#duologue music

[weelkeen]

Find your own way out Through the shadows and ghosts

I'll be waiting here on my own At the all night show

[its-a-toasty-tune]

Forests

Duologue, Never Get Lost (2014)

Genre: Indie/Alt Feel: Full, head-boppy, a little shiny on top, relaxing, chord-crunching with like a lot of suspensions, like a big indie/alt hug

When to Listen

This is the definition of a song for the car

Great for when you've got people over or you have the aux

When you really want a full ass sound envelope

You want a sad song that doesn't sound sad

You want Gregory Alan Isokov but with more music theory and momentum

Why I Deem This Track Toasty

The Sounds

This song isn't just catchy — it's gorgeous.

We've got the guitar, we've got the strings (violin?) and we've got a march-like beat that undoubtedly sounded dank live.

It appears the band hasn't been active since around 2014, and that's because, while on tour in the US, one of the band's members discovered he had a virulent form of cancer, and needed a bone marrow transport.

He's been recovering ever since.

The band member, Toby L, now works to encourage 18-30 year olds to donate blood marrow.

[wifegideonnav]

music rec!! (mandatory)

super vibey orpheus pov

criminally underrated band

you’ll like it

[nemxricultrix]

(yeah so uh Ratatan. It's made by the core folks behind the Patapon trilogy and LocoRoco duologue. Same composer too, so the music is guaranteed to be fun, bouncy and yet have that energy to get stuck in your head. I fucking loved Patapon 2 and 3 in my formative years, even to this day I want to make them in ttrpgs bc they're THAT FUN of characters. 1 was fun but I have the most memory of 2 and 3. I even know some of the songs and chants by heart- that should tell you just how good it was.

Sony may have gutted Sony Japan for the latest flop, but the spirit of Earthend had let them come back with a successful Kickstarter to Ratatan and brother, I am here for it)

[justfinishedreading]

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

The Little Mermaid (1989) is my favourite Disney film, I love mermaids. I also love seeing familiar stories told in new and unexpected ways, like Maleficent, Enchanted, The Lion King being based on Hamlet, Clueless being a modern take on Emma, and so on. So when Halle Bailey was announced as Ariel in the 2023 live action remake I naively thought we were getting a brand-new interpretation of The Little Mermaid, that they might lean in to a specific black culture and setting, like what Disney did for The Princess and the Frog, setting it in New Orleans and giving Tiana an identity and aspirations based on a real time, a real culture and a real community. Although side note it’s never sat well with me that the first black Disney Princess spends most of her time as a frog. 

With The Little Mermaid 2023 a Caribbean setting and culture would have worked wonderfully, ok yes the film is suggestive of being set somewhere in the Caribbean (although filmed in Italy) but fails to fully embrace the culture, passes up the opportunity to create brand-new music inspired by the amazing sounds of the Caribbean, and to have a predominantly black cast. The Caribbean is one possible setting given its wonderful beaches and Sebastian’s Jamaican accent but the film could be set in any number of countries (with a coastline), past or present, where there is a strong black community. At the end of the day these Disney remakes aren’t about real diversity, they are first and foremost about reusing past successes as an easy way to create new ones. 

When I picked up Skin of the Sea it was with the hope that it would become the story The Little Mermaid 2023 live-remake could have been. Unfortunately Skin of the Sea has its problems mostly to do with writing and in the end I didn’t love it enough to continue the story in book 2, Soul of the Deep. Here’s a break-down of the good and the bad. 

The Good:

-The novel does well in introducing West African culture, Yoruba religion, and mythological creatures. 

-Although it is set during the slavery period, and the topic of slavery is discussion properly and made part of the story, it is also very clear that the identities of the characters and community go beyond slavery, they have a long history, identity and wealth, and they are not defined by this moment in time. 

The Bad:

-The writing, some descriptions are clumsily written to the point that they make things confusing, the author also has a bad habit of repetition, one character was described as smelling of soap so often that it became a joke between me and my reading buddy, and the colour of the protagonist mermaid tail does not need to be described every time, especially towards the end when we’ve already read its description before.

-Pacing. It was quite hard to get started, but gets much better towards the end when characters aren’t just travelling from one place to another but finally actively participating in plot. At one point in the middle when the two main characters are going through the forest it felt like the author was including too many mythological creatures just to tick them off a checklist. I don’t know what happens in the second book, but my feeling is that the first needs a lot of editing, scenes cut but also a significant amount of writing cleaned up, and then along with the second book should be made into just one big epic book. Unfortunately we live in a time of YA trilogies and duologues, why sell one book when you can split it and sell two. 

Part of me was very tempted to get Soul of the Deep, because Skin of the Sea was 90% set on land and didn’t have much about underwater mermaid life. At the end of book one it’s suggested that book two picks up underwater, however if I didn’t enjoy the writing in book one, why read book two.

P.S I do like the book cover a lot though.

Review by Book Hamster

[denimbex1986]

'Danny and Michael Philippou know how to fill up a room. Most debut film-makers are slightly tentative about being interviewed. How does this work? What attitude am I expected to strike? The raucous twins, sons of suburban Adelaide, require only a nudge to begin their clamorous duologue.

We’re talking about Talk to Me, their superb new horror film. It leans towards the teens-in-seance genre. But it’s grimmer than that suggests. And fresher. And odder. And has more to do with social media.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah. We just wanted to try and modernise it a bit,” says Danny. “I feel that if the Ouija board were to work today then everybody would be doing it. There is this weird search for attention with social media. So that seems like a cool place to set it.”

Michael overlaps: “There are positives and negatives to social media. If you make a mistake with a drug or whatever, that isn’t forgotten. It is immortalised forever.”

They should know. The brothers are already famous as creators of the RackaRacka YouTube channel. Their horror spoofs and stunts have drawn them two billion views and almost seven million subscribers. (I think that’s a lot.) Their breakthrough came with Harry Potter vs Star Wars, whose inspiration requires no further explanation, a little less than a decade ago. By 2017 they were sufficiently prominent to figure on Australian Financial Review’s list of the 10 most influential people in Australian culture.

Michael’s earlier comment reveals an equivocal attitude to the online life. But they have contributed to us ending up in this place. Fair?

“We did a lot of crazy film-maker stuff,” he says. “There was a lot of violence. Maybe that can contribute to a kid wanting to see an R-rated film or whatever. But we were just trying to make something that was fun and engaging to watch.”

The Philippous are a publicist’s dream. Danny (hair usefully dyed blond) and Michael (conveniently unshaven) bark merrily as they finish each other’s sentences. They fire out so much energy I wouldn’t be surprised to hear no generator was required on set. We are still making sense of these new routes to fame. A century ago directors made up their own rules. Much of the generation that emerged in the 1960s had been to film school. Television commercials offered informal training to the next batch. Then pop videos. So are YouTube and TikTok the new film schools?

“We were lucky enough in that, before the YouTube stuff, we had crewed on films before,” says Michael. “They are not going to turn down someone working for free. I had worked in every department. So I knew how a film set ran. If we had just gone straight from YouTube to a film set, it would, I think, have been a bit of a slap in the face.”

The film community probably still has a prejudice about those who come from the YouTube world (as they once did against those who came from commercials or music videos). There is an expectation that everything will be tricksy, jokey, busily cut and generally hopped-up. That doesn’t describe Talk to Me. The film follows a group of young people whose experiments with an embalmed hand cause them to rub up against the unhappily deceased. There are jump scares in here, but the film is also at home to an impressive creeping unease. There is a parallel – unavoidable but not overstressed – with teenage attitudes to recreational drug use. It is creatively ambiguous about the final catastrophe.

“We just wanted the kids to be in over their heads,” says Danny. “It’s as if they have this home-made bong and they don’t really know what they’re messing with. The rules aren’t ironed out. But it is about being in over your head. There is no expert there.”

Michael interjects: “We were going to do it with a studio, and it was a guaranteed theatrical release. They were giving notes, and it was taking it in that other direction. We need creative control. If not, then it becomes someone else’s vision. So we took a role of the dice and did it independently.”

Danny and Michael have been at the entertainment business for more than a decade. They are knocking on 30. But one is, nonetheless, impressed by their assurance. That roll of the dice really paid off. The film had its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it triggered an old-fashioned bidding war. In the end the increasingly influential A24 – Oscar best-picture winner for Moonlight and Everything Everywhere All at Once – grabbed the US rights. Reviews have been ecstatic. That must have been a satisfying experience.

“There was this weird hype around the film,” says Michael. “It was getting amped up for some reason. And I didn’t like that, because I’d rather people not go in expecting big things. And then we heard about all these distributors critics and directors that were going to be there.”

You know if a comedy is working because people laugh. You probably can also tell if a horror is working. Audience members rock back in their seats. They shriek. They gasp.

“The audience was so loud and so reactive,” says Danny adds. “It was alive. It was stressful.”

Michael says: “Every time someone would go off to the toilet the door would open and this light would shine on the whole crowd. Then they’d come back and the door would open again. Argh! This is taking them out of the movie! They’re going to hate it! It was just so stressful. Then the reviews came in and we heard all the reactions.”

Watching the Philippous speak gives us, perhaps, some insight into how they work on set. Their half of our conversation is a busy collaboration that moves at its own four-legged pace. They are bouncing notions to one another as if in a game of verbal squash. Of course, cinema has a long history of directing siblings. The Coens. The Dardennes. The Farrellys. The Maysleses. The Wachowskis. Why does that relationship work so well?

“Making a film is such a mammoth task,” says Michael. “It’s like a big symphony of all these different departments – visual, audio, script. If you have the same vision you can keep that united. Even if other people don’t see it, at least I know that Danny sees it.”

Danny adds: “We grew up together and we’ve made so much stuff together. We have a synchronised thing. Writing is different. I couldn’t write with Michael.”

His brother says: “I feel like it’s a bit of a cheat code.”

I wonder when they first realised they had become a phenomenon. It is hard to judge in that online world. A few thousand hits barely matters. Does half a million? When does that word “monetise” come into the conversation? It does seem as if Harry Potter vs Star Wars was the tipping point. The video is still there. Two blokes in suburban Australia pit lightsabres against magic wands. The fight-work and the effects are, considering their limited resources, genuinely extraordinary. Nobody watching that would be surprised to hear where the creators have ended up.

“It was literally that video on YouTube,” says Michael. “We went to bed and it was on 3,000 views. We woke up it was on 500,000 and, by the end of the day, it was at 1.5 million and we had 100,000 subscribers. We had put so much effort into stuff outside of YouTube that no one ever saw. We didn’t put so much effort into that. It was, like, three days’ work. We thought, What if we focus on that and see how it goes?”

Danny and Michael make it clear that they always saw the YouTube stuff as a way into film. This is where they wanted to be. And, despite their age and background, they have always loved the theatrical experience. Look where they have ended up. The distributors seem to have positioned Talk to Me as counterprogramming to the arrival, a week earlier, of Barbie and Oppenheimer. And the latest Mission: Impossible will also still be about.

“It’s horrifying,” says Danny with a broad grin. “I was, like, ‘Oh no, we’re going to get buried.’ I saw an article listing the top five films. It was our film and Oppenheimer. I thought, What the f**k are we doing next to a Christopher Nolan film? That is crazy. Everyone was ‘Barbieheimer, Barbieheimer!’ Is there no Talk-to-Meheimer?”

Just wait.'

[serotoninhq]

the team is thrilled to announce the following mun and muses have been accepted! we’re looking forward to develop this world and its future verses with you.

〔 josh whitehouse, 30, genderfluid, he&them ) jonah torres was seen listening to half-hearted by we three. jonah is a lead singer and known to be ebullient & fanciful ( kass )

〔 giancarlo esposito, 65, cis man, he & him ) arthur winters was seen listening to snow miser vs heat miser by rich chambers. artie is a retired voice actor and known to be curious & disorganized ( kass )

〔 leo suter, 29, cis man, he & him ) rhion abbott was seen listening to toxic by britney spears. rhion is a hockey player and known to be assertive & decadent ( kass )

〔 kennedy mcmann, 27, cis woman, she & her ) teagan prescott was seen listening to stonehenge by ylvis. tiggy is a historian and known to be adroit & loquacious ( kass )

〔 tenoch huerta, 40, demi man, he & them ) cody shaw was seen listening to you should probably leave by chris stapleton. cody is a repairman and known to be vehement & apathetic ( kass )

〔 thomas weatherall, 24, demi man, he/they ) weston murphy was seen listening to strawberries and cigarettes by troye sivan. west is a tech specialist and freelance hacker and known to be sociable & non-confrontational. ( beth )

〔 kit young, 28, genderfluid, any ) alistair cowan was seen listening to i don't dance from high school musical. ali is a professional baseball player and known to be excitable & forgetful. ( beth )

〔 berk cankat, 38, cis man, he/him ) kazim ekici was seen listening to can't pretend by tom odell. kaz is an occupational therapist and known to be generous & impatient. ( beth )

〔 greta lee, 40, nonbinary, they / them) nari an was seen listening to 'you' by keaton henson. nari is a chiropractor and known to be optimistic & restless ( sol )

〔 christian serratos, 32, cis woman, she / her) candelaria soto was seen listening to 'the less i know the better' by tame impala. aria is a makeup artist and known to be imaginative & reckless ( sol )

〔 morena baccarin, 43, nonbinary, they / them) laila namour was seen listening to 'talk shop' by duologue. laila is a dental hygienist and known to be enthusiastic & disorganized ( sol )

〔 maite perroni, 39, cis woman, she / her) isaura venegas was seen listening to 'telephone' by lady gaga. izzy is an actress and known to be hard-working & provocative ( sol )

〔 mishel prada, 33, genderfluid, she / they) valeria de oleo was seen listening to 'arsonist's lullaby' by hozier. val is a geneticist and known to be independent & secretive ( sol )

〔 ke huy quan, 51, cis man, he&him ) longwei zheng was seen listening to simple song by the shins. wei is a cinematic professor and known to be exuberant & scatterbrained ( rosalie )

〔 harris dickinson, 26, genderfluid, he&they ) keegan kennedy was seen listening to boyfriend by big time rush. keys is a male escort and known to be charismatic & avoidant ( rosalie )

〔 FKA twigs, 35, demi woman, she&they) birdie moreau was seen listening to heavy by peach prc. birdie is a freelance creative and known to be enigmatic & unreliable. ( rosalie )

〔 allison brie, 38, demi woman, she/her ) chloe foster was seen listening to i need to wake up by melissa etheridge. chlo is a singing teacher and known to be musical & irrational. ( beth )

〔 jack falahee, 28, demi man, he/they ) colton haase was seen listening to new religion by all time low. colt is a firefighter and known to be affable & rash. ( beth )

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

part one:

-once again rsc ALWAYS pops off with the music

-also i want that white tutu thing

-the exposition characters!

-also i guess there’s some gender swapping going on!

-tragic backstory: unlocked

-imogen (i think) is so pretty omg

-BABYNAPPING

-foreshadowing is a literary device wherein—

-“you’re my prisoner” and that’s supposed to make her feel better?

-awwwwwwwwww

-yeah i don’t trust you man

-cockblocked by mom

-“moooooooooom STOOOOOOOOP”

-ma’am you want her to marry her STEPBROTHER???

-pisanio cool

-second lord is just here to shit talk and i respect him

-i love imogen and pisanio

-party time!!!

-omg this line dance

-multilingual shakespeare!

-philario is just here

-i need the director’s cut that’s just “posthumus does shenanigans across western europe” before this scene

-iachimo you little shit

-this just turned into così fan tutte

-ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME POSTHUMUS

-FUCKIN CALLED IT I KNEW HE WAS SKETCHY

-round of applause for this random servant saving the day! (also love the freeze frame)

-imogen deserves better

-we love a good duologue

-this is like scarpia and tosca in that one scene in act 1 of tosca

-TELL! HIM! OFF!

-IACHIMO LEAVE HER THE FUCK ALONE

-somehow he managed to “save” it

-ooh just noticed the graffiti

-second lord continues to talk shit. iconic minor character

-cloten is just. there and stupid and angry

-SECOND LORD MONOLOGUE FUCK YEAH

-she’s a bookworm!

-and she dog ears her books, which…not my thing unless in a pinch but i respect it

-BITCH WHAT

-YOU’RE FUCKING CHEATING

-shut UP about tarquin shut UP about tarquin

-THIS IS SO FUCKING CREEPY WHAT THE FUCK

-“hold on i gotta take NOTES”

-not the bracelet 😭

-iachimo you are SO GROSSSSSSSSS

-GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF HER

-✨symbolic reading✨

-this suddenly turned into mackers

-is cloten basically gaston

-oh my LORD

-this is SO FUNNY I’M DYING

-you are HOPELESS

-IMOGEN PULLED THE COVERS OVER HER HEAD TO BLOCK THEM OUT LMAOOOOOOOO

-okay but cloten genuinely is a good singer

-doesn’t make him any less of an asshole but

-AND SHE PUT THE PILLOW OVER HER HEAD TOO

-the “getting the stepsiblings to hook up” thing is still…what

-once again: imogen is telling ALL THE DUDES OFF AND I FUCKIN LOVE HER FOR IT

-so about that imogen

-oh great douchecanoe is back

-shut the FUCK up you did NOT proceed by imogen’s will

-iachimo channel your energy into being an interior designer challenge

-posthumus WHY are you trusting this man

-thank you philario

-and we oop

-PLEASE KILL HIM

-“i now believe that all women suck”

-posthumus you fucking tenor (derogatory)

-LATIN SHAKESPEARE!!!

-“britain’s a world unto itself”—everyone who voted for brexit (joke)

-“Why tribute? Why should we pay tribute? If Caesar can hide the sun from us with a blanket or put the moon in his pocket, we will pay him tribute for light; else, sir, no more tribute, pray you now.” does…cloten actually have good political opinions/commentary?

-oh this map is really cool

-this is so not even cymbeline’s play

-YEAH PISANIO

-you’re gonna make this adorable butch cinnamon roll murder her bestie? 🥺

-SHE’S SO PRECIOUS

-new characters have entered the chat

-they’re like little trolls <3

-foreshadowing is a literary device wherein— (because the foreshadowing is now happening)

-dude you did babynapping even if you ARE a seemingly fun dad

-backpackers!

-oh NOOOOOOOOOOO

-poor both of them

-IMOGEN 😭

-ah yes, faking one’s death, the most common of convoluted shakespearean solutions

-AND DRESSING UP AS A MAN!!!!!!!! ANOTHER CLASSIC OF CONVOLUTED SHAKESPEAREAN SOLUTIONS

-THE POTION FROM ACT ONE

-bye bye besties

and that’s intermission! i’m having a lot of fun so far—rest later :)

alright nerds let’s watch cymbeline

[robertisaworkofart]

Not With Him

Robert Sheehan for Duologue: Push It, 2013 (X) part 9 of 10

[someawesomeamvs]

Warning: Spoilers, violence, depiction of child abuse

Title: Diegesis

Editor: OnyxAMVs

Song: Machine Stop

Artist: Duologue

Anime: ERASED

Category: Drama

Awards: AWA - Best Technical Nomination AWA - Best Artistic Endeavor Nomination AWA - Best Drama Nomination

[weelkeen]

The plane to the edge of the world Crossing timelines Losing us How do we get anything done before?

[yougonnacarrythatweight]

Robert Sheehan kissing a bunch of girls in a music video 🤷🏼‍♀️ - Push It by Duologue

[dontcoveryourears]

Edu Imbernon & Duologue - Underworld (Tom Demac remix)

[ofthegemg]

NEVER GET LOST (Duologue)

by gemg

[wwsymphonies-blog]

Forests // Duologue

What I want is really new songs fro Duologue