Assistant Teaching Professor of Classics at Michigan State University. Late antiquity & classical reception in metal music. he/him “Julian Augustus” out with Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/julian-augustus-9780197787519https://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mu6kuarumk2nJust another example of how the worst elements of the metal scene base their morality on utterly wrong conceptions of history. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6kuarumk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mu3xe7wwmc2zThe last 2 paintings in Thomas Cole’s “Course of Empire” series (“Destruction” & “Desolation”) have been used by metal bands for album artwork. Do you know of any bands (metal or otherwise) who have used other paintings in the series (I’ll post them below)? I’d love to complete my collection.27 Aug 2026 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3xe7wwmc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mu3xe7wwmc2zThe last 2 paintings in Thomas Cole’s “Course of Empire” series (“Destruction” & “Desolation”) have been used by metal bands for album artwork. Do you know of any bands (metal or otherwise) who have used other paintings in the series (I’ll post them below)? I’d love to complete my collection.27 Aug 2026 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3xe7wwmc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mu3jnzifh22eMy department’s pre-semester faculty meeting today included a training session on what to do if ICE agents attempt to get into our classroom. Main takeaway is that their warrants are often bogus, so don’t accept any documents from them but call campus police/office of general counsel to show up.27 Aug 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3jnzifh22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mtyo3zdzks2vRequiescas in pace, Tim Curry. Most will remember you by your roles as Dr. Frank N. Furter, Pennywise, & Long John Silver, but I will also fondly remember you as emperor Theodosius II in “Attila.”26 Aug 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyo3zdzks2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mtynunmiyc2vThe wrong fucking octogenarians are dying lately.26 Aug 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtynunmiyc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mtwshl4yc22cCountry #118 of my Cooking Round the World challenge is MYANMAR 🇲🇲 Ohn No Khao Swè is soup of chicken, onions, garlic, ginger, fish sauce, turmeric, paprika, chili powder, chickpea flour, & coconut milk. Served over egg noodles & topped with scallions, shallots, hard boiled eggs, & limes.25 Aug 2026 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwshl4yc22chttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mtyfhr6sg22bAll the bike/anti-car people on Bsky after I posted this: [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyfhr6sg22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mtwyl6kuh22kI bought a bicycle today in order to shorten my commute to campus. Within 30 seconds of riding it I got heckled by a motorist.25 Aug 2026 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwyl6kuh22khttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mtwshl4yc22cCountry #118 of my Cooking Round the World challenge is MYANMAR 🇲🇲 Ohn No Khao Swè is soup of chicken, onions, garlic, ginger, fish sauce, turmeric, paprika, chili powder, chickpea flour, & coconut milk. Served over egg noodles & topped with scallions, shallots, hard boiled eggs, & limes.25 Aug 2026 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwshl4yc22chttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mtw6nxkms22cCheers to @audioontology.bsky.social for citing and discussing my work re: "Alexander the Great" in this retrospective on Iron Maiden's album "Somewhere in Time." [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw6nxkms22chttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mtw6nxkms22cCheers to @audioontology.bsky.social for citing and discussing my work re: "Alexander the Great" in this retrospective on Iron Maiden's album "Somewhere in Time." [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw6nxkms22c