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Lady Banks Roses Take Over

Ricardo Wang 1h ago

Jennifer | Sidewalk Safari 5h ago

It's #FotoMontag #PhotoMonday ... This week I'm sharing 3 examples of #StreetArt on #Doors in #Reykjavik #iceland

#Travel #Photography #DoorsGloriousDoors

Ricardo Wang 2h ago

Ken Newquist Dec 15, 2024

Playing #CastlesAndCrusades. Heard at the table: “Lawful good doesn’t mean lawful nice.” #ttrpg

The PDF copy of #CastlesAndCrusades player's handbook is available for free from the Troll Lord Games website here https://trolllord.com/product/castles-crusades-players-handbook/.

TV Tropes is great for teasing out story ideas. I've found that once I understand basic story structure, it's a lot easier to make small changes to keep players involved in a familiar plot but with enough twist to keep them interested.

When running a published module, I've been lucky enough to find digital copies of maps available with a quick search. Drop it into a chat service (our group uses Element, another free resource!) to show players the lay of the land without having to draw out details. Use a browser with a screen capture and you can drop specific snippets and cut out spoilers.

The above mentioned Element is great for keeping individual channels for game chat, sharing spells or pictures of characters and monsters ad well as maps, and can host calls for online games.

Youtube can be great for finding playlists or specific pieces of music or clips for background atmosphere or show off what your scene would look like.

Castles & Crusades Players Handbook – Troll Lord Games

Ricardo Wang 2h ago

JM in Texas 6d ago

The Velvet Underground and Mid-Valley Mutations on @WFMU providing the soundtrack for my drive to work:

https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163478

Ricardo Wang 2h ago

The Tonearm 3d ago

"'DJs purposely started to play these records at the wrong speed. And even producers started to record this way, because it was such an interesting sound.' … The sound in question was new beat, a simple yet apt name for a hypnotic, slowed-down form of dance music that exploded across Belgium in the mid- to late 1980s."

Retracing Belgian New Beat’s Accidental Explosion:

https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/belgian-new-beat-album-guide?ref=thetonearm.com

Retracing Belgian New Beat’s Accidental Explosion

In the mid-to-late ’80s, hypnotic, slowed-down dance music took Belgium—and later Europe—by storm.

Bandcamp Daily

Ricardo Wang 2h ago

JM in Texas 1d ago

This is what #CassetteTapeLove looks like:

“I borrowed the tapes boys made for my sister so that I could learn about them, and I could maybe learn about the emotions they professed to her, that often never went anywhere at all but didn’t seem to matter. Everyone felt something, and so I listened and learned. I heard “Professor Booty” by the Beastie Boys”

https://www.anxietyshark.ca/memory-tape/

Memory Tape

When I was a kid, my sister and I raided the remains of my parent's once lavish record collection. My dad’s records had his name written on them, although sometimes they were crossed off and rewritten by his brother in a bout of playful sibling thievery. His were records

Anxiety Shark

Ricardo Wang 2h ago

JM in Texas 15h ago

“Spent yesterday Louisiana way, couldn’t get much better”

Ricardo Wang 2h ago

The Tonearm 7h ago

"In the early evening of May 31, 1986, in a sprawling, oil-streaked parking lot in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, heavy metal history was made … There were mullets, cutoff T-shirts, Trans Ams, all manner of animal prints — and lots and lots of beer."

The Cult Music Documentary ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot’ Turns Middle-Age (gift link): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/arts/music/heavy-metal-parking-lot-movie.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eFA.D-XP.t_dFhmbd9w5o&smid=nytcore-ios-share?ref=thetonearm.com

The Cult Music Documentary ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot’ Turns Middle-Age

The film capturing the scene outside a Judas Priest show was 17 minutes long, only available on VHS and won the hearts of a generation of rock fans.

The New York Times

Ricardo Wang 2h ago

JM in Texas 3h ago

RE: https://meow.social/@daemonicusprince/116477029610979158

Reminds me of the cover to this Daniel Menche field recording:

https://danielmenche.bandcamp.com/album/cold-metals

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