This is my feel "good", don't fret, based on vibes, Albums of the Year -list, which I've also submitted to #TheObelisk best of vote (link below, go vote).
It's based on actual listens and then I've moved things around according to my gut feeling. I'm not happy with it, but I refuse to spend hours on this, when I should be doing something else and there is still some of the year left.

Albums of the Year 2025, according to me:
1. Havukruunu - Tavastland
2. Les Dunes - From Etne to the Edge of Space
3. Zombie Eater - Faces
4. Old Year - No Dissent
5. Icarus Burns - Icarus Burns
6. Netherlands - Vapors
7. Grin - Acid Gods
8. Castle Rat - The Bestiary
9. Hell - Submersus
10. Pelican - Flickering Resonance
11. Slomatics - Atomicult
12. The Budos Band - VII
13. Faetooth - Labyrinthine
14. Ouzo Bazooka - Kapaim
15. Sunniva - Hypostasis
16. Pale Horse Ritual - Diabolic Formation
17. Daevar - Sub Rosa
18. Conan - Violence Dimension
19. Messa - The Spin
20. Year of the Goat - Trivia Goddess

#aoty2025 #music #toplists mostly #metal

https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2025/11/26/the-best-of-2025-year-end-poll-is-now-open/

"Composed by J.N. Babson for Brentano's Chess Monthly in 1882. Mate on the 1220th move, after compelling Black to make three successive and complete Knight's tours." 

https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/2806/the-longest-problem-ever-much-longer-than-the-mere-549-mover

#Chess #TheObelisk #ChessProblems #ChessPuzzles

"[H]eavy psych rockers Blasting Rod… crossing the Pacific Ocean to play a show in the US and proffer their weirdo lysergic experimentalism in a context entirely new. [I]f you’re in Los Angeles or someplace adjacent, this is one to consider" —JJ Koczan

https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2023/12/13/blasting-rod-playing-los-angeles/

#losangeles
#heavypsych
#experimentalism
#rockers
#weirdo
#acidrock
#theobelisk

Random Controller of the Day

🕹️The Obelisk (J.D. Home)
🗓️ c 1983
➡️ Atari-compatible DE-9 Connector

The Obelisk was a free-standing, hardwood and formica joystick unit, made by J.D. Home of Montana. Available in four colours, and with the option of a two player version

http://joystick.directory/wiki/Obelisk

#RetroGaming #atari #TheObelisk #joystick