Our Geek This Week

On The New Tariffs: “I’m Blaming You” April 3, 2025 Resist & Election 2024 From my good friend, Patrick (reprinted with his permission); his words speak to exactly how I feel as well: Congrats on being worth 90%—or Now Playing: Wet Leg “catch these fists” April 3, 2025 Now Playing & Music Wet Leg released a new single the other day, “catch these fists,” off of their forthcoming album moisturizer. …Wet Leg has spent the past few years Kyber247 - Duo Daredevil and Doomsday! March 30, 2025 Podcast & Kybercast & TV The latest episode of The Kybercast, the mostly weekly podcast I record with my good friend, Joe, is online! Kyber247 - Duo Daredevil and Kyber246 - The Electric State of Daredevil! March 27, 2025 Podcast & Kybercast & TV The latest episode of The Kybercast, the mostly weekly podcast I record with my good friend, Joe, is online! Kyber246 - The Electric State of Even If You WFH, Always Wear A Shirt March 25, 2025 Non-Fiction & WFH & Writing If I have learned anything in the last five years since COVID, it’s this: even if you’re working from home, put on a shirt. It was the summer of Depeche Mode Memento Mori at 2 March 24, 2025 Depeche Mode & Violator & Music & Non-Fiction No, I don’t intend to write one of these for each Depeche Mode album’s anniversary, but on occasion I will post something when it is something I The Weekend! (24-Mar-25) March 24, 2025 The Daily & The Weekend & MSU & Vinyl & Musi How was your weekend? Mine was overall pretty chill, but we still had time for a little adventure. Friday: It’s March Madness™, bitches, and MSU Remembering My Dad, Roy Diaz March 21, 2025 Roy Diaz & Non-fiction 11 years… Loss is not profound, it is common, it is ubiquitous, it is mundane. I just want to be able to talk to my dad. And that’s it, really. Kyber245 — DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Premiere! March 20, 2025 Podcast & Kybercast & TV Hey, I haven’t done one of these in a while! The latest episode of The Kybercast, the mostly weekly podcast I record with my good friend, Joe, is Depeche Mode Violator at 35 March 19, 2025 Depeche Mode & Violator & Music I cobbled together a piece on my favorite album of all time last year for its 34th anniversary and I don’t see a need to repeat myself other than to The Weekend! (17-Feb-25) February 25, 2025 The Daily & The Weekend & MSU & Wrexham & USWNT Oops! I was supposed to post this yesterday, but didn’t, so I am posting it now. Friday: MSU was playing U of M for first place in the B1G and I High Five! (25-Feb-25) February 25, 2025 Links & High Five & Star Wars & Vinyl 18feb25 - Linking this just because I like this quote: “No one cares what you do unless you think about it. No one cares what you think unless you The Weekend! (17-Feb-25) February 17, 2025 The Daily & The Weekend After a week of being sick, there were activities to be had this weekend! Friday: Happy Valentine’s Day! I was still sick, but getting better, so 2024 Year In Review, Television February 15, 2025 Year in Review & TV As I mentioned last year, we really do live in “a golden age of television right now with a plethora of options with so many streaming services from Hey! I’m Sick February 13, 2025 Site Update “Hey Michael, what’s going on, you were doing a pretty good job of actually updating this blog every couple of days or so there, what’s going on?” Now Playing: Doechii February 7, 2025 The Daily & Music & Now Playing Last week my daughter introduced me to Doechii via the NPR Tiny Desk concert that she gave a few months back (linked above) and I have to admit she Bucket List Band: Underworld Tickets Obtained! February 6, 2025 The Daily & Music & Underworld Despite being one of my favorite musical acts for the last 30 years or so (ignoring some albums I was not a fan of; I’m looking at you, Beaucoup Today’s Reading: April Balascio RAISED BY A SERIAL KILLER… February 4, 2025 The Daily & Today’s Reading Currently reading, and enjoying, Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth About My Father by April Balascio, which is about, well, Thoughts on Physical Media and Sleigh Bells February 3, 2025 The Daily & Music & Now Playing & Sleigh Bells A few quick thoughts on a couple of music-related topics today: This is going to sound old and/or hipster, but I am finding a new appreciation for The Weekend! (03-Feb-25) February 3, 2025 The Daily & The Weekend Nothing too terribly wild or exciting this past weekend, but with the shitshow that is this current administration, I don’t know that mentally I