#Don Gaetano

[pier-carlo-universe]

"Il giorno prima della felicità" di Erri De Luca: Un viaggio nei sentimenti e nella memoria di Napoli. Recensione di Alessandria today

Un romanzo che racconta la crescita, l’amore, e il legame indissolubile tra un giovane e il suo mentore, nella Napoli degli anni '50

Un romanzo che racconta la crescita, l’amore, e il legame indissolubile tra un giovane e il suo mentore, nella Napoli degli anni ’50 Con “Il giorno prima della felicità”, Erri De Luca ci regala una storia intensa e poetica, ambientata in una Napoli popolosa e ferita, capace però di riscattarsi attraverso le vite dei suoi personaggi. Attraverso lo sguardo dello Smilzo, un giovane orfano, e di Don…

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

*your bestie pretends that your girlfriend is his sister, “marries” her off to your uncle, and then sits back as girlfriend pretends to ruin uncle’s life until uncle gives up. people will debate whether or not this constitutes elder abuse.

[princesssarisa]

@simone-boccanegra, @notyouraveragejulie, @supercantaloupe, @leporellian, @ariel-seagull-wings

[figarotrilogy]

salvatore this, who is she that, let's talk about real bangers like Don Pasquale Act III "Aspetta, aspetta, cara sposina"

[opera-ghosts]

OTD in Music History: Great “bel canto” Italian opera composer Gaetano Donizetti (1797 – 1848) dies of tertiary syphilis in an asylum in Bergamo. A prolific “transitional” composer whose numerous operas – written in both Italian and French – are illustrative of the substantial musical evolution that took place in opera between Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868) and Guiseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901), several of Donizetti’s later works still continue to hold the stage, including “L’elisir d’amore” (1832), “Lucia di Lammermoor” (1835), and “Don Pasquale” (1843). Donizetti actually scored his first success with “Enrico di Borgogna” (1818), and during the next 12 years he cranked out more than 30 operas – although most of them were merely local hits in Italy and have long been forgotten. In 1830, "Anna Bolena” made his name across Europe, and two years later he scored a truly lasting success with “L’elisir d’amore.” Like Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835) before him, Donizetti eventually left Italy for Paris, where he began to successfully exploit the “French grand opera” model (which was essentially the 19th Century's versio of a Las Vegas show). By the early 1840s, however, Donizetti was well in the grip of the advanced syphilitic infection that would eventually kill him. He produced his last important opera, “Dom Sébastien” (1843), under the strain of near-constant headaches and occasional lapses of mental capacity; his final years were a sad story of mental and physical degeneration as he was confined to a series of asylums. Extremely popular during his own lifetime, after his premature death, Donizetti’s operas were almost entirely eclipsed by the later masterpieces of Verdi and Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924); it was only in the latter half of the 20th Century that the “bel canto” revival brought about the renewed interest in his work that continues to this day. PICTURED: A short undated (but c. 1840s) note regarding musical matters addressed by Donizetti to a “Monsieur Duclos,” who was affiliated with the famous Parisian “Theater-Italien” (the primary opera house that produced Italian opera within the city at that time).

[angelkarafilli]

Don Pasquale, conjoined with the MAALOT Roma hotel, is nestled unassumingly along Via delle Muratte. Just a two-minute walk from the Trevi Fountain, it is located in the former house of the 19th-century Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Curated as both an ode to Donizetti and Italian history and a celebration of vivacity and adventure, the “restaurant with a hotel inside” offers all-day, bistro-style dining with a menu of delicious Roman and international dishes, artfully crafted cocktails, and a stunning selection of rums–all in an enchanting yet intimate setting. For hotel patrons and diners alike, Don Pasquale is a theatre for the senses.

More on:https://www.romeing.it/don-pasquale-restaurant-trevi-rome/

Address:Via delle Muratte, 78 (Trevi)

[digitalinterfacer]

prison girls: metaserie (jun.2023)

PRISON GIRLS también tiene una metaserie!! todavía no le puse nombre lol. es como un show de temática infantil, aunque aborda temas adultos. maitena es la conductora del programa y la narradora de los mini episodios.

los personajes son blandford, doria, charming chaka, piru, fausto, usir, mina y cromo.

blandford es un zorro gris antropomórfico. es serio, considerado y pensativo, aunque sufre de estrés y ansiedad. trabaja en una cooperativa gráfica como liquidador de sueldos y jornales. es la típica "figura paterna" para los demás.

doria es una mujer calamar muy coqueta, lujuriosa, arrogante y desvergonzada. está casada con charming chaka, y es su ayudante como joyera.

charming chaka es un camaleón velado que trabaja de diseñador y estilista. es el esposo de doria, pero llega a ser romántico y seductor con otras mujeres (mujeriego de mielda). es afeminado, egocéntrico y tacaño.

piru es un humanoide pequeño con cabeza de píldora. es tranquilo y pacífico, aunque puede ser muy agresivo si se lo molesta mucho. trabaja como médico profesional.

fausto es un patito amistoso, despreocupado y travieso al que le encanta la comida. puede llegar a ser muy vago y perezoso a veces.

mina es una paralarva con una actitud aniñada y personalidad chispeante. es subestimada por ser así, pero en realidad es muy inteligente y madura.

cromo es una criatura con forma de cromosoma. lo envuelve siempre un aura de misterio y rareza, debido a que es muy silencioso. solamente se comunica con sus manos.

acá hay algunos personajes secundarios ^^

[mortalityplays]

Firstly want to say godspeed soldier you are fighting a noble uphill battle of tumblr reading comprehension vs nualced subjects

Secondly, I just finished Todo Modo (bc of your reblogs) and would like to hear if you have some thought about it? Any will do.

I felt like I need to do some homework to comprehend it, however what I really need to know is, like with many old movies, is it intended to see homoeroticism as such, or to brush it off as some religious imagery? Bc brother I literally sat there at the first meeting or leads going "well on one hand it is Italy and not Hays-code USA, on the other it still is the 70s..."

Thanks for this experience btw! It was beautiful, even if I need some time and a rewarch to comprehend everything

BLESS YOU. I'm so so so delighted you took the rec, I've been thinking about Todo modo since I watched it. First of all, yes, the homoeroticism is textual and intentional. The leads are in a gay relationship that both underpins a lot of the tension and paranoia of the main action and stands in as a really vicious little allegory for the relationship between the party and the catholic church.

My own thoughts on the movie are largely about the dramaturgy - the claustrophobia, the way all of the characters seclude themselves from a civilian mass death event only to hide underground, buried themselves, in a space that's half defensive bunker and half literal crypt. The starkness of the setting leaves the characters with nowhere to turn their guilty, repressed, avaricious energies except on each other. Whether interpreted literally or allegorically, they have walked into purgatory - but there is a central tension between their unwillingness to confess the sins that brought them there, and the complicity of Don Gaetano in his role as exculpator. It's a pact of the damned, really. The ever-present cameras in this physical and psychological prison space only exert more pressure, standing in for the eyes of the audience, the eyes of God, and the eyes of the state imo? Everything is watched. Everything is judged. We, the viewer, have been called here to judge them.

Buuuuut if they don't mind weighing in I want to tag in @sewerfight here too, bc while I have enough understanding of the political backdrop to the movie to be transfixed by the satire in its broad strokes, I am not the person to talk about its historical context lol. And the political context is really key to seeing exactly why things play out the way they do (and why the movie was wiped out of the public consciousness so fast).

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A List of Works Influencing and Referenced by IWTV Season 1

Season 2 here, Season 3 here

Works Directly Referenced:

Marriage in a Free Society by Edward Carpenter

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Cheri by Collete

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

La Nausee by Jean-Paul Sartre (credit to @demonicdomarmand )

Complete Poetry of Emily Dickinson edited by Thomas H. Johnson*

Blue Book by Tom Anderson

The Book of Abramelin the Mage

Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti with libretto by Giovanni Ruffini

Iolanta by Pyotr Tchaikovsky with libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky

Pelleas et Melisande by Claude Debussy

Epigraphes Antiques by Claude Debussy

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Nosferatu (1922)

The Graduate (1967)

Marie Antoinette (1938)

On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

De Masticatione Mortuorum in Tumulis by Michael Ranft (1728)

Emily Post’s Etiquette

Bach’s Minuet in G Major (arranged as vampire minuet in G major)

Works Cited by the Writer’s Room as Influences:

Bourbon Street: A History by Richard Campanella (as it hardly mentions Storyville I think interested parties would be better served by additional titles if they want a complete history of New Orleans)

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (This was also adapted into an award winning opera)

poetry by Charles Simic (possibly A Wedding in Hell?)

poetry by Mark Strand (possibly Dark Harbour?)

As seen in Daniel’s apartment & quoted on his LinkedIn account:

The Savage Garden by Mark Mills credit to @speckled-jim

Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could by Adam Schiff credit to @spreckled-jim

America and Dissent: Why America Suffers When Economics and Politics Collide by Alan S. Blinder credit to @speckled-jim

Dairy Queen Days by Robert Inman credit to @speckled-jim

Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble by Lester R. Brown credit to @speckled-jim

Attila: the Judgement by William Napier credit to @speckled-jim

In A Heartbeat by Rosalind Noonan credit to @spreckled-jim

The Lost Recipe for Happiness by Barbara O'Neal credit to @speckled-jim

Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism" by Jacques Dupuis credit to @speckled-jim

Strawberry Hill: Horace Walpole's Gothic Castle by Anna Chalcraft & Judith Viscardi credit to @speckled-jim

Sailing to Byzantium by Yeats

The Circus Animal's Desertion by Yeats

The Second Coming by Yeats

Artworks referenced (much credit in this section to @iwtvfanevents and to @nicodelenfent )

Fall of The Rebel Angels by Peter Bruegel The Elder (1562)

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt (1633)

Three Peaches on a Stone Plinth by Adriaen Coorte (1705)

Strawberries and Cream Raphaelle Peale, (1816) credit to @diasdelfeugo

Red Mullet and Eel by Edouard Manet (1864)

Starry Night by Edvard Munch (1893)

Self Portrait by Edvard Munch (1881)

Captain Percy Williams on a Favorite Irish Hunter by Samuel Sidney (1881)

Autumn at Arkville by Alexander H. Wyant 

Cumulus Clouds, East River by Robert Henri 

Mildred-O Hat by Robert Henri (Undated)

Ship in the Night James Gale Tyler (1870)

Bouquet in a Theater Box by Renoir (1871)

Berthe Morisot with a Fan by Édouard Manet (1872)

La Vierge D’aurore by Odilon Redon (1890) credit to @vampirepoem on twt

Still Life with Blue Vase and Mushrooms by Otto Sholderer (1891)

After the Bath: Woman Drying her Hair by Edgar Degas (1898)

Bust of a Woman with Her Left Hand on Her

Chin by Edgar Degas (1898) credit to @terrifique

Backstage at the Opera by Jean Beraud (1889)

Roman Bacchanal by Vasily Alexandrovich Kotarbiński (1898)

Dancers by Edgar Degas (1899)

Calling the Hounds Out of Cover by Haywood Hardy (1906)

Dolls by Witold Wojtkiewicz (1906) credit to @gyzeppelis on twt

Forty-two Kids by George Bellows (1907)

The Artist's Sister Melanie by Egon Schiele (1908)

Paddy Flannigan by George Bellows (1908)

Stag at Sharkey’s by George Bellows (1909)

The Lone Tenement by George Bellows (1909)

Ode to Flower After Anacreon by Auguste Renoir (1909) credit to @iwtvasart on twt

New York by George Bellows (1911)

Young Man kneeling before God the Father

Egon Schiele (1909)

Kneeling Girl with Spanish Skirt by Egon Schiele (1911)

Portrait of Erich Lederer by Egon Schiele (1912)

Krumau on the Molde by Egon Schiele (1912)

Weeping Nude by Edvard Munch (1913)

The Cliff Dwellers by George Bellows (1913)

Church in Stein on the Danube by Egon Schiele (1913)

Self Portrait in a Jerkin by Egon Schiele (1914)

The Kitten's Art Lesson by Henriette Ronner Knip credit to @terrifique

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion by Francis Bacon (1944)

New York by Vivian Maier (1953)

Self Portrait by Vivian Maier (Undated)

Self Portrait by Vivian Maier (1954)

Slave Auction by Jean-Michelle Basquiat (1982)

(Untitled) photo of St. Paul Loading Docks by Bradley Olson (2015)

Transformation by Ron Bechet (2021)

(Untitled) sculpture in the shape of vines by Sadie Sheldon

(Untitled) Ceramic Totems by Julie Silvers (Undated)

Mother Daughter by Rahmon Oluganna

Twins I by Raymon Oluganna

@iwtvfanevents made a post of unidentified works here.

Works IWTV may be in conversation with (This is the most open to criticism and additions)

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, uncensored (There are two very different versions of this which exist today, as Harvard Press republished the unedited original with permission from the Wilde family.)

Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner

Warsan Shire for Beyoncé’s Lemonade

Faust: A Tragedy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

La Morte Amoreuse by Theophile Gautier

Carmilla by Sheridan LeFanu

Maurice by E.M. Forster

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (credit to @johnlockdynamic )

1984 by George Orwell (credit to @savage-garden-nights for picking this up)

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

Gone With the Wind film (1939)

Hannibal (2013)

Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle Suzanne de Villenueve

Music used in Season 1 collected by @greedandenby here

*if collected or in translation most of the best editions today would not have been available to the characters pre-1940. It’s possible Louis is meant to have read them in their original French in some cases, but it would provide for a different experience. Lydia Davis’ Madame Bovary, for example, attempts to replicate this.

** I've tagged and linked relevant excerpts under quote series as I've been working my way through the list.

[sinnettini]

omg please recommend italian music!! i love any genre, so its very wellcome :) i'll also check your other blog! (i'm already excited for all the fics and edits ideas hehe)

hi!! um sorry this is like 10 days late 😭 i hope you still see this anon 💔

also this is the worst possible thing you could've said to me "rec italian music" because i AM taking this too seriously and i will NOT shut up. so this is way too long i'm sorry fjfvjh

but okay i decided to pick some of my favorite artists from different genres and rec some of their songs that i like. i initially was also gonna rec singular songs i like by other artists but that would've been TOO MUCH 😭 but if you want more or like, a wider range of artists, feel free to send another ask! i'll never get tired of talking about italian music. oh also i tried to limit myself to one song max per album but i did break my own rule sometimes lmao (either bc i like the songs too much or bc the artist has few albums)

okay so! i don't want a million sections so genres are loosely interpreted 😭😭 but let's start with modern pop singers/singer-songwriters

ermal meta: odio le favole, vietato morire, piccola anima, le luci di roma, certe cose

mahmood: gioventù bruciata, il nilo nel naviglio, rapide, talata, stella cadente

marco mengoni: ti ho voluto bene veramente, non me ne accorgo, come ti senti, muhammad ali, proibito

epoque: boss (io & te), nemica, no stress, aposto

madame: per il tuo bene, voce

fabrizio moro: desiderare, libero, 21 anni, alessandra sarà sempre più bella, io so tutto, portami via, sono solo parole

gaia: cuore amaro, nuvole di zanzare, il rosso delle rose, chega (okay this song is not in italian at all but she's italian-brasilian and i really like it 😭)

elodie: proiettili (ti mangio il cuore), ok. respira, bagno a mezzanotte, a fari spenti

liberato: niente, nove maggio, nunneover, anna, vien' ccà (part II), 'a 'mbasciata (he mostly sings in neapolitan! and also his music is often like... electronic/dance?)

modern pop bands

pinguini tattici nucleari: lake washington boulevard, cancelleria, pastello bianco, irene

eugenio in via di gioia: perfetto uniformato, non vedo l'ora di abbracciarti, altrove, sette camicie, argh!

zero assoluto: sei parte di me, per dimenticare, all'improvviso, svegliarsi la mattina

la fame di camilla: buio e luce, niente che ti assomigli, rivoluzione, non amarmi così

older & not-pop bands

cccp - fedeli alla linea: annarella, amandoti, io sto bene, svegliami, guerra e pace (punk rock would be a good genre description i think. they actually came back in 2023, but they were mostly active in the 80s and i don't think they made new songs since coming back..?)

premiata forneria marconi: peninsula, l'isola di niente, appena un po', la carrozza di hans, amico fragile (fabrizio de andré cover) (prog rock, they're actually still active but their older music is better imo lmao they still rock live tho, i hear)

older pop singers/singer-songwriters (some of these are still active but they're mostly well known for their work in the 60s/70s/80s etc.)

raffaella carrà: rumore, a far l'amore comincia tu, tanti auguri (lgbt+ icon we miss youuu)

fabrizio de andré: khorakhané, amore che vieni amore che vai, don raffaè, amico fragile, verranno a chiederti del nostro amore

mina: mi sei scoppiato dentro il cuore, insieme, nessuno, città vuota, parole parole

mia martini: dove il cielo va a finire, sentimento, scenne l'argiento, gli uomini non cambiano, almeno tu nell'universo

francesco de gregori: la donna cannona, rimmel, san lorenzo, niente da capire

lucio battisti: e penso a te, insieme a te sto bene, mi ritorni in mente, ancora tu

lucio dalla: tu non mi basti mai, caruso, come è profondo il mare, l'auto targata "to", ayrton, telefonami tra vent'anni

ivan graziani: il chitarrista, monna lisa, firenze (canzone triste), la rabbia

rino gaetano: mio fratello è figlio unico, nuntereggae più, sandro trasportando, a mano a mano

rap/trap

ghali: ninna nanna, cara italia, cuore a destra, bayna, sto, niente panico

caparezza: torna catalessi, eroe (storia di luigi delle bicocche), vieni a ballare in puglia, vengo dalla luna, ti sorrido mentre affogo

j lord: sixteen, tanti auguri a me, be mine, the prayer, my g (he mostly raps in neapolitan)

that's all, hope you find something you like and that i didn't like scare you away with the amount of stuff i recced 😭😭

[its-yesterdays-story]

Pleasure and joy of living, absorbed the young Queen Mariana's attention; and after the first few months of marriage, her husband, Philip IV, usually refers to her somewhat wearily, and only with reference to her enjoyments or to his hopes of progeny After one disappointment, a child was born in July 1651, a girl, who was christened with the usual unrestrained splendor by the name of Margarita Teresa. Again high hopes were entertained in due time, only to be disappointed, and Mariana fell into melancholy; for Philip had relapsed into his bad habits again, notwithstanding his vows and resolves, and the delay in the coming of a son increased his coldness towards his wife. A frenzied round of gaiety at the Buen Retiro did something to arouse the Queen out of her depression, but Philip had now but little pleasure in his old love for glittering shows; for the prayed for son came not, and war and pestilence still scourged Spain, as he firmly believed for his own personal backsliding.

The life of the palace had settled down to utter monotony. Philip, immersed in business; 'with his pen always in his hand,' as he says, had little time for frivolity. His demeanor in public was like that of a statue, and when he received ministers or deputies it was noticed that no muscle of his face moved but his lips. Every movement was settled beforehand and it was possible to foretell a year in advance exactly where the Court would be on a given day, and what the King would be doing at a certain hour. Mariana lived in her own way, with little show of affection for her elderly husband, or for the people amongst whom she lived. She had fallen by this time (1657) into the stiff etiquette of the Spanish Court, and in intervals of her hoydenish merriment she displayed a haughtiness as great as that of Philip himself without his underlying tenderness or his pathetic resignation. She was German in all her sympathies, and soon lost the love of the Spaniards that had been gained by the freshness of her youth. Dressed in the tremendous triple-hooped farthingale; with her stiff, squarely arranged wig and her full painted cheeks, she presented a sufficiently dignified appearance in public; but her flat, unamiable face, heard, weary eyes, and bulging jaw gave her a look which repelled rather than attracted.

In September 1654 it was announced that Mariana was again pregnant. 'God grant that it may be so,' wrote a courtier; 'but if it is going to be a girl it is of no use to us. We do not want any of them. There are plenty of women already.' The King's hopes rose that a son would at last be born to him and Mariana insisted upon accompanying him everywhere for in the intervals of her merrymaking she was prey to deep melancholy, increased when a girl infant was born only to die a few days afterwards. The prognestications of astrologers and quacks decided in the summer of 1655 hat the prayed for son was now really on the way; and as time went on unheard of preparations were made for the event. The Marquis of Heliche had twenty-two new comedies written ready for representation in the coming festivities an dlarge sums of money were spent in decorations beforehand. Mariana's lightest caprice was law, and Philip hardly left her side. The old palace depressed her and the Buen Retiro became her permanent abode. Don Juan of Austria sent from Flanders the most wonderful tapestries and bed and bed furniture ever seen, with a vast bedstead of gilt bronze which coast a fortune; the bedroom furniture being a mass of seed pearl and gold embroidery upon satin. 'There is no getting the Queen out of the Retiro, for she frets in the palace. She passes the mornings amongst her flowers, the days in feastings, and the nights in farces. All this goes on incessantly, and I do not know how so much pleasure does not pall upon her.' But again the prophecies were wrong, for in December another epileptic girl child was born and die” 'Saint Gaetano notwithstanding.'

Mariana fell gravely ill after this, and a slight stroke of paralysis, amongst other ailments kept her for many weeks hovering between life and death. Philip did his best to raise her spirits, and when the Cortes petitioned him to have his elder daughter Maria Theresa acknowledged as heiress, he refused, in order not to distress his wife, who, he said would be sure to have an heir directly. His letters to the nun show that he, at this period, was himself in the depths of black despair, overborne by his troubles, for Cromwell had seized Jamaica, and Spain was at war by sea and land with England and France together. Whilst Philip was gratifying his young wife by such entertainments as looking on from concealed boxes in a theater crowded with women, whilst a hundred rats were surreptisiously let loose upon the floor; he was prey to a morbid misery closely akin to madness, anticipating an early death, weeping for the utter ruin that enveloped him and Spain, and the absence of a male heir.

One of his strange whims at this time was to pass hours alone in the new jasper mausoleum at the Escorial, to which the bodies of his ancestors had just been transferred. He wrote after one of these visits in 1654: – 'I saw the corpse of the Emperor whose body although he has been dead ninety-six years is still perfect, and by this is seen how the Lord has repaid him for his efforts in favor of the faith whilst he lived. It helped me much; particularly as I contemplated the place where I am to lie when God shall take me. I prayed Him not to let me forget what I saw there;' and shortly after this another contemporary records that the King passed two solitary hours on his knees on the bare stones of the mausoleum before his own last resting place in prayer; and then when he came out his were red and swollen with weeping.

[ananke-xiii]

i can't help it, every single movie/tv show about catholic priests, bishops, cardinals, what have you just feels like those thirst trap, priest-kink calendars that they sell EVERYWHERE&ALL YEAR ROUND in fantasyland Rome (the imaginary city that tourists visit) with that supposedly hot, surely young, dark-haired, smiling priest on the cover. like no, it's a big no for me even before watching the movie.

the only exception to the yuck is marcello mastroianni playing don gaetano in "todo modo" but that's just because i am weak for marcello forever.

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

Count Almaviva from Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Ernesto from Don Pasquale swap places. Would there be any substantial plot differences?

the plot in don pasquale would not succeed because almaviva would get mad and yell threats before malatesta even got the chance to open his mouth and explain

“but savannah he’s good at disguises” you and i both know he would be useless without a smart baritone by his side

ernesto would be fine :)

[doyouknowthisopera]

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 10.29

Holidays

Bishop James Hannington Memorial Day (Uganda)

Black Salsify Day (French Republic)

Bob Ross Day (Abeldane Empire)

Candies Day

Coronation Day (Cambodia)

C6HO Day (Kentucky)

Cumhuriyet Bayrami (North Cyprus, Turkey)

Cyrus the Great Day (Iran)

Feed the Birds Day (UK)

Festival of Global Climate Change

Fiestas Patrias begins (Honduras)

Halloween Eve Eve

Hermit Day

Hide From Everyone Day (a.k.a. Hermit Day)

International Day of Care and Support (UN)

International Day of Degrowth

International Internet Day

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Military Financier Day (Ukraine)s

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Food & Drink Celebrations

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National Disgusting Little Pumpkin-Shaped Candies Day

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Poperinge Beer & Hop Festival begins (Belgium) [Every 3 years, 3rd Friday]

Independence & Related Days

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Turkey (from Ottoman Empire, 1923)

Westarctica (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

5th & Last Tuesday in October

Mix It Up at Lunch Day [Last Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Teriyaki Tuesday [Last Tuesday of Each Month]

Transformation Tuesday [Last Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning October 29 (Last Week of October)

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The Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue (Des Moines, Iowa) [thru 10.31]

Feast Days

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Desmond Bagley (Writerism)

Dominick Dunne (Writerism)

Douai Martyrs (Christian; Saint)

Gaetano Errico (Christian; Saint)

Ghatasthapana begins (Nepal)

Harriet Powers (Artology)

Isis/Osiris Mysteries II (Pagan)

James Hannington (Anglicanism)

Kojagrat Purnima [15th Day of Dashain]

Lazarus Long Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lee Child (Writerism)

Mary of Edessa (Christian; Saint)

Maximillian (Christian; Saint)

Narcissus of Jerusalem (Roman Catholic Church)

Niki De Saint Phalle (Artology)

Nut Day (Pastafarian)

Robertson (Positivist; Saint)

Second Fiddle of the Mounth (Shamanism)

Shin Saimdang (Artology)

Theuderius (a.k.a. Chef; Christian; Saint)

Warren the Warthog (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Historically Unlucky Day [10 of 11]

Historically Bad Day (Stock Market Crash, Hurricane Sandy & 8 other tragedies) [10 of 11]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [58 of 71]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

All I Want for Christmas Is You, by Mariah Carey (Song; 1994)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X, with Alex Haley (Biography; 1965)

Being John Malkovich (Film; 1999)

Blue Moon, 24th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2019)

Boy Pest with Ash (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

Bullwinkle Busts a Brush or The Cleft Palette (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 226; 1963)

BUtterfield 8, by John O'Hara (Roman à clef Novel; 1935)

Create Dangerously, by Albert Camus (manifesto; 1957)

Don Giovanni, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Opera; 1787)

Fido Beta Kappa (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1954)

The Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour (Radio Series; 1929)

Get Nervous, by Pat Benatar (Album; 1982)

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Film; 2010)

Halloween Is Grinch Night (DePatie-Freleng Animated YV Special; 1977)

The Halloween Tree, by Ray Bradbury (Novel; 1972)

Hemispheres, by Rush (Album; 1978)

Hulu (Streaming Network; 2007)

The Huntley-Brinkley Report (TV News Show; 1956)

Jingle Bell Rock, recorded by Bobby Helm (Song; 1957)

Keeping Up Appearances (UK TV Series; 1990)

Last Night in Soho (Film; 2021)

Man of the Century (Film; 1999)

The Marbleheads, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 13 & 14; 1966)

Maruhi Gekiga, Ukiyoe Senichiya (Japanese Animated Film; 1969)

Mind Games, by John Lennon (Album; 1973)

The Music Lesson (Ub Iwerks Flip the Frog MGM Cartoon; 1932)

My Generation, by The Who (Song; 1965)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (Animated Film; 1993)

The Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James (Novel; 1880)

Portrait of a Moose or Bullwinkle Gets the Brush (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 225; 1963)

Princess Mononoke (Anime Film; 1999)

Ray (Film; 2004)

Red Riding Hoodwinked (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)

The Saw Mill Mystery (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now! (WB Animated Film; 2021)

The Sentinel, 25th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2020)

Trip for Tat (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)

The Valiant Tailor (Ub Iwerks ComiColor Cartoon; 1934)

Welcome to the Pleasure Dome, by Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Album; 1984)

What’ll I Do?, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1947)

Wild Target (Film; 2010)

The Woody Woodpecker Polka (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1951)

Today’s Name Days

Ermelina, Hermelindis, Melinda (Austria)

Časlav, Honorat, Ida, Narcis (Croatia)

Silvie (Czech Republic)

Narcissus (Denmark)

Alf, Alfred, Fred, Fredi (Estonia)

Alfred, Urmasimo (Finland)

Narcisse (France)

Ermelinda, Franco, Grete, Melinda (Germany)

Abramios, Melina (Greece)

Nárcisz (Hungary)

Ermelinda, Michela, Massimiliano (Italy)

Elva, Elvijs, Fortuna, Laimonis (Latvia)

Gelgaudas, Narcizas, Tolvydė, Violeta (Lithuania)

Noralf, Norunn (Norway)

Euzebia, Franciszek, Longin, Longina, Lubogost, Narcyz, Teodor, Wioletta (Poland)

Anastasia (Romania)

Zinaida (Russia)

Klára (Slovakia)

Narciso (Spain)

Viola (Sweden)

Garrison, Cyrano, Cyrena, Narcissa, Narcissus (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 303 of 2024; 63 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of Week 44 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Jia-Xu), Day 27 (Bing-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 27 Tishri 5785

Islamic: 25 Rabi II 1446

J Cal: 3 Wood; Threesday [3 of 30]

Julian: 15 October 2024

Moon: 7%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 23 Descartes (11th Month) [Dunoyer / Adam Smith]

Runic Half Month: Wyn (Joy) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 37 of 90)

Week: Last Week of October

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 6 of 30)

[the-brat-prince-1760]

hi, hope you’re doing well! i was just wondering, what are some of your favorite songs? (also, apologies for sending a lot of asks! i just have a lot of questions)

Lestat here.

I'm so glad to see you in my askbox once more, I truly do appreciate the questions! I am feeling a mixture of things at the moment, but I hope you are having a most wonderful day @bloodstainedembrace ! ❤️

I have a multitude of favourite songs, and I believe I can post spotify links to them below! The joys and wonders of the internet!

The list may be a long one, so I apologize for any inconvenience! (I shall put a break in the post so I do not clog up anyone's dashboard :3 )

I believe I hit an audio limit for this post, so please let me know if you would like me to do another one of these; I would be more than happy to!

Lestat out. xoxo