304. Turn On The MacLachlan

Lords: * Andrew * https://highcadence.online * Brandon * https://store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/Demonschool/ Topics: * My daughter's high school pep band playlist is full of bangers * https://embed.music.apple.com/us/playlist/lakeridge-pep-band/pl.u-LdbqENjt759ZJ * Why some actors can't carry a b-movie but others can * What do these white rings on the Microbrute mean? * https://mastodon.social/@mogwai_poet/114842907188616207 * Andrew wrote to Arturia support like a madman, and they got back to him to say that yes, the rings just mean "this knob is important" * Medley by Louis Phillips * https://www.futilitycloset.com/2025/06/29/medley/ * Things you can eat in your garden that you might not expect Microtopics: * Bringing the fact that you are now a Lord to everyone's attention. * Hitting 1700 nautical miles today. * Demonschool. (Wishlist it.) * Whether it helps to un-wishlist and re-wishlist a game on Steam. * The Hot Dog Plant. * Tiny stinky blobs that attach to each other. * What kind of marsh grasses rich people in the 80s would have in their house. * Calling an aesthetic "southwestern" even though it's to the east of you. * A pep rally band playing a Lil Nas X tune. * The band soundtracking your No Kings rally playing a medley of Blister in the Sun, When the Saints Go Marching In, and I Want You Back. * Transcribing music from Double Dragon 2 and slipping under the door of your high school band director. * Disasterpeace's score for Under the Silver Lake. * How many people it takes to compose a pop song. * What it means to be a producer. * Kyle MacLaughlan desperately trying to hold on to Elizabeth Berkeley. * Christopher Lambert being legally blind and accidentally stabbing everyone while filming Highlander. * A weird guy who goes "hheeehh" * Mean Guns. * Putting a b-movie guy in a b-movie and everyone is like "nice!" * The Recent Vampire Movie With Nicolas Cage. * The kind of movie you can follow without looking at the screen. * Someone who has at least one idea and a vision for how to achieve it. * Jean-Claude Van Damme pushing you aside so he can take over the editing suite. * Making a movie while making another movie. * The dwindling number of people getting weird chances. * What day they bury people in Ghana. * Art that's only good if a friend explains what's good about it first. * The comic relief witch doctor who is funny because he keeps screwing up. * Trying to type on a 25 key keyboard. * The three knobs that you have to be able to see best in a low light environment. * The ultrasaw: not as good as a supersaw. * Paying extra to get the one in red because of the kind of person you are. * Why buy an analog synthesizer in 2025? * The tactile wall of knobs. * The giant modular synthesizer at Mills college. * The tiniest patch cables. * Adamantium Rage's FM doom metal soundtrack. * Did you mean: I love Mickey Mouse? * Emailing Arturia Support. * The Pants That Said Maximum. * A poem with rotational symmetry around the center axis. * A poem where the whole point is the acrostic complaining about something. * Eating the leaves and stems of a squash blossom. * Allowing lettuce to bolt. * AeroLettuce. * Making pesto out of herbs other than basil. * The fragrance and the earth tones you get from a bay leaf. * Top garden plants you might not have thought of eating. * A hobby that is cool and fun to do. * Discovered two giant cucumbers you hadn't even noticed before. * Volunteer squash and wacky gourds. * Sharing the fruits of your garden with your neighbors. * When it's lemon season and everybody's trying to give everyone else lemons. * Some plants are in pots; some are in the ground. * Growing a plant that can give you something back. * mstdn.party