content/music.tree

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 - ### :folder: blog
 
-    % id = "01JBAGSJCWP15GCG8PJYPJYJY8"
-      content.link = "music/creatures"
-    + :page: the curious case of Amon Tobin's Creatures
-
     % id = "01J8ZKEPGF9HDMRK2ERNM23FE2"
       content.link = "music/reviews/opn/i-dont-love-me-anymore"
     + :page: I Don't Love Me Anymore
@@ -51,3 +47,5 @@
 
     % id = "01J8YY31QJXGNQES5E5BS3WA26"
     - I don't want to be tied to SoundCloud with where I host my music, but don't currently have any infrastructure set up for where I could host it for people to listen to.
+
+

content/music/creatures.tree

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-%% title = "the curious case of Amon Tobin's Creatures"
-
-% id = "01JBAGT450TPYYB0W5Q3RB017W"
-- I bought Amon Tobin's [Bricolage](https://amontobin.bandcamp.com/album/bricolage) way back in September last year, but only today noticed that my copy seemed to be... corrupted?
-
-    % id = "01JBAGT450FFZVW4ZARD3TPNXG"
-    - while listening to it at work, I noticed it cut off suddenly at 3:50. what the fuck was that about?
-
-    % id = "01JBAGT450NCNMNF5HHPNPTRFK"
-    - so I downloaded the album again, and now the track is fine... but the pitch is different from the original?
-
-        % id = "01JBAGT4507W42V0ZJ963XFH9J"
-        - what a weird anomaly.
-
-% id = "01JBAGT45016EYB7FP5N0WJYD9"
-- on the note of Bricolage, did you know there's a track missing from the digital release? apparently due to some copyright issues around samples.
-
-    % id = "01JBAGT4508V8Q7DEK37W853PR"
-    - I love copyright law. (fuck copyright law)

content/music/reviews.tree

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-% id = "01JBAGZAZ9PPNSMWC8PES2CW0M"
 - welcome to the purgatory!
 this page used to host all my music reviews, but those have since been moved to [the music blog][branch:01J8YY31QJQJYW1TTYSHKB2AV1].
 

content/music/reviews/opn/i-dont-love-me-anymore.tree

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     - my mind was like, "how could you ruin your awesome track with these vocals?????"
 
-% id = "01JBAGZAZBMJKHQEJ37B0HBJDF"
 - I take a much different approach to listening to music nowadays.
 there's meaning behind these distorted vocals.
 there's a _vibe_ OPN was trying to craft here.

content/philosophy.tree

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         - but if you decide to stay please approach these thoughtfully and respectfully, with more
         of a a "this is interesting" than "I disagree with this" vibe
 
-        % id = "01JBAK8GABBRYFED4AMGC4BKTB"
-        - there's a reason I don't include these branches in [page:treehouse/new][] alright
-
 % id = "01HFYZKREV634J021ZMCDSP7G4"
 + :page: hedonic treadmill ([wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill))
 
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         % id = "01J1Q8SBGFTFAS3BRAGPZC1G0N"
         - even if it means being called an old fart at some point.
         timeless > trendy
-
-% id = "01JBAK3T1ZFWVQS5GK6B28MG3M"
-+ :page: "I build things"
-
-    % id = "01JBAK3T1ZMTJS5A9Z5VFFQR0V"
-    - aka how to sound like the most boring software developer ever.
-
-    % id = "01JBAK3T1ZCCJHXGMQSCJVEN93"
-    - I can't count the amount of times I've heard this phrase.
-    You say it, and it sounds so profound.
-    So grand.
-
-        % id = "01JBAK3T1Z2DX52MEK755C2NZH"
-        - *You. Build. Things.* after all.
-
-        % id = "01JBAK3T1ZW84TQ6SZBPSP0EQZ"
-        + but behind those no words is no substance.
-        You build things, so what?
-
-            % id = "01JBAK3T1Z7BPG32ZDD9Q5SZAX"
-            - [the film starts, the film ends. nothing is said inbetween.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SILVQpqmH7U){.secret}
-
-            % id = "01JBAK3T1Z09EMEVYZDWM1Z9MX"
-            - [humpty dumpty sat on the wall...](https://youtu.be/AIxY_Y9TGWI?t=475)
-
-    % id = "01JBAK3T1ZYGQTNCQTVFK3CF37"
-    - if you're so uncreative as to _only_ be able to say you build things...
-    yeah you're not very creative are you.
-
-    % id = "01JBAK3T1Z472KF0XFYZNNXA6Z"
-    - liquidex yells at cloud.
-
-        % id = "01JBAK3T1ZHGDQFZNYGY941QDX"
-        - there's a reason I call myself a programming wizard.
-        that one word tells you so much more about my nature than "I build things."
-
-            % id = "01JBAK3T1ZR1E3BPTTEQ1YDE0H"
-            - the wizard part is about wanting to go deeper, to explore every nook and cranny of the software I obsess over.
-            uncover arcane knowledge few to no people know about.
-
-    % id = "01JBAK3T1ZDXXXC5KEAZD0JWGA"
-    - fucking, EVERYBODY builds things in this industry, arrite
-
-        % id = "01JBAK3T1Z2N453PMF5Q2NZFDJ"
-        - "I build things" is something literally _every_ creative can say.
-
-    % id = "01JBAK3T1ZB00ANB28N21G2DZK"
-    + by the way here's a funny: <https://godly.website/>
-    have fun browsing bad UX design xoxo
-
-        % id = "01JBAK3T1Z3DE0D6EW7C5GAEB9"
-        - this website feels like it never had a UX designer look at it either.
-
-            % id = "01JBAK3T1Z8K7DZJZY3S0CJGWH"
-            - explore the [directory](https://godly.website/directory)---a list of categories, each of which is a link that takes up the entire width of the screen,
-            so you never have any space to autoscroll with your middle mouse button
-
-                % id = "01JBAK3T1Z506G168Q7GPW78QS"
-                - the fact the categories include boring garbage such as: "Agency", "E-commerce", "Startup", "Development", "Mobile App", "Finance", "SaaS",
-                and of course the badges on the front page start with "AI" and "Web3" tells you a lot about the creators.
-
-                "quality" my ass.
-
-        % id = "01JBAK3T1Z9N7ZA6BKER4EQPKA"
-        - this website doesn't even work without JavaScript, even though it's purely static content.
-
-            % id = "01JBAK3T1Z4FWSC4KEEQJJV669"
-            - look I know treehouse barely works without JS, but _at least you can read it._
-
-        % id = "01JBAK3T1Z6QSCGVE9PF9CWFGC"
-        - an entry on this website provoked me to write this.
-        I don't want to call out the specific one because it would be missing the point.

content/treehouse/new.tree

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 [read][page:programming/blog/haku]
 
-% id = "01JBAGZAZ30K443QYPK0XBNZWM"
-- ### the curious case of Amon Tobin's Creatures
-
-a weird anomaly I noticed while listening to some breaks
-
-[read][page:music/creatures]
-
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 - I was listening to Oneohtrix Point Never's _Magic Oneohtrix Point Never_, and had some retrospective thoughts about the distorted vocals in...