#John Isaacs tribute

[galleryyuhself]

Galleryyuhself - Gone so long, but never, ever forgotten!

[diceriadelluntore]

Storia Di Musica #307 - Edizione Speciale Natale 2023 - Dylaniati Vol.1

Per queste due ultime storie musicali del 2023 ho voluto giocare un po', sempre però partendo dal disco del mese, Bringing It All Back Home di Bob Dylan. Pochi dischi sono stati più seminali, nel vero senso del termine: non si parla solo di successo commerciale, questione che con Dylan è sempre stata relativa (per dirne una, ha più numeri 1 in Gran Bretagna che negli Stati Uniti), ma di una fondamentale spinta creativa e di ispirazione, che dura da 6 decenni. Dylaniato è il titolo che Tito Schipa Jr diede ad una sua compilation di riletture di classici dylaniani, nel 1987. Il titolo mi è sempre piaciuto, e lo userò per una carrellata di omaggi al menestrello di Duluth, che insieme ai Beatles è l'artista più coverizzato di sempre.

Isabella Lundgren è una giovane e talentuosissima jazzista svedese, che nel 2019 prende in prestito l'iconica copertina, cambiandone dei particolari: lei è insieme ai suoi musicisti, Dylan era con la moglie del suo manager Grossman, i dischi sul tappeto riprendono l'idea della copertina originale, tra le scelte dell'artista svedese spicca Kind Of Blue di Miles Davis. Lundgren sceglie alcuni capolavori della discografia di Dylan e li riarrangia con stile, accompagnata dalla sua voce calda e bellissima: spiccano una versione riuscitissima di The Times They Are A-Changin' (sempre dolorosamente attualissima) e una Forever Young dolcissima; il titolo non è una canzone di Dylan ma una nuova canzone scritta da Brian Kramer, cantautore newyorkese.

La musica di Bob Dylan è stata a lungo molto apprezzata in Giamaica (i Wailers registrarono una strana, inquietante versione di Like A Rolling Stone già nel 1966), e data la sorprendente elasticità mutevole delle sue canzoni (e l'altrettanto elastica adattabilità delle sue canzoni ai ritmi reggae), ecco a voi un disco celebrativo in stile reggae delle sue composizioni: sebbene suonino stranissime, alcune canzoni acquistano significati ancora più profondi, come Toots Hibbert che a Maggie's Farm conferisce un'ulteriore intensità in ricordo dei canti per far rimanere glis chiavi nelle piantagioni a lavorare, ma è notevole anche la Mr. Tambourine Man interpretata dal grande Gregory Isaacs. Del disco esiste anche un Volume 2, questo:

dove le stesse canzoni sono remixate in dub style.

Ma uno dei più recenti, siamo nel 2010, e interessanti omaggi al genio è questo, che si intitola Subterrean Homesick Blues: A Tribute to Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home, dove alcuni dei più interessanti cantanti e musicisti della scena indie rock americana rilegge i classici immortali di questo disco, avvicinando ai capolavori originali l'ennesima generazioni di giovani. La compilation presenta le cover di artisti come The Morning Benders, Peter Moren del gruppo Peter Bjorn And John, i Castanets (con una versione originalissima di Maggie's Farm), Asobi Seksu, Mirah, o The Helio Sequence che rifanno con delicatezza Mr Tambourine Man. Tra le canzoni, anche alcune outtakes che uscirono nella leggendaria prima uscita delle Bootleg Series (The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991, un disco fatto di "canzoni scartate" che sono tutti dei gioielli assoluti). Tra le curiosità, la versione di una di queste, If You Gotta Go, Go Now, reinterpretata da Josh Tillman, che fa parte dei bravissimi Fleet Foxes, grazie al fatto che venne usata in una serie TV, divenne una piccola hit.

Meraviglia di Dylan e delle sue canzoni!

Buon Natale e il 31 Puntata Speciale Numero 2.

[soulmusicsongs]

16 Blaxploitation Songs

The Blaxploitation Movies of the 1970’s were the first films made by black crews for black audiences. Filmmakers turned to black musicians to score their films and add an extra touch of soul and featured artists such as Curtis Mayfield, Willie Hutch, Isaac Hayes and Marvin Gaye. Here are 16 awesome blaxploitation tracks.

Blacula Strikes! - Gene Page (Blacula (Music From The Original Soundtrack), 1972)

Drinking - Isaac Hayes (Truck Turner (Original Soundtrack), 1974)

Girl In My Life - The Final Solution (Brotherman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2008, orig. 1974)

Go'on With Your Bad Self - Sonny Smith (Super Spook / Go'on With Your Bad Self, 1974)

Hoppin’ John - Melvin Van Peebles (Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (An Opera), 1971)

Lialeh - Bernard Pretty Purdie (Lialeh (Original Movie Sound Track), 1974)

Make It Right - J.J. Johnson ‎(Willie Dynamite (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1974)

The Monkey Hustle - Jack Conrad (The Monkey Hustle, 1976)

Mr. Jonathan - Gerald Lee (Black Shampoo (Original Motion

Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield ‎(Super Fly, 1972)

The Robbery And The Chase - Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (The Education Of Sonny Carson (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1974)

Same Thing Happens - Jesse James (Black Fist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1977)

Theme From Together Brothers - Barry White, Love Unlimited, The Love Unlimited Orchestra (Together Brothers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1972)

Then I Want To Come Home - Solomon Burke ‎(Cool Breeze, 1972)

We Can Work It Out - The Final Solution (Brotherman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2008, orig. 1974)

WW III - Luchi DeJesus (Friday Foster (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 2001, originally from 1975)

Soul Music Songs

More Blaxploitation

The best blaxploitation soundtracks

15 Soul Songs Against Drugs

Peace and Happiness

Tribute to Muhammad Ali in 15 songs

[rodrigobaeza]

Reed Crandall: Painting based on Soren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling (1957).

From the seller's description:

"In 1954, the department of EC Comics he worked for was shut down after a sequence of Congressional Hearings on Juvenile Delinquency. This left Crandall, who would only pop back into the public eye again around 1960, in a serious existential crisis.

It was at this time, already it seems well into his alcoholism, that he met the United Methodist minister, John Farquharson Dow [1930-2019], then pastor and graduate of the Drew and New York Theological Seminary. They began to meet at John's house and took to reading Martin Buber, Reinhold Niebur, and Soren Kierkegaard together. But it was apparently Kierkegaard that occupied most of their time.

In April of 1957, Crandall painted the present for him as a tribute to their weeks together reading Kierkegaard's classic on Abraham and Isaac, Fear and Trembling. It was a gift for Dow's wedding on April 27, 1957.

Before John's death in 2019, he dictated a description of his memory of the painting, attached to the rear stretcher, 'Given to Betty and I by our dear friend, Reed Crandall on April 27, 1957, our wedding day. For several weeks prior, Randall [sic.] had been involved in lengthy discussions of Soren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling and found great hope in Abraham and Isaac's faith as being 'beyond' modernism and rational inquiry, which he here represents in an apocalyptic vision of the faith of Abraham and Isaac slaying the robot-knight, bringing to mind both modernism and the enlightenment and rationalism in general.'"

[themovieblogonline]

They Cloned Tyrone - A Blaxploitation Delight with Stellar Chemistry

Juel Taylor's directorial debut in They Cloned Tyrone is an incredibly fun film. The movie highlights a perspective of America that is often either ignored or misunderstood. This genre-blending movie pays homage to the iconic Blaxploitation films of the 1970s while infusing a fresh and contemporary twist. With an all-star cast led by John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, and Jamie Foxx, the chemistry between these three is electrifying. As the intriguing plot reveals itself, we get pulled deeper into a world where identity, responsibility, and deception collide, leading to an unforgettable experience. The Good: In 'They Cloned Tyrone,' the acting chemistry between John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, and Jamie Foxx is tastier than macaroni and candy yams at Thanksgiving dinner - and believe me, I'm hungry for more! One of the film's undeniable highlights is the incredible acting chemistry between the stars of this movie. Boyega's portrayal of Fontaine is a little mind-blowing. The actor immerses himself in this role, disappearing into an abyss of talent and reemerges as the hypnotic character. Jamie Foxx delivers a character that's as funny and witty as any and gives us a hint of the kind of sketch comedy characters the actor was known for in the 90s with his character Slick Charles. Teyonah is sultry and witty making Yo-Yo not only hold her own but also a scene-stealing character. Kudos to first-time director Juel Taylor, who impressively serves up a delicious blend of blaxploitation elements with a fresh and easy-to-digest presentation. Walking away from the film, I found myself craving for more of its flavorful goodness, wishing it didn't end. The movie feels effortless and just seems very natural in its tone, structure, pacing, and delivery. I really can't say enough good things about how well this movie came together.   The story flows smoother than a fresh set of jheri curls, and that's a fact! What elevates the experience to another level is the seamless on-screen chemistry of our talented leads. It's remarkable how well they mesh together, especially considering they didn't even do rehearsals before filming. Their chemistry is a testament to their talent, making every scene crackle with energy and authenticity. This camaraderie adds an extra layer of enjoyment to this already delightful cinematic treat. As viewers, we get to witness the trio's journey uncovering a government conspiracy. This whole story is just s one big rollercoaster ride you're glad to be on. The Bad: While 'They Cloned Tyrone' nails many aspects, the film's ending leaves a bit to be desired. The last act of the film, while ultimately satisfying, isn't without issues. The idea of Isaac, Fontaine's drug dealing gang rival, suddenly switching sides to lend a helping hand feels somewhat forced. Like, what is the motivation for his sudden change of heart? A more natural transition would have given the story a stronger impact, but it doesn't ruin the film. There is a lot to enjoy for audiences who love to see an Avengers Endgame moment where the heroes all band together to take down the big bad of the movie. Kiefer Sutherland's character is both entertaining and perplexing. His mood swings between merciful and ruthless, all while desperately seeking power and attention. left me questioning his true intentions. It's like he's a rollercoaster of personality traits, which can be a bit disorienting for the audience. This erratic nature makes it challenging to fully grasp his motivations, and at times, it pulls me out of the experience. Regardless, Sutherland's performance is still enjoyable, adding an interesting layer to the narrative.   Overall: 'They Cloned Tyrone' stands as a delightful tribute to the blaxploitation genre while introducing a fresh perspective that leaves audiences eagerly anticipating what the future holds for this unique universe. Whether you're a fan of blaxploitation films or simply seeking an entertaining and immersive cinematic experience, this film delivers on all fronts. Get ready to be swept away by the charisma of John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, and Jamie Foxx as they navigate a world of cloning and government conspiracies. Despite the minor hiccups, 'They Cloned Tyrone' is a must-watch until the very end. Stick around to learn the meaning of the title and discover how the movie sets up potential sequels. Whether you're a fan of the genre or just looking for an entertaining time at home, 'They Cloned Tyrone' delivers a fun experience that's worth a full watch. Its innovative blend of blaxploitation charm, satirical humor, and outstanding chemistry among the leads is a recipe for success. The movie leaves you hungry for more adventures in this intriguing world, prompting you to stay until the credits roll to unveil the significance of the title and the potential for sequels. Read the full article

[weirdpaul]

8-Track collection

AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

THE BEACH BOYS Christmas Album

THE BEATLES 62-66 (part 1) Rock 'n Roll Music

BLUE OYSTER CULT Some Enchanted Evening

BOSTON s/t

GEORGE CARLIN Occupation Foole

THE CARS Panorama

CHEECH AND CHONG Los Chocinos

CHICAGO Chicago V

COMPILATIONS Looney Tunes Soul Train Hall of Fame

ALICE COOPER Love It To Death

JOHN DENVER AND THE MUPPETS A Christmas Together

RICK DERRINGER Derringer Live

THE DOORS Greatest Hits

FOREIGNER Double Vision

REDD FOXX Favorite Party Jokes (broken) Pass the Apple Eve

FUNKADELIC One Nation Under a Groove

MARVIN GAYE Here My Dear GENESIS Duke

GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS Second Anniversary

DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES Past Times Behind Voices (new / broken?) War Babies

ISAAC HAYES Shaft

THE JAMES GANG Passin' Thru

BILLY JOEL 52nd Street

JOURNEY Infinity

KANSAS Point of Know Return

KING CRIMSON In the Court of the Crimson King

KISS Alive II

THE KNACK Get the Knack LED ZEPPELIN Houses of the Holy In Through the Out Door Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin IV Presence

LYNYRD SKYNYRD Gold and Platnium Street Survivors

STEVE MARTIN A Wild and Crazy Guy Let's Get Small MONTROSE Jump on It

KENNY O'DELL Let's Shake Hands and Come Out Lovin'

THE POINTER SISTERS Steppin'

ELVIS PRESLEY A Canadian Tribute Paradise Hawaiian Style

RICHARD PRYOR Craps

Is It Something I Said? This N's Crazy

BOOTS RANDOLPH Yakety Sax!

RUFUS Street Player

FRANK SINATRA My Cole Porter

SOUNDTRACKS Star Wars Theme From the Godfather

THE STOOGES s/t (bad pad)

STYX Pieces of Eight

10CC Deceptive Bends

THIN LIZZY Johnny the Fox

GENE TRACY In England

TRAFFIC Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory

THE WHO Who's Next (bad pad)

WILD MAN STEVE My Man!  Wild Man!  (new)

JOHNNY WINTER Still Alive and Well

YES Fragile

NEIL YOUNG Decade Rust Never Sleeps

ZZ TOP Fandango! Tres Hombres

[lboogie1906]

The Wyoming Black Fourteen were African American members of the 1969 University of Wyoming football team who protested playing a game with Brigham Young University because of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’s ban on Black men holding the priesthood in the church, and other racial restrictions. The priesthood ban applied to men of African descent.

The fourteen players were Jerry Berry, Tony Gibson, John Griffin, Lionel Grimes, Mel Hamilton, Ron Hill, Willie Hysaw, Jim Isaac, Earl Lee, Don Meadows, Tony McGee, Ivie Moore, Joe Williams, and Ted Williams. The Wyoming Cowboys had won three consecutive Western Athletic Conference championships, it was considered the best football team to play for the university.

The protest began on October 15, 1969, Willie Black, a math graduate student and head of Wyoming’s Black Student Alliance, upon learning of the LDS ban brought a letter titled “We Must Protest” to university administrators. His letter called for all Wyoming football players and students to protest LDS church policies during the scheduled game with BYU on October 18.

They decided to wear black armbands but competed in the game. On October 17, Coach Eaton ordered the players to the bleachers, where he reprimanded them and released them from the team, revoking their athletic scholarships. The university announced that the Board of Trustees supported Coach Eaton’s decision and said, “The players will not play in today’s game or any [other] during the balance of the season.”

Several of the fourteen players received college degrees from Wyoming and other institutions. Jerry Berry, one of the Fourteen, became a sports anchor for TV stations in Tulsa, Chicago, and Detroit. A statue of the Fourteen was erected in the Student Union on the University of Wyoming campus. On the 40th anniversary of the Black Fourteen, the LDS Institute at the University of Wyoming made black armbands in tribute to the events of 1969 and handed them out to all in attendance. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[the-immaculate-madonna]

CONFESSIONS TOUR (2006)

The Confessions Tour included 60 tour stops, which at the time was the most for a Madonna tour. While the schedule focused mostly on North America and Europe, it was her first tour since the 1993 Girlie Show to visit Japan again. It also included some new markets, such as Prague and Moscow. Though Madonna had promised to come back to Australia, the land down under was again excluded from the schedule. Madonna later posted an apology to her Australian fans. The setlist of the Confessions Tour depended heavily on her successful Confessions On A Dance Floor album, while giving many of her older hits a disco make-over. Madonna and musical director Stuart Price paid tribute to Donna Summer's 'I Feel Love', The Trammps' 'Disco Inferno', ABBA, and John Travolta's 'Saturday Night Fever'.

CONCERT SET LIST

Act 1: Equestrian

"Future Lovers" / "I Feel Love"

"Get Together"

"Like a Virgin"

"Jump"

"Confessions" (Dancers interlude; contains elements of "Live to Tell")

Act 2: Bedouin

"Live to Tell"

"Forbidden Love"

"Isaac"

"Sorry"

"Like It or Not"

"Sorry" (Remix; interlude)

Act 3: Never Mind the Bollocks

"I Love New York"

"Ray of Light"

"Let It Will Be" (Paper Faces Remix)

"Drowned World/Substitute for Love"

"Paradise (Not for Me)"

Act 4: Disco

"The Duke Mixes The Hits" (Video interlude; contains elements of "Borderline", "Erotica", "Dress You Up", "Holiday", and "Disco Inferno")

"Music" (Contains elements of "Disco Inferno" and "Where's The Party")

"Erotica" / "You Thrill Me"

"La Isla Bonita"

"Lucky Star" (Contains elements of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", and "Hung Up")

"Hung Up" (Contains elements of "Lucky Star")

The Confessions Tour (Live)

TRACKLIST

1. Future Lovers / I Feel Love (Live) 2. Get Together (Live) 3. Like A Virgin (Live) 4. Jump (Live) 5. Confessions (Live) 6. Live To Tell (Live) 7. Forbidden Love (Live) 8. Isaac (Live) 9. Sorry (Live) 10. Like It Or Not (Live) 11. Sorry (Remix) (Live) 12. I Love New York (Live) 13. Ray Of Light (Live) 14. Let It Will Be (Live) 15. Drowned World / Substitute For Love (Live) 16. Paradise (Not For Me) (Live) 17. Music Inferno (Live) 18. Erotica (Live) 19. La Isla Bonita (Live) 20. Lucky Star (Live) 21. Hung Up (Live)

[mattanaministry]

Mattana Ministry Welcomes You To:

Sunday Sermon:

Theme: Mothers of the Bible

Music:

https://youtu.be/OmxtnAZlWyI

https://youtu.be/N7JigVVsYg8

Scripture: Gen.3:6;Gen.3:16; Gen.3:23; Gen.18:12-13; Gen.21:6; Gen.27:15-16; Gen.27:44-45; Ruth 4:15; 1 Sam.1:10; 1 Sam.1:20; Luk.1:44 & John.19:25

Message:

Today, we celebrate Mother's Day. A day that pays our tribute to all mothers We can talk for hours about our mothers, but let's see in the Bible what types of mothers were there. We will look at seven different types of mothers and at seven women's influence on their circumstances.

We start with Eve, who baptized the disobedient Mother:

Gen. 3:6

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Eve did not listen to God and disobeyed God. Instead, Eve lent her ears to the cunning snake and saw only what was in front of her eyes. The tree with the pretty fruit. Eve did not come up with the implications of her disobedience.

Gen. 3:16

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Gen. 3:23

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

Eve's disobedience caused children to be produced with difficulty. Adam and Eve were sent from the Garden of Eden. The peace, love, and harmony that existed at the beginning of creation were disturbed. Man must now work for whatever he or she wants, and the relationship between God and man has been disturbed. To this day, humanity is paying the price for Eve's disobedience.

Are we obedient or disobedient to God? Are our children and our loved ones paying the price for our disobedience? Our disobedience can have consequences for our descendants. Disobedience can be something like having to raise our children according to God's word, but we don't. It may even be that little voice warning us that there is danger around the corner, but because we are in a hurry, we are not listening. What consequences do we have for Mom's disobedience? Eve only saw the fruit; what do we see?

We are now going to look at Sarah, baptized the laughing mom:

Gen.18:12-13

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

Sarah's faith was measured by her laughter. Sara laughed at the prediction that she would give birth to a son. Sarah's laughter and her disbelief were proven wrong.

Gen.21:6

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

Sara laughed and was disbelieving in her laughter. Yet God blessed Sarah with a son at a very late age. Isaac is the son who was promised to Abraham.

Are we laughing—a laughter of mockery or of joy? Does our laughter sound like a sign of our unbelief, or is it a sign of our faith? Is our laughter at our children and families a sign of joy or a sign of mockery?

Now let's look at Rebekah, baptized the conniving mom:

Gen.27:15-16

And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

Rebekah contrived to let Jacob receive the blessing. Rebekah only wants the best for her favorite son and devises a cunning plan to acquire it for him. Jacob receives the blessing, but there are consequences for him and Rebekah.

Gen.27:44-45

And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away:

Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

Rebekah wanted the best for Jacob, but for his own safety, she must now send him to his uncle. Rebekah isn't there when Jacob gets married to one of his wives; she's not there to know and share his children. not to spend time. Rebekah, with her cunning plan, lost many years with Jacob and his family.

We, as moms, also just always want the best for our children. It could possibly be the best marks in the class, or maybe a spot on the first team. However, how do we help our children to be the best? Do we motivate them to do their best, or do we help them obtain it in a cunning way? We must always remember that there are consequences for our cunning plans.

Now let's look at Naomi, the blessed mom:

Ruth 4:15

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.

Naomi is the blessed mom; her obedience has blessed her. Naomi did what she had to do; she turned back to her own people. Naomi held on to her faith during the hard times. Naomi is blessed with Obed, her godson. We all know that Obed is part of Jesus' family tree.

Now let's look at Hannah, the praying mom:

1 Sam. 1:10

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.

Hannah was very sad year after year. She was ridiculed year after year for not being able to bear any children. Hannah sat down in the temple and prayed and wept in such a way that Eli thought she was under the influence of wine and addressed her about it.

1 Sam. 1:20

Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

Hannah prayed to have a child and was blessed with Samuel. Samuel grows up in the temple and is taught by Eli. Samuel was also a judge for Israel until his death.

What do our prayers look like for our children? Do we pray for our children? Our prayers carry weight for our children. Our prayers are the very ones they carry throughout the day.

Let's look at Elizabeth, the believing mom.

Luk.1:44

For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

Elizabeth believed everything that happened at this time. She was immediately filled with the Holy Spirit when Mary walked in her door. Elizabeth didn't wonder if she understood anything correctly; she didn't wonder if Zechariah had the angel correctly. Elizabeth believed it. Elizabeth raised John in this unshakable faith.

How far does our faith carry our children? Do we have enough faith some days to carry us and our children? When that math exam is at the door, do we have enough faith to give our children courage? Is our faith contagious among our children?

Now let's look at Mary, the devoted mom:

John.19:25

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

Mary was a devoted mother; she was there from the very beginning of Jesus' life on earth. In difficult circumstances, Mary gave birth to Jesus. Mary had a great task on her hands; she raised and taught Jesus. Mary even followed Jesus until the death of the cross and was there in those difficult final moments of Jesus' life. Jesus' life and teaching were not easy, and Jesus was always under a magnifying glass, yet Mary was always somewhere in the background.

Our children can get tough; they can get into trouble. They may become rebellious about the events of the world. Are we there to help them fit all the puzzle pieces together? Do we always believe only the best about our children? Do we trust that our children will always be safe?

What type of mom are we? We can be more than one of these types of moms at a time. Do we always do what is best for our children? Does our faith carry us, do we pray for our children, and are we devoted (even though we feel that, like Abraham, we sometimes want to sacrifice them)? Do we acknowledge and recognize that we have been blessed by our children? Are we perhaps the disobedient, laughing, and conniving moms?

Prayer:

Father, thank you for all the mother figures in our lives. Lord, help us as mothers to please always consider our children's interests important. Jesus, please help us raise our children for Your glory. Father, please guide us on the right path this week, and please forgive us for our sins. In Jesus Name, Amen

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MM

[consistentresearchpractice]

Now Everything Makes Sense (viva abebooks)

The book fell into my possession, signed and dedicated, but not to me.

like a personal note- a parasocial intrigue. 

Written by John, not to me, but yet:

Here it is on its way to my room

To take pride of place next to all the porn

I said you were like a disease, but

Whether I like it or not, you’ve infected me, although,

Not like a pathogen does, moreso,

Like an unseen living creature

Or a hunk of decay,

Material, or food poisoning.

I looked at Isaacs’ flesh tributes.

I wanted to see them the way they could see me. 

Sack the political commentary, for, 

It’s not 1997 anymore, and I’m hungry for something else. 

John. It gives me the fear to use others’ names in conversation, but

Things just flow so freely with you

I can recite over and over: John this, John that, John, John, John again,

John in a set of 3 lines

Hunk of shark

Hunk over snow, and

Elsewhere, more of him

More of us, 

More of what art can and cannot do, 

What it cannot be, 

What it cannot afford, 

Where, in the dark, the neons might be hung.

Maybe in a light corner of an unopenable free port. 

Maybe in the pockets of my imagination, 

Maybe in the type of love that only a stan can express, despite

Yucky lights

And references to Edmund Burke.

Dedicated, not to me, but to some other who got there first.

[scotianostra]

On February 23rd 1836 we saw the first day of the Siege of the Alamo.

There were four Scots born present, Richard W Ballentine, John McGregor (piper), Isaac Robinson and David L. Wilson and many of Scots ancestry among the defenders.

Ever since Texans and other Americans have shouted ‘Remember the Alamo’ as they charged into battle.

It’s said that around 80% of the men who died at the Alamo in 1836 were Scots or of Scots descent – and all of them viewed it as a re-run of Bannockburn when free men stood against an oppressor.

The Alamo is the number one tourist attraction in Texas. The site itself, to many visitors’ surprise, is in the very centre of the modern city of San Antonio. On a Friday evening in early April every year, before the San Antonio Highland Games, a group of Texans of Scottish descent gather in their kilts and tartan sashes at the Alamo to celebrate National Tartan Day – which is designed to remind them of what took place in Arbroath Abbey on April 6th, 1320 – and to commemorate those of Scottish descent who died at the battle.

Speeches are made, the Declaration of Arbroath is quoted, Highland dances performed and pipes played. The pipe band is led by members of the Sutherland family, which has been in South Texas for more than 200 years and lost a relative at the battle. The event itself was first organised by Ellis Buchanan, one of whose relatives also died at the battle, having come down from Tennessee with Davy Crockett.

The defenders even had their own piper, a native Scot called John MacGregor, and a fiddler, rumoured to be Crockett himself. We know they played and sang songs every evening, and must assume that Burns’ great song, Scots Wah Hae, written some 43 years earlier and which captured the imaginations of Scots around the world, was often carried on the evening air across to the Mexican lines:

Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled,

Scots wham Bruce has often led,

Welcome to your gory bed

Or to victory.

In 2010  the then Scottish Minister of Energy, Enterprise and Tourism, Jim Mather, was invited  to San Antonio, where he laid a commemorative stone of Caithness marble at the shrine, the only such offering that site’s traditional guardians, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, have allowed to be placed permanently in the shrine itself.

It is a fitting tribute to the Scots and men of Scottish descent who died to create the Texas we know today.

Read more about the piper McGregor and the Alamo here https://www.agleninscotland.scot/blog-posts/2017/5/9/alamo-john-mcgregor-the-texian-piper

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Material list B

Where ravens cry (bloodhound x reader)

The Tribute (Boba Fett x reader) (on hold)

PT 1 PT 2 PT 3

The gods with us (Moonkight x reader) (finished)

PT 1 PT 2 PT 3 PT 4 PT 5 PT 6 PT 7 PT 8 PT 9 PT 10 PT 11 PT 12 PT 13 PT 14 LAST PART

My minds a maze (Oscar Isaac x reader) (on hold)

PT 1 PT 2 PT 3

Force bond (Obi-Wan x reader

PT 1 PT 2 PT 3

Tastes like heaven (Obikin x reader)

PT 1 PT 2 PT 3 PT 4 PT 5

The predator grounds (obi wan x reader)

PT 1 PT 2 PT 3 PT 4 PT 5 PT 6 last part

The predator grounds (Jim Hopper x reader)

PT 1 PT 2 PT 3 PT 4 LAST PART

The prey (Yautja x reader)

PT 1 PT 2 PT 3 PT 4 PT 5 PT 6 PT 7 last part

The golden boy (Jamie Lannister x reader)

PT 1 PT 2 last part

Silent dragon (Daemon x reader) (On hold)

PT 1 PT 2 PT 3

She can’t sense it (Dean x reader)

Down time (Bobby x reader)

The predator grounds (John Winchester)

PT 1 PT 2 last part

Serving her (Castiel x reader)

PT 1 PT 2 PT 3 PT 4 PT 5 PT 6 Last part

Skin walking (Dean x reader)

White picket fence (Wincest x reader)

Craving the wild side (Dean x reader)

PT 1 PT 2 PT 3 PT 4 PT 5 PT 6 PT 7 last part

Giving in to the wild side (Dean x reader)

PT 1 PT 2 PT 3 PT 4 PT 5 PT 6 last part

He’s down on his knees (Jared Padalecki x reader) ON HOLD

PT 1 PT 2 PT 3 PT 4 PT 5

The shadows have eyes (Darkling x reader) (on hold)

PT. 1 PT 2 PT 3 PT 4

Fuckin Butcher (Billy Butcher x reader)

PT 1 PT 2 PT 3 last part

The proposition (Misha Collins x reader)

PT 1

Intimacy (Misha x reader)

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The Scholars of Night

John M Ford (“Mike” to his many friends) was one of science fiction’s most accomplished writers, by which I mean, his accomplishments were so prodigious as to be slightly bewildering.

If he hadn’t been so mind-bogglingly quick-witted in person, it would be tempting to believe that his books were the product of several eccentric geniuses. Everything he did, he did brilliantly, and he did so very much.

He was the author of several bestselling, award-winning RPG modules, and a Star Trek novel that was also a Gilbert and Sullivan musical, and a string of genre-crossing novels that used pulp conventions to create transcendent, glittering tales that amazed and delighted.

Ford was beloved of those who knew him. When he died — 15 years ago this week — the tributes were incredible. Here’s Neil Gaiman:

https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2006/09/john-m-ford.html

And the thread on Making Light:

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008033.html#008033

But the sorrow quickly turned to horror as it became clear that some kind of complications with his family and his estate planning meant that his work was unlikely to come back into print — that it might just slip beneath the waves of time and sink out of sight.

Ford’s death spurred many of us to get out literary estates in order and to name literary executors (if I die suddenly, John Scalzi gets to make the final decisions about my work, until such time as my kid is ready to take over).

From his death in 2006 until 2019, a large part of his legacy was this cautionary tale. But then something wonderful happened. Writing for Slate, Isaac Butler detailed his 18-month journey into the mystery of Mike Ford’s literary legacy.

https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/john-ford-science-fiction-fantasy-books.html

Butler recounts many of the strange and wonderful elements of Ford’s biography and bibliography — his $3,000 university library fine, the proto-cyberpunk novel he published four years before Neuromancer came out.

Above all, Butler describes his versatility and virtuosity: no two books were ever alike, but every book recognizably and unmistakably a Mike Ford book, and the books were only the tip of the iceberg — the real Fordian legacy was the ephemera.

Ford was a master of doggerel and poetry, of improvised live-shows at cons, maps for fantasy novels (he was Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time cartographer), Christmas card inserts — all of it glittering with genius.

Ford had Type I diabetes and lived a life of economic and physical precarity, struggling to afford care and maintain his health. His friends helped him out, which was good, because he was estranged from his family.

After he died, the story was that they were conservative Christians who disapproved of him for myriad reasons. Butler heard they were particularly upset by his polyamory.

Various of Ford’s friends, including Gaiman and Jordan, tried to buy his literary estate from his family after his death, but it didn’t come to pass. Ford’s friends and fans believed that the family planned to suppress his literary legacy.

But when Butler tracked down his family members, he got a very different version of the tale; they professed great pride in Ford’s accomplishments, insisted that what others had taken for estrangement was really just introversion.

They said his romantic life was his own business, expressed appreciation for his partner Elise Matthesen, and claimed they had repeatedly tried to interest Ford’s agent into posthumously reviving his work.

While the disparity in different versions of the story of Ford’s literary legacy is never fully resolved, Butler does verify one important clue to reconciling the two versions — shortly after Ford died, his literary agent “disappeared” from the industry for years.

She attributed that disappearance to a combination of family and legal woes, and while she says that she didn’t get queries from the family, Butler makes a credible case that at least some of the postmortem issues with Ford’s work was down to misunderstanding.

That’s bolstered by what came next. Butler’s investigation led to deal between Ford’s family and Tor Books, with Beth Meacham pledging to “gradually bring all of his books back into print, plus a new volume of stories, poems, Christmas cards, and other uncollected material.”

And now, that process has begun. I’ve just finished readiing “The Scholars of Night,” Ford’s cold war spy thriller, in a new edition with an introduction by Charlie Stross.

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250269171/thescholarsofnight

Scholars weaves together a global network of spies and historians and political scientists who gather around game-boards to play tabletop wargames, and in secret NATO bunkers for simulated nuclear naval battles.

It’s a spy-vs-spy book, but it’s a Ford book, so it blends many genres — in this case, historical fiction: its MacGuffin is a lost Christopher Marlowe manuscript that’s discovered bricked up in the walls of a stately English mansion.

It’s not so much that the plot of Scholars defies description, it’s that Ford is so skillfull at bluffing, double-bluffing, reversing, twisting and propelling his plotlines that any attempt at summary will be both inadequate and riddled with unforgivable spoilers.

But this is such a good book, full of delicious, complex relationships — mentor-protege, comrades, respected enemies, hostile allies, sociopathic pragmist-vs-idealist, and more. Yes, it’s a precision watch of a spy thriller, but it’s also an astute tour of human relations.

Having Ford’s work back among us, after the decade-and-a-half long drought and the doldrums where it seemed it would vanish for 75 years, until the copyright ran out, is a minor miracle, a bright spot in a difficult time.

And there’s more good news to come. Last year saw the reissue of Ford’s masterpiece The Dragon Waiting:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250269010/thedragonwaiting

In 2022, Tor will finally print Ford’s unfinished magnum opus, Aspects, with an introduction by Neil Gaiman.

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250269034/aspects

And that’s just for openers. The whole of Mike Ford’s catalog is coming back. I’m delighted to be able to say that I’ll play a small role in this: I’m writing the introduction for the (eventual) reissue of Web of Angels, that proto-cyberpunk classic.

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Locked Tomb Hunger Games Au

Here's my thoughts

After a cataclysmic event, the U.S falls apart and John rises up to form a new government, District 10 aka Blood Of Eden revolts with other districts but loses and Hunger Games is created, Victors are basically Lyctors in the sense they have a lot more mobility to move all over the country and a handful of them become close to John, who is known as President Gaius, who grants himself and them cell therapy to stay young for many, many decades.

There is technically no District 1, it's just the Capitol where John and his supporters and later their descendants live. It's basically the same as the Hunger Games where they all live lavishly, except John doesn't present himself as cruelly as Snow does but still does quite a few heinous acts as I will mention in a sec.

Alecto is still around but in cryo-sleep and is guarded by District 9, John's supporters wanted her to die but John couldn't do it. I think Alecto maybe was a follower of John but defected.

District 2 in this au is still the same, except the army is called the Cohort and the people living there are super loyal to the Capitol. Judith and Marta were training to be in the Cohort before they were reaped.

District 3 is the one the makes the luxury items and is a Career district. Corona and Ianthe are the daughters of the mayor (still trying to figure out who the tributes would be in the quarter quell). It's also home to the fisheries and aquaculture of the country.

District 4 is charge of agriculture and is the bread basket. It's the second largest district. Many people here also apply to the Cohort to escape grueling farm labor. Isaac and Jeannemary are some of the youngest Victors to win the Games.

District 5 is the transportation hub of the country and has the largest train system. It's also one of the bigger districts in terms of population size. In the Quarter Quell, both Magnus and Abigail are reaped, which is bad luck for them

District 6 is in charge of technology and running the power plants. Palamedes and Camilla are tech wizards who used their skills to win their respective games.

District Seven is in charge of textiles in the cities and lumber in the rural areas. Dulcinea won by hiding and later lived a reclusive life from the rest of her District.

District Eight is in charge of livestock. Silas is still a jerk in this au and is loyal to the President.

District Nine is the coal mining district. Harrow is the daughter of the mayor and although her parents didn't kill children to secure her birth, they did trade food supplies in exchange for medicine when Harrow became deathly ill as a baby, causing children to die from starvation. Gideon was found at the edge of the woods as a newborn next to her mother's body, with a torn letter, that only said "Dear Gideon".

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shakespeare theme for jake feels so right, he’d love viola from twelfth night, rosalind from as you like it, imogen from cymbeline, and iris from the tempest as names for his girl(s)!! #girldad!jake rights

(eleanor too, it’s such a jake name because not only eleanor rigby by the beatles tribute but also king john’s mother from king john was named eleanor)

i actually like Imogen for one of the twins! Imogen and Isaac!🥰

but i had Viola as an idea for Jake because he said in an interview (billboard i think) that he plays a lot of string instruments and i think he would name his child after an instrument (lol “Les Paul! Get over here!”- Dad Jake)

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A Wake for New York’s Last Pirate Bookseller

Whisky, wine and memories as friends mourned Michael Seidenberg — and also Brazenhead, a secret bookstore he ran out of his Manhattan apartment.

On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, a somber procession of New Yorkers walked into an apartment building and rang a buzzer to attend the wake of a bookseller named Michael Seidenberg. Up some stairs and down a corridor, the din of a gathering poured from a door, and they entered a small apartment lined with long libraries and heaps of paperbacks that houses Mr. Seidenberg’s clandestine secondhand bookstore, Brazenhead. Wading into the crowd, they hugged old friends and wiped away tears.

They were there to mourn Mr. Seidenberg, who died on July 8 2019  at 64, but the gathering was also a dirge for the poetic notion of New York that he represented. His secret bookstore became a haven for book lovers who knew its address, and it was famed for its blurry salons that lasted until daybreak.

Mr. Seidenberg, who was missing a front tooth and wore disheveled unbuttoned shirts, was a romantic, bard like personality who smoked a pipe and could not bear selling books he was fond of. To the Brazenhead devout, he was the cherished conductor of a bookish universe that formed nightly within the walls of his apartment.

As his friends gathered in the sweltering apartment, leaning up against bookshelves and nursing stiff drinks, they exchanged memories of a man who they said had created a literary sanctuary unlike any other.

“I used to fall asleep in the stacks near the Philip K. Dick novels, and when I woke up at 4 or 5 in the morning Michael and I would just talk about life,” said Alex Brook Lynn, 37, a journalist. “We once discussed what a conversation between James Cagney and John Cassavetes would have sounded like.”

“One of the great joys of living in New York has been bringing people to Brazenhead,” said Isaac Butler, 40, a critic who is writing a book about the history of method acting. “The experience only got richer when you passed it on. Brazenhead was the fantasy of New York you came here to get, but it was only here. The myth of New York still existed in this place with this man.”

A bell was occasionally rung to silence the crowd, and guests offered remembrances. One of them was the novelist Jonathan Lethem, who worked for Mr. Seidenberg as a teenager in Brooklyn, accepting books as payment, and later wrote him into his novels.

“I walked into Michael’s Atlantic Avenue shop in 1978,” Mr. Lethem said. “I kind of just decided it was going to be my life to be Michael’s right hand for as long as I could be, and it changed my life in a lot of different ways. I think I might be Patient Zero.” Then he looked to the crowd and added, “You all self-selected to be part of this tribe.”

The wake carried into the night. Bob Dylan played from a speaker. On a stoop outside, two women sat drinking wine as they exchanged stories about Mr. Seidenberg. The writer Luc Sante, a longtime Brazenhead patron, bought a book before going home (a first edition hardcover copy of Don Carpenter’s 1981 novel, “Turnaround”).

“I loved Michael deeply,” Mr. Sante said. “He was a universal soul. A connector of people. A pirate bookseller. He also believed in books as a social glue, and there’s not much of that left now.”

Mr. Seidenberg’s path to becoming a literary hero was an unlikely one. He opened Brazenhead Books in Brooklyn in the late 1970s. Shortly after, he moved his store to the Upper East Side but eventually lost his lease. Unable to afford another storefront, he relocated his heaps of books into the apartment he was living in down the block and, as he plied his trade selling paperbacks on city streets over the next decade, the heaps grew into mountainous piles. In 2007, he pursued the radical idea of operating a bookstore out of his rent-controlled apartment.

“I didn’t want to sell online; that’s repulsive to me,” Mr. Seidenberg once said in an interview. “So then I thought to do this. I thought, I’ll make a space where people can come to see my books. I’ll make it into a bookstore, but it’ll be in an apartment. That was that.”

“Secondhand bookshops have been banished from the city,” he reflected at another time. “There’s no place for them. It’s a losing battle. We’ve lost. I just want to do as much as I can.”

The bookshop’s address was passed along through word of mouth, and discovering Brazenhead became a rite of passage for young literary New Yorkers. On a typical night, guests sipped Famous Grouse whisky from plastic cups as Mr. Seidenberg held court and recommended books, while marijuana smoke leaked out from a discreet room containing Brazenhead’s first-edition collection.

But by 2014, Brazenhead’s address was too well known, and Mr. Seidenberg was served an eviction notice that summer. Its final months resembled a farewell tour, and the apartment throbbed nightly with visitors eager to experience the secret literary landmark.

“By the end there were a lot of hangers-on who were there for booze and not for books,” Mr. Seidenberg said at the time. “The inner-circle people weren’t happy those last days.”

The following year, however, Mr. Seidenberg quietly reopened Brazenhead in another apartment on the Upper East Side, which is where it resides today, and he continued operating it by appointment only. The cause of his death was heart failure.

At the wake, Brazenhead’s future seemed uncertain. “I would say Brazenhead is indefinitely closed,” said Gracie Bialecki, 28, Mr. Seidenberg’s longtime assistant. “Because Brazenhead was Michael. It was his bookstore, and now he’s gone.”

As midnight approached, the gathering became intimate. People browsed the stacks quietly. Others lounged around discussing politics. In the kitchen, cluttered with empty liquor bottles, someone sang and played the guitar. J.T. Price, a writer, noticed a book sitting out of place on a shelf. “The last time I saw Michael I told him I wanted this book,” he said. “He knew I wanted it. He must have put this aside for me.”

The bell rang again and the apartment fell silent. Hugo Perez, a filmmaker, took the floor and paid tribute to Mr. Seidenberg. Then, he raised his glass, and so did everyone else.

“We few, we happy few, we band of Brazenhead,” he said. “We toast to Michael. Brazenhead forever. Long live Brazenhead.”

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