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Favorite Takes - DC

Where I cite my personal favorite non-source material (so film, TV, and video games only) adaptations of some comic book characters.

Clark Kent/Superman

Superman The Movie & Sequels (Christopher Reeve)

All Star Superman (James Denton)

DC Animated Universe (Tim Daly, George Newbern)

My Adventures With Superman (Jack Quaid)

CW DC Universe (Tyler Hoechlin, Brandon Routh)

NOTE: I was never the biggest fan of Dean Cain from Lois & Clark so he couldn't get on here, Tom Welling from Smallville might've been a contender had his character and story not got so bastardized, and the less said of poor Henry Cavill from the DCEU, the better.

Lois Lane

DC Animated Universe (Dana Delany)

All Star Superman (Christina Hendricks)

Superman The Movie & Sequels (Margot Kidder)

TV Versions (Terri Hatcher, Erica Durance, and Elizabeth Tulloch)

My Adventures With Superman (Alice Lee)

Lex Luthor

DC Animated Universe (Clancy Brown)

All Star Superman (Anthony LePaglia)

Smallville (Michael Rosenbaum)

CW DC Universe (Jon Cryer, Michael Cudlitz)

DC DTV Universe(s) (James Marsters, Jason Isaacs)

JLA (James Woods) & Young Justice (Mark Rolston)

NOTE: The last two get a split spot since one of them's got the voice of an evil political fascist while the other got his character mangled in later seasons to be a bad parallel to an evil political fascist. I also like the Gene Hackman, Kevin Spacey, Stan Jones, Travis Willingham, Fred Tatasciore, Steve Blum, Ranin Wilson, Giancarlo Esposito, Zachary Quinto, Darin De Paul, Lance Reddick, Marc Maron, and Max Mittelman versions of Lex, and await to see Nicholas Hoult's.

Jimmy Olsen

Batman: The Brave & The Bold (Alexander Polinsky)

DC Animated Universe (David Kaufman)

My Adventures With Superman (Ishmael Sahid)

Superman Returns (Sam Huntington)

All Star Superman (Matthew Gray Gubler)

Supergirl

DC Animated Universe (Nicolle Tom)

DC Superhero Girls (Anais Fairweather)

My Adventures With Superman (Kiana Madeira)

CW DC Universe (Melissa Benoist)

Supergirl '84 Film (Helen Slater)

Brainiac

DC Animated Universe (Corey Burton)

My Adventures With Superman (Michael Emerson)

Injustice Series (Jeffrey Combs)

Superman Unbound (John Noble)

TV Versions (James Marsters and Blake Ritson)

Bruce Wayne/Batman

DC Animated Universe (Kevin Conroy)

Under The Red Hood & Young Justice (Bruce Greenwood)

The Batman Trilogy (Robert Pattinson)

The Dark Knight Trilogy (Christian Bale)

Batman: The Brave & The Bold (Diedrich Bader)

Batman '66 (Adam West)

NOTE: I really wanted David Mazouz from Gotham on here, but he had to compete with these other Bruces who were actually full time Batmen, so consider him an honorable mention. I also like Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, and Ben Affleck as Batman, but there were some problems with their particular iterations. Other runner ups include the other Kevin Conroy Batmen (particularly Arkham and Injustice), Rino Romano, Jeremy Sisto, Daran Norris, Anthony Ruivivar, Ben McKenzie, Jason O'Mara, Troy Baker, Peter Weller, Jensen Anckles, Keanu Reeves, Ethan Hawke, and of course the LEGO Batman(s).

Alfred Pennyworth

Burton-Shumacher Films (Michael Gough)

The Dark Knight Trilogy (Michael Caine)

DC Animated Universe (Clive Revill, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.)

The Batman (Alastair Duncan)

Arkham Series (Martin Jarvis)

Gotham (Sean Pertwee) and The Batman Trilogy (Andy Serkis)

NOTE: Other great Alfreds include James Garrett, Brian George, JB Blanc, David McCallum, Enn Reitel, Anthony Head, Ralph Fiennes, Nolan North, Tom Hollander, Jason Watkins, and Jeremy Irons.

James Gordon

DC Animated Universe (Bob Hastings)

Batman Year One (Bryan Cranston)

The Dark Knight Trilogy (Gary Oldman)

The Batman Trilogy (Jeffrey Wright)

Beware The Batman (Kurtwood Smith)

Batman '66 (Neil Hamilton, Jim Ward)

Barbara Gordon

DC Animated Universe (Melissa Gilbert, Mary Kay Bergman, Tara Strong)

Arkham Series & Injustice Series (Kimberly Brooks)

The Batman (Danielle Judovits)

Young Justice (Alyson Stoner)

Batman: The Brave & The Bold (Mae Whitman)

Batman: Caped Crusader (Krystal Joy Brown)

Dick Grayson/Robin

Teen Titans (Scott Menville)

Young Justice (Jesse McCartney)

Batman '66 (Burt Ward)

The Batman (Evan Sabara)

Batman: The Brave & The Bold (Crawford Wilson, Jeremy Shada)

Arkham Series (Josh Keaton)

Dick Grayson/Nightwing

Teen Titans (Scott Menville)

Young Justice (Jesse McCartney)

DC Animated Universe (Loren Lester)

Under The Red Hood (Neil Patrick Harris)

Arkham Series and Injustice Series (Troy Baker)

DC DTV Universe (Sean Maher)

The Joker

DC Animated Universe (Mark Hamill)

The Dark Knight Trilogy (Heath Ledger)

Burton-Shumacher Films (Jack Nicholson)

Joker 2019 (Joaquin Phoenix)

Under The Red Hood (John DiMaggio)

Gotham (Cameron Monaghan)

NOTE: Other great Jokers include Mark Hamill and Troy Baker as Arkham series Joker, Mark Hamill in JLA, Troy Baker in Batman Unlimited and some of the newer DTVs, Caesar Romero in Batman '66, Michael Emerson in The Dark Knight Returns, Kevin Michael Richardson in The Batman, Jeff Bennett in Batman: The Brave & The Bold, Richard Epcar in Mortal Kombat and Injustice, John Kassir in Superfriends 2010, Alan Tudyk in Harley Quinn, Tony Hale in Batman Ninja, Barry Keogan in The Batman Trilogy, and the LEGO Joker(s).

The Penguin

Batman '66 (Burgess Meredith, William Salyers)

Gotham (Robin Lord Taylor)

The Batman Trilogy (Colin Farrell)

Arkham Series (Nolan North, Ian Redford)

DC Animated Universe (Paul Williams, David Odgen Stiers)

The Batman (Tom Kenny)

NOTE: I like the Stephen Root, David Jennison, Dana Snyder, and Wayne Knight Penguins as well, but they're not quite good enough to crack this. Mad respect to Danny DeVito too, but his Penguin sucks.

The Riddler

Batman '66 (Frank Gorshin*, Wally Wingert)

Gotham (Cory Michael Smith)

The Batman Trilogy (Paul Dano)

The Batman (Robert Englund)

DC Animated Universe (John Glover)

Arkham Series (Wally Wingert, Matthew Gray Gubler)

NOTE: Sorry Jim Carrey, you couldn't quite make the cut! Also in the running: Shannon McCormick, John Michael Higgins, Rob Paulsen, Weird Al Yankovic, Jim Rash, Brent Spiner, and Geoffrey Arrend.

*I refuse to credit John Astin's one appearance. That didn't happen!

Selina Kyle/Catwoman

Arkham Series (Grey Griffin, Chantelle Barry)

The Dark Knight Trilogy (Anne Hathaway)

Burton-Shumacher Films (Michele Pteifer)

Gotham (Camren Bicondova)

Batman: The Brave & The Bold (Nika Futterman)

The Batman (Gina Gershon)

NOTE: Wish DCAU Selina could've made it since Adrienne Barbeau has easily the best voice for the character, but the writing and artwork let her down too often. Other good Catwomen include Julie Newmar, Ertha Kitt, Patty Matson, Jaynse Jaud, Eliza Dushku, Stephanie Sheh, Laura Bailey, Cree Summer, Jennifer Morrison, Naya Rivera, Liz Gilles, Gina Rodriguez, Christina Ricci, and Zoe Kravitz.

Two-Face

DC Animated Universe (Richard Moll)

Arkham Series (Troy Baker)

The Dark Knight Trilogy (Aaron Eckhard)

Batman '66 (William Shatner)

Batman: Caped Crusader (Diedrich Bader)

Batman: The Brave & The Bold (James Remar)

NOTE: Apologies to Billy Dee Williams, who would've done great, and Tommy Lee Jones, who could've done great (but definitely didn't). Also in the running but their coins landed on tails: Travis Willingham, Matthew Mercer, Robert Picardo, Petter Jessop, Dave Boat, Keith Ferguson, Gary Cole, Andrew Daly, and Josh Duhamel.

Mr. Freeze

DC Animated Universe (Michael Ansara)

Arkham Series (Maurice LeMarche)

Young Justice (Keith Szarabajka)

Batman '66 (George Sanders, Otto Preminger, Eli Wallach)

Gotham (Nathan Darrow)

Burton-Shumacher Films (Arnold Schwarzenegger)

NOTE: Other noteworthy Freezes who got frozen out of making it include Clancy Brown, Eric Bauza, Robert Kraft, Oded Fehr, Peter Stromare, Jim Pirri, and Matthew Mercer.

Poison Ivy

Arkham Series (Taisa Valenza, Amy J. Carle, Darcy Rose Byrnes)

DC Animated Universe (Dianne Pershing)

The Batman (Pierra Coppola)

Harley Quinn (Lake Bell)

Batman: The Brave & The Bold (Vanessa Marshall)

Gotham (Peyton List, Clare Foley, Maggie Geha)

NOTE: Uma Thurman, Laure Bailey, Fryda Wolff, Natasha Leggero, Paget Brewster, Peyton List II, Cristina Milizia, and Katee Sackhoff are all fun Poison Ivys as well.

Harley Quinn

DC Animated Universe (Arleen Sorkin)

Harley Quinn (Kaley Cuoco)

The Batman (Hynden Walch)

DCEU (Margot Robbie) and Suicide Squad ISEKAI (Karlii Hoch)

Arkham Series (Arleen Sorkin, Tara Strong)

Batman: Caped Crusader (Jamie Chung)

NOTE: Meghan Strange in Batman: The Brave & The Bold, Jenny Slate in The LEGO Batman Movie, Laura Post in the Telltale games, and Melissa Rauch in Batman and Harley Quinn are also great, and I've no doubt Lady Gaga could've really rocked it too but....yeah.

Ra's Al Ghul

DC Animated Universe (David Warner)

Gotham (Alexander Sidigg)

The Dark Knight Trilogy (Liam Neeson)

Batman: The Brave & The Bold (Peter Woodward)

Young Justice (Oded Fehr)

Arkham Series (Dee Bradley Baker)

NOTE: Also among the great Ra's Al Ghuls are Jason Isaacs, Lance Reddick, Giancarlo Esposito & TC Carson, JB Blanc, and Cas Anvar.

Bane

The Dark Knight Trilogy (Tom Hardy)

Arkham Series (JB Blanc, Fred Tatasciore)

Young Justice (Danny Trejo, Eric Lopez)

DC Animated Universe (Henry Silva, Hector Elizondo)

The Batman (Joaquim de Almelda, Ron Perlman)

Harley Quinn (James Adomian)

Scarecrow

Arkham Series (Dino Andrade, John Noble)

DC Animated Universe (Henry Polic II, Jeffrey Combs)

The Dark Knight Trilogy (Cillian Murphy)

Injustice Series (Robert Englund)

Batman: The Brave & The Bold (Dee Bradley Baker)

Batman Unlimited (Brian T. Delaney)

Killer Croc

Arkham Series (Steve Blum, Khary Payton)

The Batman (Ron Perlman)

Beware The Batman (Wade Williams)

DC Animated Universe (Aaron Kincaid, Brooks Gardner)

Batman: The Brave & The Bold (Stephin Root)

Batman Unlimited (John DiMaggio)

Clayface

The Batman (Steve Harris, Wallace Langham)

Arkham Series (Rick D. Wasserman)

Batman: Caped Crusader (Dan Donohue)

DC Animated Universe (Ron Perlman)

Harley Quinn (Alan Tudyck)

Batman Unlimited (Dave B. Mitchell)

Professor Hugo Strange

Arkham Series (Corey Burton)

Gotham (BD Wong)

The Batman (Frank Gorshin, Richard Green)

Strange Days Short (Brian George)

Batman '66 (Jim Ward)

DC Animated Universe (Ray Buktenica)

NOTE: William Salyers in Gotham By Gaslight is fine as well but his part is too secondary. Young Justice Strange is the only one I dislike.

Diana Prince/Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman DTV (Keri Russell)

Wonder Woman '76 (Lynda Carter)

DCEU (Gal Gadot)

Young Justice (Maggie Q)

Batman: The Brave & The Bold (Vicki Lewis)

DTV Universe (Grey Griffin, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson)

JLA (Rachel Kimsey)

NOTE: Really wish a Susan Eisenberg Wonder Woman could've landed here, but both of her most major iterations had some issues.

Slade Wilson/Deathstroke

Teen Titans (Ron Perlman)

CW DC Universe (Manu Bennett, Michael Chiklis, Esai Morales)

DTV Universe (Thomas Gibson, Miguel Ferrer)

Injustice Series (JG Hertzler)

Arkham Series (Mark Rolston)

Tara "Terra" Markov

Teen Titans (Ashley Johnson)

Teen Titans GO! (Ashley Johnson)

DTV Universe (Cristina Ricci)

LEGO DC (Laura Bailey)

Young Justice (Tara Strong)

Darkseid

DC Animated Universe (Michael Ironside, Kevin Michael Richardson)

Justice League Heroes (David Sobolov)

Batman: The Brave & The Bold (Michael Leon Wooley)

Injustice Series (Michael Leon Wooley)

DTV Universe(s) (Andre Baugher, Bruce Thomas, Tony Todd)

JLA (Johnathan Adams)

NOTE: I discount Steve Blum from the DTV Universe(s) 'cause what the fuck was that, and Ray Porter in the DCEU was tragically ill-fated.

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Dusted Mid-Year 2024, Part III (The Lists)

Winged Wheel

Dusted’s writers picked two for the mid-year exchange, but any of them could easily reel off a dozen or more other favorites.  Find out what else they liked in this collection of lists. 

If you haven’t read Part I or Part II yet, check them out. 

Christian Carey

Arooj Aftab —  Night Reign (Verve)

Richard Baker —  The Tyranny of Fun (NMC)

Kyle Bruckman —  Of Rivers (New Focus)

Madi Diaz —  Weird Feeling (Anti)

Julia Holter —  Something in the Room She Moves (Domino)

Hurray for the Riff Raff —  The Past is Still Alive (Nonesuch)

Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey —  Compassion (ECM)

Kali Malone —  All Life Long (Ideologic Organ)

Rosali — Bite Down (Merge)

Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion —  Rectangles and Circumstance (Nonesuch)

Ches Smith —  Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic)

Waxahatchee —  Tigers Blood (Anti)

Tim Clarke

DIIV — Frog In Boiling Water (Fantasy)

Loma — How Will I Live Without A Body? (Sub Pop)

Jessica Pratt — Here in the Pitch (City Slang)

Jon Mckiel — Hex (You’ve Changed)

Winged Wheel — Big Hotel (12XU)

Corridor — Mimi (Sub Pop)

English Teacher — This Could Be Texas (Island)

Helado Negro — Phasor (4AD)

Ty Segall — Three Bells (Drag City)

The Smile — Wall of Eyes (XL)

Andrew Forell

Arab Strap — I’m totally fine with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore 👍 (Rock Action)

Camera Obscura — Look to the East, Look to the West (Merge)

Daryl Groetsch — Above the Shore (self-released)

Drahla — angeltape (Captured Tracks)

Geotic — The Anchorite (Basement’s Basement)

Iceboy Violet, Nueen — You Said You’d Hold my Hand Through the Fire (Hyperdub)

Kim Gordon — The Collective (Matador)

Mick Harvey — Five Ways to Say Goodbye (Mute)

Sandwell District — Where Next? (Point of Departure)

Umbrellas — Fairweather Friend (Slumberland)

Yosa Peit — Gutbuster (Fire)

Reissues:

Brion Gysin — Junk (WEWANTSOUNDS)

These Immortal Souls — Get Lost (Don’t Lie!) Mute

Bryon Hayes

Rosali – Bite Down (Merge)

Winged Wheel – Big Hotel (12xU)

Gastr Del Sol – We Have Dozens of Titles (Drag City)

Beings – There is a Garden (No Quarter)

Ambarchi Berthling Werliin – Dusted II (Drag City)

Sunburned Hand of the Man – Nimbus (Three Lobed)

Water Damage – In E (12xU)

Dun-Dun Band – Pita Parka Pt. 1: Xam Egdub (Ansible Editions)

Gerycz Powers Rolin – Activator (12xU)

Magic Tuber String Band – Needlefall (Thrill Jockey)

Alex Johnson

Rosali — Bite Down (Merge)

RE Seraphin —  Fool’s Mate (Take A Turn/Safe Suburban Home)

Uranium Club —  Infants Under the Bulb (Static Shock)

The Spatulas —  Beehive Mind (Post Present Medium)

Yohei —  Echo You Know (Perpetual Doom)

Pardoner —  Paranoid in Hell (Convulse)

NYSSA —  Shake Me Where I’m Foolish (Six Shooter)

Nowhere Flower —  Ruts the Place (Radical Documents)

Sheer Mag —  Playing Favorites (Third Man)

Cindy Lee —  Diamond Jubilee (Realistik Studios)

Oren Ambachi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werlin —  Ghosted II (Drag City)

Winged Wheel —  Big Hotel (12XU)

Jennifer Kelly

Rosali—Bite Down (Merge)

Mdou Moctar—Funeral for Justice (Matador)

Mary Timony—Untame the Tiger (Merge)

Myriam Gendron—Mayday (Thrill Jockey)

Lupa Citto—S-T (12XU)

James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg—All Gist (Paradise of Bachelors)

Rail Band—S-T (Mississippi)

Winged Wheel—Big Hotel (12XU)

Six Organs of Admittance—Time is Glass (Drag City)

Split System—Vol. 2 (Goner)

Ian Mathers

The Body & Dis Fig — Orchards of a Futile Heaven (Thrill Jockey)

Broadcast — Spell Blanket: Collected Demos 2006-2009 (Warp)

Cassandra Jenkins — My Light, My Destroyer (Dead Oceans)

Chelsea Wolfe — She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She (Loma Vista)

Jessica Moss — For UNRWA (Self released)

Laura Masotto — The Spirit of Things (7K!)

loscil // lawrence english — Chroma (Self released)

Myriam Gendron — Mayday (Feeding Tube/Thrill Jockey)

Polar Inertia — Environment Control (Northern Electronics)

Whitelands — Night-bound Eyes Are Blind to the Day (Sonic Cathedral)

Jim Marks

Ben Allison, Steve Cardenas, and Ted Nash — Tell the Birds I Said Hello: The Music of Herbie Nichols (Sonic Camera)

Mary Halvorson — Cloudward (Nonesuch)

Demian Cabaud — Arbol Adentro (Porta Jazz)

Fabiano do Nascimento and Sam Gendel — The Room (Real World)

Francesco Sensi — In Abstracto (WoW)

James Brandon Lewis Quartet — Transfiguration (Intakt)

James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg — All Gist (Paradise of Bachelors)

Juan Pablo Alcazar — Otro Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps (Porta Jazz)

Michele di Toro, Yuri Goloubev, and Hans Mathisen — Trinomics (Calogola)

Tony Moreno Trio — Ballads Volume 1 (Sunnyside)

Patrick Masterson

Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee (Realistik)

Chief Keef — Almighty So 2 (43B)

Marika Hackman — Big Sigh (Chrysalis)

Water Damage — In E (12XU)

Oneida — Expensive Air (Joyful Noise)

Winged Wheel — Big Hotel (12XU)

Burial — “Dreamfear / Boy Sent From Above" (XL)

Gouge Away — Deep Sage (Deathwish Inc.)

Blues Ambush — Blues Ambush (Radical Documents)

Tei Shi — Valerie (self-released)

Armand Hammer — BLK LBL (self-released)

Donato Dozzy — Magda (Spazio Disponibile)

Bill Meyer

 أحمد  [Ahmed] —Wood Blues (Astral Spirits)

 ��حمد  [Ahmed]—Giant Beauty (Fönstret)

Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet—Four Guitars Live (Palilalia) 

Itasca—Imitation of War (Paradise of Bachelors) 

Lisa Ullen, Heirloom (Fönstret)

Lumpeks—Polonez (Umlaut) 

Matthew Shipp Trio, New Directions in Jazz Piano Trio (ESP-Disk’)

Olivia Block—The Mountains Pass (Black Truffle)

Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin—Ghosted II (Drag City)

Rafael Toral—Spectral Evolution (Moikai) 

The Handover—The Handover (Sublime Frequencies) 

Tomeka Reid Quartet—3x3 (Cuneiform) 

Jonathan Shaw

Bad Breeding—Contempt (Iron Lung)

Fuera de Sektor—Juegos Prohibidos (La Vida Es un Mus)

Cindy Lee—Diamond Jubilee (Realistik Studios)

SUMAC—The Healer (Thrill Jockey)

Thou—Umbilical (Sacred Bones)

VR Sex—“Hard Copy” (Dais)

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Seasons and Ships

Hello! This is just a little thing so let people know what I ship in which seasons! If you don't see a season on here, I haven't seen that season. If you don't see a ship on here, ask me about it! Let me be clear now, I'm willing to write for the ships, but please check the list or ask me to make sure I'm okay with it. Thank you!

Mighty Morphin'

Jason Lee Scott/Zach Taylor/Billy Cranston/Trini Kwan/Kimberly Ann Hart

Jason Lee Scott/Billy Cranston

Trini Kwan/Kimberly Ann Hart

Jason Lee Scott/Tommy Oliver

In Space:

Kimberly Ann Hart/Tommy Oliver

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Andros/Zhane

T.J. Johnson/Cassie Chan

Carlos Vallerta/Ashley Hammond

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Lost Galaxy:

Leo Corbett/Kai Chen/Damon Henderson/Maya/Kendrix Morgan

Leo Corbett/Kai Chen/Damon Henderson/Maya

Leo Corbett/Kai Chen

Leo Corbett/Kai Chen/Damon Henderson

Leo Corbett/Kai Chen/Kendrix Morgan

Leo Corbett/Damon Henderson

Leo Corbett/Maya

Leo Corbett/Kendrix Morgan

Kai Chen/Damon Henderson

Kai Chen/Maya

Kai Chen/Kendrix Morgan

Damon Henderson/Maya

Damon Henderson/Kendrix Morgan

Maya/Kendrix Morgan (Lost Galaxy)

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Lightspeed Rescue:

Carter Grayson/Kelsey Winslow

Carter Grayson/Dana Mitchell

Carter Grayson/Ryan Mitchell

Chad Lee/Kelsey Winslow

Joel Rawlings/Angela Fairweather

Chad Lee/Joel Rawlings

Chad Lee/Marina

Kelsey Winslow/Dana Mitchell

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Time Force:

Wes Collins/Jen Scotts/Lucas Kendall/Katie Walker/Trip Regis/Eric Myers

Wes Collins/Jen Scotts/Lucas Kendall/Katie Walker/Trip Regis

Wes Collins/Jen Scotts/Trip Regis/Eric Myers

Wes Collins/Trip Regis/Eric Myers

Wes Collins/Jen Scotts

Wes Collins/Trip Regis

Jen Scotts/Katie Walker

Lucas Kendall/Katie Walker

Trip Regis/Eric Myers

Eric Myers/Wes Collins

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Wild Force:

Cole Evans/Merrick Baliton/Princess Shayla

Cole Evans/Merrick Baliton

Taylor Earhardt/Alyssa Enrile

Danny Delgato/Max Cooper

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Ninja Storm:

Shane Clarke/Tori Hanson/Dustin Brooks/Hunter Bradley/Cam Wantanabe

Shane Clarke/Tori Hanson/Dustin Brooks/Blake Bradley/Cam Wantanabe

Shane Clarke/Tori Hanson/Dustin Brooks/Cam Wantanabe

Shane Clarke/Tori Hanson/Dustin Brooks

Shane Clarke/Tori Hanson

Shane Clarke/Dustin Brooks

Shane Clarke/Hunter Bradley

Shane Clarke/Blake Bradley

Shane Clarke/Cam Watanabe

Tori Hanson/Dustin Brooks

Tori Hanson/Hunter Bradley

Dustin Brooks/Hunter Bradley

Tori Hanson/Blake Bradley

Tori Hanson/Cam Watanabe

Dustin Brooks/Blake Bradley

Dustin Brooks/Cam Watanabe

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Hunter Bradley/Cam Wantanabe

Blake Bradley/Cam Watanabe

Dino Thunder:

Conner McKnight/Ethan James/Kira Ford/Trent Fernandez-Mercer

Conner McKnight/Ethan James

Kira Ford/Trent Fernandez-Mercer

Tommy Oliver/Hayley Ziktor

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S.P.D.:

Jack Landors/Sky Tate/Bridge Carson/Z Delgato/Syd Drew

Jack Landors/Sky Tate/Bridge Carson

Jack Landors/Sky Tate

Z Delgato/Syd Drew

Jack Landors/Bridge Carson

Jack Landors/Z Delgato

Jack Landors/Syd Drew

Sky Tate/Bridge Carson

Sky Tate/Z Delgato

Sky Tate/Syd Drew

Bridge Carson/Z Delgato

Bridge Carson/Syd Drew

Sam/Nova

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Mystic Force:

Nick Russell/Maddison Rocca

Nick Russell/Chip Thorn/Xander Blye/Vida Rocca

Nick Russell/Chip Thorn/Xander Blye/Maddison Rocca

Chip Thorn/Xander Blye/Vida Rocca

Nick Russell/Chip Thorn

Chip Thorn/Vida Rocca

Maddison Rocca/Xander Blye

Maddison Rocca/Amelia Jones (Dino Fury)

Udonna/Leanbow

Daggeron/Jenji

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Operation Overdrive:

Mack Hartford/Will Aston/Dax Lo/Ronny Robinson/Rose Ortiz/Tyzon

Ronny Robinson/Rose Ortiz

Mack Hartford/Will Aston

Mack Hartford/Tyzon

Will Aston/Ronny Robinson

Tyzon/Vella

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Jungle Fury:

Casey Rhodes/RJ Jameson

Lily Chillman/Theo Martin

Dom Hargan/Fran

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R.P.M.:

Scott Truman/Flynn McAllister/Summer Landsdown/Dillon/Ziggy Grover

Scott Truman/Flynn McAllister/Summer Landsdown

Scott Truman/Dillon/Ziggy Grover

Scott Truman/Flynn McAllister

Scott Truman/Summer Landsdown

Scott Truman/Dillon

Scott Truman/Ziggy Grover

Summer Landsdown/Tenaya

Flynn McAllister/Summer Landsdown

Flynn McAllister/Dillon

Flynn McAllister/Ziggy Grover

Summer Landsdown/Dillon

Summer Landsdown/Ziggy Grover

Dillon/Ziggy Grover

Ziggy Grover/Doctor K

Gem/Doctor K

Gem/Tenaya

Gemma/Doctor K

Gemma/Tenaya

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Samurai:

Jayden Shiba/Anonio Garcia

Kevin Yamamoto/Mike Sato

Mia Wantanabe/Emily Tanaka

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Megaforce:

Troy Burrows/Emma Goodall/Noah Carver/Gia Moran/Jake Holling/Orion

Troy Burrows/Emma Goodall/Noah Carver/Gia Moran/Jake Holling

Troy Burrows/Orion

Troy Burrows/Jordan

Emma Goodall/Gia Moran

Emma Goodall/Noah Carver

Jake Holling/Noah Carver

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Dino Charge:

Tyler Navarro/Chase Randall/Koda/Riley Griffin/Shelby Watkins/Ivan of Zander

Tyler Navarro/Chase Randall/Koda/Riley Griffin/Shelby Watkins

Chase Randall/Koda/Shelby Watkins/Kendall Morgan

Tyler Navarro/Chase Randall/Riley Griffin

Tyler Navarro/Shelby Watkins

Tyler Navarro/Riley Griffin

Chase Randall/Koda

Koda/Phillip Phillips

Shelby Watkins/Kendall Morgan

Heckyl/Levi Weston (Ninja Steel)

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Ninja Steel:

Brody Romero/Preston Tien/Sarah Thompson/Calvin Maxwell/Hayley Foster

Brody Romero/Preston Tien/Sarah Thompson

Brody Romero/Preston Tien/Calvin Maxwell

Brody Romero/Preston Tien

Preston Tien/Calvin Maxwell

Sarah Thompson/Hayley Foster

Sarah Thompson/Levi Weston

Sarah Thompson/Viera

Calvin Maxwell/Hayley Foster

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Beast Morphers:

Devon Daniels/Ravi Shaw/Zoey Reeves/Nate Silva

Devon Daniels/Zoey Reeves/Nate Silva

Ravi Shaw/Roxy

Devon Daniels/Ravi Shaw

Devon Daniels/Zoey Reeves

Devon Daniels/Nate Silva

Ravi Shaw/Zoey Reeves

Ravi Shaw/Nate Silva

Zoey Reeves/Nate Silva

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Dino Fury:

Zayto/Ollie Akana

Zayto/Ollie Akana/Amelia Jones/Javi Garcia/Aiyon

Zayton/Ollie Akana/Amelia Jones/Izzy Garcia/Aiyon

Zayto/Ollie Akana/Amelia Jones

Zayto/Ollie Akana/Javi Garcia

Amelia Jones/Izzy Garcia/Fern

Ollie Akana/Javi Garcia

Amelia Jones/Izzy Garcia

Izzy Garcia/Fern

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2022 best of

best parts

Nick Matthews - Venture x Uprise / Nike x HUF

Mason Coletti - RIGHT HERE FOR PABLO . Deep Fried Pescado

Eddie Cernicky - Deep Fried Pescado . RIGHT HERE FOR PABLO

Tiago Lemos - Primitive DEFINE.

Gustav Tønnesen - SOUR SOLUTION III

Leonardo Bodelazzi - Leozinho

Juan Virues - Hotel Blue pro ‘penthouse suite’

Cyrus & Max - Limosine Promaster . “Toes Down” . i just took a bite of dirt

Diego Todd - Hockey X

Braden Hoban - emerica Emerge

Tristan Funkhouser - Baker 420 . Deep Fried x Baker

Nyjah Huston - Need That . Shine On . “DISRUPTION”

Tyshawn Jones - “Play Dead” . KINGDOM COME . ‘The General’

Carlos Ribeiro - Primitive DEFINE.

Gilbert Crockett - DENIM CAR

Grant Taylor - Fantastic Voyage

Will Marshall - Alltimers You Deserve It

Lucien Clarke - LAUST IN TRANSLATION

Shaun Paul - DC ‘NorthUnda’

Noah Nayef - April

Elijah Odom - Alltimers You Deserve It . Andrew RASCAL

Brian Reid - Brian, Brandon & Will . DGK Zeitgeist

Shin Sanbongi - adidas

Jordan Trahan - Ace ‘Fais Low Low’

Bobby de Keyzer - Bobby

Brian Delatorre - Live & Direct

Vincent Milou - SOLO: You Changed

Jaakko Ojanen - Manana . E.S.P. vol. 2

Ryan Lay - DR in Color . Sci-Fi Fantasy

Myles Willard - Bones Bearings . ”Myles and The Machine”

Will Mazzari - Brian, Brandon & Will . DGK Zeitgeist

Marcello Campanello - Maxallure pro

Heitor da Silva - Vice Versa Love

Jake Wooten - Big Sky

Felipe Gustavo - CODE

Ishod Wair - REAL

Ish Cepeda - AD ASTRA

Louie Lopez - As You Wish . “Honor Roll” . FA, Again & Again

Danny Renaud - Brass Tacks

Silas Baxter-Neal - Portland Public Skating 3 . Burrow

Brian Delatorre - Habitat Live & Direct

Keiran Zimmerman - Jenny x Emerica

best full-lengths

Polar - Sounds Like You Guys Are Crushing It

Antihero - Fantastic Voyage

GX1000 - RIGHT HERE FOR PABLO

The Sour Solution III

Primitive - DEFINE.

Hockey X

Supreme - “Play Dead”

Alltimers - You Deserve It

Shake Junt - Shrimp Blunt

Bronze TV Channel 56

Element - E.S.P. vol. 2

Deep Fried - Pescado

Cafe - TENOR

Rassvet - “I Missed You��

Homies - Fun Raiser

DGK - Zeitgeist

Plan B - CODE

Emerica - EMPOWER

Bleach USA - “SPIKE”

Foundation - Splendor

best breakout parts

Vince Guzaldo - Bleach USA “SPIKE” . Immortality Research

Davide Holzknecht - Baglady. Pack Light . Hélas

Arthur Ribeiro - Vento Bravo

Blake Norris - FULLER HOUSE

Alan Bell - be honest

Johnny Cumaoglu - Mind How You Go

Joe Campos - Hockey X

Brian O’Dwyer - She’s Cheating

Shane Farber - CONS One-Star Pro x RIDING A HORSE NAKED

Jake Yanko - “MOSQUITO”

Christoph Friedmann - LOBBY DREAMS

Donovan Wildfong - Glue ‘wick & spit’

Marley Humphrey - “DIME BAG”

Jason Nam - carousel

Sam Fairweather - Indy Raw Ams

Shogo Zama - MAGENTAPES

best women’s parts

Breana Geering - Spitifre

Nelly Morville - Limosine Promaster . “Toes Down” . i just took a bite of dirt

Mariah Duran - Thunder

Adrianne Sloboh - Krux

Mami Tezuka - Blood Wizard “Destiny”

Nicole Hause - REAL

Reese Nelson - Birdhouse welcome

best independents

Tim Savage - Brian, Brandon & Will

Fritte Söderström - Jante 5:33 x Jante 11:00

Tor Ström - Is This The Place?

Gray Area: Push Button to Destroy the World

Mettz Quest 2 (nyc)

Eryk Burton - THE TALE OF A TOXIC KING (nyc)

Harry Bergenfield - She’s Cheating (Philly)

Nicolas Marti - be honest (nyc)

Neema Joorabchi - limp x okay then (nyc)

Jeff Cecere - Mind How You Go (nyc)

Felix Soto - “ANGEL” (LA)

Calvin Millar - THE SQUAD (Austin)

Emilio Dufour - MAL CIUDADANO (Uruguay)

My Favorite Things - 31 (Helsinki)

Andrew Meyer - flinch (Philly VX)

Widdip - RIDING A HORSE NAKED (ATL)

Viktor Kretsis - Down Low (Manchester)

gang international - WITH ALL DUE (DC)

Chris Mulhern - [untitled] 006 (Philly)

Leando Chocho - HANDYCAPS_2

Tyler Bamdas - V3

Alex Doyle - CLUB BANGERS 3 (Vancouver)

Portland Public Skating 3

DUPLEX 3 (West Palm Beach FL)

HITTIT 3 (Kopenhagen)

Tristan Warren - MONEY TIME (LA)

Zach Fuller - FULLER HOUSE (SF)

Get Lesta - Darling (UK)

James Morley - GOD BLESS (Toronto)

andres garcia - MILO (LA)

James Cruikshank - SENSIBLES (Paris)

Brian Hunter - SLANG (Long Beach)

Daniel Dent - faith in bro (LA)

best promo / medium-length / squad

Limosine - Promaster . “Toes Down” . i just took a bite of dirt

Free x Vans - Full Circle

The Union Square Video

Game On - Mark Suciu SOTY Trip

Chocolate - Upper Cruster

Primitive x Independent

Austin Bristow - LAUST IN TRANSLATION

eS Terminal 002

Bronze x DC What If God Said

Pangea Jeans - POCKET DIAL

adidas - The Sky Ain’t Falling

Pass~Port Nike

Internet Birthday ep.1

Thunder: Pleather Jacket

SCREWLOOSE - EXILE

Last Resort AB - Alv’s Angels

Thrasher Germany Vacation

RACKZ Gallery - Pandora

adidas Australia - Light Years

Sunday Hardware - LUV YA LOTS x x

Baglady - Pack Light

HUF x Thrasher Brazil

Sk8land Skateshop - Veinte

Cowtown - TWENTY FIVE

Am Scramble 2021

Girl - ‘Desesh Mode’ Euro Tour

CPH OPEN 2021

Poolroom - RUNNER UP

Brick & Mortar - Autumn

Maxallure “INT CIRCLE” . “Beautiful Thoughts”

Dime comp vol 7 - Alexis Lacroix

SLP - KARI

Vans - Scandis

Kadence - DAIS

WKND - BOTTLE NECK SEWAGE . Street Fighters 2 . Alan Gelfand High

WORBLE III: Rough & Tough

Tree skateshop x Delivxry Buenos Aires - TREENIDAD

THE VIOLET PROMO

Stussy - Car Pool

Frog x Thunder

another massive year in skateboarding. hope things are good in your world. tell your friends you love em & let’s persevere to make 2023 even better

extended youtube playlist here

[rose-of-oz]

oc masterlist — fantasy/sci-fi media

𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.

name: felix wilkinson. fic: back in time. species: human. pronouns: he/him. ship: marty mcfly. faceclaim: charlie heaton.

𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐲’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬.

name: greta dwarf. fic: anti-hero. species: human. pronouns: she/her. ship: evie grimhilde. faceclaim: sophie thatcher.

name: sebastian white. fic: the fools who dream. species: human. pronouns: he/him. ship: uma atlantica + harry hook + gil legume. faceclaim: timothée chalamet.

𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

name: samantha ross. fic: ain’t afraid. species: human. pronouns: she/her. ship: ray stantz. faceclaim: lesley-ann brandt.

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬.

name: anastasia upland. fic: there will be blood. species: human. pronouns: she/her. ship: katniss everdeen + peeta mellark. faceclaim: katherine mcnamara.

𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞/𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞.

name: ilya dramir. fic: r.i.p. to my youth. species: otkazat’sya. pronouns: he/him. ship: kaz brekker. faceclaim: austin butler.

name: catta rostova. fic: war of hearts. species: otkazat’sya. pronouns: she/her. ship: genya safin. faceclaim: isabela merced.

𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐤.

name: genesis welton. fic: all the stars. species: human. pronouns: she/they. ship: jim kirk + spock. faceclaim: bryce dallas howard.

name: layla dupreti. fic: peace. species: human. pronouns: she/her. ship: hikaru sulu. faceclaim: amita suman.

𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐬.

name: zara dolomar. fic: flares. species: human (zairenian). pronouns: she/her. ship: din djarin. faceclaim: may calamawy.

name: cassiopeia jinn. fic: rebel heart. species: human (uroonian). pronouns: she/her. ship: luke skywalker. faceclaim: naomi scott.

name: lianna singh. fic: a thousand years. species: human (delmarine). pronouns: she/her. ship: obi-wan kenobi. faceclaim: aiysha hart.

𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞.

name: morrigan ravenroth. fic: the great war. species: witch. pronouns: she/her. ship: bilbo baggins + thorin oakenshield. faceclaim: emilia clarke.

name: bellemoira thornvale. fic: tale as old as time. species: human. pronouns: she/her. ship: thranduil. faceclaim: olivia cooke.

𝐰𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝.

name: zachary alonso. fic: dancing in the moonlight (marauders era). species: wizard. pronouns: he/him. ship: remus lupin. faceclaim: taylor zakhar perez.

name: orla byrne. fic: lotta love (marauders era). species: witch. pronouns: she/her. ship: mary macdonald. faceclaim: maude apatow.

name: rosaline craven. fic: delicate (lightning era). species: witch. pronouns: she/her. ship: ginny weasley. faceclaim: camila mendes.

name: charlotte “charlie” fairweather. fic: where to find love (fantastic beasts era). species: witch. pronouns: she/her. ship: newt scamander + tina goldstein. faceclaim: lily james.

name: mariela gomez. fic: mystery of love (lightning era). species: witch. pronouns: she/her. ship: remus lupin + sirius black. faceclaim: stephanie beatriz.

name: catherine “cat” holmes. fic: moonage daydream (marauders era). species: witch. pronouns: she/her (she/they later in life). ship: sirius black. faceclaim: natalia dyer.

name: ptolemus lovegood. fic: lover’s torment (riddle era). species: wizard. pronouns: he/him. ship: tom riddle. faceclaim: tom blythe.

name: sera malfoy. fic: mastermind (riddle era). species: witch. pronouns: she/her. ship: orion black. faceclaim: anya taylor-joy.

name: sylvia “sylvie” miller. fic: where to find love (fantastic beasts era). species: witch. pronouns: she/her. ship: bunty broadacre. faceclaim: paulina singer.

[24cnbc-news]

Director duo banned over care home scheme

Two Cheshire-based directors of a care home investment scheme, which owed investors over £13mn, have been banned for a total of 25 years.

According to a statement for the Insolvency Service, Christopher Bateman and his business partner Nicola Fairweather had promised investors fixed returns of 10 to 30 per cent if they invested in the scheme.

However, an investigation found that the funds had been received through deception.

Chief investigator for the Insolvency Service Robert Clarke said many investors were regular people who were not familiar with investments and were “duped to transfer money from their hard-earned pensions”.

“Our thorough investigations uncovered extensive abuse of investors who have lost millions of pounds through Bateman and Fairweather’s deceitful activities,” Clarke said.

The investigation was triggered when two connected companies that Bateman and Fairweather were directors of entered into insolvency proceedings in 2017 and 2018.

The first, GCC Management Limited, was an unregulated company that offered people the opportunity to invest in the purchase of care homes, while the second, Amek Soultions advised on and/or arranged GCC’s investments.

The Insolvency Service’s investigation found Amek solutions had broken the law as it did not have authority to encourage investments and it advised people, many unsophisticated investors, to transfer funds from their pensions. 

The firm also failed to advise people to seek financial advice.

'Misleading and unrealistic marketing material'

The investigation found that Amek Solutions promoted GCC Management’s scheme to at least 133 people, who invested almost £6.3mn from their pensions. These funds were not protected under��the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Amek Solutions received almost £5.4mn in commission from GCC Management for the promotion of the scheme.

At the time that GCC Management went into liquidation, investors were owed £13.2mn.

The Insolvency Service calculated that at least 243 investors placed more than £11.6mn into GCC, while 166 of these investors transferred more than £7.8mn from their existing pensions.

GCC was found to have produced “misleading and unrealistic marketing materials” based on a business plan “which lacked commercial viability”.

The investigation also noted that there were no mitigation plans to help investors if returns could not be made and that GCC sent false information to investors about when their returns would be paid.

From the fund received “through deception”, GCC made unaccounted payments worth millions “that did not benefit the company or its investors”, according to the Insolvency Service.

[cayden-grayson-mitchell]

I don't believe I've posted this BUT OMFG! RON ROGGE WAS IN STRANGER THINGS SEASON 1 EPISODE 4 "CHAPTER FOUR THE BODY"! LIKE OMG!! I DID NOT KNOW THAT BEFORE WHEN I WAS WATCHING THIS THE FIRST TIME BUT OMG! DUDE! DUDE! DUDE! DUDE! *INTERNALLY AND PHYSICALLY LOSING MY MIND IN A GOOD WAY* HOW AWESOME IS THIS?!

NOW I TOTALLU WANNA DO A PR LIGHTSPEED RESCUE FIC WHERE THE RANGERS GET LIKE TRANSPORTED TO HAWKINS AND MEET THE CREW BUT EDDIE WOULD BE ALIVE AND TALIA (My Oc aka #4) WOULD BE THERE AND NOT KNOW WHAT WOULD BE GOING ON BUT BE VERY TRUSTING

[foreverdavidbyrne]

David Byrne’s interview in NME magazine

In 1979, David Byrne predicted Netflix. “It’ll be as easy to hook your computer up to a central television bank as it is to get the week’s groceries,” he told NME’s Max Bell, sitting in a Paris hotel considering the implications of Talking Heads’ dystopian single ‘Life During Wartime’.

He predicted the Apple Watch in that interview too: “[People will] be surrounded by computers the size of wrist watches.” And he foresaw surveillance culture and data harvesting: “Government surveillance becomes inevitable because there’s this dilemma when you have an increase in information storage. A lot of it is for your convenience, but as more information gets on file, it’s bound to be misused.”

In fact, over 40 years ago, he predicted the entire modern-day experience, as if he instinctively knew what was coming. “We’ll be cushioned by amazing technological development,” he said, “but sitting on Salvation Army furniture.”

The 68-year-old Byrne says today, “You can’t say that you know,” chuckling down a Zoom link from his home in New York and belying his reputation for awkwardness by seeming giddily relieved to be talking to someone. “It’s crazy to set yourself up as some sort of prophet. But there’s plenty of people who have done well with books where they claim to predict what’s going on. I suppose sometimes it’s possible to let yourself imagine, ‘Okay – what if?’ This can evolve into something that exists, can evolve into something more substantial, cheaper – these kinds of things.”

It’s been a lifelong gift. Byrne turned up at CBGBs in 1975 with his art school band Talking Heads touting ‘Psycho Killer’, as if predicting the punk scene’s angular melodic evolution, new wave, before punk was even called punk. In 1980, Talking Heads assimilated African beats and textures into their seminal ‘Remain In Light’ album, foreshadowing ‘world music’ and modern music’s globalist melting pot, then used it to warn America of the dangers of consumerism, selfishness and the collapse of civilisation. Pioneering or propheteering, Byrne has been on the front-line of musical evolution for 45 years, collaborating with fellow visionaries from Brian Eno to St Vincent’s Annie Clark, constantly imagining, ‘What if?’

The live music lockdown has been a frustrating freeze frame, but Byrne was already leading the way into music’s new normal. Launched in 2018, the tour to support his 10th solo album, ‘American Utopia’, has now turned into a cinematic marvel courtesy of Spike Lee – the concert film was released in the UK this week. The original tour was acclaimed as a live music revolution. Using remote technology, Byrne was able to remove all of the traditional equipment clutter from the stage and allow his musicians and dancers, in uniform grey suits and barefoot, to roam around a stage lined with curtains of metal chains with their instruments strapped to them. A Marshally distanced gig, if you will.

“As the show was conceptually coming together, I realised that once we had a completely empty stage the rulebook has now been thrown out,” Byrne says. “Now we can go anywhere and do anything. This is completely liberating. It means that people like drummers, for example, who are usually relegated to the back shadows, can now come to the front – all those kinds of things – which changes the whole dynamic.”

With six performers making up an entire drum kit and Byrne meandering through the choreography trying to navigate a nonsensical world, the show was his most striking and original since he jerked and jived around a constructed-mid-gig band set-up in Jonathan Demme’s legendary 1984 Talking Heads live film Stop Making Sense.

The American Utopia show embarked on a Broadway run last year, where Byrne super-fan Spike Lee saw it twice and leapt at the chance of turning the spectacle into Byrne’s second revolutionary live film, dotted with his musings on the human condition to illuminate the crux of the songs: institutional racism, our lack of modern connection, the erosion of democracy and, on opener ‘Here’, a lecture-like tour of the human brain, Byrne holding aloft a scale model, trying to fathom, ‘How do I work this?’

“I didn’t know how much of a fan Spike was!” Byrne laughs today. “He’d even go, ‘Why don’t you do this song? Why don’t you add this song in’. We knew one another casually so I could text him and say, ‘I want you to come and see our show; I think that you might be interested in making a film of it’.”

Are the days of the traditional stage set-up numbered? “Yes, I think so,” he replies. “At least in theatres and concert halls the size that I would normally play, yes. The fact that we can get the music digitally [means] a performance has to be really of value. It has to be really something special, because that’s where the performers are getting their money and that’s what the audience is paying for. They’re not paying very much for streaming music, but they are paying quite a bit to go and see a performance, so the performance has to give them value for money… It has to be really something to see.”

How does David Byrne envisage the future possibilities of live performance?

“I’ve seen a lot of things that hip-hop artists have done – like the Kanye West show where he emerges on a platform that floats above the stage,” he says. “I’d seen one with Kendrick Lamar where it was pretty much just him on stage, an empty stage with just him on stage and a DJ, somebody with a laptop – that was it. I thought, ‘Wow’. Then he started doing things with huge projections behind. There are lots of ways to do this. I love the idea of working with a band, with live musicians. ‘How can I innovate in this kind of way?’ It’s maybe easier for a hip-hop musician who doesn’t have a band to figure out. The pressure is on to come up with new ways of doing this.”

In liberating his musicians from fixed, immovable positions, American Utopia also acts as a metaphor for freeing our minds from our own ingrained ways of thinking. As Byrne intersperses Talking Heads classics such as ‘Once In A Lifetime’, ‘I Zimbra’ and ‘Road To Nowhere’ with choice solo cuts and tracks from ‘American Utopia’, he also dots the show with musings on an array of post-millennial questions: the health of democracy; the rise of xenophobia and fascism; our increasing reliance on materialism and online communication; the climate change threat; the existential nightmare of the dating app; and, crucially, the distances all of these things put between us.

“The ‘likes’ and friends and connections and everything that the internet enables,” he argues, “even Zoom calls like this, they’re no substitute for really being with other people. Calling social networks ‘social’ is a bit of an exaggeration.”

Byrne closes the show with the suggestion that, rather than isolate behind our LCD barriers, we should try to reconnect with each other. In an age when social media has descended into all-out thought war and anyone can find concocted ‘facts’ to support anything they want to believe, is that realistic?

“I have a little bit of hope,” he says. “Not every day, but some days. I have hope that people will abandon a lot of social media, that they’ll realise how intentionally addictive it is, and they’re actually being used, and that they might enjoy actually being with other people rather than just constantly scrolling through their phone. So, I’m a little bit optimistic that people will, in some ways, use this technology a little bit less than they have.”

A key moment in American Utopia comes with Byrne’s cover of Janelle Monae’s ‘Hell You Talmbout’, a confrontational track shouting the names of African-Americans who have been killed by police or in racially motivated attacks – Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, George Floyd and far, far too many more. Does Byrne think the civil unrest in the wake of Floyd’s death and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement make a serious impact?

“We’ll see how long this continues,” he says, “but in projects that I’m working on – there’s a theatre project I’m working on in Denver, there’s the idea of bringing this show back to Broadway, there’s other projects – those issues came to the fore. Issues of diversity and inclusion and things like that, which were always there. Now they’re being taken more seriously. The producers and theatre owners realise that they can’t push those things aside, that they have to be included in the whole structure of how a show gets put together.”

“At least for now, that seems to be a big change. I see it in TV shows and other areas too. There’s a lot of tokenism, but there’s a lot of real opportunity and changed thinking as well.”

Elsewhere, he encourages his audience to register to vote, and had registration booths at the shows. He must have been pleased about the record turnout in the recent US election? “Yeah, the turnout was great. Now you just got to keep doing that. Gotta keep doing it at all the local elections, too. It was important for me not to endorse a political party or anything in the show but to say, ‘Listen, we can’t have a democracy if you don’t vote. You have to get out there and let your voice be heard and there’s lots of people trying to block it.’ We have to at least try.”

Will Trump’s loss help bring people together after four years with such a divisive influence in charge?

“Yes. I think for me Trump was not so much a shock; we knew who he is. He was around New York before that, in the reality show [The Apprentice], we knew what kind of character he was. What shocked me was how quickly the Republican party all fell into line behind him, behind this guy who’s obviously a racist, misogynist liar and everything else. But it’s kind of encouraging – although it’s taken four years and with some it’s only with the prospect of him being gone – that quite a few have been breaking ranks. There are some possibilities of bridge building being held out.”

But, he says, “It’s too early to celebrate,” concerned that Senate Majority Leader and fairweather Trump loyalist Mitch McConnell will use any Republican control of the Senate to block many of Biden’s policies from coming into effect. “[This] is what happened with Obama… I want to see real change happen. [Climate change] absolutely needs to be a priority. The clock had turned back over the last four years, so there’s a lot to be done. Whether there’s the willpower to do everything that needs to be done, it remains to be seen, but at least now it’s pointing in the right direction.”

How will he look back on the last four years? Byrne ponders. “I’m hoping that I look back at it as a near-miss.”

American Utopia is as much a personal journey as a dissection of modern ills. Ahead of ‘Everybody’s Coming To My House’, Byrne admits to being a rather socially awkward type. He claims that a choir of Detroit teenagers, when singing the song for the accompanying video, had imbued the song with a far more welcoming message than his own rendition, which found him wracked with the fear that his visitors might never leave. How does someone like that deal with celebrity?

“In a certain way it’s a blessing,” Byrne grins, “because I don’t have to go up to people to talk to them – they sometimes come up to me. In other ways it’s a little bit awkward. Celebrity itself seems very superficial and I have to constantly remind myself that your character, your behaviour and the work that you do is what’s important – not how well known you are, not this thing of celebrity. I learned early on it’s pretty easy to get carried away. But it does have its advantages. I had Spike Lee’s phone number, so I could text him.”

Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz’s recent book Remain In Love suggests that the more successful Byrne got early on, the more distant he became.

Byrne nods. “I haven’t read the book, but I know that as we became more successful I definitely used some of that to be able to work on other projects. I worked on a dance score with [American choreographer] Twyla Tharp and I worked on a theatre piece with [director] Robert Wilson – other kinds of things – [and] I started working on directing some of the band’s music videos. So I guess I spent less time just hanging out. As often happens with bands, you start off being all best friends and doing everything together and after a while that gets to be a bit much. Everybody develops their own friends and it’s like, ‘I have my own friends too’. Everybody starts to have their own lives.”

The future is far too enticing for David Byrne to consider revisiting the past. “I do live alone so sometimes it would get lonely”, he says of lockdown, but he’s been using his Covid downtime to cycle around undiscovered areas of New York and remain philosophical about the aftermath.

“We’ll see how long before the vaccine is in, before we return to being able to socialise,” he says, “but I’m also wondering, ‘How am I going to look at this year? Am I going to look at it as, “Oh yes, that’s the year that was to some extent taken away from our lives; our lives were put on pause?”’ We kept growing; we kept ageing; we keep eating, but it was almost like this barrier had been put up. It has been a period where, in a good way, it’s led us to question a lot of what we do. You get up in the morning and go, ‘Why am I doing this? What am I doing this for? What’s this about?’ Everything is questioned.”

Post-vaccine, he hopes to “travel a little bit” before looking into plans to bring the ‘American Utopia’ show back to Broadway, and possibly even to London if the financial aspects can be worked out. “Often when a show like that travels, the lead actors might travel,” Byrne explains, “but in this case it’s the entire cast that has to travel. So you’ve got a lot of hotel bills and all that kind of stuff. We wanted to do it. There might be a way, if we can figure that out.”

Once we all get our jab, will everyone come to recognise that, as Byrne sings on ‘American Utopia’s most inspiring track, ‘Every Day Is A Miracle’? “Optimistically, maybe,” he says. “There will be a lot of people who will just go, ‘Let’s get back to normal – get out to the bars, the clubs and discos’. That’s already been happening in New York; there’s been these underground parties where people just can’t help themselves. But after all this it’d be nice to think that people might reassess things a little bit.”

And with the algorithm as the new gatekeeper and technology beginning to subsume the sounds and consumption of music, what does the new wave Nostradamus foresee for rock in the coming decades? Will AIs soon be writing songs for other AIs to consume to inflate the numbers, cutting humanity out of the equation altogether?

“It seems like there’ll be a kind of factory,” Byrne predicts, “an AI factory of things like that, and of newspaper articles and all of this kind of stuff, and it will just exaggerate and duplicate human biases and weaknesses and stupidity. On the other hand, I was part of a panel a while back, and a guy told a story about how his listening habits were Afrofuturism and ambient music – those were his two favourite ways to go. The algorithm tried to find commonalities between the two so it could recommend things to him and he said it was hopeless. Everything it recommended was just horrible because it tried to find commonalities between these two very separate things. This just shows that we’re a little more eclectic than these machines would like to think.”

And in the distant future? Best prepare to welcome your new gloop overlords. Byrne isn’t concerned about The Singularity – the point at which machine intelligence supersedes ours and AI becomes God – but instead believes that future technologies will emulate microbial forms.

“I watched a documentary on slime moulds [a simple slimy organism] the other day,” he says, warming to his sticky theme. “Slime moulds are actually extremely intelligent for being a single-celled organism. They can build networks and bunches of them can communicate. They can learn, they have memories, they can do all these kinds of things that you wouldn’t expect a single-celled organism to be able to do.”

“I started thinking, ‘Well, is there a lesson there for AI and machine learning, of how all these emerging properties could be done with something as simple as a single cell?’ It’s all in there… when things interact, they become greater than the sum of their parts. I thought, okay, maybe the future of AI is not in imitating human brains, but imitating these other kinds of networks, these other kinds of intelligences. Forget about imitating human intelligence – there’s other kinds of intelligence out there, and that might be more fruitful. But I don’t know where that leads.”

His grin says he does know, that he has a vision of our icky soup-world future, but maybe the rest of the species isn’t yet advanced enough to handle it. But if we’re evolving towards disaster rather than utopia, we can trust David Byrne to give us plenty of warning.

December 18, 2020

[beermanoftana]

Power Rangers ship (open to fic requests)

1. Jason Lee Scott/Kimberly Ann Hart

2. Jason Lee Scott/Emily

3. Zack Taylor/Trini Kwan

4. Zack Taylor/Tanya Sloan

5. Billy Cranston/Kimberly Ann Hart

6. Rocky DeSantos/Aisha Campbell

7. Adam Park/Katherine Hillard

8. Justin Stewart/OC

9. TJ Johnson/Ashley Hammond

10. TJ Johnson/OC

11. Carlos Vallerte/Ashley Hammond

12. Carlos Vallerte/OC

13. Phantom Ranger/Cassie Chan

14. Phantom Ranger/OC

15. Andros/OC

16. Zhane/Cassie Chan

17. Leo Corbett/Karone

18. Damon Henderson/Maya Zephyr

19. Kai Chen/Kendrix Morgan

20. Mike Corbett/Haley

21. Carter Grayson/Dana Mitchell

22. Chad Lee/Kelsey Winslow

23. Joel Rawlings/Angela Fairweather

24. Ryan Mitchell/OC

25. Wes Collins/Jen Scotts

26. Lucas Kendall/Katie Walker

27. Trip Regis/OC

28. Eric Myers/Taylor Earhardt

29. Cole Evans/Taylor Earhardt

30. Cole Evans/Alyssa Enrilé

31. Max Cooper/Nadira

32. Danny Delgado/Kendall

33. Merrick Baliton/Princess Shayla

34. Merrick Baliton/Alyssa Enrilé

35. Shane Clarke/Kapri

36. Shane Clarke/Skyla

37. Dustin Brooks/Marah

38. Hunter Bradley/Kelly Holloway

39. Blake Bradley/OC

40. Cam Watanabe/Tori Hanson

41. Conner McKnight/Kira Ford

42. Conner McKnight/OC

43. Ethan James/OC

44. Tommy Oliver/Hayley Ziktor

45. Trent Fernandez/Kira Ford

46. Jack Landors/Ally Samuels

47. Sky Tate/Z Delgado

48. Bridge Carson/Syd Drew

49. Sam/Nova

50. Ivan Lane/Rachel Motohime

51. Charlie Haywood/female OC

52. Nick Russell/Vida Rocca

53. Xander Bly/Madison Rocca

54. Chip Thorn/Vida Rocca

55. Chip Thorn/Clare Langtree

56. Mack Hartford/Rose Ortiz

57. Will Aston/Ronny Robinson

58. Ty/Vella

59. Casey Rhodes/RJ Finn

60. Theo Martin/Lily Chillman

61. Dom Haragan/Fran

62. Jarrod/Camille

63. Scott Truman/Tenaya

64. Flynn MacAllistair/Summer Landsdown

65. Ziggy Grover/Dr. K

66. Dillon/OC

67. Gem/OC

68. Gemma/OC

69. Jayden Shiba/Emily Richardson

70. Kevin Baron/OC

71. Mike Vasquez-Morales/Lauren Shiba

72. Antonio Garcia/Mia Watanabe

73. Troy Burrows/Gia Moran

74. Troy Burrows/Emma Goodall

75. Troy Burrows/Shelby Watkins

76. Noah Carver/OC

77. Jake Holling/OC

78. Orion/Emma Goodall

79. Tyler Navarro/Gia Moran

80. Koda/OC

81. Riley Griffin/OC

82. Chase Stein/OC

83. Ivan/Kendall Morgan

84. Brody Romero/OC

85. Preston Tien/Sarah Thompson

86. Calvin Maxwell/Hayley Foster

87. Levi Weston/OC

88. Nate/Zoey

89. Izzy/Fern

90. Javi/Amelia

Notes: to follow

[rgr-pop]

I need an ENTIRE afternoon wall of noise. 4/3 music library on shuffle until I hit a killdozer song.

the thermals - “god and country” reset - "double cross" nirvana - "polly" (1986-88 home recording) nirvana - "radio friendly unit shifter" (2013 mix) peterbuilt - "sateliteyes" the dickies - "got it at the store" apocalypse hoboken - "box of pills" fiona apple - "slow like honey" tex & the horseheads - "big boss man" everclear - "the drama king" anti-flag - "america got it right" neil young - "tonight's the night, pt. ii" everclear - "brown-eyed girl" noooooooooo oh my god no please millencolin - “israelites" listen you know that i'm p tolerant when it comes to this subject but why specifically did you boys do this. specifically you useless id - "note" never accuse me of pop punk nationalism again! that's three of global pop punk the selecter - "selling out your future" built to spill - "some things last a long time" holidays - "proof" let's wrestle - "bad mammaries" radhos - "one breath" ween - "boing" bracket - "g-vibe" local h - "'cha!' said the kitty" sublime - "40oz to freedom" failure - "saturday saviour" blink-182 - "don't leave me" (tmtts live take) why did they make this live album, they were so bad live shrimp boat - "melon song" interpol - "not even jail" the ataris - "angry nerd rock" 50 million - "superhero" skankin pickle - "violent love" the breeders - "put on a side" all - "honey peeps" the commandos (suicide commandos) - "weekend warrior" suicide machines - "friends are hard to find" the eclectics - "laura" good ska block! love this band pansy division - "jack u off" rocket from the tombs - "ain't it fun" dynamite boy - "devoted" young pioneers - "downtown tragedy" the breeders - "so sad about us" fenix tx - "jean claude trans am" fuck i love this song nofx - "bob" hickey - "happily ever after" bob dylan - "tangled up in blue" (bootlegs vol. 2) gas huffer - "king of hubcaps" tullycraft - "crush this town" atom and his package - "goalie" faith no more - "the real thing" carly rae jepsen - "tell me" bis - "listen up" one direction - "still the one" mtx - "she's no rocket scientist" eugene chadbourne - "roger miller medley" grouvie ghoulies - "carly simon" white town - "thursday at the blue note" gas huffer - "moon mission" rx bandits - "sleepy tyme" everclear - "rocket for the girl" failure - "kindred" blood on the saddle - "johnny's at the fair" the distillers - "red carpet and rebellion" cruiserweight - "dearest drew" stp - "plush" everclear - "wonderful" (live, from the closure ep) (don't hate it) new found glory - "sonny" everclear - "otis redding" (impure white evil demo) (BEST song) stp - "adhesive" incubus - "have you ever" cub - "tell me now" everclear - "short blonde hair" i simply do not hate it letters to cleo - "happy ever after" amazing transparent man - “the ocean is a fuck of a long way to swim” nerf herder - “(stand by your) manatee” kitty kitty - “ab tokeless” osker - “the mistakes you made” perfume genius - “hood” radhos - “shut up & deal” (welcome to the jungle take) osker - “the body”  gas huffer - “the sin of sloth” the fall - “bombast” excuse 17 - “code red” mad season - “lifeless dead” unwritten law - “differences” hanson - “two tears” the eyeliners - “anywhere but here” moby grape - “lazy me” brian wilson - “wonderful” 88 fingers louie - “something i don’t know” sicko - “wisdom tooth weekend” the replacements - “love you till friday” suicide machines - “green world” midtown - “another boy” hickey - “cool kids attacked by flying monkeys” the roman invasion suite - “carnations” the beat - “tears of a clown” local h - “24 hour break up session” okay i’m awake i want to end this now toots & the maytals - “funky kingston” local h - “strict-9″ his name is alive - “her eyes were huge things” nirvana - “frances farmer will have her revenge on seattle” slapstick - “almost punk enough” urge overkill - “bionic revolution” janet jackson - “you want this” piebald - “long nights” small brown bike - “now i’m a shadow” the story so far - “left unsaid” crj - “more than a memory” tracy + the plastics - “my friends end parties” liz phair - “6′1″“ fastbacks - “555, pt. 1″ this mix is feminist now swindle - “one track” shockabilly - “burma shave” temple of the dog - “say hello to heaven” amazing transparent man - “shove” cool soul asylum cover from dekalb illinois :)) the vindictives “eating me alive” midwests only!! the judys - “radiation squirm” gulfs only!! frogpond - “sleep” flipp - “rock-n-roll star” throwing muses - “red shoes” everclear - “santa monica” throwing muses on summerland??? mekons - “atone & forsaken” holidays - “take me home country roads” this is a good tone to lead up to killdozer... true believers - “all mixed up again” prince - “adore” beulah - “queen of the populists” eveclear - “rocky mountain high” (99x live acoustic--I don’t have a date for this actually) of montreal - “dustin hoffman thinks about eating the soap” heatmiser - “stray” rickie lee jones - “woody and dutch on the slow train to peking” tar - “viaduct removal” common rider - “carry on” the frogs - “u bastards” mudhoney - “this gift” hammerbox - “outside” fuck my mom would have loved this song if it had gotten the airplay it deserved in 1993... hammerbox on summerland!!!! letters to cleo - “little rosa” kay hanley on summerland!! nine pound hammer “wrongside of the road” hanson - “with you in your dreams” (3cg demo) hamson on summerland!!! fastbacks - “555, pt. 1″ again... fastbacks on summerland!!! face to face - “sensible” soul asylum - “happy” soul asylum on summerland!!!! television - “see no evil” pinq - “careful not to mention the obvious” the dickies - “nights in white satin” tar - “mel’s” truly - “chlorine” babes in toyland - “deep song” hole - “berry” hellbender - “half driven” hammerhead  - “new york? ...alone?” everclear - “malevolent” guzzard - “last”  archers of loaf - “tatyana” hum - “stars” hum on summerland die kreuzen - “don’t say please” this is not fair joanna newsom - “sadie” down by law - “peace, love and understanding” nirvana - “aneurysm” (1990 demo) hovercraft - “endoradiosonde” modest mouse - “cowboy dan” rage against the machine - “born of a broken man” skatalites - “scandal ska” pylon - “driving school” the vindictives - “babysitter” jimmy eat world - “ten” the get up kids - “lowercase west thomas” oh we’re doing this now? hot rod circuit - “knees” fine triple fast action - “the rescue” FINE  full disclosure i do skip emo diaries tracks at my discretion the amps - “bragging party” everclear - “am radio” this is not fair mxpx - “middlename” MXPX ON SUMMERLAND chokebore - “your let down” bob dylan - “you’re a big girl now” helmet - “primitive” pond - “filterless” blink-182 - “all the small things” local h - “ralph” tar - “over and out” pearl jam - “black” the gits - “sniveling little rat faced git” local h - “eddie vedder” >:) tar - “flow plow” i always misremember this as a subpop single so i’m like “i’m not amphetamine reptile biased?” but it was an a/r release, lol. brad wood produced it. lake michigan as hell  unicorns - “jellybones” this song makes me sad ever since i didn’t get to adopt the jellybones cat oblivion - “clark” desmond dekker - “jeserene” veruca salt - “one last time” veruca salt on summerland!!!! dead moon - “dead moon night” extremely dead moon on summerland fishbone - “i like to hide behind my glasses” dead moon - “on my own” paw - “sleeping bag” tar - “goethe” doc dart - “casket with flowers” smashing pumpkins - “zero” i don’t want billy corgan on summerland and i am sorry for that kicking giant - “&” kicking giant on summerland lmao shockabilly - “pile up all architecture” ween - “sorry charlie” sublime - “april 29, 1992 (miami)” heatmiser - “blackout” the clash - “pressure drop” hellbender - “pissant’s retrospective” the queers - “i won’t be” the vindictives - “circles” the beat farmers - “selfish heart” screaming trees - “end of the universe” 7 year bitch - “second hand” bourgeois filth - “above” nirvana - “scoff” the breeders - “cannonball” saturday looks good to me - “save my life” cara beth satalino - “good ones” communique - “dagger version” soul asylum - “sometime to return” sublime - “jailhouse” tullycraft - “twee” nuns - “wild” beyonce - “countdown” the replacements - “sixteen blue” living colour - “what’s your favorite color” britney - “why should i be sad” mdc - “church and state” alice in chains - “junkhead” rage against the machine - “mic check” everclear - “nervous and weird” soundgarden - “fresh tendrils” helmet - “army of me” the gits - “it all dies anyway” pansy division - “smells like queer spirit” mtx - “i’d do anything for you” 5 year sentence - “just a punk” pennywise - “nothing” mudhoney - “thirteenth floor opening” yesterday’s kids - “eighteen” mxpx - “punk rawk show” small brown bike - “zerosum” incubus - “trouble in 421″ hanson - “speechless” incubus - “circles” dead moon - “my time has come” (!!!!) first of all is this killdozer blink-182 - “here’s your letter” everclear - “electra made me blind” (nervous & weird take) saves the day - “through being cool” groovie ghoulies - “don’t go out into the rain (you’re gonna melt)” babes in toyland - “never” husker du - “target” guzzard - “biro” fairweather - “next day flight” mcr - “house of wolves” broadcast - “until then” liz phair - “never said” the dicks - “rich daddy” quasi - “the iron worm” mustard plug - “not again” janitor joe - “boyfriend” snapcase - “new academy” neil young - “someday” blindsided - “spaceman” placebo - “without you i’m nothing” the creeps - “lakeside cabin” solomon grundy - “time is not your own” the clash - “the card cheat” silversun pickups - “common reactor” lagwagon - “leave the light on” denali - “where i landed” system of a down - “highway song” sprinkler - “personality doll” the vindictives - “structure and function” unplugged” the queers - “ursula finally has tits” we’re entering no repeats territory  buffalo springfield - “expecting to fly” hit squad - “pictures of matchstick men” cows - “almost a god” hop along - “young and happy” pixies - “i’ve been tired” the fall - “spoilt victorian child” camper van chadbourne - “knock on the door” queens of the stone age - “tension head” choking victim - “war story” cool that we have gotten to drop by the greatest song ever recorded :) guttermount - “happy loving couples” audio karate - “nintendo 89″ tad - “pork chop” the kelley deal 6000 - “where did the home team go” colorfinger - “hateful” :} man or astroman - “evil plans of planet spectra” pere ubu - “arabian nights” accepting repeats for  new found glory - “my friends over you” cool moving on american steel - “optimist” tom petty & the heartbreakers - “even the losers” meat puppets - “another moon” black cat music - “wine in a box” wallside - “ready” crucifucks - “pig in a blanket” the bananas - “my charmed life”

KILLDOZER - “EARL SCHEIB,” UNCOMPROMISING WAR ON ART UNDER THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT, 1994. KILLDOZER ON SUMMERLAND

[livingasaghost]

a list of all the concerts/shows i’ve seen (openers first, headliners second) ((parentheses are shows rather than concerts)) :

jump5 / raven simone

(the lion king)

jonas brother / hannah montana / miley cyrus

(wicked chicago) 

ryan star / david cook

wild geese / christopher something / imogen heap

(so you think you can dance season 5 live)

unknown opener / beirut

(a very potter senior year)

ministry of magic / hank green / lauren fairweather / meghan tonjes 

(^at leakycon)

megan & liz (acoustic set at a mall)

unknown opener who was awful / beirut

(how to succeed in business without really trying)

tegan and sara / makeshift prodigy / lany / vampire weekend

(^ at lollapalooza)

casey james / austin mahone / ed sheeran / taylor swift

jim gaffigan

unknown opener / 30 seconds to mars

fifth harmony / cher lloyd / demi lovato

matt wertz / parachute

new politics / paramore / fall out boy

bad suns / somekindawonderful / new politics

christina perri / ed sheeran

callaghan

halsey / metric / imagine dragons

gary clark jr (i think?) / foo fighters

misterwives / bear’s den / alabama shakes / paul mccartney / the cure 

(^ at lollapalooza)

shawn mendes / vance joy / haim / taylor swift (x2)

sam hunt, kelsea ballerini, steven tyler, allison krauss were special guests

(hamilton (obc in nyc))

(les miserables)

(the crucible with saoirse ronan)

bebe rexha / years and years / ellie goulding

amy grant & vince gill christmas

unknown opener / oh wonder

tyler hilton / kate voegele

jessie cale / tessa violet / jon cozart / dodie

lady antebellum

(puffs)

(waitress)

(anastasia)

(natasha pierre and the great comet of 1812 (x2))

todrick hall

paramore

(fun home nashville)

(something rotten! nashville)

(the little mermaid nashville)

(wicked nashville)

tangerine / bleachers

blaque keyz / travis mendes / jon bellion

unknown opener / walk off the earth

mitski / run the jewels (who were so loud i left the arena) / lorde

(pretty woman chicago preview)

(moulin rouge boston preview)

charli xcx / camila cabello / taylor swift (x3)

tim mcgraw & faith hill were special guests

taylor swift acoustic june 28th

billie eilish / florence + the machine

(hadestown)

(octet)

(the prom)

(oklahoma! 2019)

new dialogue / marianas trench

tessa violet / ajr

michael blume / ajr

chelsea jade / muna

misterwives / twenty one pilots

maggie rogers / kacey musgraves (+harry styles)

lpx / marina

katie pruitt / the lone bellow (+ special guest drew holcomb)

two unknown openers? / the kooks

sara bareilles / emily king

claud / bleachers

ashland / treaty of paris / motion city soundtrack

joan

hayley kiyoko

dermot kennedy

katie pruitt

(six)

(joseph 50th anniversary)

(little shop of horrors)

taylor swift - loverfest west night one

[queenboxi]

Day 13: Support crew #instawrimo #preptober #nanowrimo2020 #newcastlepoets #newcastleauthors #newcastlensw #sydneypoets #poetrybooks #australianauthors #australianpoets I come from a great little poetry community in Newcastle/Sydney NSW here in Australia. I collect all of their books. I am inspired by their poems, but also them as people, as friends, mentors, and role models. A message or a kind word goes a long way, keeps you connected, keeps you motivated. Pictured: Unreliable Narratives by Magdalena Ball, Newcastle Sonnets by Keri Glastonbury, Poor Man's Coat: Hardanger Poems by Kit Kelen, The Short Story of You and I by Richard James Allen, Sing Out When You Want Me by Kerri Shying, Intact by Anne Walsh, Fairweather's Raft by Dael Allison, Knitting Mangrove Roots by Kerri Shying, Engraft by Michele Seminara, And My Heart Crumples Like a Coke Can by Ali Whitelock, Beatific Toast by Anna Forsyth, Where The Lost Things Go by Anne Casey, Not What You Think by Clark Gormley, High Wire Step by Magdalena Ball, My Skin Its Own Sky by Gillian Swain, Paint Peels, Graffiti Sings by Jan Dean (at Salamander Bay, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGSRFa8jRVV/?igshid=dtqxwd81gbce

[krispyweiss]

Quarter Notes: Blurbs & Briefs from Sound Bites

GOD AT THE CROSSROADS: Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival returns after a six-year hiatus for two nights, Sept. 20 and 21, in Dallas.

A fund-raiser for God’s Crossroads Centre, which provides substance-abuse rehabilitation on Antigua, the festival will feature, among others, Andy Fairweather Low, Bonnie Raitt, Gary Clark Jr., Los Lobos, Robert Cray, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Buddy Guy and Peter Frampton.

Tickets are on sale April 5; more info here.

MAVIS AT 80: Before turning 80 on July 10, Mavis Staples will host three concerts - May 9 in New York, May 15 in Nashville and May 22 in Los Angles - to mark the occasion.

Billed as Mavis & Friends, the concerts will raise money for music-education programs in the host cities.

“I must be the happiest girl in the world,” Staples said in a statement. “… I never thought I would still be singing at my age, and people seem to really want to hear me, they know me, they give me love.”

Ticketing info here.

DYLAN IN TULSA: “Bob Dylan: Face Value and Beyond,” an exhibit of 12 the bard’s paintings, will be on display at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Okla., from May 10 to Sept. 15, Billboard reports.

The exhibit also features handwritten lyrics, a guitar, sketches and other ephemera from the Bob Dylan Archives.

“(He’s) been painting and drawing since at least the 1960s, although it’s only been in recent years that he’s put his work on display,” curator Michael Chaiken told the Tulsa World. “So we have a lot of material to illustrate that, including drawings and sketchbooks that have never been shown before.”

FOR THOSE ABOUT TO AGE, WE SALUTE YOU: Happy 64th birthday to Angus Young.

3/31/19

[mateushonrado]

Power Rangers Ultraverse teams 1-16

Status Post #8393: Folder | List

1. Ancient Rangers (Power Rangers 2017, mentored by the Morphing Masters)

Zordon / Red Ranger

Tritor / Blue Ranger

Lexian / Black Ranger

Skyla / Yellow Ranger

Dulcea / Pink Ranger

Rita Repulsa / Green Ranger

2. Shogun Rangers (Shogun, mentored by Retsudo Shiba)

Tomoe Gozen / Red Shogun Ranger

Saburo Yatsude / Blue Shogun Ranger

Mariko Hatte / Pink Shogun Ranger

Kenshin Sakamoto / Green Shogun Ranger

Rika Tsujihara / Yellow Shogun Ranger

Satoru Tanaka / Gold Shogun Ranger

3. Wild West Rangers (Wild West, mentored by Zordon)

Rocko Desantos / Red Wild West Ranger

Abraham Park / Black Wild West Ranger

Willard Cranston / Blue Wild West Ranger

Alicia Harper / Yellow Wild West Ranger

Agatha Crandall / Pink Wild West Ranger

Ethan Oliver / White Stranger

4. Quasar Rangers (MMPR 1969, mentored by Zordon)

Grace Sterling / Red Quasar Ranger

Jamie Gilmore / Black Quasar Ranger

Nikolai Chukarin / Blue Quasar Ranger

Terona Washington / Yellow Quasar Ranger

Daniel O'Halloran / Pink Quasar Ranger

Loriyan / Green Quasar Ranger

5. Eclipse Rangers (Jetman, mentored by Grace Sterling)

Ace > Marcus "Mark" Ozawa / Red Hawk Ranger

Brute > Oscar Hernandez / Black Condor Ranger

Gent > Adewale Okoro / Yellow Owl Ranger

Star > Elisabeth "Lisa" Daniels / White Swan Ranger

Pyre > Iris Hansel / Blue Swallow Ranger

Trek > Kelvin Smythe / Green Eagle Ranger

Ray / Birdman

Kanna / Birdwoman

6. Morphin Rangers (Zyuranger, mentored by Zordon)

Jason Scott > < Trini Kwan / Red Tyranno Ranger

Zachary "Zack" Taylor > < Kimberly Hart / Black Mammoth Ranger

William "Billy" Cranston > < Tommy Oliver / Blue Tricera Ranger

Trinity "Trini" Kwan > < Jason Scott / Yellow Tiger Ranger

Kimberly Hart > < Zack Taylor / Pink Ptera Ranger

Thomas "Tommy" Oliver > < Billy Cranston / Green Dragon Ranger

Clotho

7. Squadron Rangers (Dairanger, mentored by Zordon)

Jason Scott > Rockford "Rocky" Desantos / Red Dragon Ranger

Zack Taylor > Adam Park / Green Lion Ranger

Billy Cranston / Blue Pegasus Ranger

Trini Kwan > Aisha Campbell / Yellow Kirin Ranger

Kimberly Hart / Pink Phoenix Ranger

Tommy Oliver / White Fang Ranger

Kujaku

8. Ninja Rangers (Kakuranger, mentored by Zordon, Dulcea and Ninjor)

Tommy Oliver / Red Ape Ranger

Kimberly Hart > Catherine Hillard / White Crane Ranger

Adam Park / Blue Wolf Ranger

Aisha Campbell / Yellow Bear Ranger

Rocky Desantos / Black Frog Ranger

Billy Cranston / Gold Falcon Ranger

Ninjor

Dulcea

9. Zeo Rangers (Ohranger, mentored by Zordon and Dulcea)

Tommy Oliver / Zeo Red

Adam Park / Zeo Green

Rocky Desantos / Zeo Blue

Aisha Campbell > Tanya Sloan / Zeo Yellow

Catherine Hillard / Zeo Pink

Trey of Triforia > Jason Scott / Zeo Black

Auric the Conqueror

Trista of Triforia

10. Turbo Rangers (Carranger, mentored by Dimitria)

Theodore Jasper "T.J." Johnson / Red Turbo Ranger

Justin Stewart / Blue Turbo Ranger

Carlos Vallerte / Green Turbo Ranger

Ashley Hammond / Yellow Turbo Ranger

Cassandra "Cassie" Chan / Pink Turbo Ranger

Zoltar / Phantom Ranger

Blue Senturion

Dimitria / White Turbo Ranger

11. Space Rangers (Megaranger, no apparent mentor with closest being Tykwa and Kinwon)

Virgil > Andros / Red Space Ranger

Axe > T.J. Johnson / Blue Space Ranger

Photon > Carlos Vallerte / Black Space Ranger

Nokrea > Cassie Chan / Pink Space Ranger

Amber > Ashley Hammond / Yellow Space Ranger

Kylo > Zhane / Silver Space Ranger

Karone / Purple Space Ranger

Deca / Gold Space Ranger

12. Galaxy Rangers (Gingaman, no apparent mentor with closest being Grace Sterling and Kyle Stanton)

Rio > Michael "Mike" Corbett > Leonard "Leo" Corbett / Galaxy Red

Brutus > Kai Chen / Galaxy Blue

Falco > Damon Henderson / Galaxy Green

Rahne > Maya / Galaxy Yellow

Dani > Kendrix Morgan > Karone / Galaxy Pink

Zadar > Zika > Mike Corbett / Magna Defender

Baxter MacTaggert / Crimson Rhino Ranger

Shondra / Navy Phoenix Ranger

13. Lightspeed Rangers (GoGoV, mentored by William Mitchell)

Carter Grayson / Lightspeed Red

Chad Lee / Lightspeed Blue

Joel Rawlings / Lightspeed Green

Kelsey Winslow / Lightspeed Yellow

Dana Mitchell / Lightspeed Pink

Carter Grayson > Ryan Mitchell / Lightspeed Titanium

Angela Fairweather / Demon Huntress

14. Time Force Rangers (Timeranger, no apparent mentor with closest being Paul Logan and later Alex Drake)

Alexander "Alex" Drake > < Wesley Collins / Time Force Red

Jennifer Scotts / Time Force Pink

Lucas Kendall / Time Force Blue

Kathleen "Katie" Walker / Time Force Yellow

Trip Regis / Time Force Green

Alex Drake > Eric Myers / Quantum Ranger

Joseph "Joe" Shih / Time Force Silver

15. Wild Force Rangers (Gaoranger, mentored by Shayla)

Cole Evans / Red Lion Ranger.

Taylor Earhardt / Yellow Eagle Ranger

Maxwell "Max" Cooper / Blue Shark Ranger

Daniel "Danny" Delgado / Black Bison Ranger

Alyssa Enrile / White Tiger Ranger

Merrick Baliton / Silver Wolf Ranger

Kendall Riley / Crimson Falcon Ranger

16. Ninja Storm Rangers (Hurricaneger, mentored by Kanoi Watanabe)

Shane Clarke / Ninja Storm Red

Victoria "Tori" Hanson / Ninja Storm Blue

Dustin Brooks / Ninja Storm Yellow

Cameron Watanabe / Ninja Storm Green

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The Best Places to Visit in Alaska, USA

Alaska is really one of the greatest places on the planet for any holiday. The landscape is gorgeous as well as the topography varies with some trait to draw in everyone.Alaska destinations as well as locations to visit in Alaska, in the must-see vacationer destinations to the top nearby attractions.Alaska is one from the states most bountiful in attractive organic landscapes in addition to landscapes, however this doesn't imply that all Alaska tourist attractions have a tendency to be nature-focused. You and your family members will maintain hectic for an extended period with locations to go to in Alaska.

Anchorage:

Anchorage is a fantastic area as a starting location for a journey. Fly in order to Anchorage from the decrease 48 along with rent an auto for the go to of your life. Through Anchorage, you could lower to Seward for any type of day of pleasurable as well as sight-seeing. Succeeding, drive support and also over in order to Homer. Plan to spend a day in Soldatna near well-known Kenai Water.

In the community related to Anchorage, find Alaskan record as well as culture on a vacation to the Anchorage Museum, where one can roam with the contemporary regional art in the actual Alaska Art gallery. At the Alaska Indigenous History Facility, marvel at the typical science as well as art exhibits within, then go outdoors to research 6 various reproduction aboriginal town setups. The unique animals of the Arctic is in fact on display screen in the Alaska Zoo park, the only zoo park in North America that is an expert in northern creatures, consisting of three kinds of Alaskan bears, snowfall leopards, Amur tigers, along with Tibetan yaks.

Denali National Park:

From 20,330 feet, Connect McKinley is Denali National forest's greatest attraction. Nonetheless, many visitors to the actual park depart without having seen it. Like it's typically encompassed by clouds. On the clear day time, nonetheless, it may be seen from the long method away. It could be noticeable through Anchorage, 160 kilometers away (a wonderful observation phase there is one from the car parking areas in Earthquake Recreation area near the airport terminal).

Fortunately, Denali National Entertainment location as well as Shield has a whole lot greater than Attach McKinley to provide site visitors. Wildlife in addition to remarkable surroundings are it's most dependable factors of passion. Site visitors utilizing the shuttle bus journey from the entertainment area entrance in order to Wonder River will see a big quantity of both. They have the ability to count on seeing caribou, with a great chance of seeing grizzly has almost definitely in the size, however perhaps from actually close selection, moose and dall lambs. There's lots of other animals, also, such as eagles in addition to wolves.

Gates of the Arctic National Park:

Alaska's Gates from the Arctic National Park along with Preserve is situated completely inside the Arctic Circle, which makes it the north most U.Utes. National forest. From 8 million miles, approximately how large Switzerland, Entryway of the Arctic National Leisure location is additionally the second largest U.Utes. National forest, extending over nearly 200 kilometers as well as guarding much of the real eastern Brooks Selection. When integrated with the Noatak National Protect to the western and Arctic National Animals Sanctuary past the Dalton Freeway hallway to the eastern, Gates from the Arctic supports a basically contiguous Eight hundred mile expand of federally-protected Alaska wilderness covering nearly the entire Brooks Range.

Glacier These sorts of National forest:

Alaska's Glacier These kinds of National Park along with Preserve is located in the most southern spur from the towering Road. Elias Hill Selection, the website from the biggest lengthy term snow locations in the world outside the polar glaciers caps. The real 2.6 million acre nationwide leisure area contains each substantial Alaskan hill tops, such as the Fifteen,320 feet Mount Fairweather, in addition to an interesting shoreline characterized by scenic as well as excellent arms, bays, as well as inlets. Glacier National Bay's entertainment location head office could be discovered near the appealing neighborhood associated with Gustavus, which can't be reached through road nevertheless is conveniently available by vessel or prepared airplane assistance from close by Juneau, Alaska's funding city. Throughout summer season, deluxe cruise ships regularly travel right into Glacier These kinds of, the panoramic highlight related to week-long tours from Seattle.

Juneau:

Juneau, the primary city, is landlocked with the high hill tops and also captured versus the sea on the western. It is available only with air or perhaps water. The real western coastline of this a part of Alaska hosts deep water valleys running lower from the hill tops to the ocean.

Lake Clark National Wild animals Sanctuary:

Alaska's Lake Clark National Wildlife Haven, located in among the really vibrant areas in Alaska, was made to secure the real location's stunning natural appeal, abundant wild animals, as well as respected fisheries. One from the least-visited parks in the real U.Utes. National Park Program, Lake Clark National Leisure area lies around the Alaska Peninsula and also it becomes part of the Off-shore "Ring of Fireplace." This Alaskan nationwide leisure location experiences among the greatest wavelengths of quakes in the real world. Two significant hill arrays, the actual Alaska as well as Aleutian Ranges, clash in the Lake Clark location to produce the real Chigmits, understood for their incredibly rugged mountain tops and also huge glaciers. The remarkable heights from the Chigmits include 2 energised volcanoes, Mount Redoubt as well as Mount Iliamna.

Kodiak National Animals Haven:

Kodiak National Animals Haven is located on Kodiak Island in southwest Alaska. The Kodiak National Animals Sanctuary uses up the north western two-thirds of the island which is the Second largest isle in The United States and Canada and is 30 kilometers from the landmass throughout Shelikof Strait. The Kodiak National Animals Haven had been established in The early 1940's to secure the Kodiak dark brown bear, fish, as well as various other Alaskan animals. The island is absolutely an emerald jewel receiving about six feet linked with rainfall yearly. Sturdy 4, Thousand foot hill tops run the size of Kodiak Island and also as a result are surrounded by the lavish shoreline fissured with fjords as well as inlets. This is ideal places for traveling in Alaska