Rest In Purple

hello tumblr i've genuinely have never used you besides for sims 4 cc but I'm here to post my art now heres a Bauhaus piece from 2024

In Memoriam - David’s Twitter Account.

February 2017 to November 2017

“Try prison you fucker”

Karnvian photo dump!

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No name. No address. No matter where he is.

Always of art.

Postcards of paintings from all around the world.

He likes researching them and learning about the artist, what the paintings mean, where the paintings hang now.

He knows she wouldn’t be there if he went, but he still looks into the cities that the galleries are in. Reading about the history and imagining her telling him about it. Imagining her exploring. Learning. Existing freely.

He doesn’t tell anyone because he knows she trusts him not to. Trusts him to not try and find her.

He likes to think she still checks in with him as occasionally the meaning or subject of a painting will hit too close to home with him and whatever the current thing that was bothering him.

He wishes he could write back. Wishes he knew how to check on her as she checks on him.

Here I am with the week-end special in “Focusing on…”! Today’s subject is a band, whose name could not say anything to people, but their influence is still alive in the Japanese musical scene. They’re Soft Ballet, formed in 1986 and composed by Ryoichi Endo (vo.), Maki Fujii (key. & gu.) and Ken Morioka (key.). The name comes from the union between the names of the favourite bands of the members, Soft Cell and Spandau Ballet, which are among their musical influences, such as Depeche Mode and New Order. Therefore their music is mainly new wave, with some electronic and synth-pop vibes, making them one of the first bands which practice this musical genre, which in Japan was almost unknown at that time. But the main difference between them and bands like Yellow Magic Orchestra, is the their visuals, which are well cured, probably because all the members were models for the magazine JUNE, and this feature is so strong that they can be safely put into visual kei scene. Their debut occurred on 1987 with the single Tokio Bang!, followed by their first successful work, the single Body to Body.

The title-track is really rhythmical and freaking, retaking all the aspects of the new-wave; the main theme is common in most songs of that period, i.e. the pleasure in physical contact. It has been followed by their first album Earth Born, the singles Twist of Love and Escape/Rebuild, the second album Document, the mini-album 3 [Drai], the singles Virtual War, Final and Ego Dance, the albums Ai to Heiwa (Love and Peace), Alter Ego, Reiz [Raits] Live at NHK Hall and Million Mirrors and the single Engaging Universe.

The title-track is their most famous track, where the rhythm and the bright music unite in order to create an harmonious track; the song is focused on an abstract world, where everything is simple, like the world of childhood. It has been followed by the singles White Shaman and Threshold (song already released in Million Mirrors), the album Incubate, the remix EP Twist and Turn and the single You.

The title-track, another hit by them, is dominated by a strong rhythm and by the sensual voice of Endo; the song deals with a love which comes gradually, as the pattern of this song is. It has been followed by the album Form and the remix EP Forms: Remix for Ordinary People. Then in 1996 the band disbanded and the single members started new projects: Ryoichi Endo founded a new group, Ends, whose music is a bit experimental compared to Soft Ballet; Maki Fujii was in the supergroup Schaft, along with Hisashi Imai from Buck-Tick and other important industrial-rock musicians and only for information, he started a relationship with Mari Hamada, which lasted until 2005; Ken Morioka started a solo project and made some important collaborations, with musicians like Demon Kogure, Ryuichi Kawamura and many others. Then after six years, Soft Ballet reunited and released the single Merchendiver, the album Symbiont and the singles Smashing the Sun and Bright my Way.

The title-track is really different compared to their usual sound, as it is less electronic and nearer to a natural pop sound, which is probably the reason which made them less successful compared to their past works; the song is about the presence of a reference in human life, represented by the light. It has been followed by their last album, Menopause and then in 2003 they definitively disbanded and the single members continued doing music: Endo continued with his band Ends until 2005 and then, according to what is found on the net, he started working for advertising; Fujii collaborated with Atsushi Sakurai and Kirito from Pierrot and founded the dark-wave duo Suilen, which disbanded after a few time; Ken Morioka continued with his collaborations, including artists such as Kaya, Buck-Tick, ZIZ and others, and he joined some bands, such as Gentleman Take Polaroid, along with Masayuki Deguchi from Grass Valley, the supergroup KA.F.KA and Minus (-), along with Fujii.

In conclusion Soft Ballet’s activity completely changed the face of Japanese music, directly or not. Their music is clearly a reprise of 80′s new wave and synth-pop, but its use has meant that Japan not forget the new-wave music (in fact there are many new-wave bands nowadays). But the most important feature is that not only as a band, but also as single components, they made history and nowadays they continue to surprise. In fact KA.F.KA released their new album Fantôme † Noir yesterday, for showing that Soft Ballet’s sign will never be erased. I hope that more people will know them because they need to be more known.

Who might enjoy: who needs to know the origins of Japanese electronic music

Recommended songs: Body to Body, Twist of Love, Engaging Universe, White Shaman, Piled Higher Deeper, You and Bright my Way.

That’s all folks! See you on Wednesday with the usual review on “Let’s Listen to…”!

"Are you getting happy? Are you getting happy? Are you getting happy?

Do you love yourself?

No matter what you look like, no matter what your heart is, please love! Please love yourself!"

A highly-edited version of this interview has been all over Tumblr for ages, but I wanted to know the context of the quotes. So I emailed Cayce (who was the un-credited translator) and this is the rest of the interview showing the context:

Ongaku to Hito March 2018 Sakurai Atsushi No. 0 Interview translated by Cayce

warning: very long

my god do I have THINGS to say about this show and 99 of them are about albert

so I thought before my feed is entirely twin peaks, I’d give my thoughts on the Outrageous Gay Tension of this show with some context

also ignore my handwriting, I’m very sick at the moment and have taken a lot of paracetamol (be more responsible than me kids)

spoilers for all 3 seasons, sorry

DALE COOPER

he/him

transmasc (FTM)

bisexual

listen. listen. trucoop is real rosencoop is real it’s all real. i love coop more than i can describe (which is weird considering I’m gay) and i heavily head cannoned him as trans and bi the second he drove onto my screen. i think he’d prefer men but women are also his cup of tea, or coffee rather. anyway he deserved better and he deserved to give Harry a little kiss.

HARRY TRUMAN

he/him

cisgender male

bisexual

i originally would have said Harry was gay, but I’m not a big fan of relationship erasure. yes, he is with josie. that’s why he’s bi.

i think Harry would have had a crush on some guys at school but would have bottled it down, until coop came to town, and he suddenly had a gay crisis. if i had to pinpoint a moment, i would say his initial realisation would have been when coop steals his nose (best scene) and he would have come to terms with it by the end of season 1.

even harry is not immune to the eyes of Dale cooper.

LAURA PALMER

she/they

cisgender female (but questioning her identity)

biromantic lesbian

first up, I’d like to give my consolidation to Laura palmer and anyone who may be reading who ever experienced something like her. she is my favourite character, apart from Coop Harry and Audrey, and i think she deserved so much better. PERSONALLY i think she and Donna had a very strong emotional romance but not necessarily a physical one. i think that her experiences with men caused her to do a big ol’ comphet and assume she liked being intimate with men. in reality, i think she wasn’t actually attracted to them but was doing it, alongside all the canon reasons, to reject her feelings to women.

and James happened, i guess.

DONNA HAYWARD

she/they

demigirl

homoflexible

idk whether i just see my identity in donna, but i think she definitely isn’t 100% female. i can’t explain it at all, but i just get the vibe.

as for her sexuality, obviously she and Laura had their thing, but i think her romantic tension with literally all. the. female. characters. initially made me think she was a lesbian. but, we have the James factor.

fucking James (my reaction whenever he is onscreen btw)

i think that her emotional intimacy to Laura would have naturally led her to the other emotionally intimate person in Laura’s life. i think James is the closest thing she has to Laura left, which is so sad. i love donna, idc what the widely accepted opinion is. i believe the ‘Just You’ song scene is her grappling with her feeling with maddy. i mean tbh if my girlfriend died and then her identical twin came back, i would probably be weird about it too.

AUDREY HORNE

she/they

trans femme (MTF) (i couldn’t fit it on the picture sorry)

biromantic demisexual

AUDREY AUDREY AUDREY AUDREY MY BELOVED

when i tell you i came out of twin peaks 15% gayer it is BECAUSE OF THIS GIRL. i love her storylines, her dialogue, her friendship with coop. it all feels so realistic! and her dancing!

back to the sexuality and gender thing, which is what this post is about, i personally believe her crush on coop came from a place of seeing a happy trans person comfortable in their identity and finding that beautiful. then translating that to love.

as for being biromantic, c’mon. donna and her definitely had a thing going for a bit. her demi sexuality comes from a place of her extreme discomfort in sex work (which is valid if you aren’t demisexual, by the way, but combined with her virginity until she forms a meaningful connection, the pieces fell into place for me. yes i am also demisexual and yes i am totally biased.)

ALBERT ROSENIFELD

he/him (because he is Him)

trans masc (FTM)

gay as fuck

“I love you, sheriff Truman”

I’m sorry??? excuse me?

albert is gay in so many ways it’s not even funny. with coop. with Harry. with gordon in season 3. and my trans headcanon? idk i just sort of vibed with it. normalise head canonning people as gay or trans with no reason.

also i love the idea that Denise, Albert and coop are just a group of trans fbi agents. we already have Mulder from the x files we need more (tell me if you want an x files version of this)

GORDON COLE

he/him

cisgender male

bicurious

i honestly can’t tell if David lynch would curse me for this post or just shrug it off

anyway. gordon didn’t strike me as being particularly fruity until season 3, when he had his whole trans power speech and those weirdly domestic scenes with albert. like, pop off little fbi husbands. i think he’s still working through period-typical biphobia and isn’t ready to say he’s bi. but i think with time he will be.

someone needs to take me away from this show for like a week and sit me down with some literature. I’d just gay headcanon it anyway (looking at you Sherlock Holmes)

BOBBY BRIGGS

they/he

demiboy

bisexual

the more i watch this show, the more i think to myself…”Bobby is…me?” idk whether it’s dana ashbrook’s truly unhinged and amazing performance, the weird nervous gay energy and the lack of masculinity for a character who would normally be obnoxiously masculine. i love him so much.

i think Bobby would struggle in the gender norms of being the child of a military man. and the sexuality norms of being the “bad boy” in school. i firmly believe that he is bisexual, because let’s face it, everyone in this godforsaken show is bi. find me ONE straight character. ONE STRAIGHT.

SHELLY JOHNSON

she/her

cisgender female

heteroflexible and demisexual

SHELLY IS A LITTLE BIT GAY BECAUSE I SWEAR TO GOD AS I WAS WATCHING THIS I WAS THIS CLOSE (HOLDS FINGERS TOGETHER) TO KISSING MY TV SCREEN.

shelly seems like the sort of person to have been raised with certain heteronormative values. but, i think after going out with Bobby, i think she’d have a little sit and think and say “huh maybe i would kiss a girl.” she hasn’t, yet, but that’s just because her crushes so far have been on men. if she met the right girl, she would.

i think her demisexuality comes partly from trauma and also because we need something in common because, if i haven’t made it clear, i LOVE HER.

HAWK

he/him

cisgender male

gay

don’t be lying about that poetry being for your girlfriend hawk. this is the only character where i will defy canon, fold my arms and say no. i love that hawk got a bigger role in season 3, and i think that based off all i know about him (being the best character) i would headcanon him as being gay. why? idk. look at him?

hawk would totally just rock up one day with a guy on his arm, no explanation, and say nothing until Lucy stumbled into asking him about this guy. and he’d just be like “oh this is my husband. yeah we’ve been married for 6 years. you were at the wedding, we just didn’t tell you it was a wedding.”

iconic.

also i had hair envy the entire show, i wish that when i straightened my hair it was that luxurious.

LUCY BRENNAN

she/her

cisgender female

bisexual

I’m sorry Lucy, no one is THAT frazzled and not sapphic. it’s a rule.

i feel like Lucy would consider herself straight until she was taught about the internet, got a Facebook account, and promptly shut it down, but before doing that saw the word ‘bisexual’ and felt weirdly drawn to it. Andy was, of course, super supportive if a little confused. she’s still figuring it out.

i feel like she’d wear sweaters in the bisexual colours and be very happy whenever someone noticed.

ANDY BRENNAN

he/him

cisgender male

straight ally (but not really)

Andy is straight, but like more in a straight with a question mark way. maybe if he hadn’t dated Lucy, maybe if they hadn’t fallen in love, he would have caught feelings for a guy. after Lucy came out, he did some thinking, but decided to keep it to himself. who knows, maybe his tulpa is “kinda gay” (obligatory Buffy reference)

WE ARE DONE LADIES AND GENTS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT EITHER BUT STILL HIGHLY ESTEEMED.

so, thoughts? I’m gonna do a part two with the season 3 exclusive characters, and some characters i forgot, like Norma, ed, Hank, josie, James….and Wyndam Earl. OH and Denise

thank you so much for bearing with me, and love y’all 🫶