Looking Out The Window

 

Short version of this track and comic, as that seems to be what the algorithm demands and at 49 seconds is still way more than the 18 seconds "best duration".  Just hate all that short attention span is king stuff.

Just wanted to make the vocal sound a significant part in this. Even if the lyrics don't say as much as they could, I wanted to not make it negative. An uplifting vocal sound helps, I think. I should have done more than one take on the melodic guitar, as it is just the default thing I seem to do without thinking at the moment, and it could have been a bit different, even though I love the sound and ending on a high note.

So much happening out in the world that I have no control over. Natural and man made disasters, but also the beauty of Cherry Blossoms.  Not all bad, but it is way too easy to be all negative and be taken down by the News Media that thrives on it.  Hate that US actions have such a big impact on the rest of the world with their PROJECT 2025 in full swing. The Christian Nationals/ Evangelicals behind that, reject Jesus's teachings on helping the poor and down trodden, calling all that stuff WOKE and BAD, seem to be actually some type of OLD TESTIMENT Jewish Authoritarian cult focused on Israel.  

Project Hail Mary was such a breath of fresh air for not being a downer. 

And YouTube Analytics for the first 37 minutes shows the SHORT's tap being algorithmically turned off after 30 minutes. To never be exposed to the world again...

Other Things

Finished Lucifer. Loved the jokes and musical numbers in this series. Not impressed with how a main character was treated in the final episode, and wonder why writers would do that to a beloved character, but loved the whole series.  Never saw SMALLVILLE and so didn’t get the jokes in Lucifer related to that main actor having a significant part in Lucifer.

QUEENS GAMBIT is fascinating. It is a fictional story about a chess prodigy, based on a 1983 American novel by Walter Tevis, but Netflix did get sued by a lady chess champion. 

Truth stranger then fiction probably, and the cost of a gift.  THE NEW YORKER said "the most satisfying show on television".  One of them, I would say.

Interesting to me the Chica Umino MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION manga since 2007, has a young orphaned boy Shogi prodigy with problems and also has much on masters Shogi games as well. 

Nakanoshima Art Museum has an event starting today I will probably visit next Tuesday (as it is closed Monday unless a public holiday), and should be a fine day.  The works of 3 modern artists,

Yanobe Kenji and his SPACE CATS being the one I became interested in a couple of years ago after seeing his SPACE CAT guardian out front of the Museum.

I go to such exhibitions to be inspired for my own art creation in some way. 

SOUND MESSE in Osaka will be different this year without Mattias IA Eklundh there, but know other attending there now anyway.  I will be going on the Saturday May 16th, which has a chance of being less crowded than a Sunday here.  Will take ear protection this time. The electric guitar room was so loud in the afternoon with all booths trying to be heard over all the others. 

Heard there will be some event organized by Kogalashi Sound Magic for the Saturday night, probably downtown Osaka, but yet to hear what it will be. Not sure I care to go to a  M響 (M HIBIKI,  M ECHO,  that is a group jam), which is what Tokyo Metal City (東京メタルシティ) seems to regularly do.    Will see. 

Tokyo Metal City  made a joke post on X about the difference between ROCK and METAL where "metal doesn't have a vibe trying to be popular, and has dragons".  So I added a comment:

Recently found out about  映像研には手を出すな  ( Eizōken ni wa Te o Dasu na! Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! )  and ordered the Bluray. Three school girls wanting to make an animated film as a school activity club.  Reminds me a bit of the look of Chibi Maruko Chan, but it is said to be a master class in all aspects of animation production.  

I have no interest in doing real animation though, far too time consuming even using MOHO, but maybe help inspire me in the direction to go with another multipage COMIC, or something. 

After doing my Heavy Metal Garage and In The Next Dimension I have had no drive or idea on another comic. Will this change I wonder?

And in the good news department, it seems that I am finally recovered from all the small medical procedures I started in January.  😊  So I don't have to worry about the WAITING ROOM BLITZ of getting an online reservation number at EXACTLY 8:30AM and rushing off to Shijo Station Kyoto any time soon again, OR the almost 2,000yen return train costs OR the discomfort of the procedures.  

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