priryo @priryo@linernotes.club

This is an archipelago.

It's not one place but a series of islands of differing sizes and closeness. You've landed on the shores of one of them that you like and set up camp. You can always hear what your neighbours are talking about and you get parcels full of the messages sent out from neighbouring islands.

If it seems too quiet, you can venture out to look at some of the other islands. They each have their own unique culture. Some speak languages you don't understand; some speak your language but use it in ways you don't understand, yet. Some places they seem to talk of only machines, or politics, or music. In others they make art for their neighbours to enjoy. Some are ruled over by a laird, others are democracies. All islands display their rules clearly; most enforce them justly.

You're not tied to the island you're currently on. You could set up a home on another island, many other islands if you please. Perhaps here you will write poems, while over the horizon you will learn how to repair a broken computer. Argue vigourously on one island, return to another to enjoy the views of your neighbours' gardens.

All these places are accessible to you. You can befriend people on any island and receive visitors or not, as you choose.

This is our achipelago. It is Free and you are welcome.

#AmReading this chunker. Picked it up after seeing it referenced in an argument about whether #opera and #classical music are elitist. Another moment at the library where I've ordered a #book that's looked more intimidating than expected at pickup, but so far I'm really enjoying it.

This! This #doowop song by the Silhouettes is more #punk than the Offspring:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysKhbaLyIFw

As I left the pub last night I was reminded how much I hate the fucking Offspring. Some of it is personal - a girlfriend (who was cheating on me, but hey) used to really like them and sing that "pretty fly for a white guy" song. Badly. But the pub was playing this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH-i8IvYIcg
...and it's just the shittiest unthinking 90s apolitical lyrics where you look back and think "how on earth did we let this pass itself off as rebellious or #punk?!"
I'd wiped it from my memory, happily, but hearing it again reminded me why I used "pop punk" as a derogatory term for the first 15 years of this century.

This #twee #90s #indie gem got me in trouble when I was a teen. Happy #ValentinesDay everyone, especially the awkward overthinking adolescents.
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Velocette - Get Yourself Together

Velocette formed when Comet Gain split in two - and here's their wonderfully pop moment 'Get Yourself Together' taken from the 'Fourfold Remedy' album in 199...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d1cIeXkXYOE

Unsurprising #film news:
I really liked #Parasite when I saw it earlier today. Normally a film shifting tones like this loses something from both the light and dark sides, but not this. Expertly handled and I never quite knew what to expect.
Strongly recommended!