#and making more cds

[do-you-have-a-flag]

old mp3 player propaganda for you:

predates planned obsolescence that pushes you to upgrade to the exact same product every year

saves you phone battery by being a dedicated seperate device

no streaming reception issues no buffering

easily portable

full control of order or shuffle

NO ADS

actually pocket sized yes even for annoyingly small designed pockets on women's trousers

conscious music curation, even if you are discovering new music elsewhere you have to decide if you like it enough to keep it in regular listening

more tactile than touch screen smart devices so you can use the controls without looking

actual radio inbuilt no subscription needed

audio jack for headphones or speaker means no faffing around with adaptors or bluetooth charging or connecting to the wrong device or losing connection

no notifications

surprisingly durable

many mp3 players are still multimedia devices with voice record and text or video viewing functions

yes you still might use your phone for the internet or games but also consider no external access to the device without physically plugging it into a computer as a security function

small device kind of cute kind of fun to look at and hold in ur hands like a small creature kind of fun to decorate and accessorise with

my one specifically i was able to download the software from the brand's website because they still have the software and manuals available for discontinued tech and it works no problem, even the battery life still seems fine which i can not say for ANY of the phones i got in the last decade

#anyway i truly believe if we make mp3 players trendy retro tech #like records and y2k nostalgia for cd players #we might get some variety in the current market who knows #sorry to be An Old about this but i like having the option for a less connected device so i can use my more important devices better

[lab-gr0wn-lambs]

hot garbage 👇

#making Lori the main character was a mistake there are 0 fun clips of her. she just vanishes after the intro don't worry about it #''journey doesn't quite go as planned'' yeah ya girl fucking died lmao #the context for where the hell all these other people came from is nonexistent #but there's 11 seasons of this shit and I can't find the clips I'm thinking of so #fuck it #I have more important deadlines rn lmao #there's a few clips I had that I'm sad about leaving out but this shit is already too long #I rly wanted the one of Rick putting in that CD and Daryl being like ''please don't-'' #also Daryl being horrendous at driving stick with Rosita and Denise #wanted to have everybody bopping to that song drawing the walkers away from the movie theatre... #Carl crashing the car in front of Enid... #the rollerskates... #but alas #twd

[tenchikotheartist]

Frick it, we ball

KISMET HEADCANNONS for some future fan stuff I wanna make... Goes with this post kinda

Under a cut because it's LONG (the fixation has been REAL)

Gen

They band was formed shortly after the events of Trolls 1. It's the only way they make sense in my mind's timeline.

Branch was trying to get more involved with Troll village without relying on Poppy to connect him with people. He formed his own group of friends, and they became Kismet after realizing how much they enjoyed harmonizing/performing together.

These guys give me frat boy energy for some reason. They just collectively become more chaotic when they're around each other. Yes, even Branch. He and Hype play hot potato with the braincell because otherwise, nothing would get done in this group.

As they got to know one another, teasing one another became their primary love language. Lots of jabs and quips will fly among them when they're together, but they each know it's all in good fun.

Branch

Branch kept his involvement in the band a secret because, well...y'know. He has complicated history with being in a boyband, so he wanted to explore his feelings about Kismet without being bombarded with input from people outside the group.

He's fond of his friends and genuinely enjoys being a part of the band though! He just wants to be sure he's a part of this boy band because he's happy being with them and not because he's trying to recapture something he'd lost 20 years ago.

At first, the others were (understandably) hurt by Branch's desire to keep his place in the band a secret, but after he explained his reasons, they were willing to support him.

They were absolutely thrilled when he finally becomes open about the band though!

During the secrecy period, when he performs in Pop Village, he hides his identity behind a disguise that somehow works (Branch, every time it works: "wtf????"), and he goes by a stage name.

Hype

Officially the group leader, but he's more of a mediator than anything. He relies on the rest of the group to give their input for any big band decisions, but he coordinates band meetings, schedules gigs, and works out compromises if there's any group conflicts.

He and Branch had been childhood friends before The Incident(s) estranged them. Back in the Troll Tree, they'd been neighbors whose parents (Branch's grandma; Hype's mom) set up on frequent playdates, so they'd been really close.

They reconnected after the events of movie 1, Hype introduced Branch to Trickee and later Boom. Trickee brought in Ablaze and the rest was history.

Hype is a social butterly but he's otherwise one of the more calm personalities in the group. He feeds off of other people's energy and is a bit of a people-pleaser. Luckily, he's pretty good at finding the right crowd to run with, otherwise he'd probably land in so much trouble.

Boom

Hype's cousin, and a big party person! Before the band took off, he DJ'd at a party venue in Pop Village. That same place was also where Kismet got their first gig!

He loves loud music and flashy parties where he can shine on the dance floor and make memories people he may only know for a night.

Peak ADHD Energy™. He's a chatterbox. He has no volume control. He tunnel visions so hard, he becomes that B99 headphones meme. The man has cool guy syndrome, no doubt about it!

For the creation of the Band earliest albums, Boom took charge as the producer. He loves messing with music, mixing and remixing sounds on his free time and experimenting with the genre.

Trickee

A thrill-seeking menace to society. He's adventurous and loves taking huge risks for the adrenaline rush. He's the type of guy who would go down a waterfall in a barrel or ski down a dangerous mountain just to see if he survives it.

Everyone in the band is in agreement about protecting Trickee from his own shenanigans. They are 70% of his self-preservation senses.

He also loves a party scene and can often be found with Boom leading the charge towards any good time.

You know that sense of dread before performing in front of a crowd? The way your belly flips and your heart races and you're sure you're shaking hard enough for everyone to see? Trickee lives for that shit when he's in the band. The jitters can get to him, for sure, but afterwards, the man is LIVING from coming out alive on the other side, and he's sharing that thrill with everyone else in the band!

Ablaze

A Rock Troll who has lived among the Pop Trolls since he was a teenager. He stumbled across them while looking for a place to belong, and despite what he was raised to believe about Pop Trolls, he came to love their warmth and friendliness. So he moved in and let everyone assume he was just an odd-looking Pop Troll.

He an Trickee are housemates (podmates?)--not for romantic reasons but because they're longtime friends. When Trickee moved out of his family's home, Ablaze invited him over, and they liked the living arrangement enough to keep it permanent.

At first, Ablaze isn't open about his identity as a Rock Troll, but as he grew closer with the other members of Kismet, he came out to them. By the events of Trolls 2, he's open about being a Rock Troll.

Ablaze's personality sits somewhere in the realm of both chaotic and laid back. On the outside, he's usually pretty chill, but if Boom or Trickee have trouble afoot, Ablaze is usually there egging them on in the background, much to Branch's dismay.

He becomes extremely energetic when he's performing. The more exciting the song, the more vibrant he becomes! The energy is one of the reasons he loves pop music so much, but he can also get hyped from performing rock music. He gets kinda intense though lmao.

The first time the rest of Kismet sees him jamming to rock, they're like "OH. He's definitely a rock troll O_O" They support their rock-n-roll brethren 🤟😔

He has a special interest in fire, particularly fireworks. Back in Pop Village, he even made a business of it, making small rockets, sparklers, and other celebratory items for all your Pop party needs.

Anyway that's all the headcannon stuff I'll share for now. Hope y'all liked reading xD I'm really hoping my attention span will stick around long enough for me to share more in the future, because this fixation has been A Time™/pos

#dreamworks trolls #trolls #trolls branch #trolls hype #trolls trickee #trolls boom #trolls ablaze #kismet #trolls kismet #kismet cc #kismet cd #headcannons #tenchiko has spoken #no art #apologies for any misspellings or the like #I really wanted to info dump before I make more stuff to throw in the queue

[silverview]

pacific rim is just newt's fantasy about his bizarre and dangerous sexual fetish being the only way to save the world

#a little monsterfucking can save the world! but watch out #pacific rim #newt geiszler #cd #idk if this will even make sense to anyone other than me im so obsessed and sleep deprived #it's so hot to me that he's such a fucked up little deviant...i have more to say but i better leave it at that. for now. #he's like the colin denham to his own david knight #rrrr chews off my own arm

[spearxwind]

Ough tomorrow if ppl are interested i can talk abt my new oc ideas from today bc Im actually really excited about them 👉👈

#thunderclap #i know I can't draw as fast or as much anymore but hopefully i can show stuff soon even if its from my sketchbook #which ive taken up again at least for a little bit #i have plans for HR that I mentioned earlier today and i also have plans for CD that Im really hyped about including a bunch of design #tweaks and i also started working on a new map for it too! which im really excited about bc I'm putting more thought into it #and im gonna change graves' hairstyle too and im rly excited for that as well #and also back to HR im really hyped to be putting the other ocs in it and having everyone fight and interact it really fit so well instantly #its actually making me crazy like if this works im gonna feel like such a huge genius fr

[naradreamt]

#hide #hideto matsumoto #x japan #hide with spread beaver #vkei #denno scans #I gotta make more scans at some point but I still have screenies I haven't posted #from that complete works CD-ROM #one day I would love to try and get the music and videos to work on it ; honest to god

[transgender-battlekukku]

Tails' Romance Panic!

#i loooooved designing carrie here :) #sth #archie sonic #sonic x #sonic boom #miles tails prower #carrie the coypu #fiona fox #auto fiona #fiona the fox #cosmo the seedrian #zooey the fox #traditional art #traditional drawing #btw carrie's palette was slightly based on amy's blue palette glitch from sonic cd #to make her more related to eric and his blue echidna glitch thing

[queenkinqs]

midnights (2022) redesign that i never actually finished

#i was gonna do a whole booklet + cd packaging redesign myself but then my highschool photoshop subscription ended cuz i graduated LOL #wanted to make the album look more synth pop-y while still focusing on the depressing aspects of the album #taylor swift #midnights #tswiftedit #taylorswiftedit #candy swift #art tag #shut up birdy #i need someone to hold my hand and show me how to pirate photoshop like a real man

[simcardiac-arrested]

unleashes the horrors upon you (the horrors are my gay little ocs)

#hello gays come get yalls food #myart #yes the design notes are all useless. except for like ris’ one maybe #his design is very square bc he is. er. evil #anyway i really like how they all turned out :) my little guys #didn’t even struggle with the colors for that long (lie) #ok maybe some actual design notes or something similar #wt and ris both have lighter hair streaks and wrinkes bc they are. old👍 #and also ris and soar have the same hair and eye color. if u care #cd still has their fucked up eye of course <3 i like what i did with the hair too #bro cuts it themself it’s soo choppy and messy. but it’s ok it adds to the gamer charm #fta has heart shaped hair because. i want hearts to be part of his design tbh #like the gardener has a heart too. so #it’s bc he likes cute things btw. but he won’t admit it so don’t ask him #son giving you the tbh stare…. i feel like they are the type of autistic to make uncomfortable amounts of eye contact #they just dont know when to stop or look away #also their hair is matching with wt’s yayy!!! found family win i think #i mean with son it’s more like forced family but yknow #oc: weaving tales #oc: recognition in spirit #oc: cognitive dissonance #oc: spins on axis rapidly #oc: fates torn again #oc: speaks of nothing

[rascal-rose]

Anyone gonna talk about this weird ass image that shows up if you put a certain code in antonblast's sound test screen

clean version and translation under cut

"blasting is ∞ with summitsphere" (apologies if any of the symbols is wrong I did use google translate :") )

#antonblast #dynamite anton #dynamite annie #fun fact one of antonblast's inspos is sonic cd which if why I had a brain blast to make this image #inspo is probably for more sound design wise rather than looks/gameplay but I'll still take it #drawing #digital art #wish I knew anything about sprite making so I could make it look more legit :'')

[munchboxart]

I don't know if any of you listen to physical media since I know everyone and their mom has Spotify (or Soundcloud, I use both ✌), but if you listen to CD and Cassette, which ones do you like more? Storage, listening, for literally any reason.

I'm thinking about making an either CD or Cassette collection, as Tatsuro Yamashita doesn't do streaming services and it makes me think which one to get. Though, a lot of my favorite albums have CDs... (Nagisa Cosmetic, Contemode's 2 albums, Capsule, I'd also like to get my hands on Serani Poji's albums one day too).

CDs probably sound better (not 100% sure) but Cassette players look way nicer than. Circle Walkman 💀 Though nothing doesn't stop me from getting both too, I suppose

#vinyl too expensive nuh uh #oh to be a music head #grew up during the era where the world was making its transition from phys to digital unfortunately #so i only got glimpses of phys media. it makes me sad #tbh overall i still like digital as its cleaner and less waste but phys is also more interactable... #i think abt that one tiktok of that mom whos going thru her CD collection and does not want to get rid of all of them #i get it #etc

[nose-coffee]

ur supposed to get one period a month yea? not me. i'm periodmaxing. we're on the fourth month of the year and guess how many periods i've had. brother, we are solidly on no. 7

#fuck off lou #my post #i know this is bad and yes im trying to figure out why this is happening #if i wasnt anemic before i sure am now #losing more blood than a stabbing victim #how was there only four days between my last one ending #and this one starting #a damn mystery to me ill tell you that much #i want to rip my uterus out and replace it w a cd player #make better use of the space ya know #but i cant even get my tubes tied until im 23 #like hell are they gonna let me throw the whole ute out #but guys. what if he sucks. like doc i kbow youre just doing your [patriarchal] job #fr. get real. he sucks. hes a bastard. he hates me and wants me dead #lemme kill him first it will be SO so funny #in other news. i may be in hell

[averagedettlaffenjoyer]

this might be a bit controversial but the Good Guys wouldn’t stand a chance against the Wild Hunt under 100% fair circumstances - as in not taking out Imlerith while he was under the influence and not battle-ready, teaming up on Caranthir or forming an alliance with Eredin’s literal viceroy. also here is a little parallel that summs up both side’s attitude pretty well imo

(dont get me wrong i am not trying to shit on the Good Guys for literally fighting for their lives, i just think that the way the Red Riders never fight dirty goes underappreciated)

#like caranthir taking on eskel by himself even though he had a bunch of men with him #or imlerith literally THROWING AWAY both his weapon and shield after he disarmed vesemir #just some little details that make me like them even more #caranthir took both ciri and geralt and when he was going down he was 100% going to take geralt with him #i like the spirit #the witcher #witcher #the witcher 3 wild hunt #cd project #eredin breacc glas #aen elle #the aen elle #caranthir #caranthir ar feiniel

[anotherpapercut]

I went to a show tonight and decided to get a CD from one of the bands and the guy asked me if I actually listen to CDs or just collect them lol

#not in a prove youre a real music fan kind of way more just making conversation i just thought it was funny #i asked what cds they had and he was like this is our first one dont buy it ill give it to you for free #and this is our full length. ill also give it to you for free. #i was like thats ok lol ill pay for this one. it was only $3! ofc ill buy it bro lmao i was planning to buy both! #he also gave me a little matchbook #earlier in the night hed come up to thank me for coming out and at first i was reading smth abt fob and not paying attention #but then i realized what was going on and i was like im so fucking sorry i was zoned the fuck out #he was nice. i wonder if he gives all the theys free cds

[silverview]

🥜

#charlie kelly #iasip #cd #fc #'a good episode' means there's a scene where charlie's munching on a little snack for no particular reason #it's cute and it makes the world feel more real #and he needs to keep his energy up for hijinks! and soak up the booze! and he's my little guy and he deserves it!!! #also the weird little condescending shrug he gives the twins is so funny #eats a peanut at you (derogatory) #also the way he's just letting the debris pile up on the bar like an animal is sooooo

[butch-bakugo]

It still blows my mind that no body wants to own movies or CDs. Like I don't like not owning any movies or shows I like and wanna rewatch. Maybe I sound like a boomer but I'm not planning on paying for Netflix for the rest of my damn life just for this one movie I love that their hosting. Imma go on the internet and get the DVD.

We really shouldn't allow these streaming services to kill DVDs and CDs. We should not let them kill physical media. They want you to not have a physical copy, so that when you stop paying, you don't have access to the product your paying for. Buy more CDs. Buy more DVDs. Buy a damn VCR. I mean shit, a fucking Xbox or playstation can play any DVD, blue ray or not. Your car has a radio for a reason.

Don't let them kill physical media. Because if or when the cards fall, you'll be left with nothing.

#levi speaks #listen im not the type to be like all streaming services are bad #there are some good ones #but dont contribute to somethign you know is killing your ability to access it without their help #they make more money for you paying every month for a netflix and Spotify subscription then you going out and buying the dvds and cds #subscriptions make more money than one time purchases #and you've been raised that thats normal #it isnt #its greed #what happened to personal piracy? #burning cds with your favorite tracks #recording movies off the tv #lets bring digital piracy back #cause theirs no way im paying $7 a month just to listen to one song #im finding the youtube lyric video on the internet using the ytube to mp3 downloaders and listening to that file all on my own #fuck you netflix and spotify and every other bs service #except for shudder shudder is fine #shudder is baby girl and highlights young small horror artists #fuck everybody else #the only reason i can justify netflix is because they have enough Netflix exclusives that make it worth it #they dont put their money where their mout is in terms of representation tho