#p.s. eliot

[tuuneoftheday]

Waxahatchee - Bored

[sharpened--edges]

P.S. Eliot, "We'd Never Agree" (2009)

[mywifeleftme]

128: Swearin' // Swearin'

Swearin' Swearin' 2012, Salinas (Bandcamp)

I never saw Swearin’ at a house show (though the bar I did see them at held maybe 30 people), but in the same way the smell of Sambuca makes my saliva queasily thicken, the second the needle drops on their s/t I get notes of Pabst, cigarette-couch/carpet, hot scalp, the wine of an overworked fan, giggling, keys jingling on carabiners, floor-lamp lighting, amp sizzle. (Pinning this idea for a band name here: Dirty Madeleine.)

Inane tag cloud ideas: loft apartment indie; park drinking punk; bike messenger affirmations; co-opcore; foragestyle; couch surf rock.

Me, as a YouTube commenter in nine years: I made out for the second time with the first girl I ever moved in with at a Swearin’ show! We don’t talk anymore, but I hope she is well.

Anyway, Swearin’ was always my fav of the Crutchfield twins’ many projects, emerging from the breakup of Birmingham, Alabama’s fondly remembered P.S. Eliot when Allison decided to pursue her own voice as a songwriter and move to NYC. She ended up dating and forming a band with Kyle Gilbride of Big Soda, and that band was Swearin’, so now you’re caught up.

The Crutchfield Twins’ Many Projects

Pre-2007: The Ackleys (Allison + Katie) 2007-2011: P.S. Eliot (Allison + Katie) 2011-present: Waxahatchee (Katie) 2012-2015, 2017-present?: Swearin’ (Allison) 2014-2017?: Allison Crutchfield solo 2022: Plains (Katie)

Robert Christgau said of P.S. Eliot, “Always there is the sound of becoming that the young treasure for one reason and the ex-young value for quite another,” and I think he’s on to what makes both Katie and Allison’s ‘00s and early ‘10s music so appealing—though the diaristic lyrics are angsty, sometimes irritable, or glum, there’s a comforting sense that they’re cool young people who are going to be Alright in the end. Even though the people in these songs may not have the details figured out, they know what the life they want feels like—and that translates into the aesthetics of the music. For Swearin’, it’s a form of comfortably broken-in indie rock with its influences (Breeders, the Merge Records catalogue, ‘90s pop punk, Julianna Hatfield etc.) so thoroughly subsumed that it sounds whole. Gilbride’s a big vocal presence here as well, his adenoidal whine a welcome contrast to Allison’s unfussed ‘90s alternative vibe. He takes lead on one of the self-titled’s real winners, the irresistible problem-party-guest narrative “Crashin’,” complete with a riff and solo that’d get a goofy thumbs up from the boys in Superchunk.

An album that is top-to-bottom charming like this one only needs a single stone classic to stay in the rotation for the long haul, and Swearin’ has one in “Just.” It’s an all-time romantic song in my personal canon, headlong as a crazy kiss in an alley, popping ‘60s girl group poses in the verses, with a chorus as elemental as they come. Crutchfield’s lyrics don’t miss either, mingling hesitation (“Closed off from love / I didn’t need the pain”) and dizzy desire (“I knew you had me the night we met / my empty room dripping wet / make believe we’re in my bed”).

Other Choice Words:

“Tennessee River, a drunken relapse / And her new girlfriend, she’s got a new girlfriend now.” (“Movie Star”) “Kings of the Airwaves / deprive and depraved / Fruit from the market / Demo tape cassette” (“Hundreds & Thousands”) “An artist’s mind / is stimulated by the aesthetic / I don’t know about art / but I think your music’s shit.” (“Fat Chance”)

Swearin’ cut a second very good record before calling it quits when Gilbride and Crutchfield broke things off, but they had a fine comeback with 2018’s Fall into the Sun, and I surely wouldn’t mind more from them. Consider this a call for like, Steve Malkmus to dial them up next time Pavement needs an opening act. Let’s do this.

128/365

[vampyastro]

𝕬𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖔 𝕺𝖇𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖛𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖕𝖙 𝟛

✐ ✧Common birth chart placements of famous writers✧ ✐

Hey everyone! I am someone who loves reading and writing so I decided to look into some of my favorite authors birth charts and find common placements amongst them that could indicate being a good writer. Of course there are other placements in a birth chart that can indicate this (I researched a lot of writers charts and of course not all of them have these placements), I just thought it was interesting to see these the common placements amongst prominent writers. If there are any writers you know of that have these placements feel free to let me know!

✐ I’ve noticed a lot of famous male writers have Gemini moons, meanwhile famous female writers have Libra moons.

✐ Gemini Moons: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka, Charles Baudelaire, J.D. Salinger, T.S Eliot

✐ Libra Moons: Sylvia Plath, Maya Angelou, Jane Austen, Emily Dickinson, Agatha Christie, Louise Gluck

✐ Mercury is also another indicator of whether someone is a good writer. Mercury is the planet of communication, thinking patterns, mentality, reasoning/rational, etc. The authors Mercury sign can sometimes reflect the topics they write about. For instance, Oscar Wilde is a Scorpio Mercury and he wrote a lot about death, transformation, mystery and the fall from grace.

✐ Scorpio Mercury: Oscar Wilde, Sylvia Plath, Arthur Miller, Mark Twain

✐ Sagittarius Mercury: Albert Camus, Louisa May Alcott, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles Baudelaire, Christina Rossetti, Jane Austen, Emily Dickinson, Louise Gluck

✐ Writers usually tend to have prominent 10th house placements. Many planets in the 10th house can represent authority, being career oriented and success. Most often I’ve seen Saturn be in many of these writers houses, which makes sense because many of these individuals had tough lives and preserved through many challenges in order to gain the success they had. Some died without even knowing how successful they were or the legacy they left on the world. Specifically Franz Kafka, he had Mars, Saturn, Neptune and Chiron in the 10th house. Kafka died thinking he was a failure, his writings didn’t reach their peak popularity until many years after his death.

✐ Other writers with prominent 10th house placements include:

Christina Rossetti (Moon, Saturn), Emily Dickinson (Saturn, North Node), Agatha Christie (Venus), Arthur Miller (Mars, Saturn, Neptune), Mary Shelley (Pluto), Oscar Wilde (Saturn), Ernest Hemingway (Neptune, Pluto), Shakespeare (Mercury, Pluto)

✐ Overall in my findings, I noticed that many writers I researched have multiple Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Gemini and Sagittarius placements in their charts.

-Side note, he’s not necessarily a writer, although he did write books; Sigmund Freud is a Gemini moon and Scorpio rising. I think that is very interesting lol.

𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓴 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰! *:･ﾟ✧

𝓗𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂 𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓭𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓸𝓷𝓮! ♡

P.s Let me know if you’re interested in more posts like this. I can do famous musicians, artists, psychologists, etc :) Also, thank you for all the support on my last two posts! 🫶🏻

[plussizefantasia]

CozyTober 2024

Here's the lineup for this year's spooky, comfy, cozy writing challenge. I got this list from @bigtreefest and really like the ideas that I got from it. If any of these catch your eye let me know and I'll add you to the taglist, other than that just enjoy the next month's worth of blurbs and one-shots full of all the fantastic fall vibes!

p.s. the divider featured on all my cozytober fics is from @strangergraphics

Day 1: Borrowing a Sweatshirt or Coat: Logan Howlett x F! reader

Day 2: Wrapped in a Soft Fuzzy Blanket: Fili x Hobbit!reader

Day 3: Chilly Fall Day: Eddie Munson x gf!Reader

Day 4: The slight smell of smoke in the air: Eliot Spencer x Reader

Day 5: Hot Chocolate or Tea: Jim Hopper x wife!reader

Day 6: Cuddles after a bad day: Jake Jensen x gf!Reader

Day 7: The Smell of Fresh Baked Goods: Bucky Barnes x wife!Reader

Day 8: Apple Cider Donuts: Dad!Steve Rogers x mom!reader

Day 9: Fall Road Trip: Logan Howlett x Reader

Day 10: Unsanctioned Halloween Party: Tony Stark x wife!reader, Platonic Peter Parker x reader

Day 11: Last Minute Family Gathering: Steve Harrington x gf!reader

Day 12: Cozy Coffee Shop: Eliot Spencer x reader

Day 13: Game Night : Eddie Munson x gf!reader

Day 14: Playing in the leaves: Benedict Bridgerton x wife!reader

Day 15: Visits from the dead: Matt Murdock x ghost!reader

Day 16: Facing your fears: Curtis Everett x reader

Day 17: Spooky Stories: Sam Uley x imprint!reader

Day 18: Trick or Treating: dad!Bucky x mom!reader

Day 19: Abandoned Train Station: Logan Howlett x reader

Day 20: Rotting Things: Thorin x reader

Day 21: Haunted Hotel: Eliot Spencer x reader

Day 22: Too freaked out to sleep alone: Steve Harrington x reader

Day 23: Halloween Pranks: Jake Jensen x reader

Day 24: Carving Pumpkins: Anthony Bridgerton x reader

Day 25: Ghosts of your past: Lucifer Magne x reader

Day 26: Comfort during sickness: Jim Hopper

Day 27: "Selfcare is important": Aaron Hotchner x reader

Day 28: Reconnecting: Ransom Drysdale x reader

Day 29: "Thanks for Putting up with me": Paul Lahote x reader

Day 30: Comfort Food: Eliot Spencer x reader

Day 31: Reader's Choice: Congrats! if you read this far you get a chance to decide what the big finish of this year's challenge will be! All throughout October if you send me an ask with a fall prompt and a character pairing your idea will be considered for the finale!! Submissions will be accepted until October 28th.

[mumblelard]

all your questions answered or last night i had dreams of flying that involved tensing my body and breathing in a certain way and leaning into the imminent motion. when i woke up this morning, i felt sore, like coming down the day after a good run

i still feel, right now, a little bit like i could fly in this waking world if only i could remember how

i took four years of latin in high school. i've had the cops called on me several times and i've had warrants. my father and i have a quietly strained relationship but we see each other regularly, and even well into his seventies he can assemble ikea furniture quickly and competently. the current humidity here is sixty-three percent. i say appalachia right but i say appalachian wrong, and tennessee by p.s. eliot is still my number one song on repeat

[aardvaark]

Ok so I watched leverage (because of you) (also hi I am the anon who sent you all the panic messages about the finale) and now I am rewatching and in no particular order dumping leverage thoughts on you

Oh my god in The Order 23 job I didn't even realize Eliot was pretending to ignore Hardison telling him what star trek movies he would reference, and then showed he was actually listening and paying attention

One of my favorite scenes has to be in The Studio Job when Parker is dancing through stealing everything hunting for tickets Hardison asked for. I just love seeing them be hyper-competent

Canine Eliot comparison's save me

I forgot how much I loved the entire end of s3. And by the end I mean the entire season.

omg?? im so glad my silly leverageposting managed to help get other people interested in this show!! and im glad you enjoyed it, i think its permanently changed my brain chemistry lmao. re each dot point:

i can’t decide if it’s funnier if eliot was lying about not having a tv/not having seen any star trek, or if hardison just talks about it so much that eliot has learnt star trek series titles via osmosis lol. i haven’t seen star trek but im sure someone who has would have good hcs about what might lead eliot to have watched it, and what parts he would like. i think he probably does at least own a tv bc some of his whole I’m A Tough Guy act is definitely put on.

yessss i love that scene!! parker being extremely impressive my beloved <3. any of the team showing off their skills, tbh. on the episode commentary, people often refer to it as "competence porn" lol, just watching the characters being ridiculously awesome at what they do. don’t even need dialogue or cuts to what the others are doing or stuff happening in the background, it’s great just watching parker stealing or eliot fighting someone (especially eliot & quinn) for a while.

also werewolf!eliot hcs and fic by @werewolfsmile is so great with this.

the middle seasons (2, 3, 4) are probs my favourite era… nate’s apartment era. season 1 is its own narrative and i love that, it’s probably my favourite individual season, and season 5 plays around with format & concepts which is cool, plus it’s getting ready for the end. but the *era* of s2-4? the development of the characters between s2-4?? incredible!! on rewatch, s3 is so interesting for eliot even in the early episodes, cause with the context of his past with moreau…. there’s an impending meeting with moreau and it’s inevitable and eliot knows that. and having that context on rewatch really makes you notice his expressions and think about what he’s emotionally/cognitively going through.

thank you very much for the thought dumping, i always love getting to think & talk about this show!!

P.S. i remember i once used that same picture that you’ve got as your pfp for like an email account or something in high school!! labracadabrador, always makes me laugh lol

[noneofthisisreal]

[47-61]

The Pete McVries Reading List

so McVries is a big reader. I collected some books by the authors he mentioned into a reading list. They are chronological by publication date and go up to 1979. If I missed any authors he mentioned in other parts of the book, let me know & I will update.

The Catcher in the Rye (1951) - J.D. Salinger Nine Stories (1953) - J.D. Salinger A Separate Peace (1959) - John Knowles Franny and Zooey (1961) - J.D. Salinger There Must Be a Pony! (1961) - James Kirkwood Morning in Antibes (1962)- John Knowles Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963) - J.D. Salinger U.T.B.U. (Unhealthy To Be Unpleasant), (Play, 1965)- James Kirkwood Indian Summer (1966) - John Knowles Phineas; Six Stories (1968) - John Knowles Good Times/Bad Times (1968) - James Kirkwood The Paragon (1971) - John Knowles P.S. Your Cat Is Dead (1972) - James Kirkwood Spreading Fires (1974) - John Knowles Some Kind of Hero (1975) - James Kirkwood A Chorus Line (co-authored with Nicholas Dante), (Play/Musical, 1975) - James Kirkwood Hard Feelings (1977) - Don Bredes A Vein Of Riches (1978) - John Knowles

Poetry of John Keats Poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne

and because I am a huge nerd I put a list of books that I would recommend to McVries under the cut

My recommendations to McVries: Demian - Hermann Hesse Beneath The Wheel - Hermann Hesse This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut. Actually not entirely sure he'd like Vonnegut but I'd recommend it based on his worldview. The Stranger - Albert Camus Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë. Actually sure throw in Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë too Pete seems like someone who wuthers Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce The Poems of Sylvia Plath The Poems of T.S. Eliot The Long Walk - Richard Bachman. I think he'd love that one

also I know it's ridiculous to put in A Chorus Line but it's simple logic. McVries likes James Kirkwood -> James Kirkwood co-wrote the book for A Chorus Line -> McVries likes A Chorus Line. this is the hill I have chosen to die on. It's canon. You will have to pry this from me after i'm rotting in my grave if you want me to relinquish this. Does McVries like musical theatre? I don't know. Who cares. Does he like A Chorus Line? Yes. Is this incredibly important to me because it's in my top 5 musicals? Yes. Okay thanks. anyway McVries and I would have been friends in high school

[ashes-reviews]

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

8/10

I'm a week away from graduating, and I need my favorite escapism. A good gay ya novel. So I head down to my little neighborhood library with absolutely no expectations. I see a cheesy title and two boys on the cover, I read the back and I'm promised enemies to lovers in space--I'm sold. The librarian confirms that this book has won many awards, I'm a little shocked that a cute little sci-fi romance novel was so critically acclaimed, but ah well time to start readin--OH MY GOD.

This BOOK, y'all!!! Absolutely nothing you could possibly expect. I was thrown for a loop in the absolute best way. At first I was pleasantly surprised by the usual sci-fi AI motifs, and then by page 50 I had given up that this was anything like the book I had thought it was.

The plot is astounding and kept me on the edge of my seat, truly suspending my disbelief. Clearly, Schrefer knows his way around science fiction! The characters were three dimensional, and ultimately memorable, but the emotions this book made me feel are truly what I will take with me. I laughed, I cried, but most of all I hugged a pillow sucking on my thumb rocking back and forth while staring into the middle distance. :)

This book blends utter existentialism and heartbreak with the solemn safety of a happy ending. It's like doom scrolling world news all day only for a loved one to walk in and greet you with a kiss atop the head. I gave it an eight simply because I am a harsh grader and I am saving the ten for a very special occasion, and I felt that even though I loved the characters and their relationship, the romance was lacking. Very "horny teens with no one else around" which, as a hesitant ace, I was a little taken aback by. While the romance didn't blow me away, this book was truly about love. Love for the world, love for yourself, and love for each other.

Definitely would recommend!

Ash

P.S. There's apparently going to be a sequel this October?? I am very excited and will be keeping a look out for it.

[geekiary]

Tags: Violence. Murder. Counterfeit. Drugs. Alcohol. Guns. Blood. Swearing. Nudity. Found family.

I didn't think that I would get hooked onto this series. I seriously thought that it was just going to be a series that I would watch while I'm eating or something like that. But before I knew it, I already bingewatched the whole two seasons two nights in a row!

At first my thought was, "Wow, this guy reminds me of Jason Todd," but then I gotta get to know him more and he also reminds me of Eliot Spencer! Jack Reacher. What a guy.

I love his character, but my ultimate favorite is his brotp with Frances Neagley!! These two are awesome together. Neagley is needed in every season.

Also, I wouldn't mind a whole season of 110th adventure. That's gonna be epic.

This series has a whole lot of actions and explosions. Plotwise I think it's not in the outstanding rank, but it's still great in my book! The plot is very engaging and I enjoyed every minute of it.

For everyone online I see complaining about S2 because Reacher doesn't work alone and thus thinks that his status as 'lone wolf' is threatened, I don't agree with you. I think deep down, Reacher is always about family. First season about Joe. Second season about 110th. He cares deeply about people he deems worthy and he will go so far to protect them, or in this case, avenge them.

God forbid if something ever happened to Neagley. I'm pretty sure Reacher would turn over hell and heaven for her.

Alan Ritchson. He will be on my radar. I hope he gotta be Batman at least.

Looking forward to Season 3!

P.S. where are all the fanarts and headcanon about 110th guysss. Especially Reacher and Neagley brotp. I need mooooore.

[reflections-in-a-critical-eye]

What did u think of Jimins look and fit for the Dior show?

Jhope also seemed in a completely different mood as he was at the Lv show not complaining though I liked his energy better today

Saw fans comparing looks and saying Jhope shadowed jimin and deserved to be the GA... idk the event proved why jimin was appointed the GA, the crowd, the stocks of Dior, donatella liking JMs dior ga post despite not follow dior(I'm still lowkey hoping jm×versace happens 😂), fans rushing to buy dior, ... dior clearly knew what they were doing and they've been waiting since 2019 (they were the ones who recommended jimin for BoF)

I think jimin looked good but the fit could've been better... or a bit well cut and fitted for him

I would love ur take on this :)

I think he looked fine. Not a fan of the trousers plus boots combination, but overall it was a safe look. Just like the collection anyway. I watched the show too (I did not expect Pattinson and Gwendoline Christie to read from T.S. Eliot throughout the show, but I understood the vision). I liked the silluette and the earthy, neutral tones with a bit of a 70s inspiration. We'll probably see Jimin more in those fits as well. Overall, it wasn't memorable. But I'm not an expert or a critic, so this is nothing but my personal taste. I like drama, something that sticks to me for long after, even years. McQueen and his shows were like that. That's more my alley.

I think Hobi is in his element for these types of events. It's obvious he's comfortable. A true extrovert and he's putting himself out there.

As to the complaints coming from certain fandom subsections, that's just the really childish thing they're interested in. Those who believe that the twitter online fandom is the true and only reflection of the entire fanbase and how a public figure is perceived by the public, is in need of a reality check up. They come up with ridiculous and imaginary arguments and reasons because they don't know how to come to terms with what they don't like. Once again, it's extremely childish. No mature and sane person would think that way. They believe that Jimin signed the deal with Dior last week in a heat of the moment? As if these negotiations and talks don't take place months before? As if they don't have people hired to do this job, to do market research. They're not dumb, lol. Trust me, no one regretted having Jimin on board after today's turn out. Quite the contrary.

P.S. stop hoping for Versace & Jimin. It's gone. Watch Donatella snatch instead the bbq-loving bunny.

[twosetmeridian]

Hi Merri! Although I haven't read all of your fics (yet ;D) I can tell you're an amazing writer. Every great writer has their muse so what authors, works of literature inspire you?

P.s. I might aswell shamelessly add that I might be working on a little something too, my first work in this fandom ;)

hello there! aww, thank you, i really appreciate you reading through my works. 🥹💖 some authors and works of literature that inspire me include c.s. lewis and the chronicles of narnia, j.r.r. tolkien and the lord of the rings, t.s. eliot, neil gaiman with coraline and good omens specifically, dan brown, pablo neruda, rumi.

and of course, i'm determined to say that, sometimes moreso than published authors, i've been greatly inspired by the fanfic writers i've come across throughout the years and a multitude of fandoms, so here's a list: afterisms, Ark, endquestionmark, fideliant, Nonymos, thehoyden, theundiagnosable.

i'm excited to see what you've been working on! 👀 please do let me know when you've posted it; i'd be happy to read it! 🥰

[incalculablepower]

like a helpless captive, a distraught midwife like a libran husband and a capricorn wife i turn to wine and whiskey and these cryptic songs maybe I’m passive aggressive or maybe i'm wrong

[uneasylisteningradio]

Transistor Sister #208 October 6, 2024

Sorry, the show on the flyer already happened

listen to the show

Freddy Cannon - Transistor Sister Tube Alloys - Evil Angels Flash - Bihotz Gorrak TVO - Fall in a Pit Mopar Stars - Waters Rising

Tube Alloys - The Man Who Disappeared Cyril Cyril & Syndicat du futur - La Meteo P.S. Eliot - Broken Record BLITZER - Dumb Rudimentary Peni - I'm a Dream CB Radio Gorgeous - Incentives, Please

Pretty Poison - No Tears Robert Calvert - It's the Same Shafrah حقيقه - Hagega Tube Alloys - Blooding Samantha Rise - Til They're Free (original mix)

Chumbawamba - The Day the Nazi Died

[mumblelard]

this morning, in that bit of sleep between waking up too early and waking up too late, i dreamt of finding a wasps nest hanging in the eaves of a childhood home

i saw twenty-two goslings yesterday

without warning or preamble, my dad started texting me daily bible verses at five thirty in the morning. so far, the selections have included two minor old testament prophets and one pseudonymous sibling of you know who

i am currently listening to a lot of cavity, p.s. eliot, waxahatchee, weed, and live the fall albums. also, a found playlist that starts donnie darko then wanders down the wrong kind of alley, and when i truly need a moment of genuine serendipity, a found skins uk series one through seven playlist on shuffle

after being separated for almost four years, i still tear up every time i get to visit with two fry and holler