“Turns out, you really can’t do that,” says Callaghan after illegally crossing into the United States as a US citizen. In the background are carefree Medellín boys who want to end up in Nashville meeting Taylor Swift. There’s a tornado watch here and I rehearsed a putative Handel trio-sonata with AS this morning. When the rent came due I was listening to Taeko Ohnuki again and reading 村上春樹 — “アフターダーク” and considering the stories that 村上春樹 tends to tell about women. Are those stories supported by the gendered idol culture of Japanese pop media? How does that culture coexist with manga portrayals of queerness? If I grew up there the answers would be natural to me and possibly as unexamined as xenophobia is in my home culture. — Drawfee put me onto “nightcore” as an umbrella genre containing, arguably, all of kiyosumi even in their new album release. Or, if not “contains,” at least “tangents.” — In the meantime DCFC’s “Plans” (thanks, BC) found me with Adam Young’s emo-tinged vocals and A Beacon School’s sound and synths. Must get ND to compare this latter.