#New Rose 1976

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

FILE UNDER: RECORD ADS, UK PUNK, 70s PUNK, POSTER DESIGN, POSTER ART, STIFF RECORDS, NEW ROSE, ETC...

PIC(S) INFO: Resolution at 2156×2880 -- Spotlight on poster art for THE DAMNED's first 7 inch on Stiff Records, "New Rose" (c/w "Help," a cover by THE BEATLES, of all bands), released in the UK on October 22, 1976. Poster design by Chris Morton.

MINI-OVERVIEW: ""New Rose" was released on 22 October 1976 on the independent Stiff Records and was Stiff’s first hit, so successful that they had to partner a major label to distribute it. The job of producing the sleeve went to Chris Morton who was working part time as Art Director in Stiff's art department.

CHRIS MORTON: ”I left Art School, I was always influenced be the Situationists, I always loved music and tried to got freelance straight away. I took some designs to London and met United Artists and Andrew Lauder who liked what I was doing, I also had just had something published in "ZigZag" magazine by Pete Frame, I was working on something for Andrew and the George Hatcher Band and they were playing at the Roundhouse supporting the Doctor Feelgood and there I met Jake Riviera, who I had met briefly through Andrew Lauder where he used space in Andrews office, he said he was setting up a record label like the old independent ones in America where you sold records out of tieback of a truck,and he asked me to do some designs, which he liked, and that's how I got started."

-- IDENTITY OF PUNK, "The Damned, "New Rose" Buy 6 design by Chris Morton, published May, c. 2014

Sources: www.freedomhasnobounds.com/tag/east-side-club, Christie's, & https://identityofpunk.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/the-damned-new-rose-buy-6-design-by-chris-morton/

[soulmusicsongs]

Whole New Thing - Rose Banks (Rose, 1976)

[mercutio-the-velaryon]

Lore about the Interview with the Vampire (Vampire Chronicles) meljayvik AU:

- Vampirism heals but doesn't cure which was just a roundabout way of ensuring my king Viktor is still disabled (I also just think its really interesting conceptually).

- Viktor has no idea who his maker is, all he knows is they abandoned him in the snowy wilderness and that he'd kill them if he ever met them again.

- Viktor is snubbed by the Vampire community due to his "shortcomings" (His disability is seen as an affront to the supposed perfectness required to reach vampiredom)

- As a fledgling Mel moves to a secluded castle in southern Italy, her persuasion powers from jump are pretty intense, and she uses them on the people of a nearby village to maintain her hermit lifestyle.

- Do not ask Mel and Viktor what happened that night in 1976 in New York, they will kill you about it.

- Mel and Viktor's feud begins because they were rivals in a love triangle but it wasn't with who you thinkkkkk.

- Indigenous Mexican Jayce Talis YUPPPP!!

- Jayce is a human journalist with a unique point of view, but is a science kid at heart, he discusses land rights activism in his journalistic pieces a lot.

- Czech Viktor!!

- Mel spends three decades in America from the 60s to the 80s.

- During the 60s, she joins a girl group quits then models for bit and garners little fame for it, vampirism and beauty aren't enough to overcome the racism of time, widespread fame would've complicated things too much anyway.

- In the 70s, she dances on a few episodes of Soul Train and spends her nights singing at underground clubs.

- In the 80s, she joins the Black Rose, a vampire coven that is also a radical art collective, but by the end of the decade, she's back to her recluse lifestyle in a castle somewhere in europe.

- Mel has only sired two vampires... she's not a fan of the process.

- Viktor has killed more than Mel but this is mainly because he hunts mercifully (kills people on their deathbed) and she's a picky eater.

- Viktor's interest in science began during his immortal life. He was intrigued by how technology had evolved so rapidly over time.

- Before that he was a prolific essayist and wannabe poet. His pieces concerned the environment, poverty and the human condition.

- He had two major romantic trysts in his mortal life, both went sourly.

- He fell in love with a human in his early vampire years... that also went sourly. You can thank Mel for that.

- Mel and Viktor meet Jayce at about the same time somewhere during their respective stints in America. Its true bloodlust at first sight for the both of them.

- And did I mention that you shouldn't ask them about what happened in 1976.

Nobody:

Nobody in heaven and earth:

Not a single soul:

The Vampire Mel Medarda in America for some reason:

[picspammer]

I got a feeling inside of me It's kind of strange, like a stormy sea

New Rose by The Damned, the first ever UK Punk single, released on October 22nd, 1976 🌹

[spawksstuff]

1976 Convention - De

Unfortunately, only these parts of De exist but it was like that for all the cast. Transcript below.

...Sit there and pet my new puppy dog, Fancy. Uh, no I have I-I there are a couple of things that uh that are looking extremely promising for me (unintelligible), hopefully a motion picture will come.

Yes you way back there in the white shirt

Yes? You. How does the what?

Red Alert? That just comes on automatically when we're in trouble, like we are now.

Listen thank you very much. Before I go I just want to say something sincerely I think you are a super group of people I have had the opportunity over the past year to meet a number of you and I am tremendously impressed with you and I want you to know that and I have a little poem that I want to leave you with:

May a butterfly bring you the dew from a rose and sprinkle it softly in a mist on your nose

[punkrockhistory]

4 punk rock singles from 1976 that (almost) started it all

Blitzkrieg Bop – Ramones

New Rose – The Damned

(I'm) Stranded – The Saints

Hot Wire My Heart – Crime

Any fav?

[oldmanpeace]

My favorite album from each year, 1960+.

1960. Blues & Roots - Charles Mingus 1961. Blue Hawaii - Elvis Presley 1962. Jazz Samba - Stan Getz with Charlie Byrd 1963. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan 1964. The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan 1965. Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan 1966. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan. 1967. Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix 1968. Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones 1969. Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones 1970. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel 1971. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin 1972. Harvest - Neil Young 1973. Pronounced - Lynyrd Skynyrd 1974. Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan 1975. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen 1976. Turnstiles - Billy Joel 1977. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac 1978. Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon 1979. Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young 1980. Heartattack And Vine - Tom Waits 1981. Moving Pictures - Rush 1982. The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden 1983. Kill 'Em All - Metallica 1984. Purple Rain - Prince 1985. Hounds of Love - Kate Bush 1986. Graceland - Paul Simon 1987. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses 1988. ...And Justice For All - Metallica 1989. Doolittle - Pixies 1990. People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest 1991. Nevermind - Nirvana 1992. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine 1993. Enter The Wu-Tang - Wu-Tang Clan 1994. Weezer (The Blue Album) - Weezer 1995. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette 1996. Beautiful Freak - Eels 1997. Either/Or - Elliott Smith 1998. Mezzanine - Massive Attack 1999. Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers 2000. Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams 2001. Toxicity - System of a Down 2002. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips 2003. Deja Entendu - Brand New 2004. Hot Fuss - The Killers 2005. Takk... - Sigur Rós 2006. One-X - Three Days Grace 2007. Oracular Spectacular - MGMT 2008. 808s & Heartbreak - Kanye West 2009. Man On The Moon: The End of Day - Kid Cudi 2010. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West 2011. Watch The Throne - Jay-Z 2012. Born To Die - Lana Del Rey 2013. Pure Heroine - Lorde 2014. Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey 2015. To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar 2016. Puberty 2 - Mitski 2017. Cult Drugs - Blood Command 2018. Goodbye & Good Riddance - Juice WRLD 2019. Norman Fucking Rockwell! - Lana Del Rey 2020. The New Abnormal - The Strokes 2021. The Horses and the Hounds - James McMurtry 2022. It's Almost Dry - Pusha T 2023. World Music Radio - Jon Batiste 2024. The Past Is Still Alive - Hurray For The Riff Raff

[punisheddonjuan]

Favourite Music 2024

It was a tradition on my old blog to post a year-end list of all my favourite music releases; a tradition that continued up until last year when my old blog was unceremoniously and unfairly nuked on December 28th 2023. Luckily I managed to recover the contents of all my lists dating back to 2013 via backups and cross-posts, compiled them together and posted them as a group. That post can be found here: Favourite Music 2013-2023.

2024 was a bit of an odd year for me and my relationship to music. μέν thanks to a little chemical help, I've been playing my instrument again and reconnecting with my craft after a few years of neglecting my guitars. I also spent some of the year reconnecting with the music that got me excited about learning guitar when I started learning to play over twenty years ago. δε I didn't listen to nearly as much new music as is typical for me. Every year over this past decade I listened, on average, to between seventy and ninety new albums every year. This year my total was closer to fifty. Anyway, here are my lists (in no order whatsoever) of my favourite albums, my honourable mentions, and my favourite compilations, reissues and live albums from 2024.

Favourite Albums 2024:

Fat White Family — Forgiveness Is Yours

Einstürzende Neubauten — Rampen (APM: Alien Pop Music)

Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld — Christian & Mauro

Cunts — Thoughts and Prayers

The Cure — Songs of a Lost World

Avalanche Kaito — Talitakum

Gerald Cleaver — the blacksmiths, the flowers

Bill Frisell — Orchestras

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum — of the Last Human Being

Tristwch Y Fenywod — Tristwch Y Fenywod

Geordie Greep — The New Sound

BIG|BRAVE — A Chaos of Flowers

Kamasi Washington — Fearless Movement

Judas Priest — Invincible Shield

Bòsc — Bòsc

Mdou Moctar — Funeral for Justice

Nadine Shah — Filthy Underneath

Alan Sparhawk — White Roses, My God

Mohammad Syfkhan — I Am Kurdish

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan — Chain of Light

Milkweed — Folklore 1979

X — Smoke & Fiction

Honourable Mentions 2024:

Bianca Scout — Pattern Damage

Amigo the Devil — Yours Until the War is Over

English Teacher — This Could Be Texas

Couch Slut — You Could Do It Tonight

Ex-Easter Island Head — Norther

The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis — S/T

Pet Shop Boys — Nonetheless

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard — Flight b741

Alison Cotton — Engelchen

Martha Skye Murphy — Um

Future Islands — People Who Aren't There Anymore

Chelsea Wolfe — She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She

Gnod — Spot Land

The Jesus Lizard — Rack

Shellac — To All Trains

Cyril Cyril — Le Futur Ça Marche Pas

Favourite Reissues, Compilations, Soundtracks and Live Albums 2024:

Neil Young — Archives, Vol. III: 1976-1987

Neil Young & Crazy Horse — Early Daze

Miles Davis Quintet — The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8 Miles in France 1963 & 1964

Broadcast — Spell Blanket: Collected Demos 2006-2009

Alice Coltrane — The Carnegie Hall Concert

Can — Live in Paris 1973

Rəhman Məmmədli — Azerbaijani Gitara, Vol. 2

Various Artists — Nippon Psychedelic Soul 1970-1979

Various Artists — Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In the Diaspora (1980–93)

[idontwanttospoiltheparty]

Preliminary Paul album ranking

INCLUDING Wings and cover albums, not including Broad Street, classical stuff, whatever you count The Family Way and Thrillington as, or The Fireman.

I will be relistening to the whole damn thing between now and December and may revise this but here's what I'm feeling right now. Again, there's recency bias here but Whatever.

I don't hate any of these btw please don't come at me – however I would be excited to discuss and debate.

25. CHOBA B CCCR (1988)

24. Run Devil Run (1999)

23. McCartney III (2020) (← probably my hottest take + most likely to be subject to change but it's how I feel right now)

22. Press To Play (1986)

21. Driving Rain (2001)

20. Off The Ground (1993)

19. Wild Life (1971)

18. Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976)

17. Kisses on the Bottom (2012)

16. London Town (1978)

15. Pipes of Peace (1983)

14. Red Rose Speedway (1973)

13. Back To The Egg (1979)

12. Flaming Pie (1997)

11. Flowers in the Dirt (1989)

10. McCartney (1970)

9. Memory Almost Full (2007)

8. New (2013)

7. Egypt Station (2018)

6. McCartney II (1980)

5. Venus & Mars (1975)

4. Tug of War (1982)

3. Ram (1971)

2. Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005)

1. Band on the Run (1973)

[argentinpantsuit]

Teen Titans Masterpost And Reading Guide -

This is mostly a passion project of mine about my favourite team in DC Comics The Titans! The general consensus I have seen on this website is that their history is confusing and people don’t know where to start so …. This guide includes ALL pieces of Titans Media.

Even the ones that just include some of the core members on different teams because I want to. And related series I want to be through.

(I dont include the JL: No Justice and whole JL ODYSSEY JL(2018) thing when they were taking on their role or something mind numbing along those line idk because… its JL & i donr really care and frankly who really does ? But its before the tom taylor titans run so )

Just to preface this is all my opinion and you can really start wherever you feel like it if you want to !

TEEN TITANS

Ok so before you begin the og TT series you should read

- Brave and The Bold ( 1955) #54 and #60 if you want to read right from the start chronologically!

The Original Team of the TEEN TITANS was a series that ran through the 60s beginning in 1966 - 1973 and having a comeback in 1976 .

The OG series consisted mostly Robin Wonder Girl Kid Flash and Aqualad with many a cameo from other teens.

You can either read the OG Series but its completely optional it’s pretty outdated and silly but it’s a fun ride even then . In my opinion its best to leave for after you have been endeared to the characters .

If you really enjoy the Silver Age Teen Titans there’s also Showcase #59 before Roy joins and after reading issue #20 you can also read #83 of Brave and The Bold.

After #31 theres TBANB #94 and after #34 theres World Finest Comics #205 ( read at your own discretion - totally optional)

Aswell as BANTB #102 and #149

And the Teen Titans lost annual , silver age teen titans (1-4) & a story ( worlds oldest teenagers ) in the 80 page Flash giant.

All optional

Alternatively just read TEEN TITANS : YEAR ONE.

Some Issues I recommend from the OG Series

- #1 #2 #12 #53 ( last issue )

NEW TEEN TITANS

NTT is arguably the seminal run and its best an absolute mustread . ( at it’s worst ….)

- DC PRESENTS #26 ( totally optional)

- The New Teen Titans Vol. 1

#1-40

- BEST OF DC #18 ( optional again.)

- Tales of The New Teen Titans ( miniseries #1-4 included in the NTT Omnis)

- read the 1st annual after issue #25

- By Issue 40 the series rebrands To TALES Of TEEN TITANS

This continues on from issues #41 to #58 it runs alongside NTT VOL.2 but is set 6 months before.

Read annual 3 as Part of Judas Contract !

- NEW TEEN TITANS VOL.2

#1-49

- TT Spotlight Miniseries !! ( SO GOOD SERIOUSLY)

- There’s also a drug awareness special at some point ( it’s its …. Certainly something) dont ask me because I literally cannot remember what its called its so irrelevant.

NEW TITANS

By this point they remembered that “hey these guys aren’t teens anymore ” and thus renamed it to NEW TITANS . This series started off well enough and quickly devolved into arguably one of the worst runs I ever read.

New Titans #81 is part of War Of The Gods and Annual 7 is part of Armageddon 2001 ( don’t bother ) annual 8 is part OF YET ANOTHER EVENT . Again don’t bother.

It’s pretty much highly recommend giving it up at #70 regardless .

-THE NEW TITANS

#50 - 100

ECTERA -

- running alongside NEW TITANS by 1992 was TEAM TITANS a series so awful I cannot recommend to you in clear conscience but if your a completetionist ( trust me I get it ) It’s there ! It also has an annual.

- TITANS SELLOUT SPECIAL (1992)

- Deathstroke The Terminator

Not strictly a titans related series but I begrudgingly put it here because they show up in here sometimes and also rose gets her start here. But don’t read more than you have to because its. Such a shitty comic 😭.

(Also Jade bombs Quarac in these pages and that gets mentioned alot later )

- NEW TITANS : MELTDOWN

The last decaying remains of NT walks on like a zombie on acid but by #100 all of the NTT crew is gone ( well most Mirage Donna as a Darkstar ect ) and leave to be replaced by an all new government sponsored Titans team lead by Roy.

- NEW TITANS

#0 (ZERO HOUR don’t worry about it) - 130

( IF YOU WANT CONTINUITY FOR KORY Showcase ‘94 #11 )

Theres a secret origins annual someone complained at me about on twitter so ? Theres that too I suspect its the Secret Origins Annual Vol.2 #3 but I will read to see if not.

NT ended with a whole 11 annuals. Alot of crossovers and dip ins to be read side along Donna also shows up in darkstars alot and Kory in Omega Men and Cosmic odyssey its a whole thing none of its obligation.

Ok so I am aware that they aren’t strictly Titans series (it happens after NT ends) BUT PLEASE TAKE a minute to read

The Arsenal Special!! Its a short single issue and BRILLIANT !! It informs a-lot of his character later on as well as of course the actual Arsenal Miniseries.

ALSO THE TEMPEST (1996) a absolute must read also informs basically everything about Garth and arguably his best story ever … just take a minute and read these if you want !!

(Theres also Kyles GL run which features Donna heavily when they were dating or DC Girl Frenzy Donna Troy special #1 or the whole 1996 NW run but they are more complicated and I am getting a bit off track) thats a whole another comic reading guide 😭.

Before the Titans (1999)

TEEN TITANS (Take 2)

Ok so in the 90’s DC decided to start the TT from scratch ( huh see how long this’ll last )

This all new team was comprised of 4 half alien teens and a freshly deaged Atom. It didn’t last very long and while I am VERY fond of it (look at my @ and pfp ) AGAIN you don’t HAVE TO read it

TEEN TITANS (1996)

#1-24

Also a few specials ! And 1 annual

(They also show up in Chase at some point but they dont really do much )

Titans Beat #1

Impulse/Atom DoubleShot #1

Robin/Argent DoubleShot #1

Superboy/Risk DoubleShot #1

Supergirl/Prysm DoubleShot #1

New Year’s Evil : Dark Nemesis #1

JLA/TITANS : THE TECHNIS IMPERATIVE #1-3

Absolute MUST-READ . Literally one of my favourite comics of all time . Also essential because it kickstarts a certain run..

TITANS (1999)

One of If not the best run on Titans ( don’t @ me ) It slowly loses momentum after #26 but I still generally LOVED it . Stellar A++ Titans content !!

( you can also read the Beast Boy #1-4 miniseries prequel . But unless you really love Bette and Titans West it’s not worth it )

TITANS (1999)

#1-50

Also TITANS Secret Files and Origins !!! ( ♥️♥️♥️ )

After #14 you can read Titans/Legion Of SuperHeroes : Universe Ablaze (2000) crossover

YOUNG JUSTICE

OK OK NOW IK THIS ISNT A TITANS OR TT RUN but this gen WILL eventually become TT 2003 ( 😒 ) also optional ofc.

READ YJ 1998

It’s great.

(Minus peter david’s general nonsense)

YJ/TITANS : GRADUATION DAY

Oh brother. Ok so I am pretty salty about this whole comic but it’s essential and has some good moments soo yeah read Graduation Day.

OUTSIDERS/TT SECRET FILES AND ORIGINS ♥️☝️ please read this after Graduation Day It’s heartbreaking and I love it !

TEEN TITANS 2003 - ( until OYL )

After the unfortunate events of graduation day the aforementioned YJ Gen ( - Anita and Greta 😞) and the OG NTT Crew ( Vic Kory Deaged Raven ) join to become …..

TEEN TITANS ( 2003)

( I have mixed opinions on this run some think it a masterpiece some think it awful I generally think it’s…. Fine ? Well not fine but give it a go ( I guess ) I recommend #2-26

- #1-33

After #33 OYL hits

OUTSIDERS 2003 -

Ok so this run isn’t really…. a titans run but it has fantastic Roy and Dick characterisation and KORY JOINS LATER AND SO TECHNICALLY-

#1-33

Read Annual 1 before #46

Don’t bother after Batman shows up unless your really invested.

POST - OYL TT 2003

Ok so I basically consider post OYL TT ‘03 to be a totally different team because… well it is . All of the NTT crew leave and are replaced by a handful of cameos and eventually like Rose Wilson and Kid Devil and because at this point half of the YJ gen is well…dead . It was pretty awful at this point though I find the character interactions endearing. This series remains like that until N52 .

They have crossovers with Red Robin aswell as Wonder Girl Vol.2 .

#33-100

OUTSIDERS/TT 2003 ECTERA

- DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES READ TERROR TITANS . Unless you really love Rose..( like me..)

- RETURN OF DONNA TROY ♥️♥️♥️ !!!! Excellent MUST READ !!!!

- TEEN TITANS : COLD CASE - seriously don’t read this if you don’t have too .

- TEEN TITANS : Spotlight on Wondergirl - awful . Seeing a pattern ?

THEN - TITANS EAST SPECIAL !!

DC SPECIAL CYBORG #1-6 ( optional)

TITANS (2008)

After all the bullshit THEY ARE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN YAY !!!! To bad there’s so much shit going on OUTSIDE of the Titans that ends up fucking over the characters. E.G Bruce dying so Dick has to go be Batman and …. Hell . Fucking Rise Of Arsenal. If you know what happens in that book well yk that Roy ends up relapsing and going down a much darker mindset .

Series swings between being really good and being a mischaracterising MESS.

TITANS ( 2008 )

#1-23

By Titans #12 the Deathtrap crossover starts it goes like this

TITANS #12

Vigilante #5

Teen Titans #70

TITANS #13

Vigilante #6

But eve why did you put it’s end at 23 when Ik for a fact that goes on for #38 issues ????

Oh boy .

Titans : Villains for hire Special #1 before #24

TITANS ( 2008 ) : VILLAINS FOR HIRE

So at issue 23 DC had the genius idea of taking the Titans and …. turning them into a mercenary and hitman group lead by Deathstroke himself ( why ? I wish I knew.) Filled out with hitman and villains and …. Roy who was now really dark and #edgy . Whatever It was bad and a wannabe secret six .

#23-38

Also check out the Robinson JLA run after this.

It isn’t a strictly Titans team obviously but it feels wrong not to add it here.

Teen Titans : Blackest Night

Teen Titans : Brightest Day

Big crossovers but these are the only Titan related ones sooo

However they’re was almost light at the end of the tunnel …. Jericho ( Joey Wilson yes he IS ALIVE ) seemed to have plans to assemble a new TITANS team and reunite their family and Roy well it seemed he was on a path to redemption he was almost there close to moving to recovery and healing and he could do it with—

N52 . POST FLASHPOINT TITANS.

The N52 was bad isnt a particularly outrageous statement but IT WAS EXTREMELY bad in relation to the Titans. Bluntly put none of it ever happened and the only titans ( TEEN TITANS ACTUALLY) that had ever existed were the TT2003 guys . Just them. Fab Five never existed. NTT never existed.And all of the other og TT guys were …… WALLY never existed. Donna was a one note villain Garth was a baby I think… Dick was …. There I guess.. ROY was a dumbed down alcoholic with no purpose other than to gawk at how cool and oh and ahh at Jason Todd . ( KORY …… truly just awful what happened to her ).

You can read the TEEN TITANS N52

They have 2 series . Read at your own peril they’re better if you pretend that the characters aren’t supposed to be … like the characters that they are . ( scott lobbell shouldn’t of been allowed to touch a pen ) Raven isnt as bad as she could’ve been so I will give it that. But Lobell is a sexual harasser so if you are going to read it try and 🏴‍☠️.

There is also RHATO (2011) which I only add because they vaguely alude to some kindof titans team and they have Roy and Kory. But I tell you from the bottom of my heart that this book is so abysmal ESPECIALLY if you cared about Roy and Kory at all. Truly just terrible and not worth anyones time ( also written by Lobell). I will never touch this book again.

-STARFIRE (2015)

Kory got her own solo book which is…hm. Of everything they could do with a kory solo book. It was kindof bland and imo mediocre but hey give it a try.

REBIRTH

- TITANS HUNT ! - WALLY IS BACK

-TITANS VOL.3.

is exactly what I wanted in the first half and then falls on it’s ass and burns like a trash fire . recommend stopping at #20

#1-40

Justice League : No Justice- happens around this time and it was trying to create a new status quo ( uh-huh DC AGAIN ). But you already know from my ramble at the start about that shit.

Teen Titans Special #1 before

TEEN TITANS VOL.3

( also as your reading this read JL #54-55 for context in TT #27 )

“Yeah sure put the 11 year old in charge ”

THAT IS NOT DAMIAN I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. The series starts with Damian leading alot of the OG NTT guys like Kory and Vic + Ace and then it later just becomes Damian + Emiko + Ace and a couple other guys like Crush .

Drowned Earth happens ( not important) but it happens at #28 . And they have a crossover with Deathstroke in

TEEN TITANS / DEATHSTROKE : Terminus Agenda ( it’s a vol ) optional though.

But

- TITANS : Burning Rage

Slots in at this point so !!

#1-7

- Titans Academy

Kindof dips into the show 2003 stuff w red X so you may be a bit confused but it’s fun to an extent.

-#1-15 (ongoing)

- TITANS United

- TITANS : BLOODPACT

I love both of these Bloodpact in particular and it gives me Dickkory back aswell !! Good story and stellar art !!

NIGHTWING #100 - 104 to explain what is going on in

- TITANS (2023) Ongoing

#1-9

Also TITANS:BEAST WORLD I guess 🤷‍♀️

(And Titans: Knight Terrors. )

Mid at BEST . #1-4

- Tales Of The Titans

A miniseries but so far the best Titans content we have gotten IN A WHILE . ♥️ ( sorta )

#1-4

ECTERA -

- NTT GAMES !

stellar art an standalone (?) dubiously canon graphic novel by Marv Wolfman and George Perez !

-TITANS AND NTT CONVERGENCE

worthwhile and exactly what’s on the tin ! Love these gave a happy ending to the Post Crisis universe !

- Teen Titans : Worlds Finest.

wonderful art by Dan Mora . Story is fine

- DC PRESENTS THE UNCANNY X-MEN AND NTT CROSSOVER.

This food is so fucking good Lois.

- TITANS : Paper Scissors Stone

Okok elseworlds Titans book but I remember liking it !

OTHER MEDIA -

- TEEN TITANS ( 2003 THE TV SHOW )

A solid adaptation of … most of the characters please don’t go into this show and come out expecting the same from the comics . Did a lot of good for Terra’s character and influences ALOT of public perception. Just … don’t be annoying about the comics after watching this .

- TEEN TITANS GO

YES IK IK BUT ITS AN ADAPTATION AS WELL DONT JUMP ME.

- TITANS ( TV SHOW)

….I wouldn’t recommend this show too anyone EXCEPT Titans fans who want more content of the team it’s it’s an experience. ( FUCK YOU FOR DOING THAT TO DONNA )

SO YEAH. Feel free to question me if I have forgotten any I don’t have spectacular memory lol

(Probably forgotten some useless event again)

Happy reading ! !

[not-a-mimic]

why is it an important point that alan is very light sensitive and prone to migranes? other than being a disability rep for those of us who cannot function in broad daylight without sunglasses and explaining why the bright lights in aw1 are such a pain to look at (from alan's point of view) but like. it's important.

we see it in the flashback with alice where alan is hangover and seemingly has his sunglasses next to his bed already - a little weird right? and alice mentions them as well - because this is common. because he often needs them. frankly speaking from experience you don't get to the point where the sunglasses become a mandatory bedside fixture unless it's a really bad day often - which must be the case here. we also see then in 'herald of darkness' where "Dark shades could never save the day" and we see alan in shades. it's common for him. he does it often. mood! anyway mr champion of light being sensitive to light is just a funny coincidence right? wrong.

I also suspect that alan's tendency towards full outfits is also a part of this. no sane human wears that many layers in september, and alan specifically covers pretty much all the skin possible without looking weird.  also a lot of his article shots in rose'.... shrine have sunglasses and thick layers as well. this man is SENSITIVE sensitive to light and that's a coincidence I can't ignore in the remedy!verse.

alan was born (as stated in aw2) in 1977 - we don't know when, or where as he moved to new york later. his mother spent most of his childhood in psychiatric facilities, and his father is not only non existent but highly suspiously fictional (the only object we are told alan has of him is the clicker. the fucking clicker. tom zane's clicker that was definitely written into alan's life before he was born and was not a gift from his father proper. frankly we know the least about alan's childhood compared to all other remedy!verse protags - not knowing where or truly when he was born is important because it leaves options.

Light sensitive could be a coincidence - but we thought that about the nightmares too, and they turned out to be important clues. and hell-  *Scratch* is less sensitive to light than Alan is - only flashbangs and the super steong hand flares make him flinch, direct light seems fine unless super powered and normal flares are nothing. alan actively gets headaches from these things and obviously it hurts him. wtf is up with that? when the protection of the dark presence patches up your weakness you have a issue.

theory time:

we know alan is tied to this god damn lake. zane wrote it so - at very least alan was destined to fall in it at the end of aw1. but what if there is more? we also know that alan's darkness became at least the aw2 dark presence which. fine? an endless cycle of destroying yourself while under the impression that that's not yourself. we don't know if the dark presence in aw1 is also this same one, and if it isn't we now know there can be multiple dark entites (implied by Mr Scratch also). if it is then damn alan has issues.

I don't know if its just me but the fact that the small darkness within someone can be escalated out to being the whole larger dark presence at full power feels... off. that feels like it doesn't work with what we know of the entities- unless there was more darkness in alan then originally suspected fueling this presence. the strength of the dark presence born from him combined with the strength of his light sensitivity makes me very suspicious to how human he was originally, and how much of alan is just lake bullshit. if he was a creature or creation of the darkness forced into a human body (perhaps the 1976 awe the andersons fought back in brightfalls wasn't all it seemed. maybe the dark presence or something else was looking for a crack to escape through. maybe it succeeded, but was reborn as a human who was already showing signs at a young age of being light sensitive and also being a parautiltiarian, and a strong one at that.

maybe there was never a father because there was never a mother - linda wake may have found a child on the lake shore and adopted it as her own, not knowing the truth behind its origins. maybe the torchbearers who operated in brightfalls around that time were involved. maybe the reason alan and tom look identical is the dark entity needed human dna when being reborn as a human and zane was there at the right time. could be why other traits are shared, and zane foresaw and influenced the creation of the dark place to get what he wanted (after all it was borrowing from him his face and personality - at very least it could give him wiggle room to escape?)

alan always had... issues. darkness. a lot for a man. so what if its all supernatural bullshit? no one is looking too closely because there is supernatural stuff going on. I'm not sure this man is human, or at least his soul isn't and never was. some darkness wearing a human skin maybe, sensitive to the light but forced to manage it. I don't know, maybe I'm looking too much into this.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

RARITIES FROM THE FIRST ENGLISH WAVE -- NOTHING SHORT OF PURE DAMNATION.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on rare, raw, & recently unearthed live shots of first wave UK punk rock band THE DAMNED, performing live in Redcar, UK, c. November 1976, supporting THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES. 📸: Cindy Stern.

Man, these have gotta be some of the rarest DAMNED pics ever unearthed in recent memory. What is going on with Dave's hair in these?! That's gotta be a new one for me.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3412311323029369103.

[eptodaytommorowforever]

Events In The History And Of The Life Of Elvis Presley Today On The 27th Of July In 1976.

Elvis Presley Community War Memorial Hall Syracuse New York;

 steady stream of flashbulbs illuminated the big hall as Elvis Presley moved through C.C. Rider and I Got A Woman, teasing the heavily-female audience with many of those no longer infamous 'bumps'. The crowd joined in as Elvis Presley broke into Amen and then quieted as the Tupelo, MS. native switched to one of his biggest hits, Love Me. Elvis Presley got acquainted with the crowd early as Charlie Hodge, the only 'scarf man' in show business, provided him with a seemingly-endless flow of baby blue and white scarves. Elvis Presley draped them momentarily around his neck or wiped his thoroughly soaked brow and cast them into the audience. He might as well have been giving out $10 bills the way the recipients reacted.

Many in turn presented him with gifts - handmade items, clothing, yellow roses, etc. - and a few were rewarded with kisses from Elvis Presley's tremendous vocal range manifested itself in You Gave Me a Mountain and minutes later he had 8,400 Bicentennial-oriented men, women and children on their feet with a moving vocal and narrative rendition of America the Beautiful. He turned to a medley of his biggest hits - All Shook Up, Teddy Bear and Don't Be Cruel - but got as much applause from songs he borrowed from Olivia Newton-John and Peggy Lee. Jailhouse Rock, another old favorite and Polk Salad Annie followed before Elvis Presley introduced the talented group of singers and musicians who back him up. The latter served as a rest period for Elvis Presley while at the same time providing the opportunity for solo spots for his guitarists, drummer and piano players.

Elvis Presley got in a few bars of Early Mornin' Rain, What'd I Say?, Johnny B. Good and Love Letters during the instrumental solos and then brought the crowd to its feet with a stirring rendition of a former Timi Yuro hit Hurt, Elvis Presley's latest single. An encore performance of the latter plus a few short bars of Hound Dog brought Elvis Presley to the nostalgic Funny How Time Slips Away and the crowd moved closer with the realization that the concert end was near. Telling the crowd that 'You've been one of the finest audiences we ever worked with', Presley said he'll be back 'if you want me'. A thunderous standing ovation followed, giving Presley his answer, and security men whisked him out of the building as a virtual sea of humanity closed in on the stage. Love live Elvis Presley! Rare Candid Photos Taken Here Of Elvis Presley From This Show Concert By A Fan Audience Member.

A Elvis Presley Female Fans Review Who Attended This Show.

[undying-love]

Interesting interview with the guy who wrote the screenplay for Two Of Us

(I know many of you have already read this, but I still wanteed to share it.)

Q: Do you think it is possible that John and Paul ever spent some real time together (just the two of them) between 1971 and 1980 other than those two occasions?

Mark Stanfield: As far as I know, John and Paul were never actually alone together after the breakup of the Beatles. Paul, of course, often talks about how grateful he is that the two of them re-established some kind of friendship in the months before John died, but that was over the phone. So, unless Paul is keeping a secret, it appears the last time they saw one another was when in 1976 (probably around the time Wings played New York) when John told him to stop coming around without calling first.

Q: What did you do before writing the story? Did you spend a lot of time doing research? If so what books and sources? What TV shows or videos?

Mark Standield: The most valuable books were “Revolution in the Head” by Ian MacDonald; “25 Years in the Life” by Mark Lewisohn; and “Lennon” by Ray Coleman [...] As far as videos, a lot of them I had to obtain on the black market, things like “Let It Be”; the McCartney interview with Charlie Rose from 1991; the Lennon interview with Tom Snyder from 1975; “Wings Over the World”. And then there was the music, which provided the biggest revelations.

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I always wondered what 'revelations" he was talking about, because he does not elaborate (although we can assume. The songs they wrote for each other are pretty telling). It's frustrating how these interviewers never ask follow up questions. He doesn't say, "What do you mean? What revelations?". He never even brings up the kiss in the movie.

By the way, I'm pretty sure Michael Lindsay-Hogg told Mark quite a few things about John and Paul. After all, he saw them interacting quite a bit. I'm pretty sure he, and many others, knew about the "John's princess" nickname, lol. Everyone who saw them interacting must have sensed something. Hell, Yoko just weeks after being in the studio for the first time, said "If Paul was a woman he would have been a great threat, because there is something definitely very strong between John and Paul''. It must have been so obvious if Yoko noticed this in such a shott time.

Anyways, It's very telling that Mark does not say what these "biggest revelations" were. Im pretty sure that most of the people who were close to the Beatles know that there was something going on, but they are too afraid to speak up. That's why a lot of them have said many vague but still suggestive things.

[siriusblack-the-third]

The Marauders: Pranks!

(in no particular order)

31st October, 1971 (First Year): the idiots somehow managed to get Peeves on their side and messed with the feast. Additives to the food had the entire castle running towards the bathrooms. The pipes were clogged for weeks afterwards. They served detention for the entirety of the duration.

31st January, 1973 (Second Year): Sirius tricked the gargoyle that protected the headmaster's study, got into his library and took several rare tomes. Dumbledore only realised when Sirius marched into his office two weeks later and dropped 14 books onto his table, announcing, "I'll be borrowing your books frequently, thank you." Just for the sheer talent of getting through his protective spells, Dumbledore allowed him to do so. However, detention of two weeks was handed out for breaking and entering.

23rd September, 1976 (Sixth Year): everyone woke up to see that the 26ft bronze dragon statue atop the fountain in the courtyard vanished in the middle of the night. No-one has seen it since. Nobody knows where it is. However, every time James or Sirius pass by the fountain, a small smirk curves over their lips. On another (completely unrelated, of course) note, James has an exquisite new pen, made of bronze and covered in a beautiful, intricate dragon motif.

13 December, 1974 (Fourth Year): the entire castle just. Floated up into the air without a warning. Exactly 77 feet off the ground for 77 minutes. It took all four of them three months to hand carve runes into the perimeter of the castle, and before that it took all of August for Sirius to come up with the right rune sequence that would stick a timer to the magic. They didn't serve detention, only because the rune sequence was such a stroke of genius— fourth year students barely knew how to use single runes in magic, let alone sequences long enough to cover a perimeter.

12th May, 1977 (Sixth Year): any time someone touched a goblet, said goblet would turn into purple butterflies. Very pretty, but very frustrating when all you wanted was a drink after a hot day. It turned out that they had mixed a transfigurative potion into the dishwashing water, and McGonagall made James write a paper about his invention. Technically, he earned his Potions mastery before he got his N.E.W.T. results.

4th February, 1976 (Fifth Year): a vicious storm cloud hung over Hogwarts starting from the 4th all the way till the full moon, making it rain sleet and hail non-stop, 24 hours a day. Everything came to a standstill, including Quidditch (James had to be persuaded for this one). Under the pretense of a month-long detention, McGonagall and Flitwick sat Sirius and James down and had them explain the thought process that went into the spellwork— weather magic not only required obscene amounts of raw power, but the steps as well were notoriously difficult to execute.

21st December, 1977 (Seventh Year): at exactly 23 minutes after eleven at night, the entire castle got wrapped up in huge, terrifying thorny branches. They crawled through the hallways, spilled through windows, blocked the doors and crept over the suits of armour. Huge roses— about two feet in diameter— bloomed all over the castle, dark haunting pink in colour. Waking up in the morning was quite a shock for people when they found out the vines had grown literally everywhere and taken over the dorm rooms. The inspiration was Disney's animated Sleeping Beauty, and Flitwick and Babbling both gave the Marauders twenty-five points each for the creativity. They did serve four months of detention, though.

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WARNINGS

do NOT tag w*lfst*r or j*gul*s i mean it i will block you

I do not want anyone calling Sirius or James stupid

If you wanna argue with any of these, argue with the wall. These are headcanons, not reality. Chill.

[ultra-francesca-mercury]

october 22, 1976

The Damned release "New Rose," the first ever British punk single.