#noel & poland

[aichabouchareb]

A pregnant woman was killed by an air strike along with her fetus of 8 months in Khan Younis. 9.12.23

[britishhiphop]

Wish Master - His Story / Already Know [Video]

Double header video from Wish Master as he first takes it way back to his childhood to tell His Story, followed with Already Know on which he’s detailing his business and success. Performed by: Wish MasterProduced by: Kong The ArtisanFilmed and edited by: Honey JD https://www.instagram.com/honey___jd/Mixed and mastered by: Rola at Khameleon Sounds https://www.instagram.com/rolaroc/ Wish…

[brokeandfamouseu]

Cappo & Lee Scott - Badlands (prod. Kong The Artisan) (Official Video)

[dogandcatcomics]

Attribution: Lewitt-Him, a partnership of Jan LeWitt (b. Częstochowa, Poland, 1907-1991), and George Him (aka Jerzy Himmelfarb, b. Łódź, Poland, 1900-1981). Christmas card, 1947/1948, "morning bath". Commissioned by Noel Carrington for Royle Publications.

[eadingas]

Warsaw old town Christmas illuminations . . 🇵🇱🎄🕯 . . #warsaw #poland #christmas #illuminations #christmaslights #nowyŚwiat #noel #winter #snow #whitechristmas #ポーランド #ワルシャワ #クリスマス #冬 #雪 #クリスマスツリー #christmastree #oldtown (at Plac Zamkowy w Warszawie) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmTvfv5IMg_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[potato-lord-but-not]

I know this has gotten mentioned a few times on your blog, but I recently did a deep dive on the headcanon that Noel is Jewish, and I didn't know if the fans of this blog would be interested so! Here it is!

I REALLY like it actually! And it does fit. It is very possible that Noel's parents came to the US during the large wave of Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants in 1880-1924. A large chunk of these immigrants settled in New England which places Noel where we need him to be. According to the wiki, Noel was raised in Harper's Hill which is a town in Massachusetts. Perfect. We are golden. Additionally, many of these Jewish immigrants were from the Russian Empire which held a great deal of Poland, aiding in the co-headcanon of Noel being of Polish decent. Noel also would have been able to find a LOT of comradery when he moved to become a detective in New York. Due to this placement in history and where he likely came from, it's the most probable for Noel and his family to have been Reform Jews which stepped more into blending Judaism with the current culture around them. Additionally, there is more of a focus on ethical laws rather than ritual laws. They began a new life in the areas that they immigrated to, finding their local worship as a part of the divine plan and shifting away from hoping for a Jewish homeland (at least in the present). I think this fits Noel quite well. We don't see these high levels of piety with his character which I see associated with Orthodox Judaism. Rather there is very much a theme of justice and forgiveness with him which goes hand in hand with this headcanon. Additionally, if Noel had lost faith in God during his time in the Dreamlands, much of these focuses would still come out of his identity as a Jewish person apart from the religion. Anyway! This is my little deep dive into this! I hope you all enjoy it!

IM EATING THIS ACTUALLY THANK YOU FOR THE FOOD ABSORBING THIS INTO MY NOEL HEADCANONS

[mariacallous]

Foreign ministers of the five biggest powers in Europe together with the incoming top EU diplomat and host Poland held talks in Warsaw on Tuesday to reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine in its defence against Russian aggression.

“We were in agreement that imposing on Ukraine peace recipes contrary to its interests or unacceptable socially would have a negative impact on the stability of the country,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said after the meeting of Weimar Triangle foreign ministers (Germany, France and Poland) plus Italy, Spain and the UK.

“Any scenarios for finishing the war and putting an end to Russian aggression must be worked out in close cooperation with the Ukrainian government,” Sikorski added.

The meeting was called to allay fears that Ukraine would be sidelined once the newly elected US president Donald Trump takes office in January. Trump has repeatedly talked about bringing peace “in 24 hours” by imposing a solution that would likely be heavily weighted towards Russia.

Jitters were also caused by the decision of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to discuss the war with Russian President Vladimir Putin on a one-on-one call last week, the first since the full-scale invasion began. That call has been criticised by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, among others.

Sikorski was joined in Warsaw by the foreign ministers of Germany (Annalena Baerbock), France (Jean-Noel Barrot), Italy (Antonio Tajani) as well as Kaja Kallas, the future EU high representative for foreign affairs. The foreign ministers of Spain and the UK took part in the talks remotely.

Explaining the reasons for organising the meeting, Sikorski said it was prompted by the weekend’s major attack on Ukraine, the largest since last year, as well as by the US presidential election.

The meeting in Warsaw also served as an attempt by Poland to preserve its key role in European policymaking on Ukraine after apparently being snubbed last month by Berlin when it held talks on Ukraine with the US, UK and France but not Poland. It was also an opportunity for Sikorski to score a few domestic points ahead of his party’s primary election later this week to choose its presidential candidate for next year.

German Foreign Minister Baerbock spoke about the importance of not “having any breaks in securing the peace in Europe” in the context of uncertainties connected to the election of Trump as the next president of the US. EU countries, she said, “must strengthen the European pillar of NATO” and “invest significantly more than 2 per cent of GDP in defence”.

She also warned against “self-fulfilling prophecies”, implying that it was too early to tell what a future US administration would do in relation to the war and US financial involvement in European defence.

All the foreign ministers were careful to highlight the importance of cooperation with the US for ensuring peace in Europe, regardless of who holds the reins of power in Washington. “It’s only by having strong transatlantic ties that we can counter the rising threats from Russia and other countries,” Sikorski said.

[todays-just-a-daydream]

Charting the rise of Oasis in summer 1994 via archives of Music & Media (pan-European music industry magazine in the 90s). Issue dates from each clip left to right: 13 August; 27 August; 3 September; 17 September; 17 September.

Radio reports in industry magazines tell the story of Oasis climbing the UK charts and breaking into Europe in late summer 1994. Music & Media in the 90s was the European version of America’s Billboard magazine. While the record charts were the focus, each issue also included a section in new releases (both singles and albums) as well as station reports. Each week radio stations would report their lists to the magazine and include what songs they've added to their rotation. The way I understand it, A lists are played more than B lists, which are played more than N lists.

I went through the August-September 1994 issues of Music & Media searching “Oasis” for any relevant clips.

Note: Keep in mind all dates reflect the issue that the content was in and that there was a slight lag (generally 1-2 weeks) in industry news outside of the UK.

Following Live Forever’s release

The third Oasis single, Live Forever, gets added to the BBC1's N list on 6th of August upon its release, due to consistent interest in each single since Columbia (White Label Demo) in Dec 1993.

The single also makes the B list for Virgin 1215 AM London. The next week, Forth RFM in Edinburgh adds the song to its A list. One week later, the song gets a small mention in the New Releases review section of the magazine:

Is it a fata morgana, or is Oasis for real? We've had so many over-hyped British bands now, that we prefer to take a back seat. But then again we haven't heard such good pop since the La's.

Two weeks later, 27th of August, Live Forever reaches no. 10 on the UK singles chart.

The magazine reports this in a small blurb describing them as "Scottish band Oasis", possibly due to the concentration of the band’s support being in Scotland. Radio Clyde in Glasgow adds the song to its rotation. MTV Europe also adds the video to its new videos list.

At the start of September, Definitely Maybe gets a review in the new album releases, where Live Forever is called “a masterpiece.” I should add industry mags are typically dry and not prone to hyperbole.

Radio Clyde's head Bobby Hain writes that Oasis has become "local favourites" since performing at T in the Park festival a few weeks before.

At the same time, Live Forever gets added to more radio playlists. Red Dragon FM in Cardiff adds the song to its B list. In Europe, Radio 21 in Brussels, Het Station in Hilversum (Holland), and Polskie Radio 2 in Warsaw (Poland) add it to their A list.

By the 10th of September MTV Europe adds the Live Forever video to its Buzz Bin. This week Sveriges Radio in Stockholm (Sweden) adds the song to its A list, with Radio Stella FM 106 in Helsingberg following the next week.

But it takes until the 17th of September for Oasis to get a full length article in the magazine, entitled "Oasis Is No Mirage Of the British Hope and Glory" (above). It mentions the skepticism in Europe of British bands that don’t live up to the hype. But argues Oasis is the real deal. It singles out Sweden as the first European market where the band has broken out from the UK. It calls the band’s songs “retro pop,” lists some influences from Neil Young to T-Rex, and leaves with the idea Oasis seems like a “universal band” that can translate to other countries.

The case study of Sweden

The band plays the Hultsfred festival in Sweden 13 August 1994. This is also the site of the classic Gallagher interview where Noel claims their music will stand the test of time. There’s also bootlegs of a radio broadcast of the show, but it’s not clear if it aired live at the time or was simply recorded and broadcasted later in 95.

Noel and Liam both bragged about making headlines in the country for starting a bar brawl after they played this festival. Did this play a factor in the band’s early chart success there?

Notably mentioned by Music & Media, by the 3rd of September, Swedish radio stations are already picking up Live Forever, while most of Europe is still working through older singles.

Sweden becomes the first country outside of the UK for Definitely Maybe to chart (even a week before Ireland), entering the chart at no. 14. The album reaches 4 by 17th of September (to compare the album is at 9 in Ireland the same week).

Along with sales elsewhere, it’s enough to pull the album to 10 in the European charts.

Did the bar brawl help album sales in Sweden?

When looking at Oasis gigs in August/September it’s not surprising Sweden is the first to chart. They play Paris in June and New York in July. But Sweden is the first place outside the UK they have two gigs in less than one month. The festival gig in August and another one a few days after the first album is released.

Now I know controversy sells is a 90s maxim and Oasis used outrage to their advantage. But I remain skeptical of the claim they made front page headlines from the bar brawl. It seems to me that’d be a clipping you could find online if it happened. I don’t have access to Swedish papers to directly verify the pages (if anyone has access, lmk!). But I could do a quick search of archives of two popular newspapers, a morning newspaper and an evening one, to see "oasis" mentions in 1994:

While “oasis” gets mentioned a few times before August (some nonband mentions including a guy named Kenny Oasis drive earlier mentions), it’s steady afterward in reference to the band.

The results of a search for “oasis” in Dagens Nyheter in 1994 includes a thumbnail of the page and the relevant excerpt to check context. Below are the excerpts visible for August/September and a rough translation (any Swedish fans out there correct me if I’m wrong).

The 11th of August has a short article on page 20 about the Hultsfred festival they were set to play on the 13th.

On the 15th on page 24, the band gets mentioned in a review of the festival:

När Oasis spelade vid sextiden var det väldigt mycket folk i Saharatältet

(When Oasis played at six o'clock there were a lot of people in the Sahara tent)

On the 18th in the entertainment section of ads, Definitely Maybe as a pending Oasis album is mentioned. There’s also an ad for another show with Oasis on the bill with Pavement at the top and Jeff Buckley. This is most likely the 2 September show at the Gino.

On the 24th, Liam’s face makes an appearance on page 21 along with other band/artist photos. The photo caption reads “Liam Gallagher i Oasis renodlar det som andra påbörjat.” (Liam Gallagher's Oasis refines what others have started.) with a photo credit to “matthias bardå Filmiskt” so good bet it’s from the Hultsfred festival.

The 31st of August shows the closest Oasis gets to the front page at the time. On page 2, Live Forever is mentioned in a list of things to complain about (an opinion piece? satire? it’s not clear): Yvs över exportaktiernas uppgång, yvs över Oasis ”Live Forever”, men herregud, att yvas över ett land, ett stycke mark, det är väl. (Howl about the rise of export shares, howl about Oasis' "Live Forever", but oh my god, howl about a country, a piece of land, that's fine.) The mention does suggest the song is already recognizable to Swedish readers by the time Definitely Maybe is released.

Oasis at the Hultsfred festival is still being talked about 2nd of September (page 77):

Beatles anses vara en inte oviktig förebild för Oasis. Och det bekräftades i Hultsfred.

(The Beatles are considered a not unimportant role model for Oasis. And it was confirmed in Hultsfred.)

On page 75 the same day, an ad for the Gino show that night. But Oasis is now top billing (no Pavement).

Same issue, the show gets mentioned on earlier pages (page 20) in context of the band’s climb:

Oasis klättrar raskt och spelar dessutom i Stockholm i dag, fredag.

(Oasis is climbing fast and is also playing in Stockholm today, Friday.)

The rest of September, Oasis gets 8 mentions in the paper on pages 20-29.

Now without access to each article in full, I can’t be certain there is no mention of the bar brawl in all of this. But these excerpts do suggest that it’s a nonissue at least in this paper. Their festival show is well attended, people remember it, another show is set for a few weeks later and is advertised as the postfestival chatter ramps up the album release excitement. They return a second time for more buzz and the album hits the top 5 a few weeks later. But obviously that’s boring so bar brawl narrative it is.

[1-800-helltalia]

random songs that remind me of hetalia characters but i don't provide an explanation part 2

hong kong: flashback - miyavi

iceland: i can't handle change - roar

poland: vacation bible school - ayesha erotica

france: noel's lament - ride the cyclone, the musical

belarus: date me! not them - takayan

russia: Моя голова винтом (my head is a screw) - kostromin

[liam-twatter]

keep in mind the countries that are taking us to WW3, supporting ukrainazi as Liam too and in favour of attacking Russia : Usa (how strange, they're so peaceful... Israel genocide friends... Liam's corporations), France (only able of damages), Canada, Poland, Finland, Norway "stolto" (stupid) Stoltenberg (each country 40 billions for Ukraine every year... fuck Nato) from Labour that Noel hates, and probably Britain. When their tourists ask info, we'll send them to inferno...

[britishhiphop]

Wish Master and Kong The Artisan - His Story [Audio]

“His Story” is the stunning debut collaboration between top Bristol underground rapper Wish Master and producer Kong The Artisan. Stacked with underground features, this is his story from the streets to fatherhood. Performed by: Wish MasterProduced by: Kong The ArtisanMixed and mastered by: Rola at Khameleon Sounds https://www.instagram.com/rolaroc/ Wish…

[wendellcapili]

During The Varsitarian’s 39th Ustetika Awards for Literature, The UST Singers interpreted National Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab’s “Tuwing Umuulan at Kapiling Ka, initially recorded by Basil Valdez for his BASIL album (Blackgold Records, 1978). The Eraserheads (“Ryan Cayabyab: The Silver Album,” BMG Pilipinas, 1996), Regine Velasquez (“Kailangan ko’y ikaw,” Viva Records, 2000), Noel Cabangon (”Tuloy ang Byahe,” Universal Records, 2012) and Ice Seguerra (”Araw Gabi: Mga Awit ni Maestro Ryan,” Universal Records, 2015) also recorded notable renditions of the song. The UST Singers, UST’s official mixed choral ensemble, was founded by Professor Fidel Calalang, Jr. in 1992. The group has garnered top choral prizes in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Spain, and Switzerland 🥂

[slavicprincess1966]

𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚

intro below the cut

the name is ashley v (im coo with ash/ashy/av) 🇨🇦🇵🇱🇵🇹 2nd gen residing in the 6ix - seventeen - 1 john 3:18 ✝️ - u of t - artist - guitarist - mod/casual girl - footy lover 🩵⚽️ - autistic

music: oasis, beady eye, all beatles acts, the stones, the style council, the jam, elvis, the who, the kinks, the small faces, jake bugg, sam fender, fontaines dc, arctic monkeys, last shadow puppets, liam gallagher, noel gallaghers hfb, the zombies, paul weller, miles kane, drake, but at the end of the day i like what pleases my ears. a proper fuckin tune is a proper fuckin tune

footy clubs: manchester city, chelsea fc courtesy of my best friend, fc barcelona, portugal national, poland national, england national, canada national

dni: manchester united fans

in short; youre at the profile of torontos fav madferit

all my other handles (ig, tt) are @slavicprincess1966

ignore all my posts before nov 2023 my phases before rnr were embarassing

liam gallagher is the love of my life

as you were

av x

god bless. ✧˖࿐

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It's rare that we're in Warsaw for Christmas these days - rarer still to be this lucky with the weather and the illuminations and all! . . 🇵🇱🎄🕯 . . #warsaw #poland #christmas #illuminations #christmaslights #nowyŚwiat #noel #winter #snow #whitechristmas #ポーランド #ワルシャワ #クリスマス #冬 #雪 #光 (at Warsaw, Poland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmTkcrgoIhI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=