I was going to write a post about how I and my nefarious antifa terrorist friends have been lighting off fires in the Oregon forests, but, y'know what? Fuck that. It's been a shitty week, and I wanted to post something fun.
So...these are something called "anime music videos"; they're fan-made, and take clips from anime - that is, Japanese animated films, and set them to music. I stumbled across them reading Athena Scalzi's fun little post on the subject over at Whatever.
Here's the first one. The bulk of the anime is an utterly adorable little slice of life series called Tamako Market, たまこまーけっと , which is, well, adorable.
Couple of notes: the bit at the very end - which is definitely NOT from the rest of the anime, is from another show, Kyousougiga (京騒戯画)
And now I reeeelly
want to find the episode of Tamako Market that's sampled at about 2:12
in the video, because I want to find out about the hammer and three
nails. WTF? Crucifixion? In an adorable slice-of-life show? Seriously?
The music - which is a huge part of what makes it art - is a song titled "Crabbuckit" performed by the Good Lovelies. Big props to Tamako, the Good Lovelies, and to Copycat Revolver, who made it.
And the second is here:
This one is a lot more complex, and includes the following anime: Your Lie In April, Virgin Soul, Magi and the labyrinth of magic, Beyond the Boundary, Yuri On Ice, Death Parade, and Free!!!
I don't know why I like this one so much, but I think it's the combination of the utterly goofy pop song ("Dance Monkey", by Tones and I) and the clever editing by Light Raider, the creator.
Anyway, that's for Friday.
I'll be back this weekend with my take on these damn fires.
1 comment:
Responding to the Chief's 8/30 "Prisoner's Dilemma" article.
Probably too late to post but I'll see what happens.
I basically agree with the Chief with one important caveat. The first Gilded Age ended in financial ruin which gave the Progressives a chance to level the table a bit for a while. It was the Great Depression that really gave them their chance and FDR (one of the oligarchy by birth) made the most of it (even attempting to change the number of judges on the Supreme Court).
We are on the verge of another financial collapse again on two totally separate levels. First, as the Chief noted, Main Street America is hurting somewhere between a bit and really bad. They are also being completely ignored by the Republicans, which is scary stupid.
Second, as the Chief also noted, Wall Street has been driven to insane heights by a handful of tech companies. Officially the S&P 500 is up significantly for the year but over half of the companies in the S&P 500 are down significantly for the same time period.
This is creating an elite within the elite and is setting us up for economic wildfires like those surrounding Portland only much hotter and more destructive. I'm pretty sure the Fed is nervous about this situation but they do not have any tools that can address it. The rest of the government is ignoring it. Which is also scary stupid.
Depending on timing and the vagaries of Internet conspiracy theories, the 2020 election might be the craziest on record with very decisive and highly unpredictable outcomes. Assuming nothing blows up in 2020, the 2022 WILL be the craziest on record. It might also be the last. The current phase of the US is drawing to a close and I cannot see what comes next.
Pluto
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