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  1. hayden del rey liked a post in a topic by house of balloons in AJay Deluxe   
    my day just got significantly better 
  2. Elina liked a post in a topic by house of balloons in AJay Deluxe   
    my day just got significantly better 
  3. jaesana liked a post in a topic by house of balloons in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    I'm out of the loop, what did kintsugi mean when he said 'New Music.' ? The leakfest? 
  4. MagicalTrancePotion liked a post in a topic by house of balloons in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    I'm out of the loop, what did kintsugi mean when he said 'New Music.' ? The leakfest? 
  5. house of balloons liked a post in a topic by Manson in Tropico [Collector's Edition Vinyl]   
    In celebration of the latest leaks that made us wonder and fall in love with Tropico all over again...
     

     
    "TROPICO" Collector's Edition
    Dark-blue marbled vinyl
    3 new tracks from the Short Film
     
    I actually created all tracks with the FLAC files and the HD Tidal version of the short film. It's a real experience - give it a listen down below!
     
    1. Genesis (Intro)
    2. Body Electric
    3. Walt Whitman's I Sing the Body Electric (Interlude)
    4. Gods & Monsters
    5. Allen Ginsberg's Howl (Interlude)
    6. Bel Air
     
    https://anonfiles.com/ofLaqbi1zc/tropicoLP_zip
     
    I took out all talking by John, Marylin etc. so it's just Lana, the narrator and the lovely "You're always on my mind" by Elvis after Bel Air. I cut the Interludes in a way that they actually work for a listening experience - trimmed them, made transitions, so there's no minute of just sound effects which just work when you actually watch the short film. I really like how this turned out. Lemme know what you guys think!
     
     
  6. DLT liked a post in a topic by house of balloons in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    I'm out of the loop, what did kintsugi mean when he said 'New Music.' ? The leakfest? 
  7. house of balloons liked a post in a topic by Im a ghost now in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Pre-Release Thread: OUT March 24th, 2023   
    HOLD UP
    isn't the long acronym track 11? And remember when people asked Kintsugi about track 11 and he replied with this 👴 emoji
    imo that definitely confirms "grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he’s deep sea fishing"
  8. house of balloons liked a post in a topic by rosemeadexclusivebbnewyorkcity in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Pre-Release Thread: OUT March 24th, 2023   
    Grandfather, please stand on the shoulders of my father while he's deep sea fishing 
  9. house of balloons liked a post in a topic by The Stargirl Pinky in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    When the rest of Taco Truck opens the second surprise album 
     

  10. house of balloons liked a post in a topic by Surf Noir in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    "that fuck ass baby"
     
    that is very nasty and disrespectful, and the fact that 25 people upvoted that...
  11. house of balloons liked a post in a topic by mkultraviolence in A&W   
    Some of the lyrics remind me of her poem, Bare Feet on Linoleum.
     
    A&W:
     
    Bare Feet on Linoleum
     
     
    My thoughts from the first time I read Bare Feet on Linoleum years ago and how I think it relates to A&W:
     
    In BFOL it seemed to me like her mother told everyone she was crazy at the expense of Lana's feelings and dignity. Like her mom chose to protect her family's reputation by lying and throwing her daughter under the bus. Lana seems to corroborate this in A&W with the line "do you really think that anybody would think I didn't ask for it?". With all the references to being a whore, I think Lana's mom could have told the townspeople (as she calls them in BFOL) that her daughter is a slut, a drunk and/or crazy. Maybe her mom did that to protect the reputation of the person who might have raped her. Also, when Lana uses the word "treason" in the stanza 6 line, "it's been a real fight just to stop my mind from committing treason", I thought that the act of treason could be to go against her family. She would "betray" them and be a traitor to her family. I imagine her mom could have used words like that when she was younger to make her keep quiet. Something along the lines of: If you tell you will ruin our family. You are being selfish, only thinking of yourself and not the lives of your parents, grandparents and siblings that you will end up destroying. This may be affirmed by the A&W lyric: "I'm a a princess. I'm divisive". Patty might have told Lana that she's spoiled and dividing the family apart. 
     
    Lana has used the word "home" in some of her recent songs and poems. Stanza 9 of BFOL: "Would standing in front of Mount Rushmore feel like the Great American homecoming I never had?". I've always interpreted that as a metaphor for her coming home from boarding school back to Lake Placid. With the rest of the context of the poem, I assumed her mom continued making up lies while Lana was away when she had no way to defend her own truth and dignity. Returning home would have felt like a slap in the face as she learns that the people in her very small town have been whispering rumors about her. Furthermore, at the start of the BFOL audio you can hear android-like voices chatting as if at a dinner party. Some of the conversation I can make out is, "You are a good/fantastic/interesting conversationalist. Your stories are mesmerizing. People love your stories. People love my stories. You have plenty of interesting stories". I think this could be about the stories and rumors her mother told. Or maybe this is Lana's story. "Didn't testify, already fucked up my story," she sings. Patty might have dismissed Lana's allegations by telling her and the whispering townsfolk that she's just making up stories. "Oh, she just makes things up. She is a great storyteller, isn't she!". Now, going back to BFOL. The chattering voices are heard in the background throughout the full audio recording. Towards the end they start getting louder and remain that way even after Lana finishes her poem. At the very end, while the voices continue talking, Lana whispers along with them, "People love my stories. People love my jokes". I also connect the chatter heard in the poem to this line in A&W: "Do you really think I give a damn what I do after years of just hearing them talking?". Additionally, when she sings, "I'm invisible", this could be thought of as her voice being drowned out by all the rumors. Her voice becomes lost in a sea of lies and people no longer hear her or they choose to not listen. 
     
    "It's not about having someone to love me anymorе," Lana sings. She follows this with, "This is the experiеnce of being an American whore". Here Lana might be saying that she is no longer looking for the "warm embrace [she's] never known" as she wrote in BFOL. She is no longer looking for the love she was denied. Now she is going to be a whore. Maybe she uses sex to cope. It might also mean something like: "You called me a whore when I was just a girl. You said to everyone in our town that I'm a whore. Fine, you want to call me a whore? I'll show you what it looks like when I'm actually a whore."
  12. earthferreira liked a post in a topic by house of balloons in Sky Ferreira   
    leak everything 
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    leak everything 
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    leak everything 
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    leak everything 
  18. Elina liked a post in a topic by house of balloons in Sky Ferreira   
    leak everything 
  19. DealerBitch liked a post in a topic by house of balloons in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    People who were saying this was UV/HM tier, I just want to talk 
  20. house of balloons liked a post in a topic by fishtails in Peppers   
    I'm pretty sure the criss cross is just the braiding of the hair lol
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