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toonabby · 11 months ago

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One day before Christmas...

As we only have a few hours left before Christmas, imma just gonna make a list of games/anime/cartoons/companies/people/whatever that turned 5/10/15/20/etc. this year that I skipped out (partially due to me quitting Twitter/X after July ended):

(Updated to add more examples)

1958 and earlier

(1923) Walt Disney, a multimedia conglomerate known for the creation of Mickey Mouse and the Disney Channel and its (infamous) buyouts of other million dollar companies, turned 100 on October 16, 2023.

(1948) Toei Animation, a Japanese animation studio known for series like Dragon Ball, One Piece, Digimon, Pretty Cure, Sailor Moon, and more, turned 75 on January 23, 2023, literally 11 months ago.

(1953) Taito, a Japanese toy, arcade and video game company known for the Space Invaders and Bubble Bobble series', turned 20 on August 24, 2023.

(1958) Veteran Los Angeles-based voice actor/director Tony Oliver (the titular Lupin III; Lancer from Fate/stay night; Rick Hunter from Robotech), turned 65 on May 12, 2023.

1963

Late rapper Coolio, known for his hit single Gangsta's Paradise, posthumously turned 60 on August 1, 2023.

LA-based voice actor Dino Andrade (Gelbin Mekkatorque and Millhouse Manastorm from World of Warcraft; Zuzu from Zuzubaland; York from Ba Da Bean) turned 60 on September 16, 2023.

Dan Povenmire, creator of Phineas and Ferb, Milo Murphy's Law and Hamster & Gretel as well as being the voice of Dr. Doofenshmirtz from the former show, turned 60 on September 18, 2023.

1968

Tezuka Productions, the namesake company its late founder Osamu Tezuka known for producing the anime adaptations of Tezuka's works, turned 55 on January 23, 2023.

Hollywood actor Will Smith (his namesake from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; Oscar from Sharks Tale) turned 55 on September 25, 2023.

Australian actor Hugh Jackman (James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine from the X-Men film series) turned 55 on October 12, 2023.

Long-running British series Doctor Who turned 60 on November 23, 2023.

1973

Schoolhouse Rock! turned 50 on January 6, 1973.

Kamen Rider V3, the second series in the Kamen Rider franchise, turned 50 on February 17, 2023.

Hudson Soft, the now-defunct subsidiary to Konami known for producing the Bomberman series, turned 50 on May 18, 2023.

Houston-based voice actress and Sentai Filmworks regular Hilary Haag (Satsuki Miyanoshita from Ghost Stories; Nene Romanova from Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040; Teletha Testarossa from Full Metal Panic; Lingyin "Rin" Huang from Infinite Stratos; Yui from Angel Beats!; Seth Nightroad from Trinity Blood; Rebecca Miyamoto from Pani Poni Dash!; Rosette Chrstopher from Chrono Crusade) turned 50 on December 3, 2023.

1978

Koei, the precusor to Koei Tecmo known for producing a series of games such as Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors, Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive, turned 45 on July 25, 2023.

1983

Kagaku Sentai Dynaman, the seventh series in the Super Sentai franchise, turned 40 on February 5, 2023.

Mario Bros., the precursor to Super Mario Bros., turned 40 at an unspecified date in 2023.

Famicom, Nintendo's first home console and the NES' occidental counterpart/predecessor, turned 40 on July 15, 2023.

SG-1000, Sega's very first but region-exclusive home console, turned 40 on July 15, 2023, the same day as the Famicon.

The 1980 version of Inspector Gadget turned 40 on September 5, 2023.

LA-based voice actress Laila Berzins (Xiao from Genshin Impact; Demeter and Persephone from Hades; Mrs. Croaker from Amphibia; Milluki Zoldyck from Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission) turned 40 on October 4, 2023.

The anime adaptation of Captain Tsubasa turned 40 on October 13, 2023.

Texas-based voice actress Elizabeth Maxwell (Ymir from Attack on Titan; Albedo from Overlord; Winter Schnee from RWBY; Nikki from Camp Camp; Urbosa and Riju from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom; Rosaria from Genshin Impact; Natasha from Honkai: Star Rail; Ashmedia from Trillion: God of Destruction; Shino Kiryuu from Girlfriend, Girlfriend) turned 40 on October 13, 2023.

1988

Choujyu Sentai Liveman, the twelfth series in the Super Sentai franchise, turned 35 on February 27, 2023.

LA-based voice actor Aleks Le (Luke from Street Fighter 6; Zenitsu Agatsuma from Demon Slayer; Kazuya Kinishita from Rent-A-Girlfriend; Thorfinn Thordarson from Vinland Saga [Netflix dub]; Sundae from Zuzubaland) turned 35 on March 12, 2023.

Arc System Works, the creator of several fighting game franchises like Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and Granblue Fantasy Versus, turned 35 on May 12, 2023.

LA-based voice actress Lauren Landa (Kyoko Sakura from Puella Magi Madoka Magica; Litchi-Faye Ling from BlazBlue; Annie Leonhart from Attack on Titan; Michiru Kaioh/Sailor Neptune from Sailor Moon [Viz dub]; Merlin from The Seven Deadly Sins; Mio Naruse from The Testament of Sister New Devil; Kasumi from Dead or Alive) turned 35 on June 9, 2023.

Dallas-based voice actor Mark Allen Jr. (Youta Narukami from The Day I Became a God; Hiiragi Seiichi from The Fruit of Evolution; Ukyo Saionji from Dr. Stone; Evan Spencer from Genesis Avalon: Patroit; Rankichi Umeda from Tribe Nine; Benjamin Pavard from Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst) turned 35 on June 18, 2023.

Garfield and Friends, the second animated adaptation of Garfield, turned 35 on September 17, 2023

The Sega Mega Drive, Sega's third home console and the occidental counterpart/predecessor to the Sega Genesis', turned 35 on October 4, 2023.

Kamen Rider Black RX, the sequel to Kamen Rider Black and the ninth series in the Kamen Rider franchise, turned 35 on October 23, 2023.

1993

Dallas-based voice actor Ben Balmaceda (Neku from The World Ends with You: The Animation; Kaveh from Genshin Impact; Jirou Yakuin from More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers; Radiou from Aharen-san wa Hakarenai) turned 30 on January 14, 2023.

Sydney-based voice actress Aimee Smith (Milia Basset from Freedom Planet; Freya from Mobile Legends: Bang Bang; Margo from Hands Up; Bonnie, Jeanne, and Izanami from Dislyte) turned 30 on January 25, 2023.

Gosei Sentai Dairanger, the seventeenth series in the Super Sentai franchise and the second series to be adapted to Power Rangers, turned 30 on February 19, 2023.

Charlotte-based voice actor Nicholas Andrew Louie (Nagi Umini from A Couple of Cuckoos; June Hase from Fire in His Fingerprints) turned 30 on April 3, 2023.

Kamen Rider ZO, the second film in the Kamen Rider franchise, turned 30 on April 17, 2023.

LA-based voice actor Michael Malconian (Niru from AFK Arena: Just Esperia Things; Geo Yaksha and Hayato from Genshin Impact; Caboose from Red Vs Blue; Forseti and Helcurt from Mobile Legends: Adventures) turned 30 on June 18, 2023.

Japanese voice actress Kaori Ishihara (Aladdin from Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic; Madoka Kyouno from Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne; Hitomi Tsukishiro from Iroduku: The World in Colors; Tiese Schtrinen from Sword Art Online: Alicization; Luna Elegant from Demon Lord, Retry!; Kanna Tanigawa from Waiting in the Summer; Shouta Magatsuchi from Miss Kobayashi Dragon Maid; Ram/White Sister from Hyperdimension Neptunia; Welsh Cocott from Mugen Souls) turned 30 on August 6, 2023.

Texas-based voice actor Jonah Scott (Legoshi from Beastars; Aiden Cadwell from Dying Light 2 Stay Human; Sniper Mask from High-Rise Invasion; Kojiro Nanjo from Sk8 the Infinity; Tatsu from The Way of the Househusband; Courier from Akudama Drive) turns 30 on September 8, 2023.

Rocko's Modern Life turned 30 on September 18, 2023.

Sonic SatAM, the first Sonic cartoon, turned 30 on September 18, 2023.

3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Panasonic's first and only video game console, turned 30 on October 4, 2023.

New York-based voice actor Tom Schalks (Jake from Sims Settlements 2; Gordon from My Friendly Neighborhood; Charles and Rictor from Hannahpocalypse; Snap Wexley, Red Leader, and Senator Colandus from Star Wars Audio Comics) turned 30 on October 11, 2023.

Japanese voice actor Kaito Ishikawa (Tenya Iida from My Hero Academia; Genos from One Punch Man; Nero from Devil May Cry; Naofumi Iwatani from The Rising of the Shield Hero; Shinhou Kimizuki from Seraph of the End; Sakuta Azusagawa from Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai; Naruzo Machio from How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?; Junichiro Kubota from Tomo-chan Is a Girl!) turned 30 on October 13, 2023.

Atari Jaguar, Atari's final video game console before departing from the console wars and later going under, turned 30 on November 23, 2023.

The Moxy Show, the first original Cartoon Network cartoon, turned 30 on November 26, 2023.

Long-running Christian 3D animated series VeggieTales turned 30 on December 21, 2023, literally three days ago.

1998

LA-based voice actress Ryan Bartley (Ram from Re;Zero; Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion [Netflix dub]; Sage from Sonic Frontiers; Yuna from Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale; Misa Kurobane and Yusa Nishimori from Charlotte; Pompompurin from Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures; Nitroplus from Megadimension Neptunia VII; Bouquet from Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online) turned 25 on February 3, 2023.

Japanese voice actress Sayumi Suzushiro (Nijika Ijichi from Boochi the Rock!; Uruka Takemoto from We Never Learn; Kei Shirogane from Kaguya-sama: Love is War; Wise from Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?; Maho/Grey Sister from Neptunia: Sisters vs Sisters; Kirara from Genshin Impact) turned 25 on February 4, 2023.

Power Rangers in Space, the seventh series in the Power Rangers franchise, turned 25 on February 6, 2023.

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman, the twenty-second series in the Super Sentai franchise and the seventh series to be adapted to Power Rangers, turned 25 on February 22, 2023.

Toronto-based voice actress Dallis MacKenzie (Jormugand and Stheno from Legend of Alma: idel RPG; Marsha Mello from Kindi Kids; Athena and Akasha from Mythic Girls) turned 25 on June 9, 2023.

LA-based voice actress Olivia Vidas (Nemona from Pokemon: Paldean Winds; Larissa from The Marching Pride of Cadence High) turned 25 on July 25, 2023.

Noddy, otherwise known as The Noddy Shop or Noddy in Toyland, turned 25 on September 7, 2023.

Manilla-based voice actress Vanille Velasquez (Neon from Valorant; Zeri from League of Legends; Jelly from Jelly, Ben, and Pongo; Kokeko from Lil Wild; Clover Stryder from Final Melody) turned 25 on September 27, 2023.

The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald, a VHS-exclusive animated miniseries based on the 90's McDonalds ads, turned 25 on October 9, 2023.

2003

Kamen Rider 555, the thirteenth series in the Kamen Rider franchise, turned 20 on January 26, 2023.

LA-based voice actress Vera Tan (Maur from Paella; Gwyneth from AFK Arena: Just Esperia Things; Maria from Well; Laura from TNSSA: The Visual Novel) turned 20 on January 27, 2023.

Power Rangers Ninja Storm, the eleventh series in the Power Rangers franchise, turned 20 on February 15, 2023.

Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger, the twenty-seventh in the Super Sentai franchise and the twelfth series to be adapted to Power Rangers, turned 20 on February 16, 2023.

NIS America, an American division of Nippon Ichi Software, turned 20 today on December 24, 2023.

2008

Kamen Rider Kiva, the eighteenth series in the Kamen Rider franchise, turned 15 on January 27, 2023.

Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!, the sequel to Yes! Pretty Cure 5 and the fifth series in the Pretty Cure franchise, turned 15 on February 3, 2023.

The Mr. Men Show, the fourth animated adaptation of the Mr. Men books, turned 15 on February 4, 2023.

Ni Hao, Kai-Lan, a childhood of mine, turned 15 on February 7, 2023.

Engine Sentai Go-onger, the thirty-second series in the Super Sentai franchise and the seventh series to be adapted to Power Rangers, turned 15 on February 17, 2023.

The anime adaptation of To Love Ru turned 15 on April 4, 2023.

Playhouse Disney short series Can You Teach My Alligator Manners? turned 15 on June 21, 2023.

Martha Speaks and Sid the Science Kid turned 15 on September 1, 2023.

The anime adaptation of Toradora! turned 15 on October 2, 2023.

The Secret Saturdays turned 15 on October 3, 2023.

The anime adaptation of A Certain Magical Index turned 15 on October 4, 2023.

Kid vs. Kat turned 15 on October 15, 2023.

The anime adaptation of Hells Angels, titled Hells, turned 15 on October 18, 2023.

Toot & Puddle turned 15 on November 16, 2023.

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, the first installment to the BlazBlue franchise, turned 15 on November 19, 2023.

The Dinky Crow Show turned 15 on November 23, 2023.

The Penguins of Madagascar TV series turned 15 on November 28, 2023.

Nickelodeon's second Anthology series Random! Cartoons turned 15 on December 6, 2023.

2013

Monster Monpiece, the first game to the Genkai Tokki series, turned 10 on January 24, 2023.

Power Rangers Megaforce, the twentieth series in the Power Rangers franchise, turned 10 on February 2, 2023.

DokiDoki! Pretty Cure, the tenth series in the Pretty Cure franchise, turned 10 on February 3, 2023.

Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, the thirty-seventh series in the Super Sentai franchise and the twenty-second series to be adapted to Power Rangers, turned 10 on February 17, 2023.

Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God, known as Sei Madou Monogatari in Japan and based on the original Madou Monogatari game, turned 10 on March 28, 2023.

Mugen Souls Z, the sequel to 2012's Mugen Souls, turned 10 on April 25, 2023.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Producing Perfection, the first spin-off title in the Neptunia series, turned 10 on June 20, 2023.

Idea Factory International, an American division of Idea Factory, turned 10 on September 30, 2023.

Kamen Rider Gaim, the twenty-fourth series in the Kamen Rider franchise, turned 10 on October 6, 2023.

PBS Kids rebranded itself 10 years ago on October 7.

Peg + Cat, which premiered alongside the aforementioned rebrand, turned 10 on October 7, 2023.

The anime adaptation of Non Non Biyori turned 10 on October 8, 2023.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1, a remake to the first Hyperdimension Neptunia game, turned 10 on October 31, 2023.

Rick and Morty, the longest-running adult cartoon on [adult swim], turned 10 on December 2, 2023.

2018

The anime adaptation of Laid-Back Camp turned 5 on January 4, 2023.

Darling in the Franxx turned 5 on January 13, 2023.

Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel, the twenty-fifth series in the Power Rangers franchise and the sequel season to Ninja Steel, turned 5 on January 27, 2023.

Hugtto! Pretty Cure, the fifteenth series in the Pretty Cure franchise, turned 5 on February 4, 2023.

Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger, the forty-second series in the Super Sentai franchise, turned 5 on February 11, 2023.

Furiki Wheels turned 5 on July 2, 2023.

Transformers Cyberverse turned 5 on Spetember 1, 2023.

Kamen Rider Zi-O, the twenty-ninth series in the Kamen Rider franchise, turned 5 on September 2, 2023.

Hilda, an animated adaptation of the comic of the same name, turned 5 on September 21, 2023.

Zombie Land Saga turned 5 on October 4, 2023.

44 Cats turned 5 on November 12, 2023.

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, a reboot of She-Ra: Princess of Power, turned 5 on November 13, 2023.

Let's Go Luna turned 5 on November 21, 2023.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the first installment in SAP's Spider-Verse film series, turned 5 on December 14, 2023.

Bakugan: Battle Planet, a reboot of Bakugan: Battle Brawlers, turned 5 on December 23, 2023.

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snailmusic · 1 year ago

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@solariscress and i have created something beautiful

the ultimate ken polycule graph

featuring 100 kens, compiled by solariscress

kenlist under the cut

Original Ken (1961)

Bendable Legs Ken (1965)

Talking Ken (1969)

New Good Lookin’ Ken (1970)

Live Action Ken (1971)

Sunset Malibu Ken (1971)

Walk Lively Ken (1972)

Busy Ken (1972)

Mod Hair Ken (1973)

Sun Valley Ken (1974)

Gold Medal Skier Ken (1975)

Free Moving Ken (1975)

Now Look Ken (1976)

Superstar Ken (1977)

Hawaiian Ken (1978)

Sun Lovin Malibu Ken (1979)

Western Ken (1980)

Fashion Jeans Ken (1981)

Sunsational Malibu Ken (1982)

Sun Gold Malibu Ken (1983)

Hawaiian Ken (1983)

Dream Date Ken (1984)

Day to Night Ken (1984)

Dreamglow Ken (1985)

Tropical Ken (1985)

Hot Rockin’ Fun Ken (1986)

Perfume Giving Ken (1987)

Island Fun Ken (1987)

Jewel Secrets Ken (1987)

My First Ken (1988)

Ice Capades Ken (1989)

Wedding Day Ken (1990)

Rollerblade Ken (1991)

Totally Hair Ken (1992)

Earring Magic Ken (1992)

Hollywood Hair Ken (1992)

Secret Hearts Ken (1992)

Locket Surprise Ken (1993)

Vintage Camp Ken (1993)

Butterfly Princess Ken (1994)

Weight Liftin’ Fun Ken (1995)

Sparkle Beach Ken (1995)

Splash n’ Color (1996)

Pearl Beach Ken (1997)

Totally Cool Ken (1997)

Dr. Ken (1998)

Florida Vacation (1988)

Shave n’ Style Ken (1999)

Vintage Florida Ken (1999)

Harley Davidson Ken (1999)

Surf City Ken (2000)

Prince Eric Ken (2001)

Magic Jewel Ken (2001)

Prince Stefen Ken (2001)

Rio de Janeiro Ken (2002)

Ken Surf Boy (2002)

Skate Date Ken (2002)

Route 66 University Ken (2003)

Prince Daniel Ken (2003)

Cali Girl Ken (2003)

King Dominick Ken (2004)

Superman Returns Ken (2005)

Beach Fun Ken Rooted Hair (2005)

Beach Glam Ken (2006)

Dream Groom Ken (2006)

Prince Antonio Ken (2007)

Diamond Castle Twin Musician Ken (2008)

Camping Family Ken (2009)

A Fashion Fairytale Ken (2009)

Sugar Daddy Palm Beach Ken (2010)

She Said Yes Ken (2010)

Toy Story Ken (2010)

Fairy Secret Ken (2011)

Dreamhouse Ken (2012)

Princess and Popstar Ken (2012)

Fairy Tale Wedding Ken (2012)

Texas ATM Ken (2012)

On the Prowl Ken (2013)

Barbie in the Pink Shoes Ken (2013)

Spy Squad Inventor Ken (2015)

Ken Fashionista #13 (2016)

Moschino Ken (2016)

Super Stripes Ken (2017)

Mermaid Man Ken Dreamtopia (2018)

Ken Fashionista #115 (2019)

60th Anniversary Ken (2020)

Adventure Prince Ken (2020)

Malibu Blond Ken (2020)

Ken Fashionista #183 (2021)

Signature Looks Ken #9 (2021)

Dia de Muertos Ken (2022)

Ryan Gosling Ken (2023)

Ncuti Gatwa Ken (2023)

Simu Liu Ken (2023)

Kinsley Ben-Adir Ken (2023)

Ramzan Miah Ken (2023)

Scott Evans Ken (2023)

John Cena Ken (2023)

Christ Taylor Ken (2023)

David Munmei Ken (2023)

this is definitely canon

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justforbooks · 7 months ago

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Born a photographer March 29, 1944. Abbas Attar was an Iranian transplanted to Paris. He dedicated himself to documenting the political and social life of societies in conflict. In a career that spanned six decades, he covered wars and revolutions in Biafra, Bangladesh, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, the Middle East, Chile, Cuba, and South Africa during apartheid. He also documented life in Mexico over several years, and pursued a lifelong interest in religion and its intersection with society.

From 1978 to 1980, Abbas photographed the revolution in Iran, to which he returned in 1997 after seventeen years of voluntary exile. His book Iran Diary 1971-2002 is a critical interpretation of Iranian history, photographed and written as a private journal.

During his years of exile Abbas traveled constantly. Between 1983 and 1986 he journeyed through Mexico, attempting to photograph a country as a novelist might write about it. The resulting exhibition and book, Return to Mexico: Journeys Beyond the Mask, helped define his photographic aesthetic.

From 1987 to 1994, he focused on the growth of Islamism throughout the world. Allah O Akbar: A Journey Through Militant Islam, the subsequent book and exhibition, spanning twenty-nine countries and four continents, attracted special attention after the 9/11 attacks by Islamic jihadists. A later book, Faces of Christianity: A Photographic Journey (2000), and touring show, explored Christianity as a political, ritual and spiritual phenomenon.

Abbas’s concern with religion led him in 2000 to begin a project on animism, in which he sought to discover why non-rational ritual had re-emerged in a world increasingly defined by science and technology. He abandoned this undertaking in 2002, on the first anniversary of 9/11, to start a new long-term project about the clash of religions, defined as a culture rather than faith, which he believed are turning into political ideologies and therefore one of the sources of the strategic struggles of the contemporary world.

From 2008 to 2010 Abbas travelled the world of Buddhism, photographing with the same skeptical eye. In 2013, he concluded a similar long-term project on Hinduism.

Most recently before his death, Abbas was working on documenting Judaism around the world.

A member of Sipa from 1971 to 1973, then of Gamma from 1974 to 1980, Abbas joined Magnum Photos in 1981 and became a member in 1985.

On Wednesday April 25, 2018 the Iranian photographer Abbas Attar known simply as Abbas, died in Paris, aged 74.

According to Abbas, in a 2017 interview with Magnum, there are two photographic methods: “One is writing with light,” he said, “and the other is drawing with light.” While he viewed other Magnum photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson as adherents of the latter, the former was the foundation of Abbas’ practice. In lieu of placing his focus on single moments in time, he looked at his photographs as interlinked elements of a greater whole. In this sense, Abbas was a storyteller, and his images were pages of tales on celluloid, which were no less arresting when viewed (or rather, read) in isolation.

In the same interview, Abbas noted that it was a 1968 trip to New Orleans that made him understand the importance of what he called “sequencing”, or creating a narrative thread through a series of images. Examples of this can be seen in Abbas’s book Return to Mexico: Journey Beyond the Mask (1992), a document of his travels through the country in the 1980s.

His books aside, Abbas’ work has been the subject of exhibitions in galleries and museums around the world, including the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, the National Museum of Singapore, Galerie FNAC and the Magnum Gallery in Paris, and the Grey Art Gallery at New York University.

“It is with immense sadness that we lose him,” Dworzak said. “May the gods and angels of all the world’s major religions he photographed so passionately be there for him.”

Daily inspiration. Discover more photos at Just for Books…?

#just for books #Abbas Attar #Portrait

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yestolerancepro · 7 days ago

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Happy Halloween from the Tolerance project-Halloween Special The Michael Myers Saga

Part 1 Halloween 1978

Introduction

Hello there and welcome to a revised edition of a blog I wrote about the Halloween Franchise for ease of reading I have split the blog into 2 parts .

The first part deals with the making of the original Halloween film in 1978 as well a the unique 1980 television version the remake from 2007 and the reboot from 2018

Part 2 will deal with the various spin offs and reboots

45 years of Halloween (1978)

This year marks 45 years since the release of the first Halloween film was released in 1978 this first article from people magazine where actress Jamie lee Curtis credits the filn with starting her acting career to read the article click here Jamie Lee Curtis Marks 'Halloween' 45th Anniversary with Touching Tribute (people.com)

This 2nd article highlights the best bits of Halloween 1978 to read it click here thanks to the coming soon website Halloween at 45: The Best Parts of John Carpenter's Slasher Classic (comingsoon.net)

Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis (in her film debut), with P. J. Soles and Nancy Loomis in supporting roles. Set mostly in the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois, the plot centres on a mental patient, Michael Myers, who was committed to a sanitarium for murdering his teenage sister on Halloween night when he was a child. Fifteen years later, having escaped and returned to his home town, he stalks teenage babysitter Laurie Strode and her friends while under pursuit by his psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis.

Filming took place in Southern California in May 1978. The film premièred in October, whereupon it grossed $70 million, becoming one of the most profitable independent films of all time. Primarily praised for Carpenter's direction and score, many critics credit the film as the first in a long line of slasher films inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and Bob Clark's Black Christmas (1974)

To watch the original trailer for Psycho (1960 click here (2) Psycho (1960) Theatrical Trailer - Alfred Hitchcock Movie - YouTube and a trailer for Bob Clarks Black Christmas click here (2) Black Christmas (1974) - Official Trailer (HD) - YouTube

It is considered one of the greatest and most influential horror films ever made. In 2006, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Halloween spawned a film franchise comprising thirteen films which helped construct an extensive backstory for its antagonist Michael Myers, sometimes narratively diverging entirely from previous instalments.

The Screenrant film website recently published this article on the preferred order you should watch all the Halloween films in read it by clicking here Watch All 13 Halloween Movies In This Order (screenrant.com)

Concept.

After viewing Carpenter's film Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) at the Milan Film Festival, independent film producer Irwin Yablans and financier Moustapha Akkad sought out Carpenter to direct a film for them about a psychotic killer that stalked babysitters.

To learn more about Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) click here (12) What Happened To Assault On Precinct 13? - YouTube

In an interview with Fangoria magazine, Yablans stated: "I was thinking what would make sense in the horror genre, and what I wanted to do was make a picture that had the same impact as The Exorcist."Carpenter agreed to direct the film contingent on his having full creative control , for his work, which included writing, directing, and scoring the film. He and his then-girlfriend Debra Hill began drafting the story of Halloween.

There is an urban myth that the film at one point was supposed to be called The Babysitter Murders but Yablans has since debunked this stating that it was always intended to be called (and take place on) Halloween.Carpenter said of the basic concept: "Halloween night. It has never been the theme in a film. My idea was to do an old haunted house film.

Creating a memorable villain and that famous mask

In devising the backstory for the film's villain, Michael Myers, Carpenter drew on "haunted house" folklore that exists in many small American communities: "Most small towns have a kind of haunted house story of one kind or another," he stated. "At least that's what teenagers believe. There's always a house down the lane that somebody was killed in, or that somebody went crazy in." Carpenter's inspiration for the "evil" that Michael embodied came from a visit he had taken during college to a psychiatric institution in Kentucky.There, he visited a ward with his psychology classmates where "the most serious, mentally ill patients" were held.

Among those patients was an adolescent boy, who possessed a blank, "schizophrenic stare." Carpenter's experience inspired the characterization that Loomis gave of Michael to Sheriff Brackett in the film. Debra Hill has stated the scene where Michael kills the Wallaces' German Shepherd was done to illustrate how he is "really evil and deadly".

Because of the low budget, wardrobe and props were often crafted from items on hand or that could be purchased inexpensively. Carpenter hired Tommy Lee Wallace as production designer, art director, location scout and co-editor. Wallace created the trademark mask worn by Michael Myers throughout the film from a Captain Kirk mask[53] purchased for $1.98 from a costume shop on Hollywood Boulevard.

Carpenter recalled how Wallace "widened the eye holes and spray-painted the flesh a bluish white. In the script it said Michael Myers's mask had 'the pale features of a human face' and it truly was spooky looking. I can only imagine the result if they hadn't painted the mask white. Children would be checking their closet for William Shatner after Tommy got through with it."Hill adds that the "idea was to make him almost humorless, faceless—this sort of pale visage that could resemble a human or not."

Casting

The cast of Halloween included veteran actor Donald Pleasence and then-unknown actress Jamie Lee Curtis. The low budget limited the number of big names that Carpenter could attract,

In an interview, Carpenter admits that "Jamie Lee wasn't the first choice for Laurie. I had no idea who she was. She was 19 and in a TV show at the time, but I didn't watch TV." He originally wanted to cast Anne Lockhart, the daughter of June Lockhart from Lassie, as Laurie Strode. However, Lockhart had commitments to several other film and television projects. Hill says of learning that Jamie Lee was the daughter of Psycho actress Janet Leigh: "I knew casting Jamie Lee would be great publicity for the film because her mother was in Psycho." Curtis was cast in the part, though she initially had reservations as she felt she identified more with the other female characters: "I was very much a smart alec, and was a cheerleader in high school, I felt very concerned that I was being considered for the quiet, repressed young woman

Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Stroude would return in Halloween II (1981) Halloween H20 20 years later (1998) Halloween Resurrection (2002) and the three films in the Halloween reboot trilogy Halloween (2018) Halloween Kills (2021) and Halloween ends.

If you want to know how Jamie Lee Curtis performances as Laurie Stroud in the Halloween films are rated read this article by the ScreenRant website Every Halloween Movie Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Ranked (collider.com)

This article from the Collider film website explains why Laurie Strode is not featured in every Halloween film Why Is Jamie Lee Curtis Not in Every Halloween Movie? (collider.com)

Donald Pleasence would play Dr. Samuel Loomis in 4 more films in the Halloween series. He would appear in Halloween II (1981) Halloween 4 the return of Michael Myers (1988) Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers 1989 and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995),

Pleasance died on February 2, 1995, nearly eight months before The Curse of Michael Myers was released The film was dedicated to his memory.

To watch 2 tribute's to Donald Pleasance click here (18) a Donald Pleasence tribute - YouTube and here (18) Halloween 6 Cast & Crew Tribute to Donald Pleasance - YouTube

The Collider website published an article rating Donald Pleasense's performances as Samuel Loomis in the Halloween sequels to read click here Every Halloween Movie Starring Donald Pleasence, Ranked From Worst to Best (collider.com)

Nick Castle would only play Michael Myers once other actors would play the role over the next 13 films the Game Rant website produced this useful article telling you who played Michael Myers in each film you can find it by clicking here: Who Played Michael Myers In Each Halloween Movie? (gamerant.com)

To watch a reunion with John Carpenter the Writer and Director of Halloween with the original Micheal Myers click here Watch Halloween’s John Carpenter Reunite With The Original Michael Myers Actor (yahoo.com)

To read an article about what Nick Castle thought was the most painful moment was about playing Micheal Myers in the original Halloween click here Halloween's Original Michael Myers Reveals 'Most Painful' Moment | SYFY WIRE

Music creating that famous theme

Instead of utilizing a more traditional symphonic soundtrack, the film's score consists primarily of a piano melody played in a 10/8 or "complex 5/4" time signature, composed and performed by Carpenter. It took him three days to compose and record the entire score for the film. Following the film's critical and commercial success, the "Halloween Theme" became recognizable apart from the film. Critic James Berardinelli calls the score "relatively simple and unsophisticated", but admits that "Halloween's music is one of its strongest assets". Carpenter once stated in an interview, "I can play just about any keyboard, but I can't read or write a note." In Halloween's end credits, Carpenter bills himself as the "Bowling Green Philharmonic Orchestra", but he also received assistance from composer Dan Wyman, a music professor at San José State University.

To listen to the famous main theme click here (18) John Carpenter - Halloween 1978 (main Theme) - YouTube

Halloween 1981 Television version

If you had watched the original Halloween film at the cinema and then settled down to watch it again on its television premeire in America in 1981 you would have seen a very different film.

In 1980, the television rights to Halloween were sold to NBC. After a debate among Carpenter, Hill and NBC's Standards and Practices over censoring of certain scenes, Halloween appeared on television for the first time in October 1981. To fill the two-hour time slot, Carpenter filmed twelve minutes of additional material during the . The newly filmed scenes include Dr. Loomis at a hospital board review of Michael Myers and Dr. Loomis talking to a then-6-year-old Michael at Smith's Grove, telling him, "You've fooled them, haven't you, Michael? But not me." Another extra scene features Dr. Loomis at Smith's Grove examining Michael's abandoned cell after his escape and seeing the word "Sister" scratched into the door. Finally, a scene was added in which Lynda comes over to Laurie's house to borrow a silk blouse before Laurie leaves to babysit, just as Annie telephones asking to borrow the same blouse. The new scene had Laurie's hair hidden by a towel, since Curtis was by then wearing a much shorter hairstyle than she had worn in 1978.

To watch the additional footage click here(18) Halloween (1978) - TV Version Scenes - YouTube with thanks to Stacy Langenkamp

The Original Halloween film was also included on a Screenrant list of Franchises which peaked with the first film they said this about Halloween (1978)

John Carpenter's Halloween introduced the world to babysitter killer Michael Myers and is considered one of the most influential horror movies ever made. The movie became the first entry in the Halloween franchise, which now includes 13 films, with character backstories that became increasingly convoluted and contradictory. However, despite the criticism that later entries may receive, the original movie is largely responsible for the popularization of the slasher genre itself. It would act as the blueprint for countless imitation films about seemingly unstoppable lone serial killers

Further Reading

According to this article on the Collider website Halloween 2018 is the highest grossing Horror film of all time click here What Is the Highest-Grossing Slasher Movie of All Time? (collider.com)

the above link looks at the Halloween 2018 Reboot trilogy as a whole The Underrated Brutality of Rob Zombie's Halloween Films | SYFY WIRE

Pictures

Original poster for Psycho 1960

Original Poster for the Bob Clark film Black Christmas 1974

Original poster for Assault on Precinct 13 1976

4The original Halloween film poster from 1978*

5 Michael Myers as he appears in the Halloween series

6William Shatner as James T Kirk

7Donald Pleasence as Doctor Samuel Loomis

8Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode

9 the Halloween Soundtrack album

10 Poster for the Halloween remake in 2007

11 Poster for the Halloween film Robot 2018

Notes

*According to this article on the slash film website film website the poster for the orignal Halloween film (1978) has a creepy hidden detail and it happened by accident to find out what it is click here Halloween's Original Movie Poster Has A Creepy Hidden Detail - And It Happened By Accident (slashfilm.com)

The poster for the original Halloween film also featured in a Collider film website article called the 25 best movie posters of all time ranked landed at number 13 in their list the poster they had this to say about the poster designed by Robert Gleeson

While it could sound like a bold claim, it may well be the case that horror movies tend to have more iconic posters than any other genre of movies out there. That's not to say all horror movie posters are automatically great or even good, but there are countless beloved ones. The blunt, strong emotion-heavy nature of the horror genre just translates well to bold, memorable images placed on posters, and the wonderful straightforwardness of the original Halloween's poster, for example, demonstrates this excellently.

A slasher movie classic that helped establish John Carpenter as a great director and Jamie Lee Curtis as a star, Halloween is all about a dangerous individual breaking out of a psychiatric hospital and going on a murderous rampage during the titular holiday. The poster uses one of the most recognizable icons of Halloween - a jack-o'-lantern - and pairs it with a hand holding a knife, all against a pitch-black background. The title's Halloween, there's a carved pumpkin, and a scary-looking knife. What more do you need to know?

Thank you to wikipedia for a lot of the background notes including the Overview casting and concept notes Google images for the pictures thank you to following for the Halloween themed videos via Youtube Minty Comedic arts and Joblo Horror originals as well as the Collider and Screenrant websites for the various links to Halloween themed articles

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owenthetokencishet · 9 months ago

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#doctor who #tardis #tardis console room #set design #doctor who poll

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ozu-teapot · 1 year ago

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Films Watched in April 2023

Fargo | Joel Coen / Ethan Coen | 1996

Le plein de super (Fill 'er Up with Super) | Alain Cavalier | 1976

Angel's Egg | Mamoru Oshii | 1985

The Anniversary | Roy Ward Baker / Alvin Rakoff | 1968

Punk Samurai Slash Down | Gakuryû Ishii | 2018

Abel (AKA Voyeur) | Alex van Warmerdam | 1986

Suicide Club | Sion Sono | 2001

Blank Generation | Ulli Lommel | 1980

Behind Her Eyes | TV | Erik Richter Strand | 2021

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It | Joseph McGrath | 1977

The Sunday Woman | Luigi Comencini | 1975

Enys Men | Mark Jenkin | 2022

Electric Dragon 80.000 V | Gakuryû Ishii | 2001

La cicatrice intérieure (The Inner Scar) | Philippe Garrel | 1972

Ava | Léa Mysius | 2017

The Fall | TV | Allan Cubitt / Jakob Verbruggen | 2013 - 2016

Films Watched in May 2023

The Devil's Trap | Frantisek Vlácil | 1962

The Week Starts on Friday (Short) | Elmar Klos | 1962

Beauty and the Beast | Juraj Herz | 1978

Frantisek Hrubín (Short) | Tomás Skrdlant | 1964

The People Next Door | David Greene | 1970

Celia | Ann Turner | 1989

Renfield | Chris McKay | 2023

Luminous Procuress | Steven Arnold | 1971

Dragon's Return | Eduard Grecner | 1968

The Man on the Roof | Bo Widerberg | 1976

Coach to Vienna | Karel Kachyna | 1966

She Dies Tomorrow | Amy Seimetz | 2020

Justine | Stewart Mackinnon | 1976

Yakuza Graveyard | Kinji Fukasaku | 1976

The Bride Wore Black | François Truffaut | 1968

The Haunting of Julia | Richard Loncraine | 1977

The End of the F***ing World | TV | Various | 2017-2019

Yellowjackets | Season 2 | TV | Various | 2023

The Cat Creeps | Erle C. Kenton | 1946

Me, Natalie | Fred Coe | 1969

Bold = Top Ten

Some notes: I’ve been going through one of those periods where I just wasn’t feeling it maaaan with regards to films and tumblr. Other things consumed my attention (Auriel's Bow isn't going to fetch itself from the Forgotten Vale) and at times it felt a struggle to watch and post. Still...

Anyway here’s one of those fancy two month Film Logs last seen in August/September 2022 only this time there’s a Top Ten compiled from both months. A few TV things make it into the list. I’m sometimes unsure about putting TV in the *Film* Log but The End of the F***ing World is great and I was very taken with Behind Her Eyes because it actually surprised me in the direction it took, such an unusual experience nowadays, plus the two female leads were very attractive. Hey, I’m only human, like Phil Oakey.

#Film Log #Skyrim

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victoryrifle's mobile navigation tags

as per the title, this is a pinned post for mobile navigation of my works. it is copied from my tags page and therefore just as poorly organized, but will get updated through time. enjoy :)

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55 Konami Games I Can Name | Thursday, 03.20.24

Barring compilations, free-to-play titles, and remakes, these are the 55 Konami titles that I could find and name to celebrate the 55th anniversary of their establishment as a Japanese video game company known for developing and publishing over 1,000 video games since its conception in 1969 (exactly 55 years ago).

Titles:

1978

Block Game (Arcade)

1981

Frogger (Arcade)

1982

Pooyan (Arcade)

1985

Gradius (Arcade)

1986

Vs. Gradius (Arcade)

1987

Castlevania (1987 video game) (NES)

Contra (Arcade)

Top Gun (NES)

1988

Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES)

Super Contra (Arcade)

1989

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989 video game) (NES)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game (Arcade)

1990

Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (MSX)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (NES)

1991

Super Castlevania IV (SNES)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (Arcade)

1992

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (NES)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (SNES)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (Sega Genesis)

1993

Rocket Knight Adventures (Sega Genesis)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (Sega Genesis/SNES)

1994

Sparkster (SNES)

Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 (Sega Genesis)

1998

Mystical Ninja starring Goemon (N64)

Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game) (PlayStation)

1999

Goemon's Greatest Adventure (N64)

2001

Dance Dance Revolution (video game) (PlayStation)

Konami Krazy Racers (GBA)

Silent Hill 2 (PS2)

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2)

2002

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (Xbox)

2003

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) (home console versions) (Nintendo GameCube/PC/PS2/Xbox)

2004

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus (Game Boy Advance/GameCube/PS2/Xbox)

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)

2005

TMNT: Mutant Melee (GameCube/PS2 (Europe only)/Xbox)

Frogger: Ancient Shadow (GameCube/PS2/Xbox)

Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix (Nintendo GameCube)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare (Nintendo DS/Nintendo GameCube/PS2/Xbox)

2006

Bomberman Legacy (PSP)

2007

MLB Power Pros (PS2/Wii)

2008

MLB Power Pros 2008 (Nintendo DS/PS2/Wii)

2010

Rocket Knight (2010 video game) (Microsoft Windows/PS3/Xbox 360)

2013

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (Microsoft Windows/PS3/Xbox 360)

2014

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Microsoft Windows/PS3/PS4/Xbox 360/Xbox One)

2015

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Microsoft Windows/PS3/PS4/Xbox 360/Xbox One)

2016

Vs. Bomberman (iOS)

2017

Super Bomberman R (Microsoft Windows/Nintendo Switch/PS4/Xbox One)

Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (Microsoft Windows/PS3/PS4/Xbox 360/Xbox One)

2018

Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner MARS (PC/PS4)

2019

eFootball PES 2020 (Android/iOS/PC/PS4/Xbox One)

Frogger in Toy Town (iOS)

2020

Skelattack (Microsoft Windows/Nintendo Switch/PS4/Xbox One)

2023

Super Bomberman R 2 (Microsoft Windows/Nintendo Switch/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/ Xbox Series X | S)

Super Crazy Rhythm Castle (Microsoft Windows/Nintendo Switch/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series X | S)

2024

Silent Hill: The Short Message (PlayStation 5)

And that's the 55 Konami games I know.

Happy 55th anniversary, Konami! Thank you for you continuing contributions in the world of video games! 🎂

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Actors who appear in adaptations of both "Les Misérables" and "A Christmas Carol"

Because of course there's some overlap. Just for fun I thought I’d list them.

Fredric March: Jean Valjean in the 1935 Hollywood film/Scrooge in the 1954 TV Christmas Carol

Frank Finlay: Jean Valjean in the 1967 BBC miniseries/Marley’s Ghost in the 1984 TV Christmas Carol with George C. Scott

Angela Pleasance: Fantine in the 1978 British film/The Ghost of Christmas Past in the 1984 TV Christmas Carol with George C. Scott

Caroline Langrishe: Cosette in the 1978 British film/nephew Fred’s wife Janet in the 1984 TV Christmas Carol with George C. Scott

Meredith Braun: Éponine in the London and UK Tour productions of the musical, 1992-93/Belle in The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992

Dominic West: Jean Valjean in the 2018 BBC miniseries/nephew Fred in the 1999 TV Christmas Carol with Patrick Stewart

Fra Fee: Courfeyrac in the 2012 musical film/voice of nephew Fred (or rather Harry, as he’s renamed) in the 2022 animated Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

Olivia Colman: Mme. Thénardier in the 2018 BBC miniseries/voice of the Ghost of Christmas Past in the 2022 animated Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

Johnny Flynn: Félix Tholomyés in the 2018 BBC miniseries/voice of Bob Cratchit in the 2022 animated Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

And 2004's A Christmas Carol: The Musical features many veterans from productions of Les Mis on the West End stage.

Claire Moore (Mrs. Fezziwig): Fantine in 1993, Mme. Thénardier in 2006

Ruthie Henshall (Scrooge's mother): Fantine in 1992 and in the 1995 10th Anniversary Concert

Linzi Hately (Mrs. Cratchit): Éponine in 1988 (and the prerecorded voice of Éponine’s scream from then on), Mme. Thénardier in 2012, and a “Turning” woman in the 2012 film

Gay Soper (Charwoman #1 at the Royal Exchange): Mme. Thénardier in 1988 and on the Complete Symphonic Recording

Jenny Galloway (Charwoman #2 at the Royal Exchange): Mme. Thénardier many times

Dave Willetts (one of the charity solicitors): Jean Valjean in London 1988-1993, and in Australia, 1997-1998

There are more too (if I'm not mistaken, the actor who plays Young Marley was understudying Marius in London at the time), but these are all the names I can think of.

And two more indirect Christmas Carol connections from the 1967 BBC Les Misérables:

Michele Dotrice (Fantine): wife of Edward Woodward, the Ghost of Christmas Present in the 1984 TV Christmas Carol with George C. Scott.

Eileen Moore (Mme. Victurnien): wife of George Cole, Young Scrooge in the 1951 Scrooge with Alastair Sim

If anyone can think of any more, please let me know!

#les mis #les miserables #a christmas carol #actors #actresses #connections

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This Month in History - December

There are quite a few landmark anniversaries I'm celebrating this month:

Dec. 2, 1988: The Naked Gun opens

In Dec. 1988, the first of Zucker-Abraham-Zucker's cop spoof was released. Here is my piece I got in 2018. Happy 35 NG!

Dec. 5, 1973: Band on the Run released

In Dec. 1973, Paul McCartney and Wings best album (possibly the best Non-Beatle album he did) was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2018. Happy 50th BOTR!

Dec. 6, 1968: Beggars Banquet released

In Dec. 1968, the 9th U.S. album from The Rolling Stones. Earlier this year I got to review the Record Store Day reissue of the album. I'd definitely put this up there with Let It Bleed and Exile on Main Street in the pantheon of Classic Stones albums. Happy 55th BB!

Dec. 6, 2013: Inside Llewyn Davis opens

In Dec. 2013, the Coen Brothers' criminally underrated folk musician epic was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2018. Happy 10 ILD!

Dec. 10, 1993: Wayne's World 2 opens

In Dec. 1993, the sequel to Wayne's World was released! It might not be as loved as the original, but it is better than people think. I wrote about this in 2018 and director Stephen Surjik wrote me back with some thoughts. In 2022, I saw it on the big screen at Nice, a Fest. Happy 30th WW2!

Dec. 10, 2003: Big Fish opens

In Dec. 2003, one of Tim Burton's most underrated movies was released. Taking Burton's visual style and combining it with a family drama with fantasy elements was a gamble that paid off. It's something that feels new each time I've seen it since. Happy 20th Big Fish!

Dec. 11, 1998: Rushmore and A Simple Plan both open

In Dec. 1998, two of my favorite movies from that year opened on the same day. Here is my piece I wrote about Wes Anderson's film and Sam Raimi's film. Happy 25th Rushmore an ASP!

Dec. 12, 1973: The Last Detail opens

In Dec. 1973, Hal Ashby (who was on a roll at the time) had one of his best released. It was one of the great movies of the 70s. It was also one of my Top 5 Boston Movies of All Time! Jack Nicholson was in rare form as he and Otis Young played Navy men transporting younger sailor Randy Quaid to the NH Navy prison and showing him a good time along the way. Happy 50th TLD!

Dec. 14, 1988: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka opens

In Dec. 1988, Keenan Ivory Wayans' 70s LOL comedy opened. Here is my piece I wrote in 2018. Happy 35th IGGYS!

Dec. 14, 2018: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse opens

In Dec. 2018 one of the best Spider-Man movies was released. I actually named it my #7 Movie of 2018! By diving into the Miles Morales storyline, they took the Spider-Man story we all know so well and made it seem new again. Just last Summer they released the awesome sequel: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was released. Happy 5 S-M:ITS-V!

Dec. 15, 1978: Superman opens

Speaking of super hero movies: In Dec. 1978 one of my favorite big screen Superman movies was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2018. Happy 45th Superman!

Dec. 15, 1993: Schindler's List opens

In Dec. 1993, one of Steven Spielberg's finest works was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2018. Happy 30th SL!

Dec. 16, 1988: Rain Man opens

In Dec. 1988, the Oscar-winning Best Picture and biggest grossing film of 1988 was released. With the exception of parodies (i.e. The Hangover's Vegas gambling scene), nobody talks about this as much. The road movie of long lost brothers one autistic (Dustin Hoffman) and the other selfish used-car guy (Tom Cruise) was actually quite touching. Sure it was the 80s feel-good movie era and whatnot, but the performances were among both actors' best. Happy 35 RM!

Dec. 17, 1973: Sleeper opens

In Dec. 1973, one of the funniest movies ever made about the future was released. Woody Allen was in his prime when he played a man who is cryogenically frozen in 1973 and is defrosted 200 years later. This is definitely one of his funniest ones. Happy 50th Sleeper!

Dec. 17, 1993: The State premieres

In Dec. 1993, the now-legendary sketch comedy series of NYC comedy group The State premiered on MTV. Here is my piece I wrote in 2018. Earlier this Fall, I actually got to see The State reunion tour when it was in Boston. Happy 30th TS!

Dec. 17, 2008: The Wrestler opens

In Dec. 2008 Darren Aaronofsky's greatest movie was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2018. Happy 15 TW!

Dec. 18, 2013: Her opens

In Dec. 2013, Spike Jonze greatest movie was released! Here is my piece I wrote in 2018. Happy 10 Her!

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THE CURE - JUST LIKE HEAVEN (40 LIVE - CURÆTION-25 + ANNIVERSARY) 2019

Dirigida por Tim Pope, colaborador de Cure desde hace mucho tiempo, Aniversario 1978-2018 celebra los 40 años de The Cure, consolidándolos como una de las bandas de rock que definen la historia de la música.

La película, cuyo estreno está previsto para el jueves 11 de julio, ve a The Cure subir al escenario en una noche perfecta de julio en el Hyde Park de Londres para ofrecer un conjunto de canciones que celebran cuatro décadas de creación musical.

#THE CURE #JUST LIKE HEAVEN (40 LIVE - CURÆTION-25 + ANNIVERSARY)#synth pop #new wave #new romantics #dark aesthetic #Dark music #ron cartavio #cigarros pall mall #hot topic #vans off the wall #vans old school #dr martens #cervezas y chicas #pizzas y musica #monster energy #Youtube

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12 January 1985, Queen Headline the ‘Rock in Rio’ festival held at Barra de Tijuca, Rio, Brazil This was a 10-day rock festival and the biggest music festival in history to date. Queen raised the bar by setting a record for a paying attendance, playing to 250,000 people each night - the biggest audiences they would ever play for. Some sources say the band played to as many as 350,000 (or even 470,000) on the first night! Absolutely phenomenal! Due to Queen’s previous successful tours and their special love affair with South America, they were asked to headline the enormous event billed as ‘Rock in Rio.’ This was to be the biggest rock festival ever held in the world! The band, of course, agreed as, even though they had some pretty traumatic experiences during their own tours there, they considered this festival just too good, and too big to miss.

The festival site was the ‘Barra de Tijuca’ in Rio, a specially built site that could hold an incredible, record breaking 250,000 people (sources say the audience for Queen was Past the 450,000 mark ). The Brazilian television station, ‘Globo’ had set up cameras to record the festival to be televised throughout South America. It was a colossal event, with local bands appearing alongside the top names. Queen closed the show as they were set to perform at 2:00 AM! They couldn’t believe the sight that greeted them - they played to huge audiences before, but never this big. It was absolutely insane! People had waited what seemed an eternity for their idols to walk on the stage. People stretched from the front of the stage way back as far as the eye could see. Freddie described the experience as “mind boggling.” Their reception was deafening, and the crowd was with them all the way, singing along and clapping - until the encore, it didn’t matter it was way after 2:00 AM, the adrenaline was phenomenal as was Queen’s set!Since Queen hit the stage at 2am each night, technically the performances are dated the 12th and 19th respectively.The band give very solid performances on both nights, and Freddie sounds especially fantastic in the first night. After singing "I still love you" in ‘Love Of My Life,’ Freddie passionately shouts, "And don't you forget it!" The fans went over the top crazy! You know they took over the song too. Brian May used an EBow off the top of his solo spot for the first time since 1978. He last used it on stage in 1982 for ‘Get Down Make Love.’Freddie makes his entrance for ‘We Will Rock You’ holding a giant British flag behind him. Before singing the first verse he turns around and reveals a Brazilian flag embroidered to it, prompting a huge roar from the audience. At the end of the concert, he tosses the flag into the audience. James Taylor played the following night, and his bassist, Leland Sklar, had this to say about Queen's performance in a 2018 Bass Player magazine article: "It took me a day to lift my jaw off the floor. I sat with my mouth agape watching one of the most professional shows I'd ever seen." After the show, EMI threw a party in Queen's honour at the Copacabana Palace Hotel. On the beach outside the hotel, some fans had gathered for a candle-lighting vigil, where 1,500 candles spelled out the word "Queen", as seen in the last three pictures above. Security tried to keep the enthusiastic crowd away from Brian May who was coming out of the hotel, very touched by the gesture of the fans. After he lit the last few candles, he stayed around to sign autographs. Not long afterward he jumped into the pool fully clothed. In 2015 Globo TV aired an hour long special commemorating the 30th anniversary of the festival, including clips of ‘Under Pressure’ and ‘Love Of My Life’ - both of which were not seen on the official release. One notable piece of commentary is from Brazilian singer Eduardo Dussek, who remarks (in Portugese) that families, rockers, and the metalhead headbangers all accepted the band." As mentioned above, a virtually complete video of the show has leaked into collectors' circles, although it is many generations from the master. The picture quality is acceptable, but the audio is far from great. Only a few seconds of ‘Under Pressure’ are missing.mThis concert is iconic and it’s about 6 months before Queen will break records again by stealing ‘Live Aid’ in July of 1985! Long Live Queen - Four of the BEST MUSICAL GENIUSES !!

#freddie mercury #live

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Holidays 8.31

Holidays

Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day

Cow Chip Tossing Day

Crop Dusting Day

Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)

Festal Day (Order of the Eastern Star)

Flag Day (India)

Hari Kebangsaan (Malaysia)

International Blog Day (a.k.a. International Day of Blogs and Bloggers)

International Day for People of African Descent (UN)

International Overdose Awareness Day

Limba Noastra (Day of Our Language; Moldova)

Love Litigating Lawyers Day

Merdeka Day (Malaysia)

National Box Car Day

National Dan Day

National Diatomaceous Earth Day

National HalfCut Day (Australia)

National Leslie Day

National Matchmaker Day

National South Carolina Day

North Borneo Self-Government Day

National Zoo Awareness Day (UK)

Opioid Misuse Prevention Day

Overdose Awareness Day

Princess Diana Memorial Day

Rabbit Rabbit Day [Last Day of Every Month]

Romanian Language Day (Romania)

Sărbătoarea (a.k.a. Limba noastră; Language Day; Moldova)

Take a Seat Day

Tank Day (Lešany, Czech Republic)

Walnut Day (French Republic)

We Love Memoirs Day

White Rose Day (Australia)

Withdrawal of the Last American Soldier Anniversary Day (Afghanistan)

World Distance Learning Day

World Sanskrit Day

World Solidarity Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bacon Day [also 12.30]

Eat Outside Day

Grape Blessing Day (Armenia)

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1953 – Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State. 1953 – A United States-South Korea mutual defense treaty is concluded in Washington, D.C. 1955 – The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established. 1957 – The motto In God We Trust first appears on U.S. paper currency. 1958 – The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA. 1960 – Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom. 1961 – The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization. 1961 – East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon. 1962 – James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules. 1963 – On its third anniversary as an independent nation, Nigeria became a republic. 1964 – The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. 1964 – Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka. 1966 – West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9. 1969 – Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time. 1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida. 1971 – The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient. 1975 – Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines. 1978 – Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom. 1979 – The MTR, Hong Kong's rapid transit railway system, opens. 1982 – Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence. 1982 – EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida. 1982 – Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan; on the same day, Sony releases the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind. 1985 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization's Tunisia headquarters during Operation Wooden Leg. 1987 – The 5.9 Mw  Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200. 1989 – Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships. 1991 – Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins. 2000 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events". 2001 – Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38. 2003 – The popular and controversial English-language imageboard 4chan is launched. 2009 – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords. 2012 – A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others. 2014 – A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people. 2014 – A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 people. 2015 – A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon. 2015 – The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin. 2016 – The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Pedro Sánchez, resigns. He would return to the position a year later. 2017 – Fifty-eight people are killed and 869 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide. 2018 – The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia. 2019 – Kuopio school stabbing: one dies and ten are injured when Joel Marin, armed with a sabre, attacks a school class at Savo Vocational College in Kuopio, Finland. 2021 – The 2020 World Expo in Dubai begins. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Aram Khachaturian: A Retrospective (1903-1978)

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978): A RetrospectiveBest Sheet Music download from our Library.Please, subscribe to our Library. Thank you!Browse in the Library:IntroductionEarly YearsThe Composer Establishes HimselfInternational Fame and Political RealitiesPragmatism and Innovative TraditionalismThe Closing Years and BeyondConclusionBest site for sheet music download.Khachaturian: Ballet Suites | Gayaneh, Spartacus SuitesTrack List:Browse in the Library:

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978): A Retrospective

Of the three stalwart Soviet composers who had achieved international fame during the reign of Josef Stalin, namely Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Aram Khachaturian, it was the latter who most consistently exemplified the tenets of Soviet Realism. As 2018 marks the fortieth anniversary of his passing, it is a fortuitous time to reflect on his music and take note of how it may be assessed from the vantage point of hindsight. The stunning international success of a single number, the "Sabre Dance," from his ballet, Gayane (1942), might have marked Khachaturian as a one-hit marvel after it was popularized in a uniquely "low-brow" American manner. It served, e.g., as the accompaniment to plate-spinning entertainers on the Ed Sullivan Show on CBS-TV. The complete ballet, however, and the three suites extracted from it, achieved, along with other works by the Armenian musician, acclaim from the political gurus on both sides of the Iron Curtain. The works of the student years were considerable (more than fifty) and already suggest the individual styles with which he later became associated. Khachaturianʼs compositions encompass such genres as the symphony, the concerto, film scores, incidental music to plays, band music, vocal and choral compositions (including such patriotic efforts as Poem on Stalin and Ballad about the Motherland), and, what might be regarded as a sequel to the three earlier concertos for piano, violin, and cello, viz, the Concerto-Rhapsody for violin and orchestra (1961), the Concerto-Rhapsody for cello and orchestra (1963), and the Concerto-Rhapsody for piano and orchestra (1968). His final works moved in a somewhat austere direction, certainly unlike the full-blown soloorchestral music with which he is associated; they feature the Sonata-fantaziya for solo cello (1974), the Sonatamonolog for solo violin (1975), and the Sonata-pesnya for solo viola (1976). Although he was widely honored by the Soviet regime, one aspect of which was the incorporation of a state policy known as Socialist Realism in 1932 under the Georgian dictator, Josef Stalin, Khachaturian ran afoul of the so-called Zhdanov Doctrine, a cultural decree which, supportive of Soviet Realism, promoted the idea that the common man was at the center of Soviet life and, consequently, his humanity should be the central focus of all artistic works. This study treats the stylistic propensities of Aram Khachaturian from his student works to his final creations, examines the political influences of his country on his life and esthetic sensibilities (he was a true believer in Communist ideology), and provides evidence that, as the post-Zhdanov years rolled along, and as his works, with their fascinating mix of Eastern and Western tendencies, came to be seen as worthy of renewed interest, the composer of the once-infamous "Sabre Dance" is experiencing a musical reawakening. As a result, a series of posthumous honors and distinctions have been bestowed upon him, embracing more fully than ever the admixture of his Armenian heritage, his Georgian upbringing and early schooling, and his Soviet-Russian musical training and cultural life. Introduction When in the Spring of 1978 Aram Ilʼyich Khachaturian left his earthly existence (his grave is in the Komitas Pantheon in Yerevan, Armenia), the world was witness to a unique musico-political spectacle, viz. a composerʼs obituary written by Leonid Ilʼyich Brezhnev, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the pallbearers at his funeral including Aleksey Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union. This intermingling of the worlds of politics and music, a simmering stew that characterized Soviet cultural life, played a central role in the personal and professional life of Khachaturian, who was born to Armenian parents on 6 June 1903 in the Georgian city of Kodjori, a suburb of Tiflis (now known as Tbilisi). Along with such other musical titans as Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergey Prokofiev, he was both lauded and condemned by Soviet officialdom according to the direction in which the political winds were blowing at any given time. Early Years The youngest of four sons (a daughter died at the age of 1), Khachaturian became acquainted early on with Armenian and Azerbaijanian folk songs as a consequence of his family background. To this tradition, he added a general flavoring of the rich and diverse folk heritage of the Caucasus and mixed these features into the more traditional academic styles which he encountered during his formal studies with Mikhail Gnessin and Nikolai Miaskovsky in Moscow. It was, indeed, his brother Suren who, in 1921, brought him to the Russian capital, where he entered the Biology Department at Moscow University while studying concurrently at the Gnessin Music School. Despite his limited youthful forays into the arcane world of music (he was self-taughton the piano and played tenor horn in the band at the Tiflis Commercial School), he undertook a serious approach to the study of the cello and, in 1923,entered Gnessinʼs composition class. As his mentor, a Jew, was fascinated bythe music of his religious heritage and combined this with the so-calledRussian-Oriental style acquired through his training with Liadov, Glazunov,and Rimsky-Korsakov, it is not surprising that the Georgian youthʼs earliest efforts reflected an admixture of the styles promulgated by the masters cited herein. The Poem in C-sharp minor of 1927 (Example 1), as with many of the composerʼs works (the Collected Works are published by State Publishers"Muzyka" in Moscow), is notable for its frequent changes of meter, tonality, dynamics, and mood, aided and abetted by a free use of rubato; it received its initial publication by the Music Section of the Armenian Gosizdat, Yerevan in Dedicated to his friend, Yuri Sukharevsky, it made a deep impression on the composer and pianist, Eduard Mirzoyan: When I began learning Khachaturianʼs Poem I was at once overwhelmed by the wealth of unexpected and exciting impressions, actually a perfectly new musical world, which it opened before me. This music struck me as faintly familiar and at the same time astonishingly and refreshingly novel. This novelty lay in the composerʼs approach to the traditional musical material so well known to us, in the lush and highly original harmonies, riotous colors and imaginatively varied piano writing which seemed in itself pronouncedly national. It gave me special pleasure to play Khachaturianʼs Poem and I preserved it in my piano repertoire for many years.

In 1929, a dozen years after the Bolshevik Revolution, Khachaturian followed his teacher to the Moscow Conservatory, studied with him for another year, and then pursued advanced studies with Miaskovsky and Vasilenko. The years spent as a student at this venerable institution, which extended to 1936, saw the creation of more than fifty compositions; these included perhaps his best known work for solo piano, the Toccata in E-flat minor, composed in 1932 under the tutelage of Miaskovsky and first published in 1938 by the Muzgiz. Rodion Shchedrin said of it: Khachaturianʼs Toccata, a full-blooded, vividly emotional piece, is constantly performed on the concert stage, at palaces of culture, workersʼ clubs and over the air. There hardly is a professional pianist who does not know it by heart, and few amateurs who do not cherish the ambition of being able to play it some time. Originally the opening movement of a Suite, the other movements of which are titled "Waltz-Capriccio" and "Dance," it is in a tripartite structure. The work features rapidly repeated notes as would be anticipated in a "touch piece," and it contains other features associated with its composer, such as ostinati comprised of conjoined alternating fifths, perfect and diminished, and a luxuriant B section with melismatic chromatic passages suggestive of eastern exoticism influenced by the Asiatic Republics of the former Soviet Union (Example 2). As with the Poem, it also contains elements of bimodality and bitonality and chords with superimposed seconds and ninths.

While Tiflisʼs gift to the musical world was experiencing the birth pangs of the composer, it is instructive to note the conflicting currents in which the Soviet artist was enmeshed in the decade following the Revolution of 1917. A modernist movement, exemplified by such figures as Léon Theremin (1896-1993), Alexander Mosolov (1900-1973), and Vladimir Deshevov (1889-1955) was heralded in the pamphlet, October and New Music, published by the Leningrad Association of Contemporary Music in 1927, the period of Khachaturianʼs Poem in C-sharp minor: What is closer to the proletariat, the pessimism of Tchaikovsky and the false heroics of Beethoven, a century out of date, or the precise rhythms and excitement of Deshevovʼs Rails? Proletarian masses, for whom machine oil is motherʼs milk, have a right to demand music consonant with our epoch, not the music of the bourgeois salon which belongs to the era of the horse and buggy and of Stephensonʼs early locomotive. While Deshevovʼs homage to the workerʼs paradise is scored for solo piano, Mosolovʼs ballet, The Factory, a movement of which is known in the West as The Iron Foundry, includes in the score metal sheets to be shaken to simulate the sound of a factory at work. Among his other innovative approaches are songs composed to texts drawn from newspaper ads. Be it noted also that this "new music" movement included the establishment in Leningrad of the Society of Quarter-Tone Music by George Rimsky-Korsakov, grandson of the composer of Scheherazade, and the formation of Tritone, a music publishing firm whose name conveyed the character of the music it was prone to disseminate to the public, The use of quarter tones found support outside the Soviet Union; Blochʼs Piano Quintet No. 1 and From Jewish Life for cello and piano, and Coplandʼs piano trio Vitebsk are notable examples. If the modernist enterprise was a thesis to be foisted upon a somewhat innocent public, an antithesis, in the form of an organization known as the Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians (RAPM), was organized in 1924, the year in which George Gershwinʼs Rhapsody in Blue was introduced at Aeolian Hall in New York. It declared boldly that, The brilliant development of musical culture of the ruling classes was made possible by their possession of material and technical tools of musical production. As a ruling class, the bourgeoisie exerts great influence upon all strata of the population, systematically poisoning the workerʼs mind. In the field of music, this process follows the lines of religious and petty-bourgeois aesthetics, and recently, the erotic dance music of contemporary capitalistic cities (fox trot, jazz, etc.). The RAPM was virulently opposed to mechanistic music, and, instead, advocated a traditional approach to musical creativity; indeed, it praised the music of Beethoven and, among the late nineteenth-century Russian School, gave its blessing to the nationalists, Mussorgsky in particular. As it gained strength in cultural and political circles, the modernist school came under increasingly negative scrutiny, the result of which was that its musical adherents found it in their best interests to repudiate what they had wrought and to turn to a more politically correct approach to their art. Mosolov, for example, traveled to Turkestan, collected folk songs, and incorporated them mundanely in such works as his Turkmenian Suite. The likes of The Factory were consigned to an honored place in musical Hell. By 1932, a new "ism," Socialist Realism, was imposed upon the proletariat by the then dictator of the Soviet State, the Georgian-born Josef Stalin, and ratified by the Congress of 1934. Its essential components were that art works (a) reflect relevance to the working class and that they be understandable to that class, (b) that they aspire to represent the every-day life of the people, (c) that they be definable as realistic in the representational sense of that term, and (d) that they reflect the principles of the Soviet State and the Communist Party. Khachaturian, among the major composers of the Stalinist era, was an enthusiastic supporter of Communistic ideals, including expansion of ideology. His early Trio of 1932, a student work for piano, violin, and clarinet, reflects the aesthetics of the RAPM in its formal design and the folkloric features promoted by Stalin. Elements drawn from ashug music, such as melismatic melodic phrases, Eastern dance rhythms, modal flavoring, and, in the final movement, an Uzbeki folksong, are combined with European features, including French impressionism. As in other works, Khachaturian employs modern instruments to imitate the sounds of folk instruments, in this instance the dohl, a two-headed drum which can be played with either the hands or sticks; the kamancha, a bowed stringed instrument of Persian origin and an ancestor of the modern violin, common in the classical music of Iran and Azerbaijan; and the duduk, a double-reed instrument widelyused in Armenian folk music. The Composer Establishes Himself Symphony No. 1, dating from 1934, was composed to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the establishment of Soviet power in Armenia. In this important foray into the genre that has been seen for generations as the musical venue where one sinks or swims as a creative artist, the musician altered the traditional form of the first movement which, as with other works of this student period, meld together eastern folkloric materials with the compositional expectations of the academy. The formal novelty centers about issues of thematic development in the first movement. Materials drawn from an introductory Prologue form the basis for the traditional bi-thematic approach to sonata-allegro form, except that these themes are elaborated upon developmentally in the expository section and then again even more so in the recapitulation section. The primary themes maintain their individual identifying features despite the ongoing elaborations, but their pure elemental presentation at the beginning of the movement returns to the closing epilogue. The exotic element is noted by Margarita Rukhyan, the Armenian music critic: "The contest of two ashugs, voicing two philosophies, two temperaments, contains the nucleus of the development of the elaboration which acquires an original trend thanks to a third party—the people, who judge this contest."6 A true development section in the formal sense is not part of the equation. The slow second movement is in a typical tripartite structure, with allusions to folk dance traditions of Eurasia, while the third movement, as in many of the masterʼs large-scale symphonic works, is notable for its rapid dance rhythms and its cyclical return of materials from the opening movement. Although some student works of the ʼ30s, such as the Poem and Toccata cited earlier, reflect the modernist tendencies later decried by the new order, others, such as the various dances for wind orchestra (the two dances based on Uzbek folk songs and the two dances based on Armenian folk songs were written for the fifteenth anniversary of the Red Army), the Trio for clarinet, violin, and piano of 1932, the Dance Suite in five movements of 1933 (the last movement, composed a few years later and added to the suite, is a Georgian Lezghinka), and the Piano Concerto in D-flat major of 1936, adhere closely to the Party line as do those of the 1940s and beyond. The Piano Concerto, first introduced to the public by Soviet pianist Lev Oborin with the Moscow Philharmonic under the direction of Lev Steinberg at Sokolniki Park on 12 July 1937, was promoted and recorded in the West by such artists as William Kapell, Moura Lympany, and Oscar Levant. Among its notable features are bravura cadenzas in the Development of the first movement, cyclical thematic usage (e.g., the opening theme is recalled at the close of the work), thematic interconnection among the three movements (e.g. the principal themes share the commonality of major-minor thirds), tonal clusters in abundance (a feature common to the composerʼs works in general), and, in the second movement, the inclusion of a prominent role for the flexatone7 (Example 3). The main theme of this movement is based upon the Caucasian folk song, "My lover." Yet, its specific origin seems to have eluded the musicanti. The composer explained his intent truly: By taking this melody as the basis for the central theme of the Piano Concerto obviously ran the risk of the critics tearing me to pieces when they learned the source of the music. But I departed so far from the original, changing its content and character so radically, that even Georgian and Armenian musicians could not detect its folk origin.

As in each of Khachaturianʼs concerted works, the solo part, which enters after a short orchestral introduction, is marked by virtuosity of the nineteenth century order, and, while creating a challenge for the soloist, it is a feature which has assured an audience appeal that is not often encountered to this degree in similar works by the more avant-garde composers of the twentieth century. During the 1940s, Khachaturian produced a plethora of diverse works, among which are three-movement concerti for the violin (also in a version forflute) and cello. Formally, they follow the pattern of the Piano Concerto, thus material from the first movement finds its way into the finale, thematic materials are expanded after their initial appearance, cadenzas are tours de force (Example 4), and folkloric elements abound. Artists of the first rank, David Oistrakh for the Violin Concerto, and Svyatoslav Knushevitsky for the Cello Concerto, introduced these works as well. Read the full article

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