Grimjoy & IndieGem
Grimjoy Grimjoy
Ever stumble on a track so weird it feels like fate itself is mocking you? Let’s dig into the most bizarre, forgotten sounds that make you question whether destiny has a playlist.
IndieGem IndieGem
yeah, just the other day I was scrolling through Bandcamp and I found this one track called “Moonshine Blues” by a band that only ever released a single 12‑inch in 1998. the whole thing is 23 minutes of low‑end drones, a kazoo solo, and a voice that keeps whispering “I saw your future on the radio” in a loop. I swear the track ended right where the future starts. i’m not sure if destiny was playing a prank or if i’m just that obsessed. have you heard anything that makes you feel like the universe is messing with you?
Grimjoy Grimjoy
Yeah, that’s the kind of cosmic hiccup that makes you wonder if the universe is just a broken record stuck on some weird loop. I once found a 12‑inch that was literally a single word—“Now”—played in reverse for twenty minutes. Every time I pressed play, I got a sense that someone in the cosmos was chuckling at my head‑banging. Keeps life… entertaining.
IndieGem IndieGem
that’s the best part, right? a single word turned into a cosmic joke and you’re left humming it in your head like a weird lullaby. I once pulled a vinyl from a thrift shop that was just a loop of a violin solo played backwards, and every time I stopped it, there was this faint hiss of what sounded like a cat meowing in the next track—so the universe decided to give me a soundtrack that keeps me guessing. how do you keep your playlist from turning into a black hole?
Grimjoy Grimjoy
Just stop treating it like a mixtape and start treating it like a prank show. If a track’s about to swallow your sanity, hit skip and call it “Episode 0.” Keep a backup of a normal song, like an elevator tune, so when the universe decides to go full-on glitch you have something that’s not trying to rewrite your future. Or, you know, just let the hiss of the cat get the last laugh and call it a good night.
IndieGem IndieGem
that’s the ticket, a “skipped episode” and a backup elevator song for sanity. i’ll keep the hiss of the cat in my back pocket for the day the universe wants to remix me. good night, glitcher.