what is this I don’t even

Dear whoever decided that, in a two record set, putting side A and side C on one record and B and D on the other was a good idea, please shoot off your big toe.

Because in no world does that arraignment make sense. It is also making turning this record set into a CD HARDER THAN IT WOULD BE NORMALLY. Because suddenly I have to look at the track list for C instead of B, because I forgot that the flipsides were all wonkied like this while running them through Audacity.

BLARGH.

https://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/kirkwallhellmouth/21199306064/tumblr_m17wi6Hupm1r8xbqt?plead=please-dont-download-this-or-our-lawyers-wont-let-us-host-audio
http://kirkwallhellmouth.tumblr.com/post/21199306064/audio_player_iframe/kirkwallhellmouth/tumblr_m17wi6Hupm1r8xbqt?audio_file=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fkirkwallhellmouth%2F21199306064%2Ftumblr_m17wi6Hupm1r8xbqt

ladykleo:

dmann-rjm:

BEST ENJOYED WITH HEADPHONES

LEFT EAR: Mandarin version.

RIGHT EAR: English version.

It appeared right under Shepard boxing with Vega gifs on my dash. Hypnotizing. XD

This is one of those things that is epic to the point that I am misty-eyed from the sheer awesome.

Crows live a long time, and are monogamous. If the male crow dies, the female will never take another mate (compare this to the story of the turtledove). Crows take responsibility for feeding their offspring, and escort their young in flight. The crow’s voice predicts rain, and the crow is said to be able reveal ambushes and foretell the future. Crows lead flocks of storks when they cross the sea to Asia. When the crow finds a corpse, it first pecks out the eye.

Crow, from the Medieval Bestiary (via medievalthedas)

For musical reflection of this eye-pecking, see “The Twa Corbies.” Which is one of my favorite morbid traditional ballads.