#MARY REDMAN

[omegaremix]

Winter 1993 Mixtape.

Ice Cube The Predator

Brand Nubian “Love Me Or Leave Me Alone”

Positive K “Nightshift” (f. Big Daddy Kane)

Redman “Time 4 Sum Akshun”

Mary J. Blige “What’s The 411?” (f. Grand Puba)

MC Ren “Final Frontier”

Pete Rock & CL Smooth “Straighten It Out”

Chaka Demus “Murder She Wrote”

Shabba Ranks “Slow And Sexy”

Spice 1 “In My Neighborhood”

Utah Saints “Something Good”

Positive K “I Got A Man”

Mary J. Blige “Sweet Thing”

Redman “Blow Your Mind”

AB Logic “Get Up (Move Boy Move)”

Ice Cube “No Vaseline”

Apache “Gangsta Bitch”

[nonesuchrecords]

Congratulations to the newly announced Edison Klassiek and Jazz Awards nominees, including Julia Bullock’s Walking in the Dark for Solo Vocal in the Klassiek awards; Mary Halvorson’s Belladonna and Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade’s LongGone for Jazz International Instrumental; and Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Mélusine for Jazz International Vocal—the award she won last year for her Nonesuch debut album, Ghost Song. More info here.

[salilaoceania]

Sat down and drew all of my game protagonists from games I've played where you make your own protagonist (ie the protag doesn't have an established backstory/story and often has some form of customization). Putting the art below a cut though because there's 21 of them total.

Also!!! Some of them have their nude bases because they were ones that were more detailed and I was proud of, but they're basically almost all inhuman characters so there's no real nudity whatsoever.

Artemis-9 (Destiny/ Destiny 2)

Azytie Redscale/Azalea Redmane (Skyrim)

Amelia Sutterfield (Fallout 4)

Salila Giovanni (Pokemon Ultra Sun/Shield)

Marie Sutterfield (Fallout 76)

Colletta DuBois (Red Dead Redemption Online)

Cressida Tian (The Outer Worlds)

Vaerna Septim/Walks-Through-Shadows (Oblivion)

Sephtis (Minecraft)

Pandora/Nagu (No Man's Sky)

K (Roblox)

W.I.A. (Human Fall Flat)

O (Hellpoint)

Kait (Animal Crossing New Horizons)

Edith Walker (Sea of Thieves)

Jasper Burgess (Among Us)

Jamie Last (Our Life: Beginning and Always)

Estrella Giovanni (Pokemon Scarlet)

Cyra (Stardew Valley)

The Lamb/Mary (Cult of the Lamb)

Syvelle Wanderlot/The Journalist (Bugsnax)

[annabolinas]

Anne of the Thousand Days Review: Part 1

Alright, so I got around to writing this review, and boy do I have some hot takes! Fair warning, though; this is so long I'll need to post this in two parts.

“For six years, this year, and this, and this, and this, I did not love him. And then I did. Then I was his. I can count the days I was his in hundreds … In all one thousand days. Just a thousand. strange. And of those thousand, one when we were both in love, only one, when our loves met and overlapped and were both mine and his. And when I no longer hated him, he began to hate me.”

Where do I even begin with this review? I disliked this movie when I first watched it, and after a rewatch, I still dislike it. Anne of the Thousand Days is a tedious slog of a movie which somehow both has a fundamentally weird premise and forgets its own premise at times, especially in its marketing. The poster for this movie claimed that it showed “the most passionate and shocking love story in history!” As we’ll see, though, it’s hard to claim this depiction of Henry and Anne have a grand love affair when they only mutually love each other, at least in Anne’s telling, for one day.

Anne of the Thousand Days started as a Broadway play in 1948, written by American playwright Maxwell Anderson. With Rex Harrison as Henry VIII and Joyce Redman as Anne Boleyn, the play was a critical and commercial success, running for nearly 300 shows. However, as it dealt with themes of adultery, illegitimacy, and incest, Anne of the Thousand Days ran afoul of the Hays Code, so it took over two decades to be adapted into a movie. Most of the blank verse of the play was removed, many scenes were expanded into two, three, or four, and Anne was given a monologue about Elizabeth’s future greatness to shout at Henry in the Tower. Richard Burton was cast as Henry, and the virtually unknown French-Canadian actress Genevieve Bujold was cast as Anne. Burton’s wife Elizabeth Taylor feared the two were having an affair, so she managed to obtain a cameo to keep an eye on them. Taylor had actually lobbied for the role of Anne, but at 37, she was deemed too old for Anne, who (following the scholarship of the time) aged from 18 to 29 over the course of the film. One can only wonder…

The movie follows the basic outlines of history, with a heavy emphasis on “outlines”. The opening scene is of Henry agonizing whether to sign Anne’s death warrant, as we soon transition into a palace ball where Henry falls for the vivacious and charming Anne as his sober, pious wife Catherine of Aragon despairingly looks on. He orders his chief minister, Cardinal Wolsey, to break up Anne’s relationship with the “Northern clodhopper” Harry Percy, much to her fury. She vigorously resists Henry’s advances, her resolve only strengthened by her pregnant sister Mary, who gave in to Henry and now carries his child. Mary prophetically warns, “The moment you’re conquered, he’ll walk away.” Despite Anne’s utter refusal to return his feelings, Henry continues to “love” (yes, the quotes are necessary) Anne, and eventually proposes divorcing Catherine and making Anne queen. She accepts, but unfortunately, political circumstances abroad combine to make it clear that the Pope will not grant Henry a divorce. Having fired Wolsey for his failure to get the divorce, and encouraged by his new chief minister Thomas Cromwell (and to a lesser extent, Anne) to break with Rome to get his way, Henry does so. After a tense confrontation, Anne finally tells Henry that she loves him, and they sleep together; she soon becomes pregnant and they’re married in a shotgun, bigamous wedding. 

Anne is reviled at the coronation, but despite Henry’s hopes and Anne’s promises, she gives birth to a daughter, Elizabeth. Henry is furious and his eye begins to wander towards Anne’s lady-in-waiting Jane Seymour. Anne is furious and demands that Henry make everyone swear an oath recognizing their daughter as his legitimate heir on pain of death, leading to the execution of Sir Thomas More. Anne promptly miscarries a boy and Henry, believing his marriage accursed, orders Cromwell to find a way out. Cromwell soon trumps up charges of adultery with five men, incest with her brother George, and treason, which lead to Anne’s arrest. At her trial, though, Henry suddenly (and ahistorically) bursts in and manages to get the only one of the five who confessed to admit he lied under torture. Henry is still unsure of whether Anne is guilty, and he confronts her in the Tower. Anne utterly refuses to agree to an annulment, even if it means her death, and lies to Henry to hurt his manhood, declaring that she cheated on him with countless men, finding them far better lovers. For good measure, she then proclaims, “Elizabeth shall be a greater queen than any king of yours. She shall rule a greater England than you could ever have built! Yes - my Elizabeth shall be queen. And my blood will have been well-spent.” Henry promptly signs her death warrant and Anne is beheaded by a French swordsman, the movie ending with a shot of the toddler Elizabeth walking towards her destiny.

Incredibly, I did like some stuff about this movie. The costumes, designed by Margaret Furse, are exquisite and mostly accurate; if nothing else, this movie deserved its Best Costume Design Oscar. Even the fact that Genevieve Bujold’s French hoods nearly always lack a proper veil doesn’t matter, in my opinion, since she manages to pull it off. The coronation procession was absolutely stunning, and the recreation of the Tower of London is incredible; they really minimized the distance between Tower Green and St Peter ad Vincula, though. Despite not using surviving Tudor pieces, the score, composed by Georges Delerue, manages to evoke the period really well. 

Concerning the performances, I loved Anthony Quayle’s depiction of Cardinal Wolsey, as he goes from a self-assured, powerful man to a broken, fallen minister. His final scene is heartbreaking, and Quayle humanizes him throughout; even when he breaks up Anne and Harry Percy, he doesn’t seem thoughtlessly cruel. John Colicos’ portrayal of Cromwell as “a man without scruple” is a delightfully villainous characterization, a schemer who owns up to his villainy and revels in manipulation. 

A review of Anne of the Thousand Days, of course, would be incomplete without a discussion of Genevieve Bujold’s Anne Boleyn. While not one of my top three favorite Anne Boleyn portrayals (for the record, Natalie Dormer, Dorothy Tutin, and Claire Foy), Bujold does a good job with Anne. She compellingly portrays Anne’s growth (and increasing ruthlessness) from a lovestruck teenager to a fiercely protective mother, as you can see her grow and harden over the course of the movie. She also captures Anne’s boldness and vivacity of spirit well, although sometimes to the point of straining credulity. Would the real Anne have maintained Henry’s love if she told him at the start of their relationship, “You’re spoiled and vengeful and bloody. Your poetry is sour and your music worse. You make love as you eat - with a great deal of noise and no subtlety”? It seems very unlikely. Anne’s frank declaration to Harry Percy that she’s not been a virgin for a long time additionally seems very incongruous with the historical Anne. Bujold’s acting, too, sometimes feels not just theatrical, but overly artificial and overdone, particularly when she has to express anger. Still, the fact that it is hard to imagine this Anne captivating Henry for seven years is not Bujold’s fault - she performs well the script as written - but that of the writers.

Unfortunately, this is the part of the review where I must tackle the things I disliked about this film. Equally unfortunately, there are quite a lot of them. The elephant in the room is Richard Burton’s depiction of Henry. In both history and popular depictions, Henry was and is the center of his court, someone who shifted from passionately loving Anne to furiously ordering her death on false charges; in any depiction of Anne, he is the other main character. Put bluntly, Richard Burton gives perhaps one of the creepiest portrayals of Henry VIII I’ve ever seen. While not worse than Ray Winstone’s portrayal of Henry as a marital rapist, Burton portrays Henry as a serial sexual harasser and predator. He combines the real Henry’s unshakeable belief in his own self-righteousness with a seedy lustfulness which will stop at nothing, not even claiming he’s only sexually potent with the woman in question, to get into a woman’s bed. There is little trace in this portrayal of Henry’s intellectual or cultural pursuits, and even the times when he exhibits bonhomie feel forced and fake. Furthermore, at only 5’8, Richard Burton is half a foot shorter than the real Henry, meaning he lacks the physical towering presence of the real man; he thus doesn’t physically stand out from his courtiers. In fact, Anthony Quayle as Wolsey is two inches taller than Burton; a screen Henry ought to tower above his courtiers, not vice versa!

Anne of the Thousand Days also completely misunderstands the history of the period, changing it in ways that not only make no sense plot-wise, but which indicate the writers genuinely did not understand the period. Some inaccuracies stem from changing historiography - despite being named after Anne Boleyn, the movie portrays a less politically active Anne than more recent depictions like The Tudors and Wolf Hall. However, this lack of emphasis was the result of the historiography of the time tending to minimize Anne as a political figure; only in 1986 with Eric Ives’ seminal biography of Anne would attitudes change. The inaccuracies I object to are ones which betray a lack of understanding of the basic nature of the history. I’ve already mentioned one of these inaccuracies (Anne admitting to Harry Percy that she’s not a virgin), but there’s several others. For example, Henry is seriously conflicted about breaking with Rome, stating that it would mean “everlasting damnation” and result in his soul being cast into Hell. However, this fundamentally misunderstands the real Henry’s character. When he decided on a course of action, it was not only incredibly hard to dissuade Henry from it, but he often became increasingly convinced of his own self-righteousness. As a pious early modern king, Henry would not have broken with Rome had he harbored as many doubts about its morality as he does in Anne of the Thousand Days. 

Moreover, the Act of Succession in the movie is passed only after Anne agrees to bring Jane Seymour back to court from a (fictional) exile in Northumberland. Henry himself states that “One daughter is much like another. I care not who’s named bastard when I’m dead.” As this Anne points out, this version of Henry is declining to enshrine their daughter’s legitimacy in law so he can sleep with another woman. Unsurprisingly, this did not happen in real life; the real Henry, no matter how much he wanted a son, would not have shot himself in the foot by doing this! To not pass the Act of Succession wouldn’t just harm Elizabeth, but any children, including a son, he had by Anne; Elizabeth, after all, was only heir in lieu of any sons. These are serious departures which go beyond artistic license and veer into a real lack of historical comprehension.

The biggest (and most absurd) inaccuracy, though, comes in Anne’s trial and resulting confrontation with Henry in the Tower. First, Anne is allowed to cross-examine Smeaton, who is brought in, along with her brother George, during the course of the trial. But this greatly downplays just how rigged the real Anne’s trial was, as in real life, no witnesses were called. Even if they had, it is incredibly unlikely Norfolk, who hated his niece in history, would have let her cross-examine them. But then, any semblance of accuracy, realism, or even sense is sacrificed wholly on the altar of drama as Henry himself enters and gets Smeaton to confess that he’s innocent. If this had happened, there would be no reason for Henry to execute him, like Burton’s version promises he’ll do. Moreover, as Smeaton was the only person (both in history and the film) who confessed, retracting his confession would mean there were no witnesses, which would have torpedoed the government’s case against Anne and the men. But Henry does this and then proceeds to mutter, “And yet… it could be true,” which is only explicable in the film if he genuinely thinks Anne is guilty of adultery. The problem is that Anne has never flirted with any of the men on screen; she’s never talked to the ones aside from her brother at all! This means that the accusations of adultery come out of left field, a failure of writing which leaves the viewer wondering where on earth that came from.

PART 2 HERE:

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Mashup of Remix 10 from Rhythm Heaven Fever!

Video (This mashup with visuals)

Full album: Just OK [Part 3] Bandcamp (You can hear all of these bits as a standalone mashup, and more.) Soundcloud (If you want the tracks to bleed into each other) Video (Above, but with visuals)

Song list under the cut!

Masami Yone, Shinji Ushiroda, Asuka Ito (Rhythm Heaven Fever) - Remix 10 Talking Heads - Psycho Killer Hail Mary Mallon - Breakdance Beach NOMA - Brain Power Maroon 5 - Misery TheFatRat (ft. Laura Brehm) - MAYDAY Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World DNCE - Cake By The Ocean Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom Foo Fighters - The Pretender WALK THE MOON - Shut Up and Dance Liz Gillies & Victoria Justice - Take a Hint Weezer - Say It Ain't So B.o.B. (ft. Hayley Williams) - Airplanes Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes Gotye (ft. Kimba) - Somebody I Used to Know One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) Marianas Trench - Celebrity Status Silva Hound - Addict P!nk - So What Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams FAttY SPiNS - Doin' Your Mom Silentó - Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) Owl City & Carly Ray Jepsen - Good Time Death Grips - Takyon K/DA - POP/STARS Taylor Swift - Shake It Off INABAKUMORI - Lagtrain Limp Bizkit (ft. DMX, Method Man, & Redman) - Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle) Dream - Mask Toby Fox - Megalovania

[kwebtv]

Notorious Woman - BBC - November 3, 1974 - December 15, 1974 / PBS - November 16, 1975 - December 28, 1975

Historical Drama (7 episodes)

Running Time: 350 minutes

Stars:

Rosemary Harris as George Sand

Lewis Fiander as Casimir Dudevant

George Chakiris as Frédéric Chopin

Alan Howard as Prosper Mérimée

Jeremy Irons as Franz Liszt

Peter Woodthorpe as Honoré de Balzac

Shane Briant as Alfred de Musset

Sinéad Cusack as Marie Dorval

Leon Vitali as Jules Sandeau

Jonathan Newth as Hippolyte Chatiron

Joyce Redman as Sophie Dupin

Cathleen Nesbitt as Madame Dupin

Georgina Hale as Solange Dudevant

[sporadiceagleheart]

Today's joy with Rachel Joy Scott Friday edits is for missing kids I hope soon they be found and Brought back home safe and sound Madeleine McCann, Inga Gehricke, Summer Wells, Haleigh Cummings, Morgan Nick, Ben Needham, Timmothy Pitzen, Baby Lisa Irwin, Baby Sabrina Aisenberg, Kayla Berg, Mary Boyle, Jennifer Joyce Kesse, Amy Lynn Bradley, Asha Jaquilla Degree, Brian Randall Shaffer, Brandon Swanson, Lars Joachim Mittank, Maura Murray, Kyron Richard Horman, Rebecca Coriam, Evelyn Grace Hartley, Frederick Valentich, Lauren Spierer, Marjorie West, Margaret Ellen Fox, Joshua Guimond, LeeAnna Warner, Tara Leigh Calico, Cherrie Ann Mahan, Nyleen Kay Marshall, Phoenix Coldon, Laureen Ann Rahn, Johnny Gosch, Sara Anne Wood, Rebecca Reusch, BRANDON LEE WADE, Katrice Lee, Adele Marie Wells, William Tyrrell, Rene Hasee, Jane Beaumont, Dennise Jeannette "Denny" Sullivan, Ember Skye Graham, Tricia J. Kellett, Donnis Marie "Pinky" Redman, Renee Aitken, Dulce Maria Alavez, Jonathan Allen, Victoria Allen, Mylette Josephine Anderson, Erica Nicole Baker, Ava Grace Baldwin, Amber Renee Barker, Brittney Ann Beers, Tammy Lynn Belanger, Alessia Vera Schepp, Livia Clara Schepp, Ilene Rebecca Scott, Mary Lou Sena, Natasha Marie Shanes, Kathleen Ann "Kathy" Shea, Crystal Ann Tymich, Anna[1] Christian Waters, Holly Ann Hughes, Ashley LaShay Jones, Sofia Lucerno Juarez, Amber Jean Swartz-Garcia, Brooklinn Felyxia Miller, Marjorie Christina "Christy" Luna , Lorie Lynn Lewis, Sheri Lynn Johnson, Lauren Maria Pico Jackson, Hattie Yvonne Jackson, Janice Kathryn Pockett, Alice Pereira, Sabine Morgenroth, Daniela Moreno, April Ann Cooper, Catherine Barbara "Cathy" Davidson, Mary Rachel Bryan, Hazel X. Bracamontes, Melissa Lee Brannen, Edna "Bette Jean" Masters, Shaina Ashly Kirkpatrick,

[cultivating-wildflowers]

what books would you recommend for an 8 years old girl? I have a little friend who is recovering from an accident

Ohhhh I'm so sorry!! I hope she's doing ok!

I LOVE rec'ing books to kids, but keep in mind I largely read fantasy and that tends to translate to my recs as well lol. (If this reader is into horse books, that's a whole other thing and I'll have to dig out my lists....)

General recommendations I've seen for kid lit is to find stories with protagonists a couple of years older than the reader, since kids (understandably) like to "read up".

My first rec is an eternal one, but with a couple of caveats:

The Underland Chronicles (five books) by Suzanne Collins. Technically the main character Gregor is 11 in the first book (and 13 by the end) but myself and my bestie agree he should have been aged up because he doesn't quite read like an 11-year-old; even a mature one.

The series also does get kind of dark and deals with war, trauma, and grief (it deals very well with all of them but there is loss in abundance). I think the payoff at the end is well-deserved, but it is hard-earned, and some kids aren't down for that.

If the reader in question is ok with a slightly thicker and slower book, I am legally obligated to rec The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I first read this book when I was eight or nine and it got me through the first major upheaval in my young life. I adore crabby, prickly, awkward, earnest Mistress Mary Lennox.

(There's a lot of classic fiction I could rec but it really depends on the reader, since reading styles have changed so much.)

(tucking the rest under a read-more for brevity's sake)

Some authors I love and trust are Patricia C. Wrede, Gail Carson Levine, Shannon Hale, Kate diCamillo, Diana Wynne Jones, Lloyd Alexander, and Jessica Day George. You have to pick and choose because they all write for a range of audiences, but their writing is solid across the board. Roald Dahl is solidly in the right age range, but I know people are hit-or-miss with him.

The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place by Maryrose Wood follows a slightly older protagonist in newly-minted governess Penelope Lumley, but it is definitely a MG story in theme, style, and in the other important members of the cast: the trio of feral children Penelope has been hired to civilize (and domesticate). Top of my list for "series to read to the niblings when they're old enough for sleepovers".

I recently read Quintessence by Jess Redman and was very impressed both with the story and the author. It's a contemporary story with a twist of magic to it. I'm keen to check out more of Redman's books in the future. I would say the same about Kelly Barnhill. I've only read The Girl Who Drank the Moon but I've heard good things about the rest of Barnhill's list.

A good while ago I started the Guardians of Childhood series by William Joyce ("The Rise of the Guardians" movie is very loosely based off of this series) and loved it. Unfortunately I never finished it.... Ain't that the way.

If your reader is ok with lots of drama and some frankly intense killing on occasion (detailed neck-snapping iirc), I had a few students who love the Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland. I...couldn't do it myself, but they swear it's a good series. (For some reason every time I see this series I think of the Warrior Cats.... Those were the days.)

One of my writing friends, Remi, is a lifelong fan of Bloomability by Sharon Creech. I found the audio version on Hoopla and absolutely adored it, and I understand Creech has plenty of other fantastic books in the same range and style. Remi also loves The Mysterious Benedict Society (I couldn't get into it but I see the appeal).

For more overtly Christian fiction, Narnia is obvious, but The Green Ember (S.D. Smith) and The Wingfeather Saga (Andrew Peterson) are a couple of more recent and very solid series. (I believe both are also available as audio on Hoopla.)

If we're looking for some graphic novels, I tried out the first book in the Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi and it was pretty solid. I haven't had a chance to try the rest of the series, but liked what I did see. There's also The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks. (Unfortunately I haven't explored a lot of middle grade graphic novels so I don't have a lot that I'm comfortable recommending.)

I want to say both The Spiderwick Chronicles and A Series of Unfortunate Events are in the right age range, or possibly just above it, but I can't remember and it's been way too long since I read (and enjoyed!) either of these series. Kind of on the same lines would be the Artemis Fowl series, which I personally hated if I'm honest, but others tell me it's solid.

I know I'm missing some obvious recommendations, but this is what I found after browsing a few shelves on StoryGraph. There are also several books/series friends here on tumblr have recommended that I have been meaning to get to. Hopefully soon.... Some of those are:

Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo (technically "The Children of the Red King" according to StoryGraph)

The Skyborn series by Jessica Khoury

Small Spaces by Katherine Arden (I've only read her YA/Adult fantasy and I love it but it's...definitely adult so I'm curious what her MG fiction is like)

The Mistmantle Chronicles by M.I. McAllister

Classic authors George MacDonald, E. Nesbit, and Maud Hart Lovelace

I hope this helps, and affords some decent distractions while your reader recovers. 💜

[singonavine71]

Clifford Smith, Jr.[1] (born March 2, 1971), better known by his stage name Method Man, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is known as a member of the East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, and is half of the hip hop duo Method Man & Redman. He took his stage name from the 1979 film Method Man. In 1996, Smith won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By", featuring R&B singer Mary J. Blige, with whom he currently stars in Power Book II: Ghost, a spin-off of Power.

[ethnicbrat]

Hello! I hate to bother you but you are very knowledgeable and I know you can help me. Can you tell me what music videos Denyce Lawton been in? Or point me in the direction of a website that has a list? Thank you! 💐

There may be a few videos I'm missing but:

Mary J. Blige- Family Affair

Nas - One Mic

112 - Peaches & Cream

Jaheim - Anything

Method Man & Redman - How High Pt. 2

N.E.R.D - Rockstar

Busta Rhymes - Break Ya Neck

Benzino - Boottee (Remix) ft. Fabolous & G-Dep

Prodigy of Mobb Deep - YBE (Young Black Entrepreneurs) ft. BG

Mobb Deep - The Learning ft. Big Noyd

Clay Aiken - The Way

Drunken Master- 50 Playaz Deep ft. Lola Damone

Tony Yayo - Curious ft. Joe

[arthur-character-showdown]

Round 2 Bracket and Round 1 Results Breakdown!

and here's a breakdown of round 1's results (winners in bold):

(See you in a couple days for round 2!)

Side 1:

D.W. Read 76.2% / The backstreet boys 23.8%

Bionic Bunny 36.1% / Mary Moo Cow 63.9%

Pal 78% / Vicita Molina 22%

Marina Datillo 77.5% / Carl Gould 22.5%

Buster Baxter 92.3% / Cheikh Diouf 7.7%

Ed Crosswire 15%/ Mrs. MacGrady 85%

Art Garfunkel 26% / The Brain 74%

Dad 81% / BINKY (Band) 19%

Wally 34.6% / Nadine 65.4%

Grandpa Dave 41.9% / Ms. Turner 58.1%

Dr. Fugue 19.6% / Fern Walters 80.4%

Maria Pappas 29.5% / Kate Read 70.5%

Joshua Redman 5.4% / Sue Ellen Armstrong 94.6%

Chip Crosswire 27.5% / Mr. Haney 72.5%

Muffy Crosswire 57.4% / Mei-Lin Barnes 42.6%

Grandma Thora 64.1% / D.W.'s Snowball 35.9%

Side 2:

Stanley 20.3% / Mr. Ratburn 79.7%

Tibble Twins 37.5% / Persimmony Glitchet 62.5%

Molly MacDonald 84.4% / Dark Bunny 15.6%

Ladonna 56.4% / Bud 43.6%

Arthur Read 85.1% / Amigo 14.9%

Rubella Deegan 57.8% / Jenna Morgan 42.2%

Francine Frensky 82.7% / Yo-Yo Ma 17.3%

Bailey 52.6% / Mom 47.4%

Binky Barnes 79.2% / Marie-Hélène 20.8%

Bubby 75.5% / Emily 24.5%

Alberto Molina 24.5% / Prunella Deegan 75.5%

James MacDonald 46.4% / Rattles 53.6%

Nemo 45.8% / Neil Gaiman 54.2%

Catherine Frensky 53.7% / Oliver Frensky 46.3%

Killer 36.1% / George Lundgren 63.9%

Slink 41.9% / Bitzi Baxter 58.1%

[omegaremix]

Omega Radio for August 3, 2020; #236.

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince “Summertime”

M Doc & Stevio f. Chantay Savage “It’s A Summer Thang”

M.O.P. “How About Some Hardcore”

D&D All Stars “1,2 Pass It”

MC Eiht “All For The Money”

Cypress Hill “Insane In The Brain”

Funkdoobiest “Rock On” (Buckwild RMX)

DFC “Things In Tha’ Hood”

DJ Quik “Jus’ Lyke Compton”

Scarface “Seen A Man Die”

Redman “Time 4 Sum Aktion”

B.U.M.S. “Elevation (Free My Mind)”

Too $hort “I Want To Be Free (That’s The Truth)”

Prince Markie Dee “Typical Reasons (Still Swingin’)”

Channel Live “Six Cents”

Digital Underground “Humpty Dance”

Black Moon “I Got Cha Open” RMX

A Tribe Called Quest “Award Tour”

Brand Nubian “One For All”

Gang Starr “The ? Remains”

Onyx “Shiftee”

Grand Puba “Over Like A Fat Rat”

King Just “Warrior’s Drum”

Mic Geronimo “Masta I.C.”

Compton’s Most Wanted “Growin’ Up In The Hood”

Mary J. Blige & Grand Puba “What’s The 411?”

Ten Thieves “It Don’t Matter”

Biz Markie “The Dragon”

Black Sheep “Strobelight Honey”

Knucklehedz “Hed Rush”

Big Daddy Kane ‘Nuff Respect”

ED O.G. & Da’ Bulldogs “Be A Father To Your Child”

Spice 1 “In My Neighborhood”

Chubb Rock “Treat 'Em Right”

Ice-T “Lethal Weapon”

Pete Rock & CL Smooth “I Got A Love”

Eric B & Rakim “Pump Up The Volume” (Coldcut RMX)

MC Breed “Ain’t To Be Flexed With”

Da Lench Mob f. Ice Cube “Guerillas In The Mist”

Fat Joe “Flow Joe”

Nine “Whutcha Want”

Shyheim “One’s 4 Da’ Money (Mad Dollaz)”

Organized Konfusion “Bring It On” (Buckwild RMX)

Grand Daddy I.U. “Slingin’ Bass”

Bonus Omega; golden-era hip-hop / rap.

[nonesuchrecords]

Congratulations to Jazz Journalists Association's 2023 JJA Jazz Awards nominees, including Mary Halvorson for Jazz Musician of the Year, Composer of the Year, and Guitarist of the Year, as well as Album Art of the Year for Amaryllis and Belladonna; Cécile McLorin Salvant for Female Vocalist of the Year and Record of the Year for Ghost Song; Brad Mehldau for Pianist of the Year; and the LongGone quartet of Joshua Redman, Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade for Midsize Ensemble of the Year. More info here. Winners will be announced on May 17.

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Luke Arnold, Bella Heathcote and Jay Ryan set to star in Stan's new crime series Scrublands

By MARY MRAD FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Luke Arnold, Bella Heathcote and Jay Ryan will star in the new Stan Original series Scrublands.

Stan made the announcement on Monday, confirming filming is already underway in Victoria.

Luke stars as Martin Scarsden, an investigative journalist who is sent to an isolated country town to write a feature on the anniversary of a tragedy.

Jay plays the role of the young priest who calmly opened fire on his congregation, killing five parishioners.

When Martin investigates the incident, he begins to uncover the truth of what happened.

Luke Arnold, Bella Heathcote and Jay Ryan set to star in Stan's new crime series Scrublands

The series will also star Zane Ciarma, Adam Zwar, Victoria Thaine, Robert Taylor, Stacy Clausen and Genevieve Morris.

It is co-commissioned by Stan and the Nine Network.

Scrublands is directed by Greg McLean and produced by Ian Collie, Rob Gibson, David Redman.

It is based on the best-selling novel written by Chris Hammer.

Stan made the announcement on Monday, confirming filming is already underway in Victoria. (Pictured: Bella Heathcote)

The series is based on the best-selling novel written by Chris Hammer (pictured)

Stan Chief Content Officer Cailah Scobie said: 'Following the immense success of Bali 2002, Stan is delighted to once again co-commission with the 9Network.' 

'Scrublands promises to be a powerful and compulsive crime thriller. A remarkable crime series set in Australia's unforgiving and harsh landscape, Easy Tiger has secured an outstanding core cast in Luke Arnold, Bella Heathcote and Jay Ryan and we look forward to collaborating with them on Scrublands.'

Nine Director of Television Michael Healy added: 'Joining forces with the teams at Stan and Easy Tiger on Scrublands has realised an ambition we have had since Chris Hammer's novel was published in 2018.'

'We are confident the creative team led by director Greg McLean and lead writer Felicity Packard will adapt Scrublands into a must-watch television drama for a global audience.'

The series will also star Zane Ciarma, Adam Zwar, Victoria Thaine, Robert Taylor, Stacy Clausen and Genevieve Morris. (Pictured: the cast on set)

Source: Daily Mail for Australia

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Lindsay Duncan, Jeff Fahey, and Kim Delaney in Body Parts (Eric Red, 1991)

Cast: Jeff Fahey, Lindsay Duncan, Kim Delaney, Zakes Mokae, Brad Dourif, John Walsh, Paul Ben-Victor, Peter Murnik. Screenplay: Patricia Herskovic, Joyce Taylor, Eric Red, Norman Snider, based on a novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. Cinematography: Theo van de Sande. Production design: Bill Brodie. Editing: Anthony Redman. Music: Loek Dikker. 

How can a movie with a car chase, a fight in a barroom, and an abundance of gore turn out so dull? Body Parts is based on an old trope, that of severed members taking on a life of their own. Adaptations of W.W. Jacobs's 1902 story "The Monkey's Paw" are so numerous they have a Wikipedia page of their own and Maurice Renard's 1920 novel Les Mains d'Orlac, about a concert pianist who receives the transplanted hands of a murderer, has been filmed several times, including Robert Wiene's 1924 silent The Hands of Orlac and Karl Freund's 1935 Mad Love, starring Peter Lorre. The many adaptations of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein also play on the notion of reanimated body parts. But it's not that the idea behind Eric Red's movie has been done to death, so to speak, it's that Red and the various screenwriters who worked on the movie find so little new and interesting to do with it. It's adapted from a 1965 novel, Choice Cuts, by the writing team known as Boileau-Narcejac, who provided the source material for some much better movies: Diabolique (aka Les Diaboliques, Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955) and Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958). The acting isn't bad. As Bill Chrushank, a psychiatrist who receives the arm of a murderer after losing his own in an auto accident, Jeff Fahey does a solid job of suggesting the ways the transplant brings out the worst in what may have been his own latent tendencies to violence. Lindsay Duncan plays the surgeon who does the transplant as a cold-blooded scientist with just a touch of hauteur that turns malevolent when her breakthrough technique is threatened. Brad Dourif overacts a little as the artist who receives the other arm and finds that it actually feeds his imagination and produces darkly disturbing paintings that sell. And Kim Delaney does what she can with the role of Chrushank's wife, who bears the brunt of his emotional transformation. But Red's direction never builds suspense, giving us time to anticipate the shocks we expect the material to provide. There's also a completely unearned "happy ending" that saps any lingering tension from what has gone before. 

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