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inkabelledesigns · 5 years ago

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When we were younger roleplayers

So a friend of mine recently uploaded an older comic she did detailing an experience from her youth involving her first time roleplaying. This story really speaks to me, so I’ll link it here for you to see.

https://twitter.com/WolfenWingsShop/status/1135553476526821377

You know, this makes me wanna tell some of my own roleplaying stories, because boy do I have a few. ^^’’’ My nutcracker friends Freckle and Pepper hear be joke about ‘The Night of Angst Mountain’ far too much, but that’s only been within the past year. The story I’d like to tell you today come from when I first came online, back when my only account was on YouTube and we roleplayed in the comments sections of our channels.

Let me tell you the story of dreamerofchaos1 and her first time working as one of the Freedom Fighters.

Let’s set the stage. I was 14 years old, the year was 2011, and I had finally been deemed old enough to get a YouTube account. I’d asked my folks if I could have it for my birthday that year, which is March 29th. On April 2nd, my dad made a YouTube account for himself and then helped me to make mine, just so he could keep an eye on me should I ever need his help, but for the most part he wasn’t watching what I was doing. I had made this account intending to post tribute videos, you know, those fan art slideshows set to a popular song, and that is what I started out doing, but during that summer, I ended up hanging out with a bunch of roleplayers, and sometimes it was hard to distinguish fiction from reality. I’m still not sure how that started or how I ended up meeting these people, but we were an interesting bunch. A lot of this is really fuzzy for me

To start, even though we called ourselves the Freedom Fighters, it wasn’t at all the Freedom Fighters from the Sonic SatAM or Archie comics. We had a Sally, Tails, and Sonic who were barely present, otherwise, it was a lot of fan characters (most of which were recolors of Sonic, Tails, and Amy), along with an emo version of Kirby, Stitch and Angel from the Lilo and Stitch TV series, and a few others that referenced other franchises. We had a lot of fun on fictitious scenarios together, having picnics, fighting the Suppression Squad, it was a good time.

I didn’t stand out a ton among the good guys, but I definitely had my stuff together a little better. I didn’t have a character when I started interacting with everyone, but I developed one around the theme of my username named Dreamer. They were a tanooki that was an imaginary friend abandoned by their creator, a little girl named Ruth, that needed belief from other people in order to exist. Note that I refer to them as a ‘they.’ At that point in time, nobody online knew what my gender was, they all just kind of assumed I was a guy, and I didn’t say anything about it. I specified that my character was genderless, since why would an imaginary friend need to have a gender? But because you basically WERE your character unless you were in YouTube’s Inbox system, everyone thought I was a dude. To be honest...at the point in time, all of my friends outside of the web were dudes with the occasional girl that was super tomboyish. I was the girly one, I could never be “one of the guys,” and more than anything, that’s what I wanted. I’ve grown out of that now as an adult, I’m much happier just being me and not worrying what other people think about my body parts. I never directly lied about my gender, it was more that nobody ever asked, but eventually I did come clean about it. Unfortunately, the minute people found out I was a girl, my PMs (private messages, which are the same as DMs, but there was some amount of respect in actually keeping it private back then) got flooded with boys that wanted cybersex out of me, which was disgusting and utterly embarrassing, but that’s a story for another day.

The Suppression Squad was the main group of enemies, hell, the character you saw causing trouble the most was Miles, aka the Anti-Tails from Moebius/Anti-Mobius. That’s where I found two of my closer friends, Venice and Violet. Venice was the Anti-Silver, a fanmade concept as Silver never officially had an Anti version in the comics, using the concept art of Silver from Sonic 06 back when he was Venice the Mink. Violet was a fan character who was his girlfriend. Venice played a lot of different characters though, including a villain named No-Heart that had some Kingdom Hearts inspired elements. Sadly Venice, or rather Wyatt, dropped off the face of the earth, I never saw him again after YouTube changed its channel layout and everyone gave up our games there, but I do hope he’s doing well wherever he is. Same with Violet, or rather Whitney, I saw her a few times on deviantART, but not much.

There are a few roleplays that stick out to me from that time. No Heart stealing Dreamer’s heart and having them fight for the villains temporarily is one of the finer memories, hell, when I had her betray everyone and join the bad guys for real later on was quite fun. Duking it out with an evil clown and Anti-Guy from Paper Mario was kind of cool too. But the one that really sticks out to me is the one with Albert Wesker. Now, Albert Wesker is a Resident Evil character to my understanding, but I have no idea what his story is, and I wasn’t smart enough to look it up as a kid when this was going down. This guy came out of hecking nowhere, I never did learn who played him in the end. I remember he was going after everyone with needles, and once pricked, they’d be under his control. Dreamer of course had ended up kidnapped and trapped in wherever his domain was. Being the rebellious and narrow-minded child that I was, I had Dreamer go off on a long speech about how Wesker would never win, and good would always prevail over evil, blah blah blah, it had to have sounded so stupid and naive to him.

And then he killed my character. That had never happened before. Another player ended up godmodding them back to life with a “revival seed,” but like? It was so garbage. I felt so bad about it after the fact, like yeah, we beat the bad guy, but I felt like a dirty cheater, and I was! But it dawned on me why it happened later on in time. There was no formal system to how any of this worked, just a set of unspoken boundaries that were never crossed, and therefore a lot of godmodding happened, where people would be defeated who shouldn’t have been, powers were unfair, etc. But the thing is, I was one of the few who ever bothered to get creative with my attacks and have some sort of strategy, which in turn meant that I was often the one doing most of the fighting. During the Wesker stuff, I was the only one online that actually had any of that going on, the rest were content to play damsels in distress, that’s why my character got revived. I think Wesker showed up one more time after that and there was a fair fight before they disappeared, but dang. It was an interesting experience. I think it was the fact that I was the only one doing anything in battle that I opted to join the bad guys for a while, not to mention the good guys weren’t all that great to me. There was a lot of hugging and saying “you’re one of my best friends” all the time, but no one meant it, it was just fluff.

I wasn’t there for fluff, I was there for action, to do something, to challenge myself. Yeah, I wanted to make friends, friends with respectable people who were interested in actual plotlines. But I didn’t find that there, I didn’t find that anywhere in an RP community up until recently. Things have changed with my style over the past eight years. I’m a lot slower to jump to combat nowadays, in fact fighting hardly ever comes up, which is nice, even though I do have times where I miss it. I think I’ve realized that I’m happier being in a smaller group, about three people, where we ask each other about the plot and figure out where its going with a mix of improv and planning. One day though, I’d love to run an RP blog where I invite a bunch of people to participate in the chaos, one where I get to run the story and challenge them to survive. That was the idea behind OATS, maybe one day I’ll be able to run it. For now though, I’ve got some bigger fish to fry than roleplays. ^^’’’ Still, it was fun to reminisce on this, I hadn’t thought about this for a while.

#rambling #roleplay history #life when I was 14

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officialchzbrgr · 5 years ago

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Hey,

I hope everybody is staying as healthy as possibly and is keeping away from the COVID-19. Miss being able to go into an actual school and visit with my person in person but we are making the best of what we can. Today we held our presentations with the class where we broke down how own take on something media related and how we would accomplish said task. I would like to share with you what lead up to what I was able to bring to class today.

First it started with researching and finding something cool to present to the class. At this point I had already made my demo reel and felt like it didn’t reflect enough 3D in it so then I made the decision to do something related to 3D so that not only could I use it as an assignment but I can also use it in my reel. So as I was doing some research I came across this awesome individual on YouTube that I believe goes by the name of Fattu.

Here is a few of his links:

Fattu Tutorials on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6SWCKmOGEUp82OdTV9fQkw

Fattu Tutorials Official Website: https://www.fattututorials.com/

Definitely check him out! He does some super awesome work!

After watching some of his videos I cam up with the concept of doing also a 3D Liquid Simulation. At STI we all use Maya but since I saw some of my other peers dipping into other 3D softwares I thought it would also be beneficial to do something in a different 3D software that what I’m normally comfortable with. I made multiple renders during my research, practicing, and overall duration of my endeavors through this project and do know that this dragged on a little bit longer because the pandemic happened in the middle of this assignment or assignments. I am combining two assignments into one with this. 1st is the How To Presentation for Media Presentation and then there is 2nd which is a Procedural Video for Digital Media Production. Here are some of those renders….

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This was the first one I did and wasn’t set on it yet.

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That is why this video was made because I was looking for something liquid based but didn’t know what yet.

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I even tried to do something as complex as this but it would have taken 2 weeks or more to render out all the pngs plus when i brought what little pngs did render out into after effects and got this….i wasn’t really happy with how it was turning out so I dropped that idea and came back to just pouring of the liquid over text….

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It was super fun making these renders. I wish our school would have given us more options with 3D software other than Maya but I will continue in Maya after this and try to make something as awesome. When I was originally practicing to remember how to do this it was very difficult not to render out everyone that I made lol. There were just turning out so cool to me.

Now with this assignment we had to create a handout that would follow our on screen presentation to the class. Here is the one that I made….

Now as you can see at the bottom of my handout there is a link that guides you to a more detailed version of the instructions. Here is that link….

https://mrwilson3d.wordpress.com/2020/04/03/3d-liquid-simulation-detailed-instructions/

And because I like going that extra mile here is the detailed instructions in image format…

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Making these detailed instructions wasn’t that bad though. I simply did it in Microsoft PowerPoint. I switched the layout to be paper size and just added the words and threw a picture into it and PowerPoint does the rest. I LOVE how PowerPoint as Design Ideas because made this process a breeze.

Well that’s really all I have for you in this blog. I did mention that I am going to be creating a Procedural video of this project for another class so I will get that done today and probably share my thoughts with you all on that tomorrow.

Have a Great Weekend!!! & Don’t forget to WASH YOUR HANDS!!!

Until next time, Lance Wilson

How To Presentation Aftermath Hey, I hope everybody is staying as healthy as possibly and is keeping away from the COVID-19.

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thereviewsarein · 4 years ago

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Originally posted at thisdaddylife.com

Anthony Carone plays keys in popular Canadian band, Arkells – and he’s dad to a two year old son named Oscar, which makes him a great fit as the next dad in the A Dozen Questions with Dad series.

I’ve been a fan of Arkells for a few years now, and have had the chance to see (and write about) Anthony and the band play live at WayHome, Toronto’s Budweiser Stage, and at the Tribute Communities Centre in Oshawa over the last few recent years. Ollie loves to jam out to their songs, and if we’re having a dance party (that isn’t exclusively Disney) there’s a strong chance that an Arkells jam will be included.

Watching Anthony on stage is a lot of fun, the band is a lot of fun, so to get him to answer these dad life questions is a great window into something different than what I already knew of him.

BUT before we get to that, Arkells dropped a new single this week called Quitting You and you can hit play to watch the video and listen to the song now!

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Give Anthony a follow on Instagram and Twitter for more Arkells content, his life as a dad, and his perspective on life and the rest.

Thanks to Anthony for playing along. Check out his answers to A Dozen Questions with Dad now!

A Dozen Questions with Dad – Anthony Carone

Q1. What is your favourite curse word alternative to use around the kids?

I try to sub in “fudge” when I can, but I have quite the potty mouth, so there are many slip ups.

Q2. What is your favourite thing to watch with your kids? (TV, movies, YouTube, etc.)

Oscar’s favourite movie right now is Coco. He loves the music (I even bought the sheet music so I can play some of his favourite songs). It’s always fun watching that with him because his reactions to certain scenes evolve with every new watch.

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Q3. Which kids program from your childhood do you wish was in HD and still relevant now for your kids?

Care Bears.

Q4. Which fictional dad (TV, movies, books, comics, etc.) do you like to think you most resemble or would you want to resemble as a dad?

Maybe not represented as a ‘dad’ on his show, but Mr. Rogers. It would be an incredible feat to be as level-headed, empathetic, sympathetic, wise, etc, etc, etc as Mr. Rogers, but I won’t pretend I don’t fantasize about it.

Q5. What is the one toy your kids love that you wish would go missing? (past or present)

I actually don’t mind Oscar’s toys (yet). We did put his kid drum set in the basement though because instead of playing it, he was just picking it up and tossing it around the living room. Not cool.

Q6. Which of your hobbies/interests have you or do you hope to pass on to your kids?

Both my partner and I are creative types, and it would be amazing to see Oscar’s creative juices flow the older he gets. That said, I love politics, and it’d be really cool to see Oscar become politically involved.

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Q7. Do you have a go-to meal for daddy cooks or solo daddy dinner night?

Oscar is obsessed with shrimp. My go-to is a sesame shrimp stir-fry, as I know he’ll always wolf it down. He’s also obsessed with pancakes, so I’ll hit those for him maybe once a week.

Q8. Do you feel like you were sufficiently warned about how many times you’d get hit in the nuts as a dad?

Luckily, I have not been hit in the nuts yet. And I definitely just jinxed that just now.

Q9. On a scale of 1 to 10, how close is your experience as a dad to what you thought it would be before you were a dad?

ooh, that is tough. Okay, I would say a 5. I don’t think I realized the hardships involved, especially early on, or how different life is after having a child. That said, we are best buds. I wouldn’t trade anything in the world for him, and I’m so happy to have met him.

photo credit: Joanna Crichton

Q10. What is the most challenging thing about being a dad for you? (ie. discipline, organization, leaving to go to work, helping with school work, explaining the world. etc.)

Interestingly enough, the thing I thought would be hardest (leaving to go to work) has kind of been put on hold because of Covid. Up to this point, bottle feeding and sleep training have been the toughest moments for me. We’re about to potty train though, so I will report back.

Q11. Can you share a proud dad moment or memory with us?

There’s a moment in Coco when Miguel is singing a song his great-great-grandfather wrote for his great-grandmother. I got a little choked up, and Oscar turned and gave me a kiss. Dude is 2, and is way more emotionally in tune than I will ever be. That one goes to mom.

Q12. What significant yet simple piece of advice would you give to other dads or dads-to-be?

Dads-to-be. Have your shit together (emotionally). Any past traumas that you’ve shoved down, or put neatly in a box in the attic are 100% going to come back up no matter how good of a job you think you’ve done. No matter how big, or how small, it’s inevitable, and will make things much harder for you. Don’t be afraid to face that stuff before you meet your little one, it will only make you a stronger and better dad.

Thanks again to Anthony. Ollie and I can’t wait to see what’s next for him and the band – and to watch Oscar grow up too.

performance photos: Trish Cassling for thereviewsarein.com

And here are 2 photos I love from the day Ollie and I met Trish at Toronto’s Union Station for the Rally Cry release event.

A Dozen Questions with Dad – Anthony Carone (Arkells) Originally posted at thisdaddylife.com Anthony Carone plays keys in popular Canadian band, Arkells - and he's dad to a two year old son named Oscar, which makes him a great fit as the next dad in the A Dozen Questions with Dad series.

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americanahighways · 5 years ago

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To witness the raw energy and emotion of Jackie Venson live is like having a sonic explosion in your face!

Her music defies easy characterization, combining R&B, soul, blues and a healthy dose of hard-edged guitar shredding. She has been described as having an astonishing mix of raw soul, superb musicianship and laid-back grace.

This rare combination of qualities came shining through in Jackie Venson’s recent show at the Cactus Club in Milwaukee. Playing as a duo with her drummer, she filled the house to the rafters with her songs, supplementing her guitar and the drums with synthesized backgrounds and pre-recorded sections.

Venson plays with an infectious abandon that sweeps her audience up in her passion and emotion. Her marvelous voice is enchanting—at times soaring gracefully, almost wistfully, and then crashing back to earth as she rips through her introspective songs. Jackie plays with a wonderous smile on her face that lets you know that the stage is her space—the place she needs to be.

Don’t think of Jackie Venson as just another blues guitarist or accuse her of emulating anyone. While her music may show its influences, she is a one-of-a-kind singer-songwriter.

Jackie Venson hails from Austin, Texas and has been singing and playing professionally for most of the past decade.

Music has been part of her life since a young age. Jackie originally trained as a classical pianist at Berklee College of Music. But she made the huge transition from classical music to her gritty R&B and soul style when she picked up the guitar and began writing the songs that reflected her heart.

Her reputation is expanding exponentially as she develops a larger national and international base of devoted fans through her non-stop touring. Her blues influence shows clearly in her music. However, she definitely is not just another blues-only player—that’s a path she intentionally avoided going down early in her career.

She made a close connection with the packed house at Cactus Club in her second appearance there, taking time between songs to chat about her songs, her background and views on life.

As she explained to the crowd during her show, blues is the parent of all music genres. “Blues,” according to Jackie, “is the music of our grandparents. But, while I want to party with the grandparents, I also want to party with the kids!”

Touring constantly, Jackie is equally comfortable playing in huge venues as well as small spaces and has opened for and appeared with numerous legends, including Gary Clark Jr. and Buddy Guy.

Milwaukee band Will Pfrang and The Good Land Gang opened for Jackie Venson. Will Pfrang is a singer-songwriter hailing from Port Washington, Wisconsin. While the band has been together only since early 2018, Pfrang has been on the local scene for several years. The band, described as blue-eyed soul and indie rock, has been getting a lot of attention and air-play, particularly through a large number of college radio stations.

The show was sponsored by LÜM, a new music streaming service. LÜM’s mission is to establish that direct connection between music lovers and up-and-coming artists.

Sitting Down with Jackie Venson

I had the good fortune to sit down with Jackie prior to her show and got her views on touring, the economics of U.S. versus European tours, acoustics and other advantages and disadvantages of large and small venues, and her admiration of blues legend, Buddy Guy. Here’s an extract from our conversation:

Americana Highways: How did you get started with the kind of music you are doing now?

Jackie Venson: I moved away from Austin for college and came back, picking up the guitar. I started learning how to play the guitar around 21. I took private lessons. I started from nothing on the guitar. I had knowledge of how to read music and I knew scales and I knew theory, but that doesn’t mean anything to your hands. My hands were at zero. I had to learn how to hold my hand—I had to learn everything from the beginning.

It took me a good year and a half to get to the point where I could even play along with somebody. It’s not like you can say, hey you play this while I sing the melody. It took me a year and a half to even get there, and that was a year and a half with everyday 6-hour practices with only one day off a week.

After I got to that point, I started to go to jams. I would jam with blues players and that’s how I started to get into guitar solos. And then I would do open mic and test out the songs I’d been writing. I also hosted karaoke for money and that made my singing really strong.

And that all came together about year 3 when I thought that I didn’t want to host karaoke for a living. I also didn’t want to just be in a blues band or a wedding band. I’d written a few songs in my free time, so I started a website and started releasing recordings. Eventually I started touring.

I’ve been building and adding and subtracting here and there for probably about 7 years now.

AH: You started touring in the United States but over the past couple of years, you’ve been touring internationally. How do you like touring internationally?

JV: It’s so expensive to get to Europe so I make more money in the United States. The crowds are bigger in Europe, but because the expenses are so much higher, it really doesn’t mean anything. I usually end up getting the same returns, so I need to work on that. However big the crowd is in your home country, the crowd needs to be 3 to 4 times bigger in the other country.

So that’s the hard thing about Europe—you have to work harder to get the same exact return where you work a third as hard in the US or wherever you live.

AH: Your show at the Cactus Club in Milwaukee will be in a very small venue. Compare that to large venues where you have been playing.

JV: Honestly the biggest difference is the sound. Sometimes the bigger venues don’t have very good sound and the rooms are really echoey. I hate that. I also have to get the drummer’s hi-hat in my monitor, which is crazy. To get a hi-hat in your monitor is the loudest freaking instrument ever. And in those really big theaters I have to have some of the drums in my monitor because I can’t hear them when the ceilings are so high and it’s just—eeeee—and I hate that! It’s hard to find a big venue with great sound.

Also, stages are like 6 or 8 feet tall or something crazy in a lot of those big venues and that makes me feel like I’m kinda alienated from everybody. I actually prefer something like 500 cap rooms—that’s the sweet spot for really great sound. Anything bigger than that—if it’s outside then it’s awesome! If it’s inside, then it’s hit or miss.

Venues aren’t necessarily set up for good amping. A lot of theaters are really old and were built before amplification. The larger venues can be really, really tough with the sound.

Outside though is rad. Outside large, like 10,000 people outside, that’s the best way to do it, for sure.

AH: You started off in your career playing with blues bands and I think that has influenced your music. Are there specific blues artists that you emulate or that you view as good role models?

JV: I try not to emulate anybody. But a good role model is Buddy Guy because he is so fierce no matter what age he is. He’s still fierce and he doesn’t care what anybody thinks and that really rubbed off on me. That’s the only way to play solos and to be bold because you can’t be in your head about it. And he’s not in his head. He is just all energy. He’s always been like that and he’s still like that at age 83.

AH: Have you had the chance to play with him?

JV: Yes. I sat in with him on an encore on an ACL (Austin City Limits) Live in Austin. That was good!

AH: Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?

JV: Hopefully still doing what I’m doing now, but on a bigger level. That would be nice. Everything now but scaled up. Yeah, that would be great.

One of these days, it would be really cool to have one or two more players. It would be nice to have some background singers. I just don’t have the funds for that. That’s what I mean by scaled up. It would be nice to not be limited or restricted by money. That would be really cool.

You Owe Yourself the Joy of Jackie Venson

Just like her role model, Buddy Guy, Jackie Venson plays with a fierceness and inner fire that catches you in the heart! Check out her new album, Joy, and watch her YouTube videos to get a flavor of this passion.

Better yet, be sure to see her in person as she continues to expand her universe of venues and fans. Her winter tour kicks off in late-January 2020. Check out her website for dates and locations. https://jackievenson.com

Show Review with Interview Jackie Venson is Fierce!: Venson Wows the Crowd in Milwaukee With Her Unique Sound @jackievenson @groupbonfire @willpfang @cactusclubMKE @therealbuddyguy @thegoodland @brookebillickphotography To witness the raw energy and emotion of Jackie Venson live is like having a sonic explosion in your face!

#cactusclub #jackievenson #lum

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speakmuzik · 6 years ago

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On Saturday 9th February 2019, William Ryan Key and This Wild Life arrived in Brighton in support of their recent EP and album releases. They were supported by Brighton-based OKTOBA. It was a magical evening, particularly as it was the last night of their month-long tour. Here’s what we thought of the evening…

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Chris Athorne (better known by his moniker, OKTOBA) performed a wonderfully haunting set with his unique brand of alternative folk. His vocal melodies are powerful and ethereal. He’s clearly a very talented songsmith – a great artist in the making and one to watch.

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As a wonderfully atmospheric introductory soundtrack blasted through the speakers, William Ryan Key (best known for his days as the singer and guitarist in Yellowcard) took to the stage, with just his acoustic guitar, before launching into his first song.

There is something melancholic about seeing this singer performing without his former band mates, but equally something beautifully vulnerable and honest about his latest penmanship, making this performance something special.

It wasn’t long before Ryan (as he’s affectionately known by his family and friends) was joined by Anthony Del Grosso (from This Wild Life) on the drums, making for an even larger sound.

Though Ryan is keen to promote his new material, it was nice to see him pay homage to his Yellowcard days, performing a range of songs from the band’s back catalogue, with some anecdotes thrown in, along the way.

William Ryan Key has a powerful and distinctive voice and though it’s sad that his former band are no longer around, it’s great that he’s still making music and hearing his voice in this new light is mesmerising. He even said he hopes to be back next year, with a full album…what great news! I highly recommend going to check him out live – you won’t regret it.

Highlights:

It was really great to get a candid insight into some of the stories behind his new, solo tracks and also how he coped (or didn’t) with the ending of Yellowcard.

It was hilarious when he got the audience pumped for This Wild Life by saying, “Their set is a lot more audience participation, a lot less VH1 Storytellers, like my set.” Great humour!

The incredible use of backing tracks, perfectly in time with his live performance made his set sound huge, even though it was just him and Anthony on stage.

Setlist

The Same Destination Mortar and Stone Only One (Yellowcard)* Vultures* Old Friends Great Unknown The Bowery Downtown (Up North) Keeper (Yellowcard) MSK (Yellowcard) Fields & Fences (Yellowcard) Ocean Avenue (Yellowcard)* Virtue

* These songs can be viewed in the YouTube playlist, below.

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This Wild Life

Kevin Jordan and Anthony Del Grosso took to the stage to perform their 12-song set consisting mainly of new songs from their latest album, Petaluma, with some older offerings in the mix too.

For an acoustic rock duo, their sound is remarkably full, and similarly to William Ryan Key, make incredible use of backing tracks and clever blends of their talents, with Anthony even playing the guitar and singing, whilst using his feet to play the bass drum and hi-hats all at the same time – an amazingly talented individual!

One thing that I found pretty funny was that about 95% of their songs ended with Kevin shouting out, “Very cool!” to the crowd – it comes across, almost like a comfort saying and it’s quite humbling that he’s clearly very appreciative of the audience’s reaction. It’s kind of sweet really.

The energy the band gives off is contagious – having never seen the band before or heard much of their music, I found myself completely drawn in by them and moving, even participating, along with the rest of the crowd and for this reason alone, I can’t recommend seeing them, highly enough.

It’s perfectly clear that the pair have a loyal following over here in the UK drawing in a packed house and it’s easy to see why – their interesting blend of rock elements with mainly acoustic instrumentation and a rather feel-good sound (even if some of the songs themselves are self-confessed to be pretty negative) make for something truly special. I’d definitely like to see them play live again – if you haven’t already, you should check them out!

Highlights:

It was pretty adorable when Kevin Jordan explained that they’d been out on tour for a month and he was really missing his dog, so asked the audience members to get up pictures of their dogs and show him, whilst performing ‘Puppy Love’.

Before performing ‘Hold You Here’, Kevin looked for couples to dedicate the song to – when he found one, he got the audience to clear a space for them to slow dance to but then hilariously got out a torch to shine on them – very funny.

The combination of many different instruments and backing tracks the pair used throughout the set was awe-inspiring. Their vocal harmonies are awesome too!

Kevin‘s on-stage banter is super witty too – making those between-songs moments light-hearted.

Whilst Anthony moved some bits around the stage, Kevin performed a great little mashup of 3 massive blink-182 hits (‘What’s My Age Again’ / ‘All The Small Things’ / ‘First Date’) which got the crowd going even more!

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Setlist

Concrete Positively Negative Puppy Love Westside History Hold You Here Ripped Away What’s My Age Again? / All The Small Things / First Date (blink-182 cover)* Catie Rae Headfirst* Pull Me Out No More Bad Days

* These songs can be viewed in the YouTube playlist, below.

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Finally, I want to say a massive thanks to Andy Snape and Xavier Candelaria from Raw Power Management for making this review happen! Also an even bigger thanks to OKTOBA, William Ryan Key and This Wild Life for putting on such an awesome show!

Enjoyed this? Check out some of our other live reviews here:

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@thiswildlife & @williamryankey put on a mesmerising show @ @TheHauntLive in #Brighton, Saturday night! w/support from @oktobamusic. Check out our #review - let us know what you thought and if you were there. #LiveMusic #MusicReview On Saturday 9th February 2019, William Ryan Key and This Wild Life arrived in Brighton in support of their recent EP and album releases.

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It is now June 30th. I wake up at my normal time, even though I’ve changed time zones. My internal clock and I really need to have a talk, because I should be able to sleep a bit longer when on vacation. So I finishing packing, check out of the hotel and since my bus pass has expired I call for a taxi to take me to the train station. It’s 80 degrees at 7 AM EST, I almost feel like I’ve never left home. I know I’m not responsible for the heat wave that crossed the US and Canada but it sure felt like the Texas heat followed me where ever I went on this trip.

I get to the train station, and look around and notice that this place could have been a good spot for lunch, because there are lots of restaurants with a variety of menu choices. Now I showed this picture on the Montreal update, so look back at the bottom of that post if you want to look at them.

It’s now time to board the train, and very much like an airplane those that require assistance get to go first, than sleeper cars and finally us joes in economy. I will have to make sure I have up for my next Canadian rail experience and book one of those sleeper cars, because you get access to a special observation car which serves free coffee or tea, and your meals are included. Just to give you an idea in price.. economy ticket about $90 sleeper car ticket $450. After the fact, I really should have just coughed up the extra money and booked a sleeper car for the Halifax to Montreal when I ended my trip, because that so one long train ride and the first time I every had my ankles swell up.

I’ve written enough for the moment enjoy some pictures from the 4 hour train ride to Quebec City:

Leaving Montreal

Mountain seen from the train

Corn Fields

And we have now arrived at Gare du Palais in Quebec City.

It is here where I made a bad decision based on missing information from Google maps (had I used terrain view or satellite view I would have called for a taxi) Here were the 3 options Google gave me and the one I chose is in blue:

So you might be thinking what mistake? A 20 minute, 1.2 km walk in the middle of a Canadian day (remember the heat wave it was in the mid 80s I did get the exact temperature, but that still isn’t the mistake) that should be pleasant. Here is a critical view from Google maps in 3D:

The Stairs

Yes, those are stairs. What Google failed to mention was the 1.2 km hike was going to be 90% up a steep hill. The start was the stairs and then just very steep roads. I am happy to say it only took me 26 minutes to walk the path, but lesson was learned, a taxi is your friend when you first arrive in a city.

Luckily, when I arrived at my hotel, they were able to let me in early so I could rest a before going on the next adventure.

View from my hotel window

After a short rest I set off to find the special visitor bus pass that most cities have. It took a bit to locate the place to buy the ticket, but once found I headed to the area know as Old Quebec. I later learned there is an Upper and Lower Old Quebec. All of my first day I spent in Upper Old Quebec City.

All of this walking around and site seeing made me hungry, also the fact I had not had breakfast, so around 2 PM I found Le Casse-Crepe Breton.

This place makes crepes, not only the ones for breakfast, but lunch style ones. I had basically a Philly Cheese Steak but in side a crepe. I was delicious. I also sat at the bar, because this is a very, very small restaurant and even at 2 PM was very busy. This allowed me to watch the young woman that was making the crepes. She had 4 round griddles, 2 she used for cooking the crepes and the other 2 for keeping them warm while she finished the orders. That young lady didn’t stop making crepes from the time I sat down to the time I left. In fact everyone in that place were always on the go.

Here is a link to a YouTube video I uploaded of the chef Making Crepes

Here are some random pictures of buildings that I thought looked interesting.

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After all the wondering, my sweet tooth needed to be feed so I found this nice gelato place and ordered 2 scoops.

And its now 4:30 PM and I’m back in my hotel for few hours rest before I once again head down to Old Quebec for my 8 PM dinner reservations at Aux Anciens Canadiens.

I take the bus #11 down to Old Quebec an hour or so before my reservation for dinner and walk around some more and got surprised by this car driving around the main road.

the St. Lawrence River

It is now time for dinner.

One side of the menu is French the other side is in English. This restaurant specializes in game meats, so caribou, deer, duck and bison. I started with the tomato soup, then had Wild Caribou, bison and deer rillettes, confit of carrots. I had now clue what rillettes was until it arrived. The simplest way to describe rillettes is to just call it a pate. It is basically shredded meat in a paste form that you can spread on to toast. While looking lease than appetizing, I spread it on the toast and found it to be less revolting than I thought. I didn’t taste bad, nor did it feel strange in my mouth, but I will probably never order it again. However, the confit of carrots, I most definitely would like to find again. I’ve looked up the recipe on Google and can’t believe how simple it is to make. I’m not sure if what I ate was sweetened by something or if it was just the natural sweetness of the carrots, but I could have had another serving. For the main dish I went with Grandma’s treat, which was a meat pie, meatballs, and fried salt pork. The salt pork I could have skipped, because I’ve had better. It was the meat pie that was to write home about. The crust was most definitely made with lard, not vegetable shortening and the meat was seasoned very well. And the meatballs you say, well those were just meat balls. I think they were from bison meat but nothing spectacular. Dessert was creme brulee which I didn’t really have room in my stomach, but it was good so I dealt with the discomfort.

View inside

tomato soup

I then walked around a bit more to let dinner settle and to enjoy the cool of the evening. By 9:30 PM I was back in my hotel and ready to think about getting some sleep for the next day’s adventure.

It is now July 1st and since I will be leaving today to head to Halifax at 9 PM, I have to get all my bags packed and ready to go in the morning. My tour of Quebec is 6 hours and will get me back past the check out time. The Delta Hotel was nice enough to hold my bags after I checked out at 8 AM.

I was then on a quest to find breakfast, and unlike Montreal, I didn’t want to eat in the hotel. I head to bus #11 stops, which is across the street from the hotel and with my backpack ready I head to Old Quebec and hope there are some places opening for breakfast. Old Quebec is pure tourism, I don’t think there is any business down in this area that isn’t connected with entertain tourists. It is a Sunday.

Le Petit Chateau is my stop for breakfast

again it will be crepes.

These crepes had egg and cheese inside with 2 slices of ham on top. I covered it all in maple syrup and enjoyed every bite.

The tour guide for my tour was an Englishman from the UK. I don’t remember his story of how he came to Canada, but I’m pretty sure it was his Canadian wife that had him stay. He was all excite about the upcoming English soccer game and was hoping for an English / French World Cup. Remember this is July 1st, so he still had well placed hope.

The first stop of the tour was just 2 loops around the road right outside the tourist office where the tour began. At that spot was a fort that over looked the St. Lawrence River. Now there is a big hotel, art gallery and a Starbucks. What I failed to find out in time, was an underground museum of the archaeology of that fort.

I knew there were glass floor/windows on the deck around the hotel. I just didn’t know you could take a tour and walk under the decking. That will have to be for next time.

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Buildings and statues seen around this circular road.

The tour than proceeded down to Lower Old Quebec, where there were even more tour shops.

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I really liked all the signs hanging out front with the shops names on them.

The tour than returned to Upper Quebec around some public spaces that were being converted to music stages for the up coming music festival on July 5th. You pay like $100 for a ticket and you can get into any of the venues, but its first come so if you want a good spot, you have to go early and wait. The bands playing this year, The Weeknd, Neil Young, Shawn Mendes, Foo Fighters, The Chainsmokers, Beck, Lorde, Dave Matthews Band, just to name a few. It all ended on July 15th.

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In the above pictures, you will see one of the old city gates, a canon emplacement, some flowers from Jardin Jeanne d’ Arc, and Eglise Saint-Dominique church. There were more things but it is hard to take pictures of a moving bus in traffic. We did have to take a detour through an area of apartment buildings rather than driving along the park, Plaines d’ Abraham.

The bus tour next headed out of Quebec City to and island in the middle of St. Lawrence River, Ile-d’Orleans. This island is know for its organic farming and is one of the main food suppliers for the city of Quebec and has been for generations. We drive to Sanite-Petronille, on the south-west tip of the island, closest to Quebec City to visit a locally famous chocolaterie.

The line for ice cream was too long, and while the weather wasn’t extremely hot, I didn’t want to spend money on expensive, high quality chocolate that could melt before I got on the train later in the evening. I decide to get some picture of Quebec City, the bridge we crossed and the waterfall we were going to visit next.

Quebec City

Montmorency Falls and Pont de I’lie bridge

I took a panoramic picture with my phone, but it doesn’t look good unless viewed on a phone. Maybe that is an upgrade to wordpress like adding video. *shrug*

On to the waterfall…

To get to the top of the waterfall you can use a cable car or walk.

I think you can see which method I chose.

At the top, if you go via the cable car you find the Montmorency House with some pretty gardens and a cafe inside.

And I’ve kept you waiting long enough…

There is a suspension bridge over the falls that lets you look down on them or get another great view of the St. Lawrence River.

Along the path back to the cable car station, you can see how nature likes to take over anything destroyed or modified by man.

After view this wonder of nature and creation, it was time to go to church. Specifically the Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre. I’m going to take you on a wikipedia history lesson… The first sanctuary was built in 1658, by Bretons who said their prayers to Saint Anne saved them on a sea voyage. After a flood, and relocation another stone church was built and last 2 centuries before it was demolished in 1876 and a new more grand church was built. That church burned down in 1922. What I saw was the 3rd church which began construction in 1923 and didn’t finish until 1962.

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I almost forgot to include the stop before the church. It was to Albert Gilles Boutique and Museum. I didn’t have a clue who this guy was until one of his daughters, who is both a tour guide at the museum and artist herself. This shop house all of the copper and silver embossed work of the Gilles family. The main doors to the cathedral you just saw above were crafted by Albert Gilles. There was a “no cameras’ allowed rule in the museum not really sure why, but they did allow pictures in Albert’s “hobby” room. I’m calling it that because Mr. Gilles created 15 different copper plaques depicting various stages in the life of Christ.

It was now time to return to the Quebec Tourist Information Building and end the tour around 5:30 PM. I still had a few hours before I needed to reclaim my luggage and board the train to Halifax. So I went in search of something to eat. I debated the Irish pub I had seen yesterday, but it was very crowded and had a short line, I thought about the red roofed restaurant next to the tourist building but decided against it after I read the menu options. I was looking for something simple. Portofino, an italian restaurant near the irish pub was my final choice. The smells of its stone pizza oven drew me. I didn’t have pizza though, I went for the spaghetti and meat balls.

It was then back to the hotel, get my bag, take a taxi to Gare du Palais, and then a bus to the train station in Sainte-Foy about 8 miles away.

The train was suppose to arrive at 9:30 PM, but we didn’t leave until 11:09PM. So began the next train ride of my trip in Canada. Next stop is Halifax at 7:06 PM on July 2nd.

Quebec City – 2018 It is now June 30th. I wake up at my normal time, even though I've changed time zones.

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NBA Summer Vacation Watch: Rookies and Olds

Welcome back, sun seekers! As the off-season continues to disappoint and remain highly eventful, summer vacation news of our favorite ballers stays strapped in the backseat of sports journalism. But as expressed in the inaugural edition of this column, I have you covered, even as all other reputable sources fail. We will live by the ancient motto "No shirt, no shoes, no problem," all summer long.

If there's one thing I've learned about NBA summer vacations, it's that rookies really know how to do it sometimes. A combination of not really having a clue and not a lot of responsibility can make for an excellent use of downtime. Let's catch up with a few of the NBA's future best and brightest.

Yogi Ferrell

Mavericks point guard and big fan of burnin' rubber Kevin Duane "Yogi" Ferrell was at the Texas Motor Speedway to take in IndyCar's Rainguard Water Sealers 600 and meet 77-year-old Mario Andretti. I wish there was a picture of Yogi in the car to see once and for all how deep those seats are, but life on the track's a mystery, as they say.

Rating: 3 scorched tires out of 4

Willy Hernangómez

Speaking of tire fires, you have to wish the best for lil' Will: once his summer frolics come to a close, he's probably going back to his scorched-earth team in the fall. (Will we have to get a #FreeWilly hashtag going? Just look at his smile and tell me you aren't concerned for him.)

Willy is the only NBA player we've seen on a jet ski this off-season thus far, tearing around off the coast of one of the Canary Islands no less, but don't panic, it's only almost July.

Rating: 3 lil surfboard emoji guys minus 1 missed opportunity to post a YouTube link to the 'Big Willie Style' video

Marshall Plumlee

Honestly I had to Google "which Plumlee youngest" and was, as ever with a Plumlee, disappointed by the results. Marshall is in Yonkers and got a guitar? Cool.

Rating: Minus 2 for high socks and being a Plumlee, plus 1 for tagging Justin Holiday who did not respond

Marcus Georges-Hunt

Yes, Marcus! Live your whole summer Moving Like Bernie in the hyperbaric chamber of a resort pool in the Dominican Republic, taking leave of it only to pose on the beach with a macaw on your head and a monkey in your hand. Gazing through the watery shroud we ask, "Are those hot dogs on his swim trunks?" and venturing forth in his slideshow we are graced with the answer: allover hot dogs.

Rating: All the fixings, those nice grill marks and little slices on the top, a sizzling sound—truly top dog

Jaylen Brown

Jaylen was in Córdoba, Spain, kicking the ball around. Then he met Chris Tucker and drank what looks like champagne out of a small plastic cup. You are a credit to Boston and to summer vacations.

Rating: 1 wicked good summer

Bruno Caboclo

I don't want to alarm anyone but baby Bruno has been at it all summer so far. My boy picked up a new broom, looked jacked in an IHOP, and hit the beach with another fun-loving Raptors rookie, Lucas Riva Amarante "Bebê" Nogueira, resplendent in sunset gradient boardshorts that made me, for a minute, not focus on what the hell are those two doing in Santa Monica—guys, get the hell away from L.A.

Rating: 2 years away from being 2 years away from the best summer vacation of his life

Permanent Vacation

This off-season has blessed two separate NBA legacies with indefinite vacations. But there is a yin and yang to the long holiday, and it's worth examining the probable results of these two sides of the sabbatical coin.

Phil Jackson

Though he may yet have a coaching career somewhere in front of him, for now it seems improbable that any team would want to scoop up this twisted tire-fire starter anytime soon. Thus, Phil may be looking at an unfolding vista of free time to fill with trips to his favorite Thai place in Sioux City. If I may suggest a vacation for you, Phil, how about Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance-ing the biggest triangle of them all, with a trip to Bermuda!

Rating: Extremely dark and incredibly broke

Paul Pierce

The truth is The Truth is having the time of his life, and doesn't need vacation advice from anybody. Paul Pierce started his symbolic waived contract of a summer vacation by being seated next to Nicki Minaj at the NBA Awards and will likely, hopefully, spend the rest of his days hanging out with KG and calling out hypothetical trades as a broadcaster, using himself as the guy you would or wouldn't get in return, a.k.a. bottling cold-pressed #truthjuice forever.

Rating: 5 copy-and-pasted rocket ship emojis executed on 2 phones—a perfect 10

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flauntpage · 7 years ago

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NBA Summer Vacation Watch: Rookies and Olds

Yogi Ferrell

Rating: 3 scorched tires out of 4

Willy Hernangómez

Willy is the only NBA player we've seen on a jet ski this off-season thus far, tearing around off the coast of one of the Canary Islands no less, but don't panic, it's only almost July.

Rating: 3 lil surfboard emoji guys minus 1 missed opportunity to post a YouTube link to the 'Big Willie Style' video

Marshall Plumlee

Honestly I had to Google "which Plumlee youngest" and was, as ever with a Plumlee, disappointed by the results. Marshall is in Yonkers and got a guitar? Cool.

Rating: Minus 2 for high socks and being a Plumlee, plus 1 for tagging Justin Holiday who did not respond

Marcus Georges-Hunt

Rating: All the fixings, those nice grill marks and little slices on the top, a sizzling sound—truly top dog

Jaylen Brown

Jaylen was in Córdoba, Spain, kicking the ball around. Then he met Chris Tucker and drank what looks like champagne out of a small plastic cup. You are a credit to Boston and to summer vacations.

Rating: 1 wicked good summer

Bruno Caboclo

Rating: 2 years away from being 2 years away from the best summer vacation of his life

Permanent Vacation

Phil Jackson

Rating: Extremely dark and incredibly broke

Paul Pierce

Rating: 5 copy-and-pasted rocket ship emojis executed on 2 phones—a perfect 10

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flauntpage · 7 years ago

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NBA Summer Vacation Watch: Rookies and Olds

Yogi Ferrell

Rating: 3 scorched tires out of 4

Willy Hernangómez

Willy is the only NBA player we've seen on a jet ski this off-season thus far, tearing around off the coast of one of the Canary Islands no less, but don't panic, it's only almost July.

Rating: 3 lil surfboard emoji guys minus 1 missed opportunity to post a YouTube link to the 'Big Willie Style' video

Marshall Plumlee

Honestly I had to Google "which Plumlee youngest" and was, as ever with a Plumlee, disappointed by the results. Marshall is in Yonkers and got a guitar? Cool.

Rating: Minus 2 for high socks and being a Plumlee, plus 1 for tagging Justin Holiday who did not respond

Marcus Georges-Hunt

Rating: All the fixings, those nice grill marks and little slices on the top, a sizzling sound—truly top dog

Jaylen Brown

Jaylen was in Córdoba, Spain, kicking the ball around. Then he met Chris Tucker and drank what looks like champagne out of a small plastic cup. You are a credit to Boston and to summer vacations.

Rating: 1 wicked good summer

Bruno Caboclo

Rating: 2 years away from being 2 years away from the best summer vacation of his life

Permanent Vacation

Phil Jackson

Rating: Extremely dark and incredibly broke

Paul Pierce

Rating: 5 copy-and-pasted rocket ship emojis executed on 2 phones—a perfect 10

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flauntpage · 7 years ago

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NBA Summer Vacation Watch: Rookies and Olds

Yogi Ferrell

Rating: 3 scorched tires out of 4

Willy Hernangómez

Willy is the only NBA player we've seen on a jet ski this off-season thus far, tearing around off the coast of one of the Canary Islands no less, but don't panic, it's only almost July.

Rating: 3 lil surfboard emoji guys minus 1 missed opportunity to post a YouTube link to the 'Big Willie Style' video

Marshall Plumlee

Honestly I had to Google "which Plumlee youngest" and was, as ever with a Plumlee, disappointed by the results. Marshall is in Yonkers and got a guitar? Cool.

Rating: Minus 2 for high socks and being a Plumlee, plus 1 for tagging Justin Holiday who did not respond

Marcus Georges-Hunt

Rating: All the fixings, those nice grill marks and little slices on the top, a sizzling sound—truly top dog

Jaylen Brown

Jaylen was in Córdoba, Spain, kicking the ball around. Then he met Chris Tucker and drank what looks like champagne out of a small plastic cup. You are a credit to Boston and to summer vacations.

Rating: 1 wicked good summer

Bruno Caboclo

Rating: 2 years away from being 2 years away from the best summer vacation of his life

Permanent Vacation

Phil Jackson

Rating: Extremely dark and incredibly broke

Paul Pierce

Rating: 5 copy-and-pasted rocket ship emojis executed on 2 phones—a perfect 10

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flauntpage · 7 years ago

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NBA Summer Vacation Watch: Rookies and Olds

Yogi Ferrell

Rating: 3 scorched tires out of 4

Willy Hernangómez

Willy is the only NBA player we've seen on a jet ski this off-season thus far, tearing around off the coast of one of the Canary Islands no less, but don't panic, it's only almost July.

Rating: 3 lil surfboard emoji guys minus 1 missed opportunity to post a YouTube link to the 'Big Willie Style' video

Marshall Plumlee

Honestly I had to Google "which Plumlee youngest" and was, as ever with a Plumlee, disappointed by the results. Marshall is in Yonkers and got a guitar? Cool.

Rating: Minus 2 for high socks and being a Plumlee, plus 1 for tagging Justin Holiday who did not respond

Marcus Georges-Hunt

Rating: All the fixings, those nice grill marks and little slices on the top, a sizzling sound—truly top dog

Jaylen Brown

Jaylen was in Córdoba, Spain, kicking the ball around. Then he met Chris Tucker and drank what looks like champagne out of a small plastic cup. You are a credit to Boston and to summer vacations.

Rating: 1 wicked good summer

Bruno Caboclo

Rating: 2 years away from being 2 years away from the best summer vacation of his life

Permanent Vacation

Phil Jackson

Rating: Extremely dark and incredibly broke

Paul Pierce

Rating: 5 copy-and-pasted rocket ship emojis executed on 2 phones—a perfect 10

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