How the hell are you supposed to write about an instrumental? Guess we’re about to find out. I’m talking about the main combat soundtrack of the crazy ass game called Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. This is the song that plays when the invaders come and attempt to kick your shit in. Considering how often it played throughout the game you’d think I’d be tired of it, but nope. I’ve grown quite fond of this energetic and enigmatic soundtrack. Enough to write a blog post about it evidently. So if you’ve got any interest in reading about an instrumental you can follow along.
(For the record this isn’t the only blog post I’ve been working on but it’s the shorter one that can come out quicker so here we go)
Do you believe sexy nuns are inherently problematic? If so, you’d find yourself right at home on ex-Twitter. An artist made the following provocative tweet, and the Discourse took it from there.
12 million views. 27 thousand likes. This is truly what the people needed to see.
I honestly mostly like this artwork. The colors are nice, the poses and expression are drawn well, and it’s got an effective simple art style that conveys a lot without being overly elaborate. I’m not sure what that arrow she’s holding in the second pose is supposed to mean, but whatever. Her expression says enough. That being said, I take issue with the words attached to it. I don’t want to attack the artist here too much. I checked their page, I think they got pretty good art and some cognitive dissonance. I hope they grow into an amazing artist with better takes. In the meantime I want to focus less on the person saying it and more on the idea of sexualizing nuns.
One song frequently came to my mind when I looked at tweets relating to this art: “Sister” by She Wants Revenge. An all time great song about a man’s sexually charged encounter with a religious woman. I love this song, it’s my favorite one off the album and there’s some toughcompetition. Yet if I were to fully subscribe to the above take loving it would be wrong. The title “Sister” is meant to allude to nuns in the Catholic tradition. If we want to get technical there is a difference between a sister and a nun, but it’s not an important distinction for our purposes. I am quite confident the OP wouldn’t want you to sexualize sisters either. In this song titled “Sister” the woman offers kinky sex to the man. It’s an entire song about sexualizing nuns, GASP! Does that mean loving this song makes me a bad person???? You can come to your own conclusions, but I don’t think so. I’ll explain what I love about this song and my position on the issue writ large.
The year is 2024, and I am nearing the end of my time as a 24 year old. Following last year’s tradition that means I got to talk about a song with 24 as its title! I’m not sure if I’ll do this again next year, but since I happen to like a song called 24 we’ll roll with it. What song is that you might ask? 24 by Red House Painters naturally! Everyone’s favorite right? Probably not… I tried googling “24 song” and literally could not find this one in the results. Its popularity is eclipsed by Money Man’s 24 among others. Yet somehow Red House Painters’ version is the one I know best. It’s a great song for people who aren’t where they hoped they’d be in their mid-twenties. As such, it’s a great song for me. It’s also a great song in general, a true slowcore classic.
In spite of its quality, I don’t have a hard time seeing why 24 isn’t popular these days. Not only is it from the early 90s, not only is it almost 7 minutes long, but it’s also slow and depressing. If you want music to energize you look elsewhere. Want music to make you feel good? Avoid this band’s whole discography. Personally, I don’t need music to make me happy. Sometimes it’s better for a song to make me feel seen. I like knowing there’s other people out there with similar feelings and concerns. Makes me realize I’m not as isolated in my emotions as I thought. I don’t always feel like 24, but I feel it often enough to resonate. Join me if you’d like to hear more about this dreary song and some reflections on the past year.
The year is 2023 and I am nearing the end of my 23rd year on this earth. Actually wait wouldn’t it be my 24th year and when I actually turn 24 the 24th year is completed? I think so, but either way I’m 23 right now and that will stop being the case soon. As such, it seems like now’s as good a time as any to discuss one of my favorite Jimmy Eat World songs, 23. While I heard this song before I turned 23 I only truly appreciated it recently. Is there something special about the song that makes it resonate particularly well with 23 year olds? Maybe, but that’s not exactly why I rediscovered it.
Now that I’m free from grad school (for now…) I would like to talk about my song of the year: a twelve minute indie rock song from the nineties. There’s some amazing music that came out this year don’t get me wrong. I loved the new FKA Twigs, Kendrick, and Pusha T records for instance and I’m sure there’s a lot of good stuff released that I haven’t checked out yet… or never will because I simply never learned of its existence or thought to give it a chance. Even so, there is not a single song I have listened to more this year than “Respect is Due”. Not only is it a great song, but it helped me process some stuff in my own life. As such, I would like to give my due respect to this song and discuss it.
So tonight I got stoned for the first time in like, 4 days. For the vast majority of my life going that long without weed was normal for me. Yet it feels like a long ass time to go without now, especially since I happen to be pretty stressed at the moment. I think I might have a bit of a problem but any ways, doing this helped me get in the mood to make this post. So let’s talk about Pearl Jam.
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