Date: Thursday May 16th
Album: Rat Taxi
Artist: Louie Zong
Released: 2024
Genre: Funk
Review: Bops all the way down. Listened to this bad boy on the way to work, backlit but the rumble of subway ambiance. Got to watch a rat brawl with another over a bagel at the station, which feels incredibly appropriate all things considered. Zong has a delightful bounce to his music despite the genre, a playful quality that persists throughout his forays into other, jazzier genres. Here, that brings to mind a hard-boiled cartoon character, just serious enough to get you intrigued without sacrificing the silliness.
Favorite Track: Dumpster Disco
3 ships / First ever ship: So this is an awkward one - I don't think I really have shipping impulses? That said, Terra Ignota's Carlyle/Dominic dynamic managed to capture my obsession like nothing else ever did, so I guess that's as fine an answer as any.
Last song: For increasingly strict standards of what counts as a 'song' we've got Neuchatel from Mad Rat Dead, I Expect You To Die 2's opening theme, Louie Zong's Wizard Disco, and Carpenter Brut's The Widow Maker.
Last movie: Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise, a 1987 anime movie by some of the people who'd later work on Evangelion, set in a fictional and lovingly worldbuilt universe that's going through its own space race.
Currently reading: Just finished reading Convenience Store Woman and going to head into either Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth or Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear next.
Currently watching: I don't watch a lot of tv but my partner has introduced me to Futurama, and I'm having a blast so far.
Currently consuming: Water, I guess?
Currently craving: financial stability would be cool, failing that I could go for some white chocolate.
everyone go listen to “Rat Taxi” by Louie Zong! It’s very swanky and fun sounding jazz; good study music. Recommend if you enjoy bands like Casiopea, Cortex, or Macabre Plaza.
tagged by @droughtofapathy (always pleased to see a mention pop up from you.)
last song: rise & shine by louie zong (from his rat taxi album. an album perfect for immaculate morning vibes.)
favorite color: black, dark red & brown. i am very much enjoying my fascination with fall neutrals as of late.
currently watching: a twitch stream.
sweet/savory/spicy: it really depends on the day.
relationship status: i'm currently going through a divorce with my academic track record. she is in custody of our children (my grades)
current obsession: stephen sondheim's 1994 musical passion (as well as the diva polls. we can't ever forget the diva polls.)
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i... also do not have 9 mutuals that come to mind, maybe except @turtle-down & @eastberlin (and to anyone else, i grant ye participation in the ask game. )