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I tried participating in that exercise of distilling my taste in games to nine picks, but I just couldn't do it. Instead, here's a list of 85 things that are variously important to me. backloggd.com/u/shy/list/s...

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'straight from the planet, with love' a list of games by shy | Backloggd

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 19h

Stevie Wonder has made countless imprints on the texture of my life, but one of the most recurring: I hold my cat in my arms and sing "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" to her at least once weekly

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 29/09/2026

I keep getting tempted to listen to "Choosin' Texas," but once I hit play I will lose the moral superiority of not having heard a single note of it. This is probably the least aware I've been of a Billboard #1 in my entire life lol

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 28/09/2026

Those four new Songs in the Key of Life-era Stevie Wonder demos are life changing. It seems shocking that for such a long and celebrated career, relatively little stuff has been released from the "vault." I know Stevie is a perfectionist, but he really ought to let us study more of his process.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 27/09/2026

at the credit union causing problems because the only pen in the building is dry

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 27/09/2026

Lost one of my heroes today. Slinger Francisco, also known as Mighty Sparrow, passed away at 91. Trinidad's most famous calypsonian, always infusing his songs with sharp political wit and humor. A friend and influence to many, including Van Dyke Parks. Here he is performing "Jean & Dinah."

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 27/09/2026

it's so healing for my neural pathways to listen to music all day. i can feel my brain creating new nodes

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 26/09/2026

I have been listening to Akiko Yano nonstop since seeing her live last week. Her '80s albums are so much fun and she is stunningly beautiful on every album cover.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 25/09/2026

Hello. I recounted seeing Haruomi Hosono's unforgettable performance at Radio City Music Hall last week. I'm still glowing from the experience. www.shy.center/p/haruomi-ho...

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Haruomi Hosono at Radio City Music Hall, September 16th, 2026

My review of the first of a pair of concerts supporting the musician’s 23rd solo album Yours Sincerely.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 25/09/2026

publishing a cute little piece on my blog tomorrow. get excited. :->

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 24/09/2026

started calling all my guy friends pharaoh and it's going platinum. it's like the highest honorific you can bestow upon a white boy

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 24/09/2026

alright, you've all worn me down. I will play the entire Trails in the Sky series. I hope you're happy.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 23/09/2026

I don't like being the coolest person in my city. I'd rather be an unremarkable person in a cool city

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 19/09/2026

collecting good photos of fire escapes

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 19/09/2026

I saw my mother, Akiko Yano, last night at Japan Society. She played folk songs with a shamisen and banjo player. I got her to sign my copy of To Ki Me Ki and she wrote "love" on it. I'm winning big time.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 18/09/2026

Holy grail document acquired

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 18/09/2026

Haruomi Hosono had a documentary crew following him around and they interviewed a bunch of people outside of the venue about why they were fans. They spoke to me and I'm nervous they'll use it. I think my answer was good but I looked so wet and sweaty from walking around in the NYC heat 😭

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 17/09/2026

Saw my favorite living musician play the best set of live music I've ever seen last night. Felt really special after spending weeks with Hosono's new record while I was reviewing it. When he played "Sincerely" I couldn't hold back the tears.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 16/09/2026

Good morning. I wrote a little love letter about Haruomi Hosono's 23rd solo record. The old legend is still bursting with great ideas as he creeps up on octogenarian status. Thanks for all the music. Sincerely, 💌 pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

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Haruomi Hosono: Yours Sincerely

Read Shy Clara Thompson’s review of the album.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 13/09/2026

another funny sign that I'm getting older: I'm getting more tempted to buy the artist profile magazines while checking out at the grocery store

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 10/09/2026

having fun writing again. it's over for you hoes

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 07/09/2026

logged into FFXIV on my switch 2 and felt a rush of emotions seeing my beautiful character that I have nurtured for over 2000 hours. I probably can't get back into this game, but like. it's good to see her lol

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 05/09/2026

I like that my phone prompts me to activate "extreme battery saver" when its health drops below 10 percent. phase three of the boss fight type shit

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 04/09/2026

the worst thing about having a three letter name is that nobody ever bothers coming up with cute nicknames for me. you have to add rather than subtract.....

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 01/09/2026

Very rare Jon cassette from 1994 ended up online recently. There's some delightful art and photos in the J-card.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 31/08/2026

It's Hatsune Miku's birthday today. You can celebrate by reading this piece I wrote with some rapid-fire history about Miku and her red and yellow friends. www.shy.center/p/triple-baka

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The Return of the Triple Baka

An examination of vocal synth fandom through one song and three characters.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 31/08/2026

It's Hatsune Miku's birthday today. You can celebrate by reading this piece I wrote with some rapid-fire history about Miku and her red and yellow friends. www.shy.center/p/triple-baka

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The Return of the Triple Baka

An examination of vocal synth fandom through one song and three characters.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 31/08/2026

it probably says something about me that my autocorrect thinks I wanna say lewd words even in situations when I don't mean to

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 30/08/2026

people that center their madoka magica criticism around their dislike of akemi homura are telling on themselves. you are simply against women going beast mode

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 28/08/2026

I know I have curated my timeline correctly when several people are posting about how sick the new Super Real Mahjong is

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 27/08/2026

the inscrutable urge, when you have something you need to write, to work on something completely different instead

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 26/08/2026

little known fact about my character design..... I kind of reheated nikki swapnote's nachos. she's my style icon

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 25/08/2026

it's been so freeing to realize that I'm not actually a boring person. I only feel boring when I'm talking to people that show no interest and don't try to bring my personality out. when someone knows how to ask questions and keep a conversation going they always end up loving me lol

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 24/08/2026

there's a weird and specific ache that I feel when I exchange instagram accounts with someone and all their most recent photos are a decade old. soft and hazy digicam photos, dreamlike apparitions of a different life. feels so intimate, like they're letting me into the recesses of their memory.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 24/08/2026

just finished rearranging some of my shelves. the top row of this one looks really cute

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perry @perryseity.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A comm I got to do for @shy.center in a sort of riso style! Thanks for commissioning me!

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 22/08/2026

Please Save My Earth (Production I.G, 1993)

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 21/08/2026

want to watch anime but there's been a guy outside my window with a leafblower all morning. he's moving the leaves around so well. too well.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 21/08/2026

good morning. the mississippi delta is shining like a national guitar.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 21/08/2026

I've been greeting my group chats in the morning by saying "every day is somebody's birthday" and nobody has yet clocked that it's a Round Table featuring Nino lyric

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 20/08/2026

I think I'd like kirby air riders more if the city was actually walkable

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 19/08/2026

let's go to the social security office in our 30s together

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 19/08/2026

I love clicking on someone's strawpage and it says something like "DNI if you are evil, hateful, or a criminal." how many respectful bigots have been repelled by reading this

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 18/08/2026

making a heart with my hands and holding it up to my window. can you see it? my internet is down, so I'm sending warm regards the old fashioned way.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 17/08/2026

My favorite recent book pickup is this guide to the music of Indonesian diasporas. It's got good history, artist interviews, and a glossary of records with credits and scans. Trilingual with everything in English, Indonesian, and Dutch. Wish this kind of thing existed for every country and culture.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 16/08/2026

getting really into thanking service workers by name after taking a really obvious glance at their nametag. they always get a laugh out of it

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 14/08/2026

I am not sure why, but writing a difficult email in a google doc is so much easier than doing it directly in the compose window. It's like I can feel the recipient staring at me.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 13/08/2026

I have such niche appeal, but to a specific kind of person that wants a music freak otaku pervert with piles of books everywhere I'm probably sooooo sexy

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