#beate beyer

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tödliche illusion, peter vogel 1979

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German tv shows with lgbt* characters

I think it can be quite hard to find queer german tv shows, so I thought I‘d compile a list with the ones that I have watched so far.

✪  = queerness is centered in this show

A-Z

1899 (2022) (mlm) | Netflix | international 

Ángel (Miguel Bernardeau) 

Ramiro (José Pimentão)

Krester (Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen)

All you need (2021-) (mlm) | ZDF | ✪

Vince (Benito Bause)

Robbie (Frédéric Brossier)

Levo (Arash Marandi)

Tom (Mads Hjulmand)

Andreas (Tom Keune)

Barbaren (2020-) (mlm) | Netflix

Marbod (Murathan Muslu)

Flavus (Daniel Donsky)

Beat (2018) (mlm) | Prime Video

Beat (Jannis Niewöhner) 

Becoming Charlie (2022-) (trans, mlm, wlw) | ZDF | ✪

Charlie (Lea Drinde)

Ronja (Sira-Anna Faal)

Mirko (Antonije Stankovic)

Blutige Anfänger (2020-) (mlm) | ZDF, YT

Michael Kelting (Werner Daehn)

Dr. Claas Steinebach (Martin Bretschneider)

Bruno Pérez (Martin Peñaloza Cecconi)

Phillip Schneider (Eric Cordes)

Charité (2017-) (wlw, mlm) | Netflix

Schwester Therese (Klara Deutschmann)

Otto Marquardt (Jannik Schümann)

Martin Schelling (Jacob Matschenz)

Dark (2017-2020) (wlw, mlm, trans) | Netflix

Peter Doppler (Stephan Kampwirth)

Bennie Wöller (Anton Rubtsov)

Doris Tiedemann (Tamar Pelzig/Luise Heyer)

Agnes Nielsen (Helena Pieske/Antje Trauer)

Deutschland 83/86/89 (2015-2020) (wlw, mlm) | Prime Video

Alex Edel (Ludwig Trepte)

Prof. Tobias Tischbier (Alexander Beyer)

Lenora Rauch (Maria Schrader)

Rose Seithathi (Florence Kasumba)

Dogs of Berlin (2018) (mlm) | Netflix

Erol Birkan (Fahri Yardim)

Guido Mack (Sebastian Achilles)

Dr. Klein (2014-2019) (mlm) | Netflix

Patrick Keller (Leander Lichti)

Kaan Gül (Karim Günes)

DRUCK (2018-) (wlw, mlm, trans) | YT | ✪

Fatou Jallow (Sira-Anna Faal)

Matteo Florenzi (Michelangelo Fortuzzi)

Zoe Machwitz (Madeleine Wagenitz)

Kieu My Vu (Nhung Hong)

Isi Inci (Eren M. Güvercin)

David Schreibner (Lukas von Horbatschewsky)

Yara Aimsakul (Elena Plyphalin Siepe)

Hans Brecht (Florian Appelius)

Eldorado KaDeWe – Jetzt ist unsere Zeit (2021-) (wlw) | ARD

Heidi Kron (Valerie Stoll)

Fritzi Jandorf (Lia von Blarer)

How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) (2019-) (wlw) | Netflix

Fritzi (Leonie Wesselow)

Gerda (Luna Baptiste Schaller)

Kitz (2021) (mlm) | Netflix

Kosh Ziervogel (Zoran Pingel)

Hans Gassner (Ben Felipe)

Ku‘damm 56/59/63 (2016-2021) (mlm) | ZDF

Wolfgang von Boost (August Wittgenstein)

Hans Liebknecht (Andreas Pietschmann)

Der Kroatien Krimi/Split Homicide (2016-) (wlw) | ARD

Stascha Novak (Jasmin Gerat)

Loving Her (2021) (wlw) | ZDF | ✪

Hanna (Banafshe Hourmazdi)

Holly (Bineta Hansen)

Franzi (Lena Klenke)

Lara (Emma Drogunova)

Josephine (Karin Hanczewski)

Anouk (Larissa Sirah Herden)

Sarah (Soma Pysall)

Mord mit Aussicht (2018-2022) (wlw) | Netflix

Bärbel Schmied (Meike Droste)

Neumatt (2021-) (mlm) - Switzerland | Netflix

Michi Wyss (Julian Koechlin)

Joel Bachmann (Benito Bause)

Polizeiruf 110 (1971-) (queer/gnc) | ARD

Frankfurt/Świecko

Vincent Ross (Andre Kaczmarczyk)

SOKO Leipzig (2001-) (mlm) | ZDF

Moritz Brenner ( Johannes Hendrik Langer )

Tatort (1970-) (mlm, wlw) | ARD

Berlin

Robert Karow (Mark Waschke)

Hamburg

Julia Grosz (Franziska Weisz)

Saarbrücken

Esther Baumann (Brigitte Urhausen)

Wien

Meret Schande (Christina Scherrer)

Vorstadtweiber (2015-) (mlm) – Austria

Georg Schneider (Jürgen Maurer)

Joachim Schnitzler (Phillip Hochmair)

WIR (2021-) (wlw) | ZDF

Annika Baer (Eva Maria Jost)

Helena Kwiatkowski (Katharina Nesytowa)

Wendland (2023-) (wlw) | ZDF

Kira Engelmann (Paula Kalenberg)

Birthe (?)

Queer Eye Germany (2022) (mlm, nblm, trans) | Netflix

Avi Jakobs

Leni Bolt

Ayan Yuruk

Jan-Henrik Scheper-Stutke

Aljosha Muttardi

Notes: I may have forgotten to add some characters, because for most of the shows it has been some time since I last watched them. Please let me know if you want me to add a character or even show:)

[xchronicles]

Awesome Star Trek: Prodigy interview by The 7th Rule with the Hageman Brothers (again cause these guys do great interviews).

I urge you to watch it but here are some points I found super interesting (SPOILERS OBVS):

Gwyn's character arc begins with her being tied to the captain's chair and ends with her becoming a captain

The irony of the Loom as the main villains who erase people from existence in a show that Paramount tried to erase from existence (they certainly erased Prodigy from their streaming services)

The Loom being inspired by the film Dark City (1998)

If Season 3 gets picked up, it will take time to gather the production crew, and the voice actors will be older, especially Rylee Alazraqui (Rok-Tahk). So, rather than recast voice actors, Season 3 will probably have some passage of time between S2 and S3 where everyone's a bit older.

The last point is really interesting given where the story of Season 2 ended. How would that semi-cliffhanger work then? What would be the purpose of it? Would it still have a (bigger) impact on the overall narrative after the passage of time?

In the J/C area, my honest opinion is that if it was meant to be romantically, they should be together by that point. You would lose that moment of 'first time confessions,' but I'd rather lose it and have it established. It would make more sense to have it established than trying to hit an emotional beat that, to me, wouldn't make much sense by that point. If they'd even be interested in 'first time confessions' moment, they can always do it via a flashback or in conversation about relationships (looking at you Dal and Chakotay). Tbh bring Beyer in as a consultant since her mirror is in there if wanting to go down that route.

Anyway, watch Star Trek: Prodigy and buy the Blu-ray cause as Aaron Waltke stated: "Yes, purchasing BluRays and digital copies of Prodigy make the series more profitable for Paramount and offset production costs."

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TRIP REPORT: SPX 2023

I went down to the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland this past Sunday. While I lived in Baltimore for a number of years, and it was essentially a local show, this is the first time I've been since moving to Philly in 2019. It took a year (or two?) off on account of COVID. I don't have much to say about the show itself, I enjoyed walking around talking to people, I probably didn't see all the stuff I would've liked, I'm not really in a good place to judge trends. I missed some people I would've liked to have met, like Drew Lerman, who left before I got there. He won an Ignatz though, and good for him. I do believe that the thing about SPX and the Ignatzes is that everyone essentially occupies very different spheres of interest and sets of influences. As I walked around, seeing little cards on people's comics saying they were nominated for an Ignatz, I would ask them if they had heard of or were familiar with the thing that won, they almost never were.

At the one panel discussion I attended, about drawing detailed backgrounds as a way of of establishing worldbuilding, Rosemary Valero-O'Connell cited Taiyo Matsumoto's approach as an influence, and as I sat in the audience thinking "Yes! Let's talk more about that!" everyone else on stage, quite reasonably, talked about their own influences instead - which for Daria Tessler, who I came to see, included Mark Beyer and Jim Woodring. The panel was generally good and interesting, and it's not meant as a slight to the moderator Rob Clough to point out that the best questions came during the Q+A from the audience. One member asked the question, how do you handle tonal shifts when you are using detailed visuals for plot purposes, and everyone agreed that that at emotional climaxes or at moments of more interiority they reduce the level of background detail.

Daria Tessler was the artist I was most excited to meet of anyone at the fest. Since my local shop, Partners And Son, is on top of it, I had already read her newest comic, volume 2 of Cagelessness, which absolutely rules, and so I had to shell out the big bucks for a copy of her fully-silkscreened book Dust, that uses multi-color collages as a backdrop for the cowboy characters who, in Cagelessness, move through ornately designed drawn worlds. Her work is beautiful, another high point of the panel discussion was her talking about how Marc Bell calls the tiny details cluttering up the backgrounds of his comics "chicken fat," and while Clough cited the term as originating from Will Elder, Tessler described chicken fat as "what you put in the soup to make it taste better, if you're not vegan," perfectly capturing what makes these artists work such a delicious meal for the eyes.

A similar "I already have all of these" experience was behind my purchase of Tales Of Old Snake Creek, by Drew Lerman, which collects his anthology contributions from recent years and adds watercolor to them. I love these comics in their original formats but I'm not going to say no to the convenience of this, which is also printed at a size larger than the digests in which some things ran.

Shout-out to Bread Tarleton, who pointed out to me the Paradise Systems table, where everything looked good and lavish, but what I picked up was Cry by Yan Cong. I believe Paradise Systems to be a reprinter of self-published comics from China. Cry features cartoony figures in a charcoal textured world, and follows a man having a sexual experience with a prostitute with a weird visual punchline.

Adam Szym directed me to the Strangers Fanzine table, where I picked up Shony Glassware 2 by Manning Coe, which is in some ways probably the sort of zine a lot of people go to SPX to get. Pretty funny stuff, maybe Ben Jones influenced, by a 26-year-old who lives in Osaka. Drawing himself in a Beat Happening shirt but with a bio where he talks about listening to 100 Gecs, there is a definite vibe at work here and while I don't remember the price point of this one I feel like it had to be cheap because it's that kind of comic. If you're ordering the new printing of Bhanu Pratap's Dear Mother from Strangers and want something else that's not too genre-y make sure you throw this in there.

Adam Szym's Their Use Continues is a horror short about the current trend towards reviving dead actors as CGI phantoms in movies currently in the news. Feels nice and relevant, I think I would've liked this to be a little bit bigger (it's printed digest size) and hi-res. Adam uses some digital collage elements for backgrounds and borders that I mostly felt was making the book smaller and fuzzier still.

I nonetheless liked it better than another horror comic I picked up, issue 1 ofJenna Cha and Lonnie Nadler's The Sickness, published by Uncivilized. Both people are more mainstream-comics, which I think is fine, but this does something I really associate with the dumbest kind of attitude that can be present in horror stuff, the kind of tonal miscalculation the comics I like avoid: Presenting a mid-century American setting where characters nonetheless are using a high degree of vulgar language, of a sort that would be stylized and off-putting if it were depicting the modern era but really just completely pulls me out of something set in the past. The second printing changes the color palette on the cover in a way that makes the drawing better, but this is not the sort of thing I would recommend anyone track down, which is sad, because it's likely far more readily available than anything I liked.

Tim Lane's Happy Hour In America 1, from a few years ago, was available at the Fantagraphics table. Presumably because Tim was signing, but I never saw him. I haven't read the big books collecting his short stories, but I like his contributions to anthologies. He's a guy who can really draw, in a way that you don't often see at small press shows, or that feels more appreciated by a mainstream-comics crowd. If his stories aren't as psychotically involved on a plot level as Mack White, he's nonetheless interesting as like a Gen X'er talking about American masculinity and what animates it. I would gladly read it in single issue comics format, though I missed these the first time because it wasn't what I felt I was in the mood for.

Another thing I picked up as a half-off copy of David B's Incidents In The Night, volume 2, from Uncivilized. I think volume 1 did pretty well, and is now sold out, but now that that's unavailable, volume 2 is a harder sell. David B is one of those dudes, like Joann Sfar or Christophe Blain, that got the big bookstore push like fifteen years ago but now no one wants to put out their books in the U.S. David B is also a guy, like GIpi, who had a comic put out by the Ignatz line Fantagraphics had. I bought issue 1 of Babel at the time and didn't care for it, and would've told you I didn't iike David B's work. But lately I've been tracking down books in the Ignatz line I skipped the first time (along with the First Second books of Gipi and Sfar from roughly the same time) and enjoying them, and this fits into that trend as well. A pretty involving plot, involving booksellers, the occult, criminal organizations. I both want to track down a copy of volume 1 and am frustrated that the volume 3 advertised at the end of this book was never translated into English.

Yasmeen Abediford's Death Bloom won an Ignatz, for best minicomic. All of the Ignatz awards are really ill-defined categories, and this is one is a $25 risograph thing, which to me seems like it should exist in a different category than cheapo xerox stuff, but whatever. Anyway, I believe Abediford will also be in the new issue of Freak, which I have seen Instagram posts indicating contributors got an advance copy of but have yet to be for sale online. Abediford is from the Bay Area, but this book was printed by Lucky Pocket Press, based in Baltimore, but from people who either moved there or didn't have the press going until after I left there. They sold me the comic in a little printed bag, which included a family tree for their little mascot guy, citing the "onion peow guy" as "(father, deceased)" and "(comics legend)," which is interesting to me insofar as I don't think of any of the Peow stuff as being interesting to me, though I'm happy it found its audience and made a mark. I don't really get this one either but whatever, I'll reread it tos ee if my opinion changes.

I would also put the output of publisher Silver Sprocket in a similar category to Peow - Not for me, seems like it's for younger people, in a way that dominates SPX as it's currently constituted. I have the deepest sympathies for them not being able to dominate SPX this year though, due to a misplaced/inaccessible pallet of books that they didn't get until halfway through Sunday. They had flown out Leo Fox from England, to debut his new book Prokaryote Season. I had seen Fox's stuff on Twitter last year and thought it looked good/interesting, but was also frustrated by the fact that he had apparently released a comic that was only for sale for 24 hours - maybe a way to create demand so that people actually order a thing, but in an artificial scarcity kind of way I resent. Anyway, I bought one of his self-published things, My Body Unspooling, and yeah I think it looks really cool and interesting, though the approach taken, a sort of simple narrative about the notion of the self rather than something that seems interested in having characters interact is again the kind of trend I blanch at in work made by people younger than me. I nonetheless liked the comic, and thought it was cool, and am going to read his book soon.

I bought issue 9 of Mike Centeno's Futile from the Radiator Comics distro booth. It is explicitly labeled as No Previous Readin' Necessary, so while there were two older issues of Futile at the table, printed at smaller dimensions, I didn't pick them up. This was cool, a mostly black and white (but with pages in the middle in color) comic about a musician taking mushrooms . It looks great on a flipthrough, though Audra Stang, working the table, tried to close the center-spread of my flipthrough so that the burst into full-color I was admiring didn't spoil the story's progression and surprises. Format and cartooning kinda reminded me of Nate Doyle's series Crooked Teeth. (Nate had a larger-formatted barbarian fantasy comic available from Strangers Fanzine, which I passed on.)

I also bought Beth Heinly's Girls Named Meghan from her, though Heinly is Philly-based and I've had plenty of chances to pick it up before. It's a memoir of her teenage years, growing up in Delaware County, which is where I went to high school, and the friendships she had that veered into rebellion and her apprehensions about being around people more "troubled" than she was. It is basically black and white but there's little red-pencil edits throughout, like maybe the wrong PDF was sent to the printer or something, sourced from a file where she was noting what she wanted to fix. I don't think of the other copies I have seen were like this though. Again, I think this is the sort of self-published autobio thing that many people go to SPX to find. I can see the places there this could be stronger or more impactful but there is still a fine sense for who all the characters were, and what the era was like.

I got a few other things but this is all I have read so far, at this moment when I felt like writing. Andrew White gave me a copy of the new Yearly, and a name I recognized from his writing for The Comics Journal, Henry Chamberlain, gave me a copy of his book George's Run, a biography of a Twilight Zone writer published by Rutgers University Press. I also got issue 3 of a comic called Cat Scratch Fever by a woman named Emily Zullo, and Soumya Dhulekar's Flash Valley. Both of these are in the classic digest sized minicomic format with black and white throughout, though Dhulekar opted for a a cardstock cover. This is the sort of thing I am most happy to buy from a stranger at a show and basically not even care about the quality as long as the price is right, though of course the price for both of these is higher than it used to be. I also bought and haven't yet read Leo Fox's Prokaryote Season, the theoretical "book of the show," although another contender for that title, the collection of Liam Cobb comics, What Awaits Them, looked great but I will pick it up when it comes into my local shop.

[randomvarious]

Today's mix:

More Favorite Tools 01 by Gayle San 2001 Techno / Tribal Techno

My goodness, I have such a fuckin' glorious heater for you all today 🤩. Introducing More Favorite Tools 01, a throbbing clinic in highly rhythmic late 90s-early 2000s techno that was delivered by the great Gayle San to launch a successor series to Austrian dance label XXX Records' also prolific My Favorite Tools series. A native of Singapore, Gayle San managed to establish herself as both a veteran DJ and producer after moving to London in 1990 and racking up some residencies there.

So here she is with a blistering y2k-era set, lining up a whole slew of bone-rattling, floor-stomping bangers that range from the sci-fi dystopic to the toweringly tribal. There are really so many different strains of techno that are out there, but the common throughline that Gayle honed in on here is the super heavy and rhythmically dense kind; there's basically a matryoshka doll of rhythm in every single one of these selections here.

So let's highlight a couple crowning pieces on this thing. My favorite among favorites is actually a tune that I posted about recently in a write-up of another techno mix from 2001 called Audiophonic 5, by Christian Weber. This is Swedish techno wizard Adam Beyer's remix of UK workhorse Ben Sims' "Manipulated," a stunning Latin-tribal ground-shaker that surrounds vocal and horn samples from Cuban singer Albita's "Ta Bueno Ya" with a miasmic and pandemonious cavalry of all sorts of percussion. Such overwhelming, thooming-and-booming bliss in this one; an absolute all-timer as far as I'm concerned 👍.

And then there's Technasia's house-of-mirrors joint, "Cyclone," which leads with these frantically dissonant, vampiric synth stabs, and peaks whenever the four-on-the-floor kickdrums and clanging hi-hats run in tandem with those nutty stabs. A bit of satisfyingly freaky techno-horror there 😌.

So run this mix back-to-back with Misstress Barbara's similarly crafted Relentless Beats Vol. 1 and you'll be having yourself over two hours of mercilessly mashing techno madness from 2001, with all of it delivered by two of the genre's greatest DJs at the time, who both happen to be women as well, which is also a rarity for this genre in and of itself!

Listen to the full mix here.

Highlights:

Rino Cerrone - "Upwards Movement" The Advent - "Sketch Marks" Gayle San - "Chigo" Technasia - "Cyclone" Gayle San - "Lost in the Eastend" Ben Sims - "Manipulated (Adam Beyer Remix)" Jamsan - "Air Tight EP" DJ Shufflemaster - "Valley" Ben Sims - "Windows (Vincent D's O.T.T. Remix)" Oliver Ho - "Metaphysical (A-Side)" Gayle San - "Antenna" Oliver Ho - "Metaphysical (B-Side)"

[quarterdollar]

can don beyer and tim kaine at least fucking say something about gaza before i beat their asses

[best-spotify-playlists]

Spotify DJ Dance Charts 2024

Purple Disco Machine, Chromeo - Heartbreaker HUGEL, Topic, Arash, Daecolm - I Adore You (feat. Daecolm) Noel Holler, Picco - Yeke Yeke Michael Ruland - Skies of Freedom Felix Jaehn, Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Ready For Your Love FISHER, Flowdan - Boost Up Prince Ringo - The Tribe of Love Adam Beyer, The Good Men, Chocolate Puma - Give It Up Nora En Pure, Robinson - Hyperreal (Middle of the Night) FISHER, Jennifer Lopez - Waiting For Tonight Mykel Mars - My My My Armin van Buuren, David Guetta, Aldae - In the Dark David Guetta, Girl On Couch, Billen Ted - Man In Finance (with David Guetta) Enaya, Heleen - Take My Hand - Slap House Mix WEISS, James Hype - Feel My Needs Ruli, Iva Rii - Revolution The Blessed Madonna, Kylie Minogue - Edge of Saturday Night Charli xcx, Billie Eilish - Guess featuring Billie Eilish Camisra, Armin van Buuren - Let Me Show You Tiësto, MOGUAI - Explode Junior Crew - One Touch Jax Jones, Joel Corry, Jason Derulo - Tonight (D.I.Y.A) Purple Disco Machine, Benjamin Ingrosso, Nile Rodgers, Shenseea - Honey Boy (feat. Nile Rodgers & Shenseea) Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Regard, NATTI NATASHA, Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike, Sash! - To The Beat Regard - Can't Stop Us Jaxomy, Agatino Romero, Raffaella Carrà - Pedro SUMD4ZE, Bryan Adams, LMC - Run to You - SUMD4ZE Edit Swedish House Mafia, Alicia Keys - Finally Mykel Mars - Someone Else R.I.O., HALO - Summertime Sadness twocolors, Safri Duo, Chris de Sarandy - Cynical FAST BOY, Topic - Forget You CamelPhat, Nadia Ali - Endlessly Eddy Chrome - All You Got to Do Is Move HUGEL, Totó La Momposina - La Verdolaga (feat. Totó La Momposina) Tom & Mossee, Ron van den Beuken - Machweo - Radio Edit Nico de Andrea, Vanetty, Afro Medusa - Ethnica (Pasilda) Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano, Inner City - Good Life The Chemical Brothers, ARTBAT - Hey Boy Hey Girl - ARTBAT Remix Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding - Free (with Ellie Goulding) Curtis Mayfield, Mark Knight - Move On Up (Mark Knight Remix) Paul aus Berlin - Memories That You Call David Guetta, AFROJACK - Raving Laurent Wolf, Ahoona - Calinda (2024) Armin van Buuren, Agents Of Time, ORKID - Love Is Eternity Mike Rules - At the End of the Day Oliver Heldens, David Guetta, FAST BOY - Chills (Feel My Love) MEDUZA, HEVOLVE, Beanfield, Bajka - Tides (feat. Bajka) Alok, James Hurr, Supafly - Why I Love You So Swedish House Mafia, Niki & The Dove - Lioness David Guetta, MORTEN, Prophecy - Kill The Vibe Dimitri Vegas, Vin, Zion - Don't Stop (The Music) KREAM - Wicked Game Bikini Sounds - Lost in the Rhythm Alok, Jess Glynne - Summer's Back Michael Ruland - I Feel Your Love Tiësto, Prophecy, Katy Tiz - My City (feat. Katy Tiz) Don Master - Drifting Away Duke Dumont, Clementine Douglas - Ain't Giving Up Alex Phunk - Festival Love Big City Beat - Alchemist of Sound John Summit, Paige Cavell - Tears (with Paige Cavell) Sean Paul, Odd Mob - Get Busy - Odd Mob Club Mix D4NC3FL00R - Iron Maiden Marlon Hoffstadt, FISHER - It's That Time - FISHER Remix Jerry Ropero, HUGEL, Mijangos, Jesús Fernández - CORAÇAO - 20th Anniversary Mix DJ Katch, Amira Eldine - You're Makin' Me High David Caruso - Cheap Rush Zerb, Sofiya Nzau - Mwaki Balearic Kings - Surfing Day Angel Buzz - Memory Like Elephants Bass & Roses - Tomorrows History Barry Wild - House Party All Night Ibiza Groove Squad - A Little Bit Closer Moombah Jack - Test Drive Bobby Escobar - Last Night Salon Des Amateurs - Echoes of Ibiza Veggie Beats - Friendships Barry Wild - Yacht Trip Made in 1978 - Arena Sensation Barry Wild - Brass and Groove Pearls Of Ibiza - Indian Summer Michael Ruland, Softly - Change My Mind Ravemafia, Heleen - Don't Kill Me on the Dancefloor Junior Crew - Before Kiss Audio - Warming Up

[novumtimes]

1 person found dead 1 injured after Maryland house explosion: Authorities

At least one person was found dead and another was injured after an explosion Sunday morning leveled a home and damaged multiple neighboring residences in a suburban Baltimore neighborhood, authorities said. The blast was reported around 6:42 a.m. on Arthur Woods Drive in the Harford County city of Bel Air, about 32 miles north of Baltimore, according to officials. A 35-year-old contractor for Baltimore Gas and Electric was confirmed as the person killed by the explosion, Master Deputy Fire Marshal Oliver Alkire said Sunday. The name of the BGE contractor was not immediately released. A female neighbor living adjacent to the home that exploded was also injured, suffering cuts and bruises, and treated at the scene, Alkire said. A photo posted on X by Harford County Fire and Emergency Medical Services showed firefighters battling a small fire and searching the remains of the home, which was reduced to splintered pieces of wood, insulation and other debris. One person was killed on Aug. 11, 2024, when an explosion destroyed a home in Bel Air, Maryland, according to authorities. The cause of the blast is under investigation. Hartford County, Maryland, Fire and EMS “I’ve been on the job for 18 years and this was one of the largest explosions I’ve seen,” Alkire said during a news conference earlier Sunday. Alkire said firefighters from the Harford County Fire Department were responding to a report of a gas leak in the area when the explosion occurred. Jeffrey Sexton, a spokesperson for the Harford County Fire and EMS Association, confirmed that the remains of the BGE worker were found in a large debris field caused by the explosion. Search-and-rescue crews on Sunday afternoon were still combing “piece by piece” through the rubble, which stretched across multiple blocks, officials said. Alkire said that at least two BGE contract workers had also responded to the area before the explosion to investigate an electrical issue. He said the workers were aware of reports of an odor of gas in the area when the explosion occurred. Multiple homes were damaged and a damage assessment was being conducted, according to Alkire. He said no evacuations have been ordered. Alkire confirmed the house that exploded was for sale, but it was unclear if anyone was inside the house when it exploded. Officials described the house as being a “total loss.” The cause of the explosion is under investigation by the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office, the Harford County Sheriff’s Department and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Residents in the neighborhood reported hearing the loud explosion and feeling their houses shake, authorities said. Jefferey Beyers, who lives near the home that was destroyed by the blast, told ABC News that he and his wife were awakened by a “deafening explosion coupled with the kind of feeling of an earthquake.” Beyers pointed out windows in his house that he said were blown out from the frames. “I think it’s important to get to the bottom of it, like understand what happened so that this kind of thing doesn’t happen again,” Beyers said. Another neighbor, Marshall Garrett, who also lives nearby, told ABC News that he immediately rushed to the scene, beating the fire engines there. He described the scene as complete devastation and said it looked like something out of a movie. “At first, we saw, we just saw the rubble,” Garrett said. “And then we started to see the flames streak out, and the smoke goes in the air.” ABC News’ Davone Morales, Perry Russom and Tia Humphries contributed to this report. Source link via The Novum Times

[violettesiren]

At the seashore, wind almost lifts our spindrift bodies, sand scrapes our skin. Let that sleek seal beat back the waves— thunder amasses in cloud.

I do not believe in the failure of caring for each other. How can I when the cascading waves gather us all in the rise?

Tankas for what Comes Together by Tamiko Beyer

[whatsonmedia]

Thursday Thrill: Week's Epic Event Experiences Await

Welcome to Thursday Thrill, your go-to guide for epic event experiences! Get ready for an exhilarating journey filled with pulsating beats, mind-blowing music, and captivating art. In this edition, we'll uncover the wonders of Kingsland Festival, Mayday Festival Dortmund, and the Big North Tattoo Show. Whether you're a dance music enthusiast or an art lover, these events have something extraordinary in store for you. Join us as we explore the thrilling experiences that await you. Let's dive in! Kingsland Festival: The Ultimate Dance Music Extravaganza in the Netherlands 27 Apr Kingsland Festival, the largest one-day dance music festival in the Netherlands. With multiple stages and a lineup of international artists and home-grown talent, this festival promises an unforgettable experience for music lovers. A Festival Like No Other Kingsland Festival is a non-camping event, making it convenient for globetrotting festival-goers. Located in a special setting, the festival offers plenty of accommodation options nearby, allowing you to drop off your bags and fully immerse yourself in this European city festival extravaganza. Thrilling Performances and Massive Celebrations At Kingsland Festival, you can expect massive stage productions and all the thrills that the Netherlands has to offer. This year, the festival celebrates its 10th anniversary, coinciding with the King's birthday. Get ready for one huge, massive celebration rave to the grave! A Stellar Lineup The lineup for Kingsland Festival is nothing short of spectacular. Prepare to dance the day away to the beats of renowned global DJs such as Martin Garrix, Nicky Romero, COONE, Rebellion, Warface, Thomas Newson, Adrenalize, Hard Driver, Kris Kross Amsterdam, and many more. This year's lineup is set to make history with an incredible showcase of talent. Join the Party Don't miss out on this incredible festival experience. Get your clogs on and be part of the Kingsland Festival on April 27th. For tickets and more information, visit the official website Mayday Festival Dortmund: A Techno Music Extravaganza 30 Apr Get ready to dive into the heart of techno music at Mayday Festival Dortmund. This legendary festival has been hosting its famous techno raves for over 25 years, attracting hardcore techno lovers from around the globe. A Techno Lover's Paradise Mayday Festival Dortmund is a one-day festival that caters specifically to hardcore ravers and techno enthusiasts. Moreover this massive stage production setups, this event promises an over-the-top music indulgence that is not for the faint-hearted. Hence, prepare yourself for a mind-blowing celebration that will leave you raving about your best life. A Phenomenal Lineup The lineup for Mayday Festival Dortmund is nothing short of extraordinary. Featuring techno superstar DJs from across the world, including Marco Bailey, Charlotte De Witte, Dave Clarke, Adam Beyer, Anime, Pan-Pot, and many more, this festival guarantees a pure techno gold experience that will keep you dancing all night long. A Long-Standing Tradition Mayday Festival Dortmund has a rich history and has amassed half a million fans over the years. This year's celebration promises to be off the charts, attracting one of the biggest crowds yet. If you're a techno lover, this festival is a must-visit and worthy of a road trip to Dortmund, Germany. Join the Techno Movement Experience the magic of Mayday Festival Dortmund on April 30th at Westfalenhallen Dortmund. For tickets and more information, visit the official website Big North Tattoo Show: A Celebration of Body Art 27 - 28 Apr If you're a massive lover of body art, the annual Big North Tattoo Show is the perfect event for you. Now in its 6th year, this show is set to be the biggest of its kind ever seen in the North East. A Tattoo Lover's Paradise Taking place at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle Upon Tyne, the Big North Tattoo Show offers a full-on entertainment experience for tattoo enthusiasts. Alongside over 300 elite tattoo artists from around the world, attendees can enjoy music acts, comedy performances, refreshments, a retro games arcade, art galleries, tattoo competitions, awards, and a lifestyle market. Get Inked by the Best The Big North Tattoo Show provides a unique opportunity to get inked by highly skilled artists. With a wide array of designs and styles, you can leave your mark with a masterpiece of artwork on your skin. However if you're looking to add to your existing collection or get your first tattoo, this event is a one-of-a-kind experience. Join the Tattoo Community Don't miss the Big North Tattoo Show on April 27th-28th at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle Upon Tyne. For tickets and more information, visit the official website FAQs - When and where is the Mayday Festival Dortmund held?  The Mayday Festival Dortmund takes place on 30th April at Westfalenhallen Dortmund, Germany. - What can I expect at the Big North Tattoo Show?  The Big North Tattoo Show offers a unique experience with over 300 elite tattoo artists, live music, comedy performances, and a lifestyle market. - How can I purchase tickets for these events?  Tickets for Kingsland Festival, Mayday Festival Dortmund, and Big North Tattoo Show can be bought on their respective websites. Read the full article

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13/04 TRYM, Gianni Di Bernardo fanno scatenare Bolgia - Bergamo 

Nella primavera elettronica 2024 del Bolgia di Bergamo, tempio dell'elettronica sull'A4, gli ospiti di livello si susseguono senza soluzione di continuità. Sabato 13 aprile 2024, in Club Room, arriva il top dj producer francese TRYM. Con lui c'è il partenopeo Gianni Di Bernardo, altro talento in veloce ascesa nella scena elettronica internazionale.

Francese, all'anagrafe Martin Lermurier, 360mila follower su Instagram, TRYM costruisce ogni notte, e in ogni suo set, un disegno innovativo e rivolto al futuro. Tra hard dance e hard trance, la sua attività come dj nei club elettronici più importanti, tra cui il Bolgia, viaggia in parallelo con un  interessante merchandising (tra magliette e vinili) legato al suo progetto come artista e alla sua etichetta COLOR. Il suo stile è potente, melodico. E fa ballare da tempo il mondo. Quando entra in studio è capace di creare tracce come "It's Better When We Fake It", concentrato di energia e melodia, ed anche mettere le mani su in pezzo pop come  "Now or Never" di Martin Solveig per stravolgerlo completamente, e renderlo un inno della notte. A conferma del suo successo e di un seguito importante, dopo il Bolgia, il 30 aprile 2024 eccolo all'arena Westfalenhallen, tra Dortmund ed Essen, in Germania, per MAYDAY 'united', con altri pesi massimi come Adam Beyer, Angerfist, Charlotte de Witte, Lilly Palmer. 

Non è da meno, quanto a innovazione ed intensità sonora, la musica di Gianni Di Bernardo, anche lui sul palco del Bolgia di Bergamo il 13 aprile 2024. Talento techno partenopeo, 30 anni, pubblica regolarmente su etichette come la Etruria Beat di Luca Agnelli oppure Odd Recordings e Opium Trax. Con la techno di "Murphy's Law", su Zyx, è impossibile restare fermi. Chiudono il cerchio in Club Room, un super trio come quello formato da WM, MudDdler e Rea K.

Chi balla nella Lab Room del Bolgia lo fa con il sound e gli esperimenti musicali di Marco Cavagna, Alec-t, Naigel b2b Francesco Catanzaro, Soltero, Club Panic, Mogumogu, Ovester., Irvo e Ledem. Il Bolgia apre alle 23.30 e si balla fino alle 6 del mattino. 

L'appuntamento di sabato 13 aprile 2024 al Bolgia con TRYM e Gianni Di Bernard è solo l'ennesimo di assoluto livello per questo top club. Qui si sono esibiti tra gli altri, super dj come Nico Moreno, I Hate Models, 999999999, Deborah De Luca, Indira Paganotto, Joseph Capriati, klangkuenstler, Wade, Trym, Pawsa, Dennis Cruz, Cloonee, Reinier Zonneveld, Stella Bossi, Ilario Alicante, Len Faki, Ellen Allien e Métaraph, Franchino, Oguz e Milo Spykers.

13/04 TRYM, Gianni Di Bernardo @ Bolgia - Bergamo 

Bolgia - Bergamo

via Vaccarezza 9, Osio Sopra (Bergamo) A4: Dalmine

info: 338 3624803

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Carl Kammeyer's 'One' Is A Soulful and Electrifying Pop Song Carl Kammeyer's latest single, "One," is a soulful and electrifying ode to family. The song is a product of Ossico Records, with production handled by Luke Stephen Beyer, and it is a passionate reflection of Kammeyer's journey, emotions, and the ties that bind us together. Drawing inspiration from his primary influences, Kammeyer cites his mother as the guiding star of his musical path, along with the unwavering support from his family. Such intimate connections resonate deeply within "One." It's evident that the familial bonds have profoundly shaped Kammeyer's perspective and creativity. At its core, "One" is a tribute to unity, especially within a family. From its opening notes, the song showcases a rich blend of bedroom pop, dream pop, and synth-pop, perfectly encapsulating the tapestry of memories, moments, and emotions that one feels when thinking about their loved ones. The track's electronic and pop elements make it irresistibly catchy, while its lyrical depth ensures it isn't just another pop song, but one with a heart and soul. Kammeyer's vocals, described as euphoric, perfectly mirror the highs and lows of family relationships - the love, the disagreements, the heartbreaks, and the joyous reunions. The gentle undertones of electronic pop and dream pop in the song provide a soothing ambience, making it both relaxing and evocative. In an era of music that's often dominated by repetitive beats and shallow lyrics, Carl Kammeyer stands out with "One." It's a song that invites listeners to pause, reflect, and appreciate the bonds they share with their family and loved ones. For fans of indie pop and synth-pop, "One" is a must-listen. And even if you're not typically into these genres, the emotional weight and genuine sincerity of the track make it universally appealing. With "One," Kammeyer has set a high bar for himself, and music enthusiasts will undoubtedly be eager to hear what comes next. "One" is a soulful and electrifying ode to family that is sure to resonate with anyone who has ever felt the love and support of their loved ones. It is a must-listen for fans of indie pop and synth-pop, and it is a promising sign of things to come from Carl Kammeyer. Listen to One below https://open.spotify.com/track/47juVHcjhvX7u7UTZ8dk7G Follow Carl Kammeyer on Facebook Twitter Instagram

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Coachella está transmitindo os seis palcos pela internet

Frank Ocean, Blackpink e Bad Bunny encabeçam a programação - confira o lineup completo Este fim de semana, de 14 a 16 de abril de 2023, acontece o festival Coachella, na California. O Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival desta vez será completamente transmitido pela internet, todos os seis palcos. Em outros anos o evento fez transmissões, mas não de todos os espaços. No fim de semana seguinte, de 21 a 23 de abril, o evento se repete e também será transmitido pelo canal oficial do Coachella no YouTube. Os headliners do Coachella em 2023 são Bad Bunny, Blackpink e Frank Ocean que não se apresenta ao vivo desde 2017.O lineup reúne artistas consagrados, nomes em alta da música pop atual além de DJs e artistas de música eletrônica. Gorillas, Chemical Brothers, Blondie, Underworld e Bjork são destaques entre os artistas veteranos. Kid Laroi, Charli XCX, Rosalia, Sofi Tucker, Kali Uchis, Christine & The Queens e Weyes Blood estão no lineup dos três dias de evento. Já a área de electronica tem gente como Calvin Harris, Idris Elba, Chromeo, 2ManyDJs, Adam Beyer, Sasha & John Digweed e o brasileiro Vintage Culture, entre outros. Confira todos os palcos - dia 15 - sábado Coachella 2023 on Coachella Stage | Weekend 1 | Canal 1 20:05 - Marc Rebillet  20:20 - 070 Shake  21:35 - Charli XCX  23:00 - Rosalía  01:00 (domingo, 16 de abril) - BLACKPINK  03:35 (domingo, 16 de abril) - Calvin Harris https://www.youtube.com/live/1-3L7Uw5yEs?feature=share Palco Coachella Coachella 2023 on Outdoor Theater | Weekend 1 | Canal 2 20:10 – Earthgang 20:55 – Rebelution (replay) 21:20 – Hiatus Kaiyote 23:05 – Sofi Tukker 00:10 (domingo, 16 de abril) – Boygenius 02:20 (domingo, 16 de abril) – Eric Prydz presents HOLO https://www.youtube.com/live/3HYVAL-52PM?feature=share Palco Outdoor Coachella 2023 on Sahara | Weekend 1 | Canal 3 20:20 - Kenny Beats  21:30 - Elderbrook 22:25 - Flo Milli (replay) 22:50 - Diljit Dosanjh 00:05 - (domingo, 16 de abril) - Tale of Us  02:20 - (domingo, 16 de abril) - The Kid LAROI 03:45 - (domingo, 16 de abril) - $uicideboy$ https://www.youtube.com/live/P8T81_n28L4?feature=share Palco Sahara Coachella 2023 on Mojave | Weekend 1 | Canal 4 20:15 - Yung Lean 20:55 - AG Club (replay) 21:20 - Mura Masa 22:00 - Snail Mail (replay) 22:25 - Remi Wolf 01:05 - (domingo, 16 de abril) - Underworld 02:35 - (domingo, 16 de abril) - Labrinth https://www.youtube.com/live/wbZ9rP74cRE?feature=share Palco Mojave Coachella 2023 on Gobi | Weekend 1 | Canal 5 20:05 PM - UMI 20:40 PM - Dinner Party ft. Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington 21:30 PM - Elyanna (replay) 21:55 PM - Shenseea 23:00 PM - Yaeji 00:20 PM - (domingo, 16 de abril) - Eladio Carrion 01:30 PM - (domingo, 16 de abril) - Monolink 02:40 PM - (domingo, 16 de abril) - Chromeo 03:55 PM - (domingo, 16 de abril) - Donavan's Yard https://www.youtube.com/live/M7tholO-Ob0?feature=share Palco Gobi Coachella 2023 on Sonora | Weekend 1 | Canal 6 20:05 - Destroy Boys 20:30 - Ethel Cain 21:15 - Horsegirl (replay) 21:35 - The Linda Lindas 22:15 - Scowl (replay) 22:40 - The Breeders 23:30 - Bratty 23:55 - Sunset Rollercoaster 01:00 - (domingo, 16 de abril) - Bakar 02:00 - (domingo, 16 de abril) - Nia Archives https://www.youtube.com/live/9hdFg3rnOXI?feature=share Palco Sonora Read the full article

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Democratic Rep. Don Beyer wins Karina Lipsman in Virginia’s 8th congressional district

Democratic Rep. Don Beyer wins Karina Lipsman in Virginia’s 8th congressional district

Rep. Don Beyer earned his long-awaited victory in a deep blue district of Northern Virginia, easily beating GOP newcomer Karina Lipsman. Mr. Beyer won the 8th congressional district by 76.7% by 21.8%, according to the Associated Press. He represents the wealthy and staunchly liberals of Washington, DC, the suburbs of Arlington and Alexandria. Mr. Beyer took office in 2015 and is a reliable voting…

[violettesiren]

Let go, says the hawk. Let go, says the dirt; let go, say the vines that wrap tight to become protective skin.

Become another heart beating counter rhythm, become an extra spleen for mysterious functions

of filter. A month ago, light balanced on the edge of dark in equal distribution. We lifted our palms up.

Now, we move slowly toward the solstice. Then, we will move slowly away. The branches are thin, dark, newly liberated from their leaves. The flash in the morning fog might be a cardinal or a siren in the distance—a marking

of this world where light is something we calibrate closely. I have come into forty, softer than at twenty, stronger than at thirty.

The world’s injustice still clashing with my deepest convictions. Every day I do the only work I know—small shifts

in the balance of power. Again and again, hard and joyful, the only way toward change. Every night

I kiss the woman I can’t get enough of. We move toward the sun and away from the sun.

Toward light, away from light, elliptical, steady, bound and unbound.

Creatures of Hurt and Heal by Tamiko Beyer

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Klangspot Recordings | New Techno Music 2022-10-14

DOWNLOAD: https://thedjmusic.com/music/klangspot_recordings_new_techno_music_2022_10_140

DATA: 2022-10-14 TOTAL: 104 GENRE: Techno

Hard beats only! Enjoy the best techno songs newly released.

Adam Beyer,DJ Rush,ANNA - Control - Remix

Alan Fitzpatrick - Stronger

Alan Fitzpatrick,Rebūke - Nice & Cool Trigga

Alan Fitzpatrick,Reset Robot - Lotus

Alex Stein,Transcode - Control Me

Alisa Andreeva,Noah Noar - Ishtar

Andre Keller - Great Attractor

Andre Keller - Shaping Reality

Andrej Meyer - Come With Me

Anetha - How Would They Know

Atroxx,Pleasurekraft - Clarity

Bart Skils - Horsepower

BEC - Bring Me Up

BEC - Fear Parade

Belocca - Dream Sequence

Belocca - Revolution Of Conciousness

Belocca - Voices In My Head

Camea,Will Clarke,Saskia Krause - Feel You - Will Clarke Remix – Radio Edit

Carbon - Express Yourself

Carbon - Free Your Head

Carbon - Think and Drink

Carl Cox,Nicole Moudaber - How It Makes You Feel

Charlotte de Witte - Apollo - Original Mix

Charlotte de Witte - Universal Consciousness

Chris Liebing - Time

Cosmic Boys - Carbon

Cosmic Boys - Take My Mind

Cosmic Boys,T78 - Little Hero

Deborah de Luca - Adrenaline

DJ Jordan - Let There Be Light

DJ Jordan - Night & Day

Dok & Martin - Transporter - Original Mix

Dr. Motte,Tom Wax - Plur

Droplex,Steve C - Poison - Extended Mix

Dubfire - CHALLNGR 1.1

Dubfire,Will Clarke - Sound Bath - Will Clarke Remix

Enrico Sangiuliano - Future Dust - Original Mix

Enrico Sangiuliano - The Sound Of Space

F-Rontal - Forever Together

Fatima Hajji - Solar System

Filterheadz - Keep on Moving

Gaga,Mateo! - Acid

Giorgia Angiuli - A Time To - Extended Techno Edit

Jay Lumen - Here We Go

Jay Lumen - Human

Jay Lumen - Mandala

Jay Lumen - The Spice

Joyhauser - Crawler

Juliet Fox - The Past, The Future, The Present

Juliet Fox - Vibrational Frequency

Klanglos - Release Me

Klanglos - You and I

Klaudia Gawlas - All My Ears

Kx5,deadmau5,Kaskade - Take Me High

Layton Giordani - Digital Age

Lilly Palmer - Don't Look Back

Luca Morris,Mozzy Rekorder - Summer Rain - Original Mix

Maksim Dark - Music Train

Marika Rossa - Halo - Original Mix

Mark Dekoda - Take You

Marlon Hoffstadt - Work It Out

Matt Fischery - Gravierend

Matt Fischery - Reflection

Nakadia - Back to Zero - Original Mix

Nicole Moudaber,Paco Osuna - What Is - Paco Osuna Remix

Niels Van Gogh - Moonwalk

Nina Kraviz,Locked Groove - Skyscrapers - Locked Groove Belgium Mix

Nur Jaber - When I'm Gone

Nusha - Noise Final

Pig&Dan - Pandemonium

Pleasurekraft - Ritual

Pleasurekraft - Sex and the Machine

Reinier Zonneveld,HI-LO,Oliver Heldens - Flying Octopus

Rico Puestel,Alexander Kowalski - Axioms - Alexander Kowalski Remix

Rico Puestel,Joyhauser - Afar - Joyhauser Remix

ROBPM - Elevator

Ron Impro - Pull Your Ass Out

Ross Harper - Prototype

Sam Paganini,Adam Beyer,Layton Giordani - Rave - Remix

Sam Paganini,Zøe,Wehbba - Flash - Wehbba Remix

Sebastian Groth,Markus Weigelt - Waste

Simina Grigoriu - 1981

Simina Grigoriu - Auryn

Spartaque,Bruce Zalcer - Open Book - Original Mix

Spartaque,Fabio Neural - Gilgamesh

Spartaque,Greenjack - Together - Original Mix

Stella Bossi - Boring Love - Edit

Stephan Jolk - Freedom

Stevie Best - Devils Kitchen - Original Mix

Storm,Balthazar & JackRock - Time to Burn - Balthazar & JackRock Overburn Remix

SubReverb - Vault

Teenage Mutants,Heerhorst,PETER PAHN - Angel Dust

The YellowHeads - Cool World

The YellowHeads - Error 909

The YellowHeads,HLGRMS - Obsession

Thomas Schumacher - Blakkout

Thomas Schumacher - No Rules Involved

Tom Wax,concious - Anodyne

UMEK - Persona - Original Mix

Uto Karem - East Berlin

Victor Ruiz - Confession

Victor Ruiz - Supernova

Wehbba - Strange Dreamz

Will Sparks,ShortRound,Deborah de Luca - Pills - Deborah de Luca Remix