#O’Sullivan Legacy

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july Archive 23’ | the O’Sullivans

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The Legacy of Manifest Destiny in American History

Manifest Destiny: The Birth of American Expansionism The term Manifest Destiny first appeared in the July-August 1845 issue of the Democratic Review, in an article titled Annexation by journalist John L. O’Sullivan. It was a concept that came to define a crucial moment in American history, encapsulating the nation’s drive for expansion. O’Sullivan argued that it was the United States’ “manifest…

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Jimmy Magee’s Different Class: A Must Read

Legendary sports broadcaster Jimmy Magee spent over half a century cementing his legacy in the world of sport. The voice that accompanied countless memorable moments from a number of different contests and competitions, Magee earned himself the nickname of “The Memory Man” for his ability to recall almost any event in sporting history. It’s that very memory that makes Different Class: My Favourite Sporting Memories a fascinating read for any sports fan. Written by Magee alongside writer Jason O’Toole, the book is full of sporting moments that Magee himself believes stand apart in a Different Class, as well as Magee’s highly lauded opinions as to who the best of the best are in a wide variety of sports, including soccer, GAA, rugby, boxing, golf, athletics and many more.

As if that weren’t enough, Different Class also features a number of anecdotes from Magee’s personal encounters throughout his travels. Many notables names are mentioned, including Muhammad Ali, Pelé, Eddie Merckx, Maradona, and Matt Busby, just to name a few. And of course, though Magee was born in the United States he grew up and spent much of his career in Ireland, so there’s much mention of many Irish sports stars like George Best, Katie Taylor, Jack Charlton, Seán Kelly, Brian O’Driscoll, Rory McIlroy, Stephen Roche, Roy Keane, Sonia O’Sullivan, and virtually anyone who’s been anybody in the GAA.

Looking for all your sports favorites in one place? Visit our online library at Vibeall or a wide variety of ebooks, audiobooks, music, and more. Accessible anytime, anywhere, from your favorite devices.

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Rami Maleks acceptance speech:

“Oh my God, my mom is in here somewhere, oh I love you lady. My family, thank you for all of this. My dad didn’t get to see me do any of this, but I think he’s looking down on me right now, so this is a monumental moment. ...[It’s] one I’m so appreciative to all of you – to everyone who has had a hand in getting me here. To the Academy, to people who took a chance on me every step of the way. Graham King, Dennis O’Sullivan, everyone at Fox and New Regency, thank you guys so much. I may not have been the obvious choice but I guess it worked out! Thank you, QUEEN. Thank you guys for for allowing me to be the tiniest part of your phenomenal, extraordinary legacy. I am forever in your debt. My crew and my cast, I love you, you are my equals, my betters. I could have never been here without you. I think about what it would have been like to tell little bubba Rami that one day this might happen to him, and I think his curly haired little mind would be blown; that kid was struggling with his identity trying to figure himself out. We made a film about a gay man, an immigrant who lived his life just unapologetically himself. The fact I’m celebrating him and this story tonight is proof that we’re longing for stories like this. I am the son of immigrants from Egypt, I’m a first generation American – and part of my story is being written right now. And I could not be more grateful to each and every one of you, and everyone who believed in me for this moment. It’s something I’ll treasure for the rest of my life. Lucy Boynton, you’re the heart of this film, you are beyond immensely talented, you have captured my heart. Thank you so much.”

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For the week of 1 July 2019

Quick Bits:

Aero #1 is an impressive solo debut for the Chinese original heroine spinning out of War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas in North America and her original stories published in China. The first story is an English adaptation of one originally published in Chinese from Zhou Liefen and Keng, with the adaptation by Greg Pak, letters by Joe Caramagna. The artwork from Keng is stunning. There’s also an original back-up from Pak, Pop Mhan, Federico Blee, and Caramagna that ties in more directly to New Agents of Atlas with Aero learning more about Wave’s origin.

| Published by Marvel

Age of X-Man: Prisoner X #5 concludes another of these minis setting up for the finale in Age of X-Man: Omega. Vita Ayala, Germán Peralta, Matt Horak, Mike Spicer, and Joe Sabino deliver an entertaining story here of Bishop and his crew fighting back against their captor and figuring out who put them in this mess. Gorgeous artwork from Peralta, Horak, and Spicer.

| Published by Marvel

Analog #6 returns from the break with this action-packed start to the new arc. Great art from David O’Sullivan and Mike Spicer. Also, an interesting reveal of what people still do post-Internet.

| Published by Image

Crowded #7 kicks off the second arc as Charlie and Vita try to make their way to Las Vegas. Tons of humour, Charlie continues to be someone that you want to strangle, and Dog may just be the best part of the entire series. I love the art from Ro Stein, Ted Brandt, Tríona Farrell, Katie O’Meara, and Holly McKend.

| Published by Image

Deathstroke #45 begins “Deathstroke RIP” from Priest, Fernando Pasarin, Jason Paz, Wade von Grawbadger, Jeromy Cox, and Willie Schubert. This one deals with the legacy of Slade Wilson in a fascinating manner as Rose tries to fulfill her father’s last contract. There’s also a tie-in to the “Year of the Villain” event with someone here listening to Luthor’s offer. Should be an interesting road ahead.

| Published by DC Comics

Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #1 is very much a continuation of the previous volume of Doom Patrol (with this first issue even including a “Thirteen” chapter heading), but it’s both inclusive and weird enough that it doesn’t overly matter if you’ve read the previous stuff. It helps, but this isn’t a bad place to jump in at the deep end. Gerard Way, Jeremy Lambert, James Harvey, Sajan Rai, and a seemingly uncredited letterer deliver an excellent story here, featuring a weird story on a fitness planet and Cliff dealing poorly with being flesh and blood again.

| Published by DC Comics / Young Animal

Giant Days #52 seems to be setting up how the series may see its exit as Esther travels to London for a job interview. It’s going to be sad to see it end, but John Allison, Max Sarin, Whitney Cogar, and Jim Campbell are ensuring that these final stories contain all of the humour and rich character interaction that has been a hallmark for the book.

| Published by Boom Entertainment / BOOM! Box

The Green Lantern #9 is another excellent issue with stunning artwork from Liam Sharp and Steve Oliff. This one sets up a new multiversal threat while also giving us a fun adventure on an otherwise forgotten corner of the DC Universe in Athmoora. 

| Published by DC Comics

Harley Quinn #63 is another “Year of the Villain” tie-in, with the offer being heard on the last two pages of the book. That pretty much seems to be the theme of these tie-ins, so if you’re not normally reading the books, you might otherwise want to skip them if you’re only interested in Year of the Villain. Apart from that, this is an entertaining story of Harley dealing with her mother’s cancer diagnosis from Sam Humphries, Otto Schmidt, and Dave Sharpe.

| Published by DC Comics

Immortal Hulk #20 continues to build on the confrontation between Hulk, Betty, and the new Abomination adding General Fortean’s forces to the mix directly. It’s fairly explosive, while more horrible and horrifying things seem to be happening on the other side of the Green Door and elsewhere. Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, Ruy José, Belardino Brabo, Marc Deering, Paul Mounts, and Cory Petit continue to deliver Marvel’s best title. Also, there’s an Absolute Carnage teaser from Ewing, Brian Level, Mounts, and Clayton Cowles that gives us a missing body of General Ross and hints at possibly a more nightmarish Red Hulk.

| Published by Marvel

Justice League #27 continues “Apex Predator” from James Tynion IV, Javier Fernandez, Bruno Redondo, Hi-Fi, and Tom Napolitano. It builds further on the new history of Luthor and Martian Manhunter, while the rest of the team continues to try to track down the Monitor and Anti-Monitor.

| Published by DC Comics

Lois Lane #1 is an excellent debut from Greg Rucka, Mike Perkins, Paul Mounts, and Simon Bowland. It focuses well on Lois’ day job, building up on what makes her a creditable threat to shady organizations and the US government alike as she pushes forward to find the truth. A very welcome reappearance of a Questionable character, some topical story threads of the camps at the southern US border, and gorgeous artwork from Perkins and Mounts.

| Published by DC Comics

Red Sonja #6 is the penultimate chapter of this arc with the finale spinning off in the Lord of Fools special. Some interesting developments here as the Zamoran Emperor tries to end the war by offering Sonja a marriage proposal.

| Published by Dynamite

Savage Avengers #3 fully unites the team as Electra and Punisher join the others, complete with an interesting merging for the Venom symbiote. Gerry Duggan tosses out some really great funny lines for this one amidst all of the bloody action.

| Published by Marvel

Sea of Stars #1 is a heartbreaking debut from Jason Aaron, Dennis Hallum, Stephen Green, Rico Renzi, and Jared K. Fletcher. Heartbreaking because it tells the story of a kid and his father, struggling to get by in cruel world through space shipping, and the attack of a weird space creature that tears them apart. Great set-up, beautiful art, and some bizarre events for what happens to the kid.

| Published by Image

Space Bandits #1 is worth it just for the incredible artwork from Matteo Scalera and Marcelo Maiolo. Like Scalera’s work on Black Science, the inventiveness of his art knows no limits and he explores some rich and detailed alien landscapes and characters, with a neat pastel colour palette from Maiolo. This first issue sets up two criminals screwed over by their respective crews.

| Published by Image

Star Wars: Target Vader #1 is a compelling debut that sets up a plot to kill Darth Vader from Robbie Thompson, Marc Laming, Chris Bolson, Neeraj Menon, Jordan Boyd, Andres Mossa, Federico Blee, Erick Arciniega, and Clayton Cowles. This one’s largely a gathering of the team set-up as we follow Valance from Han Solo: Imperial Cadet and learn of an organization running guns against the Empire.

| Published by Marvel

Superman: Up in the Sky #1 begins to collect the original Superman story that was published in those Walmart-exclusive 100-page anthologies from Tom King, Andy Kubert, Sandra Hope, Brad Anderson, and Clayton Cowles. It’s not a bad start, even if it seems a bit weird as to how obsessive Superman seems to be over a missing child stolen from the planet. Some of the best art from Andy Kubert I’ve seen in a while.

| Published by DC Comics

Test #1 is another highly unique and entertaining debut for Vault. Christopher Sebela, Jen Hickman, Harry Saxon, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou introduce us to Aleph, a test subject in some sort of corporate experiment that seems to have some sort of unique powers. Or maybe not. That’s the interesting thing, there are hints that it could all be in Aleph’s mind. Wonderful art from Hickman and Saxon.

| Published by Vault

Thumbs #2 continues this excellent series from Sean Lewis and Hayden Sherman. The world-building in this series is incredible, especially considering how immensely personal it happens to be in regards to being seen through Thumbs’ eyes. The colour scheme in this series of blue-grey washes and hot pink just makes this look and feel wonderfully unique. Also, how the back-up story is presented with spot illustrations and dialogue is a neat use of format.

| Published by Image

Other Highlights: Batgirl #36, Batman/TMNT III #3, Birthright #37, Black Hammer: Age of Doom #11, Captain America and the Invaders: Bahama’s Triangle #1, Charlie’s Angels vs. The Bionic Woman #1, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #6, DCeased #3, Dead Man Logan #9, Descendent #3, The Dreaming #11, Fantastic Four: Prodigal Sun #1, Female Furies #6, Hashtag: Danger #3, Heathen #7, Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand, KINO #17, The Long Con #10, Ms. Marvel Annual #1, No One Left to Fight #1, Old Man Quill #7, Postal: Deliverance #1, The Punisher #13, Secret Warps: Soldier Supreme Annual #1, Section Zero #4, She Said Destroy #2, Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #10, Star Trek: Year Five #3, Star Wars: Age of Resistance - Finn #1, Star Wars Adventures #23, TMNT #95, Transformers #8, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #46, Uncanny X-Men #21, The World of Black Hammer Encyclopedia

Recommended Collections: Conan the Barbarian - Volume 1: Life and Death of Conan Book One, Conan: The Jewels of Gwahlur & Other Stories, Crimson Lotus, Gasolina - Volume 3, Go Go Power Rangers - Volume 4, Hellboy: 25 Years of Covers, Monstress - Book One

d. emerson eddy thinks that it’s a crime against nature to not bake homemade mac and cheese.

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Margot Fonteyn as Ondine 1958 Photo Roger Wood

Last night, 8 June 2019, The Royal Ballet celebrated the centenary of the birth of its most famous ballerina, Dame Margot Fonteyn, who was born on 18 May 1919.

A performance of The Firebird, currently in a triple bill, was followed by a gala of extracts from ballets representing some of Fonteyn’s most celebrated roles.

Another dame, Dame Darcey Bussell, also appeared on stage last night for the first time since her retirement, 12 years ago.

Darcey Bussell, Gary Avis in Fascade, photo Andrej Uspenski ROH

The Royal Ballet Director, Kevin O’Hare said,

The full Company has come together to celebrate the legacy of our Prima Ballerina Assoluta, Dame Margot Fonteyn, born a century ago on 18 May. We are delighted to welcome back another cherished Dame for this important occasion, Dame Darcey Bussell.

Darcey gave her retirement performance as a Principal dancer on the Royal Opera House stage 12 years ago to the very day which makes her appearance this evening all the more touching. She was partnered then in Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth by Principal Character Artist Gary Avis and they appear together again this evening in Frederick Ashton’s Tango from Façade.  Fonteyn gave a wonderful account of this witty number for her 60th birthday gala with Robert Helpmann so it’s very special to revive it for this event that has resonance for both Company ballerinas.

  Margot Fonteyn Roger Wood

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Margot Fonteyn as Odette in the Sadler’s Wells Ballet production

Margot Fonteyn by Roger Wood (3)

Margot Fonteyn as Princess Aurora in the Sadler’s Wells Ballet p

Margot Fonteyn in the Sadler’s Wells Ballet production of ‘Scèn

Margot Fonteyn as Princess Aurora in the Sadler’s Wells Ballet p

Margot Fonteyn as Ondine in The Royal Ballet production of ‘Ondi

  THE ROYAL BALLET

MARGOT FONTEYN

A CELEBRATION

SATURDAY 8 JUNE 2019

THE FIREBIRD

THE FIREBIRD – ITZIAR MENDIZABAL

IVAN TSAREVICH – NEHEMIAH KISH

THE BEAUTIFUL TSAREVNA – CLAIRE CALVERT

THE IMMORTAL KOSTCHEÏ – CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS

THE ENCHANTED PRINCESSES

TARA-BRIGITTE BHAVNANI, MICA BRADBURY, ANNETTE BUVOLI, YUHUI CHOE, HELEN CRAWFORD, LETICIA DIAS, HANNAH GRENNELL, ISABEL LUBACH, KRISTEN MCNALLY, ROMANY PAJDAK, GINA STORM-JENSEN, LARA TURK

INDIANS, KOSTCHEÏ’S WIVES, YOUTHS, KIKIMORAS, THE BOLIBOTCHKI, MONSTERS, ATTENDANTS, PAGES, CAVALIERS

ARTISTS OF THE ROYAL BALLET, STUDENTS OF THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL

  INTERVAL

Thomas Whitehead and Marianela Nunez in The Sleeping Beauty photo by Andrej Uspenski ROH

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

THE ROSE ADAGE

PRINCESS AURORA – MARIANELA NUÑEZ

ENGLISH PRINCE – GARY AVIS

FRENCH PRINCE – NICOL EDMONDS

INDIAN PRINCE – NEHEMIAH KISH

RUSSIAN PRINCE – THOMAS WHITEHEAD

KING FLORESTAN – ALASTAIR MARRIOTT

HIS QUEEN – CHRISTINA ARESTIS

Marianela Nunez in The Sleeping Beauty photo by Andrej Uspenski ROH

NOCTURNE

BEATRIZ STIX-BRUNELL

  THE WISE VIRGINS

ROMANY PAJDAK

Romany Pajdakin The Wise Virgins, photo by Andrej Uspenkie ROH

BIRTHDAY OFFERING

VARIATION

FUMI KANEKO

PAS DE DEUX

SARAH LAMB, RYOICHI HIRANO

Sarah Lamb and Ryoichi Hirano in Birthday Offering, photo by Andrej Uspenski ROH

ONDINE

FRANCESCA HAYWARD, EDWARD WATSON

Francesca Hayward in Ondine, photo Andrej Uspenski ROH

Francesca Hayward in Ondine, photo Andrej Uspenkie ROH

Francesca Hayward in Ondine, photo Andrej Uspenski

SYLVIA

MAYARA MAGRI

ANNETTE BUVOLI, CLAIRE CALVERT, YUHUI CHOE, LETICIA DIAS, HANNAH GRENNELL, CHISATO KATSURA, GINA STORM-JENSEN, LARA TURK

Mayara Magri in Sylvia, photo Andrej Uspenski ROH

DAPHNIS AND CHLOË

ANNA ROSE O’SULLIVAN, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL

Alexander Campbell and Anna Rose O’Sullivan in Daphnis and Chloe, photo by Andrej Uspenski ROH

ROMEO AND JULIET

NATALIA OSIPOVA, DAVID HALLBERG

David Hallberg and Natalia Osipova in Romeo and Juliet, photo by Andrej Uspenskie ROH

FAÇADE

TANGO

DARCEY BUSSELL, GARY AVIS

Darcey Bussell and Gary Avis in Fascade photo Andrej Uspesnski

Darcey Bussell and Gary Avis, Facade photo by Andrej Uspenski ROH

LE CORSAIRE

YASMINE NAGHDI, VADIM MUNTAGIROV

Vadim Muntagirov and Yasmine Naghdi in Le Corsaire, photo Andrej Uspenski

APPARITIONS

LAUREN CUTHBERTSON, MATTHEW BALL

MICA BRADBURY, ANNETTE BUVOLI, ISABEL LUBACH, JULIA ROSCOE, LETICIA STOCK, GINA STORM-JENSEN, LARA TURK, YU HANG, DAVID DONNELLY, TÉO DUBREUIL, KEVIN EMERTON, TOMAS MOCK, ERICO MONTES, AIDEN O’BRIEN, FRANCISCO SERRANO, JOSEPH SISSENS

Lauren Cuthbertson and Matthew Ball in Apparitions

Photos and full programme of Margot Fonteyn, A Celebration with The Royal Ballet Last night, 8 June 2019, The Royal Ballet celebrated the centenary of the birth of its most famous ballerina, Dame Margot Fonteyn, who was born on 18 May 1919.

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💥 The Vinyl District Radar: The Podcast w/Evan Toth, Episode 65 interviews Gilbert O'Sullivan! Thanks to Evan and the team at TVD for supporting O’Sullivan’s 2022 American Tour and discussing the iconic songsmith’s considerable legacy, forthcoming album (this year!) and everything else celebrating the creative process…have a click here and enjoy the podcast: https://tinyurl.com/w87bzcec (hyperlink found on all my other socials) @thenewbmg @bmg_us @bmguk @gilbertosull_ @vinyldistrict https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca0FZpyPg5qGaU2elHBnjqE9fGVDDziILCjUco0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Urban Fantasy Recommendation Masterpost

This is a list of the urban fantasies I’ve enjoyed most over the years, split down a few lines and to be updated as I discover new series. I’m also including contemporary fantasies because the lines often blur. Hope you find something you like on it!

$ for LGBT characters £ for characters of colour € for characters with disabilities * for potentially problematic depictions of the above ! for #ownvoices (all based on my slightly spotty memory, so feel free to correct if I’ve missed something)

World-Focused

or stories that spend most of their time steeping you in the magical world

American Gods - Neil Gaiman £

Shadow Moon gets out of jail and is hired by the cagey Mr. Wednesday to … he’s not really clear, honestly, but it puts him in the path of people who may or may not be gods. Multiple mythologies.

Among Others - Jo Walton €!

A 1980s teen flees her troubled home in Wales to get to know her birth father and attend an English boarding school. Is her mother’s family able to work magic or is it just wishful thinking? Reading science fiction might give her the answers. British folklore and faeries, and a very interesting take on magic.

The Boggart - Susan Cooper

A Canadian family inherits a Scottish castle inhabited by a mischievous boggart—who then stows away and finds himself in Toronto. Scottish folklore.

The Bone Clocks - David Mitchell £

The life of a woman from teen-hood to old age as she lives her life and occasionally intersects with an ancient war between good and evil, fought with telepathy and other things that look a lot like magic.

The Changeling - Victor Lavalle £ !

After his infant son is violently attacked, Apollo Kagwa, used bookseller, descends into the hidden world of New York in search of his vanished wife.

The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin - $ £ ! for race

New York City, newly alive, is being attacked, and six humans, no longer quite human, must do everything in their power to save their city.

the Dark is Rising series - Susan Cooper €*

A group of English kids—four siblings, a seventh son, and a boy who might be a reincarnated Arthur—versus the forces of darkness. Five books, only the last of which includes all the kids. Cornish and English folklores, Arthuriana.

Gods Behaving Badly - Marie Phillips

The Greek pantheon now lives in North London and is as dysfunctional as ever. Artemis walks dogs. Aphrodite does phone sex. Apollo is a washed-out TV psychic who’s just fallen, via Eros, for the cleaning lady—who’s trying to date someone else, thank you very much. Greek mythology.

The Golem and the Jinni - Helene Wecker £

A golem and a jinni both find themselves in turn-of-the-century New York, both literally and figuratively. A beautiful exploration of the immigrant experience, friendship, and identity. Jewish and Arabic folklore.

Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

A mostly-good angel and mostly-wicked demon discover they’ve been training the wrong Antichrist days before the scheduled apocalypse. The real Antichrist wants a dog and to save the whales. Also features a legacy witch, a rookie witch-finder, the Four Horsemen, the Four Other Horsemen, Satanic nuns, and a Queen soundtrack. Christian mythology.

The Hunter’s Moon - O.R. Melling

A Canadian teen visiting her Irish cousin ends up mounting a cross-country road trip to retrieve her cousin who’s run off with the faeries. Irish mythology.

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London - Garth Nix $£

In the summer of 1983, Susan Arkshaw travels to London to find her birth father. What she discovers is a family of magical booksellers, and an Old World that’s very much alive.

Middlegame - Seanan McGuire

Roger and Dodger are exceptionally gifted, telepathically linked, and a little more than natural. James Reed will stop at nothing to use them, or people like them, to get ultimate power. Alchemy, time travel, and portal fantasies are involved.

Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman £

Richard Mayhew has it all: a good job, a hot fiancée, a nice flat. Then he helps an apparently homeless girl with the power to create doors and is pulled into the magical community below London. Nothing will ever be the same.

Of Blood and Honey and And Blue Skies From Pain - Stina Leicht

It’s tough, living in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, and Liam finds it harder than most. No one trusts him, he can’t find work, everyone wants him to choose a side, and to cap it off, he feels like a monster is inside him and knows something inhuman is stalking him and his. The war between the Fey and the Fallen is heating up, and the only people keeping peace are an order of priests—who also, surprise, want Liam’s help. Irish and Christian mythology.

The Sixth World series - Rebecca Roanhorse $£€ ! 

Maggie Hoskie is a Monsterslayer of Dinétah, but she’d rather not be. Even rescuing a kidnapped girl is supposed to be a one-shot deal. But the monster’s a new one, an apprentice medicine man’s attached himself to her, and Coyote’s around, so of course it’s not that simple. Navajo mythology.

Son of a Trickster - Eden Robinson £€ !

Jared’s life sucks. He’s sixteen, living in a crap house in a crap town with crap prospects. He’s paying his dad’s rent with weed money. His mom’s more interested in parties than holding down a job. His only friend’s a pit bull. And just when he thinks that’s as low as it gets, a raven shows up and say he’s Jared’s real dad. Heiltsuk (and other First Nations) mythology and folklore.

Sparrow Hill Road - Seanan McGuire

Rose Marshall, the Phantom Prom Date, the Ghost of Sparrow Hill Road, hitches her way from coast to coast while dealing with paranormal problems and route witches—and avoiding Bobby Cross, the immortal who killed her.

Sunshine - Robin McKinley

Rae is a baker. Tough and practical and smart, but a baker. Who’s just rescued herself and a vampire from captivity using magic she’d half-forgotten she had. Unfortunately, the master vampire’s still after them, the magical police know something’s up, and she just wants to keep being normal. Includes mild, realistic PTSD and a whole lot of delicious desserts.

An Unkindness of Magicians - Kat Howard

The Turning has started in New York and every magician in the city has their own reason for entering the tournament—power, status, acknowledgement, revenge, revolution. The high stakes would be enough for anyone, but it’s starting to look like there’s something suddenly wrong with magic, too.

Witches of Ash and Ruin - E. Latimer - $ £ € *

Dayna wants to be a witch, live her life, and block her OCD thoughts so she doesn’t have to deal with them. Then scary but gorgeous Meiner and her coven roll into town prophesying Bad Things, and a serial killer reappears who seems to target witches and shit. Meet. Fan. Themes of family and abuse.

Ysabel - Guy Gavriel Kay

Ned Marriner’s tagging along with his photographer dad to Provence when he begins to notice magic awakening around him. There’s an ancient love triangle that‘s repeated throughout history, using contemporary locals as proxies—and it’s very interested in Ned, his new friend Kate, and his father’s entourage.

Mystery-Focused

or stories that spend most of their time solving a magical crime

The Arcadia Project series - Mishell Baker $£€ !

Millie’s nearly broke, scarred, a double amputee, mentally ill, and Done with all the BS around that. She’s also despairing of ever resuming her directing career, so when a mysterious woman offers her a job with her temp agency, she’s intrigued. What wasn’t mentioned? She’ll actually be an immigration agent working with the Fae of Hollywood, and one of them’s just gone missing.

the Blood series - Tanya Huff $£€

Vicky Nelson is the pinnacle of the tough, no-nonsense PI—which poses a bit of a problem when she’s hired to catch a “vampire” on the streets of Toronto and then actually meets one. (He writes romance novels.)

the Felix Castor series - Mike Carey $*

Felix Castor is an exorcist. A hard-drinking, down-at-the-heels exorcist in a London brimming with ghosts and demons. Unfortunately, he never seems to get the easy cases where he can just waltz in and play a tune—and his past mistakes might be coming back to haunt him.

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Soul - Douglas Adams

Dirk Gently solves mysteries by wandering around, getting into strange situations, and then connecting dots no one believes even exist. Like time traveling robots and Romantic poets, or rampaging eagles and mold-ridden refrigerators.

The Grendel Affair - Lisa Shearin £

Makenna Fraser is a seer working for Supernatural Protection and Investigations in New York. “Seer” meaning she can spot the ghoulies and ghosties few people can, including her coworkers. When an off-the-books gnome removal turns into a blood-soaked crime scene, she and her partner are handed the case—but will her eagerness to prove herself just land her in hotter water?

the Greta Helsing series - Vivian Shaw $£

Dr. Greta Helsing serves the undead of London. Her best friends are vampires and demons. The boundaries between worlds are thinning, causing all manner of metaphysical trouble. Plays with 1800s horror classics; equal parts sensible, disturbing, and funny.

the Greywalker series - Kat Richardson $£

Harper Blaine prides herself on rationality and unflappability, but after briefly dying on a case, she’s suddenly wrong-footed and seeing ghosts everywhere. In the middle of all that, she’s hired by a mysterious voice to track down an organ that’s more than it seems, and suddenly haunted street corners are the least of her problems.

the Incryptid series - Seanan McGuire $£

Meet the Price family, a close-knit group of cryptozoologists whose mission is to protect and preserve endangered cryptids like dragons, gorgons, and the religious Aeslin mice from humans. They’re also hiding from the Covenant of St. George, a.k.a. why the cryptids are endangered in the first place. Technically paranormal romance.

the Iron Druid series - Kevin Hearne £

Atticus O’Sullivan is a herbalist and seller of New Age paraphernalia by day, two-thousand-year-old druid by night. He thought moving to Arizona would keep him safe from gods bent on revenge. He thought wrong. Multiple mythologies.

Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge - Paul Krueger $£€ !

Bailey Chen is fresh out of business school, broke, and living with her parents. When a childhood friend offers her a job as a barback, she takes it as a stopgap—but then she discovers the secret cabal of bartenders who fight demons using magical cocktails and after that, there’s no looking back.

Moonshine - Alaya Johnson £

Zephyr Hollis, a charity worker and ESL teacher in 1920s New York, and therefore flat broke, takes a side job from a student, Amir, without asking questions. But will the vampire mob, the drug-crazed vamps, Amir’s literal smoking hotness, or her family history do her in first?

Night Owls - Lauren M. Roy $

Valerie is a vampire with a successful campus bookstore. Elly grew up fighting monsters and fearing for her life. When their paths collide via a book in Elly’s keeping, they must unite to prevent said monsters from unleashing hell and then some.

the October Daye series - Seanan McGuire $£€

Toby Daye wants sleep, coffee, and for everyone to leave her alone already—not necessarily in that order. Unfortunately, as a changeling Knight and PI with a knack of finding people and solving problems with maximum chaos, none of those things will ever be easy to come by. Multiple folklores.

the Olympus Bound series - Jordanna Max Brodsky $£

Selene di Silva’s been keeping her head down for a long time, shutting herself off not just from New York, but from the world. (Being a former goddess will do that.) But then she stumbles on the body of a woman who’s been ritually sacrificed and her past as Artemis comes rising up again. Greek and Roman mythology

the Rivers of London series - Ben Aaronovitch $£€

When Constable Peter Grant meets a ghost at a crime scene, it’s only logical for him to take a witness statement. When DCI Thomas Nightingale learns of this, he offers him a job as an auror the sorcerer’s apprentice a valued member of a magically-focused police unit. London, its river goddesses, various magic workers, assorted Fae, and the Metropolitan Police will never be the same.

the Shadow Police series - Paul Cornell $£

Following the mysterious death of a suspect, four Metropolitan Police officers are drawn into London’s sinister magical underworld in their hunt for a killer.

the Smoke series - Tanya Huff $*£

Tony Foster’s found his footing as a PA on a Vancouver-shot vampire show. Unfortunately, the paranormal weirdness that is his life continues and it’s somehow up to him to save the day.

Unholy Ghosts (and following) - Stacia Kane £*

Chess Putnam works as a Church exorcist, partly out of obligation and partly for the pay, which goes to fuel her drug addiction. Unfortunately, no ghosts are nice ghosts and her private life keeps intruding on her cases.

the Watch novels - Terry Pratchett

Ankh-Morpork is the citiest of fantasy cities. Its City Watch is a bunch of misfits. Sam Vimes isn’t putting up with any nonsense. Somehow, they fight crime.

Zoo City - Lauren Beukes £

Zinzi December is a con artist and occasional finder of lost things who lives in the Johannesburg slums with her sloth familiar. Her latest case? Find a pair of missing teen pop stars—before the apparent assassins do.

[auralthicket]

episode 07: women of 20th century folk (01.27.21)

set 1:

Folkal Point -- Lovely Joan -- Folkal Point (Midas, 1972)

Folkdove -- The Wind and the Rain -- Folkdove (Disques Iris, 1975)

Bonnie Dobson -- After the Snow -- For the Love of Him (Mercury, 1964)

Tia Blake and Her Folk-Group -- Wish I Was a Single Girl Again -- Folksongs & Ballads (SFP, 1971)

Cathie O’Sullivan & Cleis Pearce -- The Orange Tree -- High Places (Larrikin, 1983)

Kay McCarthy -- Down By the Salley Gardens -- Stormy Lullaby (RCA International, 1983)

set 2:

Dolores Keane -- The Generous Lover -- There Was a Maid (Claddagh, 1978)

Shirley & Dolly Collins -- Salisbury Plain -- Love, Death & the Lady (Harvest, 1970)

Dayle Stanley -- Windfall -- After the Snow (Squire, 1964)

Jean Redpath -- I’ll Lay Ye Doon, Love -- Frae My Ain Countrie (Folk-Legacy, 1973)

Sibylle Baier -- Girl -- Colour Green (Orange Twin, 2006)

Geraldine -- Long Long Time -- Geraldine (Beltona, 1971)

set 3:

Joan Baez -- Girl of Constant Sorrow -- Joan Baez (Vangaurd, 1960)

Mary O’Hara -- Seoládh Na Ngamhain (Driving the Calves) -- Songs of Ireland (Tradition, 1958)

Reet Hendrikson -- Iirekene -- Reet (Reindeer, 1969)

Flora MacNeil -- An Fhìdeag Airgid (The Silver Whistle) -- Craobh Nan Ubhal: Traditional Gaelic Songs From The Western Isles (Tangent, 1976)

Margaret Barry [, Michael Gorman] -- The Factory Girl -- Her Mantle So Green: Irish Street Songs & Fiddle Tunes (Topic, 1965)

Kitty Gallagher -- Keening Song -- [V/A] Traditional Songs of Ireland (Saydisc/Past Times, 1995)

Dorothy Carter -- Shirt of Lace -- Troubadour (Celeste, 1976)

[itsrattysworld]

Without Prejudice YouTube Allowed Person Seen In Video Abusing Mervelee Myers Get Them To Cyberbully Me To Remove My Copyright Am Main Narrator On Pembroke House Walworth Living Room Fundraising Video LEYF Started It Housing For Women Latest To Target Me With Unlawful Injunction Gag Me To Imprison Evict Me Why Did District Judge Sterlini And Has Think They Get Away Am Writer For Therapy

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[womenofcolor15]

A Whitney Houston Biopic Is In The Works That Has Been Approved By Her Estate & Clive Davis

An estate-approved Whitney Houston biopic is coming down the pipeline thanks to Clive Davis. Deets inside…

An official biopic about Whitney Houston is in the works, following several unauthorized films about her life.

In 2015, Lifetime aired an unauthorized biopic about the late singer’s life and in 2017, Nick Broomfiled released a documentary titled, Whitney: Can I Be Me.

Now, Whitney Houston’s estate is moving forward with an official biopic about the Grammy Award winning singer’s life tentatively titled, I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Since the Houston Estate is backing the project, I Wanna Dance With Somebody will be able to utilize Houston’s music catalog. We're sure Pat Houston is happy.

Music producer Clive Davis will produce alongside Pat Houston (on behalf of the Houston Estate), Primary Wave Music's Larry Mestel, Denis O’Sullivan and writer Anthony McCarten.

With the estate behind the biopic, will they REALLY get down to the nitty gritty? We won’t find out until it’s released, however, they have a bomb writer on their ream. Anthony McCarten (the writer behind the British rock band Queen's biopic Bohemian Rhapsody) will pen the screenplay. Also, film director Stella Meghie, who was behind the Issa Rae romance The Photograph, will direct. She has also directed "Insecure" episodes.

In a statement, producers described the film as “a joyous, emotional and heart-breaking celebration of the life and music of the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom. While being very frank about the price that super-stardom exacted, it will be both the rich and complex saga of the search for the perfect marriage between song and singer and audience, and at the same time the moving tale of a simple Jersey girl trying to find her way back home.”

Both Clive & Pat released statements sharing their excitement over the project: 

"From all my personal and professional experience with Whitney from her late teenage years to her tragic premature death, I know the full Whitney Houston story has not yet been told," Davis, a veteran record producer and Houston's long-time collaborator, said in a statement. "I am so glad that Anthony McCarten has committed to a no holds barred, musically rich screenplay that finally reveals the whole Whitney whose vocal genius deeply affected the world while she fiercely battled the demons that were to be her undoing."

"The Estate of Whitney Houston is more than elated to be involved with a group of people that are as passionate about Whitney's life story as we are. Whitney's legacy deserves only the best that can be given," Pat Houston, Whitney Houston's sister-in-law, said in a statement. "I stand with the hearts of these partners being the chosen ones to produce a film that's uplifting and inspiring to all that loved her, giving you a reason to continue to celebrate The Voice that we all fell in love with and will cherish forever!"

  Before her untimely death in 2012 at the age of 48, White Houston sold more than 200 million records worldwide through her 25-year career. She also copped 6 Grammy Awards throughout her career and brought us classic hits like “I Will Always Love You,” “Saving All My Love for You,” “ I Wanna Dance With Somebody” and “How Will I Know,” to name a few.

Will you be watching THIS Whitney Houston biopic when its released?

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[geopolicraticus]

A Mechanism to Explain O’Sullivan’s Law

For several years now I have been trying to understand the particular configuration of the Overton window today in the advanced industrialized nation-states (primarily in western Europe and North America, though also including Australia and New Zealand) and the lengths that the legacy media will go in order to attempt to preserve the appearance of consensus among relevant social institutions. Why is it acceptable to talk about some ideas and not about others? Why is the vaunted “openness” of liberals and self-styled cosmopolitans resolutely closed to obvious alternatives, which have been stigmatized into an unspeakable oblivion? Is merely the act of mentioning the unmentionable a form of aggression against social norms?

I don’t have answers to these questions yet -- at least, I don’t have have definitive or satisfying answers yet -- but I continue to ruminate over them and perhaps someday I will converge upon an explanation that explains this to my satisfaction. An important point of reference in my search for understanding is an idea due to British journalist, fellow, editor, and political adviser John O’Sullivan, who formulated what has come to be called O’Sullivan’s First Law, which is as follows: 

“All organizations that are not actually right-wing will over time become left-wing.” 

O’Sullivan’s First Law as stated is a law without a mechanism to explain how it functions. It is not enough to know that in contemporary liberal democracy ideologically non-descript institutions will evolve toward the left of the political spectrum, but we want to know why this occurs.

Recently a tweet (I can’t recall whose tweet is was) led me to an interesting and well-written review article that suggests a mechanism for O’Sullivan’s law. The article on the First Things webpage, Politics After Liberalism by Phillip Blond, is a review of The Politics of Virtue: Post-Liberalism and the Human Future by John Milbank and Adrian Pabst, and includes the following observation near the beginning of the article:

“Any attempt not to be liberal seems to descend into something more primitive and dangerous, thereby confirming in the eyes of many the rightness and righteousness of liberal belief.”

I don’t know anything about the book being reviewed other than what I read in the review, and if I were to read the book it might influence my interpretation of this line, but I will resist addressing the fascinating points that the reviewer makes about the book (and there is much that I could say on this score) in order to focus exclusively on this brief quote above.  

How are we to understand the “seems to descend” part of this assertion? What if an episode of seeming to descend into something primitive and dangerous is seeming only and not the reality of descending into something primitive and dangerous? As I have noted elsewhere recently, the distinction between appearance and reality is one of the fundamental ideas of western metaphysics. Do the left and the right hold essentially different metaphysical views, so that their ideological differences follow from and grow out of distinct metaphysics? Is there, or can there be, a metaphysics of political ideology? This is potentially a deep rabbit hole, and one which I may attempt in future to explore.

The more obvious explanation is simply that left and right differently interpret the one and the same political-ideological state of affairs, with the left being more risk averse and seeing a danger in sliding into the primitive and dangerous much more frequently, and the right being much more tolerant of risk and allowing that societies can display a wide range of diversity without slipping into something primitive and dangerous.

In the above paragraph I have employed a couple of dog whistles by invoking tolerance and diversity. These two terms have become shibboleths of the left, but it doesn’t require much interpretive finesse in order to show the right as more tolerant and diverse than the left. Now, I don’t want to descend into the primitive and dangerous game of “Is the right more tolerant and diverse than the left?” which invites an obvious zero-sum game. The question is also shallow and unhelpful. But if we remain at the interpretive level of the left-right dichotomy it is difficult to see how we can avoid it, which suggests the need to penetrate into the metaphysical question of political ideology.  

[stormlit]

dirtymercy​ / mr bridgerton.

   A cackle rose through him in response to sarcasm in her Irish accent, a pleasant combination of sounds to his ears. He had to shield his eyes as he looked up at her, even though the sun wasn’t shining directly upon him through the thick ceiling of clouds above. It was still a bright day, and he was eager to be out in it. With his closest siblings being older brothers ( with responsibilities, at least one of them ) and a younger sister concerned with her new wifely duties, he no longer had his adventuring partners that he’d had in the days of his youth. Of course Benedict could be drawn into a myriad of antics, but the man was rather sullen of late, so Colin thought anyways, and he thrived in more cheerful company. Molly ticked that particular box wonderfully, and though he was entirely aware how improper it was, he didn’t have the energy to expend on caring. Damn the rules! Let us live.

   Besides, he was entirely innocent in this ( for once ). There wasn’t even a whisper of something impolite between them, simply wild laughter and the grip of hands as he helped her over the hedge. As she landed on her feet, he brushed his hands off again. “I haven’t any braces for you either, if that’s what you’re implying. But I am always content to help a damsel in distress,” he added jauntily, and revelled in winning a smile from her at one of his remarks. ( He tended to make as many as possible, for one was bound to land! ) They had privacy now, which afforded them a bit of comfort even out in public as they were. Green eyes glanced around, looking for potential mischief, further spurred by her question. “I do, in fact,” he said readily, attention snapping back to her. “Do you know of the park they are constructing just north of Mayfair?” Apparently one John Nash was in on the construction. Architecture wasn’t Colin’s primary interest – but he did like action. “Fancy seeing it first hand?”

        envy isn’t something molly feels; there’s no point wishing for what you don’t have, as though the grass will be greener if you can just hop the fence, and with a bit of determination and hard work, almost anything is achievable. she certainly doesn’t envy the young women of the upper echelon, with the way they must primp and preen and parade themselves about with the sole purpose of finding a husband. what kind of life is that? not all the gowns in the world could make her want to trade places with a lass like penelope featherington...but there is a part of her that wishes for colin’s freedom, the ease at which he spends his time off adventuring without any pressing worries or responsibilities. what she could do with that; molly reckons she could change the world, or at least help it on its way. she cannot turn it off, the caring, but she can take this small amount of freedom --- she can think of the house she’s staying in, and the good she could turn it into while its owner is off jaunting around the world --- and enjoy it for however long it may last. the company is good. why be greedy for more?

        ❝ call me a damsel again and you’ll see just how helpless i am, ❞ comes the immediate response, and for all this is teasing, molly’s got a mean right hook and she’s not afraid to use it, even on fancy bridgertons. she doesn’t like to be considered weak, to be considered less. she doesn’t like to be talked down to. she doesn’t like a lot of things. knows her own mind, does molly o’sullivan, and those times that she does not are for her alone. nobody's helped by her running round like a headless chicken. sharp she may be, but there’s an open heart beneath that, and a girl who still likes a bit of fun.  ❝ this the one they’re naming after the prince regent? ❞ she’d like to see a molly’s park somewhere. why’s it only the rich who get legacies like that?  ❝ aye, why not? can’t say i’ve ever seen a park be built before. are you interested in this kind of thing? ❞