#appics

[destinationtoast]

Have you noticed how much Goncharov fic is femslash? it's a lot. the whole phenomenon is wonderful, but this is probably the most fascinating thing about it (to me, at least)

I have noticed, and it is fascinating! To update some of my Goncharov stats from 3 days ago, now that the AO3 fandom presence has grown from 40 to over 500 fanworks (!!!):

With those smaller numbers a few days ago, I was really just goofing around (you can't conclude much about which ships are "winning" with only 40 fanworks, but I wanted to contribute some fun graphs to the Goncharov phenomenon anyway). Now that there are so many works, femslash is clearly leading the fic world, even though a lot of the meta and articles I see people sharing primarily mention the Andrey/Goncharov homoeroticism.

This is really interesting, and I wonder what all is driving it. Do the actors who play Andrey & Goncharov not speak as much to slash fans as the actors who play Katya & Sofia? is it the particular scenes that the women characters are in that speak to the fans the most? Was there some particularly inspirational early F/F fic or fanart that spurred more? Are "imaginary canons" (such a goofy genre name!) more likely to generate more femslash than other canons? And/or are there other reasons? Would love to hear theories.

[sluttery-withoutshame]

39 seconds of Eric Singer magic.

Another edit for @mindofotherstars, who discovered this gem, SOMEHOW, I don’t know.

But it seems to be ground zero for Eric’s entire career.

“That was in ’84. I entered a Carmine Appice drum contest in LA in September ’84. I remember it was a radio station, I think it was KLOS, you sent in a tape and from that they picked 50 people – 15 girls and 35 guys.

“They had you play at a Guitar Center in the parking lot, they set up two drum kits, one double bass kit, one single bass kit. Out of that they picked the finalists. Steven Adler was in the contest. He didn’t get picked for the finals, I remember he was upset. His mother went up to Carmine Appice, ‘How come my son Steven didn’t get picked?’ I was standing right on the sidewalk next to him while his mother was asking Carmine. It had to be an awkward moment.

“The funny thing was, three years later he’s in the biggest band in the world, so you never know how things are going to turn out. After that, fast forward, I made the finals, I didn’t win, I took third place. Some girl asked Carmine for my number, so the next day I got a call, ‘Hey, I got your number from Carmine Appice and I’m doing this video for Playboy magazine, they’re doing all these videos called women of rock.’

“I did it with a girl called Brenda Lee Holliday. Being in that drum contest, that’s how I got discovered. The guy that played bass in the video, Ray Marzano, had played with Lita. His girlfriend was Lita’s best friend. Randy Castillo was her drummer. Ray goes, ‘Randy quit, Lita doesn’t even know it yet, she’s in England with Tony Iommi,’

[sweetpaintedladie]

Jeff Beck, 1973

photos by Koh Hasebe

[the-hottest-band-tournament]

Round Two

Asia

Defeated opponents: Tesla

Formed in: 1981

Genres: Synth rock, art pop, prog rock

Lineup: John Wetton – lead vocals, bass guitar

Geoff Downes – keyboard, vocals

Steve Howe – guitars, vocals

Carl Palmer – drums, percussion

Albums from the 80s:

Asia (1982)

Alpha (1983)

Astra (1985)

Aurora EP (1986)

Propaganda: 

Dio

Defeated opponents: Dog Police

Formation: 1982

Genres: Heavy metal 

Lineup: Ronnie James Dio- vocals, keyboards

Vinny Appice- drums

Jimmy Bain- bass, keyboards

Vivian Campbell- guitar

Albums from the 80s: 

Holy Diver (1983)

The Last in Line (1984)

Sacred Heart (1985)

Dream Evil (1987)

Propaganda: 

[jt1674]

[rastronomicals]

10:29 AM EDT September 2, 2024:

Beck, Bogert & Appice - "Satisfied" From the box set Live 1973 & 1974 (September 15, 2023)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London: 26th January, 1974

[metalcultbrigade]

Cactus - Cactus. 01/07/1970

[guerrilla-operator]

BLACK SABBATH

[metalsongoftheday]

Friday, April 12: Dio, "Breathless"

R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio (1942-2010), Jimmy Bain (1947-2016)

Ronnie James Dio sang with two major acts before striking out on his own, but the success of Holy Diver gave him license to fully unleash his id on The Last in Line.  And while the second Dio album was mostly a logical continuation of its predecessor, there was enough randomness generated by the man going all-in on his preoccupations and tics that something like “Breathless”, which began with a simultaneously bluesy and gnarled Vivian Campbell riff before Ronnie barged in with “No No No No No!!!”, stood out in all sorts of ways, not all of them good.  The track was a rocker driven by Vinny Appice’s blocky percussion and Jimmy Bain’s bass, with Campbell’s guitar more like window dressing (certainly a point of contention for the increasingly malcontent future Whitesnake and Def Leppard axeman), though of course there was no suppressing the power and passion of Ronnie’s growl, even if one was rarely sure about what he was really going on about.  “Breathless” was awesome and ridiculous in equal measure, and nobody would expect anything less from prime Dio.

[wienners]

"what if there was a monster coming after you in the woods" not as scary as "what if there was a man from new jersey with a weapon running at you full speed (also in the woods)"

[slapthebass]

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Shinya artist's page on pearldrum.com

[brokehorrorfan]

Super 7 is adding Dio to its ReAction Figures line with 3.75" retro-style toys of frontman Ronnie James Dio (with microphone) and mascot Murray (with chain). Ed Repka designed the backer card art (pictured below). Due out in July, they’re available to pre-order for $20 each.

[boxwright]

Vanilla Fudge - Mark Stein

[themetalmassacrevault]

[anotherdayinbliss]

Beck, Bogert & Appice at a hotel in Tokyo, Japan, May 1973. Photos by Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music.