Happy Fuma Day! What does that mean? It means that today is Fuma’s birthday! Who is Fuma? He’s the sub-leader of &TEAM! If you’ve seen me posting gifs for the past month, you might already know a little about &TEAM … Continue reading The 6/29 Happy Fuma Day Thread
I’m seeing SCANDAL tonight! Yay! To celebrate this exciting fact, here are two SCANDAL songs. Why two? Because one isn’t enough! And three feels like pushing my luck. Enjoy! Have a nice night/day! 👹 Continue reading The 6/27 SCANDAL Night Thread
The championship round! Continue reading Best Simpsons Song Tournament – Top 2
It’s the Semi-Finals! Continue reading Best Simpsons Song Tournament – Final 4
Yesterday was the longest day of the year, but today is pretty long too, and it’s going to be a very sunny day where I live. Also, no one signed up for the OT. So that means more hastily chosen … Continue reading The 6/21 「Sunny Day」 Thread
Check out this great song and music video from Perfume. I especially love their outfits in this one. They look so pretty and flowy and soft! Have a nice night/day! 👹 Continue reading The 6/20 Perfume Night Thread
Our quest to determine the best song from The Simpsons continues! Continue reading Best Simpsons Song Tournament – Sweet 16
First round of the tournament to decide the best song from The Simpsons. Continue reading Best Simpsons Song Tournament – Thrilling 32
Nominate your favorite songs from The Simpsons right here! Continue reading Best Simpsons Song Tournament – Nominations
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Still traveling today, so I’ll just share Gen Hoshino’s (星野源) new album, in case you haven’t listened to it yet. Because you should! And, as always… What have you been … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 28, 2025)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! The first ever Music Awards Japan will be live streaming on YouTube May 21 and May 22. If I wasn’t traveling right now I’d be watching these live[footnote]Yes, in the … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 21, 2025)
This is my favorite tree. The one in the featured image. Do you see it? Yeah, that one. It’s my favorite! Not my favorite type of tree. My favorite individual, specific tree. It’s in my backyard. And it was planted … Continue reading The 5/16 Day Thread’s Favorite Tree
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I promise I held back for as long as possible…but today is the &TEAM header. If the last few weeks are any indication, I suspect it won’t be the last. … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 14, 2025)
Amanita Design, a Czech indie developer, is well-known for their various point-and-click adventure games that incorporate a unique and immersive art style, quirky characters and puzzles, and strongly atmospheric music. Their first full-length game, Machinarium (released in 2009) is no … Continue reading The Relaxing 5/13 Day Thread Listens to Some Atmospheric Tunes from Machinarium
This Night Thread is a sequel to the Day Thread, as we are taking a look at the soothing music of Anodyne 2: Return to Dust. Released in 2019, six years after the first Anodyne, Return to Dust serves more … Continue reading The Relaxing 5/12 Night Thread Listens to Some Melodies from Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
In 2013, developers Melos Han-Tani and Marina Kittaka of Analgesic Productions released Anodyne, a weird little indie game inspired in part by the older Legend of Zelda games. When I first played last year I was a bit meh on … Continue reading The Relaxing 5/12 Day Thread Listens to Some Anodyne Tunes
Another Night Thread was open, which means I have another one of my favorite singers to share! This time, it’s syudou, who is also a vocaloid producer. He’s responsible for Ado’s massively popular breakout hit “Ussewa” 「うっせぇわ」and he creates a … Continue reading The 5/11 syudou Night Thread
My header series on relaxing video game music that I love listening to continues with Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. Ender Lilies is a 2021 Metroidvania noted for its beautiful visuals, difficult boss fights, and – most relevant right … Continue reading The Relaxing 5/11 Day Thread Listens to Some Ender Lilies Melodies
Let me preface this by saying that I’ve never played the indie platformer Dustforce. And yet one part of it has had a lasting impact on me – the soothing electronic soundtrack, composed by Terence Lee, aka Lifeformed. For the … Continue reading The Relaxing 5/10 Day Thread Listens to Some Dustforce Tunes
Keina Suda (須田景凪) is one of my favorite singers. The first time I heard his voice, I was hooked. Just love everything about his sound. This The First Take performance features one of my favorite songs, “Darling”「ダーリン」, which is from … Continue reading The 5/9 Ghost Pop Night Thread
