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May Wrap-Up
Once again, I am reaching out to the void because I'm bored and burnt out from watching YouTube shorts while playing solitaire on my phone. Basically, I'm trying to have hobbies again. With that in mind, I thought the void might appreciate some things that made me happy in May.
**Please Oooo and Awww at my graphics. I only spent literal hours making and re-making these**
So this month was heavy on movies and fairly light on music, but the fact that I listened to any new music is a win for me. It's far too easy to just put my same favorite playlists on repeat, ya know. Overall, I listened to 3 new albums and saw 13 movies in theaters. I also started watching Sailor Moon all the way from the beginning. I haven't watched that show since it was 1990-something and I'm happy to report that I am, in fact, having a great time with it. Lastly, I did attend 1 singular concert, so that's pretty cool, but also pretty boring of me (I'm going to a lot more shows this summer, thank God).
Anyways...The music...
Pup - Who Will Look After the Dogs?
Like many punk kids in 2019, I am very fond of Pup's album Morbid Stuff, but I found myself feeling less fond of their 2022 album THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND. To be honest, I probably need to give it at least another listen because on my first listen of Who Will Look After the Dogs I thought it was doomed to be another flop for me. Thankfully this one has grown on me with repeated listens. It's a good little punk rock time and that's really all I ask for from a Pup album.
Aly & AJ - Silver Deliverer
Sad to say, I didn't have an Aly & AJ phase during their Disney Channel era, but I made up for it in 2021. I really loved their album a touch of the beat gets you up on your feet and gets you out and then into the sun (my god). I'm a bad fan, though, because I still haven't listened to their 2023 album With Love From (deeply sorry for that). However, I listened to their latest album Silver Deliverer, and it quickly reminded me why I became so enamored with them in the first place. This is one to put on when I just need to catch a vibe.
Tunnel Vision - Beach Bunny
Best Beach Bunny album yet. That's it. That's all you need to know. I love this one so much.
I saw 13 movies this month, but some of them were bad...really bad...
Okay, I'll name names: "Rosario", "The Ruse", "Hurry Up Tomorrow"
However, I still saw several movies that were pretty darn swell.
Thunderbolts
Florence Pugh is everything. Love a good story about a team of misfits. Also, love a good "it's actually all about depression" movie. Best Marvel movie in a HOT minute.
Kiki's Delivery Service
I'm well aware that this is not a new movie, but it is new to me. And I did see it in theaters this month. I adored this movie. It literally almost stole the crown for my favorite Ghibli movie, but I'm just so attached to "Howl's Moving Castle". "Kiki's Delivery Service" is pure cozy-core where the stakes could not be lower, and I love it very much.
Final Destination: Bloodlines
Best Final Destination movie. That's it. That's the review. They managed to make good movie out of a franchise of movies that are charmingly bad.
Bring Her Back
I am now obsessed with Sally Hawkins, and based on what I've seen on Letterboxd, I guess that means I need to see "Paddington". This movie was just the way I like it: sad and scary. I loved the characters and hated watching their fates unravel, but that's also kind of what I loved about it.
Friendship
This was silly. The plot is kind of there but is sort of an afterthought to the jokes. I haven't laughed this much at a movie in a while. I also was unfamiliar with Tim Robinson going into this, so I had no parasocial preconceived notions. But now I know, and I'm glad I do.
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So that's the post. I'm mostly posting this for my future self who will inevitably get bored and scroll through this again in a few years. If you're not future-me, cool! I hope this post was chill for you!
Itās a cruel summer with you. āļøš«¶
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I saw Turnover the other night and I donāt have any deep thoughts about it but it was fun so here are some pictures...
Iāve been wanting to see Turnover headline since about 2019 when I started listening to them with the release of their album Altogether. I saw them once in 2015 and thought they were great, but wasnāt fully sold on them until I interviewed them in 2019 and shortly afterĀ Altogether became my go-toĀ āI need to relaxā album during the early part of the lockdowns.
Fun Fact: When I was listening to Altogether in preparation for the interview, I uttered the phraseĀ āsexy saxā while hearing some saxophone in one of their songs. I told myself not to describe it like that when I talk to them. I then proceeded to describe it with that exact phrase in the interview like the cringe human I am. They didnāt seem to judge me for it though. That alone is a reason for me to keep buying their records.
Less Fun Fact: Iāve listened to Peripheral Vision like more than 3 times and Iām still not that into it. I was one of the very few people not singing along to any of those songs at the show. You are welcome to judge me for this apparent character flaw, but know that Iām not likely to change.
Anyways this is my very okay clearly taken on an iphoneĀ āconcert photographyā. If you want to read my interview with Turnover for New Noise Magazine, I have a cute little link for it:
https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/interview-distance-between-band-mates-forces-turnover-to-get-creative-2/
If you donāt read it thatās cool, but Iāll definitely like you a little less. jk. Maybe.
I can feel the fixation kicking in and I know itās better if I fight it.
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You're on Your Own, Kid inspired lock screens
feel free to use them as lock screens/wallpapers but PLEASE don't repost them onto other platforms or use them as part of your own edits.
Me feeling like I need to buy a tour shirt to āremember the nightā like I didnāt take like 100 pictures.
I started my week sobbing over Taylor Swift tickets and am ending my week singing my heart out to State Champs.
Nothing but chaotic alt swiftie energy over here āš»š¤
How I Became a Swiftie in 7 Days
Iām going to keep leaning into this Taylor Swift stuff right now because between the release of Midnights and this whole Eras Tour fiasco, Taylor has been a predominant thing on my brain. In light of that, this is a blog post I wrote going on 2 years ago now, back when I was super convinced TikTok was going to be my THING. While Iāve sort of stepped away from TikTok for the time being, I still feel like some magic was created when I made myĀ āHow to Become a Swiftie in 7 Daysā series and was completely overwhelmed by the attention and support from the swiftie community. Since I originally wrote this piece, my blog where it lived has become no more, and Iāve been pretty sad for awhile that this piece has stayed hidden away in my drive folder, so Iām resurrecting it here:
Right now Iām sitting in my room with a still steaming mug of chamomile lavender tea. Waiting in dim candlelight hoping to summon a moment of solace after an impossibly stressful few weeks. The last time I found myself in this place was the summer night I first listened to Folklore by Taylor Swift. Heart full of desperation, curiosity, sadness, and just under all the anxiety, hope. That was where Taylor Swiftās music found me.
In the winter with a tired mind, body, and soul, I found just enough creativity and courage to give TikTok a try. Thatās where Taylor Swiftās fans found me.
I was a sophomore in high school when I first heard of Taylor Swift. We had a substitute teacher in my health class that day and heād just attended the concert of a young, up-and-coming country singer. He raved about the young girlās songwriting talent: āShe said she wrote that song when she was thirteen, and you know what, that song was good tooā. Too bad I didnāt listen to country music.
A few months later, I went with my older cousin to watch her get tattooed. We rode in her boyfriend's truck and she told me she loved the song currently playing through the speakers. Our song is a slamming screen door, sneaking out late, tapping on your window. I simply nodded and smiled because I didnāt like country music.
In my junior year of high school I watched the music video for āYou Belong With Meā all the way through more than once, but Iād never tell a soul because my friends knew I didnāt care for country music.
In college I could hear the girls down the hall of my dorm building jamming out to Speak Now and reminding myself that I wasnāt like them.Ā
As a college graduate in 2014 I watched music writers I knew place 1989 near and even at the top of their favorite albums lists knowing that I didnāt like Taylor Swift but sometimes finding myself mumbling the words to āBlank Spaceā and wondering if I was missing something.
I was.
My first realization was that summer night of 2020, listening to Folklore by candlelight. Swiftās narrative driven lyrics woven together by gentle and enticing melodies. Did I really ignore such beauty for more than a decade? I had to fix it.
So at the beginning of 2021 I spent seven days listening to the seven Taylor Swift albums that I had yet to listen to, and I decided to bring TikTok along for the ride. I posted a video on New Yearās Day explaining this dive into Taylorās discography, not sure what to expect. I definitely didnāt expect thousands of likes and views and around a thousand new followers. Clearly when it came to Taylor Swift Iād missed quite a lot.
In seven days I listened to all seven albums, from the beginning of her career to just before Folklore. I listened to Taylor's stories of love and heartbreak and growing up. I listened as Taylor learned that love is real, but itās not a fairytale. I felt with Taylor as she took her deepest lows and turned them into her greatest strengths. All the while, her fans told me what her songs meant to them, about the drives they took, the tears they cried, and the hope theyād found.
After experiencing Taylorās introspective and poetic storytelling for myself, I understand why so many people are drawn to her as an artist. Thereās something so magnetic about the world she paints for herself and itās hard not to get sucked into the force field.
Turns out I like country music, and I love Taylor Swift. I wish I could go back to that truck ride with my cousin and turn the volume up on āOur Songā. I wish I could tell my college-age self that Iām exactly like those girls down the hall. I wish Taylor Swift couldāve landed in my favorite albums well before Folklore. I wish I couldāve let myself love Taylor sooner, but Iām glad Iām here now.
*Photos are taken by me, quotes are from TikTok
Just to add my two cents to this Ticketmaster/Eras Tour discourse, hereās a visual of my my attempt at buying tickets on Tuesday. Literally no ticket buying experience has made me so frustrated or made me cry like this one. Kinda made me miss when I didnāt care about Taylor š . But seriously Ticketmaster is trash and I hope we get some change out of this.
That last one should say: āHow did I wait for hours for IT to not let me just payā. I was absolutely frazzled at that point š.
Luckily my friend got tickets to a different date (I thank God everyday the entire friend group was blessed with presale codes), so Iām going to see Taylor, but this was the worst and Iām sorry most of us experienced this.
Annette Schaefer Ā· Playlist Ā· 31 songs
If you would like to judge my music taste and decide if my Tumblr page is right for you, hereās a playlist I made for my birthday with some songs that give me warm fuzzy feelings about the last year.
A Reintroduction
Hey Tumblr,
As with many of my social media pages, Iāve greatly neglected you for a rather lengthy amount of time. What can I say, my interest in things has a short shelf life. But Itās that random time of the year where I feel like I need to be more creative and like read a book or something, so I think Iām going to lean into that urge until I ultimately donāt feel like it anymore.Ā
So...
In case youāre seeing this because you randomly followed my in like 2013 because I reblogged Fall Out Boy and Supernatural posts, but totally forgot I existed (totally understandable, I donāt blame you at all). Or you were one of the unfortunate ones that came over from my super terrible 2014 YouTube videos that Iām too proud and lazy to take down, let me reintroduce myself:
Iām Annette. When I started this account I was working on my bachelorās degree in journalism and sometime shortly after I made my grand debut here I began doing freelance music journalism. My degree helped me do the thing I wanted to do: talk to musicians and help tell their story. Unfortunately, it didnāt help me get paid. I painfully pretended like the clout of saying I got to talk to so-and-so in such-and-such band on the phone was totally worth earning basically nothing for the better part of decade while I worked in retail and felt guilty for not doing enough free labor for myĀ ācareerā.
Anyways, Iāve been on hiatus as a writer for over a year now, and it has definitely has been the right move for me. But I do miss writing for myself. As I continue to word vomit here, I realize more and more that I do actually kind of miss this part of writing. Also, I do a lot of fun stuff that makes me feel things sometimes that I miss telling the world about in a sentimental, probably a little romanticized, and really trying hard to not sound pretentious sort of way. So if youāre cool with it, Tumblr, I may try to do a bit of that here.
Hereās picture I took a Riot Fest this year, so you know I mean business when I say I go on adventures and stuff:
Anyways, Tumblr, I hope we can hang for a bit while my brain is into it.
Lifeās a wreck (quite literally), but weāre back at it again. I had to include at least 1 pop punk album in this little project, so of course I had to pick Wake Up Sunshine by All Time Low š.
All Time Low were one of those bands for me that never seemed to put out a bad record, then Last Young Renegade happened. Itās not a terrible album, but to me it felt like a pretty bland one. I hated feeling so meh about All Time Lowās music, and I was afraid of future disappointment with them.
Thankfully Wake Up Sunshine did not disappoint. The album beams with all the energy and enthusiasm that LYR lacked. It feels like old All Time Low with a touch more maturity, and itās so easy to love. Iām so happy that this album exists and that it was able to revitalize my excitement for All Time Low.
Next up on #dresslikeyourfavoritealbums is Poppyās I Disagree š¤š¤š¤
I honestly didnāt expect to like this album at all. When I started following and listening to Poppy back in 2016, I didnāt think I was getting on board with an up-and-coming metal artist. But itās 2020 and honestly Iām down for the ride!
I Disagree actually seems to throw out the concept of genre altogether. It weirdly and uniquely blends Poppyās original softer pop sound with the a newer heavier sound that has made her a heavy metal force to be reckoned with. Even if the bizarre combination isnāt your thing, the album demands your attention.
Iām really excited to see how Poppyās career continues to blossom and see what odd musical journeys are yet to come.