#bassist!anya

[itsallmouthwashing]

Tulpar (JimCurl Band AU) Playslist Expansions

Playlist here, Part Two here

I'm doing more than 5 for my first post on this because by god the WORMS. I'll try to do these consistently so we're all on the same page

Content warning for: mentions of assault, mentions of parent death, drug abuse, VERY ooc characters

1.) Kiss Me (Crawlers)- In between her studies, Anya has a hard time processing the feelings of her recent assault. Her boyfriend isn’t treating her well, overall uses her for sex when he’s pent up or stressed or whatever excuse he has for why he needs his dick sucked that night. One night she’s continuing to say no. Her boyfriend proposes a drink to cap off the night and drugs her, rapes her, and breaks up with her. She can't come forward about the assault for reasons (i haven't figured out whoops). It’s the song she performs for Jimmy to ‘prove her worth.’ She plays her own bass, does her own vocals, and Dai is on drums before his own audition (Curly lowkey helped her revise the song and work through it. Sometimes she would cry to him during the process and he would just hold her. When she auditions for Tulpar, it’s the first time she doesn’t cry when she sings the song.)

It really hits Jimmy in the heart as many of his ‘friends’ (people he felt close to but those people really didn’t want to be around him) had experienced or took care of others who were victims. Of course he tries to push these feelings aside and judge the song fairly (girl, it’s a banger, let her IN), and he convinces himself that his approval had nothing to do with the topic (it didn’t really, it was a banger)

2.) Ængus The Prize-Winning Hog (The Toxhards)- A silly song Curly wrote with Jimmy at the beginning of their Tulpar ventures. They passed it around back and forth between classes when they were together. One time they got caught passing notes and the teacher read the lines out loud. She really laid into them, accusing them of taking drugs and scribbling nonsense (Jimmy was also known for passing around bud at school if other kids asked for it. Curly got him to cut that shit out at school senior year but was convinced by Jimmy to keep getting bud for them and Dai and Aynya.)

It becomes their closing song when Tulpar goes pro and signs with Pony Express Records. Anya and Dai do chorus vocals!

3.) Be Careful What You Wish For (Bad Omens)- In return for Jimmy teaching screams, Curly teaches Jimmy to sing! This is a song Jimmy wrote after he apologized to Anya and Dai and Curly for the way he’d been treating them. Still on the fence about therapy but feeling heavy with his thoughts and feelings about what he’d done. He refuses to let Curly see it or workshop it with him (he tries to hide the fact that he’s writing at all) Instead, he comes to Dai and Anya! He performs his first draft for them, can't help but cry afterward and they give him hugs for a while. They workshop a little after he calms down. It’s almost never performance ready because Jimmy can't help but tear up after he sings it, but when Curly convinces him to sing at one of their larger concerts he still cries but the crowd is so enthusiastic about his performance and emotion that he starts t feel it doesn’t matter if he does cry on stage :)

4.) Through Hell (Melrose Avenue)- A song that Jimmy’s kept private for all of his life. Songwriting was a way for him to cope and process his feelings for as long as he could remember, and this song had been with him through the beginning. One day Curly and the crew find it and decide to surprise him during one of their concerts by learning it and performing it. Curly does the entire song! Jimmy joins in with his own screams and vocals at 2:28, and they sing the song together from there :)))))) Dai does background vocals throughout the whole song, so he’s the one singing along at the start. 

The whole time Jimmy is trying to keep up on his guitar- he knows the song by heart, but seeing his friends performing a song so so dear to him makes him feel whole. (Maybe canon Jimmy would find it disrespectful and get pissed. But this barbie thinks its moving)

5.) Vampire By Rumor (TX2)- Honestly this song is only on here cause I can't get the image of Daisuke doing this song as a halloween special “concert only” song for the fans. He’s dresses as a vampire, Jimmy is a zombie (he forgot about the song bit entirely, green and purple face paint was somehow on hand and he didn’t mind ripping holes in his shirt and jeans (said the fans go wild for the skin)), Curly is a cowboy (OF COURSE), and Anya dresses in bloody scrubs ("It's still in theme!" she argued when Jimmy pointed out it wasn't really a costume). Swansea even joins in the fun by dressing up! (he pins a paper scrap that says "costume" on his tech blacks)

6.) Forgotten (The Plot In You)- For sure one of their heaviest songs and Jimmy takes the lead. He wrote it after many years of processing his parents death. For a time he turned to drugs to cope with everything he was feelings, and after starting therapy and medication he wrote this song as a subtle promise to himself and their fans that he would stay clean

7.) At My Back (Madds Buckley)- The song Anya sings at Jimmy and Curly’s wedding :) Dai does ukulele and Anya does the drums as she sings :) 

8.) Gut Punch/Don’t Meet Your Idols (Everybody’s Worried About Owen)- Another song in the many Jimmy wrote after his parent’s deaths. Written after he apologizes to Anya and Dai. He performs it at a local open mic that (coincidentally) Anya, Dai, and Curly are at for drinks and to vent. The ‘idol’ in this context would be his dad. The crew agrees to keep it secret that they saw him, but end up being the loudest when he finishes. Thankfully he doesn’t notice them and thinks he’s just hearing things

9.) hover like a GODDESS (WILLOW)- Anya wrote this after a crazy hook-up with a girl at a bar. She realizes she’s queer and FULLY embraces it. Tulpar does an Anya-centric album 

10.) she knows it (Maggie Lindemann)- Another song Anya wrote and sings. Curly gets a girlfriend and Anya is falling head-over-heels for her (while Jimmy is getting so frustrated that Curly is with someone else). Depending on how long the relationship goes on for Anya tries not to stare at her while she sings but can't help it. Jimmy can't help but look at Curly

[justalilguyblog]

RRAAAHHH!! This is a collaborative AU with @nina-a-pines and @hell2electricboogaloo with our OC’s and the East Blue Crew!

ONE PIECE BATTLE OF THE BANDS AU!! Going from left to right, we have Lyra(aka-INK, the lead guitarist and songwriter of the group[oc owned by @hell2electricboogaloo ]) Anya (bassist and backup singer of the group), Okimi (Lead singer of the group[oc owned by @nina-a-pines ]) and Anzu (drummer of the group [oc owned by @hell2electricboogaloo ])

They met in highschool, with Anzu convincing the girls to join a band with her! They got pretty good and continued into college, where they heard about a battle of the bands following the late, great Gold.D.Roger’s original tour schedule. Now they must survive 10 rounds to see who will win the wealth, fame, and power.

But things take an unexpected turn when the girls encounter a new band, The Strawhats.

RRAAAHHH There’s so much stuff to include but i might make more posts about it! But TLDR the ship dynamics of the groups are Lyra x Sanji, Anya x Usopp, Okimi x Luffy, and Anzu x Nami (zoro only in love with rock n’ roll lololol). But this comic above is from the first round. Where the girls (i still need to think of their band name) play the song “Alice”-Avril Lavigne. Okimi and Luffy had bummed into each other before the show started, with Okimi giving Luffy her portion of food because of her nerves. Come to find out, the nice girl who gave him food was the lead singer to a band, and she was really good (whatcha looking at luffy??)

Honestly really happy with these pages, and really want to make animatics/ more comics of some of the songs we picked out (but i already have to work of the first one the the Sniperfox AU!!) But i hope you all enjoy!

[thirdlotusprince3]

If teenage Anya Forger had a rock band

[kaze-writes]

About Me

Hello, my dear friends. You've made it to the small (but neat, if I may say so) realm of Anya, aspiring 'author', creative mess, and fan of all things literary. This is where I post my original shorts, updates on my plethora of WIPs, and links to other platforms where I share my work.

I love to connect with other writers and hear about their work, just as much as I love rambling about mine (because who doesn't?), so if you want to share, please go ahead!

My Writing

I write and read whatever tickles my fancy, and the WIPs on my backburner range from Western to high fantasy with the odd shortcut into children's stories and murder mysteries. It's a bit of a chaos, but I lost control long ago.

Find my Wattpad page with multichapter projects and collections (tba) here.

Works in Progress

When Stars Ignite

Equinox, the world's greatest modern rock band, are just about to start the U.K. leg of their latest European tour. The stage is set, the crowd is ready, the band is waiting in the wings. But behind the scenes, fine cracks are beginning to show. Rich Cameron, the band's manager and father of bassist Mel, has one rule, and one rule only - no getting involved with the other band members. Little does he know that guitarist Leon Dayal and drummer Jaz Kingston have developed a habit of sneaking into each other's hotel rooms. It's only sex, nothing more, but can their friendship beat to their new rhythm?

Archive

(tba)

[selfsabotaqe]

throwing out a bit of a  plotting call out here, because i’ve been having a lot of muse  &  i would love to meet new writing partners to write with on  tumblr. i am willing to both use my ocs  &  create new muses for you privately. something i am really looking for is something  long term but slow paced.  sometimes it takes me a long time to get to replies, not because i am not interested but because i don’t have as much mental space to write. i’ll be around plenty in tumblr dms  &  on discord, where we can always chat, headcanon and plot our ships further. as for plots and ships, i am particularly looking for  slice of life  and  mlm and wlw  but i am open to a wide variety of plot types  &  also am open to playing or playing against any gender, with any mix of pairings. beneath the cut i’ll list some basic info from my main ocs and some faceclaims i would like to use  &  my rules can be found in my pinned post. if you’re interested, simply like this post  &  i’ll come message you!  🤭💗

♡     ◞        main ocs.

nadiye güzelcan   —   aslihan malbora, 24 to 28, phd student in astrophysics. max lockhart   —   lorenzo zurzolo, 19 to 23, college student or professional soccer player. adela “addie” ortega   —   lizeth selene, 22 to 25, bassist in a feminist punk band. luca calderón   —   froy gutierrez, 22 to 25, college student. aera sun   —   im jinah, 28 to 33, pediatric nurse. ** lale sayar   —   ozge yagiz, 23 to 27, college student  &  aspiring romance author. ** devrim yildiz   —   emre bey, 23 to 27, twitch streamer. leonora “leo” langford   —   maia cotton, 20 to 25, college student or classical musician. ** kiran desai   —   dev patel, 30 to 35, high school history teacher. emre kilic   —   serkan cayoglu, 35 to 38, pr manager. teresa hazen   —   dakota johnson, 30 to 35, mechanical engineer. **

** indicates there’s alternative faceclaims for this muse, you can ask for them. in general i’ll often be very down for adding new faceclaims for my muses, but these already have options. sometimes that includes older verses as well !

♡     ◞        fcs i want to play.

greta onieogou, katie douglas, davika hoorne, chase sui wonders, madelyn cline, julia dalavia, melisa pamuk, im nayeon, camila morrone, adam dimarco, michael evans behling, felix mallard, sila turkoglu, hazal filiz küçükköse, simay barlas, samantha logan, berk cankat, renee rapp, gong yoo, priscilla quintana, anya chalotra, mookda narinrak, ni ni, oktay cubuk, danny ramirez, freddy carter, janhvi kapoor, parveen kaur, ayca aysin turan, simone ashley, melissa barrera, apo nattawin, bruna marquezine, calahan skogman, hande ercel, rudy pankow, maia reficco, win metawin, cody christian, drew starkey, wolfgang novogratz, logan lerman, chay suede, lucas bravo, grace van patten, yang hyeji, kim doyeon, zoey deutch, jessica alba, khadijha red thunder, bensu soral, elias kacavas, ryan destiny, savannah lee smith, giuseppe maggio, zethphan smith gneist, giancarlo commare, melis sezen, maya hawke, casey deidrick, alex landi, raymond ablack, daisy edgar jones, adria arjona, maris racal, maude apatow, hafsanur sancaktutan, manny jacinto, banita sandhu, park sooyoung, gemma chan, neslihan atagul, bright vachirawit, zendaya, brittany o’grady, antonia gentry, nathalie emmanuel, zorzo natharuetai, carmela zumbado, cierra ramirez, megan suri, auli’i cravalho, brianne tju, nailea devora, song kang, geraldine viswanathan, wawwa nicha, bahar sahin, rafael silva, bensu soral, park chaeyoung, charithra chandran, lily james, michael cimino, thomas weatherall, josh heuston, alex fitzalan, jessica lucas, nam joohyuk, wi ha joon, janella salvador, emilio sakraya, dylan minnette, oliver jackson cohen, kennedy walsh, ashley moore, alicia vikander, nathasha liu bordizzo, camila queiroz, daniel sharman, alisha boe, yasemin yazici, jennie kim, nychaa nuttanicha, aslihan malbora, halle bailey, baifern pimchanok, lee hojung, kiana madeira, courtney eaton, cemre baysel, sean teale, evan mock, sarah gustafsson, stephanie hsu, adeline rudolph, jacob elordi, adam brody, lorenzo zurzolo, diane guerrero, aly michalka, evan roderick, madison bailey  &  jessica alexander.

[lcnelyday]

mobile muse list pt 3 (o-z)

oliver evans - joseph quinn. twenty eight. he/him. bisexual. lab tech. orias sarna - stanly tucci. sixty two/immortal. he/they. pansexual. demon. costume designer. otto evans - joshua bassett. twenty two. he/him. bisexual. art history student. patrick visser - michiel huisman. forty two. he/him. bisexual. woodworker. werewolf. pennyshore robertson - zoe colletti. twenty one. she/her. pansexual. architecture student. perry hart - rachel mcadams. forty four. she/her. bisexual. 'the art we are' cafe and studio owner. poppy burton - sadie sink. twenty one. she/her. bisexual. architecture student. ramiel fallen - olivia colman. forty nine/immortal. any pronouns. pansexual. fallen angel. school principle.  rhea harris - samatha logan. twenty six. she/her. bisexual. actress.  romeo moretti burton - nicolas maupas. twenty three. he/him. bisexual. game design student. rumor golding - sophie thatcher. twenty two. she/they. pansexual. runner. sean moss - jon bernthal. forty six. he/him. heterosexual. runner.  sera poriosolo - anya taylor joy. twenty seven. any pronouns. pansexual. clerk. angel.  sloan edwards - emma d’arcy. thirty one. they/them. pansexual.  sora bernard - crystal reed, 35, she/her, bisexual, owner of the movie store. sunday alexander - jessica rothe. thirty five. she/her. pansexual. actress. suvi nygard - elizabeth olsen. thirty four. she/her. bisexual. comic artist.  tate o’brien - elizabeth lail. thirty one. she/her. bisexual. kindergarten teacher. taylor king - annie murphy. thirty six. she/her. bisexual. art therapist. theodore crane - alex fitzalan. twenty eight. he/him. bisexual. bassist. cashier. songwriter.  tomas brightman - hamish linklater. forty seven. he/him. bisexual. theatre professor. tyler hancock - charlie rowe. twenty seven. he/him. bisexual. cowboy.  tyler hancock - ian bohen. forty seven. he/him. bisexual. cowboy.  ursa sullivan - maya hawke. twenty five. she/her. homosexual. artist. whitney fernstrom - vanessa kirby. thirty six. she/her. bisexual. assassin.  winnie barton - sophie thatcher. twenty two. she/her. homosexual. bartender.  wix moll - liv hewson. twenty seven. they/them. pansexual. cambion. bartender.  wormwood brightly - chloe grace moretz. twenty six/immortal. they/them. pansexual. angel & star. unemployed.  zoey piekarz - jesse james keitel. thirty. she/her. homosexual. child psychologist.

[kismetharborapps]

application

ooc information

name: Pixie

preferred pronouns: She/Her

age: 27

timezone: EST

activity level: 7-8

triggers: n/a

anything else?: n/a

character information

name: Katherine “Kit” Halsey

faceclaim: Madison Iseman

gender & pronouns: cis woman | she/her 

age: 27

birthday: 02/14/1997

place of birth: Myrtle Beach, SC

occupation: Band photographer/Roadie

neighborhood: Downtown

time since arriving in kismet harbor: since September 2024

filling a wanted connection?: n/a

biography: Kit was born in a very interesting household. Living at her grandmother’s, but the tiny house being filled with 2 sets of aunts and uncles, a handful of little cousins, a couple cousins her age, and her own parents - there was never such a thing as quiet. Though, she never truly minded that. From helping babysit her cousins, to getting into trouble with other cousins she saw as best friends - the girl found her place in the family rather quickly. One thing she did mind was the lack of privacy. When things got to be a bit too much, she would stow away in her room with her music blasted so loud her grandmother would yell at her to turn it down. Would she? Well, no. In fact, once she would hear the yelling, the music would just be cranked up even more.

She was 10 when she got a beginner guitar for Christmas. It was a special gift from her grandfather before his passing a couple weeks later. She was no Taylor Swift, let’s be clear. Though, she was pretty good at coming up with melodies and could play some classic hits by ear. As she grew older, she added piano and the bass to her instrument roster. She also took improv classes in high school and was a part of the color guard. She wasn’t the best at school, but she was an A/B student in gen ed classes. It was enough to get her into community college, and that’s all she really cared about.

Until, she met her best friends in high school. They created a band that no one took seriously. At first, Kit was the keyboardist, then she was the bassist, but ultimately she became a photographer and manager for the band. When Freshman year became Sophomore year, they were playing at homecoming and at house parties. By junior year, they were playing at the local venues and Warped Tour. Senior year was when they took off thanks to TikTok.

Senior year was also the year her mother came clean about the man she had always known to be her dad, was actually not her father. This struck a cord in the young Kit and when the opportunity to go on tour came up again, she took it and ran. This time, she was attempting to figure out who she was whilst on the road. She stepped down as manager due to her mental health, but continued to be the photographer as well as a roadie for the band. 

The tour ended at the end of August, and instead of going home, she just booked a train to the cheapest destination and wound up in Kismet Harbor. She is just so used to being on the road, but also she feels there is more about herself she has left to discover before heading home is even an option.

other: @marniedixon; I made a playlist for Kit HERE

pets: https://images.app.goo.gl/oec3mgNKVtuT7mX4A Blue, 3 years old

town activities: art of photography, read between the wines, elevated escapades, lgbtqia+

draw of luck: yes

application

ooc information

name: Pixie

preferred pronouns: She/Her

age: 27

timezone: EST

activity level: 7-8

triggers: n/a

anything else?: n/a

character information

name: Juliet Eisley

faceclaim: Anya Taylor Joy

gender & pronouns: cis woman | she/her 

age: 28

birthday: 12/31/1995

place of birth: Verona, Italy

occupation: Romance Author

neighborhood: Emerald Mist

time since arriving in kismet harbor: since October 2024

filling a wanted connection?: Bridget’s potential endgame wc

biography: Her mother was a model, whilst her father composed pieces and conducted orchestras. It was a chance encounter, how they met. A sort of forbidden romance that reaped the night sky of all the stars, only to place them in Juliet’s eyes the moment she was born. To this day, she blames her parents’ story of a whirlwind romance that brought them around the globe and back, for her relentless yearning in the love department.

Juliet was raised with elegance and manners, being homeschooled until she pushed her father to let her attend public school when she hit middle school. Being a past time of both her parents and herself, movies seemed to romanticize much more than relationships, and had the girl craving to experience the locker-lined hallways and pizza Fridays. Due to being someone who didn’t ask for much, her father allowed her attend the public middle school in Verona.

The young girl picked the absolute worst time to join the public education system; From the hormones to the insecurities that ran ramped in the classrooms, Juliet was slightly shunned from the ecosystem of her fellow peers. Not only due to her looks, but her intellect garnered much attention - which only confused her more. It was as if people liked her so much that they hated her.

Instead of getting caught up in the drama of it all, the girl chose to keep to herself and speak only when spoken to. Though, this didn’t necessarily always work to her advantage, seeing that she stuck out like a sore thumb and the way she spoke was beyond her years. But, even when the teachers, guidance counselors and her parents tried influencing her to attend higher level courses - the girl refused. Juliet just didn’t see a need, because what did she have to prove?

Writing was an escape for the girl. Having been an imaginative storyteller ever since she was younger, the girl utilized a majority of her downtime to focus on her craft. And when it wasn’t writing, Juliet could be found in the school’s art studio. She won essay contests, and had been a part of countless art shows. This was an indication of a perfect blend between her parents; Her core memories of reading classics with her father and painting with her mother, influencing her to hone in and pursue these talents - which pleased her parents to no end.

Even though Juliet pulled phenomenal grades, she wasn’t a goody-two-shoes by any means. Her brain coming from her father, but she was her mother’s daughter underneath it all with a wild streak. She was notorious for skipping classes in order to smoke under the bleachers, or just cutting school altogether because she felt that there were better things to do with her time; And she would get away with it, due to her grade point average being so high.

Once high school was over, the young woman felt as though she could finally breathe. Most of her days now spent working on her art endeavors and traveling; Obtaining her Art History and Literature degree abroad. Recently, she’s become a little stressed because she feels as though she’s falling behind on the success scale (even though a couple of her books were on the NY Times' Best Sellers List) and is nowhere close to where she wants to be in the ways of achieving her dreams in the artistic vein. Prone to blocks both in the ways of writing and artistic projects, Juliet is struggling with coming to terms that she has to work even harder than she originally thought in order to become established in the respective fields and more than just a couple hits of a wonder.

other: @marniedixon; I made a playlist for Juliet HERE

pets: n/a

town activities: read between the wines, lgbtqia+, budding minds

draw of luck: yes

[aci32]

DEEP PURPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey folks sorry for running two days late but better late than never, here's my 10th review of 2024, Deep Purple!!!! This was my 2nd time seeing them and first time in 12 years I saw them live, so it felt great to end the drought of having not being able to see them again. They sure know how to put on a great live show, for me at least they do. Also when I saw them the first time, Monster Truck opened for them.

Let's start the festivities!

First band up was Yes. This was a band I grew up listening to on the radio as they had a number of hits, the most notable one being Owner of a Lonely Heart. My regret was not seeing them live when they had original frontman Jon Anderson in the group nor original bassist Chris Squire. Current frontman Jon Davison was not too shabby. They definitely weren't too bad but I saved my energy for Deep Purple. Here's their setlist:

1. Machine Messiah

2. I've Seen All Good People

3. Yours Is No Disgrace

4. Clap

5. Going for the One

6. Liberian Khatru

Encore:

7. Roundabout

8. Starship Trooper

After Yes it was time for DEEP PURPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was my 2nd time seeing them and this time at a different venue because the first time I saw them was at Massey Hall on 02/12/2012 and it was also on a Sunday at that time and I remember enjoying Deep Purple live at that time. This time around Ian Gillan wasn't walking around in a boot cast like he was 12 years ago. Plus another notable change was them having a new guitarist from Northern Ireland named Simon McBride whereas 12 years ago they had Steve Morse, in which he left the group 2 years ago to be with his sick wife. Also Ian Gillan cracked some funny one liners in between songs when he said "We just played a few calypsos to get you warmed up" and "A lot of people think this next song is about global warming, but it's quite the opposite, I started a fire in my own house"*then they play Lazy Sod* and "I'll show you mine, if you show me yours" plus he also went on a tangent of how he invented invisible cream and then lost the can. Also wanted to point out that keyboardist Don Airey looks like Charles Bronson. My only quibble with the set was the solo parts when Simon McBride and Don Airey had their moments, but other than that a great show and at 79, Ian Gillan still has the pipes. Here's their setlist:

1. Highway Star

2. A Bit on the Side

3. Hard Lovin' Man

4. Into the Fire

5. Guitar Solo

6. Uncommon Man

7. Lazy Sod

8. Lazy

9. Show Me

10. Portable Door

11. Anya

12. Keyboard Solo (Bonus played Canadian national anthem, A Man Needs a Maid, and Rondo Alla Turka on the keys)

13. Bleeding Obvious

14. Space Truckin'

15. Smoke on the Water

Encore:

16. Hush (Joe South cover)

17. Black Night

Overall a great show and a great way to spend a Sunday night, although I wish it was on a Friday or Saturday.

DEEP PURPLE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eurovision-revisited]

Eurovision 2005 - Number 28 - Далеко - "Знаки питання"

Back to Ukraine...

...and an actual winner of one of the fifteen heats! This is Далеко (Daleko/Far) an all female, five-piece rock band who have some questions. They've also got a music video and a grungy mid-1990s indie sound. And a wind machine. They are lead singer Anya Pilipenko, guitarist Natalia Polyukhovich, drummer Valya Tyutyunnik, keyboard player Svetlana Gaidaenko, and bassist, song-writer and seemingly founder member Olya Sergeeva.

Judging from the names and the small amount of promotional material on social media, they're a band that may originate in Ukraine, in Russia or in Belarus - or indeed all three. They began as a group in 1999 and performed at a number of different festivals everywhere from St. Petersburg to Chisinau. So far so standard, but something here feels a little off.

They seem to gig all over Eastern and Central Europe and to have made two music videos, but don't seem to be signed to a record label. Their social media is written by someone, well let's say they're not a natural at promotion. There seems to be an insistence on two things. One is that they're all-female and the other is that they play 'good Christian rock'. I don't have lyric translations, so this may well be the case with this song. They appear to have music industry backing but at the same time don't appear to have music industry PR.

Знаки питання (Znaky pytannya/Question Marks) sometimes rendered as ??? is a blast of angry, statue smashing, guitar noise that if you didn't know it was from 2005, you'd probably attribute to a Garbage B-side from about 1993. There's the grungy riffs alongside the high harmonics while the rhythm section just gets on with it wearing a bucket hat. There's an element of sticking it to men in here, but in the absence of lyrics, I'm unsure as to the precise nature of their criticism - with all the statue abuse and cell-door action I'm going for anti-objectification.

As I said at the top - this won its heat and got through to the final of the Ukrainian Selection for the year, and they did well. A top half finish of ninth place out of the nineteen songs that ended up being in that final is respectable for one of the biggest national finals in recent times. It seems like Daleko were finally set to make a big push.

But then there's nothing. They tried to change their name to CAT$ or Daleko Cats. They played an all-female rock festival in Italy. Then they disappear. I can find no trace of them after this save raking through the remnants of a social media presence that seems to have been set up in 2013 - eight years after the fact. That may explain the lack of good promotional copywriting. The attempted resurrection failed but they did leave three videos out there including Знаки питання. Below is another, a live performance of Він (He).

[mirandamckenni1]

dodie: Tiny Desk Concert Robin Hilton | January 10, 2023 On many levels, this breathtaking Tiny Desk from dodie felt like the ultimate cathartic release. The English singer and her band arrived after more than a year and a half of planning and COVID-related delays; and, this was the final performance we had behind the desk in 2022, capping our long-awaited return to the building after more than two years of pandemic disruption. A lot of us who were lucky enough to see it in person were pretty teary-eyed by the end. But it was also a release because the music and the way dodie and her band pulled it off were both so magical. Bassist Jillian McKenna is a dodie fan from Canada who joined the band just for this performance after answering a callout on Instagram. The three backup singers are friends who flew in from Los Angeles; the string section was a mix of dodie’s touring band and DC-based artists and fans of Orla Gartland can see her move from piano to guitar and floor tom during the set. dodie herself, who played everything from piano and clarinet to ukulele, and the rest of the band flew in from England solely for the Tiny Desk, arriving on Saturday and flying back Monday not long after playing. Together, they filled the NPR Music office with songs that radiated with love and life, perfectly recreating the playful, kaleidoscopic spirit of dodie’s 2021 debut album Build a Problem and last year’s Hot Mess EP. Strikingly melodic, whimsical and wistful, dodie’s deep reflections on trauma, letting go and moving on were the perfect close to a year when it felt like we could finally exhale and come together again in song. SET LIST “Hot Mess” “Special Girl” “When” “Lonely Bones” MUSICIANS dodie: vocals, piano, clarinet, ukulele, guitar Orla Gartland: piano, guitar, floor tom, vocals Ross Craib: drums Jillian McKenna: bass, vocals Nick Monopoli: viola Katt Newlon: cello Elena Abad: violin Nataly Merezhuk: second violin Jules Brave: backing vocals Gaba: backing vocals Anthony Gargiula: backing vocals TINY DESK TEAM Producers: Robin Hilton, Bob Boilen Director: Maia Stern Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin Series Producer: Bobby Carter Videographers: Maia Stern, Kara Frame, Pierre Kattar, Sofia Seidel Audio Assistant: Hannah Copeland Production Assistant: Jill Britton Tiny Desk Team: Suraya Mohamed, Marissa Lorusso, Hazel Cills, Ashley Pointer, Teresa Xie, Joshua Bryant VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann #dodie #tinydesk #nprmusic 0:00 Hot Mess 3:12 Special Girl 6:52 When 12:00 Lonely Bones via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG3XDu8aAf8

[boarblorbo]

Thoughts on my Current Reading List

In order of least to MOST stressed I am about where I left the character's when I stopped last time.

Made in Abyss - ch 17 - Riko and Reg are currently alive*, upright, and standing on a ledge. They are fine! We do not need to worry about them. When I come back they will still be, probably, totally fine.

Kuragehime - ch 31 - Tsukimi, hon, you're starting a design label with your friends. one of whom believes in y'all with his entire wallet. you're gonna be fine.

Hunter x Hunter - ch 390. - Ok Stuff is actually heating up here. I'm more than a little concerned for everyone under Kurapika and for Kurapika himself. I just haven't gotten my hands on the latest issues... However, I have 0 Gon stress. This kid had his arms blown off repeatedly. He is fine. He just needs a lot of therapy.

Hirohi Kikuri - ch. 2 - 25 y/o bassist with a serious drinking problem. seriously she's starting to give young keith moon a run for his money.

Spy x Family - ch 41 - Anya Forger is a child psychic living with a spy and an assassin (who has familial ties to the secret police) and a clairvoyant dog. she's at home watching cartoons and is in more danger than anyone else on this list.

[theunderestimator-2]

A glimpse of New York’s late-’70s nightlife/ bohemian decadence: 

early punk scenester & member of the ‘Revenge Girls’ gang that used to run punk hangout & clothing store ‘Revenge’ Debbie Wheeler along with the late Anya Phillips, co-founder of the Mudd Club/ fashion designer/ dominatrix, Cheetah Chrome of the Dead Boys & his then girlfriend and later on thunderous R’n’R bassist Gyda Gash (the quintessential punk couple rivaled only by Sid and Nancy, without the killing-each-other part), captured by Eileen Polk in 1978 on the staircase next to CBGB, leading up to Palace Hotel, the biggest flophouse on the Bowery that housed hundreds of homeless people per night.

The Palace Hotel space began life in the late 1870s as a tenement house with liquor stores on the ground floor, in an area rife with taverns, inns and saloons frequented by slaughterhouse workers for almost a century after the meat processing industry expanded north on the Bowery from Chatham Square. In 1949 the stores became the Palace Hotel Restaurant Bar and in 1969 a man named Hilly Kristal began leasing it. By 1973, when he founded CBGB there, the hotel had gone from palatial to poverty-stricken, providing cheap rooming for homeless, drunks and junkies that lived in the neighborhood.

The rest you already know.

(via & via)

[wlfbraind]

finally made sort of a reference sheet for slade (with shading because it looked wonky to me without it. sorry)

and his bio is under the cut! I'm still working on/updating it as I go, but here it is so far :-)

Name: Slade Thunderbolt

Pronouns: He/Him

Orientation: Gay

DOB: October 31st

Birthplace: Queens, New York

Height: Five foot eleven

Status: Alive

Occupation: Death metal vocalist and bassist

Nicknames: Stormy (More of a stage name)

Ethnicity: Chilean

Family: Alondra Thunderbolt (Mother), Vasco Thunderbolt (Father), Anya Thunderbolt (Older sister), Valeria Thunderbolt (Younger sister)

Pets: Two cats, Slash and Judith

Looks:

Long, semi-curly black hair that goes to mid-back length

Streak in hair is a poorly dyed platinum blond; has a black strand of hair that falls to the side of his face with an accidental dyed part of blonde at its roots

Below ear sideburns

Brown-yellow eyes; normally wears eyeliner

Eyebrow piercings on either side, gauges and two lobe piercings, two crossing industrial in right ear, and a navel piercing

Has fangs and a split tongue

Beauty marks on face, and misc ones on back/shoulders

Crooked smile, similar to Pickles’s :)

Has two tattoos: Lightning bolt tattoos over his top surgery scars, and a lightning bolt design on his lower back

Nails either painted all black, or in an on/off black and white pattern

Outfits:

Default

V-neck black crop top, studded collar and a studded bracelet to match on either wrist, misc rings, studded belt with a plain silver belt buckle, black jeans tucked into mid-calf height boots with studded buckles (can you tell this dude likes studs)

Formal

Hair tied back into ponytail, fancier looking eyeliner, black blazer with cropped black button up, double whole grommet belt and black pants, small black boots, lobe piercings have small silver hoop earrings, plain silver rings

Casual

Just a black tank top and skull pattern sweatpants.

Personality:

Slade is genuinely good-natured and enjoyable to talk to. Although he’s not the greatest with emotions, he actually tries his best to understand who he’s with. He’s surprisingly observant, and is very sharp-witted and blunt, either for better or for worse. He’s somewhat intimidating at first glance, especially considering that he accidentally glares at people. A lot.

When performing, Slade has more of a cocky and suave persona that can be taken as too obnoxious; it doesn't last for too long, though, as it is draining for both him and whoever he’s interacting with. Sometimes he doesn't know when to put it off, as he thinks only the persona is what people want him for. This can also lead him to pull stunts that spawn from him being too cocky. Apart from this, he is more awkward, quieter, and somewhat poised, but for the most part he still runs on charisma.

History:

Slade grew up having a rocky relationship with both his sisters, and was fairly distant from both of his parents; overall he mostly slipped by unnoticed. He was quiet and mostly drew to pass the time. As he continued, Slade wrote to go along with these drawings. Eventually his writing became lyrics, and throughout middle/highschool, he picked up the guitar. His interest soon turned to bass instead, and he also began practicing vocal growls whenever he could (and very unprofessionally at that, as which somewhat messed up his voice). When going to college, he decided to go the entertainment manager route. There he met Charles, and they went on to have a very close friendship. Unfortunately, after graduating, they drifted and didn't have the time to talk (and unbeknownst to Slade, this was also as Dethklok began to enter Charles’s life).

A while later, Slade had met future bandmates Fabien Stix, Skullcrusher, and Christina “Chris” Fireball. The three of them were early fans of Dethklok when they were newly famed, and had formed a small tribute band (this happened before the ban mentioned in Tributeklok had taken place). The tribute band had its small spurt of slight popularity, but didn’t last too long. Slade wanted to try and make a name for himself, instead of hiding behind his favorite band. He went to make his own band, while using his nickname “Stormy”, with Fabien, Skullcrusher and Chris still staying to back him up as his drummer and guitarists.

However, the way he gained traction with his band was less than desirable for him, as he noticed people bringing Dethklok signs/banners to his concerts. Either they thought it was a low budget Dethklok ripoff, or were still fans from the tribute band. As he noticed this happening more, he began publicly challenging Dethklok to come down to one of his concerts, so the fans would get what they wanted. With the insistence on this, though, he also gained negative traction. Multiple crazed fans threatened and attempted to kill him, thinking that he was a threat to challenge Dethklok.

Dethklok themselves hadn’t heard of Slade until he had appeared on the Dethklok Minute. Instead of accepting or taking note of any of his challenges, they noticed the Dethklok signs in the crowd. They got annoyed, thinking that he was taking a percentage away from their sales, and began angrily complaining to Charles. In realizing that he knew Slade personally in the first place, and wanting to get the band to stop complaining, Charles suggested that he would get Slade to Mordhaus to “discuss business inquiries”.

Tremendously excited when Charles had reached out to him, Slade forced himself to keep this excitement bottled up so that he wouldn't come across as a fan, considering Dethklok’s opinion on them. Instead, when interacting with the band at first, Slade came across as a bit too excessive. Charles took notice of Slade acting off when talking to the band, and tried reasoning him out of it, knowing that he’s normally not like that. Or at least used to not be.

[thirdlotusprince3]

If teenage Damian Desmond were part of a rock band by Anya

[fortunehq-a]

WELCOME  TO  FORTUNE  RECORDS,  RILEY,  SINEAD,  KITTY  AND  LAURIE  !    the  bassist  of  tease,  the  drummer  of  the  rollergirls,  the  voiceclaims  of  dolly  parton  and  kate  bush,  as  well  as  the  faceclaims  of  archie  renaux,  alexa  demie,  elsa  hosk  and  anya  taylor  joy  are  now  taken.  please  send  in  your  accounts  within  24  hours  !

( cis man, he/him, chris stein ) is that archie renaux ? no, that’s just riley chandran, the twenty - five year old bassist of tease that is moderately famous. they are known to be impulsive & reticent but can also be passionate & dynamic. they remind us of lyrics scrawled onto creased napkins, a heart pumping adrenaline as stage lights go higher  /  brighter  /  blinding, books with notes crammed in the margins, calloused fingertips brushing against wrists, time passing not in seconds but measures increasing in tempo. their aesthetic is reminiscent of backstreets by bruce springsteen. 

( cis woman, she/her, the runaways ) is that alexa demie ? no, that’s just sinead ortega, the twenty - four year old drummer of the rollergirls that is really famous. they are known to be fickle & rash but can also be bold & free - spirited. they remind us of hands adorned with colorful rings & drumsticks rolling across knuckles, a flushed face leaning backwards out of hotel windows, neon lights winking off disco balls, a life beginning and ending in a city as tired as it is restless, laughter echoing off bathroom walls & forgotten cigarettes crushed under a worn combat boot’s heel. their aesthetic is reminiscent of vienna by billy joel.  

( cis female, she/her , dolly parton ) is that ELSA HOSK ? no, that’s just KITTY COOPER, the TWENTY EIGHT year soloist. they are really famous and are known to be INSECURE & IMPATIENT but can also be GENUINE & DEVOTED. they remind us of WAKING UP WITH THE SUN, BRIGHT PINK COWBOY BOOTS WITH HAND GLUED SEQUINS, ALWAYS WILLING TO SPARE A KIND WORD, BECOMING THE DREAM GIRL AND TRYING NOT TO LOSE YOURSELF IN THE PROCESS. their aesthetic is reminiscent of JOLENE by DOLLY PARTON.

( cis woman, she/her, kate bush ) is that anya taylor joy ? no, that’s just laurie marigold, the twenty two years soloist. they are moderatelly famous and are known to be kooky & stubborn but can also be clever & loyal. they remind us of weathered books filled with dried flowers and notes, fantasy and sci-fi magazines scattered on the floor, colorful tights, glittery stars hand sewn into her outfits, a cassette recorder painted with purple nail polish. their aesthetic is reminiscent of sat in your lap by kate bush.

[faerune]

trying to figure out a modern jaskya au and i am stuck on jaskier is a top 40 artist and anya is a hot bassist or drummer