Posted by: Billie
Thursday April 2 2026 12:31am
It’s been like 10 years ... where did time go




Posted by: Billie
Thursday April 2 2026 12:10am
Currently hyperfixated on The Manhattans and similar groups like Delfonics and Chi-Lites. Was gonna to take this to the grave but i got into The Manhattans when The Neighbourhood sampled Wish U Were Mine😭  


Posted by: Billie
Tuesday March 31 2026 9:21pm

At parc with Sickly talking about Virgil hate. I bought Figures of Speech before he passed. I go through it sometimes and am still shocked at how much he contributed to fashion and hip hop culture. Fuck everyone who says Virgil is corny. They never made the WTT or Yeezus or the Luv is Rage 2 or the LLA cover...


Posted by: Billie
Tuesday March 31 2026 9:05pm

Julia Fox’s PTSD. I remember reading Down the Drain and looking up these scans and being like damnnn she out larry clark-ed larry clark


Posted by: Billie
Sunday March 29 2026 11:31pm
s/o nadir, always puts me on. started his set ln with manuka honey



Posted by: Billie
Sunday March 29 2026 10:43pm

https://lookingfortroublemg.bandcamp.com/track/need-2-have-u-2


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Friday March 27 2026 5:32pm



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Friday March 25 2026 2:48pm



Posted by: Billie
Wednesday March 25 2026 2:43pm
The food prep service i have been working for since July is shutting down tomorrow. Life can change so fast. Some pics i took the other day to finish off this roll. It’s hard seeing everything half stocked and knowing i wont be back there after tomorrow. That silver fridge is already gone


Posted by: Billie
Wednesday March 25 2026 2:36pm
The four deluxe tracks on WTT are some of the best jay z and kanye songs. The Curtis Mayfield sample... the ragtime ass piano on Primetime... the opera on HAM... and i need a slow motion video rn... Feeling like hype williams shooting... so good it makes my head explode



Posted by: Billie
Tuesday March 24 2026 11:41pm
I was supposed to hit with the wall earlier buttt i got the last roll of film back from true/false so i sat down and did not get up until i made this post. Shooting film is so annoying sometimes because i had to finish and develop three separate rolls to get all my scans from that weekend😭 maybe its a skill issue and i shouldnt have shot over 3 different rolls on 2 cameras

Wall hitting is so fire when it’s not too hot. I be cooking in that box when its over 80



Posted by: Billie
Monday March 23 2026 2:53pm
trauma ray EP on repeat for the past month or so. AHS season 4 nachos


Posted by: Billie
Sunday March 22 2026 5:44pm
Rewatched Set It Off last night at parc. Hella crushing and still relevant. Need another Dre and Queen Latifah linkup



Posted by: Billie
Wednesday March 18 2026 2:40pm
Life was so good when this came out. Purple Reign and Project E.T. are two of my favorites. Had me on SoundCloud all day




Posted by: Billie
Tuesday March 17 2026 5:37am
I got woken up at like 1:30am by Colin coming in through the back door and i have not been able to go back to sleep.

For some reason it’s unbearably cold. Weather app says 19 but feels like 7. Looking through these pics Ryan took of us at Coopers a few weeks back over True/False weekend when it was hella nice out. I was munching on a Penn Station sandwich #shoutout Penn Station lemonade and fries. Also shoutout Ryan, these pics are exactly how i want to remember this day. Miss my friends already, it was so nice being together. Been a while since we were all in como.



Posted by: Billie
Sunday March 15 2026 4:36pm
Back when ratchet was a ratchet and a vixen was a vixen... and Jam Master Jay was alive... i was mixing

The writing on Marcy Me is peak. Never understood why people my age sleep on jay-z. I remember seeing a tweet from a 20 something year old questioning how jay-z sells records or who even be buying them. Then i saw a tweet under that talking about how The Blueprint came out on 9/11/2001 and people still left the house and went to Best Buy to buy that shit under threat of a terrorist attack.


Posted by: Billie
Wednesday March 11 2026 11:24pm
This photo was on my mind earlier. Summer 2023... we went ghost hunting or something (we flopped)



Posted by: Billie
Tuesday March 10 2026 11:21pm
Blueprint 3 playing all day



Posted by: Billie
Tuesday March 10 2026 3:09pm
Back in stl. Fun but exhausting weekend. Maybe got like 15 combined hours of sleep since Thursday. Also my first time getting towed ... from fucking papa johns. Alexa got towed from there too 🤣

Brenden and i went fishing yesterday. We caught upwards of 40 bass prolly. Tryna run it back soon and make that 100 bass



Posted by: Billie
Thursday March 5 2026 10:31am
Got into como yesterday for True/False. Very excited for this weekend
Natalie talking to Pearl on my phone at Uprise



Posted by: Billie
Saturday February 28 2026 5:03pm
https://wilhelminamusic.bandcamp.com/album/book-of-spells
Wilhelmina putting Pinoys on the map


Posted by: Billie
Thursday February 26 2026 10:19pm
Watched this today. It led my thoughts back to what i wrote recently about the importance of gear



This guy was doing ny street photo on digital. Bernie OG came up to him and said he’s ‘not a real photographer’ because he doesnt shoot film. (valid take). When the uploader was rebutting, he said something like, ‘it’s the photographer that makes the images, not the camera.’ Made me think about what i wrote about Hiromix and the Big Mini.


Posted by: Billie
Thursday February 26 2026 9:58pm
Spending a lot of time in Illustrator lately
Good music to do it to
And some nerds gummy clusters and a shot of espresso




Posted by: Billie
Thursday February 26 2026 1:54pm
Long as they got a little class like half days...



Posted by: Billie
Saturday February 21 2026 12:08am
Junya CDG shirts
My mizzou screen printing project from a few years ago derivative of this collection


Posted by: Billie
Thursday February 19 2026 11:36am
Missing my Konica Big Mini. It ‘died’ back in July when i dropped it at Materia. It still kind of works sometimes but it eats my film. It was such a good camera. I replaced it with a Pentax Espio Mini, which is arguably a ‘better’ point and shoot, but i really miss holding the Big Mini. It had some kind of je ne se quoi... the build is so shitty and a lot of them fail for no reason (granted it is like 30 year old tech), but there was just something about it. 

Now it just sits on my side table as ‘decor’


This photographer Hiromix documented 90s youth culture and girlhood in Japan. She notoriously used Big Mini models. 

https://sabukaru.online/articles/hiromix-shaping-the-identity-of-90s-japanese-female-youth



Posted by: Billie
Tuesday February 17 2026 11:49pm
Watched Wuthering Heights. Im hip on the adaptation whitewashing discourse but it was shot well and the sets and score were pretty. Whole theater was white girls and they were sobbing and sniffling by the end it was kind of comical

My coworker told me that Lloyd came in a few days ago... I shouldve been there 😭



Posted by: Billie
Saturday February 14 2026 5:18pm
Indecisive about flyers. I make like 14 versions and hope i can pick one. Excited to come home for True/False. I linked Billy and materia three years ago during T/F 2023. This time is always nostalgic



Posted by: Billie
Tuesday February 10 2026 11:17pm
At the Arch
Thinking about the Terri Joe tubi movie #tubi



Posted by: Billie
Sunday February 1 2026 3:43pm
I wonder what this song would be if drake kept it





Posted by: Billie
Thursday January 29 2026 5:11pm

https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/the-game-confirms-past-relationship-with-mya-says-she-dumped-him-after-he-cheated-with-his-baby-mama.4998498/


Posted by: Billie
Wednesday January 28 2026 10:13pm

Just found out Aura was initially called Burqa but Interscope wouldnt let her release this


Posted by: Billie
Wednesday January 28 2026 8:20pm
Finished Entourage... incredible show. Has its fair share of issues like being shallow at times and retcon and some seasons tanking and some characters not feeling fully developed, but its a fun watch. Fun time capsule of pre influencer 2000s Hollywood. Also has an incredible soundtrack. Recommend to anyone who likes celebrities and is okay with the political incorrectness and misogyny of the aughts, like sex and the city or scream queens. All shows merely reflecting the times


Posted by: Billie
Wednesday January 28 2026 2:35am
Snow Strippers tour bus



Posted by: Billie
Sunday January 24 2026 10:58pm
Thinking about juicy nerds clusters... would be eating them rn if i wasnt snowed in



Posted by: Billie
Sunday January 24 2026 4:03pm
Sundance reviews have me excited for the new Gregg Araki movie. I feel like a decent chunk of the dreampop and shoegaze i listen to can be attributed to his movies. His Amoeba haul and Kaboom put me onto some awesome stuff. Was thinking about Kaboom when listening to that Airiel comp last night



Posted by: Billie
Saturday January 24 2026 9:29pm
Entourage finale tonight. Enjoying the light pollution from the snow and this Airiel compilation


Posted by: Billie
Saturday January 24 2026 3:32pm
Snow day... been listening to my uncensored Artpop CD. Fuck R Kelly but that original Do What U Want is so iconic



Posted by: Billie
Friday January 23 2026 1:51pm
Love this album cover. Wish i could steal the name dj food



Posted by: Billie
Wednesday January 21 2026 4:08pm
This Hooverphonic album is so fire


Posted by: Billie
Tuesday January 20 2026 4:25pm
Baby-G my parents got me in third (?) grade. Miss it and i dont think ive ever gone a day in my life without wearing a watch. Maybe when i took standardized tests (which i all bombed🤣)



Posted by: Billie
Tuesday January 20 2026 4:19pm
Thinking about this scent. Its like Jazz Club and Tobacco Vanille and By The Fireplace... it reminds me of some taxi rides ive had that smell like cigarette smoke stuck in cloth upholstery. And its phenomenal. I need a full bottle, maybe ill get one after i finish Exit The King. Ive been wearing Jazz Club since my mom got me the MM replica set for my birthday in 2020. Theres nothing wrong with it, i just think i smell it on too many art students and my individuality complex is suffering


Posted by: Billie
Tuesday January 20 2026 4:15pm
I forgot how i found this song but it was either from reddit or youtube comments... someone said this is remniscent of an Aaliyah track and its #True



Posted by: Billie
Friday January 16 2026 11:54am
New Rocky. Thinking about my Testing japan merch that i havent seen for like 5 years. I hope to god its somewhere in my closet at home and my mom didnt take it to goodwill



Posted by: Billie
Thursday January 15 2026 9:33am
I was talking to my parents about movies when i was home for Christmas. My dad told me to watch Highest 2 Lowest and my mom told me to watch The Age of Innocence, saying color was used well. I watched both but i havent been able to stop thinking about The Age of Innocence. It was too raw

Scorsese said Age is his ‘most violent film.’ Theres no blood or actual violence but i have to agree... the confines and boxes made by society blah blah blah but its facts

God this movie made me feel things. The food scenes, dissolves, sweeping camera work, and iris shots (made me think of AHS coven lmao) were top. Set design and all the material objects and rooms and lavish things were so excellent. All the mise en scene made for an immersive setting of 1870s high society... theyre richer than God and theres like not a single poor person in this movie. The central conflict and basically the whole plot (to have Newland’s problem) was a privilege in itself lol

I think Age is pretty underrated. Also the opening opera scene reminded me that i should finish Goethe’s Faust



Posted by: Billie
Wednesday January 14 2026 10:59pm
Happy birthday madi ... shoutout Ranoush the midwest needs more spots where u can order a cup of coffee and a hookah at 9pm



Posted by: Billie
Wednesday January 14 2026 3:38pm
Deftones trip hop today ... also wish Team Sleep had more music


Massive Attack Protection sample on the Drive cover is so awesome


Posted by: Billie
Tuesday January 13 2026 6:05pm
Awge is back


Posted by: Billie
Sunday January 11 2026 6:13pm
Scrolling on linkedin


Posted by: Billie
Saturday January 10 2026 7:36pm
Watching Entourage
Photo kali took of me and natalie playing bioshock. We were getting freaked out



Posted by: Billie
Monday December 15 2025 7:40pm
Listened at work today



Thinking about doing the #slowjamzchallenge where i only listen to artists namedropped in Slow Jamz for a week (i made this up) (i just think it would be fun)


Posted by: Billie
Saturday December 13 2025 11:38pm
Gotta be of my favorite songs. So much better after the aaliyah sample cleared


Posted by: Billie
Saturday December 13 2025 4:23pm
New cards. Fedex messed up the margin


Posted by: Billie
Saturday December 12 2025 3:08pm
keep those Eyes Wide Shut... Fidelio


Posted by: Billie
Thursday December 12 2025 3:37am
#HWOTD headwear of the day
Henry Jawnson craigslist mohair beanie


Posted by: Zain
Thursday December 11 2025 2:03am

Diddy actin a fool in a wig


Posted by: Billie
Friday December 5 2025 11:33pm
Lou Reed


Posted by: Billie
Thursday December 4 2025 6:48pm
Watching Diddy netflix doc

Isnt this great? Your flight leaves at eight
Her flight lands at nine, my game just rewinds




Posted by: Zain
Saturday November 28 2025
zain first post
michel gondry


Posted by: Billie
Wednesday November 26 2025 12:30am
#home in como for thanksgiving

1:12 mark. TV writing was so good
You know, I'm tired of hearing people complain, "I'm riddled with this disease!" or "I was in that tsunami!" To them, I say, "Shake it up a bit! Get out of your box! Even if that box happens to be where you're living." I'll often yell at homeless people: "Hey, how's that homelessness working out for ya? Give not being homeless a try, huh?" You know something, Ohio? It's not easy to break out of your comfort zone. People will tear you down, tell you you shouldn't have bothered in the first place. But let me tell you something: there's not much of a difference between a stadium full of cheering fans and an angry crowd screaming abuse at you. They're both just making a lot of noise. How you take it is up to you. Convince yourself they're cheering for you. You do that, and someday, they will.


Posted by: Billie
Tuesday November 25 2025 7:59am
Jennifer Connelly in Requiem for a Dream


Posted by: Billie
Monday November 24 2025 9:20pm
Stuff i listened to today at work
Color Plus

and this
Probably favorite jay song
plead the 5th when it comes to fam
like a dog i never speak but i understand


Dipppsetttt
This classic
Last but not least, this whole album. In My Mind prequel. Pharrell and Clipse over the raekwon beat is crazy. The way the end of every song cuts out 😭


Posted by: Billie
Monday November 24 2025 9:04pm
Last week i saw this Complex list of today’s 25 best dressed celebrities: https://apple.news/AeEOoqABtayl9SM2Tiw8melg87Q

- chalamet should be like top 15... not last
- yachty should be higher
- interesting listing jim jones, but not cam’ron

My biggest beef is listing chalamet last. Mf has awesome style and taste in literally everything. Hes definitely someone i look to for that kind of stuff. Like yes i was already going to buy the 990v5s and then the 990v4s and the vivienne bones choker (rep!) and the cpfm cudi entergalactic hoodie (real.. unfortunately) (resale hurt) the prada re-nylon (rep!) but he gave me a sense of confidence in my purchases. I know, i can be too influenced by parasocial relationships. But who else am i supposed to look up to and bite from, if not celebrities who have no clue i exist



Posted by: Billie
Sunday November 23 2025 11:49pm
Been updating my website all day and listening to MJ’s Dangerous.. She Drives Me Wild and Who Is It


Kind of on the topic of MJ, Maria has been stuck in my head. Going off that, i think abel is the closest thing to MJ today. To give Bieber credit, he sounds pretty close to MJ right at the end of Maria, but i think DD solidifies that spot. I have a whole list on my notes app from last year when i was debating myself on this topic. I need a hobby probably but i do think the weeknd sounds like him on Valerie and these other songs



Posted by: Billie
Saturday November 22 2025 6:47pm
Second post in an hour and a half. I have a lot of things to say with no ears to listen. But i wrote this down in my notes app yesterday because its just so important to me. Kind of.
Playas we aint the same im into caine and guns
Chopard with the fishes make the facelift numb...

Another line
Pyrex stirs turn to cavalli furs
Full length cat when i wave the kitty purrs

Anddd this one
Coke money clean thru merrill lynch
Accountant just gasp at the smell of it

Shoutout VA. One day i will be back...


        Posted by: Billie
Saturday November 22 2025 5:23pm
Ive been into 2010s nostalgia recently. Been listening to Thank Me Later and Take Care tracks like Practice and Make Me Proud. Cece’s Interlude makes me sad because i think Drake is too famous now to make something as simple as that again. Also been listening to Miguel. All I Want Is You and Kaleidoscope Dream are some amazing albums. I feel like Miguel and Abel were two of the last genuinely solid contemporary r&b artists of the 2010s.


I always used to skip Lotus Flower Bomb when it came on Pandora. It took me a minute to get around to it. Listened to it so many times today. Amazing song, very nostalgic, even if that nostalgia is hating it at first because i misjudged it as a 10 year old. Maybe one of the most romantic rap beats ever. If i was Solange and this was written about me, i would probably never feel anything close to this ever again.

I miss being a kid and finding all this music on internet radio. My parents listened to a lot of stuff but never really listened to anything r&b. The most r&b album they played around me was Sade’s Soldier of Love. But that is a really good album. It was fun to discover that i liked rap music and Drake was basically the coolest guy on Earth to me at this time. Shoutout Pandora. 

I got to first hand experience the peak of so many artist careers and watch their decline. #backintheday day people used to think Wale was next up. I havent heard too much from him outside of Ambition. Zain sent me Attention Deficit the other day and 90210 is a pretty awesome track. Wish i listened to it when it came out so i could have that nostalgia factor. The way things make me feel has always been more important to me than how objectively ‘good’ they are. I hate listening to music or watching movies with the purpose of ‘conquering’ or deeply understanding them if i dont care about them otherwise, like i was required to for film and art and lit classes at Mizzou. If it sucks im turning it off. Sorry cameron winter. This also applies to food like i love a hole in the wall. Last year my guncles took me to a restaurant in Denver with a star and they served the most whack food ever. They even brought out a pigeon which they called ‘squab’ but wallahi they just took that shit off the street. “Zero waste” Michelin star restaurant = paying $250 a head to eat dead birds from the side of the road. Whole time i was googling where the nearest Mcdonalds was...

Factoring in nostalgia makes me wonder how ‘good’ the music in the 2010’s actually was. I wanna say everything was objectively better. Not that it matters. I rarely listen to any newer r&b artists. I wish i did. It doesnt feel the same, the beats arent there. Gone are the days of A&R and labels being relevant and artists like Aaliyah and Brandy who got their start in church choirs. Anyone with garageband and meta ads could be up next.

Anyways. This is my first post on this stream of consciousness blog. I write bullshit like this all the time on other outlets. Ig stories, my notes app, in my performative Moleskine. But i guess im expanding my digital footprint today for better or worse. Hope some of the things i end up writing about on here give you a new perspective or something to hate on or gawk at or be slightly entertained by. I have some bad takes and whack opinions so its okay to think im crazy. But youre on my website and youre reading this, so you must care what i think at least a little.

Thanks to all the haters i know g-4 pilots on a first name basis...