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I'm still considering getting one of these
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Some games it was just the difficulty that scared me.
There were plenty of jump scare games that definitely got me like the early RE and SH games. Even Metroid games got me when I was a kid.
I haven't tried a horror game in more than 20 years though!
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I don't have a Steam Deck, but I'd imagine it has something to do with Windows or anti-cheat software of some sort. It looks like many of the Raiden series are not Deck Verified...
www.gematsu.com
Sharing this because of my recent growing interest in the genre and because this is one of the series that I've actually played a bit. Pre-orders are up on play-asia and elsewhere https://www.play-asia.com/search/Raiden+NOVA
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I did this for several months. If you check out the Alpine community you'll see that many people do this. So, it is not a dumb idea. Alpine is a "generalist" distro and comes packed with all the DEs and WMs you want. They also accept package requests and are usually pretty fast about it.
I would recommend using the Edge branch just to have access to the newest packages, but keep an eye on the issue tracker before hitting update. Also, get on their Matrix and other accounts to follow different discussions.
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I was thinking of getting it, trying it, and holding onto it to resell. But, someone might be able to talk the seller down. Judging by the other items they are selling, not just games, it looks like this person caught the "import stuff from abroad" bug and it now unloading loads of merch at rather high and prices. I'm not going to barter though since it is available on play-asia for less.
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Someone is selling Mushihimesama on my local marketplace. I know it is no longer in production or on the Switch estore. Is €55 worth it for this game? It is used of course.
Update: I see that it can be purchased new for 43 on different sites, so I suppose not...
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Doesn't appear that it is... But I'll look it up anyway.
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Haven't heard the term "euroshmup" before. Also haven't seen Sine Mora on any lists that I've been looking at either.
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Sorry, but this is not what I need. I've seen this list and many similar to it. Just want a few names of games. Nintendo Life is a good resource, though.
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Switch probably, but emulation is an option.
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I don't have much to go on, it has been more than 30 years since my arcade days. I've been making a list and am trying to prioritise purchases. I think Ikaruga will come first as soon as it is on sale again (which isn't very often).
I don't have a Steam account, but I'll try your method anyway to see how it compares to what is already on my list.
Thanks.
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I searched but did not see this community, thanks!
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This is at the top of my list, so it will come sooner or later!
I don't have anything substantial except fond memories or R-Type and Raiden, and a copy of Raiden IV that I tend to play on loop when I have days off.
Recently I've been looking into expanding the number of shmups in my library. Which games should I prioritise getting? Any that I should avoid?
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Many have surprised me for different reasons.
The most recent that did is Alpine. I decided for some reason to install it for regular desktop use on an RPI400.
First surprise, the ISO was so small. Second surprise, everything installed so fast when I used the install scripts. Third surprise was the up-to-date repos. The final surprise was the community: it handled noob questions and complicated questions so well, walked users through click by click and one command at a time. Awesome and totally an acceptable option for a desktop which is why I immediately installed it on my main laptop and used it for a number of months.
OpenStreetMap community
Which (web)apps do you use to contribute to OpenStreetMap?
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I use or have used, depending on the situation, JOSM, OsmAnd~, Ever Door, StreetComplete and Vespucci.
If I'm out and about and have a second I will contribute whatever I can, even if it isn't useful to me. I have not, however, stepped up my game and started mapping trees or fire hydrants.
Jerboa
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Try on a shared image. One should open in the app, the other in the browser.
Perhaps there will be an internal Webview implementation one day.
Free and Open Source Software
What is your favourite FOSS notes application?
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I just use whatever text editor I have and make MD files synced with Syncthing. On mobile I use Markor.
I've tried several different methods, and as much as I try to be organised, I feel pretty good with my folder of files.
Chat
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The last time there was enough snow to honestly merit a school cancellation and allow for sledding was in 2007.
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Still catching up on the many Switch games I've missed over the years. Super Mario Odyssey, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, and Metroid Prime Remastered are getting lots of play. They are all excellent. Starlink gives me motion sickness though, so I have to limit that to 20--30-minute sessions.
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This is a bit of a TIL for me. Alberta and Saskatchewan, obvious. I didn't know that NB had an active anti-trans policy in effect.
Piracy
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That might help? This is a piracy place but things that use Widevine and constantly changing. That file on your phone will only play on your phone because that app has the decryption keys. The easy apps that do this are not free apps. Screencasting and recording is something you could just start doing now.
You could also tell us the name of the video and someone here might be able to find it.
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I like the idea of just recording it, because it is simple.
But, if you are beholden to doing it another way, can you tell us how you ripped the content? Did you use yt-dlp?
Whatever the case, you need separate audio and video streams. They'll probably both be encrypted.
You'll need something like mp4decryptor (https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4) and and widevine keyguesser thing. I haven't done this in about 5 years, so forgive me.
There is a specific order of operations that I don't exactly remember but you'll need to find up-to-date instructions.
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I use super boring Claws Mail for my personal email. I handle my contacts with Khard and calendars with Khal.
I don't use a Yubikey though.
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I've been using Linux for a long time. When I install my fist step is to uninstall. I get not wanting things taking up space.
You should be able to remove things like LibreOffice and so on without any issues.
In the past, dependency chains screwed things up depending on the distro. (Remove Chrome? Oh, well, we'll remove your DE too! I remember once uninstalling VLC, which I never use, wanted to uninstall the browser and other media apps...)
I did go and look around, and you are right. Lots of posts, older and more recent, telling people not to uninstall and change to a minimal distro.
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cmus is great for music
mpv for videos, there are different extensions to automatically open YT videos with it.
beets for sorting music
nicotine plus for looking for music
syncthing
zathura
improving performance isn't easy if you feel like things are running smoothly, but there are a few laptop specific things like tlp that you could look into although I suspect that distro uses them out of the box
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Outside of Gnome I think you may need to install an additional package like evolution-on
Linux
what debian 12.5 compatible music jukeboxes can handle 100k flac/orbis/ogg/m4a directories?
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Already mentioned, but Strawberry is worth checking out. If Quod Libet works, stick with that. I liked it when I used it.
mpd has a number of frontends.
No longer developed I think, but I'll mention gmusicbrowser as it used to be my go-to.
cmus is what I use now.
I also have a very large library and use Debian 12.5 so I'll bookmark this thread for later.
Linux
how come a m4a file doesn't loop when I configure vlc to do exactly that? OS: Debian 12.5
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Sometimes yt-dlp drops fragments leading to corrupt files, maybe that's what's going on.
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I went through something similar with my Brother printer, but stuck with USB. I'll have to give your tips a try later.
I haven't been able to get 2-sided to work except with LibreOffice for some reason, but maybe that DuplexNoTumble thing is the key...or value.
Forum Libre
[Nostalgie] Aviez-vous ce jouet?
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Yes, version Donatello
Literature
Who is your favourite author?
bbbhltz
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Don't know if I have a favourite but Becky Chambers is excellent.
Forum Libre
Quel est le style de musique que vous avez découvert sur le tard et que vous ne vous attendiez pas à apprécier?
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J'ai une collection de musique plutôt vaste. Mais, jusqu'à mes 30 ans je n'ai pas creusé dans le style de musique qu'apprécie mon père le plus : le Bluegrass.
Oui.
Bluegrass.
Pas le country, ni le newgrass, ni le fauxgrass. Le vrai de vrai bluegrass.
Je ne suis pas fan du côté gospel/croyant, mais ma collection de musique bluegrass complement très bien le tas d'albums électronique, métal, etc. qui se trouvent chez moi.
Free and Open Source Software
what's your current linux distro?
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Debian
I've tried different distros and liked them, but tend to come back to Debian.
Forum Libre
Aux pères de Jlai.lu, qu'avez-vous reçu à la fête des pères?
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Un super petit déj et un livre sur L'histoire de Metroid
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Il y a un instance nitter qui fonctionne toujours https://nitter.poast.org/DiscordGauche pour les gens qui n'ont pas de compte
Technology
Elon Musk bets Tesla on Optimus, says over 1,000 robots working in factories next year
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My scepticism is through the roof reading this. First, I find it hard to believe that he has two working units unless they are programmed to sit in front of a terminal and tap Y...
The rest speaks for itself: Musk likes to BS.
France
S11 E14: Deep-Sea Mining, Olympics & Red Lobster Update: 6/9/24: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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J'ai bien rigolé ce matin quand je l'ai regardé
Nostalgia
Forum Libre
J'entends souvent parler des chips Brets, c'est vraiment bon ou c'est encore une campagne d'astroturfing?
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Ça doit être mieux que les "Croustilles" de chez Carrefour qui sont seulement 61% pomme de terre.
Sérieusement, j'aime bien les Brets. Ma femme adore les sel et vinaigre.
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Well, that's quite a lot to learn in less than 10 words!
Hi all, My former family doctor has been doing some odd things these past few months. I moved away so I haven't dealt with this person in years. My mother, however, is at an age where having a family doctor is very important. Here's the deal. Among some other odd interactions, 2 events have happened that worry my mother and seem peculiar to me: 1. GP prescribed heart medication to my mother years ago. The proof is in the system. My mother still has the prescription because she is a hoarder. The pharmacy has the record. My mother recently consulted a cardiologist who is convinced that the problem that medication treats is not my mother's problem. Cardiologist asks, "who gave you this and why, I need to talk to them." Mother tells them. Phone calls exchanged. GP says, "no, I did not write that script." They refuse outright and have continued to double down on that statement ever since. That was *odd*. And it slowed things down for further treatment. But then... 2. Recently a new health issue lead my mother to the GP. The doctor prescribed medication for the problem. But, they wrote the prescription on a different doctor's pad. Not by mistake. They left the room and came back with the other pad. My mother noticed it go down but still went to the pharmacy. Sure enough, this doctor that my mother has never consulted is listed as the prescribing doctor. My mother read the insert for the medication and it notes not to take it in combination with other medications that she is currently prescribed. She has decided not to take it. I just wanted to bounce this off the wall here and see what any of you thought. Should I encourage my mother to find a different doctor?
Avant de dépenser encore des sous sur des blocs de micro-plastiques, que conseillez-vous comme remplacement de filtre Brita ? C'est principalement pour le calcaire. L'espèce de bâton de charbon fonctionne bien ?
www.gamesradar.com
Si vous aller fêter l'anniversaire d'Hercules ou Osiris demain en offrant une console de jeux, pensez à installer les mises à jour avant de l'emballer. Une Nintendo Switch toute neuve avec Mario Kart 8 nécessite au moins 2h de téléchargement (moins si vous avez la fibre) avant de pouvoir jouer. Si c'est un simple jeux vous pouvez faire pareil et installer le jeux avant demain.
www.foxnews.com
> After Clarkson pointed out that Cher was the only musician to have number 1 songs over seven decades, the Grammy Award winner noted that she and the Rolling Stones actually shared the accomplishment. > > "Two of us have," Cher said. ""It took four of them to be one of me." Cher is savage > "Can I just say one other thing?" Cher asked. "I changed music forever with ‘Believe.'" Yup.
www.lepoulpe.info
J'ai l'article. Je peux vous l'envoyer en mp si vous en avez besoin.
www.ign.com
>“People online are like, ‘Scott's the worst character. Scott's the villain of his own story,' ” said O’Malley. “They really love to harp on that now, which no one mentioned in the 2000s. But yeah, so we thought let's give them Scott as the villain of his own story, let's do it proper.” Having never read the novels, but being a fan of the film, I was looking forward to this series. It was odd and wacky and colourful. "That New Casting" was a great surprise.
mailbox.org
The other day my son was messing around on my PS4. He went into the library and launched **Geometry Wars³: Dimensions**. My wife and I heard the music and were like "YES!" and now our family is re-addicted to this game...after 6 years or 7 years of never touching the thing. What are games you forgot you had and "fell" back into?
www.techwontsave.us
We hear a lot about this guy, why not a little more. This podcast is doing a series on Musk that is quite revealing, totally worth a listen if you are interested in business or tech. They are currently on part 2 of 4.
www.francetvinfo.fr
J'aimerais voir la même chose arriver dans ma ville. Pour moi, un AirBnb c'est le logement principal et la personne devrait être là ou laisser un voisin faire l'échange de clés...ou un ami...ou membre de famille...ou un concierge. De plus, les boîtes à clés sont moches. Les propriétaires qui louent des Airbnb au lieu de faire une location classique, qui te font payer des sommes de 2 à 3 fois le prix d'un hôtel, demandent des pourboires, réclament de 5 étoiles en échange de...rien? Perso, c'est l'hôtel où rien pour moi.
I was very lucky growing up, and my little middle school in my little village in Nova Scotia offered French Immersion (late, started grade 7). Sure, some of my teachers were anglophone, but the rest were Acadian. When I went to university I didn't think much about it, but soon discovered that I was functionally and operationally bilingual. I continued to study French at university where all of my teachers happend to be from *la belle province* and graduated. Now I'm a professor in France. I've been doing this for about 17 years. My students greatly underestimate their level in English, yet here I am correcting 750-word essays written by 1st year students who have only "studied" English for an hour or two a week since middle school. Are they good? Meh... But they are better than they imagine. Canada is supposed to be bilingual. I've seen different numbers fly around over the years regarding the percentage of bilingual Canadians. How about you, are you bilingual? How bilingual? --- Addendum: These maps are not directly related to the question, but I came across them while looking things up. This is from 2016. I like showing this to my students. They always ask me why I bothered learning French.  And this is from 2021 and is a little bit related to my question, but only covers English and French.  [source](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220817/dq220817a-eng.htm)
psytranceguide.com
In case you need something to listen to... Psytrance is one of the genres missing from my collection, so I'll be digging into this a tiny bit.
www.patrick-breyer.de
This would probably fit in better in the technology community and I'm pretty sure it has been shared already, so sorry for the duplicate, especially since it was already on the !privacyguides@lemmy.one and and !europe@feddit.de communities. I found it interesting because just a few months ago The Linux Experiment made a video that [I shared](https://beehaw.org/post/499190) and, while that video was talking about laws in France that [I believed at the time would lead to eventually banning encrypted apps](https://beehaw.org/comment/140364) it now appears that the possibility of that is now looming over us...moreso after what happened in Arras. --- Edit (in French) https://www.numerama.com/tech/1533652-attaque-a-arras-darmanin-vise-les-messageries-et-leur-chiffrement.html Yes, the attack in Arras is being used as a reason to consider banning encrypted chat apps like Signal and WhatsApp.
www.youtube.com
Great album, didn't know they had an official video for this track.
pressprogress.ca
You can't make this stuff up... > Jody Ledgerwood, a real estate broker from Cobourg, Ontario who played a behind-the-scenes role during the 2022 Freedom Convoy occupation, told PressProgress she attended two secret “Save the Children Convoy” meetings in Marmora and Mississauga this summer. > > According to Ledgerwood, at these meetings some Save the Children Convoy leaders shared a plan that allegedly involved three “phases.” > > “Phase one” of the plan involved sending a convoy to occupy Toronto’s financial district. When Toronto Police mobilized public order units to end the convoy occupation, a second convoy would surprise police and box them in, forcing police to surrender. > >“Phase two” involved surrounding eight federal buildings in Ottawa and detaining MPs, holding the elected officials in custody until they gave into the convoy leader’s demands. > > While phase two was unfolding, another group would simultaneously execute “phase three” by sending a final convoy to **confront the Freemasons** in the oceanside village of Tofino, British Columbia where they would “take the head off the snake.” How did the Freemasons get involved? I really need an [explainer video like the last time a convoy got to Ottawa](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2OlAXDW7W0).
www.westernstandard.news
>“We want to parent our kids until they're 18 and ready to make decisions by themselves. Whatever decision they make later, that's a decision as an adult." The *harder* you parent, the stronger your children push back. For a group of concerned parents, they seem to know less than me, and I've only been parenting for about 6 years. Parental influence on behaviour begins dropping around the age of 6. At that point external influences, like friends at school, stat becoming more important. By adolescence it has dropped to around 50%. By 20 it is 0%. When you let a kid breathe and make mistakes, they will listen to you without needing overbearing control... Clearly, this whole thing stinks of money. They are buying targeted ads on FB and adding a layer of embarrassment that will see Canada mocked and ridiculed. This is a hate group.
pressprogress.ca
Choice quote: > Elliot McDavid, another convoy organizer who made headlines harassing Chrystia Freeland last year, believes the Government of Alberta is colluding with insurance companies to produce child pornography and has claimed children are being “hunted down like animals” and “thrown in a rail car” by “degenerates on horseback.”
www.youtube.com
I watched this docuseries this week. It is very good. I am not a /r/UFOs lurker, but I do enjoy hearing these stories from time to time. Aside from being produced by Amblin, this series has some things going for it: - You can watch it in any order you wish - There is no real call to action, and very few documentary tricks used... I didn't stop to see if the people bein interviewed actually worked for NASA, though - 4 episodes, 4 countries, 4 perspectives and reactions, 4 classic cases - The Ariel School Incident - The Stephenville, Texas, sightings - The Broad Haven Triangle - The Fukushima Sightings - The episodes are self-contained discussion starters I'd only ever heard about the Ariel School Incident. Anyway, if you are into this or not, and you want to see something presented in a level-headed way that crosses cultural boundaries, this is a decent docuseries.
Salutations, J'espère que vous passiez tous et toutes de bons weekends. Je viens d'apprendre qu'aujourd'hui est la journée internationale des podcasts. https://internationalpodcastday.com/ Partagez vos podcasts préférés ici. --- Je profite pour faire de la pub pour le podcast de ma chérie... **Pourquoi les espagnols sont comme ça ?** *Le podcast qui en moins de 10 minutes vous apporte un peu de culture générale sur l'Histoire de l'Espagne* [Spotify](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edelvia) / [Amazon](https://music.amazon.fr/podcasts/0e8a47b9-2feb-4338-9b59-86dcdd344884/pourquoi-les-espagnols-sont-comme-%C3%A7a) / [YT](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB8z7bto_2Pbw1AIFG7-Aw) / [Google](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lNTNkNDJmNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw) / [RSS](https://anchor.fm/s/e53d42f4/podcast/rss) C'est une production « fait maison » ; Micro, Audacity, MS Paint, musique libre de droit, etc.
C'est l'histoire d'une dame qui décide d'adopter un chat errant. Mais il ne s'agissait pas d'un chat, mais d'une chatte... enceinte. **SEVERAL MONTHS LATER** [^1] C'est l'histoire d'une dame qui a plus de 30 chats et chatons chez elle et comme vous pouvez imaginer, la situation n'est pas idéale. Elle ne sait pas quoi faire ni qui appeler. Donc, elle ne fait *rien*. Mais, une lueur d'espoir. La dame est en voyage et son fils est chez elle. Il veut trouver une solution. **Avez-vous des idées ?** ## Problèmes * donner les chats : ça veut dire les pucer et l'argent n'est pas là * donner les chats sans les pucer : on peut le dénoncer, ce qui me semble un peu normal * refuges : il n'en a pas trouvé dans son coin qui accepte les chats * la loi : apparemment, il y a une limite de 9 chats/chiens par personne et il faut identifier les chats avec les dates de naissance, etc.---choses que la dame n'a pas faites. [^1]: je ne sais pas combien, on ne veut pas me dire...
Il se trouve que Le Tronche en Biais s'est fait bloqué ici et là sur Mastodon. * Fil Mastodon sur le sujet : https://pipou.academy/@MxHeadmaster/110963411862724251 * Chaîne YT : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq-8pBMM3I40QlrhM9ExXJQ * Toot : https://mastodon.social/@Acermendax/110890344161948429 Je ne suis pas abonné à son YT, mais j'ai déjà vu passé les vidéos. Qu'en pensez vous de ses vidéos ?
www.youtube.com
From ***The Unrelenting Songs of the 1979 Post Disco Crash*** (2004) Not my favourite track from the album, but this video always makes me smile. The song [10 Amazing Years](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7cZSgrEVcU) is probably my favourite due to the mashup-sample use.
Screenshot is a few days old, but nothing has changed on my desktop in months. Just a boring LXQt w/Openbox installation on Alpine Linux. Only fun thing is that I did this without qt5ct or kvantum. * [pfetch](https://github.com/dylanaraps/pfetch) * [cmus](https://cmus.github.io/) * [cava](https://github.com/karlstav/cava) * wallpaper made with [ImageGoNord](https://github.com/Schrodinger-Hat/ImageGoNord) * [list of software I use](https://bbbhltz.codeberg.page/software/)
arstechnica.com
>It is perhaps another sign of how bad things have become with Google's search results—full of algorithmically generated junk sites—that publications like CNET are driven to such extremes to stay above the sea of noise. [Archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20230811064558/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/the-internet-is-not-forever-after-all-cnet-deletes-old-articles-to-game-google/) / [Archive.is](https://archive.is/nCVTw)
(The Legendary) Buck 65 has just released **Drum Study 1, 2, and 3** >This coming Friday (August 4) is a Bandcamp Friday. I have made the decision to share the work I’ve been doing for all these years. I’ll be uploading three hour-long (roughly) mega-compositions that include all the work I’ve done so far. They won’t be like anything you’ve heard before. Together, it’s an unrelenting sonic onslaught. It’s a walk across hot coals. It’s Saint Anthony’s journey across the desert. I don’t know if it will mean anything to anyone else but it means everything to me. If you can handle it, I hope you enjoy. If you listen close, you’ll hear lots of little ideas that were later re-purposed for parts on *King Of Drums* and *Super Dope*.[^1] https://buck65.bandcamp.com/album/drum-study-1 https://buck65.bandcamp.com/album/drum-study-2 https://buck65.bandcamp.com/album/drum-study-3 [^1]: https://buck65.substack.com/p/bikes-and-breaks
isitbandcampfriday.com
**Get your shopping carts ready!** >on Bandcamp Fridays, an average of 93% of your money reaches the artist/label (after payment processor fees).
