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AJ Croce – The Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – January 10, 2025

It’s rather amazing that the night of this show would have been the late Jim Croce’s 82nd birthday. Of course, the beloved singer Croce died way too young in a plane crash when he was only 30 years old, and his career was just starting to take off. 52 years later, that leaves two generations of fans to ponder what he may have done had he survived longer. And, of course, it means that very few current people actually had the opportunity to see Croce in concert.

His son, AJ Croce – who was just under two-years-old when his father died – made a respectable name in the music biz for himself for two or three decades before he ever considered taking on his father’s music. Apparently, he felt the need to prove himself as a musician and songwriter before taking on his father’s huge legacy. And while he never quite became as big as his dad, he is a respected and long-working musician, releasing 11 albums (with a 12th coming soon) and getting terrific reviews.  

However, in recent years, AJ has started putting together periodic “Croce Plays Croce” shows between his own gigs. This latest show, opening a three-day east coast swing, is being sold as “The Jim Croce Birthday Bash,” which will warm AJ up for his own “Heart of the Eternal” tour which kicks off in February. It’s nice that Croce decided to celebrate his father’s birthday in his native Philadelphia area. Since most people never had the chance to see his father perform, this is as close as we’re going to get to an evening of Jim Croce.

Of course, the concert is not made up of all Jim’s music. AJ performed some of his own songs, as well as some covers of songs which inspired both him and his father as musicians. And there was a special surprise guest star who also did one of his own songs, as well as dueting on one of Jim’s tunes and also a song that the guest wrote with AJ. (More on that later).

Croce was introduced onto the stage with old film footage of his father introducing his toddler Adrian James to the people. Then the stage lights came up and the band came on. AJ Croce came in hot, starting the show with a rollicking piano-based version of his dad’s hit story-song “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim.” With a smoking backing band made up of drummer Gary Mallaber (Van Morrison/Steve Miller Band), bassist/singer David Barard (Dr. John), guitarist/violinist James Pennebaker (Delbert McClinton) and background singers Jackie Wilson and Katrice Donaldson, Croce burned down the house on this one.

Other hits came fast, with a sweet version of “Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)” coming a few songs later. AJ explained that his dad had started the song when he was in the military back in the 60s, listening to soldiers calling home. However, it wasn’t until he grew older and experienced loss and tragedy for himself that Croce was ready to finish and record the song.

Then came a couple of smart covers. The first one was “Nothing Can Change My Love” by Sam Cooke. Jim used to cover the song in his early days, and AJ was always a major fan of Cooke’s work. In fact, he told a remarkable story told to him by his early mentor, singer/songwriter Floyd Dixon, about Dixon and Cooke being out with Ray Charles one night, and because they were too drunk, they decided to get Charles – who was blind – to drive them home.

After that came a pounding piano-based cover of Billy Preston’s “Nothing From Nothing.” Other mid-show highlights included terrific takes of “Working at the Car Wash Blues,” “Tomorrow’s Gonna Be a Brighter Day” and “New York Is Not My Home.”

At the start of a lovely cover of his dad’s “I’ll Have To Say I Love You In a Song,” another Philly-born music legend quietly slipped onto the stage to sing the lead vocals. John Oates (of Hall and Oates fame) took over with AJ singing backing vocals on that song. Oates then told a hysterical story about the last time he had been to Glenside. In his early years as a musician, he had to make some pocket cash teaching guitar at the local Keswick Music Works. (It was open until a few years ago!) However, one day he made the mistake of coming into work high and fell asleep in the middle of a lesson, getting him fired in the process. Oates then did a torrid cover of his own band’s “She’s Gone” (it’s notable how differently Oates handled the vocals than his former bandmate Daryl Hall has always done).

Speaking of different versions of the same song, Oates then announced that he would be doing something new even for him when they did the next song “Reunion,” a song which Oates and AJ Croce wrote together and have both recorded. (The song is the title track of Oates’ latest solo album and will also be on Croce’s upcoming Heart of the Eternal.) Oates explained that they would perform the song in two very different and distinct ways over the course of the one performance, and that they did. Oates started off playing the song as a sweet and pretty acoustic folk-rock ballad. Then Croce took over, turning the song into a jumping New Orleans barrelhouse piano jive.

Another one of the funny anecdotes that AJ told on stage was about when he was eight years old at a Hollywood party with his mom and the host – a rock dude named Rod Stewart – had to lull him to sleep by singing him a ribald Scottish ballad from the 1700s. Then Croce returned the favor by putting together a ripping version of Stewart’s old Faces classic “Stay With Me.”

After a series of more obscure Jim songs requested by the audience (including “Speedball Tucker” and “One Less Set of Footsteps”), Croce pulled out “Name of the Game,” a song which his father was working on but hadn’t finished when he died. Years later, AJ found it and completed the tune, which he called his one true collaboration with his father. Then Croce closed things out with some of the biggest hits, including a joyous run through “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” – in which he brought out his mother Ingrid to help with backing vocals – and a sweet and slightly sped up take on “I Got a Name.”

The encore started with film footage of Jim singing the first verse of his classic, pensive ballad, “Time in a Bottle,” and then AJ and the band swooped in and took over lead vocals, although his dad did still do some duet parts through the film footage. It was a beautiful and appropriate farewell and tribute to an artist who left the world much too early.

Jay S. Jacobs

Copyright ©2025 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: January 12, 2025.

Photos by George Seth Wagner © 2025. All rights reserved.

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AJ Croce – The Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – January 10, 2025

Photos by George Seth Wagner © 2025. All rights reserved.

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CHARCTER MASTERPOST

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MOVIE MASTERLIST

STAR WARS UNIVERSE

han solo

princess leia

luke skywalker

padme amidala

anakin skywalker

obi wan kenobi

kylo ren

general hux

poe dameron

rose tico

finn

boba fett 

fennec shand

din djarin

paz vizsla

cobb vanth

HARRY POTTER & FANTASTIC BEASTS

harry potter

hermione granger

ron weasley

ginny weasley

george weasley

fred weasley

charlie weasley

bill weasley

neville longbottom

oliver wood

seamus finnegan

dean thomas

cedric diggory

luna lovegood

cho chang

fleur delacour

pansy parkinson

viktor krum

voldemort/tom riddle

bellatrix lestrange

fenrir greyback

lucius malfoy

narcissa malfoy

igor karkaroff

barty crouch sr

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professor severus snape

alastor moody

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remus lupin

nymphador tonks

newt scamander

theseus scamander

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hulk / bruce banner

antman / scott lang

tasm!spiderman / peter parker

hawkeye / clint barton

hawkeye / kate bishop

echo / maya lopez

kazi

nebula

daredevil / matt murdock

mobius m. mobius

deadpool / wade wilson

negasonic teenage warhead / ellie phimister

cable / nathan summers

domino / neena thurman

storm / ororo munroe

mystique / raven darkholm

wolverine / james howlett / logan

rogue / anna marie

phoenix / jean grey

cyclops / scott summers

havok / alex summers

jubilee / jubilation lee

banshee / sean cassidy

quicksilver / pietro maximoff

angel / warren worthington

x-23 / laura kinney

magik / illyana rasputina

wolfsbane / rahne sinclair

mirage / dani moonstar

nightcrawler / kurt wagner

magneto / erik lensher

please let me know which version of the x-men characters you would like me to write for when requesting

BIRDS OF PREY

harley quinn

huntress

black canary

renee montoya

victor zsasz

THE SUICIDE SQUAD (1&2)

harley quinn

rick flag

captain boomerang

polka-dot man

ratcatcher 2

bloodsport

peacemaker

LORD OF THE RINGS

merry brandybuck

pippin took

aragorn

legolas

gimli

arwen

boromir

faramir

elrond

eomer

eowyn

haldir

THE HOBBIT

bilbo baggins

thorin oakenshield

kili

fili

dwalin

THE LOST BOYS

david

marko

paul

dwayne

star

michael emerson

STAND BY ME

ace merill

denny lachance

eyeball chambers

billy tessio

TWILIGHT

carlisle cullen

esme cullen

alice cullen

jasper hale

rosalie hale

emmett cullen

edward cullen

bella swan

charlie swan

billy black

jacob black

seth clearwater

leah clearwater

paul lahote

sam uley

TELEVISION SHOW MASTERLIST

THE MAGICIANS

eliot waugh

quentin coldwater

julia wicker

alice quinn

margo hansen

penny adiyodi

kady orloff-diaz

mariana andrieski

henry fogg

fen

PENNY DREADFUL

vanessa ives

ethan chandler

dorian gray

brona croft

victor frankenstein

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY

vanya hargreeves

klaus hargreeves

luther hargreeves

allison hargreeves

diego hargreeves

ben hargreeves

lila pitts

CHARMED (1998)

piper halliwell

pheobe halliwell

prue halliwell

paige halliwell

leo wyatt

cole turner

CHARMED (2018)

macy vaughn

mel vera

maggie vera

harry greenwood

abigael cain

niko hamada

PEAKY BLINDERS

tommy shelby

john shelby

arthur shelby

ada shelby

finn shelby

polly gray

alfie solomons

luca changretta

aberama gold

bonnie gold

johnny dogs

STRANGER THINGS

jim hopper

joyce byers

dr alexei

robin buckley

steve harrington

billy hargrove

max mayfield

NETFLIX’S DRACULA

dracula

SHAMELESS (US)

fiona gallagher

ian gallagher 

carl gallagher

debbie gallagher

lip gallagher

mickey milkovich 

kevin ball

veronica fisher

male!reader platonic &/or smut & fem!platonic!reader only for ian & mickey

CRIMINAL MINDS

spencer reid

penelope garcia

luke alvez

aaron hotchner

elle greenway

kate callahan

CARNIVAL ROW

rhycroft philostrate

vignette stonemass

tourmaline

GRIMM

nick burkhardt

hank griffin

captain sean renard

seargent wu

monroe

rosalee calvert

adalind schade

trubel

N0S4A2

vic mcqueen

maggie leigh

tabitha hutter

DOCTOR WHO & TORCHWOOD

9th doctor

10th doctor

11th doctor

12th doctor

13th doctor

simm!master

missy / gomez!master

dhawan!master

rose tyler

yazmin khan

river song

bill potts

nardole

captain jack harkness

toshiko sato

owen harper

MISCELLANIOUS

PEDRO PASCAL

the mandalorian / din djarin

javier pena

maxwell lord

whiskey / jack daniels

dave york

fransisco ‘catfish’ morales

marcus moreno

OSCAR ISAAC

poe dameron

nathan (ex machina)

apocalypse / en sabah nur

kane (annihilation)

gomez addams ; platonic!reader or familial!reader only

JOEL KINNAMAN

rick flag

takeshi kovacs

pete koslow

erik heller

stephen holder

ed baldwin

ANDREW GARFIELD

tasm!spiderman / peter parker

[callmeshakespurr]

Avengers

Tony Stark

Bruce Banner

Peter Parker

Steve Rogers

coming soon

Bucky Barnes

coming soon

Sam Wilson

Natasha Romanoff

Clint Barton

Pietro Maximoff

Wanda Maximoff

Vision

Zemo

X-Men

Charles Francis Xavier

Erik Lansherr

Logan Howlett

Scott Summers

Kurt Wagner

Storm

Deadpool

Wade Wilson

Ajax

Colossus

Negasonic Teenage Warhead

Venom

Eddie Brock/Venom

Suicide Squad

Harley Quinn

Joker

Deadshot

Chato Santana

Rick Flag

I Don’t Know Either (Male!Reader)

Katana

Maze Runner

Newt

Minho

Thomas

Alby

Harry Potter

Hermione Granger

Harry Potter

Ron Weasley

Draco Malfoy

Luna Lovegood

Neville Longbottom

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Ginny Weasley

Cedric Diggory

Remus Lupin

Severus Snape

Sirius Black

Twilight

Edward Cullen

Emmett Cullen

Alice Cullen

Carlisle Cullen

Esme Cullen

Rosalie Hale

Jasper Hale

Aro

Marcus

Caius

Felix

Sam Uley

Jacob Black

Headcanon: Jacob Black with a boyfriend (Male!Reader)

Jared Cameron

Paul Lahote

Seth Clearwater

Shadow Hunters

Alec Lightwood

Jace Herondale

Isabelle Lightwood

Magnus Bane

Sebastian Verlac

Simon Lewis

Meliorn

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Going back to the Roman Polanski petition and the Epstein files, just the ones I’ve seen so far, it’s so incredibly disheartening seeing how many entertainers and people I generally held in positive regard are on these lists. There is, of course, the chance they didn’t know anything and were just shuttled around as being famous rich people, but...man. They’re on the same list as people we know are cretins, so there’s no way of actually knowing who is and isn’t good. It’s like trying to tell which porn is and isn’t consensual, you just can’t.

anyway here’s a list so far of all the elites named in the epstein files, or who supported roman polanski’s relase after he was arrested for raping a teenage girl:

SIGNED PETITION TO RELEASE ROMAN POLANSKI AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED FOR RAPING A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND FLEEING THE COUNTRY ---------- Adrien Brody Alejandro G. Inarritu Alexander Payne Alexandre Desplat Alfonso Cuaron Asia Argento (apologized, regrets) Buck Henry Darren Aronofsky David Lynch Emma Thompson (claims to have signed, asked for her name to be removed) Guillermo Del Toro Harmony Korine Harrison Ford Jean-Jacques Annaud Jeremy Irons Jerry Schatzberg John Landis Jonathan Demme Julian Schnabel Kristin Scot Thomas Marin Scorsese Michael Mann Mike Nichols Monia Bellucci Natalie Portman (apologized, regrets) Neil Jordan Paul Auster Penelope Cruz Stephen Frears Steven Soderbergh Terry Gilliam Tilda Swinton Tom Tykwer Walter Salles Wes Anderson Wim Wenders Woody Allen Xavier Dolan (apologized, regrets)

CELEBRITIES NAMED IN EPSTEIN FILES ------------- Adam Perry Lang Akon Alan Dershowitz Alberto Pinto Alec Baldwin Alyssa Rogers Anderson Cooper Andrea Mitrovich Andres Pastrana Anthony Kiedis Audrey Raimbault Barack Obama Ben Affleck Beyonce Bill Clinton Bill Gates Bill Hammond Bill Murray Brian Affleck Caren Casey Casey Wasserman Charlie Sheen Chelsea Handler Chris Tucker Chris Wagner Cindy Lopez Claire Hazel Courtney Love Dan Schneider David Koch David Yarovesky Demi Moore Donald Trump Doug Band Ed Tuttle Ehud Barak Ellen Spencer Eminem Emmy Taylor Eva Dubin Fleur Perry Land Freya Wissing Gary Roxburgh George Mitchell Ghislaine Maxwell Glen Dubin Greg Holbert Gwen Stefani Gwendolyn Beck Hank Coller Heather Mann Henry Jarecki Henry Rosovsky Itzhak Perlman James Franco James Gunn Jean Luc Brunel Jean Michelle Gathy Jeffery Epstein Jeffery Jones Jim Carrey Jimmy Kimmel Joe Pagino John Cusack John Glenn Juan Pablo Molyneux Juliette Bryant Justin Roiland Kathy Griffin Katy Perry Kelly Spamm Kevin Spacey Kirsty Rodgers Larry Summers Larry Visoski (pilot of Lolita Express) Laura Wasserman Lawrence Krauss Linda Pinto Lisa Summers Lynn Forester De Rothchild Madonna Mandy Ellison Marc Collins-Rector Mark Epstein Mark Lloyd Marvin Minsky Melinda Luntz Meryl Streep Michelle Wolf Nadia Marcinkova Naomi Campbell Natalie Blachon De Perrier Nichole Junkermann Oliver Sachs Paul Hala Paul Mellon Paula Epstein Peter Marino Pharrel Williams Prince Andrew of England Quentin Tarantino Ralph Ellison Ray Barzanna Ricardo Legoretta Robert Downey Jr Rodney Slater Ron Burke Ron Eppinger Sandy Burger Sarah Kellen Seth Green Shawn Carter (Jay-Z) Shelley Harrison Shelley Lewis Sophie Biddle Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) Steven Colbert Stephen Collins Stephen Hawking Steven Spielberg Steven Tyler Svetlana Griaznova Teala Davies Tiffany Gramza Tom Hanks Tom Pritzker Tyler Grasham Victor Salva Virginia Roberts Wanda Sykes Will Ferrell Will Smith Woody Allen

KNOWN SEX PESTS NOT OTHERWISE NAMED ------------ Bill Cosby Drake Harvey Weinstein Jada Pinkett-Smith R. Kelly

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LIST OF KNOWN NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH SATANIC CULTURES / PEDOPHILIA / TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN IN AMERICA:

● Hillary Clinton

● Bill Clinton

● George Nader (businessman)

● Huma Aberdin

● Laura Silsby

● Rachel Chandler

● Jeffrey Epstein

● Ghislaine Maxwell

● John Podesta

● Michael Podesta

● James Alefantis

● Anthony Wiener

● Leslie Wexner (president of Limited Inc)

● Herbert Strauss

● Isidor Strauss

● Martin A. Nowak

● Steven Spielberg

● Edgar Bronfman Sr. (president of Seagram)

● Charles Bronfman (Seagram Co)

● Michael Steinhardt (former hedge fund manager)

● Sara Bronfman

● Clare Bronfman

● Niles Lehman (Profesor de Portland Universidad Estatal)

● Seth Roger

● Ruth Ginsberg

● Alison Mack

● Rachel Chandler

● Robert Maxwell

● Wendi Murdoch

● Jonathan Cheban

● Naomi Campbell

● Maximiliam Futter

● Val Kilmer

● Marina Abramovic

LIST OF HOLLYWOOD PEDO NAMES:

● Steven Spielberg

● Kevin Spacey

● Alison Mac

● Marc Collins-Principal (Den Founder)

● Chad Shackley

● Brock Pierce

● David Geffen

● Tom Hanks

● Dustin Hoffman

● Andrew Kreisberg (American television writer) , producer)

● Bryan Singer

Harvey Weinstein

● Bob Weinstein

● Roman Polanski

● Ruma Hazard

Charlie Sheen

● Madonna

● Kate Perry

Miley Cyrus

Errol Flynn

● Billy Graham

● Walt Disney

● Michael Laney (former vice president of Walt Disney)

● James Gunn (Disney)

LIST OF NAMES OF CELEBS ASSOCIATED WITH DEEP, CIA, AND MOSSAD:

● Heidi Fleiss

● Jeffrey Epstein

LIST OF NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH SATANIC CULTS:

● Alison Mack

● Stormy Daniels

● Rachel Chandler

● Ghislaine Maxwell

LIST OF NAMES WHO WERE VISITORS TO THE ISLAND OF EPSTEIN:

● Ghislaine Maxwell

● Chris Tucker

● Larry Summers

● Lisa Summers

● Bill Murray

Bill Hammond

Ehud Barak

● Andrés Pastrana (former president of Colombia 1998-2002)

● Jean Luc Brunel

● Doug Band

● Ron Burkle

● Woody Allen

● Sarah Kellen

Ray Barzanna

Sandy Burger

● Andrea Mitrovitch

● Peter Marino

● Shelley Lewis

● Paul Hala (t) (d) a

● Richardo Legoretta

● Tom Pritzker

● Kelly Spamm

● Tiffany Gramza

● Claire Hazel

● Paula Epstein

● Mark Epstein

● Ralph Elison

Sophie Biddle

Audrey Raimbault

● Shelley Harrison

● Melinda Luntz

● Gwendolyn Beck

Albert Pinto

● Linda Pinto

Gary Roxburgh

Mandy Elison

Jean Michelle Gathy

● Virginia Roberts

● Kristy Rodgers (Kristina Real Rodgers)

● Greg Holbert

● Alyssa Rodgers

● Juliette Bryant

● Heather Mann

● Ed Tuttle

Glen Dubin

● Ellen Spencer

● Chris Wagner

● Casey Wasserman

● Laura Wasserman

Paul Mellon

Oliver Sachs

● Henry Rosovsky

● Lynn Forester (de Rothschild)

● Joe Pagano

● Naomi Campbell

● Nicole Junkermann

● Rodney Slater

● Magali Blachon (Deperrier)

● Svetlana Griaznova

● Emmy Tayler

● Larry Visoski

● Teala Davies

● Juan (Pablo) Molyneux

● Freya Willemoes) Wissing

● Adam Perry Lang

● Fleur Perry Lang

● Caren Casey

● Hank Coller

● Cindy López

● Mark Lloyd

● Alan Dershowitz

● Seth Green

● James Gunn

● Steven Spielberg

● Tom Hanks

● Steven Colbert

● Jimmy Kimmel

Barack Obama

Kevin Spacey

Kathy Griffin

Oprah Winfrey

Shawn Carter

Beyoncé Knowles

Anthony Kiedis

● John Legend

Chrissy Tiegen

Jim Carrey

● Steven Tyler

● Ben Affleck

● Stephen Collins

● Will Ferrell

● Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam (Akon)

● Marshall Affairs

● Jeffrey Jones

● Victor Salva

● Mark Collins Principal

● Charlie Sheen

● Tyler Grasham

Madonna Ciccone

● Katheryn Hudson

● Gwen Stefani

● Stefani Germanotta

● James Franco

● Will Smith

● Justin Roland

● John Cusack

● Anderson Cooper

● Demi Moore

● Brian Affleck

Meryl Streep

● Wanda Sykes

● Chelsea Handler

● Michelle Wolf

● David Yarovesky

Pharrell Williams

Quentin Tarantino

● Courtney Love

● Alec Baldwin

● Robert Downey Jr.

● Disney Corporation (Offers children "scuba diving" trips to Epstein Island).

Epstein flight registration documents

[aurora-godshawk]

Ikemen Notes! Ikemen Pets!

Hello fellow Princesses, Time-Travelers, Waitress and Rabbit Chasers! 

       I received an ask for a list of all the suitors and their pets. Honestly I think I could greatly benefit form making notes on the suitors from all the games. It would make writing so much easier if I had some notes on each of the suitors routes. 

Alright if I’m being honest here I don’t know all the suitors pets. Whether it be the animal type or name I don’t know them all. If you want to comment the answers I’ll add you to the contributors list.

Last Updated 11/15/2021

Contributor

@aurora_godshawk

@deafeningdeersalad (Ikerev)

@shenevertricks1831 (Ikevamp)

@theblueberryreign​ (Ikesen)

Midnight Cinderella - 10

Alyn Crawford -  Arthur (Dog)

Louis Howard - Lucia (Blue Bird)

Giles Christophe - Michelangelo (Cat,)

Leo Crawford - Sebastian (Parrot)

Byron Wagner - Spinner (White Owl)

Sid (Llyod Gradier) - Jessie (Dog, Dalmatian)

Robert Branche - Amber (Hedgehog)

Nico Meier - Chiral (Squirrel)

Albert Burckhardt - Benjamin (Brown Rabbit)

Rayvis Harneit -  Rook (Wolf)

Destined to Love - 13

Toshizo Hijikata - Montoro (Tortoise)

Katsura Kogoro -

Saito Hajime - 

Ryoma Sakamoto - 

Kyo Shinomiya - Taro & Jiro (Baby Chicks)

Keiki (Yoshinobu Tokugawa) - 

Soji Okita - Mochi (Light Brown Rabbit)

Kirisato (Haru Akira) - Rin (White Cat)

Shinsaku Takasugi - Mii (Gray Cat)

Susumu Yamazaki - 

Love, Lies and a Heist - 8

Alec Bradley - 

Ewan Bradley - (Pony)

Luca Sinclair - (Yellow Carnie)

Logan Bradley - Elise (Ferret)

Ikemen Sengoku - 17

Nobunaga Oda - Haguro (Hawk)

Masamune Date -  Shogetsu (Tiger)

Yukimura Sanada - Muramasa (Wolf)

Ieyasu Yokugawa - Wasabi (Deer)

Hideyoshi Toyotomi - Uri (Monkey)

Shingen Takeda - Koro (Bear)

Kenshin Uesugi - Matsu, Ume, & Take are names given (Bunny/ Army)

Mitsunari Ishida - Kitty (Tabby, Cat)

Sasuke Sarutobi - Kunai (Squirrel)

Mitsuhide Akechi - Chimaki (Fox)

Kennyo - (Cat)

Motonari Mouri - (Kangaroo)

Ranmaru Mori - …

Yoshimoto Imagawa - (Peacock)

Keiji Maeda - 

Kanetsugu Naoe - 

Kicho - 

Ikemen Revolution - 17

Lancelot Kingsley - Shine (Lion)

Jonah Clemence - Pineapple (Hamster)

Edgar Bright - The Creek Family [ Mr. & Mrs. Creek and Creek Jr] (Ducks)

Zero - Rico (Dog)

Kyle Ash - Goo (Pig)

Ray Blackwell - Belle (Cat)

Sirius Oswald -  Chutney (Raccoon)

Luka Clemence - Stone (Hamster)

Fenrir Godspeed - Shu Shu (Dog)

Seth Hyde - Mimo (Fox)

Harr Silver - Sue (Owl)

Loki Genetta -Cheery (Cat)

Blanc Lapin - 

Oliver Knight -Muu Muu (Squirrel)

Mousse Atlas -

Dean Tweedle - 

Daily Tweedle - 

Ikemen Vampire - 15

Napoleon Bonaparte - Jupiter (Bald Egael)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Schelm (White Owl)

Leonardo da Vinci - Lumiere (Black Cat)

Arthur Conan Doyle - Vic (Cocker Spaniel Dog)

Vincent van Gogh - Brush (Raccoon)

Theodorus van Gogh - King (Golden Retriever Dog)

Osamu Dazai - Bunta (Bird)

Isaac Newton - Harry (Hedgehog)

Jean d’Arc - Cherie (White Tiger)

Willam Shakespeare - Puck (Rabbit)

Comte de Saint Germain - Thyme (Ferret)

Sebastian - Lottie (Sheep)

Charles-Henri Sanson - 

Johann Georg Faust - 

Vlad - 

Ikemen Prince - 10

Leon Dampteur - 

Chevalier Michel - 

Yves Kloss - 

Nokto Klein - 

Licht Klein - 

Clavis Lelouch - 

Jin Grandet - 

Luke Randolph - 

Sariel Nori - 

Rio Ortiz - 

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Christopher Cross & Justin Hayward – Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – July 10, 2024

It seems almost a slightly weird lineup to put Christopher Cross and Justin Hayward on the same bill. However, this is the second straight year that the two have played the Keswick together, so something must be working right.

Cross is the early 1980s superstar whose debut self-titled album was a cultural phenomenon. Christopher Cross featured four top-40 hits: “Ride Like the Wind,” “Sailing,” “Never Be the Same,” and “Say You’ll Be Mine.” It also won Cross six Grammys, including “Song of The Year,” “Record of the Year” and “Best New Artist.” Cross followed up that album with quite possibly his biggest hit, the movie soundtrack song “Arthur’s Theme (The Best That You Can Do).” By the time his second album Another Page was released in 1983, he still had three top 40 hits: “All Right,” “No Time For Talk” and “Think of Laura.” However, the album sales were disappointing, and the writing was on the wall – he would never have another top 40 hit. Still, over the years he has been a popular touring artist, getting even more so in recent years.

Unlike the quick but explosive career of Cross, Justin Hayward was much more of a slow and steady win the day type of career. Hayward was the lead vocalist for The Moody Blues – an early prog rock band from the 1960s who ratcheted up the rock in the 1970s and eventually polished up their pop sound by the 1980s. Hayward joined the band for their second album, and sang on multiple hit singles from 1968 to 1988 – including “Nights In White Satin,” “Tuesday Afternoon,” “I’m Just A Singer in a Rock and Roll Band,” “Question,” “Gemini Dream,” “The Voice,” “Your Wildest Dreams” and “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere.”

Both very good, important musical careers, but somewhat different musically. Still, they worked surprisingly well together.

The opening act for the show was guitarist Mike Dawes, a unique player who showed how he could make an acoustic guitar sound like all sorts of other instruments, including a bass and a drum. Dawes did three technically proficient instrumental tunes, an eclectic original called “Boogie Shred,” and then tasteful covers of Van Halen’s “Jump,” and Gotye’s “Someone That I Used To Know.”

As Dawes started into his fourth tune, you couldn’t help but notice how much it sounded like The Moody Blues’ “Tuesday Afternoon.” Dawes continued playing as, without a pause, Justin Hayward’s band joined him, sliding seamlessly into the show’s second act with no delay. First up was former Moody Blues’ keyboardist Julie Ragins (she was with the touring band for the last 12 years that they toured from 2006 to 2018), who nailed the song’s distinctive piano line. Then multi-instrumentalist Karmen Gould (she mostly played flutes, recorders, woodwinds and tambourine) joined the song. Then, finally Hayward stepped in the slide zone and to the mike to recapture the angelic vocals that he had originally laid down about 56 years earlier.

In general, Hayward’s performances tend to be more acoustically based than his old days with the Moodies, although a few times Dawes pulled out an electric guitar to accompany some songs. Therefore, old standbys like “The Voice” and “Forever Autumn” (a Hayward solo track from the 1970s favorite Jeff Wayne rock opera War of the Worlds) lose a lot of the expansive majesty of the original studio versions, but at the same time they do gain a bit of intimacy.

Hayward dipped liberally into both his old band’s songbook and his own solo work. In fact, at one point he did a five-song medley of obscurities that even Hayward acknowledged was a strange grouping of songs, but one that he has used for years for practice that at some point he decided to just add to the setlist.

Of course, people were there for the hits, and they came out in strength as Hayward stormed towards the encore. First, he did a wistful version of his last truly huge Moody Blue’s hit – the melancholic 1986 pop love song “Your Wildest Dreams,” which still had a sweet innocence and propulsive catchiness. Then came arguably the wildest performance of night, a rambling and passionate take on the old classic “Question,” a song full of dramatic tempo changes, false endings and some truly shredding guitar.

Then Hayward slowed down for the band’s best-known standard, the majestic psychedelic classic “Nights in White Satin,” which still sounds undeniably gorgeous all these years later.

As his set started, Christopher Cross hit the stage with two of his bigger hits – although ones that may not have stood the test of time quite as well as his three or four standards. First off was the poptastic “All Right,” which still skips along spritely over forty years on from its chart run. And then, doubling down on the pop vibes, he and his band stormed through what is quite possibly my favorite song of Cross’ career, “Never Be the Same,” which is truly gorgeous and deceptively happy sounding with some really sad breakup lyrics.

Travelling with a pretty huge band (nine players including backing vocalists) there was some spectacular musicianship here. Particularly impressive were the jazzy keyboardist Jerry Leonide and saxophonist Andy Suzuki, who both stunned in their spotlight moments. However, everyone in the group sounded tight, including drummer Francis Arnaud, bassist Kevin Reveyrand, and backing vocalists Jewelee Peters, Lisbet Guidback, Julia Sarr and Stephcynie.

Not surprisingly, Cross did a wide cross-section of songs from his classic 1980 debut album, and not just the multiple hits the album spawned. (In fact, he didn’t play the fourth hit single from that album, “Say You’ll Be Mine.”) For example, the sweet and melancholy “I Really Don’t Know Anymore” still feels wonderfully yearning and pained. The sweet and just slightly salty “Minstrel Gigolo” and “The Light is On” also still feel like they would have also been hits in a more just world.

Of course, Cross had more than his share of hits in his heyday. About five songs in he did his all-time classic “Sailing,” which is a sweet and near-perfect view of living with nature. (Sadly, “Sailing” is probably as inadvertently responsible as any song for birthing the obnoxious and patronizing term “yacht rock” into public discourse.)

Two songs later, Cross pulled out his classic movie theme, “Arthur’s Theme (The Best That You Can Do),” which he dedicated to his recently passed old friend and collaborator Burt Bacharach. “Arthur’s Theme” is still a truly gorgeous song (although people still are trying to decode the line “When you get caught between the moon and New York City”) and it sounded grand here, particularly because of Suzuki’s stunning sax solo.

Cross closed things out with his two other biggest hits, the wondrous rock theatrics of “Ride Like the Wind” and then finished with his softly anguished tribute to a friend who had died, “Think of Laura.”

After seeing these two artists in the new millennium, maybe the whole idea of “Never Be the Same” will have to be reexamined.

Jay S. Jacobs

Copyright ©2024 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: July 13, 2024.

Photos by George Seth Wagner © 2024. All rights reserved.

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Christopher Cross – Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – July 10, 2024

Photos by George Seth Wagner © 2024

[acrispyapple]

i just wanted to thank you for sharing your content with us, i love your tumblr and you look like you are a really good person ♥️✨🌸 i wanted to ask something too: who are your favorite suitors of ikevamp, ikesen and ikerev! pd: i hope you are doing great!!!

heya! i’ve answered asks about this in the past, but i think it’s time to update my answer and include the new games! forgive me if i copy/paste parts of my old answers (because it makes it easier for me that way haha). also, thank you! i do my best to keep everything pleasant. ♡

i don’t really think of any character as a least favorite. i always give equal time to all the suitors/warlords, with byron and victor being the only ones above. some characters don’t interest me as much as the others, so they’re put in lower tiers-- but i still like them and read their stuff. i like knowing what i can haha. the most i can give is a ranking. i’ve given one before, and i’ll copy paste most of it lol. ♪

i actually put them in tiers because some are really just on a par with each other. also, they may be my favorite but that doesn’t mean i’d see them in a romantic way (unless there’s a ♡). nico for example– i just really like his character and route story! or nobunaga, i just find him really amusing and i love his route~ (º◡º)

mr love queen’s choice

1st tier - victor / li zeyan ♡

2nd tier - gavin ♡

3rd tier - lucien, kiro, shaw

midnight cinderella

1st tier - byron wagner ♡

2nd tier - albert burckhardt ♡, nico meier

3rd tier - leo crawford, sid arnault / lloyd grandier ♡

4th tier - giles christophe, robert branche, louis howard

5th tier - alyn crawford, rayvis harneit

ikemen vampire

1st tier - theodorus van gogh ♡

2nd tier - arthur conan doyle, comte de saint germain ♡, vlad ♡, wolfgang amadeus mozart

3rd tier - isaac newton, william shakespeare, vincent van gogh, johann georg faust

4th tier - napoleon bonaparte, leonardo da vinci, sebastian, osamu dazai, charles-henri sanson

ikemen revolution

1st tier - lancelot kingsley ♡

2nd tier - jonah clemence, edgar bright, dalim tweedle ♡

3rd tier - sirius oswald, harr silver

4th tier - ray blackwell, fenrir godspeed, dean tweedle

5th tier - luka clemence, mousse atlas, oliver knight, blanc lapin, seth hyde, kyle ash, zero, loki genetta

ikemen sengoku

1st tier - kenshin uesugi ♡, nobunaga oda

2nd tier - mitsuhide akechi ♡, hideyoshi toyotomi ♡, ieyasu tokugawa, yoshimoto imagawa, sasuke sarutobi ♡

3rd tier - yukimura sanada, masamune date, mitsunari ishida, ranmaru mori

5th tier - shingen takeda, kennyo, motonari mouri

being in the last tier doesn’t mean anything bad because i like them all in general! the difference is REALLY, really small-- but someone has to come last. just think of it this way: byron and victor both come first, then everyone else is almost equal. if i’m forced to rank them, then this list happens. ✩‧₊˚

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Hot Vintage TV Men’s Bracket - Round 2

Round 2 (All Polls)

Dick Van Dyke Vs. Russell Johnson

Claude Rains Vs. Patrick Troughton

Eric Idle Vs. Michael Nesmith

Ted Danson Vs. Demond Wilson

Robin Williams Vs. John de Lancie

Andrew Robinson Vs. Brent Spiner

Colm Meaney Vs. LeVar Burton

John Hurt Vs. Hugh Laurie

John Corbett Vs. Skeet Ulrich

Timothy Olyphant Vs. Eric Close

Jonathan Frid Vs. Ted Cassidy

John Astin Vs. Cesar Romero

Woody Harrelson Vs. Dean Butler

Henry Winkler Vs. Wayne Rogers

Tom Selleck Vs. Ron Perlman

Anthony Head Vs. Mitch Pileggi

Will Smith Vs. John Stamos

Luke Perry Vs. Matthew Perry

David Tennant Vs. Seth Green

Rik Mayall Vs. Richard Ayoade

James Garner Vs. George Maharis

Larry Hagman Vs. DeForest Kelley

Alan Alda Vs. Walter Koenig

Fred Rogers Vs. Peter Davison

Avery Brooks Vs. James Earl Jones

Jonathan Frakes Vs. Michael Dorn

John Shea Vs. Danny John-Jules

Sylvester McCoy Vs. Patrick Stewart

Keith Hamilton Cobb Vs. Michael Shanks

Andre Braugher Vs. Tony Shalhoub

Robert Fuller Vs. Michael Landon

Clint Eastwood Vs. Richard Dean Anderson

Jimmy Smits Vs. Billy Dee Williams

David Soul Vs. Ricardo Montalban

Michael Praed Vs. Kyle MacLachlan

Spencer Rochfort Vs. Sean Bean

Michael Horse Vs. Christian Kane

Alexander Siddig Vs. David Wenham

George Clooney Vs. Scott Cohen

Tom Welling Vs. Paolo Montalban

George Takei Vs. Kabir Bedi

Leonard Nimoy Vs. Jon Pertwee

Desi Arnaz Vs. Jamie Farr

Mike Farrell Vs. Peter Falk

Luke Halpin Vs. Micky Dolenz

Gene Anthony Ray Vs. Craig Charles

Charles Shaughnessy Vs. Joseph Marcell

Jeffrey Combs Vs. Tim Russ

Daniel Dae Kim Vs. Connor Trinneer

Rob Lowe Vs. Blair Underwood

David McCallum Vs. Dean Stockwell

Richard Chamberlain Vs. Robert Wagner

Jeremy Brett Vs. Simon Williams

Erik Estrada Vs. David Hasselhoff

Ron Glass Vs. Scott Bakula

Bruce Campbell Vs. James Marsters

David Duchovny Vs. Dana Ashbrook

Garrett Wang Vs. Michael J. Fox

David Boreanaz Vs. Nicholas Lea

Milo Ventimiglia Vs. Jensen Ackles

Rod Serling Vs. Robert Vaughn

Pierce Brosnan Vs. Sam Neill

Timothy Dalton Vs. Colin Firth

Nathan Fillion Vs. Neil Patrick Harris

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RWRB Study Guide, Chapter 8

Hi y’all! I’m going through Casey McQuiston’s Red, White & Royal Blue and defining/explaining references! Feel free to follow along, or block the tag #rwrbStudyGuide if you’re not interested!

James I (203): James I/VI (First of England, Sixth of Scotland) is known for both translating the Bible and being just... so, so incredibly gay. The book mentions that he promoted a dumb jock to gentleman of the bedchamber, but it leaves out that 13-year-old James would just make out with dudes in public, and that the dumb jock (George Villers) was James’s third serious adult relationship. His friends introduced him to George because his last boyfriend was bad for the kingdom. 

George Eliot (205): Mary Anne Evans wrote under the pen name George Eliot to escape the stereotype that women could only write romances. She wrote seven novels, of which Middlemarch is the most famous, known for their realism and psychological insight.

Daniel Defoe (205): A pioneer of the English novel, Defoe wrote Robinson Crusoe as well as a series of divisive political pamphlets and tracts.

Jonathan Swift (205): Irish political writer most famous for A Modest Proposal, a satirical piece that suggests cannibalism of infants as a more humane response to the British treatment of Ireland than letting them grow to starve in adulthood.

Dickens... “woman who languishes away in a crumbling mansion wearing her wedding gown” (205): Charles Dickens wrote stories concerned with the lower classes. This quote in particular refers to Miss Havisham from Great Expectations, who was left at the altar and refused to take off her wedding dress or even put away the food set out for the wedding.

Sense and Sensibility (205): This is probably Austen’s second most popular novel (after Pride and Prejudice); it follows the four Dashwood women in their move to a new home following the death of Mr. Dashwood. Like most of Austen’s novels, the opinionated narrator follows the women through a series of romantic mishaps, culminating in a happy ending.

Green American Money (206): Fun fact, British money is blue and orange and purple and all sorts of fun colors! It also all looks different, because (at least in Scotland) four banks are allowed to print pound notes, so there are four different designs all in circulation.

Sean Hannity (206): A conservative American political commentator.

Harvard rowing (206): Rowing is like... the bougiest of sports.

Pleiad (206): In Greek mythology, the pleiades were the daughters of the titan Atlas who became stars following his entrapment under the earth. They are remembered for their beauty and loyalty. Myths of the missing pleiad explain why only six of the seven stars are visible to the naked eye. According to some sources, the missing pleiad is Merope, who was shamed out of the sky for her relationship with a mortal.

Minute Maid Park (206): The baseball stadium associated with the Houston Astros baseball team; it seats just over 41,000.

Politico (207): An American political opinion news source.

Drop-kick Murphys (208): An American Celtic punk band. (listen here and here)

The Klan (209): The Ku Klux Klan, an incredibly racist organization that has been responsible for the lynching of thousands of people of color.

Kim Nam-June (210): Kim Nam-Joon, known as RM or Rap Monster, is the leader and rapper of the K-pop group BTS.

Milwaukee (211): The largest city in and main cultural center of Wisconsin, which is a “swing state”, meaning that it could go either way politically in a national election.

Seth Meyers (211): An American talk show host and comedian whose creatively titled show, Late Night with Seth Meyers, is liberal-leaning. He hosts celebrities and often chats about politics or the news.

Clear Crystal Quartz (211): Apparently the most “iconic” crystal, it is believed to be able to help with clarity and the achievement of goals.

Wimbledon (213): The oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious.

Royal Box (213): The royal box at Wimbledon is a section of the best seats, reserved for royalty and specially invited celebrity/politically powerful guests.

David Beckham (213): A former professional soccer player and current fashion icon known for being hot and wearing nice suits.

McQueen (214): Alexander McQueen was an openly gay British fashion designer who rose from a lower class background to become one of the most famous designers in the world. Though he died in 2010, his brand continues to be known for unconventional fashion shows and theatrical imagery. 

Dashikis (215): A colorful, ornate piece of clothing somewhere between a shirt and a tunic originally from West Africa.

Orangery (218): A very large greenhouse or conservatory designed for growing orange trees.

Woman at her Toilet (218): This painting shows a woman in her bedroom putting on her socks with a little dog next to her; you can see it here.

Baroque bed* (218): Baroque art was designed to show off a monarch’s power; it is incredibly extravagant (Versailles is pretty much the iconic Baroque thing; you can see more about it here).

The Killers (219): An American rock band formed in the early 2000s and known for having donated over $1 million to charity (they did “Mr. Brightside”). (listen here and here). According to McQuinston’s twitter, the song Henry plays is “When You Were Young”, which you can listen to here.

Dred Scott (219): In the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford case, the US supreme court ruled that the constitution did not extend to or protect Black folks. 

Nina Simone (219): An American singer/songwriter/political activist whose music spanned a variety of genres and whose activism focused largely on the civil rights movement and was largely influenced by her “friend” Lorraine Hansberry, a Black lesbian playwright. (You know Hozier’s “Nina Cried Power”? She’s Nina) (listen here and here)

Otis Redding (219): Considered one of the greatest singers in American pop music and was one of the foundational soul artists in the US. (listen here and here)

Brahms (219): A German composer known for sticking to more classical forms of music while his contemporaries often leaned toward more dramatic or opulent styles. (listen here and here)

Wagner** (219): A German composer who wrote both the music and the librettos for his operas; his works tend to be very complex, and he has been credited with beginning modern music. (listen here and here)

Romantic (219): Artistically, the Romantic movement was a direct response to industrialization that called for a return to and celebration of nature. Queerness was very much a part of this movement, as it was seen as a return to or celebration of one’s natural state (think Byron).

War of the Romantics (219): A music history term used to describe the split between conservative composers like Brahms who wanted to stick with the Baroque, opulent styles of the past century and radical progressive composers like Liszt, who favored newer styles that blended music with narrative and morals.

Liszt (219): A Hungarian composer known for a diverse body of work and his position as the leader of the radical progressive group in the War of the Romantics. (listen here and here)

Alexander Scriabin (219): Russian composer known for his atonal or dissonant music. (listen to the piece Henry mentions here)

Elton John’s “Your Song” (219): A song written before Elton John came out, but with his queerness in mind. In a 2013 interview, John referred to it as “a perfect song”, and that the lyrics (written by Bernie Taupin) got even better as he got older and sang it more. (listen here)

Consecrated (220): made holy.

DNC (221): The Democratic national conference, when members of the Democratic (liberal) party get together to prepare for a presidential race.

College Republicans of Vanderbilt University (221): Vanderbilt University is a private (and therefore more expensive) school in Nashville, Tennessee. Its location in the South and its price tag would both mark it as being more conservative.

Cage match (221): A type of wrestling match that takes place inside a steel cage; the most common way of winning is by escaping the cage, usually by climbing over the top.

Paul Ryan (222): A conservative retired politician and former Speaker of the House.

The Second Amendment (222): The second amendment grants Americans the right to bear arms (have guns).

Salon (222): An American news and opinion website with a politically liberal editorial stance.

Air Force One (222): the president’s plane

“My Canadian girlfriend” (223): A running joke that someone (often a high schooler) whose partner goes to another school or lives somewhere else is made up.

Five Guys (225): Five Guys Burger and Fries is a popular fast food burger chain across the US.

Vampire Weekend (225): An American indie rock band.

The general (226): the general election in November, when Americans would vote for their president

Plainclothes (226): out of uniform

The Beekman (226): A very fancy hotel in Lower Manhattan, near the Brooklyn Bridge.

NATO (233): the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries.

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*every time I read this, I flinch just a little bit. Baroque architecture is just... so much, and the concept of a Baroque bed when beds/bedrooms are supposed to be simple to help you rest... It’s just so much and I hate it with all of my being. I’m sorry if you like Baroque furniture, but especially for Henry, who dreams of a simple life where he can just write and be anonymous... It’s a big yikes.

** Literally no one asked, but his stuff is just... it’s so boring? Like I’m sure it’s great to fall asleep to or calm down to, but I tried to listen to it while I wrote this and I just couldn’t. Liszt is better, but he’s no Mozart. Also? Mozart wrote BOPS. ONLY. “The Birdcatcher’s Song” slaps and no one can change my mind on that.

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If there’s anything I missed or that you’d like more on, please let me know! And if you’d like to/are able, please consider buying me a ko-fi? I know not everyone can, and that’s fine, but these things take a lot of time/work and I’d really appreciate it!

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