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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY PICKS 21.06.2024

That's How You Make A Villain Pt 2 💽 - Emlyn (empowerment chapter let's gooo)

Glass Half Empty Pt 1 💽 - VOILÀ (cool new band I just got into, go check em out)

The Secret Of Us 💽 - Gracie Abrams (WITH A TAYLOR FEATURE HELLO?!?!?)

Stone Cold Summer 🎵 - South Arcade (newest summer bangerrr)

Homesick 🎵 - MICO (new long distance anthem)

Let's Start A Cult 🎵 - SOAP

Low and High 🎵 - Foley

please please please (acoustic) 🎵 - Sabrina Carpenter (she's so prettyyy)

Best Card 🎵 - cameron sanderson

[s4pphic-sh3nan1gans]

I'M IN ACTUAL TALKS ABOUT STARTING A BAND WITH SOMEONE AKSJAKSJSK I'm so excited oh my goshhhh

[wombywoo]

Sharing my secret for drawing body hair ✨

So, for the most part, I draw my bodies how I want them, then add some darkened bits of hair in the places applicable, but this trick has become my lifesaver:

I found this image on the internet which I think is actually an album cover from some obscure band (right on🤙), but my mind immediately clocked it as the perfect texture for some man bush !!!

So whenever I'm drawing some woolly specimens, I put a slight blur effect on this bad boy and set it to multiply, then erase a bit to make it blend

An example below:

Voilà! Instant leg fur!!!

You're welcome 🙆‍♀️

[ekman]

Delon nous a quitté dimanche dernier. Fin de bobine. 

La salle s’éclaire, les yeux piquent, les assises se rabattent sèchement sur les dossiers, les gens piétinent vers la sortie. Le bel Alain s’en est allé pour de bon, lui qui – semble-t-il – avait déjà quitté le monde sensé, laissant ses glorieux enfants se déchirer autour d’un terril d’or.

Journalistes, politiques, pipoles et piplettes : ils n’ont tous que des superlatifs à la bouche. Machin y va de son “c’était le dernier monstre sacré”, Bidule nous rappelle que “c’était un vrai prince”. La presse idiote rivalise en putasserie unière, à qui la plus belle photo, à qui le plus pathétique titre en guimauve pur sucre.

Mais moi je me souviens, bande de hyènes. J’ai rien oublié du tout. Je me rappelle bien de la ringardisation à marche forcée du ci-devant Delon Alain, coupable de choix politiques impardonnables. Fallait les voir se pincer le nez, les tenanciers de ce merdique show-biz gavé de thunes. Tu citais Delon et voilà qu’ils avaient grave la gerbe, ces gauchistes gueulards et ces soixante-huitards pédos. Beuark ! Macho réac ! Machine à cash ! Vieux beau qui s’accroche ! Tout le catalogue des amabilités en travers de sa belle gueule, le Delon. Ah ça oui, fallait les voir tortiller du cul quand on leur faisait remarquer que son fric, lui, il allait le chercher �� Caracas et à Kyoto en vendant des clopes et du cognac pendant qu’eux tapinaient sous les lambris des ministères comme des putes de chantier pour se gaver d’argent public. Et pour quoi faire ? Des films de merde labellisés gauche-xanax où des couples idiots s’engueulent à la cuisine pour des histoires d’adultère foireux tristes à mourir. 

Je n’ai jamais pris Delon très au sérieux. Ça n’était pas un vrai soldat, pas complètement un tapin, plutôt un assez mauvais comédien... mais quel acteur ! Quel talent, le félin ! Au-delà de sa belle gueule, il y avait son charme infini de scorpion astralement pur : intransigeant, égocentré, jaloux, lumineux, charmeur, menteur. Elles ont été quelques-unes à y laisser des larmes. Et pas qu’un peu : par bonbonnes entières ! Mais lui s’en foutait. Il aimait, il vivait, il partait. C’est comme ça qu’il les a tous et toutes bluffé(e)s pendant plus de quatre-vingt ans. Au final, c’est la caméra qui l’a le mieux aimé. Cinégénique à en crever, le bonhomme. Pas un angle, pas une ombre pour nuire à sa beauté solaire – ce qui est le comble pour un aussi ténébreux Narcisse. 

Tous les plans qui éclairent Delon sont une ode à la masculinité. Même avec un imper trop grand et un bitos rivé sur le crâne, il est crédible. Je veux bien croire qu’il y en a quelques-uns que ça a vraiment du faire bisquer, dans le métier.

Avez-vous remarqué que “masculinité” lui va bien mieux que “virilité” ? Je dis cela parce que Delon n’inspirait pas le cul – il n’y avait rien chez lui de léger en bagatelle ou d’ostentatoire en braguette. C’était un dominateur silencieux, une emprise, un orage. Les femmes – et surtout les plus inaccessibles d’entre elles – ne s’y trompaient pas. Elles cédaient et lui, tranquillement, disposait. Avec tact et élégance sans doute, en tout cas jusqu’à son départ.

Et le voilà parti pour de bon. Un de plus, un de moins, peut-être le dernier. En tout cas, c’est bien raccord avec cette époque qu’il vomissait, à juste titre.

J.-M. M.

[medra-gonbites]

Baldur's Gate 3 Companion Head Canon Music Edition

Ok soooo ! Recently my bestfriend and I wrote and composed a song about BG3 (which we might release one day) and it got me thinking about the Tadfools (as if I don’t already think of them 15 times a day) and imagined what their band would look like and which instruments they would play and thus voilà my rendition:

Karlach | Drums

Look at her and tell me she does not play the drums. She would sometimes have to be asked to stop because she would not notice everyone has stopped playing but her. She just has the proper energy, rhythm, not to mention arms, to rock that drum set and start a solo Whiplash style.

Lae'zel | Harmonica

“What is this shiny rectangle? “whistle metallically” Oh. This sounds… beautiful. Like the screeching of a blade on a sharpening stone, but… Better!” And that’s how Lae’zel picked up on the harmonica, true story, I was the harmonica!

Wyll | Main Vocal and Violin

Yes, Wyll would absolutely sing and dance and become an icon on the Sword Coast. He also plays the violin. I don’t know, maybe it’s the horns, but I could also see Duke Ravengard enrolling him at conservatoire at age 6 to play the violin. He writes most of the lyrics

Shadowheart | Bass and Back-up Vocals

Shadowheart is a bass player. Look at her smoky eyes and her pout: she obviously plays the bass! She matches her nail polish to the colour of her bass (black, purple, white). She is always down to jam and she also provides Wyll with beautiful back up vocals when he needs it. Her timber is quite ethereal as well.

Astarion | Electric Guitar

Astarion has massive rockstar energy. He did try to play with his teeth on more than one occasion but that breaks the strings. He has several guitars, guitar straps, dedicated stage outfits and hundreds of guitar picks (which he does not even use but hoards like a dragon).

Gale | Synthesizer

Gale is a piano player but why constrain himself to a regular piano when he can make it sound like space music. Or any other instrument really. Fender Rhodes with a distortion and reverb to the max? Yes, please. He tried the keytar and while he does like the funkiness of it, he prefers the horizontality of regular synthesizers. I also believe he’d compose a lot of the songs.

Now for the one who are not part of the band but do play an instrument:

Minthara | Band Manager

Sorry I do not see Minthara as a musician. She’d be an amazing band manager or music producer though. If I must attribute her an instrument I would say the harp as she canonically has a lute but I imagine the discipline it takes to learn the harp is quite in character and would be a funny contrast; the angelic sound it makes, opposed to… Well, Minthara.

Halsin | Bansuri

And he made it himself from bamboo or wood. He plays it during his session of guided meditation or when he is alone in the forest. Usually attracts dozens of critters and little animals and it makes him look like a Disney princess (Although he has never seen a Disney film himself.)

Jaheira | Steel Drum

She learned during her hippie phase in college back when she would travel to Puerto Rico and/or Jamaica twice a year. She still has her old steel drum and will take it out if you nag her long enough or if she is in a celebratory mood. She might play it at your LuAu themed birthday party if requested.

Minsc | Triangle

It is the only instrument that he can play. It looks relatively simplistic but it is actually quite tricky to play as it requires great timing and a little bit of technique. Minsc is a natural at both. He likes being part of an orchestra and finds the agitated man with a stick the funniest of all people.

Boo | Church Organ

I have no argument to justify this but the hilarious image of a miniature giant space hamster playing the phantom of the opera on a huge cathedral organ. 

Gortash | Acoustic Guitar (but not really)

Gortash will claim he plays guitar. He will claim it even faster if he is flirting (approximately 2 minutes into the conversation and/or maybe before even asking your name). He, however, does not. What he can do is play one song (wonderwall or alleluia take your pick) that he learned by heart back in highschool specifically to brag at parties and bag dates. In adulthood it works way less.

[dooareyastudy]

Impression de gueule de bois post électorale non ?

On pourra dire qu'il y a 12 millions de racistes en France, c'est peut-être vrai mais n'oublions pas aussi que nos dirigeants portent une immense responsabilité dans le résultat de ce premier tour.

Voilà le résultat de la politique de casse sociale menée par Macron depuis son premier mandat (et les autres, depuis longtemps). Voilà le résultat d'une politique qui prétend s'adresser aux citoyens et qui ne sert qu'à tenter de relancer la machine de la croissance en France. Voilà le résultat d'une politique qui s'adresse d'abord aux agences de notation et aux créanciers de la France. Voilà le résultat d'une politique qui sacrifie progressivement de plus en plus de gens au sacro-saint marché.

Voilà aussi le résultat du discours d'incrimination de la gauche que Macron et ses sbires cherchent à nous faire avaler depuis des mois (s'il faut reconnaître et lutter contre les problèmes de la gauche, c'est bien à *nous* électeurs et militants de gauche de le faire, pas à cette bande d'hypocrites de droite). Voilà le résultat des ambiguïtés de Macron, qui se pose en rempart contre l'extrême-droite mais fait le pique-assiette quand il s'agit d'appeler à voter contre le RN.

Il n'y a rien d'anodin à dire que LFI est un parti antirépublicain aujourd'hui, alors même que le RN a clairement affiché et défendu des propositions discriminatoires toute cette campagne. RIP notre devise, j'imagine.

Ce n'est pas à Macron et ses pauvres 20 % de faire la police entre qui est un bon allié et qui ne l'est pas. Les macronistes ont prouvé qu'ils ne l'étaient pas en continuant à soutenir le Président qui nous a foutu dans cette situation dégueulasse, indirectement par sa politique et directement par cette dissolution dont on ne sait plus si elle relève du calcul politique ou de la pure bêtise.

Bon allez, j'arrête, j'ai une thèse à écrire...

[callsign-mustang]

Figure you out

Figuring them out… that’s all he could think about. Sure, he learned their favorite bands, their favorite color, those little books they read thinking no one knew, studying their expressions when anyone spoke, observing their every single movement… following the little sergeant as they went about their days like it was all he lived for. Their stupid significant other… they were a damning reminder the sergeant wasn’t his… yet.

His presence was like a shadow they never saw, looming over them but never seen. Learning it all… dedicating days to ensuring they were always in sight… sacrificing nights of sleep to watch them from the window. It was like a tumor, growing… gnawing at his insides as a rabid beast would a meal.

Konig felt a hole burning in his throat from the vitriol he had to choke down when their partner would come to call. They knew nothing of his sergeant. Stupidly choosing the table right beside his as he pretended to type up reports and the like on his laptop. Yes, he was typing something up. But it was not at all work related.

As the partner held out a bouquet of flowers, he was thankful for his sniper hood as it hid his sneer. Quickly returning to his laptop to hide his reaction, not before he caught a glimpse of Reader… wouldn’t have caught it if he hadn’t trained himself to notice every single detail of their expressions. The twitch of their brow, the pause before giving a big smile.

-You’re faking… you hate roses… you think they’re cliché… why do you act like this? You like Dahlias… black dahlias… I remember, *Schatz*…-

‘Got you a ticket to that artist, hopefully you will have leave then so we can go together, Honey.’ The way he said it… Konig knew he had gotten the tickets in good faith.

-Oh, how stupid is he? You hate rap… you like indie bands because you had a phase in high school… you like rock because it reminds you of nights at home with your parents… you like old country… quit pretending… he doesn’t know you, not like I do…-

By the end of the hours long visit with Reader’s partner, Konig had a pages long rant of the incident typed out on his laptop. He reread it over and over. Why was reader still with this partner? He didn’t know them like he did. He knew what they liked….

The truth was that he didn’t even think Reader’s partner knew them. Talking so incessantly about *his* dreams, *His* friends, *His* accomplishments that Reader didn’t even get to speak about what they’d done. Oh, what Konig would have done just to have the sweet Sergeant utter a single word to him, to acknowledge him… he felt like a pathetic fool, vying for the attention of a soldier who didn’t even know he existed. This is what reader reduced him to… and honestly? He didn’t care.

He was the one who got to see them at their most vulnerable… at their most confident. He was the one there when they took their first life in the field, when they went through the stages of acceptance. He saw them in that primal state of protective instinct for their team, the look in their eyes when they did all they could to save a fallen comrade. In his eyes, they’d never looked so perfect…

He never could understand why a civilian would bother with a relationship with soldier if they couldn’t cope with the fact that a soldier’s job wasn’t all flags and salutes. The Colonel wanted to feel sorry… to feel bad that the man had left her… but he couldn’t. All he could feel was a sense of excitement, of hope and elation. ‘You killed someone. I can’t get past that… I’m sorry.’ That was all he knew of the call with Reader’s call to their partner after the fact.

Konig had been the one to comfort them, savoring the feeling of holding them for that moment. Doing all he could to ease the pain they felt… some twisted part of him enjoying how they clung to him for security. This hug was so much longer than the ones Reader ever shared with their partner. His gloved hands instinctively rubbing at her back, caressing their hair as he spoke comforting words.

-It’s okay, *Mein Schatz*… it’s okay…-

Murmuring sweet words to make them stop shuddering and sobbing. Glaring daggers at any of the others who dared come close to the sergeant during this time of vulnerability. He could imagine himself holding them in a different setting, wooing them with the knowledge he’d gathered these past months. He’d be a much better partner than the former ever could be, more attentive, more supportive. The feeling of them in his arms was almost too much… the murmurs turning from words of comfort to the things he’d longed to say since the first time he watched them.

-I could love you so much better than he could… loving you… is easy… and it’s what I’m made for, *Schatz*… just say the word and I am yours…-

[vinylfoxbooks]

James, at 16, writes Figure You Out after he learns that Regulus and Barty got together and records it on the old, dingy tape recorder his dad got him for his 12th birthday. He then promptly forgets about it, horrified by the possessive jealousy towards a man who hates him, a man who isn't even his.

Years later, he's now in an established band with his best friends and doing numbers. Sirius is helping James clean out some old trunks from the attic and finds the tape recorder and a small box of tapes. He starts listening to them, happily reliving the fun memories with James, Remus, Pete, and himself captured on the tapes.

Until he finds the song. It's grainy and bad quality and James is far from the recorder when he was singing but good nonetheless. And despite Sirius being the lead singer of their band and their music focusing on rock, he convinces James to sit down and rerecord it because he sounds amazing.

So he does and the fans adore it and now James sings it at almost every show, except now he sings it making eye contact with his boyfriend Regulus.

[marimayscarlett]

Since we're still on the subject of Rammstein and the languages they speak, can I send you Paul who speaks Russian? Voilà 👀

Hello my dearest Paul queen 😌

You know, I also knew about this and saw some clips of Paul speaking Russian, and didn't think of it while answering the English skills-ask! It's amazing to me that Paul still is capable of speaking some Russian, even though it's been a while since his stay in this country as a child. Another talent regarding languages in this band 😊

Here he speaks some more russian:

[au-jardin-de-mon-coeur]

Toc toc toc… Hé oh, je sais que tu me vois ! Ne fais pas comme si je n’étais pas là. C’est moi, Lundi ! Je sais que je n’ai pas toujours le beau rôle. Mais je vais te présenter des copains qui te plairont. D’abord, Mr Café, ensuite, Mr Ptit Dej, ils sont gourmands et ils te donneront la pêche, tu verras. Tiens, voilà aussi Madame Onsedépêche (elle est un peu stressante celle-là. Surtout, ignore Miss Réunion et Mr Patron, il sont barbants. Et là, c’est ma bande de copains : mardi, mercredi, jeudi et mon meilleur copain, vendredi ! Allez, viens avec moi, on va vivre une folle semaine ensemble !

Sur ces Toc Toc Toc de Mr lundi, je nous souhaite de vivre une folle semaine comme il nous l'a promis !

Soyez heureux et prenez soin de vous ! 🙏🫶

[i-reallydontexist]

I knew it wouldn't take long for Ghost/Tobias to be cancelled!

The new "fans" just don't understand and never will understand the dynamics of the band and the Ghouls exchange.

We have no way of knowing what the reason is. It was something private, which is only up to them! What remains is to respect the decision and support both Chris and the new members. But apparently it is very difficult for small minds to understand this fact!!!

Aether wasn't the first ghoul to come out and it won't be the last. This needs to be understood.

The exchange of Ghouls is something recurrent in the band. Tobias always said that!

don't even want to imagine how the reaction will be when Emeritus IV is killed. BECAUSE HE WILL! At some point it will be necessary. It's part of the dynamic of the band, that's how it works and it always will!

A few months ago I talked about how "Mary on a Cross fans" would screw things up and Voilà, I wasn't wrong!

It is extremely unfair to do this to Tobias. The attempted boycott of Ghost is an attempt to boycott someone's lifelong dream. This band is his life, everything he ever dreamed of! This band is his, this band is him!

It makes no sense to hate a decision made about his band.

If it was done, there was a reason for it. And it's not up to us to judge that!!!

[morgana-lefay]

Was looking through some photos the other day and found this one, which made me think those were Apocalyptica. Did some quick search and RammWiki told me it is in fact Apocalyptica and that they did in fact play "Ohne Dich" and "Mein Herz Brennt" (my head went immediately to that last one) together during their 2005 Reise, Reise Tour, as they were their opening act in most of the shows.

Quick search on Youtube et voilà:

Just wow...Even if the sound isn't perfect, it's 2005 after all, it gave me goosebumps from top to bottom! Cellos do make everything better! 🖤 (Thought it couldn't get any better, but then Till says "Apocalyptica" in the end and something happened inside of me...)

Kept reading RammWiki (thank you for service, btw 🤘🏻) and learned there were more stage sharing in 2010, this time for "Haifisch":

(not as different...Extra points for Flake being a little happy kid in the boat and failing to grab the shark; Paul and Richard rocking with the Apocalyptica guys and crazy headbanging Till at the end). and "Ich Will":

(I wish the sound was better, but it was an awesome combination! Also, playing cello and headbanging 🥵 and Till's voice sounds extra-growly) They liked the pairing so much, that they did it again in 2012, in a concert in Apocalyptica's hometown Helsinki.

(loved Shcneider's energy and Richard rocking with the Apocalyptica guy again) I love beautiful band collaborations. 🖤

[andresylupin]

I love how unique Mushishi's soundtrack is, and I love folk and trad songs: voilà ✨

(songs info if you're interested:)

Anakrousis and Hymne au Soleil are from the same 1979 album "Musique de la Grèce Antique" (Music from ancient Greece), by the Spanish ensemble Atrium Musicae de Madrid. They specialised in playing pieces from medieval (or older) time periods. For this specific album they used actual music gathered from ancient papyrus and reconstructed ancient instruments to be as accurate as possible. I highly recommend the whole album, it's haunting.

Зора се е, мале, зазорила (translated as "Daybreak Dawned") is a song from Bulgarian folklore, sung here by the well-known Eva Quartet. (the music and lyrics here are probably an arrangement from a pre-existing folk song but I'm not 100% sure)

木曽節 (Kiso Bushi, literally Kiso's song) is a Japanese folk song from the Kiso district, and as its name indicates, it's a song celebrating the place it originated from. The song flows as does the Kiso river, and it's performed here by the Research Institute for Japanese traditional music (pretty self-explanatory).

Каа-Хем (Yenisei river) is technically not a folk song but Yat-Kha is a Tuvan band that relies heavily on tuvan folk sound (such as khöömei/tuvan throat singing) mixed with punk/rock/metal influences and it's very cool!! And this song is of course celebrating the Yenisei river and its beautiful landscape.

La rivière Tanier is a créole lullaby, lamenting the hardship of life as an old woman fishes in the river. Graeme Allwright created this particular arrangement ; he was a French New-Zealander who spent his life travelling and making folk music. He did a lot of different things throughout both his life and his music career, so I guarantee that you'll find something you'll like if you check out his stuff. Also!! he was bestie with Leonard Cohen!

نامي نامي (Nami Nami or Sleep Sleep) is a traditional lullaby from the Middle-East (probably Egypt ?) in which a mother comforts her child with promises of their father's return. It's performed here by the ODO Ensemble ; they're based in France but their goal is to collect and perform ancient music from all over the world.

The Passing of the Elves: yes it's a soundtrack from The Lord of the Rings so I'm stretching the meaning of "folk" a little bit, but Howard Shore drew heavily from Celtic and Eastern aesthetics and tones when composing the different leitmotivs for the Elves and I like how it sounds :) plus they used the actual Sindarin poem so that's cool!

五木の子守唄 (Itsuki no Komoriuta or Itsuki Lullaby) is, to everyone's surprise, a traditional Japanese lullaby from the Itsuki district! The original lyrics are bit grim (a babysitter exhausted by a crying child) , but this is a beautiful instrumental version arranged by Takasue Shibata, and I thought it made for a nice conclusion to this little journey ☀️🌙💧

[stabbyfoxandrew]

Hey Aerie! I hope you are ok! I finally have a free afternoon, so I can finally give you my promised current on loop songs

Voilà, L'enfer and La Nuit are in french, idk if you like songs in other languages but they're very good! I still don't understand everything in the text so if there's a french person seeing this, please don't judge me 🙏🏼

And also I give you one German song I really like. The singer writes really really good texts and I like most of his songs (which is surprising, normally I listen only to a few songs per person/band). Also I'm sorry I can't judge if the music is good or just the text so if it's weird to listen to, I'm sorry!

Okay that got much longer than I wanted... Upsi

Anyway, hope you find something you like! Have a nice day and ily 🧡

ahhh ty ty ty cody!!! <33 <3<33<333 i've just added them all

[leslutdepointedulac]

The Performer: Actor/Rockstar

Lestat Birthday Bingo ~ Square 3: The Performer

I couldn't decide whether I wanted to focus on Lestat's theatre kid side, or his rockstar phase so I thought fuck it, let's do both in one - et voilà. They're both important parts of his life so I figured why decide between them. Lestat just deciding to join a band after being asleep for 55 years is iconic af and my life's aspirations.

@vampirefest

[thecardssayhellno]

So, I don't post often, but I was listening to a band I love, and I had a thought. VOILÀ's song Hush Now gives off Albus York x Faithful energy.

So, give it a listen if you haven't. (If you want ofc, who am i to force you? But the lyrics would make more sense if you listened to the song.)

I do realize that the song is a play on Romeo and Juliet, but I could argue that The Bastard Warrior is a sort of Romeo and Juliet-esque tale. Now for the breakdown of the lyrics.

This set of lyrics are from the beginning of the song, and it sort of reminds me of how Albus always tells Faithful that she's too good for him and to find someone else, even if he did love her.

This, I feel, isn't quite so on-the-nose as Faithful and Albus aren't ever actually in a relationship, but Albus feels like he's constantly never good enough for Faithful. Therefore, he would feel like he's constantly fucking up.

This one actually does feel very on-the-nose. I feel like this whole post revolves around Albus feeling inadequate. His whole life has revolved around feeling inadequate, though. Albus thinks that he's going to hurt Faithful, especially during the last episode when he's a demon and possed by the 10,000 souls.

Albus hated that he loved Faithful because he figured she would never love him in return. He continued to help her knowing that he would die. His part in the play (so to speak) was to die. (He was also suicidal so that is another reason that he was ok with dying.

After this verse, the chorus repeats but this time it's slower, so it's acting more like the bridge:

This repetition makes me think of what could have been running through his head when Faithful used the key to appear in his mind in the last episode. He kept warning her away from him, but she stayed.

That's all for my lyric mini-breakdown. I was just listening to the song after a relisten of the series so I figured I'd jot my thoughts down here.