#m.g. lewis

[bones-ivy-breath]

The Monk by Matthew G. Lewis

[dearorpheus]

Do you have any writings abt sex and death, and how they're connected? Thanks if you decide to answer!

hiiiii yes♡ 

first and foremost is Bataille’s Erotism: Death and Sensuality which is expressly about this. everywhere you turn while researching this subject, Bataille will be mentioned. inclusive of this is a foray into religious eroticism/divine love/mysticism and elements of dissolution/continuity, violation and violence, aberration, so on... "There is no better way to know death than to link it with some licentious image." (pdf)

also v central are Freud’s theories surrounding our competing Eros/Thanatos drives, in which (as a very reductive summation) “the death instinct pervades sexual activity”; Freud also touches on dissolution, displacement and 'higher order/form'—you can see here one of the many ways Freud influenced Bataille's theories/writings. ultimately we might agree that the drives, rather than competing, are irreparably intertwined. "Life is displaced death, and death is displaced life." -> I like this article about them, but the source material is his Beyond the Pleasure Principle (pdf) +if you're interested in this, you could further research in sexology, sexual ethics and phenomenology as regarding sexualities linked to death, namely necrophilia, lust murder/sexual homicide, asphyxiophilia (sexual arousal by oxygen deprivation/erotic asphyxiation) and autassassinophilia (sexual arousal from the idea/risk of legitimately—imperatively, not in a fantasy-sense—being killed)

speaking of necrophilia (from Howard Barker’s afterword for Eroticism and Death in Theatre and Performance):

the last two sentences accordant with the modern usage of la petite mort in which the sensation of orgasm is likened to death. literature which comes to mind: M.G. Lewis’ The Monk*, Gabrielle Wittkop’s Le Necrophile, Angela Carter’s “The Snow Child” and “The Lady of the House of Love” as published in The Bloody Chamber, Poppy Z. Brite’s Exquisite Corpse, some of Baudelaire’s poetry...

then getting into more periphery stuff, there’s a lot of theory on the corpse and its sexuality (touched on above) + fetishisation. some theories have to do with executions, others with the sexual aspects of ritual sacrifice, as below in Death Comes To The Maiden: Sex and Execution 1431-1933 by Camille Naish:

more on the former in Julia Kristeva’s The Severed Head: Capital Visions and Nicole Loraux’s Tragic Ways of Killing a Woman

also the eroticisation of the medical venus—for this i heartily recommend Joanna Ebenstein’s The Anatomical Venus which is an absolutely fucking stunning artwork of a book to caress and coo over and cradle as you would a baby and which has a chapter dedicated to ‘Ecstasy, Fetishism and Doll Worship’ that delves into this (and religious eroticism, ne'er shall these subjects be pried apart for individual study it seems, not that i’m complaining)

+supplementary readings into our corpse-like beauty standards, with the heroin chic of the 90s (which has perhaps insidiously returned?) but esp in terms of the consumptive beauty ideals of the fin de siècle x, x etc etc. pervasive and perverted when beauty—an engine of evolution/a vehicle for sexual selection—becomes dictated by icons of illness

other haphazard things which come to mind: Camille Paglia’s Sexual Personae (tw for terf rhetoric); Angela Carter’s Sadeian Woman; cause-and-effect death by sex horror trope/generic imperative of post Halloween/‘78 slasher film; death and the maiden trope ofc which is often highly sexualised

*there is a v good essay on this called “Between Life and Death: Representing Necrophilia, Medicine, and the Figure of the Intercessor in M.G. Lewis's The Monk” by Laura Miller

[chillydownhere2]

Booker T. Jones was the keyboard player for the house band of Stax Records with Al Jackson on drums, Lewie Steinberg on bass, and Steve Cropper on guitar.

The sequence of chords in Green Onions is F, B flat, and C. The chip, or the little thing you hear between the main chords, is played on the third fret of the second and third strings. It's an unusual note sequence that might surprise you at first, but it blends perfectly with the overall sound.

[glennmillerorchestra]

i listened to 100 new-to-me albums this year and these are my top 9 picks! not necessarily the 'best' albums, but the ones that carried significant impact to me throughout 2022!!

everything i know about love - laufey (2022) / on the beach - neil young (1974) / chet baker sings (1956) / kisses on the bottom - paul mccartney (2012) / infinite rider on the big dogma - michael nesmith (1979) / revolver - the beatles (1966) / venus and mars - wings (1975) / wasn't tomorrow wonderful? - the waitresses (1982) / buffalo springfield - buffalo springfield (1966)

i'd love to hear everybody's top albums of the year so you can tag me if you want to share :) i'll tag @frogeye-pierce @thebuffalospringfeild @leonardcohenofficial @juliebarnes @iwrotemrtambourineman and @cowboyinthesand to start off with!

full listen list of 2022 is under the cut

john b. sebastian - john sebastian (1970)

an evening with silk sonic - silk sonic (2021)

loose salute - michael nesmith & the first national band (1970)

rags to rufus - rufus & chaka khan (1974)

the birds, the bees & the monkees - the monkees (1968)

tom petty & the heartbreakers - tom petty & the heartbreakers (1976)

pretty much your standard ranch stash - michael nesmith (1973)

charmed - the knee-hi's (2022)

what a way to die - the pleasure seekers (1965)

good times! - the monkees (2016)

dark horse - george harrison (1974)

buffalo springfield - buffalo springfield (1966)

the dreaming - kate bush (1982)

venus and mars - wings (1975)

the velvet underground - the velvet underground (1969)

new way of life - deeohgee (2021)

odyssey and oracle - the zombies (1968)

nilsson schmilsson - harry nilsson (1971)

the ballad of sally rose - emmylou harris (1985)

infinite rider on the big dogma - michael nesmith (1979)

from a radio engine to the photon wing - michael nesmith (1977)

kate & anna mcgarrigle - kate & anna mcgarrigle (1975)

songs from a room - leonard cohen (1969)

deja vu - csny (1970)

fame and price, price and fame together - georgie fame & alan price (1971)

instant replay - the monkees (1969)

folk roots, new routes - shirley collins & davy graham (1964)

stephen stills - stephen stills (1970)

after the gold rush - neil young (1970)

buffalo springfield again - buffalo springfield (1967)

uncle charlie & his dog teddy - nitty gritty dirt band (1970)

dolenz, jones, boyce & hart - dolenz, jones, boyce & hart (1976)

micky dolenz puts you to sleep - micky dolenz (1991)

tx jelly - the texas gentlemen

go home go home go home - adelaide (2021)

harvest - neil young (1972)

do hollywood - the lemon twigs (2016)

songs for the general public - the lemon twigs (2020)

crosby, stills and nash - csn (1969)

kisses on the bottom - paul mccartney (2012)

and the hits just keep on comin' - michael nesmith (1972)

velvet gloves and spit - neil diamond (1968)

cold spring harbor - billy joel (1971)

sweetheart of the rodeo - the byrds (1968)

parallel lines - blondie (1978)

showcase - patsy cline (1961)

gemini rights - steve lacy (2022)

cass elliot - cass elliot (1972)

touch 'em with love - bobbie gentry (1969)

beatopia - beabadoobee (2022)

everything i know about love - laufey (2022)

sentimentally yours - patsy cline (1962)

chet baker sings - chet baker (1956)

there goes rhymin' simon - paul simon (1973)

talking heads '77 - talking heads (1977)

country style - dean martin (1963)

stranger in the alps - phoebe bridgers (2017)

mclemore avenue - booker t. & the m.g.'s (1970)

the smiths - the smiths (1984)

the siren's song - kacy & clayton (2017)

songs for beginners - graham nash (1971)

demoiselle - micky dolenz (1998)

walls and bridges - john lennon (1975)

mother nature's son - ramsey lewis (1968)

it's the great pumpkin, charlie brown - vince guraldi trio (2022)

tug of war - paul mccartney (1982)

wasn't tomorrow wonderful? - the waitresses (1982)

revolver (super deluxe) - the beatles (1966)

pipes of peace - paul mccartney (1983)

punisher - phoebe bridgers (2020)

freedom of choice - DEVO (1978)

mind your own business! - henry mccullough (1975)

on the beach - neil young (1975)

morrison hotel - the doors (1970)

flowers in the dirt - paul mccartney (1989)

zuma - neil young & crazy horse (1974)

chet baker sings: it could happen to you - chet baker (1958)

convertible music - josie cotton (1982)

sleep warm - dean martin (1959)

the decline and fall of heavenly - heavenly (1994)

psychedelic jungle - the cramps (1981)

nina simone sings the blues - nina simone (1967)

a generation ago today - kenny burrell (1967)

make it big - wham! (1984)

meat is murder - the smiths (1985)

solitude - billie holiday (1956)

sunflower - the beach boys (1970)

speaking in tongues - talking heads (1983)

the lady sings - billie holiday (1956)

when the pawn... - fiona apple (1999)

press to play - paul mccartney (1986)

q: are we not men? a: we are devo! - DEVO (1978)

silvertwin - silvertwin (2021)

cherry peel - of montreal (1997)

masterpiece - big thief (2016)

the lady in satin - billie holiday (1958)

living in the material world - george harrison (1973)

pink moon - nick drake (1972)

CSN - csn (1977)

memory almost full - paul mccartney (2007) <- yes, this is a poetic last pick. it was intentional ;)

[hexnovo]

15 & 20

15. Biggest artist pet peeve? When people don't draw fingernails and teeth, also unrealistic hot-air balloon breasts lmao

20. What works have you drawn fanart of? Haven't drawn fanart in a decade, but it was a pretty rare thing back then as well. Only evidence I could find is the following Alien 3 and The Monk (M.G. Lewis) pieces from 2013-2015 I was planning on making several illustrations for the latter but soon gave up lol I'm sure I also drew some Madhuri Dixit studies at some point but I can't find them anymore.

[krispyweiss]

Rewind: Booker T. & the M.G.’s - Green Onions (Oct. 1, 1962)

If the definition of timeless is sounding simultaneously older than it is and yet ultra-modern, then Green Onions is timeless.

Booker T. & the M.G.’s - namesake organist Jones, guitarist Steve Crooper and the rhythm section of bassist Lewie Steinberg and drummer Al Jackson Jr. - released their debut LP Oct. 1, 1962, and 60 years and one day later, on Oct. 2, 2022, Green Onions remains just as crisp and refreshing as ever while retaining the innocence of the 1950s music that inspired it.

There’s nothing fancy here, just 12 instrumentals - both originals and covers - running 35 minutes and held together by the common thematic imagery of the ubiquitous opening title track, “Mo’ Onions” and the album-closing “Comin’ Home Baby,” originally recorded by the Dave Bailey Quintet.

As soloists, neither Jones nor Cropper showboats; each instrumentalist simply lays it down, carving deep grooves into the pocketed rhythm section. The closest either comes to rowdiness is on their respective staccato spotlights on the 12-bar interpretation of Ray Charles’ “Lonely Avenue.”

More typical is Jones’ mournful quaver on Acker Bilk’s “Stranger on the Shore” or Jones and Cropper’s subdued playfulness on their sock-hop reworking on “Twist and Shout.”

For all the masterful writing and arranging, Booker T. & the M.G.’s didn’t bother to fashion endings to their tracks, letting them fade away as the band cooks and leaving listeners to wonder what kind of lost notes remain in old tape cases in the Stax archives.

Grade card: Booker T. & the M.G.’s - Green Onions - A

10/2/22

[ulkaralakbarova]

The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: George Newman: ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic R.J. Fletcher: Kevin McCarthy Stanley Spadowski: Michael Richards Bob: David Bowe Harvey Bilchik: Stanley Brock Philo: Anthony Geary Raul Hernandez: Trinidad Silva Kuni: Gedde Watanabe Noodles MacIntosh: Billy Barty Richard Fletcher: John Paragon Pamela Finklestein: Fran Drescher Esther Bilchik: Sue Ane Langdon Head Thug: David Proval Killer Thug: Grant James Teri: Victoria Jackson Joe Earley: Emo Philips Gandhi: Jay Levey Cameraman: Lou B. Washington Bum: Vance Colvig FCC Man: Nik Hagler Bartender: Robert K. Weiss Spatula Husband: Eldon G. Hallum Spatula Wife: Sherry Engstrom Spatula Neighbor: Sara Allen Sy Greenblum: Bob Hungerford Crazy Ernie: John Cadenhead Blind Man: Francis M. Carlson Earl Ramsey: Ivan Green Joel Miller: Adam Maras Billy: Travis Knight Little Weasel: Joseph Witt Teri’s Father: Tony Frank Teri’s Mother: Billie Lee Thrash Fletcher Cronie #1: Barry Friedman Fletcher Cronie #2: Kevin Roden Phyllis Weaver: Lisa R. Stefanic Big Edna: Nancy Johnson Betty: Debbie Mathieu Little Old Lady: Wilma Jeanne Cummins Animal Deliveyman: Cliff Stephens Band: Guitar: Jim West Band: Bass Guitar: Steve Jay Band: Drums: Jon Schwartz Band: Keyboards: Kim Bullard Whipped Cream Eater: Barry Hansen Thug #3: Bob Maras Thug #4: George Fisher Guide #1: Tony Salome Guide #2: Joe Restivo Yodeler: Charles Marsh Mud Wrestler: Belinda Bauer Satan: Patrick Thomas O’Brien Conan the Librarian: Roger Callard Timid Man: Robert Frank Boy with Books: Jeff Maynard Promo Announcer (voice): M.G. Kelly Promo Announcer (voice): Jay Gardner Promo Announcer (voice): John Harlan Promo Announcer (voice): Jim Rose Film Crew: Production Manager: Gray Frederickson Original Music Composer: John Du Prez Editor: Dennis M. O’Connor Producer: Gene Kirkwood Producer: John W. Hyde Writer: Jay Levey Director of Photography: David Lewis Production Design: Ward Preston Set Decoration: Robert L. Zilliox Costume Design: Tom McKinley Makeup Effects: Allan A. Apone Special Effects Makeup Artist: Douglas J. White Sound Recordist: Ara Ashjian Sound Editor: Christopher Assells Sound Editor: Charles R. Beith Jr. Sound Recordist: Gregory Cheever Sound Editor: Clayton Collins Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Andy D’Addario Sound Editor: Dino DiMuro Sound Editor: G. Michael Graham Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Jeffrey J. Haboush Sound Mixer: Bo Harwood Sound Editor: Dan Hegeman Sound Editor: A. David Marshall Sound Editor: Diane Marshall Supervising Sound Editor: Dave McMoyler Sound Recordist: Art Schiro Sound Editor: Scott A. Tinsley Visual Effects Producer: John Coats Visual Effects Supervisor: William Mesa Visual Effects Art Director: Richard Kilroy Visual Effects Art Director: Ron Yates Post Production Supervisor: Susan Zwerman Production Supervisor: Bill Carroll Stunt Coordinator: George Fisher Stunts: Bob Maras Stunts: Brent Stice Stunts: T. Alan Kelly Stunts: J. Granville Moulder Stunts: Michael Steven Howl Stunts: Richard Drown Executive In Charge Of Production: Kate Morris Associate Producer: Becki Cross Trujillo Associate Producer: Joe M. Aguilar First Assistant Director: John R. Woodward Second Assistant Director: Benita Allen Casting Assistant: Gregory Raich Casting Assistant: Sandi Black Local Casting: Barbara Brinkley Henry Local Casting: Laurey Lummus Key Hair Stylist: Lynne K. Eagan Makeup & Hair: Roseanne McIlvane Wardrobe Supervisor: Ainslee Colt de Wolf Wardrobe Assistant: Phil O’Nan Boom Operator: Joel Racheff First Assistant Camera: Ed Giovanni Second Assistant Camera: Tiffanie Winton Second Assistant Camera: Brett Reynolds Second Assistant Camera: Cindi Pusheck Production Coordinator: Bonnie Macker Script Supervisor: Carol Stewart Second Second Assistant Director: Lorene M. Duran Third Assistant Director: Pam Whorton Additional Editing: Steve Polivka Assistant Editor: Lewis Schoenbrun Supervising ADR Editor: Karla Caldwell Music Supervisor:...

[odk-2]

Booker T. and The MG's - Green Onions (1962) Booker T. Jones / Steve Cropper / Lewie Steinberg / Al Jackson, Jr. from: "Green Onions" (LP) "Green Onions" / "Behave Yourself" (Single)

Instrumental | R&B | Soul | Memphis Soul

JukeHostUK (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: Booker T. Jones: Keyboards Steve Cropper: Guitar Lewie Steinberg: Bass Al Jackson, Jr.: Drums

Produced Jim Stewart

Recorded: @ The Stax Recording Studio in Memphis, Tennessee between June - August 1962

Single Released: September 1962

Album Released: October 1962

Stax Records

Atlantic Records (European CD Reissue) (March 26, 1993)

[avenger-hawk]

Hello hawk. Do you get inspiration for your writing from books (actual "books", not fanfiction lol)? If so, what authors do you like? Hugs~

Hello. Tbh I’m kinda picky with books, not as much as with fanfiction lol but still I can’t enjoy some popular books ppl love. I don’t like long sagas for example, I get bored with fantasy in general and I dislike very wordy books with looong descriptions of the smallest details of the characters’ clothes and food. I couldn’t read the A Song Of Ice And Fire books because of this.

I do like a wordy writer like Charles Dickens though. Not all his books cause some are really too victorian bordering on annoying, but I really liked A Tale of Two Cities and Our Mutual Friend. I read a lot of classics tbh especially as a teenager, as I discovered fandoms and fanfics later. I liked Jane Austen, she has a brilliant style, very ironic and not cheesy despite the sentimental theme. I also liked old gothic novels, they have some dark imagery, like Maturin’s Melmoth The Wanderer, Byron’s Manfred, M.G. Lewis’ The Monk. It was my final essay in school, even. All these novels would be ‘wrong’ by fandom bullshit moralism btw.

But that was my teenage literature phase, I think fondly of those books because of nostalgia, mostly, because I changed my taste for less plot oriented and more philosophical, abstract, surreal books. I also like short stories or short novels more than long stuff. The surreal and the fantastic work better with short stories imo.

A writer I liked as a teenager and like even now though is H. Hesse. He created a beautiful atmosphere in his books, like, you can literally feel the sun and trees and birds chirping, an at the same time they’re angsty. Especially Narcissus and Goldmund; I reread it recently and it’s even better than I remembered, it also had a strong gay vibe which doesn’t hurt lol. Or Demian, male friendship, kinda gay, very philosophical, and The Glass Bead Game and his short stories too. Also he was vegetarian, it’s a plus for me.

My favourite writer is J. L. Borges, I love how he creates fictional reviews of nonexistent books that he mixes with existent philosophers and writers, so when you read his short stories you are juggling between reality and fiction, reading fake academic works or you’re sinking in a story with a thin but amazing plot line where dream and reality are fused together, and reality is completely subjective. His concept of time is not linear, he’s from Argentina and he describes this amazing mix of cultures and influences, everything he writes is a masterpiece that you can feel it, elevates your mind. Genius. Especially The Lottery in Babylon (for me it’s also a metaphor of reincarnation) Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius , The Garden of Forking Paths (amazing, simply amazing) Funes the Memorious (this story and its theme is still haunting me tbh) and The Circular Ruins, I have no words to describe how much I love it.

I also love two Italian writers very much. I. Calvino, surreal, abstract, amazing. I highly recommend him to everyone cause he has been translated a lot in English speaking countries, like Invisible Cities,  The Castle of Crossed Destinies (tarot lovers would like this one),  If on a winter's night a traveler (all book lovers should read it).

D. Buzzati is amazing too, his short stories might be set in urban Italy but also in a nonspecified ancient Central Asia-ish spaces, with its vastity and mysterious (for us) culture, from Samarkand to the steppes. His writing is laconic, essential, but shows you everything you need to see and feel. His novel The Tartar Steppe is poetic and metaphoric, his short stories often deal with the mystery of death, in the same poetic metaphoric way. Unfortunately I didn’t find anything in English online, but I really recommend The Seven Messengers, it was the first story I read from him and still a favourite. 

I also like M. Bulgakov very much, like Master and Margarita is such a cool book and so is Heart of a Dog. So much sarcasm, I love them.

I was too long maybe, recommending books. You asked if these books I love influenced my writing, I wish they did lol. As I write dark themes but I stopped reading that darkish stuff I can’t say they influenced me much. Anyway my writing style is quite essential and to the point, not only because English is not my mothertongue but also because of the writers I like.

I was slightly inspired by Borges’ The Circular Ruins for In Dreams, not directly but for certain themes related to subjective reality, and I quoted The Garden of the Forking Paths for Itachi’s pre-massacre state of mind in Victims of Peace.

I was slightly inspired by Hesse’s Narcissus and Goldmund for the setting (Northern European late Middle Ages) of a non-Naruto darkfic I wrote.

I think there might be more but I’m probably not aware of it.

[spaceintruderdetector]

horror movie heroes issue

When it came time to assemble this volume, there were plenty of obvious choices. You can’t put out a book called Horror Movie Heroes without including guys like David Cronenberg and Guillermo del Toro, for instance, so you’ll find in-depth interviews with both filmmakers In these pages. We've taken a multi-generational approach, too, which means you'll hear from trailblazers such as M.G. Lewis and Tobe Hooper, as well as relatively newer blood like Larry Fessenden and James Wan. Horror is a wonderfully multicultural affair, as well, so Japanese body-horror pioneer Shinya Tsukamoto shares the spotlight here with Spanish auteur Jaume Balaguerd and Chilean surrealist Alejandro Jodorowsky.

https://archive.org/details/Rue.Morgue.Library.002.September.2014.Horror.Movie.Heroes/mode/2up

[bones-ivy-breath]

The Monk by Matthew G. Lewis

[ofgraveconcern]

Alongside the 199 year anniversary of the death of Percy Shelley, this week also see the birth of other notable instances of 18th and 19th century Gothic horror 9th July 1764, birth of English author and pioneer of the Gothic Novel Ann Radcliffe. Best known for the work ‘The Mysteries of Udolpho’ published in 1794, and cited as the archetypal Gothic Novel. Radcliffe’s technique of matching supernatural and psychological terror, alongside vivid descriptions of travelling within gothic landscapes, propelled the Gothic novel into respectability in the 1790s. 9th July 1775, birth of English novelist and dramatist Matthew Gregory Lewis, known as M.G. Lewis, and often referred to as "Monk" Lewis, due to the success of his gothic novel, ‘The Monk: A Romance’ published in 1796. The scandal and controversy of the novel's themes of perceived blasphemy, violence, immorality and supernaturalism; resulted in harsh critiques of Lewis being a ‘reckless defiler of the public mind’, and devoting the ‘fruits of his mind to the propagation of evil’. Despite these criticisms the novel was very highly successful, absorbed by an 18th century reading public eager to be terrified and scandalized by the new gothic fictional form. 10th July 1792, birth of Captain Frederick Marryat; British Royal Navy officer, friend of Charles Dickens and author of the gothic novel ‘ The Phantom Ship’. Marryat is also credited as an early pioneer of the sea story. The Phantom Ship tells the story of the legend of the ghost ship the Flying Dutchman, and its Captain doomed to sail for eternity, and the quest of the Captain’s son who pursues his father in order to save his soul, (continued in the comments) #gothicliterature #gothicliteratureart #gothicstyle #gothicbooks #gothicbookshelf #percybyssheshelley #gothicnovel #gothicnovels #annradcliffe #themysteriesofudolpho #supernaturalnovel #18thcentury #18thcenturyhistory #georgiangothic #georgian #gothiclandscapes #matthewgregorylewis #gothicfiction #gothicfictionbooks #classicliterarure #classiclit #pageturners #captainfrederickmarryat #phantomship #gothichistory #theflyingdutchman #phantasmagoria #gothicart #gothictales #ghoststory https://www.instagram.com/p/CRHLpsElJdm/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thesaturnianwife]

Descent Into Sadness

Excerpt from The Monk (M.G. Lewis)

“Man was born for society. However little he may be attached to the world, he can never wholly forget it or bear to be forgotten by it. Disgusted at the guilt or absurdity of mankind, the misanthrope flies from it: he resolved to become a hermit, and buries himself in the cavern of some gloomy rock. While hate inflames his bosom, possibly, he may feel contented with the situation: but when his passions begin to cool; when time has mellowed his sorrows, and healed those wounds which bore with him to his solitude, think you that content becomes his companion? Ah! No, Rosario. No longer sustained by the violence of his passions, he feels all the monotony of his way of living, and his heart becomes the prey of Ennui and weariness. He looks around, and finds himself alone in the universe. The love of society revives in his bosom, and he pants to the world which he has abandoned. Nature loses all her charms in his eyes, no one is near him to point out her beauties or share in his admiration of her excellence and variety. Propped upon the fragment of some rock, he gazed upon the tumbling waterfall with a vacant eye, he views without emotion the glory of the setting sun. Slowly, he returns to his cell at evening, for no-one there is anxious for his arrival; he has no comfort in his solitary unsavoury meal. He throws himself upon the couch of moss despondent and dissatisfied, and wakes only to pass a day as joyless, as monotonous as the former.”

[alystayr]

Booker T. & The M.G.'s - Green Onions

[supersonic-darling]

Sam - Cute Summer Outfits and Summer Songs

Summer Mix - Sam

1. Green Onions - Booker.T. & the M.G’s

2. Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks

3. (What A) Wonderful World - Sam Cooke

4. Be Mine - Alabama Shakes

5. The Ceiling - Lewis Del Mar

6. Olalla - Blanco White

7. Sunlight - Hozier

8. Church (Pt. Of Someone) - Stephen Stills

Getting up and ready at a nice slow summer pace. Making breakfast whilst Sam talks about what you guys could do today, wandering around the kitchen in just a pair of very small shorts, pinching bits of food from over your shoulder before you get a chance to put in on the plates.

Once you guys are ready you go for a summer morning stroll to the farmers market, picking up a few bits here and there; some veggies for dinner, a plant you couldn’t resist. Sam picks up some flowers for you and hides them behind his back like you can’t see the big yellow flower coming out from under his armpit.

Sam hands them too you and gives you that slightly shy (slightly cocky) closed smile when you breathe in the scent and thank him. From then on his hand doesn’t really leave yours all day as you walk through a shady park listening to the birds tweet and the rustling of the trees as a cool breeze washes over you.

You make your way down to the river/ beach and take your shoes off to paddle for a while and cool off. Sam flicks water at you and chases you around trying to soak you. Sam doesn’t put his shoes back on when you get out to leave.

Your carrying the big wicker bag with veggies and flowers in. Sam has his shoes in one hand and your hand in his other as you stroll back through the quiet street in the afternoon. As you’re walking down a lane you see a shop open and pop in to pick up some wine for the evening.

Getting back to your apartment as the afternoon is setting in and carrying on your chilled out day by putting on some records, opening the windows, and starting lunch/ dinner (linner?)

Additional

Sam is a little sleepy after a day in the hot sun so as you’re cooking he comes up behind you and wraps his arm around you, flopping his head on your shoulder

[cardest]

Cleveland & Ohio playlist

CLEVELAND ROCKS!!! Actually, it sure does. Ohio has a lot of bands, a lot of songs that totally rock. Ever since I used to watch the Drew Carey Show and seeing Dave Mustaine appear on an episode, I had the idea of one day making a Cleveland/Ohio playlist. Being a huge DEVO fan also sparked that flame. What a spin out the US Election is right now. I have the TV muted and the Cleveland playlist on.

001 DEVO - I got summthin’ for everybody 002 Stampeders - Sweet City Woman   003 Ian Hunter - Cleveland Rocks 004 Randy Newman - Burn On 005 Filter - Welcome to the Fold 006 The Cramps - Sado County Auto Show 007 Chi-Pig - Apu Api (Help Me) 008 PURPLE IMAGE-What you do to me 009 Steppenwolf - Ball Crusher 010 The Damnation of Adam Blessing - Ba Dup 011 Womack & Womack - MPB ( Missin Persons Bureau )   012 Cleveland Rocks - The Drew Carey Show theme song 013 Nine Inch Nails - Sin 014 Bobby Womack - Lookin' for a Love 015 DAZZ BAND - LET IT WHIP 016 Screamin Jay Hawkins - I Want Your Body 017  The Pretenders - Precious 018 Ohio Players - Fopp 019 Frank Zappa - Lets move to Cleveland 020 DEVO - Speed Racer 021 Chimaira - Pure Hatred 022 R.E.M - Cuyahoga 023 Craig Bell - I Hope It's Not Our House 024 Electric Eels - Bunnies 025 Guided by voices - i am a tree 026 Human Switchboard - Fly In 027 Pere Ubu - Heart Of Darkness 028  The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like 029  Knowso - Like a buzz   030 Skeletonwitch - Reduced To The Failure Of Prayer 031 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music 032 PAGANS - dead end America 033 PERVERTS AGAIN - Get You Out Of College 034 Poli Styrene Jass Band - 'Drano in Your Veins' 035 Rocket From The Tombs - Life Stinks 036 DEVO -  Strange Pursuit 037 Mourning [A] BLKstar - Situations 038 The Cramps - I Was A Teenage Werewolf 039 Filter - Soliders Of Misfortune 040 Midnight -  Rip This Hell 041  Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart of Rock & Roll 042 Nine Inch Nails -  Terrible Lie 043 Mike Stanley - My Town 044 MC Breed - Ain't No Future in Yo' Frontin 045 Crosby, Steelo's and Neill Young - Ohio 046 RINGWORM - Death Becomes My Voice 047 Tom Waits  - Drunk On The Moon 048 The Brak Show -  Ohio 049 Cactus - A Mean Night In Cleveland' 050 DEVO -  Through Being Cool 051  Pillärs - Beneath the Ice 052 Jefferson Starship - Stairway to Cleveland 053 Granicus - You're in America 054 The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio 055 APARTMENT 213 - btk 056 The Outlaws - Girl From Ohio 057 Pleasure Leftists - The Conversation 058 Mushroomhead  - Sun Doesn't Rise 059 Enabler - F.A.T.H 060 Embalmer - I Am The Embalmer 061 The Raspberries - LET'S PRETEND 062 The James Gang - Walk Away 063 The Moonglows - Sincerely 064 The Afghan Whigs - Debonair 065 Marvin Gaye - What’s goin on? 066 Axioma, Crown - Sacred Killing Machine 067 The Outsiders - Time Won't Let Me 068 Men at Large - Would You Like to Dance (With Me) 069 Necrophagia - Insane for blood 070 Integrity -Those Who Fear Tomorrow 071 Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer 072 DEVO - Peek-A-Boo! 073 The Valentinos - Somewhere There's a Girl 074 The Black Keys - Gold On The Ceiling 075 M.O.P - How About Some Hardcore 076 Scott Weilland - Missing Cleveland   077 Chastain - Live hard 078 Craw - Weedy Species 079 Jane Aire & The Belvederes -When I Was Young 080 Mouth of the Architect - Story of the eye (EyeHateGod cover) 081 Shalamar - A night to remember 082 Early Man - War Eagle 083 Steve Miller Band - Jackson-Kent Blues 084 Beach Boys - Student demonstration time 085 Crypt Rot - Scaphist waste 086 Terror - Legion of Gore 087 Nunslaughter - Three Nails One Liar 088 Albert Ayler - Ghosts 089 Cactus-'A Mean Night In Cleveland' 090 RAMP - The American Promise 091 Stiv Bators - Ready Any Time 092 Void Meditation Cult -  Utter The Tongue Of The Dead 093 Booker T. & The M.G.'s  - Cleveland Now (Instrumental) 094 Keelhaul - The Gooch 095 Joe Henderson - Teeter Totter 096 Kratos - Iron Beast 097 The Mice - Not Proud of the USA 098 The O'Jays - Back Stabbers 099 Frayle - 1692 100 Bone Thugs and Harmony - Flow Motion 666 DEVO - Jocko Homo Any songs or bands I forgot to add in this list? Let me know!!