Category Archives: Music

Light Rambling About Music and Place

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Stupidity Hole

New Year’s Eve 2013. I was listening to The Afghan Whigs’ “Crime Scene, Part One”, somewhere around the time of the tick over to 2014. I was getting a little too introspective. “What if this is all there is? What … Continue reading →

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Jon Batiste, Chad Smith & Bill Laswell: Drop Away

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Stupidity Hole

One listen. A lot of this came easy, but I feel like I was writing against the song in parts. It’s difficult for me to quantify, but I feel like that’s how I wrote. Jon Batiste, Chad Smith & Bill … Continue reading →

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Jon Batiste, Chad Smith & Bill Laswell: B1

Posted on October 24, 2025 by Stupidity Hole

One listen. Went in, did it, didn’t think too much. Some bits here and there, but otherwise… yeah. A short bit of writing for a short piece of music. Jon Batiste, Chad Smith & Bill Laswell’s “B1” is from The Process. … Continue reading →

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Underworld: Pearl’s Girl

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Stupidity Hole

One listen. This is a song I like quite a lot, but never wanted to write about it until this morning, I think. Decided to go in, did it, and am happy with the result. Think I struggled a bit … Continue reading →

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Hiroki Kikuta: Meridian Child

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Stupidity Hole

One listen. Felt myself running short early on so I consciously switched where I was going, and I think doing so worked. Hiroki Kikuta’s (菊田 裕樹) “Meridian Child” is from Seiken Densetsu 3 Original Sound Version, the soundtrack for Seiken Densetsu … Continue reading →

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Hiroki Kikuta: Powell

Posted on September 28, 2025 by Stupidity Hole

One listen. Went in, wrote the below. Surprising. Anyway, I wanted to try and build imagery as strongly as I could, but that didn’t work well. I started thinking too much about what it was that I was writing and … Continue reading →

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Tamba 4: Iemanjá

Posted on September 27, 2025 by Stupidity Hole

One listen. Went in, knocked it out, didn’t think too much which was good. I think the result could be stronger, but I also think it works really well. Perhaps not in terms of accurately representing the song, but at … Continue reading →

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Ayako Saso: The Forgotten Village

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Stupidity Hole

One listen. I think I could’ve said a lot more about atmosphere and painted a strong image. Didn’t, which is okay. Just could’ve done more. Ayako Saso’s (佐宗 綾子) “The Forgotten Village” (“忘れられた村”) is from the soundtrack for Folklore (aka Folks Soul … Continue reading →

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Yoichiro Yoshikawa: Invitation to the Underwater World

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Stupidity Hole

One listen. I’ve listened to this album a few times now, and I’m not sure why but this track caught me off guard. I don’t know why I wasn’t expecting it to be what it was, but I think that … Continue reading →

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Yoichiro Yoshikawa: Castle Nixe

Posted on September 22, 2025 by Stupidity Hole

One listen. Heard this song a few days ago, queued it up. Getting back into the swing of things (I hope), so need to get back to working on being on top of everything. And it is work, but I’ll … Continue reading →

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