Motley Is A Fool's Uniform

Quite enjoying this one at the moment.

Lord of Mysteries is an occult horror mystery set in a pseudo-Steampunk world with very deep lore. And yes it is a donghia (Chinese anime) for those purists reading this. The lore is great, the story excellent, and the characters are great. And the animation is superb. Highly recommended. Season 2 is out in 2027.



Other anime I enjoyed this season included Clevatess, a very old school fantasy anime both in terms of animation and story (and a fantasy not drawn from the standard elf-game derived anime tropes), Isekai Mokushiroku Mynoghra, which had cheap animation, nice dialogue and characters, and was an interesting variation on the isekai trope, and the second season of Dandadan continues to be as crazy as ever.

Hannah Ferguson, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cheek Media Co, addresses the National Press Club of Australia in partnership with Women in Media on “The election of influence: how new media will shape the future of Australian politics”.

Attended my first (and sadly only) Fringe show for this year, An Inaccurate History of Electronic Dance Music by Xani, a talented violinist from Melbourne who I first encountered in a much earlier Fringe as part of The Twoks. She is renowned for looping her music digitally, building up musical soundscapes just using her violin. Occasionally, as in this case, she is joined by a drummer to add percussion.

This concert (and the album) is based on a set of podcasts she did whilst trapped in Covid lockdown. Each featured a different style of electronic dance music (the distinctions between the various types is something that, like the distinctions in jazz or heavy metal, is pretty much lost on me).



I was joined at this show by the most excellent Dalmeny. Sadly whilst there was a dance floor cleared but I was unable to indulge. [I last danced to her music at a small gig where I was about twice as old as most of the other attendees.]

Xani is off to Tailinn next month to play in their International Music Week. She was collecting funds to send her to Estonia, but I only donated to the fund to bring her back afterwards.

As an addenda was saddened to discover that Róisín Murphy played at Womadelaide on Saturday night. This is the second time I missed seeing her live by finding out after her tour finished (I would definitely of headed across to Melbourne or Perth to watch Moloko live). Apparently it was a most excellent show. Oh well. I probably wouldn't have survived Womadelaide.

One of my favourite anime subgenres is the villainess omote. Here is an excellent analysis as to why.

Having needles stuck into your eyes is not the most fun thing in the world. Trust me.

I felt like having a good happy cry again.

Here's another fun dance routine that was thrown my way by the YouTube algorithm..