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Damn my hand hurts after making this one lol
Anyway here's Eileen and her family having a 4th of July party with friends and family. Cleo's parents came and also their elderly next-door neighbors the Cliftons ( ), their friends the Johnsons along with Jojo's parents ( ) and their friends the Lee-Martinezes with their kids and their dog Moxie ( ).
#my ocs#eileen evergreen#cleopatra godiva romano leibovitz#desdemona rose evergreen#margot darla evergreen#janet leibovitz#harry romano#ernest clifton#florence clifton#roger johnson#janine johnson#long john silver johnson#blue bayou johnson#miguel martinez#aaron lee#sarah lee martinez#derek lee martinez#moxie lee martinez
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"Save a horse, ride a cowboy" - Tex "Oatmeal" Johnson asking for his.. "breakfast" and some exercise to wake them both up 😌
Spooky, here’s your breakfast. Tex Johnson x Fem Reader. Gif by @cristinaricci. TW: somnophilia, dub-con, Tex, spanking, anal play, really nsfw
You should really know better by now; sleeping in Tex’s big flannel and that little thong (or, as he likes to muse, a scrap of cotton on elastic) he loves… just to get him riled up? Tsk.
That’s how you end up with him kissing and nibbling your cheeks while he knuckles over your pussy.
You’re all weak and jello, unable to protest properly when he slaps the band of stinging elastic against you, pulls it aside and flicks your little asshole with his tongue.
“Nah, nuh-uh,” you growl, hands going back to stop him, but not before he catches your wrists and holds them flat against your back with one unfairly big grip—your own personal pair of handcuffs.
“You don’t like that?” He asks, grinning a kiss into your plump left cheek, only letting his teeth graze just a little bit.
You giggle, and it’s stupid that you honestly think you can get out of this by saying, “go away.”
“Oh yeah?” He muses, nuzzling his beard into your pussy lips, sucking and slobbering. The underwear does little to deter his sneaking, slippery, silver tongue.
You try a different bargain. “Tex, I can’t -“
He gives your butt a wicked little slap. “You’re gonna.”
You groan and bury your face into the pillow while he eats the cum out of you.
“Fuckin sleeping in these cute little panties to get me hard first thing in the damn morning. You just wanted to tease me, huh, little girl?”
The generous bastard gifts you two thick fingers curled perfectly.
“Answer me or I’m gonna edge ya til you cry.”
“No no no please. Okay okay yeah. Nah ah ahn oh fu-uh-uck.”
You clench on three fingers without warning, soaking right through those aforementioned cute panties. Fuck, you really liked those.
“Already?” He asks, shaking his head. “Talk about jumpin the gun.”
“Shut uppp Texx—“
“Tell me what I wanna hear.”
“Mmm.”
“Oh, you better fuckin do it.”
“M’ your pretty girl.”
“What honey?” He purposefully ups the force of his fingers to get you louder: “m-mmmmah yuh-ur pretty girlll.”
This is what you get for insulting yourself in front of him that one goddamn time. He had grabbed your cheeks, smushing them between his fingers. “What was that?”
“What?” You challenged, defiance ruined by the comical distortion of your voice.
“Naw, you know exactly watcha said, and if you ever talk like that about my pretty little honey again, you ain’t gonna like me very much.”
You rolled your eyes and batted him away, but he threaded his fingers through your belt loops before you could run. “You hearing me? Only person that gets to be mean to you is me and my cock. Are we clear, pumpkin?” He tugged you chest to chest, usual playful smile turned down into something stern and menacing.
“Crystal.”
And, ever since that moment, he has been making you say it—that you’re his pretty girl. Even in public, around people you know, if he asks, you supply with a bright blush and eyes downcast and pussy clenching.
As he’s stated before, he really likes making you gush around his fingers and then licking it up with his tongue—overstimulate your “poor little kitty kat”. Loves it when you’re swollen and spent, cum dribbling from both holes when he and John decide to make a sandwich out of you. Sure, he can threaten all he wants with edging games, but you know that, if you play cards with this wicked devil just right, he’s going to make you cum many times over, until it fucking hurts—leaves you screaming and crying and kicking your feet, actually missing Wick’s week long edging sessions…as awful as they are.
You’re already sore when he makes you sit on his cock.
“I’m tired,” you whine, draped over his torso so his fat tip isn’t bruising your cervix quite so much.
“Baby,” he murmurs, kissing your hair. “You’re always tired. Nappin like an house cat every time I see you.”
“I’m sleepy,” you protest, huffing into his chest. And it’s probably because we fuck like rabbits every six or seven minutes, you think to yourself.
“Aw, poor sleepin beauty.” He gives your ass a sharp smack. “You better start workin on this cock before I do it for you.”
#tex johnson imagine#tex johnson x reader#fuk u tex#john wick x reader#keanuverse#keanuverse fic#IV Drabbles#tex johnson x you
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personal Top-20 Fave Books of the 21st century
I'm sure we've all seen the NYT list of the 100 best books of the 21st century and perhaps some of you caught the second list, Readers Pick their Best Books of the 21st century, after all the comments the newspaper got about the first one.
There are issues with both these lists for me, because I read mostly genre, I read more international books, and I used to read a ton of YA in the past. This is a predominantly US-centric list, with the kind of books that the readers of a highbrow newspaper would gravitate towards and it definitely suffers from recency bias.
Of course the great thing about these kind of lists is that they give rise to discussions. And I've been thinking of what my personal Top-20 would be for books that stood out in the past 24 years.
I am the kind of person who has forgotten what she ate yesterday, but luckily Goodreads doesn't forget and I've been doing the yearly reading challenge since 2013, which was a great help. If I've forgotten something amazing is because I read it before social media.
Here we go, the books published this century that blew me away:
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Γκιακ by Δημοσθένης Παπαμάρκος
Captive Prince by CS Pacat
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Brand New Ancients by Kae Tempest
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
Mo Dao Zu Shi by MXTX
Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
The Amber Spyglass by P. Pullman
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel by S. Clarke
The Likeness by Tana French
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
Storm of Swords by GRRM
Long Price Quartet (a series, I'm cheating) by Daniel Abraham
Runners up:
The Dream Thieves, Brothers of the Wild North Sea, Spectred Isle, The Ruin of Gabriel Ashleigh, Bel Canto, Amberlough, Vita Nostra.
Anyone want to do something similar? Consider yourselves tagged and PLEASE tag me so I can see!
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Best Friends & Orange Cassidy vs Miro & Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford Feud (Oct 2020 - Mar 2021)
Hey, I finally finished putting this together! (its just tv stuff, i missed any twitter tweets)
I've supplied (brief) summaries, hyperlinks, and timestamps for each show, mostly to fite/triller where you can directly watch them if you have an AEW+ sub. If you don't, I tried to include some youtube/twitter alternative links where applicable. I've also left the bilibili video ids from before I got fite/triller, they're in blue.
(My advice: feel free to skip straight to Jan 06 2021.)
It's a looooong post, so its under this readmore. You can also find it as a separate page on my tumblr here. if i end up hosting it anywhere else i'll edit the original post and put a link here as well maybe
by zon :)
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OCT 14 2020
https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/results/aew-dynamite-anniversary-show-live-results-four-title-matches-322571
The feud begins. The first match of the show is Best Friends vs FTR. Kip and Penelope are… playing… on an arcade cabinet in the arena. Trent accidentally destroys the cabinet while fighting FTR. Kip and Penelope to run off. After the match ends, they return with Miro who beats up Chuck and Trent. After a commercial break, Miro/Kip have a tag match (squash) against Lee Johnson/Sean Maluta and then do a promo about the broken arcade cabinet.
0:16:21 arcade break | 0:20:00 Miro Appears | 0:26:00 Miro/Kip/Penelope postmatch promo
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-42-20/2p88b/ BV1Rp4y1r7y9
(later on in this show, Orange has a match against Cody for his TNT Championship.)
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OCT 28 2020
https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/results/aew-dynamite-live-results-world-title-eliminator-semifinals-323741
Returning from supporting Orange Cassidy in his lumberjack match, Best Friends bump into Miro, Kip, and Penelope (MKP, if you will) in the halls. MKP are pretty chill about the whole broken arcade thing and offer them some presents and halloween treats. Chuck and Trent are unamused. MKP then reveal that it was merely a halloween trick™ and beats them up.
1:17:00 best friends + MKP backstage promo
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-44-20/2p8ac/ BV1j5411L7GM
Also, Orange has a rematch against Cody for that TNT championship since their last match ended due to the time limit. This time its a lumberjack match. Best Friends are present and also take part in the chaos.
54:28 Orange’s match entrance | 57:50 Cody’s entrance (and the rest of the match)
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NOV 2 2020
Excalibur interviews Trent and Miro ahead of their upcoming match on Wednesday over webcam. It’s 6 minutes long, and mostly Excalibur bearing witness to Trent and Miro arguing. Gonna give a shout out to their distinct webcam setups, lol (Trent is using workout earbuds and sitting in what has to be a large dim empty room, Excalibur is in his bedroom, and Miro is in his gamer office with a headset)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1SZTP8ywc
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NOV 4 2020
https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/results/aew-dynamite-live-results-full-gear-go-home-show-324296
Trent vs Miro. During the entrances they show a clip from the interview from Nov 2nd. Orange and Chuck are hanging out ringside, as well as Kip and Penelope. Eventually Chuck runs off stage while fighting Kip. Dark Order appear to beat up Orange since hes fighting John Silver at the upcoming Full Gear. Miro scares them off and then defeats Trent with his submission hold. After the match, Miro puts Trent back into his Game Over submission and Chuck runs in to save him. Kip was following close behind. Chuck and Trent get both of their asses kicked. Orange attacks MKP and the two sides split off.
0:23:25 Trent vs Miro | 0:28:00 Chuck leaves | 0:31:00 Dark Order appears | 0:37:23 Match Ends | 39:40 Postmatch ends
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-45-20/2p8cy/ BV1wV41117E7
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NOV 6 2020
https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/results/aew-dark-results-daniels-vs-sydal-taylor-vs-johnson-324511
Chuck Taylor fights Lee Johnson on AEW Dark. Nothing MKP-related happens, but at the start Excalibur briefly brings up the ongoing feud Best Friends are having with Miro/Kip/Penelope. Plus its a fun match for AEW Dark.
43:56 Chuck Taylor vs Lee Johnson
https://youtu.be/S_ShrIJ4hVQ?t=2636
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NOV 7 2020
www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/results/aew-full-gear-live-results-five-title-matches-omega-vs-page-324571
Full Gear! Orange has a match against John Silver. Later on, he gets interviewed by Dasha alongside Best Friends. MKP interrupt the interview– Kip’s mad that Orange’s beef with the Dark Order caused them to show up at the Trent vs Miro match, and that they could’ve hurt Penelope. He asks for an apology from Orange and then immediately slaps him anyway. Best Friends get mad on his behalf but Orange casually says everythings cool and walks with the two of them offscreen. Everyone is confused at how chill he is.
3:09:53 Backstage Interview
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-full-gear-2020/2p83a/ BV18K4y1E7uE
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NOV 11 2020
They play the segment from Full Gear on this Dynamite and announce Kip vs Orange for next week.
1:36:45
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-46-20/2p8ef/
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NOV 18 2020
https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/results/aew-dynamite-live-results-pac-returns-world-title-contract-signing-325391
Kip Sabian vs Orange Cassidy. Best Friends accompany Orange for his entrance, but return to the back. Miro’s on commentary calling Trent his Young Boy. JR brings up Kip and Penelope’s upcoming marriage. After Orange wins the match, Miro sprints from the commentary table to punch out Orange. Best Friends show up immediately after and MKP run off.
0:26:53 Match Start | 39:50 Match End
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-47-20/2p8ft/ BV1jK4y1j79q
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NOV 24 2020
https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/results/aew-dark-results-dark-order-vs-janelakiss-vs-chaos-project-325946
Trent vs Michael Nakazawa Chuck and Orange are hanging around ringside. Not necessarily MKP-related, but Excalibur mentions their feud. The Wrestling Observer article says that Nakazawa sabotaged Trent during his match against Miro way back when, but I’m not sure where that’s specifically mentioned. It’s really just in service of facilitating this goofy comedy match.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf1mr41FoLQ&t=1123s
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NOV 25 2020
Miro & Kip’s game livestream is interrupted by OC. Its a trap by the Best Friends!
twitter.com/AEW/status/1331783338214961153
or:
1:11:03
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-48-20/2p8h6/
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DEC 1 2020
Best Friends have an AEW Dark match against Sean Maluta & Adam Priest. Unrelated to the feud, it seems? https://youtu.be/oLW9pywcIYI?t=2722
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DEC 2 2020
https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/results/aew-dynamite-winter-coming-live-results-moxley-vs-omega-326461
The show starts off with the Dynamite Diamond Battle Royale, and it has Orange Cassidy in it. It comes down to him, Wardlow, and MJF, and Orange eliminates Wardlow to end the match and qualify for the dynamite diamond ring match next week. Best Friends come out to pick him up congratulate him. Orange flops to the ground like a sack of potatoes. MKP come out to antagonize them and are held back by every referee.
13:45 Match End | 15:03 Postmatch End
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-49-20/2p8i3/ BV1KK41137KR
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DEC 9 2020
https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/results/aew-dynamite-live-results-sting-interview-omega-title-win-fallout-327116
The dynamite diamond ring match! Best Friends accompany Orange and hang around ringside along with a group of others to even out the odds as MJF has the entire Inner Circle backing him up. This is a pretty fun match. At the end, Miro comes out to knock Orange out while the ref is preoccupied by ringside chaos, and then MJF takes advantage of this to pin Orange for the win. Best Friends fight with Miro & Kip, but the refs get them away. Miro proceeds to kick the shit out of every security guard.
1:43:36 Orange’s entrance + match start | 1:57:35 Ringside Chaos + Miro Appears
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-50-20/2p8jf/ BV1QK41137mb
unrelated, but MJF has a short promo against Orange at 14:40
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DEC 15 2020
https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/results/aew-dark-results-best-friends-vs-chaos-project-shida-vs-king-327711
Best Friends vs Chaos Project fight on this episode of AEW DARK. Miro comes out at the end to yell at them, but the refs keep him away.
1:42:00 Match intro | 1:53:00 Miro Appears
https://youtu.be/7_xHd64xeeQ?t=6171
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DEC 16 2020
https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/results/aew-dynamite-live-results-omega-vs-janela-no-dq-match-327716
(trent had a fight against jericho earlier, and had a staredown with ortiz/santana…)
Best Friends do a promo– They’re unhappy about Miro sabotaging Orange Cassidy, and hear that Kip and Penelope’s wedding date is being announced next week, and warn that they’ll also be at that show.
1:41:20 Promo
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-51-20/2p8ka/ BV1bt4y1k7SC
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DEC 23 2020
Wedding date reveal segment. Best Friends’ intro starts, but its just a prank. They then show Trent being loaded into ambulance.
1:11:00-1:14:55
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-52-20/2p8l5/ BV115411H7PA
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JAN 06 2021
Chuck and Orange give an update on the status of Trent’s injury, Miro and the gang show up. Miro tells Chuck that he needs to stand up for himself instead of hiding behind his friends, or better yet be Miro’s friend and do all his chores. Chuck challenges Miro to a match next week, and Miro accepts with the stipulation that if Chuck loses he’ll have to be his young boy/rookie. Chuck agrees just to get this stupid beef over with faster.
0:24:27-0:26:18
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-01-21/2p8ne/ BV1c54y1s71A
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JAN 13 2021
chuck vs miro. we know who wins– obviously. how would there be a butler segment otherwise?
0:15:20 chuck entrance | 23:02 match ends
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-02-21/2p8oj/ BV1xh411y7XX
You can also just watch the last 3 mins of the match on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vRsizDs838
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JAN 21 2021
We get the Charles Taylor butler reveal during Leyla Hirsch vs Penelope Ford. Orange is in the crowd, rather unhappy. After the match, Miro commands Chuck to enter the the ring and bosses him around. He then forces Chuck to look at Orange in the crowd and say into the mic that Miro is his best friend now.
1:25:22 Penelope Ford Entrance | 1:34:55-1:37:33 Postmatch Promo
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-03-21/2p8pk/ BV14v4y1f7tr
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FEB 03 2021
Miro and Kip have a short backstage promo about being excited for the wedding. Chuck is standing next to them, miserable. Vickie Guerrero then fetches them for the big wedding.
Miro gets Chuck to bring the champagne, then drinks Chuck’s glass cuz he is working. Miro gets mad at the person sized present hanging round the ring. Chuck says its a wedding gift from him. Miro is on to him, and trashes the gift. Chuck cuffs Miro's leg while he isnt looking, then Chuck turns on them. Orange also appears :)
1:00:12 Wedding Stage Setup | 1:00:56 Backstage Promo + Wedding | 1:12:08 Wedding… Ruined | 1:16:23 (segment end)
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-05-21/2p8sj/ BV1vU4y1x7E8
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FEB 10 2021
Recap of last week’s events.
47:35-49:24 MKP's promo, then Orange and Chuck
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-06-21/2p8tp/ BV1ur4y1N7Fd
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FEB 17 2021
Orange Cassidy vs Luther on dynamite. Chuck and Serpentico are ringside. Neither Miro nor Kip Sabian make an appearance.
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FEB 24 2021
Tony Schiavone has an interview with MKP. They’re very very mad about the wedding. Miro wants to beat up Orange. He says he likes Chuck Taylor and wants him to come back and be a butler for him again. Someone gives tony a note. Its one of those little “will u wrestle us at revolution? y/n/maybe :)” asking-someone-out-in-highschool kind of notes. Miro gets mad and says its childish and that Orange Cassidy is such a bad influence on him. But if Chuck comes home he’ll teach him how to be a man. Miro then crumples up the note and eats it, and then spits it back out at Tony.
37:13-39:35 Promo Segment
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-08-21/2p8w5/ BV1cp4y1H7Qv (0:37:25 ?)
alternatively: https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1364752741889900545
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MAR 03 2021
Revolution 2021 Miro + Kip vs Chuck + Orange match announcement, plus a short backstage promo from Miro.
1:43:26 Miro Promo
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-09-21/2p8xm/ BV1MK4y1D737
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MAR 08 2021
The Match At Revolution. feat. a lightly bloodied chuck
1:21:54 Marvez backstage interview w/ Chuck and Orange (that leads into the rest of the match) | 1:33:26 Match End
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-revolution-2021/2p8rn/ BV1Pf4y1t7GL
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MAR 10 2021
Chuck and Orange requests a rematch. Arcade Anarchy!
31:30 Promo Start
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-10-21/2p8zg/ BV1rN411Q7c2
alternatively: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SGY6GgdLJU
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MAR 17 2021
Marvez interviews Miro about how Chuck and Orange challenged them to a rematch. Miro’s not interested, says he is over it. Kip interrupts and says he super isn’t over it, and is mad that Miro doesnt care and also hurt his wife! Kip accepts the rematch.
1:33:27-1:35:01 Backstage Promo
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-11-21/2p90p/ BV1Cf4y1s7uv
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MAR 24 2021
Video package about the upcoming Arcade Anarchy match: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwRMbFy4SU8
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MAR 29 2021
AEW DARK miro shows up at the end of orange/chuck’s match. :O https://youtu.be/d2hjXKRuHVY?t=94
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MAR 31 2021
The Arcade Anarchy match! By pinfall or submission only.
1:39:29 Match Intro / Miro + Kip Entrance | (commercial break) | 1:43:34 Orange + Chuck Entrance
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-13-21/2p93m/ BV1yf4y1x7Kq 1:26:40 (?)
supplemental material for the arcade match lol: https://twitter.com/callmekrisstat/status/1377705137792290821
ah damn wtf hold on the tweet’s deleted. here: https://web.archive.org/web/20210914041200/https://twitter.com/callmekrisstat/status/1377705137792290821
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APR 07 2021
Best Friends interrupt Death Triangle's in-ring promo and start shit up with them (again):
15:18
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/aew-dynamite-episode-14-21/2p94w/ BV16K411w7Ug 0:16:00 (?)
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APR 14 2021
Kip Sabian is nowhere to be found, which Miro finds pretty annoying! He just wants to talk, cmon. Well, since he can’t find him, he’s moving on to challenging anyone in the company holding gold. https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1382498000484851713
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APR 21 2021
miro promo again: https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1385035045799448585
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APR 26 2021
Kris Statlander started feuding with Penelope Ford, too. Here’s a Road to Dynamite where Chuck, Trent, and Orange support Kris through a promo video package. It’s one of my favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYScNUG1ego
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APR 28 2021
Kip goes to see whats up with Miro :) https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1387583461939101698
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Over the course of 2022 you’ll occasionally see a guy in the crowd with a cardboard box on his head. That’s Kip Sabian, out of kayfabe he was dealing with recovering from a shoulder injury? It lasted a while and when he recovered he came back as a my chemical romance lookin’ dude who may or may not have thought the cardboard box was controlling him? The gimmick didn’t get over so it got dropped pretty fast. He also had a short feud again against Orange Cassidy in 2023 when Orange had the All-Atlantic Championship– he got under Orange’s skin so bad! Anyway thats neither here nor there. Thanks for reading!
#aew#best friends#chuck taylor#miro#kip sabian#orange cassidy#i hope i never have to format a post like this ever again lmao wtf 😭 tumblr's rich text editor sux!!!!#this feud is also not that great really. it drags. but it has some moments and is responsible for my favorite aew best friends promo later#anyway at least i can put this out there now#its just stuff from tv or the official aew accounts-- if any of the wrestlers were tweeting extra stuff then i missed it.#a lot of that stuff wouldve been lost to time anyway#(i cant even fully blame notorious tweet deleter chuck taylor-- i found out a tweet i saved from kris statlander was deleted at some point)#postzon#feud timeline
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List of “I need to calm the fuck down” music
(please reblog your own)
Most Trance Music if this list is intimidating- Usually not something you dance to, doesn’t have a lot of percussion and erratic noise. It’s supposed to entrance you.
This list spans the following genres: Pop, folk, grunge, cinematic, and rock.
Maybe I’ll make a Spotify playlist or something with all of them, idk. These are not in alphabetical order but I tried to keep multiple artist entries grouped.
I had the whole thing color-coded but Tumblr didn't like that so here's it in boring text (I still have the colored one if anyone wants it)
WITH LYRICS
Good for Me - Above & Beyond
On a Good Day - Above & Beyond
Blue Sky Action - Above & Beyond
The Hollywood Bowl Show - Above & Beyond
I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis
I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
Through the Eyes of a Child - AURORA
Retrograde - Pearl Jam
Run Boy Run - Woodkid
The Night We Met - Lord Huron
Would That I - Hozier
After All These Years- Journey
Let it All Go - Birdy
Holocene - Bon Iver
Home I/II - Dotan
Outro - M83
Flares - The Script
O - Coldplay
Fly On - Coldplay
Strawberry Swing - Coldplay
Midnight - Coldplay
Lovers in Japan (Acoustic) - Coldplay
Clocks - Coldplay
Every Teardrop is a Waterfall - Coldplay
Up & Up - Coldplay
Fix You - Coldplay
Oceans - Seafret
Dice - Finley Quaye
Medicine - Daughter
Wash Away - Joe Purdy
Upside Down - Jack Johnson
Heartbeats - Jose Gonzales
Teardrop - Massive Attack
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For - U2
Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
Life is a Highway - Rascal Flatts
Something I Need - OneRepublic
Dead in the Water - Ellie Goulding
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
Morning Elvis - Florence + The Machine
End of Love - Florence + The Machine
What the Water Gave Me - Florence + The Machine
Sky Full of Song - Florence + The Machine
Free - Florence + The Machine
Choreomania - Florence + The Machine
Walls - Kings of Leon
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Tom Petty/Prince
Silver Spring - Fleetwood Mac
Big Love - Fleetwood Mac
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac
Don’t Look Back in Anger - Oasis
The Albatross - Taylor Swift
The Archer - Taylor Swift
You’re On Your Own Kid - Taylor Swift
Clean - Taylor Swift
On My Way - Phil Collins
Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros
I Shall Not Walk Alone - The Blind Boys of Alabama
Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
Manic - Cloves
Dorian - Agnes Obel
Down to Earth - Peter Gabriel
Shine On You Crazy Diamond I-IV - Pink Floyd
On the Turning Away - Pink Floyd
High Hopes - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Take it Back - Pink Floyd
November Rain - Guns n’ Roses
Breathe Me - Sia
They’ll Soon Discover - The Shins
Just a Kid - Wilco
Evenstar - Howard Shore
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
Angela - The Lumineers
Scotland - The Lumineers
Nobody Knows - The Lumineers
Sleep on the Floor - The Lumineers
The Ink from Books - Sleeping at Last
Lightning Crashes - Live
Disarm - The Smashing Pumpkins
Glitter in the Air - P!nk
Silhouette - Aquilo
Water Under the Bridge - Adele
Golden Hour Album - Kygo
Stole the Show - Kygo
Wake Me Up - Avicii
Heaven - Avicii
Hope There’s Someone - Avicii
Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
WITHOUT LYRICS
Flow State (Continuous Mix) - Above & Beyond
Memory Gospel - Moby
Immanuel - Tony Anderson
Define Dancing - Thomas Newman
Haiku/Nemo Egg - Thomas Newman
American Beauty - Thomas Newman
Chasing Ice - J. Ralph
One Day - Hans Zimmer
Thunderbird/The Decision - Hans Zimmer
1917 - Thomas Newman
The Mighty Rio Grande - This Will Destroy You
The Minecraft OST - C418
The World of Goo OST - Kyle Gabler
Tessa - Imagine Dragons
Forbidden Friendship - John Powell
Experience - Ludovico Einaudi
The Aviators - Helen Jane Long
Once There Was A Hush Puppy - Benh Zeitlin
On the Nature of Daylight - Max Richter
The Beginning - Factor 8
End of An Era - Zach Hemsey
I Walk With Ghosts - Scott Buckley
The Chasing Coral OST - Dan Romer
The Luca OST - Dan Romer
Arrival to Earth - Steve Jablonsky
Tower of Joy - Ramin Djawadi
Light of the Seven - Ramin Djawadi
Into a Nighttime Sky - Jeremy Zuckerman
Greatest Change - Jeremy Zuckerman
Your Hand in Mine/Home - Explosions in the Sky
Ori, Lost in the Storm - Gareth Coker
Arrival of the Birds - Cinematic Orchestra
Fireflies - Mychael & Jeff Danna
Across the Stars - John Williams
The Soul OST - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
The Queen’s Gambit OST - Carlos Rafael Rivera
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~Prologue~
Summary: Dean and Sam Winchester save a young woman —Natalie Johnson, from a coven of witches who are after her deceased grandmother’s spell book. At first Dean doesn’t trust her, he’s not too fond of the idea of having to babysit either. Natalie is just simply a woman who gets roped up in the supernatural world against her will from a mistake her grandmother made.
Pairing: Dean x OC
Warnings: Age gap, slow burn, smut (in the later chapters) language, gore.
Word Count: 1,171
A/N: Hey guys, I’m back with a new story! Please keep in mind that the themes and dialogue may not be accurate to the show, like the policewoman’s name. I don’t remember it and tbh I try not to remember this episode that much lol but Dean doesn’t die in my story so nothing will be accurate really lol. This story is based in season 15 after the show ends! Happy Reading! ♥️
Dean Winchester was supposed to die.
Hell, he was ready for it at this point. He'd always figured it would happen with blood on his hands and his brother by his side. What he hadn't expected was for fate to delay its hand—yet again.
The air was sharp with the smell of blood and decay as Dean and Sam arrived at the crime scene, posing as FBI agents. It was their usual cover, a routine they could pull off in their sleep. But there was something about this case that felt off—something dark and familiar.
The policewoman on the scene, Officer Mitchell, stood grimly by as she filled them in on the gruesome details. "The man's body was drained of blood, the mother had her tongue cut out, and the children... well, they're missing. No sign of them."
Dean exchanged a glance with Sam. "What about witnesses?"
"One," Officer Mitchell replied, her voice tight. "The mother survived long enough to sketch this." She handed Sam a drawing, a crude yet chilling image of a masked face. Sam's brows furrowed as he examined it.
Dean leaned in for a closer look, a pit forming in his stomach. The mask was unmistakable—he'd seen it before.
"We've dealt with this," Sam muttered, his voice low enough only Dean could hear.
They quickly checked their father's journal back at the Impala. Flipping through the pages, Dean found what he was looking for: A string of killings following the same MO. John Winchester had hunted something like this before. His gut twisted as he read on.
Dean sighed, tapping the page. "Vamps. It's gotta be them. Dad even noted the missing kids. Same pattern."
Sam, more meticulous, studied the notes carefully. "If it's the same nest, we can predict where they'll strike next. They're following a trail of isolated houses on the outskirts."
Dean's jaw tightened, his mind already in hunting mode. "Then we've got work to do."
Under the cover of darkness, Dean and Sam pulled up to an old house on the edge of town. The moonlight barely illuminated the place, but the brothers could sense something sinister lurking within.
"Let's make this quick," Dean grunted, pulling his machete from the trunk. "I'm not in the mood for a long fight tonight."
Sam gave a half-smile, loading his shotgun with silver rounds. "When are you ever?"
They moved quietly, splitting up to flank the house. Dean came up behind one of the masked killers and, in one swift motion, decapitated him. The body crumpled soundlessly to the ground. Across the yard, Sam incapacitated the other, pinning the vampire to the ground.
Dean approached, eyes cold as steel, gripping his blade. "Where are the kids?"
The vampire, blood smeared on its lips, only sneered in response. Dean squatted down, pressing the tip of his machete to the creature's throat. "Let me be clear. You don't tell us, and this is gonna be a slow, painful death."
The vampire's bravado faltered, eyes flickering with fear. "Alright... alright. They're growing them as food," it spat. "At the nest. North side of the woods. But you're too late. The rest of them are waiting."
Dean exchanged a glance with Sam. "Then we'll take the fight to them."
The brothers arrived at the rundown farmhouse deep in the woods, arming themselves with machetes and stakes, ready for the confrontation ahead. Through the shattered windows, Dean could see shadows moving inside—masked vampires watching their every move.
"Let's go get those kids," Sam whispered, tightening his grip on his weapon.
They stormed in, finding the missing children huddled in a filthy corner of the basement. Dean's heart clenched as he saw their scared, wide eyes. He knelt down, his voice surprisingly gentle. "We're getting you out of here, okay?"
But their escape wasn't going to be easy. As they led the kids out, vampires blocked the exits, their fangs gleaming in the dim light. Dean and Sam moved in unison, cutting down two vampires each. Sam evacuated the kids while Dean held off the remaining vampires, slashing and hacking with a brutal efficiency.
Then, just as they thought they had the upper hand, one vampire knocked Sam to the ground, and another tackled Dean, pinning him down. A familiar face stepped out of the shadows, a cruel smile playing on her lips.
"Jenny," Dean spat, recognizing the female vampire from an old hunt. She'd escaped once before.
Jenny knelt beside him, her fingers tracing the wound on his arm with a sickening intimacy. "It's been a long time, Dean."
Before she could sink her teeth into him, Sam came up from behind, decapitating her with a sharp swing of his machete. Dean scrambled to his feet, but the last vampire blindsided him, shoving him into a metal spike. Pain exploded through his body as the spike impaled him from the back.
Sam finished off the vampire but froze when he saw Dean, blood pouring from the wound. "Dean!"
Dean grimaced, breathing heavily, the pain unbearable. "I'm not going anywhere, Sammy," he wheezed. "Not this time."
Sam's hands shook as he tried to inspect the wound. "Hold on, man. I'll get the first aid kit."
But Dean grabbed his arm, pulling him close. "No. Just... just stay with me, okay? It was always supposed to end like this."
Tears welled up in Sam's eyes, but he nodded, helpless as he cradled his brother.
"Get the kids somewhere safe, Sam," Dean muttered, his voice growing weaker. "Do it... without me."
"We'll do it together," Sam choked out. "We always do it together."
Dean's breath hitched, his body growing cold. "Not this time."
Just as Dean's eyes began to flutter closed, a warm light filled the room. Jack appeared, his expression calm but sorrowful.
"Jack..." Sam gasped, confused. "What—why?"
Jack knelt beside Dean, placing a hand over the wound. A bright, golden light flared, and Dean's breathing evened out, the wound sealing up as if it had never been there. Dean blinked, staring in disbelief as the pain vanished.
"You said you weren't interfering anymore," Sam said, stunned. "Why save him?"
Jack stood, his gaze soft but firm. "Because Cas asked me to. He's alive. I brought him back. He begged me... not to let Dean die. Not like this."
Dean swallowed hard, his mind reeling. "Cas is... alive?"
Jack nodded. "Yes."
Dean shook his head, but a faint smile tugged at his lips. "Damn... I'm glad that feathered son of a bitch is back."
Sam was still dazed but grateful, tears brimming as he looked at his brother, whole and alive. "Thank you, Jack."
Jack gave a small, sad smile. "You're not done yet. There's more ahead. But for now... you're together."
And with that, Jack vanished, leaving the brothers alone in the quiet aftermath of the battle—alive, for another day.
Dean turned to Sam, a wry grin forming. "Guess the dying thing's gonna have to wait."
Sam chuckled through his tears, relief washing over him. "Yeah. Guess so."
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+800 Nicknames for Penis: A Comprehensive List for Different Ways to Call a Penis
+800 Nicknames for Penis: A Comprehensive List for Different Ways to Call a Penis
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Dicks can be referred to in a variety of ways. A collection of more than 800 additional words for the penis in alphabetical order is provided in this article. This list includes both common slang terminology and more uncommon and obscure words that are all related to the penis.
+800 Different Words for Penis: A Comprehensive List
Anaconda
Antenna
Appendage
Armadillo
Arrow
Baby maker
Baguette
Bald Avenger
Bald-headed giggle stick
Bally Wacker
Banana
Banger
Baseball bat
Baton
Bayonet
Beast
Beef bayonet
Beef whistle
Bellend
Big boy
Big guy
Biscuit
Bishop
Black mamba
Blastocyst
Blood sausage
Blue-veined custard chucker
Blue-veined junket pumper
Boaby
Bobbin
Bollocks
Bologna pony
Bolt
Bone
Boner
Booboo
Boom stick
Boot
Bopper
Botswana beef bayonet
Bouncer
Bouncing Betty
Braciole
Brain
Branch
Bratwurst
Broccoli
Broccoli spear
Brown trout
Brownie
Brutus and the Twins
Bubble
Bubble gum machine
Buckaroo
Buckwheat
Buddah's belly button
Buffalo soldier
Bulge
Bull
Bull's-eye
Bully beef
Bully stick
Bum tickler
Bumper
Burrito
Buster
Butt dart
Butterbean
Button
Caber
Cabeza
Cactus
Cadbury's c
Cajones
Camel toe
Cane
Cannoli
Captain winky
Capuchin
Carrot
Cervix sentinel
Chameleon
Champignon
Cheese log
Cheesestick
Chef's special
Cherub
Chicken
Chico stick
Choad
Chode
Chopper
Chowder
Christmas goose
Chub
Chubby
Chuck Dickens
Cigar
Cinnamon roll
Clam
Classic
Clit stick
Cloak
Clock
Club
Cobra
Cock
Cod
Colossus
Commander
Cone
Conga
Conquistador
Consolation prize
Cookie
Corkscrew
Corn dog
Cornholio
Cornish game hen
Corporal
Cossack
Cougar bait
Coxcomb
Crank
Crankshaft
Creamer
Crimper
Crimson mushroom
Crinkle-cut
Crown jewels
Crunchwrap
Crème de la crème
Cucumber
Cummerbund
Custard launcher
Cylinder
D's
Dagger
Dallas Dangler
Danger noodle
Darth Vader
Deep sea diver
Dick
Dickas Hilton
Ding dong
Ding-dong
Dingaling
Dipstick
Disco stick
Dismount
Divining rod
DJ
Dog
Doggy
Dolly
Dong
Donkey
Doorknob
Dope stick
Dork
Dormouse
Double barrel
Double dragon
Downstairs department
Drainpipe
Driller
Drumstick
Dude piston
Dumb stick
Dutch courage
Dutch rudder
Excalibur
Firehose
Franks and beans
Gerald
Gherkin
Giggeli
Goldfinger
Groin
Hammer
hammer of love
Hammer of Thor
handle
hard drive
Hard-on
hardware
hatchet wound
he-man
heat-seeking missile
heat-seeking moisture missile
helmet
herbie
Hercules
high hard one
hoo-ha
hoo-hoo
hook
horn
Hose
hose
hot dog
hot rod
hot sausage
Humphrey
hymie
iceberg
Indiana Bones
Jack in the box
Jack's magic beanstalk
Jackhammer
jammy
janitor in the hallway
java
javelin
jawbreaker
Jedi
Jefferson
jelly doughnut
Jenny Craig
Jerry
jiffy stick
Jimmy
Jizz Launcher
John Henry
John Johnson
Johnson
Jorma
Joy-stick
Joystick
joystick
Judge
Juicy fruit
jumbo
Jumper
Junior
Junk
junk
justin
Justus
Kaiser
kebab
Keck
Kennedy
kielbasa
King Ding Dong
King Kong
King Richard
King size
King snake
King's scepter
King's sword
Kipper
Kitty
Knob
Knobgoblin
Knobhead
Knobkerrie
Knobstick
Kraken
Krull the Warrior King
Kulli
Kyrpä
L'Engin
L'Outil
L'Unita
Lady-pleaser
Laidy's lollypop
Lance
Lancer
Lava flow
Leader
Leaky faucet
Leatherman
Lechon
Leek
Leg
Leg of lamb
Leg of mutton
Leggy
Lemon
Lemondrop
Length
Lengthy
Leo
Leosaurus
Leper
Leroy
Leviathan
Libido
Lick
Lickety-split
Lighthouse
Lightning rod
Lil' bro
Lil' willy
Lily
Lima
Limber dick
Limber jimmy
Limbo
Limousine
Limp biscuit
Limp noodle
Limp penis
Limp-dick
Limp-jim
Limpkin
Lincoln
Lindy
Lingam
Link
Linty
Lion
Lipstick
Liquidator
Liquor stick
Lissome
Little birdie
Little bro
Little chap
Little guy
Little head
Little john
Little man
Little peter
Little soldier
Little willy
Lizard
Lizard tongue
Locomotive
Log
Lollipop
Long Dong Silver
Long dong silver
Long fellow
Long john
Long johnson
Long one
Long stick
Longfellow
Longfellow diller
Longhorn
Longie
Longjohn
Longshanks
Longstaff
Magic Mike
Magic stick
Magic Wand
Magic wand
Manhood
Meat Scepter
Meat stick
Member
Micropenis
Mini-me
Missile
Moby Dick
Mojo
Monster
Mount Vesuvius
Mr. Happy
Mr. Winky
Mule
Mushroom
Mushroom Head
Mutton
Myrtle
Nard
Nether rod
One-eye Pete
One-Eyed Monster
One-eyed monster
One-Eyed Snake
One-eyed trouser snake
One-eyed wonder weasel
Organ
Package
Packer
Packing heat
Pecker
Pee-Pee
Pee-pee
Peen
Pencil
Pencil dick
Penile appendage
Penile shaft
Penile tissue
Penile unit
Penile weapon
Penis
Pepperoncini
Peter
Phallos
Phallus
Piece
Pink Oboe
Pintle
Pipe
Pistol
Piston
Pleasure Stick
Plonker
Pocket Rocket
Pogo stick
Poker
Pole
Popcorn
Pork Sword
Prick
Private
Private part
Purple-headed yogurt slinger
Purple-helmeted trouser snake
Purple-Helmeted Warrior of Love
Purple-helmeted warrior of love
Purple-helmeted yogurt thrower
Python
Quiver bone
Ramrod
Ranger
Rascal
Red-capped mushroom
Rod
Root of Jesse
Rude boy
Sausage
Scepter
Schlong
Schwanz
Schwanzstucker
Schwetty balls
Scooby Snack
Screwdriver
Scrod
Scrotum
Sea monster
Secret weapon
Shaft
Shillelagh
Shiv
Shlong
Skin Flute
Skin flute
Skinner
Slingblade
Slug
Slugger
Smacker
Snake
Snapper
Soldier
Spam javelin
Spear
Speed Bump
Speedboat
Spigot
Spigot of love
Spitstick
Spitter
Sponge
Spongebob
Sprout
Spunk gun
Spurt gun
Squirt gun
Staff
Stallion
Stand
Stand up
Starfruit
Stick
Stiffie
Stiffy
Stinger
Stock
Stone
Stone of David
Stonehenge
Stonker
Stopper
Striker
Stud
Stump
Submarine
Sugar stick
Super soaker
Supercock
Surfboard
Swamp lizard
Swansong
Sweetmeat
Swiss Army Penis
Swizzle stick
Sword
Tabasco
Tadger
Tail
Tall tommy
tally
Tallywacker
tallywhacker
Tang
Tank
tapa
Tassle
Tasty pastry
tater
Tazmanian devil
Tea and crumpets
Tea stick
Telescoping tower
Tent peg
Testicle
Testicles
testicular tissue
testiculi
testies
testons
testosterbone
The anaconda
The baton
The big guy
the big vein
the bishop
The blue-veined custard chucker
The chopper
The cone
the conga
The cyclops
The ding dong
The Dipstick
The dong
The driver
The dude piston
the eye of the needle
the family jewels
the flagpole
The flesh flute
The flesh rocket
the fleshy tripod
the fuck stick
the fun rod
The grower
the head
The heat-seeking moisture missile
the hose
The joystick
the King
The knob
the little man in the boat
The love muscle
the magic wand
the main vein
The male member
the man in the boat
The meat whistle
the member
The middle leg
The mighty mite
the old boy
The old man
The one-eyed captain
The one-eyed monster
the one-eyed snake
The one-eyed wonder worm
The package
The peen
The peeper
the pendulum
the peter
The pink cigar
the pink oboe
The pipe
the piston
the pleasure pole
The poker
The pole
the pork sword
the prick
The purple-helmeted warrior
the purple-helmeted warrior of love
The python
The rocket
The rod
The salami
The sausage
The schlong
the scoop
The shaft
The shotgun
The skin flute
The snake
the spitter
the staff of life
the stick
The stiff one
The stinger
the stonker
the sword
The third leg
The tool
The trouser snake
The tube steak
the unit
The wang
the weasel
The wedge
the wee-wee
The weenie
The whopper
The wiener
The wiggle stick
the willy
the wingwang
The womb raider
The wonder worm
The woody
the worm
thingy
Third Leg
Third leg
Thorn
Thrill drill
Throb knob
throbber
Throbbing gristle
Thumper
Thunderbird
Thunderbolt
Thunderstick
Tic Tac
Tickle pickle
Tickler
Tiger
Tiki
Timber
Time machine
Tingler
Tinker
Tinkerbell
tip
Tip drill
Tip of the iceberg
Tipper
Tissue
Titan
Toad
toadstool
todger
Toe
Tool
tooly
tooter
Toothpick
Tootsie roll
Top gun
Torch
Tower
Tower of power
tractor beam
Trafalgar
Treasure
Tree trunk
Tri-pod
Trinket
Trombone
Trouser Snake
Trousersnake
Trumpet
Truncheon
Trunk
Tuba
tube
Tummy banana
Tuna Can
Tuna can
Tuna torpedo
Turgid Trouser Snake
Turgid turtle
turkey
Turkey baster
Turkey neck
Turnip
turtle
Turtleneck
Tusk
twanger
Twig
Twig and Berries
Twig and berries
Twinkie
twinky
Twister
Two ball cane
Two veg and meat
Two-legged Boa
Two-legged tripod
twonker
Umbrella handle
Uncircumcised wonder
Uncle
Uncle Dick
Uncle John
Unit
unmentionables
Uzi
Vainilla
Vainilla Stick
Valiant vein
Veggie
vein
Vein train
Vein train.
Vein-cutter
Vein-erect
Veined custard launcher
VeinMaster 3000
Veiny Victor
Veinzilla
Velvet sword
Vessel
Vienna Sausage
Viking horn
Viking Staff
Vindicator
Vinegar
Violin
Virility
Vixen
Vodka
Volcano
Wally
Wand
wand of light
Wang
wang dang doodle
Wanger
wangle
Wangsta
Wanker
wankie
War club
Warrior
Weapon
Weapon of ass destruction
Weapon of mass destruction
Weapon of Mass Seduction
Wedge
Wee-wee
weenie
weewee
Weiner
wenis
wet noodle
Whacker
Whammer
Whang
Whangdoodle
wheenie
Whip
Whistle
White gold
White Mamba
Whoopie Stick
whopper jr.
widget
Wiener
Wiener Schnitzel
Wiggle stick
wiggle worm
Wiggler
Wiggly
William
Willow
Willpower
Willy
Willy the one-eyed wonder worm
willy wonka
Wing wong
wing-wang
Wingman
Winkie
Winky
Winnebago
Winner
Winston
Winston Churchill
Wintermelon
Wisdom Wand
Wise man
Wishbone
wizard sleeve
Wonder Worm
Wood
Woodpecker
Woody
Worm
Wormhole
wormy
Wrecking ball
Wriggler
Wriggly
Wrinkle
wrinklepump
Wrist Rocket
Wyvern
X-factor
Xylophone
Yad
Yak
Yam
yam
Yam bag
Yams
Yang
Yankee doodle
Yard
Yardstick
Yawing Yowie
Yearling
Yellow
Yellow Belly
Yellow Dart
Yellow dragon
Yellow Peril
Yellow Sausage
Yellow submarine
Yen
Yew
Ygdrasil's staff
Yin-yang serpent
yingyang
Yippie
Yipsicle
Yo-yo
Yob
yobbo
Yoda
Yoga stick
Yoghurt Cannon
Yoghurt gun
Yoghurt pistol
Yogurt
Yogurt hose
Yogurt Slinger
Yogurt slinger
Yogurt thrower
Yolk
Yolkstick
Yolky poke
Yoni
yoni stick
Youth
Yoyo
Yuca
Yule log
Yum yum
Yum-yum
Yummy
Zapper
Zealot
Zebedee
Zebracorn horn
zebu
Zen
Zephyr
Zeppelin
Zesty Italian
Zeus
ziggurat
Zigzag
Zilla
Zinger
Zipper
Zipper Ripper
Zipper snake
Zippy
ziz
Zog
zombie
Zombie maker
Zombie stick
Zonker
Zoom Stick
Zoombini
Zoomer
Zoot stick
Zorro
Zucchini
Zygmunt Freud
Zygote poker
Zygotene
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do you have any music recs
SO MANY!!! music is my second biggest interest (after writing lol) and i love to sing. im not sure what genres you like but i've been listening to so much tv girl, beach house, backseat lovers, summer salt, cigarettes after sex, dcfc, cults, cranberries & jack johnson (dont make fun theres a whole story) recently. its my summery vibey playlist
but also my other playlist on repeat is full of brent faiyaz, bryson, playboi, gambino, don toliver, some kendrick (mostly bf recs), and an insane amount of future (truly rafes girlfriend thru and thru)
and my OTHER playlist which is my comfort playlist is all beach boys, beatles, fleetwood mac, elton john, queen, neil young, csn&y, the wings, and lots of lana
i have so many song recs im just gonna include faves from each playlist below!!!
playlist 1: where'd all the time go and my old ways (dr. dog), fade into you (mazzy star), take care & silver soul (beach house), banana panckes and better together (jack johnson), maple syrup (backseat lovers), sunsetz, sweet, starry eyes, apocalypse, k. (cigarettes after sex), stay young go dancing, someday you will be loved, your heart is an empty room, cath (dcfc), candy wrappers (summer salt), just like a movie (wallows) and lovers rock!!!!! (tv girl)
playlist 2: raf & frat rules (asap mob), strapped (asap twelvyy), steppas (a boogie), this is so toxic but... been away, rehab, forever yours, outside all night, trust, poison, all mine, wy@ (brent faiyaz), years go bye, been that way, whatever she wants, outside, sorry no sorry (bryson), telegraph ave & the worst guys (childish gambino), no pole, leave the club, company pt 3 (don toliver), literally any future song, sky (playboi), ghostface killers (21 and offset)
playlist 3: that's not me, don't talk, caroline no, god only knows, don't worry baby, in my room, forever, all i wanna do, our sweet love (beach boys), something, dear prudence, julia, don't let me down, and i love her, i need you, here there and everywhere (the beatles), dreams and linger (cranberries), our house and helplessly hoping (csny), baby (donnie and joe emerson), landslide, gypsy, dreams, silver springs, mystified (fleetwood mac), ballad of sir frankie crisp, isn't it a pity, if not for you, behind that locked door (george harrison), waterloo sunset (the kinks), swan song, terence loves you, heroin, white mustang, love song, california, bel air, sad girl, cruel world, black beauty, guns and roses (lana), harvest moon (neil young), long away, drowse, 39 (queen), sunday morning (velvet underground)
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Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day
Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day commemorates the start of the California Gold Rush, which began on January 24, 1848, when James Marshall discovered gold while building a saw mill for John Sutter, near what is now Coloma, California. The day has its roots in International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and was inspired by Prospectors Day, which was once held at Knott's Berry Farm each year on January 24. It also was inspired by an episode of the Simpsons with the following exchange:
Bart: That ain't been popular since aught-six, dagnabbit. Homer: Bart, what did I tell you? Bart: No talking like a grizzled 1890's prospector, consarn it.
Common examples of characters talking like grizzled prospectors in popular culture include Dallas McKennon narrating Disneyland's Mine Train Thru Nature's Wonderland and Big Thunder Mountain, Gabby Hayes—both drunk and sober—in many Western films, Gabby Johnson in Blazing Saddles, Will Ferrell as Gus Chiggins on Saturday Night Live, and Walter Huston in The Treasure of Sierra Madre.
Prospectors first came to the Sacramento Valley after Marshall found flakes of gold in the American River near Sutter's Mill, at the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. At the time there were less than 1,000 non-native inhabitants in California. Newspapers began reporting the discovery of gold, and by August, 4,000 miners had descended on the area. The first people that came from outside of the territory came by boat, and arrived from Oregon, the Sandwich Islands—soon to be called the Hawaiian Islands, Mexico, Peru, China, and Chili.
In December 1848, President James K. Polk announced a report by Colonel Richard Mason which spoke of the abundance of gold in California; this prompted more prospectors to travel to the territory. Throughout 1849, thousands arrived, either traveling by sea or over land, and became known as '49ers. Mining towns popped up in the area, and with them came shops, saloons, and brothels. Many mining towns became lawless, and San Francisco became an important city in the territory. By the end of 1849, the non-native population had swelled to 100,000. The Gold Rush helped California gain statehood in 1850, and gold discovery peaked in the state in 1852. In all, more than 750,000 pounds of gold were extracted during the Gold Rush.
The implication of a grizzled prospector is of one who has stayed so long searching for gold that their hair has turned gray. Some prospectors refused to quit the profession and continued to live in the Western territories. So, when Bart Simpson mentioned a grizzled prospector from the 1890s, he was referring to a prospector that had stayed more than forty years after the Gold Rush happened, still trying to find gold, or other commodities such as silver, oil, radium, and uranium. Besides a gray beard, the stereotypical grizzled prospector had faded clothes, missing teeth, a pickaxe, and a mule. They had bouts of gold fever, and were suspicious of whoever came close to their claim.
How to Observe Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day
Celebrate the day talking like a grizzled prospector. Here are a few words prospectors commonly used, that you could use today:
Dadburn: to curse; e.g.: "Dadburned boll weevil done 'et my crop!"
Hornswoggle: to embarrass, disconcert, or confuse; e.g.: "I'll be hornswaggled!"
Consarn: the entirety of something, also a curse word.
Dumbfungled: all used up; e.g.: "This claim is dumbfungled! There's no gold left!"
Bonanza: a mine with lots of gold.
Borrasca: a mine with no gold.
Baby buggy: wheel barrow.
Muck: to dig with a shovel.
Powder monkey: a miner who used dynamite to make holes.
Johnny Newcome: a miner new to camp.
Blackjack and saw bosom: coffee and bacon.
Paydirt: land rich in gold.
Panned out: if they had found gold while sifting through dirt with a mining pan, then things had "panned out."
Flash in the pan: something shiny in pan that turned out to be nothing, or just a small piece of gold.
Stake a claim: claim a piece of land as your own as a place to search for gold, must stake the land with wooden stakes when you arrive.
The day could also be spent watching films such as The Treasure of Sierra Madre, or old Western films starring Gabby Hayes. A visit to the Sutter's Mill replica and the Gold Discovery and Visitor Center in Marshall Gold Discovery State Park could also be planned. The days' Facebook page could also be explored.
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Irish literature has a special place as part of the British/English-Language canon, thanks largely to Wilde-Yeats-Joyce-Beckett, but which would you say are the best works and writers of Scotland and Wales?
I will unfortunately have to pass on Wales. I don't think I've read any Welsh literature except for the Mabinogion (selections) and Dylan Thomas (anthology pieces). And Raymond Williams, I suppose: not, however, my favorite critic. Surely Dylan Thomas is the most celebrated of Welsh writers, though. And Roald Dahl, but he's a blank to me.
I'm no expert on Scotland, either, but I appear to have read a reasonable amount of Scottish literature by accident. I have nothing non-obvious to say, however. There's their celebrated Enlightenment, first of all, with David Hume's urbane and skeptical review of the limits to our knowledge and Adam Smith's humane interest in the emotional origin and economic extension of what we're morally capable of. And Charlotte Lenox, looking forward to Austen's disenchantments with her Female Quixote. Then comes the counter-Enlightenment: Robert Burns's earthy testaments in dialect that presage Romantic verse and its lyrical ballads, Walter Scott's recreation of the vanquished clan-life that invents the historical novel, and perhaps above all Thomas Carlyle's thundering proto-fascist denunciations of modernity in a prose that destroys forever all rhetorical decorum and prepares the ways for everyone from Emerson to Melville to Lawrence. Modern myths at the fin de siècle: Robert Louis Stevenson giving us Long John Silver and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Arthur Conan Doyle coming through with Sherlock Holmes. And Peter Pan, too, though I've never actually read that, either play or novel—just caught its later refractions. Who in the 20th century? David Lindsay with his cult fantasy novel A Voyage to Arcturus, favorite of Frank Lloyd Wright and Harold Bloom and Alan Moore, which bored and horrified me so much. Muriel Spark, skeptical as Hume, inventive as Stevenson: I must read more of her. I must read more of Alasdair Gray, too, but I just recently enjoyed his enviably inventive Poor Things on account of the film. (And I must read more of Scott. And something of Smollett. And Scottish Boswell's life of English Johnson. I've read as much Adam Smith as I ever want to read, however.) Finally, I was a teen in the mid-to-late '90s, so, too old for Harry Potter and his semi-Scottish creator—that was kids' stuff, I thought, and still think—I spent my adolescent time instead poring over (as I have exhaustively mentioned) Grant Morrison and (as I may not have mentioned at all) Irvine Welsh. That's all this provincial American has to tell you about Scottish literature for now.
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Many politicians and pundits abandoned socialism and the Labour party in the 1970s, but there were few rightward shifts of allegiance more dramatic than that of Paul Johnson, the journalist and author, who has died aged 94. As a young man, Johnson stood on the left of the Labour party, made Aneurin Bevan the first object of his hero-worship, hymned the French rebels of 1968, and wrote that Tories were “atrophied Englishmen … on occasions, endearing – but liable to turn very nasty at short notice”.
Later he became an ardent supporter of Margaret Thatcher, and could sometimes turn nasty himself. A remarkably fluent and prolific writer, Johnson showed his vituperative gifts on the left before putting them at the highly paid service of Tory tabloids. In calmer mode, he was a reflective, elegiac and often moving writer about art, architecture and the English landscape.
The first of his popular histories was The Offshore Islanders (1972), a history of English people starting from the Roman occupation. It was followed at the rate of one a year by The Highland Jaunt, a journey in the footsteps of Johnson and Boswell written with George Gale, Elizabeth I, Pope John XXIII, and A History of Christianity (1976), a bestseller in several languages.
In 1975, he marked his dramatic break with the left and Labour by writing for the New Statesman a denunciation of a party at the mercy of the “know-nothing left” and the “fascist” anti-intellectualism of the unions, a theme on which he would expatiate with his usual eloquence and intemperance in Enemies of Society (1977). Like other defectors, he said he was dismayed by the power of the unions, and claimed, with characteristic hyperbole, that Labour was espousing a “corporatist” policy close to fascism. Johnson was soon writing as violently against Labour as he once had in its interest, and before long, the devotion he had once shown toward Bevan and then Harold Wilson had been transferred to Thatcher.
He attached himself to her as a mentor, saying later that she was “very ignorant in many ways” when she became prime minister, and needed to be taught, presumably by him. In 1980, he spent a year at the American Enterprise Institute, the rightwing thinktank in Washington, and he increasingly became a hero to the American right. This was sealed in 1983 by his book Modern Times, a fiercely “anti-relativist” or anti-progressive history of the 20th century.
Back home, Johnson wrote a weekly column for the Spectator, where he vented his spleen on the media and later on whichever subject took his fancy. He had a tendency to put his trust in princes who would eventually disappoint him, showering praise on Rupert Murdoch for years but later attacking his papers. On good weeks, Johnson’s Spectator columns were among the best things he wrote. Though he lacked the character of a real scholar, he was clever and widely read, with an old-fashioned well-stocked mind, so that he could turn out a polished column on almost any subject full of apt examples and pithy phrases.
That was to a lesser extent true of his far more lucrative “why-oh-whys” in the Daily Mail, attacking everything and everyone on the left. It was these fulminations that prompted Michael Foot’s jibe that, while every movement had its Judas, this was the first time the 30 pieces of silver had been turned into a weekly income. Tabloid editors who treated him with such reverence would have been dismayed by his private contempt for their papers. He once described from experience and with feeling the ordeal of the popular journalist, “writing to order, against a deadline, on a subject not of his choosing, for readers he does not respect and for an editor who is both demanding and gruesomely uncivilised”.
Johnson often wrote several thousand words a day. He was scornful of carping scholars who discounted his books, though these were sometimes slapdash. Intellectuals (1988) and Enemies of Society were diffuse tirades against half of the eminent thinkers of the Enlightenment and its inheritance, written with prurient personal abuse.
Some of Johnson’s “big books” were well written and readable, but uncritical in approach. After the History of Christianity, and what one critic called “Paul Johnson’s sycophantic” History of the Jews (1987), a colleague said that “Paul will now write a book telling the Americans how wonderful they are”, and he duly did. A History of the American People (1997) was “the most malignantly error-ridden” book of its kind, wrote Robert Sam Anson in the Guardian, “to appear since the politburo went out of business”, and it also achieved the unusual distinction of being criticised from a liberal perspective by Conrad Black.
He had a strong – if idiosyncratic – love of art; a collection of his Spectator columns was published as To Hell With Picasso! (1996). A keen painter as well as collector of watercolours, he wrote the excellent National Trust Book of English Castles (1978) and British Cathedrals (1980).
Born in Manchester, the son of Anne and William Johnson, Paul grew up in Tunstall, one of the potteries towns around Stoke-on-Trent; his father was principal of an art school in Burslem. He described his early upbringing In the Vanished Landscape: A 1930s Childhood in the Potteries (2004).
The family were devoutly Roman Catholic, and Paul won a scholarship to Stonyhurst, the Jesuit public school in Clitheroe. From there he went to Magdalen College, Oxford, where AJP Taylor was one of his tutors, and his friends included the gambler John Aspinall and the eventual Labour cabinet minister Tony Crosland. Having taken a second in history (1949), he was called up and commissioned into the Education Corps, serving in Gibraltar, and, unusually for a national service officer, becoming a captain.
After demob, his first job was at the Paris magazine Réalités (1952-55). Then he joined the staff of the New Statesman, his home for the next 15 years. Johnson worked for Kingsley Martin, the very long-serving editor, and for his successor John Freeman, but he said that the man who taught him his trade was Aylmer Vallance, the assistant editor.
In the late 1950s Johnson combined magazine writing with television reporting, and then instant history. His first book, The Suez War (1957), was a denunciation of the previous year’s military adventure. For a time, he also tried his hand at fiction, with a couple of heavy-handed comic novels: Left of Centre (1960) and Merrie England (1964). Johnson chose wisely not to pursue fiction, although his enemies later liked to quote a lurid spanking scene from his brief oeuvre.
Despite that, he wrote a memorable onslaught on the James Bond books entitled Sex, Snobbery and Sadism (1958) in the New Statesman. In Johnson’s view, Dr No was “without doubt, the nastiest book I have ever read”, and he derided the Bond novels for their combination of “schoolboy sex fantasies” with suburban “snob-cravings”. This polemic caused Ian Fleming much distress.
In 1965 Johnson wrote another tirade, against pop music, “this apotheosis of inanity” whose fans were “the dull, the idle, the failures”, giving a hint of his later sea change. For all the years he would spend in popular journalism, Johnson was never a man of the people. Whether from left or right, he disliked the masses, their habits and their culture.
However, he was not quite the snob his detractors suggested: Johnson did enjoy the beau monde, but then he also relished the louche life of El Vino’s or of Muriel’s, the Colony Room drinking club in Soho. His first set of friends in London had been a group of rackety bohemian journalists, including Gale, Henry Fairlie, Colin Welch and Peregrine Worsthorne.
In 1965 Johnson was appointed editor of the New Statesman, despite the opposition of Leonard Woolf, a veteran board member. An old-fashioned sceptic, Woolf did not think a Catholic should have the job of editing a radical paper, even though Johnson was still a passable radical, denouncing the public schools and the House of Lords.
In many ways, Johnson proved a first-class editor. Even writers such as Alan Watkins and Neal Ascherson, disdainful of his later political turn, spoke admiringly of his skills at handling copy and encouraging talent. In Watkins’ words, he was “affable and tolerant as an editor”, and he had the supreme quality of loyalty to his staff, whom he always stood by without recrimination when there was trouble from bullying politicians or libel lawyers. Under Johnson, the New Statesman reached its highest circulation of 94,000, an astonishing figure in today’s journalistic climate.
While the kind of managerial socialism the NS espoused was itself discredited by the failures of the first Wilson government of 1964-70, Johnson nevertheless remained a loyal supporter of that government until its end. When Barbara Castle introduced her contentious plans for reforming industrial relations in 1968, he told a puzzled Statesman editorial conference that “Harold, Barbara and I are going to see this through”.
But he found the editor’s job exhausting. Behind his choleric appearance (like an explosion in a pubic-hair factory, in Jonathan Miller’s phrase), Johnson was highly strung, impulsive and prickly. He once told the African American writer James Baldwin that only someone like himself who was Catholic, redheaded and left-handed knew what prejudice meant. Drinking was one recourse, but that only served to increase Johnson’s bellicosity.
In 1970, he left the Statesman, and never held a salaried job again. He signed off with a collection of pieces from the magazine, Statesmen and Nations (1971).
In his later years, Johnson’s reputation was possibly higher outside his own country than within. He became celebrated in Latin America, like Eric Hobsbawm, ironically enough, with whom he could sometimes be seen conversing at literary parties. But his fame was greater still in the US. A large anthology of his writing was published with a glowing preface by William Buckley; Richard Nixon (whom Johnson always defended) gave Johnson’s books as Christmas presents; and the vice-president Dan Quayle extolled Modern Times as “one of the best historical books about history I have read”.
This ceaseless literary productivity continued with books as diverse as Wake Up Britain (1994), The Quest for God (1996), Napoleon (2002), Washington (2003) and Churchill (2009), and Heroes: From Alexander the Great to Mae West (2008). Later biographies ranged from Darwin (2010) via Stalin, Socrates and Mozart to Eisenhower (2014).
With all his gifts of intelligence and prodigious output, and his personal geniality and hospitality when in the mood, there could be something slightly unbalanced about Johnson’s verbal violence, and he suffered more than most journalists from a kind of cognitive dissonance. He angrily abused any politician who had fallen from sexual grace and advised his friend Diana, Princess of Wales, “Don’t commit adultery”, but brushed off untoward stories about himself by saying: “We are all sinners. Well, I am. That’s why I go to church every day.”
One of the last objects of Johnson’s hero worship was Tony Blair, who returned the admiration, writing, “Dear Paul, You’re quite simply one of the most remarkable people in our country.” In its way that was true enough. Whatever else was said of him, Johnson was a force to be reckoned with, and a true English eccentric.
In 1957 he married Marigold Hunt. She survives him, along with their three sons, Daniel, Luke and Cosmo, and daughter, Sophie.
🔔 Paul Bede Johnson, journalist and historian, born 2 November 1928; died 12 January 2023
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AEW Fake Rankings, 9/4/2023
Men's singles division - babyfaces
Bryan Danielson
Kenny Omega
Orange Cassidy
Eddie Kingston (NJPW STRONG champion)
Chris Jericho
Adam Page
Katsuyori Shibata* (ROH pure champion)
Miro
HOOK (FTW champion)
Keith Lee
Men's singles division - heels
Jon Moxley (AEW international champion)
Konosuke Takeshita
Samoa Joe (ROH television champion)
Ricky Starks
Claudio Castagnoli (ROH men's world champion)
Jay White
Luchasaurus (AEW TNT champion)
Christian Cage
Powerhouse Hobbs
Juice Robinson
Unranked: AR Fox, Big Bill, Brock Anderson, Dalton Castle, Daniel Garcia, El Hijo del Vikingo (AAA mega champion), Ethan Page, Gravity, Isiah Kassidy, Jake Hager, Komander, Lee Johnson, Metalik*, Nick Wayne, Scorpio Sky, Serpentico, Shawn Spears, Shane Taylor, Swerve Strickland, Tony Nese, Wheeler Yuta
* Not listed on AEW's official roster
Feels like a lot of shakeup here, for a variety of reasons: The departure of CM Punk and the suspension of Jack Perry, MJF and Adam Cole becoming a hot babyface team, the dissolution of Chris Jericho's stable, and multiple guys returning to prominence on Collision.
It might seem weird to rank Danielson as the top babyface when he's clearly part of a heel faction. All I know is everybody loved him at Forbidden Door, and he was clearly playing babyface against Starks this weekend. Does that mean a turn or a breakup in the Blackpool Combat Club's future? I doubt it. Either way, I'm sure Danielson will be back to kicking puppies or whatever soon enough.
It's striking to me how Cassidy and Kingston have risen up through the ranks, but I also think it's worth callint out how pivotal Samoa Joe has become. He's become a fixture on Collision and ROH, and now he's mixing it up with MJF. It's strange to me that he's running around with ROH's midcard title when he's being pushed ahead of Castagnoli. Maybe those two need to face off one of these days.
Men's tag team division - babyfaces
Better Than You Bay Bay - MJF (AEW men's world champion) & Adam Cole (ROH tag team champions)
FTR - Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler (AEW tag team champions)
The Young Bucks - Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
The Hardys - Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy
Darby Allin & Sting
Best Friends - Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta
Lucha Bros. - Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix
Action Andretti & Darius Martin
The Outrunners - Truth Magnum* & Turbo Floyd*
Men's tag team division - heels
The Gunns - Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn
Aussie Open - Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher
John Silver & Alex Reynolds
Mike Santana & Angel Ortiz
Matt Menard & Angelo Parker
Vincent* & Dutch*
The Wingmen - Peter Avalon & Ryan Nemeth*
* Not listed on AEW's official roster
I'm actually not sure if the Outrunners are supposed to be faces or heels, but I like 'em, so there. I'm also not sure how long Rey Fenix is supposed to be out selling the injury angle from two weeks ago.
Conspicuous by their absence on this list is the Kigndom, Matt Taven and Mike Bennett, who are obviously being set up for a big match with Cole and MJF. At this point I don't see anyone else taking the ROH tag title from the champs, but very little about the Cole/MJF story has gone the way I expected. Maybe they could headline Final Battle in December?
As for the AEW tag title, I assume FTR vs. Gunns is the next step, but there's probably another FTR-Bucks showdown coming sooner or later. If Santana and Ortiz are really sticking together, they need to get back in the title hunt. I suspect Silver and Reynolds are out of the running after losing last night--they'll probably get back to trios matches with Evil Uno.
Men's trios division - babyfaces
Max Caster & Anthony Bowens & Billy Gunn (AEW trios champions)
Bronson* & Boulder* & Jacked Jameson*
Men's trios division - heels
Malakai Black & Brody King & Buddy Matthews
Brian Cage & Bishop Kaun* & Toa Liona* (ROH trios champions)
Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal & Satnam Singh
QT Marshall (AAA Latin American champion) & Johnny TV & Aaron Solo
Kip Sabian & The Butcher & The Blade
* Not listed on AEW's official roster
It's still hard to tell which trios are sticking together long term, and which ones are just thrown together for a couple of matches before going their separate ways again. As it stands, though, we've got a few heel teams for Billy and the Acclaimed to fight for a while. Cage's team has mostly defended their ROH title in glorified squash matches; if they're building them up to be unseated by a serious team, I have no idea when that will happen.
Women's singles division - babyfaces
Britt Baker
Kris Statlander (AEW TBS champion)
Hikaru Shida
Willow Nightingale
Skye Blue
Women's singles division - heels
Saraya (AEW women's world champion)
Athena (ROH women's world champion)
Toni Storm
Ruby Soho
Nyla Rose
Anna Jay
Taya Valkyrie
Mercedes Martinez
Diamante
Marina Shafir
Unranked: Emi Sakura, The Bunny
The heel side looks very strong until you recall that many of them have only had one televised AEW match all month. Nevertheless, it feels like it's time for some women to turn face, and I suppose the breakup of Storm, Saraya, and Soho will help in that regard. Thing is, the women's roster has more than enough talent to get 10 faces and 10 heels on TV regularly; they just don't for some reason. Maybe if Mercedes Mone comes in that will change, but experience has taught me that it'll take more than that.
Only wrestled in ROH matches in past 30 days: Angelico, Brandon Cutler, Christopher Daniels, Evil Uno, Griff Garrison, Josh Woods, Kiera Hogan, Lee Moriarty, Leila Grey, Leyla Hirsch, Luther, Madison Rayne, Matt Sydal, Shawn Dean
Most of the names here are not what you'd call key players on the weekly ROH shows. In other words, the real backbone of the ROH roster is mostly people wrestlers who aren't exclusive to either brand, like Athena, Willow, Joe, Dalton, etc. That's working out as far as the quality of both brands, but I'm not sure it's a good strategy for establishing a unique brand identity for ROH.
No televised AEW or ROH matches in over 30 days: Abadon, Andrade El Idolo, Anthony Ogogo, Ari Daivari, Colt Cabana, Dustin Rhodes, Harley Cameron, Julia Hart, Lance Archer, Matt Taven, Michael Nakazawa, Mike Bennett, Nick Comoroto, Parker Bordreaux, Penelope Ford, Preston Vance, Red Velvet, Riho, Rush, Sammy Guevara, Serena Deeb, Stu Grayson, Wardlow, Yuka Sakazaki, Zack Clayton
Part-time/semi-retired: Kota Ibushi, Will Ospreay*, Paige Vanzant, Paul Wight, Rebel, Rob Van Dam*, Sonjay Dutt, Stokely Hathaway
* Not listed on AEW's official roster
Inactive
Bandido (left arm - broken wrist)
Danhausen (right shoulder - pectoralis tear)
Dante Martin (left leg - unspecified injury)
Jack Perry (indefinite suspension)
Jade Cargill (personal leave)
Jamie Hayter (right shoulder - unspecified injury)
Kyle O'Reilly (neck - herniated spinal disc)
Mark Briscoe (knee - unspecified injury)
Marq Quen (undisclosed injury)
PAC (undisclosed injury)
Roderick Strong (storyline - neck inury)
Tay Melo (pregnancy)
Thunder Rosa (back - unspecified injury)
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What do Terry and Daniel do for their first anniversary in MobAU? Obsessed with this AU, I only wish you'd upload it to A03 so it's easier to follow ;(
Terry Silver. Respected businessman, very recent father and (hopefully) beloved mate - kicked out of his house on his 1 year anniversary!
"Stop hovering!" Daniel had said. "Samantha and I are perfectly fine! Don't you have somewhere important to be?"
"You are important."
A laugh. "Flattery won't work. Terry, I need a few hours alone or I'm going to bite someone."
"I love it when - "
"Out! And don't come back till 7."
Isn't that great. Anything might happen. At least he can take over the surveillance himself -
"Madonna mi, Terry, I can see you! Get out of the street!"
It would not be right to lose his temper at an as yet vulnerable mate. But neither would it be right to set a precedent. He needs advice...
Amanda is cackling at the other end of the line. "Oh, Terry, you knobhead, have you not left the house for a month?"
"Of course I have. Plenty of places open at 5."
"5 AM...?"
"People do not raid houses at dawn. But they're usually still up. And pretty malleable."
She sighs. "Terry. I don't know if that's insane or brilliant, but if you actually want my advice, you have to go back to normal -" he breathes in - "Don't interrupt. You have your people?"
"It's not their pup!"
"But it is their life, and you are known to kill slowly."
He snorts. "I could do with a good one right now."
She laughs. "Haven't gone soft, then?"
"Moved up in the world, love. Not my job nowadays."
"Such a saint." They're both silent. "Terry," she says softly. "I know you love them. But when Olivia engaged a dancing master for my Anna I had to step in, too."
He smiles. "She's walking then?"
He hears a disparaging sound. "As if Her Ladyship would ever be allowed to touch the ground, going by Olivia. No, not yet. But soon."
"I'd love to see her."
A pause. "I don't want to travel with her now, Twig. And you can't, with Daniel."
It's not the real reason.
She clears her throat. "So, paper. What you get him?"
"Sheet music."
"Oh? Who by?"
"Robert Johnson."
She hisses. "Way to set the mood!"
"It's personal."
"Good." Another slight pause. "Twig, love. You'll be OK. The two of you will be OK."
His throat hurts. "I'm trying, Mandy."
Her voice is soft. "I know you are. Don't try too hard, now, Terry."
He can't go crying on a transatlantic call. "I'll be grand. Love you, darlin'."
"Love you, Twig."
He sits for a while after hanging up the receiver.
He and Danny boy... they're married. They're mated. They have had a pup before the year was even out.
But does he have his Danny's heart?
The question is redundant. The deed is done, till death do them part. They do their duty to each other. He keeps his Danny safe, his Danny keeps him warm. They make each other laugh, they keep each other fed, each in their own way. They're building a home. That's what love is, all the little actions -
But to say it, and not hear it back...
It would destroy something. They can't risk it. He... he knows he couldn't bear it, himself. He'd punish the boy for it, if the words were not returned, and what misery would that be, as long as they both shall live. It's something he envies John and his Betsy. She, a beta with nothing to her name. But she ran to him at the altar, and how close he held her as they danced, how softly he stroked her cheek. They had nothing but love.
And Terry's darling Danny...
He'd burn the world for him, he's spoilt him, he's held him, tickled him, cradled both him and their Sammy in his arms. Shared kisses sweet as treacle. Mated him, bred him, and is very much looking forward to doing that again. Yes, he's taken him, in every sense.
He thought it would feel strong and it did.
He'd never thought he'd pay for it.
Alright, Silver. Nothing is for free.
He shakes his head. There's many shipments he has to look into. Amazing what you can smuggle if you hide it in dirt. How little you have to pay those even willing to go near it.
As they said in Rome: money doesn't stink.
He does freshen up and change before he goes home. He's had his wedding suit altered. Danny's golden chain cleaned. The flowers will have been delivered by now. A new set of teddies for his Sammy girl.
Sweet Mary, mother of God, he's...
He's nervous.
But when he comes back to the house, he's greeted by...
Stew. And what smells like soda bread. The flowers are arranged in a beautiful centerpiece he definitely didn't order. A table set for two, a small package at his seat.
"Sit, sit, I made you a cocktail," Daniel says. "Ok, watch that it all doesn't burn when I do my hair, yeah?"
His throat is aching. "You did all this?"
"What? No, there were six of us," he says, giving him a quick kiss. "They said Laura O'Donnell is the best cook around, she taught me. Like your mother made it, or close as you can get. Terry?"
He blinks. Hard. "Smells... smells grand."
"I wanted gnocchi tomorrow anyway," Daniel says. "I fed Sammy half an hour ago, she should be out for a good while." He looks at the packages Terry carried in. "Oh, presents!"
He pulls him close. "Hurry up, then."
Daniel nuzzles him. "Hmmm." Then he bounces off.
Terry's sure Daniel meant for the cocktail to be savored, but he downs it, and chases it with whiskey. Focus, Silver, focus! He puts the packages near Daniel's plate, walks over to the stove and lifts off a lid.
Just like his Mammy's. Jaysis.
Here Daniel is, though, in a white blazer Terry hasn't seen before. It's out before Terry knows it: "Well, hello there, gorgeous!"
Daniel looks away with a soft smile. "I'm not supposed to talk to strange men."
Terry flashes a smile of his own. "I won't tell if you won't."
A giggle, then he looks down again. "Oh no, sir. I'm spoken for!"
"Oh, yeah?" Terry says, reaching for him. "Why don't you show me that little neck and prove it?" He tilts Daniel's head. "What's thi -"
A new necklace, and a pendant:
"TS".
"You've... you've had it all along?" (He's raised such a stink at the jeweler's!)
He blushes crimson. "I'm sorry, Terry, I swear, I paid them double for this one!" He slips away, straight to the table. "Open your present, you'll see why!"
Terry opens the red and silver package and sees pictures, his Danny boy and Sammy girl, Danny's collar proudly opened to show the bitemark, tasteful but undoubtedbly there. Around his neck the necklace he is wearing now, "TS" in red and gold, and his puppy, held up proudly for the camera, clutches a bracelet with the same in silver. Daniel looks down with him. "Isn't she perfect?"
"Yes," he says, pulling his Danny close against his chest.
Then his mate sniffs. "Daiiii! The food!" And suddenly there's a flurry of activity, a litany of Italian curses, and an exasperated: "'Watch it' means you have to turn the fire down, Terry, how have you not poisoned yourself yet," and Terry sweeps him up, bridal style, for a struggling kiss.
They'll be OK.
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Dust Volume 9, Number 3
Emergency Group
As AI takes over the creative professions, it may seem pointless for actual, struggling human beings to sit down to listen to music made by other human beings, to think about what they hear and to string together sentences about how they felt about that music and what it means. But, in a sense, Dusted has always been a bit pointless, as have many of the under-heard, under-loved musics we follow. Still, since there’s no money in it, we can’t be starved out. We may not win an us-against-the-machines battle, but there’s no reason to surrender. And so, this month, we gather our low-tech resources to consider another batch of excellent, under-the-radar releases from folk artists and metal thrashers, jazz improvisers and pop craftspeople. Contributors include Bill Meyer, Ian Mathers, Jennifer Kelly, Justin Cober-Lake, Jonathan Shaw, Tim Clarke, Bryon Hayes, Margaret Welsh and Andrew Forell—not a robot in the bunch.
Joseph Allred — What Strange Flowers In The Shade (Feeding Tube)
What Strange Flowers In The Shade by Joseph Allred
We’ll be dealing with the pandemic’s fallout for years to come, but some consequences are lined with silver. Locked up in a grad school apartment, Joseph Allred spent a lot of time getting acquainted with the less-handled items in their sizable collection of instruments. Best known as a mystical acoustic guitarist of the Takoma school and a spiritually astute singer, they also have a lengthy, if less documented, history of appreciating and performing plugged-in music. What Strange Flowers Grown In The Shade arose from Allred’s deep dive into the delights of effects pedals and a Fender Jaguar guitar. Bolstered by remote contributions by the Rolin-Powers Duo, Magic Tuber Stringband, and others, Allred set the sound-mixer for slow stir and the spotlight for the center of the resulting thick swirl. The outcome sounds a bit like Mike Cooper might if you packed him off to a cold, damp clime with nothing to play but choral recordings, and he embraced the circumstances (don’t try this at home, folks; Cooper would be more likely to embrace your neck with an asphyxiating grip if you did him such a disservice).
Bill Meyer
John Atkinson — Energy Fields (AKP Recordings)
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It may have taken John Atkinson just two weeks on a residency in Wyoming (surrounded by the sounds of coal mines, wind farms, oil refineries, and hydropower plants) to get all of the field recordings he microedited into the four tracks that make up Energy Fields, but it took him another two years to figure out how to stitch them together. In that time, his longstanding interest in both the manipulation of found/sourced sound and in climate issues haven’t exactly dated. On the industrial rumble of “Black Thunder” and the galvanizing drones of “Spiritual Electricity” you can practically see the extractive machinery Atkinson was surrounded with, whereas the record’s second half moves to a calmer, more meditative and even hopeful place. The results are evocative and sometimes troubling soundscapes deeply rooted in our current ecological moment.
Ian Mathers
Emergency Group — Inspection of Cruelty (Island House)
Inspection Of Cruelty by Emergency Group
Two side-long slabs of fusion-y free improvisation are led by long-time Dusted favorite Jonathan Byerley (Plates of Cake and Anti-Westerns), with seasoned jazz players Robert Boston and Andreas Brade in tow. WFMU DJ, writer and bassist Dave Mandl rounds out the foursome. A 1970s futuristic cool hangs over the whole enterprise, in its chugging rhythms, its radiant runs of electric keyboards, its motorific jams. You are meant to sniff out hash-scented whiffs of Silent Way into Jack Johnson-era Miles Davis (despite the lack of brass) in all this, but Return to Forever is a closer match, and maybe CAN, too. There’s an underpinning of jazz, but it wigs way the fuck out from there. I’d give the edge to urgent, driving “Part 1,” nearly half an hour long but constantly evolving, ever fascinating. “Part 2” is shorter, but not by much, but also less visceral, more of a head piece. It dozes deep into a psychedelic dream, where fairy dust keyboard notes drift down from pastel skies, sparkling all the way, and deep pulses of bass power the machinery that makes the illusion work. I’ve never loved keyboard-heavy fusion but I like this, go figure.
Jennifer Kelly
Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double — March On (self-released)
March On by Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double
When percussionist Tomas Fujiwara convened his odd sextet a few years ago for their second album (2020's March), he had them record some extra material intended as segues between tracks. He decided the session warranted its own album, and new digital-only release March On centers on the 30-minute titular improv. The freedom of the set should suit fans of the artists involved (including Gerald Cleaver, Mary Halvorson, Brandon Seabrook, Taylor Ho Bynum and Ralph Alessi). Each of those musicians write and perform surprising, free-sounding music, but with careful composition structuring the adventures more carefully than might be expected. “March On” puts them in full improv mode, a task that succeeds largely because they've learned to interact so well with each other in a variety of ensembles over the past decade or so.
The Triple Double structure still holds, offering surprises in one level simply by changing configurations. The band's name suggests basketball, and the group plays a never-stagnating motion offense. We move from a horn duet to a guitar battle to a drum-guitar-trumpet trio with ease. Given the crowded space, each musician stays out of the others' way while still finding moments to become a focal point. The album closes with Halvorson and Seabrook briefly partnering for “Silhouettes,” 45 seconds of weird tone an unsettling conversation. It closes the album well, hinting at more mysteries within an ongoing conversation.
Justin Cober-Lake
Full of Hell and Primitive Man — Suffocating Hallucination (Closed Casket Activities)
Suffocating Hallucination by Full of Hell & Primitive Man
A glib assessment of this collaboration between noisy grind band Full of Hell and the doomy monster that is Primitive Man might note: it’s 26 seconds of Full of Hell and 34 minutes of Primitive Man. For sure Suffocating Hallucination is dominated by the agonizing assaults of volume associated with Primitive Man’s excoriating, magma-paced music. But folks should recall just how adventurous the last few Full of Hell records have been, replete with excursions into hair-raising harsh noise and muscular hardcore. Open your ears to the textures of the record’s first two tracks (the sublimely titled “Trepanation for Future Joys” and the aptly titled “Rubble Home”) and you’ll hear both bands at work, responding to each other’s force and fury. Is that good? Depends on your appetite for unhappiness. This reviewer is compelled by the record’s final 18 minutes, in which the haunted factory sounds of “Dwindling Will” leach into the perversely magisterial “Tunnels to God.” As novelist Stephen Wright once observed, “If you can’t ascend, you might as well descend.” This music will get you there.
Jonathan Shaw
Drew Gardner — The Return (Astral Spirits)
The Return by Drew Gardner
Folks following American “don’t call it primitive” guitar music have likely noted Drew Gardner’s redoubtably picking in Elkhorn, where he handles the usually-electric, six-string side of their bases-covered attack. Most folks don’t get to sound so sure in a minute, and it turns out that Gardner is a man with a past. He has been multi-instrumentalist since the 1980s, and during the mid-1990s he was an active participant in San Francisco’s free jazz scene. Around the same time, saxophonist John Tchicai had a teaching gig in Davis CA; he retained Gardner as a drummer, and when Gardner had a chance to record at Guerilla Euphonics in 1995, he returned the favor. Also on board were Church of John Coltrane alto saxophonist Roberto de Haven and, on one track, Marco Eneidi, also on alto. Gardner and bassist Vytas Nagisetty stoke the furnace, alternating a full head of steam with more judiciously applied rumblings, and the twinned reeds give Gardner’s themes a distinctly pre-electric Ornette feel. No doubt there’s a good reason why this music didn’t come out at the time, but it wasn’t on account of the music’s quality.
Bill Meyer
Hourlope — Three Nights in the Wawayanda (self-released / Tymbal Tapes)
Three Nights in the Wawayanda by Hourloupe
Hourlope is a collaboration between Anar Badalov and Frank Menchaca, and Three Nights in the Wawayanda is the third part of an ambitious trilogy that began with Future Deserts, continued on Sleepwalker, and reaches its fantastical culmination here. Hourlope pair elusive electronic backing with Mechaca’s measured spoken word delivery, and the results are frequently beguiling. It feels like music from another time, both harking back to the origins of ambient electronica in the 1990s and reaching forward to imagine fresh new musical forms. The album’s finest moments are the more abstract, beatless pieces, such as the Fennesz-esque “Thumper,” and centerpiece “Green Navy/Rain,” a stunningly evocative two minutes in which Menchaca’s words perfectly complement the eerie atmosphere of the music.
Tim Clarke
Brett Naucke — Cast a Double Shadow (Ceremony of Seasons)
Cast A Double Shadow by Brett Naucke
Wine, beer and spirit clubs are not new, but the Asheville-based VISUALS winery is taking the concept beyond liquids with its Ritual of Senses club. It’s pairing rare, locally fermented products with components meant to delight the other senses. Packages are meant to arrive at the solstices and equinoxes and include a seasonally appropriate auditory component. Brett Naucke’s Cast a Double Shadow is included in the club’s winter solstice edition. Having spent most of his life near Chicago, the sound artist is now based in Asheville, hence his participation. Naucke blends a sonically diverse array of genetic material into a recombinant organism well-suited to survive the longest and coldest wintery night. Icy synths and brittle samples are bolstered by a lushness that carries a kernel of warmth inside of it. Bubbling arpeggios create the illusion of motion, and since a moving liquid cannot freeze, Naucke’s compositions remain lively amid the pervasive frostiness of the hibernal season. Those lucky enough to pair these ice-melting sounds with VISUALS’ liquid accompaniment will surely enjoy a synaesthetic intoxication. Imbibe responsibly, folks.
Bryon Hayes
The Natural Lines — S-T (Bella Union)
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Matt Pond may not be Matt Pond PA anymore, but he’s making the kind of clever, earnest indie rock as always, with some of the same people, notably Chris Hansen, his longtime guitarist and co-producer. This self-titled full length follows on the 2022 EP First Five, revisiting pensive, string-soothed “Spontaneous Skylights” and adding ten new warbly gems. “Monotony” feels like a COVID song, specifically a song about a musician’s experience of COVID, its clamped guitar stuttering as Pond sketches adapting to a smaller world. “When you start to think about the way you breathe, it doesn’t mean you believe in monotony,” he observes in a wavering voice that struggles to remain upbeat. But the music swells and with it, Pond finds his footing. “Climb the drums to feel the fall, stab the strings to feel anything,” he sings. Later, “A Scene That Will Never Die” turns moody introspection into bell-clear, chiming triumph. Pond’s voice is always bruised, rueful, real, but the music surges in waves of joy. If you’re still climbing out of the last couple of years, take heart. Matt Pond is, too, and he’s got a new band and an album to help.
Jennifer Kelly
No Cosmos — you iii everything else (Lighter Than Air)
You iii everything else by No Cosmos
Montrealean jazz trumpet player Scott Bevins inhabits a fluid convergence of jazz, electronics and R&B in this eight-song debut, drawing out languid, lucid melodies in brass and roughing them up with a battery of percussion from drummer Kyle Hutchins. Bright, reiterative bell-tones frame “kindergentlepatient” in Reichian pointillism, but the trumpet rings out a long-noted, clarion melody, a little echo clinging to it like a shadow, flickering underneath. “Almost Lost You,” an early single, slaps a slinky downtempo beat onto musing post-Miles cool, and floats traceries of soul vocals over its slouching groove. Less overtly accessible, but ultimately more rewarding, “0 to me to me to me,” ruptures its Rhodes-chilled serenity with continual explosions of drumming. I like it best when Bevins lets the chaos slips into his stylized precision.
Jennifer Kelly
Party of the Sun — Capsule III EP (Trailing Twelve)
Capsule III by Party of the Sun
Backwoods psychedelia springs up like mushrooms in the wilder parts of northern New England. Party of the Sun, an acid folk trio from the Monadnock Region (where yrs truly also resides), made these gently expansive tunes on a working sheep farm, following in the muck crusted footsteps of MV+EE, Sunburned and Akron/Family. Akron/Family, admittedly, hailed from New York, but the resonance is strong anyway, especially to that first slow-burning album, where the creak of rocking chairs, the rumble of thunder, seeped into translucent, transcendent melody. Here, “See Space” is all murmur-y, sunlit radiance, guitar and keyboards picking out glittering patterns under Ethan McBrien’s soft, considering tenor. “Forget Me Knot” coalesces out of a cloud of buzzing sonics, warm, widely spaced guitar chords emerging like the emerging light of morning. Harmonies swell, in a natural way, and drums thump up a climax, as the song balloons from quiet contemplation to something epic. “Smoke Bush,” with its subtle thread of female harmonies, eddies and swirls and lilts like a lost 1960s folk off-take. These tunes grow naturally out of reverie and solitude, but they don’t stay that way. They invite you in.
Jennifer Kelly
Anastassis Philippakopoulos — piano1 piano2 piano3 (Edition Wandelweiser Records)
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2020 was a rotten time for too many things to count, but it was a great time to stop and settle into some new music. That opportunity could not have been on anyone’s mind when Elsewhere Music released Anastassis Philippakopoulos: piano works mere weeks before the lockdowns began, but it was a perfect response to the moment. The Greek composer’s compositions, as performed by Melaine Dalibert, were distillations of reflection and deliberate action. This album, which contains earlier works performed by a different pianist, exchanges pith for elongation, but in other respects it’s a continuation of Philippakopoulos’s poetic dialogue between profound silence and unassumingly beautiful sound. Each note bears the weight of consideration, as though the composer carried out a moral inventory before committing to its placement in moderate proximity to another one, and the restrained touch of Serbian pianist Teodora Stepančić honors the music’s austerity.
Bill Meyer
Sif — Darkstalker (Self-released)
Darkstalker by Sif
Nuthin’ fancy here, folks, just 25 minutes of satisfying blackened doom. Richard Murphy has been making records as Sif for a few years, and the project has gotten progressively heavier, shifting from bummer drone meditations to this current thumping and crunching incarnation. The tape’s opening track “Kingseeker” slowly morphs from a repetitive churn to a sludgy groove, which situates the sounds in Louisiana’s long metal tradition (just what goes on down there?). It’s beautifully paced and just recalcitrant enough to insist on returning to the opening riff, rather than seeking any sort of catharsis. The title track spends some time foregrounding Murphy’s chops on bass, with the sort of heaviosity-worship one associates with Conan. Tremolos and more varied textures eventually cut into the song, with some heroic intent. But mostly Murphy wants to wield tone like a mace to your forehead. Hit me again, man. It’s good.
Jonathan Shaw
Ultrabonus — El Gimnasio en Casa (Kitchen Leg)
EL GIMNASIO EN LA CASA VOL.1 by ¡ULTRABONUS!
Recorded a lifetime ago (well, in 2020, same difference) and released this past December, the unprocessed immediacy of El Gimnasio en Casa bears no left-in-the-can staleness. Berlin-based, multi-national four-piece Ultrabonus offers brief, melodic garage-punk tunes delivered with crisp, swaggery style by Argentina native Ignatz B. The title charmingly translates to “the home gym,” and the sunny lo-fi psychedelia is appropriately threaded through with calisthenic noodling. Nothing groundbreaking here, but Ultrabonus does what it does very well. Fun, cool stuff.
Margaret Welsh
99Letters — Makafushigi (Disciples)
Makafushigi by 99LETTERS
Japanese producer Takahiro Kinoshita’s companion piece to his 2022 Kaibou Zukan (Anatomy Picture Book) takes his concept of gagaku techno into a seamy, industrial and far darker direction. Makafushigi (Mystery Tape) is, like its predecessor, built on samples of traditional instruments and vocal styles used in Japanese Imperial Court music. Introduced from Chinese and Korean sources, Gagaku music has continued under Imperial patronage since the 10th century. As 99Letters, Kinoshita fuses these ancient sounds with modern electronic music in ways that are as malevolent as the demons of mythology and as sinister as the underbelly of organized crime and ultranationalism in contemporary Japan. The tracks on Makafushigi are washed in a seamy mix of grit and clamor, a grim, grimy world of back alleys, dingy bars and low-tech manufacturing. It’s a haunted netherworld as alienating as it’s compelling. Fans of Haxan Cloak & Demdike Stare will find much to like here.
Andrew Forell
#dust#dusted magazine#joseph allred#bill meyer#john atkinson#ian mathers#emergency group#jennifer kelly#tomas fujiwara#justin cober-lake#full of hell#primitive man#jonathan shaw#drew gardner#hourlope#tim clarke#brett naucke#bryon hayes#the natural lines#no cosmos#party of the sun#antastassis philippakopoulos#sif#ultrabonus#margaret welsh#99letters#andrew forell
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I'm your huckleberry (Tombstone 1993) (Doc Holliday)
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The joys of modern inventions and miracles are often taken for granted. Your hungry or thirsty? Get something from the fridge or make it. You need to go somewhere? Drive or call an uber. Your hurt? Go to the doctor.
Your bored? Watch a movie, play video games, watch videos on the internet, talk to people without ever leaving your house.
Some much time is in our hands... but back in the 19th century... you wouldn't last very long.
Diseases are rampant, gun violence is higher, no modern technology, barely any good medicine, almost all of your favorite food doesn't exist and most of the people are rude as hell. But... That doesn't mean all of them were so bad. Love was not something most people in this time really cared about. At least, in the town of Tombstone, Arizona.
After falling asleep with a nice looking stone you bought at a small stand at the carnival, your whole world becomes the opposite. Six people from the past discover you unconscious and alone in the blistering heat and offer help but it was their help that let you meet the most amazing man you've ever met.
John Henry "Doc" Holliday.
Chapter 18
Previous ~ Next
The next day at Henry Hooker's Ranch was nerve-wracking. McMasters still hadn't returned and you and the others were getting nervous on where he was. As you all sat on the porch and while Doc was resting, something was spotted up ahead. A rider who was dragging something on his lasso. You all stood up and Henry Hooker asked, "What the hell is that"? The rider stopped his horse and dropped his lasso, leaving the thing he was dragging on the ground and looked at all of you before riding off. Without thinking, you sprinted off towards this object and Wyatt, Creek Johnson and Texas Jack followed after you.
Once you came closer, it was revealed to be the burnt and torn up corpse of McMasters. You screamed and Texas Jack said, "They got McMasters"! You started to tear up and choked on your sobs and Wyatt took you by the shoulders to hold you close. "Ringo wanted to make sure he got your attention, marshall" the cowboy yelled so you all could hear him. "He wants a straight-up fight, just you and him, to settle this thing once and for all. Oak Grove at the mouth of Silver Springs Canyon, 7:00"!
The cowboy rode off and then Wyatt released your shoulders and yelled back, "You tell him I'll be there"!
"Are you crazy" Creek Johnson asked but was cut off by Wyatt.
"I'll be there"! Wyatt looked back at McMasters corpse and then held you again. "It's not finished". Wyatt then led you back to the house and informed Hooker about what happened and when Hooker saw how distressed you looked, his generosity was extended to allow you all to stay longer, which was greatly appreciated but you all couldn't. Doc had awoken after some time and was informed of McMasters death. It didn't seem to faze him but on the inside, he wasn't happy. Wyatt knew just how fast and powerful Doc was and started to ask him for advice of taking out Ringo.
"I spent my whole life not knowin' what I wanted outta life, just chasin' my tail" Wyatt said to you and Doc. "Now for the first time I know exactly what I want", you and Doc looked at Wyatt, "and who. And that's the damnable misery of it". Doc looked away from Wyatt and took a hold of your hand. Wyatt walked towards the door and stopped, thinking hardly. "What makes a man like Ringo, Doc? What makes him do the things he does"?
"A man like Ringo... got a great empty hole right through the middle of him. He can never kill enough or steal enough or inflict enough pain to ever fill it".
"What does he need"?
"Revenge".
"For what"?
It took Doc a moment but he answered with this small statement. "Bein' born". Wyatt looked back at Doc and came over to sit beside you. Wyatt gave you a quick glance and looked to Doc. "It all happened so fast with Curly Bill I didn't have time to think about it but I've had plenty of time to think about this. I can't beat him, can I"?
"No" Doc replied. Wyatt understood, gave you a gentle pat on the shoulder and stood up to leave. "Wait" Doc said leaning up and coughed. "I'm goin' with ya". Doc then coughed harder and you gently pushed back into the bed. "No, Doc. Please, I'm not letting you hurt yourself". Doc was groaning in pain and tried to protest but you repeated the fact that you wouldn't let him hurt himself any longer. "Oh God" Doc said in pain and you started to rub his forehead to soothe him. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Wyatt".
"It's alright, Doc".
Doc opened his eyes and eyed Wyatts marshall badge. "What's it like to wear one of those"? Wyatt looked to his badge and took it off. "Give it to her, Wyatt". You looked back at Doc surprised and Wyatt didn't even hesitate. Wyatt held out the badge for you to take but you questioned him quickly. "Wait, why"?
"You deserve it" Doc said.
"After everythin' you've done for us, it seems fair. Take it. Please" Wyatt said. You took the badge and held it like it was a precious jewel. "After all, (y/n)" Wyatt said, "You're the toughest woman I've ever met. You were born to wear it" Wyatt said proudly. You stood up and hugged him tightly and he returned the embrace and he held onto you tightly. He didn't know if he would survive the gunfight that was coming his way but he wanted to make sure he did a proper farewell to his best friends. You both stopped hugging and and you sat back down beside Doc. "How's it feel" Doc asked.
"It feels life changing" you said proudly. You looked to both of them and thanked them and they both gave you a gentle smile in return. Wyatt started to leave but looked back to see you two, for, hopefully not, the last time. Creek Johnson and Texas Jack were already mounted up and waiting for Wyatt and as Wyatt mounted up, he shared a concerned look with Henry Hooker. "Don't worry. They want 'em, they gotta come over us first". Hooker then held out his hand and the two men shook hands as Wyatt and the other two then followed after him as he rode off. You were seated beside Doc and as you looked at the badge, it truly was something to behold.
As you examined it, you thought of all the things that the cowboys had done. They killed your friends, harassed you and made life horrible for people. You clenched the badge and then had the look of determination. You knew what had to be done and you knew YOU were going to accomplish it.
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