#decent enough sampling 😅😅

[electricxmayhem]

tagged by @ston-rampler to shuffle spotify and share the first 10 songs! spotify please don’t embarrass me.

1. The Passenger - Siouxsie and the Banshees

2. Why Can’t I Be You? - The Cure

3. Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel

4. Undone (The Sweater Song) - Weezer

5. Danger! High Voltage - Electric Six

6. Reptilia - The Strokes

7. Cody - The Killers

8. Black Smoke Rising - Greta Van Fleet

9. Saturnz Barz - Gorillaz feat. Popcaan

10. Mama Don’t Make Me Put on the Dress Again - Trixie Mattel

I tag @eels-eels-eelsrobot @simplyfroggy @stars-on-fyre @whotaughtyougrammar

[gemsofgreece]

So, it took me a little too long to realise that I had to reblog myself in order to reach as many followers as possible, since the question is about my blog but, anyway, I still got 370 answers which is a decent sample. Let’s see who we are:

A little over one third of the followers (35% or 128 people) are Greeks or Greek citizens or of some Greek ancestry. I actually thought I would get like a 65% Greeks lol but apparently not! If we assume that the Greek followers might be some of the most active in my blog as well and therefore they saw this poll in time, then I assume that overall their percentage compared to my true follower number is in fact way smaller.

Almost one third of the voters (31% or 114 people) are primarily interested in Greek history and culture. Given how many tumblr users are interested in history or even pursue human or classical studies, I believe this stat result is also accurate for all my active follower number.

Also almost a third (30% or 111 people) of the voters have travelled or intend to travel in Greece, which they connect with positive memories or impressions from afar in most aspects. This is fairly large if you think about it. 56 people that follow my blog in specific went to Greece and liked it enough to search for Greek blogs / content - this was heartwarming. And another 56 love most things Greek and Greece from afar - also heartwarming. In fact, a little more people belong to these categories than in the category of the Greek expats and so I found this both surprising and very sweet.

Didn’t I tell you I was sure people followed me for beaches and gods and I am posting mountains and Kolokotronis instead? Well there you go. 4% or 15 people are barely holding it together 😅 I guess they could be more in such a mythology fascinated website too. Hung in there, mates!

1% follows accidentally but given how many inactive followers I have, they are certainly waaaay more. But I have like 3-4 people active enough to interact, who still have no idea why they follow a Greece blog 😂 I’ll take this as a compliment

Now here’s the thing. The hatred one shows 0% , however I know at least one person voted it because I was looking at the poll when it was happening lol. Hey pal it’s all good. There could surely be more in the true follower number. Hey pals it’s all good.

This may affect the frequency of certain posts. Or not. I am just curious. (Also reminding everyone polls are entirely anonymous, you can choose anything you want no problem 😉)

[dandaelions]

"feel my rhythm" album thoughts!

guess who has 2 presentations for work in the next 2 days ripppp but whatev rv is still my no. 1 priority 💗

this got quite long, so under the cut!

feel my rhythm:

okey dokey what is going on HERE

alright first of all, the first 15 or so seconds are just Sublime, lulling you into that gentle flow and causing you to relax - before that beat drops a dirty bomb over the whole thing. why TF is this so clinky clanky???? why???? the bach sampling is so beautiful and if you were to isolate the vocals with it, I think it would actually sound pretty nice but for some reason they overlaid those damn skirr skirr trap beats and bass boosted it into oblivion. I get they were trying to create this classical-hyperpop hybrid but I don't think this came together quite as cleanly as they has hoped. also enough finger snaps in bridges!!!! please sm tell me you have more up your producing sleeve than the 10 free effects that came with the trial software. otherwise I feel like the bridge actually sounds pretty decent? and don't even get me started on that key change in the final stanza oh my god!!!! why!!! key changes always feel like such a cop-out way of adding an extra 30 seconds to a song that already feels too long.

it feels like they were going for psycho v2 (but now on shrooms). which is a shame, I feel if they had maybe pitched the song down a few notches and added in some more subtle beats to actually complement the classical sample, this could've actually been really good. for a song called "feel my rhythm", there doesn't seem to be very much of it at all 😔

also note about the MV: DANGGGGGG it's so beautiful!! part of me wishes it was a bit more darker thematically but all the art references were sooo cleverly incorporated, plus I loveddd all the sets and outfits. ok, so in seulirene's "monster", seulgi corrupts irene and turns her evil. here, I think they are showing seulgi still being evil, except now she can also take the shape of a bird (seen in the epilogue). irene, dressed in black, is still evil from the "monster" MV, and is shown handing a basket of strawberries to a giant...mask-guy?? idk what that is lol 😅 joy is seen holding that mysterious red light in a cage, except it escapes. bird-seulgi gives the light to joy and we see her turn (thanks @littlesunshinedae for making the connection that her wings are actually the evil swooping in for her). yeri gets corrupted through that floating water thing (and leaves her egg to hang out with the birdy-people) and wendy gets corrupted with the rotten strawberry. they're all seen wearing black and sitting in a dark room, with their lighter counterparts in a garden. so now there's two versions of them?? at least that's what I got, anyone else find other things? also are birds supposed to symbolize anything...

rainbow halo: ok, 8-bit stomp n clap that's a vibe...ooohhh okkkkk that's a CRUNCHY bass line, v nice! oh yeah this is sounding slick! oh snap irene ok I see, love how she doubled up on that beat there. woooo love this synthy groove! did they add a freaking saxophone in the chorus omggggg. nice drop-off in the bridge, that's a satisfying build-up to the last stanza. ah ok like the stop-n-start. also pls bring this sax back for other songs, I think that's my fave element of this song! oooh this was so clean from start to finish, this is def going into their "velvet" portfolio!

anyone wishing that this is what they tried mixing into bach for "feel my rhythm"??

beg for me: OK!! OK!! that dirty dirty synth at the beginning 🥴

oh SHIZ that beat drop and then those vocal lines on top? HELLO?? THIS CHORUS???? dance for me work for me beg for me, I'll do it all!!! is that JOY coming in after the first stanza?? 😦 BRING OUT YOUR FREAK GUYYSSSSS IM !!!!!!!! these lyrics PHEW

this is It. nothing else to add.

BAMBOLEO: rv citypop?? is that you?????

retro enthusiasts, rejoice!!!! ofc you can't have a retro song without those boom boom space drums they did their research! oh WHOA that chorus, that modulation is soo interesting!! LOVE LOVE LOVE what they have going on here. oh nice guitar solo! THESE CHROMATIC HARMONIESSSSS OH GEEZZZZ im just blown rn honestly ram these instrumentals ** ** ***** idc anymore.

good, bad, ugly: oh very classy, this is so seg-c. looks like "automatic" had a glo-up! oh they all sound FANTASTIC, love these jazzy vibes, it suits them perfectly! "every day I just love me" DANG RIGHT'S RIGHT LADIES

in my dreams: oh those harmonies!! oh that drop! I was not expecting the bass to come in that strong! the instrumentals definitely convey the highs and lows of unrequited love. ohhhh I'm getting some aespa "lucid dreams" vibes. that symbol crashing during the chorus, like you’re screaming your love to the clouds!! this BRIDGE 👌👌👌 wow what a finish!! so beautiful and bittersweet :')

overall: the title track isn't feeling the rhythm, but the b-sides sure are. WOW I think these are some of the strongest songs they've put out in a while!! I'm so glad they got to showcase their "velvet" side in some of these quieter, more subtle songs. we got some showstoppers!!

[secondary-analog-interface]

ooh your take on sloot is v interesting. i thought she shot well last year after she got going. what are some examples of her weird passes or shots that you saw? i don't know basketball well enough to catch her flubs 😅

i feel like i should preface this by saying i do really like her and think she's one of the best PGs of all time, if not the best. and i also think she has been criminally underrated for a long time. but i think it's because of that that i do kinda tend to rip on her, because sometimes her decisions feel like they shouldn't be made by someone of that status

she just has the tendency to choke at really crucial moments that stick into my brain. major missed layups at the end of close games, turnovers when she could have just held the ball herself and wasted time. she seems to really overthink it at important times. and i think that's also the main culprit when she struggles early on.

she takes a long time each season (imo, i don't even know if the stats back it up haha) to really get into a rhythm of when she should pass and when she should shoot. which makes sense, but it affects my perception of how she is as a shooter. she'll get better at it as the season goes on, but right now she's at 33% from the field over the first 3 games which is horrible. low sample size, but that's kinda the point i guess.

she usually is statistically a decent shooter! she just often makes shots i think she's gonna miss and misses shots i think she's gonna make, so it all stands out more. awesome 3 near the end last night, and also at least 3 horribly missed layups in the first half...and yeah by the 3rd miss you need to start passing out instead.

turnovers are unavoidable when you're that good of a passer, but hers can feel really nonsensical. a lazy backcourt pass, i remember a game early on last year where she was so blasé about calling a TO when she got over the halfcourt that the ball got stolen for a layup. in a close game. much better last night than the first couple games tho

it's all the mental part of the game i guess, which she just seems to have frequently struggled with.

but she always gets better at most things as the season goes on and she gets into rhythm. knowing where teammates are gonna be and how they're gonna play makes it easier for her to make great passes without turning it over and to know when to shoot and when to pass