#Jo Vally

[lyrics365]

Desirée

Jij veranderd in muziek, wanneer je danst Als je beweegt zo elegant en in cadans Zo strak, zo fel Madonna van de hel Je ogen groot en zacht Als het diepste van de nacht Al pratend drinken wij een glas of twee En onverschillig vraag je mij: Kom mee, mee (Desirée) Desirée, oh Desirée Je hart dat bruist zo fel En je komt nooit tot rust Desirée, oh Desirée Jij met je lichaam strak, zo…

[ghassanrassam]

1957 Tony Perkins pouts and simpers, Jo van Fleet is determined, Silvana Mangano is sexy

[homunculus-argument]

Metsänpeitto on henkien luoma valli oman maailmansa ja meidän maailmamme välillä - metsä "peittää" metsänpeittoon joutuneen. Metsänpeittoon joutunut ihminen tai karjaeläin ei enää löydä kotiin, vaikka oma kotimetsä olisi kuinka tuttu. Ja silloinkin, jos ja kun metsänpeittämä löytäisikin kotipihaan, koti ei kuitenkaan ole kuin sen pitäisi. Oman talouden väki ei ehkä näe tai kuule kotiinpalannutta ollenkaan, tai saattaa katsoa hänet ventovieraaksi - hän ei ehkä tunnista kodin väkeä, tai kodin väki ei tunnista häntä. Silloin on palattava metsään, yritettävä palata takaisin paikkaan jossa metsänpeittoon joutui, ja tehtävä takaperin samat askeleet, joiden kautta metsänpeittoon alunperin päätyi.

Vanhan kansan uskomusten mukaan metsän väki peitti ihmisiä ja metsiin laiduntavaa karjaa tahallaan, joko piruuttaan tai hyötyäkseen siitä itse jotenkin. Sitä en usko, kun eivät ne siitä itse mitenkään hyödy, enkä usko että nekään tahtovat kutsumattomien vieraiden pyörivän maillaan yhtään pidempään kuin on pakko.

Ehkä kyseessä on samanlainen ilmiö kuin ihmisten koteihin eksyvät hyönteiset - ihminen ei hahmota metsänpeittoa eikä ymmärrä miten on päätynyt tähän käsittämättömään tilaan, eikä ymmärrä miksei pääse siitä pois, vaikka selkeästi näkee minne tahtoo mennä. Ja samalla metsän väki, joka on ihmisen täyden ymmärryksen ulottumattomissa, seisoo vieressä kädet puuskassa katsoen pienen olennon ponnistelua miettien "voisitko vaikka mennä siitä avoimena seisovasta parvekkeen ovesta, etkä yrittäisi vieläkin lentää ikkunasta läpi. Ei voi olla noin vaikeaa. Käyttäisit nyt sitä yhtä aivosolua mikä sinullakin pitäisi olla."

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bud Abbott, Badly Drawn Boy, Sigtryggur Baldursson (The Sugarcubes), Victor Borge’s 1953 “Comedy in Music” premiere, the 1956 film BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, Mahatma Gandhi, Moses Gunn, Richard Hell, Dave Holland, Freddie Jackson, the unsinkable Violet Jessop, Persis Kambatta, Chris LeDoux, Annie Leibowitz, George “Spanky” McFarland, Groucho Marx, Don McLean, Ron Meagher (Beau Brummels), the 1995 album WHAT’S THE STORY MORNING GLORY by Oasis (good to meet you Noel), Phillip Oakley (Human League), John Otway, Michael Rutherford, Jo-El Sonnier, my most excellent cousin Susan Stamm, Sting, Nat Turner, THE TWILIGHT ZONE TV series (premiered 1959), Gillian Welch, the first newspaper comic strip THE YELLOW KID (1895), Yokozuna, and the great British writer (journalist, novelist, screenwriter) Graham Greene. I cite him as a key influence on my lyrics, and I’ve read his novels repeatedly—many of which have been made into films (some more than once): The End of The Affair (1955, 1999), The Human Factor, the excellent Our Man in Havana w/Alec Guinness & Ernie Kovacs (1959), The Quiet American (1958, 2002), The Power and The Glory a.k.a. The Fugitive w/Henry Fonda (1947), and the landmark film noirs This Gun for Hire w/Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake (1942) and The Third Man w/Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Wells + Anton Karas’s ironic zither music (1951). 

As a journalist, Greene’s 67-year long career took him to leper colonies, war zones, and odd “hot spots” around the world, along with spying for MI6 during World War II. These provided settings for his stories, exploring ambivalent ethical and political issues of the modern world, often through a Biblical lens that offered redemption to criminals and sinners while exposing the hypocrisies of moral superiors. I can find his imprints in several of my songs, but the most overt is “Unresolved—Graham Greene’s Script for Laurel & Hardy,” imagining if Greene had written a script for the comedy team of Laurel & Hardy (maybe echoing Greene’s late-in-life friendship with Charlie Chaplin). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBvBEVq0PSE Meanwhile, HB GG and thank you for your volumes of spiritually-informed writing and letting us be human in the eyes of God.

#birthday #grahamgreene #novelist #spy #thirdman #MI6 #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter #chamberpop

[randomly--accessed--memories]

"I Love You So Much It Hurts" - Patsy Cline

"Tonight You Belong To Me" - Patience & Prudence

"I've Got My Mind Set On You" - James Ray

"Only You (And You Alone)" - The Platters

"My Way" - Frank Sinatra

"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" - Frankie Valli

"Somethin' Stupid" - Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra

"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" - Four Tops

"Baby Love" - The Supremes

"I Will Follow Him" - Peggy March

"Strangers In The Night" - Frank Sinatra

"I've Got You Under My Skin" - Frank Sinatra

And a bonus that is a newer song but in a 50s-60s style:

"Breakfast With Lou" - Jesse Jo Stark

- Nuthouse Anon

Ooo, "I Will Follow Him" and "I've Got You Under My Skin" were the two stand-outs for me. Songs about unconditional love or that use heart/flesh imagery always become so creepy in the context of this AU.

[deakyjoe]

About Me:

Name: EJ

Age: 19 (painfully gen z)

Pronouns: she/her

Location: UK (Bri’ish innit)

Sexual orientation: bisexual

Occupation: student, studying for BA in film studies (1st year)

MBTI: INTJ (architect)

Likes: reading, writing, watching stuff, Marvel (especially Spider-Man), Star Wars (especially The Mandalorian), horror (especially Saw), music, musicals (especially Beetlejuice)

Current main interests (constantly changing): Pedro Pascal (+ filmography), Leigh Whannell (+ filmography), Saw, The Mandalorian, The Last of Us, Call of Duty, Heath Ledger (always), Star Wars

Current read: Haunting Adeline by H. D. Carlton (ebook), Ghost Radio by Leopoldo Gout (audiobook)

Current watch: The Mandalorian (weekly), Beyond Paradise (weekly), Narcos, Young Dracula (rewatch), Louis Theroux Documentaries, 911: Lone Star (weekly), Gogglebox (weekly)

Favourite films: Tangled, 10 Things I Hate About You, Jaws, Saw, Jurassic Park, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Get Out, Top Gun, Prospect, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Brokeback Mountain, A Knight’s Tale, Knight & Day, The Social Network, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Princess Bride, American Psycho, Clueless, Legally Blonde, Jennifer’s Body, Some Like It Hot, Little Miss Sunshine, The Martian, Final Destination, The Batman, Heathers, Mamma Mia

Favourite shows: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Mandalorian, Friends, Criminal Minds, Sex Education, Stranger Things, The Big Bang Theory, Ghosts, Doctor Who, Merlin, Fleabag, Miranda, 911, 911: Lone Star, I Am Not Okay With This, Bones, The Mentalist, Death in Paradise, Narcos

Favourite actors (changes regularly): Pedro Pascal, Paul Dano, Heath Ledger, Leigh Whannell, Nicolas Cage, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Keke Palmer, Lupita Nyong’o, Lucy Liu, Gemma Chan, Joe Mazzello, Rami Malek, Stanley Tucci, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, Keanu Reeves, Queen Latifah, Angela Bassett, Jane Lynch, Tracie Thoms

Favourite YouTube channels (a lot of movie commentators): Aaron and Jo, Dylan Is In Trouble, MacDoesIt, Pretty Much It, Trin Lovell

Favourite music artists: Mook, Queen, ABBA, Olly Murs, P!nk, The Beach Boys, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Elvis Presley

Favourite books: Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco, Forget Me Not by Karissa Kinword, The Martian by Andy Weir, From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata, The Mindf*ck Series by S. T. Abby, Abandon by Meg Cabot, Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab, Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber, Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

This is just some generic information about me. Always feel free to ask questions if you want to know more :)

Uhhhh what else do you want to know?

[indegazettevanindegazettepuntbe]

Een unieke line-up voor Het Schlagerfestival 2025: Jo Vally krijgt een ster, en Hazes, Christoff, en andere topnamen vervoegen het programma https://www.indegazette.be/een-unieke-line-up-voor-het-schlagerfestival-2025-jo-vally-krijgt-een-ster-en-hazes-christoff-en-andere-topnamen-vervoegen-het-programma/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

[b-galleria]

Alisa Alho: Easy Living

B-gallerian päätila 01.08.-18.08.2024 

B-gallerian päätila täyttyy koko näyttelyn suuruisella tila-aikaperformanssiteoksella 1-18.8.2024 nimeltä Easy Living. Performanssitaiteilija Alisa Alho asuu ja elää galleriatilassa näyttelyn ajan. Alho rakentaa tilasta kodin ja tuo mukanaan tarvittavat asiat kuten sängyn ja alkeellisen keittiön sekä muita kodikkaita esineitä.

Performanssilla tarkastellaan yksityisen ja julkisen rajaa sekä tilallisesti että emotionaalisesti. Alho on kiinnostunut dominoivan käyttäytymismoraalin häilyvyydestä, kun yksityinen esitetään julkisena. Tavanomaisesti kodista pyritään luomaan tila, jossa voi kokea henkilökohtaisiksi määriteltyjä tunteita (kuten suru ja viha) sekä sosiaalisista normeista poikkeavia tapoja olla. Onko mahdollista riisuutua julkisen tilan käyttäytymismalleista? Millä tavoin yleisessä sosiaalisessa viitekehyksessä ylläpidetään enemmistön suosimia vuorovaikutuskeinoja ja kuinka tiedostettua tai haluttua ylläpito on? Näyttelyn aikana Alho pohtii, voiko mikrotason käyttäytymisnormin purkaminen tuottaa makrotasollista hyvää.

Easy Living näyttää emootion kartan arvottamatta taikka keskittymättä yleiseen konsensukseen hyväksytystä tavasta olla tilassa. Taiteilija nukkuu ja elää galleriassa. Alho katsoo Youtube-videoita, soittaa kitaraa huonosti, tekee apurahahakemuksia, jumppaa, kuuntelee musiikkia ja lukee kirjaa. Näyttelyssä vieraileva on tervetullut katsomaan yksinoloa tai hengailemaan taiteilijan kanssa. Näyttelyn galleriatila on koti, ei vankila. Alho elää elämää ja myös poistuu tilasta. Jos taiteilija ei ole paikalla, voi vieras lukea Alhon päiväkirjaa näyttelyajalta, joka on vapaasti luettavissa koko näyttelyn ajan.

Luvassa myös keikkoja ja performansseja, kuten 

31.7 avajaisperformanssi, 

3.8. Mikko Sarvanne soolo, 

4.8 Stella Massa ja Alisa Alho, 

13.8 Jussi Lipasti ja Alisa Alho, 

15.8 Inari Kaurilahti ja Allen Valli, 

16.8 Friends performing Yan Jun: Musically Homeless (Homage to PF&DW)

[zfashion]

The Golden Globes

The golden globes, an award ceremony that respect and admire the biggest films and television in the year, presented by comedian Jo Koy. 

Whilst our actors and actresses are waiting anxiously, anticipating with their peers for the results on the title they’ve been nominated for, us viewers at home can admire the amazing fashion that accompanies the honour of the award. 

Here are some of my personal favourites from the ceremony:  

Emma Stone wearing a stunning floral embellished dress from Louis Vuitton. Giving a heart-warming speech dedicated to her husband to elegantly accept her award for 'Best Film Actress in a Comedy/Musical.' In the film 'Poor Things.'

Natalie Portman sparkling in Dior haute couture. Nominated for 'Best Film Actress in a Comedy/Musical.' In the Best-Picture nominated film 'May December.'

Ayo Edebiri in Prada, winning 'Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series.' and winning the hearts of us fashion moguls. Winning for her role in the series, 'The Bear'.

Carey Mulligan flaunting a beautiful Schiaparelli, nominated for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama.' For her performance in the drama 'Maestro'.

Brie Larson bringing back elegance and class in a lilac Prada dress, nominated for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.' For her role in 'Lessons In Chemistry'.

Elle Fanning bringing in the current trend of bows into a ethereal luxurious twist, wearing vintage Pierre Balmain and Cartier. Nominated for 'Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy TV Series.' For her role as Catherine the Great, in The Great.

Kristen Wiig in a bewitching lace dress from Giambattista Valli. Presenting the award for 'Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture-Musical/Comedy.' Alongside Will Ferrell.

[444names]

the entire article on the adlam script from wikipedia + estonian male forenames

Aanotte Aardit Aarno Abeted Ableksa Ables Abletinot Acribette Additing Adifined Adlabdo Adlang Adlati Adoterted Adoublock Adoweelo Ahimen Aimand Aleminer Alibe Alifing Alkulowely Allation Alphappo Amony Amzationst Andronaleks Anini Ansock Anteren Anworme Anwoulught Apected Arendin Arilay Arnot Asand Barefies Begin Beteet Bhaborm Bhapeelos Bleftental Bortes Botte Broseduarvo Buterilan Caper Capeseve Cater Chabic Chapply Chrativo Clame Claniseve Cloweeted Clowinant Codized Comply Computenu Cones Consondre Corme Corronso Culaboth Culdised Culock Curce Curmena Dayɗe Deleñol Delock Deriki Dertass Dharno Dhasal Diati Difineses Difing Diger Dittan Djaki Djaks Dothes Doubleand Dounni Drabdop Dralkular Drects Dreganned Droive Edevers Edized Eenedu Eetwel Effere Efick Eftest Eikes Enased Endrowevers Ented Enter Erimaived Ersimpunic Erteducate Eurowel Excla Exclamza Exclanym Exclat Exclati Exclayɗe Exclo Eyearkes Feritersime Follationer Folly Folver Fores Forry Forterent Forts Fouldis Founcted Fourvo Fronstan Fross Fulanym Ganda Gbethert Genotevish Glood Glook Glyphabdo Gnamzat Gnanstly Gnase Guany Guaripts Habloper Hamod Hapic Harno Hatia Haticoson Heines Hersimage Hicriati Hinguar Hypha Hyphamza Hyphrober Hyphrostav Indrotte Inedu Inerstan Inesed Inestal Iniges Inother Ipardic Ipter Ishater Ithere Itioneasepa Jaake Jaaking Jaannits Jaarek Jaarn Jaarvow Joided Joing Joosed Jooses Jooss Juagined Juhable Jukulame Jukulationg Jukule Jukus Jukusent Jürigit Jürilaid Jürimaras Kaado Kaadop Kaaksaliks Kaand Khang Kposock Kused Kusengtha Lamzalku Lations Lauppectur Layɗe Leannis Leford Leksaines Leksases Lemet Lenthey Leters Lettano Leñollay Lifing Likhateric Liking Linicasa Loninicas Lonsoule Lothe Lowelypha Lowers Macep Maconin Madlamonly Madlandight Madlaties Maged Magembeging Magently Maginely Maimpleñol Manish Manunds Maracrikh Maricapit Marituning Marvol Mater Mation Mayea Micasa Micat Milan Milat Minerst Minki Minned Moder Modige Moneass Mosed Moses Mosimanot Mulame Muleneripar Muleñolly Mundu Munnean Munnis Naged Nalpha Namonight Nanstak Nasalkuse Nasep Natic Natier Natinedgang Nationy Nerater Nigede Nusent Onage Onely Onerks Onges Onind Onsof Onsonda Opeope Oplaber Oplate Orrothen Ostans Otharn Ounnics Parawn Parkesepa Pecia Pecial Pecte Pedific Peely Peopmen Pheits Phenandel Pheng Pichabegits Picrilard Pitioni Prable Practesta Preaki Pregarke Prilareks Promet Promple Proth Protter Quesenesen Questaki Raconturry Raidedgant Randares Rectemiles Reffer Refor Regany Relot Rendifing Rentick Repare Rikhanned Ripts River Ronages Ronelson Rotten Runne Runnighand Sagesed Saing Samodialikh Samza Sasen Scrilacte Scrit Scrober Scrom Scrop Scrother Scrotters Sculaivo Seemed Senandi Sendified Sevelopes Severel Sevis Shandir Shapeopleks Shilypha Simationted Simeting Similyph Sionati Souncial Soundrobely Sparno Speopplek Sponalphra Sporrep Stable Staldis Stall Sticale Stinvo Stion Stiven Stopeen Suppects Supplars Suppo Suppong Supps Syllaivo Syllausa Sylly Systableñol Syste Tablotted Tabot Talock Tassion Tation Tatione Taupps Taused Thablek Thanned Thasang Thein Theit Theme Thems Thente Theral Therawn Thesponly Thilaupps Thimareks Toidu Toivel Tookin Toppost Tratina Tration Tuang Turce Turcep Tuter Unitinals Upostly Uppers Upple Urawing Uronly Ursion Usaldek Uscrialdely Ustion Valderen Valkulooso Vally Vandra Vowed Vowelower Vowesen Wasaimeders Wasame Wasan Wased Wasen Wever Whinu Wingers Witicassou Words Wormette Wounly Wounnea Wricas Wriparts Wript Writan Wriveduark Yearrom Yhasallowed

[lyrics365]

Hier Voel Ik Mij Thuis

Ik heb de hele week gewerkt en ben een beetje moe Maar toch ga ik straks naar m’n stamcafeetje toe Samen met m’n vrienden Het weekend tegemoet Uit de jukebox klinkt muziek Hier is het altijd feest Hier veranderd niets , of je nooit bent weggeweest Loopt het tegen tienen, begint het feest pas goed Kijk daar klinkt de bel weer Iedereen zingt mee Hier voel ik me thuis Hier weet de…

[lamilanomagazine]

Torna “Back to school” da mercoledì 5 aprile, in prima serata, su Italia 1

Torna “Back to school” da mercoledì 5 aprile, in prima serata, su Italia 1. Sapremmo rispondere oggi alle semplici domande di geografia, storia o matematica che vengono rivolte ai bambini delle elementari? Ricordiamo qualcosa sugli egizi? Sappiamo le tabelline o i confini delle regioni italiane? La risposta la darà, da mercoledì 5 aprile in prima serata su Italia 1, “Back to school”, il programma in cui 30 super big della tv, della musica e dello sport saranno “costretti” a rifare l’esame di quinta elementare. Novità di questa edizione la conduzione di Federica Panicucci, affiancata da Gianluca Scintilla Fubelli, nel ruolo dell’indisciplinato “capoclasse”. I big, protagonisti della trasmissione, e suddivisi nelle 6 puntate, sono: Sportivi: Aldo Montano e Walter Zenga. Attori: Francesco Pannofino, Ricky Tognazzi e Jenny De Nucci. Cantanti: Blind, Ivan Cattaneo, Katia Ricciarelli, Mietta e Riki. Influencer: Beatrice Valli, Elisa Esposito e Luca Daffrè. Giornalisti e conduttori tv: Alessandro Cecchi Paone e Michele Cucuzza. Personaggi televisivi: Valeria Marini, Awed, Carmen Di Pietro, Cecilia Capriotti, Elena Morali, Gabriele Cirilli, Gigi e Ross, Jo Squillo, Justine Mattera, Luca Onestini, Maria Monsè, Natasha Stefanenko, Pierpaolo Pretelli, Raffaella Fico e Soleil Sorge. I Maestrini, 13 bambini dai 7 agli 11 anni, cercheranno di istruire e seguire nell’apprendimento i 30 Ripetenti. Lezione dopo lezione, prepareranno al meglio la classe sulle materie assegnate oggetto d’esame e su tutto il programma scolastico in generale. Successivamente, nel corso delle puntate in studio, la Commissione, composta da cinque autentici maestri elementari, sottoporrà i Ripetenti a serrate interrogazioni e all’esame finale. Gli esaminandi potranno essere “promossi” e ricevere il tanto agognato diploma o “rimandati” alla puntata successiva. Nell’aula magna in cui avrà luogo l’esame saranno invitati anche parenti e amici, liberi di sostenere, senza suggerire, le prestazioni dei Ripetenti. Nella prima puntata di “Back to school”, in onda mercoledì 5 aprile in prima serata su Italia 1, ci saranno: Michele Cucuzza, Jenny De Nucci, Valeria Marini, Pierpaolo Pretelli, Soleil Sorge e Walter Zenga.... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

[karvoja]

Ja sitten meillä on niitä, joiden mielestä tavarat ja elukat kuuluvat talliin. Kirjaimia siinä vaakunassa kuuluu olla! Vielä parempi jos niihin liittyy joku latinankielinen slogan. Armon laakso, vallis gratiae sekä Aboa.

I don't know if different muncipalities having their own coat of arms is a thing outside of Finland, but I rather like many of them. Like, the only way to go wrong in a coat of arms is to make it boring, the best ones are the most memorable ones. Have a collection of the few that I consider the least aesthetic, most boring coats of arms of all finnish muncipalities. If you see your own hometown coat on this list, do not come at me - fix your own problems first and move somewhere else.

Bland, generic, tells no story. Unfuckable. The kind of shit you'd see on the shield of an enemy that's getting their ass kicked by the Cool Sexy Woman Knight in the first round of a jousting event in a corny but riveting fantasy movie. Now, let's look at some of the cool ones:

Striking. Distinct. Tells you a story, gives you some clue about what this place is and what is the story of the people who live here. Can occasionally afford more than two colours per coat. Now that's sexy. These, these are good. I had a hard time choosing only nine that I liked best, so I decided to divide the examples of Sexy Coats of Arms into non-animal and animal cathegories. These are examples of the cool ones with animals on them:

And as a final special mention we have Kouvola. The city of Kouvola largely doesn't deserve the bad rep it has - the crime rate isn't that high, the title of "the ugliest city in Finland" is a bit harsh since it does have some vaguely soviet/dystopian grunge brutalist aesthetic if you're into that sort of thing, and in my experience the friendliest crackheads in Finland. But all those things said, their coat of arms does kinda feature this thing eerily similar to the symbol of Chaos

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bud Abbott, Badly Drawn Boy, Sigtryggur Baldursson (The Sugarcubes), Victor Borge’s 1953 “Comedy in Music” premiere, Mahatma Gandhi, Moses Gunn, Richard Hell, Dave Holland, Freddie Jackson, the unsinkable Violet Jessop, Persis Kambatta, Chris LeDoux, Annie Leibowitz, George “Spanky” McFarland, Groucho Marx, Don McLean, Ron Meagher (Beau Brummels), the 1995 album WHAT’S THE STORY MORNING GLORY by Oasis (good to meet you Noel), Phillip Oakley (Human League), John Otway, Michael Rutherford, Jo-El Sonnier, my cousin Susan Stamm, Sting, Nat Turner, THE TWILIGHT ZONE TV series (premiered 1959), Gillian Welch, Yokozuna, and the great British writer (journalist, novelist, screenwriter) Graham Greene. I cite him as a key influence on my lyrics, and I’ve read his novels repeatedly—many of which have been made into films (some more than once): The End of The Affair (1955, 1999), The Human Factor, the excellent Our Man in Havana (Alec Guinnes, Ernie Kovacs), The Quiet American (1958, 2002), The Power and The Glory (Henry Fonda), and the landmark film noirs This Gun for Hire (Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake) and The Third Man (Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Wells + Anton Karas’s ironic zither music). 

Greene’s 67-year long career as as journalist took him to leper colonies, war zones, and odd “hot spots” around the world, along with spying for MI6 during World War II. These provided settings for his stories, exploring ambivalent ethical and political issues of the modern world, often through a Biblical lens that offered redemption to criminals and sinners while exposing the hypocrisies of moral superiors. I can find his imprints in several of my songs, but the most overt is “Unresolved—Graham Greene’s Script for Laurel & Hardy,” imagining if Greene had written a script for the comedy team of Laurel & Hardy (maybe echoing Greene’s late-in-life friendship with Charlie Chaplin). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBvBEVq0PSE Meanwhile, HB GG and thank you for your volumes of spiritually-informed writing and letting us be human. 

#birthday #grahamgreene #novelist #spy #thirdman #MI6 #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter #chamberpop

[pro-royalty]

Ladies of Euphoria x HBO Emmy’s Afterparty

[nayona96]

"What would a good big brother do?" Part 3

Part 1, Part 2

Things were going wrong. Very wrong.

Not for an eye untrained in the ways of Damianos Vallis, that is. But for Kastor it was obvious how WRONG it was.

It started off good enough. The three of them walked up to the De Vere brothers and said brief hellos to Auguste before turning to Laurent.

The younger blond had a carefully neutral expression since their group approached them. Kastor, although having known Jokaste for a long time and dating her for six months, still had issues with reading her face sometimes. And they were close, they talked about stuff and did things together and overall knew one another quite well. Kastor felt blessed to be trusted with Jokaste’s deepest dreams and desires. Not many could say that about themselves.

Despite all of that, he still found himself puzzled whenever Jo put on her poker face like a proper Lady Gaga fan. He couldn’t see through it as well as he would like.

So it wasn’t a surprise Kastor had a hard time reading Laurent, who he had just met, at this very moment.

“Laurent, these are my friends, Kastor and Damianos Vallis.” Auguste introduced them.

Kastor waved to Laurent while Damen laughed. “Do you always introduce people by their full name? Hi.” He offered his hand to Laurent. “I’m Damen. Nice to meet you.”

“Likewise.” Laurent’s voice was smooth like silk and pleasant to listen to, like one of those voice actors who do voiceovers for nature shows. Kastor realized he never asked Auguste about Laurent’s occupation. If the young man was unemployed, he’d absolutely recommend this career to him.

“This unpleasant guy here is Nikandros.” Auguste joked, earning a glare from Nik.

The younger blond exchanged more pleasantries with all of them. Kastor asked about his degree - it was in biology, Laurent wanted to go to vet school which was so damn cool, did you hear that, Damen? - and that started a conversation about everyone’s occupations. Nice, pleasant and proper.

Aka the exact opposite of what Kastor wanted to witness.

After some time Laurent excused himself to the bathroom, Damen and Nik offered to get everyone a drink, and Kastor took the opportunity to consult with Gus.

“What in the actual ever loving fuck, Auguste?!” He hissed.

“You’re getting less and less creative with your insults, dude.” Auguste deadpanned.

“My creativity isn’t an issue here, it’s your brother!”

Gus narrowed his eyes. “How is my brother an issue?”

“He’s nice!”

“Laurent’s not a dick, you know. He can be nice when he wants to.”

“Yeah but he was supposed to not want to be nice! Like, I thought he’d be this sassy ice queen you talked to me about. It all goes wrong,” Kastor nearly ripped hair out of his head, that’s how frustrated he was, “Damen will never fall for a nice person.”

Auguste sighed. “I think you’re overthinking it. And he dated Lykaios, remember her? She was the sweetest person on this planet.”

“He did date Lykaios but I also remember they broke it off after two months because the spark wasn’t there.” He pointed out. “My brother needs spice in the ass he’s eating!”

How Kastor found out Damen likes to eat ass is a story for another time.

Damen and Nik chose that very moment to return with beer for everyone. Passing a bottle to Gus, Damen said, “Your brother seems nice.”

There wasn’t anything indicating romantic interest in his tone and Nik released a relieved sigh, while Kastor wanted to smash something out of frustration.

He had to find a way to make Laurent stop being nice. Maybe not to the point of offending someone, despite the fact it would make Damen hot and bothered the fastest, but if the guy could throw in a sassy remark here and there, it should do the trick.

It was as if The Gay Gods have listened and answered to Kastor’s prayers, have smelled his desperation over all this Axe body spray he had used and decided to act accordingly.

Laurent strolled up to them, his expression closed off, body tightly locked and overall radiating a I’m Pissed Off Don’t Approach Or I Will Bite Your Head Off energy. Auguste was immediately on high alert, which further encouraged Kastor to be hopeful.

“What is it?” Auguste asked, eyes scanning his brother closely in search of some reason for his distress. “Did anything happen?”

“I bumped into the biggest asshole on earth, that’s what happened! Thank you.” The younger blond nodded at Damen who offered him a drink.

“I hope mojito is alright.” Damen smiled.

“It is.”

“What did the asshole do?” Auguste wouldn’t let it go.

Tenseness immediately returned to Laurent’s face. “Some idiot saw a WWF poster about saving the turtles on the wall and he tried to hit on me with a ‘I wonder if a turtle would make tasty skewers’ line.”

Even Kastor thought that was fucked up and he knew he wasn’t the brightest.

Damen looked positively scandalized. “What a dick! It’s not funny. What did you tell him?”

The words had the corner of Laurent’s lip jerk in a smirk. “I may have suggested he should end up being skewered, although the quality of his meat seems low enough even starving dogs wouldn’t touch it.”

“Where’s he now?”

Laurent took a sip of his mojito and deadpanned, “On his way to ER, I believe. He tried to grope me while sputtering nonsense so I may have sprained his wrist. At least. I think I heard something snap.”

It was as if the sun peaked from between the clouds, bathing them in its warmth and light. Nikandros looked like he was about to faint or vomit, Auguste still seemed concerned and Damen’s expression was of someone who just saw an angel descend from the heavens.

Kastor wanted to do a victory dance. His bro was half in love already.

“Nice.” Damen then mentioned, “You know, I could show you how to throw someone over your shoulder, if you felt like broadening your repertoire. Works on people bigger than you as well.”

“You would teach me?” Laurent looked hesitant but intrigued.

Damen flexed his biceps. “I own a few gyms and worked as a personal trainer for years.”

Pale blue eyes scanned Damen’s body closely and very slowly, as if trying to engrave the image into his memory. “I see.” He said, voice turning low and smooth. “I might take you up on this offer.”

Nik downed his drink. Auguste and Kastor exchanged a knowing look, the former now clearly convinced there was a spark between their younger brothers.