I've seen a lot of this, also, as if they're just online trolls or school bullies, and not the leaders of the world's only hegemon.

It seems so cruel that someone who was so viscerally connected to the physical world (I think often about how he came up with the idea for the Red Room by placing his hand on a car bonnet on a hot day) should no longer be a part of it, but if anyone can find a realm beyond that to explore, it's him.

I actually think being very silly, and alienating to devotees, is a core requirement for music biopics. It's practically a genre convention at this point!

I'm going to be exclusively wearing Reebok Pumps between now and cherry blossom season in order to signal the extent of my pumpitude/pumposity.

My faves of the year, since you asked, are Spectral Evolution by Rafael Toral (Mokai) and Paint a Room by Chris Cohen (Hardly Art). Those are the definitely the ones I've listened to the most so far, anyway!