#Angel Prater

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The Puppetman

directed by Brandon Christensen, 2023

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Names generated from theological angels, and animals, ending with the letter "R"

Aar Aaraker Abar Ader Alamper Alifer Alpar Alpher Ameahor Anar Andeer Ander Andover Aner Aniper Anter Antiger Antpar Aphar Aphover Arbir Artur Asar Aser Aslopar Azar...

Babar Bacher Bader Bador Bahor Bantar Banter Bar Baraker Barizar Barwhar Bater Bather Beacker Beaper Beder Bedover Beecker Beer Bir Birdwor Blar Boacar Boader Buffer Bugar Butar Butter Buttler Buzzar Canter Canther Caphar Capher Car Cater Catter Ceneser Cer Cerher Char Charoar Cheer Cher Chieler Chinear Clar Clatter Clotar Coctor Codpar Codper Coostor Cor Corcar Coundor Couser Cower Crachar Crar Crater Crocker Crooter Crotar Cuckar Daniter Dar Darabar Der Dolver Domiter Dor Dormwor Dover Dower Drar Drilver Ducher Dummeer Dundar Eaddor Eafiser Eaguir Ear Easper Eaver Echer Ecker Eer Egraver Eguir Elflar Emur Erbeer Erser Fer Filver Fishar Flater Formwor Froar Fronker Frouser Frower Frubir Gadrar Galaper Gar Gater Gazeer Gehor Ger Gerker Gianter Gibar Gibator Gir Goater Gor Gorcar Graker Gricher Groder Grouser Guangar Guar Guir Guiter Halar Halarar Hamar Hampar Hantur Har Heaver Hedper Heephar Heer Hemuar Her Heraver Hopper Hor Hormwor Hover Hummer Humper Huser Hyener Hyenter Iger Impar Jacher Jacler Jayiner Jehor Jelibar Jer Joper Kaleer Kanipar Kar Kardtar Katemer Kater Keer Ker Kir Kriner Laphar Lapher Lar Larator Lathwor Leer Lephar Ler Liahar Lifer Lligar Locker Lockpar Loodpar Loter Lother Lotter Lucher Lyfiser Maar Magler Mamer Mander Manter Mar Marar Marker Meaphar Meapher Mear Meaver Meer Meflar Mer Meshar Mester Miedger Mincher Miter Mocker Moder Modor Modpar Modper Moler Molpar Molver Mosear Moster Moter Mother Motter Multur Munder Munger Munker Mur Muriner Museder Ner Niger Niper Niter Nur Octor Oser Otatter Oterher Other Othor Ower Paniter Panter Par Peaffer Pear Peater Pener Per Peraar Peraver Percher Perher Perpir Phider Phiter Pider Pidor Piger Piker Pir Plar Polver Poper Popper Por Poter Poyoter Praar Prater Pricar Priger Puffer Pummer Pur Pureer Pybeer Quar Quider Quiter Raar Rackar Racker Raguar Railver Ranger Rantpar Raphar Rapher Raphor Rater Rather Raver Rebater Rebear Reder Redger Reer Repher Rher Rhilder Rhinker Rocer Rosaur Roser Rothar Rouster Rower Sacher Saner Santer Santser Sar Saur Scher Schiper Scor Seacker Seagor Sear Selar Ser Setler Shar Sher Shrocer Siler Silver Skir Snacher Snair Snaker Sniger Sniper Snipper Sniter Snitor Solder Sollar Spar Sper Spiner Squnker Star Ster Stiger Stipper Stopar Stopper Swater Swilder Swilver Swor Sworser Tar Tear Tearmar Teer Ter Thar Ther Thover Tigar Tilver Tiner Tinker Tophar Tor Toragor Treer Trinear Trocer Tunkar Tur Turiger Tzacher Uzzar Var Vehor Vehover Ver Volamer Volar Volpar Volver Wanhar Wanther Wantpar Water Wather Wear Weaver Wer Whamar Whar Whiper Wider Wifer Wigar Wilver Wolder Wooder Woodper Woosear Wor Worcher Worpir Wortur Yakeer Zackar Zacker Zadsher Zar Zebir Zeer Zepher Zephor Zoper Zopper

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Inktober Dream

Life is but a Dream I prance and frolic I feel free Everything seems good to me The grass is green; the birds are keen What an earnest so angelic scene

But the wind feels weary, and the clocks don’t tick, I wish not to be dreary, but I can’t help but pick; at this thought so eerie, that this might be a trick?

It may be my brain, just playing its game But this doesn’t seem particularly sane

And I feel something below, perhaps within Underneath all this estranged odd skin

A cancerous assertion to drag me down to gnaw, rip, and pull until I turn around and blink my dream to nightmare found then always I will brazenly compound every delusion and woe that confound ‘till in all sense I am forever drowned

Maybe I’m going a little far best not yet open that jar Let the wails of this beast permeate my flesh to only hear whispers that we’ll not address Because the clocks are ticking don’t you know? There's plenty to do here, and nowhere to go! Can’t quell that feeling, neither outrun it, so? Bury your nose in the grindstone as working Joe. I prater and stumble, I feel me Everything’s as it needs to be The concrete is grey, it’s the birds’ doomsday What an earnest sorrowful downplay --------------------------------------- Soo, that's it... um, totally not reflective of my own feelings, that's not like that's the point of poetry :) ... ur, it's alright, could be better~ Last part and a half was just tacked on, so eh about those bits... Idk how to stop writing or send this off... maybe something wholesome? I wish you reader a pleasant next rest... ye that works.

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Every Book/Manga I Read in April 2023

Mistress of All Evil by Serena Valentino (Villains, Book 4)

Blood Lad (Omnibus) Volumes 1-9 by Yuuki Kodama

D•N•Angel Volumes 1-13 by Yukiru Sugisaki

Of Heists and Hexes by S.L. Prater (A Witch's Ever After, Book 1)

Shadow Touched by Becky Moynihan (A Touch of Vampire, Book 1)

Beauty Beheld by Brittany Fichter (Classical Kingdoms Collection, Book 3)

Magic Forged by K.M. Shea (Magiford Supernatural City: Hall of Blood and Mercy, Book 1)

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton (Cat and Mouse Duet, Book 1)

Part of Your World by Liz Braswell (A Twisted Tale, Book 5)

Resident Evil: Caliban Cove by S.D. Perry (Book 2)

Night of Masks and Knives by LJ Andrews (The Broken Kingdoms, Book 4)

Feral as a Cat by Kendra Moreno (Sons of Wonderland, Book 3)

A Prince so Cruel by Ingrid Seymour (Healer of Kingdoms, Book 1)

Golden Braids and Dragon Blades by Melanie Karsak (Steampunk Fairy Tales, Book 4)

The Fae King's Dream by Jamie Schlosser (Between Dawn and Dusk, Book 2)

Bride of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes (Bride of the Shadow King, Book 1)

Wretched by Emily McIntire (Never After Series, Book 3)

Court of Blood and Bindings by Lisette Marshall (Fae Isles, Book 1)

A Tune to Make Them Follow by T.A. Lawrence (The Severed Realms, Book 2)

Curse the Fae by Natalia Jaster (Vicious Faeries: Dark Fables World, Book 3)

The Never King by Nikki St. Crowe (Vicious Lost Boys, Book 1)

Enchanting the Elven Mage by Alisha Klapheke (Kingdoms of Lore, Book 1)

The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3)

The Devil's in the Details by Selene Charles (The Grimm Files, Book 4)

Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi (Vampire Hunter D, Book 1)

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The Engagement Dress

When Michelle finally gets to wear the lucky bridesmaid’s dress that has led to all of her friends getting married, she realizes that she’s been looking for love in all the wrong places. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Claudia: Angel Prater Preston: Mike C. Manning Barbie: Cathy Marks Mike: Sterling Sulieman Quinn: Abbey May January: Vidushi Shrivastava Cathy: Lisa Thornhill Sterling: Nicholas…

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Uebert Angel Pastor Arrested for Rape, As Prophet Faces New Sex Scandal

THE SO CALLED “SPIRITUAL SON” of Prophet Uebert Angel, Apostle Try Immanuel, has been arrested on charges of raping a congregant. The development exposed by the local HMetro tabloid, comes within weeks of Angel himself abusing several church girls for his fleshly pleasures.

Takudzwa Gadzikwa, 33, known in his church circles as Try Immanuel, is being accused of raping a 19-year-old girl in Beatrice. He is currently in police custody. Mashonaland East police spokesperson Inspector Nobert Muzondo confirmed the report. “Takudzwa was arrested yesterday at Machipisa Police Station, however he is being held at Beatrice Police Station since it is the scene of the crime,” he said.

Takudzwa could not be reached for comment. However, it is said he denied the allegations saying they had con-sensual sex with her. It is alleged that on July 15, Takudzwa forced the victim to have sexual intercourse with him in the car. “On July 16, Prophet Try asked the victim to escort him to Beatrice. “Since he claimed to be the girl’s spiritual father, she did not hesitate to accompany him. “The strange part is he raped her in Beatrice, which is where he hoped to host a church crusade;’ according to the allegations. The victim confirmed the incident saying on the day in question, Takudzwa raped her. “I’m hurt because the person whom I looked up to destroyed my life. “On the day in question, he came to our house asking me to escort him to Beatrice. “When we arrived in Beatrice, he forced me to have unprotected sex with him. • “The pain that I am feeling is unimaginable; I pray he rots in jail,” said the victim. Meanwhile, Inspector Muzondo urged women to avoid getting free rides from men. “Everyone is a potential abuser; women must not trust men to avoid such incidents,” he said.

Mary Prater

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The Puppetman (2023)

The Puppetman (2023) #BrandonChristensen #MichaelPare #AlysonGorske #CarynRichman #AnnaTelfer #JaysonTherrien Mehr auf:

Jahr: 2023 (Oktober) Genre: Horror Regie: Brandon Christensen Hauptrollen: Michael Paré, Alyson Gorske, Caryn Richman, Anna Telfer, Jayson Therrien, Zachary Le Vey, Sean C. Sanders, Kio Cyr, Natalie Meetze, Cameron Wong, Angel Prater, Curtis Arney … Filmbeschreibung: Der Puppenspieler, ein verurteilter Mörder in der Todeszelle, hat immer seine Unschuld beteuert und behauptet, es sei eine böse…

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Tips to Engage More with Palm Springs International Film Festival

Camelot Theater, situated on celebrated Palm Gully Drive in Palm Springs is home of the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival every year in mid to late May. The festival highlights film understandings of a large number of the great secret books composed by Lyons during his lifetime. These works went from the dark to the varied and normally were seen through the eyes and the point of view of the lawbreakers about whom he composed. His works were intensely weighted with wrongdoing and the sexuality of the period. Lyons, a previous Palm Springs city councilman helped to establish the festival with his companion Craig Prater in 2001. The Festival goes on for three days highlights numerous b-films from the forties and fifties and incorporates interviews with Hollywood stars some of whom acted in them. Afterward, Lyons added more current films, for example, Raw Fiction in 1994 which he got a kick out of the chance to call Neo Noir.

Lyons was brought into the world in Los Angeles in 1946, moved to Palm Springs when he was eleven and graduated school in 1967. He worked in the privately-owned company for a period and afterward started to compose secret books. In his most memorable book The Dead are Tactful, he started his vocation long interest in the shabby side of crime. The New York Times praised his sharpness of his style, the flawless preparation and the aversion of hokum. Lyons facilitated the yearly festival dressed for the part. He frequently wore purported hoodlum outfits and the crowd wearing horde clothing too. He frequently welcomed other secret essayists, for example, Mickey Spillane and Hollywood entertainers, for example, Rhonda Flemming and George Montgomery who gazed in the film The Brasher Doubloon to join in and address gatherings of his fans.

This year my significant other and we intend to go to again as we typically do, love the highly contrasting noir films of the 50's time. We are particularly restless to see the screening of Trial in Fear the Blake Edwards coordinated film featuring Glenn Portage and Lee Remmick. This year’s opening was facilitated by Stephanie Powers, star of the hit TV series Hart to Hart which co-featured Robert Wagner. Miss Powers will be available for the appearance which was delivered in 1962 and will likewise remain for an interactive discussion as does all of the Festival withHarold Matzner. A bunch of Hollywood stars have recently gone to the festival including June Lockhart, Wear Murray, who showed up in a Hatful of Downpour in 1952, Julie Garfield, little girl of John Garfield who showed up in the 1952 creation of He Ran As far as possible and Tommy Cook, entertainer and maker of Cry of the City delivered 1948. Mitchell Sussman has been a TV maker for the beyond a quarter century. In that time he has created experience travel programming for such organizations as Movement Channel, PBS, Fox Sports Net, Star television and numerous others.

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If only I were she!

[bokebelle]

18+ minors dni. tw: minor religious themes

time for some Jean fucking <3

Jean Kirstein who can't help but caress your skin, from your warm cheeks, to the fleshy of your hips. Praises fall from your lips while moans and whispers of his name fall from yours. His hands roam your body and settle on the meat of your thighs. He's enamored with the feel of your skin, how the warm and supple skin feel beneath his large palm, how your flesh seem to mold to fit his long and slender fingers as he wraps them around your thighs. He's drunk with the way your warm and velvety walls take his cock so well, the way you get wetter, the way you flutter around him, when he pushes his length into you.

He gently manoeuvres your legs to rest against his shoulders, leaning his whole weight against your body as he braces himself with his arms. He presses a soft kiss against the skin of your calf before he thrusts his cock as deep as he can into you, reveling in the way you flutter eagerly around him and the way the tip of his cock brushes your sweet spot just right. "Jean" you moan wantonly, giving into your pleasure. "fuck me harder, please." . He could have cum right there and then, with the way your face contorted with pleasure and the sweet desperation lacing your voice as you called his name. He could have but Jean wanted — no, he needed more. His slow and languid strokes turned deeper, harder thrusting into you with fervour. Lewd sounds of skin slapping against skin filled the room but all Jean cared about was the way you moaned and called out his name. The deeper he thrust into you, the more his name fell from your lips like a prater. Even in the heat of your passion, the way you called out for him sounded so angelic, so heavenly, and he had no problem fucking you like a sinner desperate to be saved.

reblog if u want jean to kiss ur calf before fucking u brainless 🥰

[therealvinelle]

Det skjønner jeg veldig godt! Men du kan jo ta sjansen for at noen i fam Cullen snakker norsk xD De kan jo i canon dritmange språk men jeg hadde håpet at de hadde ikke kunnet det og heller blitt imponert av det (amerikanerne jeg bor med sier det høres ut som fairy-språk haha)

Ok, siden jeg selv tok opp temaet "hva om Bella bare snakket norsk?" i forrige post tolker jeg dette som at det er ok at jeg skriver nettopp det her. Ærlig talt har jeg bare veldig lyst til å gjøre det.

Så, ok, da Renée forlot Charlie dro hun ikke til Florida, hun dro til Oslo. Og gikk 100% inn for at datteren hennes skal være helnorsk! Hun ansatte norske barnepiker og passet på å ikke snakke engelsk rundt ungen. Siden transatlantiske flyturer er rådyre, ble det da til at vesle Bella Swan sjelden besøkte sin far, og dermed aldri lærte seg det som skulle vært morsmålet hennes.

Hun glemte engelsk fort, med unntak av småord som "Yes", "No" og "I'm Bella" og snakket snart bare norsk.

De få turene hun tok til faren for å besøke ham var desto mer kleine enn i canon når hun ikke kunne leke med noen av Black-barna. Her skal skylden ikke falle på Charlie: han tok norskkurs, så han kan faktisk snakke litt med Bella. Ikke med Renée, for hennes Norwenglish er uforståelig selv for nordmenn, men han kan kommunisere med Bella.

Ikke at han har fått så mange anledninger.

Bella rekker å bli sytten, hun går på andreklasse på Handels og er tidenes outsider blant alle sossene der, og Renée møter en kjekk skiløper som hun gifter seg med. Sammen skal de to reise rundt hele vinteren for å få med seg flest mulig renn, og om sommeren skal de ta jobb på Hurtigruta for å få sett kysten.

Bella, som er helt forjævlig på ski og for ung til å jobbe på Hurtigruten, tar hintet.

Med gru i magen og ordbok i hånda drar hun til faren sin i Amerika.

Der hun ikke kan språket.

Faen.

Hun får en bil av ham, og jeg skulle nesten ønske denne metaen var satt til nåtiden fordi da kunne jeg dratt en vits om elbiler og automatlappen, men Evighetens Kyss er satt til 2005 så det kan jeg ikke. Så dette med bilen går udramatisk for seg.

Skolen er verre enn i canon, fordi nå er hun jo tusen ganger mer sensasjonell enn om hun bare var en ny elev. Hun er jo utenlandsk! Hele Forks faller over seg i spenning.

Og det blir enda verre, for hun skjønner jo ingenting av det folk sier.

Hun er for klein til å si fra at hun ikke kan engelsk. Da vil det bli en greie, og de vil kanskje tro at hun er dum også. Det er jo ikke helt bra at hun har vært gjennom hele grunnskolen og nå halvannet år på VGS og fortsatt har elendig engelsk.

Så hun nikker, smiler, mumler "Hi, I'm Bella," til de nye ansiktene, og rødmer kraftig når noen sier noe.

Folk går ut ifra at hun er sjenert. Litt kjedelig, men ja ja.

Hun har biologitimen sin med den rødhårete kjekkasen hun la merke til i lunsjen. Hun satt og så på han og familien, de var fascinerende pene alle sammen, men vet ikke noe mer om dem enn at de er veldig pen. Hadde vært bra om hun kunne spurt den knøttlille jenta (var det Jess hun het?) om dem.

Biologitimen går som i canon - han har veldig lyst til å spise denne deilige jenta, men gjør det heldigvis ikke.

Hun treffer så vidt på ham i kontoret når han prøver å bytte til en annen biologitime, men skjønner ikke hva han sier så hun har bare en mistanke om at det gjaldt henne på en eller annen måte. Fortsatt ubehagelig, men her er det nok Bella som er problemet. Ikke den dritkjekke fyren der.

Han er borte fra skolen en uke, Bella synes det er rart.

Så kommer han tilbake, og til hennes store skrekk begynner han å snakke med ham.

"Hello," sier han.

Bella dør innvendig. Han er jo altfor kjekk!

"I'm Edward Cullen," fortsetter han, og ok, det forsto hun. Kjekkasen heter Edward, det er jo godt å vite.

Han sier noe mer, det er grøt for Bellas ører selv om hun konsentrerer seg, og konkluderer med "Bella Swan".

Hun gulper.

"I'm Bella Swan," sier hun nikkende. Det burde fungere.

Han smiler et skjevt, gutteaktig smil, og hun hadde ikke trodd det var mulig å være så vakker som det han er nå.

Han sier noe mer.

Bella skjønte ikke hva han sa.

Hun rødmer så det holder, og har vel aldri hatt et pinligere øyeblikk i sitt liv. Her er verdens kjekkeste gutt, og hun har ingenting å si til ham. Bokstavelig talt, fordi de snakker ikke samme språk.

Hun burde si det til ham. Det er en ting å kleine ut av å si til de andre at hun ikke kan engelsk, men det er noe annerledes over Edward Cullen. Han fortjener sannheten.

Men...

Han er det vakreste mennesket hun har sett i sitt liv. Han er også amerikansk, og sjansene for at han tilfeldigvis kan norsk er mikroskopiske. Om han finner ut at hun ikke skjønner hva hun sier kommer han til å slutte å snakke med henne, og det vil hun ikke.

Så med litt dårlig samvittighet (men ikke nok til at hun forteller ham at hun ikke skjønner hva han sier) bidrar hun til samtalen med nok småsvar og smil til at det går. "Yes", "No", "Thank you", og "That's nice".

Han virker overrasket over flere av svarene, og blir faktisk mer engasjert i samtalen, ikke mindre.

Biologitimen ringer ut.

Nestenpåkjørselen skjer, og han redder henne såvidt. Hun gjør store øyne - herregud, flyttet han nettopp på en hel bil? Etter å ha teleportert over skolegården..?

Snart er hun på akutten, og mer enn litt stressa over det fordi amerikanerne har visst elendig helsesystem. Hun håper Charlie har forsikring.

En råvakker blond mann sprader inn på akuttrommet, og Bella får helt sjokk. Han er jo like kjekk som Edward og familien!

Han introduserer seg som Carlisle Cullen, og Bella kan bare gå ut ifra at dette må være en eldre bror. Kanskje i slekt med den blonde jenta.

Dr. Cullen smiler til henne, sier noe, og hun svarer "I'm Bella Swan."

Han rynker på panna. Det var visst ikke riktig svar.

Hendene hans går tilbake til å undersøke skallen hennes, og til hennes store sjokk slår han over til flytende norsk, "kjenner De noe ubehag når jeg holder her?"

Han skynder seg å legge til, "Norsk lærte jeg i... fjor sommer. Det var et nettkurs."

"Hvilket da?" spør Bella med en gang, for dette nettkurset må jo Charlie få vite om. Doktoren har helt nydelig, om litt gammeldags, uttale.

Doktorens smil blir usikkert. Hun følelsen av at han skjuler noe. "Husker ikke," sier han etter en litt vel lang pause.

Det var synd. Og rart.

"De hadde hellet med Dem i dag, som ikke ble truffet av den bilen." sier han deretter, merkbart for å endre temaet.

"Det var ikke hell, det var Edward," sier hun skarpt.

Doktoren ser ukomfortabel ut et øyeblikk.

Hun fortsetter, "Han krysset skolegården på et blunk, og plukket opp hele bilen. Jeg så det," sier hun.

Doktoren ler. "Om han kunne det hadde nok gymkarakteren hans vært meget bedre. Nei, frøken Swan, jeg beklager å si at det høres ut som at De er litt omtåket. Det er helt normalt ved hjernerystelse."

Hvorfor har Bella følelsen av at han lyver?

Hun blir utskrevet.

Vi hopper fram til at hun drar til La Push - denne turen bærer ikke mange fruktene, siden Jacob vet hun ikke snakker engelsk og de dermed ikke har annet å gjøre sammen enn å stikke hendene i lomma og stirre på sjøen.

Dagen etter blir hun shanghaiet til Port Angeles, fordi hun hadde visst sagt "Yes" på feil spørsmål fra Jessica (Viste seg at det var Jessica, ikke Jess) og ved et uhell sagt ja til å dra på heldagstur til Port Angeles.

Som i canon virrer hun seg vekk fra de andre, og som i canon blir hun nesten gjengvoldtatt. Og igjen som i canon blir hun heldigvis reddet i siste øyeblikk av Edward.

Han spanderer middag på henne, og hun kan ikke tro sin egen flaks og uflaks. En date med den kjekkeste fyren på jorda (derav flaksen) og hun kan ikke si noe som helst til ham (derav uflaksen)!

Han prater med henne, og låner henne jakka si, og dette er vel toppen for Bella, livet kan umulig bli bedre nå.

Han er så fantastisk.

Hun har blitt ganske god på å navigere samtaler med ham, så hun småsvarer seg gjennom.

I bilen hans på vei hjem blir tonen litt mer alvorlig.

Han spør henne om noe, det er et alvorlig spørsmål, såpass forstår hun. Hun svarer bekreftende.

Han blir lenge stille.

Har hun sagt noe galt?

(Edward, on his end, just asked if she knows what he is. She said yes, so calmly, not even a trace of fear in her.)

Noen dager senere tar han henne med på tur ut i skogen.

Han viser henne vei til en lysning i skogen, og når han går inn i den så lyser han opp i sollyset.

Bella er i sjokk.

Hun visste det var noe annerledes med ham, men- herregud, fyren er jo ikke menneskelig.

Dater hun en gud?

Hun snubler inn i lysningen etter ham, og de tilbringer en dag sammen der han sier ting, og hun knapt hører noe av det (bare glem å forstå det) fordi hun er for opptatt med å se på hvor vakker han er.

Dagen etter tar han henne med til et hus midt i ingenmannsland. Hun tør nesten ikke å gjette at det er her han bor. Har guder noe så alminnelig som hjem?

Han tar henne inn i huset, og introduserer henne for Dr. Cullen og en dame med at navn hun ikke får med seg.

Litt rart at de oppfører seg som et foreldrepar, de er jo altfor unge og guddommelige for det.

Han viser henne rundt i et gammeldags kontor, og hun vet ikke hva hun skal tro når hun ser et maleri av Carlisle. Edward langer ut i en lang fortelling når han ser henne se på det, dessverre fanger hun ikke opp noe årstall eller kunstnernavn. På et tidspunkt hørte hun ordet "Suicide", da, og det er ikke bra.

Hun får ikke stort ut av den fortellingen.

Baseballkampen blir ikke noe av, for Bella misforsto hva Edward ville og fikk ikke med seg at hun ble invitert på noe. De tilbringer kvelden med en god film.

Forholdet fortsetter, om med litt kommunikasjonsvansker som hun heldigvis klarer å glatte over, helt til det blir bursdagen hennes.

Hun får et papirkutt.

Jasper flyr på henne helt plutselig, Edward kaster henne inn i et glassbord, og så må alle dra.

Carlisle er vennlig nok til å slå over til norsk når han syr sammen armen hennes, kanskje på grunn av sist gang hun var pasienten hans. "Jasper har ikke vært på dietten vår så veldig lenge."

"Diett?" spør hun. Hun har da aldri sett Edward spise noe som helst. Hun var ikke sikker på hvordan Cullen-familien spiste, ærlig talt trodde hun de var hevet over slikt. Hun kunne sett for seg fotosyntese som et alternativ. Men mat? Dietter?

"Dyreblod istedenfor menneskeblod," klargjør Carlisle.

Hvafornoe?

Carlisle smiler såvidt. "Jaspers liv som vampyr fikk en brutal start."

...

Vampyr?!

Her har Bella gått glipp av noe.

Herregud og fy faen, hun har gått glipp av noe.

"Åja," er alt hun klarer å si, og er plutselig veldig ops på at hun sitter der med en blødende arm.

Og Carlisle.

Som er en vampyr.

I løpet av samtalen som følger gjør Bella en rekke oppdagelser.

Edward har vært en vampyr hele tiden, og han er en telepatisk vampyr. Og det har visst vært et tema om hun skulle bli vampyr eller ei, men av religiøse grunner vil han ikke det.

Hun får mer informasjon ut av Carlisle, og viste seg at Edward døde av spanskesyken.

"Jeg var under den oppfatning at Edward fortalte deg bakhistorien min?" spør Carlisle på et tidspunkt, og Bella må jo bare pent spørre om han kan gjenta seg.

Viser seg at fyren er nesten fire hundre år gammel.

Jaha.

Jahahaha jaa ha.

Dette var da litt å ta inn.

Hun vandrer ut av huset i sjokk, og legger knapt merke til at Edward oppfører seg litt rart i løpet av de neste dagene.

En dag henter han henne på skolen, og tar henne med bak huset.

Det passer vel bra.

Han er en vampyr, men han har aldri skadet henne. Han er uendelig vakker, kanskje lettere å elske nå som hun vet han ikke er en gud. Han er fortsatt hennes Edward.

De kan fortsatt være sammen.

Men nå som hun vet dette om han, så er det på tide at han vet noe om henne også.

Hun er nødt til å bli ærlig med ham.

Så når han åpner munnen, åpner hun munnen også, men hun kommer ikke lenger i setningen enn til "Edward-" før han gir seg utpå en lengre monolog.

Hun får vel vente til han er ferdig før hun sier sitt. Det blir pinlig, men det ser ikke ut til at han har tenkt å slutte å snakke uansett.

Og det han sier virker til å være alvorlig, så det er best å la ham snakke ferdig.

Edward fortsetter å prate, kysser henne til sist på hodet, og så forsvinner han.

Hvor ble det av fyren?

Litt usikker går Bella tilbake til huset. Hun får vel bare vente til han kommer tilbake.

Hun vet ikke hva hun skal tro når Charlie kommer tilbake og sier at Cullen-familien har reist.

Herregud.

Edward må ha funnet ut at hun ikke snakket engelsk.

Han hadde all rett til å dra - hun har jo holdt ham for narr!

Men det gjør det ikke mindre uholdbart.

Bella synker ned i sin depresjon, akkurat som i canon.

Hallusinasjonene begynner, som i canon, skjønt Hallusinward snakker gudskjelov norsk.

Vennskapet med Jacob (med ordbok i hånd) påbegynnes, igjen som i canon.

Klippehoppet skjer, og Alice dukker opp. Bella er ikke sikker på hva dette gjelder, men har blitt sterk nok i engelsk nå til å vite at noe dumt har skjedd og at Alice vil at de skal gjøre noe.

Hun er jo litt overrasket når hun havner på et fly til Italia, da.

Alice gir henne beskjed om "Run to Edward" og ok, det der skjønte hun faktisk.

Så hun redder Edward.

Etter det tas hun ned i kloakken, der det viser seg å bo flere dusin vampyrer.

Hun, Edward og Alice tas i mot i en slags hall, der en usedvanlig vampyr har veldig mye å si. Hun skjønner noe av det, i hvert fall det om "la tua cantate". Hun kan nemlig litt italiensk, så hun vet at nå snakker han om en sang.

Hun lurer veldig på hva samtaletemaet er.

På et tidspunkt tar han hånden hennes, og er veldig fascinert av den. Hun lurer på om han leser håndflater. Ikke særlig vampyraktig, men hva vet vel hun.

Han spør henne om noe.

"Yes," sier hun.

Har jo funka så langt.

Men når han lyser opp og klapper henne sammen, og Edward og Alice stirrer på henne i sjokk og bedrag, har hun en følelse av at hun sa noe veldig galt.

Men de to blir vist ut av rommet i løpet av kort tid, og Bella rekker ikke gjøre noe. Hun hører Edward skrike og smelle ute i gangen.

Dette lover ikke godt.

Fyren tar henne med ned i en kjeller som er enda dypere i dette kloakkpalasset, og hun får noen komfortable klær å skifte inn i.

Dette begynner å bli alvorlig skummelt.

Fyren lener seg mot henne - og hun feiger ut.

"Jeg snakker ikke engelsk!" piper hun ut. "Non habla ingles!"

Han stanser, og ser forvirret ut. "Que- Hva behager?" spør han etter et øyeblikk.

Hulkende forteller Bella hele historien, fra å ville unngå kleinhet på Forks videregående skole til å nå ende opp i Italia uten å vite hvorfor eller hva det er hun har sagt ja til.

Når hun er ferdig med å fortelle begynner fyren å le, av alle ting.

"Dette forklarer jo en hel del," ler han. "Men, kjære Bella, jeg er redd det ikke endrer noe."

Han forteller henne at hun visstnok sa ja til å tjene han og hans armé av udødelige krigere inn i evigheten.

Fyttirakkern.

"Du skal få slippe det, når du ikke visste hva du samtykket til - men skjebnen din forblir den samme. Loven er loven."

Etter et øyeblikks pause, der hun ser vettskremt ut, skynder han seg å legge til, "Vi har en lov. Du må bli en av oss."

En lov om at Bella Swan må bli vampyr?

Bella er rimelig tapt bak denne vogna, men det begynner å bli kleint å spørre fyren om absolutt alt. Så hun nikker.

Fyren gir henne et glimrende smil, og biter henne.

Når hun våkner opp tilbyr Aro henne språkkurs, og da blir det jo til at hun blir værende i Volterra.

Noen år senere bryter Edward seg inn i Volterra for å redde sin Rapunzel, og han kjenner henne nesten ikke igjen nå som hun er vampyr og prater hele tiden. HVA ER DET ARO HAR GJORT MED HENNE.

Bella kleiner ut av å innrømme at hun ikke snakket engelsk, og sier at hun ble hjernevaska.

Aro har det for gøy til å rette på henne, og dette starter dessverre en svært beklagelig rykteflom.

[cardest]

Tennessee playlist

I’m going to Memphis! This is the mighty Tennessee - Memphis & Nashville playlist. You can’t tell the story of rock n roll without mentioning Memphis. Mississippi and Nashville, such a great history of music in this region. Chuck D hits things off with the ultimate introduction. Hit play here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC1_X9nesbW37-9FNLiJWOQ1f

This playlist has it all. Soul, blues and rock n roll. We take a journey back to the beginning of country as well, with Nashville and finish up at Dollywood. Hope you dig it.

Tennessee - Mississippi - Arkansas

001 Henry Rollins & Chuck D - Rise Above 002 Clutch -  Devil & Me 003 Paul Simon - Graceland 004 Isaac Hayes - Memphis Trax 005 Scott Walker - Thats How I Got to Memphis 006 AC/DC - let there be rock 007 Johnny Cash -  Country Boy 008 Chuck Berry -  Back To Memphis 009 Jay Reatard - Gree, Money, Useless Children 010 Lukah - Black Dragon 011 King Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew 012 Rosetta Howard & the Harlem Hamfats - Delta Bound 013 Nots - In Glass 014 Pere Ubu - Memphis 015 Loretta Lynn - The Pill 016 Howlin Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin 017 Rory Gallagher - The Mississippi Sheiks 018 Crime and the City Solution - Streets Of West Memphis 019 River City Tanlines - Met You Before 020 Johnny Cash - Going To Memphis 021 Al Green - Get Back Baby 022 Kim Salmon & The Surrealists - The Zipper 023 Booker T & the MG - Melting Pot 024 Pussycat - Mississippi 025 Boswell Sisters - Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On 026 Aretha Franklin   - Muddy Water 027 The Cramps - Garbageman 028 HASH REDACTOR - Good Sense 029 Optic Sink - Personified 030 Angry Angles - Blockhead 031 Big Star - Thirteen 032 Memphis Jug Band -  Going Back to Memphis 033 North Mississippi AllStars - K.C. Jones (On The Road Again) 034 Bass Drum Of Death -  Bad Reputation 035 Today Is the Day -  The Devil's Blood 036 Walk the Line Soundtrack- Get Rhythm 037 Jack White -  Temporary Ground 038 Jerry Lee Lewis - A Damn Good Country Song 039 The Homemade Jamz Blues Band - Rumors 040 Saving Abel - Pine Mountain (The Dance of the Poor Proud Man) 041 The Oxford Circle - Foolish Woman 042 Bobbie Gentry - Greyhound Goin' Somewhere 043 Reigning Sound - A Little More Time 044 NINA SIMONE - MISSISSIPPI GODDAM! 045 Laurie Anderson - Hiawatha 046 Glen Campbell - Burning Bridges 047 Dolly Parton - Hillbilly Willy 048 Elvis Presley - Guitar Man 049 Blue Oyster Cult - Divine Wind 050 Sammy Hagar - Halfway To Memphis 051 Izzy Stradlin   - Memphis                       052 Johnny Cash -  Run Softly, Blue River 053 Iron Horse - Unchained 054 The Cramps - Human Fly 055 Faces - Memphis 056 Jack Oblivian - Rat City 057 The Cooters - Bustin' Loose 058 Mott the Hoople - All The Way From Memphis 059 Dusty Springfield -  Breakfast in Bed 060 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tupelo 061 Chicago - Blues In The Night             062 Crossin Dixon - Guitar Slinger 063 Strummin' With The Devil - And the Cradle Will Rock 064 Stray Cats -  Can't Go Back to Memphis 065 Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds 066 Suzi Quatro - Can't Trust Love 067 Lost Sounds - There's Nothing   068 Ike & Tina Turner ~ River Deep, Mountain High 069 Neil Diamond - Memphis Flyer 070 Julien Baker - hardline 071 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Memphis Soul Typecast 072 Isaac Hayes  - Groove-A-Thon 073 Otis Clay - Trying To Live My Life Without You 074 Tim McGraw - Don't Mention Memphis 075 Eric Burdon & War - Blues For Memphis Slim 076 Homemade Jamz Blues Band - Blues Train 077 Sweet Knives - I DON'T WANNA DIE 078 Cream - Four Until Late 079 Grateful Dead - Golden Road 080 Huey Lewis and the  NEWS - Function At The Junction 081 The Cramps - I Was A Teenage Werewolf 082 Jesse Winchester_ The Brand New Tennessee Waltz 083 Dorsey Burnette - Tall Oak Tree 084 Field Music - Time In Joy 085 Jay Reatard -  Blood Visions 086 The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women 087 Quintron & Miss Pussycat  - Block the comet 088 Al Green - Let's Stay Together 089 The Mountain Goats - Getting Into Knives 090 Johnny Cash -  Tennessee Flat Top Box 091 Robert Pete Williams & Robert “Guitar" J. Welch - Mississippi Heavy Water Blues 092 MARY JAMES - MAKE THE DEVIL LEAVE ME ALONE 093 Ministry - Mississippi Queen 094 U.S. Bombs - Rocks in Memphis 095 Nazareth - Jet Lag 096 The Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost 097 Ty Segall - Despoiler Of Cadaver 098 His Hero Is Gone - Like Weeds 099 Jerry Lee Lewis - Memphis Beat 100 Generation X =  King Rocker 101 The Doobie Brothers - Wild Ride 102 Bad Company - Whiskey Bottle 103 Black Stone Cherry - When The Weight Comes Down 104 Buddy Miles - Memphis Train 105 Memphis Slim - Rockin' The House (Beer Drinkin' Woman) 106 David Clayton Thomas  - Wish The World Would Come to Memphis 107 Lost Sounds - Better Than Somethings 108 Alice Cooper - Ubangi Stomp 109 Tom Waits -  Don't Go Into The Barn 110 Hank Snow - Music Makin' Mama From Memphis 111 Phil Ochs - Heres to the State of Misssippi 112 Reigning Sound  - Your Love Is A Fine Thing 113 Pixies -  Letter to Memphis 114 Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again 115 The Colorblind James Experience - Considering A Move To Memphis 116 B.B.King - Rock Me Baby 117 Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y 118 Aquarian Blood - A Love That Leads To War 119 Nights Like These - Scavenger's Daughter 120 Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog 121 Clutch -  The House That Peterbilt 122 Lyal Strickland - O Arkansas 123 Don Bryant - How Do I Get There 124 The Sensational Barnes Brothers - Trying To Go Home 125 Squirrel Nut Zippers - Memphis Exorcism 126 Faster Pussycat - Tattoo 127 The Rolling Stones - Memphis Tennessee 128 Alcatrazz -  Sons And Lovers 129 Evil Army - Violence And War 130 Deep Purple - Somebody Stole My Guitar (Purpendicular 11) 131 Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs 132 UFO - Natural Thing 133 Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys - Tennessee 134 Confederate Railroad - Queen of Memphis 135 The Box Tops - The Letter 136 Jerry Lee Lewis - Night Train To Memphis 137 Reverend John Wilkins - Trouble 138 Phil Lynott - Kings Call (feat. Mark Knopfler) 139 Old Crow Medicine Show - Motel in Memphis 140 Candy Lee- Here in Arkansas 141 Pharoah Sanders - You've Got To Have Freedom 142 Molly Hatchet - Mississippi Moon Dog 143 Rwake - Crooked Rivers 144 CARL PERKINS & PAUL SIMON - A Mile Out Of Memphis 145 Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood 146 Al Green - Talk to me 147 Mush - Eat the Etiquette 148 PJ Harvey - Memphis 149 EX-CULT  - Clinical Study 150 Isaac Hayes  - Mans Temptation 151 Lil’ Jon & Eastside Boyz - Rep Yo City 152 Rufus Wainwright - Memphis Skyline 153 Stray Cats - 18 Miles to Memphis 154 Amasa Hines - Earth and Sky 155 Joe Henderson -  Back Road 156 Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash - Memphis Woman 157 Norma Jean - Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste 158 Fess Parker - Ballad of Davy Crockett 159 Assjack -  Redneck Ride 160 Brother Andy & His Big Damn Mouth - Social Lube 161 The Replacements - Alex Chilton 162 Ann Peebles - The handwriting is on the wall 163 The Highwaymen -  Big River 164 The Cult - Memphis Hip Shake 165 STEVE EARLE -  Hillbilly Highway 166 The BO-KEYS featuring OTIS CLAY -Got To Get Back 167 Rush - Tom Sawyer 168 Class Of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming - Birth Of Rock And Roll 169 Hank Williams Jr - Memphis Belle 170 Sam Moore & Dave Prater - Soul Man 171 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bloc Bloc Bloc 172 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition  - Just Dropped In 173 Linda Heck - pictures of dead people 174 Carla Thomas - Sugar 175 Three Mafia 6 - Mystic Stylez 176 Osborne Brothers- Rocky Top 177 The Beverly Hillbillies Theme Song 178 Wilson Pickett - Barefootin' 179 Dolly Parton - Jolene 180 Charlie Daniels - long haired country boy 181 The Civil Wars - From This Valley 182 Jill Jack - Gettin' On In Memphis (The Elvis Song) 183 Huckleberry Finn and His Friends - Opening title 184 Dead Cross -  Skin of a Redneck 185 Johnny Cash - I Never Picked Cotton 186 Old Crow Medicine Show -  Wagon Wheel 187 Isaac Hayes  - That love feeling 188 Aretha Franklin - I say a little prayer 189 Little Milton - What Do You Do When You Love Somebody 190 Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful 191 Weird Al" Yankovic - Money For Nothing / Beverly Hillbillies 192 The Oblivians - I'll Be Gone 193 OT Sykes - Stone crush on you 194 The Mad Lads  - Come closer to me 195 The Box Tops - Choo Choo train 196 Bobby Blue Bland - dreamer 197 Wanda Jackson - Rip It Up 198 Junior Parker - Love Ain't Nothin' but a Business Goin' On 199 The Nightingales ft. Tommy Tate - Just a Little Overcome 200  The Louvin Brothers - Satan is real 201 Overture "Big River" - (1985 Original Broadway Cast) 202 Ike & Tina Turner - Shake 203 Playa Fly - fly shit 204 Adia Victoria - Different Kind Of Love 205 Grateful Dead - Tennessee Jed 206 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Backwoods 207 Otis Redding - Tennessee Waltz 208 Nashville Pussy - The Late Great USA 209 The Paperhead - The true poet 210 Tomahawk - South Paw 211 Night Beats - Her Cold Cold Heart 212 Forest of Tygers - human monster 213 LOSS - All Grows on Tears 214 Charlie McCoy - Wayfaring Stranger 215 Dick Stusso - Modern Music 216 Eddie Noack - Aint the Reaping Ever Done 217 Jason & the Scorchers - Greetings From Nashville   218 Jasmin Kaset and Quichenight - A Single Right Word 219  Gospel Keynotes - Give Me My Flowers 220   WEEN - Scrape the Mucus off My Brain 221 Shannon Shaw - Broke My Own 222 The Jesus Lizard - Blue Shot 223 Eddy Arnold    - Tennessee Stud 224 Clutch - Pure Rock Fury 225 Today Is The Day -  Who Is The Black Angel? 226 Hank Williams Jnr - Tennessee River 227 The Dead Weather -  Bone House 228  Every Mother's Nightmare - Long Haired Country Boy 229 Motley Crue - She goes down 230 Waylon Jennings - Tennessee 231 Dolly Parton - Down On Music Row 232 Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon - Lets Go Burn Ole Nashville Down 233 The Byrds - Nashville West 234 Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up 235 Bill Anderson ~ More Than A Bedroom Thing 236 Dottie West - Route 65 To Nashville 237 Intruder - The Martyr 238 Johnny Cash - Smiling Bill McCall 239 Lynard Skynyrd - Workin For MCA 240 The Everly Brothers  - Nashville Blues 241 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Elusive Dreams 242 Nashville Bluegrass Band - Im Gonna Love You 243 Ringo Starr - No-No Song 244 Hank Williams - Hey, Good Lookin' 245 The Lovin Spoonful - Nashville Cats 246 They Might Be Giants - James K. Polk 247 Commander Cody  -  Back To Tennessee 248 Wanda Jackson - Shakin' All Over 249 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Grand Ole Opry Song 250 Tomahawk - Flashback 251 Megadeth -  Dystopia 252 Dolly Parton -  Train, Train 253 The Clovers - One Mint Julep 254 Trampled By Turtles - Whiskey 255 Tom T. Hall - Nashville is a Groovy Little Town 256 Muddy Waters - I am the blues 257 Foo Fighters - Congregation 258 Pavement - Strings Of Nashville 259 Joe Ely - Tennessees Not The State Im In 260 Waylon Jennings - Nashville Bum 261 The Charmels - As Long As I Got You 262 Eve Maret - Do my thing 263 SABATON - 82nd All the Way 264 Halfway To Hazard - Welcome To Nashville 265 Nashville Pussy - Go Motherfucker Go 266 Indigo Girls - Nashville 267 Snarls - Walk In The Woods 268 Steeler - Cold Day in Hell 269 Strummin' With The Devil  - Jamies Cryin' 270 spazz gummo love theme 271 The Cramps - Cornfed Dames 272 Saxon -  Solid Ball Of Rock 273 Al Green - Tired of Being Alone 274 Soul Friction - It's Out Of My Hands 275 Today Is the Day - Wheelin' 276 Jackie Lynn - Odessa 277 The Jesus Lizard - Nub 278 Bully - Where To Start 279 Sonny Boy Williamson II - Lonesome Cabin 280 Tomahawk - God hates a coward 281 The Louvin Brothers - Knoxville Girl 282 Tom Waits - Jitterbug Boys 283 The Evil Dead Soundtrack  - Bridge Out 284 Wanda Jackson - Thunder On The Mountain 285 Elvis Presley - Where Do I Go From Here 286 Booker T & the MGs - Back Home 287 Ezra Furman & the Harpoons - American Highway 288 Joe Ely - dream camera 289 Assjack - Tennessee Driver 290 Nashville Pussy  - We Want A War 291 Dwight Yoakam - A Thousand Miles From Nowhere 292 Hank Williams, Jr. - Knoxville Courthouse Blues 293 ZZ Top - My Head's in Mississippi 294 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band -  Honky Tonkin' 295 Dead Weather - Die by the Drop 296 The Black Belles - What can I do 297 Dolly Parton  - Cowgirl And The Dandy 298 The Secret Sisters  - I've Got a Feeling 299 Justin Townes Earle - Aint Got No Money 300 Tomahawk - M.E.A.T 301 Jex Thoth - The Places You Walk 302 Bill Carter - Road To Nowhere 303 Bill Dees (Roy Orbison back vocals) - Tennesse Owns My Soul 304 Karen Elson  - The Ghost Who Walks 305 The Who - Whiskey Man 306 Hank Williams III - Crazed Country Rebel 307 The Lost Sounds - I Get Nervous 308 Big Star - September Gurls 309 ZZ Top - Whiskey n Mama 310 Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down 666 Isaac Hayes - Hyperbolicsyllablecsesquedalymistic

Hit play: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC1_X9nesbW37-9FNLiJWOQ1f

[hulkieswonderland]

the only Royal Family that matters 👑

[guardsbian]

so my lore storylines (not character specific... sort of) are

- my seekers storyline, I've posted the beginning of that but it's a lot more involved with my Whole Lair than it might seem. but I'll figure that out when I feel like it. this is my lair's main plot, there's so many characters involved with this it's wild

- Lovelight's storyline. ok so I know I didn't say character specific but this is really a general angels/demons plot. it just. happens to center on Lovelight's arc mostly. it's actually sort of a spin off of my main plot? it happens while the main plot is going on, there's like a specific convergence point where Lovelight kind of fucks off from my main plot to do her own thing

- the Sanctuary storyline. this is arguably also character specific and sort of started with the "our cathedral" thing? I started on the next part but. again I'll figure it out whenever. it's not really connected to the main plot but it does happen in my clan. so

- Prater's storyline. YES the scatterquest story is canon, it's not as involved as the other storylines but. listen a LOT of my characters are connected regardless of where they are, this is almost like the weird 'rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead' of my lore where, optimally, everyone reading knows what's going on, but no one in the story knows what's going on and is kind of just observing major things they don't understand. (this is because there's no determined end point, so it's a series of events, not arcs or a continual plot)

this is like the vaguest most disjointed description of my lore but like. everything is connected! everything. my lore does exist its just not written,,

[musiconanironingboard]

20 April 2022: Staying Out Late with Beat Rodeo, Beat Rodeo. (1985 US IRS edition of 1984 German Zensor release)

I wanted this item because my brother got me hot to trot for all things Steve Almaas after giving me Almaas’s 2021 solo album Everywhere You’ve Been for Christmas last year. His purchase of the Almaas album came after an out-of-nowhere revisiting of Beat Rodeo’s debut album, which he’d owned since it was new. This was the band that Minneapolis musician Almaas fronted after spending time in a variety of groups that I discuss on another post here about The Crackers, a one-off band that he fronted.

Proving that US record companies cannot resist fiddling with anything, the IRS label—once the premier US indie label—took Beat Rodeo’s debut, which originally came out in Germany the year prior, and turned it into something quite different than its original guise. The cover art is different, the track sequence is different, and the credits show a different line-up than is credited on the original version (that last part isn’t IRS’s fault; band line-ups do change). I’ve only heard the US version once, but I swear it is significantly remixed, and at times it almost seems like there’s been new bits added in. I need to hear the two versions back to back. 

Above are the front cover, hype sticker (this is a promo copy, so it’s directly on the jacket), and back cover. Note that the hype sticker says “Produced by Richard Gottehrer.” The original version of the album is produced by Don Dixon and Dan Amis. According to credits on the IRS version, Gottehrer only produced the two songs mentioned on the hype sticker, but he’s not mentioned at all on the German version, which does contain both songs, once again suggesting the fiddling about goes well beyond resequencing and new cover art. Whatever the case, by giving them their own hype sticker, IRS was obviously banking on the Gottehrer tinkerings to carry this album.

I always liked the clear inner sleeves used by IRS; before they did it, I’d never seen a clear sleeve like this used to advertise merchandise. Here’s a view of the whole thing, followed by some details of the ads.

I always just chalked it up to bohemian eccentricity that IRS offered posters of an Ed Colver photograph of a bunch of people’s motorcycle boots. Even IRS acknowledges it’s an odd thing, saying “Why is this for sale?” It wasn’t until much later in life that I learned Oki Dogs is the name of a Los Angeles hot-dog stand. Back in the mid-’80s I assumed it was some sort of motorcycle-gang reference.

Another oddity on IRS sleeves was a videotape by The Police. They weren’t on IRS! Those in the know are aware, though, that the label was started by Police drummer Stewart Copeland’s brother Miles, and IRS was distributed for a period of time by A&M Records, The Police’s label.

Next we have side one’s label. I remember vividly when IRS switched from silver-and-maroon labels to this bland brown design. I first saw it on R.E.M.’s Fables of the Reconstruction.

Having shown you the IRS version of the album, let me show some photos of the German original. My brother gave this to me at Christmas 2021 along with Almaas’s new solo album. Neither have appeared on this page before, because I got so behind on posting here that I skipped more than a year of purchases in order to get caught up on January 1 of the current year.

First are the front and back covers. IRS definitely wanted to tone down the cowpoke imagery of the Zensor original for a more moody, new-wave or even hard rock vibe.

Here is the inner sleeve. The other side is plain white. It’s a nice sleeve that has a built-in sort of poly liner. You see that only two members are pictured anywhere here; Almaas is the blonde fellow with the fiddle on the front cover, and Bill Schunk is the brunette with the guitar. Sidemen here are Allan Greller on bass and Peter Moser on drums. By the time the group was signed to IRS, Dan Prater was in the group on bass and Mike Osborn was the drummer. The new members are pictured on the IRS cover even though they don’t play on it (unless, of course, there were new recordings incorporated, which again I have not been able to determine).

Here is the label. This might appear to be the standard Zensor label at first glance, but that little lizard design appears elsewhere on the jacket as part of the album design.

One last note: this album doesn’t seem to be able to decide what it wants to be called or if the band needs a “The.” Here are all of the variations.

Zensor front cover: Staying Out Late w/The Beat Rodeo

Zensor spine: Staying Out Late       The Beat Rodeo

Zensor label: Staying out late          Beat Rodeo

IRS front cover: Staying Out Late With Beat Rodeo

IRS spine: Staying Out Late With Beat Rodeo

IRS label: Staying Out Late With...Beat Rodeo