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October 21, 2009
 asimaiyat posted a comment to "Après Moi" by Regina Spektor.
"I see it as being about trauma, and struggling to get over it. IMO she's saying that she can't give in to despair because that would be like admitting that she's letting the person who hurt her win. Thanks to the people who provided the Russian translation! Really interesting...." (view)
June 21, 2009
 asimaiyat posted a comment to "Calculation Theme" by Metric.
"One thing nobody has mentioned is that the synth line in the song is a sine wave -- the aural interpretation of the graph of a trig function. It underscores the song's theme of the relentlessness of numbers; I think it's supposed to be a little frustrating to represent the..." (view)
February 10, 2009
 asimaiyat posted a comment to "Dancing Choose" by TV on the Radio.
"A flash tattoo is a tattoo that someone chose from the wall of the tattoo shop, instead of doing research or creating a custom design. Generally it's something generic like a star, butterfly, "chinese proverb" or whatever. People who are serious about tattoos tend to look down on flash because..." (view)