#michael peter maza

[noybusiness]

Lol, this gif fits Thailog and Sevarius’s reaction to Talon and Maggie’s baby in the latest Dynamite Gargoyles issue.

every time i get a new follower who isn’t a porn bot:

[milquetoast-zeitgeist]

Ever wanted to know if animated characters sometimes look like their voice actors?

Look up pics of Michael Horse from the 90s and then look at Peter Maza from Gargoyles.

[moviemazaxyz]

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[thenightling]

Important black people who have touched me through pop culture:

In honor of Black history month I have decided to write a list of favorites black celebrities, characters, and writers.

Honorary mention first to Levar Burton for helping to instill in me a life-long love of reading.   I have no category specific for someone like him so I’m naming him first. _____________________________ Favorite male black superhero:  Blade: The Vampire Hunter. Favorite female black superhero:  Storm. Favorite black male fantasy character:  Shadow Moon in American Gods by Neil Gaiman.  Stephen from Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Lemuel Bridger from Midnight Texas.  Isaac in Castlevania (Netflix animated series), And The Marquis de Carabas from Neverwhere.    Favorite black female fantasy character:  Hope in Sandman: Overture.   (She was blue skinned but very obviously modeled after a little black girl.) Favorite black mythological (or religious) figures (female):  The Goddess Isis (North African). and Saint Sarah (Roma).  Favorite black mythological (or religious) male figures: Anansi (African)  Favorite black male horror character:  The Candyman.   And Lemuel Bridger from Midnight Texas. Favorite black female horror character:  Belle in Fright Night Part 2.    Favorite black male cartoon character:  Goliath from Disney’s Gargoyles (I know he’s technically a Gargoyle), and Winston from The Real Ghostbusters.  (I hate when people call him a token.)  And Isaac in Castlevania (Netflix animated series.)  Favorite black female cartoon character: Elisa Maza (mixed race) Disney’s Gargoyles.   As I mentioned elsewhere on this list, Elisa is VERY important.  She’s one of the best (if not the best) written female protagonist I’ve ever seen in a cartoon.    Favorite black female writer:  D. L. Warner (author of Demon Under Glass)     (Actually considering my recent disappointments, she's my favorite female writer, period, at the moment.)

Favorite black male writer:    Kevin Grevioux (Yes, I actually liked I, Frankenstein. Shut up.),  Alexandre Dumas,  and possibly Aesop (debatable about his racial origin)

Favorite black Broadway actress:  Daphne Rubin-Vega  Favorite black Broadway actor:  Norm Lewis. (I first heard him in The Little Mermaid as King Triton. I believe he went on to be the first black Erik in Phantom of the Opera.)  Favorite black male voice actor: Keith David (He’d probably still be listed here if this list wasn’t strictly black actors.)   Favorite black voice actress:   Salli Richardson-Whitfield (probably my favorite voice actress in general outside of Idina Menzel.  This one is very important because even now Elisa Maza in Disney’s Gargoyles is the best female protagonist I’ve ever seen.) and Cree Summer. Favorite black male actors:  Keith David (I like him enough to list him twice), Samuel L. Jackson, Morgan Freeman, Sidney Poitier and when I was younger, Will Smith.  Peter Mensah. Idris Elba. Isaiah Amir Mustafa. And Ariyon Bakare.   Favorite black actress:  (A few deceased ones come to mind, like a certain beloved catwoman with a fantastic pur but I’ll just list the living).   Angela Bassett and Octavia Spencer and Lesley-Ann Brandt (mixed racial background).   Favorite black male singers:  Michael Jackson, Prince, Norm Lewis (again).   Favorite black female singer:  She’s getting up there in age but Tina Turner. And  Anika Noni Rose.     Note: If any non-binary fit any of these categories they would be listed too as both or neither depending on the preference of the person.  I have listed one trans person but didn’t feel the need to point out which one was trans.    

[todayclassical]

September 23 in Music History

1591 Birth of composer Michael Lohr.

1642 Birth of Italian composer Giovanni Maria Bononcini in Montecorone.

1684 Birth of German composer Johann Theodor Roemhildt in Eisenach. 1700 Death of German composer Nicolaus Adam Strungk in Dresden.  1777 FP in Paris of Gluck's opera Armide at the Académie Royale in Paris. 1782 Birth of French composer Jacques Féréol Mazas in Lavaur. 

1817 Birth of composer Leon Charles François Kreutzer.

1842 Birth of composer Karl Munzinger.

1835 Death of Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini in Puteaux.

1836 Death of Spanish mezzo-soprano Maria Malibran-Garcia.

1866 Birth of composer Edouard Combe. 1872 Russian pianist Anton Rubinstein makes his American debut in New York City.

1890 Birth of American composer A. Walter Kramer in NYC. 

1893 Birth of American composer, pianist, organist and conductor Clifford Vaughan in Philadelphia, PA. 

1896 FP of Schubert's "Der vierjährige Posten" singspiel, Dresden. 1899 Birth of Norwegian opera composer Odd Grüner-Hegge. 

1899 Birth of American composer William Levi Dawson, in Anniston, AL 1904 Birth of Romanian soprano Stella Roman. 1907 Birth of Greek bass Nicola Moscona in Athens.  1910 Birth of Russian pianist Sviatoslav Soulima Stravinsky in Lucerne. 

1913 Birth of composer Alexey Davidovich Machavariani.

1913 FP of Charles Wakefield Cadman's Piano Trio in D, at a private home in Denver. 

1914 Birth of American composer Norman Cazden. 

1915 Birth of American flutist Julius Baker, in Cleveland. 1915 Birth of composer Finn Arnestad.

1920 Birth of composer Jiri Jaroch.

1920 Birth of Soviet-Armenian composer Alexander Arutunian in Erevan. 

1923 Birth of Hungarian tenor Sandor Konya in Sarkad.  1928 Birth of Bulgarian tenor Spas Wenkoff in Tírnovo.

1928 Birth of American composer and pianist Robert Helps in Passaic, NJ. 

1930 Birth of bass Robert Hoyem.

1935 Birth of composer Pierre Marietan.

1940 Birth of Egyptian bass Peter Sidhom. 1940 Death of French composer Rhené-Bâton in Le Mans.

1942 Birth of soprano Margarita Kyriaki.

1945 Birth of bass Franz-Josef Kapellmann.

1952 Birth of English baritone William Shimell in Brentwood, Essex. 

1958 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Threni, by the North German Radio Orchestra of Hamburg, who had commissioned the work, conducted by the composer, at San Rocco in Venice. 

1962 FP of Aaron Copland's Connotations for Orchestra, at Philharmonic Hall, now Avery Fisher Hall, during the opening season of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein. This concert was televised by CBS, and also included the Gloria from Beethoven's Missa Solemnis along with the first movement Veni, creator spiritus from Mahler's Symphony No.8.

1964 Birth of Dutch composer Robert Zuidam in Gouda. 1965 FP of David Diamond's Elegies for Flute, English Horn, and Strings, by Murray Panitz, flute, Louis Rosenblatt, English horn, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting. 

1990 FP of James MacMillan's Sowetan Spring for winds, by the winds of the Royal Scottish Orchestra, John Paynter conducting at the Glasgow Hospitality Inn, Glasgow, Scotland. 

2003 FP of Peter Lieberson's Piano Quintet. Pianist Peter Serkin and The Orion String Quartet in Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, NYC. 2006 Death of English composer Sir Malcolm Arnold.

[elkian]

rewatching the batman:

bruce is So Young holy shit. somehow it works, esp with the very wistful (but not overdone) reminders about his parents

bats introduces himself as “I’m The Batman” in a clipped tone, as if they censored a certain word out of the phrase, so now I’m spending the rest of the episode mentally re-inserting that word

AW YISSSS ELLEN YIN

Ellen Yin and Elisa Maza have almost identical styles. idk if this is A Cop Thing or the shows are incidentally cribbing each other, cause I think there was a third female cop/detective in something who usually did the red jacket over black shirt+jeans+tight black shoes deal

some of the faces are... a little wonky. kinda reminds me of Jackie Chan Adventures, and in some places, Fairly Odd Parents

heeeey MoC being set up as the daylight-side protagonist. Also nice that Ethan Bennet isn’t getting all huffy at being suddenly assigned a partner, unlike pretty much every other TV detective

yanno if a crook wanted to ruin Bat’s day and reputation they could like... witness/reveal evidence that he’s a real thing. also would piss Rohas off

If I document everything fun/sassy Alfred says I’ll transcribe half this episode but rest assured that he is an absolute delight

RIP Surfer Dude Voice’d Orderly. Also this Joker intro is truly excellent+sets the stage perfectly

Ethan and Ellen either have Chemistry or Competent Writing happening and I’m on board with either

I like to think the young ladies on Bruce’s arms know some of what he’s up to and are playing along

did I was a shitton of this show (answer:yes) or am I recognizing Bruce+Joker’s voices from somewhere

Alfred’s hair+stache were gray in a previous scene and are black/dark now, so I’m thinking part of his relaxing night in involved a touch-up

why is bruce almost being flattened by his own batmobile so funny

hhhhho shit the clawed gloves.... i forget about those.... 

the batmobile animation may have been a big factor in my love for this?

joker’s expression’s do not mesh with his tone... not in a creepy way so much in a ‘bad art direction’ way

okay this is super minor but when ethan+ellen step over the police tape it bounces back, like, bouncily. nice detail.

ethan already knows ellen is a triathlete, also dives in right after her. i love this???

i love the hints about joker’s past. i don’t think they ever flesh it out, but it’s kind of better that way? joker existed before and apart from batman and they’re just now colliding

i was wondering why bruce stopped the jack in the box and then remembered, aside from property damage, that there’s still people in arkham. GOOD ATTENTION TO DETAIL.

WHAT ARE YOU GRAPPLING ON, BRUCE

“chap could use a dentist” “or a medic“

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(he also does a little eye roll as he pushes up the sleeve and says “right then” that’s hard to capture (holy shit this 2-second scene conveys so much??? this show is a fucking treasure))

there’s no way to really convey it but Alfred does a Tone to get Bruce’s attention while he’s thinking on case details and when Bruce says who is it Alfred says “The Police” as ominously as humanly possible

alfred accidentally destroys a priceless vase and when bruce+co look over he just says “only a Ming” as lighlty as possible i love this man

there’s a great Harvey Dent parallel happening with Ethan+Bruce’s friendship but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t go down that route? also their relationship is really believable and refreshing

i bet ethan is sick of bruce asking if he’s under arrest every time he comes over

they do some really good stuff with the shadow of bats’ cape in jumps, projecting where he’s going to land while lending some gravity to it. it’s extremely hard to convey short of giffing it

the batsuit definitely has some fake muscle definition happening. like. bruce is built but he’s not that toned

actually that’s. a really good idea. it would make batman and bruce’s silhouettes that much more different, not so much someone would necessarily think about it but enough

i’m probs overthinking that one

i love how ethan+ellen have enough Superhero Town(TM) Experience that they don’t even have to finish a thought out loud they just bolt for the car

this is the second off-color dad joke joker’s made. i’m gonna keep a mental tally on that one, clown boy.

did ellen memorize a map or something

bruce can. can you quit it with the batarangs that punch through E V E R Y T H I N G  you’re gonna hurt somebody

the monochrome skies are a little odd, but i think they’re an homage to BTAS’ style (fun fact: BTAS backgrounds were drawn/painted onto black paper, even the day scenes. that’s why the series seemed dark all the time - it literally, visually was so.)

some fun attention to detail(TM) continued:

pre-Joker Gas: blue eyes

post-Joker Gas: Red-ish eyes

Want to watch? KISSCARTOON (well, KimCartoon) LINK

Also some fun stuff I discovered in cast+crew:

Rino Romano as Bruce Wayne, Alastair Duncan as Alfred, Kevin Michael Richardson as The Joker, Ming-Na Wen as Detective Ellen Yin!?

Adam freakin’ West has a cameo in half a dozen episodes as the mayor!

I can’t figure out where I know Rino Romano from (interestingly, he did a bit part on JCA - in fact, the vast majority of his roles appear to be bit parts, so it’s interesting that he was chosen to play the main character, and he does it well)

wait, hold up, he did a character in Men In Black The Animated series anD ALSO WAS THE ENGLISH VOICE OF TUXEDO MASK WHAT

(also peter parker in the late 90s-early 200s tv show and, of all things, darth revan voice option in kotor 1)

oh my god Kevin Michael Richardson was Captain Gantu in the Lilo and Stitch TV series what??? he sounds nothing like that as Joker what kinda range???

he’s sheriff blubbs in GF what

i went waaaaay down the list because holy mother of voice credits, batman! and you know what? i finally figured out why his Joker voice sounds familiar.

Skulker. From Danny Phantom. That’s why.

[theconservativebrief]

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The Justice Department’s inspector general releases his hotly anticipated report; Saudi coalitions fight for control in Yemen.

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Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz has released a hotly anticipated report, in which he found that there was little political bias in the way former FBI Director James Comey handled the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails during the 2016 presidential election. [Reuters / Sarah N. Lynch and Mark Hosenball]

The IG report did find that Comey “deviated” from governmental procedures when he informed Congress — and the nation — that he was reopening the investigation into Clinton’s emails just 11 days before the election. This harmed the FBI’s perception of being fair and impartial, according to the report. [Bloomberg / Chris Strohm]

Comey responded in a tweet today, saying he stands by the decision he made in 2016, and adding he believes it was made in the face of “unprecedented” circumstances. [The Hill / Jacqueline Thomsen]

The report also addresses the controversial texts between two FBI officials, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, that said “we’ll stop” Trump from becoming president. The inspector general acknowledged that despite political bias and inappropriate behavior on the part of the FBI agents, the texts did not have a direct impact on any department investigation. [Daily Beast / Betsy Woodruff]

There’s certainly the possibility that President Trump will attempt to “exploit” the report in order to undermine the FBI, the Justice Department, and Mueller’s work in the Russia investigation. But really, it’s a case of apples to oranges, because the IG report investigated Comey’s conduct that ended up harming Clinton, not Trump. [Vox / Andrew Prokop]

The report “found no evidence” that the Justice Department wrongly let Clinton off the hook. Nevertheless, Trump could also try to use the report as ammunition against his political enemies (he’s already tweeted about it). [NYT / Matt Apuzzo, Nicholas Fandos, and Charlie Savage]

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Yemen began an assault against Iran-backed Houthi rebels to retake the port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday. It’s being led by a Saudi Arabian coalition, and Yemen anticipates the battle could be completed within a week. [AP / Jon Gambrell]

The port is essential in combating Yemen’s dire famine. The Saudis would theoretically open the port if they prevail, giving 20 million Yemenis their only access to food and humanitarian aid in the rebel-controlled territory. [The Hill / Simon Henderson]

Yemen has been torn apart by a bitter civil war that began in 2014 and escalated in 2015. So far, 10,000 civilians have been killed in the fighting. More than 8 million civilians are on “the brink of starvation,” and another 22 million have been deprived necessary humanitarian aid. [BBC]

The United Nations fears this latest attack on the port city could kill up to 250,000 civilians. [Guardian / Patrick Wintour]

The US has a vested interest in seeing Iran’s scope of influence in the Middle East wane. However, the US military has “restricted its support” of the coalition due to concerns of civilian casualties. [WSJ / Asa Fitch]

Steve Bannon is vying for a comeback via bitcoin. Bitcoin, on the other hand, is not vying for a comeback via Bannon. [The Verge / Shannon Liao]

With New York’s best and brightest in the room, Ivana Trump spent her Tuesday night boozing and schmoozing at the Plaza Hotel in an effort to promote her latest sponsorship, “the Italiano Diet.” [The Atlantic / Elaina Plott]

A girl in Minnesota got her head in a truck’s exhaust pipe and had to be rescued by firefighters (she’s fine!). The video someone took of the incident (because of course) now has more than 1.3 million views. [Vice / Drew Schwartz]

San Fransisco has elected its first black female mayor, London Breed. The election comes amid a wave of black women coming into power in 2018. [HuffPost / Sara Boboltz]

“White Americans, who ‘seem lost,’ are searching for something important: how to see ourselves without turning awful in the process.” [Emily Bazelon in “White People Are Noticing Something New: Their Own Whiteness” / New York Times Magazine]

Dungeons & Dragons, explained: why we love this nerdy role-playing fantasy game. [YouTube / Carlos Maza and Gina Barton]

Mitch McConnell just became the longest-serving Republican leader in history, even though his party hates him

Argentina’s historic vote to decriminalize abortion, explained

The “Millie Bobby Brown is homophobic” meme is absurd, but that doesn’t mean it’s harmless

Offshore wind finally gets blowing in the US

The first woman president of the NYSE would really rather not talk about her gender

Original Source -> Vox Sentences: Battles in eastern Yemen endanger 250,000 civilians

via The Conservative Brief

[pslmx]

PREMIACION CAMPEONATO NACIONAL DE MOTOCICLISMO 2017

El pasado martes 12 de Diciembre se llevo a cabo en el Auditórium Profesor Manuel María Ávila Ayala del Palacio de los Deportes, la premiación del Campeonato Nacional de Motociclismo 2017, por la Federación Nacional de Motociclismo.

El evento inicio a las 7 pm con la premiación de los Campeones Nacionales de Moto trial, para luego continuar con los Campeones Nacionales de Motocross, Moto enduro y finalizar el evento con los Campeones Nacionales de Motovelocidad.

Así también se conto con la entrega de reconocimiento FIM LA a los Campeones Copa Minicross 2017.

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Vista por fin American Gods, la serie basada en el famoso libro de Neil Gaiman, puedo decir que es una de las producciones catodicas mas interesantes y satisfactorias que me he echado a la cara en los últimos años.

Amparados por el canal Starz, quien en los últimos años esta dándonos muy interesantes ficciones, y desarrollada para TV por el propio Gaiman, Brian Fuller y Michael Green, cuenta la historia de Sombra Moon, quien tras salir de la cárcel y habiendo perdido a su esposa en un accidente, decide comenzar a trabajar para un enigmático personaje llamado Sr. Miércoles, con quien recorre el país no solo físicamente, si no también mitologicamente. Una temática muy Gaiman, quien en el libro original retoma la querencia por los seres m��gicos, ya desarrollada en su obra mas famosa, y en esta ocasión genialmente trasladada a la pequeña pantalla.

SPOILERS AHEAD

Pequeña pantalla… que gran error llamarla así, como queriendo hacer de menos a nuestros ya enormes televisores. En los últimos tiempos puedo decir sin temor a equivocarme que mi amor por el cine se ha visto trasladado a esta mal llamada pequeña pantalla, que es cada vez mas grande en historias. Y American Gods juega en la liga de las mejores manteniendo la esencia del libro original, ampliándolo y llevándolo a un terreno visual espectacular. Y es que solo viendo los tres primeros episodios dirigidos por el británico David Slade, uno disfruta con su barroquismo y exceso, con sus colores saturados y planos imposibles, en los que el CGI ayuda a contar en lugar de entorpecer y en cuyas imágenes uno se pierde como en sueños, dejándose llevar sin remisión a un destino incierto, con lentitud pero con paso firme.

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Porque el guion se toma su tiempo en desarrollar la historia, incluso se permite el lujo de no aclarar ni contar nada acerca de lo que estamos viendo, siendo para el espectador mas ansioso que no ha leído el libro un autentico tormento. Solo sabemos que Sombra comienza a trabajar para el Sr. Miércoles tras la muerte de su esposa, y que este le lleva a un alucinante viaje a través de carreteras secundarias de Estados Unidos con el único fin de ir reclutando apoyos para su causa, la cual se nos oculta desde el principio. Y uno se va oliendo que es lo que pasa, pero la serie es inteligente no contándonos todo desde el principio. De hecho, esta primera temporada basa su desarrollo en llegar a un clímax en donde se nos confirma lo que sospechábamos: Son Dioses y se van a dar de ostias.

La trama central de la serie se ve aderezada por pequeñas historias, tituladas “Somewhere in America” que nos narran vivencias y cuentos en los que la pieza central es alguno de los Dioses, en principio sin conexión entre ellas (aunque iremos viendo que no es así…) y que salpican los episodios sin una cadencia aparente, pero que ofrecen un refrescante respiro a las correrías de Sombra y Miércoles.

La trama en esta adaptación da mas peso a la historia de Laura Moon, la esposa muerta, regalándonos muchos de los momentos mas cómicos de la serie, y haciéndonos empatizar con un personaje que en un principio es prescindible e incluso aburrido y frío, pero de cuyo camino queremos saber mas, sobre todo desde que se alía con ese genial personaje que es Mad Swenney, nuestro Leprechaun favorito.

Y no puedo dejar de mencionar las geniales interpretaciones de todos y cada uno de los actores que ponen rostro a las deidades que se pasean por la pantalla. Obviando la estrella de la funcion, Ian McShane, tenemos a la maravillosa Gillian Anderson como Media, y Orlando Jones como Mr. Nancy. Los terroríficos Yetide Badaqui como Bilquis (su presentación, fagocitando sexualmente a su cita es uno de mis momentos favoritos delante de la TV de los últimos años) y Peter Stormore como Czernobog, el dios ejecutor de la maza ensangrentada, con quien sombra tiene la partida de Damas mas tensa de la historia. Todos los personajes tienen su momento de gloria, y, creedme, son momentazos. Podría nombrarlos a todos.

En fin, perderos en sus imágenes, comenzando en sus maravillosos y preciosos créditos, dejaros llevar por las leyendas de las deidades que presenta, y sufrid y reid con las correrías de los protagonistas, vivos y muertos. Disfrutad con la amalgama de referencias pop, religiosas y paganas (el momento Jesucristo es impagable).  Maravillaros con la orgía visual que supone y no os hagáis preguntas mientras la veis, solo seguid hasta el final, porque al final las respuestas llegan, y el camino merece la pena, y mucho.

American Gods: de Dioses y Muertos… Vista por fin American Gods, la serie basada en el famoso libro de Neil Gaiman…