Amarus

YouTube video by MONO - Topic Ashes in the Snow (Live with Orchestra PITREZA)

I wasn't counting on repeating artists this quickly, or on deciding on the day's song at 2:30 in the morning, but this album on repeat made a 3h drive in the snow an enjoyable cinematic experience so exceptions are justified.

MONO - Ashes in the Snow
youtu.be/e31zW9xGty0?...

YouTube video by Deftones Deftones - Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away) (Official Video) [HD Remaster]

This town don't feel mine
I'm fast to get away, far

(Felt fitting for a day spent driving to and from a Deftones gig)

Deftones - Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away)
youtu.be/KvknOXGPzCQ?...

YouTube video by InsideOutMusicTV DEVIN TOWNSEND - Why? (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

But why run away?
Why?
When we can just walk away
Why, why, why?

Devin Townsend - Why?
youtu.be/fT-uWOVP5q0?...

But what other verbs could eloquently describe "losing control of one's path and getting stuck like an unwieldy large ship in a canal"?

YouTube video by loard15 Blend - Belong

I gave up on everything
All my life I have been wondering
Who I am, what will I be
What lies ahead of me
Where do I belong
What I should be missing

(Something more obscure today)

Blend - Belong
youtu.be/hBMfAUwMIXY?...

YouTube video by Tangled Thoughts of Leaving - Topic Yield to Despair

Current state of mind represented in everything to do with this track: the band name, the track/album name, the album art, and the music itself.

Tangled Thoughts of Leaving - Yield to Despair
youtu.be/_OX9SnXQ0ec?...

YouTube video by BeastieBoysVEVO Beastie Boys - Sabotage (Official Music Video)

Beastie Boys - Sabotage
youtu.be/z5rRZdiu1UE?...

YouTube video by Dark Angel Soundtrack DAS 101 Public Enemy ft. MC Lyte - Dark Angel Theme

Going a bit unconventional today.

Public Enemy And MC Lyte - Dark Angel Theme
youtu.be/GT53GC7rG8w?...

YouTube video by MONO (Japan) MONO - Nowhere, Now Here (Live with the Platinum Anniversary Orchestra) [Official Video]

MONO - Nowhere, Now Here
youtu.be/FOxNd5ia_GY?...

YouTube video by Nine Inch Nails - Topic La Mer

An rien peut arrêter moi konin la

Nine Inch Nails - La Mer
youtu.be/dcIOInVS7jo?...

YouTube video by ashumanpattern OISEAUX-TEMPÊTE // He Is Afraid And So Am I

Oiseaux-Tempête - He Is Afraid And So Am I
youtu.be/Mr__zNS0gx8?...

YouTube video by clipping. clipping. - Mirrorshades pt. 1 (Official Music Video)

If you could be anything
Be anyone
Be anywhere but here
Here is so dead, here is so done
Here is nothing, here you go

clipping. - Mirrorshades pt. 1
youtu.be/4NFoGxf5MZA?...

YouTube video by APerfectCircleVEVO A Perfect Circle - Judith (Official Music Video)

A Perfect Circle - Judith
youtu.be/xTgKRCXybSM?...

YouTube video by Overhead The Albatross Overhead, The Albatross - Your Last Breath

My favourite discovery from ArcTanGent 2025.

Overhead, The Albatross - Your Last Breath
youtu.be/8h_li_wrJ7Y?...

YouTube video by Anathema - Topic Better Off Dead

I definitely love the original by Bad Religion, but this version just feels right to me.

Anathema - Better Off Dead
youtu.be/-rlUb8HbI8M?...

YouTube video by VirginBabylonRecords Vampillia DEMO song from NEW ALBUM will be released in the near future maybe!!

One of my favourite live experiences that I'd like to see again at some point.

Vampillia - Kaiju (demo, and still doesn't have an official recorded version outside of concerts, AFAIK)

youtu.be/fpDKHYcpZgQ?...

YouTube video by A.A. WILLIAMS A.A. WILLIAMS // SONGS FROM ISOLATION - EVERY DAY IS EXACTLY THE SAME (Nine Inch Nails cover)

It's on the early side for choosing the song of the day but, with the gig tonight, it just has to be this.

A.A. Williams - Every Day is Exactly the Same (Nine Inch Nails cover)
youtu.be/91_NDcvxe6s?...

YouTube video by Les Discrets - Topic Septembre et ses dernières pensées

Going French for today.
Les Discrets - Septembre et ses dernières pensées
youtu.be/L_Pyu5BGba8?...

YouTube video by Hayley Williams Hayley Williams - Glum (In The Park)

On my way to thirty-seven years
I do not know if I'll ever know
What in the living fuck I'm doing here
Does anyone know if this is normal?

Hayley Williams - Glum
youtu.be/_NXLlMAMwDU?...

YouTube video by Pigface - Topic King Of Negativity

Theme of the day (week? month? year? life?):

Pigface - King of Negativity
youtu.be/WNJSCvSmoDM?...

YouTube video by BLACKHONEYVEVO Black Honey - Dead

Mood of the day (so far):
Black Honey - Dead
youtu.be/Ozz8EDYfNfo?...

A few weeks later, I think I've decided to go with making this place a music based diary.

Grey cat sleeping in a cat bed shaped like a straw basket, with her tail and a leg sticking out.

And have an overflowing basket of cat for your patience if you made it this far into my ramblings:

YouTube video by Reigning Phoenix Music A.A. Williams - Just A Shadow (Official Animated Video)

Anyway, for now, have something to listen to and watch:
youtu.be/SoYVWpHHCWA?...

Who knows. I definitely don't.
And it would be a major exaggeration to say that I'm excited to see where this'll go, so let's say I'm sensibly intrigued.

Whatever it is, it'll probably have lots of typos mixed in.
Have fun hunting the ones that I miss and feel free to feel superior as a reward.

Or, and it's probably the most likely thing to happen if history is to be trusted, just losing interest with this whole soapbox and leaving it to slowly decay and be reclaimed by nature?

Some humble bragging when and if one of the many potential projects I'm trying to get started this year actually takes off and materialises into something worth mentioning?

Sharing earworms and most recent gigs so that I can look back at them in a few years like a personal time capsule of sorts?
Musings about the life and culture differences between my third country of residence and its predecessors? (hard to balance that with not wanting to talk politics though)

So, what's next?
Feeding the internet machine some more cat photos?
Some TTRPG nerding?
Notes about, erm, noteworthy kitchen experiments?
Unsolicited opinions on media I've consumed for nobody to read or care about?
Bad puns with flimsy excuses to justify them?

(Also, pre-chewing thoughts into chunks that are under 300 characters is bleh.)