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OO OO for the ask game; #25. Showing up injured at their enemie's house? :]
Ok. While brainstorming for how to answer this, I realized a catastrophic deficit in In This Together.
There are no lesbians.
How could this happen?!? This must be fixed immediately.
So an idea came to me, an absolutely awful, massively homoerotic idea. Both of my big bad guys are women. Leading armies in a ruthless war against eachother.
They banged.
At some point before the Mutant War broke out, when the Purple Dragons were trying to solidify their grip on New York City after routing the Kraang, Kendra got shot during a skirmish with a dissenting human faction on the fringe of the city. The fight went badly and Kendraâs team was scattered into the night.
Tired and wounded, Kendra stumbled into a run down mansion hidden in the woods. There was a light inside so she went in expecting to find some human survivors who hopefully wouldnât mind letting her crash for the night.
What she was not prepared for was the General of the Kraangâs mutant forces, presumed dead after the Battle of New York, the Shredder.
Monster x Old Woman Yuri below the cut âŹïž âŹïž âŹïž
(Nothing explicit, just a tad suggestive. Art at the end with some tasteful nudity if you wanna scroll down just for that. Leaving the ending up to your own imaginations đ)
Kendra could feel her blood pounding through every inch of her body, through the tight muscles of her legs, ready to make a run for it, through the burning hole in her shoulder where sheâd been shot, through her white knuckled fingers aiming an empty gun at the monster in front of her. ïżŒ
The Shredder stared back at her from behind its mask, listening carefully to her thoughts. She was trying to calculate exactly how long it would take her to make it back out the door, how far she would be able to run before blacking out from exhaustion and blood loss, how many hits she could give and take before going down. The math was not working out well. She wouldnât make it back alive from this fight.
Tentatively uncoiling a tendril of its own mind, the shredder whispered into hers âdonât kill me and I wonât kill youâ
Kendraâs eyes widened in a mixture of horror and awe. It spoke.
âYou can put the gun down. We both know itâs empty,â the thing mind-whispered again.
Slowly, Kendra lowered the gun. Her boddyâs last ditch effort burst of adrenaline was wearing off and she was starting to see spots.
âDeal,â she said, then promptly slumped to the floor and passed out.
Kendra woke up to three surprises. 1: She was still alive. 2: The Shredder had not been a hallucination, or if it had, she must be still hallucinating because it was still here mere feet away from her. And 3: she was naked.
âAt least buy a girl dinner first,â she slurred. Why did her mouth feel numb? Did the thing drug her or was this a symptom of blood loss?
The Shredder traced the strings of her thoughts to figure out what that phrase meant and responded by triggering a memory of a laugh.
Why did itâs laugh sound like Cassandraâs? Kendra wondered, suddenly feeling much more awake.
âI chose one you had positive feelings towardsâ
It heard that? Shit, could it hear everything she was thinking?
âSorry about the sedation, I didnât want you waking up and forgetting our dealâ
âLike Iâm gonna kill you without any weapons,â Kendra scoffed.
It held her gaze. Kendra couldnât see its eyes, if it had any. But she could feel its stare boring into her mind, turning over thoughts and memories. She could, and they both knew it.
Slowly, the Shredder reached behind its back and undid a clasp, the metallic spikes on its shoulders slid off. Piece by piece, it removed the exoskeleton to reveal smooth irridescent skin underneath. At the very last, it reached its pale clawed fingers under the rim of the helmet and lifted.
Kendra stared in fascination at the face before her, gleaming dark eyes splayed across it like the petals of a macabre flower. It was terrifying and grotesque, entirely inhuman, and yet⊠there was something mesmerizing in the glow of its many pupils, in the strange curves of its bones. It was beautiful.
âNow weâre evenâ it spoke to her mind.
Since only one of them was a mind reader, Kendra supposed sheâd have to take the creatureâs word for it.
âSo what were you doing while I was out? You couldâve just searched me if you wanted to make sure I didnât have any other weapons to wake up and stab you with.â Or you could have killed me, she thought.
âWell where would be the fun in that?â the creature replied with a shift of its facial muscles that Kendra more understood than recognized as its equivalent of a grin. âI wanted to study you,â it continued after a pause. âI havenât seen many of your species that have reached this level of maturity.â
âYou calling me old?â Kendra laughed.
âYes, itâs a compliment. To have survived this long on a planet with these conditions is impressive.â
âYouâve got a rather impressive track recccord yourself, couldâve sworn you were a gonner after we collapsed that building on you in the Battle of New York.â
âI have⊠some helpful abilities in such situationsâ
âWhat kind of abilities?â Kendra asked with a bit of coy curiosity. Sheâd seen mutants do some pretty unexplainable things and everyone knew the Shredder was powerful, catch a glimpse of those gleaming spikes and youâve gotta decide quick weather to call in reinforcements or get the hell out of there, but no one knew exactly what its powers were.
âI can demonstrate if you let me,â it said reaching a hand toward her.
At this point, if the thing was going to hurt her, it certainly would have by now. Kendraâs curiosity won out.
âShow me.â
Its pale skin and polished talons were cool on her bare skin but a warmth blossomed in her flesh beneath the touch, spreading outwards with a slight glow. There was a slight burning sensation in the soul of her foot where a thorn had pierced through her shoe while she was running in the dark. Then it was gone. Brushing the blood away with the soft side of one of its fingers, the shredder revealed the healed skin underneath.
âI can do the rest if you like,â it said, gesturing to the various injuries littering her body from the fight.
âCertainly wonât say no to that,â said Kendra with an impressed sigh. âleave the shoulder though. My team saw me get shot. I show back up without a bullet wound and people will ask questions. Iâve got some bandages in my jacket I could use a hand with though.â
Retrieving the bandages, the Shredder began wrapping her shoulder with one hand while its other sent waves of energy through her.
âDo you have a name?â She asked eventually.
âTang Shenâ
#wow#this turned into a whole thing#Iâve never done anything like this before so I hope yâall enjoyed it#thank you very much for the prompt!#Iâd love to do more of these!#I promise I can do pg stuff đ#donât know why this is just whatâs been happening lately#itt!kendra#itt!shredder#itt!tang shen#tmnt#my art#teenage mutant ninja turtles#digital art#my writing#sugestive#tmnt kendra#tmnt shredder#tmnt tang shen
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SDCC 2024 Super7 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ReAction megjelenések
Itt a TMNT pizza parti ideje a Comic-Conon! A Comic-Con 2024-en debĂŒtĂĄlĂł Tini Nindzsa TeknĆcök ReAction figurĂĄi: Shredder, Undercover Michelangelo, Bebop Ă©s Rocksteady, kĂŒlönleges pizzaszelet alakĂș kĂĄrtyahĂĄtlapra csomagolva! KizĂĄrĂłlag a Super7 x TMNT Pop-Up-on kaphatĂłak 2024. jĂșlius 26-ĂĄn, Ă©s korlĂĄtozott mennyisĂ©gben minden rajongĂł szĂĄmĂĄra elĂ©rhetĆek a Super7.com-on jĂșlius 29-Ă©n,âŠ
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Victor Smolski: Guitar Force (2023)
Victor Smolski: Guitar Force (2023) - https://dionysosrising.blog.hu/2023/02/03/victor_smolski_guitar_force -
KiadĂł: Massacre Records
Honlapok: www.victorsmolski.de facebook.com/victorsmolskiofficial
Nem teljesen vilĂĄgos, hogy minek köszönhetjĂŒk ezt a lemezt. Persze mindig örĂŒlĂŒnk egy Victor Smolski instrumentĂĄlis albumnak â ilyet utoljĂĄra 2004-ben kaptunk tĆle J. S. Bach földolgozĂĄsokkal -, ĂĄm a nem tĂșl kĂ©pzeletgazdag âGuitar Forceâ cĂmmel megfejelt album igazĂĄbĂłl amolyan âBest Ofâ kiadvĂĄny Ă©nekesek nĂ©lkĂŒl. Nem vagyok biztos abban, hogy a rajongĂłk ezt vĂĄrtĂĄk, követeltĂ©k tĆle, sĆt mĂ©g azt sem tudom elkĂ©pzelni, hogy a kiadĂł vagy a menedzsment vetette föl az ötletet (az instru lemezek nem szoktak listĂĄkat mĂĄszni vagy bankot robbantani). RemĂ©lem, ez nem az inspirĂĄciĂł elapadĂĄsĂĄt vagy az Almanac szekerĂ©nek földbeĂĄllĂĄsĂĄt jelzi.
A HavancsĂĄk Gyula grafikĂĄjĂĄval dĂszĂtett kb. 59 perces kiadvĂĄny valĂłjĂĄban egyetlen Ășj szerzemĂ©nyt tartalmaz, a 10 perc környĂ©kĂ©re belĆtt shredder cĂmadĂłt, illetve szerepel rajta egy közel 16 perces âWorld Of Inspirationâ cĂmƱ Ășn. âmeddleyâ, melybe Smolski rengeteg korĂĄbbi ötletĂ©t belesƱrĂtette â itt sok-sok ismerĆs dallamot, megoldĂĄst, fordulatot hallhatunk az immĂĄr majdnem 30 Ă©ves pĂĄlyafutĂĄsĂĄnak mintegy összefoglalĂĄsakĂ©nt.
A többi tĂ©tel a gitĂĄros jĂłl ismert katalĂłgusĂĄbĂłl szĂĄrmazik. ElsĆsorban az Almanac tevĂ©kenysĂ©gĂ©re tĂĄmaszkodik, de bĆsĂ©gesen merĂt a âMajesty & Passionâ Bach-tribute-bĂłl is. MeglepetĂ©sre a gitĂĄros pĂĄlyafutĂĄsĂĄnak fontos Ă©s jelentĆs rĂ©szĂ©t kitevĆ Rage-korszak mindössze egyetlen nĂłtĂĄval (Unity) kĂ©pviselteti magĂĄt. TermĂ©szetesen az eredetileg Ă©nekkel rögzĂtett dalok itt instrumentĂĄlis formĂĄban jelennek meg, mĂg a âMajesty & Passionâ tĂ©telei egyszerƱen csak egy âmĂĄsolĂĄs + beillesztĂ©sâ mƱvelet eredmĂ©nyekĂ©nt kerĂŒltek a lemezre. Ărdekes kĂ©rdĂ©s, hogy az Ă©nekes dalok Ășjra lettek-e rögzĂtve. GyanĂtom, hogy nem (ennek ellenĆrzĂ©sĂ©re, kielemzĂ©sĂ©re nem volt kapacitĂĄsom, de nem is tĂșl lĂ©nyeges), max. lekerĂŒltek rĂłluk az Ă©neksĂĄvok Ă©s Ășjra följĂĄtszotta a gitĂĄrrĂ©szeket.
A vĂ©geredmĂ©ny egy nem tĂșl koherens, de mindenkĂ©ppen tetszetĆs, gitĂĄrfanokat maximĂĄlisan kielĂ©gĂtĆ lemez lett, viszont annyira kevĂ©s rajta az ĂșjdonsĂĄg, hogy mĂ©g Ă©n, a szenvedĂ©lyes gyƱjtĆ sem fogom beszerezni a lemezt egy 10 perces nĂłta Ă©s egy negyedĂłrĂĄs âmashupâ kedvĂ©Ă©rt.
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We the people
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Born in Houston in 1936, Barbara Jordan achieved much during her political career. In 1966, she became the first African-American woman elected to the Texas Senate; in 1972, she became the only African-American woman to become Governor of Texas, albeit for one day; in 1994, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The list goes on. However, for many, Jordan is best remembered for the masterful opening speech she gave at the beginning of the impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon in 1974â13 minutes of measured eloquence that attracted nationwide praise and recognition. That speech can be watched above. Below, also, is a page of Jordanâs notes from that day, via Portal to Texas History; below that can be found a transcript of her speech.
Speech given by Barbara Jordan before the House Judiciary Committee on July 25th, 1974:
Mr. Chairman, I join my colleague Mr. Rangel in thanking you for giving the junior members of this committee the glorious opportunity of sharing the pain of this inquiry.
Mr. Chairman, you are a strong man, and it has not been easy but we have tried as best we can to give you as much assistance as possible.
Earlier today we heard the beginning of the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States, âWe, the peopleâ. It is a very eloquent beginning. But when that document was completed, on the seventeenth of September in 1787, I was not included in that âWe, the peopleâ. I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision I have finally been included in âWe, the peopleâ.
Today I am an inquisitor. An hyperbole would not be fictional and would not overstate the solemnness that I feel right now. My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total. I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.
âWho can so properly be the inquisitors for the nation as the representatives of the nation themselves?â The subject of its jurisdiction are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men. That is what we are talking about. In other words, the jurisdiction comes from the abuse of violation of some public trust. It is wrong, I suggest, it is a misreading of the Constitution for any member here to assert that for a member to vote for an article of impeachment means that that member must be convinced that the president should be removed from office. The Constitution doesnât say that.
The powers relating to impeachment are an essential check in the hands of this body, the legislature, against and upon the encroachment of the executive. In establishing the division between the two branches of the legislature, the House and the Senate, assigning to the one the right to accuse and to the other the right to judge, the framers of this Constitution were very astute. They did not make the accusers and the judges the same person.
We know the nature of impeachment. We have been talking about it a while now. âIt is chiefly designed for the president and his high ministersâ to somehow be called into account. It is designed to âbridleâ the executive if he engages in excesses. âIt is designed as a method of national inquest into the public men.â The framers confined in the congress the power if need be, to remove the president in order to strike a delicate balance between a president swollen with power and grown tyrannical, and preservation of the independence of the executive.
The nature of impeachment is a narrowly channeled exception to the separation-of-powers maxim; the federal convention of 1787 said that. It limited impeachment to high crimes and misdemeanors and discounted and opposed the term âmaladministration.â âIt is to be used only for great misdemeanors,â so it was said in the North Carolina ratification convention. And in the Virginia ratification convention: âWe do not trust our liberty to a particular branch. We need one branch to check the others.â
The North Carolina ratification convention: âNo one need be afraid that officers who commit oppression will pass with immunity.â
âProsecutions of impeachments will seldom fail to agitate the passions of the whole community,â said Hamilton in the Federalist Papers, no. 65. âAnd to divide it into parties more or less friendly or inimical to the accused.â I do not mean political parties in that sense.
The drawing of political lines goes to the motivation behind impeachment; but impeachment must proceed within the confines of the constitutional term âhigh crimes and misdemeanors.â Of the impeachment process, it was Woodrow Wilson who said that ânothing short of the grossest offenses against the plain law of the land will suffice to give them speed and effectiveness. Indignation so great as to overgrow party interest may secure a conviction; but nothing else can.â
Common sense would be revolted if we engaged upon this process for insurance, campaign finance reform, housing, environmental protection, energy sufficiency, mass transportation. Pettiness cannot be allowed to stand in the face of such overwhelming problems. So today we are not being petty. We are trying to be big because the task we have before us is a big one.
This morning, in a discussion of the evidence, we were told that the evidence which purports to support the allegations of misuse of the CIA by the president is thin. We are told that that evidence is insufficient. What that recital of the evidence this morning did not include is what the president did know on June 23, 1972. The president did know that it was Republican money, that it was money from the Committee for the Re-Election of the President, which was found in the possession of one of the burglars arrested on June 17.
What the president did know on June 23 was the prior activities of E. Howard Hunt, which included his participation in the break-in of Daniel Ellsbergâs psychiatrist, which included Howard Huntâs participation in the Dita Beard ITT affair, which included Howard Huntâs fabrication of cables designed to discredit the Kennedy administration.
We were further cautioned today that perhaps these proceedings ought to be delayed because certainly there would be new evidence forthcoming from the president. The committee subpoena is outstanding, and if the president wants to supply that material, the committee sits here.
The fact is that yesterday, the American people waited with great anxiety for eight hours, not knowing whether their president would obey an order of the Supreme Court of the United States. At this point I would like to juxtapose a few of the impeachment criteria with some of the presidentâs actions.
Impeachment criteria: James Madison, from the Virginia ratification convention. âIf the president be connected in any suspicious manner with any person and there be grounds to believe that he will shelter him, he may be impeached.â
We have heard time and time again that the evidence reflects payment to the defendants of money. The president had knowledge that these funds were being paid and that these were funds collected for the 1972 presidential campaign. We know that the president met with Mr. Henry Petersen twenty-seven times to discuss matters related to Watergate and immediately thereafter met with the very persons who were implicated in the information Mr. Petersen was receiving and transmitting to the president. The words are âif the president be connected in any suspicious manner with any person and there be grounds to believe that he will shelter that person, he may be impeached.â
Justice Story: âImpeachment is intended for occasional and extraordinary cases where a superior power acting for the whole people is put into operation to protect their rights and rescue their liberties from violations.â
We know about the Huston plan. We know about the break-in of the psychiatristâs office. We know that there was absolute complete direction in August 1971 when the president instructed Ehrlichman to âdo whatever is necessary.â This instruction led to a surreptitious entry into Dr. Fieldingâs office. âProtect their rights.â âRescue their liberties from violation.â
The South Carolina ratification convention impeachment criteria: those are impeachable âwho behave amiss or betray their public trust.â Beginning shortly after the Watergate break-in and continuing to the present time, the president has engaged in a series of public statements and actions designed to thwart the lawful investigation by government prosecutors. Moreover, the president has made public announcements and assertions bearing on the Watergate case which the evidence will show he knew to be false.
These assertions, false assertions, impeachable, those who misbehave. Those who âbehave amiss or betray their public trust.â James Madison again at the Constitutional Convention: âA president is impeachable if he attempts to subvert the Constitution.â
The Constitution charges the president with the task of taking care that the laws be faithfully executed, and yet the president has counseled his aides to commit perjury, willfully disregarded the secrecy of grand jury proceedings, concealed surreptitious entry, attempted to compromise a federal judge while publicly displaying his cooperation with the processes of criminal justice.
âA president is impeachable if he attempts to subvert the Constitution.â If the impeachment provision in the Constitution of the United States will not reach the offenses charged here, then perhaps that eighteenth century Constitution should be abandoned to a twentieth-century paper shredder.
Has the president committed offenses and planned and directed and acquiesced in a course of conduct which the Constitution will not tolerate? Thatâs the question. We know that. We know the question. We should now forthwith proceed to answer the question. It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
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L: But Iâve seen you be cruel and I've seen you be kind. Iâve watched you switch your whole personality at the flip of a dime. Are you really trying to tell me none of that was an act?
K: Oh, Iâm sure a lot of it is. There have certainly been times when Iâve smiled and played along when I didnât feel like it, or put on a bit of a show for the audience, but doesnât everyone do that sometimes? Donât you ever do something you donât feel like doing but know you should? Have you never put on a braver or happier face for the sake of those around you?
L: Well of course I have. Thatâs part of what it means to be a leader and a big brother. But it definitely gets hard sometimes, and at the end of the day, itâs good to have someone I can just be myself around. Donât you have anyone you trust enough to share the real you with?
K: I donât know if Iâve ever really trusted anybody. If I ever did, it would probably be you. You know my story better than anyone. You've seen more sides of me than most people know exist. I just wish I had a real me to share.
[from The Collected Quotes of Two Wandering Souls, an anthology of memories with Karai, written by Leonardo Hamato]
#in this together au#itt!au#leonardo#tmnt karai#hamato karai#tmnt leonardo#tmnt miwa#shredder#tmnt shredder#tmnt fishface#tmnt dogpound#foot clan#my writing#fiction#scifi#scifiseries#tmnt#teenage mutant ninja turtles#my art#series#traditional art#tmnt fanart#tmnt au#tmnt fandom#tmnt art#comics#tmnt comics#tmnt fanfiction#tmnt fan iteration#tmnt fancomic
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NECA Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon) - Ultimate Evil Rex-1- MĂĄr elĂ©rhetĆ
A Target ĂŒzletekben mĂĄr elĂ©rhetĆ! A klasszikus 1980-as Ă©vekbeli Tini Nindzsa TeknĆcök rajzfilmsorozat alapjĂĄn! Az elsĆ robotrendĆr, akit âRobotvĂ©grehajtĂĄsi KĂsĂ©rletâ nĂ©ven ismertek, most ördögi mĂĄsolatot kapott. Shredder Gonosz Rex-1 robotserege itt van, hogy ĂĄtvegye az irĂĄnyĂtĂĄst a jĂĄtĂ©kpolcodon, Ă©s egyszer s mindenkorra vĂ©gezzen a TeknĆcökkel! Ez a 7 inch mĂ©retarĂĄnyĂș akciĂłfigura kemĂ©nyen beâŠ
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The Winery Dogs: III (2023)
The Winery Dogs: III (2023) - https://dionysosrising.blog.hu/2023/02/04/the_winery_dogs_iii -
KiadĂł: Three Dog Music
Honlapok: www.thewinerydogs.com facebook.com/TheWineryDogs
Nem biztos, hogy nekem kellene megĂrnom ezt a cikket. Most nem arra gondolok, hogy az utĂłbbi hat bejegyzĂ©st is Ă©n Ărtam, Ăgy az a veszĂ©ly fenyeget, hogy tĂșlexponĂĄlom magamat. InkĂĄbb arrĂłl van szĂł, hogy a nagy nevek ellenĂ©re kezdettĆl fogva szkeptikusan ĂĄlltam ehhez a triĂłhoz. MĂĄr azon is meglepĆdtem, hogy a 2013-as debĂŒtĂĄciĂł utĂĄn lett folytatĂĄs (2015), azt viszont vĂ©gkĂ©pp nem lĂĄtom be, hogy nyolc hosszĂș Ă©v elteltĂ©vel mi kĂ©sztette Ćket arra, hogy visszatĂ©rjenek, mint a nĂ©vadĂł hĂĄziĂĄllat, a sajĂĄt â hogy is mondjam csak â maradĂ©kukhoz. Ez ugyan kicsit szigorĂșan hangzik, de nem rossz hasonlat, jĂłllehet abszolĂșt nem ĂĄll szĂĄndĂ©komban megsĂ©rteni sem a zenĂ©szeket, sem a rajongĂłkat.
Abban szerintem mindenki egyetĂ©rt, hogy a hĂĄrom muzsikus: Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehen Ă©s Richie Kotzen kĂŒlön-kĂŒlön is legendĂĄs mƱvĂ©sz, a sajĂĄt hangszerĂ©nek vilĂĄgraszĂłlĂł artistĂĄja. Többen mĂ©g abban is egyetĂ©rtenek majd velem, hogy Portnoy zenĂ©szkĂ©nt, zenei producerkĂ©nt majdnem tĂ©vedhetetlen, bĂĄr csak majdnem. ElĂ©g itt a Metal Allegiance vagy a BPMD nevƱ projektekre gondolnunk. Abban a tekintetben viszont valĂłszĂnƱleg csak kevĂ©s helyeslĆre talĂĄlok, hogy a The Winery Dogs szerintem mĂĄr az indulĂĄsnĂĄl kisiklott. Nevezetesen akkor, amikor az eredetileg ideszĂĄnt gitĂĄros/Ă©nekes, John Sykes nemet mondott, pontosabban elszabotĂĄlta az egyĂŒttes beindulĂĄsĂĄt.
Mint tudjuk, Ăgy â mintegy utĂłgondolatkĂ©nt â kerĂŒlt a levesbe Richie Kotzen, aki ugyan nagyszerƱ gitĂĄros (bĂĄr a Mike Varney-fĂ©le shredder generĂĄciĂłbĂłl nekem az egyik legkevĂ©sbĂ© szimpatikus jelensĂ©g), termĂ©keny dalszerzĆ Ă©s igen jĂł torkĂș Ă©nekes, de bizonyos tekintetben Ă©pp olyan, mint Glenn Hughes: azaz bĂĄrhol megjelenik, ott azonnal rĂĄtelepszik a zenĂ©re, minden elkezd azonnal beazonosĂthatĂłan, hamisĂtatlanul glenhjĂșzos â jelen esetben ricsikoccenes â lenni. GarantĂĄlom, hogy John Sykes-szal ez az egĂ©sz teljesen mĂĄskĂ©ppen szĂłlt volna, mint ahogy azt is, hogy az a triĂł sokkal közelebb ĂĄllt volna a szĂvemhez! Ez tehĂĄt itt az elsĆ nagy hendikep!
A mĂĄsodik hendikep az, hogy bĂĄrmennyire tisztelem Ă©s szeretem Portnoyt Ă©s Sheehent zenĂ©szkĂ©nt, egyikĆjĂŒk stĂlusa sem illeszkedik jĂłl â az egyik ezĂ©rt, a mĂĄsik azĂ©rt â ehhez a funkys blues rockhoz. TalĂĄn inkĂĄbb Ășgy kellene fogalmaznom, hogy a Kotzen-fĂ©le mindent ĂĄthatĂł funkys blues rock nem illeszkedik az egyĂ©bkĂ©nt kĂŒlön-kĂŒlön Ă©s egyĂŒtt is frenetikus ritmusszekciĂłhoz. Erre gondoltam, amikor azt mondtam, hogy mĂĄr a kezdetek kezdetĂ©n gellert kapott ez a projekt. MeggyĆzĆdĂ©sem, hogy a Mother Headâs Family Reunion Ă©s a Forty Deuce sokkal hitelesebb inkarnĂĄciĂłi annak, amit Kotzen minden ĂzĂ©ben kĂ©pvisel Ă©s a jellegzetes stĂlusĂĄhoz is jobban illenek azok a zenĂ©szek. Abba mĂĄr bele sem kezdek, hogy nekem attĂłl kezdve mĂ©g kevĂ©sbĂ© fekszik Kotzen stĂlusa, hogy ĂĄtĂĄllt az ujjal pengetĂ©sre. Na de ez mĂĄr tĂ©nyleg a kĂĄkĂĄn is csomĂłt eseteâŠ
Mindannak ellenĂ©re, amit eddig leĂrtam, a The Winery Dogs nyilvĂĄn mƱködik valamilyen szinten: a zenĂ©szek briliĂĄnsak, a dalok â ha nem is mindegyik â abszolĂșt Ă©lvezhetĆek. Erre az albumra bĆven volt alkalmuk rĂĄpihenni, ennek ellenĂ©re egyĂĄltalĂĄn nem Ă©rzem kiemelkedĆnek a kĂ©t korĂĄbbi kiadvĂĄnyhoz kĂ©pest, a közĂ©prĂ©sz (a âBreakthroughâ-tĂłl a âStarsâ-ig) pĂ©ldĂĄul nekem kimondottan uncsi, a âGaslightâ kĂ©rkedĆ kapkodĂĄsa pedig irritĂĄl (bĂĄr koncerteken biztos jĂłl mƱködik). Nem kĂ©rdĂ©s, hogy akadnak azĂ©rt hatĂĄrozottan jĂł pillanatok is. A klipes âXanaduâ igazi Mother Headâs Family Reunion Ă©s Forty Deuce hangulatot ĂĄraszt, a âThe Vengeanceâ mĂĄr-mĂĄr slĂĄgergyanĂșs, a âPharaohâ Ă©s a âThe Red Wineâ pedig kihozzĂĄk a legjobbat ebbĆl a fölĂĄllĂĄsbĂłl. Aki eddig is szerette Ćket, elĂ©gedett lesz, aki pedig korĂĄbban sem volt oda Ă©rtĂŒk, nem lesz rajongĂłvĂĄ.
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KĂ©kkĆi ZalĂĄn: My World, My Dream (2021)
KĂ©kkĆi ZalĂĄn: My World, My Dream (2021) - https://metalindex.hu/2021/08/28/kekkoi-zalan-my-world-my-dream-2021/ -
BĂĄr a â80-as Ă©vek gitĂĄrhĆs korszakĂĄnak lecsengĂ©sĂ©vel a fĆsodorbĂłl (OK, legyen mainstreamâŠ) lĂĄtvĂĄnyosan elkergettetett a gitĂĄrszĂłlĂł, mint önĂĄllĂł âentitĂĄsâ (tudjĂĄtok, amikor a szĂłlĂł maga is dallĂĄ vĂĄlik a dalon belĂŒl), a shredder-apokalipszis mĂ©gsem következett be. BĂĄr az Ășj Ă©vtized elejĂ©n az amerikai gitĂĄrzene definĂciĂłja megvĂĄltozott (jĂł Ă©s hasznos, sĆt szĂŒksĂ©ges dolog, csak azokat az ĂĄtkozott, mĂves, kidolgozott dallamokat, futamokat felejtsĂŒk el, mert azokbĂłl aztĂĄn minden baj szĂĄrmazhat), a rĂĄdiĂłknĂĄl, zenei csatornĂĄknĂĄl tiltĂłlistĂĄra kerĂŒltek a szĂłlĂłk. Ha pedig mĂ©gis beverekedte magĂĄt valahogy egy rĂ©gisulis zenekar, akkor Radio Edit âasszonyâ neve volt a garancia arra, hogy az ott elhangzĂł vĂĄltozatban mĂĄr a szĂłlĂł ne legyen hallhatĂł.
Olyan Ă©rtelemben persze, ha nehĂ©z szĂvvel is, de el kell fogadnunk a zeneipari döntĂ©st, hogy a gitĂĄrszĂłlĂł, legyen az bĂĄr technikailag bĂĄrmilyen nehĂ©z Ă©s lenyƱgözĆ, a legtöbb hallgatĂłnak aktuĂĄlisan csak tök fölösleges idĆhĂșzĂĄs a mĂĄsodik refrĂ©n elĆtt⊠Ez van. Meg az is van, hogy a gitĂĄrbolond-fajta szerencsĂ©re kevĂ©sbĂ© szenzitĂv a zeneipar aktuĂĄlis rezgĂ©seire, mondhatni, azt magasrĂłl szarja le, elfogadja, tudomĂĄsul veszi, hogy a technikai tökĂ©letessĂ©gre csak nagyon kevesek kĂvĂĄncsiak, de nem tudja nem csinĂĄlni, merthogy oly sok Ă©v tanulĂĄs Ă©s gyakorlĂĄs utĂĄn ez az Ć VilĂĄga, Ă©s az az Ălma, hogy ha kevĂ©s Ă©rdeklĆdĆnek is, de megmutathassa a dalait. Ăs meg is Ă©rkeztĂŒnk ZalĂĄnhoz, merthogy KĂ©kkĆi ZalĂĄn (Ăkos, Beatrice stb.) âMy World My Dreamâ lemeze egy olyan ember zenei kitĂĄrulkozĂĄsa, akirĆl fentebb Ărtam. Ăkos zenekarĂĄban, ahogy el is mondja, minden megadatott szĂĄmĂĄra, amit egy hazai gitĂĄros elkĂ©pzelhet legvadabb ĂĄlmaiban. TökĂ©letes technikai feltĂ©telek, ahol a gitĂĄrozĂĄson kĂvĂŒl semmivel nem kellett törĆdnie, a legnagyobb szĂnpadok, lelkes közönsĂ©ggel, az Ć vilĂĄga Ă©s az Ć ĂĄlma mĂ©gis egy olyan lemez, ami az eddigi szakmai Ă©letĂștjĂĄnak nagysĂĄgrendjeihez kĂ©pest csak töredĂ©k pĂ©ldĂĄnyban Ă©s kevĂ©s emberhez fog eljutni. JĂłl van ez Ăgy? Nincs jĂłl. BĂĄnja ezt ZalĂĄn? Szerintem egyĂĄltalĂĄn nem. Ahogy fentebb is Ărtam, egy önkifejezĆ gitĂĄros nem tudja nem megĂrni ezeket a dalokat, ha erre lehetĆsĂ©ge van, tehĂĄt azzal, hogy ez a lemez megjelenhetett, minden megtörtĂ©nt, a törtĂ©net befejezĆdött, az ĂĄlom valĂłra vĂĄlt, hisz megmutatta az Ć igazi vilĂĄgĂĄt. Az, hogy ebbĆl kĂ©sĆbb hĂĄny pĂ©ldĂĄny talĂĄl gazdĂĄra, szerintem mĂĄr nem bĂr szĂĄmĂĄra akkora jelentĆsĂ©ggel, mint azt sokan gondolnĂĄk.
Ăn ugyanakkor nagyon szeretnĂ©m, hogy ez a lemez mĂ©gis megkapja azt az elismerĂ©st, amit minĆsĂ©ge szerint megĂ©rdemel, mert nagyon-nagyon sok instrumentĂĄlis gitĂĄrmuzsika meghallgatĂĄsa, sĆt fizikai hanghordozĂłn törtĂ©nĆ birtoklĂĄsa fĂ©nyĂ©ben azt a sommĂĄs megĂĄllapĂtĂĄst tudom tenni, hogy nincs olyan szegmense, ami nem ĂĄllja ki az összevetĂ©st a vilĂĄgviszonylatban is (el)ismert megjelenĂ©sekkel. OK, itt mĂ©g mindig szƱkebb piacrĂłl beszĂ©lĂŒnk, de egy lelkes nemzetközi ZalĂĄn-visszhang a szakmai körökbĆl mĂ©giscsak tudna mĂ©g nĂ©hĂĄny lapot Ărni ehhez a befejezett törtĂ©nethez.
A Szakos KrisztiĂĄn ĂĄltal kevert anyag hangzĂĄsa baromi jĂł, telt, minden hangszer a helyĂ©n, jĂłl hallhatĂłan szĂłl. A doboknĂĄl KaszĂĄs PĂ©ter Ă©s Borlai GergĆ, nyilvĂĄn itt sem lehet minĆsĂ©gi kifogĂĄst emelni. SzebĂ©nyi DĂĄniel felel a billentyƱs hangszerekĂ©rt, a bĆgĆn pedig Fekete Tibor (Samu), FehĂ©rvĂĄri Attila, Laczik FecĂł Ă©s TakĂĄcs âKanĂłcâ Roland osztozik. A csapat vitĂĄn felĂŒl szupergrĂșp, innen mĂĄr tĂ©nyleg csak akkor lehetett volna becsĆdöltetni az ĂgĂ©retesen indulĂł vĂĄllalkozĂĄst, ha ZalĂĄn jĂĄtĂ©ka technikailag jĂł ugyan, de sematikus, kiszĂĄmĂthatĂł, a dalai pedig nem kiemelkedĆek. Csakhogy nem az. Egyik sem. Ăs szĂĄndĂ©kosan nem âkompozĂciĂłtâ vagy âszerzemĂ©nyeketâ Ărtam. ZalĂĄnnak sikerĂŒlt DALokat Ărni, mĂĄrpedig ez az egyik legnagyobb kihĂvĂĄs egy instrumentĂĄlis lemez esetĂ©ben. Sokszor elbuknak itt mĂ©g a nemzetközileg jegyzett ikonok is.
Nem szoktam, mert nem szeretem dalonkĂ©nt kielemezni a lemezeket, nekem sokkal kifejezĆbb egy reĂĄlis szakmai ĂĄttekintĂ©st adni az egĂ©szrĆl, ezĂ©rt csak nĂ©hĂĄny elsĆ benyomĂĄs, bĂĄr mĂĄr a sokadik hallgatĂĄsnĂĄl tartok, kirĂĄndulni is jött velem a âlemezâ. A âCatfightâ verse-âkismacskĂĄzĂĄsaâ Steve Vait juttatta eszembe, nyilvĂĄn nem vĂ©letlenĂŒl, de a dallamos refrĂ©n az, ami igazĂĄn nagyszerƱen sikerĂŒlt. A hatĂĄsok megemlĂtĂ©se persze törvĂ©nyszerƱ, hacsak nem Yngwie, EVH, Blackmore, Vai, Brian May stb. a recenziĂł tĂĄrgya, de ZalĂĄn esetĂ©ben ez is Ășgy törtĂ©nik (legalĂĄbbis nekem ez volt a benyomĂĄsom), hogy nem egy jellemzĆ konkrĂ©t âlickâ, tremolĂł-trĂŒkk, vagy futam köszön vissza, hanem inkĂĄbb az, hogy ZalĂĄn a legnagyobb gitĂĄrosoktĂłl azt tanulta meg, mikĂ©nt lesz egy dal igazĂĄn jĂłl felĂ©pĂtett Ă©s kifejezĆ. Neil Zaza dallamĂ©rzĂ©kenysĂ©ge, Marty Friedman vagy Andy Timmons kifejezĆkĂ©szsĂ©ge, ahogy a szĂ©pen megfogalmazott âcleanâ hangszĂnekbĆl kiemelkedik a szinte sĂrĂł kifejtĂ©s, immĂĄr több âgainâ-nel (Consolation, Shelter). A jĂł dalok Ă©s technikai tökĂ©letessĂ©g mellett a vĂĄltozatossĂĄg Ă©s sokszĂnƱsĂ©g a lemez egyik legnagyobb erĂ©nye, mind hangszĂnekben, mind hangulatokban.
StĂlusĂĄban kivĂĄlĂł, bĆven nemzetközi szĂnvonalĂș lemez szĂŒletett, rajta izgalmas, vĂĄltozatos dalokkal. Megy is a gyƱjtemĂ©nybe Vai, Satriani, Zaza, Lukather, Yngwie, Vinnie Moore, stb. mellĂ©, Ă©s egy percig nem kell feszengve Ă©reznie majd magĂĄt.
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