#kitty bandit listens to music

[kitty-bandit]

I was only trying to upload my copy of Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits collection to my iPhone. But somehow, I uploaded my entire music library.

Fuck it. It can all be there. Shuffle is gonna get really weird really fast. My music library is a weird, eclectic thing that’s been evolving for over 20 years so yeah… About to have at least 50 nostalgic flashbacks and at least 10 traumatic ones.

[audiofictionuk]

New Fiction Podcasts - 12th January (part 1)

Spirits and Monsters of Old Seattle Audio RPG Explore the supernatural history of Seattle in this Actual Play series using the Vaesen role-playing game system by Free League Publishing. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240103-01 RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2286750.rss

Married to the Northerner Audio Book Avani, a princess from the lands of the south; beloved and cherished by her people, hated and abused by her family. Despite having the finest dresses, sharpest knowledge, and incomparable beauty, all she yearns for is love. Nathaniel, the king of the northern land. His people love him more than anything, praising his leadership, bravery, and generosity. Everything he does is for the betterment of his people and kingdom. Other king's fear him, being his enemy is practically self destruction. When a proposal reaches to him from the southern King, his enemy, he already knew his answer. The strengths of both Kingdoms increase and have each other's back instead of being foes, in exchange for the marriage of Princess Avani and King Nathaniel. Thrown into a forced marriage, where cultures are intertwined, sacrifices are made, friendships are formed, and love blossoms. Will the Princess of the South and King of the North finally have their happy ending? https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240103-02 RSS: https://media.rss.com/married-to-the-northerner/feed.xml

The Wasteland Whisperers Audio Drama "The Wasteland Whisperers" emerged as a beacon of hope in post-outbreak Chernarus, filling the communication void left by the chaos of the epidemic. Led by Radio, this group of survivors established a makeshift broadcasting system using salvaged equipment from abandoned radio stations. Initially offering essential survival tips, their broadcasts evolved into a symbol of resilience and community, uniting isolated survivors. Despite challenges like equipment failures and bandit threats, they continue to provide a vital connection and hope to those scattered in the desolate landscape, reminding them that they are not alone in their struggle. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240101-08 RSS: https://media.rss.com/wastelandwhisperers/feed.xml

Jack and Kitty's Feel-Good Stories Audio Book A scripted fiction podcast with new episodes every weekday. Happy and wholesome tales of inspiration, motivation and heartwarming drama. Hosted by Emmy Award winning and best selling authors Jack and Kitty Norton. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240102-01 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/eff9307c/podcast/rss

Roll For Focus Audio RPG A DnD Actual Play Podcast by an all queer and neurodivergent table. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240103-03 RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/rollforfocus

Mixtape Stories Audio Book Mixtape Stories is a collection of short stories and novellas where science fiction, humor, the search for meaning, and Gen X nostalgia meet. Come join us twice a month to experience retail time travel, alternate realities (not involving Nazis), and epic  prose cast with the music and angst that made the middle-child generation so…whatever. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240102-02 RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2284452.rss

The Weird Library: Listen in the Dark Audio Book Welcome to THE WEIRD LIBRARY, featuring stories by some of today's most chilling voices in horror! And remember, if you can: Listen in the Dark. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240102-03 RSS: https://feeds.libsyn.com/499003/rss

Good Content: A DND Podcast Audio RPG Everyone's future favorite DND podcast maybe? Guaranteed to make you laugh probably... https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240104-01 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e4338cb0/podcast/rss

Devolvemos la Conexión Audio Drama Ficción sonora o audio serie de terror con zombis que rinde homenaje al famoso programa de radio de Orson Welles que convulsionó Estados Unidos hace 85 años con su adaptación radiofónica de "La guerra de los mundos" y al maestro George A. Romero que estrenaba su película “Noche de los muertos vivientes” hace 55 años. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240103-04 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e960e23c/podcast/rss

Spiked Eggs Podcast Audio Drama Deliciously twisted, darkly comic tales with a foot in both the present and the reimagined past. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240105-01 RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2282049.rss

FulFillment Audio Drama Two energetic co-workers navigate the ever changing landscape of their Boston-area fulfillment center. Their mishaps and adventures help them cope with the future of the modern work space. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240105-02 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/f00017ac/podcast/rss

David Jonathan Audio Book Jemand findet sich an einem Ort wieder, den er nicht kennt. Er erinnert sich nur an ein Zugunglück. Wie kommt er an diesen Ort? Ist alles nur ein Traum, während er im Krankenhaus behandelt wird? Anderwelt ist eine Serie, an der sich die Hörer interaktiv beteiligen können, indem sie Kontakt aufnehmen. Durch ihr Eingreifen werden sie Teil der Handlung und verändern den Ablauf. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231222-03 RSS: https://audio.com/rss/author/1785442842271107

L.I.A.M - Le Podcast Audio Drama L.I.A.M, L’Intelligence Artificielle Multiverselle. Nous raconte l’histoire de notre futur, pour nous donner l’opportunité de le changer. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240103-05 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ef452e10/podcast/rss

Ian Duncan MacDonald's Novels Audio Book The author, Ian MacDonald, narrates the contents of his three novels. A transcript of each chapter  will be supplied after its podcast. The first novel to be narrated will be "BEWARE THE ABANDONED".  It follows a poor, orphaned boy from Los Angeles who is  enlisted by a non-religious capitalist sect in New Mexico. Their objective is to exploit gifted street children for the rest of their lives by turning them into wealthy entrepreneurs.  The story moves from Paris to Las Vegas and Delaware with the FBI and the Mafia in hot pursuit. The next novel to be narrated will be "DUEL" . It explores  a violent confrontation between the United States over the People's Republic of China over lease of abandoned British naval base on the impovershed Caribbean island of St. Matts. The third novel, "USING DROUGHT USA", is the story of a president anxious to win 80,000,000 votes in the South West who hatches a plot to invade Canada and redirect its  water from empty, wilderness rivers to the Colorado River. https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231222-04 RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2291387.rss

Der Acker Audio Book Der Acker .... was mit einem harmlosen Geschäft zwischen zwei Männern begonnen hatte wurde zu einer globalen Katastrophe. Nur ein junges Paar scheint durch Zufall die Lösung gefunden zu haben! Doch werden sie es noch rechtzeitig schaffen das schlimmste zu vermeiden um unsere Welt, wie wir sie kennen, zu retten? Geschrieben und gelesen von Enrico Gröbel https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20240103-06 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/df79d0e4/podcast/rss

[lovetique]

"i agree." it's spoken softly and makes her chest fill even deeper with a void, it was surreal to hear someone talk about being faithful being the bare minimum like he put it. marcus spoke how it was the bare minimum and her doe eyed gaze simply couldn't help but ogle at him like he was the most rare thing she ever laid eyes on, it was so alien to her she had to question if she just made it up inside her head. the comment about prince was the thing that finally broke her out of that trance. "i like his hair, too." smile returning to her lips, a tiny happy laugh sounding from her at his comment as she placed the album over on her nightstand. "since it's getting late–– i'll save prince lessons for another day." if she's lucky to have another moment with him. "for now this night owl will go to sleep and pretend we're driving somewhere fun and listening to his music together." voice sounding happy at the idea, she hopes she really can have a dream like that.

small frame still sat up next to the dark haired boy however, giving him time to explain first and intent on listening. "i understand that." she immediately recognized what he was saying, elena almost interrupted his words as a sweetness wrapped around her heart that she could remind someone of that and how he could do the same. "you're in art, too. in all of my favorite songs..." ...in the songs she writes, the songs she sings. he's there. and both of them, collaborating in art– just two different types but still all the same whether it was musical or art by canvas. unearthing art, was a lot like how he was trying to unearth her honest feelings towards him. the fact put a guilty smile on her face as elena silently thought about it to herself how she definitely understood what he was saying now. "i really like bonding over someone with art." it was implied towards him as the smile on her face became sweeter.

"sorry, i'm just the sleep bandit." she quipped, then felt amused at how sleep was taking over him so suddenly while she was still wide awake as usual. and the sleepiness on his face is really cute. "hey, don't use hello kitty like that." elena feigned offense when she saw him use it under his head, reaching in the floor for one of the pink silky pillows that had fallen off her bed then leaning back up and giving marcus it by sitting it on top of his torso. she was pulled down to lay with him, but pushed herself back up so they could fully get ready for bed. she'd return to that position in a moment. elena grabbed for the blanket he was laying on top of rather than under, grunting at trying to pull it from OUT underneath him to no avail. "move off of it and get under the blanket, you big dinosaur." amusement filled her voice with her instructions as she gently pushed on his hip, her biceps burning from all the strength skinny arms were putting into it. the unexpected question that came up next had no reason to make her heart quicken until the last part. because she knew how many nights with rory did make her scared. elena rolls onto her side, sliding her legs under her blanket and curly haired girl rests her hands under her cheek in a praying position after stuffing a purple care bear between them while her forehead nuzzles against his shoulder. "i do now." she reassures, smiling softly. "thank you, marcus." speaking quietly but sincereley, that means a lot to her, knowing he's been looking after her without him even realizing it for awhile now. not just then. thinking to those nights she had ran away from rory to marcus because she was scared.

                  "faithfulness  should be  the  bare  minimum,  elena,"  he  contends,  gaze  concentrated,  searching  for  something  that  he  wasn't  even  sure  of  himself.  nothing  about  her  relationship  made  sense  to  him.  she  was  clearly  unsatisfied;  flinched  at  every  touch,  evasive,  always  tense,  and  of  course  marcus'  presence  in  her  life  was  indication  enough.  but  now  he  pretty  much  had  a  confirmation  that  she  was  getting  cheated  on.  it  surprised  him  that  she  was  with  someone  like  that,  but  he  tried  to  remind  himself  that  he  was  kept  in  the  dark  about  that  area  of  her  life.  yet,  the  one  thought  he  kept  coming  back  to  was  a  rather  innocuous  comment  elena  had  made  earlier  in  the  night;  the  admission  that  he  'wasn't  a  nice  person'.  immediately,  a  pessimist  by  nature,  marcus'  mind  went  to  the  absolute  worst.  it  made  him  physically  sick  to  think  about  the  possibilities.  above  anything  else,  he  needed  to  know  that  she  was  safe.  but,  even  with  everything  considered,  marcus  knew  better  than  to  ask  her  a  direct  question  about  this.  elena's  brain  would  likely  short-circuit  if  she  couldn't  answer  one  of  his  questions  with  a  riddle.

he  knew  who  prince  was,  of  course,  but  he  didn't  have  the  slightest  inkling  of  the  songs  she  was  pointing  out.  "i  like  his  hair,"  comments  casually,  wearing  a  smirk  as  he  eyed  the  album  cover.  tries  to  present  a  cursory  air,  but  he  was  mostly  just  anxious.  the  more  they  sunk  their  teeth  into  each  other  tonight,  the  harder  it  would  all  be  when  the  morning  came.  in  his  mind,  all  that  elena  would  have  to  say  was  that  her  mind  had  changed,  but  he  knew  not  to  hold  his  breath.  "a  lot  of  art  reminds  me  of  you,  but  not  for  the  reasons  you  might  think.  it's  not  like  there's  one  piece  that's  you,  in  my  mind,  if  that  makes  sense..."  trails  off,  trying  to  make  his  words  count  before  he  sets  them  free.  "like,  for  example,  i'll  see  a  painting  and  see  your  smile,  or  an  expression  you  give  me.  sometimes  i  can  just  see  something  and  just  have  a  feeling  that  it's  you.    ....    i  don't  know,  it's  my  job  to  unearth  meaning  in  art,  and  you're  on  my  mind  a  lot,   so  it  all  might  be  bias."  eyes  were  trained  on  her  ceiling  as  he  spoke,  confession  flowing  from  his  lips  like  water  from  a  broken  faucet.  maybe  he  would've  felt  more  self  conscious  in  his  vulnerability,  but  he's  already  reached  bedrock  in  the  hole  he'd  dug  himself  in  tonight. "yeah,  i'm  a  regular  bandit,"  he's  unenthusiastic  in  tone,  caught  up  in  all  of  the  confusion  of  her  mixed  signs.  understanding  elena  was  similar  to  walking  through  an  ever-changing  maze,  and  marcus  was  helpless  in  an  endless  pursuit  of  the  right  path  to  take.  stuffed  animal  that  was  pushed  into  his  chest  is  immediately  moved  to  underneath  his  head,  giving  his  arm  a  much-needed  rest  from  holding  his  head  up.  "yeah,  if  you  let  me  sleep,"  he  mutters,  unable  to  stop  his  smile.  the  notion  of  going  to  sleep  scared  him,  but  marcus  knew  the  reality  was  inescapable.  "oh,  it's  definitely  not  boring,"  he  interjects,  "it's  just...  in  a  different  league."  his  eyes  become  unbelievably  heavy,  feeling  the  haze  of  exhaustion  finally  sweeping  over  him.  marcus  pulls  her  close  because  it  feels  like  the  right  thing  to  do,  and  he's  instantly  comforted  when  their  breathing  becomes  synchronized.  a  nagging  thought  finally  overtakes  his  rationale,  and  he  speaks  through  their  silence.  "elena?"  waits  for  her  response:  a  mumble,  a  hum,  anything,  before  he  continues.  "you  would  call  me  if  you  needed  me,  right?  if  you  needed  a  ride,  if  you  were  in  trouble,  ....if  you  were  scared?"  room  is  quiet  enough  that  it  feels  like  the  question  might  have  echoed,  and  the  words  feel  heavy  enough  that  could've  splat  on  her  carpet.  again,  he  can  feel  his  heart  set  off.

[uwuwriting]

Finding you awake late at night

anon asked: JJK big three finding us awake bc of insomnia I have been suffering the last few months and i need some good old comfort

Characters: Fushiguro Megumi, Itadori Yuji, Kugasaki Nobara

authors.note: Yay I'm back and it feels great! thank you all for waiting patiently for me I swear I'll make it up to you guys. Love ya <3

TW INSOMNIA

MEGUMI rarely sleeps 8 hours straight. He always ends up listening to music in his dorm room, calm lofi beats to lull him back to sleep. He thinks about tip-toeing to your room every single night with no exception, but he always convinces himself not to. After all, he shouldn’t disturb your beauty sleep. And on a rainy Saturday night, when he found you sitting cross legged on the common room’s couch, songs from the playlist he had made for you softly floating through the empty room, he decided to come looking for you and your warmth on the nights he couldn't shut off his brain. Silently rounding the couch he places his hand on your head tracing a line down to your chin tipping upwards before placing a soft kiss on your lips. You weren’t even spooked by his sudden appearance, just glad you had some company on this lonely night. You ended up cuddling up on the couch, wearing matching hoodies and being wrapped up in a fuzzy blanket while silently listening to the rain hitting the windows. No words shared, only a whispered I love you when the other falls asleep.

YUJI sleeps like a log. Loud snoring and getting tangled in the freshly washed sheets. He rarely wakes up in the middle of the night and when he does it's usually because he is hungry. Naturally he tredges to the kitchen ready to rampage through the pantry, Sukuna appearing on his cheek to chastise him for waking up, when he runs into you clad in your pajamas and fuzzy pink socks -the same pink as his hair- perched on the kitchen isle as a soft piano tune wafted through the air. You had a cookie in your mouth, the last one in the jar apparently, and a look of utter confusion in your eyes. “I wanted to eat that.” His voice is raspy and laced with sleep, eyes drooping close as he dragged his feet in front of you, plopping his head on your shoulder and nuzzling into your crook. “Mph sorry” You laced your fingers through his hair, scratching lightly at the roots when suddenly he leaps up chomping on your remaining cookie, leaving you stunned. “Sugary delight mhm.” and with that he wraps his arms around your waist, lifting you up and throwing you over his shoulder, taking you to his room. At least you’ll have company during this sleepless night.

NOBARA is scary when she wakes up. It’s always one of the two: a) she needs to pee or b) her phone went off. She is grumpy and huffing about something under her breath, taking off her eye mask and trudging to the bathroom only to come face to face with a wide awake you, wearing a full face of makeup, your smokey eye a little too intense making you look like a little raccoon caught committing a crime. And Nobara laughs. She laughs with her whole heart, tears gathering up in her eyes threatening to spill on her avocado face mask that has cracked at this point. She kneels down in front of you, still laughing hysterically, cupping your cheeks and kissing the pout off your face, giggling into the kiss and rubbing her nose on yours as she pulls away. “You little raccoon bandit.” You pout again, crossing your arms over your chest. “This is art, babe, doubt you’d understand.” She laughs again, poking your sides and pecking your nose. A comfortable silence falls over you, her eyes shining under the weak bathroom light making you lose yourself in the pools of chestnut. “Get out, I need to pee.”

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[multifandomhellhole]

Songs you listen too for inspiration while writing/drawing

Really depends for what I'm writing/drawing

For smut, kinky smut or more darker smut: Streets by doja cat, daddy by sakima, senpai by shiki, S.L.U.T. by bea miller, daisy by ashnikko, do I wanna know? by arctic monkeys,skechers by drip report, killing me softly by the fugees,s&m by Rihanna, wap by cardi b, wap x s&m remix,rude boy by Rihanna, MONTERO by Lil Nas X, the hills by the weeknd, call out my name by the weeknd, s.e.x. by nickleback,lights down low by maejor and waka flame, beast by waka flocka and Mia Martina, hello kitty slowed by avril lavigne and some more but I got lazy.

For angsty shit or murder shit: don't you dare forget the sun by get scared, murder on my mind by YNW Melly, all the things she said by t.A.T.u, somebody that I used to know by gotye, can you feel my heart by bring me the horizon, doubt by twenty one pilots, semi automatic by twenty one pilots, stressed out by twenty one pilots, hot girl bummer by blackbear, killing me softly by the fugees, dog teeth by nicole dollanganger, I know I'm a wolf by young heretics,run by BTS, daechwita by agust D, hold me down by halsey, cry baby by melanie Martinez, soap by melanie Martinez, carousel by melanie Martinez,mad hatter by melanie Martinez,play with fire by Sam tinnesz, blood//water by grandson, light em up by fall out boys, once again got more but to lazy to put it.

Fluffy/softer shit: sunday best by surfaces, sunkissed by khaki dreams, see your face by C5,, symphony by clean bandit, rather be by clean bandit, into the open air by julie fowlis, say so by doja cat, euphoria by BTS, like by BTS, let me by GOT7, etc.

Then just in general: white silence musicality remix, unravel by Marco b, hisoka musicality remix, pulls ultra Aurora remix, edge of dawn amalee remix, edge of dawn from fe, wannabe by why mona, daechwita by agust D, gurenge by Lisa, gurenge musicality remix, game over by falling in reverse, bad girls club by falling in reverse, everybody loves me by one republic, stand by me remix by Joe mann, black swan BTS, touch you yarichin bitch club op, ROXANNE by Arizona Zervas, young dumb and broke by Khalid, lucid dreams by juice wrld, feeling good slowed by Michael buble, etc

[jgthirlwell]

2020 Year In Review

This year once again I invited some friends and colleagues to reflect on 2020

JG Thirlwell

Composer

Foetus Xordox Manorexia Steroid Maximus Venture Bros Archer

www.foetus.org

2020 was a troubling and disturbing year. I created a lot of music and experienced a lot of nights waking at 5am in a panic. I deeply missed the sacred experience of being able to see live music. In its absence of that I listened to a lot of music. It was difficult to whittle down this list but here are a lot of albums I enjoyed in 2020, in no particular order.

Le Grand Sbam Furvent (Dur Et Doux) John Elmquist’s HardArt Group I Own an Ion (900 Nurses) Roly Porter Kistvaen (Subtext) Liturgy Origin Of The Alimonies (YLYLCYN) Clark Kiri Variations (Throttle) Dai Kaht Dai Kaht I & II (Soleil Zeuhl) Chromb Le livre des merveilles (Dur Et Doux) Horse Lords The Common Task (Northern Spy) Ecker & Meultzer Carbon (Subtext) Insane Warrior Tendrils (RJ’s Electrical Connections) Jeff Parker Suite For Max Brown (International Anthem) Jacob Kirkegaard Opus Mors (Topos) Tristan Perich Drift Multiply (Nonesuch) Bec Plexus Sticklip (New Amsterdam) Vak Budo (Soleil Zeuhl) Merlin Nova BOO! (Bandcamp) The The Muscle OST (Cineola) Zombi 2020 (Relapse) Regis Hidden In This Is The Light That You Miss (Downwards) Rival Consoles Articulation (Erased Tapes) Sarah Davachi Cantus, Descant (L.A.T.E.) Sufjan Stevens The Ascension (Asthmatic Kitty) Idles Ultra Mono (Partisan) Daedelus The Bittereindeers (Brainfeeder) Boris No (Bandcamp) Aksak Maboul Figures / Un peu de l’ame des bandits / Onze Danses Pour Cobattre La Migraine (Crammed) Noveller Arrow (Ba Da Bing) Felicia Atkinson Everything Evaporate (Shelter Press) Ital Tek Dream Boundary (Planet Mu) Author and Punisher Beastland (Relapse) Sparks A Steady Drip Drip Drip (BMG) Corima Amatarasu (Soleil Zeuhl) Code Orange Underneath (Roadrunner) Deerhoof Future Teenage Cave Artists /Silly Symphonies / To Be Surrounded../ Love Lore(Joyful Noise) Sote Moscels (Opal Tapes) Run The Jewels RTJ4 (Jewel Runners) Oranssi Pazuzu Mestarin Kynsi (Nuclear Blast) Master Boot Record Floppy Disk Overdrive (Metal Blade) Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith The Mosaic Of Transformation (Ghostly International) / Ears (Western Vinyl) Michael Gordon Acquanetta (Cantelope) Neom Arkana Temporis (Soleil Zeuhl) Rian Treanor Ataxia / File Under UK Metaplasm (Planet Mu) Helm Saturnalia (Alter) Ivvvo doG (Halcyon Veil) Robert Normandeau Figures (Empreintes Digitales) Ben Vida Reducing The Tempo To Zero (Shelter Press) Beatrice Dillon Workaround (Pan) Dan Deacon Mystic Familiar (Domino) Sea Oleena Weaving A Basket (Higher Plain Music) Elysian Fields Transience Of Life (Ojet) Rhapsody Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II - The Dark Secret (Magic Circle) Duma Duma (Nyege Nyege) Ulla Strauss Tumbling Towards a Wall / Seed (Bandcamp)

Honorable mentions Carl Stone Stolen Car (Unseen Worlds)  Nazar Guerilla (Hyperdub) Iwo Zaluski with the Children of Park Lane Primary School, Wembley The Remarkable Earth Making Machine (Trunk) Nahash Flowers Of The Revolution (SVBKVLT) Cindy Lee Whats Tonight To Eternity (Bandcamp) Insect Ark The Vanishing (Profound Lore) 33EMYBW Arthropods (SVBKVLT) Declan McKenna Zeroes (Tomplicated) Layma Azur Zeii (Bandcamp)

FILM TV Succession ZeroZeroZero Escape at Dannemora 1917 Small Axe : Five films by Steve McQueen Pirhanas Monos The Hater Better Call Saul

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Drew Daniel

Matmos, The Soft Pink Truth

an alphabet of 2020 recordings

Arca “KiCk i” BFTT “Intrusive / Obtrusive” clipping. “Visions of Bodies Being Burned” Duma “Duma” Eilbacher, Max “Metabolist Meter (Foster, Cottin, Caetani and a Fly)” Forbidden Colors “La Yeguada” GILA “Energy Demonstration” HiedraH Club de Baile “Bichote-K Bailable Vol. 2” Ian Power “Maintenance Hums” Jeff Carey “Index[off]” Kassel Jaeger “Meith” Laurie Anderson “Songs From the Bardo” Mukqs “Water Levels” Negativland “The World Will Decide” O’Rourke, Jim “Shutting Down Here” Perlesvaus “These Things Below with Those Above” Quicksails “Blue Rise” Rian Treanor “File Under UK Metaplasm” Slikback “///” Terminal Nation “Holocene Extinction” Ulcerate “Stare Into Death and Be Still” Various Artists “HAUS of ALTR” William Tyler “New Vanitas” Xyla “Ways” Y A S H A “Summations” :zoviet-france: “Châsse 2ᵉ”

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Sarah Lipstate  (Noveller)

With all live performances canceled, this was truly the year of demo videos and home studio recording for me. These are 10 pieces of gear that came out in 2020 that helped keep me feeling creative and inspired during lockdown. In no particular order:

EHX Oceans 12 Dual Stereo Reverb - The Oceans 12 ticks all the boxes for what I’m looking for in a great soundscaping reverb. I used the Shimmer and Reverse algorithms in conjunction a lot when I was composing music for a film score.

Chase Bliss Audio Blooper - While I don’t actually own a Blooper, I had the pleasure of borrowing one from Mike of Baranik Guitars after NAMM this year. He made an incredible Blooper-inspired guitar and I was completely charmed by them both. Chase Bliss always delivers pedals that push me creatively and the Blooper truly hits the mark.

Cooper FX Arcades - I love everything Cooper FX has released to-date so the opportunity to access those sounds in one pedal via plug-in cartridges is just awesome.

SolidGoldFX NU-33 - I was asked to do a demo of this pedal for its release and ended up being really charmed by this box’s approach to lo-fi nostalgia. I’ve used it a lot for film scoring and highly recommend adding it to your collection.

Demedash Effects T-120 DLX V2 - I LOVE a good tape echo and the T-120 Deluxe V2 ranks up there with the best I’ve tried. This pedal made its way to me this Christmas and I look forward to making some beautiful sounds with it in the new year.

Hologram Electronics Microcosm - The Microcosm is one of those pedals where you should fully read the manual before diving in but once you put in that initial effort you’ve got a massively powerful tool on your hands. It does glitch like no other. Definitely worth the homework

Azzam Bells MP019 - I discovered this unique instrument through a post on Reverb’s IG page and immediately looked it up and ordered one. These experimental percussion instruments are hand-made in Italy and they’re as beautiful visually as they are sonically. I used it for bowed cymbal and daxophone sounds on a film score and it was absolutely haunting.

Echopark Dual Harmonic Boost 2 - I love the control you have over dialing in the perfect amount of grit with these dual boost circuits. I use it a lot as a textural tool when I’m laying down drones or bringing in big distorted swells. It’s one of the most versatile overdrives in my collection and I love that.

Fender Parallel Universe Series Volume II Maverick Dorado - I was smitten with the Maverick Dorado when I first saw it at NAMM. It has a lot of the specs that I look for in a guitar and the body shape with the Mystic Pine finish just blew me away. I hope that I get to use it live soon.

Polyeffects Beebo - The Beebo is one of those pedals that I genuinely feel is smarter than I am. It’s like an entire computer in one small touchscreen box. I can’t claim to have mastered using it yet but the sounds that I have managed to get out of it so far have been brilliant. I’m looking forward to spending more time with this box in 2021

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HELM 2020 REVIEW

Let's get the bad stuff out the way first, 2020 was undoubtedly an awful year. I'm still not sure how to really respond to seeing a global pandemic bring the capital to its knees and everything I love and hold dear to a grinding halt. Our government fucked it's response, putting profit before people and killing tens of thousands. The Labour Party descended into farce with the newly elected leader Sir Keith revealing himself as a bland centrist with no opposition or ideas. On a personal level it sucked not being able to travel or see my friends in different parts of the world - or even the same country - who I am starting to miss a lot. However, I was fortunate enough to get through the year with my sanity intact. Music, art and culture once again being my main positive. I think I listened to more music than I have in any year ever. I read more books than I have done since I was a teenager probably. I also re-discovered the joys of walking long distances and am extremely thankful for living near a lot of incredible green spaces: Epping Forest, Walthamstow Wetlands, Walthamstow Marshes, Wanstead Park, Wanstead Flats...

Music. My favourite albums of the year.

Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi Wetware - Flail Raspberry Bulbs - Before The Age Of Mirrors Necrot - Mortal Rope Sect - The Great Flood Private World - Aleph Oneohtrix Point Never - Magic Oneohtrix Point Never Pyrrhon - Abcess Time CS+Kreme - Snoopy Speaker Music - Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry Drew McDowall - Agalma Regis - Hidden In This Is The Light That You Miss Nazar - Guerilla Zoviet France - Russian Heterodoxical Songs (and all the ZF reissues!!) Triple Negative - God Bless the Death Drive Permission - Organised People Suffer Actress - Karma & Desire Acolytes - Stress II The Gerogerigegege - >(decrescendo) Chubby & The Gang - Speed Kills Flora Yin-Wong - Holy Palm Eiko Ishibashi - Hyakki Yagyo The The - See Without Being Seen Prurient - Casablanca Flamethrower Henning Christiansen - L’essere Umano Errabando La Voce Errabando Subdued - Over The Hills And Far Away Rian Treanor - File Under UK Metaplasm Komare - The Sense Of Hearing Shredded Nerve - Acts Of Betrayal Jesu - Terminus Autechre - SIGN Hey Colossus - Dances / Curses Sparkle Division - To Feel Embraced Mark Harwood - A Perfect Punctual Paradise Under My Own Name Still House Plants - Fast Edit The Bug & Dis Fig - In Blue Kommand - Terrorscape Haus Arafna - Asche Khthoniik Cerviiks - Æequiizoiikum Worm - Gloomlord Kraus - A Golden Brain Faceless Burial - Speciation

A shout-out to Jon Abby's AMPLIFY series on Bandcamp / Facebook, which I contributed a new piece of music to.

A shout out to the labels where most of the music I listened to seemed to come from:

The Trilogy Tapes Iron Bonehead Penultimate Press Dais La Vida Es Un Mus

Gigs. Despite live music being destroyed in 2020 I still saw a few unforgettable performances at the beginning of the year.

Graham Lambkin @ The ICA, London Puce Mary / JFK @ The Glove That Fits, London Demilich @ Finnfest, The Garage, London Container / PC World / National Unrest @ Venue MOT, London S.H.I.T / Asid / Chubby & The Gang @ Static Shock Festival, ExFed, London

Books I enjoyed. Most not published this year, but all read in 2020.

Joe Kennedy - Authentocrats David Balzer - Curationism Tom Mills - BBC: The Myth Of A Public Service Simon Morris - Consumer Guide: Special Edition Luke Turner - Out Of The Woods Various - Bad News For Labour Mike Wendling - Alt-Right Baited Area issues 1 & 2.

Film. Three good films I saw this year which I hadn't before.

Suspiria (Remake) Midsommar Cannibal Holocaust

Podcasts. I listened to a lot of these whilst walking.

We Don't Talk About The Weather Novara Media Tysky Sour & Novara FM Grounded with Louis Theroux System of Systems Red Scare loveline episodes Suite 212 NOISEXTRA Social Discipline CONTAIN

TV.

Didn't watch a huge amount and what I did was mostly trash. For some reason I rewatched both series' of This Life, a British drama from the late 90's about a group of young professionals house sharing and navigating their careers. Very cringey and has aged terribly, but it was perversely fascinating to revisit something from that time in the age of the pandemic. Following on from this I binge watched the entire series of Industry which was entertaining enough. A programme about a bunch of horny bankers with what felt like a confused ideology behind it. It seemed stuck between trying to criticise and glorify the culture around the industry, but also protect the industry itself from outside criticism by portraying anyone who may oppose as an insufferable wanker. Currently halfway through Succession which is OK. The Murdoch documentaries on the BBC were excellent and a rare respite from their descent into client journalism.

Thanks to anyone who listened to my music this year also. Best wishes to you all for 2021.

Luke Younger

http://hhelmm.com | http://alter.bandcamp.com

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Elliott Sharp

composer

1. My Nr. 1 lesson: patience. Whether it's bouncing through 30 seconds of severe turbulence at 39000 feet or slogging through 30 minutes of a interminable piece of concert music, one attribute I've tried to develop is the ability to see past the discrete and awaited ending, the exact framing of the immediate process, but put it into the context of a larger time frame. I've found that this year more than all others has demanded it. Breathing helps...

2. Books: revisiting old favorites from the realm of Thomas Pynchon and Philip K. Dick (both especially relevant), digging into John Lomax's portrait of Jelly Roll Morton, the works of Colson Whitehead, random things off of the shelf…

3. Composing: with touring off the table, I focused on that which needed to be written, some requested and commissioned, some spontaneously springing forth. Composing requires that one open the windows wide to the world, which at this moment brought in grief, terror, uncertainty, anxiety, visions of plague and pestilence and incipient fascism. Okay, now shut the window and get to work! How to process, translate, transform? The work can be a comfortable and obsessive cocoon once one learns to handle the radioactive materials and put them into the creativity reactor.

4. Beans! We have long been a fan in our house of the wide world of legumes but this year brought two stars to the front: the black bean and the red lentil. The black bean commands the lofty peaks but the seemingly infinite variations of dal surround it. Ginger, garlic, turmeric, smoked paprika, cayenne, onions, and olive oil form the basis then imagination builds.

5. Online teaching substituted for my canceled conduction of workshops in the Pyrenees Mountains of France. Between the participants and myself, we built a temporary but very congenial space online to share concepts and music. In addition, private lessons brought conversation and music with new friends in Germany, Italy, California, Australia, Illinois, Denmark, Pennsylvania, Spain, Florida, Brazil.

6. What started out as "stress baking" (before I even had heard of the term) soon became a frequent practice that yielded very edible results. The twins preferred the sweeter forays into banana bread and chocolate cake. I tried to find a balance between tried-and-true techniques and experiments in texture and taste with yeasted pumpernickels, multi-grains, and seed breads.

7. While not the same as performing 'live ', online gigs proved that it was possible to generate a surprising amount of adrenaline even without the pheromonal handshaking of a room filled with receptive ears. As a corollary, online recording collaborations with friends worldwide proved to be inspiring and a suitable substrate for sonic experimentation, exploration of new instruments, tunings, effects programming, structures. In these realms, shout-outs to Helene Breschand, Mike Cooper, Henry Kaiser, Tracie Morris, Mikel Banks, Dougie Bowne, Payton McDonald, Billy Martin, Colin Stetson, Jim O'Rourke, Scott Amendola, Roberto Zorzi, Jason Hoopes, Eric Mingus, Melanie Dyer, Dave Hofstra, Don McKenzie, Sergio Sorrentino, Veniero Rizzardi, Taylor Ho Bynum, Scott Fields, Bachir Attar, Karl Bruckmaier, Robbie Lee, Matthew Evan Taylor, Matteo Liberatore, Al Kaatz, David Barratt, Jessica Hallock, Kolin Zeinikov, Robbie Lee, Jeremy Nesse, James Ilgenfritz, Sergio Armaroli, Steve Piccolo, Sandy Ewen, David Weinstein, Jim Whittemore, Chris Vine, Werner Puntigam, William Schimmel.

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Daniel O’Sullivan

(Grumbling Fur, Guapo, Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses, Ulver, Sunn O))), Æthenor, Laniakea, Miracle, Mothlite, and This Is Not This Heat.)

Music Richard Youngs - Ein Klein Nein Alabaster DePlume - Instrumentals Hildegard von Bingen - O Nobilissima Viriditas Francisco de Penalosa - Missa Ave Maria Peregrina Carlo Gesualdo - Responsoria 1611 Dirty Projectors - Five EPs Sonic Boom - All Things Being Equal Brother Peter Broderick - Blackberry Richard Horowitz - Eros Of Arabia Duncan Trussell Family Hour Cocteau Twins in the bath

Books/comics Alexander Tucker - Entity Reunion II Derek Jarman - Chroma Stephen Harrod Buhner - Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm The Penguin Book Of Irish Poetry - edited by Patrick Crotty The Gospel Of Ramakrishna - translated by Swami Nikhilananda Lucretius - De Rerum Natura Plotinus - Enneads Ram Dass - Grist For The Mill Lisa Brown - Phantom Twin

Other Fasting / meditation / macrodosing Walks in freshly coppiced woodland (for the smell mainly). Plants / Foraging / Growing Traditional ferments Douglas Sirk movies Mandolorian Writing songs on the piano Rediscovery of Kenneth Graham via my kids

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Karl O’Connor (Regis)

01.Wolfgang Press - Unremembered, Remembered 02. Klara Lewis - Ingrid Live at Fylkingen 03. Jesu - Terminus 04. Dave Ball - Leeds Poly Demos 1979 05. Edwin Pouncey - Rated Sav X (the Savage Pencil Skratchbook) 06. The Bug - In Blue 07. New Order - Power,Corruption and Lies ( Writing Sessions  ) 08. JG Thirlwell and Simon Steensland - Oscillospira 09. FM Einheit and Andreas Ammer - Hammerschlag 10. Thurston Moore - By The Fire 11. Body Stuff - Body Stuff 3 12. Ann M Hogan - Honeysuckle Burials 13. Rob Halford - Confess (Autobiography)

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Caleb Braaten (Sacred Bones Records)

Shirley Collins Hearts Ease Dehd Flowers Of Devotion Duma Duma Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways Green-House Six Songs for Invisible Gardens John Jeffery Passage Drew McDowall Agalma Sweeping Promises Hunger For a Way Out Colter Wall Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs Woods Strange to Explain

My Favorite 90’s Nostalgia Movie Rewatches

Colors Ghost Dog Menace II Society The Player Rounders Safe Starship Troopers Trees Lounge Vampires Waiting For Guffman

Most Culturally Bankrupt Year : 1997

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Charlie Looker

(composer, Psalm Zero, Extra Life, Seaven Teares)

Ten Things That Didn’t Happen in 2020

1.  I didn’t write a ton of new music. Don’t get me wrong, I wrote some. I always do. But mostly I focused on my new YouTube channel, essays, and on getting old recordings released. I haven’t even been working a day-job so I thought I was going to write my next Ring Cycle, but I really didn’t find Covid inspiring.

2.  Trump wasn’t re-elected. Cool.

3. I didn’t lose anyone to Covid. I am, of course, profoundly grateful for this. But I feel pretty embarrassed remembering group-texting ten friends in March, “We are all going to see a loved one die. Every single one of us. Don’t kid yourselves”. I can get hysterical, and that was somewhat irresponsible of me.

4.  No revolution happened. I don’t mean to be smug or cynical, or to belittle anyone’s participation in the protests. But, as far as I can tell, nothing happened in 2020 that promises to reduce police brutality or human suffering of any kind. We’ll see. That burning Minneapolis police station was exciting to watch at the time, if only on an aesthetic level.

5.  I have a stack of unread books I bought this year, just staring at me, with nary a crease among them. These include:

Adorno and Horkheimer, The Dialectic of Enlightenment (looks amazing, but I haven’t touched it) Marx, Grundrisse (it’s 1000 pages for fuck’s sake. Amazon also accidentally sent me two copies, and its double presence in the stack is just comical) Reza Negarestani, Intelligence and Spirit (the first 15 pages blew my mind, then my mind blew it off)

6.  I didn’t settle into living in LA. I moved here six months before Covid and I was just starting to cultivate some friendships and play shows. This was quashed and I still feel like I still live in New York. I still barely know the layout of the city here.

7.  No brand-new buzzy musical artists burst onto the scene, that I can recall. No new hyped micro-genre of the moment. There was just no way for there to be a hot new trend. I’d say that was refreshing, but it wasn’t.

8.  Tyson’s return was not awesome. Two minute rounds, ended in a draw. I’ve been getting way into boxing this past year. This fight was a bummer. I’m looking forward to Mayweather vs Logan Paul (LOL) because we know it’s comedy ahead of time.

9.  For three weeks in July, I didn’t do a single thing other than watch street fight compilations on YouTube and Worldstar. That’s just grim.

10.  There were no school shootings in March. Apparently, this was the first March with no school shootings since 2002. Not a single 7th grader got a hand job in March either. I cannot begin to imagine what it’s like to be a kid now.

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Chuck Bettis

https://chuckbettis.com

Other People's Music released this year:

Coil "Musick to Play in the Dark" (Dais)

Duma "s/t" (Nyege Nyege Tapes) Twig Harper "External Boundless Prison/ in 4 parts EP" (self-release) I.P.Y. (Ikue Mori, Phew, YoshimiO) "I.P.Y." (Tzadik) Kill Alters "A2B2 Live Stream 11/13/2020" (self-release) Krallice "Mass Cathexis" (self-release) Lust$ickPuppy "Cosmic Brownie" (self-release) Doug McKechnie "San Francisco Moog: 1968-72" (VG+ Records) Merlin Nova "Boo!" (self-release) Omrb "Milandthriust, The Graths of Mersh" (self-release) Akio Suzuki & Aki Onda "gi n ga" (self-release) Yoth Iria "Under His Sway" (Repulsive Echo) Wetware "Flail" (Dais)

My own music released this year:

collaborations

Chatter Blip "Microcosmopolitan" (Contour Editions) Matmos "The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form" (Thrill Jockey) Reverse Bullets  "Dreampop Dsyphoria" (self-release) Snake Union "live at Roulette" (self-release) Snake Union w/ Hisham Bharoocha, Bonnie Jones, Heejin Jang, Matthew Regula "Three Arrows" (Rat Route) Thomas Dimuzio "Balance" (Gench Music) YoshimiO & Chuck Bettis  "Live at the Stone" (Living Myth)

solo Chuck Bettis "Arc of Enlghtenment"  (Living Myth) Chuck Bettis "Motion Parallax"  (Living Myth)

compilation Various Artist "Polished Turds Vol.1" (Granpa)

Music Books read this year

"Intermediary Spaces" by Eliane Radigue/Julia Eckhardt (Umland) "Ennio Morricone In His Own Words" by Ennio Morricone/Alessandro De Rosa (Oxford University Press) "Free Jazz In Japan: A Personal History" by Soejima Teruto (Public Bath Press) "Rumors of Noizu: Hijokaidan and the Road to 2nd Damascus" by Kato David Hopkins (Public Bath Press)

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Maya Hardinge

(musician / artist)

list of things i liked this year

first ever solo road trip through new mexico and Texas right before lockdown experiencing manhattan with no cars on the road . having a car to escape in to nature. (which i craved so much) walks and bike rides with friends… FRIENDS! The web site ‘workaway’ that helped me feel that there were options for escape. playing games weekly on zoom during lock down teaching yoga weekly on zoom. Witnessing and being part of the BLM protests. witnessing and being part of the demise of T sitting on my couch at 6am drinking a cup of tea, appreciating my apt. making time to meditate. halloween without tourists .

some music I’ve bought and/or enjoyed this year Elvis Perkins-Black Coat Daughter Patricia Kokett -Soi soi Henning Christiansen - OP201 Bryce Hackford- Safe Svitlana Nianio and Oleksander - Snayesh yak? rozkazhy Brannten schnure - Sommer im Pfirsichhain Killing Joke - Nighttime David Shea - Tower of mirrors Shakey - Shakey Woodford halse tapes Coil - Musick to play in the dark

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BJ Nilsen

sound artist / composer

Work 2020

Despite Covid 19 lots of things actually did happen.

In Feburary I visited the only active nuclear plant in The Nederlands as part of my "Expanded Field Recording” project together with SML. In March revisited the Acousmonium at the Elevate Festival in Graz with an additional trip deep inside the Schlossberg recording old mining trains. In March and April I did two daily recording projects “Pending and Auditory Scenes” - both of Amsterdam during lockdown. In May did my first Zoom field recording workshop with the CAMP project. In June & July  two research trips in Waldviertel, Austria with Franz Pomassl. In August recorded bells and organs in 10 different churches around Amsterdam for Jacob Lekkerkerker. In September recorded Kali Malone at the Orgelpark in Amsterdam. Performed at Heart of Noise Festival in Innsbruck and A4 in Bratislava. Also went ice-skating for first time in 20? Years. In November and December I travelled to Jeju island to record field recordings for a project by Femke Herregraven for the Gwangju Biennale, commissioned for 2021. Did lots of gardening, released two tapes “Call it Philips, Eindoven” and “Zomer 2020” with Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson. NOW! Looking forward to 2021.

http://bjnilsen.info https://soundcloud.com/bjnilsen/sets/auditory-scenes-amsterdam

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Vicki Bennett

(People Like Us)

Negativland - True False https://negativland.com/products/truefalse-cd (this came out last year but is so THIS year) Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways https://www.bobdylan.com/albums/rough-and-rowdy-ways/ The Soft Pink Truth - We from Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase https://thesoftpinktruth.bandcamp.com/album/shall-we-go-on-sinning-so-that-grace-may-increase Carl Stone - Stolen Car https://unseenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/stolen-car Porest - Sedimental Gurney https://porest.bandcamp.com/album/sedimental-gurney Matmos - The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form https://matmos.bandcamp.com/album/the-consuming-flame-open-exercises-in-group-form Domenique Dumont - Miniatures De Auto Rhythm https://antinoterecordings.bandcamp.com/album/atn044-domenique-dumont-miniatures-de-auto-rhythm The The - See Without Being Seen https://www.thethe.com/product/see-without-being-seen-cd/ Ciggy de la Noche - Hold Tight HMRC https://soundcloud.com/ciggydelanoche/hold-tight-hmrc Neil Cicierega - Mouth Dreams http://www.neilcic.com/mouthdreams/

and my details: http://peoplelikeus.org/ https://peoplelikeus-vickibennett.bandcamp.com/ pic: http://peoplelikeus.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Welcome-Abroad-promo3-2-scaled.jpg

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DJ Food

Music - Type 303 - Sticky Disco / Analogue Acidbath 7" (45 Live) The British Space Group - The Ley of the Land CD (Wyrd Britain) Squarepusher - Be Up A Hello LP / Warp 10 NTS mix (Warp) dgoHn - Undesignated Proximate (Modern Love) LF58 - Alterazione LP (Astral Industries) Robert Fripp - Music For Quiet Moments series (DGM) Run The Jewels - RTJ4 (BMG) Simf Onyx - Magenta Skyline / The Unresolved 7" (Delights) Luke Vibert - Modern Rave LP (Hypercolour) JG Thirlwell & Simon Steensland - Oscillospira (Ipecac) Aural Design - Looking & Seeing 7" / DL (Russian Library) Luke Vibert - Rave Hop (Hypercolour) Clipping. with Christopher Fleeger - Double Live (Sub Pop) APAT - Terry Riley's 'In C' performed on Modular Synthesizer (YouTube) Field Lines Cartographer - The Spectral Isle LP (Castles In Space) Jane Weaver - The Revolution of Super Visions single (Fire Records) King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - K.G. LP (Flightless) Humanoid - Hed-Set - forthcoming on (De:tuned)

Film / TV - Inside No.9 (BBC) What We Do In The Shadows Season 2 (Netflix) Tales From The Loop (Amazon) Keith Haring - Street Art Boy (BBC) John Was Trying To Contact Aliens (Netflix) The Social Dilemma (Netflix) The Mandalorian (Season 2) (Disney+) Long Hot Summers - The Style Council documentary (Sky Arts) Zappa (Alex Winter)

Books / Comics / Magazines Confessions of a Bookseller - Shaun Bythell (Profile books) The Often Wrong - Farel Dalrymple (Image Comics) Edwin Pouncey - Rated SavX (Strange Attractor Press) Jeffrey Lewis - Fuff (all issues - really late to the party on this one) Rian Hughes - XX - A Novel, Graphic (Picador) Cosey Fanni Tutti - Art, Sex, Music (Faber) Caza - Kris Kool (Passenger Press) Dan Lish - Egostrip Vol.1 Electronic Sound magazine Decorum - Jonathan Hickman & Mike Huddleston (Image) John Higgs - Stranger Than We Can Imagine Simon Halfon - Cover To Cover (Nemperor)

Very few exhibitions or shows this year for obvious reasons

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[baapi-makwa]

@alvallah tagged me in a quarantine questionnaire

Are you staying home from work/school? Oh I already was, I was still recovering from the flu and pneumonia that hospitalized me in January when all this went down.

If you’re staying home, who’s there with you? Dad, cousin's kid

Do you have pets to keep you company? two kitties, Oscar A. Reno and Bambalam Balthazar Buxx, and one dog, Bandit

Who do you miss the most? Twindns and visiting my old aunties

When was the last time you left your home? It's been well over a month, I went to town to spin pokestops

What was the last thing you bought? I got the oldest twin a how to draw mha book and the youngest got a journal with a lizard on it

Are you a homebody? Oh very much so, I enjoy the occasional venture out and about but usually can't wait to get back home

What movies have you watched recently? Paul, Undewater, had a John Wick marathon

An event that you were looking forward to that got cancelled? Has not been officially cancelled yet but sure the powwow on my rez will be

What’s the worst thing that you’ve had to cancel? Appointment with a new therapist

What’s the best thing you’ve had to cancel? Appointment with a new therapist

Do you have any new hobbies? Hell no

What are you out of? Hot sauce 😭

What music are you listening to? Prince and my playlist of covers of Like a Prayer

What are you reading? Umbrella Academy

What are you doing for self-care? Sleeping, kitty cuddling

Are you exercising? Shush

How’s your toilet paper supply? Not too shabby, we always buy ahead and in bulk with that anyway lol

Have you made any changes to your hair during quarantine? I've considered shaving it off at least twice every day, but so far it's just in a messy ponytail

[shellsan]

It’s been a few days and I nearly forgot buuuut, @bakuraryxu tagged me in this~

Nickname: Shell Zodiac: Capricorn Height: Whatever 170cm ish is. Time: 10:43 AM Favorite band/artist: Idk, I listen to a lot of music. Probably Nico Collins or Set it Off (or the Score, or Citizen Soldier), at least for the moment. Song stuck in my head: Fear by The Score Last movie I saw: I don’t really watch movies often, so the most recent movie was Barbie and the 12 Dancing Princess’ like a week ago. Last thing I googled: Anatomy biceps Other blogs: languagewithme (though I’m rarely active) Do I get asks: Not very often Why did I choose this username: I’ve been using the name ‘Shellsan or MzShellSan (in cases where shellsan’s been taken) since 8th grade for writing, and I like it well enough that I’ve kept it (also people are more likely to recognise this since I’ve never changed it). Following: 613 Average amount of sleep: 7hrs Lucky Number: Don’t have one. What I am wearing: A comfy dress Dream Job: Published author Dream Trip: Everywhere. I have plans for a lot of places in the near future, e.g. I have a trip to Namibia at the end of next year, a trip to Japan (again) planned for the year after,and I know we have a trip planned for the year after that, but I don’t remember what it is. Favourite Food: Chicken Nuggets!!!! Instruments you play: None Eye colour: Chocolate brown Hair colour: Brown, idk if you’d consider it dark or not. Describe your aesthetic: Dragons, dark, roses, red, swords, goth, books, candles.  Languages you speak: English is my first language, I speak some basic Japanese, and some basic German (both of which I continue studying regularly). Most iconic song: Idk, most 2000s Nickelback? Random fact: I love to bake I tag!: @ncisduckie @radiowrites @arthur-of-the-pendragons @damonselenaaa @ravenclaw-lair @dannyikigay @kitty-bandit and anyone else that wants to do this!

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“If you laugh one time, two of your worries will disappear, little cub.”

My father squishes my face between my hands as I sniffle, and I look up at his face. There is no handsomer man in all of Doma or Hingashi or Garlemald, I tell myself. None of them have his pretty ocean eyes or the lines that crinkle around them when he smiles, or his dimples, and he smiles so often that they seem like they’re always on display. His hands are big and calloused from hard work, and his shoulders are broad and strong, and I like him much better than any soft prince my mama has told me stories about.

Baba is more like a warrior, I think. A strong warrior from a simple background that people could look up to. And, as he comforts little me because I’d cried over seeing a dead mouse that Hui the cat killed, I let myself sink into his words and into his safe arms.

“Is it really true?” I ask around another sniffle, and my father smiles again, nodding at me.

“There are many cures in this world, but your baba has found only a few that really work like nothing else.”

Shifting, he holds a hand up, ticking a finger down for each cure he lists.

“Salt, in the form of sweat or tears or seawater, and then laughter, even if nothing is funny. If you can find something to giggle over, your worries melt away. It fixes hearts. Don’t cry, my sweet baby. It’s not happy, but Hui the cat is just doing as kitties do. Do you know why he brought the mouse to you?”

I shake my head, and my father tweaks my nose gently between his fingers.

“He wants to make sure you eat, silly! You never bring around dead mice, and so he figures you must be a very terrible hunter. Since you’re his favorite person, he must take good care of you! He didn’t want to make you sad, Xiu-Xiu. He’s just worried about your hunting skills.”

Something about Hui the cat critiquing my hunting skills makes me hiccup a giggle, and my father’s sunny smile grows, feeding off of it. Leaning forward, he tickles at my tummy until my peals of laughter fill the courtyard, and then he swings me up in the air to spin me around, like I was a bird in the sky.

Just like that, so quickly, so easily, my worries that, to my four year old brain - the mouse and the lack of paints to decorate my rocks that I had been talking about beforehand - were desperately important fade away. They fade into the laughter, into the joy that jolts through my body, and I feel okay again. Baba was right. But of course, he’s always right. No man is smarter than him, either, except maybe Hui the boy, but he’s just that - a little boy.

And it’s the same boy - my big brother - that I call out to as our father sails me back into our apartments in the inn, still above his head. Our mother clicks her tongue and warns him to be careful as the scent of her most famous dumplings reach my little nose, and I squeal, gently kicking my legs until I’m set back to my feet. I zip through the kitchen, weaving around my mother, who reprimands me that the stove is hot and to be careful. At the table, Hui is diligently taking peas from their pods.

He was always good at those chores. I was only good at them when I was able to sneak most of the peas into my mouth rather than let them get gathered and cooked.

“Little cub, go and wash your paws,” my mother chides me, gently. “No dirt beneath your fingernails before dinner. And that goes for your father, too. Go on!”

Giggling, I hug her around her soft tummy, and she smiles, kissing the top of my head. I scrub my hands and nails carefully next to my father, who places a pile of soap on my cheek and makes me squeal again. Mama calls for us to come back to the table, and I flop onto my cushion - it’s the pretty pale yellow one - beside Hui, looking up at my long suffering older brother with big eyes.

“Pea?” I ask, and he smiles as I lean my head back, tossing one of the tiny vegetables into my mouth. A cry of victory rings out between us both as tiny me is able to catch it, even though he had thrown gently and close to be certain I would not miss.

“I painted lots more rocks today,” I tell the family proudly, and my hand is patted before I remember mama needs to offer thanks to the kami. Clapping my hands together, I bow my head and listen to her brief prayer before crying out my enthusiasm and agreement, to the softer chorus of my brother and father.

“I painted lots of rocks,” I continue, “and the guests in— in room three really liked them so I gave them my tiger one and then I gave Bao the chicken the rock— the rock I made that is a flower because she likes eating mama’s flowers so I thought maybe she would like my rock flower, too. It’s in the hen house!”

“Do you think Bao will share her rock flower with the other chickens?” Mama asks, and I nod sagely as she leans over, putting rice in a small bowl beside me while baba makes sure Hui isn’t taking less food so that I can eat more.

“We have enough, son,” I hear him murmur gently, and my big brother hesitates. He’s been worried ever since a doctor told my parents I might grow up tiny since sometimes we don’t have lots to eat, but I know it’s not true.

“You gotta eat lots, Hui!” I chirp, kicking my legs and my dirty little feet lightly beneath the table. “Don’t worry! I’m gonna be— I’m gonna be taller than baba! I’m gonna be as tall and strong as the biggest tree in the forest!”

The words make Hui smile, and I grin, remembering what our father had said.

Laughing once can make two worries disappear.

“And then you can live on my shoulders ‘cause they’ll be like my branches and use my hair as a blanket to keep warm because it’s thick and—“

Hui starts to giggle as my mother lightly and affectionately boops me on the nose.

“If I had half your energy,” she says with a faint smile, but I’m satisfied. Hui laughed and that meant it would help him not worry. He’s the bestest big brother who always takes care of me, and he needs to be happy, always.

“That’s our little ray of sunshine and our breaking dawn,” baba says with a smile, glancing between me and Hui. “We love you, kids. Now eat up so we can play music for our guests after we’re all done!”

The promise of music is enough to get me to start stuffing my face. Our parents had the prettiest voices and our guests always loved to listen. They like my dancing, too, and I like how shy and happy Hui gets when he’s praised for how he plays the koto. They always tell our parents that we’re pretty or cute or handsome, in Hui’s case, and it makes mama and baba look so proud. They even let me play my little erhu, even though I’m just small and still learning, but mama says I’m doing a good job and that I get better each day.

Blissful days, in our strange, chaotic inn that seemed to possess no layout that made any sense. The ghosts, too, liked when we played music. They liked when I left them origami or rocks that I painted, especially the ones that used to be parents or other little kids. One ghost lady told me that someday, I would marry a prince, after I brought her a gift, and I frowned.

“That doesn’t sound any good, though,” I told her. “Being a princess would mean I have to follow lots of rules and I don’t want to follow all those kinds of rules. Are you sure it’s not a... a bandit! Or maybe a pirate, or musician—“

The old ghost lady chuckled at me and shook her head.

“Maybe he will be a rapscallion after all,” she relented, a glint of amusement in her eyes, and I didn’t know what that meant but I liked it so I peppered it into conversation every day for a week before I learned a new fun word to use.

‘Pompous.’

Princes would be pompous. No. It simply wouldn’t do. I wanted to marry an adventurer or maybe a nice farmer like baba was, and I sang all about it to our guests that night after dinner, and they laughed and they looked happy.

I hope, if they had any worries, that all the laughter would make them forget at least two.

[rgr-pop]

I need an ENTIRE afternoon wall of noise. 4/3 music library on shuffle until I hit a killdozer song.

the thermals - “god and country” reset - "double cross" nirvana - "polly" (1986-88 home recording) nirvana - "radio friendly unit shifter" (2013 mix) peterbuilt - "sateliteyes" the dickies - "got it at the store" apocalypse hoboken - "box of pills" fiona apple - "slow like honey" tex & the horseheads - "big boss man" everclear - "the drama king" anti-flag - "america got it right" neil young - "tonight's the night, pt. ii" everclear - "brown-eyed girl" noooooooooo oh my god no please millencolin - “israelites" listen you know that i'm p tolerant when it comes to this subject but why specifically did you boys do this. specifically you useless id - "note" never accuse me of pop punk nationalism again! that's three of global pop punk the selecter - "selling out your future" built to spill - "some things last a long time" holidays - "proof" let's wrestle - "bad mammaries" radhos - "one breath" ween - "boing" bracket - "g-vibe" local h - "'cha!' said the kitty" sublime - "40oz to freedom" failure - "saturday saviour" blink-182 - "don't leave me" (tmtts live take) why did they make this live album, they were so bad live shrimp boat - "melon song" interpol - "not even jail" the ataris - "angry nerd rock" 50 million - "superhero" skankin pickle - "violent love" the breeders - "put on a side" all - "honey peeps" the commandos (suicide commandos) - "weekend warrior" suicide machines - "friends are hard to find" the eclectics - "laura" good ska block! love this band pansy division - "jack u off" rocket from the tombs - "ain't it fun" dynamite boy - "devoted" young pioneers - "downtown tragedy" the breeders - "so sad about us" fenix tx - "jean claude trans am" fuck i love this song nofx - "bob" hickey - "happily ever after" bob dylan - "tangled up in blue" (bootlegs vol. 2) gas huffer - "king of hubcaps" tullycraft - "crush this town" atom and his package - "goalie" faith no more - "the real thing" carly rae jepsen - "tell me" bis - "listen up" one direction - "still the one" mtx - "she's no rocket scientist" eugene chadbourne - "roger miller medley" grouvie ghoulies - "carly simon" white town - "thursday at the blue note" gas huffer - "moon mission" rx bandits - "sleepy tyme" everclear - "rocket for the girl" failure - "kindred" blood on the saddle - "johnny's at the fair" the distillers - "red carpet and rebellion" cruiserweight - "dearest drew" stp - "plush" everclear - "wonderful" (live, from the closure ep) (don't hate it) new found glory - "sonny" everclear - "otis redding" (impure white evil demo) (BEST song) stp - "adhesive" incubus - "have you ever" cub - "tell me now" everclear - "short blonde hair" i simply do not hate it letters to cleo - "happy ever after" amazing transparent man - “the ocean is a fuck of a long way to swim” nerf herder - “(stand by your) manatee” kitty kitty - “ab tokeless” osker - “the mistakes you made” perfume genius - “hood” radhos - “shut up & deal” (welcome to the jungle take) osker - “the body”  gas huffer - “the sin of sloth” the fall - “bombast” excuse 17 - “code red” mad season - “lifeless dead” unwritten law - “differences” hanson - “two tears” the eyeliners - “anywhere but here” moby grape - “lazy me” brian wilson - “wonderful” 88 fingers louie - “something i don’t know” sicko - “wisdom tooth weekend” the replacements - “love you till friday” suicide machines - “green world” midtown - “another boy” hickey - “cool kids attacked by flying monkeys” the roman invasion suite - “carnations” the beat - “tears of a clown” local h - “24 hour break up session” okay i’m awake i want to end this now toots & the maytals - “funky kingston” local h - “strict-9″ his name is alive - “her eyes were huge things” nirvana - “frances farmer will have her revenge on seattle” slapstick - “almost punk enough” urge overkill - “bionic revolution” janet jackson - “you want this” piebald - “long nights” small brown bike - “now i’m a shadow” the story so far - “left unsaid” crj - “more than a memory” tracy + the plastics - “my friends end parties” liz phair - “6′1″“ fastbacks - “555, pt. 1″ this mix is feminist now swindle - “one track” shockabilly - “burma shave” temple of the dog - “say hello to heaven” amazing transparent man - “shove” cool soul asylum cover from dekalb illinois :)) the vindictives “eating me alive” midwests only!! the judys - “radiation squirm” gulfs only!! frogpond - “sleep” flipp - “rock-n-roll star” throwing muses - “red shoes” everclear - “santa monica” throwing muses on summerland??? mekons - “atone & forsaken” holidays - “take me home country roads” this is a good tone to lead up to killdozer... true believers - “all mixed up again” prince - “adore” beulah - “queen of the populists” eveclear - “rocky mountain high” (99x live acoustic--I don’t have a date for this actually) of montreal - “dustin hoffman thinks about eating the soap” heatmiser - “stray” rickie lee jones - “woody and dutch on the slow train to peking” tar - “viaduct removal” common rider - “carry on” the frogs - “u bastards” mudhoney - “this gift” hammerbox - “outside” fuck my mom would have loved this song if it had gotten the airplay it deserved in 1993... hammerbox on summerland!!!! letters to cleo - “little rosa” kay hanley on summerland!! nine pound hammer “wrongside of the road” hanson - “with you in your dreams” (3cg demo) hamson on summerland!!! fastbacks - “555, pt. 1″ again... fastbacks on summerland!!! face to face - “sensible” soul asylum - “happy” soul asylum on summerland!!!! television - “see no evil” pinq - “careful not to mention the obvious” the dickies - “nights in white satin” tar - “mel’s” truly - “chlorine” babes in toyland - “deep song” hole - “berry” hellbender - “half driven” hammerhead  - “new york? ...alone?” everclear - “malevolent” guzzard - “last”  archers of loaf - “tatyana” hum - “stars” hum on summerland die kreuzen - “don’t say please” this is not fair joanna newsom - “sadie” down by law - “peace, love and understanding” nirvana - “aneurysm” (1990 demo) hovercraft - “endoradiosonde” modest mouse - “cowboy dan” rage against the machine - “born of a broken man” skatalites - “scandal ska” pylon - “driving school” the vindictives - “babysitter” jimmy eat world - “ten” the get up kids - “lowercase west thomas” oh we’re doing this now? hot rod circuit - “knees” fine triple fast action - “the rescue” FINE  full disclosure i do skip emo diaries tracks at my discretion the amps - “bragging party” everclear - “am radio” this is not fair mxpx - “middlename” MXPX ON SUMMERLAND chokebore - “your let down” bob dylan - “you’re a big girl now” helmet - “primitive” pond - “filterless” blink-182 - “all the small things” local h - “ralph” tar - “over and out” pearl jam - “black” the gits - “sniveling little rat faced git” local h - “eddie vedder” >:) tar - “flow plow” i always misremember this as a subpop single so i’m like “i’m not amphetamine reptile biased?” but it was an a/r release, lol. brad wood produced it. lake michigan as hell  unicorns - “jellybones” this song makes me sad ever since i didn’t get to adopt the jellybones cat oblivion - “clark” desmond dekker - “jeserene” veruca salt - “one last time” veruca salt on summerland!!!! dead moon - “dead moon night” extremely dead moon on summerland fishbone - “i like to hide behind my glasses” dead moon - “on my own” paw - “sleeping bag” tar - “goethe” doc dart - “casket with flowers” smashing pumpkins - “zero” i don’t want billy corgan on summerland and i am sorry for that kicking giant - “&” kicking giant on summerland lmao shockabilly - “pile up all architecture” ween - “sorry charlie” sublime - “april 29, 1992 (miami)” heatmiser - “blackout” the clash - “pressure drop” hellbender - “pissant’s retrospective” the queers - “i won’t be” the vindictives - “circles” the beat farmers - “selfish heart” screaming trees - “end of the universe” 7 year bitch - “second hand” bourgeois filth - “above” nirvana - “scoff” the breeders - “cannonball” saturday looks good to me - “save my life” cara beth satalino - “good ones” communique - “dagger version” soul asylum - “sometime to return” sublime - “jailhouse” tullycraft - “twee” nuns - “wild” beyonce - “countdown” the replacements - “sixteen blue” living colour - “what’s your favorite color” britney - “why should i be sad” mdc - “church and state” alice in chains - “junkhead” rage against the machine - “mic check” everclear - “nervous and weird” soundgarden - “fresh tendrils” helmet - “army of me” the gits - “it all dies anyway” pansy division - “smells like queer spirit” mtx - “i’d do anything for you” 5 year sentence - “just a punk” pennywise - “nothing” mudhoney - “thirteenth floor opening” yesterday’s kids - “eighteen” mxpx - “punk rawk show” small brown bike - “zerosum” incubus - “trouble in 421″ hanson - “speechless” incubus - “circles” dead moon - “my time has come” (!!!!) first of all is this killdozer blink-182 - “here’s your letter” everclear - “electra made me blind” (nervous & weird take) saves the day - “through being cool” groovie ghoulies - “don’t go out into the rain (you’re gonna melt)” babes in toyland - “never” husker du - “target” guzzard - “biro” fairweather - “next day flight” mcr - “house of wolves” broadcast - “until then” liz phair - “never said” the dicks - “rich daddy” quasi - “the iron worm” mustard plug - “not again” janitor joe - “boyfriend” snapcase - “new academy” neil young - “someday” blindsided - “spaceman” placebo - “without you i’m nothing” the creeps - “lakeside cabin” solomon grundy - “time is not your own” the clash - “the card cheat” silversun pickups - “common reactor” lagwagon - “leave the light on” denali - “where i landed” system of a down - “highway song” sprinkler - “personality doll” the vindictives - “structure and function” unplugged” the queers - “ursula finally has tits” we’re entering no repeats territory  buffalo springfield - “expecting to fly” hit squad - “pictures of matchstick men” cows - “almost a god” hop along - “young and happy” pixies - “i’ve been tired” the fall - “spoilt victorian child” camper van chadbourne - “knock on the door” queens of the stone age - “tension head” choking victim - “war story” cool that we have gotten to drop by the greatest song ever recorded :) guttermount - “happy loving couples” audio karate - “nintendo 89″ tad - “pork chop” the kelley deal 6000 - “where did the home team go” colorfinger - “hateful” :} man or astroman - “evil plans of planet spectra” pere ubu - “arabian nights” accepting repeats for  new found glory - “my friends over you” cool moving on american steel - “optimist” tom petty & the heartbreakers - “even the losers” meat puppets - “another moon” black cat music - “wine in a box” wallside - “ready” crucifucks - “pig in a blanket” the bananas - “my charmed life”

KILLDOZER - “EARL SCHEIB,” UNCOMPROMISING WAR ON ART UNDER THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT, 1994. KILLDOZER ON SUMMERLAND

[kitty-bandit]

Listening to some old DDR music and I nearly had a heart attack when I heard the first notes of Paranoia.

Felt like a sleeper agent and someone said my trigger word.

[faeriexqueen]

☆Writer Asks☆

Tagged by @kitty-bandit and @silentium-nightshade (thank you! <3)

1. Explain your AO3 handle. TheFairieQueen comes from a nickname I got back in my freshman year of college.  I used to do more studio art growing up, and always did butterflies and fairies (it got somewhat spurned on even more, because my grandmother always talked to me about fairies growing up).  And it’s no secret I like fairy tales - I’ve always been into them, and I just sort of got a reputation in college for liking these things early on?  Between that and the way I dressed, one of my friends thought I was just fairie-like, and she always called me the fairie queen.  So it came from there. XD  (In addition to that, when I talk to my grandmother even today, she refers to my apartment as my “fairy hollow.”) 2. Favorite fanfiction trope? AAAAAA.  This is hard?  I like so many? XD  Definite slow burn buildup and that pining for each other - I’m weak for that, as well as disastrous first meetings when it comes to romance.  (In addition to that, any trope that forced two romantic interests together - like dangerous scenarios, sharing a bed, etc.). 3. Favorite place to write? Easily at home.  It’s just more comfortable to be in my own space, and I usually end up focusing best if I’m cozy in bed or curled up on the couch, always with a cup of tea and dim lighting. ;3 4. Favorite ships in your current fandom? Right now, D.Gray-Man is my main one (I don’t know if I’ll ever leave?), and hands down, Yulma is my OTP.  I think anyone who follows me or talks to me is pretty aware of that. XD  I also have a rare pair I’m super into, which is Tyki x Alma, though @kitty-bandit got me very hard into Lavi x Link as well (and now....Lavi x Alma is on my mind? psjkfjsflkjsd)  But!  I also really love Lucky, LenaLavi, and Laven.  And Anita x Mahoja. <3 5. What are your steps to get into the Writing Mood™? Usually getting comfortable is the main priority, since that helps with focus.  I always have a cup of tea, keep the lighting dim, and will usually be under a layer of blankets.  Sometimes, I’ll listen to instrumental music for inspiration and to set the mood for a scene I’m writing as well. 6. What program/app do you use to write? Microsoft Word. 7. List your zodiac sign, favorite ice cream flavor, Hogwarts House, and your opinion on pineapple pizza. Taurus/WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO CHOOSE?  Honestly it switches, but I love mint chocolate chip/Ravenclaw/Nonononono PLEASE NO PINEAPPLE ON MY PIZZA. 8. Link us a fanfic that made you cry. It’s hard for me to full on cry, but A Matter of Time by @kitty-bandit just....fuck.  Fuck.  I don’t even have words for the level of pain this put my heart through.  It just...UGH IT JUST FUCKING HURT, OKAY? ;__; 9. Link us a fanfic that made you laugh. I’m going to have to say A Rough Patch by @errantknightess - like that was so damn amusing I nearly lost my shit on my bus commute home. XD 10. Link us a fanfic that left you in complete awe at the writer’s ability. This is hard considering damn near everyone I know is so talented, but @izadreamer’s Dreaming of Flowers will always be up there.  Like holy shit, everything Iza writes is amazing, but that fic is just a whole new level of insane talent (also Labyrinths of the Heart for any Tangled fans - I’m so behind in this fic, but fuck, it’s amazing too). 11. List your kinks. Oh god, SO. Time to out myself.  A/B/O Dynamics; Dom/Sub dynamics; Anything involving lingerie or tightlacing; Shower sex; Lightheadedness; Teasing; Some BDSM (consensual shit tho); Consensual Voyeurism (if in an established relationship); Mpeg (I lowkey hate myself for admitting this); Sucking/Biting. 12. How do you come up with your ideas? Honestly, they just...come?  Usually with new AUs and story ideas I don’t exactly look for them actively; they more or less hit me.  Once I have a base idea or line of inspiration, I usually will just follow it by jotting down notes, researching anything that ties into said idea, and just..really letting my mind run.  Sometimes you just almost can’t even overthink it, or you might accidentally constrict yourself, you know? 13. How do you implement said ideas into a cohesive narrative? Know the ending.  I swearing, knowing the ending and figuring out the story’s end point is huge.  It really helps in understanding what you ultimately want to accomplish with your stories, and what you want your characters to go through development-wise.   14. What are your working on right now? Share a little snippet or a description. Right now, I just finished up the remaining chapters of Encompassed in Glass for NanoWrimo, but am now moving on to a Nutcracker AU (title TBD).  The main ship with be Yulma (surprise there I’m sure XD), but it’s something I would like to start posting sometime December.  As of now, the prologue is written, and I’ve started chapter one.  (Draft excerpt from chapter one below!)

A snowball had hit her promptly on the shoulder, exploding into a mass of powdery snowflakes. The impact had been surprisingly hard, causing Emilia to trip into a pile of freshly-shoveled snow, and for a moment she struggled to get back up. Alma winced, when he saw how hard he had actually hit Emilia with the snowball.  “Oops, that was harder than I thought…” He murmured, hoping Emilia wouldn’t come for him next.  He turned to Timothy, and whispered.  “Go, go, go!” Timothy, who was snickering loudly at Emilia’s plight, quickly got up and dashed out of the alley, laughing full force when Emilia caught sight of him, glaring threateningly.  Then she turned, and her mouth dropped when she caught sight of Alma peeking out from the alley way. “You were helping him!?” She exclaimed.  “Alma, you traitor-!” Alma smiled sheepishly, before giving a small wave.  “Sorry, got to go!” He said, before running back down the alley.  While he usually never would have left someone who had fallen down, he knew it was for the best; friends or not, Emilia was sure to let him have it once she got a hold of him, and Alma was determined to escape that fate for as long as possible.

Tagging: @izaswritings @candy-crackpot​ @a-q-d @guiltyinnocencedgm @titty-now-titty-later @tykipomme @wonderrie @errantknightess (and anyone else who would like to do this!)

[zackfairy]

Music Tag Thing

Tagged by @sevargs 

Rules: spell out your username using song titles and tag some friends

First of all fuck you too David <3 I took forever because job hunting and death. Yup. ~x~

Z ombie -  Cranberries (I actually found out about this song yesterday at Karaoke lmao. I almost lost my voice in case you wondered)

A lexander Hamilton -  Lin-Manuel Miranda (this is the name of the musical but also the first song in the musical. I am obsessed with this musical)

C enturies -  Fall Out Boy (I love them omg. I have other songs I love from them but I am figuring out I don’t have enough letters in my username even tho there’s many songs I wanna share)

K ing and Lionheart - Of Monsters and Men (booii so much history with this song I really love it hnng)

F reak Show - Set it Off (Im really happy I got this band in here I love them too. This is one of my fav songs by them)

A ngel With a Shotgun -  The Cab (I don’t actually listen to any of their other songs because I just found this song randomly while watching amvs lol)

I n the End - Linkin Park (They are life I swear. I love a lot of their other songs. Omg now I get why David wished for a longer username for this sfjladshfoa)

R hythm of Your Heart -  Marianas Trench (I adore them. My fav songs dont start with the letters in my username tho qq. I still love this one tho)

Y ou Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi (dude Bon Jovi is amaziingg)

~x~

That was fun~ I now wish my username was longer too lmao

Now lovelies goooo @zidanes @lilies-and-plumerias @hanacassiopeia @kitty-bandit @candy-crackpot @cundohoi @enix-kpop @askmissjoker 

I hope you all have fun~

[bronzetomatoes]

when you get this, please respond with five things that make you happy! then, send to your last ten people in your notifs (anonymously). you never know who might benefit from spreading positivity♡

Oh thank you sweetie <3

- my family! I got to see a whole bunch of them this evening :)

- my friends, like irl, online, and all my mutuals you guys make me so happy

- church :))

- music!!!! Love making it and listening to it :D

- my kitty bandit, here's a picture of her

[errantknightess]

@kitty-bandit and @faeriexqueen tagged me in a few memes and I totally forgot about them, so I'm just posting them en masse under the cut ^^"

Copy this and fill in your own answers. Then tag some people to learn more about them.

Favorite smell: cinnamon, eucalyptus, rosewood, and that incredibly specific scent of Buddhist temples in Datong - incense, flowers and dust in hot summer air

First job: ._.

Zodiac sign: Cancer

Favorite pizza: anything with chicken and without tomato

Favorite dog: pomeranians are cute ;w;

Favorite foot attire: my only good sandals. I like how my legs look in them

Favorite roller coaster: I went on a roller coaster precisely once in my life and I don't ever want to repeat it

Favorite candy: chocolate chip cookies

Favorite ice cream: orange

Pet peeves: muffled noises through the walls, bad grammar and punctuation in published texts, people talking too loud in public or taking up the entire walkway

What are you listening to right now: tropical rain sound generator. It's very good at drowning out those muffled noises through the walls XDD

Color of your vehicle: city buses are white and blue here

Color of eyes: greenish gray

Favorite holiday: my friends' birthdays, when we can meet up and have fun

Night owl or day person: night owl, though recently I think I'm getting too old for that XD

Fave day of week: they’re all the same to me

Tattoos: I don't have any, nor have I ever wanted them, but damn, they can look awesome on other people *A*

Like to cook: I love to! it's tiring and time-consuming at times, but I like being able to eat good stuff that I want~

Beer or wine or neither: wine, preferably on the sweeter side

Can you drive a manual transmission: I can't drive, period

Favorite color: purple

Do you like vegetables: most of them, yeah

Do you wear glasses: only for computer, reading and manual works (drawing, beading, sewing etc)

Favorite season: autumn!

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Rules: Set your Music library on shuffle and report the first 13 songs that pop up, and then choose 13 people (more or less) to tag!

1. The Beatles - Oh! Darling 2. Nightmare - The World 3. The Head and the Heart - Down in the Valley 4. Paramore - Still into You 5. Hurts - Stay 6. Jimmy Eat World - The Middle 7. Gin Blossoms - Follow You Down 8. CHiCO with Honeyworks - Ai no Scenario 9. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More 10. ABBA - Waterloo 11. SID - Rain 12. Noah and the Whale - All Through the Night 13. The Civil Wars - I've Got This Friend

[thelastifntdragonrider]

HI! I’m putting all of the things i’ve been tagged in from the past couple of weeks that i haven’t answered yet bc i’m working hard on an admission portfolio for university and i really want to get into Sheridan, so yep lots of work and lots of art. i am also working on the HTTYD fandom reading (please sign up) and the next chapters of J’Imagine and No Cannon Shall Sink This Ship. Anyways, onto the tagged: 

get to know me meme: tagged by @animalsarepeople2​ thank youuuu! 

nicknames: Kei / Keiko *i explain this in a question down there somewhere 

Gender: Female 

Star Sign: Libra

MBTI Type: INFJ 

Height: 163cm 

Time: 17:07 (by the time I finished all of these it’s 18:36) 

Birthday: February 25 

Favourite Bands: Beatles, Young Rising Sons, Clean Bandits, Lovelyz, Infinite 

Favourite Solo Artists: Ailee, Ed Sheeran 

Song Stuck in My Head: 1cm by Lovelyz 

Last Movie Watched: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Johnny Depp

Last Show Watched: I just binge watched Stranger Things 

When I created my blog: July 15, 2013/June 27, 2017

What I post about: httyd, animated movies, animation

Last thing I Googled: information about Sheridan and character rotation 

Other blogs I have: my main blog @tokkeiko

Following: 100, though I want to find more good blogs, any recs anyone? 

Followers: in total from both blogs, 200 or something 

Favourite colour: Green 

Average hours of sleep: 8-ish 

Lucky number: 7

Instruments: piano, oboe 

What I’m wearing: jeans and my current favourite sweater which is grey with gold spots 

Number of blankets: I need to remember to find another one bc my room is freezing when I wake up in the morning

Dream Job: story artist at Disney 

Dream trip: i just want to get out of my city rn 

Favourite food: i’m just hungry rn, give me anything, but favourite food, among others, is salted caramel truffle blizzard from the good old DQ (#lovemydq) 

Music ask, tagged by @yv-sketches THANKS!!!! 

10 songs that you are listening to right now; 

my current favourite playlist is called Shut Up and Dance:

“Elle Me Dit” Mika 

“Red Balloon” Charli XCX 

“Dancing in the Dark” Rihanna 

“Shut Up and Dance” Walk the Moon

“Red and Gold” Young Rising Sons 

“Can’t Stop the Feeling” Justin Timberlake 

“Better When I’m Dancing” Meghan Trainor 

“I Bet My Life” Imagine Dragons 

“Into a Fantasy” Alexander Rybak 

“Get Back Up Again” Anna Kendrick

Tag Game, taggged by @thepurplewriter333 ty friend-o! 

Nicknames: Keiko/Kei/Spirit/Sweet Potato 

Gender: Female

Star Sign; Pisces 

Height: 163cm 

Sexuality: probably straight 

Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff!!!

Favourite animals: uhhhh... orcas probably 

Average hours spent sleeping: 8 i think, i’m not bothering with math rn 

Dogs or cats: KITTY, all of my sibilings have a significant other and all of their significant others’ have cats and why can’t I have a s/o with a cat???

number of blankets sleeping: during the winter, aka now already, two 

Dream trip: geeeeetttt meeeee ouuuuttt offf thissss citttyyyyy

Dream job: Story artist at Disney 

when I made this account: June 27. 2017

why I made this account: bc i wanted a place to reblog all of the httyd stuff without loosing followers on my other blog 

# of followers: like 47, I think? I recently got more. follow me i am cool person 

92 statements, tagged by @thepurplewriter333 thanks for the double tag! 

Last: 

Drink: Tim Hortons’ Double Double (got to stay caffeinatedddddddd) 

 Phone Call: Home to get a ride home 

Text message: Friend to go hang out later

Song You Listened To: Shooting Star by Lovelyz

Time You Cried: uhhhhhhhh... oh, like a month ago, it was a bad week and then I watched Home and my emotions were already out of wack so I basically sobbed near the end 

Have you: 

Dated someone twice: Nope 

Kissed someone and regretted it: Nope, i’m boring

Been cheated on: nope 

Lost someone special: nope 

Been depressed: i feel like it’s hard to be a university student and not get depressed 

Gotten drunk and thrown up: i am a boring party person and yeah, no i haven’t 

List 3 favourite colours: 

Green

Blue 

Gold 

In the last year have you: 

made new friends: Yeahhhh

fallen out of love: nopppeee...?

Laughed until you cried: like every other day

Found someone was talking about you: in a good way; nope. In a bad way: yeah too many times

found out who your friends are: yeahhhhhh

kissed someone on your FB list: okay someday, i’ll have more interesting answers 

General: 

how many FB friends do you know IRL: 99% of them 

Do you have any pets: nope 

Do you want to change your name: i recently thought about dropping my middle name, but like it has significance to my parents so probably won’t happen and my middle name doesn’t do anything so idk 

what did you do for your last birthday: Keep in mind that I turned 18: my friends and I went to Build-A-Bear and they got me a Build-A-Bear Toothless. 

What time do you wake up: my alarms on early days are 7:00, 7:05, 7:15, 7:25, 7:35, 7:45, 8:00. I naturally wake up at 9-ish 

What were you doing at midnight last night: Sleeping :D 

Name something you can’t wait for: to (hopefully) get accepted into Sheridan and start a new adventure out there.

When was the last time you saw your mom: she’s in the kitchen with me 

what is one thing you wish you could change in your life: i wish that I could’ve figured out what I wanted to do with life so that I could’ve started Sheridan this year 

What are you listening to right now: Sheridan portfolio reviews, tips, etc. (Starting to see a pattern here?) 

Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: friend’s dad. he’s a cool dad. 

Something that is getting on your nerves: when people are packing up their stuff before the professor is finished talking in the last 5 minutes of class. URGH stop moving ppl this stuff is important 

Most visited website: FB, YT, tumblr 

Mole(s): couple

Mark(s): I have freckles (might be moles) on each cheek under both eyes. 

Childhood dream: when you’re a kid, you’re really only exposed to teacher, doctor, police man and whatever your parents are. I think I defaulted to an artist when adults asked. 

Hair colour: black, I have silver hairs though, they stick out on the black hair a lot 

long or short hair: I always grow my hair out and then cut off 12 inches to donate to cancer wigs  

Do you have a crush on someone: not currently, though i had a crush on a guy for like 5 years, so even now, 5 years later, I get happy when I think about him 

Piercings: no, i really think a conch piercing would be nice though 

Blood type: ... A I think, i’ve never gotten tested, but according to genetics, I should be an A 

Nicknames: my full name is Keiko, but everyone called me Kei as a kid, but during high school, I started introducing myself as Keiko, so some people call me Kei, some people call me Keiko, one of them is a nickname, depending on which way you think about it, 

Relationship Status: Egg salad. 

Zodiac: Pisces 

Pronouns: She/her

Favourite TV show: Friends 

Right or left handed: Right, but recently I’ve been trying to teach myself to draw with my left hand 

Surgery: Wisdom teeth 

Hair dyed a different colour: nope, but I think I might try a ombre some day 

Sports: ballet since I was 4ish, ballet is a sport, come fight me on it if you dare 

Vacation: a lot of camping when I was younger, I’ve been to Japan twice, and then places across Canada

Pair of trainers: are we talking about trainers as in shoes? bc then ankle high all black vans. 

More General: 

Eating: this is taking so long I stopped and had supper between these sections

Drinking: Double Double (Tim’s coffee, two creams, two sugars), gotta stay AWaaaaaaaaaaKE

I’m about to: draw character designs or go out to coffee shop to study with friends 

Want: to get into Sheridan so so so so so badly 

Get married: I’m still single, want to put my career first, so yep not for a little while 

Career: i’m a cake decorator rn, see my cakes on my insta @tanakeiart 

Hugs or Kisses: hUG mE

Lips or eyes: Eyes, (though I am supper bad at making eye contact) 

Shorter or taller: would be nice to be slightly taller... 

Older or younger: like to date or something? I think high school rule is a good rule, but rn looking at niners mAN they are tiny

Nice arms or stomach: arms to hug meeeeee

Sensitive or loud: i think I would need a loud person to compliment me 

Hook up or relationship: relationship bc you have a standing plus one to everything and rn being single I have to text like 5 friends to find someone to go with me to something 

Troublemaker or hesitant: hesitant 

Have you ever: 

kissed a stranger: Nope 

Drank hard liquor: I only have like four months until my 19th so like i’ll go drinking then 

Lost Glasses/contact lenses: funny story: family and i were in Japan and we were at Kinkaku-ji and then i realize that one of my eyes have gone fuzzy, so thinking that there is something on the lens, i take my glasses off and my lens had fallen out of the frame. my family literally crawled around trying to find my lost lens, we did find it, but we couldn’t find a small screw that would hold the lens in. my dad fixed it with a twist tie.

turned someone down: nobody likes me so nobody has asked me so i have never turned someone down 

broken someone’s heart: no 

had your heart broken: yeah, by a friend. It is shATTERing 

been arrested: not even a parking ticket in my name 

cried when someone died: no, i am some kind of emotionless egg

fallen for a friend: my heart easily leaps and often trips falls and gets lost

Do you believe in:

yourself: yes, I believe that I can get in, I believe that I can be what I want to be. 

Miracles: I believe in karma more than miracles 

Love at first sight: yes, but not in the way that media portrays it 

Santa claus: nah 

Kiss on the first date: this is weirdly phrased. 

other: 

current best friend name: becky 

Eye colour: brown 

Favourite movie: the other day i was procrastinating and made an official list of favourite movies, which still has a lot of ties: 1/2: httyd 1/2, 3/4: moana, big hero 6, 5/6/7: wreck it ralph, tangled, rise of the guardians,  8/9/10: back to the future 1-3 

wow that took a lot of time, but thanks for tagging me! I’m tagging @thepurplewriter333 @yv-sketches and @animalsarepeople2 on the ones that you didn’t tag me in! also tagging @katlikespie @crazilexa and @fading-shadows for whichever one/s you want to do!