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I went through about half the old Kyoto Republik netlabel today. From what I've heard so far Jean Nine's "Shina Melanti" is my favorite:

.xm file available at scene.org: https://files.scene.org/view/music/groups/kyoto/kyoto005.zip

My poor old Razer Deathadder RZ01-0015 mouse has developed an intermittent connection issue. I suspect a break in the cable. No more Quake until I can fix it.

Haven't felt like talking here much this past month.

I'm currently digging into late '90s early 2000s tracker mod netlabels. Doing "Kyoto Republik" (which appears to be Jean Nine's label) right now.

https://web.archive.org/web/20010517003145/http://kyoto.scene.org/

A bonus track:

Lyrics of the second verse:

What is necessary to understand
Is how they think they've got our lives pre-programmed
To break their mold you must remember this key
Don't ever lose your sense of individuality

When they try to tell me how I should live
How much I can take and how much to give
Whatever tricks they use or catches they try
They can't stop me from living - my life is mine

I've come to realize over the last few years that talking about music and writing about music are two very different things.

I've spent a lot of time talking about music, mostly in bars and/or at shows, and I think I can do that fairly well. Writing about music on the other hand is terrifying and difficult. It feels so easy to express why I enjoy a song in person and so hard to do the same in writing.

Around one in every five times I look up a record I own on discogs I find out it's worth a bunch of money.

Was just looking up Dark Matter by Silicon Scally - I bought that new when it came out 15 years ago. Spent $13, now the used market on discogs is asking for way more.

I'm really glad that most of the albums I have are available digitally, and people don't have to fight collectors to be able to hear and purchase them.

There's a new Metamatics album. Vogue Casio 96 by Metamatics:

It's a collection of unreleased late '90s tracks. It's really good, that proper weird funky Metamatics #idm sound. Really glad my buddy Proqxis told me about this.

I feel like I got a lot done today but looking back I can't remember what. I planned tomorrow's set and walked to the thrift store, that's about it.

I need to start reading again.

Puwexil is speedrunning Chrono Trigger 100% glitchless on the RPG Limit Break channel now as part of the Questing For Glory marathon:

I really like Puwexil's Chrono Trigger runs.

Incredibly happy and relieved to have working speakers again. (Due to having fixed my receiver earlier). Movies, music, background ambient sound... I was missing this. Makes me want to write music.

I thought I had fixed my Pioneer SX-650 receiver a few weeks ago with some deoxit... that only lasted about 12 hours. It turns out the real problem was a badly worn-out power switch. I've since read this is a common problem, the unfortunate "noble" switch.

So I spent this morning drilling a hole in a convenient spot in the receiver, mounting a new switch, and then wiring it in. Seems to work OK, and it should be as safe as it was before.