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New Muses!....AGAIN

Alright, I know I just added Beast Boy, but I just finished some icons and I’m adding some muses again! Gonna add them to the muse list and interest checker soon

Alpha Omega Nova (Space Patrol Luluco)

Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls)

Jake Long (American Dragon: Jake Long)

Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)

Tamaki Damo ( JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: JoJolion)

Vivian Wong (Yu-Gi-Oh)

Blair (Soul Eater)

Heris Ardebit (Promare)

Roger Radcliffe (101 Dalmatians)

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Listed: Nick Jonah Davis

Photo Credit: Andy Joskowski

Nick Jonah Davis lives in Derbyshire, England, which is a place where evidence of older editions of England is always easy to find. Successive eras likewise coincide in his music. Davis plays acoustic and electric guitars, drawing on both American and English folk and instrumental traditions. He has worked with like-minded folk, such as C. Joynes and Sharron Kraus, and is also an established guitar teacher and provider of therapeutic musical interventions. He’s been recording the occasional solo record since 2009, and in 2016, Dusted’s Bill Meyer had this to say about House of Dragons: “the Nottingham-based guitarist isn’t living in bifurcations of the past, and he isn’t asking us to either. Rather, he invites the listener into a world bounded by the resonance of his tunings and the vividness of his evolving melodies.” Thread Recordings is about to release a swell new LP, When the Sun Came, and Davis has compiled a list of sounds made by some of his favorite associates.

Even for solo guitarists, music is a collaborative, social thing. For this list I’ve picked some music by artists that I’ve collaborated, recorded or gigged with over the last decade or so. Members of the NJD home team.

Kogumaza — “Ursids”

WAAT048 Split 7" w/Hookworms by Kogumaza

When I lived in Nottingham, Kogumaza were my favorite band in town. They play deep, droning riff-based cosmic guitar music which draws on their backgrounds playing with local heroes like Lords, Rattle and Bob Tilton. They’ve also done their homework, having sat in with heavy hitters like Glenn Branca, Damo Suzuki and Boredoms. This tune was recorded in Nottingham, with Nathan Bell of Lungfish sitting in on bass. I was the assistant engineer on this session, and remember getting a pleasing headful of Katy Brown’s kick drum as we set up the mics. Mind-manifesting stuff.

Ex-Easter Island Head — “Large Electric Ensemble Third Movement”

Large Electric Ensemble by Ex-Easter Island Head

Liverpool’s Ex-Easter Island Head are a revelation. They repurpose electric guitars through a variety of extended techniques, with unprecedented, nourishing results. I was lucky enough to play a couple of shows as a member of their Large Electric Ensemble, a 12-guitar band powered by 1 drummer and multiple Arts Council pizzas. I learned a lot from them in terms of playing guitar with craftily-deployed allen keys and bolts. Living proof that people can and do make genuinely beautiful, ground-breaking music without being all precious and up themselves about it. Good lads.

C Joynes and the Furlong Bray — “Sang Kancil”

The Borametz Tree by C Joynes & The Furlong Bray

Joynes and I have been fellow travelers in the solo guitar realm for many years now. We’ve probably seen more of each other’s gigs than anyone else alive. I was really pleased to be invited into the making of the Borametz Tree album. Not exactly sure how you’d describe my role on that project, but it involved some bass playing, some refereeing and, in the case of this piece, heading into my cellar with Nathan Mann to process some sounds through my echo units. I really love this bizarre, swirling piece of music. It defies description and I really can’t see how it could have happened under any circumstances. Power to the Furlong Bray.

Jim Ghedi — “Bramley Moor”

A Hymn For Ancient Land by Jim Ghedi

Jim popped up a few years ago, around the same time as Toby Hay, and has been a sure source of decent sounds ever since. Jim’s initial, masterful solo guitar work has bloomed out into an exploration of both traditional folk and his own songwriting. Having sat right next to him when we played together in my village a couple of years ago, I can confirm that he has a huge, resonant chest voice. Luckily, he always commits to his guitar just as fully, as you can hear on this jaunty instrumental on which I played some weissenborn. Nathan Mann pops up again playing percussion on this one, small world…

Cath and Phil Tyler — “King Henry”

The Ox and the Ax by Cath and Phil Tyler

I first met Cath and Phil at the legendary Sin Eater festival, a 3-day weekend of fine underground music and excellent ale at an isolated pub in Shropshire. Almost everyone on this list played there actually. This is folk music as it should be played, plain and flinty with a complete focus on the song. Understatement goes a long way in this music and, I suspect because of this, Phil is one of the most criminally under-rated guitarists around. There’s a little part of me that lives for Cath’s jaw harp break at the end of this one.

Toby Hay — “Now in a Minute”

New Music For The 12 String Guitar by Toby Hay

Toby has a special place in my heart for lining me up an annual show in a cafe at the wonderful Green Man festival for the past several years, meaning my family could go for free. Here’s a near-perfect example of a miniature acoustic study from his album New Music for the 12 String Guitar. The guitar in question was custom-built for Toby by Roger Bucknall of Fylde guitars. Fylde put out the word that a label was looking for a young guitarist to make a record on a custom-built Fylde that they would commission, and I immediately suggested Toby. He rose to the occasion. Reckon he owes me a handmade guitar though; I’ll give him a nudge one of these days.

The Horse Loom — “Silver Ribbon”

The Horse Loom by The Horse Loom

Steve Malley played in post-punk bands back in the day, gigging alongside the likes of Fugazi. He later picked up a Fylde guitar and went down an acoustic rabbit hole where his love of British folk and flamenco come to the fore. The DIY-or-die roots of his playing flash an occasional fin. After we met I persuaded him to come down to Nottingham and let me record his first album in First Love studio. He did the whole thing in a day and it’s awesome. This is my favorite instrumental from that collection.

Sharron Kraus — “Sorrow’s Arrow”

Joy's Reflection is Sorrow by Sharron Kraus

I started playing shows with Sharron as we were both UK artists on the Tompkins Square label at the time, so it kind of made sense. She’s a bit of an institution in psych-folk circles and eventually I began playing on her records and at live shows, which has been a real joy. This tune features some heavy drones and an occasional splish of my lap steel. It’s classic Kraus — mournful, insightful, immersive. If you want to hear someone with a bigger brain than yours talking about the weirder side of life, check out her Preternatural Investigations podcast.

Haress — “Wind the Bobbin”

Haress by HARESS

Haress is centered around the twin electric guitar work of Liz Still and David Hand. Located in downright gorgeous rural Shropshire, they ran the Sin Eater Festival and still put out essential music on Lancashire and Somerset Records. I reckon they’ve helped me out more than anyone over the years, releasing House of Dragons on vinyl and always setting me up a show when I need one. This gorgeous piece features Nathan Bell again, this time on trumpet. Those Nathans do get around.

Burd Ellen — “Chi-Mi-Bhuam”

Chi Mi Bhuam by Burd Ellen

I first saw Debbie Armour singing with Alasdair Roberts, a good start. When I went up to play in Glasgow in 2018, I asked if she’d like to open up my show at the Glad Café, which she did, alone except for a borrowed harmonium. I was mesmerized, I think everyone was. Too good for a support slot. Here’s a Gaelic vocal piece which demonstrates exactly who we’re dealing with here, a profoundly talented and committed artist with a lifelong immersion in traditional music, using it as a springboard into something entirely her own.

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OTP asks 28 and 42 for any and all applicable OCs please :)

OTP Asks

28. Who is the fussy eater and who will eat food even if they’ve dropped it on the floor?

Haha. I never considered this, but let’s see. I have a few fussy eaters. Arcanus and Saren would see themselves as too sophisticated for some foods, though Arcanus is a bit worse than Saren. He often eats food that looks like it’d do better on a magazine spread of fake foods than actually be eaten. Another fussy, though not as much, eater would be Cassia. I think she’s one to watch her figure even when she knows she shouldn’t let herself get carried away just because she sees movie stars and models with a certain body shape. She eats, thankfully, but maybe not so much junk food as others.

Eat off the floor, you say? Definitely Damo, lol. He’s like a black hole, so he definitely won’t let any food go to waste. As a kid, he used to do it all the time, but at least now he doesn’t drop food as much because he was definitely someone to quote the five-second rule.

42. Who sneaks in cookies in the shopping cart?

Most don’t really need to sneak stuff in, but I’d have to say that Jane is probably the biggest one to slip away and bring lots of junk food over in secret. It’s not that anyone would blame her for wanting it, but she does like the idea of treating it like she’s sneaking in contraband better than just grabbing it off the shelves. That, and she got the habit when the twins were kids and she snuck food in for both herself and the kiddos.

Thanks for the asks!

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Gig List 2019

05.01. Girls in Synthesis/ Italia 90/ Heirloom/ Guru, Brighton (Green Door Store) 08.01. Lice/ Squid/ Haze/ 404, London (Old Blue Last) 09.01. Witch Fever/ Something Leather/ Scout Leader, London (Shacklewell Arms) 12.01. Savage Gary/ Great Dad/ Tina/ The Glugg, London (Bunker Club) 14.01. Burning House, London (Sebright Arms) 16.01. Uncle Tesco, London (Shacklewell Arms) 16.01. CC Honeymoon/ Not Quite So, London (The Waiting Room) 17.01. Unmoor Kiva, London (Shacklewell Arms) 18.01. Goat Girl/ POSA/ Wooze, London (Windmill Brixton) 23.01. Saint Agnes/ Black Doldrums/ Para Alta, London (The Monarch) 24.01. Guru/ Career, London (Blondies) 25.01. bdrmm/ Citrus, London (The Finsbury Pub) 26.01. Pill/ N0V3L/ Warm Drag, London (Shacklewell Arms) 26.01. USA Nails, London (Paper Dress Vintage) 28.01. Heavy Lungs/ Vulgarians, London (Sebright Arms) 29.01. Dream Wife/ Millie Turner, London (Shacklewell Arms) 30.01. FIDLAR, London (House of Vans) 31.01. Dilly Dally/ Hotel Lux, Brighton (Hope & Ruin) 01.02. The Vouchers/ Rattletooth/ The Brouhaha, London (Beckenham Arts Lab) 02.02. The Murder Capital/ Talk Show/ USA Nails, London (Shacklewell Arms) 04.02. Mirna Ray, London (Shacklewell Arms) 04.02. JOHN, London (Studio 9294) 05.02. Slift/ Meat Candy, London (Old Blue Last) 06.02. Shopping, London (Studio 9294) 06.02. Ditz, London (The Lexington) 07.02. Goat Girl, London (Studio 9294) 07.02. Public Practice/ Egyptian Blue, London (Shacklewell Arms) 08.02. Cherry Glazerr, London (DM Boot Room) 11.02. Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard/ Bo Gritz/ Working Men’s Club/ Famous, London (MOTH Club) 13.02. N0V3L/ Drahla, London (The Betsey Trotwood) 14.02. Surfbort/ The Cosmics, London (MOTH Club) 15.02. Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard/ GURU/ Captain Süün, London (Old Blue Last) 16.02. Sit Down/ The Dustbins/ Slags/ Le Junk, London (Engine Rooms) 18.02. Haze/ Desire/ Heavy Heart/ Honey Lung, London (Shacklewell Arms) 19.02. Rain Byrns/ OHMME, London (Shacklewell Arms) 21.02. Strange Bones/ Rascalton, London (The Lexington) 22.02. Sit Down/ Pussyliquor/ Petty Phase/ Crack Foxes, London (Windmill Brixton)    23.02. Saint Agnes/ Snapped Ankles/ Josefin Öhrn & the Liberation/ Goat Girl/ Flamingods, Portslade (Hansen Hall) 01.03. Talk Show/ Blanc, London (Bermondsey Social Club) 14.03. Mystic Rain Frogs, London (Unicorn Camden) 14.03. Lice/ Phobophobes, London (Sebright Arms) 15.03. CC Honeymoon/ Pristine Babe, London (Shacklewell Arms) 22.03. Crows, London (Hawley Arms) 22.03. Crows, London (Old Blue Last)  24.03. Damo Suzuki, London (Windmill Brixton) 02.04. Drenge/ Valeras, London (Electric Brixton) 03.04. Terravi/ Slipping, London (The Waiting Room) 04.04. Idles/ Crows, London (Electric Ballrom) 05.04. Junodef/ Cosmic Strip, London (Old Blue Last) 05.04. The Murder Capital/ Sleep Eaters, London (Windmill Brixton) 07.04. Dream Nails/ Sit Down/ Arxx, London (The Lexington) 09.04. Sleep Eaters/ Xaviers, London (Old Blue Last) 11.04. The Van T’s, London (The Monarch) 12.04. LibraLibra/ Short People/ Placid, Brighton (Brighton Electric) 13.04. Vinyl Staircase, London (Lion Coffee & Records) 13.04. Girls in Synthesis/ Human Pet, London (Waiting Room) 16.04. Hooverii/ Sleep Eaters, London (Shacklewell Arms) 18.04. Heavy Lungs/ Black Midi/ King Nun, London (PRS Office) 19.04. Cannibal Animal, London (Blondies) 20.04. Queen Zee/ Sit Down/ Matilda Eyre, London (Genesis Cinema) 20.04. YOWL, London (Shacklewell Arms) 23.04. Calva Louise/ Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, London (Sebtight Arms) 24.04. Saint Agnes, London (Nambucca)  25.04. The Coathangers/ Ditz/ Heirloom, London (Studio 9294) 27.04. A Place To Bury Strangers/ Thee MVPs, London (Test Pressing Festival) 27.04. Mur-Man/ Bokito, London (Shacklewell Arms) 28.04. Cryptic Street, London (Hope & Anchor) 02.05. Saint Agnes/ Noise Noir, London (Blondies) 04.05. Crows/ Treeboy & Arc/ Ditz, Brighton (Prince Albert) 05.05. Warmduscher/ Nuha Ruby Ra, London (Windmill brixton) 06.05. Tom McGuire and the Brassholes, London (Shacklewell Arms) 07.05. N0V3L/ Deliluh, London (Windmill Brixton) 08.05. Deliluh/ Lewsberg, London (Shacklewell Arms) 09.05. Crack Cloud/ Rubber Jaw/ Egyptian Blue/ LA Peach/ Saint Agnes/ Surfbort/ Brutus/ Pottery/ The Murder Capital/ YAK/ itoldyouiwouldeatyou/ Cable Ties , Brighton (The Great Escape) 10.05. Just Mustard/ Pottery/ Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs/ The Wants/ Working Men’s Club/ Placid/ Murmur, Brighton (The Great Escape) 11.05. Better Oblivion Community Center/ Christian Lee Hutson, London (Shepherds Bush Empire) 15.05. Raketkanon, Brighton (Prince Albert) 20.05. Zig Zags, London (Shacklewell Arms) 23.05. CLT DRP, London (The Islington) 24.05. Cable Ties/ Amyl and the Sniffers/ Nuha Ruby Ra/ Hot Teeth, London (Warehouse Show) 25.05. Scalping, London (Sebright Arms) 26.05. Drahla, London (Sebright Arms) 27.05. Warm Drag/ PVA/ The Claque, London (Shacklewell Arms) 28.05. Crying High/ Vanity Fairy, London (The Victoria) 29.05. JOHN/ Girls in Synthesis, London (The Lexington) 30.05. Japanese Television/ Terravi, London (Shacklewell Arms) 31.05. Idles/ Crows/ Heavy Lungs/ Talk Show/ Squid/ Architects/ Alice Glass/ Lady Bird, London (Victoria Park) 03.06. False Advertising, London (Old Blue Last) 05.06. Hot Snakes/ Mobina Galore, Bremen (Lila Eule) 06.06. Treeboy & Arc/ Terravi, London (The Waiting Room) 10.06. Bikini Kill/ Big Joanie, London (Brixton Academy) 11.06. Wallace Vanborn, London (Black Heart) 12.06. Miss June/ Haze, London (Windmill Brixton) 14.06. Slap Rash, London (The Rocksteady) 14.06. CLT DRP/ Cryptic Street/ Lemondaze, London (Finsbury Pub) 17.06. The She’s/ Two Tribes, London (Old Blue Last) 18.06. Fleetwood Mac/ The Pretenders, London (Wembley Stadium) 21.06. Skinny Milk/ On Video/ Bull/ Human Pet, London (Old Blue Last) 22.06. Marbled Eye/ USA Nails/ Negative Space, London (Shacklewell Arms) 24.06. Feels, London (Shacklewell Arms) 25.06. Drool/ Grimm Twins, London (Notting Hill Arts Club) 26.06. Plague Vendor/ Starcrawler, London (The Dome) 29.06. YOWL/ Leeches, London (The Engine Rooms) 03.07. Kynch, London (Sebright Arms) 04.07. Treeboy & Arc/ Curfew/ Happy Couple, London (Shacklewell Arms) 06.07. Gazelle Twin, London (Southbank Centre) 06.07. Witch Fever/ Lyoness, London (Old Blue Last) 08.06. Steal Shit Do Drugs, London (Shacklewell Arms) 09.06. Show Me The Body/ Cassels/ Powerplant, London (Warehouse Show) 11.07. Earth Tongue/ Japanese Television, London (Shacklewell Arms) 12.07. Bob Dylan, London (Hyde Park) 13.07. Florence and the Machine/ The National/ Lykke Li/ Blood Orange/ Nadine Shah/ Goat Girl/ Cherry Glazerr, London (Hyde Park) 15.07. Cherry Glazerr/ Talk Show, London (Old Blue Last) 17.07. Amanda Palmer/ Alice Fraser, London (Golden Lion) 19.07. Lumer/ Table Scraps/ Human Pet/ Nuha Ruby Ra, London (Shacklewell Arms) 20.07. Guru, London (Shacklewell Arms) 20.07. Sunflower Bean/ Wooze, London (Borderline) 24.07. Curfew, London (Sebright Arms) 25.07. LibraLibra/ Snapped Ankles, London (PRS Office Kings Cross) 25.07. Bad Breeding/ Uniform, London (Electrowerkz) 29.07. Body/Head/ Wild Rani/ Bohman Brothers, London (Cafe OTO) 31.07. Queen Zee/Guru/ The Novus, London (Old Blue Last) 01.08. Girls in Synthesis, London (Blondies) 02.08. Zamilska/ Nape, London (Shacklewell Arms) 07.08. Bg Sea Creature, London ( The Waiting Room)  07.08. Italia 90/ Al Moses, London (The Victoria) 09.08. Bodega, London (MOTH Club) 10.08. Rosie Alena/ Hussy/ Malady, London (Shacklewell Arms) 10.08. Thee MVPs/ Cosmic Strip, London (The Victoria) 11.08. Heirloom/ Witch Fever/ Murmur/ Guru, London (The Victoria) 13.08. N0V3L/ Pet Shimmers, London (Old BLue Last) 15.08. Memory of Elephants/ Coheed & Cambria/ Daughters/ Pijn/ Raketkanon/ Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs/ Bossk/ Cocaine Piss/ Mammoth Weed Lizard Bastard/ The Beft/ Cultdreams/ Big Lad, ArcTanGent Festival 16.08. Brutus/ TTNG/ Russian Circles/ VLMV/ Slow Crush/ Cattle/ CLT DRP/ A.A. Williams, ArcTanGent Festival 17.08. Tess Parks/ She Makes War/ Junodef/ Gaygirl/ Calva Louise/ Valeras/ The Cosmics/ Something Leather/ Hero Fisher/ Petsematary/ Polly Money, London (Studio 9294) 21.08. Pottery/ Guru, Brighton (Prince Albert) 23.08. Wych Elm, London (The Social) 24.08. Bo Ningen/ ESYA, London (Shacklewell Arms) 27.08. Plague Vendor/ The Dunts, London (The Black Heart) 31.08. Hideous Sun Demon/ Cannibal Animal/ Haxon/ Dense/ Hanya, London (The Victoria) 04.09. Frankie and the Witch Fingers, London (MOTH Club) 05.09. Working Men’s Club, London (The Lexington) 10.09. Qlowski/ Scrounge/ Lemondaze/ F4cade, London (Shacklewell Arms) 13.09. Jeffrey Lewis, Bremen (Schule 21) 14.09. Degenerate Idol, Bremen (Street fest) 16.09. The Wants/ PVA, London (The Waiting Room) 18.09. Nova Twins/ Kid Kapichi, London (Sebright Arms) 19.09. Football FC/ Art Trip And The Static Sound, London (Shacklewell Arms) 20.09. Lumer/ Cruelty/ Folly Group, London (Old Blue Last) 22.09. Ellie Bleach, London (Shacklewell Arms) 23.09. Spit/ Scary Lemons, London (The Monarch) 24.09. Sasami, London (MOTH Club) 25.09. Pulled Apart by Horses/ Baba Naga/ Placid, Tunbridge Wells (Forum) 26.09. Faux Ferocious/ Yin Yin, London (Shacklewell Arms) 27.09. Scottibrains/ Sophie Hunger, London (Windmill Brixton) 28.09. Calva Louise/ Pet Crow/ Noise Noir/ Dirty/ CLT DRP, London (Engine Rooms) 29.09. Emma Ruth Rundle/ Jo Quail, London (The Dome) 30.09. Lingua Ignota/ Bruxa Maria/ Grave Lines, London (Olso) 03.10. Hide/ Kontravoid, London (Shacklewell Arms) 04.10. Talk Show/ PVA, London (The Lexington) 05.10. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard/ ORB/ Stonefield, London (Alexandra Palace) 06.10. Acid Tongue/ Winter Gardens, London (Sebright Arms) 07.10. Femur, London (The Waiting Room) 10.10. Miss June/ Pretty Sick, London (The Lexington) 11.10. Heirloom, London (The Social) 12.10. Dumb/ Yammerer/ Fat Earthers, London (Shacklewell Arms) 14.10. Jealous, London (Old Blue Last) 15.10. Just Mustard/ PVA, London (Sebright Arms) 16.10. JOHN, London (Shacklewell Arms) 17.10. Scalping/ The Claque, London (Electrowerkz) 18.10. Skating Polly/ She Makes War, London (The Lexington) 22.10. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets/ Crows/ Bitch Diesel, London (Electric Ballroom) 23.10. Working Men’s Club, Southampton (Heartbreakers) 24.10. Saint Agnes/ Souer, London (Dingwalls) 25.10. Black Midi/ 404/ Woom, London (Shacklewell Arms) 26.10. Lumer/ Peeping Drexels/ Lynks Afrikka, London (Windmill Brixton) 28.10. Mush, London (Shacklewell Arms) 29.10. Black Midi, London (Boiler Room) 29.10. Bambara, London (Sebright Arms) 30.10. Working Men’s Club/ Brian/ PVA, London (MOTH Club) 31.10. Madonnatron/ Sleep Eaters/ Leggs, London (Sebright Arms) 02.11. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets/ Calva Louise, Bremen (Tower) 05.11. B Boys/ Clockwork, London (The Victoria) 06.11. Heavy Lungs/ Guru, London (Camden Assembly) 10.11. Gnod/ Part Chimp, London (Dingwalls) 12.11. Boy Harsher, London (Scala) 13.11. Lightning Bolt, London (The Underworld) 14.11. Do Nothing/ Girls in Synthesis, London (Old Blue Last) 15.11. Dashboard Confessional, London (Kobalt Office) 15.11. ILL/ LibraLibra, London (The Victoria) 17.11. Long Teeth, London (Shacklewell Arms) 19.11. Boundaries/ Human Pet, London (Old Blue Last) 20.11. Avalanche Party/ Mice Ön Mars, London (The Shacklewell Arms) 22.11. Skinny Living, London (Kobalt Office) 22.11. Noise Noir, London (The Social) 23.11. Treeboy & Arc/ Happyness/ Lazarus Kane/ Sinead O’Brien, London (The Dome) 27.11. Deliluh, London (Peckham Audio) 29.11. Cruelty/ Haxon, London (The Monarch) 30.11. Ex:Re, London (Kings Place) 03.12. Julia Bardo/ Powerplant, London (The Social) 04.12. Calva Louise, London (Shacklewell Arms) 06.12. Strange Bones, London (Werkhaus) 07.12. Idles/ Metz, London (Ally Pally) 08.12. Metz/ Bad Breeding/ John, London (MOTH Club) 12.12. Sit Down/ Noise Noir/ Floral Schoppe, London (The Victoria) 13.12. YOWL/ Ugly, London (Peckham Audio) 13.12. Goat Girl/ Porridge Radio/ Powerplant, London (Venue MOT)

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Rishton Ka Chakravyuh (Episode 10) - I Don’t Know What To Do With So Many Women Who Speak Their Minds

Aug 17, 2017

Ooooh the big day is finally here.

In Satarupa’s absence, Vikram (WHO IS ACTUALLY THE EVIL DADAJI) calls Somdev Guruji to tell him they’ve decided to adopt Avdhoot and make him heir. And Guruji needs to pick out a date for his pagdi rasam. I knew it! This Satarupa left without telling them what she is going to do and now whenever she brings back Anami, it’s going to be the worst kind of surprise.

Guruji, ofc, also doesn’t see any need to tell them and is just Disapproving and stuff and asks if Baldev and Satarupa are okay with this. Dadaji is like “who even cares if they are, keh diya na, bas keh diya.” All patriarchal af evil north Indian men have the same Yash-Raichand-spirit. Guruji reluctantly gives them a date that’s about 4 days away. 

They’re very good at syncing real time with episode-time. I don’t know how long they’ll be able to keep it up what with tellywood’s favourite devices like leaps and dragging dramatic occasions for days, but at the moment, whenever they have to make a specific mention of time, you can pretty much assume the day the episode airs is also the day in their fictional world. I’ve realised, I almost want Avdhoot to become heir and ruin everything for this family and Dadaji especially. They’re truly scum. Only thing that stops me from rooting for Avdhoot is the thought of the “hazaaron mazdoor” that they keep bringing up to make themselves look like benevolent overlords. Sure. 😒

Moving back to the bit I actually care about, Satarupa and Damo have made their entry. Damo, who is Satarupa’s spokesperson in front of peasants, does all the talking because apparently asking the man you gave your only daughter to 17 years ago to return her is Too Much Work for royalty. 😒😒😒

Murari Pathak is dumbfounded but Madhu is the tiger-mom we all need.

She doesn’t give Satarupa a second to recoup and just goes all out offensive. She’s all “do we look like a children’s bank ki jab chaha deposit kiya aur jab chaha loan le liya?” And “Anami is OUR daughter, because karam comes above janam according to the same scriptures this useless husband of mine keeps reading.” She actually asks whether they’ll leave izzat se by themselves or does she need to call a couple of pehelwans to get the job done. You go, Madhu! Anami’s sass is obviously not just hereditary but also learned from Madhu.

Murari manages to calm Madhu down and tells her they need to hear these people out. Satarupa pretty candidly adds on to what Damo said about how she gave away her daughter 17 years ago to save the ‘vansh’ but today they’re vansh-less anyway and Anami is their only hope.

At this opportune moment, Anami enters and tells her dad to give the nice lady a discount for his services as a shraddh pandit, which is why she thinks they’ve come. Madhu would hustle her away and not tell her anything but the voice of sanity in THIS house, Murari, stops her. He tells Anami the truth about Satarupa being her mother, and that she’s really a “princess.”

Anami is devastated and to cover for herself, wordlessly rushes to the vessels kept on a bench and starts eating aggressively. She’s one of the angry-eaters, I see. Damo does not know how to read the room because she starts telling Anami about all the advantages she’ll have at Lal Mahal and what a life of luxury she’ll lead. Anami is like, “why now? why have you come after all these years?” Damo (OMG you gotta STOP) tells her that now that the Yuvraj is dead, they need Anami back. Satarupa tries to stop her and is all “No, I love you, baby. I want to fix what I ruined.” But Anami catches on immediately and jumps on to this. She says “Ok, Imma go with you right this instant if you can answer just one question. Would you have come for me if your son had been alive?”

This is the face of a woman whose faith in her parenting skills have been reaffirmed.

Satarupa can’t bring herself to lie quite THIS much and Anami is like “LOL this isn’t ‘pyaar,’ it’s ‘svaarth,’ my matlabi maharani.” She actually says the words “matlabi maharani.” That’s a direct quote. 

This is the face of a girl who takes no prisoners.

Madhu jumps in and tells Satarupa and Damo to leave again and Satarupa tries to appeal to her maternal side ki “I’m super grateful that you brought up my daughter but please try to see things from my perspective.” LOL WHAT PERSPECTIVE? Madhu didn’t go around giving away daughters to incorrectly fulfill lame-ass prophecies.

Anami must have the last word, obv. So she’s like ‘bro, Panditayin didn’t bring up YOUR daughter, you gave birth to HER daughter and let’s just realise that’s all there is between us.”

Damo, who really needs lessons in PR, tries to say some variation of blood is thicker than water but Anami shuts her down with “Yeah I know cos I been tryna wash away the taint of this blood ever since I’ve been old enough to understand what it means and the entire Ganga ain’t up to it.”

Then Satarupa, who is probably tired of playing the bechaari-mother, resumes her lion-persona and tells Anami that she may be stubborn but Sats is also her mother and that she’d better pack her stuff cos she’ll be back soon to take her home.

The face of a woman who is used to getting her way.

Oooh I LIVE for dramatic walking-away shots.

Poor Laddoo chases away the car, throwing stones and crying as he sees his worst nightmare of losing his sister coming true.

Back at Lal Mahal, Kamini (Pujan’s wife) accosts Pujan to ask what the fuck he thinks he’s up to, cos she’s not giving up her son to anybody. Pujan very sweetly tells her not to be a twit and see that the whole thing is a farce and even if Avdhoot calls Satarupa-Baldev his parents in public, he’ll inherit both Lal Mahal and Royal Steel which means Kamini will de facto rule over everything.

Kamini’s chiffon-saree appreciation moment. This woman takes Maharani Gayatri Devi as sartorial role model, I see.

Kamini immediately daydreams about wearing uglier sarees and heavy jewelry and having Satarupa do pochha. On the one hand, I’m glad she has such a vivid imagination and one should never be practical while daydreaming but on the other, I just want to laugh because no matter how much money or political clout Kamini has, she’d faint if Satarupa so much as looked at her sternly.

But I’m glad they used this scene to establish that a) Kamini actually cares about her son and b) Pujan is not an asshole to his twit of a wife.

In Benaras, Satarupa is moping over Anami’s words and she has all the sads. She tells Damo that each word of Anami’s cut her like a sword. Umm...she wasn’t wrong, you know? Like she didn’t say a single word that wasn’t true. You really are responsible for this whole fucking mess. So you can cut out the tears. You can’t possibly have such deep affection for a girl you’ve never met even if you did give birth to her. This is your pride crying because you’ve met your match.

Satarupa is a deeply flawed and unpleasant woman in many ways but I root for her solely because of how compelling Narayani Shastri makes her. Yeh aaj kal ke naujawan heroines should want to give one kidney to be able to hold audiences like Narayani has, for close to 20 years.

Anami also is taking dubkis in the Ganga, trying to forget her encounter with her mother. I don’t hold with prolonged dramatic crying but I’m HERE for all the picturesque shots of Anami looking pensive/angry/contemplative against the ghats.

Things are heating up in the precap. Adhiraj wants to know why Satarupa suddenly went to Benaras while Baldev is ordering someone to have Satarupa back by the next day (LOL Baldev, as though you can control anything she does). And Satarupa plays her goddamn ace by getting the cops to intervene and make the Pathaks give up Anami, by charging them with abduction since Anami is still a minor.

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KHUx Finale Part 2 (like, the final Finale) - Thoughts

I ... I don’t even know where to begin. Then again, I don’t think anyone can after this. It’s been a few days and I think I can finally sit down and write down some things. I was waiting for a global update, watching Damo’s stream, and then when it didn’t drop ... you know, somehow I feel like this was meant to be lol. For old time’s sake, one last time going through this hassle of translating the japanese on the fly. Being together with all these people, reacting at the same time ... this experience, nothing can ever replicate that. 

And boy oh boy was there a lot to react  ...

There were still so many things left open this finale had to adress, so getting into it ... i was so nervous jhgbfhgd  But, in the end I just have to say, it satisfied me. God, we got so much -  - One final MoM and Luxu scene, traitor Luxu confirmed, the Foretellers were meant to trap darkness, that whole scene is SO gorgeous.  - Brain saying goodbye to Lauriam, I’m so :(((((((( f u ck, he passed onto his “leadership” of the Union Leaders onto him and im SO sad just thinking about he forgets all this AAAAAAAAAAAA. I got a handshake and im so happy. Lauriam said he will see him again and I start crying again. - dont get me started on Ephemer, Skuld, Player. GODDDDD GOD GOD FUCK FUUUUCK FUCK. On one hand I would have kind of loved if Player was /really/ possessed by Darkness, as some kind of “oh yeah, you know how you’ve been using Guilt the whole time?” BUT YOU KNOW im good. No I’m not actually, because Ephemer’s last memory of Player being That “betrayal” wants me to lie down and cry forever. god this was good. This fight. I was wondering what the final boss would be ... never I would have expected it to be ... our best friends.  - UUUGHGG BRAIN AND LUXU. I was SO very looking forward to that, I KNEW they would meet. ... I was pspsps-ing the No Name keyblade so hard. Just ... this scene. Brain wanting to sacrifice himself to save his friends. Saying he will just stay here and live out his life ... god, god it breaks me. Brain “Friendship is a beautiful thing”, “Friends, cool” Kingdomhearts. FUUUUUCK MEEE. He truly ... truly cared about them ... and then, Luxu does, too huh ... god i was at the edge of the seat when this scene cut to black jdgbdfhgbd - I’m .. I’m fine with Player’s fate. With all of the Players. I saw it coming and honestly - the delivery was beautiful. There is one canon Player, but ... do you want to be the canon Player? Would you do this descision - in the end, if you don’t, another Player will take that place. And thinking like this, I feel happy for my Player. She’s at rest. (My Player’s name is Aquanort and I never felt so. ,,,, wellp I guess thats true-, ever before djgbfd). The Dream Eater thing hit me so hard. Oh god Chirithy ... thank you for always keeping us safe ... forever. - The Dearly Beloved credits music im just :(((((((( how hard can I cry? The answer is yes. - takes a deep breath. Everything after the credits destroyed me. fuck. f u c k For one I’m glad we finally see where Lauriam, Elrena end up in the future, and of course Ventus ends up in the keyblade graveyard hh. ... Brain ... Brain ... my love. god. GOD. LUXU YOUUUUUUU. YOUU. I wanted for Brain to have No Name, I wanted for Brain and Luxu to be friends, AND THIS WENT A LITTLE TOO FAR - puts head into hands. GOD. GOD!!!!!!!  (I’ll have to wait for the official english translation - but for now I would like to believe that Luxu did that to ... save Brain ...) - before I completely go into theory mode, ... Scala. Oh beautiful Scala, what has happened - god I love this design. Gives off such a different vibe. Was this your idea, Ephemer ...  thank you for giving me canon Scala Brain. God bless finally. I still do believe in the Ancestor Theory, yet I guess grandfather now comes close huh lol. I’m okay with this. Scala Founder Ephemer is just excellent. Look at him go. God I’m so proud of him. And Brain gonna step into his footsteps huh ... like the second in charge he always was. im so emo lmao - if Brain does take over, the sheer contrast between the two Scala designs we know now, ah, ... dark for Ephemer, light for Brain - I’d like to imagine they both each build it with the other one in mind, what they wanted it to be. Heh. Oh these two ...  - Luxu-Brain got my mind broken. Literally. I was soooo sooo confused. How could Luxu have taken his body as his first vessel, if Brain ended up in the future somewhere in Scala - the only explanation I currently have is, that Luxu “saved” Brain by taking his body, because Brain refused to leave Daybreak, sent his heart into the future, and with his hat acting as a Medium, Brain regained his body, just like Maleficent did in KH2. Brain in Scala immediately asks about the others, which is the last thought he had in the Ark room. If he’d remember the whole Luxu thing, I don’t think - no. That’s the only thing that my mind can accept for now lol. 

Brain is my favorite character from UX, he has been for the past years, and man ... my son ... I will miss you. All of these characters. I love hem so much. I’m so glad to be a fan of khux. Like I said in the beginning of this post, the experiences I had with this game, I cannot express it. 

I love KHUx. Not everything has been answered, but like every KH, that was to be expected. Dark Road is ending later this year and I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of what happened in this finale got touched upon. Now having it canon that Ephemer and Brain were in Scala ... give me the forbidden flashbacks, Dark Road.

Thank you, KHUx. With all these ups and downs, I will remember you for being the greatest.

I want nothing more than for these characters to meet again in the future. To tell each other about their lives. Find each other again as friends. 

That’s all I can say <3 thank you for reading.

May your heart be your guiding key.

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Guía de campeón Nasus

Guía de campeón Nasus: El curador de las arenas. Nasus es una imponente criatura Ascendida con cabeza de chacal procedente de la antigua Shurima; una figura heroica a la que las gentes del desierto han encumbrado al nivel de semidiós. Poseedor de una increíble inteligencia, fue un guardián del saber y estratega sin igual cuya sabiduría guio durante siglos al antiguo imperio de Shurima hasta alcanzar la cumbre de su grandeza. Tras la caída del imperio, se sometió a un exilio autoimpuesto, lo que terminó por convertirlo en leyenda. Ahora que la antigua ciudad de Shurima ha resurgido de sus cenizas, su héroe ha regresado para asegurarse de que nunca vuelva a caer.

El talento de Nasus fue evidente desde su juventud, mucho antes de que fuera elegido para unirse a los Ascendidos. Fue un estudiante voraz, capaz de leer, memorizar y dar una opinión crítica de las mayores obras de Historia, Filosofía y Retórica de la Biblioteca del Sol, antes incluso de cumplir los diez veranos. Renekton, su hermano menor, no heredó esa pasión por la lectura y el pensamiento crítico. Dado a aburrirse con facilidad, pasaba las horas peleando con otros niños. Los dos estaban muy unidos. Nasus procuró proteger siempre a su hermano menor y asegurarse de que no se metiera en demasiados líos. No obstante, Nasus no tardó en ser admitido en el exclusivo Collegium del Sol, momento en el que abandonó su hogar para ingresar en la prestigiosa academia.

Gracias su dominio de la estrategia y la logística militares, Nasus se convirtió en el general más joven de la historia de Shurima, aunque la búsqueda de conocimiento siempre sería su gran pasión. Fue un soldado competente, pero su verdadero talento no residía en el combate sino en la planificación previa.

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Guía de campeón Nasus, habilidades:

En esta sección de la guía de campeón Nasus, discutiremos las habilidades de esta pequeña gran guerra, al igual que el orden de maximización y daremos algunos consejos para aprovechar al máximo sus habilidades.

Pasiva, Devorador de Almas (Soul Eater): Nasus drena la energía espiritual de su enemigo, lo que le proporciona una bonificación de Robo de Vida. Esta pasiva ayudará a Nasus para mantenerse más tiempo en línea.

Q, Golpe Absorbente (Siphoning Strike): Nasus golpea a su enemigo, causando daño. Si mata a su objetivo, aumenta el poder de sus siguientes golpes absorbentes. Esta será la primera habilidad en obtener y la principal fuente de daño de Nasus. Entre más enemigos elimine Nasus con Golpe Absorbente, más será el daño que hará. Esta habilidad daña tanto a súbditos enemigos como a estructuras enemigas.

W, Marchitar (Wither): Nasus envejece al campeón enemigo, reduciéndole progresivamente la Velocidad de Movimiento y la Velocidad de Ataque durante un período de tiempo. Esta será la tercera habilidad en obtener y la cuarta en maximizar. Con esta habilidad podemos dar caza a enemigos que huyan con salud baja o para iniciar una pelea ya que reduce la velocidad de ataque enemiga.

E, Fuego Espiritual (Spirit Fire): Nasus desata una llama espiritual en un punto, dañando a los enemigos cercanos y reduciendo su Armadura. Esta será la segunda habilidad en obtener y la tercera en maximizar. Junto con Golpe Absorbente y Fuego Espiritual es posible dañar al enemigo rápidamente y sin perder el intercambio de golpes o por lo menos salir con un cantidad de salud parecida.

R, Furia de las Arenas (Fury of the Sands): Nasus desata una poderosa tormenta de arena que azota a los enemigos cercanos. Mientras ruge la tormenta, obtiene un aumento de vida y alcance de ataque; además, daña a los enemigos cercanos, tiene un enfriamiento reducido para Golpe Absorbente y obtiene una bonificación de armadura y resistencia mágica mientras dura la habilidad. Esta será la cuarta habilidad en obtener y la primera en maximizar, coloca un punto en esta habilidad cada vez que sea posible.

Guía de campeón Nasus, build:

En esta sección discutiremos los objetos adecuados y situacionales para la build de Nasus.  Por lo general la build será la misma, cambiando ocasionalmente el orden en el cual adquirimos los objetos y objetos situacionales dependiendo de los campeones que el equipo enemigo posea.

Objetos iniciales (Starting Items):

Armadura de Tela (Cloth Armor): En el caso de que el campeón enemigo tenga mucho daño AD este objeto es el recomendado. Sin mencionar que a partir de este objeto construirás varios para la build final.

Poción (Potion): Dependiendo el arma inicial que compres podrás adquirir de 1 a 3 pociones. Llévalas siempre contigo.

Ward: Este objeto es gratis así que no olvides llevarlo para poder estar atento a los ganks enemigos.

  Objetos base (Core Items):

Guantalete de Hielo (Iceborn Guantlet): Nasus consume mucho maná debido a que utilizas mucho sus habilidades por lo que este objeto será crucial durante la partida.

Placa del Hombre Muerto (Dead Man’s Plate): Nos da armadura y vida lo cual hace que Nasus resista más en combate. Adicional su pasiva nos otorga velocidad de movimiento que nos ayudará si es necesario perseguir a un enemigo. Este será el tercer objeto a completar. En ocasiones será el cuarto, dependiendo si el oponente está realizando daño mágico o daño físico.

Rostro Espiritual (Spirit Visage): En caso el equipo enemigo tenga un campeón que haga daño mágico este objeto es el indicado para poder contrarrestarlo en lo posible y nos dé tiempo suficiente para eliminarlo antes de que haga más daño al equipo. Cuarto objeto a completar ya que por lo general hay un campeón enemigo que su daño está basado en poder de habilidad.

Mazo Helado (Frozen Malet): Si el equipo enemigo tiene campeones con mucha movilidad y no puedes atraparlos este es el objeto indicado, ya que reduce la velocidad de movimiento del enemigo con cada ataque que reciba. Esto combinado con Aprehender es muy efectico contra campeones escurridizos.

Calibrador de Sterak (Sterak’s Gage): Este objeto le permitirá a Nasus mantenerse mayor tiempo en línea gracias al escudo que proporciona por tomar mucho daño enemigo. En team fights es sumamente útil contra campeones que tengan daño burst.

Tabi de Ninja (Ninja Tabi): El segundo objeto a completar, nos proporciona una defensa muy buena contra los ataques básicos del enemigo, adicional nos da velocidad de movimiento. Junto con la Placa del hombre muerto y Ángel Guardián Ornn se convierte en una máquina de guerra imparable.

Guía de campeón Nasus, counters:

Nasus es una fuerza a la que hay que respetar y temer, sin embargo hay campeones a los que ella debe temer. En esta sección discutiremos los matchups más temidos de Nasus y cómo jugar contra ellos de una forma segura para no perder la línea contra ellos.

Fiora: Fiora puede evadir fácilmente las habilidades en área de Nasus , y puede bloquear por competo nuestra Q con sus habilidades. Lo que debemos hacer en pokearal con nuestra W y esperar u obligarla a que gaste sus habilidades en los súbditos o intentando golpearnos. Fiora es una campeona a quien le va bien en las peleas prolongadas, así que no intentes combatirla en peleas extensas o sin ayuda del jungla aliado.

Singed: Un buen Singed hará que te quedes bajo tu torre por la mayoría de la fase de líneas. No te dejará farmear tranquilo y no puedes perseguirlo ya que su gas venenoso te destruirá. Aún con rostro espiritual es una pelea difícil y lo es aún más porque Nasus tiene muy pocas formas de escapar.  Así que lo mejor es pedir ayuda constante al jungla aliado  para derrotarlo lo antes posible u obligarlo a que regrese a su Nexo a recuperarse.

Darius: En el caso de Darius, todo dependerá de qué tan ágil seas para esquivar el filo de su hacha y no dejarte atrapar por su E. El sangrado que provocan sus golpes drenarán rápidamente la vida de Nasus. Así que has que gaste sus habilidades intentando golpearte y castígalo con tu Q cada vez que puedas.

Con esto damos por concluida nuestra guía de campeón Nasus esperamos te sea de utilidad, deja tus comentarios abajo..

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Awkward. Eyebags. Annoying midget voice hahaha. Weirdness overload.

Don't say you've never been warned ;)

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Doodle Batch 2 (ngayong summer)

Nagtingin kasi ako ng mga nakakausap ko. And ilan sila sa nagawaan ko tutal sila nalang ata ang walang doodle na nakakausap ko. Siguro papahabol ko nalang ang iba next time. Ubos na pages ng Doodle Book ko :)

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Ito dapat ang ibibigay ko sayo sa atcmu kung nandun ka wala kasi ako mapagbigyan nyan eh? Sorry kung hindi sya pansayn kasi wala naman magaling sumulat sa amin at mga busy din kahapon nun. :)