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[trevlad-sounds]

Sleep Fog

March 13 2022

1 Dividenthal & Aumgn - Arterial Hyper Sleep

2 Bubble - Triangaroo

3 Martin Glass - Welcome to the Four Seasons

4 Giants Of Discovery - The Power We Give To Stones To Hold Human Time

5 Elin Piel - Fält

6 A Veil Of Water - Frailty

7 WMD - Winter

8 Amon Tobin - Full Panther

9 gooch , gooch wills - everyone i love is asleep

10 Pablo Color - La Calle Roja Chee Shimizu Remix

11 Drakkar Nowhere - In the Eye of Time

12 PILOTPRIEST - Hopeless Romantic

13Monochrome Echo - Constellation

14 Yumi Iwaki - Sleepy Fog

15 Scott Campbell - Sun Glitter / River Glass

16 Leyland Kirby - Wdtftcs - Thirty-Three

17 Tambour - Waves

18 Marconi Union - Weightless

19 Mosaik - Among Plants

20 Boards of Canada - Collapse

21 Tomas Dvorak - The Glasshouse with Butterfly

22 Obfusc - Sounds From Shattered Seashells

23 Pulse Emitter - Ice Grotto

24 r beny - crushing

25 Linkwood - Outside In

26 Yamaneko - Yaeyama Islands (Setting Sun)

27 Hiroshi Ebina - Upas

28 Albrecht La'Brooy - Sean's Lullaby

29 Harold Budd/Brian Eno - A Stream With Bright Fish

30 Asfandyar Khan - Renew

[inthewindtunnel]

r beny

mantled spring

discerned in the fugue of streams

-ep-

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r beny | fir-sweet and mossed | 2024 | https://headphonecommute.com/2024/10/16/r-beny-fir-sweet-and-mossed/

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Ameel Brecht - More Real Paradox from "The Locked Room". Released 2022 october 21 via Blickwinkel

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r beny - Pillar Point

[fumifooms]

Here to share Hien thoughts today.

One thing that defines her is that she’s very capable. She’s the highest ranking in the squad after Maizuru so her confidence is in part because she does have that senior coworker &/ leader authority to her, confidence which is very much earned.

If I had to dig deeper at her beyond just what we’re shown I’d go with the angle that… She was born into the Nakamoto household and being a ninja servant, she grew up there, she doesn’t know anything else beyond the job, and it’s a job she does well, traines to get there. She’s here to do her work and she’s content with her life being how it is, not that she knows anything else. I don’t think she’d be self-aware about it all? Both because this really is pretty normal for Wa and it’s her normal, and because, while she doesn’t fold her spine or care for things like cosmetics, she does mold her attitude to be both capable and respectable. Her home, the Nakamoto household, is simultaneously a professional setting, it’s a 24/7 thing.

She’s critical of others, including her superiors and she doesn’t shy from it. Everyone shittalks Toshiro’s father regardless, but she also gets reprimanded by Maizuru for seeing Toshiro as vaguely unreliable, again likely influenced by their history as childhood friends, sasses Maizuru when she goes off into an anecdote again, etc. Even as a kid with Toshiro, doubtlessly after starting her ninja training already considering that Toshiro started his at ~5yo, she told him it was unbecoming of him to cry. She’s the one both with the job and the will to keep others in check, like when it comes to Izutsumi not doing her tasks, etc etc.

Her childhood friend relationship with Toshiro only grew more professional with time, to her surprise but seems to be more about the thought of it rather than it affecting her emotionally. With the way her extra comic lays it out, it seems she expected to become Toshiro’s mistress because of history repeating itself, in a "it is what it is" way more than anything, which is in line with the reading that she’s more go-with-the-flow and "anything that I’m tasked with I’ll accomplish, as a matter of course". She’s not really social, and keeps herself ready to act at beck and call. She’s not uptight but she’s hard-working. So yeah like, taking pride in your skills but also keeping your identity mostly molded for efficiency. She doesn’t really think about it all, she just is and she’s fine with things as they are, going from one task to the next.

I think it’d be neat to look at her relationship with her parents… They’re both servants at the Nakamotos’, so while maybe busy like Maizuru was at times while raising Toshiro but still taking the time to cook for him (which, parents that prioritize work over her would make sense with how she became how she is), I wonder what their relationship was like, how much time they spent together, how Hien feels like towards them… I assume they’re a part in molding what her definition of normal is, after all if they are longstanding servants of the Nakamotos she has that much less reason to question such a life. But like… Have they ever had hard-hitting discussions, or is she pretty distant even with them? Did they push her into working harder, or were more hands-off? Does Hien maybe want to earn recognition by being capable? Hien has a younger sister that she gets along "so-so" with…

Hien’s younger sister seems to smile more, be more social and a bit nonchalant, such and such. Could be a point of tension that points to the "so-so", that they’re dissimilar/Hien thinks she doesn’t behave right or takes things too lightly, that she’s "unreliable" maybe. Or it could also point to some difference in how they grew up… Like oh I bet there could be tasty angst with mertocracy and siblings favoritism with her family thrown in there… Having to earn the love, earn your keep, earn your spot in the hierarchy (in work and family both)

To me she shines best as a foil, like to Beni, but like. She’s got neat stuff going on If you’re wondering where I took half of what I referenced from I recommend looking at my masterpost on the Nakamoto party, info and extras are compiled

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💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🧚💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

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inspired by me and @the1weepinqguitar goofing off

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More mainstream pop artists took a switch to R&B during this time including the now retired singer and dancer, Namie Amuro. After much criticism for dabbling in R&B in the 90s, songs from her Style, Queen to Hip-Pop and PLAY albums started gaining interest; notably Put ‘Em Up, So Crazy, Girl Talk, HELLO and Pink Key. Along with Amuro, ero-kawaii artist Koda Kumi became a trendsetter after her Best~First Things~ got popular. She had R&B tracks that heightened like 秘密 (Secret), this is not a love song and No Way from some of her best albums, Kingdom, TRICK and UNIVERSE. The versatility in J-R&B songs showcased to many in the industry that it was impactful  and interest from artists such as Ishida Yuko’s Missin’ U,  SATOMI’s Baby Doll, MISIA’s ANY LOVE, YA-KYIM’s someday, Leah Dizon’s Softly, May J.’s Why Why Why and Yuna Ito’s Losin in the mid  2000’s to early 2010s. Even R&B was pouring into idol songs like Morning Musume’s Do It Now and Goto Maki’s Tear Drops. Along with these tracks, there were many other standout albums that were heavily influenced such as Hiromi’s Rainbow, Kato Miliyah’s Heaven, AI’s The Last Ai, Jasmine’s Gold, LISA’s Gratitude, BENI’s Jewel and Thelma Aoyama’s Diary.

Japanese R&B – The State of It All

[pirunika]

also I splurged and bought stickers ~ I'll re'design' my phone

[nikidykeachu]

Day 7:cards

I wasn't sure what to do cause idk anything bout cards so cochi y beni playing uno^__^ except I don't rember what uno cards look like either

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people with hot ass themes deserve the best head (yes i’m staring dead at my mutuals)

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TIME TO GET EXCITED

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yelling at the grim reaper can and will work

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Out this week: Cain (Dark Horse, $19.99): 

This new graphic novel by Walter Hill and Mike Benson is about a blind man who has a unique way to see the world around him. Raised by rogue CIA agents, Cain grows up to be a hedonistic hitman who lives off the grid and takes out corrupt politicians and gangsters. So, kind of like Daredevil, but without any sort of moral compass.

See what else is arriving at your friendly neighborhood comic shop this week.

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Cain is a neo-noir tale of a blind hitman operating in the gritty world filled with crime and violence

Cain is a neo-noir tale of a blind hitman operating in the gritty world filled with crime and violence #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel

Dark Horse teams up with film legend Walter Hill and award-winning television and comic writer Mike Benson to present Cain, a thrilling neo-noir tale of a blind hitman operating in the gritty world filled with crime and violence. Hill and Benson are joined by interior artist Beni R. Lobel, colorist Jordi Escuin Llorach and letterer Frank Cvetkovic, with Lobel also providing the cover art for this…