#Benjamin McMillan

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A cover run in the Asia Tour 2022-2023 happened today (09 February 2023) in Seoul, South Korea featuring some old and new faces in costume.

Benjamin McMillan as Gus, Quinlan Kelly as Old Deuteronomy, George Hankers as Skimbleshanks, Bradley Delarosbel as Munkustrap, Gabrielle Parker as Victoria, Lydia Gerrard as Jelly, (the side of) Taryn Donna as Bombalurina, Sophie-Rose Middleton as Jemima, Alice Oberg as Demeter, Meghan Peploe-Williams as Rumpleteazer, and Nathan Zach Johnson as Rum Tum Tugger.

Benjamin McMillan as Gus with Lydia Gerrard as Jellylorum.

Benjamin as Asparagus and Bustopher Jones, with Lydia Gerrard as Jellylorum, Alice Oberg as Demeter, and Quinlan Kelly as Young Deuteronomy.

Gabrielle Parker gets to be Victoria once more after playing her during the first leg of the 2018 portion of the UK Tour 2016!

With Bradley Delarosbel as Munkustrap.

George Hankers puts on the vest as Skimbleshanks.

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Some Gus content (and more!) for you :)

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Taryn Donna gracing us with her Bombalurina as part of the cover run

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See it here

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I am very excited for the upcoming Asia Tour (it has a GREAT CAST. All-star)

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📚🎧EXPANDING THE CONTENT YOU CONSUME📚🎧

Apologies in advance as this is really poorly worded, but I wanted to put this out there because I think about it a lot.

Something my librarian talks about a lot is expanding the range of content you read/watch/listen to, not necessarily in terms of genre but in terms of creators. I think the reason people resist consuming media by people of colour/plus sized people/lgbtq+ people/anyone who strays from the 'norm' of what they know is because of discrimination and also because they worry the content be focused on the discrimination which they don't understand and cannot relate to. And while I beleive you should absolutely challenge yourself to read that kind of thing, but you should also read books by those people which don't cover heavy topics as the main focus.

Here some recommendations. This is based on the kind of stuff I normally read/listen to, please feel free to reblog this with your recommendations if you read other genres.

Romance Books

The Neighbour Favour by Kristina Forest

Seven Days In June by Tia Williams

Who Asked You by Terry McMillan

Set On You by Amy Lea (literally any book by her i love her)

The Fastest Way To Fall by Denise Williams

The Heartstopper Series by Alice Oseman

Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (again anything by them I love them)

The What If Its Us series by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

Something to Talk About by Maryl Wilsned

Podcasts (so a lot of these do cover topics like racism and homophobia etc but honestly they're really interesting please give them a listen)

Wholehearted Coaching by Shirin Eskandani

The Hey Girl Podcast by Alex Elle

The Homecoming Podcast by Dr Thema Bryant

Making Gay History by Eric Marcus? not entirely sure who its by but 100% listen to it

Bad With Money (literally amazing and so interesting, really forces you to think about stuff deeply, and its kinda funny) Gaby Dunn

Queery by Cameron Esposito

Mystery Books

The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes

Liar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

The Raven Thief by Gigi Pandian

Someone Else's Life by Lyn Liao Butler

Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

The King is Dead by Benjamin Dean

How to Die Famous by Benjamin Dean

Fortune Favours the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

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(Benjamin McMillan)

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400 years later the poet Andrew McMillan investigates Michelangelo's poems, talking to Dr Ambra Moroncini, who, as Senior Lecturer, teaches them at the University of Sussex; to Professor Konrad Eisenbichler who, as well as literature, taught a course on sexuality and gender in the Renaissance at the University of Toronto.

Colin Matthews, who was Benjamin Britten's assistant, talks about his 'Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo'. The composer's setting was a love gift to his partner, Peter Pears.

McMillan discovers growing interest in Michelangelo's poems today, especially among queer writers. Alex Cocker has just published 'Say, Spirit' in which they make versions of the sonnets, each three times, in the voices of three imagined translators.

They all talk of Michelangelo - the poet - and we hear his poems, translated by James M. Saslow, read by Sir Simon Russell Beale.

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favorite books you read this year? or any book recommendations?

Absolutely!!!

Big Shadow by Marta Balcewicz

I LOVEDDDDD BIG SHADOW SO MUCH!!! Everyone please read this book! :) It's published by a Canadian indie, and Marta is SUCH an excellent writer (I worked with her on Minola!). This is the best book I've read all year 100%, and one of my all-time faves.

2. I Got A Name by Eliza Robertson

So y'all already know I admire Eliza so much as a writer, and this is her first nonfiction book (true crime). I've never read a true crime book (but used to be really into true crime), and this book was so well researched. I also listened to the audiobook that Eliza narrates, and it was fantastic!

3. Pageboy by Elliot Page

Y'ALL this book was written SOOO WELL!!! I read it in like 2 days. Also nonfiction!

4. The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

This was a reread--I originally read this book when it came out! This is like one of the only other books I know of that's written in third person present tense, so I re-read it to reinvigorate some inspo while I was writing BODY BACK. Loved!!!!

5. A Hundred Lovers by Richie Hofmann

This one's poetry! I LOVED this collection so much. Give me gay poetry and I die <3 so many Lonan and Harrison coded poems it's not even funny.

6. Physical by Andrew McMillan

This is also queer poetry! One of my viewers recommended this one to me SO THANK YOU TO THAT PERSON!! This collection feels like it's in the family of Hofmann's (they even have a similar cover???), and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Basically if I come out of a poetry collection with a ton of potential epigraphs, I loved it!

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lil nas x said mpreg rights | my favorite songs from the plague year (2!)

2020 playlist | 2019 playlist | 2018 playlist

full tracklist under cut

arizona / ms. white // blaze & sybil's lullaby / ben dickey & alia shawkat // don't wanna / haim // brothers / hanggai // guitar song (live) / frou frou // the wellerman / the norfolk broads // julianna calm down / the chicks // let the tall ships sail / walter martin // my lagan love / the chieftains w/ lisa hannigan // ain't got no (i got life) / nina simone // silver dagger / dolly parton // infatuation / sophie // travelers / andrew prahlow // ode to billie joe / bobbie gentry // all together now / ok go // stil love / great caesar // rooftop dancing / sylvan esso // robert henry / the westerlies // doom days / bastille // in waves / house of waters // thunder clatter / wild cub // dear august / pj harding & noah cyrus // slow dancing / aly & aj // pledging my love / fawn wood // sono inochi / kaho nakamura // harlem / jazzboy // whiskey c'est mon ami / pine leaf boys // fabulous / c.u.t. // hainamady town / toumani diabete & the london symphony orchestra // runaway (guitar acoustic) / aurora // difyrrwch / the trials of cato // with you (a sweet little love song) / valeria june // half a mind / freddy & francine // in his arms / jack ingram, miranda lambert, & jon randall // angel island / the brother brothers // montero (call me by your name) / lil nas x // sahara / debanjan biswas & akshay dabhadkar // symptom of your touch / aly & aj // halfway tree / the east pointers // kiss me more / doja cat & sza // jubilee / the war and treaty // mara / jack garrett / ooh ahh! / miguel // fraulein / colter wall & tyler childers // the medicine man / keb' mo' & old crow medicine show // fruits of my labor / waxahatchee // buzz / maddie medley // whipporwill / chance mccoy // train song / feist and benjamin gibbard // garden / nahko and medicine for the people // down the road / stan rogers // rita mae young / the record company // last laugh / elise davis // empty threat / chvrches // find yourself / lukas nelson and promise of the real // dog in a manger / smooth hound smith // don't lose sight / lawrence // krivo polska / hazelius hedin, esbjorn hazelius, & johan hedin // i wish i was the moon / neko case // pizza day / lucky chops // surefire (piano) / wilderado // pilgrim / john mark mcmillan // live for it / moon taxi // remember when / tinashe // this can't be love / dinah washington // getaway / vincint & tegan and sara // without your love / the paper kites w/ julia stone // breath i breathe / ayla nereo // be and bring me home / neko case // jalebi baby / tesher & jason derulo // colors / black pumas // water me down / vagabon // stay (little dragon remix) / valerie june // shade of yellow / griff // cloudy day / tones and i // wine, beer, whiskey / little big town // song of my returning / phil ochs // skate / silk sonic // magnolia blues / adia victoria // i need my girl / aly & aj // rumors / lizzo feat. cardi b // long tailed winter bird / paul mccartney & idris elba // worry no more / amos lee // can't do much / waxahatchee // butter / bts feat. megan thee stallion // love's been a little bit hard on me / juice newton // devil like me / rainbow kitten surprise // in the image / beverly glenn-copeland // hands up / bent knee // verona (stripped) / geographer // coming home / honne feat. niki // oba, la vem ela / jorge ben jor

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New York City at 10:44 PM ET on September 10, 2001 (via WPIX)

Benjamin Keefe Clark wasn’t a police officer or firefighter on September 11, 2001; he was a chef, preparing meals for the Fiduciary Trust Company on the 96th floor of the South Tower.

When the plane hit, instead of trying to save himself, he focused on guiding others to safety.

A former Marine, Clark made sure everyone in his department and the 96th floor offices evacuated.

According to Fiduciary senior vice president Bibi Conrad, Clark likely helped hundreds of employees escape. After ensuring many had fled, he even went back to check on others.

He was last seen helping a woman in a wheelchair on the 88th floor with three maintenance workers. Clark sadly perished when the building collapsed.

Terrorist Marwan Al-Shehhi's boarding pass for United Airlines flight 175, the aircraft that crashed into the South Tower.

This NYPD badge belonged to Moira Smith, who assisted evacuees in the South Tower. In the photo on the left, she is seen helping Ed Nicholls into an ambulance before going into the South Tower's lobby to help others. 10 minutes after this photo was taken, the building collapsed with Moira inside.

A postcard pictured with the Twin Towers lies amid the rubble of the World Trade Center.

This recovered phone belonged to Ramon Suarez, a Puerto Rico native. Suarez was a member of the NYPD Transit Bureau District 4, he responded to the towers on September 11th. He was 45 years old.

This recovered firefighter helmet belonged to Michael T. Weinberg. A member of Engine Company 1, Weinberg was off duty on the morning of September 11th but self-dispatched upon hearing about the attacks.

Biblical text from the Gospel of Matthew found fused to metal in the wreckage at Ground Zero.

This red-haired children’s doll was found amongst the rubble at ground zero on September 12.

A series of photos captured inside the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

This photograph, taken by Robert Sabo on September 11, 2001, at 6:23 AM, captures the New York skyline with the Twin Towers. Just over two hours later, at 8:46 AM, Flight 11 crashed into floors 93 to 99 of the North Tower. Seventeen minutes after that, at 9:03 AM, Flight 175 struck floors 77 to 85 of the South Tower.

You were able to see the core structure of the twin towers during sunset.

Roman Catholic Priest and NYFD Chaplain Father Mychal Judge.

The NYC skyline at 8:45am vs 8:46am on September 11th 2001.

Final Shot Of "Ghostbusters 2."

The 9/11 Tear Drop Memorial, donated to the USA by Russia.

Luis Alvarez, one of the first responders on 9/11, before and after cancer.

A rare piece of glass from the World Trade Center that miraculously remained intact after the 9/11 collapse.

This photo was taken at approximately 8:30 am on September 11, 2001 by David Monderer, from the Manhattan Bridge pedestrian walkway. Roughly 16 minutes later, a plane would crash into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, hitting floors 93 to 99.

American Airlines Flight 11 (Visible In The Upper Right-Hand Corner Of The Photo) Approaches The North Tower Of The World Trade Center On September 11, 2001.

Harrowing photo shows FDNY Chief Assistant Gerard A. Barbara looking up at the burning World Trade Center on 9/11. He later lost his life when the South Tower collapsed while he was inside.

Genelle Guzman-McMillan was the last person rescued from the rubble of the World Trade Center after the September 11 attacks in 2001, having spent 27 hours trapped in the rubble.

Speaking about the incident Genelle said: “The dust and the sound and everything came crashing down. I braced myself, fell to the ground, and laid there until it came to a complete stop. Then there was this deathly silence.”

“I was trapped there for 27 hours. It felt like I was there forever. I couldn’t move and it was excruciating. I just kind of prepared myself to fall asleep and not wake up because of the pain, but every time I drifted off, I’d realize that I was still breathing and still alive.”

Genelle spent nearly three months in the hospital, but she survived against the odds.

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The final Friday in Asia Tour 2022-2023 (11 August 2023), and we have another cover debut with just four shows left in Taipei, Taiwan!

Alice Oberg made her Bombalurina cover debut, covering and playing six tracks during her time as a Swing and Demeter.

Congratulations Alice!

With Meghan Peploe-Williams as Tantomile, who captured sidestage Macavity, and Benjamin McMillan.

Katie Hutton as Rumpleteazer always finds friends and shares a group from today and days before.

With Gabrielle Parker as Jemima, Johnny Randall as Mistoffelees, Isabella Roberts as Victoria, Meghan Peploe-Williams covering Cassandra, Saverio Pescucci as Alonzo, Jack Danson as Chorus Tugger, and Lucy Rice covering Bombalurina.

Benjamin McMillan also shared some photos of him covering Old Deuteronomy, with Meghan as Tantomile, Isabella as Victoria, and Gabrielle as Jemima.

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In Het Paleis van Typografisch Metselwerk verzamelt ontwerper Richard Niessen grafische voorwerpen. Niet zomaar omdat ze mooi zijn, maar omdat ze kenmerkend zijn voor de wijze waarop grafisch ontwerpers visuele communicatie vormgeven. Van tekens tot ornamenten, van methodes en technieken tot de geschiedenis en de praktijk van het vak. Beeldtaal onder de loep Het Paleis van Typografisch Metselwerk toont de verbeeldingskracht van grafisch ontwerpers: een plek waar de waarde van grafisch ontwerp wordt getoond, bewaard en gekoesterd. Pop-Up Museum Sinds 2015 werkt Niessen aan 'Het Paleis van Typografisch Metselwerk', oorspronkelijk een imaginair museum. Om de collectie voor iedereen toegankelijk te maken ontwikkelde hij samen met Graphic Matters een mobiel expositie systeem en een audio guide waarmee hij een persoonlijke toelichting geeft. De pop-up presentatie bevat werk van bekende Nederlandse ontwerpers als Karel Martens, Hansje van Halem, Wim Crouwel, Harmen Liemburg, Experimental Jetset, Thonik, Moniker en Irma Boom. Daarnaast zijn ontwerpers Ott Metusala (EE), Farah Fayyed (LB), William Jacobson (SE), Edgar Walthert (CH), Benjamin McMillan (UK) en Åbäke (UK) uitgenodigd om nieuw werk te maken. Grote Kerk Breda als Het Paleis van Typografisch Metselwerk De tentoonstelling wordt gepresenteerd door Graphic Matters in samenwerking met de Grote Kerk Breda. De organisaties vinden elkaar op het raakvlak van beeldtaal, ontwikkeling, erfgoed en het vertellen van verhalen. Zowel de Grote Kerk Breda als Het Paleis van Typografisch Metselwerk zoeken de verbinding tussen het heden en verleden. De Grote Kerk Breda is bij uitstek een voorbeeld van een ruimtelijk beeldverhaal; een gebouw gevuld met tekens en symbolen die ruim 700 jaar oud zijn en nog steeds doorwerken in onze huidige visuele communicatie. De tentoonstelling is speciaal voor deze gelegenheid en locatie uitgebreid met een interactief element; een plek waar ontwerpen ontleed en geanalyseerd worden en bezoekers de relatie tussen de tentoonstelling, de Grote Kerk Breda en hun eigen omgeving onderzoeken. Deze ervaring draagt bij aan een beter begrip van alle tekens en symbolen die in ons dagelijks leven op ons pad komen. Het maakt de bezoekers bewust van de rijkdom en diversiteit van beeldtaal. Praktische info 23 april t/m 18 juni | Grote Kerk Breda Maandag – zaterdag van 10.00 tot 17.00 uur Zondag van 13.00 tot 17.00 uur Let op! Het Paleis is gesloten op 27 april (Koningsdag) en 12 mei. Pay-what-you-like Om de expositie zo toegankelijk mogelijk te maken word het pay-what-you-like principe gehanteerd. Na afloop van een bezoek bepaalt de bezoeker zelf hoeveel ze betalen en rekenen ze af via een QR-code. Rondleidingen en educatief aanbod Elke zondag is Het Paleis te ontdekken onder leiding van een gids. Deze gids geeft een crash course kritisch kijken en licht de thema's en enkele bijzondere werken toe. Er zijn speciale educatieve programma's voor voortgezet onderwijs (havo/vwo), MBO (mediavormgeving), HBO (alle opleidingen) en vakgerichte studies. Meer informatie www.graphicmatters.nl/het-paleis-van-typografisch-metselwerk

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Zero Tolerance made us into a supervillain

Caitlin Dickerson’s frightening and moving article We Need to Take Away Children was the cover story of the September 2022 issue of The Atlantic magazine. It reports on the US “Zero Tolerance” policy, the policy of deliberately separating immigrant children from their parents. It should be required reading for everyone. At least everyone who can read English. It is not just a “this was awful” piece, but also dives deeply into who wanted this policy, what they did to get it enacted, and who failed to stop it and why.

In a letter to the editor in the Novemeber 2022 issue, Dr. Ranit Mishori reports that Physicians for Human Rights asserts that the policy in question meets the UN’s criteria for torture. I am not sure it does — but if it does not meet those criteria, it is worse. Criterion (3) is that torture is “for the purpose of coercion, punishment, or intimidation”. I do not know if that criterion is limited to coercion, punishment, or intimidation of the person being tortured or not. While it is clearly torturous to a 3 year old to be forcibly removed from her parents, in this case, the U.S. government policy was in place not to coerce or punish or intimidate the 3 year old, or even her parents. The policy existed to intimidate third parties, namely the victim’s countrymen who might be contemplating an attempt at entry into the United States. Let me state that more succinctly: we were torturing person A (a child, no less) not to extract information or change the behavior of person A, or even of her parents (person B), but rather in an attempt to affect the behavior of person C. Leaving aside the question of what on earth made people like Stephen Miller think that the average Venezuelan contemplating an attempt at crossing the US border is going to have a clue what US immigration policy is like — let’s be clear, the mule who wants to charge an outlandish fee to help transport him and his family is not going to tell him — this is worse than “normal” torture. In fact, this behavior – torturing one person to affect the behavior of someone else — is so heinous it is exactly what Hollywood has the bad guy do whenever they want the audience to cheer when the good guy kills the bad guy without any due process at the end of the film.

Think about it. In Jack Reacher: Never Go Back the Hunter (Patrick Heusinger’s character) threatens to torture, and then abducts and threatens to kill, 15 year old Samantha in an attempt to control Jack Reacher’s behavior. In The Dark Knight the Joker tortures and kills people, particularly Brian Douglas, in order to try to get Batman to “take off his mask and turn himself in”. In Olympus Has Fallen Kang Yeonsak tortures several people, including Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan, in order to coerce President Benjamin Asher to give him the code to Cerberus. In Skyfall Raoul Silva tortures (and then kills) Sévérine, in part as punishment for her betrayal, but mainly just to upset James Bond. Heck, Darth Vader himself does exactly this in The Empire Strikes Back: he tortures Leia Organa and Han Solo for the sole purpose of luring Luke Skywalker into a trap.

It is hard to swallow that we, the United States of America, are behaving not just like the villain in this story, but like a supervillain.

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Jerrie and Jelly say FUCK OFF MATE

Macavity says wot i was only going to disembowel him a little

meanwhile Munkustrap is swooning very prettily

Oasis cast 11: Benjamin McMillan as the damsel in distress, Benjamin Stacey as Mungojerrie, Katie Hahn as Jellylorum, Domenico Ramelli as Macavity.

And for bonus angst or crack, depending on your feelings: on this night, due to a lack of covers, Macavity's two minions who carried off Deuteronomy were none other than our favourite two orange stripey kids!

(Look at the shoes: hers are almost white, his are almost black. We also get a glimpse of orange and white under his mask in another frame but it's too blurry to translate well into stills. The only other cats offstage at this point are Plato (who is Macavity), Misto (busy getting ready for his solo), and Alonzo and Gus (Mac decoys).)

Since Rumpelteazer had to participate in the 'Macavity' song, Mungojerrie brought fake Deut in alone... but honey you're not subtle we see that orange and black wig under that mask.

Usually I assume the henchcats/minions are completely separate characters, but this time? Oooh this is too juicy. I'm gonna call this canon for this night: that was actually them under the disguises!

M&R carried him off, then Demeter sang I might mention Mungojerrie with Rumpelteazer right there onstage with her. Guys, they're onto you. They know where your silly little side gig has led you, even though you didn't mean for it to go that far...

... and now where's it got you?

"wait what's going on I didn't realise this was actually serious please don't OH SHIT I got him hurt worse by distracting him I'M SORRY MUM"

Jerrie's day keeps getting better and better. Look what you did. You messed up a perfectly good tribe protector is what you did, look at him, he's got lacerations.

... and Teazer is on the other side of the stage. Is that an incitement to cowardice ("she isn't by my side, I am paralysed by indecision") or bravery ("I must get to her somehow!")? Who knows, but eventually....

... a decision is made.

And when he stands up, the whole tribe stands with him.

(Oasis cast 11, 13 April 2022)