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[onetimeonbandcamp]

One Time on Bandcamp...

This is a music critique blog. I’m gonna call it ‘critique’ rather than ‘review’ because I don’t want to talk about art as a commodity. I don’t want to describe an artist’s work like a coffee table or a bed frame. Music review has its place, absolutely, but that’s not how I’m gonna talk on this blog. This is less Pitchfork and more high school book report. 

The concept is pretty simple, every month I’m going to be taking a look at one of the most recent uploads to Bandcamp. Not the best selling new releases necessarily, just whatever happened to be uploaded last when I check. I’m doing this for a couple of reasons; mostly because I really want to expose myself to new and exciting music and this seems like a pretty good way to get a steady stream of projects I might not have otherwise heard of. I’m also doing it because I’m also a bedroom producer making music on my PC and trying to build an audience, and we gotta stick together and look out for each other, right? 

You see why I feel the need to be careful here. I don’t want to be some prick randomly stumbling upon some teenager’s first attempt at music and then shitting on it and giving it -9000/10 stars or whatever, even if I have no audience and I’m really only doing this for myself that would be totally unnecessarily harsh. I want to look at every piece on its own merits, try to find the bad and the good, highlight what I like, and mostly try to analyze each album the same way an art critic would analyze a painting. 

For this reason I’m not going to be giving scores or ratings. I don’t think that’s fair and I think it goes against the whole idea of art critique vs. art review. I’m also not going to be giving recommendations. I’m going to discuss each album, what I found interesting about it, leave a link, and let you decide if you want to support the artist or not. I will be purchasing every album I look at just because that really only seems fair, and if they release it on a pay what you want method I will be using the $1/song Itunes method. Again, us indies gotta stick together. 

Expect essay form critique of themes, basic dips into music theory and songwriting, and a lot of subjectivity. I’m also gonna try to be as accessible as I can, and when I do inevitably dip into music theory I will intentionally use non-academic language because fuck elitism. I will be describing my personal interpretations of the themes and my reading and understanding of the text. Again, this is media critique, not review. 

Hope this goes well. 

[bee-menagerie]

lmfao I wonder if anyone is getting tired of me explaining that thailand isn’t a developed country and lacks a lot of developed privileges.  Which directly affects the standard of animal welfare in a great big way. 

[cricky-renaldo]

Ricky is Cristiano’s biggest fan, and Cristiano is Ricky’s biggest fan!!!!!

I don’t make the rules 🙂😋

[killaqxeen-blog]

ya daddy kira here. like for a starter

[rosegoldreams]

20 days until my birthday.

[shrimpcolour]

okay im like 99% sure im actually gonna graduate this year (yay!!!) which meanssss i can start dta soon (yay!!!!)

[savedestroy]

Regarding Macchiato’s work + some extra stuff...

- He’s currently part of the ”debt” collecting team of Passione. He deals with those that owe the mafia; people who can’t uphold their part of a deal. This team can be particularly brutal, targeting even those desperate. There’s no excuses. Macchiato, personally, will not go after those who aren’t directly involved* -- same can’t really be said about his other teammates.

* Now, he will use members of family or close relations of those indebted to his advantage. That deals more with his Stand, tho. He just won’t... you know. Torture said people. Let’s just say he’ll use manipulative tactics in that regard. If that makes sense?

- His older sister, Affogato, is the Capo of his division. Macchiato (naturally) acts as her second in command. She dotes on him quite a lot; she’s extremely protective. Affogato is far more stoic and serious when it comes to their work, tho. They have been working together like this for ... five - six years now? Macchiato started off doing whatever was needed for other divisions, and followed his sister when she earned the position of Capo.

- Basically, Macchiato does a lot of... well. Torture. Lots of intimidation. He will beat people within an inch of their life, sort of thing. He relies on his own strength for the physicality of this work, as his Stand isn’t meant for combat. Knows his limits, though, because some “”clients”” are tougher to deal with than others. He has more of a psychological effect** on people. He uses brass knuckles more than anything, but does have a small gun too.

** Adding to this, too, he will tell people what they wanna hear to get what he wants in everyday situations. He’s quite the manipulator and is rarely genuine. This is just how he learned to make it in life, considering he was mostly robbed of his childhood / adolescence. Touching more on that another time.

- This debt collection team will take more than necessary. Interest, if you will, accumulates quickly. That explains how Macchiato gets a good chunk of his money. Oop.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

- Obviously, Macchiato isn’t his real name. It’s a name to hide his identity, chosen when he joined Passione. A select few know about his real name. He prefers to live as “Macchiato” and always introduces himself as such. It’s just easier.

- I want to say he eventually teams up with La Squadra di Esecuzione when they’ve lost enough of their members. He’s made a name for himself within Passione over the years and is a good pick. He doesn’t particularly care about their goals, though. He has nothing personal against the Boss and does what he does just to survive and live in relative comfort.

- He will flirt with anyone who looks at him, tbqh, but he’s never been interested in an actual romantic relationship. Love isn’t his thing, exactly. Deep down he has major trust issues. One reason why he’s quick to use another, for fear he’ll be used first. The one person he trusts would be his sister, though in all honesty? Their relationship isn’t the healthiest. She’s manipulative herself and has led him down a pretty bad path.