#2019 Tacoma

[jonasgoonface]

5 years ago today Willem Van Spronsen attacked the Tacoma ICE facility and was gunned down as he attempted to blow up the buses being used to transport prisoners. His last transmission is a banger if yinz wanna read it. it's not long.

[egg-on-a-legg]

humanizing some of my many beloved ai,,,

[eopederson2]

Totem pole, Fireman's Park, Tacoma, 2019.

[frankforested]

update @ those tags

i have not been there it’s way up near british columbia but damn the puget sound looks gorgeous from up high no matter which way you look at it

[tacoma-narrows]

Searing Pink Skies (2024 Version)

Yesterday, June 8th, was Rhazz's birthday, so you know what that means! It's time for my yearly Rhazz and Agouti birthday/pride month piece!! It is a time honored tradition here in the Tacoma Nation to blast you all with Lesbian Dragons at least once a year :3

Lots of ramblies abt them plus the original piece that this is a redraw of, and some additional goodies, are below the cut :3

Rhazz and Agouti were my first ever LGBTQ+ OC pairing when I paired them together back in November of 2018 and as you can see, I still love them very much today <33 I'm super happy with how this piece came out, especially since it's a redraw! I wanted to redraw that first ever piece I did of them together from 2018, which is below if you want to see it! That piece still holds up as one of my all time favs and I love how this one looks side by side with the old one <3 I think my redraw of my original Vostok piece from abt two weeks ago got me thinking abt redrawing other old pieces, so here we are hehe.

But it's also Rhazz's birthday! (Or at least it was yesterday lol) I may not show it very often here, but those of you who've followed me on Insta (or WoFA god forbid lmao) for a long time will know that Rhazz is my all time fav WoF OC :3 She's one one of my biggest comfort OCs and pairing her with Agouti just made me like her all the more haha. Her design and personality are based on the Roaring Twenties and Art Deco, which is also one of my fav, aesthetics I guess you could say ?? Idk lol but I love her so much, so be sure to wish Rhazz a happy bday!! I've had her for 6 years now omg!!

(Ignore the fact that the sky is in fact orange and not pink, the original piece used the old lesbian flag colors lol)

Here's the original from November of 2018! I also made this original drawing into a speedpaint which you can check out here if you want!

And then as a bonus here are my last few Agouti + Rhazz pride month/bday pieces from 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 :3

[earlycuntsets]

mcr shows on youtube pt. 4 (2011 - 2023) last one :]

-> pt. 1 (2002 - 2005)

-> pt. 2 (2005 - 2007)

-> pt. 3 (2007 - 2011)

08/05/2011 pnc bank arts center holmdel nj - the academy is my beautiful romance

08/13/2011 hersheypark stadium hershey pa - the academy is my beautiful romance

08/20/2011 first midwest bank amphitheater tinley park il - the academy is my beautiful romance

08/26/2011 little john's farm reading england - em

08/31/2011 rogers arena vancouver canada - catie cunningham

09/03/2011 usana amphitheater west valley city utah - delaney nye

09/04/2011 comfort dental amphitheater greenwood village co - the academy is my beautiful romance

09/09/2011  capitol federal park at sandstone amphitheater bonner springs ks - the academy is my beautiful romance

09/11/2011 dte energy music theater clarkston mi - justanotherkilljoy

09/18/2011 farm bureau live at virginia beach va - the academy is my beautiful romance

09/20/2011 verizon wireless amphitheater charlotte nc - the academy is my beautiful romance

1/22/2012 gold coast parklands gold coast australia - the academy is my beautiful romance

02/03/2012 adelaide showground adelaide australia - the academy is my beautiful romance

02/05/2012 mccallum park perth australia - myxinfinitexromance

05/19/2012 north beach asbury park asbury park nj - ryan hanratty

12/20/2019 the shrine expo hall los angeles ca - gabe havel photo

05/16/2022 the eden project day one st austell england - the academy is my beautiful romance

05/17/2022 the eden project day two st austell england - the academy is my beautiful romance

05/21/2022 stadium mk milton keynes england - TheChickenGiraffe

05/24/2022 royal hospital kilmainham dublin ireland - the academy is my beautiful romance

05/28/2022 sofia gardens cricket ground cardiff wales - the academy is my beautiful romance

06/04/2022 bologna sonic park arena parco north italy - the academy is my beautiful romance

06/06/2022 olympiahalle munich germany - the academy is my beautiful romance

06/07/2022 budapest park budapest hungary - the academy is my beautiful romance

06/09/2022 progresja warsaw poland - the academy is my beautiful romance

06/11/2022 o2 arena prague czech republic - the academy is my beautiful romance

06/13/2022 stora scenen gröna lund stockholm sweden - live from stockholm

08/19/2022 paycom center oklahoma city ok - tony

08/23/2022 bridgestone arena nashville tn - the academy is my beautiful romance

08/24/2022 heritage bank center cincinnati oh - the academy is my beautiful romance

08/29/2022 wells fargo philadelphia pa - ronaldb2985

08/30/2022 mvp arena albany ny - the academy is my beautiful romance

09/05/2022 scotia bank toronto ca - the academy is my beautiful romance

09/16/2022 riot fest douglass park chicago il - geoffrey gardner

09/20/2022 prudential center newark nj - deadhoarse

09/24/2022 fla live arena sunrise fl - the academy is my beautiful romance

10/03/2022 tacoma dome tacoma wa - seattle concerts

10/05/2022 oakland arena oakland ca - HisoKu

10/07/2022 t-mobile arena las vegas nv - wormspeddler (smeagles)

10/08/2022 aftershock discovery park sacramento ca - the academy is my beautiful romance

10/09/2022 barclays center brooklyn ny - the academy is my beautiful romance

10/15/2022 kia forum inglewood ca - the academy is my beautiful romance

10/23/2022 when we were young day day two las vegas - the academy is my beautiful romance

10/29/2022 when we were young fest las vegas nv - PichyJr

11/18/2022 autódromo hermanos rodríguez mexico city mexico - leashalia

03/11/2023 the outer fields at western springs auckland new zealand (soundcheck) - the academy is my beautiful romance

03/23/2023 qudos bank arena sydney australia - the academy is my beautiful romance

-> pt. 1 (2002 - 2005)

-> pt. 2 (2005 - 2007)

-> pt. 3 (2007 - 2011)

[tomorrowxtogether]

Tomorrow X Together Give Us ‘Deja Vu’ on the ‘Kelly Clarkson Show’

The song appears on their newly-released mini-album Minisode 3: Tomorrow

TOMORROW X TOGETHER performed their latest single “Deja Vu” during Wednesday’s episode of the Kelly Clarkson Show.

The track appears on their newly-released mini-album Minisode 3: Tomorrow. After Clarkson introduced the group as “one of the biggest K-pop groups on the planet,” Huening Kai appeared solo on a dark stage clutching a coin inscribed with “2019,” the year the TXT debuted, as sand fell from his hand. As he was joined by fellow bandmates Soobin, Yeonjun, Beomgyu, and Taehyun, the stage revealed a cavernous backdrop as the quintet sang, “Within that long, eternal journey/The sadness we shared is my clarity/Is by your tears.”

A press release bills “Deja Vu” as a “hybrid Pop track that fuses elements of Trap, Rage, and Emo Rock that sings of how the thought of meeting ‘you’ in the future feels like ‘déjà vu’.”

Minisode 3: Tomorrow brought seven new songs to TXT’s catalog, including “Deja Vu” and “Deja Vu (Anemoia Remix).” Their last full-length, The Name Chapter: Freefall, was released back in October. Their sixth mini-album arrives in celebration of the group’s fifth anniversary.

In March, the K-pop band announced that they’ll be embarking on the U.S. leg of their Act: Promise Tour this spring. The trek launches in South Korea’s capital, Seoul, on May 3, and promises to be “grander” than its 2023 predecessor Act: Sweet Mirage Tour. The U.S. portion of their world tour kicks off May 14 in Tacoma, Washington, and features 11 total shows across eight cities including Oakland, Los Angeles, Houston, and New York.

The concert promises to be a showcase of a “cohesive narrative, seamlessly weaving together captivating music, performances, VCRs, and set designs.”

[architect-2015]

I’VE GOT YOUR BACK

Alex León is a well know name in the independent wrestling scene, having earned the nickname The Prophecy of Professional Wrestling. Alex and Seth have been married for three years but never confirmed their relationship with the public so when Baron Corbin started bad mouthing his wife Seth couldn’t hold back, Alex watching from afar realised the true intentions of ‘the sassy southern belle’ and finally found her place in the WWE.

January 6th 2019 -

Nashville Tennessee

“Thank you Alex! Thank you Alex! Thank you Alex!” Alex León is making her final walk around the ringside applauding, having just dropped the title to Taya Valkyrie in a gruelling match at Impact Wrestling Homecoming.

“An emotional Alex León making her final rounds here at Impact. This women is the definition of what it means to be an Impact Knockouts Champion, she has followed through with her promise and cemented her legacy in this company but she had a Prophecy to for fill somewhere else and we wish her the best of luck!” the commentary team announce.

Many rumours have spread about Alexandria not renewing her contract, having been in the company since 2013 she felt the need for a change.

With tears welling in her eyes, taking one final bow the programme closes with the last walk for Alex León backstage.

————————

Alexandria after taking her leave from Impact has been sending sometime at home, the days have been lonely without her husband and no wrestling as a distraction so like many people social media had taken up the majority of her time.

Pointlessly scrolling through twitter an article catches her attention:

‘Baron Corbin Chooses Lacey Evans As Guest Referee, Monday Night Raw Higlights 06/17/19’

León glances down at her wedding ring with a subtle look of confidence, exiting twitter she opens a contact typing out only one sentence…

I’ve got your back.

———

Wednesday 19th of June 2019

week of Stomping grounds

Stepping out of the car, Alex looks up to meet the deep brown eyes of her husband. A warm hand wraps it’s self around her waist pulling her into a loving embrace.

“Mrs Lopez i have missed you so much.” is the phrase that Alexandria feels rumble in her husbands chest, her bottom lip quivers knowing this reunion is months in the making.

“I can’t do this anymore, the distance i mean. I can’t keep waking up alone in bed. Practically me not working is a problem and i love my job i really do but i can’t keep being so far away from you, i just can’t do it. I need you” Alex let’s out a chocked sob as she repeats the words she had been dwelling on for the duration on the drive.

Instinctively Colby glanced down, his eyes drowning in sympathy, he knows the feeling. Lifting his hand to wipe away a stray tear.

“Stay here then baby, stay with me. I need you too, more then i could ever express in words. Stay here and we can make sure your work is valued for the talent you showcase, i’ll make sure nothing goes wrong” Colby pleads knowing they had to have this conversation, if Lexi retires then the idea would be completely out of the window…

———

Saturday June 23rd 2019

Tacoma Dome - Tacoma, Washington.

Lacey evans stood face to face with a very frustrated Seth Rollins, she had been changing and bending rules in Corbin’s favour and it was obvious it was getting to him. Suddenly Rollins’ face is flying left, she had slapped him!

“omg.. and here’s Baron Corbin trying to take advantage!” Spinning Seth around Baron tried to capitalise on the distraction only to meet a blow to his jaw leaving his slumped on the ropes for support.

“OH! A LOW BLOW BY THE OFFICIAL!”

The beginning beats of ‘Prophecy by Queensryche’ hits the arenas speakers, the crowd arrupts with cheers as a familiar red head charges down the ramp.

“IS IT? IT IS, COREY ITS ALEX LÈON THE FORMER IMAPCT KNOCKOUTS CHAMPION! SHES HERE IN THE WWE!”

“Why is Alex Lèon here? she isn’t part of this match?” Corey announces beside a very happy Renee Young and Micheal Cole.

Sliding into the ring Alex pounces on Lacey Evans throwing combinations of punches and slaps to the blonde.

“ALEX LÈON IS ASSAULTING EVANS, ALEX LÈON IS TAKING OUT THE OFFICIAL! ITS NO DISQUALIFICATION, ALEX CAN DO WHATEVER THE HELL SHE WANTS TO DO!”

Alex and Lacey take the brawl outside of the ring, the sassy southern belle is sprawled out on the floor after being in the receiving end of a ‘final chapter’ (an exploder suplex) when officials and security try to tear Lèon from Evans.

Whilst in the firm grip of many security men, Alexandria looks though the ropes to see her husband of three years reverse an ‘end of days’ to hit a stomp.

1. 2. 3.

“SETH ROLLINS RETAINS WITH THE HELP OF A DEBUTING ALEX LÈON! WHAT A MOMENT!”

The wife joins her husband in the ring, raising his arm in victory. Seth couldn’t wait any longer, wrapping his arms around her waist he lifts his spouse into the air placing a delicate kiss on her lips. Whispers can be seen being shared between the couple as the crowd explodes with cheers.

“you did good baby, you did so good”

“Sweetheart, i told you i got you’re back.”

———

[inkandguns]

Well folks, I’m a Toyota Tacoma owner. 2019 TRD Sport.

I shopped a few models and dealers but this seemed like the practical choice. I didn’t talk to a good salesman the entire time. In Chicago when you buy a car fucking Don Draper is basically selling it to you. It’s some straight up glengarry glen ross shit, those fuckers are hustling hard.

In rural Washington it was like:

You want truck? We have truck.

They tried to sell it to me with worn tires and no gas, but I didn’t put up with that shit.

[gerardpilled]

organization tags

Links to tags for specific shows from 2022 and years from before that! All dates are formatted in the standard American way.

I did this mainly for my own reference, but any issues, please let me know!

Posts in which I couldn't remember/identify precise years have been tagged with the era (ex. "revenge") but posts that do have years are not also tagged with eras. I might be off for some of them, sorry. Most of these are in relation to Gerard, again sorry.

If there aren't any posts under the tag that means I haven't tagged anything yet and/or I am in the process of changing over tags :)

pre-2001

bullets

2001

2002

2003

revenge

2004

2005

black parade (bp)

2006

2007

2008

2009

danger days (dd)

2010

2011

2012

post-break up

2013 Hesitant Alien (ha)

2014

2015

post-HA ("mr netflix")

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022 shows

eden (5/16), eden 2 (5/17)

mk (5/19), mk 2 (5/21), mk 3 (5/22)

dublin (5/24), dublin 2 (5/25)

warrington (5/27)

cardiff (5/28)

glasgow (5/30)

paris (6/1)

rotterdam (6/2)

bologna (6/4)

munich (6/6)

budapest (6/7)

warsaw (6/9)

prague (6/11)

berlin (6/12)

stockholm (6/14)

bonn (6/17), bonn 2 (6/18)

North America

okc (8/20)

san antonio (8/21)

nashville (8/23)

cincinnati (8/24)

raleigh (8/26)

elmont (8/27)

philadelphia (8/29)

albany (8/30)

uncasville (9/1)

montreal (9/2)

toronto (9/4), toronto 2 (9/5)

boston (9/7), boston 2 (9/8)

brooklyn (9/10), brooklyn 2 (9/11)

detroit (9/13)

st paul (9/15)

chicago [(riot fest) (9/16)]

atlanta (9/18)

newark (9/20), newark 2 (9/21)

dover [(firefly) (9/23)]

sunrise (9/24)

houston (9/27)

dallas (9/28)

denver (9/30)

portland (10/2)

tacoma (10/3)

oakland (10/5)

vegas (10/7)

sacramento (10/8)

la 1 (10/11), la 2 (10/12), la 3 (10/14), la 4 (10/15), la 5 (10/17)

wwwy 2 (10/23), wwwy 3 (10/29)

mexico (11/18)

Oceania/Asia (2023)

Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau (3/11)

Brisbane (3/13), Brisbane 2 (3/14)

Melbourne (3/16), Melbourne 2 (3/17)

Sydney (3/19), Sydney 2 (3/20)

Tokyo (3/25)

Osaka (3/26)

[mostlysignssomeportents]

This day in history

TOMORROW (Sept 24), I'll be speaking IN PERSON at the BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY!

#20yrsago Lucas put malicious Xbox trojan on Star Wars DVD https://web.archive.org/web/20040925010419/http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EpAVlAVpuZDrYOIHtX.php

#20yrsago My Sunburst Award acceptance speech https://memex.craphound.com/2004/09/23/corys-sunburst-acceptance-speech/

#15yrsago London cops finally apologise for mugging geek — four years later https://gizmonaut.net/bits/suspect.html

#15yrsago Lily Allen’s copyright problem https://memex.craphound.com/2009/09/23/lily-allens-copyright-problem/

#15yrsago HOWTO reproduce a key from a distant, angled photo https://web.archive.org/web/20090927024433/http://vision.ucsd.edu/~blaxton/sneakey.html

#15yrsago Photos of Edward Gorey’s house https://www.flickr.com/photos/mychatham/sets/72157604189279962/

#10yrsago Photos from Stasiland https://www.wired.com/2014/09/eerie-architecture-east-germanys-secret-police/

#10yrsago Australian PM trades freedom for security, deserves neither https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-delicate-balance-between-freedom-and-security-may-have-to-shift-tony-abbott-20140922-10kdz7.html

#10yrsago Cops who use Stingray surveillance must sign company nondisclosure first https://www.muckrock.com/foi/tacoma-72/cell-site-simulator-acquisition-and-use-tacoma-police-department-12243/#1303020-nda_redacted

#10yrsago Scott Westerfeld’s Afterworlds https://memex.craphound.com/2014/09/23/scott-westerfelds-afterworlds/

#5yrsago Bernie Sanders promises to zero out all US medical debt and end medical bankruptciehttps://berniesanders.com/issues/eliminating-medical-debt/s https://berniesanders.com/issues/eliminating-medical-debt/

#5yrsago Towards a “nerdocratic oath” https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=4292

#5yrsago Sarah Pinsker’s “Song for a New Day”: outstanding dystopian rock-and-roll novel of rebellion and redemption https://memex.craphound.com/2019/09/23/sarah-pinskers-song-for-a-new-day-outstanding-dystopian-rock-and-roll-novel-of-rebellion-and-redemption/

#1yrago Down in the (link)dumps https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/23/salmagundi/#dewey-102

The paperback edition of The Lost Cause, my nationally bestselling, hopeful solarpunk novel is out this month!

[this-daydream-is-dangerous-13]

Fine Line (the song) as Harry’s emotional barometer: a thesis

Fine Line, my beloved. It belongs to my favourite type of songs by male vocalists: straining tenor songs about longing.

Fine Line is the closing track on the album which shares its name. Track 13 on the album Harry held for months so he could release it on Dec. 13, 2019. Blondie’s 30th birthday; the preshow playlist that night featured 2 tracks from Lover. It is haunting on the album, and live it’s even better.

Harry begins while quietly strumming his moon and stars/galaxy guitar with the fox on it. He often starts low, shifting into the upper register for lines like “You sunshine, you temptress. My hand’s at risk, I fold…”. It builds to a musical crescendo where he cries out one final “we’ll be alriiiiiiight” while horns and guitar and keys and percussion swell. It a weeper for me, and a no skip always.

Now that the tour is over, I can find all the stats, and there are some interesting trends;

During the first shows of HSLOT, in the fall of 2021, it was the final song on the set list prior to encore.

Here it is on opening night in Las Vegas, with the loveliest speech to introduce it

Here’s Tacoma where before singing it, he begs people to tell those they love that they love them:

Sometimes, he seems to be up in his feels and chooses not to sing the final line. He thanks the city instead, as he does here on the final night of the 2021 US leg:

He releases Harry’s House on May 20, 2022. He starts touring in European stadiums in June in Glasgow, and Love of My Life has replaced Fine Line as the set list closer.

At the first concert, he plays it midset between Boyfriends and Satellite, and it seems to be too emotional to do at that point in the show. It disappears after that.

He plays a particularly emotional version, following LOML and as actual main setlist finale, at the final European show in Lisbon in July 2022.

It vanishes from the setlist after that. It becomes the most requested song, even more then Medicine since Medicine is played from time to time.

He plays it for a 3rd time in 2022, in São Paulo. Coming out to do the ONLY second encore he’s done on tour, on Dec. 13, 2022 he plays it. (In true Harry fashion, he’s wearing a flag as a skirt because he’s ripped the crotch of his Gucci jumpsuit while 🕺).

He finishes, and in Portuguese thanks the city, the fans, and “Fine Line”.

Think I am kidding? Here are the times he played it in 2022, as per the stats:

He does not touch it during the bonus North American dates, nor in Australia/New Zealand or Asia.

Imagine my shock watching a livestream from Horsens, Denmark on May 13, 2023 when FINE LINE replaces LOML as the main set finale; it remains in that spot for the entire European leg of 2023.

And there are some doozies. On May 28th, on night 2 in Edinburgh, he sings the most emotional rendition I had ever seen. I wept through the livestream.

For interest’s sake, the night before while at MetLife Taylor released YLM and sang Maroon for the first time.

Another doozy of a performance was n3 of Wembley on June 16th

And he continues to perform the song with high levels of emotionality, all the way to the end of the tour on July 22nd.

That night, he performs the only other 2nd encore of the 169+ shows, a 10 minute instrumental piano ballad, and original composition which he introduces after by saying in Italian: “I wrote this for you, just for tonight”.

Thoughts?

[loth-caatgirl]

[eopederson2]

Transportation with grain terminal, Tacoma waterfront, 2019.

[shefanispeculator]

GB on A's bd

2017

February 25: Blake: Tacoma, WA Duet

February 26: Apollo Party Blake there

February 27: GR has boys Apollo party

February 28: Apollo Birthday

February 28: Blake Nashville

2018

February 22: B Grand Rapids MI: B’s plane to Burbank and then to MI: G and boys along

February 23: B Moline IL Duet

February 24: B St. Louis, MO Duet

February 25: Bus -Tulsa-Plane - Tulsa – Burbank(11 p): Apollo Party:

February 27: B to OK G Hawaii for SAP performance Tues

February 28: Apollo Bd

2019

February 24: Apollo’s bdy party

February 27: LA to Nash

February 28: Blake Peoria ILL

February 28: Apollo Bd

2020

Feb 26: G Private show Orlando: LA after

Feb 27: B SLC, LA after

Feb 28: Apollo Bd

Feb 29: B LV Master Card: To LV 1600: Zuma along

2021

Fri, Feb 26  -   B: Nash to LA

Sun, Feb 28  -  G&B: LA  Apollo Bd

2022

Feb 25: B Nashville to OK: G to OK from Aspen

Feb 28: Apollo Bd

Mar 1: GB PNX to VN 0900

2023

Feb 27: B Jimmy K

Feb 28: Apollo Bd : Plane to SD Family at Legoland

[tacoma-narrows]

Coming in Hot!

Hello Tacoma Nation this is the first you've seen this guy front n center here I think, and that's for good reason! This is that OC birthday post I had mentioned! Happy birthday to Wilkołak!!

Technically his bday was this past Tuesday, but I didn't get the chance to make this til now aha. Anyways, Wilkołak is actually a character I've had for a really long time, just not in this current form. He used to be a WoF fantribe OC named Galeforce, but that fantribe had long become inactive. I had him up for trades on Toyhouse since like, 2019 I think and no one ever showed any interest in him, so I redesigned him last January and that's how Wilkołak came to be!

He's my cool, kinda-tries-to-be-scary wolf guy (his name means werewolf in Polish!) and he's got hydrokinetic powers! That was actually a carryover from his original WoF incarnation. Also bc it felt super applicable with being redesigned into a different species, he's trans too! Peep his lightning bolt shaped top surgery scars hehe

If you wanna see his ref, or what his original design looked like, those are here below the cut :]

Oh also if u wanna see more of him, you can check him out on his Toyhouse page :]

Main ref:

And this is his original Galeforce design by Silly34772 on Toyhouse (though I got him in a DTA they hosted on WoFA)! I tried to incorporate a bunch of traits from it while still making something new :]