#buggs and lola

[nebelihood]

HAHAAH ok I wanted to speedrun something AAAGHHH 1/3 x'000 at least,,,,

[clarabutterflysnowfairy]

The Nesquick Bunny is Buggs Bunny and Lola Bunny's son.

[supr3m3xart]

[clarissasbakery]

some epic requests for twitter (tree and bottle are so buggs and lola coded)

[singingvio]

@adel-memes okay I’m gonna start listing random tidbits I can think of for you

- Blue is bi-gender he/her, and bisexual

- Blue is Australian

- Blue is OCD! I’ve got OCD, and this is gonna be my first character who’s diagnosed with it. He will suffer just like I have. :)

- his voice claim is Hunter from The Owl House, but add an Australian accent.

- 16 years old and 5’9”, Blue is one of two people in the party with a driver’s license. She cannot parallel park to save her life, and failed her test 3 times because of this. She’s more trustworthy behind the wheel than Shadow is, though.

- He’s been friends with Shadow the longest, since elementary school, and this is because you, Adel, had me sold for a long time on the incredible potential a Blue and Shadow dynamic would have

- Blue likes patterned clothes, sweaters, and, in terms of dresses, anything that flows or billows out! She loves to twirl!

- has worn the same incredibly worn out combat boots since age 12. The soles are falling off. Duct tape is their only saving grace.

- He takes mixed martial arts classes with Shadow (and Zelda! She’s in the kid’s class). He’s a brown belt, and Shadow is a black belt.

- Blue plays a half-orc fighter in DND named Bugg. Pronounced Bug.

- She’s in the school band, and very aggressively plays first chair clarinet.

- Blue has a pet rock. Her name is Lola. She was a showgirl. But that was 30 years ag

(Four Swords DND AU)

[sinnahsaint]

Okay, so, ….. does that mean rabbit/bunny are not last names like we use them but gender markers?

I mean Jessica is humanoid so used the human conventions and became Jessica Rabbit when she married Roger but Lola Bunny is a civilized/domesticated*/anthro-lagomorph creature and may use different naming conventions.

That kinda fits with Buggs being a genderfluid/genderqueer toon.

* “Domesticated” being a joke from a DonaldDuck comic which I know is a different universe but work with me here.

when I was a kid for some reason I thought Lola Bunny's last name was "Rabbit" and that she was actually Jessica and Roger's daughter. And the reason she wasn't in the original Loony Tunes is just that she wasn't born yet

I mean can you blame me. Look them and look at her. She's got a good blend of both of their features.

[ask-youtubezaki]

Keine Ahnung was das für ein Tempel ist, ich weiß nicht mal wo genau wir abgestürzt sind, also nicht mal das Land... Auf jeden Fall nicht Wales, das hätte ich erkannt. Na ja, mein Name ist Arian und ich wollte eigentlich nach Qatar um über die neuen Ölschiffe zu schreiben. Mit wem habe ich die Ehre?

André: Dieses Land kennst du also nicht? Als was arbeitest du denn, dass du Ölschiffe erforschst? Journalist? Oder Autor, der Ölschiffbücher schreibt?

Lanah: Hallo Arian! Mein Name ist Lanah. Ich bin Politikerin aus Brasilien. Ich wollte auf einen Kongress. Ebenfalls in Qatar. Dies muss ein Anschlag gewesen sein!

Rita: Quatsch, dass war kein Anschlag, nur eine Duseligkeit. Ich bin Rita. Ich war die Pilotin dieses Flugzeuges. Doch kaum ging ich auf Toilette und mein Co-Pilot fährt das Ding hier in die nächste Wand! ... Oder Tempel.

Lola: Ich bin Lola... Schiffskoch.

Jessy: Warum bist du denn dann nicht auf dem Boot, Baka? Das wirkt verdächtig!

Lola: Ich wollte ja eigentlich Boot fahren und nicht fliegen, aber es ging spontan nicht...

Buggs: Ich bin Buggs! Ich bin 'n Ingenieur, bro!

Emilio: Mein Name ist Emilio Giossetti. Ich bin gekonnter Clown. Ich war zu einem wichtigen Zirkus eingeladen. Vielen Dank auch für den Sturz. Mein Tag ist ruiniert.

Yanny: Ich bin Yanny der Tonmeister. Ich wollte nach Japan.

Tracie: Mein Name ist Tracie! Ich bin Chemikerin! Ich wollte ein neues Element entdecken auf einer Insel in Indonesien! Ja ja!

Lottika: Lottas Name ist Lottika! Lotta wollte im Ausland die Straßen aufrocken!

Sasha: Mein Name ist Sasha... Ich war auf dem Weg zu einer Gamecon...

Alexei: Ich heiße Alexei! Zufälligerweise war ich auch im Ausland um Infos für meine Schreiben zu finden! Bist du auch Autor?

Cathy: Nyaaa.... Ich bin Soldat. Officer Cadetcat Cathy. Ich wollte gerade ein neues Land annektieren.

Darryl: Liebe Kinder. Ich bin Vater Darryl. Ich werde zum Himmel beten, dass ihr verirrten Lämmer den Weg zurück in euer Zuhause findet.

Audrey: Das musst du nicht, Vater Darryl. Ich als Archäologe werde den Weg sowieso finden.

Valerie: Ich bin Aktivistin und sehr aktiv! Man nennt mich Valerie, oder Aktivalerie! HAHA!

Mari: Papi ist Klempner und macht dein Rohr wieder heil, ja ja.

Mikhail: Ich verkaufe gute Blumen, Goldfisch~. Ich war gerade auf dem Weg nach Kenia um welche frisch abzuholen. In den Niederlanden sind mir die frischen Blumen zu teuer. Mikhail, heiße ich. Meines Zeichens Florist~.

Valerie: Das klingt aber blöd, wenn du die billigeren kaufst!

Mikhail: Kaum. Der Unterschied ist nur im Preis~.

Jessy: Ich bin Doktor! Also lasst mich bloß leben, ihr Bakas!

André: André. Ich bin Croupier.

Ivan: Ich bin ein Entomologe.

[newmusickarl]

Top 100 Songs of 2024

Thanks to everyone who has followed the 2024 round-up so far, hopefully you’ve discovered something new along the way. If you’re only joining in now, then you’ve arrived at the best time. For the next part of my annual year-end collections, it’s time to share with you my favourite songs of the last 12 months, in the form of one mammoth playlist. Unlike my albums list this one is unranked and it isn’t necessarily what I think are the “best” songs of the year, but more the songs that have ultimately come to soundtrack and define my 2024 in some way.

As ever, in this year’s playlist are plenty of lesser-known gems from some of my favourite new discoveries, the year’s best album cuts, my favourite collaborations, big festival anthems, a few guilty pleasures and, of course, some of 2024’s biggest singles.

As always, for the sake of diversity, I’ve kept it to strictly one song per artist (excluding those who are also included on other tracks as features). This a rule I really wanted to break this year as there were several tracks from Fontaines and Lola Young in particular that should be on here. However, I stuck with my rules and only included one from each, to ensure I could spotlight as many different great artists as possible.

As a bonus for Apple Music users, I’ve also included my mega Best Songs: 2015-2024 playlist, which contains all my annual year-end playlists from the last decade.

So, dive in on your platform of choice, hit the shuffle button and you never know - you might find some inspiration for your own New Year’s Eve mix or your new favourite song. Enjoy!

Listen to the Top 100 Songs of 2024 Playlist:

On Spotify here

On Apple Music here

Listen to the Best of 2015-2024 playlist:

On Apple Music here

My Top 100 Songs of 2024 (in alphabetical order by artist):

1. Paying Bills At The End of The World by Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties

2. Sadness As A Gift by Adrianne Lenker

3. Black Eye by Allie X

4. My Drummer’s Girlfriend by ALT BLK ERA

5. Living A Lie by The Amazons

6. U Should Not Be Doing That by Amyl and The Sniffers

7. I Never Had Control by Another Sky

8. Curse by Architects

9. Kimbara by Barry Can’t Swim

10. Release Myself by Bess Atwell

11. Into The Blue by Best Youth

12. TEXAS HOLD ‘EM by Beyoncé

13. Call Me After Midnight by Bleachers

14. Hunger Games by Bob Vylan

15. Better Now by Bombay Bicycle Club featuring Rae Morris

16. S P E Y S I D E by Bon Iver

17. Alright, Ok! by Bored Marsh

18. Kool-Aid by Bring Me The Horizon

19. Clams Casino by Cassandra Jenkins

20. 360 by Charli XCX

21. Aw, Shoot! By CMAT

22. Hourglass by Cold Cave

23. 3AM (LA LA LA) by Confidence Man

24. Next To You by Deco

25. Little Birds by DIIV

26. Gears by Divorce

27. Split Lip by Dolores Forever

28. Perfect by Du Blonde

29. Houdini by Dua Lipa

30. Balu by Elbow

31. The World’s Biggest Paving Slab by English Teacher

32. Enter The Mirror by Everything Everything

33. Screamland by Father John Misty

34. City Glitter by Fazerdaze

35. Mother by Fiona-Lee

36. Starburster by Fontaines D.C.

37. Gratitude by Foxing

38. Ceasefire by Frank Turner

39. Say Goodbye by Future Islands

40. Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts by The Gaslight Anthem

41. Van Halen by Geographer

42. Holy, Holy by Geordie Greep

43. Gleams by George FitzGerald

44. Living In The ‘20s by Green Day

45. Cover Up the Cover Up by Gruff Rhys

46. Lonely Is The Muse by Halsey

47. V. by Hayden Thorpe

48. Dive by Holly Humberstone

49. 1995 by Holly Macve

50. Uptight by Home Counties

51. Dirt by The Howl & The Hum

52. Buffalo by Hurray For The Riff Raff

53. Gift Horse by IDLES

54. Zombieland by Jake Bugg

55. All You Children by Jamie xx featuring The Avalanches

56. New World (Flow) by Joe Goddard & Fiorious

57. Red Sky by Kaliko

58. G.O.A.T by Kasabian

59. Love You Got by Kelly Lee Owens

60. Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar

61. I’m Flush by Kneecap

62. Portrait Of A Dead Girl by The Last Dinner Party

63. Merry Old England by The Libertines

64. Love Song by Lime Garden

65. The Emptiness Machine by LINKIN PARK

66. Messy by Lola Young

67. Santa Fe by London Grammar

68. Feast of Tongues by Los Campesinos!

69. Bounce by LYVIA

70. Loud Bark by Mannequin Pussy

71. Hanging by Marika Hackman

72. The End Can Be As Good As The Start by Maxïmo Park

73. Crying Over U by Medium Build

74. Bubblegum Dog by MGMT

75. Greatest Dancer by Nadine Shah

76. Conversion by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

77. No One’s Watching Me by Olivia Dean & Ezra Collective

78. Doubt by One True Pairing

79. You & The Packhorse Blues by Orlando Weeks

80. Somebody Without U by Oscar and the Wolf

81. A Reckoning by Owen

82. Lobster Telephone by Peggy Gou

83. God of Everything Else by Porridge Radio

84. Never Need Me by Rachel Chinouriri

85. Soup by Remi Wolf

86. Adored by Royel Otis

87. People Watching by Sam Fender

88. Deer Teeth by Sega Bodega

89. Everything and Nothing by SOFT PLAY

90. 10,000 Hours by Spielmann

91. Literary Mind by SPRINTS

92. Broken Man by St. Vincent

93. Robin by Swim Deep

94. Drone:Nodrone by The Cure

95. How Can I Love Her More? By The Lemon Twigs

96. Right Back To It by Waxahatchee featuring MJ Lenderman

97. Silver by Wunderhorse

98. Clementine by Yannis & The Yaw

99. Dream Job by Yard Act

100. Elephant by 070 Shake

Thanks for listening! Still to come over the festive period – my favourite EPs & Gigs of 2024!

[rose---child]

Imagine Buggs taking Donald to a dress store, while daisy is just so in shock and Lola is just like “we come here all the time, and daffy is so much more annoying”

god i just found this again while folder cleaning

one of the few crossdressing ducks that didn’t make me break out in hives, on account of not having been forced to do it for emasculating reasons or anything, it’s just a practical solution to daisy having too many obligations since they look exactly, and i mean exactly the same

one of those obligations was manning a kissing booth for charity and donald punching a catcaller in the face escalates into guys just fucking lining up to get decked by a cute little duck

[phillipfancypants]

Valid question but why did you have to ask it like that

[citrus-wall-paint]

my versions of some human looney tunes!!

[wombat-jiggles]

Love the though of bugs and daffy human, that would be a party

[lovesinistra]

[itsbatman-butpoor-andmurderous]

does anyone else read a keyboard smash as the tasmanian devil from looney tunes or is that just me

[notasiacomics-blog]

[newmusickarl]

Album & EP Recommendations

Hello My Beautiful World by Holy Holy

If you are not familiar with Australian outfit Holy Holy, the brainchild of singer-songwriter Timothy Carroll and guitarist/composer Oscar Dawson, then you have truly been missing out. Having debuted with the impressive, rock-centric When The Storms Would Come, the band developed their sound further on sophomore effort Paint, before then freely experimenting on their last album, My Own Pool of Light. However, all that has simply been building up to this fourth album, which for my money is easily their strongest, most accomplished work to date.

With this new record, Holy Holy sound completely confident and firmly in control as they expand their already adventurous sound into exciting and utterly majestic new directions. Across the 14 tracks here, there are three glorious musical centrepieces in particular, that even come complete with epic, instrumental Codas (The Aftergone, I.C.U. and So Tired). There is also the band’s first foray into hip hop on the Queen P. featuring track Port Rd, as well as the beautiful spoken word piece that marks the album’s title track, something you can listen to above. The musicianship on display here is just amazing, with each track harbouring a sumptuous melody that is backdropped by stunning strings, soaring guitars, and mesmerising electronica.

I really can’t stress enough how much I was blown away by this album. Best thing I can do is simply recommend that you press play on opener Believe Anything (with its catchy chorus of “La, La, Las”, big bassline, wonderfully buzzy guitars and gorgeous strings) and then just enjoy the sonic journey from there – you won’t be disappointed. I know I have already said this about a lot of albums this year, but I think this is another strong favourite.

Listen here

Infinite Granite by Deafheaven

I said a few weeks back that my anticipation for this record had reached fever pitch, so I am glad to firstly report that this album fully delivers on the hype. Now I know there was also a lot of talk in the build-up to this album, from myself included, about how this record is shaping up to be a huge departure in sound for post-metal outfit Deafheaven. The preview singles rightly suggested they were ramping up the clean vocals and moving away from their “blackgaze” roots towards a more distinctive alternative rock sound. However, having now listened to the record several times over this week, I’m not entirely sure that the change is that radical at all.

Like many, Sunbather was the album that introduced me to the mesmerising sound of Deafheaven, that wonderful mix of beauty and horror captivating me straight away on what remains one of my favourite metal albums of the last 10 years. However even on that record, which was predominantly black metal, there was still passages of melodic guitar textures and dreamy shoegaze just like there is here. All Deafheaven have really done is push the metal back and brought those elements further forward, something they were already starting to do to on their last album Ordinary Corrupt Human Love. This definitely isn’t a criticism though, as I’ve always loved that side to their sound. The good news is as well for those that were still hoping the metal elements and scream vocals hadn’t been completely abandoned, the thunderous climax to Villain and second half of eight-minute closer Mombasa should still satisfy old school fans.

For the album itself, this is undoubtedly another masterful work from Deafheaven, which although slightly different is up there with both Sunbather and New Bermuda. It also contains a lot of their best work to date, with recent single In Blur still standing out amongst the pack with its near-anthemic chorus of “What does daylight look like in this chaos of cold?” and it’s really scintillating guitar work.

The Gnashing is another standout - built around a vocal not a million miles away from Interpol’s Paul Banks at times, the song wonderfully builds towards a crescendo of, as the title suggests, some seriously biting guitar riffs. That said though, lead single Great Mass of Color remains one of my favourite tracks of the year so far, with its completely hypnotic guitar melody and distant vocals that gently glide across your ears before eventually erupting into a swarm of heavy guitars and screamy vocals for the triumphant finale. If anything, it’s the perfect combination of Deafheaven’s old and new sound.

Just like Holy Holy, this is an incredible body of work and another Q3 contender for my annual Albums of the Year list.

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After Midnight by Lola Young

Just a couple of weekends ago, I was introduced to soul singer Lola Young through watching her sensational performance at 110 Above Festival. With her incredible voice and natural charisma, it seems obvious to me that the 20-year-old is destined for big things in the future. This instinct was further solidified this week through listening to her brilliant new 4 track EP, probably one of my favourite short-plays of the year so far.

Across the four tracks, Young navigates the emotion and heartbreak that comes connected with a familiar late-night hook-up, cataloguing the events from the drunken walk back home after a night out to the haze of the sun coming up at 5am the next morning. It’s tightly packaged but at the same time incredibly raw, with Young laying out her vulnerability across some sparse live production, centred around her powerful voice and a simple piano backing. It all makes for quite a stunning and resonant 15 minutes, showing that Lola Young is most definitely a superstar in the making.

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Solar Power by Lorde

Although Deafheaven might have been my most anticipated record of the week, I think it’s safe to say the world has been awaiting this new album from Lorde ever since the end of the Melodrama cycle. Like many, I thoroughly enjoyed that record however I must say the lead single to this new album hadn’t really captured me in the same way Green Light had in 2017.

With that being the case, I wasn’t sure if this album was going to be for me or not. That doubt soon disappeared though the moment the strum of the folky guitars on opener The Path kicked in, putting my mind immediately at ease. With talent the calibre of Phoebe Bridgers and Clairo providing the background vocals, it is a truly magnificent start and easily my favourite track on the entire record. From there plenty of highlights keep coming, with the bluesy riffs of Fallen Fruit and the sun-soaked meanderings of closer Oceanic Feeling also standing out.

Although beyond The Path I can’t see me returning to this album as much as I did Melodrama, I think the intriguing change of sound Lorde goes for here makes it still worthy of a recommendation.

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Saturday Night, Sunday Morning by Jake Bugg

Being from Nottingham, I also couldn’t overlook the new album from singer-songwriter Jake Bugg this week, who has once again found his form on this his fifth studio album. Featuring some noticeably glossier production and a bit more of a pop feel, this is Jake’s most consistent record for a while, one I found myself quite enjoying from start-to-finish. To pick just a couple of highlights, dancefloor-ready single Lost with its disco flair and suitably catchy chorus, along with the piano-driven, string-tinged lament of Downtown stand out the most.

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Tomorrow’s People by Shire T

Elsewhere, Chris Davids - one half of electronic duo Maribou State - released his first solo album this week. Continuing exactly where the band left off with their incredible sophomore album Kingdoms In Colour, the record is an enchanting mix of more traditional sounds, styles and influences from across the globe, juxtaposed nicely against modern synths and beats. It is a great listen and, in many ways, the perfect companion piece to that Kingdoms In Colour record. If you’re a fan of that album, I guarantee you’ll love this one too!

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Tracks of the Week

Life Is Not The Same by James Blake

The second taste of James Blake’s forthcoming fifth album is a haunting, at times uncomfortable tale of heartbreak, with some fascinating production and a stunning, emotive vocal performance from Blake himself.

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Carbon Mono by Boston Manor

Coming quickly off the back of their 2020 third album Glue, Blackpool rockers Boston Manor made their seismic return this week with arguably their most anthemic single to date, built on buzzy guitar riffs, glitchy synths and polished production.

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