I keep The Amazing Devil's Bandcamp page open on a browser tab (sometimes I just wanna roll around in their lyrics even though their words are already burned into my brain, okay, don't look at me). And today I scrolled all the way down to the bottom of Love Run's page and I noticed something I just never paid attention to before:
The antifolk tag (which is also in their other albums) intrigued me so I looked it up and found this website and this description:
Antifolk (sometimes incorrectly spelled as anti-folk) is a musical genre that promotes song-writing over technique and personality over polish. Some see it as the evolution of folk, others as a combination on punk and folk. Others believe the musical genre is so loose and difficult to define that in reality it is more of a scene.
Emphasis mine. Isn't this what we've all been yelling about in so many posts, tags, and conversations? Validation, fuck yeah!
Anyway, I think it's neat to have an answer (even if it's a nebulous one) for the ever-confounding question of what TAD music is like, a term that captures their storytelling flair and raw emotional power. Not that I believe any of us can ever limit ourselves to a single-word response when asked to describe TAD, lol.
Stop motion wood working
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i’m not your superhuman — a playlist for modern day slytherins
idle worship - paramore // gasoline - halsey // champion - fall out boy // love me - the 1975 // immortals - fall out boy // castle - halsey // emperor’s new clothes - panic! at the disco // glory and gore - lorde // control - halsey // no rest for the wicked - lykke li // afraid - the neighbourhood // heads will roll - yeah yeah yeahs // everybody wants to rule the world - lorde // young god - halsey // heathens - twenty one pilots // the love club - lorde // fuck you - lily allen // hurricane - halsey // you’re so dark - arctic monkeys // r.i.p. 2 my youth - the neighbourhood // r u mine? - arctic monkeys // take me to church - hozier // cool kids - echosmith // casual affair - panic! at the disco // smells like teen spirit - nirvana // perfect places - lorde // golden days - panic! at the disco // novocaine - fall out boy // prey - the neighbourhood // money power glory - lana del rey // bad blood - bastille // bury me face down - grandson // wicked ones - dorothy // the outsider - marina and the diamonds // planetary (go!) - my chemical romance // legendary - powers // dont trust me - 3oh!3 // bubblegum bitch - marina and the diamonds // this is gospel - panic! at the disco
LISTEN
Ok so we all love a hyperfixation but does anyone else ever avoid certain things because you feel like you don't have the time to be fixated on that, or that you aren't in the right headspace for this to become your latest obsession
be christ-like this christmas. gather a crowd and inspire them to anarchism. beat a politician with a whip. help out your local sex workers. preach equality.
For alyrimba and anyone else who needs this: if you have an iPhone (don’t know about other devices, sorry) AO3 will allow you to download fics to the Books app. Hit Download and then I believe the file type is EPUB. You can open it right from the browser’s downloads into the Books app so then you can read offline!
Good to know!
if you didn’t believe that England hates Donald Trump already: the most recent news of his visit today is that the mayor of London approved protestors releasing a £16,000 Trump in-a-diaper balloon to fly 98ft above ground when he visits, and literally no British person is surprised. Welcome to London.
Since pride is cancelled, it's time for wrath
the most obnoxious part of the holiday season is commercials that try to sound like ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas and have a dinky xylophone playing in the background while the narrator tells you in rhyme to buy a Ford
Chip the glasses and crack the plates! Blunt the knives and bend the forks! That’s what Bilbo Baggins hates — Smash the bottles and burn the corks! Cut the cloth and tread on the fat! Pour all the milk on the pantry floor! Leave the bones on the bedroom mat! Splash the wine on every door! Dump the crocks in a boiling bowl; Pound them up with a thumping pole; And when you’ve finished, if any are whole, Send them down the hall to roll! That’s what Bilbo Baggins hates! So, carefully! carefully with the plates! That’s what Bilbo Baggins hates! So, carefully! carefully with the plates!
Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)
40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)
Excellent basic crochet video series
Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)
Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)
How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)
Another drawing character faces video
Literally my favorite art pose hack
Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??
Introduction to flying small aircrafts
French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding
Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)
Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)
Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)
Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:
Calculus 1 (full semester class)
Learn basic statistics (free textbook)
Introduction to college physics (free textbook)
Introduction to accounting (free textbook)
Learn a language:
Ancient Greek
Latin
Spanish
German
Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)
French
Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)