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Finished reading "Tokyo These Days, Vol. 2" by Taiyo Matsumoto.
The continuation of the story in which a retired manga editor tries to launch an independent anthology, pulling together artists who are all quietly worn down by the industry in different ways.
Same unhurried, melancholy register as vol. 1, more meditation on creative integrity vs. commercial pressure than plot. The night-time Tokyo transition art is gorgeous.
4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Tokyo These Days, Volume 2
The winner of multiple Eisner Awards, author Taiyo Mats…

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The Hickeys:
🎵 Melancholy Baby
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https://ihatehickeys.bandcamp.com/track/melancholy-baby
https://open.spotify.com/track/7kqJWb9C2yhrGn8LoEgXJS

Sonnet 045 - XLV
The other two, slight air, and purging fire
Are both with thee, wherever I abide;
The first my thought, the other my desire,
These present-absent with swift motion slide.
For when these quicker elements are gone
In tender embassy of love to thee,
My life, being made of four, with two alone
Sinks down to death, oppress'd with melancholy;
Until life's composition be recured
By those swift messengers return'…

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Gorillaz:
🎵 On Melancholy Hill
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https://open.spotify.com/track/0q6LuUqGLUiCPP1cbdwFs3

MEMORY, MELANCHOLY AND NOSTALGIA - 11th International Interdisciplinary Conference
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Autumn, season of melancholy, yields memories of the past.
Always been a big fan of Anna-Varney Cantodea's.
https://youtu.be/fDIbH99zLQg 🐐
> He is giving quite an importance
> To his frightening and urgent concern,
> He says: "I have come to be your transformer... -
> I'm your doctor, half goat and half man."
>
> He says that this house will soon crumble
> And that I am going to suffer as it falls.
> He says: "let me in now and I'll be your saviour... -
> I'm your healer with hooves and horns!"

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow
Gorillaz:
🎵 On Melancholy Hill
#Gorillaz
https://jxhofficial.bandcamp.com/track/gorillaz-on-melancholy-hill-jxh-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/4ercRiJZl8kBm8vfPaNjrl

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #InTune
Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis:
🎵 Bebop (Jump Start - The Master of Melancholy)
#WyntonMarsalis #JazzatLincolnCenterOrchestra

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Queen:
🎵 My Melancholy Blues
#NowPlaying #Queen
https://open.spotify.com/track/5N1zayOUARv8cL5mLE7rqL

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MechanicalBreakdown
Tout Debord:
🎵 Melancholy
#ToutDebord
https://tout-debord.bandcamp.com/track/melancholy
https://open.spotify.com/track/0MooIjJ4LOrdpZ4UfByyrQ
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ComposerOfTheWeek #COTW
Alice Mary Smith, BBC Singers & Gabriella Teychenné:
🎵 Lover's Melancholy
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