#40 years of ween

[weenofficial]

Ween will be painting the town brown all year long celebrating 40 YEARS OF WEEN.

Presale tickets will be available Wednesday, January 17 at 10am local venue time: https://ween.shop.ticketstoday.com

4/19 Atlanta, GA - Coca Cola Roxy Theatre 4/20 Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater 4/21 Birmingham, AL - Avondale Brewing Company 4/23 N. Charleston, SC - Firefly Distillery 4/25 Asheville, NC - Rabbit Rabbit 4/26 Raleigh, NC - Red Hat Amphitheater 4/27 Richmond, VA - Brown's Island 8/2 + 8/3 Missoula, MT - KettleHouse Amphitheater* 8/4 Spokane, WA - Spokane Pavilion 8/6 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre 8/10 Eugene, OR - Cuthbert Amphitheater

Tickets go on sale Friday, January 19 at 10am local venue time at ween.com.

*Check venue website for presale information.

[abroadlifeactually]

Its a Vibe (Free of Ghosts)

Over the last several years my birthday has been a week-long celebration. My 30th was spent relaxing on a beach and partying in Aruba with my best friend, which ushered in the trend to always do something lavish for my birthday. I maintained this tradition with vacations and spa treatments over the years. However, things started to change when I turned 40. One, I was pregnant, and two, it was during the covid years, thus severely altering how I could celebrate.  Last year we took a trip to the Philippines as a 40th redux, and to give me much needed R&R since our move abroad earlier that year was pretty rough. It was an amazing trip, but it wasn’t the “all about me” birthday vacation I had gotten used to. Sunbeam had just started to ween off breastfeeding, so I was pumping for relief and doing my best to maintain her schedule while we were away. On our return home Sunbeam got sick in the airport leaving us quarantined in a tiny hospital room for 2 days with all our luggage, no wifi, cell phone service, or drinking water, and a toilet leaking all over the floor. But that’s a story for another time. 

This past birthday the realization set in that the old days of sipping champagne all day aren’t returning; but it’s okay because my life is evolving, and change is a natural part of growth. At first I felt the need to cling to my old bday tradition to hold on to my “bad b*tch” aesthetic. Being able to splurge on myself and luxuriate for several days made me confident and independent. However, now I’m in a place where trying to uphold those traditions along with my new responsibilities is much harder. It’s not impossible, but definitely requires a lot more effort and planning, which can feel like a lot.

So what does a good birthday look like now? Earlier this year we took a family vacation to the Maldives, and were planning a visit back west around the holidays, so traveling was not an option. I thought about what brings me joy now, as a woman with a family. Hearing the happy squeals of my child brings me life, so I opted to bring Sunbeam to an indoor play gym in the morning, since she’s still a little too young to really enjoy Disney.  We had the place to ourselves. Later that evening, my husband arranged for our nanny to come so we could enjoy the evening out. He planned a beautiful evening. We ate a 6 course meal in a private room at the top of a building with a breathtaking view of the city. I was all dressed up and felt beautiful. I thoroughly enjoyed spending the day with my family.

As my life continues to evolve, my birthday celebration has to take other factors into account. This encouraged me to reexamine my perspective on what makes my birthday meaningful, and embrace what comes with evolution. I’m grateful for the way my life is progressing and all the new experiences it brings, which makes these changes all the more welcome.

Now on another note….this birthday also indicated that an ex situationship has FINALLY moved on. I met my husband back in 2016, and with any new relationship it may take some time for ex lingerers to officially cut ties. But when I was done or over a person, I would totally disappear, they’d never hear from me again.  So when Hubby and I met, I may have gotten a rogue text here or there, but for the most part we just moved forward uninterrupted.

But there was one. An ex? Not sure you could call him that, it really never got that serious, so I’ll just say someone I dated briefly. This person would send happy birthday texts every year to no response. This shockingly went on for 6 YEARS. There were no other messages exchanged in between, because we weren’t in contact. But every year without fail I’d get a random text filled with bitmoji. One year the text came with 6 different Bitmojis…. I thought about responding a few times just to say I’m married, or I’m married and pregnant, or I’m married with a kid and don’t even live in the country anymore. But I couldn’t figure out how to bring that up with a happy birthday text, and also didn’t feel conversing, so opted for cold silence instead.

These messages were especially surprising because he was the “i’m so busy” type. He made it very clear he was suuuper busy with all of his goals, so he needed to be focused. He was the type that presented as if he had it all figured out, while he questioned my ambition. The reality was, we just had different goals. But somewhere between my mid twenties and early thirties I fully accepted that I wasn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea, which allowed me to stay grounded and not take negative things men said to me seriously. It was usually them, and not me. I’m not claiming to be perfect, but I stand by that assessment. I also didn’t try to change anyone’s mind, so when our communication gradually faded, it was all good. 

At first, the birthday messages made sense, right?  We were cool, there were no hard feelings. So the first time I got a text after all communication completely stopped I responded “wow, I can’t believe you remembered, thank you”. The following year, “thank you!!!” But in 2018 I decided, I wasn’t going to respond anymore messages, to send the message, MOVE ON. But he continued, he sent birthday texts year after year, to no response. I was slightly amused, but more so confused. Like, what was the reason!?!  We weren’t friends. I’ll never know what his motivations were, but for the first time in seven years the birthday texts finally stopped. I think he’s finally got the hint and moved on, good for him.

[fagcrush]

Have you considered that maybe you’re the reason why your husband miscarried. You are a financial burden who’s about to get fired/ quit their job because you can’t shut your mouth. So add that on top of the stress of providing for two adults (one of which has the emotional maturity of a five year old) ((let’s be real. You’re making chump change working at taco bell)) yeah no shit someone would miscarry from the stress. Also people on T shouldn’t be trying to get pregnant. It’s like putting a fire out with ice cubes.

Are you fucking serious

We waited until I had a job to even try. And I'm not quitting til I get a different job, and my husband hasn't worked nearly as much since.

"Couldn't keep their mouth shut" MY MANAGER WAS IGNORING A GENUINE HEALTH CONCERN. Would you say this to a person who was requesting their coworkers not make a gluten free food with regular bread??? Or someone making sure allergens are properly taken care of??

I'm actually making enough to get by. Yes occasionally I might need 20 bucks or so a couple days before I get paid but it isn't that often at all. My husband isnt even working 40 hours a week anymore. They work the same amount as me basically.

My husband hasn't been on T since... 2020-2021? I think? Somewhere around there, it's kinda blurry and they slowly weened off it. They're currently happy with the progress they've made and it really wasn't doing anything more anyway.

Like you realize 1 in 4 pregnancies end is miscarriages right? You realize it's very common for miscarriages to happen in the first few weeks because the egg fails to fully fertilize, which is what happened. It had nothing to do with stress or anything else. This shit just happens sometimes.

Fuck off and choke. Genuinely

[ryattreyes]

"I always knew I was a martyr and that Jesus was one too; But I was built from special pieces that I learned how to unscrew..."

►GENERAL INFORMATION

FULL NAME: Ryatt Geraldine Reyes NICKNAME(S): Ry, Ryatt the Riot LABEL: The Phoenix AGE: 40 DATE OF BIRTH: May 25, 1984 ZODIAC: Gemini Sun, Aquarius Rising, Capricorn Moon GENDER & PRONOUNS: Female; She/Her HERITAGE: Taíno, Puerto Rican, Irish, English SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): English OCCUPATION: Sex Therapist SEXUALITY & ROMANCE: Bisexual; Biromantic RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Married to Claire Fletcher

► APPEARANCE

FACE CLAIM: Aubrey Plaza HEIGHT: 5'6" WEIGHT: 119 lbs. DOMINANT HAND: Right HAIR COLOR: Brunette EYE COLOR: Brown SCARS: None notable. TATTOOS: Black dainty outline of an Ace on her right inner wrist

►PERSONALITY

POSITIVE TRAITS: Clever, Entertaining, Charming, Accepting, Driven, Comedic. NEGATIVE TRAITS: Sarcastic, Manipulative, Headstrong, Secretive, Reckless. LIKES: Drag shows, brunch, cocktails with more alcohol than mix, pop music, spontaneous weekend trips, card games, the feeling of silk, popping champagne. DISLIKES: When people ask questions with obvious answers, the law, loud chewers, when forks scrape against plates, when you're looking forward to eating something specific but the establishment is sold out for the day.

►MENTALITY

PHOBIAS: None. DISORDERS: Not diagnosed. ALLERGIES: N/A

►BACKGROUND

HOMETOWN: Las Vegas, NV CURRENT RESIDENCE: Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, NYC, NY. EDUCATION LEVEL: PhD Clinical Sexology FAMILIAL CONNECTIONS: - FAMILY UNKNOWN

►FAVORITES

FOOD: In-and-Out Burger DRINK: Carmel Macchiato, extra shot and upside down MOVIE: The Hangover, Killer Klowns from Outerspace TV SHOW: Doesn't really watch TV BAND/ARTIST: The1975, Gorillaz, Ween, Lady GaGa SONG: Robbers - The1975

► EXTRA INFORMATION

JUNG TYPE: INTJ ENNEAGRAM: The Confidant (6w7) TEMPERAMENT: Stoic MORAL ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral SIN: Glutton VIRTUE: Acceptance ELEMENT: Air CHARACTER PLAYLIST

I spent years becoming 'cool'

► BIOGRAPHY

TW; Neglect, homelessness, con-artistry

Ryatt was found in a dumpster. Swaddled in a towel and screaming. It was an elderly homeless woman who took her in, only to pass away when Ryatt turned 9. To a degree, she never understood why the woman would take her in when there was nothing to her name. Though, she did manage to survive for 9 years, and it was because of that very woman that Ryatt understood how to run the streets to her advantage. It wasn't until Ryatt was 16 that she was caught by a magician for pickpocketing his wallet. It was the only time she's ever been caught in her 7 years of trickery. Through this man, she made a deal to be his magician's assistant in order to be partners and run a con, all to be able to learn some better sleight of hand. It was a very great act, entertaining people only to then take from them. This way of life not only excited Ryatt, but it also was keeping her lights on in her shoebox of a shitty apartment. When she turned 18, she took all the money they made together and seemed to disappear to the richer area of Vegas. Her eyes were saucers, the greed mixed with her need for survival having her take all she learned and turn it on the rich and wealthy bachelors who turned up in Vegas. Her favorite where the ones on a business trip. Their black cards the reason she has the amount of Chanel she does and her Maserati. It was an easy con, to portray herself as something she wasn't in order to get close, bleed them dry and then go off to the next. It took one rotten experience with a cruel man that turned Ryatt onto the straight and narrow. She attended college with the money she stole, and actually wound up getting her PhD in clinical sexology. Now working as a sex therapist, the woman found herself settling down in Brooklyn - hoping that the change of scenery will stop her from slipping back into old habits.

► PERSONALITY (DEEP DIVE)

Ryatt is always the life of the party. She's jokingly awkward, and it's all a part of her charm. She's definitely guarded, and hasn't ever been caught by the police because she's so good at coming up with stories on-the-spot and throwing off suspicion. Plus, she's a changed woman now. Ryatt is loyal, but only if she feels there is something in it for her in the relationship. She's accepting of anyone and everyone and really pushes for people to be their authentic selves, mostly because she hides pieces of herself due to her past and has no choice. She's the type to drag you out if you're having a bad day and getting up on tables to dance. She loves weed, card games, and conspiracy theories (grab your tin foil hat). She appreciates humor and intelligence in others, and shows her sarcasm when she thinks someone is stupid lol. Uh, she is brilliant and it actually causes her to get bored easily in certain situations. She doesn't do serious relationships really - mostly because of her past. It sucks though because she is charming and she draws people to her but they tend to not leave and declare themselves her friends; She's very black cat energy. Overall, she's a fun time with witchy vibes. She's air-coded with how she switches up.

[tokiro07]

Undead Unluck ep.19 thoughts

[One-Shot, One Kill]

(Contents: artistic direction, pacing)

Gnashing my teeth, ripping out my hair, tearing up my immediate vicinity!

This is what it should be like!!!

Sure, we still had the requisite million minutes of recap in the beginning, but in the middle! We got an actual extension of what happened in the manga! It didn't really add anything per se, but it was a nice excuse to pad things out while helping us understand the flow of events in a fun way

Plus the overall energy of the episode was really good despite how little was actually going on, which ironically makes this a better episode than some of the more action-focused ones we've gotten!

My only real complaint is that they changed the context of Fuuko taking the editor's phone, but there're a lot of political reasons I can see why they'd want to censor the heroine of their story whipping out a pistol on a civilian. I imagine it's partially a matter of standards and practices, but with certain events over the last few years, this context may hit a little close to home

Still, this version just isn't as fun, at least not in comparison! Andy showing up out of nowhere and mad-dogging this woman just doesn't have the gap factor that made Fuuko pulling a glock as funny as it was, plus the fact that Fuuko asked for the phone timidly rather than just yoinking it out of her hand. I think we could've met in the middle - theft then mad-dog. But that's not what happened, and I'll get over it in time, I'm just sad cus I was excited about that bit

I do feel like we're really cutting it close with the timing here; to get back on pace, we need the next episode to get through another two-and-a-half chapters in one go (finishing chapter 40), which is doable, they've done it before, but would they? They seem so obsessed with making sure every single minute detail is revisited whenever it comes up (or doesn't in some cases) that I can't imagine we'll be able to get through the coming introduction to Anno Un with any sense of brevity

If this episode is any indication, I hope that they're planning to ween themselves off of the extensive recaps and focus more on embellishing quieter moments, but until then, I'm just going to assume that the season is going to have a baffling cut-off point

[tiktaalic]

whats the other thought i was thinking. OH i love how completely fucked the relationships are between any adult and any teen. im thinking specifically of coach ben + the girls and shauna + her daughter. and how its completely different. coach ben is like uuuuuum i know that im the adult in the room but i dont..... want to be................ because being the authority figure is scary and i cant do it. turning this one over to the incredibly traumatized teenage girls. vs shauna and her daughter where from callie's perspective it's obviously a dynamic of this is my mom and i want her to love me and like me but for shauna it's more on level with like. being a senior with an assigned freshman mentee. going to be honest fishie you really fucked that one. and don't try to get into a power struggle with me because i'm smarter older and more experienced so i'll win. mom did i do good uhhhh sure freshman in that you managed to not create a bigger problem while trying to fix the first problem you created. ive always thought theres a pretty big disconnect b/ween the teen and adult personas (which. duh there's 25 years and woods cannibalism separating them) w shauna in particular who seems to only really tap into bitchy high school eye rolling cutting remarks every other line as a 40 something.

[davisexplainableart]

May 25, 2018 (Half-O-Ween 2018):

*a coffin is shown in front of a fake graveyard*

*the coffin's door slowly opens, and I.M. Weasel (dressed as a vampire) rises up from the casket*

I.M. Weasel (in a slightly harrowing tone): Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! I am Count Weasel, and welcome to Fridays. It is Friday, May 25th, and that means it's almost time for Half-O-Ween!

*Weasel laughs evilly as the headlights off camera flicker to resemble lightning, while lightning sound effects play in the background*

I.M. Weasel (speaks in his normal voice again): *looks back at the camera* Oh, but don't worry about Tommy and Tara, they're taking the week off. Not to worry, everyone, we'll be able to make do without them, at least for this week.

*Weasel steps out of the coffin*

I.M. Weasel: As you may already know if you saw last week's show, we're preparing a little game show for you viewers at home tonight. We have teamed up with some animators and copyright owners from Burbank, CA to give some lucky winners a chance to go trick-or-treating early this year.

*footage of this game show appears onscreen*

I.M. Weasel: Every half hour tonight, one of you lucky viewers will get a chance to go on a 40-second scavenger hunt. There will be 6 different house, but choose carefully! Some of them are filled with prizes for you to keep as your own, but others will be home to the scariest creatures you'll have ever laid your eyes upon!!!

*cuts back to Weasel as he laughs again*

I.M. Weasel: But not yet, of course. We've still got a night of Fridays to enjoy. But stay by your phones as you watch tonight's shows. Those who submitted texts and/or post cards and memorized our caller ID must be dying to get the opportunity of a lifetime. For now, however, let us commence with tonight's brand new Stick Friends, because we can't actually play the game until the episode is over...

..........

I.M. Weasel (drops character): Also because this isn't the costume I'm going to wear. I-I'm going to be wearing something else after the break...

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While Fridays did do something Half-O-Ween related for May 31, 2019, I was more interested in including a segment from this night instead because of how interesting it is.

Here's what happened, as part of a collaboration between Great 5 Productions and Nickelodeon, we were given permission to utilize one of their Halloween events from the 90s for ourselves.

In this case, we were allowed to utilize the format of a call-in trick-or-treating game show, where players had 40-seconds to search for prizes (it's explained at 0:25 in this video).

Back when it was first created, the event was part of a yearly Halloween event/contest that Nickelodeon held known as "Nick or Treat".

We decided to remove every mention of Nickelodeon's name (including the "Nick or Treat" name) from the packaging for 2 reasons:

Some of the higher-ups were worried that the inclusion of the Nickelodeon name would be a bit too distracting on Cartoon Network.

Well... the original name sounds like... yeah, you know...

Now, how exactly did we do this call-in thing without the trademark... name...?

Well, what we did was give out a phone number and caller ID (I believe it was "CN Fridays" or something) on May 18, 2018 for people to write down and memorize. Viewers who texted "Half-O-Ween" to that phone number were asked to label that number with the ID that was featured on Fridays. The viewers would know that they won based on what the caller ID was.

Oh yeah, and we managed to get a hold of the original game show's music, as well as a non-music version to prevent musical confusion with sound effects during the game. That was weird because when TeenNick's "The Splat" brought back the game show thing for Halloween 2015 (a few years before this), they apparently didn't have the original track with them. Not sure what happened there.

For this Fridays show, 2 games were played every hour of the block. Each hour was hosted by different Cartoon Cartoon characters (while Tommy and Tara had the week off), each wearing costumes that were similar to (or exactly) the ones they wore during the CCF Halloween Party.

I can't quite remember all of the hosts, or what order they went in, but I believe Dexter (as Courage) and Blossom (as Eddy) were 2 of the ones who appeared (as well as Weasel of course).

As for why the Halloween CNF logo is here despite being May? Well, since we forgot to use the logo in October 2017, we decided to make up for that by using it here.

Alright, that's all I got for you guys. Happy Half-O-Ween, everybody!

[thinningintofalll]

Hi guys. Its been way too long but im ready to start losing weight again. I was 118lbs a year and a half ago and im now a little under 150. Im going to start blogging my journey to help me get back to being underweight. My goal is 2.5 months

I am at my heaviest weight right now and its time to change. I want to do a water fast for a week so im weening off food lol. Had 40 cals today and had 10k steps. So excited to get back to my old body!!

[sp-brawlpinions]

Best BS Animations Tournament Masterpost

I will be pinning this list on this blog. I have left out a few animations, because I feel they weren’t worthwhile enough to count as one. My criteria was “Is it animated” and a slightly stricter one “Does it add anything new”.

I have now created the match-ups. If anyone has any animations that I have missed and thinks it should be in the tournament, I am open to suggestions up until round one is officially over.

Send a dm, ask, or any other way you wish to contact me on tumblr. :)

I have paired up animations that have enough in common, have the same tone, or is implied to take place as a direct sequel/correlation. If one of the paired up ones is the winner, I will then pit those two against each other.

So... Here are the current entries!

Edit: Darryl's Barrels is OUT. I added Rosa’s Debut in lieu of it. Credit to @wheatleylabs010 for the reminder.

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1) No Time to Explain

2) Happy Brawlidays! Light it up!

3) Sakura Spike Series (Meeting, Blossom Ball, Scenic Train, Shopping Outbursts, Spring Sniffles)

4) Welcome to Retropolis!

5) Breached Beach (Bizzare, Doom...ish Day, Mecha Mayhem)

6) Brawl-o-ween: Mortis' Mortuary!

7) Pirate Brawlidays!

8) Free Skin! Enter: Red Dragon Jessie!

9) Summer of Monsters!

10) Piper's Sugar and Spice!

11) Barley's Last Call

12) Amber in: "This is Fine..."

13) Brawl Stars x Line Skins Series (Monumental Team Up!, We've Got Your Back!)

14) Happy Brawlidays! Cold Reception!

15) The Goldarm Heist

16) Buzz's Debut & Buzz Saves the Day!

17) China's First Anniversary!

18) Bad Randoms: We Won't Cooperate!

19) Welcome to the Castle!

20) Brawl-O-Ween Stories!

21) Happy Brawlidays! Symphony of Chaos

22) Year of the Tiger 1+2 (Press Start, Final Round)

23) My Sweet Brawlentine

24) Eve's Debut & The Biodome!

25) Janet & Bonnie's Debut + The Stunt Show!

26) Sam's Debut & Partners in Crime

27) Last Stand!

28) Hank's Debut

29) Train to Nowhere

30) License to Brawl

31) Dark Brawlidays & Last Minute Thievery!

32) Good Randoms!: The One

33) Brawl Stars x BT21

34) Otis' Debut & Deep Sea Brawl

35) Parc des Princes!

36) Community Made Video! (Flash warning!)

37) BSC 2020 Trailer

38) Free Skin!: Wizard Barleys Fired Up!

39) 'Who Stole the Trophy?' Saga

40) Brawl Esports: Fighter

41) BSC: 2021 Trailer: Let's Go!

42) BSC: 2022 Trailer: Rise to the Top!

43) Sandy's Rap: Still Dreaming

44) Stu's Debut + BSC Ads: Stu's Spectacular School of Driving

45) BSC Ads: Byron's Snazzy Snake Oil

46) BSC Ads: Join Starr Force!

47) BSC Ads: Gimnasio Primo (In English, for the quality, and here it is in Spanish, because I think it sounds better.)

48) Meg's Debut

49) BSC Ads: Junker Garage

50) Gray's Debut

51) BSC Ads: Mortis' Tombstones

52) Mecha Mortis!

53) BSC Ads: Barley's Bar Behavior

54) Rosa's Debut

55) Lola's Debut

56) Grom's Debut

57) Ash's Debut

58) Mandy & Chester's Debut

59) R-T's Debut

60) Willow's Debut

61) The Rescue

62) Maisie's Debut

63) Buster's Debut

64) Snapdragon Mobile: To the End

[manysmallhands]

#Uncool50 Index page

Having made a post indexing my #FearOfMu21c posts, i thought that I might as well index all the #Uncool50 posts too, in case anyone wanted to have a look thru those. This was a challenge posted last year on twitter where those taking part had to pick their 50 favourite singles since the punk era. As well as doing this, I took it upon myself to write a post about each of them, which i eventually stockpiled here (for want of anything else to do with them). A quick word of warning: unlike my posts this year, they were often turned around to short order and consequently i'm less happy with them than the ones i did this time.

Anyway, after we found that most people weren't really interested in picking anything much released after 1985, the organiser (my twitter friend Arron Wright, or @nonoxcol as he is there) decided to do a purely 21st century challenge this year, which is where #FearOfMu21c comes in. But anyway, these were my #Uncool 50 picks. They're listed in no particular order, other than 11 pts were given to the best five songs, with the top one getting an extra point too (as noted below).

1. Abba - Knowing Me, Knowing You

2. Tom Tom Club _ Genius Of Love

3. Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen (11 pts)

4. Madness - Michael Caine

5. .The Blue Nile - Tinseltown In The Rain

6. Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday

7. Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall

8. Madonna - Dress You Up

9. Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait

10. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love

11. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

12. Talulah Gosh - Steaming Train

13. Public Enemy - Bring The Noise

14. Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love

15. Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart

16. The KLF - Last Train To Trancentral (12 pts)

17. The Orb - Orb In Dub EP

18. Stereolab - Super Electric EP

19. A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhime

20. Nirvana - Oh The Guilt

21. Pulp - Lipgloss

22. Underworld - Cowgirl

23. Ween - Freedom Of '76

24. R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful

25. Sleater-Kinney - You're No Rock n Roll Fun

26. Jeffrey Lewis - The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song

27. Amerie - 1 Thing

28. LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum

29. Electrelane - To The East

30. The Go! Team - Doing It Right

31. Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (11 pts)

32. Eux Autres - You're Alight

33. MGMT - Flash Delirium

34. Warpaint - Undertow

35. St Vincent - Cruel

36. Sharon Van Etten - Serpents

37. The Soundcarriers - Boiling Point

38. Tullycraft - Lost In Light Rotation

39. The Clientele - On A Summer Trail

40. Trust Fund/Joanna Gruesome - Spilt 12" EP

41. The Juan Maclean - A Simple Design

42. Faith Healer - Again (11 pts)

43. Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta

44. Little Mix - Black Magic

45. Grimes - Kill Vs Maim

46. Solange - Cranes In The Sky

47. Muna - I Know A Place (11 pts)

48. Fred Thomas - Voiceover

49. U.S. Girls - Rosebud

50. Jeanines - Things Change EP

[throughdigitaleyes]

Providence Gets Weird with Ween

Ween brought their Summer Tour 2023 to a Sold Out crowd at The Strand in Providence on Friday night (9.15.23) for a marathon set.

Ween hit the stage a little later than scheduled, but that was only to accommodate the massive line quite literally wrapping around the block outside the venue. For their fans inside, it was a test of their patience, but once the band finally took the stage, said patience was rewarded with a 33-song marathon set that bounced all over Ween’s nearly 40-year career.

Despite never quite becoming a full-blown fan of Ween, I’ve always respected and enjoyed them whenever I’ve come across their music. I love how they’ve never taken themselves seriously and have always been ambitious and audacious in their manipulation of genre and theme. Getting to see them bring those ideals to life as they gleefully rocked their way through the night – delivering their bizarre brand of funk/psychedelia/etc. infused alt-rock in a display that shone a bright light on each song’s technical artistry and absurdist heart – was an absolute blast.

The setlist was the perfect example of what Ween is as a band; an unpredictable, wildly weird collection as varied in their sound as they were in the band’s spontaneous renditions. I especially loved that they played so much from “Chocolate and Cheese” (especially “Baby Bitch” and “The HIV Song”), as I’d listened to a bunch of tracks off it quite a bit many years ago. But the songs I didn’t know worked just as well as the ones I did – both on their own and in the context of the set as a whole. It all made for a technically impressive, utterly madcap ride that the packed house loved taking with the band.

Highlights of the set – alongside the aforementioned “Chocolate and Cheese” material – came in the form of the tracks that showcased just how versatile a band Ween is in terms of genre, such as “Buckingham Green”, “Powder Blue”, “The Mollusk” and “Doctor Rock” (which was even more insane, live).

CLICK HERE to see More Photos from Ween’s set on Facebook.

All photos ©Timothy Patrick Boyer, 2023.

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It's very important that you know that the woman who lived here I believe from when it was built until it was sold last year was so extra and I, as someone who went to college a two minute walk from this house, was obsessed with her. Her name is Michele Riggi, at the most recent count I can find she owns 40 dogs (when I had previously looked it up about 5 years ago it was 36 and she SAID she was done!). The ~24 smallest get to sleep in her room every night. Every holiday the Palazzo Riggi was decorated so ridiculously. There was like a 15 foot tall nutcracker that just lived at the corner of the estate, standing guard all December. But Halloween was the best, there was a GIANT banner on the front of the house with a picture of one of her dogs dressed as a pumpkin that said "Happy Howl-o-ween!" and on the night itself she threw a lavish party and she would dress as Cinderella and sit in a carriage out front flanked by footmen and hand out full sized candy bars, some (a dozen?) of which had $100 bills hidden inside, to the giant line of locals and college students that would show up. I found an interview with her where she said she'd been approached about having a reality TV show and she turned it down because she thought it was just another excuse for people to make fun of her for living her dream. Truly going to school right next to this just had me obsessed. What a bizarre character.

I thought this was a neighborhood, and then realized it’s one giant house. It’s in Saratoga Springs, New York, listed for $17.9M, and if you have that kind of money, you’d better like over-the-top ornate homes, b/c this one is off the chain. 

I don’t know why some rich people think that crazy-ornate decor signifies wealth & taste, but it doesn’t always. So, here’s the grand entrance, which actually is the plainest part of the house.

Check out the ceiling and walls. 

The sitting room doesn’t look like it gets too much sitting.  The house is so huge, why would you hang out in here? I don’t know, it just seems cold.

Here we have the breakfast room, which is also the everyday dining area for the kitchen.

The kitchen and pantry. 

And, this is the formal dining room. 

Notice the murals on the 2nd fl. landing. 

I guess this is the 2nd fl. kitchen. What a stark contrast to the rest of the house.

Look at the dog’s bed in the main bdm. I think there’s also a cat, b/c there’re stairs on the other side of the room by the window, plus what looks like a cat bed on the lower left.

M’lady’s desk? Makeup table? 

The main bdm’s en suite bath.

Another bd and bath. Look at the sink bowls. 

Here we have a bar with a bowling alley. 

And, a game room. Is that round thing a game or for the cat?

Here goes another bd & bath. 

A study? 

The home cinema. 

There are more baths than bdms in the home.

The home gym and another bath.

And, here’s a nice tropical room with a water feature.

The pool. Is it a pool? There’s no ladder, slide, diving board, or anything.

This is a pool house or something. It’s just a living room. 

To have such beautiful grounds in New York seems crazy, b/c the winters are long, cold, and snowy. Especially upstate.

Is this a fancy she shed?

Who the hell cleans this place? There has to be an army of staff just to dust.

https://www.redfin.com/NY/Saratoga-Springs/637-N-Broadway-12866/home/92603557