#mod eton

[mcyt-nonpovs]

2024's Prompt List

Trope Subversion

Fluff/Angst (fandom genres)

Aimonomia*

Betrayal/Promise

When The Cameras Turn Off

Kites/Lanterns

Alternate Universe

Friend/Enemy

A Day In The Life

Life/Death

Canon Universe

Old/New

Missing Scene

Celebration/Remembrance

*roughly means the "fear that learning the name of something will somehow ruin it"

(As a brief reminder Mcyt Non-POV is a 14 day Prompt event held September 22 to October 5! When posting your works, we ask that you use the tag #mcytnonpov24 so we can reblog them!)

[spilladabalia]

The Jam - Eton Rifles

[anomalocariscanadensis]

POST-PUNK!!🎶

okay this took me quite a while to get around to it but here we are. my first association with post-punk is that it's my dad's favorite genre so it's been a major ambient presence in my life without having to seek it out directly. the albums I picked were:

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures. I'm more familiar with this as the classic t-shirt than as a classic album (my mom really objects to the band name; I know more New Order than Joy Division). This is a really good album, I see why so many people have been influenced by it - the guitar tone and vocal delivery are quite striking. Favorite track was Day of the Lords. But it hasn't stuck with me quite as much as:

The Cure - Pornography. This one I also wasn't super familiar with but it had me hooked from the incredible opening riff. The sound of it is mostly ethereal in a way that perfectly sets off Smith's despairing vocals. The noisy title/closing track is an exception that elevates the whole.

The Fall - The Unutterable. My dad's favorite band, bar none, so I've heard them a lot. I actually started with Hex Enduction Hour since everyone talks it but quit about thirty seconds in and decided to find the album with my favorite Fall song on it - Cyber Insekt. The Unutterable came out in the year 2000 and incorporates more electronic influences. Listening to it as a whole album of my own volition, I finally understand why the Fall were so good. It's crazy some of the sounds it's possible to make and Mark E. Smith's delivery really is great. My new favorite track is W.B., which never stood out to me before, but it's got a really cool vibe and it's hard to beat MES intoning: "Ah, look up: the fire, the fire is falling." Cyber Insekt and Das Katerer both hold up to my childhood love as well.

IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistance. Wanted a couple newer ones. Musically this feels like a mix of post-punk with Oi! which is a fun energy, though it didn't always work for me. The lyrics are really on the nose, which can be good and bad - there's some great lines (A HEATHEN FROM ETON ON A BAG OF MICHAEL KEATON) but also plenty of stinkers. Favorite track: Colossus, followed by Never Fight a Man with a Perm.

Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit. They seem cool enough but it's wild to me that they're supposedly not really influenced by the Fall given how similar they sound (tinged with rap, sure, but they're closer to MES than Nas). I might come back to this at some point.

thanks for the ask! sorry it took so long to get around to it but I had a good time listening. listening to all of these opened my eyes to how much post-punk has been formative to my sense of music taste and I'll definitely continue checking it out.

[libertineangel]

The last time I saw Bruce Foxton was for the anniversary of Sound Affects and they didn't do But I'm Different Now or Scrape Away, so it was a very pleasant surprise that this All Mod Cons anniversary tour saw them open with the entire album, even Fly which I really didn't expect them to play. They sound bloody great as ever, a little slower than last time round but they're all getting older so that's understandable, they make up for it in sound quality and sheer bloody volume - my ears are still ringing two hours later, and I wore my earplugs for the whole set, at least until the break in Eton Rifles when a drunken arm knocked one of them out.

Also surprisingly they played one of their new original numbers, a decent enough track called Luna that frankly sounds like Paul Weller, and I must be out of the loop 'cause I didn't even know they'd put new material out. Did a full band loud electric punk rendition of That's Entertainment too, which I know sounds like a questionable choice considering the soft melancholy atmosphere is such a key part of the original but in a moshpit that's already riled up it honestly worked damn well, the song itself is such a masterpiece that it more than managed the change in energy, turning from a heartwrenching lament to a blistering rallying cry.

It's been a long time since that summer when I listened to no other band for months on end, my musical taste is so much vaster and deeper than when I was 18, but those songs still hit me like no other because they set me on this whole path, they're such a formative part of who I am now, and I've seen many fantastic sets from iconic bands but there's still something deeply special to me about seeing that music played live in front of me by the genius bassist who made them.

[tseecka]

Aggie says "I love you" a lot but he never means it (and never acts like he means it--he's not leading people on, he just punctuates his sentences with the word the way some people use "like").

His handwriting resembles that of a teenage girl in the nineties complete with hearts over his lowercase I's.

At the time that our Chronicle is set, we're in the late 90s, so I think his fashion is a mixture of a few things--a little bit ofteh 1960s mod that came back into style around the time, and a little bit of the turtleneck + blazer combo that everyone was wearing around the time. He plays with gender a little bit--he'll wear a skirt now and again, or a cropped shirt--but in general his fashion choices are quite timeless.

Aside from Phillip his touchstone is the opera, he goes to bat time and again, donates time and money whenever needed. Participates in fundraisers, allows himself to be raffled off now and again, never hunts at the opera Negaunee it means too much to him.

He'll go to the raves to hunt but he doesn't tend to go for that scene. He's still a proper Eton boy in many ways. He likes his sensual hedonism with class, thank you very much.

[hergan416]

Ok I need to get my Louis propaganda written before I leave for this business trip because he is best boy and fucking. Look, the mod has watched yuumori now for us??? Because Louis is best boy?? And is now going to read the manga (which gives us more Louis)??

What better propaganda can there be??

Vote Louis because he

Survived heart surgery in Victorian England. You know when pain killers were injected fucking cocaine or maybe nothing? As a child, might I add. And it's possible that the people paying for his treatment would have preferred he didn't live.

Knows how to stick to a bit. He and his brothers set a house fire that kills Albert's biological family of gross, hypocritical, status-oriented nobles who abuse Louis and William, on Albert's request. To make this more of a perfect crime, while still recovering from surgery, Louis burns himself on the goddamn face to make their survival seem more believable/less suspicious.

Went to Eton, was a King's Scholar Yes, William and Albert did this too but both of them were presumed to be nobles. Louis was an orphan and retained his identity as an orphan. His brothers certainly would have helped negotiate on his behalf, but he had to have proved his intelligence enough that their guardians decided it was worth sending him off to not only school, but an illustrious private prep school usually saved for nobility.

Well-organized, dedicated, tidy. Can manage not one but TWO households nearly on his own and with some staff who actively make his job harder, keep them clean, cook delicious dinner, drive a goddamn carriage while Albert hosts a party specifically to murder someone and take back the Robspierre papers, and can make delicious tea.

A menace with ANY knife/blade. He'd find a way to kill you with a butter knife if that was the only tool at his disposal (especially if your name is Sherlock Holmes and you are being too familiar with his brother). Is also skilled with Liam's cane sword, his own large blades, etcetc.

Mentally goddamn stable. Is a Moriarty with a drive to live. Enough said.

Literally is M for MI6 for three whole years (so far). Like, you can see his qualifications. Combat proficient, organied, intelligent. He doesn't run towards death at the end of the Final Problem, or imprisonment. Instead he simply becomes endorsed for state-sanctioned violence. He has a good working relationship with Mycroft Holmes. What more do you need?

How much more swag can FIT in a character?

Louis James Moriarty is a certifiable badass who builds a persona of a demure servant utterly incapable of ANY of it, mildly serving a criminal mastermind while being perfectly capable of being the mastermind himself. He is literally so bamf that the swag charts cannot hold him.

So please, vote Louis. Because he really truly deserves it.

Glasses Swag Tournament Round 2

Gregor (Limbus Company) vs Louis James Moriarty (Moriarty the Patriot)

Mod comments:

Matchup between the two guys I’ve become attached to through this tournament.

I still don’t know a lot about Gregor but he intrigues me.

I went and watched all of Moriarty the Patriot and am starting the manga. It is very good. Intelligent men are hot and the ending made me cry. Thanks guys. I like Louis a lot, although I wish we saw more of him because he doesn’t do much (at least in the anime). His love for William is really sweet though.

[ch2-chr]

Sleaford Mods // Eton Alive / 2019 / EE001

[dustedmagazine]

Sleaford Mods — Eton Alive (Extreme Eating)

Photo by Roger Sargent

“Siddown.  Just shut up. I’ll talk. No, you just siddown. I’ll talk.”  

The commands that begin “Policy Cream”, the third track on Sleaford Mods’ new album Eton Alive, feel like a more general aesthetic statement of purpose. For the uninitiated: vocalist Jason Williamson unleashes a torrent of verbiage that ranges from pissed-but-deliberate to wild-eyed. Beats by Andrew Fearn toe the line between brutally minimal and studiedly half-assed. As Dusted’s Jennifer Kelly wrote of 2017’s English Tapas, the bare-bones approach is shockingly effective at “turning bleak narratives into bristling, belligerent celebrations” that, per Williamson’s opening salvo on “Policy Cream”, demand our attention.

On Eton Alive, Sleaford Mods continue to animate this skeleton in creative ways. Lead single “Flipside” pummels like a less snide, more anxious McClusky. The BPM and production on “Kebab Spider” suggest Gang of Four absorbing LL Cool J rather than 1970s funk and dub. “Negative Script” could be a morose ZE Records cut. “Big Burt” grooves like Suicide, with an out-of-nowhere flute sample recalling the perky riff from “Fast Money Music.”  

Listeners craving the vitriol of English Tapas or 2018’s EPs may be disappointed. But dialing things back — slightly — casts Eton Alive’s most outraged moments in sharper relief, while leaving room for fear and desperation elsewhere. “Top it Up” is a squirm-inducingly taut meditation on drugs and death. The affecting character sketch “Big Burt” builds to an infuriated shout-chant, an album high point. Eton Alive drags on tracks where Williamson’s singing predominates, as the constraints on his vocals leave too much space. Even so, modulations in tension are keeping Sleaford Mods’ sound fresh. 

Topically, the album leans more toward music biz rants, while the political skewering that’s often garnered Sleaford Mods attention is less prominent. This is surely influenced by their split with label Rough Trade, but it’s noteworthy given the album’s release date less than a month before Brexit. Maybe they’re sick of talking about it. Maybe also, as the big day approaches, savagely ironic embodiments of the ugliness feel a bit like tossing fuel on the dumpster fire.  

Eaten alive. Sleaford Mods know that the system feeds on ressentiment, shitting ill-conceived geopolitical pullouts in some cases, calculatedly violent immigration policies in others. But they also know that if you’re not pissed off you’re not paying attention, or morally dead, or both. There’s no risk-free way to be. Razorwire-sharp and reflexive, Eton Alive sees Sleaford Mods knowingly take the existential dare once more, and mostly win.  

Peter Taber

[mcyt-nonpovs]

Event Announcement

Mcyt Non-POV is going to be a two-week prompt event w/ prompt submissions (and possibly voting)!! As a reminder this is a sfw event focusing on "non-pov" characters like npcs, side characters, pets, ext.

The Prompt Fortnight will be on September 22 to October 5!! I'm planning on all the prep work being spread around August and late July, but the exact dates for that are still in planning so that's subject to change.

Once dates are figured out, I'll be asking for 1-3 extra Mods, who will be mainly to help queue things as we each are individually available during the event, and also if they want to help sort out + plan the prompts beforehand :)

[milgram-paris]

Release Party - SLEAFORD MODS - Arte Concert

Diffuseur : Arte Concert l Réalisation : Christian Beuchet l Présentateur : Mexianu Medenou l Son : Romain Grenier

[psychodollyuniverse]

Sleaford Mods-Eton Alive

[nonecosiimportante]

Sleaford Mods - Big Burt

[senorboombastic]

Live Review: Sleaford Mods at Manchester Academy 17 November 2021

Live Review: Sleaford Mods at Manchester Academy 17 November 2021

Words: Andy Hughes There were points during the past 15+ months where it seemed like live shows would not be making a return. Multiple lockdowns, a music industry pushed to breaking point and potential chaos for overseas band’s touring the UK signalled a bumpy road ahead. But as quick as people got sick of Zoom video chats, sure enough, things have returned to some semblance of how they were…

[wardancefm]

Track of the Day; 2/8/17

The Eton Rifles - The Jam, 1979

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy3RtGRxQGE

[agreyeyedgirl]

Wimsey, Peter Death Bredon, D.S.O.: Born 1890, 2nd son of Mortimer Gerald Bredon Wimsey, 15th Duke of Denver, and of Honoria Lucasta, daughter of Francis Delagardie of Bellingham Manor, Hants.

Educated: Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford (1st class honours, Sch. of Mod. Hist., 1912); served with H.M. Forces 1914/18 (Major, Rifle Brigade). Author of: "Notes on the Collecting of Incunabula", "The Murderer's Vade-Mecum", etc. Recreations: Criminology; bibliophily; music; cricket Clubs: Marlborough; Egotists' Residences: 110A Piccadilly, W.; Bredon Hall, Duke's Denver, Norfolk. Arms: Sable, 3 mice courant, argent; crest, a domestic cat crouched as to spring, proper; mottos: As my Whimsy takes me

[recordblurbs]

“Setting Sons” (1979)