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Continuing... Anagrams - Blue Voices [2/5] On a recent label that I have as pegged as a favorite. Focusing on ambient/experimental, there are reaches into jazz and electronic as well. This one leans in the ambient jazz realm and is quite comforting. I don't even mind the Americana-sounding...

Getting started with a stack created by @Matt M. Miki Matsubara (松原みき) -  Cupid [1/5] The final record I bought from Japan last month the day I boarded my plane to return to the USA. So glad I didn't let my frugality set this aside...only ¥2000 (~$13.50 USD) for this excellent condition OG...

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I'll get to this one later; I've bookmarked it.

Yes! I enjoy all of these quite so, with all three of the middle in my top50 last year (two in my top10)! Haven't spun the Miki yet, and Cindy Lee is a dissonant, dizzy finish. Their new record from last month is also a highlight of this year. Thank you, @Matt M!

I will also request for a set of records to play. https://www.discogs.com/user/YouCatTabbyKittenMe/collection

Sure... let's try: Angel Olsen - Big Time XTC - Mummer Bartees Strange - Live Forever The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms Morphine - Cure For Pain

Was going to buy a ticket for Jessica Pratt on her Portland stop next month at $25 pre fees, but the online + ticket fees made the grand total just over $38. Over 52% of the ticket price. It wasn't even TicketMaster, but rather eTix. Noped out.

Thinking of ideas to DJ tomorrow. In the meantime... HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III

Finishing out the stack made by @kvetcha yesterday morning. Thank you for selecting the records, with three of them not being fully spun up until today. Tomoko Aran (亜蘭知子) - Fuyū-Kūkan (浮遊空間) [5/5] A new reissue found at Tower Records in Yokohama. Normally priced at ¥4180 (~$26.75 USD)...

Getting close to the end... Masayoshi Takanaka (高中正義) - An Insatiable High [4/5] Bought this at Face Records inside Miyashita Park (宮下公園), a shopping mall in Shibuya on the day of leaving Japan. It was ¥6000 (~$38.50 USD) for this original, so not really ideal. But at least it is in...

I'm glad he isn't a Bengal, even if he is a top5 K in the league. Joe Mixon was dealt last month, so now all of the problematic players (that I know of) in CIN are gone. During that same commencement speech, he mentioned something about "material wealth is useless" while lacking awareness of...

Midway through... Japanese Breakfast - Sable (Original Soundtrack) [3/5] This was one of those DeepDiscount deals from two years ago...back when they actually held deals. Less than $10, and serves as a (mostly) pleasant ambient soundtrack. "Exploration (Ruins)" best characterizes the sounds...

This was very good. Thank you.

I can only imagine how difficult it would be to follow up the art pop masterpiece that is The Kick Inside with the label wanting to capitalize on the debut's success and less than a full year to cook up new music, but I would say that it is nearly as good. You are correct, it is unfairly underrated.

Continuing on with the @kvetcha stack... Kate Bush - Lionheart [2/5] I got this back last year for $10 when MP opened in collaboration with Beacon Sound and Super Electric Records. MP is now no longer there, but the other two still are operating, along with a bookstore. This is the first...

Now to be fair, a fair share of those were made in year 1 of JPN class in high school. Even with respect to the appearance of the (ぷ) character. That was over half of my life ago.

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I have not used mnemonics for any of the Japanese alphabet for years as those are introductory character sets to learn within a time-frame of four to six weeks (longer in grade school). Here, the hiragana character pu (ぷ) is an augment of  fu/hu (ふ) by adding a maru (まる; circle) to the...