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Monthly Archives: April 2023
Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi: Yuna’s Ballad
This song is used in Final Fantasy X-2, a game I have but have never finished. It’s possible that I’ve heard it play in the game but I’ve no recollection so I don’t know when it is used. That said, I … Continue reading
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Tagged burden, Final Fantasy, firm, Hope, noriko matsueda, pause, piano, resolve, small, takahito eguchi, weighs, yuna's ballad
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Hitoshi Sakimoto: Small Departure
I just threw myself into this and I think the result here is verbose. I tried to draw from the scene I remember this song playing in and went from there, but now that I think about it I could … Continue reading
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Tagged breath, build, decision, desire, dreaming, echo, fire, hitoshi sakimoto, relief, small departure, statement, tolerate
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Hat Hill During an Overcast Sunrise
Another photo from the sunrise at The Blue Mountains two Thursdays ago. I think it’s mostly due to the cloud cover, but Hat Hill feels a bit ominous, especially compared to this photo. I hope you enjoy.
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Tagged Australia, blue mountains, bush, hill, nature, ominous, overcast, sunrise, weather
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Eduard Artemyev: Stalker – Meditation
I’d planned to write about this song yesterday but it didn’t happen. I think I ran out of time and so was unable to start. I think that writing about it now wasn’t the best idea as I’m pretty tired … Continue reading
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Tagged eduard artemyev, fractured, holds, meditation, mystery, relaxes, scarpes, silence, sinks, stalker, woodwind
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Looking Somewhere Outside the Frame
June of 44’s bass player playing bass rather than brass, but the bass is not visible. I’m not sure what the context is here. I think he was kind of staring off, though he may have been locking in with … Continue reading
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Tagged eyes, face, looking, monochrome, musician, performance, performing, person, portrait
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A Moving Pause
Last time MONO performed I didn’t take enough photos of Tamaki Kunishi and so I had a small amount I could use outside of these two. This time around I took a lot more such as the one. I think … Continue reading
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Tagged mono, monochrome, monochrome-madness, motion, moving, musician, pause, performance, tamaki kunishi
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Early Morning Road
Taken shortly before powering up Hat Hill to walk and get photos such as this one. I wanted to get a photo of the road and how it appeared in the increasing light. Ended up bringing the brightness up a … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, blue mountains, clouds, flora, morning, overcast, plants, road, sunrise, trees, vegetation
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Radiowar: The Changing Pattern of Light (Ceremony)
One listen for this one. I’ve spent a lot of the day looking for something on The Internet that appears to no longer exist which led to putting this off a lot longer than I’d hoped. Decided to throw myself … Continue reading
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Tagged ceremony, distorted, distortion, falls, grows, light, prettiness, radiowar, secret of mana, seiken densetsu, slowness, warm, warmth
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Masashi Hamauzu: The Goddess is Dead
One listen for this one. I threw myself in and just aimed at covering the song in any way I could. I ended up not covering as much as possible (though in a sense I did) and it kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged beyond, contort, dead, drop, Final Fantasy, frozen, goddess, growing, masashi hamauzu, ominous, roll, twisting
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Final: ENATKWBY 1
One listen for this one. I planned to write about this song a couple of days ago but I was too tired at the time. Then planned to write about it yesterday, but the same thing. I think not doing … Continue reading
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Tagged desolation, enatkwby, expanse, expression, fading, faint, final, holding, imagined, naked, scenery, sinks, wreckage
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Stupidity Hole 