did you bring two lunchboxes to school

I HAVE MADE ANOTHER ONE, party because I really want to spread the word about this series and partly because the last one was a blast to make, and this one was too. While this one is kind of a sequel to the last mix, I think it stands on its own pretty good enough, even if you're not familiar with the series...though if that's the case for you I am morally indebted to direct you to this post over at the Overlooked Manga Festival.

( tracklist + download )

a.k.a. i give a shit about cover art for once

This one has a "late summer" feel to it and in some ways it's the sequel to the first mix I ever posted here two years ago. The Crimson song is the centerpiece here - I started with the great hazy electro-ish vibe it has and built the mix around it. It's a bit shorter and more digestible than most of the others I have up on here - I was aiming for a definite "arc" to this one, and didn't want to overthink it too much.

( tracklist + link )

It's been ages since I posted a new mix here, much less a non-fannish one, but I've been working on this one for a good while and I think it's worth the wait.

"Nocturnal"/"introspective"/"it is 4 AM why am I awake" is the theme this time - bring the headphones for this one. I really like how this one turned out.
( tracklist + download )

I want to get some new mixes up for reals this time, so stay tuned. They'll probably be a bit shorter, though.

that is all

-I'm a sucker for horrible anime dubs, and the one for Bible Black may be the most horrifically misguided one I've ever seen. If you can make it past the 1:45 mark without shedding a tear, you are a stronger man than I (for the record, the VA who voices the "lunchbox" girl also played an elderly woman in the dub of Millennium Actress IIRC, and it's telling that she uses the exact same voice for both).

-Speaking of which, SPACE LANCE. It honestly sounds like the guy playing Tekkaman was given six tabs of acid and a microphone, and the animators just decided to plot around whatever came out.

-I'm also a sucker for creepy undersea stuff: check out this clip of a goblin shark attack, or this incredible time-lapse footage of a tuna becoming a scavenging playground for eels, while a pack of giant isopods form a pyramid to their sun god and crabs go a-stompin' over.

-Christian Vander sings "Otis": I'm a stupidly big fan of Magma and the Zeuhl movement in general, and Vander's falsetto voice is really the only one of its kind that I can stand, but even the best musicians of the '70s had to face the tidal wave of encroaching suck that was the '80s. I can't decide if this is hilarious or legitimately terrifying: It's hilarifying!

-Whereas this is just baffling. Oh, prog.

-Mario on Ice! Despite the acres of cheese on display here, my favorite part is still how Alyssa Milano tries to give the 'tude to Michael Bluth, despite how his character is clearly some sort of schizophrenic.

-The Future is Wild is on Youtube! I thought this documentary was the shit when I was younger; it got me started on my whole speculative biology nerd kink I've got going now. And it's got hyper-evolved sharks who GLOW and who have CHEESY METAL THEME-MUSIC and are called SHARKOPATHS, what's not to love.

-Chase explains 2001 to Confused Matthew because somebody really needs to: Watch this now, even if you're not familiar with what it's a response to. It's an eloquent deconstruction of a whole mindset I've seen pop up lately on the internet, and really made me think about 2001 and the purpose of film, art and criticism in general. "I mean, this really boils down to one disturbingly simple thing: you're complaining about having to think."

-And in closing: EXCALIBURRR

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery is the best manga I've read this year - I suck at summaries so I'll just link this, which got me into the series in the first place. Suffice to say that it is full of crazy plots, awesome characters, puppets, and Carl effin' Horn on the translation squad so go out and read it already. And listen to this as you do.

Dedicated to my bro delcat, who brings out the Makino in all of us. 

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I have returned! I haven't been posting in a while - I've mainly been busy dealing with college.

I've also been busy setting up something else: The Fearless Spork Squad. Me anddelcat and weavingink, both of whom are funny as fuck, gather together from time to time to have some fun with some of the worst things the web has to offer. If you have any interest in bad porn, Chick tracts and other religious propaganda, weird PSA comics or the guy who wrote the old Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, then you should drop in and give us a shout.

As for the mixes: I've got one I'm finishing up, and we'll see what happens after that. I'm trying to move the focus of this LJ beyond them exclusively.

( Legend Of The Galactic Heroes FST )

Y'know, it's been a long time since I posted a good, old-fashioned mixtape.
This one, though, is a bit different. It is simultaneously the least essential album anyone could possibly have in your collection. Yet, it might save your life. Or at least face.

( This Party Is Fucking Over )

Hey, it's "Anything Goes" month at fst , and I want to make the most of it.
Marginally more normal stuff coming soon.

Damn. I liked the place.