kids nowadays seem to think it's funny to take pictures of themselves with landlines. it's some kind of meme, or something. i dunno, really. but, it's widespread.

i've skipped over a bunch of stuff like this, but this caught me for some reason. i think it's the attention to detail. but, what i'm going to say is this: you kids can have this. it's not going to be mine, and that's ok. but, i can tell you what's well constructed and what's haphazardly thrown together in an attempt to prevent you from harming your impressionable young minds with monotony and numbskullery, and i will subsequently instruct you that this is a little bit better than the pile of stuff i'm ignoring.

https://kitzl.bandcamp.com/

i guess that material girls is what comes after theoretical girls. was madonna at one of those shows? james chance wants his sound back, kids.

i'm not going out tonight. really.

i could take my bike over now, though. i don't need to rely on the one that may or may not still be there.

https://materialgirls.bandcamp.com/

the singer appears to have misplaced her nose in her throat, which is making it difficult to understand what she's saying, and what she's trying to say.

i like the guitar tone, though.

this kind of thing is usually better live, but it's not worth the trip to hamtramck for tonight.

https://teener.bandcamp.com/releases

as for like fictional hollywood movies, one of my old friends dragged me to see the second or third lord of the rings in the mid 00s. i don't even remember which one it was.

i think that's the last hollywood movie i've seen. really. and, it might have been years since i saw anything before that.

i legitimately do not think i've seen a single film released in the 2010s.

i'm trying to remember the last time i watched a movie.

i think it was something about gandhi at the frequently arrested activist's house in 2012 or 2013.

i watch a lot of documentaries on youtube, of course. but, i don't think i'd even be able to sit still long enough to actually watch a film, at this point. i'm going to get bored and go do something else...

a lot of people don't like music or can't handle listening to a lengthy set. that's fine. personally, i just don't enjoy film, don't think i ever did and don't think i ever will.

this is that same classical festival. it's substantially less abstract, but the unusual nature of the ensemble - two stand-up basses, vocal and very sparse drums - doesn't have much option but to provide for some unusual sonic templates. something else up front - even a piano - would be useful at points, but she's actually able to carry it fairly well with her voice.

https://betsysoukup.bandcamp.com/releases

there's a classical festival in ann arbor this weekend that i'm not considering going to. this caught my attention, though.

https://kirsten-carey.bandcamp.com/album/the-ulysses-project