#*. fallon ford.

[deckardsdwelling]

[Esquires “Explain This w/ Harrison Ford” - 5/31/23]

— WDD

[heartrendcrs]

SEND ME A SHIP AND I’LL TELL YOU… / fallon + benji

SEND ME A SHIP AND I’LL TELL YOU…

Who’s the cuddler? Benji, but Fallon will also reach out for it every once in a while.

Who makes the bed? Fallon, she hates doing it but therapy tells her it's good to do so she does.

Who wakes up first? Benji, if she's not working? Fallon will asleep in and enjoy every second of it.

Who has the weird taste in music? Fallon because it's mostly from tiktok.

Who is more protective? Fallon but that's literally because she thinks Benji is genuinely a better person than she is and he deserves protecting.

Who sings in the shower? Benji, and it's adorable.

Who cries during movies? BOTH. One will start and the other will be like fuck it's down hill from there.

Who spends the most while out shopping? Benji but only because Fallon is cheap as sin.

Who kisses more roughly? Depends, mostly whoever is more dominant in the moment or who is trying to prove a point.

Who is more dominant? It's a push and pull for it to be honest.

My rating of the ship from 1-10: 10/10 They are amazing but they are also just babies and need some time to bake but ugh I love them so much already.

[nessa007]

Brett Goldstein on working with Harrison Ford The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (October 2024)

[pupsmailbox]

NEUTRAL LEANING MASC NAMES ⌇　abner.　 abram.　 adam.　 adrian.　 alex.　 alistair.　 andreas.　 ariel.　 arlen.　 arley.　 arlo.　 ash.　 atlas.　 auden.　 august.　 austin.　 avery.　 bailey.　 baron.　 barrett.　 baylor.　 beauden.　 bee.　 bellamy.　 bennett.　 blair.　 blaise.　 bowen.　 brayden.　 brendan.　 bronson.　 bryce.　 byron.　 caius.　 caleb.　 callahan.　 callan.　 calloway.　 callum.　 camden.　 cameron.　 carlin.　 carson.　 casey.　 cassian.　 chandler.　 chase.　 cody.　 cole.　 connolly.　 corban.　 corwin.　 cyrus.　 dallas.　 damion.　 damon.　 daniel.　 darius.　 davis.　 dawson.　 daylon.　 denver.　 desmond.　 devin.　 doran.　 dorian.　 drew.　 elian.　 elias.　 ellery.　 ellison.　 emery.　 ethan.　 evan.　 ezra.　 fallen.　 farren.　 finley.　 ford.　 foster.　 gabriel.　 gannon.　 garner.　 gavin.　 gentry.　 graham.　 greer.　 griffin.　 guthrie.　 harley.　 harlow.　 hartley.　 hayden.　 henley.　 henry.　 heron.　 hollis.　 hunter.　 ian.　 irving.　 isaiah.　 jace.　 james.　 jameson.　 jared.　 jeremiah.　 joel.　 jonah.　 joran.　 jordan.　 jory.　 josiah.　 jovian.　 jude.　 julian.　 juno.　 justus.　 kalen.　 kamden.　 kay.　 kayden.　 keaton.　 kellan.　 keller.　 kelly.　 kendon.　 kieran.　 kit.　 kylan.　 landry.　 lane.　 lennon.　 leslie.　 levi.　 leyton.　 liam.　 linden.　 lowell.　 luca.　 madden.　 marley.　 marlow.　 marshall.　 martin.　 mason.　 mathias.　 mercer.　 merritt.　 micah.　 miles.　 miller.　 milo.　 morgan.　 morrie.　 morrison.　 nate.　 nevin.　 nick.　 nicky.　 nico.　 nicolas.　 noah.　 noel.　 nolan.　 oren.　 orion.　 owen.　 parker.　 percy.　 perrin.　 peyton.　 pierce.　 porter.　 preston.　 quincy.　 quinn.　 reece.　 reid.　 reign.　 rein.　 remi.　 remington.　 renley.　 riley.　 river.　 robin.　 rollins.　 ronan.　 rory.　 rowan.　 russell.　 ryan.　 rylan.　 sam.　 samuel.　 sawyer.　 saylor.　 seth.　 shiloh.　 soren.　 spencer.　 stellan.　 sterling.　 talon.　 taylor.　 thaddeus.　 thane.　 theo.　 toni.　 tracy.　 tristan.　 tyrus.　 valor.　 warner.　 wells.　 wesley.　 whitten.　 william.　 willis.　 wylie.　

NEUTRAL LEANING FEM NAMES ⌇　abigaël.　 abilene.　 addison.　 adrian.　 ainsley.　 alexis.　 and.　 andrea.　 arden.　 aria.　 ashley.　 aspen.　 aubrey.　 autumn.　 avery.　 avian.　 ayla.　 bailey.　 beryl.　 blair.　 blaire.　 blake.　 briar.　 brooklyn.　 brooks.　 bryce.　 cameron.　 camille.　 casey.　 celeste.　 channing.　 charlie.　 chase.　 collins.　 cordelia.　 courtney.　 daisy.　 dakota.　 dana.　 darby.　 darcy.　 delaney.　 delilah.　 devin.　 dylan.　 eden.　 eisley.　 elia.　 ellerie.　 ellery.　 ellie.　 elliot.　 elliott.　 ellis.　 ellory.　 ember.　 emelin.　 emerson.　 emery.　 evelyn.　 ezra.　 fallon.　 finley.　 fiore.　 florence.　 floris.　 frances.　 greer.　 gwenaël.　 hadley.　 harley.　 harper.　 haven.　 hayden.　 heike.　 hollis.　 hunter.　 ivy.　 jade.　 jamie.　 jocelyn.　 jordan.　 jude.　 juno.　 kelly.　 kelsey.　 kendall.　 kennedy.　 koda.　 kyrie.　 lacey.　 lane.　 leighton.　 lennon.　 lennox.　 lesley.　 leslie.　 lilian.　 lindsay.　 loden.　 logan.　 lou.　 lyric.　 madison.　 mallory.　 marinell.　 marley.　 mckenzie.　 melody.　 mercede.　 meredith.　 mio.　 misha.　 monroe.　 montana.　 morgan.　 nico.　 nova.　 oakley.　 olympia.　 owen.　 page.　 palmer.　 parker.　 pat.　 paulie.　 perri.　 petyon.　 peyton.　 phoenix.　 piper.　 priscilla.　 quinn.　 raven.　 ray.　 reagan.　 reece.　 reese.　 remi.　 remy.　 riley.　 rio.　 river.　 robin.　 rory.　 rosario.　 rowan.　 ryan.　 rylie.　 sacha.　 sage.　 sam.　 sammy.　 santana.　 sasha.　 sawyer.　 saylor.　 severin.　 shannon.　 shelby.　 shiloh.　 skye.　 skylar.　 sloane.　 sol.　 soleil.　 sterling.　 stevie.　 sutton.　 swan.　 swann.　 sydney.　 tatum.　 taylo.　 taylor.　 tracey.　 valentine.　 vanya.　 vivendel.　 vivian.　 vivien.　 wren.　 wynn.　 yael.

[unboundprompts]

Character Name Ideas that Start With the Letter F

-> feel free to comment suggestions, I'll do my best to add them to the list.

Male:

Finnian

Felix

Ferdinand

Fletcher

Fabian

Franklin

Fraser

Flynn

Ford

Foster

Fitzroy

Farley

Freeman

Fordham

Frederic

Fitzhugh

Frank

Filepe

Finnegan

Freddie

Forrest

Falcon

Fernão

Fenix

Fedor

Fritz

Fischer

Franco

Florencio

Filomeno

Fidel

Fortune

Fukashi

Farrell

Finneas

Falken

Female:

Felicity

Fiona

Florence

Faye

Francesca

Fallon

Farrah

Fleur

Frida

Fauna

Fernanda

Francine

Flora

Finola

Freedom

Faith

Farah

Fannie

Fiadh

Fatima

Fia

Floella

Finlee

Flor

Fausta

Ferna

Fae

Florella

Fidella

Franciszka

Francyne

Florie

Filomena

Floris

Faiza

Florencia

Francetta

Feleicia

Ferran

Fallen

Freesia

Fate

Gender Neutral:

Finley

Fable

Flynn

Fox

Forest

Frankie

Fifer

Fern

Finch

Faron

Fallon

Frey

Frost

Faelan

Flux

Firth

Fen

Fallow

Fikri

Fiore

Fadi

Frye

[intomusings]

ೀ ﹒﹒  favorite   names   compilation    !

ur   fav   musings   girly   again   here   with   the   first   of   my   christmas   goodies   .   my   favorite   thing   to   do   is   these   name   compilations   so   i   decided   to   create   another   masterlist   of   my   absolute   favorite   ones   (   some   old   ,   mostly   new   )   anyways   all   i   ask   is   that   if   u   found   this   useful   ,   u   like   or   reblog   to   show   ur   support   .   i   hope   everyone   is   enjoying   the   holiday   season   ♡

- a : abella, ardella, ares, aire, arden, ayla, arie, alder, august, aymes, atlas, alina, alora, aryn.

- b : beau, babette, belle, blake, briar, bronte, banks, boston, bishop.

- c : cassiel, clara, celeste, camden, chandler, collins, clay, cartier, chanel, cosima.

- d : dove, dream, danica, delaney, drue, denver, dacey, delcy, darcy, dahlia.

- e : elodie, emory, emrys, elio, elowynne, emerson, evie, edie, estoria, esme, effy, evans.

- f : flora, faye, fallon, ford, forbes, finnick.

- g : gaia, geles, greer, gensen.

- h : hera, hudson, hampton, heath, harlowe.

- i : isla, inara, ilia.

- j : juniper, josefine, jane, jovie, joey.

- k : kiersten, kairo, kaia, kian, kouvr, keanu.

- l : lysander, lanie, lorena, lawson, lux, ludo, lourdes.

- m : marla, marigold, maren, maeve, marlowe, miller, monet.

- n : neah, north, nola, nell, noel, nariah, niamh, nami.

- o : ozzy, orion.

- p : presley, posy, pearl, porter, pacey, paxon.

- r : reed, ruelle, raya, romey, ryker, rhode, reign, rafe, rohan, raiden, remi, rion, rhiannon, reece, river, raine, rumer, reem, rhys.

- s : selah, soraya, sarifya, savion, sloane, sol, soren, scout, saint, striker, serafina, sabina, sutter.

- t : teal, twila, tristan, tobie, tripp, teague, tate.

- v : vienna, vega, vera, vincenzo.

- w : wren, winter, winona, winnie, wilder, weston.

- x : xaverie, xylah, xiomara, xander.

- y : yves, yara.

- z : zephyr.

[heartrendcrs]

Fallon sucked the air through her teeth, as if she was about to deliver some bad news she was fighting herself over. Instead of just being a brat. "Most people have the courtesy to buy me dinner before trying to crack me open."

"Start with a drink, officer."

open to / idk whoever in w.e verse

"Guess now's a good enough time as any to fill me in on whatever weird shit you've been doing in my absence."

[bloodlinesbabe93]

Imagine requests are open!

Send me and ask/message to request

No gay/lesbian imagines, I don't feel comfortable writing them.

If you don't see your superstar on this list, you can ask me if I will write for them.

List of Superstars I will write for:

Raw:

Bron Breakker

Bronson Reed

Brutus Creed

Damian Priest

Dominik Mysterio

Drew McIntyre

Finn Balor

Jey Uso

Julius Creed

Karrion Kross

Ludwig Kaiser

Otis

Pete Dunne

Sami Zayn

Seth Rollins

Tyler Bate

Alba Fyre

Dakota Kai

Isla Dawn

Ivy Nile

Liv Morgan

Lyra Valkyria

Smackdown:

Andrade

Austin Theory

Elton Prince

Johnny Gargano

Kevin Owens

Kit Wilson

LA Knight

Montez Ford

Roman Reigns

Santos Escobar

Solo Sikoa

Tama Tonga

Tonga Loa

Bayley

Bianca Belair

Candice Lerae

Mia Yim

Naomi

Nia Jax

Piper Niven

Teagan Nox

Tiffany Stratton

NXT:

Brooks Jensen

Duke Hudson

Eddy Thorpe

Ethan Page

Je'von Evans

Josh Briggs

Lexis King

Ridge Holland

Shawn Spears

Tony D'Angelo

Trick Williams

Wes Lee

Cora Jade

Fallon Henley

Roxanne Perez

Sol Ruca

Thea Hail

[mostlysignssomeportents]

This day in history

I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me THURSDAY (May 2) in WINNIPEG, then Calgary (May 3), Vancouver (May 4), Tartu, Estonia, and beyond!

#20yrsago Charlie Stross’s future-rant https://web.archive.org/web/20040515161445/http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blosxom.cgi/2004/Apr/29

#20yrsago Apple’s new DRM reneges on your purchase conditions, picks your pocket https://web.archive.org/web/20040624182851/http://lawgeek.typepad.com/lawgeek/2004/04/meet_the_new_it.html

#15yrsago Solitary confinement is torture: psych expert https://web.archive.org/web/20090501235955/https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/solitaryconfinement/

#15yrsago The Doctor Will Sue You Now: the missing chapter of Ben Goldacre’s “Bad Science” about the selling of vitamin therapy instead of anti-virals to AIDS patients in South Africa https://www.badscience.net/2009/04/matthias-rath-steal-this-chapter/

#10yrsago Rob Ford’s mayoral career considered as a reality TV show – straining suspension of disbelief https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/the-ford-show-is-riveting-but-soon-well-stop-believing-it/article18232290/

#10yrsago Email considered harmful https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/04/smartphone-addiction-research-work-email/

#10yrsago WIPO sends criminal prosecution threats over publication of internal docs about its Director General’s corruption https://www.techdirt.com/2014/04/28/shameful-wipo-threatens-blogger-with-criminal-charges-accurately-reporting-wipo-directors-alleged-misconduct/

#5yrsago Jimmy Fallon played a video game on air, meaning that streaming your own game gets you taken down as a pirate, thanks to NBC https://old.reddit.com/r/beatsaber/comments/bi9cp5/beat_saber_stream_blocked_by_jimmy_fallon_show/

#5yrsago Thanks to the 2008 foreclosure crisis, a Kuwaiti ponzi schemer was able to single-handedly blight cities across America https://buffalonews.com/news/local/how-a-kuwaitis-ponzi-scheme-left-a-trail-of-blight-in-buffalo/article_7d39e12a-495f-5bba-b7f4-87d07eefa496.html

#5yrsago Uber drivers across America are going on strike https://philly.curbed.com/2019/4/25/18516670/uber-drivers-shutdown-strike-protest-philly

#5yrsago Facebook never delivered its “Clear History” feature https://www.tomsguide.com/us/facebook-privacy-problems,news-29944.html

#1yrago The seductive, science fictional power of spreadsheets https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/29/gedankenexperimentwahn/#high-on-your-own-supply

[dollyrps]

it was a typical afternoon in the streets of new york city, twenty degree weather with pedestrians, tourists, and traffic passing through. christmas decorations and holiday joy filled the city with excitement that seemingly reflected off the busy streets within its community.

𓆗‍ although eboni forde was confirmed to be in brazil in support of her boyfriend, caine brown, during the weekend, fans have spotted billboards in times square promoting her forthcoming album allegedly titled: ‘VENOM’. others have apparently been told there’s real—life snakes wandering the packed streets; including subway stations and specifically times square — with snake handling stations in manhattan, brooklyn, and queens. talk about an album rollout!

it was announced earlier in the morning that the texan—rapper would be on a prerecorded episode of ‘the tonight show starring jimmy fallon’ tomorrow night — which leads fans to believe this entire agenda has been pushed in hopes to officially announce the date of this new project of music she’s been working on — with featured singles ‘HISS’ and ‘BOA’ supposedly being the first and second single of the era.

[deckardsdwelling]

[Harrison Ford - Esquire - “Explain This” - 5/31/23]

— WDD

[heartrendcrs]

🎶 💯 💤 🔺 for fallon!

details about ocs!

🎶 MUSICAL NOTES — what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often?

if it's blown up on tiktok, that's her bread and butter. she knows every corpse husband song by heart and right now has been on a big noah kahan kick. she also has a lot of "dad rock" she inherited from her actual father.

💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know.

One. Fallon saw the Barbie Movie (2023) and felt personally attacked by the rollerblade scene as a rollerblading queen. Then she got herself a comfort Barbie with rollerblades. Two. She keeps a notes app page for all her close contacts with their food orders and other little need to know information she might forget so she can treat them to their favorites. Three. She sleeps in her Dad's flannel when he's been away too long and she misses him.

💤 SLEEPING SIGN — is your oc a light sleeper or a heavy sleeper? how are their sleeping habits?

because of her mental illness, when she's manic she is a no sleeper / light sleeper. but when she's in an area where she can be comfortable she can sleep a little deeper. though honestly I'd never consider her a deep sleeper. if one of her siblings is over and they move in their sleep it'll be enough for her to be up and starting coffee.

🔺 RED TRIANGLE POINTED UP — does your oc know how to use any weapons?

this is verse dependent, however she's always good with her fists (she's a dirty fighter too: she'll bite and throw dirt in your eye before she'll lose) and in most knows how to shoot decently well.

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 9.19

Beer Birthdays

Coletta Möritz (1860)

Jim Dorsch (1951)

Keith Lemcke (1959)

Ken Kelley (1960)

Justin Crossley (1982)

Five Favorite Birthdays

William Golding; English writer (1911)

Jeremy Irons; English actor (1948)

David McCallum; actor (1933)

Arthur Rackham; English illustrator, artist (1867)

Adam West; actor (1928)

Famous Birthdays

Mario Batali; chef (1960)

David Bromberg; musician, singer, songwriter (1945)

Helen Carter; country singer (1927)

Jack Dunham; animator (1910)

George Cadbury; chocolatier (1839)

"Mama" Cass Elliot; singer (1943)

Brian Epstein; Beatles manager (1934)

Jimmy Fallon; comedian, actor (1974)

Frances Farmer; actor (1913)

Lita Ford; rock guitarist, singer (1958)

Henry Arthur Jones; English writer (1851)

William Hesketh Lever; soap-maker (1851)

James Lipton; actor, television host (1926)

Joan Lunden; television journalist (1950)

Joe Morgan; Houston Astros 2B (1943)

Soledad O'Brien; television journalist (1966)

Freda Payne; pop singer (1942)

Louis F. Powell Jr.; U.S. Supreme Court justice (1907)

Amber Rayne; porn actor (1984)

Faye Reagan; porn actor (1988)

Nile Rogers; rock musician (1952)

Victoria Silvstedt; Swedish actor (1974)

Duke Snider; Brooklyn/L.A. Dodgers CF (1926)

Twiggy; English model (1949)

Paul Williams; songwriter (1940)

Trisha Yearwood; country singer (1964)

Richard Zsigmondy; Austrian-Hungarian chemist (1865)

[pupsmailbox]

STARTING WITH F

MASCULINE︰ fabian. falan. falcon. families. faris. farley. faron. farrell. felipe. felix. fenix. fenton. ferdie. ferdinand. ferdy. fernando. finlay. finley. finn. finneas. finnegan. finnian. finnick. finnigan. finnley. fischer. fisher. fitz. fitzgerald. fitzroy. flanagan. fletcher. flick. flint. florence. floyd. flynn. ford. forest. forrest. fortune. foster. fox. fran. francesco. francis. francisco. franco. frank. frankie. franklin. franny. fraser. frazier. fred. freddie. freddy. frederic. frederick. fredrick. fredy. freeman. fulton. fynn.

FEMININE︰ fabiana. fabiola. fae. fahari. faiga. faigy. faith. faithe. faiza. fall. fallon. fallyn. families. fancy. fannie. farah. farrah. fatima. fatimah. fatoumata. fawn. fay. faye. fayla. felecia. felicia. felicity. fenton. fern. fernanda. ferne. fiadh. fina. finlee. finleigh. finley. finnley. fiona. fiora. fiorella. fleur. fleurette. flor. flora. florenca. florence. floretta. florrie. florry. flossie. flower. fortune. fraidy. fran. francene. frances. francesca. francine. francis. francisca. frankie. frannie. franny. freda. frederica. freida. freya. freyja. frida. frieda. frona.

NEUTRAL︰ fable. fabrice. fae. faint. fairy. faith. falcon. fallen. fallon. false. families. fang. fantasia. fantasy. fargo. farley. farren. farris. fate. favor. fawn. fay. faye. fears. feat. fee. felice. felix. felony. felt. fem. fen. fence. fenix. fenyx. fern. fernley. ferocity. ferris. fiction. fig. figure. fin. finally. finch. finder. findley. finish. finite. finlay. finlee. finley. finn. finnick. finnlee. finnley. firefly. firework. firey. fisher. flag. flail. flair. flash. flax. flight. flint. flip. flood. flora. florentin. florentine. floret. florian. floris. florry. flow. flurry. flux. flynn. focus. forest. forever. forfeit. forlorn. forrest. fortune. foster. fox. fran. francais. frances. francis. frankie. fraud. freddie. free. freedom. fresh. frey. friday. friso. fritz. fritzy. frost. fuschia.

[kmp78]

“Yep, it's a big city with 40000 boroughs. 😂. “. - Actually there are only 5 boroughs in Manhattan (often mistakenly called neighborhoods) but over 350 actual neighborhoods throughout the 5 boroughs!! Here’s a slightly gossipy mini travel log some might enjoy. Humor me.

The old money billionaires (like Paris Hiltons family type) mostly live in mid-town Manhattan around Central Park and the exclusive Gramercy Park neighborhood with its resident’s personal key to a locked private park along with their apartment (highlighted in JL’s WeCrashed mini-series.) Gramercy Park was the home of Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, literature and theater luminaries of the early 20th century such as Truman Capote and Edith Wharton and is currently the home of celebrities such as Midler, Delevigne and assorted top models, J. Roberts, Lagerfeld, Fallon and Kate Hudson.

Lots of artsy folks and big film, sports and fashion celebrities; Timberlake, Swift, B and Jay Z, T Brady, Lewis Hamilton, DiNiro, ScarJo, J. Gyllenhaal, Reynolds and Lively, Styles and many more, live or have lived in the lower Manhattan neighborhoods that JL likes to hang out in when he is in town. These include neighborhoods like Tribeca, SoHo, West Village, the Bowery and Chelsea; all home to some of the best boutiques and endless areas to eat and mingle in NYC. FYI:The Bowery is the 7th most expensive neighbor-hood in Manhattan. Lewis Hamilton’s 12,000 sf penthouse in Tribeca recently sold for 50+/- million US dollars!!! Yes, you heard that right and he made somewhere around 6 million $ on the sale. 😵‍💫

Sparked by the influx of successful hip-hop artists and the Barkley Center, many musicians, athletes and successful actors live near or in Brooklyn in places like Dumbo, Red Hook, Park Slope or Williamsburg. Hathaway, Damon, A. Driver, Sarsgaard and M Gyllenhaal, Blunt and Krasinski, Bork, Nora Jones, Hawke, O Wilde, E. Murphy and many more all have homes in Brooklyn.

Queens has several less expensive neighborhoods like Sunnyside, Howard Beach and Astoria (one of the cheapest neighborhoods to live in). While there is an young active nightlife in Astoria and one or two other neighborhoods, Queens is a safer, less expensive place young people go to start out or raise a family. The Fresh Meadows neighborhood was the home of not famous at all, me. 😁

The Bronx has some of the poorest and toughest neighborhoods (around Yankee Stadium) though there are some very beautiful and well kept areas and many old stately stone homes. It’s trying hard to come back.

Staten Island is a much quieter more residential part of the city filled with highly ethnic (heavily Italian) blue collar working class families. (Think Jersey Shore on TV). While a few mid century actors lived there many years ago, no one famous except briefly Pete Davidson who was raised there, seems to want to live there now. Fun Fact: The characters in the movie “Working Girl” starring Harrison Ford and Melanie Griffith, Sigourney Weaver, Alex Baldwin and Joan Cusak are in Staten Island for this flick. Don’t miss this 1988 rah rah rom com feel good movie classic!! (Free by Hulu or Disney subscription or 2.99 Amazon rental or 3.99 some other places in US. Maybe free somewhere but worth a few bucks) You will see the actual SI ferry from the island to Manhattan which you must take daily to get to NY and hear the true Staten Island classic NY accent at its best! Great story and music too !

Well, nobody asked for all this but it is a very awesome city in which I lived, worked for many years and know well ! Beautiful, very exciting, exceptionally cultural and immensely historic (don’t get me started) but expensive to live in for the most part. And now you can all trace JL and Thinnie’s whereabouts around town! 🤪

Thanks, anon! 🤭🙌

I wonder why JL decided not to splurge on a NYC pad anyway, after being on the look-out couple years ago. 🤔

Guess his deal with Bowery saves him a big penny! 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Fontaines D.C. — Romance (XL)

Until now, being a fan of Fontaines D.C. was pretty easy. The exhilarating way in which they burst to life with 2019’s Dogrel helped galvanize a renewed broader cultural interest in post-punk, exacting as it was in its marriage of youthful observation and acrimony alike. Their turn to the significantly moodier A Hero’s Death was timely in both fortunate and unfortunate ways, musical growth as a mile marker for the darkness that was 2020. The powerfully dense Skinty Fia was another signpost indicating they were on a steady but stable path despite the Glastonbury and Fallon and CNN appearances, despite the Grammy nominations, despite the skyrocketing success. You didn’t have to squint to see the band of “Nabokov” was still the band of “Big.”

The “constant process” of songwriting the group lives by has continued apace right from the off; they’ve been doing a career speed run from beautifully wayward Rob Doyle characters on Dogrel to probing the depths of the Irish soul and expatriatism on A Hero’s Death and Skinty Fia (to say nothing of frontman Grian Chatten’s solo full-length as more than just a personal aside). The through-line of their homeland was always there regardless of whether they lived in Dublin or London or on the road or anyplace else — just as James Joyce left only to spend his whole life writing about Ireland, so, too, did his apostles a century removed leave only to end up singing of the very Dublin City their name wouldn’t let them forget.

Romance is a conscious divorce from that, an attempt to think and write from a less Irish perspective. There’s nary an “In ár gCroíthe go deo” to be found; the closest you’ll get is “Horseness Is the Whatness” lifted from (where else) Ulysses. In the run up to Romance’s release, the band made a point of saying they took inspiration this time around from Italian cinema like The Great Beauty and Japanese manga like Akira. There was American nü-metal and English trip-hop afoot. The “Starburster” video offered a visual makeover straight out of a prime-era Prodigy performance. The influences are far-reaching, the ambitions greater (or at least more diverse) than ever.

The craic here is that the results are Fontaines’ Achtung Baby (or, later, Absolution and Holy Fire) moment, a star turn or a shark jump so divisive and egregious, it couldn’t be ignored by longtime fans. Call it a clean, empty room worthy of mere morbid curiosity and little more; call the “spiritual form” Chatten has espoused a gleaming, gormless, soul-sapped skyscraper that uncouples the quintet from its past; call the songwriting dumb and deprived of the depths The Lotts allowed for; call it a misstep; call it a failure.

… Or call it the band’s capstone on its ascendancy of capital-R Rock. It’s true, you’ll have to squint a lot harder to see the studied studio effort of “Starburster” in the raw live band of “Big,” but if you’re gonna be big, you gotta shoot for the rafters. Say what you will about the emotional reaches of A Hero’s Death and Skinty Fia, but neither possessed the immediacy of Dogrel and its singles, though strong, belied a more texture-forward approach. Less individual tracks were capable of standing out.

No such problems exist with Romance. The Metallica-aping opening riff and punching electronics-assisted kick of the title-track tell of new territory setting you up for something much larger-sounding than any of the previous three records, but that’s aided by a refined, popcentric approach. Some of this is down to Fontaines’ desire to do more in the studio that may not necessarily have translated live, but switching to producer James Ford (originally half of Simian Mobile Disco but now probably best known for his work with Arctic Monkeys, Blur, Florence and the Machine, Haim and others) is more indicative of the expectations — the band is leaning all the way into Wembley-size grandiosity here. It’s called Romance, for God’s sake.

How you feel about that, and about this record, will be directly attributable to your tolerance for bold moves and grand gestures. Whether it’s the short, muscular radio rock of “Here’s the Thing” or the soaring, string-assisted “Desire” or the amniotic Mellotron of “Sundowner,” the album has something for everyone in a relatively tight timespan. There’s something to be said for pacing here, too: What could have been a messy tracklist ends up flowing naturally from crashing to composed and back again, which does much to further the record’s cause despite Chatten’s admittedly more anonymous, universal lyrical efforts.

Perhaps nothing epitomizes this more than the instant classic “Favourite.” Frankly, it struck me as an idiotic decision to release the closer as a second single, especially one like this that's destined to become a setlist staple; who does that, and why the fuck would you spoil the ending before we’ve had a chance to take the full ride? But hearing Romance in full, the decision now comes across as a calculated power move, a nod of supreme confidence as the record spends its duration turning from dark to light: Yes, we know exactly what we’re doing and where we’re headed, and though you may be reluctant, you really should come with us. To drive it home amid a Smithsian strum and the most gorgeously open-hearted love song they’ve yet written, right at the end of the album’s final bridge, an auld turn of phrase slips in worthy of Grian’s best: But if there was lightning in me / you’d know who it was for. Color me a romantic, but I know who he means — and if you’ve ever loved this band, you do, too.

Patrick Masterson