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Books to Fall For 🍂

Happy Halloween, my friends! Since we are almost halfway through autumn, I thought I'd share a list of books that reflect the special qualities of this remarkable season. I hope you find something on this list that you love! 🍂🎃📚

Happy Halloween, my friends! I suddenly realized today that it’s the last day of October, so we are more than halfway through fall!I had compiled the following list after doing a poll of my newsletter list, and thought you might like to take a gander. I hope you’re enjoying All Hallow’s Eve! Persuasion by Jane Austen Readers say: Much of this classic novel takes place during autumn. The mood of…

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FULL ALBUM STREAM: FIRMAMENT – ‘WE DON’T RISE, WE JUST FALL’

Today, new/old German heavy rockers Firmament stream the entirety of their highly anticipated debut album, We Don’t Rise, We Just Fall, at Decibel magazine’s website. Set for international release on March 24th via Dying Victims Productions, hear Firmament‘s We Don’t Rise, We Just Fall in its entirety exclusively HERE. Hailing from Leipzig, Germany’s Firmament are a new heavy rock quintet begun…

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Bulls Beaten By Cavs As Late Shots Don't Fall

How’s that old saying go about it being difficult to beat a division rival four straight in a season, especially when they’re 9-41?

Or something like that.

The Bulls Sunday failed to sweep the Cleveland Cavaliers for the season, losing for the first time 104-101 when Alec Burks caught a Robin Lopez block and pushed in a 10 footer with 17 seconds left in the game. Kris Dunn then failed with a driving layup, and after an intentional foul, Zach LaVine got a good look on a 25 footer to tie.

“I got the last shot to send it to overtime and I missed it,” said LaVine, who had 17 points to support Lauri Markkanen with 21. “I pride myself on making tough shots. I’ve made shots to send us to overtime before, won games before. You’re not going to make them all; you always want to have those shots back.”

But at least for the second straight game, the Bulls had a shot in the last seconds after LaVine missed a three to tie Friday against the Clippers with 27 seconds left. It’s progress of a sort as the Bulls dropped to 11-39 with their 13th loss in the last 14. Cleveland is 10-41 in what’s become a race to the draft lottery as well. The Cavaliers benched their leading scorer for the game, Jordan Clarkson, with 5:42 left after he’d made all his fourth quarter attempts. These are ambivalent times for those out of the playoff race.

“This is a process; I don’t mean that cavalierly,” Bulls coach Jim Boylen said, puns aside. “Learning how to win, learning how to grow, learning how to play together. We missed a play at the rim to win the game. We’ll focus on, hopefully, next time making that play at the rim.”

But, again, seeing it at least half full.

“I’m positive about Lauri Markkanen having 21 and 15 (rebounds),” said Boylen when asked about optimism losing at home again to a sub-.500 team. "I’m positive about Zach LaVine having (a career high) 12 rebounds. I’m positive about the fact we were down and fought back. I’m positive about Wayne Selden, filled in well for (injured) Chandler Hutchison (with 15 points on six of eight shooting. So you’re always disappointed when you don’t win, but I am not discouraged about how these guys played. Do we need to play better? Do we need to make more plays? Of course, that’s what you say when you lose a game.”

Obviously, the Bulls have had plenty of opportunities this season to say things like that as they lurch toward the end of a disappointing season.

“Still a work in progress,” said Dunn. "We had a coaching change, the lineup has been changing. We’re just trying to stick with it, figure out what works for us. We’re working on it each and every day. Still trying to improve, still trying to work on our pace. Still trying to work on our spacing and executing our plays.”

It’s too late to change much of substance with two more starters out, rookies Wendell Carter Jr. for the season and Hutchison until after the All-Star break following his best game of the season. The Bulls aren’t getting many breaks this season other than bones.

“I thought we did a lot of good things the last eight minutes,” Boylen said about the comeback from a 91-83 deficit. “I thought we played with poise, I thought we made some big plays. Rolo makes the block, blocks it to them and they made a tough two. Tips it to the wrong guy and he knocks it in. Battled through and had a chance to win the game at the end.”

A play to win the game in the last 17 seconds? The Bulls would sign up for that, especially this season.

But who gets the shot?

Mostly it’s been LaVine, who did miss that equalizer Friday. He’s the best among the (hope they will become the) Big Three at creating a last second shot. But he was six for 16 at that point. Credit LaVine for extending himself the way he was on the boards. Markkanen was the lead scorer, but just six of 15 and not particularly adept at isolation plays. The problem, and it was that way much of the game again, is the Bulls movement on offense has been lacking. Too often Dunn holds the ball too long, resulting in time for just a quick screen and one pass and shot. So Markkanen wasn’t getting many late opportunities. He didn’t get a shot in the last 5:42.

“I always try to make the right plays,” said Markkanen. “If we are running plays for someone else who has a better look, the right basketball play, that’s what I try to do.”

So again, as has often been discussed this season, Markkanen needs to be a little more selfish, and the offense needs to be a little more creative to get him opportunities in the open court and with movement. Markkanen’s a seven footer who is as quick as many guards. There aren’t a lot of matchups for that.

“I feel I am pretty good in the open court and that’s what teams are not that used to,” said Markkanen. “Bringing it up and when Bobby (Portis) is in we have five guys bringing it up, which is a different look we can show the other team. I think I have so many options on that. I can attack and they have to respect my shot.”

Perhaps Selden should have been the choice since he was the only Bull not to miss a shot in the fourth quarter and put the Bulls ahead 101-100 with a three on a nice Dunn pass with 1:07 left.

“KD drove the lane and found me; just made the shot,” said surprise starting small forward Selden. “I felt we were just one stop away.”

Unable to get lucky after that Lopez block, the Bulls opted to go full court after a timeout with 17 seconds. Dunn dribbled out of the backcourt toward the right side with Markkanen in the right corner and LaVine in the left corner. Selden was setting a screen for LaVine and Markkanen began to move toward the ball. Dunn didn’t seem to have it in his mind to pass. He was being defended by forward Rodney Hood, who isn’t quick.

Hood angled toward Markkanen. There was still 12 seconds left and Markkanen was just making his move out of the corner when Dunn did a crossover drive and went left toward the middle of the lane. He went up and got a little bump from Hood. Bulls players seemed surprised Dunn was taking the shot so quickly as no one was even near the lane.

Dunn switched hands and went up off balance with his left hand, a somewhat awkward shot with his back facing the basket as he spun. The ball hit high off the backboard above the rim and came down to the Cavs with 9.2 seconds left. There was no foul call. Cleveland went to the free throw line with 4.7 seconds left and made both as the Bulls had to foul. The Cavs then curiously didn’t foul despite leading by three as LaVine made four dribbles. His shot bounced off the left side of the rim.

“There were multiple options,” explained Dunn. “Lauri in the corner handoff or Zach coming off the stagger screen. Wanted to go look for Lauri. I did an in and up. Rodney Hood dipped that way; so I took it to the hole. They didn’t call nothing, so live with it.

“For sure,” Dunn said when asked about the quality of the play. “Good shot.”

The Bulls got off to a good start this time, a 29-27 first quarter lead with Lopez scoring three straight early and then Selden late with back to back threes. Jabari Parker went back to barely playing, scoring eight points in 11 minutes on four of six shooting. Boylen took out the second unit group Parker was with three minutes into the fourth quarter after Cleveland opened the fourth with an 11-4 run. All five starters came back into the game.

“I didn’t like the defense in that second group, so they all came out,” said Boylen.

The Bulls led 53-51 at halftime and were tied at 79 through three quarters, but it was a mostly sluggish effort until those last nine minutes.

“Start of the third quarter I didn’t like our energy; we didn’t play with enough force,” said Boylen.

But that starting group was more forceful and quickly got the Bulls back into the game as both Lopez and LaVine scored on the offensive boards. Markkanen tied the score at 94 with a three-point play after Dunn knocked the ball away from Collin Sexton and Selden fired to Markkanen running the left side. Markkanen is lethal on those outlets, few of which he gets.

Markkenen took the hit on the run and Finnished, as we also like to say.

The Bulls got a 98-96 lead with 3:52 left on Dunn and Lopez scores, Lopez with 16 points. The Cavs took back the lead in a game with 23 lead changes before Selden’s three, and then it came down to Dunn having to make that play.

“It was Kris’ choice,” said Markkanen. “He can go toss it for me or go to the other side for Zach coming off the stagger or he can make the play for himself. I trust him, he’s a good player. He made what he thought was the right play. That’s his shot; tonight it didn’t go in.”

Source: https://www.nba.com/bulls/gameday/bulls-beaten-cavs-late-shots-dont-fall

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Bulls Beaten By Cavs As Late Shots Don't Fall

How’s that old saying go about it being difficult to beat a division rival four straight in a season, especially when they’re 9-41?

Or something like that.

The Bulls Sunday failed to sweep the Cleveland Cavaliers for the season, losing for the first time 104-101 when Alec Burks caught a Robin Lopez block and pushed in a 10 footer with 17 seconds left in the game. Kris Dunn then failed with a driving layup, and after an intentional foul, Zach LaVine got a good look on a 25 footer to tie.

“I got the last shot to send it to overtime and I missed it,” said LaVine, who had 17 points to support Lauri Markkanen with 21. “I pride myself on making tough shots. I’ve made shots to send us to overtime before, won games before. You’re not going to make them all; you always want to have those shots back.”

But at least for the second straight game, the Bulls had a shot in the last seconds after LaVine missed a three to tie Friday against the Clippers with 27 seconds left. It’s progress of a sort as the Bulls dropped to 11-39 with their 13th loss in the last 14. Cleveland is 10-41 in what’s become a race to the draft lottery as well. The Cavaliers benched their leading scorer for the game, Jordan Clarkson, with 5:42 left after he’d made all his fourth quarter attempts. These are ambivalent times for those out of the playoff race.

“This is a process; I don’t mean that cavalierly,” Bulls coach Jim Boylen said, puns aside. “Learning how to win, learning how to grow, learning how to play together. We missed a play at the rim to win the game. We’ll focus on, hopefully, next time making that play at the rim.”

But, again, seeing it at least half full.

“I’m positive about Lauri Markkanen having 21 and 15 (rebounds),” said Boylen when asked about optimism losing at home again to a sub-.500 team. "I’m positive about Zach LaVine having (a career high) 12 rebounds. I’m positive about the fact we were down and fought back. I’m positive about Wayne Selden, filled in well for (injured) Chandler Hutchison (with 15 points on six of eight shooting. So you’re always disappointed when you don’t win, but I am not discouraged about how these guys played. Do we need to play better? Do we need to make more plays? Of course, that’s what you say when you lose a game.”

Obviously, the Bulls have had plenty of opportunities this season to say things like that as they lurch toward the end of a disappointing season.

“Still a work in progress,” said Dunn. "We had a coaching change, the lineup has been changing. We’re just trying to stick with it, figure out what works for us. We’re working on it each and every day. Still trying to improve, still trying to work on our pace. Still trying to work on our spacing and executing our plays.”

It’s too late to change much of substance with two more starters out, rookies Wendell Carter Jr. for the season and Hutchison until after the All-Star break following his best game of the season. The Bulls aren’t getting many breaks this season other than bones.

“I thought we did a lot of good things the last eight minutes,” Boylen said about the comeback from a 91-83 deficit. “I thought we played with poise, I thought we made some big plays. Rolo makes the block, blocks it to them and they made a tough two. Tips it to the wrong guy and he knocks it in. Battled through and had a chance to win the game at the end.”

A play to win the game in the last 17 seconds? The Bulls would sign up for that, especially this season.

But who gets the shot?

Mostly it’s been LaVine, who did miss that equalizer Friday. He’s the best among the (hope they will become the) Big Three at creating a last second shot. But he was six for 16 at that point. Credit LaVine for extending himself the way he was on the boards. Markkanen was the lead scorer, but just six of 15 and not particularly adept at isolation plays. The problem, and it was that way much of the game again, is the Bulls movement on offense has been lacking. Too often Dunn holds the ball too long, resulting in time for just a quick screen and one pass and shot. So Markkanen wasn’t getting many late opportunities. He didn’t get a shot in the last 5:42.

“I always try to make the right plays,” said Markkanen. “If we are running plays for someone else who has a better look, the right basketball play, that’s what I try to do.”

So again, as has often been discussed this season, Markkanen needs to be a little more selfish, and the offense needs to be a little more creative to get him opportunities in the open court and with movement. Markkanen’s a seven footer who is as quick as many guards. There aren’t a lot of matchups for that.

“I feel I am pretty good in the open court and that’s what teams are not that used to,” said Markkanen. “Bringing it up and when Bobby (Portis) is in we have five guys bringing it up, which is a different look we can show the other team. I think I have so many options on that. I can attack and they have to respect my shot.”

Perhaps Selden should have been the choice since he was the only Bull not to miss a shot in the fourth quarter and put the Bulls ahead 101-100 with a three on a nice Dunn pass with 1:07 left.

“KD drove the lane and found me; just made the shot,” said surprise starting small forward Selden. “I felt we were just one stop away.”

Unable to get lucky after that Lopez block, the Bulls opted to go full court after a timeout with 17 seconds. Dunn dribbled out of the backcourt toward the right side with Markkanen in the right corner and LaVine in the left corner. Selden was setting a screen for LaVine and Markkanen began to move toward the ball. Dunn didn’t seem to have it in his mind to pass. He was being defended by forward Rodney Hood, who isn’t quick.

Hood angled toward Markkanen. There was still 12 seconds left and Markkanen was just making his move out of the corner when Dunn did a crossover drive and went left toward the middle of the lane. He went up and got a little bump from Hood. Bulls players seemed surprised Dunn was taking the shot so quickly as no one was even near the lane.

Dunn switched hands and went up off balance with his left hand, a somewhat awkward shot with his back facing the basket as he spun. The ball hit high off the backboard above the rim and came down to the Cavs with 9.2 seconds left. There was no foul call. Cleveland went to the free throw line with 4.7 seconds left and made both as the Bulls had to foul. The Cavs then curiously didn’t foul despite leading by three as LaVine made four dribbles. His shot bounced off the left side of the rim.

“There were multiple options,” explained Dunn. “Lauri in the corner handoff or Zach coming off the stagger screen. Wanted to go look for Lauri. I did an in and up. Rodney Hood dipped that way; so I took it to the hole. They didn’t call nothing, so live with it.

“For sure,” Dunn said when asked about the quality of the play. “Good shot.”

The Bulls got off to a good start this time, a 29-27 first quarter lead with Lopez scoring three straight early and then Selden late with back to back threes. Jabari Parker went back to barely playing, scoring eight points in 11 minutes on four of six shooting. Boylen took out the second unit group Parker was with three minutes into the fourth quarter after Cleveland opened the fourth with an 11-4 run. All five starters came back into the game.

“I didn’t like the defense in that second group, so they all came out,” said Boylen.

The Bulls led 53-51 at halftime and were tied at 79 through three quarters, but it was a mostly sluggish effort until those last nine minutes.

“Start of the third quarter I didn’t like our energy; we didn’t play with enough force,” said Boylen.

But that starting group was more forceful and quickly got the Bulls back into the game as both Lopez and LaVine scored on the offensive boards. Markkanen tied the score at 94 with a three-point play after Dunn knocked the ball away from Collin Sexton and Selden fired to Markkanen running the left side. Markkanen is lethal on those outlets, few of which he gets.

Markkenen took the hit on the run and Finnished, as we also like to say.

The Bulls got a 98-96 lead with 3:52 left on Dunn and Lopez scores, Lopez with 16 points. The Cavs took back the lead in a game with 23 lead changes before Selden’s three, and then it came down to Dunn having to make that play.

“It was Kris’ choice,” said Markkanen. “He can go toss it for me or go to the other side for Zach coming off the stagger or he can make the play for himself. I trust him, he’s a good player. He made what he thought was the right play. That’s his shot; tonight it didn’t go in.”

Source: https://www.nba.com/bulls/gameday/bulls-beaten-cavs-late-shots-dont-fall

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Bulls Beaten By Cavs As Late Shots Don't Fall

How’s that old saying go about it being difficult to beat a division rival four straight in a season, especially when they’re 9-41?

Or something like that.

The Bulls Sunday failed to sweep the Cleveland Cavaliers for the season, losing for the first time 104-101 when Alec Burks caught a Robin Lopez block and pushed in a 10 footer with 17 seconds left in the game. Kris Dunn then failed with a driving layup, and after an intentional foul, Zach LaVine got a good look on a 25 footer to tie.

“I got the last shot to send it to overtime and I missed it,” said LaVine, who had 17 points to support Lauri Markkanen with 21. “I pride myself on making tough shots. I’ve made shots to send us to overtime before, won games before. You’re not going to make them all; you always want to have those shots back.”

But at least for the second straight game, the Bulls had a shot in the last seconds after LaVine missed a three to tie Friday against the Clippers with 27 seconds left. It’s progress of a sort as the Bulls dropped to 11-39 with their 13th loss in the last 14. Cleveland is 10-41 in what’s become a race to the draft lottery as well. The Cavaliers benched their leading scorer for the game, Jordan Clarkson, with 5:42 left after he’d made all his fourth quarter attempts. These are ambivalent times for those out of the playoff race.

“This is a process; I don’t mean that cavalierly,” Bulls coach Jim Boylen said, puns aside. “Learning how to win, learning how to grow, learning how to play together. We missed a play at the rim to win the game. We’ll focus on, hopefully, next time making that play at the rim.”

But, again, seeing it at least half full.

“I’m positive about Lauri Markkanen having 21 and 15 (rebounds),” said Boylen when asked about optimism losing at home again to a sub-.500 team. "I’m positive about Zach LaVine having (a career high) 12 rebounds. I’m positive about the fact we were down and fought back. I’m positive about Wayne Selden, filled in well for (injured) Chandler Hutchison (with 15 points on six of eight shooting. So you’re always disappointed when you don’t win, but I am not discouraged about how these guys played. Do we need to play better? Do we need to make more plays? Of course, that’s what you say when you lose a game.”

Obviously, the Bulls have had plenty of opportunities this season to say things like that as they lurch toward the end of a disappointing season.

“Still a work in progress,” said Dunn. "We had a coaching change, the lineup has been changing. We’re just trying to stick with it, figure out what works for us. We’re working on it each and every day. Still trying to improve, still trying to work on our pace. Still trying to work on our spacing and executing our plays.”

It’s too late to change much of substance with two more starters out, rookies Wendell Carter Jr. for the season and Hutchison until after the All-Star break following his best game of the season. The Bulls aren’t getting many breaks this season other than bones.

“I thought we did a lot of good things the last eight minutes,” Boylen said about the comeback from a 91-83 deficit. “I thought we played with poise, I thought we made some big plays. Rolo makes the block, blocks it to them and they made a tough two. Tips it to the wrong guy and he knocks it in. Battled through and had a chance to win the game at the end.”

A play to win the game in the last 17 seconds? The Bulls would sign up for that, especially this season.

But who gets the shot?

Mostly it’s been LaVine, who did miss that equalizer Friday. He’s the best among the (hope they will become the) Big Three at creating a last second shot. But he was six for 16 at that point. Credit LaVine for extending himself the way he was on the boards. Markkanen was the lead scorer, but just six of 15 and not particularly adept at isolation plays. The problem, and it was that way much of the game again, is the Bulls movement on offense has been lacking. Too often Dunn holds the ball too long, resulting in time for just a quick screen and one pass and shot. So Markkanen wasn’t getting many late opportunities. He didn’t get a shot in the last 5:42.

“I always try to make the right plays,” said Markkanen. “If we are running plays for someone else who has a better look, the right basketball play, that’s what I try to do.”

So again, as has often been discussed this season, Markkanen needs to be a little more selfish, and the offense needs to be a little more creative to get him opportunities in the open court and with movement. Markkanen’s a seven footer who is as quick as many guards. There aren’t a lot of matchups for that.

“I feel I am pretty good in the open court and that’s what teams are not that used to,” said Markkanen. “Bringing it up and when Bobby (Portis) is in we have five guys bringing it up, which is a different look we can show the other team. I think I have so many options on that. I can attack and they have to respect my shot.”

Perhaps Selden should have been the choice since he was the only Bull not to miss a shot in the fourth quarter and put the Bulls ahead 101-100 with a three on a nice Dunn pass with 1:07 left.

“KD drove the lane and found me; just made the shot,” said surprise starting small forward Selden. “I felt we were just one stop away.”

Unable to get lucky after that Lopez block, the Bulls opted to go full court after a timeout with 17 seconds. Dunn dribbled out of the backcourt toward the right side with Markkanen in the right corner and LaVine in the left corner. Selden was setting a screen for LaVine and Markkanen began to move toward the ball. Dunn didn’t seem to have it in his mind to pass. He was being defended by forward Rodney Hood, who isn’t quick.

Hood angled toward Markkanen. There was still 12 seconds left and Markkanen was just making his move out of the corner when Dunn did a crossover drive and went left toward the middle of the lane. He went up and got a little bump from Hood. Bulls players seemed surprised Dunn was taking the shot so quickly as no one was even near the lane.

Dunn switched hands and went up off balance with his left hand, a somewhat awkward shot with his back facing the basket as he spun. The ball hit high off the backboard above the rim and came down to the Cavs with 9.2 seconds left. There was no foul call. Cleveland went to the free throw line with 4.7 seconds left and made both as the Bulls had to foul. The Cavs then curiously didn’t foul despite leading by three as LaVine made four dribbles. His shot bounced off the left side of the rim.

“There were multiple options,” explained Dunn. “Lauri in the corner handoff or Zach coming off the stagger screen. Wanted to go look for Lauri. I did an in and up. Rodney Hood dipped that way; so I took it to the hole. They didn’t call nothing, so live with it.

“For sure,” Dunn said when asked about the quality of the play. “Good shot.”

The Bulls got off to a good start this time, a 29-27 first quarter lead with Lopez scoring three straight early and then Selden late with back to back threes. Jabari Parker went back to barely playing, scoring eight points in 11 minutes on four of six shooting. Boylen took out the second unit group Parker was with three minutes into the fourth quarter after Cleveland opened the fourth with an 11-4 run. All five starters came back into the game.

“I didn’t like the defense in that second group, so they all came out,” said Boylen.

The Bulls led 53-51 at halftime and were tied at 79 through three quarters, but it was a mostly sluggish effort until those last nine minutes.

“Start of the third quarter I didn’t like our energy; we didn’t play with enough force,” said Boylen.

But that starting group was more forceful and quickly got the Bulls back into the game as both Lopez and LaVine scored on the offensive boards. Markkanen tied the score at 94 with a three-point play after Dunn knocked the ball away from Collin Sexton and Selden fired to Markkanen running the left side. Markkanen is lethal on those outlets, few of which he gets.

Markkenen took the hit on the run and Finnished, as we also like to say.

The Bulls got a 98-96 lead with 3:52 left on Dunn and Lopez scores, Lopez with 16 points. The Cavs took back the lead in a game with 23 lead changes before Selden’s three, and then it came down to Dunn having to make that play.

“It was Kris’ choice,” said Markkanen. “He can go toss it for me or go to the other side for Zach coming off the stagger or he can make the play for himself. I trust him, he’s a good player. He made what he thought was the right play. That’s his shot; tonight it didn’t go in.”

Source: https://www.nba.com/bulls/gameday/bulls-beaten-cavs-late-shots-dont-fall

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Just Don’t Fall Very funny endless platform game.

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FIRMAMENT PREMIERE THEIR NEW TRACK "HIDE & SEEK"

Today, new/old German heavy rockers Firmament premiere the new track “Hide & Seek” at the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal (NWOTHM) YouTube channel. The track is the second to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated debut album, We Don’t Rise, We Just Fall, set for international release on March 24th via Dying Victims Productions. Hear Firmament‘s “Hide & Seek” in its entirety…

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Bedük‘ün “Flash Forward” albümünden “We Dance” isimli şarkısının video klibi yayınlandı. Berat  Tunç’un yönettiği klipte Aslı Sümen oynadı.

Bedük – We Dance – Şarkı Sözleri

“She said It’s not you it’s me, It won’t work forget about us.

If I only say stop if we dance, Believe me it will come back.

Please, Don’t go just stay in my arms.

Please, If dance everything will be fine.

Night falls the sun doesn’t shine upon us, Come on wake up, She’s gone it’s unknown if it will come back, But if we dance se may come back.

Please, Don’t go just stay in my arms.

Please, If we dance everything will be fine.

If we dance, She will come back, Let her come back.

If we dance, Tell her, Let her come back.”

Bedük – We Dance (Video Klip) Bedük'ün "Flash Forward" albümünden "We Dance" isimli şarkısının video klibi yayınlandı. Berat  Tunç'un yönettiği klipte Aslı Sümen oynadı.

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Don’t Fall Over, but the DEA Just Changed Its Tune on Marijuana submitted by /u/metricmaps_or Marijuana: news, laws, advocacy, and discussion.

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Why Falling in Love Immediately After a Break-up is Great

Why Falling in Love Immediately After a Break-up is Great

Open any tabloid today. Any one. Go on. What will you see?

Celebrities, hooking up, immediately after a break-up. Kim Kardashian is into Kanye West suddenly, after her just as sudden divorce (post a marriage that lasted 72 days); Ashton Kutcher, fresh from his split with Demi Moore, is allegedly living-in with Mila Kunis, the petite hot brunette from ‘Friends With Benefits’ and ‘Black Swan’.

Ho…

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Drake is the cream of the crop in the rap game, but questions have been asked of his abilities lately and he provides adequate answers on ''Scorpion''.

Adversities either breaks or make a man and for Drake, he utilises his dark moments to create a radiant project in 'Scorpion'.

Drake had started the year as the heavyweight boxer in the ring, and despite the best attempts by the likes of Kendrick Lamar and J Cole at shooting for the throne, deft moves like giving out the entire budget for his videos for 'God's Plan' and the star-studded 'Nice For What', ensured that the belt was tightly wrapped around his waist.

But everything changed in May when Pusha T reignited a long feud by baiting him on Infrared from his long-awaited Kanye West produced Daytona album.

Fired up, Drake released a response in Duppy Freestyle barely 24 hours after the album was officially out, his reply was a deep punch that struck the right the right nerves and landed Pusha a well-struck punch.

ALSO READ: Album Review of Nas's album, Nasir

But everything changed with The Story of Adidon, Pusha went personal, he had unearthed Drake's secrets, touched on his family and landed a knockout punch that was way below the belt.

This had fans excited, their heavyweight rapper was about to rise up and land his own blows, but Drake never did, he laid with his face in the ring, while the Referee counted away.

Hip-hop don, J Prince had attempted a reason for this, people began to insinuate that this could turn bloody, but the truth is Pusha had won the battle, at least this round of it, now it was time to focus on the war.

Of what use is a Scorpion when it cannot sting?

Friday, June 29, Drake released his fifth solo studio album, Scorpion, the album has two sides, Side A contains 12 songs which cater for his rap fans, while the B Side is filled with 13 RnB songs, so this review will be broken into two parts, with this part focusing on the Side A.

Scorpion shines bright, as he maintains the same concept and delivery styles that worked for him on his early projects, but this time there is an edge to his delivery, a new hunger that makes it more lethal.

The album features previously unreleased material with Michael Jackson and the late Static Major, a verse from Jay Z, Nicki Minaj, TY Dolla $ign and Future.

'Survival 'and 'Nonstop' open the doors into Scorpion, on the former, he touches lightly on his industry beefs and how he is the cream of the crop, while the latter sees him demanding for respect like Lebron.

But it is on 'Elevate', where it begins to get really exciting as Drake is intricate with his lyrics, this is the ultimate demonstration of his newfound level of domination.

''Couldn't picture wifing Braden when I was pumping gas on road trips to go from Cincinnati on to Dayton, I couldn't gauge it, I wanna thank God for working way harder than Satan, He's playing favourites, it feels amazing (yeah)''

 'Emotionless' is the reason why we have been waiting for this album with heightened expectations in the past few weeks, as in contrast to the title, Drake lets his emotions out as he addresses the issues raised by Pusha T on his ''Story of Adidion'' diss, with the blessings of a Mariah Carey sample.

''I wasn't hiding my kid from the world, I was hiding the world from my kid, from empty souls who just wake up and looked to debate, Until you starin' at your seed, you can never relate''.

Previously released singles, God's Plan, which topped the charts following its release, and I'm Upset are lined up immediately after.

There is the bragging Drake on '8 out of 10', ''I been on top for three sets of three years'', Mob Ties and Can't Take A Joke is Trap Music with Southern flavour.

''Sandra's Rose'' is one of the most enjoyable moments on the project.

 Drake delivers a track that is the very essence of what brought him to this great heights as he makes the beat fall back while he just raps from his soul, there are more names dropped on this song than on a line assembly.

From Sandra (A perceived reference to his mother's name, Sandi, to Charmalagne, Mohamed Hadid, Adele, Amber Rose and more), this is a line by line dissection of his story.

Jay Z appears on ''Talk Up'' and the duo indeed Talk it up, this is a smart move as the duo have also been involved in a beef in the past, but with Pusha's association with Kanye, it was only wise he aligns with another top-shot in Hov.

No one brags like Jay Z and he reigns 'Supreme' (No pun intended) on this, ''Niggas would be like Young, I got your President tweeting, I won't even meet with him, Y'all killed X and let Zimmerman live, Streets is done''.

Drake is imposing on ''Is There More'' as he closes the Side A gloriously while acknowledging there is more music on the R&B part.

It has been a year of great albums, rap has flourished under the Kanye West album series and the unannounced invasion of Everything Is Love by Hip hop's power couple, Hov and Bey but Scorpion, as expected, doesn't get lost in the numbers.

There is a plea, a raw one at-times mixed with relatable, catchy and re-energised edge in Drake's lyrics, even when he is bragging.

Scorpion is not Take Care or Nothing Was The Same, but it is a beautiful masterpiece that even when it does not totally wipe out the cut that Pusha placed on his abilities, it is an album that keeps the crown on his head and reminds doubters of the greatness of the man from Toronto when he is in the zone.

Rating: 4/5

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