#; one of my favorite composers

[blackthorn-roses]

Yes!! Shostakovich is SO interesting, the stuff about symphony no.4&5 in particular (too long to share bc I'm writing this at work haha). One of my favorite pieces is his waltz no.2, which is quite popular but everyone is like 'oh how cute and fun' and I'm like NO do you not hear the knowledge this man has of life's darker side, so clearly reflected in his music??? Fear, hiding, clever subversive acts.. so many parallels with Aziraphale's time on Earth. It leaves me, once again, in awe of the production of this show.

Aziraphale vs Shostakovich

For a long time now I wanted to write something about Aziraphale's choice to listen to Shostakovich at the beginning of S2. Shostakovich is not an 18th century composer as some joke about Aziraphale being stuck in the past. He's not a romantic, sweet composer either. But a composer who wrote most of his work in the middle of 20th Century. Under the oppressive Russian regime of Stalin and more.

There's so much about...the way he lived and worked, in constant fear, that just, begs to be compared to how Aziraphale feels. I just never felt I knew enough about Shostakovich to make a post about him and do it justice. I still don't. But. I was listening to this classical music and history course today - not focused on Symphony No. 5 (1937) that Aziraphale was listening to, but Symphony No. 13 (1962) - written in the brief 'Thaw' of Khrushchev, who condemned Stalin's just ended, rule of terror. The professor (Robert Greene - all his courses are amazing btw) nails it when he describes how Shostakovich's career felt:

There's a lot more in the whole chapter but I was struck by how Aziraphale copes and has coped with living in fear, in terror for 6000 years (and much more, since we see him worried in Before the Beginning too). Not just for himself, but like everyone in Russia for his loved ones too.

[triviareads]

Dvořák's Romance in F Minor for Violin and Piano

[chiscribbs]

Disaster Twins Karaoke Battle (alt title: Getting Hyped for the Next Lair Games)

These sketches are old, but I couldn't let National TMNT Day pass without showing my appreciation in some way. I drew these some months ago, while listening to the song Stalemate from the Death Note musical yes, that's a thing, go check it out on loop, and forgot to post them. The song is a bop and I could so easily see the twins loving it, and loving to perform it even more. Massive theatre nerds, the both of them, no one can convince me otherwise.

(In my mind, Leo is singing Jeremy's part and Donnie is singing Jarrod's, but it's interchangeable.)

[shantechni]

Ayo y'all trippin, S4's space arc goes hard, look at these dorks doing their thing

[sailforvalinor]

If you were wondering, yes this post is about the Kingdom Hearts soundtrack

You ever have music that’s so nostalgic to you that it’s physically painful for you to listen to. Like, you listen to it and it’s like being gutted or punched in the stomach repeatedly

[nightfal1n]

Unyeilding Avalanche - Blaze a Trail -

(Timelapse under the cut)

[kdreader02]

You know the piece of media is gonna rip out your soul when the Heartcrushing Kensuke Ushio Song begins to play

In other words, no, I am not okay rn

[shima-draws]

Hi girlies has anybody here watched Tower of God and. Is it good

[radiation]

I always forget how Club Penguin used to be the biggest thing in my entire life. That shit was major. I will always have a heartache for it, but like many things I’m nostalgic for it’s less that I want to go back to the past and more that I feel a need to somehow closely recreate the specific feeling it gives me in art I make in the future

[outlying-hyppocrate]

i can't often get myself to be properly excited about eating but i just had cold soba noodles and they were okay. {:

[yeleltaan]

by the always delightful @yellowfingcr

// Losing my MIND over this.

[chuckolakoopa]

very minor brothership spoilers ahead, but i think it's a neat detail, and i haven't seen anyone else talk about it!

at a certain part of the game, it's stated that the number of minions defeated by mario and luigi is 98,303,150. that seems like a totally random number, but it's actually goroawase; a japanese play on numbers! it translates to something along the lines of "koopa-sama(bowser) is the best!"

i'm not sure whether it's a throwback to bowser's vault in bowser's inside story, or if the writers just happened to make a similar joke, but i thought it was really cool nonetheless!

[re-thatrandomdude]

ghost type miku be giving me massive disappearance vibes rn and I love that you go girl

[fancycolours]

🌻☀️☁️

[thegreatlearning]

Ok certain things are coming together in an exciting way out of nowhere…😁🤣…will keep you all updated

[sailforvalinor]

"Greek" for Doctor Who!

The cool mountain air whipping her hair into her eyes, Rose squinted at the words carved into the walls of the Athenian treasury, and frowned.

“Doctor, it’s all Greek to me.”

“Nah, you’re just saying that because you’re not used to it yet—Delphic culture really is quite delightful, if a little pretentious—but maybe that’s just ancient Greeks for you—you know, this is also where they hold the Pythian Games, which is held in honor of Apollo supposedly killing the great beast Python—‘great’ is a little much, I think, it really wasn’t much bigger than a German Shepherd—“

“—no, Doctor—“ Rose grabbed his chin and turned his face towards the inscription “—it’s all Greek.”

The Doctor stared for a moment uncomprehendingly at the unfamiliar letters on the wall, then his eyes went wide with realization, and he yelped, “The TARDIS!” and sprinted back down the path.