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# Polyphia: G.O.A.T.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_gkpYORQLU


Morning hygiene.

Morning walk.

Morning walk.

# All Time Low: Monsters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlnwXIigAAs

> Why do all the monsters come out at night?
> why do we sleep where we want to hide?
> why do I run back to you like I don't mind if you fuck up my life?
>
> -- All Time Low: Monsters


# Calexico: Moon never rises

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-iG0z7iGVs


#music

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7754553/Nightmarish-sketches-reveal-modern-animals-look-like-drew-based-skeletons.html

An interesting note on depicting dinosaurs based on their skeletal remains. The main point is that real life animals have all sorts of skin flas, fat deposits, etc. Dinosaurs probably looked much different than we depict them. To illustrate the point, the piece contains several pictures of contemporary animals drawn in the same style as we draw prehistoric animals: take the bones, put some muscles on the skeleton, shrink-wrap in skin and we are done.

The animals like baboon, hippo or zebra look really hillarious this way.


# Leslie Clio - Perfidia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh7MDaUjZro


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#music

@piggo I see you posting some Minecraft pics, could you please help me with this? What do you do in that game so that it captivates you?

# Minecraft: request for explanation

So I downloaded Minecraft demo to see what is it what is it what all the kids around rave about. Call me a "late adopter".

Alright, I get it. Or so I think. You can destroy stuff and thereby "mine" materials, sometimes you can find something and get it. I learned how to dig myself out of a deep hole, how to drown, get killed by a zombie, how to build some simply blocky structures. So far, so good.

What I am not getting is what is the whole point. Where's the fun part?

I know, this is a silly remark. I grew up in a world of Princes of Persia, Doom, various flight and car simulators, etc. Those games have a clear hook, a clear objective, etc. You start it, you get it, you go on. I now see kids playing Roblox and what I think is this: if anybody would tell me 20-30 years ago that this would be a thing, I would laugh my head off (same way as if anybody would tell me in 2005 that phones won't get smaller, but rather larger - whatever, I tend to be wrong mostly 😐 ). Still in Roblox you can interact with characters and some of the games have a competitive spin, so I still grok those. But Minecraft? I feel like a stupid old fart who's just staring at the screen not having a clue how this could have become the "best-selling game of all times" (c.f. Wikipedia)

**Can somebody enlighten me on how to play Minecraft so as to "get the point quickly"?**

I mean, I want to play it a bit with fun and perhaps have fun with my kids with it too, I just want to "get it" sooner then they will :-).

This is be probably one of my more embarrassing posts :-D.

# Mariama - Grains of Wisdom

> the only lies that exist are the ones you choose to believe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIaMANGiLjs


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> You may need to have some irrational inner talks with yourself to help you get to a rational place. The key is not to wallow and get stuck on repeat too much.
> -- somewhere

# Charlotte Jane, Refuge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xiXZ4sgigI

> There’s a darkness inside
> I can see it on your face
> How d’you feel?
> What’s been on your mind?
> I’m just trying to help you
> But you don’t want my refuge
> ..
> _... you’ll never learn to fly
> If you push it to the side_
>
> -- Charlotte Jane, [Refuge](https://genius.com/Charlotte-jane-refuge-lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6YAN3ykFKY

Pippo Pollina - Chiaramonte Gulfi. As always with Pippo, cheerful.


Lyrics in DE/IT: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/chiaramonte-gulfi-chiaramonte-gulfi.html