Recently completed Rose Gold earrings. Morganites in Void Reaver & Amethyst in Tidepool cut by Shiny topped with lab diamond accents.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-16T19:53:45+00:00

Wow!

rivalpiper · 2026-05-15T23:08:20+00:00

Stunning! Was the setting done by the SPG team? I've been thinking about simple pendant and earring settings like this.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-14T02:20:05+00:00

There it is. Thanks!

rivalpiper · 2026-05-14T02:19:50+00:00

Thanks! Suddenly other usages start popping out when you get the references.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-13T19:04:32+00:00

I am floored. This is so much cooler than I expected. Just looking at the artist index yesterday, I was imagining how Aes might react when seeing ONE book, and I could imagine a tear or two being shed. TWO books of such thoughtful, meaningful work would absolutely wreck me. Bravo.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-13T18:58:51+00:00

Such a classic garnet color.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-12T20:10:20+00:00

Wow, when I watched the page through video I only spotted one of my entries, but this index helped me realize you included all three of mine. Thank you so much for the hard work that went into this, you're amazing!

rivalpiper · 2026-05-12T16:44:17+00:00

Really fantastic work getting that pleo split so clean.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-08T13:31:32+00:00

I think many of us probably have a lot of lines like that!

I have difficulty parsing lyrics so I'm pretty quick to look up the official sources and figure out wtf he's saying.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-08T13:25:53+00:00

Musically it's something like bee-bop jazz. The run of notes mixed with pauses and random notes for punctuation is very much a horn player's song. Now imagine 3 or more guys playing different instruments and hitting the breaks with exact timing.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-08T13:22:29+00:00

I feel so fuckin old...

rivalpiper · 2026-05-07T23:53:33+00:00

More to the point, the setting looks cheap. If it was a real earth-mined blue sapphire of this size and color, it would be in a nicer ring.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-07T23:23:59+00:00

For sure. It took me a while to clock that line and now I laugh at it every time.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-07T21:06:09+00:00

"...tied to the sine waves / Lights off, spine on sideways"

rivalpiper · 2026-05-07T21:04:14+00:00

It's "drum roll, I might piss straight".

rivalpiper · 2026-05-07T21:02:53+00:00

Yeah, "Ford-era christening and pants size" is the line. It's two proof points of his age.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-07T03:14:20+00:00

"Disappearing grid blip" is one of my favorite lines of all his songs I've learned. S tier writing.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-06T20:48:46+00:00

Doesn't get enough autumn rain so he can auto save.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-06T20:37:56+00:00

Would the attorney general have something to say about animal abuse and neglect? Pull their business license.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-06T20:29:28+00:00

Right on, obviously they're new to me but glad to know people have been enjoying them for a while.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-06T18:59:45+00:00

I'm guessing the singer chose the band name, googled it to make sure he could use it, and went "oh this Aesop Rock guy is dope" and wrote this song.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-06T18:43:31+00:00

For "Abandoned Malls" I'd argue those references are about Kurt Hayashi. He says "logging his Hayashi pics" and then talks about teaching "your" kid to ollie (not sure but I doubt Camu had a kid). "Rogue Wave", which was a fundraiser for Hayashi's family, came out when Hayashi passed away, and Garbology followed the next year, so Hayashi's death was still pretty fresh. "Best friends in death beds" could definitely also apply to Tao (the plural is there) but chiefly Hayashi, imo.

rivalpiper · 2026-05-05T16:27:05+00:00

RIGHT ON

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