Bored In Pittsburgh's favorite local albums of the year, arranged in no particular order. ### Cold Mass – Cold Mass III Pummeling hardcore in which gnarled riffs tangle with hell-burnt roars over grooves that recall a choreographed riot in a dive bar. Follow Cold Mass on Instagram and Facebook Artwork by John Bauer ### Sad … Continue reading Yearly Yinz 2023: Albums
Month: December 2023
Random Word Generator 12.30.23
Today's exercise features a cursed building project. AMPUTATE CONCRETE DILLEMA EYEBROW They amputate the church’s head, the steeple that long stretched supplicant toward heaven. They amputate the flying buttresses, replacing their steady support with that of scaffolding and tarp. They amputate the knobbed gargoyle, who goes on to haunt the construction workers, leering at them … Continue reading Random Word Generator 12.30.23
Yearly Yinz 2023: Songs
Bored In Pittsburgh's favorite local tracks of the year, arranged in no particular order. As always, there was far too much great music to include everything. Luwi and Brothamans – Give ‘Em Hell Different Places in Space – Sugar Nova L.T. Creacher – Bummer Proof Junie and TheHutFriends – Hey Peabrain! U Levitate? Cold Mass … Continue reading Yearly Yinz 2023: Songs
Random Word Generator 12.26.23
Today's exercise features a maverick director making a snap decision. URGE SOCK BUSH PHYSICS Director Ron Scrop woke this morning with the urge to shoot a fight scene, and he’s going to do it. Never mind that there’s a love scene and a party scene on the docket. Ron Scrop is impulsive, and Ron Scrop … Continue reading Random Word Generator 12.26.23
Weekly Wrap-Up 12.22.23
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Peace Talks - Progress Snarling, feral punk made for a world on fire. Proceeds from the album, available in full from Peterwalkee Records, benefit Prevention Point Pittsburgh. More from Peace Talks Follow on Instagram ### Judge Russo - The Portal … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 12.22.23
Random Word Generator 12.20.23
Today's exercise involves a conversation between two different military ranks. Shameless Catch-22 ripoff. SECULAR POSITIVE FOSTER DRAFT “You a secular man? “Secular, sir?” “Nonreligious?” “I’m a Lutheran, sir.” “So you’re a religious man?” “No, sir, I’m a Lutheran man.” Sgt. Sargent set his flagon upon the long wooden table a little too hard and squinted … Continue reading Random Word Generator 12.20.23
Random Word Generator 12.15.23
Today's exercise is a tribute to the legend Shane MacGowan. GLIMPSE LADDER HORIZON WEED The accordions and pennywhistles buoy Shane upward toward that glimpse of electric blue. The music’s swell is a physical one, a lightness in the chest, a shot of adrenaline through veins withered from years of whiskey and smoke. It’s a faraway … Continue reading Random Word Generator 12.15.23
Weekly Wrap-Up 12.15.23
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Dre Dior ft. Lando Ash and Stacia Vonne - Let You Down Reflective musings--the kinds of things you think about when you're sitting alone in your kitchen at night--tossed around breezily by multiple vocalists. More from Dre Dior Follow on … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 12.15.23
Random Word Generator 12.12.23
Today's exercise features a conspiracy theorist with a knack for tinkering. SLEEVE EYEBROW INSTRUMENT EXCTINCT Ragbob blew his nose into his sleeve with a great honk. He had a handkerchief, but it was his nice handkerchief, and this was not nice mucus. Yellow green, flecked with fried blood and little black specks that surely portended … Continue reading Random Word Generator 12.12.23
Random Word Generator 12.11.23
Today's (slightly out of order) exercise features a food-centric creative process. BACON CAFÉ COMPOSE WINDOW Blossom needed to eat eight strips of bacon. Seven, and she would only teeter on the edge of that languorous state that she sought, her cup of magnetic black coffee acting as a harness that held her back from where … Continue reading Random Word Generator 12.11.23
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