#desmond jones

[bonithica-art]

beatlesona christmas, nowhere man mini comic + oc dynamics

[e-lisard-archive]

The Day It All Changed

Original post March 4th, 2022 (x)

“Come on, Davy, we’ve got to hurry!” Desmond glances at the trees surrounding them, impatiently waiting for Davy to finish gathering mushrooms.

“Relax, we’ll be fine!” Davy laughs, tucking his hair behind his ear. “It’s not even nearing dark yet. Besides, remember what mom said?” He straightens, leaving his basket on the ground, and takes a deep breath. “And don’t you dare return with an empty basket, David!” he says, his voice high in a poor imitation of their mother.

“I know, I know.” Desmond flaps his hand at his twin, silently telling him to hurry it up. “You’ve got plenty of mushrooms, though, and what… what about them.” His voice drops to a whisper, eyes darting around as if ‘they’ would pop right out of the shadows.

“Desmond,” Davy’s voice is calm, reassuring. “They’re not real, just made-up monsters to scare children into leaving the forest alone. And even if they were real, I promised to protect you, right?” He smiles, eyes kind as ever. “I’ve got your back.”

Rustling leaves catch Desmond’s attention, but as he looks, he spots nothing. Just a bird or something like that, then. “I’m done now, though, so we just have to walk back.” Davy stands with the basket, pulling Desmond’s sleeve. “C'mon.”

They walk, at first in comfortable silence, but the further they go, the more ominous it seems.

“Hey… Davy?” Desmond glances around, his hand holding onto Davy’s sleeve, who just hums in reply. “This silence… Where are all the animals?”

As if having waited for the moment, something shoots out at them from the shadows, and Desmond feels weightless for a second before he hits the ground.

Davy cries out in pain, collapsing to his knees as he clutches at a wound on his arm that wasn’t there mere seconds ago.

“Oh my,” a soothing voice says, a white-haired stranger appearing from the same direction as the attack. “I didn’t expect that, for sure. But, well, Blake did say it was okay if I only hit one.” He giggles, looking them both up and down, his gaze freezing Desmond on the spot.

“I sure hope you’re the Tweedledum, then, kid.” Another giggle as he looks at Davy, kicking him to the ground. “Or you’ll die within the day. I wonder if it was worth it?” Before either of them can say anything, although a hysterical voice in Desmond’s head doubts Davy would be able to anyway, he disappears into the shadows again, the stiffness leaving Desmond’s limbs immediately.

“Davy!” He rushes to his twin, tears of worry streaming down his face.

A voice just a bit away, familiar and safe, echoes his panicked cry in confusion before steps come rushing over, another white-haired boy, although much younger this time, bursting onto their path.

“What’s wrong, what happened to him?” Wyatt falls to his knees next to them, pocket watch tumbling out of his pocket.

How could Desmond ever explain, though, that the monsters were real, and one of them did this to Davy?

[fuckyeahpetercook]

The comedy all-star cast of the 1976 show A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) - kicking off what became the Secret Policeman's Ball series! Upon its film release, Sharp Stick was titled Pleasure at Her Majesty's.

The back row: Alan Bennett, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Fortune, Jonathan Miller, Desmond (Des) Jones, Graeme Garden

The two fellas not quite in the back row: Jonathan Lynn, Bill Oddie

The kneeling row: Carol Cleveland, Terry Jones, Neil Innes, Peter Cook, Eleanor Bron, John Bird

Props to this Flickr photo caption of an alternate version of this shot (also cool!) - it helped verify a few peeps in the pic I wasn't 100% about!

[pixelnrd]

Thanks to the internet, and the prolific careers of Leonard Dreyfus and his siblings, Mac was able to dive even deeper into their family history. It turned out Leonard was part of a successful brood, and soon enough Mac was reading about his famous elder brother Desmond - the first man on the moon - and his younger sister Violet, the hollywood starlet. It was simply amazing - how had so many notable people come from the one family?

The enduring Lenny and the Rollers community of fans had mapped out the entirety of Leonard's family and background, and wikipedia provided Mac with all of their names. Leonard was born in England to parents Alexander and Margot, but grew up in the suburbs of Del Sol Valley in a neighbourhood that was now highly gentrified and revered. And the internet sleuths had pinpointed the exact home.

Mac found themselves out the front of an indimidating retro-modern home, hoping that this in fact was the house that Leonard Dreyfus and his siblings had grown up in. Steeling themselves for the awkward conversation with its new inhabitants, Mac walked up to the front door and knocked.

When they had explained their expedition to uncover their relations to the homes famous pre-occupants, the new owners were more than happy to invite Mac inside. The house was incredibly chic, tastefully refurbished in the intervening years, and its occupants a successfuly power couple.

Walking outside, Mac noticed the rose bush in the yard, perfectly maintained and manicured. They pulled out the photograph they had printed out of the Dreyfus family and held it up, noticing the similarities. This was it - this was the house that they had grown up in. Mac was chuffed that their investigation had brought them here - that they had been right at every step so far.

[miralyk]

pov an old friend who died over 10 years ago suddenly reappears, especially looking less human

(+ bonus margin doodle gag as usual bc i can’t help myself)

[darrys-laundry]

[80smovies]

[auroramoon-draws16]

Two in one night? Holy shit

Here’s another crossover idea that shouldn’t exist:

Assassin’s Creed x Hetalia

Mostly because I wanna see Desmond bumping into some of the nations and going “am I Bleeding or have I just met this guy before?” Because holy shit, his ancestors knows this motherfucker.

Bonus points if the nations know about the assassins, but just don’t give a shit or think they’re dope as fuck

Bonus bonus points the respective nation was good friends with Desmond’s ancestor

Extra points for pirate England working with Edward at one point, because lmao

Give me more fics of both these fandoms please

I do not get enough historical Hetalia fics and it h u r t s

[jazzplusplus]

1972 - Newport Jazz Festival - Belgrade

The Giants of Jazz with Dizzy Gillespie

Elvin Jones Quartet

Jimmy Smith and Friends

Cannonball Adderley Quintet

Dave Brubeck Trio with Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond

Charles Mingus Quintet

[singeratlarge]

MONDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO “Visions” by Ryder-Desmond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZv2fP0zh-k "Visions" is a New Wave power pop single, first issued on DJM Records in 1981 (remastered-reissued in 2023). Ryder-Desmond was Chris Andrews a.k.a. Kris Ryder + Andy Desmond. They’d been collaborating for a few years, and their combined careers intersected with Roger Daltrey, David Essex, The Kinks, and other notables. The Ryder-Desmond duo had obvious potential, and they worked well together on Kris Ryder’s 1979 solo LP, but as a duo they lasted for but one single (now highly collectible). Andy later became a musical yoga master and changed his name to Miten. Kris/Chris pressed on as a singer-songwriter and collaborator with Davy Jones (Monkees), and Chris is cranking out new music to this day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZv2fP0zh-k

#chrisandrews #krisryder #andydesmond #NewWave #dickjames #rogerdaltrey#davidessex #thekinks #davyjones #monkees #britpop #singersongwriter #jet #girl

[mariocki]

Black Moon Rising (1986)

"Mr. Quint and I go back a ways. We used to be... what, in competition?"

"I never considered you competition, Marvin."

"Aw, that's not nice, Quint. We had our moments."

"You must've had yours in private."

[bonithica-art]

desmond and molly jones

[autumncottageattic]

Northanger Abbey is a 2007 British television film adaptation of Jane Austen's 1817 novel of the same name. Felicity Jones stars as the protagonist Catherine Morland and JJ Feild plays her love interest Henry Tilney.

Part I

[camyfilms]

NORMAL PEOPLE 2020

I think I’m just a fundamentally cold, unfeeling person. I feel absolutely fine.

[behindthemirrorofmusic]

You can now watch my interview with Sunset Boulevard star Ria Jones:

Ria Jones originated the role of Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard at Andrew Lloyd Webber's home theatre. Since then she has performed the role many times.

Over the years she starred as Grizabella in Cats, Fantine in Les Miserables, Rose in Gypsy, narrator in Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Into The Woods, A Little Night Music, Nine, Victor Victoria and many more. She was also the youngest actress ever to play Evita.

[nitpickrider]

If I were a supervillain I thin Martian Manhunter of all people would make me DEEPLY paranoid, especially of other villains. Which of them is secretly the Martian? Can he hear you? What are you thinking right now? Who are you betraying?