Pod Against the Machine: A Pathfinder Actual Play
Pod Against the Machine: A Pathfinder Actual Play

ML021 - Roughly Song-Shaped

24 December 2025 1:08:11 Network Against the Machine

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Happy End-of-year Times, everyone! We interrupt your normal release schedule for our Episode 200 Machine Learning stream from way back in our Extra Life stream. We'll be back to your regularly-scheduled program next week.

 

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Background music and sound effects:

Elf Meditation

Kevin Macleod

Piano Against the Machine
Instrumental: A Dead Friend
Based on Theme Against the Machine by Zak

 

My Hollow Garden
Lyrics, Vocals, and Arrangement by Sam
Instrumental: Little Polka Dot by The Fly Guy 5
https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/NUKRs8Iqrs/

 

Second Chance
Vocals by A Dead Friend
Lyrics and Arrangement by Sam and A Dead Friend
Instrumental: Sempiternal by Abilify
https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/176652/

 

Build Don't Break
Vocals by Sam and Gero
Lyrics and Arrangement by Sam
Inspired by "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley

 

Everything Has Its Season
Vocals, Lyrics and Arrangement by Sam
Instrumental: Yearning by Neil Moret and Dave Stamper
https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-32683/

 

What We Build (From Broken Things)
Vocals, Lyrics, and Arrangement by Zak
Instrumental: Drifting, Dreaming by Alstyne, Schmidt, Gillespie, Curtis

 

You Could Have Been Me
Vocals by Sam and Zak
Lyrics and Arrangement by Sam
Instrumental: Lunar Horizon S2 by Baldistix
https://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/395873/lunar-horizon-s2-85bpm-free-85bpm-hip-hop-synth-loop
Dancehall Drum Loop by SAVYELDANDY
https://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/152091/dancehall-drum-loop-97bpm-dancehall-drum-loop

 

Army of Three
Lyrics, Vocals, and Arrangement by Sam
Instrumental: Drift by Snelkku
https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/254061/

 

Why?
Vocals by Gero
Lyrics by Gero and Isabelle O.
Composition and Instrumentals by Isabelle O.

 

Something Good
Vocals, Lyrics, Composition, and Instrumentals by Jeff

 

A True Son of Numeria
Vocals and Lyrics by Gero
Instrumental: "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" by Gilbert and Sullivan

 

Why? (Alternate version)
Vocals by Isabelle O.
Lyrics by Gero and Isabelle O.
Composition and Instrumentals by Isabelle O.

Metadata Waveforms
Vocals by Network Against the Machine (and Howard Dean)
Lyrics and Arrangement by Sam
Instrumental: Piano Against the Machine by A Dead Friend, based on "Theme Against the Machine" by Zak

 

Sticker Stars
Lyrics by Izzy
Vocals, Composition, and Instrumentals by Isabelle O.

 

You Had Fun
Lyrics, Arrangement, and Instrumentals  by Sam
(Loosely) based on You'll Be Back by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Still Alive by Jonathan Coulton

 

 

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