#rudolph abel

[kelzebub]

Five continues making her way to New Canton in the worst blizzard anyone from Abel has ever seen. It’s Christmas Eve, and there’s sick kids. Of course she’s going. 

[dawn-wasabi]

DSMP/iDots AU - Ice Skating (Christmas 2022) 

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Pixies!

Wow, I’ve been away for awhile— since before Spooky Month. Great bouncing icebergs! (That was a reference to the 1964 Rudolph Claymation, if you were confused.)

Well, here I am again, bringing ya’ll another piece in time for the holidays. I'm posting this at almost 11 p.m. at night on Christmas, so I apologize, it's somewhat late.

Ice skating— I was never that good at it, and I always worried about making a fool out of myself by falling. One thing I can say, it hurts like hell when you fall on hard and cold ice. Seems from this depiction, Skeppy is about to endure that tumble, maybe bring Bad down with him (hehe). Abel appears to have gotten the hang of it, and his brother even more so. Bella has some trouble staying balanced, but with the help of her father, she’s feeling less insecure. She and a6d are most intrigued with Ozzy’s performance, as a youngin with no experience with ice skating, he waltzes like he’s done it all his life. 

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Skeppy @ Pumpapastej (Planet Minecraft) (edited) Skeppy eboy @ P0mp (Planet Minecraft) (edited) BadBoyHalo @ TheBioticJoker (Planet Minecraft) (edited) a6d @ N/A (original uploader deleted or deactivated) (Planet Minecraft) Abraxas (Toddler_child/Winter wear) @ Pixiemafia137 (N/A) Belladonna (Toddler_child/Winter wear) @ Pixiemafia137 (N/A) Asriel (Toddler_child/Winter wear) @ Pixiemafia137 (N/A)

Outfits inspired: Winter Boy @ WrightDusty611 (Planet Minecraft) Jeretsty | Winter @ Jeretsty360 (Planet Minecraft) winter @ spacejaam (Planet Minecraft) Winter Hoodie @ Codanator1 (Planet Minecraft) scarf @ User3380225G (Planet Minecraft) -ᙢᓾᔚᔜᖻ- Winter, Winter @ MissyT (Planet Minecraft) ~ххcσffєєpαndαхх~ ●Christmas Scarf● @ xXCoffeePandaXx (Planet Minecraft) Scarf @ WarlordCarissa (Planet Minecraft) 

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MCYT @ various content creators. Abraxas, Asriel, and Belladonna all belong to me. This next gen/au belongs to me. 

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You are NOT permitted to use this artwork! 

[666tchort666]

Matthew Modine Reflects on Abel Ferrara, Stanley Kubrick, Renny Harlin, Alan Rudolph, and His Feature-Directing Debut

http://dlvr.it/SzZqjr

[lgspears]

For the Street Fighter Reboot movie or TV series, I nominated Chavo Guerrero as El Fuerte, Chloe Bruce as Crimson Viper, Andrew Lewis Caldwell or Nikola Bogojevic aka Otis Dozovic or just Otis or simply Otìsè as Rufus, Brahim Achabbakhe as Abel, Adeline Rudolph as Juri Han, Wil Traval as SETH, Art Hsu as F.A.N.G., Kyle Rezzarday as Doctrine Dark, Zach McGowan as Cracker Jack and Ryan Higa, Elvis Han or Sean Muramatsu as Dan Hibiki.

[screamscenepodcast]

Wheel of cryptids turn turn turn, name the film that we'll discern... It's THE VAMPIRE'S GHOST (1945) from director Lesley Selander, writer Leigh Brackett, and starring John Abbott, Charles Gordon, Peggy Stewart and Grant Withers.

We follow the standard vampire and Dracula formula, this time in the Belgian Congo! But how does this film from Republic Pictures stack up against our other Dracula rip-offs?

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 19:02; Discussion 41:06; Ranking 55:40

[senatushq]

Eve

NAME/ALIASES. UTP AGE & BIRTH DATE. Prehistoric & Unknown SPECIES. Aspect GENDER & PRONOUNS. Female & She/Her or She/They AFFILIATIONS. Founder of The Eye of Horus OCCUPATION. UTP FACECLAIM SUGGESTIONS. Gabrielle Union, Eva Green, Tanaya Beatty, Adeline Rudolph, Camila Mendes, Conor Leslie, Davika Hoorne, Diane Guerrero, Erin Moriarty, Ivory Aquino, Jamie Clayton

History

No matter its gilding, a golden cage is still a cage. They tore a rib from a man made of clay, wrenched it into the mud and whispered a breath of life upon it. From an earthen mound Eve clamored, fingers raw and her eyes sour to the harsh light of the day. The first woman, the first wife of Adam, the first mother, and the first queen of the mortal realm. Eve was the mother of sons - Cain fated to kill Abel and Seth whose line would end with Noah. Blessed by Titania for reasons unknown to her, the fey queen embedded in her the knowledge to kill any who might attack her. Yet, she was not believed because who would take the word of earth and clay? Eve was a woman carved from stone and she watched as her kingdom grew under the weight of Titania and Ulthar’s magic, if they were the second draft, she was the first. The clay that made her skin never cracked, the hair upon her head or her children’s heads never changed, and the man that she was made to be wife for, never died. In those early days the angels were made to kneel and from her people The First named archdruids that were to be as Adam’s protectors and guardians of their great and royal family. Every passing year the walls grew smaller, her children remained fair and youthful and her people never knew disease or war or old age or death. Life would always be as such: perfect, peaceful, never-changing save for the faces who toiled about the palace, the gardens, the farms. When the fallen rebelled they did not just bring war to the garden, but free will. It was the first time a choice had been made that Eve bore witness to, when Lucifer was told to bow at her feet and the most beautiful of the princes of the seraphim, refused. 

Eve did not count her people’s losses in the tens or hundreds, but in the thousands. In the ashes of where the garden burned the fey planted seeds to regrow what had been lost, the archdruids chose champions from the ranks of humans and Eve was promised that this time would be different. Her husband had survived, it seemed nothing could ever kill Adam. In the years that followed it began as a whisper, a hiss like a serpent that came in her dreams, then there was a voice - a woman. Adam’s first wife, Lilith. She spoke of a key that would free her from the garden, all that Eve had to do was seize. Lilith extended her hand towards Eve and in a moment of fleeting thought she considered a world beyond the one that she’d always known, beyond the life of servitude to a man she did not choose, freedom from music that turned brother against brother, freedom from the siring of children whose destinies were already written. Eve chose her own path and in a single moment, she took the demon’s hand and fled into a world that was entirely her own. Age followed the humans from the moment she left the remains of the garden behind, mortality was her own doing but it never touched her, Adam vanished, her sons fought and quarreled, Cain killed Abel. But Eve remained eternal. All her years she’d been made of clay, a thing to be molded and changed, and so she turned herself to stone and Eve’s hunt began. The Eye of Horus was born in the sands of Egypt, when Eve drove her obsidian blade through the heart of Keket and promised an end to the supernatural world.

Connections

Keket: Not Eve’s first victim, but one of many that the founder of The Eye hunted down. Keket was powerful, too powerful to be allowed to live among mortals. 

Lilith: Led to freedom by the first demon, Lilith showed Eve that there was strength in choice and independence. 

Michael: There was a time when Michael and his kind watched over Eden, now Michael has taken hold of Adam’s body and hunts as Eve does.  

Abilities

Blessed: Gifted with knowledge, Titania imbued in Eve with the ability to know how to defeat, weaken, or kill her enemies.

Earthen: Created with the strength of ten men, Eve’s body was originally carved from clay and then hardened with magic.  While physically powerful this also makes her immune to magic.

Immortal: Unkillable. Though many have tried, Eve cannot be killed or bound by any magical means. All wounds or injuries will regenerate instantly. 

Supernatural: Able to sense and perceive supernatural forces around her, Eve can identify any creature by their presence alone.   

Weaknesses

Magicless: However strong, Eve can be contained within physical prisons if captured.

Human: Like any other human, Eve must eat and sleep. If denied food she won’t perish, but she will feel the effects of starvation until she eats again. 

THIS SKELETON IS CURRENTLY CLOSED.

[wqp88888]

Nickname

Abbreviation

Proper Name

Abe

Abrm

Abel, Abraham, Absalom

Abner

Abraham

Addy, Atty

Adam

Al

Albert, Allan, Allen, Alfred

Alec, Alex, Alick, Ally

Alexander

Alf

Alfred

Andy, Andie

Andrew, Alexander

Archie

Archibald

Arnie

Arnold

Art

Arthur

Baldie

Archibald

Barnie, Barney

Barnabas

Bart

Bartholomew

Ben

Benjn

Benedict, Benjamin, Ebenezer

Benezer

Ebenezer

Bern, Bernie

Bernard

Bert, Bertie

Albert, Bertram, Cuthbert, Egbert, Halbert, Herbert, Hubert, Lambert, Osbert

Bill, Billie

Wm

William

Bob

Robt

Robert

Bram, Bramley

Abraham

Cal

Caleb

Charlie, Chuck (American)

Chas

Charles

Chris

Xian, Xopher

Christian, Christopher

Clem

Clement

Cliff

Clifford

Colin

Nicholas

Cuddie, Cuddy

Cuthbert

Cy

Cyprian, Cyril, Cyrus

Dai, Dave, Davie

David

Dan, Danny

Danl

Daniel

Dand, Dandie

Andrew

Daniel

Donald

Derick

Frederick

Des

Desmond

Dewi

David

Dick

Ricd

Richard

Dixon

Benedict

Dobb

Robert

Dod, Doddy

George

Dodge

Roger

Dom

Dominick

Don, Donnie

Dond

Donald

Donald

Daniel

Doug

Douglas

Drew

Andrew

Dump

Humphrey

Duke

Marmaduke

Eben

Ebenezer

Ed, Eddie

Edgar, Edwin

Ed, Eddie

Edwd

Edward

Ed, Eddie

Edmd

Edmund

Eli

Elliot, Elias, Elijah

Elmo

Erasmus

Eph

Ephraim

Erik

Frederick

Ern

Ernt

Ernest

Ewen

Owen

Frank, Frankie

Fras

Francis

Fred

Fredk

Alfred, Frederick

Gabe, Gaby

Gabriel

Gary, Garret, Garth

Gareth, Gerard

Ged

Jedidiah

Gene

Eugene

Geoff, Giff

Geoffrey, Jeffrey

Geo

George

Gerard

Jarrett

Gerry

Gerald, Gerard

Gervase

Jarvis, Jervise

Gib

Gilbert

Gord

Gordon

Gorry

Godfrey

Greg

Gregory

Guido

Guy

Gus

Angus, Augustus, Gustav

Hab

Herbert, Robert, Halbert

Hal

Harold, Henry

Hank (American)

Henry

Hank (English)

Hankin

Harry

Harold, Henry

Heck

Hector

Henery, Henrie

Hy

Henry

Hez

Hezekiah

Hick, Hitch

Richard

Hodge

Roger

Hobb, Hop, Hopkin

Robert

Hy (American)

Hy

Henry

Ike

Isaac

Izzy

Isadore

Jabe

Jabez

Jack

Jno

John

Jake (American)

Jacob

Jamie, Jim

Jas

James

Jarrett

Gerard

Jarvis

Gervase, Jervise

Jed

Jedidiah

Jeff

Jeffrey, Geoffrey

Jerry

Jerh

Jeremiah

Jerry

Jery

Jeremy

Jerry

Jere

Jerome

Jon

Jonn

Jonathan

Joe, Joey

Josh

Joseph, Josiah

Jock

John, or any Scotsman

Josh

Joseph, Joshua, Josiah

Ken

Kenneth

Kit

Christopher

Larry

Laurence, Lawrence

Lem

Lemuel

Len

Leonard

Leo

Leopold

Les

Leslie

Lew, Lou

Lewis, Louis

Mac

Malcolm

Manny

Emanuel, Immanuel, Manuel

Matt

Matthew

Max

Maximilian, Maxwell

Mickey, Mike, Miles

Michl

Michael

Monty

Montague

Morie

Maurice, Morris

Nab

Abel, Abraham

Nat, Nate

Nathl

Nathan, Nathaniel

Ned, Neddy

Edward

Nick

Nichs

Dominick, Nicholas

Nobb

Robert

Noll

Oliver

Norm

Norman

Numps

Humphrey

Nye

Aneurin

Owen

Ewen

Oz, Ozzie

Oswald, Oscar, Osbert, Osmund

Paddy, Pat

Patrick, or any Irishman

Perce, Percy

Percival

Perrin

Peter

Perry

Peregrine

Pete

Peter

Phil

Philip, Theophilus

Phippin, Pip

Philip

Rab, Rabbie

Robert

Rafe, Ralf, Rauf

Ralph

Randy

Randell, Randolph

Ray

Raymond

Reg, Reggie, Rex

Reginald

Rich, Rick

Rd, Ricd

Richard

Rob, Robin

Robt

Robert

Rod

Broderick, Roderick, Rodney

Rolf

Ralph

Rolley

Roland, Rowland

Ron, Ronnie

Ronald

Rory

Roderick

Rube

Reuben

Rudy

Rudolph

Russ, Rusty

Russell

Sam, Sammy

Saml

Samson, Samuel

Sacha, Sandy

Alexander

Seb

Sebastian

Sepp

Joseph

Si, Sy

Josiah

Sid, Syd

Sidney, Sydney

Sim, Sym

Simon, Symeon

Solly

Solomon

Stan

Stanley

Steve

Stephen, Steven

Stew, Stu

Stewart, Stuart

Taddy

Adam

Taffy

David, or any Welshman

Ted, Teddy

Edward, Theodore

Terry

Terence

Thad

Thadeus

Theo

Theodore

Tim, Timmy

Timothy

Toby

Tobias

Tolly

Bartholomew

Tom, Tommy Thos Thomas

Tony Anty Anthony

Val

Valentine

Vic

Victor

Vince

Vincent

Vib

Vivian

Waldo

Oswald

Wally

Wallace, Walter

Walt, Wat

Walter

Wes

Wesley

Wido

Guy

Wilf

Wilfred

Will, Willie, Wilkin Wm, Willm William, Wilbur

Zac, Zach, Zack

Isaac, Zachary

Zac, Zach, Zack Zachh, Zachs Zachariah, Zacharias

Zeb

Zebulon, Zebediah, Zebedee

Zeke

Ezakiah, Ezekiel

[dexthegreatfriller]

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[artdecoblog]

<strong>Sessue Hayakawa <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/">by Truus, Bob & Jan too!</a></strong>

French postcard. Editions Filma, No. 84. Photo Abel.

Sessue Hayakawa (1889–1973) was a Japanese Issei actor who starred in American, Japanese, French, German, and British films. He was the first Asian actor to find stardom in the United States and Europe. His 'broodingly handsome' good looks and typecasting as a sinister villain with sexual dominance made him a heartthrob among American women. Several years before Rudolph Valentino, he was Hollywood's first male sex symbol. During those early years, Hayakawa was as well known and as popular as Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks, although today his name is largely unknown to the public.

[oldmogg]

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Ulmer (Austria-Hungary) USA (V-Z) Gus Van Sant / Paul Verhoeven (Netherlands) / King Vidor / Josef von Sternberg (Austria) / Erich von Stroheim (Austria) / Raoul Walsh / Andy Warhol / Peter Weir (Australia) / Orson Welles / William Wellman / James Whale (UK) / Billy Wilder (Austria-Hungary) / Robert Wise / Frederick Wiseman / William Wyler (Germany) / Robert Zemeckis / Fred Zinnemann (Austria-HungaryJonas Mekas)

[hitchell-mope]

How I’m trying to write Morgana

First of all. The fancast is Maya Rudolph

And she hates her sister. Pure Cain and Abel hate. Except they’re both trying to be Cain. She will do anything and everything in her power to piss Ursula off. No matter how petty or psychotic or banal. And seeing as Ursula’s parenting methods amount to little more then unpaid servitude. She takes it upon herself to essentially keep Uma alive unt she learns to control her magic and defend herself. Of course. It’s purely to get back at her sister. She doesn’t care about her little whelp of a niece. She’s a hard hearted villain. She doing this purely to best her moron sister. Or so she says. And at any rate. Even if she has actually grown to care for Uma. She’s still manipulating Gaston into thinking he’s manipulating her. So either way she wins

[heartxshaped-bruises]

✗ Send my muse a 🎵 and they will post a song that they like listening to.         @betweenshadcws​ asked: ❛❛🎵 (for all the babes) ❜❜ 

Luce: Huggin’ & Kissin’ by Big Black Delta

Donia: Happy by Kat Frankie

Oliver: Oliver James by Fleet Foxes ( it’s the song that made him choose his name )

Abel: Under Pressure by Queen ft. David Bowie

Tiio: X Gon’ Give It To Ya by DMX

Rhydian: The Mummer’s Dance by Loreena McKennitt

Zelda: Chocolate by The 1975

Peter: Let it rock by Kevin Rudolph

Davey: Punk Rock Princess by Something Corporate

Penelope: Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith.

Felix: Radioactive by Imagine Dragons

Manuel: He’s a Dream by Sebastien Drums x Rob & Jack

Mona: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths

Indrid: Tame by Pixies

Robbie: Life’s too short by Scouting for Girls

Emry: Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) by The Offspring

[alexsmitposts]

June 21, 1957 ✔ Arrest Of Rudolf Abel

On June 21, 1957, Soviet intelligence officer Rudolf ABEL was arrested in the United States, having started working as an illegal immigrant there in 1948. Abel settled in Brooklyn under the guise of an artist-photographer. His contact betrayed him. The court sentenced our intelligence officer to 30 years in prison. The charges against him were completely unsubstantiated, it was based only on the testimony of a traitor Gajanana. (Rudolf Abel refused to testify at all and remained silent throughout the trial.) About what kind of witness Heyhanen, lawyer Donovan vividly said at the trial: "When evaluating the testimony of this witness, constantly ask yourself the question: is he telling the truth or a lie, and maybe so serious a lie that it can save his own skin. What he tells, I believe, can fairly be described as a well-rehearsed story. With the exception of the "evidence" presented by the most pathetic of the witnesses who ever appeared in court, there is no evidence in the case that mark (Abel's alias.-S. T.) passed on information affecting US national security and secrets. There is simply no such evidence in the case. However, based on the" evidence " of Heyhanen, you are being asked to send a man, possibly to his death. But even a dog you kill only if it is proved that it is rabid...»

Nevertheless," civilized Themis " sentenced Abel to 30 (!) years in prison. Of course, any meetings with relatives and friends were out of the question. On the contrary, representatives of the Supreme court tried to put pressure on Abel's "family feelings" to break him. At the trial, a cynical spectacle was played out, which caused outrage even among the most experienced American journalists. At one meeting, eight letters to Abel from his wife and daughter were read out in microfilm form. This tape Abel managed to throw in the trash at the Latham hotel at the time of his arrest, but the FBI later found it and subjected it to research. The letters of the daughter were written in English, the letters of the wife-in Russian. Warm, heartfelt, intimate letters described Abel as a devoted husband and father. They convinced of the heartfelt closeness and loving attitude of his wife and daughter to Rudolf Ivanovich. The public reading of personal letters was met with disapproval in the courtroom, as an anti-human act, insulting the honor and dignity of a person. But it caused the majority of those present and a wave of respect for our scout. "As the judge's clerk droned through the letters," wrote a correspondent for an American magazine, " the steel armor of Abel's self – discipline nearly cracked. His face flushed, and his shrewd, deep-set eyes filled with tears." Of course, Abel was in great pain at that moment. But this is exactly what the torturers were counting on. However, it was not possible to break the "iron Rudolph". They also "broke" him in prison: they created difficult living conditions, settled him together with recidivists, and most importantly – banned correspondence with relatives (what kind of meetings at the table with caviar and soda!). Defense attorney Donovan tried to defend the client's rights in higher courts and received the following letter from the us Department of justice: "The Ministry has made a decision of principle: to deprive Abel of the privilege to correspond with anyone, including those acting as his wife and daughter... This is our decision based on the belief that giving Abel – a convicted Soviet spy – the opportunity to provide... correspondence with people from the Soviet bloc countries will not be in our national interests."

"When I went to Abel's cell in the basement of the courthouse after the verdict, he was waiting for me, sitting at ease in a wooden chair and puffing on a cigarette. Looking at him, you would think that this man had absolutely no worries... At this moment, such cold composure of a professional seemed to me supernatural." From the memoirs of lawyer Donovan

Later, Abel wrote to Donovan about the court's decision: "It didn't surprise me. I did not believe that the case would be considered on the basis of the law. I see it as a political decision."

[inthemoodforchaos]

MEET THE CAST AND CHARACTERS OF CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA

SABRINA SPELLMAN

SABRINA SPELLMAN (Kiernan Shipka): "An empowered young woman, half-human, half-witch, Sabrina is just beginning her dark education as a sorceress, even as she tries to maintain a normal life as a sophomore at Baxter High. Intelligent, compassionate and brave to the point of recklessness, Sabrina is all that stands between us and the forces of darkness that threaten our world."

HARVEY KINKLE

HARVEY KINKLE (Ross Lynch): "Sabrina's boyfriend. The prince charming of this dark fairy tale, Harvey is the son of a coal miner, a dreamboat and a dreamer, completely unaware of the dark forces conspiring to keep him and Sabrina apart."

ROSALIND WALKER AND SUSIE PUTNAM

ROSALIND WALKER (Jaz Sinclair), & SUSIE PUTNAM (Lachlan Watson): "Rosalind, the brash, empowered and outspoken daughter of Greendale's minister and Sabrina's best friend at Baxter High. Susie Putnam is one of Sabrina's friends at Baxter High and a founding member of the school's newly formed WICCA club. Brave and optimistic despite being bullied at school, Susie lives on a farm at the outskirts of town and deals with a terrifying supernatural threat at home."

AUNT HILDA

HILDA SPELLMAN (Lucy Davis): "One of Sabrina's two witch aunts. More nurturing than Zelda, Hilda's motherly nature and warm sense of humor belie a wicked, ghoulish streak. She is as adept at brewing spite jars against her family's enemies as she is at concocting love potions for the students at Baxter High."

AUNT ZELDA

ZELDA SPELLMAN (Miranda Otto): "Sabrina's sterner witch aunt. Proud and devout, Zelda believes there is no greater honor than serving the Dark Lord as a member of the Church of Night. She is the family's disciplinarian, fiercely protective of Sabrina, and very much Cain to Hilda's Abel."

AMBROSE SPELLMAN

AMBROSE SPELLMAN (Chance Perdomo): "Sabrina's warlock cousin from England. Placed under house-arrest by the Witches Council, Ambrose is forbidden from leaving the funeral home where he lives with the Spellman woman. Witty, puckish, and pan-sexual, he is one of Sabrina's partners in crime, always up for mischief."

MARY WARDELL

MARY WARDWELL / MADAM SATAN (Michelle Gomez): "Sabrina's favorite teacher and mentor at Baxter High. When she is possessed by the Devil's handmaiden, MADAM SATAN, Ms. Wardwell turns into a sultry, cunning manipulator, always trying to lure Sabrina down the Path of Night."

THE WEIRD SISTERS

AGATHA (Adeline Rudolph), PRUDENCE (Tati Gabrielle), DORCAS (Abigail Cowen): "The three Weird Sisters—a trio of powerful, uncanny teenage witches at the Academy of Unseen Arts who look down their noses at Sabrina for being half-mortal."

NICHOLAS SCRATCH

NICHOLAS SCRATCH (Gavin Leatherwood): "A young, handsome warlock at the Academy of Unseen Arts who befriends new student Sabrina Spellman. An acolyte of Sabrina's father's teachings, Nicholas is drawn to Sabrina, as well, and there are immediate sparks between them."

FATHER BLACKWOOD

FATHER BLACKWOOD (Richard Coyle): "High Priest of the Church of Night and Dean of the Academy of the Unseen Arts. Ruthless and ambitious, Blackwood hides a terrifying dark agenda that will put him in direct conflict with Sabrina and other members of the coven."

[lilhermitcrab1]

House of Balloons- ENC Project

The Weeknd or Abel Tesfaye is universally recognized as one of the biggest music artists out right now. He has won multiple awards through the years including three Grammys. Through all the success The Weeknd has dropped numerous projects including three mixtapes and an additional three studio albums. Originally releasing three tracks under his now-famous stage name, The Weeknd began drawing some attention online. Up to this point, not much was known about who The Weeknd was. Questions began to pop up with some speculating that The Weeknd was a group and some others wondering whether this was just an alias for a famous artist to release a passion project. All the speculation and rampant rumors culminated in the release of House of Balloons, a mixtape that would forever change the landscape of both pop and R&B music and would serve as one of the greatest and least expected debuts from an artist ever. One very interesting thing I have noticed while researching this mixtape is that every song tells a story. The first line of the entire mixtape comes from High for This. It states “You don’t know what’s in store” and it was genuinely the perfect intro to this mixtape. The song delves into a tale of The Weeknd convincing a girl to use drugs and get high with him as implied by the name of the track. It continues by the crooner stating that for the things that are about to happen the girl will indeed “wanna be high for this.” This track stirred controversy when some said it depicted a non-consensual confrontation when in reality The Weeknd himself has stated that “The tone is dark, the environment is the dark. But there’s not force in it. They want to have a good time. Everybody wants to be there. Whether they regret their choices after is whatever. But everybody is in consent.” The song's ending is almost as perfect as its beginning with the beat slowly transforming into the beginning of the next song. The next song was all about him seducing a woman who already has a partner. The ever so present lyrics on drugs also pop up again but in a very different from with The Weeknd saying that he was the drug she was fiending for the entire time. The next song shares half of its name with the album itself: House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls. The name of the song is derived in part from Tesfaye’s former home on 65 Spencer. “We’d throw these shitty parties and have girls over, and we’d try to make it celebratory, so we’d have balloons.” The first half of the song is very upbeat considering the dark lyrics The Weeknd delivers. The Weeknd sings “This is a happy house, we’re happy here, in a happy house,” almost as if he were trying to convince himself that he was actually happy and enjoying what was happening around him. This verse and track as a whole describe a very interesting underlying message in the album which is that although The Weeknd seems to be enjoying himself, he is not truly happy. The Weeknd is not only trying to convince himself, but he is also attempting to do the same to those around him including a girl is attempting to dominate. “You're in my world now, you can stay, you can stay, but you belong to me, ooh, you belong to me.”

The song eventually transitions into the second half which I interpret as The Weeknd having a “bad trip” due to all the drugs he has indulged in. Speaking of drugs this song as a whole has been linked as a metaphor to cocaine use. This can be seen at the beginning of the second half. The Weeknd chants “Bring the 707 out” which can be interpreted in multiple ways. A 707 is a glass table made by Boeing which can be the inspiration for the title of the second half of the song. It is also a drum machine known as a Roland TR-707 which was most likely used as a tool in producing the song. Another interesting fact that some listeners discovered was that 707 was also the chemical name for a cleaning solution specifically made for glass that maybe The Weeknd used it as a reference to the underlying tone I pointed out earlier which was that it may be used to clean the tables after snorting lines of cocaine. For his fifth song on the tape, Abel unleashes quite possibly the most popular song of the entire album. Wicked Games serves almost as a form of therapy for The Weeknd as he tells of how he cheated on his partner because the relationship was no longer sustainable and he no longer loved her. He tells the girl that he needs to feel something, so for at least the night he needs to hear someone say they love him even if it isn’t true. This goes back to my theory that The Weeknd is looking for an escape from a lifestyle that some see as fun or exciting, but the reality is that he is lonely. The next track is “The Party & The After Party” which is just as the name suggests has two parts. There is some difference however between this two-part track and those before it. Some of these changes are how there is no beat switch and at no point does he change his flow. He does this deliberately because this song, although it does have two parts, tells one complete story. In this track “The Party” is about Abel giving a girl drugs, attention, love, and sex. He takes us back to an earlier track “What You Need” by telling a girl who might perhaps be the same as in that track, that “Everybody wants you, you can have them all, but I got what you need..” With that, The Party ends and now “The After Party” has begun.  His line works and he convinces her to leave the party and go upstairs to a room with him. Once there, his true colors begin to show. Abel doesn’t really care about her and is only in it for himself. He tells her to invite friends if she wants and then he admits how high he truly is. One of the theories surrounding this song is that the drug he is talking about is ecstasy, which is often abused to further the feelings of arousal and lust. It also is one part of the moniker The Weeknd turned into a label and motto: XO. The X short for ecstasy and the O for Oxycodone. He begins confessing that he craves attention and that if he doesn’t get it from her he will “start drownin’ from my wrist.” This can be seen in two ways. He is either threatening to commit suicide or inject himself with even more drugs in order to escape the pain. Speaking of drugs, he continues by talking about the girl he is with. He calls her Rudolph and says that she would probably O.D. before he introduces her to his mother. “Rudolph” is The Weeknd’s way of saying that his girl has been snorting cocaine. Her nose is red like the cartoon reindeer. This girl doesn’t truly love him, but he is still addicted to her. He is so addicted that he says, “no call is worth stoppin' so, momma please stop callin.” Abel has become so addicted that he doesn’t even want to take time to speak with his mother. This song returns to the central message that The Weeknd is trying to convey. He is tired, lonely, and depressed and his only escape is to poison himself with substances that given him moments of relief. The two big ones are drugs and women who do not really want him. This is his curse. He wrote the album almost as his cry for help. He attempted to tell a story about how drugs, sex, and a bit of money can change someone’s life. Even with all his “friends” and “lovers” around him he is truly alone. Even though he is addicted he doesn’t know how to live or function without the drugs. This is why he chose to call his story the “House of Balloons.” He named the album after the one place that his words most accurately described. That home with the lavish parties and that lonely boy who partook in the activities as a way to hide from his depression.

[lonelinessfollowsme]

Espionage. Our FBI does some great work, and they have an interesting Artifact of the Month album on Flickr. Shown is a hollowed out battery that could serve to hold a roll of film or other items of interest to secretly pass information to others. 

But of course Agents didn't just happen across this battery, but rather their investigation started with a hollowed out nickel that contained a secret message, a nickel discovered by a Brooklyn youth in 1953. That nickel turned into a the fascinating tale of Rudolph Abel.