#Dana Colley

[minowly]

I'm pretty sure this sound is playing at the gates of heaven

[manitat]

Morphine live @ Cultural Center, Charleston, West Virginia, Sep 1993

01 A Head With Wings

02 You Look Like Rain

03 Buena

[pinkfloyd-musicartnaturelove]

An incredibly innovative trio. They are worth a listen.

[ryanhamiltonwalsh]

Today my liner notes written for Light in the Attic's vinyl reissues of two classic Morphine LPs are available to read online. They are meant to be read together, in order, like so:

Like Swimming: https://bit.ly/3UloG8T The Night; https://bit.ly/42rmYoK

I'm also making this Patreon post public where you can read a short thing I wrote that we didn't have room for in the packages. This is "The Night I Met Mark Sandman"

I hope you enjoy them.

[spilladabalia]

Morphine - Super Sex

[blocodeespantamentos]

"Bílis", primeiro single da banda portuguesa Gato Morto, projecto pessoal de Elísio Donas, teclista dos Ornatos Violeta, com Miguel Lestre (Prana), Inês Sousa e Dana Colley, dos eternos Morphine.

[danafeelingsick]

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@monthofsick

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For day 3 of Novemetober could you do C.ollei accidentally eating a mushroom that makes her start to hallucinate while she gets sick? Maybe with caretaker T.ighnari?

TW EMETO, DRUG USAGE

Footsteps were the first thing to get lost in the rainforest. The sound of leaves crunching underfoot, water rushing, and the wind whistling were quick to drown them out. Much like inexperienced travelers themselves, never to be heard again.

Tighnari had been sent in yet another one of these missions and intending to cut this one short, and maybe turn it into a practical lesson he brought his trainee, Collei, along. She was a rare case of a pupil, with enough determination to be recognized by the gods, Tighnari was quick to take her under his wing, and grow protective of her too.

The pair threaded slowly, their lunch still heavy on their bellies as they had eaten just minutes ago. The forest watcher cleared the way ahead, attentive to each sound, not even a falling leaf would make it past his sharp fox ears. And still, he found it hard to ignore the sounds coming from Collei. He knew without even looking at her, she was out of breath, and staggering as she walked.

He would've asked if she was alright long ago, but he knew the stubborn trainee would just deny it until it was impossible to keep at it. And on his part, he would only impose himself when absolutely necessary. Tighnari had learned to deal with a chronically ill patient, it could be tiring to be constantly treated like glass, the least he could do was trust her.

And it didn't take long for her to catch up to him as he slowed down to a stride, his footsteps now soft and closely together. The girl practically glued herself to his side, balling her trembling hands over her chest as if chills ran down her spine. She had looked over her shoulder at least ten times in the time it took for them to walk a couple of steps.

“M-Master…”, her shaky voice came from under several layers of apprehension, too small to be heard by anyone other than him. “I– There's something… wrong.”

“Hm? What is it, Collei?”, Tighnari retorted, watching her from the tail of his eye, darting from her face to her hands. He slowed down until the two had stopped walking, then he turned to her, searching for her gaze that was lost somewhere beyond him. “Do you think you need another break?”

“I… I… don't think we should, but… I really don't feel well”, she panted, her eyebrows furrowing as if she was fighting to hold back tears. Her hands drifted to her middle, pinching the fabric of her top and then balling it around her clenched fist. “It feels… weird.”

“What does? Can you describe to me how you're feeling? In detail” Tighnari asked, positioning himself in front of her, his hands hovering on her eye level so she could see them, so she could know he wasn't going to touch her, but he was there.

Collei looked at the ground for a moment, trying to collect her thoughts, she seemed to be struggling to even think coherently, her frown denounced just how much was going through her head. When she looked at Tighnari again she looked even more confused, her mouth opened but what came out was another question, now slurred, taking a desperate tone.

“Is that really you, Tighnari?”, she said, nearly whispering, and a hand reached out to cup his face, but stopped when she looked at it. “You look like you're… melting…? What is happening?”

Melting? If Tighnari wasn't worried before, the cold chill running down to the base of his tail had done the trick. Collei was clearly altered, but why? What could've caused it? Had she eaten anything suspicious?

“What's happening?”, she demanded, her voice growing in exasperation. “I don't… Why–? Why do I?... feel like?...”

“Collei, I need you to stay calm, alright? Can you do this for me?”, he looked at her, waving his hand slightly to grab her attention. Anyone else he could simply yank by the shoulder and tell them to calm down, but to Collei it would only make things much worse. “I need you to breathe, okay? What you're describing sounds like hallucinations. Did you eat anything unusual?”

The girl looked like she was about to cry, but instead of growing redder, her face seemed to drain of all color. Tighnari should've taken that as a hint and moved out of the way, but his worry made him confuse the clear wet gag that shook her small shoulders for a sob.

Collei was too out of it to even realize she was going to vomit, it came up so suddenly she didn't even have the time to react, nor did Tighnari. In one second she was trying to make out the blotch of breathing color that was his face, each time he moved the composition jumped at her; and in the other, she was staring at the very real splatter of vomit covering his entire chest.

It took a moment to dawn on her what had happened, but as it did she vomited again, this time covering his thankfully waterproof boots in her practically untouched lunch. Lumps of chewed-up bread, now soaked and discolored by stomach acid drizzled down the plastic surface. Now she remembered what she had eaten, it was right in front of her.

“Ugh… definitely mushrooms”, Tighnari groaned from above her, the disgust was tangible in his voice. He uttered some scientific name she was supposed to recognize, but now it only meant a taste of the earful she was sure to get once they arrived at the camp. “It's okay, I'm not mad. Just do your best and get everything up, it'll make the effects a bit more bearable.”

Collei dropped to her knees, her head spinning wildly as the smell of vomit permeated her nostrils. She couldn't think, the dizziness squeezing her eyes into a paste, her mouth tasted like dirt.

She mumbled some incoherent apology not even she understood before a miserable gag forced another wave of puke out of her. Collei coughed harshly, her back arching forward as she kept spewing over the wet grass, the sounds far more guttural than what she could produce. Tighnari had since moved out of her way, and she was grateful to not have heard his feet squelch over the mess she had made.

“Shh… it's alright now”, she heard him whisper, trying to soothe her with his voice alone.

Collei was so out of it that she couldn't even tell if she was still vomiting, or if her mind kept recreating the continual splatter. The nausea wasn't clearing, however, she retched emptily over the extensive puddle of her former meal, her stomach revolting around the unknown substance.

“Can't… isn't stopping, guh”, she panted in between heaves, unable to produce any more for now.

“Deep breathes Collei, that's it. Deep breathes”, Tighnari instructed, dragging exaggerated inhales as he montioned for her to sit back and do the same. “That's it, calm down… I know it seems scary, but it'll go away.”

Collei shook her head vehimently, the motion send her further into nausea and she dived for the ground, hacking painfully over the grass.

“I'm going to...”, die was what she wanted to say, but the word didn't make it out of her, but another surge of lumpy vomit did.

“I know, I know”, Tighnari kept soothing, only able to watch as she emptied her stomach again and again. “You'll be okay, it's okay. I'm right here.”

[crowcaat]

thinking about dana art where luz babysits king and colley and that led me to imagine a scenario where luz takes the collector to the playground in the human realm on the condition they kept a low profile.

but of course, he'd be so excited to make friends and play with other children that he'd show them little magic tricks in secret, until he'd eventually get carried away and accidentally float off the slides and maybe almost turn a kid into a puppet and luz would be STRESSED but also he'd be so happy so she would be happy too and AUGHHHH THEY'RE JUST KIDS I LOVE THEM

[rastronomicals]

Dana Colley

[holdoncallfailed]

morphine (mark sandman, billy conway, & dana colley) in nyc shot by danny clinch, 1999. "for sabine" presumably refers to sabine hrechdakian, sandman's girlfriend at the time.

[minowly]

no more sleep

[manitat]

Slušam...

[z1bells]

Since I'm one episode away from finishing Saving Hope, here's some of my thoughts (I will edit this post tomorrow)

! Warning: Long post !

- 1st impressions:

I thought having a storyline of a doctor talking with ghosts was weird at first...

But my curiousity got the best of me and I started liking the show

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- The Charapters:

• Charlie Harris (The main charpater): I love him sm, he's definitly one of my favorites, his style reminds me of Conrad Hawkins (The Resident), I loved how he tries to help the ghosts.

• Alex Reid (The 2nd main charpater): I love her sm and I feel so bad for her😭, in just 5 seasons she lost her brother, colley, mother and husband.

She might be a little annoying sometimes, but she's fine overall

• Joel Goran (The fan favorite): For some reason, he reminds me of Douxie Casperan (Tales of Arcadia), but I love him sm too, its sad that he had to die on "All the pretty horses" (Last ep from S3)

• Maggie Lin: LOVE LOVE LOVE HER SO MUCHH💗🫶🏻! I loved her smm on S3 (S3 Maggie on top>>) She might had left on S5, but hey! She's happy with her gf (Sydney)

• Sydney Katz: Sydney ily but how many times you had to left😭, but I love her sm too!

She might had left for the hundred time, but hey! At least this time she's with her gf (Maggie)

Lintz defender since 2023 :3

• Dawn Bell: I feel like this will be contervercial... But... I liked Dawn

I do admit...I didn't rlly loved her on the 1st seasons. But her charapters develoment was amazing! (Dawn pls take a break)

• Zack Miller: Another charpater that deserves better. But he's a decent charapter, I feel bad for him on "All the pretty horses" after witness Joel's death (Him and Joel were friends)

• Shahir Hamza: ONE OF MY FAVORITES!! Has a autistic person, I loved how it was well protacted and respresented during the show!

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- Extras charapters:

• Wayne Sharp: He deserved more screentime. But he's a nice charapter

• Jackson: I love his humor, he didn't had alot of screentime, but during it, he was iconic

• Jeremy Bishop: Probably another fan favorite, he didn't had much screentime, but hey, him and Charlie were friends and I loved that

• Dana Kinney: MY GIRLL!! I loved her so much! She deserved so much better, her and Alex are a inseperable bond>>>

• Cassie Williams: Her charapter develoment>>>, in the last seasons she was amazing!! I loved her energy so much!

Sad to see her go, but at least she's working with her idol

• Dev Sekara: Another charpater who had a incredible develoment, him and Cassie were so cute togheter!

• Asha Mirani: She didn't had alot of screentime, but she deserved so much better, I feel so bad to her

I have nothing to say much about hed since she left during S4

• Kristine Fields (Another ghost speaker): At 1st she was fine...But after her incident she started to be a little annoying and even she went to the point to haunt Charlie during her sugery😭

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Series Finale / Final thoughts:

Just finished watching "First and Last".

When I said that Jackson deserves more screentime... THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT

You might think its getting worst? It does, when they all waiting for Jackson, a huge acident happend. And just like the description of "Hope Never Dies"... "They can't safe everyone"

I. AM. NOT. READY FOR THE FINALE

Finished "Hope Never Dies". I cried at the end of the episode

Charlie's gone, gone in his own series. The series started with him in a coma, ended with him brain dead.

Alex deserves so much better, I feel bad for her...

The hole episode reminds me from "The Long and Winding Road" - The Resident: S5, ep 3 (Trust me, I'm still in denial with that episode after a year ago), but a little bit more extreme...

Overwall, I loved the show sm!! Its sad it didn't got another season but I enjoyed watching it

Let me know what you think about this!

[feeshies]

17, 31 and 66 for the music ask

Favorite song right now?

Right now my most listened to on Spotify is Moanin' at Midnight by Howlin' Wolf

who is your favorite saxophonist?

Dana Colley. He played the baritone sax for Morphine and he's incredible.

Here's a video of him playing two saxophones at once.

song with the sicked solo ever?

Zappa's solo on Montana here blows me away every time

Muffin Man also always hypes me up

[ryanhamiltonwalsh]

Following up on my liner notes for Like Swimming and The Night, it was my honor to narrate the Light in the Attic podcast about the reissues, out today. Long live and love Morphine!

[greensparty]

2024 IFFBoston Wrap-Up

From May 1 to 8, I got to attend my favorite film festival in Boston, in New England and possibly the world, the Independent Film Festival Boston (read my previous coverage here). I have a special place for this festival: in 2014 my documentary Life on the V: The Story of V66 had its World Premiere at the festival, and in 2015 I was on the Documentary Jury. This was one of the best line-ups in a while. There was a common theme from a number of the films I saw (both narrative and documentary) about disabilities, conditions and anxieties. It was nice to see the amount of inclusion and accessibility represented in this year's fest. Here is my lightning-round of this year’s fest:

Wed. May 1:

Sadly I missed the opening night, just stopped by to pick up my badge :(

Thurs. May 2:

I went to the Brattle to see one of the most highly-anticipated movies of this year, I Saw the TV Glow about two teens who bond over their fandom of a mysterious TV show. I caught director Jane Schoenbrun’s last film We’re All Going to the World’s Fair when it was was at the 2021 IFFBoston and while I had a mixed response to the film, I was excited about this new one. Taking place over the course of 27 years, we see young teen Owen in 1996 who be-friends Maddy, a few years older as he takes an interest in the TV show The Pink Opaque, a 90s WB-type series (a serious Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed reference). As time goes on, Maddy leaves VHS tapes of the show for Owen since his parents won't let him stay up for it. A few years later, the show gets canceled and Maddy leaves town. The lines between fiction and reality begin to blur after that. I choose to not give away much more to avoid spoilers. I've thought about this film every day since I saw it and all I can say is OMG - Wow, this movie rocks! Much has been made about how this movie is an allegory for Schoenbrun's own experience of transitioning, but even without that backstory, it is truly the work of an artist who is using film to comment on our relationship with pop culture. There have definitely been times for me as a teen (and since) when I related more to fictional characters than IRL people around me, which is what's being presented with Owen. Schoenbrun is showing how pop culture can be something that brings people together as they sit silently watching a show, while connecting with that show. Whether the show was actually good is another story altogether, but the point is it spoke to you at a time when you needed it. There are definitely parts when this is bowing at the altar of David Cronenberg or Donnie Darko, but when this works, it's on the level of Twin Peaks for a depiction of suburbia not being what it seems. It's also one of the rare times when you see a character return to pop culture that they loved when they were young and when they are older they have a different view of it. As someone who has addressed pop culture and nostalgia in all of my work, it's no surprise that I was moved by this, but it truly is a film that lives up to the hype. Side note: Schoenbrun is receiving the Coolidge Breakthrough Artist Award from Coolidge Corner Theatre tonight!

Fri. May 3:

I caught up with some filmmaker friends and press friends at the after-party. Good times!

Sat. May 4:

I caught the documentary The Road to Ruane about Billy Ruane. Let me back up: After my friend Michael Gill passed away in 2022, my hope was that his long in the works documentary about Ruane, the eccentric promoter of legendary Boston rock club The Middle East (actually Cambridge, but a big part of the Boston music scene), would somehow get completed and released. I met up with Gill a few times before he moved around 2017 as I had heard about his doc and there was a lot of overlap with his doc and my doc Life on the V: The Story of V66 in terms of interviewees and subject matter (both of us filmed interviews with Ben Deily of The Lemonheads, Dana Colley of Morphine and Kay Hanley of Letters to Cleo and there's loads of overlap with other bands too). I am thrilled to see that co-director Scott Evans completed the doc and it is finally premiered. The fact that the doc features loads of Middle East archival footage and interviews with a who's who of Boston rock got my attention.

Ruane was a Harvard-educated trust fund child (Warren Buffet was his Godfather) and when he stayed in Boston he took to the local music scene and began booking and promoting bands at The Middle East. But beyond the "this band got their start and played there before they were famous" stories (of which there are many) it's really a story of someone who couldn't hide from his family trauma compounded with his bipolar disorder. It serves as a cautionary tale of money can't buy happiness. But beyond just being a tribute to Ruane, it is also a tribute to Gill and his own connection to The Middle East as an employee and with his band The Damn Personals, covered here too. This is a music doc for Boston music geeks!

Afterwards I went upstairs to the Crystal Ballroom for the karaoke party and jury awards!

Sun. May 5:

In the afternoon I caught Tallywacker, which had already won a jury award before the screening. It's a comedy-drama about a two-person rock band Tallywacker. Guitarist-singer Aleister is disabled and drummer Emmett has been his friend and bandmate for 15 years. When Aleister gets a chance to tour with a major rock star he brings Emmett along to help out, but not perform with the band. This, of course, tests the friendship and the band. I out and out loved this movie! It got into the trope of movies about bands, but the trick was that the funny parts are really funny and the dramatic parts were really emotional and the indie rock soundtrack was really good too. There were a lot of films at this year's festival about disabilities and one of the common themes was the need for equality. While that theme is present in this film, it actually brought up an interesting question, which Emmett asks Aleister - are audiences liking and watching you for the right reasons or are you being exploited? It's an entertaining movie with some strong themes and ideas to it!

My friends director Dan Habib and editor James Rutenbeck were at the 2018 IFFBoston with the great doc Intelligent Lives. Now they are back with a new doc The Ride Ahead co-directed by Dan’s son Samuel about his own personal journey to becoming an adult. Samuel, a disabled young person, tells his story of figuring out what's next and making a film about it by talking with other disabled activists and entertainers. Dan is a very gifted filmmaker and it's truly beautiful to see he and his son Samuel open up themselves to share their story with the world. Talent runs in their family!

Mon. May 6:

My friend Mark Phinney’s film Fat was at 2014 IFFBoston when I was there with Life on the V: The Story of V66. We’ve remained good friends since then and this year he premiered his new feature Fear of Flying about a man struggling with his anxieties while trying to maintain his relationships. It is impossible for me to be objective about this film as Mark is a friend of mine and I actually read an early draft of the screenplay and gave him my notes. But I will say this, this is a good example of what a small character-driven indie film can do on a low budget and it has a lot to say about people who live with anxiety and the personal toll it can take and inhibit progress, relationships and career. The cast is solid and Mark made something really personal. Way to go Mark!

Vanyaland's Michael Christopher, director Mark Phinney and the cast/crew of Fear of Flying

Tues. May 7:

The fest moved over to the Coolidge Corner Theatre (one of their new cinemas I might add). In My Own Normal, director Alexandre Freeman turns the camera on himself: living with cerebral palsy since age two he is now an adult about to become a new father and how his parents react to this. My friend Ariana Garfinkel (she’s an IFFBoston alum as well) is a consulting producer on the film. The film gets deep into parenthood and what it is for someone with disabilities to become a parent, a husband and a filmmaker. Truly moving!

Wed. May 8:

The Closing Night film at Coolidge was the comedy Thelma starring Oscar-nominee June Squibb as an elderly woman who is scammed by a caller claiming to be her grandson and goes on a city-wide quest to get back what’s hers. Of all the films I saw at IFFBoston this year, this was easily the lightest and dare I say, most commercial. But there was a charm to it and it's constructed with a lot of the tropes of action movies but adapting them to an elderly cast. I was especially excited to see Richard Roundtree (who passed away last October) in one of his final roles as Thelma's friend who helps her out with his scooter and is also the voice of reason. The cast definitely elevated what could have been a sitcom-ish premise. Watch for it when it opens in June. Afterwards I swung by the party in one of the new spaces at the Coolidge.

me at 2024 IFFBoston

Congrats to all my pals who had films this year and to the IFFBoston team for swinging it out of the park once again!

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