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wait for me (reprise) - hadestown

tom wilson, known enforcer / connor ingram, 2024 masterton trophy winner / wayne “the great one” gretzky / sidney “the kid” crosby / connor “the next one” mcdavid / connor “the future” bedard

(chris o’meara / bruce bennett / CSN Mid-Atlantic / google search results / zac bondurant / phnxnews / google search results / google search results / wayne gretzky on imdb / CTV News Archive: Meet 14-year-old hockey sensation Sidney Crosby / Erie Otters’ Connor McDavid with a sweet dish in yet another multi-point game)

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Send me a character I've mentioned in my tags, and I'll tell you some of my headcanons for them.

[hotvintagepoll]

Congrats to the ultimate winner of the Hot & Vintage Movie Men Tournament, Mr. Toshiro Mifune! May he live happily and well where the sun always shines, enjoying the glories of a battle hard fought.

A loving farewell to all of our previous contestants, who are now banished to the shadow realm and all its dark joys and whispered horrors—I hear there's a picnic on the village green today. If you want to remember the fallen heroes, you can find them all beneath the cut.

What happens next? I'll be taking a break of two weeks to rest from this and prep for the Hot & Vintage Ladies Tournament. I'll still be around but only minimally, posting a few last odes to the hot men before transitioning into a little early ladies content, just like I did with this last tournament. The submission form for the Hot & Vintage Ladies tournament will remain up for one more week (closing February 21st), so get your submissions in for that asap! Once the form closes, there will be one more week of break. The first round of the Hot & Vintage Ladies Tournament will be posted on February 29th, as Leap Year Day seems like a fitting allusion to leaping into these ladies' arms.

Thanks for being here! Enjoy the two weeks off, and send me some great propaganda.

In order of the last round they survived—

ROUND ONE HOTTIES:

Richard Burton

Tony Curtis

Red Skelton

Keir Dullea

Jack Lemmon

Kirk Douglas

Marcello Mastroianni

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Robert Wagner

James Garner

James Coburn

Rex Harrison

George Chakiris

Dean Martin

Sean Connery

Tab Hunter

Howard Keel

James Mason

Steve McQueen

George Peppard

Elvis Presley

Rudolph Valentino

Joseph Schildkraut

Ray Milland

Claude Rains

John Wayne

William Holden

Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

Harold Lloyd

Charlie Chaplin

John Gilbert

Ramon Novarro

Slim Thompson

John Barrymore

Edward G. Robinson

William Powell

Leslie Howard

Peter Lawford

Mel Ferrer

Joseph Cotten

Keye Luke

Ivan Mosjoukine

Spencer Tracy

Felix Bressart

Ronald Reagan (here to be dunked on)

Peter Lorre

Bob Hope

Paul Muni

Cornel Wilde

John Garfield

Cantinflas

Henry Fonda

Robert Mitchum

Van Johnson

José Ferrer

Robert Preston

Jack Benny

Fredric March

Gene Autry

Alec Guinness

Fayard Nicholas

Ray Bolger

Orson Welles

Mickey Rooney

Glenn Ford

James Cagney

ROUND TWO SWOONERS:

Dick Van Dyke

James Edwards

Sammy Davis Jr.

Alain Delon

Peter O'Toole

Robert Redford

Charlton Heston

Cesar Romero

Noble Johnson

Lex Barker

David Niven

Robert Earl Jones

Turhan Bey

Bela Lugosi

Donald O'Connor

Carman Newsome

Oscar Micheaux

Benson Fong

Clint Eastwood

Sabu Dastagir

Rex Ingram

Burt Lancaster

Paul Newman

Montgomery Clift

Fred Astaire

Boris Karloff

Gilbert Roland

Peter Cushing

Frank Sinatra

Harold Nicholas

Guy Madison

Danny Kaye

John Carradine

Ricardo Montalbán

Bing Crosby

ROUND THREE SMOKESHOWS:

Marlon Brando

Anthony Perkins

Michael Redgrave

Gary Cooper

Conrad Veidt

Ronald Colman

Rock Hudson

Basil Rathbone

Laurence Olivier

Christopher Plummer

Johnny Weismuller

Clark Gable

Fernando Lamas

Errol Flynn

Tyrone Power

Humphrey Bogart

ROUND 4 STUNGUNS:

James Dean

Cary Grant

Gregory Peck

Sessue Hayakawa

Harry Belafonte

James Stewart

Gene Kelly

Peter Falk

QUARTERFINALIST VOLCANIC TOWERS OF LUST:

Jeremy Brett

Vincent Price

James Shigeta

Buster Keaton

SEMIFINALIST SUPERMEN:

Omar Sharif

Paul Robeson

FINALIST FANTASIES:

Sidney Poitier

Toshiro Mifune

and ok, sure, here's the shadow-bracket-style winner's portrait of Toshiro Mifune.

[zepuckinghockey]

NHL Wedding Season 2024

We're back again for another summer of NHL weddings! If you'd like to see last year's, check out this post.

If you see something wrong or someone missing, let me know! I'll continue to update this list until September when the weddings fizzle out. I appreciate the replies, reblogs, and asks with corrections and additions ❤️

6/7/24: Adam Larsson: (private wedding, no idea)

6/19/24: Jake Evans: Brendan Gallagher, Joel Edmundson, Tyler Toffoli, Nick Suzuki, Joel Armia

6/22/24: Max Jones: Trevor Zegras, Jacob Bryson

6/26/24: Adam Fox: (looked to be just family)

Josh Anderson: Nick Suzuki, Max Domi, Nick Foligno, Seth Jones, Cam Atkinson, Scott Hartnell

6/29/24: Ryan Pulock: Matt Martin, Noah Dobson, Casey Cizikas, Oliver Wahlstrom, Adam Pelech, JG Pageau, Josh Bailey, Mat Barzal, Anthony Beauvillier, Cal Clutterbuck, Bo Horvat, Simon Holmstrom, Pierre Engvall, Mikey Reilly

Jake Oettinger: Mason Marchment, Tyler Seguin, Ty Dellandrea, Wyatt Johnston

7/3/24: Mason Marchment: Jake Oettinger, Tyler Seguin, Ty Dellandrea, Brandon Montour, Mike Carcone, Owen Tippett, Sam Reinhart

7/6/24: Nic Hague: Cody Glass, Owen Tippett, Zach Whitecloud, Alec Martinez, Shea Theodore, William Karlsson, Keegan Kolesar, Nic Roy

Brendan Gallagher: Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Carey Price, Jeff Petry, Chris Wideman, Tanner Pearson, Nate Thompson, Philip Danault, Christian Dvorak, Jake Evans, Sam Montembeault

7/7/24: Adam Fox 2.0: Ryan Reaves, Kevin Rooney, Will Cuylle, Vincent Trocheck, Jacob Trouba, Barclay Goodrow, Alexis Lafreniere, Blake Wheeler, Jimmy Vesey, Jonathan Quick, Ryan Lindgren, Braden Schneider, Sammy Blais, Ryan Donato, John Marino

7/10/24: Elias Lindstrom: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/11/24: Jared McCann: Jordan Eberle, Yanni Gourde, Vince Dunn, Jamie Oleksiak, Jaden Schwartz, Matty Beniers, Will Borgen, Kailer Yamamoto, Justin Schultz, Andre Burakovsky, Ryan Donato, Darnell Nurse, Brandon Tanev

7/13/24: Jack Campbell: Tyler Toffoli, Jake Muzzin, Kyle Clifford, Evander Kane

Alex Carrier: Frederick Gaudreau, Mathieu Joseph, Jimmy Oligny

Pierre Engvall: Simon Holmstrom, Owen Wahlstrom

Andrew Mangiapane: Johnny Gaudreau, Rasmus Andersson, Mikael Backlund, Noah Hanifin, Erik Gudbranson, Mack Weegar, Troy Stecher, Jonathan Huberdeau

Kyle Connor: Zach Werenski, Evgeny Svechnikov, Connor Hellebuyck, Tony Calderone

Eetu Luostarinen: Niko Mikkola, Lundell Anton, Aleksander Barkov

Tyler Madden: Alec Turcotte, Akil Thomas

Zack MacEwen: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/18/24: William Carrier: Mathieu Joseph

7/19/24: Kaapo Kahkonen: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/20/24: Jamie Benn: Tyler Seguin, Joe Pavelski, Jordie Benn, Jason Robertson, Roope Hintz, Joel Kiviranta, Miro Heiskanen, Esa Lundell, Ben Bishop, Luke Glendenning, Ty Dellandrea, John Klingberg

Alex Killorn: Yanni Gourde, Pat Maroon, Brandon Hagel, Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman, Zach Bogosian, Anthony Cirelli, Luke Schenn, Ryan McDonagh, Tyler Johnson, Blaine Gabbert, Cam Brate, Andrei Vasilevskiy

Thomas Chabot: Josh Norris, Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, Mathieu Joseph

Sebastian Aho: Teuvo Teräväinen, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Seth Jarvis, Antti Raanta, Nino Niederreiter, Jesper Fast, Jani Hakanpaa

7/22/24: Michael Bunting: Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Jake Muzzin, Morgan Reilly, Fred Anderson, Wayne Simmons, Alex Kerfoot, TJ Brodie, Kyle Clifford

7/26/24: Jake Lucchini: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/27/24: Connor McDavid: Leon Draisaitl, Darnell Nurse, Zach Hyman, Evander Kane, Cody Ceci, Evan Bouchard, Vinny Desharnais, Brett KUlak, Connor Brown, Ryan Mcleod, Derek Ryan, Stuart Skinner, Philip Broberg, Warren Foegele, Devin Shore, Kyle Turris, Luke Gazdic, Zack Kassian, Patrick Maroon, Sam Gagner

Carter Verhaeghe: Matthew Tkachuk, Aaron Ekblad, Evan Rodrigues, Stolarz, Ryan Lomberg, Nick Cousins

8/3/24: Travis Sanheim: Travis Konecny, Scott Laughton, Shayne Gostisbehere, Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost, Tyson Foerster, James Van Riemsdyk

Connor Ingram: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

Cody Glass: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

8/4/24: David Pastrnak: Taylor Hall, Tukka Rask, Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, Zdeno Chara, Charlie Coyle, Hampus Lindholm, Jeremy Swayman, Linus Ullmark, Torey Krug, David Krecji

8/9/24: Alex Tuch: Shea Theodore, Zemgus Girgensons, Tage Thompson

8/10/24: Tyler Johnson: Yanni Gourde, Ondrej Palat, Mathieu Joseph, Ryan McDonagh, Alex Killorn, Pat Maroon, Reese Johnson, Adam Gaudette

8/17/24: Cale Makar: Gabe Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon, Erik Johnson, Bo Byram, Darren Helm, Andrew Cogliano, Josh Manson, Kurtis Macdermid

Zachary Sanford: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

Mike Amadio: Zach Whitecloud, Ben Hutton, Brett Howden, Nic Hague, Nic Roy

Andrew Copp: JT Compher, Tyson Jost

Ryan Johansen: Colton Sissons, Luke Kunin, Roman Josi, Matt Duchene, Dante Fabbro, Cam Atkinson, Ross Colton, Miles Wood

8/23/24:

Roope Hintz: Tyler Seguin, Esa Lundell, Patrik Laine,

[johnkatsmc5]

Jeff St. John The Id ‎"Big Time Operators" 1967 + Jeff St. John ‎"So Far So Good"1978 + Jeffrey St. John* & The Embers "Will The Real Jeff St. John Please Stand Up" 2001 +  Jeff St. John & Michael Gray "The Invisible Years Volumes 1 & 2" 2007 +  Jeff St. John "Rare and Live: 1966 - 1985" 2016 Compilation, Australia Prog,Psych,Garage,Beat,R & B,Soul,Funk,Blue Eyed Soul

full spotify

https://open.spotify.com/album/2mjlnVKPHmr71ZCK3OQmSb

https://open.spotify.com/album/0UW3ICipOWAM5nv66Ou91k

https://open.spotify.com/album/5EyzkRihrFdQkMuJnR8mIK

https://open.spotify.com/album/6PASUMa62EL55pfC5H9MAB

Jeff St. John "Rare and Live: 1966 - 1985" 2016 Compilation full mixcloud

https://www.mixcloud.com/johnkatsmc5/jeff-st-john-rare-and-live-1966-1985-2016-compilationaustralia-progpsychgaragebeatr-bsoul/

Groups The Syndicate aka The Wild Oats (1965)

Jeff St John (lead vocals) Peter Anson (guitar) David Bentley (organ) Shane Duckham (harmonica) John Helman (bass) Don McCormack (drums) The Id (1966-67)

Jeff St John (lead vocals) Peter Anson (guitar) Bob Bertles (tenor sax '67) King Fisher (trumpet) John Helman (bass) Bruce Johnson (tenor sax, flute) Don McCormack (drums 1967) Dave Montgomery (drums 1966) Ian Walsh (organ) Jeff St John & Yama (1967-68)

Derek Brooks (?, 68) Ross East (guitar, vocals) Virgil East (bass) Allan English (sax) Peter Figures (drums) Lloyd Hardy (?, 68) Murray Hill (sax, flute) Keith Jenkins (trumpet) Wayne ‘Groove’ Myers (organ) John Phillips (?, 68) Jeff St John & Copperwine (1969-72)

Jeff St John (lead vocals) Harry Brus (bass 70-72) Ross East (guitar, vocals) Peter Figures (drums) Alan Ingram (bass, vocals 69-70) Barry Kelly (keyboards, vocals) Glyn Mason (vocals, guitar) 1972 Wendy Saddington (co-lead vocals 70-71) Phil Wooding (guitar 69) Jeff St John Band (1972-73)

Jeff St John (lead vocals) Tony Ansell (piano) Ron Barry (guitar, vocals) Peter Figures (drums) B. J. (bass) Red Cloud (1975-76)

Jeff St John (lead vocals) Neil Bamford (drums) Tony Lyon (bass) Russell Moran (guitar)

Jeff St. John The Id "Big Time Operators" 1967

Tracklist 1 The Id (4)– You Got Me Hummin' 2 The Id (4)– Papa's Got A Brand New Bag 3 The Id (4)– If I Had A Ticket 4 The Id (4)– In The Midnight Hour 5 The Id (4)– Big Time Operator 6 The Id (4)– Watch Out 7 The Id (4)– Tag 8 The Id (4)– Sister's Got A Boy Friend 9 The Id (4)– Devil Got My Woman 10 The Id (4)– Feel Awright 11 The Id (4)– How Much Pressure (Do You Think I Can Stand) 12 The Id (4)– Parchman Farm 13 The Id (4)– The Jerk Bonus Tracks – Mono Singles 1966/67 14 The Id (4)– Lindy Lou (Single A-Side As The Id) 15 The Id (4)– Somebody To Love (Single B-Side) 16 Geoff St. John & The Id*– The Jerk (Single A-Side As Geoff St. John And The Id) 17 Geoff St. John & The Id*– Take This Hurt Off Me (Single B-Side) 18 Jeff St. John And The Id– Black Girl (Single A-Side As Jeff St. John And The Id) 19 Jeff St. John And The Id– Eastern Dream (Single B-Side) 20 The Id (4) Featuring Jeff St. John– Sunoroid '67 Vocal (Single A-Side As The Id Featuring Jeff St. John) 21 The Id (4)– Sunoroid '67 Instrumental (Single B-Side) 22 Jeff St. John And The Yama*– Nothing Comes Easy (Single A-Side As Jeff St. John And The Yama) 23 Jeff St. John And The Yama*– Everybody's Gone (Rode Away On Horses) (Single B-Side) 24 The Id (4) Featuring Jeff St. John– Stupidity (Live, The Id Featuring Jeff St. John)

Jeff St. John "So Far So Good"1978

Credits Backing Vocals – Alison McCallum* (tracks: A2, A4, B2, B3, B4), Cheryl Black (tracks: A2, A4, B2, B3, B4), Janice Slater (tracks: A2, A4, B2, B3, B4), Jeff St. John, Kerry Miles (tracks: A1), Sharon Sims (tracks: A1) Bass – Barry Sullivan (tracks: A1), Jim Rattray (tracks: B5), John Young (17) (tracks: B1 - B3), Tim Partridge (tracks: A2 - A5,) Drums, Percussion – Steve Hopes Guitar – Peter Walker (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1 - B4), Tim Piper (tracks: A2) Horns – Bob Bertles (tracks: B1 - B3, B5) Keyboards – Rex Bullen Piano – Tony Ansell (tracks: B4) Tracklist A1 Rock 'N' Roll Man A2 Love Is Forever (What Do You Think Of A Love Like That) A3 Starbrite A4 Hold On A5 Redneck Friend B1 High Life B2 I Can Heal You B3 The Dreamer B4 Putting My Heart On The Line B5 Fool In Love

Jeffrey St. John & The Embers "Will The Real Jeff St. John Please Stand Up" 2001

Tracklist 1 Some Enchanted Evening 2 Lullaby Of Broadway 3 Embraceable You 4 (I've Got My) Love To Keep Me Warm 5 Lullaby Of Birdland 6 One For My Baby (One For The Road) 7 Misty 8 Fascinatin' Rhythm 9 People Will Say We're In Love 10 S'Wonderful 11 You Can't Do That 12 Birth Of The Blues

Jeff St. John & Michael Gray "The Invisible Years Volumes 1 & 2" 2007

Tracklist 1-1 Sign Up 1-2 Share 1-3 Free Again 1-4 In The Absence Of A Miracle 1-5 Armageddon Mechanica (Cookout At Substation One) 1-6 I Am A Bell 1-7 In Love Again (For The Very First Time) 1-8 The Price Of Freedom 1-9 The New Centurions 1-10 Love 1-11 The River 1-12 Fan The Flame 1-13 Babe 1-14 Time's A Thief 1-15 Denying My Music 1-16 True Love 1-17 It's Alright 1-18 Movers And Shakers 1-19 Home Tonight 1-20 Racin' 1-21 Breathe 2-1 Olympia 2-2 The Last Jaunts 2-3 Sunday Jaunts 2-4 Flying Too Close To The Sun 2-5 Lost In Your Eyes 2-6 In Love Again 2-7 Midnight Rain 2-8 Love Won't Die 2-9 Dare 2-10 Dark Angel 2-11 How Can You Love Again (If You Don't Let Go) 2-12 I Think We've Fallen In Love 2-13 Racin' 2-14 Sign Up 2-15 Rainbow

Jeff St. John "Rare and Live: 1966 - 1985" 2016 Compilation

Track Listing 01 Introduction On Bandstand (00:46) 02 The Work Song (03:38) 03 It's Gonna Work Out Fine (02:43) 04 Stupidity (02:48) 05 Humming Bird (04:40) 06 Teach Me How To Fly (02:17) 07 Peter Figure's Drum Solo (03:39) 08 Days To Come (03:06) 09 Teach Me How To Fly #2 (04:20) 10 The New Centurions (Poem) (02:16) 11 Only A Woman Like You (05:42) 12 I Can Hardly Wait For Summer (03:59) 13 Introduction (00:59) 14 Big Time Operator (02:38) 15 Sandman (04:20)

Discography

Singles Jan. 1966 "Lindy Lou" / "Somebody To Love" (Spin EK-1220) Apr. 1966 "The Jerk" / "Take This Hurt Off Me" (Spin EK-1328) July. 1966 "Black Girl" / "Eastern Dream" (Spin EK-1446) Dec. 1966 "Big Time Operator" / "Sister's Got A Boyfriend" (Spin EK-1606) Apr. 1967 "You Got Me Hummin'" / "Watch Out" (Spin EK-1730) Oct. 1967 "Nothing Comes Easy" / "Everybody's Gone" (Spin EK-2016) Feb. 1970 "Cloud Nine" / "Days To Come" (Spin EK-3576) Nov. 1970 "Teach Me How To Fly" / "Freedom Blues" (Chart CR-214) Aug. 1971 "Hummingbird" / "Keep On Growing" (Infinity INK 4365) Oct. 1972 "Yesterday's Music" / "In The Window Of Your Love" (Infinity INK-4852) Apr. 1973 "Yesterday's Music" / "Lady Of Ginger" (A&M (US release) May 1975 "Mr Jones" / "Acapulco Lady" (Infinity) Oct. 1975 "Blood Brother" / "Reach Out And Touch Me" (Infinity) EPs Feb 1967 Big Time Operator (Spin) May 1967 You Got Me Hummin' (Spin) May 1970 Sing A Simple Song (Spin) Albums March 1967 Big Time Operators (Spin) March 1970 Joint Effort (Spin) Available on CD with bonus tracks, through Vicious Sloth Jan. 1971 Wendy Saddington & Copperwine Live (Infinity) (recorded without Jeff St John) 1972 The Best Of Jeff St John (Spin) May 1974 Jeff St John Live (Infinity) 1977 Survivor 1965-1975 (Infinity) Compilations The 3-CD reissue of So You Wanna Be A Rock ‘n' Roll Star (Spin D89931, 1998), features remastered recordings of the Id's "Lindy Lou", Yama's "Nothing Comes Easy" and Copperwine's "Cloud Nine". Golden Miles – Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974 (Raven RVCD 39) includes "Fanciful Flights Of Mind", from Copperwine's studio album. A live recording of Copperwine's "Hummingbird" is included on the various artists' compilation CD of Hoadley's Battle Of The Sounds performances, Live, Loud And Sweaty!, put out by Canetoad 

Jeff St. John ‎ “Jeff St. John Live"1974 Australia Rock Soul,Funk

Jeff St. John “Survivor” 1965-75: 1977 Compilation Australia Psych,Funk,Soul,Blues Rock

Jeff St. Copperwine. “Joint Effort” LP Spin Label 1970 Australia Prog Psych

Jeff St. John The Id ‎"Big Time Operators" 1967 + Jeff St. John ‎"So Far So Good"1978 + Jeffrey St. John* & The Embers "Will The Real Jeff St. John Please Stand Up" 2001 +  Jeff St. John & Michael Gray "The Invisible Years Volumes 1 & 2" 2007 +  Jeff St. John "Rare and Live: 1966 - 1985" 2016 Compilation, Australia Prog,Psych,Garage,Beat,R & B,Soul,Funk,Blue Eyed Soul

https://johnkatsmc5.tumblr.com/post/771922763164401664/jeff-st-john-the-id-big-time-operators-1967

[bboyplankton]

2023 Playlist

2 Chainz & Lil Wayne – Long Story Short

38 Spesh – Crowned King

38 Spesh & Conway the Machine feat. Benny the Butcher – Speshal Machinery

38 Spesh & Conway the Machine feat. Pharohe Monch & Che Noir – We Outside

Adi Oasis – Serena

Adrian Dzvuke feat. Myx Quest – EGO

Ama Lou – Silence

Armani White feat. A$AP Ferg – Silver Tooth.

Austin Millz feat. Duckwrth – Familiar

Biako feat. Peyton – Holy Matrimony

BiC Fizzle – Loaded

BiC Fizzle – Where U From

BigXthaPlug - Mmhmm

BigXthaPlug – Rush Hour

BJ the Chicago Kid – Who Cares

BLK ODYSSY feat. Grace Sorensen – LET ME GO

BLK ODYSSY – ODEE

Boldy James & ChanHays – Trust Issues

Casper Sage – Flow State

Chase Shakur – x’s n o’s

Chiiild – Into The Deep End

Chris Brown – Feel Something

Chris Brown – Stutter

Ciara – Type A Party

Conway the Machine & Jae Skeese – The Chosen

Conway the Machine feat. Sauce Walka & Juicy J – Super Bowl

Curren$y & Trauma Tone – All Fucked Up

Curren$y & Trauma Tone feat. Maxo Kream – Cheat Code

Daniel Caesar – Do You Like Me?

Dave East – Letter to Kobi

Dave East – Like A Rose

Deanté Hitchcock feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Westside Boogie – Callin’

Dende – Nightmares

Destin Conrad feat. Masego – Super Paradise

Devon Gilfillian – The Recipe

DJ Drama feat. Jeezy – I Ain’t Gon Hold Ya

Doe Boy – Rhude Boy

Doja Cat – Agora Hills

Doja Cat – 97

Domo Genesis & The Alchemist feat. Tyler, the Creator – No Idols

Domo Genesis & The Alchemist feat. Freddie Gibbs – Till The Angels Come

Don Toliver – Leather Coat

Don Toliver feat. Kali Uchis – 4 Me

Ebony Riley – Draws

Elli Ingram – Heavy

Elmiene – Mad At Fire

Elmiene – Someday

Emotional Oranges – Lies You Tell

Fall Out Boy – What a Time To Be Alive

FNF Chop – Shooting

Forest Claudette – Two Years

Gucci Mane & B.G. – Idiots Worst Nightmare

Gucci Mane feat. Young Dolph – Pretty Girls

Hamzaa & 1srael – Borderline

IDK feat. Jucee Froot & Saucy Santana – Pinot Noir

Jack Harlow – They Don’t Love It

Jacob Latimore – Sorry

Jai’len Josey – Southern Delicacy

Jane Handcock – Layin Next to Me

Janelle Monáe – Water Slide

Jastin Martin – S.O.M.S. (Still Owe Me Something)

Jean Deaux – Dog

JMSN – Soft Spot

Jordan Ward feat. Lido – Pricetag/Beverlywood

Jorja Smith - Lately

Jozzy – Alone

Juicy J feat. La Chat – Deadbeat

Jungle – Back On 74

Justine Skye feat. Timbaland – Intruded

Kali Uchis feat. Don Toliver – Fantasy

K Camp – Spin the Block

Kenyon Dixon feat. Alex Isley – & Then Some

Kenyon Dixon – Lucky

Key Glock – Pop My Shit

Khamari – Doctor, My Eyes

Killer Mike feat. El-P & thankugoodsir – Don’t Let the Devil

Killer Mike feat. Curren$y, 2 Chainz, & Kaash Paige – Spaceship Views

KXNG CROOKED & Joell Ortiz – No More

Kyra – Sweet Mahogany

Larry June & The Alchemist feat. Slum Village – Orange Village

Larry June & Cardo feat. ScHoolboy Q – Pop Out

Leonard Charles feat. Reality Jonez – Get Out

Leon Thomas – Breaking Point

Lloyd Banks – Onyx AMG

Lloyd Banks feat. Method Man – 101 Razors

Logic feat. Norah Jones – Paradise II

Mac Demarco – Chicago

Machel Montano – Night Shift

Machel Montano feat. Destra – Shake the Place

Maeta feat. Ambré – Control Freak

Mahalia – Isn’t It Strange?

Mahalia – Plastic Plants

Marc E. Bassy – Change My Ways

Mannywellz – Be Alright

Masego – In Style

Masego – Remembering Sundays

Moneybagg Yo – Ocean Spray

Nas – Slow It Down

Nelccia – Options

Noah Guy feat. Amaria – Stay Here

Nonso Amadi – Foreigner

Omarion – Alkaline Drip

Paramore – Running Out of Time

Phabo – Casamigos

PinkPanthress – The Aisle

Preemo Rice – DEEP in my bag

Queen Naija – Soul Tied

RAAHiiM – Friend Zone

RAAHiiM – Lonely

RAAHiiM – Outside Freestyle

Reason – Gang Shit!

Rican Da Menace feat. Moneybagg Yo – Dumb

Rory feat. DRAM & Alex Isley – I Want You But You’ll Never Know…

Roy Woods – Don’t Mind Me

rum.gold – AM/FM

Sabrina Carpenter – Read Your Mind

Sabrina Claudio – Tastes So Good

Saint Harison feat. Tiana Major9 – homies

Saleka – Fantasy

Saleka – Séance

Sam Smith – No God

Sampha – Inclination Compass (Tenderness)

Sampha – Only

Sebastian Mikael feat. Flwr Chyld – It’s You

Selah Sue – When It All Falls Down

Shy Glizzy feat. 21 Savage – Slime-U-Out

Sy Ari Da Kid & Paxquiao – No Rules (Slut Me Out)

Tay Iwar feat. Knucks – Juice

Terrace Martin & Alex Isley – 2 Step in the Living Room

THEY. – Blu Moon

TOBi – Move

Tone Stith – Girls Like You

Tone Stith – Whoa

Travis Scott – I Know?

Travis Scott feat. James Blake & 21 Savage – Till Further Notice

Vedo – Consistency

Vedo – Deep (Hold You)

Vedo – You and Me

Victoria Monet – Smoke (Reprise)

Wale the Sage – Bleue

Wiz Khalifa – Tail Money

Yung Bleu – Can’t Help Who You Love

[parkerbombshell]

Rules Free Radio Sept 19 2023

Tuesdays 2pm - 5pm  EST Rules Free Radio With Steve  Caplan bombshellradio.com On the next Rules Free Radio with Steve Caplan, we'll check out new and recent music by Wilco, The Coral, The National, Jonathan Wilson, William Matheny, Geoff Palmer, a new release of The Doors live in 1967, Soft Science, Hiss Golden Messenger, Courtney Barnett, Sparklehorse, Low Cut Connie, Geoff Palmer, Sparklehorse, British singer-songwriter Chris Brain, new Jazz by Joel Haynes Trio, Yussef Dayes, and cellist Camille Thomas plus few more. Classics from The Moody Blues, Link Wray, Love, Wayne Shorter, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, The Go-Betweens, and a bunch of music that falls somewhere in between new and classic. On the next session of Rules Free Radio with Steve Caplan, in the new and recent release department, we’ve got Brian Setzer, Swansea Sound, The National, Horror on The Frontier, Roxanne Fontana, Nation of Language, Darlingside, Chris Brain, Luluc, the late trumpeter Jaimie Branch, Corrine Bailey Rae, and others. We’ll start the second hour with Blues doing an album spotlight on the new Live in London by the extraordinary young guitarist and singer-songwriter, Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram. We'll hear many classics including, Little Richard, Roger McGuinn, Laura Nyro, Booker T and The MGs, Larry Williams, The Ramones, The Cramps, Etta James, Bill Evans, Buddy Montgomery, The Jam, and a bunch more. Brian Setzer - She's Got a Lottasoul Jeff Beck - Peter Gunn Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames - Walking The Dog Booker T. & The MG's - Aw, Mercy Immaterial Possession - Current in the Room The Doors - Soul Kitchen Eszter Balint - Freaks Swansea Sound - Twentieth Century The Jam - David Watts Helen Love - Leader of the Band The Pills - Hollywood Doll Heinz - Just Like Eddie The Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker Brian Setzer - A Dudell Do (What a Dudell Do) The Cramps - Trapped Love Joe Cocker - I'll Cry Instead Larry Williams - Oh Baby Little Richard - Slippin' and Slidin' Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram - She Calls Me Kingfish Coco Montoya - Natural Born Love Machine Etta James - The Blues Is My Business Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram - Not Gonna Lie Buffalo Nichols - The Fatalist Blues Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram - Been Here Before Horror On The Frontier - Southern Witches Roger McGuinn & Tom Petty - King of the Hill The Cleaners From Venus - The Beautiful Stoned The Smithereens - Blood & Roses s Roxanne Fontana - Don't Leave Me The national - Turn Off The House Nation of Language - Too Much, Enough Woods - Double Dream Luluc - Evermore Darlingside - Can't Help Falling Apart Chris Brain - Golden Days Mitski - Heaven Joshua Redman w/ Gabrielle Cavassa - Chicago Blues Buddy Montgomery - Expressions In Blue Jaimie Branch - Borealis Dancing Bill Evans - Blue In Green (Take 3) Buddy Rich - Here’s That Rainy Day Corinne Bailey Rae - Peach Velvet Sky Laura Nyro - Brown Earth Read the full article

[theloniousbach]

BEING TWO PLACES AT ONCE: 31 AUGUST 2023, 9 pm sets

RANDY INGRAM with Drew Gress and Kush Abadey, MEZZROW’S

KAISA MAENSIVU with Tivon Pennicott, Max Light, Lex Korten, and Joe Peri, SMALL’S

These happened to be the next two shows on my wish list in the Small’s Live Archive—a pianist with an interesting rhythm section and a bass player with the interesting tenor player Tivon Pennicott. KAISA MAENSIVU was more part of my more exploratory ethos and would have fit with the next few on the wish list. She’s Finnish but the other women I plan to see are Asian.

RANDY INGRAM identifies Fred Hersch as a mentor so that he was playing with Drew Gress was an appeal of this gig. Throw in Kush Abadey from Melissa Aldana’s band and I was favorably inclined toward this set. That expectation was rewarded as Gress delivered a buoyancy to his bass lines, often enough syncing up with Ingram’s left hand while Abadey was smart and clever as he usually is. Ingram was tasteful and thoughtful with, yes, a bit of Hersch in him but with his own mix of angularity and thoughtfulness. Sammy Kahn’s Dedicated to You was a strong opener and a reminder of the interesting nooks and crannies of that tune. Besides the three originals which were nicely revelatory of his taste and aesthetic, they did Wayne Shorter’s impressionistic Penelope and Just One of Those Things as the closer with nifty rhythm section tricks like Gress double timing half a chorus and an Abadey solo that had both fire and restraint. The original for a Portuguese town had a nifty rhythm that of course wasn’t Latin but also wasn’t the regular syncopation. So just and not just another piano trio.

KAISA MAENSIVU is a fine bass player but, and it may well be the quirks of the room sound at Small’s, what stood out even more was her tunes, band construction, and leadership. Certainly on the sound, her husband Joe Peri on drums was slightly too loud. Obviously they’ve played together often and he knows her music and the character of the band. Guitarist Max Light used effects sparingly and did not roar, so he brings a fragility that coincided with Tivon Pennicott’s dry light tone. Lex Korten too was also chamber music-ish. So the interest was in the tunes with largely ethereal names like Floating Lights, Sink or Swim, Shadow Minds, and Gravity. The standard was If I Were A Bell which had Miles Davis cool-ness even as it was taken at a crisp pace. At least on this gig, Maensivu was not a forceful bass/leader like Charles Mingus, Omer Avital, or Obasi Akato, but she plays interesting music and used Tivon Pennicott to very good effect. And that’s all just fine by me.

Thanks to the streams I could see both sets that were happening at the same time around the corner from one another. I couldn’t do that back in the old days even if I did like in New York.

[masterofd1saster]

CJ court watch 31aug23 - 2d case

6th Cir. decided Ingram v. Wayne County, 22-1262 last week. The county had a nasty habit of taking cars and not giving people prompt hearings to decide whether the car should have been taken. Institute for Justice sued.

Plaintiffs allege they were forced to wait at least four to six months to challenge Wayne County’s possession of their vehicles plus four more months for pretrial conferences—a long time to be without something that “occup[ies] a central place in the lives of most Americans.”*** The city’s practices pushed Ingram into bankruptcy, leading her to surrender her vehicle to a creditor after the second seizure. In contrast with these lengthy time frames, courts have found procedural due process violations for depriving people of their vehicles sans hearing for three weeks to two months**** In light of these analogous examples, the deprivation to the plaintiffs is substantial. ***the ad hoc seizure of vehicles based on proximity to areas where a crime may have occurred presents a high risk of erroneous deprivation, without any similar assumption that officers can accurately predict culpability Finally, the government’s interest here is anything but weighty. Although Wayne County ostensibly seized the vehicles because of reasons related to health, safety, and/or drugs, the record suggests otherwise—that the county seized the vehicles in order to obtain proceeds from fees. If Wilson’s vehicle had a dangerous connection with drugs, it is unclear why the county promptly released the vehicle after a payment of $1,355. And if Ingram’s vehicle was a public nuisance, the county’s willingness to release the vehicle for $1,800 suggests it is more interested in the money than in remedying a public nuisance.*** we hold two weeks from the date of the vehicle’s seizure to be an appropriate time frame to provide the vehicle owner an opportunity to be heard to contest the holding of a vehicle vital to the owner’s transportation and livelihood***

[chromium7sky]

Based on this

[bluboothalassophile]

Welcome to Chaos

@chromium7sky, again a HUGE thanks to her for allowing me to use the Batlings for this story!

Spoilers for Hopes for a Bastard!

Doppelgängers Bewear!

Jason parked his bike, discarded his gear and pulled on his hoodie and sweats as he pulled on socks before jogging up the stairs of the Cave to the house.

“What do you think this is about?” Damian asked, scowling as Jason tugged off the forgotten domino mask. He got it, wearing them was habit.

“Well, it’s magic shit, we’ll find out when we get there,” Jason stated shoving Damian's head a side to push the brat away from him. They opened the clock and there was a squeal.

“JAY!” Terry ran at his legs.

“Duck,” he responded as he caught the kid with his foot, and Terry securely wrapped himself around. Jason walked with the little anchor there. “Oi, sunshine! Get your ass over here!” Jason shouted.

“JAY! Jay! Jay!” Lian chanted as he walked into the hall.

“Fuck!” he yelped as Ace knocked him off his feet in his flying leap of excitement. He hadn’t yet trained the dog not to leap at him, and the German Shepard was a growing giant to be.

“Jason!?” Raven rounded the corner with a floating Mar'i, a purple haired baby on her hip and Helena toddling at her legs. Suddenly all the kids were off him and shadows had everyone going calm.

“Useless,” Damian muttered kicking his shoulder.

“Back of demon brat,” Jason growled as he slowly got to his feet, feeling every ache. “And Rae, I know you’re not new to Earth so you do know it’s not customary to steal a baby that you want, right?”

“Don’t be an ass Jason, I didn’t steal him,” Raven sighed.

“Uh-huh,” he nodded scratching Ace’s ear as he walked towards Raven, shoving his hands in his hoodie’s pocket. The kid stared up at him with brillian, impossibly bright verdant eyes, and seemed to glare at him as he nuzzled Raven’s shoulder.

“Yeah, and it’s kind of the problem.”

“I do not like this,” Damian decided peering at the kid. The baby suddenly looked exceedingly smug and seemed to deliberately cling a bit more onto Raven. Raven looked a bit annoyed.

“You can stop that!” she snapped.

“I didn’t do anything!” Jason growled.

“Not you, Ingo. I’m not your mom!” she growled the warning at the baby who pouted then.

“Mama!” he squealed.

“That is enough Ingram,” a suave, smooth cultured voice stated icily, which had Jason’s head snapping up as he stared at the figure past Raven’s shoulder. Instinct had him pulling Raven behind him, because everything in Jason screamed that this man was a threat and an Assassin, and sunshine was good, but she stood no chance against an Assassin.

“And you must be the little bird’s problem,” Jason deduced, his eyes narrowing on the man.

The man was about Dick’s height; shorter than himself. Black hair, spiked, and the same icy combination of ice and emerald eyes, the hich cheek bones, narrow jawline, sharp nose, full lips, arched brows, and dangerous eyes that belonged to the kid were on the man. Just the features were older, and more… more cultured, they belonged now. Also, the same scar over the left eye was there.

~~~*~*~*~~~

Damian stared at this version of Todd, and almost sneered. But there was something about this version of his elder brother which had him carefully selecting where to move and what to do. There was a more lethal edge to this man, one he’d have associated with Cain or Shiva, not his brother.

Todd’s short hair was black, messy, with the red undertones there still, there was brush of freckles over his cheeks and nose, the same pouty mouth, scars and nicks speaking of this one’s missing time and battles. That was something his brother didn’t have, Pennyworth had seen to taking care of the scars. But there was something more interesting here, this Todd’s eyes. They were blue, with the ring of green from the Pit pulsing in them, illuminating them dangerously.

This Todd wasn’t just dangerous, he was lethal, and Damian could respect that.

Especially with how this Todd put himself between what he perceived as a threat and Raven and children.

“Ibn al Xu’ffach, but you may call me Damian Wayne,” he said primly as he bowed a bit towards his brother and watched Raven peek around Todd. She was so impossibly small here, his wife had never seemed small, but this Raven was small. “You have my son.”

“Uh-huh,” Todd growled, the German Shepard was following it’s master’s lead, fur bristling and teeth being bared, Damian sensed if he did not say something of value soon he’d be in for a hell of a fight. Even his brother was a challenging opponent, and this Jason Todd seemed more lethal, he was impressed.

“I am from a different universe.”

“He’s not lying Jason,” Raven’s smokey monotone stated as she sidestepped Todd. “In his universe he’s married to his Raven, they have a child, Ingo, who is, here,” she said gesturing to the baby.

“Ew,” a new small voice grimaced in distained.

“What?” Todd twisted around on that.

“I would NEVER Marry Raven,” the voice stated with disdain only an al Ghul could present and Damian found himself face to face with a younger version of himself. The child glowered at him with great disdain.

“My Raven is merely a year older than myself,” he chided. As opposed to the decade this Raven was to this version of himself.

“Raven would never marry you,” younger Damian snidely pointed out, then winced as Todd smacked him upside the back of the head. “What was that for!?”

“Sorry little bird, been working with on that,” Todd growled.

“He’ll grow out of it,” Raven merely sighed, and Damian did not understand this interaction. Merely that Todd and Raven looked annoyed.

“So what are we gonna do about grumps over there?”

“Well, I need to get him home,” Raven sighed.

“I got the kids,” Jason said shoving Raven’s shoulder lightly as he tossed McGinnis over his shoulder and caught Mar'i then took Ingo, Ingo screamed.

“Zip it, come on!” Todd snapped which had Ingo going quiet and solemn. His younger self scooped up Helena and Lian as he followed Todd and the dog.

Raven stared at him as they stood alone for the first time.

~~~*~*~*~~~

Damian scowled at the child as Jason dropped Terry and Mar'i on the couch with Ingo before falling onto it with a low groan. Setting Helena and Lian on the couch before grabbing a movie and popping it in. it was Incredibles 2, unsurprising as Terry squealed in delight. Lian clambered up to sit on Jason’s abdomen, and Damian sat on the ground when Titus padded in.

“What do you think this means?” Damian asked.

“I think it means the exact same thing it usually means, the multiverse is fucking me over; again,” Jason answered tiredly as he held Lian on his stomach and put his feet up on the coffee table.

“Jay!” Terry tapped Jason’s shoulder.

“Yeah,” he nodded as the movie started.

He didn’t like the information that he had married Raven, it was just disgusting to think that.

“I would never marry Raven, it’s wrong, and weird,” Damian cringed.

“Obviously a version of you thought she was hot,” Jason sniggered as he caught the purple haired baby.

“You and Raven belong together,” Damian stated.

“Not this shit again,” Jason groaned and Damian scowled at his big brother as Jason rubbed his eyes.

“She is your perfect match! You are an imbecile!”

“And I’m smart enough to know it’s a bad idea, come back an talk to me after you actually get a girlfriend pipsqueak.”

“You are an imbecile,” Damian muttered again as he scratched Titus’ ear as the Dane put his head in his lap. Damian knew that Jason was his dumbest brother; next to Drake, but he couldn’t figure out why it was something Jason was fighting so hard.

And all the bullshit reasoning from two Christmases ago was not a reason.

Jason was just ignoring the obvious that they all knew. Raven was meant for Jason and Jason was meant for Raven, it was that simple and obvious.

“I just think you are a coward,” Damian decided.

“Or I’m just older and wiser than you at this shit, and you need to stop presuming that you are all knowing. You’re twelve, talk to me when your twenty,” Jason warned sharply.

Damian scowled and accepted that as he caught his sister and pulled her onto his lap. Helena snuggled into him and smiled at him, her dual colored eyes bright as the pale blue and brilliant green stared at him.

~~~*~*~*~~~

“You and Todd?” Damian started.

“Don’t even go there or I’ll just send you to hell and bypass searching the multiverse,” Raven warned as she walked past him.

“It is nothing to be ashamed of, beloved,” he chuckled. This Raven did not look amused.

“What is it with everyone thinking I should date Jason?” she growled. “First Damian, now the Bats! What’s next!? The Outlaws!? No, we aren’t dating. Jason is my best friend, though I suppose that it’s different on your world.”

“Todd is tolerable on my world, and very good with children, but he and my wife are not friends,” he answered honestly.

“Well, here, he’s my best friend.”

“This universe seems very… different from my own. But same basics,” he admitted.

“That’s good.”

“What are you intending to do?” he asked her.

“I intend to get you home, and the kid, and hopefully we’ll never see each other again,” Raven offered him a smile.

“Beloved,” he scoffed, and saw her eye twitch. He was amused, this Raven’s apathetic façade was near perfect, but she had minor slips. His wife’s face was expressive, this one was not.

“I’m sorry, but I really have had enough trouble to last a life time with the Bats in my life, I don’t need multiverse issues as well,” she sighed.

“What is wrong with Bats?” he growled.

“Your entire family is a lightning rod for trouble.” Okay, he couldn’t argue with a true statement like that.

“Ingo is the most troublesome,” he admitted.

“He’s now a dimension hopper, if you give me permission, before you leave I’ll give you something that’ll seal that power away until he’s old enough to learn.”

“That is barbaric!” he snapped.

“Or you lose your baby in the infinity of the multiverse with no way to find him,” Raven countered.

“There is that possibility,” he sighed tiredly now that he saw the reality of what this Raven was saying.

“Children of demons, are tricky, highly intelligent, highly motivated, with powers manifesting young beyond their control. It’s like a Nephilim but worse because they’re honest children. Unlike Nephilim though demon children are often subjected to the darker impulses they possess because of where they are born, usually in Hell. Your child is lucky, Ingo has a home and family that loves him, it give him the chance to be more than the evil thing people will assume he is.”

“I have three others at home,” Damian admitted to her. “Casmir, Rayno, and Fawke.”

“Four horsemen,” Raven deduced.

“According to a prophecy they’re a seal on our Trigon, there’s three more parts to the Door to Hell we don’t know about.”

“Prophecies come to clarity in time, and do not define our Fates. The harder one works to avoid their fate the more they seal it. Answers will come, Damian, not immediately though,” Raven admitted.

“Thank you,” he nodded to her.

“Of course, now remove your hand from my person,” she growled and he noticed that he had a hand on the small of her back.

“Habit,” he said stepping away from him.

“Which is the only reason I don’t beat you to death with your arm.”

“You sound like Todd,” he grimaced.

~~~*~*~*~~~

“Sister!” he whined as he reached for the tear, seaking the power.

“Sister!” the brothers cooed as the slid through the portal and he stared at the dawning, grime filled sky as rain poured from above.

“Sister…” they hissed as the moved forward.

[scenesandscreens]

The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

Director - Joel Coen, Cinematography - Bruno Delbonnel

"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes..."

[chromium7sky]

Headcanon raven to batlings.

Aesthetic

[diabolikdiabolik]

John Wayne in McQ (1974)

[chromium7sky]

Based on this

[bluboothalassophile]

Welcome to Chaos

@chromium7sky, again a HUGE thanks to her for allowing me to use the Batlings for this story!

Spoilers for Hopes for a Bastard!

Family Reunions From Hell!

Nosferato scowled as he lay trapped in a toddler’s arms as he tried to prevent the kids from destroying the kitchen.

He was going to have a serious talk with his mistress about this treatment, this was not acceptable and frankly it was degrading to his nature.

He was a terrifying demon!

~~~*~*~*~~~

Jason’s eyes snapped open when the hairs on the back of his neck rose. There was a low rumble from Ace, which had him frowning as he shifted Terry and Ingo off him. Carefully he pulled himself to his feet before silently navigating his way around Damian, Helena, Mar'i and Lian.

He made it to the door before he slipped out of it, motioning for Ace to stay.

Standing in the dark hall, only illuminated by the Manor’s huge open windows flooded with the moon’s light he looked around. The place was always a museum, and never eerie in feeling; but right now it felt eerie. The wind howled as it flew off the bluffs, and the waves were crashing. It was so familiar, yet right now, right now it felt off. Jason moved towards the window, a knife slid into his hand and he watched the exterior for a moment, then there was a cooling of the air which had him releasing a shuddering breath to see the steam as the frost formed on the window.

There was a shiver down his spine and Jason spun as he slashed out the knife and connected with shadows before those retreated.

“What the fuck?” he muttered.

Four red slits materialized, glowing in the dark, pulsing dangerously. They looked like Raven’s eyes when her second eyes showed up.

There was a loud bark and snarl, screams and Jason slammed through the shadows as he tore the door open and saw three red versions of Raven’s brothers encircling the kids. Ace’s fur was up and teeth were bared, Damian had a batarang out, and Jason leapt upwards as he slammed a knife into the skull of the nearest one then twisted around as he caught the other one. Talons slashed through his arms, he snarled as he slammed them into the ground, wrapping himself around the demon and snapping bones before getting to his feet to see Ace leap for the approaching demon. Jason didn’t beat his dog to the punch as he pulled the knife from the fallen demon and threw it at the other demon.

The demon disappeared into the shadows and Jason stood there panting for breath before he looked at the kids.

Damian was standing there with large uncertain eyes.

“Get the kids,” he ordered as he caught Ace and examined his dog before scratching his ears. “Good boy.”

“What was that?” Damian demanded as Jason scooped up Terry and Lian, also catching the startled floating Mar'i as Damian struggled with Helena and Ingo.

“Dunno, but we’re going downstairs, and then I’ll get Rae and bigger you,” Jason grimaced a bit at the throbbing of his arm and Ace bounded before them, predatorily slinking as they headed for the clock.

~~~*~*~*~~~

Raven had set up a simple spell allowing her into Damian's psyche. And now she was scouring his mind for reminents of his home dimension.

This Damian was not dissimilar to her own.

He had Dick, Jason, Cass, and Tim as siblings. He was best friends with Jon, and he was utterly in love with his Raven. It was rather endearing she noted watching Damian fumble over his words and blush and not know what to say when his Raven looked upon him.

“Do you find it amusing?” he asked her.

“Endearing, and rather reassuring, to know Damian is capable of a love like that. It’s impressive,” Raven stated.

“I wasn’t always going to be a brat,” he chuckled with genuine humor. Raven frowned at him a bit but continued sifting through memories, not daring to touch certain ones and moving others. She was seeking information of his home world so she sought for land marks, things that would be different. Thus far she’d found many but she’d also been discouraged.

Suddenly there was a pulse of darkness in the house which had Raven withdrawing her hands as she stood. She carefully listened to everything around her as her empathy stretched out.

“What is it?” Damian asked, slowly getting to his feet.

Her eyes scanned the shadows when she felt it more than she saw it. Her soul tore from her body as she threw herself between Damian and the talons that were aimed for his had have them tear through her own hand as she stopped them.

The blood dripped down to the wooden floors and she glared up into the red pulsing eyes of one of her brothers.

“Jesse,” she snarled.

“Little Sister,” Envy smiled at her as his talons tightened in the muscles of her hand. She didn’t flinch as she felt her own talons forming. “Weak,” he sneared, she gasped as talons stabbed her center and threw her into a wall. She grunted as she landed and felt the blood pouring from the wounds.

The feral snarl that broke from her tore from her baser nature as she felt her seals burning and she scrambled up to her feet as she charged him.

The magic swirled at her finger tips as she slashed it at him. He leapt out of her reach but not before she slammed the shadows downwards on Jesse then threw him through a portal.

Damian was struggling under the weight of another one of her brother’s attacks; Wrath.

Raven didn’t hesitate as she materialized before Jared.

“Pathetic,” he roared.

“Predictable,” she countered as she slashed her talons through his chest, floating up to his ear as she felt his beating heart in her fingertips. “See you in Hell, Brother,” she whispered then grasped his heart as she tore it out and Wrath fell lifelessly to the ground before shadows enveloped his body and it vanished.

“What the hell is going on?” Damian panted.

Raven winced now as she stumbled a step and pressed her hand to her rapidly healing side.

~~~*~*~*~~~

Damian had been startled at the materialization of demons, and he was unarmed; which had terrified him momentarily before grabbing a candlestick to defend himself with.

Now Raven and he stood in the dinning room before a pool of blood and Raven was panting. He dropped the candle stick as he grabbed her shoulders, turning her to him, as he tore her hoodie and shirt to properly assess the wound.

“That would be the family,” Raven groaned as she waved him off as she examined the rapidly shrinking wounds on her side.

“I know that much,” Damian sneered.

“Well, I don’t know anything past that right now,” Raven admitted.

“Rae!” Todd shouted, stumbling in, his arm was bleeding and gashed badly and Damian stared at Todd then.

“I’m okay,” she nodded as she waved him off.

“Thank God,” Todd groaned his eyes pulsing dangerously green, and Damian watched as the Pit started repairing Todd.

“That’s interesting,” he observed.  His brother had never gained control of the Pit, despite being a perfect resurrection. This Todd though, was apparently different

“What the fuck was that?” Todd demanded.

“The family,” Raven groaned as she stood, her skin was smooth and flawless again, then she walked to Jason grabbing his arm and sighing.

“On my world they are deceased,” Damian informed this Raven.

“Unlikely, demons are eternal, we are not merely mortal. I killed Wrath, Wrath will be healed in Hell where the dark powers are easily accessible, aiding in healing for demons. However, in your world they are most likely sealed away with Trigon, which means…” Raven grimaced.

“What sunshine?” Todd demanded.

“They’re here for Ingo,” Damian whispered in horror as the dawning realization hit him. His child was in danger, his feet were moving before he could stop them as he ran for the Cave.

“Fuck!” Todd muttered behind him.

~~~*~*~*~~~

Damian grabbed the purple baby as he backed away from the living shadows.

The man before his was handsome with red pulsing eyes; four of them, but movie star features. The features were not dissimilar to Raven’s, striking, unyielding and prideful, and terror gripped Damian's spine as he held the sword level. No one had noticed that Terry, Lian, Mar'i, and Helena were behind this demon, in the cell they had set up for detoxing. Ace was snarling and pacing the glass.

“You have something I want,” the man’s voice was smooth and charming; like Dick’s. There was this burning desire in him to just do as the man wanted. Damian could feel the want from the man, feel how much this mattered, how important it was, and if he just gave it up then he’d make the man happy. For some reason he wanted the man to be happy.

‘Don’t!’ was a thought that screamed in his mind as green eyes materialized in his mind’s eye and he found himself staring at the baby. That was enough to snap him of the idea of pleasing this man as his eyes narrowed on him and the sword in Damian's hand raised a bit more defiantly.

“Come and get it,” Damian snarled the challenge, the baby gurgled in his arms.

“You don’t want that,” the man smiled.

“Jacob!” Raven roared as she came crashing from the shadows and talons slashed at the man who nimbly leapt away.

“Little Sister,” the man sneered.

“Brother, you will leave now,” Raven’s voice was hard.

“I will claim that power,” ‘Jacob’ smiled.

“And I will kill you a thousand times over before I allow you to touch that child,” Raven warned.

Jacob launched at her, Raven leaned back as she caught Jacob, her feet knocking him off balance; Damian didn’t get to move before Raven’s soul tore from her body and she disappeared from the Cave.

“Fuck! Where’d she go, shorty?” Jason demanded as he looked around with the other version of himself at his side.

“I… I don’t know,” Damian admitted.

“Has Raven defeated her father on this world?” the older man asked.

“What the fuck does that have to do with this!?” Jason demanded as he spun on the interploper.

“Everything!” the man snapped.

“As far as I know he’s been imprisoned in her gem and that’s all I fucking know about it,” Jason growled, Damian nodded as he glowered at the older man. “Now what the fuck does that have to do with what the hell just happened!?”

“Those were the Seven Deadly Sins,” the man said levelly. The baby made grabby hands for Damian's other version and the man picked the kid up.

“And Rae’s Pride, I know all about that,” Jason growled. This was the first Damian was hearing of it.

“My Raven’s brothers want to destroy her; I doubt that’s changed in this universe.”

~~~*~*~*~~~

Raven threw Jacob off of her as her back hit the grass and she rolled to her feet. Her long hair was free now as she stood; her feet bare and her second eyes opened.

“Well will you look at this, we’re all here,” a lanky figure sighed; his uneven hair was greasy and long. Wrath materialized then, as did Envy and others walked forward.

“Been a long time, sister,” Jacob announced.

Raven said nothing as she stared at her six most powerful brothers. The talons were forming now as she felt her demon purring with interest.

~~~*~*~*~~~

Raven woke groggy and unrested the morning light peering in on her and she frowned wanting to hide her head. It was not a restful night as she fretted about her husband with their children.

Mainly she was concerned about the trouble Ingo would create in her absence; he was her most difficult child.

She reached to call her husband then groaned; NO! She was not THAT Woman! Biting her lip she rolled onto her back and stared at the ceiling.

It wasn’t cheating to check in and make sure he was still breathing was it?