Kelly McLaughlin
He/Him. One of the Dudes from Dungeon Dudes. TTRPG author and content creator, mini painter, artist, amateur foodie, video game player. Probably a Hobbit.
- FOR FRODO!
- I’m rewatching LOTR Extended editions for the 30th or so time. It’s so obviously (IMO) a timeless classic masterpiece that will live on for decades, like OG Star Wars. Has any movie franchise since it or recently come close to that calibre? If the third Dune lands, maybe those? No to HP or Marvel.
- New Track Drop! Crashing Waves. A song about grief after losing a loved one. Full album coming this April. soundcloud.com/red-december...
- Okay, rewatched the “X” trilogy. I am at odds with the horror community. Ranking the three films… 1. Maxxxine 2. X 3. Pearl
- MUSIC UPDATE. 12 songs written & instruments recorded. Keep an eye on the SoundCloud in the next week or so for another song release. The tracks mostly need to go through some vocal recordings and fine tuning. But the album is musically done! I’m really happy with it.
- This is amazing!!
- Hey @kaiinreallife.bsky.social have you seen this Lego Drakkenheim build? I saw it on fb and thought of you Dudes immediately
- Okay folks. Here it is. The first track of what will be a new… and I suppose “first official” Red December album. All music, instruments, and lyrics are by me. With my brother lending his voice for lead vocals. Track 1: Alright… on.soundcloud.com/KL6a52JbF4cv...
- Literally just had a vivid and horrible nightmare… … caused by a magic card I got yesterday. A magic card gave me a nightmare.
- Album update: 9 songs recorded (still have to get my brother in to record final vocals) one is an instrumental track that I had a blast with recording 6 guitar tracks, 2 songs recorded instrumentally with no lyrics currently. Three songs in development. Estimated 60 min album. Temp album cover below
- A deeper dive into my 2025 film watching. Here are some more thorough results. My top 10 watched actors of 2025
- My top 6 directors
- Now for the big one. Every film I watched and the star ranking (out of 5) that I gave them.
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View full threadAnd just for fun, here are the weeks and days of the week I watched the most movies.
- My 2025 movie watching in review.
- My top watched movies that came out this year.
- Little personal project update, and a bit of a vulnerable story for those who care. I have an album in the works. The holidays have always been a challenge for me. Without going too much into it, there was a Christmas long ago when I was a child that absolutely shattered my world…
- Living in a home torn apart by addiction, a home with dwindling income, a home filled with anger and depression, I was only 15. I saved up and bought a cheap guitar. I began writing poetry, or lyrics. It was angsty, it was sad, it was heavily melodramatic and emo. But it was how I coped with life.
- During the years between 2001 to 2009, I recorded over 150 songs. Some of them awful. Some of them okay, a rare few actually pretty wonderful. I called my solo project “Red December” as a symbol of the trauma that spurred years of therapy & multiple self esteem and mental issues from that Christmas.
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View full threadIt may end up being the most raw and personal part of me I ever share, but this is the first time I’ve felt compelled to share it at all. So that is my goal. Music is almost all written. We just need some solid recording days, and probably some work fine tuning the songs a bit, but it’s on the way.
- I have officially written and recorded my first song in over a decade. Needs some fine tuning, and I am rusty at best. But it felt good to get something in recording.
- As long as Rian Johnson & Daniel Craig keep making Knifes Out movies, I will keep watching them, and likely keep ranking them between 4-5 stars. I just love them so much. I adore Benoit Blanc as a character, and can’t get enough murder mystery!!
