#Alice Blom

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The titans' half-bloods.

I. 1. The first day of school.

Are you a half-blood ? Congrats ! But get the hel out of america or avoid it if you're not there. You're gonna get chased by horrible monsters and most likely to die in the next days, if not hours. And believe me, it's gonna be painful. Like, really painful.

By the way, don't get me wrong, I would have done anything not to go to New York. I wanted to stay in my hometown, lost in the middle of nowhere in France. I was good there. And I would have gladly stayed with my aunt, but I'm only 12 years old, and my dad isn't violent (isn't here either...) so I had no say in whether or not I stayed.

Little piece of advice though, if you're in america, plan to stay there, and recognise yourself in my words, for your own sake, stop reading them. You're most likely to be one of us and so on to be killed in way more painful ways your brain could imagine.

Anyways, I got lost in my thoughts again, I'm Alice Blom, they/them pronouns, first half-blood of a titan and the "spaune", like she likes to call me, of Mnemosyne, titan of memory and goddess of storytelling. Just that. I could start anywhere at some point in the short time of my life to tell you that it is not a good thing to be a half-blood. Especially in america.

"See the bright side of things girly. You'll make tones of friends." Mrs Clearwood said. My father hired her to take care of me. She was smiley, young, gorgeous, and energique. She had talked to me all the whole car ride about the places she wanted me to go to and visit as soon as I woke up. The summer vacation wasn't completely finished after all. "Still not a girl. And, Mrs Clearwood, I don't want friends." I turned around to look at her.

Mrs Clearwood was a white woman in her early twenties, fairly tall, with short blond hair and gorgeous obsidian eyes that looked like she had been through all the plans of the multiverse, including the elementery chaos, the positive, the negative, and more (D&D players will get it). She was wearing a black cropped tanktop saying, 'My body not yours' in white, right on top of the chest. With that, she wore mini blue jean shorts and a pair of black snikers.

"Yes, sorry, Cypher." She apologised. "But why not ? You can relie on firends and vice-versa !" She said with that bright smirk she gave me when I she misgendered me the first time and I quoted Bill Cypher. "You can lose them. And they can leave you." I explained. "Oh, sweatheart..." She understood quickly that I talked on experience and hugged me.

I awkwardly hug her back. It was warm and sweet, but I didn't need that. She let go of me and gave me a bright smile. Gabriel came behind her. "Heya." I said. "Your suitcases are in your rooms. Do you want to eat something specific at dinner ?" He asked. "We can go to a nice restaurant, if you want to, it's just down the street." Mrs Clearwood said.

"I'm not in the mood to go out tonight. Do we have the ingredients for Lohikeitto ?" I asked Gabriel. "I'll tell the cook." He said before taking his leave. Gabriel was a kind man. He was my height at the time, which means the height of a 12 years old that people mixed up with 15 years old, mixed skined, read haired, and brown eyes. His hair was cruly, and he looked young for his 27 years, especially because of his height.

"Do you want to unpack your things now, or can we go shopping ?" Mrs Clearwood asked. "There's a shop just a street away selling art spulises. It's called 'Art and witchcraft'. They have books about folklore and witchcraft to match the pun." She explained. "Sold, I need to move those legs anyway." I laughed.

Needless to say, I didn't have friends in France. And yes, my family is rich. This could make you think that I was a little brat that everybody was avoiding like the plague, but the truth is that I never liked talking or socialising. What I liked was stories. Storytelling, to be precise. So yeah, I've gone to art and folklore really early. The fact that I read so much actually helped my dyslexia. Or that is what my orthophonist said at the very least.

Mrs Clearwood and I went to the art expos she wanted me to see. Loved it. It was really nice to see those. Especially with the stress of the beginning of school coming up. It wasn't as bright as Mss Clearwood said it was gonna be, but it was still pretty cool. It was even cooler for me because I wasn't expecting anything from this, really.

The worst part was when I learned that this school didn't change the classes when the students got in higher grades. That meant everyone were in their groups where I was most likely to get rejected, not that I was going to try anyway. But it's just that already formed groups means being bullied faster.

The first day, when I walked in class, everybody looked at me with some kind of pity, weirdly enough.  "So, class," Mr Wood called. "This is Alice Blom, she..." "They," I corrected. He turned his head to look at me. He was irritated. "She is new in the establishment and the United States. I expect you all to welcome her in the school and give her the best impression of our wonderful country and state." He said.

I internally laughed. Giving me the best impression of the country and state by missgendering me is a hell of a good impression (I was surprised to see that New York was a state voting for Joe Biden a couple of weeks later). If you're not willing to give me the respect to call me by the correct gender, who will be in your class. "I'll make sure they have the best here, sir." One of the girls said. I smirked and cursed myself a little. Maybe I shouldn't have assumed.

She approached me and gave me her hand. "Sïanna Johanson, nice to meet you." She had a southern accent. A short haired blond with hazel eyes and a big smile on her face. "Don't mind him, honey. He's a jerk." She said with her southern accent. "Is it a southern thing to call people pet names ?" I asked. "It is. Are you comfortable with it ?" She sounded nervous.

"Yes, of course !" I reasured her. "I just don't like people calling only me pet names, and I don't know them, you know ?" I explained. "I see what you mean. Do you have one that you don't like or you prefer." I thought for a minute when she asked me that. "I'd prefer Cypher." I smirked.

[marypickfords]

Det store hjerte (August Blom, 1925)

[asobai]

hi, this is io! could i please ask for a f, m, nb fc suggestions for the blackwood liege?🥺

for  the  blackwood  liege  (  20 - 29  ),  i  would  suggest  amy  james  kelly,  giorgio  belli,  alex  hogh  andersen,  georgie  henley,  guy  remmers,  alice  nokes,  jonah  hauer - king,  ella  hunt,  gijs  blom,  sam  retford  or  jessica  reynolds  as  options  !

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Click on the link to download or stream Music Music Music fall 2023 episode 8: https://app.box.com/s/pnrbvrnlx3q21xh08hxfuiriy4ev1mq9

Playlist:

Mayer Hawthorne - The Pool Santigold - My Horror/Ushers of the New World 100 Gecs - Hollywood Baby The Beatles - Now and Then Pavement - Gold Soundz Green Day - The American Dream is Killing Me BROCKHAMPTON - MAN ON THE MOON Myd - Let You Speak Kurt Vile - Another Good Year for the Roses Alice Ivy - In My Mind Primus - Groundhog's Day YACHT - Blue on Blue Duran Duran - Hungry like the Wolf The Notorious B.I.G. - Notorious B.I.G. Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - Los Angeles The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown SebastiAn - DOORMAN Pip Blom - Is This Love Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Don't Do Me Like That Wet Leg - Wet Dream Quantic - Run Oingo Boing - Dead Man's Party Cherry Glazer - Ready For You Viji - Down The Mystery Lights - Wish That She'd Come Back Neko Case - Deep Red Bells RJD2 - Work The Octopus Project + Black Moth Super Rainbow - Elq Milq Wu-Tang Clean - C.R.E.A.M.

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Sailor Johannes Blom retorna ao seu porto de casa, depois de sete anos no mar, para descobrir que Sally, a garota que ele tem pensado enquanto estiver longe, é completamente desanimada. Sete anos antes, Obsterperous Alexander Blom, traz sua amante Sally para viver com ele, sua esposa Alice, filho Johannes, e tripulação, a bordo do barco de salvamento que ele capita. Em meio a todas as tensões no pequeno barco, Johannes e Sally se apaixonam umas com as outras.

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Artist report 4/Exhibition - Alice: curiouser & curiouser

When I was doing some research online on body image, I realised that there is a condition that was named after Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s adventures in wonderland”, this was due to Alice experiencing similar distorted perceptions in the story. The rare neurological disorder known as "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome" can cause visual distortions, making objects appear larger or smaller than they actually are. They may also feel that time seems to pass more slowly than usual, and the shape and size of both them and the things around them can fluctuate (Blom, J D, 2016), which I can imagine this being quite distressing. Since this seemed relevant to my FMP, I thought I’d talk about the experience I had when visiting the exhibition “Alice: Curiouser & Curiouser” in 2021, that was featured in the Victoria and albert museum, London.

It was compiled of a large range of items like original illustrations, rare editions of the book and even contemporary pieces inspired by the story. The exhibition's goal was to show how Alice in Wonderland has inspired pop culture and the arts (V&A, 2021), but in my opinion, it was also a great portrayal of how body image, identity, and self-discovery themes were used.

Many installations were used in the exhibition to engage the audience, one of which was modelled after a fun fair design. The observer is welcomed inside by three mirrors that each show a slightly distorted image of their own body image. There was also some lettering that asks, "Who in the world am I? ", “Ah, that’s the great puzzle”. This was reversed in the mirrors so that it could be read correctly. I think this can be an issue because you are standing inside the installation directly Infront of the mirrors, I feel that it creates a connection between your own sense of self-worth and what you see reflected. It feels as though it puts more importance on the physical attributes rather than other qualities like intelligence or personality traits.

The room at the end of the exhibition (V&A, 2021), also included mirrors with a few different spotlights scattered around, that way you could stand under and take photos in the mirrors surrounding. Although the view of the lights created quite a nice effect on the environment, I can imagine it causing those who have existing body image issues to feel uncomfortable. As someone who doesn’t have the best relationship with body image, I can say that that this experience did highlight my insecurities and make me feel vulnerable as I was literally confronted with a 360 view of my body. The use of mirrors throughout the room created the illusion that it was much larger than it was. In my opinion, this was an effective method to replicate Alice's experiences and demonstrated how our perceptions of ourselves are influenced by our surroundings.

Reference list:

Blom, J D. (2016) “Alice in Wonderland syndrome”, Neurology, Clinical Practice, Volume 6 (3) pp, 259-270. Available at: https://cp.neurology.org/content/6/3/259  (Accessed: 24/03/2023)

Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser (2021) [Exhibition] V&A, London, South Kensington. May 22, 2021- December 31, 2021. Available at: https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/alice-curiouser-and-curiouser

V&A (No date) Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser. Available at: https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/alice-curiouser-and-curiouser (Accessed: 23/03/2023)

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Ora The Molecule returns with her new video 'Helicopter'. 'Helicopter' pulses with melodic flair, while the lyrics - inherently personal - dissect mental health, and feelings of restraint. Tanmay Chowdhary links up once more with Ora The Molecule on the video, resulting in something dazzling. Ora The Molecule comments: "The concept of the video is derived from the lyrics of the song 'Helicopter'. It's very much about mental illness and the feeling of being trapped in a system. It also draws inspiration from seventeenth-century Dutch philosopher Spinoza who says to look at life like 'sub specie aeternitatis' – under the aspect of eternity. 'Take me to the helicopter...' is a call for perspective and a call for clarity and a call for help to widen my view... The video is inspired by the idea of helicopters dropping in for rescue and evacuations. This film is set in the concrete jungle of a housing complex in India and explores the mental implications of living in a world that is increasingly cut off from nature. In the film, the protagonist is stuck in this concrete maze, trying to escape from themselves. Shedding light on the mental health crises of our time, the film is a call for a helicopter to take us away from the concrete jungle of our own minds." She continues: "The video for ‘Helicopter’ was shot in the outskirts of New Delhi, India. We were visiting Tanmay’s uncle who lived in this crazy post-apocalyptic building. It gave me associations of Franz Kafka’s The Trial. We were both so fascinated by the concept of these building complexes that functioned like mini cities. The place was so impersonal and strange looking, but at the same time we understood that the people living there felt very privileged." Tanmay adds: "We shot the video in one day, just running around the building. It reminded me of a communist aesthetic, but these were built in the capitalistic spirit. It really did feel like a visualisation of the ‘mind trap’ that the song ‘Helicopter’ is about - like a big labyrinth, where it's impossible to get perspective because it’s so massive and the individual feels so small in it..." [via Clash]

'Devoted' came out last week as the first taste of Beks' new era. Sonically, it's a sound-clashing delight that brings together genres and textures from the furthest corners of each other, contrasting something like its 80s-indebted guitar riff with the more synthetic and electronic side of its production. Then, on top of all of that, comes the reflective and intelligent lyricism that's often focal in Beks' work, as she dissects power through the song's two-minute-something duration: "It’s about power recall; reclaiming the power you've placed on someone who's exploited that power and giving it back to yourself." It's a single that if nothing else, highlights the versatility of Beks as a multi-faceted creative. It's also something that's shown in the video clip for 'Devoted'. The video clip takes references of iconic films - Titanic, Dirty Dancing, Love Actually, The Notebook, Spiderman 2, Ghost - and replaces them in the context of the song's theme, giving them new backstories as she adds a further dimension to the single through its visual accompaniment. Directed by Bread Productions and heavily featuring Beks behind-the-scenes, something worth mentioning about 'Devoted's video clip is also how they manage to bring these stories to life, tapping into the creative spirit of Brisbane through its use of back-up dancers and fashion designer Kimbra Lou, who built the costuming and setting of the video through thrifted materials. [via Pilerats]

Amsterdam four-piece Pip Blom are releasing a new album, Welcome Break, on October 8 via Heavenly. Now they have shared its third single, ‘You Don’t Want This,’ via an amusing and colorful video for the song. Sara Elzinga directed the ‘You Don’t Want This’ video and had this to say in a press release: “When I first heard ‘You Don’t Want This,’ I recognized the feeling of self-consciousness; knowing that people have a certain way of looking at you, that does not necessarily comply with the image you have of yourself. The concept of a Matryoshka doll then stuck in my head, having these multiple versions of yourself that are hidden at first. The set reminds us of a dollhouse, of someone who is so comfortable in their own scenery, they forget to look at the world outside of the room. Though rather than making a music video about anxiety, I wanted the video to be about self-acceptance. Smiling back at yourself, instead of constantly criticizing which is something people tend to do.” [via Under the Radar Mag]

Laura Greaves has unveiled the video for her single 'Psychopath', featuring Khwezi & Lhotse. "We started 'Psychopath' off with just a rough instrumental and then the idea was that we were going to make something cool but upbeat," explains Laura. "I listened and immediately thought that it sounded kind of dark with the distorted “Purge” style alarm at the beginning, I then ran with that theme. I also am obsessed with true crime and so once I came up with that first line, “I’ve met the devil he’s handsome, he’s never heard of The Manson's” it was essentially going to be an homage to everything creepy and twisted that I love. I wanted it to be from the point of view of a psychopath who is chatting about how much they just don’t want to be alone inside their heads anymore, and that essentially they’re about to carry out something quite sinister, but it’s framed in the way they’re thinking about it, almost in a love story way."

Delivering a fiery cocktail of grunge dynamics and punk rock attitude with double-shots of romance and decadence, Cruel Hearts Club have unleashed their debut EP Trash Love alongside a charismatic performance video for its lead single ‘Sink This Low’. If you’re considering signing up to the Cruel Hearts Club, ‘Sink This Low’ is the perfect introduction. Instantly commanding your attention with its vitriolic Distillers-meets-Bikini Kill attack, ‘Sink This Low’ boasts a barbed bubblegum pop hook from sisters Edie (vocals, guitar) and Gita Langley (vocals, guitar, bass, synths), with a T-Rex stomp and a bluesy undercurrent. As with the rest of the Trash Love EP, the track was recorded during hasty and hedonistic sessions at The Albion Rooms, Margate with producer Carl Barât. “It’s about people fucking you over, but now the tables have turned,” says Edie. “We’ve been playing it live for ages, but it took on a new energy when we re-recorded it at The Albion Rooms.”

Singer-songwriter Zola Simone has just released her new album, Now You See Me with an accompanying music video for her single, 'Sideways.' The release is a canorous assembly of some of the artist’s finest work to date. Flowing throughout the entire project is a story of maturation and self-acceptance that resonates with listeners long after the last note has been sung.

Beloved K-pop girl group Red Velvet release their brand-new mini album, Queendom alongside the video for the title track. 'Queendom' is a refreshing pop dance song featuring catchy hooks and the members’ cheerful vocals. The lyrics relay the positive message that we are all “queens” of our lives and that we shine more beautifully together.

Kat Von D unveils the self directed cathartic new video for ‘Fear You’, the latest single from her debut LP, Love Made Me Do It, out August 27. “I wanted to create a storyline that exemplifies violence in a way that was therapeutic and not self destructive. I wrote and directed this video to tell the story of not only the pain of heartbreak, but the power of the support from the friends around you,” Kat Von D says. The visuals perfectly depict the song’s lyrical content; trust, self-exploration and the concept of overcoming your inner fears when it comes to fully committing your heart to a loved one. “The video starts off with me picking up my bandmates for band practice, but quickly discovering that Sammi and Gregg are experiencing turmoil within their relationships,” Kat says. “It inspires me to throw band practice on the back burner, and take my mates on a journey to a mystery destination.” Describing the video Kat says: “We all pile in to an immaculately restored black 1957 Chevy convertible, and embark on our journey down a desolate highway, passing a hitchhiker (special cameo of Prayers), and finally exit and park in an abandoned ghost town where I finally reveal my surprise plan to my mates after I open the truck of the car to reveal an Arsenal of weapons for each of them to choose from. This leads us to a beautiful display of all red glass objects all perfectly arranged for us to take out our frustrations on together. There’s nothing more satisfying to watch than slow motion shots of the destruction of something so delicate and beautiful. After channeling all our frustrations out into the glass, we all feel a sense of relief and return to the car to drive off into the night. One step closer to healing.”

Lorde has dropped 'Mood Ring,' the latest song off her third studio album, Solar Power. The song comes alongside an epic music video featuring LORDE as you’ve never seen her before. Of the song Lorde says, “This is a song I am very excited about, it’s so much fun to me. Obviously when making this album I did a deep-dive into 60s, Flower Child culture. I wanted to understand the commune life, dropping out from society and trying to start again. That really resonated to me when writing this album. One thing that occurred to me as a major parallel between that time and our time is our wellness culture and our culture of spirituality, pseudo-spirituality, wellness, pseudo-wellness. Things like eating a macro-biotic vegan diet or burning sage, keeping crystals, reading tarot cards or your horoscope. These were all things that they were dabbling in back then, and that me and my girlfriends are dabbling in today. I was like “I think there’s a pop song in here”. So this is kind of my extremely satirical look at all of those vibes.”

Liz Lawrence shares arresting and Lynchian visuals for her latest single ‘Drive’ taken from her upcoming third studio album The Avalanche, due digitally on September 17. ‘Drive’ is a rhythmically dynamic and 90s tinged analysis of the sometimes romantic, often fractious connection between people and their devices. Speaking about the video, directed by Rebecca Nicholson, Liz adds: “It's an analogue fable about the digital age. I'm consuming the promise of information but becoming more and more confused by it, while something strange and menacing is lurking outside. We wanted it to be as absurd as it is creepy and I never want to eat jelly again.”

Electro-pop cabaret trash queen Scarlett Lashes aka Jess Haugh tackles the hot topic of wellness with full force in her single and video 'Culture and Wellbeing Committee'. Conjuring a nightmarish vision of so-called personal improvement, corporate office culture rampages wild through the suburbs in Haugh's self-directed clip — declaring "smile motherfucker" while performing lobotomies for the greater good of team-building. You'll be waving that resting bitch face goodbye when the Culture and Wellbeing Committee knock on your door. [via Under the Radar]

Impossibly exciting top-level popster in waiting Willow Kayne has debuted a new video for her most recent single ‘I Don’t Wanna Know’. The follow-up to May’s debut offering ‘Two Seater’, ‘I Don’t Wanna Know’ was made with fellow popster of note Oscar Scheller, and comes along with a Bedroom (Beabadoobee, Arlo Parks, Sports Team) directed video which skewers ridiculous online trolls. [via Dork]

Ellevator know how to pay homage to their influences in the very best way possible. 'Easy' is a track that offers plenty of different paths on which to embark, whether one favors the slinky, dark guitar rock of Spoon or the ever-changing sonic landscape of Arcade Fire. The track, the first off the trio's upcoming 2022 album on Canadian label Arts & Crafts chronicles lead singer Nabi Sue Bersche’s shape-shifting upbringing, heavily influenced by religion in ways that go beyond typical Sunday church outings. “As a child, I spoke in tongues and prayed until my body swayed with a gentle force like wind knocking me backward,” Nabi Sue says. “A deep and abiding love of the natural world took hold of me. I witnessed firsthand the wild power of music – how it could uplift, ensnare, console, inspire. When I was 17 I moved to the other side of the world and joined what would most accurately be described as a cult. I prayed for strangers I met in parking lots. I shut my eyes and read the dappled light between my lashes like tea leaves that could divine the future. Vulnerability was a badge in that community so I learned to overshare. Teachings were given in the language of freedom while the stiff hand of purity reduced my body to a shameful temptation. Growing up like that gave me a love of music, a nose for bullshit, and a lot to unravel. This song is about the good and evil things we are raised to believe. I was held captive by an ideology that severely limited my life and my perspective of the world around me. It’s a process I’m still in the middle of, this work of extraction." The band have certainly translated Nabi Sue’s emotional upbringing into diverse and complex work that keeps the listener guessing. 'Easy' has pulsing synths, crashing drums and intricate guitar, all weaving in and out of each other. The equally striking music video features the band and Nabi Sue performing under both a setting sun and the spare fluorescent lights of a parking garage in their hometown; Hamilton, Ontario. As she repeats the refrain “Easy does it,” close-up zooms overlap in a dizzying array. [via Line Of Best Fit]

Alice Longyu Gao is back with a glittery and frenetic new single called 'Kanpai,' whose chorus is some silly nonsense: “My name on your lips like liquor lipstick.” It’s good fun! Here’s Gao on the track: "My best friend Madison Emiko Love and I wrote this song three years ago. Her grandma is a Japanese immigrant and we always want to champion & plug our culture everywhere we go. We’ve been waiting to put this song out, cuz back then no one with power in western music realized the power of Asian pop culture, no one really cared to put Asian talents on the table. The material world was asleep cuz they didn’t see the money-benefits. ‘Kanpai’ means cheers in Chinese, Japanese and Korean; the joyful vibe translates perfectly throughout the song. The braggy-docious, rap-y bridge part in the song is what I wish for, it’s not my reality yet. Last year was dark for me, and for everyone. But now it is time to regroup and restart, this song wakes me up in the morning, it reminds me that I came to this earth with a mission. I aspire to inspire and benefit other people’s lives. I do that through my art." [via Stereogum]

Sydney-based three-piece Middle Kids have shared a new video for 'Stacking Chairs', the surging album highlight which encapsulates the extraordinary intimacy and creativity that gave rise to their critically acclaimed second album Today We’re The Greatest, released earlier this year. 'Stacking Chairs” reveals a band at full-flight, imbued with mellotron and great peels of electric guitar - it’s one of the most immediate songs on an album full of astonishing hooks and textures. Directed by collaborator W.A.M. Bleakley, the video mixes offbeat humour with a stylised but literal interpretation of the song’s lyrics.

Australia-born artist AViVA makes her Capitol Records debut with 'Melancholy' — a new single and video spotlighting her immersive and electrifying brand of alt-pop. An unfiltered look at the downward pull of depression, 'Melancholy' also showcases the uncompromising originality that’s earned AViVA a passionate global following in recent years. With its moody backdrop of minimalist beats, 'Melancholy' sets its emotionally vivid lyrics to an infectious sing-song melody (“One, two, three, four/Vicious, knocking at my door/Seven, eight, nine, ten/Burn the candle at both ends”). Throughout the track, AViVA delivers a captivating vocal performance, flaunting her effortless flow and fierce yet vulnerable presence. On the single, AViVA says, “Seemingly cheerful and upbeat from the outside, it doesn’t matter what makes you feel that way, sometimes feeling down is the only way you can feel, but the power of the last line ‘it will never be the same’ is where the core message of the song lies. Even though after negative experiences things often aren’t the same, we are always free to learn and grow from our experiences. Feeling melancholy, like so many feelings, is just a temporary state. Things will, as they always do, get better.” The video for 'Melancholy,' co-directed by AViVA and long-time collaborator Jeffeton James, amplifies the song’s raw and powerful intimacy. To that end, the wildly colorful visual places AViVA in a series of isolated situations: lying in a hospital bed, trapped behind a school desk, singing to her own reflection inside the room of an abandoned and decaying home. As the song unfolds, the 27-year-old artist reveals her unapologetically punk spirit, inhabiting each frame with a feverish intensity.

David Wrench and Evangeline Ling, aka audiobooks, have shared the video for their latest single, 'LaLaLa It's the Good Life', crafted by creative team Rottingdean Bazar and photographer Annie Collinge. audiobooks' new album Astro Tough is due for release on October 1 via Heavenly Recordings. Brighton-based Rottingdean Bazar say of the project: "We conceived and made the video with photographer Annie Collinge who we work with a lot, although usually on still fashion photographs. Rephotographing fabric prints of people is something we had already been experimenting with in stills, and whilst doing that we noticed that it lends itself to moving image. We photographed the band in a studio and laid out prints of them and other objects. After that just the three of us spent time in Rottingdean capturing the prints in movement. James (Rottingdean Bazaar) took the lead in the movement and acted as the hand model, as he has the best timing of all of us." [via Broadway World]

Anna Akana shares new single and music video 'Wanted Woman' ft. Macedo following EP No Longer Yours. 'Wanted Woman' is about staying in your power when roaming the badlands of love. Maggie Levin, director of My Valentine and screenwriter of the upcoming Labyrinth reboot, said, "I found the song so unabashedly sexy and fun from the very first listen, and knew in my gut that underlining the lyrical concept (in rhinestones and fringe) was the only way to go. It was a real joy to to build this flamboyant, maximalist Wild West-world together with Anna, Macedo and the entire creative team. If the video looks like a party, that’s because it was."

JoJo has released new single 'Worst (I Assume)', the lead single from her upcoming "capsule project" Trying Not To Think About It. 'Worst (I Assume)' follows May's 'Creature of Habit' track, and is accompanied by a Alfredo Flores-directed video that features a note from JoJo at the end. In the note, JoJo writes, "You know when you've been through shit in the past and it makes you put up your guard in relationships moving forward? Yeah. Over time, we develop mechanisms that try and protect ourselves from real or perceived pain. We cope with fear of potential hurt or disappointment in different ways, one of which often includes: trying not to think about it. Which may or may not lead to... The desire to stay in bed all day. The tendency to self-medicate. Withdrawal from friends/family. Disassociation. Hurting others before they can hurt you." JoJo's note also ecourages people to "keep going" and to "be kind to yourself". [via Line Of Best Fit]

GRACEY has delivered new break-up anthem 'What A Waste' which is accompanied by news of her upcoming EP Fragile. "I wrote 'What A Waste' in the first raw moments of a recent break-up, when all I felt was the initial loss," explains GRACEY. "Everyone goes through that gut punch of disappointment and frustration at the beginning, when you’re looking back at the time, love and energy you put into something that no longer exists and you feel like you wasted your time. Luckily it’s just a moment that passes and there’s lots to look forward to on the other side, but those initial emotions are still valid. Hopefully this will help others going through something similar." [via Line Of Best Fit]

Melbourne multi-disciplinary artist Hannah Crofts has signed with ABC Music alongside the launch of her new solo project Baby Velvet. Crofts, who sings and plays ukulele with fellow ABC Music signees All Our Exes Live in Texas, has also shared her first single under the Baby Velvet moniker today with ‘Call Me’, a retro-inspired number that showcases her strengths as a vocalist and lyricist alike. The new single is also paired with a Thelma & Louise-inspired clip created by Crofts alongside Lazy Susan and Kewl Studios, and serves as the first taste of Baby Velvet’s debut album, set for release in 2022. [via The Music Network]

Polly Scattergood has announced a new EP, In the Absence of Light, out on September 15, made with collaborators Jim Sclavunos (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Grinderman) and Glenn Kerrigan. The title of new single 'Saturn 9' is a play on the word saturnine. “Saturnine means gloomy and so we decided to write a song about emerging from this kind of darkness, this kind of gloomy heaviness, looking forward into a bright, hopeful positive space,” Scattergood explains. “I wanted the video to represent the music in a way that everyone would understand and there were a couple of key lines that jumped out to me,” says Scattergood. One was “The hieroglyphics of our soul/We keep on moving/Time evolves.” The lyrics stuck with Scattergood as she tried to figure out how to represent them visually.  She found inspiration in an emoji. “The smiley face emoji came into my head,” she says. “That represents the modern day hieroglyphic. It’s what we all send to each other.” Scattergood also wanted to incorporate dancing into the video because it was a song written during the lockdown. “I liked the idea of a group of friends being out, having fun, dancing together and looking to the future,” she says. “That’s where I went with it.” The clip, which she also directed, interjects the smiley face emoji, a symbol that could also serve as a reference to the rave heyday of the early ‘90s, between scenes of aerobics dancers cutting loose to the bouncy, synthpunk track outside in ‘80s workout garb. [via Audiofemme]

After introducing her new solo project Flossing earlier this year, Bodega’s Heather Elle is now gearing up to share her debut Flossing EP Queen Of The Mall on September 10 on Brace Yourself Records, and now she’s sharing her latest single ‘Add To Cart’. Written while on a solo trip in London between tours in the summer of 2019 “after microdosing magic mushrooms” in Abney Park, a dishevelled graveyard established in 1840, she began to think about “modern day internet nausea”. In her own words: “American statistician Edward Tufte once said, ‘There are only two industries that refer to their customers as users: illegal drugs and software.’” [via DIY]

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) has shared a music video for the title track from her latest album Daddy’s Home. In the Bill Benz-directed clip, Clark rides on the back of a truck down a street, singing and playing guitar. Towards the end of the video, a newspaper flashes onscreen with the headline “DADDY HOME: Singer alleges daddy’s home from back of truck”. [via NME]

TikTok’s favorite girl group Boys World is breaking new ground. The quintet — made up of members and close friends Olivia, Elana, Queenie, Lillian, and Makhyli — has released their new single 'Something In The Water,' a smooth and danceable pop anthem about budding crushes that arrives with a colorful music video. With no true lead singer — each member takes a turn occupying that role — Boys World is carving their own path to stardom while upending traditional girl group expectations along the way. The lyrical content of their songs reflects the reality of their lives and the band’s commitment to authenticity pushes back against any claims of a manufactured friendship. [via NYLON]

Thai-Italian singer SILVY has released her debut single ‘XL’. ‘XL’ is a personal manifesto of sorts for SILVY – real name Silvy Pavida – and an unabashed body positivity anthem. The celebratory track is driven by a propulsive bass beat with pounding percussion. ‘XL’ also chronicles – per a press release – the artist’s past experiences with being forced to conform to her prior record labels’ ideal image, flesh out through lyrics like “People used to put me in a box / They made me something that I’m not”. SILVY said of the track via a press release: “I wanted to make a track about my story so far, and include [the] main theme of my life (body positivity). I had the time of my life working on this song.” In a voice snippet shared on Spotify prior to the release of ‘XL’, SILVY spoke about the track’s themes: “This song ‘XL’ is all about confidence. I wanted to write a song that people can sing, dance, shake their booties to with pride – no matter what shape or size they are. I really share my personal story in this one, about the time I overcame my deepest insecurity”. [via NME]

Electropop musician Kilo Kish has just released a new single titled 'Bloody Future.' It’s a retro number fit for the ’80s with Halloween-style synths, tiny harpsichord riffs, and deadpan singing verging on spoken rap. In a press release, Kilo Kish explained that she wanted 'Bloody Future' to be a “hot and sweaty dance club” song that explores global warming, cultural changes, and an onslaught of media. “I’ve noticed myself not paying attention to critical information when the music or surrounding visual elements are alluring, beautiful, or fun,” she said. “Our society often operates in the same way, concealing insidious issues like environmental decline while satisfying with entertainment and distraction. When it all boils over, we’re left shocked and dazed. My lyrics explore this blissfully unaware feeling of still being entranced before coming to our senses.” Those themes are further drawn out in the music video accompanying 'Bloody Future.' In the clip, Kilo Kish can be seen dancing by a piano, doing garden work, and hanging out with a lifesize robot who’s fascinated by everything she experiences. The whole time, Kilo Kish is bleeding from her nose and striking poses. The casual gruffness brings to mind the work of M.I.A. — of course, it helps that the song sounds like an early cut by the rapper, too. [via Consequence]

[playingwithmaia]

Imágenes del evento Walking The Red Carpet

[arty-e]

Arty,do you think that you will do some sketches of the nobles of Clubs and Spades during the deck war?

Oops! I designed them a while ago! I must have forgotten to share! Sorry!

These are the nobles during the Deck Wars so for Clubs this is just a couple of years after Hyeon was kicked off the throne and Eben was made the King of Clubs

Spades:

10 Olavo Morphew (Coral’s father)

9 Charlotte Vann (Valerie’s grandmother)

8 Lorena Hall

7 Filipe Solorio (Elizabeth’s half-brother)

6 Paloma Vornis

5 Hugo Reid (Isabella’s brother)

4 Edmund Perez

3 Cindia Romero

2 Alice Nieto

Clubs:

10 Botan Ono (Peony’s father)

9 Enlai Blom

8 Saburo Izumi

7 Robin Huo (Nuo’s Nephew)

6 Heng Wen

5 Kei Vadas (Ruomei’s brother)

4 Ash Forst

3 Hisano Hofer (Forrest’s grandmother)

2 Dusk Lin

[asrisgratitudejournal]

Mulai

Starting from May 17th, everything is allowed to open again here in UK: dining indoor (max 6), sports indoor (max?), outdoor activities (max 30). Bersyukur banget gara-gara ini jadi kehidupan betulan terasa mulai di sini? Awal-awal sampai (Sept, Oct 2020) mungkin orang-orang masih reluctant untuk ketemu randomly karena researchnya juga belum memadai yang bisa sampai bilang kalau Covid-19 ini airborne yang sangat bahaya di close-circulation dan banyak uncertainties-uncertainties lainnya yang bikin susah banget ketemu orang. Casenya waktu itu juga di UK lagi naik-naiknya dan memang baru turun lagi setelah lockdown christmas-17may ini.

Gratitude notes today antara lain:

tadi pagi berhasil memulai hari jam 7 pagi kelas sampai jam 11

conduct lateral flow test sendiri dan Alhamdulillah masih negatif (I spent 2 packs though, gara-gara ga fokus dan naroh readernya di meja kasur jadi nggak rata terus kupikir jadi rusak tapi ternyata sesungguhnya ga apa2)

dateng halal bi halal sama KBRI (ada Pak Desra juga, dan istri, bintang tamunya ada Dewi Gita, terus ketemu bu Yani, Wian, Randy dan Intan, Prama, Leon, dan teman-teman PPI lainnya. Terus baru kali ini banget ketemu warga-warga Oxford lain terutama yang udah berkeluarga huhu cukup traumatik tadi ketemu bocil-bocil yang nangis heboh bikin stres emaknya lalu ku juga ikut stres bareng... anyways tapi senang ketemu orang banyak, dan cerah juga! sempat aga gerimis but most of the time the sun is there. makan nasi uduk + teri kacang + tahu sambel goreng + telor balado + kerupuk + pisang + cokeat + kue sus dan klepon (ada onde-onde tapi ku ga makan karena kenyang) semua gratis. plus ketemu anak 8 angkatan 2021 namanya aurora lagi a level! imagine tuwir bgt ya saya

harusnya ikut literaterary tournya Exeter jam 2pm tapi ternyata halalbihalalnya blom selesai jadi w bailed out LOLz, agak sayang sesungguhnya tapi yaudah juga since w bukan fans beratnya JRRTolkien (walaupun kami sama-sama INFP), ataupun CSLewis, ataupun His Dark Materials, dan juga Alice in the Wonderlands. So, nothing to lose, and anyway I still have 3 more years here(?) jadi yaudah

dan harusnya juga jam 15pm sudah booking Pitt Rivers museum tapi then again I still have 3 more years here I can do museum visit (yang literally di belakang gedung dept w) any time any day

setelah halalbihalal, pulang solat ganti baju lalu cabs lagi ke GOR buat badmintonan wkwkw. dah lama banget ga main badminton kayanya terakhir di balikpapan itu juga kaga maen cuma nemenin dan nonton mznya doang huf. tapi badmintonnya fun, bang Reybi baik bgt sih, betul2 yang w main 1 pair sama dia terus kalo w out selalu yang "gapapa non yang penting kena dulu, tar tinggal diarahin" cri bgt gaksih. Terus yaudah, tadi main badminton ada bang reybi, prama, mas kharis, kevin, baron, rosa, sama vance (si vance ini orang brunei teman 1 collegenya rosa). Beres main sehappy itu karena endorphin terus mingdep rencananya bakal main lagi. Tadi main 1jam per orang cuma bayar £1! imagine murah banget.

sampe rumah telponan sama mita, main duolingo, nonton vlivenya tannies (yang isinya adalah kekeosan), terus udahdeh ini siap-siap mau tidur karena besok akan full zoom&google meeting dari jam 7-11 lanjut jam 13-15 mungkin. sebetulnya karena siangnya panjang habis itu masih bisa ngapa-ngapain sih, mungkin kalau cuacanya cerah akan ke park dan ngabisin novel ni 1 baru setengah dibaca

oiya harusnya juga diajak kalina ke pub di pinggir sungai deket port meadow tapi dia bookingnya jam 5, w jam 4.45 pm tadi baru kelar badmintonannya :( mungkin next time

btw udah nulis di sini belom ya tentang ke pub ulangtahunnya nikki dan rebecca kemarin? sepertinya belum. iya intinya Kamis kemarin ke Big Society to celebrate Nikki's and Rebecca's 23 birthday! (yes muda-muda banget teman-teman barengan phd w betul2 seusia mahasiswa-mahasiswa w imagine). Terus yaudah ngobrol dan makan dari jam 7-10 pm. Itu sesungguhnya seharian hari itu cuacanya sucks banget betul-betul hujan badai gajelas jadi pas ke lokasi juga sempat basah-basahan tapi akhirnya paham kalau itu ya sudah menjadi makanan sehari-hari aja.

sama kemarin Jumat akhirnya ngga jadi punting karena hujan juga, gerimis, pulang dari office makan veggie gyoza noodles di itsu sendirian karena Leon kuajak ke Najar's tapi ternyata dia sudah sampai rumah, sad.

oh sama 1 lagi ter-shocking adalah Kamis sebelum ke pub itu jam 5-6pmnya seperti biasa menghadiri kelas B4B itu kan, terus w banjir dong HUHU. Materinya lagi "thinking and emotional habits" apa ya kalo ga salah. Terus banjir di bagian intinya dikasih word gitu terus kita disuruh observe apa yang terjadi dengan emosi kita saat those particular words were being mentioned. Terus kata pertamanya: HOME. Langsung bombay HUHU, sesungguhnya dibilang jangan terlalu emotional sama wordsnya, just try to observe, kalau kita terlalu emotive disuruh dis-attach ourselves tapi gimana susah bang. Langsung kebayang anak-anak di rumah: caper, karamo, priti, nyukit, mommy cat *cri*. Sisanya wordsnya nggak terlalu se-bikin banjir yang pertama sih: dog (cant relate at all), teacher, sama ada 2 lagi tapi lupa apa. Terus udah reda kan nih sama bagian ini, eh tiba-tiba ada bagian meditasi apa ya, terus pokoknya disebut sebelumnya theory tentang right frontal lobe vs left frontal lobe itu loh yang positive and negative emotion, terus dibilang sama instrukturnya (namanya Roddy Bray, he's VERY good, you should check him out) kalau mind kita udah mulai ke kanan alias mulai ke arah negative, try to shift your mind. Biasanya mantra paling gampang itu pakai "I am good, and I am well. I'm getting better and better each day." Terus dengar kata-kata itu w langsung banjir lagi (kayanya memang sudah seharusnya w ke psikolog sih ini fix). Roddy bilang: if your mind/body reject those compliments you try to give yourself, that's a sign that you need more since you didn't receive those compliments enough before in your life. DHEG. Langsung tersepet saya pak. Yaudah intinya I spent like 5 mins saying to myself those words: "I am good, and I am well." sampe akhirnya reda dan bisa kembali mengikuti kelas (walaupun super bengek). So, this is what I do everyday sebelum tidur malam: try to write this journal on tumblr (kalau lagi ga capek2 banget) basically just to recount things I did at that day and be grateful for it, dan kemudian telling myself that I did a good job for getting through the day, while also telling myself that "I am good and I am well". Kadang kalau lagi se-dark/se-down itu ditambah juga "you made it to Oxford, Non! and with all of your other you-name-it accomplishments! You certainly did and are doing well!". Bangun pagi juga gitu, just to appreciate myself for waking up, I am telling myself "I am good and I am well". Might as well be my life motto rom now on.

Sooo, that's it for today! Anyway untuk followers2ku, tulisan ini betul-betul hanyalah curahan hati/jurnal/rekap harian dari seorang noni yang mungkin akan berguna di masa depan kalau ku lagi mencari-cari alasan untuk melanjutkan hidup atau apapun itulah nanti (anyway aku tidak -belum, tapi semoga memang tidak akan- suicidal or anything kok, cuma sedang di fase mempertanyakan buat apa sih kita hidup aja), or maybe if I get better (I wish I do) ya ku percaya ini at least akan jadi record sih, akan fun aja ngebaca ini semua lagi dan mikir "yaampun look at how fun my life was!". I might be encouraging you guys too to record your life in pictures, videos, or even writing so that in the future you'll have something to look back to (seperti aku masih suka membaca archives lama di akun tumblr lamaku yang sudah ke-lock atau archives instastory).

9 Woodlands Close, OX3 7RY // 22052021 23:27 pm

[drewstarkey]

celeb crush tag

rules: post below ten characters, musicians or celebrities you are attracted to/love and have people assume your type

i got tagged by @rretrophilee and @harrysbbby soooo in no particular order:

- drew starkey

- dylan o’brien

- frenkie de jong

- saoirse ronan

- rudy pankow

- madison bailey

- alice pagani

- lorenzo zurzolo

- aron piper

- gijs blom

i tag: @drewsephsmiles @snkkat @starkeymarkey @maybanktho @maybankiara @downbytheouterbanks @shawnssongs (if you have already done this or dont want to do it, that’s fine too!!)

[elfenbensord]

fifty questions tag

tagged by myself lol @elfenbensord

rules: answer all the questions, add one of your own and tag as many people as there are questions (nope we’re doing one tenth)

1. coke or pepsi: neither 2. disney or dreamworks: more dreamworks atm, i’m loving the ‘how to train your dragon’ trilogy!! 3. coffee or tea: teaaa 4. books or movies: both both both both 5. windows or mac: eeh couldn’t care less. but apple rly needs to check themselves.. 6. dc or marvel: spider-man (still true lol) 7. x-box or playstation: wii 8. dragon age or mass effect: how about the sims 2 9. night owl or early riser: depends on the day 10. cards or chess: cards? i like the thought of chess but like? what is strategy 11. chocolate or vanilla: both. but not at the same time. but both have equal value, but at different times. 12. vans or converse: bare feet  14. fluff or angst: angst (you know me too well, alice) 15. beach or forest: forest 16. dogs or cats: D O G S 17. clear skies or rain: i’ll take whatever 18. cooking or eating out: cooking. i like to know what’s in my food. 19. spicy food or mild food: honestlyy my taste buds are hella white like once i ate ruccola and it burned- 20. halloween/samhain or solstice/yule/christmas/julafton: julafton big time 21. would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot: a little too hot bc i can usually do something ‘bout it but like a lil cold CAN KILL ME this question is harder than you’d think honestlyy 22. if you could have any superpower, what would it be?: time travel (OBVIOUSLY) 23. animation or live action: animation are the ones to most frequently blom my mind so yeah i’m going with that 25. baths or showers: showers. baths make me claustrophobic.  26. team cap or team ironman: S P I D E R M A N  27: fantasy or sci-fi: fantasy most of the time but sometimes sci-fi 28. do you have three or four favourite quotes, if so what are they:

“if i am worth anything later, i am worth something now. for wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.” - van gogh

+ any line from ‘the god father’

29. netflix or youtube: depends on the mood

30. Harry Potter or Percy Jackson: gotta say hp but honestly pj is serving good vibes 31. when you feel accomplished: when i land a pirouette perfectly / when i get a good grade / when i finish a long book

32. star wars or star trek: STAR WARS 33. paperback or hardback: paperback but like hardbacks do have integrity but no flop 34. horror or rom-com: rom-com 35. tv shows or movies: movies.  36. spotify or pandora: spotify. or rather mp3 downloads of all abba records. 37. zootopia or inside out: zootopiaaa but i love love inside out 38. favourite book: anna karenina, picture of dorian gray, the handmaid’s tale 39. favourite flower: all of them

40. what field of study are you in (or aspire to be in): theatre, dance 41. song lyric you really love?: ‘no more’ from into the woods

42. what’s your MBTI type?: ENFP

43. fave movie: the god father, strictly ballroom dancing, how to train your dragon 2 44. favourite tv show(s): i recently watched ‘miracle workers’ and it was rly cute 45. what fictional world is your favourite?: middle earth!! 46. favourite mythological figure?: loke lol 47. who’s your all-time favourite fictional character?: bilbo baggins

48. if you could spend an entire day with a weasley, who would you pick?: fred n george!!

49. what is your favorite obsession?: ballet n dance atm. hoping it’ll last.

50. which era would you like to time travel to?: i dunno. perhaps like, 1970s.

tagging: @writingsoftheloser, @writingwitchly, @sirius, @theseuscmander 

[sxsw2013gg]

ALL the bands we saw at SXSW 2019

78 performances total... we took it a little easier this year.

SATURDAY 3/16

1. Y La Bamba at Barracuda outside

2. Dehd at Barracuda inside

3. Reignwolf at Barracuda outside

4. Haiku Hands at Barracuda inside

5. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets at Barracuda inside

6. Alice Phoebe Lou at Barracuda outside

7. Prism Bitch at Seller’s Underground

8. T-Rextasy at Seller’s Underground

9. Mother Falcon at Central Presbyterian Church

10, Pinky Pinky at Cheer Up Charlie’s outside

11. The Medium at Cheer Up Charlie’s inside

12. Public Practice (2nd time) at Cheer Up Charlie’s outside

13. The Wants at Cheer Up Charlie’s inside

14. Bambara at Cheer Up Charlie’s outside

15. A Giant Dog at Cheer Up Charlie’s outside

16. Har Mar Superstar at Cheer Up Charlie’s outside

FRIDAY 3/15

1. Stef Chura at Cheer Up Charlie’s inside

2. Public Practice at Cheer Up Charlie’s outside

3. Valley Maker at Cheer Up Charlie’s inside

4. Broken Social Scene on the Radio Day Stage

5. Joshua Burnside on the Flatstock Stage

6. Gym Shorts at Side Bar

7. Spider Bags at Side Bar

8. Bad Moves at Side Bar

9. Pip Hall at Valhalla

10. Laura Jane Grace at Central Presbyterian Church

11. Big Phony at Central Presbyterian Church

12. Termination Dust at Cheer Up Charlie’s inside

13. Yahyel at Cheer Up Charlie’s outside

14. Sir Babygirl at Palm Door on Sabine

THURSDAY 3/14

1. Deeper at Hotel Vegas outside (annex)

2. Mystery Lights at Hotel Vegas outside

3. Warmduscher at Hotel Vegas inside

4. Warm Drag at Hotel Vegas inside

5. Amyl & the Sniffers at Hotel Vegas outside

6. CHAI at Hotel Vegas outside

7. NOTS at Hotel Vegas inside

8. Oh Sees at Hotel Vegas outside

9. Elisapie at Flamingo Cantina

10. Leyla McCalla at Flamingo Cantina

11. Squid at Latitude 30

12. Weakened Friends at Malverde

13. Baseball Gregg at Stephen F’s Bar

14. Blushing at the 720 Club Patio

15. Twist at the 720 Club

WEDNESDAY 3/13

1. Control Top at Cheer Up Charlie’s inside

2. Illuminati Hotties at Cheer Up Charlie’s outside

3. Empath at Cheer Up Charlie’s inside

4. Sidney Gish at Cheer Up Charlie’s outside

5. SASAMI at Cheer Up Charlie’s outside

6. Agrupación Cariño at Container Bar

7. Mike Krol at Container Bar

8. Yola on the Radio Day Stage

9. Body Type at Hotel Vegas inside

10. Art d’Ecco at Hotel Vegas inside

11. Jealous of the Birds at Central Presbyterian Church

12. Gold Connections at Maggie Mae’s Gibson Room

13. WAAX at Friends Bar

14. Big Joanie at Latitude 30

15. Sports Team at Lucille

TUESDAY 3/12

1. Gurr at Cheer Up Charlie’s outside

2. Ellis at Cheer Up Charlie’s inside

3. The Beths at Cheer Up Charlie’s outside (2nd set)

4. THYLA at Cheer Up Charlie’s inside

5. Samia at Cheer Up Charlie’s outside

6. Bedouine at Cheer Up Charlie’s inside

7. Ratboys at at Cheer Up Charlie’s outside

8. Priests at Cheer Up Charlie’s outside (2nd set)

9. Nothing at Cheer Up Charlie’s outside

10. Honey Lung at Seven Grand

11. Angelica Garcia at Antone’s

12. Blushh at 720 Club

13. Sego at Maggie Mae’s

14. Pip Blom at Edwin’s

15. The Ophelias at BD Riley’s

MONDAY 3/11

1. Sweet Spirit at the Mohawk

2. The Beths at the Mohawk

3. Priests at the Mohawk

[aestherians]

For the sake of discussion I'm gonna assume you're genuinely concerned about our mental health... If that's the case, then I'm sorry to say, going into our community space (our tags) and telling us that we're embarrassing and out of touch won't get us to seek out mental health services. It'll just make us retreat even further into our embarrassing little communities and make us even more out of touch. Why would anyone wanna listen to someone who's being mean right off the bat?

Thankfully, your concerns aren't really relevant. The few psychiatrists and Religious Studies professors who have actually studied us have concluded that we're more of a community with religious dimensions than a hub for dangerous delusions. One of my favorite quotes is from Dr Jan Dirk Blom, an expert in clinical lycanthropy and Alice in Wonderland syndrome:

"As regards the existence of [otherkin] communities, online or otherwise, where like-minded people join each other to exchange experiences and ideas on their affinity with animal or supernatural identities, I can only say that we cannot have enough of those groups. Human experience and behaviour is so diverse, and only so little of it tends to be presented as ‘normal’ in the media, that communities such as these should be embraced and encouraged by us all."

There are also several scholarly sources in support of our community. Here are a few:

Proctor, Devin. On Being Non-Human: Otherkin Identification and Virtual Space. The George Washington University. May 2019.

Bricker, Nat. Life Stories of Therianthropes: An Analysis of Nonhuman Identity in a Narrative Identity Model. Lake Forest College. April 2016.

Getzler, Melanie. Othering Among Otherkin: the discursive negotiation of the face-threat of exclusionary othering in a demarginalizing Internet community. Indiana University. 2013.

Shae, Stephanie C.. Identity And Belief An Analysis of the Otherkin Subculture. University of Amsterdam. June 2019.

Clegg, Helen, Roz Collings & Elizabeth C. Roxburgh. “Therianthropy: Wellbeing, Schizotypy, and Autism in Individuals Who Self-Identify as Non-Human,” Society & Animals, Volume 27 (2019): pages 403-426.

Feijó, Pedro. "Doctors Herding Cats: The Misadventures of Modern Medicine and Psychology with NonHuman Identities," University of Cambridge, 2016.

Grivell, Timothy, Helen Clegg & Elizabeth C. Roxburgh. “An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Identity in the Therian Community.” Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research. Volume 14, Number 2 (May 2014): pages 113-135.

Laycock, Joseph P. “We Are Spirits of Another Sort: Ontological Rebellion and Religious Dimensions of the Otherkin Community." Nova Religio. Volume 15, Number 3 (February 2012): pages 65-90.

Proctor, Devin. "Policing the Fluff: The Social Construction of Scientistic Selves in Otherkin Facebook Groups," Engaging Science, Technology, and Society, Volume 4, (2018): pages 485-514.

If you're wondering how and why anyone could think they are in any way a fictional character, I recently wrote a little essay about my own fictionkinity that might interest you: https://aestherians.tumblr.com/post/690673232119054336/

Therian amino is so embarrasing lol I’ve never seen a more out of touch group of people. 

If you genuinely believe you are a fictional character “in another reality” or something it’s not spirituality it’s mental illness get yourself checked

[ayearincontent]

2022

key

bold = highlight of 2022

+ = not new in 2022

# = book club

books

A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess (1962)#

Flaubert’s Parrot, Julian Barnes (1984)

Beautiful World, Where Are You, Sally Rooney (2021)

An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris, Georges Perec (trans. Marc Lowenthal) (1975)

The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath (1963)#

A Poor Collector's Guide to Buying Great Art, Erling Kagge (2015)

Oh William!, Elizabeth Strout (2021)

Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Geert Mak (trans. Philipp Blom) (1995)

Voyage in the Dark, Jean Rhys (1934)

The Shipping News, Annie Proulx (1993)

We Are Bellingcat, Eliot Higgins (2021)#

How to be Both, Ali Smith (2014)#

Buddenbrooks, Thomas Mann (trans. H. T. Lowe-Porter) (1901)

Playing to the Gallery, Grayson Perry (2014)

The Story of a New Name, Elena Ferrante (trans. Ann Goldstein) (2012) 

Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi (2016)#

The Pyramid of Lies: Lex Greensill and the Billion-Dollar Scandal, Duncan Mavin (2021)

The Days of Abandonment, Elena Ferrante (trans. Ann Goldstein) (2002)#

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin (2022)#

Lost Cat, Mary Gaitskill (2020)

audiobooks †

Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe (2021)

Say Nothing, Patrick Radden Keefe (2018)

A Journey, Tony Blair (2010)

Range: How Generalists Thrive in a Specialised World, David Epstein (2019) (un-finished: one of the many of this sort of book which would have been fine as an 800-word article)

Theroux the Keyhole, Louis Theroux (2021)

films

The Blind Side (2009)

The Lost Daughter (2021)

Boiling Point (2022)

'71 (2014)

Big Night (1996)

24 Hour Party People (2002)

Nomadland (2020)

Licorice Pizza (2021)

Rushmore (1998)

Clueless (1995)

À Bout de Souffle (1960)

Censor (2021)

Local Hero (1983)

Us (2019)+

The Talented Mr Ripley (1999)

A Beautiful Mind (2002)

A Single Man (2006)

Sicario (2015)+

L.A. Confidential (1997)

The Hand of God (2021)

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Riders of Justice (2020)

Amelie (2001)

What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

The Hunt (2012)

Jackie Brown (1997)

Dating Amber (2020)

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

The Phantom of the Open (2021)

albums

'After the Gold Rush', Neil Young (1970)

'Kid A', Radiohead (2000)

'First Steps of Letting Go', Luka (2020)+

'A Common Turn', Anna B Savage (2021)

'Blue Weekend', Wolf Alice (2021)

'Jubilee', Japanese Breakfast (2021)

'My Love is Cool', Wolf Alice (2015)

'Melodrama', Lorde (2017)

'Friends That Break Your Heart', James Blake (2021)

'Super Monster', Claud (2021)

'What's Going On', Marvin Gaye (1971)

'DAMN.', Kendrick Lamar (2017)

'The Dream', Alt-J (2022)

'Wet Leg', Wet Leg (2022)

'The Velvet Underground and Nico', The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)

'Punisher', Phoebe Bridgers (2020)

'Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers', Kendrick Lamar (2022)

'Raw Data Feel', Everything Everything (2022)

'A Light For Attracting Attention', The Smile (2022)

'1992-2012: The Anthology', Underworld (2014)

'The Overload', Yard Act (2022)

'Tezeta', Hailu Mergia (2021)

'Prioritise Pleasure', Self Esteem (2021)

'Skin', Joy Crookes (2021)

'Actual Life 3', Fred Again (2022)

'Sometimes I Might Be Introvert', Little Simz (2021)

'The Car', Arctic Monkeys (2022)

'NO THANK YOU', Little Simz (2022)

'And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow', Weyes Blood (2022)

exhibitions

'Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s – Now', Tate Britain

'Van Gogh's Masterpieces', Van Gogh Museum

‘The Potato Eaters. Mistake or Masterpiece?’, Van Gogh Museum

'Jonathas de Andrade: Staging Resistance', Foam

'Liz Johnson Artur: of life of love of sex of movement of hope', Foam

'Constant 101: The Future can be Humane', Cobra Museum of Modern Art

'Guido van der Werve', Cobra Museum of Modern Art

'Clandestine – The Human Body in Focus', Cobra Museum of Modern Art

'Hito Steyerl: I Will Survive', Stedelijk Museum

'Everyday, Someday, And Other Stories. Collection 1950-1980', Stedelijk Museum

'The Highlights', Rijksmuseum

live music

Samfire / Alessia & the Crazycats, The Bedford

Alt-J, Brixton Academy

Michael Kiwanuke, Brixton Academy

The Smile, The Roundhouse

Gala, Peckham Rye Park

Wilderness Festival, Cornbury

theatre

Hamiton, Victoria Palace Theatre

restaurants

DF Tacos, Brixton

The Joint, Brixton

Wesley House, Winchcombe

Victoria Inn, Holkham

Socius, Burnham Market+ (x2)

Restaurant Watergang, Amsterdam (x3)

NENI, Amsterdam

Bar Bonnie, Amsterdam

De Kas (*), Amsterdam+ (x2)

Bussia, Amsterdam+

Fuoco Vivo, Amsterdam

De Belhamel, Amsterdam

Bar Pif, Amsterdam

Rijsel, Amsterdam

o bistro, Amsterdam

Kasbah Bab Ourika, Ourika Valley+ (x6)

Comptoir Darna, Marrakesh+

Limoni, Marrakesh+

Bancone Golden Square, Soho

NOPI, Soho

Niche, Islington

The Oyster Shack, Bigbury

Wild Artichokes, Kingsbridge

Ottolenghi, Spitalfields (x2)

Curry Leaf, Clapham Junction

Trinity (*), Clapham Old Town

Xi'an Biang Biang Noodles, Shoreditch

Andrew Edmunds, Soho

Morito, Hackney

180 House, The Strand

Le Petit Marché, Paris+

Le Saint-Sébastien, Paris

The Wolseley, Mayfair

Brat x Climpson's Arch, London Fields

Osteria del Teatro, Cortona

Blacklock, Shoreditch

Apothecary East, Shoreditch

Bistrot Union, Clapham

Medlar, Chelsea

Viet Corner, Balham

Childswickham Inn and Brasserie, Cotswolds

Hutong, Borough

Fenn, Fulham

Chez Bruce (*), Wandsworth

Ivy Brasserie, Victoria

podcasts

The Always Sunny Podcast+

The Adam Buxton Podcast+

Kermode & Mayo's Take

Books and Authors+

Literary Friction+

The New Statesman Podcast+

The Rest is Politics

The Prospect Podcast

Working It

Today in Focus+

The Slow Newscast

The Modern House Podcast+

Law in Action

A Long Time in Finance

The Lawyer Podcast

The Coming Storm

Alan Partridge: From The Oasthouse

foreign travel (no 'favourites of the year', all excellent)

Amsterdam

Morocco (Marrakech, Ourika Valley)

Paris

Tuscany

† I had never really listened to audiobooks before - or ‘read with my ears’, as the hosts of Literary Friction call it.  But my growing pile of unread weighty non-fiction books was depressing proof that, after days of reading legal documents, I usually reach for fiction to ‘read with my eyes’.  To counter this, I got an Audible subscription, and replaced some of my podcast listening with audiobooks.

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2010 The Netherlands Women’s National Volleyball Team Roster:

Front: #5 Robin De Kruijf, #14 Laura Dijkema, #18 Judith Blansjaar, #6 Maret Balkenstein-Grotheus, #8 Alice Blom, #10 Janneke Van Tienen, #11 Caroline Wensink and head coach Avital Selinger.

Back: Manager Jettie Fokkens, assistant coach Kristian Van Der Wel, #7 Quinta Steenbergen, #17 Nicole Koolhaas, #4 Chaane Staelens, #3 Francien Huurman and #12 Manon Nummerdor-Flier.