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Some music I love that obscurify said not a lot of other people listen to, but I think you should!!
(Idk how accurate its assessment is and I know I should abandon spotify but I've yet to find the best way for me to do so, so please music nerds have mercy on me ππ)
Honorable mention: Graham De Wilde bc he's showed up on this list too and I love his tracks! It's so cool to hear the variations he came up with on the same basic musical structure!
Feb 8, 2025
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a cool little website that showcases songs on spotify that either have never been played or artists with very very low listeners. will you come across some weird shit that you may not be into? hell yeah, but that's part of the fun. i've personally found so many cool artists and as a small independent musician myself, i know how easy it is to get lost in the void. the underground is calling bby.
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i owe this recent inspiration to this video i watched on yt that explains why is it important to appreciate and create "bad", or better said, underrated art that is eclipsed by the more mainstream or "successful". it's been eye-opening. it's making my days feel more magical and full of possibilities. it makes me want to create for the sole intention of creating.
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Lately I've been spending too much time scouring every corner of eBay I can for the cheapest and most delightful soviet era porcelain figurines available
I didn't even realize it until diving head first into this rabbit hole, but I have had soviet era porcelain figurines my whole life (a bunny and a bull for those curious), so I guess I was always destined to develop a fondness for the form, and eventually dig a little deeper into it.
There is something so incredibly charming and also incredibly interesting about these porcelain pieces! These little guys!
There's a lot of history to dig into that I've barely scratched the surface of AT ALL, but I'm fascinated by how porcelain reflected the common sentiments* of the times, the economic conditions, the artistic movements and ideas of the day, and also the ability (or lack thereof) of people to stay in one place and hold onto something so "useless" and easily broken.
I have very, very few things from any of my ancestors. Figurines like these make me think about the way history and art are passed down to us, forgotten, broken, left behind, sold in thrift stores and online, if they survive at all.
Figurine collections are kind of a barometer of safety and stability, or at least how dedicated to the illusion of it you might be.
They also make me think about how useful "useless" things can be. How even art that is purely decorative can be thought-provoking (by for example valorizing "folks"), or just make you happy (via being very cute! Or expert use of color and form!).
Grannies collect this shit for many good reasons and I'm starting to catch on.
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* Notably the $$$ collectors type ones are the ethnographic figurines, something I NEED to read an academic paper about.
Especially, because Ive noticed some of these figurines depicting "ethnic types" are inaccurate copies of earlier prints, which themselves should be placed under immense scrutiny! This is all extra interesting in the context of the porcelain industry transitioning from imperial rule to the soviet era. The ways of talking about ethnicity changed, (in addition obviously to y'know, everything!) but the products produced largely remained the same. Lots to think about!!!
Jan 31, 2025