From f11946cafe8ba69b41c2dece9da7d365a0d9fa10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cassie Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:34:43 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2025-08-28 00:34:43 --- content/week-notes/030.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/week-notes/030.md b/content/week-notes/030.md index e10b7c5..f6455b2 100644 --- a/content/week-notes/030.md +++ b/content/week-notes/030.md @@ -26,10 +26,16 @@ I did a *lot* of podcast listening this week! Cleaning and organizing my classro I've been listening to a lot of *Pure Particles* by The Bug Club. It has some of my favorite songs of theirs ("If My Mother Thinks I'm Happy," "Pure Particles," and "A Love Song," primarily). I haven't been quite as enthused with their more recent releases — *Very Human Features* was good, and I didn't really care about *On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System*[^3] — but *Pure Particles* through *Rare Birds* is such an incredible run of quality. -As part of my mission to upgrade the low quality MP3s I have on my music server, I ordered and ripped a few CDs this week: Johnny Flynn's *A Larum*, Mirah's *C'mon Miracle*, and Freelance Whales's *Weathervanes*. I was really only looking for *A Larum* specifically, but the seller on discogs had a shipping minimum. The others were on my list and the seller happened to have them available. It's a little funny — I was listening to these albums all at a specific point in my life (specifically *C'mon Miracle* and *Weathervanes* when I was really depressed in my late teens; Johnny Flynn was a bit earlier). +As part of my mission to upgrade the low quality MP3s I have on my music server, I ordered and ripped a few CDs this week: Johnny Flynn's *A Larum*, Mirah's *C'mon Miracle*, and Freelance Whales's *Weathervanes*. I was really only looking for *A Larum* specifically, but the seller on discogs had a shipping minimum. The others were on my list and the seller happened to have them available. It's a little funny — I was listening to these albums all at a specific point in my life (specifically *C'mon Miracle* and *Weathervanes* when I was horrifically depressed in my late teens; Johnny Flynn was a bit earlier). + +That nostalgia (if you can call it that — is there a nostalgia that's for *bad* memories?[^4]) brought me back to *Pullhair Rubeye* by Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan, an odd album that was released in reverse. The reversed version (so the normal one) of "Lay Lay Off, Faselam" is an all-timer for me; I was listening to it a lot in 2012. Releasing the album in reverse was, apparently, a controversial move, but I like it both ways — and I finally took the time to actually reverse it myself.[^5] [^1]: I've found myself referring to the students as "kids." They're juniors and seniors in college, so probably at most around ten years younger than me. I'm not sure if this is a speech pattern picked up from teaching middle schoolers, who I can safely call kids, or if I'm an old lady now. More on that later. [^2]: This gag entertains me and I will continue it all semester. [^3]: The exception is "Have U Ever Been 2 Wales," which is an all-timer. I wish they had gone more in that direction for their album releases. + +[^4]: I believe this is called *trauma*. + +[^5]: I'd previously been listening to a shitty 192kbps MP3 someone else did.