#ep. coup d'etat

[dr-futbol-blog]

Coup d'État, Pt. 12

McKay returns through the gate with both Sheppard's men and the Genii soldiers, meaning that they had dialled Atlantis directly without going through the Genii home world or other intermediary planets. The Genii are swiftly disarmed and taken somewhere to wait for further instruction. McKay walks in briskly and lifts his hand up for Weir to find him, having probably seen her coming down the stairs. It is commonly assumed that she had come looking for Sheppard, missing him so very very much, and it is likely that she is looking for him but it might be more because he is the one they had threatened to kill first well over an hour ago, and she wants to know if he is still alive. If Sheppard had been killed, he would have been killed because of her decision not to deal with the Genii (or so she thinks), so it is understandable that she would very much like to find out what had transpired.

Weir: Rodney! McKay: It's Ladon. He's letting us go in exchange for his people. Weir: Ladon's in charge? McKay: Yeah, he's about to be. Weir: He really was planning a coup. McKay: Apparently we're a part of the plan.

We do not actually see Sheppard come through the gate but Weir should be able to tell just from McKay's demeanour that his partner in crime is alright. We see McKay look back at the gate as he mentions Ladon, who had been walking side by side with Sheppard, so McKay clearly seems to expect Sheppard to walk in through the gate at any moment.

Weir also keeps looking back at the gate, anxious to actually see Sheppard for herself. But let us be clear: she has a host of reasons to be worried about him that have nothing to do with romantic sentiment. She is happy to have both McKay and Sheppard back safely, but it is Sheppard that she had thought for a moment they had lost. And when we compare Weir thinking Sheppard is dead and McKay thinking Sheppard is dead, the latter of which we have seen many times, McKay's devastation has always been on a whole other level from hers even though in true agony McKay's demeanour becomes very understated. But as it is, McKay does not even know how close he had come to losing Sheppard, how his time had been up when Ladon had walked into the cell with his gun at the ready. He does not know and if Sheppard has anything to say about it, he will never know. He is content to let McKay believe that they had been about to be vapourized by a Genii nuke together, sitting side by side. And all things considered, there are worse ways to go.

Ladon: I'm sorry it had to come to this, Cowen. You have served our people well. Cowen: What have you done? Sheppard: Shield up. Ladon: Now, please, I would like to see my sister.

As mentioned, we never see Sheppard step through the gate. We next see Sheppard standing with Ladon in front of the event horizon, the shot framed so that we are not able to tell whether they are on Atlantis or still on the other planet. It is a fake-out, and we are meant to think because Ladon is speaking to his radio transmitter that they had stayed behind after everyone had come through. But although Sheppard and Ladon likely had been the last ones through, they were already on Atlantis and Ladon was saying his last words to Cowen. And while they are not going to do Cowen any good, they may go some way into alleviating his own feelings of guilt, having been able to apologize to the man that he killed in cold blood for the greater good.

But I want to draw attention to the fact that as they start moving from the gate and Sheppard tells the gate technician to put the shield up (and we discover that Sheppard isn't just "walking away from explosion without even looking back" cool, he's walking away from a nuclear bomb cool), Sheppard is looking straight at McKay. When he walks into the room where a whole host of people are waiting for them, he is looking at McKay and his line of sight is obscured by the bright light of the explosion. They briefly turn to look back, ascertaining that the shield was holding, and then Sheppard resumes looking directly at McKay, walking right at him. And again the length of the look Sheppard gives McKay is hidden by the panning of the camera, Sheppard still looking at him when the camera turns away, and we see that McKay returns his gaze. Now that he is able, now that he no longer has to try to conceal anything from McKay, Sheppard is helpless not to look at the man that he loves.

Sheppard parks himself right in front of McKay like he usually does, and the way McKay looks at Sheppard from under his lashes seems both flirty and shy, but he averts his eyes very quickly as soon as he seems to suddenly remember that that is not a way he can look at Sheppard in public. As the camera returns to Sheppard, we see that he has turned his body toward Ladon and is trying hard to pretend like his attention is on what Ladon is saying when he is very obviously trying to avert his attention from where it had been fully directed as he walked in -- McKay. We have seen it before: nuclear explosions turn Sheppard on. Later on, when Ladon is watching his sister being operated on, Weir is there with him but Sheppard is nowhere to be found, and we can only guess at what he is doing in the meanwhile.

Then we come to the coda, Sheppard and Weir again having a private chat at the end of the episode like we have seen them do several times before. There are two things that I want to draw attention to: the sun is still fairly high in the sky, and we pointedly get this outside shot of the city before this scene. It is evening but it is nowhere near bedtime. It probably is not even dinner time. Ladon had just told Weir "My day is far from over," and we can say the same for Sheppard -- the day on Atlantis is far from over. The second thing is that there's spring to his step. He has a pretty relaxed strut, walking to her office, all loose limbs and good mood.

Sheppard: The coup was successful. Ladon Radim is the new leader of the Genii.

But note that his relaxation has nothing to do with her. Sheppard actually stops by her door like he had suddenly been faced with an invisible barrier, and he has to consciously make himself come further into her office. Oh, he seats himself on her desk like he had done at the end of Critical Mass (S02E13), when he had been purposefully projecting ease in her company because he needed to make sure their working relationship had not suffered from recent events, that he would still be able to count on Weir siding with his calls in the future.

And yes, Sheppard is projecting ease in her company here too, although we see him put his hand between them in that crotch blocking gesture like he always does with her. On the surface, Sheppard has come to report to her that the Genii coup had been a success, which suggests that he had either been in contact with the Genii or had actually visited the planet and was returning from there. It is more likely that he had received word from someone, possibly having sent some of his more special guys back with the Genii to oversee the overthrow of their government, given how Weir had made it a condition to future relations that the Genii would not kill any more of their own people. But that is not the real reason he has come, Weir could have received this news from anyone.

Sheppard had been present when Weir had spoken with Cowen over the radio, even though he had not said a word during their exchange. He had heard the threats Cowen had made, knew the stakes Weir had been playing with. Sheppard knows that Weir had been willing to sacrifice him so that the Genii would not be able to get their hands on the jumpers, and he can respect that. It was the right thing to do. What Sheppard is here to do, sitting on her desk, is to show her that he is alive. They had gotten into a spot of trouble because he and McKay had convinced Weir to side with a morally dubious call that she had been uncomfortable with from the get-go, and again it is Sheppard's intention to make sure that the two of them are "good". Sheppard has zero romantic interest in her, physical or otherwise, but he does need to be sure that he can count on her. This is damage control.

Weir: Wow, that was fast. Sheppard: Well, once people found out Cowen and his elite guard were out of the picture, his loyalists laid down their weapons. They're billing it as a bloodless coup 'cause no-one died on their home soil. Weir: So a nuclear explosion and the lives of an entire battalion of men don't count?

Sheppard is here to talk shop and keeps his upper body twisted away from her, does not turn his shoulders toward her. He also maintains polite eye contact while speaking to increase the impact of his words but looks away when not engaging because he has no need to see her face, not like he needs to see McKay's face when the two of them are talking. Sheppard's report does make it sound like he has some personal information about what had gone down, and if he has been to the Genii home world, we can safely assume that McKay had been with him because he had clearly not wanted to go there alone earlier. Sheppard is here to give her a "All's Well That Ends Well" spiel but she still seems to have some moral qualms about the events of the day.

Sheppard: Yeah, it's all spin. What do you think the fallout's gonna be? Weir: Well, historically, most coups end up with the new government being about as bad as the old one. Sheppard: I don't know. He seemed pretty grateful we saved his sister. Weir: There's that.

The thing is, we do not know that this is even the first coup with which Sheppard has had to involve himself. In Outcast (S04E15), Sheppard's ex-wife tells him "When I think back to all those times that you would just take that call and leave—no apologies, no explanations… For all I knew, you were halfway around the world flying secret missions into Somalia!" Sheppard tells her he has never been to Somalia and she suggests North Korea, then.

Whether he has been to Somalia or North Korea or not, he had clearly been involved in Black Ops and was being sent to the kind of places where they do not send married men usually. There had been two coups on Earth the year this episode came out, many more in the early aughts, and the US military likes to involve itself with rearranging governments all over the globe. Sheppard asks for Weir's opinion because politics is her playing field, he is just a blunt instrument. It has never been Sheppard's job to figure out what is right and what is wrong, but he is starting to realize that now, as a commander of an operation of this magnitude, representing all of the Earth to this galaxy, he does need to think about this stuff a little more. He does not know what to think about all of it, but he does need Weir to tell him that they had not made a mistake, that they would not end up paying for it down the line. The Genii were now a nuclear capable people, and that could become a problem.

Sheppard: He did save me and my team. Weir: There's that too. Sheppard: So I say we call it a win. Weir: Who's spinning now? Sheppard: Alright. Then I say we call it a night. Weir: That we can do!

Sheppard seems to want to believe that what they had done was for the better, and given how morose he had been all day long thinking that he had lost Lorne and his team -- that they had died because he had failed to come to their aid in time -- he seems extremely optimistic all of a sudden. It is very obvious that a weight has been lifted from his shoulders. Sheppard mentions that Ladon saved him and his team, and given that Ronon and Teyla had not been with them, he is referring to his strike force and to Lorne's team. But because his team is McKay, Ronon and Teyla, we know that he is mostly referring to McKay. Yes, he is happy that they were all saved, he is ecstatic in fact. But there is no faster way into Sheppard's good graces than saving McKay's life, and Ladon had done that. It is for this reason that Sheppard seems to want to believe in Ladon, that he is going to be different, that he is going to be better. Weir seems to be able to tell that Sheppard is trying to talk himself into something here, and she gently teases him about it.

Having apparently gotten what he had come to her office for (and having delivered his report), Sheppard seems to be ready to take his leave. What is curious is that Sheppard decides to "call it a night". This indicates that he was heading for bed and while he might be hella tired after the day he has had, as we noted, we had pointedly been shown that it is not even close to being dark yet. In other words, it is not bedtime. It is not bedtime but Sheppard is heading for bed. It is of course made abundantly clear here that he is not going to bed with her, and we may note that as he has taken his leave of her, he does not even turn to look back. In fact, Sheppard was already drawing himself away from her before she had even finished the conversation. He seems to have places to be, those places seem to remind him of sleeping and yet he does not look at all sleepy, he seems wired up. By "calling it a night" he is putting an end to his interaction with her for the day but he most definitely seems to be heading somewhere, and there are not many things that are able to make him seem as content as he does here.

So, the term coup d'état refers to the overthrowing of a regime, usually violently and abruptly. That is obviously what happens in the episode. But usually the titles have more than a little to do with what happens to our main characters, what they experience or what changes they undergo. Literally the French coup d'état means a blow to a state and like in English, it does not just refer to state in the sense of a nation but also to a state in the sense of a condition. We saw that Ladon underwent a change in the episode when his love for his sister made him re-evaluate his plans and change his heart. He underwent an internal "coup d'état." Comparing the beginning and the end of the episode, it seems as though Sheppard has likewise undergone a change, but his internal coup is more difficult to pin point to a single moment. As noted, he was definitely delivered a blow at the start of the episode but the effects of this blow do not seem to have been net negative, all things considered.

However, let us note again that Ladon and his sister are used as narrative mirrors for our mains in the episode. Ladon, the chief scientist of the Genii who is capable of building a nuclear device is obviously a mirror for McKay, and his sister who has chosen to sacrifice her life so that her people might survive is a mirror to Sheppard. What Ladon's sister Dahlia tells Beckett is something that Sheppard could have said about his choice to fly the jumper into the hive bearing a Genii nuclear device that McKay had prepared for him in The Siege (S01E20): "Well, I am doing this to ensure that my friends and family have a home. Can't you understand that? This is the one thing that I can do, and I am glad to do it."

With this being apparent, it seems like the "coup" is not staged by Sheppard but by McKay, and because Ladon so clearly changes his mind and a nuclear bomb is central to the story, this has to be a call-back to Trinity (S02E06). Sheppard asks Ladon if he was going to leave them to be vaporized by the explosion and he tells him "Yes, I was. Things have changed." Back on the Ancient weapons' platform, Sheppard was urging McKay to leave and McKay was determined to stay, thinking that what they could achieve there was worth sacrificing his own life. The potential reward for all of humanity was worth the risk. And like Ladon, it is love that finally makes McKay decide otherwise, that causes a change in him. It is his love for Sheppard that makes McKay choose him instead of the greater good, instead of the "hot dog big." Sheppard is more important to him than being able to gift humanity with the next wheel or fire, and he had not really understood it until that moment.

Given that the episode also features Colm Meaney of Star Trek (TNG and DS9) fame, we would be amiss not to mention the episode called The Siege that features a coup of the Bajoran government that the crew get involved with. The details are not important but there is an exchange between Jake Sisko and the Farengi Nog that seems pertinent to what has happened between Sheppard and McKay:

Jake: Just when I think I've found a new home, made a new friend, it always seems like I got to leave. Nog: Hey, Human. Jake: Cut it out. Nog: Has there ever been one of your kind and one of mine who were better friends? Jake: Never. Nog: And if our fathers couldn't break us up, no stupid coupe day... coop deh... Jake: Coup d'état. It's French. Nog: No stupid French thing will either. We'll see each other again soon. That's a promise.

If their fathers could not break them up, no stupid French thing would either. If Sheppard and McKay's fathers could not break them down, no stupid Ancient (or French, in reference to Sheppard's adventures in kissing other people) thing would either. Things have changed since Sheppard had chosen to fly that jumper into the hive, and things have changed since McKay had almost let his ambition and need to make things right kill them both. Things have changed but the important thing has not just remained but solidified over time: even when they are in some kind of trouble, they have each other.

[serenabenson]

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last song: getting lost by yo la tengo. it's from the soundtrack they did for kelly reichardt's film old joy that i've been listening to a lot lately since it finally got a release like 20 years later. a great walking-around-at-dusk album.

last book: i had a lot of lag time in planes, trains, and automobiles the last few weeks, so i finished a few: jean rhys' good morning, midnight, milan kundera's the unbearable lightness of being, and f. scott fitz flappers and philosophers (which. very clear he was in his early 20s when he wrote them, painfully so. but with flashes of what he would then go on to do. iirc the ice palace is the most notable, but the one that stuck with me was bernice bobs her hair). rn working my way through a reread of edith wharton's the house of mirth.

last movie: i went to a screening of the national theatre's production of the importance of being earnest last saturday, though i'm not sure if that counts as a movie (it was in a movie theater and i did buy popcorn!). but for a movie movie: soundtrack to a coup d'etat streamed on my beloved kanopy.

last tv show: just rewatched fleabag w the roommate (who was seeing it for the first time) and caught up on the abbot elementary episodes i missed while i was gone. before that was like 8 eps of svu i was behind on, as everyone likely knows.

favorite color: currently still enamored w a very bright cherry red.

sweet, savory, or spicy: SWEET. i like savory and i love spicy but i only really crave sweet

relationship status: well. i'm calling him loverman. so.

last thing i googled: "eyebrow threading"

current obsession: sharp-eyed followers will know it's maria bamford's standup, especially her taped specials. always a comfort to revisit her world during bad brain times, or, as she calls them, "The Mentals"

looking forward to: i have tickets to go see fran lebowitz on tour in may. new tennis album coming in april. more immediately, a friend of mine is throwing a big party next friday.

tagging: @humanveil @sarking @earlsofrisk @rahleeyah @augustatheghost

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Latest Sparky fic roundup

and for my next trick, here is a shameless self-promotion of my three most recent Sparky fics 😃 all written for the Sheppard/Weir Ficathon 2024 fic exchange

After the Storm: post-ep for 1x10, The Eye

you're getting to be a habit with me: five times John and Elizabeth kissed, and one time......

Everybody Talks: post-ep for 2x17, Coup d'Etat

Enjoy!

[noloveforned]

putting together stuff for tonight's no love for ned on wlur at 8pm. you can catch a repeat of last week's show immediately after at 10pm to give you four solid hours of whatever it is i do on the radio. as is the new norm, last week's show is below and streaming on mixcloud for those of you with more exciting friday night plans!

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[hotdogshipping-miwa-enthusiast]

(First of all want to say not trying to be argumentative and am genuinely enjoying discussion of perspectives)

I see what your saying and I admit I might be looking at it from a Clark color lense, but I can't see her words as her telling him to just be Clark.

Yes i admit yelled to be normal is an exaggerations and maybe I am being to harsh, but based on her attitude through the episode, the clear seeds of doubt growing in her mind I don't believe she is asking him to be just the guy she fell in love with and and just be "Normal Clark"

Why?

She can't trust him right now. She's having a hard time believing in him and the pure good his superhero self used to represent. Yes i think they are worried about him, but right now he is dead set on fighting a government organization, something she fears because most evil Clarks took over their worlds and fighting a government organization (in her words the US military) is one step from a coup d'etat, he is taking the law into his own hands. He is starting down the path everyone is telling her he will inevitably take purely because he is not normal, he can never be normal.

Maybe it was a poor choice of words, but she didn't tell him to go back to normal (as in the goofy clark that she knew) she told him to "just try being normal" which has a lot of weight behind it.

She can't trust the super side of him, not right now, not with all the things people said and what she saw swirling in her head. She is hurt by her slip up and I know that, but there is more behind her words that concern for his health. She had her moment of emotional vulnerability and I don't blame her for that, I'm understand your view of it and it is completely reasonable that Lois was simply overwhelmed by how haggard Clark was as he nearly destroyed himself and she just tried help but had a poor choice of words, and I will admit bias because as a viewer I am working with knowledge she doesn't have (the vision clark had during the other ep about the weight of being normal and being able to see how bad his head space is), I just can't say i am wholly convinced there isn't a bit of bite in those words that crawled out from the deepest part of her heart.

More MAWS rants because God it taking over my life

I hate how Lois is so quick to doubt Clark, yes it is absolutely terrifying to think about an evil superman, most of us have seen at least one world where he decides to not play by the rules, but why did she have to turn so quickly.

Like yes she doesn't know that most of the supermen (if we stick to the idea of it being lord -who is definitely confirmed-, overman, and superboy-prime) didn't have the same start as clark, and I'm glad she's thinking for herself but like i hate how we fix one problem then the whole world begins to hate superman.

She is one of the few Loises to figure out he is superman, she should be smarter than this, she is supposed to expect him and her whole 180 to "maybe he is a monster" and telling him to be normal feels wrong.

This will probably be a hurdle that results in them growing closer and letting her fully trust him but I just really wish this wasn't the turn the plot took.

Realistically if a man with superhuman abilities showed up I'm sure most of us would react the same, excited to be saved but scared for the day he makes one slip up and adoration turns to fear and resentment, but knowing how much Clark is giving up for these people is frustrating, watching him lose days, weeks of sleep to solve all their problems, ignoring the warnings of an invisible man on the street and chucking Clark's actions to him just randomly wanted to start a pileup???? It boggles my mind.

I don't hate Vicki, she is just as frustrating when you know how good Clark is but yes a way to get money is to jump on the cash cow that is defaming superman. If you want to get views, sadly in news like her's she is right, spilling blood will get you more. Lois tried the same thing, where they people most would consider evil? Yes, but she was still attempting to profit off their scandals and dirty laundry.

Overall, still love superman and i think the reactions of people (with maybe the accepting of lois because the whole not trusting clark after all this feels forced and irrational) are realist, society can turn on you in the blink of an eye. Enjoying myself just mildly frustrated.

[secretstudentcreation]

começou a se formar quando a YG Entertainment realizou testes dentro e fora da Coreia do Sul, procurando recrutas que fossem pré-adolescentes ou adolescentes, para criar um novo grupo feminino após o lançamento do primeiro grupo feminino 2NE1 em 2009. De acordo com as integrantes, ingressar na gravadora como trainees foi semelhante a se matricular em uma academia pop-star em tempo integral, com Jennie chamando-a de "mais rígida do que a escola" e Rosé comparando-a ao The X Factor com dormitórios. Para as integrantes que deixaram a vida fora da Coreia do Sul, o ritmo de treinamento junto com o choque cultural foi difícil, com Rosé lembrando de ligar para seus pais chorando.[20] Os preparativos para a estreia de Blackpink começaram em 2011, quando a YG Entertainment revelou em 14 de novembro de 2011 que o novo grupo feminino da gravadora estrearia no início de 2012 com pelo menos sete integrantes.[21] A partir de então, surgiram inúmeras notícias e rumores em torno do novo grupo feminino sobre o atraso de sua estreia, mas não houve informações oficiais.[22][23] Foi apenas até 18 de maio de 2016 que a YG Entertainment confirmou o novo grupo feminino, afirmando que as integrantes foram selecionadas por anos de competições acirradas e confirmando que a estreia seria em julho.[24] A gravadora mais tarde confirmou que Jang Hanna e Moon Sua, que foram apresentadas ao público como integrantes em potencial do novo grupo feminino, não foram incluídas na formação de estreia.[25][26]

Jennie foi a primeira integrante revelada a estar no grupo em 1 de junho.[27] Jennie ingressou na YG Entertainment como trainee em 2010, depois de voltar da Nova Zelândia para a Coreia do Sul.[28] Em 2012, ela foi apresentada ao público pela primeira vez por meio de uma foto intitulada "Who's that girl?" através do blog oficial da YG Entertainment em 10 de abril.[29] Jennie continuou a ser promovida como integrante do novo grupo feminino com várias colaborações, como estrelar o videoclipe de 2012 "That XX" de G-Dragon do EP One of a Kind e participar de "Black" do álbum Coup d'etat de 2013 de G-Dragon e "Special" de Lee Hi do álbum First Love de 2013.[30][31][32] Lisa foi revelada como a segunda integrante em 8 de junho de 2016.[33] Lisa foi a única pessoa entre 4.000 candidatos a passar no teste da YG Entertainment de 2010 na Tailândia, tornando-se a primeira trainee estrangeira a ingressar na gravadora em 2011.[28] Ela foi apresentada pela primeira vez em 2012 com um vídeo postado no canal oficial da YG Entertainment no YouTube intitulado "Who's That Girl ???".[33] Lisa também apareceu no videoclipe de "Ringa Linga" de Taeyang em 2013. Ela então começou seu primeiro trabalho de modelo em 2015 para a marca de moda de rua Nona9on, seguindo-se como modelo para a marca de cosméticos Moonshot em 2016.[34]

Em 15 de junho, Jisoo foi revelada como a terceira integrante. Jisoo se juntou à YG Entertainment como trainee em julho de 2011. Ela apareceu em vários anúncios e videoclipes em seus anos de pré-estreia, incluindo "Spoiler + Happy Ending" (2014) do álbum de estúdio Shoebox do Epik High e o videoclipe "I'm Different" (2014) de Hi Suhyun. Ela também fez uma participação especial no drama de 2015 The Producers.[35] Rosé foi revelada

[terassaras]

ACCA: Episode Summary (complete)

Episode 1: Chill

Episode 2: Chill

Episode 3: Chill

Episode 4: Chill

Episode 5: Chill?

Episode 6: Chill?

Episode 7: Chi-!?

Episode 8: FEELS!!!

Episode 9: Chill, no kill

Episode 10: Chills (the creepy kind)

Episode 11: Kill, no chill

[heavymetal666lml]

Wendy o Williams

While she never earned the critical acclaim of artists like Patti Smith, Siouxsie Sioux, or Exene Cervenka, for many Wendy O. Williams was the first female face of punk rock. As the lead singer of the Plasmatics, Williams proved a woman could dish out on-stage mayhem as well as any man -- hoisting a chainsaw or a sledgehammer, Williams routinely destroyed guitars, smashed televisions, blew up automobiles, and generally left a trail of destruction in her wake. Williams also blended sex with anarchy, often appearing on stage stripped to the waist with shaving cream or electrical tape covering her nipples as a towering Mohawk bloomed from her scalp, creating a vision of a wildly empowered outlaw woman whose echoes would be felt in music and culture long after the Plasmatics called it quits.

Wendy Orlean Williams was born on May 28, 1949, in Rochester, New York. Williams' parents were strict and straight-laced, and her earliest exposure to performing came from taking tap-dancing lessons and appearing in the Peanut Gallery on The Howdy Doody Show at age seven. After completing ninth grade, Williams let her independent side take over; she quit school and traveled through Europe and the United States, taking odd jobs to support herself along the way. In 1976, Williams arrived in New York City and met Rod Swenson, a Dada-influenced performance artist who was running an experimental erotic theater in Times Square as "Captain Kink." Williams became a performer in Swenson's shows and as he grew interested in the punk rock scene exploding in Manhattan and on the Bowery, they decided to form a rock band with Williams as lead singer. The band became the Plasmatics, who made their debut at CBGB in 1978; merging the simplicity of punk and the guitar attack of heavy metal, the Plasmatics were best known for the over the top destructive impact of their stage show as well as their forceful anti-authoritarian message.

New Hope for the Wretched By 1980, the Plasmatics had become a major draw in New York and were developing an international reputation after they signed a deal with Stiff Records and released their first album, New Hope for the Wretched. In early 1981, Williams made headlines when she was arrested following a show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where police charged her with obscenity for miming masturbation on-stage using a sledgehammer. Following her arrest, Williams was beaten by the arresting officers (who claimed she attacked them), and her mug shot showed her bruised and battered. Several days later, Williams was arrested on similar charges in Cleveland, Ohio, though the police handled her more gently; she was cleared of all charges in both cities, though her lawsuit against the Milwaukee police for battery was unsuccessful.

Beyond the Valley of 1984 The publicity regarding Williams' legal problems had the unexpected consequence of raising her public profile considerably, and the Plasmatics found themselves making regular appearances on American television shows such as Fridays, SCTV, and Tomorrow, hardly common for an American punk band at the time. The year 1981 also saw the release of two Plasmatics records, the album Beyond the Valley of 1984 and the EP Metal Priestess, which put the group's metal influences into focus. Williams and the group continued to follow their new hard rock direction on their first major-label album, 1982's Coup d'Etat; that same year, Williams collaborated with Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead on a duet single, covering the Tammy Wynette hit "Stand by Your Man."

W.O.W. After the commercial disappointment of Coup d'Etat, Williams and Swenson opted to make a Wendy O. Williams solo album for an independent label, and 1984's WOW featured several members of the band along with producer Gene Simmons. While the album earned Williams a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, it failed to break Williams into the mainstream as a solo act, and her 1986 follow-up, Kommander of Kaos, fared little better. That same year, Williams took a stab at acting, appearing in the tongue-in-cheek exploitation film Reform School Girls, though Williams previously made a memorable appearance in Candy Goes to Hollywood, an X-rated feature released in 1979. The Plasmatics returned in 1987 with a sci-fi concept album, Maggots: The Record, but it proved to be the group's last hurrah, and after recording a rap album, Deffest! and Baddest! under the name Ultrafly and the Hometown Girls, Williams opted to leave the music business.

Put Your Love in Me: Love Songs for the Apocalypse While she made a few acting appearances -- including a role in the independent film Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog and a guest shot on an episode of McGyver -- for the most part Williams and Swenson lived quietly in Storrs, Connecticut, and Williams devoted her energies to animal rehabilitation and promoting vegetarianism. On April 6, 1998, Williams, who according to Swenson had been suffering from a deep depression, committed suicide, shooting herself in the head in a wooded area not far from her home.

[lady-charinette]

The Coup d'etat - SW Ep. IX Imagine

I rewatched TLJ last night and had this really weird thought about Hux and the scene in the Throne Room after Rey escaped.

We all know Kylo and Hux don't like each-other, both were rivals in trying to gain Snoke's favor. Hux leading the army and Kylo interfering with it doesn't sit well with the General, more so that he's being treated more like a punching bag than the formidable military man he clearly is/has to be in order to lead military power like the First Order has.

Imagine if Ep. IX (beside maybe showing us more about the force bond between Kylo/Ben & Rey, the status with the Resistance and Leia...etc.) showed us the power play between Kylo and Hux.

Not directly per se. Hux wanted to kill Kylo when he found him unconscious in the Throne Room, I also highly doubt he bought Kylo's lie about Rey killing Snoke (since he tried opposing him up until Kylo had to force choke him in order to gain his reluctant compliance). They generally don't have a good relationship, a coup d'etat lead by General Hux isn't out of the question.

While Kylo might be a powerful Force user, Hux has his very own army of not-so-weak soldiers/stormtroopers. If he can convince them that Kylo is a unstable ruler unfit to be Supreme Leader, they just may overthrow Kylo's newfound rule.

BUT!

Kylo also has his band of brothers: the Knights of Ren.

I don't know if they will show up in IX, but I doubt they won't, I mean they were shown in Rey's flashback vision, why show characters the show never planed on using at least once? There has to be some significant role they play later.

Maybe Kylo uses them to try and exterminate the last of the Resistance. Maybe he could use them in tandem to Hux's military might and strengthen the First Order.

Or for protection.

I think it was mentioned somewhere (or speculated) that the Knights of Ren may very well be Luke's former students that had trained in the Jedi temple. Ben had recruited the ones who agreed to join him in his quest to the dark side. Maybe they already existed as a group but Ben rose in ranks quickly and eventually became their leader (maybe also where the name Kylo Ren came from, as a honorable title gifted to the leader of the Knights). Or they were simply called "The Knights" or possibly "The Knights of the First Order" and Snoke, after Kylo rose in ranks, allowed him to lead them thus they gained a new name to them "The Knights of Ren."

Back to the 'protection' thought. If Hux really would plan a coup d'etat against Kylo, I think he would be prepared. He's not stupid, he demonstrated that when he cleverly tricked Snoke into thinking he was on his side while simultaneously planing his demise. So either he plans to flee after a big meeting or a invitation from Hux (who plans to ambush Kylo) and flees into a forested area with the Knights and plans his counterattack.

OR....he uses one of the Knights, who would honorably die for him, as a double.

It's said that Kylo Ren's mask would be repaired. His very own parents were masters in disguise. Combining that with his strategic mind, Kylo would use one of his Knights as a decoy while he escaped with the rest.

Maybe they'd even go to Jakku or try to locate the Resistance.

I wouldn't say they would outright join them. Maybe Rey would try to get through to him, maybe Ben would be indecisive about joining her or not. Maybe he would work alongside the Resistance, but as a independent unit (Knights of Ren) so long until he overthrows/kills Hux/the First Order.

Cue badass Reylo/Knights of Ren fighting scenes.

[thenextstep]

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[dr-futbol-blog]

Coup d'État, Pt. 7

After Sheppard and McKay have successfully vacated the Genii home world, we find them following Weir down the stairs seemingly from the jumper bay. However, note that this scene does not follow immediately from the previous, and more than a few things seem to have happened in the interim. For one, because Cowen said that he would have his men accompany them to the gate, Sheppard and McKay likely had gone on foot. Given that the jumpers had been the original point of contention between their peoples, Sheppard probably would not have wanted to take a jumper with them to the Genii planet in any case. But we are further hinted that they are coming from somewhere else by the P-90 that Sheppard is sporting, since he would not have taken the weapon with him to the supposedly peaceful diplomatic visit to the Genii either.

Sheppard, McKay and Weir are further followed down by two members of Sheppard special guys, the best of the best that he's got. We do not know whether they had accompanied Sheppard and McKay to the Genii home world but given that they had been taken deep underground, there was precious little the two of them could have done to protect them anyway. Of course, knowing that these guys were listening in might go ways into explaining why Sheppard had talked to McKay the way he did, gruffer, more flippant and less intimate than usually when they are alone. At the very least they had come back to Atlantis via some intermediary gate where a jumper had been waiting for them, which would track with Sheppard mentioning their "new number" to Cowen. Point is that even though it seems like this scene follows immediately from the previous, we clearly have some missing time here.

Sheppard: My Special Ops guy's followed Ladon to M6R-867. Looks like he's occupied a warehouse in a bombed-out abandoned city. McKay: It was most likely destroyed by the wraith and never re-inhabited. Sheppard: He did a quick fly-over in a cloaked jumper and sure enough there are about twenty life signs in the building. McKay: Well, twenty life signs on the whole planet, actually.

They follow Weir through the control platform although we do not know where they are heading, where she is leading them. Sheppard and McKay are giving her a report, and make note of the way they are talking here. This is not a case of Sheppard giving a report with McKay needing attention and hence piping up unnecessarily or needing to get a word in edgewise, this is actually the two of them giving a report together. Their words bounce off of each other easily, McKay is filling in things Sheppard omitted and elaborates on what Sheppard says.

This tells us that just like Sheppard seems to have a fairly good understanding of what McKay does because McKay takes the time to explain it to him, McKay also seems to have a fairly good understanding of Sheppard's military operation, is able to explain facets of it to someone that has no training in it. Weir seems to be leading the way so Sheppard and McKay are both slightly behind her and vaguely on either side of her, even though McKay is trailing behind so that he is able to see Sheppard as he talks. While Sheppard is reporting to Weir, McKay seems to be talking to Sheppard as well as Weir, or at the very least looks at him when he speaks, possibly to confirm the accuracy of what he is saying.

Weir: So Cowen's intel was accurate? McKay: Yeah. It appears that way, yes. Sheppard: Even if these men are highly trained and armed to the teeth... McKay: ...which most probably they are not... Sheppard: ...they're no match for our guys. Weir: A raid? Sheppard: Hell yes, a raid!

We never do discover where they were headed as Weir suddenly comes to a halt and turns around, as though astonished by what they are saying. The whole group stops as Sheppard and McKay slow down to talk to her, and we may note that Sheppard's special guys both stand behind McKay. It is entirely possible they have standing orders to watch over McKay in particular that Sheppard had not remembered to or felt like he needed to rescind yet.

At the outset it seems like the three of them are standing in a triangle, all vaguely facing each other, but we see McKay placed in the centre of the shot between Sheppard and Weir, not for the first time. In actuality, it seems like both McKay and Sheppard turned to face Weir but because they are both angling their bodies toward each other, it puts them in the appearance of a triangular configuration. We may also note that because Sheppard is resting his hand on his gun, he turns his torso more towards McKay to have his own hand out of the way -- once again. Even though they are talking to Weir, they cannot not engage each other at the same time. This is to say that Sheppard and McKay are supposed to be standing next to each other but both of them are drawing one shoulder back from between them because they are physically drawn to each other.

We may also note that like they already had on the Genii home world, they continue finishing each other's sentences here. And not only that but they are both doing it, very obviously so, as though they are actually talking as one person to Weir. The way they are filling Weir in has an almost cartoonish quality to it because people do not usually talk like this, and Weir is definitely having to divide her attention between the two of them to get the full picture of what they are saying. And both of them also sound almost excited about it, like the prospect of actually scoring them a ZPM has caused Sheppard to forget about the whole Lorne situation for a moment. It is at the back of his mind but he is hoping that scoring them a "W" would go a ways into fixing the situation, even if it cannot bring them back. Sheppard is still unaware that the corpses they brought back are actually not Lorne and his team. Weir seems to finally catch on to the fact that Sheppard and McKay are pitching something to her, needing her to OK something that they appear to have planned together: going and getting the ZPM back.

Sheppard: If this is their main base of operations, I'm willing to bet the ZPM is there. Weir: And, what, just steal it? McKay: Well, the Brotherhood stole it from us, Ladon stole it from the Brotherhood. It's not really stealing, it's... Sheppard: ...recovery! Look, we tell Ladon...

We may also note that McKay is picking up the slack where Sheppard seems to have a difficult time, coming up with some explanation of why they are within their rights to do something that is clearly morally dubious (we can see Sheppard look away and worry his lip when Weir points out that what they are doing is stealing, and stealing is not what good guys do -- is not what officers of the USAF do). McKay immediately couches it in terms that justify what they are doing, that ease the guilt that Sheppard seems to be feeling about all of it. McKay is able to rationalize what they both want to do, and it is the hallmark of intelligent people that they are able to rationalize anything, can talk themselves into anything. But just as soon as McKay seems to come to a loss of words, Sheppard taps in to find the right word, the two of team working as a tag team.

While Sheppard seems to be avoiding looking at McKay, especially in front of his men that are right behind the other man looking right at him, McKay conversely keeps looking at Sheppard with naked longing, and note how his eyes are momentarily caught on Sheppard's lips; he does the triangular look from eyes to mouth to eyes that most definitely signals interest, is often a precursor to kissing someone. McKay wants that man more even than he wants the ZPM. And Sheppard himself, we may note, is standing right in front of his men meaning that he is putting everything he has into not responding physically to the way McKay keeps gazing at him. This is not Sheppard and McKay talking to Weir, this is Sheppard and McKay talking to Weir in front of the burliest of the men under Sheppard's command. This is their best behaviour, utmost professionalism, the masquerade that they are nothing but team mates and friends, and yet their closeness is obvious to anyone looking.

Sheppard: ...we're ready to do business; he needs to send a dozen guys here to carry back supplies... McKay: ...along with the ZPM! Sheppard: He won't do that but, sure, we can ask. When they get here, we detain them, leaving eight men in the building for two small strike teams to deal with. Weir: OK. It's worth the risk. Go get us a ZPM!

While Sheppard seems to be trying to avoid looking at McKay, we may note that just as soon as he speaks the word "we," he cannot help glancing at McKay because to him "we" is always himself and McKay first. Sheppard's pitch is impassioned enough that he manages to sway Weir like he usually does, and the fact that McKay is backing him up is only helping to sell what ever they have planned. Given that McKay, Sheppard, and Sheppard's whole team head to the gate immediately after getting the go-ahead from Weir suggests that they were already revving up to go, had actually already geared up to go, that they had planned this whole raid before ever approaching Weir about it. It seems like McKay knows what to do without needing to be told, and as he heads down first, Sheppard takes a quick look at him and then follows him down. As they leave, Sheppard steps into McKay's space and not Weir's to get past her.

Meanwhile, Teyla and Ronon's side quest has led them to a discovery: there had been "Wanted" posters on Lorne's team circulating apparently on dozens of planets because their photographs have rewards for their capture printed on them in several different languages. What is more, they discover the photographs of McKay and Sheppard among them, purporting to be candid shots taken with a rudimentary telephoto lens from afar, meaning that the photos could have been taken anywhere, at any time, without the team knowing anything about being watched. Teyla finds this concerning because it means that the reward is still out for McKay and Sheppard, there are people on dozens of planets with incentive to capture them. We do not know when the photographs have been taken (Sheppard's photo is from the opening credits, so it is probably from the time of Rising (S01E01), where in this episode the photo is very likely purporting to be from a time after they had cloaked Atlantis and claimed it had perished in the siege). But given that McKay is likely wearing his regular grey jacket, let us note that he seems to be wearing a black shirt underneath. A black shirt that they have colour-coded as belonging to Sheppard. And this is not the first time that we have seen McKay wearing Sheppard's clothes.

Oblivious to the reward posters hanging on their heads, we next find Sheppard and McKay on the planet that purports to hold the base of Ladon's operations, preparing for a raid of his facilities. Ladon had sent several Genii who are looking worse for wear, including his own sister, through the stargate to Atlantis, supposedly to get supplies that the Lanteans had promised them. As soon as the Genii are apprehended Sheppard gets the go-ahead from Weir to proceed with the raid, and so they do. We can see that Sheppard's team are hiding behind a low wall, guns at the ready, gearing up to go.

Weir: Colonel? Sheppard: Go ahead. Weir: You have a go. Sheppard: Understood. Alright -- use non-lethal force wherever possible, so men with stunners take the point. That being said, if they engage us, do what you need to do.

Sheppard gives his final advice to his men, and given that he is directing an actual raid with a strike team, he gives them actual orders -- even though, in the end, he leaves them open ended, trusting the judgement of his men. Note that Sheppard looks at McKay three times as he talks to the men, and the first time he even waits until McKay looks back at him because he seems to need to see McKay's face, to see that he has understood what Sheppard was telling them. This is most definitely McKay's first raid and he has to be nervous, but you could not tell that by looking at him.

There are eight men all together, two strike teams of four, and they are wearing safety glasses in addition to their tactical gear. Most of the soldiers have colourless glasses but Sheppard and McKay have orange ones that are meant to enhance contrast in low light situations as well as improve depth perception. It is possible that Sheppard had chosen the orange ones for himself because he wanted McKay to wear them to enhance his perception and not have to explain why he is the only one with orange glasses -- it is not as though it hurts Sheppard himself to be able to see better. It is McKay's first raid so Sheppard probably figures he can use all the help he can give him. We may note that Sheppard has also made McKay one of the stunner people (and again he has taken up the same task for himself), because he seems to not want McKay to have a P-90 on him even though shooting the gun probably has been a part of Sheppard's "sufficient training in actual combat." And it is not because he does not think McKay could handle himself with it -- shooting rapid fire is more efficient than shooting a hand gun, which we have seen him use many times -- but it is likely that Sheppard does not want McKay to have to kill anyone, merely to be able to protect himself.

With that in mind, being that we have seen over the course of the show and even earlier in this episode that Sheppard is extremely protective of McKay, it raises the question of why he brought McKay on for the raid, which is almost as perplexing as bringing him to the Genii home world with him. Although Teyla and Ronon were off-world and unavailable, Sheppard seems to have had plenty of men to choose from, we saw the gate room full of armed soldiers with weapons at the ready when the Genii came in. Yes, McKay is a part of Sheppard's personal team and he knows McKay can be extremely useful in a situation requiring quick thinking but this kind of mission where his skills are not necessarily needed and the chance of stray bullets hitting him is high seems an unlikely place for Sheppard to want to bring McKay. We do not know which one of them had suggested this -- whether McKay had volunteered or even insisted that he comes with (he had been the first one down the stairs when they got the go-ahead from Weir), or Sheppard had wanted him to come, had convinced McKay to come with.

If it was McKay's idea to come, Sheppard could have told him no, could have given him any number of excuses for why he should stay back. If McKay had not wanted to come, he too could have come up with any number of things he needed to be doing that would have excused him from the mission. Sheppard had made sure that McKay was nowhere around when Ladon had visited Atlantis, but now he is leading McKay to Ladon and his men personally, and this can only be one of two things: Sheppard needs McKay with him both to boost his courage and because due to what had happened to Lorne and his team, he is afraid of letting McKay out of his sight. He figures McKay is safer near him even if where they are is not very safe. The other option is that McKay is holding Sheppard to a promise he had extracted from him following his stunt with the Genii bomb and the hive, that if ever they have to face danger, they would face it together. While he knows that he is completely out of his depth, being next to Sheppard is the safest place McKay knows.

Continued in Pt. 8

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“It's no use, we can't defeat him separately. He's going to destroy the entire Earth, are you really going to let that happen? Vegeta, Buu has absorbed every person we've ever cared about. Krillin and Chi-Chi too. Even Bulma. Piccolo, my sons Gohan and Goten, and your boy Trunks, they're all trapped in Majin Buu. They're the reason for Buu's power, you can't fight him alone! If we lose, our friends and families died for nothing, is that what you want? To go out like countless victims just so you can keep nursing a foolish grudge? How do you want this to end, Vegeta?”

-          Goku, Dragon Ball Z Kai (Ep. 153)

The Toonami Trending Rundown for March 3-4, 2018. Business as usual for the better cartoon show as Goku and Vegeta have to team up in an attempt to stop Buu, while McGillis unleashes his coup d'etat on the Gjallarhorn, and Gon and Killua try to get stronger after proving no match against Neferpitou, among other great moments.

On Twitter, every show successfully trended in some capacity during or after their respective East Coast airings. Meanwhile on Tumblr, Toonami would trend along with Dragon Ball Super and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (including JJBA).

Finally, after being off the list for 7 weeks, Dragon Ball Super would once again make the list of Nielsen Social’s top 5 most talked about shows on the day with an estimated 95k total interactions between users on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. This is the 44th time a Toonami show has made it onto Nielsen’s top 5 rankings since we started recording this feat and the 30th time for DBS.

This week, Toonami showcased a music video by The Armed titled “Role Models”, featuring Tommy Wiseau of The Room fame. You can check it out below.

Some of the notable Toonami related news from this week include:

Some unfortunate news for Toonami fans in Southeast Asia, as due to flagging ratings and difficulty of getting new content, Toonami Asia will be shutting down at the end of March, with the Indian version also likely to follow suit. Production has also halted of the Bang Zoom dub of Super which was created for that market. While Turner Asia has noted that the Toonami brand may live on in some other form in the future, we send our commiserations to the fans in Asia for this unfortunate news.

For those wanting to add season 2 of Attack on Titan to their Blu-Ray and DVD collections, FUNimation has just released a Blu-Ray and DVD combo pack of all 12 episodes of the season on their site and among major anime selling retailers with the regular edition for a $49.98 MSRP. A limited collectors edition is also available which also includes a Digibook as well as an artbook containing content from the franchise, which retails with a $84.98 MSRP.

And for those who want to add the Universe 6 saga to their Dragon Ball Super Blu-ray and DVD collections, FUNimation has also released Part 3 of the collection with the Blu-ray retailing for $44.98 and the DVD retailing for $39.98.

Looking into the potential future, it has been announced that Part V of Lupin the Third is set to premiere in Japanese television on Tuesday April 3rd, the same day Tokyo Ghoul:re premieres in Japan as well. For those that want to see the subbed version in advance, the new season of Lupin will be simulcasted on Crunchyroll and Hulu.

This Saturday will be the start of Daylight Savings, and as the clocks jump from 2 am to 3 (unless you’re in non-Navajo Arizona or Hawaii) as with previous years, no show on the block will be pre-empted, instead Outlaw Star and Space Dandy will move to the 3am EDT hour, while Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell airing at 4, with the block ending at 5. Of course, next week will be a big one for Outlaw Star as the show showcases its penultimate episode. Until then, see you next week as always.

Legend: The shows listed are ordered based on their appearance on the schedule. Show trends are listed in bold. The number next to the listed trend represents the highest it trended on the list (not counting the promoted trend), judging only by the images placed in the rundown. For the Twitter tweet counts, the listed number of tweets are also sorely based on the highest number shown based on the images on the rundown.

United States Trends:

Toonami/#Toonami [#6]

#DragonBallSuper [#6]

#DBZKai [#6]

#BlackClover [#9]

#JoJosBizarreAdventure [#8]

#GundamIBO [#6]

#HunterXHunter [#6]

#Shippuden [#]

#OutlawStar [#5]

#SpaceDandy [#8]

#CowboyBebop [#6]

#GhostInTheShell [#5]

Tweet Counts:

Toonami [6,339 tweets]

#Toonami [3,128 tweets]

#DBZKai [1,344 tweets]

#JoJosBizarreAdventure [2,505 tweets]

#GundamIBO [1,203 tweets]

#HunterXHunter [3,155 tweets]

Tumblr Trends:

#toonami

#dragon ball super

#jojo’s bizarre adventure

Notes and Other Statistics:

#GundamIBO: @WhoTrendedIT reported that @KyleMcCarley started the trend in the US.

#HunterXHunter: @WhoTrendedIT reported that @BrittanyLaudaVO and @DC_Douglas started the trend in the US.

#CowboyBebop: @WhoTrendedIT reported that @MaryEMcGlynn started the trend in the US.

Special thanks to @coreymbarnes, @jmb70056, and others I forgot to mention for spotting some of the trends on this list.

YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, LISA! Only Toonami on [adult swim] on Cartoon Network.

[noloveforned]

no love for ned airs on wlur tonight from 8pm to midnight and we're sneaking a few last 90's halifax bands into our theme. you can also catch up with last week's show over on mixcloud, the setlist is below!

no love for ned on wlur – july 28th, 2023 from 8-10pm

artist // track // album // label les gluetones // reincarnated // trim crusts if desired compilation // cinnamon toast the molds // 1987 // the molds ep // (self-released) the sprouts // i want to be an idiot // eat your greens cassette // tenth court limbo district // encased // encased 7" // chunklet industries the 39 clocks // a look into you // pain it dark // no fun tuff bluff // poppies // poppies 7" // snappy little numbers cb radio gorgeous // the devil // 7" ep // thrilling living advertisement // cryin' wild // this is advertisement cassette // help yourself abi ooze // "nice" guy // julie's apartment (demos) cassette // (self-released) split system // alone again // volume two // goner rick white // doctor doctor // twenty golden hits of the sixties // (self-released) woods // be kind my love // reflections, volume one (bumble bee crown king) // woodsist alien eyelid // easy times // bronze star // tall texan connie converse // talkin' like you (two tall mountains) // how sad, how lovely // squirrel thing shannen moser // two eyes // the sun still seems to move // lame-o primitive motion // portrait i // portrait of an atmosphere // a guide to saints thomas strønen, ayumi tanaka and marthe lea // eyre // bayou // ecm alabaster deplume // child playing in the forbidden ruins // salty road dogs victory anthem ep // international anthem malcolm jiyane tree-o featuring grandmaster cap // we're not buying it (dennis bovell dub) // red hot and ra- the remixes compilation // red hot organization napoleon da legend and giallo point // soldier of truth // coup d'etat // fxck rxp phiik featuring lungs//lonesword // don quixote // another planet four // novelty el michels affair and black thought // i would never // glorious game // big crown vince howard // can't get enough // heart-soul and inspiration // tidal waves the undisputed truth // you got the love i need // the undisputed truth // gordy suep // in good health // shop ep // memorials of distinction present electric // imogene coca // present electric cassette // paisley shirt the palisades // knight in gale // a month too soon 12" // easter autocamper // never end // you look fabulous! cassingle // discontinuous innovation the oilies // touch me! change colors // (bandcamp mp3) // (unreleased) the occasional flickers // capitalism begins at home // capitalism begins at home 7" // cloudberry

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Music in December #iTunes #love #like #happy #vinyl #album #covers #records #CD #アナログ #音楽 #レコード #music #sounds #art #Alternative #Punk# Rock #Electronic #Dance #Experimental #Industrial #NewWave #Pop #Reggae #World #Gothic #Ambient #Noise #Jazz #NewAge #World (Grand Funk) Nubile A.T. Rhythm Anna莊啟馨 Augustus Pablo Augustus Pablo & Benbow Augustus Pablo Meets The Upsetter Barrington Levy Base Bernard Parmegiani / Joseph Maria Mestres Quadreny Bill Haley & The Comets Bim Sherman Black Eyed Peas Bobby Hebb Bongo Gene All Stars Bongo Gene Campbell Brigitte Bardot Bronski Beats Bruce Channel Children Coup d'Etat Chris Montez Cornell Campbell Deeder Zaman Dennis Brown Dillinger Dried Cell Elodie EP-4 EP-4 Unit3 Esplendor Geometrico Frank Alamo Gregory Isaacs Ijahman Levi Jacob Miller Jah Lion Johnny Hallyday Junior Murvin & Dillinger Kate Bush Ken Ishii Key Killing Joke Kodama And The Dub Station Band Lee "Scratch" Perry Lee Perry Linton Kwesi Johnson Lyricson Mahmut Bilki Mammy Man With No Name Masada Masada String Trio Massive Attack Meme Michael Galasso Michael Rose Mono Sexion Mute Beat Neo Museum Nine Inch Nails Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Pablo All Stars Paul Blackman Personal Effects Only Public Image Ltd. R.N.A. Organism Ras Ibuna Rayray劉軒蓁 Richard Anthony Ricky Storm (I Kong) Rockers All Stars Rockers International Band Sadie Sads Salon Music Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs Sarasvati Shinobu Sly & Robbie/Bunny Lee Tafari Syndicate Tako Television The Damned The Durutti Column The Freedom Singers The Toy Dolls The Village Bunch Third World Timmy Thomas Uhuru (The Sound Of Freedom) Various Artists Vince Taylor et ses Play-Boys Xeroid Yellow Magic Orchestra アマリリス アリスセイラー グリム・スキップ ジューシィ・フルーツ のいづんずり ミハエル・ロマーノフ 阿蘭 郁采真 王藍茵 王艷薇 沖山優司 解偉苓 許仁傑 原子邦妮 原子邦妮 佐藤薫 佐藤薫 ＆ 田中泯 脆弱少女組 鄭國鋒 桃井かおり 辺見マリ 李予溪 劉明湘 梁永泰 林育品 莊心妍

[ygconfessions]

YG said GD will be back with a full album but they just released an EP instead, does that mean a second part of the album will be released as another EP? (Like Lee Hi's Seoullite and GD's Coup D'etat)