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Butthole Surfers + PCPpep (1983)
Butthole Surfers
I’m burning out
Like a falling dove
Cause I’m not fit
To fall in love
Love?
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Mug Museum (2013)
Cate Le Bon
2013-2015 may have been downtrodden years, but I eventually clawed my way out of the funk. This was definitely on the soundtrack and earned its spot on my forever playlist.
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rearviewmirror (greatest hits 1991-2003) (1993)
Pearl Jam
I was 11 or 12 when this came out. I remember listening to this song with my uncle, who was seven years older than me and someone I completely idolized as a kid. He’d drive me around in his hatchback Mustang with the windows down, listening to this track on repeat. Since I didn't have an older brother, he was the closest thing I had to one. Without a father, my uncles were my primary male role models at that point. Shortly after, he moved to Florida and I moved to another city. A lot changed during that time for a pre-teen. I had a lot of pain and questions, and music became my best friend for the first time.
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In Rainbows (2007)
Radiohead
“I get eaten by the worms.”
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Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? (Remastered) (2003)
The Unicorns
Rediscovering this album makes me happy.
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Fade Into You - Single (2026)
Gregory Alan Isakov & Sylvan Esso
My daughter asked me to play Sylvan Esso’s song *Coffee* this morning, a track my whole family loves. This collaboration track between Sylvan’s Esso and Gregory Alan Isakov came up a few tracks later. Nice cover of the Mazzy Star’s beloved classic.
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Finding Peace - Single (2026)
Mirko Dukanovic
Turn out the lights.
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Bloom (2012)
Beach House
Was it ever quite enough?
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I Got Heaven (2023)
Mannequin Pussy
Planning a trip to Pennsylvania trip later this summer and might need to put together a playlist of locals. Who else?
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The Best of Talking Heads (Remastered) (1983)
Talking Heads
Sing into my mouth
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Legend Of The Wu-Tang: Wu-Tang Clan's Greatest Hits (2000)
Wu-Tang Clan
Living rent free in my mind for 25 years.
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Siamese Dream (1993)
The Smashing Pumpkins
Personalities aside, SP was a better band in nearly every way than Nirvana.
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Resident Alien (1995)
Spacehog
My favorite one hit wonder from the 90s.
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The Bends (1995)
Radiohead
I mean, who didn’t this song change?
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Heavy Metal (2024)
Cameron Winter
New to me, picked up from the Rich Roll podcast. I haven't liked many male singers lately, but I think this might change that.
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Forever Howlong (2025)
Black Country, New Road
Every once in a while, I’m pleasantly surprised.
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From A Basement On The Hill (2004)
Elliott Smith
You know when you remember exactly where you were when a song dropped?
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Tigers Blood (2024)
Waxahatchee
Like a song with no end
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Covered, a Revolution In Sound: Warner Bros. Records (2009)
The Flaming Lips
Title track (?) from the film by the same name.
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The Window (2023)
Ratboys
Checking out this album on recommendation from a friend as they’re playing Portland tonight.
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Metal Meets (2011)
Ohbijou
Give me some
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Chanel - Single (2017)
Frank Ocean
On the way to Easter dinner.
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Becoming X (1996)
Sneaker Pimps
30 years ago.
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Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Stevie Wonder
TIL
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Birdy (2011)
Birdy
One of those instances where the cover is at least as good as the original.
Hey — Butthole Surfers: https://lowvelocity.org/listening-20260625-hey-butthole-surfers/
I’m burning out Like a falling dove Cause I’m not fit To fall in love Love? — Hey by Butthole Surfers
Meta is pushing those glasses pretty hard in ads on their socials.
Found my next bumper sticker
What in the fuck did I just read
I know I’m not the only person with one of these bins
From #pdx to #pit
@ghost.org how exactly is this reversible if you can only migrate ActivityPub followers into Ghost?
Latest Microsoft Teams update just asked for over a gig of drive space to install.
Tom Delonge Blink182 Wtf MemeALT: Tom Delonge Blink182 Wtf Meme
Happy Father’s Day to me.
Rediscovering this album makes me happy.
Bryan's Crucial Track for June 21, 2026The song Inoculate the Innocuous by The Unicorns
In-N-Out officially opened near my house in Beaverton. RIP to my waistline.
Got my Ghost CMS website set up with standard.site with middleware and it’s now showing up as a true publication in Bluesky.
Low Velocity
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A big photo dump from my long weekend in Pittsburgh. I knew I'd like it, but the city really does impress. Its institutions punch well above its weight. #pgh #photos #photography #cities
Bryan
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When you're a chonky boy and prefer the aisle seat and paid extra for the emergency-row legroom on the Airbus but spot Mt. Adams though the tiny porthole across the way as you begin descent to #PDX.
lowvelocity.org/pittsburgh/
PittsburghA friend and I took a long weekend and visited one of America's great cities.
Early ride to PDX
Finally going to visit Pittsburgh, a city that’s been on my bucket list for a while. Send recs.
#pittsburgh #pgh #travel #cities #baseball #pirates #food #beer #museums #urban #transit #bikes
Using the new 10-photo limit as an excuse to drop some snaps from our short trip to Packwood over the weekend. Met up with one of my wife’s old AmeriCorps friends, in town from Asheville, NC. The kids had a blast. Our 7-year-old was catching (and releasing) fish from the bank. Beautiful area.
At some point you have to admit the “blog” is mostly an excuse to endlessly tinker with the website.
Not sure why I’m surprised by this, but I just realized Cool Whip is essentially toxic after reading the ingredients for the first time.
Shout out to whoever made this sign that graces every vault toilet in America. The typography is absolutely unhinged.
STR FTW
Bryan's Crucial Track for June 5, 2026The song Fade Into You by Gregory Alan Isakov & Sylvan Esso
Can’t touch this
The superchargers in Harrisburg, OR on I-5 are at an old gas station.
If you’re going to cosplay rurality, do it with a 6 gallon lunch cooler instead of a princess truck.
John Day Fossil Beds, Painted Hills, and Eastern Oregon
https://afterword.blog/posts/john-day-fossil-beds-painted-hills-and-eastern-oregon
this seems so unhinged from reality
Y’all, I don’t know how you afford your property taxes in the city of Portland. This is for a 2/2 condo in NW at 1597 SF.
“In housing, empty-nest Boomers sit on a disproportionate share of the family-sized homes that millennial parents need but cannot find or afford.”
Planning a trip to eastern Oregon with an EV. While I’m not too worried about it, these things do require a little extra planning. Well worth the savings.
A house of cards.
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Haha
Contemplating the meaning of “check out my gravel pit” has lived in my head rent free for a quarter century.
Gravel Pit by Wu-Tang Clan on Apple MusicSong · 2000 · Duration 4:13
People from here probably won’t understand, but the wind in Portland today is very Midwest/East Coast. Those slow waves of undulating breeze on a clear day, right before a summer storm. We don’t get a lot of days like this here.
Times are tough, but this level of entitlement is absurd. Car culture is a cancer.
Anyone else’s spouse/partner occasionally look at you and ask if the piece of clothing you’ve been wearing for 5+ years is new?
Been watching the trees and shrubs grow in my neighborhood for the past decade. At first you barely notice it, then one day it hits you how much they shape the feel of a place. You can feel the absence in newer developments, but watching change happen slowly in a place you know well is different.
How an ‘Impossible’ Idea Led to a Pancreatic Cancer Breakthrough
“Democracies…are now threatened by what might be called fossil fuel fascism – an extremist political movement that breaks laws, spreads lies and threatens violence in an increasingly desperate attempt to maintain markets for oil, gas and coal that would otherwise be replaced by cheaper renewables.”
This probably puts me in the same category as Ebenezer Scrooge, but air shows are incredibly annoying. #hillsboro #portland
Who does this?
Well...
Ghost
Quick update this week:
No more downloading and uploading zips — now you can make quick Ghost theme edits directly in your browser 🎨
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Local LAIKA studios, local views of our city.
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Google Fitbit went and made the exact thing that for years I've hoped Apple would make. Unfortunate that it doesn't directly integrate with Apple Health. Still may be worth it with 3rd party sync.
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Remember when
Heart - Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin - Kennedy Center Honors HDYouTube video by Mark Pakula
My favorite one hit wonder from the 90s.
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In the Meantime by Spacehog on Apple MusicSong · 1995 · Duration 4:59
When the mono-use big box store gets demolished at the lifestyle center and replaced with mixed-use/housing.
"You are unrepeatable. There is a magic about you that is all your own" - D.M. Dellinger
Anyone else an absolute bag whore? Backpacks, slings, weekenders, duffels? Can’t resist. Why am I like this?
How do I get Cedar Mill library to put in a satellite location along the MAX light rail line, maybe at Elmonica Station? A guy can dream.
Lacamas Lake, WA
#photography #vancouver #washington #oregon #portland #pnw #eurosky
I love this.
Portland Bureau of Transportation
We can confirm, this @missedconnections.bsky.social post is true. PBOT uses "rest in red" traffic signal technology to interrupt dangerous driving behavior—such as excessive speeding on wide, open corridors during late night and early morning hours—which contributes to deadly crashes.
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I think you should check this out. #iran
Rick Steves Says Travel is the Antidote to FearPodcast Episode · Death, Sex & Money · April 21 · 50m
🎥 Send Help (2026) ★★½
Pretty mindless and predictable.
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A review of Send Help (2026)Pretty mindless and predictable.
Look at that…Bluesky on the share sheet on @nytimes.com. You love to see it.
Every time I say “Serie A” my phone wakes up.
Watching Serie A crowds quickly disabuses one of the caricatured view of Italian appearance that is still somewhat prevalent in the U.S.
Looking forward to seeing the New Pornographers (band) tonight at Aladdin in Portland. It’s a lot of fun when a band you loved long ago has staying power.
The New Agave BoomPortland bars are going all-in on mezcal and tequila.
@atls.city !set US-OR-Portland
🎥 Matilda (1996) ★★★★
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I don’t really connect with memes romanticizing the 1980s when a lot of kids experienced neglect and abuse at home. Most children today, even with concerns about screen time, probably have healthier and more engaged family lives overall.
On the fence about this personally. I see how these can get younger folks to try tobacco products, but it was the only thing that helped me quit smoking 10 years ago after many failed attempted with patches, lozenges, etc.
OPB
The Oregon Supreme Court has upheld a Washington County ordinance banning the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, vapes and hookahs.
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It’s been a long week of back to back meetings with justice system partners and I need to eat my feelings for a moment.
Some light rail adjacent neighborhoods in the western burbs are becoming more dense than most of Portland’s east side. Long ways to go in terms of complete neighborhood energy, but it’s trending in the right direction.
I’m not sure people fully understand the implications of the demographic cliff we’re heading toward.
@atls.city !set US-OR-Portland
In 2010, Barack Obama stood in the Big House and reflected on a question he received in a letter from a kindergartener after becoming President: are people being nice?
Sixteen years later, thats the line that sticks with me more than anything else. Still feels like a pretty good place to start.
We went to a children’s production of Charlotte’s Web today, followed by drinks at Fly Chai in downtown Beaverton. Cool place. My blended chai had a burn to it, like a hint of Cheyenne. Very good.
This afternoon I spent a couple hours working on the drip irrigation. My body’s sore. But it works.
Please share a wonderful bsky account you follow?
The rear of our property backs up to an 8-unit row of townhomes. Besides the end units, the other 6 have only north and south facing windows. At least half of the units have kids. What surprises me is how little any of them use their backyards. I’d be claustrophobic.
Oregonian’s reached new heights in their fiction department.
📺 Widow's Bay — S1E2: Lodging (2026) ★★★★★
Why do I do this to myself
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It’s been a couple months now on @eurosky.social and no real issues so far. I was nervous transferring my data, but it went pretty smoothly and all is well. #eurosky
Was lucky enough to attend the ribbon cutting and tour this amazing facility.
My son’s 1st grade class asked each family to submit some recipes for a cookbook. Made these today. We made this today. First time using plantains. I’m sure I butchered it because that seemed like a lot of work for the way it tasted.
🎥 The Parent Trap (1998) ★★★★½
Watched this with my kids tonight and it was a lot funnier than I remember - especially seeing it through the eyes of our 4 year old.
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My $50 prescription sunglasses from Zenni. And no, I’m not sponsored.
My four-year-old is obsessed with this book right now.
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Heckedy PegYouTube video by abcenglish
I woke up today and knew I’d entered my Bill Murray phase of hair loss ownership.
As the first person in my family to go to uni/grad school, I spend a lot of time wondering about authenticity, and whether I’m cosplaying the professional side or the blue collar country side. Maybe it’s just code switching, but there’s definitely some imposter syndrome in both contexts.
Unpopular urban planning opinion: if an otherwise well designed building with good form fronts a stroad, it’s OK to turn its back to it. Stop forcing entrances on frontage you know they’ll never use. Fake windows and blocked doors don’t look better than a tasteful art feature or greenery.
I posted this pretty late last night when I couldn’t sleep. This choreography makes me feel things.
Bryan
Storm II - Gener8ion and Yung Lean
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A healthy childhood depends on freedom to move and use the body, yet so many places are designed around cars rather than people, making that freedom hard if not impossible.
Streets for Play, Streets for FreedomPodcast Episode · The War on Cars · April 28 · 43m
Storm II - Gener8ion and Yung Lean
Map I made of 2,076 infill housing units recently built, under construction, or planned between Willow Creek and Beaverton Creek stations in the western burbs of Portland. Many more in Downtown Beaverton, Hillsboro, and the Cedar Hills Shopping Center.
I see you, 86°. We need more rain, dude.
A year down and ready to be done with braces.
One of my guilty pleasures is occasionally getting a Cadbury dairy milk Caramello. Accidentally picked up this dark version and I could cry. Blech.
Keep ‘em coming.
It makes me laugh when people use wait times for medical treatment as evidence against socialized medicine. Have you tried to get specialized care in the United States recently?