Well, I’ve been trying to force myself to write more about Chinese music, so I guess I’ll put a link to my neocities website here. This one is specifically about the Chinese-Canadian band Gong Gong Gong. Hopefully it’s not too obnoxious. Gong Gong Gong is fairly well known, so I don’t feel as bad about writing the normal self-absorbed nonsense I always end up with.
I am still trying to figure out how to write about music in a way that feels ok to me. This post originally started out analyzing the band’s sound and lyrics, asking about what it means to have a drummer-less rock and roll band – that kind of stuff. But it just felt so silly for me to write that way. It’s not like I know anything about music. And there’s already a decent supply of that: see Fung you-Chung’s review of Tom Ng’s old band, quoted here for their album’s reissue. So instead I ended up writing in a very different style. I’m not sure if there’s any value to it, but maybe someone will find it interesting.
Beyond that, there’s also a few (more embarrassing) essays about other things on there. They’re there mostly because I’m trying to get out of the habit of deleting everything I ever do.
I want to say that I’ve been very inspired by @wickedcestus ’s substack, which I don’t comment on enough. I’ve always written dumb essays and stories, but they’ve mostly stayed hidden away on my hard drive. Reading wickedcestus’s stuff has convinced me that maybe there is some value in forcing myself to post it online, even if no one will read it, or I’ll get attacked for how stupid I am. I was planning to say this stuff anyways, but it’s interesting that his most recent post was specifically about this dynamic and these feelings. Anyway, read his newsletter if you haven’t already!
