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TOP SIXTY SONGS OF 2025 (SO FAR) Playlist · Seagull City · 60 items · 2 saves

PLAYLIST HERE:

Top 60 Songs of 2025 So Far (60–31)

IT'S TIME

All the artists on the list or in the honorable mentions I could semi-confidently find through Bluesky I have included here:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

TOP 100 SONGS OF 2024

Finally learned enough code to do a basic site on @neocities.org

So for your amusement, my favorite songs of last year:

troublesomehouse.neocities.org/2024_1

I’M GOING AS AN ICE CREAM CONE

I’M GOING AS AN
ICE CREAM CONE

I certainly don't like every thread about films being found get littered with "London After Midnight next?" Like all other lost films serve the function of additional steps to reach London After Midnight, all because of some cool promo images.

It's funny that a lot of non-silent film fans gravitate toward the idea of London After Midnight. Even reports from those who've seen it say the cool sets and makeup are only a small part of the overall film, and that the surviving remake - "Mark of the Vampire", also by Browning - is stronger.

...and honorable mentions

My Top 100 Songs of 2024

Good thing you cleared that up so that they may someday kiss in the canon

It's an understated fury, and one I wish was responded to with the same level of vigilance as its original influence on those watching their favorite sports. A real reckoning, where you sit down and force those in power to look at what they've done. A responsibility toward those they ruined.

Television broadcasts are so defined by betting ads and odds regarding sports that it's obviously predatory. Then there's online content creators geared toward younger audiences pushing this so feverishly. I think it's a blight on the culture to the point that it ruins lives. And for what?

There are too many bastards in the sports industry, most of all with those with stakes in betting. I specifically recall reporter Shams Charania insinuating a player's stock was rising in the draft, which shifted the odds in a way he and his sports-betting company employer could benefit from.

That said, I don't think this is a new problem or even that it's worse now than it's ever been. Willem Dafoe and Cillian Murphy are major modern actors and IMO are far more adaptable visually than Rudolph Valentino looked a hundred years ago, just as one example.

I don't vilify these people for doing that sort of thing since I'm sure many of them get pressured into it. I only find it a little tragic that when we tell stories about people who don't fit a more modern and expensive aesthetic, we sculpt them to our hyper-specific standards of magazine covers.

I don't hate mainstream actors getting cast in mainstream roles, though I cannot stand seeing roles for historical settings made up entirely by the biggest celebrity names. Too many of those stars have gotten veneers and cosmetic surgery to look less like the sort of people they're cast to play.

i wait until a century has passed

About one month until my 2024 list drops. Consult past year's lists before placing your bets.

Each track description on the comp has links to where you can purchase the music of each individual artist if you'd rather use your money to support their work specifically. Wherever your money goes, I'm sure it'll be much appreciated.

Another option is the charity for last year's comp, which you can directly donate to here:

whale.org

Name your price! It's a charity compilation, so if you'd rather not have your money passed through my filthy claws, just download the comp for free and donate the money directly to the charity of choice (or any charity - I'm not picky):

kindnesswanted.ca

Year Two, by Troublesome House 22 track album

IT'S HERE: YEAR TWO, another experimental music compilation for charity. Everyone and their mom self-promotes their Bandcamp on Bluesky and I don't know how to make it appear like anything other than spam.

troublesomehouse.bandcamp.com/album/year-two

I'm putting far too much effort into my Top 100 Songs of 2024 list considering its audience consists of, at most, the person reading this.

Graphic - Quietus albums of the Year 2024

The Quietus Albums of the Year are here!

Try to resist jumping straight to number one. And let us know which of your favourites made the list.

https://buff.ly/4fUS3XG
@normanrecords.bsky.social
#tQCharts

i can't recall the last time i saw the sun

Kilordle by jones Wordle is fun. How about a thousand of them at the same time. How does that feel?

the only game i trust

jonesnxt.github.io/kilordle/

don't worry neil i will solve every problem

We're closer than you think.

Year Two, by Troublesome House 19 track album

December 6th. (Probably.)

troublesomehouse.bandcamp.com/album/year-two

Clarenville is so gorgeous on the rare occasion that the weather is nice. Hopefully there's a few more decent autumn/early winter days before it gets too messy with snow plows and road salt.