#leave wilson pickett alone

[sussex-sweetheart]

I've said it once, I'll say it a thousand times, WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THE BRITISH MEDIA?!

This is #avocadogate all over again. 😒

[darrysfav]

50s-60s songs that remind me of the outsiders characters pt.2

Ponyboy Curtis

It's A Lonesome Old Town - Frank Sinatra

Cry! Cry! Cry! - Johnny Cash!

White Room - Cream

It's Such A Pretty World Today - Wynn Stewart

Sodapop Curtis

The Hanging Tree - Marty Robbins

Honky Tonk Man - Johnny Horton

Take Me Back To Tulsa - Bob Willis & Tommy Duncan

I Hope She'll Be Happier With Him - Wilson Pickett

Darry Curtis

It's A Man's Man's Man's World - James Brown

Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford

Handy Man - Jimmy Jones

Big Boss Man - Elvis Presley

Johnny Cade

They're Hanging Me Tonight - Marty Robbins

The Masters Call - Marty Robbins

Bad Luck - Dinah Washington

Cry! Cry! Cry! - Johnny Cash

Steve Randle

She's My Witch - Kip Tyler

In The Jailhouse Now - Jimmie Rodgers

Race With The Devil - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps

Leave My Woman Alone - Ray Charles

Two - Bit Matthews

Get A Job - The Silhouettes

Hey, Good Lookin' - Hank Williams

Surfin' Bird - The Trashman

Do You Believe In Magic - The Lovin' Spoonful

Dallas Winston :

Big Iron - Marty Robbins

Lipstick On Your Collar - Connie Francis

Please Mr. Jailer - Wynona Carr

In The Jailhouse Now - Jimmie Rodgers

A/N - THIS TOOK SO FUCKUNG LONG

[thecoleopterawithana]

Paul McCartney: Inside the Songs | BBC Radio 4

Paul reads from his new book, The Lyrics (2021).

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PAUL: ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’ is of Revolver and we were having fun trying out different instruments in the arrangements. And here we have the brass section. I’d been listening to a lot of American R&B and Soul, and there were horn sections on those records: Joe Tex, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, people like that. That was enough impetus for me to think, “I’ll have a go at that!” That’s often how things happen with me: I’ll hear something on the radio and think, “Wow! I’m gonna do my version of that!”

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It’s interesting to work with another artist recording one of my songs as it makes me ask questions about how it should sound. Should this be exactly the same as ours? Or should things be changed around a bit? Some songs have more breathing room than others and the question comes up whether to improvise on a song like this. If your aim in doing a concert is to please people, it’s probably best to leave the song alone. I read recently that Bob Dylan thinks that he does the songs pretty much as they sound on the records, but I don’t agree. We went to one of his concerts recently and it was sometimes difficult to recognize his songs. And in The New York Times he was quoted as saying he didn’t improvise; I laughed me head off when I heard that! It was the funniest thing I’d read for a while. He’s a great guy, but you just don’t know whether he’s being tongue in cheek. 

[cardest]

Tennessee playlist

I’m going to Memphis! This is the mighty Tennessee - Memphis & Nashville playlist. You can’t tell the story of rock n roll without mentioning Memphis. Mississippi and Nashville, such a great history of music in this region. Chuck D hits things off with the ultimate introduction. Hit play here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC1_X9nesbW37-9FNLiJWOQ1f

This playlist has it all. Soul, blues and rock n roll. We take a journey back to the beginning of country as well, with Nashville and finish up at Dollywood. Hope you dig it.

Tennessee - Mississippi - Arkansas

001 Henry Rollins & Chuck D - Rise Above 002 Clutch -  Devil & Me 003 Paul Simon - Graceland 004 Isaac Hayes - Memphis Trax 005 Scott Walker - Thats How I Got to Memphis 006 AC/DC - let there be rock 007 Johnny Cash -  Country Boy 008 Chuck Berry -  Back To Memphis 009 Jay Reatard - Gree, Money, Useless Children 010 Lukah - Black Dragon 011 King Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew 012 Rosetta Howard & the Harlem Hamfats - Delta Bound 013 Nots - In Glass 014 Pere Ubu - Memphis 015 Loretta Lynn - The Pill 016 Howlin Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin 017 Rory Gallagher - The Mississippi Sheiks 018 Crime and the City Solution - Streets Of West Memphis 019 River City Tanlines - Met You Before 020 Johnny Cash - Going To Memphis 021 Al Green - Get Back Baby 022 Kim Salmon & The Surrealists - The Zipper 023 Booker T & the MG - Melting Pot 024 Pussycat - Mississippi 025 Boswell Sisters - Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On 026 Aretha Franklin   - Muddy Water 027 The Cramps - Garbageman 028 HASH REDACTOR - Good Sense 029 Optic Sink - Personified 030 Angry Angles - Blockhead 031 Big Star - Thirteen 032 Memphis Jug Band -  Going Back to Memphis 033 North Mississippi AllStars - K.C. Jones (On The Road Again) 034 Bass Drum Of Death -  Bad Reputation 035 Today Is the Day -  The Devil's Blood 036 Walk the Line Soundtrack- Get Rhythm 037 Jack White -  Temporary Ground 038 Jerry Lee Lewis - A Damn Good Country Song 039 The Homemade Jamz Blues Band - Rumors 040 Saving Abel - Pine Mountain (The Dance of the Poor Proud Man) 041 The Oxford Circle - Foolish Woman 042 Bobbie Gentry - Greyhound Goin' Somewhere 043 Reigning Sound - A Little More Time 044 NINA SIMONE - MISSISSIPPI GODDAM! 045 Laurie Anderson - Hiawatha 046 Glen Campbell - Burning Bridges 047 Dolly Parton - Hillbilly Willy 048 Elvis Presley - Guitar Man 049 Blue Oyster Cult - Divine Wind 050 Sammy Hagar - Halfway To Memphis 051 Izzy Stradlin   - Memphis                       052 Johnny Cash -  Run Softly, Blue River 053 Iron Horse - Unchained 054 The Cramps - Human Fly 055 Faces - Memphis 056 Jack Oblivian - Rat City 057 The Cooters - Bustin' Loose 058 Mott the Hoople - All The Way From Memphis 059 Dusty Springfield -  Breakfast in Bed 060 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tupelo 061 Chicago - Blues In The Night             062 Crossin Dixon - Guitar Slinger 063 Strummin' With The Devil - And the Cradle Will Rock 064 Stray Cats -  Can't Go Back to Memphis 065 Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds 066 Suzi Quatro - Can't Trust Love 067 Lost Sounds - There's Nothing   068 Ike & Tina Turner ~ River Deep, Mountain High 069 Neil Diamond - Memphis Flyer 070 Julien Baker - hardline 071 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Memphis Soul Typecast 072 Isaac Hayes  - Groove-A-Thon 073 Otis Clay - Trying To Live My Life Without You 074 Tim McGraw - Don't Mention Memphis 075 Eric Burdon & War - Blues For Memphis Slim 076 Homemade Jamz Blues Band - Blues Train 077 Sweet Knives - I DON'T WANNA DIE 078 Cream - Four Until Late 079 Grateful Dead - Golden Road 080 Huey Lewis and the  NEWS - Function At The Junction 081 The Cramps - I Was A Teenage Werewolf 082 Jesse Winchester_ The Brand New Tennessee Waltz 083 Dorsey Burnette - Tall Oak Tree 084 Field Music - Time In Joy 085 Jay Reatard -  Blood Visions 086 The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women 087 Quintron & Miss Pussycat  - Block the comet 088 Al Green - Let's Stay Together 089 The Mountain Goats - Getting Into Knives 090 Johnny Cash -  Tennessee Flat Top Box 091 Robert Pete Williams & Robert â���œGuitar" J. Welch - Mississippi Heavy Water Blues 092 MARY JAMES - MAKE THE DEVIL LEAVE ME ALONE 093 Ministry - Mississippi Queen 094 U.S. Bombs - Rocks in Memphis 095 Nazareth - Jet Lag 096 The Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost 097 Ty Segall - Despoiler Of Cadaver 098 His Hero Is Gone - Like Weeds 099 Jerry Lee Lewis - Memphis Beat 100 Generation X =  King Rocker 101 The Doobie Brothers - Wild Ride 102 Bad Company - Whiskey Bottle 103 Black Stone Cherry - When The Weight Comes Down 104 Buddy Miles - Memphis Train 105 Memphis Slim - Rockin' The House (Beer Drinkin' Woman) 106 David Clayton Thomas  - Wish The World Would Come to Memphis 107 Lost Sounds - Better Than Somethings 108 Alice Cooper - Ubangi Stomp 109 Tom Waits -  Don't Go Into The Barn 110 Hank Snow - Music Makin' Mama From Memphis 111 Phil Ochs - Heres to the State of Misssippi 112 Reigning Sound  - Your Love Is A Fine Thing 113 Pixies -  Letter to Memphis 114 Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again 115 The Colorblind James Experience - Considering A Move To Memphis 116 B.B.King - Rock Me Baby 117 Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y 118 Aquarian Blood - A Love That Leads To War 119 Nights Like These - Scavenger's Daughter 120 Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog 121 Clutch -  The House That Peterbilt 122 Lyal Strickland - O Arkansas 123 Don Bryant - How Do I Get There 124 The Sensational Barnes Brothers - Trying To Go Home 125 Squirrel Nut Zippers - Memphis Exorcism 126 Faster Pussycat - Tattoo 127 The Rolling Stones - Memphis Tennessee 128 Alcatrazz -  Sons And Lovers 129 Evil Army - Violence And War 130 Deep Purple - Somebody Stole My Guitar (Purpendicular 11) 131 Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs 132 UFO - Natural Thing 133 Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys - Tennessee 134 Confederate Railroad - Queen of Memphis 135 The Box Tops - The Letter 136 Jerry Lee Lewis - Night Train To Memphis 137 Reverend John Wilkins - Trouble 138 Phil Lynott - Kings Call (feat. Mark Knopfler) 139 Old Crow Medicine Show - Motel in Memphis 140 Candy Lee- Here in Arkansas 141 Pharoah Sanders - You've Got To Have Freedom 142 Molly Hatchet - Mississippi Moon Dog 143 Rwake - Crooked Rivers 144 CARL PERKINS & PAUL SIMON - A Mile Out Of Memphis 145 Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood 146 Al Green - Talk to me 147 Mush - Eat the Etiquette 148 PJ Harvey - Memphis 149 EX-CULT  - Clinical Study 150 Isaac Hayes  - Mans Temptation 151 Lil’ Jon & Eastside Boyz - Rep Yo City 152 Rufus Wainwright - Memphis Skyline 153 Stray Cats - 18 Miles to Memphis 154 Amasa Hines - Earth and Sky 155 Joe Henderson -  Back Road 156 Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash - Memphis Woman 157 Norma Jean - Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste 158 Fess Parker - Ballad of Davy Crockett 159 Assjack -  Redneck Ride 160 Brother Andy & His Big Damn Mouth - Social Lube 161 The Replacements - Alex Chilton 162 Ann Peebles - The handwriting is on the wall 163 The Highwaymen -  Big River 164 The Cult - Memphis Hip Shake 165 STEVE EARLE -  Hillbilly Highway 166 The BO-KEYS featuring OTIS CLAY -Got To Get Back 167 Rush - Tom Sawyer 168 Class Of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming - Birth Of Rock And Roll 169 Hank Williams Jr - Memphis Belle 170 Sam Moore & Dave Prater - Soul Man 171 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bloc Bloc Bloc 172 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition  - Just Dropped In 173 Linda Heck - pictures of dead people 174 Carla Thomas - Sugar 175 Three Mafia 6 - Mystic Stylez 176 Osborne Brothers- Rocky Top 177 The Beverly Hillbillies Theme Song 178 Wilson Pickett - Barefootin' 179 Dolly Parton - Jolene 180 Charlie Daniels - long haired country boy 181 The Civil Wars - From This Valley 182 Jill Jack - Gettin' On In Memphis (The Elvis Song) 183 Huckleberry Finn and His Friends - Opening title 184 Dead Cross -  Skin of a Redneck 185 Johnny Cash - I Never Picked Cotton 186 Old Crow Medicine Show -  Wagon Wheel 187 Isaac Hayes  - That love feeling 188 Aretha Franklin - I say a little prayer 189 Little Milton - What Do You Do When You Love Somebody 190 Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful 191 Weird Al" Yankovic - Money For Nothing / Beverly Hillbillies 192 The Oblivians - I'll Be Gone 193 OT Sykes - Stone crush on you 194 The Mad Lads  - Come closer to me 195 The Box Tops - Choo Choo train 196 Bobby Blue Bland - dreamer 197 Wanda Jackson - Rip It Up 198 Junior Parker - Love Ain't Nothin' but a Business Goin' On 199 The Nightingales ft. Tommy Tate - Just a Little Overcome 200  The Louvin Brothers - Satan is real 201 Overture "Big River" - (1985 Original Broadway Cast) 202 Ike & Tina Turner - Shake 203 Playa Fly - fly shit 204 Adia Victoria - Different Kind Of Love 205 Grateful Dead - Tennessee Jed 206 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Backwoods 207 Otis Redding - Tennessee Waltz 208 Nashville Pussy - The Late Great USA 209 The Paperhead - The true poet 210 Tomahawk - South Paw 211 Night Beats - Her Cold Cold Heart 212 Forest of Tygers - human monster 213 LOSS - All Grows on Tears 214 Charlie McCoy - Wayfaring Stranger 215 Dick Stusso - Modern Music 216 Eddie Noack - Aint the Reaping Ever Done 217 Jason & the Scorchers - Greetings From Nashville   218 Jasmin Kaset and Quichenight - A Single Right Word 219  Gospel Keynotes - Give Me My Flowers 220   WEEN - Scrape the Mucus off My Brain 221 Shannon Shaw - Broke My Own 222 The Jesus Lizard - Blue Shot 223 Eddy Arnold    - Tennessee Stud 224 Clutch - Pure Rock Fury 225 Today Is The Day -  Who Is The Black Angel? 226 Hank Williams Jnr - Tennessee River 227 The Dead Weather -  Bone House 228  Every Mother's Nightmare - Long Haired Country Boy 229 Motley Crue - She goes down 230 Waylon Jennings - Tennessee 231 Dolly Parton - Down On Music Row 232 Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon - Lets Go Burn Ole Nashville Down 233 The Byrds - Nashville West 234 Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up 235 Bill Anderson ~ More Than A Bedroom Thing 236 Dottie West - Route 65 To Nashville 237 Intruder - The Martyr 238 Johnny Cash - Smiling Bill McCall 239 Lynard Skynyrd - Workin For MCA 240 The Everly Brothers  - Nashville Blues 241 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Elusive Dreams 242 Nashville Bluegrass Band - Im Gonna Love You 243 Ringo Starr - No-No Song 244 Hank Williams - Hey, Good Lookin' 245 The Lovin Spoonful - Nashville Cats 246 They Might Be Giants - James K. Polk 247 Commander Cody  -  Back To Tennessee 248 Wanda Jackson - Shakin' All Over 249 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Grand Ole Opry Song 250 Tomahawk - Flashback 251 Megadeth -  Dystopia 252 Dolly Parton -  Train, Train 253 The Clovers - One Mint Julep 254 Trampled By Turtles - Whiskey 255 Tom T. Hall - Nashville is a Groovy Little Town 256 Muddy Waters - I am the blues 257 Foo Fighters - Congregation 258 Pavement - Strings Of Nashville 259 Joe Ely - Tennessees Not The State Im In 260 Waylon Jennings - Nashville Bum 261 The Charmels - As Long As I Got You 262 Eve Maret - Do my thing 263 SABATON - 82nd All the Way 264 Halfway To Hazard - Welcome To Nashville 265 Nashville Pussy - Go Motherfucker Go 266 Indigo Girls - Nashville 267 Snarls - Walk In The Woods 268 Steeler - Cold Day in Hell 269 Strummin' With The Devil  - Jamies Cryin' 270 spazz gummo love theme 271 The Cramps - Cornfed Dames 272 Saxon -  Solid Ball Of Rock 273 Al Green - Tired of Being Alone 274 Soul Friction - It's Out Of My Hands 275 Today Is the Day - Wheelin' 276 Jackie Lynn - Odessa 277 The Jesus Lizard - Nub 278 Bully - Where To Start 279 Sonny Boy Williamson II - Lonesome Cabin 280 Tomahawk - God hates a coward 281 The Louvin Brothers - Knoxville Girl 282 Tom Waits - Jitterbug Boys 283 The Evil Dead Soundtrack  - Bridge Out 284 Wanda Jackson - Thunder On The Mountain 285 Elvis Presley - Where Do I Go From Here 286 Booker T & the MGs - Back Home 287 Ezra Furman & the Harpoons - American Highway 288 Joe Ely - dream camera 289 Assjack - Tennessee Driver 290 Nashville Pussy  - We Want A War 291 Dwight Yoakam - A Thousand Miles From Nowhere 292 Hank Williams, Jr. - Knoxville Courthouse Blues 293 ZZ Top - My Head's in Mississippi 294 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band -  Honky Tonkin' 295 Dead Weather - Die by the Drop 296 The Black Belles - What can I do 297 Dolly Parton  - Cowgirl And The Dandy 298 The Secret Sisters  - I've Got a Feeling 299 Justin Townes Earle - Aint Got No Money 300 Tomahawk - M.E.A.T 301 Jex Thoth - The Places You Walk 302 Bill Carter - Road To Nowhere 303 Bill Dees (Roy Orbison back vocals) - Tennesse Owns My Soul 304 Karen Elson  - The Ghost Who Walks 305 The Who - Whiskey Man 306 Hank Williams III - Crazed Country Rebel 307 The Lost Sounds - I Get Nervous 308 Big Star - September Gurls 309 ZZ Top - Whiskey n Mama 310 Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down 666 Isaac Hayes - Hyperbolicsyllablecsesquedalymistic

Hit play: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC1_X9nesbW37-9FNLiJWOQ1f

[dream-of-wanting-me]

More song asks for @charlieaffair

1. your favorite song If I really really had to try and choose, it would have to be by Daddy. It would have to be a Whitesnake song... Only My Soul.

2. the first song you remember loving It’s called The Little White Rabbit, it’s a Bulgarian children’s song. The little white rabbit Played all day In the nearby forest With a doe And then it got dark, and the little white rabbit got lost in the forest. Then the cricket’s bride, the firefly, found the rabbit, and lit his way home. 3. a song that reminds you of summer Santana’s Smooth was a hit in one of the hottest summers of my life, 1999.

4. a song you haven’t heard in years When I was a teen, three of Michael Jackson’s nephews had a band called 3T. I haven’t listened to them for a long time. I saw the boys trying to defend their late uncle earlier this year, when Leaving Neverland came out. I don’t want to listen to them. 6. a song that reminds you of your favorite book Winnie the Pooh is one of my favorites. The audio book with Stephen Fry as Pooh has a few songs. One of them goes, It’s a very funny thought that if bears were bees they’d build their nests in the bottom of trees And that being so, if the bees were bears, we wouldn’t have to climb up all these stairs.

But Stephen is convinced that he can’t sing, so he just recites the poem and a piano plays the melody :)

7. a song that makes you want to dance Twisted Transistor by Korn :):) It’s about transistors. Joke, actually it’s about transistors, just like Rammstein’s Radio. Transistors you put between your legs.

8. the best song from your favorite album Sailing Ships is the best song on Whitesnake’s Slip of the Tongue album. It has Sveve Vai.

9. a song that makes you want to cry The Eagle Flies Alone by Arch Enemy. I wish I was as free as the character in that song. And From the Heaven of My Heart by Amophis.

10. a song that makes you feel young Wilson Pickett’s 6345789 . Just because it’s an old song :P

[5-star-songs]

“If You Need Me (Second Version)” — WILSON PICKETT

On one hand, this is a textbook example of a deep soul ballad. The mournful pace, the washes of organ, and the vocal that devolves into nothing but anguished howls before it’s over tell us this man’s in pain, but also that he has some hope the person who’s gone might, in fact, pick up the phone one day.

On the other hand, it’s an example of what happens when you turn all those elements up to 11, and the results are instructive. The band keeps going for almost six minutes, giving Pickett ample room to do his thing, and he improvises lustily. Most of the time he sounds completely lost in the moment, and the abandon with which he shouts is contagious. At other times, though, it’s clearly too much — as he seems to realize just before the band winds down, saying, “I better leave this one alone y’all.”

I’m pretty sure that’s Pickett, the professional, telling his band he’s done all he can and any more would break the spell. But he still sounds like Pickett, the narrator of this song, reminding himself he can’t keep dwelling on this particular loss, as it’s just too dangerous — to the extent that, in his very next breath, he ignores his own advice and tries to turn what he just said into an actual part, singing, “I better leave it alone,” so that those become the last five words of the song.

The combination is as good an example as I’ve ever found how the best soul singers use emotion as an instrument, as much as their voices. The pain is real, even when he’s faking it.

(Note: Pickett’s original version of this tune came out in 1962; I don’t believe this 1972 remake, cut in Muscle Shoals, was ever issued until it was included in the amazing boxed set, Funky Midnight Mover, which collected all his Atlantic recordings.)

[petervc88]

Cappelle Classics - 19 januari 2021 - Ice Radio

Terug luisteren kan hier.

Dit was de playlist:

Robert Palmer - Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) (1979) Aaron Frazer - Can't Leave It Alone (2021) Carl Perkins - Honey Don't (1957) The Beatles - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (1964) Louisv - Trouble In Paradise (2015) Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (1977) Janis Joplin - Little Girl Blue (1969) Electronic - Get The Message (1991) The Mama's & The Papa's - Twelve-Thirty (1968) Kubb - Wicked Soul (2006) Ray Dalton - Don't Make Me Miss You (2021) The Decemberist - Down By The Water (2011) Kim Carnes - Betty Davis Eyes (1981) Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy (1996) Wilson Pickett - Land Of 1000 Dances (1966)

Volgende week dinsdagavond van 22:00 t/m 23:00 is er weer een nieuwe uitzending van Cappelle Classics op Ice Radio.

[wildstrandsblog]

I got a taste of traveling alone at the end of my trip spanning New Zealand, Australia, and Bali, but I needed more of it and my 30th birthday was calling me.

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I packed my bags and headed on foot from my Baltimore townhome to hitch the train bound for the airport that would fly me across the pond to land in London during a November that felt almost timeless.

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I set out hitting the London city-streets in Camden, home to Amy Winehouse, the Koko Theater, and all those driven by a culture that made art look effortless by putting every last drop of blood they had in it.

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Just beyond the buzz and hum happening on Camden Street were the old gardens of Regent Park.

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In a stillness after a Strongbow-inspired night and a cast of Camden characters, I clicked this photo in the London drizzle that gave me a sense that maybe this was the whole picture of the only thing I came for.

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I’m excited to hear the news coming from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

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From @sussexroyal quoting HRH Prince Harry

“I truly believe that good mental health - mental fitness - is the key to powerful leadership, productive communities and a purpose-driven self…”

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Prince Harry & Oprah are partnering, co-creating, and producing a new series on mental health focusing on illness & wellness, working to inspire viewers to have an honest conversation about the challenges each of us face.

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They will be advocates for those who silently suffer, to empower us to get the help & support we deserve as well as how to equip ourselves to survive & thrive, working to break the stigma surrounding mental illness and to broaden the conversation on mental wellness.

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“...sharing global stories of unparalleled human spirit fighting back from the darkest places, and the opportunity for us to understand ourselves and those around us.”

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This hits very close to home for me. What is your story that brought you out of the dark and into the light?

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September Rose - a playlist for the women who need to dance for themselves

September Rose - Caitlin Russo

On and On - Curtis Harding

No Longer Lovers - Kassandra

May I Have This Dance (remix) - Francis and the Lights, Chance the Rapper

Big Bad Good - My Bubba

I Close My Eyes - Madison Cunningham

Into the Mystic - Van Morrison

I Should Live in Salt - Asgeir

Blanket - Siv Jakobsen

I Want You Back - Lake Street Drive

When the Morning Comes - Daryl Hall & John Oates

Rich Girl - the bird and the bee

Don’t Give Up - Feist, Timbre Timbre

Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett

Green Mountain State - Corinna Rose & The Rusty Horse Band

Love Ain't Enough - The Barr Brothers

An Opening - Charlie Cunningham

Let’s Dance - M. Ward

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a poem I wrote for the occassion....

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Late September Rose ~ 4.11.19

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Late September Rose

That didn’t bloom until it was almost winter,

When the leaves on trees were falling,

When the Sun already began setting.

She held onto her bud until she burst into bloom

And she was showered from the bower

That held the wealth of God’s tears

Like a luck that rains down from the Heavens.

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Late September Rose,

You have opened. What more is there to do

But to sit and be beautiful

While others admire you,

Though you wonder if anyone will see how deep your roots go

And how far your bloodline links you back

To the days they said were golden.

Can they see your ancient ways and hear how it is calling?

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Late September Rose,

You are perfect in this very moment.

You can rely on the rest of us to support you

Though times seem rough and the wind is harshly blowing,

And you need things to slow down

So it doesn’t get the best of you.

But you’ll see it all was meant to make you stronger

And you were made to last the winter.

[yoursongmaker]

Using Names in Song Lyrics

Using someone’s name in lyrics you write can be powerful. And I probably don’t need to tell you that there approximate 8 million names of females who men have written about. There are female artists who write about names as well, but ironically, they are mostly woman as well. Joline by Dolly Parton, for example is about her begging another romantic rival to leave her relationship alone with her “man”. There are quite a few songs with male names in them, but by far more famous songs with female names.

This can be tricky. Because lyrics with names can get cheesy. The cheese factor is big. It needs to be written correctly and musically composed correctly. Here are some things to think about when writing lyrics with names in them.

When using a name in song lyrics sometimes it takes relatability out of the song for the listener. Except of course whose name is the same name in the lyrics. Think about it, I bet you can think of a song, a famous song, that sings your name. Because you think it could relate to you…even if it doesn’t at all. If it does it makes an even greater impact.

Using name in lyrics can be very loving and romantic. It shows the person you care enough about them and thinking enough about them to put their name in to a piece of artwork. That’s pretty cool.

Names in lyrics are fun and can have a great impact for the person you are writing it for. If the lyrics and song are good enough, they can have a very wide appeal – as you can see from this ridiculously long list of names from the website flashback.com:

1. Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles

2. Cecilia – Simon & Garfunkel

3. Suite Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills and Nash

4. Martha My Dear – The Beatles

5. Along Comes Mary – The Association

6. Lola – The Kinks

7. Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) – Looking Glass

8. Mandy – Barry Manilow

9. My Sharona – The Knack

10. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – Simon & Garfunkel

11. Aimee – Pure Prairie League

12. Michelle – The Beatles

13. Beth – KISS

14. Gloria – Them

15. A Rose for Emily – The Zombies

16. Ruby (Don’t Take Your Love to Town) – Kenny Rogers

17. Billie Jean – Michael Jackson

18. Lovely Rita – The Beatles

19. Layla – Derek and the Dominos

20. Sarah Smile – Hall and Oates

21. Sheena is a Punk Rocker – The Ramones

22. Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac

23. Josie – Steely Dan

24. Help Me, Rhonda – The Beach Boys

25. Cara-Lin – The Strangeloves

26. Sally G -Paul McCartney

27. Melissa – The Allman Brothers

28. Lucille – Kenny Rogers

29. Peg- Steely Dan

30. Aubrey – Bread

31. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – The Beatles

32. Come on Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners

33. The Wind Cries Mary – Jimi Hendrix and the Experience

34. Rosanna – Toto

A tribute to Rosanna Arquette – sadly, she wasn’t impressed.

35. See Emily Play – Pink Floyd

36. Lucille – Little Richard

37. Fanny (Be Tender with My Love) – Bee Gees

38. Roxanne- The Police

39. Matilda Mother – Pink Floyd

40. Sweet Jane – Velvet Underground

41. Victoria – The Kinks

42. Wendy – Beach Boys

43. Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond

44. My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder

45. Jennifer Juniper – Donovan

46. (Love Song) For Annie – Kaleidoscope

47. Maggie Mae – Rod Stewart

48. My Maria – BW Stephenson

49. Angie – The Rolling Stones

50. Valerie – The Monkees

51. Angie Baby – Helen Reddy

52. Peggy Sue – Buddy Holly

53. Candida – Tony Orlando and Dawn

54. Bernadette – The Four Tops

55. Annie’s Song – John Denver

56. Charlena – Ruben and the Jets

57. Fannie Mae – Buster Brown

58. Jennie Lee – Shuggie Otis

59. Jessica – Allman Brothers

60. Linda Lu – Ray Sharpe

61. Sheila – Tommy Roe

62. Darling Nikki – Prince and the Revolution

63. Sheila Take a Bow – The Smiths

64. Mary Ann – Link Wray

65. Rosalie – The Searchers

66. Barbara Ann – The Beach Boys

67. Sylvia’s Mother – Dr. Hook

68. Ophelia – The Band

69. Mary Lou – Buddy Knox

70. Suzie Q – Dale Hawkins

71. She Sheila – The Producers

72. Rio – Duran Duran

73. Candy-O – The Cars

74. Emily – Frank Sinatra

75. Jolene – Dolly Parton

76. Sara – Fleetwood Mac

77. Windy – The Association

78. Wake Up Little Susie – The Everly Brothers

79. Barbara Ann – The Beach Boys

80. Elvira – The Oak Ridge Boys

81. Amanda – Waylon Jennings

82. Carrie Ann – The Hollies

83. Think of Laura – Christopher Cross

84. Christine 16- KISS

85. Delilah – Tom Jones

86. Sherry – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

87. Eleanor – The Turtles

88. Nadine – Chuck Berry.

89. Sad Lisa – Cat Stevens

90. Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett

91. Jamie’s Cryin’ – Van Halen

92. Caroline – Status Quo

93. Oh! Ma Jolie Sarah – Johnny Halliday

94. Denise – Randy & The Rainbows

95. Rosie – Joan Armatrading

96. Alice Long – Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

97. Pamela – Toto

98. Sorry Suzanne – The Hollies

99. Jeanette – The English Beat (UK The Beat)

100. Eloise – Barry Ryan

101. Runaround Sue – Dion & The Belmonts

102. Alice’s Restaurant – Arlo Guthrie

103. Lady Samantha – Orange Bicycle

104. Sweet Lorraine – Uriah Heep

105. Charlotte the Harlot – Iron Maiden

106. Jenny Artichoke – Kaleidoscope

107. Suzy Creamcheese – Frank Zappa

108. Izabella – Jimi Hendrix

109. Oh, Candy – Cheap Trick

110. Anna (El Negro Zumbon) – Esquivel

111. Ballade de Melody Nelson – Serge Gainsbourg

112. Roberta – Billy Joel

113. Cinderella – Sonics

114. Tracy- Cuff Links

115. Hello Mabel – The Bonzo Dog Band

116. Sweet Rosie Jones – Buck Owens

117. 867-5309/Jenny – Tommy Tutone

118. Daisy Mae – The Seeds

119. Jennifer Tomkins – Street People

120. Jennifer Eccles – The Hollies

121. Margorine – Tinkerbells Fairydust

122. Hallo Susie – Amen Corner

123. Fade Away Maureen – Cherry Smash

124. Sara Wells – Stone Circus

125. Caroline Goodbye – Colin Blunstone

This is the list, from the website and here are some others in the comments section… it’s literally almost never ending!

Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke

Carmelita - Warren Zevon

Marie - Randy Newman

Polk Salad Annie - Tony Joe White

Middle to lower:

Thoughts of Mary Jane - Nick Drake

Alison - Elvis Costello

Corinna - Taj Majal

Visions of Johanna - Bob Dylan

Maggie's Farm - Bob Dylan

Queen Jane Approximately - Bob Dylan

Angelina/Zooma Zooma - Louis Prima

Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole

Hadie Brown (My Little Lady) - Roy Rogers & the Sons of the Pioneers

Angie - Rolling Stones

Blue Jean - David Bowie

Venus - Shocking Blue

Molina - CCR

Sandy - Bruce Springsteen

Candy-O - The Cars

Candy's Room - Bruce Springsteen

Are you ready to write your lyrics with someone’s name in them?

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Caleb Wilson Continues To Produce For Bruins; Utah Matchup Preview

Caleb Wilson Continues To Produce For Bruins; Utah Matchup Preview

Offense

While the Bruins have shown improvement across the board during their last three games, the biggest reason that they are finally competitive is the improved play of their offense. The Bruins’ 0-4 start saw them in several games at halftime but were simply unable to put any points on the scoreboard or move the ball in any meaningful way in the second half. At the end of the day, you have to score points to win, and this Bruins offense just wasn’t able to do that.

They now look like a Chip Kelly offense. Maybe it’s simply becasue the bar was set so low, but I’m pretty excited about what Kelly has to offer this program moving forward.

Dorian Thompson-Robinson – Quarterback

Game Stats: 5/8 103 Yards, 1 TD

DTR continued his hot streak with a good start to this game before leaving early with an injury. It’s looking like Wilton Speight will get the start this week, and he’s a more than capable backup. In fact, I wanted the Bruins to start him earlier in the season when DTR was clearly holding the offense back. DTR seems to have progressed since then. But while he’s out, Speight showed last week that after shaking the rust off, he’s able to keep this offense rolling as it requires.

Utah Utes Preview: The Utes have a big-time secondary led by Javelin Guidry, Corrion Ballard, and Julian Blackmon. They specialize in shutting down receivers, breaking up passes, and intercepting the football. Regardless of who plays QB, this will be a tough one for UCLA, and the quarterback will have to take care of the football.

Game Day Grade: B

Current Draft Stock: Underclassman

Caleb Wilson – Tight End

Game Stats: 6 Rec, 82 Yards

UCLA’s increased productivity in the passing game seems to have coincided with Caleb Wilson finally getting his fair share of catches in the gameplan. This clearly has been an asset for the Bruins offense and has dictated how defenses choose to play them. While this wasn’t Wilson’s best day, he still put up impressive numbers and continues to prove his worth to this offense.

Utah Utes Preview: With how good a job this Utah secondary has done shutting down wide receivers, Wilson should get his fair share of targets to help the QB in the passing game. He also must play well in the run game to help out the depleted offensive line.

Game Day Grade: B

Current Draft Stock: 3rd Round

Andre James – Offensive Line

James’s father passed away five days before the game. He didn’t practice, yet he chose to play in this game. That alone should be worth an A grade. But not only did he play, but he was also productive while doing so. This run game continues to roll with Joshua Kelley. However, the loss of Justin Murphy may be a concern moving forward.

Utah Utes Preview: Leki Fotu, Hauati Pututau, Mike Tafue, and Bradlee Anae have all been impact players on this exotically named and dangerous defensive line. James will have his hands full in this one. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few breakdowns up front here and there.

Game Day Grade: A

Current Draft Stock: 3rd Round

Defense

This game was a bit of a shootout. The good news for the Bruins defense is that they’re starting to make plays on the ball, getting key turnovers in key moments. The bad news is that they were absolutely demolished on the ground in this game. That has to be fixed.

Keisean Lucier-South – Linebacker

Game Stats: 4 Tackles, 1 Pass Defensed

We know Lucier-South has the playmaking ability, and he’s been far from a liability on this defense. However, this was not his most impressive game. Against Utah, he and the rest of the front seven will have to do a better job corralling the run than they did against, or it’s going to be a long day.

Game Day Grade: C

Current Draft Stock: N/A

Adarius Pickett – Safety

Game Stats: 7 Tackles

A quiet day by his standards, but Pickett seems to be a pretty sure bet to play well week in and week out. Zack Moss at the running back position for Utah needs to be the priority for the defense this week. However, the Utes have quietly been very efficient throwing the football as well. This will be a tough matchup for the Bruins defense, and they’ll have to be perfect to win–especially considering the fact that the offense is likely to struggle against this Utes defense.

Game Day Grade: B

Current Draft Stock: 3rd Round

Source: https://bloghyped.com/caleb-wilson-continues-to-produce-for-bruins-utah-matchup-preview/

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20 THOUGHTS: 2018, The Sequel

2018. Richmond are reigning premiers. The Bulldogs are no longer reigning premiers.

What a bizarre collection of twelve words you would have never thought possible.

Who would be so brave to think we can’t have another drought broken, an expansion side’s first, or perhaps another fairy-tale for a side coming from outside the eight to be a flag contender within a year?

The more things change, the more things stay the same. The same coaches under the pump this time last year are still under the pump, messer Hardiwck aside. Umpiring will be umpiring, the MRP will be the MRP, and congestion will no doubt come up before Easter.

Strap yourselves in, another six months of that all too familiar love-hate insomnia kicks off once again.

 1.       Where to start? Well James Hird coming back to footy is an interesting one. Sure he had some failures as a senior coach, some bigger than others, but no-one can question that he would be astute in the right position. But the idea that it would be controversial, that it needs AFL approval, that its bad PR, please! If the United States is ok with JAL flying direct from Tokyo to Honolulu given that flight path’s history, we can be ok with James Hird back in football I think.

 2.       The big story of the year, the re-emergence of Fremantle for mine. They can get at least nine wins at their new Optus Stadium, two of which will be in Derbies. They finished first after the home and away as soon as two years ago, yes the wheels fall off soon thereafter, but with a fit superstar captain, a forward line of McCarthy, Walters, Ballantyne, Bennell, Matera, a backline of Johnson, Hamling, Pearce, Wilson, Spurr, Sandilands down to Fyfe, Neale, Mundy, the Hill brothers, plus superstar kids Blakely, Logue, Brayshaw and Cerra, finals are certainly doable and with an ounce of luck a top four show. Wilson will prove to be a great get and don’t forget, Ross Lyon can definitely coach a top four team.

 3.       Essendon and Port Adelaide are the off-season big spenders, bringing in a plethora of mature aged recruits. For the Bombers, it will help, they are still on the rise, but it’s not flag material just yet. For Port, as I’ll touch on shortly, they will go up, they should have won a final last year and then been in a position to have a crack at GWS for a spot in a Prelim, they are going to be dangerous.

 4.       The Cats though, got the Son of God back, but what does it do for them? Not tonnes. Dangerfield, Ablett and Selwood will win them many games, but they can’t all have 35 and kick 3, the backline needs a chiro, the forward line has a 1990s full forward stuck in a 2018 team, too many question marks. If they didn’t have Danger, it's a bottom ten team.

 5.       The new Optus Stadium looks an absolute treat. But alas, all the fixtures this year are either afternoon or twilight, we won’t get the spectacle of a big night game, why, because it would be too late into Melbourne. We can stay up past 10pm on a Saturday if it means Perth gets a big evening game, surely?

 6.       How’s bout The Footy Show? Oh dear. As popular as Barnaby Joyce at a family values workshop, or an office singles mixer, or a Mardi Gras party.

 7.       Tom Lynch, my pick, he heads to Collingwood. Not a biased view, but would you be content to put your only key forward talent down back in 2018, leaving an injury-prone All-Australian CHB and an American experiment as your only inside 50 targets if you had confidence in securing one of the best tall forwards in the game for 2019? Yes. The Pies have massive cap room, Pendlebury, Treloar and Sidebottom are all on less than market value, they stop paying Heath Shaw this year as well.

 8.       Robbo watch, his Top 50, Daniher at 8, Kennedy at 10, have there been too many Melbourne Bitters for Robbo over Summer? Here we go again, another six months of sloppiness?

 9.       He had Dangerfield at one, Martin at two. Who he had at three will handsomely be on top by year’s end – Fyfe is the best when fit.

 10.    Carlton play finals in 2019 - Cripps, Curnow, Dow, O'Brien, Petrevski-Seton, McKay, Garlett, Marchbank, Weitering, Pickett - we believe Bolton can coach, so 2019, September, Carlton, bank it.

 11.    Lance Franklin will surpass 900 goals this year, age 31. Dunstall did the same thing as a 30 year old, finished with 1254, third all time. Buddy is a Hall of Fame Legend lock, arguably the best many of us will ever see.

 12.    Can't have State of Origin, can't save Tasmanian football, but we can junket International Rules to the New York Red Bulls stadium sometime in late Spring? AFL against Gaelic in a sport neither plays in the backwaters of New Jersey - if Trump was AFL CEO then that sounds like something he would do. Pull your head in Gil!

 13.    Melbourne and St Kilda. Should both play finals. But are either Goodwin or Richardson the next Clarkson and able to take a team the whole way? Not yet convinced. Watch Ross Lyon and the Dockers scoot past one, maybe both.

 14.    Giants are the big ticket this year and this columns likens their plight to the familiar children’s fable Goldilocks. The eighteenth side is kinda like the Three Bears’ porridge, 2016 was too hot, 2017 was too cold, 2018 will be just right.

 15.    Where are Hawthorn this year? O'Meara hurts opposition when he isn’t hurt himself, Mitchell doesn't really hurt for the amount of pill he accumulates, how many other real weapons do they have? Lucky they have Clarko, that will probably account for half their wins alone.

 16.    Aside from Hawthorn's third flag, most premiers are boosted by getting off to great starts. The fixture heavily influences that. It’s what quells Collingwood's overdue rise back up the ladder, they'll be lucky to be 3-3 at best, but Port should be at worst 5-2 going into the Round 8 Showdown with the Suns in China to follow. Get on.

 17.    Another one on the AFL… why are we playing the AFLW Grand Final squeezed into a lunchtime in the middle of Round One when had they moved their season one week earlier the pinnacle match could have had a clear weekend from the men’s game, all to themselves? One thing to make a dumb decision but especially at the expense of an outstanding alternative?

 18.    Brownlow pick? Well it has to be Fyfe. If you want a smokey, Matt Crouch at $34 provides lovely value.

 19.    Rising Star? Andrew Brayshaw ($15) from Paddy Dow ($9) in a close one-two finish. Some value would be Sam Murray ($21) at Collingwood, should play 22 games and will average 20 touches a week.

 20.    And the final eight, here’s what we’ve settled on: GWS, Adelaide, Richmond, Port Adelaide, Fremantle, Essendon, Sydney, Geelong

(originally published March 21)

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PMP Critique:  “Pickett’s Pocket Guide” Handbook

For my pre-major project, I am putting together a locational focused booklet designed for my final major project story book. The booklet will explore the background and development of a new world in which my protagonist finds himself. 

My story focuses on a beastly yet cultivated character and the unlikely bond between him and a far less civilised scavenger child he encounters following his banishment to an autumnal forest land. My pre-major project will take form of a twisted travel guide, illustrated with a biased, distorted view of the new, therefore challenging my character’s ideas of what to expect. Everything that is illustrated in the guide will be revealed as something far less frightening in my final major project book and I wish to plant the guide in the beginning of my book, referring to it throughout the story and taking you on the same journey as my main character. 

My overall area of practice is character design focused and I will be thinking about the ways in which my characters thrive and fit into their surroundings. Each illustrated page will explore a part of the land and characters will be present throughout. My pre-major project and final major can exist independently but will link and support each other to incite the art of reveal and perception in illustrated narrative.

This is a digital concept drawing of my main character for my FMP who the booklet will be assigned to. His name is Pickett (after Wilson Pickett) and I am contemplating calling my PMP booklet “Pickett’s Pocket Guide: A Manual for the Newly Banished” or something similar. Although Pickett himself will not be illustrated in the handbook as it has been given to him, the cover and certain pages will feature very similar beasts. 

One of the main things I want to highlight in this handbook is the new world’s inhabitants, the species that rule this autumnal forest land (the deuteragonist in my FMP will be one of these.) I have decided that in the guide they will be depicted as fleshy, gangly beings with overgrown beastly heads who capture and enslave other creatures for riding. In the FMP it will be revealed that they are just human-like creatures wearing large crafted heads who live with harmless beasts that help them get around. I wanted the forest inhabitants to be tribal and I know that many existing tribes make masks and headwear in the shape and style of human and animal heads. For example, Asara Mudmen of Papa New Guinea. I wanted my inhabitants to have the heads similar to those of forest animals (i.e., a fox, a wolf, an owl, a squirrel, a hedgehog etc.) I have contemplated naming them “Nakey Bones” as I feel that this is how the beasts from Pickett’s world would see them. 

I have been playing with the idea of having a short instructional rhyme with each page that is relevant to the image, also putting more fear into Pickett on his involuntary travels. Below is an illustration of an idea I have for a forbidden location in the forest land. Gigantic trees bearing screaming faces that are found in the darkest parts of the forest land. However, in my FMP it will be revealed that this giant tree is essentially a block of flats for the forest land inhabitants, and the screaming faces are not eyes and mouths, but windows and doors.

So far I have only experimented with the actual content and the composition and have not yet explored use of colour, which will be a very important part of the final outcome for my pre-major project. I plan to use the colour red consistently throughout the handbook. The new world is an autumnal forest land and I want every tree to be tall and bear red leaves. This also means I can describe the place as blood stained in my handbook, which will be a terrifying prospect for my character.

I want the forest to be filled with ghastly creatures big and small and I will depict them as if they are guarding the land, and intimidating Pickett into submission where his only safe place is underground. The handbook will illustrate another beast like him alone in a cave, suggesting this is where he will be for the rest of his days.

I drew the tiny thumbnail for the beast in the cave after the bigger illustration and I actually prefer it. I think because of the weight and position of his body and the shape of the cave. Below is a sketch of my most recent idea of illustrating the Nakey Bones making a sacrifice around fire. I thought this could be revealed in my FMP as dance and celebration. I want to develop the bodies more, making them a bit less human and more grotesque for the handbook.

Other sketches I have made for my manual include ideas for a page about food and survival. Beware of pumpkins! It depicts a beast in a vegetable patch, picking a pumpkin from off the ground only to find that it is alive and the pumpkin is a head attached to a body in the soil. By pulling the pumpkin-man from the ground, the beast has inflicted danger upon himself. In my FMP book, it will be revealed that pumpkins are not alive, they just have faces carved into them as part of tradition in the forest.

For the next couple of weeks I will be resolving ideas and drawing up the final pages of illustrations for my booklet and colouring them digitally on PhotoShop. I will then proceed to organise and assemble each page on InDesign, preparing them for print.