Museum Musica

Zhanteimi · 01-02-2019, 06:00 PM

I've been thinking this lately. See what I mean? OH is my doppelganger. Or worse, I'm his. FML either way.

The Batlord · 01-02-2019, 06:12 PM

You give more of your in-depth personal flavor opinions about albums though so your journal is still more interesting to read. He's kind of lazy.

Zhanteimi · 01-02-2019, 06:17 PM

I was on the fence, but now my answer is definitely "yes"!

Key · 01-02-2019, 06:54 PM

They're literally just album you're digging threads tho.

Zhanteimi · 01-02-2019, 06:56 PM

Not sure what else it should be, since this is a music forum, and I'm not a musician.

Should I write about how I shave my balls once a week?

Key · 01-02-2019, 06:58 PM

Hey I'm just making an observation. But journals don't have to be about music only.

Zhanteimi · 01-02-2019, 07:00 PM

Yeah, but mine is.

Key · 01-02-2019, 08:54 PM

Fair nuf.

Zhanteimi · 01-02-2019, 11:34 PM

0111 Silvio Rodríguez - Días y flores
(Cuba, 1975, nueva trova)

I don’t speak Spanish, so I always have to follow this with a translation, which, of course, opens up a lot more of what’s going on here. You can enjoy this music for what it is, beautiful, melodic, acoustic intimacy (and often I do), but if you want to get all you can out of this, dive into the ugly political side of what he’s saying. Even when he sings of love, he’s singing of struggle and freedom. There is a lot of memory in his music.

Zhanteimi · 01-02-2019, 11:54 PM

The Drums of the Japanese New Year

I guess this is music related, and it's not just a "what am I listening to now" post. Well, technically it is just that, since that's what I'm hearing. I could go into a whole culture and history lesson about the drums the Js bang on at the New Year, their religious significance, and all that, but you have Wikipedia.

One of my favorite times of year is the New Year in Japan because it's so unlike what I grew up with. Billions of people around the world do the huge countdown, and then there's cheering and spilled drinks and fireworks heralding a new year of the same old shit. Why don't we just celebrate like this every day at midnight? It's a new day! Same old shit! YAY! What's the difference between a day and a year? If anything, shouldn't we dread a new year more than a new day, since the realization that the same old shit is just going to continue is more acute?

Anyway, drums. So what's the New Year celebration like here? Apart from gaijin/slag central at the clubs, most of Japan has a very different kind of celebration. I always make sure I'm standing on my balcony at the stroke of midnight on New Year's so that I can bask in the utter silence. Silence. No fireworks. No spilled drinks. No thots. Silence...and then, the drums. Every neighborhood has a local temple, and every temple has the drums they beat to welcome the New Year. This is the Js' Christmas, their most important high holy day of the year, and it's a day to spend with the family, not out partying.

The drums kick up, and they roar into the night for hours, and since no one is sleeping anyway, they are a welcome sound. Somewhere, a few blocks away, priests or their acolytes are slamming away at their taiko drums, filling the quiet neighborhood with thunder.

01-02-2019, 06:00 PM	#1081 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	I've been thinking this lately. See what I mean? OH is my doppelganger. Or worse, I'm his. FML either way. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

01-02-2019, 06:17 PM	#1083 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	I was on the fence, but now my answer is definitely "yes"! __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

01-02-2019, 06:56 PM	#1085 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	Not sure what else it should be, since this is a music forum, and I'm not a musician. Should I write about how I shave my balls once a week? __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

01-02-2019, 07:00 PM	#1087 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	Yeah, but mine is. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

01-02-2019, 11:34 PM	#1089 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0111 Silvio Rodríguez - Días y flores (Cuba, 1975, nueva trova) I don’t speak Spanish, so I always have to follow this with a translation, which, of course, opens up a lot more of what’s going on here. You can enjoy this music for what it is, beautiful, melodic, acoustic intimacy (and often I do), but if you want to get all you can out of this, dive into the ugly political side of what he’s saying. Even when he sings of love, he’s singing of struggle and freedom. There is a lot of memory in his music. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

01-02-2019, 06:54 PM	#1084 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	They're literally just album you're digging threads tho.

01-02-2019, 06:58 PM	#1086 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Hey I'm just making an observation. But journals don't have to be about music only.

01-02-2019, 08:54 PM	#1088 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Fair nuf.

01-02-2019, 11:54 PM	#1090 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	The Drums of the Japanese New Year I guess this is music related, and it's not just a "what am I listening to now" post. Well, technically it is just that, since that's what I'm hearing. I could go into a whole culture and history lesson about the drums the Js bang on at the New Year, their religious significance, and all that, but you have Wikipedia. One of my favorite times of year is the New Year in Japan because it's so unlike what I grew up with. Billions of people around the world do the huge countdown, and then there's cheering and spilled drinks and fireworks heralding a new year of the same old shit. Why don't we just celebrate like this every day at midnight? It's a new day! Same old shit! YAY! What's the difference between a day and a year? If anything, shouldn't we dread a new year more than a new day, since the realization that the same old shit is just going to continue is more acute? Anyway, drums. So what's the New Year celebration like here? Apart from gaijin/slag central at the clubs, most of Japan has a very different kind of celebration. I always make sure I'm standing on my balcony at the stroke of midnight on New Year's so that I can bask in the utter silence. Silence. No fireworks. No spilled drinks. No thots. Silence...and then, the drums. Every neighborhood has a local temple, and every temple has the drums they beat to welcome the New Year. This is the Js' Christmas, their most important high holy day of the year, and it's a day to spend with the family, not out partying. The drums kick up, and they roar into the night for hours, and since no one is sleeping anyway, they are a welcome sound. Somewhere, a few blocks away, priests or their acolytes are slamming away at their taiko drums, filling the quiet neighborhood with thunder. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic