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[edgarmoser]

dani 1/10/1944 - 18/7/2022

dani - albums 1967 - 2020

[the-blue-hydrangea]

hi drdt community!!!!!! /e wave

i'm the author of this funny little fic in ao3 about an au where ace survives his execution and becomes a traitor for monotv under a different identity! oh and also there's acevi

this is not the first fic to do something like this, inspiration was taken from Reborn, go read that first before reading my fic below!

feel free to make art abt this! i'd love to see some, especially of ace's fake identity!

[ptbf2002]

it's Grey-DeLisle-Griffin's 51st Birthday, best known for the voice of Lana Loud, Lola Loud, Lily Loud, Daphne from the Scooby-Doo franchise, Mandy from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Frankie, Berry and Goo from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Yumi from Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Jackie Lynn Thomas from Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Puppycorn from Unikitty, Lucretia, The Bow and FruFru from Harvey Girls Forever!

Danny Phantom Belongs To Butch Hartman, Rough Draft Korea Co., Ltd. Billionfold Inc. Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Nickelodeon Productions, Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Nickelodeon Group, Nickelodeon Networks Inc. Paramount Kids and Family Group, Paramount Global Content Distribution, Paramount International Networks, Paramount Domestic Media Networks, Paramount Media Networks, Inc. Viacom International Inc. And Paramount Global

DC Super Hero Girls (2019) Belongs To Shea Fontana, Lisa Yee, Aria Moffly, Lauren Faust, Jam Filled Entertainment, Boulder Media Limited, DC Comics, Inc. DC Studios, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation Inc. Cartoon Network, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera Belongs To Jorge R. Gutierrez, Sandra Equihua, Digital eMation, Inc. DongWoo Animation Co. Ltd. Saerom Animation, Inc. Lotto Animation, Inc. Yeson Entertainment, Mexopolis Animation Studio, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Nickelodeon Productions, Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Nickelodeon Group, Nickelodeon Networks Inc. Paramount Kids and Family Group, Paramount Global Content Distribution, Paramount International Networks, Paramount Domestic Media Networks, Paramount Media Networks, Inc. Viacom International Inc. And Paramount Global

The Fairly Oddparents Belongs To Butch Hartman, Yeson Entertainment, Sunwoo Entertainment, Co., Ltd. Elliott Animation Inc. Billionfold Inc. Frederator Studios, Frederator Networks, Inc. WOW! Unlimited Media Inc. Kartoon Studios, Inc. Nelvana Limited, Corus Entertainment Inc. Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Nickelodeon Productions, Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Nickelodeon Group, Nickelodeon Networks Inc. Paramount Kids and Family Group, Paramount Global Content Distribution, Paramount International Networks, Paramount Domestic Media Networks, Paramount Media Networks, Inc. Viacom International Inc. And Paramount Global

Garfield Belongs To Jim Davis, Ballantine Books, Random House, Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, Universal Press Syndicate, Andrews McMeel Syndication, Andrews McMeel Universal, Inc. United Feature Syndicate, Inc. United Media, The E.W. Scripps Company, Paws, Inc. Nickelodeon Group, Nickelodeon Networks Inc. Paramount Kids and Family Group, Paramount Media Networks, Inc. Viacom International Inc. And Paramount Global

The Garfield Show Belongs To Jim Davis, Philippe Vidal, Infinite Frameworks Pte. Ltd. Tiger Bells Animation Pvt. Ltd. Paws, Inc. Nickelodeon Group, Nickelodeon Networks Inc. Paramount Kids and Family Group, Paramount Media Networks, Inc. Viacom International Inc. Paramount Global, Dargaud Media, Mediatoon Distribution, Les Éditions Dargaud, France 3, France Télévisions S.A. Cartoon Network, Boomerang (TV network), The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

The Curse of Molly McGee/The Ghost and Molly McGee Belongs To Bill Motz, Bob Roth, Mercury Filmworks, Disney Television Animation, Disney Channel, Disney Branded Television, Disney–ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution, Disney General Entertainment Content, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, Disney Entertainment, Disney Enterprises, Inc. And The Walt Disney Company

The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy Belongs To Maxwell Atoms, Rough Draft Studios Inc. Digital eMation, Inc. Cartoon Network Studios, Cartoon Network, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Harvey Street Kids/Harvey Girls Forever! Belongs To Alfred Harvey, Emily Brundige, Dave Enterprises, Digital Emation, Inc. NE4U, Inc. The Harvey Entertainment Company, Classic Media, LLC, DreamWorks Classics, DreamWorks Animation Television, DreamWorks Animation LLC, Universal Pictures, Universal City Studios LLC, NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment, NBCUniversal Syndication Studios, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, NBCUniversal Media Group, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Comcast Corporation And Netflix Inc.

Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi Belongs To Sam Register, Renegade Animation, Cartoon Network Studios, Cartoon Network, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil Belongs To Sandro Corsaro, Mercury Filmworks, Disney Television Animation, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney Branded Television, Disney–ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution, Disney General Entertainment Content, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, Disney Entertainment, Disney Enterprises, Inc. And The Walt Disney Company

Kid Cosmic Belongs To Craig McCracken, Francisco Angones, Lauren Faust, Toon Boom Animation Inc. Nelvana Limited, Corus Entertainment Inc. Mercury Filmworks, CMCC Cartoons, Netflix Animation Studios, Netflix Worldwide Entertainment, LLC, And Netflix, Inc.

The Looney Tunes Show Belongs To Leon Schlesinger, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, Sam Register, Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone, Yearim Productions Co., Ltd. Toon City Animation Inc. Lotto Animation, Inc. Rough Draft Korea Co., Ltd. Crew 972 Ltd. Warner Bros. Animation Inc. Cartoon Network, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

The Loud House Belongs To Chris Savino, Jam Filled Entertainment, Boat Rocker Media Inc. Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Nickelodeon Productions, Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Nickelodeon Group, Nickelodeon Networks Inc. Paramount Kids and Family Group, Paramount Global Content Distribution, Paramount International Networks, Paramount Domestic Media Networks, Paramount Media Networks, Inc. Viacom International Inc. Paramount Global

Star vs the Forces of Evil Belongs To Daron Nefcy, Mercury Filmworks, Toon City Animation, Inc. Rough Draft Korea Co, Ltd. Sugarcube Animation, Disney Television Animation, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney Branded Television, Disney–ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution, Disney General Entertainment Content, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, Disney Entertainment, Disney Enterprises, Inc. And The Walt Disney Company

Turbo Fast Belongs To David Soren, Chris Prynoski, DongWoo Animation Co. Ltd. Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd. Sunmin Image Pictures Co., Ltd. Titmouse, Inc. DreamWorks Animation Television, DreamWorks Animation LLC, Universal Pictures, Universal City Studios LLC, NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment, NBCUniversal Syndication Studios, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, NBCUniversal Media Group, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Comcast Corporation And Netflix Inc.

T.U.F.F. Puppy Belongs To Butch Hartman, Digital eMation, Inc. DongWoo Animation Co. Ltd. Lotto Animation Inc. Rough Draft Korea Co., Ltd. Saerom Animation, Inc. Yeson Entertainment, Billionfold Inc. Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Nickelodeon Productions, Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Nickelodeon Group, Nickelodeon Networks Inc. Paramount Kids and Family Group, Paramount Global Content Distribution, Paramount International Networks, Paramount Domestic Media Networks, Paramount Media Networks, Inc. Viacom International Inc. And Paramount Global

Unikitty! Belongs To Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Ed Skudder, Lynn Wang, Renegade Animation, Snipple Animation Studios, Rideback, Lord Miller Productions, VERTIGO Entertainment, LEGO System A/S, Warner Bros. Animation Inc. Cartoon Network, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, HBO Max, WarnerMedia Direct, LLC. Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming and Interactive Entertainment, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Scooby-Doo! Belongs To Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Ruby-Spears Productions, Inc. Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. Warner Bros. Animation Inc. Kids' WB! The WB, The WB Television Network, Inc. Tribune Broadcasting Company, LLC. Tribune Media Company, Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Cartoon Network, Boomerang, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Belongs To Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Iwao Takamoto, Fred Silverman, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. Worldvision Enterprises, Inc. Taft Broadcasting Company, Spelling Television Inc. Paramount Domestic Television, CBS Media Ventures, Inc. CBS Studios, Inc. CBS Broadcasting Inc. CBS Entertainment Group, Paramount Global, Turner Program Services, Turner Entertainment Company, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

The Scooby-Doo Show Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Ray Parker, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. Worldvision Enterprises, Inc. Taft Broadcasting Company, Spelling Television Inc. Paramount Domestic Television, CBS Media Ventures, Inc. CBS Studios, Inc. CBS Entertainment Group, Paramount Global, Turner Program Services, Turner Entertainment Company, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. ABC, Disney General Entertainment Content, Disney Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo Belongs To Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Tom Ruegger, Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. Fil Cartoons Inc. Hong Ying Animation Co., Ltd. Klasky-Csupo, Inc. Shanghai Morning Sun Animation Co., Ltd. Mr. Big Cartoons, Pacific Rim Productions, Shenzhen Jade Animation Company, Speedy Victory Animation Company, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. Worldvision Enterprises, Inc. Taft Broadcasting Company, Spelling Television Inc. Paramount Domestic Television, CBS Media Ventures, Inc. CBS Studios, Inc. CBS Entertainment Group, Paramount Global, Turner Program Services, Turner Entertainment Company, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. ABC, Disney General Entertainment Content, Disney Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

What's New, Scooby-Doo? Belongs To Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Sander Schwartz, Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. DongWoo Animation Co. Ltd. Lotto Animation, Inc. Hosem Animation Studio, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. Warner Bros. Animation Inc. Kids' WB! The WB, The WB Television Network, Inc. Tribune Broadcasting Company, LLC. Tribune Media Company, Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Cartoon Network, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Belongs To Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Mitch Watson, Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone, DongWoo Animation Co. Ltd. Digital Emation, Inc. Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. Warner Bros. Animation Inc. Cartoon Network, Boomerang, The Cartoon Network, Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WarnerMedia, And Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

[mh-the13thyear-au]

MH: Celebrities [UPDATED] Part 1

It's been ages since I last posted something on this side blog, but I plan on doing a small refresh on character references later on (and continue the story by how Volume 2 goes down in the AU).

For now, I got a new list of confirmed celebrities in the MH World. Some are already existing in g1 and g3, and some are made up! This series is dedicated to any/all celebrities in the MH World that are parodies of real-life celebrities, so you won't find Casta Fierce or Catty Noir here. Also, I'm gonna avoid using celebs that are confirmed to be problematic (looking at you, Sharon Needles).

The following are already existing celebs that I'm adding to the AU:

Justin Biter - Justin Bieber

Jaundice Brothers - Jonas Brothers (names are still Kevin, Joe, and Nick!)

Scary Madsaw - Terry Bradshaw

Grim Brown - Jim Brown

Howlie Long - Howie Long

Yuksques Cousteau - Jacques Cousteau

Killten Scaratino - Quentin Tarantino (he didn't have a first name revealed in FCA, so I just made one up for him!)

Sofeara Gorepela - Sofia Coppola

Zomby Gaga - Lady Gaga (in the AU, ZG is also famous to humans but has a human persona like with Tash/Ari in g2)

Madison Fear - Madison Beer

Selena Gloomez - Selena Gomez

BooPaul - RuPaul (I already had this vision of this celeb in MH before her Skullector doll dropped! Some lore on BooPaul soon!)

Stephen Sting - Stephen King

Jenna Goretega - Jenna Ortega

And now for the ones I made up! More may be added in future parts!

Garrott Sander - Garrett Sander (I know the character Garrott was named after him, but I wanted to feature the official creator of MH in the AU!)

Shriek Bonetana - Shea Fontana

Grim Booton - Tim Burton

Jinkx Monster - Jinkx Monsoon

Mickill Jackson - Michael Jackson

Sugore and Sp-eyes - Sugar and Spice

Rob Maulsen - Rob Paulsen

Michael Creepton - Michael Keaton

Thomas Fangders - Thomas Sanders

Brandoom Clawgers - Brandon Rogers

Todd Hakerkorpse - Todd Haberkorn (yes, I'm doing a parody of Porter's VA because they deserve more recognition!)

Scara Strong - Tara Strong

Gaten Monsterazzo - Gaten Matarazzo

David Scarbour - David Harbour

David Tendril - David Tennant

Flesha - Kesha

Alex Biteman - Alex Brightman

Johnny Death - Johnny Depp

Hell Black - Mel Blanc

Debi Scarybury - Debi Derryberry

Adoom West - Adam West

Mandy Goore - Mandy Moore

Ghoulie Andbrews - Julie Andrews

Miia Scarris - Miia Harris

Ceci Balarot - Ceci Balagot

Kitty Scarry - Katy Perry (tempted to do the last name "Purry" but that's already a thing within her whole gig I think)

Skeleton John - Elton John

Alex Curse - Alex Hirsch

Margore Clawbie - Margot Robbie

Ryan Ghostling - Ryan Gosling

Scary Brews - Terry Crews

Bootrice Goyle - Latrice Royale

David Boowie - David Bowie

Dreaddie Mercury - Freddie Mercury

Werewolf Jackson - Wolf Jackson (I know he's a fictional character in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, but I just loved the character so much!)

[d-j-a-t-o-m]

大都会 vol. 10 at 心斎橋 Contort, 4th May 2024

part 1 20:00-20:30

Godzilla / 伊東たけし [CBS/Sony, 1984]

Right Now / the Creatures [Polydor, 1983]

Feel You Around Me / NRBQ [Red Rooster/Rounder, 1980]

夕闇のストラット / EPO [MIDI/Dear Heart, 1985]

Another World / Joe Jackson [A&M, 1982]

Mabuhay Boy / Vex Ruffin [Stones Throw, 2020]

Love Overlap / Ambitious Lovers [Virgin, 1988]

Immunity / Rupert Hine [A&M, 1981]

part 2 21:30-22:00

Family Affair / Sly & the Family Stone [Epic, 1971]

The Key to Her Ferrari / Thomas Dolby [EMI-Manhattan, 1988]

The Power / Snap! [Logic/Arista, 1990]

Hard-Boiled Babe / Lizzy Mercier Descloux [ZE, 2003]

Lowdown / Boz Scaggs [Columbia, 1976]

Wanna Be Tied / Salon Music [Polystar/Trattoria, 1995]

Sage Comme Une Image / Lio [Ariola, 1980]

Notgonnachange (Classic Club Version) / Swing Out Sister [Fontana/Mercury, 1992]

Family Affair (Plati Party Mix) / B.E.F. feat. Lalah Hathaway [Virgin/10, 1991]

B2B

Bridge to Your Heart / Wax [RCA/BMG, 1987]

[chrancecriber]

Radio SunLounge Romania (April 28, 2023)

23:59 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 23:53 Climatic - Left 23:48 Don Gorda Project - Cielo Terso 23:46 Jon Hopkins - Second Sense 23:43 Blank & Jones - Flaming June 23:39 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 23:38 Schiller, Jael Malli - Tired 23:28 Max Melvin - My Hands 23:26 Michel Petit - Rhode Island 23:23 Simon Le Grec & Denise Guttenbach - This Time 23:16 Hysteria! - Winding Roads 23:11 Kraak & Smaak Feat. Parcels - Stumble (Blue Motel Remix) 23:07 Euphonic Traveller, Zach Alwin - Planes Over Ushuaia 23:06 Sofa Groovers - Finding Eden 22:59 Marga Sol - Around Me 22:51 Nor Elle - Desert Storm 22:49 Paul Hardcastle - The Vision 22:46 Lemongrass - Lucky (Feat. Suzy Duffy) 22:43 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 22:36 Climatic - Ici Ou Ailleurs 22:31 Groovecatcher - Cafe De La Plage 22:29 Shakedown - At Night (Afterlife Remix) 22:25 Mark One & Kevin Shawn - Between The Lines 22:19 Velvet Lounge Project - You Are My Life 22:14 Mark Oakland - Sunny 22:08 Guru Sax - People Can't Stop Chillin (Costes Buddha Hotel Mix) 22:05 Dual Sessions Feat. Dew - Don T You Baby 22:04 Merge Of Equals - Take You There 21:41 Afterlife - Far Away (Feat. Juanita Grande) 21:39 Lemongrass - Lovely 21:33 Rhod - Crazy 21:28 Evolve - Where Were You (Sunday Afternoon) 21:23 Idenline - Call Me (Original Mix) 21:18 Escapism Refuge - Fly Away (Feat. Charli Brix) (Synkro Remix) 21:13 Demetrio Da Soto, Leon El Ray - Keep The Sound (Instrumental Remix By Michael E Frith) 21:09 Jazzy James Jr. - Twilight Trumpet (Open Doors Mix) 20:49 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 20:47 Tommy Divine - Easy 20:44 Shamika Cox - Te Quiero 20:37 Dublex Inc. Feat. Alice Russel - Don't Make Me Want You 20:36 Bernon - Don't Worry (Wellness For Your Soul Mix) 20:32 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 20:30 Bent - Terry 20:23 Kenny Fontana - Your Name (Pacha Terrace Edit) 20:18 Imada - Sonhos 20:17 Luke Standing - The Hushed Love 20:10 Jurij Gianluca Ricotti - I Need You (Original Mix) 20:04 Luke - Heaven's On Fire 19:59 Aaron The Baron Feat Markus Puhl - A Tu Lado 19:52 Lemongrass - Mystery 19:51 Luminous - Make It Happen 19:45 Kinobe - Slip Into Something More Comfortable (Stephan Hague Mix) 19:43 Benirras - Ghost In A Bottle 19:40 Ian Pooley Feat. Marcos Valle - Sentimento 19:37 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 19:32 Crystal - Sex Is In The Air - Psyche Lounge Mix 19:27 Fous De La Mer Feat. Sol - Never Stop Loving 19:25 Jean Mare - A Better Place 19:22 Josh Mobley - Shades Of Blue (Feat. Sonji) 19:19 Cities Of Foam - Out Of Reach 19:12 Naomi - Another Bite Of The Apple 19:07 D.batistatos & Side Liner - Sehnsucht 19:05 Bay Area - White Canaria (Laid Back Session) 19:02 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 18:57 Billy Paul Williams - As A Child 18:51 All 4 Love Ft Tracy Diamonds - Precious 18:46 Chicane Present - No Ordinary Morning (Original Mix) 18:45 Lissa - Some Of Me (Feat. Philip Nolan) 18:38 Keep Shelly In Athens - On The Road 18:35 Kaxamalka - True Vibe (Original Mix) 18:28 The Midnight - The Comeback Kid (Isolation Relief Mix) 18:26 Monodeluxe - Searching 18:23 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 18:18 Sky Sergeant - Orion Trail (Eclipse Mix) 18:13 Darshan - Listen 18:08 York, Asheni - Mercury Rising (Chillout Mix) 18:07 Ayla - Time Will Tell 18:00 Anthony Hicks - I Don't Know 17:56 Northbound - Twice The Day 17:51 Chris Le Blanc, Pat Lawson - Beyond The Sunsets (Ibiza Late Night Mix) 17:49 Afterlife - Lo Delta 17:45 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 17:43 Hoogway - Evening Roses 17:39 Gushi & Raffunk - Check Me Out 17:36 Emotional - I Found It Again (Tom's V-Mix) 17:32 Jony Lipsey - Coming Undone 17:26 Aiemo Feat. Kristina Frazzitta - I Need You (Vocal Mix) 17:21 Eddie Silverton - Cooling Aims 17:19 Marga Sol - So Cruel 17:09 D. Batistatos, Evita Saloustrou - In The End (Vocal Version) 17:04 Noel - Chalito (Ibiza Chillhouse Lounge Mix) 16:59 Airily - 42nd Street (Lemongrass Remix) 16:58 Jazzistic - Lifestyle 16:54 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 16:53 Idenline - Carry Heart 16:50 Late Night Alumni - Mistake 16:43 Yota - Mirror 16:40 Blue Lagoona - Suddenly (Portisdead Lounge Mix) 16:33 Velvet Birds - Come Along 16:32 Mr Fijiwiji, Holly Drummond - Something To Hold 16:25 Bebo Best - Out Of Myself 16:22 Eskadet - Un Soir D'ete 16:16 Yanni - Kill Me With Your Love 16:13 Christos Fourkis - If You Love Me 16:07 Anthony Island Feat. Lazy Hammock - Never Goin' Back 16:04 Perfectsax - Searico 15:58 Mystic Diversions - Float On 15:53 Puch - Playground (Original Mix) 15:48 Vargo - The Meaning Of Life 15:46 Lemongrass - Polaris 15:43 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 15:37 Christos Fourkis - Until The Morning 15:32 Loop Fruit Split - Rain Reason 15:27 Jerome Noak Feat. Al Miller - You Got Me - Thomas Lemmer Chillout Remix 15:24 Green Lemon - Voz Interior (Meditation Mix) 15:21 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 15:20 Sangar - So Beautiful 15:16 D - Chill - Paradise Feat. Katy Blue (Original Mix) 15:13 Ikarus - Secrets Of Tantra 15:10 Catching Flies - Silver Linings 15:06 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 15:03 Kentaro Takizawa - Gradual Life (Silent Dream Version) 14:57 Tomazz - Lucid Dream 14:52 Vargo - Precious Part One 14:49 Aqualuna - Spirit Of The South 14:46 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 14:41 Dmtunes - After The Storm 14:36 Oscar Salguero - With You 14:30 Schwarz & Funk - Don-'t Stop 14:27 Michael E - Southern Comfort 14:21 Soulsonic - My Heart 14:14 Atrium - Praise For The Beach 14:09 Lounge Groove Avenue - Don't Be So Shy 14:06 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 14:01 Jose Delgado - Sal Rossa (Original Mix) 13:55 Jens Buchert - Five Zero 13:53 Triangle Sun - Beautiful (Original Mix) 13:50 Seven Dreams - Seven Dreams 13:46 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 13:45 Nofilter Feat. Furns - Just A Fling (Original Mix) 13:38 Sinan Mercenk - France 13:33 Espresso Del Lago - Suratat 13:31 Blackfish - Bay Of Islands 13:27 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 13:24 Juzhin - Wonderful 13:19 Playton Feat. Julia Blumental - So Many Ways (Downtempo Mix) 13:14 Bliss - Mivahetsek (Feat Lisbeth Scott) 13:12 Diascries - Anemone (Original Mix) 13:05 Beach Hoppers - City Light (Original Mix) 12:59 The Maxwell Implosion - Tic Tac 12:58 Bobby Hughes Combination - Olympic Girls 12:54 Jive Ass Sleepers - Horizons 12:51 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 12:45 Max Denoise, Claire Willis - All I See (Original Mix) 12:39 Blackfish - Hidden Shore (Asia Mix) 12:36 Garden City Movement - Slightly All The Time 12:33 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 12:31 Nicola Hitchcock - Surrender 12:28 Etro Anime - Let It Go 12:21 Soundlift - Savage Islands (Original Mix) 12:19 Hawke (And The Lady) - Sad And Blue 12:16 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 12:13 Napalm - My Love (Tenderheart Remix) 12:07 Left - Lovesong 12:04 Late Night Alumni - White Bear 12:02 Charly Mclion - Beachday 11:59 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 11:52 Marga Sol - Poison & Passion (Pier-O Passionata Remix) 11:46 Jayson House - Time To Rest 11:41 Mahoroba - Des Moments (Guitar Mix) 11:39 Velvet Dreamer - 1000 Miles Away 11:35 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 11:31 Carly Aurora - The Liar (Jepsen Downtempo Mix) 11:26 Kuba - We Can Still Learn (Original Mix) 11:18 The Sushi Club - Hamaguri 11:16 Dj Rico Bonetti - Chill Solution 11:13 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 11:10 Adani & Wolf - Nuages (Feat. Suzette Moncrief) 11:00 Morcheeba - Let Me See (Sonic Warrior ‘Beat’ Mix) 10:54 Noise Boyz - Supernatural (The Man Behind C. Edit) 10:52 Messiah Project - Sadeness 10:49 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 10:47 Cafe Americaine - L Amour 10:41 Setsuna - White Light 10:38 Collioure - Inshore (Original Mix) 10:32 Green Lemon - Voz Interior (Meditation Mix) Feat. Magica Fe 10:25 Catching Flies - Daymarks (Green Relax Edit) 10:23 Brook Sapphire - Booze&juice 10:13 Andreas - The Outlands 10:11 Bobby Escobar - Playa (White Sand Mix) 10:05 Comatrixx - Champagne & Lobster 10:03 Deep From Street - Moscow 09:56 Wayman Tisdale - Way Up 09:53 Max Melvin - Endless 09:50 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 09:48 Norman Doray - Chase The Sun (Musica Feliz Ibiza Beat Remix) 09:41 Florito - Saigon Morning 09:36 Michael E - Promise 09:32 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 09:27 Weathertunes - Happy Birthday (Feat. Wawa) (Original Mix) 09:21 Vargo - The Moment (Short Chorus Mix) 09:19 Il Greco - De Longpre 09:17 Achillea - Desndame 09:13 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 09:08 Ambient Lounge All Stars - Club L'amour 09:06 Bessie Boni - Mystic Revelation (Feat. Gianna Partner) 09:03 El Petit Jardi - Clic Du Mer (Original Mix) 08:59 Weathertunes - Champs De Lavande 08:56 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 08:50 York - Iceflowers 08:47 Mirage Of Deep - Manhattan 3:25 Am 08:44 Urban Phunk Society - De Janeiro 08:37 Xemplify - Always You 08:30 Weathertunes - Feel You (Original Mix) 08:25 Klangstein - Run 08:19 Moodorama - Too Late 08:14 Vargo - Speak To Me 08:13 Moonnight - I Need A New Love (Feat. Neptune) 08:06 Marie Therese - City Lights 08:04 Afterlife - Dub In Ya Mind (Insatiable Mix) 08:01 The Sonic Company - Unexpected Love (Original Mix) 07:58 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 07:52 Lounge Traveller - Many Places 07:47 Baghira - El Capricho 07:45 Randy Seidman, Rogerio Jardim, Tommy Cunningham - Come Back To Me (Polished Chrome Remix) 07:42 Lisa Shaw - Grown Apart 07:39 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 07:33 Kusuma Orchestra - Nightfall 07:31 Mirage Of Deep, Gushi - Selflove (Mirage Of Deep Remix) 07:24 Cinematic - Noises (Dream Of You Mix) 07:21 Kosmopolitans Feat. Crystalia - Wild Is The Wind 07:18 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 07:15 Samsara Inc. - Endless Autumn 07:12 Yuri Petrovski - True (Original Mix) 07:06 Deeper Sublime & Coffee Machine - I've Got You (Original Mix) 07:03 Mary Elizabeth Mcglynn - I Want Love 06:59 Paradise Airlines - Nassau Beach (Paradise Chillout Mix) 06:54 Michael E - Secret Dancer 06:52 Dj Maretimo - Sardinia Sailor (Small Waves Cut) 06:49 Urban Phunk Society - Self-made Paradise 06:46 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 06:44 Hiatus - Save Yourself 06:41 Fancy Vienna - I'll Follow 06:31 Cary August, Computer World - Tour De France (St. Tropez Chill) 06:29 Paco Versailles - Two Feathers 06:26 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 06:21 Sundance Girl - Open Your Arms (Falling To Pieces Mix) 06:16 Don Gorda & Solanos - Festa Do Sol (Funk Edit) 06:13 Capa - Imperfection 06:11 Nick Prosen, Dew - Taking Me Home 06:07 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 06:01 Deeper & Pacific - Breeze (Feat. Geanine Marque) 05:56 My Island - Maledives Beach Lounge (Palm Garden Mix) 05:51 Waldeck - Slowly 05:50 Sven Van Hees - Barracuda Staredown 05:46 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 05:40 Enrico Donner - Sensual Education 05:35 Palma Players - Velvet Sky 05:29 Max Melvin - Seasons 05:27 Jens Buchert - Aurora Dub 05:23 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 05:22 Sandra - The Art Of Love 05:12 How To Destroy Angels - A Drowning (Vikmir Remix) 05:07 Massive Gold - For A Moment 05:05 Funkstar De Luxe - Tell Me Why 04:55 Max Melvin - Slowburn 04:53 Magic Waves - Remember 04:43 Mark Otten - Tranquility 04:41 Jens Buchert - Touch Me 04:38 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 04:33 Dj Maretimo - Sun Addicted (Pure Beach Cut) 04:31 Riccardo Eberspacher - Time Feat. Odali 04:25 Kidnap Kid - First Light 04:23 Late Night Alumni - Moonwalking 04:20 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 04:16 Kondencuotas Pienas Feat. Mill - So Pure (Lemongrass Remix) 04:11 Steen Thottrup - Satellite (Feat. Denver Knoesen) 04:01 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 03:56 Five Seasons - Round And Round 03:51 Cosmo Notes - Seduction 03:49 Gary B - Live It Now 03:46 Peter Pearson - Summer Memories 03:43 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 03:38 Lemongrass - Nightglow 03:33 Smooth Deluxe - Waterway To Bora Bora (Faris Al-hassoni Mix) 03:28 Cocktail Groovers - The Fire In Your Heart (Ibiza Jazz Terrace Mix) 03:26 Hooverphonic - The World Is Mine (Eli Janney's Tight Remix (Edit) 03:23 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 03:18 Placid Larry - Dew Drops 03:12 Aquarius - Crawl The Line 03:07 Pablo Nouvelle - You Don-'t Understand (Feat. Alx) 03:01 Tactful - No Fear 02:57 Redlounge Orchestra - Reserver 02:51 Van - Life Journey 02:47 Moby - Lie Down In Darkness 02:44 Dj Sleeptalker - Autumn Leaves 02:41 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 02:36 Princess Of Lounge - We Found Love Feat. Dione (Wish You Were Here Mix) 02:33 L' Art Mystique - Beautiful Things 02:26 Lounge Jam - Mistery (Original Mix) 02:23 John Legend - Wanna Be Loved 02:16 Fous De La Mer - Time To Wake Up (Volver A Despertar) 02:14 Monodeluxe - All Night 02:07 Leo De La Rosa - Te Pienso (Marga Sol Balearic Remix) 02:06 Vargo - Talking One Language 02:02 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 01:57 Charly Mclion - Beachday 01:52 Yaima - Gajumaru 01:51 Paul Hardcastle - I Really Like 01:47 Zimpala - Fall In The Water 01:44 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 01:39 Misery Boy - Need Water (Original) 01:35 Yonderboi - Another Geometry 01:29 Trillian Miles - Don't Cry 01:26 Do - Move Closer 01:23 Ross Couch - Music Is My Life 01:16 Velvet Lounge Project - A Little Bit Longer 01:13 Kama - Incanto D'amor 01:10 Fous De La Mer - Time To Wake Up (Volver A Despertar) 01:06 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 01:04 Andrea Caloni - Daddy Don't You (Original Mix) 00:57 Solasoap - Right Away 00:53 Uschi - Out Of My Life (Vinil Q Mix) 00:51 Cafe Americaine - Magical Mambo (Latin Lounge Cut) 00:47 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 00:42 S.w. - Humans And Gods 00:40 Lazy Hammock - Summer Chill 00:33 Ettore Poggipollini - Minha Janela - Lead Acoustic Guitar 00:30 El Segundo - Blue Marlin (Juan Padilla Serve Chilled Remix) 00:24 Gary B - Never Been Free 00:21 Papercut - End Of A Love Affair 00:15 Zoe Moon & Miyoki - Mannequin 00:12 Noise Boyz - Where Do You (Ambient Mix) 00:09 Jingle - Radiosun.ro 00:02 Marga Sol - Buddhanima

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THIS IS GRAEME PARK: LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 07APR23

LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 07APR23

My weekly Long Live House Radio Show returns after a short break with big tunes, new tunes and classic tunes from…

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Joe Ventura feat. CeeVox

Lenny Fontana

Cevin Fisher

Jovonn

Rio Rhythm Band

First Choice

Todd Terry

“Fast” Eddie

Soul Central

Yellow Magic Orchestra and more.

LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 07APR23

Riot In Lagos, Ryuichi Sakamoto

Mercury In Retrograde, Lubelski & Life On Planets

Burning Up, Kayper

Coming On Strong, Joe Ventura feat. CeeVox

Space Walker (Jet Boot Jack Club Remix), Lenny Fontana

SOS (Skylark Remix- Nic Fanciulli Extended Edit), A'Studio feat. Polina

Love You Some More (Cevin Fisher Extended Remix), Cevin Fisher

Take Your Time, Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange feat. Wayne Snow

It's The Inside That Counts, DJ Holdtight

Is The World Going Mad? (Mad World Mix), Joe Ventura

Raise Up (Raise Up High), Jovonn

I Need Somebody (Guilty Pleasures Extended Mix), Make A Dance

Overdrive (Mixa Da Loco), Rio Rhythm Band

Out Of Control (Original FHR 12" Club Mix), The Project feat. Linda Rice

Lonely Nights, DJ Mes

Doctor Love, First Choice

Do You Feel Me?, NY's Finest

Hear The Music, Todd Terry presents Gypsymen

House Of Love, Smooth Touch

The Destroyer, Soul Central

Be Free, Live Element

Let's Go, "Fast" Eddie

In The Mix, Mix Masters

House Nation, Soul Central & Kathy Brown

Fascinating Rhythm, Bassomatic

Sindae, Hardrive feat. L.G.

Firecracker, Yellow Magic Orchestra

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Catherine Wheel // 1992

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QUEEN BEFORE QUEEN

THE 1960s RECORDINGS

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PART 1:

BRIAN MAY, 1984 & THE LEFT HANDED MARRIAGE

JOHN S. STUART AND ANDY DAVIS DIG DEEP TO UNCOVER THE PREVIOUSLY UNDOCUMENTED AUDIO LEGACY OF ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST CHERISHED BANDS.

This month the beginning and end of Queen come together like the cosy ending of a contrived Hollywood drama. While fans wait with bated breath for the band’s final album, “Made In Heaven" — completed by Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor with the aid of Freddie Mercury’s last demos — author Mark Hodkinson launches a new book in which, in greater detail than has ever been attempted before, delves into the pre-fame histories of Queen’s musical antecedents.

With previously unpublished photographs of Roger Taylor's the Reaction, John Deacon’s the Opposítion and even more impressively, Freddie Mercury’s Sour Milk Sea, ‘Queen The Early Years’ is a treat fans have waited too long to read. Coincidentally, six months ago, we commissioned Queen historian, John S. Stuart, to research the definitive article on the band’s pre-fame recordings, and as you’ll see, the results complement Hodkinson’s broader picture with hitherto undocumented details of Queen's 60s recordings.

We've touched on Larry Lurex and Smile before, of course, but the vinyl output of those two acts barely scratches the surface, so to speak: literally hours and hours of privately- recorded material of Freddie, Brian, John and Roger survive to this day — as evidenced by the recent discovery of the Reaction’s ‘In The Midnight Hour’ acetate ( see RC 191). So, while the rest of the world comes to terms with the fact that Queen’s recording career is effectively at an end, we unravel the untold history of four individuals' first tentative steps in front of the microphone, beginning with the 1960′s exploits of Brian May. Next month, we’ll embrace Smile, and John, Roger and Freddie's hidden amateur recordings; but first, 1984 and the Left Handed Marriage.

1984

Around late August, or early September 1963, as the Beatles celebrated the birth of Beatlemania with sessions for their “With The Beatles” LP at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in North London, another rock legend was developing just around the geographical corner. In a semi-detached house in Feltham, Middlesex, electronics engineer Harold May began an 18-month task, helping his sixteen-year-...[ ]

[ ]...old son, Brian, to construct the world's most famous home-made guitar, the ‘Red Special'. In the mean time, Brian would have to be con­tent with thrashing away at the small Spanish acoustic his parents had bought him for his seventh birthday. (Brian evidently mislaid this childhood guitar shortly afterwards; and didn't see it again until 1991, when at a ‘reunion’ of former members of 1984, his schoolfriend and first musical collaborator, Dave Dilloway, returned it to him. Brian was so thrilled, that he featured the guitar in the video for Queen’s “Headlong" single).

By 1964, Brian and Dave Dilloway were already recording amateur duets together, and by linking up their two reel-to-reel tape docks, they discovered that they could lay down guitars on one machine, and perhaps bass, percussion and sometimes vocals on the other. Although the technique was crude, and despite the occasional disaster, the effect was often surprisingly good. One of the earliest tapes from these primitive recording sessions survives to this day, and features Brian belting out Bo Diddley’s eponymous R&B standard, "Bo Diddley".

“This is a mono quarter-inch, reel-to-reel I found buried among various other oddments from the era”,  recalls Dave Dilloway. “It certanly dates from before the formation of 1984. It was recorded in Brian’s back room in Feltham, with Brian on lead vocals and guitar, and myself on bass and drums. The track is basic, but Brian’s vocals are clear and recognisable. The guitar playing is fairly basic as well, but competent, without any real solos as such”.

“ This is the only tape in my collection of those double-track recordings. I’m unsure whether Brian himself has retained the tapes we made at the time, but I believe he usually ended up with the finished versions, so he may still heve them somewhere.”

 The duo also recorded four-track instru­mental cover versions of several Shadows tunes — “Apache”, “FBI”, "Wonderful Land” and "The Rise  And Fall Of Fingel Blunt” — as well as “Rambunkshush”, which they learned from the Shadows’ American counterparts, The Ventures.  Also on the same tape is their reading of Chet Atkins' “Windy And Warm".

 Yet another reel reveals an attempt at Cliff Richard’s "Bachelor Boy", on which Brian, once again, takes the lead vocal. Dave Dilloway's theory is probably correctt; May is known to have a meticulously catalogued personal collection of Queen (and pre-Queen) recordings and memorabilia, which almost certanlly contains unfathomable reels of similar early material.

In the autumn of 1964, Brian and Dave formed a rapidly-evolving band, through which many schoolmates passed, but which eventually settled with a line-up of bassist John 'Jag' Garnham, drummer Richard Thompson, and harmonica-playing vocalist Tim Staffell. After rejecting names such as the Mind Boggles and Bob Chappy & the Beetles, the quintet named themselves after George Orwell’s futuristic novel ‘1984’. Their look was far from sci-fi, however, and they happily adopted the classic, clean-cut beat- group look of the day: jackets, or in Brian's case a cardigan, and narrow trousers; and beat boots. Tim Staffell even acquired that year’s fashion accessory, a pork-pie hat.

The band rehearsed regularly at Chase Bridge Primary School Hall in Twickenham (located next to the rugby ground), and on the 28th October 1964, gave their first public performance at the nearby St. Mary’s Church Hall. It is believed that either one of the rehearsals, or the gig itself, was recorded, but unfortunately, no tape of this debut, perform­ance has survived the years. Although 1984 recorded almost all of their live concerts for their own critical appraisal, to save on the expense of new tape they often wiped over old reels once they’d listened to them. Nevertheless, evidence of Brian May playing live does survive from this period, and the earliest example dates from an unknown gig (Shepperton Rowing Club is the favoured consensus), recorded in late 1965. This wasn’t a 1984 performance, but rather an ad-hoc trio comprising Brian May on bass and vocals, Pete ‘Woolly’ Hammerton (a school friend of Brian’s) on guitar and vocals, and 1984's Richard Thompson on drums. The tape reveals the trio turning in versions of Martha & the Vandellas’ “Dancing In The Street", the Beatles' “Eight Days A Week”, “I’m Taking Her Home” — a song by the group Woolly later joined, the Others — and a brave attempt at the Who’s "My Generation".

The Others comprised older boys from Hampton School, who in October 1964 had issued a single of their abrasive reading of Bo Diddley’s “Oh Yeah", backed by “I’m Taking Her Home", on Fontana (TF 501). “That was good!" claims singer, Tim Staffell. “I’ve still got that record buried somewhere deep in my mind — I remember the singer, Paul Stewart's voice and the quality of the guitar sound. The Others were a pretty significant influence. Maybe not in terms of the music, more in the sense that they were already doing it, which proved it was possible."

As evidenced by the photograph included in this feature, the Others clearly had attitude, something which 1984, or Tim Staffell at least, could only aspire to “If I had tried to push 1984 in any direction," reveals Tim, “then that would have been it. Without hearing any of these tapes of our band — and I didn't even know they existed! — l’d say we probably sounded a lot safer than the Others. Mind you, they were different to us. Their guitar style was very much inspired by American R&B, whereas Brian’s never was. Brian was a unique guitar player: he was able to extemporise a much more original way than most guitar players could. I hope he’ll forgive me for saying so, but I never perceived him as having the dangerous image which was necessary at the time — the cardigan says it all!.

LIGHTWEIGHT

“In retrospect, 1984 was lightweight, a bit fluffy”  concedes Tim. “It was impossible not to be naively ambitious — that was part and parcel of it — and the primary motivation to do it was what we saw in the media as the end results of success. But I guess we were realistic about it — we were at school, after all. Also there was a good deal of pressure in the 60s from our parents, and the conser­vative generation, to conform."

Although a version of “I’m Taking Her Home” by 1984 was captured live on the Shepperton tape, and Brian occasionally guested with the Others on stage, it's worth stating once and for all that — despite the persistent rumours — he definitely doesn’t feature on "Oh Yeah".  In fact, Pete ‘Woolly' Hammerton doesn't even play on the record — he only joined the band formally later on.

In the autumn of 1965, leaving Hampton Grammar with no fewer than four 'A' Levels and ten ‘O’ levels, Brian enrolled at Imperial College in Kensington, London, to read physics and infra-red astronomy. Before breaking up for the Christmas holidays that year, he played the first in a series of gigs with 1984 at the college, a tradition he continued later with Smile, and in their formative days with Queen. Although the exact date of the event has long since been forgotten, a very poor- quality tape still exists of 1984‘s college debut. The set was a typical one, comprising the group’s broad blend of pop, R&B and soul covers, and included the following songs: “Cool Jerk" (originally by the Capitols), ‘Respect" (Otis Redding), "My Girl" (the Temptations), “Shake" (Sam Cooke), “Stepping Stone" (the Monkees), “You Keep Me Hanging On" (the Supremes), “Whatcha Gonna Do Ahout it" ( Small Faces), “Substitute” (the Who), “How Can It Be” (the B-side of the Birds’ final single, “No Good Without You Baby”), “Danc­ing In The Street", “Dream" (Everly Brothers) and the Small Faces’ "Sha La La La Lee".

“Our repertoire was a little too eclectic to have developed into any particular style” reckons Tim Staffell. “But the Small Faces were quite influential. When we were at school, the songs were dredged from all sorts of areas. I’d always liked rhythm’n’blues. Brian’s input would have been Beatles-orientated, Dave’s as well. Richard Thompson would have been more into R&B, and Jag didn't really have an agenda as far as songs were concerned. Because of the nature of the material we covered, our approach to the gigs was almost schoollboy cabaret. 1984 was not a dangerous, moody rock band! Which may have something to do with the way Queen evolved."

1984 oponed 1966 with a couple of gigs at the Thames Rowing CIub in Putney; and once again, a tape recorder was set up to document the group’s progress. Two reels from January that year exist: the first is dated the 15th, and features “Im A Loser” (the Beatles), “I Wish You Would" ( the Yardbirds), “I Feel Fine" (the Beatles), “Little Egypt" (the Coasters), "Lucille” (Little Richard), “Too Much Monkey Business" (Chuck Berry), "I Got My Mojo Working” (Muddy Waters), "WalkingThe Dog” ( Rufus Thomas) and “Heart Full Of Soul" (the Yardbirds).

The second, dated two weeks later (29th January), demonstrates the great variety and confidence of a band which consistently renewed its repertoire. The show began with Jimmy Reed’s  “Bright Lights, Big City", moving into the Cookies' “Chains" (popularised by the Beatles), “Walking The Dog", “Lucille", “Our Little Rendezvous" (Chuck Berry), “Jack O’ Diamonds" (Blind Lemon... (cont)

(cont) Jefferson, popularised by Lonnie Donegan), “I’ve Got My Mojo Working”, “Little Egypt" and Bo Diddley’s “I’m A Man”. The band’s finale was a versión of Sonny Boy Williamson’s "Bye Bye Bird".

For an amateur band with little real pretension towards stardom, or even a serious attempt at securing a recording contract, a staggering amount of live 1984 material has been preserved on tape. Dave Dilloway, for instance, is the guardian of a seven-inch reel-to-reel, which he says reveals either a very long performance or a compilation of various unknown dates.

Either way, the tape is divided into five distinct sections, which might make tedious reading, but is an invaluable reference: 1) “Route 66", (unknown instrumental), “I’m Taking Her Home", “Too Much Monkey Business’, “Yesterday" (featuring Brian May on lead vocals), “Walking The Dog", and “ Lucille"; 2) “Little Rendezvous", "Keep On Running”, “I Feel Fine”, “Walking The Dog”, “Jack O’ Diamonds", “High Heeled Sneakers", “I Want To Hold Your Hand", “I Got My Mojo Working*, and “I Should Have Known Better”; 3) “Little Rendezvous", “Jump Back Baby Jump Back", “I Feel Fine”, “Bye Bye Bird", “Little Egypt", “Crazy House". “Lucille”, “Oh Yeah”, “Heatwave”, “Too Much Monkey Business", “I Should Have Known Better", and “I Got My Mojo Working"; 4) “My Generation", “Little Egypt", “Dancing In The Street", “Whatcha Gonna Do About It", “I’m A Man", “Heatwave", “Lucille", and “Bye Bye Bird"; and 5) “Heart Full Of Soul", “Too Much Monkey Business”, “Something’s Got A Hold On Me", “Keep On Running", “My Generation", "Tired Of Waiting", “Bright Lights. Big City" and “Happy Hendrick’s Polka".

“These are all domestic quality, single microphone recordings of early-era 1984", reveals Dave Dilloway. “It's mostly bluesy material, with some soul and Beatles songs. While the quality is basic, the sound is intelligible, although there isn’t a large amount of identifiable Brian guitarwork. That came later in the band's history, when we included covers of Crearn and Hendrix. Brian's solo vocals on 'Yesterday' (on the first segment) are quite clear, however."

For much of 1966, the band carried on in a similar vein — Brian's and the others' college work permitting, of course. For Brian May and his unsigned, Twickenham-based covers band, the highlight of the following year, 1967, was undoubtedly the gig he secured via through his contacts at the college — supporting Jimi Hendrix at Imperial. The date was 13th May, the day after the release of Hendrix's debut, “Are You Experienced". Brian May idolised Hendrix to such an extent that he'd been nicknamed “Brimi" — a combination of the two guitarists' names—so although 1984 had seen him perform before, it goes without saying they were thrilled when backstage, they actually bumped into the ascending star as they filed past his dressing-room. It’s a familar story, but it's one worth repeating: Jimi enquired memorably, “Which way’s the stage, man?*.

BLOSSOMED

1984's act had certainly blossomed by this point. Their attire was now obligatory Swinging London — or Swinging Middlesex — fare: frilly shirts, Regency jackets, striped hipsters secured with a white belt, and hairtyles extending inexorably over the ears, and indeed the eyes. “Somewhere along the line, there was an external influence there", says Tim Staffell. “There was someone calling the shots. I don’t think all that was self-motivated. It’s something I’ve never been comfortable with, which explains why I split away from it early on — certainly from Smile onwards — because it was going that way; as indeed it ended up with Queen. It's fair enough, but that sort of flamboyance is just not me. I look fairly uncomfortable in the picture of the band from that period. My idea of a rock musician is one with hair down his back, a dirty pair of Levi's on, looking at the floor, thoroughly unconcerned with the visual and external trappings, playing the most extraordinary virtuoso guitar. That was my attitude."

Back in February 1967, Brian’s local paper, the ‘Middlesex Chronicle’ caught up with the band, and captured Tim Staffell in an equally decisive mood; although here, he was more enthusiastic about the latest trend. "Psychodelic music is certainly here to stay”~he claimed. "It makes more of music than mere sound, it makes it a whole and complete art form." Dave Dilloway, who also handled the group's light show, added: “We use everything in our act, including things like shaving foam, and plastic bricks we throw around”.

The ‘Chronicle’ was obviously impressed, and its reporter had this to say about a per­formance by what it called “one of the most foward-looking groups today". “Standards, like ‘Heatwave' receive a very original treatment, mostly due to the sounds that Brian coaxes out of his guitar. Jazz chords and electronic sounds add feeling and nuance to numbers that are often churned out wholesale. Using two bass drums for a fuller sound, Richard's drumming, combined with the full bass riffs of Dave and the steady (rhythm guitar) work of John, provides a firm basis for experiments in sound — an opportunity which is not wasted."

“To be quite honest with you, there’s more substance in the literary content there, than in the musical," laughs Tim Staffell. "If some­one genuinely thought that, then I'm surprised! Brian might have used a fuzz-box. but generally, it was au naturel. I remember in the Smile days, somebody wrote about ‘humming chords of wonder’, referring to my bass playing. The reality of it was that sometimes I did try and play chords on the bass guitar, which might have come out as a deep-throated roar, but actually sounded like a load of crap!"

“We did use to tickle about with a few lights, suggests Dave Dilloway, “but being a local band, money was tight and there wasn’t a fortune to spend on the band." As to 1984's psychodelic sound, Dave adds: “Brian did use a bit of fuzz, yes, and Pink Floyd influences and a bit of screaming guitar. He’d actually built a fuzz box into his guitar, which was fairly unique for the day, but typical Brian. If you look carefully at recent pictures of his “Red Special” you can see the fuzz switch taped over."

In September 1967, no doubt boosted by their praise — sincere or not — in the local press, the continuing evidence of their per­formance tapes and their recent Hendrix support slot, 1984 entered the local beats of a battle-of-the-bands competition at the Top...[ ]

...[ ] Rank Club in Croydon, just south of London. Effectively a promotion for Scotch tape, en­trance to the contest could only be secured via a demo recorded on a Scotch reel. 1984’s effort duly arrived in the form of a two-track master, featuring covers of Marvin Gaye's “Ain’t That Peculiar?" and the Everly Brothers’ “Crying ln The Rain" (on stage, both tracks were usually enhanced by characteristic Brian May guitar solos, but conservatism prevailed, and they were absent in this instance). A copy of this recording still survives, carefully guarded by the custodian of the 1984 archive. “This tape is a quarter-inch, mono reel-to-reel," re­calIs Dave Dilloway. “Tim took lead vocals on 'Ain't That Peculiar?’, and Tim and Brian duetted on ’Crying ln The Rain’. Brian's vocal style and tone can be clearly discerned, if one knows his voice. The songs were recorded in single takes, using a single microphone fed directly to the recorder. There was no mix facility so it has a ‘live' feel, a very good clean sound”. 

The mix was achieved using the old fashioned technique of microphone position and relative volume levels of the amplified Instruments. “As far as I am aware, only the one (master) copy of this tape exists.”

As has been well-documented, after two sets at the competition (one of which saw Brian, Dave, John Garnham and drummer Richard Thompson acting as the back-up band for a singer called Lisa Perez), 1984 won the contest, and walked away with a reel of blank tape (Scotch, of course) and an album each on the CBS label. (Tim took the top prize, Simon & Garfunkel’s “Sounds Of Silence", Brian had to make do with a Barbra Streisand LP, and Dave Dilloway became the proud owner of an album by Irish bandleader Tommy Makem!). More importantly, their demo tape was forwarded to the CBS A&R department for the national showdown, although, clearly, they didn’t win.

True to form, 1984's performance that evening was committed to tape — for an unpublished review by ‘Melody’ Maker, no less — but was probably erased shortly afterwards. The twenty-minute set consisted of the Everlys’ "So Sad", Hendrix’s “Stone Free”, Buddy Knox’s “She’s Gone" and Eddie Floyd's “Knock On Wood". After the gig, the band were invited by a visiting promotor to participate in the all-night gala event which has since gone down as one of the key gigs of the London underground scene: Christmas On Earth Continued, at London's Olympia Theatre, on December 23rd 1967. 1984 was the lowest pro­file act at this decidedly high-profile event, and after Jimi Hendrix, Traffic, Pink Floyd, the Herd, and Tyrannosaurus Rex had all taken to the stage, they only got to perform their humble set of covers at 5 o’clock in the morning. When Brian finally plugged in his ‘Red Special’, 1984 played a thirty-minute set to a very small, and less than enthusiastic, audience.

Also from 1967, and of far more interest, is 1984′s professionally-recorded Thames Television demo tape. During his first-year of study at Twickenham Technical College, Dave Dilloway had made friends with a number of technicians, or trainee technicians, at the Teddington-based ITV company which served the London area. The station had recently invested in new recording equipment, and rather than hire professional musicians at the usual union rate, in a set up similar to the first Queen sessions at the De Lane Lea studios, 1984 were let loose in the studio to record at their leisure. Dave Dilloway's carefully preserved tape still plays perfectly, and includes the following songs: "Hold On I’m Corning", “Knock On Wood“, “NSU", *How Can It Be”, two early run-throughs of the original May/ Staffell composition “Step On Me” (which eventually became the B- side to Smile's “Earth"), “Purple Haze", “Our Love Is Driftin* ”, and medleys of “Remember”/”Sweet Wine" and “Get Out My Life Woman”/ ”Satisfaction". The session ended with a run-through of "My Girl”.

AMALGAM

"What an extraordinary amalgam!" declares Tim Staffell today. “There’s Tamla, Cream, Hendrix, Lee Dorsey . . ‘Our Love Is Driftin' we’d have heard by Paul Butterfield. I’d forgotten there was such a large soul component in 1984!".

Dave Dilloway has the technical details: “This tape is the most re­cent, best and most representative of 1984 that I'm aware of. It is mono, but since it was made on good quality TV studio equipment and was carried out along the lines of a proper studio recording, with separately-mixed microphones for each source, it is remarkably good quality for its age. The material, except for ‘Step On Me', is aII cover versions, but as it dates from the late 1984 era, Brian’s playing is more prominent and effective, with his own style starting to show through. All the performances are competent — particularly Tim’s vocals and Brian's guitar; although the mix is a little heavy on John's rhythm guitar for some reason, probably the ‘ear’ of the recording engineer at the time. All tracks were laid down in one take, i.e., no overdubbing at all, so the sound is predominantly simple, as per our live versions."

And that was 1984′s swansong. In the spring of 1968, shortly afler the Thames recording, mainly due to the pressures of infrequent meetings and university studies — coupled with increasing musical differences — 1984 scaled down their operations drastically. Brian May left the band, and Tim Staffell took over on lead guitar for a while. A little later, Tim himself quit, leaving Dave Dilloway, John Garnham and Richard Thompson to rebuild the group, which soldiered on into the 70′s, content merely to play for fun. They all conceded that 1984 had been a good, solid, and popular local band, but that it didn’t have the necessary spark or originality to transform into a great one.

The Left Handed Marriage

ln the summer of 1965, in another corner of Hampton Grammar School, Brian May’s old friend Bill Richards (who had been a fleeting, early member of 1984 before it acquired its futuristic name), and his colleagues Jenny Hill (née Rusbridge), Henry Deval and Terry Goulds, formed a folk-rock band called the Left-Handed Marriage, named after an archaic form of marrying beneath oneself. By January 1967, the quartet had progressed to the point where they had issued their own privately-pressed album, “On The Right Side Of The Left Handed Marriage", which ran to just fifty copies (and, incidentally, has since acquired cult status among collectors, with a £600 price tag to match).

Although naturally familiar with the al­bum, Brian May as yet had not been involved with the band. That changed in March 1967, after Bill signed a twelve-month contract with EMI's music publishing company Ardmore & Beechwood — a deal secured through the efforts of Brian Henderson, a former member of Edinburgh beat outfit the Mark Five, and more recently, the bassist in Patrick Campbell- Lyons' 60′s psychodelic band, Nirvana. Bill approached Brian to help him create a “fuller" sound for the Left Handed Marriage, with a request to provide guitar and backing vocals on some recording sessions.

On the understanding that the project wouldn’t interfere with his commitment to 1984, Brian agreed. On 4th April 1967, he joined Jenny, Henry, Terry and Bill in AMC Sound, an amateur studio in Manor Road, Twickenham, to record four songs: “Give Me Time” (later changed to “I Need Time"), "She Was Once My Friend", “Sugar Lump Girl” and “Yours Sincerely” (which was basically “Give Me Time" backwards, with new lyrics pinched from the Russian author Pushkin).

The songs were all cleanly-recorded, melodic atempts at 1967 pop (despite the Left Handed Marriage's later classification, there's little actual folk music in evidence). “She Was Once My Friend" is the pick of the bunch, thanks to its Kinks-like structure — complete with Bill Richard's/ Ray Davies-soundalike vocal and, albeit way down in the mix, flashes of that distinctive Brian May 'Red Special’ guitar sound. Acetates of the AMC EP were cut, and the idea had been to release the songs as a commercial EP.  Instead, the set merely became the Left Handed Marriage’s first demo for their publishers, although it did lead to the offer to record at a more professional session — at EMI’s prestigious Abbey Road studios.

The Abbey Road session took place on 28th June 1967, when Left Handed Marriage were joined by Brian and 1984′s Dave Dilloway, who was drafted in to play bass. Two further tracks were cut: the reworked “I Need Time",...[ ]

...[ ] and a new song called “Appointment". At this stage, there was more talk of issuing a record, this time a single, and a release date of August was even discussed. This never materialised either, and again 7″ acetates are all that remain.

Although Ardmore & Beechwood were pleased with the results, they still thought the Left Handed Marriage could improve their sound even further, and on 31st July 1967, they booked the band into another studio, this time Regent Sound in central London. As Dave Dilloway was not available, another friend, John Frankel, was called upon to play bass and piano. The eight-track Regent Sound ma­chine was something of a technological marvel, and the session was flawlessly recorded, resulting in new versions of “I Need Time”, “She Was Once My Friend" (which also remixed and edited for the abandoned single), and "Appointment".

Despite the studio quality of the tape, Ardmore & Beechwood failed to place the songs with a record label, and like so many groups before and since, the Left Handed Marriage quietly disappeared from view. It was left to frontman Bill Richards belatedly to issue the fruits of this last session, when in February 1993, he tagged the three Regent Sound recordings — the final mix of “I Need Time”, the abridged version of “She Was Once A Friend Of Mine” and the final mix of “Appointment” — onto the end of “Crazy Chain”, a CD recorded by the reformed Left Handed Marriage, which itself was prompted by collector's interest in the group’s original 1967 LP,  “The Right Hand Side Of...” . Most of the master tapes for the LHM recordings featuring Brian May have Iong since disappeared along with the Regent Sound studio, and (with the exception of "She Was Once My Friend") the Richards/May collaborations on the CD were digitally remastered from acetates.

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1964

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tragic star: keith moon

“If you don't like it, you can fuck off!” - last words of Keith Moon

This one was a long time coming, but frankly, it took me a while to get interested enough in the subject to actually do this analysis, let alone finish it. At any rate, Keith Moon, like most of the drummers from the rock ‘n’ roll period that we still read about today, led a self-destructive lifestyle. A close friend of his once said the drummer was “like a train ride you couldn’t stop.” Not only was his drumming chaotic – so was his life. According to some, he was at his core a kind and generous soul, but to others, he was lost, lonely soul, and terribly immature throughout his adult life. Perhaps it was the sudden success, upon joining the rock band The Who, when he was only 18 (although plenty of others of the same era were as young, or younger, and survived just fine), but Keith was so eager to please and make everyone laugh that he eventually became the “Moon the Loon” character that he was portrayed as in the media. It got to the point where he wasn't sure who he really was. A true Leo, he made a circus out of everything and he wouldn't walk into any room and just listen. He was an attention seeker and he had to have it. He used amphetamines, tranquilizers, drank way too much alcohol, destroyed hotel rooms and friends’ homes, threw TVs into swimming pools, set fires, and the list goes on. He was ultimately unable to outrun or outlast his demons; whether it was the wife and child he drove away, the friend and chauffeur he accidentally killed in early 1970...whatever else haunted him, it ultimately caught up with him just as he was finally trying to improve his life. Friends were well-acquainted with the many sides to Moon’s strange personality; one minute he was insulting, exaggerating, joking – the next minute he’s a wide-eyed, innocent-looking drummer boy. The public Keith Moon was The Who’s manic drummer and hellraising, daredevil comedian; a man who only ever lived in the moment. However, the real Keith Moon was a son, a brother, a father and a deeply insecure man. A man of extremes, his was a complete shitshow of a life.

Keith Moon, according to astrotheme, was a Leo sun and Cancer moon (the moon is speculative). Moon was born to working class parents in Wembley, London, England. He was a hyperactive child by nature and a mediocre student at school. His art teacher said in a report: "Retarded artistically. Idiotic in other respects". His music teacher wrote that Moon "has great ability, but must guard against a tendency to show off." At the age of 12, he had joined the Sea Cadet Corp and was given his first musical instrument, the bugle. He left school by 15 and was in his first band, The Beachcombers. While performing with the Beachcombers, he used to attend concerts of a band called The Detours. At that time The Detours were planning to sign a deal with Fontana Records and for this deal, this band required a new drummer. The Detours changed their name to The Who in 1964. When Moon learned about the band’s need for a new drummer, he approached them for an audition. After the audition, he became their new drummer, and performed with The Who for the first time in 1962.

From the moment he joined, musically the band was complete, although adding his already volatile personality to those of the other three equally headstrong members meant that the early years of the Who's career were fraught with drama and violence, despite their almost immediate success.  Much of the tension came from the fact that Keith readily joined in on popping pills with guitarist Pete Townshend and bassist John Entwistle, while lead singer Roger Daltrey (with whom Keith was never particularly close) didn't. After sacking Roger for two weeks in mid-1965, he was reinstated, band relations improved, and the Who continued to release a string of successful singles and albums before a downturn in their fortunes in 1968. However, the release of the album Tommy in 1969 turned them into international megastars overnight and from that moment until the day Keith died, they would remain one of the top rock bands in the world. Running concurrently with the Who's rise to stardom in the 1960s was Keith's relationship with his wife Kim. She first met Keith in 1965 when he was 19 and she 15, and while they fell in love rather quickly, he exhibited twin streaks of jealousy and insecurity and Moon was occasionally violent towards Kim. While his mental issues, which would now be readily (and correctly) diagnosed as a combination of ADHD and BPD, reared their ugly heads on innumerable occasions, Keith's true personality shone through enough that Kim stayed with him; she decided to marry him when she became pregnant within a year of dating, and they got married in 1966. Their daughter Amanda was born on 12 July. In those days, there was a belief that married rockstars with kids weren’t as appealing to their mostly female fans, and the marriage (and child) were kept secret from the press until May 1968. He loved his daughter, but his absences due to touring and fondness for practical jokes made their relationship uneasy when she was very young. "He had no idea how to be a father", Kim said. "He was too much of a child himself."

The chaotic sixties would not hold a candle to what the new decade had in store for him, however. Shortly after New Year’s in 1970, Moon accidentally killed his friend, driver and bodyguard, Neil Boland, outside the Red Lion pub in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Pub patrons had begun to attack his Bentley; Moon, drunk, began driving to escape them. During the fracas, he hit Boland. After an investigation, the coroner ruled Boland's death an accident; Moon, having been charged with a number of offences, received an absolute discharge. Those close to Moon said that he was haunted by Boland's death for the rest of his life. Moon had nightmares about the incident and said he had no right to be alive. Also, compounding this tragedy, was the fragile state of Moon’s marriage. Even after marriage and his daughter being born, he was still jealous, self-centered, and abusive to his wife Kim, both verbally and physically. His mental state also deteriorated as his appetite for all manner of pills escalated and he exploded into a full-blown alcoholic. Even after separating for a year, Kim returned to him, hoping that he had finally changed, but the insane lifestyle Keith kept up at their house became too much. Kim and Amanda (nicknamed “Mandy”) finally left for good in 1973. Since his marriage was a central part of Keith's life, their divorce would come to affect him perhaps more than any other event in his adult life and it was a devastation Keith would never recover from. While most people would use an event like this as the impetus to clean up their act, Keith used it instead as an excuse to drive himself further into oblivion.

Moon's lifestyle began to undermine not only his health but his career. During the 1973 Quadrophenia tour, at the Who's debut US date, Moon ingested a mixture of tranquilizers and brandy. During the concert, Moon passed out on his drum kit during the song "Won't Get Fooled Again." The band stopped playing, and a group of roadies carried Moon offstage. After he was given a shower and an injection of cortisone, he was sent back onstage. Moon passed out again during "Magic Bus," and was again removed from the stage. The band continued without him for several songs before Pete Townshend asked, "Can anyone play the drums? – I mean somebody good?" A fan in the audience, who happened to be a drummer, came up and played the rest of the show. During the opening date of the band's March 1976 US tour at the Boston Garden, Moon passed out again over his drum kit after two numbers and the show was rescheduled. By the mid-1970s Keith was living in Los Angeles and getting up to even more insanity with John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson, and other stars. Even a new love in his life, Swedish model Annette Walter-Lax, couldn't get him to slow down and take control. There were even stints in psychiatric wards after some mental breakdowns brought on by his despair at losing Kim and his daughter and his drinking. His alcohol and drug abuse was now not only affecting his health (he put on a significant amount of weight at this time due to infrequent gigging) but sadly, his drumming. In 1978 soon after he recorded Who Are You, his final album with The Who, depressed by the deterioration of his drumming and threats from the rest of the Who to clean up his act or else, that he finally decided to get some help.  By the summer of 1978, he seemed to be trying to get his life in order, staying sober and solidifying his relationship with Annette. He was terrified to go into rehab or under psychiatric evaluation, however, and instead self-medicated with Heminevrin, a drug used for treating acute withdrawal from alcohol. However, he took too many on his final night and sadly died on September 7, 1978 at the age of 32.

Over forty years after his death, it's still difficult to think of Keith Moon as anything more than just a hard-drinking insane rock star who would smash his drum set on stage or destroy a hotel room. But regardless of the human being behind the drumkit, the legendary drummer should be remembered as the man who forever changed the sound of rock 'n' roll.

Next, I’ll go back to my beloved star analyses by covering a personal favourite of mine; a force of nature and an unsung pioneer of cinema whose death was ridiculously sensationalized and whose colourful life was almost as wild as Moon’s: Cancer Lupe Vélez

Stats

birthdate: August 23, 1946*

*note*: due to the absence of a birth time, this analysis will be even more speculative.

major planets:

Sun: Leo

Moon: Cancer

Rising: unknown

Mercury: Leo

Venus: Libra

Mars: Libra

Midheaven: unknown

Jupiter: Libra

Saturn: Leo

Uranus: Gemini

Neptune: Libra

Pluto: Leo

Overall personality snapshot: He may sometimes have wanted a safe, simple life where he felt emotionally contained and able to pursue his own creative interests. Then, however, the compulsion to strive for a more central, leading role reared its challenging head, and he knew he had it in him – so out into the spotlight he went. So immense was his creative energy as well as his warm feeling for others that he could become both the artistic home-maker and the home-loving artist/writer/entrepreneur. His personality was large and welcoming, colourful and theatrical because he had such an uncanny knack of dramatizing his vivid impressions and selling himself in the most genuine, heartfelt way. Both the paternal and the maternal urge was strong in him. He needed to use his will to project and establish your identity in the world, and to use his instincts to nurture and protect his emotional and material security. The Sun and the Moon are in their ‘home’ signs here, so that potentially he had the creative vision of Apollo and the lunar wisdom of Diana all rolled into one. This could make him pretty overpowering at times, and indeed he needed a partner and a family on whom he could lavish his emotions. His bearing was often aristocratic, sometimes haughty, oversensitive and self-absorbed, but he always seemed to have enough affection to go around so that no one felt left out. He also managed to remain approachable and compassionate because he was so aware of his own vulnerability and need to be loved. Thus he made a warm and understanding friend, and he enjoyed expressing his feelings with original flair and thoughtfulness.

He was protective, possessive and clannish, a stalwart member of his family, group and nation, and utterly devoted to his ideals. Deeply honourable and dependable, he brought an attitude of devotion and romantic style to all he did. He may have actually had a good head for business because he possessed an instinctive knowledge of security needs as well as a shrewd understanding of people, their desires, fears and foibles. His refined taste for comfort and beauty was part of the impetus for success – he knew his own mind and did not easily budge from his preferences and high standards. Aesthetic sensitivity was strong, and combined with his innate tenacity and quiet ambition means that he was quite successful in the arts. Even though he readily turned a bright face to the world, he did not always feel confident and strong. He had a lively sense of individuality, but his potency was sometimes too dependent on emotional familiarity, and the range of his self-expression too circumscribed within repetitive emotional patterns. Inwardly he shied away from encounters with the big, bad world, and early in life he may have needed to find ways of handling challenges that normally push the panic button. This wouldn’t have been hard for him because his creative drive was tremendous and his individuality needed recognition.

He was ambitious, sound at giving orders, carried responsibility well and was a good teacher, especially able to bring out the best in children. He believed in herself and generally knew the right thing to say at the right time, although he could show a stubborn and dogmatic side. He had a high opinion of his mental powers, and it was certainly true to say that he had plenty of mental energy. He was quite sociable and expected other people to behave well at all times. He was eager for close personal relationships, so he tended to have a wide circle of friends. Self-indulgence was a problem for him, as was laziness and conceit in relationships. He tended to be impatient with superficial details, preferring large-scale situations, and he disliked being tied down by obligations over which he had little control. Conservatism may have affected his creativity, artistic values and love affairs. This expressed itself as self-imposed restrictions or as selfishness. He often felt inadequate, which created an insidious form of oppression over all his forms of expression. He could also take herself so seriously, that people think that he was older than his years.

He was part of a generation that was strongly interested in humanitarian ideals, new avenues of communication and progress in mechanical skills. As a member of this generation, he was able to bring original ideas to both his career and spare-time interests. Crises in thought and ideology arose because he looked beyond tradition and old attitudes towards new original and inventive ways of looking at things. His active mind tended to need constant stimulation and his tastes could be quite fickle and difficult to satisfy. He belonged to a time of peace-loving idealism when the family unit and the way relationships were managed underwent great changes. He could be too idealistic and a little unrealistic when it came to matters of love, sex and romance. As a member of this generation, he tended to need to be motivated to make the most of his potential, because the line of least resistance appeared very attractive, especially when it involved pleasure-seeking. He embodied the Libra Neptune generation in the sense that he was a huge part of a time when beauty reappeared in fashion. He was part of a generation which was highlighted by the clash between authoritarianism and individualism. As a member of the Leo Plutonian generation, he wanted freedom in his relationships and demanded the loyalty of his friends as a right. As a member of this generation, he wanted power over his own life and was prepared to challenge established structures. He didn’t feel comfortable being dictated to, unless he in some way agreed to it beforehand. He was a part of excesses of the sixties. He was part of a generation that brought about a revolution in forms of entertainment, recreational activities and leisure time, as well as attitudes towards children.

Love/sex life: He was a lover so in love with the idea of love that nothing else matters. At times his whole-hearted idealism made him too optimistic and too easily deceived by people who promised to fulfill his ideals and then renege but, as delicate and unworldly as his romantic fantasy may seem, it was remarkably durable. Though he may have been misused and hurt, he never lost his faith in the power of true love. Issues of the flesh were always secondary to him and he was apt not to give them much thought. If such urges must be satisfied, then so be it. If sex proved useful in reaching other goals, that was fine too. As long as sex did not intrude on his ideal of perfect love such physical inconveniences hardly mattered. Unfortunately, most of the rest of the world did not agree with him on this point and, measured by their standards, his sexual behaviour may have seemed immoral or at least strangely naïve. He needed to learn to allow for such harsh realities even as he strove to create that grand idyll of perfect love.

minor asteroids and points:

North Node: Gemini

Lilith: Capricorn

Juno: Libra

Chiron: Libra

Vesta: Aries

Ceres: Aquarius

Pallas: Sagittarius

His North Node in Gemini dictated that he needed to prevent his idealism from influencing his thoughts to such a high degree. He needed to consciously develop a more clear-minded and analytical approach involving his thought processes. His Lilith in Capricorn dictated that he was dangerously attracted to women who had a scrappy plucky attitude hot-wired into their psyche. Against his better judgment, he liked to be around a woman who needed to be in control and to be mistress of her own destiny, because her life was in the control of not-so-well-meaning others as a child. Juno in Libra, he sought a mate who was harmonious, artistic, musical and intelligent. He liked beauty and balance at home. He believed in equal partnerships where all lived up to the letter of the law. Chiron in Libra, he often felt wounded in relationships and could wound others in retaliation. He may have felt he was constantly hurt or rejected in relationships. Through learning that he was whole on his own, he could have freed himself from this destructive pattern. He would have benefited from a partner that could have helped him heal in some way. Vesta in Aries, he was incline to initiate work for religious and humanitarian projects. Action came from a desire to improve every situation. There was a great deal of insecurity in self-evaluation. Ceres in Aquarius, at his best, he had tact and the ability to compromise, making him well liked by all. Pallas in Sagittarius, he had the ability to evaluate true personal worth enabling him to use his resources in the most advantageous ways. Other people may think he was lucky. Ideally speaking, he could have been generally positive instead of being wasteful, and he could have been confident and reliable. Nonetheless, he still used his ideas in a practical way, especially in his career.

elemental dominance:

air

fire

He was communicative, quick and mentally agile, and he liked to stir things up. He was likely a havoc-seeker on some level. He was oriented more toward thinking than feeling. He carried information and the seeds of ideas. Out of balance, he lived in his head and could be insensitive to the feelings of others. But at his best, he helped others form connections in all spheres of their daily lives. He was dynamic and passionate, with strong leadership ability. He generated enormous warmth and vibrancy. He was exciting to be around, because he was genuinely enthusiastic and usually friendly. However, he could either be harnessed into helpful energy or flame up and cause destruction. Confident and opinionated, he was fond of declarative statements such as “I will do this” or “It’s this way.” When out of control—usually because he was bored, or hadn’t been acknowledged—he was bossy, demanding, and even tyrannical. But at his best, his confidence and vision inspired others to conquer new territory in the world, in society, and in themselves.

modality dominance:

cardinal

He was happiest when he was doing anything new, and he loved to begin new ventures. He enjoyed the challenge of claiming territory. He tended to be an initiator—and a bit territorial as well. Also, he had a tendency to start more things than she could possibly finish.

planet dominants:

Moon

Sun

Venus

He was defined by his inner world; by his emotional reactions to situations, how emotions flowed through him, motivating and compelling him—or limiting him and holding him back. He held great capacity to become a part of the whole rather than attempting to master the parts. He wanted to become whatever it was that he sought. He had vitality and creativity, as well as a strong ego and was authoritarian and powerful. He likely had strong leadership qualities, he definitely knew who he was, and he had tremendous will. He met challenges and believed in expanding his life. He was romantic, attractive and valued beauty, had an artistic instinct, and was sociable. He had an easy ability to create close personal relationships, for better or worse, and to form business partnerships.

sign dominants:

Leo

Libra

Cancer

He loved being the center of attention and often surrounded himself with admirers. He had an innate dramatic sense, and life was definitely his stage. His flamboyance and personal magnetism extended to every facet of his life. He wanted to succeed and make an impact in every situation. At his best, he was optimistic, honorable, loyal, and ambitious. He loved beauty in all its guises—art, literature, classical music, opera, mathematics, and the human body. He usually was a team player who enjoyed debate but not argument. He was, at his best, an excellent strategist and a master at the power of suggestion. Even though he was likely a courteous, amiable person, he was definitely not a pushover. He tried to use diplomacy and intelligence to get what he wanted. At first meeting, he seemed enigmatic, elusive. He needed roots, a place or even a state of mind that he could call his own. He needed a safe harbor, a refuge in which to retreat for solitude. He was generally gentle and kind, unless he was hurt. Then he could become vindictive and sharp-spoken. He was affectionate, passionate, and even possessive at times. He was intuitive and was perhaps even psychic. Experience flowed through him emotionally. He was often moody and always changeable; his interests and social circles shifted constantly. He was emotion distilled into its purest form.

Read more about him under the cut.

Keith John Moon was an English drummer who played with the English rock band the Who. He was noted for his unique style and his eccentric, often self-destructive behaviour. His drumming continues to be praised by critics and musicians. He was posthumously inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1982, becoming only the second rock drummer to be chosen, and in 2011, Moon was voted the second-greatest drummer in history by a Rolling Stone readers' poll. Moon grew up in Alperton, a suburb of Wembley, in Middlesex, and took up the drums during the early 1960s. After playing with a local band, the Beachcombers, he joined the Who in 1964 before they recorded their first single. Moon remained with the band during their rise to fame, and was quickly recognised for his drumming style, which emphasised tom-toms, cymbal crashes, and drum fills.  He occasionally collaborated with other musicians and later appeared in films, but considered playing in the Who his primary occupation and remained a member of the band until his death. In addition to his talent as a drummer, however, Moon developed a reputation for smashing his kit on stage and destroying hotel rooms on tour. He was fascinated by blowing up toilets with cherry bombs or dynamite, and by destroying television sets. Moon enjoyed touring and socialising, and was bored and restless when the Who were inactive. His 21st birthday party in Flint, Michigan, has been cited as a notorious example of decadent behaviour by rock groups. Moon suffered a number of setbacks during the 1970s, most notably the accidental death of chauffeur Neil Boland and the breakdown of his marriage. He became addicted to alcohol, particularly brandy and champagne, and acquired a reputation for decadence and dark humour; his nickname was "Moon the Loon."  After moving to Los Angeles with personal assistant Peter "Dougal" Butler during the mid-1970s, Moon recorded his only solo album, the poorly received Two Sides of the Moon. While touring with the Who, on several occasions he passed out on stage and was hospitalised. By their final tour with him in 1976, and particularly during production of The Kids Are Alright and Who Are You, the drummer's deterioration was evident. Moon moved back to London in 1978, dying in September of that year from an overdose of Heminevrin, a drug intended to treat or prevent symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. (x)

[astroismypassion]

Hello, hope you're doing well. Is the song game still on? My placements are cancer sun, moon, Mercury, Taurus venus, gemini mars, aquarius neptune and uranus, pisces Jupiter, pluto in sag, scorpio rising. I would love to see your suggestions!

George Ezra - Hold My Girl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FedvTkEmCUU

I've been waiting for you To come around and tell me the truth 'Bout everything that you're going through My girl you've got nothing to lose

Cold nights and the Sunday mornings On your way and out of the grey

I've got time, I've got love Got confidence you'll rise above Give me a minute to hold my girl Give me a minute to hold my girl

Crowded town or silent bed Pick a place to rest your head Give me a minute to hold my girl Give me a minute to hold my girl

Jimmy Fontana Il Mondo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFyCfFJC0no

Jake Bugg Covers The Beatles, 'Like Dreamers Do'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCZs43UdAQs

I, I saw a girl in my dreams And so it seems That I will love her Oh you, you are that girl In my dreams And so it seems That I will love you

And I waited for your kiss Waited for the bliss Like dreamers do

[njnewsreporter]

| 17 Celebrities from New Milford, Bergen County, NJ |

 | By Sean Michael |

New Milford, New Jersey just seems like another regular American town that most people in the USA have never heard of, with a small population of 16,000 people. But there seems to be some magic in the air.

After consistently hearing about success stories of people coming out of New Milford, New Jersey, I did some research and was surprised to learn that there actually is a vast amount of talent who have gone on to do major things in the world coming out of this one small town. From Emmys to Oscars and Grammys. And from Broadway to the NFL to reality shows. I’m not sure what it is, but New Milford keeps churning out superstars that are changing the world. And it's time we recognize them. The following individuals are official inductees into the New Milford Hall of Fame. Thank you for your gifts and contributions to the world. You’re making us North Jerseyans proud!

Jack Antonoff  - guitarist for the band FUN. He even wrote a song with Taylor Swift and Lorde. Antonoff has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won four Grammy Awards. He also started his own music festival, Shadow of The City, which takes place annually in New Jersey.

Redman: Grammy-nominated hiphop artist Redman owned a home in New Milford, NJ. Redman has released an album with Method Man and acted in the movie "How High". He had his best-known international hit with Christina Aguilera, when he was featured on her 2002 single "Dirrty". Around this time he was also featured on a popular remix of Pink's track “Get This Party Started”. He is cited in the song 'Till I Collapse as rapper Eminem's favorite rapper.        

Sevan Apollo Poetry: Two-time reality show star featured on MTV’s True Life & ABC’s Glass House. Apollo has given 3 TEDx talks, broke a Guinness World Record, wrote a #1 Amazon Best-Selling book, organized the March for our Lives event in Oakland, and has interviewed dozens of celebrities like Jaden Smith, Willow Smith, Russell Simmons, Lady Gaga, Charles Manson, and more. Apollo has facilitated empathy trainings for the U.S. Department of State, with a workshop that was featured on the Oprah Winfrey show. He is also the recipient of the United States Presidential “Point of LIght” Award.

Rob McClure: McClure played the title role in the musical Chaplin. After the show made it to Broadway, he was nominated for the 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Rob also appeared in Shrek the Musical, Grease, Mary Poppins, The Addams Family, Beetlejuice the Musical, and Mrs. Doubtfire. Rob is one of New Milford’s big breakthrough stars.

Ed Marinaro: Famous for his role on Hill Street Blues as well as turns on Laverne & Shirley and Sisters. Prior to his acting career, Marinaro was a standout football star for the Knights, playing for New Milford High School before going off to play for Cornell where he was runner up for the Heismann Trophy and was the first running back in the NCAA to rush for more than 4,000 yards. Marinaro played six seasons in the NFL, going to the Super Bowl twice.

Simon J.J. Racaza: Recent star of the reality series Top Shot on the History Channel, he finished just out of the top spot in the first season. This world class shooter is leading the U.S. team to the World Shooting Championships this year as the number one qualifier. When not competing, Racaza runs the firearms program for the Department of Homeland Security.

Jim Dray:  An NFL tight end who played for the Arizona Cardinals and Cleveland Browns

Beth Fowler: She's been nominated for two Tony Awards and a Drama Desk Award. In addition to the stage, Fowler also has screen credits appearing in both film and television. Past credits include Sister Act and Law & Order.

Tori “Stori” Diaz: A model, rapper, and singer who signed to Universal Motown and was featured on the Tyra Banks show.

Bobby Steele: This punk guitarist is a borough native and was a member of the legendary band The Misfits. He is currently with The Undead, the band he has lead for more than three decades.

J. Walter Christie: You may not know his name, but you certainly know his invention--the modern tank.

The Fontane Sisters: Are 3 sisters that had 18 songs reaching the Billboard pop charts, including ten in the Top 40. Their late 1954 recording, "Hearts of Stone", sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. The sisters worked with NBC and Perry Como.

Joe Regalbuto: is known for his role as Frank Fontana on the CBS television sitcom Murphy Brown, which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1989. He also acted in Mork & Mindy, Magnum PI, The Golden Girls, Alley McBeal, and Criminal Minds.

Jim McQueeny: Founder of Winning Strategies and an award-winning journalist who shared the Pulitzer Prize for his work with the Star Ledger.

Steve Stephen Savino: Featured on Travel Channel’s Toy Hunter.

Gennady Borukhovich: Gennady is the Co-Founder and CTO of FarFaria. He has built the company to a multi-million dollar organization with over a 100 employees. He also went viral when his Vogue Kanyne/Kim parody photo announcing their child went viral.

Stephen Lin:  Starting off as an intern for SNL, Stephen went on to build a buzz as a comedian and actor by being featured in The Cobbler and Mr. Robot. He acted alongside Rami Malek, who played Freddie Mercury in the movie Queen.

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NASO - CAPPELLA DEL SS ROSARIO , CHIESA DEI SANTI FILIPPO E GIACOMO

Ora, sei sei siciliano, sai già che da noi la realtà è solo un apparenza, un velo dietro cui si nascondono altre realtà. Prendi la cappella del SS Rosario nella chiesa Matrice di Naso. A vederla, ti sembrerà l’ennesima bellissima cappella del più maturo barocco siciliano. In realtà, non è solo questo. Se tu fossi un esperto di scienza esoterica noteresti subito certi simboli come la rosa che è propria delle chiese Templari, l’immagine del santo Graal sormontato dall’albero della vita, la melagrana esoterica ebraica e così via. Ed in effetti, l’opera del maestro dei marmi Bartolomeo Travaglia contiene un infinità di simbologie e di richiami esoterici e sapienziali in cui gli autori hanno voluto riassumere il cammino dell’uomo verso la conoscenza, la Natura da cui viene tutto il buono e la mente umana che partorisce il male. Così ti potresti perdere a cercare la rosa blu del mito di Narciso ed Eco, la rosa rossa che è la Passione di Cristo, la Fontana mercuriale con il suo fluido metallo, il pellicano, l’uccello che si squarcia il ventre pur di nutrire i figlioletti e che per i Rosacroce era l’emblema dell’abnegazione, la conchiglia, sormontata dalla lettera alfa, il Verbo. Poi ancora il nodo di Salomone, capace di unire elementi diversi, la stella o otto punte ovvero la stella dei Sumeri portata in Occidente dai templari. E  ancora la Madonna nera, la pigna, i corvi di Odino, i leoni, insomma potrai perderti nello scoprire e nel capire e, se come i giovani filosofi vuoi una guida, cercala nel libro Cappella del Rosario, La ri-trovata identità della persona di M.G. Calcerano, e ricorda: la realtà è solo un velo …..

Now, if you’re Sicilian, you already know that in our island, reality is only an appearance, a veil behind which other realities are hidden. Take the chapel of the Holy Rosary in the Matrice Church in Naso (messina). Looking to it, it will seem to you the umpteenth beautiful chapel of the most mature Sicilian baroque. In reality, it’s not just this. If you are an expert in esoteric science, you would immediately notice certain symbols such as the rose that belongs to the Templar churches, the image of the Holy Grail surmounted by the tree of life, the Jewish esoteric pomegranate and so on. And indeed, the work of the master of marble Bartolomeo Travaglia contains an infinite number of esoteric and sapiential symbols and references in which the authors wanted to summarize the journey of man towards knowledge, the Nature from which all the good is coming  and the human mind giving birth to evil. So you might miss looking for the blue rose of the myth of Narcissus and Echo, the red rose that is the Passion of Christ, the Mercurial Fountain with its fluid metal, the pelican, the bird that tears its belly to feed the little children and that for the Rosicrucians was the emblem of self-denial, the shell, surmounted by the alpha letter, the Word. Then again the knot of Solomon, capable of uniting different elements, the star or eight points or the star of the Sumerians brought to the West by the Templars. And again the black Madonna, the pine cone, the ravens of Odin, the lions, in short you can lose yourself in discovering and understanding;  if you, like a young philosophers you want a guide, look for it in the book Cappella del Rosario, The re-found identity of the person of M.G. Calcerano, and remember: reality is only a veil…..