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · Sep 1

#MulticulturalMetalMonday week 2: Lebanon 🇱🇧

It turns out that Lebanon has no shortage of metal bands, but the hottest act out of the nation right now is the queer all-female thrash group Slave to Sirens.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaZd...

Slave To Sirens - Salomé (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

YouTube video by Slave to Sirens Official

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · Aug 25

Monaco isn't exactly known as a breeding ground for metal. The most famous band is Godkiller, whose music I wasn't really able to get into. Metal Archives lists five bands as forming in Monaco, and none of them have released an original album in over a decade.

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · Aug 25

Going to try doing a small thing for my own amusement:

MULTICULTURAL METAL MONDAY

Every week I'm going to try to find a metal act from a different country.

The one that came up on the random country picker this week was Monaco 🇲🇨 so here's Black Knight Symfonia:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd8d...

Black knight symfonia - Ancestral torments - 04 Pegasus

YouTube video by Josie Frost is Adl

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · Aug 24

I dunno man I just don't like jazz that much.

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A ★★½ review of Chico & Rita (2010)

So Chico and Rita are kind of awful for each other. Two artists constantly pining for each other when they're apart, but who then do everything wrong in the brief moments they're together, don't come ...

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · Aug 22

No Star Wars film has disappointed me more. I at least knew going in that Rise of Skywalker was probably going to be bad.

I've seen a lot of people claim it's the best Star Wars film and, respectfully, I think they're all crazy.

Also the Death Star's weakness being intentional is a stupid retcon.

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · Aug 20

This is an actual thing that actually happens in an official one-shot spinoff by the original creators of Death Note.

SUEDE DIED TEN YEARS AGO @suede.bsky.social · Aug 20

I don't know why he's confused.

He should know he's not going to Hell.

Or Heaven.

The instructions were pretty clear.

Panel from the official Manga "Death Note: Special One-Shot" where Ryuuk gives Donald Trump the death note

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · Aug 18

I don't know what the hell is going on with the sound production on Kaiju No. 8 S2. It's like there are literally audio tracks missing for multiple sequences. It's insanely distracting for intense action scenes to sound so quiet, it's like they're hollow.

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · Aug 18

The spaghetti scene from Lady & the Tramp takes on a different context when you realize the restauranteurs don't know animals are sentient.

They put on this fancy dinner for two random dogs and try to get them to bone, presumably because it's 1909 and TV doesn't exist yet so they're bored as fuck.

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · Aug 17

I find it hilarious that one of the most important creators in the history of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise happens to share names with a wrestler who would poke people in the throat with fake metal fingers.

(Takashi Iizuka)

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · Aug 13

Ravi is not feeling well, and we're quite worried about him right now. Very low appetite, and blood work at the vet shows he has a low white blood cell count. Hoping the medication they gave us improves his appetite.

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Nik @nikftime.bsky.social · Aug 8

There's one Riddle where you have to utilize the Batmobile's EMP and a specific use of the line launcher to solve it, and I literally never used either of those throughout the entirety of my playthrough otherwise. Incredibly frustrating, and showed off how bad player conditioning in that game is.