#cira dawn

[lacreni]

Short chapter today! One of Cira's journal entries. Cira has some doubts and some questions, but unfortunately neither her goddess nor her journal are providing answers.

I don't know what to do for a worldbuilding tidbit this weekend, this chapter isn't really giving me a springboard... but let me know if you have any questions and I'm happy to write an entry!

[pupsmailbox]

NATURE ID PACK

NAMES ⌇ abelia. acacius. aciano. aini. alder. alfie. almus. amaryllis. ame. antonio. archer. arthur. ashe. ashley. aspen. asper. aster. aveline. aviv. azalea. basil. belle. benedict. berry. bloom. blossom. bluebell. brook. calix. calla. carli. carline. carly. carolina. carrillo. cassia. cassiopeia. cedar. cherie. chun. cider. cira. cirrus. clover. coral. cordelia. crescent. cynthia. cypress. cyrus. dahlia. daisy. daphne. douglas. dune. echo. eilir. elara. elm. elowen. elyana. enon. erica. ester. everest. everett. evergreen. ewan. fauna. fern. finn. finnley. fleur. floor. flora. florian. florise. flower. flynn. forest. forrest. glen. gracie. gunner. haru. haruhime. haruki. hawthorne. heather. hemlock. honey. hyacinth. ianthe. indigo. ione. ipomea. iris. ivy. jaskier. jasmine. jasper. juniper. kalina. kallie. karolina. karoun. kath. kelda. ken. kingsley. lake. lavae. lavender. leilani. lennox. lente. lief. lilac. lily. linnea. lotus. lucinda. lucky. lucy. maayan. madeline. maggie. magnolia. maple. maren. mari. marian. marigold. mars. mary. maud. mauve. meadow. miles. momo. moss. mossie. mossy. moxie. muna. narcisow. nimbus. noi. oak. oasis. oleander. oybahor. pandora. pearl. pebble. pege. petal. plum. poppy. pınar. quanlian. quill. river. rosa. rosalie. rosalind. rose. roswell. rue. rune. saem. sage. sakura. san. sky. sol. star. story. strider. striker. summit. sunny. sylvia. sylvie. tasnim. terra. thistle. thorn. thorne. tree. udaberri. vasanta. verna. violet. waipuna. wells. westley. willow. wisteria. wisty. wren. yuki. zephyr. ziedonis. zinnia.

PRONOUNS ⌇ amaranth/amaranth. aster/aster. bee/bee. bee/bees. bless/blessed. bloom/bloom. bloss/bloss. bloss/blossomself. bud/bud. camell/camell. camellia/camellia. carnati/carnation. chirp/chirp. ci/cir. cloud/cloud. colum/columbine. columbine/columbine. comfort/comfort. dais/daisy. dawn/dusk. dew/dew. dog/dogwood. dog/wood. ey/em. fe/fer. fer/fern. fern/fern. field/field. fir/fir. fleur/fleur. flor/flor. flor/flora. floral/floral. flori/florid. flow/flower. flower/flower. freesi/freesia. fruit/fruit. fuch/fuchsia. garden/garden. grass/grass. green/green. grow/growth. hawth/hawthorn. hawth/thorn. hi/hits. hib/hibiscus. honey/honey. hy/hys. hya/hyacinth. hyacin/hyacinth. h✦/h✦m. ir/iris. jas/jasmine. jessa/jessamine. jour/ney. laven/lavender. le/leaf. leaf/leaf. leaf/leave. lil/lily. lotu/lotus. lu/luna. mag/magnolia. mar/mar. matcha/matcha. misel/mistletoe. mo/moth. morning/morning. moss/moss. mossy/mossy. narc/narcir. narcissus/narcissus. nature/nature. orch/orchid. pe/peony. peace/peace. peak/peak. per/peri. peri/periwinkle. petal/petal. pi/pix. picnic/picnic. plum/plum. pollen/pollen. pop/poppy. prick/prick. pur/purple. qu/quest. rain/rain. rhod/rhode. ros/rose. rose/rose. sa/sap. sage/sage. sakura/sakura. scent/scent. se/ser. shine/shine. shroom/shroom. sh✦/h✦r. si/strike. smile/smile. soft/soft. sol/solar. spikes/spike. spring/spring. sprout/sprout. star/star. stem/stem. sun/sun. sun/sunrise. sun/sunset. syr/syringa. tea/party. tea/tea. thist/thistle. thorn/thorn. th✦y/th✦m. tul/tulip. vi/vier. vi/viol. wi/wild. win/winkle. wind/wind. wister/wisteria. yucca/yucca. zinni/zinnia. ☀️ . 🌱 . 🌳 . 🌷 . 🌿 . 🍎 . 🍏 . 🍵 . 🐝 . 🐞 . 💐 . 💐.🌷 . 🕷️ . 🦋 . 🦟 .

[miyuki-fenn]

His full sprite is finally done! This took me ages to complete but he is here!!  ↓ ↓ Want to know about him? Additional info is down there ↓ ↓ ↓

Illari Vichama Twsted from: Yzma Dorm: Reisollamma (Vice Housewarden) Grade/Class: Junior/Class B Birthday: February 18th Age: 18 Height: 173 cm (5'8) Dominant hand: Left Homeland: Empire of the Sun Club: S.T.E.M. Club Best Subject: Magical Science, Blot analytics Hobbies: Alchemy, Jewelry making Pet peeves: Being bossed around Favorite food: Rocoto Relleno Least favorite food: Spinach puffs Talent: Somehow having a great outfit for every occasion At 18, he wields a brilliant mind and a flair for fashion, always donning flashy feathers and handcrafted jewelry. Despite a weakened physical state from a childhood tragedy, Illari turns the tables by harnessing the magical waste, blot, to enhance his abilities through experiments and meticulous research. Assigned as the royal advisor and caretaker to young Emperor and Housewarden Cira, he navigates court and school life with quick wit and sass, supported by his loyal partner, Koka Apusto. His passion for blot is often shunned, and he's deemed as "scary beyond all reason" for even meddling with the substance willingly. Voice claim: Ayumu Murase

The black ends of his hair weren't always there, and are a side affect of his exposure to concentrated levels of blot in youth and the continuous exposure to it to this day.

The name Illari means 'Dawn' in Quechua. Which is a cruel irony given his resentment towards the sun.

Despite his stunted stamina rendering him pretty unathletic, he can actually do a cartwheel pretty effortlessly.

Unique Magic: Snuff out the light

Snuff out the light instantly shrouds any given area or person in complete darkness, within this darkness, apparitions appear as whatever the caster wills. This is usually very disorienting for the target, as it obscures their vision and could cause them emotional distress if what is displayed evokes that.

The tangibility of the apparitions vary on the caster's magic reserves and usage of it, but it is possible for them to cause physical harm to the target at the cost of immense blot accumulation. The same also applies to the area in which the spell is cast. Single rooms/enclosed spaces are much easier than in the open, as the caster needs to concentrate for how large of an area they want to cover. Additionally, the spell is much weaker if cast in broad daylight.

[neonthewrite]

character ask #31: Which OC do you wish you had more art of? (Recieved, making yourself, etc.)

From the oc ask post

I'm sure we've all been there, where we realize we've been hyped about a character for a while and yet have rarely or never drawn them / commissioned an artist to draw them. This is a feeling I know all too well. It's hard to pick any single character that I'd like to see more.

In the end I'd probably have to pick ... Cira Dawn. She's one of my favorite OCs, and I used to make art of her back in the day, but that dropped off when I stopped drawing much of anything. She deserves better though! She's super important in her story and I'm proud of how far she's come. She's even got a pretty decent legacy forming with Elias Dawn, her kid. He wouldn't have gotten anywhere as a character if not for the guidance of his badass mother.

[neonthewrite]

This is literally just what Imperfect Storm has turned out to be. Some badass fights, some quality banter, and of course shenanigans and stumbling their way into furthering the plot. I think they'll make it, but they aren't taking the easy route, that's for sure.

We've got:

Elias Dawn, the demigod trickster who dual-classes as a bard and a ranger. He's the charisma hog.

Eral the Arbor Pixie, a jaded rogue who's very good at getting into and out of trouble in rapid succession.

Joleth Bay, an exiled elf barbarian who is well versed in the Way of Hit With Weapon.

With cameos like:

Gladys, celestial sea serpent

Cira, a bard-turned-oracle with permanent word salad (words get mixed up on the way from her brain to her mouth)

Guinivere, a mage who really should have been in a party of murder hobos when I initially played her.

all of your dnd character are now adventuring together as a single group. what’s that party lookin like and how fucked are they

[dendre]

ListaszezON

Na, most, hogy kijöttek az első 2021-es év végi albumlisták, itt a tökéletes időpont megosztani a 2020-as félkész (jó, 7/8-ad kész) albumlistámat.

Ex-recorderes barátokkal tettünk egy szolid kísérletet arra, valamikor januárban, hogy megint összedobunk egy közöset, de az rajtam ment el, elnézést, viszont a 2000-es és a 2001-es visszatekintőt megcsináljuk, ígérem!

Ezt valamikor akkoriban, 2021 elején hagytam így, azóta se volt érkezés befejezni, a terv az volt, hogy egy rendes évvégi, rangsoros top 50 mellé odateszek még 200-at, mondvacsinált szétválasztással (mainstream, undergound), abc-ben, ennek a pontosítása akadt el, még várakozik egy rakás 2020-ban hallott, félig hallott lemez, hogy ide bedobáljam őket (a top 50-ben ezek közül talán már semmit nem gondoltam betenni). Persze azóta már hallottam nagyon jó 2020-as lemezt idén is, most nem ugrik be hirtelen mit, de egy ilyen lista amúgy is az adott évet, annak hangulatát, hallását kéne lefedje. A magyarokról írtam egy nagy cikket a Jelenbe, tavaly januárban.

Na mindegy, ennél tuti nem jutok előbbre vele már idén, vagy mostanában, a közeljövőben, szóval, muhahha, azt hiszem itt az ideje elengedni. Az első, Honey Harper egy nagyon jó kozmikus country-lemez, egészen biztosan az tetszett tavaly a legjobban.

Íme 2020 legjobb lemezei. Ja, várj, már a 2021-est kéne? Hát, azt nem látom jönni egyelőre.

2020 évvége

1-10 Honey Harper: Starmaker (alt-country) Charli XCX: How I’m Feeling Now (hyperpop) Annie: Dark Hearts (szintipop) Natalia Lafourcade: Un canto por México vol. 1 (ranchera, mexican folk) Lido Pimienta: Miss Columbia (latin elektronika)

Khruangbin: Mordechai (psych-rock-exotica) DJ Python: Mas amable (house-reggaeton) Maria Schneider Orchestra: Data Lords (big band jazz) Hen Ogledd: Free Humans (progfolk-artpop) Cindy Lee: What’s Tonight To Eternity (avantpop)

11-20 Róisín Murphy: Róisín Machine (discopop) Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher (indie-barokk-folk) Porridge Radio: Every Bad (indierock) Arca: KiCk i (deconstructed club) Rina Sawayama: Sawayama (nu-pop)

Beatrice Dillon: Workaround (elektroakusztikus idm) Jessie Ware: What’s Your Pleasure? (discosoulpop) Dan Deacon: Mystic Familiar (neopsych indietronica) Kali Uchis: Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞ (latin neosoul&b) DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ: Charmed (90s club nostalgia)

21-30 Eartheater: Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin (avant-folktronica Yves Tumor: Heaven To A Tortured Mind (artrock) Against All Logic: 2017-19 (tech house, industri techno) Gil Scott-Heron–Makaya McCraven: We’re New Again - A Reimagining (jazz) AceMoMa: A New Dawn (d’n’b, techno)

Mac Miller: Circles (neosoul) Trance Wax: Trance Wax (trance, progbreaks) 070 Shake: Modus Vivendi (pop rap, alt r&b) Laura Marling: Song For Our Daughter (dalszerző-előadó) Duval Timothy: Help (jazz-hop-idm)

31-40 Elison 404: Pebbledash (uk hiphop, grime) Sparkle Division: To Feel Embraced (lounge-jazz) Moses Sumney: Græ (artpopsoul) Caroline Rose: Superstar (indie electro pop) Katie Gately: Loom (artpop, progelectonic)

Bill Fay: Countless Branches (kamarafolk) Tame Impala: The Slow Rush (szintipop) K-Lone: Cape Cira (tropical house) Kelly Lee Owens: Inner Song (tech housepop) Rafael Anton Irisarri: Peripeteia (ambient, drone)

41-50 Pa Slaieu: Send Them To Coventry (afroswing, uk hiphop) Helena Deland: Someone New (dreampop) E.M.M.A.: Indigo Dream (progresszív elekronika) Julianna Barwick: Healing Is A Miracle (kórusambient) Hey Colossus: Dances/Curses (psychrock)

Gallery S: Gallery S (house, breakbeat) Sega Bodega: Salvador (experi artpop) Aoife Nessa Frances: Land Of No Junction (indiefolk) Lorenzo Senni: Scacco Matto (ambient trance) Omar Apollo: Apolonio (neosoul) Kylie Minogue: DISCO (disco)

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+100 mainstream

420: 420 (deep house) AceMo: Mind Jungle (jungle) Beabadoobee: Fake It Flowers (bedroom indiepop)  Charles Webster: Decision Time (deep house/triphop)  Chloe x Halle: Ungodly Hour (cont r&bpop)  Cornershop: England Is a Garden (indiepoprock)  Drakeo the Ruler & JoogSzn: Thank You for Using GTL (jailrap)    Drakeo the Ruler: We Know The Truth (gangsta rap)  Dua Lipa: Future Nostalgia (pop)  Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters (dalszerző-előadó)  Fleet Foxes: Shore (indiefolk) Fontaines D.C.: A Hero’s Death (artpunk)  Grimes: Miss Anthropocene (artpop) Haim: Women In Music Pt. III (poprock)  HMLTD: West Of Eden (artglamsynthpoppunk) Idles: Ultra Mono (artpunk)  Jessie Reyez: Before Love Came To Kill Us (r&b-soul)  Jessy Lanza: All The Time (alt r&b uk bass)  Ka: Descendants Of Cain (abstract hiphop)  Kehlani: It Was Good Until It Wasn’t (cont r&b)  KeiyaA: Forever, Ya Girl (neosouldreamhop)  Machinedrum: A View of U (future/uk bass)  MoMa Ready: Deep Technik (deep house)  Moses Boyd: Dark Matter (nu-jazz)  Nídia: Não Fales Nela Que A Mentes (batida, tarraxinha)  nthng: Hypnotherapy (dubtechno)  Nubya Garcia: Source (spiritualjazz) Perfume Genius: Set My Heart On Fire Immediately (dalszerző-előadó)  Poliça: When We Stay Alive (indiepop)  Run The Jewels: RTJ4 (hiphop)  Sault: Untitled (Black Is) (neosoul)  Sault: Untitled (Rise) (neosoul)  Shabaka And The Ancestors: We Were Sent Here By History (afrojazz)  The Avalanches: We Will Always Love You (neopsych-elektronika) Working Men’s Club: Working Men’s Club (dancepunk) 

+100 underground

A.A. Williams: Forever Blue (kamarafolk, posztrock)  Ana Roxanne: Because Of A Flower (ambient pop) Azu Tiwaline: Draw Me A Silence (illbient)  Backxwash: God Has Nothing to Do With This Leave Him out of It (horrorcore)  Bananagun: True Story Of Bananagun (psychpop)  Christian Lee Hutson: Beginners (indiefolk)  Dorian Electra: My Agenda (hyperpop)  Gia Margaret: Mia Gargaret (ambient)  Green-House: Six Songs For Invisible Gardens (fieldrec-ambient)  Growing Concerns Poetry Collective: Big Dark Bright Future (spoken w, abstract rap)  Ian William Craig: Red Sun Through Smoke (acapellaambient)  Irreversible Entanglements: Who Sent You? (jazz poetry)  Jasmine Infiniti: Bxtch Slap (industritechno)  Jerskin Fendrix: Winterreise (weirdpop) Juniore: Un Deux Trois (french pop)  Jyoti: Mama, You Can Bet! (psychsoul nujazz)  Kairon; IRSE!: Polysomn (shoegaze) KMRU: Peel (ambient, drone)  Lina_ Raül Refree: Lina_ Raül Refree (fado)  Luedji Luna: Bom mesmo é estar debaixo d'água (MPB)  Lyra Pramuk: Fountain (acapellaambient)  Nazar: Guerrilla (kuduro, deconstructed club)  Ovrkast.: Try Again (abstract hiphop)  Sarah Davachi: Cantus, Descant (kamaradrone)  Space Afrika: hybtwibt? (soundcollage)  Spillage Village: Spillagion (rap)  The Sonic Dawn: Enter the Mirage (psychrock)  UKAEA: Energy Is Forever (dub techno)  Ulla: Tumbling Towards a Wall (ambient-glitch) 

És az eredeti doksiban itt van még nagyjából stílusok szerint egy rakás lemez unsorted, meg egy jegyzet, idebiggyesztem azt is a teljes transzparencia nevében, fogalmam sincs már mire akartam kifuttatni. :DD

Az imitálás kora

mindent elég magas szinten tudunk imitálni. Ismerjük a szabályokat, azok mentén könnyen létre tudunk hozni, imitációkat, megvannak hozzá az eszközeink, sőt azok egyre jobbak. Egyre többen imitálunk, közte egyre több a jó imitáció, természetesen folyamat ez. A létrehozás alapjai azonban változatlanok, a forma már kevéssé tágítható, így az újszerűség élménye ritkább.

[thzmttkk]

FAVOURITES 2020

Long list of this years favourites. Spotify playlist via this link here. Buy Music Club link for albums here. Special mention to Sferic, Experiences Ltd, Youth, Motion Ward, West Mineral, and XPQ? who pushed nothing but cool stuff this year. Same for an unstoppable flow of spaced out mixes by Perila, Pontiac Streator, Special Guest DJ, Ben Bondy, Exael, Aeriform, J, JS, mdo etc. Too many to list them all really.  Most listened albums (a-z) buymusic.club link Actress - 88 ( Self Released ) ASC - Isolated Systems ( Samurai Music ) Civilistjävel! - Generalstrejk ( Low Company ) CS + Kreme - Snoopy ( The Trilogy Tapes ) DJ Python - Mas Amable ( Incienso ) DVS1 - Beta Sensory Motor Rhythm ( Axis ) Israel Vines - And Now We Know Nothing ( Interdimensional Transmissions ) Jake Muir - The Hum Of Your Veiled Voice ( Sferic ) K-Lone - Cape Cira ( Wisdom Teeth ) Koraal - La Casa del Volcán ( Nous’klaer Audio ) LF58 - Alterazione ( Astral Industries ) Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Let's Call It A Day ( Smallville ) Perko - City Rings ( Numbers ) Piezo - Perdu ( Hundebiss ) Pontiac Streator - Triz ( Motion Ward ) Regis - Hidden In This Is The Light That You Miss ( Downwards ) Romeo Poerier - Hotel Nota ( Sferic ) Sockethead - Harj-o-Marj ( Youth ) Soft Boi - So Nice ( Climate Of Fear ) Terrence Dixon - From The Far Future Pt. 3 ( Tresor ) Tolouse Low Trax - Jumping Dead Leafs ( Bureau B ) Ulla - Tumbling Towards A Wall ( Experiences Ltd. ) URA - Blue ( NAFF ) Favourite mixes (a-z) Agonis - INVEINS \ Podcast \ 061 link Bake with Lewis Lowe (Redstone Press) - 30 November 2020 link Bake with Wonja - 28 September 2020 link dBridge - Essential Mix 2020-02-01 link Dino Sabatini - Global Vibe Radio 227 link Erika - vurt podcast 23 link F-on - Alpenglühen #54 link Forest Drive West - Bleep Mix #131 link Garçon - Dekmantel Podcast 284 link Garçon - MNMT 277 link GiGi FM Presents Azu Tiwaline NTS 11/11/20 link Jane Fitz - isolatedmix 97 We Fall Into The Sun link Joe Ellis - Phonons Podcast 065 link Jon K - Cav Empt /// TTT TOKYO Tape link Joy Orbison - wooly window sessions part wun - UKG 4/4 +++ link Karl Meier - The Bunker Podcast 211 link Konduku - The Memoir — Page 46 link Lcp - Blowing Up The Workshop 111 ◆ re:st link Lemna - MNMT Recordings: Lemna (live) — Contact Tokyo link mad miran - a message of manifestation, from the music room link mad miran - clone records x radio radio x ade link mdo - Knekelhuis 63 link Milo Bragg - Campfire Stories 79 (A New Dawn) link Milo Bragg - Club Rooted #1 link Nadia Khan - RA.710 Nadia Khan link Objekt - Essential Mix 2020-06-06 link Patrick Russell - IT.podcast.s09e01: No Way Back Streaming link Patrick Russell - Patterns of Perception 76 link Pessimist And That w/ DJ Python - Noods Radio - EPISODE 9 link Spekki Webu - RA.714 link Toki Fuko - Oslated Mix Episode 205 - Toki Fuko link upsammy - Bleep Mix #122 link Vlada - RA.742 link Woody92 - Patterns of Perception 68 link

Favourite tracks longlist (a-z) playlist Al Wootton - Snake Dance ( Livity Sound ) Andria - Komina ( Phase Group ) Archivist - Cinder Cone (Patrick Russel Remix) ( Second Nature ) Artefakt - Delphic ( Delsin Records ) ASC - Lost to the Void ( Samurai Music ) ASC - Orchid ( Samurai Music ) Azu Tiwaline - Terremer ( Livity Sound ) Batu - SYX ( Timedance ) Ben Bondy - Bodi ( Experiences Ltd. ) Ben Bondy - Lith ( Experiences Ltd. ) Black Merlin - MIEA ( Bitta ) Blâme - Bells ( [Re]Sources ) Blazer SoundSystem - Heavens Gate ( Youth ) BNJMN, rRoxymore - Atoms Speak - rRoxymore Remix ( Delsin Records ) Cio D’Or - Celestial ( Semantica ) Civilistjävel! - Generalstrejk ( Low Company ) Clarity - Taking Effect ( UVB76 ) CS + Kreme - Slug ( The Trilogy Tapes ) CS + Kreme - Blue Flu ( The Trilogy Tapes ) CUB - Dream Logic ( Osiris Music ) D.K. - The Three Realms ( Good Morning Tapes ) DB1 - Point Three ( Nullpunkt ) DJ Python - Alejandro ( Incienso ) DJ Python - oooophi ( Incienso ) DJ Python, LA Warman - ADMSDP ( Incienso ) Don't DJ, Harmonious Thelonious - Hambi ( Midnight Shift ) Donato Dozzy - Mai ( Samurai Music ) DVS1 - Drifting ( Axis ) DVS1 - The Five Aggregates ( Axis ) DYL, DB1 - ECOU #2 ( re:st ) DYL, DB1 - ECOU #12 ( re:st ) E-Unity - Not for Me ( TemeT Music ) Eszaid - The Most Sacred Syllable ( Good Morning Tapes ) Felix K - Deconstructor ( Nullpunkt ) Feral - Crossing ( Hypnus ) Flora Yin-Wong - Aurochs ( Modern Love ) Forest Drive West - Terminus ( R&S ) Forest Drive West - Hidden Past ( Mantis ) Franck Vigroux - Styx ( Raster ) Gavsborg - Making Love To Volca ( Equiknoxx Music ) Gavsborg, Shanique Marie - Earth & Clan ( Equiknoxx Music ) Grimescapes - Emergence ( Youth ) Haedong Seoungguk, D.K. - Daegeum Dosa (D.K. Huru Mix) ( Total Unity ) Henzo - Not Like That, Not Like You ( Worldwide Unlimited ) Higher Intelligence Agency - Sound Matter ( Headphone ) INTe*ra - Aqueduct B1 ( Acting Press ) Israel Vines - Tri Polar ( Interdimensional Transmissions ) Israel Vines - Path Correction ( Interdimensional Transmissions ) Jabu, Daniela Dyson - Slow Down ( Do You Have Peace? ) Jake Muir - Resevoir Of Memory ( Sferic ) Jake Muir - Fleeting Touches ( Sferic ) K-Lone - In The Pines ( Wisdom Teeth ) K-Lone - Bluefin ( Wisdom Teeth ) K-Lone - Honey ( Wisdom Teeth ) Karenn - On Request ( Voam ) KGIV - Blue Octavo ( Eye Teeth ) Konduku - Fallout ( IDO ) Konduku - Cipres ( Mantis ) Konduku - Şeker ( Disk ) Koraal - La Casa del Volcán 7 ( Nous’klaer Audio ) Koraal - La Casa del Volcán 9 ( Nous’klaer Audio ) Kӣr - Topot ( Disk ) Lack - RRRush ( Livity Sound ) Laksa - Fire Kit ( Hessle Audio ) Last Life - Escape ( Samurai Music ) LF58 - Metamorfosi ( Astral Industries ) Ligovskoï - Emeyo ( IDO ) Lo Kindre - Grey Skies (i) ( Phase Group ) LOG - LOG 4 ( Experiences Ltd. ) Low Budget Aliens - HOME SICK! ( XPQ? ) Lurka - Rhythm Hi-Tek ( Timedance ) Lurka - Clean ( Don’t Be Afraid ) Maayan Nidam - Untitled B2 ( Hellium ) Marco Shuttle - Ritmo Elegante ( Spazio Disponibile ) Meetsysteem - Je Wist Het Al ( Nous’klaer Audio ) Mike Parker - The Melting Mask ( Spazio Disponibile ) Monolake - Beirut ( Morphine ) Monolake - Espace Fourier ( Monolake ) Move D, Benjamin Brunn - C-Sick ( Smallville ) Nathan Melja, Pariah - Synesthesia - Pariah Remix ( Kalahari Oyster Cult ) natural/electronic.system. - Scirocco ( Tikita ) natural/electronic.system. - Marea ( Mantis ) NRLSD - Marching Band ( Man Band ) øjeRum - Prelude To The Immortality Of Nothing ( Opal Tapes ) OL - Block24 ( ГОСТ ИНСТРУМЕНТ ) Pan Sonic, Muslimgauze - Muslimgauze - Remix 2 ( Sahko ) Pearson Sound - Alien Mode ( Hessle Audio ) Perko - Stutter ( Numbers ) Perko - Pippin ( Numbers ) Pessimist - Love In The Jungle ( Ilian Tape ) Piezo - Blue Light Mama Magic ( Hundebiss ) Piezo - Amore Tossi ( Hundebiss ) Pontiac Streator - Triz Cohors Pt. 3 ( Motion Ward ) Pontiac Streator - Stuck In A Cave ( Motion Ward ) Primal Code - Elixir ( Hypnus ) RDS - Aro ( De Lichting ) Regis - The Sun Rose Pure ( Downwards ) Regis - Everything is Ahead of Us ( Downwards ) Regis - Eros in Tangiers ( Downwards ) Relapse - Two Worlds Colliding … ( Pinecone Moonshine ) Robin Stewart - Not Buoyant ( The Trilogy Tapes ) Roméo Poirier - Le bématiste ( Sferic ) Roméo Poirier - Du rocher ( Sferic ) Shed - Try ( Tectonic ) Significant Other - Little Blue Pills ( Oscilla Sound ) Simo Cell, Abdullah Miniawy - Caged in Aly's Body ( BFDM ) Skee Mask - Zzodiac ( Ilian Tape ) Sockethead - Love Loss Missing Yearning ( Youth ) Sockethead - In Search Of Truth ( Youth ) Sockethead - Jahiliyyah ( Youth ) Soft Boi - Something to Say ( Climate Of Fear ) Soft Boi - Guestlist ( Climate Of Fear ) Stave, Grebenstein - Rack 4 ( Standards & Practices ) Surgeon - The Golden Sea ( Ilian Tape ) SW. - theMARTIANswing ( Avenue 66 ) Tammo Hesselink - Ballet Mécanique ( Nous’klaer Audio ) Terrence Dixon - Unconditional Love ( Tresor ) Terrence Dixon - Program Weight ( Tresor ) Terrence Dixon - Earth Station ( Tresor ) The Untouchables - Pon A Dread ( Rupture London ) Tolouse Low Trax - Dawn Is Temporal ( Bureau B ) Tolouse Low Trax - Inverted Sea ( Bureau B ) Tolouse Low Trax - Berrytone Souvenier ( Bureau B ) Toma Kami - Gymnase Chaos ( Man Band ) Two Shell - Fracture ( Mainframe Audio ) Ulla - Leaves and Wish ( Experiences Ltd. ) Ulla - Feeling Remembering ( Experiences Ltd. ) Ulla - Soak ( Experiences Ltd. ) upsammy - Send-Zen ( Dekmantel ) URA - Dirge ( NAFF ) URA - Shojin ( NAFF ) Varuna - Ratu ( Mantis ) VC-118A - Plonk ( Delsin Records ) Via Maris - Lapse ( Timedance ) Wang Inc. - Gommone ( Random Numbers ) Waon-P - BRF dante2infelno - donfellianoeverythingmix ( The Trilogy Tapes ) Web - Ancient Wind ( Acido ) Yogg, Pharaoh, CUB - The Neverending Gever (CUB Version) ( Parallax ) YPY - Garando ( Acido )

[fantomcomics]

What’s Out This Week? 2/26

PCU is back for a Black History Month retrospective, and Tony Weaver’s debuting volume one of his new comic, The Uncommons, this Saturday!

Finger Guns #1 - Justin Richards & Val Halvorson

Two troubled teenagers discover they can manipulate emotions by firing finger guns. There will be laughs. There will be tears. There will be uncomfortable teen feelings and angst. Oh yeah... and chaos. So much chaos.

TMNT Jennika #1 (of 3) - Brahm Revel

Trying to acclimate to life as a mutant, the newest Turtle Jennika embarks on a solo adventure that will force her to come to terms with both her troubled past and conflicted present. Not to mention a brand new villain! Brahm Revel (Guerrillas) returns to reveal more of Jennika's backstory from his acclaimed TMNT Universe tale "What is Ninja?"!

Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey & Emma Frost #1 - Jonathan Hickman & Russell Dauterman

The first of five essential X-tales specially designed to showcase some of Marvel's best artists! First up, Russell Dauterman, superstar artist of THOR and WAR OF THE REALMS! When Storm is in danger, it's going to take two of the most powerful telepaths on Earth working together to make things right. Jean Grey and Emma Frost, together again for the good of Krakoa!

Tomorrow #1 (of 5) - Peter Milligan & Jesus Hervas

In this shocking new sci-fi horror series, a Russian computer virus has jumped the species barrier and wiped out most of the adult population, leaving the world precariously in the hands of the next generation. In the wake of devastation, musical prodigy Oscar Fuentes is separated from his twin sister Cira. Stranded on opposite sides of the country, they're swept into rapidly evolving networks of teenage gangs. Can Oscar find his way back to Cira . . . or will they be lost to each other forever, in a dangerous makeshift civilization that is mercilessly replacing the past?

Hidden Society #1 (of 4) - Rafael Scavone & Rafael Albuquerque

Hidden from ordinary eyes, there is a world alongside our own full of deities, demons, and danger-where magic wins out over science and dark secrets lie in wait. Ulloo, the last wizard from the Hidden Society, enlists the aid of a blind girl and her demon, a young magician, and a cursed bounty hunter in order to stop a group of nihilist warlocks from waking the Society's greatest nemesis: a primeval force that, unchecked, will scorch the planet bare of all life.

Leviathan Dawn #1 - Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev

Exploding out of the pages of the Event Leviathan miniseries, this all-new special blasts the DC Universe into a dangerous and brave new future! With Leviathan arrived, its leader's identity revealed, and its plans known, what happens next? Now the heroes fight back! Leviathan changed the rules of the game, so now's the time for the biggest players to get together and figure out a new strategy in this brave new world. It's an extra-sized super-spy yarn from the Eisner Award-winning team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev!

Falcon & Winter Solder #1 (of 5) - Derek Landy & Federico Vincentini

When a dramatic attempt on the life of Bucky Barnes reunites him with Sam Wilson, the two old friends are plunged headlong into a race to uncover the new leader of Hydra before a mass casualty event announces the terror group's resurgence to the world. The clock is ticking...

Amethyst #1 (of 6) - Amy Reeder

Following her triumphant reintroduction in the pages of Young Justice, the new Amethyst miniseries follows teenager Amy Winston-a.k.a. Princess Amethyst-as she returns to her magical kingdom to celebrate her 16th birthday in style. The only problem? Her kingdom is missing, her subjects have vanished, and none in the realm of Gemworld-even her best friend, Lady Turquoise-remain loyal to her house! Alone and dejected, Amy's forced to find new allies and confront dark secrets on an all-new quest to the farthest reaches of Gemworld.

Whatcha scooping up this week, Fantomites?

[guardiannews24]

'High Risk' Weather Will Unleash Tornadoes Across the US South

‘High Risk’ Weather Will Unleash Tornadoes Across the US South

The satellite view of dawn over the South. Warm, moist air streaming up from the Gulf of Mexico will interact with a cold front to create dangerous severe weather on Wednesday and Thursday.Gif: NOAA/CIRA Wednesday marks the first of two extremely dangerous days of weather across the South. Ten states from Kentucky to Florida could see tornadoes, hail, damaging straight-line winds, and heavy rain…

[soundaslanguage]

Release Day Picks: 4/24/20

Here’s our picks for the week!

John Carroll Kirby - My Garden (Stones Throw)

- Wrote about John Carroll Kirby’s surprise release, Conflict, earlier this month here. While Conflict was a beautiful ambient piano album, My Garden is a more playful collection of songs. The album is another impressive example of John Carroll Kirby’s dynamic range as a songwriter.

https://johncarrollkirby.bandcamp.com/album/my-garden

K-LONE - Cape Cira (Wisdom Teeth)

- A cool album by a new artist to me. From melodic electronic to more ambient atmospheres, Cape Cira is a rich collection of sounds.

https://wisdomteethuk.bandcamp.com/album/k-lone-cape-cira-lp

Kenji Kihara - Slow Slope Sleeps (Inner Islands) - Kihara released Dawn, one of my ambient favorites last year. He’s returned with a sprawling 2 1/2 hour release on Inner Islands that he describes as "A series of songs that slowly fall asleep, like going down a slope." Haven’t even had a chance to absorb this one yet but I have no doubt it’s worth our attention.

https://innerislands.bandcamp.com/album/slow-slope-sleeps

K. Leimer - A Figure Of Loss (Palace of Lights)

- We have sung the praises of Leimer a few times already here and you can probably get used to that continuing if he keeps up his current release pace. A Figure Of Loss follows on the heels of the surprise release, Semblance, and it’s yet another gorgeous ambient entry to the Leimer discography.

https://open.spotify.com/album/3MLoQ25ddgmkPvbVdWSxz3

Mock Orange - The Bridge (Bedfire)

- Semi-legendary indie/math/emo band return with three fine new songs. Released on 4/20 because, of course.

https://open.spotify.com/album/5TpsFlCmG5C7IYH9kF5lJA

More Eaze - Mari (Orange Milk)

- An emotional record full of fascinating experimental pop from More Eaze and Orange Milk.

https://orangemilkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mari

SiP - Leos Naturals (Not Not Fun)

- Chicago’s Jimmy Lacy takes you on a wild synth trip of ambient jam.

https://sip-groop.bandcamp.com/album/leos-naturals

Maxwell Sterling - Laced With Rumour: Loud-Speaker Of Truth (Ecstatic)

- Two listens in and I’m not even remotely close to wrapping my head around this album. Sterling has created a spiritual journey across experimental music landscapes.

https://ecstaticrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/laced-with-rumour-loud-speaker-of-truth

[ntrending]

This is what some of the earliest stars in the universe might have looked like

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This is what some of the earliest stars in the universe might have looked like

A cold start

When we look through telescopes, we can see into the past. Light travels fast, but it still takes a lot of time for light from sources spread across the universe to get to our searching eyes. We’ve spotted supermassive black holes from the dawn of the universe, just 800 million years after the big bang. But in a study published this week in Nature, researchers were able to look back even farther than that—180 million years after the big bang—when the very first stars were forming.

“What’s happening in this period,” Alan Rogers, an astronomer at MIT’s Haystack Observatory, said in a press release, “is that some of the radiation from the very first stars is starting to allow hydrogen to be seen. It’s causing hydrogen to start absorbing the background radiation, so you start seeing it in silhouette, at particular radio frequencies. This is the first real signal that stars are starting to form, and starting to affect the medium around them.”

The researchers think it’s unlikely we’ll see further back into the history of stars anytime soon, but they will keep looking for other information about the infancy of the universe, including why the hydrogen gas appears to be colder than expected. A lot colder. Another paper in Nature suggests that this might be due to the presence of dark matter, a fascinating possibility that other researchers are eagar to investigate.

With all the other news going on in the world this week, there’s a chance you didn’t have much space for space. But there was a whole universe of stuff going on. Here are a few other stories you might have missed:

Wet and Wild Moon

There was a lot of lunar news this week. We already knew that there was water on the Moon and that some of it was probably pretty difficult to get to. A new study published in Nature Geoscience found that the water might be even more widespread than we thought, spread out across geographical regions, but also concluded that the water might be pretty immobile. Researchers are interested in understanding more about the Moon’s water reserves because water is a valuable resource for future expeditions—great to use for drinking, sure, but also for breaking down into oxygen (for breathing) and hydrogen (for fueling up rockets).

Water on the Moon also tells us something about our natural satellite’s development. A paper published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters used models to mimic theories about how the Moon might have formed. They found that having widespread water on the moon was still consistent with the leading hypothesis, which is that another planet-sized object collided with the early Earth. The impact sent material flying into space, which eventually coalesced into our Moon.

Go GOES-S

What does it look like when one weather satellite captures the launch of another weather satellite on camera? Something like this:

Image Credit: CIRA and RAMMB

That little blip was the thermal energy from the rocket carrying GOES-S, NASA and NOAA’s latest satellite. It will monitor severe weather across the United States, and was imaged by its immediate predecessor, GOES-16, which also caught the exhaust from the launch.

Image Credit: CIRA and RAMMB

See that little wisp heading through the clouds near Cape Canaveral? Yep, that’s it again! Both images were made possible by an instrument called the Advanced Baseline Imager. Read more about the technology that lets this satellite monitor and forecast disasters here.

CIMON says

And last but not least, there’s a space robot in the news. The Crew Interactive Mobile CompanioN (CIMON) will head to the ISS in June. The 11-pound companion equipped with IBM’s Watson technology will follow around the ISS astronauts and help them… wait, what will a round, disembodied ball with a smiley face on it do, exactly?

According to IBM’s blog, “together they will experiment with crystals, solve the Rubik magic cube based on videos, and conduct a complex medical experiment using CIMON as an ‘intelligent’ flying camera.”

Hopefully it works out better than the last robonaut. Robonaut 2, broken since 2015, is packaged up on the ISS and awaiting an unceremonious return to Earth.

Written By Mary Beth Griggs

[djsilk12]

Pre-dawn vibes #T.A.T #TAT (at Cira Centre)

[neonthewrite]

🖊 + Elias

( Want me to gush about my OCs? )

Elias has many middle names, and listing them all off gets tedious for him. The city/culture he’s from tends to have a tradition of adding more middle names based on titles earned and accomplishments won. He was already born with a few: Elias Orson Phineas Kingspeaker* Dawn. Since his mother is the Oracle of a temple, he assumed the role of a temple speaker just by being born. Very few people can make sense of what Cira Dawn says due to her difficulties communicating, but Elias always had a knack for it.

He takes after his mother in looks. Since his father is a deity with no set physical form, his natural physical traits were all inherited from Cira (deep red hair, sapphire eyes, sienna skin, strong nose). He’s met his dad a few times, and while there’s no animosity between them, a part of him does blame the guy for the way Cira’s mind was broken.

Elias is pansexual and genderfluid. Since he’s a shapeshifter, he can play around a bit with his presentation. Usually, he will give the people close to him an easy visual cue so they know which pronouns to use, but not always. He sometimes enjoys dating and develops crushes fast, but the thought of anything like marriage or any implication of “forever” sort of freaks him out for reasons he keeps quiet (he has a set “destiny” and he already has a hard enough time with that).

Elias as a character is fun to write because he’s what most people would call “overpowered”. He’s a demigod with a lot of abilities, including storm manipulation, shapeshifting, summoning items out of thin air, and making copies of himself. He also sort of combines his storm and mischief aspects into something he calls “electrickery,” in which he manipulates the electric impulses in someone’s brain. He saves that for dire circumstances since it’s hard to do.

* ”Kingspeaker” is the most convenient translation from what the word is in his first language, since it doesn’t have a distinction between a male and female sovereign.

[neonthewrite]

Muunfel Lore Bits #5

Cira Dawn isn't the first Oracle that has ever taken up residence in her temple, but she might be the most decorated. The power that grants her the position enables her to see not only the futures, but a lot of the past as well, with almost all of time accessible to her with some effort. It also gives her the ability to create and resolve paradoxes on a whim.

Cira also communes with beings not on the physical plane, especially the gods. Many of them find her amusing or endearing, and would protect her if the need arose. In return, sometimes they are allowed to ride along in her headspace to view the world from a slightly more mortal perspective.

[neonthewrite]

Throwback Thursday

How Elias discovered his gender identity

Elias, in his original form, was a D&D character (dual class bard/ranger, for those interested). He was actually introduced as the son of my previous D&D character, Cira Dawn, who had survived three campaigns prior and deserved to be safely retired with all her loot so she could take care of her lil baby.

Becoming an oracle of a significant temple (a development that I kept in her story when I moved it into the Muunfel project) gave her a stable place to call home, but it also meant many visits from all kinds of importan people. Elias grew up meeting dignitaries, gods, vessels of gods, royals, and the like. It was a very accepting household, though he saw his fair share of trouble growing up there. His mother's importance made him the target for more than one kidnapping attempt, but Cira Dawn can and will move mountains for her baby, so it never stuck.

Elias grew up confident and well-loved, but still he set out on his adventures to see the world and figure out his own place in it (all with his mother's enthusiastic support). This is, more or less, how he ended up with his original D&D party.

Fast forward to the thick of the Plot. One of the other party members, a very pretty cleric, had gotten kidnapped. She was being held hostage in a warehouse, and part of the rest of the party's plan for attack was to create diversions. Elias' diversion, since he could shapeshift, was to transform into the likeness of their kidnapped friend to make the bandits think she'd escaped her cell.

Sometime during this mission, it clicked. The form, presenting as female, worked well for Elias, and she was almost reluctant to shift back.

After that, more shapeshifting and experimentation occurred. Elias learned that he is a man sometimes, a woman others, and neither or both on some occasions. He's very fortunate to be able to play so freely with his presentation, too.

Fun fact: Sometimes, when presenting female, she changes her name to Elisa to match and thinks she's the cleverest about it. For agender/nonbinary days, El is a suitable name for them. However, Elias is fine with his given name as a general way to refer to him.

[neonthewrite]

Excerpt: Birth of a Storm

I've written here and there about Elias and Cira Dawn, and their time being the strangest pseudo-royal family that their temple has seen in many many years. The interesting thing to note is that Cira was deeply depressed after being declared the Oracle. It meant she could not wander as freely as she used to, and the friends she lost would stay lost out in the world. When she learned she was pregnant, some of her joy came back.

Twenty two hours of labor and the baby still hadn’t come. Cira let out another raspy cry as her body shuddered with pain. The nurses bustled around her like a kaleidoscope of moving figures. Someone held her hand, but between the intense false figures in the room and the storming outside, she couldn’t tell who. All that mattered was the baby that was so ready to come out, but couldn’t.

Something had to be wrong, but Cira lacked the words to ask. The speakers of the temple were standing by, but most of them had no idea what to make of her yet. She was a new Oracle and her prophecies were more obscured than most.

Words simply minced together in her head. After everything that she had seen and done, she was quite rightfully mad. She didn’t usually mind.

Thunder cracked and something in her shifted. Cira cried out a wordless plea, a prayer that she would at least get to meet her child. It was so lonely, being the way she was. The baby, she told herself, didn’t have to understand her. She would love it just the same.