#Mark Pickerel

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Mark Lanegan - Mockingbirds

[fuckyeahlaylavladi]

#kristnovoselic #bonafideband w #pickerel & the #peyote3 @the.motor.co #wallawalla july 27 - as imagined and realized by the artistic eye of @laylavladi

markpickerel via instagram

[krispyweiss]

Barrett Martin Says Screaming Trees “Almost” Regrouped in 2015

- Drummer to tell story in forthcoming band bio, due Nov. 3

The Screaming Trees “almost” got back together in 2015, Barrett Martin says.

The group’s former drummer will address this revelation and more in “The Greatest Band that Ever Wasn’t: The Story of the Roughest, Toughest, Most Hell-Raising Band to Ever Come Out of the Pacific Northwest, The Screaming Trees.”

Saying the book flows “like a Greek comedy in three acts,” Martin uses 33 “mostly humorous” short stories to chronicle the Trees “and all the insane stuff that happened to us during the 1990s, including our short revival in 2012 with the Last Words album, and our almost-reunion in 2015.

“I wrote the book as a tribute to my bandmates, especially with the passing of Mark Lanegan and Van Conner in the last couple (of) years.”

Out Nov. 3, “The Greatest Band that Ever Wasn’t” is Martin’s fourth book.

“Those who know me also know my sense of humor, so that’s the angle I took on the book,” he said. “Because in order to tell a great story, you have to live it first, which is what the Trees did, to the fullest.”

9/7/23

[greensparty]

Krist Novoselic's new band The Bona Fide Band

Last week saw the live debut of Krist Novoselic's new band The Bona Fide Band in Aberdeen, WA, the birthplace of Krist and Kurt Cobain's band Nirvana.

To back up for a minute, Krist is running for President of his new political party the Cascade Party (another story altogether, but he's trying to get a legit third party going and he's running for president in order to do so...even though he doesn't want to be president). The party needs to get the word out as being a bona fide party, so to do so, he formed a band to play around WA state, The Bona Fide Band featuring Krist on bass and accordion. Also featured in the band is drummer Mark Pickerel (Screaming Trees and some of the recordings he did with Cobain and Screaming Trees' Mark Lanegan appeared on Nirvana's With the Lights Out box set), Seattle guitarist Kathy Moore, and vocalists Jillian Raye and Jennifer Johnson (both of whom performed with Krist in Giants In The Trees and the supergroup 3rd Secret).

The Bona Fide Band

At this particular show, they performed mostly Giants In The Trees and 3rd Secret songs, but they also did a covers of David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World" (which Nirvana covered on MTV Unplugged) and Shocking Blue's "Love Buzz", which Nirvana covered on their debut album Bleach. The song was dedicated to Cobain's sister Kimberly, who was in the audience. I hope the band releases a new track or two on Bandcamp.

The video above is the performance of "Love Buzz" on June 21, 2024 in Aberdeen, WA.

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Screaming Trees - Where The Twain Shall Meet

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Screaming Trees - Other Worlds

L’incredibile parabola artistica degli Screaming Trees inizia con l’Ep Other Worlds. La band di Ellensburg, cittadina non molto lontana da Seattle nasce dall’incontro dei fratelli Van e Gary Lee Conner con Mark Lanegan e la loro collaborazione li rende precursori di un suono, gruppo di culto, tutto questo senza che riescano a godere del successo che meriterebbero. Mancano il clamore e i…

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Van forever too.

Love this photo. Lanegan forever.

[markscherz]

ayo mr mark sir what kind of dog is this

i found him at my uncle's lakehouse last month he was kinda small and didn't bark but i still think he was really cool

This is a Lithobates species, my guess would be L. palustris, but I am not closely familiar with this genus and don't have enough data to improve my confidence.

[jenfoundabug]

Always love finding the occasional herp, aka honorary bug. This is a pickerel frog (Lithobates palustris), a common sight in wetlands in the Northeastern US. Their vaguely iridescent skin and striking markings are a treat to behold. I came across this one when I was hiking along a creek in Pennsylvania.

[thenativetank]

Rating lures based on the accuracy to the species they protray:

Okay so I've posted a few posts now on some disappointing lures so I wanted to do the cool ones this time. These would be Orangspotted Sunfish which a) are my fave centrarchids, and b) are a cool fish overall. The body coloration reflects non-breeding colors which is certainly less vibrant, but pretty accurate overall. This is a fun guy I'd love to have as a pet. 9/10.

Pikes are so rare as lures I wanted to include them. The shape? Chef's kiss. The packaging gives the tail a weird kind of shape but we shouldn't judge one based on the conditions in which they are forced to live. The colors I'm less wild on. The patterning says Northern Pike but the specific colors seem to suggest Redfin Pickerel. Are you a hybrid, little dude? Let's say 7/10.

These fellas are Notropis spp. shiners, likely Rainbow Shiners (N. chrosomus). From the body color to the blue gill plates, these are pretty spot on. Most Rainbows have a dark horizontal stripe along the lateral line where these have pale, but you can find both patterns in this species. 10/10 I love them.

What a pretty guy! Labeled as a Bluegill, this lure is an inch or so long; with that in mind, these are adult colors, not juvenile colors. The white in there is also not accurate. But I like him! He gets an 8/10 from me.

You know, though Yellow Perch lures are a dime a dozen, I think these are pretty close to the mark. The colors (especially the orange) is a little neon-y and the head is an odd white color, but I think they have a nice mix of realistic and eye catching. 7/10

[aestheticaxolotl]

Wings of Fire Drug Headcanons

Dragon drugs are wild Seawings- Jellyfish, Sea Urchin, Little Spinefish, Psychedelic Frogfish, Synchiropus Spendidus, and Pufferfish are the most popular forms of drugs in the seawing kingdom. Most law enforcement will arrest dragons with the position of these fish and the average term in prison for these drugs is 4-6 months. Medics and other forms of doctoral care are allowed to host and keep these drugs for pain reduction uses but must have a license and a clean record, along with permission from the queen to hold. Seawing drugs are the second most powerful drugs in the kingdoms and are sold on a black market to the other kingdoms alongside the Rainwings. Most seawings have a higher tolerance to these drugs than other tribes, so when a dragon from a different tribe takes too much of these drugs, they often wind up overdosing and dying if not reached quick enough. Skywings- Hooded pitohui, European Quail, and Little Shrike-thrush are the choice drugs in the Skywing kingdoms. These birds are highly toxic to dragons outside of the sky kingdom, even hybrids struggle to cope with these drugs. Most sky dragons avoid using these forms of drugs, except outside of medical use on other tribes, because if taken too often or in high dosage they can lead to death. The use of these drugs is not outlawed in the Kingdom of the Sky since not many dragons take these drugs. Rainwings- Rainwings have two categories of drugs, Amphibia and Floral. Golden Poison Dart Frog, Blue Poison Dart Frog, Strawberry Poison Dart Frog, and Pickerel Frog are the most commonly found drugs in the rainwing kingdoms. These frogs are often not limited since they do no harm to the rainwings taking them. However, they are highly toxic to dragons outside of the rainwing kingdom and not sold on the black market to the tribes. These frogs are not monitored in the rain kingdom and there are no regulations on drug use, that is why the overdose rate in the rainwing tribe is so high. Salcia Divinorum, Peyote, Opium Poppies, Cannabis Sativa, Nicotiana Tabacum, Dura Stramonium, Psilocybin Mushrooms, and Myristica Fragrant are the flora drugs in the rainwing kingdom and can be sold on the black market to the other tribes. These plants can be used in many forms that do not require eating such as inhalation, injection, and consumption. Just like the amphibian drugs, these are not regulated or monitored in the rainwing kingdom. The rainforest is the drug capital of the dragon kingdoms and the center of the black market, the queens do not shut this down due to the mass increase of income to all the kingdoms. Icewings- Icewings are HARD on the NO DRUG RULES. The only animal in the ice kingdom that anyone can think of is Orcas. Orca whales are hard to hunt in the ice kingdom and only Icewings can take this form of drug, however, it is outlawed in the ice kingdom to take these drugs. Icewings frown heavily on the use of drugs and it is a criminal offense to use with punishment ranging between 6 and 14 months in prison with probation after release.

Sandwings- Africanized Bee, Coral Snake, Gila Monster, and Hyenas are the choice drugs of the Sandwings with a bit of a mixed reaction towards the collective whole of the kingdom. Some dragons want a ban on drug use excluding medical use while others do not see it as a major problem. Sandwings tend to get most of their drugs from the black market and trade their own drugs since it is not as toxic as most other drugs from other kingdoms.

Mudwings- Mambas, Puffer Adders, Carpet Vipers, and Platypus are the drugs of the mud kingdom and are often monitored heavily by law enforcement. The mudwings have a strict medical use policy stating that, outside of medical use, drug use is frowned upon and highly punishable with a 3-6 month prison sentence if abused. Mudwings tend to produce as many of these drugs as they can seeing as they're not as harsh on the other tribes, these drugs are the most common on the market.

Nightwings- Vampire Bats, Hedgehogs, Solenodon, Shrew, and Slow Loris are the nightwing drugs of choice. All are Mammalia that frequent the kingdom and are sold on the black market, similar to the mudwings. The nightwings have similar medical uses as the mudwings but tend to be a little looser with their free-use laws, stating that nightwings should stay home so as to not disrupt the flow of the kingdom. The nightwings also tend to buy and sell drugs at higher prices than originally bought to broaden income.

[grungeincluded]

Happy birthday Mark Lanegan. He would have been 60 today.

Interesting music facts about Lanegan:

Lanegan co-wrote lyrics with Kurt Cobain for ‘‘Something In the Way’’. He was not credited and in his memoir reveals he regretted not taking credit.

Lanegan was so impactful, that his album The Winding Sheet is the album that inspired Nirvana's MTV Unplugged performance (and Nirvana covered ‘‘Where Did You Sleep Last Night’’ because of Lanegan’s cover). Even, Dave Grohl expressed that it is one of the greatest albums ever. 

Kurt Cobain was a fan of Mark Lanegan. Actually, all of Nirvana. Alongside, Krist Novoselic, and Mark Pickerel both formed The Jury. In August 1989, the band rehearsed at the Seattle practice space Nirvana had rented above the Continental Trailways bus station.

[fuckyeahlaylavladi]

🎫 Tickets: https://novoselicsbonafideband.planningpod.com

#kristnovoselic #bonafideband w #pickerel & the #peyote3 @the.motor.co #wallawalla july 27 - as imagined and realized by the artistic eye of @laylavladi

Mark Pickerel via instagram

[krispyweiss]

Book Review: “The Greatest Band that Ever Wasn’t: The Story of the Roughest, Toughest, Most Hell-raising Band to Ever Come out of the Pacific Northwest, The Screaming Trees - A Comedy/Tragedy in 3 Acts” - by Barrett Martin

Screaming Trees nearly reunited in 2015 for a string of European and U.S. festival dates that would’ve featured Peter Buck on auxiliary rhythm guitar and represented the band’s largest payday.

But singer Mark Lanegan pulled the plug the day before an announcement was due. And with the subsequent deaths of Lanegan and bassist Van Conner, in 2022 and ’23, respectively, the Trees, who split in 2000, were left as an increasingly rare band that breaks up and stays that way.

This is the biggest revelation in Barrett Martin’s “The Greatest Band that Ever Wasn’t: The Story of the Roughest, Toughest, Most Hell-raising Band to Ever Come out of the Pacific Northwest, The Screaming Trees - A Comedy/Tragedy in 3 Acts.” That unwieldy title inadvertently encapsulates the main problem with the otherwise-interesting book from the man who replaced Mark Pickerel as drummer for the Trees’ during their final decade.

Namely, Barrett needed a co-writer and/or a strong editor. As published, “The Greatest Band that Ever Wasn’t” is messy and littered with grammatical errors, typos, redundancies and a tendency to be verbose for verbosity’s sake. The comedy/tragedy addendum, meanwhile, is a misnomer, as the book by the multi-instrumentalist who also has played with Skin Yard; co-founded Mad Season and Tuatara; and was a touring member of Buck’s R.E.M., reads like a traditional rock memoir, albeit a poorly written one.

All of this said, Barrett presents 33 enlightening stories about the poorly documented Trees across 204 pages and it’s refreshing to read a rock ‘n’ roll memoir by a musician whose memories are all fond and who has no desire to settle scores in public. That Martin loved his band and respected his bandmates, also including guitarist/composer Gary Lee Conner and latter-day rhythm guitarist Joshua Homme, is obvious.

Martin also reveals that Lanegan recorded two a cappella Blind Willie McTell covers - not named - for a soundtrack, also not named, the drummer-cum-author is producing. A good editor would’ve done something to close the gaping hole in this tantalizing tidbit and ensured readers were not left with terrific content presented poorly.

Grade card: “The Greatest Band that Ever Wasn’t: The Story of the Roughest, Toughest, Most Hell-raising Band to Ever Come out of the Pacific Northwest, The Screaming Trees - A Comedy/Tragedy in 3 Acts” - by Barrett Martin - C+

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Faction Overview: The Fenland Faction

Values:

Tenacity, Adaptability, Integrity, Devotion, Unity

Orator Succession:

[An in-depth detailed explanation HERE!]

Desirable Physical Traits:

The second-smallest of the fealty cats.

Broad faces, rounded or rectangular.

Stocky, bulky, thickset bodies.

Long and stocky legs.

Large eyes.

Either very small ears, or very large ears.

Large, thick, wide paws. Webbed paws; polydactalism.

Black claws. (Jet-black claws are said to be a trait of the Black Star, and that means the cat in question is either blessed by her, or a descendant of her)

Notably long whiskers.

Thick, shorter tails.

Pelts are most commonly dark, rich colors- black, red, chocolate and cinnamon are the most favored. Smoke, solid colors, and tabbies are also popular.

[BONUS] Scars are viewed as the mark of the stupid and conspicuous, or of malefactors. Fenlanders prefer to keep their bodies as unmarred as possible, to show that they are of incredible stealth. Many brash young cats end up with the likeness of an animal carved into their skin for killing for sport or stealing food; cheaters risk getting a brand of their partner’s choice if an affair is discovered; those who are heavily scarred are distrusted and seen as villainous.

Diet:

Cooking is significantly most commonly done by Fenlanders; they’re known for making nearly anything taste good, as they have the least to work with but with more of a reason to have an extra bite to what provides them energy, even if the other factions would never acknowledge it. They’re happy and eager to stir fry anything that they’re able to access, and stews are commonplace.

Alongside Moorsweepers and Riverwardens, they offer clay as an export, but they’re the lead when it comes to crafted cookware, utensils, and other food preparation equipment; items crafted by a Fenlander have a tendency to have a far longer lifetime than any others.

Their diet is the most broad, with herpetofauna (lizards, snakes, turtles, salamanders, frogs and toads) making up a large, significant portion of it; insects are a crunchy favorite, and commonly found in many of their dishes. Eggs of all sorts are also heavily found in Fenlander fare.

Due to the nature of their territory, they boast an impressive array of distinctive spices - though they can’t compete with the likes of the Woodruff and Riverward. Sweet flag, pickerelweed, milkweed, juniper, fennel, mint, and numerous water lilies are abundant, alongside swamp berries such as chokeberries and dewberries. The flavor of common juniper, in particular, is intense, peppery, and is featured in many meals; the spicier, the better!

As the swamplands are the most deeply affected by the cold, prey is often stored in pots to keep and sterilize it. Their inventiveness reaches bounds above the other factions.

Cherries are to never be consumed by a Fenlander.

Animal/Mindless Husbandry:

Rats (See: Notable Non-Fealty Alliances: The Reavers).

Corvids (See: Notable Non-Fealty Alliances: The Voiceless Ones).

Pickerel frogs.

Fireflies.

Turtles.

Axolotls.

Giant freshwater snails.

Trade (Exports):

Pottery, cookware, tools, utensils and clay.

Snail shell dice.

Mud.

Waterproof paints and dyes.

Wild rice and various swampland herbs and spices.

Delicacy foods such as eggs: waterfowl, turtle, frog, crocodile, lizard, fish, and platypus.

Mooncakes and moon water.

Reptile skins, scales, and limbs.

Cobweb surpluses.

Faction-Specific Holidays:

The Night of Trust — Every new moon is viewed as a time in which their Founder expresses her trust in them, closing her eye and blessing the entirety of the lands in a blanket of darkness. Oftentimes celebrated by a lighthearted hunting competition, but primarily the nights are spent enjoying the company of loved ones. Partners are often joined during this time, so that when their Founder’s eye opens again, she can cast her blessing upon them.

Crescent Seeking — Every crescent moon, those who can navigate the territory safely are invited to play a game known to the Fenland cats as “pursuit” (essentially, extremely competitive hide and seek).

The Longest Tales — The longest night of winter is devoted to the historians. As many cats that can fit will gather within the historian’s den to create heat and listen to the recounting of epic tales, notable historical lessons, and fun stories.

Leaffall Feast — To prepare for the coming winter, a festival and feast is thrown to keep morale high and share delicacies. It is customary for every cat to provide their own dish, with mooncakes and spiced tinctures being a distinctive specialty and common favorite.

Festival of Fireflies — At the end of winter, it's time for spring to begin again. Excess fireflies are released, in a show of “warming the skies”, and the camp is decorated in preserved flowers. Gifts are commonly exchanged between loved ones during this time.

Music:

Primarily Grimdark-type folk songs!

Many string instruments (such as lyres and harps) are used. However clay-carved instruments such as ocarinas are commonly found as well.

The music itself tends to be very quiet, while also being very heavy - the kind of music that weighs on your mind.

Most Valued Relations:

The relationships forged between siblings, especially littermates, are by far the most notable and exalted.

Courting/Coupling/Joining (+ Joining Ceremonies):

With their focus moreso on survival, courting habits within the Fenland are very unique and far different from any others across the fealty.

True romances are few and far between, with cats taking mates rather than partners, and usually for the sole sake of bearing strong kits to carry on bloodlines. That being said, it isn’t as though romance is dead to these cats, just… a bit harder to find and keep.

Courters will often attempt to impress one another with their strength, stealth, and hunting skills, and may even pick physical fights as a public display of interest.

Those who take mates outside their faction often will take passing unaligned rather than deal with the other factions. They commonly view taking partners within the other factions as “messy”, with the potential of leading to political conflicts, which is an extra, unneeded hit against a faction that has its own unique struggles.

Notable Non-Fealty Alliances:

The Reavers - A mischief of mindful rats that claim Carrionplace. Often “employed” by Fenlanders to root out safe fungi in exchange for protection and safe passage through their lands.

The Voiceless Ones - A conspiracy of mindful corvids (ravens and crows) that live near Sothassyrth’s lair; known to coexist with her. During rough seasons, they aid the faction in hunting or finding food, in exchange for carved trinkets and insects.

“The Pale Shadow of the Depths”, Sothassyrth - No alliance; merely a “coexisting”. An ancient albino alligator who barters her wisdom and knowledge in exchange for a full belly. Her tastes vary, but she isn’t known to be particularly picky… Often employs lookouts from the Voiceless Ones to report back to her on the daily comings-and-goings of fealty cats, the movement of prey, and general drama.

Views on Death + Burial Practices:

Only kin (blood or found family) are allowed to wish the spirit of the newly departed safe passage to the stars, and traditionally will fast for nine days after the body has been laid to rest. The orator commonly gives a grand speech that details the life, skills, and honor of the recently deceased.

The bodies are then traditionally left to the Voiceless Ones to be excarnated. Once the bones have been stripped bare, they are collected and cleansed; the skulls are carefully carved with symbols based on the cat’s final rank in life and their notable achievements. The rest of a cat’s body is to be given back to the faction, “so that their bones may continue to serve while their spirits rest”; they are commonly incorporated into the camp’s structure, or taken as decorations via the cat’s kin or loved ones.

Only the cleansed, carved skulls are then taken to the Sap Falls, where they are carefully left at the roots of an ancient, massive, white weeping cherry tree. The skulls are then slowly taken in by and encased in the tree’s sap, which quickly hardens into amber, preserving the skulls. [Highly inspired by @grainsaucer’s post and artwork HERE!]

To eat the fruit from the Sap Falls tree is to condemn your own soul. It is believed that should one eat a cherry from the Sap Falls, their spirit will be trapped inside of the amber, rather than rise to the stars.

Religious Views:

Highly religious, neck and neck with the Moorsweepers. While the Moorswept widely believes that they’re the closest to the Stars Above, so too do the Fenland, who believe that they help patrol the night skies and stars right alongside their Founder.

Incredibly superstitious as well.

Fun Facts!:

Like their real counterparts, nocturnal! Sans the day-scouts, of course.

Dark sense of humor? Absolutely. They often joke about cats going missing on their territory, and their version of “goodbye” to friends is “try not to die, okay?” Their speech and mannerisms are just generally deemed as rather crude, and they’re very big with the ideal of “respectful disrespect”.

Fealty Gesture (sign language) originated in the heart of the Fenland. While primarily due to the importance they place upon stealth and silence within their culture and very way of life, it was quickly realized that it could aid Deaf cats amongst them, alongside those who had injuries, other disabilities, or preferences against speech.

Bonus: Most Fenlanders are multilingual! They’re typically fluent in Common, Gesture, and Ornithomance.