#PYPY

[dustedmagazine]

PYPY — Sacred Times (Goner)

At various points in Sacred Times, PYPY jitters through a fusillade of funk shrapnel a la ESG, chugs a fuzzy freak beat like the Dirtbombs and tears a hole in the sky psychedelic-style. How you think about this veteran Montreal psych punk band depends, largely, on where you put the needle down, but if the form shifts, the intensity stays constant. This is one of the best punk albums of 2024, and not coincidentally, the hardest to pigeonhole.

This is PYPY’s second full-length album, following a decade-long hiatus in which members revisited other projects. Annie-Claude Deschênes, the singer and keyboardist, Phillippe Clement, the bass player and drummer Simon Besré, all did time in noise-freaked, body-shocked, caterwauling Duchess Says. Guitarist Roy Vucino lent his axe to Wire-y, Pop Group-ish Red Mass (and earlier played with CPC Gangbangs and Les Sexareenos, among others). Still, they meet here, a decade later, in seamless synchrony. Careening vocal flourishes, chaotic beats and incendiary riffs flare within locked-down, disciplined structures. Sacred Time is as tight as it is wild.  

Start with the single, “Lonely Striped Sock,” with its lurching bass line, its electroshocked guitar shrieks, its punk goddess deadpan rant. It’s a dead ringer for first wave, female-forward punk bands like ESG and Delta 5—in the best possible way—made fresh and funky by squeaky barrage of keyboard banging (this is literally my favorite sound on the whole record).

The band has a thing about poodles, apparently, dedicating not one but two very different songs to their curly headed canines. “Poodle Escape” rains sublime and radiant surf chords, while a carnivalesque keyboard melody goes soft in the heat. Deschênes whispers ominously in French way back in the mix as a squiggle of sci-fi synth flutters up to the fore. “Poodle Wig” slams and pogoes on a drum machine beat in a Francophile garage rock explosion worthy of Jacques Dutronc. Woof.

Vucino is quite a guitar player, and he lights his instrument pretty much on fire in psychedelic “15 Sec.” a lurid purple haze hanging over its sprawl and mayhem. He sings lead on the Devo-esque “I Am a Simulation” and while not quite as can’t-look-away compelling as Deschênes, his singing another color in PYPY’s considerable palette.

By now you’ve likely gathered that Sacred Times is volatile and wild, taking giant swings in any number of generations. That’s exciting, but even more so because with all that thrashing, they never lose the groove.  What a good time these Sacred Times can be.

Jennifer Kelly

[fortherecordpodcast]

For the Record #221: PYPY's "Sacred Times"

Montreal-based PYPY’s second album, 10 years after their first, is an exhilarating blend of psych rock and new wave, with virtuosic instrumentals and otherworldly vocals. We discuss https://fortherecordpodcast.com/podcasts/media/2024-11-02-ftr-episode-221-pypy-sacred-times.mp3

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PyPy "New York" (official video)

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ใช้ FastAPI ให้เร็วขึ้นถึงเกือบเท่า Go Gin

จากบทความก่อนหน้านี้ Python ก็เร็วเท่า GoLang ได้ จริงไหม? เรามาทำให้ FastAPI ของเราให้เร็วขึ้นถึงเกือบเท่า Go Gin ในบทความนี้ จะทำการใช้ Docker เข้ามาช่วยในการทดสอบความเร็วในการประมวลผล ระหว่าง Python3.11 pypy3.10 และ Go1.20.6 นะครั��� โดย Docker จะถึงตั้งค่าไว้แบบเดี่ยวกัน และใช้ โค๊ต การทำงานแบบเดียวกัน โค๊ตที่ใช้ในการทดสอบด้วย FastAPI import timeit import platform from fastapi import…

[slovenlyrecordings]

PyPy European tour underway in a week!

Big up Goner Records for getting on the 2nd PyPy LP… gonna be a banger! Hear their first album “Pagan Day” on Thee Slovenly Bandcamp or anywhere you wanna stream it.

[klug]

So Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop is out and I see a lot of theories going around… This is half a self-indulgent post for me and half a poorly thrown together essay reviewing Sig and Aya's and the blue soul and the crimson soul's, relationship to each other. because boy is it a bit of a complex web. @_@

Some people were talking about their relationship today in EPPC, and I'm bad at talking to people, so I decided to put my thoughts in a post + touch on some misconceptions (I guess?) around since the game just came out and it relies on knowing information presented in extra material like the audio dramas and the (sega) novels.

And of course, spoilers for the first 4 main routes of Puzzle Pop.

some quick bullet points before I start… you can skip this if youre fairly familiar with fever 2, tetris 2, and the novels

is Aya possessing Sig?!

how did Sig's power get unleashed by Meena? are they super ultra powerful??

no, Aya is clearly still imprisoned safely contained in the tome of sealing, so it probably isn't behind this. We also know in Lidelle's route that it and Klug were having some kind of argument after he ran into Sig.

Well, in the game, Lemres establishes that Meena normally is not that powerful… Rather, it's been a bit implied over the course of the games that his powers have been growing stronger, so I think that it's more that Meena broke down a dam that was already barely holding itself together… a brief timeline…

Puyo Puyo Fever 2 - Sig transfers to Primp Magic School and his hand suddenly turns red. This can presumably be linked to his proximity to the tome of sealing. Akuma attempts to prevent further resonation by using the Ito Hairito enchantment. Attempts at "curing" his hand are touched on in Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary

Sig's Secret happens a bit before Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary, and he has the incident of his powers being awakened by Witch's potion. This is the first time we actually see the "Demon part" of him take over, and it turned both of his eyes red when this happened. (src)

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 - Sig and Klug are protected by a certain power from being influenced by Marle when she's causing mayhem in Primp Town. The crimson spirit was potentially protecting Klug in this situation, but what about Sig? I theorize that his own demon powers, which have been growing stronger, actually protected him as well. (Lemres' substory, PPT2)

Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop - Sig befriends Meena and offers to share some of his power. This seems to open the floodgates and allow the demon parts of him to take over.

fun fact: The words for "arm" and "hand" are the same in Japanese, so a lot of fans were actually surprised when they saw that his entire arm is red and not just his hand when his art in 20th came out.

Now, with those bullet points out of the way… the meat of this post is focusing more on Sig and Aya/Strange Klug/Possessed Klug/Crimson Spirit/Whatever name you want to call its relationship.

I think most people take the text in the games at face value, though the editing choices in translation don't really help I guess...the first instance of "red power" being translated as "evil power" will never be forgiven, but it's okay since Lemres and Schezo get it right--. I see a lot of people think that Aya is somehow influencing Sig in this story, but it has been established that Sig has the potential to tap into the full power that Aya probably wants access back to in Sig's Secret when Witch's power potion spills on him.

Back then, Sig and Amitie's friendship, and really any of his friendships, weren't very well-defined. However, she was able to bring him back by reminding him of their friendship...

Hey, Sig! …Let’s go back to café prep, alright!? I mean, Raffina’s gonna be super mad if you don’t show up! And then Klug’s gonna go all sarcastic on you again! Do you want that!? And, and, we haven’t even figured out what to put on the menu for our Special yet! If you really want me to, I’ll let you put whipped cream, for real!” I just kept screaming one thing after another as it came to me. Please, please, please… Please, let Sig hear my voice! “Please, come back to us! I promise, we all love you, so, so much! And I know, I know that deep inside, you really, really want to stay with us, too…!”

(src)

He manages to regain control of himself though clearly Amitie reminding him of everything isn't working in Puzzle Pop.

I kind of resummarized the climax of Sig's Secret because it felt important to contextualize his behavior, how its different in Puzzle Pop, and how people tend to conclude that "he must be possessed by Aya" as the first thought in Puzzle Pop. I also did this, though it was because I watched the routes out of order (lol). The behavior of this not!Sig is reckless, power-hungry, very very very gloating (just read the novel), and doesn't see any importance in friendships when it comes to Amitie and Meena (Lemres' route in Puzzle Pop). Meanwhile Aya, who has a very clear outlined goal of getting Sig back is…generally levelheaded, calm, and although angry about its situation, doesn't always charge straight for Sig whenever it's unsealed ("Amitie and Lidelle's Primp Tour", Puyo Puyo!! Quest story mode, etc.) So I think the binary the game presents of Aya being "evil" and Sig being "not evil" is not necessarily true considering how unreliable the narration of the "tome of sealing" is. I find it more accurate to say that they're power/impulse and control/logic, or you could argue they're a conscious and an unconscious.

I theorize that a piece of their original power lies dormant in Sig, and it is this power that Aya specifically wants back because it's…pretty powerless in its current form. This power, possibly the "crimson power", drives the "blue soul" in Sig a bit power hungry when its unleashed, and it has no conscious to control it because the "crimson soul" isn't in the vessel. I also think Sig and the "blue soul" are separate entities to an extent.

“Stop talking… Be quiet, just shut up! Gh… With every word you say, the voice in my head, it…GAAAAHHHH…!” “A voice, in your head? T-That’s gotta be Sig! Hey!! Sig!! If you can hear me, say something!”

(src)

The best comparison I have to this situation is Cinderpelt's reincarnation into Cinderheart in the book series Warriors. Cinderheart inherited Cinderpelt's soul after the latter's death, but because Cinderheart's grown to have her own experiences and is a separate entity while Cinderpelt lay dormant in their mind, they will separate in death. I think this "copilot"-ish situation is the case with Sig and it's why they're vying for control a second time in Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop.

I think that's why not!Sig is so "evil" and also gives people the impression that it might be Aya -- considering I also thought this -- though it's probably not the case since this story follows a similar formula to Sig's Secret with some tweaks to reflect a lot of subtle character growth, which is the subject of the next section.

Now, people might ask…why aren't Sig's eyes red and his hair dark like they were in Sig's Secret? Well, I think this is due to texture limitations for one, but I also think this is a sign of Sig's personal identity growing stronger over the course of the games. He has relationships he wants to hold onto, his own experiences, his own life, so he wouldn't just easily give up control of his physical vessel, even if he hasn't been speaking as himself in Puzzle Pop so far… This story's already done a lot with establishing Sig as a character and the importance of his relationship with Amitie, and he hasn't even actually spoken, which I find impressive. I also just like that all this stuff is only clear if you pay attention to the steady build up of the stories from the past few years… well, they were just breadcrumbs, I guess...Listen I've been following this plotline for 7-8 years and its been in the works for like 13? So you have to forgive me for feeling happy about having all the pieces of the puzzle.

As for what this means for the role Aya/the crimson spirit will play in the story… I'm not sure. I honestly don't expect it to appear at all since all the models/animations are recycled from Puyo Puyo Chronicle with some touch ups save for Meena. It has been referenced though, and the profiles in-game go in-depth on who it was and is, but I can't say if it'll actually make a fully story appearance…Especially since Klug was relegated to a side story role. Which is fine, I don't really care despite my URL. it was a good story. I do however expect this story to shed a lot of light on the relationship between the Sig, blue soul, and the crimson soul once its complete. I haven't even touched on my personal interpretation of Amitie and her hat, so maybe I'll make another post about that in the future? I think her situation is meant to parallel Sig's, but I'll save that for another time if people are interested...

As usual some of this is my interpretation, but everything I sourced is real and true and I'd never lie to you, etc.

Misc. Fun Stuff

These were things I liked about Aya and Sig's imagery/motifs but I wasn't able to fit into the post concisely.

not!Sig uses the same pronouns as Aya, 我 (wa) and お前 (omae), though they're written in hiragana as opposed to Aya's kanji. This is actually why I thought he was possessed because I walked into a stream in the middle of Ringo's route, haha.

My theory of Aya and Sig being a conscious and an unconscious are actually inspired by one of Aya's spells anima. Now in Latin this really just means "soul" which is fine, but in Jungian psychology the anima and animus are a dualistic archetype…which is cool, though this would potentially mean the crimson spirit is the unconscious part, haha! Technically they'd align more with Freud's concept of an id and a superego as I explained them, but I always like pointing out the possible Jungian reading of Aya's spell Yes, I realize I'm grasping for straws

[engagemythrusters]

just remember. always. that ezra wanted to befriend a literal baby.

[meri903proxy]

comic coming soon, hopefully waiting for it) 🥲

[historysurvivalguide]

Make Your Own Star Chart (v1.1.3)

I’ve been working on making the star chart code more accessible and now it is! Download the first stable release on Python:

pip install star-chart-spherical-projection

This is a new Python package to generate an astronomy star chart. The center of the map is +90/-90° and all around it are stars

The stars have been transformed from the celestial sphere onto a 2D circular map based on a star's position (declination and right ascension) and can generate maps for the past, present, and future with proper motion and precession

Currently, the map works with proper motion and for precession (for long periods of time)

A direct one-to-one map will create a great deal of distortion since without an additional step, the angles between the stars are not preserved

On the left, the constellation of the Big Dipper is stretched into an unfamiliar shape. By accounting for the spherical transformation, the star chart can be corrected as seen on the right

The sphere is projected from the South Pole (via Sterographic projection):

Example for Star Chart in the Northern Hemisphere (centered on 90°)

Example for Star Chart in the Southern Hemisphere (centered on -90°)

For clarity I left off the star labels, but they can added back easily. I made it as simple to use as I could, only needs information about whether to project from the north or south pole

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import star_chart_spherical_projection

star_chart_spherical_projection. plotStereographicProjection(northOrSouth="North")

Should have an interactive web version of it up soon as well, so keep an eye out!

[animusbell]

ooh i can just straight up make a pip installable package? i can just do that? say less

[teamfemmebabe]

(via A woman is laying on a red blanket. - Glam Girl X)

Visit my website to see photos like this one  A woman is laying on a red blanket. - https://glamgirlx.com/a-woman-is-laying-on-a-red-happy-mind-clock?

[surgeofcrimsonshouts]

do you promise

[digitalcreationsllc]

A pernicious potpourri of Python packages in PyPI

ESET Research has discovered a cluster of malicious Python projects being distributed in PyPI, the official Python package repository. The threat targets both Windows and Linux systems and usually delivers a custom backdoor. In some cases, the final payload is a variant of the infamous W4SP Stealer, or a simple clipboard monitor to steal cryptocurrency, or both. In May 2023, we reported on…

[tipsforgeek]

حزم بايثون الضاره على GitHub و PyPI

هناك العديد من حزم بايثون الضارة المتاحة على GitHub و PyPI. يمكن أن تحتوي هذه الحزم على برامج ضارة مثل البرامج الضارة أو البرامج الخبيثة التي يمكن أن تضر بنظامك أو بياناتك. Continue reading Untitled

[jatlokgwo]

hihi tumblr!!!!!!!! m this is jackly shes a shrimp!!!!! :D

[slovenlyrecordings]

PYPY en Europe cet été avec Julie Tippex booking!

'The super-group from Montreal composed of members of Duchess Says, The Sexareenos, CPC Gangbangs and Red Mass is to tour Europe in July. They have already been announced at Dour festival and we should be able to tell you more about their other appearances very soon.