#sonny x larry

[red-hot-moon]

– I sure hope Guzman's worth all this. – Don't worry about it. He is, buddy.

MIAMI VICE 3x12 Down for the Count (pt 1)

[atleastpleasetelephone]

Gentle on my mind - Chapter 14

Initially set in 1967 when Elvis is filming Clambake. Feeling miserable and trapped after the Colonel banishes Larry and the spiritual texts, Elvis invites Gloria to keep him company through the last five days of filming. Gloria is an aspiring movie editor and more importantly she's a lot of fun. Will she be what Elvis needs to get him out of the depressive funk he's in?

Catch up with the other parts here.

Many thanks to @sissylittlefeather being my beta reader on this one.

A/N: This is the final part. I wanted to write an epilogue but this was so difficult to write I don't think I can. I cried all the way through it and I cried when I edited it too. I am really sorry to have made a story that ends like this, but this is how it is.

Pairing: Elvis x OC - Gloria, a budding film editor.

Word count: 2.7K

TWs: Description of Elvis' failing health, erectile dysfunction, consensual somno, p in v sex, and death. Please prepare yourself for the end of this.

They spend the rest of the week at Graceland enjoying one another’s company. Elvis feels a sense of peace that settles over him like a warm blanket that cold January, and he wishes it could go on forever. Gloria is happy too, finally having time with Elvis and no demands on either of them. She particularly enjoys getting to know Larry, who she thinks of as Elvis’ spiritual hairdresser, talking about all sorts of crazy things. She recognises him as a kindred spirit - maybe not quite on the basis of religion or even belief generally, but as someone who wants the best for Elvis and actively tries to help him. Larry likes Gloria too, especially the effect that she has on Elvis. He’s sure Parker wouldn’t be happy about her if he knew she was here, but then again maybe he wouldn’t mind her, since there seemed to be no way she could be a permanent fixture in Elvis’ life. The days at Graceland are full of reading and talking, singing and playing games in the snow. Gloria is sad when she has to leave but she’s been missing her kids too. It’s the longest she’s spent without them, and the ache in her heart feels almost physical. There are a lot of tears and promises when she leaves, though every time she and Elvis part she worries a little more if there will be a next time. 

***

Gloria keeps her promise about visiting, but it’s hard to find times that work for the kids, Roger and Elvis. They manage twice that year, and it’s wonderful both times. Somehow she manages another visit in early 1976, and then Elvis tells her he’s playing two dates at Cow Palace in November and puts her name on the door. He’d looked tired when she saw him last, and she’s worried about seeing him perform for the first time in four years. She’s still never spoken to him about his health, but she sees the pills and she stays awake a lot when she’s with him, remembering what Jerry had said. Once she finds he’s stopped breathing and has to shake him awake, calling out desperately for help. He comes round, but it scares her. It scares her a lot that they might not have much time left. 

***

Somehow the Cow Palace show is incredible. Elvis is bright and engaged and as she watches him, Gloria feels like she’s falling in love all over again. He’s fired Red and Sonny West, so Jerry is his only remaining body guard now, and it’s easy for him to persuade Jerry that they don’t have to stay in the hotel that night. He arrives to Gloria’s house under cover of darkness and the kids are overwhelmed with joy to see him. 

Once they’re in bed he peels his jumpsuit off his tired body, standing in the middle of Gloria’s bedroom. He’s so exhausted he forgets to be self-conscious, and when she walks in from tucking the kids in she finds him standing there in just the little white pants he had to wear with the suit. His hair is still damp with sweat, and the hair on his chest seems darker and thicker than ever. He turns to look at her, eyes half-closed. 

“I need ta shower, honey.”

Gloria has a little ensuite with just a shower, and she ushers him towards it. It’s obvious he’s too tired for this really, so when he gets in and just stands there under the faucet not moving, she gets in too. It’s a tight squeeze and as she starts to rub soap on his chest she realises she didn’t even take her clothes off. He’s not the only exhausted one. 

“Thanks honey,” he whispers, not questioning what she’s doing or the fact that she’s doing it fully-clothed. 

She rubs soap all over him and then helps him rinse it off. He steps out of the shower, shakily, and she quickly strips off her wet clothes, leaving them there before finding him a towel and wrapping him up in it. He’s still and his eyes are almost closed, so she dries him too, leading him back into the bedroom once she’s dried herself off. 

Elvis lies down with a groan. He’s exhausted. He can’t help but feel that he gave his all at that show, but he knows he has to do it again tomorrow. 

“Can’t keep doin’ this,” he mumbles, as Gloria tucks him in and then gets in next to him. Her hair is wet, so she puts a towel down on her pillow. 

“You need a break,” she whispers. 

“I sure do.”

She leans her head against his chest, her fingers rubbing one of his sideburns. They’re so big now she feels like he’s on his way to growing a beard.

“Remember we used to talk about going to Hawaii?”

He smiles, eyes still closed. “Course. Think about it all the time. Runnin’ away to Hawaii with you and the kids. Livin’ out the rest a my days peacefully in the sun.”

Gloria feels her heart break in two at his words. The rest of my days. 

“Maybe we can go there on vacation? I’m sure I could work something out.”

“That would be wonderful honey… maybe next year…” he starts to trail off, his words slurring as he falls into a deep sleep. 

She stays awake, watching him, staring at his beautiful profile and wondering how she got so lucky and yet so unlucky at the same time. 

***

When Elvis calls her and asks her to run away with him to Hawaii she doesn’t hesitate. Not just because she’s afraid if she says no she might never see him again, but because Roger has lost interest in Corey and Jackie and moved to Nebraska to be with the maid. She’d stuck around for a bit with the baby, but then wanted a clean break from the mess in Frisco and decided to go back to be near her family. Roger had tried to do both, but in the end he told Gloria he was waiving his right to custody in favour of the maid and her little one. His other son. She doesn’t care for herself, but she’s devastated for the kids. Particularly Jackie, who’s such a Daddy’s girl. Corey had never been the same with his dad since that fateful night, and even though he was very small at the time, she feels like he remembers what happened.

The group that arrives in Honolulu is small and tightly knit. Only Larry and Jerry are there from the Mafia, although Charlie promises to arrive in a few days. Pat travels with Gloria and the kids to help out with childcare. She’d agreed to it after her sister had broken down one evening, telling her about her fears around Elvis’ health. When they see him at the resort neither think her fears were unfounded. His face is swollen and so is his belly, and he looks more tired than ever. But he’s joyful, being in Hawaii with Gloria at last. He’s only told Jerry and Larry that this isn’t really a vacation. To everyone else, he’s just having a break before his next tour. To them, he’s going and not coming back. He hates the idea of letting his fans down but he thinks he’ll end up doing it eventually anyway, and at least this way he’s got control over it. He’s set up as many traps as he possibly can for Joe and the Colonel to fall into before they realise what he’s doing and try to drag him back. But he feels old and tired now, even though he’s only 42. He’s lived a full life. It’s time to relax in a place he loves with the people he loves best. 

***

Elvis might be tired, but the sun and sand do revive him, and he spends his days playing with the kids and his nights trying his hardest to give Gloria the most pleasure he can. She tells him she doesn’t need multiple orgasms a night and he should rest, but he doesn’t listen. He hasn't had an erection for over a year now, but he makes up for it with his hands and his mouth. Gloria is only sad that she can’t give him anything back, kissing all over his body and gently sucking his soft dick. 

One night, he’s so caught up in holding and kissing her that he falls asleep without taking his pills and wakes up in a panic in the early hours of the morning. Scrambling around to look for them, he suddenly realises that he’s woken up with something else too. He touches himself but it fades quickly and his heart sinks with disappointment. His hand closes around the pill bottle but he pauses after he shakes them into his hand. Maybe a few more days without them and he’d be able to get hard again. He wants to do that for her, for his Glory. She deserves someone who can satisfy her, one last time. He doesn’t know which ones are causing the problem, so he stops taking them all. It doesn’t help with his pain, or his mood, but three days later he wakes up at 6am with a raging hard-on and remembers what Gloria had said about any time. 

“Glory,” he whispers, shaking her a little, but she’s fast asleep. 

His hand trails down her body until his fingers find her clit. Circling it, he watches her react in her sleep, wriggling and sighing. The pain in his belly is excruciating, but the ache in his dick is more important. And the feeling that this is their last chance to properly be together. Things have been escalating with the Colonel and he’s sure someone will be here soon to try and drag him back to Memphis. His fingers slip inside her pussy as he continues to stimulate her clit with his thumb, feeling her getting wetter as she gets closer to orgasm. When it hits she makes a surprised little noise, her eyes fluttering open and looking up at him. 

“Is it… are you?” She mumbles, confused and euphoric and hopeful all at the same time. 

“He’s awake,” Elvis replies, pulling the covers back to show her his hard, weeping dick. 

Her eyes are full of list staring at first his dick and then his face, thinking about how much she wants him inside her. How much she wants to feel close to him like that again. 

“Fuck. Oh I want you so bad, big boy. Please fuck me.”

He pushes her knees up so her feet come off the bed and positions himself between her legs. Slowly, gradually pushing inside her, watching her face, stopping when he can see it’s hurting her and carrying on when she gently touches his arm. When he’s fully inside he lies on top of her like he did that day on the beach in California, his head buried in her shoulder. He starts to move inside her slowly and her arms wrap around him as she feels tears gathering in the corners of her eyes. She knows this is the last time. And not because he’s getting married, or because she is, but for a much more permanent reason this time. She knows he’s dying and she feels like he ran away to Hawaii to do it. She’ll never feel this again and as his movements speed up she can’t stop the tears spilling down her cheeks. 

“N-no. No, Elvis. Slow down. I want… I want to enjoy this. P-please.”

He moves his head to look at her as he forces himself to move slowly. When he sees her crying he knows she knows too. He presses his lips against hers as his tears start to flow. Their tears mingle as he rolls his hips against her, both of them sighing with pleasure even as their hearts break. 

“So tired, baby,” he mumbles against her lips. 

Her hand goes to his cheek. “I know. I know.”

“Haveta… has to end…” he continues, and she feels him speed up. 

Sobs wrack her body as she closes her eyes to feel him better. He comes with a small cry, and then he’s still. Softening inside her as he lies there, panting. She can’t stop weeping, and when he finally moves his head she sees he can’t either. 

“I wish I’d never let you leave that beach!” She cries out, unable to stop herself. 

“I wish I’d never gone. We shoulda run away together then, Glory. I shoulda been braver.”

She throws her arms around him, pulling him against her tightly. “It’s not your fault. Oh fuck. I love you so much. I don’t want you to… can’t you get well?”

She feels him shake his head against her. “Too late, baby. Too late fer all that. Jus’ have to hope the Colonel doesn’t get here first.”

First. Before he dies. Gloria wonders if she’ll ever stop crying. Then she remembers Corey and Jackie. She’ll have to.

***

Pat agrees to take the kids to one of the other islands for a couple of days when Elvis’s condition takes a radical turn for the worse. They say goodbye to him like they’ll see him again soon, and she doesn’t have the heart to tell them this is most likely goodbye for good. She thinks on some level they know, even though he’s trying to act cheerful for them, he’s been in bed for the past few days and can barely get out of it. She called Priscilla and got her to bring Lisa-Marie for a day too, so that his little girl could see her daddy for the last time. Priscilla and Pat get on well and Elvis’ ex-wife decides to go with them to the other island, make a proper vacation out of it. Part of her wants to stay and be with Elvis when he dies, but she sees he has someone else for that. 

She does stay to watch Larry marry them though. He performs a little ceremony whilst they sit in the bed in Elvis’ suite. Gloria helped Elvis dress and he’s in a white suit with a pale blue shirt underneath. She wears white too, and a garland of flowers in her hair. They even have a little cake afterwards, and Gloria throws her garland for Lisa-Marie and Jackie to fight over. Lisa-Marie wins. Any worries the kids might’ve had about Elvis were blown away by the wedding, tiny though it is, and they leave full of joy. Things get worse for Elvis as soon as they’re gone. He’s used up all his energy on staying cheerful for them, and on marrying Gloria. He lies down in the bed and sighs with exhaustion. Not long now. 

Gloria stays by his side for two days and nights, keeping herself awake with coffee and stimulants, watching over him. On the third day she feels herself getting drowsy. 

“I’m just going to take a little nap, big boy.”

His head moves slowly to look at her. She kisses him gently, and is about to pull away when he pushes his tongue into her mouth, his hand somehow making its way to the back of her neck. She savours the kiss, but she’s almost asleep. Her eyes close. 

“I love you, Gloria. You’re the love of my life. I’ve never known anyone like you. You’re my girl.” It takes a tremendous effort for Elvis to get the words out, but he has to say them. His head falls back on the pillow with exhaustion when he finishes. 

“Love you… too… Elvis…” the words slur as she falls into a deep sleep. Part of her brain is telling her she shouldn’t, but she’s been awake for too long and her body takes over. 

He watches her as he feels the life slipping away from his body. 

His Glory. In Hawaii. At last.

Softly, I will leave you softly / For my heart would break if you should wake and see me go / So I leave you softly, long before you miss me / Long before your arms can beg me stay / For one more hour or one more day

***

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[matttgirlies]

Matt & Me🎀

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a story heavily based on Priscilla Presley’s Book “Elvis & Me” based in the 1950’s - 1970’s.

fem! reader x singer! matt

disclaimer!! - in no way am i saying matt would ever support or do these kind of things, for the sake of the book certain unethical things do happen at times.

warnings - none

y/nn = your nickname for any confusion🩷

Chapter 16

Matt was not one for moderation. Whether it was motorcycles, slot cars, horses, amusement parks, roller skating, sex, or even eating the same dinner day after day, if he enjoyed it, he’d overindulge.

One evening I gave him a little racetrack with remote-control cars. A few weeks later he had an entire room added onto the house with a professional game track. There he played night after night until he had his fill and then he never went back to the room until much later, when the annex was converted into a trophy room filled with his gold records and awards.

As Matt’s fascination with occult and metaphysical phenomena intensified, Larry introduced him to the Self-Realization Fellowship Center on Mount Washington, where he met Daya Mata, the head of the center. She was an attractive woman who looked remarkably like Mary Lou Sturniolo, and he was captivated by her serenity and spiritual presence. She epitomized everything he was striving to be.

He made several trips to Mount Washington, high in the Hollywood Hills, for sessions with Daya Mata in the hope of attaining kriya, which is the highest form of meditation in the self-realization fellowship.

As relaxed and peaceful as he was upon leaving the center’s hushed grounds, one thing he couldn’t pass up was a good fight. We were on our way home from Mount Washington one afternoon when our limousine passed a service station where two attendants were staging a fight.

“Pull over,” Matt ordered the driver. “Someone’s in trouble.”

He jumped out of the car, Jerry and Sonny following him. Going up to one of the men, he said, “Hey, you want to give somebody trouble, give it to me.”

“Hey man,” the guy answered, scarcely able to believe this was Matt. “I don’t have any problem with you. I’m not arguing with you.”

“I’ll show you something, if you want to get into an argument,” Matt said. He shot out a karate kick, and to his surprise—and everyone else’s—he knocked a pack of cigarettes out of the guy’s pocket. Among our group, Matt wasn’t known for his precision in karate.

Long after the service station fracas, we joked about it, saying, “Man, the Lord had to be on M’s side that day. That guy doesn’t know how lucky he was.”

Of course Matt had acted as if he could do this any time he felt like it. After executing that kick he’d walked away with a cocky smile, warning the guy to stay out of trouble or there’d be more where that had come from.

When we got home, the way Matt told it you’d think he’d just wiped out half a battalion. We all supported his fantasy.

He was eagerly looking forward to one particular film, Harum Scarum, seeing it as a chance to create a genuinely interesting character. He identified his role with Rudolph Valentino’s in The Sheik. At last, he thought, a part he could sink his teeth into. He saw a physical resemblance between himself and Valentino, especially in profile.

During preproduction, he came home darkened with makeup, dressed in white harem pants and a white turban. He looked extremely handsome, much more so than Valentino, I thought. Tilting his head down, with a piercing gaze and flared nostrils, he asked rhetorically, “Frightening, isn’t it, how much I look like him? How does this get to ya?” He took me in his arms Valentino-style and dipped me over à la the famous poster of the Sheik.

Night after night he kept his makeup and the turban on all through dinner and up until bedtime.

Although he was excited about the film when he first started shooting, as each day went by, his morale plummeted. Harum Scarum’s plot was a joke, the character he played, a fool, and the songs he sang, disasters. The film turned out to be yet another disappointment, an embarrassing one at that.

Still committed to the picture but demeaned by its mediocrity, he sought escape on his motorbikes—eleven Triumphs and a Harley—a Triumph for each assistant and a Harley for the boss. Decked out in leather from head to toe and feeling as tough as a pack of Hell’s Angels on a rampage, we roared through the gates of Bel Air, revving our engines at all hours of the night.

Weekends we took trips through the Santa Monica Mountains, stopping off for beer or cola along the way. It was fast, fun, and wild. I liked it so much I wanted my own bike. Despite his concern for my safety, Matt reluctantly bought me a Honda Dream 350.

While he was at the studio I sometimes rode alone, fleeing Bel Air, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, MGM, and all my worries.

During this period when he was still seeking “a higher state of consciousness,” we experimented with mind-expanding drugs. We tried marijuana a few times and neither of us especially liked it. We felt tired and groggy and we’d become ravenously hungry. After a few raids on the refrigerator—and carrying the resulting extra poundage—we decided to stay away from the stuff.

Although he abhorred street drugs he was curious enough to try LSD once. When he initiated our experiment, he made sure Sonny West was on hand at all times to supervise. The night we tried it Steven, Jerry, Larry, Matt, and I took seats around the conference table in Matt’s office upstairs at Graceland.

Matt and I took half a tab. At first, nothing happened. Then we started staring at each other and laughing—our faces were becoming distorted.

I became engrossed in Matt’s multicolored shirt. It started to grow, getting larger and larger until I thought he was going to burst. It was captivating, but I did not like the feeling. I thought: This isn’t real, be careful, you’re losing it. I tried to hang on to sanity.

We all gathered around the large aquarium outside the master bedroom, fascinated by the tropical fish. Funny—there were only two or three, but suddenly I saw an ocean of brightly colored fish. I strolled off and found myself in Matt’s huge walk-in closet, purring like a kitten.

It was early morning when Matt and I went downstairs and walked outside. Dew came down, creating rainbows in the mist, glistening on the trees and the lawn. We studied the leaves, trying to count each dewdrop. The veins in the grass became visible, breathing slowly, rhythmically. We went from tree to tree, observing nature in detail.

It was an extraordinary experience. However, realizing it was too dangerous a drug to fool around with, we never tried LSD again.

By 1966, Matt’s long search for answers to the mystery of life involved us all in the strange games he loved to devise.

In the backyard of our Bel Air home we found him staring up at “planets moving across the sky” for long periods in the darkness of the early-morning hours. He was convinced, and nearly had us convinced, that there were energy waves so powerful they caused the stars to glide through the universe. For hours we all gazed up in wonderment, questioning each other about what we were seeing, afraid to ask ourselves anything but “Could it be possible?”

His imagination peaked later on when we were all standing in the yard, looking over at the Bel Air Country Club, which was being watered by a fanlike automatic sprinkler system.

“Do you see them?” said Matt, looking intently at the course.

“See what?” I asked, ready to hear anything.

“The angels, out there.”

“Angels?” I asked, looking down at the sprinklers. I wanted to believe him, we all did and we went along with it.

As if in a trance, he continued staring at the water for a few minutes. Then he began moving toward them. “I have to go,” he said. “You stay here. They’re trying to tell me something.” He wandered off toward the golf course in pursuit of his vision. Sonny followed, insuring Matt’s safety, and the rest of us were left dumbfounded.

Other times he’d have us stare for hours at the off-white, nubby-textured ceilings, trying to make out delicately lined faces that he said he was causing to appear.

More likely it was just a game he’d made up out of boredom and depression because he was experiencing such a low point in his career. He took sleeping pills to escape, and while fighting off their effect, he created his “images”—his mystical exercises.

The happiest I ever saw him was when he developed a passion for horses. It all began when I said I wished I had my own horse. I’d loved them since childhood, and Graceland had a beautiful old stable in back, where James used to store old furniture. It was equipped with a tack room, hayloft, and several stalls.

About two weeks later, I was in my dressing room when Matt, who had been out for a few hours, returned and knocked on my door. “Sattnin, I want you to come downstairs for a minute, got something I want to show you.”

He led me down the stairway, his eyes shining. Then he guided me out the back door, his hands over my eyes. When he took them away I saw the most beautiful sight I’d ever laid eyes on—a black quarterhorse with one white stocking.

“His name must be Domino,” I said, petting the spirited four-year-old. “Whose is he?”

“He’s yours.” Matt was grinning. “I saw this kid riding him, asked if he wanted to sell. I could just picture you on him.”

“You mean he’s really mine?” I yelled, jumping up and down, throwing my arms around Matt. I wanted to ride Domino immediately and I mounted him.

“Now, wait a minute,” Matt cautioned. “Don’t go off gettin’ yourself hurt.”

He watched me with a concerned look as I rode out through the pasture and then up to the window of Grandma’s room.

“Dodger! Dodger!” I shouted. “Look what I got, my own horse! Isn’t he beautiful? Matt just bought him for me!”

“Good Lord,” Dodger cried. “Get off that thing, y/n. You’re gonna get yourself killed. I’m gonna whop that young’un for gettin’ you that. You got no business ridin’ that creature.”

“It’s okay, Dodger, I can handle him,” I called out, riding off happily.

He was wild and spirited. When I rode in the late afternoons, I was in my own world. It was a wonderful release. Often Matt would watch me from his upstairs window. I’d call out to him, “Come down and ride with me.

Matt didn’t ride very well at that time. About the only experience he’d had was in a few of his films, where he didn’t feel totally at ease. In fact, he was somewhat intimidated by large animals; nonetheless, he accepted my invitation and tried riding Domino.

He loved it, declaring, “I want a horse of my own, a golden palomino.”

Jerry Schilling found Rising Sun at a nearby stable. He was the handsomest palomino imaginable—big and powerful. He’d been trained for shows, and I’ve never seen an animal that demanded and thrived on as much attention as Rising Sun. There was no doubt that this was the horse for Matt.

He remained skeptical and had Jerry test Sun out. “Hey, it’s beautiful, man,” Matt said.

“A great-looking horse. Jerry, you get on it and ride.” Jerry had little, if any, riding experience and was horrified at the thought. Nonetheless, he gamely mounted Sun, looking as misplaced as Noël Coward on a Clydesdale.

Sun took off like a bullet with Jerry barely holding on, every bit of pride in his boots. The magnificent animal seemed to be studying Matt as much as Matt was studying him. He raced back, heading straight to where Matt was standing. “Hold ’em back,” Matt yelled. “I am, M, I am,” shouted Jerry. Matt was won over.

Now we all developed horse fever. We rode late afternoons and well into the evenings. But this wasn’t enough for Matt. As with anything he enjoyed, he wanted everyone else to join the fun. Thus began our quest for horses for the group, including their wives. We bought horses for Billy and Joe Smith, Nate Doe, Jerry and Sandy Schilling, Steven, Charlie, Red, Sonny, Richard—everyone. We bought the finest saddles, blankets, halters, bits, reins, feeding buckets. Anything that had to do with a horse, we bought.

Every afternoon we’d all mount up and ride, in full view of the two hundred or so local fans lined up along the fences. In western riding gear—chaps included—Matt would turn it into a show. He’d race down the long slope in front of Graceland and then strut back and forth before the fans, demonstrating how well he could ride. He’d have all-out races with the guys as the fans cheered them on.

They were in for even more of a spectacle when Matt bought his prize black Tennessee Walker, nicknamed Bear, which he rode attired in full show regalia. He and Bear put on a fancy high-stepping show that—if made available to paying customers—would probably have matched his Vegas take.

His other hobbies—go-carts and model cars—were only machines. This was the first hobby that involved a living creature. The horses responded to his love, and it was touching to witness his attachment to them.

It was a close time for all of us, we had something in common. However, after. Matt had delighted in lavishing horses on all of us, Graceland wasn’t quite big enough to handle the herds. We didn’t know it yet, but we were about to become ranchers.

Excerpt from: "Elvis and Me" by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley. Scribd. This material may be protected by copyright.

a/n - sweet chapter since the last few have been sad🎀

[kawaoneechan]

SCI title menus

Okay I've done my research. I've checked 32 different SCI 0 to 1.1 games and took note of what their title menus are like.

For this, I ignore the Sierra logo which may be un-skippable in some games, copy protection screens, and cutscenes that last just seconds before control is given like Sonny Bonds parking his car or Roger Wilco jumping out of his pod.

A. Just press a key to skip the title/intro (5)

No screenshots because there's no title menu to show for these.

Leisure Suit Larry 2 (SCI0)

Police Quest 2 (SCI0)

Space Quest 3 (SCI0) — you can enter commands and activate the menu at any time during the intro, so you can restore at any time.

Leisure Suit Larry 1 and 3 (SCI10, SCI0), after a fairly long age check.

Codename ICEMAN (SCI0) — there's some opening narration before control is given.

B. Is this your first time playing X? (4)

First thing the game does when the title appears is ask if you want to watch the intro (no) or skip it (yes). This is done with a regular old dialog window and DButtons.

King's Quest 4 (SCI0)

King's Quest 5 (SCI10)

The Colonel's Bequest (SCI0)

Conquests of the Longbow (SCI10) — a variation that lets you pick between the intro, restoring, or starting a new game.

C. Interruptible intro (5)

At any point during the introduction and title credits, you can press a key to skip ahead to the game or restore. This is done with a regular old dialog window and DButtons.

Space Quest 1 (SCI10)

Space Quest 4 (SCI10)

Castle of Dr. Brain (SCI10)

Police Quest 3 (SCI10)

EcoQuest 1 (SCI0)

D. Options running along the bottom of the screen (2)

King's Quest 1 (SCI0)

King's Quest 6 (SCI11)

The Dating Pool

E. The same, but they're DButtons in a dialog window (2)

Freddy Pharkas (SCI11)

Leisure Suit Larry 6 (SCI11)

Eric Oakford's SCI 1.1 template

F. Options going down the screen (4)

Quest for Glory 1 (SCI0, SCI11)

Quest for Glory 2 (SCI01)

The Dagger of Amon-Ra (SCI11)

EcoQuest 2 (SCI11)

G. The same, but again as DButtons in a window (6)

Conquests of Camelot (SCI0) — the window is on the bottom but the buttons run down.

Police Quest 1 (SCI11)

Quest for Glory 3 (SCI11) — Technically that's an icon bar but they have the look.

Island of Dr. Brain (SCI11)

Space Quest 5 (SCI11) — DColorButtons are a kind of DButton.

Pepper's Adventures in Time (SCI11)

Phil Fortier's SCI 1.1 template, because it's based on SQ5.

H. Something more unique and novel (3)

Mixed-Up Mother Goose (SCI0)

Mixed-Up Fairy Tales (SCI10?)

Leisure Suit Larry 5 — fast forward twice (SCI10)

... personally I'd go with Police Quest 1 style for a template game. I like interruptible intros but the template wouldn't have such a thing. Leave it as a tutorial perhaps. And that's why C is missing in the poll.

[sillyguyz4ever]

intrests

Tv shows/movies: any veggietales movie ramshackle tadc hazbin hotel/helluvaboss (I do NOT support vivziepop or her actions) veggietales in the house larry boy movies sakai K madoka magica demon slayer tbhk spy x family Salior moon oran host club danganronpa (I don't support the creators) good omens DHMIS squid games

Video game: FNAF undertale DTI (I do NOT support gigi) ledgend of zelda danganronpa (I do NOT support the creators) ddlc (doki doki Literature club) omori pjsk gensian impact yumi Nikki yttd class of 09 (I don't support creator)

Music/artist:

Kpop: blackpink new jeans red velvet twice gidle bts

Pop: olivia rodrigo lana del rey (I do NOT support her) rosé sonny cher Brittany spears weird Al yankovic boys in the sink melanie martinez sabrina carpenter chappell roan

Vocaliod: kikou ghost and pals (ik their more experimental pop but they use Vocaliod soo) maretu wowaka Pinocchio P really introverted producer steam Pianist

Expermental alt: tally hall will wood jack stubar lemon demon destrion dolls

Hyperpop expermental: creep-p ayesha erotica 6arelyhuman (I don't support them) s3rl charlie xcx

Punk/rock: baby metal mommy long legs diva bleach good Kid slipknot green day mcr stolen babies le tigra

GIVE ME MUSIC RECS

Milounsals: vintage fashion infections and illness salem witch trials aesthetics old churches lignuistics political stuff (mostly leftsit) sanrio/hello kitty

[nityarawal]

12/10/2023

Mitra Cher

(Mommy's Hurt)

Morning Songs

Mummy's Hurt

Can You Hear Her

We Don't Blame

You #WeHeardYou

Whomever Joined

Special Forces

Mummy's Hurt

Charly's In The Cage

Mummy's Hurt

Doggy's Dirt

We Know You Don't

Want That

What Was #Hot

About Her First

Trust 

Your Instinct

It Was Love

A Good Scent

Yummy Food

A Mantra 4 Eternity

Playing In A White

Zen Garden

It Was Her

Calming Our Nerves

When Highly Sensitive

Men

We're Targeted

It Was Mom

Gracious Smile

It Was Mom

"Cher"

#Moonstruck

Despite

Nicholas

Cages 

It Was Mom

Mitra's

"Sister Of My Heart,"

Tortured

Like A $™ Teacher

Symmetry

SNL

Wanted More

Mitra Was

Witchhunted

From Switzerland

To Nitya

Princesses

Occupying Too Much

Real Estate

#Irany

In Your Brains

Jewish Santa's

Jerry Seinfelds

Stole Way Too Much

Early Days

With Jewish Boys'

Gigolos

Didn't Feel

So Good

Pedophiles

David Kaplan

Chanel Purses

Mercedes Benz's

None Of It

Us "Paris" Brats

Wanted

None Of It

Us Tay Tay

Estranged Kids

Especially Provo

Need

It

We Can't Bring

Our Moms

Back

We Can't Marry

"Frankenstein"

We Don't Want

#Meth Heads

Motorboating 

Our Best

Men

Kimmy

Or "Cher" Raped

We Worry About

Our Kids

40% Raped

And Humiliated

Rest Murdered

With Men's

Dinosaur Brains

Offensive

You Know Why

Elon Chooses

Us

We Spinned The Bottle

We Played Truth

Or Dare

He Loves Us More

And Wants Mother

Nature

Who Doesn't

Larry Kings'

Models

Hurt

Us All

#Bonny And Cher

We Blame #Sonny

But Not You Mom

Sun

We Blame

Sunil

But Not You Dad

We Pray

For Our Beloveds

Martyred

For Brahmin

2023 

BC

How Many Days 

Left

Until Doje

Replaces

#4BillionMothersStrong 

2023

#TickTock X

Our Greek Goddesses

Muted

#Grimesz By #RewindAI

Whatever Songs You

Strike

Crypto

Dick's

Currency

Wars

No

Merci

More

Moms

Moms 

Need More

Xo

Peace,

Nitya Nella Davigo Azam Moezzi Huntley Rawal 

[hellyrgf]

guest judge possibilities

shit tier: calvin, oli, any of louis’ ugly sexist “friends”

okay tier: any semi well known celebrity that louis might be friends with

pretty nice tier: bebe rexha, steve aoki, ed sheeran, lottie, any little mix girl

great tier: liam, niall, zayn

god tier: harry tomlinson styles

[vamporilla]

Some of my ships for adventure game characters (Sierra Online & Lucasarts)

Dave x Sandy (Maniac Mansion)

Razor x Bernard (Maniac Mansion)

Razor x Syd (Maniac Mansion)

Wendy x Michael (Maniac Mansion)

Graham x Valanice (King’s Quest)

Alexander x Cassima (King’s Quest)

Rosella x Edgar (King’s Quest)

Roger x Beatrice (Space Quest

Larry x Patti (Leisure Suit Larry)

Sonny x Marie (Police Quest)

Fifi x Jeeves (The Colonel’s Bequest)

Laura x Steve (The Dagger of Amon Ra)

Wolf x Olympia (The Dagger of Amon Ra)

Yvette x Ernie (The Dagger of Amon Ra)

Devon x Aziza (Quest for Glory)

Devon x Johari (Quest for Glory)

Devon x Katrina (Quest for Glory)

Shameen x Shema (Quest for Glory)

Rakeesh x Kreesha (Quest for Glory)

Olga x Boris (Quest for Glory)

Julanar x Salim (Quest for Glory)

Zak x Annie (Zak McKracken)

Melissa x Leslie (Zak McKracken)

Guybrush x Elaine (Monkey Island)

Ben x Maureen (Full Throttle)

[tuseriesdetv]

Noticias de series de la semana: Reina Imelda

Renovaciones

Netflix ha renovado The Crown por una quinta y última temporada

Netflix ha renovado La casa de papel por una quinta y sexta temporada

Netflix ha renovado Sintonia por una segunda temporada

Epix ha renovado Perpetual Grace, LTD por una segunda y última temporada

Cancelaciones

Netflix ha cancelado Soundtrack tras su primera temporada

Noticias cortas

El reparto de Élite cambiará tras la tercera temporada.

Anthony Okungbowa (Kofu) y Bayo Akinfemi (Goodwin) serán regulares en la segunda temporada de Bob Hearts Abishola.

Fichajes

Se confirma que Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter, Pride) protagonizará la quinta y última temporada de The Crown.

Owen Wilson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Midnight in Paris) se une a Loki. Se desconocen detalles.

Marcia Gay Harden (The Newsroom, Damages) será la madre de Gary (James Roday) en A Million Little Things.

David Krumholtz (The Deuce, Numb3rs) será Bob Arum, adversario y posteriormente mejor amigo de Evel Knievel, en Evel.

Sarah Shahi (Person of Interest, City on a Hill) protagonizará Sex/Life. Será Billie Connelly, una madre de los suburbios que sale en busca de la chica sexy y soltera que era hace diez años.

Paget Brewster (Criminal Minds, Community) será recurrente en la segunda temporada de Blood & Treasure como la hermana Lisa, una monja de Roma.

Kelli Berglund (Lab Rats, Now Apocalypse) será Crystal, una valet (acompañante del luchador) de veinte años que desea competir como luchadora, en Heels.

Dulé Hill (Psych, Suits) y June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie, New Girl) se unen como recurrentes a la segunda temporada de Black Monday. Serán Marcus Wainwright III, presidente del fondo de becas afroamericano; y Corky Harris, esposa del congresista Harris (Tuc Watkins).

Mitchell Hoog (Hariet, The Devil Made Me Do It) y Belmont Cameli (My Evil Stepdad) serán Mac, el hijo de Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar); y Jamie, el hijo de Jessie (Elizabeth Berkley); en el revival de Saved By the Bell. Haskiri Velazquez (The Birch) y Alycia Pascual-Pena (Moxie) también participan.

Harry Richardson (Poldark), Thomas Cocquerel (Escape Room 2) y Jack Gilpin (Billions) se unen como regulares a The Gilded Age. Serán Larry Russell, recientemente graduado en Harvard; Tom Raikes, un joven abogado de Doylestown, Pensilvania; y Church, el mayordomo de la familia Russell. 

Jenny Gago (StartUp, Soutland) será recurrente en Deputy como Anjelica Reyes, madre de Paula (Yara Martinez).

Sarah Yarkin (Single Parents, Foursome) será recurrente en Motherland: Fort Salem como Libba Swythe, una ambiciosa joven de clase alta con un viejo rencor hacia Abigail (Ashley Nicole Williams).

Tireni Oyenusi se une como regular a Americanah. Será Dike, el hijo de Aunty Uju (Uzo Aduba).

Enrique Murciano (Bloodline, Without a Trace), Camron Jones (The Purge, Elephant Department) y Jessica Sula (Skins, Scream) sustituyen a Will Chase, Kevin Alves y Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut en los papeles del sheriff Kean, Bishop y Natalie en Panic. Kerri Medders (Alexa & Katie, SEAL Team), Bonnie Bedelia (Parenthood, Designated Survivor), Moira Kelly (One Tree Hill, The West Wing), Nancy McKeon (The Facts of Life, The Division), Rachel Bay Jones (Dear Evan Hansen, God Friended Me) y Bryce Cass (13 Reasons Why) serán recurrentes como Ruby Anne McDonough, amiga de Sarah y hermana de Riley; Anne, viuda que le da un trabajo a Heather (Olivia Welch) en su granja; Laura Kean, esposa del sheriff Kean; Jessica Mason, madre soltera de Dodge (Mike Faist); Sherri Nill; madre soltera de Heather; y Adam Lyons, amigo de Ray (Ray Nicholson).

Mather Zickel (Masters of Sex, Better Things) será recurrente en The Crew como Frank, el novio de Beth (Sarah Stiles).

Chance Kelly (Generation Kill, Aquarius) será recurrente en For Life como Cyrus Hunt, el poderoso e imponente alcaide de la prisión.

Kaley Ronayne (Gotham, Quarry) será recurrente en The Right Stuff como Dee O'Hara, enfermera de los Mercury Seven.

Sarah Minnich (Better Call Saul) será recurrente en Briarpatch como Ginger Galanti, reportera de campo para Channel 8 en San Bonifacio, Texas.

Rachel Boston (Witches of East End, Kidding) y Tim Chiou (iZombie, Living with Models) serán recurrentes en la tercera temporada de SEAL Team como Hannah, la mejor amiga de la infancia de Sonny (AJ Buckley); y Michael 'Dirty Mike' Chen, agente del equipo.

Jen Tullock y Zach Cherry (You, Living with Yourself) protagonizarán Severance junto a Patricia Arquette, Adam Scott y Britt Lower. Serán Devon, hermana de Mark (Scott); y Dylan, empleado de Mark.

Blake Harrison (A Very English Scandal, World on Fire) y Barbara Flynn (Death in Paradise, The Durrells) se unen a Kate & Koji, antes conocida como Kate and Kolo. Serán Medium, sobrino de Kate (Brenda Blethyn); y Councillor Bone, eterna archienemiga de Kate.

Zahra Bentham (Spinning Out) y Mouna Traoré (Condor, American Gods) serán recurrentes en Madam C.J. Walker como Nettie, esposa de Ransom (Kevin Carroll); y Esther, una joven artista que trabaja en la línea de productos de Sarah (Octavia Spencer).

John Douglas Thompson (The Bourne Legacy, A Most Violent Year), Patrick Murney (Seven Seconds, Public Morals), Ben Miles (The Crown, The Capture), James McArdle (Mary Queen of Scots, New Bloods), Sosie Bacon (13 Reasons Why, Here and Now), Joe Tippett (The Morning Show, Rise) y Neal Huff (Falling Water, Show Me a Hero) se unen a Mare of Easttown. Serán Carter, el jefe de Mare (Kate Winslet) en el departamento de policía de Easttown; Kenny McMenamin, el padre de Erin (Cailee Spaeny); Richard Ryan, profesor de escritura creativa; el díacono Mark Burton,  Carrie Layden, madre soltera y exnovia de Kevin (Cody Kostro); John Ross, marido de Lori (Julianne Nicholson); y el padre Dan Hastings, un primo de Mare.

Austin Crute (Daybreak, Booksmart), Nik Dodani (Atypical), Andrew Jacobs (Paranormal Activity: The Marked One) y Chloë Levine (The OA) se unen a la segunda y última temporada de Trinkets. Serán Marquise, nuevo amigo de Tabitha (Quintessa Swindell); Chase, rival intelectual de Moe (Kiana Madeira); Ben, el hermano mayor de Moe; y Jillian, nueva amiga de Elodie (Brianna Hildebrand).

Olivia Scriven (Degrassi: The Next Generation) será recurrente en Mrs. America como Liza Schlafly, la hija de Phyllis (Cate Blanchett).

Jim Klock (Cloak & Dagger, Green Book) será recurrente en The Underground Railroad como Tom Hardman, agente local de Indiana.

Pósters

    Nuevas series

FX encarga Redeemer, drama creado por Nic Pizzolatto (True Detective) e inspirado en 'The Churchgoer' (2019), novela de Patrick Coleman en la que el pasado y el presente de un antiguo pastor convertido en guardia de seguridad (Matthew McConaughey; True Detective, Dallas Buyers Club) colisionan mientras busca a una mujer desaparecida en Texas y descubre una conspiración criminal. Producida por Nic Pizzolatto (True Detective) y Matthew McConaughey (True Detective).

Netflix ha encargado diez episodios de una serie de acción real adaptación del anime One Piece. Creada y escrita por Steven Maeda (Lost, The X-Files).

Netflix desarrolla la primera serie creada por Daniel Sánchez Arévalo (Primos, Diecisiete), una emocionante historia de amistad y superación.

Netflix encarga Jaguar, ambientada en los años 60 y centrada en Isabel Garrido (Blanca Suárez; Las chicas del cable, El internado), una joven española que logró sobrevivir al campo de exterminio de Mauthausen y se une a un grupo de agentes en busca de justicia usando Jaguar como alias y destapando a cientos de nazis refugiados en España, entre ellos Skorzeny, conocido como el hombre más peligroso de Europa.

Apple TV+ encarga Physical, dramedia ambientada en los años 80 en una comunidad costera en el sur de California que sigue a una mujer (Rose Byrne; Damages, Bridesmaids) que sufre por su condición de ama de casa y encuentra el camino hacia el poder a través del mundo del aeróbic. Escrita y producida por Annie Weisman (Desperate Housewives, Suburgatory).

Apple TV+ encarga una comedia musical protagonizada y producida por Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live) que sigue a una pareja de mochileros que quieren revitalizar su relación y descubren la ciudad mágica de Schmigadoon, donde todos actúan como si estuvieran en un musical de los años 40, y que no pueden irse hasta que encuentren el verdadero amor. Escrita y producida por Cinco Paul y Ken Daurio, guionistas de Despicable Me y The Secret Life of Pets. Producida por Lorne Michaels (Saturday Night Live, The Other Two).

Amazon encarga The Hospital, comedia de animación sobre dos doctoras alienígenas especializadas en enfermedades raras de ciencia ficción. Una de ellas desafía el protocolo y contrae una enfermedad de otra dimensión y deberán encontrar la cura antes de que el universo sea destruido. Escrita y producida por Cirocco Dunlap (Man Seeking Woman, Russian Doll). Producida por Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll) y Maya Rudolph (Forever).

Amazon encarga dos temporadas de Fairfax, comedia de animación para adultos sobre cuatro amigos de instituto que buscan la relevancia social. Creada y producida por Matt Hausfater (Undateable), Aaron Buchsbaum y Teddy Riley.

Showtime desarrolla Memory, drama basado en la serie coreana sobre un abogado al que le diagnostican Alzheimer y se ve obligado a enfrentarse a sus errores pasados y a su peligroso futuro mientras intenta sacar a la luz una conspiración farmacéutica que podría salvar su vida y su carrera. Escrita y producida por Michael Saltzman (Sneaky Pete, Murphy Brown). Producida por Aaron Kaplan (Santa Clarita Diet, The Mysteries of Laura).

Movistar+ desarrolla una serie sobre la vida de Miguel Bosé. El cantante colabora con los guionistas mientras escribe su autobiografía, que será complementaria a la serie. La idea es tener tres temporadas de ocho episodios cada una. La primera se centraría en su niñez, la segunda contaría su crecimiento artístico y personal en Londres, Nueva York, Francia, Italia o México, la parte más desconocida, y la tercera mostraría su éxito como artista y el cumplimiento de sus sueños.

Netflix encarga ocho episodios de In From the Cold, thriller de espionaje internacional con un toque sobrenatural en el que una madre soltera americana (Margarita Levieva; Revenge, The Deuce), durante sus vacaciones en Europa con su hija, es obligada por la CIA a enfrentarse a su pasado como espía rusa y producto de un experimento de la KGB que le dio habilidades especiales. Escrito y producido por Adam Glass (Supernatural, The Chi).

Luz verde directa en ABC a The Big Sky, protagonizada por la detective privada Cassie Dewell y la antigua agente de policía Jenny Hoyt, que buscan a dos hermanas secuestradas por un camionero en una autopista de Montana pero descubren que no son las únicas chicas desaparecidas en la zona y trabajan contrarreloj para evitar otro secuestro. Escrita y producida por David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies, Ally McBeal). Basada en 'The Highway' (2013), libro de la saga de C.J. Box.

ITV encarga cinco episodios de Viewpoint, drama que sigue un procedimiento de vigilancia policial en Manchester y explora si es posible observar las vidas ajenas con verdadera objetividad. El detective Martin Young, con sus propios traumas y sentimientos de culpa, ha de vigilar al principal sospechoso de la desaparición de una maestra de escuela, su novio, pero teme estar proyectando su soledad y su remordimiento. Creada por Ed Whitmore (Silent Witness, Manhunt) y Harry Bradbeer, director de Fleabag o Killing Eve.

Netflix encarga diez episodios de Country Comfort, comedia multicámara en la que una joven sureña aspirante a cantante de country (Katharine McPhee; Smash, Scorpion) pierde el control de su vida personal y toma un trabajo de niñera de los cinco hijos de un tosco vaquero (Eddie Cibrian; Take Two, CSI: Miami). Ricardo Hurtado (School of Rock, Malibu Rescue), Jamie Martin Mann, Pyper Braun, Shiloh Verrico (Lingua Franca, Crown Vic) y Griffin McIntyre (Return of the Mac) interpretarán a los niños. Creada por Caryn Lucas (The Nanny, Miss Congeniality).

Netflix y Canal + Francia encargan doce episodios de On The Verge, dramedia escrita, producida y protagonizada por Julie Delpy (Before Sunrise, 2 Days in Paris) que se centra en cuatro madres de Los Ángeles que se enfrentan a retos con sus matrimonios, carreras, familias e identidades y fijan este punto de su vida como una oportunidad de reinvención. Producida por Nick Hall (Looking, Enlightened).

Starz ha encargado ocho episodios de Run the World, comedia creada y escrita por Leigh Davenport (Boomerang) y Yvette Lee Bowser (Dear White People) que sigue a un grupo de amigas negras que viven y trabajan en Harlem y luchan por dominar el mundo. Protagonizada por Amber Stevens West (The Carmichael Show, Greek), Andrea Bordeaux (NCIS: LA), Bresha Webb (Marlon, Grey's Anatomy), Corbin Reid (How to Get Away with Murder, Valor) y Stephen Bishop (Imposters, Being Mary Jane).

Hulu encarga Tender Is The Night, limited series adaptación de la novela de F. Scott Fitzgerald (1934), que cuenta la historia de un joven psiquiatra que tiene un problema con el alcohol y las chicas jóvenes. Escrita por Nina Raine.

Fechas

La séptima temporada de Endeavour se estrena en ITV el 9 de febrero

The Pale Horse se estrena en BBC One el 9 de febrero

The End se estrena en Sky Atlantic el 10 de febrero

La segunda temporada de The Split se estrena en BBC One el 11 de febrero

La cuarta temporada de Man With a Plan se estrena en CBS el 2 de abril

Broke se estrena en CBS el 2 de abril

El estreno de The Baker and the Beauty en ABC se retrasa del 6 al 13 de abril

Tráilers y promos

Better Call Saul - Temporada 5

The Plot Against America

Home - Temporada 2

Narcos: Mexico - Temporada 2

Las chicas del cable - Temporada 5a

L'amica geniale - Temporada 2

P-Valley

Good Girls - Temporada 3

The Split - Temporada 2

La línea invisible

Endeavour - Temporada 7

[emilyiannielli]

Some of my favorite shows ever 1. The Flying Nun starring Sally Fields 2. Get Smart starring Don Adams and Barbara Feldon 3. Family Affair starring Brian Keith 4. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father starring Bill Bixby 5. Addams Family starring John Astin 6. I Dream of Jeannie starring Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman 7. The Munsters starring Fred Gwynn 8. Bewitched starring Elizabeth Montgomery and Erin Murphy 9. The Partridge Family starring Shirley Jones 10. Gilligan’s Island starring Bob Denver There are many others but unfortunately I can list only 10 but here are others I loved as a kid through adulthood Batman The Walton’s The Night Stalker Columbo Petticoat Junction Superman The Rifleman The Lone Ranger Lassie Gentle Ben Green Acres The Brady Bunch That Girl The Dick Van Dyke show The Mary Tyler Moore show The Beverly Hillbillies Hogan’s Heroes Mash The Love Boat Love American Style The X Files Three’s Company Bosom Buddies Cheers The Facts of Life Punky Brewster The Honeymooners Different Strokes Home improvements All in the Family Sonny & Cher Monty Python Family Ties Full House The Ghost & Mrs Muir Candid Camera Johnny Carson show Alice Happy Days Six Million Dollar Man Knight Rider Dukes of Hazard Emergency Adam 12 George Burns show The Andy Griffith show Tales from the Crypt Creature Feature Chiller Twilight zone Night Gallery WKRP in Cincinnati Two and a Half Men Saturday Night Live Lost in Space Star Trek MTV VH1 Charlie’s Angels St Elsewhere Ally McBeal Beverly Hills 90210 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Party of Five Sabrina the teenage witch iCarly Knots Landing Dallas McMillan and wife The Rookies Ironside The Streets of San Francisco Perry Mason The Land of the lost McCloud Canon NYPD Blue Hawaii Five O American Idol Good Times One Day at a Time Cagney and Lacey American Bandstand General Hospital Doogie Houser The Flintstones The Jetsons Magilla Gorilla Felix the Cat Davie and Goliath The Wacky Racers Speed Racer The Carol Burnett show I Love Lucy The Bob Newhart show Frasier Mission Impossible The Fugitive Bonanza The David Letterman show 20/20 60 Minutes The Little Rascals The Bowery Boys Abbot & Costello & last but not least Seinfeld https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz1y_QyntLz/?igshid=178zhp429l108

[red-hot-moon]

Why don't you hang out with me tonight? You could stay at my place, pal.

[bonitamusic]

Tracklist :

Ari Lennox - Queen Space ft. Summer Walker

Mo$hpit Cindy - On On

LOTYS - Like That

Retrobands - Lonely

Shae Universe - Give Me a Break

Moxie Knox - Open Up

Zoe's Shangai - Stealing Me

Gabrielle B - Westside

Ari Lennox - Hoodie

Ari Lennox - No Settling

Ari Lennox - Tatted

JayDottCee - Avenue w/ Chrme.swhaty & Tispy Bounce

Mayhrenate - Baby It's You

Larry Murvin - TAKETIME ft. Flower In Bloom & Sonny Miles

Preyé - Red Wine

Dami Omiru - Alive

Diva La'Crybaby - Rock Da Boat

Diva La'Crybaby - Brandy2

Diva La'Crybaby - G thang

JayDottCee - 6 Gawd w/ Mastr_G

Mastr_G - Inluvwitu

Gwenn Bun - One Up

Jayd Ink - Rollin

The Code - Speak My Mind ft. Anuka & Alexis Colon

Joellen - Stay In Luv

Baeredith - Stamina

Rudi Creswick - Sometimes ft. Emmavie

Zilo - Flowers

Peyton - Make Me Say it Again, Girl

Mayhrenate - AnyTIME x anyPLACE (Janet Jackson cover)

Preyé - You Can Dream, But

[theloniousbach]

ON SAXOPHONES WITH GUITARS

Melissa Aldana is touring behind her Blue Note debut 12 Stars with guitarist Lage Lund in the band as he produced the album and contributed to some of the tunes. She has played with Charles Altura with, as on the album too, occasionally pianist Sullivan Fortner. I was impressed with her feathery altissima tone and began to wonder about how Lund might contribute to that and, then, if guitars might offer a more open tonal palette than pianos.

Among my remaining tics (okay, prejudices) as a jazz fan is around the guitar as an instrument. But, if I’ve learned to appreciate alto saxophones on their own terms as not quite tenors, then just maybe guitars aren’t limited pianos. That said, piano is the essential jazz instrument, so widely adaptable. And, I’m of an age where the pre-rock amplifier sound seems thin and the endless chord substitutions are impressive but dull and the post-Hendrix into fusion and beyond makes the solos too evocative of rock. That John Scofield can comfortably play with Phil Lesh and Gov’t Mule impresses and appeals to me, but doesn’t take me back into jazz.

But I went from Aldana’s sets and album with Lund to Jim Hall. And that makes this whole project worthwhile. Hall is on both Sonny Rollins’s masterpiece, The Bridge, and Paul Desmond’s Take Ten. The Bridge just might help make my case as Rollins comeback, after a woodshedding sabbatical with Ornette and Coltrane recasting not just saxophones but jazz as a whole, is deceptively tame seeming. That is, whether or not he’s less burly in tone, he is even more melodically inventive. Hall certainly offers such a bed for Desmond who also shines with Ed Bickert on Pure Desmond. If Dave Brubeck is clunky, Desmond in particular seems liberated on these two albums. Hall seems to be the right mix of chord voicings and spare tone before the impact of effects, pedals, and amplifiers changed the instrument.

Jerry Hahn, beloved for the fabled and short lived eponymous Brotherhood of my youth, is pretty old school on John Handy’s Live at Monterey which was also a jammed out hypnotic favorite, but those compositions are a series of settings with Handy returning for climactic solos after Hahn has notched up the rhythm with chordal figures. His interludes with violinist Michael White though have very intriguing spaces.

Hahn was between Larry Coryell and Pat Metheny in Gary Burton’s bands which featured guitar with vibraphone (speaking of which there is a narrower subset of test cases for vibes as an alternative chordal instrument). Metheny for all of his Berklee and ethereal early albums always had both an edge and a deep respect for the tradition (Jim Hall was a hero and they recorded together). 80/81 with Michael Brecker and/or Dewey Redman has moments where he’s an accompanist but, and this is what I primarily noticed, he is another horn. Indeed, 80/81 may well be an audition/proof of concept for working with Ornette Coleman.

Song X was daunting—and still is—when I bought it on vinyl when it first came out and had to listen to it in shared family spaces. But in the intervening years I have come to hear Ornette the clever composer of catchy melodies and his own playing has become increasing accessible. Okay Endangered Species is both a showcase and intensely challenging. But other tunes are quite fun. But Metheny is more another horn and Ornette still doesn’t want/need a bed of chords.

That’s how I hear John McLaughlin with Miles, especially on Jack Johnson whereas the Get Up With It/Agartha era bands with Pete Cosey and Reggie Lucas are densely rhythmic, quite the opposite of the hypothesis I’m testing.

Joe Lovano is a chameleon of a tenor player with a wide range of tones and improvisatory approaches. He has had a partnership with Scofield (indeed I saw them) that has moments of his lightness phase playing off of Scofield’s comping, but they too can draw on the Miles model (Scofield was in that band) and the path Metheny carved. Bill Frisell was in Paul Motian’s Trio with Lovano and Frisell is a pedals master. He could be bass and rhythm and then soloist. Lovano dances about but Frisell isn’t light and airy.

I will keep exploring, but I don’t recall Wes Montgomery or Grant Green in spare bands with horns. Instead they capture the bluesy, soulful, grove side of the music.

I may well revert to form and will remain staunchly pro-piano, but Aldana’s wonderful album and evolution of approach to the tenor owe much to what the guitar in the hands of Lage Lund offers.

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[0:10] David Guetta ft. Bebe Rexha & J Balvin – Say My Name (Afrojack & Chasner Remix) [WHAT A MUSIC]

[2:11] Lumberjack ft. Sanjin – We Rolling [MCA]

[3:27] Afrojack & Martin Garrix – Turn Up The Speakers [SPINNIN’] w/ Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (Acappella) [ATLANTIC]

[5:27] Sam Smith & Normani – Dancing With A Stranger [CAPITOL] w/ Tom Swoon & Teamworx – Atom [SPINNIN’]

[6:42] Keys N Krates – All The Time (Tove Lo Flip) [FREE] w/ ID – ID

[8:05] LMFAO vs. MureKian – Party Rock Anthem (Afrojack Edit)

[9:12] Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (Acappella) [SONY] w/ Jay Robinson – Nineteen81 [MAU5TRAP]

[9:57] Afrojack vs. Jack Ü – Bass Is Kickin vs. Jungle Bae (Afrojack Edit)

[12:11] Yeah Yeah Yeahs & A-Trak vs. Silvio Ecomo & Chuckie & Afrojack vs. Alice Deejay vs. Spree Wilson – Heads Will Roll vs. Moombah vs. Better Off Alone vs. The Sparks (Afrojack Mashup) [DIRTY DUTCH/FOOL’S GOLD/VIOLENT/ISLAND] w/ Larry Tee ft. Roxy Cottontail – Let’s Make Nasty (Afrojack Remix) (Acappella) [ULTRA]

Chico Rose On Stage

[13:28] Afrojack & Chico Rose – ID

  [16:41] Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road (Remix) [COLUMBIA] w/ Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs. Nicky Romero – Here We Go (Hey Boy, Hey Girl) [SMASH THE HOUSE]

[18:42] Afrojack & Chico Rose – The Bass [WALL] w/ Chardy & Kronic – S.W.A.T. Team (Everybody Fucking *Beep* Jump Acappella) [HUSSLE]

[19:27] David Guetta & GLOWINTHEDARK ft. Harrison – Ain’t A Party (Acappella) [JACK BACK] w/ ID – ID w/ Afrojack & David Guetta ft. Ester Dean – Another Life (Acappella) [WALL] w/ Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman X Steve Angello – Payback [COLUMBIA/SIZE]

[22:55] FISHER – Losing It [CATCH & RELEASE] w/ Masters At Work – Work (Acappella) [MAW] w/ David Guetta & Showtek ft. VASSY – BAD [JACK BACK] w/ Afrojack vs. Fedde Le Grand – 1 2 3 4 [WALL]

[28:25] Afrojack – It Goes Like [WALL] w/ Zedd & Maren Morris & Grey – The Middle (Acappella) [INTERSCOPE] w/ Alesso – Raise Your Head (Acappella) [REFUNE]

[30:20] Afrojack & Blinders – ID [WALL] w/ Mightyfools – Footrocker (Get Your, Get Your Hands Up Acappella) [REVEALED] w/ Afrojack & Steve Aoki ft. Miss Palmer – No Beef (Acappella) [DIM MAK]

[33:05] Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – One Kiss (R3HAB Remix) [COLUMBIA] w/ TJR & VINAI – Bounce Generation [SPINNIN’]

[34:33] Big Shaq – Man’s Not Hot (Afrojack Remix) [ISLAND] w/ Jax Jones ft. RAYE – You Don’t Know Me (Acappella) [POLYDOR]

[36:20] Steve Angello & Laidback Luke – Be (Acappella) [MIXMASH] w/ Yves V ft. Afrojack & Icona Pop – We Got That Cool [SPINNIN’] w/ Yves V ft. Afrojack & Icona Pop – We Got That Cool (Chico Rose Remix) [SPINNIN’]

[39:04] Oliver Heldens ft. Danny Shah – What The Funk (Steve Aoki Remix) [DIM MAK] w/ Calvin Harris & Sam Smith – Promises (Acappella) [COLUMBIA] w/ Hardwell – Spaceman [REVEALED]

[42:02] Afrojack & ID – ID

[43:16] Showtek ft. We Are Loud & Sonny Wilson – Booyah [SPINNIN’]

[45:23] Eurythmics vs. David Guetta & Martin Garrix & Brooks vs. Afrojack vs. Pitbull – Sweet Dreams vs. Like I Do vs. Take Over Control vs. Give Me Everything (Afrojack Live Show Edit) [RCA/WALL/WHAT A MUSIC] w/ Afrojack – ID

[48:38] David Guetta & Sia vs. David Guetta & Martin Garrix & Brooks – Titanium vs. Like I Do (Afrojack Mashup) w/ David Guetta vs. Hardwell & W&W vs. Lazy Rich & Hot Mouth vs. Afrojack & MC Ambush vs. Avicii vs. Swedish House Mafia – Titanium vs. Hands Up vs. Hey Brother (Afrojack Mashup) [VIRGIN EMI/PRMD/WALL]

[53:32] Wolfgang Gartner – Redline (Afrojack Remix) [ULTRA] w/ Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (Acappella) [VIRGIN]

[57:18] Afrojack – ID w/ Bastille – Pompeii (Acappella) [VIRGIN]

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Afrojack – Tomorrowland 2019 (Weekend 2) (Boom, Belgium) Tracklist

[0:10] David Guetta ft. Bebe Rexha & J Balvin – Say My Name (Afrojack & Chasner Remix) [WHAT A MUSIC]

[2:11] Lumberjack ft. Sanjin – We Rolling [MCA]

[3:27] Afrojack & Martin Garrix – Turn Up The Speakers [SPINNIN’] w/ Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (Acappella) [ATLANTIC]

[5:27] Sam Smith & Normani – Dancing With A Stranger [CAPITOL] w/ Tom Swoon & Teamworx – Atom [SPINNIN’]

[6:42] Keys N Krates – All The Time (Tove Lo Flip) [FREE] w/ ID – ID

[8:05] LMFAO vs. MureKian – Party Rock Anthem (Afrojack Edit)

[9:12] Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (Acappella) [SONY] w/ Jay Robinson – Nineteen81 [MAU5TRAP]

[9:57] Afrojack vs. Jack Ü – Bass Is Kickin vs. Jungle Bae (Afrojack Edit)

[12:11] Yeah Yeah Yeahs & A-Trak vs. Silvio Ecomo & Chuckie & Afrojack vs. Alice Deejay vs. Spree Wilson – Heads Will Roll vs. Moombah vs. Better Off Alone vs. The Sparks (Afrojack Mashup) [DIRTY DUTCH/FOOL’S GOLD/VIOLENT/ISLAND] w/ Larry Tee ft. Roxy Cottontail – Let’s Make Nasty (Afrojack Remix) (Acappella) [ULTRA]

Chico Rose On Stage

[13:28] Afrojack & Chico Rose – ID

  [16:41] Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road (Remix) [COLUMBIA] w/ Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs. Nicky Romero – Here We Go (Hey Boy, Hey Girl) [SMASH THE HOUSE]

[18:42] Afrojack & Chico Rose – The Bass [WALL] w/ Chardy & Kronic – S.W.A.T. Team (Everybody Fucking *Beep* Jump Acappella) [HUSSLE]

[19:27] David Guetta & GLOWINTHEDARK ft. Harrison – Ain’t A Party (Acappella) [JACK BACK] w/ ID – ID w/ Afrojack & David Guetta ft. Ester Dean – Another Life (Acappella) [WALL] w/ Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman X Steve Angello – Payback [COLUMBIA/SIZE]

[22:55] FISHER – Losing It [CATCH & RELEASE] w/ Masters At Work – Work (Acappella) [MAW] w/ David Guetta & Showtek ft. VASSY – BAD [JACK BACK] w/ Afrojack vs. Fedde Le Grand – 1 2 3 4 [WALL]

[28:25] Afrojack – It Goes Like [WALL] w/ Zedd & Maren Morris & Grey – The Middle (Acappella) [INTERSCOPE] w/ Alesso – Raise Your Head (Acappella) [REFUNE]

[30:20] Afrojack & Blinders – ID [WALL] w/ Mightyfools – Footrocker (Get Your, Get Your Hands Up Acappella) [REVEALED] w/ Afrojack & Steve Aoki ft. Miss Palmer – No Beef (Acappella) [DIM MAK]

[33:05] Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – One Kiss (R3HAB Remix) [COLUMBIA] w/ TJR & VINAI – Bounce Generation [SPINNIN’]

[34:33] Big Shaq – Man’s Not Hot (Afrojack Remix) [ISLAND] w/ Jax Jones ft. RAYE – You Don’t Know Me (Acappella) [POLYDOR]

[36:20] Steve Angello & Laidback Luke – Be (Acappella) [MIXMASH] w/ Yves V ft. Afrojack & Icona Pop – We Got That Cool [SPINNIN’] w/ Yves V ft. Afrojack & Icona Pop – We Got That Cool (Chico Rose Remix) [SPINNIN’]

[39:04] Oliver Heldens ft. Danny Shah – What The Funk (Steve Aoki Remix) [DIM MAK] w/ Calvin Harris & Sam Smith – Promises (Acappella) [COLUMBIA] w/ Hardwell – Spaceman [REVEALED]

[42:02] Afrojack & ID – ID

[43:16] Showtek ft. We Are Loud & Sonny Wilson – Booyah [SPINNIN’]

[45:23] Eurythmics vs. David Guetta & Martin Garrix & Brooks vs. Afrojack vs. Pitbull – Sweet Dreams vs. Like I Do vs. Take Over Control vs. Give Me Everything (Afrojack Live Show Edit) [RCA/WALL/WHAT A MUSIC] w/ Afrojack – ID

[48:38] David Guetta & Sia vs. David Guetta & Martin Garrix & Brooks – Titanium vs. Like I Do (Afrojack Mashup) w/ David Guetta vs. Hardwell & W&W vs. Lazy Rich & Hot Mouth vs. Afrojack & MC Ambush vs. Avicii vs. Swedish House Mafia – Titanium vs. Hands Up vs. Hey Brother (Afrojack Mashup) [VIRGIN EMI/PRMD/WALL]

[53:32] Wolfgang Gartner – Redline (Afrojack Remix) [ULTRA] w/ Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (Acappella) [VIRGIN]

[57:18] Afrojack – ID w/ Bastille – Pompeii (Acappella) [VIRGIN]

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Maimouna Youssef y Amigos darán Concierto en La Nana, Fábrica de Creación e Innovación

** El sábado 21 de septiembre, impartirá una Clase Magistral para músicos, a las 15:30 horas y a las 19:00 horas dará un Concierto de Hip Hop en el espacio de la Colonia Guerrero, mismo que abrirá Ehya Disonante, Ensamble de La Nana. Ambas actividades son gratuitas            

 El Consorcio Internacional Arte y Escuela A.C. (ConArte),  se honra en recibir a la cantante y compositora estadounidense Maimouna Youssef aka Mumu Fresh, quien ha causado sensación en la escena musical independiente como solista. Desde que recibió una nominación a los Premios Grammy por su participación como cantante en el éxito musical “Don’t Feel Right” de The Roots en 2007, Maimouna Youssef ha asombrado al mundo con su calidad vocal y su personalísima forma de interpretar el Hip Hop.  

El próximo sábado 21 de octubre, a las 15:30 horas,  Maimouna Youssef aka Mumu Fresh impartirá una Clase Magistral dirigida a profesionales y estudiantes de música. El acceso es gratuito, basta con inscribirse en los teléfonos 5518 5424 y 5518 7841, Exts. 112 y 115. Y a las 19:00 horas del mismo día, se llevará a cabo un Gran Concierto de Hip Hop: Maimouna Youssef and friends, en el que participarán, además de la cantante, A. D. Harmon, Eric Parker, Jabari Exum y John Pollard. Abrirá el concierto Ehya Disonante, Ensamble de La Nana, bajo la dirección de Enrique Jiménez y Antonio Basurto. La entrada es libre y ambas actividades se llevarán a cabo en La Nana (Segundo Callejón San Juan de Dios Núm. 25, Col. Guerrero).

La Embajada de Estados Unidos hace posible la llegada de Maimouna Youssef  a México, gracias a la Oficina de Asuntos Educativos y Culturales del Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos,  que se ha asociado con American Voices para colaborar, a través del programa American Music Abroad (AMA).  AMA se basa en el legado histórico de los embajadores del jazz del Departamento de Estado, que viajaron por primera vez por el mundo durante la década de 1950, para establecer lazos a través de la música. Los grupos de AMA llevan a cabo conciertos públicos, actuaciones colaborativas con músicos locales, conferencias con demostraciones, talleres y encuentros informales de improvisación musical con estudiantes y asistentes. Los grupos de la American Music Abroad han actuado ante públicos de  42 países y se seleccionan de acuerdo con la calidad artística y al compromiso educativo y cultural.

MAIMOUNA YOUSSEF Maimouna ha sacudido los escenarios de muchos lugares de renombre como Denver, el Red Rocks Amphitheater de Colorado, el legendario Carnegie Hall de Nueva York, el Radio City Music Hall, el Kennedy Center y el Carter Barron Amphitheater de Washington D. C., así como festivales nacionales e internacionales y escenarios como el Montreux Jazz Festival de Suiza; el Cape Town Jazz Festival de Sudáfrica; el legendario New Africa Shrine de Lagos, Nigeria; el Art of Cool Festival de Durham, CN; el Capital Jazz Cruise, el Grammy Festival At Sea y el Beverly Bond’s Black Girls Rock. En 2016 fue elegida para ejercer el cargo de gobernadora en la sede de Washington D. C. de la junta de la Academia Nacional de Artes y Ciencias de la Grabación.

 Lanzó su primer EP en solitario: “Black Magic Woman”, de manera independiente, en marzo de 2011, y su muy esperado y ampliamente elogiado primer álbum en solitario, “The Blooming”, en septiembre del mismo año. En el proyecto de Maimouna de 2014, “The Reintroduction of Mumu Fresh”, se pudieron ver sus grandes habilidades de rima como maestra de ceremonias y su gran compromiso por ofrecer una visión equilibrada sobre temas actuales de índole social, racial, política, de género y de clase social. Maimouna tiene tres proyectos programados que saldrán a la luz a lo largo del 2017.

Youssef no es solo la típica artista, promueve talleres en conferencias e instituciones de aprendizaje para los jóvenes sobre diversos temas como la justicia social a través del arte, la educación innovadora, la técnica vocal, el entrenamiento del oído y la composición de música para que cada uno encuentre su propio sonido único. En noviembre de 2011, la organización sin ánimo de lucro con sede en Washington D. C., One Common Unity, otorgó a Maimouna el título de “Artista del año” por su dedicación y compromiso con el empoderamiento de los jóvenes con pocos recursos. La actuación en directo de Maimouna te lleva por un emocionante paseo a través de sus muchas influencias musicales, abarcando los lejanos rincones del rock, el jazz, el soul vintage y acústico, el R&B y el duro hip hop. Ya sea acompañada sólo por voces o por su banda, su encanto magnético, su presencia electrizante en escena y su estilo vocal único demuestran que tiene el tesón de una estrella y seguro que convertirá a cualquier no creyente en creyente.

A. D. HARMON

La muy solicitada vocalista de apoyo profesional, Amber “A. D.” Harmon obtuvo el título de licenciada en Música por la Universidad de Talladega en 2008 y el título de máster en interpretación de música por la histórica Universidad Estatal de Morgan en 2011. Desde entonces, ha estado viajando a nivel nacional e internacional junto con grandes artistas como Vashawn Mitchell, Regina Bell, Maysa, Maimouna Youssef y Jason Nelson. Ha viajado como vocalista de apoyo a países como Sudáfrica, China, Canadá, Columbia, Sudamérica y Países Bajos. Algunos de los escenarios de festivales que ha pisado son el “Art OF Cool festival” y el “African American Jazz festival”, en Carolina del Norte, el “Capital Jazz Festival” en Washington D. C. y el “Capital Jazz Super Cruise” con el que recorrió las islas del Caribe.

A. D. Harmon es vocalmente versátil y se adapta rápidamente a nuevos estilos y géneros. Harmon tiene amplios conocimientos sobre la teoría de la música y es una rica fuente de conocimiento musical que espera ser compartido.

La discografía de Harmon grabada en un estudio de grabación incluye coros en los álbumes “Secret Place” de Vashawn Mitchell, “Tell the world” de Amos Saint-Jean, “Don’t let go” y “Incredible” de Gerald Scott y “Soundz of Afrika” de Sonnie Badu.

Aparte de sus esfuerzos musicales, Amber estudió cursos de nivel Avanzado de español de noveno curso hasta su primer año de universidad en Talladega. Se siente cómoda cantando en español, así como en otras lenguas como el lakota, el portugués y el zulú.

ERIC PARKER En 1999, Eric fundó su propia editorial, E-Styles Publishing. En 2002, compuso y produjo “Will You Stick With Me”, primer sencillo incluido en el primer álbum de Mike Phillips “You Have Reached Mike Phillips” (Hidden Beach/Sony Records). Eric es el director musical de Mike Phillips y continúa haciendo giras con él en diferentes partes del país, durante todo el año.

 Eric Parker ha sido teclista de artistas legendarios como Stevie Wonder, George Duke, Lalah Hathaway, Keri Hilson, Chrisette Michelle, así como de otros artistas conocidos del Jazz, Gospel, R&B, Soul y Hip Hop. Eric formó parte también de la banda de los premios Soul Train Music Awards durante dos años consecutivos a partir de 2010.

En 2010, Eric pasó a formar parte de Spur of the Moment, una banda de smooth jazz y R&B éxito de ventas en la que lleva más de 20 años. El nuevo CD de Spur está programado para que salga a la luz en marzo de este año. La canción titulada “N 2 Deep” aparecerá en una película que se estrenará a finales de 2014. Spur of the Moment ha sido la “superbanda” de la casa durante los últimos 8 años en el Capital Jazz Cruise, que zarpa anualmente en otoño.

Cuando Eric no está de gira trabajando con otro artista, está en el estudio componiendo canciones y música para su propio proyecto. Así que como puedes ver, estamos hablando de un artista extraordinariamente talentoso y profesional, que solo ha empezado a mostrar la punta del iceberg de su promesa musical.

JABARI EXUM Jabari “Factor-X” Exum  es un cantante impresionante nacido y criado en Washington D. C. Es un experto percusionista en la tradición latina y de África Occidental y es un prolífico compositor y artista de hip-hop. Desde 1997, Jabari ha sido también un artista pionero de un movimiento llamado, “Hip-Hop Theater”. La manera que tiene Jabari de hacer las cosas es única y poco convencional, ya que es capaz de sacar influencias de muchas fuentes diferentes. Ha estado actuando, tocando la percusión y rapeando desde que tenía dos años y ha sido bendecido con la oportunidad de ser asesorado por algunos de los grandes de muchos campos del estudio creativo. Algunos de sus mentores han sido Debbie Allen Chadwick Boseman, Reggie & Roy Wooten, Mamady Keita, Grady Tate, Djimo Kouyate, KRSOne, Sonya Sanchez, Glen Turner, Chucky Thompson, Bill Summers Leon Mobley, Rickie Byars Beckwith, Robert Nothern, Mamadi Nyasuma, Baba Barnett y Marc Cary.

Actualmente, el Sr. Exum es miembro del dúo de hip-hop “Hueman Prophets” (Estados Unidos); Farafina Kan (orquesta de percusión del África Occidental) (Estados Unidos); HHP (pioneros del hip´-hop de Sudáfrica) (SA); y SAHEL (conjunto de música del mundo). Es profesor de percusión, mentor de escritura y músico y compositor a tiempo completo. Ha trabajado con artistas como Chadwick Boseman, Raheem DeVaughn Nova Nelson, Dr. Cornel West & The Cornel West Theory, Larry Mitchell, Tarus Mateen, Mark Cary, Maimouna Youssef, Carolyn Malachi, Dawn Avery, Federico Pena, Weedie Braimah, Michael Bowie y Ayanna Gregory. Es el creador de la Underground Mobile Store, “Congo Square” (diseñada para aumentar la accesibilidad de artistas positivos e independientes de todas partes del mundo). Es un producto de orgullo tanto del programa de música de la Howard University como de la Duke Ellington School of the Arts.

JOHN POLLARD John Pollard nació el 28 de octubre de 1975 en Philadelphia, PA y es hijo del Rev. y la Sra. James A. Pollard. John se graduó según el sistema escolar del distrito de Lower Merion y fue a la Howard University de Washington D. C., en la que obtuvo un título de grado y de máster en Educación Musical. John ha sido profesor, intérprete y productor musical durante más de 20 años y padre orgulloso. Planea continuar con su legado de actuar y enseñar música durante muchos años.

 EHYA DISONANTE, ENSAMBLE DE LA NANA

En La Nana, Fábrica de Creación e Innovación, ConArte trabaja por los derechos culturales de los niños, niñas, jóvenes y adultos. Aquí también formamos maestros, brindamos educación en artes en las escuelas y hacemos comunidad.

ConArte cuenta con un laboratorio metodológico y pedagógico, ubicado en La Nana, Fábrica de Creación e Innovación, su sede y centro formativo, donde se exploran nuevas prácticas educativas, se forma a maestros de aula, artistas y comunidades urbanas. Ahí se trabaja también en torno a nuevas prácticas comunitarias y por la recuperación del entorno urbano. De esta forma, existe un intenso diálogo entre escuelas, diversas comunidades y La Nana, espacio donde se transmiten las metodologías ConArte.

Ehya Disonante es el resultado de la convocatoria que ConArte hizo en 2016 a jóvenes, adolescentes y adultos para crear un colectivo donde la música fuera explorada desde la diversidad y la convivencia, con el sello propio de ConArte.

Su nombre evoca el impulso que los nutre al tocar la música, pues “Ehya” proviene de la palabra Ñañu (conocido como Otomí) que significa “alegría”.

Ehya Disonante, Ensamble de La Nana, integra a 16 ejecutantes de diversos instrumentos, los cuales oscilan entre los 15 y 64 años, bajo la dirección de Enrique Jiménez y Antonio Basurto, artistas y formadores de ConArte.

Ehya Disonante está Integrado por: Liliana Islas Flores, Roberto González López, Anel Cristina Zenteno ilchis, Antonio Álvarez Pineda, César Daniel López García, Diego Jiménez García, José Gilberto Hernández Dorantes, Jesús Elser Alfaro Sánchez, José Luis Ramírez Rosano, Miguel Ángel Villanueva Aguilar, Oscar Daniel Pompa Chávez, Perla Hernández Cortés, Yurenka Hernández Vazquez, Jimena García Martínez, Rodolfo Tonatiuh Zamarrón Mosqueda, Nahielly Acevedo Martínez. Bajo la dirección artística de Enrique Jiménez y Antonio Basurto.