#Braxton Avenue

[saivii]

for the music ask thing: 5, 9, 11, n 28!!! :D

thanks for sending me these, i was hoping to answer a lot of the music ask questions!! 😁 also topic but i’ve noticed that you often like and support the stuff i draw/write and i appreciate that so much! ❤️ anyways here are my answers! hopefully you’re prepared for a lot of rambling on my part shfksksjc

5. “just like a pill” by p!nk always makes me wanna turn up the volume and sing loudly. now i’m thinking about songs that i wanna turn up loud to sing to versus to dance to…like i wanna sing loudly to “he wasn’t man enough for me” by toni braxton, “beautiful liar” by beyonce and shakira, and “i will survive” by gloria gaynor and i wanna dance to “gimme more” by britney spears, “bootylicious” by destiny’s child, “single ladies (put a ring on it)” by beyonce, and “spice up your life” or “wannabe” by the spice girls lol. oh man and “u can’t touch this” by mc hammer, “it’s tricky” by run dmc, and “hey ya” by outkast are songs i would want to sing AND dance to

9. “thank you for the music” and “honey honey” by abba both make me happy. “the great escape” by boys like girls also is nostalgic and makes me happy whenever i hear it

11. “dreamgirl” by dave matthews band. my parents met at a dave matthews band concert so i’ve grown up listening to a lot of their songs and they’re nostalgic to me, and this one is one of my favorites. “free fallin” by tom petty is another one that’s nostalgic for me and it moves me every time i listen to it. the lyrics “i wanna write her name in the sky/i’m gonna free fall out into nothin'/gonna leave this world for a while” just gets me in the feels for some reason idk

28. ohhh man there’s so many artists whose voice i love so there’s no way i can pick just one lol…i love whitney houston, celine dion, beyonce, mariah carey, ariana grande, adele, lady gaga, adele dazeem  idina menzel, and selena, to name a few. for the songs…again, i can’t pick just one but i love “i will always love you” by whitney houston, “it’s all coming back to me now” by celine dion, “listen” and “i care” by beyoncé, “honeymoon avenue” by ariana grande, and “defying gravity” by idina menzel. omg also “macarthur park” by donna summer and “lovin you” by minnie riperton. and lauryn hill’s voice in “killing me softly with his song” (by fugees) 

so yeah i'm very normal about music shgksjfkls

list of questions:

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[72000]

idk how to even look at my "profile" anymore

I lied when i said i would post more art here. I didnt really, and i havent, really. I still do prints, I still do music. I sometimes do videos. I post on instagram to the two people who love me and see them in person first. https://www.instagram.com/d722220

instead i will throw 200 words you.

I have decided to listen thru all of Prince's discography. I've fallen in love with every single one so far (For You, Prince, Dirty Mind, Controversy, 1999, Purple Rain, Around the World in a Day) EXCEPT for Parade. still revisiting but its not grabbing like the others did. I did not like Dirty Mind at first. I also didnt care for Around the World in a Day, but both i have come full circle on. Particularly ATWIAD. I am now in love with them and Do Me, Baby is a perfect song. It's funny to think (and read) that people weren't crazy at ATWIAD when it came out and last 3 songs are an incredible run (Pop Life, The Ladder, Temptation). It is also over started how Purple Rain is a 10/10 perfect album but let me be the 249,406 person to tell you that it's a perfect album. I was moved to tears on the first listen. Very few albums have done that (Kate Bush Hounds of Love being an example duh). Decided to take on this task on a whim and I'm so in love.

I had also decided to revisit and continue listening through Alan Vega's discography. Once again, 10 years ago when i first heard Just a Million Dreams i HATED IT. a lot. its so vastly different from anything Suicide related, and though you could say the same for the first few Vega solo albums, something about JAMD irked me. I even liked Saturn Drive more. I revisited it last week and only days later drove to the record shop to buy it, I NEEDED IT. it's really fucked up he could start as protopunk protoindustrial w Suicide then do rockabilly (S/T - collision Drive) dance pop and dance rock, then go totally avant garde(?) once you hit Deuce Avenue. it's still dance oriented but not in the same way Saturn Drive and JAMD are.

I cannot lie I love dance music. I also picked up Sheila E. " The Glamourous Life" and Nik Kershaw "Human Racing". I love dance music. The last haul was Toni Braxton first album (s/t ?) and The Time s/t.

Other than that I've slowly been working my way through Dean Blunt discography. (pattern?) I made it through Jill Scott Herring OST and Narcissist II but once I hit The Redeemer something in me knew I liked it but I couldnt articulate why. Still kinda can't tbh. after the 3rd listen it finally clicked and I "got it". The only thing I didn't care for up to this point is the last song Gass on Babyfather. I've only made it up to Walhalla. I'd always seen BLACK METAL be a topic of discussion any time his name is brought up but The Redeemer is the one I come back to the most. time will tell.

The funny thing is i live alone and have been for almost a year now and normally I would come home and throw 1000 words at my then roommate about what I'd been listening to and what I thought. Now that I can't do that maybe I'll bring it here. maybe I won't. maybe I'll delete this out of some sort of weird humility and temporary attempt at pretending to be elusive ?

I keep track of full albums I listen to on a monthly basis a la Topsters so maybe I'll start posting them here. Nobody will see this and I feel like posting them to twitter is a little to revealing. I've been kinda showing my ass lately.

how many words was that ?

9/25/23

[angelloverde]

"Mo Soul" Player Playlist 15 August

The Sweet Vandals - That's The Way I Am

Soopasoul - Hustlin'

Cymande - Leavert

The Dynamics - Funky Key

Natural High - Bump Your Lady

Braxton Brothers - I Want You For Myself

Living Color - Plastic People

Najee - Breezy

Herbie Williams - Funky From The Get Go

The J.B.'s - Gimme Some More

Parliament - Unfunky UFO

Black Heat - You Should've Listened

Evinha - Esperar Pra Ver

White Heat - Talkin'

Stephanie McKay - Jackson Avenue

If you really want to enjoy music and help musicians and bands, buy their lp’s or cd’s and don’t download mp3 formats. There is nothing like good quality sound!!!

(Angel Lo Verde / Mo Soul)

[chrancecriber]

Radio NET Bulgaria (December 10, 2022)

23:55 ANDREY CHMUT - Don't Loose The Faith 23:51 2UNES - Find Your Way 23:47 CHRIS 'BIG DOG' DAVIS - Blue Light Special 23:43 SLIM MAN - Jingle Bells 23:38 DERRICK HARVIN - New Found Love 23:34 KOOL&KLEAN - Feel Again 23:29 MEZZOFORTE - Sizzle 23:25 CHILLAXONIC - Mellifluous 23:21 JASON PETERSON DELAIRE - Check Please (feat. Chris Camozzi) 23:17 PROFESSOR RJ ROSS - On This Silent Night 23:13 KEITH SLATTERY - Round and Round 23:09 MICHAEL MANSON - You Go to My Head 23:04 AMANDUS - Groove Infection (feat. Uli Brodersen) 23:00 VASSAL BENFORD - Melody Man 22:56 DARRIUS JAMAR - Missing You 22:52 INCOGNITO - Racing Through the Bends 22:48 MIKE MACARTHUR - This Christmas 22:45 SHAUN LABELLE - Drive Time 22:42 MARIEA ANTOINETTE - So Amazing 22:38 MIKAEL - Trippin Over You 22:32 CHIELI MUNICCI - Kickin' It Hard 22:27 WARREN HILL - Under the Covers 22:23 BERNIE MARTINI - Falling for You Like Snow 22:19 HERB PARTLOW - Another Interlude 22:16 TONY LINDSAY - Maybe Someday 22:10 ROBERT CHRISTA - Rise & Shine 22:04 STIX BONES - L.O.V.E. 22:00 DOCTOR X - Magneto 21:56 BOBBY LYLE - Tommy's Song 21:51 JAEE LOGAN - You Can't Love Her 21:48 TON SMITH - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (feat. Preston Smith and Oliver Scott) 21:43 SONNY EMORY - Latina 21:40 DONN BYNUM - Mercy Mercy Me (feat. Lew Laing Jr.) 21:36 STEVE WATSON - Stones Throw 21:32 EARNEST WALKER JR - Palm Avenue 21:27 GREG MANNING - I Can't Make You Love Me 21:23 ANTOINE KNIGHT - Christmas in Maputo 21:19 JAMES LLOYD - Moving Right Along 21:14 AVENUE BLUE - Atlanta Nights (feat. Jeff Golub) 21:10 CHRISTOPHE GOZE - Lazy Sunday 21:05 LAWSON ROLLINS - Quest 21:01 EJAZZ ARTISTRY - We Belong Together 20:56 HIROSHIMA - Brighter Days 20:52 ROB MALETICK - Shape Of My Heart 20:47 SONNY FAIRLEY - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 20:43 ALEX FALDIN - Comfortline 20:38 ROD TATE - I Got U 20:34 JAZZ HOLDOUTS - Morning Breeze 20:30 MARCOS ARIEL - Second Chance (feat. Lulu Joppert) 20:24 KIRK FISCHER - Reach into Your Heart 20:21 JAY PATTEN - Special Kind of Christmas (w. Crystal, Gayle) 20:17 NELSON GARCIA - East Coast Drive 20:14 RANDY MULLER BOOM CHANG BANG - Sunnyside Up 20:10 LASHAWN D. GARY - Transitions 20:06 MICHAEL BROENING - Summer In Blue 20:02 A RAY FULLER - A Coastal Breeze 19:58 WALTER DUDA - Invisible 19:54 BACH & A. KILLIAN - No Next Time 19:50 GEORGE HOWARD - The First Noel 19:45 BLUE SIX - Aquarian Angel 19:37 MARSHALL CHARLOFF - HipNautic 19:34 J3 - Hela 19:29 KHARI, CABRAL, JIVA - Show Me The Way 19:27 GILBERTO GIACONI - Jingle Bell Rock 19:21 GEORGE BENSON - Breezin' 19:18 JIM PETERIK - JIM PETERIK - Mission Possible 19:14 BILLY EVANS - Let's Save the World 19:09 RICHARD ELIOT - Chill Factor 19:03 AXIOM - Magunda 18:59 CHRIS BIG DOG DAVIS - It's All Love 18:56 DOUG CAMERON - Feliz Navidad 18:53 ELENA IOUROVA - Autumn Leaf Fall Again 18:49 RICHARD SMITH - First Kiss 18:44 ANDREW NICHOLS - I Love the Way You Love Me 18:39 KAREN DEVROOP - Sunset in Koh Samui 18:35 MISZ - Our Place 18:32 DEAN GRECH - What Do You Want This Year For Christmas 18:28 MARIUS BILLGOBENSON - Joy 18:24 K'JON - Live, Love & Laughter 18:20 CAL HARRIS JR., TED BELLEDIN - Bella Nova 18:15 TERRENCE RICHBURG - Treasures 18:11 RON KING - Cascade 18:07 XAVIER GORDON - Christmas Without You 18:02 THE BRAXTON BROTHERS - Sunset Bay 17:58 MOTOWN MOE - Shades of Funk (feat. Chris Campbell) 17:54 HAVILLA KING - Morning Soul 17:49 WOLFGANG HAFFNER - Warm Breeze 17:45 REBECCA ANGEL - Just the Two of Us 17:40 RICHARD BROWN - Stars In My Eyes 17:38 MICHAEL BUBLE - All I Want For Christmas Is You 17:34 SHARON RAE NORTH - Heart of Mine 17:29 ER - Mr Kool (feat. John Rathbone, Jack Jones, Chris Otts & Michael Cornett) 17:26 JOHNNY JAMES DR. J - Foolish Heart 17:21 JACKIE'S NEW CAR - Jackie's New Car 17:17 MARCO ALBANI - Freedom (feat. Martino Onorato, Umberto Vitiello) 17:13 CARL ANDERSON - O, Holy Night 17:08 THE V.I.P CLUB - Night Move 17:04 KONSTANTIN KLASHTORNI - Let's Fall In Love 17:00 CAL HARRIS JR., JEFF LORBER - The Neighborhood 16:56 TOM BRAXTON - Lookin' Up 16:52 GREGG KARUKAS - Green Hills 16:47 NICHOLAS COLE - Beyond the Stars (feat. Lynne Fiddmont) 16:44 MICHAEL LINGTON - A Child is Born in Bethlehem 16:39 KEN NAVARRO - Island Life 16:34 TIM BOWMAN - Light of Love 16:29 BRIAN CULBERTSON - All Through The Christmas Night 16:25 ELAN TROTMAN - Lay Back and Ride (feat. Nephrok! & Tyrone Chase Jr.) 16:21 JACOB WEBB - Another Day 16:17 DWIGHT SIRLS - The Pawn 16:13 YOLANDA RABUN - Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas 16:08 JOHN E. LAWRENCE - Step into the Night 16:04 PAUL DOZIER - Dancing by the Sea 16:00 DARREN RAHN - Our Love 15:57 BENNETT B - Groove Time 15:53 RICK BRAUN - The Color of Love 15:50 JS FLOYD - Kukumo 15:46 PEET PROJECT - Veggie Love 15:40 BRIAN LENAIR - This Christmas 15:35 THE SMOOTH JAZZ ALLEY - Midnight Groove 15:31 JULIAN VAUGHN - Initiate 15:26 GERALD ALBRIGHT - Silent Night 15:22 MARCIN NOWAKOWSKI - After Hours 15:19 ERIC DARIUS - Retro Forward 15:15 DEAN JAMES - To Hold You Again 15:12 CHRISTMAS CAROLS - Stille Nacht 15:08 DONALD HAYES - Anytime Anyplace 15:04 PAUL BROWN - Makes Me Feel So Good 15:00 WILL SUMNER - A Last Dance 14:57 DIDIER LABOSSIERE - Back to the Beginning 14:52 RHYTHM LOGIC - You Know I Will 14:47 DARREN RAHN - Give 'n' Take 14:43 KIMBERLY BREWER - Everyday Feels Like Christmas 14:38 NILS - Pacific Coast Highway 14:35 SOLEX - Flying High (feat. Jonathan Dubose, Jr.) 14:31 LEE RITENOUR - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 14:27 ERIC DARIUS, NORMAN BROWN - Just For The Moment 14:23 DAVE KOZ - Honey-Dipped 14:18 WAYMAN TISDALE - Shape of Your Heart (feat. Jeff Lorber) 14:14 MARCUS ANDERSON - What Child Is This 14:09 DREAMING IN COLOUR - The Dream Merchant 14:05 LOWELL HOPPER - Affection 14:00 CANDY DULFER - For the Love of You 13:54 KEITH MASON - Arisen 13:49 GARY METZ - Dreamer 13:46 SMOOTH SOUL HOLIDAY - Carol of the Bells 13:42 WALTER BEASLEY - Come On Over 13:37 CHRIS STANDRING - Mumbo Jumbo 13:34 NATE WHITE - Migration 13:30 RONNY SMITH - The Holidays Are Here 13:25 RANDY SCOTT - Serenity 13:21 VINCENT INGALA - Read Between The Lines 13:16 R.L. WALKER - Memories Kept 13:13 CAROL NETHEN - Peace 13:08 ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY - She Speaks American English 13:04 PAUL TAYLOR - Goodnight 13:00 OLI SILK - In the Thick of It (feat. Elan Trotman) 12:56 JULIAN VAUGHN - Ride Along 12:52 DARREN RAHN - What Cha' Gonna Do For Me 12:48 PHIL DENNY - Stand Together 12:43 STEVE OLIVER - Silent Night 12:39 EUGE GROOVE - Religify 12:34 GABRIEL MARK HASSELBACH - Chill@Will (Raincoast Mix) 12:31 MARION MEADOWS - A Winter Lullaby 12:25 BLAIR BRYANT - Caramel Dream 12:21 DANNY LERMAN - Summer in a Hummer 12:17 YULARA - Flyin' High 12:12 SHAKATAK - Auld Lang Syne 12:09 NORMAN BROWN - Easy Livin' 12:05 PETER WHITE - Coast Road Drive 12:00 NILS - A Walk in the Park 11:56 TIM BOWMAN - Boss 11:52 JAZMIN GHENT - Kickin It Up 11:49 JOYCE COOLING - Toast & Jam 11:45 RONNY SMITH - Chillin After Eight 11:41 SHIN GIWON CHRISTMAS CAROL COLLECTION - I'll Be Home For Christmas 11:37 THREESTYLE - Smoothies (feat. Magdalena Chovancova & Robert Fertl) 11:33 DEE LUCAS - All In (feat. George Freeman) 11:29 TONY CRADDOCK JR. - O Come All Ye Faithful 11:25 MARCUS ANDERSON - Just Like Me 11:21 NICK COLIONNE - Let's Get Serious 11:17 GARY PALMER - Lisa 11:13 DAVE KOZ - Do You Hear What I Hear (feat. Gloria Estefan) 11:09 RICHARD ELLIOT - Deep Touch 11:05 J. WHITE - Valley of the Sun 11:00 CAROL ALBERT - Magic Mirror 10:56 JAY KING - My Song 10:52 BK JACKSON - Yeh Yeah 10:48 RK R. HARRIS - Olde Skool (feat. Greg Minnick, Ignacio Nunez & Dean Rickard) 10:45 BRIAN SIMPSON - Morning Samba 10:41 NICHOLAS COLE - Let It Snow 10:38 ED CALLE - Desert Rose 10:34 PAUL TUVMAN - While My Guitar Gently Weeps 10:30 HARPER, GUS AND GOMEZ - Christmas Dream 10:26 MARCIN NOWAKOWSKI - Let's Do It 10:22 QUINTIN GERARD W. - Have a Safe Flight Home 10:18 JULIAN VAUGHN - Sway 10:13 CAROL NETHEN - O Holy Night 10:08 CHRIS STANDRING - Shadow Dance 10:04 VANN BURCHFIELD - Keep Pressing On 10:00 THE SMOOTH JAZZ ALLEY - Eternal 09:56 RYAN LA VALETTE - Room For 2 09:52 MARQUEAL JORDAN - Behave to Love 09:49 PAUL HARDCASTLE - Rythmn Of Life - Chill Reprise 09:45 JACOB WEBB - Dancing for You 09:41 HERB ALPERT - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 09:35 GREGG KARUKAS - Last Train 09:31 NORMAN BROWN - Ocean Breeze 09:27 PETER WHITE - The Best Part Of Christmas 09:23 SEAN U - Sunburst 09:19 KIM WATERS - Love's Melody 09:15 BRYAN LUBECK - Smoocha 09:12 LELIO LUTTAZZI - White Christmas 09:08 PEET PROJECT - Lightyears 09:05 JAZMIN GHENT - Self Love 09:00 ILYA SEROV - Ironic 08:55 DEE LUCAS - Love Saw It 08:51 MARCUS ANDERSON - Pure Love 08:46 JAZZ FUNK SOUL - Sunset Rock 08:43 RAGAN WHITESIDE - This Christmas 08:38 GARY MEEK - For a Long Time 08:34 RICHARD ELLIOT - Mango Tango 08:29 DAVID GARFIELD - O, Holy Night 08:25 CAROL ALBERT - Crashing 08:21 DAVE KOZ - Don't Give Up (feat. Burt Bacharach) 08:16 NAJEE - Isla Hermosa 08:13 DANA FIELDS - Feels Like Christmas 08:09 DAVID BENOIT - The Bones 08:05 THREESTYLE - Ready to Go 08:00 DOMINIC CAMARDELLA - Headwinds 07:56 3RD FORCE - We Should Be Together 07:51 BRIAN SIMPSON, STEVE OLIVER - The Road Never Ends 07:46 AVERY SUNSHINE - Sunshine for Christmas 07:41 TIM BOWMAN - Flyin Away 07:37 ROBERTO VAZQUEZ - Going West 07:33 STEVE OLIVER - Desert Traveler 07:28 YOLANDA RABUN - O Holy Night 07:24 GERALD ALBRIGHT - The Gospel 07:20 DARREN RAHN - Wave of the Future 07:16 DAVID PETROSYAN - Dancing with My Soul 07:12 LYNNE FIDDMONT - Spirit of Christmas 07:07 KIM SCOTT - Sizzle 07:04 BK JACKSON - Silver Lining 07:00 JOE MCBRIDE, THE TEXAS RHYTHM CLUB - Kickin' It 06:55 PETER WHITE - Wake Up Everybody 06:50 JESSY J - Manhattan (feat. Gregg Karukas) 06:46 EUGE GROOVE - Forever And A Day 06:41 DR. SAXLOVE - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 06:37 D.A. SCOTT - We as One 06:32 JEREMY HECTOR - St Paul's 06:29 RONNY SMITH - Deck the Halls 06:24 ANDRE DELANO - Face Off 06:21 ERIC DARIUS - Back To You 06:15 MARCUS ANDERSON - Your Will 06:13 NICK DUKAS - Jingle Bell Rock 06:09 ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY - Get Up (Levantar y Bailar) 06:05 ROB TARDIK - The Right Time 06:00 EDGARDO CINTRON - Just A Little Taste of Your Love 05:56 RICHARD ELLIOT - People Make The World Go Round 05:51 MARC ANTOINE - Silk And Steel 05:47 DAVE KOZ - The Closer We Get 05:43 LISA MCCLOWRY - It Wouldn't Feel Like Christmas 05:39 TERENCE YOUNG - Without You 05:34 OLI SILK - Pen to Paper 05:31 SHAWN RAIFORD - Santa Baby 05:26 PATRICK YANDALL - Try the Blue One 05:23 TIM BOWMAN - Watchout 05:18 NAJEE - Song For The Ladies 05:14 CAROL NETHEN - What Child Is This 05:09 BLACK GOLD MASSIVE - Let It Flow (Sausalito Calling) 05:04 VINCENT INGALA - K-Jee 05:00 VANN BURCHFIELD - Friends 04:56 PAUL HARDCASTLE - Angelic Chimes Radio version 04:52 JACOB WEBB - Groovin' J 04:48 PAUL JACKSON JR. - Walkin' 04:43 CHIELI MINUCCI - Little Drummer Boy's Dream 04:39 DANNY LERMAN - South Beach Serenata 04:35 SEAN U - Magic Hour (feat. Blake Aaron) 04:30 STEVE OLIVER - White Christmas 04:26 TOM BRAXTON - What A Friend 04:21 WAKANA - SilK 04:16 AL DEGREGORIS - Times and Travels 04:11 PETER WHITE - Silent Night 04:07 GARY PALMER - Windsurfer 04:03 NILS - Malibu 04:00 MARK HARRIS II - Pocket Change (feat. Bernard Harris) 04:00 RHODA GRAHAM - Finally 03:56 SPECIAL EFX - Lavish 03:50 JAZZ FUNK SOUL - When The Time Comes 03:46 HANK BILAL - Sunny Days 03:41 ERIC DARIUS - All I Want For Christmas Is You 03:37 WALTER BEASLEY - Just Hold Me 03:34 MARCUS ANDERSON - Espresso Shot 03:30 SHARMOND SMITH - Hark The Herald Angels Sing 03:26 DEMETRIUS NABORS - Sugar Love 03:22 JIM ADKINS - Turning Point 03:18 RICHARD ELLIOT - Inside Out 03:14 GERALD ALBRIGHT - This Christmas 03:10 ROBERT HARRIS - Your Memory Lives in Me 03:05 DAVE KOZ - Only Tomorrow Knows 03:00 DANCING FANTASY - Take Five 02:56 JOEL DEL ROSARIO - Delicious Vinyl 02:53 TAKE B - Flame 02:49 SAM BASSMAN JENKINS - It Makes Me Want You 02:45 PATRICK YANDALL - Just My Luck 02:41 TIM BOWMAN - Travelin' Road 02:37 SHIN GIWON CHRISTMAS CAROL COLLECTION - Feliz Navidad 02:33 CAROL ALBERT - Sol Ipanema 02:28 KEN NAVARRO - In My Wildest Dreams 02:24 TONY CRADDOCK JR. - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 02:21 VANN BURCHFIELD - Change Is A Comin' 02:17 OLI SILK - All We Need 02:14 VINCENT INGALA - T.L.C. (Tender Lovin' Care) 02:11 SYLVIA BENNETT - The Christmas Song 02:06 SLIM GAMBILL - Up (feat. Charlton Singleton) 02:03 DAMIEN ESCOBAR - Phoenix 01:57 NICHOLAS COLE - 5th Avenue 01:53 GINO ROSARIA - Ride Along 01:48 DWIGHT SIRLS - Dimensions 01:44 DAVID GARFIELD - White Christmas 01:40 JACOB WEBB - Brazilian Moments 01:35 PETER WHITE - Autumn Day 01:32 JEFF LORBER FUSION - Back Room 01:30 NICK DUKAS - Rockin Around the Christmas Tree 01:26 NILS - Windsurfer 01:21 NORMAN BROWN - Not Like You Do 01:17 DARRON COOKIE - Calling on You 01:12 MICHAEL LINGTON - Winter Wonderland, Let It Snow 01:08 RAGAN WHITESIDE - Funktuation 01:04 BRIAN SIMPSON - Sky Watcher 01:00 MARCUS ANDERSON - Passion Blend 00:56 QUINTIN GERARD W. - Times Like These 00:52 JEANETTE HARRIS - The Ride (feat. Darrell Crooks) 00:47 DR. SAXLOVE - O Little Town Of Bethlehem 00:43 FOURPLAY - Love TKO (feat. Ruben Studdard) 00:39 RICHARD ELLIOT - Boom Town 00:35 RANDY SCOTT - T.G.I.F. 00:32 DAVE KOZ - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (feat. Kenny G) 00:27 JONATHAN FRITZEN - Hammers of Love 00:23 MARCIN NOWAKOWSKI - Tonight Is the Night 00:19 BRAD ALEXANDER - Straight Up (feat. Donald Hayes) 00:15 U-NAM - This Christmas 00:10 TIM BOWMAN - Columbus,Ga 00:04 BRYAN LUBECK - Nothing Can Come Between Us 00:00 H ALLAN - Rise

[theangrycomet-art]

CN Gen 2: The “Elders” (17-20) WIP- Part 1

ie what I’ve been spending my time on lol.

Man, I haven’t even got all the older kiddos, much less the main cast but here are some headshots of the older members of the CN Gen 2.

IN ORDER~

Augustus Tennyson (son of Gwendolyn Tennyson)

Braxton Avenue (ward of Albedo)

Lyn Tennyson (eldest of Ben Tennyson and Kai Green)

Solomon II Saturday (eldest of Wadi and Zak Saturday)

Evergreen Mettle-Action (eldest daughter of Enid Mettle and Red Action)

Rook Sa’an (eldest daughter of Rook Blonko and Rayona)

Pierre McCraigen (Galvan-Gempiran child of Mac McCraigen)

Eli McCraigen (daughter of Mac McCraigen)

Remus Van Kleiss (clone (kinda?) of Van Kleiss)

Kyle McCraigen (son of Mac McCraigen)

Charlie Mettle-Action (youngest child of Enid Mettle and Red Action)

Alice Albright (eldest daughter of Alan Albright)

Khendra Kanker (only child of Lee Kanker and Eddy)

Zuri Lincoln (eldest daughter of Cree and Maurice Lincoln)

Teddy Dracula (son of Irwin Dracula)

Gabby Morningstar (Daughter of Micheal Morningstar) (she’s @kariachi‘s)

Walter Bishop (ward of the Gatlocke and his Anarchists)

Flute the Probably-Human (Daughter of Finn the Human and Huntress Wizard)

[theangrycomet]

It was supposed to be a simple task: ensure Braxton was clean. 

But as anything with Braxton, simple was far from the word he’d describe the current set of tasks he faced. Quite a few colorful Terran swears came to mind in particularly as the former-Galvan dove for small child. 

Slamming into the tile, he grit his teeth in irritation. 

“Braxton stop this this instant.” Pushing himself up, he scanned the bathroom for the boy. “You WILL be clean by the end of this evening.”

“No bath if ya can’t catch me!” Braxton taunted. The voice seemed to be coming from- above? Glancing upwards, scarlet eyes widened as he saw the child in question holding himself within the sky light. 

His heart stopped as his unfortunately creative brain imagined several ways of Braxton falling- ranging from broken bones to necks and- 

A thrill of fear ran through Albedo, while the small part of his human brain how Braxton had gotten up there in the first place

“First Thinker- get DOWN from there! Do you realize how horribly fragile you are?” Stepping up on the toilet, he extended a leg to the bathroom counter and further raised himself up. He was still out of reach as Braxton smirked.

“If you insist.” And with that proclamation of doom, he released his grip on the walls and promptly dropped. 

With a shrill scream worthy of Tennyson’s younger years, Albedo’s body couldn’t decide which way to go as it fumbled in every direction in a primal effort to catch. Sneaker slipping, he fell into the bubble bath with the grace of a drunken appoplexian.

Despite the mighty splash that now flooded the bathroom, Braxton was perfectly dry, leaning his head in his palm. 

“How’s the water?” He asked smugly as Albedo straightened, sending him a small scowl. 

“At this point luke warm- not unlike your attempts at humor.”

Getting Braxton to trust him was easy in comparison to getting him to bathe. Bath times were tricky on the best of days, what with Braxton still not fully convinced the water isn’t going to hurt him. 

Albedo isn’t pleased to be dunked in fully dressed, though his ward was quick to go in after he’d gotten out.

This isn’t Albedo’s typical outfit- he was going more casual because Braxton is notorious at this point for being a pain to clean. 

[theangrycomet]

Let’s see the list shall we?

WOC skater girl and TransMasc POC superboy raised by a semi-rehabilitated villain and his alien actor bros.

2 chubby Blewish techies (also siblings) that have sense of humor.

Sword lesbian Indian girl who has dated several people.

Autistic-coded Latina genius.

Gay Latino that’s technically a clone super soldier.

Tell me your OC would get screwed over by writers without actually telling me how they would get screwed over by writers

I'll go first

My OC is a half Hispanic and half African American bisexual female who has an interest in science and tech

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The Murder of The Notorious B.I.G.

May 29, 2021

Christopher Wallace, also known as “the Notorious B.I.G.” and “Biggie Smalls” was known for being one of the most famous hip hop artists of the 1990′s, along with Tupac Shakur. Like Tupac, Biggie was shot and killed in a drive by shooting on March 9, 1997 at the age of 24. Many believe the similarities between these two artists deaths are more than a coincidence. 

Biggie Smalls arrived in Los Angeles, California in February 1997 to promote his second album, weirdly enough titled, “Life After Death” which was scheduled to be released on March 25. He was also there to shoot the music video for his hit single, “Hypnotize.” On March 5, 4 days before Biggie was killed he did an interview where he stated he hired security because he feared for his safety. 

He claimed he feared for his own safety after the murder of Tupac, 6 months earlier, and the fact that he was a high profile celebrity. 

On March 7, Biggie presented an award to Toni Braxton at the 1997 Soul Train Music Awards and was booed by some of the audience. On March 8, he was at an after party hosted by Vibe magazine and Qwest Records at the Petersen Automotive Museum. Also in attendance were members of the Bloods and Crips gangs, who were rivals and who many believe were responsible for why Tupac died.

On March 9, at 12:30 am Biggie got in a Chevrolet Suburban to go to his hotel after the party he was at shut down early due to overcrowding. Biggie was sitting in the front passenger seat and was with Damion “D-Roc” Young,  Lil’ Cease and driver Gregory “G-Money” Young. In another Chevrolet Suburban sat P. Diddy and three bodyguards. 

By 12:45 am Biggie’s vehicle stopped at a red light on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and South Fairfax Avenue. A dark 1994-1996 Chevrolet Impala SS pulled up alongside Biggie’s SUV. The driver of the vehicle was a black man and he rolled down his window and shot Biggie 4 times with a 9 mm blue-steel pistol. Biggie’s entourage immediately got him to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he received emergency surgery, however 30 minutes after the shooting at 1:15 am, Biggie Smalls was pronounced dead. 

Biggie’s autopsy report wasn’t released until 15 year after his death, in December 2012. Out of the 4 shots, only 1 was fatal, the last one which entered through his right hip and striked several vital organs such as his colon, liver, heart and left lung. 

In 2006 Biggie Smalls mother, Voletta Wallace, Biggie’s widow, Faith Evans, and his children T’yanna Jackson and Christopher Jordan “CJ” Wallace, filed a $400 million wrongful death lawsuit against the LAPD claiming that corrupt officers were the reason for Biggie’s death. A retired LAPD officer named Greg Kading believed that Suge Knight had planned the murder of Biggie, as revenge for Tupac’s death. 

Many believe Biggie and Tupac’s murders are connected, due to the similar nature in both drive-by’s and the on going gang feuds. Many believed that Biggie had something to do with Tupac’s murder, though there’s never been any evidence to prove it. 

A retired LAPD detective Russell Poole believed that Suge Knight and LAPD officer David Mack planned to have Biggie Smalls killed and came up with a scheme to blame it on rap rivalry. Apparently David Mack had an associate named Amir Muhammed, who was the hitman hired to kill Biggie. This evidence came from an informant named Psycho Mike and the composite sketch generated during the investigation was similar to Amir Muhammed. 

P. Diddy apparently wasn’t very complaint with the police during the investigation and neither was anyone else involved in Bad Boy Records. 

The Los Angeles Times would print conflicting theories about the murder, even printing Amir Muhammed’s photo, name and driver’s license. Apparently Amir Muhammed was a mortgage broker who had zero connection to Biggie’s death. Amir Muhammed cleared his name and was not even an official suspect when his photo was printed. 

Some believe Biggie and Tupac’s murders were planned as part of the East Coast West Coast gangs way of making money, as the rappers were worth more dead selling records than alive.

Biggie’s case was re-opened in July 2006. On April 17, 2007, Biggie’s relatives filed a second wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles. The suit was eventually dismissed in 2010.

No one has ever been convicted for the murder of Biggie Smalls. Many hip hop artists mourned Biggie’s death, with rapper Nas even saying that Biggie and Tupac’s deaths were “nearly the end of rap.”

[burlveneer-music]

Deerhoof - Love-Lore - mashed-up medleys of an eclectic bunch of songs

Please note: this is a free download. If you choose to give more, it is a donation to Deerhoof... so they can continue making music. But please feel no obligation to give.

Love-Lore tracklist by song/artist: ORNETTE COLEMAN • IN ALL LANGUAGES J.D. ROBB • EXCERPT FROM SPATIAL SERENADE VOIVOD • MACROSOLUTIONS TO MEGAPROBLEMS EARL KIM • EARTHLIGHT STU PHILLIPS • KNIGHT RIDER RAYMOND SCOTT • OHIO BELL MAURICIO KAGEL • MUSIC FOR RENAISSANCE INSTRUMENTS EDDIE GRANT • ELECTRIC AVENUE GARY NUMAN • CARS KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN • KONTAKTE THE BEACH BOYS • WONDERFUL GERALD FRIED • STAR TREK: BALANCE OF TERROR PAULINE OLIVEROS • ALL FOURS PAUL WILLIAMS • RAINBOW CONNECTION JAMES TENNEY • FOR ANN (RISING) SILVER APPLES • OSCILLATIONS THE POLICE • DRIVEN TO TEARS KRAFTWERK • WE ARE THE ROBOTS JOHN WILLIAMS • CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND MORTON FELDMAN • PATTERNS IN A CHROMATIC FIELD SUN RA • THEY DWELL ON OTHER PLANES PARLIAMENT • UNFUNKY UFO ASHA PUTHLI • SPACE TALK ENNIO MORRICONE • OTTAVE COMANDAMENTO: CORRI VELOCE MILTON BABBITT • HOMILY FOR SNARE DRUM THE B52S • SONG FOR A FUTURE GENERATION SOFIA GUBAIDULINA • MECHANICAL ACCORDION VINICIUS DE MORAES & BADEN POWELL • O ASTRONAUTA DIONNE WARWICK • DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE? DAVID GRAEBER • OF FLYING CARS AND THE DECLINING RATE OF PROFIT DEREK BAILEY • IMPROVISATION WILLIAM HANNA & HOYT CURTIN • THE JETSONS ANTHONY BRAXTON • C-M=B05 GYORGY KURTAG • SHADOWS FOR CONTRABASS SOLO ERIC SIDAY • THE PERKING COFFEE POT IGOR STRAVINSKY • VARIATIONS ALDOUS HUXLEY IN MEMORIAM CAETANO VELOSO • PULSAR LUIGI NONO • UNO ESPRESSIONE KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI • THRENODY FOR THE VICTIMS OF HIROSHIMA JOHN CAGE • EMPTY WORDS GEORGE BRECHT • DRIP MUSIC THE VELVET UNDERGROUND • ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES LAURIE ANDERSON • EXAMPLE #22

[covid19worldnews]

COVID-19 Daily Update 11-2-2020

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., November 2, 2020, there have been 792,475 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 25,235 total cases and 458 deaths.

DHHR has confirmed the death of a 71-year old female from Grant County. “We are deeply saddened by this news, a loss to both the family and our state,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary.

CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (188), Berkeley (1,709), Boone (415), Braxton (76), Brooke (253), Cabell (1,559), Calhoun (36), Clay (65), Doddridge (72), Fayette (799), Gilmer (65), Grant (200), Greenbrier (215), Hampshire (146), Hancock (244), Hardy (109), Harrison (688), Jackson (420), Jefferson (634), Kanawha (3,894), Lewis (115), Lincoln (268), Logan (805), Marion (425), Marshall (451), Mason (183), McDowell (132), Mercer (816), Mineral (250), Mingo (669), Monongalia (2,378), Monroe (267), Morgan (161), Nicholas (193), Ohio (649), Pendleton (79), Pleasants (36), Pocahontas (73), Preston (227), Putnam (1,001), Raleigh (880), Randolph (431), Ritchie (56), Roane (115), Summers (142), Taylor (174), Tucker (67), Tyler (58), Upshur (279), Wayne (630), Webster (38), Wetzel (232), Wirt (56), Wood (748), Wyoming (364).

Please note that delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from the local health department to DHHR. As case surveillance continues at the local health department level, it may reveal that those tested in a certain county may not be a resident of that county, or even the state as an individual in question may have crossed the state border to be tested. Such is the case of Greenbrier and Roane counties in this report.

Please visit the dashboard located at www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more information.

Free COVID-19 testing is available today in Berkeley, Braxton, Cabell, Doddridge, Fayette, Hampshire, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Marshall, Mineral, Mingo, Monroe, Morgan, Ohio, Ritchie, Roane, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Wetzel, Wood, and Wyoming counties.

Berkeley/Morgan Counties, November 2, 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Hedgesville High School, 109 Ridge Road N., Hedgesville, WV AND 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Musselman High School, 126 Excellence Way, Inwood, WV AND 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Spring Mills High School, 409 Campus Drive, Martinsburg, WV

Braxton County, November 2, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, WV National Guard Armory, 1072 State Street, Gassaway, WV AND 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Burnsville Volunteer Fire Department, 237A Kanawha Avenue, Burnsville, WV

Cabell County, November 2, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Cabell County Health Department, 703 Seventh Avenue, Huntington, WV (flu shots offered)

Doddridge County, November 2, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Ritchie Regional Health Center, West Union Location, 190 Marie Street, West Union, WV

Fayette County, November 2, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, J.W. and Hazel Ruby WV Welcome Center, 55 Hazel Ruby Lane, Mt. Hope, WV

Hampshire County, November 2, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Slanesville Ruritan, 6458 Bloomery Pike, Augusta, WV

Harrison County, November 2, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Harrison County Health Department, 330 West Main Street, Clarksburg, WV (by appointment; call 304-623-9308)

Jackson County, November 2, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Jackson County Health Department, 504 South Church Street, Ripley, WV AND 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM, Sandyville Senior Center, 29 Gilmore Drive, Sandyville, WV AND 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Ravenswood Senior Center, 511 Washington Street, Ravenswood, WV

Jefferson County, November 2, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Page Jackson Elementary School, 370 Page-Jackson School Road, Charles Town, WV AND 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Shepherd University, 301 N. King Street, Shepherdstown, WV AND 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Sam Michaels Park, 235 Sam Michael’s Lane, Harpers Ferry, WV

Kanawha County, November 2, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM, Kingdom Life Church, 405 First Avenue South, Nitro, WV (flu shots available)

Lincoln County, November 2, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Lincoln County Health Department, 8008 Court Avenue, Hamlin, WV (Walk-in testing)

Logan County, November 2, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Man Fire Department, 110 North Bridge Street, Man, WV AND 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Cora Volunteer Fire Department, 28 Aldrich Branch Road, Logan, WV

Marshall County, November 2, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Marshall County Fairgrounds, 714 Myrtle Avenue, Moundsville, WV, *enter from 12th Street AND 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Limestone Volunteer Fire Department, 216 US Route 250, Moundsville, WV AND 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Sandhill Elementary School, 169 Sandhill Road, Dallas, WV

Mineral County, November 2, 1:00 PM– 5:00 PM, Mineral County Health Department, 541 Harley O Staggers Dr, Keyser, WV AND 2:00 PM– 6:00 PM, Mineral County Fairgrounds, Route 28, Fort Ashby, WV AND 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Mineral County Airport, 165 Terminal Loop, Wiley Ford, WV

Mingo County, November 2, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Williamson Health & Wellness, 173 East 2nd Avenue, Williamson, WV (under the tent) AND 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Delorme Bible Church, 1876 Route 49, Edgarton, WV AND 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Beach Creek Volunteer Fire Department, 4198 Beach Creek, Matewan, WV AND 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Chattaroy Volunteer Fire Department, 1 Firefighter Lane, Williamson, WV

Monroe County, November 2, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Monroe County Health Department, 200 Health Center Drive, Union, WV

Morgan County, November 2, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Warm Springs Middle School, 271 Warm Springs Way, Berkeley Springs, WV

Ohio County, November 2, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Valley Grove Volunteer Fire Department, 355 Fire House Lane, Valley Grove, WV AND 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, West Liberty Volunteer Fire Department, 1333 Van Meter Way, West Liberty, WV AND 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Wheeling Island Fire Department, 11 North Wabash Street, Wheeling, WV

Ritchie County, November 2, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Ritchie Regional Health Center, 135 South Penn Avenue, Harrisville, WV

Roane County, November 2, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Roane County Family Health Care, 146 Williams Drive, Spencer, WV (flu shots offered)

Taylor County, November 2, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM, First Baptist Church of Grafton, 2034 Webster Pike (US Rt. 119 South), Grafton, WV

Tyler County, November 2, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Sistersville Volunteer Fire Department, 121 Maple Avenue, Sistersville, WV AND 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, Wetzel-Tyler Health Department, 425 S. 4th Avenue, Paden City, WV AND 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Tyler County Senior Center, 504 Cherry Street, Middlebourne, WV

Upshur County, November 2, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Hodgesville Elementary School, 918 Teter Road, Buckhannon, WV AND 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Buckhannon Upshur High School, 270 BU Way, Buckhannon, WV AND 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Banks District Volunteer Fire Department, 206 Rock Cave Road, Rock Cave, WV

Wayne County, November 2, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Wayne County Health Department, 217 Kenova Avenue, Wayne, WV, Pre-registration: wv.getmycovidresult.com AND 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Prichard Volunteer Fire Department, 1255 Round Bottom Road, Prichard, WV AND 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Kenova Police Department, 1501 Pine Street, Kenova, WV

Wetzel County, November 2, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM, Wetzel County 4H Grounds, 1821 Mountaineer Drive, New Martinsville, WV AND 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM, Hundred High School, 3490 Horney Highway, Hundred, WV AND 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Valley High School, 4 Lumber Jack Lane, Pine Grove, WV

Wood County, November 2, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Church of Christ Latter Day Saints, 2515 Capital Drive, Parkersburg, WV AND 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Parking Lot by Blennerhassett Hotel, 315 Market Street, Parkersburg, WV AND 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, South Parkersburg Baptist Church, 1655 Blizzard Drive, Parkersburg, WV

Wyoming County, November 2, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Old Board of Education, 19 Park Street, Pineville, WV AND 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Herndon Consolidated School, Route 10, Bud, WV AND 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Huff Consolidated Schools, 374 Lizard Creek Road, Hanover, WV 

For more testing locations, please visit https://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/pages/testing.aspx. New sites are added every day.

https://www.covid19snews.com/2020/11/02/covid-19-daily-update-11-2-2020/

[solonglondonnn]

I was tagged by @pinkglitterandpolitics to write spell my url out and match each letter with a song so here it is

Over my head by The Fray

V

Enchanted by Taylor Swift

Retrospect by Vistas

Dog days are over by Florence and the Machine

Red by Taylor Swift

Anxious by EZI

Million Bucks by Smallpool

All too well by Taylor swift

Truthfully by DNCE

I'll be riding shotgun by Mike Braxton

Crush by Tessa Violet

A phone call in Amsterdam by Valley

No one but You by Every Avenue

The other side by Conan Gray

Riptide by Vance Joy

Under Pressure by Queen/David Bowie

Everything has changed By Taylor Swift

I tag @dontcallmebugaboo

[betterpathoflyfe]

Get Into My Music Taste - 8/5/20

I was looking at my “About Me” page again, and one of the things I touched on was how I wanted to include my music taste! I’ll filter it in throughout my blog too! With that being said, here’s one of my favorite (& longest) playlists 🥂

Shower Playlist 🚿

6LACK - East Atlanta Love Letter ft. Future

Adele - Chasing Pavements

Adele - Daydreamer

Alice Smith - The One

Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind (Part II)

Alicia Keys - Show Me Love ft. 21 Savage

Alicia Keys - Un-thinkable (I’m Ready) ft. Drake

Angel - What Did You Hear ft. Tayler Green

Ari Lennox - Whipped Cream

Arin Ray - Reckless

Beyoncé - Blue

Beyoncé - Love Drought

Beyoncé - Me, Myself & I

Beyoncé - Mine ft. Drake

Beyoncé - Party ft. J. Cole 

Beyoncé - Party ft. J. Cole (slowed & reverb)

Beyoncé - XO

Black Eyed Peas - Alive

BROCKHAMPTON - BLEACH (slowed & reverb)

Bryson Tiller - Run Me Dry (Clean)

Burna Boy - Ye

Calvin Harris - Slide ft. Frank Ocean & Migos (Clean)

Ceraadi - No Guidance (Remix)

Chance the Rapper - Juke Jam

Chance the Rapper - Summer Friends ft. Jeremih

Childish Gambino - Sober

Childish Gambino - Summertime Magic

Childish Gambino - Telegraph Ave (”Oakland” by Lloyd)

Chloe x Halle - Happy Without You

Chris Brown - Heartbreak on a Full Moon

Chris Brown - Hope You Do (Clean)

Chris Brown - Undecided (Clean)

Chris Brown, Young Thug - City Girls (Clean)

Chris Brown, Young Thug - Go Crazy (Clean)

Coldplay - Paradise

Coldplay - Viva La Vida

Daniel Caesar - Get You ft. Kali Uchis

Daniel Caesar - Loose

Daniel Caesar - Streetcar

Daniel Caesar - Transform ft. Charlotte Day Wilson

Daniel Caesar - Who Hurt You?

DaniLeigh - Easy (Remix) ft. Chris Brown

DDG - Meet Me In the Lobby

Dr. Dre - Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang ft. Snoop Dogg (Clean)

Drake - Chicago Freestyle ft. Giveon (Clean)

Drake - Fireworks ft. Alicia Keys (Clean)

Drake - From Time ft. Jhené Aiko (Clean)

Drake - Get It Together

Drake - Heat of the Moment

Drake - Houstatlantavegas

Drake - Look What You’ve Done (Clean)

Drake - Make Me Proud ft. Nicki Minaj (Clean)

Drake - Own It

Drake - Passionfruit (Edited)

Drake - Shut It Down ft. The Dream

Drake - The Resistance (Clean)

Dreamville - Self Love ft. Ari Lennox

Elijah Blake - Rendezvous

Ella Mai - Naked

Eric Bellinger - MooD

Erykah Badu - Green Eyes

Fergie - Glamorous

Frank Ocean - Chanel

Frank Ocean - Godspeed

Frank Ocean - Ivy

Frank Ocean - Nature Feels

Frank Ocean - Pilot Jones

Frank Ocean - Provider

Frank Ocean - Super Rich Kids

Frank Ocean - White Ferrari

Frank Sinatra - I’ve Never Been In Love Before

Gabzy - COCO ft. BOJ

The Internet - Go With It

H.E.R. - Avenue

H.E.R. - Focus

H.E.R. - Jungle (Remix)

H.E.R. - Still Down

India.Arie - Get It Together

J. Cole - In The Morning ft. Drake (slowed & reverb)

J.Cole - Nobody’s Perfect ft. Missy Elliott (Clean)

J.Cole - Sparks Will Fly ft. Jhené Aiko

J Hus - Did You See

Jazmine Sullivan - Insecure ft. Bryson Tiller (Clean)

Jhené Aiko - B.S. ft. H.E.R.

Jhené Aiko - July ft. Drake

Jhené Aiko - Never Call Me

Jhené Aiko - Stay Ready (What a Life) ft. Kendrick Lamar

Jhené Aiko - Triggered Freestyle (slowed & reverb)

Jhené Aiko - While We’re Young (Clean)

John Legend - Another Again

John Legend - Ordinary People

Jónsi - Tornado

Jorja Smith - Carry Me Home

Juice Wrld - Feeling (slowed & reverb)

Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (Radio Edit)

Justin Timberlake - Until the End of Time ft. Béyonce

K CAMP - Ice Cold

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

Keane - Somewhere Only We Know

Kendrick Lamar - All the Stars ft. SZA (Clean)

Kendrick Lamar - Big Shot ft. Travis Scott (Clean)

Kendrick Lamar - LOVE. ft. Zacari

Kendrick Lamar - Poetic Justice ft. Drake (Clean)

Kevin Lasean - OMW

Khalid - Talk

Khalid - This Way ft. H.E.R. (Clean)

Kish - Heaven ft. Tiana Musarra

Lady Gaga - You & I (Acoustic)

Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor

Lauryn Hill - To Zion

Leon Bridges - Inside Friend

Leon Bridges - Lisa Sawyer

Leon Bridges - River

Lianne La Havas - What You Don’t Do (Tom Misch Remix)

Little Dragon - Twice

Luke James - Drip (Remix) ft. A$AP Ferg

Mark Keali’i Ho’omalu - He Mele No Lilo

Meek Mill - Dangerous ft. Jeremih & Pnb Rock (Clean)

Mereba - Sandstorm ft. JID

Michael Jackson - Rock With You

Miguel - Adorn

Miguel - Banana Clip

Miguel - How Many Drinks?

Mr. Eazi - Skintight

Mura Masa - I’ll Be Alright (Tonight)

Noah North - Sunset

OneInThe4Rest - Jiu Jitsu ft. Chris Brown (Clean)

Palace - Trouble On The Water (Live From Hoxa)

PARTYNEXTDOOR - Ballin’

PARTYNEXTDOOR - Belong to the City

PARTYNEXTDOOR - East Liberty

PARTYNEXTDOOR - Grown Woman

PARTYNEXTDOOR - Her Way

PARTYNEXTDOOR - Let’s Get Marred

PARTYNEXTDOOR - Make a Mil

PARTYNEXTDOOR - Nothing Easy to Please

PARTYNEXTDOOR - Girl From Oakland

PARTYNEXTDOOR - Jus Know ft. Travis Scott

Post Malone - Sunflower ft. Swae Lee

Post Malone - White Iverson (Clean)

Pixie Lott - Broken Arrow

Playboi Carti - Foreign (slowed & reverb)

Rihanna - Get It Over With

Rihanna - Loveeeeeee Song ft. Future

Rihanna - No Love Allowed

Rihanna - What’s My Name? ft. Drake

Sam Smith - Dancing With a Stranger ft. Normani

Sam Smith - Nirvana

Sam Takesoff - Bad Ting

Sevyn Streeter - Don’t Kill The Fun ft. Chris Brown

Sevyn Streeter - It Won’t Stop ft. Chris Brown

Solange - Almeda

Solange - Cranes in the Sky

Solange - Don’t Touch My Hair

Solange - F.U.B.U.

Solange - Mad ft. Lil Wayne

Solange - Rise

Solange - Stay Flo

Solange - Weary

Solange - Where Do We Go

Sonder - Morning Rain

Sounds of Blackness - Optimistic

Summer Walker - Girls Need Love

Summer Walker - Wasted

SZA - 20 Something (slowed & reverb)

Tekno - Duro

Tekno - Jogodo

Teyana Taylor - Bare Wit Me

Teyana Taylor - Gonna Love Me

Teyana Taylor - Issues/Hold On

Tiwa Savage - Ma Low ft. Wizkid & Spellz

Toni Braxton - Long As I Live

Tyga - Still Got It ft. Drake (Clean)

Wale - Bad (Remix) ft. Rihanna (Clean)

Warren G - Regulate

Wolftyla - All Tinted

Xaviar Omär - Blind Man ft. SPZRKT

Yxng Bane - Rihanna

Znuié - Good Days ft. Lil Jamez

[masakiaraya]

Captain’s log, stardate 202005.24... 30/365 For Real’s ‘Love Will Be Waiting At Home’, written and produced by Babyface, from the Waiting To Exhale soundtrack, is still one of my favorite songs to go to when I listen to his work. I remember when my older brother unexpectedly brought home the soundtrack one night, and the three of us, including my twin, listened to the CD in his room from beginning to end. I could not tell you what I felt at that specific time because I really don’t remember what went on at that time, but I know that I instantly gravitated to this song immediately upon listening. The introduction of ‘Love Will Be Waiting At Home’ is a peculiar one as Babyface has never had a song in his career with an introduction lasting over a minute long, However, he often employed the two introduction device in his songs going back to his days with L.A. Reid to his current work included, but not limited to After 7′s ‘Ready Or Not’, Bobby Brown’s ‘Rock WItcha’, Johnny Gill’s ‘My, My, My’, Toni Braxton’s ‘Let It Flow’ (also on the Waiting To Exhale soundtrack) and Ariana Grande’s ‘Hollywood Avenue’.

While For Real is a decent female group, they were relatively an unknown R&B group with very modest charted songs.  I often wondered why they were chosen as Karyn White, in my opinion, would have been a better choice to sing the song as they have much of Ms. White’s reflection down to a tee, but they still did a great job. Maybe Ms. White wasn’t available or she put her musical career aside by that point in her life.

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My ‘sweetest’ Favorite 2019

もはやただのメモ！だけど、今年もやっぱりやっておこう。 ということで、2019年のスウィートな音楽をずらりと。 画像はアルバム・LP・EPのみの分をコレクションしてみました。 去年書いた「過去最高のスピードで世界中の音楽が聴けるようになった」のは、今年も継続中。 ただ、画面の中で自動的にレコメンドされるよりも、周りの友達に「これよかったよ〜」とか、「これ好きそう」とか教えてもらう方が、断然、うれしい。 ジャンルは相変わらずいろいろだけど、ジャズ的な要素が増えた気がする。（dublab.jpの影響か、原雅明さんの影響かしら、どうかしら） あと、今年はアルバム通して聴く機会が多かった、というか、その方がフィットしてた。もともとCDを買っていたときの感覚に戻ったようで、なんだかしみじみしちゃう。 そして、11月あたりからじんわりとミニマルハウス〜テクノに惹かれ中。シンプルがゆえに、好みを見つけるのがむずかしい、でも楽しい。新しい境地。 DJ MIXはほとんど聴かなかったなぁ。音楽の聴き方って、1年の間にこんなにも変わるものなのね。 dublab.jpでラジオ番組をはじめたことも大きいかな。 ありがとう、グッドバイ2019年。 2020年は、審美眼を磨きつつ、軽快に。生身の肌で感じたい。 *アルファベット順です *今年リリース以外のものも多くあります *Vanessa Paradis、Marlene Dietrichは常時アイコンなのではぶきます ＊ - My ‘sweetest’ Favorite 2019 - ▽▼▽ ALBUM / LP / EP ▽▼▽ AFK & Bludwork / Loyalty N Service [100% Silk] Akira Rabelais / CXVI [Boomkat Editions] Alexis Le-Tan & Jess present / Space Oddities [Permanent Vacation] Amazondotcom / Mirror River [SUBREAL] Ambien Baby / En Transito [FATi Records] Ana Roxanne / ~~~ [Leaving Records] Anna Homler ‎/ Deliquium In C [Präsens Editionen] Archie Shepp, Jasper Van't Hof ‎/ Mama Rose [SteepleChase] Bartosz Kruczynski, Poly Chain / Pulses [Into The Light Records] Basil Kirchin / I Start Counting [Trunk Records] Basil Kirchin / Primitive London [Trunk Records] Black Boboi / Agate [BINDIVIDUAL] C.Tappin / Ashes to Ashes [Melting Pot Music] Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny / Beyond The Missouri Sky [Verve Records] Chihei Hatakeyama(畠山地平) / Void XIX [White Paddy Mountain] Chocolate Lips / Chocolate Lips [Sony Music] Derric Gobourne Jr. / Supremacy [P-Vine Records] Deweekend / Deweekend [OutOfStock] Dome / Dome 2 [Editions Mego] Eberhard Weber / Encore [ECM Records] Eleventeen Eston / Delta Horizon [Growing Bin Records] Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou / Ethiopiques, Vol. 21 [Buda Musique] Eric Serra ‎/ Le Grand Bleu (Bande Originale Du Film) [Virgin] G.S. Schray / First Appearance [Last Resort] Giovanni Guidi / Avec Le Temps [ECM Records] h hunt / Playing Piano for Dad [Tasty Morsels] Helena Deland ‎– Altogether Unaccompanied Vol. III [Luminelle Recordings] Holdie Gawn｜Micawber ‎/ Gleech Huis｜Parsec Telemetry [Sylphe] infinite bisous / Period [Tasty Morsels] Ion Ludwig / A Better Future To Long [Metereze] J!N /pink stm & wite ptl [Hizz] JAB / Erg Herbe [Shelter Press] Jacqueline Humbert & David Rosenboom / Daytime Viewing [Unseen Worlds] Jai Paul / Do You Love Her Now｜He [XL Recordings] jan and naomi / Fracture [cutting edge] Jan Jelinek / Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records [~scape] Jeff Majors / Yoka Boka (For Us All) [Invisible City Editions] Joao Gilberto / Amoroso [Warner Bros. Records] Joe Tossini and Friends / Lady of Mine [Joe Tossini Music] Joseph Shabason / Anne, EP [Western Vinyl] Juan Hidalgo / Rrose Sélavy [Discos Transgénero] Kali Malone / The Sacrificial Code [iDEAL Recordings] Khotin / Beautiful You [Ghostly International] Kit Sebastian / Mantra Moderne [Mr Bongo] Leech / Data Horde [Peak Oil] Leonardo Marques / Early Bird [180g x Disk Union] Leonore Boulanger / Practice Chanter [Le Saule] Les Yeux Orange / Ghost Dog [Good Plus] Lifted / 2 [PAN] Liv.e / ::hoopdreams:: [Not On Label] Lloyd Miller / A Lifetime In Oriental Jazz [Jazzman] Loren Connors / Evangeline [Recital] Loving / Lately In Another Time [Last Gang Records] Lucas Arruda / Onda Nova [Favorite Recordings] Lunz / Lunz 3 [Curious Music] Mary Lattimore / Hundreds Of Days [Ghostly International] Mega Bog / Dolphine [Paradise Of Bachelors] Meitei(冥丁) / Komachi [Métron Records] melodiesinfonie / A Journey to You [JAKARTA] Molinaro / What The Future Was [Apron Records] Nadia Reid / Preservation [Basin Rock] Neu Balance / In My Life, I've Loved Them All [Budget Cuts] Nia Andrews / No Place Is Safe [rings] Nico Rico / Primitive Thinking EP [Not On Label] Nina Keith / MARANASATI 19111 [Grind Select] Nitai Hershkovits / Lemon the Moon [AGATE / Inpartmaint] Normal Brain / Lady Maid [Vanity Records] Olsen / Dream Operator [100%Silk] Operating Theatre / Miss Mauger [Allchival] Pejzaż / Pejzaż Remiksy [The Very Polish Cut-Outs] Powder / Powder In Space [Beats In Space Records] Priori & RAMZi / Jumanjí [FATi Records] Profit Prison ‎/ Six Strange Passions [Avant!] RAMZi / Multiquest Niveau 1: Camouflé [FATi Records] Regularfantasy /Sunsets & Sublets [Total Stasis] Repetentes 2008 / Galaxia Fini [Superconscious Records] Repetentes 2008 / Gelo Gerônimo [Gop Tun] RIP Swirl / 9TEEN90 [Public Possession] Robert Minden Ensemble / Long Journey Home [Otter Bay Recordings] Robert Minden Ensemble / The Boy Who Wanted To Talk To Whales [Otter Bay Recordings] Robert Minden Ensemble / Whisper in My Ear [Otter Bay Recordings] Robert Wyatt / Shleep [Domino] Rupert Clervaux / After Masterpieces [Whities] Santilli / Surface [Into The Light Records] Sarah Davachi / Pale Bloom [W.25th] Sebastian Gandera / Le Raccourci [Efficient Space] Simone De Kunovich / Mondo Nuovo Vol. 1 [Superconscious Records] Sipprell / I Could Be Loved [Sipprell] Sonia Sanchez / Full Moon Of Sonia [VIA International Artists] Sonny Sharrock / Black Woman [Vortex Records] Soundwalk Collective / What We Leave Behind | Jean-Luc Godard Archives [mAtter] Sparrows / Berries [flau] St. Joseph / Player Nr. 1 EP [Dokutoku Records] Stephen Steinbrink ‎/ Utopia Teased [Western Vinyl/Melodic Records] Takayuki Shiraishi / Missing Link [Studio Mule] Tamaryn / Dreaming The Dark [Dero Arcade] Teebs / Anicca [Brainfeeder] Teiji Ito / Music For Maya [Tzadik] The Caretaker / An empty bliss beyond this World [History Always Favours The Winners] Tim Hecker / Anoyo [Kranky] Tujiko Noriko / Kuro(OST) [PAN] Unknown Mobile / Daucile Moon [Pacific Rhythm] Vanishing Twin / The Age of Immunology [Fire Records] Various ‎/ I Am The Center (Private Issue New Age Music In America, 1950-1990) [Light In The Attic] Various / Visible & Invisible Persons Distributed In Space [Numero Group] Various / Wys! V&a Ep [WYS! Recordings] Various / زمان يا سكر = Zamaan Ya Sukkar - Exotic Love Songs And Instrumentals From The Egyptian 60’s [Radio Martiko] Various Artists / 4 Down [Deek Recordings] Various Artists / Turkish Hamam House Disco [Arsivplak] Viola Klein / A Passport And A Visa Stamped By The Holy Ghost [Meakusma] Violet / Togetherness [Togetherness] Voices In Latin / Voices In Latin [Morgan] Wilson Tanner / II [Efficient Space] Yasuaki Shimizu / Music For Commercials [Crammed Discs] Yohuna / Mirroring [fear of missing out records] Yoshiharu Takeda / Aspiration [METANESOS Records] Yoshinori Hayashi / γ [Smalltown Supersound] Zenit / Straight Ahead [P-Vine Records] 元ちとせ / 元唄 幽玄 ～元ちとせ 奄美シマ唄REMIX～ (Remixes) [Au(g)tunes] 孔雀眼 JADE EYES / 渴望 [香港商黑市音樂股份有限公司台灣分公司] ∞σ / DG Hadi [Hizz] ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ / ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლのʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(ƟӨ)ʃ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡ ꐑ(ཀ ඊູ ఠీੂ೧ູ࿃ूੂ✧ළඕั࿃ूੂ࿃ूੂੂ࿃ूੂළඕั✧ı̴̴̡ ̡̡͡|̲̲̲͡ ̲̲̲͡͡π̲̲͡͡ ɵੂ≢࿃ूੂ೧ູఠీੂ ඊູཀ ꐑ(ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(ƟӨ)ʃ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡ [༈೧ູ≢)ꐑʅ(Ɵↂↂ. l̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡*̡̡ ̴̡ı̴̴̡ ̡̡͡| ̲̲͡ π̲̲͡͡.̸̸̨̨ ఠీੂ)༼ू༈೧ູ࿃ूੂ༽(ଳծູ l̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡*̡̡ ̴̡ı̴̴̡ ̡̡͡| ̲̲͡ π̲̲͡͡ ɵੂ≢)_̴ı ̡͌ ̲|̡̡̡ ̡ ̴̡ı̴̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡ꐑ*:･✧(ཽ๑ඕัළඕั)ꐑʅ(Ɵↂ๑)✧*:･ı̴̴̡ ̡̡͡| ̲̲͡ π̲̲͡͡.̸̸̨̨ ఠీੂ)༼ू༈೧ູʅ(ƟӨ)ʃ ꐑ(ཀ ඊູ ఠీੂ)༼ू༈೧ູ࿃ूੂ༽(ଳծູɵੂ≢ↂ. l̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡*̡̡ ̴̡.]

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Girl Meets World

Greta Gerwig on insecurity, marriage, and 'Lola Versus'.

I started lying about my age when I was 7. It was first grade, and I had turned 7 in August. Having an August birthday meant that I would either be the oldest kid in the class or the youngest. My mom explained that she and my dad had been the youngest and they hated it, so of course I was just going to love the opposite. I think a lot of parenting goes something like that.

Lola Versus is not about an overly self-conscious 7-year-old. But it is about getting older, about passing the landmark age of 30 and feeling that you are not where you should be. By 30, Lola wants to be a wife cooking dinner with farmer's-market vegetables and giving her less-married friends advice. And then of course her fiance breaks up with her, destroying that fantasy future. This sets off her year of mistakes, misbehavior, and misadventures. All "mis" and no "Mrs."

I don't consciously share the same dream of being married by 30 that Lola does, but on some deep level, I totally get it. As a child, when my mom took me with her to the grocery store, I would always study the bride magazines at the checkout. For years, one of my most prized possessions was a 1992 People about the best weddings of both that year and of all time. I used to take out a flashlight and read it at night when I was supposed to be sleeping. My favorite dress was a tie between Toni Braxton's and Delta Burke's.

The panic--that you should be in second grade and not first grade, that you should be married and not single--causes people (me, Lola) to act in ways that aren't their best selves. I lied, Lola acts out. And, very luckily, we (real, fictional) are both saved by our friends.

We shot the movie last summer, and I was both thrilled and terrified the whole time. Like riding an unsafe carnival ride or kissing someone handsome. Lola: it was the titular role for a real movie studio and all of my feelings of inadequacy were very close to the surface. Just the standard "I'm not ______ enough" or "I'm too _______." One day we were shooting in the East Village and I was feeling especially not talented or pretty or worthy when, out of nowhere, I hear a beautiful, laughing, alto voice yell, "Greta! Greta!"

It was My Rock Star. She went to college with me and is still the coolest person I've ever actually met. She got home delivery of The New York Times to our dorm. She spoke other languages. She didn't have a cellphone. She has always seemed free in the way I think every girl who hopes to be called a woman wants to be free. I hadn't seen her in more than a year--she was always in Berlin or Paris or Alaska. Yet there she was on Second Avenue, unashamed, unmarried, unworried about what people thought she should be doing or where she should be going. She was my guardian angel on a skateboard. Actually, I'm not sure about the skateboard. But I do know she saved me in that moment. Really. As we hugged and laughed, I thought, Hey, I'm OK. I'm making a movie! And all this stuff I feel weird about is useful for Lola!

That's being an actress: trying to build a character out of self and imagination, figuring out life for fictional creations and for myself. Standing on the set of my movie, talking to my kick-ass magical rock-star friend, I could almost feel awesome about being 28 and secretly wanting a ridiculous wedding dress. Almost. I held a little back for Lola; she still needed some of my old insecurity.

By Greta Gerwig

This article originally appeared in Newsweek. June 11, 2012 page 59.