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Read The Future (2023) by Naomi Alderman. A dystopian thriller about the approaching end of the world and how the leaders of the biggest tech-companies (not so covertly parodized verions of Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos etc.). plan their survival while our main character, a survival influencer...

Read Cage of Souls (2019) by Adrian Tchaikovsky. A dying Earth science-fiction novel, written like a fictional memoir. Riffs on (I'm not sure Tchaikovsky would use this word) everything within the subgenre from H.G. Wells and onwards - personally I found it very reminiscent of China Miéville's...

Another one if you are into melodic hard rock / AOR. Wildness - Avenger released January 24th on Frontiers.

Well put. Even with 5% vocal capacity left compared to his prime, the last album was recognizeable Dokken. Jon Levin plays almost exactly like Lynch, maybe a bit more precise and less chaotic. It was never Lynch guitarplaying which made Dokken great. It was everything, including that.

Vote coming in for best song and video of the year. It's January 20th, and I'm pretty set.

Your points are valid and well-put. Especially regarding Blaze's vocal production and space in the mix - listen to how crazy good he sounds when Sneap produced him! But regarding the guitars and drums my very personal opinion is that they have never sounded better on a Maiden album. I strongly...

Read Those Beyond The Wall (2024) by Micaiah Johnson. An indirect sequel to her debut, The Space Between Worlds (2020). Definitely one of the best science fiction writers out there right now. Heavy on social commentary, great use of language and intriguing stories. This is one of the finest...

Watched The Count of Monte Cristo (2024), Episode 1-8. English language French/Italian TV production directed by Bille August and starring Sam Claflin, with Jeremy Irons as Abbé Faria. I enjoyed it a lot. Some things are done really well here, but not all.

Zero chance of Jackson-made pickups. They don't make pickups, never have. Only OEM Jackson-branded pickups that exist are in lower quality imports, but those ain't made by Jackson - neither guitars or pickups, or any part really.

In the Swedish Hockey League right now, the top three points scorers all belong to Färjestad after 20 rounds played (of 52). We have scored 80 goals this season, with the second team in that statistic at 65. And yet, here we are at 5th place in the series. Our goaltenders are placed dead last...

Went to my 9th show with them in October, and after that it's been the only artist I've listened to... Funny how a great live show can make you relive your teenage years.

Went to my first game in ages yesterday. Färjestad - Leksand in the SHL. Sold out (8250), special jersey just for this game... Of course it was a defeat.

Just had to listen to this gem. Some drummers are truly gifted.

I thought of joining for the presale, but have seen lots of reports on Facebook/Reddit about the site being down, payments not going through etc.

Surprised they are doing two Stockholm shows at Tele2/3Arena (max capacity 40 000). But Ullevi (max capacity 75 000) is booked and sold out on 13 June by Swedish artist Håkan Hellström, who might have an optional 4th concert the day after as well considering he sold out 3 Ullevi gigs within a...

Going all in on my board game hobby, I received Fallout: The Board Game (2017) and Sniper Elite: The Board Game (2022) with today's mail. Big fan of the former video-game, never played the latter but it's supposed to be an awesome board game with hidden movement.

Started Rings of Power season 2 today. Really liked the first season, and season 2 seems the same but even bigger and better. Atmosphere, setting, music... All superbly done. Really excited about upcoming the storylines!

Risk was what got me into the hobby. Munchkin was what got me to explore more modern games. Still love those two and will happily play them. Sure they are flawed - but they also captured my attention & imagination from the start, and that isn't something I easily look past. This weekend I...

I have two themed versions, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Reign of Cthulhu, because I was trying to get people who liked those themes to the table. They're supposed to be really good, light games - but we will see.  Rebellion might be a few steps too heavy for me - I mainly play games within...

I play guitar, read novels (mystery & SF), play board games, some light video gaming (mostly Minecraft), cook & barbecue a bit... Right now board games have been taking up most of my spare time. Ticket to Ride in various versions and expansions and Memoir '44 being the main ones, but I hope to...