maybe the first k-pop I just like

the "Megalopolis" of sound. more is less

pleasant and the lyrics have an edge but it's still a bit human music.

big thief didn't rub off

innocuous

monotone point never

incredibly basic and repetitive but it lands because it is unselfconscious and intended. Lots of space in the mix. Stuff that causes quite literal spiritual experiences if only it catches you young.

mostly dirges. McCartney is the only one who understands that Holly was frenetic and overwhelming

Sunny is much harder than stormy

if you sync this up from the moment in Villeneuve where Duncan Idaho first appears, the screen deinterlaces and you get to see Jodorowsky's sexy Dune instead.

I lionise unbelief and distance. (I also lionise political systems which actually function when there's more than 5 people involved.) But once in a while there's something toothsome and satisfying about someone with a full throat and a kind heart and a sour mouth and no doubts.

Steely Dan is a subversive, uncomfortable listen for me; muzak is the last taboo sound in the otherwise mushy genrefucking post-fusion post-avant world.

A logical progression in a sequence I don't like. Hollow.
Stinson is a cool stand-in for Hughes.

adventure time writ large, which is somehow smaller. Despite vocaloids being 20 years old, despite hi-NRG being 40 years old, it is still the sound of the future. But needs more chrome or meat

heavier than it sounds at first

I'm starting to wonder if it's me, today

25 year update on Alkaline Trio; mostly the same, worse drums, worse bass, more interesting guitat with a little C21st math-rock / J-rock dead notes and three-against-two. Maybe it's blink

pleesent but unpenetrating

Sparse on purpose ofc. Earnest on purpose ofc. But too repetitive and lacking jeopardy

He hasn't lost anything, "Poly Cotton" is as good as he was and pulls off the intended abstract aesthetic. Next time

so while there is some post-taste quagmire zappa lolcow stuff here (e.g. every artist name) and subversive intent, there's also beauty and close attention to the originals, as when he layers 4 strauss symphonies on top of each other.