#2010 on both a cd and a DVD

[sortanonymous]

I know expecting Congress to get anything right these days is like expecting to see a triple rainbow in the Arctic, but if we could just get sticky, scratchy, awful cardboard sleeves for physical media discs illegalized, that would just be lovely!

[blacknwhitemood]

And now for something completely different. A whole post with beautiful LPs and CDs, DVDs but this time it's not Depeche Mode. Almost, but not. Let's see my new stuff from two brilliant musician, Mr. Gore and Mr. Gahan!

Professor Martin L. Gore's Counterfeit e.p. (1989) was part of my childhood's DM memories. I loved Motheless Child and In a Manner of Speaking, when I became depeshesh in 2023 I was looking for these songs in DM albums. Then I found this on the net and suddenly I remembered everything. While I've collected nearly all DM LPs and singles I missed solo albums. I ordered most of them from abroad, in Hungary these are unavaiable.

I already bought Soulsavers' Imposter last year in a used vinyl shop very cheap, because it was newly released (2021), later I saw Angels and Ghosts (2015) at one of my my friends, of course I wanted to have it. There was a 20 years long period from the middle of 1990s to the middle of 2010s when vinyls weren't released "any more" (or extremely rare and expensive), only CDs. Fortunately these beautiful, black records became popular again, see Sony's DM complete reissue in 2016. That's why I bought Counterfeit² (2003) and The Light the Dead See (2012) on CD only.

CDs inside:

This cover and center label is so Martin:

I love the shiny record sleeve with the lyrics on the back:

When I took home Imposter, I didn't make much photos, it was a surprise for me. But you must see this huge booklet and a beautiful guy in it:

I've already bought Paper Monsters CD (scroll down) + Live Monsters DVD (scroll down) before, these are all from the 2 biggest Hungarian online used stuff markets where I've bought many DM vinyls and one of the sellers become a friend.

All of them are original release. I found Hourglass (2007, with O-card slip case - I learn new English words), and 3 maxi CDs from Paper Monsters. And 2 maxi DVDs! I didn't know that those exist at all. Now I have them - right top and middle, back sides:

Backsides:

Hourglass has a beautiful booklet (both albums designed by Corbijn) and Dirty Sticky Floors has different style form the others:

I've watched the DVDs, both are from 2003 when online videos were rare and low quality. I've never seen Bottle Living's video before, my favourite part when Dave's Phoenix tattoo comes to life and flying around him. The other, I Need You DVD contains Black and Blue Again acoustic version's video playing in a studio. Menus, screenshots (I put Dave's angel face also in another post):

Dave's beyond DM albums together <3

Night chill...

<3 <3

[blackiimunnii]

୧ 𓏸 　hiiii there ! i'm flavya gabryelly, directly from the coolest country, brasil ! i speak (obviously) portuguese and english. i use she/her.

୧ 𓏸 　i post about all the silly stuff i enjoy and do. i'm an artist and editor ! and i sometimes post them here.

�� 𓏸 　first of all, i post more on instagram (especially on my 2nd-doodles acc) than here, so follow me there to see more of my drawings ! all of my accounts (tik tok, ig, twitter) have the same username (i'm not mysterious).

i love to interact with my kewl mutuals and i'm really easy to be friends with. so, don't be afraid to talk to me !

୧ 𓏸 　not only fanart, i also tend to post art of my OCs, whether from my own stuff or from diverse fandoms. i also happen to be a oc x canon liker (and maker)...

anyways, enough of rant. let's get to know about all (or half of) the things the person who's speaking to y'all like.

i like music. almost everything. below this are HALF of the artists and bands i love.

୧ 𓏸 　madonna, michael jackson, prince, insane clown posse, system of a down, primus, faith no more, mr. bungle, lovage, lady gaga, eminem, snoop dogg, beastie boys, smash mouth, bloodhound gang, sabrina carpenter, oingo boingo, chappell roan, britney spears, christina aguilera, anitta, 3OH!3, djo, MIKA, taylor swift, jodeci, janet jackson, ween, doja cat, bowling for soup, rita lee, weird al, charli xcx, queen, katy perry, gabriel o pensador, marisa monte, MARINA, george michael, elton john, rod stewart, legião urbana, tim maia, mamonas assassinas, inimigos do rei, ABBA, the weeknd, xuxa, baby V.O.X, 2pac, joan jett, cinderella, motley crue, sum 41, limp bizkit, avril lavigne, kittie, nine inch nails, korn... and probably more people.

୧ 𓏸 　stranger things, downtown, south park, os normais, tapas & beijos, backyardigans, charlie & lola, lalaloopsy (i love kid cartoons), phineas & ferb, and probably so much more.

୧ 𓏸 　mean girls, heathers, jurassic park, chicago, south park: bigger longer and uncut, Y2K, who's that girl, xuxa gêmeas (eu amo os filmes da xuxa tá), joker (2019), BASEketball, and i just started to get into the whole view askewniverse thing ! dogma and mallrats are awesome. and i love silent bob (hehehehe). there's probably more movies i have as favorite, but it's 1AM as i'm writing this so i can't bring it up. i will update this when i remember, tho.

୧ 𓏸 　heathers, avenue Q, cabaret, six... and more. i can't remember.

୧ 𓏸 　bully, dark deception, identity v, south park and its many games (both 2010s ones and the old ones), turma da mônica na terra dos monstros... i swear i'll update this.

okay, as i don't know in WHAT category to put this, this will be very various.

୧ 𓏸 　some actors i love are: winona ryder, david harbour, joaquin phoenix, shannen doherty... and????

୧ 𓏸 　my pookies are (or, as i like to call them, fantastic five) serj tankian, mike patton, les claypool, jonathan davis, and, of course, fred durst. i love them. my dudes fr.

୧ 𓏸 　my favorite eras are the 90s and 00s ! and i wish i had a time machine to have lived at that time !

୧ 𓏸 　i love CDs and DVDs, in which i have some. along with digital cameras and records, and vintage south park plushies!

okay, for now, i believe that's it ? i'll probably edit this when more things come to my mind. anyways, love y'all. beijos. may mini serj bless all of you.

(i'm listening to you rock my world by mj right now and it perfectly fits to jay and bob dancing LMAOOOOOOOO)

[thunderlina]

LOST MEDIA: Gorillaz - Plastic Beach Web Games

I come to you tonight with one request: I want help in tracking down the Plastic Beach point-and-click adventure game from the Phase 3 (2010-2012) Gorillaz website.

In 2010, coinciding with the release of their third studio album, British virtual band Gorillaz gave their website a huge overhaul, including the release of several new flash games. The centerpiece was a point-and-click adventure game (untitled, usually just referred to as "Plastic Beach") in which the player was able to explore the island of Plastic Beach, similar to the games available on earlier websites where the player was able to explore Gorillaz HQ Kong Studios.

Along with this game were a few others: Escape to Plastic Beach, a three chapter long action/adventure game (the third chapter of which cost €1.50 to play, and was available both for PC and iPhones.) Just recently the developer, Matmi, hinted at trying to re-release these, but they went silent regarding it and nothing has come of it so far.

There were also two smaller Flash titles, Submatronic and Gorillaz Fishing. Not entirely sure what these two entailed but they were listed on the website and, like the adventure game and Escape are not playable via the Wayback Machine nor are they archived elsewhere.

From my research, it seems the website had some kind of DRM software that the older websites (which have been archived over at zombiehiphop.xyz) didn't, since the Plastic Beach game used full tracks from the album and EMI was worried about piracy. Before anyone suggests it like was done in other places where I've asked about this, no, the game was not released on a CD or DVD. Because of this, all four games unique to the Plastic Beach era website are lost. The iPhone port of Escape to Plastic Beach was also removed from the App Store years ago, and as such is also completely lost.

As of right now, all that still exists are low-quality videos of the adventure game in action, a few screenshots, and a handful of Flash files I've dug up from the Wayback Machine.

The loss of this game represents not just a loss for Flash preservation, but a huge loss for Gorillaz fans as it was an integral element of the story of the Plastic Beach era. Without it and much of the other content from the old website, the already incomplete story that Jamie Hewlett and the rest of the Zombie Flesh Eaters team were trying to tell lives on almost wholly through secondary accounts. While recordings exist, it is simply not the same as having access to the full experience.

I ask of you all to please consider my words and help me do something about this, instead of wallowing in hopelessness as it seems the community has been doing for oh so long now.

Thank You.

Footage of the adventure game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUnvkZFPu1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmAo_POMRHY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW6KHLLgBss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWIkwVDIJNQ

The handful of Flash files I dug up via the Wayback Machine: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RKpP9o-j-4jFkdQEDN54ye5LGZIrBd_7

[livingdeadmlm]

Back in February you mentioned you are interested in writing a Moder office au for rdr (if I am not mistaken) Could you share some of how you Invision the gang in 2010's?

I did! I love office romances so much I don’t know where the love came from but is it there and has been since I was a kid.

BUT I ABSOLUTELY CAN TALK ABOJT HOW ID INVISOM THEM IN 2010’s I am at work rn so sorry for any formatting issues or if I forget anyone/anything

Okay so

Arthur I imagine would be about the same, johns older brother who goes around doing odd jobs for people in town.

I absolutely believe Arthur would be very late to technology and he still has a whole shelf full of CDs and DVDs and a box with all his and John’s favorite movies on VHS. At most he has a ps3 MAYBE a ps4 in his room that he only uses to watch movies and like YouTube videos.

But Arthur surprised everyone when he made an instagram account on his own with no profile photo but posted anything he found on the road on his story. Think one day it’s a nice sunset and the next one is a photo of a wild bunny resting on his lap taken at such an awkward angle.

The only actual posts he has is ones Mary-Beth and Tilly posted for him of him on his birthday and other holidays

John though is much more on the internet but has somehow avoided any of the right wing pipelines that were so prevalent at the time. He thought pewdiepie was stupid from the jump and each year that passes he’s only proven right

I think John would be into the alternative music scene. But knows no actual band names even though his closet is mostly band tee shirts and denim jackets

“Oh wow cool paramore shirt! What’s you fav song?”

“What’s a paramore?”

“…”

But I’ll get self indulgent here I think both John and Javier love getting into arguments on the internet with other people.

When either of them start loosing they’ll tag the other and just shit on the one person in the replies.

And on a few occasions is Sean who they’re fighting with without knowing because he has like 10 accounts on every platform and keeps forgetting his password.

John loves random ass games he’d find at the local GameStop.

He played all the Dead rising games with Hosea Dutch and Arthur watching after dinner for a few weeks.

Javier has a Facebook account he got logged out of and it has photos of when he was one of the OG emo kids from the 2000’s

Occasionally one of the gang members sends a screenshot of his old Facebook statues updates and he wants to explode them with his mind.

Karen will text him ‘rawr XD’ sometimes just to make him mad

Javier also has a big physical media collection and sometimes he and Arthur will trade CDs or DVDs

Charles isn’t as behind as Arthur but will he is the one Arthur will text asking about acronyms and what they mean.

Charles thinks it’s really funny when he’s out fishing to take photos like those white guys on dating apps holding their fish.

Charles has a Xbox 360 and a Wii set up in his living room even though both consoles are very well loved they work great!

Lenny has a PS4 and played OG Fortnite on his beat up school laptop

Lenny also likes to write down song lyrics in a notebook and write what he thinks it means vers what it means in context.

Lenny can’t drive so occasionally it’s Arthur or Hosea that offer to take him to class

Arthur and Lenny have a shared YouTube playlist of music that’s an absolute mess of genres but they made one after Arthur’s CD bag was too full to carry all their music.

Hosea and Dutch’s text messages are funny to read because Dutch needs reading glasses but refusing to wear them so all his messages are in all caps and Hosea responds very politely because he knows Dutch isn’t upset

“BRING MY MY BOTTLE FROM THE ROOM PLEASE I FORGOT IT”

“Okay dear”

Or even worse Dutch will send voice messages to everyone and at MINIMUM they are a minuet and thirty seconds long.

Hosea figured out how to connect his phone to his car speaker and listening them while out running errands

Sean streams every Sunday night and gets pretty regular views but he gets timed out on twitch often for cursing so much

Lenny usually is his duo on streaming nights

He had Charles on once but hasn’t had him back because the chat was dying over Charles sounding so attractive and it bruised his ego.

Karen absolutely is a Basic White Girl on Instagram in the best way ever. When those Starbucks secret menu drinks started she’d go in when Mary-Beth was working with Tilly by her side and they’d ask for a drink Mary-Beth had never heard of before to fuck with her.

Mary-Beth has posted to her insta story begging people to stop asking for whatever unicorn frap bullshit they found on Pinterest cause she’s just throwing whatever in a blender and praying for the best

Speaking of Mary-Beth has both Tumblr and Pinterest and it’s all photos of cute bookshelves in old houses or whatever current fandom she’s in

Mary-Beth has a YouTube channel where she talks about the books she’s reading and rating them

Karen has a vlog channel where she’s really popular for being relatable and real but she posts like once a month

Tilly would absolutely become a cosmetology student with Abigail and as support most of the men in the gang go to their school so they can practice on their hair.

Except Dutch. He likes his hair too much and while he knows both Abigail and Tilly are talented he’s nervous cause his hair is already so hard to maintain.

BUT (because at least where I live in the 2010’s you had to do waxing, hair, nails and makeup classes) Dutch does have them fix up his nails once a week and leaves a huge top to make up for the lack of haircuts

Arthur watches Karen’s and Mary-Beth’s videos to support them. He will comment and like each video

“Well said 👍”

“Karen when did you record me.”

Hosea has FarmVille on the family computer in their home and a Facebook account to be nosy on other peoples lives

Mary-Beth and Tilly unironically love twilight and each year fall came around they’d rewatch the movies together as a girls night.

Abigail joined them now and then cause she thinks the movies are fun to laugh at

[yeetmysins]

I now present, every actress I had a slight obsession with (unaware that it was gay coded) as a kid

starting off strong we have

christina ricci

the enormous amount of times I watched Casper, Now and Then, That Darn Cat, Penelope, etc as a kid is unparalleled. also roberta in now and then is 110% gay coded. the duct taping her bra?? the whole softball scene?? the grown up version of her was rOSIE O'DONNELL?!

next we have my favorite redhead,

lindsay lohan

the fit that she wears in Freaky Friday when she wakes up as her mom in the band shirt and plaid pj pants??? 👀 from Freaky Friday, The Parent Trap, Life-size, Get a Clue, Confessions of a Drama Queen?? those freckles 😭

abigail breslin

I remember having an unusual obsession with the movie Kit Kitredge as a kid 👀 slaying both hair colors 😭

this one's a little niche but I feel like I'm not the only kid in the 2000s that was obsessed with My Girl

anna chlumsky

I didn't fully realize this one until I saw her in an SVU episode this past year and immediately recognized her and was like good god she's so pretty 👀 and not in a straight way lmfao I watched My Girl so much as a kid that I scratched up the DVD 😭 speaking of which,

this image is burned into my brain

last but not last we've got the love of my life,

miley cyrus

the absolute chokehold that miley cyrus/hannah montana had on me as a child, I defended her to strangers 😭 my grandma brought up a video of her smoking from a bong in 2010 and said something along the lines of "this is your idol!!” yes? and? (funnier to realize retrospectively that my dad-her son-has been a stoner my whole life) I had Hannah Montana everything; all the CDs, posters on every wall, notebooks, folders, binders,

this was my cd player for at least 4 years of my childhood

[pricechecktranslations]

The heavenly yard blog infomine, part 6: More Songs, and the Daughter of Evil Musical (no, not that one)

Some more interesting stuff in this one--starting to get closer to mothy conceptualizing Evillious as we know it, though of course we're not quiiiite there yet.

2 October 2009 ~ 25 February 2010

---October 2009---

2nd

-mothy releases Heartbeat Clocktower and To You of Few Words on Piapro.

-He releases a few more Evils Theater CDs by popular demand.

11th

-More Daughter of Evil on MikuMoba

19th

-Daughter of Evil is getting a chibi figurine!

-mothy shares some clips of two new songs he's working on. The links are defunct so I'm not sure which ones they are.

---November 2009---

8th

-mothy has been working on quite a bit, but a lot of it involves things he's keeping under wraps for the time being, so he hasn't had much to blog about. he's working on another song in addition to the previous two he shared clips of, and considering soliciting illustrations for it on Piapro (I think based on that, and the timing, that this one is Tailor of Enbizaka).

-Someone mentions an unofficial performance of his work in the comments section. He thanks them for the notice and lets them know they're more than welcome to do so, but has to keep the actual announcements on his blog limited to works he's officially affiliated with considering the sheer scope of derivative works being made at the time.

11th

-I was correct, the song he's soliciting illustrations for is Tailor of Enbizaka.

-The recruitment system has apparently changed since he last used it, so he's not sure if he'll get the same turnout as before.

19th

-mothy announces an upcoming play adaptation of Daughter of Evil, ~Gemini of Charm~ (Charming Gemini? Not sure I like this translation in hindsight).

-This is notably not the first of its kind, but it is the first one that he's involved with in some capacity. He hints at the play revealing content that wasn't in the songs.

-Note, the link to the website still works.

-There's a comment that asks if he's ever going to make songs with UTAU. He says that while he is interested, he doesn't have the time to learn how.

28th

-Daughter of Evil has 1 million views!

-In other news, there are plans to release a DVD version of the upcoming DoE musical.

-Meanwhile voting for Conchita, moonlit bear, Re_birthday, and Screws,Gears, etc is going to start up for entering them into JOYSOUND in December.

---December 2009---

4th

-Daughter and Servant of Evil are both going to be on the VocaloLegend CD.

-mothy has finished recruiting illustrations for Tailor, and is working on putting the video together.

8th

-mothy has uploaded Tailor!

16th

-Tailor has reached 2nd in the weekly rankings! And Clockwork Lullaby has reached 100,000 replays.

-mothy hopes to upload some more videos this month.

-in responding to a comment, mothy reveals he has difficulty participating in winter comiket because it conflicts with his day job.

25th

-Tailor has reached 100,000 views!

-mothy announces the tie-in soundtrack album he's put together for Gemini of Charm/the musical

27th

-In celebration of the Kagamine Twins' anniversary, mothy uploads the Velvet Mix versions of both Daughter and Servant of Evil to NicoNico (with illustrations from Piapro)

-mothy expresses plans to release a mini-album at VOCALOID Master 11.

29th

-mothy announces Regret Message is going to be in the Stardom3 album.

---January 2010---

1st

-mothy does a little retrospective on the songs that he released in 2009 in honor of the new year. I won't summarize all of it but some highlights:

-he had a lot of fun making Conchita, he didn't struggle with writing it like he does some of the other songs.

-he hadn't actually intended moonlit bear to be so dark.

-Heartbeat Clocktower is still just on piapro for now.

-his setting and concepts for Screws, Gears, and Pride is actually quite detailed, but he doesn't know if he'll ever get the opportunity to share any of it.

-he says he wrote "to you of few words" to himself, in a way, that he has to write songs like this every once in a while.

-he thinks he may have gone a little overboard on Tailor.

-Confirms again that Rin and Len are his favorite VOCALOIDS.

5th

-Re_birthday and Conchita have made it onto JOYSOUND. Voting is still ongoing for the others.

6th

-mothy uploads Daughter of White.

9th

-mothy thanks people for the comments on Daughter of White, noting he had to cut a very large amount of content for it even with how long the end result was.

-He also shares a few videos made by the illustrators that he was working with (Ichika and "The one who loves the Oni", You-ring and "Pretty Panties ☆ AkuMaRin", Suzunosuke and "Synchronicity", and Painter-Brioche with "Lonely Runner"

16th

-Daughter of White has topped the VOCALOID rankings.

-Meanwhile, mothy talks plans for VOCALOID Master 11, where he intends to release the Prelude to Forest album. He also talks about the big collab CDs that he's involved in (VOCALOlegend, Stardom, Supernova, etc).

-The musical date is also fast approaching. Mothy says that while the setting, character names, and general plot ideas come from him, the script itself was largely written by the theater company.

23rd

-Mothy reports back from the stage rehearsal of the DoE musical. He thinks they did a good job incorporating his ideas with their own original material. Asami Shimoda attended to (apparently she got a RinLen plushy(ies?) from Crypton.

-He advertises "elements", which is a--I think CD? Performance? of some kind that Shimoda was doing. The website's defunct now.

---February 2010---

2nd

-The DoE musical has premiered, mothy shares his thoughts.

-He liked it, thought it was written and performed well. It sounds like Josephine had an active role (like she does in the newer musical). As an audience member it was apparently very entertaining.

-As the author of the original work, he thought it was good as a stage play. There were a lot of deviations from his own story ideas (apparently the scriptwriter did this on purpose to make it stand on its own rather than trying to compete with mothy). mothy's thinking is that the adaptation should try to recreate the tone of the original, but keep in mind that stage performance and songs are two different styles of work, so it's understandable to pursue what works for stage itself. And that the differences where Daughter of White are concerned are only natural since that's a newer release that didn't exist when this was being written. They only had a basic summary of Clarith's character at the time (note--mothy shares the specific description he gave them, and it does mention her and Michaela by name).

-He makes clear that not all of the elements that show up in the musical but not the songs are original--that is, he gave them some story elements to use that weren't in the songs. He lists off the names of Riliane, Allen, Germaine, Kyle, Michaela, Elluka, Clarith, Chartette, and Ney as names that come from him specifically. And then the Three Heroes and whatnot. Though the characters who aren't in the songs are very different in the musical, like Chartette for example.

4th

Part 1

-(as a note, as mothy discusses the musical, he is also sharing pictures of himself with the cast of the musical, covering his face up with a logo of course)

-Continuing on the topic of the musical, there is a ton of plot mothy's come up with that hasn't made it into the "Akuno" songs. Some of these are spoilers. Mothy compiled all of these ideas during the collaboration, and now he's wondering what to do with them. He wants to share them in some fashion. He could make them into songs but that might take a while, and he wants to do more than just the "Akuno" series. This is something he hopes to work on this year.

Part 2

-Mothy announces that the musical's soundtrack CD has been released for purchase. Asami Shimoda has some vocals on it.

Part 3

-Mothy talks about Twiright Prank, which is the new song in the musical that he specifically wrote for it. He was nervous working on it because he's never written a song to someone else's specifications before, but it turned out okay. He explains the plot a little, and his plans to make a RinLen version (of course he demo-ed with RinLen but he didn't tune it or anything)

-He also missed the "Akuno" series showing up on CountdownTV (idk what that means)

Part 4

-Mothy is attending VOCALOID MASTER 11 on Sunday. It's his first time going alone, under the Heavenly Yard label. He will, as stated before, be selling the new album Prelude to Forest, as well as other stuff.

8th

-VOCALOID MASTER went well, as expected. Mothy sold out, but he'll be selling some things on consignment in the usual places. He'll also be selling at VOCALOID PARADISE 3 in March.

25th

-mothy announces he'll be releasing Full Moon Laboratory in March for the Supernova2 CD.

-Some comment replies--he gives permission to do derivative and parody works on NicoNico. He can't sell his works on Amazon because they're self-published. And so on.

[tangledmovielove]

Why Tangled Means So Much to Me, and How the Series Changed Everything

The original Tangled movie will always hold a special place in my heart. Being born in Hanau, the birthplace of the Brothers Grimm, their fairy tales were a big part of my childhood, and Rapunzel’s story was one of my favorites. In 2010, when I was 11, I discovered that Disney was making an adaptation of this beloved fairy tale. As a Disney fan, I couldn’t have been more excited.

That summer, while on holiday in Austria, I visited a fairy tale pathway with a Rapunzel tower. It became my favorite attraction, sparking even more excitement for the movie. A few days later, while watching Toy Story 3 in the cinema, I saw the Tangled trailer for the first time. Although I noticed changes to the original tale, I was still eager to see Disney’s take on the story.

When the movie came out in December 2010 in Germany, my family and I were going through a tough time. Listening to the Tangled story on CD became a source of comfort. I fell in love with the characters, especially Rapunzel and Flynn. Their bond, built on trust, sacrifice, and mutual respect, was so inspiring.

In January 2011, I got the soundtrack CD and couldn’t stop listening to “When Will My Life Begin” and “I See the Light.” When I finally watched the full movie on DVD for my 12th birthday, it left a lasting impression. No other movie had ever moved me so deeply. Rapunzel and Flynn became my favorite couple of all time, and Rapunzel herself became my favorite Disney princess along with Ariel.

Over the years, I continued to adore the movie. In 2012, I watched Tangled Ever After and thought it was the perfect ending. In 2014, I even got to meet Rapunzel at Disneyland Paris—a dream come true. Around that time, my friends started calling me "Rapunzel" because of my similar personality. The movie and its characters helped me through challenging times, especially when I had to change schools. Writing my own Tangled stories became a creative outlet.

But then, in 2017, everything changed. The Tangled series was released, and it destroyed everything I loved about the movie and my favorite couple. I had feared it might ruin things when it was announced in 2015, but I couldn’t have imagined how much.

The series sidelined Flynn, my favorite Disney male character, and introduced Cassandra, who dominated the story in a way that felt unnecessary. Worst of all was the rejection of Flynn’s marriage proposal in the very first episode. Rapunzel, who was willing to sacrifice her freedom and life for Flynn at the end of the movie, suddenly viewed marriage as a prison.

This storyline made no sense to me. If one partner rejects marriage while the other wants it, the relationship simply doesn’t work. Marriage is about mutual love and commitment, and the series seemed to dismiss this in favor of an abstract concept of "freedom."

It hurt to see Flynn constantly sidelined and mistreated, with Rapunzel keeping secrets, rejecting his proposals, and even drawing his face on a punching bag. In a healthy relationship, both partners’ wishes and feelings matter, but the series showed Flynn always giving in while Rapunzel didn’t compromise.

In 2018, while analyzing a book in school, I noticed a character who rejected marriage like Rapunzel ended up cheating on their partner. This reinforced my belief that the series’ message was flawed and unrealistic.

By 2019, I had given up on Tangled entirely. I couldn’t love a couple where one partner viewed commitment as a trap. For years, I tried to move past it, but the frustration lingered.

In 2023, I decided to revisit Tangled and remind myself why I loved it in the first place. I realized that, since it’s fictional, I don’t have to accept the series as canon. I began writing my own fanfiction to portray Rapunzel and Flynn the way I imagined them.

Reading the original Petrosinella and Brothers Grimm versions of the fairy tale helped me reconnect with the story. In these versions, Rapunzel accepted her prince’s proposal immediately, seeing marriage as a way to escape confinement and find happiness.

I’ve also started this blog to express my thoughts and turn my frustration into something creative. I’ve lost the fear of sharing my opinion, even if some fans disagree. Tangled meant so much to me for so many years, and I’m reclaiming my love for the movie and characters in my own way, even though it's still hard to find a way to still enjoy it without thinking about the series.

To me, Rapunzel and Flynn’s love story should be about mutual respect, trust, and commitment. That’s the story I’ll continue to celebrate.

[reallybadsociologyproject]

Thank You! :)

Founded in 2007, Tumblr is a short-form microblogging social media platform primarily used by an under-25 audience. It's primarily used as a place to discover and discuss niche interests such as tv shows, music, video games and other similar things - which is how it ended up becoming the home of its own subculture during the height of its mainstream popularity around 2011-2015.

While the number of users has dwindled in recent years, having an estimated number of 29.4 million users in 2020, during early 2014 the site had over 100 million active users posting daily on their site. The content posted ranged from fashion blogging, to band updates, creative writing projects and more.

During this peak in the website's popularity, Tumblr's impact on the mainstream lead to the creation of the "soft/pastel grunge" style and subculture. With inspiration from 90s grunge fashion, the late 2000s indie scene (notable names such as Pete Doherty and his then-girlfriend Kate Moss especially) and its own 2010s flair, the subculture grew rapidly and still exists today.

An example of "soft grunge" style photography.

Lana Del Rey, The 1975, Crystal Castles, Halsey, etc...

Physical media such as DVDs, records and CDs

Pastel hair dye

Flannel and denim jackets

Urban Outfitters / American Apparel

Doc Marten boots or black Converse

Cigarettes

Black and white Polaroids

I picked three albums which were popular within this subculture: The 1975 by The 1975, AM by Arctic Monkeys, and Crystal Castles by Crystal Castles.

With that, I looked at the main singer's influence on the subculture, the physical releases of the album and as well as the actual themes featured in the music itself.

And with those reoccurring themes in mind, I just applied them to the theories that I thought best fit.

From their start in 2002, Arctic Monkeys was known for their energetic guitar riffs and overly-British vocals that made them one of the most iconic bands in the Britrock scene of the 2000s. However, the band decided to take a completely different direction in 2013 with their fifth studio album, AM.

The band took inspiration of the 50s Americana-esque style that was beginning to grow more popular during the time, with more melodic and slow riffs compared to the raw energy in the younger album. Add in Alex's Turner's British influence (also very popular at the time), and you have a quadruple platinum record.

AM and The 1975 are still available

Crystal Castles was discontinued years ago

Cardboard packaging utilized for most CDs

Amateur style photography

All use black and white minimalism at least once

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This re-branding was very popular with both existing fans and new ones on Tumblr, inspiring an influx of black and white photography, glamorization of smoking, and other core parts of the subculture.

Many fans of the band were shocked at the sudden change in genre that Arctic Monkeys had taken. While the indie rock influence was still there, it was now mellowed out with blues and R&B influences that varied greatly from their garage rock roots. One of the things that didn't change however, and continued to be popular with the fans, was the poetic lyricism used.

Fans were able to identify with the topics in each song due to the way they were wrote and the large range of things discussed. Toxic relationships, getting over an old relationship, or falling in love - all things that the young adult audience on Tumblr could relate to as they listened.

The 1975 have always received very mixed reviews (even being called "rubbish" by Noel Gallagher of Oasis in one interview). But, one of the places in which they found the most fame in, was Tumblr. It was one of the first bands to cater to the soft grunge subculture with their dramatic black and white music videos, whiny vocals, and darker topics hidden with euphemisms.

Their self titled album best shows all the points that I mentioned above, but even with later releases the band continues to stick to their original sound - which may be a supporting factor of their lingering fame.

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While fans took inspiration from his easy-to-replicate style, they also praised his more brash and honest personality - very different to today. His more open approach to fame led to the fans identifying with him as a person, not a musician.

While the actual music they released was such a simple premise, being a mix of electronic pop and rock, it soon became an increasing trend for other indie artists to release something similar to that nature. It was easily palatable for a wide audience to enjoy - with their most popular songs using euphemisms (such as Chocolate). However, the band doesn't shy away from heavy topics, such as Healy's experience with cocaine and MDMA usage being the main topic of M.O.N.E.Y.

The 1975's lack of shying away from controversial topics in their music, mixed with the catchy guitar riffs that get stuck in your head all contributed to their popularity on Tumblr. The fans were able to relate to the music's darker topics that were hidden behind an upbeat melody.

Crystal Castles' self titled was released long before either of the previous albums mentioned back in 2008 , with the first single being released in 2006. The electropunk duo managed to keep their fame long after their neighbours in the genre had began to fade into obscurity and eventually came a cult classic on Tumblr, all the way until Alice Glass' departure in late 2014.

Part of their fame on Tumblr can be credited to the TV drama Skins, a popular show among users of the website, where they made an appearance in season 2, episode 3 - performing their song Alice Practice.

One of soft grunge's most prominent influences, indie sleaze, was developed around the time of Crystal Castles' height of popularity. Alice Glass' style based around post-punk and grunge was specifically replicated to the point of still influencing Tumblr in 2014.

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At the time of its release, Crystal Castles had a sound that was practically unheard of before in the electronic scene with modded keyboards and distorted screams in most of their songs, mixed with lyrics that seem nonsensical at first but instead go into some pretty dark topics. It's likely that this fed into Tumblr's romanticism of mental illness and self-abuse, giving them a soundtrack for it.

Many of their songs go in depth with taboo subjects: Alice Practice and Xxzxcuzx Me being about mental illness making you feel as if you're not human, Vanished being about using addictions as distractions, and Black Panther being about parental abandonment.

According to Giles and Matby (2006), most people form a parasocial relationship at least once in their lives. While this usually sticks to the first stage (seeing them as entertainment), Tumblr "fandoms" have been observed to usually be in the second stage: intense - personal.

At this stage, the fan may become increasingly interested in the more personal details of a celebrity's life such as their dress sense and interests. This stage is also commonly seen more in teenagers and young adults, reflecting the younger age range of the website. We can see the effect of these parasocial relationships on the creation of the subculture however; with the dress sense of Matty Healy and Alice Glass being mimicked and used as an identifier for people involved.

Those involved in the subculture tend to be teenagers or young adults, trying to find a sense of self during a transitional period of their lives and asking themselves "Who Am I?"; a question that sociologists like Woodward say starts the self identification process.

The accessibility and welcome nature of the subculture as well is what led so many to identify with it. Social class, gender, race and other factors weren't included - all you needed to do was listen to the music, and watch the shows. Even the fashion was easy to replicate with charity shop finds and basics they already owned. Similar to indie sleaze as well, there was no political affiliation, perfect for younger people who hadn't figured out their stance yet.

Young people creating their own subcultures is seen as a rite of passage in the perspective of a functionalist. As someone transitions from childhood to adulthood, they naturally want to try and find a collective identity with other people. Youth cultures are also seen as important for societal change as they give the participants space to question societal norms.

A collective identity may also help the people inside of this subculture when it comes to not feeling alone - as mentioned before, poor mental health is common in these online spaces.

If you have any questions, please don't be afraid to ask!

[shadowsf2]

Harry Potter, nice to meet you again

For the first time since the early 2010’s, I’m engaging with the Harry Potter series again.

Back in Ye Olde Days, I was active in the Harry Potter fandom. I discovered the series in 2002, when I rented the first movie from Netflix -- remember when Netflix sent you DVD’s in the mail in those red envelopes? I was on sabbatical from my teaching job at the time, so I drove to the nearby Borders -- again, remember when brick-and-mortar bookstores were a thing? -- and bought a boxed set of the first three books, because that was all that had been published at the time. I read the three books over a 48-hour period and barely noticed the time passing.

I was just starting to explore this newfangled thing called The Internet, having recently escaped America Online’s walled garden. I was checking out Yahoo! one afternoon and came across a Yahoo! Group called Harry Potter for Grownups, which turned out to be one of the early online epicenters for adult HP fandom. Reading through the posts there brought me to a bunch of things, including HP fanfiction (both gen and slash), LiveJournal (which had an active HP fandom community at the time), and the first ever HP fan convention, Nimbus, which took place in July 2003. I achieved my 15 minutes of fandom fame at Nimbus, when I took part in a panel discussion about slash in front of a packed ballroom full of slash fans and authors.

I stayed active in the fandom until 2012 or so. Hobbies come and go with me, and my interest dropped significantly after the publication of Half-Blood Prince, to the point that I read Deathly Hallows and saw the last two movies more out of a sense of perceived obligation to finish the series than an actual desire to find out how it ended. I attended the fandom convention Ascendio in 2012, had a fantastic time, and decided on the plane back home that that was how I wanted my personal Harry Potter journey to end.

Fast forward to about a week ago. I was digging through my laptop’s hard drive trying to clear up some storage space, and I stumbled upon the files for all 7 of the Harry Potter audio books (the US version). I had purchasedl the audiobooks on CD when they first came out, and I had ripped them all into iTunes so I could listen to them on my various iPod-like devices. I’m surprised I hadn’t deleted them at some point.

Nowadays, I listen to a lot of audio books, both when I’m working at my desk and during workouts. So a few days ago, I started listening to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I’m curious to see what I remember, what I’ve forgotten, and whether anything lands differently with me now than it did the first time around.

And as a possible side quest, I might also rewatch each film after I’m done with the audiobook.

As I write this, I just finished Chapter 7 of Sorcerer’s Stone. Harry has made it to Hogwarts and been sorted by the Sorting Hat, and he just fell asleep in the dorm on his first night.

It feels like I’m reconnecting with an old friend whom I used to know very well, but our lives have taken us in different directions.

[blacknwhitemood]

"Don't go to a record store, do not go into a record store," I thought, and I went into a record store. Whats up at the D of ABC? A shiny, colorful DVD box with all of the single's videos! I mean not only the Great And Super Anton Corbijn's works, but all. I didn't know this release. It was made in 2016 so Spirit and of course MM videos are painfully missing but having People Are People, Shake The Disease, Stripped or Meaning Of Love in HQ is amazing. Earlier I already bought classic Strange/Strange Too (reissue, 2023) and Corbijn's Videos 86>98 (reissue, 2000, scroll down) and Videos 86-98+ (2002, scroll down), but I found this beauty, I couldn't leave it in the shop. Here comes my too-long-and-perhaps-pointless DVD-post.

Video Singles Collection / Sony, 2016

There are some screenshots in the booklet from the videos like Stripped, Shake The Disease and Just Can't Get Enough:

I should tell to my boss not to give me any raise because I spent all of it to DM stuff. Actually I already told her, she laughed.

Tour Collection

I have all the official of DM tour videos on DVD, including The World We Live In And Live In Hamburg. It released on VHS in 1985 but I never had a video player, it's unecessary to buying one just for a single videotape - and the tape without player is unecessary too… It officially released on DVD only in the US (NTSC) which doesn't work in Europian region and on laserdisc in Japan - both are extremely rare. I find and I copied it from a specialist guy who's archived it in HQ from his Japan laserdisc and refit the sound (~7Gb). I'm going to make a DVD with printed cover just to put it on the shelf <3

After my 1st piece of the tours, Touring The Angel (scroll down) I've decided to buy all of them. Most of them are original edition which was important for me - except 101 (2003; 2005) and Devotion (2004), but those have similar, beautiful paper boxes like other tour's from the 2000s. Better quality than Youtube and better to touch it and hold it in your hand, including all of extras instead of torrent.

These are my new pieces:

Between 2000-2010 cases are in paper covers with booklets, I adore it, it's not only pieces of round plastic in a cheap snap plastic. Devotional (2004), One Night in Paris (+CD, 2002), Tour of the Universe: Barcelona 20/21.11.09 (+DC, 2010). I didn't pay much for them, as you can see their papersleeves are used, especially Devotional's, which fits on it's era:

Nice photos and datas in booklets:

From 2010 covers went smaller and become boxes - Live in Berlin (2014), SPiRiTS In the Forest (2020). I bought Spirit in a record shop (it's brand new), but finding Delta was tough, I could order it only from a seller in Denmark, free shipping (used, but seems new):

I love these boots, so cute:

Corbijn's stage set sketch for Delta Machine; Martin is singing Condemnation with Peter:

I like the warning "Contains moderate s*x references" and "infrequent strong language", it can be in the documentary part or Dave's hot and funny moments on the stage.

Collection 101

Umm, this is my 6th 101 record inlcuding a 7" vinyl... (I've already sold the other 2 Germany singles on the link, I replaced them to English version). I wrote about the reasons earlier, why I bought 2 kinds of 101 DVD (2005; 2021), but as you can see on this link (scroll down), non of them contained any booklet or extra photos inside, only DVDs. Then I found an older edition in paper box (is this the right word?) on the used stuff online market - it cost only 7€ because the documentary DVD was missing. It was printed in 2003, Germany with many beautiful photos. I know, it's not the new Blu-ray with extras, but I can play only DVD format and that is 10 times more expensive.

To the right you can see both side of a small card, it is written in Hungarian: "Win a Depeche Mode 101 thirt! If you send back this coupon to EMI's addresse (Budapest, …) with the code-word 'Game 101' until 20th of December, you will be entered into a draw and you can win one of the 101 exclusive, unique shirts!" - at the back: "Name, Addresse, Telephone number". It was in 2003, e-mail and PC was still rare compare to telephone.

Funny long post with trillion photos. I like to see through my collection and costs, its history, or simply just help others who are considering to collect similar stuff. Difficult journey, but really joyful.

[cheeseandbretboy]

who knew not fixating on self harm and starving would give me a personality this is like the first time in my life i have gotten a personality and i didnt even realise it small habits build up and i have a whole cottage with little shelves full of my ideas and maybe i cant hoard absolutely all the media and knowledge possible but that cottage exists and anytime i like i can go in and choose an old bound book or framed piece of art or absolutely anything and admire it and its there it really is guys trust me maybe this is what sherlock bbc (2010) meant by a mind palace it doesnt have to be for useful things but just things i think about like how sad my mother makes me sometimes and how much i want to pet a fluffy cow and thats enough and im happy and what interesting intelligent people i have around me and the access to resources i have and leisure i finally have something beautiful and flowing and airy and unending and swirly and different to live for and i get why most people live this way because its great, youre not constantly wallowing in self pity or hatred against others but just observing the world around u and just getting some stuff done its amazing and the fact i would give it up for something that i cant even explain a reason for is baffling and idiotic i know it is because i have the chance to do even better and feel even better with it but i keep thinking about what an idiot i used to be and i love myself for that i love that i was able to experience it because i think i was destined for it with my mother and innate feelings and im glad i got it over and done with but turns out when somethings a bit wrong you cant just get done with it and it might come back and i dont want it to but i keep thinking and god i felt unstoppable and so bratty because i wasnt focused on living at all and i would tell people that i told them i didnt care about now i care when im 18 and have the rights to make myself happy with both my home and body because i couldnt possibly live while being unhappy like that but turns out it was too long for me to handle and im actually trying to live now i mean thats why i only did well in school because that would matter anything else didnt matter so i did stupid stuff i still have the journals and im still journalling and omg i realised today is the day i started cutting a few years ago and maybe thats a good day to think about the past i would go to getting sober/clean apps and websites with no intention of stopping and i just had no aura wasnt skibidi rotting in my gooncave ok im stopping,... maybe with the emergence of brainrot i really havent gotten better since then i love talking about myself in the past because everything felt present right now im looking back or forward but when im doing shit and going crazy thats when everything feels real when i would collapse on roads at midnight and lay there looking up at the few stars and calling my friend who was cutting himself every third day and attempting every month or so but i had no care for him not really and i look back and i want to kill myself for acting like that because he came back from attempting and my other friend was in tears and the whole time i had this vacant expression and was so casual i was just so out of it nothing was real why am i contradicting myself sm hold up that does nawt sound right but anyways i can listen to some music i can flip through the journals i can look at my scars and it all floods back to me and i have this unexplainable urge to do it all again but worse because im nothing without that but i realise i do have something now i just cant recognise it and what a dull topic to talk about guys ive got to get back to my room all my things are there like maos and basil plants and journals and my broken fan (i am glad to be away from that, i pray each night that it doesnt fall on me and slice me into pieces because it will someday) and my cds and dvds AND M Y H A R D D R I V E and my bed and my frying pan and see sometimes i think about how weird it is that ive had to hide stuff from everyone

[greensparty]

Album Reviews: Paul McCartney and Wings / Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs

Paul McCartney and Wings One Hand Clapping

I guess you could say I've written a bit about Sir Paul McCartney on this site (read here) and his former bandmates The Beatles (read here). I've gotten to cover his 2021 documentary series McCartney 3, 2, 1, I saw him live at Citi Field in 2009 and Fenway Park in 2022, and earlier this year I got to cover the 50th anniversary of the classic album Band on the Run from Paul McCartney and Wings. This week UMe is releasing an often-bootlegged but never officially released live album One Hand Clapping.

album cover

In August 1974, when Wings were riding high with Band on the Run released in November 1973, they entered Abbey Road Studios to record both a TV concert documentary and a live album. For one reason or another the documentary and live album were never released. The band at the time was made up of Sir Paul, wife Linda on vocals and keyboards, the late great Denny Laine (1944-2023) on guitar, and new guitarist Jimmy McCulloch (1953-1979, a member of Wings from 1974-77), and drummer Geoff Britton (a Wing from 1974-75). The film and the live recording became a popular bootleg among fans mainly because it wasn't commercially released. In 2010, the doc was finally released on the bonus DVD of the Band on the Run Archive Collection release. Select tracks were also includes on the bonus disc of that collection as well. Select tracks have also surfaced on the bonus discs of McCartney and Venus and Mars. To mark the 50th anniversary of this, it is finally being released in various formats. The version I got to review is the digital stream of the Double-LP that includes a special 7" single with 6 additional bonus tracks not available on the CD or digital versions.

Sir Paul at Fenway Park on 6/8/22

the late great Denny Laine at City Winery on 1/9/19

The thing with this album is much of it felt somewhat anticlimactic. I have the 2010 Band on the Run release that included the bonus DVD with the One Hand Clapping documentary. It was awesome and the band was in their prime. When I interviewed Denny Laine in 2019, he said Band on the Run was very significant to him. When I saw him at City Winery in Boston shortly after our interview he played much of that album as well. All of Disc 1 is from that special from the 2010 bonus DVD. Disc 2 gets into other live in-studio renditions, including some Beatle covers. But the real treasure that's been unearthed here is the 7" single on the vinyl edition that the band recorded in the backyard of Abbey Road Studios including The Beatles' "Blackbird" and covers of Eddie Cochran and Buddy Holly hits. Wow! In the end, let's celebrate that this is finally being released and the extras that have never been heard before!

For info on One Hand Clapping

4 out of 5 stars

Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs Vagabonds, Virgins and Misfits

I've always considered guitarist Mike Campbell to be a secret weapon! In Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Petty was the singer and leader, but Campbell had so many memorable guitar solos. Campbell even played on Petty’s solo albums too. After Petty’s death in 2017, Campbell has been keeping busy. In addition to joining Fleetwood Mac in 2018, he formed his own band The Dirty Knobs, who now go by Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs. I got to review their 2020 debut Wreckless Abandon. Campbell actually formed the band while he was in The Heartbreakers but never recorded with them until that debut. Since then, they released a follow up in 2022 with External Combustion. Separate from Dirty Knobs, I was also lucky enough to get the 2022 live release Live at the Fillmore 1997 from the Heartbreakers and my album review was actually quoted on The Heartbreakers website for the album! But I digress. This week sees the release of the third album from The Dirty Knobs' Vagabonds, Virgins and Misfits.

album cover

new album cover looks a little like The Heartbreakers' "Don't Come Around Here No More" music video with Campbell 2nd from right front row.

Since the last album there's been some lineup changes. Drummer Matt Laug left to join AC/DC for their tour and was replaced by former Heartbreaker Steve Ferrone. Guitarist Jason Sinay was replaced by Chris Holt (Don Henley). They joined bassist Lance Morrison and singer/guitarist Campbell. This album also features appearances from Graham Nash, Lucinda Williams, Chris Stapleton and best of all former Heartbreaker Benmont Tench. That makes three Heartbreakers on one album!

This album's got that trademark blues-rock sound they delved into on the debut. It reminded me of ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Texas blues bands. Even though Campbell himself is a native of Florida, I heard more of a Southwestern vibe than a Southern vibe. There's some cool guests. The thing is, I wanted to like this album more than I did. Campbell is awesome and the band is tight, but it just felt like an album that was pretty good instead of pretty awesome. Maybe it's going to take a few more listens but I had high hopes.

For info on Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs

3 out of 5 stars

[vickiabelson]

***SPECIAL TIME TODAY, April 10, 1 PM PT, 4 PM ET***

In February, Facebook friend Kenneth Reaber played talk show Cupid and suggested I connect with Grammy-nominated guitarist, singer, and producer, Rick Vito, probably best known as a member of Fleetwood Mac as if that t’weren’t enough, he sold me with Rick’s tenure with Jackson Browne, alongside Kootch and Kunkel for a tour, with this video from ’82 to bring it home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2WkyiHL-n8&t=50s - babies!  Plus, his work with Bonnie Raitt, his legendary slide work with Bob Seger, and Rick later partnering with Mick Fleetwood to form the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band featuring Rick Vito. Shortly after the release of their CD, Blue Again, Rick was nominated for the 2010 Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Blues category as both artist and producer. Not shabby, iffn’ you can git it.

His solo albums began with Atlantic in ’92, after which he began performing worldwide with his own band. He also appeared on hundreds of recordings by such legendary Rock & Roll and Blues Hall of Fame artists as John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, John Fogerty, Little Richard, Leon Russell, Boz Scaggs, John Prine, Delbert McClinton, Rita Coolidge, Roy Orbison, Roger McGuinn, Todd Rundgren, Maria Muldaur, and scores of others. 

Rick is the recipient of the  W.C. Handy Blues Award for the song of the year, It’s Two A.M., by Shemekia Copeland, and his compositions have appeared in numerous movies and TV shows, most recently in multiple episodes of Blue Bloods.

A designer of Art Deco and Modernistic guitars, Rick Vito’s Soul Agent Signature model is currently available from Reverend Guitars. This represents the fourth edition of Reverend Signature models bearing Rick’s name and design features.

In 2020 Rick appeared alongside Christine McVie (in her final performance), Billy Gibbons, Pete Townsend, David Gilmour, Bill Wyman, John Mayall, and a host of other musical luminaries in Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green concert filmed in London, available on CD and DVD. 

Recently, Rick signed with the Blue Heart Records. His rocking Christmas anthem, “I Was A Bad Boy This Year,” is featured on their 2023 “Jingle All The Way” holiday compilation CD, and his new album, “Cadillac Man” is available now and has been on heavy rotation in the Snicki Mobile. 

Looking forward to getting to meet and know this crazy talented, and I can already tell, fun, humble, self-effacing, cool guy! Thanks, Kenneth! 

Rick Vito Live on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson

Wednesday, April 10th 

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[boiledstarz]

Have a big old info dump:

Hina is an alt girl who is a recent high-school graduate who lives at home with her parents in the year 2010, in her woodys small town surrounded by forests. She is considering community college but doesn’t know what she wants to go to college for and is also considering trade school.

Hina currently works at a local grocery store and does cash register. She usually does the afternoon shifts but occasionally does the night shifts. She doesn’t mind her job too much but is usually uncomfortable by the occasional creeps, jerks and oddballs.

She has a massive collection of plushes, DVDs and cds. She even has a pink hello kitty themed boom box and tv + dvd in her room. Hina adores the color pink as well & has it all over her room. Her computer is also in there as well and it’s pretty old. She likes to use a watermouse for her computer.

Hina doesn’t have too many in person friends & she’s bad at staying in communication with people. Hina mainly has many online friends and is basically chronically online. She often stays up late talking to her friends.

For Hina’s family life, her parents are divorced.

She has a very good relationship with her mother, who works at their local library. Hinas stepdad is a dentist, and is overall a very caring man. She has an overall good relationship with him and easily confides in him.

Her Older brother is in his twenties, and lives at home and works as a waiter for a local pizza place. She isn’t very close with him at all, they don’t see each other much but they do care about each other. He often plays the guitar, is very music focused and often stays in his room talking to his own friends.

Their father works a high end job for a paper company. She is not very close with him at all, but loves him dearly (and vise versa). Due to his quick temper and lack of a filter she ends up feeling uncomfortable & uneasy with him. Her childhood is tainted with memories of arguments and anger, mixed with the blobs of happiness between them. However she doesn’t see him much.

Her stepmom (Her dad’s new wife) is a tired woman who is outwardly hostile towards people and standoffish, especially towards Hina’s Mother & Stepdad. Hina is neutral on her for this reason while her brother doesn’t like her. There might be a softer side to her step mom hiding away however.

Finally, Hina’s Step siblings. A twelve year old younger step brother & a five year old step sister. When her father & step mother go away, Hina often baby sits her step siblings for them or they stay with Hina’s Mother. Hina deeply cares for her step siblings, and is protective of them. Her step brother cares for her and views her as a bit of a pushover while her step sister looks up to her and thinks she’s cool.

Below is some sloppy artwork of her family + clarifications:

Henrik is Hina’s biological older brother.

Enmei and Mia are Hina & Henrik’s biological parents but they divorced. They both remarried, Enmei marrying Luisa & Mia marrying Jacob.

Luisa and Mike are the biological parents of Noah and Frieda. They divorced as well. Noah & Frieda are Henrik & Hina’s step siblings. While Enmei is THEIR step dad. Also I think Mike is dating someone as well, I think a dude.

For Noah and Frieda, Mike is the carrier of their powers. They got their telepathy from him. For Hina it’s suspected that it’s Enmei.

Have a brand new OC here!! Her name is Hina! :)))

[sbnkalny]

Dear robot, what is on december 22, 2010 on both a CD and a dvd, in order to awaken all the other tumblr bots who play the guitar