I'm super lucky to live in a safe area, but I live in North Carolina and it's absolutely heartbreaking to see what's happening in the mountains and in Western NC because of Helene. My friend goes to App. State University and has no idea when she'll be able to go back on campus. The absolute earliest date theyve told people is October 16th. She had a difficult time getting home from her apartment t... » Continue Reading
I'm trying to make a playlist for my friend who has never listened to industrial metal before, and I'm not sure where a good starting point would be for someone who has genuinely NEVER listened to any before. » Continue Reading
I think that trying to classify music into strict genre delineations is a losing battle, which is why there are so many subgenres! It is just so difficult to sort bands without smaller categories for more specification. The part of me that is studying evolutionary biology actually loves the way that humans categorize stuff. Music genres reminds me of a phylogeny. That being said, shoegaze and dre... » Continue Reading
I just found a new youtuber who I absolutely adore, they go by the name Shanspeare and make super in depth video essays about all kinds of sociological topics, often centering around the intersection between the internet and sociological phenomenon. https://www.youtube.com/@Shanspeare Their most recent video is about TikTok "boy moms" and it was the first video I watched by them. I was super pleas... » Continue Reading