For #SlowSunday my playlist has gotten a little heavy on the death doom/funeral side of the spectrum. There was an epic doom band I enjoy whose name is escaping me. While I was trying to find them, I had the recommended tracks for the playlist I’m building out of my Slow Sunday posts, and screw it, I’ll find them later. I really enjoyed this, and it’s also not death-adjacent.
Many, if not all, of the most creative people I know (and myself) suffer from frequent long periods of depression that absolutely nullify the chance of getting anything creative done until they pass. It’s one of the reasons that my album has taken so long to finish.
I’m emerging from a very dark time at the moment. It’s not completely over, and it won’t be the last, but for now I am back to being a functioning contributing person.
But when someone you know is in depression, just be there for them. Don’t try and cheer them up, don’t try and distract them, or try to swoop in and fix whatever you see as being wrong. Just be there for them. Help them if they ask for it, sure, but just being there is often enough.
For #SlowSunday it’s time for my periodic addition to my playlist to break up the metal of it all, so here’s some slow jazz. I’m hearing a bit of tension between the lead lines sounding a bit like pleasant lounge music over an underlying pulse that has something discomfiting about it. It makes for a pretty cool effect.
A moody, frowny, kinda sad Toucan found his #TheSundayStarter - nice, laid-back #Instrumental#Soul#Rock with sprinkles of #Funk and #Fuzz and organs and horns and all. Kewl shit. It seems to lift the mood...
... technically it's not my #TheSundayStarter (because I started by being cat-cuddled 💜) but it could be yours. Plus it's also fitting for a #SlowSunday ->
Das Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe erlässt ein Verbot von Atemschutzmasken an Schulen, das nur nach Genehmigung und im Einzelfall aufgehoben werden kann. 🤨
Was für Menschen arbeiten in so einem Regierungspräsidium?
Immer öfter erwische ich mich dabei, mir zu wünschen, das viel mehr KI in Verwaltungen eingesetzt werden würde.
Dave Catching is one of the greatest humans ever born and this record from one of his bands, Mojave Lords, is just perfect for a #SlowSunday#lazysunday
For today's #SlowSunday I chose the song 'Cactus' by the Swedish 🇸🇪 #PsycheelicRock#StonerMetal band Skraeckoedlan. This song is from their first album Äppelträdet (The Apple Tree) which I like most. It's such an extraordinary music that I can hardly put into a genre box. Mostly I love such kind of music! Also the lyrics (as far as I could translate them) are very special.
Opfer von brutalen Vergewaltigungen werden Frauen häufig durch nahestehende Personen. Aber auch durch Fremde.
Diese ekelhafte Machtdemonstration trifft das Opfer, aber auch Freund*innen. Hab Jahre danach nicht geschlafen & werde die Wut auf diesen Mann nie wieder los. Er ist jetzt wieder frei.