#edison barker

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Andrew Perez at Rolling Stone:

It happened, again: Democrats lost a winnable election to a racist, orange-makeup-wearing carnival barker, despite his odiousness, immorality, and unbridled corruption. This time, Donald Trump campaigned on an even darker agenda — the mass deportation of migrants, calls for more violent policing, and demands of retribution against his enemies — and he didn’t have to try to steal the election in the courts or via a violent coup. In the battleground states, he appears to have run the table, and he will likely win the popular vote outright, something a Republican hasn’t done in two decades.  There are plenty of factors that could help explain why Vice President Kamala Harris lost — and why the race ultimately was not that close: Joe Biden’s crushing unpopularity; pervasive sexism, racism, and xenophobia; an American culture that stupidly valorizes the ultra-wealthy and licks their boots. There was the Harris campaign’s decision to run a safe, staid campaign, from Democrats’ favorite failed playbook, Be Like Republicans. There was her refusal to break from Biden over his support for Israel’s war in Gaza — carnage that plays out on our screens daily, and has particularly affected young people.    The most likely explanation, however, for why Harris lost is the most basic one: Americans are deeply dissatisfied with a brutal economy. 

After Washington put an end to Covid-era pandemic aid programs, Americans suffered two years of sky-high inflation, impacting the price of nearly everything, alongside higher interest rates — which drove up credit card rates, mortgage rates, the costs of car loans, and more. Amid a punishing cost-of-living crisis, voters have now punished Democrats.  Exit polls and other survey results coming out of the 2024 election are incredibly clear that this contest was, as is often the case, about the economy, stupid. Edison Research exit polls show that two thirds of voters believe the state of America’s economy is poor or not so good; 69 percent of them voted for Trump. Asked what the most important issue in their vote was, 31 percent of voters said the economy, and 79 percent of those voters supported Trump.

The world is in a punish all incumbents mood, as we saw in the UK earlier this year, and sadly, the USA wasn’t immune, as de facto incumbent Kamala Harris (D) lost to the 34x convicted felon, insurrection-inciter, adjudicated rapist, and vile bigot Donald Trump (R).

Swapping out Joe Biden for Harris may have helped save us in Minnesota, New Hampshire, Virginia, New Mexico, and New Jersey. Had Biden been the nominee, the Dems would have lost most, if not all, of these.

[misrepresentedmorallygrey]

I'm Done. I'm Free. It has been Made

All 1 Submissions, as well as if they have propaganda

Flowey: Yes Propaganda

Dr Carmilla: No Propaganda

Hua Cheng: No

Xander Harris: Yes

Azula: No

Fuuta Kajiyama: Yes

Anders (Dragon Age): Yes

Saix (Kingdom Hearts): Yes

Rennala (Elden Ring): No

Apple White: No

Kyubey (Madoka Magica): Yes

Mathematics: Yes

Gon Freeces: Yes

Makiel (Cradle): Yes

The Emperor: Yes

Bassira Hussain (TMA): No

Kris (Deltarune): Yes

Evan Hansen: Yes

Haruko (FLCL): Yes

Princess Bubblegum: Yes

Doug Eiffel: Yes

Yuzuriha Kotoko: No

Anemone (Wings of Fire): Yes

Theresa Agnes: Yes

Liv Chenka: yes

Anakin Skywalker: Yes

R.M. Renfield (Dracula): Yes

Papa Loui: Yes

Rory Gilmore: Yes

Himemiya Anthy:No

Every Fire Emblem: Yes

Jin Guangyao: No

Raven Branwen: Yes

Caithe (Guild Wars): No

Georgina Barker (TMA): Yes

Scourge the Hedgehog: No

Susie (Kirby): No

Morro (Ninjago): Yes

Viren (The Dragon Prince): No

Dark Pit: Yes

Shadow the Hedgehog: No

Michael with the Doors (TMA): Yes

Professor Ozpin: Yes

Annie Edison: No

 Siri Keeton: Yes

Mihuel O’Hara: Yes

Talia Al Ghul: Yes

Yukio Okumura: Yes

Guillermo de la Cruz: No

Jenny (Forest Gump): Yes

Gamzee Makara: Yes

Wen Kexing: No

Griffith (berserk): Yes

Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd: Yes

Hal 9000 (2001 A Space Odyssey): Yes

Hiiragi Mahiru: Yes

Bobbi Morse: Yes

Rika Kim: Yes

 Amanda Waller: Yes

Larisa Weems: Yes

Vincent Smith: Yes

Rammatra (Overwatch) Yes

Itachi Uchihara: Yes

Wanda Maximoff: Yes

Lucretia (TAZ):Yes

Angel Dust: Yes

Crowley (Supernatural): No

Makoto Hamamaya: Yes

Roy Mustang: Yes

Prowl (Transformers): No

Peter Hale: No

Harry Osborn: No

Octavia Blake: Yes

Melissa (Hatchetfield): Yes

Ainosuke Shindo/ADAM: Yes

Zuko (ATLA): No

Eichi Otori: No

Aesop Carl: Yes

Hosea Mathews: Yes

Arataka Reigan: No

Martin Blackwood: Yes

Frankensteins Monster: Yes

Alicent Hightower: Yes

Pyro (TF2): Yes

Maglor (Silmarillion): No

Providence (Risk of Rain): Yes

James Sunderland: No

Sorin Markov: Yes

Haruka Sakurai: Yes

Winn Adami: Yes

Regina George: No

Trucy Wright: Yes

Arlong the Saw: Yes

Sunny (OMORI): Yes

Kang Yohan: Yes

[identity-library]

Diverse Sexuality (Podcasts)

A:

Alice Isn't Dead

Alice (Unspecified WLW)

Keisha Taylor (Unspecified WLW)

Archive 81

Alexa Pendras (Unspecified WLW)

Melody Pendras (Lesbian)

B:

C:

Camp Here and There

Jedidiah Martin (Unlabeled MLM)

Juniper Sloan (Gay)

Rowan Chow (Bisexual)

Sydney October Sargent (Gay)

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The Bright Sessions

Adam Hayes (Gay)

Byron "Mark" Bryant (Bisexual)

Caleb Michaels (Unspecified MLM)

Chloe Turner (Asexual, Panromantic)

Emily Rodriguez (Unspecified WLW)

Melanie Trent (Lesbian)

Rose Atkinson (Lesbian)

The Magnus Archives

Georgie Barker (Bisexual)

Jonathan "Jon" Simms (Asexual, Unspecified MLM)

Martin Blackwood (Unspecified MLM)

Melanie King (Unspecified WLW)

Tim Stoker (Bisexual)

The Penumbra Podcast

Juno Steel (Bisexual)

U:

V:

W:

Where The Stars Fell

Edison "Ed" Tucker (Bisexual)

Lucille "Lucy" Kensington (Unspecified WLW)

Welcome to Nightvale

Basimah Bishara (Unspecified WLW)

Carlos (Gay)

Cecil Palmer (Unspecified MLM)

Charles (Unspecified MLM)

Joanna Rey (Unspecified WLW)

John Crayton (Bisexual)

Kevin (Unspecified MLM)

Maureen Johnson (Unspecified WLW)

Michelle Nguyen (Unspecified WLW)

X:

Y:

Z:

[2womenforme]

some of the athiests that have overlapping and back ups of my god put downs = richard dawkins , sigmund freud , andrei sakharov, ayn rand, thomas edison, rosalind frankland , karl marx ,matt dillahunty , aron ra , robert ingersoll , dan barker , tom jump , 1. Charles Darwin 2. Albert Einstein 3. Alan Turing 4. Stephen Hawking 5. Christopher Hitchens 6. Isaac Asimov 7. Carl Sagan 8. Bertrand Russell 9. Socrates 10. Thomas Paine 11. Hypatia 12. Thomas Jefferson 13. Richard Dawkins 14. Epicurus 15. Mark Twain 16. Richard Feynman 17. Frederick Douglas 18. Kurt Vonnegut 19. Aristotle 20. George Carlin 21. Friedrich Nietzsche 22. Leonardo da Vinci 23. Yuri Gagarin 24. Ludwig Feuerbach 25. Voltaire 26. Sam Harris 27. Benjamin Franklin 28. Seth Andrews 29. David Hume 30. Madalyn O’Hair

[qukillbill]

Showdown at The House of Blue Leaves

Veronica Portillo

Darrell Taylor

Johanna Botta

Kevin Prudente

Javi Marroquin

Sean Puffy Diddy Daddy Combs

J Alexander

Doc Holliday

Dave Mirra

Chris Nunez

Nigel Barker

Kourtney Kardashian

Ko Shibasaki

Chiaki Kuriyama

Edison Chen

Hayden Kho

Gabi Victor

Brian Williams Jr

Bruno Bettencourt

Trey Weatherholtz III

Jay G

Charlie Dordevich

Perez Hilton

Tila Tequila

Kim Chiu

Heart Evangelista

Svetlana Shusterman

Park Bom

Lalaine Chace Crawford

Colby O Donis

Jamie Chung

Billy Joe Crawford

Hilary Duff

Evan Rachel Wood

Caroline Botelho

Aaron Carter

D Woods

Dawn Richard

Cassie Steele

Devon Aoki

Karylle

Sandara Park

Chris Brown

Frank Ocean

Nicole Richie

Ailea Carr

Vanessa Hudgens Rihanna

Drew Sidora

Nicki Minaj

Khloé Kardashian

Katy Perry

Seungri

Majid Al Maskati

Luke Pasqualino

Drew Seeley

Zac Efron

Joi Niemeyer

Anne Curtis

Kiely Williams

Cassie

Katie Leung

Naima Mora

Pua Medeiros Ruthie Alcaide

Brenda Song

Drake

Snooki

Paulo Avelino

Deena Nicole Cortese

Pete Connelly

Lindsay Lohan

Vinny Guadagnino

Stephen Coletti

Dan Setzler

[ztremx]

old thomas edison

mixin up the medicine

Edison soon became known as the “Wizard of Menlo Park” because of the miraculous nature of his inventions which so radically changed how people lived.

My take on Edison is simply that he was a salesman and carnival barker as much as citizen scientist. Its apparent that he piggy-backed off the research of others, but at a time w many new inventions, a frontier, really. As flawed people can make great art, so goes science. humans are just terrible, and progress often seems to come at such great cost WTF CHUMBAWAMBA FUCKYEAH

[alexathesimmer]

Halloween

in game: October 31, 2024

[pollocklegacy]

UMASS Amherst Graduation 2025

in game: May 14, 2025

[notjustanyannie]

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which tracks hate and extremist groups in the US, calls Jones “the most prolific conspiracy theorist in contemporary America”. Michael Edison Hayden, an investigative reporter and spokesman for the SPLC, says Jones’s ability to influence a huge audience makes his speech dangerous. “He is an amusing carnival barker so we kind of ignore many of the things that are staring us right in the face about how hateful he is,” Hayden says. “​​He has probably done more to further the cause of hate in this country than almost anyone outside of Donald Trump himself.”

Jones has been able to grow his Infowars platform through a lucrative sales model where he hawks specially made products on air, such as a variety of survivalist gear and a line of “overpriced and ineffective” vitamins and supplements. He testified last week that the company raked in $165m in sales between September 2015 and December 2018. “With Jones, fascism is a business,” Hayden says.

As the Infowars audience grew in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election, Jones also gained a new fan and regular guest: Trump. “He ramps up his grift through the rise of extremist activism under Trump and sort of hitches his wagon of sales to Trump’s rise,” Hayden says. “To me, that’s Jones in his final form, which is just coming from this libertarian, entrepreneurial, conspiracy-obsessed world to becoming something that is much more what we would call fascist.”

[milf-harrington]

thank you @flameomcfirey for tagging me in this! i made my own post bc i wasn't sure you'd want me to just,, add onto yours lmao

anyway, i have to post 13 songs I've been listening to recently so here they are! they're not really in a specific order

Girl From the Sidewalk, Noah Floersch (i love this song so much)

t r a s n s p a r e n t s o u l, WILLOW ft Travis Barker

Sexting, Bo Burnham

Welcome to the Internet, Bo Burnham

Desk Chair, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers

I Dont Dance, from high school musical 2

Boys Boys Boys, Lady Gaga

Thank God, awfultune

Fight Like a Girl, Katherine Lynn-Rose

Lonesome Dove, Garth Brooks

Bullet, Hollywood Undead

Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes), Edison Lighthouse

Susie Save Your Love, Allie X and Mitski

with no pressure to do it, i am tagging: @pyroxenik @zukoscalzones @sheimagineddragons @babydotcom @that-was-anticlimactic @littlespoonsokka @coney---island + anyone else who wants to! <3

[paralleljulieverse]

This Day in Julie-history: Madame Lilian Stiles-Allen was born on 28 July 1890

This week marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of Lilian Stiles-Allen, the woman who taught Julie Andrews how to sing. A celebrated soprano in her own right, Stiles-Allen was a renowned interpreter of lieder and oratorio during the inter-war years with a voice that “was much admired for its sweetness, range, and dramatic power” (Bradford, 17). 

Though not physically suited to the opera stage, Stiles-Allen performed widely in concert and recital in major venues with a particular emphasis on the English classical repertoire of Handel, Sargent, Beecham and Coleridge-Taylor. She was the original Nokomis in Coleridge-Taylor’s Hiawatha and a regular soloist at the Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts and the annual Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace. Stiles-Allen also enjoyed a solid career as a radio and recording artist, notably under contract to the Edison Bell label where she recorded both under her own name and the pseudonym of Linda Hynd (Williams, 161-63).

By the time of the Second World War, Stiles-Allen had largely retired from public performance and it was then that she turned her creative energies to teaching, a role she would embrace with gusto well into old age (Dawson, 17). Her list of students over the years included many notables of the British musical world such as Anne Ziegler, Aileen Cochrane, and Margaret Burton (Dawson, 17; Williams, 162). Without doubt, her most famous protégé, and the one she herself counted as her greatest teaching triumph, was “the phenomenal Julie Andrews” (”Teacher,” 20; Williams, 163). 

Julie started studying under Stiles-Allen when she was just 9 years old at the behest of her step-father, Ted Andrews, who had himself taken lessons with the teacher soon after arriving in the UK from Canada (Andrews 2008, 48). Much has been made of the enormous influence Stiles-Allen had on the voice and singing style of "her star pupil”, not least by Julie herself who has repeatedly credited “Madame,” as she always called her, with the foundational hallmarks of her distinctive vocal technique: 

“From when I was age 9 until the day she died in 1982, she was my singing teacher and taught me good diction, placement, everything. A wonderful lady and a huge mentor” (Andrews 2019: 16).

For her part, Stiles-Allen recalled:

”The range, accuracy and tone of Julie’s voice amazed me. All her life, I discovered, she possessed the rare gift of absolute pitch, which means that she cannot sing out of tune. I make it a rule as a singing teacher to get three octaves in all voices. Julie, as a little girl and right up to the age of fourteen, had a most unusual four-octave range, from two Cs above Alt. right down to two Cs below middle C. She had absolute confidence in her voice and in me” (cited in Cottrell, 34).

Right throughout her childhood and adolescence, Julie trained regularly with Madame to develop her voice and singing skills: first, at a studio in London and, then, at Stiles-Allen’s rambling country home in Headingley, just outside Leeds in Yorkshire. Due to the latter’s distance from London, Julie would typically journey up by rail and stay with Madame for the weekend and sometimes longer (Andrews 2008, 50ff). Inevitably, a deep emotional bond was forged that went beyond that of teacher and student. As Julie would later state of her relationship with Madame: “She had an enormous influence on me. She was a third mother to me” (cited in Windeler, 13).

Reading Julie’s many affectionate recollections of Madame, one senses she found in Stiles-Allen a level of grounded emotional support and domestic stability that was not always forthcoming in her own home life:

“I loved the cosy evenings after we’d finished work when, with Madame and her husband, we would all sit around a huge log fire. Such evenings were unknown to me, for that was the time when Mummie and Pop usually had to get ready for the theatre and go out. But with Madame, evenings were the time for relaxation and family talks” (Andrews 1958: 16).

Once Julie reached adulthood, the singing lessons became less frequent but the pair continued to keep in close contact. They worked together closely on vocal preparation for many of Julie’s most famous musical roles including My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. Stiles-Allen’s son lived for several years in Southern California, so she had occasion to visit Julie quite frequently after her relocation to the US (Cottrell, 213). Meanwhile, on her own trips back to England, Julie would always make a point of paying respects to her beloved teacher who, by this stage, had “donated the Old Farm outside Leeds to the Yorkshire College of Music and Drama, and had moved south to a pretty cottage in West Kingsdown, Kent” (Andrews 2008, 188).

It was here that Madame Lilian Stiles-Allen died peacefully in her sleep on 15 July 1982, just two weeks shy of her 92nd birthday (”Obituary,” 10). It was a grand age and a fittingly serene end to an equally grand life. On the occasion of the 130th anniversary of her birth, we remember with fondness and gratitude the great Stiles-Allen. Brava, Madame! 

Sources:

Andrews, Julie. “So Much to Sing About, Part 2.” Woman. 10 May, 1958: 13-16, 21-22.

_____________. Home: A Memoir of My Early Years. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008. 

_____________. “What I Know Now.” AARP, The Magazine. 62: 6. 2019: 16.

Bradford, Eveleigh. “They Lived in Leeds: Madame Lilian Stiles-Allen.” North Leeds Life. January 2017: 17.

Bricusse, Leslie. “Liner Notes.” Here I’ll Stay: The Words of Alan Jay Lerner [CD]. London: Philips, 1996.

Cottrell, John. Julie Andrews: The Story of a Star. London: Arthur Barker, 1968.

Dawson, Marie. “For Madame Lilian, 82, Life is Still Worth Singing About.” Daily Telegraph. 3 February 1973: 17.

"Obituary: Mrs Lilian Stiles-Allen." The Times, 17 July 1982: 10.

“Teacher of the Stars.” The Stage. 15 May 1958: 20.

Williams, David. “Madame Stiles-Allen at the R.V.A.S.” The Hillandale News. 67, June 1972: 161-63.

Windeler, Robert. Julie Andrews: A Life on Stage and Screen. Third ed. New York: Birch Lane Press, 1997.

Copyright © Brett Farmer 2020

[tracingdreams]

Daiya no Ace: The Dramas #4 Educating Youichi

An explanation… To keep my brain from rusting I started a project to translate the drama tracks that came with the character song CDs and other stuff relating to Daiya no Ace (because I love them and they’re all hilarious). My disclaimer - I am not a native speaker of Japanese, but I will do my best!

Character Song Drama CD 04: Kominato Ryousuke, Drama 01 Featuring Kuramochi, Haruichi, Ryousuke.

Scene: Kuramochi is in the library (!) when Ryousuke appears, looking for something to read.

 (NB, in this drama, other characters call Rei “Rei-chan”, although in the anime/manga this seems to be a uniquely Miyuki term of address. 

Also, a translator’s admission - Kuramochi drops two names in his dialogue with Ryousuke about great people. I cannot make them out for sure. This is why there are a couple of [???] in the text, it really doesn’t affect the drama overall though. The second I guessed at because knowing Kuramochi they are probably wrestlers, but I am not sure)

Oh yeah, and Ryousuke is a little scary. Nothing new there, then?

Ryousuke: Kuramochi?

Kuramochi: Ah, Ryou-san!

Ryousuke: It’s unusual, seeing you in the library.

Kuramochi: Yeah, I guess so. It doesn’t really fit my image, does it? But I had some English homework to do…so I came to borrow an English novel.

Ryousuke: Ah, for Rei-chan’s class, huh.

Kuramochi: It doesn’t matter which one, but choose a novel in English and come to class with three pages translated, she said. Although I said it was impossible, she still made me do it. But…are there books like that here?

Ryousuke: If we’re talking about English literature, then they’re over that way. I reckon they’ll be with the foreign literature. If you’re going to translate it into Japanese then something from children’s literature like “Alice in Wonderland”, or one of the short stories where the vocabulary is simple might be the best. On top of that, you could ask previous students who did this exercise to see their Japanese translations and write something that matches those, too.

Kuramochi: Ah, you know a lot about this.

Ryousuke: I’m an old hand, after all.

Kuramochi: Ah, so that’s why you’re in the library!

Ryousuke: Well, today’s afternoon classes are basically self study, so I just thought I’d come borrow a book.

Kuramochi: Ehhh. What kind of books do you read?

Ryousuke: I really wanted to borrow Mizuki Shigeru or Itou Junji’s horror manga, but that stuff isn’t in the library. I really like Lovecraft, Clive Barker or Steven King, so if there’s something like that, I’d like to borrow it.

Kuramochi (silence, then, somewhat confused): Erm…who are they? Are they famous people? Like Edison or Helen Keller or [???????????]

Ryousuke: They’re novelists. And of those people you just listed, the last one isn’t a famous person.

Kuramochi [??????????] is definitely a famous person! Kawaguchi (?) too!  

Ryousuke: I don’t really care, honestly.

Kuramochi: That’s harsh.

Ryousuke: (Taking down a book): Ah, here. Do you know ‘Rosemary’s Baby’? It was a movie as well.

Kuramochi:…No…

Ryousuke: You should read books sometimes.

Kuramochi: I do read! If you’re talking about martial arts magazines, well…

Ryousuke: Those aren’t books. Well, it doesn’t matter. Borrow whichever one you like. (he browses the shelves) Ah, it’s here, is it?

Kuramochi: Ah…that person you mentioned earlier, Love--whatever it was’s book?

Ryousuke: Lovecraft. The name is written right there on the spine.

Kuramochi: (A bit flustered): Ah, it sure is. ‘The Complete Collection of H.P Lovecraft’. “Aitch Pee.” Is it a book on energy battles then? (He’s thinking HP as in game HP XD)

Ryousuke: (Pointedly) Howard. Philip. Lovecraft. It’s just his name. Now let me see, I’ve read as far as volume two…so…huh?

Kuramochi: Hrm, volume 3 isn’t there, is it? Maybe someone else borrowed it?

(There is a slightly ominous backing track sound at this suggestion. Ryousuke is not amused).

Ryousuke: (Sinister voice): Even though I was planning on reading it.

(At this point, Haruichi enters the library. Or at least, the conversation.)

Haruichi: Huh? Aniki? And Kuramochi-senpai, too?

Ryousuke: Ah…Haruichi? (he’s suddenly not so creepy).

Kuramochi: Little brother’s come to borrow a book too, huh? (he literally calls him otouto-kun here).

Haruichi: That’s right. In fact, I just borrowed one a moment or two ago.

Kuramochi: Let me guess…a horror novel?

Haruichi: (Surprised): How did you know?

Kuramochi: (Thinking): These brothers are reeeally alike…

Ryousuke (scary mode again, to Kuramochi): You just thought, “they’re so alike”, didn’t you?

Kuramochi: Ah, no, no, of course not. (Thinking): He’s so sharp…

Ryousuke: So, Haruichi, what did you borrow?

Haruichi: Huh? Oh, this? The third volume from the Lovecraft collection.

(there’s that sinister sound in the background again).

Ryousuke: Why did you want to borrow that, exactly? (there are some passive aggressives in his tone)

Haruichi: (confused): Why..? Because I want to read it..?

Ryousuke: But that was the book I was planning to borrow…

Haruichi: Huh? You were, aniki? But, even if you say you ‘planned’ to, it’s not like your name is written down for it anywhere.

Ryousuke: My name is written on the borrowing card for the first two volumes, right?

Haruichi: It might be written down there, but that was a long time back, right? I’m the one who’s been borrowing this series of books lately, after all.

Ryousuke: I wanted to read it NOW.

Haruichi: I also want to read it now.

Kuramochi: Hey, come on you two, calm down.

(sinister background noise. Ryousuke is working his evils again)

Ryousuke: KU-RA-MO-CHI.

Kuramochi: (backs off): Right.

Ryousuke: (turning his attention back to the issue at hand): Haruichi, you’re the younger brother, right?

Haruichi: (holding his ground): That’s not relevant to this.

Ryousuke: In that case, I’m senpai. You’re the kouhai.

Haruichi: This is outside of club activities!

Kuramochi: (thinking) Woah..so this is how their sibling squabbles play out, huh…

Haruichi: Aniki, I’m not going to give up.

Ryousuke laughs. (Oh shit.)

Haruichi: What now?

Ryousuke: You really are forceful at the strangest moments.

Haruichi: (a little put out) forceful..?

Ryousuke: It’s fine. You can borrow it. After all, that’s a collection of short stories. Even if I read from volume four, it won’t be a huge problem.

Haruichi: Aniki! Thank you!

Kuramochi: (thinking) Ah, well Ryou-san does have his nice moments, after all.

Ryousuke: In exchange…

Haruichi: In exchange?

Ryousuke: I’m going to take out volumes five and six and seven at the same time, and not return them for a long while.

Haruichi: Hey, don’t do that!

Ryousuke: (laughs) What are you getting flustered about?

Haruichi: But…that will mean I can’t read the next volumes!

Ryousuke: But I also can’t read the next volume.

Haruichi: (sighs and thrusts the book at Ryousuke): Fine, borrow it first then. But be quick with returning it!

Ryousuke: Mm? Why have you gone all red all of a sudden?

Haruichi: I have not!

Ryousuke: That habit you’ve always had of going red when you get really wound up about something…it hasn’t changed, has it?

Haruichi: It’s not like it matters!?

Ryousuke: I’m just kidding. It’s fine. I’ll read some other book.

Haruichi: (fed up): Honestly.

Kuramochi: (thoughts): Ryou-san, even though he’s a really nice guy, just doesn’t want to show it, huh.

Ryousuke: Kuramochi.

Kuramochi: Yes?

Ryousuke: Right now you just thought, “Even though Ryou-san’s a really nice guy, he just doesn’t want to show it”, right?

Kuramochi: Eeeh?!

Ryousuke: Hurry up. If you don’t choose a book to borrow, lunch break will be over.

Kuramochi: Ah, crap, Rei-chan’s homework! (he hurries off to the other bookshelves).

Ryousuke: (Sighs) Don’t run in the library!

Kuramochi (yelling from distance): Uissu! (Yes sir).

[bobmccullochny]

History

October 15 1582 - Pope Gregory XIII implemented the Gregorian calendar. In several countries (Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain) October 4 of that year was followed directly by October 15.

1764 - Edward Gibbon observed a group of friars singing in the ruined Temple of Jupiter in Rome, which inspired him to begin work on The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

1878 - The Edison Electric Light Company began operations.

1888 - The "From Hell" letter sent by Jack the Ripper was received by the London authorities (Whitechapel Vigilance Committee).

1951 - I Love Lucy premiered on CBS. It was filmed on three cameras, a TV first.

1956 - Fortran, the first modern computer language, was shared with the coding community for the first time.

1966 - The Black Panther Party was created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.

1987 - Bob Barker, host of The Price Is Right, stopped dying his hair. The audience gave him a standing ovation when he came onstage, white-haired

2000 - Curb Your Enthusiasm premiered on HBO

2001 - Smallville premiered on The WB

[thenightling]

Classic horror films

This post is for...

kosmobaut

I’ll be revising these lists later.

  Silent:

Faust Nosferatu The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari Phantom of the Opera Hunchback of Notre Dame  Häxan   Edison’s Frankenstein (short) / The Haunted Castle (1897 version - Oldest known Horror film, short.)   _______________________________  Universal Black and white (Talkies, in order.  Note, there are thirty of these but I’ll list the main ones.): Dracula  (Sequels include Dracula’s Daughter, Son of Dracula) Frankenstein (Sequels: Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Ghost of Frankenstein.) The Mummy (1932 version)  The Wolf-Man (1941) (Sequels:  Frankenstein meets The Wolf-Man, House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula,  Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein.) Creature from the black lagoon (1954)  The Invisible Man

(There are more sequels but those are the main ones and should be watched in the order provided.  For example events in Ghost of Frankenstein lead into events of Frankenstein meets The Wolfman.  However Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Wolfman can be watched in any order.  I like The Wolfman best.) 

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Hammer Dracula films: 

Dracula (1958)  It’s called Horror Dracula here in the US  Brides of Dracula Dracula: Prince of Darkness Dracula has risen from the grave Taste the Blood of Dracula Scars of Dracula Dracula 1972 AD Satanic Rites of Dracula (also known as Dracula and his vampire Brides) The Seven Golden Vampires (Note: If you only want to watch a few of those, stop after Scars of Dracula.)

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Frankenstein Hammer horror films: Curse of Frankenstein Revenge of Frankenstein Evil of Frankenstein  Frankenstein Created Woman Frankenstein Must be Destroyed Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell ____________________ Other Hammer:   The Vampire Lovers (Surprisingly faithful adaptation of Carmilla)   The Devil Rides Out (Also known as The Devil’s Bride)   The Gorgon Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter The Mummy (1959. Features Christopher Lee as The Mummy. It has sequels.) Curse of the werewolf Twins of Evil

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Vincent Price films: The Raven (1963) Masque of The red Death  Tales of Terror Twice Told Tales Witchfinder General (also known as The Conquerer Worm)   The Last Man on Earth (The only faithful adaptation of I am Legend) The Pit and the Pendulum House on Haunted Hill (Black and white or colorized but with Price, NOT the remake) Madhouse  House of Wax (1953)   _______________________

Other great non-Hammer or Price 60s and 70s horror: Legend of Hell House (Stephen King’s favorite Haunted House story) The House that dripped Blood  Dracula (1979 version starring Frank Langella) Black Sabbath Amityville Horror The Exorcist  Love at First bite (Fun horror comedy) Dracula (Jack Palance version)   Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (With Jack Palance)  The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973 version, 2009 version is better, 1945 version is also good.) Turn of the Screw (version produced by Dan Curtis, creator of Dark Shadows)

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Literary inspired films that touch on the spirit of the source material: (Most are faithful adaptations, some are not) Bram Stoker’s Dracula Frankenstein (2004 Hallmark mini-series version starring Luke Goss. Only version to truly follow the novel.) Dorian Gray (2009 film with Ben Barnes) The Canterville Ghost (1996 version with Patrick Stewart.) The Ghost and Mrs. Muir The Vampire Lovers (1970.  Adaptation of Carmilla) Legend of Hell House   The Last Man on Earth (Vincent Price movie adaptation of I am Legend.  The only faithful adaptation.) The Company of Wolves  Faust (1926)

Hunchback of Notre Dame (1930s version and believe it or not the Disney animated version... Just ignore the Gargoyles...) Nightbreed (director’s cut or Cabal Cut.  Adaptation of Cabal by Clive Barker)

Something Wicked this way comes (1983) The Halloween Tree (animated but very Halloween mood inducing) ____________________ 

Stephen King:

The Shining (Original or more book accurate mini-series version) Pet Sematery Stephen (King deliberately misspelt it)  Firestarter Silver Bullet Creepshow Children of the Corn Carrie  It (mini-series version and remake) (Note: There are a LOT more.) __________________________ 

80s and 90s classics: (and a few late 70s with 80s sequels) An American werewolf in London Fright Night (1985 original) Fright Night Part 2 (1988.  Note: available for free on youtube in perfect quality) Lost Boys Interview with the vampire The Company of Wolves  Something Wicked This way comes Nightmare on Elm Street (original and sequels) Friday the 13th (and its sequels) Halloween (and its sequels) Child’s Play (and its sequels) Hellraiser (warning: has some gore) Evil Dead (and its sequels) Wolf Scream 

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2000s to present classics:

Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000)  She-Creature (2001) (Not the 50s version and not technically a classic but I like it.) Trick ‘r Treat Woman in Black Crimson Peak Shape of Water (Romantic but yes, mostly horror) Let the Right One In (not the “Let Me in” remake) Beauty and the Beast (2014 French version.  Oddly very Creepy and Gothic) It (remake or original) Guilty Pleasures: Van Helsing and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.  I know they’re bad and they have awful lore but I watch them anyway.  

_____________________________ Horror comedies: Love at first Bite Dracula: Dead and Loving it What we do in the Shadows My best friend’s a vampire  Ghostbusters Ghostbusters 2 Hocus Pcous Beetlejuice ____________________

Horror Musicals:

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Little Shop of Horrors (or non-musical original version) Repo! The Genetic Opera   The Hunchback of Notre Dame (animated) Nightmare before Christmas Corpse Bride  Phantom of the Opera (2004) _________________ Personal favorites: (List changes based on mood)

Dracula (1979) Fright Night (1985) Fright Night: Part 2 (1988) Frankenstein (2004 mini-series starring Luke Goss) Faust (1926) The Raven (1963 version with Vincent Price) Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula She-Creature (2001) The Company of wolves (1984) Something Wicked This way Comes (1983) Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

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The Immersive and the Cinematic - Frank Gray

The Immersive - As an adjective: 

Of a work of art, performance, screening, game that seems to surround the viewer or player so that they feel totally involved in the experience.

Noting or relating to activity that occupies most of one’s attention, time or energy.

(In a computer or gaming system) generating a 3D image that surrounds the user.

Immersiveness - As a noun:

Providing, involving, or charecterised by deep absorption or immersion in something. (Such as an activity or a real artificial movement).

Immersion - As a noun:

As a metamorphic use of the experience of submersion; applied to representation, fiction or simulation; can be defined as the state of consciousness where a ‘visitor’ or ‘immersant’ is transformed by being surrounded in an artificial environment; used for describing partial or complete suspension of disbelief, enabling action or reaction to stimulations encountered in a virtual or artistic environment.

Cinematic - As an adjective:

That which is of or related to cinema.

Combining the two will give you an immersive cinematic space.

Immersive spaces include:

Auditora: odeons, amphitheatres, theatres and concert halls.

Churches.

Museums and galleries.

Cinemas: standard, 360 degrees and IMAX.

Immersion can also be charecterised by reading and using our imaginations, as well as playing VR game.

Physical Spaces

The Upper Church os the Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy. (13th century)

The Legend of Saint Francis, painted by Giotto (1297-1300)

The Rotunda, Leicester Square, London. Robert Barker’s 360 degree panorama. (1793)

Barker’s 360 degree Edinburgh panorama. (1796)

Holyrood Chapel, Louis Daguerre. (1824)

The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London. (1834)

The Chain Pier, Brighton, painted by John Constable. (1826-7)

The Last Judgment 1,2 and 3 by John Martin. (1851-4)

The Great Exhibition, Joseph Paxton, London. (1851)

Brighton Aquarium, Eugenius Birch. (1872)

Poole’s Myriorama, Pictorial tours. (1889)

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West.

Boston Symphony Hall, Architects: McKim, Mead and White. Acustic scientist: Wallace Clement Sabine. (1900)

Projection

Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae. The Great Art of Light and Shadow, Athanasius Kircher. (1645)

Phantasmagoria Show, Étiene-Gaspard Robert. (1798)

A single slipping slide. (1820)

The Magic Lantern Show, as a storytelling medium. (1890)

The Arrival of Moving Pictures, the Edison Vitascope. (1896)

Serpentine Dance. (1896)

Grandma’s Reading Glass, G.A. Smith, Hove. (1900)

The Duke of York’s Theatre, Preston Circus, Brighton. (1910)

The Cinerama system. (1953)

The Nantes Triptych, Bill Viola. (1992)

Fire Woman, Bill Viola. (2005)

IMAX. (1967)

ScreenX. (2015)

Inner-Space

Magic Lantern Peep Show, painting by John Thomson. (1877)

Holmes Stereoscope. (1861)

Her Last Prayer, Stereograph. (1860)

The Edison Kinetoscope. (1894)

Television. (1955)

Smartphones.

Virtual Reality headsets.

Talking about cinematic immersiveness made me remember 4D cinemas, maybe in the late 00′s early 2010′s I remember going to theme parks and them showing films in 4D. The difference between this and 3D is as well as the imagery ‘popping’ out at you, the seats you’re sat in shake, mist and water get sprayed at your face, and they backs of your seats can move and poked your back. There was also a standing up 4D experience I had at Universal Studios, where you were apart of the movie, Twister (1996), you stood on a platform and a set was built around the screen where you watched a scene from the movie. The platform shook and they used fire effects around the platform, which was very immersive. They even had a flying cow prop which made me laugh.