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# New year's kiss
- URL: https://the-well-architected-cloud.com/blog/new-years-kiss/
- Published: 2022-01-02T22:59:40.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-18T12:23:23.000Z
- Description: Chapter almost IV, the timeline hangover
- Author: Sascha Fedorenko
- Tags: Newsletter, #substack, #substack-type-newsletter, #substack-access-everyone, #Import 2026-08-18 11:52

Already January, but some claim it’s [still 2020](https://covidstandardtime.com/?ref=the-well-architected-cloud.com).

This week’s Best Band Ever™ is another no-more project.

[Owen Ashworth’s short songs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casiotone%5Ffor%5Fthe%5FPainfully%5FAlone?ref=the-well-architected-cloud.com), played in C, on the white notes of Casio keyboards, are a brilliant, even if sad, manual on how to be lonely and can be best described by what Gary Numan said about his own music:

> All my \[early\] songs were about being alone or misunderstood.

Difficulty level: *Hurt me plenty*

Take care and happy new year.

PS. This post is also 100% GPT-3 free.