#Brittany Luse

[appleciders]

normal gossip putting out a bonus episode on the day that i have to finish moving out of my childhood home is a lifeline for me personally

[platinumgeek]

Horror is fascinating. It's all of our cultural anxieties, all of our stuff just on the screen. All of those ugly things society doesn't acknowledge about itself. It's put there, clear as day on the screen, and they just wrap it up in a monster.

- Dr. Kinitra Brooks, talking with Brittany Luse about the Black Final Girl in American horror.

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (22-28 Sep 2024)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🥰 Before Midnight (Nero Wolfe #25) (Rex Stout, author; Michael Prichard, narrator)

🥰 The Golden Age of Murder (Martin Edwards, author; Leighton Pugh, narrator) - in-depth look at The Detection Club members during the 'Golden Age of Detective Fiction' (between the world wars)

😍 Pizza-verse series (Closer) - 65K, Suits AU where "in an alternate universe, Harvey's still the best closer in New York but Mike's not a runner for Trevor: he's a pizza deliveryman, Harvey's favorite pizza deliveryman. And Harvey's discovery that Mike's more than he lets on will change everyone's lives… told and retold through Mike, Donna, and Harvey's point of view, with new scenes and reactions each time." - absolute banger series, love it so much

💖💖 +170K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

Only the Good Die Young (ZenaidaMacroura) - MCU: shrunkyclunks, 23K - excellent shrunkyclunks with EMT!Bucky/Cap!Steve who are both absolute awkward disasters

t'aimer sur les bords du lac (burning_brighter) - MCU: Stucky, 17K - a really good post-EG AU cabin fic where they finally get their shit together

Breathtaking and Absolute (alocalband) - Check Please!: NurseyDex, 3K - truly lovely getting together fic

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

In Deep: Life at the Bottom of the Ocean With Dr. Sarah McAnulty - Session 2

Dr. Odyssey - s1, e1

Handsome - Pretty Little Episode #6

Monét's Slumber Party - s1, e6

Handsome - Hannah Berner asks about inner voices

Dirty Laundry - s4, e4

Adventuring Academy - "Edit While They're Killing It (with Zac Oyama)" (s5, e4)

D20: A Starstruck Odyssey - s12, e14-18

D20: Adventuring Party - s8, e14-18

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Normal Gossip - Romancing the Stoned with Jenée Desmond-Harris

How To Do Everything - Haircuts in Space, Tutus, and the Nasal Ranger

NPR's Book of the Day - In 'Who's That Girl?' Eve reflects on her time in a male-dominated hip-hop industry

Short Wave - Solving The EV Battery Recycling Puzzle

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Demi Moore's Film The Substance

⭐ The Sporkful - The Inside Story Of How Taco Bell Created The Big Cheez-It

Code Switch - Ask Code Switch: Do bike lanes cause gentrification?

Normal Gossip - MFAs and Other Mistakes with Brittany Luse

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Small Town, Big Story: The Giant Omelet of Abbeville, LA

Re: Dracula - September 24: Asleep or Awake, Mad or Sane

Short Wave - Harnessing The Ghost Particles Blasting Through You

Dinner’s on Me - Mena Suvari

If Books Could Kill - Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Death, Sex & Money - Bob the Drag Queen says Polyamory is Expensive

⭐ 99% Invisible - Cue the Sun!

It's Been a Minute - The SMACKDOWN: Serena Williams vs. Muhammad Ali vs. Trina

Short Wave - The Reality Of OCD

Code Switch - Latinos are moving to the far right. Paola Ramos thinks she knows why

NPR's Book of the Day - In the new book 'Want,' Gillian Anderson collects other women's sexual fantasies

Vibe Check - I Have A Dream

⭐ Decoder Ring - Calling Dick Tracy! It’s Warren Beatty Again

Re: Dracula - September 25: Bloofer Lady

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - "blah, blah, blah…"

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Small Town, Big Story: The Pennsic Wars of Slippery Rock, PA

Ologies - Modern Toichographology (MURALS & STREET ART) with Conrad Benner

Consider This - Meet the man in charge of prosecuting war crimes

Re: Dracula - September 27: This Great Un-Dead

It's Been a Minute - An identity crisis at the heart of the election; plus, disrupting biracial fantasies

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books - 634. Climbing Mt. Fuji with Courtney Milan

Endless Thread - Defrauding Big Tech

ICYMI - ICYMI Plus: Why Are People Turning On Chappell Roan?

Re: Dracula - September 28: Some Rational Explanation

Overinvested - Ep. 306: English Teacher

The Allusionist - Tranquillusionist: Ex-Constellations

Hit Parade - The Bridge: Got My Back Against the Record Machine

Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV - ep 1-3

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Easy Mornings: Hindi

Good Vibes Only

Feel Good Mix #1

Feel Good Mix #2

Weird Tales of The Ramones (1976 - 1996) [Ramones] {2005}

[thedanieldockery]

I'm still a little shocked to be able to announce this but I was invited by NPR to come and talk about Pokémon.

[kipbip]

Text: Brittany Luse: Is there anything that you could tease to us about the new season of Game Changer? A little example of what's to come?

Sam Reich: We did a third installment of a game that I've played in previous seasons called Sam Says, which is my take on Simon Says. And one example is, I said, "Sam says, don't look now, but here's a pig in a little hat." And I brought out a 100-pound boar named Henry, who was fantastic, the happiest pig I've ever met, in a little cowboy hat. And they weren't allowed to look at him.

Brittany Luse: Oh, that's unfair.

If Samuel Reich (I don't know his full name, I've decided it's that) did this to me I'd start Sobbing on camera full on, shoulders shaking and make him feel horrible

[negrolicity]

How an Appalachian chef unlocks memory through homestyle cooking : It's Been a Minute : NPR

Click and listen.

[canichangemyblogname]

SCHOENBRUN: It was the first thing that I had when I started working on the film. It's not a perfect metaphor, but I do feel that a lot of the trans people that I know, we're constantly trying to find language. We're trying to find language to talk about this very ephemeral feeling that we call dysphoria, this feeling that I think has been misrepresented in a lot of the media about trans people.

But the actual feeling of dysphoria and the feeling of being trans but not quite accepting it yet or not transitioning and becoming yourself, that moment when you stop hiding from yourself and see the thing that lets you know that the world you're living in has to change and the body you're living in has to change, it's an internal feeling of very deep existential wrongness that we carry with us and that if we don't do something about it is going to rot us out and give us not only a shortened life, but a life that doesn't quite feel like a life. And so this metaphor became my attempt to talk about how that feels.

LUSE: My producer, Liam, he said that this spoke to him as a trans person. But also, that the experience of becoming a new person and living a new life because the old life was slowly killing you is something that a lot of people have experienced. That metaphor could easily apply to people who are going through divorce or recovering from addiction. Like, it's something that has a broad resonance.

[scvpubliclib]

New story on NPR: Steven Yeun talks about 'Beef,' his new hate-fueled Netflix series with Ali Wong https://ift.tt/8jeL9XO

[chaotic-archaeologist]

Oh, people are actually still doing this? There's a trend of making wine glasses out of old wine bottles, and this is exactly how they do it. You can listen to a story of this craft being done horribly hilariously wrong on this podcast :)

~ Semper Fidelis Cookbook, First Congregational Church (Stockton, Calif.). Semper Fidelis Circle, 1907

[thirstaidkitpodcast]

THIRST AID KIT | S2E15 | YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN!

*soothing bedtime story voice* Are you siting comfortably? Then we’ll begin.

This week we are ALL about the voice. Specifically, we are talking about the voices that have molded us, and the voices that make us tingle and melt and laugh and FEEL. 

To help us close out our second season with a bang, we turned in particular to four very special voices from four very special people from across the world. Mads Mikkelsen, with his Danish-inflected voicebox, is a treat for your ears and your eyes (you already know how Nichole feels about him). We love the energy he transmits with his voice, whether he’s about to smash James Bond’s knackers in in Casino Royale, or eat people in Hannibal. Rawr!

We went South — Meridian, Mississippi to be exact! — to sample the very specific delights of rapper Big K.R.I.T. who sounds like something Nichole dreamed up in a lab, he’s so perfect-sounding. He’s also the prime example of how voicework is actually work; the voice as instrument, taking on new depths and highs to send a message, you know? Like honey, syrup, and other slow-dripping food items, K.R.I.T.’s voice makes you think about being home, relaxed, comfortable and also [REDACTED]. 👀

Listen to this:

Then we flew to England to alight at the door of one of Bim’s longterm baes, The Walking Dead (now newly free of that carcass!) actor Andrew Lincoln, because, well, LISTEN. You wanna talk about dulcet tones? Step on up! Whether he’s reading Harry Potter for the kids, reciting poetry, or threatening bad men in the apocalypse, his voice reminds Bim of something rich and strong that you can feel in your belly. 😋

We landed back in the velvet embrace of Jeffrey Wright's signature rasp, showcased most recently in Westworld, but most memorably for Bim, as CIA agent Felix Leiter (”a brother from Langley”) in Casino Royale. Also, remember him in that not-so-good remake of Shaft? Jesus, that raaaaaaasp! 💦

IT’S ALL GOOD, EVEN WHEN THEY’RE PLAYNG BAD.

Along the way, we also reflect on some other voices that have touched us (heh) over the years, from Keith David to Jeff Bridges. 

We also have a segment on some iconic voices: goddesses like Kathleen Turner, with a huskiness that belongs only to her (and also Jessica Rabbit—HELLO); Jennifer Tilly’s twinkly but scratchy singular wonder of a voice (remember her in Bride Of Chucky? Think Lina Lamont from Singin’ In The Rain, and queen of a thousand voices, Cree Summer, who, LEST WE FORGET, was the original Penny in Inspector Gadget. Please put some respect on her name!

Finally, there’s Fanfic Wars, obviously, and well, your ears are in for even more of a treat. You can listen to the whole episode RIGHT HERE (more ways to listen listed below).

(MUCH) MORE TO WATCH AND READ, IF YOU LIKE

Let Mads Mikkelsen sell you some beer

Here’s Samuel Anderson making you a cup of coffee

A little video of tribute to the genius and longevity of Cree Summer

Here’s Jeffery Wright saying the line in Casino Royale that makes Bim clench her fists and bite her knuckle

JESSICA RABBIT, BITCH

Here’s Jeff Bridges as (bald! rich! stern!) Obadiah Stane in Iron Man.

Here’s Big K.R.I.T. doing a stellar Tiny Desk concert at NPR earlier this year. Bonus: he can sing! He has the cutest smile! Let’s get married!

Some of Keith David’s Spawn work

Jennifer Tilly on how she hears her voice vs how others seem to

Here’s Andrew Lincoln talking about reading Quidditch Through The Ages for Pottermore

Here’s the trick Nichole mentioned about Kathleen Turner’s voice.

Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal, figuratively licking his chops over how he’s gonna fuck Will up

Jeff Bridges has a mf’ing album to help you sleep and the website to buy it from is called, amazingly http://www.DreamingWithJeff.com

Look at young Andrew Lincoln perform Frank O’Connor in this achingly 90s recording:

We’re on Twitter at @bimadew and @tnwhiskeywoman. The show is at @thirstaidkit. 

We’re gonna be off for a while, but you can still send us your Thirst Sommelier requests at 765-884-4778 aka 7658-THIRST (international listeners: send us a short recorded message via email, please). And you can still send us fanmail and love via the written word (aka your SHORT drabbles!) to: thirstaidkit@buzzfeed.com. Also, PLEASE, if you can, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. We sure do appreciate it!

Stay subscribed to get new content! We’re on: Apple | Stitcher | Spotify | Podbean | Overcast | Google Play | iHeartRadio or search ‘Thirst Aid Kit’ wherever you get your podcasts.

HOUSEKEEPING: ISSA WRAP ON SEASON 2! 

We want to send a very warm and heartfelt THANK YOU to our glorious guests this season: Alanna Bennett (for the Tom Hiddleston episode) and Alexis Nedd (for the Gael García Bernal episode) and Brittany Luse (for the More, More, More! episode) and Rahul Kohli (for his own solo It Ain’t A Thing episode. They were great, and we love them. So much. So please follow them and their work!

We also wanna thank our amazing Pod Squad, who are excellent every day and even more so every time we step into the studio. There is no show without them, and our producers, Julia Furlan and (new with season 2 and now invaluable!) TK Dutes are THE SHIT when it comes to rolling with the punches of quick turnarounds, scheduling conflicts, editing, mixing and uploading. They are the real MVPs, and we love them. Also, yeah, we’re all ladies. 🙌🏿

WE’LL BE BACK SOONER THAN YOU CAN SEND AN EGGPLANT EMOJI.

Stay thirsty, thirst-buckets. Your nation is depending on you. 😘💙💜💚❤️

[openbookunedited]

#UnEdited’s Blog, “The Open Book,” always keeps its head on a swivel in search of new and interesting artists, podcast, topics, and more. That just so happen to randomly allow us to stumble upon an interesting podcast called “The Nod.”

Obviously with titles like, “An Oral History of Knuck If You Buck,” I could not ignore such an alluring conversation. During this particular episode, Brittney Luse and Eric Eddings discuss the everlasting power of the crunk music anthem “Knuck If You Buck”. With interviews with former group members, The Nod opens the door to the inner workings of what went into the creation of Crime Mob as a group as well as “Knuck If You Buck” as a song.

Exploring a wide range of black cultural topics, Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings find a way to keep us intrigued as the maneuver through issues like purple drank and the rise and fall of black tv.   

Click, Listen, and Enjoy!     

[antimonarchy]

(ID: A thread of tweets by Brittany Luse, @/bmluse. They read:

Shiv’s costuming is perfect for two reasons: 1) It communicates just how unsure she is of herself. She sees focusing on her appearance as frivolous (def a response to her mother!)… but she also probably doesn’t even know what she likes, so she always looks a little wrong.

2) Shiv’s uninspired, borderline matronly (at times) clothing sets her apart from the other women in her sphere, who are always, in some form, trading on their appeal to Shiv’s father and brothers. She doesn’t have to care about her outfit choices beyond baseline appropriateness.

(And obvi she felt her social and economic position was seductive enough for Tom. Well, until.)

Gerri doesn’t coast on obvious sex appeal, either (+ there’s some Shiv/ Gerri wardrobe overlap). But G’s an old school corporate gal, and thus dresses in whatever makes her non-threatening to Logan (and even Karl/ Frank); skirts, soft shoulders… until her promotion in S3.

Whereas Shiv is confused about how she wants to show up at Waystar Royco. That’s why we get so many pantsuits with turtlenecks. Hard or soft? Angular or buttery? She doesn’t know how to confidently choose an approach and stick to it.

Also ofc Shiv’s clothes say a lot about her wealth (like all Roys, she doesn’t need style to impress and she’s a little bored of her $$), and the wardrobe bind all corporate women are in: lots of options, but every option is loaded (heel height, skirt length, color, pants?, etc).

Some of Shiv’s looks are phenomenal, especially before she left politics to join the family business (or, as someone else noted, when she’s not really trying, or “on”). But it’s been interesting to see how the show’s costumers use subtle choices to show how on edge she was in S3.

/End ID)

[excelsi-or]

14/11/19 - stubborn as hell (woozi)

to a boy i love right now

w.c. 1.4k (this is a slight angsty one just as a heads up :D)

Black Lives Education rec: Check out The Nod podcast with Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings. It’s two black hosts telling stories about black lives. They aired their last episode in January this year, but there’s a two year back log of episodes. 

November 9, 2019

November 14, 2019

In the middle of typing up her ecological term paper, her phone starts ringing. Seungkwan looks up from his end of the table and frowns.

“Who’s calling you?”

She shakes her head and flips the phone over, not missing a beat on her keyboard. As she glances at it, she stops. “Mingyu.”

“Why’s he calling you?” Seungkwan asks.

She shrugs. Not that she and Mingyu haven’t become great friends, but with the end of the semester looming, the friends they have who are still in school have declined nearly every opportunity to hang out the past two weeks. Wondering if it’s an emergency, she answers.

“Noona,” Mingyu starts as a greeting.

“What’s going on? Is everything okay?”

Mingyu hums. “I’m okay, but is hyung staying at your place?”

She leans back in her seat and brushes a stray hair out of her face. “I haven’t seen Ji in two weeks. He texted me this morning though. Why? Is he not home?”

Mingyu groans. “He hasn’t been home in a few days.”

“Are you just assuming he’s at work?”

“Well, yeah. Hyung used to do this thing in school where if he was really busy, he just wouldn’t come home.”

She remembers Mingyu and Wonwoo mentioning it on enough occasions to know that it had been an issue. One that their professor had had to talk to him about. She’s never known him to do it, so she assumed that he stopped doing it. 

Mingyu continues. “I don’t know where else he would be. If it’s not home and he’s not with you, where else would he go? It’s not like we’re fighting.”

What’s going on? Seungkwan mouths to her, taking this call as an opportunity to take a break.

Something about Jihoon, she mouths back. “Do you want me to go check on him? Have you gone to the studio?”

“I was just about to go,” Mingyu says. “But maybe it’s better if you go. He’ll listen to you.”

She looks back at her paper, which isn’t due until next week. She glances over her shoulder at the dark sky then turns to Seungkwan. “Sure, I’ll go and see what’s going on.”

“Great, thanks noona.”

“Text you when I’ve talked to him.” She hangs up and addresses Seungkwan’s questioning gaze. “What do you say to a short study break?”

Seungkwan throws his arms up in hallelujah. “Yes! Where are we going?”

“We’re going to go to the company building and see if we can get Jihoon to go home.”

“How are we going to get in?” Seungkwan glances at the time on his phone. “It’s like 10:30. It’s not locked?”

She smirks. “Ji gave me a key a few months back.”

“You have a key to the company?”

She holds a finger to her lips as she gets up to grab her key ring and wallet. She throws a jacket over Jihoon’s sweater, pulls on a pair of thicker socks and meets Seungkwan at the door. The man is already in his shoes, ready to bolt out the door.

“It’ll be good to get a break,” Seungkwan says, stretching his arms over his head.

She chuckles. “How’s Hansol?” She straightens and follows him down the hall to the elevator. “I know you’ve been texting him non-stop all night.”

Seungkwan nods. “He’s been bouncing lyric ideas off me. Apparently, he and Mingyu hyung are stumped for lyrics. Guess without Jihoon hyung, lyrics don’t flow as well.”

“They’re working with a new musical production student, right?” They climb into the elevator, continuing their conversation about Hansol and the new rearrangements in the music department as they ride the bus to Jihoon’s company.

Seungkwan stares at the building as they approach. “It’s smaller than I thought.”

She chuckles, digging for the key in her pocket. “You thought Ji got into a big company right off the bat?” She peers in to make sure the alarm is green and lets them inside. She’d noticed one band of light coming from the third floor where Jihoon’s studio is located. “None of the acts coming out of here are very big, but he gets his own studio.”

Seungkwan nods, impressed. They take the elevator up to the third floor and she looks both ways as they step out, reorienting herself. It’s been well over a month since she’s dropped in on one of Jihoon’s late night studio sessions. She hangs a left and inspects every door and finds the line of recording rooms. The middle one is Jihoon’s.

“I’m gonna wander around. Text me when you’re ready to go.” Seungkwan looks around and heads down the hallway towards the practice rooms. She knocks twice on Jihoon’s door and pokes her head in. 

Surrounding the man are various takeout cups. If he’s been eating from these takeout restaurants, there are no signs of them. At least he’s been leaving the studio to throw his garbage out. He has his headphones on as he stares at a screen with moving parts. She waits until there’s a pause in their movement before interrupting him, understanding his process by now.

“Ji,” she says a bit louder so he can hear her through the headphones.

Jihoon spins around his chair and stares at her wide-eyed. His eyes are bloodshot with light shadows developing underneath them. “Jagi?”

“Hi.” She stays near the door, not expecting this to take long.

“What are you doing here?”

She explains the phone call with Mingyu. “How long have you been here?”

“I don’t know.” Jihoon searches for his phone and calculates back the days. “3 days now.”

She looks down at the small couch against the wall. It’s so much smaller than the couch in his old studio on campus. That will explain all the ‘my back hurts’ texts she’s been getting. “So do you think you should come home then?”

Jihoon shakes his head and motions towards the screen. “I have a few songs I want to finish here.”

“Ji, you’re going to burn out.”

“It’s fine. Once these are done, I’ll go home and sleep.”

“But isn’t your brain tired? Have you been sleeping properly?”

“The others go out to eat and bring me back stuff. I’ve been eating.”

She nods her head slowly. “But—”

“I’ve been getting my eight hours. I’ve been eating. I’ve even had time to text you,” Jihoon interrupts. “I don’t see a problem. I’ll go home when I’m finished.”

“Why are you the only one still here?”

Jihoon shakes his head, brushing off that question. “I’m fine.”

“Ji, Mingyu is worried that you aren’t coming home.”

“I’ll text him where I am.” Irritation is starting to trickle into his voice. She tries not to let it get to her, because she knows it’s a combination of the lack of quality sleep, the shitty food, and the stress that are making him irritable.

She pushes still. “Ji, I’m worried too. Can’t you at the very least go home tonight and come back early? At least to sleep in your own bed and have breakfast with Gyu.”

“I’m fine,” he enunciates. “You don’t have to take care of me. I can take care of myself.”

She nods her head, understanding that he’s going to be stubborn as hell. “Fine.” She ducks out of the studio and goes to get him a glass of water. She returns to the studio and sets it by his elbow. Jihoon stares at it as if he doesn’t know what a glass of water looks like.

“Drink it and I’ll leave.”

“Jagi, I told you—”

“Yes, that you can take care of yourself. I get it.” Her own irritation is apparent now. They scowl at each other. “Drink it for my peace of mind and I’ll leave, Jihoon.”

Jihoon rolls his eyes, but downs the entire glass in front of her. “Happy?”

She shrugs. Up close, his thick hair is greasy at its roots, matted from where his headphones have been sitting. She notices the black cap next to him. Her tongue runs along her bottom lip, but she says nothing. “I’m gonna go then. You’re apparently fine.”

“I’m fine,” he repeats.

The constant repetition suggests he’s not fine, but he can take care of himself. “Okay.” She squeezes his wrist. “See you.”

As she nears the door, Jihoon tosses a “love you” in her direction. She tosses one back and closes the door behind her. “Seungkwanie!” she calls.

Seungkwan bounds towards her from wherever he’d disappeared to. He looks around. “Where’s hyung?”

She shakes her head. “He’s gonna stay here.”

“But—”

“He can take care of himself, so let’s go.”

Seungkwan hears the frustration in her voice and doesn’t push. “Are you going to text Gyu?”

“Ji said he would, but yeah, I will when we get home.”

Next: November 15, 2019