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A Review of For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) by Japanese Breakfast

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Introduction  Despite being strawberry blonde and a man, I thoroughly enjoyed Listening to  For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women). I've listened to and enjoyed all of Japanese Breakfast's albums so far and I was glad to find out that their latest release was no exception. I choose this album mainly because I was listening to it as I was reading the project instructions and thought it lined up to perfectly not to do it. I also chose it because I find joy in sharing music I like to others. Below is a video of Japanese Breakfast performing a song off of their new album live on The Tonight Show. Description For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) is the latest release from the indie pop band Japanese Breakfast. Its their fourth full length album. the band is lead creatively by the lead singer Michelle Zauner, who is also famous for her book Crying in H Mart. She was born in South Korea and raised in Eugene Oregon. Japanese Breakfast started as a solo project of Zauner's...

My Thoughts on the Netflix Series Adolescence

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Describe:  I watched the Netflix crime and drama series Adolescence . The show stars actor on the rise Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller, Stephen Graham, the co creator and who you may know from his roles in  Snatch (2000) and This Is England (2006) as Eddie Miller, Ashley Walters known for being a member in the rap group So Solid Crew and for his role in Top Boy (2011-2013) plays DI Luke Bascombe, and Christine Tremarco from The Leaving of Liverpool (1992) and Swallow (2001) as Manda Miller. The first episode throws you into the nightmare of being woken up by a police raid. The Millers are scared and confused as the police take Jamie into custody on murder charges. The episode follows the chaotic process of getting booked and interrogated. Jamie denies it and his dad Eddie obviously believes him until the police show them a video of him committing the crime where the episode ends with both of them crying. The entire episode is shot in one continuous take, no cuts, no edits. In fac...