#From The Ages

[doomedandstoned]

THE DOOMED & STONED SHOW (S9E8)

We tread on to mighty episode 8 for a look at the June 2023 rankings from DoomCharts.com -- a packed episode that features commentary from Billy Goate (Doomed & Stoned), John Gist (Vegas Rock Revolution), and Bucky Brown (The Ripple Effect) -- plus tons of new music, including Queens of the Stone Age, Witchskull, and Church of Misery.

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PLAYLIST:

INTRO (00:00) 1. Wytch Hazel (no. 19) - "The Fire's Control" (00:31)

HOST SEGMENT I (04:21) - June Doom Charts 2. Rival Sons (no. 22) - "Nobody Wants To Die" (31:05) 3. The Gray Goo (no. 29) - "Pipe Hitter" (34:49) 4. Rainbows Are Free (no. 16) - "Sonic Demon" (39:20)

HOST SEGMENT II (44:34) 5. Lore (no. 39) - "The City of Suicide" (59:06) 6. Outer Head (no. 28) - "Astral Traveler" (1:03:09) 7. Slow Wake (no. 15) - "In Waves" (1:07:33)

HOST SEGMENT III (1:18:52) 8. Queens of the Stone Age (no. 10) - "Paper Machete" (1:44:49) 9. Lamassu (no. 9) - "Washed Away" (1:48:12) 10. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (no. 8) - "Converge" (1:54:42)

HOST SEGMENT IV (2:00:59) 11. Snakemother (no. 7) - "Gold Shields" (2:19:00) 12. Dead Quiet (no. 6) - "Murder City" (2:22:22) 13. Witchskull (no. 5) - "The Serving Ritual" (2:29:47)

HOST SEGMENT V (2:33:49) 14. High Priest (no. 4) - "Down In The Dark" (3:08:06) 15. Black Rainbows (no. 3) - "Til the Outerspace" (3:12:52) 16. Church of Misery (no. 2) - "Beltway Sniper" (3:16:23) 17. Saint Karloff (no. 1) - "Bone Cave Escape" (3:25:07)

OUTRO (3:31:32) 18. King Howl (no. 33) - "From The Cradle" (3:32:41) [BONUS] 19. Bongzilla (no. 21) - "Dab City" (3:35:08) [BONUS] 20. From The Ages (no. 25) - "Tenebrous" (3:46:59) [BONUS]

CREDITS: Theme Song: Dylan Tucker Thumbnail: Lamassu's 'Made of Dust' (2023) Incidental Music: Copper Age & Crypt Witch

[houndvoice]

Y’all seen these videos

[asteroidtroglodyte]

5 years ago, I was in Rehab.

10 years ago, I was watching my Potential and Opportunities dissolve and evaporate in an ocean of cheap gin and expensive whiskey.

But 5 years ago, I was in Rehab.

One of the exercises they had us perform was to imagine ourselves happy, 5 years in the future.

Many of us in that room had forgotten how to imagine nice things happening to them. A few snorted (well, I snorted), finding the notion that we’d even still be around in 5 years grimly humorous.

For about half of us, it was the last stop on the way down.

But I indulged the therapist. I was there, after all, because I did not want to die. So, I imagined myself, 5 years hence.

Happy.

It came to me all at once; an artistic remix on Norman Rockwell’s Freedom From Want, reframed with myself placing food at the table.

Sunday Dinner At My Place, I answered, when it came my turn to share my fantasy. I was asked what food I imagined eating.

It’s not the meal itself, I said, it’s the implications framed around it. Sunday Dinner At My Place means that I have a Place. It means that I have Family that will actually speak to me and friends who actually want to see me. It means money enough not just to feed myself but others too. It means having the time to spare to take the time preparing the meal.

A lot of nodding heads all around me. A struck chord. Many people with no Place, in that place. Nowhere that would lament their leaving.

5 years hence, as I lay down to sleep in my Home, with my Wife and my Son, surrounded by my Art and my Flowers, I reflect.

It was a long road. It was hard. We lost people. So many people. There were long days and long nights and hospital stays. Angry arguments with ghosts. I changed, in ways I never hoped for, or expected. Good ways, finally, for once. Slowly, against the backdrop of a world in chaos, I found my mind.

Sometimes, My Wife wondered aloud, what she did to deserve me. After some stumbling with my feelings, I eventually settled on an answer.

I’m a Rescue.

She gave me a Home.

And, so, I gave her a Family.

It seemed fair

This Sunday, my folks, which whom I have not had a shouting match in years, will come over for dinner. We will cook and eat together. My Friend became My Wife, and she took a piece of me and with it she made Our Son. There will be many hugs, and no violence. Good Things Happened.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you don’t know what the future holds.

don’t give up yet, ok?

It could get good, even.

[humming-fly]

I love how Gerald was trying to keep Shadow from spoiling anything about the future meanwhile literally everything Shadow says and does around Maria is the biggest death flag ever

[rahafmah]

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[sarakipin]

As tradition, my Rook's tarot card 💜 I cannot express my gratitude to the many people who worked on this game's development over the years. The Dragon Age franchise has always been a huge inspiration to me and I'm so happy to say that Veilguard carried that torch beautifully. I can't wait to play this game 10 more times ✨

[morebird]

how could I resist mr. dark, complex and intriguing

[seratlantisite]

Nice try Bioware, but I know the state of Southern Thedas better than you do.

First off, it matters if the Hero of Ferelden is alive or not. When the First Warden recalled all wardens, our hero knew that was a bad call and refused, finally splitting off from Weisshaupt after years of mismanagement and taking scores of wardens with them. Their presence and leadership makes all the difference, rallying southern Thedas once more against the blight. If you have only an Orlesian Warden Commander in Amaranthine they’re less inspiring, but as long as you’ve done Awakening they are a boon nonetheless. There is someone to lead the fight against the darkspawn while other focus on the Venatori.

If you 100% completed Awakenings and also Soldier’s Peak, the Ferelden wardens have never been so prepared. They’re organized, they’re outfitted and they’ve been ready for this for years. Also, if you allied with the Architect then you have scores of strange research to give you an edge.

If Merrill completed her Eluvian then she moves south once again and joins the effort. She’s managed to cleanse the blight before and she’s ready to try it again. And her knowledge of the crossroads gives the south an edge on their movement and supply lines. If Hawke’s sibling is a Warden they accompanied her.

If the Inquisitor let Briala have power in any way, the Dales become the leaders in the war against the Venatori, forming a formidable alliance with Ferelden, Orzammar and the Marches, the likes of which have never been seen. And if you completed Jaws of Hakkon then their alliances with the Avvar and Chasind are stronger than ever.

Of course, if the Inquisitor kept the Wardens around after Here Lies the Abyss then their numbers are bolstered. It may cost Wiesshaupt later, but that’s Rooks problem. And if you completed the Descent, then the Inquisitor and Warden had a much better idea of what was coming and spent ten years getting ready.

They will not be broken.

They will weather this storm.

[featherfangart]

Wanderlust

[sclappin]

Hey guys! Let's put my art to good use!

Dr. Mohammed Al-Deeb ( @mohammedaldeeb ) reached out to me on my personal blog looking for help spreading awareness and getting donations for his fundraiser to get himself and his family out of Gaza & support themselves in Egypt once they get there. He is #212 on nabulsi and el-shab-hussein's Vetted Evacuation Fundraiser spreadsheet.

I'm doing drawing requests for anyone who donates at least €5 to his GFM and sends me a screenshot of their receipt. They can be sent to me here or @petitelappin. You can request a guy from your shows, your OC, your cousin Kyle, and I'll make a little drawing for you.

Match my own donation of €20 and I'll add color!

Let's see how much we can raise!

[odi-arti]

"By your side, I would willingly storm the gates of the Dark City itself. Do not doubt it."

[mynoodlesdoodles]

Slides out of my grave to post my Dragon Age trash on tumblr again.

Has anyone else walked into the pantry to see this man do THE LEAN and he says shit like this????? Love him.

[thenevarranaccord]

What’s really jumping out at me on my second playthrough is that the writers of the first three games understood that your character was the main character. The Veilguard writers clearly thought that the main characters were their characters, the companions.

Every scene is about setting the companions up as cool or competent or sympathetic. Often, this is done at Rook’s expense. The companions get all the witty one-liners; Rook’s attempts at humor not only frequently fall flat, but are frequently called out for falling flat (even when they’re completely automatic and the player has no say in them).

The companions have all the knowledge and skills; Rook just brought them all together and gives them all pep talks so they can focus. I’m trying to edit out all of the comments where Rook is like “Um… what????” from my videos, and let me tell you, it takes WORK. There are A LOT of them. I can count on one hand the number of times when the Inquisitor or Hawke comes across as dumb, but it seems to be a built-in, unavoidable part of Rook’s character. I have not selected a single “purple” option in all of Act 1, and Rook is still coming across as the kid who tries to be the class clown to cover for the fact that he’s always confused. Rook’s role in most scenes is to say “Uhhh… what?” so that the companions look smart.

Rook is always the one offering sympathy and never the one getting it. No one actually comes to comfort you after Varric’s death. No one asks you how you’re feeling about having to lead the team now that Varric is gone. No one tries to reassure you or give you advice for dealing with the trickster god haunting your dreams. We’re told that Neve could keep Solas out of your head, but she never actually offers to do this for you. No one comforts a Shadow Dragon Rook when Minrathous is destroyed or a Grey Warden Rook when Weisshaupt is destroyed. Rook’s problems don’t matter. Only the problems of main characters matter.

Rook is a secondary character in their own story.

[pimsri]

[hel-unleashed]

Zevran, no!