#Konstantine Anthony

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The best part of living in Burbank is you get to walk the picket line with the mayor

[Image ID: Cory Doctorow and Burbank Mayor Konstantine Anthony on the WGA-W picket line outside Warner Brothers in Burbank, California. Anthony holds a WGAW strike sign that readers “Burbank is a union town!!!”]

[plethoraworldatlas]

U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee may be trailing in the race for the U.S. Senate seat once held by Dianne Feinstein, but on Monday, she picked up an endorsement that could provide some momentum as she chases the frontrunner, U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff.

Burbank Mayor Konstantine Anthony, who withdrew his endorsement of Schiff in October over the congressman’s support of Israel in its ongoing war against Hamas, switched allegiances and instead backed Lee, “citing her enduring pro-peace foreign policy record,” Lee’s office said in a news release.

Lee, the only member of Congress who voted against issuing a “blank check for endless war” in the days after Sept. 11, 2001, backs a cease-fire in the region, something Anthony also supports.

“[Schiff’s] silence on a cease-fire is what really drew me to consider” no longer backing him, Anthony told The Washington Post. “And the continued silence is why I endorsed Barbara Lee.”

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SAG/AFTRA and WGA Strike on the National Day of Solidarity

It was another day on the picket line as SAG/AFTRA and the WGA continue their long-running strike against the AMPTP. The fight for a fair contract and better pay rages on even as it looks as if no end is in sight. But, then again, it was not really another day as this was the National Day of Solidarity which not only brought these two unions together, but many others including the AFL-CIO, IATSE…

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In the flashbacks Oliver faced Five antagonists who he had to stop before being able to return home. Which flashback antagonist did you enjoy most?

[robynsassenmyview]

Hold onto the hope for that one beautiful day

"Hold onto the hope for that one beautiful day", a review of the MetOpera live's production of 'Madama Butterfly' which is screening in South Africa this week.

GO and live your life, my child, but do not forget this face, says Cio-Cio San (Asmik Grigorian) to her child in the 2024 MetOpera’s production of Madama Butterfly . Photograph by Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera. That feeling when you get into a warm bath after a difficult day, and you know everything will be alright is the kind of sensation you get in the remote audience of Puccini’s…

[saint-vagrant]

Oh I forgot to ask a question!

😂

Ok, here it is: Who’s your inspirations for your artistry?

Big question, I know.

^__^

hmmmm you're right, that is a big question! since you asked "who" i'm going to assume you mean other artists?

for painting i'm particularly inspired by Anthony Cudahy, Alex Beck, Sterling Hundley, Ashley Wood (all contemporary,) Euan Uglow, Joaquin Sorolla, Sargent, Arkady Plastov, Ivan Shishkin, Konstantin Yuon, Ferenc Pinter, and a number of names in the Brandywine school like Mead Schaeffer and NC Wyeth.

i reformatted my brain a little in 2021 by reading Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man. Other mangaka are Hirohiko Araki, Kosuke Fujishima, Otomo, Inoue, Urasawa, Miura. the 2S artist Brandon Hoax is a HUGE inspiration to me. same for Chase Conley, Peter Chung, Freddy Carrasco, Xia Gordon, Ron Wimberly, Chris Kindred, Mel Tow, Hiro Isono, mozame_mo, Yoshitake Yamane, @maxbanshees @potogawaryuiki @coshkunz @cparrisartand @fourcorneredgod @newjackcole @choodraws @doctop @hirosemaryhello @nocturnalwalkr @fanficciera @oak-n @purenonsens @juangeedraws @plaest2k @blackblobyellowcone @turndecassette2 many more friends and strangers whose work i'm delighted to spend time traveling thru (and whose names i'll add in once i publish this enormous reply lol. rn i'm afraid of tumblr eating it!!)

most importantly, my partner Anka @kingfisher-cove charmed and captivated me from day one. the personality and dynamism of their work, specificity of place, time, body, personal effects, there's always been so much life in their art. i have little to no interest in stories/characters without limits, where mobility is never a concern, especially featuring the wealthy. stories where people don't sweat or pee or have "bad" teeth or talk too loud. Anka's always portrayed peeling paint and rusted metal as a fact of life. you get a sense of dimension/volume in their art— the way material hangs off a body, and that body's form, how gravity and weight conform feet to the ground— and the same goes for the personalities and ideas populating it. the viewer too has a home here beyond "representation." it's not just window-dressing, nor ponderous hyperrealism. there's cartoon whimsy and cartoon stakes. i wish i could describe the extent it's meaningful to me. i feel lucky to see it! plus i really making them yell and art is a good way of accomplishing it.

so because this is veering into WHAT inspires me...

other than like, transness and communism and everything that entails, i'm inspired heavily by pornography and leather culture, and (mostly vintage) magazines like Honcho and Juggs, 70s italian erotica/nunsploitation. relatedly, the lush scenes of Pierre et Gilles and Tarsem and Christian Riese Lassen. i'm also deeply inspired by hyperlink/multimedia art, such as that by Olia Lialina of @oneterabyteofkilobyteage or projects like Ted's Cave. places and delights of my childhood like Myst/Riven, Fin Fin, rural river water, rocky beaches, soft glowing glades, sharks in coral outcrops. autonomy and dissociation, too.

with a lot of the artists i mentioned, there is a handiness, a presence in their work, a dedication to indulgence and/or experimentation, in subject, setting, medium, whatever. an interest not feigned. i also love maximalist colour and texture... in drawings, in textiles, anything! worldwide and through history. i'm inspired by golden age illustration and Iranian turquoise and carpets. miniatures. iconography. lotuses. magnolia.

you can fake sincerity of course. when it comes to making art that seems like a waste of precious effort. when i get a sense that the artist really loves People beyond serving up a telephone game of vibe-mood-aesthetic... that is cool to me. if the art isn't well-lived, then it's well-cared for. a lot of the nostalgia fodder is based on a memory of a memory that was sold for mass market consumers, so i'm a bit distrusting of it. which isn't to say that i don't love a tone poem (i do-- Legend is one of my favourite films) nor that it requires "realism" to accomplish either. i love being sold on the ridiculous. i respond well to like, an artist (in whatever respect) showing me something absurd with 100% unbridled earnestness and fearlessness about being silly. my top 3 favourite series are JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Metal Gear Solid, and Ace Attorney. these are objectively as exaggerated in their drama as they are serious about their intent, and populated by straight freaks. one of my favourite directors is Michael Mann (Miami Vice, Manhunter, Heat, Thief, Collateral) who is known for his obsessive, even illustrative details but also, Audioslave plays during an emotional night drive. they don't let Audioslave play during an emotional night drive anymore. all these things are related lmao. let me go on a further tangent

there's an internal logic, right? and when it's flipped? that's the best. i don't mean a "twist," either. it's something else-- the author/artist revealing that, emotionally, things were always more complex than you were lead to believe, and it recontextualises the entire piece. if surprise is the best part of comedy then i think the same goes for melancholy. i love when the rug is pulled out from under me through something as simple as the reimagined N'doul episodes of the JJBA OVA. (YES! YES! I'LL TALK ABOUT IT FOREVER! I'M CRAZY! BUT I'M RIGHT!) is it a twist? nothing's actually changed about where the story is headed. you know where it's headed. but the meaning of that story has-- by creating an emotional trapdoor like that, it establishes a particular sense of suspense.

i'm mentioning these because i rewatched them recently-- films like Solaris and Sunshine and... you know what? Terminator are bigger to me than their subject matter because the emotional space they create is unnerving, where hope is fragile if it's present at all. something hard to accomplish... the bittersweet potency of ironic regret.

i'll keep adding to this. i could go on and on lol

[ao3userwalkingonfirex]

Ianthony Fanfiction

I meant to do this a looooooong time ago, but I'm a procrastinator. Basically, I used to write Ianthony (Smosh) fanfiction like crazy. Ever since Anthony came back to Smosh, I've seen a lot more activity on my fics from that era, so I wanted to make a masterpost here, not just for my own records sake (I have one on my main-blog, but this is my writing blog and I wanted it here too), but in case there are any new Smosh fans who have not read my stuff yet! To be fair, they're pretty buried on ao3 and wattpad because they're like over a decade old. Lmao.

Unspoken  - Standalone. NC-17. Smosh is over. Ian and Anthony don’t know how to live without each other. Angst. Smut. Wattpad Link Fanfiction.net Link

Hollow - (TW: Suicide Attempt/Accidental Overdose) Chaptered. NC-17. Anthony is getting married and he couldn’t be happier. That is, until he discovers the downward spiral that Ian is going down. Angst. Smut. Wattpad Link Fanfiction.net Link

A Loss for Words - Standalone. NC-17. Ian wants to know why Anthony’s been so down lately. Little does he know that he’s the cause. Angst. Smut. This was my first slash smut so it’s kinda cringey. Wattpad Link Fanfiction.net Link

Shut Up - Standalone. Ian wants to express his anger. Anthony just wants Ian to shut up. NC-17. Smut. Angst. Wattpad Link Fanfiction.net Link

A Christmas Secret - Standalone. PG. Ian and Anthony are spending Christmas together. Anthony has a surprise for Ian. Fluff. Wattpad Link Fanfiction.net Link

Anesthesia - (TW: Self-harm, alcohol and drug use, violence, suicide attempt) Standalone. NC-17. When Anthony uses Ian, he must find a way to cope. Angst. Smut. Wattpad Link Fanfiction.net Link

Bitter - Standalone. PG-13. Ian has a conversation with Kalel about Melanie and Anthony. Angst. Wattpad Link Fanfiction.net Link

Konstantine - (TW: underage, alcohol use) Standalone. NC-17. AU based upon the song by Something Corporate. Anthony loves Ian and will under any circumstances for eternity. However, when something terrible happens, he learns that simply holding on isn’t always the best option. Smut. Angst. Underage. Wattpad Link

There’s Something You Should Know - Standalone. PG-13. Ian wants to tell Anthony a secret, but little does he know that Anthony has something to tell him, too. Fluff. Wattpad Link Fanfiction.net Link

Have Faith in Me - Chaptered. NC-17. A night of passion between the Smosh boys and a stranger results in something unexpected and before they know it, the boys are left to raise a baby girl. Ian couldn’t be happier, but Anthony is less than enthused. He must learn to live with this new lifestyle and feelings between himself and Ian that have been brewing for years. Angst. Smut. Fluff. Wattpad Link Fanfiction.net Link

Synesthesia - (TW: Dubcon, self-harm, alcohol and drug use, suicide attempt) Standalone. NC-17. Ian makes Anthony feel things he can’t comprehend. Anthony’s pov of Anesthesia. Smut. Angst. Wattpad Link

[theworldofwars]

German First World War airmen (from left to right): Lieutenant Konstantin Krefft, Dutch Aircraft Designer Anthony Fokker "The Flying Dutchman", First Lieutenant Kurt "Wolf Cub" Wolff, and lastly, Fokker's good friend, Captain Manfred von Richthofen "The Red Baron" himself.

Credit

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Holidays 10.24

Holidays

American Bar Association Giving Day

Azad Kashmir Day (Pakistan)

Black Thursday Commemoration Day

Brain Cancer Awareness Day (Canada)

Child Care Worker & Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day (Canada)

Day of Special Forces of the Armed Forces (Russia)

Diplomatic Workers’ Day (Kyrgyzstan)

40-Hour Work Week Day

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My Best Winter Skin Day

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Programmer’s Day (China)

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Rocket Engineer Remembrance Day (Baikonur, Kazakhstan)

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Standardization and Metrology Employees Day (Kyrgyzstan)

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Take Back Your Time Day

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World Kangaroo Day

World Origami Days begin (until 11.11)

World Polio Day

World River Dolphin Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Feast of Good and Plenty (a.k.a. Good and Plenty Day)

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Share a Pop-Tart with Someone You Love Day

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Thirsty Thursday [Every Thursday]

Three for Thursday [Every Thursday]

Thrift Store Thursday [Every Thursday]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Thuringer Thursday [4th Thursday of Each Month]

Weekly Holidays beginning October 24 (3rd Full Week of October)

Disarmament Week (thru 10.30)

International Dyslexia Association Reading Week (thru 10.26)

International Tree Climbing Week (thru 10.27)

Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week (thru 10.31)

World Origami Days (thru 11.11)

Festivals Beginning October 24, 2024

Austin Film Festival (Austin, Texas) [thru 10.31]

Barbados Food & Rum Festival (Warrens, Barbados) [thru 10.27]

Cambridge Film Festival (Cambridge, United Kingdom) [thru 10.31]

Cork Jazz Festival (Cork, Ireland) [thru 10.28]

Food Industry Truck Driving Championship (Orlando, Florida) [thru 10.26]

Harvest on the Harbor (Portland, Maine) [thru 10.26]

Helsinki Book Fair (Helsinki, Finland) [thru 10.27]

Imagine Film Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands) [thru 11.3]

Pumpkinpalooza (Starkville, Mississippi)

Tacoma Holiday Food & Gift Festival (Tacoma, Washington) [thru 10.27]

Top Taco (Matairie, Louisiana)

Feast Days

Al Feldstein (Artology)

Ann Cleeves (Writerism)

Anthony Mary Claret (Christian; Saint)

Betty Lou (Muppetism)

Bijaya Dashami [10th Day of Dashain]

Bob Kane (Artology)

Cider Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Eberigisil (Evergitus; Christian; Saint)

Eugène Fromentin (Artology)

Feast of the Spirits of the Air (Pagan)

Five Martyrs of Carthage (Felix and Companions; Christian; Saint)

Janis Joplin Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Jüri Arrak (Artology)

Konstantin Yuon (Artology)

Lilith’s Day (Ancient Mesopotamian)

Luigi Guanella (Christian; Saint)

Magloire of Dol (Christian; Saint)

Maladay (Discordian)

Marianne North (Artology)

Martin of Vertou (Christian; Saint)

Massimo d'Azeglio (Artology)

New Year’s Day (Jainism)

Proclus of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Raphael the Archangel (Catholic Church 1921-1969, local calendars) [Travelers]

Rafael Guízar y Valencia (Christian; Saint)

Senoch (Christian; Saint)

Vico (Positivist; Saint)

Hebrew Calendar Holidays

Shemini Atzeret [22 Tishrei]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [57 of 71]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [49 of 60]

Premieres

The Alamo (Film; 1960)

American Pie, by Don McLean (Album; 1971)

Battle of Britain (Film; 1969)

Donald’s Camera (Disney Cartoon; 1941)

Episode 120 or 123 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 120; 1961)

Equus, by Peter Shaffer (Play; 1974)

Fer-de-Lance, by Rex Stout (Novel; 1934) [Nero Wolfe #1]

Gattaca (Film; 1997)

Go Snow, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 7 & 8; 1964)

Hot and Cold Penguin (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1955)

John Wick (Film; 2014)

The Last Hurrah (Film; 1958)

Live at the Apollo, recorded by James Brown (Album; 1962)

The Manchurian Candidate (Film; 1962)

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, by Smashing Pumpkins (Album; 1995)

Mellow Yellow, by Donovan (Song; 1966)

Miss Fritter’s Racing School (Pixar Cartoon; 2017)

Moose Gets the Juice or Mourning Becomes Electra-Cuted (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 119; 1961)

Our Man in Havana, by Graham Greene (Novel; 1958)

Pancho’s Hideaway (WB LT Cartoon; 1964)

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, by Simon & Garfunkel (Album; 1966)

Shaved Fish, by John Lennon (Album; 1975)

The Silver Spoon, by Clelia D'Onofrio (Cookbook; 1950)

Smooth Criminal, by Michael Jackson (Song; 1988)

Springtime (Ub Iwerks Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1929)

St. Vincent (Film; 2014)

The Super Salesman (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1947)

Taylor Swift, by Taylor Swift (Album; 2006)

The Wiz (Film; 1978)

Wotta Knight (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1947)

Today’s Name Days

Alois, Aloisia, Anton, Armella (Austria)

Antun, Proklo (Croatia)

Nina (Czech Republic)

Proclus (Denmark)

Asmo, Asmus, Ermo, Rasmus (Estonia)

Asmo, Rasmus (Finland)

Florentin (France)

Alois, Aloisia, Anton, Armella, Victoria (Germany)

Sevastiani (Greece)

Salamon (Hungary)

Ponzia (Italy)

Ara, Modrite, Mudrīte, Renāte (Latvia)

Daugailas, Gilbertas, Rapolas, Švitrigailė (Lithuania)

Eilif, Eivor (Norway)

Antoni, Boleczest, Filip, Hortensja, Marcin, Rafaela, Rafał, Salomon (Poland)

Areta (Romania)

Kvetoslava (Slovakia)

Antonio (Spain)

Eilert, Evert (Sweden)

Valentine (Ukraine)

Denver, Rafael, Rafaela, Raphael, Raphaela (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 298 of 2024; 68 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of Week 43 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Jia-Xu), Day 22 (Xin-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 22 Tishri 5785

Islamic: 20 Rabi II 1446

J Cal: 28 Orange; Seventhday [28 of 30]

Julian: 11 October 2024

Moon: 50%: 3rd Quarter

Positivist: 18 Descartes (11th Month) [Wincklemann / Fréret]

Runic Half Month: Wyn (Joy) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 33 of 90)

Week: 3rd Full Week of October

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 2 of 30)

[lazzaro-1919]

tagged by @novashka

last song: Lord of the dance Vulcans hammer

favourite colour: light blue

currently watching: death note

last film: Runaway train

currently reading: Heart of a dog by Mikhail Bulgakov and the horse the wheel and language by  David W. Anthony

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relationship status: single

current obsessions: Neo-Folk, researching Scythians and Indo Europeans in general

last thing i googled: Konstantin Vasilyev

currently working on: recovering from surgery, writing

you have been volunteered: @fkalamb @tinyshe @vonsalomonii @smog-ktmcu5480

[subtile-jagden]

Manfred von Richthofen with Anthony Fokker and fellow pilots Kurt Wolff and Konstantin Krefft.

[figurelifeflirt]

2022 JGP Poland stage entry #35

Junior men short program

Raffaele Zich(ITA)

Thoughts: I know it wasn’t his day out there. But I still enjoy watching him.

Konstantin Supatashvili(GEO)

Thoughts: do you know how mad I would’ve been if the Russian ban had made it, so he had to stay in Russia and never got to go international? He’s so good.

Beck Stromer(USA)

Thoughts: I didn’t like what Yampolsky brought to the table. But I like this one. His energy. His pretty smile.  

Anthony Pardis(CAN)

Thoughts: Based on all the hype he’s been getting, I expected better. But I did like his newer, light hair. And I like that his choregraphy shows off his flexibility.

Junior Men free program

Raffaele Zich(ITA)

Thoughts: He moved up so much more than I thought he would. I am so proud                             

of him.

Konstantin Supatashvili(GEO)

Thoughts: I liked his short program outfit better. But I have also realized recently that I have a fondness for James Bond programs.

Beck Stromer(USA)

Thoughts: this high collar killed this outfit. But the spins were better than the short program. And given how wobbly he was at times, I’m surprised he pulled off the hydroblade.

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 10.24

Holidays

American Bar Association Giving Day

Azad Kashmir Day (Pakistan)

Black Thursday Commemoration Day

Brain Cancer Awareness Day (Canada)

Child Care Worker & Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day (Canada)

Day of Special Forces of the Armed Forces (Russia)

Diplomatic Workers’ Day (Kyrgyzstan)

40-Hour Work Week Day

Gormanudr (Old Icelandic)

House of Elrond Day (Lord of the Rings)

International Day of Climate Action

International Day of Libraries

International Diplomats Day

International Gibbon Day

Java Sparrow Day (Japan)

Lego Day

Libraries Day (Spain)

My Best Winter Skin Day

National Crazy Day

National Doctors Day (Indonesia)

National Elizabeth Day

National Forensic Accounting Day

National Kangaroo Awareness Day

National One United Race Day

National Restaurant Workers Day

National Senior UTI Awareness Day

National Temperature Day

Pear Day (French Republic)

PitDark Pitch Day

Programmer’s Day (China)

Read for the Record Day

Recycle Your Mercury Thermostat Day

Rocket Engineer Remembrance Day (Baikonur, Kazakhstan)

A Room of Her Own Day

Standardization and Metrology Employees Day (Kyrgyzstan)

Suez Day (Egypt)

Take Back Your Time Day

Telegram Day

Tony Bennett Day (NYC)

Trade Unions Day (Tajikistan)

United Nations Day

Vote Early Day

World Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (AOM) Day

World Development Information Day (UN)

World Kangaroo Day

World Origami Days begin (until 11.11)

World Polio Day

World River Dolphin Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Feast of Good and Plenty (a.k.a. Good and Plenty Day)

Food Day [ website ]

Hershey’s Chocolate Day

Margarine Day (Japan)

National Bologna Day

National Jamaican Jerk Day

Share a Pop-Tart with Someone You Love Day

World Tripe Day

Independence & Related Days

United Nations (Founded; 1945)

Zambia (from UK, 1964)

4th Thursday in October

Black Thursday [Thursday of Last Full Week]

Plastics Thursday (Canada) [4th Thursday]

Thinking Thursday [4th Thursday of Each Month]

Thirsty Thursday [Every Thursday]

Three for Thursday [Every Thursday]

Thrift Store Thursday [Every Thursday]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Thuringer Thursday [4th Thursday of Each Month]

Weekly Holidays beginning October 24 (3rd Full Week of October)

Disarmament Week (thru 10.30)

International Dyslexia Association Reading Week (thru 10.26)

International Tree Climbing Week (thru 10.27)

Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week (thru 10.31)

World Origami Days (thru 11.11)

Festivals Beginning October 24, 2024

Austin Film Festival (Austin, Texas) [thru 10.31]

Barbados Food & Rum Festival (Warrens, Barbados) [thru 10.27]

Cambridge Film Festival (Cambridge, United Kingdom) [thru 10.31]

Cork Jazz Festival (Cork, Ireland) [thru 10.28]

Food Industry Truck Driving Championship (Orlando, Florida) [thru 10.26]

Harvest on the Harbor (Portland, Maine) [thru 10.26]

Helsinki Book Fair (Helsinki, Finland) [thru 10.27]

Imagine Film Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands) [thru 11.3]

Pumpkinpalooza (Starkville, Mississippi)

Tacoma Holiday Food & Gift Festival (Tacoma, Washington) [thru 10.27]

Top Taco (Matairie, Louisiana)

Feast Days

Al Feldstein (Artology)

Ann Cleeves (Writerism)

Anthony Mary Claret (Christian; Saint)

Betty Lou (Muppetism)

Bijaya Dashami [10th Day of Dashain]

Bob Kane (Artology)

Cider Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Eberigisil (Evergitus; Christian; Saint)

Eugène Fromentin (Artology)

Feast of the Spirits of the Air (Pagan)

Five Martyrs of Carthage (Felix and Companions; Christian; Saint)

Janis Joplin Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Jüri Arrak (Artology)

Konstantin Yuon (Artology)

Lilith’s Day (Ancient Mesopotamian)

Luigi Guanella (Christian; Saint)

Magloire of Dol (Christian; Saint)

Maladay (Discordian)

Marianne North (Artology)

Martin of Vertou (Christian; Saint)

Massimo d'Azeglio (Artology)

New Year’s Day (Jainism)

Proclus of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Raphael the Archangel (Catholic Church 1921-1969, local calendars) [Travelers]

Rafael Guízar y Valencia (Christian; Saint)

Senoch (Christian; Saint)

Vico (Positivist; Saint)

Hebrew Calendar Holidays

Shemini Atzeret [22 Tishrei]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [57 of 71]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [49 of 60]

Premieres

The Alamo (Film; 1960)

American Pie, by Don McLean (Album; 1971)

Battle of Britain (Film; 1969)

Donald’s Camera (Disney Cartoon; 1941)

Episode 120 or 123 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 120; 1961)

Equus, by Peter Shaffer (Play; 1974)

Fer-de-Lance, by Rex Stout (Novel; 1934) [Nero Wolfe #1]

Gattaca (Film; 1997)

Go Snow, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 7 & 8; 1964)

Hot and Cold Penguin (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1955)

John Wick (Film; 2014)

The Last Hurrah (Film; 1958)

Live at the Apollo, recorded by James Brown (Album; 1962)

The Manchurian Candidate (Film; 1962)

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, by Smashing Pumpkins (Album; 1995)

Mellow Yellow, by Donovan (Song; 1966)

Miss Fritter’s Racing School (Pixar Cartoon; 2017)

Moose Gets the Juice or Mourning Becomes Electra-Cuted (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 119; 1961)

Our Man in Havana, by Graham Greene (Novel; 1958)

Pancho’s Hideaway (WB LT Cartoon; 1964)

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, by Simon & Garfunkel (Album; 1966)

Shaved Fish, by John Lennon (Album; 1975)

The Silver Spoon, by Clelia D'Onofrio (Cookbook; 1950)

Smooth Criminal, by Michael Jackson (Song; 1988)

Springtime (Ub Iwerks Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1929)

St. Vincent (Film; 2014)

The Super Salesman (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1947)

Taylor Swift, by Taylor Swift (Album; 2006)

The Wiz (Film; 1978)

Wotta Knight (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1947)

Today’s Name Days

Alois, Aloisia, Anton, Armella (Austria)

Antun, Proklo (Croatia)

Nina (Czech Republic)

Proclus (Denmark)

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[sporadiceagleheart]

This edit says for birthdays and deaths of May 19th 20th and 21st and Jesus is our only holy God just like our father God who healed and lifted them up to be our Angels

Star Hobson, Peggy Cass, Andrea Helton, Emmett Goins, Gavin Lane Morris, Evelyn Ward, Robert White Creeley, Alexander Dale Oen, Biggie Smalls, Philip II, Aurelia Cotta, Alexander Pope, Elizabeth Fry, Mary Anning, Henry VI Of England, Albert David Hedison Jr., Albert Hay Malotte, Sir Michael Elias Balcon, Anthony Arnatt Bushell, Albrecht Dürer, Eleonore Maria Josefa of Austria, Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante, 1st Comte Fouché, LUCIEN BONAPARTE (PRINCE OF CANINO), 1775-1840, MINISTER, Dabney Herndon Maury, Reverdy Johnson, JOHN F. LOUDON, Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev, Brigadier-General Mosby Monroe Parsons, George Lafayette Beal, William Peter Sprague, Elizabeth Storrs Mead, Newton Martin Curtis, Louis Renault, Joseph Parry, Charles Albert Gobat, Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois, Henri Julien Félix Rousseau, Giuseppe Mercalli, Princess Stéphanie Clotilde Louise Herminie Marie Charlotte of Belgium (21 May 1864 – 23 August 1945) was a Belgian princess who became Crown Princess of Austria through marriage to Crown Prince Rudolf, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.Stéphanie of Belgium, Émile Adolphe Gustave Verhaeren, Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, Princess Sophie Helene Cecilie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, Maybelle Evelyn Taliaferro, May Frances Aufderheide Kaufman, John Peale Bishop, Baroness Suzanne Lilar, Raymond William Stacy Burr, Marcel Lajos Breuer, Manly Wade Wellman, Harold Robbins, Andrei Sakharov, Doris Mae Akers, Justine Kay Kendall McCarthy, Alice Elizabeth Drummond, Malcolm Fraser, Hernando de Soto, Archibald Primrose, Jane Addams, Sammy Davis Sr., Rajiv Gandhi, William Russell Hardie, John Emery, James Stewart, John Gielgud, Otto Waldis, Ion Dumitrescu, Peter Copley, George Leslie Goebel, Edith Marilyn Fellows, Elizabeth May "Betty" Driver, Alfred Moore, and so many more names I probably can't add but I got names on my paper list of Angels

[bcomic-blog]

I really had to wrack my brain on this one, ruling out women characters that I originally loved but later realized were kinda blank slates that I projected onto (Heinlein's "Friday") or who are great and all but, y'know, not even my favorite character in their own story (thinking of Cordelia Naismith vs Konstantin Bothari....)

Finally came up with three, and they were... embarrassingly revealing lol

Princess Elisa of the Wild Swans

Man, Andersen's fairy tales knew how to connect with guilt-riddled, conflicted kids. Special place in my heart for this one and for "the Snow Queen" especially

I always loved how in the end one of her brothers is still part-swan

Colene from Virtual Mode

This one is seriously a "guilty pleasure" and that's from someone who generally doesn't believe in such a thing. But Piers Anthony's work is full of really inappropriate stuff and is generally juvenile twaddle that I've outgrown, and this book is not really an exception, BUT... the protagonist Colene is such a great example of taking the things that others and even yourself think of as weaknesses and making them your strengths...

The "bleeding contest" scene will always stick with me

Maytag from Flipside

This is probably the character I identify with most and if you've ever read Flipside you might say "man that's a WEIRD character to identify with!!!" By any normal standard, Maytag is incredibly odd... Giving up a limb, strategically?? But yeah.

The thing I notice connecting all three is their willingness to sacrifice and suffer to reach their goals.

what are some of you guys woman/girl blorbos. like female characters you are utterly obsessed with

[arsmusica]

Jazz und Blues - Fr, 10.05.2024, 19:30 Uhr

I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES - FABER/KUHN/BAZIJAN/GMELIN

Mitwirkende: Johannes Faber - Piano, Gesang, Trompete

Harald Kuhn - Trompete

Eugen Bazijan - Cello

Matthias Gmelin - Schlagzeug

Veranstalter: ars musica e.V.

Location: LUISE Kulturzentrum

Adresse: Ruppertstraße 5, 80337 München

Eintritt: € 20,- / erm. € 15,-

Tickets: https://www.ticketino.com/de/Event/Faber-Kuhn-Bazijan-Gmelin/190307

Beschreibung:

Der Blues ist die Urquelle des Jazz und der gesamten Popularmusik. Wir präsentieren mit unserem Programm ein Jazz-Kaleidoskop der unzähligen Schattierungen des Blues. "While the European tradition strives for regularity - of pitch, of time, of timbre and of vibrato - the African tradition strives precisley for the negation of these elements." (Ernest Borneman)

Der Blues ist die Begegnung von afrikanischer Pentatonik und europäischem Zwölftonsystem im Schmelztigel Amerika. Diese kraftvolle musikalische Synthese ist die Grundlage für den Jazz, Rock ́n Roll, Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, you name it.

Es gibt nur wenige Musiker in Europa, die den Blues in all seinen Höhen und Tiefen, seinen Spiel- und Leidensarten so erforscht haben, wie der Trompeter, Pianist, Sänger, Komponist und Arrangeur Johannes Faber.

Johannes Faber wurde 1952 in München geboren und studierte Trompete und Komposition in München, Graz und Boston. Er arbeitete in Erwin Lehns Südfunk-Tanzorchester Stuttgart(1980-90) und in der NDR-Bigband(1990-96), sowohl als Solotrompeter als auch als Komponist und Arrangeur. Johannes Faber komponierte die Filmmusik für „Rallye Paris-Dakar“ und gründete die Rockjazz-Formation CONSORTIUM mit Billy Cobham dr, Christof Lauer sax, Joerg Reiter p und Dave King b. Er hatte eine Professur an der Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Hamburg inne. Der Trompeter spielte u.a. mit Chaka Khan, Anthony Jackson, George Adams, Charlie Mariano, Dado Moroni, Konstantin Wecker, dem UNITED JAZZ & ROCK ENSEMBLE und Peter Herbolzheimer’s RHYTHM COMBINATION AND BRASS, komponierte für Michael Ende und wurde mit dem Jazz-Preis Baden-Württemberg ausgezeichnet(1985). Er war auf den großen Jazz-Festivals zu erleben, u.a. beim Jazzfest Berlin, in Montreux und beim Deutschen Jazz-Festival in Frankfurt.

1998 komponierte er die Musik für das Wilderer-Melodram HIAS und spielte die Hauptrolle in einer Produktion des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz(München). Von 2000 – 2012 konzipiert und moderiert er die überaus erfolgreiche Reihe “Jazz im Gärtnerplatz”. Seit 2000 singt und spielt er den Sprecher (Staatstheater am Gärtrnerplatz) und den Sarastro (Opernfestspiele Gut Immling) in Mozarts Oper DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE. Er komponierte 2003 die Musik zu „4 – Ein Tanzevent“, das vom Balletttheater München und dem Orchester in der Choreographie von Philip Taylor mit Erfolg im Repertoire des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz aufgeführt wird. 2006 unterrichtet er Jazzgeschichte am Conservatorio Nicolo Paganini in Genua.

2012 Professur am „Conservatorio Nicolò Paganini“.

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