#helter skelter circus

[klownykyt]

actually i just realized i never put any of my hsc or asswrs drawings here. so uhm another art dump

[manifesto-of-a-femcel]

Beautiful Movies All Girls Should Watch

A list of movies that touch on coming of age, romance and complex female emotions.

May (2002): A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.

Audition (1999): A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.

Helter Skelter (2012): Top star Lilico undergoes multiple cosmetic surgeries to her entire body. As her surgeries show side effect, Lilico makes the lives of those around her miserable as she tries to deal with her career and her personal problems.

Ginger Snaps (2000): Two death-obsessed sisters, outcasts in their suburban neighborhood, must deal with the tragic consequences when one of them is bitten by a deadly werewolf.

The Craft (1996): A newcomer to a Catholic prep high school falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who anger them.

Malèna (2000): Amidst the war climate, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.

Perfect Blue (1997): A retired pop singer turned actress’ sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.

Rosemary’s Baby (1968): A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.

The Virgin Suicides (1999): A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.

Sucker Punch (2011): A young girl institutionalized by her abusive stepfather retreats to an alternative reality as a coping strategy and envisions a plan to help her escape.

Piggy (2022): An overweight teen is bullied by a clique of cool girls poolside while holidaying in her village. The long walk home will change the rest of her life.

The Love Witch (2016): A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, with deadly consequences.

Pearl (2022): In 1918, a young woman on the brink of madness pursues stardom in a desperate attempt to escape the drudgery, isolation and lovelessness of life on her parents' farm.

Girl, Interrupted (1999): Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the late 1960s.

Black Swan (2010): Nina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.

Gone Girl (2014): With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

Jennifer’s Body (2009): A newly-possessed high-school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?

Bones And All (2022): Coming of age romance about two cannibals

In the Mood for Love (2000): Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.

Brokeback Mountain (2005): Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.

Call Me By Your Name (2017): In 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.

Maurice (1986): Two English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up Maurice and marries. While staying with Clive and his wife, Maurice discovers romance in the arms of the gamekeeper Alec.

Y Tu Mamá También (2001): In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

Caroline (2009): An adventurous 11-year-old girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.

Corpse Bride (2005): When a shy groom practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, she rises from the grave assuming he has married her.

[twopoppies]

hiii gina! i was wondering if you, or anyone out there knows any fun circus/freakshow-y themed fics. one that sort of comes to mind right now is coax the cold by mediawhore, so maybe some with that sort of vibe? thank youu <3 hope you're having a nice day!!

Shoot. The only one I can think of is another mermaid Harry fic: Don’t Let The Tide Come and Take Me, it’s a little bit freak show, but Harry’s the only freak. Anyway, I really like that one.

Other than that, are these:

It’s A Never-Ending Helter-Skelter by runaway-train

Breaking Free by snowy38

Fruit Salad by JohnnyMignotta

I haven’t read any of them, but I generally like the authors’ writing.

I’m sorry I don’t have more for you!

[exitiumhq]

✧ ― the greatest show on earth: event003 ― ✧

A travelling carnival has come to town with a unique main attraction, but you’ll never guess what that is. No, seriously – you’ll never guess. Fliers have been appearing around the French Quarter advertising a carnival with a unicorn as the star of the show. A real one. Insane, right? – guess you’ll just have to head on down to find out for yourselves. The entire city is invited, supernatural and OEA alike, trusting that for one night, the peace can be kept or forced at least.

ATTRACTIONS: ferris wheel, bumper cars, carousel, rollercoasters, tunnel of love, mechanical bull, the whip, the wipeout, tilt-a-whirl, the scrambler, log flumes, helter skelter, loop-o-plane, the circus, magic shows, psychic readings.

GAMES: ring toss, crossbow shoot, ball in the basket, balloon and darts, water gun games, duck pond, ping-pong ball and fish bowl game, ALL with prizes available. 

FOOD: What carnival would be complete without sugary treats? cotton candy, ice cream, fried dough, funnel cake, candy, or caramel apples and french fries. Meal items include pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs, empanadas and tacos. 

OOC INFORMATION: Roll up, roll up, now of course that’s not all!

Unfortunately for our carnival goers, our unicorn friend does not come alone and is in fact a host for parasitic slugs. Yeah, we know – gross. Once these slugs get inside the body of their host, hosts will find themselves acting with lowered inhibitions; letting go of the things that they would usually hold back from saying and doing, as if they weren't thinking about the repercussions of it. To put it simply, they're going to be slug drunk. The wheel of chaos will be deciding which players are going to be infected by those pesky parasites and will be messaged shortly. **for reference, the slugs are from the 'we're gonna need a spotlight' episode of legacies. if you have any questions on them, don't hesitate to ask**

For the next two weeks, ( 05/13 - 05/27 ) our event is going to be in full swing and any threads currently happening outside of the event are encouraged to be placed on hold/carried over to the event. as always, we can't wait to see what plots our characters get up to and any event threads can be tagged with exitium.event003 with starters being tagged as normal ( @exitiumstarters ) to ensure that everybody is kept in the loop!

and as always, have a blast everyone

-admins alexis & andi

[psychoticscare]

pleeeease post if you watch helter skelter it's such a good movie!! i also recommend strange circus and noroi if you haven't seen them. :)

thank u so much ur recommendations are appreciated! :D i’ll put them in my watchlist rn, helter skelter has been following me around lately so i think it’s a sign to watch it very soon. i’ll post some commentary and obviously reblog the gifs

[galaxycunt]

@shrimpmajordomo thanks for the tag!!

List 5 topics you can talk on for an hour without preparing any material.

@gayafsatan @gingernut1314 @skarphedinn @gabegade let’s see 🧐

1. American folklore, don’t let me get into tribal stories and cryptids we will be there all day sorry like the real ones tho like animals we think are extinct but ppl swear they saw one and like myths in general

2. Movies, and other media studies related stuff. That was my double major in college bc it was easy to make it into one with the design/advertising degree I had lmao I also was a comp lit minor so I be analyzing things and watching video essays

3. The Manson Murders and The Golden State Killer. My dads favorite book was Helter Skelter so he was like u should read it when I was like 14 and my family is from California so I heard a few stories like I remember my mom saying the rumor for gsk was he targeted yellow houses and she lived in one (tho at the time he was the night stalker bc the other one I think)

Also forensic stuff but i blame the fact two teachers taught us that bc they saw dead bodies at some point (I was gonna keep going on this see what I mean)

4. Pirates. I loved it since I was a kid, I even that that pirateology book and in college took an anthropology course on pirates. Idk something about them I was like whoa!!! Cool!!! Also like cowboys? But I grew up in the west so I mean that’s most people lmao

5. Circuses. I was sooo into the old design at circus circus with the old circus posters and my mom watched hbo carnivale and I used to have night terrors featuring clowns so I was like let’s find out more shall we ����️

But maybe that’s just all ties into Americana and the culture of the early days of this country idk!

[thelemonzone42]

Alesha the Acrobat Fairy

Rachel and Kirsty were having a great time riding the helter skelter. As they were putting on their shoes, they remembered that they had to be at the circus tent for the acrobat audition. 

Along the way, they saw some goblins disguised as acrobats butting in line and leaving their dirty footprints on the bouncy castle, much to the operator’s dismay. They were bouncing clumsily, all because they lost Alesha’s Magic Star. Both girls knew how accident prone the goblins could be.

When they got there, their friends Dylan, Josie and Maya had their last minute rehearsal go haywire. By the catching net, they met Alesha the Acrobat fairy.

She was at the safety net looking for her Magic Star when she spotted Rachel and Kirsty. From what Kirsty’s mom taught her, is that if you want to find something you have to retrace your steps. They followed the goblin’s muddy footsteps to the coconut game, then back to the rehearsal tent, When it was three minutes before showtime, both girls took their positions. 

Former acrobat, Maria Moritz, was the announcer and from the names in a hat routine, Icy Towers came up and did their acrobatic routine neatly. The fairies had a feeling that The Magic Star was nearby. it was on the gymnastics ribbon one of the goblins had. The minute the star flew off the ribbon, Alesha zipped through the air undetected and grabbed the star. The clumsy goblins fell off of the tightrope and landed in the safety net while laughing.

By the special effects, Alesha gave Rachel and Kirsty nose kisses and flew off. Then it was time for the Tippington school to perform. In the end, Tippington School became part of the show.

The End.

[writer59january13]

Invisibly tortured courtesy existential nihilism

Psyche wracked with agony impossible mission to extricate lovely bones they wanna remain permanently abed. I chiefly function to amass knowledge courtesy assiduously, habitually, and judiciously reading an eclectic assortment of written material. Yours truly woke with ambition, disposition, inclination, and predilection to glean from an assortment of books esoteric learning since... birth, but particularly when experiencing emerging adulthood about two score years ago. Feeble attempt crafting poetry whereat gobbledygook doth trot - oven chilly cooked confusion eliciting faint thanks a lot unbeknownst this tasteless, senseless, rhymeless... lettered Rorschach test tease I jot interpretation, viz hitting analogously like amorphous melted ingot watch yourself...

d's lines iz still smok'n HOT, now I puzzle regarding how to extricate mess elf, cuz aye got myself into try'n to strut and trumpet hightailing (courtesy Google)

searching information superhighways one can cyber surf to Hong Kong,

(a coastal city and major port in Southern China,

bordering Guangdong Province through the city of Shenzhen to the north and the South China Sea to the east, south, and west) an entrepôt, (which goods brought for import and export, and for collection and distribution) yea, that autonomous enclave the region inhabited since the Old Stone Age,

later becoming part of the Chinese Empire with loose incorporation into the Qin dynasty initially starting out as a farming fishing village and salt production site, it became an important free port governed by Chief Executive, who serves as premier of the Region

and head of government

of Hong Kong beholden to The Basic Law which designates a system of governance led by a Chief Executive and an Executive Council, under principles of separation of powers, with a two-tiered system of semi-representative government and an independent judiciary. Anyway... when zombie like,

and hyper aware about mein kampf, and lxv roaming years

exhibiting conscious state (although that might be debatable),

I try to dead reckon eyes purposefulness astride oblate spheroid nsync with other gals and guys either one, t'other or all mask cue lated in disguise

impossible mission to triangulate Euclid say logic defies to comprehend gibberish, no matter how much you scrutinize his highness, qua shape shifting imperfect square stumps any tree mend us great mind to analyze me skewering, marinating, gunning... decries abiding any logical positivism queries best addressed to Lord of the Flies since nary handy dandy blues clues,

I opted out thus... rubbish provided to synthesize random words helter skelter strewn to symbolize absent any rhyme or reason courtesy handy matted figurative trapezoid doth employ no paradigm to exercise leaving comprehension after mine demise so go ahead chastise cuz I already know, never will said poetry win apprize. Initially, an attempt sought regarding Das scribe, yours truly donning

checkerboarded rawhide collared, cuffed oversize raiment, pride and prejudice obscured courtesy hand-me-downs couture also decking out alley oop trapeze artist bride of Frankenstein grooming in attendance with her bonafide circus motley crew, a veritable monster mish mashup happenstance didst decide unlike traditional feted newlyweds swingers airborne did only abide. The law of gravity aerial pas de deux bodies airborne aloft pledging their respective troths sworn fleeting suspended animation while shorn infinitesimally of Earth's pull only expert can playfully scorn accomplishment courtesy no greenhorne neophytes in utero umbilical cord, taking root as metaphorical acorn, thus unbridled and groomed skill inborn burst out the womb like heated popcorn snapped up since birth well worn genes Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus practiced morn till night stunts became second nature encore performance no matter bodies outworn. Curtain Call now doth close unrehearsed poetic gambit, cuz yours truly tuckered out I suppose ready to take his doze zee dough into dreamland, expose zing oft times confused with dark shadows of outer limits of twilight zone,

where me lovely bones froze

where sudden night mare arose gripping courtesy rigor mortis head to toes daunting wordsmith champion manifestation of daily woes. Suddenly me clutched by melancholic despair somnambulantly where countless tomb morrows tramp scarcely undifferentiated from yesterday's care wracking psyche with wrath plus fear at accursed purposelessness near faux sing myself regarding pas

city to emulate good cheer whereat time and tide

wait for no man/woman.

[corbival]

fun facts about the ringmaster: His original concept is so rediculously similar to Lucifer (hazbin hotel) and elements of Alastor that it makes me want to yell about it into the void. I actually drew him with Alastor a few times, one doodle of him being reblogged by vivz in which he's having an aggressive smile-off with alastor. (if you fused lucifer and alastor you would literally have my mans) So I'm going to break down some similarities for myself!

The Circus was originally (secretly) supposed to be Hell. People trapped in The Circus lived out their lives in a chaotically happy, extravegant, never-ending themepark dimension that was very fun on the surface but incredibly deadly and hellish beneath the surface.

The Circus oriignally had nine rings (literal big tops), one for each circle of hell, each represented by a different character (greed, wrath, gluttony, etc)

Being the creator of his dimension (in this case hell) he can make anything and everything appear, move and change at his whim! This includes making helter skelters and rides spawn from nowhere, expanding and changing his empire!

He can change his form into basically whatever he wants, provided it stays within a certain consistency (size, colour scheme, accessories, etc)

He has a bit pointy, redder demonic form.

Has a long-lasting feud with angels (and one particular angel, mine of which is actually called Alistair

He has hundreds of kids he's never really interacted with (incubus, innit), but I write him as having 'pathetic love-me' dad energy.

Full white outfit with occasional red and black trims to represent 'purity' sort of like an angel (heavy hints that he was supposed to be a play on lucifer from the bible), and to make him stand out from the mostly red, gold and pink backdrop. Also makes him stand out in comparison to other ringleader character designs.

Surprisingly down to earth when talking about serious topics, but mostly exuding natural charisma, showmanship, and a constant need to impress and one-up other people.

Big sharp pointy teeth go omnomnom

If we want to go to the alastor stuff; cannibal, always has a shit-eating grin because his whole schtick was supposed to be 'look happy, be happy, be better than everyone with your happiness, they can't know they're in hell or it ruins the fun'

( I understand that this can all be put down to 'vivziepop and I both made our characters when we were seventeen and when you're seventeen you're obsessed with tumblr sexymen, edgy humour, the most basic representations of hell, and mediocre worldbuilding for your future one-day cartoon tv show', and edgy teenagers online in the same spaces tend to like the same tropes and are influenced by the same things, but I THINK IT'S FUNNY )

[klownykyt]

(light gore?)

asswrs and hsc hooray

[rainbowlack]

I mean, it depends on the cat, but I have many stupid nicknames for both of them. One time I was just. listing off Bellamiu's nicknames to my aunt, and she begged me to stop because she was laughing so hard she couldn't breathe.

Bellamiu's nicknames, just off the top of my head:

Bella

Belly

Smellster

Smellster Bellster

(to the tune of the "helter skelter in a fallout shelter" line in Don McLean's American Pie) Smellster Bellster like a belly smellster, the belly smelled like a smelling bellster, smell smelly smell and smelling cat

Smellophane Wrap

Smelly Nelly McNipplington

Smellabuser

Pretty Girl

Old Lady

Crotchety Old Lady

Your Majesty

Void

Pretty Smelly Guy

Melzo

Melzo Grelzo

Smellzo Grelzo

this is Bellamiu btw

And for Lily:

Baby

Babylator Ten Thousand

Beyblade

Lizard

Lizard Gizzard

Biohazard

Fungus

Biochungus Gizzardfungus

Biogizzard Fungushazard

Dumdum

Dumbass

(in a loving, affectionate voice) Stupidhead

The

The Most

The Most Ever

The Most That Ever Was

She's

Peast

God's Most Miserable Creation

Lizorb

Orbus

Orbus Dorbus

Roy Orbison

Animalbeastcreaturepersonmanchild

Meowster Monster

(with the same intonation as the "Circus Mircus!" in the song Lock Me In by Circus Mircus) Shmirpus Dirpus!

this is Lily btw

at any given time, either of them may be bestowed with the epithet "Bastard Rat Child"

collectively, they may be known as:

The Beasts

The Gremlins

The Monsters

The Creatures

Null and Void

Random Pet Poll

And I mean like nicknames you use regularly. Sorry if this is worded iffy lmao. Also share them if you want!

[candy-floss-crazy]

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16- The Helter Skelter

Upright

Upheaval, chaos, revelation, awakening

Reversed

Fear of change averting disaster

The Helter Skelter card depicts a colourful circus ride that stands tall. So tall that it touches the clouds. There is a storm. lightning strikes the Helter Skelter, breaking it apart. (If I go with the first design this will change to- lightning surrounds the Helter Skelter, causing chaos and threatening destruction )

The Helter Skelter itself is a solid structure but it has been built on shaky foundations and if lightning strikes, it will come falling down. It represents ambitions and goals made on false promises. The Lightning represents a sudden surge of energy and insight that may inspire a break through or revelation and the blue flag billowing proudly behind the Helter Skelter suggests that even in times of disaster, there may still be a glimmer of hope.

Up right in more detail

When the Helter Skelter appears in a reading you should expect the unexpected. Perhaps there is to be a sudden change in your life? A marriage? Death of a loved one? Natural disaster? Poverty? Anything that would effect you at your very core and effect your mind, body and soul. There’s nothing you can do, a change is going to happen and it will destroy everything. The best thing to do is enjoy the ride and let it all play out.

A Helter Skelter situation is unpredictable and can’t be prepared for but at the end of it you will emerge a stronger individual with a new avenue of introspection.

This card is not all doom and gloom though! If one is in tune with themselves it can be used as a way to prevent such disasters and can be seen as a sign to break free from old habits that may have been holding you back.

Reversed

Upright the change you experience is often due to external factors however in the reversed position, the Helter Skelter suggests a deep and significant personal transformation and upheaval

You are the one who questions your own beliefs, values, purpose p and meaning and you may experience an awakening of sorts. You may be going through an existential crisis in which you question your place in the universe and what that means if it means anything at all.

Seeing this card may suggest that you are resisting the coming change and are in fact indenial that a change is even happening . If you continue to resist this change it will force its way into your life.

For those who are more in tune, the Helter Skelter reversed acts as a warning sign, you can prepare for an inevitable change, plan ahead to minimize its destruction.

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Freitag, 31. März 2023

tip of the spoon episode 2: a seminar about hardrock and metal

dear beloved friends, 

i'll write this in small caps mostly because i forgot everything i learned at school.

i’m working at the store today and since it’s tuesday and the weather is not too nice, i won’t be expecting many customers. there is one section in the shop i rarely go to and don’t know that much about. it’s the hard rock and metal section and i think the store has quite a good overview to offer. these are some bigger band names i have heard before: Black Sabbath, Deep Purple(its the garage band dads that like to play their bass line), AC/DC ,Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motörhead, Metallica, Slayer, Thin Lizzy, Van Halen etc. etc.

first of all i noticed they always have the most creative fonds. i tried to copy them, but it’s quite hard.

the first singer is someone i always wanted to listen to since i saw the „Dark Shadows“ movie. he liked to sing about schools going out for summer. do you know who i mean?

 „yes, you?“

„i think you mean Alice Cooper, since he was in the movie and is in a hard rock band“

„yes exactly“

ALICE COOPER

and the album we are going to listen to is obviously „schools out“.

the cover shows a picture of a wooden wall or something and there’s initials and names engraved in it. it looks like the thing we used to get at school when we wrote tests to put on the table between us ,to prevent cheating, and i’m almost sure that it is this thing on the album cover.

theres also a red heart drawn on it and it has a knife stuck in it. ouch! i know this feeling.. who doesn’t?

i like that Alice is addressing the topic of emotional pain, maybe he was rejected? 

i want you to take the next 5 minutes to make a mind map, of what Alice could imply with this heart. here's a picture of it to help you get ideas, task starts 1…2…3 …now!

i think it's nice that he isn’t ashamed of being vulnerable about love, especially in the show-no-softness environment. 

but maybe that’s what hard rock is about, building up walls (wooden, or just mental ones), because feeling vulnerably hurts too much, like a dagger in an organ. they like to turn their pain into anger, a well known coping mechanism. wow. 

fun facts about Alice Cooper:

-son of a pastor

-his real name is Vincent Damon Furnier (but who cares)

-not satanist, in his shows he always killed satan or the evil

-did he have a buccal?

my favorite song on the album was 'Alma Mater', it’s a bit softer and has a nice melody, cool breaks and i want to make a cover of it someday. he’s singing about missing his high school.. a strange feeling i can’t emphasize with but i like being confronted with topics i don’t understand.

we listened to the whole album, it was very rocky but not so much hardcore as i imagined, i think the stage performances, his costumes and the face paint were more responsible for putting him into that category. 

HELTER SKELTER

now we move on to another record that i picked randomly from the shelf. the cover looks like a poster for a circus musical. it’s an air brush picture of four guys with huge wolf cuts in glam rock clothes. they are standing in front of an amusement park, like dom. in the first song we get introduced to the band by a raspy voice blabbing about a world of fantasy ,strange happenings and amazing people, and bright colors.. the voice sounds very creepy. and then the first song „ what are you doing right after the show“ starts and it sucks very much. there's this trashy 80s sound with overuse of stupid guitar solos, and it reminds me of David Bowies soundtrack to the labyrinth movie. i’m going to listen to one more song and then i’ll turn this **** off. 

0/10

MOTÖRHEAD

after this unfortunate choice i need to make a better one next, something that is helpful for my seminar. 

i need to think some steps ahead so i did the thing that was necessary and asked a customer. he said i should listen to Motörhead, and handed me their first album from 1977. it's way rougher than Alice, less corny than holterdipolter Helter Skelter. i really like it , but i would like anything after what my ears just had to consume. i can definitely say its cool, very punky. i realize punk and hard rock are not far away from each other, it goes hand in hand, especially in the early stages. but hard rock bands may be playing their solos more precisely. 

there’s a lot to read about Motörhead on wikipedia, but i’m too lazy to read it. it’s mostly about what bands the members were in before and after, about their personal fights, their issues with the big labels that unsurprisingly screwed them over, about the band casts changes BLABLABLABALBALBALBALABLABALBALABLBA, all the things that are interesting for the guys to prove how big of a fan they are. they have to know everything, every fart and shit, secure their spot in the Motörhead community. good for them! i don’t blame them i’m not a monster. i’m happy for them that wiki’s got so much to offer.

!i think this is a bop!

also very much guitar in this one of course: imagine a big bucket with a lot of snakes in it. they are crawling over and under each other, always in movement. each snake stands for one guitar solo, that’s what Motörhead sounds like to me. the solos get a little bit annoying after a while but as i’m writing this now i feel bad because i don’t want to insult them. they put their whole life into those guitars, probably even risked a minor finger injury, and i’m making fun of it, look at me...

BLACK SABBATH 

another name probably everyone has heard of before. black sabbath with their album „The Headless Cross“. it’s not really what i expected from such a big reputation. i don’t like it and i’m not sure i’ll make it through the whole album. i want to respect it but it cringes me out a bit. it's like the music Bill & Ted like to rock to. or the Ghostbusters. i thought Black Sabbath sounded different, a bit more deeper voices maybe? not all this feisty screaming.

oh! i just noticed the album is from 1989, so my mind is not made up yet. 1989 is a very unbearable year for many genres i think, especially bands that have founded in the early 70s, in my opinion. i will give them another chance one day but not now, i need a little break, so let’s continue to the next band.

CINDERELLA

a nostalgic choice for me. i grew up with the movie, and my grandma always had the videocassette in a stack with lots of other ones. every time we visited her we had to choose one and cinder was a popular pick, accompanied by Barbie Rapuzel. we used to sit on her sofa and she gave us pencils and paper to doodle around with. it was a good time, but i don’t want to get too personal. 

i chose a greatest hits album and while looking at the people on the front i notice that big wolf cuts are a common thing in the 80s hard rock times. Cinderella likes to scream a lot and she’s addicted to cowbells. i love cowbells so they get a little star for that. still not such a big fan of the screaming……………………….. but well „shake me“ is a bit fun. i would go to a cinderella show. i could imagine it having a story line of some sort like Alice Cooper had. it sounds a bit like a musical, Rocky Horror or like Queen but different kind of singing, and less poppy. i would be interested to see how they would look like without this statement hair they’re hiding behind. the music would probably sound very different, maybe they would have to scream even more to prove their coolness. i just turned the CD off, as i’m beginning to feel a bit exhausted and might end this seminar soon.

SLAYER 

now that i think, is pretty nice, i like it. but i don’t know if i actually do or if i’m unable to make an opinion after the last hours of absorbing a to me relatively unknown genre. i think its fun but very masculine. probably the most masc of all the mascs i’ve been listening to today. my eye is flinching to the beat of the bass or what is it? it’s super quick! here's a diagram i created to visualize the rhythm of slayer.

so Slayer and Metallica is 'trash metal', a subgenera of  metal and it goes like this: very fast, very fast, and then slow, but one element stays fast, a lot of drum rolls, and then very fast again. it’s like they couldn’t choose what to eat for dinner so they bought everything and mixed it together. they do it right because who is forcing you to choose? it is possible to do it all at once.

but now my stomach is full after all this mix of food.

let’s put an end to it: 

first of all i’d like to thank the male community with their big hair to let me enter their safe space for a little.

i’m not sure if i could see myself being a steady hardrock/metal fan, especially not after what happened in the end of 80s.. to be fair, i just had a very small insight but as i said i don’t feel like having opinions anymore. i’m just taking it in as long as i can.i think this way of thinking is just proving that i’m not the biggest fan. if i actually liked it, i wouldn’t want it to end.

and that was it here you go. don’t forget to get your signatures! if you have any questions, or recommendations, let me know. see you at the next seminar. have a nice day.

yours sincerely,

Prof. F. Lenzmann

PS.  yesterday me and my dad talked about the shortest song in the world. it’s exactly three seconds long and it’s called „you suffer“ by Napalm Death. i think it could either be about someone who is worried about their friend, and is now trying to bring up a conversation about it.“you've been sitting all alone on this wall for some hours and all you did was stare at the lake the rain has made. in your eyes i can see something that looks like pain, pain is caused by suffering, do you need any help? i’m here for you, look at me, here, my hand is warm, hold it i’ll take you to a cafe“

or it could be about someone who really isn’t doing well and feels misunderstood. „you suffer like me ,and then you’ll see how it feels, that it is not so easy to do things when you feel hurt like this, try that, and then you might want to rethink about criticizing me about my way of accomplishing things.“ it could be about many other things, something i really like about this song. of course you can also decide not to think what it might be about, it’s your head, nobody is forcing you to. in my seminar at least, i’m not forcing anyone to think.

this is the music video to the song, it reminds me of my sleeping paralysis, it scared me a little bit so i ask you to look at it with caution. 

bye!!

[pink-hydrangea]

In honour of the English weather warming up slightly this weekend: my summer aesthetic <3