#27 November 2023

[chainsawl]

[ID: A crudely drawn doddle of simon petrikov from adventure time. he is resting his head on his arm while holding a . of alcohol in his free hand. he's saying "man... the future sucks. no one even knows about cheers NOR frasier's." End ID]

[ ID 1: Simon buries his head into his arm to rest while going "sighs...". End ID] [ ID 2: Same as the previous picture, but there is a shadow of bmo emerging as they walk towards simon. End ID ]

[ ID: a shot of bmo seen from a . perspective, reaching out her hand to simon's while smiling and saying "i do." there is an arrow pointing at her that says "has canonically seen at *least* one frasier's episode". End ID. ]

[brian-in-finance]

Video 📹 from Instagram

Remember when Marsali left Fergus and the weans at home and joined her ma at the Celia Kritharioti at Harrods Exclusive Launch Party?

[withbriefthanksgiving]

Article dated 27 November 2023.

Lo and behold, Israeli surviellance tech will now be used on you, that's right, YOU USAmericans! And all under Biden's watch, huh?

[politikwatch]

#Islamistische Gefahr – #Religiöse #Fanatiker machen mobil, führen einen #Propagandakrieg. Via #TikTok, via #Instagram, via X . Aber auch auf öffentlichen Straßen und Plätzen. Ihr Ziel: #Israel #auslöschen und in #Deutschland einen #Gottesstaat errichten.

[ihavebeenleftalone]

i've lost my home and now you've left

i've no one to talk to yet again

i don't want to be anywhere

i shouldn't be anywhere

i truly belonged somewhere and now

i belong nowhere

no one cares how i feel and there's no point in saying anything

i'm here to comfort myself yet again

and you're gone

it feels like before but also different

more fractured

[crawfishcomic]

Priority

[ralfmaximus]

Google Drive users are reporting that recent files stored in the cloud have suddenly disappeared, with the cloud service reverting to a storage snapshot as it was around April-May 2023.

Hope you aren't using Google Drive for anything important.

[nando161mando]

Monday in Dublin. Be there!

With Workers.

Against Racism.

#DublinRiots #Dublin #Ireland #PeopleBeforeProfit #PBP #AntiRacism #Antifascism

@antifainternational @anarchistmemecollective @kropotkindersurprise @radicalgraff

[card-of-the-day]

Today's Card Is: Kabutops ex

[samirafee]

#FULL BEAVER MOON🦫🌝 NOV 27 in GEMINI♊️ accompanied by evening star VENUS⭐️

@samirafee

[pineapplefulfillseveryneed]

The Revenge Of Two Hands One Mouth - O2 Academy Bristol (November 27, 2013) by Adam Gasson

After 11 years of not finding a single photo from this show, I found these yesterday! I can not begin to express what this means to me, I nearly cried and I couldn't sleep last night. I was still a rather new fan and this was my first time going to a show in the UK, the first show I went to see with a friend, and my first time meeting that friend, too. And these above photos are SO GOOD! Not much was preserved from this show at all, there was no recording allowed (no charcoal drawings either), and to my knowledge not even the full setlist for this specific show was preserved anywhere. So better late than never, but here's what I remember (with some help from these photos!) and the things I've puzzled back together:

If there was opening music or an opening act, i don't recall, but Russell entered the stage alone. It was dramatic and impactful, and it went quiet as he gave an intense stare into the audience and did a drawn out "ahhh" into the microphone. After a little moment of quiet, it turned out the microphone had been connected to a sequencer which now started repeating "ah ah ah ah ah ah". Suspense, excitement. Russell added: "Hold, hold, hold, hold". (...I was definitely freaking out.) While that started looping on top of the ah ah ah sequence, he made stop signs with his hand as we all listened. A few repeats passed. "I'm getting mixed signals, mixed signals - mixed, mixed, mixed signals".

^ the only seconds of this show I recorded as I didn't yet know it wasn't allowed - security signed at me and I put the camera away. It was fine. (Here's a recording of it made during the US tour later that year - recording seemed to be less frowned upon at that point.)

I don't recall when Ron entered the stage at this show, whether it was during the song or after, but what a way to open! And what an amazing song choice!

The performance that left the biggest impression on me at this show though was Nicotina. It was a choice I didn't see coming, but also the way Russell sang it! Falsetto heaven. (Sadly not a single video is to be found of Nicotina from this tour. But for your falsetto heaven needs, I hope you can find a video of Here In Heaven that they also performed on this tour, because that will also kill you.)

As everyone here probably knows I am quite big on Bergman, which at the time was heavily promoted during the tours, and, the excerpts they played on this tour were different from what they played during Two Hands One Mouth! They played "I Am Ingmar Bergman", The Studio Commissary (my favourite song on Bergman), Limo Driver (but sang by Russell, and HOW!) and "Oh My God". (Here's a video of it from one of the American shows. It's extremely good. People who've been around for a while have seen me lose it over this video many times.)

The most unexpected song choice was probably Katherine Hepburn. Me and my friend had been joking for absolute months that we were going to see Sparks and they'd play Katherine Hepburn (as if that would ever happen, we were obsessed with that song though!). And here we were, and they were playing Katherine Hepburn right in front of our eyes. (What is reality.)

Falling In Love With Myself Again had me losing it over the organ sounds, always a fan of Ron on organ, and I LOVE that song. Russell sang a line in my direction (I died), and he managed to throw another line at me during Those Mysteries ...I died a few times that night. As you might expect. That was kind of the whole THOM/TROTHOM experience anyway. Lots of dying. But the variety of dying where you end up in heaven. (You're at a Sparks show after all.)

They wrote a song especially for this tour, which was not released but only ever played live: Revenge Of Two Hands One Mouth. What a thing to experience! A very dark song, but wonderful. (REVENGE! REVENGE REVENGE!)

At the end of the show Ron took a photo of Russell with the audience. I don't really remember that happening, but the photo exists and it really was not a thing they did often back then. We had been a good audience :)

Here's all the songs that were probably played that night in random order:

Your Call's Very Important To Us. Please Hold., B.C., Good Morning, Here In Heaven, Academy Award Performance, Those Mysteries, Falling In Love With Myself Again, Big Boy, Nicotina, Popularity, This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us, excerpts from The Seduction Of Ingmar Bergman, Tryouts For The Human Race, Katherine Hepburn, Revenge Of Two Hands One Mouth. They likely also played The Number One Song in Heaven, When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way' and Suburban Homeboy. (I see mentions of How Are You Getting Home? and How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall? in setlists for this tour as well, which they very well might have played but I very sadly have zero memory of ever hearing those songs live.)

This tour had a real air of mystery, possibly even more so than Two Hands One Mouth, as the lack of existing footage definitely adds to it. But luckily some of it *is* out there, and I am so grateful for these photos :) On top of the songs I especially mentioned above, I would also advise people to look for recordings of Tryouts For The Human Race and Popularity from this tour, because the arrangements are probably not going to be the way you expect them to be. And as you might expect: B.C. is stunning live. (I could start a whole rant about Good Morning and Suburban Homeboy live but I think I sufficiently screamed about both in my personal notes on THOM the year prior.) Final note: I know Russell had some sort of dance move for Big Boy because me and another friend couldn't stop talking about it for months. I don't remember what he did, but both THOM and TROTHOM were wonderful for Russell dances <3

[ldshadowdoodles]

[4] Florian Lizzie!! Nostalgia for the ALSMP lovers <3

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[scintillatingshortgirl19]

Chapters: 9/9 Fandom: House M.D. Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Gregory House & James Wilson, Gregory House & John House Characters: Gregory House, James Wilson (House M.D.), John House, Allison Cameron, Eric Foreman (House M.D.), Robert Chase Additional Tags: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Child Abuse, Hallucinations, Flashbacks, Ice Baths, Dissociation, Ableism, past suicidal ideation, it's brief but tagging just to be safe, Hurt/Comfort, well mostly hurt but i promise there's some comfort too, vaguely season 2-3 era, John House's A+ Parenting, fuck john house, Autistic Gregory House, Implicitly at least, in general just assume house is autistic when i’m writing him, Gregory House Needs a Hug Summary:

Hell, maybe it wasn’t even a hallucination. House probably fell asleep again, and it was a dream.

Come to think of it, yeah, that’s the obvious answer. House was tired and bored and for just a minute or two he fell asleep in that uncomfortable chair at the meeting table, and his bitch of a subconscious decided to show him the very man he’s been doing everything in his power to avoid thinking about.

In other words, this is frustrating - but not concerning. There is no need whatsoever for concern.

-

After being rushed to PPTH with a dangerously high fever, House wakes up in an ice bath. Things spiral downward from there.

[violethursday]

(this is for your send me drawing requests post)

draw your agents all hanging out >:)

(Sorry for not replying to this WAY more sooner!)

On Celeste's 19th birthday (November 27) they (Hiro and Octavia) decided to take her to a karaoke place. Marnie was dragged along by Hiro so they could get to know the other agents better, but Marnie only clearly understood Octavia.

[ms-m-astrologer]

The Week Ahead: November 27 - December 3, 2023

Lunar Phases

Monday, November 27, 09:16 UT - Full Moon, 4°51’ Gemini

The key phrases for the Full lunar phase are “culminate, illumine, fulfill, manifest;” and “pour all your energy into your intentions.” Try to have healthy outlets for your energy, and get plenty of rest.

Friday, December 1, 03:41 UT - Disseminating Moon, 23°40’ Cancer

The key phrases for the Disseminating lunar phase are “teach, share, communicate;” and “ease up on efforts with your intentions.” Might get a little whiny.

Void of Course Moon

Sunday, November 26, 21:52 UT (Taurus) - Monday, November 27, 00:40 UT (Gemini)

Wednesday, November 29, 01:03 UT (Gemini) - 06:54 UT (Cancer)

Friday, December 1, 13:07 UT (Cancer) - 16:00 UT (Leo)

Monday, December 4, 02:11 UT (Leo) - 03:50 UT (Virgo)

Retrograde/Direct/Etc.

Pre-retrograde shadow: Mercury/Sagittarius-Capricorn

Retrograde: Vesta/Cancer, Jupiter/Taurus, Chiron/Aries, Uranus/Taurus, Neptune/Pisces, Eris/Aries

Post-retrograde shadow: Saturn/Pisces

Ingress

Friday, December 1, 14:31 UT - transiting Mercury enters Capricorn

Not for long - Merc will station retrograde on December 13, and return to Sag on December 23. This little ingress is basically a mulligan.

Et Cetera

There are two Opportunity Periodss this week:

Sunday, November 26, 08:03 UT - Monday, November 27, 00:40 UT. “Use this for anything, from romance to creativity to serious work.”

Sunday, December 3, 10:13 UT - Monday, December 4, 02:11 UT. “Use this OP for self-improvement, relationship-building, or whatever interests you.”

A tiring week, and not because of anything strenuous in The Cosmos. I think we’re all just exhausted - if we live in the US, and if we got any time off at all for Thanksgiving, it was insufficient. We’re all ready for 2023 to be over with, but the prospect of 2024 is frightening. Ugh. Be kind.

[sunshineandlyrics]

Super Lucky fan! And Louis fixing his fringe 🥹

Rolling Stone Awards, 23 November 2023 & Australian Open, 27 January 2024