author by choice, techie by necessity, metalhead by the grace of the witch
I wasn’t expecting to see another Liquid Tension Experiment album to drop after over 20 years since the last one, but it looks like they’re gonna drop one this March. Hopefully the rest of the album is as tight as this track.
If anybody’s interested, here’s how I customized my site. Starting with the Twenty Sixteen theme, I set the following colors.
| Color | Value |
| Background | #16161d |
| Page Background | #16161d |
| Link | #4cd6f4 |
| Main Text | #ffffff |
| Secondary Text | #fafafa |
I then added the following styles under Additional CSS:
.site {
margin: 0;
}
.wp-block-quote {
color: #fafafa !important;
border-left: 4px solid #fafafa;
margin-left: 0 !important;
}
.wp-block-pullquote{
border-top: 4px solid #fafafa;
border-bottom: 4px solid #fafafa;
}
.wp-block-pullquote blockquote {
color: #fafafa !important;
border-left: none;
}
.wp-block-pullquote cite {
color: #fafafa !important;
}
[class^="wp-block-"] figcaption
{
color: #fafafa !important;
}
.wp-block-code {
color: #16161d;
background-color: #fafafa;
padding: 8px;
}
.wp-block-code code {
color: #16161d;
background-color: #fafafa;
}I also took advantage of the Widget Visibility feature provided by Jetpack to set up the sidebar on the front page.
I know there are newer and possibly better themes than Twenty Sixteen available, but this is good enough for me.
In this post I talk about God and religion in a way that may seem blasphemous to some. Don’t open this post if your faith is weak or your skin is thin.
I never really got into Epica, even though symphonic metal bands with women on lead vocals has been my thing since I was a kid. I think it’s because of the whole “beauty and the beast” schtick where the beast usually means some dude doing death metal vocals.
But I might have to reconsider and give Epica another shot with their new album Omega, or dig up my copy of The Divine Conspiracy. Then again, I could just replay this video. The costumes Simone Simons wears are gorgeous, and one of them reminds me of the opera scene from The Fifth Element.
Credit to Metal Goddesses for bringing this video to my attention.
I’ve been listening to Voïvod this morning since I borrowed their 2018 album The Wake from the public library.
This is weird, proggy metal—and I like it. There’s definitely some jazz influence in here, but according to Wikipedia some of the band’s members are fans of King Crimson.
That’s fine with me, since I grew up listening to King Crimson thanks to my dad, and if my life had a soundtrack I suspect “21st Century Schizoid Man” would be part of it.
Chapter 5 of my trunk novel, the gonzo sci-fi monstrosity that I wrote in my twenties
The following is a work of fiction. It may not be appropriate for all readers.
Chapter 4 of my trunk novel, the gonzo sci-fi monstrosity that I wrote in my twenties
The following is a work of fiction. It may not be appropriate for all readers.
This piece has a sense of urgency that I find energizing. If you’re not already listening to Hiromi, you should start here.
Did You Know About Reusable Blocks? I didn’t until I saw this post. Now I’m using it to provide a table of contents for my Starbreaker web series as well as a standard content warning.
Chapter 3 of my trunk novel, the gonzo sci-fi monstrosity that I wrote in my twenties
The following is a work of fiction. It may not be appropriate for all readers.