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[samuelsimauthor]

New Art Prints Listed. It took longer than expected to do all the product photos for the books, but they WILL be up by the end of this weekend. COMMENT OTHER ARTISTS YOU WOULD LIKE PRINTS FROM (Public Domain Only)

[krispyweiss]

Album Review: Natalie & Brittany Haas - HAAS

While bloodkin harmonies are a well-known musical commodity, bloodkin melodies are the rare gems on HAAS.

The debut album from Natalie & Brittany Haas is a wholly instrumental affair consisting entirely of the former’s cello and the latter’s fiddle across 10 originals and one cover.

Such titles as “Free Space/Reel for Dennis,” “Kevin & Mícheál/Wayne’s Jig” and “The Hummingbird’s Visit/Splice” speak to the nature of this music, giving words to the wordless compositions.

The tracks bind the sisters’ individual endeavors - Natalie’s experience playing with Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and Brittany’s work with Crooked Still and Hawktail (she’s also the newest member of the Punch Brothers) - in a sonic double helix of highland, bluegrass and classical music with occasional hints of esoterica.

Grade card: Natalie & Brittany Haas - HAAS - B+

6/20/23

[oconnormusicstudio]

An Oldie but Goodie

  This video just came up on my Facebook feed this morning but I hadn’t seen it before.  Even though Washington is misspelled, this is still a fantastic performance for Sean Connery in 1999. Sean Connery is honored at the Kennedy Center for lifetime achievements. The music consists of the Washington Pipe Band, Alasdair Fraser, Davidson School of Scottish Dance, Mairi Campbell and Dave Francis.  

[boardchairman-blog]

**Shots of the Episode**

Outlander (2014)

Season 7, Episode 1: “A Life Well Lost” (2023) Director: Lisa Clarke Cinematographer: Alasdair Walker

[boldlyygo]

I need a mysterious rich benefactor to pay my salary for a year so I can play the concertina for 8 hours a day. maybe that would fix me.

[danjaley]

I won’t insult you by asking you #4. :D So please: 11, 14, 22 and 23?

Thanks for your consideration! It is what it says on the label, I guess... ;) In fact the tag "McCarric Scenes" was a successor to "Shire Impressions", a similar world-photoshoot series of little scenes.

11. Why have you decided to tell this story? are there any messages or meanings within it?

This varies quite a lot for the different parts of the story. For Season 1 it was because Ian McCarric had won a Bachelor Challenge and I wanted to do something with the custom-world that was the first price. For Season 2 it was because I had crash-landed all my other projects at the time and wanted to go back to something that worked. It was the moment my main blog switched from gameplay to storytelling. Also to tell Fergus' story of course. For Season 3-4 I already had Alasdair, so I just needed to weave my tale around him. But it was Matt who made Season 3 into more than a timeskip.

As for the general message: Finding love is not the happy ending of your life's novel. This applies to all parts from the very beginning.

14. Do you have any regrets about your story so far? if you could go back in time, how would you fix these?

On the whole, I'm rather happy with the story as it is. I already mentioned this, but my only serious regret lately was that I didn't stop to think about Ghost Catherine's outfit. I secretly changed it for Season 4. She can choose in which form she appears after all.

While there's nothing I would cut, I sometimes regret not elaborating scenes more. Typically this applied to Season 1 but still sometimes happens today. I kinda regret not showing more of Jonathan's and Nicolas' early days as a couple, and possibly more of Roseanne's perspective. Ysobel and Fiona are also doing a bit too well, pretending not to be a couple at all. But I don't know, I still think all this would have slowed down the story too much.

22. Choose a favourite character from your story so far

Matt, because I feel close to him, but also Fergus and Mayrose for being too good for this world. But I love every member of the family in their own way.

23. Choose your least favourite character so far

This is difficult. There are the Frasers and Stevensons, who only figure as the uninspired neighbours. I mean to work on this, but they are a bit one-dimensional. On the other hand, the world is full of people who haven't had a single original thought in their lives.

Of the immediate family, I guess André is currently making himself a nuisance.

[scotianostra]

12th March 1820 saw the death of Alexander Mackenzie (Alasdair MacCoinnich), the explorer of western Canada.

Alexander Mackenzie is recognised as leader of the first European expedition to cross the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific, north of Mexico. Because of Mackenzie’s success the rich coastal territory we know as British Columbia today, is part of Canada. If he had been unsuccessful, it could be argued that British Columbia would probably have belonged to another country.

Mackenzie was born in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles of Scotland in 1764. He emigrated with his father to New York at the age of 10 years. When he was 15 years old he entered the service of a Montreal firm engaged in the fur trade. Aged just 20, he obtained a share in the business and became a trader in the West, four years later he was put in charge of trade in the Athabasca region and settled at Fort Chipewyan on the South shore of Lake Athabasca, from here he staged two expeditions; one to the Arctic Ocean in 1789, and another to the Pacific Ocean in 1793.

When MacKenzie was 25 years old he set off to find the Pacific Ocean, but realised his lack of navigation skills was a massive handicap to an explorer, so decided to put this right by spending the following winter in England studying navigation, cartography and astronomy.

In 1792 Mackenzie set off a second time from Fort Chipewyan, crossing the Rockies through the pass that bears his name, with canoes and voyageurs (people who engaged in the transportation of furs by canoe), the party consisted of himself, his cousin Alexander Mackay, six voyageurs and two Indians as hunters and interpreters.

During the journey they came across Indians who had not previously seen white men, but had some iron which they had procured by trade with other natives who had journeyed a great length to the sea. The Indians told Mackenzie of the route from the Fraser River up the West Road River to the Bella Coola River and the sea, the first commercial overland route in British Columbia. Without the guidance of Indians, it is unlikely that Mackenzie would have been able to reach the Western Sea.

Mackenzie found the Natives dependent on the salmon runs and very superstitious so as not to displease the Salmon Gods. He was truly amazed with their boat handling techniques, they effortlessly poled their way down river through columns of water and the tallest trees Mackenzie had ever seen.

Mackenzie learned of hostile natives, but had quite a reputation for strength and fierceness which his crew respected and the voyageurs pleaded with Mackenzie to head back. “I have work to do here,” Mackenzie replied. “When it is finished we will go back, and not before.” Mackenzie, however was becoming apprehensive and commanded his men to load the canoe ready for an immediate departure. He managed to get an astronomic reading.

At four thirty the next morning they had paddled to Porcupine cove and a few hours later they pulled the canoe up on the beach at the Bella Coola village. The explorers proceeded up river, being received hospitably at the numerous villages.

The Nuxalk gave them all the smoked salmon they wished to carry and they set out on the trail up the mountain. Every man of Friendly village accompanied them for the first hour, then parted from them with signs of regret. That night the explorers were delighted in the feeling of being almost out of danger and well on their way homeward.

Mackenzie’s route to the Pacific proved too difficult for others to follow, but this does not diminish the value of his great 117 day expedition across Wild America.

In 1801 the journals of his exploratory journeys were published, he served in the Legislature of Lower Canada from 1804 to 1808.

In 1802 Mackenzie was knighted Sir Alexander Mackenzie by King George III, and recognized as leader of the first European expedition to cross the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific north of Mexico. Had Mackenzie failed to complete his epic journey across the continent to the Pacific Coast perhaps this rich coastal territory we know as British Columbia would probably belong to a country other than Canada.

In 1812, he married and returned to Scotland. Mackenzie died in 1820 of Bright’s disease (kidney disease as we know it today), aged 56. He is buried in Avoch, on the Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty, as seen by the pic with the flags. Set into the wall of the memorial enclosure is a stone brought from Bella Coola and inscribed in red with the same words Mackenzie used to record his exploration success,

Alex Mackenzie From Canada by land 22nd July 1793.

[cat-with-a-keyboard]

3, 7, 10, 11, 16, and 29 for the ask :>

3. Ruileadh Cailleach, Sheatadh Calliach (Alasdair Fraser), Moths (Jethro Tull), It Will Be A Good Day and Turn Of The Century (Yes) Philosopher's Propeller (Susumu Hirasawa)

7. Tales From Topographic Oceans (Yes), Siren (Susumu Hirasawa), Friends Of Mr. Cairo (Jon & Vangelis), The Book Of Phytoelectron (Susumu Hirasawa) UHHH i think i'll leave it here now

10. i cant even say hirasawa anymore bc for some fucking reason he's gotten WAY more popular than he used to be. go off old man???? i think i'll go with Rodney Miller tbh (contra-dance player. he's a celebrity if you know contra-dance and if you don't you've probably never ever heard of him). Jaiya and Leslie Fish are also pretty sadly underrated, they've both got some really fun songs

11. EVERY DAY <333333 i love dancing i dance alone or around people i dont care i will simply dance for all the joy of it

16. i definitely do yeah, and depending what im doing. albums can serve through multiple moods but like dadadaism or suki suki daisuki i usually listen to when im feeling Unwell or otherwise mentally troubled (ily togawa thanks for always making really good Mental Illness Music)

29. NO OPPORTUNITY NECESSARY NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! JON ROY ANDERSON GET YOUR ASS OFF THE WINDSHIELD OF THAT CAR. also World Turbine because its The Music Video Of All Time

[gogglemouse]

Tagging @amaralie and @ceilimoose :)

[speakofcompersion]

Thank you @atlantis-area for tagging me! So sorry it took so long!! <3

i went for a chill vibe with this one heh~

S - Stereo Driver by Q

P - Personal by Emotional Oranges (this is a taemin rec so i put it in for a fun little treat lol)

E - Evergreen by Omar Apollo

A - Alarm by Shinee (spotify has been playing this for me every day now for weeks it's fate she has to be here)

K - Kind by Shinee

O - Odd Eye by Shinee

F - Fine by Sung Woo Jung Ah

C - Calum Sgaire by Alasdair Fraser & Tony Mcmanus

O - (O) Circle by Onew

M - Movement by Hozier

P - Persephone by Tamino

E - Elevator by Jonghyun

R - Run With Me by Sun Woo Jung Ah

S - Sunny by Soran

I - I Believe by TVXQ

O - Orgel by Shinee

N - Never Ending Story by Boowhal

[samuelsimauthor]

TL;DR: Seeking help/donations to lease a space for my bookstore. :)

I've thought about posting this several times in the past few weeks, but have always felt kinda guilty asking strangers on the internet for money, but here I am.

Who am I? I'm a trans man and y/a author from the Canadian Prairies. I write, edit, and publish my own books (and hopefully other people's once I get a proper store). I have wanted to run my own bookstore for a few years, but the time never felt right. I've spent the last year and a half trying to get this off the ground to no avail (where I live is dumb about small businesses)

I run an Indie Queer/Used Bookstore out of my home and am looking to rent a storefront in the coming year. Any amount helps, and I know that times are tough. If you don't feel right donating, purchasing something from my shop also goes towards helping me with this. I'm working on getting the rest of my inventory photographed and listed this weekend. :) Links to donate and to the shop are below.

Thank you, if you decide to donate or purchase.

Samuel Sim

Owner of Mischief Raven Book Co.

P.S. if you know of any resources that are actually helpful, feel free to comment or reblog.

[turtletotem]

10 Songs, 10 Names

List 10 songs with 10 names in the titles that you like, and then tag 10 people.

Pretending to be tagged by @worteltje7, who said anyone could. :) Fwiw, these are all songs I've rated five stars (well, one is four) in my media player, so, songs I really like.

The Harold Song -- Ke$ha

Gabriel -- Lamb

Christina -- Alasdair Fraser (this is an instrumental from a collection of Celtic lullabyes)

Eric's Song -- Vienna Teng

Jezebel -- Iron & Wine

Talia -- King Princess

Isaac -- Madonna

Julien -- Placebo

Sunny Came Home -- Shawn Colvin

Abraham's Daughter -- Arcade Fire

Two of these are Cherik songs (to me), one is a Catradora song, and two I associate with my first novel, Secondhand Shadow. Internet points to anyone who can make a correct guess on any of that!

Tagging: @krakenartificer, @nakji, @kernezelda, @lindstrom2020, @fullmetalcarer, @roosterbox, @niniblack, @gerec, @spillthekatea, @isagrimorie

[brown-little-robin]

✨ (a song that simply has lovely sounds to your ears) and 🔥 (one of the most recent songs you've enjoyed) :D

Hi Juliana! <333

✨ (a song that simply has lovely sounds to your ears)

The Referendum! Celtic music played by Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas. It's got violin, cello, some percussion... idk it's just nice.

🔥 (one of the most recent songs you've enjoyed)

Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle by The Mountain Goats is a new discovery! I found it from a little monologue from its writer about how sad he would get thinking about Mario, how he took it completely seriously, how he would think about how Mario is just a plumber and he keeps trying to save the princess but he keeps being in the wrong place... This song is from Toad's perspective, actually, and it's rather tender and lovely.

[whatilistenedtoatwork]

From December 23rd to December 28th, 2024

23-12-2024

THE JACKSON 5 “Christmas Album”; BARENAKED LADIES “Everything To Everyone”; LED ZEPPELIN “Led Zeppelin I”; BASEMENT JAXX “Remedy”; BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA “Echoes Of The South”; THE SUPREMES “Merry Christmas”; THE HU “Rumble Of Thunder”; ALASDAIR FRASER “Portrait Of A Scottish Fiddler”; GOLDIE “Timeless”; THE CHIEFTAINS “Live!”; MAGNETIC FIELDS “i”

28-12-2024

VARIOUS ARTISTS “Trainspotting: Music From The Motion Picture”; SKATALITES “The Skatalite!”; SHARON SHANNON “Sacred Earth”; MAGNETIC FIELDS “69 Love Songs”; SONIC YOUTH “Daydream Nation”

[alexanderoftirragen]

alasdair fraser and natalie haas are in my city while my sister is here AGHH

[viliere]

Corey DiMario · Brittany Haas · Dominick Leslie · Alasdair Fraser · Natalie Haas - Keys to the Cellar