For Fun: My Responses to the Colbert Questionert "Here’s this piece that I wrote up back in May that I had intended to post shortly after his show went off the air." www.ourgeekthisweek.com/2026/08/13/f... #ourgeekthisweek #thecolbertquestionert

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Wargasm (UK) "Modern Love" [Live from Outernet] "Some bands put out bangers, no question, but some bands simply must be experienced live, or in this case, at least listened to live." thistrackisfire.blogspot.com/2026/08/warg... #thistrackisfire #wargasm #wargasmuk #modernlove #liveinlondon2025

Wargasm (UK) "Modern Love" [Live from Outernet]

I first posted about Wargasm just over a year ago when I discovered them during a Bandcamp Friday and was only familiar with a few tracks ...

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Scene Queen "18+" "...if you like your metal with phat beats and electronic boops & beeps with a tongue-in-cheek, sardonic feminist bent, then Scene Queen is for you!" thistrackisfire.blogspot.com/2026/08/scen... #thistrackisfire #scenequeen #18+ #18plus @scenequeenrocks.bsky.social

Scene Queen "18+"

I first heard of Scene Queen a few years back and her metal licks + pop hooks appealed to me much the same way that early BABYMETAL did.  I ...

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The Weekend! (10-Aug-26) "I played poker, pickleball, and decided not to go out because I played too much pickleball. Yes, I realize this makes me sound very old, and, well, I can’t contest that." www.ourgeekthisweek.com/2026/08/10/t... #ourgeekthisweek #theweekend

The Weekend! (10-Aug-26) - Our Geek This Week

I played poker, pickleball, and decided not to go out because I played too much pickleball. Yes, I realize this makes me sound very old, and, well,

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MISSIO "Middle Fingers" Ultimately I picked this track because, well, I can be an overly-opinionated dick sometimes, whether it be music, comics, movies, or pop culture in general...

MISSIO "Middle Fingers"

As I have noted before, I listen to a lot of music, and honestly, I can't always keep up with every band that I listen to, so imagine my sur...

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Gesaffelstein "Pursuit" "Fuck it, I am keeping with the vibe this week & highlighting one of my absolute favorites from his album ALEPH (which is a great album from start to finish)." thistrackisfire.blogspot.com/2026/08/gesa... #thistrackisfire #gesaffelstein #pursuit @gesaffelstein.bsky.social

Gesaffelstein "Pursuit"

I've already selected two EDM tracks this week, and though there's the contrarian part of me that thinks that maybe I should include somethi...

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A surprise #rootcanal was not my plan for today, but who doesn't love an adventure?

Reminder: It's Bandcamp Friday Tomorrow! "It's always good to support independent artists and independent music, especially when Bandcamp is foregoing their cut for 24 hours." thistrackisfire.blogspot.com/2026/08/remi... #thistrackisfire #bandcamp #bandcampfriday

Reminder: It's Bandcamp Friday Tomorrow!

What is Bandcamp Friday, you may ask? All you need to know is right  here . It's always good to support independent artists and independent ...

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Spider-Man Films: My Definitive Ranking "With the news that Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now at the top of the list of the all-time biggest domestic weekends at the box office,...

Spider-Man Films: My Definitive Ranking - Our Geek This Week

With the news that Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now at the top of the list of the all-time biggest domestic weekends at the box office, I thought I

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i'm loam "stay here don't go" "What do I know about the artist "i'm loam?" Nothing, other than this short track is a banger that I keep listening to and wiggling/dancing in my chair as I do so...

i'm loam "stay here don't go"

I know I posted another EBM tune on Monday , but sometimes that's just my mood (when I'm not obsessing over Joey Valence and Brae , that is)...

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I believe the quote from Ellison here was "ARGH! FIRE BAD!" Calling him a Neanderthal is an insult to the species. www.bbc.com/news/article...

David Ellison breaks silence on Paramount-Warner Bros mega merger

The chief executive of Paramount-Skydance says criticism of $110bn (£82m) merger with Warner Bros. relies on outdated Hollywood model.

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Ninajirachi & Porter Robinson "WannaCry" "I discovered Ninajirasha sometime last year and was immediately blown away at the new-yet-old-school-sounding techno she was dropping. Porter Robinson, if you're not familiar,...

Ninajirachi & Porter Robinson "WannaCry"

I discovered Ninajirasha sometime last year and was immediately blown away at the new-yet-old-school-sounding techno she was dropping. Porte...

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The Weekend! (03-Aug-26) "The weekends are becoming my refuge from the workweek. I know that this is true for many people,...

The Weekend! (03-Aug-26) - Our Geek This Week

The weekends are becoming my refuge from the workweek. I know that this is true for many people, but I start Mondays now with the goal of making it

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Guilt & Apologies to TK "A friend of mine had posted about feeling guilt over an innocuous mistake from years ago and asked her friends if anyone held onto guilt like that...

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Joey Valence & Brae "Punk Tactics" "Now, I'm a middle-aged guy, so I apologize for being - checks date - four years late on this, but when I hear good music I call it out....

Joey Valence & Brae "Punk Tactics"

Am I late to the party?  Absolutely. Will these rappers make you think of The Beastie Boys? Most likely. But is it really fucking good? Defi...

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This Track Is Fire: Top 12 Posts, #1 - Nine Inch Noize "Closer" "Sure, there are its detractors, but for me this song, heck, this entire album and tour, reinvigorated my deep love of NIN...

This Track Is Fire: Top 12 Posts, #1 - Nine Inch Noize "Closer"

Note: In honor of one full year of This Track Is Fire I thought I would highlight the top 10 posts over the last year, but there's a tie in...

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THIS TRACK IS FIRE! - Top 12 Posts of The Last Year "In June 2026 I had the bright idea that one blog wasn’t enough, so I launched a second blog called THIS TRACK IS FIRE! over on Blogger...

This Track Is Fire: Top 12 Posts of The Last Year - Our Geek This Week

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THE DAILY: Man Killed Wife, 6 Kids Before Shooting Himself, Police Say I posted about this the other day, but it upset me enough that I felt the need to say something more, even if it was brief. "It is obvious to anyone paying attention that we need mental health reform in this country,...

The Daily: Man Killed Wife, 6 Kids Before Shooting Himself, Police Say - Our Geek This Week

Man Killed Wife, 6 Kids Before Shooting Himself, Police Say A man shot and killed his wife and their six children before fatally shooting himself,

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This Track Is Fire: Top 12 Posts, #2 - Elbow "Sober" "As I said back in October, I did not even really know this track before I saw Elbow live for the first time last year, but as I said then, it was a live standout..." thistrackisfire.blogspot.com/2026/07/this... #thistrackisfire #elbow #sober

This Track Is Fire: Top 12 Posts, #2 - Elbow "Sober"

Note: In honor of one full year of This Track Is Fire I thought I would highlight the top 10 posts over the last year, but there's a tie in...

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Adéla "KGB" "I find new (or new to me music) all over the place, and while I do discover a fair amount of it on my own, a good chunk of it comes from friends and family that share tracks with me that they think I will like....

Adéla "KGB"

I find new (or new to me music) all over the place, and while I do discover a fair amount of it on my own, a good chunk of it comes from fri...

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Clearly we have a gun violence problem in this country, but let's not dismiss the violence routinely visited upon women & their children by, yep, men. If women are so emotional why is it five times more likely that a man will murder his partner than vice versa? WTF? www.mlive.com/news/muskego...

Man killed wife, 6 kids before shooting himself, police say

Grand Haven Township firefighters found the bodies while responding to a house fire that police said was intentionally set.

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The Weekend! (27-Jul-26) Fucking work, but also, good friends, family, and a Jack White concert! www.ourgeekthisweek.com/2026/07/27/t... #ourgeekthisweek #jackwhite #theweekend @thirdmanrecords.bsky.social

The Weekend! (27-Jul-26) - Our Geek This Week

Fucking work, but also, good friends, family, and a Jack White concert! Friday: I worked a full extra day last week, so I was looking for an

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Killing Joke "Mathmematics of Chaos" "I think it would be easy, almost expected of me, to highlight their song 'Eighties,' which is fantastic, no question, but I admit that I did not discover that song until much later in my life...

Killing Joke "Mathmematics of Chaos"

Last week while I was writing about the Killing Joke-minus-Jaz-Coleman-adding-Chris-Connelly band of Murder, Inc. I took a small trip down m...

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"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." - 1984 www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru... #FDT #resist

Trump orders signage warning visitors of ‘inaccurate information’ at Smithsonian

The order comes after the White House released a scathing report against the Smithsonian Institution’s leadership on July 4.

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There are concert rules. I didn't make them, but they do exist. My question is this: can I wear a White Stripes shirt to a Jack White show? This seems to be a gray area. youtu.be/fs9XDUDP9VM?... #DontBeThatGuy #PCU

Don't be that guy. (PCU 1994)

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Nirvana "Heart-Shaped Box" "Tastes weave over the years, but every so often a band and an engineer come together right at the perfect moment of zeitgeist and give birth to something magically that stands the test of time...

Nirvana "Heart-Shaped Box"

Note: this week, in honor of the legendary Steve Albini's birthday, I am highlighting his impressive audio engineering work (he refused to ...

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Today’s Reading: FEAR AGENT by Rick Remender, Tony Moore, Jerome Opeña, et al. "Holy shit do I love this! I’m about three quarters through this first massive collection and I am loving every minute of this highly-flawed, yet human, pulpy sci-fi hero in the guise of Heath Huston...

Today’s Reading: Fear Agent by Rick Remender, Tony Moore, Jerome Opeña, et al. - Our Geek This Week

A couple of weeks ago I reached out to a friend of mine in the comic book industry to ask about Fear Agent as it was a title that I had heard about

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Pixies "Where Is My Mind?" "...I had to go with 'Where is My Mind?' predominantly due to its distinct opening riff. If you're around my age and you hear Black Francis/Frank Black wail and say 'Stop!' you immediately know what song it is...

Pixies "Where Is My Mind?"

Note: this week, in honor of the legendary Steve Albini's birthday, I am highlighting his impressive audio engineering work (he refused to ...

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Shellac "Prayer to God" "And here it is, Steve Albini's birthday. He would have been 64 today. I know he was a member of a few different bands, and maybe one could argue that Big Black was culturally and musically more important,...

Shellac "Prayer to God"

Note: this week, in honor of the legendary Steve Albini's birthday, I am highlighting his impressive audio engineering work (he refused to ...

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Murder, Inc. "Murder, Inc." (Busted Corpuscle Mix) "The 90s were a glorious time for a Gen Xer like me who had fallen in love with bands like Depeche Mode, but wanted something just a tinge darker yet,...

Murder, Inc. "Murder, Inc." (Busted Corpuscle Mix)

Note: this week, in honor of the legendary Steve Albini's birthday, I am highlighting his impressive audio engineering work (he refused to ...

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