#Scum Magnifique

[elinaline]

Rennes 2, le Mirail, le SCUM vous êtes magnifiques, cassez tout je vous aime.

[enfanttxrriblx]

Part 2: Note "Musik an David"

White Fence & Ty Segall - Time

Dear Meadow - Sleepy Silver Door 

Aguaturbia - Heartbreaker 

Rollo Weissensee & Blend - Pastis Duval 

Shabjeed & Al Nather - Mtak Mtak

Arca - Arca (komplettes Album, ich revidiere meine Entscheidung zu Best Album und wähle dieses :) arca hat unter anderem das fka twigs Album mit produziert) 

Shygirl - Freak 

Coucou Chloe - Flip U 

Sevdaliza- Oh My God 

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - The Lord Lightning 

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bloomdido

Vladimir Dubyshkin - Lady of the Night 

Chopin - Mazurka 

Erik Satie - Gnossienne 

Brutalismus 3000 - Pentagramm 

Ariel Pink - Not enough violence 

DIIV - Under the sun 

Aleide - 123

Alvvays - Plimsoll Punks 

Amnesia Scanner - AS Too Wrong 

Arigto & Nicolas Savva - Fragile Resistence of of Falling silent 

Bauhaus - Bella Lugosi‘s Dead

Beach House - Space Song 

Best Coast - Boyfriend 

BETWEEN FRIENDS - affection

Big Thief - Shark Smile 

binki- wiggle 

Birthday Party - Nick the Stripper 

Bonjr - it‘s ok, you‘re ok 

BRONCHO - China 

Chilly Gonzales - Lana Del Rey Medley 

CHLOBOCOP - 999 (oder Narcotics)

Dream Wife - Sports! 

The Emotions - Blind Alley

The Exploited - Sex & Violence 

The Friends of Distinction - And I Love Him

Fugazi- Waiting Room 

The Garden - Clench to Stay Awake 

Gary Numan - Trois Gymnopedies

Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa: I. Ludus

Grouper - Dragging a Deer up the hill 

The Hails - Sugar 

HYUKOH - Wanli

IDLES - I‘m scum 

Jagwar Ma - Howlin

Japanese Telecom - Cigarette Lighter 

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey 

John Maus - ... And the Rain

Julien Andreas - Lethal Hardcore 3 

Juniore - Magnifique 

La Goony Chonga - Dimension 

Lebanon Hanover - Gallow Dance 

Unaloon - Codependency 

Lime Cordiale - Screw Loose 

Low - In the Drugs 

The Marias - Only in my Dreams 

Mystique Braves - To Myself 

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - As I Sat by her side 

Papooz - Ann Wants to Dance 

The Pink Slips - Sweet Talker 

Psychic TV - The Orchids 

Ragamuffs - Used to Be

Remi Wolf - You‘re A Dog 

Rui Ho - Theia Impact 

Ryo Fukui - Early Summer 

Salami Rose Joe Louis - I Miss You So 

SALES - Chinese New Year 

Shamir - On My Own 

ShitKid - Highway 

Shuggie Oties - Aht Uh Mi Head 

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Arabian Knights 

The Sister Of Mercy - Never Land 

The Skellywags - Don‘t Preach Me 

Skeggs- Spring Has Sprung 

Slaves - The Hunter 

Still Woozy - Wolfcat 

Tigers Jaw - The Sun

Tom Hengst - Click Block 

TV Girl - Birds Don‘t Sing 

Vacations - Days 

Veruca Salt - Seether 

Yves Tumour - ALLES ICH LIEBE SEINE MUSIK 

Zola Jesus - Skin 

Swans - A little God in my hands 

13th Floor Elevator - You‘re Gonna Miss Me 

Future Beat Alliance - Hippocampus 

Aïsha Devi - Mazda 

A.A.L. - Alucinao

Pan Daijing - Disease 

Astrid Gnosis - Drop Dead 

Textasy - Deja Vu Bass (oder Touch My Level aus SoundCloud) 

Sidiki Diabaté - Choisie 

Parcels - Tied Up Right Now 

Clinic - The Equalizer 

Claire Lafutt - Mojo 

Sexy Sushi - Sex Appeal 

Clara Lucini - La grenade 

Abra - Roses 

Kris Wu - Tian Di

Cerrone - Supernature 

[androgide]

TO NI

EDVARD IS SAD

 (2015)

article from androcritics

Si l’on ne pouvait retenir qu’une seule chose du premier projet du rappeur afro-américain TO NI (diminutif de to nihilism), ce serait en priorité l’aisance avec laquelle il réussit à emporter celui qui l’écoute dans un voyage d’introspection dans ce qu’il peut il y avoir de plus intime chez un individu : ses rêves. 

Dans ce projet de 10 chansons, TO NI né Terrence Jefferson avait pour projet de répertorier, une succession de rêveries, pour certaines joyeuses, côtoyant des rêves plus sombres et profond dans lequel le rappeur délivre dans la tension presque étouffante de ses productions, toute l’ampleur de ses peurs sans pour autant y mettre les mots. 

Le tout est cohésif et presque surréel, une balade dans le subconscient du jeune rappeur de 21 ans. Les chansons, entrecoupées pour certaines d’interludes débutant toute par le  bruit d’un bouton que l’on déclenche, propulse l’auditeur vers un nouveau pan de son imagination, prenant toujours au dépourvu. Le titre du projet “Edvard is sad” semble être un hommage direct au peintre norv��gien Edvard Munch, artiste qui à son temps déjà explorait à travers son abstraction les thèmes de la mélancolie et des névroses. La pâte “Munch-ienne” semble bien présente et avoir son influence à travers certaines rimes et couplets délivrés par TO NI. 

Edvard is sad, loin d’être un album de rap classique, brille grâce à sa versatilité et la présence de tracks très puissantes comme la très satirique et absurde “Scums” dont la basse extrêmement bruyante et des cordes traînantes rappelant celles utilisées dans les bandes son de films d’horreur classique et les cris utilisés comme ad-libs contrastant avec des couplets tous plus joviaux et taquins les uns que les autres en fait le parfait banger rap de l’été 2015. TO NI a invité sur ce morceau ses deux meilleurs amis rappeurs, membre du “DEATH CAMP COLLECTIF” Lithium et KIMO qui décrivent la relation conflictuelle qu’a la société américaine avec les minorités. To Ni opte pour une diction exagérée et enchaîne rimes ironiques démontrant toute l’intelligence du rappeur comme la fameuse “pointin at me uh, dark-skinned nigga actin like a king uh callin me a scum, i say look at this fool foolin aroun’ bare skin on this scene ch-chasing a bag -a birkin here i come/cum”

D’autres chansons, en comparaison, apparaissent plus faibles en qualité comme XXX, une ballade rap dont la ligne de basse est bien trop en décalage avec les arrangements presque divins retrouvés au long de l’album.

Le projet nous happe directement dans l’univers “gloomy” du rappeur avec ces magnifiques notes d’orgue, instrument d’habitude magistral, ici presque inaudible et silencieux, porté à la perfection par la diction si singulière du rappeur. D’un flow fredonnant, il confesse la manière dont il s’est “vu mourir la veille”. Genesis, cette chanson qui commençait comme une interprétation de Passacaglia de Buxtehude est interrompue brutalement par le soulèvement du bruit puissant de cordes, cris et autres bruits métalliques faisant une introduction pour la prochaine chanson : Even God Can Cry. Et quelle chanson. Ce n’est plus la peine de présenter le hit massif que fut Even God Can Cry qui fut acclamé universellement mais le team d’androcritics accepte le défi d’apporter une critique qui n’a pas encore été faite sur cette chanson. Le son des cordes altérées qui sont entendues à la fin du son d’avant servent de transition à l’arrivée grandiose des violons qui pose le motif de l’introduction et un parfait berceau pour la performance vocale envoûtante de la jeune chanteuse néo-zélandaise Lorde. Dans ce qui est une des rares collaborations de l’album, le duo s’engage dans un dialogue de 3 minutes dans lequel Lorde, posée comme étant le subconscient de TO NI le réconforte face à ses pensées noires. Le point culminant de ces aller retour entre les deux parties de TO NI représentées par le rappeur et Lorde reste le refrain où la chanteuse lui souffle, semblable à une parole rassurante “don’t lose yourself, beautiful creature ; i can feel the loss, even gods can cry”

Les side tracks “Dying Swans” et “Nocturnes” n’ont rien à jalouser du reste de l’album avec pour chacune une production divine, à la rencontre de divers genres et influences musicales telle que la l’entre trip hop pour Nocturnes et un clin d’œil assumé au film Black Swan pour la première. En effet, c’est avec brio que Dying Swans qui sample Superstar de Lupe Fiasco a incorporé l'additif refrain de Matthew Santos dans une tentative réussite de TO NI de se comparer à ce qui fut un cygne immaculé, devenant de moins en moins lui même et de plus en plus sali par le monde cruel que peut être la célébrité. 

En conclusion, aussi court que peut être un projet de cinq chansons, cet EP est une introduction parfaite à l’univers de To Nihilism, nous laissant presque impatient pour la suite. 

Entrevues entre Leighton Rose, journaliste chez The Fader & TO NI, 13 juin 2016. 

 Cela avait été le premier article qui avait fait découvrir, à travers les éloges dont il ne tarissait pas à l’égard de son travail, le jeune rappeur au grand public et aux journalistes, tous plus curieux les uns que les autres. En effet, cette simple critique postée par un internaute dont les critiques musicales rassemblaient en moyenne plus d’une centaine de milliers de clic avait ouvert les vannes du succès du rappeur de la côte ouest. 

Et avec cette nouvelle popularité fulgurante, les demandes des journalistes et des auditeurs augmentaient. Tous voulaient en savoir plus sur le jeune prodige et ne pouvaient plus se contenter du simple blog de notre nouvel artiste et les 4 informations sur son éducation disponibles sur le net. 

TO NI me l’avait révélé ensuite alors qu’il me montrait les tables de mixages dernier cri reposant sur ses meubles en fin de vie qu’il n’avait jamais été un très grand fan des interviews. Il avait ajouté cependant que s'il fallait qu’il en fasse un, il le ferait volontiers avec nous. “J’ai lu vos articles sur l’état de la scène post punk aux Etats Unis, ça m’a plu. Je me suis dit pourquoi pas” avait-il simplement annoncé en un haussement d’épaule, peu conscient visiblement de l'importance de cet interview pour ses fans et l'explosion de la rivalité entre journalistes pour mettre la main sur lui. On voulait tout savoir de lui. Son signe astrologique? Sa famille? Une petite copine? Un nouvel album en route? Qui est vraiment TO NI?  

 Tout le monde s'arrache TO NI, à seulement 21 ans il avait décroché trois nominations aux grammys dont une victoire pour l’album rap de l’année. Sa maîtrise de la fusion des genres, rappeur mélancolique trempant aussi bien dans des influences classiques, punk & industrielles, le jeune afro américain était arrivé sur le devant de la scène sans prévenir personne. 

Relativement inconnu du grand public auparavant, il s’était déjà fait un nom dans la nouvelle scène de néo rap qui se construisait sur le continent. Ses débuts de producteurs avaient été acclamés et il se trouvait crédité sur une multitude de projets, allant des slow balades  grunge composées pour la chanteuse Sky Ferreira aux smash hits fast tempo pour le groupe indien britannique The ting tings. C’est qu’il avait une affinité particulière avec la scène britannique, s’alliant au jeune rappeur BEEZI sur une collaboration où il posa, à la grande surprise de tous, un couplet chanté sur une production UK garage. 

« C’est un bon gars, un vrai génie » avait déclaré un jour ce dernier en parlant du rappeur indépendant, récemment signé sous le label Nocturnal Records.

Et pour l’instant, on ne pouvait se fier qu’à ces mots : Terrence Jefferson avait démontré par plusieurs coups de maître et une discographie pour l’instant sans faute qu’il était un vrai génie de la musique.  

Si l’étendue de son univers musical, de ses influences et sa versatilité ne faisait plus aucun doute auprès des critiques musicales, c’est sa vie privée qui était l’objet de tous les questionnements. Même des nôtres ici chez « The Fader ». 

Alors que j’eus l’occasion de me rendre dans la sobre villa du rappeur, située en périphérie de la tentacule cosmopolite qu’est Venice Beach, je fus confronté au véritable mystère qu’était le rappeur originaire des quartiers sud de Downtown Los Angeles. 

La scène était encore vive dans mon esprit, je me rappelle avoir commencé l’interview, assis sur un des deux sofas en cuir noir alors que ce dernier me faisait face, parfaitement assis sur le rebords. 

“ Pourquoi To Nihilism? Il y a-t-il une signification derrière ce nom?” 

Ma question semblait le surprendre, il m’adressa un regard enthousiaste avant de se redresser. 

“Pas vraiment non, mon ancien collègue faisait des études de philo et me bassinait avec Nietzsche alors.. Il laissa sa phrase en suspens, les épaules haussées, comme si son anecdote était des plus banales. 

Nous étions assis installé dans son salon, pris dans un échange de questions restées pour la plupart sans réelle réponse. Terrence excellait à l’art de m’emmener où il voulait et bientôt, mon regard suivit les murs bleus dénués de décoration de son salon à l’exception d’une toile peinte par Klein, « une imitation » avait-il souligné pour détendre l’atmosphère lorsque je lui fit remarquer. 

Alors que je sentis avoir pour la première fois une vision détendue du rappeur, j’en profitai pour poser la question qui clôtura en beauté cette entrevue. 

« Les fans et le monde entier se posent tous cette question : qui se cache derrière To Nihilism? »

Il y eut un silence puis un léger sourire de la part du rappeur aux cheveux coupés courts et décolorés qui porta sous son menton sa main ornée par un papillon tatoué, comme pour peser ses prochains mots. Il y avait quelque chose de très charmant chez l’homme qui accrochait l’œil par son originalité désinvolte et la prudence dont il faisait preuve dans ses mots utilisés. 

Après une minute, il m’observa droit dans les yeux avant de lâcher une bombe typiquement toni-ienne, les épaules haussées.

« Juste un homme passionné par la musique »

[rollingstonemag]

Un nouvel article a été publié sur https://www.rollingstone.fr/tyler-the-creator-grinch/

Tyler, the Creator à la bande-originale pour "Le Grinch"

Le rappeur participe à la soundtrack du film d’animation prévu pour les fêtes de Noël

Le Grinch, nouvelle production des studios d’Universal et d’Illumination Entertainment (à qui on doit notamment les maudits Minions…), débarque sur nos écrans le 28 novembre prochain. L’ambiance du film d’animation, réalisé par Yarrow Cheney et Scott Mosier, est propice aux fêtes de Noël, puisque celui-ci raconte comment le Grinch – éternel grincheux qui ne supporte par le bruit ni la fête – va tout simplement voler Noël et tenter de retrouver sa tranquillité. Ce qui nous intéresse surtout, c’est la bande-originale, dont plusieurs morceaux sont produits par Tyler, the Creator. Surprenant, mais excitant.

Cette première proposition de Tyler est aussi une reprise et s’intitule « You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch ». Dans sa structure, le morceau ne va sûrement pas grimper dans les charts comme avait pu le faire « Happy » de Pharrell Williams (sensation musicale du film Moi, moche et méchant). Le rappeur y a ajouté un beat et des cordes, couplés à sa voix grave et à un choeur d’enfant. Étrangement, on ressent bien la pâte de Tyler, qui depuis son dernier magnifique album Scum Fuck Flower Boy, a acquis un sens indéniable de la composition orchestrale. Rien que pour la prise de risque, l’écoute vaut le détour.

[rbpromo-blog]

Bouncer

28 years old

Gender up to player

Portrayed by Andrew Garfield

Open

Before The War

Should anyone have asked about Nicholas’s lineage, they likely would have suspected his childhood was the charmed life. His father had been one of the best brawlers in Los Angeles, rarely losing a fight. Those victories didn’t mean anything, though, when he walked out on his very pregnant wife. Whenever Nicholas asked his mother about his absentee father, she would swat him and tell him that the man who left them was scum. Nicholas hated his father for leaving the family, but he also wanted to be as good a fighter as his father was. He would have been too, if not for his slight build. That was enough to get him laughed out of every gym in town. The lack of success only drove Nicholas to train harder, and to become angrier. Of course, the funny feeling Nicholas felt every time he saw a shirtless man did nothing to help Nicholas feel like he wasn’t a failure.

During The War

Nicholas may not have been big enough to box professionally, but he was plenty big enough to serve in the army. He spent most of basic training getting into fights with the other privates, talking back to his commanding officers, or being punished with lots of dishwashing and latrine duty for not keeping his temper in check. Eventually, after all disciplinary efforts failed, Nicholas was dishonorably discharged from the army without leaving the United States or serving a single day in battle. Most men would have considered the experience a lesson in failure, but Nicholas didn’t really care. He didn’t want to die in some foreign country anyway.

After The War

Nobody in their right mind would hire a hot-headed failed soldier, but Nicholas managed to talk Yuri into letting him work as a bouncer for Magnifique. The work wasn’t exactly glamorous and Nicholas would go home with bloody noses and black eyes more often than not, but the pay was good and he could fight to his heart’s content. Of course, being able to eye the more attractive customers was certainly a perk. It wasn’t a dream job, but it worked.

Personality

Anger comes easy to someone who has lived with disappointment their whole life. Nicholas feels as if he always has had the short end of the stick, from his father’s abandonment, to his failure as a boxer and soldier, to his sexuality. Any affront is enough to set Nicholas off, and he won’t stop fighting until he’s either arrested or hurt too badly to punch. Pain only makes him angrier, and Nicholas has been known to try to fight with broken fingers.

Politics

Nicholas is easy to sway, but as of right now, doesn’t have much of an opinion on communism. He actually doesn’t know what communism is, and is unlikely to ever learn.

[rbpromo-blog]

Bouncer

28 years old

Gender up to player

Portrayed by Andrew Garfield

Open

Before The War

Should anyone have asked about Nicholas’s lineage, they likely would have suspected his childhood was the charmed life. His father had been one of the best brawlers in Los Angeles, rarely losing a fight. Those victories didn’t mean anything, though, when he walked out on his very pregnant wife. Whenever Nicholas asked his mother about his absentee father, she would swat him and tell him that the man who left them was scum. Nicholas hated his father for leaving the family, but he also wanted to be as good a fighter as his father was. He would have been too, if not for his slight build. That was enough to get him laughed out of every gym in town. The lack of success only drove Nicholas to train harder, and to become angrier. Of course, the funny feeling Nicholas felt every time he saw a shirtless man did nothing to help Nicholas feel like he wasn’t a failure.

During The War

Nicholas may not have been big enough to box professionally, but he was plenty big enough to serve in the army. He spent most of basic training getting into fights with the other privates, talking back to his commanding officers, or being punished with lots of dishwashing and latrine duty for not keeping his temper in check. Eventually, after all disciplinary efforts failed, Nicholas was dishonorably discharged from the army without leaving the United States or serving a single day in battle. Most men would have considered the experience a lesson in failure, but Nicholas didn’t really care. He didn’t want to die in some foreign country anyway.

After The War

Nobody in their right mind would hire a hot-headed failed soldier, but Nicholas managed to talk Yuri into letting him work as a bouncer for Magnifique. The work wasn’t exactly glamorous and Nicholas would go home with bloody noses and black eyes more often than not, but the pay was good and he could fight to his heart’s content. Of course, being able to eye the more attractive customers was certainly a perk. It wasn’t a dream job, but it worked.

Personality

Anger comes easy to someone who has lived with disappointment their whole life. Nicholas feels as if he always has had the short end of the stick, from his father’s abandonment, to his failure as a boxer and soldier, to his sexuality. Any affront is enough to set Nicholas off, and he won’t stop fighting until he’s either arrested or hurt too badly to punch. Pain only makes him angrier, and Nicholas has been known to try to fight with broken fingers.

Politics

Nicholas is easy to sway, but as of right now, doesn’t have much of an opinion on communism. He actually doesn’t know what communism is, and is unlikely to ever learn.

[rbpromo-blog]

Bouncer

28 years old

Gender up to player

Portrayed by Andrew Garfield

Open

Before The War

Should anyone have asked about Nicholas’s lineage, they likely would have suspected his childhood was the charmed life. His father had been one of the best brawlers in Los Angeles, rarely losing a fight. Those victories didn’t mean anything, though, when he walked out on his very pregnant wife. Whenever Nicholas asked his mother about his absentee father, she would swat him and tell him that the man who left them was scum. Nicholas hated his father for leaving the family, but he also wanted to be as good a fighter as his father was. He would have been too, if not for his slight build. That was enough to get him laughed out of every gym in town. The lack of success only drove Nicholas to train harder, and to become angrier. Of course, the funny feeling Nicholas felt every time he saw a shirtless man did nothing to help Nicholas feel like he wasn’t a failure.

During The War

Nicholas may not have been big enough to box professionally, but he was plenty big enough to serve in the army. He spent most of basic training getting into fights with the other privates, talking back to his commanding officers, or being punished with lots of dishwashing and latrine duty for not keeping his temper in check. Eventually, after all disciplinary efforts failed, Nicholas was dishonorably discharged from the army without leaving the United States or serving a single day in battle. Most men would have considered the experience a lesson in failure, but Nicholas didn’t really care. He didn’t want to die in some foreign country anyway.

After The War

Nobody in their right mind would hire a hot-headed failed soldier, but Nicholas managed to talk Yuri into letting him work as a bouncer for Magnifique. The work wasn’t exactly glamorous and Nicholas would go home with bloody noses and black eyes more often than not, but the pay was good and he could fight to his heart’s content. Of course, being able to eye the more attractive customers was certainly a perk. It wasn’t a dream job, but it worked.

Personality

Anger comes easy to someone who has lived with disappointment their whole life. Nicholas feels as if he always has had the short end of the stick, from his father’s abandonment, to his failure as a boxer and soldier, to his sexuality. Any affront is enough to set Nicholas off, and he won’t stop fighting until he’s either arrested or hurt too badly to punch. Pain only makes him angrier, and Nicholas has been known to try to fight with broken fingers.

Politics

Nicholas is easy to sway, but as of right now, doesn’t have much of an opinion on communism. He actually doesn’t know what communism is, and is unlikely to ever learn.

[rbpromo-blog]

Bouncer

28 years old

Gender up to player

Portrayed by Andrew Garfield

Open

Before The War

Should anyone have asked about Nicholas’s lineage, they likely would have suspected his childhood was the charmed life. His father had been one of the best brawlers in Los Angeles, rarely losing a fight. Those victories didn’t mean anything, though, when he walked out on his very pregnant wife. Whenever Nicholas asked his mother about his absentee father, she would swat him and tell him that the man who left them was scum. Nicholas hated his father for leaving the family, but he also wanted to be as good a fighter as his father was. He would have been too, if not for his slight build. That was enough to get him laughed out of every gym in town. The lack of success only drove Nicholas to train harder, and to become angrier. Of course, the funny feeling Nicholas felt every time he saw a shirtless man did nothing to help Nicholas feel like he wasn’t a failure.

During The War

Nicholas may not have been big enough to box professionally, but he was plenty big enough to serve in the army. He spent most of basic training getting into fights with the other privates, talking back to his commanding officers, or being punished with lots of dishwashing and latrine duty for not keeping his temper in check. Eventually, after all disciplinary efforts failed, Nicholas was dishonorably discharged from the army without leaving the United States or serving a single day in battle. Most men would have considered the experience a lesson in failure, but Nicholas didn’t really care. He didn’t want to die in some foreign country anyway.

After The War

Nobody in their right mind would hire a hot-headed failed soldier, but Nicholas managed to talk Yuri into letting him work as a bouncer for Magnifique. The work wasn’t exactly glamorous and Nicholas would go home with bloody noses and black eyes more often than not, but the pay was good and he could fight to his heart’s content. Of course, being able to eye the more attractive customers was certainly a perk. It wasn’t a dream job, but it worked.

Personality

Anger comes easy to someone who has lived with disappointment their whole life. Nicholas feels as if he always has had the short end of the stick, from his father’s abandonment, to his failure as a boxer and soldier, to his sexuality. Any affront is enough to set Nicholas off, and he won’t stop fighting until he’s either arrested or hurt too badly to punch. Pain only makes him angrier, and Nicholas has been known to try to fight with broken fingers.

Politics

Nicholas is easy to sway, but as of right now, doesn’t have much of an opinion on communism. He actually doesn’t know what communism is, and is unlikely to ever learn.

[rbpromo-blog]

Bouncer

28 years old

Gender up to player

Portrayed by Andrew Garfield

Open

Before The War

Should anyone have asked about Nicholas’s lineage, they likely would have suspected his childhood was the charmed life. His father had been one of the best brawlers in Los Angeles, rarely losing a fight. Those victories didn’t mean anything, though, when he walked out on his very pregnant wife. Whenever Nicholas asked his mother about his absentee father, she would swat him and tell him that the man who left them was scum. Nicholas hated his father for leaving the family, but he also wanted to be as good a fighter as his father was. He would have been too, if not for his slight build. That was enough to get him laughed out of every gym in town. The lack of success only drove Nicholas to train harder, and to become angrier. Of course, the funny feeling Nicholas felt every time he saw a shirtless man did nothing to help Nicholas feel like he wasn’t a failure.

During The War

Nicholas may not have been big enough to box professionally, but he was plenty big enough to serve in the army. He spent most of basic training getting into fights with the other privates, talking back to his commanding officers, or being punished with lots of dishwashing and latrine duty for not keeping his temper in check. Eventually, after all disciplinary efforts failed, Nicholas was dishonorably discharged from the army without leaving the United States or serving a single day in battle. Most men would have considered the experience a lesson in failure, but Nicholas didn’t really care. He didn’t want to die in some foreign country anyway.

After The War

Nobody in their right mind would hire a hot-headed failed soldier, but Nicholas managed to talk Yuri into letting him work as a bouncer for Magnifique. The work wasn’t exactly glamorous and Nicholas would go home with bloody noses and black eyes more often than not, but the pay was good and he could fight to his heart’s content. Of course, being able to eye the more attractive customers was certainly a perk. It wasn’t a dream job, but it worked.

Personality

Anger comes easy to someone who has lived with disappointment their whole life. Nicholas feels as if he always has had the short end of the stick, from his father’s abandonment, to his failure as a boxer and soldier, to his sexuality. Any affront is enough to set Nicholas off, and he won’t stop fighting until he’s either arrested or hurt too badly to punch. Pain only makes him angrier, and Nicholas has been known to try to fight with broken fingers.

Politics

Nicholas is easy to sway, but as of right now, doesn’t have much of an opinion on communism. He actually doesn’t know what communism is, and is unlikely to ever learn.

[rbpromo-blog]

Bouncer

28 years old

Gender up to player

Portrayed by Andrew Garfield

Open

Before The War

Should anyone have asked about Nicholas’s lineage, they likely would have suspected his childhood was the charmed life. His father had been one of the best brawlers in Los Angeles, rarely losing a fight. Those victories didn’t mean anything, though, when he walked out on his very pregnant wife. Whenever Nicholas asked his mother about his absentee father, she would swat him and tell him that the man who left them was scum. Nicholas hated his father for leaving the family, but he also wanted to be as good a fighter as his father was. He would have been too, if not for his slight build. That was enough to get him laughed out of every gym in town. The lack of success only drove Nicholas to train harder, and to become angrier. Of course, the funny feeling Nicholas felt every time he saw a shirtless man did nothing to help Nicholas feel like he wasn’t a failure.

During The War

Nicholas may not have been big enough to box professionally, but he was plenty big enough to serve in the army. He spent most of basic training getting into fights with the other privates, talking back to his commanding officers, or being punished with lots of dishwashing and latrine duty for not keeping his temper in check. Eventually, after all disciplinary efforts failed, Nicholas was dishonorably discharged from the army without leaving the United States or serving a single day in battle. Most men would have considered the experience a lesson in failure, but Nicholas didn’t really care. He didn’t want to die in some foreign country anyway.

After The War

Nobody in their right mind would hire a hot-headed failed soldier, but Nicholas managed to talk Yuri into letting him work as a bouncer for Magnifique. The work wasn’t exactly glamorous and Nicholas would go home with bloody noses and black eyes more often than not, but the pay was good and he could fight to his heart’s content. Of course, being able to eye the more attractive customers was certainly a perk. It wasn’t a dream job, but it worked.

Personality

Anger comes easy to someone who has lived with disappointment their whole life. Nicholas feels as if he always has had the short end of the stick, from his father’s abandonment, to his failure as a boxer and soldier, to his sexuality. Any affront is enough to set Nicholas off, and he won’t stop fighting until he’s either arrested or hurt too badly to punch. Pain only makes him angrier, and Nicholas has been known to try to fight with broken fingers.

Politics

Nicholas is easy to sway, but as of right now, doesn’t have much of an opinion on communism. He actually doesn’t know what communism is, and is unlikely to ever learn.

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Bouncer

28 years old

Gender up to player

Portrayed by Andrew Garfield

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Before The War

Should anyone have asked about Nicholas’s lineage, they likely would have suspected his childhood was the charmed life. His father had been one of the best brawlers in Los Angeles, rarely losing a fight. Those victories didn’t mean anything, though, when he walked out on his very pregnant wife. Whenever Nicholas asked his mother about his absentee father, she would swat him and tell him that the man who left them was scum. Nicholas hated his father for leaving the family, but he also wanted to be as good a fighter as his father was. He would have been too, if not for his slight build. That was enough to get him laughed out of every gym in town. The lack of success only drove Nicholas to train harder, and to become angrier. Of course, the funny feeling Nicholas felt every time he saw a shirtless man did nothing to help Nicholas feel like he wasn’t a failure.

During The War

Nicholas may not have been big enough to box professionally, but he was plenty big enough to serve in the army. He spent most of basic training getting into fights with the other privates, talking back to his commanding officers, or being punished with lots of dishwashing and latrine duty for not keeping his temper in check. Eventually, after all disciplinary efforts failed, Nicholas was dishonorably discharged from the army without leaving the United States or serving a single day in battle. Most men would have considered the experience a lesson in failure, but Nicholas didn’t really care. He didn’t want to die in some foreign country anyway.

After The War

Nobody in their right mind would hire a hot-headed failed soldier, but Nicholas managed to talk Yuri into letting him work as a bouncer for Magnifique. The work wasn’t exactly glamorous and Nicholas would go home with bloody noses and black eyes more often than not, but the pay was good and he could fight to his heart’s content. Of course, being able to eye the more attractive customers was certainly a perk. It wasn’t a dream job, but it worked.

Personality

Anger comes easy to someone who has lived with disappointment their whole life. Nicholas feels as if he always has had the short end of the stick, from his father’s abandonment, to his failure as a boxer and soldier, to his sexuality. Any affront is enough to set Nicholas off, and he won’t stop fighting until he’s either arrested or hurt too badly to punch. Pain only makes him angrier, and Nicholas has been known to try to fight with broken fingers.

Politics

Nicholas is easy to sway, but as of right now, doesn’t have much of an opinion on communism. He actually doesn’t know what communism is, and is unlikely to ever learn.