#lighthouse family

[king-starscreams-fics]

Reblog with ONE song rec for the Autobots

It can be a song:

For the faction.

That alludes to the cause in some way.

That makes you think of a particular Autobot.

I give you:

Edit: You can reblog as many times as you like, but each reblog should only have one song.

[midnighttraindemo]

V98 music festival official program and info guide for the chelmsford site.

my parents attended, as well as going to reading and glastonbury in the same year.

[scotianostra]

On 8th June 1778 Robert Stevenson, the noted Scottish civil engineer, was born.

Stevenson is credited with practically inventing the Scottish lighthouse system.

Robert was born in Glasgow. His father was Alan Stevenson, a partner in a West Indies sugar trading house in the city. Alan died of an epidemic fever on the island of St. Christopher in the West Indies on 26 May 1774, a few days before Robert's second birthday. As a result, Stevenson education started as an infant at a charity school.

His mother intended Robert for the ministry and sent him to the school of a famous linguist of the day, Mr. Macintyre. However, in Stevenson’s fifteenth year, Jane Lillie married Thomas Smith a tinsmith, lamp maker and ingenious mechanic who had in 1786 been appointed engineer to the newly formed Northern Lighthouse Board.

Robert Stevenson soon followed in his step-father’s professional footsteps, becoming his assistant, aged just 19 he was left to supervise the building of the Clyde Lighthouse on Little Cumbrae in the River Clyde.

In 1794, Robert also supervised the construction of the Pentland Skerries Lighthouse. From 1797-1843 Robert acted as engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board. During this time he oversaw the construction of many lighthouses, the most famous of which was the Bell Rock Lighthouse.

Notably, Robert Stevenson invented intermittent and flashing lights. His invention earned him a gold medal from the King of Netherlands. Although most well-known for his lighthouses, eh also engineered bridges, roads, and railways, among other things. Probably the most well known of his bridges is the Hutcheson bridge officially called the Albert Bridge in Glasgow.

In 1797, Robert married his step-sister Jean Smith . The couple had 13 children, but only 5 survived into adulthood. Three of his sons, Alan, David and Thomas became lighthouse engineers as well. Thomas was also father to Robert Louis Stevenson, the author.

Stevenson died on 12th July 1850, at 1 Baxters Place in Edinburgh. He is buried in the Stevenson family plot in the New Calton Burial Ground.

[ninetiesjamz]

Lighthouse Family - High  

[tioxao]

High, do Lighthouse Family: A Canção Que Toca Almas Desde 1997

Você já escutou aquela música que parece abraçar sua alma e te levar a um lugar de paz? Se sim, então talvez conheça “High”, um dos maiores sucessos da dupla britânica Lighthouse Family. Com uma melodia suave e uma letra inspiradora, essa canção do álbum “Postcards from Heaven” (1997) continua a tocar o coração de muitas pessoas ao redor do mundo. Vamos mergulhar na história por trás dessa obra e…

[lairddavid]

Music for the New Week.

From the Moody Blues came Justin Hayward….. Forever autumn- Justin Hayward From The Faces came Rod Stewart…… Maggie May- Rod Stewart. Reminiscent of a different era…. A Glass of Champagne-Sailor From the Brit Invasion of the U.S. Needles and Pins- TheSearchers To slow the pace down a bit. Lifted- Lighthouse Family Classic Oldie Stuck in the middle with you- Stealers Wheel I’ll sign…

[geofflewriter]

Ten Songs: Three

Music, importantly, is more than a tune and some lyrics. It’s a catch in the throat, a mind refresher, a rabbit hole, a generator of smiles, a reminder of loves, a slap on the back and a squeeze of the heart. I love music, never really remember what I’ve listened to and use it as a background to all my writing. But some music, some songs are more than that. These are the ten that I stop and…

[grahamstoney]

My Favourite Songs of 2014

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My Favourite Songs of 2014

Now that 2015 is well and truly upon us, I thought it would be a good time to look back at some of my favourite songs of 2014, and what they meant to me. Not all these songs were released in 2014; some of them date back quite a long way. But they all struck a nerve for me last year. Here’s why:

360 – Live It Up

This upbeat number from a fellow aussie rapper who has struggled with depression in the past was a good reminder to me that I’ve only got the one life, and to make the most of it:

Art vs Science – Create/Destroy

In a similar vein, Art vs Science reminded me that as humans, we have two options: create or destroy. We’re always operating out of either love or fear. But why would you destroy when there is so much to create?

Billy Joel – Angry Young Man

2104 was the year I finally got in touch with my inner rage towards my parents over the way they behave towards each other, and my anger motivated me to finally tell them point-blank that I wanted it to stop. Anger is an empowering emotion that motivates us to stand up for what is important to us, and I had long repressed mine. Not any more!

I used to like this song for different reasons, way back when I self-righteously thought that angry people were just being stupid. One particular line stands out for me:

I believe I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage

Maybe I’ll become as enlightened as Billy in 2015?

Birds Of Tokyo – Plans

Another catchy one, and relatively easy to play on drums so I got right into it. I even played this live on stage with the crew from the Sydney Jam Band Sessions meetup during our pub jam session at The Roxbury Hotel on 28th June 2014. The bass player complained that the sliding bass riff was shredding his fingers, but I was happy to get a step further towards overcoming my fear of playing in front of an audience. It’s time to move on now and start my own band, but I really enjoyed playing with those guys.

Dire Straits – Sultans Of Swing

Another song I played live at gigs in 2014 was this Dire Straits classic, when my old band Heard of Cats covered it. It was a challenge for me because the rhythm is fast and syncopated, plus I sang lead vocals while playing drums since our outfit was just a 3 piece. But I just love the feeling when the bass comes in during the chorus.

Thanks for the memories Paul and Gabriel; we were the sultans all right:

Foster The People – Best Friend

I totally got into Foster The People in 2014. This song rocks, and I learned to play it on drums. I hope I did everything I could to help my best friend when they were all strung out last year.

Foster The People – Coming Of Age

As I said, totally got into Foster The People, so they get two favourites in this list. This song has a funky kick drum rhythm that took me a while to master, but eventually I got it. Also, I did a lot of growing up in 2014, and to me that’s what Coming Of Age is about. Feels like, feels like it’s comin’…

Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know

I got into this song when it was first released while on my 2013 annual winter road trip north in search of a warmer climate. I was stuck in the Hervey Bay Youth Hostel with a rotten cold for two weeks when it came out, and having it on high rotation in my MP3 player helped get me through. I remembered it again during my 2014 road trip, and although it should really be on last year’s list, I didn’t do one then so it’s here instead:

Highasakite – Darth Vader

Who couldn’t love this quirky song comparing one’s self to the evil villain from Star Wars by Norwegian band Highasakite? I just think it’s great. It always makes me smile:

Highasakite – Since Last Wednesday

Another great one to play on drums. For me, this song is about the fact that many of us guys don’t let the other people in our lives ever really get to know us or what is going on inside. We don’t know how to deal with anger because nobody ever taught us, so we’re still walking around with infantile rage that builds every time we get pissed off. We bottle things up until we explode, and then everyone around goes “He would never do that!”

Actually, yes he would. He would, and he did:

Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown – No Air

Living without love is like living in a world with no air. 2014 sure had its moments when it felt like I was living in a vacuum. How am I supposed to breathe? The love is there, and I’m getting better at recognising it. When I can’t feel it, this song gets me through:

Joshua Kaddison – Jesse

This song is so beautiful, I felt compelled to spend about 2 months solid in lock-down learning to play it on keyboard last year when I was playing in the short-lived band The Vipassana Agents. We never played any gigs, and the band folded out of lack of momentum. Or maybe it was creative differences, who knows. I was the drummer, and the lead guitarist was so impressed with my drumming skills that he suggested I take up keyboard instead. No wonder we didn’t exactly gel.

I just love playing this song. I really feel the guy’s pain:

Jungle – Busy Earnin’

Catchy tune, and the dancing in the video rocks! Also a good reminder not to focus too much on earning money if you want to really live and pursue your true dreams. It helps keep me motivated when the dream seems unrealistic:

Lighthouse Family – Ocean Drive

I used to listen to this song while walking down to meditate by the banks of Lane Cove River, when I lived in Lane Cove. It reminds me of those times. The lyrics also really move me:

When the clouds arrive we’ll live on Ocean Drive Don’t know why you’re so blue The sun’s gonna shine on everything you do.

In October 2014 I moved from Lane Cove to Bondi Beach. Now I live near the ocean. I like to think I live on Ocean Drive:

Marc Cohn – Walking In Memphis

This is just such a beautiful song, I’ve set myself a goal of learning to play it on keyboard in 2015:

MGMT – Kids

I just thought this song seemed catchy at first. Then actually listened to the lyrics and found a deeper message: I was feeling really stuck trying unsuccessfully to break old patterns of family conditioning that have held me back, and I think my unconscious was trying to tell me something:

You were a child, crawlin’ on your knees toward it. Makin’ mama so proud, but your voice was too loud.

We like to watch you laughing. You pick the insects off plants. No time to think of consequences.

Control yourself. Take only what you need from it. A family of trees wanting, To be haunted.

I grew up in a pseudo-religious family with a controlling mother and learned to control myself in order to seek her love and approval, rather than learning to express my true self. I became hypervigilant, always worrying and over-thinking the consequences of everything.

I’m not a Christian any more, but I now understand what Jesus really meant when he was quoted in Matthew 18:3 as saying: “Unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven”: Being in a non-judgemental state of flow like a kid is heaven.

So now, I seek to live my life spontaneously and intuitively, with a child-like sense of wonder and joy. Doing what your mum approves of isn’t the only nor the most important thing in life. Take only what you need from your family of origin, and discard the baggage that doesn’t work for you:

Mumford and Sons – Little Lion Man

I was stunned to find this song juxtaposed on my MP3 player against Kids one day while seeking solace on my skateboard. I discovered it on my 2014 winter road trip and just love the guitar rhythm and the sound. To me the lyrics represent my shadow side or inner critic that loves to undermine me by saying that I’m wrong and everything is my fault after all:

Rolls Bayce – Don’t Get Me Wrong

Enough analysis already! I just like this song. It’s catchy:

The Aston Shuffle – No Place Like Home

At first, I just thought this was a catchy tune from London band The Aston Shuffle, and decided to learn to play it on my drum kit. Around the same time I started standing up to my controlling mother and was exchanging letters with her requesting that we introduce some new ground rules into our relationship so I could feel safe around her. Half way through learning to play it I started listening to the actual words and was blown away:

I’m writing you again I’m writing you again So don’t you worry now

Just try to understand Just try to understand it’s all For us

Stay calm Just say you’ll be alright You will see one day Stay calm, the wait will be a while But I know we’ll be okay

These are the times You can’t deny But there’s no place like home that we will find Once in your eyes, I feel alive But there’s no place like home, I’ve realised

I hope my mother reads my letters with this in mind. I also think my unconscious was leading me to this reminder that all relationships have ups and downs, and things aren’t a disaster just because we’re going through struggles in the way we relate. The important thing is to be authentic (i.e. at home in ourselves) so we can feel alive, and the discomfort is a sign of growth:

[gregor-samsung]

Маяк [The Lighthouse] (Mariya Saakyan, 2006)  

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was at a lighthouse with my cousin and we ate pomegranates when one of them became a grenade (in our language pomegranate and grenade are the same word) and blew up in a pink dust.

[discocandles]

One thing about Duke that I feel needs a canon deep dive in terms of all of the batfamily is how Duke wasn't there for the traumas that the family has experienced and how he changes the entire dynamic of the batfamily as a result.

I can explain by getting a little personal. My family went through a lot of pain bc my brother was born about 15 weeks early, and barely survived. But I was born a few years after and saw all of that stuff as normal. Me not knowing/experiencing that traumatic event changed the family dynamic. my mother has called it filling in the cracks(basically calling me the glue of the family).

Now how does this relate to Duke? Well, the closest he knew of what the joker did to Barbara and Jason was likely news articles his parents talked quietly about after he went to bed. He had maybe interacted with Batman twice before his family was targeted, and never saw most of Damian's arc to redeem himself. He was in the foster system when Bruce died, and didn't form we are Robin until down the line. Duke joined long after these events occurred or after they were mostly resolved. His view of the batfamily is normal normal to him. It's not like dick's, who likely longs for a time when Bruce wasn't so closed off, or before Jason was killed. Duke's normal isn't like Tim or Steph's, who joined when Bruce was grieving Jason, and along with Cass and Damian, their normal was shattered by Bruce's "death".

Duke knows these people are messed up, don't get me wrong, but the ways they are messed up is just who they are to him from his introduction to them. And the difference between being there in someone's past vs. only knowing about it after the fact is something that I find relatable with Duke.

It's the reason that I think Duke and Jason get along fairly well outside of just their similar stories. Duke may have heard stories of how jason was before, but it's never in the context of Jason not being alive or an in memoriam. He compares those stories about jason to the way he is now instead of vice versa.

The same can be said for Damian and Cass. He's heard stories about how they were raised to kill with no mercy and made an incredible journey to not do that anymore. But to him it's context rather than who they are. He may be one of the only people who truly sees Damian as someone trying to get through middle school while being Robin. And the dynamic he has with Cass has so much love and support when either of them is going through something.

Duke, whether he knows it or not changes several of the dynamics of the batfamily. I realized that I've never made this post and I feel like I have to.

[jadafitch]

Tenants Harbor Lighthouse, once owned and painted by Andrew Wyeth, now owned and painted by his son, Jamie.

[buffaluff]

my (slightly late) contribution for the @911fanworksfestival for the lovely @rainbow-nerdss! i hope you like it! 🌈💖

i was scrolling her ao3 for inspiration and saw she wrote a LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER AU and i knew i had to draw it 🥰

[puretopia]

🦇🦇

[fishareglorious]

don’t know if the lighthouse keepers showing up in marcus’ story was them actually managing to follow her around after she left the isles, isolde’s seance powers summoning them, or just a figment of her imagination, but i’d like to think its the first one.

and once greta dies and somehow turns into a ghost (can you see that im still coping), the three of them are there to help her get her bearings over the fact she’s dead and a ghost and once the vienna storm shitshow is done the three of them basically thank her for taking care of their little lassie after all this time