#bad wiring

[deebrisbyfish]

This was a strip that originally WASN'T written as a part of this story, but I realized after finishing the mini-arc... that it was the most important piece, and it was missing. It was the part of the story that elaborates on the WHY of my injury. And while I know most of these sorts of things are FAR from being exclusive experiences, or in any way trans-specific, they are a part of my messed-up makeup that leads me to still push myself farther than I should, more often than not. As such, I drew this one up quickly to fill in the narrative gap.

[ohxxlapetitemort]

In a constant state of "you don't like me like you used to ☹️"

[holleighgolightly]

The funniest part to me about the Duffers bring back Kali, is that they (once again) forgot the lore they'd written for her and just ignored it, even though it BREAKS the canon.

Kali was abducted in London when she was 5.

Season 4 established that the Experiment Kids were all given powers using Henry's blood.

And Henry, himself, the mindflayer particles.

Kali's powers are the only ones that are different and if she was abducted at the age of 5 they must have done so for a reason- insinuating that she already had powers.

And then. AND THEN.

"Sometime before 1979" she just... Escapes.

You're telling me, that they put a chip in Henrys neck, put a shock collar in El, but this girl just peaced out and no one remembered her.

And then she has the audacity to call El and Henry her "sister and brother"

And then she goes on a killing spree asking these bastards if they remember her and like...

No? Why would they? You were a transfer student for like, a semester.

Did you even go here?????

Gah, why on EARTH would do this to one of the so very few POC characters you have???

[73ghosts]

[nedison]

Exactly What Nobody Wanted - Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage (2019)

You pushed as far as you could make an idea go And exactly made an impact of zero And basically the public never responded You were so amazingly what nobody wanted I held on tight to every scrap that I took in But it's like it all happened when nobody was looking

I’m not precisely sure who Jeff wrote this track about (I have yet to dig in to the liner notes yet) but I love the fact that he left the lyric open-ended so that you can fill in your favorite unrecognized creator or artist. I heavily relate to most of the tracks on this album, but this one definitely sticks out.

And this song also unfortunately echoes how I sometimes feel about Jeffrey, but luckily he seems to have a pretty passionate fanbase, of which I’m proud to be a vocal member. To quote myself (how pretentious can we get here?) when talking about Hardy Fox: “Appreciate music, value art and those who are brave enough to make it their vocation”.

[regardingcomic]

[portable-wing-wang]

Been listening to the Bad Wiring by Jeffrey Lewis and The Voltage LP all day every day since it arrived on thursday.

Also been listening to the digital version since the album got released (I waited so long for this to arrive I couldn't help it), hands down I think this could be my album of 2019. The record is so wonderfully playful with its imagery and the lyric insert is out of order which really helps to symbolise the madness of the themes on the album. Plus, red. Just, RED.

The music itself is a menacingly competent blend of emotions which have an aura of stability with a madness lying behind it. It's clear Jeffrey is annoyed about something but it can't be defined as one singular problem (and so we have an album instead). Every song has a similar feel to it whilst each track also being uniquely mad in its' own way. Like most of his original work, it's full of existential sentiment and brooding with a humorous amount of nihilism to stop you from actually getting depressed. This, I think, is the most heavy handed he's got with it. He's also a lot more nostalgic in this album. There's a few songs with the theme of aging and getting old and remember how good it used to be. It's not overpowering, which is good, but it does leave the biggest impact out of all the themes he explores in this album.

I do know this probably won't be to everyone's taste but it's worth a listen even if you end up not liking it. Jeffrey Lewis is just really good at making simple techniques feel so empowering. It's a music that fills you up but not too much you resent it. It never overstays its welcome. And if you want to change the songs as to how you think it should've sounded, the lyric insert includes all the chord progressions for each song plus describing any instrument changes/unique sounds for each song as they appear in the track. It's great for musicians who want to experiment and play around with different arrangements (like me!).

It's just a wonderful album and I emplor y'all to listen cause I think this could be something pretty special.

[shibbypictures]

“LPs” by Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage (2019)

Incredibly thankful for the opportunity from Jeff Lewis to make a music video from his new album. There’s also some celebrity cameos in it!

From Jeffrey Lewis: “This video was filmed in NYC by Jak Kerley in February 2019, along with one other music video which will be coming soon! Ironically, of course, it happened to be the coldest, most freezing day of the entire winter when we had to film many of the outdoor scenes, like the Jeffrey/Mem/garbage-dumpster stuff. At least it was sunny. I really do have this feeling that CDs are about to come into style! In this song, my usual method is playing my usual acoustic guitar, and stomping on a distortion pedal at various times for that loud dynamic. This whole style was something that I learned from Mike Rechner, who I first became obsessed with 1998-1999. I had never seen somebody do that before, the acoustic guitar playing just a couple chords, with the distortion pedal brutally punctuating certain sections for maximum dramatic impact. It became a cornerstone of my idea of what a song is, and I use Mike’s style all the time, like in this LPs song. “So I started getting - (POW!) LPs, they only cost a little and these (POW!) - LPs, were all the ones I needed…”