#evil woody rap

[whentheycrynegativity]

evil shion rap

evil shion sonozaki rap

rika: calm down mion! we're your friends!

shion: shut up rika i'll kill you

satoko: sorry pal but can we make amends

shion: shut up satoko, i'm gonna kill you

rena: why can't we just talk it out

shion: not this time rena.

mion: shion, oh shion, where have you been

shion: too late mion i'm killing you slow

[9spoons9]

“Why are most of the songs on the radio about love and sex? It’s weird.” I say as I listen to Hatsune Miku: Rabbit Hole for the 160000th time.

[strawberryamanita]

The only way Tom Hanks can redeem himself for Pinocchio 2022 is to rap the fucking Evil Woody song

[valeechtine]

Can I be honest. I still frequently listen to the evil woody rap. It is downright hypnotic in its poor quality

[quive]

i love with the evil woody rap. the thought that children actively watch this stuff is holaripus

absolutely enamored with this video my friend put on her instagram story

[oldsamarie]

evil woody rap.....

[thecomposerofstories]

Disney Does NOT Know how to Feminist, for the Most Part.

I like Moana and Judy Hopps, they’re pretty good relatively-new female Disney characters, but the rest, I don’t like. It’s all, “I’m a woman, I have to save you scum-bag men because you can’t do A N Y T H I N G, hear me roar, society is trash, watch me twirl a stick.” And believe me that trope is getting kinda old kinda quickly.

People think Disney Princesses are nothing more than Damsels in Distress, and I don’t know where tf that rumour came from but I don’t like it.

Snow White gets some of the worst rap for it, and that’s not fair. I think she’s got more courage than Bo Peep and Mulan (2020, the 1998 version is an amazing role model for kids in my opinion, the 2020 version is a bitch) put together.

Snow White had to be a slave to the Evil Queen, who made her dress in rags and clean non-stop. And she still manages to go through all of that “With a Smile and a Song”.

And when she thinks her Step Mother is being kind to her, letting her wear a clean dress and letting her pick flowers and be free from chores for at least just an hour, but it turns out that she had been tricked, and that the Huntsman was supposed to kill her. But because of her kindness, the Huntsman couldn’t bring himself to kill her.

So Snow ran away, scared, and with good reason to be. The Queen will have her guts pulled out if she ever saw her again. Yet when Snow is in the forest with the woodland creatures, she apologizes for crying and asks to start over, to re-introduce herself. That’s brave, if you ask me. and she didn’t have to wear pants or wield a stick either. People forget that there are two kinds of bravery, physical fighting, (Like all female characters seem to do these days) and mental fighting, smiling even though your cared out of your mind. Keeping your head high when things are dreary, finding the good in a sea of bad.

As a girl, I’m tired of all this talk that a girl can’t wear a dress and be a bad-ass. Bo, to me, was a good character because she balanced out the other female characters, there was variety. Bo was sweet natured and girly, yes, but she was also wise and insightful and had way more depth than the new Bo. Alright, time to turn this conversation onto Toy Story 4, because I’m mad at it.

When people say, “Oh I can’t believe Woody left with Bo! What a bad decision!” they don’t say that like he never met her, they say it because Bo’s an arsehole. Woody left his family, and though we could argue that Bo is family, too, she isn’t a very nice part. she called Woody an accessory, acted rather rude towards him, and abandoned him twice because he was doing the right thing, yet she makes him apologize for it.  Like girl you dumped him and left him in your cardboard box and your acting like Woody ate your last jelly bean. What did he do to deserve being treated so harshly? I don’t get it. since when is it illegal to show affection towards someone you love?

The way I see it, Feminism in Disney is just taking female characters and making them a Gaston. Y’know, very butch, very masculine, the favorite of the town and everyone loves him because, well, he’s the town’s favorite son. Taking a girl and stripping her of her femininity and replacing it with a stick.

Honestly, I’m not even mad. I just wish they did more with Bo. I have this Toy Story 4 Concept Art Book, and it was just filled with better iteration's of what she could’ve been, and it’s disappointing. I mean in one drawing she had a pencil for a leg and a missing eye and to me that’s a big missed opportunity. Instead they went with just a blue jumpsuit. Yet everyone made crazy versions of what she should look like, and then they went for the boringest decision.

And on one full page, it’s just about what Bo’s hands should look in front of her cape, and other crazy things. Like who even cares? I’d rather have a compelling character with a slight wardrobe malfunction than what we got any day.

It just makes me sad what they did to a good character like Bo. I like that she was girly, I liked that she was flirty, since when are those aspects in a woman bad? I don’t even care what her outfit looks like. Wearing pants doesn’t mean you ‘Wear the pants’, and wearing a skirt doesn’t make you inferior, literally regardless of gender.

Let. Girls. Be. Girls. And that doesn’t just mean being ‘girly’, it can mean anything. Being a girl is whatever you want it to be. Being you, whoever you are, girl, boy, both, or neither, is whoever you want to be. Just as long as you aren’t hurting anyone, anyway.

And not all men are scumbags. Most of my friends are dudes, and they’re coolest dudes I’ve ever met. And not all girls like to swing sticks and wear pants, Y’know. Not all girls are rebellious and smack-talking and bossy.

I also hate what they did to Dolly and Trixie. Dolly was spunky and cute, but now she’s just down-right psychotic. Like she legit tried to murder Forky in Forky asks a Question just because he was verbal-stimming. 

And Trixie’s no better. She yells at Forky for something he didn’t even do on purpose. He accidentally broke her laptop, but like the poor guy didn’t even mean to. And the laptop isn’t even hers it’s not like she paid for it, she shouldn’t even be angry.

Not gonna lie, if someone broke my laptop I’d be pissed, but I certainly wouldn’t act the way Trixie did.

Give characters a variety of personalities. Don’t make any gender inferior. And stop making I out like all men are trash, please.

I don’t even mind strong female characters, I love them, I love seeing fan-arts of Bo on here, and I don’t give a crap that others like her, it’s none of my business what characters they like. I just wish we had more variety, though. Less brawn, more brains. Less bossy, more kind. Less screaming “You won’t listen to me! I’m always right!”, and more listening to others opinions.

And give them obstacles, too. Just because a character is female doesn’t mean you can’t give them something to make them grow. People want to see a character strive for greatness, no matter what. Not just whack ‘em with a stick and be done with it, we want the character to change throughout the story, regardless of gender. A story just about a character effortlessly kicking ass, and never coming to harm or learning anything isn’t very entertaining, nor does it tech the kids watching anything. Especially when kids are the age were they copy everything they see on television.

I just hope Disney figures that out in time.

[reallydumbcat]

I have spent like the last hour trying to convince my friends that “County isn’t the mass produced shite” and getting people to listen to Evil, Reba McEntire, Norma Tanega,  Orville Peck and Sturgill Simpson, mostly because Country has a bad rap. + all the artists make fantastic music while also being really country, while also reping Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger because they were so punk and anti establishment before punk was even an idea, and I just wish more people vibed with that music honest to god

[jvnkless]

I CAN ANSWER THIS!!!! somewhat.

depends on what you mean by “retro” since that term can fluctuate depending on the current era but lets say you’re thinking of “anything before 1999 plus maybe some stuff from the early 2000s”. (I am so sorry if this isn’t what you were thinking of but I AM STICKING TO MY GUNS!! And to generally what I know.)

Sam is…

- Half-Life 2. There’s a lot of songs on this soundtrack so I’ll give you the highlights. The Innsbruck Experiment, Brane Scan, Tracking Device,

- Couple of songs from the original Half-Life also fits a bit. Drums & Riffs & Electric Guitar Ambience come to mind.

Dean is…

- The original DOOM, baby! (Plus the second game) I Sawed The Demons, Intermission from Doom, Bye Bye American Pie, & Running From Evil are a couple of my personal picks for Dean.

- Some songs from the Wild Woody OST could also work for Dean, me thinks. Songs like Minotaur Maze, Meanie Technoweenie, and, hell, even the Title Screen are silly yet very Dean-like to me.

Cas is…

- Silent Hill 1 & 2. Okay, maybe not all the songs but some of them. Songs like Claw Finger, Tears Of…, Null Moon, & Alone In The Town give me that mysterious otherworldly yet melancholic feel that Cas has.

- Quick shoutouts to Overdose Delusion, RE4’s Save Room Theme, and this song from Yume Nikki that also give me similar Cas vibes.

Also as an aside, I think Cas would fucking LOVE Street Fighter 3’s soundtrack you don’t understand I feel so strongly about this. Cas canonically likes hip-hop & rap music he would love this soundtrack so much YOU CANT FIGHT ME ON THIS.

Jack is…

- As bizarre as this sounds, the LSD Dream Emulator soundtrack. There’s a strange otherworldly curiosity that comes off this soundtrack that I feel fits Jack perfectly within his different eras. That and I just think EDM & DNB in general fit Jack for some reason. Just trust me on this one.

- Yume Nikki’s soundtrack is also very Jack-like. Songs like Shield-Folk World, Famicon, & Toriningen Party stand out to me.

- Quick shoutouts to Use-Picnic, Shop ‘til You Drop & Spunky. Also the Zombies Ate My Neighbors OST idk it’s funny & kinda Jack-like what do you want from me. ALSO KIRBY… FUCK.

What retro video game soundtracks would you give each of team free will?

I...am the wrong person for this ask. I cannot even begin to tell you how wrong I am for this ask.

Pass to moots.

[kingofthewilderwest]

"#just because you have a bias about certain socioeconomic groups which tend to listen to country doesn't mean" // Yup. I tend to side-eye folks who are like "I like all kinds of music except country and [Insert a genre of music usually associated with Black creators like rap and hip hop]" You're not slick, ppl. I know what you're saying.

^^^^^^^^^ You hit the nail on the head.

It’s racial bias. It’s socioeconomic bias. It’s bias against people groups who have less respect and say in society.

From my tags on this post:

#don’t get me started on a long rant of the progressive side of country music and what’s been progressive FOR DECADES#from times near its BEGINNInGS#through the modern age#just because you have a bias about certain socioeconomic groups which tend to listen to country doesn’t mean#that that’s actually what the genre is or who the artists are#I could go for a LONNNNG time about this#a LONG time#some of the best protest songs I know of today’s current political situation#are country#or have like ya’ll forgotten about the folk revival#of the 1960s#or…#gahghfnfddhgnghfngh#I AM GAY AND I LISTEN TO COUNTRY#NYEH!!!!

Now. I understand disinterest in a genre because it’s not your aesthetic, but when people express their feelings for country, R&B, hip-hop, etc. …the dialogue isn’t casual “It’s not my thing.” The dialogue is a hateful, passionate retaliation.

Other genres aren’t treated like this. It’s normalized and encouraged to hate on country and rap. These genres are systematically treated with less respect and that disrespect culturally arose because these genres are associated with less-respected demographics. 

(Country music is associated with people of low socioeconomic status, for people who aren’t explicitly aware.)

Anecdotally: I’ve caught something interesting about anti-country music sentiment. Many people tell me they can’t stand the “twang.” Half the time, I’ve noticed that their internalized definition of “twang” isn’t the vocal technique; it’s that they can’t stand the presence of a Southern accent. And hooboy does that have TONS of sociocultural bias issues. As a linguist, I’ve read endless sociolinguistic studies about how Southern dialects are treated as “lesser,” and how speakers of the dialect are automatically judged to be less intelligent, etc. It’s not good, folks.

Sometimes, to help friends get out of their anti-country mindset, I’ve “tricked” them into liking country. See, genres like bluegrass grew closely out of Scots-Irish folk music. Often, we’re playing the same tunes on both sides of the Atlantic. So I play a few instrumentals, my friend goes, “Oh! I love Celtic music

The biases against those demographics color how people view the music. There’s endless things that can be said about hip-hop bias, holy shit. I won’t focus on that today because I don’t believe I am qualified to be a spokesman. Someone who understands that genre better, and other genres associated with the African-American community, and is African-American, would be a better human to listen to than me. I defer to their knowledge and experience. It’s hella important to understand what bias has been reflected against those genres.

But there’s just as much bias against country music, against another demographic. And I’ve found it wild how it gets treated on places like tumblr, which wants to stand up for underprivileged groups, but somewhat inaccurately associates country music as “anti-gay conservative evil white person music” rather than music of people historically of lower socioeconomic status.

Yes, some of the demographic that listens to country music or plays country music are bad apples. But like… thinking the music is JUST THAT is a huge disservice to what country actually is and who the music artists actually are.

The history of country music is one giant collaborative melting pot of people from many different cultural backgrounds. Broad West African influence. Mexican influence. Italian influence. German influence. Scots-Irish influence. Cherokee influence. More. Early record labels like OKEH foolishly separated “hillbilly music” (presumably white folk music) from “rhythm and blues” (presumably Black folk music) without understanding the constant racial, demographic, regional, and cultural cross-pollination that occurred between the musicians from country music’s origins. And while there ARE certain issues in country music’s past and present, and we can’t let those issues go forgotten, that’s far from the whole story. We shouldn’t romanticize issues, but we should acknowledge that this music genre has given us major strides too.

Country music is the banjo, brought from Africa, combined with the mandolin, brought from Italy, combined with the fiddle, brought from Ireland, combined with the guitar and the dobro and the accordion and the upright bass and the electric guitar and the electric bass and whatever instruments you want to put in there.

Country music is African-American musicians like DeFord Bailey, the first radio star ever introduced on the Grand Ole Opry (THE most revered country music hub out there), blues harmonica performer, playing to crowds decades before segregation was de-legalized. He toured with white Opry musicians who treated him as one of their own. It’s soul music genre pioneer Ray Charles producing a studio album entirely dedicated to country music hits like “Hey Good Lookin’” from Hank Williams. It’s country star Charley Pride, who despite the racism against him in the 1960s rose to fame and made audiences fall in love with his beautiful voice. It’s the African-American musicians who inspired many commercial country stars, like Arnold Shultz influencing Bill Monroe and the railroad workers inspiring Jimmie Rodgers.

Country music is stars like Johnny Rodriguez and Rick Treviño, singing country music in Spanish, and using obvious Latin flavors in the genre.

Country music is filled with badass women like the ladies who STARTED THE GENRE ROLLING IN THE FIRST PLACE, Sara Carter and Mother Maybelle Carter (whose guitar style is hugely influential to this day) and Maybelle’s daughters Helen, June, and Anita; the first female music manager in the music industry, Louise Scruggs; songwriters like Felice Bryant and Loretta Lynn; the most awarded female artist in Grammy history Alison Krauss; and powerhouses like Dolly Parton who stepped out of an over-controlling entertainer’s shadow to become a badass in all things like supporting the LGBTQ community, contributing to pro-transgender films ahead of their time, and starring in sex worker positive productions like “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.”

Country music is filled with activism. Johnny Cash showed a heart for those forgotten by society. He toured many times in prisons. Cash especially was an activist for Native American rights. He toured with Native American songwriters so audiences could hear their own words (I’ve been trying to find names but I’m having difficulties re-finding that information, so my apologies for not giving names of those who deserve to be mentioned). Cash released albums dedicated to exposing past and present injustices against the Native American people. He went on tours specifically to Native American reservations. 

And it’s not just Johnny Cash!

Country music is many stars from the Grand Ole Opry banding together to release AIDS benefit albums - big names like Alison Krauss, Willie Nelson, Marty Stuart, aurgh I’m too lazy to write them all, PEOPLE.

Country music is Earl Scruggs and his sons playing at the Vietnam War Protests.

Country music is tied in with the fucking folk revival of the 1960s, which was deep in left-wing activism and the Civil Rights Movement. Folk singers sang traditional Appalachian and English ballads alongside their own compositions, topical pieces protesting the current political situation. You can call one artist “folk” or “Americana” and another one “country,” but the influences were intermingling, and it’s why we have Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie and Joan Baez and John Denver and Pete Seeger owning a banjo that says, “This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.”

Dammit, I have a full BOOK that discusses country music and political ties. 

There’s another book out there, which I haven’t read, that discusses the relationship between country music and the queer community, and how bias against country music is NOT as reflective of the listening demographic as we stereotype. I’ll take the word of one reviewer who said:

[Nadine Hubbs] explores country music lyrics, presenting a great deal of evidence suggesting that working class America is not inherently homophobic, but that as middle class cultural taste has changed to include formal acceptance of homosexuality, this process has included pinning homophobic ideas on the working class.

Country music is lyrics like this 1975 controversial song “The Pill”:

You wined me and dined meWhen I was your girlPromised if I’d be your wifeYou’d show me the worldBut all I’ve seen of this old worldIs a bed and a doctor billI’m tearing down your brooder house‘Cause now I’ve got the pillAll these years I’ve stayed at homeWhile you had all your funAnd every year that’s gone byAnother baby’s comeThere’s a-gonna be some changes madeRight here on nursery hillYou’ve set this chicken your last time‘Cause now I’ve got the pill

Country music is lyrics like this 2013 song that feels as relevant than ever:

If crooks are in charge, should we let them pick our pockets?If we don’t want trouble, should we not try to stop it?We could just sink into the quicksand slavery we’re born inBut fighting endless wars for greedy liars is getting pretty boringThey think they got us trained, so we’ll think we’re living freeIf we got time and money for junk food and TVBut it’s plain honest people never stand a chance of winning electionsThey just let us pick which liars take our rights away for our own protectionThe corporate propaganda paralyzes us with fearDestroying our ability to trustFear keeps us fighting with each other over scrapsStarving to death in the dustOrganized religion really helps you submitBut the meek are inheriting the short end of the stickFear surrounds compassion like a layer of moldAnd weakens our defenses so we’re too weak to be boldLife could be heaven, but this corrupted systemTakes away our rights, expects us not to miss themThe middle class is shrinking while the lower class growsIf we don’t wake up soon, we’ll have no class left to lose

Country music is Christians themselves criticizing the hypocritical Evangelical culture in the USA for the bullshit hatefulness stewing inside it:

Every house has got a Bible and a loaded gunWe got preachers and politicians‘Round here it’s kinda hard to tell which oneIs gonna do more talkin’ with a crooked tongue

And as that one post I just reblogged shows, there’s MANY queer country musicians out there producing explicitly pro-LGBTQ+ music.

I’m brushing over so much. I’m sorry for the simplification that goes with me doing such a pass-by overview. I’m sorry I’m focusing more on history than the present (I know more about the 1920s-1960s eras, so I’m talking from my strong suit). I hope the information is at least strong enough to get my point across.

There are definitely listeners and artists in country music who are uber-conservative white hateful Christians. Yes. I know why country music gets associated with that. But.

Country music is not ABOUT this uber-conservative white hateful Christian side. The genre is not “polluted”. It is a thousand voices from a thousand perspectives of people from many backgrounds and beliefs. And many of those thousand voices are old traditional songs that came from Black communities, or were composed by Mexican-Americans, or were performed by folk artists as part of a protest for equal rights. 

(Note: I’m *NOT* saying all Christians are bad or that different political angles don’t have merits. I’m Christian myself! And you don’t know my political party. I’m just trying to get the point across that country music isn’t ENTRENCHED in one questionable demographic.)

You don’t have to like country music. It doesn’t have to be your aesthetic. But if you find it fun to get in on society’s popular country hate roasting… please rethink this. The reason country music has been hated from its roots is because it’s associated with the socioeconomically disadvantaged.

I’m with you 100%, Ashley. When someone says they like all genres “except country music and rap,” I get a little leery. I used to be one of those people when I was younger. I had to learn to grow past those biases. But once I did, I realized there was so much I was hating on that I didn’t understand. Now, I hope I can help people overcome their own biases, such as ones they don’t realize they’ve had - for things like music.

Hi ya’lls. I’m queer and I love country.

P.S. If anyone has anything to add or correct, please feel free to add on! I’m doing my best but I do not know everything and would be happy to learn more, too!

[khiphop-discussions]

I also feel like this season is weird. I know that everything is scripted and sh*t but it's too obvious. Like, why Yuja? Ok, Naughty boy is something new with his voice, but Yuja is not a rapper at all. She barely sung something and they used their pass to keep her. And i don't understand why rappers like Zene or Woodie are there. Ppl already know them and they are signed to big labels. In the team battle it was obvious that they remained bcs of their popularity

Even the judges should be changed. I’m happy bcs millic, boycold and bewhy are there, but Swings, Giriboy and Mad Clown? Swings will be the new Dok2, like in every season. It would be amazing if they would ask more “small” rappers/producers. They are already popular. I would love to see teams like Nafla/Loopy or Balming Tiger, they are soooo fresh. But i kinda have the feeling that the rappers refuse MNET bcs of their evil editing.

There’s also Verbal Jint (who I literally don’t even remember tbh and then Kid Milli as well who was 1 of 2 people passing all the crackheads. The other was Giri. I think they need a better mix of judges because it seems like all the judges are heavily leaning towards more trendy shit (which at this point in time is the crackhead shit). Like we need someone like Masta Wu who isn’t just gonna pass people cause they are fun to watch (mostly because they are so damn TERRIBLE at rapping, not because they are actually good) and who will actually tell people who were already known before the show that they are majorly fucking up and won’t keep passing rounds just because we already know who they are. 

Yooja was kinda hip-hop because she had the sing-rapper type thing going on. Anyway, she’s eliminated now so it doesn’t really matter. 

Honestly, most of the signed people are huge disappointments. The people I had no clue about before watching are all the interesting people. Well besides like Hongwon and Bryn. Slick O’Domar is pretty good too. But overall, almost EVERYBODY I heard of pre-show is taking up precious space. If they were unknown they’d have NEVER been passed lol

Olltii isn’t doing as good as he could, I don’t even REMEMBER anything that EK has done (I think that has to do with the fact that he’s getting damn near NEGATIVE screentime though lol) so that’s two people who are Actually Good™ and even they are off. This season is just weird lol. I don’t know if its the timing or what. Having a SMTM season only 6 or 7 months after the last one maybe just made things weird

[superrman]

We have to start holding “heroes” accountable. I am so fucking sick of romanticizing the past. Fuck Gandhi Fuck Picasso fuck Thomas Jefferson Fuck every so called hero that also fucked over thousands! It’s time to move past the phrase they were a product of their time, or you can’t hold people to the standards of today. Why the hell not? If they are currently a hero they must still be something to aspire too. Men and women who did some good, but also did evil things should not be praised, if you can’t find heroes you aren’t looking hard enough. 

I had a conversation once about why I hate Thomas Jefferson, and I was like he was a slave owning hypocrite, but the person was like ‘that’s just what things were like, he is a founding father he did so much good.’ This attitude is so dangerous, first off plenty of people even back then knew slavery was a horrible system, and let’s also remember that American Chattel Slavery is one of the worst types of slavery that ever existed in human history. People in America at the time were fighting against it, and yet the man who wrote the line “all men are created equal” owned slaves. He did not fight for his fellow man. More than that he was rapping his slaves, Sally Hemings a name you so rarely hear in American history classes, she had at least 6 children with him. Clearly he knew that slaves were human enough to use but not human enough for the freedoms he thought were so important. Now think about the cost of saying he is an inspiration, it is saying its okay to be a hypocrite it is okay to abuse some if you help others. That is not what a hero is, that is not an aspiration it is weakness. He was comfortable in his own superiority, he was okay that an entire race of peoples were thought so little of that they were possessions because he wanted power, holding together a union built on the blood of slaves is not a noble cause period. 

In a world where people are challenging old heroes, where people are thinking about the pain they caused peoples ancestors and the legacy they left, the legacy of slavery is racism in America. Thomas Jefferson is not only part of the past pain but current injustice. Just because you are told someone is a hero does not mean they are look beyond the rose colored glasses of historical memory to the real people because hopefully if we can hold heroes accountable we can hold our contemporary's accountable. I truly think this trend of a person did x but they also did y and that y is important is the reason so many people get away with abuses; we have been trained that some good actions excuse the bad ones. Even if you do good, you need be held accountable for your bad actions, and those in history who got away with evil all they have to lose is their legacy. 

This is why people say Woody Allen makes great movies, Johnny Depp is a great actor, this how rapists end up on the Supreme Court and professional athletes beat their wives. There skills, what they offer to society is enough to excuse their abuses in the eyes of some. 

We need to change the narrative! 

[militantwarriorsaint]

So I saw Venom

Okay, divisive opinion time. I went in to this movie with low expectations, thinking it would be a messy execution of a great idea, Venom with no Spider-Man, give him the chance to be a character with a personality beyond "I'M BIGGER EVILER SPIDER-MAN!" but do you trust Sony with anything anymore? Especially when one of the producers, Avi Arad, has made no secret of his own unnatural, unhealthy obsession with this character for years. So I go in and, well what I described was exactly what we got, but I actually kinda liked it guys. Yeah, I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.

Now I'm not saying it's perfect, I've got my issues with it. A villain with as much motivation as a dead tree (though to be fair, what do you expect of an starter villain for a brand new franchise? At least it wasn’t a high profile supervillain like Dr. Doom becoming generic). A messy CGI final fight scene (the best part of that fight was when Tom Hardy and Riz Ahmed didn't have their symbiotes and were just throwing regular punches, it felt real). That symbiotic kiss thing between Hardy, Michelle Williams, and the Symbiote was... disconcertingly arousing. Venom's turn to the good side feels haphazard and unearned. The soundtrack ranged from mediocre and tolerable to STOP KILLING MY EARDRUMS! SHUT YOUR TERRIBLE RAP OFF EMINEM! That end credits scene with Woody Harrelson was pretty forced but then you remember it's not remotely the dumbest thing about Woody Harrelson so it's pretty tame.

As for positives, there's some decent action all around, Hardy's as electrifyingly excellent as ever. Both the Riot and Venom symbiotes were pretty fun to see in action. It may not be a "good movie" but honestly guys, when that scene with Tom Hardy in the restaurant happened, I just couldn't help but be reminded of Nicholas Cage. Seriously, I felt like I was watching a Nicholas Cage style improv overacting scene back when he wasn't in the financial dumps and could still do better movies. A lot of Hardy's performance felt just like that actually. So for me, that's like the best thing ever. As for tone, I can see where the argument that it's inconsistent comes from, but again, with the Nick Cage thing, it felt balanced enough between action drama, with some horror and comedy elements. I'm curious to see an "unrated" cut with Hardy's reported favorite 40 minutes. Maybe that would solve the overall pacing issues, what with how everything feels rushed.

But overall, I thought the movie was fine. It was frustratingly enjoyable, if that makes sense.

[dudutrbl]

SMTM6 Ep 4 Favorite Moments/Highlights/Thoughts

{SPOILER ALERT} • The show starts with the judges messing around on stage which tbh is the best way to start a show | 3rd round continuation | • Jay Park’s “let’s get it” saga goes on. • I live for Jin Doggae’s piercing • idk why but Hash Swan and Jin Doggae’s performance felt so vague even thought they’re both great rappers. • btw this wasn’t included on this episode but i hate how Mnet’s editing makes it seem like Junoflo and Hash Swan hate each other when they get along irl. • Hanhae’s arrogant attitude vs. scary charismatic Los • Jay Park: “While preparing, did everything go well?” Los: “It was easy” *both contestants start death glaring each other* • Hanhae’s lyrics: “My aunties told me don’t be so well-behaved Hanhae" i wish my aunties said that to me • Awe things ended good between them • Sleepy is so nice, asking who wants to compete with him • Zesty adores Sleepy i’m soft • Sleepy forgot his lyrics but recovered so fast • Sleepy and Zesty saying good job to each other i love them • I love how everyone appreciates how great A-To is. • “She’s one of the female rappers everyone says ‘wow’ about, he’s one of the male rappers everyone says ‘wow about’ *claps hands* sounds good right?” • Jay Park fanboying over Nucksal “Nucksal fighting!” • omg A-To forgot the lyrics twice whyyyy • Cheese yoooo •" Our Dean is your fan. Dean is actually complementing." Lmaoooo •Ohhhh ZICO and Nucksal comforting A-To when she cried they're the best • LOVE PUNCHNELLO •" They matched their outfits. Sponsored?" • They're getting along so well YES • Jay park "hallellujah" after they announced it was a tie because same • Punchnello: whatever is easier for you He's so nice to everyone and he was struggling but still got up stage and he thought he never thought about a second round and didn't prepare anything he just wanted to get that shit done and go to his mom I hope she gets better 💕 • Zico: "he didn't even rap and we have to vote" •Punchnello "i feel relieved" myunDo "i feel uncomfortable" • "Someone keeps making pigeon noises" lmaoooo • "Some people might take this as a love confession" looool i love that guy •Lmao woodie gochild is so cute and his little moves omg • looool i love it when the producers imitate woodie gochild's moves • ZICO: "If you make it to the official rounds I'll buy you nice googles" • JJK forgot his lyrics and freestyled his way to victory • Olltii's "daebak" • okay but Olltii and Day's performance was soooo good | 4th round ~ judges performances | • Sleepy: Today's the day we judge the judges *evil laugh* • Double Duo: "We're usually sleeping at this time" ahhaahahha • Gaeko: "We might end up first or last" Choiza: "I don't want to end up the forth. It'll make me upset. We might even leave the show" hahahahhaahha i love them • Dok2 (about Dean): I'm curious about his 'different R&B part. • Choiza about Gaeko: "We've spent more time together than he's spent with his wife" ~ Dynamic Duo performance ~ • They lit the stage without being in it yet how • Their stage chemistry is amazing • Everyone's hyped af and then there's Woo Wonjae expressing no emotion at all • "Rhythm is life" was the highlight of their performance. ~ Tiger JK and Bizzy's performance ~ • Sleepy: Don't I look like Tiger JK? lmao @ this boy • LEGENDS ON STAGE • Tiger JK just tied his shoes on stage I'm fucking screaming �� "Bizzy is really handsome" • "It's so cool when he says his name" lmao I'm dead • Tiger JK: *drops mic* ~ Jay Park and Dok2's performance ~ • Dok2: " I forgot what my special weapon was" • oKAY BUT DOK2 KILLED IT • JAY PARK KILLING IT • I don't really listen to them but now I understand why they're so famous • Gaeko comforting a very insecure ZICO gives me life • ZICO is very stressed and then there's Dean smiling like a kid. ~ ZICO and Dean's performance ~ • lol Dean just appeared and the crowd is already screaming • BERMUDA TRIANGLE YES • Can we just appreciate how talented they both are???? • "It's the first time I see Dean rap so aggressively" • The judges joining together and singing different R&B because same • Woo Wonjae jamming to FANXY CHILD is my aesthetic (Sorry for being so late btw)

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Globe, January 14

Cover -- Dying Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Cancer Relapse 

Page 2: Up Front & Personal -- Hailey Baldwin, Sharon Stone, Al Roker 

Page 3: Gary Busey, Lori Loughlin, Ed Begley Jr. 

Page 4: William Shatner thinks the #MeToo movement is too extreme, Kim Zolciak-Biermann’s ridiculous-looking lips 

Page 5: Rosie O’Donnell crushing on married sex siren Cynthia Nixon 

Page 6: Cover Story -- Camilla will die in 7 months without a liver transplant but Prince Charles refuses to help her 

Page 8: George and Amal Clooney call of divorce and will try IVF for another baby 

Page 10: Blake Shelton demanding that Gwen Stefani return to The Voice meaning either Kelly Clarkson or Jennifer Hudson will get the boot, Mia Farrow being slammed as a hypocrite after a former model claimed she did threesomes as a teenager with Mia and Woody Allen 

Page 12: Celebrity Buzz -- Jackie Chan turns his back on his broke lesbian daughter, Bethenny Frankel cheats death, Jax Taylor blamed his time of Vanderpump Rules for a 60-pound weight gain, Brad Pitt’s mom Jane won’t forgive Angelina Jolie, Marlo Thomas 

Page 13: Richard Williams, dad of Venus and Serena Williams, has fallen on hard times after two strokes and charges third wife forged his signature on a deed transferring his home to her, Henry Winkler, Hugh Jackman, Keira Knightley, Hook-Ups, Babies & More

Page 14: Caitlyn Jenner getting a new butt, Quentin Tarantino faced down thugs who broke into his home, Fashion Verdict -- Jennifer Hudson, Jessica Alba, Emily Blunt, Saoirse Ronan, Rita Ora 

Page 16: Tom Cruise recruiting Top Gun co-stars Miles Teller and Glen Powell for Scientology, Leah Remini has Scientology members on the run 

Page 18: 10 Things You Don’t Know About Nina Dobrev, Sandra Bullock wanted to be a teen mom, success made Jada Pinkett Smith suicidal 

Page 20: True Crime 

Page 24: Nostradamus’ 2019 prophecies 

Page 28: Lee Garlington’s secret life as Rock Hudson’s gay lover, Tina Turner thanks Princess Beatrice for coming forward with her dyslexia diagnosis, Spot the Evil Twin -- Megyn Kelly and Missi Pyle 

Page 30: Health Report -- Tainted transfusions cause Alzheimer’s 

Page 32: Keanu Reeves wants to play Wolverine, eight years after getting dumped on America’s Got Talent successful Lindsey Stirling has snubbed an invite to appear on The Champions spinoff, Mayim Bialik is single again, LaLa Kent is sober thanks to her fiance 

Page 34: Straight Talk -- Green Beret Hero Mathew Golsteyn deserves thanks not a murder rap, Spot the Evil Twin -- Sheryl Crow and Nikki DeLoach 

Page 36: Funny Photo Quiz -- Vanessa Hudgens and Leah Remini and Jennifer Lopez 

Page 38: Head transplant patient Valery Spiridonov backs out after finding love and having a son 

Page 41: Stoney Westmoreland of Disney’s Andi Mack series has been fired after being arrested for trying to have sex with a 13-year-old boy 

Page 45: Katie Holmes takes Jamie Foxx to meet her folks, Hollywood is going bananas over an upcoming animated movie about Michael Jackson as seen through the eyes of his pet chimpanzee Bubbles, Spot the Evil Twin -- Jessie J vs. Mila Kunis 

Page 47: Hollywood Flashback -- Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward 

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Beggar’s Banquet - The Rolling Stones

"Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste."

It's one of the most potent opening verses in the pantheon of immortal rock songs. Instantly recognizable, sinewy, swaggering. No introductions needed.

This is a love letter to Beggar's Banquet, which is celebrating its 50th birthday. 50 years!  That's going to make some of my friends here on Facebook feel old. Boomers, take consolation in the fact that the rock and roll heroes of your generation produced some of the most epic, durable albums in rock history. They genuinely don't make 'em like this anymore.

Beggar's Banquet kicked off a 5-album run of hall of fame material, including Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, and Exile on Main Street. Ben Fong Torres describes it as "an album flush with masterful and growling instant classics." This release is where the "World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" thing started. At least, it's where the masses came to agree with Jagger's own proclamations.

This was the Stones' coming out party as musicians and songwriters. But in typical Stones fashion, there's plenty else to unpack around this album before we even consider the music.

Banquet followed Their Satanic Majesty's Request, the Stones' supposed answer to Sgt. Pepper.  A turnaround of epic proportions, to be sure. Satanic Majesty sucked, except for “She's a Rainbow” and “2000 Light Years From Home.”

It's the last Stones album featuring any meaningful contribution from Brian Jones - his absolutely sublime slide guitar work on "No Expectations" -  before he was found dead in a pool.

Controversy? Yes, please. First, there was Banquet's original album cover: Graffiti scratched onto a wall above a toilet in a dirty bathroom. It was so controversial at the time that it got pulled and replaced with the plain white design most of us are familiar with.  More controversy on the track "Stray Cat Blues," with its sexually-charged lyrics and one of the meanest guitar riffs Keith's ever summoned forth from his Tele.  No way it gets released in the age of #MeToo.

Stellar guest players,  including Nicky Hopkins, Ric Grech, Dave Mason, and Jimmy Miller.

Looking at Beggar's Banquet track by track, I'm struck by how it can be so cohesive and shambling at the same time. It's a  perfect example of how the Stones slipped this ominous tension into everything they did in their classic era. I've heard it described this way: In most rock bands, everybody follows the rhythm section.  Not the Stones, at least not in their work that's got some bite. Charlie follows Keith's guitar, and it feels like everything's perpetually on the verge of falling apart. Until it doesn't. Those in the know say that Charlie is the secret weapon in this band. I believe them.

So there's "Sympathy," which really needs no further explanation. I've heard it a million times. Every time, it's like I'm listening to the soundtrack to the end of the world.

The rest of these drug-fuelled, roots-and-blues numbers equate to a single album, of a unique place and time, worth a book or biopic all its own.  

"Dear Doctor" presages Jagger's tongue-in-cheek country dabblings (Think "Far Away Eyes" from 1978's Some Girls album) and is just plain fun. "I'm down in Virginia with your cousin Lou, and there'll be no wedding today!" he sings in a fake female falsetto to some poor bastard who finally lucks out when his "four-legged sow" of a fiance runs off on their wedding day.

"Parachute Woman: just bleeds Muddy Waters, and when the Stones cover or outright ape Muddy, good things usually happen. Keith doesn't play it straight-Muddy, though. He messed around with his guitar tone in ways he hadn't since "Satisfaction."

And then..."Street Fighting Man."  Oh my God. An uber-anthem for the classic rock ages, guitars like chimes soaring over a city that happens to be on fire. Lyrically, a masterpiece:

"So my name is called Disturbance I'll shout and scream I'll kill the king I'll rail at all his servants Well, what can a poor boy do Except to sing for a rock n' roll band? 'Cause in sleepy London town There's just no place for a street fighting man, no"

And then that bass run, which ends up in Jumpin' Jack Flash a few years later. For good reason, too.  Wyman could work that into every song, and I wouldn't care. It's just that formidable.

Maybe "Factory Girl" and "Prodigal Son," Keith-driven country-blues numbers, were thought of as filler at the time. I don’t know. I wasn’t born yet and my dad probably doesn’t remember. But that would have been premature and disproved in a few short years. Both tracks would have been right at home on Exile on Main Street. And everybody knows there is no filler on Exile on Main Street.

I already mentioned "Stray Cat Blues."  Like I said, it would never get played on the radio today (which I don't understand, given the content of much rap music). You just have to hear it for yourself, throw your sensibilities under the bus and repeat this mantra: It's only rock and roll, but I like it.

No track other than "Sympathy for the Devil" could have opened this album. Likewise, none except "Salt of the Earth" could close it. Keith and Mick trade stanzas in this ode to those who are, well, the salt of the earth.  In somebody else's hands (that isn't Woody Guthrie or Bruce Springsteen), this song might have come off as contrived - and that's before the mid-tempo acoustic guitars and piano tinklings crescendo into an all-hands-on-deck affair with a gospel chorus, of all goddamned things. Emoting heartache and bittersweet yearning or not, it sure feels honest.

"Let's drink to the hard working people Let's drink to the lowly of birth Raise your glass to the good and the evil Let's drink to the salt of the earth

Say a prayer for the common foot soldier Spare a thought for his back breaking work Say a prayer for his wife and his children Who burn the fires and who still till the earth."

The Glimmer Twins weren't yet called the Glimmer Twins when this album was released. These songs - and the ones on the next several albums - were more rust and dust than glitter.  Glimmer, in fact, is the chief problem some of us hardcore fans have with their modern-day efforts like Steel Wheels and Voodoo Lounge. Once in a while, as on Some Girls and even Undercover of the Night, they return to form and act like the World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band. Whether or not they go into the studio deliberately trying to recapture the magic of Beggar's Banquet, their music works best when it at least tries.

========================= Beggar's Banquet Recorded: March 17 - July 25, 1968 Released: December 6,1968

Side A: Sympathy For The Devil No Expectations Dear Doctor Parachute Woman Jigsaw Puzzle

Side B: Street Fighting Man Prodigal Son Stray Cat Blues Factory Girl Salt Of The Earth