#but every song is saur good

[heartshakerz]

coming back from the dead to let u know that itzy released aoty today <3

[w0lfwren]

how to be a human being is THE tntduo album.

[nomaishuttle]

frankensweeney was very fun i enjoyed it and had a great time I dont think anybody else should ever do this

[bergandysam]

Kim Seokjin Fic Recs

‼️18+ minors DNI, if you choose to anyways, PLEASE be careful. try to heed our warnings, we have them for a reason‼️

More Recs Here

he’s insanely good looking your honour

[not in any particular order] [if any users would like me to remove their post from this list please let me know and i will do so immediately!]

thank you daddy @ktheist 19k

sugar daddy!seokjin, WHEEWWW, small angst, hella smut tho LOLL, 9 YEAR AGE GAP!, they’re both horny fucks,

fast lane @yminie 20.6k

racer!seokjin, enemies2lovers, angst, smut !!!!!short depictions of car accidents!!!!!, jin is a PLAYA, reader really hates his guts LOLL

cherry topper @kth1 17.6k

friends2lovers, longtime pining, college!au, reader works at his family’s candy shop :)) fluff, angst, SMUT, reader is dense as hell LOLL

every year @another-army-spot 15.6k

childhood bff2L, chef!seokjin, a yearly new year’s eve party!!, hard fluff, smutty angst, they both grew up hella rich.

final sleigh @floralseokjin 23.3k

coworkers, e2l, reader very much hates seokjin LOLLL, forced proximity fanfic 🤭🤭 smut, fluff(?), angst in Y/N is petty LMAO, it’s christmas!

stuck with you @taleasnewastime 29.6k

strangers2lovers, reader is grumpy :(, they’re stuck in a city they don’t want to be in, Jin is a raining ball of sunshine, angst, smut, fluff, angst. happy ending :)

MENTIONS OF DEATH!

small tuna fish @floralseokjin 17.1k

college!au, jin is a GOOD nice guy, he’s so jinny, FLUFF x10000, smut too LOL, jin is a cutie, he’s inexperienced, there’s a charity car wash too 🤪

warm this winter @jamaisjoons 51.6k

s2l, this was so cute, jk is such a dumbass, but it’s okay seokjin is here to save the day. fluff, angst, SMUT. it just smacks u in the fuckin face.

lost and found @taleasnewastime 21.2k

s2l, seokjin owns a silly lil shop cuz he’s a silly lil guy, reader was cheated on, fluff, angst, they’re so cute. jimin is there too! oneshot.

you guys don’t understand how fucking much i love this story. i’ve re-read it more times than i can count. i think about this Jin once a week

made up love song @floralseokjin series

dilf!seokjin, teacher!reader, arin is saur cute, angsty :(, but fluffy!!! n very smutty, lots of fluff with arin, seokjins ex >:(

turn back time @raplinesmoon 13.3k

seokjin accidentally fast forwards time, smut, angsty fluff, reader is a doctor, JIN POPS A SEMI 💀💀💀💀

sit. stay. @daechwitatamic 14k

dog owners!!!, they live in the same building, jin just wants to help MC, miscommunication :(, fluff, angst, smut, more fluff. literally. cuz dogs. i love this jinnie sooo much

the ikea test @yoon-bug 9.1k

they’re dating, hoseok was right 💀, reader gets upset with seokjin, jin saves the day!!, and then screws the HELL out of MC, so.. smut, fluff too :)

last november @kithtaehyung 24.7k 😭😭

god. exes2l, angst and um oh more angst, smut, all ends well, they’re on a holiday trip with tha gang.

ryen NEVER misses. masterpiece after masterpiece.

the platonic collection @joheunsaram mini series

FWB2L, MC is kinda… she’s kinda dense LOL, seokjin is a cutie, smut, fluff

off limits @floralseokjin series

brothers best friend!seokjin, they’re hiding :(, FWB2L, angst angst angst, yoongi gets puNCHED, smut, readers brother is overprotective, lil fluff

don’t go baking my heart @candlewaxandp0lar0ids 14.7k

i don’t think u understand i love this seokjin. JK is a cutie, S2L, jinnie owns a bakery and is the master of puns, kinda angsty, fluff, they’re also IDIOTS. lil smut

cupids on holiday @persphonesorchid 17k

cupid!seokjin, fluff, angst :(, smut, E2L?? ily jin. but i HATE U. but ily.

all i don’t want for christmas is you @minisugakoobies 23.7k

coworkers AU!, E2L, crack, fluff, smut, jin has a big… ego.. y’all. Y/N pisses me the hell off, but they’re SO CUTE 😭

glazed and dazed @floralseokjin 30.3k

um. PORNSTAR SEOKJIN. thank you that’s all, jk, seokjin ☹️, obviously smut, but they’re fluffy n cute i promise.

the devil wears armani @floralseokjin 65k series

WHEW this one is a doozy, devil!jin, jimin is there too, very much smut smut smut, angsty, fluffy, seokjin has a soft spot.

like i said at the end of my last fic rec post, if any of you have recommendations for me, please send them through!! my inbox is OPEN and i am always looking for more things to read!!! 🫶🫶

[whatudowhennooneseesyou]

Can a request more about Felix dominant side? I thinks he hides a lot of potential to be a Dom, he would be perfect for for a late bloomer, he seems very warm,but also controlling if he wants to

🥺

𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘹 𝘓𝘦𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘋𝘰𝘮 𝘌𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺:

I feel like my warnings are getting so repetitive but I gotta include it in every post.

I'm using astrology so nothing I say is accurate or confirmed- it's completely theoretical.

Anyway- let's go!!

Out of the members of Stray Kids- I would honestly say Felix isn't one of the best members for a late bloomer relationship BECAUSE of his overthinking tendencies with all his Virgo placements.

He might tend to think TOO hard about being such a good boyfriend and giving you the best late bloomer experience that he'll probably forget to just live in the moment.

His Aries Moon also indicates impatience and he might want to try too many things too quickly and it might get overwhelming.

One of the best traits of having a Libra Venus is they value equality in the relationship and Felix might feel like he has TOO much power in the relationship with his experience and you're lack of experience.

But to end this on a positive level, I think no matter what...Felix is going to try his absolute best to be the best ever 'first ever' boyfriend for you.

Now for his dom energy- yes while I think Felix is one of the more 'submissive' members of Stray Kids- I don't think he's 90% submissive and he's more of a balanced switch than what people realise.

This will be shorter than Ateez readings b/c I don't have Felix's Rising Sign so I can't analyse his house placements but his Aries Moon/Leo Mars are great placements to indicate he has 'dom' energy.

I feel his dominant energy would come out when he's pushed hard enough-like if he's jealous of somebody flirting with you or his masculinity feels challenged in a way.

His voice will get deeper, his eyes will darken and become more stern and his grip against you might be more tight.

'I'm not worried about you getting attention sweetie, I'm worried about the way he looks at you'.

I've seen him on-stage and when he's performing- he has a very powerful and 'manly' energy which juxtaposes against the 'fairy' concept he's confined to with group dynamics.

Both Felix Lee and Han Jisung have a Leo Mars and men with a Leo Mars typically love heated-in the moment type of sex and are visual people.

And yeah- as a dom with a Libra Mercury...you best believe he'll talk you through it.

Would watch you put mascara on in the mirror and then he'll randomly think about how pretty you'd look with his cock in your mouth and mascara running down your cheeks.

'You look so pretty as you gag on my cock sweetheart, want to paint your face and see your mouth covered in me'.

Lipstick smeared, stockings ripped, bra straps falling, buttons torn are some of the things he'd find so sexy- having a Leo Mars means he can be quite primal in the bedroom.

But it would take him a lot of teasing or jealousy to get to that unhinged level of dominance- and it would take A LOT of time (and rounds) for him to break out of it.

It's why I love Felix with black hair SAUR MUCH!!! because I think it brings out his dominant energy and doesn't confine him to 'baby subby pixie Felix' persona.

I also just want to appreciate the Taste fancam and this performance b/c I think this fit and song was the key for Felix stans to think-

Oh shit- He could be a dom.

[geonwooz]

♡ DATING HEADCANONS — KIM GUNWOO

bf!gunwoo x reader | wc : 0.7k words | content : possible grammar and spelling mistakes, lowercase intended, domestic fluff, established relationship, swearing | request — hello👋 if it's not a bother for you can i pls request dating and jealousy headcanons for geonwoo and woojin? it's alright if you don't. thank you anyways

gunwoo is such a soft boy like he’s so taylor swift song coded

not even a specific song, like if all her pretty love songs were made into a person; it’d be kim gunwoo

even though gunwoo is literally an almost six-foot muscle man built like mike tyson, when you first met him, the urge to protect him was saur bad

like you two would be the epitome of that hyper gf x calm bf meme pic

even if you are the biggest introvert ever, being with gunwoo makes you tap into that 1% extrovert in you which makes him so happy because it means you comfortable with him and that makes him so 🥺😭🥺😭

when you first starting dating, he was so pleasantly surprised by everything because this was a new territory for him

his lifestyle before you was just eat, train, sleep, and repeat — so this man had the shock of his life when dating you

the “good morning” and “good night” texts and the texts informing him what you were doing throughout the day + texts asking him what he was doing

he loved the way you’d always text him, even if it was like just a shower thought off the top of your head

literally everyone around him knew he was dating because bro kept using every free second of his to use his phone and the nonstop smiling at his phone like an idiot was a big giveaway

gunwoo is a selfless guy, meaning he’s always putting his loved ones before himself — and while you loved that for him, you always made sure to let him know when he needed to take care of himself

or you’d just take care of him yourself because you loved doing that

if he gave you flowers, you’d do the same after a couple of days, just wordlessly letting him know you loved him just as much as he loved you

even when you did something for him, he’d return the gesture, acknowledging your love for him and showing his love for you

as i said earlier, you are the hyper gf to his calm bf so one agenda i would like to touch on is how at one point you’d definitely be his curse dispenser of sorts

we know how gunwoo is a respectable gentleman who treats people with respect even in circumstances he doesn’t necessarily need to

so that’s where you come in, adding swear words between his sentences to make his words sound fiercer even tho manz probably has his polite smile on his face the entire time

“listen here-” “-you fucking asshole.” “just tell us what kim myeonggil is upto or-” “-we’ll shove your head so far up your ass, you’ll be able to eat your own shit.”

ok so maybe sometimes you have a little too much fun, which results in both your boyfriend and his woojin-hyung just staring at you, completely concerned

but they both love you, so a win is a win

honestly, gunwoo’s mama absolutely adores you and woojin feels the same, both of them just glad that gunwoo now has someone to take care of him and love him just like he takes care of others and loves them

you are always spending whatever free time you have with gunwoo’s mum and it warms his heart to see you two getting along together because honestly that’s all he needs in his life

if his loved ones adored you as much as you adored him, then that was it; he was indeed the happiest person in the world

it doesn’t take you long into the relationship for you to be comfortable with gunwoo, and he absolutely feels like he’s on cloud nine every time you mention how comfortable you are with him

like you can behave like an absolute madman, and he’d just love you harder — i don’t make the rules, it is what it is

so you best bet you sometimes leave your manz so bamboozlingly confuzzled by the most out of pocket questions you ask him because you have a curious mind

“why are buildings called buildings if they are already built?” “jagiya, please, it’s two in the morning.”

you two are a force to be reckoned with, i swear i feel bad for woojin already

sorrows sorrows prayers

TAGLIST :: @missscarlettangel (TO BE ADDED, PLEASE COMMENT, SEND AN ASK OR DM!)

[nayeonline]

ranking every RED VELVET title track as a non reveluv :)

im having a little bit of a red velvet renaissance atm and this is a direct result of that :) from best to worst, including japanese title tracks, lets gaur

Russian Roulette (name one person who doesn't like this song. exactly. its just the best.)

Psycho (changed lives. magnum opus.)

Bad Boy (went triple platinum in every region in the stratosphere)

RBB (nobody gets this song like i do i fear)

Red Flavor (omg i can't believe that rv invented summer)

Umpah Umpah (this song is so fucking good its actually scary)

Dumb Dumb (OMFG THIS IS REAL MUSIC.)

Feel My Rhythm (oof what a time to be alive)

Cookie Jar (joy’s pink boilersuit serves and yeah this is a hit)

Peekaboo (10 murdered pizza guys/10)

Queendom (saur underrated)

Be Natural (ses did it better of course but the song is objectively a slay)

Happiness (a fucking bop argue with the wall)

Rookie (irene simply doesn’t understand this song like i do)

Birthday (bit overhated like its not that bad u guys)

Automatic (no thoughts head empty)

Ice Cream Cake (im so bored and i don’t even know why this song is quite good)

Zimzalabim (unfortunately for the stans of this song, i in fact do get it but i still in fact don’t like it)

Wildside (the foundations for slay are there but they are not realised fully)

One Of These Nights (be totally fr u have never heard this song before)

Power Up (underloved and for a good reason this song is boring - it’s the first one on this list i actually don’t like)

Sappy (this song wishes it has what vivid by heejin has)

[koishua]

10 QUESTIONS FOR U - valentines edition

favorite color of roses?

favorite flowers?

you can send a love letter to anyone. fictional/idols/celebs. who?

which idols have the best rizz?

most rizzful mutual?

favorite petnames/nicknames? giving or recieving?

fictional characters you're in love with?

have you ever had an online crush?

songs that you want to play at your wedding?

fav breakup songs?

fav love-themed kpop song?

mutual with beautiful themes?

pink vs red ? coquette vs old money / preppy?

favorite sweets?

DRINK WATER + YOU ARE LOVED <3

aww thank you!! you're super lovely and loved too :((

blue roses, but i really really like light pink ones as well. the flower shop i used to work at had a bunch of colours hehe

i really really really like carnations and freesias and also there's a magnolia tree close by and its pink flowers are to die for

girl bye im way ahead of you im sending one to yoshinori lmao but like not in a romantic sense like i have never thought of him that way but i really do want to send him a love letter of sorts to express how much he means to me!! platonically!!

rizz... i would have to say for me personally heejake, jiwoong, jimin bc he's an actual people magnet, sunwoo omfg sunwoo goodbye?????? but the thing is san imo too?? i also kind of wanna add ningning too bc i would fold in point two seconds... also yunjin bc as much as i have always been a loyal chaewon ult, i would quite literally pass out if she looked at me like she looks at the girlies she's effortlessly rizzed

none of y'all have rizz goodness gracious bye in my head all of you are either cute or scary gremlins

i get called a bajillion nicknames irl idek atp?? but here i really really like it when ria calls me enna i just find it so so cute but i also like it when people call me vie!! it's short and simple and also kind of humorous bc c'est la vie. ps. i die of joy when ppl still call me vera from time to time tyvm it's like being reminded of my roots AS FOR PET NAMES!! i once got called kitten and it made me promptly hurl it was insane just insane it felt like an out of body exp. i love it when my friends call me girlie tho it makes me feel like such a girly pop. one of my friends calls me her honey and it's saur heartwarming. as for giving....... i like to call people my child lmao they could be older than me idc all of my friends are first and foremost my children. other than that i can't really call anyone anything else it's so awkward for me to give any sort of affection lol

im in love with natsume hyuga from gakuen alice idk if y'all know but me personally oof that black cat oof oof i used to burn with a passion for him. also chat noir from miraculous... im sensing a theme here. also jeong guwon bc he's an ass babygirl that i find super duper annoying but also sth about him being so big and protective like GIRLIESSSSS. although im always ALWAYS reserved for han seojun and han seojun only.

i never had a real online crush so no. really admired? yeah lots

never thought about that yet hold on i feel so ashamed as a self proclaimed the most hopeless romantic!! canon in D— just kidding. probably soft piano versions to romantic iu songs hehe

never felt it, but probably ending scene by iu bc i cry every time

SAURRRR MANY i have to create a list bc im an avid romantic genre listener omgomg

i haven't seen them in a while im sorry i can't pick ;-; @atrirose @boyfhee @yrhome @niningz @blueprint-han @cotccotc off the top of my head?? love your mobile themes muah muah i haven't seen your webs so i can't say much about them but im sure they're great!!

always a sucker for deep red and the old money aes. even had individual themes for both!! and i love when ppl dress preppy but i can't pull it off :(

I LOVE ANYTHING CHOCOLATE !! AND COFFEE !! opera cake, tiramisu, brownies, profiteroles, etc etc!!

[mono-blogs-art]

I saw BABYMETAL live in concert in Milan last night!

It was SO awesome!!! It was definitely worth the 5 hour travel and organisation around it (& a great excuse to meet up with the bestie @transimailisa again <3) despite the cold and wet weather. Though we were a bit late to the queue (we arrived around 30min before doors opened?) we managed to get pretty good spots to stand, maybe around 10-15m away from the stage. When my view was not blocked by Every Tall Italian Man Ever, you could see the performers really clearly. I really had such a great time. I cannot overstate how good of a time I had.

I got into BM casually somewhere around 2020, obviously couldn't see them in concert because of the pandemic. So of course I immediately jumped from my seat when the EU tour was announced. I've been a jp idol fan for a while now and I've seen quite a few idol concerts, and I've also been to metal concerts now, so I wondered how their concert would be like (lmao) and if people would bring stuff like light blades etc. I saw one guy with a blade but apart from that it was just like any regular concert I've been to. The energy in the crowd was great, despite the language barrier so many people knew the songs and sang along, the call and response portions especially in Monochrome (beloved beloved beloved) were just... saur good. Mwah.

I think the most surprising thing to me (up til now pretty casual fan, have only seen a few live performances of some songs of theirs but never a full concert) was how... goofy they were? I always imagined them being this super serious trio with a hard exterior that never cracked, but my god those girls were having the time of their lives on that stage, it was really infectious. Especially Momo & Moa moved around the sides of the stage a lot, interacting with the audience, and they were laughing and headbanging along. Pris caught this (I was too busy going insane) but we think that somewhere in Megitsune Su fumbled a lyric or something, and the other two immediately bullied her for it and they were all laughing :D I guess that is a tradition that continues with other groups I follow lmao

In general it was such a great concert, great sound and a GREAT setlist with really high energy songs at the start (Gimme Chocolate, PA PA YA) and overall a fun mixture of old and new bangers. The only sad thing was that it was only just over an hour long, I would have loved 2 or 3 more songs and a proper Encore. Despite that, we all went home exhausted and happy from dancing and celebrating, and now that I'm back in my own cozy bed and thinking about the experience I can't wait to do it again!!

[lvlystars]

NINI PANINI POOKA DOOKS

i just saw skys ask to u and i cant believe i nvr asked u abt twice killing voice omg

THEY WERE SAUR GOOD OMG I WAS BELTING TO ONE SPARK WITH THEM 😭

is it concerning that i memorized the song alr 😟😟

N E WAY THEY ATE THAT UP SO HARD (they just go hard dan dundundun dan dan dunununun)

LMAOOOO HELLO MY AMELIA MY POOKLY SHMOOKUMS

NOOO I MEMORIZED THE SONG TOO LMAO JUST AVERAGE ONCE BEHAVIOUR TBH

twice just eats it up every single time istg they're too good. my girlies are TOO GOOD 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️‼️‼️‼️

[subskz]

GIRLIE QUEEN 🫶🏽 spotify wrapped out so you alr know what time it is

what was yr top song/top skz song this year if eye may be saur bold 2 ask? bonus question what you think my top skz song was? 😏

ilysm btw hope yr doin good babie kiss mwah smooch

hello my dear!!! question time w grindset spotify wrapped edition…my favorite time of the year 🥰

my top song was disloyal order of water buffaloes by fall out boy! which wasn’t much of a surprise bc i would listen to that song every time i’d get stuck while writing bb 😭 but my top skz song was lonely st. for the second year in a row LOL…girls when the street is desolated

as for your top skz song…hmm i’ll guess topline since it was ur fave off 5 star! i love u right back babe it’s always a delight to see you! ♡

[clairedaring]

9 Fandom Peeps to Get to Know Better:

thanks for the tag @ner-vod!!!

3 Ships You Like: currently probably khun yai/jom (i feel you linger in the air), fei du/wenzhou (modu/justice in the dark), haru/kiri (trillion game)

First Ship Ever: technically not my first ship ever but i just did a little search on my archive to see the first fictional ship i ever reblogged on tumblr and it's a gifset of auslly from the disney channel sitcom austin & ally. once my roman empire for real.

Last Song You Heard: 只问结果 - 魏巡 (Only Ask For The Result - WIN). this is the ending theme song of the cdrama i'm currently watching, saur good.

Favourite Childhood Book: can i say doraemon? i feel like i can't pull any actual books i loved as a child but i've read almost every single doraemon manga series in existence

Currently Reading: i was reading global examination but i'm not really feeling the hype so i've put that on hold and i might not finish it. feel like i'm entering a reading slump so i might read another 188 novel next

Currently watching: gonna binge the rest of intern in my heart for BLUE PONGTIWAT and pegasus (a car racing & body-swapping cdrama)

Currently consuming: my stand-in the series/professional body double/everything related to poom phuripan

Currently craving: missing good thai milk tea ever since i got to canberra

[dollarbin]

Dollar Bin #32:

Cat Steven's Tea for the Tillerman... Belongs in the Comedy Bin

I love Cat Stevens. He writes a sweet melody, sings with a quavering insistence usually reserved for beloved, 95 year old, forcefully retired-by-the-parish, ministers and he named himself Cat.

I believe he also missed out on his true calling: stand up comic. And for this, the Dollar Bin's 50th post, let's take a weekend off of the glories that are Neil and Sandy and poke some fun at the Cat-man instead.

You already know every song and every note of Cat-soft Power's earnest masterpiece, Tea for the Tillerman. It's a classic record, yes. But Stevens, whether or not he realized it at the time, is now fully aware of just how silly much of the album is; just check out his cover image for the recreated version he made on the album's 50th anniversary four years ago:

The woman who made the rain come is still working away in the upper left hand corner. But the children are now on tiktok, the sun is sleeping off its heavy lunch of cow parts and the Tillerman is enjoying a cuppa before he blasts off (rest assured, we'll get to the original record's alien connections in good time). The HAP-PY DAY! is over and it's time for the SIL-LY NIGHT.

Even more so than his musical peer and fellow Muslim Richard Thompson, Stevens is incorrectly considered an overwrought bummer, even by many of his fans. I came to his music in the early 90's and we rightfully loved the songs but condemned the man who'd called for the death of Salman Rushdie. But that was almost 40 years ago now, and Cat has said all the right things about The Qur'an's steadfast commitment to peace and inclusivity ever since. Dolly Parton decided Cat-harsis was a-okay with her 20 years ago, and I say that, unless your Salman himself, should be good enough for the rest of us.

So let's take a cue from the Cat-o-saur and consider the record's delicious bon mots, its head scratching nonsense and the non-sequiturs in each song one by one. Catula coulda' retired even earlier from the music biz than he did and worked the comedy circuit with this stuff:

Side 1, track 1: Where Do The Children Play?

Okay this song is a tough one to begin my argument with. Cat-atonic wanted us to be concerned about the environment in 1970. It would have been sweet if we'd listened! But the grammatical presentation on the record's backside is worthy of your comedic consideration.

First of all, he wants to capitalize "Jumbo" planes in the opening line. Cat-opholis, I get that those jet fuel guzzlers are bigger than they should be and that I, like Taylor, should cease flying my private jet to the Super Bowl. But "Jumbo" is not a proper noun. What's more, when it comes to the title's lyrics in the chorus, the Catster insists that it's not "where do the children play"; rather, it's "where d' th' ch'ildr'n play". Come on, Catly, the children deserve some vowels!

Side 1, Track 2: Hard-Headed Woman

I've been making fun of this song's lyrics and vocal delivery for 30+ years at this point and it never gets old. Catrina seeks a ladyfriend with steel implants in her scalp; he knows some fancy dancers; he knows some fine feathered friends. And when he asks them, mid-song, "why'd you come here for?" they don't query his sentence construction; rather they go into full muppet duck form back at him: "I don't know! Why!?"

Seriously: try lip syncing this whole lovely song in the mirror next chance you get without cracking yourself up. Can't be done.

Side 1, track 3: Wide World

I think it's hilarious that Cat-flower thinks his lady friend is gonna miss him after he implies that she is so superficial all she can think about is clothes and inconsequential friends, and that she is incapable of recognizing the lotta bad out there without his august guidance. Cat-powerless: she dumped you; deal.

Side 1, track 4: Sad Lisa

Don't be fooled: Cat-ography did not write this sad song with its aching chorus of "Lisa Lisa, sad Lisa Lisa" about Liza Mannelli's first record entitled Liza! Liza! No. Rather, he used the song to predict the future of pop music:

But I don't know if Catpants got things right in the song. Lisa Lisa is currently a member of Snoop Dogg's "army" of performers. I'd say that's the opposite of sitting in a corner by the door. She does not appear to be hurt very badly. Sounds to me like she's laughing her way to the bank.

Side 1, track 5: Miles From Nowhere

Catlandia gives us his own version of The Divine Comedy here. Like Dante, he finds himself in a dark wood, the right road lost. But he puts a totally sweet spin on that classic journey to hell and back, casting himself not as a woebegone human, nor even as a cat. Rather, he's a bear!

I creep through the valleys,

And I grope through the woods,

'cause I know when I find it: my honey,

It's gonna make me feel good. Yes.

Seek on Bear Stevens! I hope the honey you seek will be found in the Garden of Eden atop Mount Purgatory, and that it is both pungent and succulent. Please don't eat any sinners along the way.

Side 2, Track 1: But I Might Die Tonight

It's always good fun when rich rock stars strive to embody the working person for a song or two, expressing the concerns of the hoi polloi on our behalf. At the same time Catalina was writing this stuff Lennon was anxiously channeling a working class hero and the Van-dragon was announcing that he'd been working so hard.

Catticus loves this theme; his first hit, Matthew and Son, is a Dickensian piece of workingman's blues, all about a place where the work is never done and the files are filling your head. This was coming from a guy who became world famous at age 18 and named himself after the domesticated animal who least understands labor. Don't worry Catty: no one will ever make you say yes or sink low; and no one will meet you on the street when you look like this and misinterpret your lack of a shirt as a sign that you need career advice:

Side 2, Track 2: Longer Boats

Now we're getting to the best part of his stand up set. Here Kit Catilicious wants to get us excited about visitors from outer space (seriously: that's what he says this song is about, thus the tillerman recently donned a space suit). Cat-scratcher knows the martians are coming to see us any time now and he has wonderfully incongruous and incomprehensible information to offer about their arrival. It seems that a priest will get involved in the extraterrestrial happenings and that this "parson" will encourage women to drop their pants before taking his hand, and that the soul of nobody will know where the parson will go. Where does the parson go?

Dude, what? Who knows! But I'm sure fired up to get in that longer boat when the little green men are taking the key from the door.

Side, Track 3: Into White

This lovely, haunting melody carries us to a shack made out of barley paper and "water ice" (as opposed to regular, non-water-based ice, I guess), all of which sounds architecturally questionable, and in which a red headed chicken is ready to strike a sad eyed drummer with a spider on his face. Catador Dali says the song comes from a "naive, childlike state". I say it comes from rejected pages in the screenplay for Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.

Side 2, Track 4: On the Road to Find Out

Turns out that Cat Simon-Peter wants us to check out "the good book" in order to kick out the devil's sin. This is a full seven years before he officially adopted Islam so he's not ready to tell us which good book he refers to. If he means the Bible, let me go on record with the complaint that that book is 2,000 pages long and instructs us, on the pain of death, to avoid wearing clothes with fibers mingled from diverse sources. Maybe that's why he's shirtless so often?

Side 2, Track 5: Father and Son

Okay there's nothing too funny about this song. Depending on what camp you are in, it's either a big deal classic about the difficulties of adolescence or a bunch of overwrought nonsense. I'm a member of the former camp, and that's only in part because I know that if I ever make fun of this song my wife will punch me squarely in my smug face.

But Catepetto seems to want us to laugh at it all anyway. Check out the akward puppet video for his 2020 version:

The song's recreation is actually pretty cool. 50 years later Cat-thusilla croons with his younger self. It sounds like he's finally info Leonard Cohen's vocal stylings.

But come on, the video spews chunks. I don't want to get uppity about it here. Rather, I'm choosing to laugh about the fact that the kid puppet is all bummed not because he needs to break free from the chains of his familial puppet home but because his puppet dad's digital frig features sour milk.

Side 2, Track 6: Tea for the Tillerman

Happily, hilarity returns for the album's closing moment. Cat-apult hires an entire choir, brings them into the studio and then has them sing a grand total of two words. The members of the full orchestra The Beatles assembled to play that towering spiral of warm up sounds for A Day in the The Life worked much, much harder. Both groups of musicians go uncredited; hopefully they're still having a good laugh about it all.

Happy weekend everyone. Thanks for surviving 50 dives into my dumpster of a record collection. Stephen Stills sucks.

[sophaeros]

3 13 15 20!!!!

3. humbug or tbh+c?

THIS IS AN EVIL EVIL QUESTION AND I CANNOT BELIEVE OP WOULD WRITE IT OR THAT YOU WOULD ASK ME THIS!!!!!! humbug is so very immortal for its moody unabashed horniness but tbhc is so..Is So.....when it hits you it really hits you. it's so cinematic and i can't help but love that. BUT HUMBUG..ITS PIVOTAL TURN AND OBLIQUE LYRICS......but also the narrative and Imagery of tbhc. i dont know i dont know i dont want to give a cop out answer. OK IDK MAYBE HUMBUG??it has a range of sounds that are nonetheless cohesive + i love how he switches between obfuscating clever wordplay and kitchen sink slices of miserable time. very hashtag inspiration. my new homescreen in progress is literally tbhc tho so WAILING EMOJI

13. what are some of your favourite lyrics alex has written? (doesn't have to be arctic monkeys, can also include tlsp/ other artist collaborations/the submarine soundtrack)

OK SO I HAVE A CHANNEL IN MY PERSONAL DISCORD SERVER FOR LINES THAT INSPIRE ME BC SOME OF THEM PISS ME OFF IN HOW THEY FEEL LIKE I COULD HAVE WRITTEN THEM IF I WAS JUST A LITTLE BETTER AND MORE WIRED. here are some

when the heat starts growing horns / she's thunderstorms

in the backroom of a bad dream (i'll feel bad if it turns out miles wrote this one)

like in my heart there's that hotel suite / and you've lived there so long / it's kind of strange now you're gone

is that vague sense of longing kinda tryna cause a scene?

LIKE FUCKIN..first one drives me insane forever i dont even know why. for one thing i'm forever in awe of how he slots words into melodies like i can't write music man maybe i'll learn this year but it blows my fucking mind how he makes them sound so good And that they rhyme. and his imagery is just off the charts like u listen to it and ur like fuck that makes so much SENSE even as ur hit w HOW THE FUCK DID HE THINK OF THAT. i can't even articulate what it is about shes thunderstorms that gets me so bad.

2 and 3 are just. idk i love how he conceptualises these abstract places. like it brings these nebulous feelings and vibes and locates them in a solid place but also with surreal imagery. idkidk it just blows my mind im so mad maybe i should make a compilation of lines like these

4 just hits hard bc it's saur relatable LMAO. just fuckin the phrase "cause a scene" with the vague feeling of longing.......URGH. song made for aimless artists having an identity and existential crisis.

15. favourite arctic monkeys b-side?

UMUM UM . SO VERY MANY. ok the on brand answer would be catapult but TRUTHFULLY i find myself always going back to too much to ask. every time it comes on i have to loop it at least twice. im just soooo very enraptured by how he captures the mundane and the slow frustration the impending sense of doom. the whole song has such a like..inevitable vibe. the song trucks on at a steady pace all leading toward the ending realisation that really you could already see coming from the very first line.

20. favourite record ender track?

GOD it's gotta be a three way tie between that's where youre wrong, i wanna be yours and the ultracheese. actually perfect sense is in there too. four way tie.

thats where youre wrong to me really encapsulates this breezy sense of melancholy thats so distinctive of the sias album. it just moves so lightly like a clear day when spring is shading into summer but it's so undeniably Sad. it coming after sias is the perfect one two punch of this exact vibe.

BUT I WANNA BE YOURS. MY BABY. I LOVE HER BADLY the simplicity of it the pure unadulterated longing and desperation. i would fucking do ANYTHING to be yours i would make myself so useful and devoted just for you to deign to say you need me. it just brings you to another dimension man. blast it on your headphones at 3am and you will unlock a never seen before depth of hell called longing. it just strips the whole am album down to its core (ie pleaesepleasepleaspelepalseplease text me back)

the ultracheese. lies down. it's everybody's favourite. and for GOOD REASON. the insanity of ending on a gutwrenchingly honest confession after an entire album about fantasy and escape. WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT KIND OF ACTUAL FUCKING SICKO ENDS ON "but i haven't stopped loving you once." ARGHHHH and musically it's like it's so very tbhc. is the best way i can say it. the tbhc album's sound and atmosphere put to fucking Work.

perfect sense makes me want to walk off a cliff and lie down in the dirt forever and ever and ever. if ultracheese was a confession perfect sense is a rumination. i was going to say it's like relief if relief tasted like whiskey but idk if i can even really say relief it's just like. i think it's also quite special to me because i do sincerely believe that by and large things will work out in the end and something unremarkable in your past will come to be the perfect solution in your future and back then it appeared just as it was meant to. it's like going on a long journey so that you could learn that where you began is what you needed and that doesnt mean the journey was a waste because you needed it yknow. i know there were people being like ohhh oh no tc is their last album and like perfect sense has such end of movie vibes but only the kind of ending where you know the characters are going to continue on past the end of the reel. yknow.

so idk maybe i will say either perfect sense or thats where youre wrong because i listen to thats where youre wrong a lot but clearly i have Feelings about perfect sense

thanks for the ask bug!! <3

[emotionsandphenomena]

okay I delayed this for several days but Conrad @obeetlebeetle tagged me in a 10 songs on shuffle post ! he mentioned that this was a relic of iTunes era and that's actually why I delayed - trueheads may know my car aux is broken so I've been listening to lots of CDs + getting more from the library, and I started ripping them to rebuild a music library... yay! so I put that eclectic mix on shuffle and came out with a pretty fun 10 tracks.

don't talk (put your head on my shoulder) - the beach boys. foundational csh lore song and also I love you saur much the beach boys. I already owned this album I think I've had it since I was a kid

what would we do without you - company (2006 obcr). craaaaaazy song that actually makes me think so much of Conrad who is very good at being everything to everyone. this cd came with a fantastic little booklet containing essays about this revival that I am gonna scan + post

another Saturday - Stuart Murdoch. off the "dark was the night" compilation AIDS benefit album ft. so many 2000s alt/indie artists I love. Murdoch is new to me but this song is really sweet.

tomorrow - Avril Lavigne. let go is saur foundational I put this album on and remembered every word even tho I probly haven't listened since I was 10. huge.

sgt peppers lonely hearts club band - the Beatles. my friends the Beatles. who I am not interested in reading rpf about but I support the cause so much

Chicago - sufjan stevens. one of my all time great driving songs so I'm thrilled to own this cd. also has such charming album art.

china girl - David Bowie. well. they can't all be winners

toastmakers revenge - Jake shimabukuro. this guy is like the most talented/celebrated 'ukelele player in the world listening to his stuff is insane. he wrote this song I think it's really fun

passenger seat - death cab. well she's simply the best one. no competition. and as a car song? driving at night and feeling the world's biggest emotions? there is nothing better baby.

tiny vessels - death cab. I think that transatlanticism is one of the best albums ever so they're all good songs, this one isn't huge for me but I love where it sits on the album. and I love that he hates California

yay fun game! idr who Conrad tagged and we know all the same people so if he tagged you and you haven't done it yet - do !!

[normiematsu]

got maboroshi wink on the mind. i need to know what went on at studio pierrot that made them put out such a fun epic op... every shot is so good the song is big slappy its colorful its bouncy its energetic it *explodes* the shot of them all around the table looking saur mad the cuts to their funny themed sunglasses... so cool so fun so cute *dies*