holoz0r(25)•in #hive-193816•3 days agoBattle Beast, live at The Lion Arts Factory in Adelaide, South AustraliaMajor chords sound happy. Minor chords sound sad. Power metal tends to be filled with major chords, driving riffs, a bass drum that sounds like a horse gallopin...5789$14.45holoz0r(25)•in hive-193816•3 days agoBattle Beast, live at The Lion Arts Factory in Adelaide, South AustraliaMajor chords sound happy. Minor chords sound sad. Power metal tends to be filled with major chords, driving riffs, a bass drum that sounds like a horse gallopin...5789$14.45
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-190737•30 days agoThe weight of chains@consciouscat and @new.things know how to Hive. At the risk of writing a burdensome, lengthy rambling post about human connection, I will try, defiantly, agains...27534$11.21holoz0r(25)•in hive-190737•30 days agoThe weight of chains@consciouscat and @new.things know how to Hive. At the risk of writing a burdensome, lengthy rambling post about human connection, I will try, defiantly, agains...27534$11.21
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-193816•39 days agoLacuna Coil and Future Static - Live at the Gov, 17 February 2026Lacuna Coil, a band from Milan, Italy, made the trek across the planet to arrive at Adelaide's dearly loved live music venue, The Governor Hindmarsh hotel, know...82821$5.12holoz0r(25)•in hive-193816•39 days agoLacuna Coil and Future Static - Live at the Gov, 17 February 2026Lacuna Coil, a band from Milan, Italy, made the trek across the planet to arrive at Adelaide's dearly loved live music venue, The Governor Hindmarsh hotel, know...82821$5.12
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-178138•41 days agoPlain WordsI started my new job November 10. I've not met a person there that I don't like. The work itself is easy, but very demanding mentally. I have been getting up at...20627$4.48holoz0r(25)•in hive-178138•41 days agoPlain WordsI started my new job November 10. I've not met a person there that I don't like. The work itself is easy, but very demanding mentally. I have been getting up at...20627$4.48
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-180164•59 days agoBooK Review: Ursula K LeGuin's City of Illusions is more than just a tale of a placeTitles are interesting things that can tell much, or perhaps very little of a story. In City of Illusions, Ursula K LeGuin tells the tale of an Earth under the ...8919$5.10holoz0r(25)•in hive-180164•59 days agoBooK Review: Ursula K LeGuin's City of Illusions is more than just a tale of a placeTitles are interesting things that can tell much, or perhaps very little of a story. In City of Illusions, Ursula K LeGuin tells the tale of an Earth under the ...8919$5.10
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-178138•68 days agoA reunion with wineShe is a siren in a bottle. A liquid, syrup with layers of flavour, touches of fruit, the vessel of grape, and the chilled bottle conducts the heat from my hand...14016$4.26holoz0r(25)•in hive-178138•68 days agoA reunion with wineShe is a siren in a bottle. A liquid, syrup with layers of flavour, touches of fruit, the vessel of grape, and the chilled bottle conducts the heat from my hand...14016$4.26
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-193816•73 days agoReview: The Last Dinner Party, Live at The AEC Theatre, January 13 2026In October, when I reviewed The Last Dinner Party's sophomore effort, From the Pyre, I was looking forward to the 13th of January. Between those dates, Australi...13189$7.82holoz0r(25)•in hive-193816•73 days agoReview: The Last Dinner Party, Live at The AEC Theatre, January 13 2026In October, when I reviewed The Last Dinner Party's sophomore effort, From the Pyre, I was looking forward to the 13th of January. Between those dates, Australi...13189$7.82
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-180164•78 days agoPlanet of Exile by LeGuin is a sad torture to read, but totally worh itFew books make me sigh and despair at the tightening grip of age and the decay of hope as this one did. Ursula K LeGuin's tale, Planet of Exile, tells the story...2239$4.39holoz0r(25)•in hive-180164•78 days agoPlanet of Exile by LeGuin is a sad torture to read, but totally worh itFew books make me sigh and despair at the tightening grip of age and the decay of hope as this one did. Ursula K LeGuin's tale, Planet of Exile, tells the story...2239$4.39
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-180164•82 days agoRocannon's World - my first Ursula K LeGuin read, and certainly not the lastSince my father's funeral, I've owned an Ursula K LeGuin collection. Until recently, I learned it was not the collection I've wanted to read. That book was The ...1474$4.14holoz0r(25)•in hive-180164•82 days agoRocannon's World - my first Ursula K LeGuin read, and certainly not the lastSince my father's funeral, I've owned an Ursula K LeGuin collection. Until recently, I learned it was not the collection I've wanted to read. That book was The ...1474$4.14
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-140217•84 days agoholoz0r's A-Z of Steam: Breachway When I purchased Breachway, it looked like everything that I wanted from a Slay The Spire - like game. Replayability, a new setting, science-fiction, space batt...1491$4.41holoz0r(25)•in hive-140217•84 days agoholoz0r's A-Z of Steam: Breachway When I purchased Breachway, it looked like everything that I wanted from a Slay The Spire - like game. Replayability, a new setting, science-fiction, space batt...1491$4.41
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-166847•91 days agoI finally watched Bugonia ... and I have to say - go watch Poor Things, too...Emma Stone has had a recent knack for really strange, interesting roles in the movies I've watched lately. Thoroughly enjoying Poor Things, (I've not yet read t...1797$3.96holoz0r(25)•in hive-166847•91 days agoI finally watched Bugonia ... and I have to say - go watch Poor Things, too...Emma Stone has had a recent knack for really strange, interesting roles in the movies I've watched lately. Thoroughly enjoying Poor Things, (I've not yet read t...1797$3.96
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-180164•92 days agoAnother last book of 2025(The 29th!) - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan - but ... why?Small Things Like These is a diminutive book, written by Claire Keegan, who, the back cover of the book tells me, won many prizes, such as the Rooney Prize for ...35613$5.24holoz0r(25)•in hive-180164•92 days agoAnother last book of 2025(The 29th!) - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan - but ... why?Small Things Like These is a diminutive book, written by Claire Keegan, who, the back cover of the book tells me, won many prizes, such as the Rooney Prize for ...35613$5.24
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-180164•94 days agoMaybe the last read of 2025: The Day of the Triffids The Day of The Triffids is a perfectly executed book. This is evident not only from the fact that it is published as a Penguin Classic, in a familiar, pocket si...16720$4.92holoz0r(25)•in hive-180164•94 days agoMaybe the last read of 2025: The Day of the Triffids The Day of The Triffids is a perfectly executed book. This is evident not only from the fact that it is published as a Penguin Classic, in a familiar, pocket si...16720$4.92
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-126152•98 days agoThe Best Year of My LifeA bold title to be sure - but why? In summary, this year, began by a return to work, whereupon, on my first day back i the office, a massive restructure of the ...34840$9.10holoz0r(25)•in hive-126152•98 days agoThe Best Year of My LifeA bold title to be sure - but why? In summary, this year, began by a return to work, whereupon, on my first day back i the office, a massive restructure of the ...34840$9.10
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-180164•104 days agoThe Transmigration of Timothy Archer - The final VALIS book, reviewedThe Transmigration of Timothy Archer represents the fifth Philip K Dick book I’ve read in a row. I have to say, that this one was the most work. It was the last...19613$4.16holoz0r(25)•in hive-180164•104 days agoThe Transmigration of Timothy Archer - The final VALIS book, reviewedThe Transmigration of Timothy Archer represents the fifth Philip K Dick book I’ve read in a row. I have to say, that this one was the most work. It was the last...19613$4.16
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-193816•111 days agoholoz0r's 2025 in musicThe old world Perpetually, music is a part of our lives, whether we invite it in or we do not. It plays in the elevator, the grocery shop, it wafts out of publi...48912$5.85holoz0r(25)•in hive-193816•111 days agoholoz0r's 2025 in musicThe old world Perpetually, music is a part of our lives, whether we invite it in or we do not. It plays in the elevator, the grocery shop, it wafts out of publi...48912$5.85
holoz0r(25)•in #life•118 days agoThe Fourth Week of my new job starts tomorrow - an updateTomorrow marks the start of the fourth week of my new job. I am yet to be escorted out of the building without an entry pass, but I am very pleased to say that ...16434$4.83holoz0r(25)•in life•118 days agoThe Fourth Week of my new job starts tomorrow - an updateTomorrow marks the start of the fourth week of my new job. I am yet to be escorted out of the building without an entry pass, but I am very pleased to say that ...16434$4.83
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-161155•120 days agoMosaic: Room to SurveilMonochromatic monitors painted the walls. Illuminated in a bizzare grey light, his elderly pores held the red tinge of inflammation from a dull razor. Strapped ...1421$3.44holoz0r(25)•in hive-161155•120 days agoMosaic: Room to SurveilMonochromatic monitors painted the walls. Illuminated in a bizzare grey light, his elderly pores held the red tinge of inflammation from a dull razor. Strapped ...1421$3.44
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-180164•121 days agoBook Review: The Divine Invasion by Philip K Dick Philip K Dick has an obsession with diseased, ill, dying women. They've featured in each of the recent books I've read. Last time, it was cancer, this time, it ...936$3.29holoz0r(25)•in hive-180164•121 days agoBook Review: The Divine Invasion by Philip K Dick Philip K Dick has an obsession with diseased, ill, dying women. They've featured in each of the recent books I've read. Last time, it was cancer, this time, it ...936$3.29
holoz0r(25)•in #hive-161155•122 days agoMosaic: CastleHome was an apartment. It was up three flights of unforgiving, weathered stairs – if the lift was broken. His had a single bedroom. Cold in the winter. Hot in t...6651$4.00holoz0r(25)•in hive-161155•122 days agoMosaic: CastleHome was an apartment. It was up three flights of unforgiving, weathered stairs – if the lift was broken. His had a single bedroom. Cold in the winter. Hot in t...6651$4.00
