april⁷

94liner~music historian~professional cat lover~simping for kpop idols and fictional characters~

[WIRED @WIRED]

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages. https://t.co/XWEZr6Q0DF

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

The American Folklife Center has likely the largest collection of ethnographic cylinder recordings in the world, and it is cared for by the Library's National Audio Visual Conservation Center. Part of that care is state-of-the-art digitization, seen in the video above.

https://t.co/F4LuNhws9s

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

Are you a fan of the band BTS? You may have seen a teaser video last month for the band's new album, "Arirang," which shares its name with a beloved Korean folk song. The video alluded to the first recording ever made of that song, a nearly 130-year-old wax cylinder preserved here at the Library. 🧵

[kay⁷ @AesopsFableFly]

I listen to Arirang so much that im measuring time in Arirangs. It takes me 1 arirang to drive home from work. I take 1.5 arirangs to get ready for a date. I have They don’t know bout us’ to Please left till I can sign off

[april⁷ @akb1194]

@wncstsam were only available in libraries...a great attention to detail in how Sam and Dean got most of their research done for free!

[april⁷ @akb1194]

@wncstsam That's because it's not a computer; he's looking at newspapers on a microfilm reader, basically a lightbulb in front of a minaturized newspaper. Which really marks the time that this episode was made in the early 2000s, when most older newspapers had not been digitized yet and

[Nadine Antoinette 🖤📚 @Lilblack_heart]

The horrors persist but so do libraries, books, iced coffee, sunsets, trees, the word ‘fuck’, the moon and the sea.

[No Context Cats @nocontextscats]

yes

[a⁷ @manjyune3]

I'm starting to judge people heavy with certain opinions on Arirang - I have listened to this album 284892 times top to bottom & I hear old BTS, new BTS & Chapter 2 BTS all over it. It sounds EXACTLY like them, but renewed, rejuvenated & polished.

[soup🍓 @thrluv]

i really love how cats are just like “wow this makes me so happy, i’m now gonna vibrate”

[💙 ᴮᴱ바다⁷ 💐 (SLOW) 💙 @eternalhyyh]

For those wondering what does "What is Your Love Song" have to do with Arirang: it's actually the foundation of it.

When Alice C. Fletcher first recorded Arirang sung by the Korean men using phonograph, she named it as "Love Song: Ar-ra-rang" based on what was heard and felt.

[MisterRogersQuotes @MisterRogersSay]

“Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.”

[carmen ⁷ ✩☾⋆⁺₊✧ seeing bts 202777 @serendiptyskies]

i am Not kidding this will forever be my favourite interview no matter how mainstream because namjin are fighting DEMONS with them, they ignore tae TWICE, jihope just had to Show up and be themselves and jungkook and yoongi not a clue what’s going on in the back

[nat⁷ @natyourwhalien]

"but what will happen if bangtan sonyeondan rises?"

YOU ALREADY KNOW

[kaz y/dsa @lqvekanthony]

THE TREVOR PROJECT CAN BE REACHED DIRECTLY AT 1-866-488-7386, EVEN WHEN THIS IS GOING TO BE GONE. PLEASE SHARE TO POSSIBLY SAVE SOMEONE’S LIFE.

[Arme_twt⁷ 🍜 @ishane_twt]

I will be streaming HOPE ON THE STAGE FINAL (13th & 14th June).
I’ll go private 🔒 a few minutes before the concert start to secure the R3cipe.

Rt to spread it ^^

[Malin Gisela 🫎🐿️ @galaxydazzle]

When you need to summarize the plot of #Supernatural in 4 sentences

[MJ 𓆩𖤐𓆪 loves tyunning @skiipingstones]

hello, tomorrow x together. i was listening to your amazing discography and the phenomenal song ‘poppin star’ came on shuffle and i was suddenly full of questions. what the hell is a slime vacation? answer quickly please

[Kayla @lilsimsie]

HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN SIMMERS FOR PALESTINE:

- simply share the donation link on your social media
- host your own charity fundraiser on tiltify
- help amplify other people's charity fundraisers

(do whatever you're comfortable with/capable of!)

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