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Happy Mega Music Fest weekend! :D

Have a playlist to celebrate! :D

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Darren Criss, Rachel Zegler, Joy Woods, and More Celebrate Theatre Kids at Elsie Fest 2024

After a two year hiatus, Elsie Fest returned to New York September 8, and joy was in high supply.

Staged on the picturesque Pier 17 rooftop, the theatre-themed music festival was filled with reunions, surprising moments, and special previews of the 2024–2025 Broadway season. The beloved brainchild of Emmy winner (and star of the upcoming Broadway musical Maybe Happy Ending) Darren Criss, his influence could be felt across every inch of the festival, from performers setlists to the colorful shirts emblazoned with his face worn by many of the attendees.

Beginning at 5 pm on the temperate Sunday, the festival loomed over New York Fashion Week as the Tommy Hilfiger show was held on a Colin Jost and Pete Davidson's ferry only a few stories below. Kicking things off with Broadway Rave (a DJ dance party that spins a mixture of new theatre hits and modern classics) and Marie's Crisis-style singalongs, fans flooded onto the rooftop in order to scope out their ideal spot before the live performances began. This year's lineup of performers was a doozy; the setlist for the evening, which spun through sunset and up until the 10 pm noise curfew, was as followed:

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Darren Criss: As the festival's steward, Criss had the largest set of the night, paying tribute to his past, present, and future with a setlist that was filled to the brim with nostalgic surprises. Opening with a raucous rendition of "Teenage Dream," Criss stayed close to his Glee roots with "Cough Syrup," an onstage Warbler reunion ( featuring Telly Leung, Curt Mega, and Max Adler) where the group performed "Sincere" from The Music Man, "Arthur's Theme," and Billy Joel's "Movin Out" with his Glee costar Chord Overstreet (who summoned thrilled screams from the crowd when he came out to end Criss' set). Criss even found the time to tip his hat to his Team Starkid roots, bringing out Little Shop of Horrors star Andrew Barth Feldman and Maybe Happy Ending co-star Helen J Shen to perform "Granger Danger" from A Very Potter Musical, the college project that launched Criss into the public eye.

Speaking of Shen, Criss let fans into his present with a special preview of the upcoming Broadway musical Maybe Happy Ending, which will star Criss and Shen as two outcast robots nearing the end of their lifespan. Performing the show's title track, the duo also welcomed newcomer Dez Duron to share his Sinatra-esque ballad, "A Sentimental Person," which seems destined to become a slow-dance staple. The present portion of Criss' set also included a touching duet of "Dear Theodosia" from Hamilton between him and Hadestown star Jordan Fisher—the performance was particularly poignant since Criss became a father for the second time this past June, and Fisher has a young son at home.

Oh, and one more thing. While celebrating the music that made him during his adolescence, Criss brought out JC Chasez of *NSYNC to sing "It's Gonna Be Me" and "Bye Bye Bye" before peeling back the curtain on the future: Chasez announced his impending Frankenstein musical Playing With Fire.

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Death Becomes Her: The sheer scope of Criss's artistic family became clear upon the entrance of Julia Mattison and Noel Carey, the lyricist and composer of the upcoming Broadway musical Death Becomes Her. Mattison, who has known Criss since they were five years old, debut new lyrics for the show's song "Let’s Run Away Together."

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Hazbin Hotel: The popular animated musical series made their festival debut, with star Blake Roman (Harmony) performing the song "Poison," with Criss ducking back out to play guitar and provide background vocals.

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As the evening came to a close with a massive group sing-along of "Defying Gravity" from Wicked, a sense of community and camaraderie glimmered under the darkened sky. As these stars from theatre, film, and music came together, one thing was made clear: Once a theatre kid, always a theatre kid.

[yuurei20]

Rook Info Compilation part 2: Advice

Rook is often dispensing advice: his advice to Deuce in Book 5 indirectly contributes to Deuce discovering his unique magic, and he coaches Epel outright on how to summon his own unique magic after it manifests for the first time.

Rook and Jamil witnessing Epel’s unique magic is referenced during Glorious Masquerade, with both characters less worried than others when Epel stays with Riddle to protect the group from the encroaching fire lotuses, as they know that his unique magic works on plants.

Rook also helps Epel with his table manners, advises Kalim, Silver and Ortho to not discuss Beanfest strategies where they can be overheard and a significant turn in the Port Fest event comes from Rook’s advice to Jack:

When Jack can’t (or won’t) heed Rook’s attempts to guide him, Rook advises that he speak with someone whom he deeply respects and admires. Jack goes to Leona.

Rook’s advice is also a significant contributor to Book 5 when, after witnessing Ace and Deuce stand up against Vil to protect Epel, he encourages Vil to select them for the VDC team.

Vil is incredulous until Rook explains, “You are a grand diamond whose radiance draws eyes the world over. Now imagine, if you will, a tiara packed with precious stones all crowding one another out. But another option is a tiara in which a single, grand diamond has a smaller, more colorful array of gems inlaid around it. Personally, I would find the latter more tasteful and appealing,” thus convincing Vil to accept Ace and Deuce on the team.

Rook also explains that “There is beauty to be found in perfection, but imperfection has its own unique allure,” indirectly explaining why the VDC team would ultimately lose to Neige.

As the music producers explain, “Their dancing is out of sync, and their harmonies are clunky at best…but I’m glued to the performance. I want to root for them!” and “Mega-hits aren’t born from simple trendiness and beauty.”

It is also on Rook’s advice that Vil promotes Epel’s village’s apple juice on his Magicam, helping their financially unstable situation and saving Vil and Epel’s relationship.

When Epel returns to Pomefiore (after running away in frustration with Vil), Rook advises Vil not to punish him (or Deuce, who took Epel off campus without permission), and Vil agrees to give them a second chance.

In Book 6 Rook advises Vil to invite Ortho to join the Film Club. Ortho later approaches Vil himself with an interest in joining before he can be invited, and Vil accepts his application without requiring an audition.

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ATTENTION ATTENTION STARKID, PULP, TCB, SMOSH AND SW FANS!!!

I apologise now for the many tags, but this is important, as many algorithms have just been pushing down these.

I come as a messenger of the good word of Tinlightenment to remind y’all that this Tin Can KS is ALL OR NOTHING! This means if we don’t get that last 90k, NONE of these are going to happen.

If y’all liked Headless from Shipwrecked’ Comedy (which idk how yoh wouldn’t lmao), we’ve got some amazing people from Headless in these projects, like James, Tom Lenk, the obvious babes with the bros, Curt, and OF COURSE MK! Thats just for Spy Another Day, as we have folks like Gabe in Solve It Squad and which also has Ashley from Poe Party AND The Lizzie Bennet Diaries! I feel like all these amazing amazing people deserve the chance to do more projects with each other in this circle!

I also know many of you like Joe Walker, and Joe said he’d come back for this, BUT said on stream that if they don’t get this, he’s not coming back to acting AT ALL. And I know no one wants that, let’s not let Joe down there!

And for a bonus draw to the StarKid fandom, especially the OG potterheads, just like with the Wiggly, Corey will be giving away a copy of the AVPSY script to a backer. If you want to put in for the drawing, just make sure you have backed!

Now to the Pulp fans, we’ve got 3/4 main leads in the Spy Another Day show! We would get Mariah as the lounge singer at the start, James as the informant, and Curt as, well, Agent Curt Mega. But ONLY if we get this!

As for y’all Smoshheads (do y’all have a fandom name idk?), the only way we get the amazing trio of Arasha, Angela, and Chase on The Great Debate is if we GET THIS LAST 90K! If y’all enjoy Arasha lying to everyone and the reactions to that, The Great Debate is right up your alley, I guarantee!

Not to mention the NEW NEW projects like Gross Prophets AND Intelligent Life which we just will NOT get if we don’t reach the goal, and that quite genuinely would be so upsetting, especially with Gross Prophets as this is the FIRST TCB project to have two AMAZING women (Ali Gordon and Angela Parrish) taking the helm on original music which would be AWESOME to see!

And for overseas peeps this also allows them to do shows out fo the US for the FIRST TIME EVER! Not only will they be doing a smaller version of Spy Another Day, but the reason they’ll be in the area is to also do the EDINBURGH FRINGE FEST with Solve it Squad which would be MASSIVE! Plus we will also get stuff in Adelaide as well! Alongside those we WILL get digital tickets for many of them, so even if you aren’t in the area, don’t let that deter you from pledging!

If anyone is waiting because they don’t have money now but will at the end, DO NOT WORRY! Just like with all Kickstarters prior and in the future, the money doesn’t come out it until AFTER the campaign is over! So get those pledges in now babes! Please we need all of your help!

Please, please go to tinlightenment.com and pledge, even 10-20 dollars is enough to help the bros pull off so many of these cool projects that ONLY can happen with your help. If you like any of these creators, please please help!

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It’s Bandcamp Friday! Bandcamp waives their cut today so it’s a great day to support musicians!

https://kimyadawson1.bandcamp.com/music

I’m excited to announce that crew and knee socks are back in stock AND the knee socks stretch to 21” before the design gets weird! The text has been moved to the foot on these because it works better that way with the enhanced stretch-ability.

And I heard you and have added black shirts to the preorder options. Shirts are available from youth xs (2/4) up to a 7x!

There are also copies of the remastered Remember That I Love You album (red vinyl) and pin packs available!

https://kimyadawson1.bandcamp.com/merch

This Sunday Clyde and I are heading out on a little tour! New shows have been added! Here are the dates:

Monday Oct 9

Kimya Dawson

Your Heart Breaks

Car Crash Hearts

7pm

$20 suggested donation no advanced tickets

All ages

At the Tri Co-ops (outside)

530 Regan Hall Cir

Davis, CA

Masks strongly encouraged

Wednesday October 11

Kimya Dawson

Your Heart Breaks

$20

at TBA SECRET OUTDOOR LOCATION in Phoenix, AZ

Doors at 7:00pm / Show at 8:00pm

All Ages

Masks strongly encouraged

https://www.thetrunkspace.com/product/10-11-2023-kimya-dawson/260

Friday October 13

Kimya Dawson

Michael Hurley

Kinky Friedman

Growling Old Men

at Welcome Home Festival

Kerrville, TX

https://kerrvillefolkfestival.ticketspice.com/welcome-home-fest-2023

Saturday August 14

Kimya Dawson

Your Heart Breaks

Hamell on Trial

Graham Wilkinson

at The Museum of Human Achievement (outside) Austin, TX $20

Parking lot opens at 3:30, music starts at 4pm

All ages are welcome but it’s not a show specifically for kids.

Bring something to sit on. Masking is encouraged.

https://withfriends.co/event/16741456/kimya_dawson_your_heart_breaks_hamell_on_trial_and_graham_wilkinson

Monday October 16th

Kimya Dawson

Your Heart Breaks

Mega Ran

at The Splinter Collective (outside)

Tucson, AZ

7pm, All ages

Masks encouraged

https://givebutter.com/kimya

Tuesday October 17th

Kimya Dawson

Your Heart Breaks

and more

at Taylor Junction (outside)

Joshua Tree, CA

Details TBA

Wednesday October 18th Kimya Dawson

Your Heart Breaks

Rymodee

Practicing Sincerity (solo set)

Outside at SubRosa

Santa Cruz, CA

Doors 6pm

All Ages

$20 suggested donation (no advance ticket sales)

No vampires turned away for lack of funds.

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if i could have a conversation with pete wentz about anything you would think it would be about like his music and lyrics that i’m a massive fan of but no. i need to know everything about his blonde hair routine. as a fellow bleach blonde i spend so much time and money on taking care of my hair health and i have so many questions for him. how often is he getting his balayage done? does he only apply purple shampoo at the ends or does he even bother with it? when his blonde was lighter at fan fest was that intentional? he was one of the first people to talk about olaplex, does he still use that? does he have hair masks he recommends? during hella mega tour what was his decision to keep his roots darker? what’s his current favorite hair mask? i need to know everything.

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Starkid Twelfth Night

If music be the food of love, play on! I bring you (and only a little late) the Starkid dreamcast for Twelfth Night! Probably my favorite of the Shakespeare plays I’ve seen and I based the cast off the two productions I’ve watched. Lots of quirky characters to match up with quirky actors though, and I think these are all pretty good picks!

1. Bryce Charles as Viola 2. James Tolbert as Sebastian 3. Joey Richter as Duke Orsino 4. Meredith Stepien as Olivia 5. Joe Moses as Malvolio 6. Rachael Soglin as Maria 7. Dylan Saunders as Sir Toby Belch 8. Curt Mega as Sir Andrew Aguecheek 9. Jae Hughes as Feste 10. Corey Dorris as Antonio 11. Nick Gage as Fabian 12. Jeff Blim as Sea Captain/Priest 13. Hamilton Davis as Curio/Officer 14. Lauren Lopez as Olivia’s Servant/Officer 15. Joe Walker as Valentine/Officer

Understudies: Jeff Blim (Sir Toby Belch, Fabian), Hamilton Davis (Duke Orsino, Sir Andrew Aguecheek), Corey Dorris (Sebastian), Lauren Lopez (Olivia, Maria), Jon Matteson (Feste, Sea Captain/Priest, Curio/Officer, Valentine/Officer), Joe Walker (Malvolio, Antonio), Tiffany Williams (Viola, Olivia’s Servant/Officer)

Make sure to leave any show suggestions or any questions on my casting choices so I can explain them.  

[denimbex1986]

'Scrolling social media lately has been, for Gen X at least, a chance to swim in a glittering ocean of nostalgia. Normally, I’ve no time for the rose-tinted spectacles sported by the golden-agers of Facebook – the ones with a tendency to pen terrible poems about the glory days of the 1950s. (“We played on the bombsite and skinned our knees/and all the beds at home had fleas”). But when it’s my generation, which grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s, nostalgia is a powerful and intoxicating drug. So why do we feel nostalgia?

Back in time with One Day

One Day, the Netflix adaptation of David Nicholls’ novel about Emma and Dex and their long, ’80s-to-’00s friends-to-lovers arc, blindsided many of us with its pinpoint-accurate depictions of the clothes, music, and attitudes we embraced growing up. From the tragic growing-out perm, to the ‘curtains’ Loaded lad hair, to the glass-brick loo walls and horrific coked-up mega-restaurants of the ‘90s.

Just watching the scene where Dexter is attaining toe-curling levels of dick-ishness shot me back to an evening at The Atlantic bar with braying media types. And the stolen Quaglinos ashtray that lived on my kitchen shelf for years.

The exquisite melancholy of the past

After that briskly refreshing plunge into the past, I went to see All of Us Strangers, a deeply melancholic film about isolation and loneliness. It sees a middle-aged Andrew Scott suddenly able to visit the ghosts of his parents who died in 1987. A world of patterned acrylic jumpers, Harvest-ware toasters, unquestioned indoor smoking, and Top of the Pops on the boxy living room telly.

Not only was it a devastatingly sad film, it also triggered a tsunami of memories of what most suburban kitchens looked like before ‘lifestyle’ got involved. And how back then, dads were not only permitted but encouraged to keep emotions to themselves. Nobody in my family ever said, “love you,” or “to the moon and back.” It was just assumed that you loved each other, and you’d simply get on with arguing about homework and staying up to watch Juliet Bravo.

The midlife nostalgia-fest was completed with the recent news that The Body Shop has gone into liquidation. My entire timeline filled with fond images of dewberry oil, ice blue shampoo and fuzzy peach perfume, as if a Laura Ashley washbag had exploded all over it.

As a result, I’ve been thinking heavily about nostalgia...

...nostalgia isn’t necessarily bad, as long as we don’t end up dwelling in an imagined past for too long. Thinking of happy memories can help put current troubles into perspective, says Kaur. “Nostalgia can evoke positive emotions; help with mood enhancement; and in some cases, be a tool for managing stress, as it allows you to ‘escape’ from your current reality.”

Although looking back, I’m not sure I truly want to escape to a time when TFI Friday was the biggest show on TV, Loaded was the best-selling mag, and ‘gay’ was a playground insult. One good thing about nostalgia – it’s a useful reminder that sometimes, the present isn’t all that bad.'

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Tribeca Festival Includes Films From David Duchovny, Chelsea Peretti - Variety

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Tribeca Festival Kicks Off With Projects From David Duchovny, Chelsea Peretti and Steven Soderbergh

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With 109 narrative and documentary features, as well as a bevy of shorts, TV series, podcasts, games and live music events, the Tribeca Festival offers a wide range of media in its 22nd year.

“It’s all about creating an entire festival program that harmonizes together,” says Tribeca Festival director and VP of programming, Cara Cusuamno. “The idea of discovery is a touchpoint that we come back to quite a lot. Whether it’s the discovery of a specific voice, an artist, or first-time creator in film, television, immersive or the discovery of the audience itself experiencing something that they had not sought out before.”

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David Duchovny’s “Bucky F*cking Dent” is one of 93 films making its world premiere at Tribeca this year. Based on Duchovny’s 2016 book of the same name, “Bucky F*cking Dent” follows an aimless thirty-something named Ted, who moves back in with his father Marty (Duchovny) after learning of his father’s terminal illness. Duchovny, who wrote, stars in and directed the film, began working on the project 15 years ago.

“I originally wrote [“Bucky”] as a screenplay and then I tried to get that made, but I couldn’t so I set it aside.” Duchovny eventually turned that screenplay into his 2016 novel. That was followed by rewriting the screenplay, which went into production in 2022.

“I’ve gotten close to making this movie six, seven, eight times and each time it would be me playing Ted, the son,” says Duchovny. “Then in the last couple years I was like, ‘Eh. You’re not young enough to act like that.’ So four months before shooting, I said, ‘Ok. I guess I’m playing the dad.’ I actually really enjoyed it.”

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Pollstar Staff | 11/1/24

Following a massively successful year with record-setting box office tallies and Taylor Swift’s highest-grossing tour of all time  — what’s next for the live biz in 2024? Pollstar’s editorial staff offers predictions.

Live Growth Spurt May Slow The live industry saw unprecedented growth in 2023 with a massive 46% growth YoY for the Top 100 Tours, according to Pollstar Boxoffice reports. 2024 should be another strong year — but perhaps not a great one. Though the U.S. economy showed promising signs with GDP increasing 4.9% in Q3, the total household debt spiked to $17.29 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve, though inflation continues to outpace salaries. Consumers may think twice before clicking the checkout box and adding another credit card charge, which may decrease ticket sales following live’s record-setting year.  – Oscar Aréliz

Reunions, Farewells & Mega-Fests It’s hard to put the genie back in the bottle, so the industry as a whole will get creative to continue the upward momentum of recent years. Expect more seemingly unlikely reunions, farewells that may not actually be final (cough, cough), and additional legs of tours that seemed like one-time affairs. Also, don’t be surprised if the mega-festival trend (When We Were Young, Power Trip, etc), continues to gather steam to the point of becoming a whole new category of yearly event.  – Ryan Borba

Ticketing: Same As It Ever Was With mounting public pressure, grandstanding politicians and supreme supernova demigoddess Taylor Swift aligning for the cause of ticketing reform, in the coming year one can expect little to change. That’s because tickets are money, whether artists, their teams, promoters, venues or ticketers keep prices low, outsmart bots, include all-in pricing, shut out the secondary or sell on the side, capitalists always gonna capitalize. – Andy Gensler

Sphere’s Innovations Break Out Many of the innovations that make Sphere so groundbreaking are likely to start trickling out to the world. Don’t expect to see 16K LED screens that stretch around concertgoers at your local arena any time soon, but it’s not a stretch that the beamforming sound system Holoplot created for Sphere becomes scalable enough for broader expansions and artists who already embrace innovation are likely to make bids at recreating Sphere’s already legendary immersive experience at other venues (as best they can). – J.R. Lind

More Protest Songs More artists will pen anti-war songs, including showing support for innocent civilians in various conflicts. We’ll also hear other politically-minded songs, such as tunes concerning women’s rights — along with more live events booked to benefit those in need and support causes near and dear to artists’ hearts, like 2022’s Love Rising Nashville organized in support of the LGBTQ+ community. Plus, it’s an election year. – Sarah Pittman

Indies Go Back To The Future Independent operators may remain fiercely competitive but, with the establishment of trade groups NIVA and NITO, a greater spirit of collaboration has emerged in the wake of COVID. In some cases, onetime rivals – including clubs and promoters – are teaming to share resources to lift all boats, while Brian Becker’s LiveCo brought together five indie promoters to expand existing partnerships with entertainment platforms to create new, innovative projects. Expect this trend to continue.  – Deborah Speer

Cloning Technology Arrives Insomniac Events founder/CEO Pasquale Rotella manages to find a scientific breakthrough getting one step closer to cloning himself by 2030. This opens doors for agents and promoters to attend all their events at once, and for artists to play multiple shows at the same time. – Ariel King

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L.S. Dunes: “We didn’t realise how much we needed this band until we started writing for it”

After two decades of interlinking friendship, L.S. Dunes saw five of emo and post-hardcore’s most respected figureheads finally get together. Rather than trading on old glories, however, debut LP Past Lives is about parrying their shared experience – from firebrand beginnings to fatherhood – into some of the coolest ‘dad rock’ the world has ever seen…

November 9, 2022 Words: Sam Law Photography: Nick Karp

Of the thousands of fans queued nearly a mile around Chicago’s Douglas Park on September 16, 2022, none were sure quite what to expect. From the Misfits to Jawbreaker, the Windy City’s annual Riot Fest has become world-renowned for facilitating the reunions of some of alternative music’s biggest names. This year, though, the gathered masses were jostling to see a band they’d only just heard of play their first-ever gig. Thrillingly, L.S. Dunes’ live debut did not disappoint.

“I’d already had the show in my head 100 times,” grins vocalist Anthony Green, with a relish that suggests he’s re-run it another 100 since. “Sure, we were a little nervous, but it was the same nervousness you feel before you kiss somebody for the first time. It was that excited anticipation. There was tension in the air, but it was a beautiful tension. The levee was about to break!”

Despite only one of the six songs performed on a dusty Rise Stage that blistering Friday afternoon having previously been released, there was an electricity in the air. Part of that was down to Anthony’s impossibly charismatic performance: exorcising demons, crowdsurfing headlong, daring us to keep up. Part of it was down to his bandmates – drummer Tucker Rule, bassist Tim Payne, guitarists Frank Iero and Travis Stever – keeping pedal firmly to the metal. Mostly, though, it was about five masters of their craft unlocking something untapped in each other.

“It was my favourite first show with any band that I’ve ever been in,” smiles Frank. “To be 40 and still be having these firsts is fantastic. We’d maybe played together only five or six times before that, and it’s not easy to have a first show outdoors at a festival, but I was like, ‘Hey, I trust these guys. I trust in the songs. It’s gonna be an experience!’ And it was fantastic. It went off like a riot.”

Catching up with three of L.S. Dunes six weeks down the line and just a couple before the arrival of feverishly anticipated debut LP Past Lives, the enthusiasm is undiminished. Frank fizzles during a flying visit home to New Jersey between My Chemical Romance’s two mega-headlines at Las Vegas emo gathering When We Were Young. Anthony and Tucker bounce off each other on break from Thursday’s autumn tour at Angels & Airwaves guitarist David Kennedy’s coffee shop in San Diego, sporadically interrupted by planes roaring into the nearby airport. “That was a big daddy…” the drummer delivers a running commentary. “That one had a little front propeller!”

On paper, no-one in L.S. Dunes needs this band. As well as his legacy with Pennsylvanian rockers Circa Survive, Anthony just started psychedelic side-project Fuckin Whatever with members of Grouplove and Taking Back Sunday, and is gathering momentum as a solo artist. Even aside from renewed commitments with MCR, Frank has a slew of ‘solo’ projects, with latest EP Heaven Is A Place, This Is A Place dropping just last year. Travis remains a mainstay of Coheed And Cambria. Tim and Tucker have plenty on their plates with Thursday, with the latter also featuring on a slew of other releases including Frank’s EP. Collectively, they have over 100 years tenure in other outfits.

So why why start another?

According to its members, L.S. Dunes’ “addictive” qualities are threefold: connection, creation, camaraderie. As we pick at that mysterious band name, there’s a reluctance amongst the group to give too much away – a desire to keep some secrets for themselves – but Anthony reveals how the imagery of shifting sands resonated, and notes the serendipity of how their chosen title became an “accidental monogram” for LSD: a drug taken for those trying to achieve more dazzling inspiration and deeper connectedness, “with people, with nature”.

They liked the rhythm of the name, too, which reminded them of the literary initials used by esteemed authors. Like J.D. Salinger or W.B. Yeats? “Like R.L. Stine,” the frontman grins, with just a touch of mischief. Perhaps most telling is Frank’s observation that they often joked about how the L.S. stands for “low stress”.

“At the heart of it is the love of creating”

Hear Frank on how the band formed through a shared creative connection

Where most professional bands resemble multilateral marriage, built on a shared spark but inevitably burdened by expectation, responsibility and the need for compromise that comes with such personal and financial union, L.S. Dunes is an attempt to set those things aside in the name of breaking new ground. The project started with the working title ‘Dad Bods’ as an acknowledgement not just of the members’ cumulative wisdom and encroaching middle-age, but also that their growing real families come first. Their group chat was labelled ‘Father Dads’.

“No-one’s a ‘slacker’ or anything,” Frank elaborates. “Those conversations always happen in other bands. There’s none of that shit when it’s like, ‘Hey, guys, I gotta go take my kid to soccer.’ It’s like, ‘Yeah, I do too!’” With all their outside commitments laid on the table, it boils down to the well-informed faith that when one player needs to go and handle something else, there’s enough enjoyment and investment in the music that they will get back to it. And they always do.

“Not to say our other bands aren’t fun,” Anthony nods, “but there’s a sense that we can do things with this project – and get things from it, personally – that we can’t with our others.”

“We didn’t realise how much we needed this band until we started writing for it,” Tucker expands, offering a vivid metaphor. “When someone first drives through Denver, they stare out of their window, like, ‘Oh my God, look at those mountains!’ But someone who’s lived there a while can begin to take it for granted. That’s what music was to us. We are all in love with it – writing it, playing it, performing it – but this project made us fall back in love with it. Sometimes, you need that reminder. Sometimes, you need to fall back in love with things.”

When he first began work on L.S. Dunes’ vocals, Anthony had no idea who else was in the band.

“We didn’t know if or when touring was going to come back,” he shrugs, reliving early 2021’s darkest days of lockdown. “And, if it did, we didn’t know how it was going to feel, or what it was going to look like. I was just stuck at home losing my mind, trying to get people in my life to send me music, trying to have new stuff to work on all the time. Then when this came up, it was exactly what I needed. Tucker sent me the music across and I thought it was just him and some of his dad-friends from the neighbourhood he lives in. I was like, ‘Damn! Tucker’s friends are really good!’”

In reality, the shared history between the five members of what would become L.S. Dunes is almost too stubbornly complex to untangle. Frank, for instance, remembers looking up to Thursday as a kid starting out with Pencey Prep when they were his labelmates on Eyeball Records, and how MCR were asked to play their first “really big” show when Coheed had to pull out of a support slot for Jimmy Eat World at the Allentown Fairgrounds in August 2002. Anthony, meanwhile, cherishes memories of driving out to New Brunswick, Jersey City and Philadelphia as a fan to catch early Thursday house shows, before supporting My Chem extensively in Circa Survive throughout the mid-2000s. Talk of deeper collaboration had kicked around for the best part of those two decades. All it needed to come to fruition was the world grinding to a halt.

“It was one of those things you talk about,” Frank reflects. “But it doesn’t happen because you’re on tour, doing other things. We all have like 85 bands, and sometimes you just wanna hang out and not play. But the pandemic was the time when everyone stopped. Everyone was at home. Nobody knew what the fuck to do or how long we were going to be here. So we became each other’s lifeline and were like, ‘Hey, let’s start that band we’ve been talking about for 20 years.’”

“New music became that life-preserver,” agrees Anthony. “It put a light at the end of the tunnel.”

The pieces began to come together at some point in the autumn of 2020. Broadly, writing was as simple as a musical version of Pass The Story, with one person laying down the beginning of a song, then passing the instrumental along to be built upon. “It was very much an organic thing,” explains Frank, “like when you start a band in high school and call your friends. ‘Oh, I know this guy who plays this.’ Then you just get together in a room – well, a virtual room – and start swappin’ spit!”

Of the almost-complete compositions passed over to Anthony, his soon-to-be-bandmates presumed he would initially have a crack at the couple of sparser pieces, seeking space in which he could detonate his explosive vocals. Instead, he gravitated towards the busy three-and-a-half-minutes that would become Antibodies – the first track on which they had also completed work. That piece of symbolic serendipity, coupled with the sheer effort the vocalist put in, without knowledge of who else was involved, galvanised resolve.

“The ‘blind date’ kinda thing made it even cooler,” grins Frank. “As soon as we got the tracks back from Anthony, I knew that this was a band rather than just a fun project for during the pandemic.”

The next few months went by in a blur. Although there weren’t originally plans for an album, the bangers continued to mount up. The full quintet were forced to flesh-out their self-recording expertise, with Tim stepping up as a de facto in-house engineer. They convened in person for the first time at Frank’s place in mid-2021, confirming their chemistry beyond the digital realm. Time was booked with red hot hardcore heavyweight Will Yip to record at the end of that year. Even as they went into a Jersey City studio to complete preproduction, the songs were still pouring from them, with eventual debut single Permanent Rebellion being written in the last half-hour of that trip.

At a time when scheduling shitshows had become the norm, L.S. Dunes had found calm by going with the chaotic flow. A fall just before the finish line came perilously close to derailing things, though, when on August 1, with studio time just over a month away, Frank suffered a six-stringer’s nightmare after slipping from a ladder, breaking his right wrist and severely spraining his left.

“To be totally frank...” the guitarist pauses with a wry smirk, before correcting himself to match the weight of his story. “To be serious, I didn’t know if I’d be able to play again. Everything exploded in that fuckin’ wrist. It was a real serious break. It was nerve-wracking. But it was something that I wouldn’t let myself say out loud because it was also super-scary. Not to get too serious, but I said to the doctor, ‘If you think that I’m not going to be able to play again, just leave me on the table, because there’s no point in waking me up. I can’t not play. I have to. And if you’re not the guy who can fix this, we need to find someone who can.’ I was meant to record in September, but my session moved to December, three weeks after my last surgery, with the stitches still in my arm. It was like my Through The Wire. Anthony had to wait for me. That’s why this record took so long!”

“I didn’t know if I’d be able to play again”

Frank talks about the potentially life-changing impact of breaking his wrist

From its lunging intro to the dreamy curtain drop, the record was 100 per cent worth the wait. More than just a set of songs, though, Past Lives is a glimpse into how L.S. Dunes see themselves.

‘I’m not all my mistakes, no matter what they say about it…’ howls Anthony on the outstanding title-track, admitting today that although “we came to this project to do something new, in the process of doing that, we were sort of shaking off the dust, baggage and resentments from some of our other projects.

”L.S. Dunes is no ‘supergroup’. There is no album-padding filler here. The striking simplicity of Gordon Douglas Ball’s album art – five equal elements in perfect harmony – is very much on purpose. But it is the result of all those miles on the road leading to this point.

“I think it’s a moment in time,” reckons Frank. “It’s about the people involved in that room at that moment. And it’s a fine line. We’ve all been in touring bands, running the gamut of the successes and failures. We’ve lost friends. We’ve gone through it. All that shit that we’ve done has gotten us to this point. I’m proud of it. I wouldn’t change anything. But it also doesn’t mean that what comes next has anything to do with those experiences. Those were our past lives. This is the new thing.”

Indeed, hammering through the album’s 11 tracks, there are flickers of familiarity, but they’re in service of breaking new ground. The ‘lonely shadows’ and ‘lost souls’ of Grey Veins are wrapped around a masterful emo composition and massive chorus, destined to tug at heartstrings for years to come. Blender packs a little of the brooding post-hardcore of Thursday, but feels more texturally mature, with guitars set to stun. Grifter starts with the angularity of Circa Survive, but builds into a shadowy epic capable of holding up against the most grandiose compositions of Coheed or MCR have to offer. Then superb closer Sleep Cult does something totally unexpected: delivering Anthony’s treatise on “self-hatred and dealing with self-obsession” via 225 seconds of music that simultaneously pays homage to and woozily updates 1950s doo-wop.

There’s a willingness to speak harsh truths, too, most notably in garotte-sharp political observations of Bombsquad. “This band became a platform for me to really speak on a lot of those things,” the singer explains. “It’s about everything that was going on in our lives, from dealing with the depression and anxiety of the pandemic, to having to deal with a corrupt political system – the most corrupt empire that the world has ever seen – taking over, isolating and dividing us all.”

Perhaps most illustrative of the lot is searing album opener 2022. Back at Riot Fest, it was a number Anthony described as, “the most fucked-up song I ever wrote… about learning to get through shit, so that you don’t want to kill yourself every day.” Having started life as an acoustic confessional intended for a solo record (‘If I can't make it ’til 2022 / Least we'll see how much I can take’), the song was a designed to process the personal suffering and isolation he’d been dealing with over the last few years, but it took the input of his bandmates to properly realise its potential.

“On the original version, it felt like I was stuck in the hole of it,” Anthony explains. “Rather than make me feel better about the things I was writing, it made me relive a lot of stuff. So I sent it to Tucker and was like, ‘Yo, this is too sad, make it heavy!’ He alchemised what I’d written into something that felt much more triumphant: less like I’m digging myself into a hole and more like I’m digging myself out. Listening to it as the year is almost over, the emotion’s still there, but we did it: we made it through.”

“This band was built around making songs that feel good to play in every atmosphere”

Hear Anthony on the importance of taking L.S. Dunes on the road

So where do L.S. Dunes go from here? Throughout our chat, it’s reiterated that this shouldn’t be a one-off. The logistical effort to plan not just East and West Coast tours of the United States, but also a four-date UK run beginning at the Glasgow Garage on January 27, 2023 is evidence of their will to see this through. Festival dates for the following summer have begun to leak through. Anthony and Tucker make the tantalising observation that, if this record was what they were able to write with Zoom links and Dropboxes, who knows what they’ll deliver in the flesh.

Still, with the world accelerating into the post-COVID era, and other projects getting back up to speed (MCR, Coheed, Thursday and Anthony all have live dates booked within days of our chat) are there concerns about continuing to fit L.S. Dunes in alongside so many competing interests?

“Always,” shrugs Frank, with an easy grin. “But that’s with anything. Everyone has commitments, but everyone has commitments to everything: we all have families, other bands, we’re just doing our best to have the calendar to do it all in. And, so far, there hasn’t been a lot of push-back. I don’t mind the work at all – I live for it. But I don’t like planning shit. I’ll say yes to everything, then leave someone else to arrange it. But we all have great teams behind us – many of whom [overlap]. Everyone knows that we want to do this, and we’re doing it as a real band.”

“I would love for L.S. Dunes to become my main band,” Anthony stresses his enthusiasm. With Circa Survive recently confirming their ‘indefinite hiatus’, it feels like that might be a real possibility, though the timing of one band stopping as another starts, he insists, is purely coincidental. “It’s rare to find people that you connect with so well. Everything they send makes me want to keep writing. That’s a special thing. When you find it, you want to keep a hold of it and nurture it. We’re in a dance, right now, where the music has taken the lead. We’re just seeing where it goes.”

Tucker cracks another gleeful grin, even more buzzed as we end our chat than when we started.

“The stupidest thing to do when the music industry seemed to be dying during a global pandemic was to start another project. It’s all against the grain. We’re taking a risk, but we’re here for it. Everyone is always in search of that sick leather jacket that fits them just right. For us, this is it.”

Past Lives is released on November 11 via Fantasy Records

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Darren Criss, Rachel Zegler and Broadway's Best Strike a Pose for PEOPLE Backstage at Elsie Fest 2024 (Exclusive)

Darren Criss kicks of Elsie Fest 2024 at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York City. Photo:Jenny Anderson/Laurel Hinton/Elsie Fest

Elsie Fest, the theatre-themed music festival created by Emmy-winner Darren Criss, returned to New York City for its seventh installment on Sunday, Sept. 8 with a star-studded panel of performers belting the best of Broadway and beyond to a crowd of eager fans gathered at The Rooftop at Pier 17.

The fun kicked off as the sun set on the city and continued as the lights of Manhattan and Brooklyn lit up the late summer sky.

"It's important for me to keep this distinctly New York, but also distinctly about showcasing the breath of talent and strength of this industry," Criss, 37, tells PEOPLE of the festival, which he first launched in 2015 (it returned this year after a two year absence). "It is a personal investment; not a financial one, but a spiritual and emotional investment in this community that has given me so much."

Criss, who is a veteran of Broadway and will tread the boards again this fall in the upcoming new musical Maybe Happy Ending, shares that he's in "the service industry."

"For me, this is a service to our community of people who love this world, this material, these people, this music, this tradition," Criss says. "So anything I can do to try and give more back to those that I've also been a part of my whole life is also of great importance to me."

Among the performers taking the stage were Rachel Zegler, Jordan Fisher, Joy Woods, John Gallagher Jr., Will Butler, Lizzy McAlpine and RuPaul's Drag Race alum Alaska.

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03 Jordan Fisher The Hamilton vet also duetted with Criss on "Dear Theodosia," the ballad from the Lin-Manuel Miranda hit.

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06 Darren Criss

[HQ] Darren Criss. PHOTO: Jenny Anderson/Laurel Hinton/Elsie Fest

Criss offered Glee fans plenty to cheer about with five nods to the show that made him a household name, beginning with "Teenage Dream" — the Katy Perry hit he famously covered when his character, Blaine Anderson, was first introduced on the series. He also sang "Cough Syrup" and "Arthur's Theme," two others tunes he covered on the Fox hit.

Later, Criss reunited with "Warblers" Telly Leung and Curt Mega, as well as Max Adler (who played Dave Karofsky on Glee) for a performance of "Sincere" from The Music Man.

The special guests kept coming when former costar Chord Overstreet came out to end Criss' set, reprising another song they duetted on while on Glee: Billy Joel's "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)."

07 JC Chasez Elsewhere in his set, Criss brought out Chasez — who is penning the musical to the upcoming Frankenstein musical, Playing with Fire — for a performance of two *NSYNC hits: "It's Gonna Be Me" and "Bye Bye Bye."

"I’ve known JC Chasez for a long time from my time in Los Angeles," Criss tells PEOPLE. "I met him and we got on really well. We were writing music together and he’s just been such a bench in my life. I’ll ask him to show up for shows that I’ll play, if I’m doing ‘90s songs, he’ll come up and say yes, which is beyond my wildest dreams."

"I have to play it cool as if I think I belong singing his songs with him on stage," Criss adds." I was — I think people say this to be nice in interviews, like, ‘I was such a fan.’ But I was a f---ing fan! I am a f---ing fan of *NSYNC. I know that whole album like the back of my hand, No Strings Attached. And he was always one of my favorite singers so getting to be with him is pretty amazing."

08 Jordan Fisher, Dez Duron, Helen J Shen Other guests in Criss' set included an appearance from his Maybe Happy Ending costars Dez Duron (center) and Helen J Shen (right)

Criss and Shen performed the title track, while Duron sang the ballad, "A Sentimental Person."

09 Dez Duron, Andrew Barth Feldman and Joe Serafini Shen later joined Criss and boyfriend Andrew Barth Feldman (center) for a performance of "Granger Danger" from A Very Potter Musical.

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16 Darren Criss and Rachel Zegler

[HQ] Darren Criss and Rachel Zegler. PHOTO: Jenny Anderson/Laurel Hinton/Elsie Fest

Of course, no musical could be complete with a finale. And for Elsie Fest 2024, Criss brought out the full-lineup of performers and guests for a group singalong of "Defying Gravity" from Wicked.

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A story of two film research club members meeting, for the @m-twst-ocs summer movie fest event! I wanted to feature one of my newer OCs, Hiro, and have him meet one of his real-life idols. Thanks for holding the event; it was a fantastic opportunity to finally write for this character! I hope that you have fun with it!

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“Excuse me, Mister Schoenheit? Mister Vil Schoenheit?” Hiro straightened his necktie, calling into the dressing room area. He took a deep breath, hugging his clipboard to his chest before he stepped in through the doorway. Just relax, he thought to himself. This is just your senior, a fellow club member, a fellow performer. And a mega-star. And one of your heroes. And….

Hiro swallowed hard as he entered. THE Vil Schoenheit was turning towards him, his famously perfect face freshly made up. “Did you need something?” he asked, tilting his head towards the newcomer.

“Gosh, Mister Schoenheit! You look fantastic in that costume. I’m real excited that you’re working with my group’s project, outta all the ones in the film research club.” Hiro pushed his dark wavy hair back from his face, grinning, then stuck his hand out towards Vil. “Anyway, I’m Hiro. Hiro Vanderveer. We hadn’t been introduced formally yet. Gosh! I’m real glad you’re here. Anyway, this is kinda my dream, puttin’ together a big movie. I wanted to be in it, too, but we gotta make sure everyone’s involved, so I’m directin’ for now, and wow! You even do your own makeup? You gotta teach me sometime, you’re a real pro.”

“I…” Vil paused, an unreadable expression on his face. Hiro was momentarily worried that he had overstepped and was ready to pull back, but thankfully Vil delicately took his proffered hand and shook it. “Yes. Hiro, was it? Yes. I learned to do my own. What was it that you needed?”

Hiro almost melted in sheer relief, but he snapped back to attention at the query. Right! He was on a mission. “Oh! Haha, sorry. Got a little distracted meetin’ someone who’s already done the big dive into the business. Anyway!” Hiro pulled a stack of papers from the clipboard, and handed them off to Vil. “Just wanted to make sure that you got the most recent revision of the script. There’s a whole lot of great talent out there working on this, and they’re hoping to see you turn their words into on-screen magic.” He offered a bashful smile. “I took the liberty of marking the pages where the changes were, to make it easy on ya. No sense in stressing out the talent, right?”

“Right.” Vil flipped through the sheaf of pages. Hiro had placed several small sticky notes next to his dialogue and screen directions, and he hoped that it wouldn’t be insulting to the veteran performer. “Quite thorough of you, Mister Vanderveer. More than most directors would do.”

To hide his relief, Hiro waved a hand in front of his face. “Aw, shucks, Mister Schoenheit. I’m just doing what I think’s gonna make the best show.”

“Call me Vil.” His delicate, perfectly-manicured hand placed the revised script onto the vanity table, then rose to his chin. “You said you wished to perform, as well?”

“I sure do!” Hiro looked up into Vil’s famously violet eyes, and he practically vibrated with excitement. Vil was interested in his performance, holy cow! “But I’m really more suited to musical comedy than dramas like these. I’m not exactly typical leading man material. Not like you, Mist— Vil. Haha! I’m gonna end up a character actor, if I’m lucky. But if I can make people laugh, it’ll all be worth it.”

“It is worth pushing your boundaries once in a while, as an exercise. It keeps you sharp, and improves your core skills as well,” Vil intoned, and Hiro nodded. Wow. Giving him advice, too? This was the best day of his life. “But I suppose I’ll be experiencing your directorial skills instead of your performance skills this time around.” Vil had looked briefly at the mirror, but when he turned back to Hiro, it was with a smile on his face. “I’ll be looking forward to it. Don’t disappoint me, Hiro.”

“Nosir! Not planning to!” Hiro fumbled with his clipboard, grinning widely, and saluted. “I got a few more of these scripts to deliver. But we’ll all be on set in an hour, so make sure to be there! Pleasure to finally meet ya, Vil! I hope I can learn a lot.”

“I’m certain you will.” Vil nodded to Hiro as the boy left, scrambling with his clipboard and stumbling over nervous feet.

As the door closed behind him, Hiro leaned against the wall. That went well. Really well. Hiro tapped both of his feet against the floor, punched the air gleefully, and a high-pitched “YIPPEEEE!” rang through the hallway.

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Morgens halb zehn in einer Berliner PR-Agentur. Manuela, die Seniorchefin (ein Titel den sie überhaupt nicht mag, da sie fest an flache Hierarchien glaubt und sowieso eigentlich schon immer von allen geduzt wurde) will gerade das Meeting starten als der Praktikant, Quentin, zur Tür hereinplatzt. "Sorry, meine Aeropress war verstopft!" Ein verständnisvolles Raunen erfüllt den Konferenzraum. "Kein Problem. Kennen wir doch alle." Manuela öffnet die Powerpoint-Präsentation und ihr Macbook heult auf. "Dann legen wir mal los", beginnt sie etwas zu laut in ihrem Versuch den in Kalifornien designten Lüfter zu übertönen. "Erst einmal möchte ich euch alle herzlich willkommen heißen. Es ist so toll nach zwei Jahren endlich wieder mit allen zusammen zurück in der Agentur zu sein. Wie ihr schon wisst, dürfen wir uns in diesem Jahr um die Sommerkampagne der Bahn kümmern. Ich hoffe, ihr habt das letzte Wochenende intensiv genutzt und ein paar nette Ideen für den Video-Content vorbereitet!" Manuela legt viel Wert auf eine gute Work-Life-Balance. "Cleo, sei doch so nett und fasse noch einmal kurz den Auftrag zusammen."

"Ja, klar!" beginnt die Juniorchefin. "Die Bahn will in diesem Sommer vor allen Dingen den Urlaub im eigenen Land hervorheben. Wir haben jede Menge Stock Footage mit der wir arbeiten können—Züge in schönen Landschaften und so, aber wir brauchen irgendwas Neues, das die Leute anspricht. Will jemand anfangen?" Nora meldet sich. "Also, da die Bahn ja gerade voll auf Zukunft macht und so mega die Digitalisierung pusht, dachte ich, dass wir irgendwas krass Visuelles mit einer Suchmaske machen. So wie im Online-Ticketshop, aber anstelle von Bahnhöfen könnten wir Situationen nehmen, mit denen sich jeder identifizieren kann. 'Von Lockdown nach Freiheit' oder so." Die Anwesenden brechen in Beifall aus. "Genial!" freut sich Manuela. "Suchmasken wegen Digitalisierung! Sowas kann auch nur der Nora einfallen!" Cleo läuft eine Träne über das Gesicht.

"Einfach super! Ich denke bei der Idee können wir gleich bleiben." Manuela wühlt in ihrem Jutebeutel und fischt einen wasserlöslichen Whiteboard-Marker heraus. "Brainstorming! Was können wir noch in die Suchmasken packen? Sowas wie, 'von daheim nach da draußen'."

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30 trips around the sun and im still surprised when the days get shorter after a long summer like the nights already feel much cooler now and soon it'll be dark at 4 in the afternoon and i'll go wow man look how dark it is and it's only 4 and come spring ill realize that wow you can actually tell the days are getting longer and warmer isnt that crazy and in the summer i'll be lying in bed at 11 thinking woah it's still not dark out and then in september ill say to myself phew that sure was a long summer you can already tell the days are getting shorter and ill remember this post and maybe ill go look for it and reblog it and dear reader, i for one hope that we both live to see it

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HI!

I think I forgot to post about the little baby fic I wrote for the 2k or under sports RPF fest that posted last week!!

My prompt was Piarles + Letters and I wanted to participate because you all know I post mega fics and a word limit was really strict and I knew it would push me to be really purposeful with the scenes I wanted to include.

This is all about 90′s country music nostalgia and the feeling that you got when you got a collect call from somebody that was out of town (really exposing my age here, but you know.)

I need to live where love abounds which is 1.4k of Piarles!

I hope you enjoy this one.