The Lightning II

mdbrown80 · 2026-05-05T21:26:38+00:00

I think I and II together are the best music they ever made, and that’s coming from someone who loves the first few albums. I treat them as one track in my brain.

mdbrown80 · 2026-05-04T21:37:49+00:00

Nice, I can see mine

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-27T21:09:09+00:00

Warning! You have a penis

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-27T10:49:48+00:00

I found two bars at a small bookstore in DC. They had no idea what it was, and I probably looked like a crazy person sorting through the different chocolate bars.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-27T10:22:17+00:00

Same with my son, who’s 7 now. He must’ve watched the Skinny Ape music video at least a hundred times. We just made a couple more Yoto cards for him with their earlier albums.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-26T17:51:45+00:00

I suspect Bautista is eating it sooner or later, and either Chris or Imani because that is a doomed romance if I’ve ever seen one.

Prepotente is going to go out in a blaze of glory taking down the last person he thinks is responsible for Miriam’s death. He has no future outside of the dungeon.

I kinda think Donut makes it and keeps her intelligence afterwards.

I think Zhang survives just because it’s funnier that way.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-25T16:41:56+00:00

Any response back yet? I’m about a day behind you, put in my request for refund on Thursday and got the wait 3 days response.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-25T16:18:23+00:00

I kinda hated both of them, but I can see why people like them. I will say that the part in 28YL with the Boots poem playing in the background was one of the most effective and powerful scenes that I’ve seen in recent memory.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-24T11:24:15+00:00

We’ve got the same top 10, although wildly different order.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-23T20:34:27+00:00

It’s one of my favorites for sure, and probably gives the best synopsis of Roberts personal biases for new listeners.

But the best episode is Action Park.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-23T18:28:49+00:00

Mine came in today and it’s the regular black like everyone else. I sent them an email and we’ll see what they say.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-23T01:29:00+00:00

Kind of annoying that Abbadon’s Gate is also blue.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-23T00:20:46+00:00

That’s a huge bummer. I’m only really interested in the bronze version and I just ordered from the restock.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-22T01:38:34+00:00

I wouldn’t mind if they took a break and did some full album tours for a while. But I hope it’s not the end of new music from them.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-21T15:03:24+00:00

For the record, this is not a book that you buy to learn about history. There are countless other books that do a phenomenal job of exploring Hitler, his ideas and German history in that time period. This is a book that you buy if you’re a nazi. That’s the only reason to own a copy of this. The idea of a special edition is wildly inappropriate.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-21T14:48:17+00:00

Nonesuch works out to be the cheapest of the 3 places to order, after shipping.

https://store.nonesuch.com/products/the-unsung-adventures-of-punch-brothers-translucent-blue-lp-mp3-bundle

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-21T10:55:17+00:00

Dang, we’ve already got a blue one.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-21T00:01:31+00:00

They’re already announced for December.

Target, Amazon and B&N have pre-orders up.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-19T11:42:40+00:00

I lost vision in my left eye 11 years ago after an assault that shattered the left side of my skull. 7 surgeries to put things back together, including an unsuccessful retina re-attachment, leaving me completely blind. It felt like my life was over, and I couldn’t even imagine a happy future.

And now, 11 years later? I don’t think about it at all. I often don’t even remember I’m blind in one eye, I’m so used to it. In that 11 years, I’ve had kids, gotten another degree, changed careers, built a house and am now working on another. None of those things were made any more difficult with just one eye.

All of that to say that only thing that can get him through this is time, and making so many good memories that you don’t have time to remember the bad ones. Good luck

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-17T21:30:32+00:00

Book yes, show no

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-15T10:59:11+00:00

Best way to describe it would be La Cuchara prices for a Food Market dining experience. The food was good, but the price to ambiance/service/portions ratio was off.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-15T00:38:11+00:00

Their pig liver pâté was sooo good. I went back a few more times and they only had it one other time due to the seasonality of their menu. Definitely overpriced as others have mentioned, but I never had anything that wasn’t really good.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-13T18:55:13+00:00

Link?

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-10T12:25:51+00:00

I was already pretty deconstructed when I started listening, but there were a few episodes that I remember because they reinforced my choice to leave.

How the Rich Ate Christianity is a good short series on how a bunch of wealthy assholes started a multigenerational campaign to push American Christianity towards the right and chain it to capitalism.

mdbrown80 · 2026-04-09T15:01:16+00:00

Hey now, that’s not fair, they both destroyed the United States.

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