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playlistcenter · 5 years ago

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what are some songs/artists/albums that u think r super underrated/underappreciated??

oh god, i could go on forever! but i’m gonna start by listing a few of them by monthly listeners!

if you want more, always feel free to dm me! the artists listed probably make up about 1/10 of my library so lmk if you want more!

less than 1,000 monthly listeners: ábi, abra taylor, aela kae, ariana celaeno, claire lomulder, grrl pal, katie miel, lurosae, swimming pools.

1,000 to 10,000 monthly listeners: aces, amadelle, aria wood, azee, azusena, bad, the buoys, c h yl e r, chickpee, duvv, eeva, elki, foxgluvv, fritz, fyohna, girl., grace lightman, g y l s, grayson, hbd, holander, hunjiya, irah, japanese heart software, jinka, kaye, kingsbury, kristina bazan, laraw, mood robot, pennybirdrabbit, perish, pip the pansy, pllush, pom pom squad, pscila, rén with the mane, roseau, shel bee, shenna, shikoswe, skip skip ben ben, skirts, snow culture, soot sprite, sumif, sweater curse, the trp, violet sands, wolfy, zuri

10,000 to 25,000 monthly listeners: a l l i e, akine, alali, alice gray, amy guess, bella coppola, bosco, cry club, egoism, ellie rose, emi, emily rose, ever, fluxx.world, ili, jenna holiday, little mood, maddie barker, maris, marnie, moon bounce, myzica, näm, navvi, nola wren, nyne, r e l, sahara beck, sälen, saturn 17, small crush, softee, sølv, summer cannibals, tragic sasha, twin theory, vi, von grey, wrenn, yucky duster, zealyn, zoey lily

25,000 to 50,000 monthly listeners: anna straker, aunty social, b o k e h, blaise moore, carrie lane, cassidy king, cassie marin, caveboy, chelsea lankes, chloe mk, claudia bouvette, denitia and sene, dennis., doolie, dylyn, elise trouw, emm, eza, femme, gabby’s world, gems, grae, hapi, i m u r, ian sweet, imbi the girl, laoise, liyv, love you later, lucy mason, mai.la, marg, néonhèart, nisha, olivia o., pnk fme, rainsford, reyna, rivrs, sage charmaine, sainte, so below, sophia black, su na, tara carosielli, ts graye, yosie

50,000 to 100,000 monthly listeners: abbie ozard, bailey baum, bien, cayetana, colette lush, elita, elliot lee, happy sometimes, honeyblood, jackie hayes, jades goudreault, jessi blue, kaina, kelsy karter, knower, kudu blue, lpx, mauwe, maylyn, me not you, michi, monica riskey, monogem, nite jewel, oston, party nails, pretty sister, rachel chinouriri, ratboys, sarah skinner, satica, stalgia, tacocat, tanerélle, toopoor, trella, uffie, yeule, zuzu

100,000 to 250,000 monthly listeners: 100 gecs, alayna, alpine, ängie, bad bad hats, banoffee, blonde maze, bones uk, brika, camp cope, cehryl, chinah, cray, cruel youth, daniella mason, dizzy, dresage, erthlings, great grandpa, jaie, jeffe, kinokoteikoku, laye, lil halima, little boots, lucy daydream, luna shadows, lunar vacation, many voices speak, michelle, milk & bone, mimi bay, moonzz, nakala, raffaella, sasami, sir chloe, teamarrr, violet days, whenyoung, winnetka bowling league

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heatherinthesunshine · 6 years ago

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The Party of the Poe

Shipwrecked Comedy is having a fan-creation contest to celebrate 5 years so here is my contribution: a fanfic/script/thing imagining what would happen if Poe Party was actually the Fellowship of the Ring instead of a Murder Mystery Dinner Party/Gala for Friends Potluck. Watch Poe Party first because my thing has spoilers and also because it won't make sense unless you watch Shipwrecked Comedy’s brilliant webseries: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs2T_dNZ-XW6UjWC-qUbZSWJyCLFmsdPP.

The Party of the Poe

By Heather

A fan work, based on Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party by Shipwrecked Comedy and The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien.

Chapter 1 – A Shadow of a Past

It was many and many a year ago…

[Edgar Allan Poe is sitting at his desk, writing furiously. He mutters to himself and crosses out a line. After a few moments there is an urgent a knocking at the door.]

POE: What is that rapping at my chamber door?

[He goes to the door and opens it. Annabel Lee is at the door, visibly shaken.]

POE: Ah the beautiful Annabel Lee! Hello! You are looking very beautiful today!

[Lenore has come to the door as well.]

LENORE: What’s wrong Anna-banana?

ANNABEL LEE: I was cleaning my mantelpiece while waiting for Eddie to pick me up after his volunteer shift sewing teddy-bears for the children’s hospital, and I found an envelope. I opened it and this ring fell out and it landed in the fire and strange writing appeared on it and Oh Edgar I’m frightened!

[Lenore snatches the ring and looks closely at the writing.]

LENORE: Hey, this is the One Ring!

[Poe and Annabel stare at her.]

LENORE: What? I saw it in one of those dusty old books in the library. Not like there’s anything ELSE to do around here!

ANNABEL: What is the One Ring?

LENORE: It basically lets you manipulate everybody. Like, one ring to rule them all. Sounds pretty great t.b.h.

POE: [Quickly takes the ring] NOT something to be left lying around. [He gives the ring back to Annabel.]

ANNABEL: What should we do about it?

LENORE: I know! You can go talk to JRR Tolkien! He’ll know what to do. He’s having a panel and book signing in DC today!

POE: That’s awfully convenient.

ANNABEL: Oh but what about Eddie? We were going to go dancing! And he’s so smart, I’m sure he’ll have some ideas!

[Poe scowls deeply.]

LENORE: [Glances at Poe] Well the panel starts in an hour, so you two should leave right now. I’ll tell Eddie, and he can meet you there!

[Annabel and Poe set off for DC. Lenore heads next door to Annabel’s house.]

[Enter Eddie]

EDDIE: Lenore, what are you doing here? Where is Annabel?

LENORE: Today has been so cray. Annabel found the One Ring.

EDDIE: The One Ring! So it IS in this house! I suspected as much when I began courting her. Where is it? Give it to me!

LENORE: Umm… It’s not here anymore. Annabel took it with her.

EDDIE: Annabel! That naïve girl! Annabel has insufficient wit to handle a treasure such as that. And you were a fool to let her walk off with it. But no matter. Tell me where she has gone.

If you join with me we can share the Ring.

LENORE: Ok ONE everyone knows that only one person can wield the Ring at a time and TWO I would never wrong my girl Annabel like that! My lips are sealed.

EDDIE: Then I will find her myself, and you will remain here until I do. [He locks her in Annabel’s study and leaves.]

LENORE: I am LITERALLY a ghost. [She escapes though a wall.]

Chapter 2 – Nine is a Party

[Meanwhile, Poe and Annabel have arrived at a cozy bookshop in DC, as have many other authors. The Panel of Tolkien begins…]

TOLKIEN: You have been called here, authors from various time periods and literary traditions. Called, I say, though I have not called you to me. For the One Ring has departed Middle Earth and been found here, in Baltimore, and it is we who sit here who must determine the fate of both worlds.

TOLKIEN: But first, I will explain the history of the Ring. This is the tale, as I know it…

[Eleven hours later…]

TOLKIEN: … and Frodo of the Nine Fingers and Samwise the Brave were at last successful in casting the Ring into the fire of Mount Doom and destroying Sauron once and for all, or so it was thought. But now here is the Ring. What shall we do with it?

WILDE: [Aside] Next time I’m insisting on the theatrical cut.

DOSTOEVSKY: Surely we must destroy it, but how? We do not have the means to destroy it here, and we do not know how to get to Mordor from America.

LENORE: [Materializes] Hey guys! Spoiler alert, Eddie is actually a bad guy. He wants the Ring for himself, and he’s on his way here to take it.

POE: Lenore, how did you even get here?

LENORE: Oh, apparently teleportation is one of my ghost powers! Cool, huh?

WELLS: If I can just have a few moments to measure Lenore’s teleportative ability, I may be able to calibrate my prototype time machine to create a portal to Middle Earth! Lenore, will you help me?

[They exit]

TOLKIEN: If we can get to Middle Earth, we must send the Ring into the Fire. Who will take it?

POE: Ok, hear me out. What if we give the ring to one of my ravens, and have the raven fly to Mordor and drop it into Mount Doom? Quick, low-budget, and no one needs to leave home.

BRONTE: I think if a bird would work, they would have done that the first time, don’t you?

[General sounds of agreement]

TOLKIEN: Yes, a party on foot does seem to be traditional.

HEMINGWAY: Besides, your ravens just fly around aimlessly as if they have never been trained. You’re a terrible owner.

POE: Hey! I pride myself on being a very good raven owner. Alright, fine. How about we do it once with all of the walking, and then try again with a raven and then we’ll see what is what.

WILDE: Yes, but we only have the one ring. [Smirks] Get it?

POE: Ok well if we’re not using ravens, who is going to take the Ring?

EMERSON: I suppose I could take it. I’m accustomed to spending lots of time outdoors wandering through the Massachusetts woods, the leaves fluttering softly like…

POE: [Interrupting] I will die before I see the Ring in the hands of a Transcendentalist!

[The argument grows louder and louder. Annabel looks around concerned. Suddenly she speaks…]

ANNABEL: I will take it. [Everyone goes quiet.] I will take the Ring… though I do not know the way.

TOLKIEN: Thank you Annabel. I would not wish to force this burden on you, but I believe it is right for you to take it, if you take it willingly.

POE: But surely you won’t send her off alone!

TOLKIEN: Certainly not! You at least shall go.

DOSTOEVSKY: I will also help you bear this burden. Mordor cannot be worse than Siberian prison.

ELIOT: I have brought along the Duke of Coventry and Humphrey Cadwallader for your protection. You have my sword.

HEMINGWAY: And my guns [winks].

BRONTE: And my axe! [Pause] What? I like sharp objects!

ALCOTT: Yes, we women need to stick together.

SHELLEY: Besides, you’ll need someone of intelligence on this quest. Count me in.

DICKINSON: And I’ll come too!

TOLKIEN: Alright [counting] that makes eight people in the party…

DICKINSON: Nine. It’s nine people.

TOLKIEN: I was really hoping for nine. We need one more volunteer.

DICKINSON: I said I was going. I make nine.

WILDE: Oh what the heck, I’ll go. Could be fun?

TOLKIEN: Excellent. Nine it is.

DICKINSON: I’m right… oh forget you guys, I’ll just stay home.

WELLS: [Returning] If you’ll all come this way, Lenore and I are ready to send you to Middle Earth…

Chapter 3 – An Abridged Journey

NARRATOR: This is where I must jump in to speed up the tale, for it grows in the telling. Wells had transported the company to a beautiful mountain village, and it was from there that our heroes began their journey south. The first obstacle in their path was a range of misty mountains. They decided to take a pass over the mountains but were soon caught in a terrible blizzard, and forced to retreat. Dostoevsky, who was most suitably dressed for this type of weather, was able to get everyone off the mountain, but was killed in an avalanche. There was much grieving. The party then went under the mountains, through some dim and foreboding mines. Here they lost Mary Shelley, who sacrificed herself against a terrible monster (which they were pretty sure was not named Karen). There was more grieving. Next, the party came to a beautiful forest…

ALCOTT: I could stay in this forest forever!

NARRATOR: She did.

NARRATOR: And at last it was time to make a choice…

HEMINGWAY: We should head west, to Minas Tirith, and aid in the war effort. This Ring would be a mighty gift to turn the tide in their favor.

POE: No, we should head east, to the Mountain of Shadow, as was agreed at the council.

HEMINGWAY: I trust the strength of men in combat over this subterfuge.

POE: That’s because you lack all subtlety.

HEMINGWAY: Well why don’t we let the lady decide?

POE: Yes, the lady.

NARRATOR: The lady was, at this moment, in the process of being carried off by a group of rather large orcs. The party sprang to action. At last Annabel was rescued, but Hemingway lay dead, shot by one too many orc arrows. There was yet more grieving to be done.

POE: You valued brevity, so I will simply say farewell, my dear, uh…

WILDE: Friend?

POE: Mmmm… acquaintance.

ELIOT: What should we do now? Hemingway wasn’t wrong. Gondor does need help in its fight.

ANNABEL: I could not ask any more of you to die for me. I will go to Mordor alone.

POE: Great idea Annabel. George – you, Oscar, and Charlotte should go to Minas Tirith. Annabel and I will go to Mordor.

ANNABEL: I said “alone”.

POE: Right. Yes. Alone. With me.

Chapter 4 – Of Battles, Briefly

NARRATOR: George Eliot, Oscar Wilde, and Charlotte Bronte continued on to Minas Tirith. They arrived to find it under siege.

BRONTE: Well I suppose it’s time to get our hands dirty. [She strides into battle, swinging her axe] One… Two… Three…

WILDE: Oh I don’t know about all of this…

[The Witch King of Angmar, leader of the Nazgul, lands before Wilde and Eliot. He dismounts and hits Wilde with his giant mace. Wilde falls.]

ELIOT: NO! Oscar! [She kneels by him] Like a brother you were to me, for a little while. [Standing and turning to face the Witch King] Ringwraith! Darken this world no more!

WITCH KING: You fool! No man can kill me!

ELIOT: I [removes hat] George Eliot [removes moustache] am a woman. [She runs him through].

WITCH KING: [Dying] Argh no dammit. This is the SECOND time this has happened to me. Oh it’s so embarrassing.

Chapter 5 – A Song of Fire and Also More Fire

NARRATOR: I could tell you all about the trials faced by Annabel and Poe on their journey to The Land of Shadow. How Eddie the Banker found them in the wilderness and became their guide, causing no little strife between our two heroes. How Eddie tried to betray them but was eaten by a giant spider. I could tell you of the long trek through the desert with little water, and less food. How at the end, Annabel became so weak that Poe had to carry her. But it is a long and depressing tale and I do not wish to dwell on it. Suffice it to say that at last our heroes made it to their destination, a chamber carved into the side of Mount Doom.

POE: Well, here we are. Cast the Ring into the fire, Annabel, and let us be done with this ridiculous quest.

ANNABEL: Now that it comes to it, it is difficult to part with. It whispers in my mind. I could claim it as my own, and become a queen, great and terrible. All would love me and despair.

POE: We already do. Just get rid of it and I’ll get you a nicer ring.

ANNABEL: Wait, was that a proposal?

POE: No. Uh yes. Uh maybe?

[Annabel casts the Ring into the fires of Mount Doom. She sighs with relief.]

ANNABEL: It’s over. It’s done.

[Annabel and Poe slowly head out of the chamber and make their way down the mountain. Suddenly, with a great roar, the mountain erupts. Annabel and Poe cling together on an outcrop as rivers of lava flow all around them.]

ANNABEL: I am glad that you are with me, Edgar, here at the end of all things.

[She looks up at the sky. A flock of birds is flying towards them.]

ANNABEL: Oh Edgar! The ravens! The ravens are coming!

[The ravens pass overhead and continue on. Poe coughs uncomfortably. Just as all seems to be lost, Annabel and Poe dematerialize, then rematerialize.]

Chapter 6 – Party’s End:

[Poe and Annabel look around. They are back in the bookshop in Washington D.C. All of the other members of the Party are there as well, and they are applauding.]

POE: What happened? Are we dead?

WELLS: No! It is a convenient side effect of this form of travel! When you died in Middle Earth you awoke back here!

POE: [Frowns] Does this mean Eddie is also back?

LENORE: No, he must have traveled to Middle Earth using a different method. He was definitely really eaten by a giant spider. Too bad, so sad!

[Tolkien coughs to get everyone’s attention.]

TOLKIEN: The Ringbearer has fulfilled her quest! Praise her with great praise! Thanks to you and to all of the Party, a terrible threat has been vanquished.

ANNABEL: Is the darkness gone forever?

TOLKIEN: No my dear. The darkness is never gone forever. That is why each of us must return to our own places and times, and fight the darkness however it may come to us there.

NARRATOR: There were many tearful goodbyes. Dostoevsky insisted that the entire group take a shot, in celebration of the love than had grown amongst them. Hemingway took a few friendly jabs at Poe. Eventually, the group dispersed, and Poe, Annabel, and Lenore made their way home.

ANNABEL: Isn’t it strange to think that we went on that great adventure to save the world, and no one in Baltimore knows anything about it?

POE: Oh, I don’t like attention anyway.

Epilogue

NARRATOR: As you know, the time comes when a Ringbearer must make one final journey. And it is said when Annabel sailed over the sea that Edgar Allan Poe went with her. And perhaps it was due to Poe’s great love for Annabel that the Lords of the West permitted it.

They took the last ship to the West, Poe and his Annabel Lee

There they loved with a love that was more than love, in a kingdom by the sea.

The End

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oselatra · 6 years ago

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2019 Arkansas Times Academic All-Stars Nominees

Listed by their hometowns. Here are the students nominated to be Academic All-Stars. They are listed by their hometowns as indicated by mailing addresses. ALMA EMILY FOWLER Mulberry High School BAY JACOB HARLEY OSTER Bay High School BEARDEN CASSIDY CLEMENS Bearden High School GARRETT MCWHORTER Bearden High School BEEBE TAYLOR DWAYNE BOYCE Beebe High School JOLEY MARIE MITCHELL Rose Bud High School MARIANNA KERSEY RICHEY Beebe High School BEE BRANCH ANDREA DE TOUR Arkansas Virtual Academy High School BENTON JULIANNA DEMI SORVILLO Bauxite High School KAYLA M. TREASITTI Glen Rose High School BENTONVILLE KENDRA RISENER Haas Hall Academy ANGEL SOTERO Bentonville West High School JESSICA YIN Bentonville West High School BERRYVILLE ALEX RUBEN MALDONADO-LOPEZ Berryville High School AMBER NICOLE VEACH Berryville High School BISMARCK LAUREN ELIZABETH CORLEY Bismarck High School BLACK ROCK PAIGE LEANN PENN Hillcrest High School BLYTHEVILLE CHANDLER SPROUSE Gosnell High School SHAKIAH WILLIAMS Blytheville High School BONNERDALE HANNAH DIGGS Centerpoint High School BOONEVILLE JUSTIN RONGEY Magazine High School BRINKLEY KEVON MALOID DILLWORTH Brinkley High School EMILY ANN TAYLOR Brinkley High School BRUNO LANE BOGLE Valley Springs High School BRYANT SYDNEY ELAINE BOWMAN Bryant High School HARRISON BENNETT DOWNS Bryant High School CABOT ZHENG HUI ZHANG Cabot High School CAVE CITY KENDALL TOWNSLEY Cave City High School CENTER RIDGE SOPHIA FRANCESCA ISELY Nemo Vista High School CLARKSVILLE BRADLEY SCOTT BUCK Johnson County Westside High School CLINTON JACOB ALLEN BURROUGHS South Side High School CONWAY MARY KATHERINE FREYALDENHOVEN Conway High School KENDON CRAIG MOLINE Conway High School CORNING CAROLINE GOODMAN Corning High School CROSSETT DAILEY MARIE CHAVIS Crossett High School BRYCE RICHARD MOON Crossett High School DAMASCUS CLAIRE ELIZABETH DREWRY South Side High School DES ARC LINDSEY NICOLE REIDHAR Des Arc High School DEWITT RACHEL DANIELS DeWitt High School ZONTRAY KENDALL DeWitt High School DONALDSON DYLAN JASHUN CLAYTON Bismarck High School DOVER Ethan Seth Owen Jacobs Dover High School EUREKA SPRINGS KAYDEN ECKMAN Eureka Springs High School EVANSVILLE JESSICA ANN GOLDMAN Lincoln High School FARMINGTON NICHOLAS JAMES ERICKSON Farmington High School REAGAN SIERRA WHITE Farmington High School FAYETTEVILLE CHLOE AUGUST BOWEN Springdale High School SOPHIE FERNANDO Haas Hall Academy JEREMIA LO Fayetteville High School HAMAAD MEHAL Haas Hall Academy SPENCER LEE WALKER Fayetteville High School FISHER ANNA CHAPLAIN Harrisburg College and Career Prep FORT SMITH JOHN TYLER FREENY Southside High School MADISON ISABELLA RENEE MARSH Southside High School GOSNELL KAYLEE JO MILLER Gosnell High School GREENBRIER MADELYN RENEE JAMESON Greenbrier High School CALEB WADE TAPLEY Greenbrier High School GREENWOOD JULIA KATHLEEN BRIXEY Greenwood High School TYLER LAWRENCE MERREIGHN Greenwood High School GREERS FERRY FAITH MARIE BIRMINGHAM West Side High School HAMBURG NIGEL LEWIS Hamburg High School BRENDA FAITH O'FALLON Hamburg High School HARRISON GRACE ESTELLE BRANDT Harrison High School BLAKE JOHN WILLIAM WHITMER Harrison High School HAZEN ROSS TIMOTHY HARPER Hazen High School HICKORY PLAINS JEREMIAH DESHONE WILLIAMS Des Arc High School HIGDEN NATHANIEL WYATT SMITH West Side High School HORATIO GRACE ELIZABETH HARRIS Horatio High School HOT SPRINGS RHETT BARRETT Cutter Morning Star High School FAITH ELIZABETH CARNIE Lake Hamilton High School JORDAN C. ERICKSON Lake Hamilton High School EMMA KIRSTEN FERGUSON Lakeside High School THOMAS IAN HOLLIS Lakeside High School ANTHONY ALEXANDER REITER Hot Springs High School MICAH TRAVIS Mountain Pine High School HUTTIG NASTAJAE ALIYAH ALDERSON Strong High School JACKSONVILLE BASIA YVONNE BROWN Jacksonville High School GERALD ANTONIO DONOHUE Jacksonville High School JONESBORO OPHIE COPELIN Nettleton High School JETT JACKSON Harrisburg College and Career Prep ISABELLE FLORENCE JONES The Academies at Jonesboro High School JOSHUA MILNES Nettleton High School ANNA ELISE OPPENHEIM Bay High School NIKKOLETTE AMANDA PERKINS Brookland High School SEAN A. ROADES Valley View High School KALLEN SMITH Brookland High School TRACY N. TANNER Valley View High School LEACHVILLE HALLIE ELIZABETH BROWN Buffalo Island Central High School KYLE BRADLEY THRASHER Buffalo Island Central High School LITTLE ROCK MOHAMMED ABUELEM Pulaski Academy MILLER CLARK BACON eStem High School NATHAN THOMAS BARBER The Academies at Jonesboro High School CAROLINE BLANSCET Little Rock Christian Academy ANA ABARCA CHAVEZ Hall High School REBECCA SUSAN DIXON Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School SARAH J. DOUGLASS Joe T. Robinson High School SULLIVAN WALTER FITZ Catholic High School for Boys CELIA KRETH Episcopal Collegiate School FELIPE MORALES OSORIO Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School CLAUDIA CATHERINE SMITH eStem High School ETHAN STRAUSS Episcopal Collegiate School LUKE WEINER Little Rock Christian Academy MICHELLE XU Little Rock Central High School RAMY YOUSEF Little Rock Central High School MCCRORY CHRISTIAN LITTLE McCrory High School MABELVALE HALEY AMBER STANTON LISA Academy West High School MAGAZINE EMILY STATON Magazine High School MAMMOTH SPRING DEVON CRAY Mammoth Spring High School MARION WESLEY JAMES BARRETT Marion High School MORGAN BRADFORD WHITED Marion High School MAUMELLE GARRETT MICHAEL BAKANOVIC Maumelle High School CHAD BOYD Maumelle Charter High School GENRIETTA CHURBANOVA Pulaski Academy LINCOLN MOSES Maumelle Charter High School VICTORIA ORTEGA Maumelle High School MAYFLOWER HAYDYN HUDNALL Mayflower High School MULBERRY JARRET CHAMBERS Mulberry High School NEWPORT NOAH BLAKE RABY Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts NORTH LITTLE ROCK SOPHIA LYNN CHIER Mount St. Mary Academy CHASE CHRISTIAN MOHR-MCELROY North Little Rock Center of Excellence Charter KATHERINE RAMIREZ North Little Rock High School CARRE'LLA SADLER North Little Rock High School IOAN BROWN SANDERS North Little Rock High School OZARK AUTUMN PAIGE FLAHERTY Johnson County Westside High School PARAGOULD EMMA FARMER Marmaduke High School MICHALA ANN MCPHINK Paragould High School JACKSON CHANDLER PARKER Paragould High School MADISON SHEA ROBINSON Greene County Tech High School PARON JOHN MATTHEW HOWARD Joe T. 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HENDRIX Morrilton High School POWHATAN CREEDEN JAMES RICHEY Hillcrest High School RAVENDEN SPRINGS EMILY CHEYENNE LUFFMAN Sloan-Hendrix High School REYNO CHANDLER CONYERS Corning High School RISON JUSTIN JACOBS Rison High School MACY RATLIFF Rison High School ROGERS ALISHA AJAY CHATLANI Rogers High School MORGAN DIBASILIO Rogers Heritage High School SIDRA NADEEM Rogers New Technology High School NATHAN POWELL SKINNER Rogers High School ADAM RYSZARD SIWIEC Rogers Heritage High School ROSE BUD CARSON DAVID LUCENA Rose Bud High School ROYAL ANASTACIA GLASCO Mountain Pine High School RUSSELLVILLE KAYLEE FREEMAN Hector High School SEARCY JACKSON TANNER BENIGHT Searcy High School LAUREN ELIZABETH BROWN Searcy High School SHERIDAN LAINEY FAITH HILL Sheridan High School LOGAN JAMES INGRAM Sheridan High School SHERWOOD TIMOTHY NATHANIEL ESPEJO Sylvan Hills High School CHASE MARIE SWINTON Sylvan Hills High School SILOAM SPRINGS CHRISTINE NICOLE HONN Siloam Springs High School OLIVER MONROE REID Siloam Springs High School SMACKOVER ROBERT THOMAS DIXON Smackover High School KAYLEIGH AMANDA YEAGER Smackover High School SPRINGDALE EDUARDO AGUILAR Springdale High School SPRINGFIELD CAROLYN HOPE HOPKINS Morrilton High School STUTTGART MARY SALLAH JIA Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts TRUMANN ZACHARY DAVID BURCHFIELD Trumann High School WALNUT RIDGE DEVIN FOSTER SMITH Greene County Tech High School WARD JESSICA DAWN VAUGHN Cabot High School WHITE HALL JUSTIN ROBERT DADY White Hall High School WINSLOW JOSEPH ANDREW TAYLOR Lincoln High School WYNNE KYRA LIANE DOBSON Wynne High School JACKSON CHARLES GEORGE Wynne High School 2019 Arkansas Times Academic All-Stars Nominees

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davedimartino · 7 years ago

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NEW THIS WEEK 08.10.09

A batch of welcome, unexpected reissues makes this week one of the year's best release weeks ever!

True, someone might take a look at some of the recordings below and note, My, how odd, a significant number of the spotlighted releases appear to be by well-established, sometimes legendary and sometimes dead artists rather than current label signings!

On the other hand, others might say, Wow, that newly signed Jessie James looks like she's gonna sound great!

But, as always, there's enough to go around for everyone!

So there's no point in thinking absolutely nothing of any interest is being released anymore! Because now that Soundscan is going to start considering T-shirts albums…everything has changed!

Various Artists: Woodstock --40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm (Rhino) Speaking of clothes, hats off to Rhino Records for one of the finest reissues in memory! On the heels of the 40th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival--that historic moment when everything peaked and then nothing was any good anymore!--this superbly packaged 6-CD set aims to replicate the entire 3-day affair by providing in chronological sequence most of the great music by most of the artists, lots of the lovably dopey stage announcements about brown acid and women giving birth, and heretofore unheard music by such incredibly fab artists as Tim Hardin, the Incredible String Band, and Bert Sommer, among others, who weren't previously showcased on past Woodstock retrospectives! That the producers would allow the massively long version of Canned Heat's "Woodstock Boogie" to finally be heard, for example, shows that their hearts were completely in the right place; likewise, so much more of Country Joe McDonald's set was more fascinating than the well known "Give me an F" of his "Fish Cheer," its airing here is a musical public service of the highest order! The excellent liner notes, the fascinating complete festival setlist--definitely an eye-opener--and the love that was put into this project 40 years after the fact is fairly remarkable! Though the anal-retentive record collector completists among us may have hoped for a clip from the historically under-represented Keef Hartley Band--who apparently opted out--the inclusion of tracks by Quill and the suprisingly good, previously-unheard Creedence Clearwater Revival material, means that the all is right with the world! Combine that with the bonus LSD sprayed on the album's barcode, and you've got the package of the year!

George Strait: Twang (MCA Nashville) While it's long been known in Nashville that George Strait was an industry giant, it's hard to believe it's taken this long for the country legend to reveal that fact to the entire world! Yet here he is at last--pictured inside his colossal pick-up truck, playing a friend's guitar, delicately trying to not crush it with his giant fingers, attempting to look "just like one of the guys" despite being over 900 feet tall and trying to ignore that heart-rending fact just long enough to sings songs for us that will make us forget our own misery! Coming off his previous award-winning album Troubadour, Twang will touch all of us who know deep in our hearts that it isn't how big or small a man is, it's how on earth this man found a company capable of manufacturing a hat that big!

Slaughterhouse: Slaughterhouse (E1 Music) When it comes to rap supergroups--and, truly, it always does--we could do much worse than Slaughterhouse, an admirably hatted quartet including Joe Budden, Royce Da 5'9", Crooked I and Joell Ortiz! Word is they may have had their ups and downs individually, but together they represent the best and brightest hope of contemporary hip-hop and graphic logo design! With production by the likes of The Alchemist and DJ Khalil, this fabulous set makes Ortiz's proclamation--"We did an entire album in 6 days!"--fascinating and entirely believable! Vegans beware!

Jessie James: Jessie James (Mercury) Like many of us, I often watch music videos while listening to other albums to save time! So it came as something of a surprise to me to finally hear Jessie James! You know how it is! What does she sound like? Well, she's written with and sung songs by the likes of Kara DioGuiardi, Katy Perry, and new country star Jamey Johnson, she's been previewed on Perez Hilton's website, she apparently sings "dance-rock scorchers" and "soulful blues" and counts among her biggest influences LeAnn Rimes, Christina Aguilera, Janis Joplin and Bobbie Gentry! Got that? In short, she appears capable of doing virtually anything--and as an added bonus photographs remarkable well! Whew! We're lucky artists' looks are only an afterthought these days!

Willie Nelson: Lost Highway (Lost Highway) Despite the similar cover images, there's little chance fans of Jessie James will pick up this new Willie Nelson album and vice versa! It's the earrings! This fabulous 17-track compilation features country legend Nelson with a variety of guest singers--including Merle Haggard, Lee Ann Womack, Rob Thomas, Elvis Costello and Diana Krall--and track-for-track, in terms of raw sequencing, whether old material or new, this sounds like Nelson's strongest album in years! Closing tracks "Cowboys Are Secretly Fond Of Each Other" and "Ain't Goin' Down On Brokeback Mountain" certainly offer food for thought, but hey--who's hungry?

John Martyn: Solid Air (Deluxe Edition) (101 Distribution) One of the all-time great guitarist/vocalists to emerge from the UK--who sadly passed away earlier this year--John Martyn recorded many, many albums. Most of them--especially the early ones--were very, very good. Solid Air, originally released in 1973, was probably his best and certainly his most accessible. This welcome deluxe edition includes a second disc featuring alternate takes of album tracks, the odd single version and some live takes, and--even for those who cherish the original disc, which is remastered here--is absolutely worth your purchasing. The growing audience out there who've come to love Nick Drake--Martyn's friend and in fact the subject of this album's title track-- will find much here they'll love as well. Buy it now!

Robert Cray: This Time (Vanguard) If the mood is right, a new album by Robert Cray sometimes really hits the spot! Especially if you listen to it! His bazillionth---the man's been recording for years--sounds just as good as his first, but filled with the sort of subtlety you'd expect nearly 20 years of record-making to bring! As always playing a mixture of blues, R&B, and stuff that will never get played on the radio in a million years so what's the point but that's OK, Cray and band tear through tracks like "Chicken In The Kitchen," "Trouble & Pain" and "That's What Keeps Me Rockin'," then leave the studio, drive through town, and eventually stop at a restaurant. Once there, they order dinner! Outside, dark clouds gather!

The Nice: Fillmore East 1969 (EMD International import) I must say that in all my years as a rock critic--at least since 1998!--I have always parted company with my well-respected elders who have disrespectfully tossed the works of Keith Emerson's pre-Emerson, Lake & Palmer band the Nice into the same rubbish bin and declared them canonical inferiors to John David Souther, R.E.M. and, I dunno, Jay-Z! Dopes! Anyway, for two albums or so the Nice were one of the best bands ever--and this live package captures the fab flag-burners ripping through most of their best material in fine form! Perhaps its time we re-evaluate all pop music history and decide whether or not we've all of us--as a people--been fed lies, gross distortions of…(fades)....Hey look! A train!

Anna Terheim: Leaving On A Mayday (Verve Forecast) A great new album by Swedish songbird Terheim, who's a big deal in her homeland--she won the Best New Artist Swedish Grammy for her 2004 album Something Outside--and will hopefully be a big deal here someday as well! It's a fair world! Great arrangements, interesting songs, cooly detached vocals, and just the sort of thing you'd hope for from a woman quoted as saying "If there's no pain, I have a hard time connecting to it"! Hopefully she wasn't talking about the Internet!

Cobra Starship: Hot Mess (Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic) Devoting an entire album to the best track on the new Ashley Tisdale record is a fantastic idea! She's quite attractive!

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April 2024 Young Adult Book Releases

🦇 Good morning, 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 April! Here are a few YA releases to consider adding to your shelves.

[ List Under the Cut ]

🩷 April 2 🩷 ✨ Your Blood, My Bones - Kelly Andrew ✨ What If... Loki Was Worthy? - Madeleine Roux ✨ Fate Be Changed - Farrah Rochon ✨ No Going Back - Patrick Flores-Scott ✨ The Reappearance of Rachel Price - Holly Jackson ✨ Darker by Four - June C.L. Tan ✨ Draw Down the Moon - P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast ✨ The Black Girl Survives in This One ✨ Wrath of the Talon - Sophie Kim ✨ Every Time You Hear That Song - Jenna Voris ✨ Otherworldly - F.T. Lukens ✨ Misdirection of Fault Lines - Anna Gracia ✨ Something Kindred - Ciera Burch ✨ Hearts Still Beating - Brooke Archer ✨ Call Forth a Fox - Markelle Grabo

🩷 April 9 🩷 ✨ Teenage Dirtbags - James Acker ✨ Canto Contigo - Jonny Garza Villa ✨ Dragonfruit - Makiia Lucier ✨ The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray - Christine Calella ✨ Fog & Fireflies - T.H. Lehnen ✨ Against the Darkness - Kendare Blake ✨ The Darkness Rises - Stacy Stokes ✨ Right Here, Right Now - Shannon Dunlap ✨ The Last Love Song - Kalie Holford

🩷 April 16 🩷 ✨ To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods - Molly X. Chang ✨ Merciless Saviors - H.E. Edgmon ✨ Deep Is the Fen - Lili Wilkinson ✨ This Is Me Trying - Racquel Marie ✨ Calling of Light - Lori M. Lee ✨ Pretty Furious - E.K. Johnston ✨ Dear Wendy - Ann Zhao ✨ The Lady of Rapture - Sarah Raughley ✨ The End of Always - Rebecca Phillips ✨ The Kill Factor - Ben Oliver ✨ The Breakup Lists - Adib Khorram ✨ We're Never Getting Home - Tracy Badua ✨ The Harrowing - Kristen Kiesling & Rye Hickman ✨ King of Dead Things - Nevin Holness ✨ Sheine Lende - Darcie Little Badger & Rovina Cai ✨ The One That Got Away with Murder - Trish Lundy

🩷 April 23 🩷 ✨ Song of the Six Realms - Judy I. Lin ✨ Off With Their Heads - Zoe Hana Mikuta ✨ Blood Justice - Terry J. Benton-Walker ✨ Kill Her Twice - Stacey Lee ✨ Dark Parts of the Universe - Samuel Mille ✨ Finally Fitz - Marisa Kanter ✨ The Merciless King of Moore High - Lily Sparks ✨ Out of Blue Comes Green - M.E. Corey ✨ A Whisper in the Walls - Scott Reintgen ✨ Homebody - Theo Parish ✨ Punk Rock Karaoke - Bianca Xunise

🩷 April 30 🩷 ✨ To a Darker Shore - Leanne Schwartz ✨ The Vanishing Station - Ana Ellickson ✨ The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge - Matthew Hubbar ✨ What's Eating Jackie Oh? - Patricia Park ✨ Sound the Gong - Joan He ✨ Playing for Keeps - Jennifer Dugan ✨ Not Like Other Girls - Meredith Adamo ✨ The Notes - Catherine Con Morse ✨ I'll Be Waiting for You - Mariko Turk ✨ Pillow Talk - Stephanie Cooke & Mel Valentine ✨ Saint-Seducing Gold - Brittany N. Williams ✨ Where Was Goodbye? - Janice Lynn Mather ✨ The Lilies - Quinn Diacon-Furtado

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