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twin peaks, s2e4: laura's secret diary / highasakite - hiroshima / talking heads - heaven

[i-will-talk-fish]

Highasakite _ Can I Come Home

[knightofleo]

Highasakite | Too Much To Handle

When someone so kind, someone so careful Aims to shoot at my heart Then I know it is dark And now, it is dark

[gulfcoasthippie]

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[yinwaryuri]

I need to start making a Nick playlist y'all

[lromanus]

Highasakite _ Can I come Home

[anokha-swad]

[godsopenwound]

I search between sea and sky, belover between sea and sky / God was a banquet on which we fed / I heard his voice like a whisper, and felt like drinking the air

[maelkevejen]

Highasakite - Never Surrender

[indie-go-lost]

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Yo x dentro -> 🌫🛤💀🖤💊⛈🦇🔪🌃⚰🌫

[i-will-talk-fish]

Highasakite _ Golden Ticket

[grahamstoney]

My Favourite Songs of 2014

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My Favourite Songs of 2014

Now that 2015 is well and truly upon us, I thought it would be a good time to look back at some of my favourite songs of 2014, and what they meant to me. Not all these songs were released in 2014; some of them date back quite a long way. But they all struck a nerve for me last year. Here’s why:

360 – Live It Up

This upbeat number from a fellow aussie rapper who has struggled with depression in the past was a good reminder to me that I’ve only got the one life, and to make the most of it:

Art vs Science – Create/Destroy

In a similar vein, Art vs Science reminded me that as humans, we have two options: create or destroy. We’re always operating out of either love or fear. But why would you destroy when there is so much to create?

Billy Joel – Angry Young Man

2104 was the year I finally got in touch with my inner rage towards my parents over the way they behave towards each other, and my anger motivated me to finally tell them point-blank that I wanted it to stop. Anger is an empowering emotion that motivates us to stand up for what is important to us, and I had long repressed mine. Not any more!

I used to like this song for different reasons, way back when I self-righteously thought that angry people were just being stupid. One particular line stands out for me:

I believe I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage

Maybe I’ll become as enlightened as Billy in 2015?

Birds Of Tokyo – Plans

Another catchy one, and relatively easy to play on drums so I got right into it. I even played this live on stage with the crew from the Sydney Jam Band Sessions meetup during our pub jam session at The Roxbury Hotel on 28th June 2014. The bass player complained that the sliding bass riff was shredding his fingers, but I was happy to get a step further towards overcoming my fear of playing in front of an audience. It’s time to move on now and start my own band, but I really enjoyed playing with those guys.

Dire Straits – Sultans Of Swing

Another song I played live at gigs in 2014 was this Dire Straits classic, when my old band Heard of Cats covered it. It was a challenge for me because the rhythm is fast and syncopated, plus I sang lead vocals while playing drums since our outfit was just a 3 piece. But I just love the feeling when the bass comes in during the chorus.

Thanks for the memories Paul and Gabriel; we were the sultans all right:

Foster The People – Best Friend

I totally got into Foster The People in 2014. This song rocks, and I learned to play it on drums. I hope I did everything I could to help my best friend when they were all strung out last year.

Foster The People – Coming Of Age

As I said, totally got into Foster The People, so they get two favourites in this list. This song has a funky kick drum rhythm that took me a while to master, but eventually I got it. Also, I did a lot of growing up in 2014, and to me that’s what Coming Of Age is about. Feels like, feels like it’s comin’…

Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know

I got into this song when it was first released while on my 2013 annual winter road trip north in search of a warmer climate. I was stuck in the Hervey Bay Youth Hostel with a rotten cold for two weeks when it came out, and having it on high rotation in my MP3 player helped get me through. I remembered it again during my 2014 road trip, and although it should really be on last year’s list, I didn’t do one then so it’s here instead:

Highasakite – Darth Vader

Who couldn’t love this quirky song comparing one’s self to the evil villain from Star Wars by Norwegian band Highasakite? I just think it’s great. It always makes me smile:

Highasakite – Since Last Wednesday

Another great one to play on drums. For me, this song is about the fact that many of us guys don’t let the other people in our lives ever really get to know us or what is going on inside. We don’t know how to deal with anger because nobody ever taught us, so we’re still walking around with infantile rage that builds every time we get pissed off. We bottle things up until we explode, and then everyone around goes “He would never do that!”

Actually, yes he would. He would, and he did:

Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown – No Air

Living without love is like living in a world with no air. 2014 sure had its moments when it felt like I was living in a vacuum. How am I supposed to breathe? The love is there, and I’m getting better at recognising it. When I can’t feel it, this song gets me through:

Joshua Kaddison – Jesse

This song is so beautiful, I felt compelled to spend about 2 months solid in lock-down learning to play it on keyboard last year when I was playing in the short-lived band The Vipassana Agents. We never played any gigs, and the band folded out of lack of momentum. Or maybe it was creative differences, who knows. I was the drummer, and the lead guitarist was so impressed with my drumming skills that he suggested I take up keyboard instead. No wonder we didn’t exactly gel.

I just love playing this song. I really feel the guy’s pain:

Jungle – Busy Earnin’

Catchy tune, and the dancing in the video rocks! Also a good reminder not to focus too much on earning money if you want to really live and pursue your true dreams. It helps keep me motivated when the dream seems unrealistic:

Lighthouse Family – Ocean Drive

I used to listen to this song while walking down to meditate by the banks of Lane Cove River, when I lived in Lane Cove. It reminds me of those times. The lyrics also really move me:

When the clouds arrive we’ll live on Ocean Drive Don’t know why you’re so blue The sun’s gonna shine on everything you do.

In October 2014 I moved from Lane Cove to Bondi Beach. Now I live near the ocean. I like to think I live on Ocean Drive:

Marc Cohn – Walking In Memphis

This is just such a beautiful song, I’ve set myself a goal of learning to play it on keyboard in 2015:

MGMT – Kids

I just thought this song seemed catchy at first. Then actually listened to the lyrics and found a deeper message: I was feeling really stuck trying unsuccessfully to break old patterns of family conditioning that have held me back, and I think my unconscious was trying to tell me something:

You were a child, crawlin’ on your knees toward it. Makin’ mama so proud, but your voice was too loud.

We like to watch you laughing. You pick the insects off plants. No time to think of consequences.

Control yourself. Take only what you need from it. A family of trees wanting, To be haunted.

I grew up in a pseudo-religious family with a controlling mother and learned to control myself in order to seek her love and approval, rather than learning to express my true self. I became hypervigilant, always worrying and over-thinking the consequences of everything.

I’m not a Christian any more, but I now understand what Jesus really meant when he was quoted in Matthew 18:3 as saying: “Unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven”: Being in a non-judgemental state of flow like a kid is heaven.

So now, I seek to live my life spontaneously and intuitively, with a child-like sense of wonder and joy. Doing what your mum approves of isn’t the only nor the most important thing in life. Take only what you need from your family of origin, and discard the baggage that doesn’t work for you:

Mumford and Sons – Little Lion Man

I was stunned to find this song juxtaposed on my MP3 player against Kids one day while seeking solace on my skateboard. I discovered it on my 2014 winter road trip and just love the guitar rhythm and the sound. To me the lyrics represent my shadow side or inner critic that loves to undermine me by saying that I’m wrong and everything is my fault after all:

Rolls Bayce – Don’t Get Me Wrong

Enough analysis already! I just like this song. It’s catchy:

The Aston Shuffle – No Place Like Home

At first, I just thought this was a catchy tune from London band The Aston Shuffle, and decided to learn to play it on my drum kit. Around the same time I started standing up to my controlling mother and was exchanging letters with her requesting that we introduce some new ground rules into our relationship so I could feel safe around her. Half way through learning to play it I started listening to the actual words and was blown away:

I’m writing you again I’m writing you again So don’t you worry now

Just try to understand Just try to understand it’s all For us

Stay calm Just say you’ll be alright You will see one day Stay calm, the wait will be a while But I know we’ll be okay

These are the times You can’t deny But there’s no place like home that we will find Once in your eyes, I feel alive But there’s no place like home, I’ve realised

I hope my mother reads my letters with this in mind. I also think my unconscious was leading me to this reminder that all relationships have ups and downs, and things aren’t a disaster just because we’re going through struggles in the way we relate. The important thing is to be authentic (i.e. at home in ourselves) so we can feel alive, and the discomfort is a sign of growth:

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lover, where do you live? by highasakite:

and if i ever see you again, my love / all i'm ever gonna do is send shivers down that spine of yours

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[acourtofwhatthefuck]

Practice On Me | Series Index

graphic made for me by the gorgeous @writingsbychlo 💕

Summary: Set in Illyria when the Bat Boys are mere twenty-year-olds, Azriel has never explored intimacy and sex like his closest friends have. Reader is more than willing to help — not realising it will offset a series of events that will change life as they know it.

Series warnings: This series is strictly 18+, minors dni. There’s smut, violence, gore, trauma. Read with caution and take care 🫶🏻

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Part Six

Part Seven

Part Eight

Part Nine

Part Ten

Part Eleven

Part Twelve

Part Thirteen

Part Fourteen

Part Fifteen

Part Sixteen (Finale)

Bonus Part (Fin x Reader)

The Practice On Me Playlist

Songs I had on repeat while writing this series, for anyone who’s interested!

Sit Down Beside Me by Patrick Watson

From The Start by Laufey

New Girl by FINNEAS

We Go Down Together by Dove Cameron & Khalid

February 3rd by Jorja Smith

She by Harry Styles

Angry Too by Lola Blanc

Afterthought by Joji & BENEE

Faded by Alan Walker

The Summoning by Sleep Token

Therefore I Am by Billie Eilish

Play With Fire by Sam Tinnesz & Yacht Money

Samurai Swords - Acoustic Version by Highasakite

My Love Mine All Mine by Mitski

THE LONELIEST by Måneskin

King by Florence + The Machine

The Practice On Me Face Claims

A look at how I imagined our younger ACOTAR characters looked through this series (and my original characters)!

Azriel:

Rhysand:

Cassian:

Kaeda:

Mor:

Roza:

Fin: