#brach's rocks

[frogshunnedshadows]

Brach's Rocks candy comic book ad, 1993. This appears to be an adaptation of their TV commercial, which mixed live action kids with a cartoon dinosaur.

[rocksibblingsau]

If your various Brach adopted AUs was taken by Velvet and Venner instead of Floyd, how would his adopted family react?

Rock Branch: Thrash is unfortunately a bit too mentally unwell to process it, but Barb is pissed. Actually, pretty much anyone in Rock City feels that way. Billy, Val, Demo, Petra, Riff, Sid Fret. The entire city is willing to storm Mount Rageous to save their prince.

Classical Branch: Trollzart is terrified for his son's safety. World Tour showed he had a lot of bravery and confidence, but it was shattered a bit by their lack of success. I think he'd request aid from the other tribes.

Country Branch: Also a bit of a 'rally the troops' situation. Hell hath no fury like a mother whose son is in a diamond prison. She'd also give the twins the talking to of a life time.

Funk Branch: Essence and Quincy are scared of losing a son again, and D of losing a brother again. The sisters have probably begun working on a 'Diamond Prison Bottle Opener' device, while Lownote is sure he left his 'Diamond-cutting buzz saw' around here SOMEWHERE.

Techno Branch: Trollex and Synth are already leaving to go get him. The second they found out they were out the door. Trollex is worried a fair amount, meanwhile Synth sort of expects them to fix this the Techno way and befriend Velvet and Veneer. When he realizes the stakes however he freaks out. Sobbing in front of the diamond bottle while Branch is trying to comfort him.

[radical-revolution]

Our self-identity is reinforced by what others believe about us, and we collude by staying the same. We’d rather protect the current relationship than risk rocking the boat.

— Tara Brach, Radical Compassion

[headchefshcs]

BRANCH X READER X CREEK SPITROASTING PLEASE I NEED🙏🙏

Two is better than one // Rock! Branch/Creek/Reader

Creek joins you and gets turned into Branches new pop s1ut

NSFW undercut Minors DNI, They/Them pronouns used

This HC post also references my last HC post

I’ve had these Zombie Rock Brach HC for a bit so I’m gonna use them for this ask :))

There were a few non rock trolls that survived the Rock Apocalypse and hadn’t turned into Rock Zombies, it was common for Rock scouts to find and capture and given to Queen Barb so she could turn them into Rock Zombies. The most recent capture was a pop troll. While this wasn’t out of the ordinary for captured trolls, the troll who was captured was. As he’s brought before Queen Bard there was a small group of Rock Trolls and Zombies watching. Just as Barb was lifting her guitar an voice rang from the side.

“No fucking way is that Creek? Now hold on Bard.” A voice calls from behind Bard. Branch was sitting in a couch off to the side of where Barb was standing, he has his arms lazily draped over the top of the couch with one of his hands clutching a leash, on the other end was you, who was mindless humped his leg too horny to care about the current situation. “Why don’t you give him to he, eh Barb? This Jackass has been nothing but a dick for the longest time and I think he’d be fun to break, plus I could always use another pet.” He says jerking your leash upward, causing you to moan at the unexpected pressure on you neck. “Eh sure why not, it’d be fun to have another pop slut around here” Bard says as she’s handed a collar from another Rock troll. “I’m sure you’ll fit right in…”

It takes about a week for Creeks once smug ass look is wiped off his face as he finally submits to Branch, always begging for him to let him cum and to please him. Both of you begging for your masters cock while he’s just sitting in a chair or something. He’s loves ignoring you both of you and watching you two fight each other over who gets to use his dick first. When your two are both getting along you two sucking and licking Branches dick, all while trying to get yourself off.

Branch absolutely loves how much of a whore creek has become, looks so empty minded and only craving him. He loves teasing him “awww what ever happened to that smug asshole hmmm, oh that’s right I fucked all of that bout of you” “I want everyone to see how much of a fucking slut you’ve become”. He also has a collar that matches yours and if didn’t before tongue and nipple piercings. He’d also make Creek get a womb tattoo despite the fact he doesnt even have one. Which Creek obviously doesn’t mind getting, anything for his master Branch.

Branch loves to make you and Creek fuck each other while he watches, calling you both whores and sluts who are desperate you two are. Usually during these you and Creek fuck like wild animals desperately trying to feel some type of sensation you both get when Branch is fucking your. You two both moan branches name when you guys get each other off with Creek also moaning at the sound of him being called a whore, with every once and a while whimpering “Yes master I’m your lil whore…”

Maybe if there were a few other pop troll survivors you best believe if they were ever caught they would be joining you and Creek with pleasing your master.

//Sorry this is really short, I definitely want to write more but there are a ton of asks and I really wanted to share these hcs I had already made :))

[luciluck2046]

Felt bored, have some "head"canons of the CUS gang from Underwitch.(Yes, canons, dis is my au, I CAN DO ANYTHING!)

Frisk

They suck at anything tied to arts except drawing. (I mean, pottery, sculpture, writing, dancing, etc)

Absolutely loves anything rock/emo music related.

Have tryed to take care for a fish with Kris once. It did not swim well. (Ha, get it? Swim instead of go? Haha?? ₖᵢₗₗ ₘₑ...)

Has Hyperactive ADHD, Insomnia, C-PTSD.

Crows are their favorite animal.

Did a shitton of crazy stuff on campus (with Scarlett and Azzy, and rarely, with Caleb too)

Has made out with Scarlett

*(𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 '𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲...)

Loves trash. But even more, the butterscotch-cinnamon pie their mom makes.

Smokes because that's the only way they won't eat trash.

Kris

Has braches(or how are those things called??)

Has an unknown favourite animal.(Probably sheep)

Loves moss.

K:"SUSIE, WTF IS A DEODORANT?" S:"I DON'T KNOW MAN!"

Red, hidden eyes.

K:"MINIONS, TONIGHT, WE'LL STEAL, DA MOON!" S:"YEEEEEEEEEY!" N:"yey..?"

Is aroace & nonbinary. No gender, no romantic attraction, no sexual attraction.

Has a fish burried in the backyard.

Inattentive ADHD

Asriel

Autistic

Likes goats.

Everyone on campus calls him a furry.

Demiboy (He/Them)

Cringy DC comics nerd.

Gets pranked by both Frisk and Kris.

A:"Uhhmm, actually, Grass is a type of plant with narrow leaves growing from the base. Their appearance as a common plant was in the mid-Cretac..." F,S,K:"THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE NO FRIENDS."

Chara

Old. Like really OLD. Or would have been but they ded.

Liked owls. Now likes goats.

Has a crush on Clover

*(𝐎𝐇 𝐅𝐔𝐂𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔, 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍)

Fav character is Bill Cipher

Actually ate a lot of flowers but never poisonous ones. Not until the plan came out!

Good at movie writing.

Sucks with secrets

Is buried under the first bed of flowers.

Healed depression.

If you mess with them, ohhhhhhhh you're sooooo fucked >:3

Hehe, did you like those? I may be a little annoying towards Chara but they don't mind :3

*(𝐈 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡🖕🏻)

Now, are there any other characters from LUW that you'd want to see?

Comment please! 🙃🙃🙃🙃

Or ask.

Or submit...

ᴼʰ ᵐʸ ᵍᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵈ ₖᵢₗₗ ₘₑ ᵀ⁻ᵀ

[rat-rosemary]

"-So yeah... I feel like I never really explored myself right? We were rushing into a relationship and then getting married so young and I never figured out who I was outside of that. I mean, I like dresses, but is that because I'm bi? Or am I trans?"

It's surprising peaceful despite everything. It's like a breath of fresh air, being able to talk about it with someone. Quackity didn't want to worry Tubbo any more, and he had to keep up the appearance of being "one of the good ones" for his coworkers, less they start looking at him with pity and treating him like he was naive for just being himself.

The creature on his backseat however, just nodded along, not judging Quackity for his past mistakes.

"What's trans?"

"Like, transgender, someone who identifies as a different gender then the one they got at birth"

Theres a moment of silence as they keep driving, Dream processing the new word

"You're born with just one gender?"

"You're not?!"

Quackity exclaims, glancing back and slowing down unconsciously

A hand grabs his face, forcing him to look forwards

"Keep moving."

Quackity steps on the gas, flinching at the loud cracking noise of the forest eating the road behind them and of branches snapping againt the car, trying to spear through it and get to him, having gotten too close as Quackity got distracted.

They're going way to quick, the car jumping on every rock and brach they drive over, but after a while Quackity can't hear the crack of trees quickly breaking through the beaten ground, and Dream let's go of his face, leaving only a smudge of blood from their missing finger

A tense silence falls over the car

"....so. more then one gender?"

[sabiraclouds]

What happens now is important, and it is one of the first clues that we are given to the parallelism that is formed between the problems of harmony between the different tribes and the problem of harmony that is formed between Brach and Poppy. Branch and Poppy's problem is used, being a smaller-scale version of the tribes problem, as a tool to later solve the problem that exists between the communities, since by understanding the root of their conflict, they are able to understand the true reason for the discord between the tribes, which turns out to be a communication problem. During the course of the film, different characters point to the differences between the communities as the origin of the conflict, since these are the ones that cause the diversity of ideas that inevitably lead to disagreement. The point is that in both cases presented, the parties involved are reluctant to listen to ideas foreign to their own, being one voice the one that prevails over the rest, being in the case of the tribes initially oppressed by pop trolls and later by the rock trolls, while Poppy imposes her ideas on Branch's as Hickory says in this excerpt (which I gave myself the freedom to modify a bit)

Part 1 Part 2

[partywithoutsmiling]

What was floyd reaction upon seeing Beast branch?, I know he wasn't at the final concert so he didn't saw the aftermath but he atleast could've heard it from the rock trolls about what happened

Oh he definitelly heard about what happened from the pipeline; and I imagine, much like Funk trolls use record sleeves for their history/story telling, Rock Trolls maybe use something similar? Like posters, cd covers, etc

So Branch's beastification is immediatelly immortalized in very dark and grim glory, as despite the damage he caused, he is very much vibing with the general aesthetic of what Rock Trolls enjoy.

Floyd did eventually managed to witness Branch's new form through his own eyes, as he volunteered to be one of the trolls to bring the food to the prisoners (another test of his loyalty really; he was probably watched very closely to make sure he is following orders to the 't'). And honestly, he was probably only allowed to do so because his reputation among the Rock Trolls is spotless.

But that means any reactions he might have had would have to be kept tightly under lid, and he couldn't show anything- not that he even knows Branch

But you can imagine in the privacy of his home, his reaction is very visceral- probably actually very destructive and angry.

And he did everything he could to give Branch a chance to escape- which Brach took.

[blade-that-was-broken]

So in this apocalypse au, how does barb/ thrash plan work since last I checked the whole plot revolves around the six strings. However all of the tribes and most of the sub-genres believe the pop trolls are all but extinct? Also since the rock trolls don’t know about the pop and putt trolls, I take it that poppy never got barb invite to invasion. So maybe in this scenario, cooper and poppy found out about the strings and tribes through other means and cooper wanting to know about others like him decide to leave their home and somewhere along the way they meet branch and his group. Although another scenario could be branch group while trying to find help/ stop barb ended up accidentally finding the lost tribe.

Also would branch grandma be alive cause I can imagine her being so happy to see her grandsons then with the exception of brach grab them by the ears and say where have you’ve been!

Oh boy, so I actually have a lot planned out but not much written in terms of story wise. I'm not sure how much people want to know explained vs. what is in the story itself so I am going to put this under a break so that anyone who does not want spoilers or know what is happening - does not have to know.

So be warned! SPOILERS AHEAD

DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SPOILERS

Once again! Spoilers!!

Last Chance !!!!!

I'm warning you!!

Thrash starts his Invasion LONG before Barb ever gets the idea. She's probably a child, maybe even a baby, when he starts. Although this concept started as just canon divergence, it has turned a bit more into an actual alternate universe, with slightly different rules on how things work, including, to some extent, the strings. Or just expanding on it.

The invasion does revolve around the strings. Thrash is under the belief that Pop Trolls are his biggest adversary and therefore, waits to go after them until he has gotten through the others. He does not know that Pop trolls numbers have dwindled due to the years of Bergens feeding on them. So he attacks the other tribes and takes their strings, using numbers and force to rule them. He takes out leaders or makes them scatter.

This is more of an actual invasion and war than in canon, which was more of kidnapping. The first tribe goes down due to surprise, while another scatters. There is a small alliance to fight back but after a while, the last string (aside from Pop's) has been taken.

In this au, the strings have some power individually as well as together. I'm not sure what individual abilities they have yet (will be open to thoughts cause this is something I should expand on) but when Thrash has five of the six strings, he can zombify his victims. It is just not as steady and intense as if he had all six.

So when Thrash gets the five of the six strings, he turns to find Pop and attacks them when they are fleeing the Troll Tree. It is a MAD HOUSE.

In the end, Thrash doesn't really get a hold of any pop trolls due to the Bergens, mostly, and the Troll Tree literally ends up exploding. So according to the world, it appeared that Thrash had killed all of them. Thrash knows he didn't do this, but he lets the world think he did because it makes them fear him more.

In reality, the pop trolls flee like they did in canon. The Putt Putt trolls do exist, although not in the same way that they do in canon, as Viva is not leading them. Peppy does escape with much of the other trolls, and none of them quite understand the whole Rock attack thing. However, this added layer of attack did make them far more careful and paranoid so although they are very happy and doing the best with what they have, it's not quite like it was in canon.

And as for Rosiepuff... uhm... at this point, lets just say Branch does not escape that trauma in this au. It might be worse actually /winces/

This au, at least so far, doesn't really have much in the way of the actual pop trolls and Poppy-centric. It is mostly about the other troll tribes and Viva. And the Bros of course. The Pop trolls have escaped the war and dystopian-rule ish for now so as of currently, the story does not really focus on them.

I'm not sure how much people want to know. Granted, I don't know when I will write this - or if I'll be able to finish it - but I do have a ton of ideas/plans and could explain so much. This au is more dystopian/apocalyptic and war-torn than canon ever even could have alluded to.

[edgessunflower]

24 natural disaster and whoever you want again

Gotcha!

One second

Pairing: Finn Balor x Fem reader

Description: Finn thought he lost you after you fall from a cliff

You and Finn stop and sit on a rock to drink water and catch your breath, you smile as you share a quick kiss before you get up and continue your run a bit ahead. You check and see that finn isn't behind you as you run ahead, you stop next to the edge of a cliff as you stare at the view of the sun and mountains around which took your breath away until you hear a terrifying sound, before you can realize and react the part of the cliff you were standing on collapses out from under you making you scream as you fall only seeing the sky and parts of the side of the small mountain you were once standing on and looking around, you felt a lot of pain as you fall and hit other edges of the mountain until you landed on a pile of long braches, you go unconscious after landing not knowing what truly happened or if you were going to be found. Finn feels his heart stop when he sees you fall, he ran and caught up with you while you were staring at the view of the mountains and sun until you suddenly screamed. He saw you for a second then you were gone, he yelled as he fell to his knees a few feet from where you were standing, feeling terrified that he couldn't see where you were or if you were even alive at this point, he runs frantically until he finds a trooper station and they started a search party to find you, he feels helpless as he sits on the steps of the cabin waiting for any news on your well being, he runs and throws up behind a tree and breaks down hoping that you were alive and that you weren't badly harmed or injured, he gets more worried as the hours go on and no news comes in as he sees the sun go down and become later and later, he jumps when he hears a loud radio but he feels his heart pounding when a trooper tells him that the search party found you and you were alive but needed to go to the hospital, he paces while waiting outside the cabin until the ambulance came and he sees the rescue team carrying you on a stretcher. He shakes as he waits in the hall of the hospital as you are examined and cared for, he almost passed out until the doctor walks up saying your name which wakes him up, he walks in your room bursting into tears of joy and relief that you were alive and only had minor injuries but feels his heart break by your weakened and tired state, he sits by your side waiting for you to wake up as he calls his friends telling them everything that had happened knowing that he needed to get the rest of his emotions out about what happened, he blames himself for not noticing and getting you away before you fell but he wasn't fast enough, you wheeze as you wake up and see the blinding light of the room feeling some of the pain from earlier but more dull as you turn to see finn in a chair next to you "Baby?" he jumps before looking up at you. He smiles big and kisses you before quietly crying in the crook of your neck, "Oh god I thought I lost you, I tried to get you but I wasn't fast enough it was so fast you were there and one second later you were gone" you hold him as you feel your heart sink at his words "It's not your fault honey things just happen sometimes" you kiss his temple as he sniffles, he kisses your lips and your forehead as you carefully move over and he lays next to you while he gently rubs your arm as you fall back asleep, he sighs in relief as he holds you in his arms and kisses your forehead while watching you and gently wraps his arms around you.

[sweethoneyrose83]

Glamrock Ice Cream Buckets Menu

💚🧡❤️💙💛🤍💜🖤🍭🍨🍕

Glamrock Freddy

Birthday Cake / Cake Batter

Orange Creamsicle

Blue Moon

Gummy Orange Slices

Gummy Bears

Pop Rocks

Glamrock Bonnie

Blue Moon

Raspberry

Blueberry Cheesecake

Pastel Candy Corn

Brach's Classic Jellybeans

Brach's Candy Hearts

Glamrock Chica

Cotton Candy

Pink Lemonade

Key Lime

Birthday Cake Cookie Dough Bites

Cheesecake Bites

Pop Rocks

Glamrock Roxy

Rocky Road

Chocolate

Caramel Pecan

Carrot Cake Bites

Caramel Sauces

Glamrock Monty

Key Lime

Lemon

Black Raspberry

Red Hots Chewy Hearts Cinnamon Candy

Pop Rock

White Chocolate Chips

[rocksibblingsau]

So you talk about rock culture alot and I love it but what about courting? after seeing your branch is a bio funk troll that I can't stop thinking about it and I've headcanoned funk trolls will prance around their crush to show off how cool they are, pop trolls also do it but in more of a look at my friend, they are awesome and you need to see them way. And now all I can think about is the funk royals seeing poppy prance around brach lol

Rock Troll courting is something I've talked about a bit and you can find it if you go through the Rock Troll Culture tag for a bit, but Rock Trolls have a very big variety of ways to court.

So one major thing about Rock Trolls is they don't always clarify things, which can lead to some confusion about relationships. Some people have no idea they're dating someone.

There's really a variety of ways to ask someone out, which I've discussed. One of the classics is hanging out outside their window with a boombox. There's also giving them your lucky guitar pick (this isn't exclusively romantic, as you can also give your pick to fans) or dedicate a rock ballad to them at a concert.

With courting there's no real way Rock Trolls act. Some treat the person the exact same and some will give gifts and do favors for them.

Rock Trolls like shiny and sparkly things, so jewelry is a popular gift to give someone you're interested in. Also weapons.

Pop and Funk trolls prancing around like birds is a cute headcanon!

[str4wanzerin]

I was tagged by @chrisoels to list 10 songs with names in the title

1. Don Giovanni, a cenar teco - W. A. Mozart (my favourite opera!)

2. Elsa's Song - The Amazing Devil (amazing british folk musicians!)

3. In Like Finn - Louden Swain (my favourite modern rock band)

4. Sandlerkönig Eberhard - EAV (sometimes a little mean but great music ;))

5. Paula - Haindling (THE bavarian musician)

6. Me & Paul - Dick jr. and the Volunteers (Yes, I like country, too)

7. Und der Prophet Elias brach hervor wie ein Feuer - Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (I sang that with my choir and it's such powerful music!)

8. Tony's Roulette - Bonfire (80s german hardrock band who's drummer was my piano teacher)

9. Audi Victoria - Die Prinzen (the first album I ever owned was from those dudes and I still love them!)

10. Jeff Sums it Up - Tootsie (I work on the german version of that musical and still have to laugh during every performance)

Yes, my taste in music is quite diverse XD

No pressure tags: @carlomenzinger @mordsfesch @occhi-verdi-come-il-mare

[zouberi]

Feuertal Festival 2024

Nadine and I were glad to be part of this year's Feuertal Festival in Wuppertal again! For me, it was the seventh Feuertal experience and the second time as a photographer. Nadine aka Livehörnchen wrote quite a bunch of lines in German again about her very first festival in Wuppertal on August, 24th:

Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen

Das 19. Feuertal Festival - die Bands

Der Tag begann mit strahlendem Sonnenschein in Wuppertals Hardtanlagen – und mit der Festival-Hymne „Im Feuertal” von Eric Fish (vom Band). Begrüßung und Moderation gab es in diesem Jahr von Musiker und Hörfunkmoderator Klaus Fiehe aus Osnabrück. Eröffnen durfte das diesjährige Feuertal Festival die Band Scarlet Dorn aus Hamburg, deren Dark-Pop-Rock ein wundervoller Einstieg in einen langen Festivaltag war. Nach einer knapp einjährigen Konzertpause war die Band zwar zuerst etwas aufgeregt, wurde aber von Song zu Song wärmer. An der Waldbühne war es bereits zu diesem ersten Konzert gut gefüllt und das Publikum in Tanzlaune zu den klangvollen Sounds.

Moderator Klaus Fiehe

Scarlet Dorn

Fast direkt im Anschluss – die Umbaupausen beim Feuertal Festival sind knapp bemessen – traten mit Rauhbein ein paar Hessen auf die Bühne. Die Stimmung war ausgelassen, als mit „Herz eines Kriegers” gleich mal der Titelsong des aktuellen Albums gespielt wurde. Beim ersten Feuertal-Auftritt der Folk-Rocker darf natürlich auch der Mitsing-und-Klatsch-Song „Auf die Freundschaft” nicht fehlen, der mit ungeahnten Reggae-Tönen eingeläutet wurde und in einem wunderschönen Lalala-Chor des Publikums endete.

Rauhbein

Der von Klaus Fiehe als „Doom, Gothic, Metal und bleierne Schwere” angekündigte nächste Act ließ sich lange nicht mehr blicken: End of Green aus Stuttgart feierten ihr Debüt beim Feuertal Festival und auch einen ihrer eher seltenen Auftritte. Bereits seit etwa 30 Jahren besteht die Band und hatte am Feuertal eine tolle Ankündigung für alle Fans: 2025 soll ein neues Album erscheinen! Einen neuen Song präsentierten sie auch direkt in Wuppertal – mit „Ashes and Gold” zeigten die Dark-Rocker ihre verletzliche Seite. Daneben gab es aber natürlich auch Titel von früheren Alben sowie ein „Hurt”-Cover zum Abschied.

End of Green

Erst zwei Jahre ist es her, dass The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats auf der Waldbühne Hardt gespielt haben, und schon haben sie sie wieder eingenommen. Oder, wie Paddy zu sagen pflegte: Sie spielen auf dem Holy Kunstrasen statt dem Holy Ground. Für das Publikum nicht so gut einsehbar, ist die Bühne nämlich mit Kunstrasen ausgelegt. Neben einigen Paddyhats-Klassikern wie „Wake The Rebels” oder „Green Blood” gab es auch den neuen Song „Raise Your Glasses High” zu hören. Ein Novum im Irish-Folk-Punk ist Paddys Screaming-Part bei „Land Of Tomorrow”, der so gar nicht Irish, dafür umso unterhaltsamer war und die Menge zum Toben brachte. Moshpits aller Art waren vertreten: ein Schunkel-Moshpit, ein Ladies-Moshpit und der ganz normale Wahnsinn bei Paddyhats-Konzerten brach bei den Fans aus.

The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats

Der piratige Auftritt von Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen aus dem "karibischen" Osnabrück begann mit einer Überraschung: Anstatt Buckteeth Bannock betrat ein bis dahin beim Feuertal Festival ungesehener Pirat die Bühne. Buckteeth war leider kurzfristig an Corona erkrankt und musste spontan vertreten werden. Kein Geringerer als der Seewolf von Vroudenspil, der erst in der Woche zuvor mit den Pulveraffen beim Schlosshof Festival aufgetreten war, übernahm diese ehrwürdige Stelle. Die lange Reise aus dem tiefsten Bayern und kaum zwei Stunden Zeit zum Proben waren nur hin und wieder am Akkordeon zu bemerken, doch stand der Spaß an erster Stelle. Bei „Komm zur Marine” bemerkte man sogar das Fehlen von Buckteeths Flöte kaum, da der Einäugige Morgan das Intro einfach kurzerhand mit seiner lieblichen Stimme vollzog. Allerdings wurde „Mit’n Hut” ebenso schmerzlich vermisst wie Buckteeth selbst, dem es mittlerweile hoffentlich besser geht.

Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen

Aufgrund einer Unwetterwarnung für den Abend startete der Headliner etwas früher, um möglichst lange spielen zu können. Lord Of The Lost, in der Szene nicht erst seit ihrem Auftritt beim ESC im letzten Jahr bekannt, trotzten dem Wetter und brachten ein fulminantes Finale auf die Waldbühne. 2017 zuletzt auf dem Feuertal gespielt, war es für den Neuzugang Benji an der Gitarre das erste Mal – dafür hatte er an diesem Tag gleich zwei Auftritte, denn mit Scarlet Dorn war er bereits am frühen Nachmittag auf der Bühne gestanden. Als Chris Harms die Passage „Let it burn, motherf*, let it burn” zum Besten gab, begann ironischerweise der erste Regen. Dieser ließ aber glücklicherweise immer wieder nach und hielt das Publikum nicht vom Spaßhaben und Tanzen ab. Zahlreiche Mosh- und Circle-Pits wurden trotz Hanglage und Stufen erfolgreich gemeistert – bis hin zu 1-Personen-Circle-Pits, die sich Chris bei „Blood for Blood” nach sportlichen Spring-Einlagen gewünscht hat. Das Konzert war insgesamt sehr publikumsnah, da vor allem Sänger Chris immer wieder zum Publikum hinunter ging – aber auch Gitarrist Pi hatte einen Auftritt vor der Bühne, als er bei „We’re all created evil” in der Mitte eines Circle-Pits spielte. Mit den Worten „If I could sing one last song before the world ends” und damit dem Ende des Konzertes tat sich dann auch der Himmel auf und der Regen stürzte herab. Ein kühler Abschluss für einen heißen und grandiosen Festivaltag in Wuppertal.

Chris Harms, Lord Of The Lost

Lord Of The Lost

Ausblick auf das 20. Feuertal Festival (2025)

Bereits am Eingang zum Feuertal-Gelände konnte man es sehen: Das Plakat für das 20-jährige Jubiläum. Im kommenden Jahr wird die Waldbühne Hardt in Wuppertal am Samstag, den 30. August wieder Schauplatz des Feuertal Festivals. Die Bands sind bereits angekündigt und so kann man sich auf sechs Bands freuen: Versengold, Fiddler’s Green, Koenix, Coppelius, Schelmish und Kupfergold. Besucher und Besucherinnen des 19. Feuertal Festivals konnten die Tickets für 2025 bereits vor Ort erstehen. Weitere Infos und wo ihr Tickets bekommt, könnt ihr bereits auf der Website des Feuertal Festivals erfahren.

Text by Nadine aka Livehörnchen. Find her on her Instagram or her Website.

Feuertal Festival 2025

[jupiter-dragonsong]

Silly Gnome Story, as requested, with no editing:

Craig the Gnome

Once upon a time there was a gnome. His name was Craig. Craig liked to eat things he shouldn’t, like rocks, hair ties, and spent uranium rods. His cat, Robert Downey Junior II, tried to keep him from doing these things. Mostly he was good at it, but sometimes Craig still ate rocks and propane tanks:

One day, Craig was at the grocery store. He was going to buy kitty litter.

It was not for his cat. It was not for the local animal rescue

It was a snack.

“Ho-hee, a guilty pleasure,” said Craig. But when he got to the pet aisle, he made eye contact with an old lady, right as a man took a bag of kitty litter, leaving only one on the shelf.

He looked at her.

She looked at him.

They both ran for it, but she was an old lady and he was fat with short legs. They grabbed the bag at the same time.

“Give me the litter, you dinosaur,” he snarled in a squeaky voice.

“No, you give it to me, you impudent lawn ornament.”

She grabbed him by his beard and pulled. He kicked her in the shins. She tore off his pointy little hat. After a lot of violence and swearing, the manager kicked them out of the store.

“Fine, let’s settle this like adults,” said the old lady.

“With Robo-Mechs?” asked Craig.

“Yes,” said the old lady.

They got their Robo-Mechs. The battle was legendary. The old lady blasted cats from her fists. Craig deflected them with his beadly magic. She burned down his house with cookie lasers, but he didn’t mind because it was kind of a dump anyway. He stabbed her car with his stupid pointy hat.

They shouted quips. “Go home, Grandma!” Craig shouted.

“Get your own kitty litter!” she retorted.

“I have to put some sort of food on the table!” he snapped.

“You EAT that?” she shrieked. “That’s not food! Do you even have a cat?” she asked, incredulous.

“Hot Pockets don’t count! I like litter, it’s crunchy! And my cat uses the toilet! Don’t you want me to eat, woman? Isn’t that more important than your mangy cats?”

The old lady was silent with shock. Finally she admitted, “I don’t use it for my cats either. I use it for illegal, unethical science experiments, which I sell to the highest bidder.”

Craig was speechless. “Marry her,” whispered Robert Downey Junior II.

“Marry me!” shouted Craig.

“Eh??!” said the old lady.

“Marry me, you ugly old hag! Become my wife, you crone!”

“Okay!” said the old lady, without a second thought.

And so they wed, and their cats became step-siblings. The ceremony was beautiful. They said their I-dos right then and there and then ate kitty litter like granola. The next day, they were arrested, him for stealing nuclear waste and her for crimes against humanity (“But I am a ğnöme, so I forgive you,” said Craig) and for actually liking Brach’s Conversation Hearts. And also the damage they’d done to the good city of Cleveland.

I do not know what had become of them, but if they are not dead they are in prison, and happy still.

The End.

One of the hard things about being a writer is all the inside jokes you only have with yourself. I’ll say “ho-hee, a guilty pleasure,” to myself sometimes and nobody gets it :( they would if they read the stupid story I wrote about a gnome three years ago.

[schoenes-thailand]

Bangkok: Der künftige Premierminister lädt Taylor Swift nach Thailand ein, andere Premiers bettelten ebenfalls

Der künftige thailändische Premierminister und Vorsitzende der Move Forward Partei (MFP), Pita Limjaroenrat, kontaktierte gestern über Twitter die amerikanische Sängerin und Songwriterin Taylor Swift und lud sie ein, nach Thailand zurückzukehren, nachdem das Land die vollständige Demokratie wiederhergestellt hat. Die Auftritte von Taylor Swift gehören zu den von thailändischen Fans am meisten erwarteten Konzerten. Die neueste Queen of Pop hat kürzlich eine Welttournee angekündigt, die Eras Tour 2024, aber Thailand ist nicht auf der Liste. Ihre Asienaufenthalte beschränken sich auf Japan und Singapur. Thailands Verbindung zu Taylor Swift reicht neun Jahre zurück, als sie am 9. Juni 2014 in der Impact Arena Mueang Thong Thani „The Red Tour Live in Bangkok 2014“ startete. Die Tickets, die zwischen 2.000 und 6.500 Baht lagen, waren alle Innerhalb einer Stunde ausverkauft.

Leider wurde das Konzert etwa zwei Wochen bevor eine Note gesungen wurde aufgrund des politischen Putsches am 22. Mai dieses Jahres abgesagt, was den Thai Swifties das Herz brach. Thai Swifties haben neun Jahre lang Tränen vergossen und auf die Rückkehr der 33-jährigen Sängerin gewartet. Swift hat nächstes Jahr sechs Termine in Singapur, vom 2. bis 3. März und vom 7. bis 9. März. Der zukünftige Premierminister von Thailand, Pita, ein Fan von Taylor Swift, flehte sie an, ins Land des Lächelns zurückzukehren. „Hey, Taylor! Großer Fan von dir. Übrigens ist Thailand wieder auf dem Weg zur völligen Demokratie, nachdem Sie das letzte Mal aufgrund des Putschs absagen mussten. Das thailändische Volk hat sich nach der Wahl zu Wort gemeldet und wir alle freuen uns darauf, Sie in unserem wunderschönen Land willkommen zu heißen! Kommen Sie und ich werde mit Ihnen Lavender Haze singen! – Tim.“ Die Resonanz auf Pitas Tweet war überwältigend und zahlreiche thailändische Swifties drückten ihre Wertschätzung für seine Bemühungen aus, ihre Wünsche zu vertreten. Thailändische Internetnutzer kommentierten: „Das ist mein PM! Er ist so cool! Ich bin stolz auf ihn, egal ob Swift kommt oder nicht.“ „Sogar der Premierminister bettelt! Taylor Swift muss etwas fühlen!“ „Vielen Dank! Ich war gestern am Boden zerstört. Ich konnte kein Ticket für das Konzert in Singapur bekommen. Die thailändischen Fans waren alle so traurig.“ Ein thailändischer Nationalkünstler, Surachai „Nga“ Chantimathon von der thailändischen Folk-Rock-Band Caravan , war mit Pitas Tweet nicht einverstanden. Auf Facebook sagte Surachai: „Was ist passiert? Ich habe Konzerte von Coldplay , John Mayer, Guns N‘ Roses und vielen anderen internationalen Künstlern während der sogenannten „Diktatur-Ära“, die Sie erwähnt haben, besucht. Taylor Swift behauptete, Diktaturen zu verachten, oder geht es nur ums Geschäft ? Die Entscheidungen eines Künstlers werden oft von seinem Management beeinflusst, mit Ausnahme von mir und meiner Band. Lösche deinen Beitrag, Pita. Es lässt dich albern aussehen.“ Allerdings ist Pita nicht der einzige politische Führer, der über die Konzerte von Taylor Swift getwittert hat. Der Premierminister von Kanada, Justin Trudeau, lud Swift auch auf Twitter ein, für kanadische Fans aufzutreten. Er sagte: „Ich bin es, hallo. Ich weiß, dass Orte in Kanada dich gerne aufnehmen würden. Machen Sie also keinen weiteren grausamen Sommer daraus. Wir hoffen, Sie bald zu sehen.“ Ein ehemaliger Sprecher des Repräsentantenhauses aus Australien, Andrew Wallace, flehte Swift ebenfalls an, ihre Tour von Melbourne und Sydney auch nach Queensland zu verlängern. Wallace sagte: „Ich frage dich. Ich flehe dich an, ich flehe dich an, ich werde auf die Knie gehen, wenn es sein muss, bitte komm nach Queensland.“ / The Thaiger   Read the full article