#Bon Echo Rock

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The Mazinaw Rock Collection... More on the Bon Echo Inn -- The Ouija Board Conversation

Photo- Collotype Reception room, Bon Echo Inn, near Pakenham, Ont., circa 1910Unknown / UnknownMP-0000.726.6   Flora MacDonald Denison, an Ontario-based inn owner said that The Bon Echo Inn had her favorite poet’s words etched forever into a granite cliff. Mac-Donald-Denison decided to model her quiet piece of paradise after the spiritual humanism and democratic idealism of her poet hero,…

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Mazinaw rock on film by me 2024

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MUSIC ID PACK

NAMES ⌇　abby. ace. adagio. adam. adria. adrian. adriane. aero. alex. alice. angus. ann. anthony. apollo. ari. aria. ariane. ariette. avril. axl. axton. bill. billie. billy. blaze. bohemia. bon. brad. brian. bruce. cade. cadence. cadentia. cantrelle. charlie. cher. chester. chordelle. chordette. chordiene. chrissie. christine. cleo. cliff. coda. cosmo. crescenette. crescenne. cresciene. cruz. dahlia. danny. dave. david. dax. daze. dolce. dolcette. dolciene. dolciette. don. doremi. duff. dusty. echo. eddie. electra. ember. ensemblette. enslette. enzo. eric. estelle. faye. flash. fleetwood. florance. floyd. flux. forte. frank. freddie. geddy. geezer. gene. george. ginger. glenn. glimmer. grace. gregg. halen. halo. harmonette. harmonie. harmony. harp. hayley. helena. iggy. isis. izzy. jack. jasper. jett. jimi. jimmy. joe. john. juno. kade. kai. kairo. keira. keith. kian. knox. krist. kurt. larkin. larry. layla. liam. lindsey. lio. luna. lux. lyric. lyrical. mac. malcolm. maynard. medley. meliene. melodie. melodiette. melody. micheal. mick. mitch. moxie. muse. musette. musine. nancy. neal. neil. neon. nick. nicko. nicky. noel. note. notesie. notesy. nova. octavia. onyx. orchestrae. orchestraette. orchestraine. ozzy. paul. pax. pear. pete. peter. phil. piper. pulse. quest. randy. rave. rhea. rhythm. rick. ringo. riven. robert. roger. ronnie. rosa. rose. sabbath. sable. serj. sierra. sky. skye. sona. sonata. sonette. songbird. songesse. songette. songstress. sonia. sonic. sonnet. spark. steve. steven. stevie. strobe. symphonia. symponiette. talia. taryn. tempo. thom. tim. tom. tony. treble. trix. vibe. viola. violette. violiene. vyn. xara. zack. zeppelin.

PRONOUNS ⌇　aero/aero. ba/bass. band/band. base/base. beat/beat. black/black. blink/blink. bpm/bpm. chili/chili. crash/crash. cream/cream. cue/cue. cure/cure. door/door. dor/doremi. drop/drop. dru/drum. drum/drum. eagle/eagle. echo/echo. electric/electric. electro/electronic. fla/flash. flu/flute. flute/flute. for/forte. forte/forte. glo/glow. guitar/guitar. gun/gun. har/harp. heart/heart. hot/hot. hx/hxm. hy/hym. iron/iron. jam/jam. journey/journey. jump/jump. ke/key. kiss/kiss. la/lala. las/laser. loud/loud. ly/lyric. machine/machine. maiden/maiden. mel/melody. metal/metal. mix/mixed. mu/muse. mu/music. muse/muse. music/music. ne/neon. nirvana/nirvana. no/note. noe/note. note/note. oasis/oasis. oct/octave. pearl/pearl. pepper/pepper. perform/perform. pi/piano. pia/piano. piano/piano. pink/pink. queen/queen. ra/rave. radio/radio. rage/rage. re/reverb. red/red. reverb/reverb. rhy/rhythm. riff/riff. rock/rock. rose/rose. rush/rush. scorpion/scorpion. scream/scream. shred/shred. shx/hxr. shy/hyr. sing/sing. soe/song. soe/sonnet. sol/sola. song/song. spike/spike. stone/stone. string/string. stud/stud. sync/sync. tem/tempo. tempo/tempo. thxy/thxm. thy/thym. tra/track. tre/treble. treble/treble. trumpet/trumpet. tu/tune. tuba/tuba. tune/tune. vi/vibe. vio/violin. vocal/vocal. wa/wave. yell/yell. 🎤. 🎧. 🎵. 🎶. 🎷. 🎸. 🎹. 🎻. 🎼. 💥. 📹. 🔊. 🔋. 🔌. 🗯️. 🤘. 🥁. 🧑🏻‍🎤.

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One of my favourite views from a campsite. Bon Echo Rock 2024.

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Ranking the Bad Batch Based On How Fun They'd Be To Jam To Some Tunes With

Just something fun to do lol. I'm a musician and sound engineer, so not only am I basing this on what I think they each like to listen to, but also how much interest and knowledge each batcher has in the music making process, specifically music theory and music production, which are major aspects of why a person likes or dislikes certain songs or artists.

I'm totally basing this on my own musical preferences by the way, and since I'm writing this I'm gonna be totally biased towards how I feel about their jammability based on how much I enjoy their music taste, too. Y'all can like whatever music you want, and rank their music preferences according to your own taste.

HUNTER: 5/10 (FANTASTIC MUSIC TASTE, ATROCIOUS JAMMABILITY)

IDK I just feel like Hunter is very "meh?" about music??? Like it's a very passive thing for him.

If I had to guess, I'd say he probably chooses to listen to genres including Latin Pop, Americana, Classic Rock, maybe a little Funk? Within those genres I'd say he likes artists like Juanes, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Fiona Apple, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Maná, Trombone Shorty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Collective Soul, and the Allman Brothers Band. I'd say his taste in music is the only reason he'd get even a 5/10, he's got an ELITE taste, but he also is just... is not that interested at the same time. He probably talks while it's playing too, like bruh if you have something to say PAUSE THE DAMN SONG AND STOP RUINING THE VIBE

He also has no interest in, or in learning, anything about music theory or production, which as a musician is such a fundamental part of enjoying a tune. Like you could drop a "yo that melodic tritone interval between the flat 3rd scale degree and the 6th scale degree over the dominant IV7 chord FUCKED bro" and he'd just sit there at stare at you and barely give you a shrug?? Bro no. No vibes. Don't bother trying to explain the mix to him either, he straight up doesn't care.

Hunter does not dance, and even if you managed to convince him to, he SUCKS at it. Sure he's got grace, but Hunter wouldn't know rhythm if it slapped him in the face. Plus, he gets upset when he sucks at it, which then just gets him in a pissy mood. 😐

WRECKER: 10/10 (FANTASTIC MUSIC TASTE, FANTASTIC JAMMABILITY)

WRECKER LOVES TO JAM BRO

He can jam to just about anything, but I know for sure he loves the 80's and 90's stuff, like Punk Rock, New Wave, Ska Punk, Anthem Rock, and Classic Rock. As for artists, think Quiet Riot, DEVO, Green Day, AC/DC, Oingo Boingo, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Journey, INXS, Dropkick Murpheys, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Sublime, and Styx. Wrecker will enthusiastically sing along to every song he knows (and he doesn't care if he's in tune or not, he's too busy having fun!), and will enthusiastically jam physically to songs he doesn't know. He's always down to listen to new music if it's presented to him, but I also don't think he really goes out of his way for new music either. He knows what he likes and he's good with that.

Music theory in particular escapes Wrecker. You can explain it to him 1,001 times, he just cannot grasp it. But that's ok! He'll eagerly listen to you explain it for the 1,002nd time and every time after that, because he loves listening to music and finds the making of it passively interesting. As for production, once again he finds it passively interesting, so he likes brief, "cliff note" explanations as to why things sound certain ways; he wants to know that the reason that the vocals sound like they're echoing in a concert hall is because they have reverb, but doesn't particularly care about which kind of reverb or how it works.

Wrecker is so down to dance. He will absolutely head bang, and he will absolutely throw DOWN in a mosh pit. Doesn't care at all what he looks like or what other people are thinking of him; when "What I Like About You" by The Romantics pops on, Wrecker pops off 😎

ECHO: 9/10 (FANTASTIC MUSIC TASTE, GREAT JAMMABILITY)

Echo jams for sure. In a different, more chill way than Wrecker, but he's still fun to jam out with!

He definitely had an "emo teen" phase, so he likes Punk, Pop Rock, Alternative, and I'd say he probably likes Neo Soul, Rap and Hip Hop as an adult, too. He's a My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy FIEND; he knows all the songs and will sing along to them when he's with people he's comfortable with. He now also goes for artists like Green Day, Kendrick Lamar, The Struts, John Legend, The Killers, Tai Verdes, Radiohead, Alicia Keys, Crazy Town, Teddy Swims, and Erykah Badu. He's also the kind to keep starting the song over each time you talk, there's a distraction, or just because he loves a song and wasn't "feeling it enough" the first time through.

I feel like Echo would be one hell of a producer, and can and will spend hours in Logic Pro or Ableton making the stankiest beats and mixes, but also falls into the "MuSic ThEoRy KiLLs My CrEaTiViTy" category. Doesn't matter how many times you tell him that, even though he doesn't know how to identify what he's making, he's still using music theory, he'll just blow you off and swear that he doesn't use theory, he "puts stuff together because it sounds good." It's okay Echo, the rest of know it sounds good because it's a I-7 chord to a IV7 chord, just because you don't know your song is in Dorian doesn't mean the rest of us don't 🙃

Echo doesn't get up to dance, but he does the thing where he's "dancing" in his seat and makes, sometimes quite silly, faces. Big head bobber attitude, and if he's really into it, you can catch him unconsciously drumming his hand and scomp along to the song on whatever surface is in front of him. Same, Echo, same.

CROSSHAIR: -10000/10 (ATROCIOUS MUSIC TASTE, ATROCIOUS JAMMABILITY)

First of all, this man claims he doesn't like music, and "prefers to be alone with his thoughts." Bro, that's bullshit and we all know it.

At first, Crosshair would be one of those assholes that claims he likes music that's "actually good" and artists that "you've probably never heard of" like Stevie Ray Vaughan, which is funny because like dude, I don't know a single person who hasn't heard of SRV, but he literally knows one singular song - Crosshair knows "Crossfire" and that's it, and if you listen to the entire In Step album with him, you know you can call BS on him because that's... literally the only song he knows off the entire album. And then you catch him with headphones in for the first time and oh boy, this man jumps through flaming hoops to deny it, but Crosshair is a Swifty, a Belieber, and an Ariana Grande stan, which for me personally, are the absolute LAST artists I'll ever listen to, but hey if that's your thing, Crosshair is your guy to listen to music with. Like there's good pop music out there, but Crosshair will hear none of it and refuses to even try anything else. "Yo Crosshair let's listen to some P!nk or Bruno Mars or Lady Gaga or fun.---" "gO aWaY!" If you really worked hard at it, you could maybe get him to listen to some darker pop like Hozier, Imagine Dragons, and Twenty One Pilots; the angstier the lyrics, the better. Who knows, maybe with time and patience you could even work him him up to some Screamo bands like Asking Alexandria or Falling In Reverse??? 👀

Don't bother trying to explain theory or production to him; he does not care. He just wants to listen to music in solitude.

If you even think this man will bob his head in front of you let alone dance you are sorely mistaken.

TECH: 1000/10 (A LITERAL GOD-LIKE MUSIC TASTE, GREAT JAMMABILITY)

I mean, it's Tech. Golden Retriever boy. He's interested in just about everything, and is always down to try new things, and the same applies to music.

Tech has a very diverse taste in music, and his taste is also always growing. He likes different things for different reasons; he loves Classical, Jazz, and Progressive Rock for their interesting and stimulating use of music theory, and he finds Funk and Alternative and even Salsa inspiring for their arrangements and/or songwriting. This man will whiplash from Coldplay to Duke Ellington to Muse to Earth, Wind & Fire to a literal Gregorian Chant Compilation so fast you won't even have time to process whatever song you just finished, and best of all, he'll show just as much attention and appreciation to the new song as he did the last. He loves Bach and Wendy Carlos' Switched On Bach, and he loves artists like Genesis, Nat King Cole, Elton John, Joe Arroyo, Thelonious Monk, Pink Floyd, Jon Batiste, Seal, Led Zeppelin, R.E.M., and unlike his twin, Tech will absolutely sit down and listen to SRV's In Step with you and will absolutely love analyizing every second of it. He's also an anti-fascist, politically conscious king, so play him songs like "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield, "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke, "Front Line" by Stevie Wonder, or "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell, and that exceptional mind of his will get super amped up. You'll have a great listening session, and then a great political conversation. And maybe I'm just self-projecting here, but Tech will go absolutely feral for Queen. Everything about them. The music? Stimulating intellectually and emotionally. Brian May is a literal astrophysicist and John Deacon is an electrical engineer, and he finds that so fucking cool. His favorite album is a toss up between Queen II and A Night At the Opera; either way, he loves the thought and intention that go into a concept album, and if you ask him if he wants to listen to one with you, he will definitely say yes.

It's super fun to have listening sessions with Tech, because you can totally geek out with him over what's happening in the music you're listening to, be it theory or mix or whatever; and if you teach Tech even the basics about music theory, mixing engineering, songwriting and arrangement, etc., it will be highly likely that this dude will know more and be 100x better at it than you within days. I feel like he loves mastering, and will always be the one to master Echo's mixes. 🥰

Tech is less a physical jammer and more an intellectual jammer, if that makes sense. Discussing all the various aspects of music is totally a jam, and Tech is the one to do it with. That being said, if you asked him to, he'd dance, but this socially awkward guy would probably think you meant like...ballroom dancing??? instead of just hanging out in the same room and groovin' to some tunes together??? And he'd be super awkward, too, because he's the opposite of Hunter- all rhythm and no grace. But either way, the vibes from this man are immaculate and you will never run out of music to listen to with this man.

Well, hope you all enjoyed my TED Tech Talk :) and I hope you all enjoy listening to music as much as I do lol

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Extended Families Shorts

Neon: Hey-Hey Ci-Ci!

Chai: Neon! How's my Favorite Faunus Cousin Doing?

Neon: She's doing pretty Good! How's the new heart?

Chai: Beating to the beat of the Drums! And yours will be too when I give you ...

Chai: *patting his pockets* Give you ...

808: *Carrying a pair of paper slips in her mouth* Mrrow?

Chai: Oh! thanks a ton 808!

Neon: Are those-

Chai: Tickets to Bunk Bed Junction's Concert this Weekend!

Neon: I- how- When did you-

Chai: Well, Miss Vandeley was pretty hyped about me getting her out of Kale's whole "Mind Control" Schtick, so she gave me a pretty rocking Sign-On bon-AH!

Neon: *Hugging Chai with all her might* THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Chai: *Strained* Not a problem! Now please put me down I can't breathe-

~~~~~

Beatrix: So looks like the little Farm kid finally put his hiking boots on!

Oscar: Auntie Bea? What- How did you find me?

Beatrix: A little birdy told me where to find you! and I figured visiting old stomping grounds isn't too bad sometimes! What have you been up to?

Oscar: Oh ... You know ... This, that, and the other thing?

Beatrix: Really now? You make the trek from Mistral to Beacon for no reason in Particular?

Oscar: ... Yes.

Beatrix: ...

Beatrix: Well that's great! you finally got that Wanderlust! I thought I'd be the only one in the family to make new tracks! Tell me everything You've seen, and heard, and done on your travels!

Oscar: Only if-

Beatrix: *Hands Oscar a bottle of Honey*

Oscar: Okay, so the first time I killed a Grimm ...

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Blacksmith: You two wish to see the world?

Princess: A few, Here and there- Just a chance to be "Normal" after the all of that "Echo" and "Construct" and "Forever Killing each other" business.

TLQ: Yeah, Nasty Business that.

Blacksmith: Very well then. Quiet, You'll need to shaped into something more fitting of the world of Remnant, and you'll need to call each other by more conventional Names. Is that alright?

TLQ: I'm okay with it. It'll be new. Different.

Princess: *Flirting* And you Love "different" Don't you?

TLQ: I should say I do~ *The Look*

Princess: *Cupping his cheek* Hmm~ I'm going to miss that Beak of yours~ Hopefully your tongue-

Blacksmith: OKAY THEN! Let's workshop some Ideas on Names and a new look -Clothes for you, Princess, and a new Everything for Quiet.

Princess: *Annoyed* Very well Then.

TLQ: Alright. I'm game. You could've waited a moment more, though.

Blacksmith: I very well Couldn't.

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DPS Girls & Concert Headcanons!

It's finally arrived; each of the OVW DPS girls have plans to attend a concert, but who would they each go see? These are my personal headcanons (SFW)!

It's somewhat long so it's under the cut - enjoy and let me know any thoughts you have c:

Elizabeth Caledonia "Calamity" / Ashe: Ashe is the type of girl who would do anything and drop however much she could to see Ella Langley, Riley Green, and Johnny Cash tribute acts. She loves the idea of cowboys and the wild west, and loves country music alongside it. Neil Young is another she appreciates and would do anything to see as well, for the nostalgia of course.

Echo: Echo's not the type to fixate on music, and enjoys vicariously through concert videos online. However, if she was to go see someone, it would be an artist who she knows the people she's going with enjoy as well. She values the importance of music, but there isn't a specific artist I can imagine her being into enough to go see them live.

Mei-Ling Zhou / Mei: Mei's mostly interested in classical music; it helps her to focus as background noise or relax when she's had a stressful week. I can imagine she'd go to concerts in opera halls for classical music iterations and sit there, silently enjoying herself. However, I think she'd pay to see artists such as Iron & Wine, Bon Iver, and other indie folk musicians. Indie folk is one of those guilty pleasures that helps her focus in the same ways as classical but has substance beyond instruments. She values it and would enjoy herself (as long as she had someone to come with her ofc).

Fareeha Amari / Pharah: She'll tell you if the conversation ever came up that she would pay anything to go back in time and see Queen live. She absolutely adores them, but tribute acts to her never do them justice. That's who I think Pharah would go to see if she could live. However, Fareeha also loves classic rock as a genre and would do anything to see AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, etc. She would go solo or with other people, she's not too bothered and she knows how to protect herself if anything happened. All she's interested in is hearing the music through her feet and enjoying it live, seeing everyone around her and embracing the rock culture.

Vivian Chase / Sojourn: Sojourn's a fan of classical jazz; she loves to sit with a whiskey on the rocks, in a dingy bar and enjoy the music so she doesn't tend to go to concerts as much as she used to. However, when she was younger and in Overwatch as it's lead commander, she used to always make an effort to try and see alternative rock artists like Imagine Dragons, Arctic Monkeys, and The Strokes. Whenever she listens to them now, she gets thrown into the past and wouldn't refuse a ticket to see them for old time's sake.

Olivia Colomar / Sombra: She definitely enjoys EDM and goes to raves moreso than concerts; she enjoys club culture and has been known to indulge in everything about them. She was first exposed to The Prodigy, and her love for EDM kept growing from there. The Prodigy, Deadmau5 and Skrillex would be the ones I could see her wanting to see the most live at a rave.

Satya Vaswani / Symmetra: We know that Symmetra has a more eclectic side with her sashay emote, so one of the most obvious things I could think of her enjoying would be drag brunches moreso than a concert. She would love the feeling of the music through your body, the dancing, the interactions happening in front of her. I think she'd enjoy night performances in concert halls as well, especially with strobe lights and voguing; it would be autism heaven for her. However, I think she appreciates modern classical music that helps her unwind and relax, especially if she's overwhelmed or overstimulated with the work that she's trying to complete at tht moment. Artists such as RuPaul, Philip Glass, and Tycho would definitely be on her radar though (if she decided to go to a concert).

Lena Oxton / Tracer: Tracer's got a very upbeat attitude, and it seems very likely she would enjoy pop artists, especially if she's struggling with things mentally or with guilt. It helps distract her, so she would definitely agree to see artists such as Chappel Roan, Lady Gaga, and Charli XCX. She enjoys being able to dance in the crowd to their music, screaming her heart out with whoever she's with or with total strangers. Alternatively, she used to heavily enjoy pop-rock artists such as Paramore, and would make an effort to see them when she could. It's still close to her heart, so I don't think she'd decline seeing them live still.

Amelie Lacroix / Widowmaker: Widow's a fan of classical ballet music; it reminds her of a time she was herself, and it brings back the emotions she once felt to some degree. She would pay anything to see them performed live by an orchestra, or even during a ballet, just to be able to feel like a normal woman again. Widow would never decline to a concert that features music from the artists such as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Felix Mendelssohn.

I'll be making a version with the overwatch DPS males next! Any thoughts or opinions about these are always accepted, and my asks are open to any and all requests <3

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"next to my darling"

hand slipped. wrote more laudna introspection. spiced it up and set it during the end of c3:e91. bon appetite. i might have a problem.

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The stone settles acrid on Laudna’s tongue, and she licks her lips to expel the taste. Her skin burns with shallow scrapes that smart and snarl with moon-dusted fury. Ichor clings, thick and viscous, to hair pulled loose from its tie. It flutters in her eyes, but she cannot bring herself to lift her arms and brush it away. Her limbs are molten, bruised, and aching. She presses on. 

Because her eyes still sting with the flash-bright of a guiding bolt with the wrong-right target. Because her ears ring with the piercing screams of not one but two of her murderers that echoed deafeningly off red rock and redder eardrums. Because she holds a clump of wires in one fist and Imogen’s trembling hand in the other. 

[ashleysjourney2healthy]

K and I hiked at bon echo provincial park today. We both really love it there. We took a boat across to Mazinaw Rock and we completed the 3km round trip hike. It was actually quite difficult 🥵

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Year-End Poll #41: 1990

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Welcome to the 90's! Much like the previous years, soft rock and ballads are still a reliable way to get noticed on the charts, as is the soundtrack single. But while we're still in the late 80's in terms of sound, there are still some notable changes I'd like to draw attention to.

The first is the debut of Mariah Carey, whose self titled album was released in June 1990. Mariah's presence on the charts will continue far past this year, and we'll even see her break records in terms of chart longevity. With Bell Biv DeVoe's Poison and Madonna's Vogue, we're also seeing two genres (new jack swing and house music respectively) that got their start well before the 90's, but whose sound will soon leave their marks on the decade. Vogue is also notable for introducing middle America to the Black and queer Ballroom scene. The history of disco in the 70's is already echoing less than twenty years later.

As far as the business side of the Billboard Charts, a major change is brewing to take place, but we won't see the fruits of that until the next year (unless you were listening to country music at the time). The "world music" album chart would also debut this year, but that wouldn't have as much of a noticeable effect on the Hot 100. At least not yet.

[dustedmagazine]

Bizhiki — Unbound (Jagjaguwar)

Just under 50,000 people or about 1% of Wisconsin’s people are native American, a relatively small percentage compared to Western states like Alaska and South Dakota. However, there’s a vibrant native American culture in the Badger State nonetheless, with tribes celebrating traditional music, dance, food and storytelling at pow wows held throughout the state. Dylan Bizhikiins Jennings of Bizhiki came out of that tradition, as did his adopted brother Rainey (though in the neighboring state of Minnesota). For this project, the two of them have connected with another rural Wisconsin musical tradition, the dreamy, expansive vocal pop of Bon Iver and its offshoots. Justin Vernon guests on one of Unbound’s songs, while his frequent collaborator Sean Carey is a full-fledged member of the group.

Bizhiki’s music combines traditional native American chant with an indie electronic palette of sounds. It’s a blend that might easily fail to gel, and yet it works fairly consistently. The best cuts put the Native American elements in the foreground. The least effective slip into generic chillwave territories, a slightly more exotic version of Washed Out. It’s hard to argue with the exultant drumming and trance-inducing vocals of “Rez News,” for instance, but “She’s All We Have,” while earnest in its ecological message, sounds too much like standard-issue electronic pop. “Nashke!” gets the balance best, beginning in whispery indie guitars and vocals and building to an ecstatic, keening climax. A cool Western-style verse — Carey, evidently — blossoms into echoing group chants, and the two sides meet, not seamlessly exactly, but in collaboration.

You can definitely make out Justin Vernon’s unearthly falsetto in “Gigawaabamin (Come Through)” though the liner notes are at pains to credit Native singer Mike Sullivan as “featured artist.” Here, a dance beat thunders, a jazz bass slithers, a indie rock chorus croons in mega-pop style, but the part that hits you hardest is the vibrating, trilling, old-time chant. You could think of Bizhiki as indie pop with a secret sauce, but it’s more than that. The Native American bits are the transcendent ones. They’re a doorway into another tradition, strange, compelling and beautiful.  

Jennifer Kelly

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The Big Rock, Bon Echo (1922) by Arthur Lismer

[gracelesslady23]

URL Song Tag

Thanks so much for the tag @roalinda and @strugglequill (sorry it took me so long to do this!!)

The rules are to pick a song for each letter in your URL!

G - Ghost! - Sophie Cates

R - Rocks off - The Rolling Stones

A - All Your Exes - Julia Michaels

C - Cedar - Gracie Abrams

E - Echo - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

L - labor - Paris Paloma

E - Exile - Taylor Swift, Bon Iver

S - Stick Season - Noah Kahan

S - Say Something - A Great Big World, Christina Aguilera

L - love, or the lack thereof - Issac Dunbar

A - About You - The 1975 (but its just the bridge on loop haha)

D - Dancing on my own - Robyn

Y - You're On Your Own, Kid - Taylor Swift

Not sure who has already done this. But tagging @siriuslyasorceress @jmagnabo92 @siriuslystarbucks anyone else who wants to do it!

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Fandom Oneshots: A Drunken Invasion (The Walten Files)

This was requested by TheGrimRead3r on A03. If you want to request me anything let me know (keep your fetisheize to yourself and don't request me any weird shit. Your gonna get blocked if you do)

Susan was cleaning the restaurant, then knocked over a cup "I'm doing my crap, I hope I don't knock over a cup and- oh God no! I can hear him he's coming!" Suddenly, the lights in the restaurant flickered and the sound of heavy footsteps grew louder as they approached the dining area. Susan’s heart pounded in her chest as Bon the animatronic rabbit, walked into view.

"W hy th e f uck d id yo u bre ak the m ug y ou du mb s hit, wh at th e fu ck!" Bon's animatronic eyes flashed with anger as he approached Susan. His metal joints creaked as he moved towards her, each step echoing ominously through the dark restaurant  "boss please it's been 25 years, I don't want to do this anymore" “Susan pleaded with Bon, her voice filled with desperation. "No I- go a nd clea n th is up yo u pie ce of s hit!" Bon's animatronic jaws opened and closed, his voice box letting out a distorted laugh. "You won't give me my salary" “Susan looked up at him, determination in her eyes. "Sh ut t he fu ck up". Bon then looked at the cash register and opened it. As the cash register sprang open, Bon's eyes flicked towards it, "Act ually I'm gon na do thi s GTA sty le, he re yo u I'm g onna s teal so me mo ney" Susan watched as Bon started taking money from the cash register. Her eyes widened in disbelief as she realized what was happening. "Wh- why would you do that?" she exclaimed.

"Bcau se I do n't lik e yo u, y ou fuc king pie ce of ol d s hit yag abo ripo ff looki ng moth erfu cker. Ho pe yo u sh it yo ur pan ts a nd c um in pe e!"

"Guys look!" Molly said as both Susan and Bon see three people with bottles of alcohol around them. Susan quickly looks over her shoulder at the three people Molly indicated, while Bon's head snaps in their direction. The three people were all holding bottles of alcohol and appeared to be drunk.

Susan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow as she saw the trio, while Bon's animatronic eyes fixated on them with an unnerving gaze. "Bon" then transformed into his normal self and walked out of Bon's Burgers "should we stop him?" Molly said then Susan shrugged

****

"Hello! I'm the car from Cars Two, hello? Hello?" Kevin tried calling out as the rest were annoyed "stop talking, just shut the fuck up, look at this house"

Then then drunkenly walked over to the house and Ed opened the door "dad there's people here!" Ed didn't see Sophie

"Hey" Jenny said as she was sluring "this is a cool place"

"Thank you same over here, so today let me introduce you to all my friends this is- this is my dad" Jack was next to Ed "yo what's fucking good I smoke weed for a living" Keven "I don't like this honestly, like-" unsure of what to think. "I don't care, you are staying the night we love you here! I will ██ your ██ If I have too" Jack said then handed him a piece of candy "here's a candy that makes you rock hard my guy"

Keven was scared

"I don't care, you will be here horny or not! I will watch you through the window!" Keven gave him a thumbs up "I am horny as well, do you see these images I ██ on all of them!"

Jenny's blunt remark and carefree attitude caught everyone's attention, causing them to glance back at her. Suddenly, she pointed down the road and exclaimed, "Hey guys, look! It's a white man!" They spotted "Bon" walking down the street, and in their intoxicated states, an idea sprung to mind

With a mischievous grin, Jenny snatched the radio from the house and quickly turned it on, blasting Shostakovich Waltz 2 at full volume. "Bon", exhausted from the events of the night, felt like he had reached his limit. As he walked down the street, he heard the distant sound of Shostakovich Waltz 2 blaring from somewhere nearby

With a scowl on his face, Bon muttered to himself, "I've h ad en oug h of th is non sen se."

Just as "Bon" was about to turn away, he was suddenly interrupted by a loud, drunk voice. It was Kevin, stumbling through his words

Kevin had a smirk plastered across his face as he shouted out, "I'm sorry, I don't speak Russian!" He was slurring his words, clearly intoxicated

"Bon's" eyes fixed on Kevin, irritation etched on his face. The group of drunken revelers spotted a stick lying on the ground. Without missing a beat, they eagerly picked it up and began to chase "Bon" with it. Giggles and laughter filled the air as they pursued him with the stick in hand. The tables turned as "Bon" found himself backed into a corner by the drunken group. He transformed back into animatronic form, his eyes flashing with anger. With a menacing tone, he growled out, "Yo u do ne fu ck ed up no w, I do n't ca re yo u w ill f ail- y ou wil l fal l do wn to me!"

Not a single thought was in there head

The drunken group was far too carefree to think about the consequences of their actions. They stared at "Bon," now in animatronic form, with a mixture of drunken confusion and amusement

"I've gai ned the pow er of v oice chan ger! Wh at's goo d! I ca n bec ome m ore sc ary, y ou kn ow wh at? N ah. I ca n be fuc ki ng- I ca n be T P ain, yo wh at's go od It is I, T P ain. Loo k g uys I c an hav e th e fu nny m ic, I d on't ca re. I w ill lit era lly k ill yo u in yo ur sle ep! I c an go ev en hig her I sou nd lik e I s hit ed 17 bric ks! Vi be ch eck!"

Kevin, in his drunken stupor, fixed his gaze on "Bon" and slurred out, "Look at your ass! You're built like a rope-ly ass!"

The others chuckled at Kevin's blunt comment, finding amusement in his comment, The tension in the air heightened as "Bon" felt threatened by the group's antics. Kevin, still stumbling his words, chimed in with a wicked grin, "Please for the love of god I'm going to piss on your cactus, I will shit on your hogala! You can't stop me!"

"Bon's" eyes widened in panic as Kevin's words sunk in.

"NO T MY AR EGAR A! ANYT HIN G BU T TH AT!"

****

"Anyway my masterbation session is over, time to sleep. Dimd dimb. Who is- you know what? Doesn't matter I'm going to sleep, fuck off"

The air around Jack was filled with the sound of his snoring, causing Rosemary to grimace in annoyance

Feeling frustrated, Rosemary muttered to herself, "Goddamn it, Jack snores like a chainsaw. It's driving me insane." In her frustration, Rosemary felt an overwhelming urge to end it all, just to escape the noise. Meanwhile, Jack remained blissfully unaware of Rosemary's distress, filled with loud snores and muttered talking "ooga booga, ooga booga, I am your repressed sexually". Rosemary slowly looked at him as he kept snoring. Jack's muffled voice broke the silence in the room, and he mumbled out, "I want to masturbate, and eat rocks.."

His words, though incoherent, echoed in the room, adding an extra layer of absurdity to the already chaotic atmosphere. Rosemary rolled her eyes at Jack's sleep-talking, silently wondering what was going through his mind.

****

The group of ghosts huddled around the burger joint board, engaging in a debate about what to watch. Brain suggested family guy season 12, but Ashley had a different opinion.

"But I like South Park better," Ashley countered, her preference clear. Charles, with a sly grin on his face, chuckled softly to himself. He whispered to the others, "Haha, little does he know I'm going to make them watch Marley And Me."

He confidently inserted the tape, ready to subject his fellow ghost to an emotional rollercoaster of a movie.

"Bon" became a furry that night, and let's just say. He killed himself

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Bom dia, boa tarde e boa noite! Meu nome é Yuri (podem me chamar de Yu), atendo por ele/dele, sou maior de idade - tenho 24 anos, quase 25; e sou o manager da Ella e do Kaito. Vim aqui enfim divulgar os meus filhos pra vocês, apresentá-los devidamente e aproveitar para falar um pouquinho sobre a minha atividade individual e meus planos para eles dois. Vambora? Vamo!

Nam Eunwoo, também conhecida só como Ella é uma mocinha muito gente boa e esforçada, apesar de ser muito tímida. Vem de uma família humilde, cheia de irmãos e sempre energética, pra contrastar um pouco com a sua natureza mais super_shy_by_newjeans.mp3 (kkkk). Debutou no WYF com muito esforço e é a dancing machine do grupo. A gatinha não é brasileira mas ela não desiste nunca e também não para no lugar, então está fazendo faculdade ao mesmo tempo que trabalha como idol, sem medo da bagunça que isso vai fazer na vidinha dela. Ela é introvertida, um pouco insegura em seus vocais mas cheia de talento, carinho e muito mais a oferecer. Estou montando ainda as conexões dela, mas podem encontrar todas as informações no tumblr individual da mini querida em @nunubella e no menuzinho de navegação no fixado. ♡

Esse moço muito simpático atende por Asahina Kaito ou só Kaito mesmo que nem o vocaloid azul. Japonês nascido em Osaka, mas filho de um astro do rock de seu país e já bem grandinho por lá desde o nascimento, ele é um garoto mais extrovertido, esportista e com sonhos gigantes no mundo da música. Ele é um compositor mirim que decidiu tentar a sorte grande fora do Japão e lutou por uns bons 10 anos até conseguir debutar no ECHO como main dancer e líder. Não leva desaforo pra casa e é o irmão mais velho dos seus meninos, o tipo de idol que viraliza na internet por falar absurdos (mas com razão). Também estou montando as coisas dele, mas tudo sobre ele pode ser encontrado no tumblr em @svmuraii e no menu de navegação no fixado, que vou atualizar com o tempo.

E esses são as minhas crianças! Comentando aqui eu chamo e converso com você em ooc pra tentar definir coisas com nossos personagens. Agora, eu tô custando um pouquinho a aparecer pra interagir por causa dos vestibulares (sim eu sou um vestibulando velho) que estou fazendo no momento, mas estou tentando voltar quando der tempo e respondo tudo certinho, ok? Também quero tentar combinar coisas sobre os grupos mesmo, tipo planilha, promoções, interações entre os membros etc etc. Então managers de bonecos do ECHO e do WYF, VENHAMMM quero bater altos papos com vocês ♡♡♡♡ Tô aceitando todo tipo de plot, basta apenas conversar que a gente arruma uma dinâmica bem legal entre nossos filhos.

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East Ontario: Bon Echo and Ottawa areas

And off I go! 9am Thursday 1st June I'm starting my cross Canada road trip with an overloaded car and at 54,836km...

First stop is one of my favourite things in Ontario; paddle boarding along the Mazinaw Rock in Bon Echo Provincial Park, midway between Toronto and Ottawa. After having traversed the entire GTA one last time on the QEW, Gardiner, DVP and 401 highways, I finally escaped the madness and got to spend a few lovely hours on the water, searching for the pictographs that Indigenous people created a long time ago. The first time I tried to find them was with my mother by kayak, but not having a clue what it exactly was that we were looking for, we found none until we realised on a boat tour that they're tiny and just above the water, whereas we had been craning our neck to scour the high cliffs for anything that seemed remotely like a drawing 😂. Since then, I had already come back once to explore by SUP, however now in the mid-week quiet without other tourists & motorboats it was magical!

Starting my trip during an unexpected heatwave (32C!) has been tiring as I was constantly sweating but at least it meant I was not freezing at night which had been my fear. In the morning I did my regular 20-minute hulahoop wake-up routine but this time on the beach overlooking the cliffs... Great way to start the day and as bonus there were no mosquitos!! I kinda had forgotten how bad it can be in spring, but after two miserable attempts at a hike, I realised I will be doing most of my exploring by water until the bugs have died off. That said, so far it's only been mosquitos which have mass-targeted me, without the deer/black/sand/other nasty flies, so I guess it can & will still get much worse.

Instead of hiking, I ended up paddling two little lakes at Sheffield Conservation Area just south of Bon Echo, which is the most southern location to experience the Canadian Shield... it was not as majestic as up north but the bare granite rocks hold their beauty wherever they are! The channel between the lakes turned out to be blocked by a beaver dam, which made me realize that the pretty water lilies that I had seen earlier were basically the beaver's vegetable garden 😜. I had never seen a beaver dam up close from the water, so it was cool to see how it's constructed with a slope of soil upstream, intertwined with branches for extra stability. I tried to spot the beaver as well, but no luck (the only time I've seen a beaver was at Leslie Spit in Toronto of all places!). Someone had already created a little portage trail around the dam so that I could continue to the next lake and eat lunch on a little island (with my feet out of the water as the fish were trying to nibble).

Am now on a campground on the Quebec side for 3 nights to spend some time around Ottawa; after not having done a campfire on the first night I was looking forward to one and bought a 1-kilo bag of marshmallows and my favourite chocolate (dark, orange & sea salt) for s'mores, but the entire province is under a fire ban due to the many forest fires that are out of control.... Am afraid this is going to be a recurring theme this summer, we need to fix climate change asap!! Without a fire to chase them away, I'm already completely fed up with the mosquitos at the end of the 2nd day, so I spent the evening in my "living room" tent, which is a blissful haven to eat, read and drink some wine.

Spent Saturday very chilled in the capital; although downtown Ottawa is small it is very lively due to all the tourists (like me) and I always enjoy walking around the highlights; I had planned to visit the National Art Gallery but wasn't attracted by any of the current exhibits so gave it a miss and visited the neighbouring Royal Mint instead for what turned out to be a private tour of the facilities - cool to see how they make 99.99% pure silver and gold coins! Thereafter past the Rideau Canal to Parliament Hill which was disappointing because of the construction but also because I couldn't find my favourite sculpture 'Women are Persons!" celebrating the suffragette movement that allowed women to vote...I did find it later in front of the Senate building, but only after I attended (unplanned) the annual D-Day commemorative ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. We cannot afford forgetting the horrible impacts of war so it was a sobering but important moment. I ended on a Byward patio; nothing beats drinking a beer in the sun and watch the world go by!

And today I had a beautiful day at Gatineau Park where I had never been despite having wanted to on previous trips, due to rain/snow etc...I initially did not plan to hike and go supping instead but there was a lot of wind and it turned out no mosquitos due to the cooler weather, so I ended up doing several hikes after all, up to some viewpoints that were no longer visible (as is often the case as they don't cut the trees so that beautiful view when the bench was installed 10+ years ago is long gone), around Pink Lake which is green from the many algae, and to a waterfall that hadn't seen a lot of rain but was pretty nevertheless. I always struggle with making forest hike pictures interesting as it's very green without much variation and not able to capture the true essence of hearing the wind & the birds, the dappled light on the forest floor etc. Tried anyway, and also made a picture of the forest along the parkway to capture the bright apple green of the trees in spring, so refreshing! Ended the day at the Champlain lookout over the Ottawa valley.

Not sure I'll keep up writing so much each time but am clearly excited about how the trip has started so far! 😍

Wildlife: 1 marmot (Bon Echo), 2 male mergansers fighting with each other (Bon Echo), 10,000 mosquitos (Bon Echo), 2 snakes (Toronto Island and Sheffield), 2 turtles (Gatineau), 2 deer (along the road in Gatineau)

SUPs: three (Toronto Island, Bon Echo, Sheffield)

Hikes: one small one (eaten alive) and one aborted (more eaten alive), both at Bon Echo. Three hikes at Gatineau (no single mosquito bite!)