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Important Announcement - This Will Be My Last Video

Hi all. Sorry to kind of hit you with it all at once, but I wanted to make sure you all were the first to know about this, at least "publicly".

I'm currently in final edits for the Best of 2024 video and I wanted to let you know matter-of-factly that... this is going to be my last.

Ever.

I'm going to retire from video-making after this video drops. At least in terms of "content creation" (video essays, reviews, the like). I'm contemplating maybe doing some kind of Q&A ...

Video: WORST ALBUMS OF 2024

Whew... it took a full video crash and a bunch of copyright shenanigans to get out, but it's out.

WORST ALBUMS OF 2024!

Thanks again for you patience, y'all! 

NEW VIDEO!: CURSE of the BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMY (2005 - 2009)

I am... so... so... sorry that this is so late. But holy cow, was it a nightmare getting this one made.

I sincerely hope to god the next one won't be as long in the oven.

Thanks again for your patience on this. It'll be in Early Access for y'all until Monday. No premiere.

NEW VIDEO! - CURSE of the BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMY (2000 - 2004)

...kept you waiting, huh.

Sorry about that. :S

But yeah! FINALLY! A new video is out and it's on the Curse of the BNA for the first half of the 00's. Thanks again so much for your patience. It's been unbelievably crazy for me the last few months.

On that note, I was probably going to release a very quick Q&A to update y'all on the state of the channel, where I've been, HOW I've been, etc.

I figured if there were also questions from some of y'all I could do a ...

Sneaky Patreon Poll 👀

Hey y'all. Been a minute, hasn't it.

Anyway, just wanted to throw out a hypothetical question.

IF I were to do another couple of entries in the Curse of the Best New Artist Grammy series... Which decade would you prefer?

(Re-Upload) Top 10 Ehhhs of 2023

Apologies folks. Original Ehhhs vid had an audio issue that I didn't catch in editing. My fault for trying to get 3 vids finished quickly in one night.

Should be all set now.

PATREON EXCLUSIVE: 10 "OTHER" Albums of 2023

This vid is just a short grab bag of albums I didn't get to cover in 2023... mostly because my schedule exploded, but I figured there were a few loose ends worth tying up.

PATREON EXCLUSIVE: The Top 10 Ehhh... Albums of 2023

And now the top 10 Ehhh... albums of the year. It was NOT a very Ehhh... year, but some Ehhh... albums did sneak their way in.

BEST ALBUMS OF 2023!

Finally... Besties of 2023... God, what a weird year

WORST ALBUMS OF 2023

Hey y'all... been a minute hasn't it.

Let's close out this weird year with a weirdo countdown. Worst of 2023.

Thanks again for your patience, y'all.

REVIEW - Genesis Owusu - Struggler

Hey y'all! Again, sorry for the delay in uploading. Life's been BUSY for me right now. Couldn't be helped, but I did want to do right by this new Genesis Owusu record so definitely give it watch/listen.

Thanks y'all!

Song Vs. Song Podcast.. featuring meeeeeee! 🤪

Yep, you read that right.

Todd and Lina were kind enough to let me sit in and ramble on Miley's Cyrus's "Flowers" vs. Olivia Rodrigo's "Vampire":

Check it out here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/111-flowers-vs-vampire-w-crash-thompson/id1453218334?i=1000622329797

Or wherever you podcast.

Special thanks to Tod...

Early Access: FIMI Q2 2023!

Hey y'all! FIMI IS HERE for Q2!

Albums covered this time:

(FIMI Q2) boygenius - The Record (MARCH 31)

(FIMI Q2) Tribulation - Hamartia (EP) - (APRIL 7th)

(FIMI Q2) Covet - Catharsis (APRIL 7TH)

(FIMI Q2) Wednesday - Rat Saw God (April 7th)

(FIMI Q2) Ruston Kelly - The Weakness (APRIL 7TH

(FIMI Q2) Waterparks - Intellectual Property (April 14)

(FIMI Q2) Pearly Drops - A Little Disaster (April 14th)

(FIMI Q2) Enter Shikari - A Kiss For The ...

Patreon Exclusive Update: FIMI Q2 2023 list

Hey y'all. Still working on FIMI Q2. Lookout for that in the coming days.

But in the meantime I figured I'd post the (mostly) full list we'll be covering this time out:

(FIMI Q2) boygenius - The Record (MARCH 31)
(FIMI Q2) Tribulation - Hamartia (EP) - (APRIL 7th)
(FIMI Q2) Covet - Catharsis (APRIL 7TH)
(FIMI Q2) Wednesday - Rat Saw God (April 7th)
(FIMI Q2) Ruston Kelly - The Weakness (APRIL 7TH
(FIMI Q2) Waterparks - Intellectual Property (April 14)
(FIMI Q2)...

LIVESTREAM!!! SATURDAY 7/1 - 4pm EST - 50 Most Inspirational LGBTQ Songs

So remember a while back when we went over the top 500 albums of all time from Rolling Stone? How about we do that again with this atrocity of an LGBTQ list. 💅💅💅

Saturday, 7/1, 4pm EST. Let's have fun with this.

NEW REVIEW - Foo Fighters - But Here We Are

Hey y'all! Hope you ain't sick of seeing me just yet because I also have that long awaited Foo Fighters review I promised in the last single album review. 

Check it out!

NEW LONGFORM! - Curse of the Best New Artist Grammy (1995 - 1999)

Whew... it's finally here. 

We finally close out the 90's in Curse of the BNA (95-99). It's another crazy handful of years and another... interesting... handful of winners, nominees and snubs.

Y'all in early access get to see it first with a Premiere happening on Wednesday so get that early watch in before Tuesday night if you can!

Thanks again for the patience on this one, and enjoy! :)

NEW REVIEW! Avenged Sevenfold - Life is But a Dream...

Y'all in PAtreon get this one a little early, but we'll debut it tomorrow morning sometime.

yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh... what even was this?

NEW REVIEW: Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden

Since this will do better in the algorithm if I post it in the morning, this is still private for the time being, so if you're here on Patreon you get to see this a tiny bit early.

This may also be the last thing you see for a little bit as I'm going to be on another small vacation this weekend and I'm in Final Edits for the next longform so... sit tight yall! 

NEW REVIEW: Metallica - 72 Seasons

...that's way too many seasons. The brochure said there'd only be a few seasons... Ohhh, this is the worst vacation ever!

Happy April Fools Day... JK, FIMI IS BACK!!!

This is not a joke. FIMI has RETURNED! Albums reviewed this quarter:

(FIMI Q1) Nicole Dollanganger - Married in Mount Airy (Jan 6th)

(FIMI Q1) Swiss Army Wife (Jan 6th)

(FIMI Q1) Iamnoone - Together Alone (Jan 6th)

(FIMI Q1) July Talk - Remember Never Before (JAN 20)

(FIMI Q1) Ice Spice - Like..? (JAN 20)

(FIMI Q1) Sam Smith - Gloria (JAN 27)

(FIMI Q1)Ava Max - Diamonds and Dancefloors (JAN 27)

(FIMI Q1)Young Feathers - Heavy Heavy (FEB 3)

PATREON EXCLUSIVE: Outtakes from Scaring The Hoes.

Been a while since we had a Patreon Exclusive so... here are the green screen bits from the Scaring The Hoes review...

(Since the video is Age Restricted you'll have to click "Watch on YouTube" in order to see it... don't say I didn't warn ya. :P )

NEW REVIEW: JPEGMAFIA & DANNY BROWN - Scaring the Hoes

New review on the latest collab between Peggy & Danny.

CONTENT WARNING: This review may scare the hos.

New Review! 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs

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CURSE of the BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMY (1990-1994)! (New Longform!)

Whew... again, thanks for your patience on this one folks. 

The Curse of the Best New Artist Grammy (1990-1994) is finally up on Early Access and ready to view for y'all here. 

It'll Stay in early Access until Sunday night and then we'll shif to a premiere for Monday afternoon so get your watch in during the weekend if you can.

Enjoy!

NEW $5 PLEDGE TIER!

Hey y'all!

Again, thanks a ton for your patience on the next longform vid (The Curse of the Best New Artist Grammy ['90-'94]). It's about halfway finished and it's looking good that we'll get this wrapped and ready sometime here in March. 

In the meantime though, I wanted to introduce (well, bring back) a new pledge tier that y'all can get in on if you aren't already eligible.

VERBAL SHOUT-OUTS IN THE END CREDITS!

Not too much to explain here. If you pledge $5 or ...

REVIEW: Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation

Howdy y'all!

Curse of the Best New Artist Grammy (90-94) is in final edits so that SHOULD be coming out soon. Hopefully sometime here in March still.

In the meantime, I wanted to express some thoughts on the new Miley... Kinda wish I had MORE thoughts, but here they are. :P

Enjoy!

Channel Update: Retiring "The Bin", New Scoring System, Etc.

Hello y'all!

Still working at getting the next longform (CURSE of the Best New Artist Grammy '90-'94) out. We're in final edits now, so we're still looking good for March. But I also wanted to throw some announcements out there and I just wasn't sure how to do it in a non-awkward way (especially since this is a vid I should have gotten done in like... January.)

TL;DR version: 

- "The Bin" is retired, but I'm not taking requests anymore so it's a moot point.

- You...

REVIEW - Algiers - Shook

Hey y'all! 

So normally I wouldn't I do a single album review on Early Access, but this one ran into a slight technical hiccup that pushed it's ready time into the wee hours of the night and I've found that traffic usually suffers if I post public vids around this time. 

It'll go public tomorrow morning, but if you wanna catch it a bit early, here ya go.

I had a LOT to say about this one. :S

NEXT LONGFROM VIDEO is gonna be...

Figured I'd drop a little production update here on Patreon for y'all. Finally have the script finished for the next longform video. This time we'll be covering:

The CURSE of the Best New Artist Grammy!

This episode will cover the first half of the 90's from the 1990 ceremony to the 1994 ceremony. (I wanted to originally do the entire decade but.... once the script reached 10 pages I figured we should probably stop. :P) 

We'll be covering the winners, the other nominees...