#communications re:boot

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here's a little bit of communications history from an au of mine!

'Communications' first appeared as a tv show called "Number Street", airing from 1956-1959 in black and white. The show mainly followed the Elsners- Nancy, Henry, their teenage son Kenneth (or as we know him, Kennith), and their young daughter Poppy- as well as their neighbors and friends. Notable other characters were Shirley (Stephanie) and Gregory (Greg), Kenneth's best friends, and Poppy's two young accomplices, Brenda (Bri) and Ann (Avery). Some other notable reoccurring characters were Ray, Evelyn, and Nathan. Taking inspiration from shows such as I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners, the show was a sitcom that focused heavily on Henry and Nancy's relationship. It wasn't incredibly popular nor did it have the best budget- however, it was still enjoyable and somewhat charming.

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Around the same time the case 1 fic became popular, a group of roleplayers began uploading edited versions of their au roleplays set in the 80s. The group was composed of three friends, one playing kenneth, the second playing "Shirley", and the third playing Gregory and Evelyn. The roleplayers chose to switch out the name Shirley with Stephanie, as they found it too "old timey" for the setting of their au, and used the name Greg as "Gregory's" full name. The au was pretty slice-of-life at first, with the angst being centered around kenneth's depression and being gay in the 80s (adopting the popular headcanon), though it soon took a dark turn after one of the users read the case 1 fic and wanted to take inspiration from it. It first started as Evelyn going on a killing spree and Kenneth commiting suicide but was eventually rewritten into kenneth hijacking a national news broadcast. The fic was deleted after the friend group fell apart and was considered lost for a time until somebody reuploaded it onto fanfiction.net years later. the original ending is still considered lost media.

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At the height of the comic's popularity, another adaptation was made- "communications" as we know it now! somewhat. A user who went by thetellerofstoriezz or Spoiler online wrote two songs based on the original popular fanfics, "housewife radio" (of which there were two versions- they remastered it) and "colorbars", neither of which gained much popularity. It wasn't until they released the final version of "housewife radio", which was based on the comic, that they got popular, leading to the creation of a comic-based remake of colorbars called "broadcast illusion". this song gained even more attention then its former, leading to Spoilers cranking out two more comic-inspired songs, "black & white" and "rotary dial". They later changed the meaning of their songs to match their own rewrite, which they discussed in length on tumblr, mainly though asks. their changes were bold, erasing poppy entirely and dividing the family to sort the characters into cases 1, 2, and 3. They had planned to release more music related to their rewrite, but cracked under the pressure and deleted their social media.

FINALLY the last adaptation to date! A reboot of "Number Street" was announced for streaming services (yayyy...). At first it was going to be a riverdale-style retelling of the original show, though while doing research, the writing team discovered the show's extensive fan-made lore and ended up changing the show entirely. It turned out as a sanitized version of Spoiler's retelling, with some (but not all) of the plot holes filled and a new soundtrack. Fun Fact: the young girl who played Poppy in the original show came back to play Frances in the reboot! the show followed each case throughout a season, originally pitching three seasons but hoping to be renewed for more, in which they would make new shit up. Unfortunately, they didn't make it past two, the show being abruptly canceled during the filming of its third season. The first season was published all at once, while the second followed an episode-per-week format.

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[callmepyrus]

CHILDREN RECORD (RE:BOOT)

“Boys and girls, face forward!”

Original Producer: JIN ft. Hatsune Miku / older version ft. IA Covered by: Amatsuki x mafumafu

Probably my most favorite cover of this song but there’re also other versions of Children Record that I found; soraru, un:c, SymaG, ito kashitaro, Akatin (but only in niconico), Will Stetson, JubyPhonic, Project Sekai, VTubers(?), and many many more. Look at how much love singer community gave to this peculiar series.

[heathersmithau]

A Rising Cornish Tide Raises All Ships⛵ | Paul Miller

In this episode I speak with Paul Miller, Managing Director of Cornish Accounting Solutions.

🏙️👨‍💼 The impact of the 2014 Sydney Xerocon.

🤝📈 It’s your business, you make the decisions.

💪 The importance of staying true to one's beliefs.

📅🔙 The early days of Xero.

🤝🤝 The return to traditional values and relationships.

🤝👥 The importance of meeting clients in person.

💻🛠️ What are some of the things you have in your tech stack? Xero, Dext Prepare, Dext Precision, and Ignition.

🏆 Winner of the first effortless bookkeeping challenge in the UK.

📚 The importance of providing training to clients.

🔟 The 10 factors that determine if a client will work with you.

💡 If you don’t like what you’ve got, change it.

🤝 Refer to other local firms if not the right fit.

👥 Recruiting team members.

📞💬 The best way to communicate with people is to pick up the phone and talk to people.

❓ The importance of asking why.

🌟 True leaders plan succession and transition succession.

🧑‍💼🎓 Paul’s thoughts on the last 24 hours at the Accountants BootCamp and how it has impacted his life.

  Today I’m bringing you the second interview as part of a series of interviews I conducted at the Accountants BootCamp. If you enjoy this episode, I encourage you to listen to the last episode, and subscribe to the podcast to hear the next two interviews.

  The re:Boot event, brought together speakers and attendees from the original Accountants BootCamp in the 1990s, including industry legend Paul Dunn. The three-day workshop, led by Dunn and Aynsley Damery, CEO of Clarity, focused on delivering repeatable, scalable services that benefit both the firm and the client. Many attendees use Clarity's software platform to assist in delivering these services. In case you missed it, Aynsley Damery joined me on a previous episode of Cloud Stories in May 2021, where we discussed 'How to double your clients profits in 5 easy steps.'

  https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Hg2rYG7mxiVFf1OL7tHuG?si=507287dc1e5f42a2 

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Vocaloid Highlights: April 2021

Wanna hear a joke? (Children Record rearrangement starts playing) Hold on, that's unrelated, Highlights Archive

========== Stand-Outs ========== The Witch Arrives PANCAKE Fluffy Blue Comet KABUKI Parila Salvador Mad Love Flower rough Great, Great, Great! Pretending to Know Brilliant Spring Eureka Joke Desperation Latter Half Illogical Communication keli Laughable ALiVE Heaven's Bug Souring Grapes

========== Worth Your Time ========== Lie Lo-Tech Life Flower and Ice Cream Heartthrob Factory Children Record (Re:boot) Ramelteon's Night Shaomi Carnival Festa! Cranberry Parade Beautiful Days Come After Goodbye nicola Child of Light Intently Monochrome Drawers Clear Spring Skies Heart Loading Wandering Clown Sakura Night Faded Feelings People Disliking Me is Just As Scary As Death Dozing While Eating 2K Shuffle Retropolis Tears, Tying Pity and Shackles Summer Ghost dear Posthumous Writings Forget Me Flashback, Deep Sea and Whirlwind Parade Dazzling Town, Together With You Crash Awaken Lights Spring Sowing Emotion Bias Scarlet Color Narakist Orca 37.5°C Why. Spring is a Ghost Lazinessman Q-ka Study Maybe Heart 10^60 Nameless Love Story sophie Magic of REM Amber Needy Tongue What is Normal? Sky Blue's Rock 'n' Roll Resentful Land Indulging in Reminiscence Awakening Network Love Theory Parting Sudden Girl Junkloid Wishing Star Adult Magic ÜNiVERSE You're Not in the Opposing Seat 75 Unquestioning Parastraia Love Sorrow Song Velkommen Stop It. Crude Fish Tank Intoxicated By Camellias. Chou a la Creme on the Windshield Disconnect VIDROAPE Oh, So It's All My Fault? Selfish Flower For Shame First Love Thoughts Vanilla Fourth Period is Math Carameral Kneel dear night town Spring Departure Talent Bloom Daydream Empty Dumpty + Sherbet Stream Funny Wail Ished Emotion Hacking Printemps Spider Flower How to Walk on Sand Hedgehog Poetic Flowers Concave Book of Revelations My Room Collection Eccentric Music Husk Neon City Monochrome Sense 2021 Identity dawn Alive Sky Sky Heights 703 she is 1 Vague Days

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Kagerou Poject Reboot: RealSound Interview

Jin x Shirakami Mashirou x Yuumao

Their takes on the changes that each of them has witnessed in the past ten years and the things they have been seeing in the whirlpool that is the VOCALOID scene.

Translation commissioned by the amazing @sodasexual​!

Celebrating the tenth anniversary of Kagerou Project, the Re:boot project has commenced. An interview has been carried out to ask about its background and prospects.

The ones we have interviewed are a trio consisting of the author of Kagerou Project and multi-creator Jin, as well as Shirakami Mashirou (bass) and Yuumao (drums/Hitorie), who are also production members of the original music piece and were listed as the performance team of “Children Record (Re:boot)”, which was released the other day as the first part of the Re:boot project.

We had them talk about the true intentions behind “Re:boot”, which means “to restart”, about the recordings where they created the concept of “overcoming the original composition” and about the near future, including the new song, along with the steps they have taken in the past ten years.

The “pain” that comes with creating something unprecedented.

——How did Kagerou Project’s Re:boot project begin?

Jin: Kagerou Project was set into motion back in 2011, so this year is the turning point of ten years since then. In that meantime, there were lots of things I fretted over, but as I discussed with the people around me about whether there was anything I could do, we came up with the idea of “remaking the old compositions”. I thought if that’s what we were going to do, then I wanted to try doing it with the original members of Children Record, so I contacted the two.

——How did each of you feel when Shirakami Mashirou-san and Yuumao-san received the proposal of a remake?

Jin: Regarding Mashirou-san, I was contacting him for the first in a long time. “Let’s go out for a drive,” I told him.

Shirakami: Right, right. We went on a car drive together. Just us seeing each other already felt nostalgic in itself, so we talked like normal about lots of things and were like, “Yeah, it was fun back then”. I felt that “Aah, I’m looking forward to this”.

Jin: While talking to the staff, I honestly felt uneasy about creating something new, even though it was a remake. If I had to use a word to represent these ten years in which I’ve been writing novels and making music for Kagerou Project, it was extremely “painful” to me. So I wanted to talk to Mashirou-san first-thing. On a different occasion, when a staff member asked me, “Have you been keeping in contact with Mashirou-san lately?”, I suggested, “If it’s okay, can I contact him myself?”, and then invited him for the drive. Rather than the request for the remake, I firstly wanted to discuss with him, “I’m planning on doing this thing; what do you think?”

Shirakami: There was one more person taking part in that drive, right?

Jin: That’s right. Since the coronavirus was going on, we went driving in three separate cars, and the third person was INPNE-kun, who made the video of Children Record Re:boot. That was INPINE-kun and Mashirou-san’s first meeting. At that time, INPNE-kun hadn’t started working on the video yet, but thinking back on it now, I’m glad the two of them were introduced to each other that way. It feels like our hearts bound the music and the video together.

——Yuumao-san, what about you?

Yuumao: Jin-kun and I were seeing each other constantly. I had received a request to tackle the recordings of the songs he had been making until now. Amidst that, there was a day when I received a request, amongst other matters, and was scheduled to “record Children Record”. Up to around three days before the recording, I spent my time wondering, “What’s this supposed to be?” (laughs).

——Jin-san, what did you think when choosing Shirakami-san and Yuumao-san, the original duo?

Jin: I only felt that I wanted to do it with these two. I didn’t have any other choice in the first place. I’m awfully fond of the contents that they performed in the original song, and I had no complaints other than towards my own abilities for making musical arrangements.

——You said earlier that “the past ten years were extremely painful”, but what kind of feeling was it?

Jin: The year when I began these activities, 2011, was the time when I was attending a vocational school; the band I was playing with back then disbanded midway, but by sheer coincidence, the older brother of a friend of mine was using VOCALOIDs and he taught me about them, so I really started doing it without any backing. Having played in a band until then, there was a lot of passion and many messages that I wanted to convey inside me, so this project was about me taking them and beginning to paddle off, and one of the aspects of it was that VOCALOID made the things I wanted to do into a reality. But that was a period where it felt like the VOCALOID culture wasn’t yet acknowledged. On top of that, other than the music, Kagerou Project had novels, and a lot of it had no precedents, so I believe there were parts of it that were difficult to understand for people who weren’t already into it. I didn’t know if the path I was going through was right or wrong. But the people around me kept telling me “not to take my foot off the accelerator”. In that sense, I definitely have negative memories of it. I also had the feeling that I was estranged from the music scene.

——Indeed, the music of Kagerou Project is unmistakably rock, and I believe it was something that pierced through Japan’s rock culture, but I think you might have felt that you were not understood by the rock bands of back then.

Jin: That’s right. Surprisingly, the people around me, including creators and those who were in bands, gave off an air of ridicule with a “he’s a faker” kind of nuance to it. I understood the awesomeness of rock bands, so of course, there were times when I’d wonder, “What is it that I’m doing?”. During these ten years, there was a moment halfway when I almost broke down. Due to many primary factors, I might’ve been unable to go on – like, there was a time when I found myself thinking that it was weird to keep it up while I was so at loss. There was also a period where I was unable to create anything for Kagerou Project.

——When did that happen, exactly?

Jin: Rather than breaking down all of a sudden, it’s more like I slowly became unable to create any more. Although I was being criticized on one side, I was also being demanded on another, so I was at a level where I was obligated to write. However, while all sorts of emotions were whirling up, I suddenly thought of something. There was a time when I got closure from that feeling of “not being acknowledged” that I mentioned earlier.

——When was that?

Jin: Around the time when I was making the previous album (“Mekakucity Reload”, which was released in November 2018). I was called “inexperienced” and “unskilled” not only in the rock scene but also in the light novel scene, so I made effort to sweep it all away. It felt like I was being treated like a tumor in everything I did. But then I suddenly thought, “Yeah, that’s fine”. There was a moment one day when the mists actually cleared, like, “What was I so at loss about?” It’s not like I’ve been going at it just so that someone would praise me. If anything, I lived my life constantly being made fun of. I’m no good at sports, I’m not smart, and I by no means did I ever excel at communicating with people at all. By the moment that I thought, if this is my character, then maybe being praised isn’t the only right answer, I was suddenly alleviated. If I’m being called a “child deceiver”, then I’m going to do that with all my might and apply myself to it, is what I thought. I refused to go to school for a while when I was in middle school, yet I had the feeling that I wanted to face this part of me, not in a fashionable or trendy way but in a miserable state, and fight him head-on. I guess that’s what suited me best. To me, Shirakami-san and Yuumao-san are people with a “chosen vision”. They have the sense to perceive beauty. I think I don’t have that in me. Which is why I was in pain. I was in a dilemma where I couldn’t grasp music as an art. However, it’s not like I’m making fun of hamburgers, but I started to think that I wanted to compete using something punk, something hamburger-like. It took me a while to get there.

——How do you feel after listening to what Jin-san just said, Yuumao-san and Shirakami-san?

Yuumao: Jin-kun said just now that he was “fretting” and “stuck”, but I knew about his circumstances to a certain extent, so I imagined that he was unable to move on. But while talking about all sorts of things with Jin-kun, when producing stuff in the last three to four years, we had the feeling that it basically boils down to “if we don’t provide this and that, it won’t be interesting”. This isn’t limited to KagePro – I just personally felt that the productions of his works were shifting towards not “making something good”, but rather making something that could be properly verbalized. For me, as someone on the performing side, I was also in a situation where, rather than just providing good content one way or another, I became increasingly able to explain it. In the end, we change just like that, is what I felt. And you base yourself on this to make new songs, right?

Jin: That’s right.

Yuumao: Thought so. That’s why I feel like the stuff that will come from you in the future will have stronger colors.

——Shirakami-san, what about you? How did the scenario change in the past decade and how do you think that you have been progressing as a musician?

Shirakami: The biggest change that I felt the most on my skin is that the huge Vocaloid movement itself has completely gained familiarity with the public in the last ten years. About a while after I had started associating with Mafumafu-kun, amongst the musicians that I’ve met, the number of people who came up to tell me, “I’ve been listening to Vocaloid” has increased. It’s been one round ever since we began doing this stuff, and the people who were the consumers back then became producers, is what I mean. That’s not us, the first generation – it’s a kind of follower generation, and we’ve completely permeated them. The context of what was born not only from VOCALOID but also the so-called internet culture has blended with the category named “ordinary rock bands”. That’s what I’ve been feeling for three or four years now. Therefore, the “feeling of being a knock-off” that Jin-kun innitially talked about has disappeared with the change of times, so to speak. I feel this keenly even in regards to myself and I think it’s an objective truth. However, from a personal point of view, even though changes are happening in many places, what is fundamentally required of us hasn’t changed much. For example, I believe that VTubers are also getting public familiarity now, but I think the reason why VTubers are trendy is that there are human beings underneath. For VOCALOID, too, the composers, so-called Vocalo-P’s, are the ones who get popularity, and one way or another, there’s also a phenomenom where the songs sung by popular Utaite become widespread. In the end, I think what matters is the fact that there are people behind it. I personally think we have to create stuff that we can be proud of while paying close attention to these things. In short, just because all internet content is intangible isn’t enough; we, the creators, have to carry the literacy of how society is going to approve of us.

Jin: That’s right. I think that VOCALOID music up to this point, Kagerou Project included, will have to be supplemented. Since we have words that are so easy to understand, such as “rock band”, “singer” and “songwriter”, for example, people go, “What the heck is a Vocalo-P, then?” At first, there was this impression that we were being given a weird alias by strangers, and I also felt like the adults, the people who are in control of the media, made us into something easy to digest. In regards to “deceiving children”, in order to earn money the fastest with it and make it spread the widest, the most effective method was probably to make it marketable, simple to understand and easy for adults to put labels on.

Therefore, I think that things such as “What is it that I can’t give up on?” and “What did I even want to do to begin with?” are the true identity of the realization that I mentioned earlier. It’s like wondering whether or not you can say aloud in the middle of a classroom that you “enjoy anime” or “really like cute characters”. Back in those days, I couldn’t to it at all. The class had castes. But I want to say this in a loud voice. Rather than trendy and fashionable overseas music, I much sooner believe in Summon Night EX-THESE’s theme song (“Byakuya” by Matsumoto Eiko) and other such music that I’ve always liked. Therefore, I want to start off from the fact that people think, “Aah, this guy has no sense”. It’s like I’m saying sorry to my middle school second-year self for almost forgetting the feelings I had back then. I seriously don’t care about winning. Being number one or being famous doesn’t matter at all to me. Only, I just don’t want people to act on their own accord like I’m a loser. I think that means I want to do something to fix this.

Earning recognition for creating KagePro content is still a few ways ahead.

——Back in 2013, we had a conversation between Jin-san and Suganami Eijun-san from THE BACK HORN, and back then, Jin-san said, “I’m handing bombs over to my grade school and middle school selves”. And that live concerts were the detonators.

Jin: That’s right.

——Regarding KagePro, I feel that this thing about “handing bombs over” is very prominent. Just as Shirakami-san said, VOCALOID “earned its own rights”, but in KagePro’s case, when I see the responses to the reboot, each and every one of the comments is very passionate.

Yuumao: Lately, be it with KagePro or Hitorie, the number of people who say either that they’re listening or had been listening to VOCALOID in the past year and a half has truly increased a lot. I kind of feel on my skin that many people are getting rooted in it.

——Jin-san, do you feel this too?

Jin: No, I don’t. This is a twisted way of putting it, but I think it’s a few ways ahead for us to receive that evaluation. I feel like it’s not over yet. When I started off by myself and decided to move on from my child self to the future, I wasn’t acknowledged by my elders and seniors. I feel inside me that this still isn’t over. I intend to be in a whirlpool. It hasn’t been proven yet whether I’m a knock-off or not. It makes me really happy that there are people who were influenced by us, but that opinion doesn’t make me change my mind.

——Jin-san, how do you think of KagePro in the near future?

Jin: When I look toward the future, I simply want to finish it. I will be taking my time to create content, but first things first, I want to devote myself to the completion of this project. I definitely won’t abandon it midway. I have this firmly in mind now. As for its contents, it’s mainly two things. For now, firstly, we have started the reboot from Children Record, but of course, there’s also a reboot for the project’s story. Moreover, there will be new developments coming next. There are also new songs and new stuff story-wise. And I want to do them with these two members, for as much as they allow. There’s the possibility that I’ll be making the drums play at 200 BPM when we’re in our 50’s. I think the announcements will be slow, but I’m very positive about this, so I myself am looking forward to it too. And, on the other hand, I also would like to ask these two for their ideas in regards to making music for this project and their opinions, like what they want to work hard on.

——What do you mean?

Jin: I honestly think that Children Record was extremely well-done. When it comes to creating something new, I want to destroy the approach that I’ve been using until now. How about it?

Shirakami: If we’re talking about approach, I believe we’ve been witnessing all sorts of possibilities. We went to studios together the past ten years for that, but we can also do it online like we did this time. Ah, we haven’t gone on a training camp yet.

Jin: I want to go on one.

Yuumao: For sure.

Shirakami: That might be interesting too. Now, if we’re talking just about the bass, it seems this production will turn out as one where I’ll get to confirm once again up to what point I can go – that’s what I thought when listening to you talk. I think the stance of trying to challenge yourself no matter how much you age is, of course, the way that musicians should be and I believe that challenging myself is the path I’m going to take, but there are genres, ideologies and aestheticss when it comes to music makers and performers. Personally, amongst the things that I’ve been producing together with Jin-kun until now, whenever we had a subject in front of us, we would only think about how to do our utmost to give a displayable form to it, but be it with the phrasing, nuance or melody, I feel like we have options for all of them. In a sense, there’s a side of Yuumao and I that has been branded as performers as we worked on productions with Jin-kun. So the extension of the straight line that we have been charting until now is, of course, still there. Now that ten years have passed, if I can make new songs with you from now on, I seriously think it might be okay to reflect once again on how my style is being processed. It’s as if it has matured. I have chosen this job out of free will, so one way or another, I’m aware that it’ll be important to keep polishing it from now onwards.

Jin: Thank you very much. That’s literally it. Even in the current Children Record, I think there’s some aspect of it that was made up from the minds of you two, the rhythm section members. Both Mashirou-san and Yuumao-san make new proposals every time. You never try to trace the past at all. The way you think about sound is insanely serious.

Yuumao: I’m planning to do my best to create sounds in a more loose manner from now on. As for what I mean by “loose”, to put it simply, I think it’s quite important to be inspired by present-time musical instruments, and that we get influence from that, when we’re making the sound details. I think it’s bad if we don’t accept and face these things. In particular, I believe that the bass and drums are the parts that change the most. KagePro won’t change yet it has changed, and I think we should keep bringing out that aspect of it.

――Indeed, as a concept, this reboot is not something made to arrange things in a completely different direction from before. Be it a ballad or programmed music, for instance, there would be nothing of that in it. It’s a remake, a rebuild – at any rate, it felt like you are building it up.

Jin: Thank you very much. In the end, we also shouldn’t think that we just perfomed it over again. So it felt like a rematch. We were all at home, but we did that recording ready to beat our selves from about eight years ago. What should I do to make the original members say that this one “was cooler” than the precious song called Children Record? I think I was able to find an answer to that one.

Shirakami: In a way, using VOCALOID might have been its forte. For example, whenever a band remade a song from ten years ago, I usually felt that “the vocals have none of the freshness that they had back then” or “the reckless feel from that time was better”. But because it’s VOCALOID, that part doesn’t change. It might be that we managed to grant positive changes only to the good points.

Jin: I see. I think that’s possible. My mindset this time was to play the guitar so much that my fingers would bleed. I want to take on more challenges from now onward too.

[yuukeiquartet-moved]

DID YOU SEE YET DID YOU SEE MAFUMAFU COVERED CHILDREN RECORD RE:BOOT

YES I SAW IT I haven’t listened yet though HOLDUP ILL DO IT RN...

HOLY SHIT THAT WAS SO GOOD his range is astounding I swear and the shout-y part at the beginning? AHHHHHHHH banger wtffff 😭😭😭😭 this is a WIN for the kagepro community holy shit...

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Front 242: [ :RE:BOOT: (L. IV. E ] ;98 ] ) (1998)

I can’t think about my community-college days without how much of it I spent listening to Front 242 and what else came with it: summer family feuds, cutting off my circle of “friends”, and the endless quiet Saturday / Sunday afternoons spent at the campus computer lab listening to their Epic-label re-issues. I spun Re-Boot as much as their earlier works and it’s one of many documents proving 242′s exceptional live performances. Ministry’s Paul Barker and Chris Connelly were the main reason why I grabbed Cold Waves tickets with Front 242 being a huge added bonus that easily came with it. It was their final last North American tour, so they gave all the energy they had and everyone attending were amazed. So amazing that when their set was over and Warsaw’s overheads switched on, I turn around to see one of their fans behind me in tears. Dream come true.

[tsghillcountrytexas]

Ringing in January with Intention, Wellness, Health, and Love

Beginning a new year is always full with promise, resolutions freshly cultivated, and long days are carefully spent setting your intentions. When we scouted our Hill Country communities out for January 2020, we kept wellness, health, and love at the top of our minds. Whether that included signing ourselves up for the RE:BOOT Wellness Women's Weekend at Hoffman Haus with The Fernweh Studio or simply by curling up on a new couch from Home Simple Goods + Design and lighting that wonderfully aromatic candle you've been saving from Blackchalk Home and Laundry; each step connected us back to our wellbeing. It can be as easy as replicating your favorite Roasted Beet Salad from Otto’s German Bistro (click here for our favorite recipe!), treating yourself to a treasure map of a cookbook: Dining in By Alison Roman at The Mercantile at Mill and Grain to discover inventive combination of meals, or detoxing your way through the month with Kelani Yogurts’ Detox green juice. However you choose to spend your month, do it with care for yourself and for your community. Happy 2020 from The Scout Guide Hill Country!

1. Roasted Beet Salad from Otto’s German Bistro

2. Gus Modern Atwood Couch from Home Simple Goods + Design

3. Raquel Cream Pullover from Schreiner Goods

4. Re:Boot Women’s Wellness Retreat February 23-25 at Hoffman Haus with The Fernweh Studio

5. Dining In by Alison Roman at The Mercantile at Mill and Grain

6. Palo Santo Candle at Blackchalk Home and Laundry

7. Detox Green Juice at Kelani Yogurt

[tplambies]

(context for this post can be found in this masterpost under communications re:boot!)

The actor who plays Frances (I’ll be calling them by their roles, not the names of the actors- too confusing) has played a lot of big roles since her involvement in Number Street and is a very well known actor! She's almost like the Meryl Streep of this au, being very versatile and having a lot of famous titles to her name. Her performance as Poppy went pretty under the radar, seeing as the show wasn't super popular and had a small budget- at least until the announcement that she would be returning to play Frances in the COMMUNICATIONS reboot of the show. Her hardcore fans started circulating clips of her as Poppy, several of which were meme'd and made into tiktok audios (as you do). This brought hype for the reboot that wasn't there previously, seeing as the fan community for the original show was fairly small.

A few interview quotes from Frances!

Q: What were your thoughts when you found out Poppy was cut from the reboot?

A: “I’m sad to see her go, at least for now. No spoilers! However, I do enjoy the new dynamic the Elsner family has now that they're child-free. Platonic marriage isn't typically explored in media, it was a very interesting direction. So as close as I hold Poppy to my heart, I’m willing to let her go to explore new scenarios with the rest of the family.”

Q: What inspired you when playing Frances?

A: “I was a little out of my element at first. I mean, there was no Frances last time I was an Elsner! But then on my first day on set, somebody asked me if I’d read ‘the comic’. And I went, ‘what comic?’, and they said ‘oh my god, the comic!’ And so they showed me this insane, crudely drawn comic about extreme versions of the Elsner family with time travel and psychics and spirits, oh my! It was the craziest thing I’d ever read. I'd have to credit the mind of that author for inspiring me. Beyond that, there were a lot of other actors I looked up to…”

Q: Will you be coming back for a second season?

A: “Unfortunately, I don't think Frances will appear in the second season, but I would love to come back as another character if I was asked. It seems the second season is going to defy all expectations.”

Q: What was your relationship with Henry off set?

A: “It’s quite funny, actually. I’d always apologize to him after dramatic scenes, as he really looked that scared! Henry is an excellent actor, and it was a pleasure to work alongside him. I can’t say much about our relationship off set, as we didn't often hang out outside of cast dinners and such.”

Q: And what about Nancy?

A: “Oh, Nancy is such a joy! I like to think I took her under my wing during this project. She has such raw emotion in her acting, I almost didn’t believe her when she said this was her first lead! She acted quite nervous around me at first, a bit intimidated I believe, but we warmed up to each other and became quite good friends. She asks me for lots of advice, always striving for perfection. Such a hard worker. She's precious.”

Q: And Ray?

A: “Oh my, he makes me feel old and young all at once. He wrote 'gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss’ on my mirror in lipstick a few days into filming. I had to ask him what it meant. I thought it was quite funny, although it is apparently outdated now. Times change so fast. To get back to the topic, Ray is an incredibly talented young actor with so much potential! He truly transforms into his character, it’s almost scary sometimes on set. We’re not in any scenes together, unfortunately, though he’s told me if we were we’d be an unstoppable “male and female manipulator duo”.

this definitely needs some more editing but I wanted to share the scraps lol

[tplambies]

this was a part of this lore post that was accidentally left out.

In the early 2000s, in a different age of the internet, the show had gained a very small but dedicated following. This lead to the creation of a singular fanfiction archive called "Housewives' Radio", inspired by a radio channel in the show that Nancy and several other housewives on the street had listened to and gossiped about. Of course, in true internet fashion, a majority of the fics were m/m, kenneth x gregory being a popular ship (the characters were commonly nicknamed kenny and greg, and a competitor ship was kenny x ray- they had a serious harry/ginny vs harry/hermione thing going on), though one very plot-relevant fic entitled "my seams are more than torn" was uploaded to the site. This fic was an au that treated the 'comical' issues in the Elsner's marriage as serious, leading to Henry deciding to leave Nancy, and from there, Nancy killing him. Terrified of being caught, Nancy framed her son Kenneth, who was arrested and given the death sentence. This fic became well known in the fandom and inspired loads of similar aus. The original fic has become legend as it was lost after the archive shut down, though a very similar one called "I've lost myself" was uploaded onto fanfiction.net later on and pulls lines directly from the original. the op of this fic claims to have the original, but refuses to post it out of spite.

[tplambies]

aus masterpost

i'm mostly using this account to post about au lore so I figured I'd gather it here

unrelated to my aus: in the interest of stopping people from fighting over misinformation, here is my post with various ghost lore links.

Communicrackfic

comic summary

Communications re:boot

the history of communications

case 1 development

comic summary

frances interview: fellow actors

creatures of solitude

spider pre-story designs

gen. headcanons

say looking less human

spider and shapeshifting

[ivydoomkitty]

My good friend @mrsyorl has an amazing EDM event coming to Las Vegas this April 22-23! Tons of amazing DJ's and Producers will be doing their sets at @awemusicevents and I can't wait to see them all! I'll be running around between VIP and GA so make sure you guys check it out and say hi! MrsYorl's Entertainment & Events presents AWE MUSIC EVENT (A World of Energy)!! Ticket Link: In my bio ! $25 Off VIP w/code EARLYBIRD 10% Off w/code IVYDOOMKITTY Info: Taking place Friday April 22nd, and Saturday April 23rd, 2022.. @ Las Vegas Golf Center AWE is a 22-hour showcase of 20 DJs on two stages, performing across the spectrum of house, progressive, trance and melodic house. Each day of AWE runs from 7pm -6am (PDT) sunset to sunrise, and offers a unique opportunity for the electronic music community to dance under the stars and enjoy large-scale production design, in an intimate, exclusive, location. AWE also includes a third area, the @popsk8live ROLLER RINK, which is open to all attendees! (Quad skates will be available onsite, or bring your own quad skates or rollerblades). Additionally, AWE features on site food truck and bar options, as well as a VIP area including bar/lounge area! DATES: Friday, 04/22/2022: 7pm to 6am PDT Saturday, 04/23/2022: 7pm to 6am Here is a list of some of the DJs that will be joining MrsYorl for a weekend of incredible moments! (Listed Alphabetically) @1to1muzik @adrianalexandermusic @djaudiopool @djchriscox @davidhohme Dezza @discognition @hausman.music @kristinasky @materia_blu @memorylossmusic @mikesaintjules @myonmuzik re:boot @reznormusic @somnamusic @ston3choons @susieotto ..and Special Guests! Ticket Types: Guests will be able to purchase either General Admission or VIP Admission tickets. There is also a special SUNRISE ticket for those arriving after 2am daily. (at Las Vegas Golf Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcBsh7TvTjZ/?utm_medium=tumblr