one of the wildest things in my possession: this set of CD-Rs of incredibly rare slack key guitar recordings by archivist George Winston. he wasn't able to put this out in the '90s due to licensing conflicts. he sent this to me after I interviewed him. a couple of years ago he passed away.

you think you like something until you join a fandom discord and immediately encounter dozens of people that are far more insane about your favorite thing than you could ever be

my love language is making people watch hibike euphonium with me

I just learned about the existence of the Gallo Record Company Vault, which has been preserving rare South African music dating back to the 1930s. tons of stuff preciously only available on ancient 7"singles, just chillin online if you know what to search for. www.youtube.com/watch?v=te4u...

I need to come up with a good lie when service workers try to make conversation and ask what I do for work because people look at you like a deer in headlights when you try to explain freelance writing to them lol

can't decide if the voice in my head telling me to start making a video essay is real or I'm just depressed

it finally happened: I got a cut on my nose and I have a good reason to wear a cute little bandage on it like a japanese delinquent

one of my favorite things about classic pokemon games is that the trainer encounters have gendered themes. the female one in LeafGreen is transposed to a really cute sounding major key. I wish this was the music that played when people meet me for the first time youtu.be/vJ6gqrfIJTk

Heart surgery coming soon and I got a better idea of the cost (a few thousand) Everyone has already helped so much, so DON'T feel like you have to, but if you like the stuff I do on the web, one way to say thanks is throwing a dollar to my ko-fi! It's all being set aside to help cover those costs 🙂‍↕️

I can hear the guy in the apartment above me hacking up a lung. do you think he'd appreciate me bringing him a lozenge

there are certain emojis that feel so intimate that it's like an electric shock to my brain if you send me one. be prepared for marriage if you use that heart with the little sparkle on it

my godmother really likes obscure vintage gospel, so I've been sending her CDs of rare finds whenever I come across something really good. this Montrel Darrett album is unreal. sounds like Brown Sugar era D'Angelo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=67SW...

it's probably not good that being too much of a real human and expressing real emotion fills me with guilt and compels me to immediately delete my posts. I just kinda assume nobody wants to see it lol

I think the LovePlus DSi is the most beautiful piece of technology ever made

I have been having trouble sleeping lately because my favorite lavender string lights burned out and it genuinely feels like I am exposed and in danger when not bathed under gay pastel lighting

does anybody else miss that era of new jack swing design where the logos and iconography were so vibrant and the color schemes were so deliberately pan-african

woke up from a nap in a cold sweat realizing that i need to get someone to draw me in the swirly pervert glasses

I think it's so cool the way Stevie Wonder solved the problem of "happy birthday" feeling embarrassing to sing by just making a version that actually sounds good lol www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcVZ...

posting the .hack// money spread just in case you don't believe I'm a real one

the best kind of record store makes you feel like you're entering a dungeon you're underleveled for

if I was given the option to go back in time I probably wouldn't do anything crazy. maybe I'd just wanna be caught on camera doing the worm on an episode of Soul Train

karin junmai from medabots...... greatest character design of all time???

My latest blog post is on track to be my best performing self-published piece to date, so I'd like to mention: I'm committing to post at least two per month from now on. They take a lot of time and effort and I won't ever paywall them, but if you wanna support me I have a Ko-fi page for donations!

an interesting thing I am noticing in my observances of discussion about the Bad Bunny performance is that there are still a lot of people that are surprised they can enjoy music in a language they can't understand lol

I think I have trypophobia but only for dubai chocolate. I just don't like looking at it

Hello. For my newsletter, I wrote an essay about the compilation that got me into Japanese new wave. Tokyo Mobile Music is an imperfect package with a spotty history surrounding it, so I went ahead and filled in the gaps and wrote some liner notes for you myself. www.shy.center/p/tokyo-mobi...

hey. anybody else feeling really stupid

trying out a new bit where any time someone says "veggies" i tell them to type the word vegetables like an adult

it is dangerously addicting to commission drawings of your oc when she's cute and you love to look at her. I don't even post most of them, I'm just hoarding them like a dragon's treasure

there are few things in this world more upsetting than not being able to find your favorite ballpoint pen when you need it

remembering the time I was listening to this Manikyua-Dan song and my roommate heard it through my headphone bleed and asked me to turn it off lol www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfAg...

hiiii my mom’s car is exploding and i’m having a crazy-making bug crisis in my home at the same time so i’ve made a gofundme to help weather this while i look for work 😭 please share if you can gofund.me/6811b7b9d

I feel like the most solid guarantee that a Japanese pop album from the '90s to 2000s will be good is if there's a cute little guy on the cover

if the salami lid won't fit, you must acquit

valentine's day marketing kind of hits different when you like someone. feels like you're turning everything heart-shaped with your mind

The December to January book stack..... here's what I've been working on

reading cute manga for babies

I love it when I make a post that's a hit with the weebs. my notifications are full of funny anime women

today I will listen to 10 Harry Nilsson albums and you literally could not stop me if you tried

she's so dumb. she thinks it says UTAU

many of you are too zygotic to remember when, for a solid several years, the only high quality upload of the Azumanga Daioh OP on youtube had anti-vax swine flu warnings edited into it

I need someone to write a mathematical proof that explains to me how my bedsheets always manage to get rotated 90 degrees when I sleep motionlessly in the same spot every night

accepting that I'm in my 30s because why in the hell am I feeling compelled to listen to Sting's solo discography from front to back

Famicom Detective Club: The Gyatt Who Stands Behind

Hi. My little buddy Baxter invited me to share some space on his blog and I wrote an overwrought emotional essay about my favorite Japanese media experience of 2025. Lots of good writing and fun perspectives in here. His site is one of my favorite things going, so I was happy to contribute. 💜

just walked into transparent plexiglass like a bird flying into a window

I met cirno, I'm never going to fail

A little new year's gift for you: I made a primer on shibuya-kei. 35 albums and a short essay with some context on the signature sound of Japan's trendiest district. Tried to recommend a good mix of classics and personal favorites. theshfl.com/collection/S...

a heart in distress naturally wants to cry out, and a yodel is the dialect of a southern girl's pain youtu.be/ETQTDgZA9Vo?...

cheers mate