"Do you, high-carbon stainless meat cleaver, take this USDA prime boneless ribeye steak? Do you promise to #cleave to it--and through it--whether fat or lean, for as long as you shall be within the chef's hands?"
"I do."
"And do you, USDA prime boneless ribeye steak, take this high-carbon stainless meat cleaver? Do you promise to part for it--both in your fat and in your lean, for as long as you lie on the cutting board?"
"Oooh yeah! Cut me baby! ... I-I mean, I do."
"Can I help?" Chip was on tip toes trying to see the work surface.
"If you can pass the trial," said his Grandmother, who knew that this part was too dangerous a task.
"What is the trial!" Chip asked excitedly.
"If you can bring me the sledge-hammer without letting it touch the floor, I'll let you help."
As Chip ran off to the tool shed, Minervie quickly cleaved the Kelpie bones to size, and put away the sharp knives, and pulled out the mortar and pestle for Chip.
Today's Wandering Shop Stories #prompt is #cleave. Feel like writing something short and sweet that has the word "cleave" in it? Check out the definitions of the word at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleave Join in and tag it with #wss366! #writing #WritingLife #microfiction h/t @extraspecialbitter
In a game built on tempo and battlefield control, Cleave arrives as a 1-cost combat enhancer that can turn any unit into an immediate threat.
As the first wave of red combat tricks drops, Cleave stakes its claim as an early-game combat booster or a sudden finisher.
Gameplay / Cool Mechanics
Cleave is a 1-cost Spell with the Action keyword:
Give a unit Assault 3 this turn. #Cleave
https://blog.awesomedealsdeluxe.com/tcg/cleave-from-riftbound-league-of-legends-tcg/
Beneath a Steel Sky – Cleave Review
By sentynel
Including “for fans of” is pretty common when marketing a band. But is it actually a good idea? Promo text that reads “for fans of [the biggest bands in this genre]” is the worst offender—why wouldn’t I just listen to those bands? I’d rather hear what makes this band stand out. But listing more interesting little-known bands only helps if the audience have heard of them. Anyway, this is post-metal band Beneath a Steel Sky, and they’re for fans of Isis, Cult of Luna, Cave In, Russian Circles, Mogwai… and the rather more obscure Aereogramme.
Beneath a Steel Sky play a less genre-faithful take on post-metal than I had therefore been given to expect. Cleave is spacier and dreamier than the comparisons to Isis and Cult of Luna might suggest, to the extent that in places it reminds me of stoner/psychedelic bands like Dead Meadow (“Vanguard”). There’s lots of reverb-soaked clean vocals, synth washes and floaty guitars (“The Sky Above the Port Was the Colour of Television, Tuned to a Dead Channel,” “Quetzalcoatlus,” …). The Mogwai comparison hints at this, but unlike Mogwai, they are not boring. Like Aereogramme and Mogwai, they are Scottish, and there’s a definite spacey/stonery Scottish post-* scene they fit into. Likewise, in places, in song construction and style, they also remind me of fellow Scots Dvne—for example, the mixed down clean vocals in “The Sky…”, or the clean/harsh vocal duets in a few places (e.g. “Vanguard”). This twist on the post-metal formula works well for them.
There’s some great songwriting on Cleave. There are some really pretty melodies woven into the dreamy atmospheric sections (“Vanguard,” “Quetzalcoatlus”). They make good use of their six (!) musicians with some complex multi-part sections (“Cyclical Dunt”). “The Infinite Silence That Follows the Absolute Truth” does a very Mike Oldfield-like job of layering onto a simple repeated motif for most of the song’s build. Of course, this is post-metal, so the big metal crescendo after all the build-up is a staple. While they never really stray from the genre template, they do it well. The big riff and soaring melody line on “Quetzalcoatlus” is a highlight, and closing track “The Becoming” is absolutely gorgeous.
One quirk of the production is that whoever did the mixing is a really big fan of the pan slider. Nearly every song has sections with instruments panned nearly all the way to one side or the other. I don’t hate the effect in general, but it’s a bit overused, and the couple of songs that start with fully panned guitars (“Everyone You’ve Ever Known,” “The Infinite Silence…,” “The Becoming”) keep making me think my headphones have broken. There’s also a fade-out ending on “Vanguard” which comes across as a bit of a cop-out. Gimmicks aside, the production does a good job of balancing a lot of parts and maintaining the dreamy feel, although as usual, it didn’t need to be a DR6.
There’s not a huge amount of new ground being broken Beneath [this] Steel Sky, but they successfully bring their own identity to a crowded genre nonetheless. The spacy, somewhat psychedelic take on post-metal both differentiates them and makes Cleave a surprisingly warm listen despite the usual bleakness of post-metal. The songwriting is consistently strong, and with a tidy 40-minute runtime and a great ending, it’s a very satisfying listen.
Rating: Very Good
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Ripcord Records
Websites: beneathasteelsky1.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/beneathasteelskyband
Releases Worldwide: January 24th, 2025
#2025 #35 #Aereogramme #BeneathASteelSky #BritishMetal #CaveIn #Cleave #CultOfLuna #DeadMeadow #Dvne #Isis #Jan25 #MikeOldfield #Mogwai #PostRock #PostMetal #Review #Reviews #RipcordRecords #RussianCircles
Just got additional couple of #cleave #TrulyErgonomic keyboards. I'm good for years to come now, even though they stopped manfacturing them.
Sad day, #TrulyErgonomic will stop producing #Cleave, one of the best keyboards out there, due to low demand. Time to stock them I suppose.
#TrulyErgonomic have an anniversary sale and one could get #Cleave #keyboard for like $129 instead of $300. However, shipping to Slovenia is like $122, then there are duty fees and whatnot. Price of a keyboard sold in EU is 249€ inc. VAT. Basically it's still cheaper to get one from within EU for full price.
