Buffy Leigh (she/they)

"My headphones / They saved my life" - Björk

"Le singe est sur la branche" - Suzy Eddie Izzard

"Stay safe, take care of yourselves, and fascist, racist, misogynist, homophobic, transphobic metalheads can fuck off." - A music blogger whose name I don't know, but also me

Public Key

npub1nfla0fr45c6ewxk5wvqmd6x7npp85x42spkhv3rlnmrm8a0xmudsatn2vx

NIP-05 Address

buffyleigh_at_mas.to@mostr.pub

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsf5l7h5366vdvhrt28xqdkar0fssn6r24gqmtkg3lea3an7hnd7xc6kmc2m

Author Public Key

npub1nfla0fr45c6ewxk5wvqmd6x7npp85x42spkhv3rlnmrm8a0xmudsatn2vx

Show more details

Last Notes

2024-09-20 00:59:03

Jóhann Jóhannsson would've been 55 today. Here he is with the Apparat Organ Quartet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTIAvopghRg
#JóhannJóhannsson #ApparatOrganQuartet #Iceland #ElectronicMusic

2024-09-15 19:21:16

- reply

@npub16w5…dxft Not a physical copy, via Internet Archive link!

2024-09-15 19:17:44

- reply

@npub16w5…dxft Hey I just listened to the Burning Rubber EP the other day!

2024-09-15 02:57:33

Okay I’ve asked for recommendations of industrial albums before, but does anyone have recommendations of industrial albums that they find comforting?

2024-09-15 00:18:57

- reply

@npub18gr…2eew Nah, no Deal, no deal.

2024-09-15 00:14:35

- reply

@npub18gr…2eew This little gem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVCUAXOBF7w

2024-09-15 00:08:36

HEY been trying to meet you.

2024-09-10 20:13:05

LB Live your life in such a manner that, if there's a party to celebrate you while you're still alive, you aren't invited.

2024-09-10 18:40:32

- reply

@npub1rax…8p4w :ablobcatheartsqueeze:

2024-09-09 02:36:05

Is an existential crisis the same thing as a midlife crisis if you’re so-called “midlife”?

2024-09-05 04:39:38

- reply

@npub1rax…8p4w :ablobcatheartsqueeze:

2024-09-03 19:40:57

- reply

@npub1xpc…3t05 I grew up on Anne, the original series and the books! I have the original series on VHS and rewatch it every year, never get tired of it.

2024-09-02 22:57:17

- reply

@npub16w5…dxft Had to look this up, now listening. It’s sooo good! :ablobjam:

2024-09-01 22:06:47

Decided to only listen to albums that I consider absolute masterpieces this afternoon, and, though they're of all different genres, I most certainly have a type: albums that have a cohesive and moody vibe, with beautiful but sad/serious songs.

2024-08-29 19:15:54

- reply

@npub1m0v…du9y Love it, thanks!!! Can I tag you in the blog post? I can just use your username and leave the instance out if you don't want your handle linked.

2024-08-29 16:45:30

Would someone like to provide me with a typed-out version of The X-Files theme song, for an upcoming blog post? There's a reddit on this but a Fediverse-sourced one would be lovely. 👽

2024-08-24 15:58:45

LB: Interesting discussion in that thread about music discovery options on the Fediverse, a new to me option was mentioned that might be worth checking out:
https://albumwhale.com/
It's all about making lists of music! And you can share the lists! And browse other people's lists! I LOVE LISTS! :blobaww:

2024-08-15 18:29:15

Found a cute new shoe shop down by the creek, Kira was impressed they carried her size.
#DogsOfMastodon
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/967/445/606/318/367/original/9624b31555d6479a.jpg

2024-08-13 02:59:51

- reply

@npub1c57…awu5 If you don't experience what I did, I'd love to know in case it was the brand or something!

2024-08-13 02:25:43

- reply

@npub16w5…dxft 🤯 OMG THAT'S AMAZING

2024-08-13 02:15:47

- reply

@npub16w5…dxft I don't! Now I have more to look up and listen to! :ablobjam:

2024-08-13 02:09:44

- reply

@npub1c57…awu5 Totally get this. Our oven is broken and I keep putting off getting a new one because I can't deal with exactly all of these things (plus the smell of using a brand new oven for the first few times, ugh...).

2024-08-13 01:59:04

Neneh Cherry was on the first Slits album?!!

2024-08-10 22:58:38

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and obsessively listen to someone's entire discography once in a while, you could miss it.

2024-08-10 16:32:56

- reply

@npub16w5…dxft That is my favorite cat name ever. :blobcataww:

2024-08-07 16:01:05

- reply

@npub12ze…hunm Ooo I just wishlisted a whole bunch from these, thanks! 🙏

2024-08-07 00:13:17

This album turns 21 this month and it still holds up!
https://theweakerthans.bandcamp.com/album/reconstruction-site
#TheWeakerthans #IndieRock #emo #CanadianMusic

2024-08-06 02:31:37

August 6 is the 45th anniversary of Bauhaus' spectacular "Bela Lugosi's Dead". The very first time I heard it was in 2010, when The Hunger came on after (the first time I saw) Purple Rain, at a friend's house. I had also never seen The Hunger, but my friend turned the movie off as soon as the Bauhaus bit was done. Would take me another 6ish years to see the rest of the movie, but Prince, Bauhaus, and Bowie are now always linked for me.
https://youtu.be/UZiPhX-SZ88?si=RZmbozBC0VlyaE5q

2024-08-04 14:59:10

- reply

@npub1dkm…wpy7 Oh! Is there a particular shape you experience with this track? I'm gonna listen later this morning with headphones...

2024-08-03 21:46:19

I've started making 10x10 grids of album covers as a visual diary of what I listen to, because my listening habits are so different this year (and because nerd). They don't capture everything I listen to, just full albums. I'm going to post the grids in this thread as I make them, because why not.
Info for 100 albums goes FAR past the alt text character limit and would take multiple toots, so that info will be linked in a separate blog post for anyone that is interested.
First grid to follow.

2024-08-02 21:54:51

Umm, I'm currently being absolutely terrified by this album, which is like a mix of Lingua Ignota/Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter, Tom Waits, Euchrid Eucrow (MC in Nick Cave's novel And The Ass Saw The Angel), and a handful of living nightmare skits I was forced to watch as a kid in church to scare me about the devil. So, in case you also want to hear that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_0Le8qZTVo
#DiamandaGalás

2024-08-02 02:59:59

This is gorgeous, "music for repaired piano", from our own @npub16w5…dxft
https://aboombong.bandcamp.com/album/aphronesis
#ambient #ExperimentalMusic #minimalism

2024-08-02 02:55:20

- reply

@npub16w5…dxft I LOVED THIS

2024-08-02 02:10:00

I'm not religious, but sometimes I want to go door to door and preach the good news of YOB. (Re: last toot, I experience pretty much this entire album as circular in shape.)
https://youtu.be/Av5iHIs2DSw
#YOB #DoomMetal

2024-08-02 01:15:52

- reply

@npub16w5…dxft Whoa, okay where should I start with your music? :blobaww:

2024-08-02 01:00:54

- reply

@npub16w5…dxft Cool! Is it a limited number of songs and do you have that experience each time you listen to them?

2024-08-01 23:37:46

Does anyone else experience shapes when listening to some music? There’s a couple songs I experience as being circular, like I somehow feel them as an internal movement in the shape of a circle. Have no idea if that makes sense to anyone or if I could explain it any better, so wondering if someone else has a similar experience. And, if someone else does, would love to know what songs, to see if I’d have the same experience with those. So far, I’ve only experienced it with one band.

2024-07-29 00:40:21

Listening to the vinyl-only "Some Heavy Demos" from Emma Ruth Rundle (the demos for "Some Heavy Ocean", plus some previously unreleased songs). :ablobjam: 🤯 :ablobcatcry:
https://www.discogs.com/master/3530150-Emma-Ruth-Rundle-Some-Heavy-Demos
#EmmaRuthRundle

2024-07-28 21:54:48

- reply

@npub1dkm…wpy7 I think it's this?
https://kamala-holding-vinyls.glitch.me/

2024-07-27 21:49:00

Lovely new album from Eivør (who did the theme song for The Last Kingdom), lyrics all in Faroese.
https://eivor.bandcamp.com/album/enn
#folktronica #indiepop #NordicMusic #Eivor #FaroeIslands

2024-07-27 13:04:17

New Laurie Anderson album is coming end of August, and Anohni is listed in the Bandcamp credits for vocals! Only one teeny tiny song up so far.
https://laurieanderson.bandcamp.com/album/amelia
#LaurieAnderson #ANOHNI

2024-07-25 16:26:58

Saw a video of Jasper and totally lost it. I've visited there almost every single year of my life. It's all gone.

2024-07-25 04:57:57

- reply

@npub16mz…hm5n Aww thanks. I’d have to go back and get another master’s, I think. Financially that wouldn’t be possible. And a whole lot of hurdles. But, who knows, maybe I should look into it…

2024-07-25 03:14:35

Of all the career paths I started down and abandoned, I think I should've stuck with counselling psychology. I don't know how long I could've stayed in it as a profession because I feel everything, but at least I'd feel useful, at least have some skills to help myself. I feel like, on top of everything else, counseling for climate and political related anxiety and whatnot is going to become such a giant need in the near future, i.e., right now. Prozac sure isn't going to take this edge off.

2024-07-21 18:00:11

Well. Is this good or bad?

2024-07-20 02:17:32

- reply

@npub12ze…hunm And now I'm upset too. :ablobcatgrumpy:

2024-07-13 03:38:13

I’m going to go ahead and assume I really really hate this word, but what does “brunchlord” mean?

2024-07-11 04:48:14

- reply

@npub16mz…hm5n A 40 degree range is so much more manageable.

2024-07-11 02:57:28

- reply

@npub16mz…hm5n You too! How big of a range were you used to in BC?

2024-07-11 01:16:07

My city has experienced a range of 73.9 degrees in 2024 so far. WTF.
https://mstdn.ca/@yegwxnerdery/112765199901857856
#yegwx

2024-07-10 18:11:04

Bandcamp listening party for new #MarkGuiliana album coming up in 20 minutes!
https://markguiliana.bandcamp.com/live/mark-listening-party

2024-07-08 22:04:52

- reply

@npub16w5…dxft More Canadian content!

2024-07-08 22:03:23

- reply

@npub1rax…8p4w Nice one! And yes, the older I get, the more I wonder why the whole idea of a "guilty pleasure" even exists. I just like liking things.

2024-07-08 21:13:42

Hey Mastodon, have any recommendations of cheesy/guilty pleasure albums that make you happy?

2024-07-07 18:24:25

- reply

@npub16w5…dxft Wardruna has said basically the same thing. It's sad to see horrible people latch onto them but so wonderful to see the band shut that shit down.

2024-07-03 20:44:47

Didn't plan it that way, but Cult of Luna's Vertikal is definitely the correct choice for today's mood. Next up: Pharmakon's Abandon (complete with screaming and maggots).
https://cultofluna.bandcamp.com/album/vertikal-i-ii-bonus-demos

2024-07-01 18:17:00

Am spending my Canada Day writing a letter of support for my in-laws' application for permanent residency in Canada on humanitarian grounds. They're American and currently live in Florida, so I feel like I should just be able to write " *gestures to all of this* " to get my point across.

2024-06-30 23:56:18

Thanks to whoever posted this the other day, it's really really lovely.
https://blakeleyh.bandcamp.com/album/new-modern-strings
#BlakeLeyh #harp

2024-06-26 17:58:04

I'm kinda bummed out to discover I don't like Melvins' Stoner Witch. I feel like I've failed both stoners and witches.

2024-06-23 21:47:41

- reply

@npub1dkm…wpy7 Loooove The Gits!!! 🤘

2024-06-23 16:37:13

- reply

There are two albums in this 1994 list that are also on the list I got of albums with “II” (i.e., 2 in Roman numerals) in the title. But, to bring in my other listening project, does such an album exist that has II in the title, was released in 1994, AND is a concept album? Or is that asking for too much?

2024-06-23 15:57:49

- reply

So, to summarize, there's about 1994 albums to listen to from 1994... :ablobjam:

2024-06-23 05:46:15

- reply

@npub12ze…hunm Bruce! For me, he’s forever Brisco County Jr. first, then Ash second.

2024-06-23 00:16:24

- reply

@npub16w5…dxft Oh yay, looking forward to these! And yeah, I just had to ask for recommendations, lol...

2024-06-22 21:47:55

- reply

Anyone have a favorite album from 1994 that I should listen to?

2024-06-22 02:24:50

Seems like 1994 is the sweet spot for albums I love lately.

2024-06-19 17:29:04

Well, this is gorgeous - “Cybertronic Purgatory” from #JanelleMonae ’s Metropolis: The Chase Suite, but slowed down 600%.
https://youtu.be/PaeJo4Q736Y?si=AyZ3c9apxVnDpTVu
#ambient

2024-06-16 00:05:44

Holy crap, why on earth was I not listening to #GaryNuman's darker/newer stuff earlier?! I've been obsessing over the 1994 Sacrifice album, but I'm only a few songs into the 2005 Jagged album and I think it may surpass Sacrifice. It's amazing.
https://youtu.be/EJWUkT9TB4M
#industrial #GothRock

2024-06-14 18:11:42

Saw a JKR toot that made me want to filter out "yacht", but then how will I know when an orca brings it down? Can someone, like, email me or something when that happens?

2024-06-14 17:58:57

Anyone else in #yeg notice a lack of bees around? We have a huge honeysuckle bush that we've kept only because the bees love it so much. But this year I haven't seen a single bee around it, and the blossom cycle is almost over.

2024-06-11 15:35:57

New #ANOHNI track!!!
https://anohni.bandcamp.com/track/breaking

2024-06-10 00:07:08

Spent the last 3 hours writing a blog post about a Bowie album and, my goodness, I really have to rein in the nerd here, otherwise this thing will take longer to read than to listen to the album. 🤓

2024-06-09 18:14:47

Trying to fill in holes: what would #Tricky have been doing in 1994 or earlier so he would be known to someone like Bowie? Like, would it primarily be his work with #MassiveAttack, or were the couple singles he released prior to Maxinquaye pretty big?

2024-06-08 22:50:01

Also super digging this album by 森田童子 (Doji Morita), randomly found when browsing a Japanese shop on Discogs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKN8zdAODe0
#DojiMorita #NowPlaying

2024-06-08 22:02:33

Really digging this Japanese blues album by 浅川マキ (Maki Asakawa). Such a great voice. Gem found via going down a rabbit hole after listening to one of the II album recs (thanks, icastico!) :ablobjam:
https://youtu.be/KYz-1mZjhRE
#MakiAsakawa #blues #NowPlaying

2024-06-08 17:21:53

- reply

@npub16w5…dxft Just getting to this album now. It's quite lovely, now I need to check out her other albums!

2024-06-01 20:38:03

After dealing with 50-60 km/h winds the last 2 days and then seeing rainbow pinwheels in someone's front yard for Pride, I had a beautiful daydream where every field and public space in this crap province had a rainbow wind turbine, including right in front of the legislature so this garbage gov't had to see it every month and day of the year. :pridesparkle:

2024-05-31 01:02:22

Just going to leave this here.
https://youtu.be/po5HxJgyaMU

2024-05-31 00:21:15

I am favoriting posts like there's no tomorrow.

2024-05-28 13:51:54

- reply

@npub1rax…8p4w Ooo okay this one will be next then!

2024-05-27 22:01:46

Listening to #ThrobbingGristle for the first time (20 Jazz Funk Greats), so TIL that #industrial music got its name from their record label, Industrial Records.
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/515/299/419/261/952/original/d0b1e60ebe5c99e9.mp4

2024-05-27 02:31:34

I don't think I've ever listened to an entire remix album before, and my mind is sorta blown by the concept of a remix album. Like, is this basically its own genre or science or something? And what does it mean if you like the remix album better?

2024-05-27 00:40:05

- reply

@npub16w5…dxft Wtf, that lists like everybody. I feel like I just stumbled upon a pig-based cult or something. 🐷

2024-05-27 00:25:06

Is having songs about pigs or with "pig" in the title a trope or something in #industrial music?

2024-05-25 02:57:41

- reply

@npub1mmf…eknq Any specific album recommendations?

2024-05-25 02:53:49

Okay friends, I'm just a newborn baby #NIN fan so maybe I don't even know what to ask for (NIN is industrial, right?), but what albums from other #industrial bands should I listen to?

2024-05-24 20:04:54

Thank you to Mastodon for repeatedly shoving the new #BethGibbons album in my face this week. It's lovely.

2024-05-19 21:57:15

- reply

@npub1dkm…wpy7 Ooo thanks, I should’ve checked those out a long time ago!

2024-05-19 20:23:17

Okay since I’m now catching up on Tommy (after listening to Hommy), what are some other concept/rock opera albums I need to listen to?
#RockOpera #ConceptAlbum

2024-05-18 21:10:40

The #1001OtherAlbums index is finished!!! It only took me 3 months, lol. :blobcatsipsweat:
My question is: was no one pressing records in 1966? There's only one album in our list from that year (Alton Ellis) and it's not even a full album, it's a compilation that includes some singles released in '66.
https://1001otheralbums.com/index/

2024-05-16 14:43:29

I love that #KEXP regularly plays #KillingJoke's Eighties directly after #Nirvana's Come As You Are.
[insert Pam from The Office's "they're the same picture" meme]

2024-05-15 00:18:56

Updated #introduction - I listen to a lot of music, and make lists about the music I listen to. I make lists about the music other people listen to. I make lists about the music other people listen to that I want to listen to, and then I listen to that music. And sometimes, I make lists about the lists about the music I/others listen to.
I also read a lot of books. But then I get sidetracked and make lists about the books I read, especially lists about the music in the books I read.
🍉

2024-05-14 15:11:16

#KEXP reminding me this morning of the time I accidentally saw #RaphaelSaadiq, opening for #ThieveryCorporation. I had no clue who he was before that, and now I recognize his voice in half a second. :ablobjam:
https://youtu.be/dfJe_Cl6CpU

2024-05-14 02:07:35

Whoa, this is super cool: crowd-sourced database of #antiwar songs.
https://www.antiwarsongs.org/

2024-05-13 00:40:39

- reply

@npub16w5…dxft Whoa, this looks awesome!

2024-05-12 23:28:58

- reply

Anyone have other recommendations of albums with "II" in the title? I'm almost done going through the recommendations I already got, but I want more!

2024-05-11 16:41:22

- reply

I recommend checking the stories and posts of The People's University for Palestine YEG Instagram page, to see what's going on (link above). The protesters have now been forced off campus completely.
Heartbreaking to see this shit happen on the campus I spent 8 years of my life on, in the neighborhood I lived in for 15 years. Never seen this before. The fucking "freedom" convoys that terrorized the entire city for weeks sure never got this sort of response.

2024-05-11 16:15:36

EPS (and so, I assume, UofA admin) has decided to join the shitshow and has brought violence to the anti-genocide of Palestine encampment at the University of Alberta. One protester is hospitalized. What a fucking embarrassment. ACAB.
https://www.instagram.com/university4palestine.yeg?igsh=YWFyZ2ZrcTZ3ejZo

2024-05-10 02:44:05

- reply

@npub12ze…hunm Yes

2024-05-08 16:27:58

Oh geez, #SteveAlbini died.