Wow! This music video just dropped. “Mystery of Love” is one of my favorite Sufjan Stevens songs and this demo is really great. I love how forward the vocals are in it and how simple the guitar is.

I am not a big fan of drag queens. Just never found their schtick very funny. That said, I’ve been entertained a lot my the duo of Nova and Olympia, no doubt because they are basically geeks and there’s a general absurdity to many of their videos I find enjoyable. https://www.youtube.com/@Novympia

That is a really nice looking Super Robot Chogokin Brave Raideen figure there. Even as a kid I thought Raideen’s look as one of the best of all the Super Robot line of that era. I’ve never seen the original anime.

The Stone Rose’s 1989 album The Stone Roses. This band wasn’t around long, but this first album is great and aligns with my general tastes then and even now in 2025.

Erasure’s Always (1994) I’m not a huge Erasure fan, though I’ve loved so much that Vince Clarke has done over the decades. I do like “Always” and a few other Erasure tracks. Thought they ruined the video with the sound effects.

Elena Kukanova’s art of Morgoth is wonderful. You rally need to take a deep dive into all of her work. Peak Tolkien artist. She sells a lot of her work and I am very tempted to pursue some of her pieces from The Silmarillion. Artist: Elena Kukanova

I am also predisposed to liking a really good Mysterion illustration! Artist: keh-ven (I’m pretty sure this is his work. Tumblr is dead.)

Few realize that Big Bird is in fact an apex predator, with forward-facing eyes giving him binocular vision and depth perception. His primary prey are the children who wander off the more mainstream streets and end up on Sesame Street. True fact!

The Shins’ cover of DCFC We Will Become Silhouettes (2003) One of my favorite bands covering one of my other favorites. I mean, how can I complain. The song honestly works this way best. Mercer’s vocal delivery is great.

Capital Cities’ Safe and Sound (2013) A great little song with a great music video. Putting the In A Tidal Wave of Mystery album on regular rotation this week to dig deeper into them.