#bob egan

[nofatclips]

The Open Sea by Great Lake Swimmers from the album The Waves, The Wake

[jesssssssssssssssssssssssw]

Im not really happy with it but I doubt I’m gonna keep working on it lol so whatever

[disastrouscanasta]

did the BoB fallout universe within my brain accidentally expand to include a clegan drabble, yes, yes it did

i actually wrote this for my dear friend @krakerjaksstuff, for not only her unwavering and very much appreciated support, but also to feed her interest in clegan and mota >:3

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John had still been asleep when the bombs dropped. If it weren’t for Gale dragging his ass out of there the moment things had gone to shit, John would have been another one of the folks obliterated in their own home. He wouldn’t have even known what hit him, he thought.

Instead, he was granted the joy of sterile smelling bed sheets in his carefully furnished bedroom, thick metal walls and a stiff, uncomfortable jumpsuit.

“Suits you, at least.” He told Gale. They’d all gotten issued their things quickly and without much hassle. Not everyone who’d gotten a reservation through Vault-tec’s American Veteran plan had made it to the shelter. John was sure that the empty housing units would haunt him, once he got more familiar with the underground floor plan.

“Yeah, well, it’s better than nothing.” Nothing was what they’d shown up with. Gale had packed a small kit, though it was hiding in the linen closet, wedged between the wall and the lowest shelf. It was just precautionary, supposedly. But neither of them had thought to grab it on their way out.

John had gotten out of there with the skin on his back, barely having enough time to slip on the shoes he’d left out next to the coat rack. Normally Gale would have been on his ass about putting them away with the others, this time he didn’t say a word. Hardly mattered, anyway. They didn’t get to keep their clothes. John would have been hard pressed to miss the pair of boxers and t-shirt he’d walked in with.

“D’you think they’ve got a bar here?” John said. He sat on the sofa in his unit. It was stiff, he was sure the leather had never been sat on before. He could almost smell the factory-freshness of it cut through his stuffy haze.

Gale stood in the kitchenette, pulling open John’s cupboards and drawers. John hadn’t even bothered to look.

“No clue.” Gale shot him a look. “Get a soda.”

“It’s the goddamn apocalypse, Cleven.”

“Get two sodas, then.” Gale crouched down, fiddling with the knobs on the oven.

“You just want me to get you one.”

John didn’t move from his spot on the sofa. He slouched back, laying his head against the back of it. The bright fluorescent lights above his head were glaring. He wondered if there was a way to fix that.

“Y’alright?” Gale asked, still crouching. His knees rested against the dull grey concrete. John wondered how thick the metal beneath it was.

John hummed. He wasn’t sure what he was or what he wasn’t. With every inhale and exhale he felt the stretch of his jumpsuit, he hoped he could break it in fairly quickly. Maybe the old military tricks to soften his boots could help with this thing.

“Just thinking.” He said. “Whole lot to think about.”

“And a whole lot of time to do it.” Gale told him. John heard the patter of his boots as he crossed the room, coming to stand at the arm of the sofa. “Don’t gotta do it all right now.”

“Could have been us dropping those bombs, Gale.” John said anyway. “Could have been us.”

“But it wasn’t.” Gale dropped a hand to his shoulder. “We’re alright.”

“Wonder what happened to the pilots.”

“Maybe the Reds have their own vaults. And I bet they’re drinking Red Colas instead of thinking about some Americans hiding in their own hole in the ground.”

“You’re really caught up about that, huh?” John turned, looking Gale in the eye properly. Everything about the deep set of his light eyes was telling John that they shouldn’t go on with the conversation, that Gale was giving him the easiest outs he could take. “Glad we ended up in the same damn hole in the ground, Buck.”

“Like you wouldn’t have found your way in through some ventilation shaft, maybe you’d dig right through the walls.” Gale squeezed his shoulder. “C’mon, there’s gotta be something that’s more fun than staring at the ceiling.”

“Gonna have to get used to the ceilings in here, might as well start now.”

“Wise-ass. You’ve got time, you can do that later. Isn’t that the whole point of these things anyway?” Gale held out a hand, which John took, letting himself be pulled off of the sofa. Gale gave him a pat on the back, “C’mon. Maybe they’ve got smokes in this joint, just make sure you do it next to the vent or something.”

Gale made good points. Though they were solid reminders that John wouldn’t feel the wind through his hair for another, what? Ten, fifteen years? When they opened the doors back up, he wondered if there’d even be planes out there to fly. More likely than not, the America he knew was gone.

He’d joined the military for his country, at first. He’d stayed for men like Buck. For Buck, he thought sometimes. Well, if he couldn’t have America then by god he’d keep Gale.

~

[basilone]

I had every intention of sending this Friday & don't know if you're still taking any prompts but I must admit I'm rather 👀 about Nora and Crank. How about ¹⁵⁾ new graves, a busted headlight and silver rings?

Thank you so much for sending this in! 💙 I saw that prompt and went "this is perfect for spooky season", soooo... I put my AU goggles on, put my horror-loving cap on, and went to work. Crank and Nora have their hands full here, but they still get their precious moments! 😉 (This is not hugely horror-y overall, but definitely features some fun references. Also Buck as a vampire and Bucky as a werewolf, because I can do anything.)

“Your headlight’s busted.”

Charles spreads his arms wide in exasperation as soon as he exits his truck. “What, no proper greeting? No good evening, Crank, thank you for coming, Crank, thanks for bringing your truck to this meeting, Crank?”

“Yeah, thanks,” waves Bucky, grin visible even in the dim light. “You should get that looked at. Bet Buck can do it”– because, of course, according to Bucky there’s not a thing Gale Cleven can’t do –“or that girl DeMarco’s getting really serious about. The redhead.”

“Right,” says Charles, sighing, “the redhead he hasn’t even talked to. At all. Ever. Even though he shares a class with her and has done so for the past six weeks.”

“A class he’s already failing,” snorts Bucky, with no small degree of relish. [read the rest on AO3!]

[americanahighways]

Book & Music Reviews: "Decade of Dissent: How 1960s Bob Dylan Changed the World,’ plus the Bongos & Robert Forster @bobdylan @americanahighways #thebongos #jeffburger #newmusic2025 @robertforster_official #Musicreviews #albumreviews #americanamusic #americanahighways

[bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews]

Our Father ('PG'): A Delightful Little Short, The Directorial Debut of Aisling Bea.

One Mann's Movies Film Review of "Our Father". Aisling Bea's delightful short film about a closeted lesbian girl coming out to her traditional father. 4/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Our Father” (2024) (From the 2024 Irish Film Festival, London). A short film I saw at last month’s Irish Film Festival, “Our Father” is the directorial debut of British comedienne Aisling Bea. Aisling has always tickled my funny-bone and this delightful little short is hopefully the gateway to the direction of a comedy feature film. Based on this work, that is…

[venussaidso]

Hades can be a possible Ashwini-coded character as well because I remember a viral tweet from years ago (which must be deleted because I can't find it) fancasting Ashwini Moon Benedict Cumberbatch and possible Ashwini native Tom Hiddleston as the Disney version.

link to thread

Also from his facial features alone, he reminds me of Ashwini Suns Peter Capaldi & Al Pacino and Ashwini ASC B.J. Novak. He just has those nodal eyes.

Ashwini Sun James Woods voiced Disney's Hades.

He has those eyes as well. Of course, not every Ashwini native will inherit nodal eyes. I mean, just look at Cumberbatch. He's got those cat eyes from his Punarvasu Sun, but the fancasting of him as Hades may be due to the Ashwini energy these fans have unconsciously picked up on.

edit: it's been almost six years already.

Ashwini Sun Peter Capaldi looking like Ashwini Moon Hugh Grant btw!

Ashwini is commonly symbolized by horses, known for its speed, unpredictability, tricky, and quick-witted nature. Disney Hades' rapid mood swings, his energetic scheming, his swift decision-making, and fast-talking personality captures the speedy essence of this nakshatra. Also, his ability to switch from *sunshine* charming to downright menacing in seconds mirrors the extremely charming and dualistic nature of Ashwini, which further connects to the "con-man" archetype. I mean, Hades quite literally works to scam Hercules in the animation story.

Ketu = detachment, isolation, and the hidden. Hades, being the ruler of the Underworld, is literally detached from the world of the living, governing a realm that most avoid out of fear. Another Ketu characteristic is his apathy, sarcasm, and plain disinterest in Olympus' social order — aligning with Ketu's nonconformist and outcast vibe. Also with Ketuvians, they're never outcasts because it's cool. They deeply don't care, and they can't help that they don't care even if they try to, which is sometimes devastating. But anyway, Hades vibes with nobody but himself.

The combination of Ketu with the fire element can manifest an explosive temper and impatience. He embodies this with his frequent fiery outbursts. His blue flames can symbolize Ketu's spiritual fire, which burns away illusions and reveals the truth beneath.

I'm certain James Woods' Hades highlights Ashwini because of this Hades' restlessness. Ashwini influence brings a desire for adventure and freedom due to the Mars rulership, Ketu heightening the Mars influence from its sucking receptivity alone. Hades is frustrated with his confined role in the Underworld, wanting power beyond his realm. I made a post with Ketu nakshatra characters being power-hungry, but I didn't mention more on how this is just simply related to these fire signs' quest for liberation. So the internal poverty of Ketuvians also indicates inward suffering & obsession (due to lack), which is why they may embody very destructive power-hungry tendencies. It's due to the unconscious, authentic desire for liberation, manifesting in all the wrong ways.

Mula Moon Lena Headey as the fearsome, power-hungry Cersei Lannister.

Dhanistha Sun Susan Egan voices Meg in Hercules, and Hades uses her as a tool to get what he wants. Their dynamic echoes this post I made regarding some Mars nakshatra x Ketu nakshatra duos I've seen. Often the Ketuvian is behind the actions of the Martian, who works as their footsoldier for something grand.

even the way he talks is that of a con-artist.

More fancastings

Magha Moon Bob Odenkirk as Hades.

Bottom three are all possible Ashwini natives. Tom Hiddleston, James Woods, Hugh Grant etc.

Speaking of Magha nakshatra, Magha Moon Cheyenne Jackson played Hades as well.

Someone fancasted Mula Moon Gerard Butler as Hades too.

Mula Sun Ralph Fiennes also played Hades!

This reminds me of the film Meet Joe Black, starring Brad Pitt, with Mula Sun, who plays DEATH himself.

Anthony Hopkins, the star of the film, who has Mula Moon, plays a man who Death guides to the afterlife through friendship.

Like Hades of Greek myth, the realm that Hela rules is the Underworld. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Hela is portrayed by Ashwini Moon native Cate Blanchett.

In Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Hela Lokidottir had been voiced by the Ashwini Moon native Nika Futterman.

[theknucklehead]

I was re-watching Spirited Away with my friends the other day, and I was pretty surprised at just how many names they had in the english dub for it.

Chihiro - Daveigh Chase (Lilo)

Haku - Jason Marsden (Thackery Binx)

Lin - Susan Egan (Megara)

Kamaji - David Ogden Stiers

(Jumba, Cogsworth, & Ratcliffe)

Yubaba - Suzanne Pleshette (Zira)

The Foreman - Rodger Bumpass (Squidward)

and Aniyaku - John Ratzenberger

Some editional credits go to Michael Chiklis, Lauren Holly, Tara Strong, and Bob Bergen.

[doomedyuri]

decided that, on top of getting through my owned physical tbr, i want to start reading more science fiction - particularly science fiction that is older, more obscure (to me lol) and/or formative

the growing (tentative) list, as of this morning:

blood music by greg bear (reading this right now!)

solaris by stanislaw lem

the dispossessed by ursula k. le guin

world at the end of time by frederik pohl

hothouse by brian w. aldiss

inherit the stars by james p. hogan

the left hand of darkness by ursula k. le guin

eon by greg bear

ringworld by larry niven

fallen dragon by peter f. hamilton

way station by clifford d. simak

blindsight by peter watts

permutation city by greg egan

dawn by octavia e. butler

house of suns by alastair reynolds

gateway by frederik pohl

dreamships by melissa scott

star maker by olaf stapledon

dying inside by robert silverberg

nova by samuel r. delany

the palace of eternity by bob shaw

a fire upon the deep by vernor vinge

protector by larry niven

consider phlebas by iain m. banks

bloodchild by octavia e. butler

raft by stephen baxter

the city and the stars by arthur c. clarke

hyperion by dan simmons

ammonite by nicola griffith

dragon's egg by robert l. forward

cat's cradle by kurt vonnegut

tau zero by poul anderson

the mote in god's eye by larry niven and jerry pournelle

the forge of god by greg bear

grass by sheri s. tepper

diaspora by greg egan

the pastel city by m. john harrison

parable of the sower by octavia e. butler

the space merchants by frederik pohl and c.m. kornbluth

city by clifford d. simak

contact by carl sagan

rendezvous with rama by arthur c. clarke

farewell, earth's bliss by d.g. compton

roadside picnic by arkady and boris strugatsky

if anyone has other suggestions, please share 💖

[ryebecca]

── It's my birthday! So let's celebrate. 🥳

My birthday is this Saturday (8/3) and I'd like to come out of moodboard retirement for a bit and make some boards! Requests will be open through Saturday, 8/3 and I'll post them as I get to them!

REQUESTS ARE CLOSED

This party has two rules and two rules only!

Requests are open to followers only!

One request / moodboard per person, please!

✨ Send me a character + a vibe or a few AUs for me to choose from (within reason! I reserve the right to do as I see fit because as a wise person once said "it's my party and I'll cry do what I want to") and I'll whip up a board!

You can choose from the following fandoms/characters:

Star Wars (OT characters - Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia; Sequel Trilogy characters: Poe Dameron, Finn, Rey)

Top Gun: Maverick (Bob Floyd, Jake Seresin, Natasha Trace, Bradley Bradshaw, Mickey Garcia, Javy Machado, Reuben Fitch, Beau Simpson)

Outer Range (Rhett Abbott)

Twisters (Tyler Owens, Scott)

Bridgerton (Anthony Bridgerton, Benedict Bridgerton, Colin Bridgerton)

Law & Order: SVU (Rafael Barba, Sonny Carisi, Terry Bruno)

Masters of the Air (John Egan, Gale Cleven, Harry Crosby, Robert Rosenthal)

Jane Austen...anything, really. 😂 Same goes for Shakespeare. Hell, Regency!AU is always an option for any of these!

That being said, enjoy! ✨

COMPLETED BOARDS (under the cut!)

Dadley Dadshaw (for @notroosterbradshaw)

60s/70s Rooster (for @roosterforme)

Scott (Twisters) @ MIT (for @hederasgarden)

Wedding Date Ryan (Yellowstone) (for @writercole)

Tyler vs. Rhett (for @a-reader-and-a-writer)

Picnic Time with Bobby (for @attapullman)

Camping with Tyler (for @imjess-themess)

1950s Bob (for @auroralightsthesky)

Modern Emma x Knightley (for @lafaerie)

Regency!Jake (for @desert-fern)

Bodyguard!Nat (for @startrekfangirl2233)

MotA / WWII Bobby (for @lenafromthenordiccoven)

Beach Bobby (for @wildbornsiren)

Fluffy Jake (for @afriendlyneighborhoodhufflepuff)

Werewolf!Mickey (for @briseisgone)

Dagger Olympics (for @thiswaytoinfinity)

Road Trip with Scott (Twisters) (for @theharddeck)

Coffee Shop Bradley (for @oh-great-authoress)

Fake Dating Bruno (SVU) (for @rhettabbotts)

Benedict's Wedding Day (for @sorchathered)

Honeymoon Jake (for @bradshawbaby)

Post-War Buck (MoTA) (for @luminousnotmatter)

Teacher!Bobby (for @bradshawsbaby)

Feral Anthony (for @sometimesanalice)

[chutefullofholes]

late to the last line tag sowwyy, as always if you see this consider it a tag (: here is a bit of john and brady's no good very bad train ride to wyoming after brady's released from custody and sent on his way w a blue ticket. cw for slight description of someone throwing up under the read more line

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When he opened his eyes again there was a not-John someone crouched in between where the two of them were sitting. The woman had her back to him and her hand on Egan’s knee- words only half registering in his post nap haze.

“There you go, just need to keep on taking slow breaths.”

When he came to enough to register the other man's face it was blotchy, bottom lip wobbling as he breathed in and out of his nose. He glanced at Johnny for a second and glanced away looking embarrassed.

“My wife,” John managed, his voice unsteady but serviceable. He swiped the back of his hand over his forehead and pulled it away damp with sweat. “was all worried about me gettin’ on a train without her,”

Liar. Johnny thought, sucking in his bottom lip and tasting copper where it had chapped.

“Sounds like you got a good one,” The woman continued, chirpy, and pushed off of the ground, sitting down in the empty seat next to him, hands folded neatly in her lap. “What’s her name?”

“Gail,” John started and the nice lady who had been talking him down from whatever episode he was having didn’t see the way his mouth twitched but Johnny did.

Gale, Johnny thought, and swallowed the lump sprouting in his throat. John could shape his fella’s name into Gail, and pass it off like a counterfeit bill that no one would think twice about.

He shifted in his seat, shoulders curling in and John seemed to be actively avoiding looking at him now. He just nodded along as the woman chatted to him about something, her exact words lost under the buzz building in Johnny’s ears.

The smell of polish clung to the walls in the confessional and was so strong it made his stomach turn over on itself. Nine-year-old Johnny knelt on the hard wooden kneeler, the dull ache throbbing through his knees making him shift his weight back and forth.

“I told a lie,” he’d whispered, and his throat bobbed.

The priest’s response was perfunctory, three Hail Marys delivered in a clipped monotone and it was over just as quickly as it had begun.

His father hadn't said much of anything on the drive home, just tapped his fingers on the steering wheel in a dull rhythm. He only glanced back at him after a few minutes had gone by.

“Should feel better now son, not worse.” He'd said, punctuated with a sigh that Johnny couldn’t make sense of.

Before the car had even stopped in the driveway, Johnny was out like a rocket. His knees hit the grass of their front yard and he emptied his stomach into it, acid climbing up the back of his throat and out through his nose too.

A dry heave tore through him, and arms trembled so hard he struggled to hold himself upright.

He didn’t notice his mother’s footsteps until her voice reached him, cutting through the dizziness, as worried as she always was.

“Oh, honey,”

Her sleeve came up to wipe his face, and Johnny caught the glance she threw at his father over his head, expression stripped of the gentleness she’d been looking at her son with.

Lying still made him as sick as it had that day.

John didn’t seem to have the same problem.

[lesbiandarvey]

this is half a thought of a much longer discussion but winnix vs clegan... based on the information i have about all four of these guys. i think winters and nixon real life actually did actually have Something and if anything their relationship onscreen on bob was toned down whereas i dont think real life cleven and egan were anything besides good army buddies and their relationship in the show was due to artistic license and the existing chemistry of the actors themselves

[scotianostra]

Happy Birthday James “Midge” Ure born October 10th 1953 in Cambuslang.

Born to a working class family Ure attended Cambuslang Primary School and Rutherglen Academy in Glasgow until he was 15 years old. For the first 10 years of his life he lived in a one-bedroom tenement flat. After leaving school Ure attended Motherwell Technical College and then began to work as an engineer, training at the National Engineering Laboratory (NEL), in nearby East Kilbride.

Midge started playing music in a Glasgow band called Stumble in 1969, before joining Salvation, a Glasgow-based group that became the bubblegum band Slik in 1974. Upset in the change of direction, Ure left the band to join the Rich Kids, a punk-pop group led by former Sex Pistol bassist Glen Matlock. The Rich Kids only released one album, 1978’s Ghosts of Princes in Towers, before breaking up later that year. Ure spent a brief time with the Misfits (not the American band) before forming Visage with drummer Rusty Egan and vocalist Steve Strange; he left the group to replace Gary Moore in Thin Lizzy, who had left in the middle of an American tour. After the tour was finished, Ure fulfilled an agreement to join Ultravox as the replacement for John Foxx.

Once he joined the band in 1980, Ure helped make Ultravox a mainstream success; during this time he also worked as a producer, making records with Steve Harley and Modern Man. In 1982, Ure released a solo single, a cover of the Walker Brothers’ hit “No Regrets”; it climbed into the U.K. Top Ten. Ure and Bob Geldof formed Band Aid, a special project to aid famine relief efforts in Ethiopia, in 1984. The two wrote the song “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and assembled an all-star band of musicians to record the single; it sold millions of copies over the 1984 holiday season.

In 1985, Ultravox was put on hiatus and Ure began to pursue a full-time solo career. Recorded entirely by Ure, his 1985 solo debut, The Gift, launched the number one single “If I Was,” as well as the minor hits “That Certain Smile” and “Call of the Wild.” The following year, he recorded the final Ultravox album; in 1987, the band broke up and he began recording his second solo album. The resulting record, 1988’s Answers to Nothing, was less successful than The Gift in the U.K., yet it charted in the U.S., which is something Ure’s previous album failed to do. Three years later, Ure released his third album, Pure; while it didn’t do any business in America, the album featured the Top 20 British hit “Cold, Cold Heart.” He attempted a comeback in 1996 with Breathe, which went ignored by both the American and British markets. Four years later, his score for the Jon Cryer drama-comedy Went to Coney Island was issued by the Evenmore label.

Ure’s recording activity during the 2000s began with Move Me, which featured some surprisingly hard rocking material. A few years later, he published an autobiography, If I Was, and then, with Geldof, arranged the Live 8 concerts.

Following the release of the covers-oriented 10 IN 2008, Ure participated in an Ultravox reunion and continued to record as a solo artist. Fragile was issued in 2014, and featured the Moby collaboration “Dark, Dark Night.” In 2017, he collaborated with composer Ty Unwin on the album Orchestrated, which featured orchestral reworkings of Ultravox songs, as well as songs from his solo career.

In 2020 Midge released an album Soundtrack 1978-2019, he was one of the lucky artists to have completed his tour promoting this in February that year.

Midge has recently revealed why he turned down an offer to join the Sex Pistols, telling The Telegraph that he considered that taking up the invitation from the band's manager Malcolm McLaren would have been like "joining a slightly edgier Bay City ­Rollers". He received the offer to join the fledgling punk band back in 1975, while on a visit to McCormack’s instrument hire shop in Glasgow.

In an interview published in the Telegraph he said;

"I was stopped in the street by the Clash’s manager, Bernie Rhodes, who then introduced me to Malcolm McLaren, I didn’t know who either of them was, but they literally asked me to join the Sex Pistols without even asking what I did. To me it would have been like joining a slightly edgier Bay City Rollers, so I turned them down.

Last October Midge celebrated seven decades of music with a concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

Concerts coming up for Midge are, 24th October: Tvonica Culture - Zagreb , 31st October: Stadfeestzaal - Aarschot, Belgium with Lena

Lovich, before 27 dates in Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales ending in December, he then travels to United Arab Emirates for a gig in February, March sees the hard working Scot play 11 nights in Sweden and Germany.

Midge Ure is one of Scotland’s all-time most successful musicians. He is married with four daughters and lives in Somerset.

The video is Midge, with Pilot,s David Paton from a Live Hogmanay show in 1995.