#classics shtuff

[junkyardisles]

ART REQUESTS? :D can you do double trouble??

alright so normally i’d do a post with all of them BUT double trouble is a character who, as much as i love him, don’t know if it’d feel right for me to draw him since i’m white

SO if you don’t mind i’m gonna draw my redesign of him :}

[splodincrow]

I've made too many memes, yet not enough

No one:

Crow and her sleep deprived meme-making:

{honk mimimi}

(a meme made in Tumblr coz I'm a bit too lazy to make a GIF into a classic meme rn)

I just felt that this waffle represents the sheer amount of sleep I need

It's not just memes either

I have things I'm doing

My meme time is limited to nini time

3am and stuff

Oy...

I need to stop staying up till 3am doing random shtuff I don't need to be doing at 3am

[deepnerdblog]

Flow States, Process, Experiments and Creative shtuff

So like... the goal is to take cool riffs from guitar and keyboard and cool beats and make some cool shit. To write out riffs and take notes and be able to go from loops and or riffs to some really pleasing sounding shit. Looping or having a well laid out sound room with mics and a master keyboard with some form of control for all hardware is all about setting up the tools in a way that you can 'sculpt sound' or fuck around and find something groovy. It's hard to keep the stuff straight and keep the technology from getting in your way when you want to just go. A lot of synth hardware guys have their default sort of thing - they turn on power and just go. Having a lot of choices - DAWless master clocks and eurorack and just going on, four on the floor and patch the lfo into something and make a well sound designed loop. which personally has always been a bitch to turn into something more than a loop (but it's easier if you have that mixed loop broken down into discreet channels). or taking samples and stretching the sample into something that spices up lame loops into something groovy.

So what I have is reaper and a template to drive every piece of hardware from one controller. Depending on which channel is receiving midi, the CC controllers(drive most of the knobs etcetera with a instance of a JS Midimapper script for each CC). Technology shit which is all well and good, but at some point I need the sound design stage to become the song writing stage. Which needs to be fast, which is why having everything sync'ed up and two or three clicks of a button from recording ideas is handy. So the other accomplishment today was saving Templates - one for my Midi hardware, one for the Looper8 template, and one for VCVRack and it's associated channel outs. Fiddly stuff to make cool noises.

The other thing I've tinkered with is simply going back to old loops and beats - so I can grab good old jeskola buzz for throbbing bass and filters, run sound from my desktop into my current reaper setup, then go from there. Old Reason and buzz were great quick ways to get funky ideas down and then export stuff to a platform for recording and refining. The tracker workflow is fiddly but expansive.

YMMV- whichever tool gets you stuck in and nodding your head quickly is the best tool to get into the flowstate. Floops etc.

Writing this journal and alternating between philosophical overviews and technical jibber jabber is actually really useful for me. It saves me from wearing down people around me with rants 'oh hey i am frustrated with obscure hobby triviality thing number 2918' and also it helps me explore my process.

So the other interesting thing on the philosophy and 10,000 feet above process is to think about how the energy of the making stuff process affects the actual stuff being made. Like techno or house are based on evolving repetition, on mixable semi formulaic ear candy that is made through iterative editing and refinement. The loops sound good looping and sounding good and iterating while delighting the ear somewhere between the expected and unexpected. The loop and the dancefloor have a mindless sympatico. Meanwhile traditional song formats have overdubbing and harmonies that delight the ear via layers and groove, basic harmonic palette and auditory storytelling. The format and the process are intertwined, the ad libs and the back up singing and the motifs and the throwbacks to genre convention all create the pop music Vibe. From Deelite to Silk Sonic to classic funk. To abstract rhythmic chaos to the almost Pink Floyd like style of Hawtin and Namlok decades ago. Production is the process of ingredients and preparation that go into songwriting and it's a damn messy hobby but a entertaining obsession.

[smilepilled]

leaving some bug lore below. nothing too doxx coded just random shtuff from my childhood/youth!!! trigger warning for descriptions of eating nonfood stuff, nasty/surgery related stuff, and bullying/childhood fighting

• i have sawed/shark-like teeth. my partner has vampire/cat teeth (big canines). we are this image!

• at many points in my life i have picked up insects/critters and chased girls who bullied me around the school CRAZY style

• i made a presentation at school about someone i admired during my hyperfixation on tattletail. i made it about Mama Tattletail. i got the highest grade

• one time my front upper tooth just regused to grow because my gum closed up so i had a dentist make a hole in my upper gum for the tooth to grow. and it did!

• i got appendicitis in 2023 for being constipated and sleeping through the constipation. lost my appendix to the poop war. please hydrate and eat things with fibers so you dont lose yours

• i had a crush on mangle as a kid and hated springtrap x mangle until i discovered self inserting/projection and started liking it. (back when people treated springtrap as separate from william afton)

• i ate a beetle as a kid, it tasted like coffee but less intense. i ate a Oleander flower one time (and then puked the poison out) i also sucked on coins and keys and metals. i also ate tiny sticks feom trees. ironically to how my immune system is GOATED i caught covid OVER TEN TIMES!!!

• as a kid i used to draw myself as a white kitty with a sewed-in collar (idr if it was spiked or a bell one) that was green and blue, i had a classic 3 claw scratch turned into a crystal blue scar, and one of my eyes was green while the other was blue. the teachers found it really endearing and kids thought i was weird but i was living my best life

• this year i got drunk (read: my body had no use for these chemicals similarly to what happens to alcohol so it just let it on my bloodstream) off carbon monoxide/dioxide because of the amazon rainforest and brazilian flora burning severely bad. the sky was grey for a lot of days, like silent hill but the planet is dying

• during the pandemic i teached my classmates how to use zalgo text generators during online classes and then they got it. a few minutes later the fucking void appeared in the chat because my friend compiled so much zalgo text that it opened a black hole in the chat. it took around 15 minutes for all the combining characters to disappear

• i have kickass scoliosis (S shaped spine) so my body is extra asymetrical. i also seem to have feminine traits on my right side (nice waist curve + smaller ear) while masculine traits are on my left (curveless/straight torso, bigger pointier ear). ironically though this patterns does not match the size of my blokes; the left is bigger than the right. i feel like those intersex half male half female beetles!

• as a fnaf kid i made my own versions of tag youre it/hide and seek to play with my friends and made it fair. i remember i made one called "animatronic youre it" ("pega pega animatronico") where the person who was "it" had to sneak behind people while they faced away from them woth their hands on their face (imitating the fnaf mask mechanic sorta). my friends really liked that one. i was crazy about my interests

• i have pcos (intersex style) which led to me having very transed gender and trans experiences with it. i was born, then raised as a girl, then developed masculine traits at a very very young age, then tgot reated as a boy and a girl, then as a girl then a boy, then girl again, then boy and eventually as a "thing", then i got my IUD at age 15 to deal with menstrual imbalances and high testosterone levels, then gor treated as a "manly girl", then as a "girly girl" for a little bit, and currently im once again treated as a manly girl/boy (adjective) girl (noun). i also developed extreme dysphoria towards masculinity/maleness but recently i've come to conquer and KILL it with my own two paws n claws. i currently enjoy being confused for a dude or otherwise seen as masculine!

• i grew up with a LOT of media: FNaF, BaTIM, undertale, LPS, zoobles, moshi monsters, animal jam, flash games from nitrome (twin shot, cave chaos, etc.), creepypastas, resident evil, amnesia games, MLP, digimon + pokemon, transformice, pony town, rawr xd scenecore aesthetics, old youtube music videos made by kids, old youtube gameplays, johnny bravo, 2010s memes (get rekt lol illuminatti sunglass pepe ytp), steven universe, old gen my little pony media, hasbro toys, polly pocket, truck/car toys, national geographic documentaries, dragontales, seven little monsters, les tres bessomes, tintin, charlie & lola, adventure time, old gen strawberry shortcake, old minecraft youtube videos, scooby doo, nickelodeon, backyardigans, the misadventures of billy, fairy oddparents, uncle grandpa, ben 10, regular show, amazing world of gumball, annoying orange, temple escape (game), gummy bear songs, powerpuff girls, clarence, peppa pig, kirby: right back at ya!, sanrio anime (randomly), shrek, courage the cowardly dog, sonic, dexter's laboratory, kick buttowski, stop motion godzulla fights, 2D dinosaur fights, cookie swirl C, play dough, harlem shake compilations, and SO MUCH MORE!!!

• in 4th grade some girl kept stealing my school material nonstop while having her own and my mother had already contacted the principal's office and went there but no one did shit. so one day i took the situation into my own paws and teased her by calling her a thief ("ladra") and letting her chase me around the school (i thought it was fun banter, but she was 200% pissed serious style). i hid in the bathroom and since the stalls didnt have locks (HUUGE security issue looking back at it now) she grabbed me out of it by my hair and we stayed kicking and punching each other in the bathroom for a few minutes before adults and my friends and her friends came in. i ended up biting her arm through her thick coat (it was cold there) and it left a nasty bruise with green purple pink and yellow marks on it (i bit her skin above the coat so it was applying pressure while pulling the skin, like a hydraulic press). she was crying the second i started biting her because i was putting all my life force into it while she was almost balding me by my roots. anyways in the principal's office her mother started babying her and enabling her poor behavior which is very sad looking back on but my mom stood her ground. my mom told me years later after the event that the girl said "it hurts and it left such a nasty bruise!" and i answered without hesitation "my scalp hurts a lot too even if theres no mark" and everyone was taken aback for some reason (serious toddler comeback i guess)

it's so weird to me that everyone on this website is a human person outside of their weird internet niche so rb this with a random bit of your lore

[zorahs-sustainable-shop]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: ⬅️ 9 West Penny Loafers in Black Sparkly Glitter — no shoelaces never worn❣️.

[all-seeing-ifer]

Maybe it’s because I’m just generally huge fan of sung-through musicals as a concept, but I love that Hadestown especially is sung through. It feels like such a natural modern equivalent to the way that the original Greek epics would have been performed in their original context, where each epic poem was essentially one long song performed to music

[sevenseasofthigh]

That's very sad Paul

[whumpasaurus101]

Examination

Sheesh, I should probs write some fighting dog shtuff, shouldn't I? Welp, hows about 1859 words to make up for the Asher fight dog thingy hiatus lmao.

CW: dehuminization / slapping- alot lol / Examination - brief/ i cant think anything else, but if i missed something, scream it at me!

previous / masterlist

Asher sat in the kitchen, unable to move, “I’m tied to a chair.” Rodger chuckled, “Wow, great observation, want a gold star?” Asher rolled his eyes, “No, but I would like to be untied from this fucking chair.” Rodger spooned an egg from the boiling water and spooned the hot insides out onto a piece of toast, “Hmmmm, no, I don't think I will. I think if I did that, you would just punch me.”

Asher grinned, “Well, I think that you're scared of me!”

“Pfft! Oh please, don't make me laugh!” Asher squirmed in the restraints, “I’m being serious! You know I can beat the fucking head off of you!” Rodger closed his eyes and sighed, “You see, that adverb was literally not needed. I just don't get why the fu-” he sighed again, “Just stop cursing or else I’ll stick your head in this fucking boiling water!”

Asher laughed and sarcastically went, “Ooo! Scary!!”

“Better watch your mouth or else I’ll send you to Antonio’s with no breakfast.” Asher shut his mouth but scowled at him. Rodger elegantly set down the plate in front of Asher. He sat in the seat beside him and started to cut the toast into small squares and held a square which was impaled by the fork to Asher’s lips.

Asher refused at first but then slowly opened his mouth, accepting defeat. Rodger hummed happily as he fed Asher like a baby. Once the plate was empty, Rodger put on his coat and dragged Asher outside, making sure to lock the door behind him.

In the car, Asher sat in the front. Of course he wasn’t just sitting in the front, oh nonono, his hands and legs were tied together with a skinny rope. “You know this isn’t necessary. You can just keep your kinky rope fetish for your lover. I’m not interested.” Rodger chuckled, “Funny, but don’t make me want to gag you.” He turned on the radio;

“Another person has gone missing, family members say that she was just going out for dinner, but never came back. Police have-”

Rodger quickly changed the channel to a classical hits channel. Asher side-eyed him with a worried expression. Rodger could clearly see it but decided to ignore it, “Say, do you know how to play any instruments?” Asher shook his head, “Nah, I always wanted to though.”

“Of course you haven’t, I don’t know why I asked. You’d be too dumb to even know how to pick up an instrument.” Asher scoffed, “Oh please! Okay ‘turd nugget’, you tell me this, do you know how to fucking play an instrument?”

“Turd- Turd nugget-? What, no!” Asher looked at him with a grin and Rodger sighed, rolling his eyes, “Because I was too busy. Too busy making money. And what have you done? You have got kicked out of most of the high schools you went to when you were younger! So, in conclusion, I don’t think you can call me the stupid one here.”

Asher huffed, clenching and unclenching his fists, “How the fuck do you even know that?!” Rodger smiled, “Your last owner told me, Besides, I have kept my eye on you for quite some time.”

“What the fuck does that supposed to mean?” Rodger chuckled, tapping his hands against the steering wheel, “Well, Asher, it has come to my attention that you have not once, in your time staying with me, have asked me about my profession. How do you think I make all the money?”

Asher looked down, disappointed in himself almost, “Well, I mean, judging from your house, I didn’t think you had a lot of-” He was cut off as Rodger’s fist plummeted into his cheek, snapping his head to the side. “Fuck! You could’ve chipped my tooth!”

“Oh suck it up! I'm bringing you to a fucking fighting arena! A fucking chipped tooth should be the least of your worries!”

Asher grumbled under his breath. “Okay, fine, what do you fucking work as?”

“Ah, ah, ah, it doesn’t really sound like you actually want to know!” Asher rolled his eyes, “This is fucking stupid, forget it, I don’t fucking care what you do for a fucking living you piece of shit!” Asher gulped as Rodger pulled the car over he turned to Asher with a sick smile on his face, “Asher, if you don’t stop fucking cursing I swear to god I will throw you out of this god damn fucking car, let you get run over and buy a replacement!”

“Twice.”

Rodger closed his eyes and sighed, “What?”

“You cursed twice. So I get to throw you in front of a car... twice.” Rodger opened his eyes and glared at him he quickly shot forward and grabbed a fistful of Asher’s hair, “Listen up dipshit, I really don’t think you’re getting the memo here. You, are fucking nothing. I control you and you obey me. I can curse as many fucking times as I fucking want! Now, we better leave before we are late, wouldn’t want Antonio to go extra hard on you now would we?”

Asher just sulked in his seat. The car’s indicator clicked and once it was safe, the car swerved back onto the road. As the gentle hum of the road against the tires filled the car, Asher slowly closed his eyes and drifted off.

*smack* He woke up with a gasp as Rodger -who wore a shit-eating grin- stood right in front of him, “Wakey wakey, we’re here!” Asher groaned, “ ‘s alright, I can stay here and-” Another smack. “Fucking hell! I-” Another smack.” He opened his mouth but flinched as Rodger held up his fist.

The ropes were cut and he was dragged out of the car. His legs had pins and needles but he had no time for the blood to travel properly as he was dragged to the entrance of the boxing gym. It was a huge building and Antonio was right at the entrance, “Ah! Rodger! Right on time!”

Rodger smiled, “Yes, well, I would’ve been here earlier if this mutt would have complied. Anyway, we’re here now and that’s what’s important!”

“That it is!” Come in, come in! Pedro here will take Asher behind the curtains just to get an examination to be sure everything is good! Can I get you water, coffee, wine?” Rodger thought for a moment, “Can I have a whiskey on ice please?” Antonio chuckled, “Why of course! I should’ve known! Do you have a lead for this one?”

Rodger looked at Asher who was surprisingly quiet, “I don’t actually.” “That’s no problem! Pedro, get the lead.”

Pedro, Asher guessed was a worker there or some shit, disappeared for a moment, returning with a rope that had an adjustable loop on it. Asher looked between the three men around him, “No. No fucking way! I can fucking walk!” Rodger chuckled, “Give me a second boys will you?”

“Of course!”

Rodger gripped the back of Asher’s neck and pushed him to the corner of the room. “Listen here, we are out in public, don’t you want to even try to be good?” Asher curled his lip, “Hmm, when you put it that way… no.” Rodger let out an uneven breath, oh he was going to kill this boy.

He tightened his grip on Asher’s neck, making him let out a yelp. “Behave yourself, and I won’t hurt Jack tonight when he comes over.” Asher looked up at him with wide eyes and Rodger chuckled, “That’s right, I saw the way you too are getting closer, I’m not stupid!”

“That’s debatable- AGH FUCK! Okay! Okay!” He was roughly released and shoved back to the two men. “Pedro, is it? Yeah, well, you tell me if this one is giving you trouble and I’ll sort him out, he’s still not properly broken yet.” Pedro smiled, looping the rope around Asher’s neck. Asher had to hold himself from punching the guy.

He was yanked in the direction of the curtain. The rope was tight around his neck, he pulled at it until he was shoved onto some doctor’s bed. There were two other people dressed in white coats as well as Pedro. Asher gulped.

“Okay Asher, hold out your arms for me darlin’!” One of the nurse’s whose name tag read Katherine smiled. Asher, falling for the kindness, held out his two arms. Katherine took out a measuring tape and wrapped it around his bicep, muttering some numbers to the other doctor with a notepad and pen.

“Okay, now I need you to just step up on these scales for me.” Asher nodded slowly, slipping down from the doctor bed. Katherine looked at Pedro and cleared her throat. Pedro sighed and rolled his eyes. He unhooked the rope from Asher’s neck and went back to leaning against the doorway.

Katherine sighed and frowned as she looked at the scales. Asher looked at her worried. She smiled when she saw Asher’s concern, “Can I get you to step off them and we try it again?” Asher nodded and stepped off. After several seconds, he stood back on and Katherine sighed, forcing a smile, “Alright, okay! I’ll get you to just get back off again.

When he did, she kicked the weighing scales back under the bed. “Okay, we’re almost finished sunshine, just a few more things! You’re doing great!” Pedro sighed, “You should’ve seen him just two minutes ago. Like a fucking wild animal. I don't understand why you’re being all nice and ‘cutsie’ to him” Asher shot a glare at him and started growling.

Katherine just chuckled and ran her hand through Asher’s hair, “Ah, he’s a cutie, how can I not be nice to him?” Pedro rolled his eyes and folded his arms. Katherine did a few more ‘practical’ tests which Asher hated but she was quick, so the humiliation didn’t last long.

Once everything was finished, the ‘leash’ was back on him and he was bright back out to the other men. This time, Katherine came as well, she smiled and looked at Antonio, “A word?” Antonio nodded and excused both of them.

“Well?”

“Well, he’s a scrawny lad, but nothing wrong with him. Give him protein supplements and a workout schedule and he should be perfect.” Antonio smiled, “Good, he has a right old temper too. That will assist his fighting skills. Thank you, Kat, that will be all.” Katherine smiled, nodded and went back behind the curtain.

Antonio came back to Rodger, I need to do an agility test on him but everything else is perfect. I’ll take him from here. Samuel has your whiskey on ice ready in the parlour, I’ll tell you when we’re finished!”

Rodger looked at Asher and smiled, “Okie dokie, take care of him, make sure he doesn't bite any of the other dogs!” He joked. Antonio chuckled and yanked Asher’s lead, “Oh don't worry I won’t.”

And then Rodger left, leaving Asher with Antonio who dragged him into another room.

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taglist: @milk-carton-offical @as-a-matter-of-whump @yesthisiswhump @likeit-or-whumpit @appy-polly-loggies @sillypizzazineoperator @just-a-whumping-racoon-with-wifi

[lion-time]

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First and foremost, you may repost my art, just don't claim it as your own.

(updated 10/3/24) (DD/MM)

recent updates: adding the ‘neo lion postings’ tag

alphabetising my tag list

adding this little bit to explain what i have updated

Second and foremost, this is a Voltron (oldtron not Vee El Dee) centric blog. I’ll probably post one off tidbits from other fandoms but if I’m going to go out on a full on hyperfixiation rampage, I’ll take it to my sideblog (@flion) or to another site.

Third and foremost, this blog is a little dead. Usually because I’m cycling through hyperfixiations which aren’t Voltron.

This covers things like my tags and sideblogs. Sorry if it’s a tad lengthy.

(my pronouns are she/her but i don’t mind enough to correct you if you use anything else)

youtube (where i reupload golion)

mega folder with every episode of V3D cause the videos get blocked on YT

sideblogs

@flion (general crap that I want to save and keep there.)

@lionness-of-fire (sideblog for class of the titans. don’t post much there tho.)

tags

aaaaask = ask tag, for those rare, rare times.

art dustbin = my art tag

blood tw = my tag whenever there’s blood / gore

cool shtuff by cool peop = used when I reblog art, edits or writing from other people.

lionanimates = animation tag. here’s to using it more in the future! (spoiler: after writing that i have not used it much)

Lion incoherently screeches = me rambling (whether on the post or in the tags)

Lion writes = my writing tag, for those rare, rare times.

neo lion postings = original lion posts after the 2022-2024 hiatus (because i am young enough that my brain has physically grown a fair bit after 2 years)

reboog = my reblog tag (block this if you want ONLY art / edits)

sorting through the rafters = blog maintenance, like you’re looking at now!

uncertified unofficial classic = for those stupid, iconic posts (probably involving the posse). a WIP right now!

whump hours or haha fictional character go splat = whump tag. used less nowadays as i’m less into it

right now I don’t have a consistent shitpost / crack post tag, but I definitely need one.

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Voltron: Defender of the Universe:

voltron dotu, dotu, vdotu, 80s voltron, voltron defender of the universe

characters and ships are tagged dotu ____ (e.g dotu lance or dotu sveith)

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Voltron Force

vforce11, voltron force

characters and ships are tagged vf ____ (e.g vf hunk or vf plance)

(sidenote: Panthera Force will be tagged under VF since it's proto-VF)

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Voltron: Leg and Dairy Defender

vld

characters are tagged vld ____ (e.g vld pidge)

(sidenote: this blog doesn’t post about vld that much.)

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Beastking Golion

beastking golion, hyakujuu ou golion

characters and ships are tagged bkgl ____ (e.g bkgl isamu or bkgl akiro)

Voltron: the Third Dimension = v3d, voltron the third dimension, v3d ____

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other iterations:

Panthera Force = panthera force, voltron panthera force, vpf, vpf ____

Devil’s Due Publishing = ddp voltron, ddp ____

as for the other 3 iterations (Year One, Dynamite and Robotech crossover), I’ll cross that bridge when I get there.

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Flock of Chaos:

Essentially three Pidges (Voltron Force, Legendary Defender and Defender of the Universe) meet, and chaos ensues.

Tagged as flock of chaos or FOC shit.

and that’s all of it, i think. if you read all that, thank you for taking an interest in my gaarbag

[featuringthecreature]

Reviews for Every Movie I Watched in March+April

Kinda fell off on watching movies after January due to some mental health shtuff, but I’ve slowly been getting back on that horse and I wanted to talk about the movies I’ve seen, so here we are. Take my number ratings with a grain of salt, they’re mostly off the cuff and giving a movie a numbered grade is pretty arbitrary anyway. 

March 1: The Wizard of Oz (1939)  dir. Victor Fleming - 9/10

It is STUPID how good this movie is for 1939. I really do like almost everything about this movie, from the fun characters to the bright and colorful set design to the iconic music. In fact, the only parts of the movie I don’t like are that ugly ass Cowardly Lion and those godforsaken Munchkins.

March 1: Kick-Ass (2010) dir. Matthew Vaughn - 8/10

Even when Matthew Vaughn is bad, he is still amazingly fun, and this movie is by no means a bad movie. Nicolas Cage gives the best performance, I love his delivery on some of his lines. This movie is so much fun y’all. Just watch it, you’ll have a good time. (And yes, I know both Quicksilvers are in this, you don’t have to tell me) 

March 13: There Will Be Blood (2007) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 10/10

This is a fuck-you movie. This movie curb stomped me, spat in my face, and told me I’d never make it in this industry. I don’t need to tell you this movie is incredible, ‘cause if you’ve seen it you already know, and if you haven’t you are seriously missing out.

March 14: The Philadelphia Story (1940) dir. George Cukor - 7/10

I had a hard time deciphering how I feel about this movie. I watched this for a Classic Film course, so I had a couple days to listen to and share some deeper analysis, and I feel like this film is actually pretty good. I don’t have any strong feelings on it, check it out if you like classic film.

March 14: Moulin Rouge! (2001) dir. Baz Luhrmann - 8/10

This movie is bombastic as hell, and even if this is a bad movie, it’s a good movie in my soul. Ewan McGregor, please return my calls.

March 15: The Ruthless (2019) dir. Renato De Maria - 5/10

I guess this movie just isn’t for me, I don’t know. I really do like Riccardo Scamarcio in this movie, but that’s the extent of the really good things. I was on a “Santino from John Wick” kick, I can’t really explain it. 

March 20: The Host (2006) dir. Bong Joon-ho - 9/10

Bong Joon-ho has never disappointed me once, and I don’t think he ever will. This is one of the best monster movies I have ever seen (granted I don’t think I’ve seen a lot of monster movies). Watch this movie, it has a wonderful heart and a wonderful monster.

March 20: Citizen Kane (1941) dir. Orson Welles - 10/10

Anything I can say about this movie has already been said, so I’m going to leave you with “I wrote a paper on this film and got a C so fuck this movie” and call it a day.

March 27: Sound of Metal (2019) dir. Darius Marder - 9/10

I am so glad a watched this movie. Riz Ahmed gives an award winning performance if only he hadn’t been competing against Anthony Hopkins. Paul Raci is also really, really good in this movie, and I don’t think that’s mentioned as much, and I think it should be. 

April 6: Casablanca (1942) dir. Michael Curtiz - 9/10

I did not think I would enjoy Casablanca as much as I did, but yeah. This is a great movie. I wanna go on record and say Humphrey Bogart is not tall, he is 5′8″. He wears pumps in this movie and they’re really funny to look at.

April 10: Dr. No (1962) dir. Terence Young - 7/10

This was my introduction to the Bond universe, and I thought it was a pretty good way to get me into the character of James Bond. Sean Connery is the strongest part of this movie as Bond. It is by no means a perfect movie, some aspects are extraordinarily outdated. But as a first crack this movie gets two thumbs up from me.

April 18: The Godfather (1972) dir. Francis Ford Coppola - 10/10

This film is truly something special. I am lucky that I was able to experience the story basically blind (I knew about some specific plot points and some famous lines, but for the most part this was all new to me), and I was extra lucky that I got to watch it with my dad. Being able to watch The Godfather with someone who has a deep love of the genre and the film itself is something that enhances almost every movie going experience. The Godfather is one of the greats. 

April 19: Mank (2020) dir. David Fincher - 6/10

I am not in love with this movie. I don’t hate it, but I don’t particularly like it either. The production design is great, and as a general appreciator of classic cinema I liked those aspects just fine. There’s just something in here that’s preventing me from fully liking this movie. 

April 21: Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) dir. Shaka King - 9/10

The only way I can describe this movie is “important.” King gives us a story of a often left out part of the Civil Rights movement, and it’s a story that everyone should be aware of. Fred Hampton was only 21 when he was assassinated, and yet he left such a mark on the fight for racial equality. Daniel Kaluuya absolutely deserved his Oscar win, he is a dream in this film. This is an uncompromising, tragic, and endlessly relevant movie.

April 23: The Father (2020) dir. Florian Zeller - 10/10

Yeah I cried. Anthony Hopkins is... I don’t think his performance can be summed up in words. It’s heartbreaking, everything about this movie is soul-crushing. 

April 24: Promising Young Woman (2020) dir. Emerald Fennell - 8/10

(You can tell I was cramming for the Oscars at this point) It is really hard to review Promising Young Woman. It’s incredibly polarizing to the film community, and it’s also polarizing in my own opinion. I really don’t know how I feel here, all I know is my feelings are strong. Also every time Bo Burnham was on screen I had a big stupid grin on my face, I can’t wait for his new special to come out. 

April 25: Nomadland (2020) dir. Chloe Zhao - 9/10

What a beautiful experience. This movie, on top of being absolutely gorgeous, has such a wonderful soul that completely shines through Zhao’s directing. There’s a monologue about maybe a half hour in that describes so succinctly the beauty of nature, and as someone who lives in a much more urban area of the world, it’s a description that I don’t get to see that often in my life. That’s why I love film. If Promising Young Woman made me angry at the world Nomadland made me fall back in love with it.

April 25: Minari (2020) dir. Lee Isaac Chung - 8/10

Watching Minari is like being gently set on fire. My feelings aren’t as strong as they were for Nomadland, and I don’t have much to say, but I still adore this movie and think it’s worth watching. 

April 26: Singin’ in the Rain (1952) dir. Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen - 8/10

I think my film teacher puts it best in describing this movie as “just so stinkin joyous.” That’s what this movie is, it’s joy put to film. I love how you can clearly see the excitement over making film that comes through in older movies, I feel like you don’t really see that anymore. 

April 28: Some Like It Hot (1959) dir.  Billy Wilder - 7/10

As glaringly outdated this film is, I still managed to have a pretty good time with it, although I can totally see why the plot could put some people off, or even make them outright dislike the film as a whole. Marilyn Monroe playing a ukulele made me feel very seen. (This is my first Marilyn movie as well!)

April 29: Snowpiercer (2013) dir. Bong Joon-ho - 8/10

CHRIST this movie is intense. The best part of Snowpiercer is it is engaging as hell. Unfortunately I had to duck out about three quarters of the way through to get some dental work done, but rest assured under different circumstances I would have been glued to the screen from start to finish. The premise is chilling (ha ha, get it), and the subplot of class disparity is also really compelling. If you know me you’ll know that I love me some John Hurt, Song Kang-ho has been great in pretty much every movie I’ve seen him in, TILDA FUCKING SWINTON rocks every scene she’s in. My only real problem here is sometimes Chris Evans is a bit hit or miss for me, I really like his performance at times, and I like it less at others. It has been cool to see him grow as an actor over the years, you can definitely see his improvement in more recent movies. In any case, I stand by my previous statement, Bong Joon-ho has never disappointed me once, and I don’t think he ever will.

[bbaptizedinblood]

looking for new mutuals 🐡

always looking for cool ppl to follow/talk to!! so just like/rb this post if u post any of the following and ill check ur blog out :-)

true crime (but if u romanticize that shit no thanks im out yuck)

weirdcore/cursed images

horror of any kind

music! i love sharing & being put on (classic rock, punk, alt, indie, metal or literally anything else) ((i also rly rly love taylor swift ok.))

video games! im more into older stuff & im not really up to date at all on the new stuff but its still v interesting!

‘dark’ humor (gaming commentary channels. u know the ones.)

fashion (runway, streetwear, diy, etc.)

nostalgia

MAKEUP 🖤🖤 (sfx or glam)

also if u are an artist of any kind, i would love to support ur work! so jus like this n ill check out ur shtuff<3

and even if you dont post anything i listed i will still check out ur blog if u interact w this post :-)

[crazynekochan]

Also the classic secret agent au! (I've been researching mission impossible and recently watch Johnny English and goddamn I hate myself but ships and Dr popped into mind so meh) The classic scene when two partnered agent needs to act as a couple to a fancy gala/party/idk and shtuff happens

I know that problem too well. I see something and I automatically add my OTPs in some shape or form

One of the best classic prompts ever ♥

Just imagine Kazuichi and Gundham are both agents and for an undercover mission they have to pretend to be a happy couple who are head over heel for each other. Luckily they are head over heels, however they aren’t a real couple and are just awkward as hell and always bantering due to UST. So now they have to be as sickeningly sweet to each other as possible and hold hands, give each other pet names and just stay stuck to each other whenever someone is looking. Not to mention the kissing and staying in the same room with only one bed x)

Also Sonia is totally the one who made the team assignment and put them both together as the “deeply in love couple” during the mission

[kingofthewilderwest]

Hi! How are you? Musician to musician, as someone who just finished the composer university career, what advice would you give to start having jobs? Or how to contact music editorials? Thanks a lot!

Hey there! Doing great, and hope you are as well!

Huge congratulations to you for your university milestone! That’s extremely exciting and I hope you had a great time doing composition work in the collegiate setting.

Unfortunately, I don’t know if I can give the best advice for music jobs. It’s nothing you wouldn’t have heard from your own stint at university, I imagine, anyway. I don’t contact music editorials, I don’t submit scores to competitions or calls for work, and haven’t stayed in the contemporary classical or composition communities. As blessed as I was for experiences with the contemporary classical stage, it wasn’t an ideal environment for me, with the stress of hiring musicians, scheduling rehearsals, setting up venues, creating spotless scores and parts, networking like hell with every person who knows who Penderecki is, etc. So. Ah. I left with a Bachelors in Composition, but I also triple majored and got an MA in Linguistics, so all my income has been through Linguistics. I miss it but I’m not in the classical world anymore.

I do still take the occasional gig in music composition. Since graduating, I’ve done the rare indie video game work or film project stuff. I’m about to start the process for one gig, I’m on standby for a second, and there are two more possible projects I’m talking through / negotiating / “applying” for, so to speak. I’m EXTREMELY excited for these! The way I get these, though, are entirely through informal social media networking and online friendships. 

I imagine these aren’t the sorts of projects you’re looking at, though, where they may be unpaid fandom projects, recreational side projects, or really small clicks of friends wanting to make a video game together and they MAYBE have $100-$200 to shell out to members on the team, etc. It’s certainly not the contemporary classical music circles, either.

I actually uhh… get a lot of these through tumblr contacts, if you’d believe it, since there’s an overflow of creative energy on here online, and I have multiple friends with art and film degrees, etc. Talking to people when you know they have a dream… can go interesting places and result in being parts of interesting creation experiences. I’ve learned the art of talking to people to get into projects like these. But most of these projects aren’t paid, and even the gigs that are… well, there’s no way to live an income off these. Plus, after unfavorable experiences where I tried to pursue the indie video game world, made some idiotic as ass mistakes, and had unfun experiences with leadership style clashes and stuff, I stepped back. Anymore, I only talk to people about doing music stuff if I’m REALLY REALLY into their project, or if I’m already good friends with them and know we’d work well together. Half of my projects are creating ideas together WITH friends, where we come up with the projects ourselves.

So all I can say is repeat what you probably heard a million times already: network, network, network, network, network, network. It’s the people you know that gets you gigs. It’s the friends you make that open opportunities. If there’s someone doing a project, you plug yourself and let them know your strengths and that you’d be interested joining the team. Know how to sell yourself with humble confidence. Know how much your music is worth paying for. Know how to tell people what your plans are for the project, how you might develop your music, and keep them updated consistently with updates. Know how to talk to musicians AND non-musicians about your projects. Always have a variety of samples on you to share to people to let them know what you can do. And so on and so forth. While I wish I could help, and hope that maybe talking about my unique experiences of how I get gigs is useful, I suspect this isn’t what you’re looking for and wanting to hear, though. I’m sorry I couldn’t be more helpful.

I’ve seen a fair number of my past peers and colleagues grow into successful composers. Some have started composition teaching studios, or gotten teaching positions at major universities, or had badass premieres in various places throughout the globe, or received awards, or gotten hired by music production and software companies, or been hired into the military as official arrangers - all sorts of things. Some are still in school in graduate programs. But I can only watch vaguely it from the outside since I didn’t take those pursuits myself.

I don’t know what types of music work you’re willing to go into, if you’re wishing to dive deep into the world of the contemporary classical art stage, slip into film projects, work in orchestration or scoring or notation, snag conducting or performance or teaching shtuff, or hop entirely out of the audial landscapes the classical world entertains and do some MIDI mayhem in small video game projects. I’m guessing from your comment of editorials and your desire for employment, you’re wanting to march strong in more classical-oriented music circles. So ahhhh… I’m really sorry to disappoint. I’m so excited to run into another composer and I love talking music with people! But unfortunately for this, I’m not someone who went into the world of music for jobs.

I wish you the absolute best with your musical pursuits! I hope you get amazing experiences and opportunities. I have a lot of respect for you and how far you’ve already come, and where you’re determined to go. You rock it - music for the win!

[zorahs-sustainable-shop]

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[all-seeing-ifer]

There are some stories we just can’t seem to stop telling…

Full disclosure this video is entirely the result of me making one too many jokes about watching different versions of Little Women the same way I watch Hadestown until eventually some wires got crossed in my brain and I decided to start taking the concept seriously. And then decided to make a 43 minute long video essay about it because I’m nothing if not committed to the bit!

It’s been a long long road getting this thing made - hope you enjoy :D

[the-madame21]

Share the premise!

Ok well I was listening to this song which is basically about this guy who’s in a relationship with this girl even though she’s with someone else. More than a story I guess it’s an overly dramatic music video I made up in my head? Lmfaoo. 

The piano in this is beautiful and idk piano just makes me think of giant ballgowns so. Princess. (This story is basic af mind you)

But so just the classic princess falls in love with the stable boy or the butler or whatever he might be. (I like stable boy because they’re more rugged than a butler might be. Less sense of duty too)

And they grow up together and have some great times, discover what love is together, all that beautiful true romance shtuff. But then she has to marry a prince because it’s her duty and what not. And she’s just dying inside and so is he. So they just made sad sad love and kiss each other sweetly. 

There’s this one lyric where he mentions a door opening and like ah how great would it be if that’s the first time he sees her in her wedding gown. 

Depression.