Director's Cut

In which I go over the stuff that didn't make it into (certain parts of) the Interests table, but is still probably worth mentioning because uhhhhhhhhh why not. Mainly just a tunes list that I'll update as I listen to more neat stuff. It's kinda long; something for which I'm sorry in advance.

Music

As stated in its advance note, the Music tab accounts for whatever I've got playing frequently / on a daily basis. What it doesn't fully account for is ≈241 gigabytes of music (and the occasional liner notes, booklets, etc). Out of the 200-something artists or collaborations included, those that I hold in high regard or just enjoy a lot - but either haven't listened to in a while / play infrequently, or simply haven't had the heart to do so if it's more of an emotional experience - include, but are not limited to:

• 16 Horsepower
  Sackcloth 'n' Ashes
• A Silver Mt. Zion
  Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upward, “The West Will Rise Again”
• Alice in Chains
  Jar of Flies
• American Football^{^1}
  Self-titled ('99)
• Aphex Twin
  Selected Vol. II, Orphans
• Blur
  Modern Life is Rubbish
• Bruce Springsteen
  Nebraska, Tunnel of Love
• Built to Spill
  There's Nothing Wrong With Love, Keep It Like A Secret
• Casiopea
  Self-titled, Mint Jams
• Crosby, Stills & Nash
  CSN
• Daft Punk
  Discovery
• Dan Sartain^{^2}
  Dan Sartain vs. The Serpientes, Join Dan Sartain, Dudesblood, "Arise, Dan Sartain, Arise!"
• Daniel Lopatin
  Eccojams, Soundsystem Pastoral, Betrayed in the Octagon, KGB Nights/Blue Drive, Memory Vague, Returnal, Replica, Garden of Delete
• Dave Brubeck
  Jazz Impressions of Japan
• Dead Can Dance
  Within the Realm of a Dying Sun, Into the Labyrinth
• death's dynamic shroud.wmv
  I'll Try Living Like This
• DEVO
  Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are DEVO!, Freedom of Choice, Oh No! It's DEVO, Hardcore DEVO Vol. 2
• Donald Fagen^{^3}
  The Nightfly, Kamakiriad
• Duster
  Stratosphere
• Elvis Costello
  This Year's Model
• Frank Zappa
  Hot Rats, Joe's Garage
• Go! Team
  Thunder, Lightning, Strike
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor^{^4}
  All Lights Fucked, F♯A♯∞, Slow Riot For New Zerø Kanada, Levez Von Skinny Fists, Allelujah!, G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END
• Gorillaz
  Self-titled, Demon Days, Plastic Beach
• Grandaddy
  Under the Western Freeway, The Sophtware Slump
• Heatmiser
  Dead Air, Mic City Sons
• Hiroshi Yoshimura
  Music for Nine Post Cards, Wet Land
• Ichiko Aoba
  Origami, 0
• Jackson C. Frank^{^5}
  Self-titled
• Jethro Tull
  Aqualung, Thick as a Brick
• Jim O'Rourke
  Eureka, Halfway to a Threeway
• Lou Reed
  The Blue Mask
• Kent
  Isola/SWE
• King Crimson
  Islands, Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Red, Discipline, Beat, The Noise/Live at Frejus
• The KLF
  Chill Out, The White Room, America: What Time Is Love?
• Les Rallizes Dénudés
  '77 Live, Heavier Than a Death in the Family, Cable Hogue Soundtrack
• The Microphones
  We Stayed in the Water, "The Glow" Pt. 2, Mount Eerie
• Moby
  Play, Hotel
• Modest Mouse
  This is a Long Drive, Good News for People Who Love Bad News, No One's First and You're Next, White Lies/Yellow Teeth
• Neutral Milk Hotel^{^6}
  In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
• Nick Drake
  Bryter Layter, Pink Moon
• Nine Inch Nails
  Pretty Hate Machine, The Fragile, The Slip
• Oingo Boingo
  Only a Lad, Nothing to Fear, Dead Man's Party
• Various OSTs
  Destiny's Music of the Spheres, Disco Elysium, Firewatch, 'Flower, Sun and Rain', Halo (CE, 2, 3, ODST), Hana-Bi, Her, Homestuck (Volumes 1~9, AlterniaBound, coloUrs and mayhem), Hotline Miami, Imaginarium: Songs from the Neverhood, killer7, Marathon, Mirror's Edge, NeoTokyo°, Over the Garden Wall, Persona 3 (PS2, FES, Portable), PPPPPP, SMT: Nocturne (OG, Maniax), SIGNALIS, The Silver Case, Sonatine, VA-11 Hall-A (Prologue, Second Round)
• Panchiko^{^7}
  D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L
• Peter Gabriel
  Melt, Security, So
• Radiohead
  OK Computer/OKNOTOK, Kid A
• Shellac^{^8}
  At Action Park, 1000 Hurts
• Slint
  Tweez, Spiderland, Untitled EP ('94)
• Smashing Pumpkins
  Adore, Machina II, Still Becoming Apart, Judas Ø
• Supertramp
  Breakfast in America
• Swans
  The Great Annihilator, Swans Are Dead
• Talk Talk
  The Colour of Spring, Laughing Stock
• Talking Heads
  Fear of Music, Remain in Light, Speaking in Tongues, Stop Making Sense
• This Heat
  Self-titled, Health and Efficiency, Deceit
• Tom Waits
  Swordfishtrombone, Real Gone
• The Velvet Underground
  TVU and Nico, White Light/White Heat
• Viet Cong
  Self-titled
• Warren Zevon
  Excitable Boy, Mr. Bad Example, Life'll Kill Ya
• Weezer
  Pinkerton (and only Pinkerton)
• Yellow Magic Orchestra
  Solid State Survivor

^{^1} The first math rock album I properly listened to. Everything afterwards didn't hit quite the same note. Just caught me at the right time, I guess(?).
^{^2} Taken far too early from us. Discovering Walk Among the Cobras in the dregs of YT years ago was an interesting experience; discovering the rest of his discography was downright enjoyable.
^{^3} Some would argue that Fagen could easily be added side-by-side with Steely Dan on the table, but ehh. Technicality.
^{^4} Life-changer. Destroyer of musical preconceptions. Bringer of many euphorias. Playing LYSF and F♯A♯∞ at the age of 13 was like listening to a double rainbow.
^{^5} Marlene continues to emotionally destroy me every time I get to it. A spirit as tender and sensitive as Frank's never deserved such despair.
^{^6} I keep this one around for sentimental reasons; it's the album that started me on the path of more intricate indie and experimental listening.
^{^7} I WAS THERE WHEN THIS SHIT ACTUALLY GOT REMASTERED AND I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT EXISTS
^{^8} Prayer to God really spoke to a certain mid-teens angst. Big ups to ya, Albini.

Vidya

The table includes vidya that 1. I'm either playing at the moment or 2. I've already played but absolutely adored. A handful didn't make the cut for, uh, reasons.

• Metal Gear Solid V
  Although the core game and its storyline both rock (very subjectively speaking; it's not lost on me why some people disliked the open-world format and some of the annoyances that came with it), the FOB/online-only late-game sorta killed my vibe more often than not. Not to say that it completely ruined the experience, but it does leave a sour taste the further you get into it.
• Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
  Post-Dragon Everfall was... not particularly enjoyable. Bitterblack being a ballbust wasn't surprising - the game practically yells out the fact that it's end-endgame content - but trying to figure the Chambers out and chipping away at the Wakestone grind was eugh. ALSO WHY IS INTO FREE NOT IN THE BASE GAME!!!!
• BallisticNG
  I adore this game's aesthetic, soundtrack, vibes, everything - but goddamn I was not made for hovercar driving.
• Cry of Fear
  Upside: Considerably poignant experience with an irreplicable (and almost nostalgic, at times) atmosphere and impressive pacing. Downside: Shat myself too many times to be comfortable with adding it to the table.
• DEFCON
  Whoa, this looks like a neat piece! [half an hour later] Wow! A void has manifested in my heart!
• Sable
  Comfort-inducing, awe-inspiring, made me smile a bunch and even tear up on two seperate occasions, all with a handful of great tracks done by Japanese Breakfast. Issue: haven't played it through to completion. Out of good conscience, etc.
• VVVVVV
  Insanely bopping OST with a simple, but well-executed core idea. I hate its guts.

Heroes

This one's just to reeeeaaaally emphasize the table entry.

Quasi-BYF

These are technically just notes that 1. I couldn't be assed to put under the about-me as I don't wanna clog the blurbs up too much and/or 2. they sorta speak for themselves.

• I've no intention of ever adding / accepting reqs from users whose dominant activity is promoting their works / music on others' comment threads. My presence here is for the sake of shooting the breeze, making a couple of buds, and (ideally) giving passers-by something nice to stare at - not to give you a platform. The same no-add principle applies to people with friend counts that defy understanding. I don't want to be a measly +1 to your list. S'just not cool, man.
• Actively trying to keep my friend count around 20~40 or thereabouts, though ideally at a nice and round 30. If I add you (or vice versa) and then 'disappear' in the next few days, or weeks, or whatever, it's most likely because I haven't interacted with you enough to... well, actually consider you a friend, I guess. (Plus, y'know, the round-30 thing.) As stated in the about-me; these decisions are never out of malice, or contempt, or whatever other negative emotion you can come up with.
• I love getting random comments; something exemplified by Fawkes' occasional apropos-of-nothing questions. To that end, I encourage asking whatever y'feel like asking upon seeing my page or this side note of a blogpost.
• The readability of my page is something I consider very important. It's something I've already stated on the page, but to emphasize; if you've had difficulty reading or visually registering anything, feel free to message me whenever and nag me about it.