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Cyrinda Foxe and Angie Bowie at the Plaza suite, 1972. Photo by Leee Black Childers.

Only Angie Bowie could be so friendly and peaceful with a woman her husband was fucking. I admire her for an emotional control that I would never have.

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📷: Godlis & Leee Black Childers

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Sid and Nancy

Linda Clark, Lee Black Childers, Nancy, Sid, Lisa and Dee Dee pose for group photos.

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Lucasfilm have revealed the cast and crew they're putting forward for Emmy consideration, and it's a long list as the creatives behind the third season of The Mandalorian go for gold. Every episode of the third season gets some kind of nod, including submissions for every big-name member of the Mandalorian family; Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, Dave Filoni, Jon Favreau, Rick Famuyiwa and more. This is certainly a comprehensive list, so plenty for the powers that be to think about. OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES Jon Favreau, Executive Producer Dave Filoni, Executive Producer Kathleen Kennedy, Executive Producer Colin Wilson, Executive Producer Rick Famuyiwa, Executive Producer Karen Gilchrist, Co-Executive Producer John Bartnicki, Producer Carrie Beck, Co-Executive Producer DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES Rick Famuyiwa (307) Rachel Morrison (302) Lee Isaac Chung (303) Carl Weathers (304) Peter Ramsey (305) Bryce Dallas Howard (306) WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES Jon Favreau (307) Dave Filoni (307) Noah Kloor (303) LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Pedro Pascal LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Katee Sackhoff SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Carl Weathers SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Emily Swallow GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Omid Abtahi (303) Ahmed Best (304) Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (305) Jack Black (306) Christopher Lloyd (306) Giancarlo Esposito (307) GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Amy Sedaris (302) Katy O’Brian (303) Lizzo (306) CHARACTER VOICEOVER PERFORMANCE Shirley Henderson – Anzellans Crew (301) CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES Sarah Halley Finn, CSA CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A DRAMA SERIES Dean Cundey, ASC (304) David Klein, ASC (307) Paul Hughen, ASC (306) FANTASY/SCI-FI COSTUMES Shawna Trpcic, Costume Designer Elissa Alcala, Assistant Costume Designer Julie Robar, Costume Supervisor Julie Yang Silver, Costume Supervisor PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIRSTYLING Maria Sandoval, Hair Designer (303) Ashleigh Childers, Key Hair Stylist Sallie Ciganovich, Hair Stylist PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKEUP Cristina Waltz, Department Head Makeup Artist (306) Ana Gabriela Quinonez Urrego, Key Makeup Artist Alex Perrone, Makeup Artist Crystal Gomez, Makeup Artist MUSIC COMPOSITION IN A DRAMA SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE) Joseph Shirley (308) and Ludwig Göransson ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC Ludwig Göransson SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES Jeff Seibenick (308) Dylan Firshein (306) Rachel Goodlett Katz, ACE (307) J. Erik Jessen (306) PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PERIOD OR FANTASY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE) Andrew L. Jones, Production Designer (307) Doug Chiang, Production Designer Oana Bogdan Miller, Supervising Art Director Amanda Serino, Set Decorator SOUND EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES Matthew Wood, Supervising Sound Editor (308) Trey Turner, Supervising Sound Editor David W. Collins, Sound Editor (Sound Design) Brad Semenoff, Sound Editor (Dialog) Luis Galdames, Sound Editor (FX) Joel Raabe, Sound Editor (Foley) Stephanie McNally, Music Editor Nicholas Fitzgerald, Music Editor Shelley Roden, Foley Artist' SOUND MIXING FOR A DRAMA SERIES Scott R. Lewis, Re-recording Mixer (308) Tony Villaflor, Re-recording Mixer Shawn Holden CAS, Production Mixer Chris Fogel, Scoring Sound Mixer SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SEASON OR A MOVIE Grady Cofer, Visual Effects Supervisor Abbigail Keller, Visual Effects Producer Paul Kavanagh, Animation Supervisor Cameron Neilson, Assoc. Visual Effects Supervisor Scott Fisher, Special Effects Supervisor Hal Hickel, Animation Supervisor J. Alan Scott, Legacy Effects Supervisor Victor Schutz IV, ILM Visual Effects Supervisor Bobo Skipper, Visual Effects Supervisor STUNT COORDINATION JJ Dashnaw, Stunt Coordinator STUNT PERFORMANCE Lateef Crowder, Paul Darnell, JJ Dashnaw, Ryan Ryusaki (308) Bedst of luck to all concerned, and we'll be sure to bring all the nominations once they are chosen and announced.

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Jackie Curtis in Times Square, 1969 by Lee Black Childers

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Lee Black Childers, 1973

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Leee Black Childers from his show, "Gotta Cigarette?", 1970′s

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2022 in Music

Here is a note about the music I listened to in 2022. I hope you enjoy it!

Favorite Albums of 2022

Blue Rev - Alvvays

Banger after banger after banger on here!

Favorite Songs:

After The Earthquake

Tile By Tile

Belinda Says

Bored In Bristol

A Light For Attracting Attention - The Smile 

This is essentially a Radiohead album with a jazzy twist. Accordingly, it belongs here, among my favorites of the year. 

Favorite Songs:

Speech Bubbles

Open The Floodgates

Free In The Knowledge

Skirting On The Surface

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You - Big Thief

My most anticipated release of the year that easily surpassed my highest expectations. It explodes into several beautifully creative directions and where it could overwhelm with its ambition it tends to endear and make you smile.

Favorite Songs:

Change

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You

Flower of Blood

Red Moon

Promise Is a Pendulum

12,000 Lines

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Runners Up

Dawn FM - The Weeknd 

Once Twice Melody - Beach House

LABYRINTHITIS - Destroyer 

Ice, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms, and Lava - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Dripfield - Goose

Music for Animals - Nils Frahm

Liked It

Misadventures of Doomscroller - Dawes

I’m Not Sorry, I’m Just Being Me - King Hannah

Good and Green Again - Jake Xerxes Fussell

Hell on Church Street - Punch Brothers

Time Skiffs - Animal Collective

Ants from Up There - Black Country, New Road 

Humble Quest - Maren Morris

The Joy of Music - Ben Rector

The Jacket - Widowspeak

Underground Complex No. 1 - Typhoon 

Fear of the Dawn - Jack White

Omnium Gatherum - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Giving The World Away - Hatchie 

Break Me Open - S. Carey

Romeo & Juliet - Ryan Adams

One is One - Delta Spirit

Two Ribbons - Let’s Eat Grandma

Big Time - Angel Olsen

Preacher’s Daughter - Ethel Cain

Cruel Country - Wilco

The Loneliest Time - Carly Rae Jepsen

Surrender - Maggie Rogers

Teeth Marks - S.G. Goodman 

Take It Like A Man - Amanda Shires

Sons Of - Sam Prekop & John McEntire

Chloe and the Next 20th Century - Father John Misty

Reggae Film Star - Damian Jurado

Freakout/Release - Hot Chip

Will Of The People - Muse

WE - Arcade Fire

Birds In The Ceiling - John Moreland

Profound Mysteries II - Röyksopp 

sandhills music - Ben Seretan

The Blue EP - MORE&MORE

I’m Sweating All the Time - Wormy

Heartmind - Cass McCombs

The Liar - John Fullbright

Midnights - Taylor Swift

Changes - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Rolling Golden Holy - Bonny Light Horseman

Into the Blue - Broken Bells

I Walked With You a Ways - Plains

Laminated Denim - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

ILYSM - Wild Pink

Being Funny in a Foreign Language - The 1975

And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow - Weyes Blood

Schvitz - Vulfpeck

MUNA - MUNA

Cowboy Ballads, Pt. 1 - Jesse Tabish

Drew Winn - Drew Winn

Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? - Tyler Childers

Blue Skies - Dehd

Harry’s House - Harry Styles

Ali - Vieux Farka & Khruangbin

Meh

Quitters - Christian Lee Huston

Chris - Ryan Adams

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar

Plonk - Huerco S.

Palomino - First Aid Kit

Alpha Zulu - Phoenix

God Save the Animals - Alex G

No Rules Sandy - Sylvan Esso

Not from 2022

Ram - Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney 

Plum - Widowspeak

Tago Mago - CAN

Ege Bamyasi - CAN

Night Moves - Bob Seger

Dots & Loops - Stereolab

Haven’t Listened Yet...

ForeverEverAndEverNoMore - Brian Eno

Empire Central - Snarky Puppy

Björk - Fossora

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down

FM - Ryan Adams 

Entering Heaven Alive - Jack White

V I N C E N T - FKJ

Inside Problems - Andrew Bird

Kumoyo Island - Kikagaku Moyo

Dropout Boogie - The Black Keys

Headful of Sugar - Sunflower Bean

Everything Was Beautiful - Spritualized

Electricity- Ibibio Sound Machine

(watch my moves) - Kurt Vile

You Belong There - Daniel Rossen 

El Mirador - Calexico

Unlimited Love - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Things Are Great - Band of Horses

caroline - caroline

Pompeii - Cate Le Bon

The Dream - alt-j

Anaïs Mitchell - Anaïs Mitchell

Laurel Hell - Mitski 

Silver Sash - Wovenhand

Concerts Attended in 2022:

The War on Drugs - Cains Ballroom - Tulsa, OK - 6/4/22

John Fullbright - Fassler Hall - Tulsa, OK - 10/2/22

Spoon - Austin City Limits - Austin, TX - 10/9/22

Goose - Austin City Limits - Austin, TX - 10/9/22

Kacey Musgraves - Austin City Limits - Austin, TX - 10/9/22

Luke Combs - Paycom Center - Oklahoma City, OK - 12/9/22

The Book of Mormon - Eugene O’Neill Theatre - New York, NY - 12/21/22

Links to past lists:

10 Albums that changed my life

2012

2013

2014 

2015

2016

2017 

2018

2019 

2020 

2021 

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Happy Listening!

Jake

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Blondie at CBGBs By Lee Black Childers

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Best Albums of 2019

Top 10:

"Jaime," Brittany Howard.

"In the Morse Code of Brake Lights," The New Pornographers.

"Between the Country," Ian Noe.

"Mint Condition," Caroline Spence.

"While I'm Livin'," Tanya Tucker.

"Father of the Bride," Vampire Weekend.

"Remind Me Tomorrow," Sharon Van Etten.

"Titanic Rising," Weyes Blood.

"Legacy! Legacy!" Jamila Woods.

"Walk Through Fire," Yola.

Honorable mention:

"U.F.O.F." Big Thief.

"Assume Form," James Blake.

"Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest," Bill Callahan.

"This Land," Gary Clark, Jr.

"In Search of the Miraculous," Desperate Journalist.

"Magdalene," FKA Twigs.

"thank u, next," Ariana Grande.

"Terms of Surrender," Hiss Golden Messenger.

"On the Line," Jenny Lewis.

"Cuz I Love You," Lizzo.

"Stronger Than the Truth," Reba McEntire.

"Blood," Allison Moorer.

"Saves the World," MUNA.

"Songs of Our Native Daughters," Our Native Daughters.

"Pony," Orville Peck."

Jimmy Lee," Raphael Saadiq.

"Dépaysé," Sinkane.

"Sound & Fury," Sturgill Simpson.

"Eraserland," Strand of Oaks.

"Miss Universe," Nilüfer Yanya.

Songs: 

"Almeda," Solange.

"Ain't Got No Money," Justin Townes Earle.

"Bad Case," Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real.

"Bags," Clairo.

“Bible and a .44," Trisha Yearwood.

"Black Patch," Kelsey Waldon.

"Blazing Highway Home," Josh Ritter.

"Blume," Nerija.

"The Bones," Maren Morris.

"A Boy Is a Gun," Tyler, the Creator.

"Burning," Maggie Rogers.

"Bus Route," Tyler Childers.

"Calliope," Cassius.

"Caught on the Inside," Ten Fé.

"Cheap Silver," Mike & the Moonpies.

"Cheatin' Songs," Midland.

"Circle Game," Pink.

"Count on Me," The Lone Bellow.

"Cruel Summer," Taylor Swift.

"Dark and Handsome," Blood Orange.

"Dark Places," Beck.

"The Daughters," Little Big Town.

"Delta Line," Emily Scott Robinson.

"Desert Man," Bat for Lashes.

"Don't Feel Like Crying," Sigrid.

"Estrella," Cass McCombs.

"Far from Home," Aubrie Sellers.

"Father," Robert Ellis.

"Fixture Picture," Aldous Harding.

"Freelance," Toro y Moi.

"Ghost," Kaina.

"Gone," Charli XCX.

"Gonna Write Me a Letter," Rhiannon Giddens/Francesco Turisi.

"Good Scare," TORRES.

"The Greatest," Lana Del Rey.

"Hallelujah," HAIM.

"He," Jai Paul.

"Heavy on My Mind," Mavis Staples.

"Hello Sunshine," Bruce Springsteen.

"Hey, Bus Driver!" Tami Nielsen.

"Hey, Ma," Bon Iver.

"Hold On," Aimee Mann.

"Hot Air Balloons," Tank and the Bangas.

"Hot Girl Summer," Megan Thee Stallion.

"Human Question," The Yawpers.

"Hungry Child," Hot Chip.

"Hurry on Home," Sleater-Kinney.

"Hurt," Gallant.

"I Don't Wanna Ride the Rails (No More)," Vince Gill.

"In the Capital," Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever.

"Incapable," Roisin Murphy.

"It's Time," Leonard Cohen.

"Jesus & Elvis," Hayes Carll.

"Lark," Angel Olsen.

"Light Years," The National.

"Lonely As You Are," Charles Bradley.

"Loose Change," Highwomen.

"Lovestained," Hope Tala.

"Lying Down," Celine Dion.

"Messed with My Mind," Molly Tuttle.

"Midnight Sun," Calexico/Iron & Wine.

"Mirage," Jessie Ware.

"Mirror in the Sky," Peaking Lights.

"Mother's Mother's Magazines," Cate le Bon.

"Nighttime Drive," Jay Som.

"No Bullets Spent," Spoon.

"On the Edge of Time," Jens Lekman.

"One More Song to Write," Willie Nelson.

"One Night Standards," Ashley McBryde.

"Open Book," Kalie Shorr.

"Patience," Tame Impala.

"A Perfect Wife," Frank Turner.

"Runner," Tennis.

"The Seduction of Kansas," Priests.

"Send Me a Postcard," Bob Mould.

"Shine a Little Light," The Black Keys.

"Sisyphus," Andrew Bird.

“Solid Ground," Michael Kiwanuka.

"Someone Else," Emotional Oranges.

"Sparrow," Emeli Sandé.

"Starry Night," Peggy Gou.

"Stay with Me," Hatchie.

"Suge," daBaby.

"Talk," Khalid/Disclosure.

"Tell the World I Do," Dee White."

That's Just the Way I Feel," Purple Mountains.

"The Thing That Wrecks You," Lady Antebellum w/ Little Big Town.

"Track Record," Miranda Lambert.

"Used to Be Lonely," Whitney.

"Virile," Moses Sumney.

"Want You in My Room," Carly Rae Jepsen.

"War in My Mind," Beth Hart.

"Water Me Down," Vagabon.

"Weeping Willow," Ruston Kelly.

"Where I Come From," Patty Griffin.

"Working on a Song," Todd Snider. 

"Xanny," Billie Eilish.

"Yellow Cloud," Trixie Mattel.

"You've Got Other Girls for That," Lillie Mae.

"Young Enough," Charly Bliss.

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Johnny thunders, peter crowley, tommy dean, gail higgins and leee black childers

lee black childers, Johnny thunders and Gail higgins!

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Updated List 2021 For Netflix Cancelled & Renewed Shows

Platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime are watched by a number of people all over the world. Both of these platforms telecast movies, shows, and series which are related to different genres. From thriller to action, anime, mystery, documentaries, history, and more, everything can be seen on these platforms.

Before getting started let us first talk about the shows/series you like to watch? Friends, Riverdale, Game Of Thrones? Well, all of them has a huge fan following. I personally can never get enough of watching Riverdale and Friends. Whether I am back home after work or I wanted to spend some time, Netflix has always been a savior. However, lately I got a news and it just felt like the end of the world.

Were you aware of the fact that some of the Netflix shows have been going off air and cancelled real soon? Yes, you are reading this right. The reasons behind the cancellation of various reasons bring together a plethora of reasons. Of course some shows like Dear White People and Dead To Me have a huge fan following and will be missed for sure. However, since we know that sooner or later good things do make their way, all these shows also came to an end soon.

Have you been wondering which shows got canceled? This is the piece which is apt for you. You will be able to find out all of them here itself. Hence, let’s get started without any further ado.

Netflix shows that have been renewed and cancelled in the year 2021Below mentioned is a list of the top twenty shows that have been canceled this year. Check them out to find the reasons behind the big decision. In addition to this, you will also find out if they are coming back anytime soon.

Ozark: This one has been renewed for season four. The famous television series is coming to an end in 2021. You could find this series on Netflix. Even after gaining so much of popularity, the show is gong off air this year. The show did receive a number of nominations of awards and has also won numerou titles. Some of them are the Guild award, and Emmy award. To people who have watched this series, the fourth season has divided into two different categories. Each category consists of seven episodes. However, at present the director wanted to take a break and made sure that the series is remembered by the fans.

Cast of Ozark

Jason Bateman

Alik Bateman

Andrew Bernstein

Ellen Kuras

Daniel Sackheim

Amanda Marsalis

Benjamin Semanoff

Phil Abraham

Cherien Dabis

Dead To Me: This one has been renewed for season three. The series is known to end in the year 2021. However, the series finale is a big hit and funny. But, this one did not gain too much attention. Time changes, and so does the audience. This is why it is now time to bid adieu to this series, Jenny and Judy. Even though the series was loved by some of them till date, it is finally coming to an end yet not off air.

Cast of Dead To Me

Kat Coiro

Geeta V. Patel

Minkie Spiro

Abe Sylvia

Amy York Rubin

Tamra Davis

Jennifer Getzinger

Liza Johnson

Silver Tree

Elizabeth Allen

Lucifer: The series is renewed for season six. Another fantastic which is coming to an end is Lucifer. The series premiered on 25 January 2016. With time the first season received mixed reviews from critics. A number of them praised certain characters and Elli’s performance was no exception. With time more and more seasons were released. However, they did not gain much popularity. Platforms like Netflix also cancelled the pick up of the third season.

Cast Of Lucifer

Tom Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar

Lauren German

Kevin Alejandro

D B. Woodside as Amenadiel

Lesley as Ann Branch

Scarlett Estevez as Beatrice

Rachael Harris

Kevin Rankin

Tricia Helfer as Mum

Tom Welling as Lieutenant Marcus Pierce

Inbar Lavi as Eve

You: This one got renewed for season three. There are only very few Netflix series that have grabbed the attention of people. However unfortunately, this famous thriller series has come to an end now. However, a statement was made by the director where he said that the series will be ending with a season three. The series is based on a novel which was written by Caroline Kepnes. The main role was played by Penn Badgley who was a bookseller. During the second season, the seller was a movie from New York to LA. Even though this is an irresistible show, the fans may not get to watch it anymore.

Cast of You

Penn Badgley

Victoria Pedretti

Ambyr Childers

Elizabeth Lail

Luca Padovan

Jenna Ortega

Zach Cherry

James Scully

Carmeta Zumbado

Nicole Kang

Shalita Grant

Scott Speedman

Travis Van Winkle

Atypical: This show has been renewed for season four. With the season finale, this show is going off air in 2021. However, it will still remain in the hearts of so many of them. No reasons have been found as to why the show is going off air. However, some of them are saying that the reason is because the show is very underrated.

Cast of Atypical

Keir Gilchrist

Brigette Lundy-Paine

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Michael Rapaport

Nik Dodani

Amy Okuda

Jenna Boyd

Graham Rogers

Fivel Stewart

Nina Ameri

Raúl Castillo

Ariela Barer

Graham Phillips

Sara Gilbert

Rachel Redleaf

Allie Rae Treharne

Eric McCormack

Casey Wilson

Angel Laketa Moore

Christina Offley

Kimia Behpoornia

Karl T. Wright

Major Curda

Marietta Melrose

On My Block: There is no official announcement related to the renewal of On My Block. However, it is going to end in 2021 mainly because of the pandemic. The show gained popularity but is still ending. Centered in Los Angeles, this one was based on high school teens who face different challenges.

Cast of On My Block

Diego Tinoco

Sierra Capri

Jason Genao

Brett Gray

Jessica Marie Garcia

Julio Macias

Ronni Hawk

Peggy Blow

Jahking Guillory

Paula Garcés

Danny Ramirez

Reggie Austin

Eric Neil Gutierrez

Eme Ikwuakor

Emilio Rivera

Lisa Marcos

Angela Elayne Gibbs

Ada Luz Pla

Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson

Shoshana Bush

Rob Murat

Mallory James Mahoney

Raushanah Simmons

Gilberto Ortiz

Dear White People: This series is renewed for season four. This one is coming to an end in 2021. The final episodes will show you the nest conversational end.

Cast of Dear White People

Logan Browning

Antoinette Robertson

Brandon P. Bell

Ashley Blaine Featherson

Marque Richardson

DeRon Horton

John Patrick Amedori

Giancarlo Esposito

Tyler James Williams

Caitlin Carver

Jeremy Tardy

Obba Babatundé

Brandon Black

Sheridan Pierce

Nia Long

Ally Maki

Quei Tann

Brant Daugherty

Wendy Raquel Robinson

John Rubinstein

Jeff Larson

Alex Alcheh

Francia Raisa

Rome Flynn

Luke O’Sullivan

Taylor Foster

John Paul Jones II

Tessa Thompson

Ratched: This series is renewed for season two but is going off air very soon. The series is about a nurse Ratched and is based on a real story. As of now it is twisted and ended with a superb episode.

Cast of Ratched

Sarah Paulson

Cynthia Nixon

Finn Wittrock

Sharon Stone

Judy Davis

Jon Jon Briones

Charlie Carver

Amanda Plummer

Corey Stoll

Alice Englert

Sophie Okonedo

Vincent D’Onofrio

Hunter Parrish

Brandon Flynn

Harriet Sansom Harris

Rosanna Arquette

Jermaine Williams

Michael Benjamin Washington

Don Cheadle

Linda Bisesti

Annie Starke

Teo Briones

Emily Mest

Liz Femi

Jeff B. Davis

Robert Curtis Brown

Kirk Bovill

Grasie Mercedes

Siaka Massaquoi

Ben Crowley

Elinor Gunn

Clayton Farris

Aaron Jay Rome

Patrick Duke Conboy

Zabeth Russell

Albert Malafronte

Jake McDermott

Heather McPhaul

Lita Lopez

Lucas Barker

Greg Ballora

Alfred Rubin Thompson

Germain Arroyo

Kristin Charney

Fred Maske

Casey James Knight

Glow: This one is straightaway cancelled. A very famous wrestling drama, this had to be cancelled because of the pandemic.

Cast of Glow

Alison Brie

Betty Gilpin

Marc Maron

Kate Nash

Jackie Tohn

Sydelle Noel

Sunita Mani

Britney Young

Gayle Rankin

Awesome Kong

Britt Baron

Ellen Wong

Chris Lowell

Kimmy Gatewood

Rebekka Johnson

Marianna Palka

Shakira Barrera

Rich Sommer

Bashir Salahuddin

Geena Davis

Victor Quinaz

Ursula Hayden

Alex Rich

Andrew Friedman

Elizabeth Perkins

Annabella Sciorra

Brooke Hogan

Breeda Wool

Kevin Cahoon

Horatio Sanz

Wyatt Nash

Joey Ryan

Toby Huss

Paul Fitzgerald (actor)

Eli Goree

Marc Evan Jackson

Phoebe Strole

Amy Farrington

Ravil Isyanov

Messiah: The series was cancelled because it had to go through ups and downs. However, for the year 2021, this high class show has been canceled. The reason behind this is the dropping popularity.

Cast of Messiah

Mehdi Dehbi

Michelle Monaghan

Stefania LaVie Owen

Rona-Lee Shimon

Sayyid El Alami

Melinda Page Hamilton

Wil Traval

John Ortiz

Fares Landoulsi

Jane Adams

Beau Bridges

Philip Baker Hall

Dermot Mulroney

Teenage Bounty Hunters: This one got cancelled too. Even though this was considered as one of the best teen comedy series, it came to an end. The series received amazing reviews from the critics and the jury.Sadly, the first season of this show fails to draw the attention of the audience. This is one major reason why the series ended.

Cast of Teenage Bounty Hunters

Maddie Phillips

Anjelica Bette Fellini

Devon Hales

Kadeem Hardison

Virginia Williams

Spencer House

Mackenzie Astin

Myles Evans

Charity Cervantes

Method Man

Eric Graise

Given Sharp

Shirley Rumierk

Randy Havens

Jacob Rhodes

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance: The series got cancelled even after umpteen gigs and comedy episodes.

Cast of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Anya Taylor-Joy

Taron Egerton

Nathalie Emmanuel

Mark Hamill

Simon Pegg

Jason Isaacs

Helena Bonham Carter

Andy Samberg

Natalie Dormer

Keegan-Michael Key

Caitriona Balfe

Alicia Vikander

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Mark Strong

Harvey Fierstein

Theo James

Toby Jones

Awkwafina

Lena Headey

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Shazad Latif

Donna Kimball

Harris Dickinson

Benedict Wong

Sigourney Weaver

Hannah John-Kamen

Neil Sterenberg

Louise Gold

Beccy Henderson

Kevin Clash

Dave Chapman

Warrick Brownlow-Pike

Helena Smee

Bill Hader

Theo Ogundipe

Kemi-Bo Jacobs

Dave Goelz

Eddie Izzard

Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj; This American show has grabbed the attention of so many of them during the lockdown. However, the show is now cancelled and no reasons behind the same have been found out yet.

Cast of Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj

Hasan Minhaj

Joyelle Johnson

Arnab Goswami

Andrew Yang

Cory Booker

Maeve Higgins

Adi Ash

Michelle C Bonilla

Rahm Braslaw

Julian Zane Chawdhary

Sean Hartman

Alexis Landry

James Adam Tucker

Rayan Zaim-Sassi

Emily Grace Buck

Vava

Vinod Chaproo

Joan Dickson

Michael Eric Dyson

Jann Ellis

Sonia

Lori Hammel

Smith Harrison

John Hodgman

Siraj Huda

Jacob Dylan

Aurea Jolly

Kevin

The Summary

These are some of the famous Netflix series and shows that got cancelled in the year 2021. As mentioned above, the reasons behind the cancellation differ from series to series. However, you need not lose hope. Netflix still have amazing series coming up. Whatever genre you prefer, keep that in mind and start searching for them. This way you will surely end up finding the ones that will be suitable for you. If not Netflix, then you can check out IMDB. This is a platform where you can search for various shows and movies. While doing do, what you can do is check out the ratings. This way you will find out whether or not the show should be watched or not. IMDB shows new series ans shows that are released every week or month. Search for the one you want to watch and get started without any further ado.

We hope this piece has helped in understanding which and why the shows got cancelled. However, you need not worry about anything. There are a plethora of shows you will come across on this platform, and something or the other will surely be worth watching. Thus, do not wait further and make use of the time this lockdown. Do not let the cancellation and lockdown spoil your mood. Your mood will be cherished and who knows you find out facts you never thought could happen? Also, exploring various genres never goes waste. So, why not make use of this wonderful opportunity?

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[life-is-a-grave]

i was tagged by @70sgrunge to answer 21 questions, and then tag 21 people i would like to get to know better, thank you!

nickname(s): Reags, Draja, and probably a few others.

zodiac: Capricorn

height: 5′10" last time I checked (I think I've grown a bit since then though)

hogwarts house: I'm not really much of a Harry Potter person :/

last thing I googled: 'Can you get tetanus from scissors?'

favorite musicians: Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Slipknot, Stone Sour, Starset and I'm quickly getting into some more bands.

song stuck in your head: I don't think there's any song stuck in my head at the moment

following: 775

followers: 216

do you get asks: I do sometimes, I don't get as many anymore tho :(

amount of sleep: 7 hours last night, I need at least 10 hours to feel half alive lol

lucky number: 13, 4 and 21

what are you wearing: My boyfriend's Sons Of Anarchy hoodie, my Motörhead shirt, blue skinny jeans and white socks.

dream job: A musician in a rock/metal band

dream trip: Europe (especially Poland so I can meet @connectingtopogo), America and Japan

instruments: I used to be able to play simple stuff on piano but forgot it completely, guitar, bass and a bit of drums (literally only a basic rock beat and little bits and pieces from Slipknot songs that I could pick up).

languages: English, and bits and pieces from other languages that i've picked up (like in Spanish, Italian, French, German and Latin), but I'd like to properly learn how to speak any of those languages one day.

favorite songs: (my top 10 according to Spotify from the past like 2 weeks or something)

1. Mötley Crüe, Starry Eyes

2. Slipknot, Unsainted

3. Mötley Crüe, Live Wire

4. Tyler Childers, Nose On The Grindstone

5. Van Halen, I'll Wait - 2015 Remaster

6. Mötley Crüe, Take Me to the Top

7. Metallica, Sweet Amber

8. Diamond Head, Sucking My Love

9. Starset, Love You To Death

10. Mötley Crüe, Kickstart My Heart

random fact: My eyes are one of the only things I like about myself cos I think they're cool. They change colour from blue, blue-green, green, hazel, grey and get yellow flecks in them from time to time.

aesthetic: Leather, battle jackets, tattoos (mostly black ink tattoos), metal and rock, massive CD collections and I don't know what else lol

I'll tag (you don't have to do this if you don't want to): @damageincs @sadgrungefreak @coffeeinyour409maker @noodlestock @hardwired-to-self-destruct @han-studiesss @dr-feelgoodxx @flyinghetfield @linas-lounge @loved2deth @kaspertheviking @connectingtopogo @the-mighty-het-speaks @nikkisixxsixxsixx @nikki-sixx-suxx-dixx @cieloai @spacedoutorion @equidimensionality @sonikkuruzu @anna-nichole-lee @fadetoblk and anyone that wants to do this ^^

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 11.24

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[lewishamledger]

Sound people

Legendary sound systems such as Freddie Cloudburst, Jah Shaka and Saxon Studio International have all called Lewisham home. We chart their fascinating local links, from the blues parties of the 1950s and 60s to the present

Words by Emma Finamore

Photos by Lima Charlie and Paul Stafford  

Think of the capital’s sound system history and Notting Hill Carnival in west London will probably spring to mind, along with Brixton’s rich reggae connections in the south.

But the borough of Lewisham is equally as vital in the story of UK sound system culture: it has been home to some of the nation’s most revered and influential sound systems, as well as a hotbed of innovative reggae music, artists and record labels.

In the lead-up to Carnival – and in the year when the Windrush generation are being celebrated – it is an important history to tell, and one that continues to echo through the streets of Lewisham to this day.

“Blues parties” were house parties held by the newly arrived West Indian community in the 1950s and 60s, and UK sound systems can be traced directly back to the equipment used to play music at these gatherings.

They were somewhere to listen to music from home that couldn’t be heard in mainstream clubs, as well as getting around the racist “colour bar” that meant non-white faces were not welcome in many music or social venues.

These parties had their origins in Jamaica, where they were big, public, open air events. In Britain however, it was often too cold and damp to dance outdoors, and families faced discrimination that meant hiring space was often impossible. Blues parties in Britain were therefore held in people’s homes.

Deptford Dub Club’s Soft Wax (AKA Steve McCarthy), who DJs dub reggae and roots, is an expert on the music that was brought to the borough by people moving to the UK from the Caribbean.

He recently held an installation exhibition on the subject at Poplar Union, which recreated the living room of a Jamaican family set up for a traditional 1950s blues party.

Soft Wax says that these parties took place all over Lewisham borough, but that exact streets or addresses have not been recorded – mainly because the people holding them were mindful to remain under the radar.

He says that shockingly, arson attacks on houses hosting blues parties in south-east London were not uncommon, and that people also feared repercussions from the authorities over the selling of food and drink at unlicensed premises (their homes).  

“Obviously if you were having a party you wanted people to come,” he explains, “but on the other hand you didn’t want to publicise it too widely. There was this threat – how will people react?”

During the 1960s however, Caribbean music began to move from under the radar into mainstream UK consciousness and venues. Soft Wax says Lewisham borough was central to this shift, as reggae sound systems started playing in its clubs and pubs.

“The scene began to go more public as it was tied to other movements like the Mods,” he explains. “The El Partido [at 8-10 Lee High Road] had a Duke Reid residency [not to be confused with the Jamaican record producer of the same name] and Neville the Enchanter played at the Amersham Arms.”

Also in Lewisham, the Freddie Cloudburst sound system played rocksteady, R&B, ska and reggae. A budding soundman cut his teeth as an operator for them: a young Jah Shaka. 

As sound systems shifted from domestic spaces like living rooms and basements into public venues, reggae was becoming a fixture in the British charts by the late 1960s, and many of the scene’s leading figures lived and worked in Lewisham.

Desmond Dekker – who had the UK’s first reggae number one with his track Israelites – lived in Lee, Brockley and later Forest Hill, and Soft Wax recalls a gig in Catford where Jamaican singer-songwriter Prince Buster appeared in the crowd.

He also used to spot trombonist Rico Rodriguez – who played in his own reggae bands like Rico and the Rudies, as well as with Jools Holland and in The Specials – in the area most weeks. “Major figures of the Jamaican music pantheon would just turn up at community events,” he says.

As reggae emerged into the mainstream and sound systems began playing commercial venues, the tech used became more sophisticated; sound systems got bigger and louder.

By the 1970s, the voice of the community they stemmed from was growing louder too. Soft Wax says the children of the people who moved from the Caribbean to Lewisham were less willing to put up with the racism and deprivation shouldered by their parents, and this meant the music scene became bolder.

“It’s not insignificant that a lot of the people concerned [in the 1970s and 80s] were now second generation,” he says. “[They were the] people who had been to school here, and were not as prone to compliance.”

Moving into this era – seen by many as the “golden age” of UK sound systems and reggae music – Lewisham remained at the centre of it all.  

Graduating from his “apprenticeship” with Freddie Cloudburst, Jah Shaka, who arrived from Jamaica with his parents in the 1950s and attended Samuel Pepys School in Brockley, set up his own, now legendary, sound system in the early 1970s.

By the end of the decade, his system had gained a large, loyal following, drawn to his combination of spiritual content, high energy rhythms, massive vibrations and Shaka’s own dynamic personal style.

His fans included many pioneers of post-punk, such as Public Image Ltd and The Slits. In the early 1980s Shaka also set up a shop selling records and dread paraphernalia, next door to the Marquis of Granby in New Cross.

Another internationally acclaimed sound system founded in Lewisham in the 1970s was Saxon Studio International, which began operating in 1976, rising to fame by the early 1980s with their “fast chat” style, pioneered by DJ Peter King.

Saxon MCs included Tippa Irie, Smiley Culture and Papa Levi (among many others) who all went on to release records, some achieving Top 40 hits.

Reggae fusion singer Maxi Priest – born in Lewisham to Jamaican parents – also began his musical career with Saxon, before going on to work with artists like Shaggy, Jazzie B and Shabba Ranks. The majority of this new generation hadn’t ever been to Jamaica, so they wrote about what they knew: south-east London.

Lez Henry and Les Back are London university academics who met in New Cross in the early 1980s, via the sound system scene. They are now putting together a “reggae map” of the area, to document its significant places, people and events.

Lez – AKA Lezlee Lyrix, who is also a poet and MC – ran his own sound system called Ghettotone. “They used to have dances here every week,” says Lez, standing outside 51 Lewisham Way, dubbed “51 Storm” by locals after a famous storm that devastated Jamaica in 1951.

The first time Lez MCed was with Saxon in the basement of this building on New Year’s Eve in 1981, alongside Papa Levi and Maxi Priest. He says the sound system was groundbreaking in taking their cues from life in London rather than Jamaica.

“Saxon was the first time I heard a sound system that was British-influenced,” he explains, talking about the mash-up of cultures in Lewisham at the time that created a unique sound.

What the Saxon MCs and others in the area chatted about spoke directly to the audiences at their dances. Les – who attended dances as well as carrying boxes for Saxon and various other sound systems – says: “What the lyrics were saying – it was a version of the world you didn’t hear anywhere else.”

This could be anything from familiar bus journeys to more serious, topical subjects. “This was so significant in the development [of sound system culture],” says Les. “And it was happening right here in Lewisham.”

This local phenomenon reached an international audience and had an impact on sound systems back in Jamaica. “Saxon is widely regarded outside the UK,” says Lez. “When the Papa Levi style hit Jamaica, it revolutionised the way the Jamaicans chatted.”

When Lez visited Jamaica in 1985 he heard MCs chatting his own styles, and Sugar Minott – a Jamaican reggae singer from Kingston – released a track called Lover’s Rock.

It was a style of music popular in the UK and was also the name of a Lewisham-based record label, demonstrating further how music here was feeding back into sound system and reggae culture in Jamaica. 

Lez says American acts were also heavily influenced by the style that came out of Lewisham, such as New York rappers like Shinehead and Busta Rhymes.  According to Lez and Les, the boom in Lewisham’s sound system and reggae scene in the 1970s and 80s was inextricably linked to the proximity of all the vital ingredients – youth clubs galvanising and inspiring young artists, record stores, record labels, recording studios and venues.  

Up the road from 51 Lewisham Way was the Lewisham Youth Club, which Lez attended as a teenager. “We had big sound system dances out the back and they used to do everything from black history to martial arts, but reggae was central,” he says. “Places like this – they were safe spaces.”

Les adds: “It’s important how close things were – it was a whole world. And it was a black world, hosted by black people. And that was really powerful and important.”

Other youth clubs and community centres in the borough were just as dynamic and vital, including the Moonshot Centre in New Cross, which was a regular venue for reggae dances.

Lez says young people were taught black and African history and martial arts by a Rastafari drummer known locally as Cosmo, who featured in the seminal film Babylon. The opening sequence was filmed on Clifton Rise just down from the New Cross Inn – another important site in Lewisham’s past.

Arklow Road Community Centre was a venue where reggae sound systems played upstairs and it was also a place for live performances, with some of the biggest names in reggae, including Nitty Gritty, appearing there.

Meanwhile Childers Street Youth Club in Deptford was another popular sound system venue, where Lez’s sound system clashed with Saxon and he received his MC name.

These community hubs – where young people were exposed to exciting music, often learning to MC, as well as being taught to have pride in and awareness of their heritage – rubbed shoulders with local record stores and recording studios, run by key players on the reggae and sound system scene.

Jamaican artist and producer Joe Gibbs had a record shop at 29 Lewisham Way, and Lez remembers buying his first reggae records – Count Prince Miller’s Mule Train and Dave and Ansell Collins’ Double Barrel – in Lee’s Sound City Records in Catford, which later moved to Deptford.

The later site at 494 New Cross Road also housed a recording studio, and released records for artists like Jamaican reggae singer Winston Groovy and reggae disco outfit the Blood Sisters.

Dub remixer and producer Mad Professor set up his 1980s Ariwa Sounds studio – now renowned for producing deep roots reggae – on nearby Gautrey Road in Nunhead.

It was a hub for reggae recordings by artists such as Ranking Ann (famous for her Mad Professor-produced A Slice of English Toast and for protesting against police stop-and-search powers), Peter Culture and Jah Shaka.

Eve Studios on Upper Brockley Road, minutes from the youth club Lez attended, was a pivotal place in UK reggae history. The famous Lover’s Rock label has its origins here, with Dennis Bovell living above.

A Barbados-born reggae guitarist, bass player and producer, Bovell is known for his collaborations with dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson and for writing the film score to Babylon. He also worked as an engineer at Dip Records, the precursor to the Lover’s Rock label, and was a key figure in the early days of the lover’s rock genre.

“They'd have auditions here,” says Les, standing outside the building, where the imprint of the old studios can still be seen in the basement. “Kids from the youth club would walk around and go down into the studio.”

They cut I’m in Love with a Dreadlocks by Brown Sugar [a female lover’s rock trio] down there, with a 15-year-old Caron Wheeler. There was lots of music being recorded in this area, as well as the dances.” Caron would go on to become lead singer in Soul II Soul, with Jazzie B.

“It was just the concentration of African-Caribbean people, that’s what it was,” reflects Lez, on why Lewisham had such a dynamic, exciting music scene. He recalls walking back from dances and always knowing people from sounds, who were also related to people he knew.

This, coupled with spaces that were easy to use for dances (the then Greater London Council was fairly supportive of the community) created the perfect environment for music to blossom.

“The dances weren’t just about aggression, they were about love. Everything you could express as a human being would be represented. If you just wanted to hear roots, you might go and find Shaka in Lewisham. If you wanted to hear lover’s, you might go and find Caesar and Prophecy sounds,” says Lez.

“You had everything. And it was different times of the evening – if you wanted to go to a roots thing on a Saturday it would finish at 11, then you might go home, change, and then go to a blues dance until two or three o’clock in the morning.” 

Lez and Les say this richness and variety was stopped in its tracks when the Thatcher government began shutting down youth clubs – the life blood of Lewisham’s music scene – and introduced restrictions on volumes at live venues.

The police had also begun raiding dances and there was a violent raid of a Jah Shaka dance on Malpas Road in Brockley in 1975. “They mobilised against all forms of working class expression, and we got caught up in that,” says Lez of the authorities.  

It wasn’t just central government that wanted to stamp out black spaces: violent racism was rife during this golden age of sound system culture. Some of the darkest examples of this took place in Lewisham borough, but so did some of the most strident acts of resistance against it.

In 1977, the “Battle of Lewisham” – an attempt by the National Front to march from New Cross to Lewisham – was halted by groups working in solidarity against fascism and racism.

The Lewisham 21 Defence Committee was established to support 21 young black men who’d been arrested in the run-up to the march, as were other counter-racism groups such as the All Lewisham Campaign Against Racism and Fascism.

In 1981 the horrific New Cross fire killed 13 young people aged between 14 and 22 (one survivor committed suicide two years later) and was subsequently found to have been started from inside the house, either by accident or deliberately. No one has ever been charged.

A historic demonstration took place following the incident: the Black People’s Day of Action, assembling on Clifton Rise, protested against the indifference of the police and wider society to the victims of the fire.

In a poignant political and cultural moment, thousands of people gathered to protest against racist violence and police inaction, marching from the borough of Lewisham to Hyde Park.

This coming together is something that the sound system community in the borough continues today. Young Warrior – the son of Jah Shaka and operator of his own successful sound system – grew up here and now puts on dances aimed at sparking local young people’s interest in reggae.

When asked about his first memories of music, they demonstrate the central part that community hubs played in Lewisham’s sound system scene.

“It would be my first dance I attended, which was a Jah Shaka dance at Moonshot in New Cross,” he recalls. “It was amazing to see so many people from the area and to see the community come out to celebrate Haile Selassie’s birthday.

“After playing so much abroad [he takes his sound system as far afield as South America] I felt at a point to put some hours in at home in the borough, as many people were asking for it.

“I then created a monthly family event series called the Reggae Garden Party, which was a child-friendly reggae sound system event that was loved and grew massively.” Young Warrior still holds these events at The Albany in Deptford, a stone’s throw from his first reggae dance memories.

Soft Wax also continues the area’s long tradition via the Deptford Dub Club. “To some extent the Dub Club is founded around the musical heritage of the area and around its sound system culture,” he says.

Many of the sound systems, DJs and MCs who perform are local residents and part of the London scene, such as Gladdy Wax, who recorded with Dennis Bovell in the 1970s and whose sound system is one of the longest running at Notting Hill Carnival.

There’s also Danny Dread (part of Jah Shaka’s crew and now Young Warrior’s), as well as figures from the punk/reggae crossover of the 1970s, like Tessa Pollitt of The Slits. The club also features visiting artists from Jamaica too – keeping up the strong musical link between Lewisham and the island.  

Lez and Les say the youthful spirit of 1970s-80s sound systems also lives on in the borough through grime artists and spoken word art. “They are very rooted in reggae and in sound systems,” says Lez.

Youth clubs have been replaced by virtual worlds where the young claim space and create their own subcultures. “What’s being used [spaces, technology] changes through time, but the process is the same.”

For Les, it’s vital that we remember the sound system culture of his area. “It was about experiencing a different sense of what London is, and what Lewisham is. A different sense of the world,” he says. “What happened when the lights went down, and the sound system boxes were strung up...”