#abbey nash

[bensbooks]

ARC Review: Breathing Underwater

Seventeen-year-old Tess Cooper lives by three train hard, study hard, work hard. Swimming is her best chance at a college scholarship. It’s what her parents, her coaches, and even her best friend expect from her—and Tess can always deliver.Until tragedy strikes. Tess has a seizure, and her world suddenly becomes one of doctor visits, missed practices, and a summer job stuck behind a counter—not sitting high in the lifeguard chair like every year before.Instead, her spot goes to new guy Charlie. Sure, his messy hair and laid-back demeanor sends Tess’ heart racing, but this isn’t really the time. She’s got to focus on getting back in the pool—regardless of what her doctor or anyone else says.

My review:

Breathing Underwater is a slice-of-life novel with a solid disability plot focusing on epilepsy. The main character has to deal with the struggles of becoming sick right in the middle of training for Nationals for swimming, knowing that her entire life won't ever be the same again.

This book is a good book if you're looking for a well paced, not too heavy book about overcoming problems out of your control. The main character not only has to tackle her own feelings, but also those around her, some of who understand and some who don't.

[bibewilderedandbuck]

FOUR minutes in and bobby brought out the book. They really said good luck with this one guys its gonna be a bumpy ride.

[judgingbooksbycovers]

Breathing Underwater

By Abbey Lee Nash.

[lavoixhumaine]

@blossom--of--snow tagged me to:

Make a poll with your all-time favorite characters and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone’s favorite!

i already have some idea who’s gonna win and who might not get a vote and that’s okay! also, these are only tv characters because sunny’s a lil’ bit of a tramp teehee!

tagging: @scar-letter | @rainedamodred | @mattoidmeerkat | @bestbuddybobby | @babycarternash

[letters2fiction]

Welcome to Letters2fiction!

The concept here is to send in a question or a letter request, and you’ll get a response from your fictional character of choice, from the list below. Please stick to the list I’ve made, but of course, you can ask if there’s some other characters I write for, I don’t always remember all the shows, movies or books I’ve consumed over the years and I’m sure I’m missing a lot 😅

Status: New Characters added - Thursday March 21st, 2024

TV SERIES

A Discovery of Witches:

Matthew Clairmont

Baldwin Montclair

Gallowglass de Clermont

Marcus Whitmore

Philippe de Clermont

Jack Blackfriars

Sarah Bishop

Emily Mather

Diana Bishop

Ysabeau de Clermont

Miriam Shepard

Phoebe Taylor

Gerbert D’Aurillac

Peter Knox

Father Andrew Hubbard

Benjamin Fuchs

Satu Järvinen

Meridiana

Law and Order:

Rafael Barba

Sonny Carisi

Joe Velasco

Mike Duarte

Terry Bruno

Peter Stone

Hasim Khaldun

Nick Amaro NEW!

Mike Dodds

Grace Muncy

Kat Tamin

Toni Churlish

Amanda Rollins

Olivia Benson

Rita Calhoun

Casey Novak

Melinda Warner

George Huang

Sam Maroun

Nolan Price

Jamie Whelan

Bobby Reyes

Jet Slootmaekers

Ayanna Bell

Jack McCoy

Elliot Stabler

One Chicago:

Jay Halstead (Could also be Will if you want)

Antonio Dawson

Adam Ruzek

Greg "Mouse" Gerwitz

Dante Torres

Vanessa Rojas

Kevin Atwater

Sean Roman

Matt Casey

Kelly Severide

Joe Cruz

Sylvie Brett

Blake Gallo

Christopher Hermann

"Mouch"

Otis

Violet Mikami

Evan Hawkins

Mayans MC:

Angel Reyes

Miguel

Bishop

Coco

Nestor

911 verse:

Athena Grant

Bobby Nash

Henrietta "Hen" Wilson

Evan "Buck" Buckley

Eddie Diaz

Howie "Chimney" Han

Ravi Panikkar

T.K. Strand

Owen Strand

Carlos Reyes

Marjan Marwani

Paul Strickland

Tommy Vega

Judson "Judd" Ryder

Grace Ryder

Nancy Gillian

Mateo Chavez

The Rookie:

Lucy Chen

Tim Bradford

Celina Juarez

Aaron Thorsen

Nyla Harper

Angela Lopez

Wesley Evers

BBC Sherlock:

Greg Lestrade

Mycroft Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Moriarty

Molly

Bridgerton:

Anthony Bridgerton

Benedict Bridgerton

Simon Basset

Daphne Bridgerton

Eloise Bridgerton

Kate Sharma

Edwina Sharma

Marina Thompson/Crane

Outlander:

Jamie Fraser

Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser

Frank Randall

Black Jack Randall

Brianna Fraser

Roger MacKenzie

Fergus Fraser

Marsali Fraser

Jenny Fraser Murray

Ian Murray Sr.

Ian Fraser Murray

Murtagh Mackenzie

Call The Midwife:

Shelagh Turner / Sister Bernadette

Dr. Patrick Turner

Nurse Trixie Franklin

Nurse Phyllis Crane

Lucille Anderson

Nurse Barbara Gilbert

Chummy

Sister Hilda

Miss Higgins

PC Peter Noakes

Reverend Tom Hereward NEW!

Narcos:

Horacio Carrillo

Peaky Blinders:

Tommy Shelby

Downton Abbey:

Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham

Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham

Lady Mary Crawley

Lady Edith Crawley

Lady Sybil Crawley

Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Isobel Crawley

Matthew Crawley

Lady Rose MacClare

Lady Rosamund Painswick

Henry Talbot

Tom Branson

Mr. Charles Carson

Mrs. Hughes / Elsie May Carson

John Bates

Anna Bates

Daisy Mason

Thomas Barrow

Joseph Molesley

Land Girl:

Connie Carter

Reverend Henry Jameson (Gwilym Lee's version)

Midsomer Murder:

DCI Tom Barnaby

Joyce Barnaby

Dr. George Bullard

DCI John Barnaby

Sarah Barnaby

DS Ben Jones

DS Jamie Winter

Sgt. Gavin Troy

Fleur Perkins

WPC Gail Stephens

Kate Wilding

DS Charlie Nelson

Sergeant Dan Scott

NEW! Once Upon A Time

Regina / The Evil Queen

Mary Margaret Blanchard / Snow White

David Nolan / Prince Charming

Emma Swan

Killian Jones / Captain Hook

Mr. Gold / Rumplestiltskin

Neal Cassidy / Baelfire

Peter Pan

Sheriff Graham Humbert / The Huntsman

Jefferson / The Mad Hatter

Belle

Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood

Will Scarlet

Zelena / Wicked Witch

Alice (Once in Wonderland)

Cyrus (Once in Wonderland)

Jafar (Once in Wonderland)

Gideon

Tiger Lily

Naveen

Tiana

Granny

Ariel

Prince Eric

Aladdin

Jasmine

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Hercules

Megara

Tinker Bell

Merida

Red Riding Hood

Mulan

Aurora / Sleeping Beauty

Prince Phillip

Cinderella

Prince Thomas

NEW! The Vampire Diaries / The Originals

Stefan Salvatore

Damon Salvatore

Caroline Forbes

Elena Gilbert

Bonnie Bennett

Enzo St. John

Niklaus Mikaelson

Elijah Mikaelson

Kol Mikaelson

Rebekah Mikaelson

Freya Mikaelson

Finn Mikaelson

Mikael

Esther

Marcel Gerard

Davina Claire

MOVIES

The Pirates of the Caribbean:

Captain Jack Sparrow

Barbossa

Will Turner

Elizabeth Swann

James Norrington

Kingsman:

Merlin

Harry Hart

Eggsy Unwin

James Spencer / Lancelot

Alastair / Percival

Roxy Morton / Lancelot

Maximillian Morton / The Shepherd

Orlando Oxford

Jack Daniels / Whiskey

Gin

BOOKS

Dreamland Billionaire series - Lauren Asher:

Declan

Callahan

Rowan

Iris

Alana

Zahra

Dirty Air series - Lauren Asher:

Noah

Liam

Jax

Santiago

Maya

Sophie

Elena

Chloe

Ladies in Stem - Ali Hazelwood books:

Olive

Adam

Bee

Levi

Elsie

Jack

Mara

Liam

Sadie

Erik

Hannah

Ian

Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros:

Xaden Riorson

Dain Aetos

Jack Barlowe

Rhiannan Matthias

Violet Sorrengail

Mira Sorrengail

Lillith Sorrengail

Bodhi Durran

Liam Mairi

[bookaddict24-7]

NEW YOUNG ADULT RELEASES! (MARCH 5TH, 2024)

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HAVE I MISSED ANY NEW YOUNG ADULT RELEASES? HAVE YOU ADDED ANY OF THESE BOOKS TO YOUR TBR? LET ME KNOW!

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NEW STANDALONES/FIRST IN A SERIES:

The Marble Queen by Anna Kopp & Gabrielle Kari (Illustrator)

The Encanto's Daughter by Melissa de la Cruz

The Summer She Went Missing by Chelsea Ichaso

The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste

One Last Breath by Ginny Myers Sain

Promchanted by Morgan Matson

Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal by Gretchen Schreiber

The Baker & the Bard by Fern Haught

What Monstrous Gods by Rosamund Hodge

Breathing Underwater by Abbey Nash

Bad Like Us by Gabriella Lepore

Clever Creatures of the Night by Samantha Mabry

The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall

A Different Kind of Brave by Lee Wind

Virch by Laura Resau

Defy the Storm by Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland

The Stricken by Morgan Shamy

Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams by Shari Green

NEW SEQUELS:

The Prisoner's Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology #2) by Holly Black

An Unlikely Proposition (Unexpected Seasons #2) by Rosalyn Eves

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Happy reading!

[barbiedreamtomb]

i made a playlist for my best gal <3

(track listing etc under the cut)

the world

i am the river - lael neale / heavy balloon - fiona apple / fire - kimya dawson / summer cold - bedouine / hello earth - kate bush / the apocalypse song - st vincent

annabel lee

abbey - mitski / mermaids - florence + the machine / gold dust woman - fleetwood mac /sleep to dream - fiona apple / buy the stars - marina / cop car - mitski

“the body”

entombed in ice - avalon emerson / haunted water - SPELLLING / newspaper - fiona apple

nona <3

human behaviour - björk / once in a lifetime - talking heads / i just love you more - kate nash / sea of love - cat power / and she was - talking heads / how big, how blue, how beautiful - florence + the machine / the wheel - laura stevenson / crash - charli xcx / leave my body - florence + the machine

the unlocked tomb

don’t fence me in - amyl and the sniffers / seether - veruca salt / fallen alien - fka twigs / do you take this man - diamanda galás / it’s not a fashion statement, it’s a fucking deathwish - my chemical romance

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🦇 Good afternoon, my bookish bats. I hope you have a good book, delicious latte, and sweet snack within reach! No TBR is complete without a few young adult novels, and plenty were released in March! Here are a few YA releases to consider adding to your shelves.

🩷 March 5 🩷 ✨ What Monstrous Gods - Rosamund Hodge ✨ The Prisoner's Throne - Holly Black ✨ Defy the Storm - Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland ✨ The Stricken - Morgan Shamy ✨ The Encanto's Daughter - Melissa de la Cruz ✨ Breathing Underwater - Abbey Nash ✨ One Last Breath - Ginny Myers Sain ✨ Bad Like Us - Gabriella Lepore ✨ Promchanted - Morgan Matson ✨ Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams - Shari Green ✨ The No-Girlfriend Rule - Christen Randall ✨ Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal - Gretchen Schreiber ✨ An Unlikely Proposition - Rosalyn Eves ✨ A Different Kind of Brave - Lee Wind ✨ The Baker and the Bard - Fern Haught

🩷 March 12 🩷 ✨ The Hedgewitch of Foxhall - Anna Bright ✨ Six Truths and a Lie - Ream Shukairy ✨ Monster Crush - Erin Ellie Franey ✨ Infinity Kings - Adam Silvera ✨ The Other Lola - Ripley Jones ✨ Just Another Epic Love Poem - Parisa Akhbari ✨ Not Your Average Jo - Grace K. Shim ✨ Book, Beast, and Crow - Elizabeth Byrne ✨ Meet Me in the Fourth Dimension - Rita Feinstein ✨ Ariel Crashes a Train - Olivia A. Cole ✨ These Bodies Between Us - Sarah Van Name ✨ A Feather So Black - Lyra Selene

🩷 March 19 🩷 ✨ Where Sleeping Girls Lie - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé ✨ Under This Red Rock - Mindy McGinnis ✨ The Last Bloodcarver - Vanessa Le ✨ The Revenant Games - Margie Fuston ✨ In the Orbit of You - Ashley Schumacher ✨ Cancelled - Farrah Penn ✨ Rules for Rule Breaking - Talia Tucker ✨ The Veiled Kingdom - Holly Renee ✨ Taka - Ryan Jampole

🩷 March 26 🩷 ✨ The Poisons We Drink - Bethany Baptiste ✨ Dead Girls Walking - Sami Ellis ✨ Royal Scandal - Aimee Carter ✨ Icarus - K. Ancrum ✨ The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist - Sophie Gonzales ✨ Chronically Dolores - Maya Van Wagenen ✨ Out of Left Field - Jonah Newman

[larry-is-my-anchor1]

Season 8 episode 7 of 911. I started watching 911 because of Buddie. I saw all these posts about the show, but specifically about Eddie and Buck. I thought to myself, wow here is a show with two men in a health loving and appears to be a sexual relationship.

What cable show is it on?! I was surprised it was on Fox! Made sense the show was picked up by ABC. I was happily pleased to see that although Eddie and Buck were though not in a sexual relationship, they appeared to be potentially heading there. As they’re clearly head over heels for one another.

But I also fell in love with the show because it is well written and well represented. Beautiful paralleling stories about the importance of each individual person to a specific time. It made me feel good to watch this imaginary world, where these group of people who although had their differences, they chose each other to be family and fought for that title daily. Sometimes quite literally.

Yet I’m not sure why this season feels flat to me. I’ve said this before. And it may be because I have to wait a whole week and I’m expecting too much. While before I plowed through the series like nothing because all of the older episodes were released already.

It’s not really flat, there was that big sweeping save Athena did copiloting a commercial airplane.

I throughly enjoyed all the other seasons. Heck I’m rewatching it. Currently on season 6 when Buck is in that fever dream coma. It’s a lovely written episode. And yes I cannot wait to see a substantial Buddie scene but that’s not all I am looking for. But also this season the parts not having to do with Buddie feel flat. Like it’s just filler. This episode was just meh.

We see Athena busting a ring of jewelry thieves using the dark web to recruit people. She appears to hurt herself somehow but I thought the reason was lame. Yes Angela Bassett is older but she looks amazing. She’s so fit and in great shape. It just wasn’t believable to me. But I guess they had to set up the scene with her rookie partner somehow.

So now I’ve just am looking for glimmers of thoughtfulness, if I don’t get an entire episode, story line or of someone being saved. Such as the touching scene between Athena and Hen having a discussion about getting older.

There is another scene where the Han’s have dinner with Buck, to see how he’s doing, only to discover he’s coping with the break up by baking. Buck tells them he’s doing that instead texting or calling Temu. I still can’t believed, Buck dated both Abbey and Temu. Like that stuff only happens to him. Maddie wisely advises him to move forward and not backwards.

Some scenes later Buck is cooking at the firehouse, then we see him have a similar conversation with the 118. Then Eddie and Hen steal his phone so Buck can’t text Temu, who Buck noticed was bubbling his phone. Buck is chasing Eddie and Hen in the dining/ living area. Eddie also refers to Buck as buddy, which made me smile.

Even Nash compared Temu to alcohol.

It’s interesting to me how everyone is telling Buck to move forward. Didn’t they like Temu? Wouldn’t Eddie stay out of it before? And how little Tommy knew about things in Buck’s life. I want to see flashbacks to the 118 saying they didn’t like Temu for Buck.

The rest of the episode is Athena realized the rookie partner is in over his head and the police academy should have not put him through, since he shoots a random lady he and his new partner we pull over.

The 118 return to the set of Hot Shots. They rescue an actor who Brad had stuck on a crane. Callum Blu (who is a nod to Oliver, hoping not an exact match), plays Brad brilliantly. He’s still head over heels for Bobby, so much that he wants captain doofus fired. I can understand. But Jo firehouse wants him. And Bobby wants to stay with the 118. Another thing the fans said was Brad’s character would be out in a coma like Buck was, so he can trail Bobby to be a better captain.

Side note what a stupid name for a television show. Did Taylor really write that book? Is she behind the creation of the show? I haven’t seen her on their tv’s for sometime now.

Nash gets pulled back into making things right between Brad and captain douche. They’re both a douche. I appreciated Nash telling them both off.

A very sweet scene between Jee and Buck baking. It was odd how Maddie and Chimney just dropped off their daughter with their uncle. But they figured Buck was still moping and baking. He could use some human contact. None Temu contact to be exact.

But no big stories with the other characters, so I am wondering if all the gooey writing is going to be for Buddie? I just expected based on previous episodes/seasons better thought out with how the stories were woven out. Maybe they weren’t expecting to be picked up and it’s all haphazard? I kind of felt that way season 7 tbh.

In season 6 episode 17 for example every call the 118 went on deleted back to what Eddie, Buck and Chimney all were coping with. I don’t know why in the newer seasons the emergency calls have not.

[in-flagrante]

25 Aug 2023 12:01 AM

Downton Abbey stars-turned folk duo Michael Fox and Michelle Dockery have unveiled their new single, Starlight.

The track is a compelling, gritty American Western-inspired tune infused with the duo’s distinctive subtle touch of dramatic harmony.

Known by their stage name Michael and Michelle, Fox and Dockery first met on the set of the hit TV period drama, and soon discovered their shared passion for music – jamming casually in between shooting scenes.

The pair started playing regularly as a duo for fun and six years later signed their first record deal and debut EP, The Watching Silence, released via Decca in May 2022.

Speaking about the release of Starlight, Fox, who played Andrew Parker on Downton, said: “This is a song about getting out, fleeing in the middle of the night, taking back control of your own story.

“We heard parts of the delta blues when writing and saw images of the endless expanse along American roads.

“It is influenced by Delta blues, Arcade Fire, Bob Dylan and always Crosby Stills Nash and Young.”

Fox and Dockery are joined by Chris Mass, of Mumford and Sons, on percussion, Tommy Heap on piano and drums, and Carlos Garcia on guitar.

Starlight was recorded in Crouch End’s Church Studios in London, and was produced by Iain Grimble.

Fox added: “We wanted a song that felt really American, the idea of galloping through on horseback.

“We sat separately to write the lyrics, so it was very conversational. The lyrics were in conflict, her verse against my verse, and we tried to bring them back together and see what we ended up with.”

Dockery, who played Lady Mary Talbot on Downton, said: “It started with a very Western riff that sets the scene, like a Western film.

“It’s our favourite one to do live. We love it.”

Starlight is available now via Decca Records.

https://www.ireland-live.ie/news/music/1280789/downton-abbey-stars-michael-fox-and-michelle-dockery-unveil-new-folk-single.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[nellieofthevalley]

A list of all my favorite songs I associate with Marie on my Marie playlist, because I miss my wife

Abbey (Mitski), Breakin’ Dishes (Rihanna), Ptolomaea(Ethel cain), Skyfall (Adele), Mama who bore me (Lea Michele), Abrahams Daughter (Arcade Fire), Agnes (Glass animals), Aftermath (Caravan Palace) , The angry river (the hat) , Blood on a Rose (Everybody Loves an Outlaw), A body on the step (American Murder Song), California Dreamin’ (the mamas and the papas), Country girl (Luke Bryan - and no I will not elaborate here), The Crooked, the Cradle (The crane wives) Curses(The crane wives), Devils Whisper (Raury), Did you Miss me? (the Veronicas), Mamas Broken Heart ( Miranda Lambert) Little Talks (Of monsters and men), The dismemberment song (Blue kid) , The well (The crane wives), The night we met ( Lord Huron), Watch me work (Again, dont ask. Andrew Rannells and Brianna Mazzola), Living Dead girl (Rob Zombie), Piggy pie (Insane clown posse), Mama Hates you (Ck9c), Viva la Gloria (Little girl)(Green day), Hells coming with me (Poor mans poison), The mind electric ( Miracle musical) , Rivolta Silenziosa (Humanwire), Daddy Lessons (Beyonce), No more birthdays (Sophie may), Helplessly Hoping (Crosby, stills, and Nash), Here I am (The crane wives), Volta (The crane wives), November (Sparkbird), Which Witch (Florence + The machine), Beneath the Brine (the family crest), Little Lion man (Mumford and sons), Thistle and weeds (Mumford and sons)

[possum-quesadilla]

Here is the official chronological playlist for LoopJuice! I can’t link the ones I made because they have my name attached to them, so I suppose typing it out is the next best thing! It goes chapter by chapter and even goes through to the end of Time’s Arrow, so uh. Spoilers I guess for the vibes beyond the current chapter! (And for the possible Part 3)

Time is a Flat Circle:

Chapter One; “Go through the emotions again and again” (The Heroine by Unwoman)

- Rain by Jack Stauber // Hansel by Sodikken // Friends In Low Places by Worthikids // Soft Fuzzy Man by Lemon Demon // Eighth Wonder by Lemon Demon // Charlie’s Inferno by That Handsome Devil // Nothing Man by Sodikken // Mirror Man by Jack Stauber // Is Anyone There by Jack Stauber // Buttercup by Jack Stauber // taixu by lasah/sasakure.UK

Chapter Two; “In heaven, everything is fine” (In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) by David Lynch)

- In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) by David Lynch // A Human’s Touch by TWRP and McKenna Rae // Look Who’s Inside Again by Bo Burnham // Burn Him Down! By Kitsch Club // The Sword of Damocles from Rocky Horror Show

Chapter Three; “I’ve tasted dying and it tasted good!” (Dinner Is Not Over by Jack Stauber)

- Mama’s Boy by Dominic Fike // The Wolf Song by Amanda Palmer // Loved by FEiN // Class of 2013 by Mitski // You’re at the Party by Lemon Demon // Hard Sell by The Crane Wives // Home by Cavetown // Sweet Hibiscus Tea by Penelope Scott // Any Day Now by Bo Burnham // Dinner Is Not Over by Jack Stauber

Chapter Four; “Falling doesn’t feel so bad when I know you’re falling this way too” (Deviltown (V2) by Cavetown)

- Oh Klahoma by Jack Stauber // The Moss by Cosmo Sheldrake // Devil Town (V2) by Cavetown

Chapter Five; “Try to hold the breeze within your fingertips, it’s hopeless” (So Long by Tokyo Elvis)

- So Long by Tokyo Elvis // A Mask of My Own Face by Lemon Demon

Chapter Six; “And this time I actually feel them” (The Heroine by Unwoman)

- I Guess by Mitski // Pale Machine by bo en // My Time by bo en // There’s Something Happening by Jack Stauber // Fighter by Jack Stauber // Choice by Jack Stauber // I Deserve to Bleed by Sushi Soucy // Poor George by James Supercave

Chapter Seven; “And I don’t want your pity, I just want somebody near me” (Nobody by Mitski)

- Curses by The Crane Wives // Nobody by Mitski // Shapes by Alec Holowka // Icarus by Bastille // A Sadness Runs Through Him by The Hoosiers

Chapter Eight; “I know you have a little life in you yet, I know you have a lot of strength left” (This Woman’s Work by Kate Bush)

- I’m Your Man by Mitski // Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart by Mitski // Achilles Come Down by Gang of Youths // Last Words of a Shooting Star by Mitski // Pearl Diver by Mitski // Coyotes (alternate vocals) by Modest Mouse // Goodbye by Bo Burnham // Never Love an Anchor by The Crane Wives //I Am Damaged from Heathers // This Woman’s Work by Kate Bush // Skeleton Song by Kate Nash // What If Tomorrow Comes from Black Friday

Time’s Arrow:

Chapter One; “There’s some kind of burning inside me, It’s kept me from falling apart” (Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart by Mitski)

- Leopard by Jack Stauber // Dog Nightmare by Jack Stauber // Good Kid from The Lightning Thief musical // Abbey by Mitski // Cop Car by Mitski // The Moon Will Sing by The Crane Wives // Francis Forever by Mitski // you smell of dead flowers by vslush, cover by Cliesel // Tongues & Teeth by The Crane Wives

Chapter Two; “Digging like you can bury something that cannot die, We could wash the dirt off our hands now”

- Mt. Washington by Local Natives // I Bet on Losing Dogs by Mitski // Dead Weight by Jack Stauber // Bug Like an Angel by Mitski

Chapter Three:

- Darren by Jack Stauber // Everything Stays from Adventure Time // Lemon Boy by Cavetown // Ghosting by Mother Mother // Parrot by Stepdad // Snail by Cavetown

BEYOND CURRENT POINT:

- Moonsickness by Penelope Scott // Today Today by Jack Stauber

- I’d Rather Sleep by Kero Kero Bonito // Ain’t It Fun by Paramore // Furniture by Owen Pallett // My Alcoholic Friends by The Dresden Dolls // Hey, Little Songbird from Hadestown // butch 4 butch by Rio Romeo // Harness Your Hopes (Sped Up) by Pavement // Me and My Husband by Mitski // Yr the Best! By carpetgarden // maggot belly by awfultune // Racehorse: Get Married! By Jordaan Mason // No Children by The Mountain Goats // Gross by Penelope Scott // Loving Man by The Little Stevies // Feel Better by Penelope Scott // Good Luck, Babe! By Chappell Roan // All 2 U from Helluva Boss // Woke Up from Adventure Time

- She by Dodie // Just Some Guy from Dead End: Paranormal Park // Green by Cavetown // Jealous by Eyedress // Stray Italian Greyhound by Vienna Teng // Sweet Tooth by Cavetown // Sunflower by Post Malone // Hidden In the Sand by Tally Hall // Washing Machine Heart by Mitski // When He Sees Me from Waitress // I Won’t Say (I’m in Love) from Hercules // She Wants Me (To Be Loved) by The Happy Fits // Strawberry Blond by Mitski // Linger by The Cranberries // I’d Like To Walk Around In Your Mind by Vashti Bunyan // Dear Arkansas Daughter by Lady Lamb // From Eden by Hozier // The Good In Me by Jon Bellion // Like Real People Do by Hozier // In The Middle by dodie // Ultimately by khai dreams // Samson by Regina Spektor // Monster from Adventure Time // Love Like You from Steven Universe

- Two Time by Jack Stauber // Estranger by Jack Stauber // That Distant Shore from Steven Universe // Cosmic Love by Florence + The Machine // Love Love Love by The Mountain Goats // Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine // Bugbear by Chloe Moriondo // Lost by Amanda Palmer // Die Anywhere Else from Night in the Woods // Putting The Dog To Sleep by The Antlers // Zombie by The Cranberries // A Deer Mistaking Candles for Headlights by Crywank // Fading Kitten Syndrome by Roar // Neighborhood #2 (Laika) by Arcade Fire // Cheeseburger Family by Jack Stauber // Lonely from Bee and Puppycat // What Did You Do by Jack Stauber // Our Word from 36 Questions // Just Take My Wallet by Jack Stauber // Lima Bean Man by Jack Stauber // Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush // Love Will by Jack Stauber // That’s Not How The Story Goes from A Series of Unfortunate Events // The End by Jack Stauber

[transcendental-woman]

Hi! What are your favorite albums? and if you feel like doing a short little blurb about why that would be great too but that’s optional! Feel free to be as concise or as long as you want with the response too!

Oh jeez, I typed out a long answer to this and then accidentally deleted instead of posting 🤦‍♀️😔 I really don’t want to redo it, so I’ll just list them, sorry. Basically they’re all albums that make me feel good or make me feel deeply in some way.

The Battle at Garden’s Gate - Greta Van Fleet

Starcatcher - Greta Van Fleet

Led Zeppelin (1 through 4 tbh) - Led Zeppelin

Green River - CCR

Crosby, Stills & Nash - CSN

Déjà Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Deliver - The Mamas & The Papas

With The Beatles - The Beatles

Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix

Abbey Road - The Beatles

Anthem Of The Peaceful Army - Greta Van Fleet

Houses Of The Holy - Led Zeppelin

Cosmo’s Factory - CCR

[learabeau]

Liste culturelle 2023

JANVIER

LIVRES

Le mur invisible de Marlen Haushofer

Histoire du Protestantisme de Jean Baudérot

FILMS

Godland de Hlynur Palmason

Dune de Denis Villeneuve

FEVRIER

SERIES

Tuca and Bertie de Lisa Hanawalt

Demon Slayer de Koyoharu Gotoge

FILMS

Le Retour des hirondelles de Li Ruijun

Wasabi de Gérald Krawczyk

All of Them Witches de Mona Panchal

LIVRES

Chaque geste compte. Manifeste contre l'impuissance publique de Dominique Bourg et Johann Chapoutot

La cabane magique. Panique à Pompéi de Mary Pope Osborne

Assassination classroom de Yusei Matsui

MARS

SERIES

Hollywood de Ryan Murphy

Supernatural de Eric Kripke

LIVRE

L’existentialisme est un humanisme de Jean-Paul Sartre

FILM

Fight Club de David Fincher

AVRIL

LIVRES

Peter Pan de Barrie

Informal beauty. The photograhs of Paul Nash de Simon Grant

Perceptions de Nathalie Man

La société des personnes vulnérables. Leçons féministes d’une crise. de Najat Vallaud-Belkacem et Sandra Laugier

Les hommes sont absents de Nathalie Man

FILMS

Bullet Train de David Leitch

Atonement de Joe Wright

Porco Rosso de Hayao Miyazaki

BlacKKKlansman de Spike Lee

Hokusai de Hajime Hashimoto

MAI

FILMS

It follows de David Robert Mitchell

Midsommar de Ari Aster

Little women de Greta Gerwig

Guardians of the Galaxy. Vol.3 de James Gunn

LIVRES

Le chat noir et autres histoires de Edgar Allan Poe

Déclaration des droits de la femme et du citoyen de Olympe de Gouges

JUIN

LIVRES

Émotions, souffrance, délivrance de Doctor Tuan Anh Tran

Capital: Vientiane de Guez, Pichelin and Troub's

Something to hide. Exploration des messages cachés du rock de Diego Gil et Johann Guyot

FILMS

Air de Ben Affleck

Eating our way to extinction de Kate Winslet

Susan, jour après jour de Stéphane Manchematin et Serge Steyer

Palm Springs de Marx Barbakow

Mike and Dave need wedding dates de Jake Szymanski

Clueless de Amy Heckerling

Spider-Man : Across the Spider-Verse de Joaquim dos Santos, Kemp Powers et Justin K.Thompson

JUILLET

LIVRES

Bathory. La comtesse maudite d'Anne-Perrine Couet

Une rainette en automne (et plus…) de Linnea Sterte

FILMS

Prisoners de Denis Villeneuve

Tarzan de Kevin Lima et Chris Buck

Turning Red de Domee Shi

AOUT

FILMS

Mercenaire de Sacha Wolff

Behind every good man de Nikolai Ursin

The Fast and the Furious de Rob Cohen

Born behind stones de Carina Freire

Lands that Rises and Descends de Moona Pennanen

LIVRE

Des âmes et des saisons : Psycho-écologie de Boris Cyrulnik

SEPTEMBRE

FILMS

Body Samples de Astrid de la Chapelle

Galb'Echaouf d'Abdessamad El Montassir

La ciudad de los fotógrafos de Sebastian Moreno

Happiest Season de Clea DuVall

En communauté de Camille Octobre Laperche

Barbie de Greta Gerwig

Encanto de Byron Howard et Jared Bush

Mon amour, mon ami d'Adriano Valerio

Bottoms d'Emma Seligman

LIVRES

Lettres à un jeune poète de Rainer Maria Rilke

Ich de Martina Weinhart

Poèmes à la nuit de Rainer Maria Rilke

SERIE

Downtown Abbey d'après l'oeuvre de Julian Fellowes

OCTOBRE

FILMS

Downtown Abbey de Michael Engler

Downtown Abbey : Une nouvelle ère de Simon Curtis

Sur le rocher de Sandrine Rouxel

Dangereuse Alliance d'Andrew Fleming

Folie douce, folie dure de Marine Laclotte

The Craft : Les Nouvelles sorcières de Zoe Lister-Jones

Trois mille ans à t'attendre de George Miller

The Crow d'Alex Proyas

Le jardin des planches de Monique Barrière

On vous parle du Chili : Ce que disait Allende de Chris Marker et Miguel Littin

LIVRES

L’œil et l'Esprit de Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Vivian Maier en toute discrétion de Françoise Perron

Des histoires vraies de Sophie Calle

Henri Cartier-Bresson des collections Photo Poche et introduction écrite par Jean Clair

Palm Springs 1960 - Robert Doisneau par Jean-Paul Dubois

Vivian Maier Self-Portraits de John Maloof et Elizabeth Avedon

NOVEMBRE

FILMS

Crimson Peak de Guillermo del Toro

Astérix et Obélix. Mission Cléopâtre d'Alain Chabat

Le Garçon et le Héron d'Hayao Miyazaki

Hamama & Caluna d'Andreas Muggli

Journal de Sébastien Laudenbach

In Paris Parks de Shirley Clarke

LIVRES

Ces hommes qui m'expliquent la vie de Rebecca Solnit

Pulp Poiesis : Écriture(s) en suspens(ion) d'Alizée Pichot

Enfant de la nuit polaire de Julia Nikitina

DECEMBRE

LIVRES

Nouveaux poèmes suivi de Requiem par Rainer Maria Rilke

Pampilles de Florentine Rey

Notes sur la mélodie des choses et autres textes de Rainer Maria Rilke

FILMS

Willy's Wonderland de Kevin Lewis

Family Switch de Joseph McGinty Nichol

Skyscraper de Shirley Clarke

Le monde après nous de Sam Esmail

Sensitive Content de Narges Kalhor

Snow Job : the Media Hyteria of Aids de Barbara Hammer

They Are Lost to Vision Altogether de Tom Kalin

Autour d'eux, la nuit de Vassili Schémann

Blight de John Smith

Tér d'Istvan Szabo

Chicken Run : La Menace nuggets de Sam Fell

SERIE

Lupin de George Kay et François Uzan

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The Whitley would serve with Bomber Command and Coastal Command during the early years of the Second World War and was used in Operation Biting to help capture German radar. Used for special operations at RAF Tempsford the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley would also be used by British Overseas Airways Corporation.

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley

During the early to mid 1930s the Royal Air Force was heavily reliant on biplane aircraft and was urgently trying to modernise its aircraft. So with the issuing in July 1934 of Specification B.3/34 the Air Ministry were looking for a twin-engined heavy night bomber. Armstrong Whitworth's submission to this specification would be led by the company's chief designer John Lloyd. With design work in progress the need for more modern aircraft within the RAF was shown by an order for 80 Whitleys being placed seven months before the prototype flew.

The prototype would be ready for its maiden flight on the 17th March 1936 at Whitley Abbey with Alan Campbell-Orde at the controls, with power supplied by a pair of Armstrong Siddeley Tiger X engines. Its monocoque structure was made of light alloy, which saw Armstrong Whitworth move away from their usual steel tube construction. Trials of the Royal Air Force's new bomber were done in Autumn 1936 at Martlehsam Heath by the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment. A second prototype would have a specially written specification for it, B.21/35, and this made its maiden flight on the 24th February 1937, powered by the Tiger XI engine, and was flown by Charles Turner Hughes.

The Whitley would enter service during March 1937 with No. 10 Squadron based at RAF Dishforth receiving their first Mk Is on the 9th, to replace their Handley Page Heyford aircraft. Able to house a crew of up to 5, armament would consist of a single 0.303-in Vickers machine-gun in nose and tail turrets which were manually operated and designed by Armstrong Whitworth. Of the original order of 80, 34 would be Mk Is whilst the rest would be Mk Iis which were powered by Tiger VIII engines which featured a two-speed supercharger. A further order for 80 Whitleys was placed and these would be the Mk III. The armament on this new variant was upgraded, firstly the bomb-bay was changed to allow larger bombs to be carried, the nose turret was changed to a Nash and Thompson turret which was power operated and two more machine-guns in the form of 0.303-in Brownings were added to a new retractable turret underneath the fuselage.

Flying from Hucknall on the 11th February 1938 a Whitly Mk I was tested with Rolls-Royce Merlin IIs, however the programme was suspended after the second flight which had to be curtailed due to engine failure. After the test programme was resumed the aircraft was sent to the A&AEE at Martlesham Heath for further tests during April and May.

The next production version, which first flew on the 5th April 1939, was the Mk IV which featured a number of changes. The first change saw the aircraft now powered by the 1,030-hp Rolls-Royce Merlin IV engine. The second change saw a pair of wing tanks added whilst other changes included improvements to the bomb-aimers view with the addition in the lower nose of a clear panel. The armament for the rear gunner was also upgraded to four 0.303-in Browing guns in a Nash and Thompson power-operated turret. Powered by the 1,145-hp Merlin X seven Whitley Mk IVAs were produced alongside 26 Mk IVs.

Further changes to the design saw the Whitley Mk V appear which was to be the most produced version and would also be powered by Merlin engines. Once again fuel capacity was improved and extra fuel could be carried in the bomb-bay if needed. On the leading edges of the wings rubber de-icer boots were added. The rear of the aircraft was also redesigned to increase the rear gunner's field of fire, this would see the rear fuselage lengthened 1ft 3in. The fins was also given straight leading edges. In total 1,466 Mk Vs were built.

With the Rolls-Royce Merlin in demand for use in a number of aircraft a Pratt & Whitney powered Whitley Mk VI was considered in case Merlin engines became unavailable. In the end this proposed aircraft would never go into production. Based on the Mk V the Whitley Mk VII was designed for operational service with Coastal Command. This would see the installation of Air-to-Surface Vessel Mk II radar and the fitting in the rear of the fuselage and bomb-bay of additional fuel tanks. A total of 146 would be built.

Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys were in action with Bomber Command on the same day as Britain and France declared war on Germany, 3rd September 1939, when 10 aircraft flew over Bremen, Hamburg and the Ruhr in Germany dropping leaflets. It would be the Whitley that became the first Royal Air Force bomber to operate over Berlin, Germany when three Whitley Mk IVs from No. 10 Squadron dropped propaganda leaflets over the city on the 1st October 1939, losing one aircraft. Whitleys would also take part in the first bombing raid on Berlin, Germany on the 25th August 1940 alongside the Handley Page Hampden and Vickers Wellington. The type would also be called on the day after Italy declared war on Britain and France when on the 11th June 1940 raids were carried out on Genoa and Turin. However of the 36 aircraft that took part only 13, 36% of the total force, reached their target as both engine problems and weather hampered the operation.

With the Short Stirling and Handley Page Halifax four-engined bombers now in service and with the Avro Lancaster entering service the Whitley's time in Bomber Command was coming to an end. Its last official sortie took place on the 29th April 1942 with a raid on Ostend, Belgium. However Whitleys from Operational Training Units would take part in the raid on Cologne, Germany on the 30th May that year in the first ever '1,000 Bomber' attack codenamed Operation Millennium.

The Whitley would also serve with Coastal Command and its service with the Command began when No. 58 Squadron were seconded in September 1939. This would see them patrol over the English Channel until February 1940 when they operated as part of Bomber Command again. Other Whitley squadrons would also patrol over the Bay of Biscay. It would take over 2 years before the type scored its first U-boat victory when on the 30th November 1941 No. 502 Squadron sank U-205 in the Bay of Biscay.

The type would also be used for a number of special operations. These included Operation Columba which saw homing pigeons dropped over occupied Europe in the hope that people who came across the pigeons could provide intelligence on German military activities in the area. It would be on the 8th April 1941 that a Whitley would perform the first drop of pigeons for the operation. The aircraft was also involved in Operation Biting on the 27th February 1942 which saw them drop paratroopers at Bruneval, France for what was a successful mission to capture parts of German radar. Two squadrons, Nos. 138 and 161, would also serve at RAF Tempsford undertaking special duties. This involved supplying arms and equipment to the Resistance and transport agents by parachute drop into occupied countries.

Other duties for the Whitley saw it used as a glider tug and for parachute training. During May 1942 the British Overseas Airways Corporation received 15 Mk Vs which had their armament removed and fuel tanks added to the bomb-bays. These would be used by BOAC on their Gibraltar to Malta route.

By the time the last Armstrong Whitworth Whitley rolled of the production line a total of 1,815 had been built.

Technical Details

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Top Speed Range Service Ceiling Armament

Whitley Mk I 192 mph 1,250 miles 19,200 ft two 0.303-in machine-guns

3,365lb bombs

Whitley Mk II 215 mph 1,315 miles two 0.303-in machine-guns

Whitley Mk III 215 mph 1,300 miles 17,000 ft four 0.303-in machine-guns

4,000lb bombs

Whitley Mk IV 245 mph 1,800 miles five 0.303-in machine-guns

Whitley Mk V 230 mph 1,500 miles 26,000 ft five 0.303-in machine-guns

7,000lb bombs

Whitley Mk VI Proposed version to be powered by Pratt & Whitney engines. None produced.

Whitley Mk VII 215 mph 2,300 miles 20,000 ft five 0.303-in machine-guns

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A Melancholy Centenary

Ardfert Abbey Last weekend marked the centenary of the final burning of a big house in County Kerry during the War of Independence/Civil War period, the property in question being Ballycarty, which lay to the south-west of Tralee and had been occupied by the Nash family since the third quarter of the 18th century. In total, 15 such houses in the county were destroyed during the period 1920-23, a…