Category: Audio, Music, and Eargasm
Songs, music, earworms, and some new stuff on my music playlist.
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Shy Little Frog
Shy little frog, singing along to this fun tune Lo-fi version on Spotify: (Featured image is an illustration by Twitter user @kapebeansies)
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Lofi Raya Beats
“Raya” means Eid al-Fitr. In Indonesia, it’s commonly known as “Idul Fitri” while in Malaysia and Singapore, it’s usually called as “Raya” (with the greetings “Selamat Hari Raya”.) Eid al-Fitr/Raya is Islamic two-days celebration after a month-long Ramadan fasting which celebrated publicly/nationwide (not restricted to moslems only because, hey, festivities!) The word “fitr” means “oneself/one’s…
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‘Pleasure’ – Sarah Kang
When I was only ten, I was told by a man He smiled as he said, “You just need to understand Unless you grow thinner, no man would ever want you” And what a grownup said I believed as children do She wasn’t made for your pleasure Don’t you blame it on human nature She…
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K.K. Bossa
“K.K. Bossa” is one of my favorite songs in Animal Crossing: New Horizon (despite the in-game lyrics is actually only “meeep mop meep moop weewaaweewooo mop meep moooooop”) so I’m pleasantly surprised to hear the, uh, human-lyrics version. (Featured image is when I visited fellow Automattician’s island through Dream Address. Thank you for sharing your…
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There will be time they returned and said, “ONE MORE TIME”
For the sleepless nights filled with the EDM music, cigarettes, and black coffee with neverending projects, thesis, and freelance works. For the late-night PHP and CSS tests, despairs, and joys. For the late-night walk home with MP3 player on the pocket. Midnight stroll — because there was no bus left — on Jalan Sudirman, Jakarta.…
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“Soon may the Wellerman come”
The best part of the Internet? When strangers met together on a digital space, created a work so wonderful it resonates with fellow folks out there.
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‘Coffee Cup’ – Anthony Lazaro
I’ve been pretty busy lately, along with adapting with some new routines on the new house and stuffs. I have so many things to write, but for now, I hope this will suffice. This song helps me get by as I waddle through all the changes. It’s a long weekend here in Malaysia for Diwali/Deepavali.…
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Billie Eilish and AM/FM memory
When I first heard Billie Eilish, I thought her voice is unusual — and I was on the unsavory side. But as I listen to her songs, it brings certain memory. When I just started university, I had this small AM/FM radio from my dad. I usually listened to it before bedtime, with low volume,…
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‘Heart Sutra’
For many Indonesian 90s kids, most of us are familiar with a Hong Kong TV drama series ‘Journey to the West‘ (in Indonesia, we know it as “Kera Sakti”.) Journey to the West is one of the most well-known saga in Buddhism — a story about a monk, Tang Sangzang, with his three disciples in…