Mastodawn

Rush @ Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City. Should you get a ticket for one of the remaining show? Read and decide for yourself!

https://jetse.substack.com/p/rush-palacio-de-los-deportes-mexico

#RUSH #hardrock #Live #MexicoCity

Jetse de Vries May 23

A heroine has died. Mirjam Minnesma, rest in peace.

https://nos.nl/l/2615524

Urgenda-boegbeeld Marjan Minnesma (59) overleden

Marjan Minnesma, een van de invloedrijkste stemmen op het gebied van klimaatbeleid en energietransitie, is op 59-jarige leeftijd overleden.

Jetse de Vries May 20

There is chaos, there is mayhem, and there is Motörhead. Motörhead wins every time:

https://jetse.substack.com/p/best-hard-rockheavy-metal-live-albumstop-b1a

#best #live #metal #album

Jetse de Vries May 20

(3) Is it real, or is it (Memorex) AI? I can’t say, as it emulates a creole I’m not familiar with. This—I suspect—can only be determined by native Trinidadian people.

Jetse de Vries May 20

(2) Almost simultaneously, this news broke on The Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/19/commonwealth-short-story-prize-winner-doubts-ai-artificial-intelligence

‘Obvious markers of AI’: doubts raised over winner of short story prize

Granta publisher says ‘perhaps we never will know’ true authorship of work that won Commonwealth prize

The Guardian

Jetse de Vries May 20

(1) Yesterday I posted this:

https://jetse.substack.com/p/panic-and-overreaction-to-suspected

Panic and Overreaction to Suspected AI Slop in Fiction Writing

The Cat Herd of Writers

The Divergent Panorama

Jetse de Vries May 19

To witch hunt, or not to witch hunt? You decide:

https://jetse.substack.com/p/panic-and-overreaction-to-suspected

#AIslop #writing #writingcommunity #witchhunt

Jetse de Vries May 15

The loudest live bands according to The Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/may/15/gigs-so-loud-they-made-our-ears-hurt-but-were-worth-the-after-ring

In my experience:

—Motørhead
—Ministry
—Manowar
—Judas Priest (in the eighties)
—Sun O)))

#loudest #live #bands #ever

The Guide #243: Ear-splitting gigs that were worth the after-ring

In this week’s newsletter: Sometimes they were enough to send our music critics and readers straight back out the door again – but mostly just noisy enough to make their clothes shake

The Guardian

Jetse de Vries May 15

(7) Numbers 4 through 1 will follow in the coming week, always on a Wednesday. I’m off to a holiday (haven’t been out of the country for eight months), so I might be slow to react. Have a good weekend!

Jetse de Vries May 15

(6) Number 5:

https://jetse.substack.com/p/best-hard-rockheavy-metal-live-albumstop-01b

#hardrock #heavymetal #best #live #music #album