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earaercircular · 1 year ago

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She Burned It All Down, to Build the Perfect Dress.

Mara Hoffman ditched her successful swimsuit business in order to prioritize sustainability. Nearly a decade later, she’s reaping the rewards.

It looked like a normal dress, a nice one. Something you might wear to a wedding if you wanted to be a bit sexy. It was floor-length, the V-neck plunging into a rosette that swirled and gathered under the bust, and the spaghetti straps crisscrossed on a low-cut back, kind of like a sporty, 1970s swimsuit.

It’s the kind of dress Mara Hoffman, who has been in business for 23 years, could whip up without a second thought. But this particular version has been five years in the making.

Mara Hoffman

“Feel this,” Ms. Hoffman said at her Lafayette Street store in Manhattan[1] one September morning as she held out the coral-coloured fabric. It had the texture of peach skin. “If you go through the store and feel through all of our product, nothing really feels like this.”

The story behind the dress is not sexy — or maybe it is, depending on what you’re into. One of an edition of 35 currently for sale at $1,195, the dress is woven from a proprietary fabric made by a Virginia company called Circ[2], which has patented technology to separate and recycle poly-cotton[3] blends — meaning one part is polyester and one part is cotton — into fibres that can be respun into fabric.

This is a big deal in the world of fabric recycling because, up until now, it has been extremely difficult to break down and recycle blended fabrics, like your old T-shirts, stretch jeans and leggings. “Roughly half of all fabric produced is poly-cotton,” said Peter Majeranowski, the chief executive of Circ.

Circ sources fabric from a few places: factories and mills, which supply shirts that were damaged along the supply chain; charities with an excess of donated clothes; and partners like Patagonia[4] that have a take-back program, in which old clothes are repaired and resold. If those clothes can’t be resold, they go to a warehouse until a solution like Circ comes along.

Ms. Hoffman’s dresses represent what both companies are billing as the first time Circ lyocell fabric[5] is being used for a luxury product, as an alternative to silk, which she has eliminated from her offerings.

“I was longing for the feeling of silk,” Ms. Hoffman said. “It’s always been, how do we speak to this luxury that we really can’t get through our cottons and hemps, the materials that we had safe and vetted access to? What’s our alternative to black tie that isn’t a harmful garment?” In the next three years, Ms. Hoffman has committed to replacing all of the virgin lyocell in her collections with Circ’s recycled version.

Ms. Hoffman first encountered Circ in 2018, when Dana Davis, her vice president of sustainability, product and business strategy, attended the Global Fashion Agenda Summit in Copenhagen. Ms. Davis recalled that Circ’s original technology was developed for tobacco farms that were no longer supplying cigarette manufacturers. She was intrigued.

“We came from the biofuels industry,”[6] Mr. Majeranowski said. “We knew nothing about fashion, and they’ve been patient with us.”

For Ms. Hoffman, the Dress that Changes Everything, as she has christened the style made with Circ, is another chapter in the radical repositioning of her brand that began in 2015. Until then, Mara Hoffman had been the go-to purveyor of sexy psychedelic prints and bikinis for the Coachella crowd. Hers was a robust business that began in 2000 when, as a recent Parsons[7] graduate, she showed up at stores, including Patricia Field in New York, with a bag of clothes she made in her Murray Hill apartment. Her collection was originally called Circle.

“I did a strip show, tried everything on and they placed their first order,” Ms. Hoffman said.

As time wore on, Mara Hoffman the brand felt increasingly disconnected from Mara Hoffman the woman, on a spiritual and aesthetic level. The birth of her son led her to look at the future of the planet differently. “The True Cost,” a 2015 documentary that examined the ravages of fast fashion, shook her. She was disgusted by the overproduction and toxicity that coursed through the industry.

“I couldn’t design what I was designing anymore,” she said.

At one point Ms. Hoffman found herself crying on her couch, telling Ms. Davis that she wanted to close the business. Instead, they committed to an absolute overhaul, shifting from widely distributed hippie prints to a more serene and sophisticated collection — still sexy — with serious sustainability commitments. In the process, they lost half of their retail partners.

“Burn it to the ground,” Ms. Hoffman said. “That’s sort of my style. It’s not for the faint of heart.”

Changing the look of the brand was relatively easy. “I can design something new tomorrow and transform. I’m good at that,” Ms. Hoffman said. More challenging was getting all of her back-of-house sustainable dreams to live up to what the customer was used to. It’s been a process of trial and error, baby steps.

A first order of business was switching to organic and recycled materials whenever feasible. But that is not always possible. “We started working with a system that is still considered a Band-Aid for us, taking plastic bottles, turning them into polyester for our swimwear,” Ms. Davis said. The problem is that once a plastic bottle is turned into swimwear, it’s difficult to recycle from there. Now Ms. Hoffman uses Pyratex[8], a fabric made out of wood pulp with no polyester or nylon, for swimwear.

Ms. Hoffman introduced compostable packaging, but no one knew how to compost it, so the company switched to paper, which people are used to recycling. She started Full Circle[9], the company’s take-back and resale program. She designed extended sizes that went beyond a basic black dress. The stretchy, sexy Popcorn dress — available in a range of colours and silhouettes and in sizes XXS to 3X — was released in 2020 and continues to be a hit.

“It was a swim line before — now it’s a fashion brand,” said Rachael Wang, a former editor and stylist who started working with Ms. Hoffman to shift the visual identity of the brand in 2015. “I think creating a more splashy, fashion-y brand that has this intentionality was exactly what people wanted to see, what people wanted to buy into.”

Ms. Hoffman has run her business independently with no outside investment. But she hasn’t done it alone. Ms. Davis has been with her for 15 years, and they oversee a staff of 25. There’s also the broader sustainability community, of which they are vocal and active members. The Mara Hoffman website is encyclopaedic in its indexing of partners, policies and supply-chain transparency.

Ms. Hoffman was early to fashion’s awakening to the overproduction and climate crises, but she doesn’t consider herself a pioneer. “There were a handful of brands that we were able to see as beacons,” she said, naming Eileen Fisher, Stella McCartney[10] and Patagonia. ��They were doing something better.”

Nonetheless, the Circ dresses represent impact, a real change to a system. Next month, Ms. Hoffman will receive the Environmental Sustainability Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America[11].

“I think we’ve figured out some really important parts that have longevity, so let’s push into that,” Ms. Hoffman said.

Source

Jessica Iredale, She Burned It All Down, to Build the Perfect Dress, in: New York Times, 18-10-2023 ; https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/style/mara-hoffman-dress-sustainable-fashion.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

[1] https://marahoffman.com/pages/nyc-store

[2] We are a motley crew of global scientists and business innovators, uniting together to tackle the hardest challenges in science and engineering. Where others see roadblocks, we see an opportunity for applied science. Our team has cracked the code on previously unsolvable textile recycling challenges, busting open doors for even bigger and broader change. https://circ.earth/about-us/

[3] Polycotton is a lightweight widely available fabric, you can get it with prints on but you can also get plain polycotton too. Polycotton is a cheaper alternative to cotton fabrics as it is a blend of both cotton and polyester, natural and synthetic fabrics. Often polycotton fabrics consist of 65% polyester and 35% cotton, but the blend can vary. It combines the breathability of cotton with the durability of polyester. https://www.thesewingdirectory.co.uk/what-is-polycotton/

[4] Read also: https://www.tumblr.com/earaercircular/730359554901180416/patagonia-circular-fashion-and-commitment-to-the?source=share&ref=_tumblr

[5] Read also: https://www.tumblr.com/earaercircular/727074991840067584/lyocell-milk-fibre-and-pineapple-leather-new?source=share&ref=_tumblr

[6] Read also https://www.tumblr.com/earaercircular/706145467107622912/circular-enterprises-what-they-are-and-how-they?source=share&ref=_tumblr & https://www.tumblr.com/earaercircular/653682660781260800/new-amsterdam-port-factory-converts-non-recyclable?source=share&ref=_tumblr

[7] https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=TNS_Search_Text_Parsons_Brand&gclid=CjwKCAjwnOipBhBQEiwACyGLuhou9rdHONarRYlt6azTTQMi6DmxSVpV3HdauT0mfvl1Zsj2HxeSkRoChT8QAvD_BwE

[8] PYRATEX® is an R&D company and supplier of natural performance materials. We are experts in the production of fabrics and knitwear made with natural, biobased and recycled compositions. Our supply chain is certified and ensures traceability starting from the fiber, while our localized production minimizes environmental impact. https://www.pyratex.com/

[9] https://marahoffman.com/collections/full-circle

[10] Read also: https://www.tumblr.com/earaercircular/714669369833160704/from-mushroom-to-luxury-handbag-will-fungi-soon?source=share&ref=_tumblr

[11] The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc. (CFDA), founded in 1962 by publicist Eleanor Lambert,[2] and headquartered in Manhattan, is a not-for-profit trade association comprising a membership of over 450 American fashion and accessory designers. The organization promotes American designers in the global economy. In addition to hosting the annual CFDA Fashion Awards, the organization develops future American design talent through scholarships and resources in high schools, colleges, and postgraduate schools. The CFDA also provides funding and business opportunities for working designers. Through the CFDA Foundation, the organization supports charitable causes.

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hotforharrysheart · 3 years ago

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Coachella Virgin Part 1

The bedroom was dark except for the light from your laptop. Earbuds in, you were totally engrossed in an old episode of Dateline where a man convicted for pushing his wife off a cliff was being interviewed. He was about to make his confession when you felt the hand on your shoulder.

“Ahhh!!” you shrieked your body jumping and knocking the laptop over onto a pillow. “What the hell, Harry, you scared the shit outta me!” you say grabbing your chest.

“Jesus, babe, why do ya always watch tha’ kinda stuff alone in the dark?!” He says shaking his head and leaning down to kiss your forehead.

“I’m thinking about this story for my first podcast. It’s eerily interesting!” You look at your laptop, “Geez it’s late”

Harry takes his shoes off with a thud and crawls into bed next to you propped up against the headboard. You close the laptop and move to sit between his legs.

“How did your meeting go?” You whisper when he wraps his arms around your waist.

“Went well…the outfit ‘m gonna wear is sorted an’ ready…I’m looking forward ta it, gonna be a lot of people there.”

“I’m excited for you, H. You’re gonna kill it.”

Kissing behind your ear he whispers, “Come to LA wi’ me, love. Ya can come to rehearsal an’ then ride up wi’ me ta La Quinta.”

Turning your head to look at him you see his green eyes searching yours.

"H, you're gonna be so busy....and I have nothing to wear...it’s not like I’ve ever been to something like that…” you say, fidgeting with the end of your T-shirt.

“Here’s my phone. Text, Lambert,” he says casually.

Stunned, you look him straight in the eyes, “Harry, he’ll be dressing everyone. He won’t have time for me.” You draw you fingers up to your mouth and say, "Plus, I can’t just text Lambert!”

He sighs and grabs his phone and shoots a quick text and says, "Baby, I don' jus’ want ya there, I need ya there...."

You sigh.

“C’mere,” he says wrapping his arms tightly around you and pulling your fingers from your mouth. “Wish ya wouldn’t do tha’, ya’ll ruin ya polish…”

"So, what would you like me to wear?" You ask.

His eyebrows go up.

Turning to him you question, "By the way what are YOU wearing?"

"First of all, ya’ll have ta wait ta see wha’ I wear, when ya get there, ‘s a secret, an’ second, don't ever ask me wha’ I wan’ ya ta wear, because it makes me hard thinkin’ abou’ it.”

His phone beeps, just as you’re about to argue.

“’S Lambert. Here’s ya choices,” he says, kissing down your throat.

Scrolling through, "H, these are kinda revealing, do you think I can pull it off?"

“’Course ya can. An’ then I’ll pull it off,” he says, smirking.

"Harry!" you say squirming on his lap. You whisper in his ear, "I can feel you poking me in the bum, think you better settle down!"

“Can’ help it, love. Know what ya do ta me…’n I missed ya today…” he says kissing down your neck and nibbling his way back up.

"What do you think about this gold beaded with the pale pink?" You say, resting your head back against his shoulder.

“Love the pink but I’d like ya ta have different lingerie under there. I’ll get Alessandro ta send some over…maybe like the red set?”

“Umm, Harry that set barely covers my ass, hard no!” You say, giggling.

He kisses you deeply maintaining eye contact, "I really love ya in as little as possible..."

A blush creeps up on your cheeks down to your chest, “You really do, don’t you?”

"I love ya babe an’ I want ya ta feel sexy tha’ night, because when ya feel sexy…mmm, it makes me crazy."

“You make me feel sexy, H.” you pant.

"Wha’ are ya wearing under this?" He says trying to pull up your shirt. He's smirking at your expression as you move to straddle him.

“Well, mister, I have nothing on under this shirt, but you have rehearsals to get to early in the morning, you need to rest..." you say, wrapping your arms around his neck.

“Hmmm…I think I need ta rehearse something else first…” he says, while threading his fingers in your hair.

"You don't think you better save up that energy?" You say, rolling your hips into his.

"Fuck, love,” he groans looking down where your hips meet. “Got enough energy fo’ both. Don’ I?” He says with a smile.

You shiver and goosebumps break out all over your body. “You DO know how to make things last."

Harry runs his hands up your thighs to your bum and pulls you closer. “Wan’ you.” He mutters against your lips. “Wan’ ya s’bad. Tell me baby, do ya wan’ me, too?”

Running your hands through his hair you touch your forehead to his. “Jesus, H..."

"Take this off fo’ me." He states in a low voice.

You cross your arms, grabbing the bottom of the shirt and twist it off over your head and throw it to the side.

His fingers draw light circles on your lower back causing you to shiver. You lean forward to gently place a light kiss on his raspberry-colored lips. He moves his hands to the sides of your neck and slants his head in order to take the kiss deeper.

“Open fo’ me.” He says, tracing the seam of your lips with his tongue. His tongue dives in and his kiss become ravenous. “How do ya wan’ me babe?" He pants against your lips while his thumbs stroke your cheeks. He pulls your head down and kisses his way to your ear, "How do ya wan’ my cock? Fast? Slow? Here? On the chair? On the floor? However, wherever, anything ya want. Tell me how ya want me ta take ya…”

You moan against his lips.

"Can smell ya, know tha’ ya wan’ me,” he whispers before sucking on your earlobe.

Your eyes flutter. “I…oh god…just like this. Want to ride you just like this. Slow. I want to really feel you, H.” You can feel your wet pussy rubbing against the zipper on his trousers. You know you’re making a wet spot on them.

His hands run down your chest to cup your breasts as his mouth kisses it’s way down your neck and collarbone.

You feel him smile against the swell of your breast when he mutters in his deep raspy voice, the one that comes naturally to him when he’s really turned on, "My baby wants it slow an’ easy, huh?" His mouth is working his way to your hard nipple. His hands have worked their way down and are rubbing circles on the cheeks of your bum.

“Yes. Want you so bad, H. Wanna touch you, taste you, smell you…hear you…it’s all so, so good.”

Pulling up on your bum, "Up, please."

You huff loudly.

“Just fo’ a minute, baby….s’I can get these trousers off."

“The shirt too.” You demand. Standing, you can't help but do whatever you can to get him stripped at lightning speed, stealing kisses among the buttons and zippers. “H, you’re so beautiful,” you whisper looking him up and down.

He gives you a full dimpled smile and actually blushes. “C'mere," he says as he moves to the bed, pulling you to him and onto his lap. “God, ya feel s’good, love. Ya s’soft… can’ stop touching ya.”

Sliding your hands up his arms, over his biceps to settle on his shoulders, you kiss his lips and then kiss down his neck. “Might want to tell the band you’re gonna be late in the morning. This rehearsal might run over,” you mutter, scraping your teeth against his sharp jaw. Your hand slides down his chest and stomach until you reach his happy trail.

His nostrils flair as you grab his cock.

“Might have to rehearse more than one position,” you say, positioning him at your entrance.

"Fuckin' hell, babe,” he groans. “Ya ready fo’ me?"

You don’t answer, you simply push your hips forward until he enters you.

His head falls back and your mouth opens in a silent sigh, "I love how that feels.... the first time you slide in, it’s like I can feel you through my whole body,” you moan, grinding down farther on him so he's as deep as you can take him.

Bodies so close your nipples are brushing his chest.

“Touch me here." You grab his hands and move them to your breasts. “Tell me…tell me how much you love them,” you whisper.

He groans cupping your breasts and lightly pinching your nipples. He leans forward to kiss your lips and then down farther to kiss one nipple. “Sweetheart, love ev'ry damn thing ‘bout this body, an’ these tits, my tits....mmmm…s’good," he says thrusting his hips slightly causing you to let out a squeaky moan. Pressing his forehead to yours he whispers, "These tits are amazing, someday I want ya ta let me fuck ‘em."

You gasp. “Y-yeah?”

"Baby, did ya jus’ get wetter?” he says against your lips. “Does tha’ excite my girl?"

Rolling your hips, you tell him, “everything about fucking you excites me, H. I want it…I want it all.” You lean forward to whisper in his ear, "I want you to teach me how to please you in ways I’ve never experienced, I want you to show me how to please you in all ways.”

His head falls back. “Jesus fuc-king Christ babe…shit.”

You raise up a little and then grind back down on him. “I'm so wet for you H, and you’re so fucking hard.” You kiss his mouth. “Mmm… How can you be so hard and feel so gentle to me all at the same time?” You pull his fingers to your clit. “Tell me how much you love your cunt.”

"I dream about my cunt an’ our spot, sometimes someone will be talkin’ ta me abou’ something an’ I'll kinda space out reminiscing the feel, the taste, the smell, the sounds when it’s really wet…”

You involuntarily clench down on him.

"Hmm…do tha’ again, darling," he says rolling his head back. "Squeeze me." He licks his lips. “Yeah, it's kinna embarrassing ta look down an’ hope tha’ no one notices wha’ I'm spaced out abou’."

You moan.

"God, babe, I love tha’ this cunt gets wetter when I talk dirty ta ya,” he whispers as he licks your lips. He kisses you deeply, licking into your mouth and sucking your bottom lip. “I love how it holds me tight, like the snuggest hug ever." Reaching down to grasp your thighs, “I love these legs that cradle me while I make love to ya…when I fuck ya…” He looks down in between you and he can see you moving over his dick. And how wet his dick is.

You notice him looking and run your hands through his hair.

His mouth drops open. “Holy fuck babe.”

He takes your hand and slides your fingers down to where you’re joined, "Can ya feel tha’? ‘M s’deep when ya sat like this." Guiding your hips up and down, he searches your eyes, "How’s tha’ feel?"

Your mouth drops open, “Feels so good.”

"Rub ya clit, love," he says, kissing your forehead.

Your fingers move slowly on your clit and you shiver, clenching down on him. “H-harry.... h-help me....." you say with a whine, cupping your breasts with your head to the side.

"Wha’ do ya need, huh?"

"Touch me.”

“I am touching ya.” He smirks. “Use ya words, love.”

You huff and look down at your tits. “Want you to...to....bite them.”

“Bite where?” But he’s gulping.

In barely a whisper you say, “suck them and bite my nipples."

He thrusts up hard.

“Ahh-ah...Jesus, Harry…did you just get harder?” you say, searching his face.

He’s panting. “Fuck, yes! How hard, baby, hmmm? How hard do ya wan’ me ta bite them?”

“Bite them hard, H! Really just…bite them hard!” You hold them up to him like an offering.

Taking both in his hands and moves his mouth to the right one and begins to kiss and suck the tip into a pointed end.

You look down just in time to see those beautiful white teeth of his bite at your nipple as his lips close around them

“Ahhh! Oh my fucking god!!!” You sob out along with a loud moan.

He pops off, "Was tha’ good? Babe, did I do it righ’?”

You’re panting, head thrown back. “God, that was so fucking good. I..holy shit.”

He’s smirking in awe..."Makes me s’fuckin’ hard when ya tell me how ta please ya.” He repeats the same action on your other tit and you feel like you might explode. He groans as he feels you get wetter. He pushes you off his lap. “Lay back, love.”

You nod. “Ok.”

He moves to hover over you and kiss you sucking your tongue into his own mouth. He then kisses down your body.

“H…w-what…w-what’re you doing?”

"Jesus, I gotta have a taste...I need ta taste ya cream on my tongue"

Your eyes go wide, "But I'm so wet?"

He groans. “Mmmm - Exactly”

"And you've been inside me."

"An tha’ makes ya wetter knowin’ tha’ doesn't it?" He grins. “Tha’ I wanna taste ya wi’ a little mix of me in there, fuck tha’s sexy innit?”

You blush and shyly nod your head

“I’m dripping for you, Harry.”

He smirks. “Lemme help ya wi’ tha’.”

You can't help it, your fingers go straight to your mouth in nervous anticipation.

Just as he's about to kiss your cunt, he slowly reaches up and pulls your hand away from your mouth, "Tsk, Tsk, Tsk, babe.”

He keeps your hand in his, threading your fingers together. Maintaining deep eye contact, he licks a long, deep stripe through your soaked slit from your entrance to the hood of your clit.

Your back arches sharply and your eyes close. You’re so sensitive and swollen, you know it won’t take long for him to make you come undone.

"Keep ya eyes on me, ok?"

Your chest is heaving. “H…”

"Wan' ya ta cum on my tongue an’ look into my eyes knowing it's me tha’s making ya feel s’good.”

You nod. You watch as he licks another long stripe up your slit, first softly and then a second harder one causing your hips to jerk up.

He moves his hand to hold you down and then sucks your swollen clit into his mouth. You cry out and can’t keep your eyes open.

He pops off.

“No! Why’d you stop?”

"Where are ya eyes supposed ta be?"

“On yours,” you pant.

"Who's makin’ it feel good?" he demands.

You roll your head to the side.

He bites his lip in anticipation…then smacks your clit. “I said, who’s makin’ ya feel good?” He asks again.

“Ahhhh! Fuck! Oh my god, Harry…You are!”

"Tha’s right, this is my cunt, now let me taste it properly, with ya eyes on me,” he says sternly.

"Harry, I'm so sensitive!"

"Good, I like you like tha’."

Groaning, “Please! Need you to do something!”

“Eyes on me, please.” He smirks, and with that incredible tongue of his, he licks deeply into your pussy.

Your legs fall apart wider and your hips buck up. You squeeze his fingers when he latches on to your clit and begins to circle it with a pointed tongue.

He pops off, then goes back in, circles, pops off, then goes back in again.

Mouth open, you’re trying to hold in the shriek that's deep in your chest. “Ungh...Ha-Har…f-feel so fucking good..." you moan in a breathy voice.

His beautiful green eyes have turned black with lust and determination. “Need ta hear ya....need ta see ya cum...please...love" he says in between popping off and back on, his lips glistening with your juices.

"Harry, I-I-I need to close my eyes! I have to! I’m sorry! I have to!”

With dilated, lust-filled eyes, he pops off, "No. You. Look. At. Me. Cum fo’ me, please, I need to see it in ya eyes.”

“Oh Fuck-oh Fuck-oh fuck!”

His mouth suctions back to your clit and you can feel your release exploding through your body.

“There she is….good girl,” he praises against your cunt, “My good girl.”

You’re panting desperately trying to catch your breath.

He moves up your body to rest on his elbows, face to face. He’s brushing your hair out of your face on either side laying soft kisses on your cheeks. “Jus’ breathe, darling, please, jus’ breathe…did s’good fo’ me. Just wish I could capture tha’ moment ya eyes change when ya cum. Jesus, I can be such a selfish bastard when it comes to ya orgasms…” he mutters to himself. “Ya body dances fo’ me, ya voice sings an’ ya eyes show me ya soul…it’s like nothing I’ve ever seen,” he says smiling down at you. “Ya ok?” He kisses your lips and ruts his hips into yours. “Need ya, darlin. ‘M so hard.”

Running your hands through the curls hanging down in his face, “I’m yours Harry, take me."

"Ya sure ya ok, baby?"

Hands grabbing at his biceps. “Yes, H, I’m good! So good! I’ll…cum again. Cum a-again for you! I want you inside me. Now.”

He sits back on his knees between your legs. You attempt to sit up with him and he shakes his head, “No stay there.”

Grinning he looks proudly at you. “Babe, ya so fucked out, ain't cha? Never seen ya so...’s like ya outta ya body or summat.” Lust turns his accent thick and deep. “Ya eyes are all glassy.”

You giggle. “I just…I…Harry, what you do to me. Just…God.”

“Wha’ do I do ta ya baby?” he says, smirking.

“You make me crazy with desire and love and…it’s intense. I…can’t get enough.” You smile shyly. “You’ve well and truly ruined me, Styles,” you say with a girlish giggle.

He throws his head back with a laugh, “Ya ruined me too, love.” Suddenly, he grabs you under your knees and pulls you onto his thighs so that your bum is propped up and your pussy is perfectly aligned with his cock. He runs his finger tips down your chest from collarbones, over your breasts, and down to your luscious thighs, "Need ta fuck ya like this, 'm s’hard...can ya open wider fo’ me...maybe I can just slide in like this.”

You gasp as he pulls you closer.

“Wrap ya legs around me babe…yeah, jus’ like tha’,” he says, just as you open your legs wider and put your feet next to his bum. His hands slide to your waist. Panting he says, “put me in babe.”

You reach to put him in.

Bangs hanging on his forehead, eyes nearly black with lust, so hard he feels like he’s on fire. “Unnngh…God Damn, when ya come hard like tha’, ya s’tight after...relax, love, let me in, babe." He's watching intently as his cock slowly disappears inside you.

You can't help but smile seeing the pleasure on his face, "So good, Harry… you always feel so good inside me.” You arch your back and your eyes roll back.

He lets out a loud groan as he bottoms out. Blowing out a puff of air, “Jesus fuck, love. Ya have no idea how good this feels.” With his right hand he brushes down your arched body between your breasts down to your tummy. "So fuckin' beautiful."

You squeeze your pussy tight on him and make eye contact to see his response.

“Fuck! Don’! I’ll cum! I’ll fuckin’ cum!” he pleads. His hands move to your waist, biceps flexing, he’s moving you on him. In deep…pulling almost all the way out before pressing back in - setting a steady pace.

Your fingers reach for his forearm. “Harder....H, please, fuck me harder."

"Touch yourself an I'll fuck ya harder," he says, panting.

Tit's bouncing, you slide your hands down to your sensitive swollen clit and gasp at how good it feels.

"Tha's it babe. Fuck me, tha’ feels s’good...keep goin'"

"D-don't stop Harry, please.”

Watching himself going in and out, “God…ya should see yaself like this, baby. Wish I had a camera.”

He feels you gush at his words. “Fuck!”

"Oooo, Harry right there....Oh my god, that's..."

"Tha’s our spot innit?"

You roll your head, "mmmm...yeeessss....." You can't help but smile blissfully.

His eyes follow your head, and he smiles proudly, "I got ya, love." He starts moving you on his dick faster. “God, ya tits…unghhh! Ya close, love? Please tell me ya close!”

“Can't hold it anymore, when you hit that spot...I just can’t hold it, please cum with me Harry, please, please.."

He pumps three more times deeply and falls forward onto his hands. His body he stiffens as he lets out a groan an octave lower than his normal voice.

Emptying himself inside you, you sing out a string of sighed air and repeated sounds...with a final muttered, "Harry..." spoken like a whisper of amazement and devotion.

He rests his head on your sternum, panting heavily.

Your hands go to the back of his head and your fingers comb through his hair.

He shifts just a little bit and your back arches.

“Sorry,” he pants out.

“S’ok. Just really sensitive.”

He wraps his arms around your waist and squeezes you tight.

"My god Harry...will it always be like this?"

He looks up, resting his chin on the back of his hand, "I believe it’ll only get better. Our shared joys an’ experiences will only make us grow an’ open even more wi’ each other."

You smile at him, brushing back his hair. “You should write that down. This is so much better than I ever imagined, and I imagined it really, really good. I’m so proud of you, Harry.”

He smiles and kisses your tummy.

"Thank ya, love. Shall we see what Alessandro might have that would go with the pink n gold?"

“Mmmm….Ok, let’s see if I can move….”

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Arctic Monkeys full concerts

A handy compilation of filmed Arctic Monkeys concerts from 2005-2019.

This is mostly professional recordings, except where noted. Most are full sets. Will be updated when I find more! 💖

2005

Astoria London - October 2005 (UK)

Later... With Jools Holland - October 2005 (UK) Short set.

MTV Live in Liverpool - October 2005 (UK)

KCRW Session - November 2005 (USA)

2006

NME Tour + part 2 - February (UK) Second link, a fan recording from timestamp 22.00

Brixton Academy - February (UK) Fan recording.

Henry Fonda Theatre - March 2006 (UK)

MTV2 Discover & Download - April 2006 (USA) Short set.

Live at Bourges - April 2006 (France) Part set.

Les EurockÈnnes de Belfort + part 2 - June 2006 (France)

Rock Werchter - July 2006 (Belgium) Part set.

Oxegen Festival - July 2006 (Ireland) Part set.

T In The Park - July 2006 (Scotland)

Lowlands Festival - August 2006 (Netherlands)

Reading Festival - August 2006 (UK)

Summer Sonic - August 2006 (Japan) Part set.

2007

Razzmatazz Club - March 2007 (Spain)

Coachella Festival - April 2007 (USA) Poor image quality, audio ok.

Later... With Jools Holland - April 2007 (UK) Short set.

Virgin Festival - May 2007 (Canada)

Pinkpop Festival - May 2007 (Netherlands)

Glastonbury Festival - June 2007 (UK) Second link. Third link, better quality but only part of the set.

Rock am Ring - June 2007 (Germany)

Benicàssim Festival - July 2007 (Spain)

T In The Park - July 2007 (Scotland)

Summer Sonic - August 2007 (Japan) Part set.

Luna Park - October 2007 (Argentina) Poor image quality, audio ok.

KCRW Session - November 2007 (USA)

Live at the Apollo - December 2007 (UK)

2009

Rock For People - July 2009 (Czech Republic) Fan recording.

Reading Festival - August 2009 (UK)

Pukkelpop Festival - August 2009 (Belgium) Part set.

Liquidroom - October 2009 (Japan)

2010

Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias (MTV Winter) - February 2010 (Spain)

2011

BBC Radio 1'S Big Weekend - May 2011 (UK) Not complete.

Salt Lake City - May 2011 (USA) Fan recording, part set.

Hurricane Festival - June 2011 (Germany)

T In The Park - July 2011 (Scotland)

Benicássim Festival - July 2011 (Spain)

Roskilde Festival - July 2011 (Denmark)

iTunes Festival - July 2011 (UK)

EurockÉennes de Belfort Festival - July 2011 (France)

Lollapalooza - August 2011 (USA)

Rock En Seine - August 2011 (France)

Lowlands Festival - August 2011 (Netherlands)

Stubb's BBQ - August 2011 (USA) First show with the quiff. Fan recording, part set.

PromoWest Live Pittsburgh Stage - October 2011 (USA) Short set.

2012

L'Olympia Paris - February 2012 (France)

Coachella Festival - April 2012 (USA) Second link.

Quilmes Rock - April 2012 (Argentina)

2013

Hurricane Festival - June 2013 (Germany)

Glastonbury Festival - June 2013 (UK) Second link.

IN Music festival - June 2013 (Croatia) Part set.

Southside Festival - June 2013 (Germany) Part set.

Northside Festival - June 2013 (Denmark)

Super Bock Super Rock - July 2013 (Portugal)

Rock n Coke Istanbul - September 2013 (Turkey)

iTunes Festival - September 2013 (UK)

Austin City Limits Music Festival - October 2013 (USA)

La Musicale - November 2013 (France)

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas - December 2013 (USA)

Not So Silent Night - December 2013 (USA)

2014

iHeartRadio - June 2014 (USA) (Interview)

Pinkpop Festival - June 2014 (Netherlands)

Vieilles Charrues Festival - July 2014 (France) Part professional/fan recording.

Roskilde Festival - July 2014 (Denmark)

Rock Werchter - July 2014 (Belgium) Part set.

NOS Alive - July 2014 (Portugal)

T in the Park - July 2014 (Scotland)

Lollapalooza - August 2014 (USA)

Reading Festival - August 2014 (UK)

Personal Fest - November 2014 (Argentina)

Voodoo Festival - November 2014 (USA) Second link.

2018

Live At Maida Vale - June 2018 (UK)

Best Kept Secret Festival - June 2018 (Netherlands)

Royal Albert Hall - June 2018 (UK) Fan recording, part set. This video has a rare show from the NME Tour 2006 after the 2018 concert.

Nuits de Fourvière - July 2018 (France)

TRNSMT Festival - July 2018 (Scotland)

NOS Alive - July 2018 (Portugal)

Mad Cool Festival - July 2018 (Spain)

Lollapalooza - August 2018 (USA)

Manchester Arena - September 2018 (UK) Fan recording.

Hollywood Bowl - October 2018 (USA) Fan recording. Not complete.

Voodoo Festival - October 2018 (USA)

Austin City Limits Music Festival - October 2018 (USA)

2019

Jockey Club - March 2019 (Perú) Fan multicam recording.

Lollapalooza - March 2019 (Argentina)

Lollapalooza - March 2019 (Chile)

Asuncionico Festival - March 2019 (Paraguay) Part set.

Lollapalooza - April 2019 (Brazil)

Estereo Picnic Festival - April 2019 (Colombia) Second link. Last show of TBHC Tour

#arctic monkeys #alex turner #jamie cook #nick o'malley #matt helders #mp #resources #this took so fucking long to do #masterpost #but i feel better now that i have it all compiled like this #im such a nerd #i love collecting and finding out EVEYRTHING #i WANT TO KNOW EVEYRTHING #am #live concerts #live shows #festival

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Patron Exclusive Masterlist

these are exclusive fics that you can read on my patreon.

find me on: wattpad, AO3, ko-fi, matt murdock tumblr

* = complete, ^ = in-progress

(s) = smut (implied or mentioned)

most recent

# of pieces: 80

Early Access | Matt Murdock/Daredevil

enduring (1) (2) - 3.4k, y/n meets elektra in an unconventional way

Patron Exclusive | Matt Murdock/Daredevil

Multi-Part Series

the senses: touch - 1.2k, matt's love language is physical touch and he doesn't quite believe it until. . .

virgin college!matt: blowjob - 3.5k, you and matt work through the steps of losing his virginity

Early Access | Harry Styles

Multi Part Series:

^ (s) Fine Line Series: Adore You, Lights Up - previous parts are on my tumblr masterlist! 1.1k, harry and y/n are friends with benefits

* Notes on Camp (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) - 16.3k, harry is the head counsellor and y/n is new (uploaded on Tumblr!)

One Shots

Stories in My Eyes - 1.2k, dadrry! being woken up in the middle of the night

Dream With Me - 1.3k, y/n has trouble sleeping

Favourite Fic Extra: As It Was - 3.5k, harry battles with the fear of rejection when reaching out to his daughter

Patreon Exclusive

Multi Part Series

* Unwavering (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) - 7.6k, another cheating fic

^ Roommate Series (3) (4) (5) (6) - 7.5k, will be uploaded on tumblr when it's finished!

* (s) Friends Don't (1) (2) (3) - 3k, harry catches y/n reading a smutty fanfic about him

* Digress, Progress, Regress Series - 5k, harry falls out of love

^ Tickle Fights (1) - 1.2k, bff!y/n teases harry about his boner

^ Real Mature (1) (2) - 1.6k, harry and y/n make up

* (s) Tension (1) (2) - 5.4k, harry and y/n hate each other

* The Secretary (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) - 13.5k, CEO!Harry and his secretary (cheating fic)

^ Champagne Problems - 4.7k, y/n proposes

ghostin' (2) - 1.4k, based on 'ghostin'' by Ariana Grande

Harry’s House Track List Series

Music for a Sushi Restaurant - 1.4k, in which y/n gets nauseous

One Shots

(s) Achy Back - 813 words, y/n has an achy back, harry draws a bath

A Letter To The Man I've Loved - 1.5k words, harry receives a letter from y/n

Renegade - 981 words, y/n teaches harry the 'renegade' dance

(s) Drop the Towel - 644 words, harry does the 'drop the towel' challenge

All I Ask - 2.2k, feelings aren't mutual and hearts are broken

Little Prince - 583 words, 7-year old y/n gets hurt and harry takes care of her

Stressed Out - 1.8k y/n has a huge term paper due. she's stressed and harry tries to get her to take a break

(tw!) Valentines Day - 1.5k, harry runs into trouble and y/n is there to save him

Pet Name - 1.2k, bff!harry just wants y/n to call him by his pet name

(s) Shave - 768 words, harry helps y/n shave her coochie

(s) Don’t Worry, Darling - 1.5k, y/n rides harry

To Be Loved - 2.3k, y/n’s feelings are more than friendly and harry doesn’t exactly feel the same way

Apple Cheeks - 1.1k, harry admits his feelings

(tw!) Affliction - 1.5k, harry breaks down

From the Dining Table - 749 words, y/n reminisces and wonders if Harry is too

(s) Around 1:32 - 3.2k, y/n has a wet dream

(s) Roughed Up - 2.8k, a day in the life of harry and y/n

(s) Feather Boa - 1.5k, after the Grammys

Train - 720 words, harry and y/n go for a train ride

enough for you - 1.7k, based on 'enough for you' by Olivia Rordigo (part of the SOUR series)

(s) coachella weekend - 3.1k, harry performs at his first coachella and he’s grateful that y/n is there

Drabbles:

(s) Drabble #1: Fratboy!Harry - 469 words, y/n meeting fratboy!harry at a party

Drabble #2: Asshole!Harry - 848 words, another cheating blurb!

(s) Drabble #3: Tease - 1.4k, harry teases y/n

(s) Drabble #4: Dessert - 1.7k, y/n makes dinner but harry wants dessert

(s) Drabble #5: Mine - 579 words, harry is obsessed with y/n’s tits

(s) Drabble #6: Early Mornings - 1k, harry thinks y/n is the prettiest in the morning

Drabble #7: Getaway - 952 words, harry is always cold and y/n is always warm

Drabble #8 - A Little Chilly - 451 words, harry sleeps on the couch

Kinkmas 2020

(s) Day 1: Mirror Sex - 532 words, y/n installs a mirror in the bedroom ceiling

(s) Day 2: Spanking - 565 words, y/n is a brat and Harry’s not having it

(s) Day 3: Breeding Kink - 465 words, harry and y/n forego the condom for the first time

(s) Day 4: Praise Kink - 546 words, harry loves her noises and y/n can't help herself

(s) Day 5: Food Play - 488 words, harry’s salty but y/n wants something sweet too

(s) Day 6: Fingering - 978 words, y/n has a hard time focusing

(s) Day 7: Role Play - 1.5k, y/n really likes harry's DWD suit

Notes on Camp Fic Extras

Pudding Cups - 1.3k, what happens after harry steals food from the kitchen

Photograph - 1.4k, 'you keep that photo of us in your wallet?'

Text Messages:

Text Messages #1 - ‘would you love me if I was a snail?’

Text Messages #2 - harry and y/n are university students taking the same class

Text Messages #3 - ‘did you steal my hoodie?’

Notes/Behind the Scenes

Notes: Tarnish

Notes: Stressed Out

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Present Day Original Timeline Masterlist

R!Reader = Roger!Reader, Reader in a relationship with Roger.

B!Reader = Brian!Reader, Reader in a relationship with Brian.

What does B!Reader and R!Reader stand for?

Original Timeline

Original Start with Brian (Alternate version from the one above)

Starting out (Brian)

Coachella Adventure

Friend or Foe?

Friend or Foe no.2

Friend or Foe no. 3

Before bed discussions (Brian)

Friend!

Grams (Brian)

Adopting a pupper (Brian)

B!Reader pregnant?! (Brian)

Learning music

Family Opinions

Family Opinions no. 2

Spanking!* (Roger)

Couples fight

Going down* (Brian)

R!Readier doing young people Stuff (Roger)

R!Reader being friends with Rufus

B!Reader and Emily

If B!Reader had been a Virgin

Spanking! no. 2* (Brian)

Their first time together* (Brian)

Raiding Roger’s closet* (but it’s Brian Smut)

Ex’s + Adam Lambert’s opinions

B!Reader and R!Reader talk about their children

Their Relationship in the media

Stupid arguments (Brian)

Parenting Skills: over 1000

Cheating on Anita?? (Brian)

Honeymoon* (but it’s Roger Smut)

Met Gala Fun + Adam Lambert

Emily

That face claim I said I would do (I did it)

Grandchildren confusion

Adopt your cast member today

Roger cheating??*

The dance*

Sarina’s Reaction

BBMAS Fun + Adam Lambert

Thoughts on thigh Riding*

Did they ever think they would date someone so young?

Daddy? (Smuttish?)

B!Reader always bakes for Brian

B!Reader’s dad was a Queen fan

Brian’s family’s opinion on the twins

Delivery room stories

Baby Names Time!

Age gap: cute!

Boys’ weekend

Take care of your drunk person

Who was the biggest flirt

First, we mention “the incident”

Second, we actually talk about “the incident”

Brian talks about his RS and the guitars he built with the boys

The “”Well Loved and Well Used” saga: Part 1″ (by anon)| Part 2*

The wives catch them watching porn*

Family and friends’ Opinions no. 3 (Roger and R!Reader)

The boys walking in on their wives watching or reading something smutty*

The talk about when they pass away (triggering and sad tbh)

The wives have a health scare

Riding Brian on the couch*

Drumstick action with Roger

Roger has a Daddy kink* (open your eyes people!)

Roger discovering R!Reader has a Daddy kink*

Brian and B!Reader’s reaction to R!Reading accidentally calling Roger “Daddy

Roger cumming inside his wife when they’re trying for a baby*

Dr May slip up*

Other friends

Telling stories of Freddie and soothing the boys

B!Reader jealous of Kerry?

Sex life* (Roger)

The clogs

Sex life* (Brian)

How they celebrate mother’s day

Roger and R!Reader’s tattoos

The first time Brian walks in on B!Reader dancing in the kitchen

About B!Reader and R!Reader

The boys’ reaction to their wives getting hit on in front of them

C*ckwarming* (Brian)

Would Brian and B!Reader film videos of themselves*

Is R!Reader musical?

Adam Lambert’s opinion on the girls

How they sleep together

Did they get kinky after the kids were moved out?*

Did Rufus ever hit on or go out with R!Reader?

How kinky does dom brian get now that the kids are a college?*

Morning person/night owl/moody teen

The worse fight between Brian and B!Reader

Did Rufus use his younger siblings to pick girls up?

How B!Reader takes care of Brian and the twins when he gets sick

How the boys cuddle when they want physical contact

Taking a yoga class with Brian*

Who initiated their first kiss* (But this includes Harry and Jazz!)

How the boys react to missing their families on tour

what would going to the cinema with present Brian be like?

Does bri and rog mind choking during sex?

How many speeding tickets does Max end up with?

Tumblr’s reaction to the boys dating someone younger

Do the wives ask to look through photo albums with them?

Films with Brian

Do the wives recognize the borhap boys from their previous works

Brian catching B!Reader singing while cleaning

The biggest fight between Roger and R!Reader

Brian and B!Reader’s reaction to Roger shooting at Jellyfish

Kids Stuff

Baby Names Time!

Max Taylor has a youtube channel

The May twins

Siblings

The kids on their older dads

Jazz’ dating life

About Freddie May

Kids: photo album

Giving the kids the talk

Giving the kids the talk (but it’s Roger grossing out Max)

Kids: Asking questions

The kids go as extras for BoRhap

Friends

The twins get tattoos

Harry May has a Crush on Jazz Taylor, pass it on

Lullabies: the kids’ fave songs as babies

How Harry gets his own youtube channel

Max Taylor’s YouTube Channel: playing “Who Knows Harry Best?”

Telling the kids about Freddie

Who taught the kids how to drive

Freddie painting Brian’s nails before a tour

Brian being strict with the twins

The kids dye their hair

About the May twins

Traditional Trip to Disneyland

Do Harry and Jazz get together?

Adam’s reaction when Freddie came out to him

How the kids defend their parents

Who do the kids go to for relationship advice?

Why Freddie had to stick up for Harry

Did the twins have any big arguments?

The kids taking care of their mum while their dads are away

Handling the kids going away

How the kids react to papa going away on tour

Rogers reaction to his daughter dating Brian’s son

Freddie’s pets

Max Taylor’s YouTube Channel: collabs

The twins do a switcheroo

Max Taylor YouTube Channel: KarPool

Max Taylor YouTube Channel: Reading thirsty tweets with Freddie and Harry May: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3.

Freddie May on Sex Education | His role

Brian’s Slip Up

What it was

How it goes down

The pegomastax ask

How the boys take it

Did they actually....?

How Brian Rebuilds his relationship with the twins

How hard was it on Brian’s older kids?

R!Reader and Roger’s reaction behind the scenes

Does B!Reader shy away from Brian?

Repercussions on Brian slapping Harry

How Brian reacted to Jimmy’s words

Does Brian get depressed when B!Reader distances herself from him?

Anita on the matter

B!Reader and Brian are out for lunch after she gets back and the woman Brian was with shows up at the same restaurant

The twins reacting to finding out their parents saw the woman Brian cheated on their mum with

The Fans on the cheating + Adam’s opinion

Did Brian and B!Reader go through counseling?

R!Reader’s reaction to Brian’s cheating

How things got back on track

Smut n angst “piece de resistance”

Social Media Edits

Twitter no. 1 | Twitter no. 2 | Twitter no. 3 | Twitter no. 4

Fanning over going to see Queen+AL |

Jazz Taylor teases boys no. 1 | Jazz Taylor teases boys no. 2 |

B!Reader being a cool mom no. 1 |

Traditional Trip to Disneyland

B!Reader and R!Reader’s insta

“What If’s” aka AU’s from the Original Storyline:

How R!Reader and Roger got together

Cheating on Anita?? Take 2

Anita’s reaction to Brian cheating

The boys’ reaction to their SO’s families not being supportive

In the 70′s or 80′s

Last Edited on June 2nd 2019.

* Means smut/NSFW stuff.

#masterlist #original timeline #original timeline masterlist #b!reader stuff #r!reader stuff #present day stuff #present day roger #present day roger x young reader #present day brian may #present day brian may x reader #present day brian may x young reader #harry and fred may #max taylor #jazz taylor

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[ARTICLE] EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BLACKPINK.

Coachella has a long history of overlooking women, and 2019 shows some big changes: not only are Western women getting more of a chance, but Japanese and South Korean bands too. As Blackpink takes to the stage in California, we take a look at perhaps East Asia's biggest girlband

t has probably not escaped your notice by now that K-Pop is kinda big worldwide. BTS are getting the kind of fawning adoration in London and New York that The Beatles once got, and other bands are taking part in the Korean Invasion too: Blackpink, a relatively young South Korean girlband, will become the first K-Pop act to ever play Coachella.

It’s worth noting Coachella has expanded its vision to other parts of Asia as well: Perfume will also be the first Japanese pop act to play the huge California festival. But Blackpink are particularly notable as they have achieved staggering success since their debut single, 'BOOMBAYAH', in 2016: the sort of success only a few bands, like Girl’s Generation, knew before them. But where their predcessors failed to break the western market, Blackpink look set to become international superstars.

K-Pop might not be your thing: it draws a lot on western pop tropes, is almost impossibly slick, and as an industry it isn’t without its fair share of problems. However, if the music or the atmosphere isn’t for you, it’s still worth getting to know one of the biggest girlbands in the world: Blackpink are perfectly engineered to get stuck in your head, and are a fascinating insight into what pop music is today.

Backstory

Blackpink, like a lot of South Korean pop music, came out of the country’s particular system of training: a kind of pop music conservatoire. YG Entertainment, the group’s Korean team, house their own training program which the band members began to join around 2010. YG tried potential band members out all across the world, which shows in the international lives of the four members: Jisoo is a South Korean native, as was Jennie who went on to spend time in New Zealand and is fluent in English; Rosé, who lived in Melbourne, auditioned in Sydney; Lisa auditioned in her native Thailand. The preference is for young, ethnically Korean performers fluent in the language but that’s flexible: Lisa didn’t speak a word of Korean before coming to train.

Arriving in Seoul, the band estimated that there were between 10-20 aspiring performers all going through the same training: 12 hours a day, seven days a week, learning to dance, sing and rap. Monthly tests helped to prove people’s strengths and eliminate the weakest in the pack: one scored an A, B or C. There are plenty of videos out there on YouTube of people who flunked out of the training to become a K-Pop star.

The members all started at different times: Jennie joined in 2010, Lisa and Jisoo in 2011, and Rose in 2012. They debuted in 2016. It was hard training, difficult for those who had moved away from home, but the four bonded, and are all close friends. Which is good when you only get one day off a fortnight.

The members

As previously mentioned, there are four members: Jennie, Lisa, Jisoo and Rosé. Jennie often leads off songs and is a solid thriple-threat; Jisoo and Rosé are usually the ones bringing you vocals; Lisa is a top notch rapper.

Becoming an 'idol' in South Korea also carries with it the burden of needing to seem astonishingly perfect. One could argue this might be why bands like SixBomb go through extensive plastic surgery (they featured both their before and after appearances in the video for their song ‘Becoming Prettier’) or why the lead singer of boy band SHINee was found dead in his apartment in 2017 with a note saying he was “broken from inside”. It also leads to their members having to portray images that are jointly virginal and also deeply available: one of the first big scandals involved Jong Hyun back in 2010, back when South Korea's paparazzi started to boom. K-Pop fans can be known to be particularly judgmental of acts: take for example the infamous ‘black ocean’ of 2008, when the ur-Girls Generation, SNSD, came on stage to a purposeful blackout of the entire audience’s glowsticks as a protest. You can hear them fighting back the tears as they perform to what looks like an empty stadium.

Blackpink seem interested in getting away from that expectation. “We always wanted to be out there, to be more true to ourselves and a little more free,” Jennie told Billboard earlier this year. “Even we can get things wrong sometimes. We want to just show them the real us.”

K-Pop idols are known for often being very fluid as to how many creative projects they have on the go: bands like After School, for example, where members ‘graduate’ and new ones enter, also features sub-groups Orange Caramel and A.S. Red & Blue. Girls Generation, LOONA and other big bands also have sub-groups and solo careers. Blackpink is no different: though they’re still going strong, Jennie has also released her first single as a solo artist. It’s sort of like the Avengers all having their own movies: a way of maintaining the brand without over-working the main unit.

Songs and albums

Like most K-Pop bands, Blackpink had a debut performance of a debut single which was the litmus test over whether they would be a bop or a flop. That single, Boombayah, is a personal favourite: it’s probably the most dynamic and poppy of their universally dynamic and poppy music, not dropping into anything sultry or slow. It’s also got a great dance routine (part of the fun of K-Pop) and the video became the fastest debut music video of a K-Pop act to reach 100 million views on YouTube.

Their 2018 single 'Ddu-Du Ddu-Du' is the highest-charting K-Pop single in the US Billboard charts, and is a bit more sexy and vicious. New single, ‘Kill This Love’, continues a very similar vibe: lots of horns, easier to grind to than throw shapes to.

It’s interesting to hear how the most successful parts of western pop music have been absorbed and fused with East Asia’s own highly successful, high octane pop industry: their songs always feature rap, but their choruses are often sounds rather than words (‘ddu-du ddu-du’, for example, is effectively onamatopeia for a machine gun bullet round) so anyone can sing along.

When it comes to albums, Blackpink have so far released two EPs: Square Up in 2018, and Kill This Love in 2019. In Japan they released an EP Blackpink and a studio album Blackpink in your area. A lot of songs overlap between these various releases, but your safest bet to get the whole is to listen to Blackpink in your area.

Live performances

As mentioned before, choreography is a huge part of what Blackpink do: K-Pop bands are known for their specific, tight group dance routines that are the same every time they perform the song that it goes along with, and the bands tend to release rehearsal footage on their YouTube channels so people can learn the dance too. It’s also rare to watch people cover the songs without the expectation being they also do the routine alongside. It’s hard to stress how popular these routines and the choreography videos are: within two days, the ‘Kill This Love’ choreo video had over 14m views.

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Generally, the songs work to give each of the members a part that shows off their talents as rappers, singers and/or dancers. Though the band don’t have writing credits on their songs, they do have an input into their material, including making sure each of them gets the best part for them. Any performance will give you a good idea of what each brings to the table, though perhaps ‘BOOMBAYAH’ will do this most comprehensively: it was, after all, their first outing.

The videos

If you’ve never seen a K-Pop video, you’re in for a bloody treat. Whether it’s the crispness of SHINee’s ‘1 of 1’ (don’t watch if you don’t want to buy a suit after watching) or the stern, sassy dance video to CL’s ‘Hello Bitches’ (choreographed by Parris Goebel, who also did Justin Bieber’s ‘Sorry’ and Ciara’s ‘Level Up’) they are real production numbers.

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Blackpink are no exception, though even in a few short years the vision of their videos has grown a lot: while the video for Boombayah serves you early 00s Rihanna, or even Britney and Madonna’s ‘Me Against The Music’, 'Kill This Love' is just a huge camp treat that sits somewhere between ‘Bad Romance’, ‘Bitch I’m Madonna’ and the Pussycat Dolls’ ‘Don’t Cha’. It also contains the classic turn-of-the-millennium image of a woman crying while driving a car, a trope I’m glad to see the return of.

Who should I listen to next if I love Blackpink?

Take the plunge into K-Pop! It's a vast and varied world, but there are lots of brilliant girlbands who will bring something new to the table for you. Spotify has a lot of phenomenally good playlists to delve into it, so just listen to a few songs and see what it is you like and work from there.

190412 GQ MAGAZINE

#blackpink #article #ot4 #190412

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fooourmargaritas · 6 years ago

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Arctic Monkeys Live Pro-Shots

This is a list of most of the pro-shot live performances from Arctic Monkeys available on YouTube. If it has a * beside it it means its a personal favourite of mine.

2005

Arctic Monkeys Live @ KCRW Session 2005 FULL

Arctic Monkeys - Live from Astoria London 2005 FULL

Arctic Monkeys - Live Liverpool 2005 (full set)

2006

*Arctic Monkeys - Live at Reading Festival 2006 (Full Concert)

Arctic Monkeys live at Lowlands 2006

Arctic Monkeys - Live at Henry Fonda Theatre 2006 (this isn’t pro-shot but they play Red Lights and so I think its important)

Arctic Monkeys Live at Eurockéennes 2006 Part 1 / Part 2 OR Full concert

Arctic Monkeys Live Oxegen 2006

Arctic Monkeys Live At "Le Live De La Semaine" 2006

Arctic Monkeys Summer Sonic 2006 (3 Songs)

Arctic Monkeys at Werchter 2006

2007

* Arctic Monkeys - Glastonbury 2007 / Alt Link

* Arctic Monkeys at the Apollo

* Arctic Monkeys - Virgin Festival 2007 Toronto

Arctic Monkeys - Live at KCRW Studios 2007 (Full Session)

Arctic Monkeys - Razzmatazz Club 2007

Arctic Monkeys live at T in the Park 2007

Arctic Monkeys - Rock am Ring 2007 - Full

Arctic Monkeys Summer Sonic 2007 (4 Songs)

2009 / 2010

*Arctic Monkeys Reading Festival 2009 full

Arctic Monkeys - Live @ Liquidroom 2009 (Full Show)

*Arctic Monkeys (Live Stream)

*Arctic Monkeys @ MTV World Stage 2010 - Full Show

(Plus a bonus Humbug mini-compilation playlist because we all need it:)

Humbug Live Compilation

2011

*Arctic Monkeys - T in the Park 2011 (HD)

* Arctic Monkeys - iTunes Festival 2011

* Arctic Monkeys Rock En Seine 2011

* Arctic Monkeys - Lollapalooza 2011 (Full show)

Arctic Monkeys at Eurockéennes de Belfort 2011 [Playlist] / Full Show

Arctic Monkeys @ Hurricane Festival 2011 - Full Show

Arctic Monkeys - Live @ Roskilde Festival 2011

Full Arctic Monkeys performance @ FIB2011

Arctic Monkeys @ Lowlands 2011

Arctic Monkeys Concert Prive Canal+ 2011 (audio only but its so good so)

2012

* Arctic Monkeys at L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix 2012 (HQ but no Brianstorm or Flo) (this is my 2nd fave live ever from them) / Alt Link (Full Setlist)

* Arctic Monkeys - Live @ Coachella 2012 (on dailymotion)

Arctic Monkeys live at Quilmes Rock 2012 (highlights) / Arctic Monkeys en Argentina @ Quilmes Rock 2012 (full show)

Arctic Monkeys Lollapalooza Brazil 2012 [Playlist]

2013

*Arctic Monkeys at Glastonbury 2013 (this is my ultimate favourite obviously)

Glastonbury 2013 Alt Links ONE/ TWO

*Arctic Monkeys - iTunes Festival 2013 - Full (wank crowd/great performance)

*Arctic Monkeys @ Austin City Limits 2013 - Full Show

*Arctic Monkeys live at Hurricane festival 2013

Arctic Monkeys live at Northside Festival 2013

Arctic Monkeys live at KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2013 (full show)

Arctic Monkeys live at Not So Silent Night 2013 (full show) (Alex laughing during DIWK?)

Arctic Monkeys Super Bock Super Rock 2013

Arctic Monkeys live @ L'Album de la Semaine [Playlist]

Arctic Monkeys Red Bull Sound Space [Playlist] (This is mostly AM lol)

2014

* Arctic Monkeys @ Reading Festival 2014 - Full Concert / Alt Link

* Arctic Monkeys live at T in the Park 2014 full show

*Arctic Monkeys @ Pinkpop Festival 2014 - Full Concert (wank crowd/great performance take 2)

Arctic Monkeys Rock en Seine festival 2014 live

Arctic Monkeys live at Personal Fest 2014 (full show)

Arctic Monkeys - New Orleans 2014 [Voodoo Festival]

Arctic Monkeys live at iHeartRadio Theater 2014 (full show)

Arctic Monkeys - Lollapalooza 2014 (Full Concert)

Arctic Monkeys live at Roskilde Festival 2014 (full show)

Arctic Monkeys live at NOS Alive 2014

2018

*Arctic Monkeys TRNSMT Festival 2018 / Alt Link

Arctic Monkeys @Best Kept Secret 2018

Arctic Monkeys Live at Mad Cool 2018 Full Concert

Arctic Monkeys - Live at NOS Alive 2018

Arctic Monkeys - Live at Nuits de Fourvière ARTE Concert

Arctic Monkeys - Live at Lollapalooza 2018, Grant Park, Chicago IL

Arctic Monkeys - Live at ACL Music Festival 2018

Arctic Monkeys Austin City Limits Moody Theater 2018

Arctic Monkeys - Live at Voodoo Music Festival 2018

Arctic Monkeys - Live At The BBC Maida Vale Studios 2018

Arctic Monkeys Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2018 (4K) and early 2006 (this isn’t pro shot but its cute)

2019

Arctic Monkeys - Live at Lollapalooza Argentina 2019

Arctic Monkeys - Asuncionico Festival 2019

Arctic Monkeys - Live at Lollapalooza Brasil 2019 (Full Show)

Arctic Monkeys - Live at Lollapalooza Chile 2019

Arctic Monkeys - Estereo Picnic Festival 2019 (partial concert)

BONUS ROUND

Acoustic Sessions

*Arctic Monkeys WRXP Session 2010 [Playlist]

*Arctic Monkeys - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) (2011)

Alex Turner KROQ Acoustic Session | Full (2012)

*Arctic Monkeys Acoustic Session Fox Uninvited Guest [Playlist] (2013) / Full Set

Arctic Monkeys in the CD102.5 Big Room (2014)

Arctic Monkeys - 101X Acoustic (2014)

Live Compilations

Best Arctic Monkeys Live Performances (In my opinion)

Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys - Arctic Monkeys the Live Album (HD) + Bonus

Arctic Monkeys Live (AM Tour Ultimate Show)

*Best of Arctic Monkeys LIVE PERFORMANCE

Arctic Monkeys. Live Performance [2006-2014]

Arctic Monkeys Live - Best Songs Compilation (2018 Edition)

Phew! Obviously the links are subject to being removed at any time but thought it would be nice to have a reference list! Ok that’s all folks!

#arctic monkeys #am #reference #live concerts

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zayntoxicateme · 7 years ago

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June 18, 2018

We managed to catch up with the quietly enigmatic singer.

Read "How Do You Explain Zayn?"

Zayn, the one-named man who found himself reborn after leaving One Direction, is now on GQ's cover. In his shoot with Sebastian Mader, Zayn channels Tyler Durden and Leo DiCaprio's Romeo. And the wildly enigmatic singer also let down his guard, briefly, in talking to writer Carrie Battan about his relationship with Gigi Hadid, the self indulgence of being a "star," and his crafty use of the paparazzi for his own devices—a story you can read here (full story is below; the link will take you to the GQ website)

How Do You Explain Zayn?

Carrie Battan

Photographs by

Sebastian Mader

The 25-year-old British singer is deeply, maddeningly, almost trolling-ly enigmatic. And that cultivated mystery—along with his disdain for the standard rules of superstardom—is probably what puts him on the short list for COOLEST HUMAN ALIVE. On a recent Friday night, though, he dropped his guard and spilled his guts.

There are exactly two places in New York on a Friday night where Zayn Malik can smoke Marlboro Lights as liberally and openly as he pleases, unencumbered by gawkers or the city's increasingly draconian anti-smoking laws. The ﬁrst is Zayn Malik's SoHo apartment, where he spends the majority of his time, zoning out, reading books, listening to music, and "partaking in the herb," as he says. The second is the Mary A. Whalen, a 172-foot-long restored-tanker-ship-turned-nonproﬁt-hangout-spot that is docked off the shore of Red Hook, Brooklyn. The ship is closed for business after 6 P.M., but tonight its leader, a hardy blonde ship preservationist named Carolina, has agreed to keep it open late to accommodate us. No crowds, a few plastic chairs, and a gently lilting surface that is basically a giant ashtray.

There is just one problem: The temperature on deck is decreasing rapidly with the setting sun, and Zayn—the 25-year-old former British-boy-band member, current solo pop-ish star, and all-around inscrutable avatar of contemporary celebrity—has arrived with nothing on his person but a lighter, a backpack, and an iPhone. No jacket on his rail-thin five-ten frame—just a pair of charcoal skinny jeans, a distressed Pink Floyd T-shirt, a bright pink beanie that obscures his new ﬂower skull tattoo (or "tah-oo," as Zayn pronounces it). He looks so modernly cool, blending a hip-hop swagger with a punk-rock edge, that he should receive a cut from Urban Outﬁtters every time someone makes a purchase. He is the only man whose Disney-princess-long eyelashes seem to bolster his machismo rather than diminish it. Nobody this dreamy has ever bothered to check the weather to see if he should grab a jacket before leaving the house. Through chattering teeth, he rejects multiple offers of blankets. "It's all good," he insists, burping faintly after taking a swig of his Peroni. "I'm cool."

Still, Carolina avails us of the ship's warmer galley. "I might have a cigarette ﬁrst?" Zayn asks, as though he needs permission, gesturing toward the other side of the ship. Over there is his assistant Taryn, a young woman with French-braided pigtails that make her look more like a high school soccer player than someone designated to manage the everyday logistics of a notoriously slippery superstar's life. She is the custodian of his pack, doling out individual cigarettes to Zayn periodically.

But Carolina assures us Zayn will not have to stay outside to smoke his cigarette. She'll let us smoke belowdecks on the condition that Zayn provide her one of his Marlboros and permission to snap a photograph. She promises she won't post it until after the story runs. "Uh…yeah?" Zayn replies, sounding sincerely surprised that he is the one who has to answer a question that was directed at him.

A steely detachment from life's mundane logistical concerns is part of almost every celebrity's existence, but it is the core of Zayn's being. This character trait has ruinous potential, but it also means he gets to live his life exactly how he pleases. And it means that he doesn't have to express a single word or hint of desire in order for the conditions around him to re-arrange to his liking and comfort. There's a hapless Peter Pan quality to it that makes it tough to hold against him.

We settle around the table in the '70s-style kitchen on the boat. It's 15 degrees warmer down here and private. Zayn instantly appears relieved, his shoulders unclenching and his brow de-furrowing. He stops shivering. He is in a womb-like space, drinking beer and smoking cigarettes, and he seems palpably and unexpectedly happy. "Thanks," he says quietly and earnestly in Carolina's direction as she seals off the door behind us. "Couple of times I tried to quit. But I just like smoking cigs. Simple as that."

There is a major conundrum in Zayn's life, which is that he may be constitutionally incapable of being a star. He tells me so almost immediately. "I don't work well in group situations, with loads of people staring at me. And when you say 'star'…everyone wants you to be this kind of character that owns a room or is overly arrogant or conﬁdent. I'm not that guy," he says. "So I don't want to be a star." Zayn seems to aspire to the soul of Prince, or some cult '90s skate-punk ﬁgure, but is trapped in the trajectory of a Justin Timberlake.

A decade ago, someone like Zayn would not have become the Chosen Member of a band like One Direction. The Chosen Member is the boy-band graduate whose solo career evolves and hurdles into grown-up relevance, ultimately overshadowing the band's legacy. Until recently, you could spot a Chosen Member from a mile away—he was unequivocally the best dancer and the one the most girls wanted to bring home to their parents. But Zayn never ﬁt the mold of a Chosen Member. From the day One Direction formed, on the U.K. show The X Factor in 2010, he was cast as the smoldering background foil to the eager-to-please Harry Styles and Liam Payne. His energy and his dance moves were muted. He presented as the quiet, disillusioned one.

But in the past ﬁve years or so, it has become acceptable—necessary, even—for a young pop star to show some edge. Thanks to the social-media-fueled, ever intensifying quest for authenticity, real or feigned, we no longer expect our most famous musicians to be toothless and virginal robots. Now we demand that they show a certain degree of lustiness, instability, anti-heroism. The Weeknd scored a No. 1 hit with an elaborately coded song about a cocaine binge—and then followed it up with another No. 1 hit, this one explicitly referencing a cocaine binge. Lana Del Rey's entire aesthetic revolves around a kind of narcotized death wish. And Taylor Swift spent her last album desperately trying to persuade us that she really is villainous. Even Disney's babiest-faced of pop princesses, Selena Gomez, is getting mileage out of her demons, playing a Girl, Interrupted–style heroine and rocking a hospital bracelet in a music video. Face tattoos are basically required for entry onto the Billboard Hot 100 these days. Squeaky-clean is no more.

And yet even for the most tortured-seeming of these artists, there is still a ﬁerce expectation that they play the game. Mild drug habits or mental illnesses are perfectly acceptable, so long as someone is willing to write catchy songs about those tendencies and then later gussy them up for arena audiences and gamely ﬁeld jokes from talk-show hosts. Even Justin Bieber, the poster child for our current era of troubled pop stars, is always just one phone call with his pastor away from being able to quiet his demons and pop-and-lock on demand.

Zayn seems like a perfect avatar for this new generation of bruised pop heartthrobs, but he's the only one of his cohorts who can back it up with a sincerely jaded disposition and an unpredictable way of being. He is the only one who is staunchly unwilling to play the game. You will not ﬁnd Zayn cheesing with a random group of famous people for someone's Instagram story at Coachella, nor will you ﬁnd Zayn learning the latest viral dance move with Ellen DeGeneres. When he released his solo debut, Mind of Mine, two years ago, he opted out of touring altogether, surely pissing off a bunch of emotionally and ﬁnancially invested parties. And although he promises to be more public-facing this time around—he insists he will tour—he's still removed from the album-cycle content churn. He says the creators of Atlanta have reached out to him to appear on the show—a dream opportunity for anyone in the music industry at this moment—but persnickety Zayn is still mulling the potential. "If the part's right, I'd be really into it," he says. Even the "behind-the-scenes" video that accompanied his new single fails to actually take anyone "behind the scenes"—it's just the song playing over some B-roll. "I guess the cameraman didn't get too much footage," Zayn says on the boat. "I might have been running away from him a bit."

When I ask him why he failed to show up at the Met Gala a couple days earlier, he almost chokes on his cigarette smoke as he exhales. He went to the Met Gala once, in 2016, and that experience symbolized everything he detests about being a famous person—and the litany of coercion and artiﬁce that someone in his position experiences.

"I did go, but I didn't go there to be like, 'Yo, take me serious,' " he remembers. "I was taking the piss! I went there as my favorite Mortal Kombat character, Jax."

He continues: "The Met Gala is not necessarily anything that I ever knew about or was about. But my [former] stylist…would say to me, 'This is really good for you to do.' And no matter how strong you are mentally, you can always be swayed to do certain things. Now, it's not something I would go to. I'd rather be sitting at my house, doing something productive, than dressing up in really expensive clothes and being photographed on a red carpet.… To do the self-indulgent Look at me, I'm amazing thing on the red carpet, it's not me."

Here Zayn catches himself, probably realizing this might register as a diss of Gigi Hadid, the 23-year-old supermodel he's been in an on-again, off-again relationship with for two years. The supermodel who very much seemed to enjoy dressing up in really expensive clothes and being photographed on the red carpet days earlier.

"I get it, and I understand that people gain enjoyment from it," he says. I ask if he followed along with the coverage from his couch. "No, no," he says, and pauses. "Gi stole the night, though. The stained glass on her dress. Everyone else just put a cross on."

When I ask Zayn if he has any conﬁdants in the industry, he shakes his head vigorously. "No," he says. "I don't ever want to cross wires with other people too much. I just want to see the world through my eyes."

Zayn grew up with three sisters ("I was outnumbered," he says) and is still surrounded by women, ensuring that there's a high level of exasperated but fond maternal energy swirling at all times. Blood relatives and the Hadids—particularly Gigi's mother, Yolanda, who seems to have taken on a Kris Jenner–ian role in his life—make up much of his inner circle today. ("We get on. She's really fucking cool. She's a Capricorn. She's the same star sign as me.") He recently parted ways with his high-proﬁle manager. His best friend is a younger cousin.

"I'm not [in] the mix," he says. "I'm outside the mix."

This kind of stubborn non-participation, of course, is a reaction to the years Zayn spent being in a mix that was not to his liking. When he was a kid, growing up in the northern working-class city of Bradford, singing was just one part of an aimless but all-consuming creative impulse. He never thought he was much of a singer, until one day the choir leader at his performing-arts school praised his voice and suggested that he try out for Britain's premier vocal-competition show. Zayn's mom had to drag him from his bed at 4 A.M. to attend the audition, where he broke from the typical pop fare with a rendition of Mario's "Let Me Love You."

After his X Factor audition, there was an exchange (never aired) in which head judge Simon Cowell probed baby Zayn. " 'You know, with all these online platforms, why haven't you ever put out anything prior to this?' " Zayn remembers Cowell asking him. Zayn seemed the type, after all: a soft-spoken and artistically gifted teen who liked to sing alone in his bedroom and tinkered with rudimentary song-recording equipment. "I didn't necessarily think my stuff would be seen amongst the millions of people who put their stuff online. So I went with X Factor at that age," he says now. Like any ﬁckle teenager, Zayn "just did it for fun, to see what would happen."

The day that Zayn auditioned, he was among many aspiring solo artists rejected by the judges. But ﬁve of the young singers were cobbled together as a boy band in a later segment. Thus was born One Direction and a rabid fandom that British people love to compare to Beatlemania. A craze so ﬁerce and massive that it generated global synchronized ﬂash mobs and fan-ﬁction authors who've reportedly scored six-ﬁgure book deals. In an instant, Zayn was thrust into a star-making boot camp, fast-tracked to an uncontrollable type of notoriety without being given the opportunity to consider alternatives.

It's no secret that Zayn didn't love One Direction's sound or his bandmates. "My vision didn't necessarily always go with what was going on within the band," he says. There was something so earnest, so wholesomely dweeby, about the whole thing. It wasn't cool, and Zayn didn't particularly enjoy being dragged around the world to look like an epic dork during the prime of his youth.

When he split off, in 2015, Zayn ﬁnally got to do all the things he hadn't been able to in One Direction: dye his hair, grow his beard, sing about sex. But he was also introduced to a fresh army of puppeteers trying to guide him, and he felt disoriented, adrift. The only way to ground himself was to resist the pull of anyone's expectations and answer only to Zayn. He'd spent ﬁve years taking direction and had become allergic to it.

There are plenty of clichéd expressions about how toxic and stiﬂing freedom can be, and Zayn experienced many of them when he went solo. "I didn't really, like, make any friends from the band. I just didn't do it. It's not something that I'm afraid to say. I deﬁnitely have issues trusting people," he says. When he was living in Los Angeles, aimless, he fell in with a crowd of industry people: "Producers, musicians, tailors, stylists, managers. Them kind of things," he says. "It got too crazy. I just got too much into the party scene. Just going out all the time. And I was too distracted." So he left L.A. permanently and moved to New York earlier this year as a way to bring himself back down to earth.

Running a bit further, he recently bought a farm in rural Pennsylvania on the advice of Yolanda Hadid, who also has a farm there. The farm? "Cool." The state of Pennsylvania? "Cool." If you haven't picked up on it for yourself yet, Zayn loves the word "cool"; he loves it so much that he uses it more than 43 times over the course of our conversation. And now that Zayn likes to go to his farm and visit the Hadids, he and Gigi even have a horse together, named Cool. He's just getting things going on the farm, but already there are crops of cherries, tomatoes, and cucumbers. He likes to ride his ATVs. Sometimes he and Gigi will go at the same time, and she'll ride a horse, like Cool, while he watches.

Zayn has a habit of speaking in a conditioned state of detachment, responding in friendly but anodyne one-liners. Still, even someone who willfully projects this kind of cool two-dimensionalism can get irked from being flattened all the time by those around him. I catch myself flattening him, even when he's right in front of me. When I bring up the deceased Lil Peep, with whom he shared a manager, I say that it's a shame they never met—they seem like kindred spirits who could have made a great song together, or at least bonded over tattoos.

Zayn begins to laugh. "I'm not just going to be friends [with people] because we've both got tattoos. Loads of people come up to me and they're like, 'Yo, I got tattoos, you got tattoos. Let's be friends.' And I'm like… 'We're not just going to be friends because we've both got tattoos.'

"There's a bit more depth to me than that," he says, admonishing me.

One topic that will draw out this aforementioned depth is, unexpectedly, America. Despite the fact that he is living in a country under a leader that is exceptionally hostile to immigrants, the fantasy of America as a come-one, come-all melting pot is alive and well in Zayn's mind. He says he'd vote for Oprah if she ran for office because he likes her "ideologies about the world" and she's a "badass businesswoman."

"The UK is like, Fuck you, you're successful. That's not a nice attitude to have," he says. "You come to America, you're a bit shocked at first: Are these people being genuine? Are they really interested in me? Do they want to have a conversation? But they do! And that's a really nice thing. And I feel like it's misrepresented across the globe. For the kind of country it is, because everybody supports, no matter what color, what gender, what sexuality, what class—none of that matters here. People genuinely want to know you for who you are. And that's how America should be represented across the world."

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Maybe you should run for office, I say.

"Maybe. It'd be cool. I feel like it's a beautiful place. [Because of the current political climate,] people are expressing how they really feel about where they come from and their heritage and their backgrounds. They're all mixed. To be American, you are mixed.

"So that's how I feel about it—it's a beautiful place, and it's a beautiful time to be alive."

Another unlikely topic that will break Zayn out of his default conversational mode and get him talking in jolting, paragraphs-long monologues: the paparazzi. The paparazzi who have been trailing him for years and, recently, every time he sets foot near Gigi's NoHo apartment, feeding the endless tabloid speculation about the state of their relationship. The paps used to piss Zayn off, until he realized their utility.

"That's my promo," he says. "I come outside, they take photos." He gets to quietly remind people that he exists—and gets photographed looking like the second coming of Johnny Depp, leaving the apartment of one of the most gorgeous women in the world—without doing a thing. "They stay outside and do all the work!" he says. "You can get pissed off about it and be like, 'Yo, this is a hindrance on my life.' Or you can use it for your own beneﬁt and be like, 'Well, if they're going to take the photos, then let them.' You've gotta earn your dollar, and I've gotta earn mine."

Which is to say that just because Zayn loathes the cornball industry churn doesn't mean he needs to surrender his relevance. Zayn represents an era in which underground cool and mass-market, Calabasian-style popularity have collapsed into one another. He operates on a plane where celebrity is predicated chieﬂy on relevance and intrigue, and Zayn—with his equally illustrious girlfriend, his brooding glare, and his following of millions—has about as much relevance and intrigue as anybody. He is both a casualty and a beneﬁciary of this uniquely modern form of celebrity. In running from his stardom, he's only fueling it.

I suppose now is the time to dispense with the rest of the intel I gleaned from Zayn about his relationship with Gigi Hadid, which was a less sensitive subject than I had anticipated. The two met at the end of 2015 at a party—which "pah-y," Zayn will not disclose, but suffice it to say it was a "cool pah-y"—and just days later, Zayn learned she'd broken up with Joe Jonas. He reached out to her and asked her to dinner at the Bowery Hotel. And thus was born a couple that will go down in history as one of the most iconic and Zeitgeisty pairings of all time, a couple whose images I will show my grandchildren to prove that the world was better in my day. All of the gossip about their relationship being an opportunistic setup by their respective management is bullshit, Zayn says: "If a relationship is for your career, you can fucking walk out the door. No way. See you later."

Despite the dramatic announcement of their split a couple of months ago, Zayn and Gigi are very much still close, as evidenced by myriad photos of him leaving her apartment or kissing her on the street. Zayn speaks about Gigi in a purely misty-eyed, worshipful tone that telegraphs he may be atoning for something. "I'm really thankful that I met her," he says. He uses the term "we" in the present tense quite a bit: "We go to the farm." "We have horses." The time he actually rode a horse with Gigi, he says, "I looked like a complete idiot and she looked like a complete professional.… We're still really good friends, and we're still in contact," he says. "No bad blood." He laughs. "…Taylor Swift.

"We're adults. We don't need to put a label on it, make it something for people's expectations." To hear Zayn tell it, Gigi is the hyper-organized, clear-headed, and positive counterweight to his disposition, which can dip into a vacant or negative state. She helped him reset his attitude when he was releasing his ﬁrst solo album, partying too hard. "I had a very negative outlook on things. That might have been adolescence or testosterone or whatever the fuck was running through my body at the time," he says. "She's helped me to look at things from a positive angle."

As Zayn heads into his new album cycle, Gigi has been a font of support and organizational heft. He says she's especially good with dates, which I mishear as "good with debts."

She's good with debts? You're in debt?

"No, no. Dates. She doesn't handle my ﬁnances yet," he says. "We'll get to that eventually."

When Zayn Malik went solo, he dropped his last name. The mononymic "Zayn" took on a potency and directness that enabled him to break free from the chains of boy-band drudgery and lameness. Zayn: It's a single syllable that conjures a vaporous sexuality and a moodiness that blurs the line between contemplative and blank. You can imagine the black-and-white commercial for L'Eau de Zayn.

In the years since he dropped his last name, the word "Zayn" has also become, to insiders, an equally potent verb. To "Zayn" means to be within someone's reach one moment and then completely disappear the next without any explanation. Poof! To be "Zayned" is to witness a French exit so aggressive that it almost has a supernatural quality. I know this because it happened to me.

We emerged from the ship's galley, and as I prepared to launch into more conversation, he asked Carolina where he could ﬁnd the toilets. She pointed him toward a porta-potty on dry land, and Taryn wordlessly followed behind him, obviously accustomed to this ritual. Before I could get my bearings, he was zipping off into the parking lot adjacent to the tanker, no doubt scurrying home to his fortress of solitude and cigarette smoke in SoHo. I'd been Zayned.

We were supposed to hang out the following week, and I patiently waited for him to reach out. But I knew that he never would. And much as I'd like to be the exception to the Laws of Zayn's Nature, I get it. Who among us has never fantasized about blowing off pesky professional obligations we deem useless? Zayn—driven by a spirit that is part self-destruction, part self-preservation, part youthful punk contrarianism—actually has the balls to live that fantasy. It's self-absorbed, immature, and unprofessional. I'd be offended if I didn't think it was so fucking cool.

Carrie Battan is a staff writer for 'The New Yorker' and a contributor to 'GQ'.

An abridged version of this story appeared in the July 2018 issue.

#zayn #gq #interview #magazine #print interview #love of my life

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Sebastian Fundora Stops Erickson Lubin In Fight Of The Year Candidate

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Published: April 10, 2022

Las Vegas - The super welterweight division is a weight class that keeps giving to boxing fans producing memorable nights of action. This weekend was no different as Sebastian Fundora (19-0-1, 13 KOs) and Erickson Lubin (24-2, 17 KOs) went to war over nine rounds, producing the best fight of a combat sport-filled weekend, but also arguably the best fight of 2022.

Fundora is a boxing enigma standing at almost 6'6 with an 80-inch-reach fighting at 154-pounds. However, against Lubin, Fundora showcased that his size is only part of the equation to his success en route to scoring the most significant victory of his career, stopping Lubin after nine rounds.

The match took place at the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas and was for the WBC interim 154-pound title. From the start, the fight was filled with back and forth exchanges.

Lubin followed a sound strategy in the first round by using lateral movement and timing Fundora using the Coachella, California fighter's aggression against him.

Like tall fighters of the past, such as Paul Williams and the late Diego Corrales, Fundora isn't shy about fighting on the inside and proved throughout to be proficient in close quarters.

Fundora turned up the intensity in the second-round unleashing one barrage of punches after another on the Florida native. The right uppercut was the punch from Fundora that was the most effective as he dropped Lubin near the end of the round.

Lubin was able to recover after looking shaken by the knockdown. The proceeding rounds followed a similar pattern of Fundora throwing a large volume of punches with right hooks and right uppercuts landing at a consistent rate. Lubin, for his part, was not only competitive, but also won some rounds landing the more eye-catching blows in-between Fundora's combinations.

Lubin's trainer Kevin Cunningham was giving him the right strategy in-between rounds instructing him to move, throw combinations when in close, specifically to time Fundora with the overhand left, and tie up the taller fighter after he was done throwing.

Each round took a physical toll on Lubin as it became more and more challenging to follow Cunningham's instructions against a fighter who kept pressing forward, throwing a non-stop onslaught of punches. While Lubin was landing his share of clean power punches, Fundora's chin remained sturdy.

The seventh-round may have been the fight's most exciting, with Fundora landing uppercut after uppercut on Lubin. The Floridian southpaw's face showed the damage he had taken, and he looked like he was on the way to being stopped. However, out of nowhere, Lubin unleashed his final stand, landing a right hand that shook Fundora in the last 30-seconds of the round. He followed up with a combination that sent the tall Californian down. It was the first knockdown of Fundora's career.

The knockdown seemed to ignite a second wind from Fundora as he became more forceful and aggressive in the eighth and ninth rounds landing blow after blow, with Lubin responding less and less frequently. The knockdown by Lubin in the seventh round seemed to take everything he had left, and he couldn't hold off the charging Fundora much longer.

After the ninth round, Kevin Cunningham had seen his fighter take enough punishment and instructed the referee to stop the bout.

At the time of the stoppage, the 26-year old Lubin was ahead on two of the three judges' scorecards with scores of 85-84 each. The third judge had the fight scored a draw with an 85-85 scorecard.

The Compubox punch stats showed the difference in volume of punches between the two fighters. Lubin landed 149 out of 368 total punches at a 40-percent connect rate. The 24-year old Fundora landed 255 out of 706 total punches at a 36-percent connect rate.

After the fight, it was found that Lubin suffered a few injuries, including a broken nose and a separated right shoulder. Luckily Lubin didn't suffer any other severe injuries to his face, such as a fractured orbital bone. However, the shoulder will require surgery and will keep him out of the ring for the foreseeable future.

With the victory, Fundora holds the interim WBC super welterweight title putting him in line to be one of the next opponents for the winner of the upcoming rematch between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano for the undisputed crown in the division. The performance and the level of excitement exhibited will keep Fundora on the radar of boxing fans.

"I think this was probably my best performance," stated Fundora after the fight. "It was a back-and-forth fight. He really brought the hammer, but I decided to bring my drill. The uppercut was landing like no other. The uppercut is my lucky punch.

"I see Charlo winning the fight against Castano. I feel like he'll be too strong for Castano the second time. If Castano wins, that's great too. I just want to go after all of them. This is the interim belt so I want the world champion title. I want the real deal."

(Featured Photo: Esther Lin/Showtime)

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Billy Idol: Las Vegas 2019 Presented by SiriusXM Venue: Pearl Concert Theater Genre: Rock Dates: Friday, Oct. 4, 2019; Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019; Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019; Friday, Oct. 11, 2019; Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019; All shows begin at 9 p.m. Ticket Prices: $34.95, $49.95, $79.95, $89.95 and $149.95 plus applicable fees Artist Info: Billy Idol was an early architect of the sound, style and fury of punk rock. His lip- curling sneer and fist-pumping persona vaulted him into the mainstream as one of MTV’s first megastars, making him one of the most recognizable faces in pop music, while selling out arenas everywhere he played. He has sold 40 million albums while scoring numerous platinum albums worldwide, nine top 40 singles in the U.S. and 10 in the U.K. including “Dancing With Myself,” “White Wedding,” “Rebel Yell,” “Mony Mony,” “Eyes Without A Face,” “Flesh For Fantasy” and “Cradle Of Love.”

Idol was responsible for some of punk rock’s most memorable, literate and evocative moments, and created a pioneering new sound by bringing the spirit of ’77 to the dance floor, going on to fashion an immediately identifiable musical blueprint that integrates club-land throb, rockabilly desperation and rock ’n’ roll decadence.

More than 30 years after his groundbreaking Vital Idol compilation cemented the vibrancy of the dance-rock remix genre in the second half of the 1980s, Idol’s Revitalized collection, Vital Idol: Revitalized, features 11 brand-new remixes of Idol’s most classic and enduring hits. Lending their hands to the Revitalized proceedings are electronic dance luminaries Moby, The Crystal Method and Paul Oakenfold as well as current innovators including RAC, Tropkillaz, Shiba San, Juan Maclean and CRAY.

Idol also hosts an exclusive SiriusXM show, Billy Idol’s Live Transmission, that can be heard on SiriusXM’s 1st Wave, channel 33.For all Billy Idol information, visit BillyIdol.net. This is an all-ages show; those under 21 must be accompanied by an adult

J Balvin Arcoiris Tour Venue: Pearl Concert Theater Genre: Rock Dates: Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 at 8 p.m. Ticket Prices: $59.95, $79.95, $89.95, $129.95 and $179.95 plus applicable fees Artist Info: J Balvin’s history making Coachella debut was just a first glimpse of what fans can expect on the upcoming “Arcoiris Tour “– with multiple chart-topping hits and groundbreaking visual production, which will be brought to life once again by the Colombian superstar and the FriendsWithYou Art Collective. This is an all-ages show; those under 21 must be accompanied by an adult

Marilyn Manson Venue: Pearl Concert Theater Genre: Rock Dates: Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 at 8 p.m. Ticket Prices: $59.95, $79.95, $94.95, $129.95 and $189.95 plus applicable fees Artist Info: Marilyn Manson rose to fame in the ’90s and has maintained being one of the most iconic performers of modern music. With chart-topping hits including “The Dope Show,” “The Beautiful People,” and “Antichrist Superstar,” Manson maintained in major rotation on the radio and continued to climb charts throughout his career. In 2017, Manson released his 10th studio album, the critically acclaimed Heaven Upside Down. This is an all-ages show; those under 21 must be accompanied by an adult

RED ROCK RESORT

Chase Rice Venue: Sandbar Poolside Stage Genre: Country Date: Friday, Oct. 25, 2019 at 7 p.m. Ticket Prices: $20 plus tax and applicable fees for standing room only and $50 plus tax and applicable fees for VIP standing near the stage Artist Info: Rice released his ten-song album Lambs & Lions late last year with new label partner BBR Music Group/ BMG—the follow-up to 2014’s Ignite the Night, which hit No. 1 on the country charts and reached the top five of the all-genre Billboard 200—but with Lambs & Lions, he is making a fresh start. With a new label and a renewed sense of creative purpose, he is making music that draws from multiple sources and influences, but is unified by his vision, integrity, and honesty.

The 10 songs on Lambs & Lions derive from Rice’s life and experience, triumphs and disappointments, and ultimately his determination to stand up for his convictions. Produced by Chris DeStefano, Mac MacAnally and, most surprisingly, Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Cold War Kids), Lambs & Lions offers up sounds from the unsettling strings and horns on the title track to the spare piano and swelling choir of “Amen.” And if it took him walking out on his record company and finding a new home to get there, it also reflects the unconventional path that led him to make music in the first place. This is an all-ages show; those under 21 must be accompanied by an adult

Cover to Cover A Tribute to Rush: Permanent Venue: Rocks Lounge Genre: Rock Date: Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Ticket Prices: $15 plus tax and applicable fees Artist Info: Featuring world-class musicians and singers, Cover to Cover takes audiences back to a time when albums were a complete and cohesive piece of art, by performing the famous records track to track, cover to cover the way they were originally meant to be appreciated. This is an all-ages show; those under 21 must be accompanied by an adult

GREEN VALLEY RANCH RESORT

STYX X A Tribute to Styx Venue: Grand Events Center Genre: Tribute Date: Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 at 8 p.m. Ticket Prices: $15 plus applicable fees Artist Info: At the height of their career, Styx was one of America’s favorite rock bands, with a string of hits and endless world tours. With world-class vocals and complex arrangements, they set themselves apart in dramatic fashion. Styx Xperience brings you the same energy and detail as the original they pay tribute too. With veteran musicians at every position, Styx Xperience is the nation’s finest Styx tribute act, hands down. This is an all-ages show; those under 21 must be accompanied by an adult

Todrick Haus Party World Tour Venue: Grand Events Center Genre: Musical Date: Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Ticket Prices: $25, $32.50, $42 & $45 plus applicable fees Artist Info: Todrick is a singer, songwriter, dancer, actor, choreographer, playwright and director. In 2010 Todrick Hall rose to fame as a semi-finalist on the ninth season of American Idol. He focused his talent on creating his own content on YouTube. His videos of flash mobs to songs by Ariana Grande and Beyoncé became viral video sensations. Todrick has amassed over 3 million YouTube subscribers and an astounding 630 million YouTube views. He has since choreographed for Beyoncé. He won the 2016 Streamy Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year.

In 2014, Todrick was named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 to watch in Hollywood & Entertainment. He also starred in his self-titled MTV show, TODRICK, which he wrote and directed. The docu-series showed fans a behind the scenes look at Todrick and his creative team as they choreographed and staged elaborate performance videos. He has written and directed commercials for Fiat and theme songs for Sesame Street. He wrote and performed in the Virgin Airlines Safety Video. He has also been a judge and choreographer for RuPaul’s Drag Race. Todrick has starred in the Grammy & 6 time Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots as well as played the iconic role of Billy Flynn in Chicago. He was also part of the Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, and prior to that he took the stage alongside Fantasia Barrino in The Color Purple.

He has also just released his Netflix film Todrick Hall Behind The Curtain, an inspiring documentary that shows the hard work and creative power of this multi-talented artist. This is an all-ages show; those under 21 must be accompanied by an adult

Atlantic Crossing The Ultimate Rod Stewart Tribute Venue: Grand Events Center Genre: Tribute Date: Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 at 8 p.m. Ticket Prices: $15 plus applicable fees Artist Info: Rg Stewart as lead singer and band leader is touted as the quintessential tribute to Rod Stewart. With looks that elicit double takes wherever he goes and a voice that you’d think you was Rod Stewart himself, he charms audiences everywhere. Rod Stewart’s catalog includes more than five decades and genres of timeless rockin’ hits including; rock, blues, disco, pop, reggae, and more. This is an all-ages show; those under 21 must be accompanied by an adult

Clint Holmes Venue: Grand Events Center Genre: Tribute Date: Friday, Oct. 25, 2019 at 8 p.m. Ticket Prices: $25 plus applicable fees Artist Info: Clint Holmes is simply one of the country’s finest vocalists. A consummate entertainer, performer and recording artist, Holmes scored a number-one hit in 1972 with “Playground in My Mind.” He has established a long resume of accolades and accomplishments, including “Singer of the Year” in both Las Vegas and New York City. His album Rendezvous was nominated for two Grammy® Awards in 2018. This is an all-ages show; those under 21 must be accompanied by an adult

SUNSET STATION

Billy Currington Venue: Sunset Amphitheater Genre: Country Date: Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 at 8 p.m. Ticket Prices: $37.50, $54.50 and $67.50 plus applicable fees Artist Info: Billy Currington’s latest album bears the breezy title Summer Forever, but the talented Georgia native has spent more than a decade in the spotlight proving he’s truly a man for all seasons. Possessing one of the smoothest and most distinct voices in any genre of music, Currington is equally skilled at delivering upbeat summertime anthems as well as exploring the complexities of life and love with a poignant ballad. On Summer Forever, Currington’s sixth studio album, he brings both with a collection of songs that will take the listener on a riveting musical journey and leave them breathless at the end of the ride.

Since his self-titled debut album bowed on Mercury Records in 2003, Currington has scored 11 career No. 1 singles, most recently, “Don’t Hurt Like It Used To.” His other hits that reached the No. 1 spot include such memorable songs as “Good Directions,” “Let Me Down Easy,” “Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right,” “People Are Crazy,” “That’s How Country Boys Roll,” “Hey Girl,” and “We Are Tonight.” Over the years, the self-effacing Georgia boy has amassed an impressive list of accolades. He won the “Hottest Video of the Year” honor at the fan-voted CMT Music Awards for “Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right” in 2006. The same year, he received an ACM nod for Top New Male Vocalist. His hit duet with Shania Twain, “Party for Two,” earned nominations from both the CMA and ACM. “People Are Crazy” took Currington’s already hot career to another level. He earned Grammy nominations for Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song in addition to being nominate for Single and Song of the Year from the Country Music Association. This is an all-ages show; those under 21 must be accompanied by an adult

BOULDER STATION

Boulder Blues Rick Estrin Venue: The Railhead Genre: Blues Date: Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019 at 6 p.m. Ticket Prices: $5 cover at the door Artist Info: Formed in 2008 after the dissolution of Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Rick Estrin & the Nightcats consists of harmonicist/lead vocalist and songwriter Rick Estrin, guitarist Chris “Kid” Andersen, singing drummer J. Hansen and dynamic multi-instrumentalist Lorenzo Farrell (electric and acoustic bass, organ and piano). A San Francisco native, Estrin began performing at the age of 15 and by 18 years old he was playing professionally. Throughout his career, Estrin has written for and performed with Koko Taylor, Robert Cray, John Hammond, Fillmore Slim and others. Guests must be 21 years or older

Boulder Blues Jason Ricci Venue: The Railhead Genre: Blues Date: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 at 6 p.m. Ticket Prices: $5 cover at the door Artist Info: Jason Ricci is one of the most popular harmonica players on the planet today. Listed in almost every top ten list of players on the internet today Jason Ricci is a polarizing force always in the spot light and on the tips of critics, artists and fans tongue’s everywhere. Through two plus decades of endless touring, TV appearances, recordings and the internet Jason Ricci’s style of playing is so revolutionary and influential that there exists an entire younger generation of players imitating his music, clothes, gear, and even stage presence. Nick named “Moon Cat” (a street name he once used in Nashville and New Orleans to avoid police detection) Jason has been an almost constant force for decades in the studio, festivals, club dates and press. Love him or hate him, through performing, singing, song writing, teaching, harmonica playing and activism in the fields of L.G.B.T., mental health and addiction, it is not an overstatement that this young, white, queer, skateboarding, punk rock loving, multiple convicted felony having Moon Cat from Maine is currently changing the world through music and education. Guests must be 21 years or older

OC/DC A Tribute to AC/DC Venue: The Railhead Genre: Tribute Date: Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 at 6 p.m. Ticket Prices: $15 plus applicable fees Artist Info: The ultimate AC/DC tribute band, OC/DC performs hits from the world-famous rock band’s catalog, stretching more than 40 years. Guests must be 21 years or older

SANTA FE STATION

An Evening with Judy Collins Venue: Dallas Events Center Genre: Americana Date: Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019 at 8 p.m. Ticket Prices: $27.50, $38.50 and $49.50 plus applicable fees Artist Info: Judy Collins has inspired audiences with sublime vocals, boldly vulnerable personal life triumphs and a firm commitment to social activism. With a 50-album body of work and a career spanning five decades, Collins has garnered several gold and platinum-certified albums, including numerous top-10 hits. The award-winning singer-songwriter began her impressive music career at 13 as a piano prodigy and released her debut album A Maid of Constant Sorrow in 1961, which featured interpretative works of social poets of the time such as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, and Tom Paxton. Her 1967 album, Wildflowers, featured original compositions, including the Grammy Award-winning song, “Both Sides, Now,” which climbed to number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Collins also remains a social activist and has authored several books, including the powerful and inspiring, Sanity Grace. This is an all-ages show; those under 21 must be accompanied by an adult

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Masterlist in chronological order:

The Guestroom

Caught

Love On Tour

The First Time

Rainy Day in the Cottage

Thought You Were Hungry?

Followers and Fantasies

Blue Golf Pants

The Present

These Rings

On The Edge

Launch Party

As It Was

Coachella Virgin Part 1

Coachella Virgin Part 2

Coachella Weekend 2: Leather & Lace

Sensory Escape

Sensory Escape Part 2

Playing With Toys

All Tied Up

Boudoir Photos

Boudoir Photos Part 2

The Rehearsal

The Rehearsal Part 2: The Morning After

The Rehearsal Part 3: Big Questions

Couples Boudoir

Measurements

One Night in NYC

The Bookstore

Tattoo and A Shave

The Pink Room

The Pink Room Part 2

1. Her Birthday Was Happy

2. Her Birthday Was Naughty

3. Her Birthday Was Romantic

The Box

Anne’s House

Wembley Worship

The What If Game

Spreading You Open Part 1

Spreading You Open Part 2

Only Have Eyes For You

Little Freak in Paris

Shotgun

Crazy Daisy

The Fight

Sound Booth

Playing With Toys Part 2

PJ Party

Permanent Love Part 1

Permanent Love Part 2

Blackout

The Headlands

Rock the Boat

Forever

Surprise

Pete’s Place

The Roses

Making Up for Lost Time

HERS in Venice

A Close Call

The Charm

Be My Policeman

Hopelessly Devoted

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Poker Taking part in A.I. Robotic Beats Greatest People

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Guide to the Present Day Original Timeline Masterlist

+ General Timeline

R!Reader = Roger!Reader, Reader in a relationship with Roger.

B!Reader = Brian!Reader, Reader in a relationship with Brian.

What does B!Reader and R!Reader stand for?

Original Timeline

Original Start with Brian (Alternate version from the one above)

Starting out (Brian)

Coachella Adventure

Friend or Foe?

Friend or Foe no.2

Friend or Foe no. 3

Before bed discussions (Brian)

Friend!

Grams (Brian)

Adopting a pupper (Brian)

B!Reader pregnant?! (Brian)

Learning music

Family Opinions

Family Opinions no. 2

Spanking!* (Roger)

Couples fight

Going down* (Brian)

R!Readier doing young people Stuff (Roger)

R!Reader being friends with Rufus

Tigerlily’s Reaction to R!Reader and Roger

B!Reader and Emily

If B!Reader had been a Virgin

Spanking! no. 2* (Brian)

Their first time together* (Brian)

Raiding Roger’s closet* (but it’s Brian Smut)

Ex’s + Adam Lambert’s opinions

B!Reader and R!Reader talk about their children

Their Relationship in the media

Stupid arguments (Brian)

Parenting Skills: over 1000

Cheating on Anita?? (Brian)

Honeymoon* (but it’s Roger Smut)

Met Gala Fun + Adam Lambert

Emily

That face claim I said I would do (I did it)

Grandchildren confusion

Adopt your cast member today

Roger cheating??*

The dance*

Sarina’s Reaction

BBMAS Fun + Adam Lambert

Thoughts on thigh Riding*

Did they ever think they would date someone so young?

Daddy? (Smuttish?)

B!Reader always bakes for Brian

B!Reader’s dad was a Queen fan

Brian’s family’s opinion on the twins

Delivery room stories

Baby Names Time!

Age gap: cute!

Boys’ weekend

Take care of your drunk person

Who was the biggest flirt

First, we mention “the incident”

Second, we actually talk about “the incident”

Brian talks about his RS and the guitars he built with the boys

The “”Well Loved and Well Used” saga: Part 1″ (by anon)| Part 2*

The wives catch them watching porn*

Family and friends’ Opinions no. 3 (Roger and R!Reader)

The boys walking in on their wives watching or reading something smutty*

The talk about when they pass away (triggering and sad tbh)

The wives have a health scare

Riding Brian on the couch*

Drumstick action with Roger

Roger has a Daddy kink* (open your eyes people!)

Roger discovering R!Reader has a Daddy kink*

Brian and B!Reader’s reaction to R!Reading accidentally calling Roger “Daddy

Roger cumming inside his wife when they’re trying for a baby*

Dr May slip up*

Other friends

Telling stories of Freddie and soothing the boys

B!Reader jealous of Kerry?

Sex life* (Roger)

The clogs

Sex life* (Brian)

How they celebrate mother’s day

Roger and R!Reader’s tattoos

The first time Brian walks in on B!Reader dancing in the kitchen

About B!Reader and R!Reader

The boys’ reaction to their wives getting hit on in front of them

C*ckwarming* (Brian)

Would Brian and B!Reader film videos of themselves*

Is R!Reader musical?

Adam Lambert’s opinion on the girls

How they sleep together

Did they get kinky after the kids were moved out?*

Did Rufus ever hit on or go out with R!Reader?

How kinky does dom brian get now that the kids are a college?*

Morning person/night owl/moody teen

The worse fight between Brian and B!Reader

Did Rufus use his younger siblings to pick girls up?

How B!Reader takes care of Brian and the twins when he gets sick

How the boys cuddle when they want physical contact

Taking a yoga class with Brian*

Who initiated their first kiss* (But this includes Harry and Jazz!)

How the boys react to missing their families on tour

what would going to the cinema with present Brian be like?

Does bri and rog mind choking during sex?

How many speeding tickets does Max end up with?

Tumblr’s reaction to the boys dating someone younger

Do the wives ask to look through photo albums with them?

Films with Brian

Do the wives recognize the borhap boys from their previous works

Brian catching B!Reader singing while cleaning

The biggest fight between Roger and R!Reader

Brian and B!Reader’s reaction to Roger shooting at Jellyfish

Japanese Magic* (Brian)

Kid-Friendly Afterparty

What B!Reader Bakes for Brian

Silver Fox (Rog)

Taking Care of Sick Reader

Pet names

Discovering Roger’s Hairpulling Kink

Does Brian Let Reader Be in Control?

Father’s Day

Adam The Babysitter

Visiting on Tour without the Kids

Brian’s Birthday

Helping B!Reader and R!Reader During Periods

Wedding Bells: Brian & B!Reader

The Best Friend’s Wedding: Roger & R!Reader

Fishnet Kink Which is Code for Brian Smut

+ Kids Stuff + Social Media Edits + Brian’s Slip Up + “What if’s” aka AU’s from the Original Storyline

Last Edited on September 30th 2019.

* Means smut/NSFW stuff.

#original timeline masterlist

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