#louie the dope

[angelamontoo]

[unidentifiedprimate]

Drowned rat Louie

[sewerfight]

Not Peter Lorre playing a bum saved from suicide by a fabulously rich millionaire who is now sharing a bed with him

[angelamontoo]

Louie!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[weaversweek]

1997: women with soul and vision

Bit of a grab-bag in this set. Coming up: Nuyorican Soul, Veruca Salt, Beth Orton, and Alisha's Attic.

"I wanna be the only one" - Eternal and Bebe Winans

Esteemed chart commentator James Masterton wrote,

Every once in a while there comes along a record that cheers and inspires. One which achieves the ultimate for any pop record and makes the world seem brighter, the sky clearer and which motivates you to set the CD on repeat so you can hear the whole thing all over again. The latest Number One single in the UK is just such a record. For the second single from the Before The Rain album, Eternal team up with American gospel legend Bebe Winans for one of the most heartwarming duets you are likely to hear all year. Combining the best elements of pop and gospel in one wonderful package, the single is perfect summer radio material with a soaring chorus that defies you to dislike it. A masterpiece of production and arrangement, just listen to the way it changes key twice in the last minute as the mood of the chorus spirals ever higher and higher. From the moment it was released the single flew out of the shops and now easily gives Eternal their first ever Number One single, three and a half years since their chart debut with Stay. Easily the best pop record of the year so far, at least until next week.

Have the gospel version.

"Runaway" - Nuyorican Soul ft India

ob Loleatta Holloway, tick. She was the vocalist on Salsoul Orchestra's original song in 1977, given new life by "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez. Absolutely majestic orchestration, effortlessly combining house and salsa and scat jazz. Inspired Janet Jackson to write and record "Together again".

More! DJ Magazine goes behind the scenes with masters at work.

"Volcano girls" - Veruca Salt

The group's second album Eight Arms to Hold You disappointed some fans, who wanted more grunge than the alternative pop on offer. Our lead single showcased the group's new and different approach: one could describe them as the Spice Girls with guitars, except Kenickie had bagsied that, and Shampoo were bubblegum-with-attitude.

Barely marketed and sold about 600 copies over here, into the top 40 at number 137 and straight out again. Decent hit in the States, where the group toured with Bush.

More: An "oral history" of "Volcano girls", from Veruca Salt's reunion in 2014.

"She cries your name" - Beth Orton

Opens with a wailing and distinctive guitar line, then a divine voice sing-speaks a tale of domestic woe. Beth straddled the line between electronica - she'd dated William Orbit, produced by Andy Weatherall - and a folk-roots sound influenced by Carole King and Carly Simon. In later years, the folk-roots sound would win; this song remains a touchpoint for the late 90s and no other era.

More: Live review from 1997.

"Indestructible" - Alisha's Attic

Karen and Shelley Poole, making music for the art. A full-on art package: remember the little cartoon imp from the single cover, and every single single from the album?

"Indestructible" is an oasis of calm, peace, inner strength. We are indestructible, there's nothing to stop us. A world of wild romantic imagination, mystic adventures this way; guess some people hadn't picked up a book (as opposed to a Man City matchday programme) since leaving primary school.

A couple of long watches: The Hidden Treasures of Alisha's Attic, and a collection of interviews.

[fuchinobe]

Journey With The Lonely (1992, Epic, E 47058)

Mix credited to Kenny Dope and Louie Vega

[thisismenow3]

Silent Love by B.L.I.B.

sometimes shit happens that’s feels designed for me in the moment when I need it most. This is awesome!

[angelamontoo]

LEWY

Peter Lorre as Louis "The Dope" Monteau in the delightful comedy I'll Give a Million (1938), with Warner Baxter and John Carradine.

Such a cutie!

[viciouscyclesradio]

Event Flyer Roll Call

A visual gallery of selected events, for the current month

[angelamontoo]

Please answer honestly and don't let favouritism cloud your judgement

And feel free to explain how they survive and/or say who you think dies first in the notes and tags

[teach-or-trav]

Bro I'm now a fan this is so dopeful

You Can Play Funky Clav, Too!

[unidentifiedprimate]

Sleepy Louie

[fuchinobe]

(1995, Nite Grooves, KNG-46)

Remix by Masters At Work. Released to cross promote Samurai Shodown for the Neo Geo system

[theehorsepusssy]

TheeHorsepussys Portland : Vaseline Alley aka Stark Street aka Harvey Weinstein ( I always get that mixed up) Harvey Milk Blvd

Documenting some gay-ass history for the kids

Red Arrow - 2 blocks to Touche. Not gay but spent most of the 90s in that bar. Fancy looking dining room/pool room but mostly service industry clientele. Hard to find a spot to do drugs discreetly.

Green - Everyday Music. Where to sell vinyl for dope money.

Yellow - Big BIG abandoned, scary building. Looked haunted. Was eventually renovated. But gave you the heebie-jeebies walking past it at night. Gay bashing zone

Green Arrow - The City Nightclub. Underage nightclub. Chicken Hawks(is that Gus Van Sant?), lots of drugs, good DJ downstairs, GREAT DJ upstairs

Red - The Henry Weinhard Brewery (demolished) Made the area smell really, really awful. Gagging thinking of it.

(Stark Street starts to the right here. It looks like they built some weird barrier in the intersection..probably cuz drunk gays in middle of street)

Orange - The Bathhouse. Home away from home. I would sell rip-off size bags of meth to subsidize my habit. Sucked a huge penis here. Gagging thinking of it. Gay bar downstairs was called either Flossies or Silverado or both. Male strippers. Would buy my shitty little bags of dope.

Blue Arrow - at one moment in the 90s, a sex club I think owned by Fantasy Video. Robert would meet his side piece there . The director Todd Haynes, I fuzzily recall reading, was a patron. I went once. Weird vibe. There was a plaque on the wall outside the entrance commemorating the recording of Louie, Louie.

Orange - The Eagle. Bar where it was common to have sex. I saw a guy take a foot up his butt. Cops started randomly coming in to cock block. There is a new bar called the Eagle up in NE Portland up by the Heroin Fred Meyer (I suppose they all are now)

Blue - Transient hotel above the store I hated buying cigarettes from but can't recall why. Maybe it was expensive.

Green - Greasy spoon called Roxys. Horrible breakfast food 24/7. I think it used to be down the street on Everett. Had a tiny basement bar. Moved to Vaseline Alley in 90s. Had ginormous picture of Quentin Tarantino or some shit. Very 90s

Yellow - Three Sisters (Six Titties) dive bar/gay bar. Never really went there. At some point was a male strippers bar. Robert had me escort one of his side pieces there. Kid thought the stripper was really into him. I tried to explain. I won $600 on the poker machine and drove the kid home.

Orange - Django Records. Large amounts of cheap used records. 3 for a dollar bins! I bought Eyehategod In the Name of Suffering here. Also the Cruising soundtrack...33cents!

Red - Fancy, expensive hotel. Yell really loud underneath the windows. They like that. Cops always parked along this stretch. Drunk gays got their first DUIs around here.

Mint- block of amnesia. I don't think it existed

Red - Boxes. Gay bar where you did lines of coke/mda/meth in the bathroom without hassle. TV sets with Oprah or Steel Magnolias, shit like that on. Spartacus Leather fetish store was down a couple doors. Inside Boxes, you could take a wood paneled passage through the fish restaurant kitchen ( I don't think anyone ever ate there) and end up at.....

Green - the Brig. Named because dance floor had bars around it like a jail cell. Imagine the creative dance moves as the queens grappled bars, ass out while Madonna songs played on a loop. Your meth dealer could be found here, doing a fan dance. Don't wear black. Semen stains show up under the blacklights. (or do)

Yellow - the house paint store. Eventually became the Panorama in the age of MDMA. Rave type music. Went there once to meet a dealer. Obnoxious experience.

White - Silverado. Country Western night most nights. My roommate dj'd andtaught line dancing but dance floor was like 10 sq ft so it was just the gays holding hands and boot scootin' in a little circle for eternity. Bar I could get into underage.

Orange - Ben Stark Hotel. Like outta Barton Fink. But really,really seedy. Had some weird sex in there. Now a boutique hotel owned by some Donald Trump guy Gordon Someone who did something once. Probably haunted.

Brown - Scandals. Beer /wine bar. Big windows so you can people-watch and talk shit. Used to go in there underage until I got thrown out snorting a rail of MDA off the tabletop. Had electronic darts and video poker in the 90s. Me and Robert had a domestic dispute there.

Red - row of funky vintage/antique shops. Someone used to broadcast a pirate radio station somewhere around there in the 90s

Blue - Portland Underground. Small venue had some big shows early 90s. Top floor is where I swear I saw Econochrist play. But it's an office building. Maybe confused

Yellow. OBryant Square aka Paranoid Park. Skateboarders and street drugs. I got "chased" by AF Nazis here. Probably more like I ran my fat ass up the street after this girl I knew screamed "run!" And they probably just laughed. I didn't look back. I think it's demolished now.

White arrow- up the block toward the Galleria. Second floor toilet was really cruisy. Careful of cockblocking rent-a-cops. Kiosk by cafe I think was only place downtown to buy pipe to smoke pot

[imjustchori]

got blessed with a cool ass papa louie post on tumblr, didn't think that'd happen ever

Been thinking about Moe and The Dynamoe lately, a lot of people love drawing the guy but I don't see many people talking about his motivations... Which is a real shame seeing how much they could add to his character. After reading through the official media and thinking (maybe overthinking) things over, I've come to a hypothesis:

What if Moe became The Dynamoe to save a failing comic book store?

His flipdeck clearly establishes that he cares deeply about his store, going so far as to host launch parties late at night. But it also establishes that Moe's Lair is the one and only comic book store in the entirety of Tastyville, which would seem to imply that comic book stores either don't tend to succeed or that there's not much demand for them—either way, it's clear that Moe needs some help.

hell, look at his kart description: He doesn't even care about winning the races, he just wants to help promote his store! If that's not a sign of a struggling business, I don't know what is

So all this leads to the ultimate conclusion we can draw from all this: The Dynamoe was created out of neccessity to save the store. Here's how I imagine it all went down: It started with petty theft, a pickpocket here and a shoplift there, up until he completed his first big theft and earnt his first big payout—but also the first big crime on his record. From there, things started to spiral: Stealthy thefts turned to full-blown heists and police chases, the introduction of high-tech gear and getaway vehicles, and of course the iconic outfit & even more iconic rivaly with Ninjoy! I do believe that Moe has a good heart at his core & Moe's Lair is definitely doing fine nowadays, but this whole life of crime became something bigger than himself, and ultimately The Dynamoe became a part of himself that he just can't get rid of anymore.

Thoughts? I'd like to hear how others weigh in on this, Moe/The Dynamoe is honestly one of the most interesting characters Flipline's ever put out and I'd love to hear the fandom's takes

[pealeii]

hi again!

what are your fav christmas songs (and why?? 👀)

OooHHhH

I have so many 😭😩 I genuinely live Christmas songs so much…from traditional carols to more secular stuff…the music is straight FIRE

Of the secular stuff I like White Christmas (cuz I sure am dreaming of one) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (“we all will be together if the fates allow” 🥺) Silver Bells (xmas time in the city !!) I’ll Be Home For Christmas (🥲 so full of longing) and probably others tbh

I think I like every traditional carol WOOO. What Child is This has always been a fav cuz its in a minor key and the lyrics are dope (“nail, spears shall pierce him through/the cross be borne for me, for you”) ALSO I LOVE every verse of O Come O Come Emmanuel. Also O Holy Night!!!!

Some underrated carols are Fum Fum Fum, The Holly and the Ivy, and Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming.

My family have two carol books that are great and I could go for any carol in them really

As for more non-traditional stuff, I love Lemon Demon’s Christmas EP, The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album, Louie Zong’s Christmas EP, the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack, and the Christmas songs from the musical A Year With Frog and Toad. (I like Pentatonix Mary Did You Know but literally nothing else on that album.)

I also really love choral, orchestral, and instrumental arrangements of Christmas songs. Some favs this year have been jazz arrangements, dulcimer covers, and orchestral/band arrangements.

Thanks for the ask and Merry Christmas!!