Olive Green And Mustard Yellow And Burnt Orange Are A Beautiful, Inseparable Polycule And They Are All

I unironically really enjoy the opera-rap + tuba sections.

Okay so it’s finals season which means I’ve cracked and need to go on my ramble about one of my favorite pieces of music of all time: The Most Unwanted Song.

The thing about this song isn’t that it’s bad. It’s a special kind of horrific. It’s so bad it crosses the invisible artistic barrier and becomes brilliant. And it was designed for that. 

See back in the 1990s these two artists decided to make a series of paintings (I promise it’s connected). Graphic designers  Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid sat down to create the “best” and “worst” paintings based on opinion polls. There’s commentary about public opinion in there, but that’s not the point right now. The point is, they were approached by a gallery owner and asked to make a CD using the same principle. 

So they started polling people. Turns out, the American public, when asked about what they hate in music, has a lot of answers. Winning answers included bagpipes, opera, rap, intellectually stimulating music (hah!), cowboy music, swearing in music, long songs, songs about America, children’s choirs, advertising jingles, and accordions. 

And then they set out to put all those things into one song with the help of Dave Soldier. 

And boy did they succeed. 

In order to make this song work, they couldn’t just have all the individual elements working separately. There wasn’t time for that, and they would have lost a lot of unity. So they went the inventive direction. So that’s why we have a opera-rap soprano singing lyrics with casual profanity about being a cowboy and philosophical discussions. That’s how we get this: 

It’s 22 minutes long. 22 minutes to consider your place in the universe. 

People also hate politics in songs, so at the end someone screams a protest rant through a bullhorn. At one point it sounds like someone is throwing up in the background. 

The best part of this, of course is that it was done by professional musicians. It’s pretty clear that they know what they’re doing and are choosing to do it really really badly. It adds to that flavor of chaos. 

I genuinely believe that everyone should listen to this song at least once. If nothing else, it will be funny. 

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I heard some schools in the eastern US are closing today.

I guess the kids' education has been...

eclipsed by other concerns! 🥁

*hits blunt made from a rolled-up botany paper*

The ultimate androgynous name is "Corylus Maxima". You can nickname them not only "Cory" and "Max", but also "Hazel" and "Filbert".

documenting my journey to really actually making a podfic!

this post is gonna be a series of links (in the replies) for posts that inspired me to DO THE THING! pretty much reverse chronological order. it's like tracking what bits of tumbr i was interacting with almost in real time.

to everyone i reblogged and/or who replied to me: i just wanted to tell you that your post was part of the inspiration & motivation that led me to making & posting my very first podfics!!!

baby's first podfics:

https://www.tumblr.com/xiaokuer-schmetterling/772475114852892672/podfic

https://www.tumblr.com/xiaokuer-schmetterling/772482920534376448/thank-you-for-the-validation-no

https://www.tumblr.com/xiaokuer-schmetterling/772441206958571520/podfic-2025-01-11-3-xksreads-free-download

tyvm for the support & encouragement in chats:

@ferntasie @maelstrom-of-emotions @travelingneuritis @keriarentikai @geck-motj

ao3 resources:

A Newbie's Guide to Podficcing (10897 words) by Azdaema Pods

[Meta] A Breakdown of Podfic Hosting Options (1804 words) by GoLBMeta

A Basic Beginner's Guide to Podfic Creation (3647 words) by Flowerparrish Arts et al

pinyin pronunciation resources:

added webfishing sounds

Simple Things You Can Do If You're Feeling Really Bad!

-Stand up, if you're standing, sit down.

-Drink water!

-Stretch a little.

-Listen to your favorite music!

-See if you're up-to-date on your meals for the day, missing lunch or some-such can really knock the wind out of your sails.

-Make sure if you're on any medications that you haven't forgotten to take any.

-It doesn't hurt to have a little treat every now and then, nutrition aside, if you're feeling sad, a good taste in your mouth might help with that.

-Have a small cup of tea or other hot drink.

-If you're in a position to, maybe a short nap will do you some good.

-Take off your shoes, take off your socks, at least just briefly. Removing layers like jackets, gloves and scarfs may work as well.

-Go outside for a bit, take in a breath of fresh air and enjoy the sounds of nature around you.

These are really simple and basic things, but I understand when you're feeling depressed or seemingly inexplicably feeling irritable, tired or achy it can be hard to come up with a way to deal with these random bad feelings. The human body has its own engine check lights and warning signals, and it's important to listen to them!

found out that the original "grandma got run over by a reindeer" song occasionally dips out of its goofy premise to get weirdly grim and real. hearing the second verse with no santa references that's all about the family dealing with the aftermath of her death ("it's not christmas without grandma") and thinking about my own fears of losing my loved ones and being too embarrassed to explain to my concerned friends why i ran out of the room in tears in the middle of a holiday party

A social media site for business dogs would be LinkedInu.