#sound of water

[imlivingmylife]

Flathead Lake

[reckonslepoisson]

Tiger Bay (1994), Good Humor (1998), Sound of Water (2000), Finisterre (2002), Tales From Turnpike House (2005), Words and Music by Saint Etienne (2012), Home Counties (2017), I’ve Been Trying to Tell You (2021), Saint Etienne 

After the trio’s first two plunderphonic and sample-focused records, Saint Etienne settled into a groove that they’ve pretty much remained in for three decades. Generally, each release has a few really excellent, irrepressible dancey bangers, plus several mopey, breathily (ie badly) sung slow tunes, a few moments of fresh (or at least fresh for Saint Etienne) experimentation and a passage or two entirely unbearable. I can take or leave it all, though some albums (Tiger Bay, Sound of Water) are slightly better than others. Not the best batting rate, not the worst either.

… Until, that is, 2021’s I’ve Been Trying to Tell You – which is, for me, one of the great pandemic era records. Saint Etienne’s most recent album (as of writing, May 2024)  was a much needed reset, the trio finding clarity in an adjusted approach that was less self-hagiographic and complacent, and much fresher. Sure, it’s a little repetitive (and one can ignore the highfalutin stuff about it being set in the ‘90s), but I’ve Been Trying to Tell You is lush, patient, crafted – and a Saint Etienne career highlight. 

Pick(s): ‘Like a Motorway’, ‘Sylvie’, ‘Heart Failed’, ‘Shower Scene’, ‘Lightning Strikes Twice’, ‘Heading for the Fair’, ‘Magpie Eyes’, ‘Music Again’

[araiwatal]

幕山は湯河原町公認のパワースポット たいへん心地よい場所です。 パワースポットを流れる川の作業用動画を作りました。 リラックス 睡眠 勉強などでご利用ください。

Mt. Makuyama is a power spot officially recognized by Yugawara Town. It's a very comfortable place. I made a ambient video of the river flowing through the power spot. Please use it for relaxing, sleeping, studying, etc.

[tears-that-heal]

The sound of water is really soothing. 😌

[marlynnofmany]

If that doesn't have potential for some fairytale nonsense, I don't know what does.

[happyheidi]

[tightlikeglue]

-waking up on a boat

-flowing peace

-sound of water soundtrack

Seen in Douala, Cameroon by Pauline Bikim

[orpheus-has-lyreizz]

🎶Oh, could it be some kind of sign

that my husband's gone insane🎶

[kasugayama]

[walkermakepeacejones]

the sound of water

the view last month. , "Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time?" That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future." Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

[aestum]

(by chadtorkelsen)

[araiwatal]

せせらぎ | 東京 氷川渓谷 Babbling brook | Hikawa Valley, Tokyo https://youtu.be/kz_WXV66mqU

[modmad]

Wanted to try again at a fursona (love my other one, la Creatura, but they're a bit complicated!) Tried to keep it simple and soft, and boiled it down to two creatures I love: seals and donkeys! behold. my new fursona! a Sonkey! name wip??? I am amazed at how attached I am to them already! they are also very inspired by my favourite cuddly toy, Sweep! I love them a lot!!! uses any and all pronouns but defaults to they/them :3

[demaparbat-hp]

Oh, Aang, you're really in it now...

This is Zu—I mean, Jian Li and Katara's second meeting in the Kyoshi Warriors AU. The first proper one, anyway.

Once they get through a minor difference of opinion or two (“I can carry my own basket!” “Never said you—” “I'm not weak!” “I didn't—” “Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean—” “Would you listen for once, woman?!” ) they'll become nearly inseparable.

For now Jian Li will carry Katara's basket all the way to the Kyoshi Warriors' dojo and, once there, they'll mercilessly tease Sokka when they see him in uniform.

[justheblueberry]

there are those for whom we weep, the young, the bright, the fair

[uncanny-tranny]

Basically, my philosophy around disability fakers is: I would rather a thousand people fake a disability than have one disabled person suffer without care, aids, compassion, or any help.