#Anna x Norah

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Kissy doodles

[willwillywilliam]

English/Inglés

Now with the confirmation that Anna is going to be Persephone's esper, I'm a bit disappointed.

It's not just that its design doesn't convince me like Persefone. But, personally, I thought Anna was going to be the esper for the muse of art.

After showing his relationship with Norah, and seeing that she would be the esper of the muse (in general), and seeing how Norah related to music, while Anna complemented her with art. I had my strong hopes that Norah would end up being the esper for the muse of music, and Anna for the muse of art.

Not only would it have been a deeper way to complement the two lovers, it would have been the exploitation of an extremely interesting concept.

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Español/Spanish

Ahora con la confirmación de que Anna va a ser el esper de Persefone, estoy un tanto decepcionado.

No solo es que su diseño no me termine de convencer como Persefone. Pero, personalmente, pensé que Anna iba a ser la esper de la musa del arte.

Luego de mostrar su relación con Norah, y ver que ella sería el esper de la musa (a secas), y viendo como Norah se relacionaba con la música, mientras que Anna la complementaba con el arte. Tenía mis fuertes esperanzas de que Norah terminaría siendo el esper de la musa de la música, y Anna de la musa del arte.

No solo habría sido una forma más profunda de complementar a las dos amantes, habría sido el aprovechamiento de un concepto sumamente interesante.

[bluegecko98]

The Kiss

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Norah & Anna; Dislyte

My favorite sapphic duo 💕

[just-animaxiz]

Personal ship hc: While I’m proud Persephone’s esper is Lesbian and I do love Norah/Anna, I ship Hyde with Narmer. Both are the original Esper Seven, they are both in their old man ages, and they scream sunny/cloudy dynamic.

Lesbian, let’s gooooo

[ranan-culus]

SEA AND SONG

Dislyte - Norah | Muses [] Anna | Persephone

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[soracities]

I feel like books are sort of seasonal sometimes, what books do you read in autumn/winter? I need suggestions/inspiration. Thank you

this is quite late so i’m very sorry for this! i don’t have very distinct ‘seasons’ when i read; the lines tend to blur year by year and what i find seasonal sometimes has very little to do with the content. 

that said, i like softly melancholic, reflective books in and around autumn time: etel adnan’s paris when it’s naked, saadi youssef’s nostalgia, my enemy, or w.g. sebald’s the rings of saturn. there’s also ocean vuong’s on earth we’re briefly gorgeous, jan kochanowski’s laments, autumn by ali smith, spill simmer falter wither by sara baume (i did not like this book but it’s a dislike that has absolutely zero reasoning and that i can’t even understand, so it’s being included because of all the reasons i know i should have liked it), yu xuanji’s the clouds float north, anna kamienska’s a nest of quiet and in that great river: a notebook, or confabulations by john berger, may sarton’s  journal of a solitude, rilke’s letters to a young poet, hermann hesse’s demian and steppenwolf, the poetry of czeslaw milosz. and keats, too, of course.

as for winter, there’s a list of some winter reads here, but usually it depends on what i’m looking for. dark and delicious is one mood–for this: mary shelley’s frankenstein or stoker’s dracula. see also: angela carter, edgar allen poe, daphne du maurier, carmen maria machado or kelly link or catherynne m. valente.

or turbulent, moody, smoky: wuthering heights by emily bronte, the thirteenth tale by diane setterfield, beowulf (trans. seamus heaney), macbeth (of course)

for deep, simmering interiority–t.s. eliot’s the wasteland and other poems–or one bordering on the claustrophobic, as in jean rhys, or norah lange’s the people in the room, sarah kane’s plays or eimear mcbride’s a girl is a half-formed thing, ralph ellison’s invisible man.

or simply something big and/or immersive and thoughtful: my current read this year is traveller of the century by andres neuman, but there’s also: if on a winter’s night, a traveller by italo calvino, suite francaise by irene nemirovsky, the master and margarita by mikhail bulgakov, second-hand time by svetlana alexievich (this feels to me like a ‘border’ read: can do winter or autumn, the same goes for joseph brodsky’s watermark, the same for antonio porchia’s voices) .

while we’re on the immersive: more or less most things by dostoevsky. try also marina tsvetaeva’s bride of ice, vladimir mayakovsky, vera pavlova, alexander blok, or pushkin (i love his collected stories) 

or for something cool and restrained, language that rings clear as a bell: vasko popa, ingeborg bachmann, inger christensen, stig dagerman, anne carson, sylvia plath also strikes me as a distinctly ‘winter’ voice.

i hope you find something here that is to your liking, and apologies again for the delay x

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19th Annual Bryan Awards - The Technical Categories

Winners will be announced on the Weekend of September 13-15.  Nominations were announced on July 18, 2019.

Picture Editing:

(Comedy) Barry (HBO) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime) Mom (CBS)

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Will & Grace (NBC) (Drama) Better Call Saul (AMC) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) House of Cards (Netflix) Ozark (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC) (Daytime) The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Days of Our Lives (NBC) General Hospital (ABC) The Young and the Restless (CBS) (Reality) The Amazing Race (CBS) Intervention (A&E) Naked and Afraid (Discovery) Project Runway (Lifetime) RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) Survivor (CBS) (Limited Series/Movie/Special) Chernobyl (HBO) Escape from Dannemora (Showtime) Fosse/Verdon (F/X) Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce (Netflix) Sharp Objects (HBO) When They See Us (Netflix) Cinematography (Series) Better Call Saul (AMC) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Fight (CBS All-Access) Succession (HBO) This Is Us (NBC) The Walking Dead (AMC) (Limited Series/Movie/Special) Black Mirror - Bandersnatch (Netflix) Chernobyl (HBO) Deadwood the Movie (HBO) Fosse/Verdon (F/X) Homecoming: A Film By Beyonce (Netflix) A Very English Scandal (Amazon Prime)

 Technical Direction: (Daytime/Live/Variety) The 61st Annual Grammy Awards (CBS) Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons (ABC) The Oscars (ABC) Rent Live (Fox) The 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (HBO) Saturday Night Live (NBC) The Young and the Restless (CBS) Art Direction/Production Design (Comedy) At Home With Amy Sedaris (Tru TV) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Black Monday (Showtime)

Drunk History (Comedy Central) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime) Saturday Night Live (NBC) (Drama) Game of Thrones (HBO) Gentleman Jack (HBO) The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) Outlander (Starz) Succession (HBO) This Is Us (NBC) (Daytime/Live Program) The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Days of Our Lives (NBC) General Hospital (ABC) Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons (ABC) The Oscars (ABC) Rent Live (Fox) The Young and the Restless (CBS) (Limited Series/Movie/Special) Chernobyl (HBO) Deadwood the Movie (HBO) Fosse/Verdon (F/X) Maniac (Netflix) My Dinner with Herve (HBO) A Very English Scandal (Amazon Prime) Hair and Makeup: (Daytime/Live/Variety) Days of Our Lives (NBC) Drunk History (Comedy Central) Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons (ABC) Saturday Night Live (NBC) Tracey Ullman’s Show (HBO) The Young and the Restless (CBS) (Comedy/Drama Series) Fear the Walking Dead (AMC) Game of Thrones (HBO) GLOW (Netflix) The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) Pose (F/X) The Walking Dead (AMC) (Limited Series/Movie) The Act (Hulu) Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (Netflix) Deadwood the Movie (HBO) Escape from Dannemora (Showtime) Fosse/Verdon (F/X) My Dinner with Herve (HBO)

 Costumes: (Daytime/Variety/Live) The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Days of Our Lives (NBC) Drunk History (Comedy Central) General Hospital (ABC) Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons (ABC) Saturday Night Live (NBC) The Young and the Restless (CBS) (Comedy/Drama Series) Game of Thrones (HBO) GLOW (Netflix) The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) Outlander (Starz) Pose (F/X) This Is Us (NBC) (Limited Series/Movie) Catch-22 (Hulu) Deadwood the Movie (HBO) Fosse/Verdon (F/X) Maniac (Netflix) My Dinner with Herve (HBO) When They See Us (Netflix) Sound Mixing (Comedy) Barry (HBO) The Kominsky Method (Netflix) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime) Modern Family (ABC) Saturday Night Live (NBC) Veep (HBO) (Drama) American Horror Story: Apocalypse (F/X) Better Call Saul (AMC) Game of Thrones (HBO) Pose (F/X) Succession (HBO) This Is Us (NBC) (Daytime) The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Days of Our Lives (NBC) General Hospital (ABC) The Young and the Restless (CBS) (Reality) The Amazing Race (CBS) American Idol (ABC) The Masked Singer (Fox) RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) Survivor (CBS) The Voice (NBC) (Limited Series/Movie/Special) Black Mirror - Bandersnatch (Netflix) Chernobyl (HBO) Deadwood the Movie (HBO) Escape from Dannemora (Showtime) Fosse/Verdon (F/X) Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce (Netflix) Sound Editing (Primetime Series) American Horror Story: Apocalypse (F/X) Better Call Saul (AMC) Game of Thrones (HBO) Outlander (Starz) Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All-Access) The Walking Dead (AMC) (Daytime) The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Days of Our Lives (NBC) General Hospital (ABC) The Young and the Restless (CBS) (Limited Series/Movie/Special) Chernobyl (HBO) Deadwood the Movie (HBO) Escape from Dannemora (Showtime) Fosse/Verdon (F/X) I Am The Night (TNT) When They See Us (Netflix) (Reality) The Amazing Race (CBS) Intervention (A&E) Naked and Afraid (Discovery) Survivor (CBS) Top Chef (Food Network) The Voice (NBC) Music Achievement: (Daytime) Carmen Sandiego (Netflix) Days of Our Lives (NBC) General Hospital (ABC) The Young and the Restless (CBS) (Primetime) Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW) Game of Thrones (HBO) I Am the Night (TNT) Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Netflix) Succession (HBO) A Very English Scandal (Amazon Prime) Yellowstone (Paramount Network) Main Title Design: The Cool Kids (Fox) Fosse/Verdon (F/X) Gentleman Jack (HBO) Pose (F/X) Whiskey Cavalier (ABC) Casting Director: (Comedy) Barry (HBO) GLOW (Netflix) Kidding (Showtime) The Kominsky Method (Netflix) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime) Veep (HBO) (Drama) American Horror Story: Apocalypse (F/X) Game of Thrones (HBO) Homecoming (Amazon) Pose (F/X) Succession (HBO) This Is Us (NBC) (Daytime) The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Days of Our Lives (NBC) General Hospital (ABC) The Young and the Restless (CBS) (Reality) The Amazing Race (CBS) The Bachelor (ABC) Project Runway (Lifetime) RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) Survivor (CBS) The Voice (NBC) (Limited Series/Movie/Special) Catch-22 (Hulu) Chernobyl (HBO) Escape from Dannemora (Showtime) Fosse/Verdon (F/X) Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons (ABC) When They See Us (Netflix) Screen Couple/Duo: (Comedy) Johnny Galecki & Jim Parsons/Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory, CBS) Anthony Anderson & Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish, ABC) Ilana Glazer & Abbi Jacobson (Broad City, Comedy Central) Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie, Netflix) Julie Bowen & Ty Burrell (Modern Family, ABC) Allison Janney & Anna Faris (Mom, CBS) (Drama) Kit Harington & Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones, HBO) Lena Headey & Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones, HBO) Caitriona Balfe & Sam Heughan (Outlander, Starz) Sterling K. Brown & Susan Kelechi Watson (This Is Us, NBC) Milo Ventimiglia & Michael Angarano (This Is Us, NBC) Lauren Cohan & Scott Foley (Whiskey Cavalier, ABC) (Daytime) Scott Clifton and either Jacqueline McInnes-Wood or Annika Noelle (The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS) Gayle King, Norah O’Donnell, & John Dickerson (CBS This Morning, CBS) Chandler Massey & Freddie Smith (Days of Our Lives, NBC) Marci Miller/Kate Mansi and either Tyler Christopher or Billy Flynn (Days of Our Lives, NBC) Jon Lindstrom and either Maura West, Genie Francis, or himself (General Hospital, ABC) Hoda Kotb and either Savannah Guthrie or Kathie Lee Gifford (Today, NBC) (Limited Series/Movie) Joey King and Patricia Arquette (The Act, Hulu) Patricia Arquette and either Benicio Del Toro or Paul Dano (Escape from Dannemora, Showtime) Michelle Williams & Sam Rockwell (Fosse/Verdon, F/X) Emma Stone & Jonah Hill (Maniac, Netflix) Jamie Dornan & Peter Dinklage (My Dinner With Herve, HBO) Hugh Grant & Ben Whishaw (A Very English Scandal, Amazon Prime)

 Choreography: Dancing With the Stars (ABC) Fosse/Verdon (F/X) Rent Live (Fox) So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) Visual Effects: American Horror Story: Apocalypse (F/X) Game of Thrones (HBO) Marvel’s Luke Cage (Netflix) Marvel’s The Punisher (Netflix) Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All-Access) The Walking Dead (AMC) Stunt Coordination: Game of Thrones (HBO) GLOW (HBO) Marvel’s Daredevil (Netflix) Marvel’s Luke Cage (Netflix) Marvel’s The Punisher (Netflix) Marvel’s Runaways (Netflix) Reality Show Judges: America’s Got Talent (NBC) American Idol (ABC) Dancing With The Stars (ABC) The Masked Singer (Fox) The Voice (NBC) The World’s Best (CBS) Most Missed Series: Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN; 2013-2018) The Big Bang Theory (CBS; 2007-2019) Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW; 2015-2019) Game of Thrones (HBO; 2011-2019) House of Cards (Netflix; 2013-2018) Veep (HBO; 2012-2019)

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Carmen

Georges Bizet. Opéra comique in four acts. 1874.

Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, after the novel by Prosper Mérimée.

First performance by the Paris Opéra-Comique at the Salle Favart on 3rd March 1875.

Act 3 Scene V Micaëla  Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante, https://www.naxos.com/education/opera_libretti.asp?char=ALL&composer=Bizet&opera=Carmen&libretto_file=Act_3_Scene_V.htm

Bizet -  Carmen               Synopsis                                          Introduction                                        Act 1 Scene I                                        Act 1 Scene II                                        Act 1 Scene III                                        Act 1 Scene IV                                        Act 1 Scene V                                        Act 1 Scene VI                                        Act 1 Scene VII                                        Act 1 Scene VIII                                        Act 1 Scene  IX                                        Act 1 Scene  X                                        Act 1 Scene  XI                                        Act 2 Scene I                                        Act 2 Scene II                                        Act 2 Scene III                                        Act 2 Scene IV                                        Act 2 Scene V                                        Act 3 Scene I                                        Act 3 Scene II                                        Act 3 Scene III                                        Act 3 Scene IV                                        Act 3 Scene V                                        Act 3 Scene VI                                        Act 4 Scene I                                        Act 4 Scene II

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BWQVW2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2TLEAEUHMVXH9&psc=1

Product Description Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Caterina Antonacci bring rare erotic intensity to the drama of Don José and Carmen in this darkly passionate reading of one of the most popular operas. Kaufmann uses his burnished tenor and smouldering good looks to portray the man undone by Carmen's love. As the object of his desire, Antonacci gives a physical and compelling performance.

Amazon.com This Covent Garden production of Bizet’s Carmen, makes a vivid musical and dramatic impression. Director Francesca Zambello creates a properly Spanish atmosphere, filling the stage with a profusion of detailed characters. In Act One’s town square each of the many soldiers, strollers, cigarette factory girls, and children are individuals, so there’s a bustle of continuous, realistic activity. That attention to detail carries over to the rest of the opera, involving viewers in the action. Tanya McCallin’s sets are a perfect foil for the direction: simple, movable panels that serve as lightly sketched backdrops for the town square, a tavern, the smugglers’ mountain hideaway, and the final scene in front of the bull ring. But what makes this Carmen special is the singing and acting of the principals. Carmen is Anna Caterina Antonacci, a soprano known for the intensity she brings to her performances. Without taking anything to excess, her Carmen is a fiery temptress, sexy, insistent on setting her own terms for love and personal freedom. She sings all the set pieces well and, with tenor Jonas Kaufmann as her besotted lover, Don José, makes the final scene a hair-raising experience. If anything, Kaufmann trumps her with a beautifully sung, rounded portrait of the village boy turned soldier ensnared in a world beyond his experience. Kaufmann conveys the complexity of the character and etches his slow descent into obsessive madness. His rendition of the Flower Song is extraordinary for beauty of tone, phrasing and the soft singing essential to make this aria’s full impact. The toreador, Escamilio, is finely sung and acted by Ildebrando D’Arcangelo. He makes his entrance on horseback, sings the Toreador Song with brash arrogance, and projects this haughty, self-absorbed figure to perfection. And Norah Amsellem, as the village girl who loves Don José, uses her attractive soprano to depict her purity and innocence. Smaller roles are well done, with special mention due to bass Matthew Rose as Zuniga, the lieutenant of the guard. The vibrant conducting of Antonio Pappano is a big plus here; pacing is perfect, rhythms vibrantly precise, and melodies shaped with care. Under his baton, the Royal Opera House chorus and orchestra complete a rich, well-detailed performance of Bizet’s masterpiece. Lighting designs of Paule Constable add to the atmosphere of each scene, while television director Jonathan Haswell’s cameras always seem to be where they should be. --Dan Davis

Carmen is an all-regions disc in 16:9 ratio. Sound options include PCM Stereo and DTS 5.1 Surrdound. Sung in French, subtitles include English, French, German, Spanish and Chinese.

Actors ‏ : ‎ Anna Caterina Antonacci, Jonas Kaufmann, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Norah Amsellem, Antonio Pappano Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ English, Italian Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Spanish, German, English, French, Chinese Language ‏ : ‎ Italian (DTS 5.1), English (DTS 5.1), French (DTS 5.1), Italian (PCM), English (PCM Stereo), French (PCM Stereo)

Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 32 minutes

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https://youtu.be/iAqGdUDRwtc

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ZICO X IU - SOULMATE

[6.86]

And now, a duet we enjoy a bit better...

Thomas Inskeep: Zico's one of my favorite figures in K-pop and K-hip hop, a smart rapper who can also sing, as he proves on "SoulMate," a lovely, retro-ish midtempo duet with IU. It's based around some looped acoustic guitar but doesn't sound remotely Mayer- or Mraz-esque; it spotlights a surprising muted trumpet, too. This verges on Norah Jones territory, or Norah Jones territory if she weren't so somnambulant. There's a spring in the step of "SoulMate," and a real musical cleverness as well. [8]

Alfred Soto: Muted trumped solo? Bass run? Rap? Falsetto. They'll do anything to keep each other excited. By anyone else "SoulMate" would sound frantic; in Zico x IU's they're testing their limits. [7]

Pedro João Santos: Teasing guitar arpeggios, a decorative trumpet, sporadic piano and soft percussion make up this warm, jazz-lite R&B-pop record, which is at its most enveloping in the first minute, when all the elements are getting in formation. IU's mellifluous voice bleeds perfectly into the scenery, but Zico's flow might be an acquired taste I can't quite claim, at least in its awkwardly frantic, Eminem-lite speed -- I can't fault him, though, for that delightful hook. Whereas the vocal dynamics of "SoulMate" are its strong suit, I find its compositional simplicity and cradling sounds more debatable, rendering it for me as adorable, but insubstantial. Still: take that, Justin Timberlake. [6]

Iain Mew: The casual jam feeling they're going for is a little forced with the extent of the background noises and everything -- you can try to make it sound like the trumpeters just happened to be wandering past outside, but it's not convincing. Partly that's because when they're in their stride, with Zico confidently switching up modes and IU hitting the usual sweet spot, they sound that bit too good to be so offhand. [6]

Joshua Minsoo Kim: A lazy Sunday afternoon cuddle session, the kind where soaking in someone else's presence and warmth accumulates into an unspoken appreciation for lasting unity. There's a disconnect between Zico's overworked rapping and the general coffeeshop atmosphere on display, but it points to how sustaining something so perceptibly cozy can only come after putting in the effort. At times, the instrumentation is too unnatural in its lackadaisical presentation, but it all subtly posits something that the lyrics can't do on their own: love can make you feel so unfathomably content, but it's the work you and your partner put into it that makes it feel so sweet. [6]

Anna Suiter: IU might be more easily thought of as sweet, but Zico has proven to be more than capable of producing and performing sweeter songs too. This song wobbles a little bit on whether it's sweet or not, since the presentation certainly makes it seem that way. The lyrics are a little stranger at points, though, if you choose to read into them too much. But even if you, the listener, can't leave the environment this song creates, it doesn't seem like that's a bad thing. [7]

Ryo Miyauchi: The soft coffee-shop jazz is the precise mid-point of both billed artists, and the duet itself delights with an adorable cheesiness expected from a pair of bright young lovers, fully absorbed into their own romance. Zico's rap in particular stylizes the track with a sense cool without taking away from the fluff and sincerity: every other line is a dorky gesture, but he doesn't care how foolish any of it sounds. It's one blissfully sunny love song that's blind to any potential pitfalls. With hope so bright from both parties, such a naive perspective is actually enviable. [8]

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[reshramlove1ob]

hello hello~~

pls dump anna/norah lore on me 🙏🙏

i read some of their story on the wiki, and i really want to know ALL about them because i’m in love with them

(of course, you don’t have to if you don’t want to ☺️☺️☺️, have a good day~~)

Of course hon!!

I'm gonna put it under the cut, to make sure it doesn't clog up my blog or anyone else's dashboard, also due to sea of song spoilers, ovbi ❣️

Also trigger warnings, death n stuff

Also! If dislyte devs ever decide to add Sea of Song into the event backtrack, you should really check it out, it's really something else to read it yourself!

So! Norah lived in Estero Harbor, and was a very lonely girl, her loneliness only becoming worse when she lost her hearing to a water accident. Her only source of joy was from music. She was too shy to share it, and now, she couldn't hardly hear it.

So Norah played it alone. Until one day, a girl with white hair came up to her and told her how beautiful her music was. This girl was Anna, who was from a different city and visiting for the summer. Anna loved to paint. She was very good at painting. But she was born colorblind. She couldn't truly see all of what she had painted.

But Norah could. Norah could see the beauty that Anna created, and Anna could hear the beauty Norah created. Their "friendship" bloomed through the summer, becoming best friends. (I'm gonna interject here, the story claims they're just best friends, but just the way they interact is just love. The devs probably couldn't say "lovers" or "lesbians" because of Chinese censorship. Anyways, if you do ever get around to reading it, you can make your own interpretation, I just thought I should mention it)

Eventually, summer ended. Anna went home, but she and Norah still kept in contact and Norah still had Anna's paintings for her.

The next summer came: the summer of 2014. Anna's boat was on the way. Norah had been working on a special song just for Anna.

And then suddenly, a miracle rose from the debths.

While everyone else ran, Norah ran towards the water. She couldn't lose her best and only friend.

But she did. The miracle had killed her. She was gone. No matter what Norah tried, she couldn't find Anna again. No call or text ever got through to her. So she became bitter and lonely, hiding Anna's art and the song away.

There's more BUT I just noticed Im gonna be late for something so I'm so sorry I only got their backstory!! Hope this helped you!!!

[comeofage1]

A to Z Book Rec Tag

Thank you to the lovely @that-quirky-girl for tagging me, she recognises the book weakness in me. These books are all linked on goodreads, where I have an account, linked HERE.

# - #Junkie and #Rev by Cambria Hebert 

A - Adorkable by Sarra Manning

Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersen 

Adulting 101 by Lisa Henry 

Alan Partridge: Nomad by Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) 

The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith 

All the Single Ladies by Jane Costello 

And Call me in the Morning by Willa Okati 

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins 

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake 

Austenland by Shannon Hale 

B - The Backup Boyfriend by River Jaymes

Beauty by Robin McKinley 

The Best Corpse for the Job by Charlie Cochrane

Between Ghosts by Garrett Leigh 

Big Mouth, Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates

Blame it on the Mistletoe by Eli Easton 

Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton 

Bone Gap by Laura Ruby 

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne 

Breakfast at Tiffanys by Truman Capote 

Breathe by Sloane Parker 

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh 

Bridesmaids by Jane Costello 

Brighton Rock by Graham Green 

C - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell 

Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan 

The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jessica Rothenburg 

Caught! by JL Merrow 

Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles 

Chance to be King by Sue Brown 

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 

The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher 

The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

Cinder by Marissa Meyer 

Clear Water by Amy Lane  

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein 

Cold War by Keira Andrews 

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black 

Collide by Riley Hart 

The Color Purple by Alice Walker 

Corkscrewed by MJ O’Shea 

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo 

Crossroads by Riley Hart 

The Crucible by Arthur Miller 

Crush by Richard Siken 

D - The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black 

Dash & Lily’s book of Dares by Rachel Cohn 

Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney 

Devoted by Sierra Riley 

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness 

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy 

E - Eclipsed by Dominic Holland 

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine 

Emma - Jane Austen 

Epic Fail - Claire LaZebnik 

The Epic Love Story of Doug and Stephen by Valerie Z Lewis 

Every Move he Makes by Barbara Elsborg 

Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande 

F - Fairest by Gail Carson Levine 

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by JK Rowling 

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 

The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien 

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk 

Filthy Little Secret by Devon McCormack 

Fish Out Of Water by Amy Lane

Fish Stick Fridays by Rhys Ford 

Flash Burnout by LK Madigan

Flawless by Lara Chapman 

Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman 

From What I Remember by Stacy Kramer 

The Future of Us by Jay Asher 

G - Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah : 

Girl on the Run by Jane Costello

Glass Tidings by Amy Jo Cousins

Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian

Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

H - Harry Potter by JK Rowling

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey

The Heart of Texas by RJ Scott

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Helping Hand by Jay Northcote

A Hero at the End of the World by Erin Claiborne

Him by Sarina Bowen

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien 

Holly Lane by Toni Blake

Hostile Ground by LA Witt

Hot Head by Damon Suede 

Hottie Scotty and Mr Porter by R Cooper

How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by JC Lillis

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

A Hunted Man by Jaime Reese

Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson

Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

I - I Love the 80s by Megan Crane

If Only in My Dreams by Keira Andrews

Illegal Contact by Santino Hassell

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Inseparable by Chris Scully

An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley

J - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

 Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

K - A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn

Know Not Why by Hannah Johnson

L - Law of Attraction by Jay Northcote

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles

Liam Davis & The Raven by Anyta Sunday

Light from the Dark by Mercy Celeste

Lima Oscar Victor Echo and the Truth about Everything by Suki Fleet

The Little Book of Vegan Poems by Benjamin Zephaniah 

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

M - Mark Cooper versus America by Lisa Henry

Mark of Cain by Kate Sherwood

Me and Mr Darcy by Alexandra Potter

Merry Christmas Mr Miggles by Eli Easton

Midwinter Night’s Dream by Eli Easton

More than This by Patrick Ness

Motel. Pool. by Kim Fielding 

Mrs Warren’s Profession by Bernard George Shaw

My Love Lies Bleeding by Alyxandra Harvey 

My Single Friend by Jane Costello

N - The Nearly-weds by Jane Costello 

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman 

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn 

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

The Nothingness of Ben by Brad Boney

Noticed Me Yet? by Anyta Sunday

Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

Off Base by Annabeth Albert

Open Tackle by LC Chase

Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron

P - Passing Through by Jay Northcote

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Peter Pan by JM Barrie

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

Pressure Head by JL Merrow

Pride and Modern Prejudice by AJ Michaels 

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Private Eye by SE Culpepper

Promised Land by Adam Reynolds

Promises by Marie Sexton

Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

Q - The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

R - Rattlesnake by Kim Fielding

Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Rock Solid by Riley Hart

Roughing the Passer by Alison Hendricks

S - The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Shiny by Amy Lane

Shrinking Violet by Danielle Joseph

Shut your Face, Anthony Pace by Claire Davis

Silent by Sara Alva

Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Skellig by David Almond

Skin Deep by Laura Jarratt

Slam! by JL Merrow

The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman

Sock it to me, Santa! by Madison Parker

Someday by Sierra Riley

Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake

Spencer Cohen by NR Walker

Splintered by SJD Peterson

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Starter for Ten by David Nicholls

Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel

Stay With Me by SE Harmon

Strong Side by Alison Hendricks

Sugar Creek by Toni Blake

Superhero by Eli Easton

T - The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

The Time of Our Lives by Jane Costello

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Tonight by Karen Stivali

Turkey in the Snow by Amy Lane

The Two Gentlemen of Altona by Lisa Henry

U - Unwrapping Hank by Eli Easton

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

V - The Vintners Luck by Elizabeth Knox

W - Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

The Walls of Troy by LA Witt

The Waste Land and Other Poems by TS Eliot

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

We were Feminists Once by Andi Zeisler

A Weekend With Mr Darcy by Victoria Connelly

Where he ends and I Begin by C Cardeno

Where the Lovelight Gleams by Kiera Andrews

Whiskey Business by Avon Gale

The Wish List by Jane Costello

Wonder by RJ Palacio

X - X-It by Jane George

Y - Y: The Last Man by Brian K Vaughan

You Against Me by Jenny Downham

Z - Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville

[savetopnow]

2018-04-06 04 MUSIC now

MUSIC

Brooklyn Vegan

Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart playing Museum of Natural History

Megan Mullally's band Nancy & Beth touring, playing Cafe Carlyle residency

Summerfest 2018 lineup (Arcade Fire, Flaming Lips, Pixies, Janelle Monae, more)

Amadou & Mariam touring around Bonnaroo

Martin Courtney playing Cafe Carlyle residency before Real Estate tour

Consquence of Sound

ASAP Rocky unveils trippy new “ASAP Forever” video: Watch

Steven Spielberg intends to adapt Stephen King’s The Talisman

Little Boots breaks down her new EP, Burn, Track by Track: Stream

Rae Sremmurd team up with Pharrell on “Chanel”: Stream

Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen shares new solo single “Deerslayer”: Stream

Fact Magazine

Fourth World pioneer Jon Hassell to release first new album in nine years, Listening To Pictures

7 must-hear mixes from March 2018: “Folk club” hybrids and 24 hours of Gqom Oh!

TAL releases beta version of new modular soft synth, TAL-Mod

Goth pioneer and Christian Death frontman Rozz Williams subject of new documentary

MUTEK.SF adds Moritz von Oswald, Matias Aguayo, Aux88 and more to lineup

Fluxblog

Talk About The Findings

Hohner Eko Taktron Arp

One Two Let Me Go

Shower Me In Symphonies

Fifth-Dimensional Views

Idolator

Kesha Contributes “I Need A Woman To Love” To LGBTQ Wedding Album

Bring The Action: Will.i.am & Britney Spears Lose Legal Battle Over “Scream & Shout”

Now, Now Drops Eerie “AZ” Video, Announces US Tour Dates

Kim Petras To Perform At LA Pride Festival On June 9

Sabrina Claudio & Khalid Team Up For Sultry Single “Don’t Let Me Down”

Listen to This

noiserv -- onze [ambient] (2018)

Here Lies Man -- Fighting [Psych Rock/Afrobeat](2018) x-post r/indieheads

Visitor - Disseminate [Electronic Body Music/Industrial/Techno](2018)

LissA - Zimt (Delamare Remix) [ambient / electronic] (2016)

Importer/Exporter - Layin' Low [Indie Rock/Bedroom Pop/Post-Rock](2015)

Popjustice

New Music Good Friday: Post Precious! Dragonette! CHVRCHES!

NONONO’s new one is v excellent and here’s the video

New Music Friday: all hail Let’s Eat Grandma’s miniature pop symphony

Paloma Faith’s branded content is better than your branded content

Saluting the artwork for PRETTYMUCH’s Healthy

Reddit Music

Norah Jones - Black Hole Sun [Jazz reprise] Chris Cornell Tribute. Just beautiful.

Soggy Bottom Boys - "I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow" [Classic Country] Scene from the film O Brother Where Art Thou?

Layne Staley died 16 years ago today.

Jazz Mino - Warriors [Pop]

Arctic Monkeys announce new album "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino"

Rolling Stone

Watch David Guetta Play Evil Emperor in New 'Flames' Video With Sia

Jared Leto on New Thirty Seconds to Mars LP, Perils of Touring

Hear Rae Sremmurd, Pharrell Team on New Trap Song, 'Chanel'

See Frances Bean Cobain Tease First Original Song

Review: 'Johnny Cash: Forever Words' Honors Country Hero's Unused Writing

Slipped Disc

Dallas Opera names new boss

Just in: Woman conductor to lead Nobel ceremony

Leipzig shock: Lupu cancels

Cuba symphony cancels tour because Trump stints visas

Watch Anna Netrebko sleepwalk in Verdi’s Macbeth

Spotify Blog

The Weeknd Drops Two New Music Videos Only on Spotify

Taylor Swift’s New Delicate Video Only on Spotify

Spotify Expands Secret Genius With the Launch of Studios

Spotify and Genius Team Up to Launch Déjà Vu Podcast, Hosted by Stereo Williams

Spotify Celebrates Black History Year-Round with Launch of Black History Is Happening Now

We Are the Music Makers

Music PR company gets blasted for scamming artists. An awesome read about how artists get taken for a ride.

Cubase orchestral template problem

What percentage of popular music is original music?

For those using MIDI Chorders to write Synth/Piano progressions, what do you do to make them sound more human?

Nice set, man • r/gifs

[berryallen]

i was tagged by @nctiscalum thank u lov

A - Age: 22 B - Biggest fear: not finding a stable job  C - Current time: 2:05 AM D - Drink you last had: water E - Every day starts with:  checking my social medias on phone F - Favorite song:  anything from lapsey or syml G - Ghosts, are they real:  dude i dont play with that crap  H - Hometown:  Agoura Hills. California I - In love with:  no one HAHAHAHA AHAHAnAH J - Jealous of:  nothing K - Killed someone: in dreams????? L - Last time you cried: lmfao like a couple hrs ago im a loser M - Middle name: danielle N - Number of siblings: one O - One wish:  to have a puppy P - Person you last texted: my loser friend anna bahha Q - Questions you’re always asked: “are you half black?” R - Reasons to smile: music, movies, my dogs, norah B) S - Song last sang: youll be back hamilton  T - Time you woke up: around 12??? U - Underwear color: black V- Vacation destination: france W - Worst habit: forgetting X - X-rays you’ve had: stomach, back, face, and chest Y - Your favorite food: mexicannn Z - Zodiac sign: capricorn

i’ll tag :anyone

[theliterateape]

My Grandmother’s Death Presents a Journalistic Regret and a Literary Goldmine

By David Himmel

When my grandmother, Joyce Himmel, died on May 11, it marked the end of a very long era. She was just two-and-a-half weeks shy of turning ninety-five. She wasn’t sick, really. A near perfect picture of health and resilience for the better part of a century, in the final minutes of the fourth quarter, her heart just wore out. It was quick and peaceful. Hard to complain about. She had a long and happy and thrilling life.

I could say more, so much more, but this isn’t about Nonny as much as its about her book club.

✶

Now that Nonny’s gone, the time is here to clean out the house she lived in for fifty-three years. It was much simpler when Poppy died ten years ago. Other than one less person at the dinner table and all the emotional heartache that comes with that, there wasn’t much to sort out. Nonny was still here. The house remained intact. There was only a light looting of Poppy’s clothes, watches, ties, cuff links, and three-foot high stacks of 8.5” x 11” yellow note pads. I’ve only just last month had to purchase a note pad. Even in death, my grandfather was mindful of how I spent my money.

But now, there’s an empty house full of memories and trinkets and furniture and spices and Nonny’s book club notebook.

It’s a small, black notebook, about six by nine inches with removable lined pages. Nonny, an incredible student all through college (a Northwestern alumna) who never used a calculator and later became a librarian, was a remarkable notetaker. The notebook has every book read typed out along with the author, the date of the book club meeting, and the book club member who presented it to the group. The first entry is “12/4   Cal Solomon– ‘Silver Nutmeg’   Norah Lofts.” The year was 1947. The final entry was in December 2016. It reads “12/7   ‘The Green Hills of Africa’    Hemmingway  -J. Krengel.”

Do the math. That’s seventy years. Seventy years of monthly meetings and what the last leader of the group called in the Letter of Dissolution “avid participation.” This book club of my grandmother’s may well have been the longest active book club in America. At least one of them, right? Membership changed, sure. Women moved or died or left because sometimes people don’t get along, but I do believe a majority of the founders remained involved until that very last Hemmingway book in December 2016.

And therein lies my journalistic regret. Why didn’t I write about this book club and these women? Surely some newspaper or magazine would be interested to hear the story of these women and the books they chose throughout seven decades of American history and friendship and baked goods and gossip and coffee and families. If not publication, certainly I would have liked to know the story — stories.

I can’t know what she thought of it then or how her opinion of it may have changed over the years. But I can know what words were going through her head at that time.

I knew Nonny was in a book club. She would sometimes tell me about it — the books read or some small bit of gossip — didn’t I never thought to ask her why she chose the books she did. Why did she choose Plath’s The Bell Jar in July of 1972? Or what about Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in January 1964? In March of 1960, with her eldest child still two years from entering high school, she chose The American High School Today by James B. Conant. I can assume why that book was of interest to her. But there’s so much more to know. And now I’ll never know it.

I could talk to the few remaining women. I could talk to the kids who survive the dead ones. But I’ll never know the real truth with the real grit of why. And because of that, I failed as a journalist. I realize, I’m not much of one at all. There was a story under my big nose the whole time and I ignored it or couldn’t see it. Shame on me.

And shame on me for not asking Nonny more questions.

But here’s how I take Nonny’s guiding life principle to take what happens to me and make it good for me rather than stew in a pile of my own steamy make. I have Nonny’s book club notebook. I have approximately 700 book recommendations from a gaggle of women who were picking books off the shelves through what I think are America’s most exciting times — for good and ill.

I probably won’t read all of them. But I may well take a stab at reading all of the books Joyce Himmel brought to the meetings. And there are a few classics others brought to the table that I haven’t read yet. In March 1947, Joyce was two months shy of turning twenty-three. She wasn’t even a mother yet. She had only been married year and three weeks when Edith Stein brought Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina to book club. I assume my twenty-two-year-old grandmother read it. 

I can’t know what she thought of it then or how her opinion of it may have changed over the years. But I can know what words were going through her head at that time.

With this notebook, I have access to a time machine that allows me to share the stories Nonny consumed. And in that way, her book club may still live. It’s only one member strong, and that member is a forty-year-old man, but hey, it’s something.

It’s also a reminder not to overlook a potentially great story some newspaper or magazine will underpay me to write.