#artist: terror jr

[holmesillustrations]

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"In the light of the lantern i read, with a thrill of horror, 'the sign of the four'." HM Kerr, Sign of Four (1890 Spencer Blackett Novel) Characters: Watson, Holmes, Batholomew Sholto

[Holmes and Watson hiding on the train platform] Harry C. Edwards, Final Problem (McClure’s) Characters: Holmes

"You infernal spies!" the man cried." FD Steele, Priory School (Collier’s) Characters: Holmes

"The lady lay back exhausted upon a couch enveloped in a loose dressing-gown of blue and silver." FD Steele, Abbey Grange (Collier’s) Characters: Hopkins, Holmes, Lady Brackenstall, Theresa, Watson

"Halloa, Watson! What is this?" Arthur Twidle, Bruce-Partington Plans (The Strand) Characters: Watson, Holmes

"What has happened to the Lady Frances? Is she alive or dead? There is our problem" FD Steele, Lady Frances Carfax (The American Magazine) Characters: Watson, Holmes

"Mrs. Douglas turned, and in an instant her arms were round him. Barker has seized his outstretched hand." Frank Wiles, Valley of Fear (The Strand) Characters: Cecil Barker, Douglas/McMurdo, Mrs Douglas, Holmes, Watson

"This quiet house is the center of half the mischief in England; the sporting squire the most astute secret-service man in Europe!" FD Steele, His Last Bow (Collier’s) Characters: Baron von Herling, Von Bork

"Dog and man were rolling on the ground together, the one roaring in rage, the other screaming in a strange shrill falsetto of terror." HK Elcock, Creeping Man (The Strand) Characters: Prof Presbury, Trevor Bennett, Holmes, Watson

"In the great drawing-room a lady awaited us, demure and remote as a snow image on a mountain." JR Flanagan, Illustrious Client (Collier’s) Characters: Violet deMerville

"I gripped the old man by the shoulder, but he shrank away." HK Elcock, Blanched Soldier (The Strand) Characters: Col Emsworth, James Dodd

"There was something in the woman's voice which arrested Holmes' attention." Frank Wiles, Veiled Lodger (The Strand) Characters: Watson, Holmes, Eugenia Ronder

[lizardsfromspace]

Greetings, boils, ghouls, skele-thems and non-bone-ary individuals! Tonight's terror tale is called "I just finished watching Tales from the Crypt and here are my thoughts on the series". Horror pun

Season One

Season one was just six episodes, and aired in June 1989. The whole season, because the first three episodes aired on one night, which would be the case for every season but the last. This season isn't quite there yet, notably the Cryptkeeper animatronic is less expressive and the character himself is less silly.

Best Episode: "And All Through The Night". The most important episode, because it set the tone for the series (the premiere is good, but not very representative, being a crime story with a fourth-wall breaking protagonist). It's the story about a woman who kills her husband, and then finds herself stalked by a evil, killer Santa. All from the director of Back to the Future.

Honorable Mentions: "The Man Who Was Death", "Dig That Cat...He's Real Gone", "Collection Complete"

Worst Episode: idk "Lover Come Hack to Me" is p. forgettable

Season Two

Season two is a step up in length (18 episodes!), the Cryptkeeper (more expressive and more cackly), and stars (Arnold Schwarzenegger directs the second episode). It set the pattern for what the show was: a ghoulish, bloody horror anthology, done with high production values and featuring Hollywood's biggest stars and directors.

The one problem, and it's one that will haunt the rest of the show's run, is that Tales from the Crypt also features a fair chunk of non-horror crime stories, and they're pretty bland on the whole. Luckily, the show's producers know not to do them all the time...yet.

Best Episode: "Television Terror". Tales from the Crypt was rarely scary, or really trying to be. It leaned more towards "fun", and as for scare factor, well, these were adaptions of comic books designed to scare children (and even though it was a very R-rated HBO show, kids loved Tales from the Crypt, enough for it to get both a Saturday morning cartoon & a kid's game show spinoff). But "Television Terror" is one of the few episodes that actually tries for grim, serious horror, and it's the show's scariest episode. It also stars sleazy 80s talk show host Morten Downey, Jr. as a sleazy talk show host, real stretch of a role there.

Honorable Mentions: "Cutting Cards" is another of the show's best episodes; "Three's A Crowd" has one of its best dark twist endings; "For Cryin' Out Loud" features Lee Arenberg as a murderous band promoter taunted by his conscience, Sam Kinison; "Four-Sided Triangle" features Patricia Arquette as a woman in love with a scarecrow; "The Ventriloquist's Dummy" is a twist on the cliche featuring Don Rickles; "Lower Berth" is a romance between a circus freak and a cursed mummy, with a surprise twist; "Mute Witness to Murder" is one of the show's few great noir episodes; "My Brother's Keeper" is a story of Siamese twins.

Worst Episode: "Dead Right", the season premiere. Demi Moore is a gold digger who marries a man when a psychic tells her he'll inherit a large sum of money, then shortly die. There's a decent prophecy twist, but man, so much of this is devoted to showing off how gross the man she married was.

Season Three

Around season three, a spinoff called Two-Fisted Tales was proposed, which would've adapted EC Comics' pulp action & adventure stories. It was never picked up, but the pilot's segements were folded into Tales, with one in season three and two in season four.

Best Episode: "Abra Cadaver". Beau Bridges gets revenge for his brother's prank by trapping him in his own body. Great, ghoulish POV work here.

Honorable Mentions: "Carrion Death" features Kyle MacLachlan as a fugitive handcuffed to a dead cop who swallowed the key to the cuffs; "The Trap" is a crime story with a good twist; "Top Billing" features Jon Lovitz as a struggling actor who will do anything to get a part in Hamlet; "Easel Kill Ya" has Tim Roth as a starving artist turned killer; "Undertaking Palor" is a kids-on-bikes story featuring Aron Eisenberg and Ke Huy Quan; "Mournin' Mess" has the guy from Wings investigating a group helping the homeless whose name is literally GHOULS; "Yellow" is one of the Two-Fisted Tales stories, featuring Kirk Douglas as a WWI general and his son Eric as the general's cowardly son.

Worst Episode: "Spoiled". It's a soap opera parody. Enough said.

Season Four

Season four and five are the show's peak.

Best Episode: "Split Personality". Goofy horror-comedy. Joe Pesci is a con artist who pretends to be twins so he can marry a pair of twins who. Don't want to share.

Honorable Mentions: "None But The Lonely Heart" is a story of a serial murderer of old women, directed by...Tom Hanks?; "On a Dead Man's Chest" is a tale of heavy metal and moving tattoos; "Seance" is another good noir episode; "Beauty Rest" is "Top Billing" but about a beauty pageant; "What's Cookin'" stars Christopher Reeve as a chef who discovers a new source of meat; "The New Arrival" is another of the show's legitimately scary episodes, featuring child psychologist David Warner going to the home of patient Zelda Rubinstein; "Strung Along" features Donald O'Connor as a puppeteer trying to make a comeback, but is his new assistant what he appears to be?

Worst Episode: "This'll Kill Ya". This one is just...bad? It opens with a protracted rip-off HOMAGE of the 1950 noir D.O.A., before diving into a boring weird science story, and ending with a contrived twist.

Season Five

Best Episode: "Death of Some Salesmen". TIM CURRY IN THREE ROLES!

Honorable Mentions: "Forever Ambergris" features Steve Buscemi and gnarly melting efffects; "Food for Thought" is a gothic circus story with Ernie Hudson and Joan Chen; "People Who Live in Brass Hearses" features Bill Paxton and Brad Dourif as crooks trying to rob a ice cream man; "House of Horror" features Wil Wheaton as a college student being put through ghostly hazing; "Creep Course" is a tale of mummies.

Worst Episode: "Came the Dawn". It's a worse Psycho, which means an evil-alternate-personality twist. Pass.

Season Six

OOF.

Season six starts fine, with two great episodes. Then...

OOF.

The show suddenly becomes comedy episodes and crime stories all the way down. Where are the ghouls? Where are the vampires? WHERE ARE THE WEREWOLVES??? (though the show never produced a great werewolf episode and I am Disappointed by that)

We do get some towards the end of the season, but this is the show's worst, by a lot.

It ends with "You, Murderer", a first-person story notable for resurrecting Humphrey Bogart (and, in the frame story, Alfred Hitchcock) via CGI. Which probably seemed more fun at the time, when it was a passing tech fad and not...a thing studios were actually trying to do

Best Episode: "Only Skin Deep". It's weird that such a silly season gave us one of the show's scariest episodes: the tale of a creep who picks up a masked woman at a costume party, and discovers it's the biggest mistake he'll ever make.

Honorable Mentions: "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime" is a Nothing But Trouble-y story of Catherine O'Hara as an ambulance-chasing lawyer facing strict justice in a small town; "Staired in Horror" is a gothic curse story with a goopy ending; "Comes the Dawn" features CREATURES in a proto-30 Days of Night; "99 & 44/100% Pure Horror" is a story of the wife of a soap manufacturer, and also has a goopy ending.

Worst Episode: Many contenders, but one obvious winner. "The Pit" is a story of MMA fighters being pushed into a cage match by their wives. Nobody dies, and nothing even slightly horrific happens. It's just. Boxing. I have no idea why the Cryptkeeper is telling me about this

Season Seven

The seventh and final season suddenly moves the show to London. Yes, the entire season is produced in Britain; if you're expecting big British 90s stars, though, think again - apparently, British actors refused to do the show in Britain because of high taxes. It does feature not-yet-famous actors like Ewan McGregor and Daniel Craig, though.

I was told this was the worst one, but while it's nowhere near the peak, it's...better? This season does something unique by merging the crime stories and the horror stories into one, leading to many episodes that start with criminals, who then encounter something paranormal. It's also tilted more towards Actual Horror

The Cryptkeeper segments in this one feel perfunctory, though; after they started to sprawl out in the last couple seasons, he's barely in these, and there's only two that are Britain-themed despite the show pushing the British setting hard (the show's never had so many establishing shots). But the Cryptkeeper gets his largest role of the series in the series finale, "The Third Pig", the show's only animated episode and the only one narrated by the Cryptkeeper.

Best Episode: "Horror in the Night". A man shot in a heist finds his way to a hotel, which quickly turns surreal. Another of the show's scary episodes, and one featuring a kind of hallucinatory horror it rarely did.

Honorable Mentions: "Cold War" seems to be a crime story, but with a paranormal twist (this is the one with Ewan McGregor, who's American); "Report from the Grave" features a parapsychologist whose experiments in afterlife contact turn fatal; "About Face" is a bit of gothic Victoriana about a corrupt priest's illegitimate daughters; "Confession" stars Eddie Izzard as a suspect in serial killings.

Worst Episode: "Last Respects". The director of the 1972 Tales from the Crypt film returns to direct...a much worse version of one of that film's segments? Not sure what happened here.

Anyway should you watch Tales from the Crypt in 2023? YES!!! Tales from the Crypt filters through just about every genre of horror at some point (there are even a couple episodes that are proto-found footage) and even if it's rarely 'scary' it's almost always fun. It's also cool to see such a high-profile horror show, such a unabashedly pulpy and gross horror show, made in a time where horror was increasingly a dirty word. Now if only they could work out the rights issues so we can get our boy the Cryptkeeper back on his throne (pronounced like bone)

[dahyun]

outside of kpop, what do you like to listen to? who are your fave artists?

i listen to tinashe, beyoncé, marina, mika, chloe x halle, terror jr, perfume, capsule, utada hikaru, lady gaga, charli xcx, etc!!! i like synthpop and r&b the most

[brooklynmuseum]

Coming Soon… A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration. 📍

In this exhibition, twelve influential and emerging artists reflect on the Great Migration period (1915–70), during which millions of Black Americans fled from their homes to other areas of the South and across the country in the wake of racial terror. Large-scale installation, painting, immersive film, tapestry, mixed media, and photography depict the artists’ experience with this mass movement, as well as its continuing impact on their lives and on social and cultural life in the United States. 

We look forward to sharing with you the work of Akea Brionne, Mark Bradford, Zoë Charlton, Larry W. Cook, Torkwase Dyson, Theaster Gates Jr., Allison Janae Hamilton, Leslie Hewitt, Steffani Jemison, Robert Pruitt, Jamea Richmond-Edwards, and Carrie Mae Weems. 

📷 Allison Janae Hamilton (born Lexington, Kentucky, 1984; based in New York, New York). Still from “A House Called Florida,” 2022. Three-channel film installation (color, sound): 34 min., 46 sec. Courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen

[voices-in-the-fog]

WELCOME TO THE FOG

Who will You choose . . . ?

[ Voices in the Fog roster ]

SURVIVORS who remain . . .

Dwight Fairfield, the Nervous Leader

Meg Thomas, the Energetic Athlete

Claudette Morel, the Studious Botanist

Jake Park, the Solitary Survivalist

Nea Karlsson, the Urban Artist

Laurie Strode, the Determined Survivor

Ace Visconti, the Lucky Gambler

William "Bill" Overbeck, the Old Solider

Min Feng, the Focused Competitor

David King, the Rugged Scrapper

Quentin Smith, the Resolute Dreamwalker

David Tapp, the Obsessed Detective

Kate Denson, the Hopeful Songbird

Adam Francis, the Resourceful Teacher

Jeffrey "Jeff" Johansen, the Quiet Artist

Jane Romero, the Influential Celebrity

Ashley J. Williams, the Alone Wolf

Nancy Wheeler, the Aspiring Journalist

Steve Harrington, the Former Jock

> Jonathan Byers

Yui Kimura, the Hardened Streetracer

Zarina Kassir, the Plucky Documentarian

Heather “Cheryl” Mason, the Veteran of Terror

> Cybil Bennett

> James Sunderland

> Lisa Garland

> Alessa Gillespie

Felix Richter, the Visionary Architect

Élodie Rakoto, the Occult Investigator

Yun-Jin Lee, the Self-Interested Music Producer

Jill Valentine, the Founding Member of S.T.A.R.S.

> Claire Redfield

> Sheva Alomar

Leon Scott Kennedy, the Rookie Police Officer

> Carlos Oliveira

> Chris Redfield

Mikaela Reid, the Young Mystic

Jonah Vasquez, the Mathematical Mastermind

Yoichi Asakawa, the Brilliant Marine Biologist

Haddie Kaur, the Brave Podcaster

Ada Wong, the Mysterious Secret Agent

Rebecca Chambers, the Gifted Medic

Vittorio Toscano, the Endless Wanderer

Thalita Lyra, the Competitive Kite-Fighter

Renato Lyra, the Analytical Jack-of-all-Trades

Gabriel Soma, the Resourceful Engineer

Ellen Ripley, the Nostromo Warrant Officer

Alan Wake, the Bestselling Author

Sable Ward, the Gothic Occultist

Non-Canon

Luis Serra (Resident Evil)

KILLERS left to claim . . .

Evan MacMillan, The Trapper

Philip Ojomo, The Wraith

Max Thompson Jr., The Hillbilly

Sally Smithson, The Nurse

Michael Myers, The Shape

Lisa Sherwood, The Hag

Herman Carter, The Doctor

Anna, The Huntress

Bubba Sawyer, The Cannibal

Freddy Krueger, The Nightmare

Amanda Young, The Pig

Jeffrey Hawk, The Clown

Rin Yamaoka, The Spirit

The Legion

Frank Morrison

Julie Kostenko

Susie Lavoie

Joey

> HUNK

Adiris, The Plague

Danny Johnson, The Ghost Face

Demogorgon, The Demogorgon

Kazan Yamaoka, The Oni

Caleb Quinn, The Deathslinger

Pyramid Head, The Executioner

Talbot Grimes, The Blight

> William Birkin

Charlotte & Victor Deshayes, The Twins

Ji-Woon Hak, The Trickster

Nemesis T-Type, The Nemesis

Elliot Spencer, The Cenobite

> The Chatterer

Carmina Mora, The Artist

Sadako Yamamura, The Onryō

Druanee, The Dredge

Albert Wesker, The Mastermind

Tarhos Kovács, The Knight

Adriana Imai, The Skull Merchant

HUX-A7-13, The Singularity

Xeomorph, The Xenomorph

> The Xenomorph Queen

Charles Lee Ray, Chucky

Unknown, The Unknown

Non-Canon

[the-old-man-has-the-phonebox]

Me on LinkedIn: aside from my artistic career, I also study popular culture via analyzing preexisting media in pop culture as well as fan studies and folk studies through the lens of cultural anthropology uwu

Me explaining one of my unwritten essay ideas to a professor or a peer in the field: I really want to write a retrospective on how Tropic Thunder (2008) is the epitome of films that could only be created during a very small window of time. Societal awareness of racism and microaggressions were pretty nonexistent, so Robert Downey Jr. faced no long-term scrutiny for the fact that he was technically in blackface (this was also cornered up by the fact that Iron Man was released this year, overshadowing Tropic Thunder altogether in the long-term cultural zeitgeist). This movie could not have been made any later due to the blackface and the rise of cancel culture/Black Lives Matter leading to heightened awareness of racism and microaggressions, but any earlier a war film (even a comedy/parody) would have left a bad taste in the collective audience’s mouth in post-9/11 and as the War on Terror began. Regardless of its content or one’s opinion on it, it is truly a one-in-a-million film that would have never existed if the metaphorical stars hadn’t all aligned perfectly.

Me talking about pop culture shit with peers/friends/family: …Trunk-Or-Treating is the epitome of the death of third spaces in America. That is all.

[longlistshort]

(image above- Robert Pruitt, "A Song for Travelers")

Brooklyn Museum's exhibition, A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, is an opportunity to learn about an important period of American history, and see it interpreted through the eyes of twelve contemporary artists.

From the museum's website-

Between 1915 and 1970, in the wake of racial terror during the post-Reconstruction period, millions of Black Americans fled from their homes to other areas within the South and to other parts of the country. This remarkable movement of people, known as the Great Migration, caused a radical shift in the demographic, economic, and sociopolitical makeup of the United States. A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration brings together twelve contemporary artists to consider the complex impact of this period on their lives, as well as on social and cultural life, with newly commissioned works ranging from large-scale installation, immersive film, and tapestry to photography, painting, and mixed media. Featured artists are Akea Brionne, Mark Bradford, Zoë Charlton, Larry W. Cook, Torkwase Dyson, Theaster Gates Jr., Allison Janae Hamilton, Leslie Hewitt, Steffani Jemison, Robert Pruitt, Jamea Richmond-Edwards, and Carrie Mae Weems. A Movement in Every Direction presents a departure from traditional accounts of the Great Migration, which are often understood through a lens of trauma, and reconceptualizes them through stories of self-possession, self-determination, and self-examination. While the South did lose generations of courageous, creative, and productive Black Americans due to racial and social inequities, the exhibition expands the narrative by introducing people who stayed in, or returned to, the region during this time. Additionally, the Brooklyn Museum’s presentation centers Brooklyn as another important site in the Great Migration, highlighting historical and contemporary census data about the borough’s migration patterns. Visitors are encouraged to share their own personal and familial stories of migration through an oral history “pod” available in the exhibition galleries.

About Robert Pruitt's work, pictured above, from the museum's wall information plaque-

“A Song for Travelers” celebrates the individual and Black collective experiences that have shaped the histories of rural East Texas and Houston's Third, Fourth, and Fifth Wards. In this drawing-based on an early 1970’s photograph of a reunion of the artist's family in Dobbin, Texas -sixteen people gather around a seated central figure about to embark on a journey. During the creation of this work, the masked traveler became a stand-in for Pruitt, who had recently left his hometown of Houston.

Pruitt often draws inspiration from his and others' family photographs while examining historical events that have impacted Houston's Black communities. Wearing costumes and adorned with items that reference various aspects of Black culture found in schools, social clubs, and religious spaces, the figures in the work reflect the numerous networks that remained and flourished in the South. Merging the Great Migration period with the present, Pruitt centers the Black neighborhoods across the southern region that served as safe havens and rich sites of cultural expression for migrants during the twentieth century. This link extends to today as many Black Americans leave the northern and western cities that once attracted their elders and return to the South.

Allison Janae Hamilton's A House Called Florida, below, takes the viewer on a journey through part of northern Florida's natural beauty.

From the museum's information plaque about the video installation-

Allison Janae Hamilton produced the three-channel film installation A House Called Florida in her hometown region of northern Florida. The breathtaking landscapes of Apalachicola Bay and the swampy Blackwater Lakes of Florida's Big Bend frame musicians, dancers, motorists, a Victorian house, and a slow resounding rhythm. The artist references French Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar's 1946 short story "Casa Tomada." ("House Taken Over") about ghosts that slowly take over a home and eventually push out its owners, room by room. Hamilton echoes the story's theme of displacement with two regally dressed, spirit-like protagonists who move about the house engaging in mark-making and ritual performances. Hamilton's film pays tribute to the Black Floridians who remained in the Red Hills and the Forgotten Coast regions, despite the racial violence and environmental precariousness they faced throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Carrie Mae Weems' personal and moving contribution is in two parts- a series of photographs and a unique digital video installation.

The museum's description of the work-

Carrie Mae Weems explores a painful family story: the disappearance of her grandfather Frank Weems, a tenant farmer and union activist who was attacked by a white mob in Earle Arkansas, in 1936. Presumed dead, he narrowly escaped and made his way to Chicago on foot, never again reuniting with his family. Frank Weems may have followed the North Star to Chicago. Weems's series of seven prints, The North Star, makes an apt metaphor for Frank's life. In Leave! Leave Now! Weems conjures the figure of her grandfather with a Pepper's Ghost, a late nineteenth-century form of illusion first used in theater. By weaving historical events with fragmented family stories, photographs, poetry, music, and interviews, the artist reveals the tragedy of her grandfather's disappearance and the aftermath.

This exhibition will close on Sunday, June 25th, 2023.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Simon Schama: art versus the tyrants

From Václav Havel to Ai Weiwei, writers and artists have led the way in the fight for human rights

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Simon Schama: art versus the tyrants

From Václav Havel to Ai Weiwei, writers and artists have led the way in the fight for human rights

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I know a poem can’t stop a tank. But the reverse is also true. As I’m writing this, the streets of China and Iran have been alive with infuriated, chanting crowds, so tired of being institutionally deceived and robbed of any personal agency or independence of mind that they are prepared to risk arrest and imprisonment rather than be silenced by regimes demanding obedience to lies. “Culture wars” ought not to be confused with the laborious woke-baiting that has become the default position of populist media in the west. The women’s revolt in Iran is a culture war; Ukrainian resistance to the militarised fantasies of Russian imperialism is at root also a culture war, a refusal to accept Vladimir Putin’s contention that their nation’s language and history are a delusion. It is not accidental that one of the most powerful weapons that the actor-writer President Volodymyr Zelenskyy leading Ukraine has at his command is the gift of candid human communication.

Growing up in the 1950s, my baby-boomer generation assumed that the screamers of hate, the destroyers of culture, had gone with the war. “Well, boys,” our school history teacher confidently proclaimed around 1958, “we don’t really know what the rest of the 20th century has in store for us, but you can at least be sure of this: religious oppression and rabid nationalism are things of the past.” When, in that same year, Boris Pasternak won the Nobel Prize for Dr Zhivago, we thought that even the adamantine rock face of Soviet authoritarianism could somehow be cracked open just far enough for truth, memory and a faint breeze of freedom to be admitted. Even if Pasternak was demonised as an enemy of the Soviet people and forced to decline the prize, we believed that, sooner or later, light would return, as for a while, 30 years later, it did.

Becoming a historian was, we thought, a vote of confidence in the victory of the Enlightenment. When the civil rights movement in the US flowered in the 1960s, we bought into Martin Luther King Jr’s conviction that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice”. Often enough, though, it snaps. Four days after he spoke those words in 1968 at the National Cathedral, Washington DC, he was murdered in Memphis.

My new BBC2 television series is the fruit of sombre, late-life reflection that the History of Now was prefigured in the History of Then; that what we had imagined to be things of the past have returned to shadow the present and future. Shrieking, whether online or on platforms, is back; hate is sexy and stalks the world as “disruption”. So those old battles need to be refought, and with the help of the unlikely weapons that once opened eyes and changed minds: the soft power of culture — poetically charged words, images, music, all of which can, in some circumstances, exert a force beyond the workaday stuff of politics. Culture can do this because it can connect with human habits, needs and intuitions in ways that expose the inhuman hollowness of official propaganda.

...

What Václav Havel, in his most original and penetrating text, called “the power of the powerless” is capable of putting despotisms on the back foot, simply by being in sync with the simplest and most natural human instincts. Authoritarians can mobilise their heavy artillery of terror, torture, imprisonment and persecution; but in the end, Havel argued, they are not that well equipped to fight the asymmetric battle between lies and truth. Havel believed that the vast majority of people are not content to be forever walled within a prison of falsehood, where the price of material security and domestic safety is the unconditional surrender of personal freedom.

For a while — perhaps many decades — punitive disincentives against disruptive truth-speaking can prevail, especially when reinforced by visceral appeals to tribal loyalty: the demonisation of hate figures (such as George Soros) said to personify foreign manipulation. In the end what Havel calls the “trapped air”— a natural human wish to be able to speak one’s mind in a café, dress as one wishes (including visible hair), listen to unauthorised music, all the innumerable small acts of social defiance — can build into a rising tide of disgust. When Czech police infiltrated the underground concerts of the Plastic People of the Universe in the 1970s — concerned, as their saxophonist Vratislav Brabanec remembered, that the music was some sort of “black illness” that would grow and generate disaffection — they only guaranteed more risible contempt. But there was a price. In 1976 the band was jailed for months, a wound Brabanec says you carry for ever. Why the wound? “Because I was innocent,” he says over his morning beer. “I was jailed for playing the saxophone.”

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[dccomicsnews]

"Knight Terrors: The Joker" - Chapter One Writer: Matthew Rosenberg  Artist:  Stefano Raffaele Color Artist: Romulo Fajardo Jr.  Letterer: Tom Napolitano Review by Kendra Smart We come into this story arc by taking a peek into Knight Terrors: The Joker #1. With Insomnia on the loose looking for the Nightmare Stone, so that his foray into the real world can be more permanent, Deadman may be the key to helping everyone. However, our eyes, reader, are firmly focused on the Joker. To give a small synopsis of what's going on with this crossover event, just to get you where we begin our tale. A new villain named Insomnia has cast a Nightmare Wave putting almost all of Earth to sleep, trapped inside their worst nightmares. In our case we get to look into Joker's darkest dreams... but before we dive in, we need to pause a moment and talk about these covers. [gallery columns="6" size="large" type="single-slider" ids="182406,182407,182408,182409,182410,182404"] I've spoken at length about the quality of covers that readers have been treated to, just for the series I regularly review, but here we get not 3 or 4, but 6 variations that each leave a piece of themselves with the reader. A most welcome haunting indeed. We get a hilariously detailed main cover from Stefano Raffaele and variants covers from  ground-breaking artists like Frances Mattina, Simone Bianchi, Alan Quah, Ryan Brown, and  Dustin Nguyen. Spoiled Rotten Knight Terrors: The Joker #1 has a plethora of great covers, from Stefano, we get a shot of Joker working as a desk jockey for Wayne Enterprises. The little accoutrements littering his desk and cubicle are so cute. Francesco Mattina gives readers the dual versions of Joker being displayed in such an impactful way. The normal average Joe looking Joker haunted by his crazed side, the color choices are instantly eye catching and gorgeous. Simone Bianchi also uses color to enhance the impact of his cover, the green is so striking. The painted style feels fresh and so detailed, from the smile to the hair, to the snakes. There are so many wonderful moments on this cover to peruse. That and the Caduceus symbolism that came through for me, with Joker at the center, was so nice. Alan Quah takes the color out almost completely, using only where ingeniously wanted. This cover is so raw in its artistry, but it's the layers of detail and how the image comes together that are fascinating; that and where the color is placed. All of this make it so uncomfortable to look at, yet impossible to look away from. Dustin Nguyen provides black, white, and red nightmare all his own, for his cover. A crazed figure, reminiscent of Poe and H.P. Lovecraft graces this piece and promises to stay in your mind for a while. Remember I said all of these covers are wonderful in their own right, but Ryan Brown... my goodness sir. The Joker being pulled back into a coffin by decayed looking hands is not only haunting, because of the scene displayed, but the painted artwork is so lush and wonderful. The colors are so bright in light of such horror. Perfection. So... Not Unconscious Night time in Gotham City is where our journey starts. A quick catch up on story leads us to a familiar scene for fans, with Batman facing off against the Joker on a rooftop, with all the usual banter. As this conversation unfolds, it's quickly and horrifically established just how much is wrong with the world we find ourselves in. Having easily won, Joker becomes manic losing both his mind and purpose all at once. Worse still, the vitals check has horrid results. Gaggy tries to cheer the Clown Prince of Crime up, but as B.B. King once crooned, the thrill is gone. [gallery type="single-slider" columns="4" size="large" ids="182411,182412,182413,182414"] Fast forward to just a few days later, and Joker and his gang are looting a boat but are met with no challenge, no opposition. All of this leads to  an unfulfilled and unsatisfied villain. So what does a bored Joker do? He quits being a baddie and joins the workforce. Posing as Johann Kaiser, becoming part of the Wayne Enterprises corporate team. All goes well at first, but soon the shine wears off, leading horrific moments settled into others of extreme calm. Are you ready for a cup of Joe? Comfort Food Matthew Rosenburg, Stefano Raffaele, Romulo Fajardo Jr., and Tom Napolitano have delivered such a lovely gift. While the "Knight Terrors" story arc will likely deliver some fear inducing stories for our other players, Joker's fear strikes a unique chord; the horror of what life without Batman being his opposite poses. Even in the mundane moments he finally snaps in one of my favorite scenes. Joker's having a discussion about his performance in the office with his superior and it ends with a scene that will leave you looking at your kitchen appliances in a whole new way. From the pacing to the artwork, the lettering to the story... such deep fear is hard to see as a side story, or only part of an arc. If Knight Terrors: The Joker #1 is any indication of what this story arc will become, I'm beyond excited to see all of the other pieces to this puzzle and to discover what hiring manager Insomnia has in store for the clown. Conclusion Knight Terrors: The Joker #1 provides a deep dive into the Joker's inner fears. Where that terror will take him, and how he cleans out his closet, remains to be seen. I, for one will be at the ready to enjoy each bite of the comfort food provided by this incredibly talented creative team. See you next time! Images Courtesy of DC Entertainment (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push();

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Day 4: Hans Conried

This is Walt Disney's Peter Pan from 1953, which is after World War 1. (It got shelved while the war happened which means it was in production before.) Walt Disney himself had an impact on how this version was portrayed with Captain Hook's Wikipedia page saying:

In the animated film Peter Pan, Hook is a far more comical villain than the original character: he is seen as a vain coward with a childish temper who is prone to crying out in terror. During the film's early development, the story department analyzed Hook's character as "a fop… Yet very mean, to the point of being murderous. This combination of traits should cause plenty of amusement whenever he talks or acts".

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Walt Disney's Peter Pan (released on 5 February 1953), an authorized animated adaptation. Disney licensed the film rights to the story in 1939 from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. It featured music by Sammy Cahn, Frank Churchill, Sammy Fain, and Ted Sears. 15-year-old film actor Bobby Driscoll supplied the voice of Peter, while Wendy was portrayed by Kathryn Beaumont, who previously portrayed Alice in Alice in Wonderland. Hook was portrayed by Hans Conried (who also played Mr. Darling), and Margaret Kerry did live-action references for Tinker Bell. This version contained little of the original dialogue from the play or its novelization.

(I noticed they updated the cover for the movie a while back.)

The story of what happened later on to the boy who voiced Peter Pan (Bobby Driscoll) is quite depressing but I will just let you read his Wikipedia:

This probably is why Peter Pan is portrayed the way he is in 2022’s Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers.

As Chip & Dale find a middle-aged and overweight version of Peter Pan who became a crime boss after being fired due to his age, going by the name of Sweet Pete is played by Will Arnett.

Anyways....

Links for Captain Hook:

This version has the hook on his left hand and also with brown eyes (Yes, in the artwork I changed back to blue. Not the first person to do that on here.) But this version has his hair….and his mustache finally! I also love how they used the voice actor in a costume as a reference…it is so smart.

Here is the youtube link if you wanna watch it on Youtube….but it is also on Disney+.

Also here it is on Spotify!

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Flash #1 from writer Si Spurrier and artist Mike Deodato Jr.

"Wally West has never been quicker, more fulfilled, more heroic. His loving family is around him. And yet something is off. Very off. His evolving understanding of his powers has opened Wally to new avenues of sci-fi adventure, and attuned his senses to strange new ideas. Something whispers from the dark vibrations beyond the Speed Force, and as Wally experiments with creative new approaches to his powers he encounters new realms, mysterious allies and mind-shattering terrors."

So while I am sad to see Adams go, this is a brilliant idea. It's a direction that's never been fully taken with the Flashes but I feel makes perfect sense. I am really excited by this idea and what it means for the fam. Glad to see they are sticking with giving us fresh ideas for the Flash.

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for the music asks, can you answer either all of them or at least 5 of your choosing? I'm very curious 💜

queen bee wants em all she gets em all 💜🤙

(putting this all under the cut cuz its a lot 😅)

1. Song that always makes you happy

ocean man by ween for sure, its hard to be upset listening to that one

2. Song you listen to when you're sad

forget it by getter is def one of my go to feelsy songs

3. Top 5 songs of an artist of your choosing

island in the sun, say it ain't so, my name is jonas, beverly hills, sweater song

4. 3 most played songs on iTunes or Last.fm etc.

doin time by sublime, by the way by rhcp, i wanna get better by bleachers (on spotify cuz i dont have that other shit lol)

5. Favourite song right now

ive been weirdly obsessed with buried alive by terror reid lately

6. Favourite album of all time

probably sublimes self titled album if i have to pick

7. Favourite song of all time

santeriaaa

8. Favourite artist of all time

subliiime

9. A memory associated to an artist of your choosing

my dad really liked selena...he used to say she had an angelic voice. i was only 8 when she died but i remember my dad being devastated

10. Song that you feel you must always dance to

i literally dance to everything lmaooo must be a drummer thing but as long as it has a beat im groovin to it

11. First album you bought

my first album was dookie, unintentionally pissed my mom off but it was totally worth it

12. A song that reminds you of someone you love

😒

13. A song from your childhood

gonna have to put this here for reasons

14. A song that reflects your personality

def gonna have to go with alien boy by oliver tree

15. Most hated song of all time

honestly anything by tool i cannot stand tool

16. Most overrated song

oblivion by grimes

17. Most underrated song

18. Most overrated artist

grimes 😏

19. Most underrated artist

everyone should go check out peach prc shes great her music is great

20. Favourite vocal performance

i just have to share a video for this one lol the whole thing is a ride from start to finish

21. Favourite guitar solo

i mean this 100% jack blacks solo in school of rock at the end where they perform in battle of the bands is fuckin choice dude

22. A song no one would expect you to love

i love terror jr ive been kind of following her for a while, this is a fave by her

23. A song you get stick for liking

i have a couple of lana del rey songs on my smoke playlist and i get mad shit from c137 AND morty 😒

24. A song you'd like at your funeral

i want im a believer by smash mouth blasting at my funeral (definitely joking)

pls play i miss you by blink 192 at my funeral (very much not joking)

25. Karaoke song

likely anything by sublime or weezer 😅 talking heads is fun to do too

26. Favourite summertime song

summertime by sublime 😏

27. Favourite Christmas song

oh my goood ive been waiting my whole life to share this because no one believes me but SIMPLE PLAN PUT OUT A CHRISTMAS SONG

28. An artist you used to love but don't really listen to now

im actually embarrassed to admit this but i had a very short lived obsession with limp bizkit when i was a kid 😅 lets just say i was an angry child lol

29. A cover that's better than the original

ive really been digging doja's cover of celebrity skin

30. A song that you have to crank the volume up for

i always crank my girl doja up

31. What song was top of the charts when you were born

ok so i had to look this up and the first thing i saw was everybody have fun tonight by wang chung lol

32. C.D. that's always in the car

i havent really done cds since like...2009 maybe 2010 lol

33. Which genre of music features most heavily in your collection

grunge and pop punk mostly but id say i have a pretty good mix of everything

34. Which genre(s) do you try to avoid

im not the biggest fan of most metal tbh (mort and i clash a lot when it comes to this 😅)

35. A song that is always stuck in your head

ngl this is on loop constantly in my head

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Musical Deep Dive: The 5th Dimension’s “Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In”

At the end of the sixties, the world found itself recovering from political and social turmoil - the Biafran Civil War was coming on to two years, as well as the death of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., the Cuban Missile Crisis and the failed invasion of the Bay of Pigs. Morale was low, and the dawn of the new decade seemed rife with questions about what the future might bring, if anything good.

In came The 5th Dimension, a music group starring Lamonte McLemore, Marilyn McCoo, Florence Larue, Ronald Townson, and Billy Davis Jr., a collective of college friends and accomplished artists in their own right, who came together as a musical group in the early 1960s.Their song “Age of Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In” was one of Billboards’ tops songs at the end of the sixties, in part due to the fact that it was incorporated into the musical “Hair”, but also because it symbolized the dawn of a new age - not only astrologically, but socially, politically, and culturally.  

Astrologically, Aquarius is the eleventh sign of the zodiac. Considered self-reliant, clever, and optimistic, Aquarians also rule innovation and technology as well as public welfare, and a desire to educate and inform for the greater good. When ushering in an age for a new astrological season, it is implied that the themes associated with that sign are themes we can expect to see in the upcoming duration of time. Even though astrologers argue that this song was metaphorical, considering the age of aquarius is a two-thousand year period that began long before 1969, the message still held true for the upcoming decade in the seventies, a period of time that saw a lot of advancements, coincidentally, in space travel, education, and free thinking.

“Harmony and understanding/sympathy and trust abounding/no more falsehoods or derisions/golden living dreams of visions”. These lyrics are significant because they highlight the collective transitions people in society were trying to make in the midst of political and social upheaval, whether in Nigeria, Vietnam, Cuba, or the United States. The song was a message for others to look outside of themselves and forge a sense of common compassion in the struggle of others.

This held true into the first few years of the seventies; the gay rights and women’s rights movements were picking up speed with social disparities in the United States under a social microscope as injustice globally was also being called out and bringing people to rally. These movements, however, competed with the Watergate scandal, as President Nixon and members of his cabinet were standing trial for a multitude of political crimes. It can be said that the “age of Aquarius” was coming in full force with a heightened emphasis on public welfare and education as to the rights of citizens and society implementing its ability to mobilize.

Innovations were also made in regards to science and technology - the first Magnetic Resonance Imaging Machine was tested in 1977, and the first blockbuster movie - Jaws - was released in theathers, a fantastical story about a man-eating shark that terrorizes the East coast of the United States. Whether it was the influence of Aquarius or the urge for greater knowledge and a general sense of unrest, there was a push to explore the limits of the world, literally and figuratively. It was becoming understood that the realm of imagination could spread into the confines of the tangible world, and thus created a push for advancements in all areas.

However, The 5th Dimension had different ideas when it came to the advancement of their group - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. left the group in 1975 after getting married to pursue projects of their own, leaving the remaining trio to find new members while still releasing songs. However, being signed to Motown, their songs were sometimes passed to other artists (a la LaRue’s “Love Hangover” being given to Diana ross) and they were subsequently uncharted. McCoo and Davis Jr. found success with their solo and collaborative projects, and the group reunited briefly in 1990 and 1991, with those being the last years the original quintuplet performed as a group. While some might see The 5th Dimension as a one hit wonder, the journey of their group further symbolizes the influence of the Age of Aquarius on them as a collective - the freedom to explore and understand their dynamic, while still adjusting and adapting parts of it to be better suited to their individual lifestyles and ambitions as performers. There was freedom to grow as well as an innovative spirit in allowing themselves to move forward musically in the directions they felt best suited in, individually and collectively.

While The 5th Dimension might have been a few thousand years off astrologically, “Age of Aquarius” set the precedent for an incoming decade, knowingly or unknowingly, and was the perfect musical backdrop for an era of innovation and great change.

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Wait Until Dark

I can’t tell which is the worst desecration in Terence Young’s WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967), having people lay hands on Audrey Hepburn with violent intent or having her married to Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. He hasn’t been that absurdly cast since he was Jean Simmons’ reward for conquering mental illness in HOME BEFORE DARK (1958), the only man who could make insanity seem more attractive by comparison. This taut adaptation of Frederick Knott’s stage play seems a little dated in terms of the heroine’s helplessness and hysterics, even if it’s clearly stated that she’s only been blind a few years. But it’s hard to fault Hepburn’s depiction of the character’s disability. Her physical commitment is impressive. The tale of a blind woman stalked by a psychopath (Alan Arkin) and two con artists (Richard Crenna and Jack Weston) when her husband agrees to carry a doll for a fellow international flyer, not knowing it’s filled with heroin. The film’s ending, in which she breaks all the lightbulbs in her apartment to get a leg up on the criminals, is justly famous and was hailed by no less a figure than Stephen King as one of the scariest scenes in film history. Casting Hepburn in the lead helps amp up the terror. Was there ever an actress you wanted to see brutalized less? Casting Crenna, a fine actor typed as stand-up guys, also is a plus. Since he’s the one who’s most successful at taking in Hepburn, his image works in his favor, while knowing he’s really a louse is just plain queasy. Arkin has a field day as the psychopath, donning disguises and dominating scenes with an eerie restraint. The score, by Henry Mancini, helps with the tension, but whoever thought to play a title tune over the credits that turns “Wait Until Dark” from a threat to a promise of romantic abandon should have been left in a dark room with Arkin’s character.

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Can you give a list of people you listen to? I know Taylor swift and the one d boys but anyone else?

of course !!!!! I mainly blog about taylor & 1d bc i enjoy the community and they are my biggest interest, but I got a whole different list of artist i listen to that I just don’t blog about!!

so of course I listen to the pop girlies like Chappell Roan, Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, I have also been listening to Billies new album on repeat, as well as Girl in Reds album that came out in April. I love Lil Nas X as well, been following him since Old Town Road. Halsey will always be in my top 5, her new song is amazing! Same with Lana, I am admittedly more of a causal listener but I also love her overall lol

Ashnikko is an artist I personally didn’t listen to a lot but in recent months i have had her songs on repeat!

Someone I will always recommend to people is Terror Jr. Her music is super interesting and very creative, kind of like hyper pop? but shes an amazing artist & super talented.

I also enjoy Hozier & Noah Khan, been a huge fan of The Front Bottoms since i was like 14 same with Hippo Campus as well, Boygenuis as well but more of a causal listener. Florence + the Machine is always a favorite. I enjoy Mother Mother as well, got into them through my friend and Ive basically listened to almost all their albums too. I absolutely love Lewis Capaldi as well.

Casually been listening to the Mountain Goats & The Taxpayers. Sleep Token is a more metal band that has taken over my interests lol, I was into more heavier music as a teen but grew more attached to indie/pop music, my friend who recommended to me as an introduction to more metal music.

I also dabble a little bit with Zach Bryans music when Im feeling a country music mood, same with Carrie Underwood & Miranda Lambert, love me some the country queens. I also love the oldies, mainly Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, & Bruce Springsteen though, and like basically 60s-90s dad rock lol.

I would recommend Rainbow Kitten Surprise, they were an artist I kind of never truly listened to til this year!

Huge Kendrick fan ofc, I got into him through my brothers and enjoyed his work ever since. Artists like the Beastie Boys & Missy Elliot & B.I.G are also my favs when Im in a particular mood. I hate him as a person but I do enjoy The Weeknd’s music a lot as well. I love Grandson as well, his vocals are amazing! Same with SZA, been casually listening to her for a while, the newest album has made me kind of a stan of her! Chase Atlantic is another fave, they have the type of music that makes me wanna shake ass in the club at 1am. Post Malone is always a favorite, you can imagine how happy I was to see him & taylor collab. Childish Gambino is also always a favorite, got into him because of my brothers as well, and Donald Glover is just so talented!

Recently discovered a duo called Joey Valence & Brae, I definitely recommend them if yall are into artist like Yung Gravy or bbno$ (which are two I really enjoy) because they are just goofy raps but are actually very good at the same time! Another artist trio I enjoy is Injury Reverse as well. If you want more soundcloud type beats, I enjoy $uicideboy$ & Lil Peep.

MCR, P!ATD, & Fall Out Boy are my main three, got into them when I was in middle school and never escaped enjoying them lol.

My all time favorite artist who is up tied with Taylor as my favorite artist like ever, is probably this kind of underground artist Jake Mirador, you can find his music on Spotify and youtube, but he is super duper talented and deserves to be a bigger artist, I recommend the song Saint Laurent or Alligator Blood! He is literally probably one of my favorite artists because his production and vocals are amazing! I could write an essay on how talented he is

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Marvel Celebrates Daredevil’s 60th with a Special Anniversary Issue

Marvel Comics is set to commemorate the 60th anniversary of one of its most iconic characters, Daredevil, with a special issue that promises to be a feast for fans old and newDaredevil #8, slated for release this April, will not only continue the gripping narrative by Saladin Ahmed and Aaron Kuder but also feature contributions from legendary figures in the character’s storied history. Since his debut in 1964, Daredevil has captivated readers with his relentless pursuit of justice, despite his blindness. Over the years, he has become a symbol of courage and resilience, embodying the very essence of a hero who overcomes insurmountable odds. This anniversary issue is a testament to the character’s impact on the superhero genre and its ability to adapt and remain relevant through the decades. The special issue will delve into Matt Murdock’s current life as a Catholic Priest, juxtaposed with his war against demonic entities that embody his own seven deadly sins. With Elektra by his side, Daredevil is set to confront the unsettling truth behind a new gang terrorizing Hell’s Kitchen and face an old foe with a vendetta against those closest to him. Fans can also expect a nostalgic trip back to the '80s with Ann Nocenti and Stefano Raffaele, and a never-before-told showdown between Daredevil and the Punisher from D.G. Chichester and Ken Lashley. The issue will also highlight Elektra’s role as a mentor and showcase how Matt Murdock continues to inspire generations. With variant covers by John Romita Jr. and Frank Miller, and a host of other talented artists contributing to this milestone issue, Daredevil #8 is shaping up to be a celebration worthy of the Man Without Fear’s six-decade legacy.

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