#followers on spotify btw

[thisisstanne]

Recently, a friend told me that fanfic isn't real writing, isn't real art because it lacks creativity. She said that the authors are taking someone else's characters, fully formed and existing in a universe already defined and detailed, and just re-imagining them in different scenarios. And that, she was adamant, was not art, was not creativity. That was playing with Barbie dolls, she said.

And the whole time we were talking, I had some great jazz playing in the background. Some of it was older stuff, some really cutting edge, but all of it wildly creative, technical, skilled, and artistic. And every single track was a cover of someone else's song.

Jazz as an art form is built on covers: of jazz classics, of pop songs, of classical music. When you go to a jazz concert, you'd be lucky to get even fifty percent original music -- the majority of the music in the genre is reinterpretation after reinterpretation after reinterpretation. And all of it is art. All of it is creative. These musicians are powerhouses, they're icons, they're technicians, they are the best of the best.

So if we accept that cover songs are real music, if we see the creativity and the artistry in them, then we have to recognise fanfic as exactly the same thing: a reinterpretation of someone else's work that brings artistry and creativity in its own right. Fanfic is real writing.

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Here's my Spotify playlist of some of my favourite jazz reinterpretations of rock/pop songs.

A lot of the jazz is very modern, very challenging, but it is all great stuff created by GREAT musicians at the height of their artistic powers. Enjoy!

(If you've never tried contemporary jazz, this is a great introduction, btw. Really good stuff here.)

[bbbrianjones]

here are my spotify playlists i think some of you would like

✭ underrated sixties - oh you know your beatles and your rolling stones and your beach boys, but how about something a little different?

✭ dancing with nigel in my living room while listening to our record player, 1979 - we'll bitch about what's on top of the pops but we still watch it and enjoy the music. when it's finished, we then grab out the record player and dance the night away, praying not to wake my parents.

✭ painting a jackson pollock no. 5 with squire - it’s the middle of the afternoon. the sun is trying so hard to peek through the english clouds. me and john are in our garden, soaking up the sun as i'm laying on the grass while he tries to finish his painting. i peer over at his work and say “it looks like a jackson pollock no. 5…"

✭ shopping in carnaby street with mr shampoo - for those time me and brian went on a shopping spree in carnaby and king's st., spending our entire paycheck on velvet, silk and satin…

✭ sunshine music - a very underrated genre. just pure happiness. what's not to love?

✭ songs from tumblr dot com - songs that you'd find rb'ed on bbbrianjones.tumblr.com <3

distant memory - songs that remind me that someday i will only be a memory in someone's mind and they might ask themselves "i wonder what emmi's doing?"

[seeminglydark]

BTW the Halloween Mil-Liminal Podcast Livestream is back on and its going to be SO much fun. First, there will be a Brand New Episode of Mil-Liminal, 'Blue Angel,' dropping early for all who join the stream. After that, Caro will be sharing supernatural experiences sent in by listeners (you!) And finally a Hangout and QnA. Very similar for those who joined it last year, except the podcast is real now!

Got your own spooky experience to share? Send me an Ask: 'For the Livestream.'

Otherwise make sure to follow me on Twitch (raptorjules) and I'll announce the time soon! (It'll likely be around 9pm CET (Sorry im in Europe so itll be in the afternoon for many of you.))

I hope to see you there!

[pickled-flowers]

Every time I go to a party I'm reminded that it's not that I can't interact with people, it's just not a desire I have :(

[plxtypusbearr73]

yeag

[coconut530]

NEW CRANE WIVES SONG = NEW LENORE SONG

[sidesteppostinghours]

*whispering softly* it all comes back to you, you little shit

small analysis about why i think this is a really good song for fhr under the cut

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Is it really a complex or just lacking context/Why would someone go so far to be a walking lie?

this just. sums up step as a character. such a massive chunk of their story is exploring the identities they take up(puppet, step, and vsona) and the reasons why they use each one. why did step decide to be so many different people at once? is it safety? comfort? simply not knowing how to be anything else? the vagueness leaves it open for interpretation. a lot of the song is like this, which is why i find its really good for a wide variety of peoples steps.

Yeah, that don't sound like me/I don't think I'm that guy (enter beginner's guide)

technically not an analysis, but i have a really strong image of step singing all three lines (counting the one in the bracket as a line) with their three identities singing one line each if that makes sense.

Please, excuse our current appearance/I realize that it's quite a mess

this line can be taken as two things. either its step talking about themeselves– most likely post-heartbreak– and how theyre clearly not the hero they used to be. or the line can be about the rangers. the second interpretation makes more sense with the next lines:

And our deepest apologies for all of the noise/We're understaffed and we're over-stressed

i think with the previous lines being an interpretation of step, this dives more into their gripes with their villainy (eg, some steps are overworked, some steps are unsure of their own goals, some of them arent sure if they want to be a villain) and how the it affects their mental state ("the noise" in this case could refer to the stress and doubts, or if you want to get literal, it could be steps endless amounts of brain passengers).

with the rangers interpretation, though, i imagine it being one of them literally describing the state of the rangers at the moment. most likely ortega showing step the hq after the argent incident? in this case it could become a lot more sinister, since theres a lot of room for step to take advantage of the information ortega just handed them.

That I would lose (needed a change of pace)/Oh, I would lose/Between my left and right, one day I'd have to choose (gone without a chance)

honestly? this whole section is the kind of thing id imagine is running through steps mind 24/7. lots of missed opportunities, cutting back and forth, regrets everywhere you turn. and step still has to make a choice now to be better or worse than who they were the day before.

He found the man before him had died

looking in the mirror. finding a dead man. need i say more.

[notascreepyasyouthink]

this playlist is really bad in case you were wondering how it's going

[marsbotz]

spotify is maybe the weirdest app to try out the tiktok style algorithm. who the hell wants to listen to music via swiping through 30 second clips. ill kill you

[iscariotapologist]

to be very honest the genre of rock bands who made a bunch of songs about their weird feelings about god in the 00s-10s (red, flyleaf, disciple, fireflight et al.) still have a grip on me and some of them are even still good. not most of them though

[ofautumntwilight]

god damn i have never seen an obscurify rating so high, share your spotify? in fact i wouldn’t doubt that you don’t even have a spotify and have burned all your music onto CDs or something. but….. satiate my curiosity with a music profile drop, if you’d please

Oh, not to disappoint but I don’t listen to anything particularly weird or underground. I just tend to listen to smaller artists lol

Here’s my last.fm, which I haven’t been using too long.

And my spotify, whichhhh is underwhelming, sorry.

[stinkbeck]

wonderful @stonechild tagged me 2 share 10 songs on shuffle. i used my spotify on repeat playlist + got these

you’ve seen the butcher - deftones cloudbusting - kate bush how soon is now? - t.a.t.u. we used to be friends - the dandy warhols send the pain below - chevelle exit does not exist - sun kil moon 冬の東京 - hako yamazaki suspirium - thom yorke stuck on you - failure youngest daughter - superheaven

tagging @evilghost @lepidopterium @xenomorphique @gasolineweirdo @ghoughst @milfholder @eveesque @neixins if u DARE!!!!!! 😘

[armand-dearest]

Cool alternative indie rock band I don't think many people outside the UK would have heard of, for ur consideration

[boylikermenlover]

i give you a song you give me one :3

HI

(cover of the best song by the best artist ever)