#traveling is such a hastle

[maria-ruta]

hi fellow toreador Veronica player! i'd love to know more about your Veronica 👀

of course! I'm lazy tho, so i'm just gonna give you my artfight Veronica describtion (with some little nuances)

Also you can go through my Veronica Sugar tag in my blog, if you want to know more info and see some art UwU

describtion under read more 👇👇👇

Veronica is 100 (125 if counting with human years too) years old toreador vampire

She used to be a singer at the bar before she was turned into a vampire, she still sings very good and loves trying new music styles as they apear during her long life (for example she got really good at singing rock and metal at some point)

Because it happened so that she was embraced with very short hair (here and here more about her embrace)she had to wear wigs and after a while learned to use different wigs and clothes to create different characters she could prettend to be to mend into human society Usually she uses her charisma and beauty(big boobies lol) to seduce people and feed on their blood Nowdays she often pretends to be cute silly bimbo - bc it is easy to have people loose their guard around her

in the period from 1920s to 1960s Veronica lived in Chicago with her sire(Veronica's sire here), but never got fully accepted by other toreadors and she wasn't big fan of Camarilia either so somewhere in 60s she ran away with a group of Anarchs vampires and traveled across USA with them. Made few good friendships there and learned protean at some point - big monster claws and how to burry herself into the ground for the day (check out her gangrel friend here) tho in the end she was disapointed in their lack of organization and due to that and some other personal reasons she left them around 80s she joined a small coteria of vampires in New Orleans bc she was seeking shelter from Sabbat attacks, and she lives with this coteria till today

Veronica is very humane - she cherishes human life (or any other life to be fair... be so werewolf or vampire or fairy). Also she is good at blending into human society, understanding recent trends, she is good at using latest technologies and internet

She used to work as a nurse in present days but she quit recently

Now she has a little side hastle posting on only-fans and also she is busy cleaning/renovating/painting/furnishing abandoned fabric that is now her Elysium. New Orleans already has one Elysium. Veronica's Elysium is a secret right now - only some kindrets know about it and use it as base, bc there is war with Sabat going on at this moment of the game, and having a secret base is rly convinient

[fights4users]

More assorted system headcanons

I’ve been doing a lot of individual post ones lately, slightly larger than these but not enough for an essay. I haven’t really had big post ideas lately but these are fun and I like to use them in writing (and anyone can for anything I put out btw)

Here’s some more after this one [ Sleep | drink ]

Encom system has (or used not to) no currency system, it’s more efficient to just let everyone about their way to do what they need to do. It keeps everything productive and less complicated… that was until paywalls went up. When the company got more greedy and secure things went a bit sour. Now you have to pay to travel to certain domains and it’s a hastle. Some know how to jump or get around paywalls others have a card from their users that gives them permission (basically a in world translation for paying to access a site)

However the Grid had currency from the start both as users were intended to eventually come in and they needed something to do with so long without purpose, they have their entirely own system that’s mainly made up but they ahear to. Clu doesn’t regulate it- mainly because it keeps the masses busy

Encom still utilizes physical buttons, keyboards and switches alongside some touch screen- while The grid is purely touch or holo screen (mainly for aesthetic, that’s the way most of it was built)

Another way to recuperate energy would be to plug in/charge sort of like a phone. Computers themselves are constantly plugged in and most of the time programs get energy simply through functioning but this is a more direct way, that also helps to skip a sleep cycle which takes much longer.

Similar to all programs using it/it’s interchangeably with gendered pronouns I can see them having open and undefined relationships. There’s not exactly jealousy as Counterparts are a bond that goes well beyond the way we view relationships, i don’t know if this makes sense

There’s a fate worse than Deresolution or deletion for programs …  obsolescence. You’re not dead but you’re also not running, not being used and you haven’t for a really long time. Existing but not, installed but the users and soon those you know forget you’re still there. Sort of a living-dead situation. (At least being derezzed your energy is recycled back into the system, not just wasted)

Coming from the Encom system Tron mourns buttons and the physicality of everything- it’s his “old man yells at cloud moment”. Whatever the digital version of ‘grandpa’ would be that’s what the betas (teens??) call him. “What was it like when the computer was invented?” *punts child* he’s two years older than the grid itself don’t do this to him

Encom is very abstract in everything, more often than not furniture is more of a low-resolution 3D abstract than a actual chair (if you’ve seen CGI from the. 80s- that) it’s much less representative of our world beyond programs reflecting users. There’s never ending horrors if you step just outside of where you’re supposed to.

Pac-Man is a “Grid eater” as described in the novelization. (Sark 100% put some poor soul in the Pac-Man maze,) types like him can be contained there’s others that are like worms and destroy-all viruses that you better just derezz— however sometimes they’re just sort of lumbering deep beneath out lands not hurting anyone so it’s 🤷‍♀️ Go there at your own risk

[dexppomp]

HIHI HOHO

OKAY So, Time travel episode ! Something goes wrong while the boys are trying to get rid of the timetub. Transporting them into the future.

Dewey gets transported near an adult Louie’s estate, who’m has actually been able to start up his own pretty successful company (with some funding from his good ol’ uncle ofcourse)

Huey, comes across an adult dewey who has taken over LP’s job as Scrooge’s personal driver, and at night is a local tv host (LP basically lives with Jim now)

Louie teleports near a woodchuck cabin in which, adult Huey is signing up new Junior junior woodchucks.

During all of this, in the main timeline, the magic gang is having another one of their sleepovers ! They are having their average fun, summoning spirits and ghouls.

Until suddenly they get suspicious of none of the boys showing up anywhere around the house.

No generic theme show music blaring from the boy’s bedroom. No Ottoman Empire™ being watched in the television room. No sound of book paper being whirled trough.

They go and ask Beakley, where the boys might be. Her telling them that they are cleaning up some mess they made in the attic. Going up there they come across the Timetub, beeping and booping, as if it has just been activated, with a date simply displaying “Future” with under it written in very small letters “Highly unstable, do not use”.

Violet is quickly to point out that there is a high probability that the boys have used the timetub to go into the future. But that it would be best to not follow in their footsteps.

However before she even gets the chance to get that far in her sentence. Webby is already dragging Lena with her into the tub yelling about bringing the boys back.

Violet decided to simply not join them and goes to search for Gyro at his lab, wanting to know what kind of “unstable” he exactly meant

(I did not expect to start writing like and actual story I was just trying to find a way to have those two go into the future)

Just like with the boys, the tub messes up and puts them near their counter parts adult version

BACK TO THE BOYS REAL QUICK

(Going to use A!Name to differ adult versions from current version)

Dewey simply walks into the estate and upto the office where A!Louie is in the middle of a business call. The moment he notices Dewey walk in, he panics and ends the call. Confused about why a younger version of his brother, has entered the room.

Huey on the other hand simply climbs in to the car while A!Dewey is waiting for Scrooge to come. And simply just immediately begins explaining him the situation. Asking him questions about what year it is and if he knows how to get back and pretty much everything he needs to know to get back.

Louie has a different plan, thinking that it wouldn’t be a smart idea for his adult brother to know he is here, he decides disguise himself as a junior junior woodchuck and put on a whole thought out persona to be as in suspicious as possible. He gets signed up with pretty much no hastle outside of A!Huey being suspicious of him.

BACK TO WEBLINA CONTENT

Webby deploying in the middle of Duckberg. Confused on where and when she exactly is she runs to the first person she can see, a tall woman sitting outside at a small cozy cafe.

She taps on the womans shoulders and asks where she exactly is and what the date might be.

As the woman turns around, It gets revealed she is adult Lena. (Insert your own adult design here). She first answers without too much thought and a giggle. As Webby gets absolute awestruck seeing how gorgeous her best friends becomes in the future.

Before A!Lena gets up and drags Webby away around the corner real quick. Webby is just whispering to her self about how pretty A!Lena looks and that she thought Lena already couldn’t get prettier.

A!Lena beside the fact that it makes her blush a bit she immediately asks what happened and why Webby is a child again all of a sudden. Thinking she probably got hit by another Treasure or Gyro invention.

After some back and forward A!Lena understands that this a past Webby and that this must be the day they went to so many years ago.

Webby starts asking about what things are like in the future, if flying cars have been invented yet and such. Till she suddenly notices that A!Lena is still wearing her friendship bracelet. Upon noticing she immediately gleefully asks “Are we still best friends ?!” A!Lena takes a second to answer and goes “Oh’ definitely Pink”

CANT FORGET ABOUT LENA

Lena pretty much does not move from her position at all, she is still in the mansion, but time has noticeably changed. She decides to walk back downstairs. The halls having new pictures on the walls. The boys in their teenage years, a photo of Donalds and Daisy’s wedding.

As she gets closer to the main hall she heard ever so familiar humming coming from near the bathrooms. As she goes to investigate she runs into A!Webby. Putting doing up her hair and fitting up her signature bow.

Lena quickly hides behind the corner, but not before getting a glimps of A!Webby. As her heart is pounding from both being in a situation where she’d rather not be found out, and seeing this girl she has had the longest crush on, growing up to be so pretty.

But before she can even think about that, the humming stops. As A!Webby detects something is amiss. She somehow gets behind Lena and manages to hold her at blade point.

Till she notices its Lena and immediately drops the sword and blurs out “OMD LENA ITS YOU BUT LIKE YOUNG YOU YOU ARE JUST AS CUTE AS I REMEMBER WOW !!… You know not to sneak up on me like that”

Lena now being dazed and confused was atleast able to pinpoint one thing out and that was the part where A!Webby said she was cute.

Lena asks A!Webby if she really used to think that she was cute. At which A!Webby simply answers “Wait you don’t know yet ?

AND WE GO BAAACK TO THE PRESENT JUST REAL QUICK

Violet goes to ask Gyro about the TimeTub, and he explains some timey wimey shenanigans that pretty much means they can’t get them back and everyone has to get back themselves.

NOW ONTO THE BOYS FOR REAL QUICK

Dewey simply vibes with A!Louie for the majority of the time until A!Louie mentions he maybe should try and find a way back, Dewey agrees and they head towards the McDuck Manor.

Huey convinces A!Dewey to immediately drive him back to the manor (They where waiting at the Money Bin, I forgot to mention) As Scrooge just walks out of the door, the two drive away really quickly and Scrooge gets a bit annoyed

A!Huey keeps giving Louie a hard time as a junior junior woodchuck. Until Louie finally gives up the facade because he simply can’t be asked to keep doing all the physical work. At which A!Huey simply laughs and tells him he already knew that it was his brother, and tells him he remembers how they originally got back and also takes him back to the manor.

BACK TO THE LEBBY-ANS

Lena asks A!Webby about what she doesn’t know yet. At which A!Webby answers that she used to have a crush on Lena and thought that she had said it already by the time Lena got teleported to future.

Which came as a surprise to Lena. Because for a matter of fact. That has not happened yet. She takes a second to breath and goes to sit down on the ground trying to recollect her thought.

A!Webby tries to comfort her, she knows it’s a lot to suddenly take in. Lena asks “Used to ?”

A!Webby doesn’t fully respond, she just gives her a little headpat, a reassuring smile and says “in a good way”

GOING BACK TO WEBBY AND A!LENA NOW HIHIHIHI

A!Lena tells Webby about how she remembers this day very well. Which makes Webby ask if she knows how they got back and if they could find the boys.

A!Lena answers that they just need to get back too the TimeTub and the boys will get there soon too. Webby wonders where Lena is currently and asks A!Lena if she remembers “Oh very clearly, I’m with you currently”

Webby gets all exited again, just like how A!Lena has seen her many many times, it reminds her how great Webby is every single time.

While walking to the mansion, Webby keeps asking questions. “How do I look in the future ? Ooh ! And is it dangerous for me to see my future self ?”

“I don’t really think I can remember if I saw… myself ? I guess ?” A!Lena snickers a bit to herself. “But for your future self? Well I can say, you never looked better before “ A!Lena does start to feel a bit nervous.

WE ARE ALL AT THE MANOR/MANSION NOW (I KEEP SWITCHING BETWEEN THE TWO, OOPS)

All the bots arrive at pretty much the same time. But the adults have to quickly leave again. As Donald calls them up to come and babysit their nephews for a bit. But everyone gets a small look at what their future holds.

They go inside and get greeded by Lena and A!Webby. Whom gleefully says hi to the boys and they ingage in small conversation about the future and such.

Lena and A!Webby have been talking for the entire time up to this point. A!Webby telling her multiple times that she knows not to sneak up on people especially not her (Exept ofcourse it a bad guy), also explains her that she caught her getting ready to go to a cafe with a special someone. But that she shouldn’t worry with who.

Lena kind of understands what A!Webby meant with all that. And now she anxiously awaits her best friends arrival.

Webby and A!Lena approach the front door, but before opening it A!Lena holds Webby back and asks her if she is ready to go inside, because things might never be the same anymore once she does.

Webby understanding the possible ramifications of seeing your own future self and what it might do to an individual, nods her head and says “I was born ready”

They walk inside and Webby get greeted by a hug from Lena, she jokes about the fact Lena doesn’t tend to hug much. She asks if she is okay by holding Lena’s head in her hands.

Lena answers “Never been better Pink”, she looks Webby in the eyes “I know now, and so do I” She gets very blushy and awkward for a second.

Webby looks confused back, it takes her a second to figure out what Lena is talking about, but for comfirmation she looks at A!Webby, who simply gives her a nod back.

She gets so filled with excitement and happiness that she starts to still her wings. Suddenly stops and turns to Lena and goes “Does this mean we are girlfriends ??” With the most dopey yet sincerest smile on her face, the one that Lena simply never could get enough of. And she answers “I’m pretty sure it does Pink” with a loving smirk that is Webby has gotten oh so familiar with.

(During all this the Louie and Dewey are trying to not get either uncomfortable or weirded out by this display of affection, while Huey simply notes how they do make a good pair)

After a few minutes, the boys mention it should be getting time for them to go back to their own time. They all head upstairs. Webby and Lena hand in hand, Lena still blushing whilst Webby is gleefully hopping along.

THE END

I am so sorry for how badly written it is I just had a few ideas that I tried to somewhat connect together, also it is like almost 2am where I am and I began writing this at like 9. I will not be doing an revisioning because I am too tired.

Yeah, kind of just didn’t expect it to turn out to be a whole story I kind of just kept writing as I saw fit. AGAIN not a lot of it is good, and it isn’t meant to be anyway. I’m just putting down my thoughts and late night ducktale ramblings.

Hope it was atleast somewhat enjoyable

[whitesinhistory]

On July 16, 1944, 27-year-old Irene Morgan was traveling by bus from Virginia to Baltimore, Maryland, when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger.

Ms. Morgan, a Black woman, purchased a Greyhound ticket that day in Gloucester, Virginia, boarded the bus, and took a seat in the assigned "Black section." About 30 minutes after the bus departed, however, Ms. Morgan and the passenger sitting beside her were asked to give up their seats for a white couple who had boarded and found no available seats in the "white section." When Ms. Morgan refused and advised the passenger beside her to do the same, the bus driver drove to the local jail in Middlesex County, where a deputy sheriff boarded the bus and presented Ms. Morgan with a warrant for her arrest.

Under Virginia law at that time, racial segregation was mandatory on state-sponsored transportation. Ms. Morgan insisted that her presence on an interstate bus meant that Virginia law did not apply, and she refused to be removed from her seat. Police physically dragged the young Black woman from the bus, held her in the Saluda City Jail, and convicted her of violating the state segregation law.

Ms. Morgan appealed her conviction and, in March 1946, civil rights lawyers Thurgood Marshall and William H. Hastle argued her case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Less than three months later, in Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia, the Court reversed Ms. Morgan’s conviction and held that state segregation laws were unconstitutional as applied to interstate bus travel.

[splattergai]

ok erhm ive never done this before but im hoping it can help our lolito fragment,?,??,?? yeah👍 can we request an alterpack of lolito from karmaland? transfem nonbinary & she/they pronouns

https://karmaland.fandom.com/es/wiki/LOLiTO_FDEZ/KARMALAND <- wiki if it helps (it’s in spanish! but at least on my phone it auto-translates so if you don’t speak spanish that might help. sorry if it’s a hastle

-🩴sys

Lolito (Karmaland) Fictive Pack!

[ PT: Lolito (Karmaland) Fictive Pack! /end PT ]

Note: Headmate may not form exactly as described. Anything can be changed to fit your system.

Dividers by @/strangergraphics [ Tumblr ] Left Photo by DM David on Unsplash Middle Photo by @/eider-cn [ Tumblr ] Right Photo by Kevin Wang on Unsplash

Name (+ Sign-Off): Lolito, Alexis, Caramel (🗡️💀)

System: Fictive

Species: Human

Age: 29

Pronouns: She/her, they/them

Gender: Transfem nonbinary

Attraction: Bi-straight

Likes: Video games, pvp, travel, competition

Dislikes: Arguments, being betrayed/double-crossed

Description: Typically good with other people, bouncing off their energy. While prefers to be in a smaller group of people, is good in a leadership role and can take pressure well. Adaptive to situations and tries to make the most of what she's got. Protective to those she cares about, sometimes to a fault. Can be slightly possessive of people/things they like.

[digimonirl]

Hey Lady can you let Elm know my kids are gonna be passing by her castle? I don’t want them hastled as they cross the range…

-Comica

No problem Comica! Elm just sent a familiar to tell the guards so they shouldn't have any problems. Peace and joy to your kids on their travels!

[multapohja966]

mixed feelings on that ”borders in the eu are so open!” post. bcs i do believe in open borders and wish more positive rep on that, but the romantication of eu and complete blindness to reality is frustrating. the same racist oppressive fucked border ideas and policies are completely the same here. eu isn’t more progressive with their border policy they’ve just agreed to move the abuse from between themselves to the broader eu border. the Schengen area (area inside eu where travelling between countries is pretty free, often not even reguiring passport be shown) border is literally one of the most guarded and limiting borders in the world. so much of eu politics is about keeping immigrants out of the schengen area so priviledged europeans can holiday travel without a hastle. yeah the borders between white afluent countries are free and open, because they in unision agree on one thing and that is keeping migrants out.

[worldsneverfilled]

Poppy

Type: NPC

Game: Pathfinder primarily

Level: 11

Aliases: Pop, Doll

Pronouns: She/Her, but will accept any

Race: Poppet (Pathfinder)

Home: None

Age: Unknown

Height: 1'5

Class: Oracle

Background: Blessed

Heritage: Wishborn Poppet

Ancestry Feats: Shiney Button Eyes, Histrionic Injury, Sealed Poppet

Spell of Choice: Charitable Urge and Endure Elements

Weapon of Choice: Scroll Staff

Job: Oracle for Desna (if Pathfinder), Ilmater (if DnD)

Loyalty: The Deity that gave her life, the child Poppy used to belong to,

Alignment: NG

Personality: Quiet, a little too self-sacrificing for her own good, short temper, frequently forgets she's tiny...

Status: "Alive"

Strategy: If diplomacy doesn't work, a good wack to the back of the head works just as well, and "Darfon, throw me."

Tidbits:

Her child outgrew her and after sitting on a shelf for a decade, Desna put her to work. She was "wished" to life and charged with traveling around to help who she could, when she could. That usually meant spending time with children and offering them comfort or guidance. This had the added benefit of garnering more followers for Desna.

She travels with an orc named Darfon, who lets her sit on his shoulder when they're on the road. If they arrive in a city, she slips into a "holster" on his hip to pretend she's an inanimate object. She can watch his back from there, and it draws less attention than if a living doll were sitting on his shoulder.

Terrified of fire for obvious reasons.

Not a fan of water. It messes up her hair.

Also hates sand. It gets in her joints and gums everything up. Flushing it out is a hastle.

While she serves Desna/Ilmater, she does appreciate the gods that value charity.

She sees her gifts as an oracle as a curse, given what it costs her when she uses her magic, however, she tries not to complain because she's alive. It could be worse; she could be a lifeless, soulless doll still.

[tardisman14]

Might be planning a trip to Disney World later this year (either first week of October or first week of December)

And since I haven't been down there for a bit over 20 years, I could use some tips from anyone who's had more recent visits

What I want to know:

Ideal number of days for the best experience (most time I can budget (including travel) is 9 days (2 weekends + Mon-Fri)) (UPDATE: got more days due to another trip being canceled)

Must-see attractions

Recommendations for bringing back larger souvenirs (I might build a lightsaber, so I wanna know if it'll be a hastle as far as air-travel)

Anything else important you think I may have left out

[hellomasee]

He’s lucky in a way that the 2 games he’s missing are home games so he can go compared to the hastle of traveling especially to dortmund

yeah i mean i guess?!

[rosiehunterwolf]

I’m finally learning to drive, took my first driver’s Ed class today and honestly all the stories the lady told about to show why it was important to do certain things and not others just terrified me even more than I was before

[whatdoyoumeanitsnotcanon]

... TW for period talk:

The Tarnished going through that time of the month. They're trying to be subtle about it. Ignore the cramps. Pretend you aren't bleeding out the loins.

"... Thou art bleeding."

God dammit, Margit knows.

The Tarnished insists they're alright. It's not the first time they've gone through it, and it's not gonna be the last(though it'll definitely make traveling through Caelid a hastle, given that the wildlife there are attuned to the scent of blood). But the omen insists that they rest until the bleeding subsides.

Takes a bit of convincing, but the Tarnished finally does cave.

They're laying back, sitting against the omen, who has his hands resting upon their belly... There's a soft, golden glow to his hands as he uses a few incantations upon the Tarnished to help ease them of the aches and pains that often came with bleeding.

They find the gesture comforting...

... And in the meantime, Mohg is behaving like an absolute cat high on catnip.

Of course Mohg would be. Of course. He's everywhere and nowhere at the same time meanwhile Varré just watches to make sure he doesn't break yet another pillar.

Wholesome stuff. Thank you, anon!

[friendball-irl]

Sorry for the lack of posts, folks.

Traveled back to Unova for the holidays and it's just been a hastle.

In other news, it's currently 12 AM where I live and I'm making peppermint tea because I Can't Sleep.

[hopeled]

      there’s a long and drawn out sigh from the mage, lips pulling into a frown as she wipes a dark, red liquid off her hand and onto her cloak. travelling through the Mistwood was always a dangerous thing. the Denizens weren’t the type to hold back attacking those who dared to delve further within. though smaller than the average Denizen, it still was a hastle for her to takedown-- only in that it refused to back down, relentless in its pursuit of her. but it was still a living thing, which meant it could bleed and that she only had to wait for the perfect opening. though the blood on her was a mixture of the creature’s and her own, it was nothing to worry about. she kicks a large, clawed hand to the side, dislodging its now limp grip from around her ankle.

    Tizona is tucked back into its holster, posture tense as she pulls out her phone next. ashen fingertips pull up that text message from days ago, her gaze narrowing as once more she read over the words. of course Mashu would do this. it had come later than she expected, which meant her Command Seal must have taken longer to wear off on Saber than she thought, which delayed the news of her actions to the Shielder.

 she won’t give up. neither will Saber or anyone else they manage to drag into this. Ritsuka knows that for a fact and while she can’t fault them for it ( for hadn’t she done the same last year?) she wishes they wouldn’t. a soundless sigh falls from her lips, eyes closing as she pockets the device once more, but not before turning it on silent mode. thunder echoes overhead, the sky darkening in color, signifying an oncoming storm. it’d be pouring by the time she made it back to the Underside if she didn’t move now. her gaze falls back down to the corpse-- the other creatures would clean it up and it’s not like anyone would know she had killed it. that she had been here. that was the one thing she wanted to avoid-- leaving any trace of her presence behind.

            no, nobody will be able to tell. hands rise to tug the hood of her cape back over her head as she turns and moves further into the mists, opting to take a longer path out of the woods.

[wonderinwhywebotherwithlove]

I’m pretty positive that the Reputation Tour will be a stadium only tour, which is partly because of the significant less cities listed than the 1989 Tour. I think that, once the dates are announced, Taylor will play some stadiums for 2-3 nights. She’s reached a point where people will travel for her, and she doesn't have to travel for them.

[tulaladd]

世界最遅tulaladd2020best DL list

年間ベストを始めて以来、初の事態。

なんと9か月遅れのポスト。あと3か月で次の年ベスの発表時期じゃないですか…唯一にして最大の理由が、もちろんあるにはある。

暗夜行路のような唄声が車内から眺める某庁舎前の雪景色と甘酸っぱい感情を喚起させるRY Xや、このリストには登場しない自分用に作ったプレイリスト（日本語ラップ編、シティーポップ編）をひとりで何度も諳んじては胸を焦がした。それらの音楽が本来持つ資質にプラスして思い出補正でランクインした作品がいくつかある（最たるものがサントラ部門かな）。そんな変化があった2020年でした。

それを除けば、音楽ライフは基本的に前年を踏襲。つまり引き続きapple music依存型で、DIG活動もほほ休止（荷物の山に埋もれたタンテをセッティングし直せるまともな精神状態じゃなかった…）。落第生の体たらくをここ何年も続けてるわけです。とはいえ昨年と比べれば、リスト入り作品の数が格段に増えた＝それなりに楽しい音楽生活が営めていたのも事実。その充実を支えたものがアルゴリズムって点がものすごく納得はいかないけれど。（毎年書いてるけど、手当たり次第サブスクを横断する中で「もう一度聴きたい」と思えたものが以下のDLリスト。感覚的には昨年より緩い5枚に1枚。それでも昨年比3倍の約250枚！）

いつまで延命できるか分からないローカルラジオを継続できたのもラッキーだった。相変わらずみんなとあーだこーだ言いながらいろんな曲を聴く時間が音楽ライフを豊かにしてくれました。感謝。過去最高に音楽への熱が薄いテキストになっちゃうけど、9か月遅れだと致し方なしか。

三ツ星評価のうち、エル・ミシェルズ・アフェアのシングルはラジオの一戸くんレコメン、今年も熱量が持続しているサウスロンドン・ジャズ・シーンのマンスール・ブラウンEPはおなじみWOZNIAK星くんのオススメ、ほかにも人から教わってお気に入りになった作品が少なくないのは、サブスクじゃ届かないリアルの強みが感じられて、そこだけは希望があるのかな。

特筆するとすれば、Bartosz KruczynskiのEARTH TRAX以来追い続けてきたリズムセクシ��ン・インターナショナルが、旬のサウスロンドン・シーンと地下ハウス/テクノ・シーンのメルティング・ポットだったことが分かって興味が再燃させられた個人的な事件。そのセンセーションのグラウンド・ゼロにあたるTHE COLOURS THAT RISEの発見が今年No.1の成果かな。

唯一職場で音楽談義ができるために相互レコメンに特化したLINEを展開中のT氏に教えられたエディ・チャコンのアルバム、そのエディの復活劇を手掛け、若林恵さん経由でずっぽりハマったソランジュ『A Seat At The Table』の禅的ミニマリズのデザイナーでもあることが事後に発覚したジョン・キャロル・カービーの2人は、今年ならではの幸福な時間の中で何度も繰り返し聴いた一生の思い出確定盤。ジョンなんか3カテゴリーに分かれてのランクインだもんな。　

さて2021年。あと3か月しかない。今年はやる？やらない？いろいろ越えるべきものが多くすぎてそれ以前の問題かもしれないなけど。

【TECHNO / HOUSE / (NU)DISCO / ELECTRONICS】 ★★★THE COLOURS THAT RISE / Grey Doubt ★★THE COLOURS THAT RISE / 2020 EP（2017） ★★THEO PARRISH / Wuddaji ★★Machinedrum / A View of U ★Kuniyuki Takahashi / Flying Music EP ★Oneohtrix Point Never / Magic Oneohtrix Point Never ★VLADISLAV DELAY / Rakka ★LUKE SLATER / berghain fünfzehn ★Jayda G / Both of Us / Are U Down EP ★TSHA / Flowers EP ★DISCLOSURE / Energy ★DARKSTAR / Civic Jams ★Chari Chari / We Hear the Last Decades Dreaming ★HUNEE / Boiler Room : an hour with HUNEE（DJ Mix） ★Autechre / SIGN Arca / @@@@@ BURIAL / Chemz FOUR TET / Sixteen Oceans JAMES BLAKE / Before EP GLOBAL COMMUNICATION / Transmissions Sampler JOHN FRUSCIANTE / Maya TRICKFINGER / She Smiles Because She Presses the Button EP TRICKFINGER / Look Down, See Us EP 60 Miles / Swamp 2 Sea EP EARTH TRAX / LP1 EARTH TRAX / LP2 BIG YAWN / No! HIATT dB / Palimpsest EP GL / You Read My Mind DJ SOFA / Elsewhere Junior I - a Collection of Cosmic Children’s Song Mr President / One Night feat.Celia Kameni & Cindy Pooch J.A.K.A.M. / ASTRAL DUB WORX Inner Science / Made パソコン音楽クラブ / Ambience EP LOCUSSOLUS / Locussolus（Expanded） Various Artists / South DAN KYE / Small Moments OFF THE MEDS / Off The Meds BASSO / Proper Sunburn - Forgotten Sunscreen Applied By Basso（2019） Copenema / Dexia a Musica Tocar（2019） Seahawks / Eyes of the Moon（2019） Jayda G / Significant Changes（2019） MMM / Que Barbaro（2013）

【HIPHOP / R&B / BEATS / FUNK】 ★★★EDDIE CHACON / Outside（Laraaji Remix） ★★EDDIE CHACON / Pleasure, Joy and Happiness ★★Lil Narnia / Pain Extract ★★VHOOR / Baile & Sauce ★AG CLUB / Halfway Off the Porch ★MAC MILLER / Circles ★THUNDRCAT / It Is What It Is ★WILMA ARCHER / A Western Circular ★OXP, ONRA & POMRAD / Swing Convention ★DJ KRUSH / TRICKSTER ★BENEDEK / Bene’s World（2017） JOHN CARROLL KIRBY / High feat.Eddie Chacon & Nailah Hunter THE WEEKND / After Hours DRAKE / Dark Lane Demo Tapes POP SMOKE / Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon IVAN AVE / DOUBLE GOODBYES MOSES SUMNEY / græ PETER COTTON TALE / CATCH NNAMDI / BRAT Yves Tumor / Heaven Ta a Toutured Mind Teebs / Ardour（10th Anniversary Edition） Wajatta / Don’t Let Get You Down Lapalux / Esrevoinma EP Kutmah / New Appliance THE HELIOCENTRICS / Telemetric Sounds VULFPECK / The Joy of Music, The Job of   Real Estate JOHN CARROLL KIRBY / Lazzara（2019） Various Artists / Kutmah presents : Sketchbook Radio Archives, Vol.1（2018） Invisibl Skratch Piklz / The 13th Foor（2016） D-STYLES / Phantazagorea（2002）

【JAZZ（the New Chapter） / WORLD】 ★★★MANSUR BROWN / Tesuto ★★★JOHN CARROLL KIRBY / My Garden ★★KAMASI WASHINGTON / Harmony of Difference EP（2017） ★JOHN CARROLL KIRBY / Love Theme ★MANSUR BROWN / Shiroi ★JEFF PARKER / Suite for Max Brown ★CHICAGO UNDERGROUND QUARTET / Good Days ★TOM MISCH & YUSSEF DAYES / What Kinda Music ★KAMAAL WILLIAMS / Wu Hen ★ROB MAZUREK & EXPLODING STAR ORCHESTRA / Dimentional Stardust: ★ORLANDO LE FLEMING / Romantic Funk : The Unfamiliar ★SAM WILKES / WILKES（2019） ★YUSSEF KAMAAL / Black Focus（2016） ★ZSOFIA BOROS / Local Objects（2016） JYOTI & GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW / Mama, You Can Bet! BUTCHER BROWN / #KingButch BRAXTON COOK / Fire Sign PAT METHENY / From This Place Fabiano do Nascimento / Preludio SAM GENDEL / Satin Doll SAM GENDEL / Pass If Music（2018） SAM WILKES / Live on the Green（2019） BRANDON COLEMAN / Resistance（2018） KIEFER / Superbloom（2019） 鈴木良雄 / モーニング・ピクチャー（1984） 鈴木良雄 / ウイングス（1987） JOHN EBERSON, BJ0RNAR ANDRESEN, PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE / Mind the Gap（2001）

【（INDIE）ROCK / （INDIE） POP / SSW】 ★★★EL MICHELS AFFAIR / Reasons feat.Bobby Oroza ★★EL MICHELS AFFAIR / Adult Themes ★★THE FLAMING LIPS / American Head ★★SUFJAN STEVENS / The Ascension ★★FLEET FOXES / Shore ★★COLDPLAY / Everyday Life（2019） ★★RY X / Unfurl（2019） ★★THE WAR ON DRUGS / Lost in the Dream（2014） ★PHOEBE BRIDGERS / Copycat Killer feat. ROB MOOSE - EP ★Mk.gee / A Museum of Contradiction ★PEEL DREAM MAGAZINE / Agitprop Alterna ★BLAKE MILLS / Mutable Set ★THE STROKES / The New Abnormal ★CHS / Jungle Sauna（2019） ★KINDNESS / Something Like A War（2019） ★〝Blue〟Gene Tyranny & Peter Gordon / Trust In Rock（2019） ★STATE RIVER WIDENING / Early Music（2003） BIBIO / Sleep On The Wing Jonsi / Shiver JEFF TWEEDY / Love Is The King REAL ESTATE / The Main Thing ANIMAL COLLECTIVE / Bridge to Quite LITTLE DRAGON / New Me . Same us JAGA JAZZIST / Pyramid TAME IMPAlA  / The Slow Rush TRAVIS / 10 Songs SORRY / 925 JOSEPH OF MERCURY / WAVE Ⅱ Khruangbin / Mordechai Various Artists / Hiding From the Landlord HOWLING / Colure DEVENDRA BANHART / Ma（2019） LANA DEL REY / Norman Fucking Rockwell（2019） DAVE GROHL / Play（2018） CRITERIA / En Garde（2003）

【PUNK / HEAVEY / EXTREAM】 ★★envy / The Fallen Crimson ★★lang / There is no reply, but sweet wind blew（2018） ★envy / LAST WISH（Live at Liquidroom Tokyo） ★SLIFT / UMMON ★HORSE LORDS / The Common Task ★coriky / coriky ★Sans Visage, Look at moment / Split Single ★Sans Visage / moments（2017） ★LIGHTNING BOIL / Sonic Citadel（2019） ★Harvey Milk / Courtesy and Good Will Toward Men（2006） DEFTONES / Ohms Converge / Endless Arrow JESU / Terminus JESU / Never JESU / Ascension（Delux） KRUELTY / A Dying Truth XIBALBA / Anos En Infierno Various Artists / Speedy Wunderground Year 4（2019） RUSSIAN CIRCLE / Russian Circle Audiotree Far Out（2019） EARTH / Live at Third Man Records（2017） THE ARMED / Only Love（2018） THE ARMED / Untitled（2015）

【AMBIENT / NEW AGE / DRONE / MINIMAL MUSIC / EXPERIMENTAL】 ★★JOHN CARROLL KIRBY / Conflict ★★Dukes of Chutney / Hazel  ★HEATHERED PEARLS / Cast ★SAM PREKOP / Comma BING & RUTH / Species FRANKIE REYES / Originalitos IAN WILLIAM CRAIG / Red Sun Through Smoke WINDY & CARL / Allegiance and Conviction JONNY NASH & SUZANNE KRAFT / A Heart So White JOHN CARROLL KIRBY / Tuscany（2019） JOHN CARROLL KIRBY / Meditation In Music（2018） JOHN CARROLL KIRBY / Travel（2017） ALEXANDER RISHAUG / Shadow of Events（2011） 【CLASSIC / OST】 ★LUDWIG GORANSSON / Tenet OST ★JOHN WILLIAMS / Double Trouble ※from OST of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban（2004） DUSTIN O'HALLORAN / Ammonite OST KAMASI WASHINGTON / Becoming（Music from the Netflix Original Documentary） DUSTIN O'HALLORAN / Lumiere（2011） BETH GIBBONS, The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Krzysztof Penderecki / Henryk Gorecki: Symphony No.3（2019） ANTONI WIT, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra(Katowice) & Polish Choir of Krakow / Henryk Gorecki: Symphony No.2（2001） ZSOFIA BOROS / Local Objects（2016） 【DOMESTIC（without HIPHOP）】 ★★★METAFIVE / 環境と心理 ★★GEZAN / 狂（KLUE） ★★downy / 第七作品集「無題」 ★★岡村靖幸 / 操 ★★崎山蒼志 / ソフト　※FEVER LIVE ver. on YouTube ★★SILENT POETS / dawn（2018） ★WOZNIAK / Vegetable Home Run ★Ai Aso / The Faintest Hint ★jan and naomi / YES ★mei ehara / Ampersands ★ディーン・フジオカ / Neo Dimension ★LUNA SEA / Make a vow ★坂本慎太郎 / 好きっていう気持ち / おぼろげナイトクラブ ★Cuushe / Waken ★sassya- / 脊髄（2019） ★小袋成彬 / Piercing（2019） ★She Her Her Hers / stereochrome（2014） WOZNIAK / Lost WOZNIAK / Double Face mouse on the keys / Arche 5kai / Untitled #2 KAN SANO / Susanna Ovall / Ovall（2019） mabanua / Blurred（2018） D.A.N. / Aechma ふさえ / そのまま 相馬智行 & 鳴海徹朗 / 春の闇 jan and naomi / Neutrino 王舟 / Pulchra Ondo 春ねむり / LOVETHEISM 井出健介と母船 / Contact From Exne Kedy And The Poltergeists（エクスネ・ケディと騒がしい幽霊からのコンタクト） 吉田一郎不可触世界 / えぴせし 岡田拓郎 / Morning Sun blgtz / Feature EP Coff / Tiny Music（2019） 【DOMESTIC（HIPHOP）】 ★★DJ CHARI & DJ TATSUKI / GOLDEN ROUTE ★★Weny Dacillo / Hapitable Hotel ★Hideyoshi / Dead End Adventure ★GG UJIHARA / WEAKNESS EP（2018） ★DJ CHARI & DJ TATSUKI / Time feat.Yo-Sea & KEIJU（2019） ★GG UJIHARA / WEAKNESS EP（2018） KOHH / worst KEIJU / T.A.T.O. Sauce81 / S8100 MARTER / Weltraumasthetik 2020 Normcore Boyz / MEDIAGE なみちえ / 毎日来日 徳利 / REVOLUTION starscream & Page Hiiragi / Ghost(s) DJ CHARI / GAME（2019） YOUNG HASTLE & GG UJIHARA / YOUNG UJIHARA EP（2019） Weny Dacillo / AMPM EP（2017）