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Last song - #357 of a 413- song Zhou Shen playlist. I’m working my way through ALL of Zhou Shen’s songs!
One of my favorite recent discoveries (I am truly grateful to all those Youtubers who put these long playlists together) is when some show had some people in costume trying to sing 芒种Mang Zhong and doing a terrible job of it -- like, it sounded like me trying to sing, and my kids won’t even let me sing them lullabies --, and then Zhou Shen struts in with an entourage, singing with confidence, power, perfect pitch, and crazy charisma. It’s worth it to hear the bad singing in the beginning just to more fully experience and understand just how different and special Zhou Shen’s singing is.
And then he sang a little bit of 左手指月(Left Hand Pointing at the Moon). Wow.
Last movie - The last movie I watched that was new to me was 刻在你心底的名字 Your Name Engraved Herein, on Netflix. It was crazy good. It was so good that I spent the next week obsessing over it and not feeling the slightest bit tired (my new measure for how strongly something affects me: if it can replace sleep, it’s Good). Some reviews mention that the movie is sad, but I watched through to the last second and actually found it quite positive. It ends with happiness and hope. That’s enough for me to look forward to a(n emotionally wrenching but ultimately sweet) re-watch.
The last movie that I actually watched was 闪光少女Our Shining Days (no longer on Netflix, but still free on Youtube!). It’s the perfect antidote to all emotionally wrenching media, while still being beautiful and subtle and, actually, kinda deep and meaningful, especially for those of us who really care about traditional Chinese arts. And it’s hilarious and the music is Awesome.
Currently reading - 镇魂 Guardian by Priest. I’m only on Chapter 4, but I’m totally enamored. I am still getting used to the new vocabulary and sentence structures of Priest (new to me) vs 墨香铜臭Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (魔道祖师 x2!), though, so it’s slow going right now.
Currently watching - ...still on Street Dance of China Season 3. Someday I’ll finish Episode 9. I really like it, honestly! I just really like to give it my full attention, read all the cute little pop-up comments, and, well, I haven’t figured out yet just when I’m (stealing my kids’ ipad and) doing that.
Currently craving - Anything Asian. Please!
Tagging: @herr-zhou, @coffintownkids, @bimingjue
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The sweetest scene ever ❤️
Your name engraved herein (2020), dir. Kuang-Hui Liu
And here are the deleted scenes from Your Name Engraved Herein, with English subs!
https://youtu.be/djLcuhiZHd0
I found some useful information (and a lot of similarly-obsessed fans) about Your Name Engraved Herein on this Reddit page. In case you want just a little more content, a little bit of analysis, here it is!
https://www.reddit.com/r/boyslove/comments/kjk1ga/seven_secrets_you_need_to_know_about_your_name/