#Elephants and Stars

[artjipson]

Favorites of 2023: Just the List

This time of the year every music writer’s fancy turns to the ubiquitous quest for the best of/favorites of the year. We start with a list of albums and singles we played on YTAA at least three or four times. Then we consider what songs and records slipped into our consciousness and we spent more time simply thinking about that song, that album — those words. If there is a pattern to what we…

[the-wolf-and-moon]

 IC 1396, Elephant's Trunk

[spacewonder19]

Elephant's Trunk in Cepheus ©

[toasterkoi]

Never a frown

[xenon1962]

[gettheorion]

[brain slurpy noise]

[littler3d]

I’m sorry if they wanted me to judge the curly haired kid they shouldn’t have given him a tragic backstory. He has a workaholic dad and a dead mom I’m now his ride or die let’s go adventure kid

[thisdastampdoesnotexist]

[foreststarflaime]

Life hack: get a sword so you can pull it out threateningly during games of white elephant when the stealing phase begins and you have something you like! It will produce an ominous aura and people will not dare to displease you!

[artjipson]

The Hellish Torture of Picking a Favorite Song in 2024: A Rant by Dr. J

Here’s the thing about picking a favorite song in 2024—it’s a damn Sisyphean task, one that makes you want to tear out your hair, break your phone, and maybe even burn down your local record store in a fit of existential frustration. Don’t do it. We need physical music stores now more than ever. I mean, what is even a “favorite” song anymore? Do we even have favorite songs in 2024, or are we…

[miramelo]

[spacewonder19]

Eerie Elephant's Trunk © cosmic_background

[chasingrainbowsforever]

Illustration by Grubby Princess

[i-collect-shiny-stuff]

18, unsorted

[fieriframes]

[Purple socks argue with the spaghetti moon. The sky whispers algebra into a bowl of soup. Bananas wear hats and sing to forgotten trains. A toaster floats by, dreaming of electric clouds. Elephants knit sweaters out of melted clocks. The sidewalk hums like a jellybean in space. Chairs do the tango with invisible birds. A watermelon tells secrets to a laughing shoe. Time hiccups and spills mustard on the stars. The universe sneezes, and the trees turn blue.]

[quiltofstars]

The Milky Way seen through Elephant Rock in Al-'Ula, Saudi Arabia // Bakry Abdullah