#melissa lim

[fght-ff-yr-dmns]

(What's The Story) Morning Glory? Oasis - 1994 Cassette Tape

I've been listening to this on repeat today, masterpiece.

[nonogalego]

oii, poderia falar mais sobre a melissa lim???

Oi amg, acabei de postar sobre isso aqui:

[thena0315]

TV Actors Actors attending Epic Cons Chicago 2 on Sep. 15, 2024

📷 epiccons

Website

[finehostay]

noel gallagher ignoring his wife in favour of writing gut-wrenching songs about some asian girl he flew to meet after nearly quitting the band and giving it all up john and paul rolled into one istg

[mazzystar24]

I have so many songs that are so buddie coded and I will definitely be posting more but this one just itches my brain rn when it popped into my head and it’s:

Talk Tonight by Oasis

It’s giving kitchen scenes (depressed not horny) it’s giving lost souls finding love and safety in eachother it’s giving Eddie breakdown arc it’s giving the inherent romanticism of being saved by someone you love it’s giving being each others’ safe space and looking after eachother

[quirkycatsfatstacks]

Review: At Midnight (Anthology)

Editor: Dahlia AdlerWriters: Melissa Albert, Tracy Deonn, Hafsah Faizel, Stacey Lee, Darcie Little Badger, Malinda Lo, Alex London, Anna-Marie McLemore, Rebecca Podos, Rory Power, Meredith Russo, Roselle Lim, Gita Trelease, H.E. EdgmonPublisher: Flatiron BooksReleased: November 22, 2022Received: Own Find it on Goodreads Summary: Fairy tales have long fascinated readers as we find new and…

[todays-just-a-daydream]

On Noel going missing in LA 1994: Yeah, get your story right, lad! Never know who’s listening! Can’t remember her name? Oh yeah, oh yeah, very convenient mate!

I find AKA…What A Life a bit homoerotic, you know what I mean?

Sometimes, I think I’m still tripping from those days and that I’m going to wake up and all of Oasis, all of this, it was just part of that trip.

Liam Gallagher for Q Magazine October 2016 [Part Two]  

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Books That Are Fairytale Retellings

The Sleeper and The Spindle by Neil Gaiman

A Court Of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maal

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

The Girl In Red by Christina Henry

Once Upon A Time: A Story Collection by Shannon Hale

Lost In The Never Woods by Aiden Thomas

The True Story Of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde

The Mermaid by Christina Henry

House Of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

Girls Made Of Snow And Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

The Storybook of Legends by Shannon Hale

The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer

Forest Of A Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao

Geekerella by Ashley Poston

The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

[nonogalego]

amg conta tudo o que vc sabe sobre a relação do noel com a melissa lim (tou com hiperfoco neles).

vc acha que eles teriam dado certo em algum momento ou que ela teria sido boa para ele?

Oi, desculpa responder só agora, mas tava fazendo uns trabalhos da faculdade 😅

Bom, vou falar tudo o que sei: Melissa e Noel se conheceram durante a primeira turnê americana do Oasis entre julho/agosto de 1994, em um show da banda em São Francisco. Segundo Melissa, sua primeira conversa com Noel foi após o show e foi assim:

"Ele veio e sentou do meu lado. Nunca estive em um backstage antes, então perguntei a ele, ‘onde é a afterparty?’ e ele, ‘que afterparty? Posso sair com você hoje?’."

Ela não dá detalhes, mas ficou subentendido que eles saíram juntos naquela noite. Alguns dias depois o Oasis se apresentaram no Whisky a Go Go em Los Angeles e o show foi um desastre: os membros consumiram metanfetamina pensando que era cocaína, cada membro estava tocando uma música diferente e Liam bateu na cabeça de Noel com um pandeiro.

Irritado, Noel saiu do hotel e abandonou a banda sem avisar ninguém (chegou a ser dado como desaparecido). Ele pegou um voo até São Francisco pra se encontrar com Melissa. Supostamente ele teria escrito durante o voo (It's Good) To Be Free sobre ter se "livrado" do peso da banda. Quando chegou em São Francisco, Noel foi direto para o apartamento de Melissa. Segundo ela:

"Ele estava bem chateado. Coloquei ele em meu apartamento, dei comida e tentei acalmá-lo. Ele queria acabar com a banda."

Noel teria ficado duas semanas no apartamento de Melissa sem avisar ninguém onde estava. Melissa conta que eles foram a lojas de discos, em parques, e que ela passou o tempo todo tentando convencer Noel a voltar pro Oasis.

"Fomos ao Huntington Park pra ele esfriar a cabeça. Escutamos música. Fomos a uma loja de discos. São Francisco tem uma reputação de ser um lugar onde as bandas vêm para acabar, como a The Band e o Sex Pistols. Eu não ia deixar isso acontecer diante dos meus olhos. Eu disse a ele, ‘você não pode deixar a banda, vocês estão na iminência de algo grande!'"

Depois que conseguiu convencer Noel a não sair do Oasis, Noel voltou a se reencontrar com a banda. Ele teria escrito Talk Tonight para Melissa descrevendo o tempo que passou com ela e sobre a importância dela por ter "salvado" sua vida evitando que ele cometesse o erro de sair do Oasis. No mesmo dia em que gravou Talk Tonight em um estúdio em Austin, EUA, ele também gravou Half the World Away, o que fez que muitos fãs acreditassem que essa música também é sobre Melissa.

Noel e Melissa supostamente continuaram a se falar por telefone por mais algumas semanas. Melissa diz que sempre atendia Noel dizendo "Qual é a história manhã gloriosa?" que seria um bordão do filme Bye Bye Birdie de 1963.

Porém a distância e o pouco tempo de Noel e os afazeres de Melissa foram diminuindo a frequência das ligações, até que em algum momento elas pararam. Não fica claro se perderam o contato antes ou depois de Noel voltar para Inglaterra.

Entre outubro-dezembro Noel namorou a VJ da MTV Rebecca de Ruvo, e ainda em dezembro de 1994 Noel e Rebecca terminaram e Noel começou a namorar a colega de quarto de Rebecca, Meg Mathews depois de uma festa de Natal da Creation em que os dois estavam.

No primeiro semestre de 1995 o Oasis voltou aos Estados Unidos para uma nova turnê, e Noel teria reencontrado Melissa no show de São Francisco. Segundo Melissa, Noel estava frio e distante com ela. Melissa teria dito pra ele "não olhar para trás com raiva" porque ela sempre o viu como um amigo. Os dois não voltaram a se falar ou a se ver depois desse show.

Não sei se essa "frieza" de Noel foi porque ele estava namorando com a Meg e ele não queria contato com uma "ex-ficante" dele, ou se teve algo entre a Melissa e Noel que o chateou e também foi o motivo de terem cortado o contato...

Quando Noel falou sobre a criação de Talk Tonight no documentário Supersonic (2016) ele disse que não conseguia se recordar do nome e do rosto de Melissa. Em uma entrevista para o San Francisco Chronicle, Melissa disse sobre Noel ter dito que não lembrava dela:

"O Keith Richards consegue lembrar do nome do homem que vendia leite quando ele tinha oito anos. Não sei o que está acontecendo com o Noel, e está tudo bem. Eu fui parte de algo que tocou muitas pessoas e isso é bom o suficiente."

O fato é que Talk Tonight é sobre ela. Porém, sobre ela ter sido a influencia também de Half the World Away, Don't Look Back In Anger e do nome do álbum (What's The Story) Morning Glory? não se tem certeza! O San Francisco Chronicle procurou a assessoria do Noel e do Oasis pra confirmar a história da Melissa, mas não tiveram resposta.

Honestamente, eu sempre tive um pé atrás com a versão da Melissa. Pareceu que ela quis aumentar a sua importância e contribuição na história do Oasis, mas ao mesmo tempo não desacredito dela, pois a história dela também se encaixa bem com os fatos, e como Noel nunca negou... 🤷

Lembrando que Melissa nunca foi namorada do Noel, nenhum dos dois nunca se referiram um ao outro assim, malmente ela é referida como "ficante" dele por terceiros, ela está mais para uma groupie, embora Melissa não tenha se classificado dessa forma.

Eu acredito que ela foi a melhor mulher que ele teve! Em duas semanas ela fez mais pelo Noel do que suas esposas fizeram em anos de casamento! E acho que Noel a queria seriamente, por isso ele foi atrás dela, ficou duas semanas com ela e manteve contato depois, mas quando ele percebeu que ela não estava apaixonada, ele desistiu... Noel sempre demandou atenção máxima de suas namoradas, eu acredito que quando ele notou que Melissa não pararia sua vida e nem demonstrou que se mudaria pra Inglaterra por ele, ele parou de ligar. Talvez a frieza dele no pós-show em 1995 foi por ela não ter atendido as expectativas dele, mais do que manter uma "fidelidade" à Meg.

Eu também acho que Noel mentiu no documentário Supersonic e se lembra sim da Melissa. Vejo fãs dizendo que ele não falou o nome dela porque ele quis preservar sua identidade, mas acho que ele talvez só não queria fazê-la famosa à suas custas (e acho que ele não estava tão errado, já que a própria Melissa fez questão de vir a público durante o hype do documentário Supersonic).

Aliás, a única prova de Melissa é uma única foto que tem com Noel, sentados em um sofá, aparentemente em uma sala, que se acredita ser no apartamento de Melissa. Também está a favor da história dela o tempo que Noel foi dado como desaparecido, a volta dele direto pro estúdio pra gravar Talk Tonight e o relato dele sobre a garota americana que o acolheu. Mas das mão dela, só uma foto e sua história.

Melissa atualmente ainda vive em São Francisco, é fotógrafa e aparentemente tem um filho. Ela é descendentes de Sul-Coreanos.

Esse é o instagram dela. Ela não segue nenhuma página relacionada ao Oasis ou ao clã Gallagher, mas é seguida por alguns poucos stans do Oasis. Ela não fala ou posta nada relacionado a banda, e sim ao seu trabalho, hobbies e família. Então se você quiser segui-la, isso é com você, mas saiba que não vais encontrar nada relacionado ao Noel lá, e peço pra não enviar perguntas também, a entrevista dela é de 2016 e foi bem completa, e ela não seguiu explorando essa história depois disso, então vamos respeitar 👍

Enfim, isso é tudo o que sei sobre a Melissa. Acredito que se eles dois tivessem se gostado mais e se esforçado mais para ficarem juntos, eles teriam se casado e estariam juntos até hoje, pois ela atendeu, em um primeiro momento, o principal requisito do Noel: ter alguém que se preocupasse genuinamente com ele e que cuidasse dele! Melissa também parece ser bem progressista e culta, quem sabe qual o Noel Gallagher que teríamos hoje em dia se ela estivesse ao lado dele até hoje?

Não sei se ela é casada, mas... quem sabe o que o destino pode trazer? Infelizmente a turnê do Oasis não vai passar por São Francisco, mas nada impede Melissa estar de passagem em Los Angeles, Chicago ou Nova York entre agosto e setembro de 2025 né?

[blogger360ncislarules]

EXCLUSIVE: Adele Lim is returning to work with Disney as director of the third installment of its prized Princess Diaries franchise.

It’s the second time Lim will be behind the camera after writing Disney’s animated 2021 movie, Raya and the Last Dragon. Lim made her directorial debut with the raunchy Lionsgate R-rated female Asian American comedy Joy Ride.

Debra Martin Chase is producing Princess Diaries 3. EPs include Lim’s producing partner Naia Cucukov and Melissa Stack.

Disney launched The Princess Diaries in 2001, catapulting Anne Hathaway into a marquee name at the box office. There was also a 2004 sequel, The Princess Diaries: Royal Engagement. Both also starred Julie Andrews and were directed by the late Garry Marshall. Together both pics grossed $300M WW. The first movie followed Hathaway’s Mia Thermopolis, who learns she’s the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. She takes her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz along for the ride as she tries to navigate through teenagedom.

Lim tells us: “As a diehard fan of the original Princess Diaries, I’m beyond excited to be a part of bringing the third iteration of this beloved franchise to life.  We look forward to celebrating its core tenants of female power, joy and mentorship with audiences worldwide.”

Lim’s credits include being a writer-producer on such TV shows as One Tree Hill and Lethal Weapon, as well as being the co-showrunner on the CW series Star-Crossed.

She wrote Warner Bros.’ blockbuster Jon Chu-directed rom-com Crazy Rich Asians, which grossed $174M stateside and picked up nominations for Best Picture at the Golden Globes and Producers Guild Awards and won the Critics Choice Award.

Last year Lim partnered with Naia Cucukov to form the production company 100 Tigers. Cucukov was a former Walden Media senior executive who’s credits include the Netflix series The Baby-Sitters Club and Manhunt. The mission for the company is to “foster and empower artists and projects that share our passion for female-forward, cross-cultural stories with global appeal and a glossy edge.” 100 Tigers has several projects in development at various studios including Amazon/MGM, HBO Max and ABC.

Lim is repped by Paradigm and Ginsburg, Daniels, Kallis. Chase is repped by CAA and Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano. Cucukov is repped by Paradigm and Sean Marks. Stack is represented by CAA and Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment.

[bookscorpion73]

books I read this year! Total: 66

A good girls guide to murder - Holly Jackson

2. good girl bad blood - Holly Jackson

3. the prisoners throne - Holly Black

4. These violent delights - Chloe Gong

5. our violent ends - Chloe Gong

6. kill joy - Holly Jackson

7. if you could see the sun - Ann Liang

8. assistant to the villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer

9. dreadful - Caitlin Rozakis

10. as good as dead - Holly Jackson

11. firekeepers daughter - Angeline Boulley

12. the invisible life of Addie LaRue - V. E. Schwab

13. Gallant - V. E. Schwab

14. the girl who fell beneath the sea - Axie Oh

15. Emily Wildes encyclopedia of faeries - Heather Fawcett

16. Destroy the day - Brigid Kemmerer

17. eragon - Christopher Paolini

18. Apprentice to the villain - Hannah Nicole Mather

19. a darker shade of magic - V. E. Schwab

20. a gathering of shadows - V. E. Schwab

21. a conjuring of light - V. E. Schwab

22. thieves’ gambit - Kayvion Lewis

23. the fragile threads of power - V. E. Schwab

24. a tempest of tea - Hafsah Faizal

25. hearts overboard - Becky Dean

26. lightlark - Alex Aster

27. Nightband - Alex Aster

28. legendborn - Tracy Deonn

29. Emily Wilde’s map of the other lands - Heather Fawcett

30. bloodmarked - Tracy Deonn

31. her radiant curse - Elizabeth Lim

32. the hazel wood - Melissa Albert

33. the boy who didn’t come home (the hazel wood 1.5) - Melissa Albert

34. I hope this doesn’t find you - Ann Liang

35. the kamogawa food detectives - Hisashi Kashiwai

36. what you are looking for is in the library- Michiko Aoyama

37. wrath of the triple goddess - Rick Riordan

38. stars and smoke - Marie Lu

39. love and other great expectations - Becky Dean

40. icon and inferno - Marie Lu

41. realm breaker - Victoria Aveyard

42. happily never after - Lynn Painter

43. Mr. Wrong number - Lynn Painter

44. the do-over - Lynn Painter

45. this savage song - V. E. Schwab

46. our dark duet - V. E. Schwab

47. the American roommate experiment - Elena Armas

48. the odyssey- homer

49. accidentally Amy - Lynn Painter

50. the restaurant of lost recipes - Hisashi Kashiwai

51. betting on you - Lynn Painter

52. the poppy war - R. F. Kuang

53. not in love - Ali Hazelwood

54. Meet me in the margins - Melissa Ferguson

55. shipped - Angie Hoffman

56. not in love by Ali Hazelwood

57. save the cat writes a young adult novel by Jessica Brody

58. 100 days of sunlight by Abbie Emmons

59. this time it’s real by Ann Liang

60. I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

61. better than the movies by Lynn Painter

62. Spectacular by Stephanie Garber

63. Heartless by Marissa Meyer

64. Dungeons and Drama By Kristy Boyce

65. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

66. Nothing Like The Movies by Lynn Painter

[earlycuntsets]

pt. 2 (pts 1, 3, 4)

earlycuntsets.org sourced - where I got all my mcr pictures

first of a series. due to tumblr limits on how many links you can post. this full idea will be continued on future posts. here is 2007-2010. this is pictures. will make a separate post for youtube/recordings.

been needing to fully source my website so here we go! wanted to share with other kool mcr fans.

old fansites/website appearances:

08/11/2007 tampa fl - ishotyourband.com

11/13/2007 sheffield england - blackvelvetmagazine.com

04/02/2008 san jose ca - cluelessdoll18

11/30/2010 - iheardradio

12/05/2010 tampa bay - 97x

12/12/2010 91x rex the halls san diego hollywood icon magazine

flickrs:

07/28/2007 san bernadino ca - joey malone & scarlet lark

07/29/2007 mountain view ca - lex

07/31/2007 kevin and beans breakfast hollywood ca - alex rausch

08/03/2007 san antonia tx - diana

08/04/2007 dallas tx - kenneth smith

08/07/2007 charlotte nc - brittany davis

08/11/2007 tampa fl - tracie stockwell, melissa turner, matt downham

08/15/2007 long island ny - maria newman, miles tsang, paul sherwood, carrie musgrave

08/17/2007 blossom music center cuyahoga falls oh - rachael barbash

08/19/2007 bristol va - kyle gustafson

08/21/2007 toronto ca - taylor christina

08/22/2007 detroit michigan - dominique canning

08/24/2007 mansfield boston - dan gonyea, allmyoxygen, ashleyspotlightrocks

08/25/2007 camden nj - steve trager, cary liao

08/31/2007 noblesville in - eatthislight

09/01/2007 tinley park il - april a taylor

09/03/2007 denver co - liz sawyer

11/03/2007 milano italy - fabrizio galeone & luca fill

11/15/2007 london uk - emma webb

11/30/2007 sydney australia - kate walton

12/09/2007 kuala lumpur malaysia - jin lim

12/11/2007 singapore - phook afg

1/27/2008 taipei, taiwan - jo

2/15/2008 rio de janeiro - charline messa

2/18/2008 sao paolo brazil - 115th dream, alexandra m, mariel g.m., fernanda, alfredoow

2/24/2008 santiago chile - sisforstph, felipebored, francisca

2/27/2008 caracas venezuela - natalia feliu, alxgt

03/30/2008 las vegas nv - sarah dope

04/08/2008 portland oregon - ciera walters

04/12/2008 mexico city - tony francois

04/17/2008 chicago il - sarah

04/27/2008 frisco tx - kenneth smith

05/09/2008 nyc ny - maura

08/01/2009 the roxy hollywood ca - jessxrevenge, lex, daniel rodriguez

10/23/2010 london uk - alessia cifali, justine trickett, lucy roth, justin ng, sarah tye, solange moreira-yeoell, emma webb, immy

10/24/2010 manchester uk - emilyisabelle, hayley johnson, sinead granger, frankie cooksie, paul

10/25/2010 edinburgh uk - emilyisabelle, hannah drake

10/30/2010 amsterdam - samantha, kimviciousphotography, stacey van shaik

10/31/2010 london uk - rikdom

11/01/2010 paris france - manuela, apoline mariotti, jem

11/11/2010 mcr in session for bbc radio maida vale - rhodri jones

11/22/2010 los angeles ca - andi tedesco

12/01/2010 nyc ny - ahorsewithnoname

12/03/2010 roseland ballroom nyc ny - kenny shin, rufus, jeremy wood, miwa sakulrat, ludovica ciccarelli,

12/08/2010 kansas city mo - todd zimmer, scott spychalski, wendy vong,

12/10/2010 101 not so silent night san jose ca - theowlmag, shannon gilb, scernea

livejournals:

08/10/2007 west palm beach - pookie_ray

pt. 3 here

[sorrowon]

SORROW FOUND ME. independent and private multi muse with extremely low activity and way too many muses loved and sometimes ignored by lacy.

❝ sorrow found me when i was young. sorrow waited. SORROW WON. ❞

rules and muses found under the cut

01. my name is lacy and i’m 25+ years old. i’m an aries with my moon in sagittarius, cancer ascendant and i have no idea what any of this means. i'm not affiliated with anything.

02. the psd i’m currently using was made by pinkinnards and icon border was made by me, but i’ll also use various psds from various creators. all credit really goes to them and none to me. i’ll probably use psd’s by venuscommissions, plutocommissions, calisources and more. if you ever have any questions, please feel free to shoot me a message. i promise, i don’t bite.

03. i will probably practice exclusivity and mains and affiliates, but at the moment i don't have any.

04. i ask that you please not follow me and then unfollow me to follow me again and try to get me to follow you. that will not make me follow you, it’ll just make me softblock you and then hardblock if it continues. also, please don’t like my starter calls or send me meme’s if we’re not mutuals. i am mutuals only.

05. i don’t usually write smut, but if i'm really comfortable with another person then i don't mind giving it a try. i do ask that you please tag your smut though and don't try to force me to write it.

06. i will not follow people that use certain faceclaim’s. gal gadot, chris pratt, ezra miller, scarlett johansson and more probably. if you have questions about why then just send me an ask and i’ll let you know. i’m uncomfortable with them and i just want to be comfortable on my blog.

07. i am extremely slow and i honestly can't help that. i have a full time job and at the moment am only getting one day off a week. it's exhausting, but i'm doing my best.

KDRAMAS: naksu/cho-yeong - alchemy of souls - go yoonjung ahn min-hyuck - strong woman do bong-soon - park hyungsik kim shin - goblin - gong yoo cha sunghoon - business proposal - kim minkyu shin hari - business proposal - kim sejeong ryu sunjae - the lovely runner - byeon wooseok bae rona - penthouse: war in life - kim hyunsoo oh injoo - little women - kim goeun na wondeuk/lee yul - 100 days my prince - do kyungsoo lim jugyeong - true beauty - moon gayoung lee suho - true beauty - cha eunwoo han seojun - true beauty - hwang inyeop

TELEVISION: nancy wheeler - stranger things - natalia dyer sarah cameron - outer banks - madelyn cline nancy drew - nancy drew - kennedy mcmann clarke griffin - the 100 - madelyn cline elena gilbert - the vampire diaries - nina dobrev josette 'josie' saltzman - the legacies - kaylee kaneshiro willow rosenberg - buffy the vampire slayer - alyson hannigan kara danvers/zor-el - supergirl - melissa benoist mia smoak-queen - arrow - brec bassinger louis de pointe du lac - interview with a vampire - jacob anderson lesta de lioncourt - interview with a vampire - sam reid daisy jones - daisy jones & the six - riley keough elsa dutton - yellowstone: 1883 - isabel may

ANIMATED: vi - arcane jinx - arcane mel - arcane vex'ahlia vessar - lovm/critical role keyleth - lovm/critical role

VIDEO GAMES: jessica riley - until dawn - tbd mia winters - resident evil rosemary winters - resident evil daniela dimitrescu - resident evil

LITERATURE: nesta archeron - acotar - tbd elide lochan - throne of glass - emily bader manon blackbeak - throne of glass - tbd ariadne - crescent city - tbd sathia flynn - crescent city - tbd danika fendyr - crescent city - tbd isabel 'belly' conklin - the summer i turned pretty - jung chaeyeon elizabeth bennet - pride and prejudice - keira knightley sophie baek - bridgerton - tbd hyacinth bridgerton - bridgerton - tbd

[storkmuffin]

Hi! I‘ve enjoyed reading your posts for a while now, but I never really knew what to ask you myself. But I was at the Ateez show in Zürich tonight and before the show my friends and me talked about what kind of music Ateez/K-Pop stans listen to besides K-Pop - I listen to a lot of metal, one of my friends enjoys musicals, etc. I was still thinking about it when I scrolled tumblr and saw one of your posts, so I just wanted to know what you enjoy listening to besides K-Pop? Sorry if that‘s a weird question to ask, but I‘m running on that lovely mix of sleep deprivation, adrenaline and post concert depression rn, so I‘m not great at thinking currently.

I sent you an ask about your concert experience because I just got so excited for you (You don't have to answer at all, if you don't want to!!).

Thank you for this ask. I have a desk job and a long commute and have had both for a while, so I have music on constantly. (Also, apparently needing something on 'in the background' all the time has something to do with my ND brain as well).

Way more information than is reasonable, below:

I listen to a lot of Western Classical music. It's what I was raised on. I love Haydn, Bach, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Shostakovich, and Phillip Glass. I go back & forth on loving Schubert and wanting to shake him. I especially love the piano, and I am a fan of classical pianists - Glenn Gould, Martha Argerich, Seungjin Cho, Yunchan Lim, Lang Lang, Angela Hewitt, and Vikingur Olafsson. (Gould, Hewitt and Olafsson are Bach specialists.)

Catholic religious music - Gregorian Chants, Requiems, various Stabat Mater iterations (I prefer the Pergolesi version above the Vivaldi).

Opera. All opera. I love the sound of opera, of how fucking unhinged everyone is in an opera. I love the sweep of that music. I have burst into tears at the opera a LOT because I am very sane.

Modern pansori done by really cool Korean artists like 악단광칠 (check out their youtube channel!) who take the most fun, cool parts of pansori and make it a bit faster, a bit more aggressive, and use modern (rather than 19th century) Korean slang.

Bollywood has SPECTACULAR music. Sonu Nigam has a voice from God, and I am always like Yes, bhai, have and get and do whatever you want, even though I have no idea what you're saying. I found the Devdas soundtrack (and movie) so marvelous,. Karan Johar, who put a lot of hit Bollywood films together, also used great Bollywood pop songs. Dil Se, the movie, had a song, Chaiyya Chaiyya, that was so very catchy that I listened to it too much at one point and woke up dreaming in Hindi lyrics.

Vocalists I love: Ella Fitzgerald, KD Lang, Mahalia Jackson, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Judy Garland, Edith Piaf. Otis Redding. Marvin Gaye. James Brown.

Singer songwriters I love, who are all Americans: Tori Amos, Ani DiFranco, Fiona Apple, Dolly Parton, Melissa Etheridge. Stevie Wonder.

I am unironic in thinking Michael Jackson was the Bach and Mozart combined for pop music and popular culture, even though he was such a disturbed man who hurt children. Everyone, all the way down to Ateez, is still doing and extending what he put together, either by sound or by look or dance.

80s and 90s Madonna I just love because she was an aggressive short Catholic girl who wanted to be a nun and a saint but also slut around and give everyone the finger, and how can I not love that.

Prince is the only male lyricist to write love and sex songs that are perfect for women.

I wanted George Michael to live forever, or at least as long as Tony Bennett. He's also HUGELY influential on Kpop - that slight, breathy, slightly chilly 'refreshing' sound that mainstream kpop goes for sounds very George Michael to me.

I love the songs of Cole Porter. He was such a WONDERFUL songwriter and the vocabulary of the song lyrics of that era are so elegant and sly and make me glad I learned English.

I also love rap but from a very particular era or style, I think? It's a bit more limited. I love Ludacris. When I wish I had a big huge voice to tell someone off with I listen to DMX. I have favorites from Notorious BIG, 2Pac, Snoot Dogg, Eminem, 50Cent. These are all dudes on my playlist for those days when I feel like ... Some People Need To Be Shot. I like them because all these artists enunciate their words really clearly.

I also, sometimes, get a kick out of big white boys being big and loud - Creedence Clearwater Revival, a couple songs from Metallica, some Guns 'n' Roses and Nirvana (I'm listing them together because I know they hated each other lol), Audioslave, Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

Of the current Western pop landscape, I think Dua Lipa is probably my favorite.

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Reading update

Conned by Kim Fielding - 4.25/5 stars

Odder Still by DN Bryn - 3/5 stars

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig - 4/5 stars

Ended up enjoying this one a lot more than I thought I would. Definitely one of those philosophical-books-masquerading-as-fantasy books, but it was well written and the message resonated with me.

A Draught of Ash and Wine by Kristin Jacques - 3.75/5 stars

Draakenwood by Jordan L Hawk - 5/5 stars

This may have been the first in the series that I handed a 5 star rating to. Not that the rest of the series isn't really good, but this one stood out to me as being really REALLY good.

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr - 5/5 stars

Another one that I enjoyed WAY more than I thought I would. I normally don't go for books that do the whole characters-connected-through-time-by-the-same-story trope, but this one was very well done. The characters in the different time periods definitely played to things I love. The fact that it was unexpectedly queer was also such a nice surprise. This book is heavy going, and I wouldn't say it's exactly happy, but it's hopeful. A hyped book that was actually worth the hype.

Blyde and Pearce by Kim Fielding - 3.5/5 stars

Bring Me Home by Annabeth Albert - 3.75/5 stars

Jackdaw by KJ Charles - 5/5 stars

AHHHHHH omg omg. Oh this book. Ripped my heart out and stomped on it, then tenderly mended it. Ben and Jonah are one of the sweetest couples Charles has ever written. Maybe the sweetest? (considering there's a very dubcon-y sex scene at the beginning, this may seem like a strange thing to say, but really). I actually far and away preferred them to the main couple in the original Charm of Magpies trilogy. To be completely honest, I like all the Charm of Magpies World books better than the original trilogy, haha.

The Rest of the Story by Tal Bauer - 4.25/5 stars

Fool Hearts by Emmy Sanders - 3.75/5 stars

Shadows of the Lost by Maxym M Martineau - DNF at pg 60

Actually not a bad book at all, but it was too dependent on the author's previous series, which I didn't have any interest in reading.

The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro - DNF at pg 26

All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim - 5/5 stars

Lovely, funny book that had lots of music and cooking. It's told in a split time period structure which I thought worked really well.

Witch King by Martha Wells - 5/5 stars

I LOVED this book. I love Kai so so much. He's total blorbo material, so I'm honestly surprised this book isn't bigger on tumblr. The worldbuilding was immaculate, really interesting, and very refreshing in that it was very central Asia inspired. You don't see Fantasy Asian Steppe Cultures very much, so that was really cool. This is another one that is told with a split time period, and Wells did a really good job of tying the events of the past and the present chapters together thematically.

I really really really want a sequel.

And Then He Sang a Lullaby by Ani Kayode Somtochukwu - 4/5 stars

One of the reviews of this book said it had a very didactic ending, which I 100% agree with...but it was very well-written and worth a read. It takes place in Nigeria and is about two gay boys who eventually meet in college. It's not a happy book; don't be fooled by the blurb that makes it sound like a romance.

The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley - 5/5 stars (reread)

You guys all know how I feel about Natasha Pulley.

The Master of Samar by Melissa Scott - 3.5/5 stars

Unnatural by Joanna Chambers - 5/5 stars

Fence: Disarmed by Sarah Rees Brennan - 5/5 stars

This book was so cute. Aiden and Harvard both finally pull their heads out of their asses. One of the unexpected joys of these novels is the relationship between Seiji and his father. It's really sweet.

I would fund Sarah Rees Brennan to continue writing Fence novels.

The Archive Undying - 2/5 stars

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