Stephen 'Sludgedesk' Murray

Occasional writer. Music, TTRPGs, tea, sumo and tech tickle my fancy. Editor-in-Chief at The Sludge Desk where I talk mainly about musicky things.

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Please note I am abandoning Twitter due to the terrible direction it has taken.

Catch you amidst the ether.

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Outrageous: Rishi Sunak approved Boris Johnson's honours list - featuring Jacob Rees Mogg and Priti Patel - the same day Boris Johnson resigned as an MP. If, like me, you agree Boris Johnson's list should be blocked sign the huge petition now: https://t.co/QmOh3sHj8G

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25 mins into a Black Boned Angel track when I finally accept that #drone metal is a crock of shit and a travesty of #doom, and stick on Shakira and Wyclef Jean.

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@emmabwilkes @Nick_Ruskell If I'd had even one hit, I'd be dining out on that number for the rest of my life XD

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@tachiai_blog @Corey_Yanofsky Is oyakataring not a desirable profession, then? (Aside from the sweet, sweet threads, of course)

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#Khanate To Be Cruel review: A thick, fried slice of gloomy halloumi. If you liked Khanate before, you'll like this one. If you didn't, this won't change things. If you've never heard them before, brace yourself.
#doom #metal

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The mighty @tochinoshin, Lifter of Giants, has retired from #sumo. I will miss him. We wish him happiness for the future.

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The kings of neighbour-worrying have returned. Lovely. https://t.co/UE9NbLzgAF
#khanate #doom

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Monarchists and republicans alike, indeed all of us, should be very concerned about the increased intolerance towards peaceful protest. Intolerance is not something any of us want associated with Britain.

https://t.co/8pjPhkQJGy

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@whatacoolfridge Lovely pun. Hope you had a super time

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This morning's listening:

Cough — Sigillum Luciferi (2008)
Eyehategod — New Orleans Is the New Vietnam (2012)
The Go-Go's — Beauty and the Beat (1981)
Corrupted — Nadie (1995)

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Morning listening:

Asunder — A Clarion Call (2004)
Skepticism — Alloy (2008)
Slow — V - Oceans (2017)

#doom #funeralDoom #funerealDoom

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I think there's something wrong with my mesolimbic pathway— You drive.

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@DanielKearney Guess we all form our own associations. I wonder how large a community can hold a unifying olfactory culture with which to reminisce with.

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Does everyone remember the individual smell/s of each decade as a unique identifier, or this another part of my abnormal psychology?

#nostalgia #neurology #memory

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@Theordinarygrrl I want to see if I can get hold of some old bottles of scents from back then to see if it transports me back to those teenaged feelings.

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@Theordinarygrrl Perhaps it's just all contextual, then. How could you know what a video rental shop smells like without having visited one? Yet that would be an unmistakable part of 90s (and before) Western smellscape.

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Valentine’s day - A day on which Mr. Al Capone ruined a romantic night out for many diners by massacring them.

Died of syphilis, he did. So there is some justice.

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GUITARISTS:
What does guitar strap length choice say about your playing?

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@Jimllpaintit Absolutely tickety-boo