Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Steven Smith

@durianmilkshake.bsky.social

58 followers 26 following 1.6K posts

I write a weekly newsletter on the latest Japanese "City Music" with an accompanying playlist. It is free! 🚫No AI is used!🚫 Newsletter: https://neocitypop.substack.com/ Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ojdY5RKVdES4RcvGFB6fJ?si=f7cda9e7015b4c

neocitypop.substack.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · Dec 12

A Starter's Guide to Neo City Pop

The format of this graphic is inspired by (stolen from) @earfeeder.bsky.social. I posted this on Twitter a year ago, but it looked like they weren’t using Twitter by that point so there’s a good chance they didn’t see it.

A disjointed ‘flowchart’ of album covers suspiciously similar to those created by the ear feeder folks. There are small notes explaining some connections between the different albums.

A Beginner’s Guide To NEO CITY POP
Origins:
Dorian - Melodies Memories
Traditional City Pop Course:
Hitomi Toi - Surfbank Social Club
FNCY - FNCY
MIME - YIN YANG
maco marets- Waterslide III
Kan Sano - Ghost Notes
Dance Pop Course:
iri - Groove It
SIRUP - FEEL GOOD
TENDRE - Not In Almighty
Shin Sakiura - Note
Rock and Disco Course:
Suchmos - THE BAY
LUCKY TAPES - THE SHOW
Nulbarich - GUESS WHO?
Vaundy - STROBO
Jazz Course:
Melraw - PILGRIM
SUKISHA + Kiki Vivi Lily - Over The Rainbow
ASOBOiSM - OOTD
TAMTAM - We Are The Sun!
Punipunidenki - Sogyo

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 14h

No, that would be Lady in my Life

Albumism @albumism.com · 14h

"Human Nature" is the best song on Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' (1982). Agree or disagree?

album.ink/MJThriller

1 1

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 19h

One of the first CDs I ever bought

Albumism @albumism.com · 22h

Yasiin Bey (a.k.a. Mos Def) released his debut solo album ‘Black On Both Sides’ 26 years ago on October 12, 1999 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/mosdefBOBS

Reposted by Steven Smith

Albumism @albumism.com · 22h

Yasiin Bey (a.k.a. Mos Def) released his debut solo album ‘Black On Both Sides’ 26 years ago on October 12, 1999 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/mosdefBOBS

6 28

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 1d

Check out the playlist below, featuring brand new music from chelmico, Sam is Ohm + Rachel + YonYon, S.A.R, Satoko Shibata + Elle Teresa + Le Makeup, CRCK/LCKS, Shota Aratani, Special Favorite Music, luv, Sala + Rikuto Nagira, and Summer Eye
open.spotify.com/playlist/1oj...

NEO CITY POP CYCLE

open.spotify.com

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 1d

Check out my picks for Japanese music this week:
open.substack.com/pub/neocityp...

NEO CITY POP CYCLE vol.3 iss.09

Theme Songs

open.substack.com

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 1d

I know I’m supposed to be doing a newsletter right now but this just came in the mail 😩

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 1d

Wack song that fits in the playlist or amazing song that doesn’t go with anything else?? Pressing decisions

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 1d

Couldn’t finish the newsletter last night because of work and there was a song I couldn’t find anything nice to say about, so I have to pick a replacement. I’m out all today, so stay tune..

Reposted by Steven Smith

Albumism @albumism.com · 1d

Happy 20th Anniversary to DANGERDOOM's (a.k.a. Danger Mouse & MF DOOM's) collaborative album ‘The Mouse And The Mask’ originally released October 11, 2005 | Listen to the album + read our tribute by @jesseducker.bsky.social here: album.ink/DangerDoomMM

1 4 14

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 2d

open.spotify.com/track/0qsx24...

I'm You: You Are Me and We Are You (Pt Me & You) - Remastered 2018

open.spotify.com

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 2d

open.spotify.com/track/1yl37l...

lure

open.spotify.com

Reposted by Steven Smith

Dee Phunk @deephunk.bsky.social · 2d

Just because emojis are unicode and you can use them in filenames doesn't mean you should actually do it.

1 6

Reposted by Steven Smith

Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 2d

“performing is what sort of keeps me going. I have to sing, if it’s in the alley to a wino. I have to sing. Even if it’s just to myself, because that’s how I express how I feel.” -- D.J. Rogers
medium.com/p/1556de4e8173

“The Message is Still the Same”: The Soul Gospel of D.J. Rogers by Mark Anthony Neal

I picked up a tattered copy of D. J. Rogers’ It’s Good to be Alive, from a street vendor in Harlem, sometime during the Spring of 1991. By…

medium.com

1 3 8

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 2d

What The heck is “Unknown?!?!”

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 2d

This album was madness! Real gym/lifting music 💪

Albumism @albumism.com · 2d

Happy 25th Anniversary to M.O.P.’s fourth studio album ‘Warriorz’ originally released October 10, 2000 | Listen to the album + read our tribute by Ben Pedroche here: album.ink/MOPWarriorz

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 2d

open.spotify.com/track/3zeyP0...

Brokenhearted

open.spotify.com

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 3d

open.spotify.com/track/1bUymO...

Jinsei wa mix nuts no kumiawase

open.spotify.com

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 3d

summereye.bandcamp.com/track/urasoe

浦添 Urasoe, by Summer Eye

track by Summer Eye

summereye.bandcamp.com

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 3d

Oh and it's a 3K cover!? We need a new.. uhh.. I don't know, iri Yebba cover lol

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 3d

There is a new Robert Glasper and Norah Jones song. We need a new TAAR and iri song now. Those are the rules

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 3d

open.spotify.com/track/0sqtxq...

Mitena

open.spotify.com

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 3d

Sunny Day, Broken Hearted, Always on My Mind

Albumism @albumism.com · 3d

Think fast...what three songs do you think of first when you think about Brandy?

album.ink/Brandy

Reposted by Steven Smith

Sklutecase @sklute.bsky.social · 3d

“your honor, I submit that my client Shawn Corey Carter has never taken a class that could be construed as teaching ‘tae bo’. In fact, at the time of the recording in question, Mr. Carter was not aware of any such fitness program’s existence.”

Dee Phunk @deephunk.bsky.social · 3d

Could you imagine if Jay-Z took Columbia Records to court in 2001 bc Nas called him a "Tae Bo ho" in "Ether" ?

2 7

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 3d

Not actual factual legal precedent for “you can say whatever you want in the context of a rap battle” 🤣

Dee Phunk @deephunk.bsky.social · 3d

I can't stop laughing at this bit right here. 😂

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 3d

NEW: Federal judge dismisses Drake's defamation case against Kendrick Lamar storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Steven Smith @durianmilkshake.bsky.social · 3d

Same thing with Full Clip! If there’s one thing people love, it’s losing one of a multi-vinyl Gang Starr release