#dave stephenson

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Full Fathom Five - Arkansas

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The Nowhere Men # 7-11 from Image Comics, written by Eric Stephenson with art by Dave Taylor.

This is the 2nd arc of the title and I originally picked them up from Dave Taylor himself at a convention in 2016 (otherwise I probably would never had bothered with the title etc). All personally signed by Dave of course - top man!

Great art by Dave Taylor throughout but sadly the final ish of his arc has yet to appear!

[garadinervi]

Seeing in Tongues, Edited and Designed by James Knight, Steel Incisors, 2023 (book here) (pdf here)

An anthology of contemporary visual poetry, including work by Muhammed Yusuf Aktekin, Brian Baker, Gary Barwin, Jay Besemer, Richard Biddle, C D Boyland, ReVerse Butcher, Kenneth M Cale, Susie Campbell, Richard Carter, Burak Ş Çelik, Theodoros Chiotis, George Clutterbuck, Madelaine Culver, Amanda Earl, Alexis Fedorjaczenko, Emma Filtness, S J Fowler, Sylee Gore, Arden Hunter, Victoria Kaye, James Kearns, Robert Frede Kenter, Laura Kerr, Michelle Moloney King, James Knight, Ayşe Kongur, Emma Levin, Emma Mitchell, Bob Modem, Sophia Mold, Morphic Rooms, Mette Norrie, Michael L Orr, Michelle Penn, Konstantinos Papacharalampos, Astra Papachristodoulou, Dan Power, Dave Read, Imogen Reid, Rasiqra Revulva, Hakan Şarkdemir, J P Seabright, Rachel Smith, Chris Stephenson, Samuel Strathman, Nic Stringer, Stephen Sunderland, Michael Sutton, Simon Tyrrell, Hayriye Ünal, Nico Vassilakis, Maggs Vibo, Martin Wakefield & Bob Modem, Katy Wimhurst, Paul Woodford, Mark Wynne and Jill Zheng

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Sneak Peek at the Hottest Hot Sauce Names in 2019 😤👺🍗

- Wild Dog Presents: Angry Sauce

- Jon Hamm Has A Hot Sauce

- How's THIS for a hot take?"

- Jackass 2.5 DVD Extras The Sauce

- War of 1812: the hot sauce

- Sean Spicer Presents: Spicer's Cinnamon Sauce

- Nero's Fiddle Roman Fire Sauce

- Stinkin' Dave's "Pain = Good" Kentucky/Louisiana Hot Sauce

- Radiohead presents a concept sauce. pay what you want.

- It Will Be A Beautiful Day When The Air Force Has To Hold A Bakesale To Buy A Stealth Bomber And The School's Of America Get All The Hotsauce They Need (Garlic Edition)

- Big Butthole Bitter Bomb

- Christ is Risen and his Butthole is on FIRE! Fat Pete's Stanky Wanky 5-Alarm

- Uncle Pete's Burnin' Fire Angel Flamewar Sauce, (Nuclear Level: 5 out of 5): "Hold onto your butts!!!"

- John Cena's Five Alarm Ass Habañerocaust

- Lance Stephenson's Fireball Bucket Juice

- Buggy Bottom’s Ass Plaster

- Uncle Butthole's Nuclear Flamewar

- Señor Dave’s Poopchute Ruination

- The UNAUTHORIZED David Koresh Crucible Juice

- Uncle Eternal Torture's Flaming Holesauce

- Stinky Jim's Diarrhea Elixir

- Cousin Blitzkrieg's Bayou Assblast

- Unkle Stinkball's Bottled Butt Genocide 18+

- Barfing Randy's Bottled Felony

- This Sauce Kills Fascists . . . And Kids Under 18!!

- Ernest Goes To Your Rectum

- Roaste Sheene of Beaffe with a divers assortatione of well dressed Egge Yolkes in Syruppeh with kidnee of rabiit seasoned with Coriander, Graines of Paradise imported Aprille last on the good ship Gallante Turde from the Dutch Easte Indies and a sauce of Butthole Agonie prepared bye thee selfsame Reverend AssBlaste

- Miss Behavin’ III, the hot sauce

- El Diablo Crybaby Butthole Sauce

- Fayre Winds II: The Santa Ana Private Reserve Boathole Flamewar

- M'Lord, Your Anal Hellscape Kingdom Awaits

- Tower Defense Game but the pathway is your colon and the invaders are our patented 18+ only ID-required Schedule 1 hot sauce.

- "Put This In Your Butthole And Smoke It"

- Hootie and the Butthole Fissure

- Winking Devil Colon Hell Safari

- Buffalo Pete's Wing Sauce

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hey look at all the tags I tracked down yesterday

I'm going to work at expanding it even further into individual posts eventually but

Alfred Molina ⌈ Harding Hooten ⌋ ⌈ Anna Karenina 1998/Koysta ⌋ ⌈ Andres Galan ⌋ ⌈ Bram Shepherd ⌋ ⌈ Close To The Enemy/ Harold Lindsay-Jones ⌋ ⌈ Raimi Doc Ock ⌋ ⌈ Hugh Weldon ⌋ ⌈ Maxim Horvath ⌋ ⌈ Pink Panther 2/Randall ⌋ ⌈ Ricardo Morales ⌋ ⌈ Roger Stephenson ⌋ ⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋ Sean Bean ⌈ Joseph Wilford ⌋ ⌈ Alec Trevelyan ⌋ ⌈ Father Micheal Kerrigan ⌋ ⌈ The Hitcher ⌋ ⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋⌈⌋ ⌈ Channel Zero ⌋ ⌈ Daveed Diggs ⌋ ⌈ Eragon 2006 ⌋ ⌈ Ian Mcshane ⌋ ⌈ Jeremy Irons ⌋ ⌈ John Wick ⌋ ⌈ Leverage ⌋ ⌈ Regina Hall ⌋ ⌈ Repo! The Genetic Opera ⌋ ⌈ Rahul Kohli ⌋ ⌈ The Outer Worlds ⌋ ⌈ Trick r treat ⌋ ⌈ 1048 Doc Ock ⌋ ⌈ 1048 Martin Li ⌋

[wankerwatch]

Commons Vote

On: Passenger Railway Services Bill (Public Ownership) Bill: Committee: Amendment 14

Ayes: 111 (95.5% Con, 4.5% DUP) Noes: 362 (97.0% Lab, 2.5% Ind, 0.6% SDLP) Absent: ~177

Day's business papers: 2024-9-3

Likely Referenced Bill: Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

Description: A Bill to make provision for passenger railway services to be provided by public sector companies instead of by means of franchises.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: 3rd reading

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (106 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alex Burghart Alicia Kearns Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Murrison Andrew Rosindell Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Ben Spencer Bernard Jenkin Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Charlie Dewhirst Chris Philp Claire Coutinho Damian Hinds Danny Kruger David Davis David Mundell David Reed David Simmonds Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Edward Leigh Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Gavin Williamson Geoffrey Cox George Freeman Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Harriett Baldwin Helen Whately Iain Duncan Smith Jack Rankin James Cartlidge James Cleverly James Wild Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Wright Jerome Mayhew Jesse Norman Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont John Whittingdale Joy Morrissey Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Karen Bradley Katie Lam Kemi Badenoch Kevin Hollinrake Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Laura Trott Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Louie French Mark Francois Mark Garnier Mark Pritchard Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mike Wood Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil O'Brien Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Nigel Huddleston Oliver Dowden Patrick Spencer Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Priti Patel Rebecca Harris Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Fuller Richard Holden Robbie Moore Robert Jenrick Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Shivani Raja Simon Hoare Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Suella Braverman Tom Tugendhat Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton

Democratic Unionist Party (5 votes)

Carla Lockhart Gavin Robinson Gregory Campbell Jim Shannon Sammy Wilson

Noes

Labour (351 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Al Carns Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Norris Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison McGovern Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Amanda Martin Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy McDonald Andy Slaughter Angela Eagle Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anna McMorrin Anna Turley Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Antonia Bance Ashley Dalton Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bayo Alaba Beccy Cooper Becky Gittins Ben Coleman Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Cat Smith Catherine Atkinson Catherine Fookes Catherine McKinnell Catherine West Charlotte Nichols Chi Onwurah Chris Bloore Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Evans Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Ward Chris Webb Christian Wakeford Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Clive Efford Clive Lewis Connor Naismith Connor Rand Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Carden Dan Jarvis Dan Norris Dan Tomlinson Daniel Francis Danny Beales Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Smith David Taylor Dawn Butler Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Diana Johnson Douglas Alexander Douglas McAllister Elaine Stewart Ellie Reeves Elsie Blundell Emily Darlington Emily Thornberry Emma Foody Emma Lewell-Buck Euan Stainbank Fabian Hamilton Fleur Anderson Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Gareth Snell Gareth Thomas Gen Kitchen Gerald Jones Gill Furniss Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Grahame Morris Gregor Poynton Gurinder Singh Josan Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Ian Lavery Ian Murray Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Frith James Naish Janet Daby Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jen Craft Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Jess Asato Jess Phillips Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Healey John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jon Trickett Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Julia Buckley Julie Minns Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Karin Smyth Karl Turner Kate Osamor Kate Osborne Katie White Katrina Murray Keir Mather Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kim Johnson Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Leigh Ingham Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Linsey Farnsworth Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lola McEvoy Louise Haigh Louise Jones Lucy Powell Lucy Rigby Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Margaret Mullane Marie Tidball Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Marsha De Cordova Martin Rhodes Mary Glindon Mary Kelly Foy Matt Bishop Matt Rodda Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Miatta Fahnbulleh Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Amesbury Mike Kane Mike Reader Mike Tapp Mohammad Yasin Nadia Whittome Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Naushabah Khan Navendu Mishra Neil Coyle Neil Duncan-Jordan Nesil Caliskan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Nick Smith Nick Thomas-Symonds Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patricia Ferguson Patrick Hurley Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Paula Barker Paulette Hamilton Perran Moon Peter Dowd Peter Kyle Peter Lamb Peter Swallow Phil Brickell Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Rachel Taylor Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosie Duffield

Rupa Huq Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Dixon Samantha Niblett Sarah Champion Sarah Coombes Sarah Edwards Sarah Hall Sarah Jones Sarah Owen Sarah Sackman Satvir Kaur Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Sharon Hodgson Shaun Davies Simon Lightwood Simon Opher Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephanie Peacock Stephen Kinnock Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Tahir Ali Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tonia Antoniazzi Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Vicky Foxcroft Warinder Juss Wes Streeting Will Stone Yasmin Qureshi Yuan Yang Zubir Ahmed

Independent (9 votes)

Apsana Begum Ayoub Khan Imran Hussain Jeremy Corbyn John McDonnell Rebecca Long Bailey Richard Burgon Shockat Adam Zarah Sultana

Social Democratic & Labour Party (2 votes)

Claire Hanna Colum Eastwood

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Airbnb Inc (ABNB) Q1 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

Airbnb Inc (NASDAQ: ABNB) Q1 2023 Earnings Call dated May. 09, 2023 Corporate Participants: Ellie Mertz — Vice President-Finance, Airbnb, Inc Brian Chesky — Airbnb Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Dave Stephenson — Chief Financial Officer and Head of Employee Experience Analysts: Mark Mahaney — Evercore ISI — Analyst Richard Clarke — Sanford Bernstein — Analyst Brian Nowak — Morgan Stanley…

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Search for Airbnbs in Paris in late July and you’ll be offered options ranging from a tiny studio with glimpses of the Eiffel Tower for $167 a night up to a stunning luxury apartment steps from the Champs Elysees for nearly $3,500 a night. The company is also offering two lucky fans the opportunity to sleep in the iconic clock facade of the Musée D’Orsay on the night of the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

Some 3 million visitors are expected to attend the Olympics in Paris and like one of the 10,500 athletes competing, Airbnb has been preparing for years. In 2019 the company inked a nine-year partnership with the International Olympic Committee that runs through the 2028 Summer Games. Airbnb said at the time that it expected the deal to lead to hundreds of thousands of new hosts in cities around the globe as the games rolled through.

In Paris, the Olympics give Airbnb a chance of winning a bigger foothold in a city where local officials have introduced restrictions on short-term rentals. The company has faced similar resistance from cities around the world after Airbnb and similar platforms exploded in popularity over the past decade. Critics accuse them of driving up rent and bringing unwelcome trash, noise, and physical dangers to residential neighborhoods. Airbnb and its rivals say they provide flexibility to travelers and extra income to hosts, who themselves may be squeezed by rising housing costs. If Airbnb rentals are seen as largely successful during the Paris Olympics, by providing cheaper stays than hotels and a cash infusion for some locals without too much inconvenience for others, the platform could permanently grow its already substantial presence in the city. Last summer, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky urged Parisians to list their homes for the games to keep prices down, and the company hopes some new hosts drawn by Olympic demand will stick with the platform long-term.

Airbnb claims the Olympics effect is already at work. The number of nights booked during the games is already five times greater than for the same dates in Paris in 2023, according to new data released by the company. Olympic events will also be spread throughout the rest of France; the Paris suburbs and other French cities have also seen high rates of short-term rental activity.

The number of active listings in Paris is now at an all-time high, having increased by some 40 percent. The average Airbnb host expected to earn 2,000 euros ($2,145) during the games. But how much cash reaches the pockets of hosts will depend on getting their stays booked, and WIRED’s searches showed that many Airbnbs remain available with the games just five weeks away.

French Disconnection

Relations between the city of Paris government and Airbnb have been rocky for years. The city’s mayor Anne Hidalgo immediately opposed the company’s Olympics partnership when it was announced in 2019, and wrote a scathing letter to games organizers about Airbnb’s impact on residents in the city. The city had already passed a regulation mandating that people can only rent their entire primary residences for short-term stays totaling 120 nights a year.

Paris also recently mulled a ban on the small lock boxes hosts use to store keys, often a tell-tale sign of short-term rentals, citing them as an eyesore. The city did not immediately respond to a request for comment for this story but said in 2023 that tightening restrictions on short-term rentals led to decline in fines for breaking the rules.

Dave Stephenson, Airbnb's chief business officer, claims that without short-term rentals Paris may have crumbled under the pressure from outside guests—and been forced to build new hotels. There are an estimated 160,000 hotel rooms in the greater Paris area, but many of them will be occupied by Olympic staff and athletes. “These spikes in demand are a great way for people to use Airbnb,” Stephenson says. “It’s a great way for local Parisians to earn money and enable the games to be successful.”

Short-term rentals can function as a quick release valve for a city expecting an influx of visitors, increasing capacity for a short time nearly instantly. In fact, despite the usual hype around the Olympic Games, there are still many places to stay in Paris this summer.

A search on Airbnb for a two-person stay during the first weekend of the games returned more than 1,000 results, with many charging less than $200 a night. A search for hotel rooms on Expedia only turned up about 20 hotels offering similarly low rates. Hotel prices for the dates of the Olympics have actually fallen in Paris since December, but remain higher than the same time last summer, with the average cost of a hotel room during the opening weekend of the games going for around 440 euros as of May.

Booking rates for short-term rentals during the Olympics are up by 8 percent compared to the dates two weeks before the games across all locations hosting Olympic events, but the number of available rooms has increased by 38 percent, according to AirDNA, a third party platform that tracks short-term rentals.

The average price in Paris for a short-term rental during the Olympics is $481 a night, while those who booked earlier paid an average of $350. Outside of Paris, rates average $289, up from a previous $198. The “vast majority” of these listings on Airbnb, says Stephenson, come from families listing their primary homes. But other Parisians are begging travelers to stay away, warning that the games will bring chaos to the city, and some are planning to flee the city.

People from more than 160 countries and regions have booked stays on Airbnb for the Olympics, according to the company. The largest influx of tourists comes from the US, with American travelers making up 20 percent of the bookings, with many other guests coming from the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Against that background, and with Airbnb's marketing push, Jamie Lane, chief economist and senior vice president of research of AirDNA, says it makes sense that more people are signing up with Airbnb to host. “Everyone starts getting Olympic fever,” he says, especially “with Airbnb doing more and more ads and market outreach within the city of Paris.”

Despite the flood of visitors, the ready availability of vacancies suggests that like many athletes competing in Paris, some Airbnb hosts will end the games with disappointment as their listings remained unbooked. But Lane says that in the past large events have been seen to provide a lasting boost to Airbnb’s footprint in a place. “A city is left with more listings than it had going in,” Lane says. For “people that maybe decide to do it for the first time, it ends up being a good experience. It was very little work. They think: ‘I should do this again.’”

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Birthdays 6.9

Beer Birthdays

Edmund Resch (1847)

Prosper Cocquyt (1900)

Michael Bowe (1953)

Pamela Evans (1953)

Larry Bell (1958)

Ray Daniels (1958)

Todd Ashman (1960)

Don Webb (1963)

Dave Wilson

Eoghan Walsh

Five Favorite Birthdays

Johnny Depp; actor (1963)

Michael J. Fox; actor (1961)

Cole Porter; songwriter (1892)

Natalie Portman; actor (1981)

Aaron Sorkin; writer (1961)

Famous Birthdays

George Axelrod; playwright (1922)

Elektra Blue; porn actor (1983)

Robert Cummings; actor (1910)

James Newton Howard; composer (1951)

Skip James; blues musician (1902)

Leopold I; Holy Roman emperor (1640)

J.E. Littlewood; mathematician (1885)

Gregory Maguire; writer (1954)

Jackie Mason; comedian (1934)

Robert McNamara; businessman, secretary of defense (1916)

Mitch Mitchell; rock drummer (1947)

Ken Navarro; jazz guitarist (1953)

Carl Nielsen; composer (1865)

Les Paul; guitarist, inventor (1915)

George Perez; comic book writer (1954)

Peter the Great; Russian leader (1672)

George Stephenson; steam train inventor (1781)

Bertha Suttner; writer (1843)

Dick Vitale; television sportscaster (1940)

Fred Waring; choirmaster, blender inventor (1900)

Jackie Wilson; pop singer (1934)

[vetinarivimesy]

Gargh I genuinely wish I liked this show more - I like the returning characters, I loved all the intriguing hints of new lore stuff, aesthetically it looked fantastic... The casting was mostly perfection. I could even (mostly) put aside my increasing annoyance at post-Lucas-Star War's increasingly negative stance on the jedi that seems to be influenced by the fans who were adults when the Prequels/90s films came out who insist that those films were all about how the jedi were evil actually, when... No seriously those films were aimed at 12 year olds how did the very basic genocide is bad actually message fly over their heads so collectively?

​But ye gods I really felt the whole, Filoni's been working on 20 minute episodes his whole career with this one. 

I think the thing that properly tipped me over from, I'm enjoying this show, but it's frequently frustrating, because I am unfortunately a fan with opinions... into no, this thing is just frustrating as the finale rolled to its extremely predictable end that he'd not so much done an Empire ending, as promised, yet again, to answer the questions he'd been posing throughout next time... Only next time is hardly guaranteed, as sadly epitomised by the waste of Ray Stephenson's rather intriguing character - let alone the way both Claudia Black and Wes Chatham were essentially one step above being glorified extras.

Eh I liked Mando S3 and even BoBF I adored Andor and Kenobi - I'm hardly impartial. I even quite like Ahsoka for what it was, rather than allowing my sheer annoyance at what it wasn't get me too enraged at all the George Lucas never implied that moments with his worldbuilding - stated very publicly to be the opposite to Filoni's takes several times.

I loved the new galaxy, the Purrgils, getting to see the Rebels gang again, most of the Baylan and Shin stuff and Claudia Black getting to be a terrifying Nightmother, the Kintsugi troopers, and the extremely blatant Stargate type worldbuilding can I copy your homework stuff. Even Huyang in live action, as frustrating as the constant jedi-negging by proxy was... Ezra was perfect. Love the little crab people and seeing Chopper, as toned down for live action as he was.

But Filoni, Dave, Hat-Man, please, if you're going to do glacial and epic mysteries that end on an Empire style cliffhanger at least give us some reassurance that you have a plan and know how all the plot-threads are going to go? And that your worldbuilding is in fact internally consistent actually and not just based on vibes with some degree of yeah this does have coherence... The occassional utterly incoherent aside, for you to go oh yeah, the New Republic are all fucking terrible actually, as bad as the space nazis actually, moments were not reassuring. And in the hands of a different writer I'd have been fascinated by the Sabine getting the force stuff... But I really sincerely do not trust you with this.

You keep leaving extremely important character and worldbuilding moments off-screen, not even summed up, just stated in a sentence then rapidly glossed over. With excruciating lengths of time given to portentious dialogue and incoherent ramblings about how the jedi deserved their own genocide actually.

No? Too much to ask? One and a half plot-threads proved too much to keep spinning..?

Of which, admittedly James SA Corey/David Abraham/Ty Franck you are not you could barely keep one plot thread going coherently let alone the half-dozen or so they kept spinning all the way through.

Actually, no, you know what. Fuck it. This has annoyed me enough that I am going to go off and watch Wes Chatham not be utterly wasted in a glorified extra role, in a sci-fi series featuring mysterious rings and huge conspiracy theories by corporate and fascistic government powers alike fuelled by greed and capriciousness but above all about humanity overcoming.

At least that one doesn't flanderise its own characters and worldbuilding for the rule of cool, and the at times seemingly glacial (but not actually) very deliberately paced plot actually serves a purpose that comes together into something spectacular.

Its that or Farscape to wash the bad taste out. But that's another property heavy on the evil space fascists who never quite seem to get an in-universe comeuppance.

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A-T-3 265 Marc & the Mambas - Black Heart 

Incredible pop record by a great ensamble of players put together by Marc Almond and Annie Hogan, it included Matt Johnson of The The and cellist Martin McCarrick one time member of This Mortal Coil, Siouxsie & The Banshees, and Therapy?

Many of the musicians on this record frequented the Batcave, a London club synonymous with the goth rock scene, and they backed Marc Almond (as the Mambas and the The Willing Sinners) throughout the 1980s. Classically trained violinists Anne Stephenson and Gini Ball are listed as The Venomettes. Gini Ball was married to Dave Ball who is the other half of Soft Cell, and one half of The Grid with Richard Norris

Black Heart was co-produced and mixed by Flood who had engineered Marc And The Mambas first album and was becoming associated with a few Some Bizarre acts, namely Cabaret Voltaire, Soft Cell, and their solo and spin-off projects

[4me4you]

4me4you visits Stolen Space Gallery which showcased “BE STILL, LIFE”.

‘Be Still, Life’ exhibition brings together StolenSpace artists who capture still life with a fresh perspective, who have put their creative stamp on the classic principle of ‘still life’ art.

We’re living in a world where peace, tranquility and ’stillness’ is ever diminishing, it’s hard to find that stillness when we are presented with fast paced technology, and information at our fingertips. With this show we pause time, offer quiet reflection, and a moment to pause and question what we surround ourselves with. ‘Be Still, Life’ examines still life in our contemporary, and how it has transformed from it’s art historical roots to be relevant in today’s society: a snap shot of the ‘now’.

Artists exhibiting: Beau Stanton, Bennett Slater, Dan Rawlings, Dan Witz, Dave Pollot, David Bray, Hans Sures, Jack Panik, James Joyce, Joram Roukes, Kathy Ager, Kristen Liu-Wong, Nick Sheehy, Noah Verrier, Paul Stephenson, Peter Frederiksen, Sarah Best, Simon Monk, Sofia Enriquez, Steeven Salvat, Thiago Nevs, Tom Gerrard, Usugrow, Xavier Casalta, Yohta Matsuoka.

[newwarriorstalk]

Released 30 years ago this week:

Supreme #1 by Rob Liefeld & Brian Murray, Eric Stephenson & Richard Horie, cover by Murray

Nexus: Alien Justice #1 by Mike Baron & Steve Rude

Shadowman #10 by Bob Hall

Ex-Mutants #2 by Thomas Mason, Dave Olbrich, Chris Ulm & Paul Pelletier

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4/18 おはようございます。 Marion Brown / Back to Paris frl002 等更新しました。

Lennie Tristano / Lennie Tristano 1224 Dave Brubeck / Compadres Mulligan Cs9704 Bill Harris Joe Wilder Bobby Jaspar Pepper Adams Eddie Costa / The Soul Of Jazz mgs20002 Sonny Clark Trio Wynton Kelly Trio / The Immortal Session From Blue Note Lnj-70079 Lee Morgan / Taru lt1031 Lloyd Ellis / the Fastest Guitar in the Wolrd Lp12/104 Charles Mingus / the Clown 1260 Red Norvo / Mainstream Jazz clp16005 Eddie Hazell / Another Side of Eddie Hazell Lp2 Bob Dorough / an Excursion Through Oliver mmo225 Chuck Wayne / Tapestry sd333 Kenny Burrell / Sky Street f9514 Assagai / Afrorock SPR90054 Wilfredo Stephenson / an Ensemble of Salsa Percussion amlp842 Rod Hunter / Moog eld2202 Marion Brown / Back to Paris frl002 Zaka Percussion / Lagos Ldx74812 Hot Salsa / Hot Salsa montlp7901

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[americanahighways]

Video Premiere: Jamie Collins feat. Dave Eggar "Some Day"

Jamie Collins – “Some Day” Americana Highways presents this video premiere of Jamie Collins’ song “Some Day,” scheduled to be included on an upcoming album set for release next year. The song was recorded at the home studio of Tim Nave in Elizabethton, Tennessee, and mixed and mastered at Classic Studio in Bristol, Virginia by Grammy Award winning producer, Mike Stephenson. The video was directed…

[aradxan]

Stephenson Street by Dave Fieldhouse Photography Another snowy Birmingham landscape from last week. This one has a multitude of architectural styles to admire (or maybe not depending on your taste) https://flic.kr/p/2onkkKF