#cold war music

[mnasthaii]

BELL + ADLER

i don’t smoke - mitski / strangers - ethel cain / dissolved girl - massive attack / jigsaw falling into place - radiohead / tear you apart - she wants revenge / puppet - tyler, the creator

playlist under the cut.

[iisthings]

Couldn't stop thinking about Spies Are Forever since seeing it live in London sooo

I figured out what specific time window it's set in!

We know that at the start of the show Cynthia is on the phone with Nixon and refers to him as Vice President

Weeellll thanks to my partner laughing their ass off when I showed them and them then questioning the historical accuracy of the joke, we then looked when/if Richard Nixon ever was Vice president

And he was! Under Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose presidency ran from january 20 1953 - january 20 1961

(This might be common knowledge, but I'm not american so whooo to me for learning something new)

JFK was elected right after, which is in line with the historical accuracy of saf, since at the end of the show, we again see Cynthia at the phone, this time with President Kennedy

Here's a nice chart for better visualisation:

Also! In the first phonecall she has with Nixon, she refers to an election he lost!

(Again very well may be common knowledge, but my non-american ass doesn't know SHIT)

So to my partner: Spies Are Forever is wonderfully historically accurate :)

To everyone else: the play takes place over 5-6 days, so using the 20th of january as point zero, with a margin of ± 6 days, we can say that the main plot of Spies Are Forever takes place sometime between january 14 1961 and january 26 1961!

Tl;dr Spies Are Forever takes place over the course of 5-6 days between January 14 1961 - January 26 1961

[lemongogo]

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The Weavers—from left to right, Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Fred Hellerman—gave a concert on December 26, 1952, that was broadcast on WNYC. The clip above is the final number. Their message of peace and unity did not please HUAC, and they were blacklisted for the rest of the decade.

Photo: The Weavers perform at Cafe Society Downtown, July 17, 1951. Charles Peterson via Getty Images/WNYC

[purecommemasolitude]

Japanese-American Paul and Soviet exchange student Sergei and Jewish Brill hiding it from Bev’s parents and Hispanic-in-disguise Rogelio and Japanese-American Brill adopted by a white family and every other Soc Ryo role you are so so important to me. Minority and marginalized Socs you are my everything

[strayvic]

i've seen no one talk about the way adler leaps at that dude, made me giggle when i looked back at the footage. like, get that shit!! old man!!

bell, play firestarter by the prodigy

more coming later as i wait for the usb to load up the rest of the recordings.

:]

[prickly-paprikash]

Feels like the beef is over. Possible Kendrick album drop on the horizon. He even went and lifted copyright claims over any video that uses his four diss tracks since him and his team knew the fire they started over the weekend and that this would go a long way in helping out reactors, edit channels, dissection channels and more.

With the (likely) end of this feud, investigations need to begin. If Kendrick has proper receipts over his allegations, it needs to see the light of day and I hope it's soon. Rap disses is one thing—these are predator accusations that need to be met with the proper gravity. Given his relations with Baka and the stories in Toronto cropping up of his activities, I feel at the very least confident that there will be things Drake needs to address. And address them soon.

But I also want to discuss the (possible) last diss. The Heart Part 6.

A pathetic attempt to steal a title from Kendrick's own series of singles "The Heart Parts I-V". Songs that Kendrick has utilized to give introspection regarding the industry, his masculinity, depression, his savior complex and so much more. And Drake uses that title for what exactly?

Not a brutal response. Not a catchy summer bop.

He sounds defeated. His lyrics are incoherent, going from saying he planted that false information, to also saying that those who planted it are clowns and fakes. He dismisses and ridicules Kendrick's "Mother, I Sober" song, a story about Kendrick being harassed and SA. Except, as I have since corrected myself over thanks to others on here, that the entire song is him saying the assault never happened and no one believes him. So not only did Drake contradict his claims in one song, he showed his illiteracy.

And Kendrick doesn't respond like he does with Family Matters. When Drake dropped FM, Kendrick immediately invalidated an entire seven minute track by dropping his own response, a haunting meet the grahams, within thirty minutes. A malicious dissection and mock therapy session between him and every member of the Grahams, including Drake's alleged hidden daughter. And finishes the blow by dropping Not Like Us in less than a day, a certified summer hit that has already been played over and over again across the world. When Drake stans accused him of making boring, sleep-causing disses because they were too deep and complex, Kendrick dropped all pretense and released a song produced by DJ Mustard himself to bluntly call Drake and his posse predators while making everyone, including Drake's own base, to dance to the beat.

And we return to Drake's last response. More dislikes than likes. Boring. Lacking the pettiness and replayability that previous disses possessed. A sad, final attempt at a defense and Kendrick doesn't seem to bother responding.

Instead, it seems he leaves it up to the public now. Let them do the rest of the work.

I have to ask one final time.

What made Drake think it was a smart idea to go bar for bar in a lyrical war against a man who won a Pulitzer and has more than three times the amount of Grammy's he does?

RIP Drake, I guess. Didn't realize your entire legacy would be destroyed on a club beat. Ironic, actually.

[obscureloftgem]

—“The Color of Pomegranates” (1969) | By Sergei Parajanov

Song: Born to Die by Lana Del Rey.

[x-heesy]

Nᴏɴ-ᴇxɪsᴛᴇɴᴛ sᴘᴀᴄᴇ: ғᴜᴛᴜʀɪsᴛɪᴄ ᴄᴏɴsᴛʀᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴛᴇ USSR.

Pʜᴏᴛᴏs ʙʏ ᴘʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜᴇʀ Fʀᴇᴅᴇʀɪᴄ Cʜᴀᴜʙɪɴ.

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Dᴏᴜʙʟᴇ Dᴀʀᴋ ʙʏ Wɪʟᴅʜᴏᴏᴅ

[sera8273]

Whenever I think back on Odysseus Doxxing himself to Polyphemus in Remember Them, I can’t help but feel pity for the man.

Now from an outsiders POV it just seems like Arrogance and pride which isn’t entirely wrong.

But when you look at it from Odysseus POV it’s more than that.

Polites, One of Ody Best (Childhood) Friend who was practically his light just died in an instant. He couldn’t save him, couldn’t warn him. He.just.died.

He couldn’t even process or mourn because his Second in command- his Brother is looking at him in a terrified manner because, oh yeah! He and his men (43?) are in the cave that has a Cyclops that’ll kill them off one by one who is also blocking the exit!

They can’t kill him bc he’s blocking the exit but the Lotus Fruit that Ody snuck in the wine will eventually wear off. So they have to blind him if they’re gonna escape.

But! They realize that there’s more! So now, without alerting any of the cyclops, Odysseus has to get Himself, his men, and the sheep outside the cave as quickly and quietly as possible.

Without any sort of warning however he’s thrusted into Quick Thought by his mentor, Athena, who -with no explanation- tells him that he has to kill the blinded cyclops who would most likely get more men, if not all, killed while also alerting the other Cyclops and most likely Gods and Godesses.

Now to point out. Odysseus is not keen with murder or death and chooses to avoid the most safest options available if it means the safety for his crew.

But at this point. He’s stressed, Terrifired, Tired, Sad-

And most importantly

Angry.

So him basically doxxing himself was literally just Ody saying to Athena “Look! Look! He’s not killing us! Is he? No! He’s not! Murder isn’t the solution to every little thing! Ok! Ok!” Why? Because he’s so tired and just wants to get home.

[semiconductorwave]

Freedom for Latvia, on Berlin Wall at Brandenberg Gate - Photo by Tim Graham - 25. Mai 1989

[hamilton-nuclear-au]

Characters I designed so far!

[colleybri]

To the Peter Gabriel fan on the crew of The Americans… omg, let’s get married! Lay Your Hands on Me hits extra hard now. “Watched on by the distant eyes, watched on by the silent hidden spies”. And oh yes: “ there are no accidents round here”.

Chills.

[mr-scandinavian]

Where the fuck are all the Chess The Musical fans, are they all just old people or.... like....

[in-asterism]

Reading Women of Troy while listening to Epic the Musical is an unhinged experience. highly recommend