#John Friedlander

[monstersonscreen]

The various masks sculpted by John Friedlander, resident sculptor for the BBC Visual Effects Department before going freelance.

Both as a BBC employee and freelancer, Friedlander contributed several prosthetic masks for the original run of Doctor Who, inspiring later British prosthetic makeup artists such as Neill Gorton of Millennium FX who would recreate many of Friedlander's designs with modern prosthetic makeup techniques on the 2005 rebooted series.

Examples of Freidlander's work; Ice Warriors in 'The Seeds of Doom', Ogrons in 'Day of the Daleks', Sea Devils in, uh, 'The Sea Devils', Draconians in 'Frontier in Space', Sontarans in 'The Time Warrior' and 'The Sontaran Experiment', Davros in 'Genesis of the Daleks', , Vogans in 'Revenge of the Cybermen', Sutekh in 'Pyramids of Mars', Kraal in 'The Android Invasion', and Scaroth in 'City of Death'

[yourfavealbumisgender]

Beat The Champ by The Mountain Goats is Butch!

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[fashionbooksmilano]

Allure   Collection Susanne Von Meiss

Edited by Birgit Filzmaier and Felix Hoffmann

Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg 2016, 256 pages, 58 color and 121 duotone illustrations,  22,8 x 31 cm,  Half-cloth hardcover,   ISBN  978-3868287134

euro 32,00

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"Allure is something that does exist. "Allure holds you...whether its a gaze or a glance in the street or a face in a crowd...it pervades...you are captured by it." Diana Vreeland, Fashion journalist Two vintage photographs by Richard Avedon from the 1950s were the initial inspiration for the Susanne von Meiss Collection. For 25 years now, the Swiss journalist, publicist and entrepreneur has been collecting photography with the special focus on "allure". The Susanne von Meiss Collection representatively covers all genres and styles in the history of photography — from the 1920s through to the present. It includes works by internationally renowned photographers, however for the main part it does not give preference to the iconic photographs but rather to unknown classics. The personal selection ranges from Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Rene Burri and Henri Cartier-Bresson through Horst P. Horst, Irving Penn, Paolo Roversi and August Sander to contemporary artists such as Tracey Emin, Nan Goldin, Daido Moriyama, Richard Prince and Juergen Teller. The collection was presented to the public for the first time at C/O Berlin  28.05. – 04.09.2016

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[crowdvscritic]

round up // MAY 24

Who cares what the calendar says? Ryan Gosling has declared summer is officially here! 

Between longevity of the “Beavis and Butt-Head” Saturday Night Live sketch I shared last month, his extremely fun red carpet appearances, and the wonderfully fun The Fall Guy,  he’s been everywhere, and I have no complaints about it. 

But The Fall Guy and the other new releases in this Round Up aren’t the last summer movies to look forward to. I stopped by KMOV to preview some of the movies I’m most excited for this summer, including a star-studded rom-com set in the ‘60s, a legacy sequel action spectacular, a mystery starring a recent Best Actress nominee, and a prequel for a genre I rarely like. Let’s take on the summer as Ryan Gosling commands in The Fall Guy: “Jean-Claude, attaqué!” 

May Crowd-Pleasers

1. The Fall Guy (2024)

Most movies go to great pains to hide their seams, but not The Fall Guy. And who needs to when a behind-the-seams look can be so fun? Summer 2024 is starting off with a bang because it’s a blast both as an action-adventure and as a romantic comedy, making it one of the easiest movies to recommend to just about anyone. Read my full review for ZekeFilm or watch out my review for KMOV. Crowd: 10/10 // Critic: 8/10

2. John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA (2024)

It’s not hyperbole to say I adored this weird and wonderful talk show experiment. Experts on palm trees and coyotes did most of the talking, Bill Hader and Pete Davidson couldn’t stop giggling, and John Mulaney kept asking about what kinds of cars people drive. Only a handful of clips have been added online from this live six-episode series…

"The Map of Los Angeles"

"Reverse Borat"

"Oh, Hello Manson Tour"

"Nepo Babies"

…but if Mulaney ever decides to resurrect his late night format of taking calls, discussing non-urgent topics, and creating sketch comedy with his friends and seismologists, I’d watch it every night.

3. IF (2024)

Not everything about the logic of IF hangs together, but one of the beauties of an original world is not being encumbered by mythology and continuity. IF is about dreaming big, and it’s for kids and families who want to be dazzled by a story imaginative in every sense of the word. Read my full review for ZekeFilm. Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 8/10

4. SNL Round Up

That’s a wrap on season 49! These sketches will be holding me over till the Saturday Night Live’s golden jubilee begins in the fall: 

“Teeny Tiny Statement Pin” (4618 with Dua Lipa)

“OBGYN” (4618)

“Hot Ones with Beyoncé 2” (4619 with Maya Rudolph)

“Weekend Update: A Woman Who Insists She's Not Mad” (4619)

“Monologue” (4620 with Jake Gyllenhaal)

“Dad Has a Cookie” (4620)

“Fast Fashion Ad” (4620)

“NYPD Press Conference” (4620)

And if you're still laughing at "Beavis and Butt-Head" from Ryan Gosling's episode last month, don't miss these behind-the-scenes articles about the viral fave:

“Heidi Gardner Couldn’t Prepare for What She Saw,” Vulture.com (2024)

“Ryan Gosling’s Viral Beavis and Butt-Head Skit Was 5 Years in the Making,” gizmodo.com (2024)

5. Zillow Gone Wild (2024-)

@ZillowGoneWild has been one of my best Instagram follows for years, so you know I’m all in on the HGTV series. Can you live inside a former missile silo? Did you know a real-life house inspired the dwarfs’ cottage in Snow White? How would you renovate a 17,000 square-foot church to make it a home? Host Jack McBrayer is stopping by the craziest Zillow listings (and more than once in my hometown of St. Louis), which you can imagine inspires hilarious commentary along the way.

MORE MAY CROWD-PLEASERS // Olivia Rodrigo’s bonus tracks on GUTS (spilled) (2024) are five more album-worthy pop-punk bangers and folksy bops // Even though I find puppets unsettling, the Prime rom-com Música (2024) is proof Camila Mendes has the “it” factor and writer/actor/director/musician Rudy Mancuso should direct a full-blown musical // Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) is the least successful of the modern Apes franchise, but I’m still in on this dystopian adventure world // It’s a shame Rutherford Falls (2021-22) was cancelled just as it was finding its groove in Mike Schur’s canon with its big ideas like The Good Place, its small town cast of characters like Parks and Recreation, and its problematic lead like The Office // Angela Lansbury time travels to the Antebellum South in a mystery with thorny issues still relevant today in Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001)

May Critic Picks

1. The Way We Were (1973)

After a longer-than-planned hiatus, SO IT’S A SHOW? has returned! We’re breaking our typical mold in our seventh and final season (much like the seventh season of Gilmore Girls—IYKYK), and after a quick catch up in ep. 137 (though not without plenty of discussion of what the Palladinos are working on right now and a new Gilmore children’s book), we dig into our newest pop culture reference. In ep. 138, we’re discussing the the ‘70s weepy The Way We Were, which features a Palladino-esque heroine, Robert Redford in a cable knit sweater, heartache, laugher, and Communism all in one neat package! We discuss the cultural changes in parenting since then, why the Gilmores reference this movie several times in the series, and yes, Robert Redford in that cable knit sweater. Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 8.5/10

2. Persuasion by Jane Austen (1817)

Jane Austen—you ever heard of her? She’s pretty good! Though it always takes me a minute to get into the rhythm of her writing, her characters and plotting never disappoint. This romantic comedy focuses on lovers separated by society reuniting almost a decade later, and as always, their story is funny and swoon-worthy.

3. Audrey Hepburn in Paris by Meghan Friedlander (2024)

I have admired Audrey Hepburn as a performer, fashion icon, work-life balance enthusiast, and humanitarian since I was 15, and the creator of Rare Audrey Hepburn has captured the beauty of each of those roles in her first book. With a journalistic attention to detail, Meghan Friedlander reports on the sets, theaters, and fashion houses Hepburn graced during her frequent visits to France. This book is both a unique biography and a gorgeous coffee table book that fans of Hepburn, fashion, and film history won’t want to miss.

4. Thelma & Louise (1991)

Kyla and I also chatted about the crime classic Thelma & Louise on SO IT’S A SHOW?. What does this movie have to say about female friendships? What did we think of THAT ending? And is Rory totally a Thelma? We discuss that and more in ep. 139. Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 8.5/10

5. Good Reads

Recently I’ve been reading and thinking about…

The movies…

“Ryan Gosling’s Best Co-stars Are His Jackets,” Vulture.com (2024)

"The Power of the Planet of the Apes,” NYTimes.com (2024)

“‘Mum Knew What Was Going On’: Brigitte Höss on Living at Auschwitz, in the Zone of Interest Family,” TheGuardian.com (2024)

Men and women…

"Trying to Decipher a Man’s Mind? Now There’s a Name for That,” WashingtonPost.com (2024)

“Why Your Big Sister Resents You,” NYTimes.com (2024)

“Executive Women Are Wearing Sequins to Work. ‘I Made the Decision to Be Seen,’ WSJ.com (2024) 

“The Menstrual Mood Disorder You’ve Never Heard About,” TIME.com (2024)

“Scientists Calculated the Energy Needed to Carry a Baby. Shocker: It’s a Lot,” NYTimes.com (2024)

“Australian State Appoints Official for ‘Men’s Behavior Change’ as Outcry Over Violence Against Women Grows,” CNN.com (2024)

America…

“How America Got Mean,” TheAtlantic.com (2023)

“Why Americans Suddenly Stopped Hanging Out,” TheAtlantic.com (2024)

“A Map of Which States People Want to Stay In, Move To, or Leave,” AtlasObscura.com (2024)

“How to Be Less Busy and More Happy,” TheAtlantic.com (2024)

“America’s Best Decade, According to Data,” WashingtonPost.com (2024)

Asia…

“China’s Age of Malaise,” NewYorker.com (2023)

“How China Miscalculated Its Way to a Baby Bust,” WSJ.com (2024)

“China Is Pressing Women to Have More Babies. Many Are Saying No,” WSJ.com (2024) 

“Overworked South Koreans Unwind With Pet Rocks—‘Like Talking to Your Dog,’” WSJ.com (2024)

“The Land That Doesn’t Need Ozempic,” TIME.com (2024) 

The Internet…

“Our Entire Society Is Becoming Addicted to Sports Gambling,” NewRepublic.com (2024)

“Hold Your Clapbacks,” ChristianityToday.com (2024)

“Stop Filming Yourself at the Gym Already,” WSJ.com (2024)

“Is Uber Strangling the Restaurant Business?,” insights.som.yale.edu (2024) 

MORE MAY CRITIC PICKS // The Moulin Rouge! National Tour finds new ways to update my beloved musical // Like all Douglas Sirk films, Magnificent Obsession (1954) looks incredible // Sofia Coppola and Celine Song chatted on the A24 podcast, and they spoke to my soul // Amy (2015) is making everyone wonder why Back to Black was ever made (keep reading for more on that new biopic) // Born to Kill (1947) is an underrated film noir // Caroline Polachek’s album Desire, I Want To Turn Into You (2024) is scratching the Imogen Heap itch I’ve had for awhile now // The scandals Ryan Gosling and George Clooney are caught up in The Ides of March (2011) already feel quaint, but I’m still thinking about days later

Also in May…

Young Woman and the Sea is a little choppy, but it’s good pick for family movie night. Read my full review for ZekeFilm.

I watched my worst movie of the year so far, the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black. Read my full review for ZekeFilm or watch my review on KMOV.

Photo credits: Zillow Gone Wild, Persuasion, Audrey Hepburn, Good Reads. All others IMDb.com.

[thebutcher-5]

The Raven (1935)

Benvenuti o bentornati sul nostro blog. Nello scorso articolo abbiamo deciso di fare un’altra maratona, oltre quella dei classici Diseny, e abbiamo iniziato a parlare della Pixar, partendo ovviamente con il suo primo lungometraggio animato, Toy Story. La storia inizia con Andy, un bambino che si diverte a creare storie e a giocare con i suoi amati giocattoli. Quello che non sa è che quando lui…

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Alanna Vagianos at HuffPost:

The general counsel for Florida’s Department of Health, John Wilson, resigned earlier this month — and new court records show it was because he was uncomfortable sending threats on behalf of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to TV stations for airing pro-choice political advertisements. A sworn affidavit from Wilson revealed on Monday that DeSantis deputies personally wrote the threats to news channels and directed Wilson to send them out under his name. Wilson said he received the drafted cease-and-desist letters the morning of Oct. 3, 2024, and that he signed and sent them out later that day. “I did not draft the letters or participate in any discussions about the letters prior to October 3, 2024,” Wilson wrote. He resigned a week later “in lieu of complying with directives from [DeSantis’ attorneys] to send out further correspondence to the media outlets, similar to the October 3, 2024, letters,” he wrote in the affidavit. Wilson wrote that DeSantis’ general counsel and deputy general counsel directed him to send the letters in his name. (Scroll all the way down to read Wilson’s full affidavit.)

Wilson hinted when he resigned that the threats to TV stations were part of his decision. “A man is nothing without his conscience. It has become clear in recent days that I cannot join you on the road that lies before this Agency,” he wrote in his resignation letter. Wilson’s statement is the first evidence that directly links DeSantis’ office to the attacks on the state’s pro-choice ballot initiative. The administration has been using taxpayer dollars to wage an all-out war against the state’s pro-choice measure, and state officials have spread misinformation about Amendment 4, which would repeal the governor’s six-week abortion ban and restore access to fetal viability. Until this point, however, the attacks have been made through DeSantis surrogates, many appointed as top administration officials. “These current stories all look past the core issue — the ads are unequivocally false and put the lives and health of pregnant women at risk — Florida’s heartbeat protection law always protects the life of a mother and includes exceptions for victims of rape, incest, and human trafficking,” Julia Friedland, deputy press secretary for DeSantis, told HuffPost.

The cease-and-desist letter Wilson signed and sent to multiple local news channels threatened to bring criminal charges against outlets that aired an ad in support of the abortion rights measure. Floridians Protecting Freedom, the group behind the amendment, sued the Health Department in response, naming Joseph Ladapo, the state’s surgeon general and head of the department, as well as Wilson.

According to former Florida Department of Health General Counsel John Wilson, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his deputies were behind the threats to TV stations that aired a pro-Amendment 4 ad. Wilson resigned over DeSantis’s intimidation tactics.

[thousandfireworks]

Authors whose books you have to avoid because they are problematic.

Abigail Hing Wen.

Alex Aster.

Alice Hoffman.

Alice Oseman.

Alison Win Scotch. ‘Terrorism is never acceptable. Not in Israel.’

Allie Sarah.

Amber Kelly.

Amy Harmon.

Annabelle Monaghan.

Anna Akana.

Aurora Parker.

Benjamin Alire Sáenz.

Brandon Sanderson. Islamophobic.

Carissa Broadbent. Said that hamas is doing violence against innocence.

Chloe Walsh. Siding with Israel in the name of humanity.

Christina Lauren. Believe that Israel is the victim. A racist, also Islamophobic.

Colleen Hoover.

Cora Reilly. Travel to Israel despite criticism.

Danielle Bernstein. Islamophobic.

Danielle Lori.

Deke Moulton. Said hamas is terrorist.

Dian Purnomo.

Eliza Chan.

Elle Kennedy.

Elyssa Friedland.

Emily Henry.

Emily Mclntire.

Emily St. J. Mandel. Admiring Israel.

Gabrielle Zevin. Wrote a book about anti-Palestine. Mentioned Israel multiple times without context on his book.

Gregory Carlos. Israeli author. A zionist.

Hannah Whitten.

Hazel Hayes. Reposted a post about October 7th.

Heidi Shertok.

Jamie McGuire.

Jay Shetty. ‘Violence is happening in Israel.’

Jean Meltzer.

Jeffery Archer. Wrote a book with a mc Israel operative (mossad) in a positive and anti terrorist light.

Jennifer Hartman. Liked a post about pro-Israel.

Jen Calonita.

Jessa Hastings.

Jill Santopolo. Said that Israel has right to exist and fight back.

John Green.

Jojo Moyes.

J. Elle.

J. K. Rowling. Support genocide. Racist. Islamophobic.

Kate Canterbery.

Kate Stewart.

Katherine Howe.

Katherine Locke.

Kristin Hannah. Support Israel. Shared a donation link.

Laini Taylor.

Laura Thalassa. Islamophobic.

Lauren Wise. Cussed that Palestinian supporters would be raped in front of children.

Lea Geller. Thanked people who supports Israel.

Leigh Dragoon. Islamaphobic and anti Asian racist rants on Twitter and threads

Leigh Stein.

Lilian Harris. A racist. Blocking people who educates about colonialism in Palestine and call them disgusting.

Lisa Barr. A daughter of Holocaust survivor. Support Israel.

Lisa Kennedy Montgomery.

Lisa Steinke.

Liz Fenton.

Lynn Painter. Afraid of getting cancelled as a pro-Palestine and posted a template afterwards.

L. J. Shen. Her husband joins idf (Israel army).

Mariana Zapata.

Marie Lu.

Marissa Meyer.

Melissa de la Cruz.

Michelle Cohen Corasanti.

Michelle Hodkin. Spread false rumors about arab-hamas. Islamophobic.

Mitch Albom. ‘We shouldn't blame Israel for surviving attacks or defending against them.’

Monica Murphy. Siding with Israel.

Naomi Klein.

Navah Wolfe.

Neil Gaiman. Suggested Palestinians unite with Israel and become citizens.

Nicholas Sparks.

Nic Stone. Talked nonsense that children in Palestinian refugee camp are training to be martyrs for Allah because they felt it was their call in life.

Nyla K.

Olivia Wildenstein. Blocking people who disagree with Israel wrongdoing.

Pamela Becker.

Penelope Douglas.

Pierce Brown.

Rachel Lynn Solomon.

Rebecca G. Martinez.

Rebecca Yarros. ‘I despise violence’ her opinion about what's happening in Gaza. Blocking people who calls her a zionist.

Rena Rossner.

Renee Ahdieh.

Rick Riordan.

Rina Kent.

Rivka (noctem.novelle).

Rochelle Weinstein.

Romina Garber. ‘These terrorist attacks do nothing to improve the lives of Palestinians people.’

Roshani Chokshi. Encourage people to donate to Israel.

Samantha Greene Woodruff.

Sarah J. Mass. Her book contained ideology of zionism.

Stephanie Garber. Promoting books by zionist author (Sarah J. Mass)

Skye Warren.

Sonali Dev.

Talia Carner.

Tarryn Fisher. Said ‘there was terrorist attack in Israel.’

Taylor Jenkins Reid. Posted a video about genocide.

Tere Liye. Rumoured to have ghoswriters to write his books and never give credit to them.

Tillie Cole.

Tracy Deon.

Trinity Traveler (Ade Perucha Hutagaol). Rumour to wrote book about handsome Israelis.

T. J. Klune.

Uri Kurlianchik.

Veronica Roth.

Victoria Aveyard. ‘Israel has the right to exist.’ quote from her about the issue.

V. E. Schwab. Shared a donation link and video about Israel.

Yuval Noah. ‘Israel has the right to do anything to defend themselves.’

Zibby Owens.

[monstersonscreen]

Many monsters in the original Doctor Who series were the result of collaboration between the BBC's costume, makeup and visual effects departments, or with freelance firms.

A perfect example would be the namesake aliens of 'Terror of the Zygons'; the initial design was sketched by the serial's assigned costume designer James Acheson (future Oscar-winning costume designer of Time Bandits, Brazil, Dangerous Liaisons and The Last Emperor). Acheson looked at half-formed embyros in amniotic sacs for inspiration!

It was beyond the capacity of the BBC's own costume department to make, so Acheson turned to sculptor John Friedlander of the BBC's Visual Effects Department. Friedlander sculpted the ribcage, head and face of the Zygon suits.

[countesspetofi]

Episode 674, in which Chris is trying to give Carolyn's pushy acquaintance Donna Friedlander ("She behaves as though we're the best of friends, which we're not") the brush-off.

It's still his time of the month, he's pleading a migraine, and she's not taking the hint. She's also insinuating his cottage is a dump, but I think that's just the setup for the old "All it really needs is a woman's touch" gambit. And the only time that's not obnoxious is when it's being used as lesbian subtext in a Doris Day musical.

Chris, my boy, you need to get more creative with your excuses. Nothing keeps the pushy girls away like a fake case of explosive diarrhea. "I'd love to stay and chat, Donna, but if I don't get to the john right this instant, this living room is going to be a dump in more ways than one, if you know what I mean. Say, did you know that the last guy who lived in this cottage was a murderer?"

P.S. This isn't the first time Barnabas has invited people to an impromptu late-night dinner party. What does he serve? Does he drag Willie out of bed to cook a meal from scratch, or is it just crackers and caviar or fondue or Welsh rarebit or something?

[okaratauri]

For the character ask: Skippy

Also, because I know you're in the fandom, how about Starflight?

YESSIRRRR OKAY

here’s the thing:

https://www.tumblr.com/okaratauri/759735234791129088/give-me-a-character?source=share

OKAYOKAYOKAY FOR SKIPPY

How I feel about this character

I RELATE TO HIM WAY TOO MUCH. He is literally me im just not as big of an asshole EXECPT TO ONE FRIEND. I am legit his Skippy and he’s Joe. 100%

Skippy’s character development/design is beautiful. He has a slow burn development that you kinda don’t notice, until you do. Just like Rodney McKay from Stargate. The parallels between Rodney McKay/John Sheppard and Skippy and Joe are all too similar. I’m convinced the author based Skip and Joe’s duo off of Sheppard and McKay. I’m also a SUCKER for the arrogant genius tropes. Skippy is my all time favorite character of all fandoms ever, which is funny bc that title had belonged to McKay which further proves my point.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Nagatha. Those two are freaking adorable. Nagatha and Nagatha alone. Sorry doll lol

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Halloween colors oooo

okay I really like Frey and Skippy’s friendship. The way she sings with him and makes him feel wanted and not like he’s a burden to talk to? Amazing. I’m here for it 100%. Also Skippy and Tripps! I would’ve KILLED FOR TRIPPS TO SURVIVE OH MY G O D. AHHHH. Also Skippy and Friedlander is hilarious. And Skippy and Joes mom. I can see her chatting away with Skippy over tea about Joe, Skippy tryna learn more about his favorite monkey and Joes mom tryna make sure Joe is doing alright and hearing about his adventures kicking rotten kitty ass.

My unpopular opinion about this character:

Home front was amazing. Seeing as it was written by skippy. My only problem with home front was the battle cries that’s it, I bore through everything else and loved it.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon:

I wish he actually snuck a puppy onto the ship…or had more heart to hearts with bishop…or yk…

TRIPPS SURVIVED AND THEY INTERACTED MORE??? PLEASE??? GAH. IMA KILL ALANSON. (Not really) BUT OH MY GOD 😭😭😭

OKAY NOW FOR STARFLIGHT

How I feel about this character

baby boi baby

I wanna hug him 😭😭😭 he deserved so much 💀 it’s not his fault he was born into a bunch of racist, god complex, lyin little worms! Honestly his queen reminded me of the Maxholx commander Reichert loll. Anywho I was so sad when he lost his eyes but also that’s really cool to visualize. He needs a scavenger companion.

All the people I ship romantically with this character:

I think him and Sunny are a-freaking-dorable! I haven’t read the series in a while but yeah him and Sunny I can’t change it it’s too good. Ik I haven’t branched out from canon much but sometimes canon is so good it can’t be changed.

My non-romantic OTP for this character:

Star flight and Glory. The quiet, introverted, people pleasing bookworm and the loud, sassy, bulldozer of a queen. Love it so much. Also I feel like Starflight and Cricket would be such a great duo to follow.

My unpopular opinion about this character

uhhhhhh idk lol. It’s been a long while since I read the series.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

I wish he got a scavenger friend or two to help him in the library. Ik that’s it and boring but srsly it would’ve been adorable.

[whatiwillsay]

If everyone listened to the stupid satirical leftist podcast Matty was on they’d feel very silly for making it such a big deal. The hosts (Adam Friedland and Nick Mullins) said Matty was watching Ghetto Gaggers. Later on they issued a statement that said they don’t know what porn he watches they just said that name because it had alliteration and sounded funny. He also didn’t make the Ice Spice joke (which was about her name, not about her ethnicity).

Matty should have never done the podcast but he also said on stage last year that Black people should get reparations, got banned from Malaysia for kissing a man along with a $2million lawsuit. He did the first carbon removed concert at the O2 in London, flies commercial even though he doesn’t need to, almost exclusively wears vintage clothes to be more sustainable. Matty is a tattooed golden retriever who would never hurt a fly.

i'm familiar with those creators (years ago i listened to red scare) and i just relistened to the clips and the way they talked about women and tried to make edge lord racist ass jokes was fucking pathetic and gross and matty is the one who said "I think it literally was ghetto gaggers on the tv". with the ice spice stuff it's STILL awful because he just sat there and giggled like nothing makes him happier than to hear a black woman be called a "chubby Chinese lady". he was GLEEFUL with laughter while they were imitating asian people's accents.

that's the thing about matty- he's your typical white liberal male who will say things to make himself sound good but when it comes up to actually doing stuff like telling his asshole friends to shut up when they say dumbass racist, sexist shit like that he won't do it.

the gay kiss in Malaysia was by no means ok because it was actively harmful to the lgbt community there. it's just again typical white male liberal who can't stand when everything is all about him.

matty's a dumb piece of shit. no, he's not literally hitler like some people try to make out, hell he's not even taylor's worst boyfriend (john and jake are both actively abusers and joe might be too the jury's still out) but he IS a dumb piece of shit and people are right when they call that out and if he does watch ghetto gaggers like he said he did he's financing the sexual torture of black women. so yeah... he would hurt a lot more than a fly.

[remusjohnslupin]

HALLOWEEN 2023 American Horror Story: 1984 (2019), dir. Bradley Buecker, John J. Gray, Mary Wigmore, Jennifer Lynch, Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Loni Peristere, Liz Friedlander

[dearorpheus]

“In early modern cities, malodors migrated from sewers to a sociocultural equivalent: poor people—the pongy masses who couldn’t afford to mask the odors of the body with perfume or neutralize the stench of the neighborhoods where they lived. Ragpickers were particularly shunned, because their work took them to the city dumps. Prostitutes were considered repugnant for the obvious reason that they were more exposed to infection than most people, and specifically because they were exposed to a lot of semen—the aura seminalis being a powerful odorant when put in contact with the female sexual orifice. [...] Nasty smells were like grave sins...”

— Beau Friedlander, “A Brief History of Scent”

“In the period of which we speak, there reigned in the cities a stench barely conceivable to us modern men and women. The streets stank of manure, the courtyards of urine, the stairwells stank of mouldering wood and rat droppings, the kitchens of spoiled cabbage and mutton fat; the unaired parlours stand of stale dust, the bedrooms of greasy sheets, damp featherbeds, and the pungently sweet aroma of chamber-pots. The stench of sulphur rose from the chimneys, the stench of caustic lyes from the tanneries, and from the slaughterhouses came the stench of congealed blood. People stank of sweat and unwashed clothes; from their mouths came the stench of rotting teeth, from their bellies that of onions, and from their bodies, if they were no longer very young, came the stench of rancid cheese and sour milk and tumorous disease. [...] For in the eighteenth century there was nothing to hinder bacteria busy at decomposition, and so there was no human activity, either constructive or destructive, no manifestation of germinating or decaying life, that was not so accompanied by stench.”

— Patrick Süskind trans. John E. Woods, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

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Storia Di Musica #312 - Kaki King, Legs To Make Us Longer, 2004

La scoperta di grandi chitarriste arriva oggi ad una delle grandi interpreti attuali. Kaki King era l'unica donna presente in una classifica stilata nel 2006 dalla rivista Rolling Stone, The New Guitar Gods, classifica dove peraltro King è l'artista più giovane in assoluto. Eppure il primo strumento che la giovanissima Kaki amava suonare fu la batteria, da adolescente invece la sua passione si trasferì sulle corde di una chitarra. Inizia a suonare in gruppo con un suo amico di scuola alle superiori,  Morgan Jahnig, che diventerà il basista degli Old Crow Medicine Show, un gruppo di Nashville che avrà un forte successo locale negli anni a seguire. Nel 1998 i due amici vanno a New York all'Università, dove Kaki King prende lezioni di chitarra. Per mantenersi, suona da busker nella metropolitana e fa la cameriera in un famoso locale dove si suona dal vivo, il Mercury Lounge.

Kaki riesce a personalizzare a suo modo la tecnica del fingerpicking, che ricordo consiste nel pizzicare le corde della chitarra direttamente con le dite, senza il plettro, che nella sua esecuzione classica prevede la posizione della mano sulle corde vicino al foro della cassa, toccando solo le corde interessate anche se a volte si appoggia il pollice sulle corde per dare più stabilità alla mano. Con piccoli risparmi riesce a registrare un demo di brani strumentali, che impressionano una piccola e giovane etichetta discografica, la Verlour, che nel 2002 le fa firmare il contratto per un disco. L'anno successivo, nel 2003, esce Everybody Loves You: prodotto in prima persona da King, il disco è il primo fulgido esempio della maestria con cui l'artista padroneggia lo strumento. Al fingerpicking che riprende la magia dei giganti americani dello stile, tra cui John Fahey (di cui ho già parlato in questa rubrica), il suo allievo Leo Kottke (dalla vita incredibile e dalla musica inebriante) e Preston Reed (altro campione, che vive in Scozia da venti anni) aggiunge tocchi di flamenco (come la proverbiale tecnica percussiva dello stile andaluso) e addirittura il suonare la chitarra con la tecnica slapping tipica dei bassisti (tecnica che consiste nell'alternare uno slap, cioè uno strappo, e una percussione con il pollice alle corde di uno strumento). Il risultato ammalia la critica, che considera il disco il migliore debutto chitarristi da decenni.

Forte di questo incoraggiamento, Kaki King si mette subito a riscrivere pezzi, e nel 2004 pubblica il disco che ho scelto oggi. La chitarrista passa ad una etichetta di una Major, la Red Ink che fa capo a Epic\Sony Music e in produzione arriva il chitarrista David Torn, uno che ha studiato con Leonard Bernstein, ha suonato con i più grandi artisti del rock, del pop, del jazz, vincendo numerosi Grammy e ha suonato per decine di colonne sonore di film famosi. Il disco, Legs To Make Us Longer, formato da 10 brani strumentali e dal primo esperimento di King al canto, è il tripudio della sua tecnica sorprendente ma piena di sentimento che King ha trasmesso in Everybody Loves You. Ma ci sono anche altre cose in questo lavoro, in primis tocchi di altri strumenti - un contrabbasso, una batteria, accenni di archi in vari punti - che aggiungono più dimensione e consistenza al caratteristico modo di scrivere canzoni di King per chitarra solista. L'impiego di batteria e contrabbasso in Ingots è sorprendente all'inizio, ed è il suo lato spiccatamente melodico che rapisce l'ascoltatore in gemme come Doing The Wrong Thing, dove con King in una danza veloce ma esile attraverso il movimento e lo spazio, si accodano prima il violoncellista Erik Friedlander e la violinista/violista Joyce Hammann entrino nel mix a quattro minuti per portare la melodia nell'etere. King suona per la prima volta su disco la chitarra elettrica in Can The Gwot Save Us?, in uno stile campagnolo e pastorale che, nonostante tutta la sua lentezza ed eleganza, è più misterioso di qualsiasi altra cosa qui. Neanderthal stupisce per la dolcezza, All The Landslides Birds Have Seen Since The Beginning Of The World è misteriosa e quasi gotica, fa impressione la sua capacità di creare emozioni con la tecnica e il suono. La traccia finale dell'album, My Insect Life, la mostra in compagnia di basso, violoncello e batteria, in questa traccia si cimenta per la prima volta al canto, con una voce piccola e "adolescenziale" che è quasi coperta dalla sua chitarra acustica ed elettrica sovraincisa. Due tracce, Frame e Doing The Wrong Thing verranno inserite nella colonna sonora del film Into The Wild di Sean Penn del 2007, con King che insieme a Michael Brook, grandioso musicista e produttore canadese, scrisse i temi principali, accompagnati dalle canzoni che scriverà per la stessa occasione Eddie Vedder (che vincerà il Golden Globe per la miglior canzone originale per Guaranteed). Anche in questo caso, critica entusiasta e un ottimo riscontro di vendite per un disco così particolare. E King aprirà concerti di artisti come David Byrne e collaborerà con i Foo Fighters nel disco Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (del 2007) dove suona la sua chitarra magica nel brano Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners.

Kaki King dopo questo disco cambierà molto nello stile musicale: paurosa di sentirsi descritta solo come un portento della chitarra acustica, inizierà un percorso più che decennale di studiom che continua ancora oggi, e di sperimentazione sulle potenzialità della chitarra, persino organizzando una sorta di spettacolo multimediale con l'aggiunta di video installazioni, giochi di luce, performace artistiche. Sebbene poco conosciuta, King è un talento eccezionale, una figura iconoclasta che è l'unica nuova voce di quest'epoca alla chitarra acustica, anche se esplora altre avvincenti strade sonore e musicali.