#popp recs

[reasonsforhope]

"Next Monday [6/17/24] is the start of National Pollinator Awareness Week, and one Colorado advocacy group is hosting a flower planting drive to rewild Colorado’s meadows, gardens, and just maybe, its children too.

Created by constitutional amendment in 1992, Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) is a state-funded independent board that invests a portion of Colorado Lottery proceeds to help preserve and enhance the state’s parks, trails, wildlife, rivers, and open spaces.

This year, GOCO’s offshoot Generation Wild is distributing over 100,000 free packets of wildflower seeds to collection points at museums, Denver Parks and Rec. offices, and libraries all over the state to encourage kids and families to plant the seeds in their backyards.

The Save the Bees! initiative aims to make the state more beautiful, more ecologically diverse, and more friendly to pollinators.

According to a new report from the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 20% of Colorado’s bumblebees are now at risk of extinction. Even in a small area like a backyard, planting wildflowers can make a positive impact on the local ecosystem and provide native bees with a healthy place to live.

“The Western Bumblebee population has declined in Colorado by 72%, and we’re calling on kids across Colorado to ‘bee’ the change,” said GOCO Executive Director Jackie Miller.

Named after Generation Wild’s official mascot “Wilder,” the Wilderflower Seed Mix was developed in partnership with Applewood Seed Co. and packets are now available for pickup at designated partner sites including more than 80 Little Free Library boxes.

By distributing 100,000 Wilderflower packets, Generation Wild is providing more than 56 million seeds for planting in every nook and cranny of the state. All seeds are regionally-native to Colorado, which is important for sustaining the living landscape of bees, birds, and other animals.

Additionally, by using flower species adapted to the Mile High climate, landscapers and gardeners need to use less water than if they were tending non-native plants.

“Applewood Seed Co. was excited to jump in and help Generation Wild identify a seed mix that is native to the Colorado region and the American West, containing a diversity of flower species to attract and support Colorado’s pollinator populations,” stated Norm Poppe, CEO of Applewood Seed Co. “We hope efforts like this continue to educate the public on pollinator conservation and the need to protect our native bees and butterflies.”

Concluding her statement Miller firmly stated that children grow up better outside, and if you or a parent you know agree with her, all the information on how to participate in Save the Bees! can be found here on their website, including a map showing all the local pickup points for the Wilderflower Seed Packets."

-via Good News Network, June 13, 2024

[banana-boomboom]

I have a tag of fics from before s4 it's on my pinned post

I need some fic recommendations. What are your favorite miraculous ladybug fanfics? And what are they about? Please I need this.

[lgbtqreads]

Do you know of any sapphic mysteries? Maybe a series?

Yes! My favorite contemporary mystery series is the Roxane Weary series by Kristen Lepionka, which has a bi female MC. Misha Popp's Pies Before Guys series is a really fun and cute lightly speculative cozy series, also with a bi female MC. The Jane Lawless series by Ellen Hart is legend, and if you're interested in historical, check out Proper English by KJ Charles, the Harlem Renaissance Mysteries by Nekesa Afia, and Pentecost and Parker by Stephen Spotswood. The Claudia Lin series by Jane Pek is only one book in so far, but the second is coming soon, and if you're into forensics, check out Fox County Forensice by Cara Malone. The Charlie Mack Motown Mystery series has six books, and Kathleen Kent has the Betty Rhyzyk trilogy. Those are all adult, but lemme know if you want YA recs as well!

[banana-boomboom]

Dual Identity Kissing Crisis by CallistoNicol

Rated T - Words 29,180

It’s okay to ask Chat for dating advice about Adrien, right? Even though she knows Chat is Adrien, but Chat doesn’t know she knows he’s Adrien?

Maybe she should have thought this through before opening her mouth.

not my fic. just an amazing one everyone should read.

[herearethelessons]

Friday Favourites

5 songs for windows-down driving

1. Every Little Thing - Russel Dickerson

2. Forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly, Halsey

3. Lullaby - Sigala, Paloma Faith

4. I’m yours - Alessia Cara

5. Adderall (Corvette Corvette) - Popp Hunna

    – My Friday Favourites (Herearethelessons)

Here are the lessons

[squilliamnylander]

Ok so like this girl Maddie Poppe just won american idol and I would sell my soul for her. So her song is called going going gone (uh I think) and there’s this cute other girl name Catie Turner, she’s super quirky but on YouTube search Catie turner 21st century machine

i’ll check them out!!

rollercoasters by bleachers, my thoughts on you by the band camino, home by machine gun kelley +x ambassadors

—send me song recs and i’ll send some back!

[sunnybimbo]

get to know the author

got tagged by mfin @grassepi like 10 days ago to do this!!!!!! /dab/

long ass post under the cut

1. How did you come up with your username and what does it mean?

i explain this so often man its a trip. ‘jam’ came from simlish in the sims 3 because of that one voice line that’s like ‘jambabedo?’. i had changed my name to that on skype but when i was VCing with @namerine she could only see ‘jam’ and it kinda just stuck. speaking of: the ‘dingus’ part also came from her so literally this name is all because of her and i love her *fingerguns*

2. Which fanfic of yours has the most feedback? (bookmarks/subscriptions/hits/kudos).

by FAR my most popular fic is my collection of sickfics: In Sickness and Health

the only thing that it got beat in was comments from Close to the Heart, but that’s mostly just because it had so many mfin chapters

3. What is your AO3 profile icon, and why did you choose it?

b a b y y o s h i

i literally cant remember how i found this picture or why i chose it as my icon but its my Brand now. yoshi jamthedingus is me

4. Do you have any regular/favourite commenters?

i literally have so many. there’s @space-peachx, @bears-again, @narwhalsarefalling, @ravenssama, and @miishiiwrites (for some reason it wasnt letting me tag ur main asldhasd) plus a SHIT ton of anon commentors who i love just as dearly!!! i have a lot more but these are the most common commenters and i love them sm i could literally die.

5. Is there a fanfic that you keep going back to read again and again?

there are like three fics like that and ofc im gonna list them all

hands down the fic i’ve reread the MOST in the shortest period of time is Sunset in Reverse by @demenior (who i cannot tag for some reason but i hope they know that i love their fic dearly)

there’s this i n c r e d i b l e sickfic by @bosstoaster that i just adore called Drown Out Your Mind that just breaks my heart all types of ways

and there’s this OTHER fic that also fucks me up called strength of the small by @nowweareunstoppable in which pidge is bad ass and also gets fucked up and i literally rec it to all my friends i love it so much

(also a special shoutout to been @velkynkarma‘s Whisper in the Dark. whenever i have the need for a good creepin’ out i LOVE to revisit this one because like... just the description of the Final Boss (tm) alone is enough to give me the willies)

6. How many stories are you subscribed to? How many do you have bookmarked?

oof

i have 449 bookmarks from like atleast 10 different fandoms, and about 411 fics i’m subscribed to, give or take a couple because Math. most of them are completed though, but i don’t go through and take them off because i’m a lazy hoe 

7. Which AU do you find yourself writing the most?

well i just looked up my ao3 and it says i have the most in ‘Alternate Universe - Video Game World’ asjdhsaldhsja aka my mmo au. but technically i think the au i write the most is Modern bc i’m but a simple farmer with a limited mindscape

8. How many people are subscribed and bookmarked to you in total? (you can view this on the stats page)

i have 22 user subscriptions vs 199 work subscriptions + 383 bookmarks in total. nice nice nice

9. Is there something you’d like to write about but are afraid of people judging you for it? (Feeling brave? If so, share it!)

probably something with a more serious tone (compared to the fluffy wuffy fics i write) like, for example, fatphobia, suicide, and literally just conflict in general. i always feel like im trivializing all of it no matter how hard i try so i just... Give Up because i dont want the backlash ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

10. Is there anything you would like to be better at? Writing certain scenes or genres, replying to comments, updating better, etc.

i really want to get better at writing conflicts, as stated above lajhdlsadhls. but also i want to be better at planning out stories because i usually give up near the 3/4ths point of literally every multi-chaptered thing i’ve written

11. Do you write rarepairs or popular ships more often?

definitely rarepairs. voltron is like the biggest fandom i’ve ever been in and my biggest ships are all hunk ships, and all of those are rarepairs OTL

12. How many stories have you posted on AO3 to this day (finished and unfinished)?

35!

13. How many stories do you have saved in/with your writing program?

ignoring the fics i’ve completed and posted on ao3, i have about 52. including the above equals 87!!! m a t h

14. Do you write down story ideas, or just keep them in your head?

i try to write them down but if i write down the thingy i really want to focus on in the fic then i won’t want to write it anymore because it’s out of my head. OTL its a complicated process.

15. Have you ever co-authored a story?

literally never in my life. 

16. How did you discover AO3?

definitely tumblr. i was in the dragon age fandom and there was this fic called The Little Kadan which had fem!inquisitor/iron bull + a baby so like i was all over that asap. i’m too shy to tag the author but u can find them on tumblr at sickly-writes ,,,,,,

17. Do you consider yourself to be a popular or famous author in your fandom(s) on AO3?

nah not at all. i’m pretty Niche

(i.e. if you love shunk and/or heith + cuddling, i’m your gal. but anything else is pretty rare OTL)

18. Do you have a nickname or fandom name for your readers?

not in the SLIGHTEST. i call them all babes in my head bc i love them tho

19. Was there an author who inspired or encouraged you to write?

i don’t know this @fenri personally but i love their writing so much. i admire their style a WHOLE TON and i think i may have sort of modeled my own after theirs? 

like i’m just thinking about it now but it’s definitely after i reread their fic (*ahem ahem* Like Crystal Guts) for about the fifth time that i started my whole ‘prose-y’ writing, which is very very recent aldjhsal

20. What writing advice would you give to a beginning author?

be confident in ur writing! if someone says they don’t like it, your work just isnt for them. just because one single person doesn’t like it doesn’t mean its bad!

r e r e a d what you wrote! i use fromtexttospeech.com to catch like... sentence structure/grammatical errors when my eyes are too tired and i find it helps a lot!

if you find a story you like, try figuring out w h y you like it so much. characterization? the way they describe things? because they use sentence structure you haven’t seen before? and then use that new knowledge to try to make your own writing style your favorite *fingerguns* 

21. Do you plot out your stories, or do you just figure it out as you go?

i only started plotting fics since last november, which was when i participated in my first nanowrimo. i don’t plot for every single story, but if i’m lost or i want to expand a little, i slap down a bunch of ideas in an empty google doc and go from there! 

generally by then i’ve already written atleast a little bit, though.

22. Have you ever gotten a bad comment on a story? If so, what did you do?

i can’t even remember what it says exactly now since i deleted the fic after, but someone said my characterization was bad in a super old inuyasha fic. little like... 12 year old me was so sad ;w; 

i don’t think i’ve ever gotten a bad comment after that, though? which is NICE

23. Is there a certain type of scene that you have a hard time writing? (action, smut, etc..)

DEFINITELY any action scene. i can’t make them long or drawn out or else i’ll just be struggling and sweating and generally craving death. i think i just need practice but o o o o f

24. What story(s) are you working on now?

i have a few hot n spicy prompts i need to finish that i probably won’t get to until next year salhdjsa

plus a few christmas presents! 

and also my pirate au, Wander, which only has maybe 2 chapters left before its complete!

25. Do you plan your next project(s) before you finish your current ongoing story(s)?

*sweats loudly*

26. Do you have a daily writing goal set for yourself?

not in the slightest. generally, if i’m in a writing sprint or something, i’ll try to get over a 1000 for whatever it is, but that’s for the total and not for the session. 

27. Do you think you’ve improved as a writer since you first started?

definitely! even though i’m still shy, im a lot more open to constructive criticism (if it doesn’t come after my soul ;w;). I’m also getting better at being more descriptive, which is something i’ve always wanted! 

28. What is your favorite story that you’ve written?

i have two. don’t make me choose

the first is technically cheating because it’s part of a series, and the series is my favorite BUT I DIGRESS. The Witch and the Mage (which is... one of my less imaginative names) is an MMO AU in which shiro and hunk are in love and also i have a vague plot outlined somewhere in my drive that’s pretty wild if i do say so myself. i may never write it but its there and its my favorite and i love the imagery i used in it.

the SECOND is a heith cuddle fic, because that’s basically my brand as a writer. it’s called home and i wrote it when i was very tired and couldn’t get to sleep. i may have been craving human contact? who knows in this economy. even though i see a number of things i wish i could fix about it, it’s just very self-indulgent in more than one way and its very dear to my heart. 

29. What is your least favorite story that you’ve written?

most of the fics i wrote earlier on are pretty bad imo, but i think the ones i hate the most are part of my You Are Beautiful series. it’s grossly out of character (mostly in keith’s case) but it was the first thing i’d written in about four years and i was so proud of it. so it has to stay up for posterity, tbh.

30. Where do you see yourself (as a writer) in 5 years?

i really hope to still be writing by then. maybe with my own personal book in its planning stages atleast???  ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) gotta be optimistic!!

31. What is the easiest thing about writing?

dialogue? also describing rooms. i love just... randomly popping out something that describes the placement of a couch in relation to a door. 

32. What is the hardest thing about writing?

i always always always get distracted when i’m trying to write. if i’m in the zone, someone in my family is definitely gonna try to get my attention. it’s sort of become habit for me to just interrupt myself first so that i won’t lose whatever train of thought i had LMAO

33. Why do you write?

i like the way my words sound when i string them together in the right (write... *badum ts*) way. it makes me Feel Good (tm). 

also i love giving characters (that mean something to me) attention, because it’s like i’m giving MYSELF attention. a two-for-one!

Tagging:

@sleepyhunk, @narwhalsarefalling, @space-peachx, @sammythemattressthief, @bears-again, @kurosakiami01, @maternalcube, @ace-pidge, @darlingmuses

+  if anyone i tagged earlier would like to, i would literally be honored if you would do this! but no pressure, ever <3

[biointernet]

The science of healing

The science of healing

Dr Thornton Streeter for Spring Energy Event NY 2019

The science of healing The Science of Healing Spring Energy Event 2019 Thornton Streeter DSc Centre for Biofield Sciences 2. The journey to safe preventative screening 3. The three traditions 4. Body Biofield 5. Living systems emit bio-photons BIOPHOTONS “we are light beings” Einstein, Gurvich, Fritz Albert Popp. Ultra weak photon emissions emitted by all living systems Biophotonic emissions from the hand Choi et al 2004 6. Biowell image of a person before and after treatment 7. 3D Biofield Viewer Imaging 8. 3D Biofield 9. Chakra Viewer 10. Live healing session with Biofield Viewer 11. Acuvision-04 12. Primo Vascular - Intravascular Lee BC, Baik KY, Johng HM, Nam T J, Lee J, Sung B, Choi C, Park WH, Park ES, Park DH, Yoon YS, Soh KS. 2004a. Acridine orange staining method to reveal the characteristic features of an intravascular threadlike structure. Anat Rec 278B:27-30 13. Primo Vascular – Surface of Organs • Lee BC, Park ES, Nam TJ, Johng HM, Baik KY, Sung B, Yoon YS, Soh KS. 2004b. Bonghan ducts on the surface of rat internal organs. J Int Soc Life Info Sci. 22:455-459. • Lee KJ, Kim S, Jung TE, Jin D, Kim DH, Kim HW. 2004. Unique duct system and the sorpuscle-like structures found on the surface of the liver. J Int Soc Life Info Sci. 22:460-462. • Shin HS, Johng HM, Lee BC, Cho S Soh KS, Baik KY, Yoo JS, Soh KS. 2005. Feulgen reaction study of novel thread-like structures (Bonghan ducts) on the surface of mammalian organs. Anat Rec. 284B:35-40. 14. Primo Vascular – electron microscope Scanning Electron Microscope SEM 15. Primo Vascular Intravascular 16. Light sonopuncture 250 msec 7  sec 0.250 sec 0.000007 sec Vision points bladder meridian Professor Joie Jones University of California Irvine Sonopuncture is indistinguishable from needling. Two orders of magnitude faster than any known biological process. 17. Valerie Hunt UCLA 1970’s 18. Data collection 19. Chakra data collection 20. Kundalini activated 21. Biofield Viewer 22. Biofield viewer images matched to show anterior and posterior montage in Chakra Viewer mode. Notice the pooling of sluggish energy seen in dark pink and reds Chakra Viewer 23. Anterior Profile Waistband to a few inches above the head Click “Chakra” to switch modes and press Spacebar to save 24. Biofield brightness 25. Transformation with healing 26. Transformation with healing 27. Image analysis with Image J 28. Medical Thermal Imaging Safe, preventative Screening 29. Inflammation of Carotid Artery Excess cholesterol and toxins absorb into blood vessel walls then oxidize (decay). The immune system responds and as a result create the side effects of heat, redness, and swelling. http://www.myoptumhealth.com 30. Heart Dis-ease In a state of stress, the arteries constrict and redirect blood from the skin, abdominal organs, and the kidneys. A cooling pattern appears on the skin and an adaptive thickening of the skin (insulation) in that area occurs as with myocardial infarction. A cooler asymmetry may also be observed on the back of the heart. Images courtesy of Dr. Carol Chandler of My Life Imaging 31. Estimation based on 30 doublings at a 90-100 day doubling time, or approximately 8 years. 90 days 2 cells 1 year 6 cells 2 years 256 cells 3 years 4,896 cells 4 years 65,536 cells 5 years 1,048,576 cells 6 years 16, 777,216 cells 7 years 268,435,456 cells 8 years 4,294,967,296 cells “Clinical detection currently occurs at most only the last 25% of the growth history of a tumor” Reference: Cancer Growth: Implications for Medicine and Malpractice. Michael Retsky, Ph.D. Thermography Mammography 6 years 32. Angiogenesis When the tumor grows larger than a few cubic millimeters, it outstrips the host blood supply and must induce the formation of new vessels . Reference: Jain, RK. Barriers to drug delivery in solid tumors. Sci Am. 1994; 271:58-65 Image courtesy of Dr. Carol Chandler of My Life Imaging 33. Hypothermic/Cold Areas “The advancing periphery of the tumor tends to be hypervascular (hyperthermic), whereas the tumor center is hypovascular (hypothermic) and often necrotic.” Non-cancerous mass Reference: Cancer Growth: Implications for Medicine and Malpractice. Michael Retsky, Ph.D. IRIS Infrared camera Image courtesy of Dr. Carol Chandler of My Life Imaging 34. Monitor Changes Over Time Initial Visit Six Months Later Notice: Neovascularity and reduction in size of the right breast. Images courtesy of Dr. Carol Chandler of My Life Imaging 35. Diabetes Early stages of diabetes is associated with nerve inflammation and vascular dysfunction in the extremities. The “red glove” is an early indicator for diabetes. Later stages are seen as a “blue glove” from the resulting nerve damage. Image courtesy of Dr. Carol Chandler of My Life Imaging 36. Moxibustion of Stomach Meridian Moxibustion = applying heat to the acupuncture points Reference: Klaus-Peter Schlebusch, Walburg Maric-Oehler, Fritz-Albert Popp. Biophotonics in the infrared spectral range reveal acupuncture meridian structure of the body. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Feb 2005, 11(1): 171-173, dol:10. 1069/acm.2005.11.171 37. Moxibustion of Bladder Meridian We now have the possibility of mapping the acupuncture meridians! 38. EarthingInstitute.net Reference: Amalu, W. Clinical Earthing Application in 20 Case Studies. International Society for Medical Thermography. 2005. 39. Biofield viewer case: lack of grounding Waistband to feet Click “Chakra” to switch modes and press Spacebar to save 40. Multiscan Pro ● Multiscan Pro is a non-invasive full body functional analysis device which will record the Heart Rate Variability, Sudomotor function, Galvanic skin response, Digital wave pulse analysis, Bioimpedance and total body composition. ● The wellness score, vascular age and the phase angle are the parameters considered for this study. ● Wellness score is a composite score derived from the arterial assessment, autonomic nervous system(ANS) assessment and Lifestyle assessment scores which includes Lifestyle and Body composition score. Vascular age is the measure of apparent age of the arteries when compared to healthy people. Phase angle is the value proportional to the cellular health. 41. ● Arterial Atheroma ● LDL Cholesterol ● LV Hypertrophy ● Inflammatory Process Cardiovascular risk assessment 42. Diabetes Risk Screening ● Metabolic syndrome ● Insulin resistance ● Beta Cell Function Decreased ● Impaired Glucose Tolerance ● Capillary endothelial cell function 43. PSA Risk Analysis PSA: Our bio impedance method can improve PSA findings by combining with our test. It cannot detect cancer as not enough sensitivity, but has enough specificity to detect healthy subjects. The goal of the system is to reassure doctor of necessity of a biopsy when PSAs from labs are higher than 4. PSA has good sensitivity but bad specificity. We provide very good specificity. (TX Notes from a practitioner: Zinc supplement reduces risk of prostate cancer (tissue of prostate cancer is low in zinc) High PSA from blood tests 3-4 weeks on resveratrol, vitamin D and green tea extract, then retest) 44. Cerebral Neuro-transmitter & Thyroid Two parameters: conductance between two electrodes and dispersion, the absorption of electricity by the cells. This parameter correlates with the morphology of the interstitial fluid-space between cells (in animal studies of ISF). Gives us how well does a person responds to SSRI tx. Very high specificity and sensitivity indicating that if you have a score of > 0.692, there is a response to treatment. If Read the full article

[dephasage-blog]

Déphasage #148 - 10.05.17

Playlist=

01/ Ryuichi Sakamoto - Andata (Async/Milan Records/Mars 17) 02/ Ryuichi Sakamoto - Tri (Async/Milan Records/Mars 17) 03/ Ryuichi Sakamoto - ff (Async/Milan Records/Mars 17) 04/ Chants de Pecheurs de Perles de Muharraq (Pêcheurs de Perles et Musiciens du Golfe Persique/Ocora/1968) 05/ Tatsuro Kojima - Transparency (A -> B/Eilean Rec/Avril 17) 06/ Tatsuro Kojima - Pipo (A -> B/Eilean Rec/Avril 17) 07/ Loke Rahbek - Fermented (City Of Women/Editions Mego/Mai 17) 08/ Loke Rahbek - City of Women (City Of Women/Editions Mego/Mai 17) 09/ Loke Rahbek - Palm (City Of Women/Editions Mego/Mai 17) 10/ Loke Rahbek - A Word A Day (City Of Women/Editions Mego/Mai 17)

[Antoine]

Ce nouvel album du fameux artiste japonais célèbre autant le non alignement que la contemplation que l’on doit s’obliger dans notre bref passage sur Terre. Connu de la sphère électronique pour ses collaborations avec l’allemand Alva Noto, il est avant tout pionnier d’une nouvelle musique électronique japonaise dès la fin des années 70 avec le Yellow Magic Orchestra. Trio qui souhaitait remâcher à leur manière l’assaut musicale occidentale qui frappait le Japon de l’époque, alors proie à l’asservissement à l’imaginaire américain. 40 ans plus tard Sakamoto souhaite toujours rester hors phase avec son époque et c’est même l’idée directrice de ce nouvel opus. Ici chaque élément possède son identité temporelle propre, sans prendre en compte la fameuse battue du tempo réglant la synchronisation de chacun d’entre eux. Libre d’une mise en ordre que recherche instinctivement tout cerveau humain, Sakamoto fait correspondre cette métaphore musicale avec l’inquiétante direction uniforme que prennent les civilisations terrestres. Morcelées dans leur pensée même, produite par les outils de communication réglés à cibler de plus en plus l’information, simplifiant ainsi les esprits à grande échelle. Cette macro-synchronisation des cerveaux, Sakamoto souhaite la distordre avec Async, mais loin de retrouver un chaos sans nom à l’écoute de l’heure que dure cette production on est plutôt confronté à une sérénité sonore. Cette utilisation de beaux sons, comme ces douce nappes de synthés analogiques et ces fins arpèges de piano, renforce l’antagonisme proposé. L’artiste japonais a voulu aller contre ses habitudes, non pas tant sonores que cela, car on retrouve sa marque, mais compositionnelles. Sorti d’un cancer de la gorge qui aurait pu le tuer, événement qui lui a fait reconsidérer le temps et sa distribution, Sakamoto teinte Async d’une atmosphère ancrée dans la contemplation. Faisant appel à une question posée dans le film The Sheltering Sky de Bernado Bertolucci, « combien de fois verras-tu encore la pleine lune se lever ? ». Il nous met face à notre existence même, à ce qu’elle contient, à ce qui importe. Ce questionnement entremêlé avec l’idée de l’asynchronisation, nous met face à un sujet plus contemporain que jamais. Finalement, Ryuichi Sakamoto dans son déphasage perpétuel, touche avec justesse la fibre que constitue le maillage du monde actuel. [Simon]

Dans les années 1955, Pierre Schaeffer (encore lui), alors jeune ingénieur à la RTF (radiodiffusion-télévision française),  créée la SORAFOM (Société de Radiodiffusion de la France d’Outre Mer). La page wikipédia dédiée à cette histoire annonce candidement que Schaeffer, sans doute mu par un intense sentiment d’empathie et de bonne volonté envers ses contemporains, souhaite se faisant faire émerger des radios africaines locales, décolonisées et libres, en formant des élèves africains à Paris puis en les renvoyant sur le continent créer des émissions en langue vernaculaire.

D’autres sources plus obscures évoquent à demi-mot l’influence du général de Gaulle dans l’affaire, qui entend lutter contre l’immense fantôme radiophonique Russe, régnant en maître incontesté sur les ondes Africaines jusqu’alors.

Quelles que soient les véritables raisons politiques de la création de la SORAFOM, qui deviendra l’OCORA (office de coopération Radiophonique) en 1962, la collection, construite avec grand soin depuis ses débuts, présente un incroyable intérêt musical et scientifique, presque 40 ans avant que la société de consommation ne transforme en produit commercial la “world music”.

Méticuleusement supervisée par des ethnomusicologues spécialisés, chaque référence du catalogue d’OCORA ouvre une petite fenêtre sur un autre monde, fascinant tant il semble éloigné, extraterrestre, incompréhensible à nos oreilles occidentales.

Ce qui frappe tout d’abord, ce sont les imperfections des enregistrements, réalisés dans des conditions extrêmes, très loin de l’espace silencieux et mat des studios Européens, qui constituent notre norme sonore depuis 80 ans.

Les enregistrements de terrains des techniciens d’OCORA, si bien réalisés qu’ils soient, ne peuvent gommer les cris, les bruits de pas, le bois qui craque, la toux d’un enroué, le choc d’une assiette proche, ou une saturation imprévue du micro.

Dans cet espace cru, percent des sons inouïs. Si leurs sens sont incompréhensibles pour l’occidental, car inséparables d’un contexte et d’un mode de vie, leur musique provoque un vertige : celui de l’inconnu, de l'innommable. Une douce perdition sonore qui, par sa forte résistance à l’analyse formelle, rafraîchit les oreilles les plus lasses et nous laisse enfin confus, livrés pour de bon à nos sens et à ce qu’il reste de notre imagination.

Cette 42ème référence du catalogue OCORA s’attarde sur les pêcheurs de perles et les musiciens du golfe persique. Pendant 4000 ans, les fiers pêcheurs de perles de l’île de Bahreïn ont chanté ces encouragements à leurs frères quand ils ramaient, quand ils plongeaient, pour protéger leurs corps des requins, des raies, et des poissons scies, pour protéger leurs oreilles de la pression de l’eau turquoise, pour protéger leur yeux de la morsure du sel, pour que la pêche soit bonne et les rendent riches.

[Thomas]

Même si la naïveté est une notion éprouvée dans le champ des musiques ambient, et que son usage trop appuyé peut faire basculer des albums entiers dans la sérénité forcée et la fadeur, il est toujours possible par un usage sincère et réfléchi d'ambiances candides d’esquiver les sabots trop pesants du raffinement à la petite semaine. Sur son troisième album « a->b », Tatsuro Kojima évite mieux ces écueils que sur ses précédentes sorties, et ce bien qu'il n'ait aucunement assombri son trait.

L'artiste japonais, dont les inspirations sont semble-t-il à chercher du coté de la peinture américaine et de l’expressionnisme abstrait le plus minimal, perpétue une épure pale et délicate très peu chargée, mais qui fait se succéder divers éléments concrets ou synthétiques dont les émergences régulières planent jusqu'à l'oreille avec grâce. Par les manipulations qu'il leur applique, Kojima érige des ponts entre ses différentes gouaches, un jeu de piano s’apparentant alors à des gouttelettes dont la chute fait elle-même penser à des cordes frappées. Le compositeur produit ainsi ses propres significations, extirpées de leurs matrices initiales qu'elles ne se contentent plus de refléter, préférant se pelotonner dans les sillages obliques que leur écoulement creuse d'un point à un autre.

En cela on retrouve l'idée d'un cheminement musical déjà intrinsèque au label français Eilean records, qui matérialise son catalogue par la carte d'une île imaginaire dont chaque sortie symboliserait un recoin. Identifié comme le point numéro 11 de ce plan fictif, l'album de Tatsuro Kojima trompe le jeu des coordonnées prédéterminées. Ainsi propose-t-lui-même un circuit entre deux belvédères depuis lesquels se dévoilent des tableaux entaillés de légers glitchs à l'élégance certaine, n'étant pas sans rappeler les aberrations provoquées sur les disques compacts de Markus Popp. Pour autant l'anormal est battu en brèche et l’incohérence tuée dans l’œuf par l'esprit modéré et cristallin qui règne ici, faisant suinter les verreries informatisées qui ornent ce sentier résolument fragile.

[Max]

Il est temps de vous présenter un album à paraître sur Editions Mego (237) à la fin du mois (plus précisément le 19 Mai) qui s’intitule `City Of Women` écrit et composé par le danois Loke Rahbek.

C’est donc la première sortie de l’artiste sur Editions Mego et qui plus est son premier album sous son vrai nom. En effet, Loke Rahbek aime s’affubler du pseudonyme de Croatian Amor du moins quand il est en dehors du trio “Lust For Youth” ou bien quand il ne fait pas partie de son duo noise “Damien Dubrovnik” qu’il partage avec son camarade Christian Stadsgaard; avec qui il a également co-fondé le label et disquaire indépendant Posh Isolation, situé à Copenhague.

La ligne directrice de ce jeune label (âgé de 7 ans) semble se tracer sous le signe d’un esthétisme moderne et singulier, sans compromis, avec une dimension presque pop, capable d’endoctriner un public des plus composites. Certains parlent même d’un phénomène de mode, ce qui ne contrarie en rien le prolifique danois.

Bref, “City Of Women” est le fruit d’un assemblage de divers enregistrements effectués par delà l’Europe entre 2014 et 2016, il mêle des esthétiques empruntées à la musique industrielle, à la noise mais réussit à nous séduire par des mélodies suaves et profondes. Dans ce périple de la nouveauté (que le label qualifie de musique Pop du 21ème siècle), Rahbek nous guide et nous fait vivre d’intenses émotions; toutes issues de mouvements undergrounds dont il est question ici de synthèse.

Enfin, cet album nous démontre une fois de plus qu’aujourd’hui les courants musicaux se fondent aisément en une masse indistincte et je crois que ça fait bien le jeu de gars comme ceux du label Posh Isolation, qui prônent un idéal de beauté insondable et éphémère aux reflets post-apocalyptiques, à l’origine des plaisirs auditifs les plus fous.

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A Lie for a Lie by Boogum

Rated T - Words 49,424

"Because Chat Noir is dating Marinette." Or in which Lila lies, Adrien panics, and Marinette gets stuck being Chat Noir's fake girlfriend.

not my fic. just an amazing one everyone should read

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Are You Sure We're Talking About the Same Person? by weebiewrites

Rated G - Words 9,345

In which Nino prods Adrien into revealing a little too much, but not quite enough, about his crush. Nino attempts to hype him up, inadvertently causing Adrien to have a realization. Shenanigans ensue. 

not my fic. just an amazing one everyone should read

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Unstuck by ominousunflower

Rated T - Words 8,305

Chat Noir, notorious supervillain of Paris, experiences a wardrobe malfunction in the best and worst possible place: Marinette Dupain-Cheng’s balcony. 

not my fic. just an amazing one everyone should read.

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Burgundy and Blush by ominousunflower

Rated T - Words 34,893

Marinette needs a date for the dance, and Chat Noir is happy to help. But can the two teens in denial make it through the night without catching feelings? 

not my fic. just an amazing one everyone should read

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An Open Secret by Kasienda

Rated T - Words 19,006

Adrien whirled around toward Marinette. She smiled at him.

He couldn’t smile back. He stared at her like the dumb blond model that he was often accused of being.

Something shifted in her expression. And her warm open Marinette smile transformed into Ladybug’s grin. He was looking at Ladybug right now.

He knew Ladybug’s name!

Her name was Marinette Dupain-Cheng.

And he couldn’t say anything! Not to Marinette! Not even to Plagg, who had confided two weeks prior that Master Fu was growing increasingly paranoid since the location of his home and hideout had been compromised. Their master had apparently decided that Chat Noir and Ladybug would have to give up their miraculouses if they ever discovered each other’s identities.

It wasn’t fair!

~ A fic where they both know, but can't openly talk about it.

not my fic. just an amazing one everyone should read

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spotty connections by agrestenoir       

Rated T - Words 66,107

Marinette sends a text to the wrong number, and things progress from there until it becomes the right one. 

not my fic. just an amazing one everyone should read