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    <title>Topic Lords - Episodes Tagged with “Brandon”</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <title>304. Turn on the MacLachlan</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Lords: Andrew and Brandon. We discuss high school pep band bangers, why some actors can't carry a b-movie but others can, what do these white rings on the Microbrute mean?, Medley by Louis Phillips, and things you can eat in your garden that you might not expect</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Lords:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Andrew

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://highcadence.online" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://highcadence.online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Brandon

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/Demonschool/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/Demonschool/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Topics:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;My daughter's high school pep band playlist is full of bangers

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://embed.music.apple.com/us/playlist/lakeridge-pep-band/pl.u-LdbqENjt759ZJ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://embed.music.apple.com/us/playlist/lakeridge-pep-band/pl.u-LdbqENjt759ZJ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Why some actors can't carry a b-movie but others can&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What do these white rings on the Microbrute mean?

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@mogwai_poet/114842907188616207" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://mastodon.social/@mogwai_poet/114842907188616207&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Andrew wrote to Arturia support like a madman, and they got back to him to say that yes, the rings just mean "this knob is important"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Medley by Louis Phillips

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.futilitycloset.com/2025/06/29/medley/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.futilitycloset.com/2025/06/29/medley/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Things you can eat in your garden that you might not expect&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Microtopics: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Bringing the fact that you are now a Lord to everyone's attention. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hitting 1700 nautical miles today. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Demonschool. (Wishlist it.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Whether it helps to un-wishlist and re-wishlist a game on Steam. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Hot Dog Plant. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tiny stinky blobs that attach to each other.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What kind of marsh grasses rich people in the 80s would have in their house.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Calling an aesthetic "southwestern" even though it's to the east of you.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A pep rally band playing a Lil Nas X tune.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The band soundtracking your No Kings rally playing a medley of Blister in the Sun, When the Saints Go Marching In, and I Want You Back.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Transcribing music from Double Dragon 2 and slipping under the door of your high school band director.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Disasterpeace's score for Under the Silver Lake. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How many people it takes to compose a pop song.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What it means to be a producer. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kyle MacLaughlan desperately trying to hold on to Elizabeth Berkeley. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Christopher Lambert being legally blind and accidentally stabbing everyone while filming Highlander.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A weird guy who goes "hheeehh"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mean Guns.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Putting a b-movie guy in a b-movie and everyone is like "nice!"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Recent Vampire Movie With Nicolas Cage.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The kind of movie you can follow without looking at the screen.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Someone who has at least one idea and a vision for how to achieve it.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Jean-Claude Van Damme pushing you aside so he can take over the editing suite.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Making a movie while making another movie.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The dwindling number of people getting weird chances. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What day they bury people in Ghana.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Art that's only good if a friend explains what's good about it first. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The comic relief witch doctor who is funny because he keeps screwing up.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Trying to type on a 25 key keyboard. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The three knobs that you have to be able to see best in a low light environment. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The ultrasaw: not as good as a supersaw.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Paying extra to get the one in red because of the kind of person you are.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Why buy an analog synthesizer in 2025?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The tactile wall of knobs.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The giant modular synthesizer at Mills college.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The tiniest patch cables.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Adamantium Rage's FM doom metal soundtrack.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Did you mean: I love Mickey Mouse? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Emailing Arturia Support. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Pants That Said Maximum.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A poem with rotational symmetry around the center axis. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A poem where the whole point is the acrostic complaining about something.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Eating the leaves and stems of a squash blossom. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Allowing lettuce to bolt.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;AeroLettuce.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Making pesto out of herbs other than basil. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The fragrance and the earth tones you get from a bay leaf.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Top garden plants you might not have thought of eating. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A hobby that is cool and fun to do.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Discovered two giant cucumbers you hadn't even noticed before.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Volunteer squash and wacky gourds.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sharing the fruits of your garden with your neighbors.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;When it's lemon season and everybody's trying to give everyone else lemons.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Some plants are in pots; some are in the ground.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Growing a plant that can give you something back.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;mstdn.party &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Lords:</p>

<ul>
<li>Andrew

<ul>
<li><a href="https://highcadence.online" rel="nofollow">https://highcadence.online</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Brandon

<ul>
<li><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/Demonschool/" rel="nofollow">https://store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/Demonschool/</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Topics:</p>

<ul>
<li>My daughter&#39;s high school pep band playlist is full of bangers

<ul>
<li><a href="https://embed.music.apple.com/us/playlist/lakeridge-pep-band/pl.u-LdbqENjt759ZJ" rel="nofollow">https://embed.music.apple.com/us/playlist/lakeridge-pep-band/pl.u-LdbqENjt759ZJ</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Why some actors can&#39;t carry a b-movie but others can</li>
<li>What do these white rings on the Microbrute mean?

<ul>
<li><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mogwai_poet/114842907188616207" rel="nofollow">https://mastodon.social/@mogwai_poet/114842907188616207</a></li>
<li>Andrew wrote to Arturia support like a madman, and they got back to him to say that yes, the rings just mean &quot;this knob is important&quot;</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Medley by Louis Phillips

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.futilitycloset.com/2025/06/29/medley/" rel="nofollow">https://www.futilitycloset.com/2025/06/29/medley/</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Things you can eat in your garden that you might not expect</li>
</ul>

<p>Microtopics: </p>

<ul>
<li>Bringing the fact that you are now a Lord to everyone&#39;s attention. </li>
<li>Hitting 1700 nautical miles today. </li>
<li>Demonschool. (Wishlist it.)</li>
<li>Whether it helps to un-wishlist and re-wishlist a game on Steam. </li>
<li>The Hot Dog Plant. </li>
<li>Tiny stinky blobs that attach to each other.</li>
<li>What kind of marsh grasses rich people in the 80s would have in their house.</li>
<li>Calling an aesthetic &quot;southwestern&quot; even though it&#39;s to the east of you.</li>
<li>A pep rally band playing a Lil Nas X tune.</li>
<li>The band soundtracking your No Kings rally playing a medley of Blister in the Sun, When the Saints Go Marching In, and I Want You Back.</li>
<li>Transcribing music from Double Dragon 2 and slipping under the door of your high school band director.</li>
<li>Disasterpeace&#39;s score for Under the Silver Lake. </li>
<li>How many people it takes to compose a pop song.</li>
<li>What it means to be a producer. </li>
<li>Kyle MacLaughlan desperately trying to hold on to Elizabeth Berkeley. </li>
<li>Christopher Lambert being legally blind and accidentally stabbing everyone while filming Highlander.</li>
<li>A weird guy who goes &quot;hheeehh&quot;</li>
<li>Mean Guns.</li>
<li>Putting a b-movie guy in a b-movie and everyone is like &quot;nice!&quot;</li>
<li>The Recent Vampire Movie With Nicolas Cage.</li>
<li>The kind of movie you can follow without looking at the screen.</li>
<li>Someone who has at least one idea and a vision for how to achieve it.</li>
<li>Jean-Claude Van Damme pushing you aside so he can take over the editing suite.</li>
<li>Making a movie while making another movie.</li>
<li>The dwindling number of people getting weird chances. </li>
<li>What day they bury people in Ghana.</li>
<li>Art that&#39;s only good if a friend explains what&#39;s good about it first. </li>
<li>The comic relief witch doctor who is funny because he keeps screwing up.</li>
<li>Trying to type on a 25 key keyboard. </li>
<li>The three knobs that you have to be able to see best in a low light environment. </li>
<li>The ultrasaw: not as good as a supersaw.</li>
<li>Paying extra to get the one in red because of the kind of person you are.</li>
<li>Why buy an analog synthesizer in 2025?</li>
<li>The tactile wall of knobs.</li>
<li>The giant modular synthesizer at Mills college.</li>
<li>The tiniest patch cables.</li>
<li>Adamantium Rage&#39;s FM doom metal soundtrack.</li>
<li>Did you mean: I love Mickey Mouse? </li>
<li>Emailing Arturia Support. </li>
<li>The Pants That Said Maximum.</li>
<li>A poem with rotational symmetry around the center axis. </li>
<li>A poem where the whole point is the acrostic complaining about something.</li>
<li>Eating the leaves and stems of a squash blossom. </li>
<li>Allowing lettuce to bolt.</li>
<li>AeroLettuce.</li>
<li>Making pesto out of herbs other than basil. </li>
<li>The fragrance and the earth tones you get from a bay leaf.</li>
<li>Top garden plants you might not have thought of eating. </li>
<li>A hobby that is cool and fun to do.</li>
<li>Discovered two giant cucumbers you hadn&#39;t even noticed before.</li>
<li>Volunteer squash and wacky gourds.</li>
<li>Sharing the fruits of your garden with your neighbors.</li>
<li>When it&#39;s lemon season and everybody&#39;s trying to give everyone else lemons.</li>
<li>Some plants are in pots; some are in the ground.</li>
<li>Growing a plant that can give you something back.</li>
<li>mstdn.party</li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/topiclords">Support Topic Lords</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Lords:</p>

<ul>
<li>Andrew

<ul>
<li><a href="https://highcadence.online" rel="nofollow">https://highcadence.online</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Brandon

<ul>
<li><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/Demonschool/" rel="nofollow">https://store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/Demonschool/</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Topics:</p>

<ul>
<li>My daughter&#39;s high school pep band playlist is full of bangers

<ul>
<li><a href="https://embed.music.apple.com/us/playlist/lakeridge-pep-band/pl.u-LdbqENjt759ZJ" rel="nofollow">https://embed.music.apple.com/us/playlist/lakeridge-pep-band/pl.u-LdbqENjt759ZJ</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Why some actors can&#39;t carry a b-movie but others can</li>
<li>What do these white rings on the Microbrute mean?

<ul>
<li><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mogwai_poet/114842907188616207" rel="nofollow">https://mastodon.social/@mogwai_poet/114842907188616207</a></li>
<li>Andrew wrote to Arturia support like a madman, and they got back to him to say that yes, the rings just mean &quot;this knob is important&quot;</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Medley by Louis Phillips

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.futilitycloset.com/2025/06/29/medley/" rel="nofollow">https://www.futilitycloset.com/2025/06/29/medley/</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Things you can eat in your garden that you might not expect</li>
</ul>

<p>Microtopics: </p>

<ul>
<li>Bringing the fact that you are now a Lord to everyone&#39;s attention. </li>
<li>Hitting 1700 nautical miles today. </li>
<li>Demonschool. (Wishlist it.)</li>
<li>Whether it helps to un-wishlist and re-wishlist a game on Steam. </li>
<li>The Hot Dog Plant. </li>
<li>Tiny stinky blobs that attach to each other.</li>
<li>What kind of marsh grasses rich people in the 80s would have in their house.</li>
<li>Calling an aesthetic &quot;southwestern&quot; even though it&#39;s to the east of you.</li>
<li>A pep rally band playing a Lil Nas X tune.</li>
<li>The band soundtracking your No Kings rally playing a medley of Blister in the Sun, When the Saints Go Marching In, and I Want You Back.</li>
<li>Transcribing music from Double Dragon 2 and slipping under the door of your high school band director.</li>
<li>Disasterpeace&#39;s score for Under the Silver Lake. </li>
<li>How many people it takes to compose a pop song.</li>
<li>What it means to be a producer. </li>
<li>Kyle MacLaughlan desperately trying to hold on to Elizabeth Berkeley. </li>
<li>Christopher Lambert being legally blind and accidentally stabbing everyone while filming Highlander.</li>
<li>A weird guy who goes &quot;hheeehh&quot;</li>
<li>Mean Guns.</li>
<li>Putting a b-movie guy in a b-movie and everyone is like &quot;nice!&quot;</li>
<li>The Recent Vampire Movie With Nicolas Cage.</li>
<li>The kind of movie you can follow without looking at the screen.</li>
<li>Someone who has at least one idea and a vision for how to achieve it.</li>
<li>Jean-Claude Van Damme pushing you aside so he can take over the editing suite.</li>
<li>Making a movie while making another movie.</li>
<li>The dwindling number of people getting weird chances. </li>
<li>What day they bury people in Ghana.</li>
<li>Art that&#39;s only good if a friend explains what&#39;s good about it first. </li>
<li>The comic relief witch doctor who is funny because he keeps screwing up.</li>
<li>Trying to type on a 25 key keyboard. </li>
<li>The three knobs that you have to be able to see best in a low light environment. </li>
<li>The ultrasaw: not as good as a supersaw.</li>
<li>Paying extra to get the one in red because of the kind of person you are.</li>
<li>Why buy an analog synthesizer in 2025?</li>
<li>The tactile wall of knobs.</li>
<li>The giant modular synthesizer at Mills college.</li>
<li>The tiniest patch cables.</li>
<li>Adamantium Rage&#39;s FM doom metal soundtrack.</li>
<li>Did you mean: I love Mickey Mouse? </li>
<li>Emailing Arturia Support. </li>
<li>The Pants That Said Maximum.</li>
<li>A poem with rotational symmetry around the center axis. </li>
<li>A poem where the whole point is the acrostic complaining about something.</li>
<li>Eating the leaves and stems of a squash blossom. </li>
<li>Allowing lettuce to bolt.</li>
<li>AeroLettuce.</li>
<li>Making pesto out of herbs other than basil. </li>
<li>The fragrance and the earth tones you get from a bay leaf.</li>
<li>Top garden plants you might not have thought of eating. </li>
<li>A hobby that is cool and fun to do.</li>
<li>Discovered two giant cucumbers you hadn&#39;t even noticed before.</li>
<li>Volunteer squash and wacky gourds.</li>
<li>Sharing the fruits of your garden with your neighbors.</li>
<li>When it&#39;s lemon season and everybody&#39;s trying to give everyone else lemons.</li>
<li>Some plants are in pots; some are in the ground.</li>
<li>Growing a plant that can give you something back.</li>
<li>mstdn.party</li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/topiclords">Support Topic Lords</a></p>]]>
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