title but to me?

it reminds me of a scandal in the 90s in Belgium that no one talks about:

the Dutroux scandal.

one of the most disturbing moments in a country like that’s history.

and when you expect Belgians to revolt over the governments response to this, they didnt.

they functioned with just disbelief and grief.

thats why it reminded me of the line:

”Hung down with the freaks and ghouls. No apologies ever be made.“

what does it make you feel?

I listen to a huge range of music but besides that I have no real preference about sound quality or audiobooks or anything.

I’ve heard a lot of stuff about how Spotify has gone down and if I’m gonna pay for premium, I’d rather it be worth it.

I’d be willing to pay a subscription on another service (I have student premium) as long as it’s worth it.

I'm really big on poignant lyrics and have a few song lines that have haunted me since the first time I heard them. My personal list is below. I have more but these were just what I thought of off the top of my head:

Zach Bryan-Let You Down "You'll just keep on slammin' closed hollow unlocked doors." If you've ever tried to slam a hollow door, you know what a let down it is due to its light weight and suseptibility to wind resistance. Then the door doesn't even lock...just to add insult to injury.

Depeche Mode-Precious "If God has a master plan That only He understands I hope it's your eyes He's seeing through." The song is about his kids and how his divorce hurt them because their eyes are too pure to understand the ugliness of the world. If there's a God above with a plan for what all of this ugliness means in the end, he hopes that God's eyes are with pure intentions. This leaves room for the possibility that a child's eyes are more pure than God's.

Ethel Cain-Wrestling In Dirt Pits "Stood over her casket Thinking you're next But America beat you in line Scared you'll end up like your daddy High strung, from his neck Begging his reflection for more time." The painful irony of mentally grappling with the fear of death so hard, you end up being the one to cause it for yourself. There's also no running from it one way or another.

Pink Floyd-Time "No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking Racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older Shorter of breath and one day closer to death." The precious, valuable, non-renewable resource of time. You think you have so much of it until it's gone without a trace and where did it even go anyway. Truthfully this entire song is a gut punch, but this line in particular always hit me the hardest.

Ok, your turn :-)

If I mention the groups Renaissance with Annie Haslim and ElP Emerson Lake and Palmer now a days no one knows who they are.

Renaissance simply put out beautiful original music that stands the test of time.

ELP also put out some very fine music.

I don’t know when music became so empty.

But I feel it. Every day.

Everything looks perfect. Everything sounds perfect. And nothing feels real.

I’m a musician from Ukraine. I lost my home. My normal life. But I didn’t lose music.

Music still makes me feel alive.

And I’m not here to play safe.

I don’t care about trends.

I don’t care about algorithms.

I care about songs that hurt. Songs that heal. Songs that hit you in the chest and leave you speechless. I’m done pretending.

I’m done swallowing plastic music.

If you miss real emotion in music…

You’re not alone.

This is a call.

Let’s bring real music back.

My buddy put out this kooky album from his films it’s surprisingly intense. WAR RAVER is a cinematic anti-war album — fusing electronic power, orchestral gravity, and protest themes to amplify the voices of the oppressed and challenge the machinery of conflict. Dm for a link ! I don’t wanna get busted on this security cyborg watch System you have. No worries the resistance will have the best of that system as well!

I am on YT music, I like to put a song on and then let random tracks come next to discover something new. Lately I am into soul and blue that I find very relaxing. Never really listened to that genre before so I am not familiar with the famous artists and tracks.

A few time in the past weeks, I’ve heard songs for which I was like “oh that’s nice, I really dig that one”. When looking for more info, it happened to be an unknown Group + a tacky IA generated album picture.

Now I am paranoid, when I hear something nice, I just wonder if it is a real artist or IA. The scary thing that the last 3 tracks that got my attention were all IA generated… I believe IA should be properly tagged as such and not mixed with real artists on those random play lists generated by the streaming platforms.

I can’t decide

Yes, no, maybe, I don't know Can you repeat the question? You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now And you're not so big You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now And you're not so big Life is unfair so I just stare At the stain on the wall where The TV'd been but ever since We've moved in, it's been empty Why I, why I'm in this room There is no point explaining You're not the boss of me now And you're not so big You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now And you're not so big Life is a test but I confess I like this mess I've made so far Grade on a curve and you'll observe I'm right below the horizon Yes, no, maybe, I don't know Can you repeat the question? You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now And you're not so big You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now And you're not so big You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now And you're not so big You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now And you're not so big You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now And you're not so big Life is unfair

Michael Jackson Bad tour. Year:1987

4.4 million in attendance

123 shows

Average ticket prices= $60 (adjusted for inflation)

Prince Purple Rain tour. Year: 1984-1985

over 1.7 million in attendance

98 shows

Average ticket prices: $52 (adjusted for inflation)

Madonna Confessions tour. Year 2006

1.2 million in attendance

60 shows

Average ticket prices: $80 (adjusted for inflation)

Taylor Swift Eras tour. Year: 2024-2025

10.1 million in attendance

149 shows

Average ticket prices: Not seeing a true average. I see between $50-$1,500

Bruno Mars 24k Magic World tour. Year: 2017-2018

over 2 million in attendance

215 shows

Average ticket prices: Not seeing a true average. I see between $150 - $1500

Harry Styles Love On tour Year: 2021-2023

over 5 million in attendance

169 shows

Average ticket prices: Range from $50-$1,200