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ranahan · 5 months ago

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C, cy, yc—why are they pronounced like that?

I think I’ve mentioned before that the rule is very nearly regular, so here it is. I’ve reproduced Traviss’s original pronunciation guides here (so you can see whether what I’m saying holds true).

c (without y) is pronounced as /s/ before high front vowels /e i/

cerar [sair-ARR]

ceratir [sair-AH-teer]

ceryc [sair-EESH]

cetar [set-ARR]

cetare [set-ARE-ay]

cin [seen]

cinargaanar [see-NAHR-gah-nahr]

cinarin [see-NAH-reen]

cin'ciri [seen-SEE-ree]

cinyc [SEE-neesh]

ciryc [seer-EESH]

mircin [meer-SEEN]

mircir [meer-SEER]

mirci't [meer-SEET]

racin [ray-SEEN]

tom'urcir [tohm-OOR-seer]

ver'mircit [VAIR-meer-seet]

otherwise as /k/

That is, before other vowels:

ca [kah]

cabuor [kah-BOO- or]

cabur [KAH-boor]

ca'nara [KAH-nah-RAH]

can'gal [CAHN-gahl]

carud [kah-ROOD]

ca'tra[KAH-tra]

cuir [COO-eer]

copaanir [KOH-pan-EER]

copad [KOH-pad]

copikla [koh-PEEK-lah]

copyc [KOH-peesh]

cu'bikad [COO-bee-kahd]

cunak [COO-nahk]

cuun [koon]

cuyan [koo-YAHN]

cuyanir [coo-YAH-neer]

cuyete [coo-YAY-tay]

cuyir [KOO-yeer]

cuyla [COO-ee-lah]

du'car [DOO-kar]

du'caryc [doo-KAR-eesh]

ge'catra [geh-CAT-rah]

jorcu [JOR-koo]

ori'copaad [OH-ree-KOH-pahd]

vencuyanir [ven-COO-yah-neer]

vencuyot [vain-COO-ee-ot]

vercopa [vair-KOH-pa]

vercopaanir [VAIR-koh-PAH-neer]

…and in a word-final position:

balac [bah-LAHK]

bic [beek]

ibac [ee-BAK]

ibic [ee-BIK]

norac [noh-RAK]

tebec [TEH-bek]

yc is always pronounced as /iʃ/

aikiyc [ai-KEESH]

aruetyc [AH-roo-eh-TEESH]

balyc [BAH-leesh]

beskaryc [BES-kar-EESH]

burk'yc [BOOR-keesh]

chakaaryc [chah- KAR-eesh]

copyc [KOH-peesh]

dalyc [DAH-leesh]

daryc [DAR-eesh]

diryc [DEER-eesh]

duumyc [DOO-meesh]

etyc [ETT-eesh]

gaht'yc [GAH-teesh]

gehatyc [geh-HAHT-eesh]

haamyc [HAH-meesh]

haatyc [HAH-teesh]

haryc [HAR-eesh]

hayc [haysh]

hetikleyc [hay-TEEK-laysh]

hettyc [heh-TEESH]

hodayc [HOH-daysh]

hokan'yc [hoh-KAH-neesh]

iviin'yc [ee-VEEN-esh]

jagyc [JAH-geesh]

jaon'yc [jai-OHN-ish]

jari'eyc [JAR-ee-aysh

jatisyc [jah-TEE-seesh]

johayc [JO-haysh]

kotyc [koh-TEESH]

kyr'adyc [keer-AH-deesh]

kyrayc [keer-AYSH]

kyr'yc [KEER-eesh]

laamyc [LAH-meesh]

lararyc [lah-rah-eesh]

majyc [MAH-jeesh]

morut'yc [moh-ROO-teesh]

narseryc [nar-SAIR-eesh]

nayc [naysh]

neduumyc [nay-DOO-meesh]

nehutyc [neh-HOOT-eesh]

nu'amyc [noo-AHM-eesh]

nuhaatyc [noo-HAH-teesh]

ori'beskaryc [OH-ree-bes-KAR-eesh]

ori'jagyc [OH-ree-JAHG-eesh (or OH-ree-YAHG-eesh)]

ori'suumyc [OHR-ee-SOOM-eesh]

oyayc [oy-AYSH]

piryc [PEER-eesh]

ramikadyc [RAH-mee-KAHD-eesh]

ret'yc [RET-eesh]

ruusaanyc [roo-SAHN-eesh]

sapanyc [sah-PAHN-eesh]

shaap'yc [sha-PEESH]

shi'yayc [shee-YAYSH]

shuk'yc [shook-EESH]

shupur'yc [shoo-POOR-esh]

sol'yc [sohl-EESH]

talyc [tahl-EESH]

tomyc [TOH-meesh]

tranyc [TRAH-neesh]

tratyc [TRAH-teesh]

tug'yc [too-GEESH]

ulyc [OO-leesh]

urcir [oor-SEER]

utyc [OO-teesh]

verburyc [vair-BOOR-eesh]

verd'yc [VAIR-deesh]

vutyc [VOOT-eesh]

yaiyai'yc [yai-YAI-eesh]

Note that this is still true when yc occurs in the middle of a word instead of the end:

barycir [bah-REE-shir]

besbe'trayce [BES-beh-TRAYSH-ay]

dirycir [DEER-ee-SHEER]

ke'gyce [keh-GHEE-shay]

majyce [mah-jEE-shay]

majycir [MAH-jeesh-eer]

mar'eyce [mah-RAY-shay]

mureyca [MOOR-aysh-ah]

cy is pronounced as /ʃ/

burc'ya [BOOR-sha]

burcyan [BOOR-shahn]

cyare [SHAH-ray]

cyare'se [shar-AY-say]

cyar'ika [shar-EE-kah]

cyar'tomade [SHAR-toe-MAH-day]

mirshmure'cya [meersh-moor-AY-shah]

murcyur [MOOR-shoor]

oyacyir [oy-YAH-sheer]

Ret'urcye mhi [ray-TOOR-shay-MEE]

sheb'urcyin [sheh-BOOR-shin]

sho'cye [SHOW-shay]

tracy'uur [trah-SHOOR]

Exceptions

The above holds true except for some exceptions:

The first is a group of words with a combination of u + yc:

buyca [BOO-shah]

buy'ce [BOO-shay]

buycika [BOO-she-kah]

This might be related to the status of /ui/ as a diphthong in Mando’a & could be a piece of evidence against it. What do I mean? Well, every instance of ⟨uy⟩ in the dictionary, Traviss breaks up in two syllables /u.i/. Could be there’s no diphthong /ui/ in Mando’a? However, I think it’s more likely this is because Traviss gives the pronunciations with an English orthography (i.e. how an English speaking reader would know to pronounce the words), and there’s no diphthong /ui/ in English, so in order to represent those sounds in English, they have to be broken up in separate syllables.

I also think the long /uː/ in buy’ce etc. is likely simply an elision: try going slowly from /u/ to /i/ to /ʃ/, and you’ll notice it’s easier to slip directly from /u/ to /ʃ/. I would generalise it as the diphthong /ʊɪ/ being realised as /uː/ before palatal consonants (at least; maybe others as well).

and:

buyacir [boo-ya-SHEER] /bʊ.ja.ˈʃiɾ/

Which has no excuse for being irregular except for influence on its spelling from buy’ce, so you could alternatively spell it as buyacyir or pronounce it as /bʊ.ja.ˈsiɾ/ (either would be regular).

The other exception to the rule is:

acyk [AH-seek]

The rule for this could be formulated as “if y is the only vowel in a syllable, it’s pronounced as /i/ and the pronunciation of c follows that.” Except for…

tracyn [trah-SHEEN]

Which itself could be analysed as a combination of the above rules: y as an only vowel gets pronounced as /i/, but the consonant in cy is still pronounced as /ʃ/ (in which case it would be acyk that is irregular instead).

It’s the derivations that appear irregular:

tracinya [trah-SHEE-nah]

tracyaat [tra-SHEE-at]

tra'cyar [tra-SHEE-ar]

Tracinya is plainly a derivation of tracyn, just spelled with an i instead of y. Interestingly, in Harlin’s Mando’a tracyn is pronounced as /tra.ʃin/ and tracinya as /tra.sin.ja/. So perhaps it’s acyk which should be pronounced as /a.ʃik/?

I’ve chosen to adjust the pronunciation of the other two to conform to the rule of pronouncing cy as /ʃ/: /tɾa.ˈʃaːt/ & /tɾa.ˈʃaɾ/.

And then:

yacur [YAH-soor]

Idek? I have do idea where this one comes from.

And:

Coruscanta [KOH-roo-SAHN-ta]

which is a loanword and doesn’t count. Although I’d suspect that “Corusanta” might be a fairly common misspelling among native speakers.

Explanation

So why is it pronounced like that? The explanation is something called palatalisation, which is the same reason why c in Latinate words is sometimes pronounced as /k/ and sometimes as /s/.

In very simple terms, the high front vowels and the semivowel /j/ are pronounced such that the tongue is at or very nearly the palatal position. So they tend to pull the preceding consonants to the palatal place of articulation (instead of whichever place of articulation they used to be pronounced at).

So in Mando’a:

c → k

c + high front vowel /i e/ → /s/

c + semivowel /j/ → /ʃ/

Not sure if /k/ is the original value of ⟨c⟩ since this rule doesn’t seem to apply to ⟨k⟩. Maybe ⟨c⟩ had originally another value, which has later changed into /k/?

There will be a second part to this post later, but I’ll break this off here for now.

#mando’a #mandoa #mando'a #Mando’a phonology #Ranah talks Mando’a #mando’a linguistics #Mando’a orthography #mando’a language

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iama1ice · 4 months ago

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meet sirxn

¿ who is sirxn ?

SIRXN (싸이렌) is a kpop group under Crownx entertainment. They debuted on February 2nd, 2018 with the mini album « The Abyss » and the title track « Drown in me ». The group is composed of seven members :Junhui ; Minnie ; Jay ; Sophia ; Yunah ; Jeongin and Lili.

✶⋆.˚꩜ .ᐟ˙⋆✶ m e m b e r s ✶⋆.˚꩜ .ᐟ˙⋆✶

J u n h u i :

Wen Junhui ; June 10, 1996 ; main dancer - sub vocalist - visual - leader

M i n n i e :

Yontararak Nicha ; October 23, 1997 ; main vocalist - lead rapper

J a y :

Park Jongsung ; April 20, 1998; main rapper - lead vocalist

S o p h i a :

Laforteza Sophia ; December 31, 1998 ; main dancer - lead vocalist

Y u n a h :

Noh Yunah ; January 15, 1999 ; lead dancer - visual

J e o n g i n :

Yang Jeongin ; February 8, 2000 ; main vocalist - sub dancer - center

L i l i :

Jones Alice ; October 5, 2000 ; main rapper - lead dancer - visual - fotg

·˚꩜ .ᐟ˙✶ the abyss ·˚꩜ .ᐟ˙✶

First EP of the group ; all the songs were written by Lili

_ Drown in me [title track]

_ Dead man runnin'

_ Venom [promoted]

_ Charmer

#kpop #reality shifting #shiftblr #shifters #shifting community #own gg dr #own group dr #kpop dr #kpop shifting #shifting blog #shifting realities #shifting #shifting antis dni #shifting motivation

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chelito · 4 months ago

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WHO IS THIS? ✰ — JAY, smau

PROFILES. 001 | 002 — M.LIST EP. 001

YOON YERIM — Second year Psychology student, Yerim, she goes by ‘Rei.’ She is known to be one of the top students at Decelis, and is either always in the library or at her dorm studying. Rei is known to be pretty loud whenever she is with her two best friends. She studies Psychology because she wants to be able to understand what people think, and because she wants to understand herself a little better.

NOH YUNAH — Second year Fashion Design student, Yunah is the mood maker of their friend group. She’s the one who is always making the girls laugh. Yunah has an eye for fashion and is the #1 person to go to whenever you need fashion advice. She has a confidence that is admirable, she’s a natural beauty who always strives to make her designs look perfect.

KIM GAEUL — Third year Communication and Media Studies student, Gaeul is the oldest and the quietest one in the friend group. She’s the one that the girls seek whenever they need advice. Gaeul is the most approachable out of the girls because of her gentle nature. She is a #1 Hype Girl and will do anything for her girls.

WHO IS THIS? TAGLIST : @rairaiblog @right-person-wrong-time @beigerin if you wanna be added js send an ask !!

©️ chelito

#enhypen #enhypen jay #enhypen smau #jay park smau #lee heeseung #park sunghoon #jake sim #kpop smau #— chelito

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sshbpodcast · 11 months ago

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Character Spotlight: Jake Sisko

By Ames

We’ve talked a bunch of times on A Star to Steer Her By about how Jake Sisko is the best. He’s one of the best child characters in the whole Star Trek franchise, in both writing and acting (second to maybe Mezoti and/or Rok-Tahk). His relationship with his father is depicted so beautifully in so many episodes, as we’ll surely discuss below. And that kid’s personal style bypasses Wesley Crusher’s in every single way.

So this week, we’re picking up a Jake Sisko holonovel to read as your SSHB hosts declare our favorite Jake-O moments and scrape up some bad moments to consider. Our definition of what a Worst Moment is – which was shaky at best to begin with – gets really stretched this week. So enjoy them all below, listen to our chatter this week on the podcast (jump over to 1:01:52), and prepare for Jake Sisko to make a deal for you to have great damn day.

[Images © CBS/Paramount]

Best moments

“A” is for Apple, “B” is for Best friend ever Jake is just a straight-up good kid. So good that we happily forgive everything on our bad list, and this early moment really established what a pure heart he has. When Rom pulls Nog out of Keiko’s school in “The Nagus” and Sisko is about to get all racist at the Ferengi for corrupting his son, we learn that Jake has been sneaking off to teach Nog to read, squashing all the jumped-to conclusions and being the example that everyone on the station needs right now.

Who wears the lobes in this relationship? Speaking of teaching things to Nog, when the two form the Noh-Jay Consortium in “Progress,” which is adorable enough on its own, Jake somehow schools Nog on the value of owning land when they start trading assets around. How a Ferengi doesn’t understand real estate is beyond me, but Jake knows a good deal when he sees one. Turns out Jake’s got the lobes!

My friend’s real sorry for what he did In our Nog coverage on the podcast, I mistakenly sullied Jake’s name, claiming he started a fight with the Skrrean kids in “Sanctuary.” Well I was dead wrong! Jake, the ever goody-two-shoes, actually tries to prevent the fight and then does one better by patching things up with Tumak in line for the replimat later. How I could think Jake would have a vicious bone in his body was my error.

I need to find what’s me While we gave Nog lots of props for pursuing his dream of being the first Ferengi to join Starfleet, Jake goes the opposite path, and we love him even more for it! You’d think with a father commanding a whole station, Jake would go the Starfleet route too, but in “Shadowplay,” he reveals he’d rather pursue something he’s more passionate about.

First let me get the hang of flying at impulse When the away team gets captured during “The Jem’Hadar,” Jake and Nog sneak aboard the runabout to escape. Despite not knowing how to pilot the thing, Jake is able to elude disaster and invaders long enough to be rescued. Add to that the fact that they were there to ensure Nog got a passing grade, and Jake comes out as the hero of this episode! (Sorry, Quark.)

If I go, you’ll be all alone Even though he wants to spend time with Leanne, Jake decides to accompany his father on the lightship in “Explorers.” This episode gives us some more of those patented lovely father-son moments of the two being honest and supportive of each other, as Jake expresses his interest in writing and also that he’s concerned about Ben coping without him if he went away to school.

Something called “Sliding into Second” An episode later in “Family Business,” Sisko relents to Jake’s insistence that he get a girlfriend by going on a date with Kasidy Yates based on his son’s matchmaking skills. And it turns out Kasidy is perfect for Ben! Now whether Ben is perfect for Kasidy is another matter altogether that we hinted at a little in our Ben Sisko post, but let’s just say Jake has solid taste.

To my father, who’s coming home I cannot overstate how beautiful “The Visitor” is, and at the center of it is Jake’s relationship with Ben, undoubtedly the strongest asset of all of Deep Space Nine. Jake’s love for his missing father is so strong and pure that he dedicates his life to getting him back from the white void. Is it what Ben would have wanted? Absolutely not. But is it perfect for Jake Sisko? Tremendously.

You may be a little rusty, but you’re still the Chief When O’Brien has gone through literal decades of torture after his brain adventure in “Hard Time,” who better than Jake Sisko to help reacclimate him to all his tools? Jake, who apprenticed briefly under the Chief earlier in the series, shows characteristic patience and empathy for the man who is clearly in need of much rehabilitation and therapy.

The line between courage and cowardice Cirroc Lofton gets his time to shine in “...Nor the Battle to the Strong,” providing an understandably terrified face to the front lines. Not only does he scrub up to help Julian and the other combat medics as injured soldiers start pouring in, AND thwart a Klingon siege by blasting out the ceiling, but he also reminds us that war is absolutely horrifying, in case we’ve forgotten.

You can always find something that’ll make you smile Yet another feel-good moment comes from Jake in the entire lovetrip that is “In the Cards.” While trying to cheer up his dad by getting him a baseball card, Jake and Nog find themselves running a series of fetch quests that add up to one thing: finding ways to make everyone have a nice day, even in the middle of the Dominion War. It was a breath of fresh air in a very serious season.

Let people read it and decide for themselves While Nog and the rest of Red Squad were entirely taken in by the opportunity to play war, Jake saw through Watters’s bullshit immediately in “Valiant.” He’s able to scrape Nog and Dorian Collins together and save them from destruction. And I’ve got to give him credit for endeavoring to write both sides of the story, without bias or condemnation, even if Watters deserves it.

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Worst moments

Watch the wheel, not the girl Boy, that Jake Sisko has a type, and that type is older Bajorans. We first meet Mardah in the flesh in “The Abandoned,” and not only is she a Dabo Girl (whom we know have sex acts with Quark written into their contracts), but she’s also too old for him. I don’t know what age of consent laws are in the future, but when she’s 20 and he’s 16, it just feels on the wrong side of legal.

Stop calling her Nerys When things with Mardah don’t work out, Jake sets his sights on another Bajoran who’s definitely too old for him in “Fascination”: Major Kira. And sure, you could justify this one by saying that everyone on the station is affected by Lwaxana Troi’s Zanthi Fever, but out of all the uncomfortable pairings, it was this one that just felt kinda gross about it.

I guess I just forgot you’re a Ferengi While we blame Nog for his terrible behavior during their double date in “Life Support,” Jake isn’t innocent either. First, how he let Nog weasel in is just a goofy plot device to make the episode happen. But also, Jake shows naivete on his part for not understanding that this is perfectly normal for a Ferengi, and blaming his friend for his upbringing isn’t a good look.

So you’re Jennifer Sisko, but you’re just not my mom Okay, this one’s a little on Ben too for trusting mirror Jennifer to be alone with Jake, like a fool, but Jake’s whole attitude toward his mirror mom in “Shattered Mirror” plays right into her trap. He is so blindsided by her presence that he doesn’t think rationally, even if he’s heard the stories about how nefarious everyone is in the alternate universe. Jake, don’t trust this imposter!

I can spot a creative soul a galaxy away Jake’s weird thing for older women shows up again in “The Muse” when Onaya easily manipulates the poor boy. This is just an episode after “Shattered Mirror,” when his mirror mom took advantage of his trusting nature and eagerness to believe people have good intentions. And this soul-sucker preys on him so easily because he lets himself get taken in.

How much laundry is too much laundry? One last one that’s on both Nog’s and Jake’s list somewhere, since the two are so intertwined: While Nog has become a complete square in “The Ascent,” Jake has turned into a slob so comically disorganized that it stretches credulity. Nog is literally gone for several hours and when he’s returned, Jake’s laundry coats their quarters. How is that even possible?

These visions, they’re not worth dying for This is one of those instances that’s more bad for Jake than bad for us at home. When Ben is catatonic from prophet visions in “Rapture,” it’s Jake’s responsibility as next of kin to decide his fate. He chooses for his father to live, partly selfishly, even though it’s not what Ben would have wanted. But really, I say they should have put this decision on Joe and not a teenage boy.

Just remember, Bashir is spelled with an I Consistently, it’s a running joke on the show that Jake’s spelling is poor. It comes up a couple of times! Nog has to correct all his spelling in “The Ascent.” Sisko points it out when he reads Anslem in “The Muse.” And clearly he spelled Dr. Bashir’s name wrong in his article from “...Nor the Battle to the Strong” because Julian reminds him of the spelling in “Call to Arms.”

This is where I belong After all the Starfleet personnel have abandoned the station in “Call to Arms,” Jake opts to stay behind to do some journalism work, hoping that his status as the Emissary’s son will keep him safe because the Bajorans will revolt if some harm comes to him. So he effectively makes himself a hostage of the Dominion just for a writing gig. Weird flex, Jake-O.

What about freedom of the press? And then the stories Jake writes about the Dominion occupation don’t even go anywhere because Weyoun keeps intercepting them in “A Time to Stand”! Jake, my dude, you can’t go writing clearly biased stories and thinking they’ll make it to your audience. You think Weyoun’s going to let you interview him when he knows your angle? Oh you sweet summer child.

Anything for a story I’ll admit that Jake’s actions and uncharacteristic ability to see through bullshit in “Valiant” were commendable, but his reasons for being there in the first place were thin at best. He weasels into Nog’s trip to Ferenginar to try to get an exclusive interview with the Nagus. Presumptuous much, kid? This after promising to Nog that he wouldn’t be acting as a reporter on his mission.

Please, no more Vic Fontaine! When Nog returns to the station in “It’s Only a Paper Moon” after his leg replacement and clearly suffering from PTSD, the support he gets from friends, family, and professional therapists alike is laughable. Even Jake. It strikes me as out of character that Jake fails at being tolerant of Nog’s wishes during a painful time. Maybe get the guy some comically large headphones instead of kicking him out next time.

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Send this one off to the presses because we’re done! We’ve still got some more Deep Space Nine characters to spotlight coming up, so keep following along for those. We also hope you’re watching Enterprise along with us over on SoundCloud or wherever you get your podcasts. You can play some dot-jot with us over on Facebook and Twitter, and check your spelling before submitting because evidently there’s no Clippy on DS9!

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absolutebl · 2 years ago

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Thai QL 2023 Favorites Tag Game!

@waitmyturtles tagged me, I kinda did it quick but Wait made it QL instead of BL so I guess I’ll play again

Because I get overwhelmed easily I need to confine myself to only things in 2023.

HERE WE GO - Thailand ONLY, 2023 ONLY

Favorite 2023 Thai QL:

My School President - I LOVE THEM YOUR HONOR

Favorite Pairing:

On the basis of Moonlight Chicken as well as MSP I have to pick GeminiFourth but for high heat I really loved NetJames in Bed Friend

Most underrated actor:

Lee Long Shi

I’d say Noh Phouluang but so far he hasn’t been in anything this year. Damn it.

Favorite Character:

Ken in Chains of Heart

I KNOW. I HATED the show, but man what a fucking fantastic idea for a main character. Tough as nails, rebuilt himself from the foundation up, total bass ass, persistent fucker. Plus Haii is stunning to look at. It’s not his fault they fucking squandered the gift he gave them.

Favorite Side Character:

Easy one: Chot - Step By Step

Favorite scene in a QL:

Between Us:

Favorite line in a QL:

Hit Bite Love

Most Anticipated QL (& why):

Twins the series - Not Me + HIStory 2 Crossing the line, it looks like golden trash.

Healthiest relationship in a QL:

Destiny Seeker babies side couple:

Most toxic relationship in a QL:

The Promise - I don’t wanna talk about it

Guilty pleasure series:

This year? Certainly Destiny Seeker

Most underrated series:

Frankly, probably Destiny Seeker, since no one has seen it and I actually quite enjoyed it.

Maybe Make a Wish? Another solid show that no one saw.

Of those that people saw, I think the Never Let Me Go Our Skyy installment was GREAT and pretty underrated.

It’s only July so of course this is subject to change without notice.

If you follow me... and I find something I love... you’ll notice.

Thai BL I watch so Far This Year:

La Pluie - 9

My School President - 9

Step By Step - 9

Bed Friend - 8

Between Us - 8

Destiny Seeker - 8

Make a Wish - 8

Moonlight Chicken - 8

Never Let Me Go - 8

Our Skyy 2 - mixed 7 & 6

Cutie Pie 2 You special - 7

Future the series - 7

609 Bedtime Story - 6

I Will Knock You - 5

Remember Me - 5

Tin Tem Jai - 5

Pastsenger - 4

The Promise - 4

Cafe In Love - 3

Chains of Heart - 3

Hit Bite Love - 3

Senior Love Me - 3

The Luminous Solution - 3

My Blessing - 2

House of Stars - dnf

Till the World Ends - dnf

#asked and answered #meme's gonna meme #thai bl challenge #2023 thai bl #best thai bl 2023 #Never Let Me Go Our Skyy #Make a Wish #Destiny Seeker #Hit Bite Love #Between Us #Step By Step #Chains of Heart #Noh Phouluang #Lee Long Shi #Moonlight Chicken #NetJames #Bed Friend #My School President

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khiphop-discussions · 4 months ago

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RAP:PUBLIC Ep.10 Part 1 Thoughts

Serious spoilers in this one. Seriously, if you don't watch any other episode before the finale, you should probably watch this one because it basically sets up the next (final) 2 episodes.

We start off with the 3rd round of KILL THEM ALL cypher mission.

Fleeky Bang just keeps getting better and better! WOW

Loopy next. He did his verse from "King Loopy"!

Then lots of verses that are cut short. Osun next. Noh Yunha said he uses the body roll dance too much lol. He's good.

Reddy next. He's so cool and laid back. He doesn't even put down his red bull lol. At this point he takes the top spot from Loopy.

Alright, Cocona is adorable. She finally grew on me. Also, her style is so unique (clothes and rap wise).

Mckdaddy is really good. He can rap fast and other flows that are more rhythmic too. His verse was dope.

Haon's rap style is too cool. Oh my god why are ALL of his verses fucking amazing?!

I can't even lie. I'm glad to see Jay Park. He's fun as the MC here. They aren't showing him too much but they still show his vibe a bit.

Mckdaddy got first place for round 3. Block 6 won 2 out of 3 round so far, I think.

Loopy goes first. He does well as expected.

Nosun from the same Block goes next.

Reddy goes after a few others. He did well. He's laid back again but I think others had higher energy so he won't win.

Noh Yunha again. His verse seems like it fits this beat perfectly.

Don Mills next. He does great.

I still like Yunha's verse the best.

Mckdaddy is using a good strategy. I think Block 2s issue is that they come out too early. Why do they always go first?

Anyway, mckdaddy's verse was good but not as good the one that he won the last round with.

Mckdaddy won again. I feel like Yunha was best though tbh.

Round 5 starts

Tray B first. He kills it as expected.

Haon and Khan hype up Jtong to rap. Korean Gangster Dracula. It feels like he's threatening to beat everyone up if they don't vote for him lol

Haon next. He kills it. Duh lol. "Make them retire if they treat me wrong." YES! THAT PART! LOL

Haon got first which pushes Block 3 to 3rd place in the last round.

Round 6.

If block 1 doesn't win they are eliminated.

Zene the Zilla comes in STRONG first. It sounds like it's his own song. "I live everyday like I'm the boss." He killed it!

Double Down's verse was cool. Fit well on the instrumental too. He beat Zene luckily it's his teammate.

Next is Polodared. "We're not meant to be because you're Hongdae style and I'm Gangnam style" lol. He killed it too. I think he'll take first. He's also from Block 1 so it won't matter.

(Side note: What style am I? Definitely not Gangnam style. Maybe Sinchon style since I lived there for 6-7 weeks? Lol)

Since comes out while I'm contemplating my style. She's "Queen" style lol. She kills it was usual

Boi B knows his team can't win even if they take the win this round. He still goes to rap just for the love of it and the fans! Respect!

Jo Gwangil goes last this round.

Isn't there a mass elimination after this round? I gotta be honest. I'm sick of seeing crying. I hope they keep that to a minimum. I hope I don't sound like an asshole but omg that's ENOUGH lol

Anyway, Gwangil Jo killed it.

Block 6 wins due to Jo Gwangil.

Block 6, Block 2, and Block 3 are the top 3.

But there's a "Hidden Match". Only one member from each block will compete in a cypher. The one who gets the most votes gets the 7000 for their team.

I think with 7000, block 6 (1st) and Block (2) will be safe. There's a possibility that they'll only be knocked down to 2nd and 3rd place, respectively, if they don't win. But block 3s spot can be taken if they don't win. They can end up in 4th or lower.

Tray B goes first and does well.

Then Punchnello. He kills it too.

JP goes and does well.

Then Since. She's good but I think either Tray B or Punchnello will win.

Mckdaddy next. They seem to really like Mckdaddy's style. Idk though.

I'm not 100% confident in my predictions on this one lol

They won't announce yet. There must be more to this mission?

Oh there's more rounds. Oh ok. I guess I don't understand the rules lol

Gwangil goes first and kills it.

Jtong next. He's so intense again.

Zene next. He's good but he won't top JTong or Gwangil I think. "Q made the right decision and I prove it" FACTS!

Cocona next. Somehow she reminded me of Lil Kim at some parts.

Noh Yunha did well. But I think Jtong or Gwangil will win.

1st place: Block 6 (Gwangil Jo won round 2 over Jtong) 58,000 total

2nd place: Block 3. (Since won round 1 of the hidden match. So my prediction of Punchnello or Tray B was wrong) 45,000 total

3rd place: Block 2. 43,000 total. So they were pushed down from 2nd place

4th place: Block 1. 37,000 total. Man, Block 1 was such a strong block but they still couldn't make it. They killed it every round but just COULDN'T get the win for some reason.

5th place: Block 4 with 34,000.

Fleeky Bang says his dad is really sick so he wanted to bring smiles by joining the show. I have noticed he seems kinda reserved this season when off stage. That might be why. It could be that his personality is just different from what I'd expect offstage (like Jtong and some others) though.

Tray B cried cause he worked so hard. I agree. Man, he really gave it his all. It's all good though. You can already tell his career is going up from here. This show is just one stepping stone.

#khh #khiphop #korean hip hop #rap:public

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spockvarietyhour · 1 year ago

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Omega an honourary member of the Noh-Jay consortium.

#Star Wars The Bad Batch #SWTBB #Omega TBB #A Different Approach #Danny watches Star Wars The Bad Batch

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eccentwrit · 2 years ago

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Jinyoung Park theory:

Okay so we know ( I think it was confirmed at least?) that Jinyoung also has the copy ability, and he is familiar with the two bodies phenomena. We know he is connected to Daniel and has a past with Daniel's mom, dad, and grandmother and may have been involved in the death of Daniel's dad.

The popular theory is that he, somehow, is Daniel's biodad. But how?

What if Jinyoung had two bodies? And that he and Daniel's dad are actually the same person but in different bodies. Maybe the second body is only temporary and when it "died" or disappeared or fused back or whichever, the original body got blamed for it? Maybe that is why he knows about the two bodies?

Or, the more boring option, since it looked like Daniel's dad was in the military in the one pic, maybe he got injured and couldn't have kids and so asked his friend to be a sperm donor.

But, I mean it has practice been confirmed that if Jinyoung and Daniel aren't father-son than at least a lot of people seem to think so. Noh called Daniel "young master" in relation to Jinyoung in the same way Jay is called "young master" in relation to his father.

But when Daniel finally finally confronts Jinyoung I want him to show Jinyoung one of the family photos and I want that to be the thing that flips Jinyoung to Daniel's side.

#Lookism #Daniel park #jinyoung park #lookism webtoon #Lookism theories #lookism spoilers

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Dust Volume 9, Number 4

Photo of Angel Olsen by Luke Rogers

Dust is everywhere these days, but that’s a good thing. April may be the cruelest month, but it’s also when the release calendar swings into full gear and local concert announcements proliferate. We’ve made it through the long dark void. It’s time for beers outside and portable speakers. What are we blasting? Oh, lots of things. Australian punks and Michigan rappers, German death metalists and French composers, piano deconstructers and freaking Arto Lindsay. This month’s contributors include Jennifer Kelly, Ray Garraty, Jonathan Shaw, Bill Meyer, Tim Clarke, Ian Mathers, Patrick Masterson and Jim Marks.

Blowers — Blown Again (Chaputa!/Spooky)

Blown Again LP by BLOWERS

“Wipe My Ass” materialized in my inbox on a slow day. It came all the way from Australia with blunt force scatological humor, and yeah, I clicked on the link. Why not? It’s dead brute simple, this song, starting with a girl (also the drummer) yelling out the title phrase, and picking up first a buzzsaw guitar lick and later, the somewhat wistful, surprisingly hooky chorus of “I just want somebody…to wipe my ass.” These songs are all raging ID and very little super-ego. “Shut the Fuck Up” is catchy as hell, in the vein of Jay Reatard’s late-career, alternative-universe hits, and “Let’s Age Disgracefully” aims a firehose of guitar nose straight at the speakers, so that you have to step back a little bit. Leonard Cohen, it’s not, but if you like giddy, joke-y, irrepressible garage punk from people who can barely play their instruments, well, prepare to get blown.

Jennifer Kelly

Cellow — Ghetto Takeover (Jugg$treet)

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There is literally no information on who this guy Cellow is, and this EP won’t change the situation. In a dozen of years we will be just saying “Oh, remember that dude that did a little tape with Rio Da Yung Og?” It looks like Cellow took a deal Rio was offering before he got locked up — to record an EP with an artist for $50k — but Ghetto Takeover didn’t surface until now. After 20 listens, hardly a line written by Cellow stays in your memory, possibly due to his total lack of charisma. Rio Da Yung Og completely steals the show here, on all the tracks he’s featured, and he’s in a full ignorance mode: “Fuck Obama and I ain't vote for Trump neither \ Stupid-ass white boys, Butthead and Beavis.” It’s the Flint MC who’s taking over Ghetto Takeover, not Cellow.

Ray Garraty

Ch’Ahom — Camazotz Cult (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)

Camazotz Cult by CH'AHOM

Ahead of a new LP from German black/death band Ch’Ahom, the sharp-eared freaks at Sentient Ruin Laboratories are releasing this compilation LP, and they’ve done us a solid. Camazotz Cult is as confounding and queasy as it is unpleasantly intense, precisely the sort of thing some of us look for in underground metal. What might possess a bunch of young German dudes to disappear into the mythos of a Pre-Columbian bat god, to the extent that they are compelled to form a band to write and record songs about it? This reviewer can’t shed any light on that—and likely the reasons should remain shrouded in dank, noisome darkness. If the denizens of TikTok and Telegram are alerted to the existence of the band, the ethno-purity police will show up to lodge their complaints: some will wring hands over cultural appropriation, others in black metal circles will bum out over the idea of Northern European kids digging on gods from the Global South. So goes our contemporary conjuncture. Meanwhile, songs like “Raid of the Tzitzimime” and “Noh Ek” churn and burn. To add to the cultural confusion, Ch’Ahom have covered a few tunes by Danish wackos Sadogoat, who went on to release more music under the even more inspired name Sadomator; Ch’Ahom’s rendition of “Female Goat Perversion” is as awful as you might expect, and it’s also pretty great. For sure, it’s the right soundtrack for 2023’s latest iteration of our global shitshow. Release the bat god, please.

Jonathan Shaw

Dippers — Looking for a Sphere (Goner/Tenth Court)

Looking for a Sphere by Dippers

The Melbourne garage punk rippers known as Thigh Master made two taut and scrappy full-lengths before ending their run. Now, a couple of years later, the two principals Matthew Ford and Innez Tulloch are back under a new name, Dippers, and a greatly altered sound. Looking for a Sphere, along with the single “Tightening the Tangles” make a case for fractious jangle but also psychedelic dreaming. Dippers do both. The single, out about a month ago, hews closer to the Thigh Master template with scratchy tunefulness, jabbing guitars and a noodle-y meander of keyboards. On the Sphere EP, however, even the relative bangers are slower, sweeter and edging into a gritty variety of twee. “Mazing,” the lead-off cut, is arch and witty like the Monochrome Set, jaggedly surreal like certain Pollard songs. It cuts and slashes and tootles in a sleepy-eyed way, in line with what Terry has been up to over the last several albums. “Drift Space” is even more stretched and blissed out, with its widely space guitar chords, its long shudders of tambourine and its languid psychedelic choruses (“Inwardly imploding, the pressure inside will not worry me, turned off the air, I floated out there, then turned off the screen.”) The two instrumental tracks are the surprise however, built of long expanding synthesizer tones and harpsichord like natterings; they extend in every limpid direction from a still center. But if Mikey Young can dabble in ambient electronics—and he can—then why not Dippers? Garage punk is so much more interesting when it brings in ideas from outside.

Jennifer Kelly

Bruno Duplant — Insondables Humeurs (Granny)

Insondables Humeurs by Bruno Duplant

Bruno Duplant made nine albums in 2022, so pardon me for not getting around to writing about this one until now. Mind you, my tardiness does not mean that you should not listen. This album is part of a recent series of longform pieces on which the French composer and occasional instrumentalist has taken on the full-time task of performance. Insondables Humeurs earns its title, which translates as Unfathomable Moods. Its two tracks loom and stretch, with long harmonium drones taking plenty of time to lure the listener into a state that feels at once enveloping and uneasy. Electronic treatments, piano notes, and arhythmic percussion intrude periodically, amping up the apprehension. This is the final installment of a trilogy of sonically disparate but similarly disposed efforts; one gets the feeling that Duplant is deeply concerned about the ongoing state of things. The resulting sounds cannot be denied.

Bill Meyer

Exploding Corpse Action — Interdimensional Annihilation: Complete Transmissions 1995-1997 (Armageddon)

Inter-Dimensional Annihilation: Complete Transmissions 1995-1997 by Exploding Corpse Action

The redistribution of heavy music’s extensive back-catalog of hyper-obscure, underground releases continues apace, and sometimes one wonders about the intent. Filling in untold histories, or filling hipster collectors’ record bins? Creating archival records, or “deluxe edition” records as pricey commodities? Interdimensional Annihilation: Complete Transmissions 1995-1997 is a newly marketed collection of the relatively slim output of Albany-based death metal band Exploding Corpse Action, and the record provides a good occasion for thinking on those questions. We’ll stipulate to the excellence of the band’s name, and there’s some fun to be had; tunes like “Light Speed Impact Crater” and “Robotic Surgery Malfunction” are endearingly demented. But do we really need two marginally different takes of “Decompression: Anal Prolapse” in the interest of a “complete” set of recordings? Do we really need this record in the first place, when a quick inspection of the latest sounds on Bandcamp yields any number of death-metal-related experiences imbued with the same sort of goofball depravity? History seems to have been indifferent to the band’s existence, and none of the participants in Exploding Corpse Action went on to make more subculturally significant music. Maybe if you live in Albany, you feel differently about the band’s relative importance, and in that case, I’m sorry — not about the band, but about Albany.

Jonathan Shaw

Grandbrothers — Late Reflections (City Slang)

Late Reflections by Grandbrothers

The concept behind the fourth album by Erol Sarp and Lukas Vogel — the follow-up to 2021’s All the Unknown — is an interesting one: these ten pieces all feature grand piano as their sole sound source, recorded at night in Cologne Cathedral when the building was closed to the public. As expected, there are plenty of moments of quiet, gently reverberating reflection, building into exultant crescendos. However, what’s most surprising — and perhaps most disappointing — is that the piano is often so heavily processed as to render it indistinguishable. When crunchy beats kick in on a track like “Infinite,” one can’t help but wonder why a live kit couldn’t have been substituted instead; it certainly would have sounded more natural and more in-keeping with the album’s sound palette. Nevertheless, it’s often engrossing to follow how the duo’s multi-part compositions unfold.

Tim Clarke

Arto Lindsay — Charivari (Corbett Vs. Dempsey)

Charivari (Black Cross Solo Sessions 7) by Arto Lindsay

Three years is not so long ago. That’s how long ago that locked-down improv fans discovered, during the first Quarantine Concerts on-line festival, that Arto Lindsay had a few things to learn about adjusting the rotation of his cell phone’s video camera. The experience of watching him with a 90 degrees tilt may have obscured what a swell thing he had going, but this album will set you straight. If, like this writer, you have sometimes felt that larger settings dilute Lindsay’s singular integration of guitar noise, samba sway, and social anxiety-stirring provocation, this unaccompanied setting is the neat shot you’ve been waiting for. While occasional loops trick you into thinking that the earth’s rhythms can be trusted, marvelously jagged chunks of guitar noise topple while Lindsay croons and gasps fragments that let you know that you just don’t know. The numerologically inclined should be aware that this album is volume seven of Corbett Vs. Dempsey’s Black Cross Solo Sessions, a series of solo statements that the label commissioned from locked down artists. There are eight in all, each encased in a glossy reproduction of Christopher Wool’s titular cross. Collect ‘em, trade ‘em, but keep your bubble gum sticks away from ‘em. Inspirational lyric: “Resistance yoga.”

Bill Meyer

Mute Duo — Migrant Flocks (American Dreams)

Migrant Flocks by Mute Duo

Chicago’s Mute Duo refer to their setup (Sam Wagster on pedal steel, Skyler Rowe on drums) as a “sandbox” and their play on Migrant Flocks bears that out. Whether on the flute-assisted (courtesy of Emma Hospelhorn), expansive centerpiece “The Ocean Door,” the harder-charging “Trust Lanes” and “Landmusik” (the latter featuring Doug McCombs and Andrew Scott Young), or the more ethereal ranges of “Moon in the Flood” and the closing “Bisrāma,” the duo refuses to be pigeonholed into what you might guess a pedal-steel-and-drums record might sound like. Some of this is technique (Wagster plays more conventionally guitar-like registers at times, Rowe mostly sticks with brushes), but it’s more the varied emotional and sonic palette they wield so astutely. At times the sound touches on anyone from later-period Earth to “Mogwai Fear Satan” to the Dirty Three, but always with a quality that marks Mute Duo as their own thing, and worth watching.

Ian Mathers

Paal Nilssen-Love Circus — Pairs of Three (PNL)

Pairs of Three by Paal Nilssen-Love Circus

The Norwegian drummer and bandleader Paal Nilssen-Love has lived a pretty international life. That has influenced his choice of associates — he’s played with musicians from the USA, Japan, Ethiopia, Brazil and all around Europe — and the distances he has traveled in order to play with them. This all changed when COVID came around, and he found himself confined within his home country’s borders, but improvisation is just another way of saying you’re good at solving problems. The members of Nilsen-Love’s Circus, who convened to record this album in the summer of 2021, all live in Scandinavia, but between them they can dial up any corner of the world in a second. The music changes by the second, jumping from accordion-led chanson to agit-prop punk to timbral improv, while singer Juliana Venter similarly leaps from tongue to tongue, with digressions into back of the throat, hackle-raising extended techniques. This music is a world unto itself, full of possibility.

Bill Meyer

Nondi_ — Flood City Trax (Planet Mu)

Flood City Trax by Nondi_

Best I can find, Tatiana Triplin has been releasing music since 2014, but Flood City Trax is her first away from the netlabel she runs, HRR, as well as her first for Planet Mu (not a bad place to greet a broader audience). The years of juke, footwork and techno intake make themselves felt across this album, which trips all over itself rhythms-wise but, more than anything to me, recalls the dreamily rough, lower-fidelity beats of Actress. Triplin says this album is inspired by the moods of her hometown of Johnstown, Penn., a place (in)famous for its flooding, and suggesting the music doesn’t carry with it some of that water weight, conscious or otherwise, would be misleading. More tangible than vaporwave but less fully submerged than Drexciya, Nondi_’s most prominent, cohesive album statement is also one of the year’s most excitingly pleasant surprises in the realm of electronic music.

Patrick Masterson

Angel Olsen — Forever Means EP (Jagjaguwar)

Forever Means by Angel Olsen

For all of the ambition and willingness to push further stylistically that Angel Olsen has exhibited in the last half a decade, it’s clear she’s never lost sight of her greatest strengths: deftly sensitive songwriting and that otherworldly voice. Dipping her toes into the swollen decadence of All Mirrors or the ‘80s synthpop cosplay of Aisles remain diversions from her more traveled roads beaten with a guitar and a mic that can handle her pipes. The Olsen I fell in love with was Burn Your Fire for No Witness, and she seems to have come back around on that more restrained swagger lately with the All Mirrors reworkings Whole New Mess, last year’s excellent, settling Big Time and, now, leftovers from those sessions in the form of Forever Means. The sax and organ solos that run out of gas on “Nothing’s Free” and the afterthought of a trumpet on “Time Bandits” feel like failed flourishes, so you can see why she dropped them, but the title track is as good as she gets and none of these four tracks is obviously lacking for quality. No matter how much change she goes through — and heaven knows she’s had plenty of that recently — her gifts shine brightest when there’s less to hide them behind. The center continues to hold.

Patrick Masterson

ShaunMusiq, Ftears & Xduppy — “Bhebha (Feat. Myztro, Mellow & Sleazy, QuayR Musiq & Matuteboy)” (Kgaday)

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The reigning sound of South Africa has been amapiano for several years now, and understandably so: Its relaxed rhythmic pace, airy melodies and “the pianos” from which the genre derives its name allow for plenty of creative space. One name taking recent advantage of the style is ShaunMusiq, who’s had a small but solid stream of singles since 2021’s SkrrThang II and here heads up a crew remixing a song that’s been blowing out cheap car subs and irritating parents around Pretoria since 2005. It won’t surprise you to learn this blew up via TikTok and that’s probably the impetus for this official video, which belatedly arrives a month out from the single’s release, but what might surprise you is how heavy that bass rolls as the three protagonists pass sleepy bars off to one another in the Bantu Tsonga language. Heavier still is just how committed this video is: From the dancers to the decked out Toyota Hiace, nothing’s left on the table. Get in, loser: We’re going to whatever party puts this on loudest.

Patrick Masterson

Silver Moth — Black Bay (Bella Union)

Black Bay by Silver Moth

The band Silver Moth is a pandemic-era coming together of Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai) and his wife, singer-songwriter Elisabeth Elektra; singer-songwriter Evi Vine, plus her guitarist Steven Hill and multi-instrumentalist Ben Roberts; Abrasive Trees guitarist Andrew Rochford; and Ash Babb, drummer in Burning House and Academy of the Sun. The seven musicians convened at Black Bay studio on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland for a short stint of writing and recording, and these six songs are the result. Given it was all pulled together in the studio, the coherence is impressive, especially on opener “Henry,” which sounds like Mogwai fronted by Beth Gibbons, and “Mother Tongue,” which has the airy, exploratory feel of Meg Baird. The second half of the record is dominated by the 15-minute “Hello Doom” (a very Mogwai song title), which sounds exactly as you might imagine, searing fuzz guitar and all. Though occasionally lacking in its own distinct personality, there’s definitely sufficient chemistry on Black Bay for further Silver Moth music if the band has the time and inclination.

Tim Clarke

Skooly — “08 Wayne” (The Real U)

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Lil Wayne recently passed through Chicago on tour, and reports from the evening have it that he was rapping songs here he hadn’t touched in years (if ever). For hip-hop fans who’ve struggled with the genre’s post-Drake decentralization, it was a nice reminder of simpler times when it was easy to tell who was on top — and who knows, maybe Weezy’s “I’m Me” tour was the impetus for Kazarion Fowler’s latest single, too. The former Rich Kidz member would’ve turned 14 in 2008, so while more wizened heads might have it that Wayne’s peak was a year or two earlier, Skooly’s of the age to speak with authority that in high school hallways, there was no doubting Wayne’s imperial phase was in full effect by the year in question. Skooly doesn’t look to ape that level of language-busting dexterity, instead opting for a confident sing-song lilt with an irresistible chorus that wraps on “Cold propane / This shit is dope cocaine / I feel like ‘08 Wayne” while Buddah Bless tinkles his way across the ivories and adds just a touch of funked up synthesizer for color. In every respect, this is one to feel good about.

Patrick Masterson

Sounding Society — Homecoming Medley or Society Into Sound (Gotta Let It Out)

HOMECOMING MEDLEY or SOCIETY INTO SOUND by SOUNDING SOCIETY

Man, will somebody please burp the matrix? There’s a glitch in the circuits. How else might one explain this anomaly? The cover, which is proudly proclaimed to be AI-generated, looks like the glossy cover of a 1980s-vintage sci-fi paperback. And the sounds? At first, the music sounds like a gear-inclusive (i.e., digital and analog) retro take on New Age-tinged keyboard soundtrackery. But as the music progresses, some non-ironic improvisational chops steer the music on a less predictable, if still essentially groovy, course. Several explorational interludes and one video game parlor breakdown later, you’re left wondering just what went down. Explanation — drummer-bandleader Tomo Jacobson spends much of his time in more straight-faced, jazz-oriented settings. It would seem that you can take the jazz man out of the club, but you can’t take the creative restlessness out of his heart.

Bill Meyer

Erik Sowa — Cedar Lake Recordings Vol. 1 (Sliptoh)

Cedar Lake Recordings Vol .1 by Erik Sowa

Chicagoans will recognize Eric Sowa as a drummer who pops up in both roots and improv contexts, to make these recordings, he headed to an off-the-grid location in northern Minnesota. No electricity? No problem, he just humped a car battery to power the recording gear, along with his drums, stringed instruments and bellows-driven organ. All that trouble would be for naught if it didn’t help capture the vibe, but Sowa has gotten it right. One supposes that it took considerable concentration to self-record a virtual ensemble that feels so naturally loose. Each tune represents a modest amount of rustic headspace, and then makes way for the next.

Bill Meyer

Dick Stusso — S.P. (Hardly Art)

S.P. by Dick Stusso

Dick Stusso distorts 1970s guitar rock through a prism, twisting blues-rock riffs into haunted litanies. His big hollowed out baritone floats elegantly through post-Waits-ian junk shop arrangements, posing, preening, italicizing every line. You can hear faint sirens through the piano bar chords of “Self Reflection (Deep).” The title screams sarcasm, but Stusso plays it relatively straight. It’s a AOR ballad turning slightly green at the edges, blown out with ghostly “woo-woo” counterparts and ending with a curdled R&B solo vocal that sounds like Merry Clayton but broken and harsh. I should mention that that’s Grace Cooper of the Sandwitches, one of the reigning queens of West Coast lofi and a long-time collaborator with Stusso. His father, the jazz saxophonist Marc Russo (Stusso’s real name is Nic Russo), makes an appearance in “Garbagedump #1,” a sloppy-drunk cakewalk treading unsteadily on second-hand-shop boogie. These 18 songs are brief but vividly imagined, throwing up film noir sound-stage vistas that are convincing unless you look at them from the side.

Jennifer Kelly

Harry Taussig — 80 (Tompkins Square)

80 by Harry Taussig

Harry Taussig is Takoma school royalty. His first recordings appeared on John Fahey’s celebrated Takoma Park record label, and his most recent have been for Tompkins Square, beginning with tracks on the seminal Imaginational Anthem series. His small catalog includes three releases over the past 10 years, the name of this one commemorating his 80th birthday. The compositions, played unaccompanied and without overdubbing on six- and 12-string acoustic guitar and five-string banjo, tend to bear titles suggestive of classical music (which Taussig cites as a primary influence in the liner notes), such as “Etude for in G Major #7.” Most have an improvisational feel, though comparison of alternate takes indicates that they are constructed with care. All three instruments sound open-tuned, as the five-string banjo usually is and as is common in the Takoma school style. Taussig has never been flashy, and his deliberate and at times hesitant approach has helped him to age somewhat more gracefully as a player than Fahey did. There is a craggy beauty to 80 well represented by the brooding photograph on the cover. Here’s hoping an 85 and a 90 will be forthcoming.

Jim Marks

Unlearn and MP Shaw—Secret Listener (Farallon)

Secret Listener by Unlearn & MP Shaw

Bright rounded bloops of synthetic sound bob in gentle syncopation, in the uncanny valley’s muted version of funk. Two Seattle-born, SF-based electronic artists—Matthew Shaw and James Key—made this disc during the lockdown casting dystopic dread into billow-y, unearthly shadows on the wall. Thus, their “Dusting the Astral Plane” grooves in a well-cushioned, unconfrontational way; picture an actual robot doing the robot, but slowly and bathed in magic hour twilight. Two “TLR” cuts serve as whooshing, enveloping meditation breaks, the soft clarity of keyboards surging then subsuming into ambient hiss. “Article One” lists woozily on blotty smudges of synth sound, the sharp click of rhythm clattering through. All of these cuts drift and loom, the dance beats wrapped in gauzy, indeterminant tone-washes. It’s more of a pencil drumming, space-staring, transcendental vibe than anything hedonistic or physical, but very nice all the same.

Jennifer Kelly

Youniss — White Space (Viernulvier)

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So what exactly distinguishes a very short album from an EP? Formal considerations like number of tracks don’t really work, and ultimately it’s just going to come down to the feel of the thing. In White Space’s case, the second album from Antwerp-based Youniss holds together strongly enough as a significant statement that neither the 20-minute runtime nor the almost beat tape-esque patchwork of these ten tracks are drawbacks. Whether going full aggro (particularly on the redlined, snapped-off “Arms Bent Back”), more atmospheric on the instrumentals “Negative Space” and “Walad,” or fully embracing a melancholy of dislocation on “SO SLOW” and “Sinking,” White Space packs a lot of sonic texture and grappling with serious issues (race, perspective, artistry, context) in a brief space. All that and it’ll consistently get your head nodding? That’s an album.

Ian Mathers

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rxxhine · 1 year ago

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“you must know...surely, you must know it was all for you”

you deserve this!(if hindi mo mascan pindutin mo yung alt.)

You've been asking me why I have a crush on you, right? I don't know where this kind of feeling for you started but one thing for sure is kapag kausap kita i feel safe and comfortable pero at first denial pa ako eh syempre, kase nga I'm scared but then nahuli ko sarili ko na bumabalik yung kilig na kay tagal ko ring hindi naranasan. If you're overthinking kung iba ba talaga pinaparinggan ko sa post, it's all about you kaya..and also sa repost din don't me. I like you for being you when we are talking, alam mo yung crush ko papunta na sa ano eh..gusto kita ewan ko ba parang dun na rin papunta eh pero parang ganon na nga talaga. I want to know you more and more, jay.

souviens-toi.

Always.

inaamin ko na ano gusto mo ako dejoke WHAHAA may pahabol eh noh.

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aria3210 · 2 years ago

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Di nako ka-defend her or smth

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Grand Traxelektor 2024 / 3 – „Sense”

Ahogy a „Mind” a midtempo, „Move!” az uptempo, úgy a harmadik, éves válogatás a downtempo világa, trip-hop, kortárs elektronika, ambient, drone, field recordings, a neve: „Sense”. Teljes hossza 8 óra 30 perc, és 103 felvételből áll.

Grand Traxelektor 2024 / 3 – „Sense” Spotify Playlist

A Spotify-on csak 90 felvétel található meg a 103-ból, főleg a Tradecraft három remeke érzékeny veszteség (87%).

Grand Traxelektor 2024 / 3 – „Sense” – Full Playlist

36 - Discrete Time [Reality Engine, Past Inside the Present] AceMo - Moblu's Creation [Moblu, Sonic Messengers] Actress - Mellow Checx [Statik, Smalltown Supersound] Actress - Six [Statik, Smalltown Supersound] Akmuo - Longing For Light (Original Mix)[Clairvoyant Perception, Huinali] Al Wootton - Their Towers Are Desolate [Lifted From The Earth, Berceuse Heroique] Alva Noto - Noh Human [Hybr:ID III, Noton] Alva Noto - Sync Dark [Hybr:ID III, Noton] Alva Noto - Xerrox Ascent I [Xerrox Vol.5, Noton] Alva Noto - Xerrox Topia [Xerrox Vol.5, Noton] Andrei Rusu - I've Lost Controm (Philipp Otterbach Remix)[I've Lost Control, Malka Tuti] ASC & Sam KDC - Casting Shadows [Surfacing, Auxiliary] Baishui - The Hungry Fisherman 飢餓的船夫 [VA - Anthology Of Contemporary Music From Far East, Unexplained Sounds Group] Behrang Mohammadi - Tears Only Fall from the Right Eye (Philipp Odd Dub Bach Remix)[WUB003, WARNING] Big Yawn - The Voice [NGBE, Research] Billow Observatory - Garden of Four Streams [Billow Observatory, Felte] Boundary - Son Quienes Cortan los Cielos Grises [Oxido En El Espejo, Exotic Robotics] Brainbeats - Music Brings Us Together [Ubiquity, Virtual Forest] Brendon Moeller - Bask [Signal, Constellation Tatsu] Brendon Moeller - Precipice [Signal, Constellation Tatsu] Celia Hollander - Water / Water [Perfect Conditions, Self-Released] Chateau Flight - Clair de Lunea a Mykonos [La Folie Studio, Versatile] Chateau Flight - Theatre de Verdure [La Folie Studio, Versatile] Civilistjävel! - VII (Brödföda)[Brödföda, FELT] Concepción Huerta - The Sacredness: Minerals & Rhizome [The Earth Has Memory, Elevator Bath] Contours feat. Abel Selaocoe & Rebekah Reid - Elevation 2 [Elevations, Music From Memory] Đ.K. - Lights in the Mist [Spiral Shape, Worship] Ddroga - Red Hypergiant Stars [Future Nature, Future Sounds] Donato Dozzy - Velluto[Magda, Spazio Disponibile] Dub Squad - Blown Fruit (1999)[VA - Virtual Dreams II - Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999, Music From Memory] Entire - Midnight Circles [Midnight Tribes, Splot] E-Saggila - Stalking Star [Gamma Tag, Northern Electronics] Evitceles - Flawed [Erosion, Repulse Xplosif] Evitceles - Transparent Abstinence [Erosion, Repulse Xplosif] Evitceles - Within A Haze [Erosion, Repulse Xplosif] Fennesz - Personare [Mosaic, Touch]

Gazelle Twin - This House (Sealionwoman Mix)[Shadow Dogs, Invada] Ghost Lemurs - Bios [Wombs and Alien Spirits, Haunter] Holy Tongue & Shackleton - The Other Side of the Bridge [The Tumbling Psychic Joy of Now, AD 93] HVL - Far Field [Far Field, Delsin] Jay Glass Dubs - The Best Lawn in the Neighborhood [DJ HUMBLE (Expanded Edition), Extended Techniques] Jay Glass Dubs - The Power to Eat Colours [DJ HUMBLE (Expanded Edition), Extended Techniques] Jeff Mills - Mass Hypnosis [The Eye Witness, Axis] Jeff Mills - When Time Stops [The Trip - Enter the Black Hole, Axis] Jichael Mackson - Welcome [Wait for It, Ilian Tape] Ka Baird - Gate IX [Bearings Soundtracks For The Bardos, Rvng Intl.] Kali Malone - Fastened Maze [All Life Long, Ideologic Organ] Kalumet - Kronosphere (Moon Patrol Remix)[Kronosphere, Oslated] Kate Carr - The Bins Being Emptied Somewhere Near Twickenham [Midsummer, London, Persistence of Sound] Kate Carr - Transit Interlude (Vibrations Obscuring Conversations) [Midsummer, London, Persistence of Sound] Kazuya Ishigami - Quantum Mind [VA - Anthology Of Contemporary Music From Far East, Unexplained Sounds Group] Konduku - Hafif [Ebedi, Nous'klaer Audio] L.B. Dub Corp feat. Baal & Mortimer - Golden Star [Saturn to Home, Dekmantel] Lawrence - Blue Moon (Zoe Polanski Version)[Epiphany Remixes, Giegling] LBWL - Two (Original Mix)[crossed parallels, ant-zen] Lee Scratch Perry - Evil Generation [King Perry, False Idols] Lewis Spybey - Boot Island Twin [LEWISPYBEY, Up] Li Yilei - Pillow, Mantra and Trance [Nonage, Métron] Li Yilei - Pond, Grief and Glee [Nonage, Métron] Lia Kohl - Ignition, Sneakers [Normal Sounds, Moon Glyph] Lia Kohl & Ka Baird - Car Alarm, Turn Signal [Normal Sounds, Moon Glyph] Lucid Dreams - Clairvoyance [Mesmerism, UVB-76 Music] Lucid Dreams - Reincarnation [Mesmerism, UVB-76 Music]

Maelstrom feat. Fasme - Res 06 [The FM Tapes, Central Processing Unit] Mars89 & Seekersinternational - Come Round Ya [Dangerous Combination, Nocturnal Technology] Masaka Masaka - Cut Right Through [Barely Making Much, Hakuna Kulala] Maya Ongaku - Meiso Ongaku 2 [Electronic Phantoms, Guruguru Brain] Meemo Comma - Journey to the Sphere [Decimation Of I, Planet Mu] Monolake - Global Transport [Studio, Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music] MPU101 - JAN24onNE375 [MPU105, Ilian Tape] MPU101 - klubTG33 [MPU105, Ilian Tape] MPU101 - rioria juice [MPU104, Ilian Tape] MPU101 - sunset memories [MPU104, Ilian Tape] MPU101 - vanlife 702 ABCD [MPU104, Ilian Tape] Multiples - Two Hours or Something [Two Hours or Something, Stoor] Nic Arizona - Akalaton (Tapan at War Remix)[Shavua Tov Remixed, Malka Tuti] Nicolas Jaar - El Azar [Piedras 2, Other People] Not Waving & Romance - Let the One Love Tomorrow Who Has Never Loved and Let the One Who Has Loved Love Tomorrow [Infinite Light, Ecstatic] Ohm & Kvadrant - Precious Little Diamond (Deadbeat Remix)[Treasure Of King's Garden, Kontakt] Open Yellow Circle - Dark Blue Trees[New Meridian, Optimo Music] Open Yellow Circle - Hiraeth[New Meridian, Optimo Music] Paranoid London feat. Jennifer Touch - Touch the State of That [Arseholes, Liars, and Electronic Pioneers, Paranoid London] Priori feat. Sabola - Learn To Fly [This But More, NAFF] Rainsoft - Nature Resonance (Original Mix)[Nature Resonance, Oslated] Sangre Nueva & Kelman Duran - Laine [Versus, Club Romantico] Scanner - Lithargea [Alchemeia, Alltagsmusik] Seefeel - Antiskeptic [Everything Squared, Warp] Seefeel - Sky Hooks [Everything Squared, Warp] Smackos - Curved Moog Under a Raincloud [Once a Mirror, Perspektif] Smackos - Snowdonia Reverb not so Uncanny [Once a Mirror, Perspektif] Soreab - Untitled - Graft 03 - A [Graft 03, Graft] The Black Dog - Sleep Deprivation 22 Well, Do They [Dreamless Sleep, Dust Science] The Mole - Boulevard [High Hopes, Circus Company] Tradecraft - Black Mist [The Body Needs Purpose, Berceuse Heroique] Tradecraft - The Urgency Pt. I [The Body Needs Purpose, Berceuse Heroique] Tradecraft - The Urgency Pt. II [The Body Needs Purpose, Berceuse Heroique] V/Z, Valentina Magaletti & Zongamin - All The Rest of It [Kuboraum Sound Residency, Kuboraum Editions] Violence Gratuite - Iséo [Baleine à Boss, Hakuna Kulala] Vril - Lost Together [Far Field, Delsin] Wanderwelle - Ondergrondse verbindingen [Wat gebeurde er met sergeant Massuro?, Maalstroom Netherlands] Wanderwelle - Ongeloof in Kamer 3 [Wat gebeurde er met sergeant Massuro?, Maalstroom Netherlands] Years Of Denial - Art Break (Supreme Low Remix)[Suicide Disco Vol.2 Remixes, VEYL]

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