Mopcut – Pretty interesting glitchy electronica in places. Would’ve appealed to me about 20 years ago.
The Vegetable Orchestra – It feels a little like artists these days need some kind of angle. The results here don’t really float my boat but I can understand folks being into and appealing, ‘hey you gotta this album made with vegetables’
MADMADMAD – This is pretty cool and fun. Could definitely see myself enjoying this in a dingy warehouse on an industrial estate somewhere with plenty of neon and flashing lights.
CLD.RĀN – I like the glitch but the other stuff around doesn’t do it much for me. As I’ve said before for this style I usually defer back to Matmos.
PinioL – Ni and PoiL together. Jumped on this from the out. Could’ve been a mess but it’s freaking awesome.
*Things that are far away look like promises, things that are near look like apologies.* There is no doubt for the doubting Thomases who misunderstood their psychologies
The nearer you come the further you appear, a hall of mirrors shattered by these prisms Bow down to the belief that all now revere; there is no way to restore these schisms
*quoted from Philip Traylen here 11th Apr 2025 – Shared with dVerse OLN to see if this one might get some more love.
Washed up on the sandy shore, I am the debris of all the bad decisions made with certainty; it seems I’m not done, up ahead, the paths to choose; so many losses to come, so much more to lose.
For every adventure approached at full throttle, all ended the same, clutching an empty bottle; last night’s enlightenment sought to confuse; so many losses to come, so much more to lose.
In pursuit of fun, all the wasted time I spent losing myself in dreams and repeated lament; here I go again, sober and set to abuse; so many losses to come, so much more to lose.
A 12-syllable Complaint shared with dVerse and No Theme Thursday picture prompt. The refrain was inspired and paraphrased from this post at Tiny Hearts, though I’m not sure exactly who originally penned it.
Your mind believes what you tell it So let’s fill it full of golden voices til overcome and overrun – rejoices
Any trouble becomes easy to dispel it Once you’ve given yourself the choices Your mind believes what you tell it So let’s fill it full of golden voices
Good or bad – now you can smell it Understanding what the right choice is Filter out unnecessary noises Your mind believes what you tell it So let’s fill it full of golden voices til overcome and overrun – rejoices
An English Madrigal shared with dVerse and initiated by the attached picture from the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation as the form is often connected with themes of love.
The Teskey Brothers – sounds like it is last century. Makes me think of Django Reinhardt a little. Also reminds me of a straight Fred Lane. Fred Lane fucks with this genre somewhat.
Steve Lacy – nothing against but who listens to this and when? What mood would you be in to listen to this? Kinda elevator/background music to me. It’s music that you don’t listen to.
Dabeull – No surprise that I’m not into this but the album covers are amazing and remind me of Toecutter and his take on Captain Ahab – this is fairly obscure reference to a memory of a Toecutter show in Sydney around 2006! I’d never heard Captain Ahab until just now trying to jog my memory. Their music is not similar at all to Dabuell!
Witch Egg – This is interesting. Has some Sunday morning vibes along with tripping out Friday 4am madness. A new one for me to check out more.
Lustmord – A familiar name but never heard before. This one doesn’t win me over.
Not too bad after another long sleep. Throat still sore and not quite at full brain capacity but at least I’m not feeling grim. I double dosed my anti inflammatory medicine this morning hoping that I can kill off whatever it is I have.
Health:
Physical: 7 Mental: 7
Today I’m grateful for:
Amy and the sun. Both combined to get our clothes washed and dried today after a build-up over the past ten days of either being too busy or too cloudy.
The best thing about today was:
Nothing that stands out in particular. Just another good day all round and a slight improvement of my sore throat by the time I got home from work.
What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?
With two hours left after my last class before I could go home, I went to TLC to pick up the paperwork for my visa application and then spent a little while doing my grading files and then chatting with some students before finally being able to clock out and head home.
Something I learned today?
I learned the things that Amy told me yesterday again, as she forgot that she had drunkenly told me them already! Haha.
Baipad had this picture taken as I asked for a picture of her in her traditional village clothes as she is there for Chinese New Year for a couple of days. I joked with her about how thrilled and excited she looks in this. She, like myself in the past, doesn’t particularly like having her picture taken and never does selfies as about 90% of kids do theses days.
Like I have the start of a cold again. The big changes in temperatures are getting everyone sick it seems. I skipped exercise this morning as i felt exhausted last night and couldn’t even read much before sleeping. I also woke up many times last night with aching shoulders again. Ugh.
By the end of the day my sore throat is worsening and my tinnitus more annoying so I’m guessing my sinuses are inflamed with germs, viruses and smoke. Ugh.
Health:
Physical: 6 Mental: 7
Today I’m grateful for:
The lady at the hospital who was as proud as I was of our ability to communicate with each other in our broken second languages to change the date of my peehole examination.
The best thing about today was:
My grade 10 English class today was a lot of fun. We’ve been working through a set of grammar worksheets for the last two weeks and it has got everyone active and talking and helping each other to understand. I have to take their phones each time otherwise they will just use translation and AI to help them. Instead, if I am stuck answering something I use those tools, project on to the screen and can advise them to use the information as a guide and not just copy it.
What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?
I drove out to the funeral this morning, (sub-directors mother) mainly because many students in my morning class were off doing something with T. Champ so I could easily cancel it and it then gave me something to do!
The map that I was sent opened an app but my location wasn’t getting picked up but I figured I could find the place anyway.
After about 15 minutes I figured I was on the wrong road and found a side road to head back and start again.
When I got back I opened up Google Maps and saw that I had been on the right road all along so turned around and headed that way again.
It turned out that the side road that I turned around in was exactly where the funeral was!
That’s the way it goes.
I took this picture because my students drew this on the board whilst I was eating rice crackers before class. When I criticised their lack of verb they said that this was how I said it to them and I realised they were right as I often find myself adopting Tinglish to be more easily understood. I have to stop myself from doing that.
A little tired and dizzy. I felt both hot and cold this morning and had already decided to skip exercise this morning. It’s due to get cold again for a few days before we head back into smoky summer.
I managed to push through the day and felt a bit better by the end of it though still pretty exhausted.
Health:
Physical: 7 Mental: 7
Today I’m grateful for:
An online post at Girl Online that inspired me to write something today.
The best thing about today was:
Picking up some cheap guitar leads during my break after writing what I thought was a pretty good poem for my AllPoetry course, which is sometimes difficult to motivate myself for.
Something I learned today?
While TLC arranged for all the foreign teachers to go to the director’s father’s funeral this evening, all the Thai teachers went during work hours. Hmmm.
Nam took this picture because I wanted to see why my skin was hurting behind my ear. I’m guessing it’s from my new glasses.
