#jason gaffney

[evilhorse]

Sliders Cards (1997) 12: Benish’s Solution (Last Days)

[guerrilla-operator]

[funstyle]

Rescuing wounded animals and diligently nursing them back to health and returning them to their woodland homes......... SEBADOH

[spilladabalia]

Sebadoh - Homemade

"[This song is about] how pornography ruined my life" - Lou Barlow, quoted from memory, Melody Maker or NME, 1993.

[justicelikelightningpodcast]

Justice Like Lightning - Onslaught Book 2

We check in on some other teams that start with x that aren’t the X-men! London has a bad time and there’s some drama with brainwashing and evil clones. We talk about being Mystique simps and how much we hate Hank McCoy.

Excalibur #100 

Published: August 1, 1996

Writing: Warren Ellis

Pencils: Casey Jones, Randy Green, Rob Haynes

Inks: Tom Simmons, Jason Martin, Rick Katchem, Rob Haynes

Lettering: Richard Starkings, ComicCraft

Colors: Ariane Lenshoek, Jim Hosten

Editors: Suzanne Bob, Gaffney Harris

Best Words: 

Best Panel:

Best Person: Kurt Wagner

Worst Person: Xavier/Onslaught

Moira for retroactively lying about the Xavier files. 

Wolverine 104: The Answer At Last! The Beginning of ONSLAUGHT!

Published: August 1, 1996

Writing: Larry Hama

Pencils: Val Semeiks

Inks: Chad Hunt

Letters: Richard Starking

Colors: Joe Rosas

Best Words: 

Best Panel: 

Best Person: Elektra

Worst Person: N/A no one was really awful in this issue

Wolverine because the looks like that, jk but it triggers uncanny valley response in me

X-Factor #125: Re-Creating Havok in McCoy’s Image

Published: August 1, 1996

Writing: Howard Mackie

Pencils: Page 1-23 Jeff Matsuda, Page 24-37 Stefano Raffaele

Inks: Al Milgrom

Color: Page 1-23 Glynis Oliver, 24-37 & Kevin Somers

Letters: Richard Starkings

Editor: Kelly Corvese

Best Words:

Best Panel: 

Best Person: Mystique

Worst Person: Evil!McCoy/Dark Beast

X-Factor #126: The Beast Or Not The Beast... That Is The Question

Published: September 2, 1996

Writing: Howard Mackie

Pencils: Stefano Raffaele

Inks: Al Milgrom

Color: Glynis Oliver

Letters: Richard Starkings

Editor: Kelly Corvese

Best words:

Best Panel: 

Best Person: Sabretooth

Worst Person: Random

[michaelcosio]

In Loving Memory Of the Fallen

This memorial is dedicated to the courage and honor of our fallen teammates. Their dedication and sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Here are the names of our fallen. Each name is accompanied by a page dedicated to honoring and remembering them, where photos or stories can be shared.

* Indicates those who are the Original 43

January

Casey Casavant (Rooster)*

Steve Gernet (G-Man)*

Ron Johnson (Cat Daddy)*

Arthur Laguna (Art)*

Shane Stansfield (War Baby)*

Jerome McCauley (Jerry)*

Matt Fineran*

Walter Fisher*

William Reid Ray (Billy)

Sean Hawkins (Hawk)

James Patrick Flynn (Seven)

Dean Leon Silva (Windex)

Christopher P. Gaffney

February

Nicholas W. Leotti*

Michael McInnis (Mac)

Jim Grey (Mammal)

Lance Warren (#1 Dad)

Cory Gene Wainscott

Lee Eric Martin (Biggin)

Keith Jorgensen (Snake Doctor)

Tommy Lopez

Jeffrey Keith Reynolds (Festus)

Richard Garcia (Witch Doctor)

Charles Hughes (Hugo)

Glen Wenzel

March

Wesley John Kealoha Batlona (Wes)*

Stephen Scotten Helvenston (Scott)*

Mike Teague (Iron Mike)*

Jerko Gerald Zovko (Jerry)*

Bruce T Durr (Bee)*

James Cantrell (Tracker)*

Stuart Rice

William Posch

Michael Tharp

April

Peter Goodfellow (Dingo)*

Robert Gore (Jason)*

Curtis Hundley (Sparky)*

Steven McGovern*

Jason Obert*

David Patterson (Mike)*

Luke Petrik (Black Diamond)*

Eric Smith*

Patrick Waterbury (Stazi)

Craig Fuller (Firecracker)*

Norman Spruill (Old School)

Abraham Bronn

Scott Sandefer (Sandman)

May

Thomas Jaichner (Bama)*

Thomas Capel (Grundle)

Brandon Teague

Steven Powell (Junior)

June

Richard Bruce (Kato)*

Krzysztof Kaskos*

Jarrod Little*

Christopher Neidrich*

Artur Zukowski*

David Olinger (Dave-O)

Joshua Hernandez (Pedro)*

Corey Meile (Olaf)

William Larson (Gunz)

July

William Hinchman (Sonny)*

Roland Tressler (Johny Quest)*

Michael Sacks (Max)*

Cory Gray

Antouine Castenada (Lips)

Sean Barton (Taxi)

Duane Xanders

Bart Baker

August

Charles Geisler (Bullfrog)

Philip VanDyke

William Woods (Brian)*

Joseph Bixler (Bix)

Michael Oyer

Roger Abshire (Nitro)

Christopher Hartsock

Mike Hawley (Mike)

September

David Shepherd (Chief)*

Stephen Sullivan*

Peter Tocci (Bear)*

Kenneth Webb (2B)*

Jack McCracken (Stagger)

Atom Ziniewicz

Carlos Guerrero (Tony)

Alan Nowak

Robert Schierenberg

Chad Burke

October

Rod Richardson (K2)*

Thomas Capel (Grundle)

Brandon Teague

Steven Powell (Junior)

Eric Chapa

Nickolaus Dillon

Jordan Pyle

November

David Randolph*

Noel English*

Loren Hammer (Butch)*

Melin Rowe*

David Laconte

Thomas Mitchell

Christopher Coene (Superfly)

Steven White (Blanco)

Raymond Tanner

December

Dane Paresi*

Scott Roberson*

Jeremy Wise*

Scott Brachmann (Mongo)

Ken Bell (Thumper)

Christopher Shellhamer

James Parker Jr. (Doc)

Sean Bowles (Rock Ape)

Terrance Cullinan

Jason Terrell (Turbo)

Col George Smith (Doc Smith)

Willard Baber (Buddy)

Blackwater Memorial Alumni Association is a registered 501 (c)3 Non-Profit Organization

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[90smovies]

The X-Files

[hellyeahsliders]

Various screengrabs from Last Days (S1:E4)

[felicitykings]

JASON TODD TITANS | 3.03 Hank and Dove

[thefreeddinosaur]

[punksarahreese]

“There’s something about them that I don’t like. What, I don’t know. And I don’t like not knowing.” for ghost!ava

Truth | 16:22

Time of death!au; Ava and Jason tell each other the truth

CW: suicide mention, alcohol tw, SA mention

***

The wind whipped past her with surprising force, though it had no effect on her. Still, Ava couldn’t help the human impulse to shiver at the thought of the chilly Chicago air. She had never truly adjusted to the climate change in her move, nor did she think moving in the first place had been the right choice. Ava wondered deep down if she would still be alive had she never taken the fellowship, if she had never met Connor Rhodes, but she couldn’t answer that for herself. She wouldn’t ever know and that was quite possibly her biggest regret.

“If you think any harder your head will explode.”

“What are you, five?” Ava rolled her eyes at Jason as he materialized beside her, leaning against the concrete ledge she had perched herself on. She knew her companion spent most of his time up there, since his death place wasn’t particularly accessible, but she saw how it impacted him. Jason’s eyes never glanced over the edge and he didn’t make a move to sit beside her or even get any closer to the safety bar. Despite his apparent comfort with the rooftop, he clearly didn’t enjoy the height anymore. It made sense, of course, but it also made him seem much more human to her.

“What are you hyper focused on today, Bekker?”

“Just what-ifs,” she replied, “If I had never moved here, never stepped foot in this damned hospital, would I still be alive?”

“It’s hard to say. I ask myself that a lot,” he admitted, looking up at her. There was a vulnerability in his eyes that made Ava uncomfortable, not because she didn’t want him to be vulnerable with her but because she didn’t know what it meant. He was so calm and reassuring when Ava was brash and impulsive. Jason looking scared and upset wasn’t something she was used to.

“I mean we did this to ourselves,” she sighed a little, “Can we really blame the hospital for that one?”

“I mean, were you suicidal before?”

“Before Gaffney?” Ava found it laughable that she even had to think about it, “Borderline Personality Disorder, Jason. Diagnosed when I was 19.”

“Shit.”

“Makes sense now, doesn’t it?”

“I mean… that doesn’t mean you would have snapped and killed someone — or yourself — if you hadn’t left home.”

“Maybe,” it was hard to think of life going any other way than how it had ended, “What about you?”

“It was med school that did it to me. The transition from school to residency was too much. I wasn’t cut out for any of it and I could see that… I was turning into my father,” neither of them mentioned how Jason’s voice shook a little.

“How so?”

“The drinking. I promised myself years before I wouldn’t ever drink and yet… one hard day and I turned to the bottle and it only got worse. I couldn’t take it anymore, Ava, I just saw myself becoming him. So I ended it, before he could take over.”

“I’m sorry, Jason…”

“Why did you do it?”

“What’s that?”

“Kill Connor’s dad,” was the last question Ava expected and it caused her nonexistent heart to jump in her chest. She hated to even think of that man, relieved she had never seen him in her months in the in between. If she never thought about Cornelius Rhodes again it would be too soon, but she felt like Jason deserved to know the truth. 

“I- he was a trigger for me… he was trying to get between Connor and I. My brain, the way it’s wired, I got so paranoid thinking my favourite person would leave me. I hate to say I was obsessed with Connor but that’s how BPD goes sometimes.”

“Is that the only reason?”

Ava knew he could see her holding back, “He- I don’t really know how to say it… Cornelius didn’t have boundaries. He did some stuff to me that brought up not so good memories and I just snapped. It doesn’t excuse what I did, I know that, but he was not a good man, Jason.”

“Oh,” it took a minute but she saw the realization dawn on his face, “Oh, Ava, I’m sorry.”

“I-I didn’t even want to kill him… I would never kill anyone. I was honestly thinking of just offing myself, I don’t know what drove me to administer that laced insulin but it wasn’t just my disorder. I was sick, not evil; tell me you believe that, please?”

“I don’t know who you were when you were living but I believe you,” he answered, “I believe you because this hospital is not kind. It does things… it messes with you.”

“The shadow people?” Ava hated to even bring them up out of fear of them breathing down her neck. She felt their eyes track her every move, following her no matter where she turned.

“Them,” Jason shook his head, “For elusive beings they certainly know how to make themselves known.”

“There’s something about them that I don’t like. What, I don’t know but I don’t like not knowing.”

“There isn’t much to like. None of us know why they’re here or what power the really have, just that they’re in charge.”

“So you don’t even know what you’re warning me against?”

“I just don’t want to see you disappear,” he answered cryptically, “As much as you hate being stuck here, letting the hospital take you completely is a million times worse.”

[andynortonuk]

LUCID | a short film from SUBLUNAR FILMS on Vimeo.

At an art school in the 90s, young outsider Mia (Caitlin Taylor) embarks on a morbid quest for pure self-expression when she creates a self-portrait for her classmates that ultimately reveals her true heart’s enchantment with the grotesque. 16 mins 37 sec

Directed by Deanna Milligan @sublunarfilms Produced by Deanna Milligan @sublunarfilms, Ramsey Fendall @sublunarfilms and Claire Robertson @clairerobertsonart Cinematography by Ramsey Fendall @sublunarfilms Written by Claire Robertson @clairerobertsonart Executive Producers Vivian Su + Elizabeth Yake @elizabethyake Composer Marta Jaciubek-McKeever @martamckeever Starring Caitlin Taylor as Mia @oakandbone Stacy Grant as Ms Wendy @stacyandthegang Georgia Acken as Little Mia @georgia_acken Peter Hoskins as Bernie Metta Rose as Agatha @mettarose Keith Picot as Hugh @keithpicot Christie Roome as Sister Anna-Maria @christieroome John Luna as Frederick Ferdinand @johnluna George William Lambert as Christof @georgewilliamlambert Goth Girls Nicole Bartosinski + @nicole.anna_ Sadie Dufour sadie_mariie + Jana Morrison janamorrison.getusedtoit Nathan + Abby Corpus as Sam + Sarah @abbycorpus.soprano @nathan.corpus Shane Strom as Squid @shane.strom Kane OScalleigh as Sheena @knockoutscallywag Elisabeth Hinshelwood as Veronique @lizardela Susan Ko as Marilyn the Life Model @susanko2116 Gene Sargent as Alberto @genetsarg Avalon Barber as Pinkie @avalonchey Rianne Delahunt as Charlotte @riannedelahunt Atticus Cohen-Yelle as Alex @acohenyelle Liz Colangelo as Receptionist mzz_lizzie Bobby Cleveland Butcher & Skater @crail_skatan Claire E Robertson as Bad Driver @clairerobertsonart Graham McDonald as Janitor @ug.mcd Jared Warren as Rolf Zander Jacobs + Sage Dyck + Mia Luna + Grace Fanstone + Chase Rhodes as Tipper + Naomi + Ellie + Pip + Kingsley Ben LaBarre Sparkle Brite Window Washer @bmovieben

Production Designer Claire E Robertson @clairerobertsonart Editors Deanna Milligan + Ramsey Fendall @sublunarfilms Associate Producers Margaret Sclafani + Abby Wang @razzmargo First Assistant Director Sonya Chwyl @sonyachwyl Second Assistant Director Anik Desmarais-Spencer @adspencer_ First Assistant Director (SaltSpring) Jesi Pearce Art Director Emma Banner @emamary88 Set Decorators Kris Banner + Samantha Harvey Set Dresser Rob Robertson @robr.yeti Camera Operator/Steadicam Guochen Wang @guochew 1st AC Aly Van Akker @alyvana 1st AC (SaltSpring) Jo Gaffney @jo.gaffney 2nd AC Andrew Dodd Clippingdale @doddseye Digital Imaging Technician Ben LaBarre @bmovieben Script Supervisor Amelia McCluskey @ameliamcclux Production Sound Patrick Coble + Bobby Cleveland @patrickcoble @crail_skatan Boom Operator Bobby Cleveland @crail_skatan Second Boom (Salt Spring) Cameron Proudfoot @proudfoot1975 Gaffer Karl Schoepp @schoeppfilm Key Grip Chris Akehurst Special Effects Supervisor David Springbett Props Claire E Robertson + Phil McCluskey + Ruby Lipsett @philmc Assistant Costume Designer Lily McCluskey @lobster.soul Costume Supervisor Beth Parker @bethrparker Costumer Christie Roome @christieroome Makeup Artist Ruby Jones @rubysfx Hair Stylist Mo Crété @hair.mocrete Hair Stylist (SaltSpring) Casey Troop Casting Director Lynne Carrow @lcarrow99 BTS Photos Michael Levy + Andrew Dodd Clippingdale + Bobby Cleveland @doddseye @crail_skatan Publicity Photographs Beth Parker + Danielle Acken @bethrparker @dlackenphotos Production Assistant Kahlila Ball + Yuxin Mao @kahlila.b Slime dance song “Black Sea” by Kellarissa courtesy of Mint Records @oceanelectro Sound Mix Kirk Douglas @kirkairdouglas Craft Services Lisah Smith + Jan Robertson + Darcy Graham @lisahloo @darcy_bishop_graham Colorist Sam Gilling @sgllng

Thank You Peggy Milligan + Rob Pingle + Lisa Alice Bailey + Hilary Watson + Melissa Cutshall + Jen MacLellan + Bob Twaits + Jason Stevens + Andrew Robertson + Paul Lloyd + Dawn Boudreau + Christie Roome + Rachel Irons + Dax Stringer + Fletcher Donovan + Jason Donaldson + Heather Hopkins + Patrick McCallum + David Corbet + Sandra Charge + Dave French + Annika Hagen + Carrie Oloriz + Julia Hutchings + Mearo + Emily Gooden + Melanie Mulherin + Diana Day + Patrick Ramsey + Kirk Irwin + Linnea Ritland + Veronika Kurz +Martin Tran + David Geiss + Daniel Carruthers + Julie MacKinnon + Sandra Smith

Special Thanks Victoria College of Art & Michel Matil Twig & Buoy Sparkle Bright Laundrette Country Grocer, Salt Spring Island Hey Happy Coffee Old Victoria Water Company Nick Orchard Ryan Dyck + Adrienne LaBelle, Mint Records Natasha Duprey Peter Foreman Danielle Acken & James Acken

Camera Red Gemini + Arri 435 4-perf Cooke 20-100 + Lomo standard speed lenses Shot on Kodak 5219 + 5298 @kodak_shootfilm

[averyqueerchristmas]

The Perfect Wedding (2012) || ⭐⭐⭐/5 || Mini Review || Romance/Comedy || "Home for the Christmas holiday, a gay man starts falling for his ex-boyfriend's lover, not knowing that the relationship is a mere pretense."

CW: Recovering Alcoholic.

This is the first Christmas movie I've seen that has a Disabled love interest/protagonist. Gavin is hard of hearing, played by a hard of hearing actor (Jason T Gaffney).

This (like all Christmas movies) was very cheesy. Some moments made me laugh, some moments were very sweet.

I really liked the ending, that transition with the kiss was great.

Unfortunately it's a running theme with Christmas movies that they spend the whole movie building up to getting together and then they're only together within the last few minutes and we don't actually get to see them as a couple. I'd really like more movies that have the characters as an already established couple so that we actually get to have them together the whole movie. 'The Christmas House' did good with that, the gay couple was already married when the movie started, and I'm very excited for the second 'The Christmas House' movie coming out this month, we'll get to see more of them, and this time with their children!

🎅🏻❤🎄☃️💚🤶🏻

[recentanimenews]

ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!, Vol. 3

By kiki and kinta. Released in Japan as “Omae Gotoki ga Maou ni Kateru to Omou na to Gachizei ni Yuusha Party wo Tsuihou Sareta node, Outo de Kimama ni Kurashitai” by GC Novels. Released in North America by Seven Seas. Translated by Jason Muell. Adapted by Brock Wassman.

If anyone had “zombie apocalypse” on your Roll Over and Die bingo card, well, congratulations. I can’t really be surprised, as not only is this series far more comfortable with being a horror book than a yuri book, but it’s several different types of horror book as well. That said, the undercurrent of the entire series is “we need to fix all this so we can live a peaceful happy life”, and, especially here, we are told that getting a peaceful and happy life does not mean sticking your head in the sand. Milkit has a quote that sums it up: “This world has no shortage of people willing to drag others down to make themselves feel superior and in control,” said Milkit. “The moment you accept that you can’t get away, you let them win.” This book is about not letting them win. Not that it’s a total victory, though…

Pictured on the cover are Gadhio, formerly of the Hero’s party, and his wife Tia. If he seems a bit less than happy, it’s because Tia’s been dead for the last six years. After Milkit gets kidnapped AGAIN, Flum discovers that the culprit is Milkit’s old master, the one who damaged her face and is in general one of the worst people in this book (and that’s saying something). Unfortunately, after Flum gets her brutal revenge and takes Milkit back, they discover that the dead are returning to life. Not just Milkit’s old master, either, but Gadhio’s wife and even Eterna’s adopted family have returned from the dead. They seem real… mostly? They’re being very friendly? But how much can this be trusted, especially since it seems to be part of a plot by the Church?

As with previous books in the series, this volume features a lot of body horror, brutal killings, and bad things happening to both good and bad people. There’s graphic descriptions of torture, and while there are fewer main characters dead than I had expected when I started, in the end surviving is about all our heroes really achieved. At the same time, of course, there are a few really sugary sweet yuri scenes sprinkled throughout (primarily Flum and Milkit, though there’s also some suggestive stuff between Ink and Eterna which I am far less comfortable with.) Milkit here decides that what she’s feeling for Flum is definitely love. Flum likely feels the same, but both of them are too shy, and possibly a bit too broken, to have it be much more than “we just want to be at each other’s side”. That said, I am appreciative of these scenes, as without them this book would be too dark to even read at all.

The Hero’s Party was also in this book, and things appear to be going very badly for them, as two are evil and two are likely going to be forced into evil. The next book in the series has Cyril on the cover, so I suspect we may see even more of them next time. Till then, this is still well-written and compelling, but save it for when you have a strong stomach.

By: Sean Gaffney

[90smovies]

The X-Files

[oneweekoneband]

Sebadoh, “Not Too Amused”

By many accounts, Sebadoh’s best song is ‘Not too Amused’. By 1994’s Bakesale, Eric Gaffney was out of the band, and Jason Lowenstein had to step up as co-lead song writer. A bit younger than Lou, it’s no surprise he took a little longer to come into his own, but all his tracks on Bakesale are next-level (shoutout to the trading guitar-bass lead line on ‘Careful’ and the sheer heaviness of ‘Drama Mine’). 

But ‘Not Too Amused’ is the clear standout. The guitar tone and understated main riff have all the hallmarks of 90s alternative, and the lyrics speak to the timeless themes of misanthropy and a desire for independence. But while it’s very clearly a product of its time, there is something that transcends, that resonates. Lowenstein’s guitar insinuates something more elusive and subtle, while the song builds to a rousing conclusion that leaves me speechless. And the lyrics belie a maturity and a real knack for turning a phrase: “Slack-jawed living room couch professor/When will you be through with me? I'd like to know.” If this is all Lowenstein had contributed to Sebadoh, it would still be worthy of praise; thankfully this is rather the magnum opus of a career of excellent songwriter.

(Two easter eggs: if you got some sense of Albini on the recording, you’d be close; it was recorded at Albini’s Chicago studio, with right-hand man Bob Weston producing. And the drums on the recording were played by Louisville native Tara Jane O'Neil, whose band Rodan is unjustly overlooked.)