#malcolm kaye

[mariocki]

Shadows of Fear: Did You Lock Up? (1.1, Thames, 1970)

"And they didn't make much mess?"

"No, not really. They forced that door. Smashed the cabinet, slashed a sofa. And kicked a hole in the bedroom door."

"Ah. Big mistake."

"What is?"

"Never lock inside doors. Anything you can to keep them out - but when they're in, let 'em get on with it."

"I'll remember."

[nerds-yearbook]

In 1959, the time traveling alien known as the Doctor (Doctor 7) and his companion attempted to save the soul survivors of the Chimeron race (Delta and the egg for a new princess). Delta attempted to hide at Disneyland, but due to a crash with a satellite ended up at the Shangri-La holiday camp in South Wales. ("Delta and the Banner Men", Doctor Who, vlm 1 TV)

[spilladabalia]

The Bats - Free All The Monsters

[sallygcronin]

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine - New Year's Eve Party - Contributors, Community and Music

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – New Year’s Eve Party – Contributors, Community and Music

Welcome to the New Year’s Eve party and an opportunity to thank the friends who have contributed amazing posts throughout the year and those who have visited, commented and kept me motivated. It would be impossible to mention everyone but I do hope that you know how much your support means to me as a person, blogger and author. I cannot take all the credit for the blog as I have an amazing group…

[hannahwatcheshorror]

ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE (2017)

This is a musical, I was not prepared for that but it is and it is pretty damn good so I’m not mad about it. It even has a musical inside the musical because they are putting on a Christmas pageant or whatever. Honestly the whole thing is pretty incredible and very heartfelt (I mean, hey, it is Christmas). It just gets very serious at the end which is a bummer and a big change in tone.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Our heroine Anna has to be straight up dumb to miss all the stuff she misses singing her little song when she walks out of her house during the start of the apocalypse because a man falls out of the second floor of his home right next to her and she doesn't flinch. She was so close to him that she would have felt the ground go “thud” when he hit though so I call shenanigans. I wouldn’t call myself hyper observant by any means but I’m sure I would notice some of the trash and broken things strewn about at SOME POINT. RIGHT? The only time it was feasible for the character to not see the zombies in front of him was in Shaun of the Dead and that was a straight up comedy so of course they are gonna suspend our imagination a little.

They meet the first Z-boy that they have to interact with in the graveyard just like Night of the Living Dead (both of ‘em). Then they teleport to a playground (seriously they just appear there) and seesaw the dead dudes undead head off. From there Anna and her bestie hatch a plan to meet up with her father at the school (at the school her father deals with the evil authority figure who stands in the way of logic and reason). Anna and company are able to team up with some jock and his goons (the goons die almost immediately but), we find more friends along the way (like lesbian Draco Malfoy)!

Anna and her best friend have a conversation about how they will always be together so you know one of them is about to die and just then the friend dies (sad trombone noise). Things are starting to get dire, I mean, more dire than they already were. When the couple both got bit it felt a lot like the Korean horror drama called “All of Us are Dead” and it felt even more like that when it was revealed that the dad got bit. This is the second time this holiday season we have seen Christmas lights used to tie someone up (still not very practical and I don’t think it will be the last time we see it either).

Anna and the last two survivors drive off to what will inevitably be like the ending of 28 Days Later but dumber because these are just three (3) teens so who is to say they are even going to think of a coordinated plan like making a big sign to read? 

[movienized-com]

Average Joe

Average Joe (Serie 2023) #DeonCole #TammyTownsend #MalcolmBarrett #CynthiaKayeMcWilliams #MichaelTrucco #PashaDLychnikoff Mehr auf:

Serie Jahr: 2023- (Juni) Genre: Comedy / Drama Hauptrollen: Deon Cole, Tammy Townsend, Malcolm Barrett, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Michael Trucco, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Stanley Aughtry, Justin B. Wooten, Al Vicente, Rafael Cabrera, Ashani Roberts, Darin Toonder, Bello Pizzimenti, Sam Dubin, Ari Barkan, Quinn Bozza, Kathrine Barnes, Milania Cutulle, Chris Petrovski … Serienbeschreibung: Die Serie…

[smorgasbordinvitation]

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine - New Year's Eve Party - Contributors, Community and Music

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – New Year’s Eve Party – Contributors, Community and Music

Welcome to the New Year’s Eve party and an opportunity to thank the friends who have contributed amazing posts throughout the year and those who have visited, commented and kept me motivated. It would be impossible to mention everyone but I do hope that you know how much your support means to me as a person, blogger and author. I cannot take all the credit for the blog as I have an amazing group…

[hoodienanami]

fantastic article from original London punker Vivien Goldman about the not-so-secret but often forgotten Jewish role in the early UK punk scene

In a classically angst-ridden Jewish ambivalence about identity, the New York punk Richard Hell – of Television, the Heartbreakers and the Voidoids – has said he doesn't like to be defined by the fact that his father is Jewish. But he's one of many Jewish (or Jewish-ish?) artists on the New York scene, such as Joey Ramone, Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Group and Blondie's Chris Stein, who overcame his Holocaust paranoia by collecting Nazi artefacts. (The concerns of punky American Jews are documented by by Steven Lee Beeber in his book The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's). In a documentary I made for BBC 6 Music, A Tale of Two Punk Cities, Talking Heads bass player Tina Weymouth recalled that New York punks thought people who talked politics were a bore. But to us, the ideas expressed in Anarchy In The UK and White Riot were real. The G2 or Second Generation theory, whereby children of Holocaust survivors are often socially conscious activists, could have had something to do with it, however it was never discussed. But the Yanks were trying to forget Vietnam, while we were still living among bombsites in our own civil war zone, fighting teds, skinheads and rockers as well as the sus law and the National Front. Our punky Jew experience was also different because British punk mostly inhabited a shared political landscape, as well as views of the kind that McLaren and Rhodes helped to spread, which manifested in organizations such as Rock Against Racism.

[aurorawest]

Reading update

Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out by Ryan Love - 3/5 stars

The Fate of Stars by SD Simper - DNF at pg 32

A Gathering Storm by Joanna Chambers - 4.75/5 stars

I kept getting the Madame Leota room from Haunted Mansion stuck in my head as I was reading this (not a bad thing!). This book has a surprisingly low rating on the Storygraph, and I'm not going to torture myself by looking at the reviews, but I'm assuming it's because of the power discrepancy between Ward and Nick. Clearly it didn't bother me as I really enjoyed the book!

Dionysus in Wisconsin by EH Lupton - 4.75/5 stars

At some point I might get tired of Mid-Century Modern romances, but not this day. This book was super fun, with an interesting world and lovely characters. And a Midwest setting! I've spent a lot of time in Madison, Wisconsin, where this book is set, so I got the added bonus of knowing most of the places pretty well. There was even a shoutout to an obscure piece of Madison history, the Lost City in the Arb. I have to get the second book in the series now!boy

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan - 3.25/5 stars

I gave this book an extra quarter of a star for being written in 2003, when it would have been genuinely pretty groundbreaking. Reading it in 2024, it's very twee and pretty cringey (the queer utopia town would have been a magical fantasy in 2003, not so much now in a lot of places). When Levithan credited Francesca Lia Block's Weetzie Bat books in the acknowledgements, I though, ah. No wonder. Hated those as a teen.

All that said, there's some genuinely lovely writing in this book, and it has its place in the queer canon.

The Greywacke by Nick Davidson - 5/5 stars

Super interesting nonfiction about the discipline of geology and how the early geologic epochs were figured out. Also gave me an idea for a historical romance about gay Victorian geologists.

Home Grown Talent by Joanna Chambers & Sally Malcolm - 5/5 stars

I think I loved this one more than the first in the series. The social media scandal was perfect, in that it was exactly as absurd as every social media scandal is, and thus hilarious, but also chilling in how even something so stupid can ruin people's lives.

The First Bright Thing by JR Dawson - DNF at pg 1

Prince of the Sorrows by Kellen Graves - DNF at pg 30

Reuben's Hot & Cold by M Arbon - 3/5 stars

Slight Foxing Around the Edges by Melissa Polk - DNF at pg 132

Restored by Joanna Chambers - 5/5 stars

Balefire by Jordan L Hawk - 4.75/5 stars

A Rulebook for Restless Rogues by Jess Everlee - 4/5 stars

The Mars House by Natasha Pulley - 5/5 stars

See my brain vomit about this book here. If you've been around here for any amount of time you know all Natasha Pulley's books make me feral. Absolutely no exception here. I cannot believe her first UK publisher dropped her over this book. Idiots! It's wonderful just like everything she's ever written.

In the Case of Heartbreak by Courtney Kaye - DNF at pg 181

The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason - DNF at pg 21

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun - 5/5 stars (reread)

Just as good as the first time I read it!

Exhalation by Ted Chiang - 4.5/5 stars

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic - DNF at pg 84

Crisped + Sere by TJ Klune - 4.75/5 stars

It actually kind of makes me mad that this series isn't Klune's most famous work, because it's real good. At this point it seems kind of unlikely he's going to continue it, but man, I'd love another book.

These Silent Stars by Chani Lynn Feener - DNF at pg 68

Trailer Park Trickster by David R Slayton - 5/5 stars

See below.

Deadbeat Druid by David R Slayton - David R Slayton - 5/5 star

I LOVE this series. Love love love love. Absolute must read. If you're a fan of KD Edwards's The Tarot Sequence, this series is right up your alley. It seems like there will be more after this initial trilogy, and there's also a spinoff book coming soon which I'm super excited for. Read them!!

[absolutebl]

Hey!

Since you seem to know much about books, I wanted to ask for recs.

I'm relatively new to the romance genre. All the M/M I've read has come from novels and works that have very...seme/uke esque dynamics and seem to enforce heteronormative standards regarding pursuit, romance, character interplay, and even sex (with fixed top and bottom postions).

Then I read For Real by Alexis Hall. Now I felt the character work and particularly the romantic chemistry was lacking, but the sexual dynamics presented opened me up to a whole new world of queerness. I enjoy reading verse/switch couples far more than ones with fixed positions cause for whatever reason, a lot of authors seem to take sexual position to be representative of the character's personality as related to a het romantic dynamic.

So I want to ask you for recs for any M/M verse/switch couples with fun dynamics and solid romantic chemistry. Preferably set in the modern day (Period pieces are meh to me). I have no qualms about subject matter as long as everything is handled decently and the ending is HEA.

Sure thing, lemme look at my Goodreads... I picked a range of authors, generally if they have done it once they will do it again.

Contemporary M/M Romance Featuring Verse/Switch Characters

Beyond the Sea - Andrews

Here Comes Trouble - Via

Team Phison -Verity

Bonfires - Lane

Perfect Day - Malcolm (rewrite of Persuasion)

Sixty Five Hours - Walker

Out of the Blues - Celeste

Family Man - Cullinan

The Boy Next Door - Hauser

The Quarterback - Blair

Time to Do - Dare

Him - Bowen (one of the first m/m's to win a major romance award)

Knave of Broken Hearts - Lain

Second Chance - Barrett

Save of the Game - Gale

Knowing Me, Knowing You - Kaye (an evocative and representative writer based down under, good sense of place)

Switched - Walker

The Isle of… Where? - Brown

Taboo For You - Sunday

R. Cooper (probably my favorite on this list but with a VERY specific writing style). They are VERY queer and very into broad spectrum sexuality rep in their stuff, but... and acquired taste. They specialize in PNR not contemporary, but they have written a few.

For Better or Worse

Jericho Candelario's Gay Debut

Honestly I remember reading one about neighbors falling for each other where being a switch was actually a plot point, but I can't remember anything else about it for love nor money. And I must not have given it a high rating because it's not popping up on my list. Sorry.

[curator-on-ao3]

Nine Books

Big thanks to @northstarfan for tagging me! Nine of my favorite books, in no particular order and the list could well be different tomorrow:

Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

every book in the Drina series by Jean Estoril

The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye

Lies My Teacher Taught Me by James Loewen

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley

Teacher Man by Frank McCourt

Jim the Boy by Tony Earley

anything by David McCullough

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Tagging anyone to wants to play! 💕📚🥳

[shefatalesarch]

WISH LIST SHIPS

John Constantine x Zari Tarazi Derek Morgan x JJ Diana Prince x Steve Trevor John Constantine x Bruce Wayne John Constantine x Boyfriend Kent Nelson x Carter Hall Maggie Sawyer x Alex Danvers Shayera Hol x Carter Hall Anastasia x Dimitri Tiana x Naveen Clara Oswald x The Doctor Fleur Delacour x Bill Weasley Barney Stinson x Robin Ian Malcolm x Alan Grant or Ellie Sattler Brock Rumlow x Steve Rogers Brock Rumlow x Bucky Barnes Brock Rumlow x Natasha Romanoff or Yelena Belova Christine Palmer x Stephen Strange Danny Rand x up for suggestions lol Logan x Jean Tony Stark x Steve Rogers Tony Stark x Pepper Potts Tony Stark x Natasha Romanoff Ethan Sawyer x Allison Sawyer or an OC to build a relationship or anyone really Julian Kaye x OC romance because i hate Michelle Joel Miller x Tess Ares x Aphrodite Ingrid Hunnigan x Leon Kennedy Poe Dameron x Rey Ruby x Sam Winchester Elendil x Miriel Shane Walsh x Lori Grimes Shane Walsh x Andrea Harrison

[scotianostra]

Birthday Musician Finley Quaye, born 25th March 1974, Edinburgh.

Quaye comes from a musical background with Ghanaian lineage - his father was the jazz singer/pianist Cab Kaye, while his brother Caleb Quaye played guitar for Hookfoot and Elton John in the 70s, followed by a stint with Hall And Oates in the 80s. Quaye was raised in Manchester and on leaving school he returned to Edinburgh, where he worked as a paint sprayer, and often drove to Newcastle to attend gigs by artists such as 808 State and Soft Cell.

Moving back to Manchester, he embarked on a BTEC course in music and sound engineering, but did not complete his tuition. He briefly relocated to London where he joined the Donga Tribe and practised drumming. His aspirations towards a singing career began when he returned to Manchester, where he voiced a track for A Guy Called Gerald in one take. Shortly after the session, he returned to Edinburgh, where he unexpectedly heard the track on the radio, and subsequently began listening to dub music. His initial inspiration came from an unorthodox source, the New York-based avant-gardist John Zorn’s ‘Black Hole Dub’, although he was later inspired by more conventional performers.

Quaye recorded his first solo outing on a four-track tape, singing and playing drums, bass and guitar. In March 1997, he released the Ultra Stimulation EP, which demonstrated his diverse influences, including Charles Mingus, Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley. He also embarked on the live circuit, debuting at Bristol’s Malcolm X centre, where he supported Luciano.

In June, he released ‘Sunday Shining’, which gave a nod to Bob Marley’s ‘Sun Is Shining’, as well as other reggae hits including Dennis Brown’s ‘Money In My Pocket’. The song, delivered in a style similar to that of a young Burning Spear, became his first UK chart hit and Quaye’s unique approach was much lauded by the critics. The promotional wheels were set in motion with appearances at the major summer festivals, including the Essential Roots Day alongside Everton Blender, Cocoa Tea and Anthony B. in Finsbury Park, London, and the release of his debut album. Further chart success followed with the singles ‘Even After All’, ‘It’s Great When We’re Together’, and ‘Your Love Gets Sweeter’, and he was voted Best Male Singer at the 1998 BRIT Awards.

I wish I could say Leither, Quaye had gone from strength to strength, but he has had a troubled life since then, appearing in several courts on various charges after unsavoury incidents, one was over an argument over Game Of Thrones.  He was once booed off stage halfway through a performance at a Madness festival in 1998, billed as a pre World Cup bash, Finley endeared himself to the English partisan audience by making derisory statements concerning the England football squad’s likely performance in the competition, just normal Scottish banter, but the English didn’t see it that way! 

In 2015 he played a gig in Gloucester, not turning up for the soundcheck, eventually the gig began at 9pm and Quaye started playing with his back to the audience, the gig promoter appeared and ended it, kicking him off stage telling the audience he had never seen a man act so unprofessionally and telling them he would refund their money. In 2019 he was ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work for punching a bar manager and threatening to stab him during an unprovoked drunken attack.

He was convicted of  of criminal damage after he admitted throwing sign through a bus door during a row over a fare that happened in 2020. 

He is back was back on stage a couple of years ago, as he celebrates the 25th Anniversary of his double-platinum debut album Maverick A Strike at Edinburgh’s Liquid Rooms on Wednesday 1st June and Glasgow’s Oran Mor on Thursday 2nd June 2022, he is also playing The Garage, London on May 27th.

I've not found a lot oof Finley lately, I hope he is well, I guess he does struggle with his mental health, like I do and\many more of us.

[bandcampsnoop]

5/13/22.

Since the mid-2000s many a C86 band have reunited, released new music and/or toured. I think the first example of this that came across my radar was The June Brides.

Finally, I've become aware of The Chesterfields (England). "Sweet Revenge" was their contribution to C86, but since then Dave Goldsworthy (Chesterfield) died in a tragic hit and run. The reformed group, absent a primary member, soldiered on. Simon Barber became the only link to the original lineup.

I guess it's to be expected that the newer Chesterfields sound would differ from their earlier work. This is much more indie pop in the vein of The Bats. In fact, listen to this and imagine Robert Scott and Kaye Woodward singing and jangling along. Imagine Malcolm Grant steadily holding the driving beat.

If nothing else, listen to "Our Songbird Has Gone" - a tribute to Dave Goldsworthy, but also the greatest name-dropping song I've ever heard.

The Chesterfields' new work is issued by Mr. Mellow Music (Hamburg, Germany).

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to pedal steel guitarist Joe Alterio, composer John Antes, Dave Appell, Roscoe Arbuckle, J.S. Bach’s BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS (1721), Joseph Barbera, the 1980 Beatles RARITIES LP, Beethoven’s MISSA SOLEMNIS (1824), Laura Flynn Boyle, Sharon Corr, Don Covay, Fanny Crosby “Queen of Gospel Songwriters,” Klaus Dinger (Kraftwerk), Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gorgeous George, the 1988 musical GOSPEL AT COLONUS, civil rights activist Dorothy Height, Connie Hines (Mr. Ed), Patterson Hood (Drive By Truckers), Harry Houdini, Yanks Janis, Carol Kaye, Mike Kellie (Spooky Tooth), Krisdayanti, Kelly LeBrock, Pacemaster Mase (De La Soul), Steve McQueen (got that song waiting for you), Malcolm Muggeridge, Nivea, Lee Oskar, Paradox Thought, Joseph Priestley, cellist Hank Roberts, Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Billy Stewart, Dorothy Stratton, Sylvester the Cat, Dougie Thompson (Supertramp), Fred Vail, Boogie Bill Webb, Tommy Wilson, and the great singer-songwriter, producer, and entertainer Nick Lowe. If you collected all the recordings he’s produced, played on, and/or wrote songs for (plus the cover versions), you’d have an amazing, well-rounded record library par excellente. He’s intersected with Johnny Cash, Elvis Costello, Dave Edmunds, and a galaxy of other notables. Seeing him with Rockpile (twice) left an indelible impression on me in terms of stage presence and entertainment value. When his PURE POP FOR NOW PEOPLE LP came out, it became required listening in my social circle. I read that Nick never does live performances of his song “I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass” (allegedly a comeback to a Blondie song). So here’s my take of it, live at the Cellblock (opening for The Badlees). Meanwhile, HB Nick!

#nicklowe #breakingglass #johnnyjblair #singeratlarge #thebadlees #cellblock #williamsportPA #concert #soloacoustic #blondie #elviscostello #johnnycash #daveedmunds #rockpile

[parkerbombshell]

A Breath of Fresh Air Dec 3

A Breath of Fresh Air With Sandy Kaye bombshellradio.com Tuesdays 1pm EST and Fridays 8pm EST Archival shows : bombshellradiopodcasts.com Malcolm Bruce is a gifted musician, composer, and producer devoted to honoring the legacy of his father, Jack Bruce, the iconic bassist, vocalist, and songwriter of Cream. Formed in 1966, Cream featured Jack, Eric Clapton, and Ginger Baker, creating a revolutionary fusion of blues, rock, and psychedelia. The band’s short-lived but explosive career produced timeless classics like "Sunshine of Your Love," "White Room," and "Crossroads," reshaping the music landscape of the 1960s. Known for their electrifying live performances and innovative sound, Cream became one of the most influential rock bands in history, leaving an enduring legacy despite their 1968 breakup. Malcolm Bruce has embraced this legacy while forging his path as a multi-instrumentalist and composer. He is a central figure in the "Music of Cream" project, performing alongside Kofi Baker and Will Johns to celebrate Cream’s music and introduce it to new audiences. In addition to live performances, Malcolm is dedicated to preserving Jack Bruce’s extensive solo work through remastering and archival projects. By championing his father’s contributions and performing Cream’s legendary music, Malcolm bridges the gap between generations, ensuring that the groundbreaking achievements of Jack Bruce and Cream continue to resonate with fans worldwide. Sandy Kaye sandy@abreathoffreshair.com.au Read the full article