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It's ¥1,000 a month and otherwise the same as Spotify, so I'm listening to all sorts of things.
Originally, I loved the music reviews that popped up when you clicked an artist's name in iTunes. But those well-written pieces kept getting altered or eventually became unreadable. I just wanted to read proper reviews by people who really know music.
I've long wanted reviews that aren't promotional fluff – ones that tell you about a single song, artist, or album: what kind of style the musician has, what music scene they're in, and what kind of work they've created this time.
I'm sick of this value system where someone on the other side of the fence, working in adult circumstances, said something as a joke decades ago, and now it's past its prime, yet people still say it or show it, believing it will make the other person chuckle.
While I'm famously fond of money, I've grown so disillusioned with promotional-only reviews, music introductions, and critiques that I rarely click on them anymore. When I do, I'm never disappointed—I just click on the next flashy headline with a blank expression and move on.
Similarly, I assume it's comics, but pop-ups with awful scenes, or having to skip them to read the rest of the article... I've been feeling sad, wondering if I just hate ads and comics.
Wondering how to make these disappear, I Googled it. Seems lots of people search for this, and AI already gave me several answers.
Doesn't this just give Japanese manga culture a sleazy image? I wonder.
Then there are those ads for supplements? always popping up in news articles, targeting people with toilet or gas issues, with awful copy. I think, “This actress sure shows up a lot,” or “Is this company the same as that famous confectionery maker?”
Why don't they understand that seeing the same company name elsewhere makes you feel vaguely uncomfortable?
Now that the internet is infrastructure, I imagine couples dating or relaxing in their rooms avoid places where these ads appear because it gets awkward when they pop up.
I don't fully grasp the system, but why do they seem convinced that unless they run ads as outrageous as those from decades-old erotic/gore message boards, people won't read their news articles?
The news I'm reading should be clean, yet the screen is flooded with ads that only people with creepy, outdated tastes would look at, and pop-up ads that look exactly like adult sites. The clean news articles for the day are squeezed into the gaps between all that. Is everyone else's news site the same?
This practically screams, “Please don't read the news here,” through its own ads.
Getting back to the topic, Apple Music lets me read proper articles with music-related information, which is fun because I can see who's active in this genre right now.
The photo is a screenshot.
I selected Jazz Soul Cafe from the menu that appears when searching for jazz in the Apple Music search bar.
I think this will be perfect for those evenings spent gazing at the curtains drawn over windows in towns and cities as the weather turns colder.
Tomorrow, I plan to soak a bag of raisins in Myers' Rum Original Dark for five raisins in a 0.5-liter Le Parfait glass jar.
The season for making preserved foods has begun, and as my health gradually returns, I've already made and eaten that cabbage thing and mushroom pres.
For those starting roses on their balconies, now is the season to buy large seedlings.
I'll try not to buy any more. Even so, two more plants will arrive next year.
The garden forest with its KAWAII names is thriving.
Switching to the museum atmosphere was a good choice.
Actually, since last month or so, the garden with the KAWAII names has been visited by wordless, incredibly beautiful guests.
My old, wordless, beautiful, and wise friends, along with the rose forests, quietly welcome them under the fountain's water glow.
Well, tonight I plan to eat fish fillet.
Stay warm. BRMC Enamel.










