yt-channels [music]
ambiance a great channel that consistently posts 90s/early 2000s jungle/dnb from the likes of ltj bukem/peshay/etc
acceljoe another good channel that posts primarily pc-98 music, along with vgm and other electronic stuff
vgm hall of
fame
another channel for finding an obscure-yet-great pick of old and new vgm
asian
shoegaze
a channel that primarily posts asian shoegaze/alt stuff, generally only full albums and not comps/live stuff
distortional
addict
like the previous, but bigger - posts live videos, full albums, and comps of japanese music of all kinds from shibuya-kei to shoegaze to altrock
pc music official channel for the pc music label, go chase those data packets people!! would rec listening to the pc music comps (1&2)
fareastrecording official channel for the far east recording label - which hosts loads of cool electronic/house stuff, really fun! go listen to omodaka (their early channel aesthetic is unmatched)
sunsetcorp the og channel that hosts videos from the 'memory vague' album/release - including the original video for 'nobody here' by oneohtrix point never
mg archive an archive of all of machine grrrls mixes, some live stuff+singles+other things? its nice if u dont use soundcloud tho
rare my no1 fav uploader for phonk/trap digicore soundcloud songs and compilations, the goat
yt-channels [other]
metal scar one of the best channels for simpons clips/compilations, easy background watching material (for free), frequent uploads 2
hobbes sakuga channel that post semi-frequent sakuga (作画) MAD's (basically, cool anime animation+music), generally themed ie machine sakuga, explosion sakuga, fighting, etcetera
n-o-d-e posts videos relating to tech news, cybersecurity and other cool edgetech, with neat graphics and visuals (i love his casio mod videos)
fashion
tokyo fruits zine archive a link to 50 odd issues of the tokyo harajuku fruits magazine that focus on 90s/early 2000s street fashion, loads of cool inspo here
y2k aesthetic
institute
one of the best tumblr pages for (especially) y2k fashion inspo and y2k design, from fonts to history to architecture
misc/fun
1tb of kilobyte
age
a tumblr page that posts a screenshot from the geocities archive every 20 mins
noclip a cool website that lets you explore virtual world files from a variety of nintendo/other games, like mario kart, hl2, etcetera
google gravity i spent so much time on this page back in primary school (literally just old google with physics)
music
yogurk great archive for "discovering" digital copies of a wide range of hard-to-find japanese releases (make sure u use ublock & the universal bypass extension)
(clone)vaporwave libary project a clone of a site which archives vaporwave music from across the years. dont sue me..
initial d cd source a source to find digital copies of basically all currently released initial d cds that someone totally didnt rip
useful resources
halycon.ooo a link to a resource page which hosts a small collection of useful resources, such as cybersecurity stuff, protest gear guides, design standards/manuals and other stuff (shout out @gum_mp3)
b-ok.cc an absolutely masssive libary of free ebooks/epubs/pdfs - if you can name it its probably here and is absolute gold for edu textbooks
vimms lair large archive for discovering old games and roms, has an extremely wide selection including N64, PS2, Dreamcast, SNES, Saturn, Wii, etcetera, etcetera
web design
museum
a museum of old websites - with links to web archive links. useful for looking at old html and pulling stuff but also just fun to look at
name-that-colour a website which easily allows you to access color/hex codes via a color wheel, used this while making this website!
glittertext maker a simple retro glitter text maker! used this for my linkbox and big ol logo at the top of the page! inspiration taken from aquamiki
cpunk glossary an old website that houses a massive list of cyberpunk slang - drawing from shadowrun, cyberpunk 2020 and other sources
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