#ramon yuko | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

starlightmoon96 · 2 months ago

Text

Yandere Optimus Prime /Yandere Megatron x OC character chapter 4

Due to the rain Sabina got back to her apartment a little late, but not late enough to hide her new books under her mattress before she forgot. After she did that she was getting the snacks out and ready, just as she finished setting up the Romina drinks her phone started ringing and she answered it.

"Hello?"

"Hello Sabina its Optimus, I was calling to check up on you." Hearing him say that made her smile as she spoke

"Aw how sweet of you. I kind of had a stressful day, it took me hours to finally complete my project and I had to do the paperwork to turn it in." As she was talking she sat down on her love seat

"Then stupid me I forgot my umbrella and it was raining."

"You forgot?" The way he said it to Sabina it sounded like he didn't believe her so she answered him

"Well…this guy Tom he gave me his umbrella it's the third time a met him."

"Three times, so you don't know him well I take it?" For some reason Sabina could have sworn that optimus sounded a little serious in that question, she grabbed the apple that was sitting on her table and looked at it as she answered him

"Yeah, but something about him feels off it me. Like he's wearing a shell of someone else disguising himself, my instincts are telling me not to trust him. I don't know what do you think?"

"If you feel uneasy with him then it's best to avoid him, I would be more than happy to aid you Sabina."

"Really you'd take up for time for me, I pictured you the very busy type with you being leader and all that?" She asked him that after he spoke to her, Sabina remember that she never opened her present that she got from Tōshirō. So she got up and went to her bedroom as she heard optimus speak to her over the phone

"There are some days when I don't have missions, I usually find something to entertain myself." As she was talking Sabina went over to her dresser and got the wrapped gift from the top of it, she was opening it as she spoke to optimus.

"Entertain yourself? So I'm like your new last resort booty call? Well everyone had their taste so I won't judge on that. I guess I can relate to that?" When she finished unwrapping her gift she opened the lid to the big and was a little surprised, inside was a music box she knew what kind of music box it was. While she was talking she took it out of the box

"Listen can I call you back later or something I got friends coming over any minute, I got to get everything ready for them." He said his goodbye's to her and she end the call before she straightened things out she looked over at the counter at the apple that was placed there, not taking any changed she threw it in the garbage. Realizing that her shoes where still on she took them off which made her feel a little better after putting on her fluffy slippers, even with the ankle brace on her it was still relaxing. Then she took her pain killers along with her vitamins, Sabina couldn't help but think of her father. Sure he agreed to someone for her to marry without her permission he was still her father regardless, Sabina barely knew her mother that died of cancer when she was four years old. The only thing she remembered was that her mother loved her eyes, like looking at gems that shinned in the sunlight. Reality came back hearing the knocks at the door and she knew who they belonged too, all her friends came in when Sabina opened the door for them and sure enough they were pretty shocked to see the inside of her apartment condo complex. They were exploring each room admiring everything, seeing the art studio and library really got the questions going for Sabina.

"Alright fess up how are you able to afford this place, I looked up the building and the rent here is over six grand a month." The girl that said that was Yuko the next girl the spoke was my friend from work Heather

"This place would cost me half a year salary and living off cheap ramon and bottle water forever for everything here. Who paying the rent for you?" Sabina sighed and answered her question

"Tōshirō Hanamoto pays for my living expenses." Yuko was very shocked to hear me say that name and she repeated it in shock

"Tōshirō Hanamoto? He pays for you rent why didn't you tell me you knew him personally Sabina?" After she asked that Jasmine asked her

"You know the guy?"

"Know him? He's a very popular art collected he owns one of the best galleries in the country and in Japan? Sabina why haven't you said anything and how did you met such a stud?" After she asked her that Sabina told them how she met him of course she left out faking her death and the real reason, Sabina's friends felt sorry for her hearing that she didn't have any family. Now that thought of Tōshirō as a hero for helping her, Sabina showed them pictures of my art pieces and my awards from my senior year of high school and the ones from his art gallery. Once all that was over she had to know the knowledge of BTS before going to their concert, Sabina had to act like she didn't know them. She already did from her old life thanks to her old friends that introduced her to kpop and all that stuff, she still preferred fall out boy as her all-time favorite American band. She missed having these type of conversations it reminded Sabina of her old Otaku friends, she also missed going to anime conventions with them and meeting all the friendly and open people. Sabina was never into cosplaying but she did always love taking pictures of everyone that caught her attention, but it was the same years when she found out what she heard her father say. Even at those conventions she felt as if she was being watch, even though there where thousands of people and her friends right near her. When that was all over everyone started to chow down on the snack, while that was happening Sabina got a call from Tōshirō. Of course she left her apartment and answered it as she was standing near the stair case so that her friends would listen to her call if they decided too.

"Tōshirō hi. Is this good news?" Was her question to him and he answered her

"Yes I managed to work out a couple of things and we go to your father's past sometime around next Tuesday. Is that alright with you?"

"Yeah next Tuesday should be fine. Listen there's something I should tell you? I remembered something today? I think it's the reason why I know you?" Hearing her say that from his line Tōshirō said to her

"What is it?" With those three words Sabina looked around and even at the stair case making sure no one was around before she spoke over the phone

"A couple of days ago I encountered someone at the collage's bar something about him was familiar but I couldn't figure out where from. Not long after that I accidentally bumped into him when I was hanging out with my friends in China town, and today I met him again then it quickly hit me. I met him when I was in 8th grade by accident something about him was something off about him he wasn't normal like you and me, I still have the feeling about him I think he was connected to my dad somehow? I'm sure of it?" Right after she said that Tōshirō asked her

"What's his name?"

"Um Tom. Tom Negran. But I'm not sure that's his real name?" After she said that Tōshirō said to her

"Don't worry Sabina I'll find out what I can about this guy. I won't let anything bad happen to you again."

"Tōshirō Hanamoto you're my brave knight in shimmering armor." Sabina said that to him while she was smiling and from Tōshirō's side he smiled and he barely placed his hand on his chest while he spoke on the phone

"And you're the princess that needed that brave knight." He heard Sabina giggled from her line and he started to chuckle for a few seconds then she said to him while she was still smiling

"Why can't there be more guys with your amazing personality? If we were the same age I'd date you the second we first met? But you already knew that? Actually if all guys where like you, it would get really creepy real quick. Anyway I'll call you later I can't talk long my friends are here and some of them are the noisy type." What Sabina didn't know that someone was listening to her conversation from the lower part of the staircase, the one that was listening was optimus in his holoform. He heard everything and paid very close attention to the part where she mentioned the encountered, he realized that it had to have been megatron using a holoform to interact with her. The thing that got him the most was hearing that Tōshirō was her knight, it made him mad. He'd never really felt anger the way he was feeling at that moment, but during that moment he heard one of Sabina's friends calling out to her. With that his holoform disappeared completely from inside the building, from Sabina's apartment Sabina was trying to get her friends quite she didn't want to get noise complaints.

Hours had past and it wasn't even 5am let, one of Sabina's friends woke her up and she questioned why so early? From what she was told the lines to the concert get long pretty quickly and we had to get there before the lines gets far too long, Sabina didn't want to complain too much about time. But seeing her friends getting all excited about the concert made her a little happy, like her friends she wore the BTS outfit she bought on amazon. For safety measures she wore black leggings under her outfit, since her had to wear her ankle brace she wore black warm flat ankle boots. Jasmine was more than happy to style Sabina's hair which she did a long double French braid once that was over Sabina decided to wear her sapphire pendent necklace, she saw that Yuko was packing a couple of things in Sabina's new BTS back pack. Within thirty minutes they all left the apartment complex not before Sabina locked her door of course, we all took an uber limbo around where the concert was taking place since there was a lot of them it was the only vehicle that they could take. Around six the line was already starting to get long around fifty people where already ahead of them when they all managed to get there, that only made Jasmine and Naerim upset in turn made Sabina a little shocked seeing this many people waiting in line at the hour it was and she noticed that they were around High School girls. She was hoping that she wouldn't bump into someone she knew in her old life as Caroline when her new friends are around, as the hours past the line behind us only got larger and larger going out for about what looked like miles.

"Is it just me or at everyone in this line women and high school girls?" Was what Sabina said to her friends and Heather answered her question

"Well da of course you've seen pictures of the band there all pretty damn hot." After she said that she started fan girl giggling as she was talking

"And we actually get to meet them. I can die happy." Sabina barely looked around and noticed a Starbucks and she asked everyone

"Hey anyone want Starbuck we're going to be here for a while?" All her friends wanted a Starbucks, Sabina knew what everyone likes so she didn't bother writing it down when she got inside the coffee shop her friend Yuko was there with her to help carry the coffees with her.

"Just look at that line it looks like it just got longer? How long until the concert starts?" Sabina asked Yuko that question looking out the Starbucks window waiting for their order then Yuko answered her question

"In two hours, since the line is so long there going to start getting people inside soon. Now is a good time for a Starbucks than later." As Yuko was still talking she smiled

"You know Sabina it's nice to see you hanging out with us like this, your always busy with classes, pieces for galleries and work. You rarely have time for stuff like this, it wasn't like that when I met you in Highschool." Sabina looked over at Yuko and said to her

"Thank you again for not saying anything about him to everyone, I don't want them breathing down my neck and great acting by the way Yuko." when Sabina looked back at the line she saw something that she was afraid of seeing. In the line that was a little feather away from the Starbucks Sabina saw some of her old friends from New York in her old life, even though it had been six years she still remembered what they looked like. Luckily they were far from close to be anywhere near her or her new friends.

"Sabina our order is ready" Hearing Yuko said that caught Sabina's attention when she turned around and bumped into someone

"Oh my god I'm so sorry." She apologized to the man she bumped into, Sabina didn't know that she spoke to Optimus in his holoform. He of course turned around and spoke to her with a friendly smile on his face

"No need to apologies, young miss." Sabina couldn't help but noticed that this man's presents felt very familiar, she stepped aside from him and he let her pass through, Yuko was holding her share of cups in her hands when Sabina finally made it to the counter and held the cups in her hands and Yuko whispered near me

"The guy you bumped into is pretty hot Sabina." Right after Yuko said that Sabina started blushing as she was heading to the door with her friend

"Come on Yuko you said that line is going to move soon?" To her surprised the man that was optimus opened the front door for them and they went out and said at the same time

"Thanks." With that the two of them hurried to the others just when the line started to move slowly, optimus was surprised looking at the massive line that Sabina and her friend where in. He also noticed the mostly all of the humans in the line where young women, he couldn't just walk up to the arena and see what was going on for himself. The VIP's got a lot closer to the stage which where the best spots to be, they were any chairs so everyone had to stand. Hearing the excitement from the people around really brought up the spirits, mostly to Sabina's friends. But Sabina couldn't help but gaze around looking for her old friends making sure they weren't anywhere near by, though she still could help by thing about the man from the coffee shop something about him was so familiar to her but at the same time off.

"Two hours later once the concert was over the VIP stayed for the meet and greet along with autographs from all the band members, Sabina was really looking forward after seeing BTS's dancing. She loved great dancers, all the band members where so nice in person Naerim spoke to the band members in Korean when it was there turn for the meet and greet. One of the band members Suga compliments Sabina's eyes and mentioned that she looked like a living doll the second she shook his hand, she told him that they were her real eye color as was her real appearance which surprised him. He then kissed her hand that made her friends fan girl scream as did the others that were waiting in line, Sabina was completely speechless lost for words as she took back her hand and blushed at the same time. Once the meet and greet was done for and all that Sabina and her friends left and returned back outside Sabina's apartment, after paying the limo driving all her friends said their goodbyes to Sabina as they were leaving and she was returning to her apartment since she had work in the morning. It didn't take her long to get ready for bed she simply slipped into a small nightgown, which was quick to change in and out of. Sabina finally managed to sleep after an hour of trying, what she was unaware of was her door slowing opened revealing that optimus was the one that opened it from the other side. Instead of using his Holoform he used his own form but was human sized he managed to sneak in the building without the camera's spotting him, he crept closer to her and listened to her even breaths. He leaned down and presses his lip plates on her to her lips gently, he felt his spark pulsing like crazy. He pulled back checking if she did not woke up, which she didn't optimus then carefully climbed onto the bed so that he could be atop of her. Optimus saw that she was still beautiful even in sleep, he gently moved some of her hair away from her neck and face. Seeing more closely how thin her neck was started to make him lick his own lips, he then bent down started to trailing soft kisses on from her neck down to the lower end of Sabina's collar bones Optimus loved the feel of her skin. He wanted to leave his mark on her but was afraid to wake her up, he wanted too so badly to show megatron that he couldn't have Sabina. Optimus slowing continued kissing down past Sabina's collar to the center of her chest where her heart was, he gently rested his head there listening to her heart beat that made him smile. He wanted to stay like that, he knew he couldn't so he lifted up his head and trailed up more kissed up past her neck and captured her lips again.

#yandere transformers #stalker yandere #obsessive yandere #yandereboy #yandere optimus prime #Yandere Megatron #transformers x human #transformers x oc #transformers bayverse

0 notes

aethucyn · 5 years ago

Text

All the Comics 2019

Series I read as they came out:

Archie Assassin Nation Batman Universe Black Panther By Night Catwoman Die Exorsisters Ghosted in L.A. Ghostspider Giant Days Gwenpool Strikes Back Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy Invisible Kingdom Laguardia Last Stop on the Red Line Lazarus: Risen Lois Lane The Magnificent Ms. Marvel Man-Eaters Monstress Ms. Marvel Once & Future King Paper Girls Pretty Deadly: The Rat Redlands Sabrina the Teenage Witch Sleepless Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider Spider-man and Venom: Double Trouble Steeple Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl The Unstoppable Wasp West Coast Avengers The White Trees The Wicked + the Divine

Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks

The Life of Captain Marvel Margaret Stohl Carlos Pacheco Batgirl Vol. 4: Strange Loop Hope Larson Sami Basri Jessica Jones: Blind Spot Kelly Thompson Mattia De Iulis Doom Patrol Vol 2: Nada Gerard Way Nick Derington Kim Reaper: Grim Beginnings Sarah Graley Batman Vol. 8: Cold Days Tom King Lee Weeks Hilda and the Troll Luke Pearson Batwoman Vol. 3: Fall of the House of Kane Marguerite Bennett Fernando Blanco X-23: Family Album Mariko Tamaki Juann Cabal Andre the Giant: Life and Legend Box Brown How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less Sarah Glidden Get Your War On David Rees March Book One John Lewis & Andrew Aydin Nate Powell Barbarous Vol 1 Ananth Hirsh Yuko Ota Barbarous Vol 2 Ananth Hirsh Yuko Ota March Book Two John Lewis & Andrew Aydin Nate Powell March Book Three John Lewis & Andrew Aydin Nate Powell The Real Folk Blues: A Cowboy Bebop Fanbook Anthology ed. Zainab Akhtar Batman Detective Comics Vol 2 The Victim Syndicate James Tynion IV Alvaro Martinez Off Season James Sturm Kiss Number 8 Colleen AF Venable Ellen T. Crenshaw Cleopatra in Space: Fallen Empires Mike Maihack Batman Detective Comics Vol 3: League of Shadows James Tynion IV Marcio Takara The Hero Business Season Two Bill Walko When I Arrived at the Castle Emily Carroll The Weather Man Jody LeHeup Nathan Fox The Girl Who Married a Skull & Other African Stories ed. C. Spike Trotman ed. Kate Ashwin ed. Kel McDonald ed. Taneka Stotts F*ck Off Squad Nicole Goux Dave Baker The Breakaways Cathy G. Johnson Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me Mariko Tamaki Rosemary Valero-O'Connell Batman Vol. 9 The Tyrant Wing Tom King Tom Taylor Mech Cadet Yu Volume Two Grek Pak Takeshi Miyazawa Sincerely, Harriet Sarah W. Searle The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire Part One Michael Dante DiMartino Michelle Wong Avatar The Last Airbender: Imbalance Book Two Faith Erin Hicks Peter Wartman Snotgirl: vol 2: California Screaming Bryan Lee O'Malley Leslie Hung Skyward: Vol 1 Joe Henderson Lee Garbett Shuri: Vol 1: The Search for Black Panther Nnedi Okorafor Leonardo Romero Crowded: Vol 1: Soft Apocalypse Chrisopher Sebela Ro Stein Ted Brandt I Hate Fairyland: Vol 1: Madly Ever After Skottie Young I Hate Fairyland: Vol 2: Fluff My Life Skottie Young I Hate Fairyland: Vol 3: Good Girl Skottie Young I Hate Fairyland: Vol 4: Sadly Never After Skottie Young California Dreamin' Penelope Bagieu Runaways: Best Friends Forever Rainbow Rowell Kris Anka Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles Mark Russell Mike Feehan My Brother's Husband Gengorah Tagame Rice Boy Evan Dahm FTL Y'all ed. C. Spike Trotman ed. Amanda Lafrenais Gothic Tales of Haunted Love ed. Hope Nicholson ed. S.M.Beiko The Immortal Hulk: Or is he both? Al Ewing Joe Bennett X-23: X-Assassin Mariko Tamaki Diego Olortegui Ant-Man and the Wasp: Lost and Found Mark Waid Javier Garron Power Man and Iron Fist: The Boys Are Back in Town David Walker Sanford Greene Iceman: Thawing Out Sina Grace Alessandro Vitti Iceman: Absolute Zero Sina Grace Robert Gill Song of Aglaia Anne Simon Batman Detective Comics: Vol 4 Deus Ex Machina James Tynion IV Alvaro Martinez Harley Quinn: Broken Glass Mariko Tamaki Steve Pugh The Immortal Hulk: The Green Door Al Ewing Joe Bennett Power Man and Iron Fist: Civil War David F. Walker Flaviano Cosplayers Dash Shaw Bad Machinery: The Case of the Modern Men John Allison Is This How You See Me? Jaime Hernandez a city inside Tillie Walden The Immotal Hulk: Hulk in Hell Al Ewing Joe Bennett Slowly but Shirley Catalina Rufin Stage Dreams Melanie Gillman Homunculus Joe Sparrow Verse Book One Sam Beck Laid Waste Julia Gfrorer Gorgeous Cathy G. Johnson Cosmoknights Hannah Templer The Hard Tomorrow Eleanor Davis Pumpkin Heads Rainbow Rowell Faith Erin Hicks Funky Town Mathilde Van Gheluwe Pleading with Stars Kurt Ankeny Avatar The Last Airbender: Imbalance Book Three Faith Erin Hicks Peter Wartman The Love Bunglers Jaime Hernandez Spider-man Life Story Chip Zdarsky Mark Bagley Are You Listening? Tillie Walden November Matt Fraction Elsa Charretier Rusty Brown Chris Ware Dangerously Chloe Volume 3 David Lumsdon Jason Waltrip The Astonishing Ant-Man: Small-Time Criminal Nick Spencer Ramon Rosanas Doctor Aphra: Aphra Kieron Gillen Kev Walker Moonstruck Grace Ellis Shae Beagle

Minis

Maids no. 1 Katie Skelly Frontier #18 Tiffany Ford Two of Us Jessi Zabarsky Visiting Alivia Horsley Sobek James Stokoe Resort on Caelum Wren McDonald Boogsy Michelle Kwan Frontier #19 Hannah Waldron Maids no. 2 Katie Skelly Frontier #20 Anatola Howard Minotaar Lissa Treiman Pass the Baton Hana Chatani Cry Wolf Girl Ariel Ries At the Edge of the Stream at Dusk Jen Lee Cavity Michelle Theodore Hsthete Melanie Gillman David, I Love You Eileen Marie The Cutest Curse Laura Terry Churn Amelia Onorato An Eye for an Eye Kimberly Wang Women on Paper: 3 Stories Anna Christine Liminal State Maria Photinakis Melusine, The Collector and the Gift of the Pearls Edie Voges Infinite Wheat Paste Issue 3 Pidge Anew Dillon Gilbertson Anastasia Longoria Big Wally James McGarry Sam Bennett Frontier #21 Derek Yu Frontier #22 Tunde Adebimpe

Graphic novel is a stupid term that often encompasses things that are not novels, but I used it as a blanket term for anything comics I read that were bound rather than stapled. Minis are shorter works, stapled, and generally self-published by the artist, or done by a small press like Shortbox or Youth in Decline. I was totally lazy about crediting creators on series because my actual list for that is a grid, keeping track of each issue. Similarly, when listing creators on trades, I tended to only list writer and artist which is enough for some books, but sometimes there are many more, inkers, and colorists and letterers, and maybe I’ll do better next year.

Support your local library, your local comic shop (especially Hub Comics if you’re in the Boston area), and indie comic shows like MICE.

1 note · View note

newsintheshell · 6 years ago

Text

Nuova locandina e bozzetti di “Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution”

Il secondo capitolo della trilogia cinematografica debutterà in Giappone il 10 novembre.

Pubblicati diversi nuovi bozzetti e una nuova locandina del secondo film della trilogia remake di “Eureka Seven”, la serie sci-fi prodotta fra il 2005 e il 2006 dallo studioBones, distribuita in Italia da Dynit.

“Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution” sarà proiettato nelle sale giapponesi a partire dal 10 novembre di quest’anno e il tema musicale del film sarà "There's No Ending", un brano cantato dalla giovane debuttante Ruann.

Renton Thurston: Yuko Sanpei

Dominic Sorel: Shigenori Yamazaki

Dominic (App): Shigenori Yamazaki

Mischa: Yoko Soumi

Sonia: Yuriko Yamaguchi

Greg Egan: Banjou Ginga

Banks: Shinichiro Miki

Ishiken: Yuya Uchida

Dewey Novak: Kouji Tsujitani

Ramon Zimmer

Oliver Brown

Shibata

Il primo film, intitolato “Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1″, è uscito in Giappone il 16 settembre 2017 ed è disponibile sottotitolato in italiano su VVVVID.

La trilogia unisce sezioni originali a nuove scene e a del materiale completamente rifatto da zero, incluso un nuovo doppiaggio. La storia parte da 10 anni prima degli eventi della serie originale, trattando il fenomeno solo citato della prima Summer of Love, per poi continuare con la storia di base che conosciamo e concludersi con un finale però inedito.

SilenziO)))

[FONTE]

#eureka seven #eureka seven hi evolution #anime #film #anemone/eureka seven hi-evolution

2 notes · View notes

nightstargalaxy · 7 years ago

Text

I was tagged by @space-no-hyphen ! Thank you v much!

rules: answer these questions, and tag 20 some number of amazing followers that you would like to get to know better

name: kristen

nickname: k/little k

zodiac sign: gemini

hogwarts house: gryffindor

height: 5'7" i think

sexual orientation: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

ethnicity: uhh my dads side is irish and my moms is albanian/yugoslavian?

favorite fruit: watermelon

favorite season: spring

favorite book series: uhh currently the inheritance cycle series (even tho im only barely halfway through the first book lol)

favorite fictional characters: uhhh ok dazai osamu, hajime ichinose, izaya orihara, william macbeth/king of despair (kekkai sensen), rui ninomiya, michael scofield, elliot alderson, miles edgeworth, vonn deveraux (MY BOY), saeran choi, saeyoung choi, mob/shigeo kageyama, cisco ramon, yuko okonogi, yuko amasawa, hei (darker than black), tooru yukimura, licht jekylland todoroki, sleepy ash/kuro (servamp), theres probably more but ive listed a lot already so lets move on

favorite flower: hydrangeas

favorite scents: the smell of rain, the smell when you walk into a cold stone’s

favorite color: royal purple, dark grey, white, cotton candy pink

favorite animal: cats, foxes, birds

favorite artist/band: USS

coffee, tea, or hot cocoa?: tea

average sleep hours: 5-10

number of blankets you sleep with: one, occasionally two in the colder nights of winter

dream trip: i dont really want to go anywhere specific

last thing googled: ‘the meaning of phantasmagorically’. im playing AAI and i just glared at my screen for a good while when miles said it

blog created: 3 years ago! tumblr says it was made on my bday but i thought it was like three days after that but idk

how many blogs do I follow: 293

number of followers: 749

what do I usually post about: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

do you get asks regularly: nope.

what is your aesthetic: electronics, lots of random unrelated things organized into a space together, someone or especially a group singing something with passion, rainy days, when its late evening and no lights are on in the house but the blue-ish light coming through the windows is enough to see clearly, that feeling when you watch/play something for the first time but still feel nostalgic, that feeling when a specific lyric or quote hits you hard, falling back in love with a previous interest

tagging: @freezing–fire @thenameless2000 @darknings @aestheticallyupset

#about me

1 note · View note

emulatingrizal-blog · 7 years ago

Text

Anak o Batas

ni: Arianne Justine T. Obeles

Isang pamilyar na tunog ang narinig ni Sinag. Ding dong ding dong. Tumayo sabay tumingin sa orasan si Sinag, pasado alas dos na ng umaga. "Tay mano po, inumaga na naman kayo."

Sagot ni SPO1 Ramon Legaspi, "Matagal natapos misyon, bakit hindi ka pa natutulog?"

"Meron po ako tinatapos na report, pero malapit na po. Tay, nahanap mo na ba si Gani, ilan araw na rin siya hindi umuuwi." "Wala pa eh," sagot ng ama at pumasok na sa silid.

"Maring.. Maring, bilisan mo samahan mo ako, meron na naman daw pinatay sa ikatlong kanto, tingnan natin," sigaw ni Gina. "Saglit, nandyan na." Napabangon si Sinag dahil sa sigawan ng mga kapitbahay. Bumangon na rin siya at naghandang pumasok sa paaralan. Maraming tao nagtatakbuhan, at may kani-kanyang kuwento at haka-haka. "Hay, eto ang San Diego, wala pa rin pagbabago at mukhang lumalala pa. Si inay simula nang nag-ibang bansa wala na kaming balita, pati si Gani, saan na kaya siya..." Kung anu-ano naiisip ni Sinag habang papunta sa sakayan. "Sinag, gandang umaga, nagmamadali ka na naman." "Ibarra, ikaw pala, ihahatid ko pa itong mga order at dederetso na ako sa paaralan, sige baka mahuli na ako, bye." Nagmamadaling sagot ni Sinag. Matinding pagsisikap ang ginagawa ni Sinag upang makapag-aral, nag aangkat siya ng iba't ibang puwede ibenta sa Divisoria tuwing walang klase sa kaunti niyang ipon upang matustusan niya ang pangangailangan niya sa pag-aaral. Masipag, masinop, at marunong sa buhay si Sinag. Hindi hadlang sa kanya ang kahirapan upang makamtan ang pangarap niya na maging doktor. Napakapositibo ng kanyang pananaw sa buhay. Isang hapon, nadatnan niya si Kapitan Tyago sa bahay nila. Hindi niya sinadyang marinig ang usapan nila ni Ramon. "'Pre, ikaw na bahala sa mga bata natin, kung meron hadlang, alam mo na ang dapat gawin." "Naiintindihan ko Kap!" Nang umalis si Kapitan, pumasok si Sinag at nakita ang kanyang ama na nakaupo, at tila malalim ang iniisip. "Dito na po ako ‘tay, " sabay mano. " Meron na po ba balita kay Gani?"

Balisang sumagot si tatay, " ah, wala pa nga eh, pinakiusapan ko na rin si Kap kanina." Malaki ang tiwala ni Sinag sa kanyang ama, ngunit nung oras na iyon, nakaramdam siya ng pagdududa sa mga narinig niyang salita. Sa kanyang isip, “Pakiramdam ko, hindi si Gani ang pinag-usapan nila.”

Nang matapos maghapunan, nagmamadali na si Ramon, nakauniporme at meron daw silang operasyon. "Tay, dalhin mo susi, maaga ako matutulog ngayon," hinabol at inabot ko ang susi. Nakita ni Sinag si Ibarra na patungo sa kanilang bahay. "Oh, ano sadya mo?" tanong ni Sinag. "Eto nag 'take out' ako ng pagsasaluhan natin." Habang pinagsasaluhan nila ang pagkaing dala ni Ibarra, biglang nagtanong si Ibarra, "Sinag, meron ka bang napapansin na kakaiba kay sarhento (tatay ni Sinag)?" "Wala, bakit?" Nagpatuloy si Ibarra "Magkaibigan tayo, sana huwag mong masamain itong sasabihin ko. Itong mga nakaraang araw, pagkagaling ko sa opisina, marami akong naririnig diyan sa labasan tungkol sa mga pinapatay na walang laban at mga kapulisan daw ang may gawa." Nakatitig si Sinag kay Ibarra habang kumakabog ang dibdib sa susunod pang sasabihin ng kaibigan. "Kinakabahan naman ako sa iyo, ano ba gusto mong tumbukin?"

Hindi makasagot agad si Ibarra "Ah… meron daw kinalaman si sarhento sa mga nangyayari, sangkot din siya." Natahimik si Sinag at hindi alam kung ano ang tamang salitang sasambitin, "Ibarra, salamat sa dala mong pagkain, meron pa kasi akong 'duty' sa ospital bukas, maaga akong magpapahinga." "Siya sige, paalam" at umalis na si Ibarra.

Sa loob ng kanyang silid, hindi mapigilan ni Sinag ang mga luha na patuloy na tumutulo at kung anu-ano na ang pumapasok sa kanyang isipan. Naalala niya ang kanyang ina, halos limang taon na ang dumaan ay hindi pa rin siya nagpaparamdam. Bagamat may halong tampo at hinanakit sa kanyang dibdib ay pilit pa rin niyang iniintindi ito. Nag-aalala siya sa kanyang nag-iisa at nakababatang kapatid na si Gani, kinse anyos pa lang ngunit pinili niyang hindi na mag-aral, at kahit anong pilit nila ng tatay niya ay ayaw makinig kaya laging napagsasabihan at kung minsan nakakabitiw ng masasakit na salita ang kanilang ama sa kanya. Ilang araw na rin nilang hinahanap sa mga kakilala at kaibigan, subalit parang sinasadya niya silang taguan. Ngayon, si tatay naman. "Oh Panginoon ko, tulungan po Ninyo ako at bigyan pa ng lakas." Dalangin ni Sinag.

"Kring....kring...." alas singko na pala "Magandang umaga sa magandang binibining pinagpala!" pagbati ni Sinag sa sarili. "Hmm... Mukhang hindi umuwi si tatay ah."

Sa ospital... "Aling Iska, ano nangyari, bakit po kayo nandito?" "Si Kaloy ko Sinag nasangkot sa kaguluhan kagabi doon sa sitio Singko, dahil sa lintik na Oplan Tokhang, pinagkamalan silang gumagamit ng bawal na gamot, lumaban sila ngunit nadaig sila ng mga pulis, pinagpapalo sila at may iba nabaril," tumatangis sa sama ng loob habang sinasalaysay ni Aling Iska ang mga nangyari. "Asan na po si Kaloy?" "Pinapa 'x-ray' pa, hinihintay ko." sabay yuko si Aling Iska. Sa bandang kaliwa, naaninag ni Sinag ang isang lalaking naka-uniporme ng pulis na tila bang nanlalambot at nanghihina, “Teka lang parang si tatay yun ah...” Si Ramon nga iyon. Binilisan ni Sinag ang kanyang mga hakbang patungo sa direksyon ni Ramin at halos sasabog na ang dibdib niya sa kaba. "Tay, ano nangyari sa iyo, bakit kayo umiiyak?" "Ang kapatid mo, wala na si Gani," may halong lungkot at pagsisisi ang boses ni tatay. Tila bang meron sampung kabayo na naghahabulan sa bilis ng tibok ng puso ko at para akong tinakluban ng langit at lupa. Subalit pinilit ni Sinag lakasan ang loob niya.

Sa lamay... "Si Clara ba yan?" boses ng isang kapitbahay. Paglingon ni Sinag, "Nay?!" bulong sa sarili. Punong puno ng hinanakit, sama ng loob at halo halong emosyon na hinarap ang inang limang taon na niyang hindi nakita. "Utang na loob, umalis na kayo," mahina ngunit galit ang boses ni Sinag. "Anak..." hindi na naituloy ni Clara ang sasabihin. "Wala kang anak dito, umalis ka na, igalang mo lamay ng kapatid ko" bahagyang tumaas na boses at tumalikod na si Sinag. Bigla siyang niyakap ni Clara ngunit nagpumiglas ito. "Patawarin mo ako anak..." tangis ni Clara ngunit pinutol uli ni Sinag ang kanyang sasabihin. "Mahigit limang taong..., sampung gulang pa lang si Gani, iniwan mo na kami, ni isang sulat o tawag man lang ay hindi mo nagawa. Tinakbuhan mo ang kahirapan at tinalikuran mo ang tungkulin mo sa amin, anong karapatan mo bumalik at humingi ng tawad. Si Gani dapat buhay pa siya kung meron siyang isang ina na nag-aaruga at sumusubaybay sa kanya. Wala kang kuwenta... makasarili ka! Kaya umalis ka na, umalis ka na!!..." sigaw ni Sinag na may halong matinding pagkapoot. "Bigyan mo ako ng pagkakataon magpaliwanag anak..." "Ayaw ko na marinig ang paliwanag mo, mabubuhay ba kapatid ko sa paliwanag mo? Umalis ka na bago magdilim paningin ko, balikan mo na ang buhay na pinagpalit mo sa amin. At huwag ka ng babalik pa!" itinuro niya ang daan palabas. Umiiyak na bumalik si Clara sa magarang sasakyan at tuluyan na umalis. Nalaman ni Ramon sa mga kapitbahay na dumating si Clara sa lamay nang bumalik siya sa bahay pagkatapos asikasuhin ang paghihimlayan ni Gani. Ibig kausapin ng ama si Sinag subalit hindi pa rin siya kinakausap nito simula nang nabaril si Gani. Sa araw ng libing, hindi na rin nagpakita si Clara. Nang nag-alisan na ang mga nakilibing, tahimik at malungkot na bumalik ang mag-ama sa bahay. Nababalot ng matinding pighati at katahimikan ang buong bahay, nang biglang.. "Sinag, puwede ba tayo mag-usap anak?" "Meron pa ba tayong dapat pag-usapan? Bakit 'tay, inuusig ka na ba ng konsensya?" "Patawad anak..." mahinang boses ni Ramon. "Patawad, patawad, yan na lang ba ang alam ninyong sabihin... Pulis kayo, tagapagtanggol at merong tungkulin sa batas at bayan, pero nakalimutan ninyo na ama rin kayo, na meron kayong anak na nangangailangan din sa inyo. Kahit hindi na ako, pero si Gani, ang nag-iisa kong kapatid, menor de edad, hindi man lang ninyo naipagtanggol. Nandoon na kayo 'tay, bakit?!" umagos na ang luha ni Sinag. Hindi agad nakapag salita si Ramon, "bigla niya inagaw ang baril ng kasama kong pulis, pinapakiusapan ko siya ngunit ayaw na niyang makinig, nagwawala na siya at kung saan-saan na niya pinuputok yung baril." "At siya naman ang binaril ninyo, ganun ba? Sagutin ninyo ako 'tay, kasama ka ba sa mga pumatay sa kanya?" tanong ni Sinag. Yumuko ang tatay at napabuntong hininga saka nag-salita, "Nag 'warning shot' lang ako..." "Ibig sabihin nagpaputok ka rin, pinatay mo rin siya, pinatay mo ang sarili mong anak, anong kuwenta kang ama, ano kuwenta kayong mga magulang!!" humagulgol na si Sinag. "Ligal ang aming operasyon, sinusunod lang namin iyong utos sa taas, ginawa ko lang ang aking tungkulin at kung ano ang tama...," pagpapaliwanag ni Ramon. "Ano 'tay?! Tungkulin?! Tama?! Naririnig ninyo ba sarili ninyo? Lintik na batas, tungkulin na pala ninyo ang kumitil ng buhay at sa mga tao pang walang kalaban laban sa inyo. Samantalang ang mga tunay na salarin at salot ng lipunan, malaya pa nilang nagagawa mga nais nila. Tama na rin pala patayin ang sariling anak dahil sa kapabayaan ng magulang nila? Utos sa taas?! kahit kapitan, gobernador o presidente pa, wala kayong karapatan pugsain ang buhay ng isang tao na binigay ng Diyos!" Katahimikan lang ang naisumbat ni Ramon. Nagpatuloy si Sinag, ngayon lang niya naibubuhos ang sama ng loob, "Araw-araw tinitiis ko na pumasok at mag-aral nang mabuti kahit kumakalam na ang aking sikmura. Gumagawa ng paraan upang matustusan ang mga kailangan ko sa eskwela, sa mga 'xerox' at iba't ibang proyekto. Pinipilit ko maging mabuting anak kahit marami ako naririnig tungkol sa inyo ni nanay. Sinasabi ko na lang sa sarili ko, Sinag magpakatatag ka. Pinili ko ang medisina sa tulong ng 'scholarship program' at niyakap ko ang propesyong ito upang mas marami ang mailigtas na salungat naman sa gingawa ninyo! Wala kayong awa!" patuloy ang pagtangis ni Sinag. Hindi makuha ni Ramon ang sumagot pa dahil ramdam niya ang sobrang hinanakit ng anak at pumasok na si Sinag sa silid niya.

Mabilis dumaan ang mga araw hanggang sa kailangan na ni Sinag pumunta sa isang liblib na lugar sa probinsiya ng Negros Occidental bilang isa sa mga 'Doctors to the Barrios.' Dahil hindi pa naghihilom ang sugat ng mga pangyayari, hindi na nakapaalam nang pormal si Sinag, nag-iwan na lamang siya ng simpleng mensahe sa lamesa, "Itay, sa Negros Occidental na ako magseserbisyo, matatagalan ako bago makabalik. Paalam po."

Isang maaliwalas na hapon sa may dalampasigan, umupo si Sinag sa may tabing dagat at habang pinapanood ang papalubog na araw, malungkot ang kanyang mukha ngunit nakatingala siya sa langit na tila bang merong inaabangan. Hinihimay himay niya ang mga nangyari sa buhay niya. Alam niya na darating ang tamang panahon at pagkakataon kapag naghilom na ang mga sugat ng nakaraan, matututunan din niya patawarin ang kanyang mga magulang; at si Gani, kahit hindi niya nakamtan ang hustisiya sa mundong ito, tiyak naman na masaya na siya sa piling ng Maykapal. Nawa'y sa paglubog ng araw ay kasabay nitong lumubog ang lahat ng mapapait na nakaraan at sa muli nitong pagsibol kinabukasan, kasabay naman nito ang sinag ng araw na lumiliwanag at lumiliwanag. Napangiti si Sinag nang biglang, "Doktora Sinag," boses ng mga bata. Paglingon ni Sinag, "Hi, Tonton, Maria, Sarah, Bubot at Empoy, pauwi na ba kayo?" "Hindi po Doktora, maglalaro po kami, sali ka?" pabiro ni Empoy. "Ah...sige, sali ako."

0 notes

stormyrecords-blog · 8 years ago

Text

new arrivals 3-1-17

stormy records13306 michigan avedearborn, mi 48126 313-581-9322 hello friends of stormy!!great used jazz lps in this week - django, herbie, miles, and a bunch of meat and potatoes rock and roll, with added dashes of experimental and sound effects lps. moog, kodak - it's bee a good week for interesting used lps!! in TODAY Goblin - Profondo Rosso (LP) $32.99Goblin - Suspiria (LP) $32.99Goblin - Tenebre (LP) $32.99goblin soundtracks for horror films back in stock!! always a spine tingling listen!! Coil - Astral Disaster (LP) $26.99In 1998, Coil were invited to record at Sun Dial’s studios beneath the London Bridge Hop Exchange—a studio originally know as Samurai Studios, originally built and owned by Iron Maiden. The premises in Victorian times was an old debtors prison which had three underground levels, and still had the original chains, manacles and wrought iron doors from the old prison. This caught the attention of John Balance, who was very keen to record there. Coil spent a number of days recording at the studio during Halloween 1998. With Gary Ramon’s help, they developed a number of tracks, some of which resulted in this LP. Ramon produced and mixed the Astral Disaster recordings, as well as playing guitar and sitar on these sessions. A version of the album was later remixed by the band and released on their own label—but the Prescription mixes as released in 1999 are unique. This rare album was part of the legendary subscription-only Prescription label album series in the late 1990’s, issued in an edition of 99 signed and numbered copies, long since sold out. (If you are wondering, originals fetch £700+). This is the first time the album is being released officially since 1999. Taken from the original masters, this reissue comes with original sleeve artwork, insert, and the facsimile signatures of John Balance and Peter Christopherson that came with the first issue. Yellow vinyl limited edition of possibly the rarest of all Coil recordingsRecorded in 1998 at Sun Dial studios, in the bowels of a Victorian era debtor’s prison Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (2xLP) $44.99Fire Walk With Me is an altogether more brooding affair than the Twin Peaks series soundtrack. Badalamenti won a grammy for the title track of this LP and it’s not hard to see why- it’s dangerous, and bursting with smokey jazz thanks to Jimmy Scott. We went back to the master tapes in the Warner Archives and had this recut to fit across two LPs as the score clocks in at 51 minutes. It sounds incredible and punchy, but super nuanced too.Director approved artworkComposer approved audioSleeve notes by film critic Mark Kermode (approved by David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti)Vinyl re-master by Tal Miller at Warner ArchivesLaquers cut by David Cheppa at Plush Vinyl2 × 180G Cherry Pie vinyl425gsm Gatefold sleeve housed inside a bespoke black die cut outer jacket with black spot varnish finish, complete with obi strip Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks (Original Soundtrack) (LP) - 2nd Pressing $32.99“I’m glad that after 25 years, Death Waltz Recording Company has re-released the original soundtrack for Twin Peaks for a new audience to enjoy. This is my defining work as a composer and I’m happy it will get a fresh listen” – Angelo Badalamenti 2016 Hayes McMullan - Every Day Seem Like Murder Here (LP) $31.99Bluesman. Sharecropper. Church deacon. Civil Rights activist. Hayes McMullan should be a name on every Blues aficionados’ short-list and thanks to the preservation fieldwork carried out by one of the genre’s greatest researchers some 50 years ago – it might soon be. Born in 1902, Hayes McMullan was discovered by the renowned American roots scholar, collector and documentarian Gayle Dean Wardlow. Wardlow, author of the seminal blues anthology Chasin’ That Devil Music – Searching for the Blues, may be most famous for uncovering Robert Johnson’s death certificate in 1968, finally revealing clues to the bluesman’s mysterious and much disputed demise. Moreover, in his tireless and committed mission to preserve the Blues for future generations, he captured McMullan’s raw talent on tape and on paper. Wardlow recorded these sessions, transcribed the songs and now, writes the sleeve-notes for this landmark release. Wardlow and McMullan met by chance on one of the former’s record-hunting trips, in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, in 1967. Having introduced himself to McMullan on a hunch, it turned out this unassuming elderly man had not only heard of Wardlow’s idol, Charley Patton, but had played alongside him in the 1920s, as part of a brief musical journey that took him from the plantation to the open roads and juke joints of the Depression-era South. Striking up a friendship that was deemed unorthodox in 1960’s Mississippi, Wardlow traveled to McMullan’s sharecropper’s shack and convinced him to play guitar for the first time since he quit the Blues for the Church in the 30’s. “Hayes was playing like no one I had ever heard,” Wardlow writes with amazement. Wardlow visited McMullan on a handful of occasions, always taking his recorder, a guitar and some whiskey with him. It was during these visits that Wardlow captured – with surprising clarity – the songs that make up Everyday Seem Like Murder Here. Hayes McMullan passed away at the age of 84 in 1986, his talent and legacy largely unknown. “Reflecting now on our brief time together, I marvel at the small glimpse of something much larger I was lucky to have captured,” writes Wardlow. “The few old snapshots I took, the handful of tunes we recorded, and his brilliant performance of “Hurry Sundown” captured on film are all that’s left of the musical legacy of Hayes McMullan, sharecropper, deacon, and—unbeknownst to so many for so long—reluctant bluesman.” Konami Kukeiha Club - Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest OST (LP) $27.99Mondo is proud to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Castlevania franchise with the premiere vinyl release of the original soundtrack to the 1987 Famicom / Nintendo Entertainment System sequel: Simon’s Quest. Featuring both the NES and FAMICOM versions of all 9 BMG tracks from the game. Musically, Simon’s Quest is the origin of one of the most popular of Castlevania BMG, “Bloody Tears.” A staple of the sonic landscape for the series, here it is as the soundtrack to your daylight encounters across the dangerous Transylvanian landscape. It is one of the catchiest 8-Bit tunes to ever come out of this era of Konami games and an example of the best of what Video Game Music has to offer. IN ON THURSDAY RUSSELL, ARTHURInstrumentals 2LP $34.99"Remastered double LP with 12 page booklet including liner notes by Tim Lawrence, Ernie Brooks and Arthur Russell. All material previously released on the Audika CD compilation First Thought Best Thought (2006). Before disco, and before the transcendent echoes, Arthur wanted to be a composer. His journey began in 1972, leaving home in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Heading west to Northern California, Arthur studied Indian classical composition at the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music followed by western orchestral music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, before ending two years later in New York at the Manhattan School of Music. Traversing the popular and the serious, Arthur composed Instrumentals in 1974, inspired by the photography of his Buddhist teacher, Yuko Nonomura, as Arthur described, 'I was awakened, or re-awakened to the bright-sound and magical qualities of the bubblegum and easy-listening currents in American popular music.' Initially intended to be performed in one 48 hour cycle, Instrumentals was in fact only performed in excerpts a handful of times as a work in progress. The legendary performances captured live in New York at The Kitchen (1975 and 1978) and Franklin St. Arts Center (1977) feature the cream of that eras downtown new music scene including Ernie Brooks, Rhys Chatham, Julius Eastman, Jon Gibson, Peter Gordon, Garrett List, Andy Paley, Bill Ruyle, Dave Van Tieghem, and Peter Zummo. Pitchfork lauded Instrumentals Vol. 1 as a masterpiece and one of Arthur's 'greatest achievements'. Americana touching on Copeland, Ives, and maybe even Brian Wilson. Instrumentals Vol. 2 is a moving, deeply pastoral work performed by the CETA Orchestra and conducted by Julius Eastman. Also included are two of Arthur's most elusive compositions, 'Reach One', and 'Sketch For Face Of Helen'. Recorded live in 1975 at Phill Niblock's Experimental Intermedia Foundation, 'Reach One' is a minimal, hypnotic ambient soundscape written and performed for two Fender Rhodes pianos. 'Sketch For Face Of Helen' was inspired by Arthur's work with friend and composer Arnold Dreyblatt, recorded with an electronic tone generator, keyboard and ambient recordings of a rumbling tugboat from the Hudson River. For this remastered vinyl edition, a key part of Arthur's musical life has been restored. The sparkling, multidimensional results take the listener closer to Arthur's coast-to-coast journey: his iconoclastic determination to combine pop and art music; and his desire to make music that would resonate in the present and, ultimately, across time." BROTZMANN/VAN HOVE/BENNINK PLUS ALBERT MANGELSDORFFElements LP $34.99Peter Brötzmann: tenor saxophone; Fred Van Hove: piano; Han Bennink: drums, voice; Albert Mangelsdorff: trombone. Recorded during the Free Music Market, August 27 and 28, 1971, in Berlin. Designed by Peter Brötzmann. Part of the legendary "Berlin Trilogy" originally released by FMP in 1971 (FMP 0030). 180-gram vinyl. One-time pressing of 500. First standalone reissue. "What reveals itself in the über energetics on display here is the ability of one quartet to take so much for granted and yet express so much in the process. Van Hove, for instance, shuns all conventions in his approach to the piano: he quotes Liszt and Schubert as well as Ellington and Peterson then wipes all of them out with his elbows as if erasing a chalkboard. His 'Florence Nightingale' is a perfect example. Texturally, he creates diversions from the fury while never disengaging from it. Brötzmann and Mangelsdorff are out and out challenging each other to see who can destroy their instruments first, and Han Bennick is the most proactive percussionist in jazz history. His use of anything and everything while simultaneously playing a trap kit that creates time is astonishing. Elsewhere, on Brötzmann's 'Elements,' African percussion and slow, long opened tonal drones by Mangelsdorff create a backdrop for the other two to explore without rushing in. Brötzmann enters almost tenderly, looking for a room to exit out of, but engaging himself in the microtonalities created by the rhythm section. Van Hove's long augmented chords create a mode for not opening but splintering that exit and Brötzmann ushers the band through in a hurry heading for the outer reaches of the possible. . . . one of the best documents of the period on any continent." --Thom Jurek, AllMusic, 1991 BROTZMANN/VAN HOVE/BENNINK PLUS ALBERT MANGELSDORFFCouscouss de la Mauresque $34.99Peter Brötzmann: tenor saxophone; Fred Van Hove: piano; Han Bennink: drums, voice; Albert Mangelsdorff: trombone. Recorded during the Free Music Market, August 27 and 28, 1971, in Berlin. Designed by Peter Brötzmann. Part of the legendary "Berlin Trilogy" originally released by FMP in 1971 (FMP 0040). 180-gram vinyl. One-time pressing of 500. First standalone reissue. "Brötzmann's regular trio was joined by the trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff, one of the most respected German jazz musicians, who has managed to keep abreast of musical developments for more than a decade. Those who remember him only for those fine early-sixties albums (like Tension, on German CBS) will be in for a shock, because he's updated his playing all the way. On 'Couscouss De La Mauresque', for instance, his tonal distortions rival those of Paul Rutherford, as he backs Brötzmann's wailing with a rip-snorting obligato. He has the advantage of being a virtuous technician, so that some of his wilder flights are truly breathtaking. . . . Mangelsdorff's technique doesn't hinder his fire, either, and he's well able to stand up to the rest of this very hairy band. Van Hove and Bennink obviously know each other inside out by now, and you'll hear few more exciting passages of music than their interlude during the trombonist's solo on 'Couscouss'. Bennink is getting further into textures every day, and on this album makes great play with his steel-drum and many unidentifiable implements, thus giving the music a great deal of variety. If you wanted to buy just one of these records, it would be very hard to choose because the level is so high throughout." --Richard Williams, Melody Maker, February 5, 1972 BROTZMANN/VAN HOVE/BENNINK PLUS ALBERT MANGELSDORFFThe End $34.99Peter Brötzmann: tenor saxophone; Fred Van Hove: piano; Han Bennink: drums, voice; Albert Mangelsdorff: trombone. Recorded during the Free Music Market, August 27 and 28, 1971, in Berlin. Designed by Peter Brötzmann. Part of the legendary "Berlin Trilogy" originally released by FMP in 1971 (FMP 0050). 180-gram vinyl. One-time pressing of 500. First standalone reissue. "The great thing about this trilogy/set is how naturally everything flows. . . . each subdividing of the group, each solo excursion, feels smooth and logical, as though the player(s) in question had nodded to the others as if to say 'Gimme a minute here, I've got an idea,' and received assent in response. There's all the ferocity any free jazz diehard could ask for, but it never goes on so long that it becomes schtick, and it's always countered by passages that are genuinely beautiful in the most conventional, you-could-play-this-for-your-mom sense. Even without Mangelsdorff, Brötzmann, Van Hove and Bennink were a remarkably empathetic and attuned team, and when he joined them (and these records document their second and third times playing together, ever), everyone's game was raised." --Phil Freeman, Burning Ambulance, 2013 Dominatrix: Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight LP $19.992017 edition. "The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight has a long and storied history among connoisseurs of '80s New York dance music. Combining catchy, deadpan synth-pop and classic '80s electro hallmarks with the provocative edge of leather-and-lace sex culture, it remains a worldwide dancefloor staple to this day. Despite its popularity, little has been known about the song's background. The brainchild of producer Stuart Argabright (nee Arbright, a member of the groups Ike Yard and Death Comet Crew); alongside DJ and remixer Ivan Ivan; Kenneth Lockie (from Cowboys International, and early Death Comet Crew); and vocalist Claudia Summers; the song's dominating female subject was based on a person whom Arbright had dated. The song -- and a banned-by-MTV video that today could be mistaken for a Victoria's Secret commercial -- became a club smash at famed Danceteria and other urban meccas. But, despite some leather-clad live dates in 1984, the group itself was short-lived. This special Get On Down vinyl edition is sure to be coveted by fans and collectors. Beyond four original mixes of the song (12", Chants, Dominant and Beat Me) that fans know and love -- this full-length LP includes the newly unearthed song 'Play It Safe' and the rarely heard, hypnotic 'City That Never Sleeps,' in addition to the rare 1984 'Scratch Mix' of the original title song, with cuts by the legendary DJ Red Alert. The deluxe vinyl package is accompanied by a 16-page glossy booklet with text by writer Dave Tompkins and input from Argabright and Ivan Ivan. Additionally, fans will be thrilled into submission by visuals and press clips relating to the original release on Arthur Baker's Street Wise Records; the song's provocative video; as well as the dominatrix culture in New York City at the time which inspired this unlikely smash hit." Moondog: Viking Of Sixth 2LP $26.992017 repress, originally released in 2005. Tremendous gatefold presentation and one of HJR's most impressive documents to date. "The first overview of Moondog's amazing artistic life -- including recordings spanning from 1949 till 1995, with numerous 78s and various other vanished records revived for the first time (not to mention a couple of Weegee photographs!)." JULIE'S HAIRCUTInvocation And Ritual Dance Of My Demon Twin $18.99Julie's Haircut - Italy's premiere psychedelic explorers - create a deep-end approach to sonic innovation on Invocation And Ritual Dance Of My Demon Twin, their debut release for Rocket Recordings. Seven albums into their mission, the band find themselves at a new plateau of small-hours elucidation and revelation that may summon the specters of the wayward squall of early Mercury Rev, the shamanic allure of Dead Skeletons, the freedom of Miles Davis, the repetition of Can, or the wild soundscapes of Amon Düül II to some, yet essentially sound like no one but themselves. The result is a record built on trance-like repetitions that grows to a mantric intensity, summoning atmospheres redolent of the psychic and surreal transgressions of its title - a double-helix tribute to both Frank Zappa and Kenneth Anger. Coruscating guitar overload and jazz-tinged blow-out collide amidst hypnotic soundscapes like the shamanically inclined "The Fire Sermon" and the eleven-minute motorik magnificence of the curtain-raiser, "Zukunft". Atmospheric restraint, glacial texture, and immersive groove play as large a part in this blinding and beatific sound world as droning darkness or overheated amp tubes. Lucier, A: Music On Long Thin Wire CD $14.991992 release. First released on Lovely Music in 1980. A 50-foot length of taut wire passes through the poles of a large magnet and is driven by an oscillator; the vibrations of the wire are miked at either end, amplified, and broadcast in stereo. The thin wire is set vibrating four times at four different frequencies; what results is not the low drone one might expect from a long, vibrating wire, but a complexity of evocative, ethereal chords. Music On A Long Thin Wire is a classic example of Alvin Lucier's investigations into the physics of sound and the sonic properties of natural processes. CHRISTIANSEN, HENNING $29.99Opus 67 Strategygetarts A Symphony, Hommage A Richard Demarco LPOpus 67 Strategygetarts A Symphony, Hommage Á Richard Demarco is a previously unissued recording by Henning Christiansen from 1971. In 1970, the Richard Demarco Gallery in collaboration with the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf organized the exhibition, Strategy: Get Arts. This celebration of art from Düsseldorf was held at the Edinburgh College of Art during the Edinburgh International Festival. The title of the exhibition was a palindrome created by André Thomkins and featured works by Joseph Beuys, Claus Böhmler, George Brecht, Henning Christiansen, Robert Filliou, Dorothy Iannone, Mauricio Kagel, and Dieter Roth amongst others. Opus 67 Strategygetarts A Symphony, Hommage Á Richard Demarco was sent to Richard Demarco as a gift following the exhibition. Having returned to Denmark, Christiansen, along with sound technician Peter Sakse, created Strategygetarts, a sound collage incorporating field recordings from urban spaces, supermarkets, a boxing game, etc. The sole "musical" element is a piano motif which repeatedly punctuates the recordings. The first side moves forwards, the flip back. A reverse groove will set you straight. Opus 67 Strategygetarts A Symphony, Hommage Á Richard Demarco comes in a high-gloss sleeve, featuring two original artworks by Henning Christiansen; Edition of 500.

0 notes