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I haven't had the chance to read the book myself yet but what you discuss in your latest piece reminds me of the premise of Tamara Kneese's 'Death Glitch' - thought I'd flag that up as it may be of interest.

Thanks, I'll take a look at that.

New post where I talk for a good long while about a £1 album I didn't really like. It's riveting stuff: https://mikegrindle.com/posts/devil-music

New post about "moshing:" https://mikegrindle.com/posts/mosh-pits.html

"punks and metalheads are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet" Yep. :)

hell yeah :-)

Tinarina ftw :)

Yesterday I hemmed and hawed inside my local thrift store for nearly 20 minutes deciding if I should buy the Season 1 and Season 2 box sets of The Simpsons on DVD. They were priced at $5 each; if I had UK prices I'd probably have an entire collection of DVDs already.

I haven't seen any Simpsons yet, but I did find a boxset containing two seasons of The Office (the UK version) for effectively 10p. So, it's theoretically possible that you could get the entire golden era of the Simpsons for like a quid if you were super lucky.

Okay but what is a quid, some kind of bird or something?

"I'll also spare you a lecture on why I dislike the current state of streaming." what? noooooooooooo

@nohappynonsense it’s a pound sterling (‘init, bruv?’)

@sorbier maybe another time when I feel like having a good moan

I agree with sorbier. I would love to hear your thoughts on that! I have been doing some thinking about "real things" (physical things) recently too, and the pros and cons. As I am with you, streaming can suck :(

There can be something tactile about physical media, especially things like vinyl. But in an ecosystem where anything could be pulled from a streaming library there is a comfort in being able to hold any physical object that cannot be taken away and potentially even added to a collection of media that can be held in esteem rather than immediately discarded.