#( music. a transmission on the midnight radio )

[wub-fur-radio]

Appealing Sounds of Confusion & Dismay

Nothing is absolute; everything is possible. – Hassan-i-Sabbah

If you’ve been dismayed to be feeling even more confused than usual of late, Wub-Fur Internet Radio wants you to know you are not alone and wishes to do what we can to help. Toward that end we offer this two part streaming mix of appealing sounds from around the planet and across the multiverses of contemporary psychedelic/stoner/doom/space rock music. Featuring 25 new tunes from 25 of your favorite modern psych combos, including Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Black Sand, Sonic Moon, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Queens of the Stone Age, Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders, Druid Fluids, Dead Feathers, Dead Shaman, Pink Fairies, Gong, Goat, and 13 more bands who are dismayed but not afraid to be confused.

▶︎🎶 Listen on Mixcloud: Part One | Part Two

Running Times: Pt. 1: 1 hour, 14 seconds; Pt. 2: 59 minutes, 52 seconds

Tracklists

Part One

Repeat Transmission (0:55) — Brown Spirits | Coburg, Australia

Just an Illusion (4:29) — Black Sand | New Zealand

Flutter By (4:41) — Druid Fluids | Adelaide, Australia

Let It Out (3:47) — The Wans | Nashville, TN

Give It Time (3:54) — Sonic Moon | Aarhus, Denmark

Gardeners of the Earth (5:20) — White Canyon & The 5th Dimension | MG, Brazil

Gila Monster (4:36) — King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Melbourne, Australia

Mild Davis (4:46) — Frankie and the Witch Fingers | Los Angeles, CA

Negative Space (3:53) — Queens of the Stone Age | Palm Desert, CA

What It Is to Be Free (4:12) — Kind | Boston, MA

Counting Up and Down (3:18) — Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders | Philadelphia, PA

Those Disruptors (5:25) — Modoki | Tokyo, Japan

La Storia Dell'Aviditia (4:30) — Futuropaco | Oakland, CA

Trying to Keep Control (6:29) — Dead Shaman | Switzerland

Part Two

Robbery (9:56) — Dead Feathers | Chicago, IL

Another Sailor Who Dies at Midnight (3:06) — Tangerine Stoned | Italy

Join the Resistance (5:35) — Goat | Norrbotten County, Sweden

Montezuma (4:49) — Edena Gardens | Copenhagen, Denmark

Hassan I Sahba (6:02) — Pink Fairies | London, UK

Tiny Galaxies (3:51) — Gong | UK

Something To Fall Back On (3:50) — The Wytches | UK

FTW (7:09) — LSD | Dublin, Ireland

In My Own Dream (8:19) — The Third Mind | Downey, CA

Your Confusion May Now Be Visible (4:50) — DWLVS | San Francisco, CA / Philadelphia, PA

Barely a Season (2:26) — Abronia | Portland, OR

All tracks released in 2023.

[timelessmulder]

31 Days of Horror Day 5: Clutch

Tree roots stretched below the old forest road, cracking the ancient pavement that no one bothered to repave for years. If not decades, Herb thought, gritting and grinding his teeth. The undercarriage of his car rattled like loose change in a dryer; suspension coils long over due for repairs jolting against the uneven ground to rearrange his spine.

The radio spat out bursts of language amongst the drone of static; thin peels of music, indistinguishable voices with unintelligible words. Rising and falling, pushing and pulling, lost in the white noise of a transmission grasping for connection. Herb's skin twitched from quivering nerves, his whole body taut like a bow ready to be fired. His fingers twitched to turn it off, making him curl them tighter around worn vinyl of the steering wheel; he dared not do it. 

He sucked in a deep breath of musky, humid air. At least it was cool. The AC in his car had not worked almost as long as he had owned it, and despite many a brutal summer he'd never felt the need to get it repaired. He could always open the windows, enjoy the rush of air from barreling down 95. And like hell he was going to do that creeping in the middle of the woods at half past midnight, in the middle of absolute nowhere.

The tires crunched and bounced, the engine hummed. A country singer crooned, there and gone. In the woods, the trees groaned and creaked from the immense weight of an unseen being.

He swore, nipped the tip of his tongue when jaw snapped shut. He caught his breath and held it. A hand darted out to switch off the high beams and plunge the world back into darkness, only given a faint glow by the headlights. It was enough, out there. And maybe whatever it was following after him had not noticed.

Another spattering of static, another voice folding out of the noise. Someone searching for another soul to hear, shouting into the void: won't stop. A logical person would have caught the cadence, the studio perfect pop, even buried in the disjointed cacophony. But her voice was soon swallowed whole and Herb only heard what he wanted to hear, venturing deeper into the hungry forest devouring Pinefield, Connecticut.

Out here the town thinned. A cluster of residential streets turned to one or two turned to nothing for miles, leaving just the ancient trees in their eternal vigil and the creatures lurking in the underbrush. The only humans for miles were those who passed over peaceful hotels in a small town, thinking they could make it to Massachusetts before stopping for the night. But those who called Pinefield home were...strange. Strange in ways he could not put a finger on, when he had ventured into a diner for a quick dinner.

Everyone spoke in a round about sort of way. The kind of way people get when there is something hanging over their heads but they will not talk about it; they will not look it in its face. No one would look him in the eye, their smiles stretched too thin when they spoke to him. In the end he had gotten his fries and shake to go.

He glanced at the dashboard clock. Quarter to midnight. The darkness wrapped around the car. It seeped into the cracks in the doors, under the hood, slipping between the insulation and rubber tubing meant to keep it all out.

The thing in the woods strode closer, the ground rumbling and shaking with every silent foot fall. Herb's heart jumped in his throat; something flicked a switch in his brain. He punched the high beams back on into blinding clarity (he could see it he could see the form of an ambling creature in the forest of trees out of the corner of his eye), and he pulled at the gear shift, muscle memory falling away to make room for a baser instinct. What need did prey animals have, to know how cars worked?

The car shuddered. The car stalled. Herb pulled it into park in the middle of the road.

Herb sat in the car, still now. He stared straight ahead at the open road, miles away from a quaint little house with its quaint little people. Heart fluttered and breath labored, chest locking up. The thing in the woods turned its trajectory. It was getting closer. Herb could only close his eyes as he waited; for his car to start. For the damn thing to show itself. The radio continued to spit discordant noise.

The trees stopped their creaking. The world stilled. He dared a moment to crack open his eye, and there, in the middle of the road, stood a deer. It stared back at him with marble black eyes, ears alert and twisting this way and that for signs of any danger. Poised to run away, its very stance light and delicate and still so very powerful. Herb blinked his eyes open and relief flooded through him, the current so strong it ached.

He waited for it to pass. It would gather its bearings and leap back into the woods to live another day. And so too would he, move on to the next town and find a place to sleep. If any hotels were still open with vacancies, anyway. He could stay the night in his car if he had to, that was fine by him. He just needed out of Pinefield and never look back at the damn town again.

But the deer did not move. It did not begin a slow amble back into the woods. It adjusted its footing, watching - studying - with eyes that sat too forward in its face.

No. It did not leave. Instead it simply smiled.

[rustbeltjessie]

The other week, I got the itch to make a radio-themed playlist. I wrote down all the songs I could think of that would fit the theme, and then decided to crowdsource further suggestions via Facebook. After adding everyone else’s suggestions to my own, I began compiling the playlist. The original version had 80+ songs on it. I narrowed it down first by getting rid of artist repeats (there were several bands/artists who had several songs that fit the theme; I narrowed it down to one from each), then by getting rid of other songs which just didn’t flow well with the rest. (Not because I didn’t like them, necessarily, just cuz they didn’t fit well in the final playlist.)

So, here’s the final version. 52 songs that are about radio or at least mention it in some way. Full tracklist under the cut.

dance dance dance dance dance to the radio

The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner

The Velvet Underground - Rock and Roll

Ramones - Do You Remember Rock’n’Roll Radio?

The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star

Joe Jackson - On Your Radio

Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go!

Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio

Devo - [I Can’t Get No] Satisfaction

Talking Heads - Radio Head

OMD - Radio Waves

Joy Division - Transmission

The Clash - This is Radio Clash

Queen - Radio Ga Ga

Roxy Music - Oh Yeah!

David Bowie - Starman

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

Reunion - Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)

X - The Unheard Music

The Sports - Who Listens to the Radio?

Elvis Costello - Radio, Radio

The Nervebreakers - Hijack the Radio

Screeching Weasel - Radio Blast

Pantzig - Another Song About the Radio

Stiff Little Fingers - You Can’t Say Crap on the Radio

Slapstick - Alternative Radio

Fishbone - Modern Industry

LL Cool J - I Can’t Live Without My Radio

The Roots - Rising Up

Rage Against the Machine - Guerilla Radio

Rancid - Radio

The Selecter - On My Radio

Sylvan Esso - Radio

My Favorite - Let’s Stay Alive

Ex Hex - Radio On

Bikini Kill - New Radio

J Church - Austin’s Shitty Limits

RVIVR - Cold In Your Bones

Alkaline Trio - Radio

Jets to Brazil - I Typed for Miles

The Replacements - Left of the Dial

R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe

Patti Smith Group - Radio Ethiopia

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Last DJ

Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere

Counting Crows - Monkey

Ani DiFranco - Superhero

Indigo Girls - Country Radio

Tom Waits - Diamonds on My Windshield

Soul Coughing - Screenwriters Blues

Spoon - Car Radio

The Mountain Goats - Distant Stations

Hedwig & The Angry Inch - Midnight Radio

[tonythescribe]

The third part of the Monster Universe Audio Drama prologue is here! In this episode, we are introduced to Abraham Van Helsing (yes, that Van Helsing), but don’t think you have it all figured out yet. We still have a short time before we hit the pilot. However, everything you’ve heard will play into the main narrative.

The story so far: Moria Le Fanu landed in America with a dire warning (trailer #1). Nikola Tesla completed work on Wardenclyffe Tower and plans to schedule a transmission test which caused Thomas Edison to make his own alarming announcement (trailer #2).

Coming this Winter, The Monster Universe Audio Drama is a full cast radio play, featuring the vocal talents of: Andrea Laing (Adult Swim Yule Log, Atlanta, Strays) Michael Mau (A Blind Play of Social Forces, The Oval, Monarch), Emma Greene (The Harry Strange Radio Drama, Jeremiah Wilstone, Dead by Midnight) and Matt Chenoweth-Goodson (Willow of Ashes, Xenotech Rising, The Harry Strange Radio Drama Live) (full cast here); created by Tony Sarrecchia (The Harry Strange Radio Drama, the Lady Sherlock Mysteries, the Adventures of Scarlett Hood). Subscribers to our email list get new episodes before the rest of the world so subscribe today. It’s free!

Be sure to subscribe to the Monster Universe Audio Drama on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and others; or add this RSS feed to your aggregator: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1827171/s/75206.rss

Credits

Cast:

Charles Rutledge: Van Helsing

Emma Greene: Emma Murray

Writer/Director/Producer: Tony Sarrecchia

Video Assets:

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Photo Assets:

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Music: “Shadowlands 4 - Breath” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

All contents © 2023 by Tony Sarrecchia

[snackpointcharlie]

New year, new music from elsewhere and beyond, and the same old host… well, two out of three ain’t bad. Expand your horizons with Snackpoint Charlie, the radio show that dares to ask “What the hell was that?” Every first & third Wedneaday from 10pm to midnight on WGXC, 90.7 FM and streaming at WGXC.org, and podcastificated for your pleasure NOW at the link below

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 130 - 2024.01.03 https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/11q018 [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Cheryl E. Leonard - “Oceanus Meridiem” from ANTARCTICA: MUSIC FROM THE ICE https://cherylleonard.bandcamp.com/album/antarctica-music-from-the-ice

2) Jakson Ayovi - “Mamita” > Chloé Despax & Félix Blume - “Juegos En El Río” from AGUA LARGA: TRADITIONAL & IMAGINARY CIMARRON MUSIC https://akuphone.bandcamp.com/album/agua-larga-traditional-imaginary-cimarron-music

3) Youmna Saba - “Tareeq طريق” from [و​ِ​ش​ا​ح] https://rupturedthelabel.bandcamp.com/album/wishah

(Underbed:) Pinchas Gurevich - “Down and Up”

4) Asha Bhosle - “Abhi Tujhe Pyas Hai” from TYAAG https://www.discogs.com/release/9426389-S-D-Burman-Tyaag

5) Orkes Melayu Irama Seni Baru - “Jangan Kau Marah” from BUJANG DAN DARA https://madrotter-treasure-hunt.blogspot.com/2023/12/orkes-melayu-irama-seni-baru-bujang-dan.html

6) Kwanjit Sriprajan - “Panatibat Sin Kor” from SUPHANBURI SOUL : KWANJIT SRIPRAJAN - THE FIRST LADY OF LAE MUSIC https://zudrangmarecords.bandcamp.com/album/suphanburi-soul-kwanjit-sriprajan-the-first-lady-of-lae-music

7) El Rass & Munma - “Rissala” from FOR BEIRUT: RUPTURED SESSIONS VOL. 6 - LIVE AT RADIO LEBANON https://rupturedthelabel.bandcamp.com/album/for-beirut-ruptured-sessions-vol-6-live-at-radio-lebanon

8) Babsy Konate - “Alhaye Masaye” from TOUNGA https://babsykonate.bandcamp.com/album/tounga

9) Brion Gysin - “All Those Years” from JUNK https://www.wewantsounds.com/?lightbox=dataItem-lq0td805

10) Leonard Cohen - “Machines” from TEL AVIV 1972

11) Farid El Atrache [فريد الأطرش] - “Tisbah Ala Kheir Ya Habibi (Goodnight, My Love) [صبح على خير يا حبيبي]” from TISBAH ALA KHEIR YA HABIBI / YAM DALLAE YA HILOU [تصبح على خير يا حبيبي \ يا مدلغ يا حلو] https://www.discogs.com/release/7910959-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%B4-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%AD-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%BA-%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%88

12) Srei Sothear & Sinn Sisamouth - “Gentlemen Chill Out at Bar” from CAMBODIAN PSYCH-OUT https://defectiverecords.bandcamp.com/album/cambodian-psych-out

13) Nimmo - “May I Go Out Dancing” from CALIBRE 3 http://chocolatemonk.co.uk/available.html

14) Nino Gvilia - “Dirty is Just What has Boundaries” from OVERWHELMED BY THE UNEXPLAINED https://ninogvilia.bandcamp.com/album/nicole-overwhelmed-by-the-unexplained

15) Strapping Fieldhands - “Eggs in the Reservoir” from GOBS ON THE MIDWAY - SINGLES 1991-95 https://www.discogs.com/release/1732479-Strapping-Fieldhands-Gobs-On-The-Midway-Singles-1991-95

16) Blod - “Stjärnor Lyser Upp Min Väg” from ONDSKANS FRÖ https://discreetmusicgbg.bandcamp.com/album/ondskans-fr

17) Diepkloof United Voice - “Sipo” from HARMONIZING SOWETO: GOLDEN CITY GOSPEL & KASI SOUL FROM THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/harmonizing-soweto-golden-city-gospel-kasi-soul-from-the-new-south-africa

18) Stone Tapes - “Clown from Sixties” https://stonetapes.bandcamp.com

19) Robert Millis - “Side A” from HARMONY HOLLYWOOD http://chocolatemonk.co.uk/available.html

20) Grisha Shakhnes - “Stockholm variation #2.5 (excerpt)” from THE DISTANCE BETWEEN A WORD AND A DEED https://disappearingrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-distance-between-a-word-and-a-deed

21) Obie Feldi and M.C. Schmidt - “John of Dust A (excerpt)” from JOHN OF DUST https://matmos.bandcamp.com/album/john-of-dust

22) Aida Heston - “Mama Said (excerpt)” https://www.facebook.com/AIDA.singer.songwriter/

(Underbed:) Pinchas Gurevich - “Drained Sap”

[grifff17]

Midnight Burger is a sci-fi audiodrama about a time-travelling, dimension-spanning diner than appears somewhere in the multiverse every day, complete with a sentient old-timey radio. The characters include a nihilist scientist, a chef with a past as a genius engineer, and a couple of old-timey Christian radio show hosts. This is one of my all-time favorite audiodramas. It is well-written, funny, and has some really good sci-fi. The characters are all very good, and the ongoing plot is great.

Mission Rejected is a comedy spy podcast about the backup spies who get the missions turned down by the superspy. This is my all-time favorite comedy podcast, it's style of humor consistently lands with me. It frequently has me laughing out loud. Each episode the main characters get a ridiculous spy mission they have to carry out, with the main plot progressing in the pre-intro and post-credit scenes.

Back Again, Back Again is a portal fantasy story, akin to Narnia, about a girl from who wakes up in the world of Rhysea on her 17th birthday. However, unlike most portal fantasy stories, Back Again, Back Again starts at the end of the stories, when Ilyaas dies in battle after 5 years in Rhysea and wakes up back home, 17 years old again. The podcast is Ilyaas telling the story of what happened to her in Rhysea. The show also has a heavy focus on fantasy linguistics and how language is used to control people.

Fall of the House of Sunshine is an absurdist musical comedy about a cult of dentists, living puppets, and the murder of a kids tv show host through a rip in space time. That’s the first season, at least. If you like musicals and completely absurd plots along with some surprisingly good worldbuilding and themes, this is the audiodrama for you. Some of the songs are really good, and the show keeps up its high quality through 3 seasons.

Unwell: A Midwest Gothic Mystery is pretty much what it says in the title, a spooky audiodrama set in the small town of Mt. Absalom, Ohio. This podcast is not horror, it has spooky elements but is more focused on characters and the overarching mystery than horror. Unwell is a bit slow at the beginning, but I was hooked by the end of the first season and binged the next three in a week.

Lost Terminal is a hopepunk post-apocalyptic sci-fi podcast about a lonely AI looking for friends. The show consists of Seth, a sentient AI that lives in a space station, narrating his reports sent back to a long-gone mission control. The show frequently introduces new characters, some of which have very compelling character arcs. Lost Terminal is hard sci-fi, something that I've found is very rare among audiodramas, which tend towards softer sci-fi. It also has a huge backlog of episodes, with over 15 seasons out.

StarTripper!! is a sci-fi audiodrama about a clerk who quits his job, sells all his limited edition movie merch, buys a spaceship, and sets off to start a travel podcast exploring the galaxy. The main characters start off as just him and his ship's sentient AI, but later on in the show more characters join the main cast. I'm not sure why, but this is one of the most chill podcasts that I have listened to, and I love listening to it as a way to relax.

Breaker Whiskey is an audiodrama which releases a short, 2-5 minute episode, every weekday. After an unknown apocalyptic event makes nearly everyone in the United States disappear in 1968, two women find themselves stranded in a cabin in the middle of nowhere. After 6 years, one of the women can't take it anymore and sets out to find other survivors, sending out transmissions every day with her CB radio. This show was created as a personal project by Laruen Shippen, who recorded it on an actual 1976 CB radio.

For more recommendations, check out my website https://grifff17.github.io/audiodrama-reviews/

Audiodrama podcast friends... I have a request. I want to listen to a new show, that has a lot of episodes to listen to, that a) is an INDIE show (ie, not Gimlet or Spotify etc) and b) is NOT an anthology. Also must have good voice acting!!!

I’ve already listened or tried listening to:

2298

Alba Salix

Arden

ars Paradoxica

Blackwood

Boom

Borrasca

Desperado

EOS10

Girl In Space

Ghost Radio Project

Gone

Gossip

King Falls AM

Lake Clarity

Life/After

Limetown

Parkdale Haunt

Oak Podcast

Olive Hill

Terms

Tribulation

The Black Tapes

The Bright Sessions

The Message

The Strange Case of Starship Iris

The Two Princes

Victoriocity

Welcome to Night Vale

We’re Alive

Wolf 359

Wooden Overcoats

All suggestions are welcome!!!

[i-mitri]

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[aftgficrec]

Any pirate aus?? Or band aus?? Thank you guys for all that you do!💛🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛

Hello! I’ve got some pirate and band AUs that are new to our blog and some previous recs (including space pirates, because why not?) for swashbuckling adventure and song. You may also enjoy the fics in our mermaids tag. - A

More Pirate AUs - fantasy

‘The Gracekeepers’ (now complete) here

‘Between the Sinner and the Sea’ here

‘Fear No Fall’ series here 

‘perhaps we’re just humans’ here

‘breathe air into my lungs (a chinese whisper fic)’ here

More Pirate AUs - sci fi (space)

‘Above the Clouds’ here

‘The Real Folk Blues’ (bounty hunters) here

‘Out in the Black’ here

More Band AUs

band aus here

band aus for a fandom novice here

instrument/music band here

Neil’s the singer in a band here

‘You like me (obviously)’ here

‘no other name (falling off my lips)’ and ‘Can I?’ here

‘youngblood’ here

‘Oh, Catastrophe’ here

‘Andreil Smut Anthology’ ch 1 here, ch 3 here

‘and you're shining like the brightest stars (like a transmission on the midnight radio)’ here

Pirates AUs

Disinclined to Acquiesce by redskiesandsailboats [Rated G, 22111 Words, Complete, 2021]

“What can I give you that will make you help me find Neil?”

Kevin frowns, stands up. “You know he’s on the Black Pearl, right?”

Andrew did not know that. “I don’t care,” he says.

“You know,” Kevin says at Nicky’s questioning noise. “The Black Pearl. Black sails, appears only at night. Haunted and crewed by the damned.”

Andrew tries to convey exactly how many shits he gives about the bedtime stories of the Black Pearl through the look he gives Kevin: exactly zero.

(Or, the Pirates of the Caribbean AU that absolutely no one asked for, in which Kevin is morally grey but terribly colorful in every other aspect, Neil gets kidnapped far too many times, and Andrew just wants to live out his life in peace, making swords and kissing Neil.)

tw: violence, tw: blood, tw: gun violence

Let this be a lesson to all of us by talk_less_smilemore [Not Rated (we say T), 13439 Words, Complete, Aftg Big Bang 2020]

"If you cross me," Andrew warns, "If you destroy my city or give my Den up to the Butcher, if you even think ab—"

"You'll kill me, I know." Neil rolls his eyes. "I've heard that one before."

A pirate/assassin AU set in Havana, circa 1700s. Andrew just wants to do his job. Neil won't stop getting in the way. He's hiding more than it originally appears.

tw: gun violence, tw: murder, tw: blood, tw: child trafficking

NB: Art embedded in the fic by @fornavn

Parallel by BelaBellissima [Rated T, Collection, Complete, 2018]

Chapter 6: Pirate - Andreil [2103 Words]

loosely based off of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides bc I love Phillip and Syrena

tw: violence, tw: fire, tw: blood

Zen's Tumblr Prompts by zen_fox [Rated G/T/E, Collection, Updated 2018]

Chapter 6: KANDREW — pirate au [M, 539 Words]

The Foxhole is ship of a different class to the sleek Evermore: smaller, older, and patched up places Kevin didn't know could be patched before he ended up part of her crew. He can no longer remember his life on land, but even the sea sounds different here— closer, somehow, and wilder.

Band AUs

The Musical Stylings of Neil Josten by infernalstars [Rated G (we say T), 9375 Words, Complete, 2020]

Neil Josten is a singing prodigy.

Until his mother dragged him away from that life and his father‘s criminal behavior. When his mother died, he narrowly escaped his father's clutches.

In turn, he winds up at a high school in South Carolina for his senior year and manages to get detention on the first day. It’s here he meets the Monsters looking for a lead singer.

This is his chance to be real. And to be free.

tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: homophobia, tw: violence, tw: vomit, tw: nightmares

Risk It All by ChloeGreen1998 [Not Rated (we say T), 2998 Words, Complete, 2019]

Band AU where after college, Aaron joins a band and is also dating Kevin Day, who yes, you bet carried on with Exy….Basically, this is the proposal band AU nobody asked for but my brain won't shut up about it xo

i hate u (i love u) by insomniass (Not Rated (we say T), 2531 Words, Incomplete, Updated Oct 2019]

Nathaniel is an up and coming artist in the industry trying to find ways to escape from his mother's harmful tendencies. Andrew is trying to find his way after breaking off from his old band and estranging himself from his only family. They don't end up finding what they're looking for, but they do find each other, so maybe that's the same thing.

tw: homophobia, tw: implied/referenced abuse

Pirate Art and Humour

merman neil and pirate andrew art by @reinventlinda

andreil from ‘Fear No Fall’ art by @still-waiting-for-godot

‘but you have heard of us’ fandom fun post by @palmettios

‘you actually were telling the truth’ fandom fun post by @palmettios

‘I love those moments’ fandom fun post by @thepalmettofoxes

[deathsteel]

30 Day Fanfic Challenge

Prompt #21 - Drive 

One of Castiel’s favorite things about being a surrogate Winchester is when they let him drive. 

It takes a while to get there, it takes even longer for him to learn how to do it. There’s mistrust and anger that they have to work through first and then there are arguments about the merits of using one’s seat belt (the correct answer is always, unless you’re in a firefight and you need the flexibility to shoot out the window) or the car horn (the answer is only if you’re ready to follow up that horn with a fist if you piss off the person you honked at). 

Dean insists that he learn basic car maintenance as well before he allows the angel to drive his car. They spend afternoons outside of hotels and later the bunker with Castiel patiently holding a flashlight (“No not there, there.”) and watching while the hunter teaches him how to change a spark plug and diagnosis a weird clunking noise that started after they had run over a chupacabra in Texas. Dean explains the pros of stick shifts over automatic transmissions and Castiel commits it all to memory like he does with everything the other man tells him. 

After he’s finished his tutelage and only after, does Dean allow Castiel behind the wheel of his baby. They practice first in large, abandoned lots and later on empty stretches of highway. Castiel hits curbs and forgets which gear to put the car in causing the gears to shriek and grind and Dean winces his way through it all with minimal grumbling. Sam watches with a smirk from outside the vehicle and only has to dodge out of the way a few times to avoid being hit. 

Eventually, Castiel is allowed to drive, usually at night because the roads are emptier and the angel has preternatural night vision that keeps him from even coming close to hitting any wayward rabbits or possums who may have strayed into the road. During these midnight drive’s Sam usually stretches out in the backseat with a book, dozing off within minutes as his big body relaxes into the rhythm and hum of the car’s wheels on the pavement. Dean usually stays in the front passenger seat and takes the opportunity to scarf down a burger, sharing his fries graciously with Castiel since Sam isn’t awake to complain about it. 

Sometimes they talk about nothing related to their many past dramas or even the current case. Mostly, they don’t. Mostly, they sit in the companionable silence that they’ve always been able to have with each other. Dean may raise an eyebrow if Castiel changes the station on the radio to the top 40s station, but he abides by his own rule that shotgun picks the music and they both don’t acknowledge that Dean can hum along to every Taylor Swift song that plays. 

It's during these quiet twilight drives, that Castiel realizes he’s in love with the other man. 

One of the rare times that Dean falls asleep is when it hits him. Maybe it's the moonlight bathing the hunter’s face in its soft glow or maybe it's just the quiet stillness that permeates his own thoughts when he is behind the wheel, but the angel thinks he’s maybe always been in love with the other man. Since that first moment when his grace pulled the fractured molecules of Dean Winchester back together in hell they’d shared a connection that others couldn’t help but notice.

He spends the rest of that drive wondering if the other man feels it too. And the next one as well, and the next, and the next. Until one night, when Sam is back at the bunker and the angel and Dean head out together to pick up dinner, Dean drives this time and Castiel sits resolutely across the Impala’s bench seat from the hunter. 

Dean is tapping the steering wheel and singing along to some song about cherry pie that is playing on the radio until he moves his hand down to the gear shift and leaves it there after swiftly moving the car into 3rd gear as they reach the highway. The angel spends a long moment staring at that hand, running an infinite amount of scenarios and their outcomes through his mind in that span of time before deciding he likes his odds. He reaches out confidently and puts his hand on top of the other man’s where it rests on the gear shift like it's the inevitable conclusion of their years of dancing around each other. 

Which maybe it is. 

Dean jumps initially at the contact, looking over at the angel in surprise before looking down at their hands on the gear shift. “Cas, what--”

The angel just raises an expectant eyebrow as he waits for Dean to finish his thought, but the hunter must see something because he doesn’t continue. Castiel sees the other man swallow hard before suddenly all of the tension between them dissipates. The line of Dean’s shoulders relaxes and the muscles in his jaw unclench and he lets out a slow breath as he turns his attention back to the road. 

“I think I want a steak from that place in Phillipsburg,” Dean mused, glancing at the angel with a mischievous curl to his lips. “Whaddya say, Cas?”

“Sounds good,” Castiel replied, settling back in his seat and turning towards the window. His own smile grew when he felt the hand under his turn over and strong fingers intertwine with his own. 

This probably wasn’t the safest way to drive, but it certainly felt like the best.

[emcon-imagines]

🎶200 Followers Song Drabble Event!!🎶

Rules: Send in a character from one of the fandoms that I write for, being sure to specify their full name and the fandom they’re from, along with a # song prompt from the list below (ex: “Could I request a song drabble with Natasha Romanoff + #16?”)

I’ll be writing short drabbles based off both the prompt and the song itself! I love sharing music with you all, so these songs are all pull from a variety of my current listening playlists, from both big artists and artists I think need way more recognition. So while I’m writing up drabbles, feel free to drop in and discuss anything on this playlist, as well as send me more music recommendations!

This event is open from now until Friday, July 31st (the last day to submit requests!)

here is a playlist of all the songs that are included down below, if anyone wants to listen!

Prompts (below the cut!)

“And I pray, oh my God, do I pray. I pray every single day, for revolution.” // What’s Up - 4 Non Blondes

“And he sang all night long... Oh how I sighed when they asked if I knew his name” // Lady Stardust - David Bowie

“I'm slowly drifting to you... I'm on my way” // My Tears Are Becoming a Sea - M83

“I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream.” // Once Upon A Dream - Invadable Harmony

“But this is who we are. This is where we stand: Stuck in the middle, lost in the riddle.” // Stormz - Ephraim Bungumba

“We were driving, driving in your car, the speed so fast I felt like I was drunk, city lights lay out before us and your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder” // Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

“I try to speak, but nobody can hear, so I wait around for an answer to appear” // Waving Through A Window - Ben Platt

“Feel it in your heart and feel it in your soul, let the music take control” // All Night Long - Lionel Richie

“I know a place where you can get away; it's called a dance floor, and here's what it's for” // Vogue - Madonna

“The Memories I've buried just to let you go, and if I make it out alive, will I ever see my soul” // Buried Memories - Tyler Clayton Appel

“But still, you take my breath and steal the things I know, there you go, saving me from out of the cold” // Fire On Fire - Sam Smith

“So until the next time, it's farewell and not good-bye” // Until the Next Time - Dropkick Murphys

“When will I see you, see you, see you again?... I just wanna hold your hand” // When Will I See You Again - Shakka

“Another night of us getting along, another day of us trying to be friends.” // Fall in Love Again - CLOUDTALK

“People like us we've gotta stick together” // People Like Us - Kelly Clarkson

“With the roar of the fire my heart rose to its feet, like the ashes of ash I saw rise in the heat” // Would That I - Hozier

“I hear the birds on the summer breeze, I drive fast. I am alone in the night” // Ride - Lana Del Rey

“All the lonely people put your hands up high. If you loosen up, you might just learn to fly.” // Learn To Fly - Surfaces (feat. Elton John)

“It's 4 AM again, you think that I could sense a trend. I’m stayin' up too late, just so I can stay awake” // Bored - Tessa Violet

“You're a sweet talker, but darlin' whatcha gonna say now?” // Dancing’s Not a Crime - Panic! At The Disco

“This could be the real thing, if we don't fuck it up by overthinking” // the real thing - wrabel 

“We're lying to ourselves and dancing by the light of the screen” // World Gone Mad - Bastille

“If I'm crazy, I'm on my own. If I'm waitin', it's on my throne” // What’s Up Danger (with Black Caviar) - Blackway

“And hear a voice inside my head: Follow me instead” // March to the Sea - Twenty One Pilots

“I hate accidents except when we went from friends to this” // Paper Rings - Taylor Swift

“And I'll find your lips in the street lights. I wanna be there with you” // Run Away With Me - Carly Rae Jepsen 

“Seems to be everywhere I wanna go is still too close to you” // Liquor Store on Mars - Kelsey Karter

“I don't feel adequate, thinking I'm a monster in disguise” // Gravel to Tempo - Hayley Kiyoko

“Like that night in the back of the cab when your fingers walked in my hand” // Strawberries and Cigarettes - Troye Sivan

“Softly smile, I know she must be kind” // Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys

“What's down in the dark will be brought to the light” // God’s Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash

“I hear her voice in the mornin' hour, she calls me, the radio reminds me of my home far away” // Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver

“Born down in a dead man's town, the first kick I took was when I hit the ground” // Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen

“Maybe I was too good, just too good for you” // Stay With Me Baby - Scott Walker

“Said you wanted to see me thrive, you lied” // Panini - Lil Nas X

“Cruising down Broadway, girl, what a wonderful view, wonderful view” // Downtown - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

“You're 'posed to hold me down, but you're holding me back” // Truth Hurts - Lizzo

“This is what I gotta do, can't be regretting when I'm old” // C7osure (You Like) - Lil Nas X

“I said make me love myself so that I might love you” // Saint Bernard - Lincoln

“And you're shining, like the brightest star, a transmission on the midnight radio” // Midnight Radio - Hedwig & the Angry Inch

“And I like the way you kiss me, don't know if I should” // Strange Effect - Unloved

“Take me home where I belong. I got no other place to go” // Runaway - AURORA

“But you were still gone, gone... It's like you showed up, just in time” // This Love - Ryan Adams

“Someone must have sent you to save me tonight” // Saved My Life - Sia

“Love is a setting sun, is a smoking gun, is a 4 letter word. I hope it hurts” // Days of Thunder - The Midnight

“Either way, we're not alone. I'll find a new place to be from” // I Know The End - Phoebe Bridgers

“How did we get so far apart, right when we got into each other’s hearts?” // Stuck in My Room - Luke Martin

“In this shirt I can be you, to be near you for a while” // In This Shirt - The Impressibles

“Do you remember the night we first me?” // Sweat - The Newton Brothers & Greta

“And now I'm more myself than I ever was. I'm happier than I ever was” // since i was young (with Kesha) - wrabel

[thzmttkk]

FAVOURITES 2020

Long list of this years favourites. Spotify playlist via this link here. Buy Music Club link for albums here. Special mention to Sferic, Experiences Ltd, Youth, Motion Ward, West Mineral, and XPQ? who pushed nothing but cool stuff this year. Same for an unstoppable flow of spaced out mixes by Perila, Pontiac Streator, Special Guest DJ, Ben Bondy, Exael, Aeriform, J, JS, mdo etc. Too many to list them all really.  Most listened albums (a-z) buymusic.club link Actress - 88 ( Self Released ) ASC - Isolated Systems ( Samurai Music ) Civilistjävel! - Generalstrejk ( Low Company ) CS + Kreme - Snoopy ( The Trilogy Tapes ) DJ Python - Mas Amable ( Incienso ) DVS1 - Beta Sensory Motor Rhythm ( Axis ) Israel Vines - And Now We Know Nothing ( Interdimensional Transmissions ) Jake Muir - The Hum Of Your Veiled Voice ( Sferic ) K-Lone - Cape Cira ( Wisdom Teeth ) Koraal - La Casa del Volcán ( Nous’klaer Audio ) LF58 - Alterazione ( Astral Industries ) Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Let's Call It A Day ( Smallville ) Perko - City Rings ( Numbers ) Piezo - Perdu ( Hundebiss ) Pontiac Streator - Triz ( Motion Ward ) Regis - Hidden In This Is The Light That You Miss ( Downwards ) Romeo Poerier - Hotel Nota ( Sferic ) Sockethead - Harj-o-Marj ( Youth ) Soft Boi - So Nice ( Climate Of Fear ) Terrence Dixon - From The Far Future Pt. 3 ( Tresor ) Tolouse Low Trax - Jumping Dead Leafs ( Bureau B ) Ulla - Tumbling Towards A Wall ( Experiences Ltd. ) URA - Blue ( NAFF ) Favourite mixes (a-z) Agonis - INVEINS \ Podcast \ 061 link Bake with Lewis Lowe (Redstone Press) - 30 November 2020 link Bake with Wonja - 28 September 2020 link dBridge - Essential Mix 2020-02-01 link Dino Sabatini - Global Vibe Radio 227 link Erika - vurt podcast 23 link F-on - Alpenglühen #54 link Forest Drive West - Bleep Mix #131 link Garçon - Dekmantel Podcast 284 link Garçon - MNMT 277 link GiGi FM Presents Azu Tiwaline NTS 11/11/20 link Jane Fitz - isolatedmix 97 We Fall Into The Sun link Joe Ellis - Phonons Podcast 065 link Jon K - Cav Empt /// TTT TOKYO Tape link Joy Orbison - wooly window sessions part wun - UKG 4/4 +++ link Karl Meier - The Bunker Podcast 211 link Konduku - The Memoir — Page 46 link Lcp - Blowing Up The Workshop 111 ◆ re:st link Lemna - MNMT Recordings: Lemna (live) — Contact Tokyo link mad miran - a message of manifestation, from the music room link mad miran - clone records x radio radio x ade link mdo - Knekelhuis 63 link Milo Bragg - Campfire Stories 79 (A New Dawn) link Milo Bragg - Club Rooted #1 link Nadia Khan - RA.710 Nadia Khan link Objekt - Essential Mix 2020-06-06 link Patrick Russell - IT.podcast.s09e01: No Way Back Streaming link Patrick Russell - Patterns of Perception 76 link Pessimist And That w/ DJ Python - Noods Radio - EPISODE 9 link Spekki Webu - RA.714 link Toki Fuko - Oslated Mix Episode 205 - Toki Fuko link upsammy - Bleep Mix #122 link Vlada - RA.742 link Woody92 - Patterns of Perception 68 link

Favourite tracks longlist (a-z) playlist Al Wootton - Snake Dance ( Livity Sound ) Andria - Komina ( Phase Group ) Archivist - Cinder Cone (Patrick Russel Remix) ( Second Nature ) Artefakt - Delphic ( Delsin Records ) ASC - Lost to the Void ( Samurai Music ) ASC - Orchid ( Samurai Music ) Azu Tiwaline - Terremer ( Livity Sound ) Batu - SYX ( Timedance ) Ben Bondy - Bodi ( Experiences Ltd. ) Ben Bondy - Lith ( Experiences Ltd. ) Black Merlin - MIEA ( Bitta ) Blâme - Bells ( [Re]Sources ) Blazer SoundSystem - Heavens Gate ( Youth ) BNJMN, rRoxymore - Atoms Speak - rRoxymore Remix ( Delsin Records ) Cio D’Or - Celestial ( Semantica ) Civilistjävel! - Generalstrejk ( Low Company ) Clarity - Taking Effect ( UVB76 ) CS + Kreme - Slug ( The Trilogy Tapes ) CS + Kreme - Blue Flu ( The Trilogy Tapes ) CUB - Dream Logic ( Osiris Music ) D.K. - The Three Realms ( Good Morning Tapes ) DB1 - Point Three ( Nullpunkt ) DJ Python - Alejandro ( Incienso ) DJ Python - oooophi ( Incienso ) DJ Python, LA Warman - ADMSDP ( Incienso ) Don't DJ, Harmonious Thelonious - Hambi ( Midnight Shift ) Donato Dozzy - Mai ( Samurai Music ) DVS1 - Drifting ( Axis ) DVS1 - The Five Aggregates ( Axis ) DYL, DB1 - ECOU #2 ( re:st ) DYL, DB1 - ECOU #12 ( re:st ) E-Unity - Not for Me ( TemeT Music ) Eszaid - The Most Sacred Syllable ( Good Morning Tapes ) Felix K - Deconstructor ( Nullpunkt ) Feral - Crossing ( Hypnus ) Flora Yin-Wong - Aurochs ( Modern Love ) Forest Drive West - Terminus ( R&S ) Forest Drive West - Hidden Past ( Mantis ) Franck Vigroux - Styx ( Raster ) Gavsborg - Making Love To Volca ( Equiknoxx Music ) Gavsborg, Shanique Marie - Earth & Clan ( Equiknoxx Music ) Grimescapes - Emergence ( Youth ) Haedong Seoungguk, D.K. - Daegeum Dosa (D.K. Huru Mix) ( Total Unity ) Henzo - Not Like That, Not Like You ( Worldwide Unlimited ) Higher Intelligence Agency - Sound Matter ( Headphone ) INTe*ra - Aqueduct B1 ( Acting Press ) Israel Vines - Tri Polar ( Interdimensional Transmissions ) Israel Vines - Path Correction ( Interdimensional Transmissions ) Jabu, Daniela Dyson - Slow Down ( Do You Have Peace? ) Jake Muir - Resevoir Of Memory ( Sferic ) Jake Muir - Fleeting Touches ( Sferic ) K-Lone - In The Pines ( Wisdom Teeth ) K-Lone - Bluefin ( Wisdom Teeth ) K-Lone - Honey ( Wisdom Teeth ) Karenn - On Request ( Voam ) KGIV - Blue Octavo ( Eye Teeth ) Konduku - Fallout ( IDO ) Konduku - Cipres ( Mantis ) Konduku - Şeker ( Disk ) Koraal - La Casa del Volcán 7 ( Nous’klaer Audio ) Koraal - La Casa del Volcán 9 ( Nous’klaer Audio ) Kӣr - Topot ( Disk ) Lack - RRRush ( Livity Sound ) Laksa - Fire Kit ( Hessle Audio ) Last Life - Escape ( Samurai Music ) LF58 - Metamorfosi ( Astral Industries ) Ligovskoï - Emeyo ( IDO ) Lo Kindre - Grey Skies (i) ( Phase Group ) LOG - LOG 4 ( Experiences Ltd. ) Low Budget Aliens - HOME SICK! ( XPQ? ) Lurka - Rhythm Hi-Tek ( Timedance ) Lurka - Clean ( Don’t Be Afraid ) Maayan Nidam - Untitled B2 ( Hellium ) Marco Shuttle - Ritmo Elegante ( Spazio Disponibile ) Meetsysteem - Je Wist Het Al ( Nous’klaer Audio ) Mike Parker - The Melting Mask ( Spazio Disponibile ) Monolake - Beirut ( Morphine ) Monolake - Espace Fourier ( Monolake ) Move D, Benjamin Brunn - C-Sick ( Smallville ) Nathan Melja, Pariah - Synesthesia - Pariah Remix ( Kalahari Oyster Cult ) natural/electronic.system. - Scirocco ( Tikita ) natural/electronic.system. - Marea ( Mantis ) NRLSD - Marching Band ( Man Band ) øjeRum - Prelude To The Immortality Of Nothing ( Opal Tapes ) OL - Block24 ( ГОСТ ИНСТРУМЕНТ ) Pan Sonic, Muslimgauze - Muslimgauze - Remix 2 ( Sahko ) Pearson Sound - Alien Mode ( Hessle Audio ) Perko - Stutter ( Numbers ) Perko - Pippin ( Numbers ) Pessimist - Love In The Jungle ( Ilian Tape ) Piezo - Blue Light Mama Magic ( Hundebiss ) Piezo - Amore Tossi ( Hundebiss ) Pontiac Streator - Triz Cohors Pt. 3 ( Motion Ward ) Pontiac Streator - Stuck In A Cave ( Motion Ward ) Primal Code - Elixir ( Hypnus ) RDS - Aro ( De Lichting ) Regis - The Sun Rose Pure ( Downwards ) Regis - Everything is Ahead of Us ( Downwards ) Regis - Eros in Tangiers ( Downwards ) Relapse - Two Worlds Colliding … ( Pinecone Moonshine ) Robin Stewart - Not Buoyant ( The Trilogy Tapes ) Roméo Poirier - Le bématiste ( Sferic ) Roméo Poirier - Du rocher ( Sferic ) Shed - Try ( Tectonic ) Significant Other - Little Blue Pills ( Oscilla Sound ) Simo Cell, Abdullah Miniawy - Caged in Aly's Body ( BFDM ) Skee Mask - Zzodiac ( Ilian Tape ) Sockethead - Love Loss Missing Yearning ( Youth ) Sockethead - In Search Of Truth ( Youth ) Sockethead - Jahiliyyah ( Youth ) Soft Boi - Something to Say ( Climate Of Fear ) Soft Boi - Guestlist ( Climate Of Fear ) Stave, Grebenstein - Rack 4 ( Standards & Practices ) Surgeon - The Golden Sea ( Ilian Tape ) SW. - theMARTIANswing ( Avenue 66 ) Tammo Hesselink - Ballet Mécanique ( Nous’klaer Audio ) Terrence Dixon - Unconditional Love ( Tresor ) Terrence Dixon - Program Weight ( Tresor ) Terrence Dixon - Earth Station ( Tresor ) The Untouchables - Pon A Dread ( Rupture London ) Tolouse Low Trax - Dawn Is Temporal ( Bureau B ) Tolouse Low Trax - Inverted Sea ( Bureau B ) Tolouse Low Trax - Berrytone Souvenier ( Bureau B ) Toma Kami - Gymnase Chaos ( Man Band ) Two Shell - Fracture ( Mainframe Audio ) Ulla - Leaves and Wish ( Experiences Ltd. ) Ulla - Feeling Remembering ( Experiences Ltd. ) Ulla - Soak ( Experiences Ltd. ) upsammy - Send-Zen ( Dekmantel ) URA - Dirge ( NAFF ) URA - Shojin ( NAFF ) Varuna - Ratu ( Mantis ) VC-118A - Plonk ( Delsin Records ) Via Maris - Lapse ( Timedance ) Wang Inc. - Gommone ( Random Numbers ) Waon-P - BRF dante2infelno - donfellianoeverythingmix ( The Trilogy Tapes ) Web - Ancient Wind ( Acido ) Yogg, Pharaoh, CUB - The Neverending Gever (CUB Version) ( Parallax ) YPY - Garando ( Acido )

[continuo-docs]

天気予報 – ひまわり画像 (February 2019) [Asutenki – Sunflower Image]

Review by L. Fairon https://asutenki.bandcamp.com/album/--21 https://archive.org/details/sunflower-image

Known to specialist vaporwave circles, elusive Japanese producer Asutenki, active since 2017, belongs to the signalwave subgenre, also known as 'broken transmission', a genre where the artist, acting as an archivist of sorts, merely collects sound artifacts from the birth of the digital era and organizes the whole as an album to the benefit of those who can appreciate a bit of media archeology, sonic debris and primitive MIDI technology.

In addition to his role as a selector, the signalwave artist sometimes add Vow & Flutter effects to the source material to increase the vintage feeling, sometimes loop entire sections to enhance the alienating effect, and sometimes add drone music of his own making as a counterpoint. Present since around 2015, broken transmission is produced mainly in the US and Japan, though I'm more interested in the latter country's productions and, as an introduction to newcomers, I would recommend another Japanese artist named 空気系 and his short Scenery album of 2019.

What we have here, though, is a less approachable, rather monstrous project titled ひまわり画像 or Himawari Gazou, meaning Sunflower Image, by artist 天気予報 or Asutenki, meaning Weather Forecast, and self released in 2019. At 6 hours and 26 mns, this is a huge collection of 360 TV ads and TV station IDs, broadcast idents, radio jingles, infomercials and other Japanese media detritus from the 1990s.

Far from being a mere random selection of trendy commercials, though, Sunflower Image is well thought-out and structured. According to the meagre info on Bandcamp, the album is broken into 3 sections and thus is –almost– structured like an Indian raga: tracks #1–120 = Broadcast Starts / Morning ; tr. #121–240 = Afternoon / Sunset ; tr. #241–360 = Evening / Midnight. Just like the sunflower follows the sun during the day, the entire Sunflower Image album seems to register the passing of time on Japanese media during 24 hours, again like a classical Indian raga, as indicated by many tracks simply bearing the hour of the day as their title. Additionally, the album is structured with recurring tracks every 5 or 10 songs and all titled CMブレーク Vol. XXX, though I don't understand the concept – full commercial breaks, perhaps? Near the end of the album (ca tr. #348), after almost 6 hours of commercial crap, some of the inane jingles are progressively replaced by loops and drone sounds crafted by Asutenki himself and the album ends with a haunting, 10mn-long lo-fi, droning sound titled Into The Abyss.

As per the vaporwave ethos, Sunflower Image should be enjoyed as both a nostalgic glimpse of a bygone era and a celebration of the naivety of sound design at the time. Exemplifying the signature sound from the Japanese 1990s, the sound is purposefully lo-fi and wobbly, as if lifted from antique video tapes. The synthetic MIDI style and sound flavour reminded me of Yasuaki Shimizu's Music for Commercials (1987). Being such a long album, Sunflower Image constantly juxtaposes the ugliest and the catchiest, yet some tracks do stand out for me as charming or even beautiful, like track #93 Visibility Surroundings ; #118 Transition Commence ; #203 Urgent & Transparent ; #287 A ; or #354 Coming To A Close. Ultimately, each listener shall find a way to navigate such a rather unmanageable album – I tend to listen to 50-60 tracks in one sitting before getting bored. Granted, this might be a puzzling album, yet one can only marvel at such a unique project and the clever way Asutenki constructed it. [review by L.F., July 2020]

Asutenki's complete works (2017–2019) on Internet Archive: https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22%E5%A4%A9%E6%B0%97%E4%BA%88%E5%A0%B1

[generalechoes]

Regular reggae disco in North-East London playing dub, dancehall, roots, rockers, ska, rocksteady and other bass transmissions on two turntables and a space echo. The night is named after sadly departed MC Earl Anthony Robinson, the voice behind classic deejay tunes such as "Drunken Master". Our December guest selector is none other than D'Oxman! An institution in the London reggae revive scene, whether behind the counter at Dub Vendor, on the mic at the legendary 100% Dynamite parties or presenting on Soho Radio. Oxman has a long and deep history, from running his own sound, producing, record collecting, to hosting dances. Whether selecting or MCing, he is one of the best in the game. Expect the finest in ska, rocksteady, roots, dub and more. In addition to this being our seasonal shindig, it also marks 4 years of General Echo nights at the Vic! Come by to celebrate our birthday, listen to some great tunes, and have a drink in Walthamstow's loveliest pub. The Victoria is a short walk from Walthamstow Central station with an affordable bar, though please note it's only accessible via a flight of stairs. £5 on the door, 8pm til thee midnight hour. Musical niceness guaranteed.

Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1138914393164824/

[snackpointcharlie]

Snackpoint Charlie, for that nagging feeling that there’s gotta be more out there, there just has to be. Spoiler alert: there is, and it’s more alluring and mysterious music from elsewhere and beyond. 10pm to midnight Wednesday August 16 on WGXC 90.7-FM / WGXC.org / the Wave Farm smartphone app / and podcast NOW at https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/fhwfsn

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 121 - 2023.08.16 https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/fhwfsn [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Altai music - T. Chinjin (Throat Singing and Topshur lute) - “Karkira” from VOYAGE EN URSS – N° 10 SIBÉRIE/EXTRÊME ORIENT/EXTRÊME NORD – ANTHOLOGIE DE LA MUSIQUE INSTRUMENTALE ET VOCALE DES PEUPLES DE L'URSS https://www.discogs.com/release/1253115-Various-Siberie-Extreme-Orient-Extreme-Nord https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2018/12/siberia-siberie-voyage-en-urss-n-10.html

2) Ustad Noor Bakhsh - “Des” from JINGUL https://hivemindrecords.bandcamp.com/artists https://honiunhoni.bandcamp.com/

3) Ferka Jilaliya & Zine Mohamed / الفرقة الجيلالية : الزين محمد - “Sidi Mbarek” from TANGEPHONE TAN 480 https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2023/03/morocco-ferka-jilaliya-zine-mohamed.html

4) Faizal Mostrixx - “Loosely (ft. Morena Leraba)” from MUTATIONS https://faizalmostrixx.bandcamp.com/album/mutations

(underbed throught:) Tuluum Shimmering - “Tamalpais (at about 6)” from TAMALPAIS (AT ABOUT 6) https://tuluumshimmering.bandcamp.com/album/tamalpais-at-about-6

plus - Pinchas Gurevich - “Klaus Barbie and Q”

5) ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS! - “Dian Ci Long (feat. Namichie & Submarine)” from ELECTROMAGNETIC MATSURI BAYASHI IN NEO TOKYO https://www.electronicosfantasticos.com/news/230620/ https://www.instagram.com/electronicosfantasticos/

6) VAGABOND cpa - “Manhattan Minuet” from RAYMOND SCOTT SONGBOOK http://raymondscott.jp/ https://www.discogs.com/release/5554447-Various-Raymond-Scott-Songbook

7) Son Thoeung - “Damrey Cheung Buon (The Four Feet of the Elephant)” from CAMBODIAN CASSETTE ARCHIVES: KHMER FOLK & POP MUSIC VOL. 1 https://sublime-frequencies.bandcamp.com/album/cambodian-cassette-archives-khmer-folk-pop-music-vol-1

8) Ryuichi Sakamoto - “Replica” from ONGAKU ZUKAN https://www.wewantsounds.com/?lightbox=dataItem-ljdbjhi2

9) ESP Summer - “Land of 102°” from MARS IS A TEN https://hisnameisalive.bandcamp.com/album/mars-is-a-ten

10) Steven Ruppenthal & Gary R. Weisberg - “Post-Apocalyptic Biscuit” from STRANGE TIMES https://importantrecords.com/ https://meterpool.bandcamp.com/

11) Diah Iskandar Dan Jopie's Band - “In My Room” from DIJATI KEKASIH https://www.discogs.com/release/12068152-Diah-Iskandar-Dan-Jopies-Band-Dihati-Kekasih https://madrotter-treasure-hunt.blogspot.com/2020/01/diah-iskandar-jopies-band-dihati-kekasih.html

12) John Cale - “Terry's Cha-Cha” from NEW YORK IN THE 1960S https://www.discogs.com/master/175544-John-Cale-New-York-In-The-1960s https://www.tableoftheelements.org/all-releases https://www.withinthings.com/

13) Alan Courtis & David Grubbs - “Song of a Fence Grown through a Tree” from BRAINTRUST OF FIENDS AND WEREWOLVES https://huskypantsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/braintrust-of-fiends-and-werewolves

14) Hali Palombo - “Voice Scrambler” from RADIO & MY VOICE https://halipalombo.bandcamp.com/album/radio-my-voice

15) Graeme Jefferies - “Brand New Start” from CANARY IN A COALMINE https://allyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/canary-in-a-coalmine

16) Don Van Vliet - “Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind” from GARY LUCAS' SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/garylucas/pork-chop-blue-around-the-rind-don-van-vliet-nyc-7-83 https://www.discogs.com/release/2042457-Don-Van-Vliet-Riding-Some-Kind-Of-Unusual-Skull-Sleigh

17) Robert Wilson & Christopher Knowles - “Excerpt from ‘A Letter To Queen Victoria: The Sundance Kid Is Beautiful’” from BIG EGO https://ubu.com/sound/big_ego.html https://store.giornofoundation.org/products/the-dial-a-poem-poets-big-ego

18) Orkes Aneka Warna - “Lontong Balap” from ORKES ANEKA WARNA https://madrotter-treasure-hunt.blogspot.com/2020/04/orkes-aneka-warna.html https://www.discogs.com/artist/6759840-Orkes-Krontjong-Aneka-Warna