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Four Friends, Spanish lobby card. 1981

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Wood Engraving Wednesday

LINDA HOLMES

Presented here are five original wood engravings by English engraver Linda Holmes (1950-2015) created as illustrations for a translation of a monologue entitled My Justification by the 17th-century Transylvanian Hungarian type designer, punchcutter, printer, and Hungarian patriot Totfalusi Kis Miklos (known in English-speaking countries as Nicholas Kis, 1650-1702). The text and blocks for the translation were printed by British designer Colin Banks (1932-2002) and inserted between pages 112 and 113 in Matrix 13 (Winter 1993), printed at the John and Rosalind Randle’s Whittington Press in Risbury, Herefordshire, England.

Kis was trained in Amsterdam by punchcutter Dirk Voskens (who likely cut many of the punches for the Fell types). Kis became one of the leading punchcutters of his time before returning to Hungarian Transylvania to print bibles. His Roman fonts were purchased and used by Anton Janson, which led some to believe that they were his creation rather than Kis's. The so-called Janson typefaces recut in the 20th century are so-named because of this confusion. Kis felt beleaguered in his own time and thus wrote this monologue in his frustration.

Wood engraver Linda Holmes originally worked as a journalist for the BBC. In 1985, she and her husband, BBC journalist David Holmes, retired from London to Walpole, in Suffolk. In 1989, Holmes attended Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts (now Camberwell College of Arts) to study wood engraving under Simon Brett and Yvonne Skargon. Holmes enjoyed a 25-year career as both a wood engraver and a painter until her death from pancreatic cancer at the age of 65.

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What’s Out This Week? 7/12

July is getting HOT, and so is our social calendar for the month!  

Acid Town GN Vol 1 -  Kyugo

In a city where lawlessness rules, Yuki and his best friend Tetsu attempt to rob the headquarters of the local Seidoukai in order to steal money to pay for Yuki's little brother's hospital bill. The mission is a failure, but piques the interest of mob boss Kazutaka Hyodo. He offers Yuki a deal; come to visit him once a week, and he'll take care of his brother's fees. Yuki accepts this arrangement without question, and so makes his first visit. This book contains strong language and darker elements, including mentions of sexual violence, and discussion of abuse.

Action Journalism With Kate Kelly! GN Vol 1 -  Eric Skillman, Miklos Felvideki & Mariane Gusmao

Action Journalism's favorite intrepid reporter, Kate Kelly, is New Arcadia's most trusted source for hard-hitting news. Always on the hunt for the next exclusive scoop, Kate and her trusty team infiltrate alien fleets, mad-scientist conventions, and fantasy kingdoms, all in search of the biggest stories the universe has to offer. But excitement seems to follow Kate everywhere as she keeps winding up in the middle of the story, risking it all to save the day!  

Antarctica #1 -  Simon Birks & Wili Roberts

Hannah's life imploded the day her father failed to return from the secretive Smith-Petersen Research Station in Antarctica. Alone and on the street, she's at her lowest ebb when a friend offers help. Retrained as an engineer, Hannah secures a job at the same Antarctic station to search for her father and stumbles headfirst into a conspiracy that threatens everything she's ever believed.

Black Tape TP -  Dan Panosian, Dalibor Talajic & Joe Quesada

Jack King was a rock'n'roll god who projected a stage persona on par with the devil. After Jack dies on stage, his widow, Cindy, grapples with grief and struggles to protect his legacy, unaware that she is being surrounded by dark forces that covet the master tapes to Jack's final, unreleased album - a heavy metal masterpiece that just might open a doorway to hell.

Bobby Digital & The Pit Of Snakes -  Ryan O'Sullivan, RZA & Vasilis Lolos

Who are you, what is real? This is the question Bobby Digital is seeking to answer. Embracing his id, ego and superego he embarks on a quest to figure out the nature of his reality and himself. He will be ambushed by enemies unknown, he will be tried in ways most men can't endure. Will he be victorious? Most of all will he survive the Pit of Snakes?! From the mind of the legendary RZA, Bobby Digital and The Pit of Snakes will coincide with the relaunch of the iconic character and be synced to music that will melt your mind.

Dead Mall TP -  Adam Cesare & David Stoll

The Penn Mills Galleria is about to be demolished. Five teens sneak into the mall to take a last look around before it's gone. However, while Penn Mills has been closed for years, the mall is far from abandoned. A night of exploration becomes a shopping spree from hell. The teens must contend with the sprawling, transformative cosmic horror of Penn Mills or be trapped forever within the Dead Mall. 

Dear Rosie GN - Meghan Boehman & Rachael Briner

Seventh-grader Millie has the best friends in the whole world: Florence, Claire, Gabby, and Rosie, but when Rosie dies in a car accident everything changes. Rocked by grief, the remaining four girls struggle to move on. Millie barely understands her normal pre-teen feelings, let alone the messy ones left behind by Rosie, so she outruns her emotions by throwing herself into a mystery: a cryptic notebook abandoned at her family's laundromat. Could the clues in the notebook be related to Rosie? Together, Millie and her friends embark on a heartwarming journey to heal from the loss of Rosie and end up finding more than they ever could have even imagined.

Eerie Tales From The School Of Screams TP - Graham Annable

Box Trolls director Graham Annable pens a hair-raising graphic novel collecting five original scary stories for middle-grade readers. School is tough. School is scary. School is eerie. No one knows this better than Davis and Emily. But they're not scared of school because of tough tests or merciless vice principals. They're scared because their teacher wants her students to present the class with the spookiest, most chilling stories they can think of. From the twisted mind of Graham Annable comes five horrifying stories that will scare your skeleton right out of your skin. Are you ready to stare down "The Face in the Forest"? Do you think you can handle the truth behind "The Village that Vanished?"

Eight Limbs TP  -  Stephanie Phillips, Giulia Lalli & Dan Panosian

Joanna, a  retired Muay Thai champion, takes in a troubled foster teen and decides to train her... until the teen lands herself in a dangerous situation and Joanna must re-enter the ring to fight for her new family! 

Fishflies #1 (of 6) -  Jeff Lemire When a brutal and violent crime puts the life of an innocent teenage boy in the balance, it sets off a chain of events in bucolic Bell River, Ontario that will permanently change several residents' lives. And as the manhunt heats up, a lonely girl named Franny Fox will form an unlikely friendship with a fugitive that leads them on an odyssey of discovery and redemption.

The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood GN -  Box Brown

Brian "Box" Brown brings history and culture to life through his comics. In his next graphic novel, he unravels how marketing that targeted children in the 1980s has shaped adults in the present. Powered by the advent of television and super-charged by the deregulation era of the 1980s, media companies and toy manufacturers joined forces to dominate the psyches of American children. But what are the consequences when a developing brain is saturated with the same kind of marketing bombardment found in Red Scare propaganda? In The He-Man Effect, Brown shows us how corporate manipulation brought muscular, accessory-stuffed action figures to dizzying heights, bringing beloved brands like He-Man, Transformers, My Little Pony, and even Mickey Mouse himself into the spotlight.

Nemesis Reloaded TP -  Mark Millar & Jorge Jimenez

The world's most evil comic book character is back! Who is Nemesis, and why does this eccentric billionaire who dresses up in a mask and cape want to terrorize people instead of helping them? Isn't that how this is supposed to go? Trigger warning: Too violent and just too cool for some! Don't say we didn't warn you.

Ninja Funk Vol 1 TP -  JPG, Steve Schuitt & Alex Riegel

The breakout hit of 2022 has been collected in an epic 128 page trade paperback featuring additional bonus content and never before seen art. Guardians of the Galaxy meets Borderlands as a motley crew of electronic musicians fights to restore their dying planet. Frequency-Bending Warrior DJs. Cyborg Housecats. The Broken Rhythm of the Universe. Ninja Funk is an epic hero's journey like you've never seen before! Wielding frequencies like a kind of magic, Lazerwolf, JPG McFly, and Wolfgang the Cat face off against the forces of B.A.D. Music to bring True Harmony back to their world. In a fun, high stakes adventure weaved together with downloadable face-melting beats, Ninja Funk follows a ragtag band of misfits as they attempt to save a universe that's off-key.

Occulted GN -  Amy Rose, Ryan Estrada & Jeongmin Lee

When the Hale-Bopp soared across the sky in 1997, Amy Rose thought it was the start of an amazing new future. Instead, it brought news of a horrible tragedy at the Heaven's Gate compound just down the road. Amy had always known there was something off about the community she grew up in. She had been forbidden from going to school, or visiting the library because the leader told her that there was no use learning about a world that was about to end. But it was not until the news of the deaths at Heaven's Gate invaded the temple walls that she heard a new word that explained everything: cult.  She must risk everything to indulge in secret trips to an abandoned, off-limits library that teaches her everything she was not meant to know. That Gandhi was not a space alien. That Star Trek wasn't real. That her community was built on a lie. And most importantly, the banned books give her all the information that she needs to escape.

Pea, Bee & Jay: The Big Bully GN -  Brian "Smitty" Smith

The three besties are searching for treasure when a great big pumpkin storms over and bullies Jay into giving up his very shiny pebble-not cool, Pumpkin. But when they band together to prove that being big doesn't mean you get to push others around, the trio discovers that Pumpkin's got some extra-large issues of her own. Can Pea, Bee, & Jay get to the real root of the problem and bring the farm back to solid ground?

Sirens Of The City #1 (of 6) -  Joanne Starer & Khary Randolph

New York City. 1980s.  Runaway teen Layla struggles to survive on the mean streets, far from home. But now every supernatural creature from the darkest corners of the urban grime is after Layla... and the child-to-be she never wanted growing inside her.... This gritty urban fantasy created by Joanne Starer (The Gimmick) and Excellence's Khary Randolph shines a light on bodily autonomy in a patriarchal world.

Sort Of Super Vol 1 TP - Eric Gapstur

Wyatt and his sister Adeline are determined to investigate an extinct volcano hundreds of miles from home that Adeline believes to be related to their mother's mysterious disappearance. At first it seems like an impossible mission until they realize there's a summer camp conveniently situated near the base of the volcano. So it's off to summer camp for Wyatt, Adeline, and their buddies Beto and Nara. But when they get there, they find it impossible to sneak away from the heavily chaperoned grounds. Opportunity presents itself by way of the Magma Cup, the camp's tournament-style series of mental and physical competitions where the finalists compete in an overnight-and less chaperoned-scavenger hunt on the volcano itself!  

Svengoolie: Lost In Time #1 (of 2) - Rich Koz & Chris Jones

In this first of two specials, MeTV sensation Svengoolie appears in his first full length comic book feature, as the evil Svenbot goes to the past to undo Svengoolie's future.  Learn the secrets behind Sven, and his crazy cast of friends, Boddy Sorrell, Tombstone and Kerwyn as told by the show's creators Rich (Svengoolie) Koz, Jim Roche and Chris Faulkner. Buy this at your local store and remember, No Personal Checks!

Underground Gn Vol 1 -  J R De Bard

Karim Yun, a biracial taekwondo fighter, pits his skills against New York's most brutal underground martial artists. Seeking revenge against the violent gang who attacked him and ended his Olympic dreams, he's determined to battle every colorful combatant in his path. His only obstacle is the illness brought about by the violent attack, which could kill Karim if he becomes too reckless-serving as his conscience is his nurse, who is trying to push him into changing his lifestyle but is learning more about the danger and the allure of secret mixed martial arts contests. Created by black belt martial artist JR De Bard, this sports manga provides a detailed look into the world of underground fight clubs.

What This World Is Made Of GN Vol 1 - Shin Yamamoto

After losing everything, the Nakata brothers find a mysterious app that offers a chance to make large sums of money. But are they ready for the danger they must now face, the deadly monsters known as WORLDs...?  

Whatcha snagging this week, Fantom Fam??

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Radio SunLounge Romania (April 30, 2023)

23:58 Nightcruzer - Under Your Skin 23:52 Urban Phunk Society - De Janeiro 23:50 Asheni - Butterfly (Original Mix) 23:43 Dj Maretimo Feat. Vladi Strecker - Together In The Rain (Down By The Sea Mix) 23:40 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 23:34 Simon Le Grec - Touch Me 23:29 Paul Hardcastle - Summer Love 23:23 Cafe Americaine - Infrajam (Loungebar Mix) 23:22 The Nightfly - Hope And Glory 23:18 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 23:13 Christos Fourkis - If You Love Me 23:11 Lenny Mac Dowell - Deepest Inner (Original Mix) 23:05 Super8 & Tab Feat. Jan Burton - Free Love (Original Mix) 23:03 Chicane - No Ordinary Morning (Original Mix) 22:59 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 22:55 Five Seasons - Endlessly 22:53 Forward - La Nuit Ne Pas Finir 22:46 Paul Hardcastle - Dancing Galaxies 22:44 Paul Hardcastle Feat. Maxine Hardcastle - Soft Rain 22:40 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 22:35 Lorenzo - I Will Love You Forever 22:32 Kabanjak - Gypsy Soul (Ancient Astronauts Remix) 22:25 Miriam Kappert - Remember This Time (Sweet Velvet Del Mar Cafe Chillout Mix) 22:22 Stepo Del Sol - Heaven On Earth 22:19 Mar Tini - Budrio (Original) 22:12 Hess Is More - Yes Boss 22:09 Van - Evening Bus (Original Mix) 22:06 D-chill Feat. Katy Blue - Paradise 22:02 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 22:00 Jens Buchert - Luminous 21:53 Flume - Sleepless 21:49 Jazzamor - Tonight 21:48 Orbitell - Dive (Ibiza Beach Mix) 21:44 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 21:43 Paolo - Turn Me On 21:37 Enea - Slight 21:31 Kaxamalka - Backdrops 21:29 Stuce The Sketch - Yasikitisha (Feat. Kwambo) (Instrumental) 21:23 Asheni - Butterfly (Original Mix) 21:18 Mozart - Burdened No More 21:12 Miklos Vajda - The Sun Breaks Over The Mountains 21:10 Music Paradise - Clouds 21:07 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 21:01 Marc Hartman - I Can't Stop 20:58 Schwarz & Funk - Paresse 20:52 Mercer & Gissal - Scandal (Feat. Nicole Grimaldi) 20:49 Leo & Roby Ruini - La Suite - Original Mix 20:46 Blank & Jones - Flaming June 20:39 Villablue Feat. Juanita Grande - Leaving The Lights 20:34 Ganga - Skyscraper (Original Mix) 20:32 Marga Sol - Free Your Mind 20:29 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 20:27 Itb Sea - Bacon Four - Original Mix 20:20 Light Of Aiden - Loving You 20:18 Shakes Seven - Angel 20:15 London Grammar - Metal & Dust 20:11 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 20:10 Etherwood - The Night 20:03 Gary Butcher - Make It Happen 20:02 G-spliff - Won't Part 19:59 Night Cruzer - The Nightcruise 19:55 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 19:50 Gary B - My Love 19:44 Cafe Americaine - Metropolitan Girl (Round The World Mix) 19:41 Audio Lotion - Azul De Voceo 19:37 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 19:33 Mo'jardo - Summer Rain (Original Mix) 19:28 Kosta Rodrigez - Soul 2 Sell (Boosanova Chill Mix) Feat. Denise 19:23 Jane Maximova - Puppets 19:21 Dab - The Call 19:17 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 19:15 Jens Buchert - Melange Electrique 19:08 Weathertunes - The New Jazz Five (Original Mix) 19:00 The Sushi Club - Hamaguri 18:58 Stereomass - Modern Journey To Hawaii (Original Mix) 18:52 Riccardo Eberspacher - Osiride 18:46 D.batistatos & Side Liner - Sehnsucht 18:40 Randy Seidman, Rogerio Jardim, Tommy Cunningham - Come Back To Me (Christos Fourkis Remix) 18:38 351 Lake Shore Drive - Underwater Lights 18:34 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 18:29 351 Lake Shore Drive - Ocean Blue 18:25 Openzone Bar - Kiss In The Dark 18:19 Miguel Migs - The Night (Rk's Vocal Mix) 18:17 Northbound - Twice The Day 18:13 Moodorama - I Think It's... 18:07 Saib. - Archipelago 18:05 Thievery Corporation - Take My Soul 18:02 Edapollo - By The River 17:55 Lemongrass - Maison Ã- La Mer 17:52 Hooverphonic - One 17:46 Jeff Bennet-'s Lounge Experience Feat. Alexandra - Sympathy 17:40 Moshang - Padoga 17:35 Blank & Jones - Coming Home (Afterlife Mix) 17:33 Emili Birdy - What You Gonna Do (Soul 2 Sax Mix) 17:29 Luke - Heaven-'s On Fire 17:26 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 17:24 Nathan Cole - Ideal Emotion 17:17 Funky Juice Trio - Easy Come Easy Go (Into The Silence Mix) 17:15 Airily - 42nd Street (Lemongrass Remix) 17:09 How To Destroy Angels - A Drowning (Vikmir Remix) 17:02 Peter Pearson - Summer Memories 17:00 Soma Sonic - Rien 16:54 Nor Elle Feat. Bella Wagner - Love True Dimension 16:49 Solarflow - Im Living For Today 16:44 Marga Sol - Desedena (Instrumental Mix) 16:38 Ragi - Voyage To India (Buddha Sunset Del Mar Vocal Mix) 16:34 Trillian - A Little Love 16:32 Lisa Shaw - I'm Ok 16:28 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 16:22 Carrie Skipper - Time Goes By (Floris De Haan Remix) 16:18 Funkstar De Luxe - Tell Me Why 16:13 Airily - Harmonize (Original Mix) 16:10 Lemongrass - Deep River (Eskadet Remix) 16:07 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 16:02 Paul Hardcastle - Stay In The Moment 15:56 Soleil Fisher - Fast And Slow 15:50 Jens Buchert - Reflections 15:48 Cocogroove - Silent Fantasy (Fairytale Mix) 15:41 Lissa - Some Of Me (Feat. Philip Nolan) 15:39 Velvet Dreamer - Crystal Water (Jjos Balearic Remix) 15:32 Dreamhunter - Oude Centrum (Original Mix) 15:27 Mirage Of Deep, Gushi - Subliminal Perception 15:24 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 15:19 Jaffa - Be Nude, Baby 15:18 Roberto Sol - Obsesioì 15:11 Phontaine - Million Dollar Baby 15:09 Kaxamalka - You Take My Breath Away 15:05 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 15:01 Benirras - Ghost In A Bottle 14:58 Blank & Jones - Hideaway (With Jason Caesar) 14:51 Cicada - Elle Et Moi 14:50 Trinah - Every Day 14:46 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 14:45 Lemongrass - Soulful 14:38 D.o.s. - Nightfly 14:35 Noise Boyz - Where Do You (Ambient Mix) 14:31 Philip Aniskin & Alexsandra Mell - Los Angeles Dream 14:28 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 14:24 Thunderball - Angela's Lament 14:17 Rey Salinero - Mystique Sets 14:15 Spiritual Soul - Green Coffee - Ethereal Mix 14:12 Pat The Cat - Hotel California (Feat. Rachel Moreau) 14:09 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 14:04 Aria Nova - Pop 14:02 Chris Leblanc - Ahora 13:55 Jesus Mondejar - Esencia De Mar (Original Mix) 13:53 Bulb - Impossible (Original Mix) 13:50 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 13:47 Breakfast Trim - Dubai Sun 13:44 Eriq Johnson - Stay (Feat. Ann B) 13:42 Moe Turk - What I Feel Like 13:38 Jens Buchert - Les Alpes 13:35 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 13:26 User's Atmosphere - Share Your Dreams 13:23 Hooverphonic - Others Delight 13:18 James Bright - Low 13:16 Bajka - The Beaver's Lesson (Mop Mop Jamaica Aroma Remix) 13:13 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 13:10 Lazy Hammock - Tomorrow Is A New Day (Original Mix) 13:04 Solasoap - That Feeling 12:59 Paul Hardcastle - First Light 12:57 Houie D. - Endlesslove 12:54 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 12:49 Jeremy Russell - Rainforest 12:44 Jon Hopkins - Second Sense 12:43 Gary Butcher - Stronger Love 12:40 Waldeck - Addicted 12:37 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 12:35 Fobee - Broken Glass 12:32 Thunderball - On The Sly 12:25 Kraak & Smaak - Sommeron (Feat. Imugi Weapon) (Satin Jackets Remix) 12:22 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 12:21 Sevyn Streeter - Before I Do 12:11 Max Sedgley - Life's A Beach 12:09 Monodeluxe - Searching 12:02 Tactful - No Fear 11:59 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 11:56 Cream Soda - Woman 11:46 Blue Lotus - Eshu Igelu 11:40 José Padilla - Maybe The Sunset (Feat. Lydmor) 11:38 York - My Ship 11:31 Luke Standing - The Hushed Love 11:26 Pnfa - Miles And Miles (Slowly) 11:20 Guenter Haas - Alone But Never Lonely (Original Mix) 11:17 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 11:14 Urban Phunk Society - Siesta 11:09 Mahoroba - Violet Dreams (Space Pioneers Mix) 11:04 Hotel Riviera - Another Chance For Love 11:03 Blank & Jones W. Cathy Battistessa - Miracle Man (Afterlife Mix) 10:56 Akmusique - Café Noir 10:55 E-sonic - For What I Want 10:48 Nightmares On Wax - I Am You 10:45 Exhibitionist - Hands 10:41 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 10:35 Andy Sol & Ecolyte - Ponse Passing (Original Mix) 10:30 Trinah - Every Day 10:27 Asian Chill Art - Jangtsekiang (Mystic River Cut) 10:24 Tomazz - Lucid Dream 10:20 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 10:14 Leendder - Everytime You Cry (Satin Jackets Remix) 10:11 Eriq Johnson - I-'ve Got You 10:04 Basti M, Brockman Feat. Nic - Live Your Life (Free Your Mind) (Brockman & Basti M Sunset Mix) 10:02 Skysurfer - Circling Elements (Feat. Lovay - Down By The Sea Mix) 09:55 Max Melvin - Event 09:54 Nasser Shibani - Time Chase (Original Mix) 09:47 Anam - Precious 09:45 Flashbaxx - Movin On 09:41 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 09:39 Van - Turkish Coffee (Original Mix) 09:32 Latin League - La Princessa Del Marte (Original Mix) 09:27 Lounge Traveller - Many Places 09:25 Rey Salinero - Barefoot In The Park 09:21 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 09:15 Gelka - Please Keep Your Ticket Till The End 09:12 Lo64n5 - Retrogram 09:05 Naomi - Another Bite Of The Apple 09:03 Dub Mars - Always And Everywhere 09:00 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 08:55 Stuce The Sketch - Enchanted Mara 08:49 Charlie North - Saltwater (Ambient Mix) 08:47 Mellie 0 Neil - Rainy Days 08:43 Carsten Gronholz - Do What You Like 08:40 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 08:34 Vargo - Get Back To Serenity 08:29 Faro - Our Balloon 08:23 Conjure One - Sleep (Serenity Mix) 08:21 Michael E - So Many Colours (Original Mix) 08:18 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 08:13 Jens Buchert - Habitatmodul (Original Mix) 08:08 Fenena Garcia Mijas - Anja (Dream With Me Knee Edit) 08:05 Moon Patrol - Low Orbit (Airflow Cut) 08:02 Florzinho, Barbara Yaa Boahene - Staring At The Stars 07:59 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 07:56 Roger Sanchez - Another Chance (Afterlife Remix) 07:49 Blank & Jones - Ocean View 07:43 Climatic - Hazy Days 07:42 Beautiful Air - Promise Land (Original Mix) 07:39 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 07:34 Two Heroes - Dream Of Something Sweet (Chillin Guitar Mix) 07:29 Naoki Kenji - My Destiny Rmx 07:26 C.cil - Calm And Quiet 07:23 Solanos - Sambado 07:19 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 07:13 Dadamnphreaknoizphunk - Powerless (Feat Virag) 07:10 Eskadet - La Repara 07:04 Lounge Jam - Mistery 07:00 Lounge Groove Avenue - Don-'t Be So Shy 06:57 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 06:50 York, Project Blue Sun - Crusin (Original Mix) 06:46 Mariella Narvaez - Play With Fire (Miami Chill Ou 06:40 Dj Monique Vs. Stephane Le Coque - You're Like An Angel 06:37 Guenter Haas - Deep Blue Sky 06:34 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 06:28 Bloomfield - Rendez-vous A Paris 06:23 Chillwalker - A Dream Comes True (Red Horizon Mix) 06:18 Billy Paul Williams - As A Child 06:15 Man In A Room - Something New (Feat. Natasha Tsirou) 06:11 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 06:06 Over Soul - Universal Unfolding (Original Mix) Feat. Gram'ma Funk 06:03 Nookie Feat. Larry Heard - Paradise Tease Mix 05:57 Soundset City - Loungebox 05:53 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 05:50 Kiwi Twist - Jazz Lady 05:45 Schwarz & Funk - Under My Skin (Remastered Version) 05:40 Gaba Milani - Open Your Eyes (Original Mix) 05:39 Orjan Nilsen - Drink To Forget (Lounge Edit) 05:36 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 05:35 Blank & Jones W. Jason Caesar - Pura Vida 05:28 Deniz Reno - Fly (Sub Orchestra Mix) 05:22 Merlion - Chillin Nightflight (Golden Buddha Sunset Del Mar Mix) 05:17 Tim Angrave - Positivism 05:15 Marcel - Backseat Blues 05:12 Belt Of Jupiter - Bar Del Mar (Downbeat Cut) 05:05 Zero Noel - Mes Yeux Fermis 05:03 Chimaera - Fly Away 05:00 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 04:54 Soulchillaz - Promised Land 04:51 Fresh Moods - Solarcell 04:45 Beach Hoppers - Top Of The World 04:42 Sky Sergeant - Music Connection (Dolphins Mix) 04:39 C Cil - Calm & Quiet 04:36 Five Seasons - Dreams Come True 04:29 Dadamnphreaknoizphunk Feat. Jen - Waiting 04:26 The Ls Project - Le Voyage De La Vie 04:23 Faithless Feat. Estelle - Why Go? 04:17 Hysteria! - Talking Eyes (Chillout Mix) 04:13 Paul Hardcastle Feat. Maxine Hardcastle - Dreamin 04:11 Max Melvin - Underneath 04:08 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 04:02 Hello Meteor - Night Distance 03:59 Hot City Walk (Original Mix) - Lasteden 03:51 #esteve - Sunset Beach 03:50 River - Find Me 03:46 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 03:41 Ross Couch - Angel 03:36 Under The Sun - Waves Of The Sun 03:30 Mikael Delta - Water Mirroring 03:28 Ganga Feat. Helle Chirholm - The Wind (Original Mix) 03:25 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 03:23 Electric Moonlight - Celebrating Love 03:16 Frost - Amygdala 03:11 Twentyeight - Destiny (Original Mix) 03:08 Mind Conventions - Sweet Fever 03:05 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 03:04 L'esperanza - Smile (The Songs Of Innocence) 02:57 Everything But The Girl - The Heart Remains A Child 02:52 Afterlife - Black Iris 02:51 Pluto Project - Erophone 02:48 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 02:43 Vargo - Beauty (Album Mix) 02:38 Lazy Hammock - One Of Those Days 02:32 Aandra Feat. Ayako Higuchi - Green Tea 02:29 Blank & Jones - Closer To Me 02:25 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 02:23 Bebel Gilberto - Ceu Distante 02:20 Breakfast Trim - Dubai Sun 02:13 Pauline London - Love Can Sing 02:12 Ganga - Skyscraper (Original Mix) 02:05 Karen Souza - Dreams 01:59 Nightdrive - Valery 2019 (Bolgarin Remix) 01:54 Axel B - Sunset Love 01:49 Vargo - The Moment (Short Chorus Mix) 01:44 Lemongrass - Something True 01:43 Ku You - 40 Degrees 01:36 Maximilian V - Room 58 01:35 Weathertunes - Forest (Original Mix) 01:28 Lemongrass - Lucky (Feat. Suzy Duffy) 01:23 Deja-move Feat. Nneka - It-'s All Up 01:17 Cafe Americaine - Shanghai Superflight (Ethnojazz Cut) 01:16 Sonic Company - Secret Path (Original Mix) 01:09 Tosca - Fuck Dub 01:04 Kosta Rodrigez - Soul 2 Sell (Boosanova Chill Mix) Feat. Denise 00:59 Architect - Immaterial 00:57 Have A Good Time - Photo In Lounge 00:50 Lenny Ibizarre - A Drop In The Ocean (Original Mix) 00:48 Pnfa - Fight The Feeling 00:45 Olivia Broadfield - Eyes Wide Open 00:42 Coffee Machine & Eriq Johnson - I've Got You 00:38 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 00:32 Vladi Strecker - Contemplation (Meditation La Mer Mix) 00:29 Approaching Black, Avalon Mia - Fade Away With You 00:24 Jose Delgado - Sal Rossa 00:22 Worldwide Groove Corporation - Midnight In Venice (Feat. The Mystery Singer, Djlo) 00:18 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 00:13 Climatic - Boarding 00:11 Arrojas - Travelling Back 00:04 Syntheticsax & Slava Gold - Memoirs (Chillout Version) 00:01 Johannes Huppertz - Short Message Service

[genevieveetguy]

I'm so tired of being young.

Four Friends, Arthur Penn (1981)

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Hände: Das Leben und die Liebe eines zärtlichen Geschlechts (Miklos Bandy; Stella Simon, 1929)

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Hands: The Life and Loves of the Gentler Sex. 1929 ( 'Hände: Das Leben und die Liebe eines zärtlichen Geschlechts') Directed by Miklos Bandy /Stella Simon 

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Just listened to: “The Favourite (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)”

Vivaldi

Featuring the following tracks:

Orchestra “Classic Music Studio” featuring Alexander Titov - “Handel: Concerto Grosso in B Flat, Op. 6, No. 7, HWV 325 - 1. Largo“

Brigitte Haudebourg & Orchestre Pro Arte De Munich & Kurt Redel - “W.F. Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in A Minor, F. 45 - 3. Allego Ma Non Tanto”

Jean-Philippe Collard & Vincent Royer - “Ferrari: Didascalies”

Ars Antigua & Rachel Barton Pine - “Vivaldi: Viola d’amore Cocerto in A Minor, RV 397 - 1. Vivace”

John Eliot Gardiner & English Baroque Soloists & David Blackadder - “Purcell: Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850 - 2. Adagio”

Renoir Quartet - “Meredith: Songs for the M8 - Movement II”

Olivier Latry - “Messiaen: La Nativite Du Seigneur - 7. Jesus accepte la Souffrance”

Miklos Teleki - “J.S. Bach: Pastorale in F Major,  BWV 590 - 3. Aria”

Peter Hurford - “J.S. Bach: Fantasia In C Minor, BWV 562″

Simon Preston - “J.S. Bach: Prelude (Fantasy) and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542 - “Great” - 1. Praeludium (Fantasy)”

Renoir Quartet - “Meredith: Songs For The M8 - Movement V”

Brigitte Haudebourg & Orchestre Pro Arte De Munich & Kurt Redel - “W. F. Bach - Harpsichord Concerto in D Major, F. 41 - 2. Andante”

Sonatori De La Gioiosa Marca & Giuliano Carmignola - “Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E Minor, RV 277 “Il Favorito” - 2. Andante”

The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock - “Handel: Water Music Suite No.1 in F, HWV 348 - 2. Adagio e staccato”

Arthur Schnabel - “Schubert: Piano Sonata No.1 in B Flat, D.960 - 2. Andante Sostenuto”

Elton John - “Skyline Pigeon”

[Availability for this one is *weird*.  Amazon has a listing for a physical version but it’s not in stock, Spotify has a listing for it but it’s missing three songs, Amazon’s streaming version appears to be complete, the Apple music listing only has 5 of the 16 songs available...like I said, *weird*.]

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NYFF 2020: Part 1

It’s been a curious season of festivals  —  as always, Venice, TIFF, and the NYFF go more or less back-to-back-to-back, making for an almost indecent amount of captivating offerings for all but the most gluttonous of cinephiles  —  but not without its charms. In this time of massive uncertainty in the industry, amongst film distributors and theaters particularly, it’s deeply reassuring to know the medium is still capable of powerful statements, exquisite imagery, and haunting performances as it ever has.

Mind you, next year at this time, if there’s still no widely available vaccine, there might be a more serious dearth of selections, but for what has been an unsettling and mostly miserable 2020, we can thank the stars that films are often shot a year or more in advance of their release.

This year’s NYFF (still ongoing, as I write this) has provided some glories and some failures, more or less in keeping with the usual standard. Herewith, a quartet of selections, ranging from a resurrected Hungarian triumph, to a modern French non-romance, to the debut of a new and energizing auteur.

Damnation (1988) Dir. Bela Tarr

Perhaps no setting in cinematic history is more appropriate for shooting in low-contrast black and white than late ‘80s, post-communist Hungary. Bleak, drab, and pelting with rain, the landscape bleeds in shades of grey. Bela Tarr’s 1988 film, a newly restored 4K edition from the Festival’s “Revival” section, begins with a long shot of a ski lift-like apparatus, endlessly transporting buckets of coal to a repository, whose grinding machinery offers a looping hum throughout the film. Much as Tarr’s various musical interludes include similarly cyclical drones of accordion music, are the men and women of this nameless small city seemingly doomed to their various loops of behavior and experience. In Tarr’s Hungary, everyone looks haunted and morose, like a selection of down-on-their-luck rummies in a dive bar at last call. One such bar patron, Karrer (Miklos Szekely B.), is deeply in love with a beautiful, depressed (unnamed) nightclub singer (Vali Kerekes), married to a loutish man, Sebestyén (Gyorgy Cserthalmi), in bad debt to the wrong sorts of people. When Karrer’s friend, bar owner Willarsky (Gyula Pauer), offers him a potentially lucrative gig picking up a mystery package abroad and bringing it back to him, Karrer instead offers it to Sebestyén as a means of getting him out of debt, but more importantly getting him away from his wife, so their affair can continue apace. Tarr’s films move slowly, with long, static shots, or slow-panning camera movement, but within his frame, he packs in detail  —  from the pellet-like surface of a wall, to the expression of a group of people huddled under a station roof, staring out at the endless rain  —  and adds in acute sound effects as further punctuation (the sound of a man close shaving over his scruff with a straight-edge, for example, or water dripping from an unseen leak). As with his 1994 opus, Satantango, he includes extended shots of drunken merriment, with people dancing, stumbling, falling over each other, and coming back again, but the effect isn’t exactly heartening. As packs of stray dogs work their way over muddy, mostly deserted fields, and Karrer continues to imbibe the depressed resignation of his life’s trajectory (“the fog settles into your soul,” Willarsky helpfully explains), Tarr’s film, his first collaboration with Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai, presents a remarkably tactile vision of life under a blundering political machine, well past the point of repair. With its deep shadows, and obvious femme fatale, you could make the case that the film is a ripened Noir, but one with much of the magistry beaten out of it, tarnished in the mud of the fields. Karrer wears a trenchcoat, alright, but it’s only there to keep out the rain.

Mangrove (2020) Dir. Steve McQueen

Frank Crichlow (Shaun Parkes) didn’t mean to create a community, exactly, when he opened his restaurant in the section of West London that had become home to many immigrants from Trinidad and Jamaica. He just wanted to have a clean business that wouldn’t attract undue police attention, as his former nightclub, Rio, had done. As more and more natives of the Caribbean moved abroad, however, there became a greater need for a place where the community could gather and feel at home. Frank’s place became a local landmark, and Frank himself, a reluctant leader of the growing movement against the continual police harassment many of the residents faced on a daily basis. In this, he wasn’t given much of a choice: Led by a deeply racist police force  —  more or less personified by writer/director Steve McQueen in the form of the sneering PC Frank Pulley (Sam Spruell)  —  Frank’s place had been unnecessarily raided nine times in six weeks. So, when approached by local Black activists, including Darcus Howe (Malachi Kirby) and Altheia Jones-Lecointe (Letitia Wright), he agrees to take part in a peaceful protest against the constables. Naturally, the police turn violent, and in the resulting chaos, nine protestors, including Frank, Darcus, and Altheia are arrested. Over time, they are tried, acquitted, and re-tried for even more serious charges. McQueen’s film, another segment from Small Axe, his chronicle of London’s West-Indies neighborhood through the decades, focuses on this specific case, not just because two of the defendants decided to represent themselves (proving to be adept barristers), but because it became a landmark part of the British crusade for civil rights (even though, as the film’s postscript explains, Frank was still routinely harassed by the police for another 18 years after the trial). To capture the sense of the complexity of the community, McQueen employs a David Simon-esque narrative hodge-podge of smaller scenes from different characters’ vantage points and views, allowing us an in-depth sense of the neighborhood and the stakes, while rarely dipping into the more played out elements of the courtroom genre. I would say, in light of the recent racial protests after the Louisville grand jury failed to hold two of the three officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor responsible, the film could not be more prescient, but, sadly, this would have also been true just about anytime in the last three decades. As Frank says of the incorrigibly racist leaders and henchpeople continually holding them down, “These people are like vampires, you think you beat them, but they keep coming back again.”

The Salt of Tears (2020) Dir. Philippe Garrel

From the flinch-inducing title (a direct translation from the French), which sounds like a YA novel steeped in melodrama, to the mournful piano soundtrack of the intro, Philippe Garrel’s (very) French counter-romance would seem to indicate a different sort of film than what he’s actually made. It’s a bit of flim-flammery from a celebrated director unafraid to throw his audience for a loop or two (take that title, which proves to be thoroughly ironic until the very last scene). Luc (Logann Antoufermo), a young man from the provinces, has come to Paris to take an entrance exam at an exacting wood-working institute in order to receive a degree in joining, in order to better emulate his woodworking father (Andre Wilms), a kind, elderly man with a “poet’s soul.” In Paris, he happens to meet Djemila (Oulaya Amamra), a sweet young woman falling hard for the handsome Luc, who callously breaks her heart after he returns to his village. Back home, he takes up with Genevieve (Louise Chevillote), an old high-school flame, who also falls deeply for him, getting pregnant in the process, but when he unexpectedly gets accepted to the woodworking school, he dumps her to return to Paris, where  —  you guessed it!  —  he meets up with yet another woman, Betsy (Souheila Yacoub), a stunning brunette whom, we are told via our occasional narrator (Jean Chevalier), is finally “his equal.” Or more so, to be precise, as she takes in a second lover (Martin Mesnier) to their apartment, making the unhappy Luc live as a threesome. Garrel’s charting of Luc’s endless relationship explorations themselves gets tiresome, but the director isn’t much interested in his protagonist’s romantic investments, as he is the callousness of Luc, and the young in general  —  Luc crushes two loving women; then himself gets crushed; while treating his loving father as yet another irritation from time to time  —  and the manner in which their decision-making has often not matured enough to include the expansiveness of empathy. They know not what they do, until it’s too late.

Beginning (2020) Dir. Dea Kulumbegashvili

Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s debut feature, about a family of Jehovah’s Witnesses working as missionaries in a small village outside Tbilisi, and the abuse they endure at the hands of religious extremists, captivates and bewilders in equal measure. The film begins with a long single shot from inside a “prayer house,” as congregants slowly file in and fill the pews, eventually allowing David (Rati Oneli) to begin his sermon concerning the story of Abraham, willing to sacrifice his beloved son in order to appease God. The shot remains static for so long, building its own rhythm, that it becomes that much more shocking when a side door suddenly opens, and an unseen assailant tosses in a fire bomb, lighting the floor and sending everyone into terrified tumult. Kulumbegashvili’s film is filled with similar striking compositions, long single shots with very little camera movement, the edges of the frame gradually generating increasing levels of apprehension, as the action swirls often out of our visual range. She has a way of filming the opposite of what you expect: Several key conversations between pairs of characters are shot with the focus on the reaction rather than the speaker, and vitally significant scenes are crafted with characters’ backs to us, such that we can’t read their expressions or get our normal bearings. It’s a similar conundrum for the missionaries themselves, especially Yana (Ia Sukhitashvili), David’s dutiful wife, a former actress, who tries to make the best of their difficult situation, even in the face of such violent opposition to her husband’s proselytizing, a job David, ambitious he is, sees as the key to rising up in the Church’s hierarchy. After their prayer house is burned to the ground, David leaves for a few days to meet with the Elders in order to secure funding for its replacement. Into that void, enter a detective (Kakha Kintsurashvili), who appears one night to “talk” with Yana, but ends up intimidating her into a sort of sexual compromise, an event that leaves her strangely unfazed, even, it might be said, oddly curious. From there, things get both more dire, and more peculiar, with Kulumbegashvili’s implacable camera remaining stoically witness to her characters’ increasingly distressing plight. As curious as it can be tonally, she is so in command of her narrative, the film is never less than compelling, even as tragedy becomes something else entirely. By film’s end, true to David’s earlier sermons, it’s clear that at least his most devoted acolyte has taken in the biblical lessons he proffered, for better or worse.

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Beauty always promises, and never gives anything; it incites a hunger, but it has no nourishment for the part of the soul that looks in this world to be satisfied. It has nourishment only for the part of the soul that watches. It incites desire, and it makes one feel clearly that there is nothing in it to be desired; for above all else one wants nothing in it to change.

Simone Weil (1909 -- 1943) in  “The Religious Metaphysics of Simone Weil” by Miklos Veto, Miklós Vetö

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Stella F. Simon & Miklos Blandy - Hände (1928)

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As Noirvember Ends...

Before I begin, I’m going to clarify that, unlike the first list, the following films are personal favorites of mine that can be categorized as Noir. So, they may not be the best illustrations of the style/genre nor necessarily the best films that happen to be Noir. Honestly, the first list is better for that, though it has less detail.

In a way, you can view this list as “further viewing.” I will also be pairing this list with where you can find the movies at Movie Madness.

Here are my personal go-to Films Noir as Noirvember careens away down an abandoned highway on some rainy midnight. All films are profiled in detail BELOW THE JUMP. Happy viewing!

Ministry of Fear (1944)

87 min. | Director: Fritz Lang

Screenwriter: Seton I. Miller (Novel by Graham Greene)

Stars: Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds

What’s the story?

Stephen Neale (Ray Milland) is making his way to London after his release from a countryside asylum. Neale happens upon a village fair run by the Mothers of Free Nations and wins a cake in a guess-the-weight contest he wasn’t meant to win. After boarding a train to London, Neale is accosted over the cake but manages to escape unscathed. With the backdrop of London in the midst of the Blitz, Neale and a private investigator try to get to know what the Mothers of Free Nations is all about. Carla (Marjorie Reynolds) and Wili (Carl Esmond) are refugee siblings who run the charity and they begin to lead Neale down a serpentine path of espionage.

Why should I watch it?

Like The Third Man (1949), Ministry of Fear is an adaptation of a Graham Greene novel. Greene did not collaborate on the screenplay for this film though, and it shows. But, other aspects of the filmmaking more than make up for it. Much credit is due to some shared talent with Double Indemnity, which came out the same year: Art Directors Hans Dreier and Hal Pereira, Costume Designer Edith Head, and Music by Miklos Rozsa. While Ministry is a bit of a tonal shift from The Third Man, it’s a compelling and suspenseful Noir. The pacing is perfectly matched to the whirlpool Neale’s fallen into in the film. I personally think this is one of Lang’s best, particularly among his American films.

What really puts the film over the top for me is Ray Milland. While Milland never considered himself a very good actor, thankfully many great directors disagreed with him. Milland has the unique talent of injecting a touch of levity through his reactions, movements, and expressions at just the right moments. He can make characters that, on paper, might be unlikeable, unsympathetic, or just plain bland into very real people. In Alias Nick Beale (1949), Nick Beale is a seedy underworld operator. Not too much is explained about him but you feel so much about his past and his character through the small (or large) falters in the Beale facade that Milland portrays. In The Lost Weekend (1945), Milland finds a balance with Don Birnam by evoking in the viewer similar feelings to what you may feel when someone you love is suffering from mental illness. You continue to feel deeply for him despite his stream of self-destructive actions. You understand exactly why his loved ones would stay or go. In Ministry of Fear, Milland channels the feelings of being in the midst of a nightmare while also having pitch-perfect reactions to the film’s absurdities that border on the surreal. I should stop now before I go into my spiel on how he “plays English” versus how he “plays American.”

Where can I find it?

At Movie Madness under Classic Directors - Fritz Lang

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

87 min. | Director: Orson Welles

Screenwriter: Orson Welles

Stars: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles

What’s the story?

Sailor Michael O’Hara (Orson Welles) saves the beautiful and married Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) from some robbers in Central Park. Elsa and her lawyer husband, Arthur (Everett Sloane) are on their way via the Panama Canal to San Francisco and Michael is hired to work on their yacht. Michael starts to fall for Elsa. Arthur’s business partner, Grigsby, sees his opening and convinces Michael to collaborate on a plan to fake his own death. As it turns out, there are scams on top of scams, and Michael ends up framed for murder and he must now rely on Arthur and Else to defend him.

Why should I watch it?

The Lady from Shanghai is a very unique film for the time, in ways that made it unpopular with many contemporary American viewers, but also in ways that make it well suited for modern viewers. Distaste for Rita Hayworth playing against type is not much of an issue for a viewer in 2017. The on-location shooting adds naturalism despite the film’s stylized lighting and cinematography. To a 1948 viewer, this could be too much of a departure from form, but it’s fully normal to a 2017 viewer. One of the most spectacular elements of the film is a shootout climax in a hall of mirrors, which a 2017 viewer has seen replicated a few times since (most recently in John Wick 2). While Lady from Shanghai should hold a lot of familiarity to an audience in 2017, it still feels novel and imaginative. It’s also a film that doesn’t narratively hold your hand. You’re along for the ride and you best keep up.

Where can I find it?

At Movie Madness under Classic Directors - Orson Welles

Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

110 min. | Director: John M. Stahl

Screenwriter: Jo Swerling (Novel by Ben Ames Williams)

Stars: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price

What’s the story?

After a chance encounter on a train, the well-to-do Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney) and novelist Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde) fall in love a little too quickly. Ellen falls because of Richard’s notable resemblance to her late father. Richard falls because of Ellen’s mysterious nature and brooding beauty. Ellen jilts her more socially-acceptable fiance Russell Quinton (Vincent Price) for Richard and they move to his remote home in Maine. Ellen’s obsessive and possessive tendencies get deeper and more dangerous after Richard’s disabled baby brother comes to live with them and it all goes to hell from there.

Why should I watch it?

Leave Her to Heaven has no shortage of selling points. Gene Tierney gives one of her best performances in this film. She has such subtlety early on, hinting at the storms to come, and Ellen’s neuroses-driven cruelty is rendered so effectively. Tierney was absolutely ahead of her time.

Leave Her to Heaven is strikingly beautiful. The locations in Maine and New Mexico are exquisite and made more interesting by the contrast to the twisted psychology and cruelty of the characters. This one might need content warnings though. I don’t want to give away too much to a general readership, so if you have any concerns, let me know!

Where can I find it?

At Movie Madness under General Classics A to Z

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

116 min. | Directors: Lewis Milestone and Byron Haskin

Screenwriter: Robert Rossen (Novel by John Patrick)

Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas

What’s the story?

Young Martha Ivers tries to run away from her strict and antagonistic aunt with the help of a poor boy called Sam Masterson. The attempt fails and when returned home, Martha and her very wealthy aunt have a blowout and Martha knocks her aunt down the stairs, killing her. The scene is witnessed by another boy, Walter O’Neil. With the help of Walter’s father, they manage to cover up the crime, blaming the murder on an intruder. Years later, Martha (Barbara Stanwyck) has built up a very successful business with her inheritance and is a staple of the Iverstown community. She is also in a strained marriage with Walter (Kirk Douglas), now the District Attorney. When Sam (Van Helfin), now a detective, chances his way back to town, Walter and Martha’s paranoia over the cover up reaches a boiling point.

Why should I watch it?

As someone who has spent a lot of time in Pennsylvania, I must say that Iverstown is a perfectly captured factory town. That might be a too specific draw for a movie, but that’s okay, there’s lots more to love about this film. The structure of the plot is almost flawless. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is a master class in how to build conflict and tension around dramatic irony in a modern setting. That’s all I’ll say on that to avoid giving too much away. Barbara Stanwyck puts in one of her best performances in this film and Kirk Douglas holds his own in Stany’s wake despite it being his first film. It’s no wonder he became one of the biggest movie stars of the last century.

Where can I find it?

At Movie Madness under Classics - Film Noir

Diabolique / Les Diaboliques (1955)

107 / 114 min. | Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot

Screenwriters: Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi (Novel By by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac)

Stars: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse

What’s the story?

There’s an awful lot going on at a rundown boarding school just outside Paris. The headmaster, Michel (Paul Meurisse), lives there with his ailing wife Christina (Véra Clouzot) but is carrying on a relationship with English-teacher Nicole (Simone Signoret), who also lives at the school. Michel is abusive to both of them, but the women seem to have a cooperative and caring relationship with one another. Eventually, Nicole can no longer abide the abuse and cooks up a plan with Christina to murder Michel. After they put their plan in action, the aftermath isn’t quite what they anticipated.

Why should I watch it?

Diabolique is one of the greatest suspense films ever made. If you’re a Hitchcock fan, this is a must-see movie. Hitchcock praised the film often and its influence can be seen strongly in his work in the late-1950s into the 1960s. (The novel Diabolique is based on was written By Boileau and Narcejac who wrote the source novel for Vertigo (1958).) In my estimation, it creatively revived Hitchcock as a director.

The locations are hauntingly shabby and mirror Christina’s internal strife, both her physical ailment and psychological stress. In all honesty, I’m struggling a little bit to discuss the high points of the film without giving too much away. That shouldn’t be too surprising though, given that this is one of the first films to carry a spoiler warning.

“Do not be evil! Do not destroy the interest your friends might have in this movie. Do not tell them what you saw. Thanks for them.”

Where can I find it?

At Movie Madness under French Film - French Directors - Henri-Georges Clouzot

Mildred Pierce (1945)

111 min. | Director: Michael Curtiz

Screenwriters: Ranald MacDougall, Catherine Turney (Novel by James M. Cain)

Stars: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Ann Blyth, Eve Arden

What’s the story?

Monte Beragon (Zachary Scott) is murdered, shot dead in his beach house. His wife, Mildred Pierce Beragon (Joan Crawford) flees the house. When Mildred is brought in by the police, she finds out that her first husband, Bert, is going down for the murder. In an effort to protect him, for she knows him to be innocent, Mildred begins telling the detective the story of the past few years of her life that led her to that beach house with her ex-husband’s gun. However, the story may be a little more complicated than she lets on.

Why should I watch it?

Mildred Pierce was adapted from a novel of the same name by James M. Cain, whose work was also adapted for Double Indemnity (1944) (which I mentioned in my last Noirvember post) and The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946). If you like those films, there is a very good chance you’ll also like Mildred Pierce, but this film is a little less hard-boiled than the others. Mildred Pierce is a skillful intertwining of noir with “weepies,” the melodrama sub-genre. How far the love of a wife and mother can reach is not a common Noir story, but how twisted that love can be is actually perfect Noir fodder.

Joan Crawford rightfully won an Academy Award for her portrayal of the title character, but she’s girded by rich performances from the supporting cast. Eve Arden and Butterfly McQueen always stand out to me in this film, both infusing a whole lot of character into their rather small roles.

Mildred Pierce is also shot beautifully. It’s a perfect Noir image of rainy mid-century Los Angeles.

Where can I find it?

At Movie Madness under Classics - Classic Actors - Joan Crawford

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Naemi Joy 21:58 Shamika Cox - What Are You Waiting For 21:48 Banco De Gaia - Acquiescence (Tripswitch Remix) 21:46 River - Find Me 21:43 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 21:38 Marga Sol - Beautiful Morning (Seven24 & S.a.t Remix) 21:35 Jens Buchert - Aerosol 21:29 Melorman - Ten 21:27 Eduardo Arroya - Ring...Hello (Close Your Eyes) 21:24 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 21:19 Miklos Vajda - Lusta Vasarnap 21:14 Marga Sol - So Cruel 21:12 Roberto Sol - So Awesome (Cafe Del Mar Mix) 21:09 Bevasso - A Night Like This (The Cure) 21:05 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 21:00 Steen Thottrup - If You Were Here Tonight 20:58 Mo'jardo - Forgive Me 20:55 Jaytech Feat. Melody Gough - Blue Ocean (Original Mix) 20:48 Esonic - Hazy Moods 20:45 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 20:37 Bobby Deep - An Onion Can Make People Cry 20:34 Yppah - Pieces 20:27 Chase & Status - What Is Right 20:25 Ganga - Cold Wind Blowing 20:18 Tycho - Into The Woods 20:13 Dominik Pointvogl - Malibou Beach (Original Mix) 20:08 Dj Pippi & Ann West - On This Island (Feat. Ann West) 20:05 L-' Art Mystique - Beautiful Things 20:02 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 19:57 Zero Noel - Toi Et Moi 19:53 Solasoap - Look Around 19:48 Quantic - Intro The 5th Exotic 19:47 Florence - You Should Never Know (Baiha Del Mar Mix) 19:43 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 19:38 Charles Webster - The Gift Of Freedom (High Skies Mix) 19:35 Roger Sanchez - Another Chance 19:28 Klangstein - Within You (Feat. Nosie Katzmann) 19:23 Dj Riquo - Dancing At Sunrise 19:18 Freemasons - Love On My Mind (Feat. Amanda Wilson) (Freemasons After Hours Mix) 19:13 Jozef Kugler - Shaggy (Original Mix) 19:06 Mercer & Gissal - Scandal (Feat. Nicole Grimaldi) 19:04 Blu Martini - Better With You (Miguel Musso Mix) 19:01 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 18:56 Chad - Soul Breathe 18:50 Deeper Sublime - La Musica Sei Tu 18:46 Newton - New Beautiful Life 18:44 Toby Ernest - Gonna Be Fine (Turbotito Ode To Keni Remix) 18:34 Azymuth - Morning 18:32 Velvet Dreamer - Crystal Water 18:28 Counting Clouds - Morning Sun 18:22 Nostalgia 77 - Quiet Dawn (Bonobo Remix) 18:18 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 18:12 Vargo - Get Back To Serenity 18:11 Nightcruzer - Lazy Day 18:04 Jazzamor - Sunday 18:02 Hacienda - Data Love 17:59 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 17:56 Triangle Sun - The Sun 17:49 Dharma - Probedas 17:48 Lemongrass - Falling 17:44 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 17:42 Gxr - To The Lighthouse 17:36 Clelia Felix - Dreaming Of You 17:34 Marga Sol - Goodbye 17:28 Skindive Inc. - Hopelessly Love (The Man Behind C. Edit) 17:24 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 17:21 Jane Maximova - Morning Bird 17:14 Fjord - If I Was To Call 17:08 Shakes Seven - What A Mess 17:05 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 17:00 Marga Sol - Come & Love Me 16:55 Citrus Jam Feat. Judith Erb - When The Sun Goes Down (Sea Session Mix) 16:49 Shakes Seven - Indiana 16:46 Jeff Spooner - The Sun (Spooners Del Mar Mix) 16:43 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 16:41 Bernon - Don't Worry (Wellness For Your Soul Mix) 16:38 Breakfast Trim - Dubai Sun (Original Mix) 16:35 Alien Cafe - Paris Depression 16:31 The Fairchild - One Day 16:28 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 16:23 Leonie Meijer - Message In A Bottle 16:18 Megablast - Love Is Always There 16:15 Velvet Lounge Project - Give It To The Sails Of Love 16:13 Soulchillaz - Promised Land 16:09 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 16:06 Chris Coco & Luca Averna - Mare (Feat. Micko Roche) 16:00 Kidnap Kid - First Light 15:55 Lemongrass - Smooth Moments 15:49 Setsuna - White Light 15:44 Peter Pearson - Drifting Along 15:40 Paul Hardcastle & Ryan Farish - Espanyah 15:38 E-sonic - For What I Want 15:35 Creflex - You You You 15:28 Cous - Careless Whisper (Original Mix) 15:22 Dj Mnx - Emotions May Fly 15:19 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 15:14 Exit Mars - Gliding (Comfort Version) 15:08 Jens Buchert - Melange Electrique 15:03 Max Melvin - Flying High 15:00 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 14:48 Triangle Sun - Secret Desire 14:43 Chicane Present - Looking Down (Drax & Goodings Room With A View Remix) 14:41 Gabrielle Chiararo - Million Stars 14:37 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 14:30 Faro - Dreaming In Orange (Original Mix) 14:27 Hooverphonic - Others Delight 14:20 Twentyeight - Monday Night 14:17 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 14:11 Vargo - The Moment (Short Chorus Mix) 14:08 So Phat! - A Love Bizarre 14:05 Hrrsn - Hi Bob 14:02 Nova Casa - You Get Me (Original) 13:58 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 13:53 Esonic - Mellow Swing 13:50 Mehdi - Steps To Paradise 13:43 Cantoma - Paloma (Mudds Slender Loris Mix) 13:40 Clelia Felix - Hold On To My Love 13:37 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 13:31 Sharion - Pleasure 13:26 Michael E - Be As One (Michael E Remix) 13:22 Vargo - Talking One Language (25th Anniversary Mix) 13:18 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 13:14 Soma Sonic - Lovestory 13:11 Merlion - What Can You Do (Bar Cafe Buddha Mix) 13:04 Zatonsky, A&i, Sasha Colos - Damage Inside (Christos Fourkis Remix) 13:03 Mercer & Gissal - Scandal 13:00 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 12:55 Afterlife - Dub In Ya Mind (Beachclub Mix) 12:52 Alien Cafe - Sacred Mountain 12:46 Pochill - Violet Theme (Nick Version) 12:43 Michael E - A Good Place 12:40 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 12:38 Gushi & Raffunk - Sound Of You (Beat Ambasada Remix) 12:31 Night Cruzer - Timeless 12:29 Dark Matters - Together Feat. Cathy Burton (Album Mix) 12:22 Bent - Swollen 12:15 Sven Van Hees - Winston Surfchill 12:09 Nightmares On Wax - Les Nuits 12:05 Blackfish - Together 12:02 Florzinho, Amroota Natu - We Are One (Original Mix) 11:55 Cafe Americaine - Beachcruiser (Del Mar Mix) 11:50 Afterlife - Dub In Ya Mind (Beachclub Mix) 11:48 Index - Noon Hour Blues 11:45 Soulavenue - One By One (Feat. Shaheen) 11:42 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 11:39 Marga Sol - Midnight Flight (Original Mix) 11:33 Ingo Herrmann - Enough Of You (Original Mix) 11:28 Naoki Kenji - Let It Flow 11:26 Lounge Armada - Seaside 11:23 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 11:21 Zenyatta - Swimming Into Vibrations (Ibiza Downbeat Vocal Mix) 11:14 Skyshape - Paper Dwarf 11:12 The Diventa Project - Still Raining (Rnb Remix) 11:09 Living Room - Underwater Lovin (Instrumental) 11:06 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 11:01 Steen Thottrup - Satellite (Feat. Denver Knoesen) 10:56 Goldroom Feat. Nikki Segal - Running Wild 10:52 Tycho - Japan (Feat. Saint Sinner) 10:50 Klangstein - Klangsine (Feat. Sine) 10:47 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 10:41 James Bright Feat Mathew Evans - Set Me Free 10:38 Bloomfield - France Calling 10:32 Orjan Nilsen - Drink To Forget (Lounge Edit) 10:29 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 10:24 Ealot - Melting Sun 10:21 Faro - Tiramisu 10:15 Carsten Gronholz - Do What You Like 10:11 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 10:06 Bk Duke - Did You Know - Ibiza Chillout Mix 10:04 Shifter - Flipside 09:57 Beth Orton - Daybreaker 09:55 All 4 Love Ft Tracy Diamonds - Precious 09:51 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 09:45 Honeyroot - Sweet As Honey 09:43 Madita - Unspoken 09:37 Lounge Vargos - Feeling Love 09:36 Reunited - Sun Is Shining (Out Of Sight Remix) 09:32 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 09:27 Polished Chrome - Beautiful 09:25 Max Melvin - Changes 09:19 Depeche Mode - Useless (K&d Session) 09:15 Mailky - Flawless 09:12 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 09:07 Lemongrass - For All Seasons 09:05 Velvet Dreamer - Eternal Beauty (Mo'jardo Remix) 08:58 Beach Hoppers - City Light (Original Mix) 08:55 Dj Maretimo - Cosmopolitan Cocktail (Feat. Cafe Americaine) (Mix La Nuit) 08:48 Weathertunes - Trip To Japan 08:44 India Arie - Always In My Head 08:42 Sugar, Eva Kade, Evil T - All Around (Marsbeing Remix) 08:39 Soundset City - Come With Me (Deep Lounge Cut) 08:36 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 08:30 Jens Buchert - Melange Electrique 08:27 Nightcruzer - Alright 4 Now (Island Mix) 08:25 Movement - Like Lust (Original Mix) 08:21 Morcheeba - Undress Me Now 08:15 Jojo Effect - Somewhere In Between 08:10 Viggor Lasslo - Fooled 08:04 351 Lake Shore Drive - Yellowcake (Feat. Blueberry & Picidu) 08:01 Charles Webster - The Gift Of Freedom (High Skies Mix) 07:54 Michael E - Don't Stop 07:49 York With Nathan Red & Kim Sanders - How Did I Fall In Love 07:41 Orbient - Send 07:39 D. Batistatos - Sunshine Velvet 07:32 Cinematic - Empty Eoom (Daydreaming Mix) 07:22 Lounge\andreas - The Outlands 07:20 From P60 - You Take Me 07:16 Lisa Shaw - Let It Ride (Jimpster Remix) 07:13 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 07:10 Rapossa - The Ocean Inside (Original Mix) 07:03 Michael E - That Feeling 06:57 Cantoma - Paloma (Mudds Slender Loris Mix) 06:54 Crookram - I Saw You 06:44 Michael E - Are We There Yet 06:42 Mo'horizons - Dance Naked Under Palmtrees 06:39 Velvet Lounge Project - Fly With Me 06:36 Jane Maximova, Dmitry Raschepkin - Late In The Night 06:32 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 06:26 Jens Buchert - Octalimbo 06:25 Catching Flies - Silver Linings 06:18 Krall Bradley - Money Cant You Buy Love (Swing Orchestra Mix) 06:15 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 06:09 Jens Buchert - Polaris (Angel Mix) 06:04 Jane Maximova - Puppets 05:58 Michel Petit - Voyage A Tipaza 05:57 Marga Sol - Other Side 05:54 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 05:51 Blank & Jones - Coastline 05:46 Velvet Dreamer - Eternal Beauty (Original Mix) 05:41 Lemongrass - Gecko Island 05:38 Naoki Kenji - My Destiny Rmx 05:31 Darwin & Backwall & Emelie Wallin - Good Morning Stockholm (Ozgurcan Remix) 05:29 Velvet Dreamer - French Kisses 05:22 Mathieu & Florzinho - Primavera (Dub Mix) 05:21 Approaching Black - Back To Darkness 05:14 Lenny Mac Dowell - Ain't No Sunshine (Original Mix) 05:09 Lo64n5 - Retrogram 05:04 Jaffa - Be Nude, Baby 04:59 Fabrices - Nice Dream 04:55 G - Spliff - Won't Part 04:54 Late Night Alumni - Mistake 04:47 Jens Buchert - Fly With Me 04:44 Random Rab - Rain On The World 04:41 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 04:36 Crystal Theory - (Don't Fear) The Reaper 04:35 Easy Listening - Coffee Time (Pyd Starbucks Remix) 04:31 C.cil - Sunset 04:25 Triangle Sun - Buddha 04:21 Lenny Mac Dowell Feat. Jazzamor - Je Te Veux 04:15 The Source - Disillusion Of A Dream 04:12 Belloq - De Longpre 04:10 Chillwalker - A Dream Comes True (Red Horizon Mix) 04:03 Paul Hardcastle - So Into You 03:58 Citrus Jam Feat. Judith Erb - Do You See (Rainbow Mix) 03:53 Naoki Kenji - E-qualize 03:51 Nordgroove - Epicly 03:47 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 03:45 Puch - Playground 03:38 The Spirit Level - Star Gazer (Phobos Remix) 03:34 Lounge System - Touch My Body 03:32 Nightview - City Hall (Smooth Downbeat Mix) 03:29 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 03:24 Blank & Jones - Takin' Off 03:21 Sixth Finger Feat Alanah Woods - Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough 03:15 Living Room - Brasil Soul (Original Mix) 03:13 Matthew Kramer - I Want You Back (Feat. Liv) 03:10 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 03:07 Brazil Affairs - Dont Let Go (Original Mix) 03:03 Cocogroove - Coconut Rain (Wet Summer Mix) 03:00 Lemongrass - Feel Good 02:53 The Lushlife Project - Budapest Eskimos 02:50 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 02:41 Leendder - Everytime You Cry (Satin Jackets Remix) 02:38 Orbitell - Sundown Highway 02:32 Georgia - Till I Own It 02:29 Sunpeople - Lost (Born This Way Mix) 02:22 El Fuego - Balearic Mind (Lounge Mix) 02:18 Marc Hartman - Become The Sky (Original Mix) 02:15 The Sura Quintet - Spring Equinox 02:08 Sevyn Streeter - Before I Do 02:03 Mo'jardo - Forgive Me 01:58 Merlion - What Can You Do - Bar Cafe Buddha Mix 01:57 Chase & Status - What Is Right 01:53 Wine & Dine - Sunset Thougts (Original Mix) 01:50 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 01:46 Madita - Unspoken 01:41 Mahoroba - The Lost Space (Zero G. Mix) 01:38 Dark Matters - Together Feat. Cathy Burton (Album Mix) 01:35 Aiemo Feat. Kristina Frazzitta - I Need You (Vocal Mix) 01:32 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 01:30 Nightcruzer - Lazy Day 01:23 Ross Couch - First Love (Original Mix) 01:18 Midnight Stroll - Nux 01:15 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 01:11 Purrple Cat - Ghost Planet 01:06 Sky Sergeant - Holograms (Electric Slide Mix) 01:00 Saba & Cay - What A Feeling 00:58 Gary B - A Better Life 00:55 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 00:52 Nightcruzer - Alright 4 Now (Island Mix) 00:49 Groove Da Praia - Is This Love 00:44 Fair Light Ranger - Brighten Up Life (Original Mix) 00:43 Slackwax - Midnight 00:39 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 00:38 Night Lovers - Struga 00:32 Kama - Incanto D'amor 00:26 Miguel Migs - Breakin' It Down 00:22 Sly - Like Love (Original Mix) 00:19 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 00:17 Pablo Nouvelle - You Don't Understand (Feat. Alx) 00:07 The Transfers - Buena Garota 00:02 Boerd - Blind 00:00 Maskara - Feel The Nature (Original Mix)

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4, 10, 14, 27, 55, 80, 82, 94, 99

 (Answering this one the laptop this time cuz the phone went patooey on me)

04. Do you like your name? Why?

Not too much tbh. I get a lot of compliments saying that my name is pretty or unique. it sounds pretty to them but to me it sounds like a “Helga” or a “Bertha” or some female behemoth. it does give me an idea though :P often, they think its “Pearl”, “Carla”, or “Paula”. i hate to enunciate it. Sometimes, i feel that my name doesn’t fit me. I dont feel like a “Perla”. I’d go for some other name that is easy to pronounce and doesn’t stand out. i feel like i’m the opposite of the common namers. (i can feel them judging me thinking “you’re lucky to have an uncommon name! my name is so boring and common.”)

10. How would you describe your style?

Fashion/Wardrobe wise - The majority of the clothes i like wearing are the color Burgundy. it’s like my “red rebellion” against my high school colors (we were black and yellow and the rival school is red and white). i have a bunch of graphic tees and some Linkin Park shirts laying around. i love hoodies. my favorite and main one is my burgundy Aeropostle hoodie.

it’s more than 6 years old. had it repaired twice. maybe a third repair is needed because i have holes in the elbows. this hoodie is like my default and my “main character” hoodie. i still can’t believe it still fits comfortably after many years.

Art wise - i tend to use a lot of thick lines. i started off as bordering doodles from a youtuber i used to watch all the time called JaZerGames. when i got copic markers, i utilize the thick lines even more to make sure i don’t color outside the lines. a lot of people always ask how i dont smear my art when i have such thick lines. my main answer is to let the ink dry (or dont apply too much copic marker that it gets too wet). 

my style changed drastically after taking my first Figure Drawing class in Fall or 2014. it went from anime to (almost) semi-realistic. i improved on my proportions significantly as well as how i doodled the face. i thank Miklos Simon for this because of his necessity to be tested on labeling and drawing anatomical parts. my second Figure Drawing class, Paxton helped me a lot with when to use my thick lines with it comes to shading. those two Figure Drawing teachers were the best i ever had. the 3rd + 4th Figure Drawing classes sucked because it was only half a semester each and the teachers were very uninspiring X(

summary: my fashion style still kinda varies atm as i try to find what i like and don’t like. (i’ll have to clean and get rid of a lot of things i dont need/want anymore). the art style feels a little set in stone but i feel ready for another drastic change. earlier this year i said i’d hope to get back into copics. so far that hasnt happened… yet. there are many things i wanna try out to improve my coloring skills. until then, i just gotta wait until my room is fully painted, clean, and reorganized.

14. If you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? Why?

My mind always says Japan but i feel that would be a bit of a struggle to learn the language, culture, and finding a decent job there. i dont want to stay in the United States either due to bad politics >X( 

*thinks a bit* 

my mind is saying Mexico? it think its because its so weather nice and peaceful (talking about the mountain towns). i could just live my life there as an artist as long as i have good internet connection or become a little art teacher? IDK!

how ‘bout Britain? idk where in Britain as long as it’s not noisy.

27. Do you have a job? What do you do?

Currently, i work at Falco’s Pizza in my neighborhood. I work as a cashier and server. take orders from the counter or the phone, take the food to the customer, and clean tables. It tends to get busy at 6. usually things die down at around 8 or so too. I like being the one to close. it’s quiet, i got the place to myself, and the nightly chores keep me busy. Nighly chores consists of refilling napkins, collecting cheese shakers, helping the guys put up chairs, and counting the register. yep.

55. What is your dream job?

To contribute to something in the field of animation without being physically and mentally worn out all the time. i also want to be financially stable from this too. originally, i wanted to go to Cali and work at Dreamworks to see what happens. idk though. recently, i feel that i dont want the fun of doodling to be drained out of me if im not satisfied of what i’m doing. i want to feel like im doing things for fun or for myself when it comes to (big) projects. ive talked about wanting to animate more on youtube already. idc if im not getting money from it (or if i use copyrighted music), as long as im having fun and putting it out there into the void of the internet :)

80. What is your biggest pet peeve?

Omfg… i HATE it when people (especially the mom) leave anything (wide) open. cabinets, drawers, lids, doors! do they not bother to close it?! it drives me insane when i have to be the one to get up and close it for them. the mom’s excuse is always that she’s getting old and whines about. b****, you’re only 49 >B( she used to yell at us for not closing the doors and now look! flippin’ hypocrite >X(

(2nd pet peeve that doesn’t happen too often is when people don’t use coasters on their drinks and leaves a wet ring on the table XP)

82. Favorite ice cream flavor?

When it comes to Ben + Jerry’s, i’d always go for Chocolate Cookie Dough 1st and then Strawberry Cheesecake 2nd :)

94. Favorite lyrics right now?

idk. let me sync my ipod real quick. *syncs ipod* ooo! i got it!

I found the stomach to denyThe urge to look you up onlineDon’t want to creep on your profileBut sometimes I still do

Cold Moon by The Zolas

i actually like this song on rainy days :)

99. What is your zodiac sign?

It is a Taurus (May 6th)

(the ask ) 

Woo Hoo! now that i got that done, i gtg use the cleansing booth as fast as i can D: