Oddly-something - Alex

ripley the terrible

Batman Arkham City panel.

the current trend of "tumblr users embarrassing themselves by proudly announcing why they don't listen to any music made by black people" is really astounding.

i cannot help but think this is a direct result of liberal White Guilt and how people have interpreted "anti-racism" as form of cultural self-segregation - the kind of person who thinks trying to cook chicken curry is cultural appropriation, or sends white people anon hate for wearing a kimono (yes, this kind of discourse happened). like, "oh, no, i could never participate in this culture, i'd get my evil white hands all over it! it would be more Progressive if I only did White things."

if you're a poc you've seen this, i'm sure - this deer-in-the-headlights stare you can get from white people when you play music / show art / share a story / anything that is Racially Coded, this total refusal to actually engage with it out of fear that it is in some way Wrong for them to have any opinion on it. because they read somewhere that it's bad to use AAVE but the only lesson they actually learned from that is "gotcha, white people are not allowed to interact with other cultures as punishment for my White Crimes. this helps to fill up the gaping pit of my white guilt and makes me one of the Good People." this transforms their discomfort around non-white cultures (black culture, especially, i should add) into a kind of virtue

anyway if you are white and reading this. go listen to some fucking haliu mergia. ethiopian jazz. will knock your dick right off. go listen to rap or reggae or bollywood and have a genuine reaction to it - like, an actual, from-the-heart reaction. you are allowed to not like some of it. but you will definitely like at least a little. yes, you can compare it to lemon demon (or whatever) if that helps you get into it and that's your only point of reference. maybe don't say that part out loud. but don't, like, separate yourself from it, like you are seeing it in a museum and the only polite thing to do is go "ahh, huh, very interesting, so much culture here."

I'm watching south park s20 rn and apart from the whole season being shit, it also had one of the biggest missed opportunities. since mr. grarrison is slowly transforming into trump, they should've given him a joker-type story (like the one where he falls in a tub of acid). except of being acid, it's mcdonalds grease (double pun bc it's american and called mcdonald). the boiling grease fries his hair and cooks his skin, giving him the iconic look.

am I insane or is this not a banger? maybe a little bit too cartoonish

if anyone ever finds a Gutenberg! The Musical “slime tutorial” that’s not just the audio, please send me in that direction. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

I'm neurotypical i just do all this stuff cause i want to

The Talented Mr. Ripley is the the most homosexual movie I’ve ever seen

I love it when ghost and pals music goes SKNGISHjsbntjJItnketnksjzjKKJtjwotjsinejss and then the lyrics are "I can't glance at your eyes without eternal cries"

William Finn's ability to write about human imperfection was so sincere, profound and succinct. It has not and will likely not ever be replicated. I am reminded of such simple lyrics like

'This here is love, when we're talking face to face' or 'God only knows too soon I'll remember your faults, meanwhile though it's tears and schmalz'

He is, to me, the composer that best understood the humanity that lies in making mistakes.

Being a stem person who's best friends with an art person is great because you'll tell them "oh I have to mix these chemicals and analyze data for tomorrow" and they'll think it's the worst thing ever. Meanwhile they have to draw 8 portraits and master frottage and collage by tomorrow and you think that's the worst thing ever