#or maybe the onion Album????

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[ereborne]

Song of the Day: June 1

"Easy Come, Easy Go” by George Strait

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did the national ever clarify what i had a hole in the middle (where the lightning ran through), i told my friends not to worry meant? been thinking about wake up your saints/anyone's ghost songs, the repeated words. i think about characters who embody that particular lyrics tbh.

[mclennonlgbt]

(JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER WAS DEFINITELY FOR PAUL – a compilation

A meaningful wordplay As you know, John attached great importance to the lyrics of his songs. He liked to smuggle in word games and hidden meanings. Let's look at a fragment of the lyrics of "(Just Like) Starting Over". It's time to spread our wings and fly Wings was Paul's band in the 1970s.

Don't let another day go by

"Another Day" is a song by Paul and Linda that was released as the A-side of a non-album single in February 1971. It was Paul's debut single, following the Beatles break-up in 1970. (Sidenote: giving credits to both himself and Linda, Paul broke up the Lennon-McCartney partnership, angering Allen Klein).

my love

"My Love" is a 1973 song by Wings. The single was viewed as Wings' first significant success.

2. The demos

In the first demo, John uses the word "walrus":

Everyday we used to make it love so why can’t we be making love – it’s easy. The time has come, the walrus said, for you and me to stay in bed again, it’ll be just like starting over

The walrus is a famous motif from Beatles songs. In the song "I Am The Walrus" (1967) John declares that he is the titular walrus, a year later in "Glass Onion" he stated: „And here’s another clue to you all – the walrus was Paul”. In "God" (1970) John sings: "I was the walrus." In an interview from 1969 or 1970, George jokes: „And if you are listening, I am the walrus too”. Regardless of which Beatles was the walrus, John is for sure giving us an interesting clue here.

As for „in bed”:

Here's another fascinating demo... This requires no comment. It's just that John suddenly referred to "Why Don't We Do it In the Road", a song by Paul from the Beatles era.

EDIT:

The whole fragment is:

Just take your clothes off honey, and stick your nose in money.. why don’t we… do it in the road?! (Laughs) A little hotel where we used to screw A little place down in Montauk Just you, me, the cook and the servants too

As @i-am-the-oyster pointed out (the screen is theirs) - it's a 17 minute drive from Paul's house in the Hamptons to Montauk Motel.

3. John explaining who the song is for

„I’m not aiming, I am not aiming at 16 year olds. If they can dig it, please dig it. But when I was singing and writing this and working with her, I was visualizing all the people of my age group from the 60s. Being in their 30s and 40s now, just like me, and having wives and children and having gone through everything together, I am singing to them! I hope the young kids like it as well, but I’m really talking to the people that grew up with me and saying: „Here I am now, how are you? How’s your relationship going? Did you get through it all? Wasn’t the 70s a drag? You know, here we are, let’s try and make the 80s good, you know, because it’s still up to us to make what we can of it. It’s not out of our control”. I still believe in love, peace. I still believe in positive thinking when I can do it. I’m not always positive but when I am, I try and project it”.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqxPx2Tvf6A

Let’s point out that the song which convinced John to come out of retirement was „Coming up” by Paul. You want a love to last forever One that will never fade away I want to help you with your problem Stick around, I say

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You want some peace and understanding So everybody can be free I know that we can get together We can make it, stick with me

BONUS (this is not evidence or premise, but maybe Paul understood that the song was addressed to him): Paul's reaction to the song after John's death.

„…Time passed. Paul locked the door of his home studio and played (Just Like) Starting Over, the first single from Double Fantasy. Top volume. For days”.

- Christopher Sandford, „McCartney”

EDIT:

(it's also @i-am-the-oyster's reveal): One Sweet Dream podcast did an interview where May Pang agreed with the host (JL)SO was for Paul and emphasised that it wasn't about Yoko -- it's a patrons-only episode so I can't link it, but it's April 2023, around the 1h29 mark).

I would take it with a grain of salt, though, because May (for valid reasons) dislikes Yoko.

As @paul-mccartney-official noticed, the stripped down mix of this song begins with:

When they were teenagers, John and Paul identified with their musical idols: John was Buddy Holly and Paul was Little Richard or Elvis.

This is Lennon talking about his and McCartney's meeting at Village Woolton fete:

It is possible that John refers to his youthful years in this dedication. However, there is also an option that he mentioned his former idols, because "(Just like) starting over" musically refers to the 1950s. It depends on you what you believe in.

[thebearme]

Here's my Parappa hcs and reimagine ideas for Matt & Paula

Sunny

Sunny is a cosmo flower like her mother.

Because of her mother's recent death, her dad Potter became UBER PROTECTIVE. The classic "ur the last thing of her, I have to protect you" you know.

Unrelated thing but idk when I'll ever talk about this guy but Potter HAS to be half object head, the only plant thing apart of him is his hair. idk maybe yall can figure it out... also i think he gave birth to sunny and no i will not elaborate.

Sunny is asexual and intersex but what do you expect, she's a plant.

She got all her arm strength from her dad. All those home military drills really helped.

She's superb at skateboarding but tends to not do so beings she doesn't want to get her dress ruin. But give her time to change, and she'll start shreddin.

Sunny has Bipolar disorder type 1.

Sunny grew up a lil sheltered. She lives in the middle of the woods and only goes into town for groceries! She started going out more and more when she started school for the first time, especially after she got some friends.

I'm taking this headcanon from the fic life in parappa town and expanding it but Sunny is in this plant belief system where you stay loyal to Mothernature and when you die you'll become a part of her. She doesn't eat meat, she gives back to nature and be kind to all Mothernature's creatures.

Sunny take cares and own her mother's "small" farm. She used to give her produce to the community for free, but because of the government finding out about that, she had to put it on pause. She either sells it for big money, or the government will take her land and profit from it them self.

Parappa

Parappa is his rap name. His name is Pa and his nickname is Pappy.

He's a bagel and hound mix, but has more bagel dog tendencies.

He's hat was bought by his mom before she left.

Parappa's mom divorce her husband after one too many financial crises, just when Parappa was just graduated high school. (explaining the past tense in PtR2) Leaving Pappy with Papa Rappa while she takes care of Pinto herself.

His Mama always encouraged Parappa to reach his dreams as long it wasn't expensive. So after everything, Parappa was more determined than ever to believe in himself and never give up.

Parappa would do anything for Sunny, he would kill Joe Chin even!

After a while working at the videogame shop, Parappa will later work for Master Onion cuz at least he pays him.

Parappa has the n card cuz he's cool like that. im tired of hearing 'who gave him the n card?' well maybe he just born with it. stop judging my dog bro

Parappa's rapping career just recently started. He began rapping his poems by the end of high school, luckily for him his best friend has connections to get him up there.

He grew up with classic 80s-90s rap. Pappy is an oldhead.

Pappy is anti-drug, anti-gun rights and a BIG ACAB. He is a huge believer that 'only community can fix the issues and not some cops that with guns trying to make the problem worst' but if you listen to parappa's album you've probly already saw this coming.

He still an up-and-coming artist, eventho he's known around the town and performed with Club fun's mc twice... he just started selling his first album.

Pappy is pretty smart and could have got into a science major like his dad but choose music instead. His father wept.

Parappa guessed that Katy is lesbian years before she started dating Lammy because the god awful dates she would go on.

Parappa loves frogs, they're his favorite animal.

He has a concentration issue, dude can't stay on track for the life of him. And no he doesn't know he has ADHD.

His ass has maladaptive daydreamer.

Boxy boy was made for Parappa by his dad because of tendency to daydream everywhere and anywhere, he gives him sense.

Pappy has a stuttering and lisp problem, but it adds an interesting element to his raps.

Pappy can NOT keep a secret. He WILL tell Sunny!

He got orange hair

Pj

Pj or further known as King Berri is still the same as always, maybe a lil more tired.

He uses king as a stage name so he can have a bit of his fantasy come true.

Eats weed brownie everyday.

Pj now wears a hooding for pure comforter, it like wearing sleepingbag at all times.

Pj seems very comfortable with his life but he really just compliant.

Pj is estranged from his family. They have not talked in years and he doesn't plan on changing that.

Just like everyone, Pj doesn't hate being a dj but just hate working. All the fun he had for his craft was gone a long time ago. But if he still gets paid by his boss MC Mushi and gets his 'stuff' then his fine.

Pj is brutally honest to Parappa like always, someone got to be the straight man in the friendship.

He's the most likely in the friendship to get the other in trouble.

Pj lives in the college housing, particularly in the basement. He just likes it down there. But funny enough, it turns out the house doesn't stay as empty as what the staff said it would be.

He's roommate is Matt. He's not that bad when you get to know him, He's just a bit snobby, know-it-all and WAY to competitive... but chill? Ok he's a Chin but hey, atleast he's better then Joe.

Him and Matt met one rainy day when the power went out and Matt got jumpedscared but the bear in the basement.

Katy

Chatty Katty was her nickname back in high school and even in the college campus right now. She gets this nickname not because she talks bad of anyone, honestly the opposite. She talks up everyone she knows! Right after talking up herself.

Katy was a church goer growing up, so no duh she'll know everyone in the community.

Her and Pappy were in the church choir growing up, that's how they met. Later she got introduced Pj in school, the three of them started hanging out after that.

Parappa gives the biggest little brother vibe to Katy.

Katy has the vocabulary of a old lady and it's because of the older lady she works with at the diner.

Katy is that friend that went on so many bad dates, tells you about and it makes you think HOW the hell are you still dating men??

She met Lammy after running into each other from the college lecture hall. And she immediately invited her to the milkcan band practice.

Lammy and Katy were a will-they-won't-they thing then they met. Lammy likes Katy but doesn't think she would like her, Katy likes Lammy but doesn't think she's likes women so she continues going for men.

Katy has been going to church less as she goes into college, jobs, dates, band practice and battling the gay thoughts. oooo scary

Katy and Sunny met in middle school, Katy never liked the idea of girls tearing each other down. And Katy was right, Sunny was sweet as she thought.

Katy introduced Sunny to the boys and everyone went nicely, they shared lunch together.

Paula

Paula is base off a kit fox, she just put makeup over her facial mark.

She's got abit of rewrite; She's from a new money household but unlike her parents that fell into complete greed, She's still her old self.

Paula is a tomboy at heart and her true love is basketball and women.

She's a business major oooo. AND the captain of the basketball team.

She still beefing with Katy but you know- it's a friendly rivalry. Or at least it becomes one.

Paula has a little crush on Sunny after meeting her but she's very respectful about it and very real told anyone about it... besides Katy... who told Pj... who told Matt... who told Parappa... who told Sunny. But otherwise Paula got turned down rather nicely and took it well.

Matt

Matt and Joe are doodles, partially a cockapoo.

He is the younger brother of Joe Chin and makes it his LIFE GOAL to be Parappa's rival.

He bascally bradley for the extremely goofy movie.

Matt has a big gay crush on Pappy but he refuse to admit!

Joe Chin got to inherit the family business without even doing anything and Matt is really mad about that. So he's in school for a business degree and in the frat club for extra bonus points. All to impress his parents and get the family business instead.

Ok not related to Matt hcs but just one thing- I think Joe Chin is a womanizer manipulative creep! That's why Matt is a funny villain while Joe is a flatout villain villain.

There more hcs in the bottom but I didn't feel comfortable putting up with more of the light hearted stuff so...

darker things below, read with caution.

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[black-arcana]

HALESTORM Is '70' Or '80 Percent' Done Making New Album: 'We're Excited About It'

In a new interview with PK of Louisville, Kentucky's ALT 105.1 radio station, HALESTORM frontwoman Lzzy Hale spoke about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's follow-up to 2022's "Back From The Dead" album. Lzzy said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We've had three separate sessions in the studio with — we're making a record with [producer] Dave Cobb. And he's actually a huge closet metal fan, and so he's really excited. And so we're making this great music, but we're constantly touring. So we've had, like, three different sessions in the studio. We're probably — what? — 70, 80, maybe, percent there. We have a studio in our house and so I'm doing a lot of the finishing touches on vocals and sewing everything up, doing solos and all that. And then we get back in in December to just say, 'Okay, this is good.' And then, yeah. And then there we are. So we're excited about it. We really are."

Cobb has shared in nine Grammy wins, including four for "Best Americana Album" and three for "Best Country Album". He's also been named "Producer Of The Year" by the Country Music Awards, the Americana Music Association (twice) and the Music Row Awards, and has been a Grammy nominee in the category.

Lzzy previously talked about working with Cobb earlier this month in an interview with "The Morning After With Nic & Big J" on the 100.3 The X Rocks radio station. She said: "It's been a really crazy whirlwind making [the new album]. We ended up going in with Dave Cobb, the producer. And it's something completely different than what we've ever had. We literally rolled in with all of our baggage, all of our songs, our riffs, the whole thing, and he's, like, 'No, we're not gonna do any of that. We're just gonna start.' And I'm, like, 'What? There's no plan? What's happening.' And it's kind of beautiful 'cause all of us are very ADHD, and we're locked together in this house in Savannah, Georgia, which, if you've ever been to Savannah, Georgia, there's no scene. It's a spooky historic town with a lot of Spanish moss. And we're locked — literally I'm saying locked, because we locked the doors — we're locked in this house full of every piece of equipment you could ever need. It's all set up. The board is there — everything — and we're all unsupervised. Which I can't tell you the last time that has happened making an album — probably since the first record, [when] we were all living in an apartment together. So, all of our inner children are screaming and we're all just getting into the sandbox and playing, 'Hey, I brought some LEGOs. You brought a rocket. Let's see if we can get it to space.' And so all of this stuff has really been coming together in such a weird and organic way, to the point that it's very much peeling back the onion of what is HALESTORM.

"My brother [HALESTORM drummer Arejay Hale] and I have had many moments while making this record where we look at each other and we're, like, 'This reminds me of when we were 14.' It's just wild," Lzzy added. "So, I'm very excited for everyone to hear it and I'm excited for it to be done. And so hopefully we wrap it up in December and get get it the hell out — out of my house. [Laughs]"

Elaborating on the songwriting process this time around and how it was different to some of HALESTORM's previous records, Lzzy said: "I think that the big lesson in the front of the race here that has been answered is that usually the weirdest ideas are the best. And sometimes it's the things that you don't think are very good that everyone collectively is, like, 'No, that's actually great.' And I think that that's been the beautiful thing is that the four of us, even though… I mean, my brother's 37 — he's the young gun, but we're all in our early forties — and we've been doing this a long time together. And so to have that kind of reconnection to who you are as people and as friends and really having that kind of come out in the music and it not be this kind of assembly line, like, 'Okay, Lzzy wrote 12 songs. We all really like 'em. Let's record 'em.' Or, 'Hey, we have this collection. And we have a month to be in the studio. Let's just go and bang it out.' We've really kind of taken the time to really let the music tell us what to do and honestly let our weird brains tell us what to do, because we're all terrible adults [laughs], and I think that we were never meant to be. So it's been nice to just kind of have the freedom to do whatever the hell we want and then worry about the consequences later. [Laughs]"

This past July, Arejay was asked by The VORTX Podcast with host Ethan Jackson about HALESTORM's decision to work with Cobb this time around. Arejay said: "It's always good for a band to, if you want your sound to evolve, bring in some fresh minds into it. And the cool thing about Dave is that he's a total hard rock and metalhead at heart. A lot of his most successful projects have been a lot of country, a lot of alternative — I mean, he's all over the spectrum — so when works with us, you can tell… There's a really great mutual respect between [us], 'cause we've been doing this long enough and he's been doing it for so long. We've been a huge fan of his as well, so there's a lot of mutual respect between the two of us, and you can feel it in the room."

Asked if he and his HALESTORM bandmates set a date for themselves for when they want to be done with a record, Arejay said: "It used to be a lot more stringent in the early days. 'Cause when you're trying to get the band off the ground, you really wanna kind of keep that momentum going. But our last couple of records have been a little bit more laid back, which is nice. It kind of gives it room to breathe. It gives us time to like really assess where we wanna go. And definitely COVID changed everything."

On the topic of whether the HALESTORM members do more work remotely now or if they still all get together in the studio and collaborate on ideas in one room, Arejay said: "Oh, it's so much more effective for us to be in the same room. I think it kind of forces you to just… I guess we work well under pressure, 'cause, going back to your last question… We definitely feel the pressure to get the album out at a certain time, but what really cranks up the pressure is the fact that we're leaving Nashville and going to Savannah for only a set period of time, 'cause Dave [only has certain] windows [of availability]. And it really forces us to just dig into your gut and just pull things out. And when we're all together in the room and Joe [Hottinger, HALESTORM guitarist] starts playing around with the riff and I start jamming with them, things just come out, things just happen. There's a magic there."

In June, Lzzy told Decker of the rock station Razor 94.7/104.7 (WZOR) that she and her HALESTORM bandmates initially "got a lot of pushback" from their team about the prospect of working with Cobb. She recalled: "We were saying, 'Oh, wouldn't it be cool to do a record with Dave Cobb? Because that would be something that nobody would really expect from us. And I bet you he would come up with some crazy ideas. Don't know the guy, but let's figure it out.' And everybody on our team was, like, 'No, no, he's too busy. That's not you. He's got this stuff going. He's got, like, nine Grammys with Chris Stapleton. That's not your scene.' And so we kept pushing back. We're, like, 'No, no, no. Just ask him. Just ask him. We can handle rejection, but just ask him.' And so finally, our A&R guy at our label is, like, 'Fine, I'll reach out. Whatever. Just stop bugging me.' And so he reached out, and then he called me, like, the next day. He's, like, 'Hey, I heard back from Dave Cobb. And guess what? Not only does he absolutely know who you are, but he's been wanting to make a record with you for, like, seven years. And he has a plan already of how he wants to do it.' And we're, like, 'What? This is sick.' So anyway, we went to go test the waters, and we go into the studio. And look, I write every day. When I die, there's gonna be so much that everyone has to sift through, just gibberish songs, all that. So I always have, like, a bank with me, like, 'Here's riffs, here's songs, here's subject titles, here's poetry.' And he was, like, 'No, no, no. We're not gonna do anything that you already have. Nothing.' I'm, like, 'Uh. What?' And he's, like, 'No, we're just gonna start.' Everyone's sitting in a circle and we're, like, gonna kumbaya. So everyone got an instrument, like, 'All right. So what are we feeling today?' I'm, like, 'Is this a therapy session?' And we ended up — it's crazy, 'cause then we'll like grab on to something 'cause of that pressure of, like, 'Well, I was thinking about this as this is happening.' 'Cool. Let's go there.' And so he has this amazing instincts that are very, like, you can't see it when you're in it. And then, as soon as we start like putting stuff together, we kind of zoom out and, like, 'Oh, wait a minute. This is so wild and awesome and exactly what we do.' So it's very strange. But we're all very free. And then the other thing is that while we're writing it, we're recording it at the same time. So these tracks are, like, us discovering the song for the first time as well as we're performing them. There are some things that we're performing them all at the same time. There's one track in particular that we completely forgot to put the click track on, and we did like three takes like that, and then we're, like, 'Oh, wait. We don't even have a click going.' Arejay said something, like, 'Were we supposed to have like a click track so we all are on time together?' And everyone's, like, 'We didn't even notice it was gone.' And so we did another take with the click. We're, like, 'No, we like that other one better.' So there's stuff like that. A lot of weird surprises. There's a lot of space. And we're really excited because we're not going country or anything like that, or Americana. This is such a new — it's got so much teeth, and it's so different than what we just did with 'Back From The Dead', but in this almost weightier, heavier way. And the lyrics are — I'm tackling subjects I've never tackled before because I'm having the freedom to do so. So I'm very excited."

HALESTORM and I PREVAIL recently embarked on summer 2024 co-headlining tour. Produced by Live Nation, the trek kicked off on July 9 in Raleigh and ran through August 17 in Las Vegas. HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD and FIT FOR A KING served as support. The tour was also the catalyst and the creative spark for HALESTORM and I PREVAIL's collaborative track "Can U See Me In The Dark?", which was released in June.

"Back From The Dead" has tallied over 100 million streams worldwide. Rolling Stone called the title track "a biting but cathartic howler about overcoming all obstacles," and that song as well as "The Steeple" marked their fifth and sixth number ones at rock radio, respectively. Associated Press said the album "will definitely be in the running for best hard rock/metal album of the year." Their previous album, "Vicious", earned the band their second Grammy nomination, for "Best Hard Rock Performance" for the song "Uncomfortable", the band's fourth #1 at rock radio, and led Loudwire to name HALESTORM "Rock Artist Of The Decade" in 2019.

Fronted by Lzzy with Arejay, guitarist Joe Hottinger and bass player Josh Smith, HALESTORM's music has earned multiple platinum and gold certifications from the RIAA, and the band has earned a reputation as a powerful live music force, headlining sold-out shows and topping festival bills around the world, and sharing the stage with icons including HEAVEN & HELL, Alice Cooper, Joan Jett and JUDAS PRIEST. Additionally, Lzzy was named the first female brand ambassador for Gibson and served as host of AXS TV's "A Year In Music".

[rastronomicals]

4:19 AM EDT July 11, 2024:

Led Zeppelin - "Nobody's Fault But Mine" From the album Presence (March 31, 1976)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Much in the same way that the lyrics to The Beatles' "Glass Onion" acknowledged with a nod and a reluctant wink the gnostic cult of Paul-is-Dead, the packaging of Led Zeppelin's Presence acknowledged the I'm sure at-least-somewhat-discomfitting fact that their group had long since become the most humongous rock band in the world.

By the time of The White Album, and by the time of Presence, respectively, things had gotten to the point where expedience was no longer expedient. The Beatles had tried not to feed the conspiracy theorists, and Zeppelin--modest at least in this one regard--had stayed away from licensing lunchboxes and appearances on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. But at a certain point, things get so big, and so plain, that they become the elephant in the room.

Presence seems to be Zep's acceptance of their own status (beyond even their own control) as Big Dumb Object, an enormous artifact of unfathomable consequence.

That's dumb as in "incapable of speech," not as in "stupid," just so we're straight. But since we're there, let me note that Presence perhaps more than any Zeppelin album save II demonstrates that a certain amount of stoopidity is unavoidable or even desired if you're going to play the cock-rock game.

Plant's lyrics to "Achilles" reference some etching or the other of William Blake's, so my point is not to disparage Zeppelin's obvious operational intelligence. Still, Zeppelin were all about contrast: I dare you to check out the live video from '77, and tell me that Plant's suggestive mannerisms as he sings the band's 11-minute epic aren't a little stoopid . . . .

Ah, but I digress, 'cause the key concept here is not "Dumb" but "Big." Think thunder. Think "Hammer of the Gods," if that helps.

After four albums where at least part of the idea had been to leaven the heaviness with keyboards or acoustic instruments, Presence was a return to the undiluted bombast of the second album. Guitar bass drums voice recorded in a mere 18 days--not necessarily simple, but certainly direct.

The instrumental contrasts that for good or ill had been there on III, IV, Houses of the Holy, and Physical Graffiti were absent on the band's seventh album--and maybe that's why it's long been their least popular. Funny thought, that: maybe Zeppelin were so goddamned popular not because of the parts that rocked, but because of the parts that didn't!

I don't want to go overboard, however. I don't want to make it sound as if Presence were a piece of the nascent pub rock of the time, because the very first track belies that. "Achilles" is the third longest studio track for the band and features perhaps Page's most intricate guitar orchestration, with as many as 12 overdubs. It's routinely described as proggy, or even Yes-like (and if you don't believe that, consider that Dream Theater is one of the many acts who have covered the song). And note that Jonesy is playing an eight-string bass.

Leave it to this band of contrasts to feature a 10-1/2 minute song about a Greek demigod with painstakingly multitracked guitars on their back-to-basics record . . . Presence is perhaps Led Zeppelin's most misunderstood album, but for Page Plant Jones & Bonham, that may have been The Object all along.

File under: The Object Of It All

--

[firesnap]

I’m not a stranger to finding out someone i supported/looked up to being a terrible person. I think that’s just part of the online experience. I was a big fan of a lot of bands that had members that turned out to be creeps. I survived the burning sun scandal in kpop. I followed onion boy for a while when i was young and easily influenced.

This hurts worse. I genuinely feel sick to my stomach, and that feeling hasn’t gone since the news broke. I think it might be because followed him since soothouse? Or because I actively funded his life? With every other band I could pretend that a couple streams and a few bought albums there didn’t actually mean a whole lot in the grand scheme of things — but with this? I send him money every month for the better of 2.5 years. Even when he barely streamed. I did that. While he went a hurt someone.

Sorry for the rant/vent but I think I’m gonna need ages to process that. I feel guilt even though rationally I know there’s no way I could’ve known despite what twt is telling people.

I think I’m going to stick to fictional characters from now on.

I think Twitch subscriptions, the way you can feel connected to someone by directly funding their abilities to entertain you, created this feeling of sort of... moral obligation to who we were supporting. And it's developed across so many internet platforms that it's both a blessing and curse. You get to support individual artists! You get to choose where your money is going1 It's such a direct connection that, like you said, never really existed in media before. Unless you're counting directly being a patron of an artist and I don't think any of us were sending him patron money.

So when someone we've hand-chosen to send money to turns out to be a bad person it ends up feeling like a call out on us, if that makes sense. We picked that person out. We sent them money every month. Did we not investigate them? Did we not get any bad vibes?

And of course the answer is no, but there's also this sort of purity wars on social media where you immediately get people going "well you SHOULD have known. I knew. I never supported them because of ___, ___, ___. My favorite person would NEVER."

But just like how we don't know if the creators of our favorite books or films are assholes, it is unreasonable to expect you to know that your favorite online creator is one too until you're confronted with it. Maybe we did ignore a few red flags, but when confronted with someone who was hurt, you chose to listen and support them. I wouldn't feel guilty for choosing to do the right thing with the information you have.

[sillygooseassociation]

Celebrity Crush

Request: hiiii 🥹 could you write something about jason being asked about his celebrity crush and he says reader (maybe reader is a singer or an actress) and gets flustered by it 🥹🥹

Description: Visiting his friend Jimmy Fallon ahead of hosting SNL, Jason's interview focuses a bit on you, the musical guest for the episode.

Pairing: Jason Sudeikis x celebrity!reader

Word Count: 2.4k

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Studio 6B erupted into cheers as Jason stepped out from behind the blue curtain, raising a hand up in greeting as he placed the other on his chest in a humbling manner. With a kick in his step, he heads to Jimmy, giving his old friend a hug in front of the desk before sitting down in the first chair. The claps die down as Jason lightly slaps the tops of his thighs, joining the excitement, “Yeah!”

Jimmy lets out a small laugh as Jason waves to the crowd once more before Questlove plays the final entertaining rhythm on his drums, “Jason Sudeikis, everyone!” Jason sends a bright smile to the audience before Jimmy drums a couple of beats on his desk, “So Jason, just visiting the show, right? No exciting plans?”

The crowd laughs though Jason internally rolls his eyes at the cheesiness of the question. Obviously, everyone knows why he’s at Rockefeller, in general, that week, nonetheless on the Tonight Show for the Thursday show. Jason brought his hand up to scratch the side of his face jokingly, “Yeah, there’s something small happening, if I remember correctly. I think it’s this small indie feature or something? I’m not sure, my agent just told me to keep my Saturday open.”

“Oh yeah, that one comedy special thing, right? Weekend Live Show?” Laughter, though mostly artificial Jason suspects, fills the room as Jason nods his head slowly, clasping his hands in his lap. “Something like that, sure.” Jimmy recounts a story from their time together at Saturday Night Live, Jason laughing at the appropriate times though his mind is somewhere else, something that seemed to be happening quite often that week.

“So SNL this week, you’re hosting for the second time and joined by first-time musical guest Y/N L/N.” The crowd cheers loudly at the mere mention of your name, something that makes Jason smile brightly, happy you are getting the recognition and support you so clearly deserve. Nodding excitedly as he turns to Jimmy, Jason’s eyes light up when he sees his friend holding up a picture of him standing in between you and Kenan for one of the promos. 

“Are you a fan of Y/N? Like, Jason, I know you, we’re friends, I’ve heard the Ted Lasso soundtracks. I can’t imagine you tend to listen to music like Y/N’s.” Jason chuckles lowly at Jimmy’s question, it’s true, his eclectic taste in music doesn’t typically extend to the modern indie pop you create. “I mean, yeah, I guess my playlists tend to have more of the classics, but her stuff is great. I would definitely consider myself a fan, first I was just listening to her albums while driving my kids around. But then I would be heading home after dropping them off at school and I’d catch myself singing along before I realized I could be listening to whatever I wanted.”

At that, the audience laughs, some nodding their heads in what seemed like agreement, Jason laughing slightly at himself before continuing the conversation, “So yes, I am a fan of her music, though I will say, I know more about her film career than I do her music career.” Jimmy nods in understanding, switching the card in his hand to a poster for your upcoming film Glass Onion, the sequel to Knives Out. “A highly anticipated film for fans of the first one, has Y/N said anything about her first blockbuster film after only previously starring in independent films?”

Jason shakes his head, clearing his throat as he switches which of his legs rests on the other, “We haven’t talked much about either of our careers really other than the usual ‘I love your work’ when first meeting. I can say though,” Jason turns to the main camera, pointing at it with a serious look on his face, “don’t kill me Lorne, the writers’ room told me I could share,” Jimmy erupting into his iconic life as he claps his hands, Jason then turning back to the host as if nothing happened, “Y/N is gracing us with her acting talent in a couple of sketches this week and she is an absolute star. I’m telling you, she should be hosting, not me. I would be happy to let her take over and do both jobs as I watch in the audience.”

The audience laughs before the conversation moves on, talking about Jason’s days on SNL and switching, of course, to Jimmy begging for any season three information as Jason refuses to budge while laughing at his friend. Soon enough, Jimmy throws it to commercial, allowing for the glam squad to come freshen each of them up as the production team shifts things around for the next segment and coming musical performance. As his suit gets lint rolled for the nth time, Jimmy looks at Jason who is talking with his assistant. Not intending to eavesdrop but also not doing his due diligence to give his guest privacy, he overhears the assistant pass a message along from the SNL crew, a message that includes your name in it.

Jimmy’s eyebrow arches and he quirks his head to the side, noticing Jason’s cheeks turn a light red at the mention of your name. Getting a devious idea in his head, Jimmy whips his phone out, typing at lightning speed so he can get all the information possible before they film Jason’s final interview portion. 

Jimmy Fallon: Hey, you talk more frequently to JSuds than I do, is he seeing anyone right now?

Seth Meyers: Nope, single. But he’s basically in love with Y/N L/N. He was at my place when his agent told him that she was the musical guest for his episode, he was practically jumping out of his seat.

Jimmy Fallon: That was my guess, thanks.

Seth Meyers: Yeah, sure. 

Seth Meyers: Wait, why are you asking me? Aren’t you with him right now for your show? Just ask him.

Seth Meyers: Jimmy, did you use me? I swear to God.

Seth Meyers: Fallon?

Seth Meyers: Oh fuck.

Jimmy pockets his phone as the glam squad rushes backstage, the producer counting them down from ten, “Hey Jason, we’re good friends right?” Turning to him with a confused look on his face, Jason nods apprehensively “…Yes, why?” Jimmy shoos away his question in their last four seconds, “Nothing, just wanted to make sure it was fresh on your mind.”

The Roots performed the intro music as the audience cheered, Jason putting on his best smile and content face as Jimmy welcomed everyone back, though he was truly confused out of his fucking mind. “Welcome back everyone! Now, Jason, everyone probably thinks of us as being on SNL at the same time and while they’re technically true, they’re also wrong.”

Jason nods, though his head was still wrapped in confusion, especially since he thought the show agenda said they’d be talking about his experience directing as compared to acting, not returning to the topic of their alma mater. “You make a good point. We were at the show at the same time, but I was in the writers’ room and you were in the cast. I was featured in a sketch every now and then, but nothing major. My first season as part of the cast was 2005, which I think was the first season without you, right?”

Jimmy leans back in his chair, nodding as a small smirk appears on his face, something that terrifies Jason when paired with the glint in Jimmy’s eyes that he recognized as dangerous, “Yeah, exactly, my last season was 2004. You know who we both worked with a lot, both on camera and in writing?” Jason looks at him with a clearly confused expression, something that makes both the audience and the host laugh, “Um yeah, lots of people Jim. But I’m sure you’re going to tell me who you’re specifically talking about.”

Chuckling as a facade, Jimmy internally prays that this goes over well as, hoping that his friend’s sense of humor prevails over his possible embarrassment, “Well I was texting with Seth, Seth Meyers,” he says pointedly to the crowd who clap, “before the show, and you’ll never guess what he told me.” Jason throws his head back over the top of the chair, dramatically groaning as the audience laughs, “I swear to God Jimmy, if this is a drunk writers’ room story…”

The late-night host laughs as he swats away the suggestion, “No, not at all. He was just telling me about a little crush that you have.” The studio is suddenly filled with “ooo”s as the audience goes wild. Jason turns to his friend, turning red in the face as he shakes his head, biting his inner cheek in disbelief before letting out a dangerously low chuckle, “Oh, did he now?”

Based on the embarrassed man’s response, Jimmy knows he is safe to continue though he lets Jason lead the conversation and how much he wants to share. “He did in fact. He told me about how you were, and I quote, ‘practically jumping out of your chair’ in his living room when this crush was brought up in conversation.” Jason rolls his eyes at the exaggeration, though he is also aware that it may not be too far off from what happened when he got that call, “Okay, I don’t know if I would go that far. Geez, I feel like I’m in high school again.” Turning to the audience, Jason makes a jokingly agitated face, “You spend ten years in this place and suddenly it's like you’re right back in homeroom when you come back for the reunion.”

The audience laughs and while Jimmy knows what he said was fairly accurate, he was not going to let Jason sidestep this conversation. “Meyers has never exaggerated in his entire life, don’t you dare suggest that.” With a statement that false, Jason has to roll his eyes before Jimmy can continue, “It seems your crush is someone we all know, someone I’m sure quite a few people in the audience and many more at home have crushes on as well. Care to share?”

Jason shakes his head as he chuckles, dramatically waving his hands to show his opposition to the suggestion. Not surprisingly though, the studio erupts in cheers, egging Jason on, cheering for the celebrity drama. Jason licks his bottom lip quickly as he looks down at his sneakers, trying to figure out how to nicely reveal that he was practically in love with you (though he would maintain the secret of the severity of his attraction to you, of course). 

Taking a deep breath, Jason attempts to steady his racing heartbeat. Was he really about to do this? Why would he admit on international television that he had a fat puppy love crush on you? Sure, the episode was filmed the afternoon before the evening of airing, they could cut it if he asked, but he would be trending on Twitter as soon as the audience had access to their phones again. 

It’s not like he was asking for your hand in marriage, just telling Jimmy that he was attracted to you. Worst case scenario, you ignore Jason for the next two days aside from your sketches together, sure, awkwardness would linger in the air, but you’re both professionals. Best case scenario, you tell Jason that he’s hot as fuck, you two have the best sex of your lives, and then live happily ever after, together for the rest of your lives. He admits, maybe the second possibility was more of a fantasy, but it's his mind, he can dream about anything he wants.

Jason looks back up at the audience, who continue to cheer, before glancing to a smiling Jimmy Fallon. He takes one more deep breath, his face turning a darker shade of red before he can even say anything. “Let’s just say, I wouldn’t mind a personal concert from this person instead of just singing along in my car.”

Hearing the reference to the earlier conversation about you, the audience absolutely loses it as they all stand, clapping and cheering. Jimmy lets out a loud laugh, clapping Jason on the shoulder and pointing to him while looking at the camera, “Jason Sudeikis, everyone! Catch him and his favorite musical guest, Y/N L/N, on Saturday Night Live at 11:35 PM!” 

Jason is rushed backstage, different crew members complimenting him on his interview as he heads in the direction of his dressing room. He looks to his left to find his assistant joining his walk, passing him his phone as she gives him a nervous smile. Sensing her uneasiness at the possibility of Jason being frustrated with her for Jimmy’s questioning, he sends her a reassuring smile before thanking her for his phone and sending her back to studio 8H where he’d meet her.

He continues the journey to his room, needing to grab his stuff before he can head back to rehearsal and last-minute rewrites ahead of the coming show. Jason chuckles as he unlocks his phone, ignoring all of the texts from his publicist that was watching from the production room, instead opening his messages from Seth.

Seth Meyers: Okay don’t be mad at me.

Seth Meyers: He didn’t tell me he was going to do that.

Seth Meyers: Actually, I don’t know what he did but I KNOW he did something.

Seth Meyers: So yeah, not me. Jimmy. He’s the one that sucks, yeah?

Jason types out his response, pausing to open his door though he doesn’t look up from his phone, instead finishing his text. But before he can press send, he notices the shape of something, or someone, on the room’s couch. Looking up, Jason is shocked, and subsequently incredibly nervous, to find you lounged on the couch, smiling at him. He takes note of the television remote in your hand, the television sitting opposite the couch that he knows was just playing his interview. Jason lets out a nervous chuckle as he tries to figure out what to say, brushing his hair back as he looks at you. Before he can say anything though, you stand up and walk towards him, only about five inches of space between the two of you as you smile brightly up at him, the smile turning into a small smirk.

“Personal concert, huh?”

[en-gelic]

my thoughts on the enha cb that no one asked for 😋:

moonstruck - WAR IS OVER PPL ITS FINALLY NOT AN INTRODUCTION BYE 🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️ in summary it's so sweet and fluffy and cute and the lyrics????? BYEE

xo (only if you say yes) - IT IS SO???? LIKE I WANT ITS SO FREAKY BUT SOFT AND SHU TUP I LOVE IT KISS MEEEE DON'T SAY NOO AND THE MV??? NGL THEM DISCUSSING BLOOD TYPES WAS SO AMUSING 😋😋 they preferred o blood by the way (ENHA TAKE MY BLOOD RN)

your eyes only - i don't even know what to say. they js want me to go to my grave rn. it was so cute and fluffy and 🥺🥺🥺WHY DONT MEN MEN LIKE ENHA MEN GET ME A MAN LIKE THESE LYRICS AND I'LL PAY YOU $000000000.1

hundred broken hearts - BYE THIS SONG MAKES MY HEART 😪😪 LIKE YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO KNOW IT'S SO OMG AND THEY ARE SO CHARMING AND IT'S SO OMG LIKE ABT TO DELETE ALL MY GUYFRIENDS ATP BCS THEY ARE NOTTTT MATCHING THIS PERFECTION

brought the heat back - SECOND FAV IN THE ALBUM 😁😁 JEALOUS ENHA IS SO FUNNY LIKE THE LYRICS?? I CAN'T ALSO OMG I FEEL LIKE I SHLD IDK START A GANG AND BREAK TVS OR SMTH W THAT SONG IN THE BG OR LIKE COMMIT ARSON MAYBE BYE IM JOKING BUT IT WAS SO GOOD LIKE GOT ME DOING CARTWHEELS ATP 🤩🤩 ALSO JAY HIGH NOTE??!! THAT WAS FIRE

paranormal - FIRE. STRAIGHT UP FIRE. MY FAVOURITEEEEEE OF ALL FAVOURITEESSSS OF ALL FAVOURITESSSSS IT IS FIRE. IT'S SO CUTE ALSO MY FAV SONG IN THE ALBUM IF I DIDN'T MENTION THAT ALREADY. I LOVED IT SO MUCH I AM THE #1 PARANORMAL SUPPORTER AND FIGHT ME IF YOU SAY OTHERWISE👹👹

royalty - made me feel like royalty frfr 😁😁BYE IT'S SO IDEK WHAT TO SAY LIKE MY THESAURUS DISAPPEARED LIKE THIS WAS PERFECT. THANK YOU I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS

highway 1009 - im going to cry. this was so adorable and heartfelt and the lyrics were so. who started cutting onions GOOD BYE and the narrated version??? let me go cry in a puddle rq

xo (only if you say yes) - UTTER PERFECTION 'keep it hot like sauna' BYE BYE. PREPARE MY GRAVE TY. omw to go learn the lyrics since its in my mother tongue ;p

[thequeensthroat]

Steve Albini’s mini-essay on record stores for record store day 2009, run as an ad in the Chicago Reader by Reckless Records (transcribed below the cut).

RECKLESS RECORDS APRIL 18TH. 2009

Tomatillos, "pop" & Neil Young by Steve Albini

People go to record stores for the same reason they go to the farmers market. You get to see the merchandise, wander around, look at things you would never consider on your own, take advice from people who know what they're talking about, stumble onto stuff and maybe get your mind changed about something. No kidding, since when are there more than two kinds of eggplant? Man, a butternut squash. I've always wanted to try barbecuing a butternut squash. Ramps? What the hell is a ramps? Like a leafy onion that fights with you? I do not like tomatillos. No thank you. Never have, never will. I'll eat this to humor you, but I do not like tomatillos. What else is in there? Just tomatillos and ramps? What the hell... Give me that squash and some ramps. Okay, okay. Some tomatillos.

Not everybody will go to the farmers marker. Some people will stumble instead into the convenience store and grab some potato chips and a tub of onion dip. Maybe splurge and get an enormous soda. They call it "pop" here, not soda. Soda is out West and out East. Here it's "pop." In the South you mostly hear everything called a "coke." Sometimes "cold drinks." Speaking of convenience stores, as I recall they call them "dairies" in Ohio, and "party stores" in Michigan. "Bureaus" I heard someplace. I want to say Boston, but that's probably wrong. I first heard "convenience store" when I moved to Chicago, but most people said "White Hen," even if they were talking about another franchise. Why does this matter? Because shit's different everywhere. You go to a record store in one city and the staff will have their own inside jokes and bizarre Top Ten lists and ridiculous polaroids taped to the walls. You go to another store and okay, they have jokes and Top Ten lists and polaroids, but they're all different. And the girl behind the counter is as likely to collect Merzbow as Kitty Wells, and who better to advise you on 90s latino dance music than the slightly-overweight guy who inexplicably has made it his special interest? Every store is different. The 90s latino dance music guy could just as easily be a black metal guy or a Toscaninni Conducts guy or a Boney M completist.

By choice or fate, however, he will always be a little overweight, unless he's real scrawny. One or the other. Or he could be a girl. Whatever (a word invented for record stores), he wants to help you. He wants you to only listen to the good stuff, don't bother with that bullshit. It matters to him, and he thinks it might matter to you. Let's say you want to buy one Neil Young record, and not as a joke, so you can skip the rockabilly one. He has maybe 20 credible albums to choose from. "Trans," that's a tweener. You need a record store guy who is super into Neil Young to help you through that maze. He'll talk to you, learn your opinion on tomatillos, introduce you to ramps and humor your squash-grilling aspirations. He will find you the right Neil Young album for this moment in your life.

Jesus, that's an easy one. What about Willie Nelson or the Fall? You could stock a whole store just with albums by Willie Nelson and the Fall. That's actually an amazing idea. In the back, two dudes. One really into the Fall, one really into Willie.

[empressofthesunwriter]

Beauty Is A Curse

Queen B.

Beauty Queen.

Wear your mask, don't let them see.

The Girl underneath.

Hide, hide, hide under snide and pride.

Use a sharp tongue to make them bow.

You are the Queen of this school.

Beautiful, so beautiful, yet deep down, you feel so vacant.

You scream inside and no one hears.

They love your face, but what about your soul?

Beauty is a curse for sure.

Two

Dash party came like a present from heaven.

Not because she was invited, Paulina would rather stay home and watch some old movies, but because he invited Danny.

DANNY!

Her crush.

Paulina had to play it cool.

She could finally get close to him, maybe show him some of her real self, yet she still had to keep her mask as Queen B on.

So she just greeted him with a wave and smile.

Yeah, she got this.

The next day she asked Danny at school if he would like to hear her new CD.

It was so crunk!

She...she didn't use her own nerd language, did she?

Oh no she did!

Stupid!

Thankful, Danny didn't seem to mind and joined her with a smile.

Okay, Paulina, you got this! she encouraged herself.

They listen to the music, doing idle chit-chat.

Paulina felt like on cloud number 9.

They liked a lot of the same music artists!

They discussed Dumpty Humpty's latest album and how much more rock it was than their last.

Oh yeah, she got it.

And she wasn't making a foul out of herself.

The Latina couldn't wait till Saturday!

(*)

Paulina did wonder why Dash changed the dress code on Saturday for the party from cool to loser chic.

When she saw Danny arrive in the cool baggy clothes, she had a feeling that Dash had lied about being short on money to buy the cool clothes, and that's why he changed the dress code.

Bullcrap.

Dash was loaded.

This was to embarrass Danny.

Nervous Paulina rubbed one of her arms.

She knew what she had to do...shune Danny like everybody else.

But...

She looked around.

A lot of her friends were either drunk or high and the rest made out with each other.

Maybe she could...?

Determined she walked up to the sad Danny.

"Hey Danny.", she greeted. "Didn't get the memo, huh?"

God, this was so lame!

Yet Danny just gave her a little smile.

"Yeah...you look nice.", he complimented her.

"I wear the stuff your little Goth friend wears?"

Danny blushed adorable, gaah, Paulina wanted to kiss his cheeks.

"I-I know...you look just better in it."

Well, his friend surely wouldn't like to hear this, but it made Paulina happy.

She gave him a sweet smile, making him blush more.

"Come, let's get out of here.", she suggested.

This surprised Danny.

"You...You want to leave with me?"

"I will not have Dash have the satisfaction of humiliating you. Also, I rather hang out with you than with this drunk, high and horny crowd."

It was then Danny realized what was going on around them, making him blush a bit more.

How could someone be so adorable?

"Yeah...I get it."

Giggling Paulina took his hand, which earned her a huge smile from Danny, and led him to the backdoor of the house, so no one would notice them leave.

(*)

They found themselves all alone, beside the employers, at the fast food restaurant Nasty Burger.

They eat to their heart contented.

"No Paulina!", laughed Danny, holding his Onion Rings away. "This are mine!"

"Aww, you are so mean, not even one?", giggled Paulina, still reaching for the Onion Rings.

"You already eat mine and your fries!"

"So mean!"

They giggled together and Danny finally gave her an Onion Ring.

This was so amazing.

Like a little date.

Paulina could stay forever in this moment.

Sadly it ended.

Out of nowhere, Danny shivered, Paulina even swore she saw blue mist coming from his mouth, and told her he had to be home.

"Oh.", she made a sad sound, before she gripped a napkin and a pen. "Here. This is my number. Give me a call?"

Danny looked at her as if she gave him the Holy Grail and Excalibur in one.

"Yes. Yes! I will totally call you! Bye, Paulina!"

"Wait, Danny!"

As he turned to her back she gave him fast a little kiss on the cheek.

"I had fun with you..."

Dreamily Danny touched his cheek, staring at her with big sky blue adoring eyes, making now her blush.

"I had fun too...Bye."

Her kiss had made him drunk or how else could you explain how the poor boy smacked against several tables before he got out of the fast food joint?

Paulina smiled a bit.

Danny was so cute.

(*)

She was back at her hide-out, curled around her phone.

Why didn't Danny call her already?

Did he forget?

Before she started to cry, finally her phone rang.

"Danny!"

"Paulina, I'm so sorry. I had a family situation and could call just now. Did I wake you up?"

She smiled shyly at her old friend the moon who shone down on her.

"No, no, I'm still awake."

"Oh good."

"I hope all is good with your family."

"Yeah, don't worry."

"Thank you, you called...I thought you forgot me."

"I could NEVER forget you!"

This made Paulina laugh softly.

"Charmer."

"You know Paulina...and please don't take it the wrong way."

"Mmh?"

"You were tonight so sweet to me and seemed...happy. I have never seen you laugh this much."

Paulina bit her lip and played nervously with the string of her hoodie.

"I'm a girl with a lot of mysteries, Danny."

"Then...then I hope you will trust me one day enough to show them to me."

Oh...!

Paulina felt tears well up in her eyes and a big smile forming on her face.

This boy...this sweet kind boy...he was way too good for her!

"One day, Danny, I promise."

They talked for a bit before they said good night to each other.

For the first time in a long while Paulina felt lighter in her heart.

Danny did her good.

He seemed to accept and enjoy her true colours.

Sure she hadn't shown him anything tonight, but it was a good start.

So this meant one thing...she had to be courageous enough to keep him in her life.

She lay down like a starfish on the rooftop and looked at the moon.

Could she rip off her own Queen B Mask?

Would it be worth it?

Yet when she thought about the feelings Danny made appear in her...yes, she had to rip off the mask.

Maybe not all in one go, but showing her so-called friends that Danny was under her protection.

Yeah...this could work.

For Danny and the small blossom of love between them...she could do it.

She had to do it!

Paulina nodded to the moon and made her way home.

Tomorrow her war would start.

She needed all forces.

[riseofthecommonwoodpile]

I have done like 50? maybe more? of these music listening things, and i am running out of general statements to make about each summary. so here (new york isabelle voice) whoa fugettaboutit mama mia pizza pie:

AMM- The Inexhaustible Document (9.0/10)

Anaal Nathrakh- The Codex Necro (8.0/10)

An Albatross- Eat Lightning, Shit Thunder (7.5/10)

Ayesha Erotica- Cumshot (7.5/10)

Beebee- Play the Girl (5.0/10)

Beherit- Drawing Down the Moon (8.5/10)

Black Flag- Slip It In (7.0/10)

Bree Runway- Be Runway (7.0/10)

Brooke Candy- SEXORCISM (8.0/10)

Bush Tetras- Boom In The Night (5.5/10)

Current 93- Swastikas for Noddy (6.5/10)

The Dillinger Escape Plan- Miss Machine (7.5/10)

Fat Worm of Error- Pregnant Babies Pregnant with Pregnant Babies (9.0/10)

Filth of Mankind- The Final Chapter (9.0/10)

Grendel- Harsh Generation (5.0/10)

Helen Love- Love and Glitter, Hot Days and Music (8.0/10)

Jane Siberry- No Borders Here (9.0/10)

Jane's World- Sugar (9.0/10)

Joe Meek and the Blue Men- I Hear a New World: An Outer Space Music Fantasy (7.0/10)

Kim Petras- Feed The Beast (2.5/10)

The Les Claypool Frog Brigade- Purple Onion (7.0/10)

Lifetime- Hello Bastards (8.5/10)

Lil Mariko- Lil Mariko (8.0/10)

Lindsay Lohan- A Little More Personal (Raw) (6.5/10)

Lingua Ignota- SINNER GET READY (10/10)

Liz Phair- Whip-Smart (8.5/10)

Mercyful Fate- Don't Break the Oath (8.5/10)

Pain Teens- Destroy Me, Lover (9.5/10)

Portion Control- I Staggered Mentally (8.5/10)

Richard Hell & The Voidoids- Blank Generation (8.0/10)

Slayyyter- Troubled Paradise (7.0/10)

The Smile- A Light for Attracting Attention (7.5/10)

Trixie Mattel- The Blonde & Pink Albums (7.5/10)

XTC- English Settlement (7.5/10)

Yellow Swans- Going Places (9.0/10)

Young Marble Giants- Colossal Youth (8.5/10)

Yuko Ogura (小倉優子)- フルーchu タルト (6.0/10)

805 Enavol- Holesome (7.0/10)

[starrysharks]

what type of music do your ocs listen to? Have you ever based an oc off of a song?

i've actually based a lot of ocs off of songs! especially octavia and savory, who are mostly inspired by industrial, rock, horror, and electronic music from the early-mid 2000s - i'd say that the albums blood, death, ivory and krankhaus by angelspit served as a big inspiration for both of their current designs, especially the specfic songs 100%, get even, vena cava, and jugular. also rob zombie's music was a big inspiration for octavia :>

in terms of what they'd listen to (regarding reassassination at least), i think octavia would listen to nu-metal/punk/alt rock and basically any 'alternative' genre. i think her favourite bands would be kittie, jack off jill, and the birthday massacre! maybe she'd relate to some of the lyrics? for savory, i don't think he's a music guy, but he'd probably listen to classical music or just white noise. though he's the type of person who likes to work in silence, so i don't think he'd listen to music whatsoever. and onion is a bit of an odd case because they seem like the type who'd listen to every genre, especially the more obscure ones. definitely a big fan of nightcore, electronica/synthwave, and pop-punk though. their favourite bands would be green day, bowling for soup, and ,,,,, weezer ,,,,,,