#Kito

[thegoodnightdreamer]

More “human” kito

The statue

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[akheku]

O P E N Y O U R E Y E S .

[elementalspirits]

Left the grass long in one spot and made an old bun very happy

[bepsimantheanomaly]

hello sonic pc port fans

[crack-i-tos]

Kito

[wunidz]

i forgot to post these, so here artdump

[brdmtsn]

sketches

[dem0nicartist]

Rock in God's shoe

(Song by Sushi Soucy)

"It must be hard to be a single father of technically 9 kids in this economy"

[judithan-xing]

Artfight got me thinking about my OCs and MAN I need to do smth with my cast for Wyvern Maiden Saya

The blorbos of all time.......

[poprocklyrics]

I left a taste in your mouth, can she taste me now?

Bitter, Fletcher and Kito

[queerafricans]

No one is entirely sure where the word “kito” comes from, but it has become entrenched in Nigerian internet slang. A kito is a person who pretends they are queer on social media and dating apps. After building an online rapport with someone, they make plans to hook up or go on a date. But this is just a ruse to extort or physically harm their date. Although this happens to all genders, it is gay and bisexual men who are targeted most frequently — sometimes with fatal consequences.

What it means to be kitoed

[ghostlyghosti]

Sure of course, Uncle Graeskar will help fix this Nutcracker you found Kito. Nothing magical will happen from this surely. (Kito is owned by @piranhartist)

[akheku]

perspective is fucking KLLING ME have a wip i love you Kito

[elementalspirits]

Happy Easter! may your day be buniful and your eggs be filled with pea flakes

[muka-rapak]

(Krabat - Otfried Preußler)

The millermen as actual ravens corvids:

[dailyrickastley]

Via Rickastley.co.uk & Polydor

"On the 22nd October 2001 Rick was in Hamburg to performed songs from his new album [as well as a few classics] in front of a packed media audience - The Rick Astley News Team were there to capture

All excited, RANT’s taxi drops them off at the ferry port. We eventually find the meeting point. We’re nice and early but we were worried about our names not appearing on the guest list. Guarding the jetty were 2 Polydor representatives who were waiting for the guestlist to arrive before letting people aboard. There was an impressive boat behind us in the harbour and I joke to the others that that’s our ferry. It was rather appropriately named Rickmer Rickmers! However, appropriate as it might have been, this was not our ride.

People are beginning to gather. Everyone I see is a journalist or photographer or at least it looked like it by the notepads and cameras they were carrying. We are relieved to find that our names are on the guest list. We make our way to the end of the jetty and climb aboard. We claim seats around table where we discuss excitedly about where we’re going. It must have been a good 25 minute ride when the ferry halts next to a jetty.

The path ahead leads us along a wall and to some steps that carried us over it. The badly lit path resumes, shrubbery on both sides shielding any clues to what the evening’s venue was going to be like. Eventually we reach a mansion, at least that’s the best way to describe it. Bright light beaming through the front doors blinded my chances of making an accurate assessment!

We climb the steps and go through the doors and enter the ‘main’ room. There were two large medieval looking chandeliers hanging from the ceiling and the room was all lit in blue. It really looked something! To the left of us was a bar, ahead another room and to the right was Rick’s stage. Tops, Rick’s manager, greets us and he tells us how Rick is in an excellent mood and how he wants us to be near the front so we can get some good photographs. That was absolutely fine by us! Turning right to look ahead at the stage, about halfway there was narrow scaffold bridging across the width of the room. Spanned across it was the lighting for the stage. To the right of the stage was a desk with laptop computers. We guess they were controlling the projected image at the back of the stage, perhaps the lighting as well.

We decided to take a peak in the room that had originally been in front of us as we came in. This room really reflected the courtesy of Polydor. There were white leather beanbags strategically scattered around the dark tiled floor, the far right corner played host to another doorway. This led to another bar, the perimeter of the room displaying a harvest of extravagant foods. It was packed solid so we test the leather beanbags and then roam about taking mental notes. We recognise Sune, who had won his right to be there in a competition on Danish radio. He had brought his brother along with him, armed with a camcorder!

Walking back into the main room, there was a large mixing desk, its operators wearing headphones. Perhaps they were doing some last minute fine tuning? The venue is beginning to fill so we slowly edge our way towards the stage. Bob notices a sheet of A4 paper stuck to the stage right by the microphone. A quick investigation reveals the playlist for the gig. We are delighted to learn that we’re going to hear quite a bit of Rick’s new material. It was what we were expecting, nevertheless there was a thrill with the prospect of hearing new songs.

9.30pm, with Rick due out on stage, we claim our places at the front. It involved a wrestle with the photographers who were also seeking a ‘prime’ location. There is a sudden surge of journalists, crammed among them a few people from Polydor. Polydor were easily identifiable wearing black T-shirts with “Rick Astley” in silver text on the sleeves, collar, arms and front of the T-shirt. After a German spoken introduction, Rick races onto stage grabbing the microphone like he couldn’t wait to be out there! He was wearing a tight black t-shirt and rather snazzy pin stripe trousers, all in all, looking fashionable. “Okay, we’ve had enough of speeches… let’s get on with the singing” he says before asking if we’ve drunk enough yet! If he was suffering from nerves then he was doing well in not letting them show. “Wanna Believe You” is first up. Rick breaks into song and despite the fact he’d only just started, I was already impressed by this live performance. It was a great song to start with setting an up-beat pace. A really catchy number is this, well worth a listen capturing you right from the start with an impressive intro.

Moving straight into “Sleeping”, the crowd gets going. They’re all familiar with this one and Rick seems to be aware of the enjoyment the crowd was reflecting back at him. During the song, Rick says “I’m starting to enjoy it now.” At the end he admits he had been apprehensive before he came out to face the hordes! By now there is loud sound of cheers and clapping… everything seems to be going well.

Another fast tempo song emerges, this one’s called “What You See is What You Don’t Get”. Another very good song, strong in both chorus and verse. Rick appears to be relaxing a little and seems more than comfortable being on stage. You would never have guessed this guy hasn’t performed in nearly 9 years! This performance was comparable to any of the world’s best artists. During the last verse, Rick sings the words to YMCA laughing and pointing to his keyboardist! It goes down well with the audience.

Breathe is next and I notice that the music is much improved on the demo I’ve heard. Rick explains at the end how he’d been suffering from flu and hadn’t rehearsed the “testing” bits as he wasn’t sure he was going to make them. He went for it and hit every note as he should and confesses how happy he was to have done that. It says something about the character of Rick, pleasing the crowd so much they gave him confidence to attempt something completely un-rehearsed.

It’s time for some oldies… A medley is about to follow but Rick opts to get the crowd involved. He teaches us the “Oohs” to “Never Gonna Give You Up”, demonstrating how each gender should sing it. The medley starts with that debut single of his from 1987 and turns into “Together Forever”. Rick then takes us all by surprise when “Together Forever” turns into “I Should Be So Lucky”! The audience loved it! There was a huge cheer and lots of laughter. Rick now singing with a huge smile. The medley had an acoustic sound, amazingly although slowed down, the songs still sounded as great as they did in the 80s.

“Don’t Ask” was next, slowing the tempo right down. It doesn’t matter as the crowd are more than content and willing Rick to sing some more. Being slower, it enabled that rich voice to show off its range a bit more, impressing everybody.

Before the next song, we get an un-scheduled track! Rick asks us if we’re happy to listen to a silly comedy song. Someone shouts “Of course, we’re German!” He demonstrates how he wants us to ripple our fingers and then begins “Fishy Fingers”. It went down a treat with it’s funny lyrics. Rick expresses his enjoyment with a comical phrase which I dare not repeat! But it would involve a box of tissues… if you’re on my wavelength!

We’re back onto the new material as Rick breaks into “Keep It Turned On”. Personally, I would love to see this song turn out to be a single. It’s so catchy I had this song in my ahead for ages after the gig had finished! Another upbeat song which is in the same ball-park as Ronan Keating’s “Loving Each Day”. He finishes the set with “One Night Stand”. For some reason I had expected this one to be a fast tempo song but it turns out to be another slow one. It was one of my favourite tunes of the evening perhaps another one I’d expect to be a single. The lyrics were ‘touching’ and the music complimented them well.

At this point the gig was supposed to be finished. However, there was some unexpected chanting. Marion explains that in English it meant “We want more!” “We want more!” Rick doesn’t let the crowd down and returns to stage with a smile stretching from one side of his face to the other. He informs us that the next song was still in ‘rehearsal’ stages as he’d only introduced it to the band the night previous. The tune turns out to be “Miracle” and arguably the best performed song of the night. It was delivered so emotionally and powerfully, I was absolutely taken aback. I’m so familiar with Rick’s voice but I promise you, this was exceptional.

Rick tells how the band only know the songs they have rehearsed so he’ll have to do a song already performed. He turns to Polydor who tell him to do “Keep It Turned On” one more time. It was a good choice, leaving people with a really good song and that of the album title.

After crediting his band, Rick leaves stage. I think it’s fair to say that both Rick and the audience were reluctant for him to do so, but there were interviews to be done. It seemed strange as these people who were supposed to be journalists were behaving more like fans! After doing his interviews, Rick came out to join the party that had started in his absence. He milled around talking to many people. We even got the opportunity to exchange a brief few words."