#Rome and Duddy

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Live Report: Beachlife Ranch Festival 2023 (Day 1)

Live Report: @BeachLifeFest #Ranch (Day 1) Breezy and rustic music at the beach, with world records broken and a grand finale by @JackJohnson @FalconPublicity @theavettbros @BahamasMusic @dfrankenreiter @devonallman @Goodnight_Texas @pillboxpatti

It was a cool but sunny fall day for the first day of Beachlife Ranch, the Beachlife Festival’s rustic, country-leaning sister festival. Taking place at the Redondo Beach pier, the festival shared the basic same set-up as Beachlife, with some small changes. One side-stage became a line-dancing dance hall, different sponsors took up different areas (King’s Hawaiian bread offered free sliders, and…

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Was going through some old book rec posts and came across 'The Golden Ass', which is the only surviving novel from Ancient Rome. I read this ages ago and still remember the protagonist doing a good old Ancient Roman version of a donkey show (he pisses off the wrong person and gets turned into a donkey; the protagonist is not actually a donkey) and escaping danger by having explosive diarrhea (twice). A sorceress also pees on a guy's face, but I can't remember why.

Anyway, just a reminder for those of you who for some reason picture historical people as uptight fuddy duddies.

[brookston]

Holidays 4.11

Holidays

Aliyah Day (Israel)

Barbershop Quartet Day

Battle of Rivas Anniversary Day (Costa Rica)

Buchenwald Liberation Day

Celebrate Teen Literature Day

Cigarettes are Hazardous to Your Health Day

Dandelion Day

Dina Ali Day

Dog Therapy Appreciation Day

Donkey Kong Day

8-Track Tape Day [also 9.15]

Ex-Muslim Day of Visibility

Festival of Unmediated Play

411 Day

Ghodejatra (Kathmandu Valley, Nepal)

Global Meetings industry Day

Global Youth Service Day begins (until 13th)

Good Deeds Day

International Day for Maternal Health & Rights

International Day of Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps

International Louie Louie Day

Juan Santamaria Day (Costa Rica)

Kiss Your Best Friend Day

Laotian New Year

Liberation Day (Uganda)

Love My School Day Margaret River Pro (Australia)

M&M Crisis in Space Day

Milk Day

Most Boring Day

National Board Game Day

National Bone Cancer Day (Indonesia)

National Clean Up Your Pantry Day

National Day of the Sea (Italy)

National Hit Your Friends Day

National James Day

National Living Donor Day

National Marketing Operations Appreciation Day

National Pet Day

National Portfolio Day

National Safe Motherhood Day (India)

Romaine Lettuce Day (French Republic)

Safe Motherhood Day (India)

Submarine Day [also 3.17]

Take Action for Libraries Day

Teach Your Children To Save Day

World Breathing Day

World Parkinson's Disease Day

Write Your Memoirs Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cheese Fondue Day

King Gambrinus Day

National Poutine Day (Canada)

National Ranch Water Day

2nd Thursday in April

Global Remanufacturing Day [2nd Thursday]

World Civility Day [2nd Thursday]

Independence & Related Days

Quixotica (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Slitronia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Uganda (Declared British Protectorate; 1894)

Festivals Beginning April 11, 2024

FIBO (Cologne, Germany) [thru 4.14]

French Quarter Festival (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 4.14]

Grand National (Liverpool, England) [thru 4.13]

The Joy of Sake (New York, New York)

London Coffee Festival (London, England) [thru 4.14]

The Masters Tournament (Augusta, Georgia) [thru 4.14]

Sandestin Wine Festival (Sandestin, Florida) [thru 4.14]

Sustainable One Dinner Series (Los Angeles, California)

Taste! (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

West Virginia Beef Expo (Weston, West Virginia) [thru 4.13]

Feast Days

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (Artology)

Aequinoctium Vernum XI (Pagan)

Aid, Abbot in Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Anahit (Goddess of Love & Lunar Power; Ancient Armenia)

Annual $30 Donation Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Antipas of Pergamum (Greek Orthodox Church)

Aristarchus (Positivist; Saint)

Barsanuphius (Christian; Saint)

Bartholomeus Strobel (Artology)

Breadmaking Day for Diana (Ancient Rome)

Cashier Anal Sex Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Cheese Fondue Day (Pastafarian)

Gambrinus (Christian; Saint) [beer, brewers] *

Gemma Galgani (Christian; Saint)

Godeberta (Christian; Saint)

Guthlac of Crowland (or Croyland; Christian; Saint)

George Selwyn (Anglicanism)

James-Baptiste Isabey (Artology)

John Nash (Artology)

Leo the Great, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Maccai (Christian; Saint)

Myrtle Day (Everyday Wicca)

Nehelenia (Matron of Sea-Farers; Celtic Book of Days)

Paul Henry (Artology)

Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz (Muppetism)

Stanislaus of Szczepanów (Christian; Saint)

Terribly Sensible Day (Pastafarian)

Islamic Moveable Calendar Holidays

Eid al-Fitr celebrations continue (Islam)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fatal Day (Pagan) [8 of 24]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [15 of 32]

Prime Number Day: 101 [26 of 72]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, by Piers Paul Read (True Story; 1974)

Anger Management (Film; 2003)

Archduke Trio, Piano Trio in B-flat Major, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Trio; 1814)

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, by Mordecai Richler (Novel; 1959)

Be-Bop-a-Lula, recorded by Gene Vincent (Song; 1956)

Cat Trouble (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1947)

Don’t Trust the B—— in Apartment 23 (TV Series; 2012)

Edens Zero (Anime TV Series; 2021)

Factotum, by Charles Bukowski (Novel; 1975)

Follow That Dream (Film; 1962)

For Your Eyes Only, by Ian Fleming (Short Stories; 1959) [James Bond #8]

From Me to You, by The Beatles (Song; 1963)

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Novel; 1965)

Grosse Point Blank (Film; 1997)

I’m a Big Shot Now (WB MM Cartoon; 1936)

Jailbird, by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel; 1980)

Josie and the Pussycats (Film; 2001)

Joey Street, by Frances Parkinson Keyes (Novel; 1951)

Making Good (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)

Marty (Film; 1955)

My Friend Irma (Radio Series; 1947)

The Nevers (TV Series; 2021)

Nick Carter, Master Detective (Radio Series; 1943)

Off Beat (Film; 1986)

Oops!… I Did It Again, by Britney Spears (Song; 2000)

The Pink Panther (Film; 1964)

Rio 2 (Animated Film; 2014)

Riscio (a.k.a. The Double Take), by Ian Fleming (James Bond Short Story; 1960)

The Salzburg Connection, by Helen MacInnes (Novel; 1969)

Singin’ in the Rain (Film; 1952)

St. Matthew Passion, by Johann Sebastian Bach (Oratorio; 1727)

Strangers in the Night, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1966)

Supersonic, by Oasis (Song; 1994)

This Note’s For You, by Neil Young (Album; 1988)

Thomas Harris (Writerism)

Tokyo Revengers (Anime TV Series; 2021)

The Wall, by Marlen Haushofer (Novel; 1963)

Witch Crafty (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1955)

Today’s Name Days

Hildebrand, Stanislaus (Austria)

Filip, Izak, Stana, Stanislav (Croatia)

Izabela (Czech Republic)

Leo (Denmark)

Hurme, Hurmi, Urmi (Estonia)

Minea, Minka, Verna (Finland)

Stanislas (France)

Hildebrand, Reiner, Stanislaus (Germany)

Antipas (Greece)

Leó, Szaniszló (Hungary)

Gemma, Isacco, Stanislao (Italy)

Hermanis, Ira, Irida, Vilmars (Latvia)

Daugailė, Leonas, Vykintas (Lithuania)

Ulf, Ylva (Norway)

Filip, Herman, Jaromir, Leon, Marek (Poland)

Antipa, Calinic, Farmutie (Romania)

Július (Slovakia)

Estanislao, Gema, Gemma, Isaac (Spain)

Ulf, Ylva (Sweden)

Yaromyr (Ukraine)

Alger, Algernon, Ari, Ariel, Arielle, Arion, Leo, Leon, Leonel, Leona, Leontine, Lionel (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 102 of 2024; 264 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 15 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 3 (Yi-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 3 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 2 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 12 Cyan; Fryday [12 of 30]

Julian: 29 March 2024

Moon: 11%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 18 Archimedes (4th Month) [Eratosthenes]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 24 of 92)

Week: 2nd Week of April

Zodiac: Aries (Day 22 of 31)

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Holidays 4.11

Holidays

Aliyah Day (Israel)

Barbershop Quartet Day

Battle of Rivas Anniversary Day (Costa Rica)

Buchenwald Liberation Day

Celebrate Teen Literature Day

Cigarettes are Hazardous to Your Health Day

Dandelion Day

Dina Ali Day

Dog Therapy Appreciation Day

Donkey Kong Day

8-Track Tape Day [also 9.15]

Ex-Muslim Day of Visibility

Festival of Unmediated Play

411 Day

Ghodejatra (Kathmandu Valley, Nepal)

Global Meetings industry Day

Global Youth Service Day begins (until 13th)

Good Deeds Day

International Day for Maternal Health & Rights

International Day of Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps

International Louie Louie Day

Juan Santamaria Day (Costa Rica)

Kiss Your Best Friend Day

Laotian New Year

Liberation Day (Uganda)

Love My School Day Margaret River Pro (Australia)

M&M Crisis in Space Day

Milk Day

Most Boring Day

National Board Game Day

National Bone Cancer Day (Indonesia)

National Clean Up Your Pantry Day

National Day of the Sea (Italy)

National Hit Your Friends Day

National James Day

National Living Donor Day

National Marketing Operations Appreciation Day

National Pet Day

National Portfolio Day

National Safe Motherhood Day (India)

Romaine Lettuce Day (French Republic)

Safe Motherhood Day (India)

Submarine Day [also 3.17]

Take Action for Libraries Day

Teach Your Children To Save Day

World Breathing Day

World Parkinson's Disease Day

Write Your Memoirs Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cheese Fondue Day

King Gambrinus Day

National Poutine Day (Canada)

National Ranch Water Day

2nd Thursday in April

Global Remanufacturing Day [2nd Thursday]

World Civility Day [2nd Thursday]

Independence & Related Days

Quixotica (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Slitronia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Uganda (Declared British Protectorate; 1894)

Festivals Beginning April 11, 2024

FIBO (Cologne, Germany) [thru 4.14]

French Quarter Festival (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 4.14]

Grand National (Liverpool, England) [thru 4.13]

The Joy of Sake (New York, New York)

London Coffee Festival (London, England) [thru 4.14]

The Masters Tournament (Augusta, Georgia) [thru 4.14]

Sandestin Wine Festival (Sandestin, Florida) [thru 4.14]

Sustainable One Dinner Series (Los Angeles, California)

Taste! (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

West Virginia Beef Expo (Weston, West Virginia) [thru 4.13]

Feast Days

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (Artology)

Aequinoctium Vernum XI (Pagan)

Aid, Abbot in Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Anahit (Goddess of Love & Lunar Power; Ancient Armenia)

Annual $30 Donation Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Antipas of Pergamum (Greek Orthodox Church)

Aristarchus (Positivist; Saint)

Barsanuphius (Christian; Saint)

Bartholomeus Strobel (Artology)

Breadmaking Day for Diana (Ancient Rome)

Cashier Anal Sex Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Cheese Fondue Day (Pastafarian)

Gambrinus (Christian; Saint) [beer, brewers] *

Gemma Galgani (Christian; Saint)

Godeberta (Christian; Saint)

Guthlac of Crowland (or Croyland; Christian; Saint)

George Selwyn (Anglicanism)

James-Baptiste Isabey (Artology)

John Nash (Artology)

Leo the Great, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Maccai (Christian; Saint)

Myrtle Day (Everyday Wicca)

Nehelenia (Matron of Sea-Farers; Celtic Book of Days)

Paul Henry (Artology)

Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz (Muppetism)

Stanislaus of Szczepanów (Christian; Saint)

Terribly Sensible Day (Pastafarian)

Islamic Moveable Calendar Holidays

Eid al-Fitr celebrations continue (Islam)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fatal Day (Pagan) [8 of 24]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [15 of 32]

Prime Number Day: 101 [26 of 72]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, by Piers Paul Read (True Story; 1974)

Anger Management (Film; 2003)

Archduke Trio, Piano Trio in B-flat Major, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Trio; 1814)

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, by Mordecai Richler (Novel; 1959)

Be-Bop-a-Lula, recorded by Gene Vincent (Song; 1956)

Cat Trouble (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1947)

Don’t Trust the B—— in Apartment 23 (TV Series; 2012)

Edens Zero (Anime TV Series; 2021)

Factotum, by Charles Bukowski (Novel; 1975)

Follow That Dream (Film; 1962)

For Your Eyes Only, by Ian Fleming (Short Stories; 1959) [James Bond #8]

From Me to You, by The Beatles (Song; 1963)

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Novel; 1965)

Grosse Point Blank (Film; 1997)

I’m a Big Shot Now (WB MM Cartoon; 1936)

Jailbird, by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel; 1980)

Josie and the Pussycats (Film; 2001)

Joey Street, by Frances Parkinson Keyes (Novel; 1951)

Making Good (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)

Marty (Film; 1955)

My Friend Irma (Radio Series; 1947)

The Nevers (TV Series; 2021)

Nick Carter, Master Detective (Radio Series; 1943)

Off Beat (Film; 1986)

Oops!… I Did It Again, by Britney Spears (Song; 2000)

The Pink Panther (Film; 1964)

Rio 2 (Animated Film; 2014)

Riscio (a.k.a. The Double Take), by Ian Fleming (James Bond Short Story; 1960)

The Salzburg Connection, by Helen MacInnes (Novel; 1969)

Singin’ in the Rain (Film; 1952)

St. Matthew Passion, by Johann Sebastian Bach (Oratorio; 1727)

Strangers in the Night, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1966)

Supersonic, by Oasis (Song; 1994)

This Note’s For You, by Neil Young (Album; 1988)

Thomas Harris (Writerism)

Tokyo Revengers (Anime TV Series; 2021)

The Wall, by Marlen Haushofer (Novel; 1963)

Witch Crafty (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1955)

Today’s Name Days

Hildebrand, Stanislaus (Austria)

Filip, Izak, Stana, Stanislav (Croatia)

Izabela (Czech Republic)

Leo (Denmark)

Hurme, Hurmi, Urmi (Estonia)

Minea, Minka, Verna (Finland)

Stanislas (France)

Hildebrand, Reiner, Stanislaus (Germany)

Antipas (Greece)

Leó, Szaniszló (Hungary)

Gemma, Isacco, Stanislao (Italy)

Hermanis, Ira, Irida, Vilmars (Latvia)

Daugailė, Leonas, Vykintas (Lithuania)

Ulf, Ylva (Norway)

Filip, Herman, Jaromir, Leon, Marek (Poland)

Antipa, Calinic, Farmutie (Romania)

Július (Slovakia)

Estanislao, Gema, Gemma, Isaac (Spain)

Ulf, Ylva (Sweden)

Yaromyr (Ukraine)

Alger, Algernon, Ari, Ariel, Arielle, Arion, Leo, Leon, Leonel, Leona, Leontine, Lionel (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 102 of 2024; 264 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 15 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 3 (Yi-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 3 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 2 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 12 Cyan; Fryday [12 of 30]

Julian: 29 March 2024

Moon: 11%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 18 Archimedes (4th Month) [Eratosthenes]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 24 of 92)

Week: 2nd Week of April

Zodiac: Aries (Day 22 of 31)

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Cactus Cool - EP - Rome & Duddy

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Water (Ethan x MC)

Warning: NSFW, 18+

A/N: I finally finished the Miami shower sex fic. It’s roughly ~5K words of nonsense, 60% is filth, and the urge to re-write it is strong, but here it is.

Enjoy!

~v~

Being in Miami with Naomi unnerves Ethan in ways he can’t articulate. They aren’t in the confines of the hospital, bound by the strict boss and subordinate boundaries he’s attempted to set for them. And while they’re in the city for a medical conference, he can’t help but feel like he’s just Ethan and she’s just Naomi.

Her presence is overwhelming and intoxicating. From the way she took charge and ordered them drinks on the plane, to the way her luggage spills over their shared hotel suite despite being checked in for less than 3 hours, to the way it feels effortless just walking along the beach with her, Ethan can’t escape her and the role she’s slipped into feels too familiar and comfortable, which actually gives off the opposite effect. It terrifies him.

“We’re in Miami, for goodness’s sake, our hotel is literally on the water, and we are going to the beach,” is what Naomi told him after she slipped out of her plane clothes and put on something more appropriate for the warm Miami weather. She didn’t give him any time to object–and boy did he want to–before catching his wrist and dragging him out of their hotel room.

And that’s how he ended up taking a walk on the beach, the hot sand sticking to his toes, Naomi by his side. For reasons he’s not ready to face, he can’t say no to her and it’s infuriating. But on the flip side, the way her cheeks turn up and eyes sparkle at the enjoyment of the little things like this make his insides twist, and he’s a prisoner to her happiness.

“Come on, we’re hundreds of miles away from the hospital, the beautiful sun is beaming down on us, and there’s nothing but warm sand and ocean breeze around us. You have to admit that this is nice,” Naomi urges, poking Ethan in between the ribs.

They came to Miami on a mission, and that was to get help for Naveen and also fulfill his duties to the hospital. Frolicking on the beach was nowhere on the agenda.

“We’re here for work. And besides, I could be spending this time catching up on sleep or enjoying our air conditioned suite. That’s my definition of nice.”

“I swear, you probably came out of the womb a grumpy old man,” Naomi teases. “At least try to unwind.”

“The fact that you managed to drag me out here is testimony enough, don’t you think?”

“Nope,” Naomi says, leaving no room for debate. This is one of those times where Ethan isn’t all that enamored by her stubbornness.She sits down in the sand, throwing down her sandals. She extends a hand, and after a few seconds Ethan sighs and begrudgingly accepts it, allowing her to pull him down as well.

“Now close your eyes,” Naomi orders, watching Ethan closely to see if he listens. Once he realizes that she isn’t going to stop glaring at him, he closes them. “Thank you.”

“I’m only doing this so you’ll eventually leave me alone.”

“Always the fuddy duddy. Can you sit in complete and utter silence for 10 seconds? Please?”

Something about the way she says that word only adds to the list of things she does that make him uneasy. Only because he hates the way he responds to her plea, something stirring in the pit of his stomach.

It’s hard for him to handle the stillness of the moment. He’s gotten too used to always moving, always having something to do, but he sucks it up and tries.

“When was the last time you took a vacation?” Naomi asks.

“Is it bad to say I don’t know?”

“Yes. I’d kill to have your vacation days.”

“Well what about you?”

“I went to Aspen with my family for Christmas last year,” Naomi replies. “We used to go on at least one vacation a year when I was a kid. I don’t know how much of that I’ll be doing with my residency, but it’s nice to get away, even if it’s for a few days, you know?”

“I do. I think it’s been a solid three years since I had a real vacation. I went to Italy.”

“Rome?”

“Florence.”

“Did you have fun?”

“Of course.” Ethan feels her thumb trace a circle on the inside of his palm, and that’s when he notices that they never stopped holding hands when she pulled him down, and his pulse skitters. Part of him believes Naomi doesn’t notice she’s doing it, so he stays silent.

“Do you speak Italian?”

“I’m fluent in all of the Romance languages,” Ethan admits.

Naomi scoffs and playfully nudges him with her shoulder. “No one likes a show-off, polyglot.”

“What about you?”

“I speak very minimal French. My grandma taught me some basics when I was a kid and spent my summers with her, and I tried to fine tune my skills in high school, but I’m not fluent.”

This is the first time he’s heard her talk about her family, even a little bit, and he clings to the information as if it’s precious.

This time when the conversation tapers, Ethan actually doesn’t mind the silence, and he revels in the presence of the pretty intern beside him, her hand still warm in his.

“I should’ve booked you a spa treatment,” is how Naomi eventually breaks the silence. Ethan’s eyes snap up and he stares at her. “What?”

“I don’t think I’m a spa treatment kind of guy.”

“The sauna could be nice. Or a mud bath.”

“You’re such a comedian, Rookie.”

“I’m serious!” Naomi leans forward and presses her thumb between his eyebrows, gently massaging the crease. “I think a day at the spa would be good for you. Relatively speaking, you’re too young to be getting wrinkles.”

“What does that mean, relatively speaking?”

“You’re young in comparison to the average life span, but compared to me you’re…”

Ethan raises an eyebrow in challenge. “Are you trying to call me old?”

“It’s fine,” Naomi assures him. “Lucky for you, I like older guys.”

As soon as the words leave her mouth, Naomi realizes her grave mistake. She’s said too much, revealed her slip, and the double meaning of the sentence hangs in the air between them. Ethan’s eyes widen. His eyes fall on their still interlocked fingers before flitting back to her face, and that’s when Naomi notices that they’ve been holding hands. This entire time.

Ethan leans forward, until their faces are mere centimeters apart. Feeling bold, he takes one of her loose ringlets, curling it around his finger.

“Ethan, I–”

He stands so abruptly, Naomi almost falls over but she catches herself with her hands.

Ethan clears his throat, trying to center himself. What the hell was he thinking, nearly kissing his intern? How did he get so caught up that he almost crossed that line?”

Naomi stands up, wiping off the back of her shorts. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing is wrong, Dr. Valentine.”

The name change feels like a physical strike. He hasn’t called her by her formal title the entire time they’ve been out here, but now she’s back to Dr. Valentine?

“Are you sure because I could’ve sworn that you were about to–”

“You know what? I think I’ve had enough of this beach excursion for the day, and I’m going to rest before we have to go to the party later on?”

A party? Where the fuck did that come from? “Ethan, slow down. A party? What party are you talking about?”

“Every year there’s a party hosted in conjunction with the party. It’s a black tie event, so please dress accordingly. See you later.”

His long legs carry him away before she can even reply, and he’s trudging back to the hotel, leaving Naomi more confused than she was ten minutes ago.

They were sharing a moment and Ethan was going to kiss her…right? This isn’t some fever dream, she didn’t just make that up, it is a fact. And just as fast as they were connecting, he put up a wall and shut her out.

She sits down again, ruminating over the situation and trying to wrap her head around it all.

After a while, annoyance forms in the pit of her stomach. Ethan doesn’t get to just play with her like a ping pong. And if she misread the situation, he should be big enough to tell her that to her face, not run off. And the more she thinks about it, the more she stews, and the annoyance turns into anger simmering under her skin. She stands, brimming with righteous indignation. He doesn’t get to walk away from her, and she’s going to tell him as such.

The trek back to the hotel only makes her angrier, because she only has time and opportunity to think, especially with the long elevator ride up to their suite. Once she makes it to the room and the door shuts behind her, she hears some shuffling around coming from the en-suite as well as running water.

“Ethan, I don’t know who the hell you think you are, but you need to explain whatever that was on the beach,” Naomi starts. She doesn’t get an immediate response from him. “The walls aren’t that freaking thick, I know you can hear me.” She inches closer to the door and notices that it’s been left slightly ajar. “And you left the door open, genius. Now I really know you can hear me.”

Maybe the walls really are that thick because she thinks she hears him talking, but it’s muffled. She almost lets it go until she hears a gruff, “Naomi!” come from the other side of the door.

So he can hear her. Good! Because she has a lot to say. She doesn’t give it a second thought, she charges towards the bathroom and forcefully pushes open the door.

What on earth was she thinking, barging into the bathroom like a bat out of hell?

The correct answer to that is she wasn’t thinking, fueled only by her need to argue with the infuriating man who left her on the beach like an idiot.

And now she’s standing in front of him and he’s stark naked.

The professional clothes and the white coat he wears at the hospital do an amazing job of keeping him contained, but here in this bathroom, Naomi realizes for the first time just how massive this man is. Tall isn’t enough of a description. His wide shoulders lead down to powerful arms, all corded muscle and tension. His chest, those defined pecs and a six-pack. Of course he’d be built like this underneath those clothes. Like a Greek fucking god. Of course.

That still isn’t what steals her breath straight from her body. It’s his hand, strong and powerful, wrapped around the base of his cock.

She should really say something. Apologize profusely. Beg to keep her spot in the competition, beg to keep her job at Edenbrook period. But she can’t. Any form of coherent or rational thought has been banished from her brain, and this soaking wet image of her boss is the only thing running through her mind.

Dr. Ethan Ramsey masturbates.

And if he’s still thinking about the moment they shared less than an hour ago, coupled with the fact that she heard him call out her name, it’s safe to assume that Dr. Ethan Ramsey masturbates to thoughts of her.

The realization makes her flame, and Naomi swears her body temperature has spiked to near feverish. And the fact that Ethan isn’t doing anything to right the situation—putting his hands in a more appropriate place, saying something, yelling at her to leave—only makes things more insane. He keeps his eyes fixed on her, his gaze so intense, she swears he can see her brain.

The angel on Naomi’s shoulder is screaming at her to stop gawking at him like some fish out of water, but she can’t. Now that she’s seen him, really seen him, she doesn’t know how she’ll ever go back to him being anything other than this, six feet, five inches, 200 pounds of pure unadultered sex.

The urge to touch him is so strong, she doesn’t think she’ll be able to do anything else until her hands are on him.

Swallowing whatever nerves are trying to creep up, Naomi takes a tentative step forward, and reaches for the glass door. The glass pane slides away so slowly, she almost wonders if it’s her subconscious giving her enough time to bolt before she makes even more of an ass of herself, but she ignores whatever annoying voice in her head is telling her to go.

“I’m not an idiot, Ethan. I’m not naive, and I’m not blind.” Naomi takes another step forward, the steam of the shower and a light spray of warm water hitting her face. Gingerly, her hand finds purchase on his chest, and they settle on his left pec.

His heart is beating so wildly, Naomi actually gasps at the erratic thumping beneath her fingertips. “Naomi–”

“I was so confused earlier,” Naomi confesses. “I thought you and I had been vibing these past few weeks, I thought you and I actually had something. And then we had our near first kiss earlier, but you pushed me away and ran off faster than a lightning strike, and I was hurt, and convinced that I completely misread the situation. So imagine my surprise when I walk in on this. You are horribly affected by me.”

“Naomi.” The way he says her name is so much rougher than it was previously, and it sends a shiver down her spine. Yup. So affected.

“It’s okay though, you don’t even have to say anything,” she continues. Taking Ethan’s free hand, she places it on her own chest so Ethan can feel her own erratic heartbeat. “Because trust me, I feel the exact same way.”

He doesn’t say anything else, opting to pull her in by the front of her t-shirt instead, what very little restraint he had over himself gone in this instant. The full blast of water comes as a shock, but Naomi can’t even react to it before Ethan slants his mouth over hers, pulling her into a bruising kiss.

The first thing she notices is just how rough his stubble is as it scrapes her mouth. The second thing is she probably would have fallen over due to how forcefully he pulled her into the shower, and she’s thankful his grip on her is as tight as it is.

Fireworks. A million fireworks going off at the same time. That’s what kissing Ethan feels like.

He sets the pace, but she kisses him back with just as much fervor. He kisses her like they have all the time in the world and none at all, passionate and intense, like he wants to devour her.

Her lungs protest against this endeavor, practically begging her to inhale something other than Ethan. But she doesn’t want to stop kissing him, even if it’s just for a second.

Thankfully Ethan makes the first move to separate them, breaking the kiss. His tongue licks along her neck and her head falls back in pleasure. So caught up in their kiss, it’s easy for Naomi to forget that she’s fully clothed, Ethan tugging at the fabric of her shirt quickly reminding her.

The water has the clothes clinging to her like a second skin, and Naomi giggles at the frustrated huffs Ethan lets out in his quest to undress her. The giggle turns into a full on squeal as she hears the telltale sound of a rip as her t-shirt ends up on the shower floor, followed by her shorts, and Naomi has to kick off her sandals to assist.

Once her clothes are in a sopping wet heap on the floor, Ethan regains control of the situation. Naomi’s back is pressed against the cold marble wall and Ethan’s mouth is on hers again, bruising and hard. It’s almost like he wants to punish her through his kisses.

“I have tried my absolute hardest to keep you at arms length,” is the first full sentence he’s said since Naomi entered the bathroom. “I compartmentalize my feelings for you, I am constantly reminding myself of our power dynamic. And you just keep inching your way closer at every single turn despite my best efforts.”

Naomi hums in reply. “Maybe you shouldn’t have been trying to keep me away in the first place.”

He’s kept her away because he knew. Ethan knew Naomi would find a way to get under his skin, leaving him to feel open and raw like he just got scrubbed with sandpaper. Having her like this is a fantasy come true, and he knows without a shadow of a doubt that once this line is crossed, he’ll never want to go back. He can be a selfish bastard sometimes.

“If we do this then–”

“I’m a big girl, Ethan,” Naomi assures him. One of her hands reaches in the tiny space between them, and she grips his erection. Ethan shudders and leans forward, crowding her space even more as she strokes him at a leisurely pace. “And we can talk about all of the messy stuff later, but right now, talking is the last thing on my mind.”

“Alright, Rookie. Enough talking.”

Her underwear is off before another word can be uttered.

Naomi isn’t sure what she was expecting, but he slides two fingers inside of her before she can think, and the sharp intrusion leaves her gasping. Ethan doesn’t treat her with kid gloves, the quite opposite actually. Whatever sound she’s going to make, he quickly swallows with a kiss.

Naomi is expressive. It’s one of the first things Ethan noticed about her. She’s going to be seen and heard at all times, and that extends to the bedroom. And since he has effectively cut her off with a kiss, Naomi sinks her nails into him, one set on his shoulder, the others raking through his hair, urging him to continue his ministrations. Good.

He breaks the kiss, leaving a trail of tiny kisses and bites along her jaw, neck, and collarbone, paying special attention to her nipples, lavishing them with his tongue. He drops to his knees in front of her, urging her to lean backwards against the wall behind them and Naomi does so without an ounce of hesitation.

The one hand not currently playing her like a fiddle runs along the smooth expanse of her curves, tracing every dimple and mark he can find. He does this until his eyes fall on the tiny tattoo marking her skin, resting on her hip. “I never took you as a tattoo kind of girl.”

“I have a few secrets left to tell, Ramsey.”

“Why on your hip?”

“My parents would’ve killed me if I got it somewhere visible,” Naomi explains breathlessly as Ethan continues to stroke her, slowly coaxing her towards an orgasm.

Ethan places a kiss on her left hip, right below the tattoo as if it’s to be revered before sucking a mark on it. Something to remember him by.

“Naomi?”

“Hmm?”

“Eyes on me,” Ethan commands her. It’s a tough task because the steam and the water have made it difficult to see and she would enjoy nothing more than to close her eyes and fully revel in what he’s doing to her, but they manage to lock eyes. “Good girl.”

The first swipe of his tongue against her makes her legs buckle, but thankfully Ethan keeps her upright.

His fingers curl inside of her, and Naomi swears her vision goes blurry for a second, but not once do her eyes waver from his. Ocean blue irises hold her gaze, and she feels like they’re burning her from the inside out. Everything is hot, too hot, but at the same time she feels like she might go insane without it.

The strokes are slow and languid. In, out, curl, twist, keeping pace with the way his tongue laves against her clit. Soon her breathless whimpers become more ragged, more labored and she grabs a handful of Ethan’s hair, tugging it so hard, she’d worry about actually pulling it out if she cared about anything other than finding the edge of the cliff he’s so close to pushing her off. Ethan can tell she’s close. The incessant tugging at his scalp, the increasingly louder moans, and the way her hand slaps against the wet tile.

She knows it’s coming, but her orgasm takes her by surprise, pleasure seizing her at the base of her spine. Her legs tense up and her entire body falls forward, taking Ethan with her. He cushions her fall, and they both land with a hard thud.

Naomi giggles again. And soon that giggle becomes a full on laugh, so uncontrollable that Ethan wonders if she’s snapped.

“I’m sorry. I’ve just never…fallen over during sex before,” saying that out loud makes her laugh again.

“And is this a good thing?”

Naomi leans forward and kisses Ethan, smiling through it. “We’ll you’re the first guy to ever make my legs give out in the middle of an orgasm so…yes. I’d say it’s a very good thing.”

Well that is a healthy ego boost, Ethan thinks to himself. “Good to know.”

When blood circulation has returned to her legs, Naomi stands up, pulling Ethan along with her. She deposits him on the spacious bench built in along the back wall of the shower and he falls onto the seat with a hard thud.

He watches through hooded lids as Naomi straddles him, undulating against him in a way that makes him want to take control and bury himself to the hilt inside her.

“Question for you, Ethan Ramsey,” Naomi starts.

“Answer for you, Naomi Valentine.”

“When I walked in here, were you thinking about me? Was I the subject in your dirty little fantasy?”

“Always,” Ethan is shocked by how breathless the answer comes out, but at this point, pride and ego aren’t needed. Not when they’re like this. “Since day one, I have been consumed with nothing but thoughts of you.”

“Mhmm, what was I doing in this particular fantasy?” Naomi asks. She takes him into her hands, and at a tortuous pace, rubs the swollen tip of his erection against her clit, drawing out a moan from the older man.

His memory fails him. Nothing he conjures up in his head will ever be comparable to the sight of a naked Naomi in his lap. She’s so beautiful, water droplets clinging to her skin, lips kiss swollen, loose strands of hair clinging to the sides of her face, her round cheeks flushed.

He doesn’t remember what the fantasy entailed, he just knew this woman’s presence was so overwhelming, if he didn’t expel some of the tension, he wouldn’t survive going to a black tie event with her.

“I don’t know. I don’t care,” Ethan says honestly. “The real you is so much better.”

“I think I like that answer.”

Ethan lifts her by the hips and in one smooth thrust, he’s fully sheathed inside of her. He notices that way Naomi’s eyes are fixed on where they’re joined, glazed over by pleasure and he’s never seen something so erotic.

She starts to move, slowly at first because she’s still way too sensitive from her last orgasm to do anything else. But the slow pace she sets does nothing to ease her, it only makes things worse. Every slow glide, every brush of his pelvis against her is magnified tenfold, and the heat she felt earlier has turned into a bull blown inferno, consuming every inch of her. But now, the only way out is through, and she’s trapped in a delicious purgatory until the next wave hits. It only intensifies when Ethan’s mouth closes around one of her nipples, sucking fiercely. “Oh, fuck.”

He releases the bud with a soft ‘pop’, pulling a soft groan from her lips. Her head falls back, but Ethan catches a fistful of her hair and drags her back, forcing her to make eye contact. “Eyes on me, Rookie. I want to see your face.”

The tiny pinpricks of pain at her scalp give way to pleasure as his grip on her tightens. “Harder.”

Ethan smirks and wordlessly obeys the order, pulling Naomi’s hair even harder as she moans. Huh. He’s going to tuck this information away for a later date and time.

The hand not holding her hair goes back to her hip and he squeezes tightly before guiding her up and down. And that’s when the pressure starts building again, up, and up, and up, until the only sounds that can be heard are the obscene slaps of their wet skin and her broken whimpers. His hand leaves her hip, not having to move far before his thumb is on her clit, working it in soft circles.

Naomi comes so hard, her teeth chatter and she’s almost afraid of cracking them. Unable to keep up the eye contact, she leans forward, resting her forehead against his. He gives her a second to catch her breath before he rocks into her, trying to chase his own release.

“Naomi, I…fucking I’m going to–”

She nods, understanding exactly what he’s trying to say. She bites down on his earlobe, tugging. “Inside me.” Then she kisses the patch of skin right below his ear and grinds against him once more. “Or on the tattoo.”

Holy fuck. That alone sets him off like a bottle rocket. He bites down on her shoulder hard enough to break skin.

His heart beats so wildly, he doesn’t know if it will ever return to its normal resting state. With his arms wrapped around her like this, he wonders if this is their new normal. How that he’s been with her like this, how on earth will she go back to being his subordinate. Everything about her feels like euphoria, her taste, her touch, her scent is embedded in him, so deep in his skin, she might as well be woven into his DNA. But the thing about it is, he’s not sure he wants it to.

On top of being a selfish bastard at times, he is wildly possessive.

It takes a long time for them to separate , neither one of them wanting to move or disrupt the peaceful little bubble they’ve created within the confines of this shower.

Eventually Ethan pulls Naomi off of him, but his grip on her remains steady. He stands as well and reaches behind him, grabbing the bottle of shower gel he has on the shelf. It isn’t until the clean scent of citrus and sea salt hits her nose does Naomi realize he’s using his shower gel. A chill sweeps through her. Sure they just had sex–great sex even–but sharing this man’s shower gel is a subtle intimacy that she wasn’t prepared for, and her chest goes tight.

“I smell like you,” Naomi murmurs sleepily.

“Is that a bad thing?”

“Of course not, you always smell good. I do draw the line at sharing shampoo. Whatever shit you use might destroy my hair.”

Ethan snorts. “I saw the amount of hair goop you stuffed into your suitcase. Trust me, I won’t get in the way of that routine.”

Once they’re both sufficiently lathered, they duck under the water to rinse off, and they finally step out of the shower. The entire room is full of steam, and Naomi almost feels bad that they wasted so much hot water. God, her skin is going to be so dry if she doesn’t moisturize soon.

Ethan wraps her in a large white terry cloth bathrobe before wrapping a towel around his waist.

“I’m still mad that you didn’t give me any sort of notice about this party,” Naomi huffs. Ethan rolls his eyes and takes a step forward, his hand wrapping around her waist, pulling her closer until her back is firmly against his chest.

“It’s in a few hours, how much more notice do you need?”

“What if I didn’t pack an appropriate dress?” Naomi implores hypothetically. “Or shoes?”

He shrugs. “I have a credit card, and this hotel has a boutique.”

“Well lucky for you, and your wallet, I packed a few dresses,” Naomi says. Her mother taught her to be prepared for any situation, including the spur of the moment black tie event. “I’ll pull together something decent.”

“You’re beautiful, you always look more than decent.”

“Compliments will get you everywhere with me, Ramsey.”

Using the palm of her hand, Naomi wipes some of the steam off of the mirror in front of them and takes a good look in the mirror. She looks thoroughly debauched. It’s going to take a miracle to pull herself together with just a few hours’ notice.

She also notices the dark mark blooming on her right shoulder, outlined by teeth marks. Ethan’s bite is only going to get darker and more prominent as time ticks on.

“I don’t know if I’ll be able to cover up this mark you gave me though.”

Ethan slides the robe off of her shoulder to examine the bite mark. He runs his thumb along it soothingly before planting a kiss on the spot. “I have a solution.”

“Oh yeah? What?”

Instead of replying immediately, Ethan bends down slightly and scoops up Naomi, bridal style. “How about I give you a matching one on the left shoulder?”

~v~

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[sonicawareness]

The Best Albums of 2019

After listening to more than 2000 new albums in 2019, I’ve narrowed my picks down to The 20 Best Records of 2019.

I’ve included 3 essential songs from each pick, as well as a choice lyrical clip and a brief description of the album.

Noting beats actually LISTENING TO MUSIC! So don’t just read my thoughts: follow and listen to the Spotify playlist containing 60 songs from the top 20 albums:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5TWlfWoo54MQ5cYTMmB0RI?si=M_23L6DDRieVuA845A90Pg

01: Yung Gravy - Sensational

Aptly titled Sensational, this debut full-length is a thirty minute party that dances between the hottest trap beats, well-placed samples, and the young Minnesota rapper’s braggadocious persona and ridiculous raps

Hey Alexa, how many bitches can we fit in the Tesla?...Pull up in that Model X with your model ex!

“Whip a Tesla” • “1 Thot 2 Thot Red Thot Blue Thot” • “The Boys Are Back in Town”

02: TWICE - &TWICE • Feel Special EP • FANCY YOU EP

Nine young South Korean women radiate endless energy, bountiful bliss, and some of the catchiest songs to come out not only in 2019 but recent memory 

Even when things go wrong, feelings out of control: lessons, to be sure. Be okay, all right! Even a crying face is glittering, filter and laugh! You can return to invincibility, right? Blow off, and we havin’ fun! [Translated from original Japanese]

“Fake and True” • “Breakthrough” • “Stronger”

03: Sublime with Rome - Blessings

Frontman, bandleader, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Rome Ramirez delivers his finest record to date: eleven heartfelt reggae-driven songs that are as well-written as they are masterfully recorded and produced

Watching you feel good tonight: it's your song up on the station, and we don't even know no words. I wanna hear you roll your R’s, singing Spanish in the car, “Dime algo hermosa tonight”.

“Wicked Heart” • “Light On” • “For the Night”

04: Bring Me the Horizon - amo 

Cohesive yet genre-spanning (metalcore, hip-hop, electronic, and pop, to name just a few), the sixth album from the English quintet is an emotional yet insightful rollercoaster masterpiece

Before the truth will set you free, it'll piss you off. Before you find a place to be, you're gonna lose the plot. Too late to tell you now, one ear and right out the other one ‘cause all you ever do is chant the same old mantra.

“MANTRA” • “wonderful life” • “i apologise if you feel something”

05: Weezer - Weezer (Black Album)

Expertly produced and instantly memorable, the long-running Rivers Cuomo-driven California quartet is once again in top form, adding yet another fresh and unique — but distinctly Weezer — record to their extensive discography 

Don't get mad at me, I'm just being honest. I should have lied, now you're mad at me? I'm just being honest. How 'bout from now on you'll write the script, I'll read the lines?

“Can’t Knock the Hustle” • “Zombie Bastards” • “Living in L.A.”

06: Big Data - 3.0

Like this sophomore album’s lyrical content — exploration of the impact artificial intelligence will have on humans and on the Earth — the latest project from producer, multi-instrumentalist, and mastermind Alan Wilkis is paradoxically dark yet bright; like AI, this album’s execution is equally flawless and Dangerous

I created a monster, it's out of control, it's going to take me...I didn't know what I was making...But now it's coming, coming for all of us!

“Monster” • “See Through” • “Evolution Once Again”

07: blackbear - ANONYMOUS

Vibrant yet dark, personal yet accessible, the fifth album from Mat Musto is a collection of 18 vulnerable, confessional songs told over slick electronic and hip-hop sounds

You drop the bag and ask me how my weekend was. I love that, though. You laugh when I make stupid jokes, and when I went to rehab, you didn't judge me that bad. I struggle with addiction probs, you always got my back. What am I gonna do the day that my drug dealer moves away? Whatever am I gonna say to my new plug? It just ain't the same.

“DOWN” • “HATE MY GUTS” • “DRUG DEALER”

08: Denzel Curry - ZUU

Hit-after-hit of hip-hop bangers pack this album’s half-hour runtime, with a plethora of guests joining the fray but never quite knocking it out like the young Miami native, Denzel Curry 

First they mockin', now they hoppin', all on the wave, 'cause they see me poppin'. Big-big-big large pockets, they start flockin'. Here's what I say when they ass keep knockin'...

“RICKY” • “BIRDZ” • “ZUU”

09: DaBaby - KIRK / Baby on Baby

On his two 2019 albums, his first proper efforts after countless mixtapes and singles, DaBaby unleashes his signature, incessant vocals over relentless trap and modern hip-hop beats

Prolly heard I was broke from a broke nigga, prolly heard I'm a ho from a ho! I don't know what you know, I ain't runnin' from no nigga, let’s go!

“BOP” • “OFF THE RIP” • “Suge”

10: Bayside - Interrobang

On their eighth album, the Anthony Raneri-fronted New York natives sound refreshed, focused, and tighter than ever telling their trademark tales of heartbreak and healing

I love that music saved you, and Lord knows it’s saved me too, but songs never love you back, and you never know the person preaching to you...

“Interrobang” • “Prayers” • “Bury Me”

11: The Hold Steady - Thrashing Thru The Passion

Few frontmen can weave an album’s worth of compelling narratives, yet the Brooklyn band’s Craig Finn finds himself on the seventh The Hold Steady album once again delivering ten more engaging, interlocked tales over his band’s fierce guitar riffs and all-too-catchy choruses

Thanks for listening, thanks for understanding: tequila takeoff, Tecate landing.

“Entitlement Crew” • “Denver Haircut” • “You Did Good Kid”

12: Electric Guest - KIN

Sugary sweet, the third record from the California duo promptly polishes any rough few rough edges they once had to deliver a perfectly slick yet quirkily heartwarming collection of eleven easy-listening songs

I'm like, “this mothafucka might sue me, and that mothafucka might boo me”. I'ma keep on goin' to a better day, all this other bitterness can fade away.

“Dollar” • “I Got the Money” • “More”

13: Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

Part punk energy without sounding even slightly punk, part emo diary without being a dashboard confessional, the debut record from American teenager Billie Eilish craftily bounces between genres, haunting sounds, and strange stories

If you think I’m pretty, you should see me in a crown. I'm gonna run this nothing town. Watch me make 'em bow one by one by one.

“bad guy” • “my strange addiction” • “you should see me in a crown”

14: The Cat Empire - Stolen Diamonds

The eighth album from Australia’s The Cat Empire is a full-blown dance party packed with catchy, clever songwriting and a room full of drums, horns, strings, keyboards, turntables, and bass

Operator, please, I can’t get out my head. Tell me where I’m going or where I’m being led. Tell me like an order, and order I’ll obey. Maybe I just thought you said, or did I did I hear you say, “We’re going to ([kill a man]) Kilaman-jaro, jaro…”

“KIla” • “Stolen Diamonds” • “Ready Now”

15: Dirty Heads - Super Moon

Co-frontmen Dirty J and Duddy B return to the beach for the seventh Dirty Heads album, borrowing sounds from across their entire discography of acoustic guitars and witty hip-hop to craft a surprisingly delicate record

I'm a flame, I'm a beacon that won't go out. In the dark, in the rain, I'm your lighthouse. When you can't stand the pain, hope you know now, I'll keep you safe, I'm your lighthouse.

“Super Moon” • “Lift Me Up” • “Tender Boy”

16: TENDER - Fear of Falling Asleep

Dark and uninviting, the second album from this London duo is an intimidating but rewarding listen delicately spiced with just enough hooks to keep you trapped in its atmospheric dreams 

I’ll be looking for the scent when it goes cold. I’ve been trying to beat the maze with a blindfold on. I’ve been foraging through mud and sticks searching for that power that don’t exist.

“Closer Still” • “Bottled Up” • “Handmade Ego”

17: Logic - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind / Supermarket Soundtrack

Logic returns once again with countless rhymes delivered over his trademark breathless bars, frequently painting an all-too-vivid picture of a famous rapper struggling to comprehend the world around him

All these comments got me lost in my mind; all these thoughts that I'm having are not mine. I always post that I'm having a good time so my life looks perfect online...

“Homicide” • “Don’t Be Afraid to Be Different” • “Lemon Drop”

18: Tyga - Legendary

More than just a collection of hits, the seventh album from the Compton rapper is well-sequenced and effortlessly laced with hook-after-hook for Tyga to deliver his signature obscene lines about things he self-admittedly has too many [sic] of: money, cash, hoes, cars, clothes, flows

Hey, shut the fuck up, bitch, you know who I are. Point blank range, and I'm shootin' for the stars. You niggas subpar and I just raised the bar. You got Rollies on your wrist, this is Chopard. Slide on your block like a fuckin' go-kart, my nigga A&R, still got an AR.

“Haute” • “Lightskin Little Wayne” • “On Me”

19: The Chainsmokers - World War Joy

The third album in three years from Alex Pall and Drew Taggart (and no shortage of guests) is an easy, light collection of ten slick relationship-focused pop songs that find the duo largely eschewing their dance-centric history 

You said, "Hey, whatcha doing for the rest of your life?" and I said, "I don't even know what I'm doing tonight". Went from one conversation to your lips on mine.

“The Reaper” • “Family” • “P.S. I Hope You’re Happy”

20: Bear Hands - Fake Tunes

Brooklyn’s Bear Hands returns with another collection of bright, bouncy songs that ever-so-slightly conceal the trio’s underlying sadness and struggles  

I don't see how you think you can come to me, and bitch to me, lay out your problems, like ancient history, like I ain't got no other shit to do. I love you, baby, but my lips are turnin' blue.

“Blue Lips” • “Back Seat Driver (Spirit Guide)” • “Mr. Radioactive”

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2019

Yung Gravy - Sensational

TWICE - &TWICE • Feel Special EP • FANCY YOU EP

Sublime with Rome - Blessings

Bring Me the Horizon - amo 

Weezer - Weezer (Black Album)

Big Data - 3.0

blackbear - ANONYMOUS

Denzel Curry - ZUU

DaBaby - KIRK / Baby on Baby

Bayside - Interrobang

The Hold Steady - Thrashing Thru The Passion

Electric Guest - KIN

Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

The Cat Empire - Stolen Diamonds

Dirty Heads - Super Moon

TENDER - Fear of Falling Asleep

Logic - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind / Supermarket Soundtrack

Tyga - Legendary

The Chainsmokers - World War Joy

Bear Hands - Fake Tunes

[kenpiercemedia]

Rome Ramirez Announced "Rome & Duddy" Friends & Family Acoustic Tour

The Press Release: Rome Ramirez of Sublime With Rome announces the Rome & Duddy – Friends & Family Acoustic Tour with Duddy of Dirty Heads today. The two artists will be co-headlining the U.S. with support from Micah Brown starting February 25th in Midland, TX and ending on March 19th in Nashville, TN. Tickets are on sale now to the general public. Purchase tickets for the Rome & Duddy – Friends…

[funzippyevents]

Rome (Sublime) & Duddy (of The Dirty Heads) (EARLY SHOW) - Rescheduled

https://funzippy.com/event/rome-sublime-duddy-of-the-dirty-607ce/scnrIKJwQ3P?csrftkn=JqoYY

[sanjeevarao]

Rome & Duddy Embrace The Escapism Of Their ‘Lahaina’ Video

Rome & Duddy Embrace The Escapism Of Their ‘Lahaina’ Video

After a year full of sunless days and drab nights, supergroup Rome & Duddy have unleashed ‘mind a thousand colorful words and pictures’ in their new video, and they talk EXCLUSIVELY with HL about ‘Lahaina.’ Very few bands would put out a Loggins & Messina cover in 2021, but very few bands have the bold creative direction and unmistakable charm of Rome & Duddy. The group — featuring Dustin “Duddy”…

[aspiestvmusings]

SCORPION SEASON 4 EPISODE TITLES:

THIS POST WILL HAVE ALL THE SCORPION S4 EPISODE TITLES 

MORE INFO/SPOILERS TBA LATER...WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. 

FIRST TITLES TBA SOMETIME BETWEEN MIDDLE OF JUNE AND MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER 2017: ETA: First title released June 23rd. 

The list is on-going (new items will be added when they become available): 

Current status: titles & air dates for eps 4x01 - 4x22 available (all S4 eps)

For episode spoilery teasers see THIS SEPARATE POST  

SPOILERS WILL BE UNDER THE CUT

<Reminder: all information is subject to change!> 

4x01 "Extinction” (written by: Nick S. & Nicholas W., Directed by: Sam Hill, who also directed the s3 finale/last ep..., DoP: Fernando Argüelles ), air date: Monday, September 25th, 2017 at 10PM   – source  source  

4x02 "More Extinction” –  (written by: Nick S. & Nicholas W. , Directed by: Sam Hill),  air date: Monday, October 2nd, 2017 at 10PM  source   

4x03  "Grow a Deer, a Female Deer” –  (written by: David Foster & Nick Santora, Directed by: Milan Cheylov, DoP: Fernando Argüelles), air date: Monday, October 9th, 2017 at 10PM  – source  #GrowAPair #OhDeer   #FaveCaseSoFarBecauseOfTheTopicAndMore #WelcomeBackPatty

4x04 "Nuke Kids on the Block”   – (written by: Paul Grellong & Nicholas Wootton, Directed by: Elodie Keene), air date: Monday, October 16th, 2017 at 10PM  – source  #ThisIsTheBigOne #75 #NewKidsOnTheBlock

4x05 "Sci Hard”  – (written by: Rob Pearlstein & Nick Santora, Directed by: Dwight Little, DoP: Fernando Argüelles), air date: Monday, October 23rd, 2017 at 10PM  source  #TheBestEpisodeOfS4SoFar #SomethingForEveryone #DieHard #Science

4x06 "Queen Scary”    – (written by: Adam Higgs & Nicholas Wootton, Directed by: Omar Madha), air date: Monday, October 30th, 2017 at 10PM– source  #ThisIsTheHalloweenEpisode #QueenMary(theship) #TeamScorpionDoesXFiles....Kinda #RealityTVvsTeamScorpion #spookycaseVSgeniuslogicandscience #spookierthanthebats #QuintisFeels

4x07 "Go with the Flo(rence)*” –   (written by: Kevin J. Hynes & Nick Santora, Directed by: Sam Hill, DoP: Fernando Argüelles), air date: Monday, Nov 6th, 2017 at 10PM – source #HaveYouMetFlorence #QuintisFeels 

4x08 "Faire is Foul”   –  (written by: Scott Sullivan, Directed by: Sanford Bookstaver), air date: Monday, Nov 13th, 2017 at 10PM – source  #CanYouSpeakShakespeare #QuintisFeels #HappyBirthdayToSly

4x09 "It’s Raining Men (O’War)”   –  (written by: Kim Rome & Nicholas Wootton, Directed by: Antonio Negret,  DoP: Fernando Argüelles), air date: Monday, Nov 20th, 2017 at 10PM  – source #ThisIsTheThanksgivingEp #ThisIsTheCabeEp 

4x10 "Crime Every Mountain”  -- (written by: Aadrita Mukerji & Nick Santora, Directed by: Sam Hill), air date: Monday, Nov 27th, 2017 at 10PM  – source #climbeverymountain #TeamQuintis #ThisIsTHEepisode 

RE-RUN! 3x17 “Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap” on Monday, December 4th, 2017 at 10PM UPDATE: CBS has made changes in their/this weeks  programming/schedule, and tonight’s “Scorpion” re-run is replaced with a re-run of a “S.W.A.T.” episode.  So...no episode this Monday/week!  

4x11 "Who Let the Dog Out (Cause Now it’s Stuck in a Cistern)”  -- (written by: David Foster & Nick Santora, Directed by: Omar Madha, DoP: Fernando Argüelles), air date: Monday, Dec 11th, 2017 at 10PM  – source  #ImportantEp 

4x12 “A Christmas Car-Roll”  -- (written by: Paul Grellong, Directed by: LeVar Burton), air date: Monday, Dec 18th, 2017 at 10PM  – source1  source2  #ThisIsTheChristmasEpisode #OhMyJosh #ItsaWonderfulLife #GhostsofChristmasPastandFuture #WhatIf PREVIOUSLY TITLED/FKA:   "It’s a Walterful Life”

Christmas Hiatus. No new episodes until new year. (Re-run of S3 Christmas episode 3x11 “Wreck the Halls” is currently scheduled for Dec 25th) 

4x13 “The Bunker Games”  – (written by: Rob Pearlstein, Directed by: Milan Cheylov, DoP: Fernando Argüelles ), air date: Monday, Jan 15th, 2018 at 10PM  source1   source2   PREVIOUSLY TITLED/FKA: "Apocalypse Nerd”

4x14 "Lighthouse of the Rising Sun”  – (written by: Adam Higgs, Directed by: Sam Hill), air date: Monday, Jan 22nd, 2018 at 10PM  source1   & source2

4x15 "Wave Goodbye”  –  (written by: Kevin J. Hynes, Directed by: Jeff T. Thomas, DoP: Fernando Argüelles), air date: Monday, Jan 29th, 2018 at 10PM  source1   source2

4x16 "Nerd, Wind & Fire”   – (written by: Scott Sullivan, Directed by: Bethany Rooney), air date: Monday,  Feb 5th, 2018 at 10PM   source #ValentinesDayEp #EarthWindFire

                                    *** Winter Olympics/Sports Hiatus: *** 

4x17 "Dumbster Fire”   –  (written by: Aadrita Mukerji, Directed by: Sanford Bookstaver;  DoP: Fernando Argüelles), air date: Monday,  Feb 26th, 2018 at 10PM   source1   source2  #DumbsterAsInDumb #geniusVSdumb #chemistry  

4x18 “Dork Day Afternoon” – (written by: Paul Grellong, Directed by:  Steven A. Adelson  Maria Burton?, DoP: Kenny Glassing?), air date: Monday,  March 5th, 2018 at 10PM   source  #DogDayAfternoon #MajorQuintisFeels #ItsTheFinalCountdown #TheClockIsTicking #TRT

                *** Re-Run: Ep 3x17 “Dirty Seeds, Done Dirt Cheap” 

     on March 12th, 2018  #ThisISRelevant PS. The re-run got pulled! ***

4x19 "Gator Done”   –   (written by: Kim Rome; Directed by: Omar Madha; Larry Detwiler?; DoP: Fernando Argüelles), air date: Monday,  March 19th, 2018 at 10PM –  source1 #Patty #Florence #GoRalph #MajorQuintisFeels #SpringBreak  #Flies #H2O #TapTime

4x20 "Foul Balls”  –   (written by: David Foster  Nick Santora, Directed by: Nick Santora?; DoP: Christopher Duddy), air date: Monday,  March 26th, 2018 at 10PM –  source1   #LetsPlayBall #TeamScorpionVsBaseball #CrazyWeirdFunEp  #NotGood #HappyVSFlorence  #HappyAndRalph #TeenageRalph #ThisShowSureDoesLoveItsPoopAndBallsJokes #GuessWhoseBack  #MajorTeamFeels #MajorQuintisFeels

             *** Re-Run: Ep 3x17 “Dirty Seeds, Done Dirt Cheap”

                         on April 2nd, 2018  #ThisISRelevant PS. **

4x21 "Kenny & the Jet”  –   (written by: ?, Directed by: Jeff T. Thomas; DoP: Fernando Argüelles), air date: Monday,  April 9th, 2018 at 10PM –  source1   #MajorQuintisFeels #RalphEp #Teenagers #BeCareful  #PenultimateEpisode 

                 *RE-RUN/NO NEW EP WEEK:  April  16th*

4x22 "A Lie in the Sand” –   (written by: Paul Grellong? & Nick&Nick?, Directed by: Sam Hill), air date: Monday,  April 23rd, 2018 at 10PM – source1   #MajorQuintisFeels #TellHer #TellHim #SeasonFinale

22  EPS IN TOTAL [according to FutonCritic: 22 eps] 

SEASON 4B: There are most likely breaks between eps 14 & 15, 17 & 18, and 19 & 20 or 20 & 21. In other words: we are getting  2.5 eps per month on average for season 4B... some months 2, some months 3 eps. As we have 15 Mondays to go, but only 10 episodes, so there are going to be 5 weeks/Mondays where there are no new eps...cause the first ep of season 4B airs Jan 15th (ep 413) & last one on April 23rd (ep 422) 

PS. ? [question mark] - means that it is a guestimate, not certain date

IMPORTANT NOTICE: “Teasers” are not actual spoilers. The goal of spoiler teaser is to “mislead”. But only because the teaser does not give the context or the details, and hence fans tend to interpret it whatever way they choose, and consider it “factual”, when teasers are usually about little things, not revealing any actual plot points. Read THIS POST & THIS POST on spoilers & how to “read” spoilers. And do not overthink things! Teasers are little fun comments, not spoilers that you should take as direct descriptions of scenes. 

Post created/Last update: May 27th, 2017/March 16th, 2018

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NEWARK — The word “pilgrimage” usually evokes visions of far-off, exotic places, but for some 100 gay and lesbian Catholics and their families, a pilgrimage to the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart here on a recent Sunday was more like a homecoming.

The doors to the cathedral were opened to them, and they were welcomed personally by the leader of the Archdiocese of Newark, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin. They were seated on folding chairs at the cathedral’s center, in front of the altar in the towering sanctuary, under the blue-tinted glow of stained glass.

“I am Joseph, your brother,” Cardinal Tobin told the group, which included lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Catholics from around New York and the five dioceses in New Jersey. “I am your brother, as a disciple of Jesus. I am your brother, as a sinner who finds mercy with the Lord.”

The welcoming of a group of openly gay people to Mass by a leader of Cardinal Tobin’s standing in the Roman Catholic Church in this country would have been unthinkable even five years ago. But Cardinal Tobin, whom Pope Francis appointed to Newark last year, is among a small but growing group of bishops changing how the American church relates to its gay members. They are seeking to be more inclusive and signaling to subordinate priests that they should do the same.

“The word I use is ‘welcome,’” Cardinal Tobin said in an interview just before the Mass last month. “These are people that have not felt welcome in other places. My prayer for them is that they do. Today in the Catholic Church, we read a passage that says you have to be able to give a reason for your hope. And I’m praying that this pilgrimage for them, and really for the whole church, is a reason for hope.”

Four years ago, Pope Francis amazed the Catholic world with his comment about gay priests seeking the Lord: “Who am I to judge?” But it was unclear how his words would affect Catholics seeking acceptance in the pews.

After all, the church teaches in its catechism that homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered.” Men who “present deep-seated homosexual tendencies or support the so-called gay culture” are not to become priests, according to Vatican instructions renewed in 2016. Catholic bishops in America have strongly opposed same-sex marriage. More than 100 employees of Catholic institutions across the nation have lost their posts in the past three years for being gay or for marrying a same-sex spouse, according to Marianne Duddy-Burke, executive director of DignityUSA, an organization of Catholics that advocates equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

But gestures like Cardinal Tobin’s are evidence that Pope Francis’ words are having an impact. Bishops now have latitude to focus on the more inclusive parts of the church’s catechism on homosexuals, such as the call to accept them with “respect, compassion and sensitivity.” They can follow the principle of accompaniment, meaning they can meet people where they are spiritually and build relationships that help them deepen their faith.

“It’s the beginning of a dialogue,” said Francis DeBernardo, the executive director of New Ways Ministry, a group that ministers to and is an advocate for gay Catholics. “The church leadership, for the past 40 years, has just been so silent, and unwilling to dialogue, and unwilling to pray with L.G.B.T. Catholics that, even though this isn’t the ultimate step, it’s a first step,” he said of Cardinal Tobin’s welcome.

Some church conservatives were wary, however. The problem, they said, was not the idea of welcoming — after all, Jesus welcomed all — but that the public embrace of such a group could be interpreted as the church’s acceptance of a homosexual lifestyle, which church teaching bans.

“Everyone is welcome in the church, but no one is accepted as they are,” said the Rev. Robert Gahl, a professor of ethics at Opus Dei’s Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. “While I am delighted that they went to Mass in the cathedral, I hope that Cardinal Tobin challenged them, as all good shepherds should, to live according to the teachings of Jesus.”

But Cardinal Tobin said in an interview last week that to combine his welcome with a criticism would not have been a full welcome at all.

“That sounds a little backhanded to me,” he said. “It was appropriate to welcome people to come and pray and call them who they were. And later on, we can talk.”

Showing just how sensitive the simple act of welcome could be, he said that after the Mass he had received a fair amount of visceral hate mail from fellow Catholics. Someone was even organizing a letter-writing campaign to call on other bishops to correct him.

“And there’s a lot to correct in me, without a doubt,” Cardinal Tobin said. “But not for welcoming people. No.”

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Rome Ramirez Of Sublime With Rome And Duddy B Of Dirty Heads Announce Tour and More

Rome Ramirez Of Sublime With Rome And Duddy B Of Dirty Heads Announce Tour and More

Rome Ramirez, the smooth harmonic lead singer from Sublime with Rome will join Duddy, iconic vocalist and guitarist of Dirty Heads, this Winter as they embark on a two-month tour. Kicking off their tour the duo, Rome & Duddy, are set to release a new single “And It Stoned Me” to give fans a little taste of what is to come!

The Rome & Duddy project was born in 2008 when Rome and Dirty Heads…

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ROME RAMIREZ OF SUBLIME WITH ROME ANNOUNCES ROME & DUDDY FRIENDS & FAMILY TOUR GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS AVAILABLE STARTING NOVEMBER 22ND AT 10AM LOCAL TIME

ROME RAMIREZ OF SUBLIME WITH ROME ANNOUNCES ROME & DUDDY FRIENDS & FAMILY TOUR GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS AVAILABLE STARTING NOVEMBER 22ND AT 10AM LOCAL TIME

ROME RAMIREZ OF SUBLIME WITH ROME ANNOUNCES ROME & DUDDY FRIENDS & FAMILY TOUR GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS AVAILABLE STARTING NOVEMBER 22ND AT 10AM LOCAL TIME   (Long Beach, California – November 19, 2019) – Rome Ramirez of Sublime With Rome announces the Rome & Duddy – Friends & Family co-headline tour with Duddy of Dirty Heads today. The two well…

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One of the Greats. And Sylvester Stallone.

Golden Globe and Tony Award winner, and multiple time Emmy nominee, Brian Dennehy has passed at 81, and the actor that Pauline Kael in her February 24th, 1986 review of F/X called “the kind of actor John Wayne would be if he was an actor” is getting deserved respect far and wide, as his theater and television work playing Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, his film work in First Blood, Cocoon, Tommy Boy and many others.  His beefiness could be used for menace but it could also be all sensitivity, and he showed considerable wit in F/X and Silverado.  I want to speak off the cuff of a few deeper cuts in Dennehy’s repertoire.

Early Dennehy turns I was exposed to by the fabled WHT!

While many are rightly naming First Blood as his breakout role, we knew Dennehy early in our household, as my dad loved him as the sympathetic Club Med bartender listening to Dudley Moore whine about his marriage and strategize how to seduce Bo Derek in Blake Edwards’ 10, and I still remember his memorable turn as a heavy in Walter Matthau’s Little Miss Marker, co-starring Tony Curtis, Julie Andrews and Bob Newhart, one a major film and one quite minor, but both of which were in regular rotation on Wometco Home Theater back in those days.

Everyone remembers Bo Derek from 10, But I remember Dennehy.

Dennehy overpowering Newhart and Curtis in Little Miss Marker.

Neither those nor a memorable turn around that time in Michael Ritchie’s Semi-Tough that I caught up with later are necessarily where you should go tonight to pay respect to one of our great character actors, although they are all solid character parts.  I wish to bring up a few later works you may/may not be aware of.

“Best Seller” Good disreputable fun.

BEST SELLER — Directed by John (Rolling Thunder) Flynn and written by high-concept legend Larry Cohen, BEST SELLER is one of those crazy baroque and occasionally silly Cohen thrillers involving a best-selling author played by Dennehy who gets caught up with a sociopathic hit man played by James Woods who wants him to write his life story.  It doesn’t wholly hang together, but its shopworn parts are kept humming by two ace mechanics in Dennehy and Woods.  Woods gives one of his terrifically feral performances, and Dennehy gives it some dimension, some credible emotion and realism.  It’s a lot of fun.

Character Actors Unite!

LAST OF THE FINEST — A conventional L.A. cop film, looking better in the rear-view mirror because they don’t make conventional cop films so much anymore, and because a solid director, John Mackenzie (who made a true classic, the British crime flick The Long Good Friday with Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren) worked with an excellent who’s-who-of-late-80s-character-actors cast, with Dennehy getting a rare lead: Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, and Bill Paxton all give able support.  A serviceable flick, and that’s not meant in the pejorative.  Action, drama, some cliches, and a chance for Dennehy to be front and center.

The Belly of the Architect.

THE BELLY OF THE ARCHITECT — The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (remember that? it was a solid mid-level art-house hit around 1988) was made by notorious, committed-to-his-vision filmmaker Peter Greenaway.  A couple years before it he gave Dennehy another lead as an architect whose health and marriage deteriorate while he’s in Rome. Definitely an art film about alienation and mortality, and not for all tastes, it nevertheless is a showcase for a major Dennehy performance, again in a lead, showcasing his versatility.  Put him in Europe with a self-serious auteur or in a fistfight with Sylvester Stallone, Dennehy could do it all.

Curious billing.

  INDIO — this one is kind of junky, an Italian action flick that I’m just pointing out because it is the flip-side of Architect.  Those who like seeing Americans taking paychecks to work in low-budget euro-genre flicks will enjoy Dennehy take his turn at bat, somehow getting lower billing than boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler on the poster!  I hope the check paid for an in-ground pool at Dennehy’s nice Malibu spread or something.

  This still bleeds intensity.

SPLIT IMAGE — First Blood director Ted Kotcheff made this underrated movie about trying to deprogram a young man brainwashed by a cult, which was overshadowed at the time by art house success Ticket to Heaven with Nick Mancuso.  But this holds up, with a superior cast including Miles O’Keefe (Great Santini and Caddyshack) as the troubled young man, Dennehy and Elizabeth Ashley as his distraught parents, Peter Fonda as the charismatic cult leader, and James  Woods again showing up on a Dennehy set to play the deprogrammer.  Kotcheff could make some turkeys, but he’s an underrated director who has directed several excellent films in many genres, including Wake in Fright, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, North Dallas 40, Uncommon Valor, Weekend at Bernie’s, and, yes, the original First Blood.

I’ll just add that Dennehy’s scenes in Righteous Kill with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are a guilty pleasure; the film is crap, but as they gave the two leads enough money to show up in this craptastic cop thriller, playing active street detectives despite both being around 70 at the time, they had to find someone older, bigger, and talented enough that he cold convincingly play a captain who could chew their asses out.  Sure enough, Brian Dennehy was the man they called, and De Niro and Pacino wake up and actually get a spark going with him in their few scenes together.

(Left to right.) Robert De Niro, Brian Dennehy and Al Pacino star in Overture Films’ RIGHTEOUS KILL.

As Stallone, the star of First Blood, of course, tweeted today, “the world has lost a great artist.”

R.I.P. Brian Dennehy. Even in the middle of a prolonged crisis, this news stands out.  We miss you already.

Brian Dennehy, 1938-2020: Some Non-Rambo Choices to Watch this Week Golden Globe and Tony Award winner, and multiple time Emmy nominee, Brian Dennehy has passed at 81, and the actor that Pauline Kael in her February 24th, 1986 review of…

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Rome Ramirez (Sublime with Rome) + Duddy B (Dirty Heads) = Rome & Duddy Kicking off Tour This Month

Rome Ramirez (Sublime with Rome) + Duddy B (Dirty Heads) = Rome & Duddy Kicking off Tour This Month

Rome Ramirez Of Sublime With Rome And Duddy B Of Dirty Heads Announce Rome & Duddy Friends And Family Tour! Rome & Duddy To Release New Single Due On February 14th

(Los Angeles, CA) – Rome Ramirez, the smooth harmonic lead singer from Sublime with Rome will join Duddy, iconic vocalist and guitarist of Dirty Heads, this Winter as they embark on a two month tour. Kicking off the tour the duo, Rome &…