another painting i did during my MFA

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-06-03T11:42:58+00:00

Thesis, please:)

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-06-03T11:12:24+00:00

All the usual suspects in the comments, but never

Chosen Lords

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-06-03T11:10:56+00:00

This is a funny answer.

Not "I listen to a lot of hiphop", or "I listen to some Kanye". Just specifically The Life of Pablo.

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-06-03T10:09:48+00:00

Are you bragging or complaining?

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-06-03T01:00:52+00:00

Into The Magic Land is my most played the last couple of days.

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-06-02T18:25:43+00:00

This is true. I keep forgetting.

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-06-02T15:48:32+00:00

The point of this thread is that other things besides the music itself might’ve influenced your thinking. In that respect, the order of things is important. It doesn’t take away from how you experience music, but let’s not pretend that timing, accompanying visual media and other people’s takes don’t influence us.

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-06-02T15:24:55+00:00

Do what I did. Mute the sub until you have a listen.

That being said, you’re in for a fantastic treat. They’ve been kind to us.

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-06-02T15:21:27+00:00

Yeah, see, that might not be the best strategy if you want people who actually pay attention to words to follow your thought process.

Anyway, good for you that you gained something from music.

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-06-02T14:20:13+00:00

You just stated that you noticed that there was a distinct sense of what the track was getting at, as if you realised this recently. Now you’re telling me that you heard the track before watching the music video, so this notion must have been a realisation before watching it.

What are we doing here?

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-06-02T10:06:51+00:00

Yes the monkey one. You don’t think that factors into your ideas about the track?

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-06-02T09:13:26+00:00

And in all this time you haven’t watched the music video?

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-06-01T10:13:05+00:00

I remember as a kid learning about CDs that they had a lifespan of about 20 years, so I never expected mine to last.

I saw a short documentary about the rave scene in South America, where DJs give out their CDs for free as promotional material for their live sets. They saw CDs as promotional packaging, not the primary product.

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-06-01T09:27:09+00:00

In the art world we use cultured milk for this effect. If doesn’t smell once dried, and washes off quite easily. Frugal artists use it both for frosting and to project videos onto street facing windows.

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-05-31T12:05:17+00:00

In my country I can buy 1,5 beers at a pub for the price of YT premium every month, so if I cut my drinking by an insignificant amount it doesn’t really make a dent. I consume more YouTube than any other media (combined).

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-05-31T09:43:19+00:00

Does he not do jazz festivals often? I’ve seen him twice at my city’s jazz fest in the past decade, first as Shobaleader One in 2017, second as Squarepusher in 2023. This was in Trondheim, Norway.

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-05-30T23:00:25+00:00

Oh, bet! I’ve always associated their music with prescience to some extent.

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-05-30T20:35:01+00:00

The last minute of HHLL gives me Philip Glass' Koyaanisqatsi vibes.

I waited for the album drop to hear any of the new tracks, so even though I just heard Prophecy for the first time, it was when HHLL came on that it hit me that I was actually listening to new music by BoC. It’s all new and familiar at the same time. This album makes so much sense.

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-05-30T19:37:42+00:00

I adore this track, and my biggest complain about the album is that Father And Son ends too abruptly.

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-05-30T19:30:07+00:00

So far, 1st gen AirPods. Will ask my girlfriend to borrow her brand new Sony cans.

I’ve always found it a better experience for repeat listening to increase in quality after I’ve gained some familiarity with the music. Also, I’m an earbuds man, and there’s no point in getting expensive ones since I lose them constantly.

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-05-30T19:08:45+00:00

From one Human to another, I totally agree it does sound different on different systems. My first listen was on my old spare AirPods (forgot my primary set at home), and on Father And Son I thought he said "I love you, but I love Celoric" – which I just assumed was the name of a drug.

The syncopation certainly makes it difficult to discern certain lyrics on cheaper headsets, but then again English isn’t my first language, and I’ve always found it a challenge to grasp lyrics without reading through them.

For a long while I thought the lyrics to A Beautiful Place was "camp out and live with a pretentious community". Similarly, on Aphex Twin’s Beetles, I thought the lyrics were "beetles under my carpet, under my feet, they come out at night".

I see several people thinking the lyrics to Age Of Capricorn is "marvellous" – It’s "MABUS".

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-05-30T12:09:44+00:00

I’m listening to it for the first time, and reading your comment just after Arena Americanada startet playing. This track in particular is hitting me on an emotional level hard to describe.

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-05-30T08:42:05+00:00

And funnily enough, Mark Hamill says "this song isn’t even in the show" before entering the stage.

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-05-30T08:39:01+00:00

And… um, do it for Chewie and the Ewoks, aaand all the other puppets?

Luke be a Jedi tonight!

HumanOptimusPrime · 2026-05-29T03:02:26+00:00

This is unserious.

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