Hi there! I recently volunteered to mod this semi-abandoned comm. I’m Doubting Thomas, and I’m here for the music.

I feel music should be an inclusive thing, and I love the original mod’s open attitude. I love heavy, spacey rock. To be clear, I’ve smoked a lot of pot in my life, but drugs have nothing to do with the music. When I was in school, ‘stoners’ were the long-hair kids smoking cigarettes across the street. I was one of them. For now, ‘stoner rock’ is whatever music (made by humans) that you think it is.

I would love some help! I really want a new header graphic. The current one is … well its cool and all, but I’m not fond of it. I’m a terrible but prolific digital artist. If someone wants to make a new graphic, it will probably be better than my work. Ping me with ideas or submissions. No AI.

Concerts! That’s what its all about, right? I want to hear about concerts you’ve been to. I want to write about tours coming up or ongoing. Hell, I want to go to more shows.

I hope to do a few interviews. I don’t really have the setup for this yet. I should get a better mic and a plan together before I try. But if there’s any interest in interviews, let me know!

Thanks all. Rock on.

  • dbtng@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I will work on the header graphic more. I know, its not perfect. I did it fast. The comm name needs to be a brighter color. I’m adding ‘noise rock’ and others to the list. Might use a different word cloud app if a better one turns up.
    (Edit … this is done for now. Used a different color palette, transparent background, made an icon graphic too. There will be further changes.)

    I have no idea how to manage a “who’s on tour” calendar. I would be happy to link to and contribute to someone else’s calendar. Or I could fukin make something. I’m a not very talented developer of sorts. But it would make a lot more sense to support someone else’s efforts. My coding is as bad as my artwork.

    I’m still considering interviews. So far, I’ve discovered that if you go to the show, you can corner opening band members while they are selling merch. Bored band members that are quite glad to hear anyone is interested in them. I do not have my act together enough to yet consider video interviews. I’m not even sure I want my ugly mug on the internet. Much is still undecided there.

  • dbtngOPMEnglish
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    16 days ago

    I have an idea for the new header graphic. I’m gonna collect a list of names for this music we love and put them in some word cloud app. I’ll take a screenshot of that, and then overlay it with the name of the comm.

    So … I need to start with a list. And I should expect to recreate it as I find new names. Here’s a few. Feel free to contribute.

    stoner, space, psych, heavy, doom, metal, sludge, grunge

    Ya, idk there’s a lot more. And the more we list, the more inclusive the comm will be.

    Edit … Dang. Well, I tried that idea. My results are not wonderful. Definitely gonna redo it and soon.