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vitospaghetta · 11 months ago

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In honor of Green Day's new album coming out recently and today being Dookie's 30th anniversary, I figure this is as good a time as any to share with y'all my most self-indulgent Leon headcanon:

Leon likes/listens to Green Day.

And yes, it may be self-indulgent given the fact that GD was my all-time favorite band growing up, HOWEVER!! I have some solid logic backing this up.

Let me preface this by saying that I am, by no means, saying that Leon's a Green Day fan in any way that is more than strictly casual. Consider this a sub-headcanon, but Leon's a pretty casual guy. I don't think he's a diehard fan of anything. He's a gen-x'er, and he's a normal gen-x'er at that. He grew up during a time where if you liked anything a little bit too much (openly, anyway), you were considered a weirdo. I can take one look at his windbreaker + Definitely Not Adidas sneaker combo Capcom had him wearing at the start of RE2 Remake and tell you that this guy was a little trend-chaser. Probably wanted to be well-liked and to fit in. He was the kinda guy who dropkicked his childhood interests into the ocean the second his ass hit high school, lest he make himself even the slightest bit cringe. He's also just a very casual guy in general. Laid back. Not the type to obsess much over anything.

But his high school years are exactly why I have this headcanon. The entire foundation of it is that Leon was in high school when Dookie was released in 1994. I can say, with absolute confidence, that there is no way this man could have escaped the Green Day craze. I always say that Dookie is an amazing coming of age record, and its impact on America's youth at the time is a testament to that. Dookie brought punk rock to the mainstream in a way that was still new and exciting. It was relatable and really resonated with younger people, which made the band insanely popular. To put it into perspective, Green Day was playing gigs in basements, back yards, and small clubs prior to Dookie's release on February 1, 1994, and by December of the same year they were playing Madison Square Garden. The post-Dookie Green Day craze was real.

There's no way Leon didn't hear one of the album's singles on the radio, or at a friend's house, or in someone's car. He'd fall in love with Basket Case, buy the CD to hear the entire album, and the rest is history. A Green Day enjoyer is born.

It's also worth noting that I headcanon that Leon primarily listens to rock music -- always has -- but in-step with him being very casual about stuff, I think he's a very 'I vibe with anything that gets radio play' kinda guy. He liked songs that were popular. Ones that were brought to his attention. That's, in great part, how you discovered new music.

So, all that being said, the best way to summarize his relationship with Green Day and this whole headcanon is this:

Has he ever been a diehard fan who's seen them in concert, worn band tees, or even loves most of their discography? No.

But you know Nimrod absolutely existed in the glove compartment of his car leading up to Raccoon City just because it's the album that had "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)" on it.

#leon kennedy #leon kennedy headcanon #i don't really like or have self-indulgent headcanons but HERE'S MY ONE #biblically accurate leon lore as far as i'm concerned #this man still loses his fucking mind when any single off dookie comes on the radio. you can't change my mind.#also sorry but leon's fuckin boring and normal #cannot relate to him less if i tried he's so funny to me

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sup-im-jasper · 7 months ago

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Music

- Jasper Moon

Music has always been a huge part of my life. My dad has always loved music – I’ve recently rediscovered songs from my childhood that bring me a huge amount of nostalgia (Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon, Crazy by Gnarls Barkley, and Fuck You by CeeLo Green – I have vague, but clear memories of driving through town while listening to those songs). My brother started playing the cello in 4th grade, and every time I went to his concerts, all I could do was stare at the violins. I knew that was what I wanted to play when I was old enough. And I started playing violin when I was in 4th grade. I started getting really into music in middle school. I mostly listened to pop – I started out listening to people like Adele and Bruno Mars when I was really little. Soon enough, my genre list expanded. I started to get into rock and punk, and that later on evolved into metal. I also enjoy jazz and musical theatre as well as indie artists. I love having a diverse music taste – something I got from my dad. It allows me to listen to many songs that reflect how I feel, what I’m experiencing, or just bring me general enjoyment. Music is included in almost every aspect of my life. I still play the violin, but I also love to listen to music almost any chance I get.

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- written Mar. 7, 2024; edited May 2, 2024

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kardia-library-official · 7 months ago

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For the past few months, I've had a 10+ year old, apparently self-released album from some random Texan rock band I stumbled across on youtube on heavy rotation. I'd say this is for reasons even I don't understand, but it's surprisingly enjoyable and memorable music!

But mostly, it's because I can't wait to write about all of Leon and Vishnal's follies with this shit blasting on repeat.

Especially these:

I don't know why it's so perfect, but I'm going INSANE!

#I have like two and a quarter Houcha vids to watch before I start and then I'm free to go feral agh!#Spotify

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justarandompersonxd · 11 months ago

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Realised i never made an intro post for this blog! So here we go.

Names: Cymbaline, Helios, Inigo, Phoenix, Solaris. Leon is also okay! Nicknames: Chips, Cymby, Hel, Ini, Nix, Sol.

Pronouns: he/him. They/them and Flame/Flameself are also okay.

Age: 20

Bday!: 14th of august

Source/origin: an integration of 2 previous hosts

Likes: metal and rock and roll. Fantasy shows and cartoons. Sucker for sci-fi. Books are cool and so is fanfiction.

Dislikes: mushrooms, pop music, loud noises and too many people.

My ideal day: a quiet day with a friend. Just relaxing.

My love language: touch and gift giving. I also love sharing information about my hyperfixations.

Kintypes: Bat, Phoenix, Sabertooth tiger and Demon! Bat: kintype, i feel a strong connection to fluffy bats and the ones that need to drink blood. Black of color. Red eyes. Fluffy neck. Phoenix: previous life, made of fire. Orange and red in color. Wings and talons flickering like a candle would. Lived in a forest. Protective instincts. No specific name. Sparse memories, flashes of memories in dreams. Sabertooth tiger: previous life, big tooths one chipped. Brown and grey of color. Big fluffy mane. Lived with a village of humans. Fed me food in exchange of keeping predators and rival clans away. Called me Saber and Sabey. Strong memories. Loyal to a fault and enjoyes head scritches. Strongest phantom and mental shifts. Demon: unknown. Dunno much bout how i look. Its more a mental shift then anything else. Enjoys spicey food and heat.

About me: professional goofball. I love my qpr partner more then anything. I love cooking and physical excercise. Can cone off rude or sarcastic. Gige it time and I'll let you in. Cold exterior squishy insides :P. Love me some jokes!

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voluptuarian · 3 months ago

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Alright I did a big ass breakdown on this, enjoy (all in good fun, of course)

what kind of musicals you're into vs. how insufferable are you in history fandom (by someone who knows fuck all about musicals)

mostly consume "Golden Age" musicals (Camelot; Rogers and Hammerstein shows; Gypsy; Kiss Me, Kate; Westside Story) You may be fairly into musicals of this era, or simply a casual enjoyer, but either way you like vintage costumes and catchy music with clever lyrics and have no hostility towards musical theater; you may indulge in more modern musicals as well but probably aren't as interested in the post-Sondheim era; no evidence of any strong correlation between this and any particular historical era/fandom. (If you are into a historical fandom, however, it's probably historical fashion, in which case you're probably a prolific costume gif-maker and we all thank you for your service.)

rating: blameless bystander

mostly consume "Golden" Age musicals+ real musical oldies (Gilbert and Sullivan) You're actually genuinely into musicals across the board but prefer vintage productions; if you have a historical era you're into, its probably just the history of musical theater/theater in general. You probably make up 75% of the Pirates of Penzance tag by yourself, although you may not be able to find Cornwall on a map.

rating: generally respectable non-entity

predominantly/exclusively into foreign, rock operas, or both (Mozart, l'opéra rock; Tanz der Vampire; La Légende du roi Arthur; Equal; Elisabeth; Dostoyevsky adaptations; Takarazuka productions) Congratulations, this is frankly the sexiest way you can actually be into musicals imo-- while you're passionately into your musical fandom of choice (despite possibly having to translate and subtitle it yourself) you don't generally find history satisfyingly weird enough (or weirdly sexual enough) to really get it's hooks into you. (You might be hella into folklore, though.)

rating: nice place, but I couldn't live there

actually into (broadway) musicals (old school edition) (Cabaret; Fiddler on the Roof; Wicked; Phantom of the Opera; Cats; Rent; Sweeney Todd; The Threepenny Opera) The category probably the most genuinely committed to musicals as a hobby. (Also most likely to be a grown adult with a job and a mortgage.) Presumably that leaves not that much room for developing a history obsession, but if it does it's probably focused on the Weimar Republic and the Hollywood Golden Age. When I see these folks engaging in fandom it's pretty much exclusively in relation to musicals and musical theater history, and not much else.

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mainstream musical comedies (Book of Mormon; The Producers; Once Upon a Mattress; Little Shop of Horrors; Spamalot) You don't really give a shit about history and that's probably a good thing.

rating: true neutral

actually into (broadway) musicals (new school edition) (Assassins; Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812; Ragtime; Wicked; Hadestown) Most likely to tag memes with otherwise inexplicable things like "this is just like my blorbo leon czolgosz" and produce 500 annoying "incorrect quotes" posts with your show of choice that literally nobody else interested in the era cares about; on the other hand less than a hundred people alive even know who Leon Czolgosz was, and at least half of them only do because of musicals, so that's like a win overall right?? And at least the takes are interesting, and hey, they might actually really get into history through this. (Also of all the categories discussed here, the most likely to actually like sea shanties genuinely and not just bc of a tiktok trend, which you should definitely take as a huge compliment from me.)

rating: whether their contributions are good is questionable-- but they're doing their part providing highly necessary diversity within the historical fandom ecosystem and the waters would grow unhealthily stagnant without them

mostly 60s/70s movie musicals your parents raised you on (for some reason) (Cinderella, Fiddler on the Roof, 1776, the Sound of Music) Your parents probably weren't even into musicals themselves, these were just somehow normalized parts of your childhood cinematic experiences for some unclear reason (??) and at least one of them so deeply impacted your developing psyche that you had no choice but to go become fixated on a random historical period at 10 years old that nobody else cared about the way god intended (and why was it 1776?) And you've been stuck here ever since. (Also you are offended that I said somebody else was the most likely to genuinely like sea shanties-- don't worry folks, we know, you don't like sea shanties, you LOVE them.)

rating: the healthiest, most natural, most respectable musicals subsection to get involved in historical fandom, congratulations to the GOATs-- everybody else, take note

the wicker man is a musical, goddamn it (the wicker man and basically nothing else) First of all, you are gay. Secondly, you are opinionated AF. And thirdly, either you have no interest in history At All Whatsoever, or the line between folklore and folk history has already blurred beyond any hope of separation for you-- if the latter you probably watched Here's a Health to the Barley Mow when it was only available on VHS for $100+ and have regular, heated debates about Margaret Murray and whether Mark Gattiss even knows what folk horror is-- in short, you're a formidable beast-- but more likely your obsessive focus on one single musical in the world precludes your greater involvement in other fields, like history fandom.

rating: observing from a respectful distance

pre-tiktok indie musicals (Hadestown when it was still a concept album) I know there are like a dozen of you that exist somewhere in the world; I've seen so little of any of you, however, that I don't have any fucking idea what you're like or what you think about history. 80% of you are probably actually just three Anaïs Mitchells in a trench coat, so you're at least scoring high on the General Overall Nerd meter but does that nerdery extend to a historical period? 🤷‍♀️

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pretty much just recent musical adaptations of successful movies (Mean Girls, Heathers, Clueless, Legally Blonde) You aren't part of a history fandom bc none of your shows are set earlier than 1980 and your knowledge/interest in history comes down to "Victorians ate mummies, medieval people said "thou" and liked ankles, and everyone in Olden Times was problematic" so I'll consider the lack of involvement a rare blessing. Keep it that way.

rating: tolerable as long as you stay in your lane-- and away from history discourse

you just like Lin Manual Miranda (for what other reason would anyone enjoy In the Heights?) EXTREMELY loud and INSANELY annoying but interest in any historical period (as well as other musicals generally) seemingly shallow and short-lived, Thank Fuck

rating: obnoxious invasive species that will die off soon if it hasn't already

mainstream modern broadway, but conveniently only shows that have had a recent film adaptation (but only for 5 minutes during your court ordered Theater Kid Stage) (Le Mis, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Phantom of the Opera, Wicked)

rating: we all make mistakes

mainstream modern broadway, but conveniently only shows that have had a recent film adaptation (but you're not actually into musicals) (Le Mis; Sweeney Todd; Into the Woods; Phantom of the Opera; Wicked) These are just movies to you. You watch them for the same reason you watch any other "big" movie in theaters. Did you like these movies? Maybe? Was the 2007 Sweeney Todd an inescapable part of cultural consciousness at the time and so you watched it? Of course.

rating: you are too focused (perhaps without realizing it) on the current cultural zeitgeist to spare a thought for the trends and mores of the past. That's ok, I guess.

mainstream modern broadway, but conveniently only shows that have had a recent film adaptation (you are a grown adult) (Le Mis; Sweeney Todd; Into the Woods; Phantom of the Opera; Wicked) The edgier "Your Show" and the more you incorrectly believe it representative of musicals across the board the worst your takes--historical and otherwise-- are going to be. You're obsessed with one historical era that probably centers on some mid rando (a man, obviously-- women just aren't serious enough for you to fixate on, even if you are one) you've woobified as your "smol autistic gay bean" in the fucking year of our lord 2024 who you either kin, want to fuck, want to imagine fucking some other mid historical man, or some combination of all three; best case scenario it's literally a complete random weirdo, from Nikola Tesla to Franz Lizt to Gleb Botkin; worse case scenario (and much more likely) its an authoritairan dictator and/or war criminal; the worse a person your hyperfixation guy was (or the more into the French Revolution you got after watching Le Mis in 2012 and somehow thinking that's what it was about) the higher your chances of being a tankie now, in which case your history fandom initiation was probably an Edgy Political Teen™ stage in your youth which resulted in your long-term interest in fucking one of or both Stalin and Lenin, an interest which may now border on pyschosexual. May be into your historical period of choice enough that you got into academia to professionally pursue it or may simply pontificate about it on social media, but your takes will always will be untouchably toxic and mostly just focused on lionizing your Special Guy, often to the point of total ignorance about anything historical outside of their sphere.

rating: even if you've avoided becoming the worst evolution of this type possible, any historical fandom you touch will still become a fetid swamp on contact; god help you and everyone around you

exclusively extremely new-school or tiktok musicals (Heathers; Six; Epic: the Musical; The Lighting Thief; the goddamn tiktok Ratatouille musical attempt)

rating: GET OUT OF MY TAGS GET OUT OF MY FANDOM YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING ABOUT HISTORY OR MYTHOLOGY OR MUSIC OR LIFE IN GENERAL SHUT UP SHUT UP DIE DIE DIE AAAHHHHHHHHHH

and there you have it!!

I genuinely think the tolerability and quality of a historical fandom is hugely determined by whether or not there's a musical connected to the political period, and the more musicals there are, the more basic those musicals are, and the more tragic eye candy men there are for middle schoolers to ship together, the worse the community is.

One of the great salvations of the classics fandom is that there basically are no musicals, so they're out here re-watching the world's graniest rip of I, Claudius instead.

American Revolution fandom was safe for a long time bc the only musical they had was 1776 which musicals-people don't care about and non-musicals-people don't know exists and all the men are too old for the typical jr high brainrot anyway, but then they went and made Hamilton and the resulting miasma just leaked all over everything. The almost immediate 180 of "Hamilton is cringe" is the only thing that potentially prevented permanent corruption.

And then meanwhile [redacted] fandom somehow glommed onto the most basic musical with a whole club of twinky guys to moon over, but despite it being set in the 1830s somehow they all gateway-drugged it and wound up obsessing over the period 40 years beforehand instead??

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losertwink · 2 years ago

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random headcanons of the resident evil 6 cast because i’m hyperfixated on resident evil for the 3rd time this year and it’s all i can think about

leon kennedy

- the definition of bisexual

- transgender

- he/him pronoun user

- potentially on the aroace spectrum (he’s only loved two people canonically….. sounds arospec as fuck to me)

- black coffee enjoyer

- listens exclusively to dad rock (i feel like i don’t have to explain that, he’s literally in his mid 30’s i promise you he loves limp bizkit it just makes sense)

- touch of the tism (its okay me too)

Ada Wong

- also bisexual

- also transgender

- she/they pronoun user

- loves club music from the 2000’s (because who doesn’t?)

Chris Redfield

- heavily closeted gay man like i’ve never seen someone so closeted before holy shit

- cisgender

- he/him pronouns

- 1000% had a thing for piers but couldn’t get the guts to tell him (ouch)

- also a dad rock enjoyer (again, note his age, it makes sense LMAO)

Piers Nivans

- gay

- transgender

- he/him pronoun user

- also had a thing for chris but thought he was straight so he never told him (even bigger ouch)

Helena Harper

- lesbian!!!! tired of ppl saying she’s straight that girl loves women and women only

- cisgender

- she/her pronoun user

Jake Muller

- definitely queer but not sure where he lies (never had the time to choose a better label, and he likes being called queer anyway!!)

- cisgender

- he/him pronoun user but honestly doesn’t care

- aroace spec (actually just bc i said so.)

- definitely neurodivergent

Sherry Birkin

- comfortably unlabeled (she just. doesn’t care to label herself.)

- cisgender

- she/her pronoun user

- midsize (idc that she’s canonically really skinny, i said she’s midsize)

#resident evil #resident evil headcanons #headcanons #re headcanons #leon kennedy headcanons #chris redfield headcanons #helena harper headcanons #ada wong headcanons #piers nivans headcanons #jake muller headcanons #sherry birkin headcanons #leon kennedy #chris redfield #ada wong #helena harper #jake muller #piers nivans #sherry birkin

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anticapitalistclown · 3 years ago

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Clown! what do you think the lookism characters would listen to? - 😈 anon

Hello anon <3

What would lookism characters listen to

Jake:

Jake would listen to Korean classics, and when I say classics I mean 80's and 90's songs, it reminds him of the songs her mother played when he was little, when he didn't had so much weight on his shoulders.

Song:

Kang San Ae - Like those lively salmon rising against the river

Gun:

He looks like someone who would enjoy calm music but then I thought of his violent side and maybe he listens to hip hop? and also then I remembered that he has a connection with Japanese culture and maybe he listens to Japanese songs?

Song:

If calm: Suzuki Tsunekichi - Yakubyou no kami

If he listens to hip hop: Jin Dogg - 街風

(Jin Dogg to me is one of the best Japanese rappers 10/10)

Samuel:

He looks like he listens to r’n’b

Song:

Dean - sometimes I hear howlin’ in my head

Goo:

First, I want to drop the headcanon that he had a phase were he listened to dubstep, now he enjoys every type of music, also I picture him now enjoying David Bowie (literally I wrote it on relationship hc)

Song:

David Bowie - Rebel Rebel

Daniel:

He enjoys local pop songs, maybe something cheerful.

Song:

Pentagon - Shine

Vasco:

He likes uplifting rock songs

Song:

AC/DC - shoot to thrill

Vin Jin:

Of course our glasses boy would listen to khh

Song:

VMC - the villains

Mary:

She enjoys today’s top female rappers.

Song:

Jessi - NUNU NANA

Zoe:

She listens to Doja Cat

Song:

Doja Cat - Kiss me more

Mira:

She is a popular kpop songs enjoyer

Song:

Wonder Girls - Why so lonely

Zack:

He enjoys to rap who can motivate him during training

Song:

Drunken Tiger - monster

Johan:

hear me out “GOTTASADAE” the song literally is made for him

Song:

BewhY - gottasadae

Sinu:

He gives the vibes of someone who listens to the Beatles or Rolling Stones.

Song:

The Beatles - Help!

Jay:

He enjoys popular music on the radio

Lil Nas X - montero

Jiho:

He listened to lil pump because he thinks he is cool

song:

lil pump - boss

Eli:

Doesn’t have preference, maybe something suitable for Yenna?

Song:

iKON - love scenario

Warren:

He listens to what like what and funny play usually, the songs that get more stuck in his head are TWICE songs

Song:

TWICE - likey

Sally:

She enjoys songs that reflect how she can feel

Song:

Olivia Rodrigo - jealousy, jealousy

Yeonhui:

Sinu played Rolling Stones so much that she ended liking them, still she also enjoys what’s popular on the radio

Song:

The Rolling Stones - Start me up

Yujin:

He listens to jazz or classical music

Song:

Chet Baker - almost blue

Olly:

He also enjoys khh, something to uplift his mood

Song:

VMC - 티키타카

DG:

He listens to his own music or music from his now company

Song:

GD - Crooked

Crystal:

Doesn’t have any preference maybe something in English

Song:

Amy Winehouse - you know I’m no good

Lineman:

He listens to drill

Song:

Russ Millions x Tion Wayne - Body

Jace:

Intellectual boy listens to A+ songs

Song:

Queen - Another one bites the dust

Leon:

Something maybe indie or grunge? or rock? or punk? : Alternative

Song:

Butthole Surfers - Pepper

Mc Pesticides:

He also enjoys khh

Song:

Deepflow, Nucksal, Huckleberry P - 작두

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transyivania · 3 years ago

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Hotel Transylvania main gang music taste headcannons

LETS GOOOOOO ive been meaning to talk about this but never got the chance to so imma dump all of my headcannons of the gangs music taste

DRAC:

okay so for drac i feel like he’d be into more of classical music. music that doesn’t have a lot of lyrics and very much instrumental based. it’s either classical or jazz for me.

FRANK:

for frank i feel like he’d be into classic rock but more slower like live music you’d hear at a bar or something. if you get what i mean then you’ll understand bc idk how else to describe it 😭

GRIFFIN:

now for griffin we’ve seen what he left playing in the car so i feel like he’d be into upbeat pop but also has more of a wider range as to what he finds enjoyable. I feel like he’d be those “i’m into anything with a good beat and a catchy tune” type of people. btw i have a griffin playlist WHICH y’all should go check out i’ll reblog it so y’all can see it

MURRAY:

murray probably like old school rnb, rap and hiphop like tupac and biggie. but also newer age rnb like chloe x halle and leon thomas.

WAYNE:

this one is probably an easy one. wayne being a dad, he’d probably be into dad rock/classic rock.

But both frank, murray, griffin, and wayne enjoy pop when it sounds catchy to them, but drac doesn’t feel the same as we saw in the second movie 😭

#if anyone wants to add something to this PLS DO #hotel transylvania #hotel transylvania dracula #hotel transylvania frank #hotel transylvania murray #hotel transylvania griffin #hotel transylvania wayne

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mythgirlimagines · 4 years ago

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Got any hc for the 78th Class when they go have karaoke nights? I have a sudden need for kids bein' dorks singing their hearts out.

Aw heck yeah

Sayaka Maizono:

Dominates the karaoke stand.

But makes sure to give everyone else a turn.

Though if Leon says he can do it better one more time…

Mukuro Ikusaba:

She usually just watches.

Though usually Junko or Makoto can pester her into performing a song.

She does have a lovely voice.

Leon Kuwata:

Keeps getting booed for some reason.

Tries to do five songs in a row.

Eventually he gets banned.

Chihiro Fujisaki:

Usually only gets up the courage for one song.

But it’s fun to just watch, too!

Especially since all of his friends are there.

Mondo Owada:

He’s just there because Taka and Chihiro asked him to be.

Carries on conversations with the others when they aren’t performing.

At least it’s kind of enjoyable.

Kiyotaka Ishimaru:

Doesn’t really partake in it.

He’s the “chaperone” for the night.

Nothing ever gets too out of hand.

Hifumi Yamada:

He likes performing anime themes.

And...surprisingly he isn’t half bad.

He claims he had a lot of practice from singing them growing up.

Celeste Ludenberg:

She wouldn’t be caught dead singing.

Though she has been tempted once or twice.

But she has a reputation to uphold.

Sakura Ogami:

Is just here for Hina.

And, admittedly, to help Taka keep everyone in line.

Their class was known to get a little rowdy.

Junko Enoshima:

Another queen of the night.

Though her voice isn’t as good as Mukuro’s.

Usually critiques everyone else.

Makoto Naegi:

He’ll do a song or two.

But it’s cool to just sit back and have fun.

How often are they going to have this chance?

Kyoko Kirigiri:

She has never sang once at karaoke night.

It’s a miracle if she even shows up.

It’s interesting to watch everyone else go.

Byakuya Togami:

He usually skips out.

When he does go, he complains the entire time.

He doesn’t even try to have a good time.

Toko Fukawa:

She’d rather be there than home.

She won’t perform, but Syo would.

Secretly, she enjoys watching everyone.

Yasuhiro Hagakure:

He’s...pretty good.

Though he has odd choices of music.

Apparently he likes sea shanties.

Aoi Asahina:

She loves rocking out!

Her choices are mostly bubblegum pop.

Sometimes she and Sayaka will duet!

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jungleindierock · 3 years ago

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Jungle Indie Rock - March 2022

Here is the third playlist for 2022 of the music we posted on tumblr for your enjoyment, all bundled into a nice playlist for ya. There are 31 tracks of mixed genre for March 2022, we are unable to add any of the live video or audio we have post. The playlist contains new and emerging bands togther with established bands.

It features artist / bands from Ukraine, America, Canada, Australia, Spain, Ireland, Scotland, Japan, New Zealand and England. They are not mixed, they are in the date order which we posted them on the site. So enjoy this playlist follow it on Spotify and please feel free to share it with your friends. Reb

Tracklist

Wet Leg - Angelica (England) (UK)

Haim - Lost Track (USA)

Belle and Sebastian - Unnecessary Drama (Scotland) (UK)

PIXIES - Human Crime (USA)

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Tidal River (Australia)

Jack White (Ft. Q-Tip) – Hi-De-Ho (USA)

Florence + The Machine - Heaven Is Here (England) (UK)

Orville Peck - Daytona Sand (Canada)

We The Riot - Mad (Spain)

Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - B-Side (USA)

Florence + The Machine - My Love (England) (UK)

Band of Horses - Warning Signs (USA)

Thom Yorke - 5.17 (England) (UK)

Hollie Cook - Full Moon Baby (England) (UK)

The Linda Lindas - Growing Up (USA)

Dropkick Murphys - We Shall Overcome (USA)

Arcade Fire - The Lightning I (Canada)

Arcade Fire - The Lightning II (Canada)

Warpaint - Champion (USA)

Weezer - A Little Bit of Love (USA)

Muse - Compliance (England) (UK)

Royal Blood - Honeybrains (England) (UK)

Twenty One Pilots - The Outside (USA)

The Smile - Skrting On The Surface (England) (UK)

Beton - Kyiv Calling (Ukraine)

Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia (Ireland)

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162. porky and gabby (1937)

release date: may 15th, 1937

series: looney tunes

director: ub iwerks

starring: mel blanc (porky, gabby, truck driver)

a new name in the director’s guild for the first time in 9 months! feels longer, doesn’t it? ub iwerks, as in flip the frog creator and co-creator of mickey mouse iwerks, landed a very short term gig at warner bros. his warner bros gig was essentially a freelance gig as he floated around studios. he got some work to do, and leon schlesinger was able to meet his cartoon quota. he only directed 2 cartoons until one day he just up and left, leaving his unit to bob clampett. after jack king left the studio in 1936, iwerks came. bob clampett, who had been promised a position by schlesinger for quite some time, wasn’t too happy that this new guy was stepping in and taking a directorial position after HE had been promised a position for quite some time, so schlesinger appointed him to help iwerks out and to get that looney feel in the cartoons. clampett took chuck jones, bobe cannon, and manager ray katz with him. thus, when iwerks left, clampett inherited the unit. essentially, he, chuck, and bobe acted like co-directors on the iwerks films, refining them to give the films a more warner bros feel. clampett’s first entry, porky’s badtime story, was started by iwerks before he left the studio. this newly formed unit became known as the ray katz unit, separate from the leon schlesinger unit.

with a new director comes a new “star” (or not): gabby goat. gabby was warner bros’ response to donald duck. a temperamental, brash, angry sidekick to balance out the good-natured, happy go lucky, though slightly bland porky, whose personality was still up in the air. bob clampett credits cal howard for the creation of gabby, who would actually voice him in gabby’s final appearance, get rich quick porky. gabby himself only starred in three cartoons, never making it out of 1937. however, storyboards for clampett’s porky’s party (1938) DO show gabby (and petunia) starring alongside porky in the short. gabby really interests me as a character. he was so rude that his brash personality was considerably toned down by his last entry. he paved the way for daffy as a sidekick—in fact, clampett would remake porky‘s badtime story in 1944 with tick tock tuckered, daffy usurping gabby’s role in the cartoon. while gabby (and iwerks)’s stint was short, he was actually revived in the second season of wabbit/new looney tunes in 2018, voiced by bob bergen! he’s an interesting case who i like a lot, even though he doesn’t have much to show for himself.

the synopsis speaks for itself: porky and gabby are headed for a peaceful camping trip, but a variety of mishaps threaten any ounce of their enjoyment.

iris in with porky and gabby (literally) trucking their way through the rolling country side, their car brimming with camping essentials and more. a jolly motif of “gee, but you’re swell” scores quite a majority of the cartoon, and the opening scene is no exception. gabby doesn’t seem to share the same appreciation porky does for the outdoors, haughtily slumped over in his seat as porky asks “sure a swell day to go camping, isn’t it, gabby?”

before gabby can respond, their jalopy hits a rock, which catapults all of their camping supplies up into the air. thankfully--because why else?--the supplies piles back up neatly in the trunk, recovering from the bump. that is, except for one. a frying pan smacks gabby right on the head and gives him a shiner, much to porky’s amusement. gabby, full of malice, growls “YEAH!” in porky’s face.

just then, the two get stuck behind a moving van. we hear excessive honking as their jalopy zigzags back and forth, attempting to squeeze past, but the van is too big for the small country road they’re on. gabby is the perpetrator behind the horn, doing a fleischer-esque shiver take in anger as he honks on the horn and hurls insults. “hey you! get that big crate off the road! move over, we ain’t got all day! what’s the matter with you, you deaf!? you can hear that, can’t ya!?” while gabby engages in his hotheaded rant, porky, behind the wheel, is able to pull up next to the van, where gabby now yells at the bewildered truck driver in person. “get over, ya big sheep!”

as gabby threatens to “bounce one up [his] chin”, the truck driver pulls on a lever, attached to a hand shaped paddle. the paddle smacks gabby right in the face, causing him to spin around and dangle helplessly from the outstretched paddle as porky drives on ahead, clueless. reused from porky’s romance and from the radio show community sing, the truck driver tells gabby not to get excited. gabby retaliates in a flurry of sped up anger (the voice clip reused from porky’s romance) “EXCITED?? WHO’S EXCITED!? I’M NOT EXCITED!!!”

conveniently, the paddle dumps gabby right in a mud puddle, sparking another angry outburst, now spewing insults and mud alike. porky, still driving on his merry way, overhears gabby’s rampage and screeches to a halt, now driving in reverse. the animation in this scene and the next one is nice and rubbery, very elastic and stretchy. ub’s cartoons are hardly the most entertaining, but i do love how rubbery and tactile his animation is. a jolly underscore “gee, but you’re swell” triumphantly scores porky’s demise as he too is smacked by the passing paddle on the moving van. he’s then tossed out of the driver’s seat and splayed onto the hood of the car.

while gabby continues his muddy ranting and raving, the car conveniently runs right over gabby, halting just above him. porky looks around, befuddled, stuttering “hey, gabby! where are you?” mel’s deliveries as gabby are more than amusing as gabby growls back “where am i! where am i? now ain’t that a smart question! i’m under the car, you big fathead!” porky, unscathed by the remarks, climbs back into the driver’s seat and tells gabby he’ll pull up. he does so, running over gabby’s head in the process. more scathing remarks from gabby, with some particularly fluid and lovely animation as he jumps up and down in the mud puddle.

transition to the two back in their car, inching their way up a very steep incline. there’s some lovely synchronization between the animation and music as the car trucks its way up, the water in the engine spurting with each push up, all in time with the music. this collaboration is furthered as the score slows down, now as fatigued as the car trying to truck its way up. very clever indeed. just as they finally reach the top, the engine dies.

porky suggests pushing, much to gabby’s chagrin, making his distaste known by slamming the door as he begrudgingly exits the car. more rubbery animation as porky pulls at the bumper from the front, gabby pushing from the back, griping about how he wishes he’d stay home. “i don’t like camping, anyway!” porky manages to pull the bumper off the car entirely, just in time for gabby to get a running head start and ram into the back of the car, causing the car to topple over porky and barrel down the hill.

quite an interesting switch in angles as the duo run down the hill to catch the car, the decline turning into an incline once more, with the car slowing considerably and beginning its journey up the hill. now, porky and gabby run AWAY from the car, not towards it, as the car slides back down the hill, seeing as it can’t accelerate or decelerate on its own. predictable, yet fun to watch as porky and gabby engage in a game of cat and mouse with the car, the car ultimately barreling into them, sending the two twirling up into the air and landing neatly back in their respective seats. cartoon physics to the rescue!

a bit confusing as the car suddenly gains life again, trucking uphill, exhaust coming out of the pipe, but so be it. porky and gabby FINALLY reach their destination, the score now a rendition of “speaking of the weather” (which is the title of a frank tashlin merrie melody as well!) but, as we all know, this is only half the battle. porky triumphantly declares “well, here we are! i’ll put up the tent. you unload the car.” judging by the way porky moves and how gabby squints at him in contempt afterwards, i’d wage this as bob clampett’s animation. gabby retorts “yeah, i get all the hard work!” he struggles to untie the endless luggage piled up on the car. instead, he pulls the weight of the entire car on top of him, luggage spilling out on the ground as the car does a few barrel rolls, landing neatly right side up. gabby pokes his head out of the luggage pile, giving the audience an angry trademark Gabby Wink/Grimace.

elsewhere, while porky’s setting up the tent, a pesky bee comes to assess the situation. i wonder if bees in cartoons are an ub iwerks thing, or just a coincidence--in porky’s badtime story, which was started by ub, there’s a scene where porky tries to swat a bee away with a pillow, hitting gabby in the process. this could have been a clampett gag, but it wasn’t included in the tick tock tuckered remake, so who’s to say. some more interesting rubbery animation combined with a shiver take as porky angrily attempts to swat the bee away, getting stung in the ass in the process. the tent collapses, pinning porky and the bee together under the same tarp. the animation is just lovely to watch as the bee swoops around in circles, the tarp leaving a trail behind. very rubbery and malleable.

gabby begrudgingly prepares the furniture when he hears porky. “gabby! gabby! get a sly fwatter--a-a--a fly swatter!” gabby mutters to himself, scouting out a fly swatter, when he hits gold. a shovel. three times as big and three times as effective! gabby’s gleeful, slightly twisted grin as he charges towards the tent wielding the shovel is priceless. he’s a little too eager to bash some sense into that bee.

porky’s still being stung to pieces when gabby arrives. this is probably one of the funniest moments in an ub cartoon at WB, the timing is just too good: gabby hesitates, watching porky writhe around in agony under the tarp, before bashing porky’s head in. porky (rightfully) cries “OW!” and we hear silence. no movement. even better is when gabby carefully picks up the tarp and looks inside, making sure his pal is still breathing. instead, the pesky bee flies out from the tarp and stings gabby right on the nose.

more wonderfully fluid animation and speed lines as gabby now chases the bee with the shovel, cursing all along the way. ub’s flip the frog cartoons didn’t shy away from cursing (lots of “damn!”s), so i wonder if he ever thought about giving gabby a proper sailor mouth. seems likely. the bee lands on the exhaust pipe of their car, and when gabby hits the pipe with his trusty shovel, the force is enough to knock out the engine of the car, popping out of the grill.

more bob clampett animation as porky recovers, struggling to tie the tent’s rope to a stake in the ground. now, porky asks for a piece of rope, much to gabby’s chagrin. “rope... rope... i ain’t got any rope! guy’s always wantin’ something. why don’t he get his own rope? ah, here’s a piece!” sure enough, a spare piece of rope slithers out from the pile of junk by the car. treg brown’s use of a donkey braying as gabby pulls on the rope is a great touch.

unfortunately, we see that the rope is attached to the outboard motor. gabby gives a hearty tug, and the rope is freed from the motor, which activates it. the motor flies into the air, threatening to guillotine anyone who comes in contact with the blades. gabby is knocked into a hole the motor dug into the ground, peering out of it for safety (in a very similar manner to porky poking his head out of a hole in porky’s last stand). speaking of porky, he dives into his tent for safety as the motor cuts the tarp away into pieces.

the animation in this sequence is lovely, accented by carl stalling’s favorite “black coffee”. gabby resorts to shooting at the motor with a rifle. cartoon physics--the knockback from the rifle sends gabby flying, landing on a car horn, which catapults him forward. he shoots, he bounces, he shoots, he bounces, and so forth. one excessive shot sends him flying onto a spare mattress, the spring catapulting him into the air. gabby shoots himself down, but it’s no use. the spring gets caught on a tree branch. the motor threatens to graze gabby as he yells at porky for help (”i’m caught on a limb!”). rather, the motor runs into him, sending gabby twirling around the branch and hurtling towards the ground, the spring coming loose. it’s difficult to put into words, but it’s a lovely scene with some lovely animation.

porky, who has now miraculously found some rope, fashions a lasso and corrals the motor. “i got it! i got it!” but, as always, there’s a catch. a loop ties around porky’s legs, the motor dragging porky along in the wild goose chase. gabby scales up between two, lanky trees for safety, the motor cutting the bottoms off and making makeshift stilts. more beautiful animation as gabby struggles to stay put. eventually, the rope attached to the motor ties the two trees together, the rope loosening from porky’s legs and sending both him and gabby toppling to the ground.

befuddled, both investigate the eerie silence--no motor in sight. that is until the familiar sound of whirring grows louder from off screen. in a panic, the two bump into each other as they scramble to escape, both flopping to the ground just in tiem for the motor to rocket over their heads.

all hopes of a camping trip are out the window as the two scramble into their car. the engine, which had been catapulted out the front, is now pulled inside as the two speed away, hoping to outrun the deathtrap. i LOVE the detail of porky paddling at the air as they drive away, as if his meager attempts to paddle would speed the car up even more from the motor that flies threateningly close behind them.

meanwhile, they encounter an old friend: the moving van that gabby had harassed from before. once more does gabby berate the innocent driver (”HEY! MOVE OUTTA THE WAY, WE’RE COMIN’ THROUGH!”) as we get an interesting angle of the motor heading straight towards the audience.

porky and gabby duck, ready to meet their demise when the motor crashes into their car, pushing the car forcefully into the moving van. a cloud of smoke as the crash ensues. the truck driver has a tire dangling from his next, much to gabby’s delight. gabby bursts into a fit of hysterical, bleating laughter, nudging a dazed porky so he can get a good look. the van driver pulls on his trusty lever, and the hand shaped paddle from before gives gabby a well deserved smack. iris out as both the van driver and even porky beam at gabby’s humiliation.

what an interesting cartoon, to say the least! there’s a lot of layers to it, while simultaneously, there aren’t at all. to put it bluntly, at surface level, this isn’t a very good cartoon. a few plotholes (like porky randomly finding a rope after he needed one, the car miraculously working again after it had died, etc--but these are mainly cases of cartoon logic, don’t take these too seriously. these are observations rather than critiques), and the plot itself is very bare-bones. this is moreso a series of mishaps rather than a cartoon with a concrete storyline.

yet, with that said, i still enjoy it. the animation is the best part of the cartoon. i’m a very detail oriented person, and not a big picture person, which serves me well and detrimentally at the same time. so, i absolutely love how fluid, bouncy, and fun the animation is in this cartoon. that’s certainly an incentive to watch it. carl stalling’s music score, as always, compliments the cartoon quite nicely. and furthermore, this cartoon has some historical significance to it. not very much, but it’s there: it’s gabby’s first cartoon. that serves as another incentive to watch--gabby isn’t too exciting of a character, but he’s so fascinating to me that i can’t help but like him. he’s like a hidden secret. porky’s first sidekick, unless you count beans, but porky was moreso beans’ sidekick rather than beans being porky’s sidekick. gabby’s pretty obscure, but someone from the simpsons was a big enough classic cartoon fan to know who he was--they make a reference to him as “disgruntled goat”. this could be a coincidence, sure, but i’m definitely thinking this is a reference, especially considering another episode referenced friz freleng’s pigs is pigs from earlier in 1937.

in all, this isn’t a great cartoon, and you probably COULD go without watching it and be fine, but i say watch it. there’s some wonderful animation and it has some interesting history, such as ub iwerks’ first cartoon at WB and gabby’s first cartoon. check it out for yourself and see what you think!

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