#Vanity Records

[proustian-dream]

De Music, Vanity Records, Japón, 1981.

probablemente una de las compilaciones más heterodoxas, dadás y auráticas del underground japonés de los ochentas. vanity records: fenómenos sónicos para los desarreglados órganos interiores del sistema nervioso.

[dialoogid]

Tolerance - I wanna be a homicide (1979)

[futuristicgun]

[not-poignant]

I was thinking back to the post I made about ebooks being so much more accessible for so many people compared to paperbacks/hardbacks and the other thing I wanted to add is the vast, vast majority of the time, the author gets so much more profit comparatively for an ebook than a paperback/hardback.

That's not a problem for huge huge huge authors either way, but for small-time authors, or authors with small publishing houses, the difference in profits can sometimes be $2.00 or $3.00 per ebook sold vs. $0.50c or $1.00 per paperback. Really. You pay more, but the author gets a lot less.

In the case of indie authors like myself, ebooks give the highest returns always.

This isn't necessarily something most readers think about, but I have had readers assume that because the book format cost them more, that automatically means more goes to the author. In fact it's often the opposite. There are very few exceptions (university texts come to mind). But in the case of your run-of-the-mill indie fiction, if you genuinely want the most profit to go to the author, get the ebook.

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

[just-a-we1rd0]

They say my hunger's a problem They tell me to curb my appetite They say I can't keep myself from trying a bite of every plate in sight They worship patience, a virtue Oh, they tell me gluttony’s a sin But my desire is bottomless I wanna slit your throat and eat 'till I get sick!

[possamble]

⭐️

hee hee i know i probably should have consolidated all the stars into one post but im gonna use this as an excuse to talk about multiple sections lmao

This is another part in chapter 4 that people haven't said too too much about for understandable reasons--it mostly just reads like a fluffy flashback to add to the emotional distress of the current situation:

(It stopped after a few months. Falin never really knew why, nor did she think very much of it — not until it came up in conversation again some years after the fact. “I guess I just felt really awkward — I knew you were a quiet kid, so I felt like I had to compensate, maybe,” Marcille admitted with an apologetic laugh. “It took me a while to realize you didn’t care if I had anything to say or not.”  “That’s not true…”  A brighter laugh, this time. “I didn’t mean it like that. It was more… hm… how do I put this?” She tapped her bottom lip with her finger and stared at the ceiling a bit, ears tilting slightly downwards. “More like, you didn’t mind if I didn’t feel like talking.” “Why would I mind?”  Marcille smiled at her warmly — it was a special smile, one that Falin loved, because Marcille was always smiling brightly and cheerfully. Or, she was calm and graceful, guiding the other students through a difficult concept with all the gentleness in the world.  But this one was soft and warm and so very sincere, Falin couldn’t help but hope she was the only person Marcille smiled like this for.  “Exactly.”  Falin didn’t get it — but then Marcille draped her arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer, so she guessed it was fine if she didn’t. “Maaan, you’ve been growing like a weed lately — I can’t even fit you under my arm anymore!” Marcille threw her other arm around Falin too, clinging close and nuzzling the side of her head. “What am I gonna do if you get as tall as I am? Just stop growing and stay like this forever, I’m begging you—!”)

But! It's kind of one of my own favourite parts about this chapter because of how one-sided and limited the perspective is here: we're seeing Marcille through Falin's eyes, in the form of a memory, from when she was a kid.

My primary focus in this scene was to capture a floaty, kind of detached approach to other people that Falin had as a child--it wasn't that she didn't care, it was more of a childlike resignation that she doesn't understand people, never will, and just kind of going with the flow. She hadn't really learned to mask or be vigilant towards other people's moods yet, in essence. I hope that you can clearly read Falin's detailed and attentive adoration of Marcille juxtaposed with a deeply uncurious attitude towards Marcille's inner thoughts and feelings beyond what she's willing to share.

The other thing I wanted to show was a glimpse of just how much Falin was also Marcille's first friend outside of her family in ways that were so important to her, even if Falin never realized. In my head, the way she approached her social life was colored by some weird and deeply rooted belief that no one would ever bother with her if she wasn't as smart as she was. She had trouble getting accepted into schools as a kid, meaning that she and her parents did apply and were rejected--the magic academy is the first time she's ever been able to be in a social environment without her family, and she got in because she was already an accomplished mage who was fully qualified to be in the research track.

So for Falin to make her feel safe, and like she didn't have to be either helpful or entertaining for someone to enjoy her company meant a great deal to her. Falin didn't care, and couldn't even conceive of a reason why anyone would dislike that Marcille didn't have interesting things to say all the time. In much more subtle ways, Falin's unconditional acceptance of Marcille was much of a first and a revelation for Marcille as Marcille was to Falin.

(So it's unfortunate that there's such a disconnect--Falin thinks that Marcille is just uncomfortable with her like a stranger again. Marcille, on the other hand, is freaking out because her anxiety and insecurity have been renewed, and she doesn't really know how to handle the fact that she wants Falin to find her attractive and interesting and all that.

In a happier and lighter story, this would all be resolved without further hurt and miscommunication :) but we all know that's not what you're here for.)

[kinokoshoujoart]

ibispaint x just gives you process video of your drawing????? automatically??? that’s kinda cool (a feeling of being watched increases) anyway please take a speedpaint ft the song that inspired it

[deadxdoll]

[dennisboobs]

i think everyone on sunnytwt needs to be sat down so i can explain to them what basic human empathy is. and then maybe i put them in a blender until they agree to write meta about the characters instead of whether or not charlie day got facial reconstruction surgery.

[just-your-average-tangerine]

I'm sorry I had a crisis while looking at a furniture catalog and imagining a life I'll never be able to afford. As if it's my fault.

[dialoogid]

Tolerance - 1 F Yuragi (1981)

[pegasusdrawnchariots]

recovering from listening to Sounds Man Was Not Meant To Hear (a recording of my own voice)

[firstbandonthemoon]

"I'm neighbors with half of the band, but we wouldn't make another record".

-Nina Persson for Vanity Fair magazine, may 24 2023. Picture by ANNA DRVNIK.

Liberty of expression without pressure

"I've spent my whole life on music, and there's phases for everything. The Cardigans gave us everything all at once and very quickly, and although there came a time when we stopped recording, we still give concerts, but we have no plans on making any new records", says Nina on videocall, from her home in Malmö. "We all have our lives, and we are in very different moments. Me, for example, I not only make music, but I’m also a teacher, I'm a mother, I couldn't keep living like we used to around those years. Nor my musical interests are the same. I've had a lot of luck in my career, I was able to do very interesting stuff". [...]

The relationship with The Cardigans

[...] "We're neighbors! Our kids are friends! Currently, I live in Sweden, in Malmö, and two of the members are neighbors of mine, on the same block. There is no drama between us, but it isn't true that we plan on coming back together. We started too soon and lived very frenetic years. Now, we get along, and we give a handful of concerts throughout the year, but that's it. We have other interests".

There's life after Gran Turismo

"I don't miss the fame. Musically speaking, I've done well, obviously these are not the same hits that we could have with The Cardigans, but with A Camp and the rest of my music I've had my share of success too. I'm very conscious of the fact that The Cardigans was a worldwide phenomenon, but being tied to a project that only revolves around making hits has its downside too, although it might take years to see it. It has taken me a lot of time to find the music that I wanted to make and the kind of career I wanted to have".

[...]

Translated by me :).

See the article.

[ms-hells-bells]

nothing like being an autistic with pigsty room habits and hearing your landlord say 'i need to go into your room tomorrow to do something'.

suddenly my motivation is at 100% and i just cleaned most of my room (or hid stuff i couldn't get out atm) non stop for an hour and a half straight. tfw when your sole life motivation is fear of immediate consequences :')

[trevlad-sounds]

Wednesday 12 July 2023 4:30 pm Mixtape 337 “Dark Wandering”

2023-07-12

electronica experimental instrumental

Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays. Support the artists and labels. Don't forget to tip so future shows can bloom.

Castle If-Keys To The Crypt-00:00

Phexioenesystems-Sode (Mountainside)-03:06

Trevor Bastow-qMotion 1-8-07:37

Pbs'73-Technicolor Dreamer-09:43

Actress-Watercolour Challenge Part II-13:40

Monochrome Echo-Canadian Half Dozen-17:41

Yosi Horikawa-Wandering-20:38

Sébastien Tellier-Lovely Blonde-24:08

Makeup And Vanity Set, Sferro-Innercomm-27:20

Ambidextrous-Part lll-29:26

Thievery Corporation-The Glass Bead Game-36:53

Pallette-The War of American Aggression in Vietnam-42:36

Sara Berts-Tutto Sommato Allegretto-46:20

The JWA-Mountain Climber Part One-51:38