#Willie lambert

[sammaggs]

Canadian Name References Round-Up

due South Stacked Rewatch | Episodes 1x01 - 1x05

Willie Lambert // Willie Lambert

Played for the Montreal Alouettes in the ‘60s, a big deal at McGill. Ended up a dentist?

Mackenzie King // William Lyon Mackenzie King

Prime Minister of Canada three times in the ‘20s and ‘30s, over 21 years, longest ever. Known for creating welfare in Canada and also getting the country through WWII.

They called him Weird Willie because he was obsessed with the occult. Thought he could channel da Vinci and Roosevelt. Basically had headmates. Never married; probably fucking a guy named TWEEDSMUIR.

Buck Frobisher // Martin Frobisher

British guy went hunting for the Northwest Passage in the 16th century. Entering what is now Frobisher Bay he made it to Baffin Island, now part of Nunavut and home to its capital.

He brought back like one zillion pounds of ore that turned out to be 0% gold and 100% worthless. Bankrupted his funders.

Stephanie Cabot // Sebastian Cabot

Cabot was one of the first-ever homies to hear the Stan Rogers call of the Northwest Passage, and left from Italy to find it in 1508. He saw like one ice cube and ran.

Apparently his wife was “domineering,” and handled all of his affairs.

Quiet Canadiana in due South [One] [Two] [Three] [Four] [Five] [Six] [Seven] [Eight]

[randomnameless]

My husband came up with this idea that made me see Ionius in a slightly different way: Edelgard mentions that the Empire "demands many heirs" in her Goddess Tower support w/ Byleth, hence why Ionius had a load of kids by different women. Normally I'd think "wow that's stupid, way to invite a power struggle after you're dead" but what if it's actually an Empire tradition? Like, Ionius maybe is the first Emperor in a while to try to consolidate power but maybe only one of many to have a ton of kids, AND the reason is not only to have a kid with a Crest, but that the Slitherers practice Crest experimentation on each generation of heirs with the hope of creating a two-crested Nemesis clone to help them kill off the Nabateans. Ionius just happened to be the survivor of his batch of siblings. Maybe having 10-11 kids is to make sure that some of them will live long enough to be the next Emperor, and that's why the "Empire demands many heirs."

Oh!

FWIW, the Index of Imperial Nobility mentions how House Vestra is supposed to "coordinate things such as Imperial Consorts", adding to that how House Vestra has been at the Hresevelgs' back since the danw of the Empire, yeah, we can make a pretty good case that Adrestia has a long standing tradition of, uh, imperial consorts and all.

It can be seen as dumb because it invites power struggles, but it avoids the issue that could very well have happened with the Kingdom, aka Dimitri ded = the King's direct line is dead and it's chaos because one of the first duties of a King/Emperor/Leader under those kinds of hereditary systems is, well, to secure a heir - the lineage cannot be broken!

(that's where we usually have sekrit heirs popping up from nowhere in some kinds of stories, or bastard children !)

Having multiple Consorts - thus a large number of heirs - makes it sure that the line will not be broken as easily as, idk, a baby choking on a pretzel or a serious flu.

However, as Hanneman mentions in Hubert's support, having dozens of consorts means creating dozens of families who suddenly have to get some privileges bcs the Emperor is figging their daughters - and depending on how powerful those families are, if the Emperor obviously favors one kid over the others (or pisses on one over the others) one of those families might not be happy and start shit in the Empire - taking more and more consorts means shaving little by little the power of the Emperor in Adrestia!

(and guesses who spearheads the insurrection? Arundel, one of those "consort kin"!)

The topic of Ionius' 11 children is sadly forgotten by the plot - but iirc Word of God said the Ordelias (Lysithea) were experimented upon as a test, and when the Agarthans had, uhhh, conclusive results, they experimented on the Hresvelgs.

Given who was in charge when Ordelia was ran over by Adrestia - even if no character mentions the consequences or make a link because you have tea bags to sell - imo it would totally make sense that Ionius killed two birds with one stone : flexing his underdeveloped muscles at peons who helped people who dared to betray him, and getting guinea pigs for his plans to get the strongest Emperor ever.

Bear in mind that the Ordelia fuckery was done before the Insurrection aka, Ionius had this plan before Ludwig'n'co decided to depose him!

(Was Vestra aware of what was going on? Who were the Agarthans working with Ionius? Is it a situation à la Manfroy'n'Arvis, people disapproving of the Emperor listening at shady people?)

The Ordelia experiments leads me to believe the plan to become "super strong with dual crests" was hatched and developed during the Ionius era, but again, the game is so crappy at lore building that we don't even know if Ionius had 10 (legitimate) sibs, or only 5, and what they are doing when Supreme Leader is running the show, or did when Ionius was defanged.

Granted, we don't know since when Agarthans are slithering in Adrestia - if we believe the "Willy's sekrit history" was tampered with and assume Supreme Leader was telling the truth, that it was passed down in generations, maybe Agarthans were slowly manipulating Adrestian Emperor to get their revenge on Nabateans (in Nopes, a book about the rebellion of the Southern Church mentions how the Emperor wanted to cut ties with the Central Church anyways since a long time, but doesn't explain why).

And so, maybe Agarthans devised several plans, that all failed, to make the Hresvelgs turn against the Church and be strong enough to be flattened in 5 seconds, and it only worked during Ionius' era ?

We will never know, but it's still fun to think and headcanon about!

To bounce back on the "Adrestia demands many heirs" thing, given how I am fond of a certain AU, what if

This came up as a reaction to the entire Lycaon debacle?

Wilhelm 1 picked a heir, his heir died "to a mysterious illness" and instead of assuming rulership or helping another heir to rule - like he did for Lycaon - Wilhelm bailed out of Adrestia.

It could be explained by Lycaon being the golden child and favourite kid of his dad, so if he's not the one ruling, Dad doesn't give a fuck anymore about his Empire... or -

What if Lycaon was Willy's only child, and the subsequent Hresvelgs are "cousins" or members of a branch family?

In that case, it wouldn't be Willy playing favourites, but bailing out because his own son "suddenly fell ill and died" and he wouldn't be as involved as he was in helping his own kid, if now we're talking about helping a great grand-nephew or someone else.

(Rhea would have had to give a transfusion to the subsequent Emperor - i name her by convenience Hildegarde bcs no imagination and it's faster to type than "the female emperor who succeeded Lycaon and dueled against Ferdie's ancestor who wanted the throne" - to make people believe there is a direct continuity between Wilhelm, Lycaon, Hildegarde and her future heirs).

In that "only kid" scenario, it would also justify why House Hresvelg became so obsessed with taking Consorts and having a lot of heirs - Adrestia was nearly left Emperor-less after Lycaon's death because they had no other heirs to pick a successor from...

[cinesludge]

Movie #13 of 2024: The Death of Stalin

Svetlana Stalin: "Can you please just be cordial?"

Vasily Stalin: "I know the drill. Smile, shake hands and try not to call them cunts."

Svetlana Stalin: "Perfect. That's perfect."

[forthesoulmusic]

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[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G

[dovebuffy92]

These are the musicians I listened to when I was sixteen years old.

question, very important, please answer:

what musical artists do you most associate with being 16 years old

[artificiallita]

sapphic deadclaws headcanon

- logan really loves country music (of the johnny cash willie nelson sad old man variety)

- wade also really loves country music (of the shania twain carrie underwood girlypop variety)

- great! this is something they can bond over

- incorrect! logan apparently took her finger off the pop-culture pulse circa 1980-whatever, and she doesn’t even know who miranda lambert *is* (or maybe her universe just doesn’t have one? either fucking way)

- and wade tries really gd hard to get into her stuff, but it���s a bit too much god-and-jesus dirge for her. have you ever *tried* shaking your ass to ain’t no grave? it’s a hard sell

- they eventually crack it and bond over a shared love of dolly parton

- apparently jolene is explicitly a lesbian love song in logan’s home timeline, as god intended

- this definitely does not lead wade to pestering the tva for weeks trying to convince them to let her go back to planet worst-wolverine for like five minutes because she just needs to hear it *once*. definitely not.

- but yeah, two decidedly different tastes eventually start to merge into one

- logan is humming before he cheats under her breath while she’s cooking, and wade is trying to harmonise to chicken in black in the shower because logan is right and cash had a lot more hits than misses

- blind al hates country music of any variety. she needs them both to stop this yeehaw bullshit immediately

(this silly idea brought to you by having talladega ten by the chattahoochies stuck in my head for the better part of 24 hours, because god wade would fucking love that shit)

[joshuasumter]

You're not going to believe this! The Disney 100-year Anniversary crossover short, Once Upon A Studio, is coming! 100 years of stories, 100 years of magic, 100 years of Disney! It's like Disney's House of Mouse all over again, with a hint of Night at the Museum. I've been waiting for this all my life, I'm so excited! (Also gets you and some people hoping for a House of Mouse revival/reboot on Disney+, or maybe a mini-series inspired by this short) Featuring 543 characters from over 85 Disney films and shorts, the following list features those that are only from Walt Disney Productions (1937–1985), Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios (1986–2007), and Walt Disney Animation Studios (2007-present).

Films

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Pinocchio 

Fantasia 

The Reluctant Dragon

Dumbo 

Bambi 

Saludos Amigos

Victory Through the Air

The Three Caballeros 

Make Mine Music 

Song of the South 

Fun and Fancy Free 

Melody Time 

So Dear to My Heart 

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Cinderella (1-3)

Alice in Wonderland 

Peter Pan (1-2)

Lady and the Tramp (1-2)

Sleeping Beauty 

101 Dalmatians (1-2)

The Sword in the Stone 

Mary Poppins 

The Jungle Book (1-2)

The Aristocats 

Bedknobs and Broomsticks 

Robin Hood 

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 

The Rescuers

Pete's Dragon

The Fox and the Hound (1-2)

The Black Cauldron 

The Great Mouse Detective 

Oliver & Company 

The Little Mermaid (1-3)

The Rescuers: Down Under

Beauty and the Beast (1-3)

Aladdin (1-3)

The Lion King (1-3)

Pocahontas (1-2)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1-2)

Hercules 

Mulan (1-2)

Tarzan (1-2, Tarzan & Jane)

Fantasia 2000 

Dinosaur 

The Emperor's New Groove (1-2: Kronk's New Groove)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (1-2: Milo's Return)

Lilo & Stitch (1-2: Stitch has a Glitch)

Treasure Planet 

Brother Bear (1-2)

Home of the Range  

Chicken Little 

Meet the Robinsons  

Bolt 

The Princess and the Frog 

Tangled 

Winnie the Pooh

Wreck-It Ralph

Frozen

Big Hero 6 

Zootopia 

Moana 

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Frozen 2

Raya and the Last Dragon 

Encanto  

Strange World 

Wish 

Shorts

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in "Trolley Troubles"

Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie"

Silly Symphony (Three Pigs, Big Bad Wolf)

Donald Duck

Goofy

Pluto

Figaro 

Chip n' Dale

Adventures in Music

Humphrey the Bear

John Henry (Disney's American Legends)

Ballad of Nessie

Paperman

Ben and Me (1953)

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)

Lambert the Sleepish Lion (1952)

*Roger Rabbit, made by Richard Williams's studio in England, and Enchanted, made by Tony Baxter, will not appear in this short because they don't belong to WDAS. 69 + 16 = 85!

[ometochtli2rabbit]

13.0.12.8.0

kalajun[12] AHAU[lord] HunAjpuh[OneBlow-Gunner] -ox[3] WAYEB

galactic tone: understanding/ complex stability

sun sign: SUN| snail or conch/yellow or blue/south

ask for wisdom and continued honored memory of our ancestors - MAYA

mahtlactli-omome[12] - XOCHITL [flower]

Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli | Xochiquetzal

quetzaltotolin

lord of the night: Centeotl

trecena [12]: Chalchihuitotolin

x: caxtolli-omome [17] - hueicuilhuitl - NAHUA

"Pretty Deadly" comic art, Emma Rios, 2014

In the Quiche Maya language, today's representative is JUN AJPUH (one blow- gunner) which is the name of one of the ancestors, the father of the Hero Twins. His head was removed by the Lords of Death and produced a tree that spoke to the daughter of one of the pairs of lords. He impregnated her and thus were born the Hero Twins. This is in no way advocating their use, but his name, these are songs and bands that feature the word GUN:

The Cranberries: Zombie

Foster the People: Pumped Up Kicks

N.W.A.: F*ck the Police

Green Day: 21 Guns

Cardi B: Money

Concrete Blonde: God is a Bullet

Nicki Minaj: Anaconda & Barbie Tings

Johnny Marr: A Different Gun

Ariana Grande: Side to Side

Doja Cat: Agora Hills

Warren Zevon: Lawyers, Guns and Money

Miranda Lambert: Time to get a Gun

Cat Stevens: I’m Gonna' Get Me A Gun

Taylor Swift: So Long, London & The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

Def Leppard: Don't Shoot Shotgun

The Damned: Machine Gun Etiquette

Sara Bareilles: Machine Gun

Commodores: Machine Gun

Gorillaz: Clint Eastwood

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Saturday Night Special & Gimme Back My Bullets

Rihanna: G4L

ZZ Top: Gun Love

Audioslave: Sound of a Gun

M.I.A: Bucky Done Gun

INXS: Guns in the Sky

Lady Gaga: Replay

Elton John: Ballad of a Well-Known Gun

Pixies: There Goes My Gun

Jon Bon Jovi: Blaze of Glory

Billy Idol: You Don't Need a Gun

Aerosmith: Janie's Got a Gun

Janet Jackson: Son of a Gun

AC/DC: Big Gun & Guns for Hire

The Clash: Guns on the Roof & Guns of Brixton

Johnny Cash: Don't Take Your Guns to Town

Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody & Killer Queen

Willie Nelson: Shotgun Willie

Junior Walker and the All-Stars: Shotgun

Bruce Springsteen: Held Up Without a Gun & Dancing in the Dark

The Rolling Stones: Highwire

Nine Inch Nails: Big Man with a Gun

Tom Waits: Gun Street Girl

Kate Bush: James and the Cold Gun

Marvin Gaye: You're a Son of a Gun

Nirvana: Come as You Are & Smells Like Teen Spirit & In Bloom& Son of a Gun

Pink Floyd: Time

Waylon Jennings: Charlie Lay Down the Gun

Slipknot: Custer

Cypress Hill: Hand on the Pump & Hand on the Glock

Guns N' Roses: You Could Be Mine

Lana Del Rey: Guns and Roses

Depeche Mode: Barrel of a Gun

David Bowie: Moonage Daydream

The Beatles: Happiness is a Warm Gun

Jimi Hendrix: Machine Gun

Madonna: God Control

[creelkobblelaufeyson69]

Who in currently writing for and taking requests for *WILL GET UPDATED*

1. Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton’s)

2. Wolf Jackson

3. Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton’s)

4. Norman Osborn

5. Delores (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice)

6. Bobby Hicks

7. Adrien Toomes

8. Agatha Harkness

9. Rio Vidal

10. Dale Kobble

11. The Janitor (Willy’s Wonderland)

12. Adam Barrett

13. Quentin Beck

14. Otto Octavious

15. Logan Howlett

16. Wade Wilson (NOT THE KILLER)

17. Steve Rodger’s

18. Charles Xavier

19. Paddy (Speak no evil)

20. John Labat

21. Tenth Doctor

22. Fourteenth Doctor

23. Edward Scissorhands

24. Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp’s)

25. Emily (Corpse Bride)

26. Sweeny Todd

27. Sebastian Shaw

28. Robot Montague Renfield (from Renfield ofc)

29. Dracula (Nicolas Cage’s ofc)

30. Lee Harker

31. Rose Tyler

32. Ruby Sunday

33. Loki Laufeyson

34. Sam Carpenter

35. Eleventh Doctor

36. Crowley (Good Omens)

37. Peter Vincent

38. Marc Specter

39. Steven (moon knight)

40. Harry Hart

41. Jack Daniels

42. Skye Riley

43. Joel from the movie Smile

44. Wanda Maximoff

45. Joey from Abigail

46. Lydia Deetz

47. Sienna Shaw

48. Art The Clown

49. Sidney Prescott

50. Billy Loomis

51. Stu Macher

52. Dewey Riley

53. Vince Schneider

54. Tiffany Valentine

55. Maxine

56. Mr Reed

57. Simon (Dinner In America)

58. Dr Godwin Baxter

59. Scott Summers

60. The Wizard (Wicked)

61. Cooper Adams

62. Gary King

63. Charlie Wolfe (Kill Me Three Times)

64. Nicholas Angel

65. Shaun (Shaun Of The Dead)

66. Simon Skinner (Hot Fuzz)

67. Everett Ross

68. Oliver Chamberlain

69. Jim Moriarty

70. John Watson

71. Sherlock

72. Orm Marius

73. Josh Lambert

[renee-writer]

A Rescue Chapter 60

AO3

She isn’t afraid anymore, not in that overwhelming way, anyway. Motherhood always comes with fears. She worries when Quinn starts learning to walk, what her response will be to her coming sibling, if she will hurt William Lambert, born two years after her.

 

She fears whether they will accept Henry James, their supposed to be final sibling. He arrives as Quinn starts school, bringing more fears. So, it isn’t that she doesn’t fear, it is that they are manageable.

 

She shares them with her husband.

 

“She will be fine, my love. The school is a kilometer away. We can get there in four minutes if need be.”

 

She laughs. “You have timed it.”

 

He nods as he grins. “Aye. That be our baby girl. I need to know I can get to her easily, if there is need.”

 

She thrives in school as does Willie when he starts three years later. Their mum thrives too. She has an at home business making and selling herbal remedies. Her and Little Lamb spend the days with the older children at school moving from the garden to the kitchen. He starts out in a front carrier on her chest, then a back carrier, to crawling and walking beside her.

 

“I will miss having my buddy around when he starts school next year.” She says to Jamie.

 

He lifts his eyes and tilts his head. “Another?”

 

“We decided on three.”

 

“Aye but…”

 

“Let’s .”

 

Brianna Mary is born eighteen months later.

 

“If it wasn’t for you, I am not sure I would be here, at least not here and a happy wife and mum.” She explains to Mary . Long past needing therapy, she set up a session to introduce Bree, as she has with each child.

 

“You honor me. It was your own strength and resolve, your determination not to let what happened define you, that got you to this point.”

 

“Yes but you guided me there.”

 

She goes home, to her husband and children, fully free.

 

The end

[randomnameless]

Hi, I was talking with some friends, and wanted some help double checking some 3H shenanigans and figured you'd be the best to ask. Do you know when in the game Ionius's whole wives situation got mentioned and what he did that got all the nobles to depose him? I remember something about concubines, but don't know where exactly in the game it was talked about to check and cite. Thank you very much if you're able to help!

I hope I can help then!

In Hubert and Hanneman's C support, it's more or less explained, by Hanneman that Ionius wanted to concentrate power on himself :

In your father's defense, the emperor was attempting to take power from the Seven Houses. The emperor's reform was an attempt to concentrate power in the hands of the throne.

While Hubert presents it the other way :

He conspired with the ministers to usurp power from the emperor. And Lady Edelgard...

But both he and Hanneman later agree, in their B support, that Hubert is aware he is not very objective.

The Jp version gives a bit more insight on Hanneman's explanations, that were removed from the localised version for... well, I suppose, some reasons I still can't understand?

当時の陛下は、“七貴族”と呼ばれる 大貴族や外戚の特権を徐々に廃止し…

There's a mention of the consort kin, that is absent in the localised version.

This translation translated it as :

At that time, His Majesty was gradually abolishing the privileges of the consort kin and the ones referred to as “The Seven Aristocrats” – the great noble [families]

Ionius was thus trying to centralise power on himself, remove privileges and powers of the 7 and the consort kin.

Now, unlike some other settings, Ionius having consorts isn't that developped in Fodlan, so we don't have any clues, in canon, about what those privileges are. We can only surmise things here'n'there based on rl, I guess, as long as it doesn't contradict canon.

So, what could have been those consort kin privileges?

Let's take the Arundel example.

Anselma is wooed by Ionius, bears him a daughter, but doesn't become his official/legal/legitimate wife. She becomes his consort wife.

What is she going to do? She cannot marry someone else, Papa Arundel "lost" his daughter and cannot secure a good wedding for her (as is apparently the fate of Adrestian noblewomen?) because she's already one of Ionius's consort. Hell, given how their daughter isn't the next in line for the Imperial succession, Anselma's role is very shaky -

In Fates, we have the background concubine wars, where the goal was to have their kid become the heir (iirc?) so they would have a place by the King's side, or at least not be demoted as "extras" when the kid from another mother will become, well, king.

In Fodlan, from this line, we know the "kin" of the Imperial consorts had some "privileges" - a sort of crass way to say the Emperor gives them "stuff" so they will shut up if he "wooes" a daughter, relegates her as a baby maker and doesn't marry her, thus her "market value" drops and the resulting child is only an extra?

From the Libary, it's confirmed that :

House Arundel Formerly a minor noble house of the Empire. As head of the house, when Volkhard's younger sister became betrothed to Emperor Ionius IX, Volkhard was granted the title of Lord Arundel. Having worked closely with House Aegir, House Arundel is seen as one of the chief instigators of the Insurrection of the Seven.

House Arundel became "important" when Anselma was wooed by Ionius and became his wife (consort wife though!).

So when Ionius wants to remove the consort kin privileges, aka giving some importance to the families of the women he "wooes", Arundel isn't super happy and spearheads the insurrection.

Now, why was that system created? Was it a way to prevent the Emperor from, say, having their cake and eating it, aka, seducing women, giving them kids and then throwing them (both?) away without strings attached? Or to make sure consort wife #7 will have a role somewhere, and her family will get a "compensation" for her loss?

Or worse, the "consort kin" privileges maybe also applied to the children of the consorts - they would have a lower rank compared to the children of the legitimate wife - but still be worth something?

The Adrestian Imperial family is sadly under utilised, so we don't a thing about what was the status of the consorts or their children (they just poof away in the game events, we never hear anything about Ionius's surviving consorts or his legitimate wife!) - but we know there used to be some sort of compensation (super dowry?) Ionius/the Emperor had to give to families of the women he screwed -

And from what the JP version of Hubert and Hanneman's support says, Ionius wanted to get rid of that.

[cator99]

"Take a fifteen" my adderall is peaking and I'm showing old people the magic of the electronic tag system I just replaced the paper tags with and watching their eyes transform from fear to being filled with light as the tags flash under my control and change to properly reflect the milk prices i feel like willy wonka and adam lamberts If I Had You just started playing over the store speakers I feel personally ordained by GOD to finish this isle before I could even consider stopping

[jon-mcbrine-author]

The strong female lead: tough, smart, boring—and hardly new. Girl bosses routinely break barriers, to the point where it’s more interesting if a fictional woman is portrayed as a diverse person with real flaws. When the average lady action hero can punch out men twice her size and outsmart any male genius, it’s refreshing to see female klutzes get some inclusion. Here are four women with real range.

The high heels got a lot of heat for Jurassic World’s Claire Dearing. She evolved over time like good characters do, but her starting her arc as the opportunistic businesswoman left many gasping in shock. She was allowed to grow instead of instantly being an expert dino-wrangler. Nature indeed found a way.

Joan Lambert is memorable for her portrayal in Alien - for being the woman who wasn’t regarded as a pioneering female action star. Lambert was a nervous wreck who reacted like most people would when confronted by a big alien monster. Her genuine shrieks of terror helped make the chestburster sequence so timeless. She was a real one for that.

Cordelia Chase brought the mean girl vibes to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, reflecting Buffy’s former cheerleading life. Spoiled and bratty, Cordelia ruled the high school halls, making her eventual transition to siding with the angels even more satisfying to watch.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is unique in that it is one of the few live action prequels that is good and its female lead was allowed to be foolish. A comedic foil for Indy’s bravado, Willie Scott screamed, scowled, and sneered her way to cinematic immortality. She may not have been the best Indy Lady, but far from the worst.

Rey, Jyn (Star Wars), Helena (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny), Carol Danvers (MCU) - there’s nothing wrong with these characters. And that’s what makes their films a cinematic sleeping pill.

Who are some of your favorite females in fiction who may not be the bravest or toughest?

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[rabbitcruiser]

International Country Music Day

International Country Music Day, on September 17, is a day of festivals, concerts, dances, and all kinds of other events that celebrate country music, to honor this distinctly American genre. Today is about the music. It’s popular to joke about country songs being all about losing your dog, your truck, your job, and your girlfriend, but in reality, the breadth and depth of the genre offer something for everyone, from Williams’ ‘Hey Good Lookin’,’ to New Country songs like Toby Keith’s ‘Red Solo Cup.’ On International Country Music Day, dip into the wellspring and take a sip.

History of INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC DAY

Though International Country Music Day has only been a worldwide phenomenon since 2003, country music itself evolved during the 1920s in the U.S. The music form is the result of a mix of Delta blues, Appalachian folk, Cajun music, Creole Zydeco, and others. Today, people often think of the genre as “Old Country,” which has been wildly popular since the 1950s.

Artists during this golden period such as Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and of course Hank Williams, gave fans unforgettable stories and glimpses into the struggles of a hardscrabble life. Speaking of Hank Williams, the day chosen for this holiday, September 17, is Williams’ birthday. It’s easy to guess the country music icon left a wealth of quality country songs as his legacy, such as ‘Cold Cold Heart’ and ‘Lost Highway.’

As a matter of fact, all 35 of the singles Williams recorded made the top ten on the Billboard Country & Western Bestsellers chart, with 11 of them reaching the number one spot. Mention the phrase country music, and don’t be surprised if the name Hank Williams is in the first sentence of the response. We believe he’d be honored at the association of his birth date with International Country Music Day.

New country, on the other hand, is a subgenre represented by a similarly talented pool of singers and songwriters, including Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, and many more, with a younger generation of country musicians taking up the mantle more and more as time goes by. Country music shows no signs of slowing down or going away, so take International Country Music Day as a chance to discover why so many people around the world love country music.

INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC DAY timeline

1923

Birth of a legend

Hank Williams is born, eventually to personify country music for millions of fans.

1963

Can you name three other songs by him?

Johnny Cash records “Ring of Fire,” capturing the attention of a huge number of radio listeners who may not have ventured into the world of country music.

2003

Synchronicity

The first official International Country Music Day is kicked off, coordinating hundreds of concerts and festivals worldwide to occur on the same day, September 17.

2017

Hard to knockdown

Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” spends 34 weeks at number one on the country charts.

INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC DAY FAQs

Is country music popular outside the US?

While the bulk of country listening takes place in the U.S., there has been a 21% increase in the share of country music streaming outside America since 2015.

What does country music represent?

Country music is defined as “a style and genre of largely string-accompanied American popular music having roots in the folk music of the Southeast and cowboy music of the West, usually vocalized, generally simple in form and harmony, and typified by romantic or melancholy ballads accompanied by acoustic or electric.

Outside the States, where is country music the most popular?

Perhaps partly because of the shared language, the U.K, Australia, and Canada boast the largest numbers of faithful country music fans outside the U.S.

INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC DAY Activities

Attend a concert or festival: After 2020’s pandemic, you’ll once again be able to join the crowd at a country music performance, have an adult beverage, and give line dancing a shot. If you want to get to the heart of country music and really experience it first-hand, a trip to Nashville, Tennessee — considered the epicenter of country music — wouldn’t be a bad idea.

Pick up a musical instrument: There are many to choose from other than the usual guitar. Decide to learn a new skill and try out the fiddle, the dobro, the steel guitar, the banjo, the harmonica — the list goes on. There’s no better way to show you love country music than to play some yourself.

Listen at homeIf you’re like us, the accessibility of all types of music at a click is one of our favorite reasons to love the internet. On International Country Music Day, go on a surfing journey and listen to the old country standards and the new country hits. If you’re normally a listener of “everything except country,” make an exception. We’ll bet you do find something you like.

5 Amazing Facts About Johnny Cash

Put it on “shuffle”: Asked what albums he’d have with him if stranded on a desert island, Cash listed a roster that includes Emmylou Harris, Beethoven, and Bob Dylan.

Lucky seven?: Despite having been arrested a total of seven times — some of them on drug charges — Cash only ever spent one night behind bars.

An apt alias: Before reaching his fame, Cash only ever went by the first name “J.R.” with the initials remaining ambiguous in terms of what they stood for, and only adopted the name “John” when an Air Force recruiter would not accept initials for a first name.

“You may now kiss …”: In the 1970s, Cash spent two years studying divinity and became an ordained minister in time to preside over his daughter’s marriage.

Not just a songwriter: In 1986, Cash published a novel called “Man In White,” a fictional account of a period in the life of the apostle Paul.

Why We Love INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC DAY

Lots of country songs are fun and funny: Stories are indeed at the heart of country songs, but not all of them are about heartbreak. Take a look at the song “Ticks” by Brad Paisley. “I’d like to see you out in the moonlight / I’d like to kiss you way back in the sticks / I’d like to walk you through a field of wildflowers / And I’d like to check you for ticks.” And that’s just one example. Listened to with an open mind, country music can often make you smile.

There’s nothing like a live concert: You can be the owner of an artist’s entire discography and have a dozen songs memorized to sing along with, but to truly experience a country musician’s personality and heart, at least one live concert is de rigueur. We love to feel that electric charge in the air!

It’s truly American: The U.S. may have the right to claim that rock and roll originated within its borders, but country & western, also quintessentially American, predates rock by some twenty years. To celebrate country music is to celebrate American history.

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Miranda Lambert will go down in history as one of the mainstream country artists trying to keep "old" country elements in her music. She has managed to balance out collaborations with fellow mainstream country singers (like the cinematic Something Bad with Carrie Underwood) or cross-over artists (like the 2021's hit Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home) with Elle King), with being a top candidate to participate in honoring country legends (she was part of Willie Nelson's 90th Birthday concert) and releasing more traditional country songs, like the Pistol Annies' albums.

She released her 10th album on September 13, and it's the perfect representation of her duality and overall contribution to country music. My problem with Miranda in previous projects is that sometimes her songs feel a bit repetitive, to the point I find it hard to listen to her new albums in one sit. With Postcards from Texas, however, the transition between songs was so smooth that, for the first time, I hit the replay bottom once it was over.