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Monthly Listening: Apr & May 2025
I have two months to catch up on so this is pretty packed.
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Monthly Listening: Mar 2025
Spent this month birding while taking photos of flowers, so a bit of a shorter one.
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No No Girls watch, pt 2
At this stage of the competition, being chosen for the group has as much to do with group fit as it has to do with work ethic and talent.
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No No Girls watch, pt 1
“They were labeling us as the ‘real girls,’ like we were gonna be very, very authentic,” she said. “So they thought the name [Faky] showed self-awareness—like, we’ll call this fake, because we’re so real.” Never mind, she added, that the name was made up by the company.
No No Girls is last year’s idol competition show from BMSG headed by pop/rap star Chanmina. “No No” stands for girls who ‘had been told no all their lives’, or more simply: “No FAKE, No LAZE, No HATE”.
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Monthly Listening: Jan 2025
Just watched an entire Justin Trudeau press conference live for the first time ever.
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Monthly Listening: Nov & Dec 2024
These past two months have been much busier than I was expecting D: Nowadays I usually compose this post as the month goes on but this time I did it all in one go last week.
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Albums etc. of 2024
I spent a lot more time this year revisiting albums from last year and previous than listening to new stuff. The lack of pressure was nice? Nonetheless, I did find some new LPs & EPs to like (slash hyperfocus on) this year.
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Monthly Listening: Oct 2024
Recently my mom wondered out loud why anyone would like No Party For Cao Dong as their music was so depressing.
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Love Lies (2024)
My obligatory VIFF film of the year is Love Lies (我談的那場戀愛), a comedy about an online romance scam victim and her scammer. It’s a cleverly constructed film, mixing police interviews, flashbacks, and daydream sequences seamlessly. The cinematography on the daydream sequences — translating the uncanniness of Google Streetview into a film with real actors — was particularly inspired.
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Monthly Listening May 2024
Had a very busy past week or so at work, so I’m posting this early and chilling tomorrow.
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Monthly Listening: Mar 2024
Been very busy booping friends, mutuals, strangers on tumblr today!
( but the music )
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Monthly Listening: Feb 2024
Finally had a bit of time for musical catchup this month, so this going to be a little long!
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Also: new Rock Musical Bleach cast announced! I am about to be the most annoying person on Earth.
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Monthly Listening: Jan 2024
Are there some songs from 2023 I only listened to in the first week of Jan? Of course not :>
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Albums etc. of 2023
We’re back and only two days late! I blame that one year Accusefive released an album on NYE for my inclination for procrastination :p
Those of you who have had me on your reading list for a while have seen the evolution of this year-end roundup go from “vibes with numbers” to “attempt at real music blogging” and now to “vibes with no numbers”. In that vein it’s been freeing to start using “DNF” on albums. In the old days when there was no streaming and I ~obtained~ albums in the whole, I went by the motto of Don’t Like, Don’t Listen, Delete Now. But with the inclusion of Japanese music onto streaming I would either listen to one song via my discovery methods, or attempt to ~experience the full album~ by slogging through it, which was no fun. So “DNF” is back! Sorry not sorry to Ayumi Hamasaki.
Indie idol groups continue to draw my attention, as more and more of them dive into (and stay in) genres I love. Also two Taiwanese bands made the cut — although I missed getting tickets to both their local shows! (That’s 0/2 for me on supporting Taiwanese bands in the 2023–4 touring season.)
To the LPs and EPs of the year!
( Read more... )And, as usual, some songs I liked this year:
⇒ Spotify
(Ugh Spotify was so broken when I was trying to rearrange this playlist. I might try Youtube Music next year since coverage is getting better there.)