#AE 1996 2017

[wlwcatalogue]

A few sapphic film recs!

Just a few recommendations for sapphic films under 2 hours which may or may not have flown under the radar:

Moonlit Winter / 윤희에게 (1hr 45m, 2019, dir. Lim Dae-hyung)

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (1hr 48m, 2017, dir. Angela Robinson)

Who's the Woman, Who's the Man / 金枝玉葉 2 (1hr 50m, 1996, dir. Peter Ho-Sun Chan)

Sisterhood / 骨妹 (1hr 37m, 2016, dir. Tracy Choi)

DEBS (1hr 31m, 2004, dir. Angela Robinson)

Farewell, My Queen / Les adieux à la reine (1hr 40m, 2012, dir. Benoît Jacquot)

Bonus - short film: Love Does Human / 사람 하는 사랑 (24 mins, 2019, dir. Oh Seon-ju)

Commentary under the cut!

1. Moonlit Winter / 윤희에게 (1hr 45m, 2019, dir. Lim Dae-hyung) - IMDB | MyDramaList

This movie is about a daughter (Kim So-hye) who finds out about her divorced mother’s (Kim Hee-ae) past with another woman (Katase Jun), and how in encouraging her mother to reconnect, the two finally open up to each other as well. Dry stuff on paper, but there’s more to it: the mother and her former lover didn’t just break up, they were split apart by their families as teenagers and the mother was forced to marry a man against her will. In short, it deals with the aftermath of the typical “bad ending” of older stories featuring WLW characters, wherein schoolgirls in love would be separated and married off to preserve the heteronormative status quo.

Although the queer relationship does not get much screentime at all – the two characters share a single scene, there are no flashbacks, and there’s not even a hug – queerness remains at the heart of the movie. It’s a rare depiction of how the repression of queerness leaves scars on people which affect how they engage with the world, but which also shows that as long as they are alive, there is still hope that those scars can be healed. Also, despite the heavy-sounding subject matter, it’s a very gentle experience: there are no direct depictions of homophobia and no sensationalism, just a little story of human connection unfolding in a snow-cloaked Hokkaido.

2. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (1hr 48m, 2017, dir. Angela Robinson) - IMDB

The blurb on IMDB says that this movie is about “psychologist William Moulton Marston (Luke Evans), and his polyamorous relationship with his wife [Elizabeth] (Rebecca Hall) and their mistress [Olive] (Bella Heathcote) who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman”. As someone who is not particularly drawn to biopics, male protagonists, polyamory, BDSM, or Wonder Woman, I assumed that this movie wouldn’t be my jam and so didn’t watch it until quite a while later – which is when I discovered just how wrong I was.

First, the two women take up just as much of the movie’s focus as Marston. Elizabeth, Marston’s wife and fellow psychologist, is highly intelligent but equally highly-strung; she does not know how to deal with her husband’s attraction to new research assistant Olive, nor Olive’s attraction to both her husband and Elizabeth herself, and this internal conflict (even after the three enter into a polyamorous relationship) features heavily in the story. Second, although it declares itself to be “based on a true story”, the movie is not especially interested in recreating or representing the past. Rather, the historical elements are used as a framework to explore certain ideas: Diana’s Lasso of Truth symbolises how progress and healing must be first founded upon honesty, for example. The polyamory and BDSM is also not at all sordid or sensationalised, but rather presented in a nuanced (though still sexy!) manner. More than anything, this is a movie with a big heart and big ideas, and should be judged on its own merits.

3. Who's the Woman, Who's the Man / 金枝玉葉 2 (1hr 50m, 1996, dir. Peter Ho-Sun Chan) - IMDB | MyDramaList

All you need to know going into this sequel of 1994 movie He's a Woman, She's a Man (金枝玉葉) is that main character Wing (Anita Yuen) is a woman who has found both fame and (heterosexual) love while disguising herself as a male idol, and that her relationship with record producer Sam (Leslie Cheung) is known to the general public— although it is perceived as being homosexual in nature due to her persona. At this point, you might be wondering why an M/F romantic comedy is on this list, but this movie is a bit odd in that instead of focusing only on problems such Sam’s internalised homophobia and misogyny (both of which are addressed in the story), one of the new obstacles facing the couple is the female lead meeting female pop star Fong Yim Mui (Anita Mui)… and both starting to fall for each other.

I was surprised at how sensitively Wing and Fong Yim Mui’s respective arcs are handled, especially for a mainstream movie from the 90’s starring two of Hong Kong’s most popular performers at the time. Instead of giving the two women a meet-cute and leaving it at that, a lot of care is put into showing them processing and coming to terms with their feelings in their own time. Romantic and sexual attraction is also highlighted separately, which is refreshing given how they are usually depicted as inextricably linked even now… Obviously Wing and Fong Yim Mui don’t end up together, but their feelings aren’t dismissed and – relative to the narrative constraints – the ending is a warm, optimistic one. Also, Anita Mui gives an absolutely award-worthy performance in one of the scenes with her character and Wing, so fans of her should definitely give this movie a try.

Important note: Although there’s much that’s good about it, Who's the Woman, Who's the Man is far from perfect. Early on, there’s a masquerade party where two of the characters are wearing masks which look like racist caricatures, and the masks are crop up in multiple scenes in the film. More serious is the subplot about a male character who keeps trying to win over a lesbian, culminating in her agreeing to sleep with him once while he’s dressed as a woman (CW: transphobia, homophobia) – though this storyline ends with the man accepting that she really is gay and parting on friendly terms. That said, these problems are already mild compared to the actively hateful transphobic and homophobic jokes present in so many of its contemporaries, so if you’ve watched a 90’s Hong Kong comedy before, chances are that your tolerance level is more than high enough.

4. Sisterhood / 骨妹 (1hr 37m, 2016, dir. Tracy Choi) IMDB | MyDramaList

Sisterhood opens with tragedy. Originally from Macau, main character Sei (Gigi Leung) is living quietly in Taiwan with her husband after the 1999 Handover when her life is overturned by a newspaper personal ad informing her that her long-estranged friend and colleague Ling has passed away. The movie is shot through with flashbacks to earlier times, tracking a young Sei (Fish Liew) as she starts doing sex work and is taken under the wing of the more experienced Ling (Jennifer Yu) and her friends. Memories of togetherness and community are juxtaposed against sequences of present-day Sei struggling to navigate her grief, the tensions of the now-fractured friend group, and a Macau that has changed just as much as she has. The acting and script can be clunky in places but the sentiment shines through, especially after the first third, at which point the movie starts honing in on Sei and Ling’s relationship. It’s not a happy story, but nor is it defined by sadness; instead, it posits that the past is not merely to be mourned, that it is instead something that can shape and provide a foundation for the future. I won't talk too much about how queerness figures into this story, due to spoilers, but rest assured that it is present and important!

5. D.E.B.S. (1hr 31m, 2004, dir. Angela Robinson) - IMDB

Okay, you've probably heard of this one before if not watched it already, but anyway! This was the first WLW movie I watched, and for a long time, the only one which I actually enjoyed. It’s about an elite spy (well, more like an honours student at spy school) (Sara Foster) and a criminal mastermind (Jordana Brewster) falling for each other, a premise which is just as fun and over-the-top as it sounds. The movie does a great job of mixing action, humor, and romance, and it doesn’t overstay its welcome – it’s got a nice compact runtime and a cracking pace. There’s still nothing quite like it in my opinion, though I’m very welcome to any recommendations in this line (my askbox is open if you have any!).

6. Farewell, My Queen / Les adieux à la reine (1hr 40m, 2012, dir. Benoît Jacquot) - IMDB

Loosely based on Chantal Thomas’ novel of the same name, Farewell, My Queen is a portrait of French nobility in decline, following maidservant Sidonie Labarde (Léa Seydoux) who is in the service of Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger). It's a beautiful, lavish production which effectively conveys the perspective of a servant locked in the gilded cage that is Versailles during the French Revolution, and is a rare case of a historical figure as famous as Antoinette being presented as queer in a serious historical drama.

That being said, the queerness is mostly background, coming mainly in the form of Antoinette’s crush on? relationship with? duchess Gabrielle de Polignac (Virginie Ledoyen)— though a case can be made for Sidonie, whose outward opacity belies an unwavering, almost unsettling, devotion to her queen. Also, be warned that the movie has many a dodgy shot of cleavage, and two instances of unnecessary and voyeuristic nudity... but other than that, it really does have gorgeous cinematography.

Fun fact: there really were rumours about Antoinette having a scandalous relationship with the duchess, although these have nearly always been written off as baseless reputation-smearing.

Bonus - short film: Love Does Human / 사람 하는 사랑 (24 mins, 2019, dir. Oh Seon-ju) - MyDramaList

Some say that the best science fiction puts a spotlight on some part of the human condition, and this short film does just that. Main character Tae Eun's (Kim Min-ju) girlfriend Joo An (Jang Sam-yi) no longer has a human body: after carrying out a medical operation which transferred her consciousness to a computer system, she now has a web-camera for her eyes, a speaker for her mouth, and control over their home's devices for her hands. And although the change was by Joo An's choice and Tae Eun was supportive, the pair struggle to adjust to this new reality, and are confronted with the need to communicate and to consider each other's perspectives. Love Does Human has a bit of a slow start, and there were points where I didn't understand why the characters were reacting in a certain way, but it all comes together beautifully in the end. Through its sci-fi premise, viewers are encouraged to think about real-life problems using a different angle, and the movie never gets too heavy. Also, shoutout to some excellent voice work from the two actors - Joo An is performed nearly entirely through voice but she feels deeply human and present, and Tae Eun's actor also has a standout scene featuring some great voice acting. All in all, it's a short film that's well worth checking out (especially since the director has made it available for free, with English subtitles, on Youtube - embedded above)!

[is0gild]

I got tagged by @superfan44 to do his 100 Favorite Movies Challenge. Rules are simple: create a list of 100 of your personal favorite movies in alphabetical order and share it, then tag others to do the challenge.

I thought coming up with 100 movies would be hard, but once I got started they just kept coming and I actually had to remove some from the list when I was done to stay under 100 haha! List under the cut :)

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

358/2 Days The Movie (2013) *

Adventures in Babysitting (1987)

Army of Darkness (1992)

Back to the Future (1985)

Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

Beetlejuice (1988)

Being John Malkovich (1999)

Big Hero 6 (2014)

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Chicago (2002)

Chronicle (2012)

Coming to America (1988)

Deadpool (2016)

District 9 (2009)

Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Evil Dead II (1987)

FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Frozen II (2019) **

Get Out (2017)

Ghostbusters (1984)

Ghostbusters (2016)

Groundhog Day (1993)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Hancock (2008)

Hocus Pocus (1993)

Hook (1991)

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

Independence Day (1996)

Interview With A Vampire (1994)

John Q (2002)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) ***

Labyrinth (1986)

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Megamind (2010)

Memento (2000)

Men in Black (1997)

Moana (2016)

Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)

Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Pride and Prejudice (2005)

Princess Mononoke (1997)

School of Rock (2003)

Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010)

Serenity (2005)

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Space Jam (1996)

Spaceballs (1987)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Spirited Away (2001)

Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

Tangled (2010)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)

Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)

Tetris (2023)

Thank You for Smoking (2005)

The Avengers (2012)

The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

The Iron Giant (1999)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

The Mummy (1999)

The NeverEnding Story (1984)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

The Princess Bride (1987)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

The Secret of NIMH (1982)

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Titan AE (2000)

Treasure Planet (2002)

V for Vendetta (2005)

WALL-E (2008)

Warm Bodies (2013)

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Wonder Woman (2017)

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

Zombieland (2009)

* Does this one actually count as a movie? Feel like it's a bit of a stretch, but it does say "The Movie" right there in the title xD And it's ME, I feel like my list would be incomplete if I didn't include something starring my fave fire boi lol! ** What?! Frozen II on the list, but not the original Frozen?! That's right, it IS possible for one of a person's utmost fave characters of all time to be in a movie they thought was only okay xD Don't get me wrong, I do like Frozen, it just didn't make the cut for this list! Frozen II on the other hand came out in theaters at a time when I only had to pay $15/mo for unlimited movie tickets and I loved it so much, I was seeing it 2 or 3 times a week x'D *** I know rules didn't say to point this out, but I feel like I had to do it anyway: Utmost. Fave. Movie. Of. All. Time. RDJ and Val Kilmer in a comedic whodunit? Movie gold! Watch it. It's good!

Okay, now to tag people! Remember this is just for fun, absolutely no pressure to actually do this, only if you want to! Tagging: @basiliskonline @daughterofkyne @astranovus64 and to anyone else reading this who thinks creating a list of your fave movies sounds fun, I tag you as well! :D

[novellagg]

Choi Ae-Cha (최애차)

── ✒️ Personal Information

Birth Name: Choi Ae-Cha (최애차)

Birthday: October 1st, 1998

Birthplace: Busan, South Korea

Ethnicity: Korean

Nationality: Korean

Height: 155cm/5'1"

Family: Father, Mother, Older Sister (1993), Older Sister (1994), Twin Brothers (1996)

Language(s): Korean (Native), Japanese (Proficient), English (Good)

Face Claim: Choi Yujin (Kep1er)

── ✒️ Idol Information

Stage Name: Aecha

Nicknames: Chacha, fake maknae, butt sniper (mainly her members call her this)

Agencies: Storybook Entertainment (2013 - present)

Training Period: ~5 years (Nov 2013 - Oct 2018)

Position(s): Leader, Lead Vocal, Lead Dancer

Her emoji is a chipmunk/squirrel (🐿) because she is the shortest in the group. Also, she stuffs her face when she eats giving her puffy cheeks.

── ✒️ Misc Information

She's into all types of games, video games, board games, etc, because she grew up playing them with her siblings.

She is also very sporty and loves playing football.

She goes to the gym the most out of all the members.

Recently, she bought a digital camera to take nostalgic pictures of her members and the places they travel to together.

Designated butt-obsessed member.

Her favourite K-pop group growing up was KARA (they are also the reason she wanted to become an idol).

Her father is a maths teacher.

── ✒️ About Aecha

Warnings: Depression, ED

At age 15, Aecha somehow convinced her dad to take her and her friends to Seoul to audition for several entertainment agencies. Unfortunately, the only company she was accepted by was MISSMUSE Entertainment. It was a much smaller company than she wanted to join, but in her mind, one acceptance was better than none, and the earlier she became a trainee, the greater chance she had to debut.

In 2014, MME put her in the GRLZ HIGH lineup along with 6 other members. Initially, this was great news, but after an additional 6 months of training, MME announced last minute that they would debut GRLZ HIGH without Aecha. This made her very depressed and obsessed with becoming 'the perfect idol'. In order to achieve this, she began training to unhealthy amounts and starving herself to be, all while keeping it secret from her parents in fear of being sent back home.

Finally, Aecha graduated in 2016 and was simultaneously added to a special group of trainees who were planning to be added to GRLZ HIGH after two of the members abruptly left the group. Though the situation kind of rubbed her the wrong way, she was excited to finally have another chance of debuting.

The eventual disbandment of GRLZ HIGH hit Aecha pretty hard, not only because she once again had lost her chance of debuting, but also because she realised that four of the people whom she looked up to as her older sisters had been horrible people all along. This was pretty much Aecha's last straw, and she came very close to quitting the entertainment industry for good. It was Aina who, through a very dramatic and tearful confrontation, convinced her to stay. Eventually, in late 2017- early 2018, she was put in the line-up for NOVELLA, and, although she tried not to get her hopes up, her debut was pretty much guaranteed.

For a long time after her debut, her eating disorder continued to be a big problem, with her self-worth being largely dependent on her weight. She would often hide in bathrooms after long concerts and tours to hide her exhaustion from the members. She still struggles with it to this day, but she has also started working out/playing sports as a healthier method of keeping fit.

[usfvisualstudent]

Final Project

For this final project, I knew what data set I wanted to use for it. With the increase attention on mental health, I wanted to put a focus on the suicide rates in the United States. Once I found the data set from data.gov, I wanted to address this problem. I wanted to show that there is an increase over the years and show that there needs to be a focus point on improving the overall mental health in the United States.

Code:

install.packages("ggplot2") library("ggplot2") MaleRates <- c(21.2, 20, 19.8, 19.9, 19.8, 20.4, 20.4, 20.9, 21.1, 21.9, 21.7, 21.2, 21, 21.5, 21.2, 20.5, 20.7, 20.5, 20.3, 19.8, 19.1, 18.9, 17.8, 17.7, 18.2, 18.5, 18.1, 18.1, 18.1, 18.1, 18.5, 19, 19.2, 19.8, 20, 20.4, 20.3, 20.7, 21.1, 21.4, 22.4, 22.8) FemaleRates <- c(5.6, 5.6, 7.4, 5.7, 6, 5.8, 5.5, 5.6, 5.2, 5.5, 5.3, 5.1, 4.9, 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, 4.6, 4.4, 4.3, 4.3, 4.3, 4.3, 4, 4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.2, 4.5, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.8, 4.8, 5, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.8, 6, 6, 6.1, 6.2) AllRates <- c(13.2, 12.5, 13.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.5, 12.4, 12.6, 12.5, 13, 12.8, 12.5, 12.3, 12.5, 12.3, 12, 12.1, 11.9, 11.8, 11.5, 11.2, 11.1, 10.5, 10.4, 10.7, 10.9, 10.8, 11, 10.9, 11, 11.3, 11.6, 11.8, 12.1, 12.3, 12.6, 12.6, 13, 13.3, 13.5, 14, 14.2) years <- c(1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) Rates = data.frame(years, MaleRates, FemaleRates, AllRates) Rates1 = data.frame(years, MaleRates) Rates2 = data.frame(years, FemaleRates) ggplot(data = Rates, aes(x = years, group = 2)) + geom_line(aes(y = MaleRates, color = "Male"), size = 1.2) + geom_line(aes(y = FemaleRates, color = "Female"), size = 1.2) + geom_line(aes(y = AllRates, color = "All"), size = 1.2) + labs(title = "Suicide Rates in the United States Over the Years", x = "Years", y = "Rates") + scale_color_manual(values = c("Male" = "darkblue", "Female" = "pink", "All" = "orange")) + theme_minimal()

Output:

[usfstatstudent]

Final project

Topic: Death rates for suicide, by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age: United States

For my final project, I wanted to do something that I thought was important. As the topic of mental health issues continue to become a more and more talked about issues, I wanted to focus on death rates of suicide in the United States. The data set I used I found on data.gov, this data set categorizes by sex, race, Hispanic origin, age and total. For this project, I chose to focus on the sex category and see if the suicide rates were higher in males or females.

Dataset: This table shows the rates of male and females and the combined rates of both genders.

Source: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/death-rates-for-suicide-by-sex-race-hispanic-origin-and-age-united-states-020c1

2. To start with my hypothesis, My hypothesis are:

H0: There is no difference between male and female suicide rates in the United States.

H1: There is a difference between male and female suicide rates in the United States.

3. Sample

The first sample is the male suicide rates and the second sample is the female suicide rates

4. Code in R Studio

MaleRates <- c(21.2, 20, 19.8, 19.9, 19.8, 20.4, 20.4, 20.9, 21.1, 21.9, 21.7, 21.2, 21, 21.5, 21.2, 20.5, 20.7, 20.5, 20.3, 19.8, 19.1, 18.9, 17.8, 17.7, 18.2, 18.5, 18.1, 18.1, 18.1, 18.1, 18.5, 19, 19.2, 19.8, 20, 20.4, 20.3, 20.7, 21.1, 21.4, 22.4, 22.8) FemaleRates <- c(5.6, 5.6, 7.4, 5.7, 6, 5.8, 5.5, 5.6, 5.2, 5.5, 5.3, 5.1, 4.9, 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, 4.6, 4.4, 4.3, 4.3, 4.3, 4.3, 4, 4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.2, 4.5, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.8, 4.8, 5, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.8, 6, 6, 6.1, 6.2) AllRates <- c(13.2, 12.5, 13.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.5, 12.4, 12.6, 12.5, 13, 12.8, 12.5, 12.3, 12.5, 12.3, 12, 12.1, 11.9, 11.8, 11.5, 11.2, 11.1, 10.5, 10.4, 10.7, 10.9, 10.8, 11, 10.9, 11, 11.3, 11.6, 11.8, 12.1, 12.3, 12.6, 12.6, 13, 13.3, 13.5, 14, 14.2) years <- c(1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) Rates = data.frame(years, MaleRates, FemaleRates, AllRates) Rates1 = data.frame(years, MaleRates) Rates2 = data.frame(years, FemaleRates)

t.test(MaleRates, FemaleRates)

i. The sample means: MaleRates = 20.047619 and FemaleRates = 5.066667

ii. P-value = 0.00000000000000022

iii. Significance value of a = 0.05. P-value <= Significance level.

iv. 0.00000000000000022 <= 0.05. Since the p value is less than or equal to the significance level it indicates a significant difference between the two means.

This is the code for the line chart:

ggplot(data = Rates, aes(x = years, group = 2)) + geom_line(aes(y = MaleRates, color = "Male"), size = 1.2) + geom_line(aes(y = FemaleRates, color = "Female"), size = 1.2) + geom_line(aes(y = AllRates, color = "All"), size = 1.2) + labs(title = "Suicide Rates in the United States Over the Years", x = "Years", y = "Rates") + scale_color_manual(values = c("Male" = "blue", "Female" = "red", "All" = "green")) + theme_minimal()

5. Conclusion

There is a significant difference between the two sample means, and P-value <= Significance level, therefore I can conclude the the alterative hypothesis is true.

There is a significance difference in the male suicide rate and the female suicide rate in the United States.

[voice-of-anarchy]

Arch Enemy - "1996 - 2017" deluxe vinyl box set to be released Feb. 16th 2018!

We're very excited to let you know that we will release a deluxe vinyl box set including all ten studio albums and a bonus Gatefold 2LP featuring covers and bonus tracks recorded between 1996 and 2017 on February 16th, 2018! The hand-numbered (!!!) box set also comes with a 36-page-booklet with liner notes. All albums are mastered for vinyl!

It will be available as a picture LP box set and also in the following vinyl colors:

Black vinyl – limited to 1.500 copies Clear vinyl – limited to 100 copies, only available at CMDistro Transparent red vinyl – limited to 200 copies, only available at EMP Silver vinyl – limited to 100 copies, only available at Nuclear Blast Dark green vinyl – limited to 100 copies, only available at ST Records Picture vinyl – limited to 500 copies

Use the following link to direct you to all preorders and save your copy now: https://archenemy.lnk.to/1996-2017

[filmnoirsbian]

favorite alien movies?

In no particular order: The Thing (1982), Alien (1979), Arrival (2016), Contact (1997), Lilo and Stitch (2002), District 9 (2009), Men In Black (1997), Attack the Block (2011), Pacific Rim (2013), Galaxy Quest (1999), The Fifth Element (1997), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Titan AE (2000), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), The Andromeda Strain (1971), Thor Ragnarok (2017), Space Jam (1996)

[aliveandfullofjoy]

Trivia: Oscar Winners 2019!

Parasite is the first ever non-English language film to win Best Picture (and it is so richly deserved).

Let’s actually knock a bunch of Parasite stats out of the way now, because there are a lot.

Parasite is the first film to win both Best Picture and the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival since Marty in 1955. 

With his Best Director win, Bong Joon-ho is the second person to win that award for a film not in the English language. The first was Alfonso Cuarón, for last year’s Roma. By that same token, this is the second year in a row that Best Director and Best Foreign Language/International Feature Film have gone to the same film.

Parasite is the first South Korean film to be nominated in Best International Feature. 

Parasite is the fourth non-English language film to win Best Original Screenplay, joining The Red Balloon (1956, French), A Man and a Woman (1966, French), and Talk to Her (2002, Spanish). Of the non-English language winners, Parasite is the first non-European film with this distinction. 

Parasite is the twelfth Best Picture winner with no acting nominations, joining Slumdog Millionaire (2008), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Braveheart (1995), The Last Emperor (1987), Gigi (1958), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), An American in Paris (1951), Grand Hotel (1932), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), and Wings (1928). 

Bong Joon-ho is the second Asian winner of Best Director, following Ang Lee (who won in 2005 for Brokeback Mountain and in 2012 for Life of Pi). 

Kwak Sin-ae is the first woman of color to win Best Picture.

Parasite is the first film to win Best Director without a nomination in Best Cinematography since The Departed (2006). 

Parasite is the eighth Best Picture winner since the Best Picture expansion in 2009 to be directed by someone who had never directed an Oscar-nominated film before: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech), Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), Peter Farrelly (Green Book), and Bong Joon-ho (Parasite) all had their first nominated film be crowned that year’s Best Picture. 

Unadjusted for inflation, Joker has surpassed Forrest Gump as the highest-grossing film to win Best Actor. It is also the highest grossing film (unadjusted) to win any acting category, ironically surpassing The Dark Knight. 

Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes) is the first actor in an Anthony McCarten script to lose Best Actor. The last three scripts that McCarten has written that received nominations were Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), Darkest Hour (2017), and The Theory of Everything (2014), all of which won Best Actor. 

Martin Scorsese has become the first director to receive the dubious distinction of having a film go zero-for-ten at the Oscars. Both Gangs of New York (2002) and The Irishman (2019) received ten nominations and won nothing. 

Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver (Hair Love) are the second and third Black winners of Best Animated Short. The first was Kobe Bryant, who won for Dear Basketball in 2017. Cherry is the second former professional athlete to win an Oscar in any category, joining Bryant. Toliver is the first Black woman to win Animated Short. 

1917 is only the second film to win both the Producers Guild Award (PGA) and the Directors Guild Award (DGA) and to not win a single above-the-line Oscar. The other film was Apollo 13 (1995). 

Similarly, 1917 is only the third film to win PGA, DGA, and BAFTA and still lose Best Picture. The others with this distinction are La La Land (2016) and Brokeback Mountain (2005). It’s worth noting that those two films did what 1917 was unable to do: win Best Director. 

Hildur Guðnadóttir is the first woman to win Best Score since Anne Dudley (The Full Monty, 1997), and is only the fourth woman to ever win the award, following Rachel Portman (Emma, 1996) and Marilyn Bergman (Yentl, 1983). She is also the first ever Oscar winner from Iceland. 

Between all of the actors who have ever won multiple acting Oscars, all but three have won at least one of their awards for Best Picture nominees. The three who have not are Peter Ustinov (Spartacus, 1960, and Topkapi, 1964), Maggie Smith (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1969, and California Suite, 1978), and now Renée Zellweger (Cold Mountain, 2003, and Judy, 2019). 

With Joaquin Phoenix’s Best Actor win, the Joker becomes the second fictional character to win multiple Oscars (Heath Ledger also won for the role in 2008′s The Dark Knight). The only other role to achieve this is Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando won Best Actor for this role in 1972′s The Godfather and Robert De Niro won Best Supporting Actor for this role in 1974′s The Godfather, Part II). Interestingly, both of these roles have won in both Leading and Supporting. 

With his acting win for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Brad Pitt is only the third person ever to win Best Picture and an acting Oscar. The others are George Clooney (Best Supporting Actor winner for 2005′s Syriana and Best Picture winner for 2012′s Argo) and Michael Douglas (Best Picture winner for 1975′s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Best Actor winner for 1987′s Wall Street). 

Toy Story 4 is Pixar’s tenth win in the Best Animated Feature category. It is only the second sequel to ever win the award -- the first was, funnily enough, Toy Story 3 (2010). 

For the third year in a row, the top three films in the Toronto International Film Festival Audience Award have won at least one oscar: in 2017, the top three were Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, I, Tonya, and Call Me by Your Name; in 2018, they were Green Book, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Roma; and in 2019, they were Jojo Rabbit, Marriage Story, and Parasite.

Sam Mendes (1917) is the first director to win the DGA, BAFTA, and Golden Globe and lose the Oscar since Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) in 2000. 

After Cate Blanchett’s performance of Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004), Renée Zellweger (Judy) is only the second actress to win an Oscar for playing an Oscar winner. This might not be everyone’s opinion, though, since the real Judy Garland only ever won a non-competitive Juvenile Oscar. 

1917 is the first historical war film to win Best Visual Effects since Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). 

With his win for Best Song, Elton John becomes the fourth LGBTQ+ person to win that category this decade, joining Sam Smith (2015), Benj Pasek (2016), and Lady Gaga (2018).

Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit) is the first indigenous person to win a Screenplay Oscar. He is the second New Zealander to win, after the writing team of Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, and Fran Walsh (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2003). 

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh are the first female duo to win Best Production Design in Oscar history. 

Kazu Hiro (Bombshell) is the first Asian artist to win Best Makeup and Hairstyling twice. He previously won in 2017 for Darkest Hour. 

Weirdly enough, here’s a trend that held true the entire decade of the 2010s: the Best Picture winner was never among the top three domestic grossing of films of the nominees. 2019′s highest grossing nominees were Joker, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and 1917. At the time of the ceremony, Parasite was sixth with a domestic gross of $35 million. Below are the rest of the decade’s highest grossers and winners.

2018: Black Panther, A Star is Born, and Bohemian Rhapsody (Green Book won);

2017: Dunkirk, Get Out, and The Post (The Shape of Water won);

2016: Hidden Figures, La La Land, and Arrival (Moonlight won);

2015: The Martian, The Revenant, and Mad Max: Fury Road (Spotlight won);

2014: American Sniper, The Imitation Game, and The Grand Budapest Hotel (Birdman won);

2013: Gravity, Captain Phillips, and American Hustle (12 Years a Slave won);

2012: Lincoln, Django Unchained, and Les Misérables (Argo won);

2011: The Help, Moneyball, and War Horse (The Artist won);

2010: Toy Story 3, Inception, and True Grit (The King’s Speech won).

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BTS x OC Profiles

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Marriell

Full Name: Marriell Lucia Ambrosi

Birthday: June 13, 1993

Hometown: Austin, Texas, USA

Height: 5’4

Nationality: American

Hair: Auburn

Eyes: Brown

S/O: Jin (married June 23, 2016)

Children: Kim Min Ju/Naomi Kim (born August 17, 2017), Kim Chang Min/Carlo Kim (born July 11, 2020)

-She is an ER nurse

-She has a mom, dad, an older brother named Donny

-She’s one quarter Italian on her father’s side

-She speaks English, Italian, and Korean

-She likes Day6, MAMAMOO, and VIXX

-Marriell is known to be protective of her family and friends

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Elina

Full Name: Elina Paige Bolton

Birthday: April 14, 1994

Hometown: Seattle, Washington, USA

Height: 5’7

Nationality: American

Hair: Platinum

Eyes: Blue

S/O: Suga (married March 18, 2017)

Children: Min Do Hyun/Kodi Min (born February 28, 2018), Min Hee Young/Emily Min (born January 9, 2021)

-She’s deaf in her right ear

-Elina teaches sign language and translates BTS’s songs for deaf fans

-She has a mom and dad. She had a younger sister who passed from leukemia

-She speaks English and Korean

-She’s a fan of MAMAMOO, Red Velvet, and SHINee

-Elina is known to have a very sweet and bright personality

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Soonae

Full Name: Kang Soon Ae

Birthday: March 26, 1996

Hometown: Incheon, South Korea

Height: 5’2

Nationality: Korean

Hair: Black (dyes it brown)

Eyes: Brown

S/O: RM (married June 21, 2019)

Children: Kim Min Joon (born December 10, 2019)

-Soonae has been dancing ballet since she was four years old

-Her favorite ballets are The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Don Quixote

-She learned English by watching Disney movies multiple times and studying dance at NYU

-Soonae has a mom and dad. She’s an only child

-She she’s a fan of SEVENTEEN, EXID, and Chungha

-She’s a dance teacher at one of the local ballet studios.

-Soonae is known to have a cheerful and smiley personality

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Callie

Full Name: Callie Diane Walker

Birthday: July 4, 1996

Hometown: San Francisco, California, USA

Height: 5’3

Nationality: American

Hair: Black

Eyes: Green

S/O: Jimin (married May 17, 2019)

Children: Park Mi Kyong/Audrey Park (born January 20, 2020)

-Callie loves anything vintage

-She has a mom, dad, an older sister named Melonie, and a younger sister named Hannah.

-She’s a big fan of Red Velvet

-She and Jimin have a tradition where whatever color he dyes his hair, she’ll dye the ends of her hair that same color

-Callie can come off as shy, but she’s super nice and cheerful once one gets to know her

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Leah

Full Name: Leah Christine Armstrong

Birthday: October 12, 1997

Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Height: 5’5

Nationality: American

Hair: Blonde

Eyes: Brown

S/O: Jungkook (married August 21, 2020)

Children: N/A

-Leah comes from a wealthy family

-She has a mom, dad, and older brother named Adam.

-She studied business in college

-She had a promise ring Jungkook gave her before he proposed

-She’s a fan of GOT7, Chungha, Monsta X, and Stray Kids

-Leah has a bright and comical personality

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（社説）ウイグル問題　進めるべきは民族融和 ある日、ノックの音がする。自宅のドアを開けると、当局者が立っている。無理やり連行され、「再教育施設」へ。共産党への服従を求められ、宗教も捨てろと拷問で迫られる――。国際人権団体「ヒューマン・ライツ・ウォッチ」の報告などによると、中国の新疆ウイグル自治区ではいま、ウイグル族の住民に対して、こうしたことが実際に起きているらしい。 　 報告は、再教育施設への収容者が「約１００万人」にのぼるとも指摘する。正確な人数は不明だが、大規模な拘束が行われているとの点では専門家らの見方はほぼ一致する。 許されない人権侵害である。 これに対し、中国政府は「捏造（ねつぞう）だ」と反発しているが、説得力は乏しい。 その理由の一つは、同自治区での外国人記者の取材活動を、厳しく制限しているからだ。地元の当局者による取材妨害が常態化しており、取材を受けた住民への露骨な嫌がらせも伝えられる。 中国当局は隠蔽（いんぺい）をしてはならない。 まず、記者の自由な取材を認めるべきだ。新疆でいったい何が起きているのか。テロ対策に名を借りた、不当な取り締まりはないのか。責任ある大国として、国際社会にその実態を公明正大に明らかにすることがなぜできないのか。 　 中国のウイグル族は人口約１千万人のトルコ系少数民族で、多くはイスラム教徒。１９３０年代から４０年代にかけて「東トルキスタン」建国をめざして２度の大規模な運動を起こした歴史を持ち、中国からの独立意識も一部にあるといわれる。 　 ところが、その民族意識や信仰に対し、中国当局は粗暴な弾圧行為を繰りかえし、多数派である漢族への強引な同化政策を進めてきた。反発した一部の過激派は国内外でテロ事件を起こしたとされ、中東を拠点とする過激派組織「イスラム国」（ＩＳ）との関係も指摘されている。 弾圧が当局への襲撃やテロを生み、それがさらなる弾圧へとつづく「負の連鎖」。これを止めるには強硬一辺倒ではなく、民族融和を進める必要がある。中国共産党政権は過去の政策の過ちを認め、民族間の信頼醸成に努めなくてはならない。 米政府は、弾圧にかかわっているとされる一部の中国政府高官や企業に対する経済制裁を検討していると明らかにした。 安倍首相は来月下旬に訪中を予定している。日本を含む国際社会はこの問題を座視せず、明確に改善を求めるべきである。 朝日新聞　2018年9月24日 https://www.asahi.com/articles/DA3S13693196.html 　　　　　　　　　　　　　東トルキスタン共和国の国旗 　　　　　　　　朝日の社説はこの事実を隠蔽して昔からウイグル人は 　　　　　　　　シナ国内の少数民族であるかのような書き方をしている。 　　朝日新聞は相変わらず事実を曲げて嘘報道、 　　シナに媚びいる売国根性は一貫している（笑） ＞中国のウイグル族は人口約１千万人のトルコ系少数民族で、 　多くはイスラム教徒。１９３０年代から４０年代にかけて「東トルキスタン」建国を 　めざして２度の大規模な運動を起こした歴史を持ち、中国からの独立意識も 　一部にあるといわれる。 大ウソだ! この社説の表現だと、あたかもウイグル人は昔からシナ帝国の居住民で、 一部の過激派が独立運動をやってきただけで独立国だったという事実は、 この社説からは完全に否定された表現である。 Wikipediaにもあるとおり、ウイグル人の国「東トルキスタン共和国」は、 主権独立国家として漢民族のシナとは別の国として存在したのである。 それが中共シナになって人民解放軍に侵略・植民地化されたのである。 ただし元（モンゴル人）、清（満州人）の支配下にあったことはあるが、 明国などシナ人＝漢民族の属国・属領であったことは一度もない。 だから一部のウイグル人のみが独立志向なのではないのだ。 もしそうなら何故1000万人も強制収容され殺されたのか? 朝日が珍しくシナ批判しているな、と我が目を疑ってみたのだが、 やはり疑い通り、というか、期待を裏切らない朝日の売国奴ぶり、 朝日新聞はやはりシナの走狗であることがここでも証明された。 ＜参考＞ 東トルキスタン共和国 https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E5%85%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%9B%BD#%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%85%B1%E7%94%A3%E5%85%9A%E3%81%AE%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB%E4%BE%B5%E6%94%BB 革命以前のシナの領土は建国以来の侵略がなければ半分しかない。 つまりシナ共産党独裁国家の侵略で領土が二倍以上になった。 さらにそれで満足せず現在も領土拡大の侵略行為が続いている。 これはかつて清帝国の版図を意図して侵略したものであるが、 勿論現在の中共政府と清国とは民族的王統は全く関係ない。 清国は漢民族を征服してできた満州人の国である。 シナの領有権の理屈が正しいなら、イギリスの植民地であったインドは、 現在のイギリスや英連邦諸国も自国領土だと主張できるのである。 こんな非常識な主張をする国はシナみたいな非常識国だけである。 元来大陸の諸民族の攻防は侵略地域の男性は皆殺し子種を絶やし、 女性は強姦してその民族の血統（DNA)を絶やすことが通常で、 現在それを実行しているのがシナ共産党独裁国家である。 シナのチベットやウイグル民族弾圧は、否、民族浄化（絶滅）は、 ナチのユダヤ人ジェノサイド以上の徹底ぶりである。これは、 少数民族を絶滅させて独立運動を根絶やしにすると同時に、 ヒトラーみたくシナを漢民族のみの国家を作ろうとしているのである。 だからシナ人やその子分の朝鮮人には自分たちの民度の低さを棚に上げ、 シナ人・朝鮮人としての選民意識が強く、人種差別意識が異常に強いのである。 自己客観視ができない土人の差別意識が招いた悲劇がウイグル・チベットである。 ＜参考論文＞ 中国の少数民族問題と人種偏見 ――　なぜ少数民族は偏見と差別の対象にされたか（有料） グレイ・タトル コロンビア大学准教授（近代チベット研究） フォーリン・アフェアーズ・リポート2015年6月号 https://www.foreignaffairsj.co.jp/articles/201506_tuttle/ 　　　　　　　　現代のヒトラー、スターリンとは習近平サマのことだ。 　　　　　　　　あ、失礼、習近平は毛沢東を目指しておいでだったｗ ＞弾圧が当局への襲撃やテロを生み、それがさらなる弾圧へとつづく「負の連鎖」。 　これを止めるには強硬一辺倒ではなく、民族融和を進める必要がある。 　中国共産党政権は過去の政策の過ちを認め、 　民族間の信頼醸成に努めなくてはならない。 笑止千万! ホント笑わせてくれるわｗｗｗ シナ共産党が行っている「民族融和」こそジェノサイドではないか! いったい朝日の論説委員はウイグルやチベットの何を見ているのだろうか? 或はシナの民族浄化政策の実態が一時的な政治判断だと考えているのだろうか? こんな大嘘でいいなら、私でも「天声人語」くらい毎日書いてやるわｗ マスゴミからは総スカンくらっているトランプ米大統領だが、 トランプは世界史上初めてシナによる少数民族弾圧を非難した人だ。 トランプはレイシストだと批判されるが、本当にレイシストなのは誰か? 口先で聞こえの良いキレイ事並べてるだけのリベラル左翼や、 70年以上も前の嘘を事実だとしていまだ対日批判している 国連人権理事会は今起こっている現実の悲劇には無関心だ。 その点トランプ大統領は・・・ 口先ばかりの平和人権屋のオバマや 国連人権理事会とは大違いである! 新疆ウイグル自治区＝東トルキスタン共和国の歴史を概観してみると・・・ 1949年、共産支那が東トルキスタン共和国を侵略して以来、 「計画生育」と称して数百万の妊婦の強制中絶を行い、女性は解放軍兵士に強姦、 反対者は「政治犯」として処刑され、たった数年間に25万人のウイグル人が虐殺された 1955年、東トルキスタンを「新疆ウイグル自治区」と改称 1964年10月16日～1996年　シナ共産党政府は東トルキスタンの楼蘭などで、 46回も核実験（大気圏核実験）し19万人を死亡、129万人を被爆障碍者にした！ 21世紀になってウイグル人の15～22歳の結婚適齢期の女性は、 超格安労働力や漢民族の男の妻にさせられるため大都市部へ強制連行、 ウイグル男性が同族の女性と結婚できないようにして子孫を絶滅させる狙いだ。 2004年、東トルキスタン共和国亡命政府樹立 2009年6月26日、広東省の大手おもちゃ工場で、同年5月に東トルキスタンから 強制連行された約600人のウイグル人を漢族が襲撃するウイグル人虐殺事件が発生。 2017年～2018年、シナ共産党政府は何百万人の規模でイスラム教徒ウイグル人を 再教育施設と称して強制収容し、コーランを焼いたり豚肉を強制的に食わせるなど。 宗教の信仰と文化的な帰属意識を失わせる文化破壊政策をしている。 この朝日新聞の社説は一見シナを批判しているかのようだが、 事実は批判しているように見せかけ、シナの「不都合な真実」を隠蔽しているのだ。 まさに朝日は社会主義民族差別国の走狗である。 こんな独裁国のケツ舐めまくって喜んでいるのが朝日ほか毎日新聞、共同通信、 琉球新報や沖縄タイムス、さらに立憲民主党、共産党、社民党、自由党だ。 つまり日本と日本国民の敵が誰かがはっきりしているのである。 私は対中経済制裁を実施しているトランプ政権に全面的に賛同する。 無論日本への多少の悪影響はあるにせよ、シナという今世紀最大最悪の 化け物国家が衰退するなら構わない。否、その方が遙かに人類の利益である。

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ゲティスバーグ演説

87年前、われわれの父祖たちは、自由の精神にはぐくまれ、人はみな平等にられているという信条にささげられた新しい国家を、この大陸に誕生させた。

今われわれは、一大内戦のさなかにあり、戦うことにより、自由の精神をはぐくみ、自由の心情にささげられたこの国家が、或いは、このようなあらゆる 国家が、長く存続することは可能なのかどうかを試しているわけである。われわれはそのような戦争に一大激戦の地で、相会している。われわれはこの国家が生き永らえるようにと、ここで生命を捧げた人々の最後の安息の場所として、この戦場の一部をささげるためにやって来た。われわれがそうすることは、まことに適切であり好ましいことである。

しかし、さらに大きな意味で、われわれは、この土地をささげることはできない。清めささげることもできない。聖別することもできない。足すことも引 くこともできない、われわれの貧弱な力をはるかに超越し、生き残った者、戦死した者とを問わず、ここで闘った勇敢な人々がすでに、この土地を清めささげているからである。世界は、われわれがここで述べることに、さして注意を払わず、長く記憶にとどめることもないだろう。しかし、彼らがここで成した事を決して忘れ去ることはできない。ここで戦った人々が気高くもここまで勇敢に推し進めてきた未完の事業にここでささげるべきは、むしろ生きているわれわれなので ある。われわれの目の前に残された偉大な事業にここで身をささげるべきは、むしろわれわれ自身なのである。―それは、名誉ある戦死者たちが、最後の全力を尽くして身命をささげた偉大な大義に対して、彼らの後を受け継いで、われわれが一層の献身を決意することであり、これらの戦死者の死を決して無駄にしない ために、この国に神の下で自由の新しい誕生を迎えさせるために、そして、人民の人民による人民のための政治を地上から決して絶滅させないために、われわれがここで固く決意することである。

ゲティスバーグ演説 (1863年) https://americancenterjapan.com/aboutusa/translations/2390/

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　1863年11月19日 ペンシルベニア州ゲティスバーグにある国立戦没者墓地の奉献式において、アメリカ合衆国大統領エイブラハム・リンカーンは「人民の人民による人民のための」というフレーズとともに有名な「ゲティスバーグ演説」を行った 。 　奉献式は本来1863年10月23日水曜に行われる予定であったが、11月19日木曜に延期され、組織委員長はリンカーン大統領に「適切な短いスピーチ」を依頼した。 約2分間の短いスピーチであったにもかかわらず、米国史上最も重要な演説の1つと見なされている。 　リンカーン大統領は演説の中で、米国の生存のために戦い、命を落とした人々の栄誉を誇らかに称えている。そして、米国のための「自由の新たな誕生」に言及した。

　1861年から1865年にかけての南北戦争は世界で最初の総力戦のひとつとなった。両軍合わせて50万人近くの戦死者を出した。これはアメリカがこれ以降、今日まで体験している戦役史上、最悪の死者数である。 　南北戦争のなかでも1863年7月1日から3日にかけてのゲティスバーグの戦いは、両軍合わせて4万5千人以上の死傷者を出し、この戦闘を今日に至るまで最も悲惨なものの1つにした。 伝統的見解として、この戦いが転換点となり、合衆国軍が優勢になった。

ゲティスバーグ演説 https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0%E6%BC%94%E8%AA%AC ゲティスバーグの戦い https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0%E3%81%AE%E6%88%A6%E3%81%84 南北戦争 https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E5%8C%97%E6%88%A6%E4%BA%89

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　アンテベラム(戦前)時代から南北戦争にかけての歴史解釈は、奴隷制や連邦主義、当時の経済、政治的背景、党派対立などが複雑に絡んで、現在に至っても見解の相違を生む。 　2017年 南軍の英雄像などの撤去をきっかけとして起きたシャーロッツビルでの衝突は記憶に新しいが、この問題にも政治的意図が感じられる。 トランプ大統領はこうしたモニュメントの撤去について、米国の歴史と文化が「引き裂かれている」との見解を示した。 AFP 2017年8月18日 http://www.afpbb.com/articles/-/3139624

　アメリカが再び分断され争うのではないかという不安が、この数年を覆った。

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　1858年に共和党州大会でリンカーンは上院議員候補に指名された後、聖書のマルコの福音書から引いた「分かれたる家」演説を行った。「分かれたる家は立つこと能わず（マルコ伝3の25）。 半ば奴隷、半ば自由の状態でこの国家が永く続くことはできないと私は信じます。私は連邦が瓦解するのを期待しません - 家が倒れることを期待するものではありません。私の期待するところは、この連邦が分かれ争うことをやめることです。それは全体として一方のものとなるか、 あるいは他方のものとなるか、いずれかになるでしょう。」

　この演説は、後年のゲティスバーグの演説と並んで、リンカーンの生涯の二大演説と称される。

エイブラハム・リンカーン https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3#%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E5%AF%BE%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6%E3%81%A8%22%E5%88%86%E3%81%8B%E3%82%8C%E3%81%9F%E3%82%8B%E5%AE%B6%22%E6%BC%94%E8%AA%AC

もし家分れ爭はば、其の家立つこと能はざるべし。 -マルコ傳福音書 3:25

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　アンテベラムから南北戦争にかけての歴史的評価と同様に、リンカーンという人物の歴史的評価も、その評価をする時代の社会背景に引っぱられるように大きく変わる。 　その中から一つ拾い上げたいのは、リンカーンが、ジョン キーツというイギリスのロマン主義の詩人が定義した「ネガティブ ケイパビリティ (消極的受容力)」という容易に答えの出ない事態に耐えうる能力を持った人物だったという評価だ。

「...一方でデイビッド・ドナルドはその1996年に表した伝記で、リンカーンはジョン・キーツが定義する消極的受容力のある性格を明らかに与えられ、「不確実性と疑念の中で満足し、事実や理由付けの方向に向けられなかった」特別な指導者とされていると記述している。」 エイブラハム・リンカーン https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3#%E6%AD%B4%E5%8F%B2%E7%9A%84%E3%81%AA%E8%A9%95%E4%BE%A1

ジョン・キーツ https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84 ネガティブ・ケイパビリティ https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8D%E3%82%AC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%91%E3%83%93%E3%83%AA%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3

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　リンカーン大統領も当時、新聞などで非難されていた。ゲティスバーグ演説についても、注目に値しないひどいスピーチだったとこき下ろされた。

　2018年9月 中間選挙キャンペーン演説でトランプ大統領は「リンカーン大統領の偉大なゲティスバーグ演説も嘲笑されたことを知っているか。彼はフェイクニュースに非難された。当時もフェイクニュースがあったんだ。...彼の死後50年経って、あの演説はおそらくアメリカ史上最も偉大なものだったと言い出したんだ。...それは今の私たちにも起こっていると感じる。色んな方法で、私たちにも起こっていることだ。」と語った。 The Hill 09/06/18 https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/405499-trump-lincolns-gettysburg-address-was-ridiculed-by-the-fake

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　リンカーン政権は、新聞所有者や編集者を逮捕したことでも知られている。

「...リンカーンは徴兵するために別の執行命令を検討したが、発行することはなかった。しかし、「ニューヨーク・ワールド」紙と「ジャーナル・オブ・コマース」 紙の編集者達が偽の徴兵布告を掲載し、新聞社の編集者など従業員に金市場を買い占める機会を作ったという噂には反応した。リンカーンはそのような行いについてメディアに最強のメッセージを送った。彼は軍隊を派遣して2紙を差し押さえさせた。その差し押さえは2日間続いた。」 エイブラハム・リンカーン https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3#%E3%81%9D%E3%81%AE%E4%BB%96%E3%81%AE%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95

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　歴史的評価の一つとして、ゲティスバーグ演説は「国家の傷を癒す」ためのものだったという捉え方がある。演説の中の「われわれの目の前に残された偉大な事業」とは戦争での勝利だけではなく、その先を見ていたとする考えだ。

　2016年10月 大統領選キャンペーン演説でトランプ現大統領は、米国に存在する深い亀裂はリンカーンの功績を参考にして癒すべきだと述べている。

「ゲティスバーグはエーブラハム・リンカーン大統領が米国統合を目指し南北戦争の重要な演説を行った地。トランプ氏陣営は、米大統領選を17日後に控えた22日、そのゲティスバーグでトランプ氏が行った45分間の演説を同氏の「最終弁論」と位置付けた。 　トランプ氏は、支持者数百人を前にした演説で、「変革は、崩壊したシステムの外部から行わなければならない」と述べ、米国に存在する深い亀裂はリンカーンの功績を参考にして癒すべきだと主張し、「われわれの選挙運動は人生に1度あるかないかの変化を象徴している」と付け加えた。」 AFP 2016年10月23日 http://www.afpbb.com/articles/-/3105391

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リンカーン大統領第二期就任演説 1865年3月4日

アメリカ国民のみなさん

大統領の執務室に２回目の宣誓をするために姿を現わすにあたって、最初のときほど長い演説はしないつもりです。最初のときは、いくぶん詳細に話した方が適切に思われたのです。現在は、あれから４年がたち、そのあいだに国民全員が注目してきた大きな戦争のあらゆる点については常に公表してきましたの で、改めていうべきことはほとんどありません。全てがそれ次第である、われわれの軍隊の進行は、私同様みなさんもよく知っています。未来に希望をいだき、 あえてその予測はさけたいと思います。

４年前のときは、全ての人が内戦の勃発を心配していました。それを恐れ、避ける方法を模索していました。私は大統領就任演説をこの場所で行い、戦争を行うことなしに連邦を維持しようとつとめたにもかかわらず、この都市でしつこい代表者たちは戦争を行うことなしに連邦を解体しようとしていました。つまり交渉によって、連邦を解体し分割しようとしていたのです。みんな戦争には反対していました。しかし一方は国家を存続させるより戦争をしたほうがよいとし、もう一方は国家を滅ぼすよりは戦争を受け入れた方がよいと考えました。その結果、戦争となったのです。

全人口の１／８は黒人の奴隷です。しかし連邦全体に散らばっているわけではなく、南部に集中しています。奴隷によって、特別なそして強い利権が生まれたのです。全ての人がこの利権が、とにかく戦争の原因であることを知っていました。この利権を強化し、永遠のものとし、拡張することが、反乱者たちが連邦を戦争によってでも引き裂こうとしている目的なのです。一方、政府は奴隷制度の準州への拡大を制限する権利しか主張していません。両者とも戦争が実際にそうであるほど大規模で、長続きするとは考えていませんでした。両者とも紛争の原因が、紛争とともに、もしくは紛争が終了する以前に、なくなるとは考えていなかったでしょう。簡単に勝利をおさめて、結果がこれほど大事で驚くべきものになるとは思ってもみなかったでしょう。みんな同��聖書を読み、同じ神に祈りを捧げ、そして敵に対抗する助けを請うてます。他人が額に汗して稼いだパンを奪おうとして、義にかなった神の助けを求めるなんておかしなことに思えるかもしれません。しかし人を裁いてはなりません、自らを裁かない限りはです。両者の祈りが受け入れられることはないでしょう。両者の祈りが、完全に聞き入れられたこともありません。神には、ご自身の意図があるのです。「この世のわざわいは罪ゆえである。罪はかならずもたらされるが、人へのわざわいは罪によってもたらされる」もしアメリカの奴隷制度がそのようなわざわいの一つだったなら、神の摂理によって必ずもたらされるもので、神の定めた期間つづくものですが、神は今や奴隷制度を取り除くことを望み、そして北部と南部に、この恐ろしい戦争を罪をもたらした人へのわざわいとして与えたのでしょう。われわれはその中で、生ける神を信じるものがつねに神のものであると考える神の特性からどれほど離れているかよくわかることでしょう？　われわれが愛情をこめて希望し、強く祈るのは、神による戦争という悪がすみやかに過ぎ去ることです。しかしながらもし神が、奴隷が250年間にわたる無報酬の苦役で蓄積された富がなくなるまで、そしむちにより流された血の一滴一滴が剣による血であがなわれるまで、戦争を続ける意志があるならば、3000年前に言われたとおり、「しかしながら神の裁きは正しく、絶対なのである」と現在でも言わなければなりません。

誰に対しても悪意をいだかず、慈悲の心で接し、神がわれわれに正義を目にするように与えた正義を固く信じ、われわれが取り掛かっている仕事、つまり国家の傷をいやし、戦いに耐えてきたものや未亡人、孤児をケアし、われわれ全ての国民のあいだに正しく永遠につづく平和を実現し、はぐくむ仕事を終えるべく全力を尽くそうではないですか。

リンカーン大統領第二期就任演説 1865年3月4日 https://open-shelf.appspot.com/AbrahamLincolnPresidentialInauguration/chapter2.html

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「我々はこの瞬間、何をしようとしているのだろうか。我々はどのように記憶に残るのだろうか。私はこの議会の男女に求める。目の前にある機会を見よ！　最も感動させる偉業が、まだこの先にある。最も刺激的な旅が、まだこの先に待ち受けている。我々の最大の勝利はまだ先のことだ。我々の夢はまだ始まっていない。

　我々は、不一致によって規定されて��まうのか、勇気を持って違いを乗り越えていくのか、選ばなくてはならない。

　我々は、受け継いできたものを無駄遣いするつもりなのか、あるいは、米国人だと誇らしげに宣言するつもりなのかを選ばなければならない。我々は信じられないようなことをする。我々は不可能なことに挑む。我々は未知なるものに打ち勝つ。

　今こそ米国の想像力を再び燃え上がらせる時だ。最も高い頂を目指し、何よりも輝く星を目指して目標を設定する時だ。我々を市民として、隣人として、愛国者として結びつける愛と忠誠、そして記憶の絆をよみがえらせる時だ。

　これが我々の未来であり、運命であり、選ぶ道だ。私はあなたたちに偉大さを選ぶよう求めている。」

2019年2月5日(日本時間6日) トランプ大統領一般教書演説

読売新聞オンライン トランプ米大統領 一般教書演説の全文 https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/world/20190207-OYT1T50069/

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マガ! 2019年2月

[airasora]

I've thought of a few pairings I could ask you so there they are ^^ Belle x Jane Porter Ariel x Tarzan Jim x Cale Hades x Maleficent And also can I ask you what's your favorite canon couple? ^^

Belle & Jane

I cannot see these two romantically together and there’s a very straightforward, hopefully logical, reason why: In my MLGD (My Life Goes Disney) videos and pictures, I have always used Belle to represent myself and Jane to represent Olive, my oldest and best friend, aka @olivedoodles So, if I were to attempt editing them together romantically, it’d feel like I was somehow trying to tell Olive something x’D

I HAVE edited them together romantically ONCE, from my infamous “I got a community guide line strike and wasn’t allowed to choose my own thumbnails for months” video xD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tblip0QU5d4

And for those curious, here’s one of my MLGD videos featuring Olive ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWyVEoF6OKM&list=PL592VRaQkXzwBCqwEPR0UX71cpgorsHq-&index=6&t=0s

Ariel & Tarzan

I’ve shipped these two FOR YEARS, still love them to death! Unfortuantely, I’ve only made four shitty videos of them from 2011 to 2013... I need to make some more Tariel, goddammit! xD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chzhVBkYw0s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_ef6sJ_QDQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUzroG2yWDk

[I still like the idea I had for this one ^^^ might actually finish it someday x’D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkNPHamSuCc

Jim & Cale

Kinda interesting, but at the same time... I feel like I can’t think of a lot of particularly interesting scenarios with them based on their personalities? I don’t know, this might be because I’ve only watched Titan AE once and it just bored me to death, so I don’t have much of a relationship with Cale... except headcanoning him as a male Holli x’D

Hades & Maleficent

Once again, two villains... meeeeeeeh. Kinda not really interesting to me. I prefer couples there’s a lot of contrast and differences in. Shipping villains doesn’t really make me feel anything xD Also, Maleficent is from my least favorite Disney princess movie x’D

My favorite canon couple would be Shortaki aka Arnold Shortman and Helga Pataki from Hey Arnold. What, were you expecting a (non)Disney couple? Well, that doesn’t really exist for me. I don’t really get into couples that only take one movie to get together, I want some slow burn, series shit.

And Shortaki was really fucking slowburn because not only did it take them two movies and five seasons to get together, the series premiered in 1996, but they didn’t get together until 2017 so... THERE xD

[thnkaboutme]

  ─ 𝐀𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐌' 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐄 ﹗

𝑾𝑯𝑶 𝑰𝑺 𝐀𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐌?     .   .   .       ─    𝐈: 𝗕a𝘀i𝗰 p𝗮r𝘁  ✧

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  birth name : Jung Ae Rim ❪ 정애림 ❫.

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  Japanese name : Haru ❪ ハル ❫

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  Chinese name : Ming ❪ 明 ❫

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  English name : Avril

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  nicknames : rimi, perfect 10, fairym.

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  weight : 43kg

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  height : 1.69cm.

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  date of birth : March 27, 1996

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  zodiac sign : aries ❪ tropical ❫, rat ❪ chinese ❫.

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  mbti : INFP-T

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  nacionality : Korean.

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  place of birth : Seoul, South Korea.

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  language : Korean ❪ native ❫, English ❪ basic ❫ and Japanese ❪ basic ❫.

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  gender : Cisgender female.

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  pronouns : She/her.

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  sexual orientation : pansexual.

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  face claim : Irene ❪ red velvet ❫

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  voice claim : Binnie ❪ Oh My Girl ❫

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    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  agency : Dreams Music ❪ 2017 - present ❫

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  training period : 4 years ❪ 2019 - 2021 ❫

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  group : 00:00

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  positions : sub rapper, sub vocalist, dancer.

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  instagram : @ f4erym

       .   .   .    ─    𝐈𝐈𝐈:  𝗣e𝗿s𝗼n𝗮l 𝗽a𝗿t  ✧

    ｡☆ ﹗ ּ  ִ ۫›  family : Mother, Father, grandma and younger sister.

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Amazon Prime Video New Releases: November 2021

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Amazon Prime Video’s epic The Lord of the Rings series won’t arrive until 2022. Thankfully, with its list of new releases for November 2021, Amazon has a pretty major fantasy adaptation to hold us over.

The Wheel of Time is set to premiere on Nov. 19 and will bring Robert Jordan’s massive fantasy universe to life. Rosamund Pike stars as Moiraine, a powerful magic-user who guides five young people on a perilous journey around the world. One of them just might be the reincarnation of the Dragon, a powerful entity who could save the world…or destroy it.

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In addition to that bit of fantasy fun, Amazon Prime also has some other TV options this month. Lesbian dating show Tampa Baes (Nov. 5) and transgender youth docuseries Always Jane (Nov. 12) make for a compelling LGBTQ double feature. And it’s all followed by season 3 of Hanna on Nov. 24.

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain starring Benedict Cumberbatch is Amazon’s big movie swing this month. Equally as interesting, however, is the Pete Buttigieg documentary Mayor Pete on Nov. 12.

Here is everything else coming to Amazon Prime Video this month.

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New on Amazon Prime Video – November 2021

November 1 50/50 (2011) Alien (1979) Alien 3 (1992) Alien Resurrection (1997) Alien Vs. Predator (2004) Alpha Dog (2005) American Assassin (2017) Born On The Fourth Of July (1989) Bringing Down The House (2003) Casanova, Last Love (2021) Cast Away (2000) Children Of Men (2006) Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011) Dan In Real Life (2007) Dead Poets Society (1989) Dragonball Evolution (2009) Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000) Eragon (2006) Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) Hope Springs Eternal (2018) I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007) In Time (2011) It’s Complicated (2009) Jane Eyre (2011) Jingle All The Way (1996) Jingle All The Way 2 (2014) Johnny English (2003) Kung Pow: Enter The Fist (2002) Major Payne (1995) Meet Dave (2008) Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) Predator 2 (1990) Rushmore (1999) Sleeping With The Enemy (1991) Snatch (2000) Stuck On You (2003) The Big Year (2011) The Black Dahlia (2006) The Constant Gardener (2005) The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008) The House Bunny (2008) The Nutty Professor (1996) The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000) Three Men And A Baby (1987) Undercover Brother (2002) Vanity Fair (2004) Vantage Point (2008) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Wild Hogs (2007) Wimbledon (2004) Baking with Julia: Season 1 Baptiste: Season 1 Courage the Cowardly Dog: Season 1 Family Business: Season 1 Irresponsable: Season 1 Ladies of the Law: Season 1 Magellan: Season 1 Mega Disasters: Season 1 Native America: Season 1 Noggin Knows: Season 1 Power Book II: Ghost: Season 1 Rectify: Season 1 Red Road: Season 1 The Lucy Show: Season 1 The Restaurant: Season 1 The Roy Rogers Show: Season 1 Under Suspicion: Season 1 Wheeler Dealers: Season 1

November 5 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain – Amazon Original Movie (2021) Snowmance (2017) The Spruces And The Pines (2017) Pete the Cat – Amazon Original Series: New Episodes Tampa Baes – Amazon Original Series: Season 1

November 12 Mayor Pete – Amazon Original Movie (2021) Finding You (2021) Always Jane – Amazon Original Series: Season 1

November 16 Beginners (2011)

November 19 Everybody Loves Natti – Amazon Original Series: Season 1 The Wheel of Time – Amazon Original Series: Season 1 

November 20 Here Comes The Boom (2012)

November 24 Hanna – Amazon Original Series: Season 3 Do, Re & Mi Holiday Special: Merry Nestivus – Amazon Original Special (2021)

November 26 Anni da cane (Dog Years) – Amazon Original Movie (2021)

November 29 Burning – Amazon Original Movie (2021)

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The hand-numbered box set "1996-2017" includes all ten studio albums and a bonus Gatefold 2LP featuring covers and bonus tracks recorded between 1996 and 2017 and comes with a 36-page-booklet with liner notes. All albums are mastered for vinyl.

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aurorastereo: pick up the phone - saved ringtones 2006-21

Pár hónapja éppen csengőhangot cseréltem a telóban, és elkezdtem nyomkodni a betöltött csengőhangokat, amiket a menü egyből indít, ha rányomok. A vége az lett, azon vettem észre magam, tíz perce a csengőhangokból dj-zek magamnak. Innen jött az ötlet, végül is mind el van mentve egy mappában, igen szép gyűjtemény, kb 100-120 darab, mind értékes lenyomata zenei koroknak, irányzatoknak, mondjuk rohadtul eklektikus, de mi lenne, ha megpróbálnám összegyúrni egy mixtúrává.

Így lett ez a mix, ami nem mix, inkább mix and cut csengőhangokból.

Bevallom, sose szerettem a telefonomat. Nem kell szihomókusnak lenni, hogy az introvertált jellem bélyegeként értelmezze valaki ezt a kijelentést, de ez lényegtelen. Ami tény, azok közé tartozom, akik idősödve egy nehezebben veszik rá magukat, hogy telefonáljanak, csak azért, hogy beszélgessenek sőt ügyet intézzenek. Még talán az is kijelenthető, hogy gyakrabban hívnak, és hívok vissza valakit az illem és közteherviselés gesztusaként, és ritkábban csörgetek. Valahogy a telefonhívás nekem mindig olyan volt, mint valami, ami éppen becsapódik a zajló jelenbe.

Talán ebből fakad, hogy az elejétől fogva kiemelt jelentősége volt a csengőhangoknak. A zenéhez való szeretetteljes kapcsolódás mindig is létfontosságú volt számomra, és az is hamar kiderült, bár nem tudatosult, hogy a csengőhang tompítja, eltereli a telefonhívás fent említett hatását, sőt hangulatba hoz. Szóval az évek során bőszen cserélgettem a csengőhangjaimat, volt, amelyik bevált és sokáig használtam, és volt, amelyik katasztrofális mellélövés lett, és pár nap után lecseréltem. Vannak itt technikai feltételek is, hiszen egy telefon hangszórója a hangkép komoly részét elnyeli, még akkor is, hogyha a készülékek evolúciója ezen sokat segített. A jó csengőhang szignálszerű, lehetőleg az elejétől hallható, na és a társadalmi aspektusa.Van az a közeg – mondjuk egy bankban sorbaállás esetén – ahol nagyon nem mindegy, mi és hogyan szólal meg. A túl jó csengőhang pedig az, amelyiknél nincs kedved felvenni a telefont, mert még szeretnéd megvárni, hogy ott 35 mp-nél bejön az a rész... Mivel szeretem az abszurdot, volt pár nagyon bevállalós csengőhangom, pl sms-ként sokáig használtam a South Parkos „ifjú márklár, ez bölcs és igazságos márklár volt” szignált. Párszor néztek rám hülyén. Még egy érdekes aspektus, hogy létezik egy hasznos funkció a személyekhez rendelhető csengőhang. Az, hogy tudhatom 3-4 méterről, hogy ki hív, nagyon hasznos tud lenni. Az is érdekes asszociációs játék, hogy kihez milyen zenét párosít az ember. Szóval ebben a mixben sok olyan csengőhangom van, ami évekig a húgomhoz, barátaimhoz, munkatársaimhoz volt (van) kapcsolva. A szignálokból elkészült anyag elég tömör, 51 perc, 72 track, nagyon sokféle és viszonylag töredezett. 01. 00:00 KFT - Laár András lebeszéli a honoluluiakat (2007, Youtube) 02. 00:00 Juantrip - Shadows (1999, F-Communications) 03. 00:59 International Peoples Gang - Waiting Room (2006, em:t) 04. 02:07 Orbital - Know Where To Run (1999, FFRR) 05. 02:30 Space ‎- Magic Fly (1977, Vogue) 06. 03:41 Front 242 – Art Strategy (1992, New Dance, New Dance, New Dance) 07. 04:13 Haujobb - Sinus Problem (2001, Metropolis) 08. 04:38 Pete Namlook & HIA - Inner Sense (1999, Fax +49-69/450464) 09. 04:52 Coil - First Dark Ride (1997, Threshold House) 10. 05:12 The Chemical Brothers - Piku (1997, Astralwerks) 11. 05:55 Meat Beat Manifesto - No Words Necessary (2002, Run) 12. 06:33 Beck - Cellphone's Dead (2006, Interscope) 13. 06:51 Art of Noise – Paranoimia (1986, Chrysalis) 14. 07:31 The Future Sound of London - We Have Explosive, Pt. 3 (1997, Astralwerks) 15. 08:54 Meat Beat Manifesto - Simulacra (1996, Nothing) 16. 09:04 Orbital – What Happens Next (2004, Orbital Music) 17. 10:09 Underworld - Mmm Skyscraper I Love You (1994, Junior Boy's Own) 18. 10:59 Marklar monológ (1999, Kákabélű az űrben, South Park) 19. 11:12 Aes Dana – Onset Data (2002, Ultimae) 20. 11:29 Tori Amos - Precious Things (1991, Eastwest) 21. 12:01 Pete Namlook – Travelling Without Moving – Trip 6 (1994, Ambient World) 22. 12:40 Coil – Another Brown World (1995, Ars Nova) 23. 13:49 Leftfield - Rino's Prayer (1999, Hard Hands) 24. 14:22 The Orb – Prime Evil (2003, Cooking Vinyl) 25. 14:53 Download – Uhm (2007, Sub-Conscious Communications) 26. 15:25 Meat Beat Manifesto – Present for Sally (2019, Flexidisc) 27. 15:56 Underworld – Surfboy (1994, Junior Boy's Own) 28. 16:33 Edit – Blue (2001, Novamute) 29. 17:06 Female – Serve (Re-Group Edit)(2005, Tresor) 30. 17:18 Rabbit In The Moon - FLooRI.D.A (Dynamix II 's Non Stop Electro Bass)(1998, Hallucination) 31. 17:57 Illuminatus – Hope (1997, DMD) 32. 19:18 LFO – Blown (2003, WARP) 33. 20:29 Solar Fields – Blue Moon Station (2003, Ultimae) 34. 21:14 Front 242 – Crushed (1993, Epic) 35. 21:49 Gary Numan – Are Friends Electric? (2003, Jagged Halo) 36. 22:13 Kraftwerk – Techno Pop (1986, Kling Klang) 37. 23:07 Kraftwerk – Der Telefon Anruf (1986, Kling Klang) 38. 24:38 The Orb – Pluto Calling (Twinkle) (2005, Malicious Damage) 39. 25:10 Damon Albarn & Einar Örn Benediktsson – Dub Lola (2001, EMI) 40. 25:45 Strangers in the Night - Sampled from Kin-Dza-Dza (1986) 41. 26:55 Renegade Soundwave - Positive Mindscape (1995, Mute) 42. 28:37 Meat Beat Manifesto – No Echo In Space (2002, Run) 43. 28:52 Queen & David Bowie ‎– Under Pressure (1981, EMI) 44. 29:13 Kispál és a Borz – Dal teázáshoz (1996, 3T) 45. 29:29 Men at Work – Catch a Star (1988, CBS) 46. 29:59 Talk Talk – Live’s What You Make It (1986, EMI) 47. 30:41 Goldfrapp – Tiptoe (2002, Mute) 48. 30:57 Daft Punk – Da Funk (1996, Virgin) 49. 31:23 Leftfield – Release the Pressure (Adrian Sherwood Mix)(2017, Hard Hands) 50. 31:40 Wham – Everything She Wants (1984, Epic) 51. 32:35 Mike Oldfiled – Lake (1984, Virgin) 52. 34:14 Prodigy – Skylined (1994, XL) 53. 36:06 Mouse On Mars – Kanu (1995, Rough Trade) 54. 36:53 Hybrid – Formula of Fear (2008, Distinct'ive) 55. 38:03 Meat Beat Manifesto – Retrograde Dub (2004, Tino Corp.) 56. 38:24 Scanner – Speechless (2002, Not on Label) -sms 57. 38:26 Biosphere – The Third Planet v.1 (2014, Biophon) 58. 38:55 Pete Namlook & HIA - Begend (1999, Fax +49-69/450464) 59. 39:30 Massive Attack – Mezzanine (1998, Virgin) 60. 40:20 Nine Inch Nails – Dead Souls (1994, Atlantic) 61. 41:34 Nitzer Ebb – Getting Closer (1990, Mute) 62. 42:39 New Order – Blue Monday (1988, Factory) 63. 43:21 a-ha - Train Of Thought (1985, Warner) 64. 43:49 Meat Beat Manifesto – Radio Babylon (1996, Nothing) 65. 43:52 Coil - First Dark Ride (1997, Threshold House) 66. 44:35 SWAT – Japan (2006, Demo) 67. 46:05 Jean Michel Jarre – Night in Shanghai (1982, Polydor) 68. 46:48 Yazoo – Ode to Boy (1983, Mute) 69. 47:48 Streetwalker - Straight Face (2013, Cititrax) 70. 48:10 Autechre - Kalpol Introl (1993, Warp) 71. 48:16 Autechre - Further (1994, Warp) 72. 50:41 Plastikman – Disconnect (2003, Novamute)