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Música: Revisada • Stereo MC's

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Música: Revisada • Stereo MC's

Defrag.mx Podcast Música Revisada Stereo MC’s Connected

Por el xGeek. “Connected”, es una canción emblemática de la banda británica de hip hop/música electrónica Stereo MC’s, que sigue siendo un éxito musical a pesar de haber sido lanzada hace más de 30 años. La canción combina elementos de hip hop, funk y música electrónica para crear un sonido único e inolvidable. El ritmo contagioso y las letras profundas y significativas se unen para crear una experiencia musical única. La letra habla sobre la importancia de la conexión humana y cómo la música puede unir a las personas de todo el mundo. La combinación de géneros musicales distintos y la mensaje positivo es lo que ha hecho que “Connected” sea un éxito duradero. Además, la producción de la canción es impecable, con una combinación de instrumentos electrónicos y acústicos que se complementan perfectamente. La habilidad de Stereo MC’s para crear un sonido innovador y fresco es una de las razones por las que han sido considerados como pioneros en la escena musical. En resumen, “Connected” es una canción que sigue siendo relevante y popular en la actualidad gracias a su combinación única de géneros musicales, producción sofisticada y mensaje positivo. Si eres fanático de la música hip hop, electrónica o simplemente de la música en general, definitivamente debes darle una escuchada a “Connected” de Stereo MC’s.

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[ofmiceandpeace]

More GB PBO things 😮‍💨

Drew these a bit ago and was waiting for more ideas but they did not come...

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oh my god the sheffield tv channel (presumably if your aerial points to yorkshire you can see it?) and nick park (AARDMAN, WALLACE AND GROMIT GUY,) was the camera man for a film showing the sheffield victoria station

[thrashkink-coven]

Hi all,

Welcome to the last part of my 2024 altar tour! 4/4

What a year it has been! I have learned so much and made so many new friends! My altar has always been a reflection of my psyche, seeing it’s beauty reminds me of the beauty that exists within me. :)

So this is my final little work space where I do pendulum magick and tarot readings. There is a devotional mug to Lord Lucifer which I use for our morning coffee chats. There is also Lucifer’s devotional dragon statue, as well as the dual scrying mirror for him and Faviel.

There is a normal mirror and a statue of a pharaoh’s tomb. The board which the flowers and offerings are placed on dawns Faviel’s sigil and candle. To Faviel I have offered a palm stone, flowers, an acorn, smoky quartz, some black earrings, and some grubs.

Beside him is my pendulum in a selenite charging bowl along with my pendulum mat.

The black and white image you see was a piece of art I made for Archangel Jophiel after he gifted me a vision a year or so ago. I use it whenever I’m reaching out to him.

Beneath my altar is some space for storage where I keep my larger cauldron, mortar and pestle, larger candles, etc. There is also my stand where I keep my broom, fire poker, and shovel. My witch broom is wrapped in a protective seal. I use it to sweep ash from my prayer mat.

And finally, here are a few of the books I have in my collection that have greatly greatly aided me in my craft. Remember to do your research my dears!

The Arbatel of Magick- First English edition 1633, new edition 2013, edited by Earl Marwick

Healing with Form, Energy, and Light- Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Gods and Goddesses- Hallam, Elizabeth

The Lesser Key of Solomon- S.L MacGregor Mathers and Aleister Crowley

The Dictionary of Alchemy- Diana Fernando

The Art of Angels- Howard Loxton

Backland’s Book of Spirit Communications- Raymond Buckland

Transcendental Magick- Éliphas Lévi

The Greater Key of Solomon- S.L MacGregor Mathers

A History of God- Karen Armstrong

A Dictionary of Angels, Including Fallen Angels- Gustav Davidson

Making Talismans- Nick Farrell

The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses- Johann Scheibel

The Egyptian Book of the Dead

The Rise and Fall of the Nephilim- Scott Alan Roberts

Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft- Raymond Buckland

Candle Burning Rituals- Raymond Buckland

The Complete Book of Black Magick and Witchcraft

Green Witchcraft, Folk Magick, Fairy Lore & Herb Craft- Ann Moura

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge, Black Magick, Superstition, Charms and Divination- First Edition 1910s Johnson Smith & co. New Edition 2016 edited by Earl Marwick

Three Books of Occult Philosophy- Henry Cornelius Agrippa

and of course, The Holy Bible- New Living Translation.

I have many other books in my collection on tarot and astrology in my living room, but these are the books that have had the greatest impact on my craft. Here are a few of those other ones:

Love Potions- Tatania Hardie

The Book of Destinies- Jane Struthers

The Crystal Bible 2- Judy Hall

The Tarot Bible- Sarah Barlett

The Wicca Bible- Ann Marie Gallagher

Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs- Scott Cunningham

Magic and Medicine of Plants- Reader’s Digest

The Power of Birthdays Stars and Numbers- Saffi Crawford and Geraldine Sullivan

The Witches’ Goddess- Janet and Stewart Farrar

The Witches’ God- Janet and Stewart Farrar

•••

I wanted to end this tour off with my reading material because I want to emphasize how important it is to understand that “magick” is not just “stuff”.

I really enjoy all of my magical tools and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with having and wanting pretty things or an aesthetically pleasing altar. In fact I believe aesthetic and care are acts of love in themselves. Don’t ever let someone shame you for wanting to decorate and indulge in the aesthetics of your craft.

But please do remember that our greatest magical tool is our minds, our senses, and our experiences- our brains. Remember to read read read lots of material from many different sources. Contemplate honestly on everything you read, hear and experience. Do not take everything you believe today as a fact, do not box yourself in to anything. (Maybe that’s the Luciferian in me speaking lol)

Learn how to do magick alone, without any tools. My magick is not my stuff, although my stuff greatly aids me in my magick. Does that make sense?

Thank you so much for reading! I look forward to growing and learning so much more this year! :)

Blessed be!

[queeringclassiclit]

Masterlist of Previous Polls

And Then There Were None - Philip Lombard

Anne of Green Gables series Anne Shirley Anne & Diana

Arthurian Legend Lancelot du Lac Arthur & Lancelot Morgan le Fay Guinevere & Morgan Gawain The Green Knight

As You Like It - Rosalind & Celia

Beowulf - Beowulf

Breakfast at Tiffany's - Holly Golightly

Brideshead Revisited - Charles & Sebastian

Carmilla - Carmilla & Laura

The Catcher in the Rye - Holden Caulfield

The Chronicles of Narnia - Edmund Pevensie

The Count of Monte Cristo - Eugenie & Louise

Crime and Punishment - Raskolnikov & Razumikhin

Dracula Count Dracula Jonathan Harker Mina & Lucy

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Jekyll/Hyde

The Divine Comedy - Dante & Virgil

Emma Emma Woodhouse Emma & Harriet

The Enchanted Island of Yew - Prince Marvel

The Epic of Gilgamesh - Gilgamesh & Enkidu

Eugene Onegin - Onegin & Lensky

Fahrenheit 451 - Guy Montag

The Famous Five series - George Kirrin

The Fate of the Crown - Valcour & Francisco de Paola

Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein Victor & Henry Captain Walton

The Great Gatsby Nick Carraway Nick & Gatsby Jordan Baker Daisy & Jordan

Hamlet Hamlet & Horatio Rosencrantz & Guildenstern

The Haunting of Hill House - Eleanor & Theodora

Herbert West–Reanimator - Herbert West

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Huckleberry Finn

The Idiot Myshkin Rogozhin

The Iliad - Achilles & Patroclus

The Invisible Man - Jack Griffin

In Memoriam A. H. H. - Alfred Tennyson & Arthur Hallam

Jane Eyre - Jane Eyre

Jasper Jones - Charlie & Jasper

Jeeves and Wooster series - Jeeves & Wooster

Jude the Obscure - Sue Bridehead

Julius Caesar - Brutus & Cassius

Les Misérables Enjolras Enjolras & Grantaire Javert

Little Women Jo March Laurie Lawrence

Lord of the Flies - Piggy

The Lord of the Rings series Frodo & Sam Galadriel Boromir Fingon & Maedhros (The Silmarillion)

Macbeth - Lady Macbeth

Mansfield Park - Fanny & Mary

The Merchant of Venice - Antonio

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Puck

Moby Dick - Ishmael

The Most Dangerous Game - General Zaroff

Mrs Dalloway - Clarissa

Much Ado About Nothing Benedict Beatrice

Oliver Twist - Oliver Twist

Orlando - Orlando

Othello - Iago

The Outsiders Ponyboy Curtis Johnny & Dally

Peter Pan - Peter Pan

The Picture of Dorian Gray Dorian Gray Dorian & Basil Henry Wotton

Pride and Prejudice - Charlotte Lucas

Richard II - Richard II

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern

Romeo and Juliet - Mercutio

The Secret History - Richard Papen

A Separate Peace - Gene & Finneas

Sherlock Holmes Series Sherlock Holmes Sherlock & John James Moriarty which adaptation is the most queer?

The Talented Mr Ripley Tom Ripley Tom & Dickie

The Tempest - Ariel

To Kill a Mockingbird - Scout Finch

Twelfth Night Viola Corsino Olivia

Ulster Cycle (Celtic Mythology) - Cú Chulainn

Waiting for Godot - Vladimir & Estragon

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Dorothy Gale

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It snowed on the final day of last season at @HallamFC1860. This was worse. Below 5 degrees, with 40mph winds lashing heavy rain up the pitch, spring-like it wasn't. Remarkably over 500 still turned up. Even more remarkably the pitch held up and the conditions didn't really dictate the game.

Hallam had done Emley a favour at the weekend, beating Winterton and leaving Emley needing a point to keep alive hopes of nicking the play-off place. There were no favours on offer tonight in a hard fought game. Emley had more of the game in the first half, forecing an early penalty only to be disppointed by the first of a string of saves by Warhurst.

Second half Hallam got into things and really got on top after Emley went down to ten men thanks to a second yellow. They took the lead when Degloramo smashed home a loose ball in the box and nearly had a second when Bradbury used the wind to hit the crossbar from 40 yards.

A good win to end a good season, sending everyone home happy, if very damp. Let's hope August is nice, eh?

[freakingoutthesquares]

Photo from Henry Normal's FB - possibly the date Zig interviewed band... but around that time for sure.

29 January 1986

At Chesterfield Arts Centre we were interviewed by a local youth called Zig [Mark Webber] who wrote a fanzine called Cosmic Pig. Pulp were genuinely weird no two ways about it, but I'm not sure we've ever been weirder than that night. Magnus was off his head on something, possibly fly agaric mushrooms; I was barking at Manners’ dodgy mates, who were trying to nick things with the thousand-yard stare of a Miners’ Strike veteran; and the seemingly sound-limbed singer kept sitting down in a wheelchair. It freaked poor old Zig out, but in a good way, because he came to all the concerts after that. [Russell Senior, Freak Out the Squares, 2015]

Cosmic Pig fanzine, written by Mark Webber (Zig), 1986:

PULP the next "big thing"?

If there is some truth behind all this talk that there will be another big change in the perception of popular music in 1986. Then the only band who I think will do it is PULP - the most useful thing to come out of Sheffield since Stainless Steel.

RUSSELL - Russell Senior, MAGNUS - Magnus Doyle, PETER - Peter Mansell, CANDIDA - Candida Doyle

How did Pulp start?

RUSSELL Jarvis, the lead singer (and the only member of the band who has been there since the start), started it at school, about five years ago. The current line-up dates from when we were doing a surreal play in and around Sheffield about two years ago.

Who thought of the name?

RUSSELL - Jarvis, I think. If you look in the dictionary, it means a kind of fiction in the 30's, very trashy and with gaudy colours, but at the same time, it was quite deep. I think that's a lot like us, we're trashy and gaudy and unsofisticated.

What do you think of Chesterfield?

RUSSELL - We played our worst two gigs here. The last one was at Gotham, that was pretty terrible, and before that, Adam & Eves. People were trying to bodypop to us - it didn't work.

Is Jarvis really the leader, on and off stage?

MAGNUS - Well he's been in Pulp from the start so I suppose it does rotate around him, but I don't call him a leader.

PETER - I don't look at it like that.

Who are you influenced by?

MAGNUS - We are original.

RUSSELL - I think I can honestly say that Pulp as a band isn't influenced by anyone. The only band I think we all like is Sham 69.

CANDIDA - Oh no.

RUSSELL - Anyone who's heard us knows that we're nothing like them. I prefer classical music. Some of the others like punk, the Fall, Jarvis likes ballads and film themes.

At what point did you stop being a Sheffield band, in order to go national?

RUSSELL - Really, this past year has been full of touring and trying to lose that label.

What kind of person comes to see your concerts?

MAGNUS - I don't know, I rarely meet them.

RUSSELL - The people who don't come to see us are like the hip scene. We're not a hip band in Sheff. I guess we attract your average interesting youth on the street, not trendies.

What do you think of Sheffield, opportunity wise?

MAGNUS - It's alright.

PETER - There's plenty of places to play.

Would you rather be somewhere like London?

PETER - No, it's too big.

Are you content in being at your present status?

RUSSELL - Yes, but if 50 people come to see us, I'd rather there be 500 and if we sell 5 records, I'd rather sell 50 and I'd shun anyone who doesn't think that.

Did your last EP sell well?

RUSSELL - It did O.K. , considering that it didn't receive airplay. It got more-or-less banned everywhere because of its lyrics. The A-side got taken off Radio Hallam halfway through. If the next one isn't banned, we reckon it'll do well.

What will the next A-side be?

RUSSELL - Probably 'Mark Of The Devil' (or maybe the excellent 'Dogs Are Everywhere'.) It will be out in March / April.

Do you think that it will sell better?

RUSSELL - It can't help but do so, 'Little Girl' wasn't danceable, they played it in the disco's and people kept tripping up. It was too risque to play on the radio, but not shocking enough to get mothers writing in saying we're corrupting the youth of Britain. It was banned but not hyped.

Can you see yourselves getting to number one?

RUSSELL - Realistically, I don't think it's gonna happen.

If you were asked, would you appear on T.O.T.P.?

CANDIDA - I wouldn't, I don't like it.

Rest - Yeah, why not?

CANDIDA - I'd have to then!

Source: PulpWiki

[dloindustries]

Stereo MC's - Connected

Happy Birthday Nick Hallam & Rob B

[cantquitu]

Full transcript: Sunday September 01 2024, 12.07am BST, The Sunday Times

As a teenager growing up in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, Gemma Styles wasn’t really a gym person. But when she started doing her A-levels, she developed a habit. ��I would be going to the gym at 9pm so I was really tired,” she says. “Otherwise I was too stressed out to sleep.”

It worked, sort of: Styles passed the exams and got into Sheffield Hallam University to study a science teaching degree. Except then things got worse. “The comfort or structure that I’d always been used to, at home and at school, the people to check on you and notice if things are OK or not, when that was not there any more, the wheels fell off the train, to be honest. And that was when, in terms of depression, my mental health got really, really bad.”

On the sort of balmy August day that beer gardens are made for, Styles, 33, is sitting opposite me on a grey sofa in her open, sunlit living room, while her eight-month-old daughter wriggles on her knee. Being candid and thoughtful on the subject of mental health is Styles’s gig — she’s part of a generation of millennial women using social media to put these conversations front and centre (see also: Scarlett Curtis, Jameela Jamil, Alice Liveing). On Instagram she shares stories and advice about depression and anxiety with her ten million followers, and on her Good Influence podcast she covers topics like stress and body confidence.

Now she has written a book, Why Am I Like This? — a warm, compassionate and digestible account of why our imperfect human brains sometimes struggle with the demands of modern life. It takes on neuroscience, anthropology and psychology, covering everything from social media to SSRIs, activism to the 24/7 news doom cycle, and the physiology of what exactly our brains are doing when they go into “fight or flight” mode — all dispatched with thoughtful explanations and kind asides.

The ultimate message is to cut yourself some slack. “If you’re someone who is a little bit introspective, or interested in understanding yourself better, that’s who I was writing it for,” Styles says.

In the book she draws on her own experiences with mental illness, writing that by her mid-twenties she was trapped in a cycle of depressive episodes and anxiety, blaming herself for feeling so miserable and unworthy, which of course made it all much worse. “Seeing a therapist in the end turned out to be the best decision I could have made,” she writes.

“I think those times when my own mental health has been really, dangerously poor have given me such an appreciation for being able to find the things that make me happy,” she says now, while emphasising that Why Am I Like This? is not a memoir. “I was very clear from the beginning — I’m not interested in writing a memoir. Because I mean, what’s there to write? I don’t know. I consider myself an exceptionally normal person.”

Strictly speaking, there is one big way in which her life is not exceptionally normal: her little brother is Harry Styles. The same Harry Styles who was formerly the biggest member of one of the biggest boy bands of all time, who in 2016 relaunched as a solo artist with moves like Mick Jagger, and since then has released three colossally successful albums, sold out stadiums around the world and starred in several Hollywood blockbusters. In July he duetted on stage in Hyde Park with his friend Stevie Nicks.

The One Direction circus catapulted his sister — three years Harry’s senior — from total obscurity to the status of accidental star by association. Styles’s social media following exploded (as did their mother Anne’s — now a children’s author with three million Instagram followers of her own). “Having the amount of followers that I have now isn’t something that I went out and courted,” Styles says. “It just happened very much on the periphery of what was going on with someone else.”

It’s worth pointing out that being Harry’s big sister is absolutely not the only reason Styles has such a huge following online. But as that attention snowballed, it did leave her with a decision to make.

“I ended up in that position and I was like, well, what am I going to do with it? If I’m going to have that sort of platform, then do I feel good about what I’m using it for? Can I help people with it? What do I want to talk about? What do I want to be known for?” Today she has found her calling.

Even though her kid brother is now to be found harmonising with a member of Fleetwood Mac, he’s still there for her when she needs him. Literally: on the shoot for this article Uncle Harry turned up to babysit his niece. In the acknowledgments of Why Am I Like This?, Styles thanks “my mum, for holding me tight along the way” and “H for the pep talks and your endless wisdom”.

“My family are very open about mental health, which I have found so amazing and comforting,” she says. “I know that’s something that not everybody has when they go through mental health issues. So I am very, very grateful for that.”

Has she given her brother any wisdom of her own over the years? “I think we all help each other, to be honest. People in your family, they don’t have to understand everything, but giving people space to talk about what they’re going through is such a valuable thing for anyone.”

That’s what she does for her followers on Instagram, who will regularly message to tell her they feel less alone thanks to something she has shared. “A big part of being human is we like to feel like we’re understood.” Social media can be a hornet’s nest, but Styles thinks it is possible to avoid the darker, more polarising sides. “Be intentional about what you’re consuming. We talk about algorithms a lot now, but if there are things that you’re following that are making you feel rubbish, you don’t have to follow them.”

Has having a very well-known member of her family shaped her approach to social media? “I think H is a really good example actually of someone who has been introspective enough about their own social media use to know what feels good and what doesn’t,” she says. “He’s not super-active on social media. And that seems to work for him the best at the moment.” She did the same during her maternity leave. “I disappeared for months.”

She recently sought help again. For a little while she had been wondering if some of the things she had struggled with all her life — finding it hard to motivate herself and having difficulties maintaining the admin of friendships — could be ADHD. When she started reading about how it manifests in women, she had a light-bulb moment … sort of. “I was like, oh my God, that is me,” she says, “I think. Or am I just convincing myself of that as an excuse for why I’ve always been rubbish at all these things?”

Why Am I Like This? is not a manifesto, although Styles is clear-eyed about the ways in which the mental health system is not working. According to research by the membership organisation NHS Providers, in September 2023 more than 1.8 million people were on waiting lists for these services. “The gap between people being aware of anxiety, for example, and there actually being support for any kind of mental illness is a canyon,” she says. She is an ambassador for a research charity called MQ Mental Health Research, which delivered a letter to Downing Street in July 2023 highlighting the desperate need for commitment to mental health services. “I have been dealing with this for more than a decade,” she says. “So I’ve got skin in the game. I genuinely care.”

Finally she made a GP appointment, expecting them to dismiss the idea — instead she was referred for an assessment and diagnosed with ADHD in 2022. In signature style, she shared the news on Instagram: “I have ADHD!” she wrote. “Oddly feel more nervous to talk about it with you than I have any other mental health-related things, but here we go …” In no time at all her DMs were full of notes from other women who had also been diagnosed, thanking her for her openness.

Two years on, the diagnosis has taught her to be more compassionate towards herself. “There’s such shame that goes with the particular things that people with ADHD tend to struggle with,” she says. “It does feel like a moral failing, like laziness. The label has given me a different lens to understand my own behaviour, to look on myself a bit more kindly and to try to make life easier for myself.” In Why Am I Like This?, she writes about hoping to understand more about what influence ADHD could have had on her mental health throughout the years.

She also hopes the book will help others to understand their idiosyncratic, imperfect brains — “I take a great amount of joy from being able to explain things to people in a digestible way” — and to keep learning herself. “I’ve spent so much of my life not understanding why I struggle with certain things. And I think it has been such a help for me to have more of an understanding of how my brain works.”

Why Am I Like This? by Gemma Styles (Bantam £20) is out on September 12. To order a copy go to timesbookshop.co.uk or call 020 3176 2935. Free UK standard P&P on online orders over £25. Special discount available for Times+ members

Even though her kid brother is now to be found harmonising with a member of Fleetwood Mac, he’s still there for her when she needs him. Literally: on the shoot for this article Uncle Harry turned up to babysit his niece. In the acknowledgments of Why Am I Like This?, Styles thanks “my mum, for holding me tight along the way” and “H for the pep talks and your endless wisdom”.

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Stereo MC's, 1.2.2003, Praha, Malá sportovní hala

Značnou dávku trpělivosti museli projevit čeští fanoušci londýnské skupiny Stereo MC‘s, jejíž počátky spadají do konce osmdesátých let, protože koncertu se dočkali v době, kdy kariéra skupiny dozrála až k nedávnému vydání alba největších hitů nazvaného Retroactive, kterému předcházely čtyři řadové desky.

Průlomovým se pro Stereo MC‘s stal singl Elevate My Mind z roku 1990, který patří na jejich druhé album Supernatural ze stejného roku. Ovšem daleko větší poprask způsobilo jejich následující a opravdu jedinečné album Connected, které vyšlo o dva roky později. Connected se zařadilo mezi vůbec nejlepší alba devadesátých let, odstartovalo zájem o hip hop smíchaný s prvky popu, jazzu a funku a obrazně řečeno: zajistilo skupině nesmrtelnost. Ta za něj zcela po zásluze získala hned dvě ceny při udílení Brit Awards: v kategoriích skupina roku a album roku. Mimochodem, až se někde dočtete, že jednou z kvalit alba Connected je, že se celé nahrávalo živě bez použití jediného samplu, nenechte se zmást, není to pravda, nýbrž cosi jako mýtus, což ostatně k obdobně legendárním deskám patří.

Pro skupinu Stereo MC‘s, kterou už dlouhá léta tvoří frontman Rob Birch, programátor a DJ Nick Hallam a také stálá doprovodná vokalistka Cath Coffey, se však Connected stalo tak trochu pastí. Celosvětový úspěch této desky zavedl skupinu na přibližně dvouleté, pochopitelně velmi vyčerpávající turné po celém světě a návrat do jejich studia Frontline v londýnské čtvrti Brixton neproběhl hladce. Čas od času se Stereo MC‘s připomněli remixem, pro vydavatelství K7 sestavili kompilaci DJ Kicks a s vydáním další řadové desky otáleli dlouho, až do roku 2001. Ta devítiletá pauza však Stereo MC‘s prospěla a s albem Deep Down & Dirty zažili důstojný comeback ozdobený hned několika hity.

Do Prahy přijeli Stereo MC‘s jako jedna z hlavních hvězd festivalu na pokračování s názvem Instinctive Beat. Prvního února v Malé sportovní hale na pražském Výstavišti kromě nich vystoupila nottinghamská trojice Schmoov a domácí Stephunk - nový projekt Štěpána Tůmy, leadera bývalých Liquid Harmony. Za vydatné pomoci dechové sekce, baskytaristy a perkusionisty představil svou současnou tvorbu, která se pohybuje v temnějších polohách kombinujíc breakbeat s funkem.

Stereo MC‘s mají bezesporu dostatek kvalitních a dobře známých skladeb na to,aby hravě sestavili zajímavý koncertní program, do Prahy přijeli Rob Birch a Nick Hallam pouze s bubeníkem a dvěma doprovodnými vokalistkami, chyběla jen zdravotně indisponovaná Cath Coffey Velmi slušně zaplněná a především nadšená Malá sportovní hala slyšela všechny jejich starší hity, řadu písniček z poslední desky Deep Down & Dirty a k tomu ještě zbrusu novou skladbu Crossfire, která patří na jejich připravované album, to by se k nám mělo dostat ještě v průběhu letošního roku.

[pear-pies]

VOX magazine / March 1997 

Hip-hop in review: 1987-1997

[mychameleondays]

Stereo MC’s: Connected

Island/4th & Broadway/Gee Street 535 100 7, 2014

Originally released: October 5, 1992

[ofmiceandpeace]

Peace Breaks Out art dump

(Insert that cool quote Pete said about their likeness)

^ Kind of a redraw of my first fanart of the two which can be found if you search the peace breaks out tag on my account 👍

[nofatclips]

Fade Away by Stereo MC’s from the album Connected

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Panels Far, Far Away: A Week in Star Wars Comics 3/27/19

A strong week of Star Wars comics is highlighted by droids, creative artwork, and personality from both Marvel and IDW.

Star Wars Adventures #19 written by Cavan Scott and Nick Brokenshire and art by Mauricet and Nick Brokenshire

In its first post-“Flight of the Falcon” issue, Star Wars Adventures opts for a little fan service for Matthew Wood. It’s a battle droid double feature with two fun and quirky stories starring the dim-witted, but oddly endearing infantry of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

Of the two, Cavan Scott and Mauricet’s effort is the most successful. A team up comic starring Obi-Wan Kenobi and Captain Rex as they are forced to survive an onslaught of enemy droids would have been a fun enough adventure, but Scott and Mauricet mix it up with the introduction of a turncoat droid named “Bats.” Bats is an instant scene stealer. As both a stark moralist and a surprising awesome action hero, Bats is sure to win his way into the hearts of fans in just a short time. I mean, at one point, he lectures a Tactical Droid on its lack of compassion while spinning the severed limb of another B1 around like a nunchuck. It’s wild and goofy and the sort of off-beat fun that Adventures is so great at delivering.

Living up to how buoyantly fun the main story of this issue is proves to be a difficult task, and Nick Brokenshire’s “Tales from Wild Space” segment is easily the weaker of the two. The frame story is ultimately as dismissible as always, but Brokenshire’s story of a hapless B1 that finds itself stranded on a truly bizarre alien world is unique and quite unlike any other Star Wars media released in recent years. It reads like a G-rated episode of Rick and Morty crossed with Saga. It will certainly divide fans, but the fact that IDW allows this series to be so off the wall is still a testament to their commitment to letting creators express themselves in this unique playground of a franchise.

Score: B+

Star Wars Doctor Aphra #30 written by Simon Spurrier and art by Emilio Laiso

After several issues worth of non-stop chase, writer Simon Spurrier makes the interesting choice to have his two leads paralyzed and close to abandoned on the ground level of Milvayne. With only a matter of time before Nokk and Winloss, the Empire, or Dr. Evazan catch up to them, Aphra and Triple Zero are forced to think outside the box to survive the ever approaching time bomb implanted in their skulls.

Spurrier uses this moment to force several moments of personal growth and reconciliation out of this selfish duo and challenge them emotionally in ways neither is expecting. While there are a few logistical leaps of logic that feel like they either got passed over in the chaos of past issues or could have been further expanded, Spurrier’s overall gambit works and his arc’s “thesis” of forcing these two beings to come to terms with their own similarities reaches its most effective and strange points yet. Overall, it’s a strong decision in the series’ character plotting even if it gives Emilio Laiso relatively little to work with.

Luckily, Laiso rises to the occasion. Lacking the ability to flex his talent for colorful designs and striking set pieces, he instead doubles down on creative page layouts and empathetic, emotionally clear visual acting. One splash page in particular is stunningly effective in its visual storytelling and inventive design. In the process, Laiso delivers what is arguably his best work on this title so far, especially when he is supported by some great color work by Rahcelle Rosenberg.

That being said, it all ends on a rather strange cliffhanger. As this arc transitions into its final issue and also seems ready to close the book on some major long-term character arcs, the story seems to have lost its immediate momentum rather than escalated it. It’s an odd storytelling quirk and unfortunately we’ll have to wait a few weeks to see if it all pays off.

Score: B+

Star Wars Vader: Dark Visions #2 written by Dennis Hopeless and art by Brian Level

Dark Visions is shaping up to be one of the most unique and artistically adventurous series that Marvel has offered in its Star Wars line. With an anthology structure, loose mission statement, and a rotating cast of artists, Dennis Hopeless and his collaborators are free to tell a wide variety of Star Wars stories each varying in tone, style, and subject matter.

While last issue recontexualized Vader as a mythological hero, Hopeless this week uses the shadow of his presence to inspire a strange and ill-fated comedy of errors. When a cowardly Imperial officer witnesses firsthand the violent repercussions of disappointing the Dark Lord, he spends the rest of his career desperately trying to avoid their fate. After a Rebel spy escapes his grasp, he begins a seemingly hopeless quest to retrieve the fleeing agent before Vader discovers his failure.

It may lack the grandiosity of last week and at times Hopeless may go just a bit too far in his story of how one man’s quest for self-preservation leads to catastrophic results, but “Unacceptable” is another clear win for this strange little series. For a line of comics that has come to be defined by a certain fidelity to brand and visual identity, it is refreshing to see Marvel publish a Star Wars comic that is as visually inventive as this. Brian Level’s art is fitting for such a madcap story, but what proves to be most impressive is his own brand of visual storytelling through layouts. Level is liberal with his use of creative page designs and frequently uses them to mirror the environment and plot momentum occurring in the narrative. Interior scenes are marked by sharp diagonal lines that mirror Imperial art work. Panels shrink and grow in accordance to the officer’s anxiety. The page takes on the form of a Star Destroyer as it slowly comes apart at its edges. It’s impressive work and among the most striking visual takes that Marvel has produced for a Star Wars title in some time.

Score: B+

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Resident Alien: scifi TV series, first episode review (video)

Resident Alien: scifi TV series, first episode review (video)

SyFy has turned the Resident Alien comic-book into a fun-looking TV series that seems to be well-received. Nick Hallam sits through the first episode to bring you his take on this new creation. Alan Tudyk plays the main character – the sneaky ET body-snatcher with a heart.