glorio
@glorio

Featuring @jel, @iro, @gee-man, and @dragonzigg

I caught up on Girls Band Cry after recording and yes, it is probably my favorite new show this season. It's legit good, but also I'm a sucker for band stories.

While watching, I did notice something which leads to another correction: Momoka's guitar is not quite a Fender Jazzmaster. You would forgive me for assuming it's a 1966 Jazzmaster in Lake Placid Blue, currently available in the American Vintage II line. However, I noticed a different logo on the headstock and did some more research. Turns out her guitar is actually a custom model by Psychederhythm (named the Psychomaster!), a shop in Japan I've never heard of until now. It's still basically a modified Jazzmaster, but the author is apparently even more of a guitar connoisseur than I realized. Info on Psychederhythm in English seems sparse, if anyone knows more about them let me know.

You can check out the podcast anywhere you find podcasts, links are in the post. There's also the YouTube link if you're like me and listen to everything there these days.



SiFSweetman
@SiFSweetman

Kitchen Colosseum has just released its v1.0!

Years ago, one person's fantasy became reality with the construction of Kitchen Colosseum, a cooking arena crafted with a single purpose:

To encounter novel and masterful creations which could be called true artistic creations.

To that end they began a tradition of cooking duels.

Culinary artists are recruited from far and wide to test their expertise against one another and to find truth and beauty in their creations. The winner, crowned in glory forever with an ironclad title.

Designed and illustrated by me, alongside co-designer Lachlan Fletcher. Kitchen Colosseum is a tarot-based cooking duel TTRPG inspired by Iron Chef and Battlechef Brigade. Take on the role of elite chefs vying for a prestigious title, by creating and presenting unique dishes to a panel of eclectic judges.



charlenemaximum
@charlenemaximum

you should leave comments on peoples' art!

many of us are so used to the informal way of engaging with each others' art on places like twitter, where you just drop a like and a retweet and move on. but, and i won't speak for every artist on the internet, comments can be just as -- if not more -- valuable than simply just clicking the heart. the heart tells you "hey, i saw this and thought it was good", but a comment (to me at least) shows that a piece spoke to you in at least some way, even if it's just "the shading is good" or "nice color choices" or "awesome riffs". anybody can just click a button and scroll away, but those couple seconds that you spend typing something for them to read is a couple seconds of care and attention that i think really matters.

comments also open up a gateway for artists to actually interact with the people that like their work. again -- only speaking for myself -- but i absolutely love talking about art with other people, whether it be their art or my own, whether i have a substantial amount to say or just a compliment that i appreciate what they created. if you say "i like this", i might say "thanks" or i might give you a little description of how i got to that point or how i did that thing, and who knows -- maybe that comment reply might have some insight that motivates you or someone else reading it to do something similar, or engage in an artistic process of their very own.

all of this is to say -- i think you should leave comments on peoples' art on cohost if you like their art! don't simply just reblog and walk away, take a couple of seconds of your day to drop some appreciation. you might actually perk up an artist today and make them feel good about what they've made :)