#blackkeys

[dustinreidmusic]

The Black Keys - Thickfreakness - 8/8/2003 - Late Night with Conan O'Brien

[cultofarfri]

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[greater-than-the-sword]

Spoilers for the END of Seed

I'm not necessarily criticizing (yet), but I can't help thinking that Sam definitely got the least happy ending out of all the characters in the webcomic. As a matter of fact, his ending made me feel downright sad.

I understand that he had a great lucrative career with cushy benefits and enough power to forestall possible AGI abuses (he basically inherited Russell's job, under somewhat more amenable corporate conditions than existed before the incident).

However, Sam's character was always largely based on his innocence. In a different sense than Emma, of course, but he was Russell's innocent bystander, or paragon, if you will, in the same way that Emma was Michael's. He was completely innocent of every crime that he was framed for in the story.

So, it strikes me as a downer ending that Sam is then forced, explicitly against his will, to spend the rest of his life in corporatopia covering up for Russell's arson and murder. Which the story explicitly acknowledges were both Russell's fault and morally wrong.

While I realize that Sam and Russell's goals re: preventing AGI development did ultimately align, Russell is basically the epitome of "cool motive! Still murder." and it is pretty much outright stated that some innocents did die in those fires - I mean Taurus went ahead and set them after all. Even if no one died in the BlackKey building it's hard to believe that in the "inherently chaotic" situation of multiple burning buildings Taurus was somehow able to forestall any deaths until Russell had his critical moral crisis.

So ultimately Sam is still stuck covering up for a murderer, for what is ostensibly, "the greater good", of making sure these trash bags' plan to manipulate society actually works.

(I'm sorry it is just really hypocritical, Russell and Michael are against playing God, and then go ahead and decide to play God in order to prevent other people from doing it? And I know the story knows that, but the idea that Sam has to buy in that this makes sense in order to save the plot and wrap up the story...) It is like if the villain said, "join me and live and we can rule together", and then the hero was like well I guess I have to. Yes I realize he literally had a gun to his head. I am just saying it's not a happy ending. I mean that's not Sam's true character. Consider for a moment when he was in the burning building and needed to find the phone that could kill the AGI if it were to be used at the right moment, but also needed to save Gabby his girlfriend. He said, screw the AGI business, I'm getting Gabby first then worrying about the phone. One concrete human life prioritized over some theoretical chance at saving the world from an AGI, which is exactly the philosophical opposite of the choice Michael Hayes made. It was appropriate, then, that when he found Gabby the phone was with her. The narrative rewarded that. What, then, am I supposed to take away from this ending for him?

[atplblog]

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[rockmusicassoc]

Happy Birthday to Dan Auerbach, cofounder, guitarist and vocalist for The Black Keys. Born In The Rock 5/14/1979 in Akron, OH. #BlackKeys #DanAuerbach #Akron

[worgarthesus]

#blackkeys #theblackkeys #thewhitestripes #jackwhite #megwhite...

#blackkeys #theblackkeys #thewhitestripes #jackwhite #megwhite #danauerbach #elvis #elviscostello

from Bobcat One Man Band https://bobcatonemanband.tumblr.com/post/717765514412392448

[bobcatonemanband]

#blackkeys #theblackkeys #thewhitestripes #jackwhite #megwhite #danauerbach #elvis #elviscostello

[peloblancophoto]

Finally got to see The Black Keys. Well worth the wait.

[posterdrops]

Reposted from @raviamarzupa The Black Keys Posters - Limited Edition available now! They sold out so quickly at the show. Snag one while you can! Who went to the show last night? I went to the show last night with my good friend and former employee, Jessie... we had unbelievable seats in the front center! I was so honored to be invited to make a rock poster for The Black Keys and as a Colorado native it is an honor to make that poster for their first ever performance at Red Rocks. The image is my interpretation of the tour's name, “Dropout Boogie”. This project was so much fun! The name and spirit of the tour offered an opportunity for me to incorporate some of my favorite things to draw…skeletons, old fashioned motorcycles, and wild abandon! The style of art was inspired by one of my favorite artists, Jose Guadalupe Posada… I looked at my books of his work, looked at old motorcycles and came up with this image… all while listening to the new record… it was a real treat. Nathaniel Rateliff made a brief appearance for a quick song. I used to hang out with him on South Broadway from time to time before he was a mega star. It was so fun and surreal to see him in this context now! I’m really proud of the piece! I hope you enjoy it as much I enjoyed making it. LIMITED AMOUNT AVAILABLE AT THE LINK IN THE BIO. Sign up for my newsletter at the link in the bio to get the first and earliest glimpse at new works and print drops. #drawing #screenprint #theblackkeys #blackkeys #dropoutboogie #easyeyesound #easyeye #skeletons #motorcycle #bikes #skull #redrocksamphitheatre #redrocks #morrison #colorado #colorado notive #joseguadalupeposada #record #rock #poster #posterart #wild #ravizupa #raviamarzupa #screenprinting #drawing #painting #blockprints (at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgCN21juNqC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[labyrinthz-com]

Black Keys

This artwork is based on a pattern generated on a webapp called 'Hurna exporer'. From this pattern I like the endings that consistently have two positions, which made me think of piano keys.

Well, take a look around this post, I hope you enjoy it!

Facts: Height: 60 cm / 23,6 inch - width: 60 cm / 23,6 inch - depth: 3 cm / 1,2 inch - weight: 3,0 kg - paint (base): warm black (chalk) - relief: hardfoam (styrodur xps) - frame: plain board - estimated hours work: about 30 over a period of 3 weeks.

[dba256pomona]

Reposted from @cameratalosangeles Some reeeeaaal high quality footage of @porkboii and @generaledband playing our @dba256 show this past Friday! Thank you so much to Porkboii and the Gen. Ed gang for filling that bar with sweet, sweet tunes! We've got more live events coming up, so stay tuned for more info on that. Thank you all for supporting the local creative scenes :) #singersongwriter #livemusic #pomona #barshow #losangelesmusic #bluesrock #concert #indie #indiemusic #soloartist #rocknroll #blackkeys #supportlocalartists #supportlocalmusic (at Dba256 Bar & Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR4fahCLNwN/?utm_medium=tumblr

[printdesignclub]

The Black Keys - Poster Design - Print Design Inspiration https://www.pinterest.com/pin/367817494571050188/

[cultofarfri]

Collecting

links lead to the dreamwidth post

asterisk* means it's a special, in case that matters

MASTERY

cooperation

PRIORITY (i tried to narrow it down to ten but i love them all too much!!!)

1stchild, bangsineyes*, carry, cursedseal, eighth, facepalms*, incontrol, invincible, kishin, nolonger, octava, poultry, psychiatrist, quality*, royalguard, seawizard, snowboard, speak, tabris, tagged

MID TIER (saying "yay" but not in a feral, shrieking way)

10years, alias, blackkeys, communication, crow, curious, decay, enjoy, eraserhead, false, feel, follows, forbidden, foundation, gankutsuou, gardevoirite, glory, goodnight, greatknife, ignihyde, illness, jupiter, leeks, legend, mercury, mokuton, necromancy, obedient, ofthesea*, otaku, pashupata, persocom, polite, potato, prelati, sexta, silhouettes, spiral, toys, tsukihime, waterpistol, wired, worms

LOW TIER (shows/etc that i just enjoyed or i think the deck is pretty)

airavata, alteregom, alteregos, antics, archangels, archiviste, blueeyes, cellphone, chainsaw, chao, construct, convoy, cool, cursed, cynical, debut, destination, destron, devotee, ecchan, faf-kun, final, flapping, funeral, furmonster, gamuza, gao, gergo, ghosts, goths*, harmonius, hisadomaru, homicide, huntress, indigo, information, invention, itako, kaneda, kazikibey, madking, meimei, modsoul, mooncancer, mulberry, myaano, neet, nekopunch, nervous, nyaa, oboro, orichalcos, papa, pendulum, poisonivy, restriction, romance, seventh, stohess, suidream, tapioca, tetsuo, three, torment, typhoon, unpleasant, violence, violet, whydunit, wickedeye, wife, y2kbug, zanpakuto

[somethingvinyl]

#vinylappreciationclub delivered great lunchtime music today! The Playlist: #stvincent Bring Me Your Loves - #blackkeys Lonely Boy - #jackwhite Lazaretto (Live at Bonaroo 2014) - #frankzappa RDNZL - #poppy I Disagree - #macmiller Circles - #vinyl #vinyladay #lp #vinyloftheday #vinyligclub #vinyljunkie #vinylcommunity #instavinyl #vinylgram #recordcollector #nowspinning https://www.instagram.com/p/CKPqVp_Mc2y/?igshid=6vlbfr54kqsu

[clarityruffman]

[rockmusicassoc]

In The Rock 5/13/2014: the Black Keys’ ‘Turn Blue’ hits the racks at record stores in the states. Their eight LP will debut at #1 the following week. #BlackKeys #RockHonorRoll