#This city

[thekidsare-not-alright]

patrick really had his chance to make a solo album and said "ok first, fuck capitalism"

[blinkandyoumissit]

04 OCT 2011 | Slacker • Patrick Stump - "This City" acoustic - live at Slacker Radio

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[hullcityfc]

I can't tell you how excited I am to finally get hold of this

[wittyno]

I spent the weekend in Chicago and I didn’t listen to This City even once.

My sincerest apologies to Patrick Stump.

[outerspacedunce]

my lyft driver driving through Philly: what is WRONG with this city

[thetruthaboutlovecomesat3am]

Chapter 4 is on AO3! You can find me on Twitter and Ko-fi

Enjoy <3

[heyyyypril]

This city's gonna break my heart

This city's gonna love me then leave me alone

This city's got me chasing stars

[heartstringsduet]

michelle what are your favorite things to do in berlin? :)

Britt baby ☀️ Apart from the huge food scene we have here that I love to check out, I'd say go through our parks like the huge Tiergarten, go through the ritzy neighborhood of villas toward my favorite lake to dip in, go through Christmas markets and ice skating under the open sky, sit by the Spree at Maybachufer, drive back to my childhood neighborhood and feel the unique nostalgia of being so grateful to have made it out and wanting to return to it, go to the tiny movie theaters that have 10 seats, sit in English bookshops and lay on my friends' couches and know I'm loved.

[macbethz]

Well I like it but it’s not very well written. Also it’s a visual mess. The plot doesnt make any sense and the creators suck and its politics oscillate from mildly problematic to frankly baffling. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. However. the character

[blinkandyoumissit]

2011 | Live in the Akoo Studio • Patrick Stump - "This City"

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[inkskinned]

it's extremely critical that you see the photo of the perp walk for luigi mangione as being propaganda. i've seen so many people wave it off and instead fawn over his looks. and trust me, i know it ended up being kind of pathetic and weird - but please don't brush it off as a "modelling opportunity" for him. it's a fucking terrifying message the police are sending.

i want to make a few comparisons here, in case you're not from the US or familiar with why the perp walk thing is something to pay attention to. just to set the groundwork for why this is a purposeful, unusual, and cruel act by the nyc police - for why this is not a common occurrence and for why that matters.

the prosecution alleges the show of force is due to the charge of "terrorism." for comparison, in june 2015, tsarnaev was found guilty for the boston marathon bombing, which killed 3 people and injured hundreds. his actions are considered to be an act of domestic terrorism. i have spent the last hour looking through google for pictures of similar to mangione's perp walk - and so far, i have found zero. i also just do not personally remember a moment like that, despite living in boston at the time.

they allege that luigi is a stone-cold killer who carried out a longterm plan, making him particularly dangerous. again for comparison: in nyc, recently cory martin was found guilty of the killing of brandy odom. the murder was planned and premeditated to steal insurance money. and yet no staged perp walk. why didn't her life matter enough for a "show of force"?

but mangione gets paraded by a veritable army of police officers as if he is a rabid animal. for a single citizen who allegedly killed one other single citizen, the "largest perp walk ever" occurs.

so what is the "strong message" that the mayor and the police were trying to send here? the mayor speaks as if mangione is already convicted of terrorism. there is a very thin number of people who feel threatened by the CEO's death. none of us felt like mangione needs to be under massive armed guard.

the message is that you shouldn't resist. they are trying to "make an example" of him - that if you behave badly and kill a single rich person, you'll be treated as if you killed hundreds of people. you will be treated worse than a man who was found guilty of terrorism. you will be considered guilty without trial. the message is that the rich are a protected class, and you cannot touch them without massive punishment. they are trying to prevent a revolution by showing dominance and force against you.

the message is that the police are a puppet of the wealthy and that the law is not equally applied across class disparity. it is "some are more equal than others." it is "one life is more precious than another."

the show of force wasn't for luigi. it was for us. it was a warning. they are trying to remind us who is really in control.

[nothorses]

there is a judge in Seattle who does the weekly name change hearings, and who says it's her favorite part of the week. she says she doesn't read out previous names, or ask about the reasons why people want to change them. she says it's a beautiful moment, and a celebration; a claiming of a new identity, or a reclamation of an old identity. she encourages the room to clap for folks. then she welcomes everyone up, one by one, by last name and with warmth; she shows them the court order where nobody else can see, asks them to double check the spelling, and then they're done! do they want a picture? do they want their friends and loved ones who came with them to be in it too? do they want the court order in the photo? she helps everyone pose, shakes hands and stands with them for as long as they need to take it, recruits the clerk for help taking photos of the folks who came alone. then she tells them where to go next, congratulates them, and claps along with the rest of the room.

probably three quarters of the people there were trans, and she centered their experience quietly, with love and joy.

I think I'll be thinking about her a lot this January, and for a long time after. it's good to know she's there.

[animusrox]

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[blennie]