Hippocleides Doesn't Care

Randall, there's no smoking in the Obelisk Chamber.

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Freakish Friday #65

On the Grid: 1. Motörhead - Ace of Spades 2. Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy 3. Yngwie Malmsteen - Reckless 4. Rhapsody - Legendary Tales 5. Racer X - Getting Heavier 6. Amberian Dawn - Temptation's Gates 7. Miracle - The Living Likeness of My Electric Daemon 8. Brocas Helm - Into Battle 7. Minus the Bear - They Make Beer Commercials like This

Also heard this week: Alter Bridge - Alter Bridge At the Gates - The Ghost of a Future Dead Creeper - Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death Crimson Glory - Chasing the Hydra Eneferens - Eventide (Acoustic EP) Failure - Location Lost Filth Is Eternal - Impossible World Fotocrime - Security Hellripper - Coronach Hoaxed - Death Knocks Lex Legion - Lex Legion Marillion - Market Square Heroes Metallica - Load Motörhead - Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers The Night Eternal - The Night Eternal Pallas - Beat the Drum Pallas - The Sentinel The Protomen - Act III: This City Made Us Snail Mail - Ricochet Spell - Wretched Heart Suitor - Saw You Out with the Weeds Tailgunner - Midnight Blitz War on Women - Time Under Tension

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At the Half: 2026

At least we're halfway out of this piece of shit year.

I don't currently care enough to actually type out a list for every album in this thing, so, uh, you know.

Whatever.

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Freakish Friday #64

On the Grid: 1. Evergrey - Architects of a New Weave 2. Motörhead - Ace of Spades 3. Voivod - Symphonique 4. Racer X - Superheroes 5. Sacramentum - Far Away from the Sun 6. Yngwie Malmnsteen - Angels of Love 7. Neurosis - An Undying Love for a Burning World 8. Dimhav - Ondine 9. The Ruins of Beverast - Tempelschlaf

Also heard this week: Brocas Helm - Demo 1 Cryptic Shift - Overspace & Supertime Rhapsody - Legendary Tales Screamer - Target Earth Virgin Steele - The Passion of Dionysus Warning - Rituals of Shame Worm - Necropalace

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Freakish Friday #63

On the Grid: 1. Jethro Tull - Under Wraps 2. Uriah Heep - Innocent Victim 3. Lex Legion - Lex Legion 4. Various Artists - Kimono My House: 50 Years Later 5. Elegant Weapons - Evolution 6. Metal Church - Dead to Rights 7. Exodus - Goliath 8. Minus the Bear - Omni 9. Various Artists - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend: 50 Years Later

Also heard this week: Elder - Through Zero Fires in the Distance - Circadian Promise Khemmis - Khemmis Pøltergeist - Cold Breath Pøltergeist - Swallowed by the Ocean Redshift - Down the Wire Textures - Genotype Tonnen von Hall - Donnermesser Vanden Plas - AcCult II Various Artists - Wish You Were Here: 50 Years Later Virgin Steele - The Passion of Dionysus Wolverine - Anomalies

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Freakish Friday #62

On the Grid: 1. Uriah Heep - Firefly 2. Various Artists - Ziggy Stardust: 50 Years Later 3. Jethro Tull - Under Wraps 4. Various Artists - Killer: 50 Years Later 5. Brother Cane - Magnolia Medicine 6. Motörhead - On Parole Sessions 7. Converge - Hum of Hurt 8. Egregore - It Echoes in the Wild 9. The Nefilim - Zoon

Also heard this week: Bergfried - Romantik I Bergfried - Romantik II Exxûl - Sealed Into None Godthrymm - Projections Redshift - Laws of Entropy Sergeant Thunderhoof - Avon Calling Serpent Column - Aion of Strife Urne - Setting Fire to the Sky Wildhunt - Aletheia

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Freakish Friday #61

On the Grid: 1. Motörhead - On Parole Sessions 2. Uriah Heep - High and Mighty 3. Big Big Train - Woodcut 4. Poison Ruïn - Hymns from the Hills 5. Night Demon - Curse of the Damned 6. Porcupine Tree - The Incident 7. Jethro Tull - Under Wraps 8. Tori Amos - In Times of Dragons 9. Armored Saint - Emotion Factory Reset

Also heard this week: Corrosion of Conformity - Good God / Baad Man Desert Collider - Generation Ship: Endless Drift Through Infinity Hardline - Shout Hellripper - Coronach Lamb of God - Into Oblivion Redshift - Cataclysm Sergeant Thunderhoof - Delicate Sound of Thunderhoof Sergeant Thunderhoof / Tony Reed - Beyond the Pale Vol. 1 Seven Crowns - Haunted Head Triumpher - Piercing the Heart of the World Uriah Heep - Return to Fantasy Witch Ripper - Through the Hourglass

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Freakish Friday #60

On the Grid: 1. Ian Anderson - Walk Into Light 2. Motörhead - Bomber 3. Deep Purple - Rapture of the Deep 4. Night Demon - Curse of the Damned 5. OSI - Office of Strategic Influence 6. At the Gates - The Ghost of a Future Dead 7. War on Women - Time Under Tension 8. Alf Hale - Songs to Enhance Your Driving Pleasure 9. Immolation - Descent

Also heard this week: Tori Amos - In Times of Dragons Aztec Jade - Modern Prophet Bridge Burner - Funerary Void Corrosion of Conformity - Good God / Baad Man Crown Lands - Apocalypse Darkthrone - Pre-Historic Metal Failure - Location Lost Green Lung - Green Man Rising Howling Giant & Sergeant Thunderhoof - Turned to Stone Chapter 2 Iron & Wine - Hen's Teeth Jethro Tull - Under Wraps Mos Generator - Time // Wounds The Nefilim - Zoon The New Pornographers - The Former Site Of Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime II Restless Spirit - Restless Spirit Sacramentum - Finis Malorum Sacramentum - Sedes Impiorum Sevendust - One Spell - Wretched Heart Stone Sour - Come What(Ever) May Tears for Fears - Everybody Loves a Happy Ending Tears for Fears - Raoul and the Kings of Spain Uriah Heep - Return to Fantasy

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Freakish Friday #59

On the Grid: 1. Tori Amos - Strange Little Girls 2. Motörhead - Overkill 3. Deep Purple - Rapture of the Deep 4. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime II 5. Mystic-Force - Man vs. Machine 6. Yngwie Malmsteen - Perpetual Flame 7. Alf Hale - Pearls Before Swine 8. Foo Fighters - Your Favorite Toy 9. Mos Generator - Night of the Lords

Also heard this week: Archspire - Too Fast to Die Desperate Machines - Complet_ Dream Theater - The Majesty Demos 1985-1986 Enslaved - Enslaved & Storm Weather Shanty Choir Alf Hale - The Rainy Season Alf Hale - Seven Kong Social - Kong Social Marillion - Market Square Heroes Omnivortex - Throne of Absolute Chaos OSI - Office of Strategic Influence Sergeant Thunderhoof - Live on Earth Sergeant Thunderhoof - Terra Solus Seven Crowns - Bainbridge EP Seven Crowns - Blood Moon Acid Seven Crowns - "Blood Side of the Moon" Seven Crowns - Chopper / Knock Knock Seven Crowns - Lightning Rod Warning - Watching from a Distance

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Freakish Friday #58

On the Grid: 1. Edge of Sanity -Elegy - Chapter II 2. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak Live in SF 2018 3. Mystic-Force - A Step Beyond 4. Fotocrime - Security 5. Pallas - Live at Ritzy's Aberdeen 1985 6. Seven Crowns - A Murder of Crowns 7. Suitor - Saw You Out with the Weeds 8. Alf Hale - City on a Hill 9. Crimson Glory - Chasing the Hydra

Also heard this week: Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue Blue Öyster Cult - Mirrors Crown Lands - Fearless Dimhav - The Boreal Flame Find Me - Dark Angel Alf Hale - The Rainy Season Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - February 2026 Double A Side The Nefilim - Zoon Sergeant Thunderhoof - Live on Earth Sergeant Thunderhoof - Ride of the Hoof Seven Crowns - Lightning Rod Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone Spirit Adrift - "Eternal Celestial Energy" Spirit Adrift - Infinite Illumination Tears for Fears - Everybody Loves a Happy Ending

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Freakish Friday #57

On the Grid: 1. Cemetery Skyline - Nordic Gothic 2. Geoff Tate - Operation: Mindcrime III 3. Mystic-Force - The Eternal Quest 4. Samson - Live at Reading '81 5. Everon - Shells 6. Manowar - The Lord of Steel 7. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime II 8. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime III 9. Seven Crowns - Sun Skulls

Also heard this week: Enslaved - Enslaved & Storm Weather Shanty Choir Fotocrime - Always Hell Alf Hale - Misanthrope Lunar Shadow - The Pall of a Past World Miracle - Good Love The Nefilim - Zoon Pallas - Throwing Stones at the Wind Pallas - The Wedge Poison Ruïn - Härvest Sergeant Thunderhoof - Zigurat Warning - The Strength to Dream Wishbone Ash - Argus

Returning to the music posting for the first time in a month, mostly just for the fuck of it.

Returning to Tumblr for the first time since February 2024, a long-ago, far-off time sinking fast into the bog of history.

For a long time I was off at Substack, then Substack finally got so asshole-forward that wasting some of their bandwidth on this crap was no longer viable for me.

You can go here to see the last year-or-more of grids if that's something you're interested in doing, but why, fella?

Not going to bother cross-posting or renumbering.

Your pal's pretty down right now, and that's all far too much effort for so little return.

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Tunesday 53

The Anchoress - "Asleep" Blondie - Pollinator Bush - Razorblade Suitcase (In Addition) Cheap Trick - Dream Police Conception - The Last Sunset Course of Empire - Course of Empire Crimson Glory - Lonely Dark Tranquillity - Of Chaos and Eternal Night Dark Tranquillity - Promo '94 Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer Deftones - Adrenaline Digital Ruin - Listen Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms Divine Regale - Ocean Mind Dokken - Erase the Slate Dream Theater - Hollow Years Dream Theater - The Silent Man Dredg - Leitmotif Elysian Fields - Bleed Your Cedar ENIAC Requiem - Space Eternal Void Exhorder - Slaughter at the Vatican Faith No More - King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime Mannequin Pussy - (advance singles from) I Got Heaven Swords of Dis - Melencolia

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Tunesday 52

Also heard this week:

Anathema - Pentecost III The Anchoress - "Asleep" Arena - The Visitor Blind Guardian - Tales from the Twilight World Chapel of Disease - Echoes of Light Cocteau Twins - Head over Heels Concrete Blonde - Free Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning Dali's Dilemma - Manifesto for Futurism Damn the Machine - Damn the Machine Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer Disillusion - Back to Times of Splendor Dokken - Erase the Slate Mannequin Pussy - (advance singles from) I Got Heaven Swords of Dis - Melencolia Wuthering Heights - To Travel for Evermore

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Tunesday 51

Also heard this week:

Anathema - Pentecost III Ancient VVisdom - Master of the Stone Ancient VVisdom - Mundus Arena - Pride Bush - Sixteen Stone Rosanne Cash - Rhythm & Romance Cave In - Antenna Cheap Trick - Dream Police Cocteau Twins - Garlands Colony Drop - Brace for Impact Concrete Blonde - Free Cosmonaut - Pipebomb Full of Nails Crimson Glory - "Garden of Shadows" Crimson Glory - "Triskaideka" Crowded House - "Oh Hi" Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla Lucifer - Lucifer V Magnum - Kingdom of Madness Wuthering Heights - To Travel for Evermore Various Artists - Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen

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Tunesday 50

Also heard this week:

Tori Amos - Abnormally Attracted to Sin Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel Anathema - Serenades Ancient VVisdom - Mundus Arena - Pride Black Sky Giant - The Red Chariot Bush - Sixteen Stone Bob Catley - The Tower Concrete Blonde - Free Dream Theater - "Afterlife (Terry Brown Remix)" Dredg - Leitmotif Fragile Vastness - A Tribute to Life The Grandmaster - Black Sun Green Day - Saviors Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla Lucifer - Lucifer V Magnum - Here Comes the Rain Paradise Lost - Icon 30 Wastefall - Self Exile

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Tunesday 49

Also heard this week:

Akercocke - The Goat of Mendes Anathema - Serenades Ancient VVisdom - A Godlike Inferno Angra - Secret Garden Arena - Songs from the Lions Cage Artension - Into the Eye of the Storm Black Sabbath - Paranoid Blondie - Blondie Bob Catley - The Tower Dream Theater - "Afterlife (Terry Brown Remix)" Green Day - Saviors Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla Radakka - Malice and Tranquility Secret Sphere - Heart & Anger Sorcerer - The Crowning of the Fire King Sorcerer - The Quarantine Sessions Tenth Planet - Everything Is Never Over Tomahawk - Oddfellows

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Tunesday 48

Also heard this week:

The Anchoret - It All Began with Loneliness Angra - Aqua Ascended Dead - Evenfall of the Apocalypse Avkrvst - The Approbation Begravement - Horrific Illusions Beckon Cairo - Cairo Convocation - No Dawn for the Caliginous Night Elegant Weapons - Horns for a Halo Hard Rain - When the Good Times Come Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla Magnum - Kingdom of Madness Radakka - Malice and Tranquility The Replacements - Tim (Let It Bleed Edition) Secret Sphere - Heart & Anger Tenth Planet - Everything Is Never Over Tiles - Tiles Tomahawk - Oddfellows Wuthering Heights - Within

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Tunesday 47

Also heard this week:

Alice in Chains - Facelift Anathema - The Crestfallen EP The Anchoress - The Art of Losing The Anchoret - It All Began with Loneliness Ancient VVisdom - A Godlike Inferno Angra - Aqua Ascended Dead - Evenfall of the Apocalypse Avkrvst - The Approbation Begravement - Horrific Illusions Beckon Better Lovers - "Two Alive Amongst the Dead" Kate Bush - The Whole Story Care of Night - "Cassandra" Dodheimsgard - Black Medium Current Elegant Weapons - Horns for a Halo Hard Rain - When the Good Times Come Head Control System - "Kiss from a Rose" Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla Magnum - Kingdom of Madness Tiles - Tiles Tomahawk - Anonymous Wuthering Heights - Within