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I don’t know what it is about leaks and snippets that make em more compelling; maybe it’s that, even with artists on the biggest scale, there’s a long process of revision and re-recording that happens. And it’s creatively invigorating to remind myself of that. I’m talking about Ye, mostly (but could be talking about Carti, Uzi). The Jesus is King-era alternate tape Yahndi that leaked, from when it was still called Yahndi, I’ll still bump that. But more recently, this alternate Donda-era tracklist someone put together, “God’s Country.” It’s this weird, slightly illicit collaboration that happens between fan, artist, and listener. It keeps some of the tracks and sketches Ye made, then scrapped, alive. I like that.
Aug 16, 2022
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Was recently going through Mac Demarco’s demo albums and found that I loved the demos versions over some of the originals.
This also reminded me of deluxe albums that feature rough takes and demos. I’ve been loving the “Feel Flows” Super Deluxe.
Feb 18, 2025
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I don't think a lot of people understand the absolute genius of this album. In music it is important to learn how to separate the art from the artist. As with Kanye West he is a very controversial person but his older music is unmatched to anything I've ever listened too. Despite him being a lot of things I would say don't let his actions prevent you from listening to his music. Give College Dropout a try
Jan 10, 2025
My album of the day. oogie has such a distinctive drawl when he raps, I've been eager for more since his 2021 debut album. Very consistent visual and sonic tone to all his work. Feel like this might be what it would sound like if Smino was from South London instead of St. Louis. Two Couches, Kanye Me, and Twenty were my favorite tracks
Mar 7, 2024
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I don’t know how people read without candles. I’ll read without a candle—in the daytime, at the park, on the train. I do do that. But when I’m really going in. That’s the only way. At night, phone silented and out of reach. Reading for the duration of a candle’s burn. Thing is, in order to really use a candle, you’ve gotta have candles on candles. You’ve gotta be really strapped. Solid holder, with the wide, ashtray-like base, so you can balance it on random things. An armrest. Your lap. I throw down on these 45-count boxes of “perfect flame, clean burning, cotton wick” bistro candles from Bolsius. Polish brand. But you don’t even have to ball out like that, you can just go with the 4-count taper pack. Just make sure you got that solid holder, that’s crucial.
Aug 16, 2022
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Parks are where it’s at. Where grass, benches, trees are. Sun. I tend to base wherever I choose to move on its proximity to parks. Went to the park by me the other day, hot day, a bunch of little kids were by the water fountain loading up water balloons. I mean damn. Love that.
Aug 16, 2022
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Recently bodied this. Old big French novel. Technically about the mining strikes in northern France in 1866, and definitely about that, but also just about life during that time. Scrapping in the mines. Living in close quarters, turning up in the village with the other workers. The implied stuff Zola looks at in terms of family structure, mating rules, social life. It moves like novels of that time, like the Russians, say, in how it roams omnisciently in that quintessentially 19th century way. But something about how he starts it, with the protagonist pulling up to a new town, homeless and hungry, and seeing him gradually integrate into the mining community… The intimacy of living in such close quarters… Idk, it’s counterintuitively spicy, I recommend it, it slaps.
Aug 16, 2022