#Andron

[theclassymike]

Leo Howard on Days of Our Lives.

[every-antecedent-out-there]

Everyone talks about silent voices in history, but the thing about dehumanization is that those people are still human at the end of the day. They may be denied their humanity by oppressors, but the universe never ignored their presence. The earth moved for their silent footsteps, the stars stared at their retreating figures, they are acknowledged by the Earth. That’s where you get African American culture, jazz, Sappho or anything regarding women in Ancient Greece. In Ancient Greece there was at times an Andron - or a room only for men in the house because there used to be all male parties (like symposiums). This led to passages being made in the house so women can carry on with domestic work unseen - those women left a trace that we find today. People just leave fingerprints on everything, any people, all people. And I want to find every last one of those fingerprints.

[rausule]

Andron. Eetkamer in 'n Latyn huis, gewoonlik gereserveer vir mans. deur. Pilaster wat die symuur van 'n Griekse tempel beëindig, met basis en kapitaal wat verskil van dié van aangrensende kolomme.

[k1llermustang]

mr jacob pitts came up with this line all by himself. unsurprisingly. you would say that wouldn't you

[hayatsokaklarda]

[just-aust-in]

Giorgio Andronic

[wildstar25]

♫: What is one thing that your muse thinks they are talented at, but actually aren’t?

Organizing. Particularly when it comes to her stuff. or her Partner's books.

Arsay has the "Arsay System" which means she puts things where she feels they should go and there's not a whole lot of actual rational organizing going on. She can always find what shes looking for, which is why she thinks she's good at it! But if anyone else were to try, they'd be out of luck.

[justifiedsource]

VONDIE CURTIS-HALL; DAVE ANDRON; MIKE DINNER; TIMOTHY OLYPHANT; VIVIAN OLYPHANT; ADELAIDE CLEMENS; BOYD HOLBROOK 2023 Winter TCA Portraits ph. Maarten de Boer  

[cantsayidont]

SNOWFALL (2017–2023): Engrossing if often heavy-handed FX crime drama, co-created by John Singleton (with Eric Amadio and Dave Andron): a fictionalized account of how a CIA operation to fund anticommunist Contra death squads in Nicaragua in the 1980s sparked the crack cocaine trade in the U.S., focusing on a bright young Black man named Franklin Saint (Damson Idris), who becomes L.A.'s (fictional) first crack kingpin in increasingly uneasy partnership with twitchy, dweebish white CIA officer Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson), who will do almost anything to keep the money and guns flowing, with ultimately ruinous consequences for all concerned.

As with any serialized drama lasting six seasons, the pacing is uneven and some plot threads get dropped without resolution, and like Singleton's early films, it can't resist periodically veering into contrivance-laden melodrama (although it's at least less strident than BOYZ N THE HOOD or HIGHER LEARNING). However, it's consistently interesting, anchored by some very strong performances — particularly Idris and Angela Lewis, as Franklin's aunt Lou — and its '80s setting is more convincingly realized than many recent period pieces, with a few nods to the life of Singleton himself, who was a teenager in South L.A. at the time the story takes place. Probably its biggest flaw is that its Latinx characters, even the ongoing ones, are rarely allowed to rise above stereotype (and the most complex Latina character, played by Emily Rios, departs after Season 2), although nearly all the Black characters, who are centered throughout, are refreshingly three-dimensional.

CONTAINS LESBIANS? Franklin's Aunt Lou — one of the show's best characters — is bisexual, and in the early seasons has a difficult, on-again-off-again relationship with a ruthless lesbian club owner (Judith Scott). VERDICT: Doesn't quite live up to its more grandiose ambitions, and the unnecessarily protracted, relentlessly downbeat finale leaves a sour taste, but it's still among the best shows of its genre: BREAKING BAD without the blorbofication, THE WIRE without the paternalistic cop apologism. Note that the final season needs CWs for threats of sexual violence, which are pretty rough.

[theclassymike]

Leo Howard on Days of Our Lives.

[vintagewarhol]

[officialromaniantranslatiuni]

Madalina Andronic

[artemlegere]

"Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have."

~ Lloyd Alexander

📚Illustration • Poem" • Madalina Andronic

[oldsardens]

Madalina Andronic - Fată din Argeș. 2023

[7grandmel]

Todays rip: 06/03/2024

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and the days of high quality rips?

Season 7 Featured on: Rips of Christmas Present

Ripped by berg8793

Requested by itsyeeted! (Discord)

Funny thing - I was supposed to have posted this far closer to new years, but then somehow convinced myself that I'd...already posted it? Just marked it as done in the spreadsheet and everything. Bizarre. Well, its never too late to celebrate the new year, is it? Especially not with a rip as sincere, wholesome, downright pleasant as Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and the days of high quality rips? - This is the kind of rip to remain on the laid-back playlist all year long.

I'm sure a lot of people were a bit puzzled to see a game like Tetris on CDi even *get* rips, let alone any form of non-ironic memes. I mean, its the Philips CDi, it's the meme console with Hotel Mario and the bad Zelda games! But this is another case of what I brought up back in Viva La Robocop, another case of one of SiIva's most fascinating phenomena: when otherwise wholly obscure games are kept in discussion through the surprising quality of their music. With only some exceptions (such as the games composed by the Follin brothers) that discussion seldom becomes widespread, usually staying contained to enthusiasts of VGM: such as the very people behind the SiIvaGunner channel itself! And while many of these soundtracks are kept relevant by chiptune artists, with examples like the aforementioned one, Never Gonna Give Up Mahjong and Beautiful! ~ Curveball of Sean Kingston - Tetris on CDi is, as the name of the console suggests, full-on CD quality, with a sound so stunning beautiful and atmospheric for a game series otherwise so content in reusing and remixing the typical Tetris theme. In the words of Jack Yarwood - "Before 'Tetris Effect,' There Was the Vaporwave Bliss of Tetris on the CD-i".

The wonderous atmosphere of this otherwise entirely obscure release of Tetris has kept its heart beating ever so faintly in the 32 years since its release, and Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and the days of high quality rips? feels just as much like a love letter to this game's vibes as it does a soothing celebration of the new year's beginning. Level 6's soothing tune is used as the backing instrumental to an original cover of the Scottish folk song Auld Lang Syne, one typically sung to inaugurate the beginning of the new year. And it's one that I, despite being from all the way over in Sweden, swear I must've heard in a film or show at some point - its lyrics and melody felt immediately comforting and familiar as soon as I started listening to the rip. Part of that comfort is of course the vocals, berg8793's vocal performance is positively soothing, but it may also be from how the vocal performance is implemented into the rip. It's given a layer of compression to it that matches the quality of early CD games, and indeed the quality of the CDi games' soundtracks themselves, a comfy faint noise and static stitching the two pieces of the rip together as a seamless whole. berg8793 has previously mostly been featured on here in rips that appeared as if they were borderline painful to make, such as Banjostruck and Kirby Joins the Circus!, so it was a delightful surprise to see him having made a rip like this. Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and the days of high quality rips? not only feels like a welcome break in energy from the guy's typical output, but also shows me that he's got a genuine talent for singing - one I hope he finds use of in rips to come!

There's little else to say - Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and the days of high quality rips?, much like Wham! Into Dreams, feels like a cover from the heart, a cover made with the intent of pure celebration, to band us faithful viewers together for the new year in the comments section. Amidst all the shitposts and insane-scale collaborations, it's...nice, to have rips like these to return to for the quieter moments in life.

[just-aust-in]

Giorgio Andronic