#*tidal

[footprint-in-the-snow]

i really hate spotify sometimes

why are my "discover picks" mostly albums i have listened too!! they are in my library!! i feel like i keep hitting walls in terms of discovering music because spotify only wants to recommend the album ive listened to 10 times in the past month or sabrina carpenter which is great and i love her but i also dont care because ive spent the last week listening to garage/house with a side of fall out boy

[jellynotbees]

Narilamb crack idea where lamb is a poor unfortunate sailor stuck on an island after a shipwreck and Narinder is the siren/seamonster circling the island attempting (unsuccessfully) to lure them into the water so he can eat them.

Over the course of time they end up bonding, and after multiple failed murder attempts on Narinder’s part he realizes that he’s stopped seriously hunting them, its more like a game between them at that point (lamb still assumes he would eat them if they fell in, though.) He eventually does catch them, but to lamb’s surprise, he lets them go.

Anyway that’s all I got for now but I am Thinking Thoughts

[wtpmmm]

[angelfishcake]

dumb joke time yay!!!

[v4mpire1994]

[comicaurora]

good news I found more outer space

[sprnklersplashes]

after browsing some comments, I think a funnier turn the ithaca saga could've taken is the suitors beat the living shit out of telemachus and then drown him in the ocean, and when they're taunting odysseus about it he just looks at the ocean, raises his eyebrow and posiden spits up a very much alive and in tact but also incredibly confused telemachus.

the waves sound suspiciously like someone saying "nope" over and over again.

[realbigpodcastslut]

As much as I like Spotify Wrapped, I have to say this year was awful and the nail in the coffin for me.

Firstly, it was later than usual and was all AI. That isn't 100% a bad thing, but it was missing a ton of stats in favor for what AI generated genre description we were listening to through out the year. I wanted to know what my top genres were this year! What my tarot or energy was! But there was none of that, instead an AI podcast that reguritated the wrapped story and got it wrong for me. (Last time I checked by biggest listneing day couldn't have been 12k minutes as there's not even that many minutes in a week).

Spotify isn't even the best music streaming platform by far. It sucks with music quality where it is very noticible even if you aren't an audiophile. Let's compare individual plans. For 11.99 USD the highest streaming is 320kbps and doesn't have high-res. Amazon, Tidal, and Apple Music all have the ability to stream CD quality (for example Tidal is 1,411kbps) for their 10.99 USD each. And they have the same if not bigger catelogs. Oh and Tidal actually pays their artists and is clear about it (Spotify pays $0.00348 per stream, Amazon does $0.00426, Apple $0.00675, and Tidal $0.00876).

The biggest draw to Spotify for me was the statistics. I really enjoyed being able to see what I'm listening to and compare but now every other streaming service has that. I liked that. Except, each service is doing that now. And Every Noise At Once, a website I use to find great new music, is no longer updating cause Spotify laid off a ton of their staff. While it wasn't a Spotify "offical" thing, the person that ran it worked at Spotify and was a part of the daylist creation along with other things.

Another thing is the music recommendations. They suck. Spotify used to introduce me to a lot of new music but I feel like it just gives me the same five same songs. Shuffle is also rigged and anything generated has gone downhill since the layoff. There's no new layout or UI changes that have been asked for years. Like covers for playlist folders or album collections.

Spotify might have podcast integration but it SUCKS. There's so many better free options. I'm a big podcast listener and their podcatcher is the worst I've used. By far.

The only good thing about Spotify right now is the audiobooks for premium users. I liked that. Except the selection is limited you get 15 hours a month. There's other free options like Libby which is integrated with local libraries.

If you were disapointed with Spotify Wrapped this year, maybe look into some other options. Spotify has some nice features but I'm finding it less and less worth it.

[wh0-is-lily]

A Japanese Promotional Poster for Fiona Apple's, 'When The Pawn..." Album (2000)

[fionaapplerocks]

Fiona Apple photo by Joshua Kessler, 1997

[wildflowerwildfiree]

“Criminal” Fiona Apple

8/07/97

[bambiiaangel]

credit: @ izab31la on pinterest ✮

[jellynotbees]

Was mega busy these last few days but managed to make a Narinder concept art and a silly comic.

These two have infested every crevice of my brain and I am having a blast

[excusemyobsessions]

Spicy thoughts of Rafayel finding out you're into fantasy dildos and going absolutely feral when he sees one that looks just like his pretty fishy cock(s?) in your collection.

[ribboncutzzz]

Hunger hurts, but starving works