for every published review, i've assuredly listened to, read, or otherwise seen a great deal of art between publications—and as much as i'd love to write about all of them, they take time. but i still want to have a curated place where recommendations can be softly shown, to some capacity or another. so this is that place!

please take these ratings with a grain of salt though, due both to my varying competency in their reasonings for such a broad collection, along with the breadth of 'good' ratings there are; a flat two is the true 'middle' between the bounds of zero and five, and to a certain extent any flavor of two has some deal of positive experience tied to it. i just wanted to reserve more space for what i think to be truly fantastic, keeping a four a good deal more exclusive—with a perfect five only being given to deeply (& personally) transformative works.

so a more competent breakdown would look something like this:

perfect 5 — idiosyncratic & ineffable
high 4 — 'objective' or subjective perfection w/o the other
flat 4 — near-flawless and often astounding
light 4 — fantastic & important; the cut above
high 3 — pointedly & abundantly great
flat 3 — undeniably very good, maybe w/ mild trip
light 3 — breadth of highs w/ noticeable gap
high 2 — great potential, falls flat too often for comfort
flat 2 — middle of the road, likely passable
light 2 — made caringly but w/ overwhelming mistakes
high 1 — not good; good idea(s?) somewhere
flat 1 — not good; hint of a good idea
light 1 — not good; w/o love granted
absolute 0 — impressively incoherent

but again, tastes change subtly all the time, and this is ever-updating, so it's always malleable

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