I don't think I can heal my inner child. He has expensive and rare taste.
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The day after I mentioned that the English-speaking indie side of vtubing has too much drama, yet another big indie vtubing drama has arisen.
Daily music recommendation #38
For the end of emo week, have my favorite song to fall under the diverse umbrella of emo.
Brave Little Abacus are an eclectic whirlwind. Emo, math rock, electronic, jazz-- all of them come together to form a cacophony that is as overwhelming as it is appealing to some primal part of our souls.
I think my favorite type of character is the deeply flawed and initially morally grey individual who, in the end, chooses to go against their own self-interests, safety, comfort, or happiness to do the herculean but ultimately right thing, possibly with dire consequences for them.
No I can't name any examples.
Quite random, but Ronald Reagan had such a nice voice. I want him to read a Steinbeck to me or something.
Daily music recommendation #37
Now we're bringing it way back to the 80s, to emo's first wave. Emerging out of the DC scene was a brand of hardcore punk that was a little bit more singable, a little bit more introspective. This sound would be labeled "emotional hardcore", or emocore, much to the annoyance of Rites of Spring, who are often considered the originators of emo.
Do people these days actually like A1 Pictures? They seem to be beloved by anime fans where I'm from, but I've always seen them as the slop studio. I haven't forgiven them for the absolutely soulless dogshit they released throughout the 2010s. And also the fact that their working conditions allegedly drove an animator to suicide in 2010.
But maybe they've improved since then.
One of the most interesting parts of playing an instrument is going back to a riff/lick/solo/song you thought was impossible when you first started and realizing you can now play it no problem.
When I first started with guitar/bass, I thought Roundabout's bassline was mad wicked and almost unfathomable. Now I just kind of know how to play it without even needing to revisit the song
I hate it when rejection notices go "It was a difficult decision to make", etc.
You know it wasn't. It took all of 3 seconds.
Daily music recommendation #36
Switching it up today. Instead of a singular recommendation, I wanted to showcase the global reach of emo music. I'm not nearly as familiar with non-American emo, so I could only give these examples. But all three of them are fire.
If Indomie is considered the best instant noodle brand by many, I wonder what the fuck everything below it tastes like. Just how ass are other instant noodles? Have I been taking instant noodles for granted?
You could be having a normal dinner with your uncles, and in between talks of the fine shyt they fumbled in highschool, they'd just randomly bring up Anastasia surviving execution and esoteric Hitlerism.
Are you @SuperSubway ?
I had a dream last night about a chef who was so fed up with the decline of the culinary arts that he hijacked a plane and flew into the sunset in an act of suicidal protest.
Daily music recommendation #35
This is where the label "emo" reveals once again the nebulous nature of pop culture terms.
By no means is Weezer an emo band. They're a lot of things for a lot of people. Virgin music, incelcore, geek rock, power pop, but not emo.
Yet, their sophomore album Pinkerton is considered a significant and influential work in the 90s emo pantheon.
Orang Indo?
Anybody remember that Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo show? That shit changed 13 year old me's entire world. I wonder if it still holds up, considering my increasing jadedness towards teen dramas.
I have a Zoom meeting in 5 minutes and I'm reminded that this is hell
Literally all of the teppanyaki (that's hibachi for the Americans) places in my city have closed down. Not a single one remains.
Yet another ploy by big K-BBQ.
Daily music recommendation #34
Onto emo's fourth wave (the revival). Emo was gaining prominence in the underground, thanks to the internet. Bands started reincorporating the clean, indie-flavored sounds of 90s midwest emo, mostly inspired by American Football. This led to many of these bands sounding derivative. A cliche arose that emo was now white boys whining over twinkly riffs. -
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