This is 63 year old the_tunegirl, she later in life found analog modular synthesis and loves building every sound live with nothing but Eurorack.
She just made her debut at Awakenings.
This is what never giving up on passion looks like.
Joe Lim estimates that 90 percent of what you see on the internet is advertising in disguise, and he should know. For three years, Lim ran a company called Floodify, which at its peak operated 65,000 dummy social-media accounts used to drum up attention on behalf of paying clients.
The point of this kind of marketing is that nobody is supposed to notice it. But lately, the machinery has started to show.
In April, Justin Bieber headlined two consecutive weekends at Coachella. Coachella is the biggest stage in pop music save only for the Super Bowl, the kind of event that in theory generates its own attention. And yet on both weekends, a Discord server writer Lane Brown had been monitoring hosted paid campaigns for Bieberβs Coachella performances, offering clippers β people who are hired to turn a song, trailer, interview, stump speech, or whatever into short, social-media-friendly fragments β as much as a dollar per thousand views.
βOn social media, popular opinion is being formed, measured, and manipulated all at once, and every signal the platforms produce β a trending song, a backlash, a talking point, the feeling that βeverybodyβ is suddenly talking about the same thing β can now be fabricated by unseen actors with hidden agendas,β writes Brown.
βEverybody is doing this now,β Lim says. βAnd if youβre not, youβre behind.β
Brown reports on how the same techniques are now being used to fool people on every app they go to in order to find out what other people think, not just in music but across entertainment, politics, consumer products, and celebrity gossip: https://t.co/hlcdfSmzPc
I love TCG accessories, I spent a lot on them. But I saw this tweet in January and it's genuinely been the goat.
UNIQLO Multi-Pocket Shoulder Bag is the ultimate TCG bag. It's perfect for 4 deck boxes. Pockets for extras, inside and outside. Space on top for a playmat holder. Cannot recommend it more. And it's competitively priced.
Ride on shooting star - the pillows (2000)
the pillows debuted on a major label in 1991 as a three-piece Japanese rock band and, over 35 years, established a distinctive presence within the Japanese rock scene.
After the departure of founding leader Kenji Ueda in 1993, Sawao Yamanaka took over as the central figure of the band. Through various transitions, the group gradually solidified its signature sound. From the mid-to-late 1990s onward, they came to define themselves through a stripped-down yet tightly structured guitar rock style, shaping the image most closely associated with the band today.
Their music is generally built on comfortable rhythms and melodic sensibilities, though they also possess many fast-tempo, stylish tracks. They have cited the influence of overseas bands such as Pixies, and are known to admire fellow Japanese rock band Thee Michelle Gun Elephant.
In 2000, their recognition expanded significantly when numerous songs were featured on the soundtrack of FLCL. The strong synergy between the series and their music helped broaden their fanbase. While consistently releasing albums and singles and maintaining year-round touring activities, vocalist Sawao Yamanaka also remained active through solo projects and label management. However, following their performance on January 31, 2025, the band officially announced their disbandment, bringing 35 years of activity to a close.