#Chris Goss

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Mark Lanegan - “Heard a Train”

Mark Lanegan’s vaults pop open with the release of “Heard a Train.”

Bookended with languid intro and outro, the song proper is a proper grinder more indicative of his Screaming Trees/Queens of the Stone Age material and is produced by Master of Reality Chris Goss.

Lanegan is typically down on himself as he growls:

Somebody said that they missed me/but who that was I couldn���t say/they called it a day when I left already

“Heard a Train” is one of 12 previously unreleased songs - and 40 overall - that’ll appear on Bubblgum XX, which arrives Aug. 23. Best of all, it suggests Lanegan left some solid, undiscovered, music behind.

Grade card: Mark Lanegan - “Heard a Train” - B+

8/7/24

[rainingmusic]

Queens of the Stone Age - Auto Pilot

[mitjalovse]

Coil are quietly influential. Look, I'm sure many mention them as their idols, yet they are not cherished as such. They belong to a category of those whose influence is more vast than one assumes. True, Queens Of The Stone Age – you checked the link before the article – are not like Coil, they are one of those huge rock entities at the moment with a lot of people namechecking them, but think of this – they rarely get called for making made the rock revivals happen. Yes, their works from the noughts paved the way for The Killers, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys and the rest, though few mentioned them as as one of the reasons for that. Then again, Josh Homme and his cohorts tended to be more idiosyncratic most of the times.

[mikeladano]

REVIEW: Kyuss / Queens of the Stone Age (1997 split EP)

KYUSS / QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE – Kyuss / Queens of the Stone Age (1997 split Man’s Ruin EP) Sometimes, EPs are essential.  Even better:  an essential split EP, when you actually like both bands. Kyuss split in 1996, and guitarist Josh Homme was fast out of the gates with a new EP under the name Gammy Ray.  Another Gamma Ray from Germany sued, and so Homme changed the name to Queens of the Stone…

[dconscreen]

The Folly of Fearing the Fantastical | News

On this episode of DC on SCREEN:

Dead Boy Detectives

Dead Boy Detectives Canceled on Netflix After One Season

The Penguin

New Trailer: https://twitter.com/i/status/1831693774638170520

Producers Say No Batman

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Trailer Released by DC Studios | https://youtu.be/gX-B3HMlMfY

Joker: Folie à Deux

Joker Folie a Deux Currently at 61% on Rotten Tomatoes

Will Harvey Dent Become Two-Face?

Team Rewrote Scenes on Napkins Before Shooting

Superman & Lois

Showrunners Teases Surprising Comics Character in Final Season

Creature Commandos

New Look Has Fans Speculating About Sgt. Rock

DC's Creature Commandos Is "Kind of Like" Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Creature Commandos Gets Official Premiere Date

Superman

There Will Be No Chumbawamba in Superman

Peacemaker Season 2

Peacemaker Star Confirms Surprising Return for Season 2

The Batman Part II

The Batman Part II: Matt Reeves Explains Grounded Gotham

DCTEA

James Gunn Addresses Rumor Chris Pratt Is Joining DCU

James Gunn Reveals Key Difference Between DC Universe and Marvel Studios' MCU

Gunn Reveals What a Batman & Superman Team-Up Movie Would Be Called

Lanterns TV Series Rumored to Add Josh Brolin as Hal Jordan

A Game in The Batman Universe?

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IWTV Season 2 Sources & References

(The 1st 4 were cited by the Writer’s Room)

The Ethnic Avante-Garde: Minority Cultures and World Revolution by Steven S. Lee

Paris Journal 1944-1955 by Janet Flanner (Genet)

The Vampire: A Casebook by Alan Dundes

Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles: An Alphabettery

The Fly cited by Jacob Anderson

King Lear by Shakespeare cited by Rolin Jones

Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin

Sebastien Melmoth by Oscar Wilde

Amadeus (1984)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Gaslight (1944)

Batman

Casablanca (1942)

Now, Voyager (1942)

The Third Man (1949) cited by Levan Akin

An American in Paris by George Gershwin (1928) cited by Daniel Hart

Moulin Rouge (2001)

The Phantom of the Opera

Les Vampires (1915)

Dracula (1931) credit to @vampchronicles_ on twt

Le Triomphe de L’amour by Pierre de Marivaux

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin cited by Jacob Anderson

Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean Paul Sartre

Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Vampire’s Kiss (1988) credit to @talesfromthecrypts

Les Morts ont tous le Meme Peau by Boris Vian credit to @greedandenby

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Barclay Beckett credit to @rorscachisgay on twt

An Enemy of the People by Ibsen

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Vie de Voltaire by Marquis Condorcet

Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Introduction by Edward Fullbrook and Kate Fullbrook credit to @iwtvfanevents

Nightwood by Djuna Barnes credit to @iwtvfanevents

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Artists and Salons Referenced:

R-26

Palma Vecchio

Andre Fougeron

Elsa Triollet

Fred Stein

Lisette Model

Gordon Parks

Miguel Barcelo

Taxidermied Javelina by Chris Roberts-Antieau

Ai WeiWei (wallpaper)

David Hockney (Lemons)

Wols 

The Kiss of Judas by Jakob Smits

Salome by Louis Icart

Ophelia by John Everett Millais

Shelter by Peter Macon

The Kiss by Edvard Munch

The Vampire or Love and Pain by Edvard Munch credit @iwtvasart

Ruiter on Horse by Reiger Stolk credit @ iwtvasart

Portrait of Frank Burty Haviland by Modigliani credit @iwtvasart

Self-Seers II (Death and Man) by Egon Schiele credit to @90sgreggaraki

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters by Goya

Movie & Play Posters on set (in chronological order by year):

Tarzan and his Mate (1934)

Avec le Sourire (1936)

Les Deux Gosses (1936)

Le Jour Se Leve (1939) about a man who commits murder as a result of a love triangle and locks himself in his apartment recounting the details as the police attempt to arrest him. Credit to @laisofhyccara

Nuit de Décembre (1940)

Mademoiselle Swing (1942) about a girl who follows a troupe of swing musicians to Paris.

Les Enfents du Paradis (1945) about a woman with many suitors including an actor and an aristocrat.

Fantomas (1946) about a sadistic criminal mastermind. This version includes a hideout in the catacombs where he traps people.

Quai des Orfevres (1947) watch here

Monsieur Vincent (1947)

Le Cafe du Cadran (1947) about a wife’s affair with a violinist.

La Kermesse Rouge (1947) film about a jealous artist who locks up his younger wife and a fire breaks out while she’s trapped.

Morts Sans Sepulture by Jean-Paul Sartre (play) also published in English translations as “The Victors” or “Men Without Shadows” about resistance fighters captured by Vichy soldiers struggling not to give up information.

Mon Faust by Paul Valery (play)

Musical Influences:: @greedandenby collected all music used in Season 2 here.

Henry Cowell

Meredith Monk

Howling’ Wolf

Shirley Temple

Jason Lindner Big Band

The Teeth

Carlos Salzedo

Alice Coltrane

Thelonius Monk

David Lang

Caroline Shaw

Gadfly by Shostakovich (for Raglan James)

musical career of Martha Argerich

Season 1 here (these lists are updated regularly)

Season 3 here

[helslastangel]

Scorpio Venus Celebrities

Some of these surprised me, I must say.

Aimee Garcia

Aisha Tyler (Lana Kane)

Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore)

Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy)

Alfred Enoch (Wes Gibbins)

Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes)

Anne-Marie Duff (Fiona Gallagher)

Anthony Mackie (The Falcon, Marvel)

Brie Larson (Carol Danvers)

Bruce Lee

Carly Rae Jepsen

Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister)

Chrissy Teigen

Christina Milian

Cicely Tyson

Dakota Johnson

Damon Wayans Jr.

Danielle Brooks

David Schwimmer (Ross Geller)

Denzel Washington

Diplo

Drake

Eden Sher (Sue Heck)

Ella Mai

Ellie Goulding

Ellen Pompeo (Meredith Grey)

Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen)

Eugene Levy

Frank Ocean

Gerard Butler (Clyde Shelton)

Gordon Ramsey

Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth)

Halsey

Hugh Jackman (Wolverine)

Ian Somerhalder (Damon Salvatore)

Jamie Foxx

Janelle Monáe

Jason Derulo

Jeffree Star

Jim Caviezel

John Krasinski

John Legend

John Sanford (Sanford and Son)

Jonah Hill

Kaley Cuoco (Penny, Big Bang Theory)

Katherine Heigl (Izzie Stevens)

Kirk Douglas

Kit Harrington (Jon Snow)

Kris Jenner

Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister)

Louis Tomlinson

Luke Goss

Tyrese Gibson (Roman Pearce)

Matt Damon

Mayim Bialik (Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler)

Milla Jovovich

Nia Long

Ne-Yo

Penn Badgley (Dan Humphrey; Joe Goldberg)

Regina Hall

Russell Peters

Sia

Stefanie Scott (Lexi Reed)

Steven Yeun (Glenn Rhee)

Taraji P. Henson

Tyler James Williams (Everybody Hates Chris)

Tyson Beckford

Usher

Winona Ryder

Zac Efron

Zoë Kravitz

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CAITRÍONA BALFE REVEALS THE HILARIOUS REASON SHE MISSED THAT INFAMOUS OSCARS SLAP

Caitríona Balfe has revealed the hilarious reasons she missed Will Smith infamously slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars.

Chris had been presenting the award for Best Documentary when he made a joke about the actor’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith – who suffers from alopecia.

Referring to Jada’s buzzcut, the comedian said, “Jada, can’t wait for GI Jane 2,” prompting the actress to roll her eyes.

After Chris made the joke, Will stormed onto the stage, slapped Chris across the face and warned him: “Keep my wife’s name out your f**king mouth!”

The situation caused uproar at the time, and he was subsequently banned from attending the Oscars and all Academy events for 10 years after the incident.

During her appearance on Friday night’s The Late Late Show, Caitríona revealed that although she had been in attendance on that now-infamous night, she didn’t witness the incident.

The actress had been sitting a mere six rows away from the stage; however, she decided to head to the bar with her Belfast co-stars and crew – including Jamie Dornan, right before the incident occurred.

Caitríona admitted that she and the Belfast team had been celebrating Kenneth Branagh’s win on the night.

They had witnessed the incident occur on the small screen in the bar.

However, the actress revealed none of them had registered what was happening on stage, and believed it had been a skit.

The Monaghan native said the atmosphere had completely changed in theatre when they re-emerged from their celebrations.

Goss

Remember… good luck with the IFTAs. If there’s a big incident, we’ll see you at the bar. — Ryan Turbidy

[beardedmrbean]

"Thugs" who travelled to Southport to use the deaths of three children "for their own political purposes" were to blame for the violence that saw dozens of police officers injured, the town's MP has said.

Unrest broke out in the Merseyside town hours after a vigil to honour the victims of Monday's knife attack at a dance school in which three young girls were killed and eight other children injured.

Patrick Hurley said the disturbance close to a mosque, which saw officers pelted with bricks and a police van set on fire, had been "horrific".

Merseyside Police Federation's Chris McGlade said more than 50 police officers were hurt in a "sustained and vicious attack".

Merseyside Police said the violence was believed to have involved English Defence League supporters.

Mr Hurley told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the "riot" was "led by people from outside the town".

He said the "thugs who had got the train in" had used the "deaths of three little kiddies for their own political purposes".

Mr McGlade said his injured colleagues were the same "courageous officers" who were themselves trying to come to terms with the "unimaginable tragedy" of Monday's attack.

"I utterly condemn the actions of these mindless and violent thugs - and they will be brought to justice for their actions," he added.

ACC Goss said it was "sickening" that the disturbance happened within a "devastated" community.

He said the force had faced "serious violence" and was "so proud to have witnessed off-duty officers parade back on duty to support their colleagues who had displayed such courage whilst under constant and sustained attack".

He also thanked officers from forces in Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire and North Wales for providing mutual aid and support.

He added that the disorder involved many people "who do not live in the Merseyside area or care about the people of Merseyside".

"Sadly, offenders have destroyed garden walls so they could use the bricks to attack our officers and have set cars belonging to the public on fire, and damaged cars parked in the mosque car park," he said.

"This is no way to treat a community, least of all a community that is still reeling from the events of Monday."

On Tuesday, Merseyside Police named six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar as the three girls who were killed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop at the Hart Space studio in Hart Street.

At about 18:00 BST, more than 1,000 people joined a peaceful vigil was held outside the Atkinson gallery on Lord Street.

However, following rumours throughout the day of a demonstration, a group began to gather near a mosque on St Luke's Road, two streets away from Hart Street, at about 19:45 and engaged in a stand-off with police officers.

As the disorder escalated, the group attacked the front of the mosque, throwing bricks, bottles, fireworks and rocks, and officers donned protective gear and used riot shields to defend themselves as wheelie bins and other objects were hurled towards them.

A police vehicle was also set on fire.

Southport Mosque chairman Ibrahim Hussein said he had gone with colleagues to secure the building and had to be taken to a place of safety by police.

He told BBC Radio Merseyside that the group had "started to burn the fences and throw things burning stuff at the windows".

"They smashed all the windows, they broke all the fences and obviously, the chanting and the screaming and the anger just was overwhelming for all of us."

North West Ambulance Service said 27 officers were taken to hospital and 12 were treated and discharged at the scene.

Merseyside Police said those behind the violence had been fired up by social media posts which incorrectly suggested an Islamist link to Monday’s stabbings.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper had earlier warned about disinformation linked to the attack.

A 17-year-old boy, who was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after Monday's attack, has no known links to Islam.

Assistant Chief Constable Alex Goss said there had been "much speculation and hypothesis" around the teenager and "some individuals" were using it to "bring violence and disorder to our streets".

"We have already said that the person arrested was born in the UK, and speculation helps nobody at this time."

Mr Hurley said it was "reprehensible" that police officers who had been attending injured victims on Monday were finding themselves "being pelted with bricks by these thugs".

He said they had "hijacked the grief" of the town and families.

"These people are utterly disrespecting the families of the dead and injured and totally disrespecting the town," he said.

A 24-hour Section 60 Order has been put in place, giving police extra stop and search powers.

A Section 34 Order has also been introduced, allowing police to direct people who were engaging in antisocial behaviour or were "likely to become involved in such behaviour" away from the area.

Merseyside Police said extra officers would remain in the area "to provide a visible presence and reassure communities".

Prime Minster Sir Keir Starmer said on X that the people of Southport were "reeling" after the "horror inflicted on them yesterday".

He said those who had "hijacked the vigil for the victims with violence and thuggery" had insulted the community and would "feel the full force of the law".

Families living nearby told the BBC they feared for their safety as stones flew past and police officers rushed to put on riot gear and pick up shields.

"I can’t believe this is happening in Southport," one young woman shouted from the front of her car as she tried to drive her young daughter away.

The home secretary said it was "appalling" that police officers in Southport were facing attacks from "thugs on the streets who have no respect for a grieving community".

"I think everyone should be showing some respect for the community that is grieving and also for the police who are pursuing an urgent criminal investigation now, and who showed such heroism and bravery yesterday," she said.

Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner Emily Spurrell also said she was "absolutely appalled by the disgraceful scenes of violence".

"This is a community which has faced unimaginable tragedy, and it is grieving," she said.

"Such behaviour is abhorrent and only causes further harm and suffering," she added.

[krispyweiss]

Book Review: “Lanegan” by Greg Prato

It’s a weird thing to put in a biography. But in this case, the following is true.

“When it comes to Mark Lanegan, there are many things that you are better off not knowing,” music journalist Charles R. Cross says of the former Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age singer and solo artist.

Fortunately for “Lanegan” author Greg Prato, Lanegan wrote all that stuff in his harrowing memoir, “Sing Backwards and Weep,” freeing Prato to focus on other stuff in his oral biography.

Like Lanegan the man, “Lanegan” the book is non-traditional. Generous at 319 pages and including a passel of black-and-white photos from throughout Lanegan’s career, it’s self-published - released Feb. 22 on the one-year anniversary of Lanegan’s death from undisclosed causes - but professional in content and layout.

“I look at (Nirvana’s) Kurt (Cobain), (Alice in Chains’) Layne (Staley) or even more Andy Wood - Mark was darker than them all,” Cross says. “I don’t know that Mark’s death is darker, but Mark’s life was darker than any of those people.”

In addition to Cross, Prato spoke with Lanegan’s Screaming Trees bandmate Gary Lee Conner; QOTS bassist Nick Oliveri; collaborators Chris Goss (Masters of Reality), Mike Johnson (Dinosaur Jr.), guitarist Jeff Fielder and bassist Aldo Struyf; Sub Pop Records CDO Megan Jasper; original Nirvana drummer Chad Channing; former Red Hot Chili Pepper Josh Klinghoffer; former Soundgarden bassist Kim Thayil; Jesse Hughes of Eagles of Death Metal; and friends including Sally Berry, Clay Decker - who makes the dangerous assertion that Lanegan died because he was vaccinated against the coronavirus - and others. The result is an often-surprising portrait of a singular musician that paints Lanegan as an even more enigmatic figure than he seems in life and art.

“Like, we liked Lindsey Buckingham,” Hughes says in discussing Lanegan’s musical influences.

“How the fuck are you going to tell me you can see that? Point to a Mark Lanegan song and go, ‘Oh, Lindsey Buckingham.’ I couldn’t do it. So, the fact that I can’t do it tells me … Mark was in full possession the knowledge that he was unique.”

Rather than unfolding like a typical oral biography, Prato’s book is organized in 16 chapters built mostly around a single question such as “What made Mark so unique as a singer?,” “What was it like to work - in various capacities and on various projects - with Mark?” and “How would you like Mark to be remembered?” This makes “Langegan” as unusual and singular as Lanegan.

Though Lanegan left a ton of damage - to himself and his friends and collaborators - in his wake, the man who emerges from “Lanegan” is a musical omnivore (as his unlikely partnerships with Isobel Campbell and Soulsavers demonstrate) with a wicked sense of humor and a fierce sense of loyalty to the people he held closest.

“His heart was wonderful,” producer John Agnello says. “I know he was tough, I know he could be a cocksucker to people, but man, I saw things about him that I don’t think enough people saw.”

These are the things about Lanegan you are better off knowing. And they’re there for the learning in “Lanegan.”

Grade card: “Lanegan” by Greg Prato - B

3/27/23

[rainingmusic]

Melissa Auf der Maur - Followed the Waves

[thelonesomequeen]

What I still don’t understand if you hate Chris why stick round.

I haven’t seen a small pocket of people try so hard to cancel a guy just because he doesn’t live up to their fantasy image of him. Ok we get it you think he’s a creep.

Instead of letting him go and move on they get themselves more and more each day involved . The nonstop analysis, the commenting, the rinse and repeat of the same of thing.

For me I like his movies, I love the way he loves Dodger and he isn’t half bad to look at. Do I honesty care that much about his personal life - no but yeah I check in to see what the latest goss is but read it and move on it’s not going to change my life. Like someone else said I don’t agree with everything he has done but it’s his life and like others I can separate the actor from the man. There are way worst problematic people in the world than an unheard actress from PT married to an actor.

[stevebabey]

Steve LOVES to gossip, just sitting in bed with you and being so dramatic over people and what they do

anon, bub, ur so right - it just comes with the bitchy territory ! steve loves a good bitch and he LOVES good gossip <3 just like me fr

i picture it actually being one of the reasons robin managed to convince him to get the family video job, because it is an accidental gossip hub! people cycle in and out all day, conversations poorly whispered between the shelves that just reveal so damn much. steve gets an earful of gossip whenever he’s out stocking shelves, blabber coming from girls caught up in their own conversation just an aisle away — he gets the goss on who’s hooked up with who, who was good, who’s sneaking around with someone else ! and he fully plays into the clueless act when checking out their films, he’s like find everything today okay ladies? :) this for a girls night? :) like he didn’t just overhear their 10 minute debate about the best film to pick for an upcoming date :)

and hoh god does it all come back out when he’s back home with you- it’s almost like a debrief of his entire day but via all the gossip he’s heard. he’ll stretch out on your bed, lounging with his head in his hands and watch you dart around your room as you unwind from work, just talking to you as u go— “and okay, i’m not being mean here but molly hewison was saying she turned down james mcgraw but honestly, she’s not as far out of his league as she thinks-“

and u like pause like 🤨 what do u mean exactly and he’s like ‘she’s pretty! but my god, have you spoken to her? not a thought behind her eyes, i swear, she just like, snaps her gum and twirls her hair and it gives girls a bad rep, honestly—“ and you’re laughing a little bit because yeah, alright, no one really likes molly hewison because of how she uses relationships as social standings, prepared to stamp on one if it’ll boost her but still! ur like ‘steve!’ i’m that chiding tone and he’s like ‘what?’ in the exact same tone, grinning the whole time

u come over and flop down next time but he’s still GOING there’s still gossip to share— ‘and i heard that she’s a bad kisser.’ he’ll like wiggle his eyebrows, loving how u perk up as well, just as interested in the gossip, “chris k came in the other week and gave a run-down of their whole date in the action section.’ and ur like :OO oh my god, why do u know so much and steve is like :) it’s fun to listen in, it’s keeps the job interesting — and then you ask him what you think the town gossip is about you two and he’s like hmmm 🤔 probably that we’re the most boring couple ever — and gives u a little kiss, laughing at the little frown u give at his words— ‘because we don’t have petty fights,’ he explains as he gives you another kiss, just a peck on your lips, ‘and i can’t even imagine wanting to kiss anyone’ another kiss ‘other’ another kiss ‘than’ another kiss ‘you’ like what a sap :’) he’s right tho, gossip wise you guys are so boring bcos you’re both just obsessed with each other <3 gossip king fr tho

[randomvarious]

Today's compilation:

Out Patients 2000 Future Jazz / Broken Beat / Drum n Bass

Checked out this sweet turn-of-the-millennium electronic comp over the past couple days called Out Patients, the first installment in a three-volume series that was put out on UK label Hospital Records. Originally launched in 1996, Hospital was founded by London Elektricity, a duo who, sometime in the early 2000s, decided to downsize to just one member, Tony Colman, so the former member, Chris Goss, could devote more time and energy to running Hospital himself.

Now, if you know anything about either Hospital or LE beyond what I've just told you, then you know that what they're both primarily known for is their drum n bass output. In fact, in their first four years of existence, that's all Hospital pretty much ever released. However, in 2000, with the launching of this little, cleverly titled Out Patients series—songs that largely laid outside of Hospital's own sonic radius—they decided to venture a little out of their comfort zone.

So, ultimately, what we have here are a bunch of groovy electronic lounge-type vibes that largely come in the form of future jazz and broken beat—a pair of oft-intertwined electronic genres that were both surging at around the same exact time. Broken beat was this wonderful, broadly-defined music that saw fundamentals of drum n bass taken to a sharper, more complicated and unorthodox abstraction, and its rhythms would be integrated into future jazz, a type of jazz-infused electronic music that succeeds the late 80s-to-mid-90s UK phenomenon of acid jazz, and hearkens back to the halcyon days of free-flowing jazz fusion from the 70s and 80s too; also known as nu jazz.

And even though this is just an exclusive dozen tracks from a label that'd never really put out this type of material before, Hospital was still able to get a few notable names to contribute to this release here: veteran Uschi Classen, who in addition to her own solo material, had also been in a bunch of groups, like Ashley Beedle's Black Science Orchestra and the Ballistic Brothers; dnb trio Aquasky; and Mr. Scruff, whose biggest claim to fame is this very popular electro swing tune—one of the only decent ones that's ever been made—and if you're an American of a certain age, you might remember it from an old ad campaign for Lincoln's full lineup of vehicles too.

Here's one of those ads with Michael Clarke Duncan!

But, to me, the best song on this release has to be "Action," by Japan's Yukihiro Fukutomi. Fukutomi himself was his own entity too by the time this song had been included on this very comp, but the vast majority of his music had only ever been released in Japan; so when he appeared on Out Patients, it was likely the first time that many people outside of Japan had ever heard him before. And those people were probably fuckin' dazzled, because the combination of constantly shifting broken beat drum rhythm and Fukutomi's whiny old school keyboard improv here is simply diabolical 😈. Get lost in this super craggy shit!

And something that also needs pointing out here is that even though most of this comp isn't drum n bass, there are still a couple dnb tunes on here anyway. And as someone who really loves it when people just *straight-up rap* over drum n bass beats, I can't leave this post without mentioning MC Mello and London Elektricity's bouncy "Melloizdaman." This is just such a cool and fun tune, overall, and I especially love how LE add this warm coat of ambient synth to their double bass-infused beat after the first verse. Usually rappers need to rap over steady beats in order to maintain their own timing and flow, and while LE don't mess with the rhythm itself here, they're still able to enhance their tune further with this added synth in order to keep it sounding fresh. Really great stuff 🤩.

So a pretty dope set of early 2000s tunes from Hospital Records here. Mostly not the kind of electronic music that they're typically known for releasing, but they included some nice, previously unheard tracks on this album nonetheless 👍.

And if you want the type of stuff that Hospital *is* known for, check out this post I did a few months ago on Plastic Surgery 2, a double-disc comp and DJ mix that featured them on the 2-step liquid funk trend, a more mass-appealing strain of drum n bass that grew to be very popular in the UK in the mid-to-late 2000s that they themselves were on the forefront of.

Highlights:

Liane Carroll - "The Trap" Uschi Classen - "Tocatta (The Indigo Blue Mix)" Aquasky - "Another Day" Skitz + Julie Dexter - "Be...." Landslide - "Golden Cavalier" London Elektricity - "Incurable" Space Clique - "Exit #1: Luna Park" MC Mello vs. London Elektricity - "Melloizdaman" Yukihiro Fukutomi - "Action" Marcus Intalex & S.T. Files - "Taking Over Me"

[tuiyla]

I recently saw this post about how originally for summer nights Kurt was written into the boys scene and Chris Colfer had to call rm and be like.. no? Why would he be there? He’s be hanging out with the girls,, who are his friends? To get it changed and idk I feel like at some point in season 3 glee kinda was trying to switch the narrative so that it wasn’t cool for a guy to be super close with the girls and that he has to be one of the boys and learn masculinity or wtv and it pisses me off so much. Glee writers deciding that actually being feminine isn’t cool is my mortal enemy

Mercedes is his bestie why the hell would he not want to hear the goss from her

I think they might have tried to backtrack on Kurt's track record of choosing the girls over guys but like, honestly, glad that wasn't successful and Chris was like "not on my watch". Blaine was a default hanging with the guys ch anyway. And I guess there are layers to that but I'm just glad Kurt continued hanging with the girls.

This reminds me of people who consider Kurt to be bad gay re because he was feminine, and obviously everything they say is invalid because that's their opening argument. But I also sometimes see people complain that Kurt was hanging with the girls and wanted to be part of those group numbers, and that's such a wild take. Why the hell should he not? Not only did he feel safer and more comfortable whereas the guys further contributed to him feeling alienated such as in 2x06, but also the girls' numbers routinely slapped so much more. Hell if I were Kurt I'd wanna be with the winning team too. What, should he have missed out on Bad Romance? Please, none of the guys' group numbers even deserve to breathe the same air.

Anyway that's all my misandry for this International Women's Day see you all next year <3