#art jam toronto

[camillehenri]

This is what I painted on Saturday.

Thank you Good Vibe People and ArtJam for having me. I had a great time painting, listening to music and meeting new people.

Hope we can do this again!

[takunwilliams]

Vince Carter 2024

[dinoberrypress]

The Little Wolves Demo is available now!

Work continues on Little Wolves, and our May 14th launch feels like it's right around the corner! We're very excited for today's news, so I'll get right to it:

The demo for Little Wolves is available now!

The demo's a bit of a teaser for what you can expect to see in the final game, with a little bit of everything so you can dip your toes into The Enchanted Forest without waiting any longer!

In the demo, you'll find all the dice rules, some info on the setting and the fae courts you'll aid in your adventures, 4 pre-made characters with some of the unique abilities you can gain, and an adventure that makes a great campaign start.

There's also a great bunch of art from Jam in its pages, featuring a picture of one of my favorite little guys in our game: the Puffballs (AKA Chicken of the Woods)!

The final version of the game is gonna be loaded with gorgeous, full-color illustrations & layout art, more denizens to meet, more setting details in general, more character options, more quests, and (guess what) more of everything!

We're so excited to release this demo, so please head over to Itch and give it a 5-star rating, a comment, and tell your friends!



Find us at Breakout Con in Toronto!

That's right, Dinoberry Press is going to be at Breakout Con this week! I'll be running a few games of You're In Space and Justicar, and we'll be handing out some special Little Wolves stickers~

We're also gonna have a very limited number of physical copies of the demo, printed & assembled right here in our home studio! If you see us around, (or join one of my games), say hi and pick one up!

And that's all for today! If you're not already, be sure to follow our Backerkit page!

[braintapes]

trying to find some images of simon for art reference and one of the first results that pops up is an image used for him in lgbt characters archive. which is a little funny to me because like....i GUESS? TECHNICALLY?

i do love the idea that simon has some gender stuff going on but because there is already SO MUCH happening in soma he doesn’t have the time or the brainpower to think/comment on it. 

like...like he’s essentially a software copy of some dude from toronto haphazardly jammed into the cybernetics of a long dead corpse trapped in a diving suit who also happened to be a woman but. like the ‘long dead corpse-jacking’ is already by itself SO MUCH. TOO MUCH. and iirc (though i could be misremembering) his reaction to finding out about imogen is just like “oh. huh okay.” and then he immediately moves on. presumably either to prevent himself from having some kind of breakdown about it or because he Can’t process it all.

and then that happens a SECOND time.

[oh-no-boi]

mm lrb (last reblog? is that a thing haha) and just its not the same but the assumption that im not doing anything with my life/time bc im not dating and not going "out" is rly stupid

my coworker didnt mean anything by it but his shock abt me not dating anyone and alao that bc im a homebody, im not doing much..... like no i make games, i draw, i craft, i write, my 3 journals take up plenty of time too.. also i go to downtown toronto somwtimes for stationary stuff LOL im tired from working but i got plenty of shit im doing

like currebtly:

• finished domino club game jam thus resting

• i have likr 25 linoprints where i gotta print layer 2 (winter holiday cards bc snailmail is great)

• im back to sorting my dolls for ebay and after that, i am finally going to organize my 3 display cases

• as always, 2 out of 3 planner/journals, take up at least 2-3 hrs a week as i write the daily pages from my phone notes

• i would like to go to the park more, i wish i had energy to walk and draw again but i just go to the playground swings for my mental health occationally now 😔

• i am reading so many danmei novels like one after another.. balancing my time between reading and doing other things is a careful balance

• winter holiday gifts are on my mind.. one has been ordered but many more to figure out..

idk like theres comics to read too and games to play, and books to read, and so much art supplies i shud fucking use one of these days.. need to get back into watercolours lol.....

my life isnt worse or more boring due to me not dating or staying home/close to home....

i've literally gone to place in toronto where u can be nude and see ppl getting it on and put on the "not interested" bracelet and fell in love with not giving a fuck abt my own nudity levels and falling in love with the heated pool...... holy shit is it nice to just wear swimsuit bottoms and a swim shirt without a bikini top lmao the fucking best (i have been nude but i also am a weirdo who does like the feel of clothes and like i cant live without socks when not in bed, and underwear is a helper in controlling my bladder feelings, and then i just love an oversized tshirt ok it feels good but also im chill to be tits out)

idk theres just something great abt knowing that sure i might be squemish to ever try sex and sure im aroace something, and i dont think im gotta end up actually dating anyone but fingers crossed i guess? but also yeah i masturbate, i've been nude in nudist place, i've sent nudes before tho not sexy chat lol i draw porn, i have a lot of distressed anime girl porn on my phone what of it, im an adult and im happy* living my life and frankly i dont see how dating would even work for me when i want to be reading bl half my waking hours... i just need to hang out with friends more

oh also coworker was like "ur 23, right?" and im just oh buddy haha

*i mean mild? depression but we ignore it bc we are only truly depressed when thinking bad thoughts or like the future or anything, ok fine i still feel like its fake but we cant ignore that i did try antidepresants and also did get close to vague suicide thoughts but like im fine, i got planners and stickers and weekly bubble tea ok

[arkadenboden]

update on the fanfic for the nation. The first chapter is being edited and should be finished soon, however may be delayed because I kind of want to make art to correspond with the release of each one. For now, here are some headcanons that will be going into it:

starting with more minor ones that are just little things:

-Kim graduated with a degree in filmmaking!

-Ramona makes deliveries across Ontario, not just in Toronto.

-Kim’s father called himself “King Jeremy, the Wicked” as an unofficial nickname in highschool. This is a reference to Jeremy by Pearl Jam(Out of universe, anyway. Jeremy wouldn’t have been in highschool by the release of Ten because Kim was born in 1980)

-Kim’s hometown is in Greater Sudbury.

More important, spoiler-ish ones under the cut. Just cause.

-Jeremy wanted to be an artist, but settled for it being a hobby when his wife got pregnant

-Kim has OCD. I don’t see it represented much in media, let alone well. It’s something I also struggle with and I thought putting my experience with intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors into a fic like this may help with the desire to see myself represented

-Kim is the result of a teenage pregnancy. This decision was made specifically because I always thought Kim’s parents looked very young in comparison to the other older characters, and looked more like background characters that Scott would be acquainted with than Kim’s parents. They are both currently around 38-39.

-Kim’s little “area of subspace(think the desert Scott dreams about)” is a recreation of her hometown during her childhood. Things are exactly the same way they were when she was 7-15 ish. Subspace doors open onto a local trail, and pass through the trail and exit at the end of it. Ramona frequently passes through this area, but doesn’t encounter Kim for a while, as she has a tendency to wander off of the path and go elsewhere while Ramona uses it to move along.

-A character’s “Nega” form isn’t actually called that. I don’t know what they would officially be called on like a Wikipedia page but I think that is just what Scott thinks of Nega Scott as. Kim’s is dubbed “the Eidolon,” because she perceives it as a phantom or ghostlike figure of some kind.

thats all i can think of for now hope u enjoyed

[graffiticanada]

Cesar Alonso Mural

Sad that I missed this jam on the day of because I really would have loved to have seen Cesear Alonso working on this amazing mural

Check out more of his work on his website.

[stereogeekspodcast]

[Transcript] Season 4, Episode 3. X-Men ‘97 Spoiler-Free Review

The X-Men are back! Ron and Mon caught the Canadian premiere of X-Men '97 at Toronto Comicon 2024, and the following episodes. We share our review of the new season, all the feels about seeing our favourite X-people onscreen, and what we're looking forward to from the rest of the season. No spoilers!

Read Mon's Episode 1 review at Vocal, and learn more about the creation of the show with Mon's Comicon recap. Ron shares her experience at the X-Men '97 activation at Toronto Comicon 2024 on WWAC.

Listen to the episode on Spotify.

(L-R): Beast (voiced by George Buza), Wolverine (voiced by Cal Dodd), Morph (voiced by JP Karliak), Bishop (voiced by Isaac Robinson-Smith), Rogue (voiced by Lenore Zann), Gambit (voiced by AJ LoCascio), Storm (voiced by Alison Sealy-Smith), Cyclops (voiced by Ray Chase) in Marvel Animation's X-MEN '97. Photo courtesy of Marvel Animation. © 2024 MARVEL.

Hello and welcome to a brand new episode of Stereo Geeks.

I'm Mon.

And I'm Ron.

Today, we will be discussing X-Men ‘97.

The new season of the 1990s X-Men animated show has got everybody a flutter.

We managed to catch the Canadian premiere at Toronto Comic Con 2024, and the hype was real.

I have never seen this many X-Men t-shirts, X-Men cosplayers, X-Men art, X-Men love, anywhere ever before.

And as two X-Men fans, this was a jam.

We literally went to Toronto Comic Con this year, just trying to get as much X-Men stuff as possible, and we did well.

Well, it's also nice because you suddenly see that there are other X-Men fans out there.

They love this franchise.

They love these characters.

Some of them are a little too enthusiastic.

But the highlight for a lot of people was the X-Men activation at Toronto Comic Con.

But it was an experience, getting in there.

Listen, with these exclusive things, it's always a bit of planning, a lot of loss of sleep, considerable anxiety before you can actually get there.

Sometimes you get lucky.

The stars align, the timings of your transporter line, and you get there well in time to stand in line and actually get into the room where it's happening.

The X-Men activation, we were already told several times, limited seating, you should get there early.

So that's exactly what we did, even though we'd spent all of Friday at Comic Con and it was kind of a late night for us.

But yeah, we were there first thing in the morning for the X-Men activation zone.

And it's a good thing that we went as early as we did.

So the activation was called Xavier's Lounge for Gifted Youngsters.

At first, I thought this meant it was only for young folks, like family zone or something.

Thankfully, it was open to everyone.

It was just, the naming of it was a bit odd.

But anyway, basically what this activation was, it was a couple of conference rooms turned into a giant North American living room like you would have back in the 90s.

It was Saturday morning, which is when the original show used to air.

And that's when they had the premiere.

I'd say there were about 10, 12 people before us, and this was a good half an hour, 40 minutes before the show even started.

So yeah, we were there really early.

Yeah, and you're talking about the show as in Toronto Comic Con.

That's not even when the screening started.

That started later, and it actually ran late.

So we missed another session.

But anyway, all in all, it was such a cool experience to be sitting amongst all these X-Men fans.

A lot of people had dressed up, a lot of t-shirts out there.

We were also wearing our X-Men t-shirts.

And just a great deal of buzz and excitement about this franchise that so many of us have loved for a really long time.

The thing is, you and I didn't grow up with this X-Men show.

It never came to India.

The X-Men movies, they came, and then we suddenly just fell in love with this group of characters, and we've been in love with them since.

But for a lot of people in North America, this was their introduction to the X-Men.

This is how they got into the comics.

So for them, this revival is huge.

Yeah, but also just spending time with the X-Men is so special.

It's weird because the X-Men weren't a thing when we were growing up.

Not just this show, but just in general, you never saw X-Men comics.

You never saw anybody refer to them.

So the movies were a game changer for us.

And then on the back of those movies, we had the PSP game, X-Men Legends 2 Rise of Apocalypse.

That really changed how we saw these people because there were all these characters in there, so many of them who still haven't made it to the big screen.

Then we went into reading the Wiki articles about them and finally got to the comics.

And that's how we learnt about this amazing group of people.

Now listen, comics, man, they're tough.

Some are good, some are bad.

Most of them are disasters.

You'll go through some runs and you're like, why do I like these people?

But in general, the X-Men do speak to a kind of community a lot of us feel, which is that you feel different, you feel like an outsider, you don't feel like you belong, and then you have the X-Men to turn to.

This is a really very important group of folks for us, and for a lot of people as we figured out at Comic Con this year.

And we were really like, you get pulled into that excitement.

Even if you're a little bit apathetic or unsure, I was like, oh, you know, like, you just get sucked into this.

Yeah, and we were so excited for anything X-Men related at Toronto Comic Con that we watched all five seasons of the 90s X-Men show on Disney Plus in anticipation for this event.

And I'm glad we did because at Toronto Comic Con, most of the main conference rooms were running the trailer for the X-Men ‘97 show.

And that starts with the ending of the 92 show.

Which has a huge spoiler for what happens in there.

So yes, I'm glad we watched it.

We marathon watched it.

Maybe that wasn't the best way to watch it.

And also as adults, you kind of do look at things differently.

On top of that, we're entertainment writers, so you're constantly analyzing everything you watch.

We are not devotees of the original series.

We have our criticisms of it.

But listen, it's the X-Men.

We had so much fun spending five seasons with them.

And I've gotta say, there were some very interesting notes in that original series.

And when I think about it, I'm like, wow, in the 90s, they were doing this.

I really enjoyed that aspect of it.

And there were some minute character changes, which I really enjoyed as well.

So yeah, I just enjoyed watching all these characters that we've completely fallen in love with for so many, so many years.

And I've been reading the Krakow era comics.

I keep telling you about everything that's been happening.

It's tough to get into those.

It's so vast.

There are so many different series.

I still don't know how certain plots ended because they weren't in the runs of the books that I was reading.

And I'm just like, okay, I'm just going to have to accept that this character died and just move on from that.

I will never find out how it happened.

Well, this revival is also happening at the same time that a comic book revival is happening.

So that's interesting.

I might actually start with these new comics because as you said, the Krakow era, I started it, but it's just too much.

There's too much to do in the world to catch up with that many comics.

I was kind of six months behind on the Krakow comics during Christmas.

And I literally didn't do anything else during the Christmas break, aside from reading comics from the Krakow era.

I'm caught up now and now I'm behind.

Such is the life of a comic reader, especially the Marvel comic readers.

Never know.

Anyway, shall we talk about 97?

Indeed, X-Men ‘97.

There's already a little bit of controversy just before the show launches on Disney Plus with creator and showrunner, Bo DiMeo, unceremoniously being fired.

No idea why.

And I think it's kind of odd because he was talking a lot about how much he loves the X-Men.

I don't know what happened.

We can't really speculate or anything, but it is a bit strange.

And it was obvious from the cast and previous producer and director, Larry Houston, when they were at Toronto Comic Con, nobody mentioned Bo DiMeo.

I was like, obviously the PR people got to you guys.

It's always uncomfortable when you start off something with a little bit of controversy.

His name is still in the credits from what we saw in the screeners.

So there's that.

But anyway, aside from the controversy, there's also been a lot of discourse about Morph.

We won't get into that because that's not even there in the first three episodes.

So let's just talk about the story.

First of all, we are not going to share any spoilers for the first three episodes.

The first two will be dropping on March 20th.

And then there'll be weekly episodes, total of 10 episodes.

All happening on Disney Plus.

So the show kicks off from the previous storyline.

It's not immediately after.

Things have changed.

Visually, things have definitely changed.

The animation style is gorgeous.

I would say it's almost too sexy.

I love the animation, the colors, the movement.

Actually, Larry Houston kind of said, that is really the Disney money because he couldn't get any of that kind of movement when he was doing the show in the 90s.

But yeah, oh God, it looks so good.

And there's a scene that for some reason, they've already shared it on Marvel's Instagram of Jubilee dancing.

It's absolutely gorgeous.

You would not have got that kind of movement in the 90s show.

Definitely not over here.

It's like your eyes just cannot move away from the screen.

Yeah, and the music is outstanding.

Not only has the theme tune been tweaked and updated to be more modern, but there's like these beautiful synth pop background tunes going on, which I'm like, this is exactly what I like.

Yeah, I'm like, are they going to unveil Leila Cheney here?

But you know, she wasn't there.

So one thing the voice cast at Toronto Comic Con mentioned was that the creators of the new show wanted to showcase the X-Men using their powers, but in new ways.

And that's obvious from the first episode itself.

And speaking of the powers, that's what makes the action in this episode so spectacular.

Each character and their awesome powers are introduced one by one.

This allows audiences old and new to acclimatize to the new era as well as the characters.

It was great to watch this.

And it's a really tight episode.

And honestly, it was more fun because we were watching it to the crowd and we were all like oooing and eyeing when the characters were in peril and ooh, they got out of that tight situation, yes.

So yeah, it was a lot of fun.

And another thing that, not that I noticed it, but the cast actually mentioned that the episodes in this season are going to be slightly longer.

So looking at the runtime, it's about 30 minutes for each of the episodes.

And I believe the 92 show, the episodes were generally about 21, 22 minutes.

So you get about six, seven minutes more story.

And I don't know whether that's the reason why it's only 10 episodes long.

We'll talk about that later.

Yeah, so the first episode really sets up a bunch of plot lines, which we're going to be seeing throughout the show.

The story does seem interesting.

The main story maybe, I don't know.

And then there's the Magneto drama, which honestly, I am far more into that than anything else.

Listen, if there's one thing that the X-Men is extremely good at, it's drama.

We don't care about who these big bad guys are that are attacking them.

We live with the drama.

Superhero soap operas, that's what we like.

Let's talk about Storm.

I know that the creators had said, oh, she's going to be powerful and cool.

In the first episode, she is definitely powerful.

She's never been more bad as before.

Yes, Storm's mohawk hair, like that just signifies that this is going to be an era.

I thought she was so cool, so powerful, and I love what she does with her powers.

It's different.

And I don't know whether it's because I've been reading the Krakoa era comics and all the characters are super powerful.

I just feel like it's a nod to what she can do in those comics.

So yeah, I like it.

On the flip side, Morph's look, that's a choice.

Well, Morph's look is much more consistent with their comic book look.

He looks like that?

In the comics, yes.

And now Morph and Bishop have been added to the main cast.

As you see, they're in all of the promos, etc.

Morph's human looking face, I don't know, I felt like it's been softened a little bit from the rather severe angles of the original show.

I don't know if it's a different choice because they have adopted a different default look or if it's just part of the animation style.

Bishop on the other hand, his powers are just so cool.

Again, the way they're using their powers in this show this time around, it's gonna blow people's minds.

I also feel like Rogue's face is slightly more soft.

The angles are gone.

I don't mind it, but because we've been watching the old show, and immediately after we see this one, you feel it.

I don't think this is a spoiler when I say Roberto da Costa has been added to the cast.

A lot of these characters, as we know, they sort of expand their roster, but it's not like they have full on main cast roles and screen time.

But love seeing Roberto, the way he's animated, so beautiful, really beautiful voice acting as well.

Now, we have seen one other new mutant in all this while.

One and a half, if you take into account little Ileana.

But what about the rest of the new mutants?

Also, so Bertro is like a little bit problematic in the comics, especially when he was first introduced.

I really hope they don't have all that misogyny in there.

Listen, when I see Bertro, my lad, I am so happy.

Listen, we lost Adam Cantor, who was a very lovely Bertro to see on the big screen.

I was so happy to see him, and it's really sad that we lost him.

But now we've got Bertro in this show, and he's being voiced by Guy Agostini.

I think he's doing a great job.

It's exactly what I'd imagine Bertro to sound like.

He's not sleazy here.

He's actually kind of sweet, very lost, and I really enjoyed the way they did his story.

There's a particular line that he says that got everyone in the feels.

Having said that, I don't think anybody ever gets Bertro's skin color right.

Like the New Mutants movie, let's not even start with that.

Bertro's mutant powers kick in because he's being bullied so badly because he has dark skin.

He's a very rich young boy.

It doesn't matter.

He's still getting bullied because of his skin color.

I just don't think it's correct in this show.

Like I love the fact that Bertro is here, but it's not right.

Yeah, no, I agree with you.

I really wish that they had just gone with the darker skin tone.

It's always these little things, you know.

Well, one course correction here has been the voice actor for Jubilee.

She's finally being voiced by Southeast Asian actor Holly Cho.

The original Jubilee actor, Alison Court, she said that she has a different role on the show, and she's actually very happy that she has passed on the baton to somebody who has the lived experience of Jubilee.

Court did not mention who she's playing, though.

Very, very sedative.

Yeah, I'm very happy that Holly Cho is taking over this role.

She got a really great shout out actually from Alison Court during the Q&A section.

She's really very happy about this new addition to the cast.

I'm really glad to see that they're willing to make these changes, you know, after everything that happened during the pandemic.

So it's a good change.

Can't help but wonder why we needed it in the first place.

Having said that, I did do some research, and at the time that Alison Court got the role, when she was, I think she said she was like 16, 17, they didn't tell her Jubilee's origins.

Poor thing was a bit shocked when she found out.

Well, at least they cost corrected.

So another cost correction, if you can call it that, is that this show is finally realizing how hot Gambit is.

Listen, I'm a writer at WWAC.

The WWAC team loves Gambit.

We once did an entire post about how much we love Gambit.

That's how much we love Gambit.

This episode, oh boy, people are going to love Gambit in this one.

Wow, yeah, how is Gambit this hot?

That's all we're going to say.

We're going to leave the rest to your imagination, because he doesn't.

That's a good one.

Oh wow.

So we had a kind of sad reason for a new addition to the cast.

Ray Chase has joined the cast as Cyclops' voice.

And this is unfortunately because the original voice actor Norm has passed away.

I absolutely love Ray Chase.

He is doing a great job.

When I started listening to Cyclops' voice in this show, I was like, this is it.

This is how Cyclops sounds.

Chase is doing a really good job of channeling Norm Spencer, but his voice acting is just so perfect.

He is exactly the way I hear Scott in my head.

I don't know what it is.

Maybe the timbre in his voice or something.

Scott is still a little bit more snarky in both these shows than I would expect him to be, but I love it.

It's so good.

I would listen to Scott in this show forever.

So we'll end the review for this episode by saying, it gets you in the feels.

There's a lot of emotion involved, not least because of the nostalgia value.

You're back with these characters.

You're spending a whole 30 minutes with them, which is honestly more time than you get to spend with the X-Men most of the time.

So this is great.

The best part of this episode is kind of in the trailer, but at the same time, every time I think about it, still makes me kind of teary.

This is quite an experience.

I don't know if it was heightened because of the Toronto Comic Con community and the whole premiere and the voice cast and meeting the person who made most of our favorite shows from our childhood, Larry Houston.

I don't know what it was.

It was a combination of a lot of things, but let's just say this first episode is worth the wait.

100%.

We can't really talk much about what we see in episodes 2 and 3.

We did get screeners to see them.

Let's just say they're quite different from the first episode, and comics fans are really, really going to love this.

From episode 2's credits itself, your mind is blown.

They're openly telling you nothing is the same anymore.

Without revealing anything about the episode, I will say that it was very tense, and honestly, there was one scene which I felt like it was riffing off the January 6th insurrection in the US.

Those sort of visuals and the tension of it, really scary stuff.

Now, whether it's intentional or whether we're putting those sort of visuals together because it literally happened not so long ago, I don't know.

Sometimes I do think art is sending a message, and if an X-Men show is not sending a message, it's not doing it right.

But from the scary to the sublime, if Magneto is so bad, why is he so hot?

That costume, that's something else.

It's making me question a lot of things.

Oh man, well, you know, Magneto's outfit is straight from the comics.

But I think it's the way it's drawn in this animated show.

It's really striking.

And I think it's because you don't usually see male characters dressed in that combination.

We can't reveal too much.

It may already be in the trailer, but when you see it in action, it definitely has a different feel to it.

And on top of that, you have this beautiful animation style and the colors are so beautiful, which actually makes a lot of sense because the X-Men are so colorful.

Like you have to have a colorful show.

Now what I do like, especially in this episode, is how they amalgamate a bunch of storylines into one tight story arc.

It's great because especially if you read different comics, you'll be like, oh, that bit's from this comic arc and this one's from that run.

I really love how they've done that.

Episode 2 for me was the best episode so far in 97, but probably the best episode of all of the original series as well.

Wow, that is high praise.

And I understand the sentiment because the X-Men, the 92 show, it kind of consistently had one message.

No matter what the mutants do, no matter how many people they save, humans will still hate them, humans will still hunt them.

The way that the Krakoa era comics have been going right now, that is the underlying theme.

It doesn't matter that the mutants have found their own island, that they're trying to just help people, cure people, it doesn't matter.

At the end of the day, they'll always be other, and because they are other, they must be eradicated.

This episode leans into that, and I think that's why it really hits you that these events can keep unfolding over and over again, despite what's happened to the X-Men.

The humans in this world will not accept them ever.

Well, one of the things which you can intuit from the first two episodes is that the humans are gonna hate the mutants because they don't see them as people.

And that is literally the real world issue with so many marginalized communities.

The people in power don't see them as people, so they don't see their suffering as an issue.

Now, how many people watching this in the year 2024 are gonna be able to draw that through line?

I have no idea.

Well, one of the things that was really hard hitting during the Q&A at Toronto Comic Con, George Booza and Lawrence Bain, both talked about how the X-Men appeal to people who don't fit in, who feel like they're on the periphery of society, the freaks, as Lawrence Bain called them.

They find refuge in the X-Men, which is what George Booza said.

And that's what makes the X-Men so enduring.

I do have to say that the Krakow era comics, I don't think they did justice to that feeling.

They got kind of lost in all the sci-fi stuff.

Very interesting to read, very imaginative, but so often I would be reading it, and I'm like, all those strong messages about it doesn't matter who you are, what you are, who you love, you're still a person who deserves respect, and the right to not be killed, whether you're mutant or human.

It just didn't come across that much in the Krakow era comics.

I'm hoping that the rest of the season really plays with that, because if you look at it, every time Bishop travels back and forth from the past, he's doing the same thing.

He's trying to save mutants, because humans just will not stop fighting mutants.

And honestly, at a time when the world is so divisive and so ready to fight over absolutely nothing, we need this show to send a message.

And I think it is, in its own way.

I think we're getting very maudlin over here.

Let's talk about the action.

The action was great.

Like the first episode, I loved the action.

It was so crisp.

And again, because we've been watching the old series literally days before, the movement of the characters was really something to behold.

What I loved about the action in the second episode is it's really hard to predict the outcome.

Again, maybe it's the crisp animation, but I felt I could really follow the different characters as they were fighting.

And sometimes in the old shows, I didn't always feel like I could figure out which character was fighting which.

I guess you could say the direction is a little bit crisper.

Again, technology has improved, so you can move animation and camera angles, et cetera, in a different way.

So it's much easier to follow, and it really ups the tension and the pacing a lot.

And Storm has a very interesting storyline here.

It's very different from episode one, but I believe we know which storyline from the comics this is.

So I'm very intrigued to see how the show is going to handle it.

So we mentioned the music in the first episode and how fun it was.

In this one, I felt like there were some musical throwbacks to the films, and it kind of reminded me of the Gotham Knights TV show, Short-lived, Why Did It Get Cancelled?

It was so good.

But that show had a few musical throwbacks to the Dark Knight trilogy.

It really worked to cement that show as part of that universe.

I kind of liked it.

Yeah.

Alright, episode 3.

Now this one, we really can't talk about anything here.

I swear every frame was a spoiler.

So we'll just give a sort of brief idea of this episode.

It kicks off with some extremely disturbing horror imagery.

If I was a child watching this, I would be awake for a few weeks.

This is not for the faint of heart.

And it actually makes me think, is this show for kids anymore?

The original show definitely was.

It was a Saturday morning cartoon.

It was meant for children to watch.

But watching the aesthetics of this show and some of the story arcs, I'm beginning to think this is a show for the people who had been kids when the original was around.

Yes, this episode was the first time when I thought to myself, who is this show for?

Because there are some really mature themes thrown in here.

They do scale back on some of the costumes because the comic storyline, oh boy, they did not leave anything to the imagination.

So that's definitely a bit different here.

But even then, like the horror elements, those were pretty disturbing for adults.

Forget children.

So the other thing I'd say, and I don't know if you noticed this, but Berthold's powers, it's borderline giving me trypophobia.

I really hope it doesn't actually because in the comics it never bothered me, but over here, because of the movement again, I don't know, it was like, oh boy, oh boy.

I really hope it doesn't get any worse.

Oh wow, I didn't notice that.

Now I'm worried.

But I do like how they're adapting stories from the comics.

And the original 90s show also did that, with Dark Phoenix saga and everything.

But the one that's in this episode takes place over several issues, and it's all kind of clumped together in this 30 minutes.

I don't know if that had to be so rushed.

I agree, it felt really rushed.

This was definitely one of those stories that required multiple episodes for the entire arc to run.

But again, how do you squeeze in a multi-arc story when you only have 10 episodes in this season?

The original show, one of the seasons had 13 episodes.

Some of the other seasons had 17 episodes, 19 episodes.

That's a good long time to base out your story.

But also there were a couple of other moments in this episode where I was just like, are people going to know who these characters are?

Because if you're a comics fan, you're like, oh yeah, oh yeah, this is great, this is wonderful.

If you're coming to this show as a newbie, you're going to be like, who's this?

There was definitely one character who I felt like, okay, they've put this character in there because they were part of the original comics arc, but there's no way the X-Men know about this person.

Or does this person even exist in this timeline?

It just doesn't make sense.

It's a great Easter egg, but it just doesn't make sense story-wise.

Talking about things that don't quite make sense story-wise, there's that love triangle.

Where did this love triangle come from?

I mean, it's alluring because the people involved are kind of hot.

But at the same time, it's also ecky.

Was it even canon in the comics?

When you guys watch it, you will know what I'm talking about.

Was it?

Okay, but I think we read about this in the trivia section of the Rise of the Apocalypse game.

I'm pretty sure.

But still, that doesn't mean it's canon.

Must be canon at some point.

This is so weird.

It's really weird.

This is probably the first episode of the three where I could tell that Gambit has a new voiceover artist.

He sounds a lot gruffer.

I couldn't tell.

He sounds the same.

He just looks great.

Yeah, the animation is so beautiful.

Yeah.

So yes, after watching these three episodes, how do you feel about the show?

Oh, I am super excited.

I'm enjoying it.

I love how many of the comic stories I can actually recognize.

I'm interested to see what's happening with the characters.

The animation is just so, so stunning.

I really just love being able to see it.

But I'm very intrigued by some of the story arcs that they've decided to adapt for this season.

And honestly, more X-Men.

Can't go wrong with that.

I completely agree with you.

Enjoying the action, the characters, the storyline, it's all great.

And we love the X-Men.

So glad this show is back.

And that's all from us talking about X-Men ‘97.

What did you think about the show?

Ron: You can find us on Twitter @Stereo_Geeks. Or send us an email stereogeekspodcast@gmail.com. We hope you enjoyed this episode. And see you next week!

Mon: The Stereo Geeks logo was created using Canva. The music for our podcast comes courtesy Audionautix.

[daggerzine]

Laetitia Sadier- Rooting For Love (Drag City)

The album begins with “Who + What,” an eerie, moody keyboard-driven melody that builds with layers and layers of instruments and vocals. “I need to I want to I have to; Need to expand, want to expand; Embrace my Goddess; Escape the fortress; The walls are falling down, cultures are communing; Muses are converging; On the verge.” Track 2, ”Proteiformunite,” is the first of many French songs on this album. This time the bass gets the spotlight. Laetitia’s soft vocals take the listener away to another world. And then the band kicks in with a full-out jam! Next up, “Une Autre Attente," is another French track. Eerie keyboards and robotic piano are highlighted here, but the beautiful vocals truly add to this one. Check out the video:

Track 4, “The Dash,” is a soft, gentle, jazzy number complete with “Ba dee dup, Ba dee dup” Bossa Nova vocals. “Through the center; The discreet shine of your darkness; Eyes of children the heart of another; Things we fear are false; A current life; The place inside; Into the night slowly; Swells vitality.” Next, “Don’t Forget You’re Mine” has a stripped-down beginning, but eventually the music soars and swells with beats and strings. “Hey, don't scream with rage it’s vain. I’m not impressed, just exasperated again. A good slap is what you need; a good slap is what you want; take that take that, get up get up babe.” Track 6, “Panser L’inacceptable,” is another beauty of a song. It has a tropical feel to it. Love the horns here. Here’s the video:

Track 7, “The Inner Smile,” is possibly my favorite track with shifting flutes and a major jam near the end. It’s the most upbeat song on the album. “Smile at all parts of your being. Smile at the parts you’re aware of and those you’re not. Smile, smile and thank your whole body.” Next up, “La Nageuse Nue,” is a French-titled song with English lyrics this time. Laetitia gets deep with her poetry. “The dissolution beliefs; The singular world; Volunteers the ego. Social body, For a cleansing and healing, Experience. Which may turn the personality inside and out; Discloses the gold hidden within the heart.” Track 9,“ New Moon,” develops into a hypnotic blast of ambient sound. It actually came out way back in 2021. It’s one of those songs you just don’t want to end. A beautiful video directed by Laetitia and Tanya Small captures the song here:

   The album closes with “Cloud 6,” a repetitive outer space choral vocal exercise complete with blasting horns. “You have a power I haven't got. I have a power you don’t have. We need all the power we can get. Our psyches, well-being, brutalised, The world renounces its liberty because it is in fear. Because it is in fear, because it is in fear.” More deep thoughts from Laetitia as we would expect. Another great one from Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier from start to finish.  Make sure to check the tour schedule beginning in March to see if she’ll be hitting your part of the world. ERIC EGGLESON

Sat. March 2- San Francisco CA @ The Chapel

Mon. March 4- Portland OR @ Polaris Hall

Tue. March 5- Seattle WA @ Barboza

Wed. March 6- Vancouver BC @ Fox Cabaret

Fri. March 8- Salt Lake City UT @ Kilby Court

Sat. March 9- Denver CO @ Lost Lake

Mon. March 11- Minneapolis MN @ Turf Club

Tue. March 12- Chicago IL @ Empty Bottle

Wed. March 13- Detroit MI @ Third Man

Fri. March 15- Toronto ON @ Garrison

Sat. March 16- Montreal QC @ Bar Le Ritz

Wed. March 20- Brooklyn NY @ National Sawdust

Thu. March 21- Boston MA @ Arts at the Armory

Fri. March 22- Philadelphia PA @ Johnny Brenda's

Sat. March 23- Washington DC @ Songbyrd

Mon. March 25- Atlanta GA @ EARL

Tue. March 26- Nashville TN @ Blue Room

Thu. March 28- Houston TX @ White Oak Music Hall Upstairs

Fri. March 29- Dallas TX @ Club Dada

Sat. March 30- Austin TX @ Parish

Tue. April 2- Phoenix AZ @ Rebel Lounge

Wed. April 3- Pioneertown CA @ Pappy & Harriets

Thu. April 4- Los Angeles CA @ Zebulon

Fri. April 5- Big Sur CA @ Fernwood Tavern

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(Photo credit: Marie Merlet)

[yeowninefive]

Tower Vision

While Zoe jams out to music on the ground, Kolumbia gets to gaze out into the Toronto horizon from up high.

(I’m back home from my trip from Canada, but I still have a bunch of photos I’d like to sift through to make more mixed media art with. My main priority is start getting back to other art projects I put on pause due to the trip though.)

[jayhawksofficial]

PREVIOUS GARY LOURIS TOUR DATES

FOR SETLISTS AND A MORE COMPLETE LIST OF PAST SHOWS PLEASE VISIT SETLIST.FM

2025 1/17/25 - Rosemary Beach, FL - Town Hall (30A Festival)

2024 9/29/24 - Minneapolis, MN - O'Shaugnessy Distilling Co. 7/27/24 - Hassocks, England - Hen & Chicken Hall 7/26/24 - London, England - Bush Hall 7/25/24 - Hassocks, England - Mid Sussex Music Hall 7/23/24 - Glasgow, Scotland - St. Luke's 7/21/24 - Manchester, England - Night & Day 7/20/24 - York, England - The Crescent 7/19/24 - Liverpool, England - Royal Philharmonic 7/18/24 - Nottingham, England - Bodega 7/16/24 - Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's 3/17/24 - New York City, NY - City Winery (appearance at Wesley Stace's Cabinet of Wonders) 2/10/24 - Ottawa, Canada - Red Bird Live 2/9/24 - Ottawa, Canada - Red Bird Live (+ workshop)

2023 12/15/23 - Duluth, MN - Sacred Heart Music Center (with Rich Mattson & Germaine Gemberling) 11/18/23 - Toronto, ONT - Danforth Music Hall (opening for The Watchmen) 8/7/23 - Canmore, ALB - Canmore Folk Festival (appearance with Richard Thompson at workshop) 8/6/23 - Canmore, ALB - Canmore Folk Festival 6/11/23 - Minneapolis, MN - The Parkway 6/10/23 - Chicago, IL - Old Town School of Folk Music (songwriting workshop) 6/9/23 - Chicago, IL - Old Town School of Folk Music 3/16/23 - Ottawa, Canada - Red Bird live

2022 12/7/22 - Toronto, ONT - Massey Hall (appearance with The Sadies at the annual Andy Kim Christmas concert) 2/27/22 - Freehold, NJ - Concerts in the Studio 2/26/22 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Made (with Steve Almaas & Henry Louris) 1/16/22 - Santa Rosa Beach, FL - 30A Festival 1/15/22 - Santa Rosa Beach, FL - 30A Festival

2021 9/26/21 - Saratoga Springs, NY (cancelled) 9/25/21 - Fairfield, CT - Stage One (cancelled) 9/24/21 - Cambridge, MA - Club Passim (cancelled) 9/23/21 - Fall River, MA - Narrows Center (cancelled) 9/22/21 - Woodstock, NY - The Colony (cancelled) 9/21/21 - Rochester, NY - Abilene Bar & Lounge 8/14/21 - Minneapolis, MN - Minneapolis Club (with The Scarlet Goodbye duo) 6/13/21 - Minneapolis, MN - Hewing Bar rooftop (appearance with Run Westy Run)

2017 2/26/17 - Durham, NC - Five Oaks Clubhouse 1/16/17 - Santa Rosa Beach, FL - Hibiscus (30A Festival) 1/15/17 - Rosemary Beach, FL - Town Hall (30A Festival)

2016 10/15/16 - Norfolk, VA - North Shore Point House Concerts 1/31/16 - Freehold, NJ - Concerts in the Studio

2015 10/10/15 - Prosser, WA - Brewminatti 10/9/15 - Seattle, WA - Fremont Abbey Arts Center 10/3/15 - Portland, OR - The Old Church 7/27/15 - Minneapolis, MN - Loring Park ("Gary Louris & Friends' aka The Jayhawks) 7/13/15 - Grand Rapids, MN - Forest Jam 2015 5/20/15 - St. Cloud, MN - Granite City Radio Theater 5/15/15 - Chicago, IL - City Winery 1/24/15 - Northfield, MN - Northfield Arts Guild Theater

2014 12/11/14 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center (with Haley Bonar) 11/6/14 - Sanibel, FL - Sanibel Island Writers Conference 6/6/14 - Plymouth, MN - Hilde Performance Center 5/13/14 - Hopkins, MN - Hopkins Center For The Arts (duo performance with Karen Grotberg) 3/22/14 - New York City, NY - City Winery (appearance at Wesley Stace's Cabinet of Wonders) 3/6/14 - Rochester, MN - Rochester Art Center ((duo performance with Karen Grotberg) 1/24/14 - Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall

2013 12/1/13 - Dallas, TX - Sons of Hermann Hall (A Flood of Love For Colorado benefit concert) 11/30/13 - Dallas, TX - Sons of Hermann Hall (A Flood of Love For Colorado benefit concert) 11/20/13 - Anoka, MN - Lyrics Art Theater (duo performance with Karen Grotberg) 11/9/13 - Berwyn, IL - Fitzgerald's (trio performance with Karen Grotberg & Will Phalen) 10/13/13 - Minneapolis, MN - Chowgirls Catering Space 9/6/13 - Moorhead, MN - Bluestem Center For the Arts Amphitheater (backed by Kevin Bowe and the Okemah Prophets) 8/31/13 - LaCrosse, WI - Cavalier Theater (backed by Kevin Bowe and the Okemah Prophets) 6/21/13 - Evanston, IL - SPACE 6/20/13 - Austin, TX - Cactus Cafe 6/19/13 - Austin, TX - Cactus Cafe 6/18/13 - Dallas, TX - Kessler Theater 6/14/13 - Hayward, WI - Park Theater (backed by Kevin Bowe and the Okemah Prophets) 6/10/13 - Annapolis, MD - Ram's Head On Stage 6/8/13 - Vienna, VA - Jammin' Java 6/7/13 - Freehold, NJ - Concerts in the Studio 6/6/13 - Sellersville, PA - Sellersville Theater 6/5/13 - Cambridge, MA - Club Passim 6/4/13 - New York City, NY - City Winery 6/2/13 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall 6/1/13 - Bayport, NY - Grey Horse Tavern 5/31/13 - Fairfield, CT - Stage One 4/30/13 - Minneapolis, MN - Dakota Club (with Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets, Karen Grotberg, Marc Perlman, Tim O'Reagan & Chan Poling) 4/29/13 - Minneapolis, MN - Dakota Club (with Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets, Karen Grotberg, Marc Perlman, Tim O'Reagan & Chan Poling) 3/23/13 - Valparaiso, IN - Memorial Opera House 3/15/13 - Austin, TX - TenOak 3/2/13 - Wabasha, MN - Broadway Theater ("Gary Louris & Friends")

2012 10/7/12 - Stoughton, WI - Stoughton Opera House 10/6/12 - DeKalb, IL - Otto's 10/5/12 - Bloomington, IL - The Castle Theatre 10/4/12 - Chicago, IL - City Winery 10/3/12 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall 9/23/12 - Evanston, IL - SPACE 9/22/12 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark 9/21/12 - Three Oaks, MI - The Acorn Theater 9/13/12 - Nashville, TN - The Rutledge (appearance at "The Songs of Big Star" concert) 9/8/12 - St. Paul, MN - Mears Park 6/21/12 - Los Angeles, CA - The Grammy Museum (solo set + appearance with Rodrigues at LA Film Fest event)

2011 6/11/11 - St. Cloud, MN - Paramount Theater (backed by Marc Perlman, Tim O'Reagan, Karen Grotberg & Jim Boquist)

2010 12/15/10 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue (part of First Avenue 40th Anniverary concert_ 10/29/10 - Montgomery, MN - Red Barn Concert Series (backed by Tim O'Reagan, Karen Grotberg & Jim Boquist) 10/9/10 - Minneapolis, MN - Southern Theater (with Chan Poling for Sound Unseen Film Festival) 5/22/10 - Wabasha, MN - Broadway Theater (backed by Marc Perlman, Tim O'Reagan, Jim Boquist & Janey Winterbauer) 5/21/10 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon 5/20/10 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall 5/14/10 - New York City, NY - Le Poisson Rouge 5/13/10 - Cambridge, MA - The Regattabar 5/1/10 - Big Indian, NY - Truck Festival 1/17/10 - Santa Rosa Beach, FL - Fish Out of Water (30A Festival) 1/15/10 - Santa Rosa Beach, FL - The Red Bar (30A Festival)

2008 10/25/08 - Chicago, IL - Old Town School of Folk Music 10/24/08 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall 8/25/08 - Minneapolis, MN - Guthrie Theater (McGuire Proscenium Stage) (with guests Marc Perlman, Jim Boquist & Kraig Johnson) 8/21/08 - Minneapolis, MN - The Fine Line (appearance at The Brain Candy Project - Cameron's Dream benefit) 8/5/08 - Rochester, MN - Rochester Civic Theatre 6/21/08 - Madrid, Spain - El Rey 6/20/08 - Bilbao, Spain - Kafe Antzokia 6/19/08 - Valancia, Spain - Wah Wah 6/17/08 - El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain - Teatro Munoz Seco 6/15/08 - Oslo, Norway - Norwegian Wood Festival 6/12/08 - Trondheim, Norway - Credo 6/11/08 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Pusterviksbaren 6/10/08 - Malmo, Sweden - Kulturbolaget 6/8/08 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Paradiso Kleine Zaal 6/6/08 - Glasgow, Scotland - ABC2 6/5/08 - York, England - Fibbers 6/4/08 - Liverpool, England - The Masque 6/3/08 - Cardiff, Wales - Barfly Cardiff 6/1/08 - London, England - Borderline 5/31/08 - Brighton, England - The Barfly 5/29/08 - Sheffield, England - Memorial Hall 4/5/08 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse (with Vetiver as backing band) 4/4/08 - Chapel Hill, NC - Cat's Cradle (with Vetiver as backing band) 4/3/08 - Falls Church, VA - State Theater (with Vetiver as backing band) 4/2/08 - New York City, NY - Town Hall (with Vetiver as backing band) 4/1/08 - Sommerville, MA - Sommerville Theater (with Vetiver as backing band) 3/30/08 - Toronto, ONT - The Mod Club (with Vetiver as backing band) 3/29/08 - Milvale, PA - Mr. Small's (with Vetiver as backing band) 3/28/08 - Chicago, IL - Metro (with Vetiver as backing band) 3/27/08 - Madison, WI - Barrymore Theater (with Vetiver as backing band) 3/25/08 - Minneapolis, MN - Pantages Theater (with Vetiver as backing band) 3/23/08 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater (with Vetiver as backing band) 2/23/08 - Minneapolis, MN - The Electric Fetus (in store performance with Jim Boquist)

[camillehenri]

Hello friends!

I will be live painting at Art Jam Toronto on May 25th.

Come and say hi if you’re around.

You can find tickets (with a discount) through this link: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/887841366427/?discount=camille

See you there from 6pm to 11:30pm at 918 Bathurst!

By: The World is Yours/ArtJam Events

Programming: Good Vibe People

[limorentalservices]

Why Toronto Party Buses Are Great for Spring Break Fun

The break during spring is the right time to let go and party with friends while enjoying the time-off break from the norm. Be it a night of crazy fun for the student or a more relaxed time of fun for a group of friends, Toronto's party buses have got the best in town to ensure that one never forgets their spring break experience. From luxury and comfort to flexibility and entertainment, here's why booking a Toronto party bus for your spring break celebration is a fantastic idea.

Ultimate Convenience for Group Travel Spring break often times means traveling with a large group of friends, which can rapidly become a logistical nightmare if trying to coordinate transportation. A Toronto party bus solves that problem by providing a comfortable, spacious vehicle that can house large groups, ensuring everybody travels together. Whether your group is 10 or 30 people, the party bus ensures no one is left behind and there's no need for multiple cars or worries about coordinating ride-sharing apps.

With everybody in one place, you can enjoy all the excitement and camaraderie of spring break from the moment you start your tour. There is no need to think about parking and road jamming, as the professional driver will take care of all that while you have fun. It means making unforgettable memories with your friends as you travel to your next destination on your party bus.

Comfort and Luxury on the Move The Toronto party bus provides so much more than a ride. It is an experience itself, with plush leather seating, climate control, and lots of room for everyone to stretch out and relax. Traveling in comfort is what the bus ensures, be it to the beach, a nightclub, or a special spring break event. Some buses even come with extra accessories like tinted windows, fiber-optic lighting, and entertainment systems with surround sound and flat-screen TVs.

This level of luxury ensures you'll feel like VIPs from the moment you step on board. It's an excellent way to keep the spring break party going even before you reach your destination. Play your favorite spring break playlist, sip on drinks (if permitted), and get the party started right on the bus!

Flexibility and Customization Flexibility is definitely the best feature about booking a party bus for spring break fun: With a party bus, there is always room for some spontaneity at some of Toronto's locations; otherwise, the rest of transportation just does not offer anything compared to the party bus. Whether you are clubbing in the Entertainment District, sipping on a fave drink in any of the lively bars along King Street, or partaking in some other popular spring break spots, with the party bus, you can enjoy all these events without worrying about getting from one place to another.

You can also organize a whole night out, with the bus being your drive to any party venue you might want. No need to wait for a ride share or walk on the bus – she can take you wherever you want, whenever you want.

Safety and Responsibility Spring break is usually some time to party, and that brings its own safety and responsibility needs. When you rent a party bus in Toronto, you make sure that everyone will be at home at the end of the night safely. While a professional driver handles the driving, you and your friends can have the good time without worrying about going through traffic, finding parking, and driving under influence.

This is particularly important if your spring break activities involve alcohol consumption or late-night parties. The party bus ensures that everyone gets home safely, so you can enjoy the night and have fun without any worries.

Unparalleled Entertainment Choices A Toronto party bus comes with quality entertainment systems that can make your ride turn into a party even before you get to your destination. With state-of-the-art sound systems and LED lighting, and even karaoke rigs in certain buses, all the right ingredients are available so you can get this party started. Whether you wanna rock out to your favorite playlist, get down dancing through the aisle, or grab a microphone for some raucous karaoke fun, it doesn't matter. You will have the greatest time everywhere you go inside a party bus.

Another aspect of party buses is the ability to customize this experience to your taste. A playlist from your personal sources or leave it to the judgment of the driver for an expertly set mood for any evening of fun on or off your way to getting to that event or from getting out of it afterwards.

Hassle-Free Party Planning Organizing for a spring break trip often proves to be stressful, especially when looking for means of transport. Most of these stresses are eliminated with a Toronto party bus. It removes the stresses of getting proper directions, parking spaces, and dealing with different means of transport. The party bus service takes care of all those things so you can relax and enjoy your time with friends.

You also find various packages from party bus companies with all different kinds of services like bottle service, VIP club access, and more. You can add that little something extra to your spring break celebration and just enjoy it, as you don't have to bother with multiple vendors or dealing with all the nitty-gritty details.

Memorable Group Experience Spring break is all about making memories with your friends, and a party bus provides a very unique way of bonding and having fun together. Instead of splitting up into different cars or getting lost in crowds, you can travel together in one vehicle, making memories on the way. Whether you’re laughing, playing games, or dancing, the party bus provides a fun and unforgettable experience that will be talked about long after the trip ends.

The shared experience of traveling together in a luxury bus, celebrating your spring break, will deepen friendships and create moments you’ll remember for years to come.

Affordable for Large Groups While a party bus may seem like a luxury option, it can actually be pretty affordable, especially when you have a large group. When you divide the cost of the rental between everyone in the group, the price becomes very reasonable. Plus, you're getting more than just transportation – you're getting an entire experience.

Consider a party bus on factors of convenience, luxury, security and the entertainment it provides. They are more economical than trying to book several rideshares or taxis, or making multiple payments for parking lots scattered around venues. It definitely is a smart and frugal decision for a clique of friends to make to best enjoy their spring break.

[emilieautumnarchives]

Home & Dry: Tour Pix and New Trix

Posted: November 4, 2008 Archived from BonnyTymePyrate’s Journal Archives

Oh, Dear Plague Rats,

Clean stockings, clean corsets, and clean hair. That is the sole pleasure of coming home after a tour – the rest is like the day after Christmas when the tree has to come down.

Or does it?

We still have NEW York and FUCKING CANADA!!!

New York: Nov. 10th, The Madison Toronto: Nov. 13th, The Legendary Red Rooster (Sold Out, Second Date Added) Toronto: Nov. 14th, The Legendary Red Rooster

TICKET INFO HERE!

Say you’ll come and witness the first American Asylum Show because this will be a historic night of wickedness for us that will never be duplicated! Now, for those of you who were so kind to join me and the Bloody Crumpets on this most fabulous European Asylum: The Gate Tour 2008, thank you from the bottom of the hole in my chest where my heart used to be. Thank you for singing, dancing your little gothic asses off, not complaining when the Captain Maggot threw “tea” in your eyes, not crying when the Blessed Contessa burned my arms with her fire sticks nightly, showing my broken doll, Aprella, all your love and sympathy, letting Little Miss Sugarless crowd surf on your delicate pale hands, kissing the plague-ridden lips of Naughty Veronica, not running at the sound of my magical confetti canon as it shot streamers and teabags directly into your faces, and, most of all, joining my Asylum Army and uniting with me, your devoted Rat, in the international fight against bear thieves, and to bring Suffer 1 and 2 home. Never forget how much power you hold, because I cannot do it alone. I’m counting on you. For those of you who could not fit into these jam-packed (what the hell does that mean anyway) concert halls, here is a taste of what went on in my world both onstage and off:

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See more offstage pix here:

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NOW! Did you know that: 1. My ages-old book of poetry, “Your Sugar Sits Untouched,” is on sale at iTunes in the audio book version. This is the only way you can buy the poetry book. 2. My Alternative Magazine cover/interview is out all over America and Europe (includes scans from the upcoming Asylum Book). 3. US VERSION OF “OPHELIAC” HAS BEEN REALEASED! Through the Asylum’s new kick-ass distribution partners, you can now find a special US version of the double-disc album that started the Plage in stores across the States such as Borders, Hot Topic, etc. US Version includes the following Bonus Tracks (would you expect anything less?): 1. The Art of Suicide: Acoustic Version 2. Interview with EA 3. Opheliac Outtakes Now, packing up my crumpets, rats, and teabags and heading off to the city that never sleeps, because neither do I. With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Block B, Cell W14, Inmate A, EA P.S. The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Bitches.

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Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson was one of the greatest piano players of all time. A pianist with phenomenal technique on the level of his idol, Art Tatum, Peterson's speed, dexterity, and ability to swing at any tempo were amazing. Very effective in small groups, jam sessions, and in accompanying singers, O.P. was at his absolute best when performing unaccompanied solos. His original style did not fall into any specific idiom. Like Erroll Garner and George Shearing, Peterson's distinctive playing formed during the mid- to late '40s and fell somewhere between swing and bop. Peterson was criticized through the years because he used so many notes, didn't evolve much since the 1950s, and recorded a remarkable number of albums. Perhaps it is because critics ran out of favorable adjectives to use early in his career; certainly it can be said that Peterson played 100 notes when other pianists might have used ten, but all 100 usually fit, and there is nothing wrong with showing off technique when it serves the music. As with Johnny Hodges and Thelonious Monk, to name two, Peterson spent his career growing within his style rather than making any major changes once his approach was set, certainly an acceptable way to handle one's career. Because he was Norman Granz's favorite pianist (along with Tatum) and the producer tended to record some of his artists excessively, Peterson made an incredible number of albums. Not all are essential, and a few are routine, but the great majority are quite excellent, and there are dozens of classic Standards. Without doubt, Oscar Peterson was one of the giants of jazz piano. His illustrious career spanned almost seven decades, and he played with some of the biggest names in jazz, including Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and Herbie Hancock. Duke Ellington called him the “Maharajah of the keyboard,” while Count Basie remarked, “Oscar Peterson plays the best ivory box I’ve ever heard.” Born in a poor neighborhood of Montreal, Peterson became a piano virtuoso at an early age, and credits his sister Daisy Sweeney with expanding his musical horizon. Under his sister’s tutelage, Peterson mastered the core classical repertory, including the preludes and fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach’s continued influence inspired the composition of the Bach Suite, first released on the 1986 album “Oscar Peterson Live!” In 1960, Peterson established the Advanced School of Contemporary Music in Toronto, which lasted for three years. He made his first recorded set of unaccompanied piano solos in 1968 (strange that Granz had not thought of it) during his highly rated series of MPS recordings. With the formation of the Pablo label by Granz in 1972, Peterson was often teamed with guitarist Joe Pass and bassist Niels Pedersen. He appeared on dozens of all-star records, made five duet albums with top trumpeters (Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Clark Terry, and Jon Faddis), and teamed up with Count Basie on several two-piano dates. An underrated composer, Peterson wrote and recorded the impressive "Canadiana Suite" in 1964 and has occasionally performed originals in the years since. Although always thought of as a masterful acoustic pianist, Peterson has also recorded on electric piano (particularly some of his own works), organ on rare occasions, and even clavichord for an odd duet date with Joe Pass. One of his rare vocal sessions in 1965, With Respect to Nat, reveals that Peterson's singing voice was nearly identical to Nat King Cole's. A two-day reunion with Herb Ellis and Ray Brown in 1990 (which also included Bobby Durham) resulted in four CDs. Peterson was felled by a serious stroke in 1993 that knocked him out of action for two years. He gradually returned to the scene, however, although with a weakened left hand. Even when he wasn't 100 percent, Peterson was a classic improviser, one of the finest musicians that jazz has ever produced. The pianist appeared on an enormous number of records through the years. As a leader, he has recorded for Victor, Granz's Clef and Verve labels (1950-1964), MPS, Mercury, Limelight, Pablo, and Telarc.

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The Extended Play Sessions - November 30, 2023

Bywater Call perform the song "Turn It Around" on The Extended Play Sessions. Acclaimed 7-piece Southern Soul, Blues, Roots Rock, Jam Band BYWATER CALL is a powerhouse 7-piece band out of Toronto, Canada. This was BYWATER CALL'S Fallout Shelter debut!!! “Powered by the dynamic vocals of Meghan Parnell and the blistering slide guitar work of Dave Barnes, this Toronto-based band has been generating acclaim throughout their native Canada and now the rest of the world,” states AMERICAN BLUES SCENE. “The powerhouse voice of Meghan Parnell and the slide guitar master guitarist Dave Barnes form the basis of Bywater Call…Meghan goes completely wild live vocally. What a set of lungs…” raves BLUES MAGAZINE.

The Band: Meghan Parnell - vocals Dave Barnes - guitar Mike Meusel - bass, vocals John Kervin - Hammond organ, piano, vocals Bruce McCarthy - drums Julian Nalli - saxophone Stephen Dyte - trumpet

The Fallout Shelter is an all ages 100-seat performance venue and state-of-the-art broadcast and recording studio, offering one of the most unique live music experiences in New England. Located in Norwood, MA, just 15 miles from Boston, The Fallout Shelter is run under the auspices of the Grass Roots Cultural and Performing Arts Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, promoting and advocating for traditional American Roots music.

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