#monks barton

[lil-doodles]

Well, for those who are curious, here is the project I was working on for my wife. She has a collection of perfume bottles that she wants to display and she wanted art to accompany them. I took her pop culture interests and made them into faux scent products. Boa Noite is from Love Actually, Grantham is from Downton Abbey, Monks Barton is from Midsomer Murders, Black Ash is the type of tobacco that Sherlock Holmes smoked, and Pemberley is from Pride and Prejudice.

[churippu]

Another trending song on TikTok & a good reason to do a little overview of Tony’s career.

[garadinervi]

F58. writers forum, Edited by Bob Cobbing, Writers Forum, London, 1992 [room 3o2 books, Ottawa]

Contributors: Bruce Andrews, Hugo Ball, David Barton, Herbert Burke, John Cage, Paula Claire, Bob Cobbing, jwcurry, Johan De Wit, Patricia Farrell, Peter Finch, Virginia Firnberg, Bill Griffiths, Giorgio Guglielmino, Alan Halsey, Stanislaw Hansel, Steve McCaffery, Franz Mon, Geraldine Monk, Maggie O'Sullivan, Jennifer Pike, Murray Stewart Radin, John Rowan, Peri Rowan, David Rushmer, Stan Trevor

[droughtofapathy]

The Gilded Age's Broadway Divas MASTERPOST

Welcome to my passion project. It has come to my attention that some viewers of HBO's The Gilded Age are unfamiliar with the extensive theatre credits, alcoates, and vocal talents many of the actors possess. As the resident Broadway Diva expert, it is my responsibility to fix that.

Pictured: 20 Tony Awards and 52 nominations. Audra McDonald...well, she kind of inflates the numbers a little. Edit: Justice for Tony winner Debra Monk. She's main cast.

Introducing my new series of blog posts where I will be highlighting two theatre veterans per day in the lead-up to our much-anticipated season two finale episode.

This series will heavily focus on a select few musical performances that are widely available for viewing, in addition to a brief career rundown. I will be limiting myself to no more than five videos per Diva, otherwise we'd be here for a lifetime. These performances will include popular songs and hidden gems alike, all curated to specifically show off the actress's considerable range in the theatre, especially juxtaposed against their roles in the show.

With respect to Michael Cerveris, Nathan Lane, and the other theatre gentlemen, I will be focusing this series on the women because I am a lesbian and this show is about the women, dammit. But fear not, they will most certainly be making appearances throughout because everyone has worked with everyone on stage.

The Divas:

Christine Baranski (Agnes van Rhijn) Donna Murphy (Caroline "Lina" Astor) Kelli O'Hara (Aurora Fane) Katie Finneran (Anne Morris) Debra Monk (Armstrong) Celia Keenan-Bolger (Mrs. Bruce) Laura Benanti (Susan Blane) Linda Emond (Clara Barton) Amber Gray (Bea) Denee Benton (Peggy Scott) Audra McDonald (Dorothy Scott) Jeanne Tripplehorn (Sylvia Chamberlain) Bonus: Duets, Trios, and Other Crossovers

[toomanyfandomstocountlol]

Marvel DND part 1

Soooo… avengers win (obviously) so yeah.

Tony Stark/Iron Man: I mean. Come on. It’s artificer, obviously.

Steve Rogers/Captain America: I mean, I could definitely see paladin. But fighter fits like how he attacks more? I’m not sure how to say it. I guess I’ll go with fighter

Bruce Banner/The Incredible Hulk: obviously barbarian while raging (hah) but him as Bruce is just… artificer I guess. I don’t know. And then there’s ’Smart Hulk’ so idk. He also might have some levels in monk? I mean, he very rarely uses a non-improvised weapon

Clint Barton/Hawkeye; ranger, duh doy

Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff: rouge with a couple levels in fighter

Thor Odinson: paladin, obviously. Hansel’s how he has lightning crap quite nicely

Wanda Naxamoff/Scarlet Witch: sorcerer

Vision: warlock with the mind stone being his patron

Scott Lang/Ant-Man: not sure if he counts as an avenger, but whatever. Rouge with some (stolen) artificer armor.

War Machine/James Rhodes: I mean m.. fighter? I guess? I’m not sure what would really fit…

Sam Wilson/Captain America: fairly simple, fighter. I can’t remember if he makes his wings or not, so depending on that, held have some levels in artificer

Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soilder: same as cap, fighter

King T’challa/Black Panther: again, not sure if he counts, but whatever. Monk, I think

I feel like I’m forgetting someone…Captain Marvel +Dr.Strange are labeled under non-avengers hero’s, as well as The Guardians. Peter’s a kid (I mean, not technically, but I’m lumping him in with them. Comment if you have any alternative classes, someone you think I forgot, or a fandom request for something like this

[fideidefenswhore]

The edifice constructed around Elizabeth Barton now began to fall apart, as people flocked to dissociate themselves from her. The monks of Bocking's own monastery, as a whole body, felt it politic to write to the King seeking his forgiveness for the actions of their 'miserable brother.' After speaking with Cranmer, they also offered money-- £200 or £300-- to Henry [VIII], which they hoped might help him see his way to forgiving them. On 25 November 1533, the Marchioness of Exeter also wrote an abject letter to the King, entirely condemning the 'most unworthy, subtle, and deceivable' Barton. By 16 November 1533 it was reported that Barton had 'confessed herself not only a traitoress but also an heretic.' She had 'mocked all of Kent' with her 'marvellous hypocrisy'.

The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women (Norton, Elizabeth)

[leanstooneside]

London (CROSSBONES)

- Joe Manganiello's grippy neck

- Jon Gosselin's grippy neck

- Robin Roberts's grippy neck

- Pink's grippy neck

- George Lopez's grippy neck

- Holly Montag's grippy neck

- Gabourey Sidibe's grippy neck

- Jada Pinkett Smith's grippy neck

- Zachary Levi's grippy neck

- Heidi Klum's grippy neck

- Aaron Carter's grippy neck

- Denis Leary's grippy neck

- Jenna Ushkowitz's grippy neck

- Skrillex's grippy neck

- Dane Cook's grippy neck

- Tim McGraw's grippy neck

- Josh Lucas's grippy neck

- Aubrey O'Day's grippy neck

- Tony Parker's grippy neck

- Howard Stern's grippy neck

- Balthazar Getty's grippy neck

- Donald Faison's grippy neck

- Jennifer Lopez's grippy neck

- Matthew Morrison's grippy neck

- Leonardo DiCaprio's grippy neck

- Lauren Graham's grippy neck

- Andrew Firestone's grippy neck

- Eric Dane's grippy neck

- Taylor Swift's grippy neck

- Paul Wesley's grippy neck

- Chad Ochocinco's grippy neck

- Nicolas Cage's grippy neck

- Matt Bomer's grippy neck

- Roberto Martinez's grippy neck

- Jessica Alba's grippy neck

- Carey Mulligan's grippy neck

- Shay Mitchell's grippy neck

- Brian Austin Green's grippy neck

- Elizabeth Banks's grippy neck

- Nicole Kidman's grippy neck

- Jesse Williams's grippy neck

- Ellie Goulding's grippy neck

- Sophie Monk's grippy neck

- Ethan Hawke's grippy neck

- Mischa Barton's grippy neck

- James Rodriguez's grippy neck

- Angie Harmon's grippy neck

- Rupert Grint's grippy neck

- Princess Diana's grippy neck

- Rob Lowe's grippy neck

[thebibliomancer]

I don’t think this is historically accurate to either medieval spies (which were apparently mostly monks and priests) or archers.

You’re an idiot, Clint Barton

[dentedhalostories-blog]

Advent 2023 - Day 2

During my junior year in college, I spent spring break in Washington, D.C.

One night, I went out with a group of people to provide soup, sandwiches and hot chocolate to homeless folks around the capital.

We rode around in an old bakery truck, stopped in designated spots and set up two stations, one for the food and one for the drink.

At one of the stops, I worked the hot drink station.

There was a long line of people in front of me.

The night was bitterly, unbearably cold and the wind off the Potomac River cut through my coveralls and chilled me to my bones.

My eyes glazed over from the crowd and the cold, and though I said, “God bless you,” and, “Go in peace,” with every cup of hot chocolate I gave to every person who held out hands to me I stopped seeing the tired, sad eyes and grizzled faces of the people in front of me and started thinking about the gentle warmth of the heater in the truck and in my room back home.

I felt a tug on my arm.

I looked down and the face of a little girl came into focus.

She was so slight and thin I would have missed her, would not have seen her, were it not for the tugging.

She put her little hand into my hand.

In that moment our hands formed a small, open space between us.

“Excuse me,” she whispered, so softly I could barely hear her, would not have heard her, were it not for careful listening.

“Could you give some hot chocolate for my mom?”

Her mom was sick at home, she told me.

This small one did a big thing and came out into the cold and braved the crowds to find something for her mom to eat and drink.

I made a little package of food and drink, put it in her hands, and sent her on her way.

“You’re a kind, wonderful person,” I whispered to her, “And your mom is lucky to have you.”

She walked away into the mass of people and disappeared.

I would never have seen her, would never have heard her, would never have been moved by her kindness, had she not reached out for my hand, had she not created the small, open space between us.

Here is a poem.

I wrote it in Fibonacci form, and I write most of my poems in the rhythm of the Fibonacci sequence.

I love the shape of the graphed numbers of the Fibonacci sequence (1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21...), a swirl you can find in a conch shell by the sea, a pine cone in the woods, a sunflower, a Thelonius Monk song, and many other places in nature and art.

A swirl you can find in the heart and life of that little girl on that cold night in Washington D.C.

I hope we can find and nurture the small space between us.

Small Space

We

stood

closely,

side by side.

She reached out for me

and took my hand inside of hers.

Our fingers intertwined and our palms made a small space.

This space was warm in the midst of the deep snow that covered the frozen ground of Point Hope,

was warm against the icy wind that blew off the rocking waters of the Chukchi Sea.

“Life is in these small spaces between us,” she whispered.

We stood quietly hand in hand

with the small space, and

then we smiled

holding

small

space.

- Trevor Scott Barton, Advent Notebook, 2023

[thatgeekwiththeclipons]

Happy 66th Birthday to Emmy Winning, Golden Globe Nominated character actor extraordinaire John Turturro! ^__^

[lesbian-deadpool]

Clint: I never vote. It only encourages them.

[incorrectgundamwingquotes]

Trowa, looking at his wedding photos: I remember, during the service, Quatre was crying so hard he couldn't even say the words "I do". Have you ever seen anybody cry so much?

Heero: That was you, Trowa. And no, I have not.

[itsagentromanoff]

Clint: Hey, Stark!

[Clint shuffles uncomfortably for a moment]

Clint: I’m sorry.

Tony: You don’t have to say that.

Clint: Yes, I do. Cap is making me.

[droughtofapathy]

The Gilded Age's Broadway Divas: Clara Barton (Linda Emond)

Based on the real-life historical figure, Clara Barton spends half of season one drumming up money to get her field hospital operational. Presumably she is off doing important work during season two while all the ladies piddle, twiddle, and resolve about the opera.

I will be honest. I know Linda Emond primarily for her straight play work, so I was wholly unfamiliar with her singing until making this series. And now that I'm listening to it, I'm a little in love. As is often the case for me. But I digress.

Linda Emond is a three-time Tony nominee for her work in Death of a Salesman (Linda Loman), Cabaret (Fraulein Schneider), and Life (x) 3 (Inez). The 2014 Cabaret revival did not receive a cast album (probably owing to Alan Cumming reprising his role) so there is no recording of Linda singing "So What?" and I'm furious about it.

#1: "Yours, Yours, Yours," & "Compliments," 1776 (1997)

Linda Emond made her Broadway debut as Abigail Adams in the 1997 revival of 1776. As one of two female characters in the show, Abigail appears sporadically, writing letters to her husband and generally being an encouraging wife to this founding father. Eventually, Linda was replaced by Carolee Carmello (who, according to a Facebook comment, couldn't even get an audition for Gilded Age, and that's a crime unto itself).

Another Gilded Age actress who has placed Abigail Adams, though not in 1776, is Donna Murphy, who voiced this character on the Liberty Kids show we all know and love.

#2: "He Always Comes Homes to Me," John Kander – Hidden Treasures, 1950-2015 (2015)

I need you to understand what a deep cut this is. The Kander Hidden Treasures album features nearly fifty tracks, most consisting of demos with Kander himself laying down the songs. It is a marvel of a CD set for those of us who love the theatre, and includes a 64-page booklet with detailed notes about each song. In it, a select few songs have been newly recorded. Linda Emond appears on one from a show called All About Us.

And now I need to go on a tangent about this show. A musical based on Thorton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, it held its first workshop in 1996 with Debra Monk (hello, Miss Armstrong) and Bernadette Peters in the cast, and later moved to staging in 1999 with Linda Emond, and Bebe Neuwirth as Sabina (a role originated in the play by Tallulah Bankhead). However, shortly before it opened, Bebe was fired and replaced by Sherie Rene Scott. I have no details about why or how or what they were thinking, but back in those days, people only saw her as the "frigid" Lilith on Cheers, and I need to stop before poor Linda Emond's post becomes just a five paragraph tirade in defense of Bebe Neuwirth.

At any rate, the musical was abandoned in 2004 following Fred Ebb's death, and though it had a brief resurgence in 2007 with Eartha Kitt and Karen Ziemba, it has since largely disappeared. But thanks to this recording, we have at least some of the music.

LINK TO MASTERPOST