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glorious-blackout · 1 year ago

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Milex/TLSP/AM Fic Recs 💖

I was inspired by @puzzlebeanficrecs' recent posts to share some of my all-time favourite fics in this wonderful fandom. This is by no means an exhaustive list as the sheer number of amazing works I've read by incredible writers over the past couple of years is too many to count, but here are some fics that I keep going back to time and time again 🥰

1) Somewhere Darker by @elorianna

Alex hasn't slept properly for weeks. His days are plagued with writer's block, and his nights are haunted by strange and frightening dreams. Progress on the second Puppets album has all but ground to a halt.

Miles is haunted too, by the nights that he and Alex have shared, and the boundaries that they've crossed. Now, he's caught in a game of pretence which neither one of them seems destined to win.

But all is not as it appears, and when a working break away from LA turns into a strange misadventure, Alex and Miles must each decide where their real priorities lie, and how much they're willing to risk in order to attain their hearts' desires.

Will they find a way to repair their fragmented relationship? Or will they remain trapped in a nightmare from which neither one of them can ever wake up...?

One of my favourite fics ever and I cannot recommend the sequel 'Baby, He Can Find You' highly enough if you haven't read it yet!

2) All's Well That Ends Well (To End Up With You) by @yellowloid

Asking Miles to marry him is something Alex has been wanting to do for far too long now. After months of meticulous planning, the day has finally come ‒ and yes, maybe he's a bit nervous, but he's firm in his decision, and he can't wait to just get down on one knee and pop the question. Nothing ‒ nothing ‒ is going to get in his way.

The universe begs to differ.

This entire series is so beautifully written, but this particular fic owns my heart. Such a perfect balance between angst and warm fluff.

3) under these lights you look beautiful by @alexturne

Miles got completely lost in his voice. There was a faraway quality to it, like he belonged somewhere else entirely, but somehow had decided to grace them with his presence and Miles felt blessed to be near him if even for a short while. The subtle elegance hidden in his slender figure, the mannerisms of his fingers wrapped around the corners of his notebook. His words were spoken softly, quietly, but without any hesitation or faltering.

Alex is an elusive poet, who has a way with words and Miles is a bartender, who is completely mesmerized.

The queen of beautiful, heartfelt AUs! Every story of hers is like an escape into a warm hug, but this may be her magnum opus.

4) you cannot turn away (but nice try) by @kisameanslight

Alex Turner thought he got over the love of his life, but then they run into each other again a decade later. Whether they’ll be able to let the past go or not, only time will tell.

I have such fond memories of following this story as it came out and being kept on the edge of my seat with each new update. Her Vampire AU 'c'est horrifique!' is equally incredible 💖

5) The 'Amerlie' Series by @lanatural-books

Welcome to the universe of Amerlie.

All parts intertwine and should take you on an interesting adventure.

I can't begin to pick a favourite entry in this series so I'll simply recommend the whole thing. Such an exquisitely written, cosy love story between our favourite two idiots.

6) Joie de Vivre by @gasdancer

"Two young men decamp to rural France to make an album together. It ~is like love."

Possibly the best Baby Puppets fic/series ever written (and there's a lot of competition for that title). I have such a weakness for stories set in France during the recording of TAOTU so of course this series owns my heart.

7) Last night, what we talked about... by @rock-n-roll-fantasy

... it made so much sense... This little story came into being because of three obvious prerequisites: 1. Baby Monkeys were the cutest band in the world 2. Especially Baby Alex 3. Indie bands get drunk from time to time -> Conclusion: At least once, Baby Alex must have got too tipsy to walk back to the tourbus, so his equally tipsy friends had to take care of him. Further conclusion: It must have been very adorable :)

Not Milex, but just pure Baby Monkeys sweetness distilled into one adorably written fic. I'm in love 🥰

There are so many more fics that I love and wish I could mention but I'd probably be here all day. Feel free to add your own fic recs and share your favourite works in the fandom - I'd love to hear about them 💖

#I've somehow never done a dedicated fic rec post before so this feels long overdue #with all of these writers I can highly recommend everything they've ever posted - the stories in this list just happen to be my favourites #there are also many WIPs that are currently being shared by writers I love that will likely make their way into my list of faves -#- once I finally get the chance to read them!#miles kane #alex turner #the last shadow puppets #arctic monkeys #milex #milex fic #fic recs

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merp-blerp · 2 years ago

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I'm sorry if I'm insulting certain swifties, but I don't like the sudden theory that Midights was a breakup album the whole time. I understand the Jaylor breakup threw the fans for a loop, and we are used to clowning on average, but this theory... just doesn't make sense to me. Taylor and Joe were seen at least twice post-Midnights’s release before the breakup, so how could the album be about breaking-up with him? You think Taylor’s wrote breakup songs about him before they broke up, invisible stringing him along for a few months till she decided to call it quits? That’d be pretty mean of her. I don’t think anyone wants to believe that about her without proof. Maybe I’m misunderstanding the theory, but it just doesn’t make sense to me. And I’ve even seen people claiming that the breakup’s been hinted at since the Lover era. THE LOVER ERA! Come on, guys!

You can have any interpretation you’d like, but try not to connect it to Taylor’s personal life too hard to the point where you deluded yourself that you know her. She allows speculations like that, yes. But in moderation. Don’t be invasive. For example, I think songs like Ivy, Fearless, and I Know Places can have sapphic interpretations. Does that mean I’m labeling her as a lesbian or a sapphic person? No. I just like to interrupt songs through a sapphic lens sometimes ‘cause I’m a lesbian and want to relate on a personal level. I don’t think any of those songs are inherently sapphic just ‘cause I can interrupt them that way (except maybe Ivy, which tells a fictional story made up by Taylor). And I also don’t want to intrude on Tay’s life. If she’s queer that’s her business and she doesn’t owe the fans deep info on her sexuality. If she came out I’d be so happy for her; if she choose to “stay in the closet” or actively said that she wasn’t queer, I’d still be happy for her. In comparison, she doesn’t owe fans an explanation for what happened with Joe, so we shouldn’t make theories that intrude on both of them. Midnights could be interpreted as a breakup album, going through the stages of grief for a relationship, and it’s okay to do so. Does that mean it inherently is? It probably isn’t. It’s inherently about “sleepless nights scattered throughout [her] life” because she said so. We’ve known this since the first announcement.

I know that many of us thought Taylor and Joe were never going to breakup ‘cause they made us believe in love, and the breakup has really made us feel a lot of things; it’s made some fans feel hurt and want to blame something or someone to get rid of the pain. And God knows we don’t want to blame Taylor, so some people (baselessly) are picking on Joe. I myself only began to believe that the breakup rumors were even true once Taylor began to (seemingly) reference that she was now single (and I don’t regret doing that) and I made a whole post about how it made me feel. But no need for us swifties to lose our heads and stop heeding logic over this. No need to try to sniff out what happened, invading Joe and Taylor’s personal lives. No need to start rumors about Joe cheating on her or anything else without Taylor saying he did so. No need to start making fun of Joe’s looks or whatever (though, toxic swifties were doing that even while they were together, so maybe I can’t ask them to get rid of their cognitive dissonance and not bully people in the name of a woman who notoriously hates bullying). No need to start shipping Taylor with her friends; shipping real people can get really toxic if you aren’t careful, so I recommend abstaining from it if you can. Please just respect Joe and Taylor instead of trying to find drama where there is seemingly none. They could’ve broken up amicably, have you considered that? We don’t even know where to look for drama right now in this situation. So many good things are happening with Taylor, like her breaking records yet again like the queen she is, so let’s try to focus on that. I too want the best for Taylor and don’t want to lift up those who’ve hurt her for no good reason, but we don’t know if Joe did anything. Keep cool while we slowly learn more—and I mean slowly—and respect those who deserve to be respected.

#taylor swift #joe alwyn #swifties #swiftie #taylor swift theory #jaylor #toe #swiftalwyn #fandoms #gaylor #←because I mentioned some queer stuff #sorry if that’s baiting—I don’t know if it is #I think that tag somewhat belongs here…

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laplaceart · 3 months ago

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𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆 ٭˚✐ You can a call me your Highness, God and Master of Chaos, Time Traveler and the Victorian pansy. Btw Demian also works ;)

𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒔 ٭˚ ✎ He/Him, I'm a trans boy, but, fuck genderrrrr.

𝑴𝑩𝑻𝑰 ٭˚✐ My bestie now says I'm INTJ but the last time I checked I was between INTP and INFJ, so, who knows.

𝑺𝒊𝒈𝒏 ٭˚ ✎ I'm Pisces! My b-day is 12/3.

『𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬』 BSD & Yuumori.

『𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬』 Sherlock, Hannibal, Good Omens, Dr. Who, Arcane.

『𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬』 Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame, La La Land, idk. I never made a list XD. Enola Holmes.

『𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬』 I'm shit w videogames but I like Twisted Wonderland and Identity V. Btw, I really like scape room games and classic card games. I'm learning how to play chess too.

『𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞』 Oscar Wilde in general, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Poe, Wells, Hesse, Lupin and Sherlock's books, JEKYLL & HYDE. I LOVE JEKYLL & HYDE.

⚊♥︎⚊♣︎⚊♦︎⚊♠︎⚊♦︎⚊♣︎⚊♥︎⚊

I absolutely love ✨𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏✨ and my favorite albums are Innuendo and A Night at the Opera. And Hawaii pt II by Miracle Musical.

I always loved classical music, my favourite composer is Tchaikovsky, I also like Liszt, Paganini, Chopin, Debussy, Satie, etc.

Lately I've been listening punk, glam rock, 70's music and I love it. I really like Bowie and The Velvet Underground. (Totally not a demonic miracle).

I recently started listening jazz but I already like Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole and Nina Simone. (This song reminds me of this Bach fugue I don't remember the name. I love it).

I'm just now listening to more variety because my mom doesn't really like music, I'm trying not to let her opinion bother me so I just put on my headphones and that's it. I'm always looking for new music, so, recommendations are always welcomed!

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎↯ drawing, writing, fashion, dancing, bakery sweets, books, learning languages, history, punk, art, romanticism, tea, science, camp, philosophy, David Tennant and coffee.

English is not my first language (Spanish) so, sorry for my shitty grammar, I've never studied it properly. I also know a bit of French and Italian and I started studying Russian. Next on the list are German, Latin and Greek. Yes. I'm mad.

I made this little sketch, idk if I'll use it as pfp but, anyways, this is me:

⚊♥︎⚊♣︎⚊♦︎⚊♠︎⚊♦︎⚊♣︎⚊♥︎⚊

I don't know what else to say, so, here's my Spotify for character playlists. Yes. That's it's whole purpose.

I also have ig but that's an old account (I started it at 13) and I hate almost everything XD.

This is my AO3 account but I haven't post much yet.

And I think that's all! Have a good morning, and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!

#artists on tumblr #art #introduction #meet the artist #good omens #writers on tumblr #writing #disney twst #twsited wonderland #painting

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queenofclogs · 8 months ago

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since doing your reviews, have your opinions on the albums changed? (i.e. you like one more than you did before hand or you liked one less?)

i've started to listen to Queen's entire discography a couple weeks ago, but i've listened to them my whole life thanks to my family. i've always liked their music and before listening to each album i check out the song titles to see if there's any song i've already listened to or a song that i think i'm gonna like a lot.

now that i've listened to all the albums, yes, there were album i was most excited to listen to and i thought i was gonna love them (which in 90% of the times i did). don't get me wrong, their songs are incredible and i dont really think any album is exactly bad at all, it depends on everyone's tastes, and i have my preferences.

if this answers your question (i hope it does), there were albums i thought i was gonna like more that i actually did, like: The Miracle, Made In Heaven and A Kind Of Magic.

some of the albums were really really close to my liking expectations: Sheer Heart Attack, Jazz, A Day At The Races and The Game.

others were completely what i expected: Queen II, A Night At The Opera, News Of The World and Innuendo.

and some were better than i actually expected: The Works, Queen and Hot Space.

in a general way, i liked every album, but as any person i have my favorites and my least favorites, hope that answered your question and i apologize if it was too long to explain.

this goes for everyone who reads this, feel free to ask me any question and send recommendations of albums you'd like me to review.

take care and have a nice day!

#queen #brian may #john deacon #freddie mercury #roger taylor

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sonyadance · 10 months ago

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Travels and Dancing 20

I like writing these. They calm my nervous system down, help me figure out what the heck happened, because, damn life happens! Some people tell me that that’s what my next book should be about: travels and dancing. I agree, I want it also, but it’s not there. I’ve tried many times to write a book and the only one that actually came out all the way to publishing is the one that had a clear structure, direction and just basically got vomited through my fingers. A bit like when I write these texts… but these are like a glorified journal, not interesting enough to publish for the world to see. Actually… for the world to buy.

I’m so happy with where I’ve come from in the last year and where I’m going, but, as always, I have to pace myself better: the new year barely started and I’m exhausted. I have one day off in two months. I don’t think that’s healthy… so reorganization is on the table. Everything I hated before, I now understand how it serves me. Having a routine allows me to spend less time finding where everything is and just going; having structure gives me the freedom to move, build and create. There is definitely more work to do in those areas, but going from feeling the ick in my body just hearing those words (routine, daily, structure, authority, Québec, family) to wanting them. Wow. Path in my own back.

We did another iteration of Le Chalet wcs with Phil and Flore in August of last year. I love these two so much. As always, I was really slow in understanding that they wanted my friendship, they reached out so many times before my brain actually went: oh, ok, they want to be friends, they are friends. They are amazing people, aligned in their values, hardworking, a beautiful example to have around. And I know things are probably not always pink and fluffy for them, but if you read this: you inspire me to be a better person, and that having a family, being stable and dancing can all go hand in hand. I love you.

Le Chalet was amazing as always: 35 people sleeping in the same house, eating together, training, dancing, playing games, sharing. It’s definitely one of my favorite weekend of the year. I love seeing how the community grows stronger by people having time to share more intimately, play and just sharing the same space. This is definitely something that we’ll keep holding as long as possible!

Then it was the Country Festival of St-Michel-des-Saints. Me and two of my best friend in this world drove there, rented a little cottage, cooked, ate, drank, danced into the night and partied at the Festival. An honorable mention for your host who won the title of Mechanical Bull Queen of the festival! What did I win? Pride. Lots of it. Bruises. Even more of it. A bit of bleeding and shaky leg (where not going there). Was it worth it? 100% would recommend. 100% won’t do it again. We found the party with the line dancer and I don’t know if it was the euphoria of the whole thing, but I got carried into it for the first time in my life. If you’ve seen me at events, I’ve been mostly on the side of the dancefloor for all line dance type things… I has a blast there! Maybe it was the weekend I had spent at the Calgary Dance Stampede in April, seeing videos of my then roommate Mackenzie Keister, who made it look really cool, but it made me want to do country. Something might be brewing on that front. ;-)

September was for training and resetting. Anybody knows Noah Kahan? I discovered him when he released the Stick Season single and fell in love. I had just bought my first car ever and listened to that tune non-stop while driving in BC. I would go for cold dips in the morning as the sun would rise and blast it. I honestly think this whole album helped me re-acclimate to Québec, which wasn’t my first choice of place to settle, but has so many of the people I love. The melancholy of it. Making winter, slowness and boredom feel attractive through the poetry of it all. Sincerely, thank you Noah. So last summer, as I was driving to Halifax for a contract with a student and friend of mine, I played Noah’s album over and over and mentioned that this is the one artist I would love to go see live. My student found tickets for Toronto and there we were screaming our heads off at the Budweiser Stage in Toronto a couple months later. Probably the best concert I’ve been to in my life (ok, I really have been to like 5 concerts ever, but still…) I’m so happy for that memory before the tickets became 400$+.

I then drove to Sherbrooke to give a teacher’s training and a couple workshops. Gosh, I love my job. I love teaching so much. Some dancers I know do it because it’s the part that pays the most, but, for me, it’s the best part! Anything I do, I do it in the frame of mind of teaching it, if I don’t, I lose interest real fast. Teacher’s training are the summit: passionate people who are interested in details and want to ingest as much information as possible to then share it with their world? Gold.

I had a weekend home so I invited my new dancer partner to practice and actually meet. Oh yeah, I didn’t tell you. One day, I saw a video of a baby novice dancer and said to myself: I don’t know who that is, but he’s mine before he gets to All-Star and people finally realize that he’s as good as I know he is. I then proceeded to stalk him (in a totally legal and respectful manner) and ask him if he was available for a call. I told him what I saw in him, he told me his story and he planned to come up for two days. Then in a fun turn of events, I happened to have to move that weekend. So hi Aaron, nice to meet you, here’s half my family and thanks for moving my mattress and underwear and sleeping on a mattress on the floor in a half empty apartment with me. Great introduction. We had a blast anyway, sharing, constructing plans and trying liftwork for a potential routine. The weekend after, I was in Austin to choreograph for us with Glenn Ball. I love choreographing and I am always drawn to share a story I’ve created or seem important to share, and we needed a leader that knew more about swing. It was a whirlwind of a weekend with awesome people having me over, a few games of laser tag, riding in my dream car (black mustang) and being dragged to a country evening… which also re-kindled/re-confirmed the country love affair!

Then came, one of the craziest thing I’ve ever done: registering for a pole competition after being grounded (literally, not flying… with apparatus, I still took the plane) because of a shoulder injury, having health problem that got me bedridden for a couple of months, basically being in the worse shape of my life. I registered mid-august, so I had two months to choreograph, train, get in pole shape, create the music, and order costumes. At the time, I also thought that I didn’t have a partner for The Open so it was going to give me the motivation to train for something else, but I ended up having two partners and creating two dance routines at the same time, finding and cutting music, getting costumes for that and trying to find travel time to meet my partners.

To my surprise, I won. I didn’t even have a competitive goal in mind. What I wanted to do was present something that was so clear that it gave me a business cards to get gigs with other polers. I don’t need to become world pole champion, I want to help people who have so much more abilities and/or fire than me, create a routine that resembles them, has smooth transition and is sound. I didn’t manage to run my full until the day before. I rented an extra studio hour in Toronto and succeeded once. Perfect, ready to go. I told myself that a lot of things could go wrong with a pole routine (dealing with different poles, slipping, speed of rotation, angles, height, distance between poles, angles on static), but that I knew my routine, my song, my theme and myself enough, that I could make it work and present a show that I’d be proud of. After 2m on stage to rehearse… which means you don’t have your music, you don’t get to run the whole thing, there are 3 other people on stage with you… I went on to do make-up, watch other performance, wait and finally get on stage. It felt so good. Pole audiences are normally very loud, but during half of my performance there was not a sound to be heard. Which can be a really good or really bad thing. I was so proud. People came to me after to tell me I’ve touched them and that they heard my story and that’s all I needed.

For those who haven’t seen that routine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PFKdHvSUKU&t=14s

Montreal Westie Fest came around. The hometown event where I always felt welcomed, loved and seen no matter where I was coming from at the time. Stephen came in town so we could choreograph and we won the pro strictly. I hadn’t felt that good dancing in a competition in a long time. That also felt like home. We know each other so well, it just flows. I had an awesome lumber jack and jill where you are randomly paired with different levels and performing battle style. I drew Alex Glover who reminded me he did his first pro-am jack and jill (actually the winner of novices got to dance with a pro) at Montreal Westie Fest a few years back and now we were dancing together and we were sitting side by side as he was competing in the pro strictly as well. I love full circle moments like that, they feel so warm and fulfilling.

Vidéo of Stephen and I:

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Calgary was next and what a freaking weekend! I got there a couple of days early to meet my best friend Kim who moved to BC a couple years ago. We rented a hotel, roamed around, bought cowboy hats, and went totally berserk in the hotel pool. Then I met Nelson at the event hotel and some of the shenanigans we got up to that weekend are definitely not shareable through this media. All I can tell you is that there are videos of it and that most people thought I was drunk off my ass, but I actually had two glasses of wine in the entire weekend. One of my great idea was to get inflatable costumes to do a two-steps before the real presentation. I forgot to mention, it was Halloween weekend. So Nelson and I got into these giant pig costumes, blew them up and went down for the show. As we started, I realized that we hadn’t tried dancing at all in them and that every time my arm was lifted for a turn (and it is often in a two-steps) I couldn’t see anything; that every time a wrap happened (and it happens often in a two-step) it would squish my whole body and bounce me back out. Then my costume started to deflate, the pomp dangling down my leg and… let me tell you it was the worse or the best demo you’ve ever seen. It all depends on perspective.

I was home for a weekend after that (halleluiah!) So I decided to do a house warming party in my new apartment: after all, one of the reasons to have a home is to be able to have people over, no? I invited my closest friends and family with all their kids… and this stranger I had talked to online a few months ago. I’ll explain. I created an account on Hinge to show guys profile to my brother as I was talking from a woman perspective what I found interesting and might catch my eyes. I kept it to swipe left on everybody when I was bored at night and feel better about myself with all the likes coming in. For some unknown reason to this day, I swiped right on this guy’s profile, then forgot about it because I was never going to talk to him, but then he wrote again. We talked for three weeks (I was always out of Montreal), it was easy and nice, but after some thoughts, I realized I still wasn’t ready to meet anybody after the disaster of my last relationship. I told him so and expected to be told off. Instead he sent me a really nice message with his number for if I wanted to contact him in the future. Long story short, I meet him by chance in September, we talk for 5m, and I tell him it was really nice to meet him, that I’d like to meet again in a couple months. Fast forward to October, we’ve texted a bit, I finally have my own apartment, my life is getting settled, I feel ready, so yeah, I invited him to my house warming party with a bunch of strangers (to him). He came. The rest will have to go inside of another story book, but we’ve now met most of each other’s family and friends, spent the holidays together and he’s coming on a dance cruise with me in May.

Back to our initial topic: dance. As a last minute decision to get some time to rehearse with Stephen before The Open, I flew to Seattle to spend a few days at his place, meet his lovely life partner, rehearse like maniacs, chill and head to Sea to Sky. Sea to Sky was a really relaxed event for me, which I’m not really use to: I didn’t have workshops to teach, no judging, just a few privates, rehearsals with Stephen, floor trial and performance after a grand total of a few hours over 5 days of training for that routine. I’d say it went pretty well for the context. It gave us the information we needed to know what to adjust before the big day… in our head because we could only meet on the Thursday of The Open. Loll. You got to love the rush!

I went home for 36h (had a glass of wine with mystery Hinge man) and left for Philadelphia to train with Aaron. We had a few hours between workshops I gave, private lessons we both had, leaving for DCSX where we had some coaching down, I taught some more, judged a few comps, competed and finaled in Champion JnJ and Strictly. We also had the opportunity to see a basketball match live in the VIP section. Freaking loved it (also sent tons of videos to mystery man who loves basketball)!

And there it was, the most expected weekend of the year for most of us: The Open. After consulting with friends I trust and having hard discussions, we decided to scratch the showcase routine with Aaron. My friends basically told me: you were right he’s extremely talented, you could run it, but your routine is not quite ready yet and it’d be better to leave a great first impression than an ok one. Aaron was glad to also have a first year at The Open to be an observer soak in the vibe and feel more ready for when the moment will be right. Stephen and I performed in Classic on Saturday. I say performed and not competed because our intention was wildly different. Not only we knew that a total of maybe 14 hours (with many curve balls thrown at us), was not quite enough to do something highly competitive, but also because we wanted to present something that was us. A feel good routine. Something you want to watch with a hot cocoa, wrapped in a big blanket. A window into some other people’s inner world. And we did just that. I’m really proud of the results and especially proud of the fact that it inspired other artists around us and, for me, that’s one of the highest compliment… along with people writing me that it was their young kids’ favorite routine!!!

Stephen and I’s routine:

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We rented a huge Airbnb by the beach with Stephen, Jacinda, Aaron, Brad, Jerome, Alyssa and Sean to get some rest and reset before TAP. How did I rest? By going to a silks` class, copying cabaret liftwork with Aaron and partying for Alyssa’s birthday. It started all nice and fun until a party bus was called at 11pm and we got taken to a random karaoke bar and… the next day was hard. Just thinking about it, I’m getting tired. Another honorable mention for me who traumatized the young adult boy partying next door.

TAP came along and I did the classic mistake I often do: party like an animal and stay on the dancefloor until 6am on the Friday because I’m so excited to be there and then be completely trash for the Saturday night. A classic, loll. I have to admit I was really sad about not making finals and being able to dance with my peers in strictly. I don’t know why, but TAP is the only event that gives me that feeling: it’s like being left out. I did have the chance to do a smooth demo with Joel Torgeson for the Invitational. I also took a few privates which triggered some fire and interest in me that I hadn’t felt in a while.

I came back to Montreal on the 5th of December and got my wisdom teeth removed the next day. Never too old to get wise! NO, but seriously, the entire month of November, while I was in the States and gearing towards The Open, I had a tooth infection, got some antibiotics that knocked me out and was just in pain the whole time. The extraction went really poorly, I had to take two sets of antibiotics, my jaw was so locked I couldn’t open my mouth, I couldn’t eat, I’m allergic to all anti-inflammatories so I was in pain, I couldn’t eat for a week, couldn’t work for two… it was a mess. All the while mystery man came over (there is a specific reason I manage to swallow my pride and let him see me like this so early on, but I won’t get into it now) petted my hair while holding an ice pack in my face and talking to me for two hours since I couldn’t speak. That’ll accelerate the bonding process…

Besides that mess to end 2023 kind of how it started, I had a great holiday season, got to see my friends and my family in Montreal, went to a fun chalet for the New Year (first year in a long time that I’m not working an event at that time, it felt kind of nice!) and spend quality time with everybody before my crazy winter schedule started. I am now teaching every evening between pole dancing, aerial art, yoga, wcs group and private lessons of different levels at different locations, and I am gone most every weekends for different gigs. I already miss seeing my people. Once everything is settled and my life has a bit more of a rebuilt, I will free at least a weekend a month and an evening a week so I can have a social life with “normal” people. ;-)

I’m excited for what’s to come, but I also need a solid nap and some healthy food. Help!

#dancerslife #dance teacher #west coast swing #wcs #Youtube

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Tagged by @clotpolesonly, thank you, Jess!

I went ahead and linked all of the songs and you should totally give them a listen, because they are all wonderful and amazing and I love them (and thus am totally unbiased).

T - Through the Dark (One Direction) Do yourself a favour and listen to this song it is so beautiful and I love it so much. H - Highland (Blackmore's Night) Renaissance Folk about wanting to go back to the Highlands? Sign me upppp E - Everything louder than everything else (Meatloaf) A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age - need I say more? D - Dreamer (Supertramp) Supertramp is epic and wonderful and has such prominent piano lines and I love it A - And Then There Was Silence (Blind Guardian) An almost 15 minute epic retelling the Iliad - need I say more? I especially love the Cassandra reference. U - Underdog (Imagine Dragons) I once listened to Bleeding Out for an entire day, but there is no B in my username and I do really like underdog, too, so we'll go with that! G - Give me love (Ed Sheeran) I'm not sure if it still counts as my very favourite Ed Sheeran song, but it certainly was my first favourite Ed song, and I still love it a whole lot. H - Heaven on their minds (Jesus Christ Superstar) If someone wants to pay me for putting on a one woman show of JCS - I'm ready! T - Time Stands Still (At The Iron Hill) (Blind Guardian) An operatic/symphonic metal concept album about the Silmarillion is everything I ever wanted in my life. E - End of all hope (Nightwish) If you need to get your blood pumping, I know nothing better than this song! R - Ride the Wild Wind (Queen) I had to get some Queen in here - and I couldn't make '39 fit my name so we'll go with this one O - On My Way Home (Enya) Really, anything by Enya goes! Her winter/Christmas album (And Winter Came) is an absolute staple in my winter rotation! F - From the North (Runrig) I'm hard pressed to pick any favourite Runrig song (because they are all favourites), but this one is definitely up there. K - Kopf hoch, tanzen (Herbert Grönemeyer) You are missing out, if you don't understand German, but there are a couple of English versions of his songs that he produced once upon a time! One of Germany's best beloved acts and well deserved as well in my opinion! I - If I Could Fly (One Direction) It makes me cry okay - another really beautiful one N - Nur für Dich (Wise Guys) Okay, this one is German and with this band half the fun are the lyrics (the other half are the harmonies because acapella!!), but if you understand at least a little German, I highly recommend the Wise Guys! G - Generation (Simple Plan) HEY HO, LET'S GO! S - Show me (My Fair Lady) One of my absolute favourite musicals ever!!

I feel as though I should say that I'm not as old as some of these choices make me appear

I'm always ready to yell about any of these songs/artist!!! And if you end up listening to anything because of this and liking it, pleeeease let me know!

Tagging Clara, @loverofcake and the last ten people who reblogged something from me - no pressure though!

@ihavelikenolife, @sharlaidfrey, @brap-brap-lightning-mcqueen, @writinglines, @fruitingbodyworship, @fandoms-and-i, @c00kieknight, @221b-anarion, @fangirlofrandomness, @letterschming and of course everyone else who'd like to do this!

#lessa says #lessa plays tag games #thanks jess!#I spent way too much time on this #and it was fun so thank you #happy listening everybody if you decide to!

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From my beloved @mouthoftheocean Optional tag: Music-fiends, you know who you are. 1. a song you can listen to on repeat Red Right Hand || Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Whatever It Takes || Imagine Dragons 2. a song from one of your favorite albums Alive || Pearl Jam - 10 Levon || Elton John - Madman Across the Water 3. a song you loved when you were a teenager or kid Mr Brownstone || Guns N Roses Me and Bobby McGee || Janis Joplin The End || The Doors 4. a song that makes you feel strong The Warrior Song - Leviathan || Sean Householder Wolf Totem || The Hu 5. a song that makes you sad Indian Sunset || Elton John The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald || Gordon Lightfoot Pirate’s Plea || The Musical Blades 6. a song that cheers you up Can’t Stop || Red Hot Chili Peppers Mwahahahah || Ookla the Mok Survivor Evolved || Neebs Gaming ft. JT Music {{RIP Thick44}} 7. a song that reminds you of your friend(s) Lux Aeterna || Clint Mansell Throw Your Arms Around Me || Hunters and Collectors Sugar in the Hold || The Jolly Rogers Friends in Low Places || Garth Brooks 9. a song that reminds you of yourself Texas Longhorn || Django Walker Closer to the Heart || Rush A Pirate Looks At Forty || Jimmy Buffet 10. a song that brings back good memories Get the Funk Out || Extreme Amarillo By Morning || George Strait Sex Type Thing || Stone Temple Pilots {feel free to ask why} 11. a song that grew on you Smooth Criminal || Alien Ant Farm {cover} On a Boat || The Lonely Island 12. a song from a musical Music of the Night || Michael Crawford - Phantom of the Opera Right Hand Man || Jonathan Young and Caleb Hyles - Hamilton You’ll Be Back || Jonathan Young - Hamilton Falcon in the Dive || Terry Mann - The Scarlet Pimpernel Into the Fire || Douglas Sills and Original Broadway Cast - The Scarlet Pimpernel Madame Guillotine || Original Broadway Cast - The Scarlet Pimpernel Stars || Phillip Quast as Javert - Les Miserables 13. a song with a great music video Sweep the Leg || No More Kings Jack Sparrow || The Lonely Island 14. a song that’s better as a cover Temple of Love || Johnny Hollow The Plagues || Jonathan Young and Caleb Hyles -Prince of Egypt Old Town Road || Richaad EB and Jonathan Young 15. a song that’s better acoustic Down in a Hole || Alice in Chains Radioactive || Daughtry {cover} 16. a song with great lyrics Anybody Listening? || Queensryche Comfortably Numb || Pink Floyd 17. a song for summer Santeria || Sublime When the Sun Goes Down || Kenny Chesney Toes || Zac Brown Band 18. a song for heartache Snuff || Corey Taylor {Slipknot} Fuck You || Cee Lo Green and Daryl Hall

19. a song for car rides Life is a High Way || Rascal Flatts Free Fallin’ || Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Calypso || John Denver 20. a song for the rain Featherstone || Paper Kites What Kind of Love || Childish Gambino Nocturne #20 in C Sharp Minor || Chopin 21. a song for dancing Can’t Dance || Cooper Allen Rodeo || Garth Brooks What I Love About Sundays || Craig Morgan 22. a song for making out Hole-Hearted || Extreme More than Whiskey in Mind || Christian Kane Bad Romance || Lady Gaga 23. a song for a lover Hallelujah || Jeff Buckley A Thousand Years || Christina Perri I’ll Be || Edwin McCain 24. a song from before you were born White Rabbit || Jefferson Airplane Killer Queen || Queen 25. a song from a band that’s no longer together Blow Up The Outside World || Soundgarden Big Empty || Stone Temple Pilots 26. a song you’ve seen live Operation LIVEcrime || Queensryche {{yes the whole album/show}} 27. a song you want to see live Hollywood Pirate || The Musical Blades House Rules || Christian Kane 28. a song by a band you don’t usually like Bang Bang || Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj 29. a song you recommend Montero || Lil Nas X

#Turtle Music #If you know...you know and msg me

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HIIIII it’s been a while i’m so sorry i’ve just had a terrible time since i sent my last ask :// summer is soooo kicking my ass but i am trying to persevere !!🫡 LMAO

MAKING HIM TAKE BUZZFEED QUIZZES IS SO SMART OMG I NEED TO TRY THAT !!! he said Steal My Girl 😂😂 lil basic but i can’t blame him it is a bop, we both go crazy when that one comes on

I SAW THE NEWEST UPDATE ON THE my-boyfriend-is-trying-to-be-a-writer-thread and SAMANTHA I CANT WITH YOU LMAOOOOOO this thread is so funny i just love that IT KEEPS GOING dw queen i devoured that 10k traditional chapter as if it were 1k🫡🫡🫡

also queen just wanted to let you know your stories follow me everywhere🥹 saw a framed poster on etsy titled ‘Wildflower Garden’ and it was SOOOOOOOOOO protection coded💔💔 it was a bunch of pretty flowers and it had Sweet Creature lyrics “wherever i go, you bring me home”😭😭 i love them sm he would totally buy it as a present for her on a random tuesday and they would forever hang it up in their home😭 and i saw a video on insta and i was CACKLING😭😭 some girl was talking abt how her dentist had his fingers in her mouth and she said something inappropriate and i was like ‘this is basically the plot of chapter 2 of Toothpaste’ HAHAHAHAH

i saw you posted Most and it looks SOOOO interesting but i really can’t lie im scared to read it cause everyone and their MOTHER are in your inbox hating on some bitch named lauren ??? i don’t know her AND I DONT NEED TO TO KNOW THAT IM NOT GONNA LIKE HER EITHER😭😭 THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN !!! once u post part 2 i’ll def read it🙂‍↕️🤞

I STARTED LOVE AND OTHER WORDS LAST NIGHT ??? I ALREADY LOVE IT i’m barely a hundred pages in and i’m soooo invested in their story. what gets me is homegirl KNOWS he’s the love of her life and HE KNOWS IT TOO ?? and i’m just sitting here like “make out already ???🤨” HAHAHAHA but i know it’s not that easy😔 but i will defff let you know what i think as i read some more

idk if im stupid or what but i had NO clue Christina Lauren was TWO PEOPLE AHAHAHAHAH i opened the back cover of the book and i was like😦😦 ive seen SOOO many people talk about and recommending their books yet i never knew that ?😭 i think co-writing books with your bestie is SOOO amazing omg

HOW ARE YOUUUU ?? I MISS YOU SO MUCH 💕💕 catch me up on everything, big or small it doesn’t matter 🫶🫶🫶

~🎶

Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear you weren't doing well! I hope everything is okay, feel free to vent if you need to 💕 I'm so happy to hear from you, but don't feel bad about late replies, I'm happy to hear from you at all 💕

Steal My Girl reminds me of fall (the whole album does) but that was my favorite of their first song album drops. It really fit the vibe. The music video always makes me laugh. I never knew I needed to see Louis with a chimp until then 😭 A LITTLE BASIC. I'm SCREAMING. Good for him though, I don't think that's an obvious choice for casual listeners. I love it!

HAHAHAHAHA I feel like I'm truly living a double agent life. I feel a little bad but I will never tell him. He'll live without knowing. You're so kind 😭 10k of Harry being sick is usually where I start rereading Traditional. I don't think I've reread parts 1-5 since like maybe a week after I wrote them 😂

Omg that's so cute 😭 I think about that a lot, if my writing pops up in people's lives. Someone a while back sent a message that their parents got a new washer and dryer and her mom tested it with like one sock and it made her think about Love and Dryer Sheets and I just thought that was so cool 😭 I LOVE the idea of her buying the poster for her on a random Tuesday. I feel like Toothpaste is going to be simultaneously the most relatable one and least relatable one as idk if I know any hot dentists 😭 but that's really funny nonetheless!

I think I remember you telling me that you don't like to read unfinished stories? I think you did it with Dolcezza maybe; no worries either way. But knowing that, you may want to sit this one out until I get like part 2 AND 3 posted? I feel like I'm going to get "SAMANTHA -🎶" in my inbox and nothing else if you read it before it's done 😂 But yes, we HATE Lauren here. But of course I want you to read it when you have time/want to 💕 I would love to hear your thoughts!

I'm so happy you're loving it! MAKE OUT ALREADY LITERALLY. I just loved their story so so much he's so in love with her I cannot. It gets a little deeper but it hooked me so fast I couldn't put it down. I think I read it in one day.

YES. I forget how I figured it out, if I also read the back cover or if I was googling them or something idk. But it's SO cool they write together! I wish I had a writing bestie to do that with, but anyway!

I'm doing well! I think when we last chatted I was STRESSED™ over everything and now I'm MUCH less stressed thankfully. I'm really not doing a whole lot these days. Just trying to enjoy the summer even though the weather is crappy af lately. Too hot to breathe one day and then raining off and on for hours. Can't do anything outside. I made a yummy pasta dish for dinner last night and other than that, my life is pretty boring.

I hope you're doing better, I've missed you so much as well! I hope that things calm and settle for you so you can relax and enjoy 💕

xoxo

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hummingbee-lievable · 5 months ago

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Song of the Day #17:

'Tokyo Á Go Go' by the Magnetic Fields (released 1992).

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Tokyo Á go-go

The dancing spies

With evil eyes

That walk the night

Tokyo Á go-go

In colored scenes

The dancing queens

With laser beams

Track 5 on 'The Wayward Bus/Distant Plastic Trees' (and isn't that just a fantastic album name?).

Fun fact: One of Stephin Merritt's most prolific albums, '69 Love Songs' (a fantastic album, highly recommend for a road trip or housecleaning day) is where the song 'The Book of Love' (covered by many including my favourite version, by Peter Gabriel) came from. Merritt's favourite version is: 'is a seven-year-old girl singing it on Holland’s Got Talent. The instrumental accompaniment was cheesy, of course, but she really inhabited it in a way that you couldn’t imagine a seven-year-old girl doing. Particularly the line ‘We’re all too young to know’'. (Which he thought was particularly funny coming from a seven year old.)*

Personal blurb: *Sigh.* Okay okay. I know I said I was going to try not to do multiple songs from the same artist but I've been driving from one side of the country to the other quite a bit lately and this whole album has been keeping me such company. I can't get over how fun this song is. I mean, it is a crappy romantic spy film (you know the ones) in song form, and the beat is just so goofy and fun. It feels like it could be the theme music for Mr. and Mrs. Smith or the Pink Panther if they just fully embraced their cartoonish side (well, I guess the Pink Panther has already done that, quite literally). I just love how fun and ridiculous it is.

This whole album is so much fun. My top songs from it are:

(As you might know already) '100,000 Fireflies' for it's melancholy and strangely transporting message.

'Railroad Boy' which I LOVE. You know how you listen to an album multiple times and sometimes certain songs only reach you after you've listened to them on the 7th round? It's like reading a book or watching a movie and noticing something you've never appreciated before. It's why I can never listen to an album only once; I discover something new every time. This song in particular reminds me of this song from the movie 'Australia'. The movie was not bad, and I love the message of this song:

'By the Boab Tree' by Ophelia of the Spirits (which is an amazing name):

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Both songs feel so magical to me.

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I also really love 'When You Were My Baby', 'Candy', 'The Saddest Story Ever Told', 'Candy', 'Tar-Heel Boy', 'Living in an Abandoned Firehouse With You', and 'Josephine' is super fun because it's told from Napoleon's perspective (their love story was quite a cursed and interesting one; in the movie he says to her- though I doubt he said this to her in real life- when they have to face the public after a series of events: ‘All our harsh words are behind us. I need you to be my most tender friend’. I love that line).

My bonus is 'Jeremy' (and let's face it, I'd probably just list every song on the album if you gave me enough time). This one always amuses me because of Pearl Jam's 'Jeremy' and I always think this in my head whenever I hear it:

It's a great song. Trigger warning for school shooting references:

I remember the video for this being intense and good, although it's been years since I've watched it.

Anyway, enough ranting about the Magnetic Fields. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. Ralph Rant, if you will (that's my actual name).

The answer to yesterday's puzzle, after these fabulous guesses from my sister:

'So he didn’t cut of his wrong hand?

So he could get hooked easier?

So he could fish better? or zip line without anything?'

😆 The answer issssss:

*Drumroll.*

'Because after he cut off his left, he was hooked!'

*Ahem.*

Anyway.

What creature in the animal kingdom regards you as very attractive, Smalls?

😋

*Reference:

#youtube #music #song of the day #funny #terrible puns #puns #pearl jam #the magnetic fields #the wayward bus/distant plastic trees #Australia the movie #by the boab tree #those trees are breathtaking actually #should totally look it up #spy movie #but song form #that one doofenschmirtz meme #dr doofenshmirtz #funny memes

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popmusicu · 7 months ago

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SIX the musical: re-telling history through music

SIX is a musical theatre show presented in a way that it feels like a concert. In this show, we get to know the stories of the six wives of Henry VIII (King of England), as they compete in a singing contest to decide which one suffered the most.

During the show, the six queens explain to the audience that they are now a band, and by the end of the night, whoever had the worst life with their husband, will be the lead singer. Each queen is inspired by a modern “pop queen”, for example, Catherine of Aragon has musical inspiration from Beyonce, Jane Seymour from Adele, and Katherine Howard from Ariana Grande. These different “queenspirations” (as the writers call them) make the songs of each queen very different in style, making the audience dance, then cry, then dance again but in a sad way…?

As the competition ends, the queens realise that maybe comparing each other is not the best idea, and instead, they should start to emphasize each individual’s life apart from being “the king’s wife”. This grants the musical an added layer of significance by offering the chance to re-tell history, traditionally dominated by male perspectives, through the voices and viewpoints of its female characters.

Even though it’s a satire and not 100% historically correct, this musical comedy has been a great way to introduce people, and mainly youths, to history in a less boring way than an old-fashioned history class. It started in the UK but has expanded to Broadway, Australia and even South Korea. It also has fan-made translations into Spanish, Portuguese, and other languages (which can be found on YouTube). This shows the power of music in a way that is not only used for entertainment but also for telling stories.

SIX is obviously not the first musical act that is about history, for example, the worldwide famous Hamilton, but the concert-like experience, the female point of view, the unserious tone, among other things, make it, personally, a unique experience.

If after reading this you are interested in listening to the musical, here is the link to the live opening night on Broadway album from Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/album/0VEsR6Rw4ApD0jeIlx4gsq?si=ndiMg4BtReiNS4D49XahNA

Sadly, this album doesn't include the dialogue between songs, but if you want to watch the whole musical, there are some not-very-legal videos on YouTube. But obviously, if you have the opportunity to go watch it live, I totally recommend it.

Vicente Concha Rojas

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You guys here are so cynical and love a male to make him the victim. //

Literally shut the fuck up. We spent SO LONG before the album came out talking about how Joe was probably stringing her along and promising things he wasn’t giving her. Every single time someone actually attacks either Taylor or Joe, Nat defends the one that’s being attacked because they both fucked up.

Then the album came out, and instead of getting 30 songs about Joe being a piece of shit we got like 2 about him being moody and checked out of the relationship. We also got a song where Taylor admits to cheating on him. It’s literally right there.

There was one (ONE) person who said they hope Joe is doing well because that sounds like a really hard situation to go through, and this is your response?? At this point you’re actually going to force me to defend him because wtf??

Taylor hasn’t once said he actually cheated on her. She’s talked about being jealous and being wrong multiple times before though. She said he was depressed and wouldn’t marry her so she fell for Matty again. She actually should have left Joe the moment she started falling for Matty instead of staying with him while she imagines herself fucking Matty. But none of us have really brought that up at all?? We haven’t complained about what she did because it was a shitty thing to do but we’re all human and we ended up finding the whole situation very funny. If we wanted to, we could 100% take that album and drag her to hell and back. But then one person says they feel sorry for Joe and all of a sudden we’re defending men??

Everyone is dragging Joe for cheating when there’s no proof of that and there’s actual proof of Taylor cheating. But somehow we are in the wrong for not attacking neither of them?? Y’all are so fucking annoying omg

thank u queen 🥺🥹😘

now I also recommend you go touch some grass (of whatever variety, mine will be distilled) though because as annoying as these people are it’s a Friday night and we should go have fun.

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420hamlet · 1 year ago

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The Queen – Raúl Victoria III (#41)

I had a draft of this in which I waxed poetic about music. I wanted to deeply explore the nature of music to explain your place in it, but I can’t. I’ve realized how much I need music to exist, and despite this, I can’t comprehend it. I know nothing of music except how much I love it. So now, instead of talking stupidly about a topic I know nothing about, I’m going to talk about musical experiences; melodic moments from my life, to better exemplify the impact you had in it.

The first moment I remember truly appreciating music was when Ryan Keen destroyed me. My best friend, the fantastic musician known to the world as Raw Bean, had just come back from another country (Australia this time) and had new music recommendations, as per usual. He showed me a video of a guy inside the London Eye with his acoustic guitar playing a song. I couldn’t have guessed the number of times I’d repeat this in my life.

I loved his raspy soft voice; later I would also love how nicely it fitted with mine, allowing me to pretend I sang well. I adored how the lyrics said things I hadn’t put into words; later I’d explain how I loved his songs because he lived a life like mine. Finally, literally, as the song came to an end, Ryan transformed himself into my favorite artist, and this song into my favorite song (a title they both held uncontestably for 6 years), as he started repeating “If all we have is love…” again and again, until he did something I had never seen before. HE HIT HIS GUITAR WITH HIS FINGERS, and with that beautiful beat he finished the mantra:

“If all we have is love…we have it all”. I have never been the same.

I made it my mission to listen to everything Ryan had ever written and performed in any shape or form. Apparently, he likes to punch his guitar in a large variety of ways, and I was up for all of it. Ryan Keen made me a fan of music and sparked the first intentional time I decided I wanted to start playing the guitar. I will never not be in love with his art and, in case he reads this, please make Room For Light (and all other songs you have…like Reflections in the Water) available on Spotify Mexico, I am dying without them.

My musical path years later led me to other poets. Childish Gambino and Bob Dylan changed my life in many ways with their music, this is one of them. On the way to the beach, I played my music in shuffle until Like a Rolling Stone started playing. I had heard it before of course, but the careful attention I gave to the lyrics as I looked out the car window at the palm trees passing by…obsessed me. I played it on repeat the whole trip. I walked up and down that beach for hours, listening and repeating non-stop to the Nobel-priced poetic lyrics of Dylan. When, at night, I finally decided to give something else a chance, I let shuffle do its magic, and it did again.

Gambino had taken over my gym life with his debut album Camp and now he came to kidnap my vacations by the beach with an anthem for it. 3005 painted my beach nights with a nostalgia of love and the future as I gazed at the stars and watched waves break on shore while feeling the fresh night breeze blowing on my skin as I walked and ran and sang and ran up and down the beach. To this day I can’t listen to these songs without feeling the beach. They feel like vacation: far from home but peaceful as one can be.

Then He came around. The Golden God of Fruits and Sensuality. In my young-adulthood I had left behind Ryan Keen as the preacher and writer of my life’s events and emotions, I had changed, and Harry seemed to literally be living my life. He seemed…me. I seemed him. By accident and on purpose, in many ways, I became him and made him become me. It was fierce and burning how deep and how fast I fell in love with Harry Styles. He gave me the soundtrack to so many road trips, parties, loves, explorations, crises, discoveries, and he even helped me connect deeply with many different people in our shared love for his art (and him, obviously).

To my delight, he announced both new tour dates and a new album, the same year I had become obsessed. The album became personally intertwined with my life as the anthem to the blossoming romance with the love of my life. The concert, on the other hand, was an absolute odyssey to get tickets for. First try, failed completely. Second attempt, we stood early in the morning, second in line and ordering whatever tickets were fastest to acquire. I bought terrible seats, but I had them. The person directly behind me didn’t get the chance to. I had made the right choice. Finally, the miracle of my girlfriend (the aforementioned love of my life) having an ex-boyfriend who was selling amazing tickets and offering them to us. I went into debt (still am) and we made the best trip ever to see you perform. In the concert, we had you so close you even saw us., and even though you didn’t sing Ana, or Medicine, or anything particularly special for us, I loved it. In all of its imperfections, your concert was perfect.

Which finally brings us to you.

In the same time period Raw Bean presented me with Ryan Keen he also presented me to you. I obsessed over your music in the exact same way, listening to everything you had. I still remember when I “officially” finished listening to all your songs, it had been a year since I had started and I was shocked to realize that, within those hundreds of songs, I had found none that I didn’t enjoy. I loved you childishly in discovery.

For a period of my life you kidnapped all my nights with music. All my teenaged-filled-with-pain nights you serenaded me as I thought of long-lost loves, fantastic adventures, and life itself. Your album Remember Us to Life played like an unending soundtrack every night. I loved you youthfully in nostalgia.

Finally, getting concert tickets to see you was also impossible. I went into debt, again, bought from re-sellers, again, and planned a whole trip just to see you, again. All our decisions were made based on whether or not they would get us closer to you (Raw Bean joined me in this journey, as a person who deeply loves your music and introduced me to it). “Wanna go to Guadalajara the day of the festival or the day before?” The day before gives us safety to see the Queen perform. “Wanna smuggle things into the festival?” Might risk getting kicked out and missing the Queen, so no. “Wanna go watch *band who played before Regina in the festival*?” Not really, I don’t care at all for them, but we will be there, to get closer to the stage during and after the concert so that we can have the Queen as close as possible. I love you presently and decisively.

And then you walked into the stage.

We had been standing for more than two hours holding our positions. When I saw you, I got lost in it. Smiling and wide-eyed (you and me both Regina) nothing else existed. Then you spoke, I responded with my yelling, and you started to sing…I experienced what Lovecraft would call Cosmic Awe.

I won’t attempt to explain what happened when I heard your voice live. Read back to the impact previous musical events had on me, add them up, multiply them, factorize them, expand them infinitely, they can’t compare to the awe Regina Spektor and her spell casted upon me during her concert. But experientially, I can say that for the first two, maybe even three songs of your oh-so-short concert, I couldn’t close my mouth in absolute fascination for the musical goddess I had in front of me.

Regina, you sang directly to my soul and it has been smiling ever since. You are pure light and your musical gift rivals that of Orpheus. Despite you giving me everything I wanted to hear in your concert and more, I came out of it thinking only about all the songs missing and how much I need to follow you to listen to them one day.

Thank you for the most beautiful sounds I have ever heard.

Love-youology, Raúl.

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