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lookismstuff · 4 months

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Highlights of Ep 483

SPOILERS ALERT

"Drowning so much, I'm affected by the ripple. Feeling so low that I can't even see the middle. Dark days, lost ways, made me feel little..." - "Something Beautiful", Tom Walker and Masked Wolf

Cheonliang Fam was basically the kids who were pupils of Yook Seongji's, the King of Cheonliang. They were present at Seongji's house, enjoying tanghulu candies, when Vin came barging in naked and begging to be killed.

Seongji wondered whether Vin really wanted to die, as the boy rambled on and on about how the monster in the mountain turned out to be this candy-eating hobo, to his dismay. To that, Seongji replied that Vin ate so many of his tanghulu candies anyway.

The Cheonliang Fam members, consisting of Park Jewoo, Lim Taebong, Choi Wooseok, and Lee Hyungjae, told Vin that Seongji had been teaching them the truth behind the Child God Cult's manipulations.

To that, Vin told them that it was all a futile crap, and Jewoo stood up to beat him up for being rude at school (Seongji's School of Truth). Vin was stronger than Jewoo, however, and before the other three kids could do anything but rushing at Vin, they were stopped by a girl.

This girl was none other than Mary. Because she was big, Vin mockingly called her The Elephant Monster, to which she replied by throwing him down.

Fainting, Vin realized that she was the strongest person he had ever met so far.

It appears that Taejin was the culprit who called the students to the sacrifice ritual, just so they could watch Vin walking all naked and paraded in the street. Having made this conclusion, Vin was livid when Taejin flippantly said that the other kids were bound to find out sooner or later, anyway.

When one of the kids was about to shame Vin further, Taejin even condescendingly stopped the kid, leaving a grand impression on that kid and the others that he was such a good person.

Vin came rushing at Taejin to punch him but Taejin pulled a Kudo move on him, having learned about the martial art from his father's Japanese bodyguards.

The kids cheered for Taejin, for trampling on the Eye Monster, who is none other than Vin. But Vin defiantly told them that they were the stupid ones for following the Shaman and his entourage and giving up everything for the cult. Yet it was Vin who was called the Eye Monster.

But Vin wasn't completely alone, it seems. Four boys stood up for him: The Cheonliang Fam. And Mary threw Taejin down, announcing that anyone who caused a ruckus at school would be stopped by The Elephant.

Being rescued didn't make Vin grateful. Simply because years of abuse made him believe that the Shaman would be out to get them anyway. But Jewoo told him that Mary's fame as a young, promising judoka shielded him from harm, even though her own parents were neck deep in the cult.

Jewoo welcome Vin in the fold. They were impressed that Vin stood up to Taejin like that, and promised to protect Vin from the shaman. Offended, Vin lunged at him but he was thrown thrice by Jewoo, Taebong and Wooseok. All of them were good at ssireum, the Korean traditional wrestling sport, and it was Seongji the King who taught them. The reason why Vin defeated Jewoo the day before was because Jewoo held back: Seongji had warned them that ssireum was a dangerous sport.

The shaman's bodyguards found the kids. Their leader, a former member of the Yamazaki faction (Gun's) named Kojima Shigeaki, told Vin to get ready for the next sacrifice ritual.

Mary and the other Cheonliang Fam members tried to stop them but failed, since Kojima and his two lackeys were stronger than the kids. As they moved to execute Wooseok, somebody else came to the clearing.

It was Seongji. He came and crushed the ribcages of the two lackey bodyguards... with his six fingered-hands. Yes, he was the original sacrifice boy who ran away.

Kojima taunted whether Seongji wanted to start "another war". Seongji retorted that it was Kojima who started all of this, anyway. And he said that would show Kojima and the other two, why he was called The King of Cheonliang.

Notes:

I'm so glad that Mary's characterization and illustration are very humane. There's even a new sense of purpose and direction in the way she's written: what with her ambition as a young athlete and her conflict with her manipulated family members.

However, I wish PTJ didn't retcon her hair color because originally in the God Dog arc it was implied that Mary didn't color her hair before she came to Seoul, but after. This was why Vin was surprised to see her as a blonde after he removed his tinted glasses for the first time in the arcade, after his duel versus Ivan Park.

I wish we saw Taejin's upbringing from up close. From what I read and watched in cult docuseries and books, children of cult leaders either turned into power hungry figures, dysfunctional individuals, or people who disassociate from such cults or any belief system. But all of these results stemmed from a distorted upbringing. So I think it would be interesting to see how the events in Taejin's formative years led up to his bizarrely wrong choices.

#lookism #lookism webtoon #lookism manhwa #vin jin #jin hobin #cheonliang fam #cheonliang arc #kim miru #mary kim #lookism 483 #yook seongji #king of cheonliang #SoundCloud #lookism spoilers

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sweetdreamsjeff · 4 months

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An introduction to Jeff Buckley: "I would listen to anything: The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Judy Garland, Robert Johnson, Thelonious Monk, Bartk, Mahler. And I asked a lot of questions".

By Neil Crossley published October 17, 2023

From his soaring, unbridled falsetto to his sonic artistry, Jeff Buckley defied conventions and left a catalogue of songs that is timeless and unique

On the night of 29 May, 1997, six weeks shy of his 31st birthday, Jeff Buckley waded fully clothed into a channel of the Mississippi River in Memphis. He was carefully watched from the bank by his roadie, who had warned him repeatedly about the perilous currents. The roadie looked away momentarily to remove a boombox from the water's edge and when he looked back, Buckley had disappeared. Six days later, on 4 June, Buckley's body was discovered floating near the city's famed Beale Street area, by a passenger on a riverboat called the American Queen.

In the days and weeks that followed, all manner of theories were put forward. Had Buckley ignored his roadie's warnings and been drunk or stoned when he went into the water? Had the intense pressure of producing a second album as sublime as his first simply been too much? The coroner concluded it was accidental drowning but the theories continued. Whatever the truth, it was a tragic end for an artist who clearly had a great deal left to give.

Jeffrey Scott Buckley was born in Orange County, California in 1966 and was the result of a short-lived relationship between cult folk singer-songwriter Tim Buckley and Mary Gulbert. From the age of four, Jeff was raised by Gulbert and his stepfather, Ron Moorhead.

"My mum would play piano and cello all the time and my stepdad had great musical taste," recalled Buckley. "I would listen to anything: The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Judy Garland, Robert Johnson, Thelonious Monk, Bartk, Mahler. And I asked a lot of questions. Learning about music seemed effortless. I guess I must have had natural abilities. Looking back, it felt like instinct."

At five he picked up his grandmother's guitar and learnt to play it. By 13, he wrote his first song about a break-up with a girl. After graduating from high school, he studied at the Los Angeles Musicians' Institute and played in various rock and reggae bands, including a stint with dancehall reggae artist Shinehead. In 1990, he moved to New York and formed the band Gods And Monsters, a hip yet short-lived outfit.

Buckley began a solo career as a singer-songwriter, playing a borrowed Telecaster, in clubs and coffee houses in New York's East Village and building up a considerable following among audiences, critics and fellow musicians.

He was snapped up by Columbia Records and released the Live At Sin-é EP in November 1993. The EP was well received but the response was nothing compared to the rave reviews bestowed on his full-length debut album Grace, released in 1994. Unlike the EP, Buckley recorded the album with a full band, and collaborated on writing with guitarists Gary Lucas and Michael Tighe, which gave his sound fresh dynamics and textures.

It was a bold and stunning record, full of sweeping choruses and powerful arrangements. Buckley's brand of eclectic folk was distinctive and unique. As Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote in a review for AllMusic, "Grace sounds like a Led Zeppelin album written by an ambitious folkie with a fondness for lounge jazz".

In 1998, a collection of unreleased recordings called Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk, was released posthumously. Two live albums appeared in 2000 and 2001, and other compilations and live albums were released.

As always when artists die young, speculation is rife about what might have been - the stellar works they may well have gone on to create. But in his short life, Jeff Buckley forged a collection of songs that enshrined him as an astonishingly innovative and unique talent.

1. Grace - Grace (1994)

There's an unbridled feel to this title track, which sets the tone for the album with its soaring vocals, intricate guitar patterns and strident, cathartic feel. At its heart, the song is a celebration of life and Buckley's vocals are emotive and intense as he conveys a sense of wonder for the beauty of the natural world. "There's the moon asking to stay / Long enough for the clouds to fly me away / Oh, it's my time coming / I'm not afraid / Afraid to die".

Vocally and instrumentally, it's reminiscent of Radiohead, which is no great surprise as Buckley was an inspiration for Thom Yorke. As Yorke's friend Dougie Payne of Travis told Far Out magazine: "When [Radiohead] were recording Fake Plastic Trees, they were having trouble with it, and they couldn't get it to work. So, they went out to see Jeff Buckley play on the tour when it was just him and his electric guitar."

The band were bowled over by Buckley's performance. "Radiohead went back to the studio and Thom completely changed the way that he was singing and used that falsetto. You can kind of see the comparisons now. And that says a lot for how inspiring the show was."

Much of the track's strength comes from the live performance in the studio. This is a band at the top of its game, honed by relentless touring and capable of taking the music to real heights. This tight unit includes the formidable talents of co-writer Gary Lucas [a guitarist from Captain Beefheart's band whose instrumental Rise Up To Be formed the basis for Grace], Danish-American bassist Mick Grondahl and drummer Matt Johnson. By the end of the track, Buckley is screaming out the high notes as the whole sonic bombast builds towards a resolution.

2. Lover You Should've Come Over - Grace (1994)

The pain and longing of unrequited love is the focus of this hauntingly beautiful ballad written with Gary Lucas, which is built around Buckley's intricate fingerpicking. There's a dreamy, melancholic feel to the track, which features a sublime string arrangement from Karl Hans Berger.

Buckley's performance here is raw and intimate and the song really showcases the emotive feel of his vocals. It has become one of his most enduring and beloved compositions.

"It's never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder / It's never over, all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft against her / It's never over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter / It's never over, she's the tear that hangs inside my soul forever."

The song runs to almost seven minutes, but it's so entrancing that you barely notice. Every syllable from Buckley sounds heartfelt and true. As ever, the chords and melodies veer to the unexpected. From the mournful organ in the intro through to the squalling jagged guitar and drum flams at the outro, this is perfection.

3. Last Goodbye - Grace (1994)

The second single from the album, after the title track, and a haunting ballad that became a belated hit in 1995. Here, Buckley mourns the death of a relationship and focuses on the pain of letting go. The chorus is soaring and anthemic, while tasteful piano and string parts add depth and texture to the song.

Even from his early solo coffee house gigs, Buckley chose to play an electric rather than an acoustic, a decision that added to his distinctively different style. Buckley mainly played a borrowed 1983 Fender Telecaster and a Rickenbacker 360/12, but also used several other guitars, including a black Gibson Les Paul Custom and a 1967 Guild F-50 acoustic. When on tour with his band, he used Fender amps for a clean sound and Mesa Boogie amps for overdriven tones.

4. Mojo Pin - Grace (1994)

Another song written with Gary Lucas (his instrumental is called And You Will) and dating back to the Live at Sin-é EP, the opening track from Grace and one that showcases his eclectic blend of folk, rock and soul.

High guitar note swells and harmonics enhance the beautifully haunting intro before Buckly's plaintive falsetto enters the mix. Sparse, fingerpicked guitar follows, forming a warm backdrop for the first few vocal lines: "I'm lying in my bed / The blanket is warm / This body will never be safe from harm / Still feel your hair, black ribbons of coal".

The lyrical premise of the song focuses on the 'mojo pin' in question being pulled from his heart, leaving him hurt and exposed. It's a restrained, tasteful arrangement, with smatterings of toms, bass and cyclical guitar picking. The whole ensemble continues to ebb and flow while Buckley's warm vocal falsetto glides and meanders across the whole.

5. Hallelujah - Grace (1994)

Written by Leonard Cohen and released on his 1984 album Various Positions, this track has been covered by artists such as John Cale, Rufus Wainwright, KD Laing, Myles Kennedy (with Jeff's Telecaster) and Regina Spektor. But it was Jeff Buckley's version that has really seared itself into the global consciousness.

It's a hauntingly beautiful cover, impeccably realised by Buckley. In his hands, the song attains a real fluidity, ebbing and flowing, quickening and slowing. Much of its power lies in its minimalism and sparsity. The only accompaniment is Buckley's guitar - his Telecaster - and this really enhances his breathtakingly emotive delivery.

His version has been perceived as sexual and Buckley once said it was "a hallelujah to the orgasm". But at its core the song is a soulful exploration of faith, love and what it means to be human. As April Johnson wrote in Singersroom.com in 2023, "Buckley's voice is both powerful and vulnerable, conveying a sense of longing and spiritual yearning that is both moving and inspirational."

Hallelujah is one of Buckley's most iconic and enduring tracks and has become a classic song in its own right. For many, it is the definitive version of Cohen's bitter lament about love and loss.

* "Chords are depictions of emotions" - 5 Joni Mitchell songs that showcase her guitar and songwriting genius

#jeff buckley #neil crossley #an introduction to jeff buckley #musicradar

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bookgeekgrrl · 6 months

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My media this week (22-28 Oct 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🙂 The Golden Spoon (Jessa Maxwell, author; full voice cast narration) - a perfectly cromulent book: totally predictable to anyone who's read more than 1 mystery but still entertaining in both characters and plot. Gerald, my autistic king, you were definitely my fave. [I did like the idea of having a different voice narrator for each character, since the chapter POVs switch, but the narrator for Stella sounded like the Tiktok automated voice about 90% of the time. I could tell I was going to get annoyed with that & with the way audio draws things out when I can read text so much faster and it became clear the plot was going to be so predictable, so I switched over to reading text ~35%.]

🙂 The Sleeping Beauty Curse (who_la_hoop) - 152K, drarry, accidental soulbond

😍 i come back to the place you are (pizzabones) - 211K, steddie canon-divergent post s4, extremely satisfying slow burn, loved the dual POV structure with eddie in a coma for the first 10 months the fic covers

💖💖 +79K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

soldier keep on marching on (waiting on that morning sun) (songofswiftsunrise) - LOTR: gen, 4k - lovely 'Boromir Lives' AU, inspired by emily martin's incredible art

Pursued by Bear (Zenaidamacrouras1) - MCU: shrunkyclunks, 19K - reread, forever fave, inspired by that tweet about the UFC & Shakespeare conventions occurring in the same hotel

A Tricky Bit of Spellwork (AidaRonan) - OFMD: gen, 1K - legit the only way I'll accept Izzy not being dead is this

Ready for Love (idiopathicsmile) - Singin' in the Rain: Cosmo/Don/Kathy, 13K - the Singin' in the Rain OT3 fic I didn't know I needed

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Mock The Week - s21, e2

The Graham Norton Show - s31, e3 (Laura Linney, Dawn French, London Hughes and Adrian Edmondson)

Taskmaster - s16, e5

QI - series J, ep 12; series T, ep 1-2, 4

Shakespeare & Hathaway - s1, e1

Murdoch Mysteries - s15, e18-24; s16, e1-5

Dirty Laundry - s3, e4

D20: Burrow's End - "Last Bast" (s20, e4)

D20: Adventuring Party - "The Bast of Us" (s15, e4)

Our Flag Means Death - s2, e8

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

⭐ Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford - Oil and Blood: The Osage Murders

Shedunnit - Spooky Sleuthing

Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals - Teaser 11: Shirley Jackson

⭐ Decoder Ring - The Fast Decline of the Slow Dance

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame

⭐ Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Auto-Tone

⭐ Song Exploder - Kesha "Eat The Acid"

⭐ Hit Parade - This Ain’t No Party?! Edition

Re: Dracula - October 24: Not Yet Reported

Into It - Britney Was Always Trying to Tell Us Who She Was

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Venturing Into the Twilight Zone with Susan Casey

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Frasier

Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals - Teaser 12: Bram Stoker

Ed Zitron's 15 Minutes In Hell - Episode 12 - Kari Byron

Simply Reflecting - Are We Back?

Re: Dracula - October 25: To His Doom

Vibe Check - I Put A Spell On You

Shedunnit - Bonus: A Haunting in Venice Review

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Great Plains Dinosaur Museum

⭐ Decoder Ring - When Art Pranksters Invaded Melrose Place

Switched on Pop - Chartbreakers: Mitski tops the TikTok chart

⭐ Today, Explained - Why does the US always side with Israel?

Ologies with Alie Ward - Teratology (MONSTERS) with W. Scott Poole

Re: Dracula - October 26: Continue Our Watching

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Art of the Heist with Noah Charney

99% Invisible #557 - Model Village

Off Menu - Ep 211: Steve Coogan

Into It - We Will Never Recover From What Justin Did to Britney or: the End of 'Into It'

Dear Prudence - I’m Making Bitchy Comments to A Dog! Help!

What Next: TBD - Self-Driving Cars Crash Into Reality

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Naked Attraction And What's Making Us Happy

Endless Thread - Endless Dread: Campfire Chills

Re: Dracula - October 28: Awful Straits

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford - Killers of the Flower Moon: Osage Chief Jim Gray In Conversation

Overinvested - Ep. 287: The Exorcist

Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! - Bernie Taupin

Hit Parade - The Bridge: Down at the Rock n’ Roll Club

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Land (1975-2002) [Patti Smith] {2002}

Presenting Talking Heads

Presenting Blondie

Mania [Ramones] {1988}

Nightmare City Punk

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writingmochi · 11 months

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! "show off your favorite albums!" tag game !

rules: go to this link and search your 4 favorite albums/eps (all time favs or current favs [maybe both if you dare or even more]), screenshot and crop the pic and upload it here, then tag other peeps

tagged by: yerin from @itz-yerin fame! thanks for tagging me <3 you tagged the right person as i love music for heck sake

p.s. this is gonna be hard for me to curate cause i love so many albums. but i'll try my best

i added a new context for the rules inspired by the reblogs on the og tag game. credits to @/smileyerim *wink*

left side: all-time favorite albums/eps from top left to bottom right: ok computer by radiohead (1997), synchronicity by the police (1983), loveless by my bloody valentine (1991), fake it flowers by beabadoobee (2020)

right side: current favorite albums/eps from top left to bottom right: moodswings in to order by dpr ian (2022), awaken, my love by childish gambino (2016), the name chapter: temptation by txt (2023), post by björk (1995)

tagging: @kookthief @boba-beom @tyunlatte @heart2beom @s-uwu-binie @euphor1a @lovejoshua @junniieesbby and anyone who wants join! (no pressure!)

bonuses for kpop listeners!

all-time favorite kpop albums & eps

from top left to bottom right: the dream chapter: magic by txt (2019), treasure ep.fin: all to action by ateez (2019), new jeans by newjeans (2022), love yourself: tear by bts (2018)

all-time favorite kpop album

from top left to bottom right: the dream chapter: magic by txt (2019), love yourself: tear by bts (2018), treasure ep.fin: all to action by ateez (2019), teen,age by seventeen (2017). notable songs per release: can't we just let this monster alive? & run away & new rules; 134340 & fake love; dazzling light & wonderland & mist; lillili yabbay & trauma

all-time favorite kpop eps

from top left to bottom right: new jeans by newjeans (2022), the dream chapter: eternity by txt (2020), treasure ep.3: one to all by ateez (2019), al1 by seventeen (2017). notable songs per release: attention & hype boy; all tracks cause it is *that* good; utopia & wave & aurora; don't wanna cry & habit & my i

recommended kpop albums and eps

from top left to bottom right: city of onf by onf (2021), pink tape by f(x) (2013), director's cut by seventeen (2018), [x x] by loona (2019). notable songs per release: my genesis & beautiful beautiful & the realist; shadow & rum pum pum pum & airplane; thanks & run to you; butterfly & satellite & colors & hi high & heat(9) & favorite

^ i swear if you listen/have listened to these four releases, send me an ask and we can fangirl together aafsfajf

#tagged for the moon #i hated myself for not putting radiohead's in rainbows on all time fav #especially since my lp album is on the way #i had a one artist policy for the all time one #because if i don't limit myself. i'm gonna have two radiohead albums and two the police albums there

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thegeminisage · 4 months

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TNG UPDATE TIME. wednesday (i think?) we did "the loss" and "data's day" and thursday we did "the wounded."

the loss: GIRL GO OFF. deanna was INCREDIBLE in this episode. the way she immediately called out other people acting weird around her because now she's disabled...she was so angry and scared but also like weirdly assured at the same time. very much in a take-no-bullshit (except her own) mood we rarely see from her

also, her and riker this episode...a whole "imzadi" mention and everything. i DON'T like the way he called her aristocratic but she did tell him off about it in the end so i can live with it. sorry to say this but it's a very ben and claire dynamic they had going on in this episode. i was fascinated

the whole time i was thinking about her horrible mother, who always encouraged deanna to talk with her mind and not her mouth. i'm so glad she wasn't in this episode. she would have made deanna feel SO much worse.

i loved her little moment with guinan too wah...guinan the only person on that ship who got through to her because she WASN'T walking on eggshells. god!!! women.

data's day: I LOVE HIM SO MUUUUUCCCHHH

HIS CAT. I THOUGHT THERE WAS A WHOLE EPISODE ABOUT THE CAT. WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN...

also, data tapdancing <3 he did a great job. what a funny thing for beverly to know too.

finally some true o'brien content??? i hear jokes about his immense suffering constantly so im assuming poor keiko dies eventually. rip queen

btw, keiko was in mash. except in mash she was korean, not japanese. wild how that works. (rosalind chao is chinese.)

"geordi is my best friend" 🥺

the only truly wack thing about this ep is that the log was going to maddox. FUCK maddox. i'll kill him with my bare hands.

the wounded: HELLOOOOOO tng sometimes does pop off

first of all, SO thrilled to finally meet the famed cardassians. secondly, holy shit about the monster war makes out of people

like obrien isnt being racist bc he hates the enemy or whatever like that would be totally understandable (not at all acceptable, but understandable) given the circumstances but they went deeper. they literally went deeper. he was like actually i DONT hate cardassians i hate myself for killing one. KING.

his talk with that crazy ass captain at the end was so fucking good. them singing the war song together...my jaw was on the ground. like some people literally do fucking need the war.

i think the plot twist at the end was so good too. that he can be RIGHT about the supply ships but WRONG in what he chooses to do about it is so nuanced and important...i wish tng was good like this more often. what an ethical dilemma they presented here and like with so much compassion for people who are doing bad things for good reasons, and even for the innocent cardassians who that captain guy killed, because even if they're doing bad things for bad reasons it's not acceptable to like. just summarily execute hundreds of people. idk. it was great.

do you know the cold war was STILL GOING when they aired this episode. i think about that a lot

NEXT TIME which is hopefully tonight: "the devil's due" and "clues"

#personal #star trek blogging #tng lb #FINALLY finished updating my spreadsheet. i was so behind

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missroserose · 5 months

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album game!

Massive thanks to @klove0511, @spice-and-lemonade, and @zombiejunk for tagging me (it's like y'all know I'm really into music or something). Apologies for the delay in responding, rewrites on the WinJess novel are eating my face but I feel like I've made enough progress today to take a quick break.

The Game: post your ten favorite albums of all time and tag ten people. My usual disclaimer to this sort of thing applies—there's no way I'll ever be able to pick ten all-time favorites, but here are some of them:

Poe - Haunted

Nickel Creek - Why Should the Fire Die?

Garbage - Garbage

Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill

Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice - Jesus Christ Superstar

Lady Gaga - The Fame/Monster

Bitter:Sweet - The Mating Game

The Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (Live)

In This Moment - Ritual

Florence & The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

UGH at first I was like "will I be able to think of ten?" and now of course I'm like "but...there's at least twenty more I need to put on here..."

Also, this really made me reflect on how my listening habits have changed in the Spotify era. I think the newest album on here is from 2015? and most are from the 80s and 90s, a couple from the 2000s. I actually listen to a fair amount of current stuff too, but I mostly hear it through Spotify recommendations and occasional bangers people play at the pole or yoga studios, so there's much less impetus to seek out and listen to a whole album. I've noticed a lot of current artists releasing their work almost entirely as singles or EPs, probably for that reason—or they release regular albums but only one or two tracks on each one really stand out (Poets of the Fall, I'm looking at you).

No pressure, but if you'd like to play: @blahblahblahcollapse, @introvertia, @trashcangimmick, @sirsparklepants, @skybound2, @ihni, @degenderates, @sugaraddictarchangels, @spnyuri, @keziahrainalso, @soulless-puppy

#music #music appreciation #tag games

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cleoselene · 5 months

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the vinyl albums I desperately want

but will never ever be able to fucking afford lol

and btw these are all presses that only exist in expensive form. I am fine with buying a non-elite version of a record in order to HAVE it so while I'd love one of the colored copies of Lana's NFR! or the orange version of Taylor's reputation, these albums have affordable versions available. the ones in this post do not :(

Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel this is my #1 desire when it comes to vinyl. But alas, it usually goes for about $400 which is a stupid price. there's a bootleg out there now (that includes b-sides! which the real deal does not!) that my local record store has in stock and I am considering picking it up to scratch an itch affordably, because I've heard the sound quality is good but as a rule I'm not into buying bootlegs. Fan theory seems to think there's something wrong with the masters of this album (either that they have degraded or outright destroyed/lost) and that's why it's never been pressed again, but there's no hard evidence of that being true.

Taylor Swift - Lover Live in Paris ugh, why hasn't she repressed this? I don't even need it in the cute heart shaped colored vinyl (though that's not to say I don't WANT it like this, haha, LOOK AT THEM THEY'RE ADORABLE). I just really love this performance, it's acoustic Taylor, which is my favorite version of live Taylor, but I don't love it enough to spend $500 on it. Hopefully she'll press another run for Valentine's Day this year. Not like Taylor to leave money on the table but then again she hasn't pressed all of Midnights on vinyl and that's insane to me too

Delerium - Karma not many albums defined the ages of 18-20 for me quite like this album. It is immensely beautiful and it has been pressed ONCE, in 2015, a very limited run in coke bottle clear. It's expensive because it's too niche to have a big press but cries. $200? C'mon, this one could definitely use another pressing.

Lady Gaga - The Fame + The Fame Monster I want TFM much more than I want anything of Gaga's, and it's got two presses: this one that goes for like, $300-$400 and a picture disk (ew) that is censored (double ew). TFM is Gaga's absolute best, what a perfect EP. I will say that of all the records in this post I do think this one is the most likely to get another affordable pressing so I am more patient to wait

Tool - Aenima and while Gaga is likely to press TFM again, I am not at all optimistic about another pressing of Aenima. This is my favorite Tool album, was OBSESSED with it as a senior in high school. But this is probably the most expensive vinyl on this list ($700 is the lower range!!) and so I am 100% positive I will never own it. Which makes me sad. Because I bet it sounds fucking IMMACULATE

#vinyl #tori amos #tool #lady gaga #taylor swift #delerium

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glittergroovy · 2 years

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#red #teeth by lady gaga #lady gaga lyrics #lady gaga #gif warning #glitter text #queueue #lyrics #fangs #vampcore #my religion is you #flashing lights #EP: The Fame Monster

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hologramcowboy · 2 years

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Since you’ve watched all TW episodes, can you explain why it rose from ep 2 to 3?

I think we all know why people are tuning in despite the bad writing, subpar performances and lacks of chemistry... They want the SPN Universe to expand in the hopes Dean will be brought back and some even aim to see Cas and Dean on screen. So people are being baited marketing wise with the promise that episode 13 will reveal something ground breaking.

I see so many reviews from cheap article sites(clickbait) that praise the show as if it were above the world. Let's be honest, TW failed to set its own Universe and is only riding on Dean's fame.

The third episode had no stakes, nothing happened to anyone, the monster was literally made of burlap and wasn't even remotely scary, once it got beheaded all that came out of it was dust. Then there's the DJ bugkween lady and her minions who make the whole premise hilarious and more comedy than horror show.

Dean's voiceovers are off brand and do not blend well with the shot scenes. The chemistry between characters is inexistent, they all stil feel like strangers trying to force a connection except for John who has now gone OTT over Mary but done so without being justified by the plot and his character arc.

In an attempt to garner viewer sympathy, Mary emulates Dean except she does so in an extremely off putting way and it backfires. Especially since her performances are subpar acting wise. Watching TW is like watching a badly performed high school play where everyone is trying to be the Dean of the situation but they never truly meet the mark. I know I called it a parody but it's so insipid it's not even worth calling that.

I think it's perfectly normal for people who loved SPN to want to give the show a shot, however, they will be sorely dissappointed as TW lacks essence and everything that made Supernatural special. It's a cheap rip off that fails to establish itself and even Dean is completely off brand within it. So those tuning in to see SPN's Dean won't get what they tuned in for as his voiceovers are off character and poorly made. I know Jensen said his first voice over was recorded over the phone and unprofessionally but why is the pattern persisting each episode?

#anti spn prequel #anti the winchesters

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oldxenomorph · 7 months

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[uno reverse card] top 10 albums

top 5/top 10 anything.

i'm always listening to stuff. (in no particular order)

born this way by lady gaga i know it's corny to say that an album saved my life, but this album ready did save my life. it helped me get through a really, really tough time and gave me the confidence to feel good about myself. also the album is excellent, phenomenal even. truly a game changer for pop music, ahead of its time in many ways. i really do think born this way and the fame monster are gaga's best albums. also perhaps my favorite era in terms of gaga's aesthetics. recommended tracks: marry the night, born this way, judas, the edge of glory

cruelty and the beast by cradle of filth i first heard cradle of filth back in the days of mtv2's headbanger's ball and the video for "nymphetamine" was probably when i first realized i was bisexual. but then i downloaded cruelty and the beast and my first listen of "cruelty brought thee orchids" rewired a part of my brain permanently. i was so happy it finally got the remaster it deserved a few years ago. recommended tracks: cruelty brought thee orchids, bathory aria, lustmord and wargasm, beneath the howling stars

nihil by kmfdm/that total age by nitzer ebb cheating by putting two albums in one number because both were incredibly formative albums for me. i found both of them together in their original cd cases at a half price books when i was in high school. truly the source of my love for industrial music. both are still part of my daily music rotation. recommended tracks: brute, ultra, murderous, fitness to purpose

ask the dust by lorn my friends are probably sick and tired of me putting 374927428 lorn tracks in all my character playlists. but lorn is so good! a friend showed me the video for "ghosst(s)" and it rewired a part of my brain in such a way that i'm still obsessed with this guy's music. ask the dust in particular has some of my favorite tracks, but his most recent albums and eps like remnant and drown the traitor are also really excellent. man doesn't know how to make bad music. recommended tracks: ghosst(s), everything is violence, weigh me down, diamond

stranger fruit by zeal & ardor i first found out about zeal & ardor back when kim kelly was writing about extreme metal for vice and she wrote about them. instantly satisfied a sweet spot in my brain. i think stranger fruit and wake of a nation are the band's best albums, but stranger fruit in particular is so, so good and excellent. you know what i'm talking about. recommended tracks: ship on fire, row row, servants, built on ashes

caligula and sinner get ready by lingua lignota like zeal & ardor, i first found out about lingua ignota in something kim kelly wrote either when she had her column at vice or something else, i forget. caligula is such a stunning album and i've been following kristen hayter's music ever since. also cheating again by pairing this with another album, but sinner get ready is also really, really excellent. (her earliest available album, all bitches die, is also really good and "woe to all (on the day of my wrath)" is a regular feature in my playlists.) i'm really excited for her next album. recommended tracks: fucking deathdealer, if the poison won't take you my dogs will, perpetual flame of centralia, pennsylvania furnace

sing the sorrow and the art of drowning by afi cheating again because it's hard to choose! afi makes consistently good albums! i first heard afi when i saw the video for "girl's not grey" on fuse. (remember when fuse used to mostly play pop punk and emo music videos? yeesh i'm old.) sing the sorrow has a special nostalgic place in my heart. but then i discovered their earlier work when they had a more hardcore/horror punk sound and those were the albums that really stuck with me, the art of drowning in particular. recommended tracks: the days of the phoenix, sacrifice theory, girl's not grey, bleed black

renaissance by beyonce the first beyonce album i listened to in its entirety was lemonade, which is a really spectacular album. but i've been having renaissance on repeat since it came out last year (facilitated by the videos of the renaissance world tour my instagram reels feed kept giving me). also the way the bassline during the chorus in "thique" sounds my headphones literally makes heart go *phwomp* like.... damn. anyway, really great and fun album, truly has taken over my brain. recommended tracks: break my soul, thique, pure/honey, all up in your mind

three cheers for sweet revenge by my chemical romance probably my most listened to album in high school (followed by good apollo i'm burning star by coheed & cambria). i know it's generally agreed upon that the black parade is their best album, but i personally like three cheers a little more. part of it is nostalgia (belting out "i'm not okay" and "helena" whenever it got played) and i just like the grittier sound the album has. still fantastic even after all these years. recommended tracks: helena, i'm not okay, thank you for the venom, i never told you what i do for a living

twin temple (bring you their signature sound.... satanic doo-wop) by twin temple literally what it says on the package: satanic doo-wop. and it's really, really good. satan's got great taste in music. they have a song not on this album that's my favorite, but this is still a really excellent album. i believe they record using the wall of sound technique, which makes their stuff sound really rich. hits the brain just right. recommended tracks: satan's a woman, i'm wicked, let's hang together, femme fatale

#messages from the deep #rotspeaker #that scene from the bear of richie and syd gesticulating wildly at each other but it's me at myself about albums

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