#Matt Forsythe

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Second strip of my knitted Pokko Quilt is done!

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Meddling Youths

"Well, if it isn't mean old Mr. Larchbottom, who's always been so eager to have the only dumpling stall in Oxblood Alley."

Artist: Matt Forsyth TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

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Presumed Dead

"Corpses are pulled from the undercity canals every day. They'll assume one's mine."

Artist: Matt Forsyth

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the Christian influencer universe is so small

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"Samurai" by Matt Forsyth.

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The Players vs the Sorrow Keeper by Matt Forsyth

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okay. quick history lesson, LND was started in the 90s, when andrew lloyd webber collaborated with author frederick forsyth to write the phantom of manhattan. this was the original plan. but it was bad and no one got on board and the very idea of a sequel was dumb. everything was scrapped (which is why you can hear the coney island waltz and beneath a moonless sky motifs in the 2004 movie; ALW just had them lying around and didn't have anything to do with them.) now comes along 2006 and they start to work on it again. SEVERAL changes are made from forsyth's book but the most important ones here are what they did to raoul. to save time here's a quick list and if you read the book (it's on amazon) you'll see what i mean:

he no longer knows and accepts from the beginning that gustave (pierre in POM) is not his son

he's now an alcoholic and gambler and broke

he is no longer there on the scene when christine dies

most of all: he's no longer the better option for christine

ALW and his team wanted so badly for erik and christine to be the favoured pairing that they NUKED raoul's character for the sequel. to make the sudden character shift from "loving childhood sweetheart who's just a little dumb" to "borderline abusive husband and neglectful father" believable in the sequel, they had to tweak how he acted in the original. in 2010-2011 (when LND was in the final stages before being premiered) actors playing raoul were told to change how they presented the character. start looking annoyed, be snappier, be less caring, etc.

the most obvious example of this is hadley fraser in the 25th anniversary performance. he looks grumpy, he rolls his eyes at christine when she's in distress.

here is a compilation of some comparisons between steve barton, hadley fraser and post-covid raoul actors (who i will address the importance of in a moment) in the rooftop and masquerade scenes:

i think these two moments really display raoul's character, both in the good eras and the bad. on the rooftop hadley looks annoyed. he's physically rough with christine and then dismissive when she tries to explain. the others (ESPECIALLY steve) are just concerned and continuously (try to) comfort her. in masquerade it's the same thing; hadley is upset and argumentative when the others are worried and even try to lift christine's spirits by showing her how happy they are about the engagement.

and finally here is a post on ig from former firmin actor matt harrop where, in the caption, he talks a bit about the resurrection of raoul as he leaves phantom:

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tl;dr: 2010-2019 was a dark era for raoul as a character because of his presence in the sequel. god bless our lord and saviour steve barton and the raouls of the 2020s.

goodnight raoul nation 🫡

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Hot Vintage TV Men's Bracket - Round 1 - Part 1/2 (Polls 1-99)

Round 1 (All Polls)

Ted Bessell Vs. Dick Van Dyke

Jonathan Frid Vs. William Hartnell

Claude Rains Vs. William Hopper

Eric Idle Vs. Peter Tork

Henry Winkler Vs. Tom Smothers

Martin Kove Vs. Tom Selleck

Jeff Conaway Vs. John de Lancie

Dave Foley Vs. Michael J. Fox

David Hyde Pierce Vs. Tony Shalhoub

Jason Bateman Vs. Rob Lowe

Ted Cassidy Vs. Boris Karloff

Eddie Albert Vs. Russell Johnson

Bobby Sherman Vs. Micky Dolenz

Robin Williams Vs. Fred Grandy

Kevin Smith Vs. Bruce Campbell

Brad Dourif Vs. LeVar Burton

Seth Green Vs. Brandon Quinn

Matthew Perry Vs. Tim Daly

Mike Farrell Vs. Judd Hirsch

Matt Bomer Vs. Timothy Olyphant

Larry Hagman Vs. Kent McCord

Fred Rogers Vs. Bobby Troup

David Cassidy Vs. Luke Halpin

George Takei Vs. Richard Hatch

Ricardo Montalban Vs. John Forsythe

Richard Dean Anderson Vs. Bruce Willis

Anthony Head Vs. Paul McGann

Thorsten Kaye Vs. Michael Horse

Darren E. Burrows Vs. Dana Ashbrook

Adam Brody Vs. Milo Ventimiglia

Adam West Vs. Richard Chamberlain

Randy Boone Vs. Dean Butler

Clint Walker Vs. George Maharis

Erik Estrada Vs. Paul Michael Glaser

Billy Dee Williams Vs. Rock Hudson

Ted Danson Vs. Jameson Parker

Sylvester McCoy Vs. Armin Shimerman

Joe Lando Vs. Spencer Rochfort

Ben Browder Vs. Keith Hamilton Cobb

Richard Ayoade Vs. Kevin McDonald

Patrick McGoohan Vs. Robert Vaughn

Chad Everett Vs. DeForest Kelley

Jon Pertwee Vs. Mark Lenard

Darren McGavin Vs. Peter Falk

Terry Jones Vs. Alan Alda

Michael Tylo Vs. Timothy Dalton

Sean Bean Vs. Valentine Pelka

Ioan Gruffudd Vs. Colin Firth

David Tennant Vs. Robert Carlyle

Jason Priestley Vs. Tom Welling

Martin Milner Vs. James Garner

David Soul Vs. Lee Majors

Derek Jacobi Vs. Andrew Robinson

David Hasselhoff Vs. Stephen Nichols

Jimmy Smits Vs. Hal Linden

Brent Spiner Vs. Ted Raimi

Patrick Troughton Vs. Andreas Katsulas

Miguel Ferrer Vs. Mitch Pileggi

David James Elliot Vs. Andre Braugher

Blair Underwood Vs. Mark-Paul Gosselaar

Don Adams Vs. Cesar Romero

Bob Crane Vs. John Astin

Walter Koenig Vs. Davy Jones

Tom Baker Vs. Jamie Farr

Woody Harrelson Vs. John Schneider

John Goodman Vs. Joseph Marcell

Danny John-Jules Vs. Marc Alaimo

Michael Praed Vs. Kevin Sorbo

Mark McKinney Vs. Colm Meaney

Neil Patrick Harris Vs. David Schwimmer

James Arness Vs. Robert Fuller

Clint Eastwood Vs. Robert Conrad

Jonathan Frakes Vs. Michael Hurst

David Duchovny Vs. Michael T. Weiss

Luke Perry Vs. Jeremy Sisto

Matt LeBlanc Vs. John Stamos

Reece Shearsmith Vs. Alexander Siddig

Eric Close Vs. William Shockley

Daniel Dae Kim Vs. Robert Beltran

Scott Cohen Vs. Scott Patterson

Dick Gautier Vs. Michael Landon

Wayne Rogers Vs. Alejandro Rey

Gerald McRaney Vs. Robert Wagner

Simon Williams Vs. John Cleese

Brian Blessed Vs. James Earl Jones

Noah Wyle Vs. Kyle MacLachlan

James Marsters Vs. Paul Gross

Paolo Montalban Vs. Robert Duncan McNeill

Garrett Wang Vs. Nate Richert

Christian Kane Vs. Michael Vartan

David McCallum Vs. David Selby

Leonard Nimoy Vs. Colin Baker

Randolph Mantooth Vs. Michael Nesmith

Demond Wilson Vs. Tony Danza

Ron Perlman Vs. Mr. T

Ron Glass Vs. Dirk Benedict

John Shea Vs. Michael Ontkean

Jeffrey Combs Vs. Rowan Atkinson

Tim Russ Vs. Bruce Boxleitner

Round 1 Polls 100 - 128

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The boygenius performance in Toronto photographed by Matt Forsythe for live in limbo

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Matt Forsythe

[thesleepyknitter]

New project alert! I’m doing my best to recreate the blanket in this illustration from Matt Forsythe’s Pokko & the Drum, which has taken up permanent residence in my librarian heart.

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An attempt to recall every book I read in 2024 (not in the order i read them, and i'm sure i'm missing some)

Rubicon - J.S. Dewes Halo: Epitaph - Kelly Gay Underland: A Deep Time Journey - Robert Macfarlane 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke Foundation - Isaac Asimov All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Network Effect, Fugitive Telemetry, System Collapse - Martha Wells Exordia - Seth Dickinson Startide Rising - David Brinn Dragonflight, Dragonquest, The White Dragon, Moreta Dragonlady of Pern, Dragonsdawn, All the Weyrs of Pern, Dragonseye, The Skies of Pern - Anne McCaffrey Joust - Mercedes Lackey To Shape A Dragon's Breath - Moniquill Blackgoose The Light Brigade - Kameron Hurley Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros (did not finish) Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman An Indigenous People's History of the United States - Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia - Elizabeth Catte Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - Dee Brown The Myth of American Idealism - Nathan J. Robinson and Noam Chomsky Entangled Life - Merlin Sheldrake ADHD 2.0 - Hallowell and Ratey The Bezzle, Information Doesn't Want to be Free - Cory Doctorow A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn Dragonlance: Dragons of Eternity - Weiss and Hickmann Annihilation - Jeff Vandermeer The Elements of Eloquence - Mark Forsyth

Honorable mentions because I started them but did not finish them before year end: 100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (finished) Dog Country - Malcolm F Cross (not yet) Doom: Knee Deep in the Dead (i forgor)

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Tagged myself from @andthatisnotfake because I like this one!

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Neil Young :: Honey Slides 2024

Have we gone this long in the new year without a Neil post? Inconceivable! Let's fix that. First up, we've got my fourth annual Honey Slides mix over on Aquarium Drunkard, gathering up what is hopefully a very listenable hour of odds-n-ends. This one stretches from the Harvest sessions all the way to last year's Coastal Tour. Mellow your mind and tune in ...

Next? How about the Dollar Bin blog's recently introduced Shakey Sundays series, wherein my brother Nathan is presenting a highly personal, very in-depth analysis of the entire Neil Young discography. The good, the bad, the even worse. Daringly, Nathan is not proceeding chronologically, he's skittering across the decades helter-skelter-style. The latest post covers the one Neil Young album I don't think I've ever made it all the way through — 2015's The Monsanto Years.

What else? Well, I helped out a little bit with Uncut's recent 50th anniversary celebration of On The Beach, getting valuable thoughts on the LP from such heads as Lee Ranaldo, Zachary Cale, Ethan Miller, Matt Valentine, Chris Forsyth and Nick Millevoi. The whole issue is quite nice and should be on ye olde newsstands as we speak.

And hey! Neil has just revealed that he's taking Crazy Horse out for some dates this spring ... the only one announced so far is the New Orleans Jazz Fest, but there are likely more TBA. What will the Horse sound like in 2024?! I don't know, but I can't wait.

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More Music 2

Nico Sanchez (from Superfonicos) - March 2022

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Woody Russell - March 2020

Barbara Nesbitt - February 2020

MJ Torrance - January 2020

Matt Smith - December 2019

Ley Line - November 2019

Joseph Mach - October 2019

Eric Hanke - September 2019

Joanna Howerton and Michael Cross - August 2019

John Gaar - July 2019

John Pointer - June 2019

Guy Forsyth & Jeska Bailey - May 2019

Kathy and the Kilowatts - April 2019

Phil Hurley - March 2019

Lance Keltner - February 2019

Dave Scher - January 2019

MJ Torrance - December 2018

The Wiley Brothers - November 2018

Barbara Nesbitt - October 2018

Matt Smith - August 2018

Ben Balmer - July 2018

Eric Bettencourt - June 2018

John Arthur Martinez - May 2018

Brad Tretola - April 2018

Cynthia Lee Fontaine - March 2018

The Watters - February 2018

Michael Cross - January 2018

Jane Ellen Bryant - December 2017

Matt Giles Band - November 2017

Jamiee Harris - October 2017

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She Hunts Alone by Matt Forsyth