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Werewolf XX: WOLF COPS 2 – The Wolfening (DAY FOUR)

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DO NOT POST HERE IF YOU AREN’T PLAYING. If you’d like to comment on the game, make a request here and I’ll give you a link to the graveyard QT. Detective Felixir hadn’t had much experience elsewhere before joining the precinct and he approached each new day on the job with the wide-eyed innocence of toddler equipped with basic knowledge of right and wrong. Like his fellow rookie officer Guesty (God rest his soul), Felixir was quickly becoming known as a stickler for procedure – much to the derision of some of his more experienced colleagues. They would observe often that he … Continue reading Werewolf XX: WOLF COPS 2 – The Wolfening (DAY FOUR)

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Artist Spotlight: Crywank – Narcissism As An Art Form

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Artist Spotlight courtesy of Ynce Iche Hi, and welcome to my first (albeit repeatedly postponed) artist spotlight on the Avocado! I wrote it all today without editing, both because I’m a damned fool and because I’ve had a shit week. Luckily, a shit week is the best week for this particular subject matter. Crywank is the nom de plume of acoustic punk artist James Clayton, or was, until the lineup expanded to include bassist Tom Connolly and drummer Dan Watson in 2013. Alternating between crude, raw, expressions of pain and bitchy sarcasm, delivered with simple chords in an off-key wail, their … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Crywank – Narcissism As An Art Form

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WOLF COPS 2 – The Wolfening (Signups)

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Avocado Town had been without a functioning police department for almost a year. All remaining officers on the force had to be summarily fired and presented with the opportunity to apply for their jobs back. The Mare had to bring in a new police chief and she was determined to reform the precinct from the ground up. Unfortunately, she had to hire from a pool of citizens of the Avocado – a cesspool of crime and skulldoggery. There’s no telling what manner of degenerates, loose-cannons and straight-up werewolves managed to slip through the not-at-all air-tight screening process – those clowns … Continue reading WOLF COPS 2 – The Wolfening (Signups)

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Artist Spotlight: A$AP Rocky

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This article is the work of commenter Man with Lute. A$AP Rocky is fun. That’s why I like him. His music is fun. It exudes fun even when the song also exudes the flavor of too much cough syrup and dehydration. The beats are big and the braggadocio is bigger. He be that “pretty motherfvcker.” Rocky was born in Harlem, lived in Pennsylvania and North Carolina for certain times then went back to Harlem. His father was involved in drug dealing and arrested, as was Rocky. His brother was shot and his father died in 2013. His mentor and friend … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: A$AP Rocky

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Scene Spotlight: Cuddlecore

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Artist Spotlight courtesy of Callipygian Pigeon Twee pop was ostensibly a response to the hyper-masculinity of early punk and the strictures it placed on scene signifiers. Belle & Sebastian and Beat Happening are probably the most famous twee pop bands, and certainly emblematic. But the genre starts further back, with the Pastels, the Vaselines, Orange Juice, the C-86 mixtape (at which point in England it jumped the shark and rode it across the Atlantic). Sugary foods feature prominently in twee lyrics (“twee” itself referencing an infant’s mispronunciation of “sweet”), as do sex and death. All the best things. Twee popsters, … Continue reading Scene Spotlight: Cuddlecore

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Artist Spotlight: Wussy

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Artist Spotlight courtesy of Callipygian Pigeon A month ago, Dikachu posted a thread about concerts you would see if you had a time machine. Wussy’s first concert didn’t make my cut because I still have a hard time imagining it could be good: In the thereabouts of 2001, Chuck Cleaver was performing a solo show in his hometown of Cincinnati. His band, Ass Ponys, was on hiatus but not quite officially dissolved. They had gotten a small amount of mainstream recognition for maybe the most 90s music video ever to play on MTV, though “Earth to Grandma” wasn’t as weird … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Wussy

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Artist Spotlight: Tool – Musical Bête Noire Makes Good (A Reflection in Six Parts)

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Artist Spotlight courtesy of Pucky Fear is one of the most powerful emotions in not only the human experience but in virtually all animals. Fear can paralyze and fear can drive you insane. One of the most general fears in the world is that of the unknown; we as children hate the darkness because we can’t be sure of what lurks within. It’s even scarier when the unknown is masked to deliberately obfuscate its humanity. This is what makes some art so intentionally disturbing, when the human element is stripped away. You could imagine it having burbled up from the … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Tool – Musical Bête Noire Makes Good (A Reflection in Six Parts)

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Artist Spotlight: Tonedeff

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Artist Spotlight courtesy of The Prighlofone So it’s unlikely I’m the best person to do a full-on biography of Tonedeff. I have this anxiety that all I’ll do is basically rehash his Wikipedia page, although I have used it as a helpful source whenever I forgot something important (see below) and not be able to shed light on who he is – after all, I’m not his biographer, merely a fan. And it’s been a long time since I wrote about music like this, so I have some rust to get rid of. Tonedeff is a rapper/singer/producer/pianist who has been … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Tonedeff

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Artist Spotlight – Against Me!

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Artist Spotlight courtesy of Nunez Hello friends! Today I am delighted to tell you all about my favorite band in the entire world, Against Me! I have seen them close to 20 times and they get better every time I see them. Anyway, let’s get to the good stuff! Reinventing Axl Rose was my first exposure to the band before seeing them on an Anti-Flag tour in 2003. This can be a challenging listen for the uninitiated, but please stick with it if you’re going to try it out. There are so many hits on this album, I had a … Continue reading Artist Spotlight – Against Me!

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EXT. HOLLYWOLF – DAY (D1)

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Werewolf game hosted by Onan the Barbarain Signups Thread Welcome! First, the standard boilerplate: Please make at least 3 posts per game-day (48 hours) or you will be replaced. DO NOT EDIT POSTS! Rather, read through and think very well about your comment before posting it. Editing a post may get you modkilled and end up hurting your team and the game overall. Please ask me any questions you may have in your personal QuickTopic. Remember, attack arguments, not people. Everyone has a different play-style. Be accommodating to them. To Vote, sort by Oldest and reply to my comment. — This … Continue reading EXT. HOLLYWOLF – DAY (D1)

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Werewolf XIV – WOLF COPS! (Day 6)

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DO NOT POST HERE IF YOU AREN’T PLAYING. If you’d like to comment on the game, make a request here and I’ll give you a link to the graveyard QT. Alright detectives, you’ve probably all heard the allegations by now that your ol police chief might be in cahoots with the wolves. I want to take this time to reassure you all that this is just not true and any photos that surface of me in a dark, hooded robe pledging fealty to beelzebub at the old masonic lodge are fake – lies put forth by your Mare and the depraved assholes … Continue reading Werewolf XIV – WOLF COPS! (Day 6)

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