(Swearwolf) David Thompson

I picked up a restored 60’s reel-to-reel player tonight. I love digital/streaming options when I’m on the go, but when I’m relaxing at home, analog has an unrivaled magic.

Happy holidays from me, @roxithompson.bsky.social, and MacReady! This house is a few blocks away from us and was on ABC’s The Great Christmas Light Fight earlier this week.

I’ve had this Santa doll since I was a baby. It creeps the absolute fuck out of my wife.

I picked up a reel-to-reel player this week. It’s the same one from The Evil Dead. I’m looking forward to messing around with it this weekend - but I can already feel myself getting pulled toward buying a higher-end player.

This is more of a novelty - but, hey - it looks cool!

The wife and I saw Wicked today.

Loved it!

One of my friends had that lunchbox! I think I was rocking an ALF lunchbox around that time (I bought one on eBay several years ago after feeling nostalgic. It sits in my game room).

YouTube video by blink-182 - Topic I Won't Be Home For Christmas

And because I was in a Blink-182 ripoff band in the late 90's/early 2000's... youtu.be/UVPdkfVYvk0?...

YouTube video by BingCrosbyVEVO Bing Crosby, David Bowie - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy

Pretty much anything by Sinatra or Crosby. As an adult, I've come to love Lennon/Ono's "Happy XMas (War Is Over)" and David Bowie/Bing Crosby's "Peace On Earth/The Little Drummer Boy." The latter's such a wild clash of old and new (at the time), & Bing died a month later.

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One of my wife's favorites, and I don't mind that one bit. It's delightful. Sign me up for "Love, Actually" while you're at it.

Thank you! He's as close to an actual brother as I'll likely ever have (you too, @excitemike.bsky.social).

He's a great IG follow... and one of my favorite human beings, in general.

You see this, Bret, you magnificent bastard?

Thanks! I'll hit him up in the morning. I think he'll be game. He and I share a mutual disdain for Elon Musk and Trump... so probably. :)

This week sucked ass, so here's some stuff I'm excited about:

Cooler weather (I live in AZ).
Thanksgiving/Christmas (we put up our tree last night).
My band has a new album coming out in 2025 (really proud of my work on it - lots of instruments).
My podcast cohost has something RAD in the works!