#stephanie gayle

[typewriter-worries]

It's world poetry day so here are some (more) of my favorite poems:

What You Missed That Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade by Brad Aaron Modlin

All Trains Are Going Local by Timothy Liu

Rural Boys Watch the Apocalypse by Keaton St. James (@boykeats)

HOPE YOU’RE WELL. PLEASE DON’T READ THIS. by Lev St. Valentine (@dogrotpdf)

Time of Love by Claribel Alegría

Every Job Has a First Day by Rebecca Gayle Howell

ALL THAT WANTING, RIGHT? by Devin Kelly

Reading by A.R. Ammons

things i want to ask you by Helga Floros

Night Bird by Danusha Laméris

Prayer for Werewolves by Stephanie Burt

The Two Times I Loved You the Most In a Car by Dorothea Grossman

The Yearner by Rachel Long

If I Had Three Lives by Sarah Russell

I Dream on a Crowded Subway Train with My Eyes Open But My Body Swaying by Chen Chen

We Have Not Long to Love by Tennessee Williams

Jesus at the Gay Bar by Jay Hulme

Cracks by Dieu Dinh

and here's part one <3

[vague-humanoid]

Today, advocates for Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams gathered outside the Missouri Supreme Court, where his appeal was heard in a final attempt to halt his execution scheduled for tomorrow, September 24th. This appeal hearing represents one of the last legal avenues to save the life of a man who has been wrongfully convicted for over 20 years.

Williams was sentenced to death in 2001 for the 1998 murder of former Post-Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle, a crime for which DNA evidence now proves his innocence. Yet, despite this crucial evidence, Missouri courts and the state’s Attorney General persist in their efforts to carry out this state-sanctioned murder, exemplifying the ongoing legacy of racial violence within the American carceral, punishment system.

Michelle Smith, Co-Director of Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (MADP), emphasized the injustice surrounding the case. “Finality of a judgment overrides a human person’s life?” She stated in response to comments made by Attorney General where he stated there has to be some finality to a court decision. “That is problematic for me, Nothing should be above actual justice,” Smith said.

If you're having an issue with communications, Stephanie Whitaker, Communications Director, has an email here stephanie.whitaker@governor.mo.gov. Jonathan Shifletts Deputy Comms/Press Sec, johnathan.shiflett@governor.mo.gov · Phone, work cell: 573-508-4323

Tammy Allee, Executive Assistant, and Evan Rodriguez, General Counsel, for Gov. Mike Parson’s office have disconnected their lines. Kelli Jones, DCS has not. Call 573-751-3222, Press 4 once prompted and key in 56637 53554 to urge them to not execute Marcellus Williams.

[tlajtollirambles]

Lavander Languages! (Queer Languages)

Lavander Languages are ways of speaking adopted by the queer community, sex workers and people of color. Often times they were used as code in order to be safe in a world where people want to bury us.

"Lavender languages" are the (anti-)languages, cants and slang created and used by LGBT+ communities. Throughout history, people have used a myriad of secret signs and symbols to identify themselves to other members of their community while avoiding detection (and thus danger), but perhaps none are so intricate as lavender languages.

These languages all have a few things in common. First, they are used by a community that needs secrecy for safety. Second, they are influenced by a variety of languages, but especially languages spoken by other oppressed classes. And third, as they become well-known by those outside of our communities, their purpose is lost.

Polari

When homosexuality was illegal in the United Kingdom, people had to be very careful about who they could trust. One way of figuring out if a stranger was gay or bisexual was to use a Polari word in conversation; if they responded in kind, you were safe, as the film above demonstrates. Polari was also useful for conducting conversations safely in the open - if anyone overheard, they would have either heard gibberish, or, understanding Polari, would be a friend and ally.

As a cant, Polari is fascinating. You can tell so much about British culture through to 1960s - and the LGBT+ community's place in it - simply by tracing its origins and influences.

Tagalog Beki Language  (Swardspeak)

Also known as Bekinese, Bekimon, and more recently gayspeak, Swardspeak is spoken in the Philippines by the gay community. According to Jon Shadel, gayspeak is a mixture ofTagalog, English, Spanish, and a little bit of Japanese, along with regional influences. Gayspeak is an amazingly camp, hilarious language.

Many terms come from the names of celebrities, brands and a cornucopia of other colorful sources. “Walang Julanis Morisette,” for instance, translates to “there’s no rain,” a play on a lyric from Alanis Morissette’s single “Ironic”—“it’s like rain on your wedding day.” It is language as pun, as inside joke, as subversion—and it is as metaphorical as it is ephemeral.

Lubunca

Lubunca has been spoken in Turkey since the early 1900s. It too is a language born of necessity; "LGBTQ sex workers, particularly transwomen" created Lubunca to be able to communicate safely with each other. Like Polari, Lubunca has been influenced by Romani (both the Romani and sex workers were segregated and pushed to the fringe of society, thus occupying the same space where language flowed freely), and there are also elements of Kurdish, Greek, and Bulgarian.

Like gayspeak of the Philippines, Lubunca has continued to adapt in response to mainstream familiarity. Dalia Mortada writes that "because certain words have become so mainstream, they are no longer used in the sex work community". One former sex worker she interviewed spoke of girls inventing new words as needed, simply saying: "it evolves".

IsiNgqumo

Thought to be influenced by Sesotho and Nguni or isiZulu (all of which fall under the Bantu language umbrella). IsiNgqumo has been described as "extensive and colourful", a cant that "incorporates many languages and styles...the sophistication and pervasiveness of isingqumo is an indication of the developed nature of black gay subculture and its rootedness in South African Black townships on the reef." Stephanie Rudwick & Mduduzi Ntuli provide an example of isiNgqumo: "Awu, dali, awukopit ucako akasalele kanje dali"; [wow, darling, can’t you see this cute guy, what a darling].

Gayle

Gayle is usually spoken by gay descendants of colonial settlers in South Africa. It is influenced by English and Afrikaans. Gayle has been traced to the 1950s, and interestingly has been influenced by Polari, using some of the same words.

Gayle uses women's names for words with the same first letter: "Carol" means cry, "Lulu" means laugh, and "Monica" means money. "Gail", funnily enough, means "chat".

Oxtchit

An Israeli Gay Lexicon, that comes from the word “oxtchot” used to describe young, effeminate gay men of

Middle Eastern or North African descent. Oxchot (and therfore oxchit) is a term original to Hebrew that is most likely derived from the Arabic for “my sister”.

It is  is usually characterized in terms of exaggeratedly high speaking pitch, wide pitch ranges and high levels of pitch dynamism all laid over a distinct and unique set of lexical items.

Pajubá

A secret language spoken by black brazillian Transwomen and Travestis.

A mix of the African language Yoruba and Portuguese, Pajubá is a secret language that works sometimes as a protective shield, sometimes as a weapon. One of the many queer languages of the world, Pajubá is unique in its outrageous performance of femininity.

English, Spanish, and French worda are also borrowed in Pajubá. Likewise Portuguese words are used with double meaning.

Born in Terrarios, places of wordship for afro-brazilian religious practices, Pajubá means gossip or news, there's a great emphasis on body language with an over-the-top, camp, feminine performance.

Bahasa Binan

Bahasa Binan (or bahasa Béncong) is a distinctive Indonesian speech variety originating from the gay community. It has several regular patterns of word formation and is documented in both writing and speech.

One pattern of word formation modifies standard Indonesian roots (normally composed of two syllables) to have e as the first vowel and ong closing the second syllable—hence providing regular assonance with the standard Indonesian word bencong [ˈbɛntʃɔŋ], a male homosexual, trans woman, or male crossdresser. Another word formation pattern adds -in- infixes to other Indonesian roots. The best example is the word binan itself, formed with the word banci, "male transvestite", to which the -in- infix has been added and from which the second syllable -ci has been dropped.

Bahasa Binan also uses a range of standard Indonesian words with altered meaning.

Sources: https://www.lgbtculturalheritage.com/lavenderlanguages

https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2016/8/17/lavender-linguistics-queer-way-speak

https://medium.com/matter/learn-the-secret-language-of-brazilian-transwomen-80d5b021f222

[movies-to-add-to-your-tbw]

Title: Irreplaceable You

Rating: NR

Director: Stephanie Laing

Cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michiel Huisman, Christopher Walken, Steve Coogan, Jacki Weaver, Claire Holt, Timothy Simons, Gayle Rankin, Kate McKinnon, Tamara Tunie, Jessie Ennis, Brian Tyree Henry, Glenn Fleshler, Zabryna Guevara, Richard Holmes, Sawyer Barth, Celeste O’Connor, Alyssa Cheatham, Zachary Hernandez, Grace Rex, Anthony Angelo Pizza Jr

Release year: 2018

Genres: romance, drama

Blurb: A couple who has known each other since they were eight years old is destined to be together until death do them part.

[dontyouknowitszakra]

It's world poetry day so here are some (more) of my favorite poems:

What You Missed That Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade by Brad Aaron Modlin

All Trains Are Going Local by Timothy Liu

Rural Boys Watch the Apocalypse by Keaton St. James (@boykeats)

HOPE YOU’RE WELL. PLEASE DON’T READ THIS. by Lev St. Valentine (@dogrotpdf)

Time of Love by Claribel Alegría

Every Job Has a First Day by Rebecca Gayle Howell

ALL THAT WANTING, RIGHT? by Devin Kelly

Reading by A.R. Ammons

things i want to ask you by Helga Floros

Night Bird by Danusha Laméris

Prayer for Werewolves by Stephanie Burt

The Two Times I Loved You the Most In a Car by Dorothea Grossman

The Yearner by Rachel Long

If I Had Three Lives by Sarah Russell

I Dream on a Crowded Subway Train with My Eyes Open But My Body Swaying by Chen Chen

We Have Not Long to Love by Tennessee Williams

Jesus at the Gay Bar by Jay Hulme

Cracks by Dieu Dinh

and here's part one <3

#already working on next year's list <3#these are a few of my favorite things#brad aaron modlin#timothy liu

[bbygirlky18]

Ships Updated!!!!

Here are the ships for my fanfic Mami's Breakthrough. You'll meet the main character in the ship list so be prepared. I'll use the wrestler's real name. You'll see repeated names so don't get spooked. Let's get into it.

Demi (Rhea) & Gretchen (Eliora)

Stephanie (Stephanie) & Paul (Hunter)

Jonathan (Jimmy) & Trinity ( Naomi)

Fergal (Finn) & Masami (Iyo)

Dominik (Dominik) & Gionna (Liv)

Luis (Damian) & Elizabeth (Beth)

Bianca (Bianca) & Carlisle (Luigi)

Joseph (Erick) & Victoria (Lilou)

Rebecca (Becky) & Ulysses (Ron)

Natalya (Natalya) & Jeremy (Elijah)

Maryse (Maryse) & Richard (Jules/m)

Cheree (Dakota) & James (Jackson)

Theresa (Zoey) & Leon (Brett)

Brianna (Cora) & Dexter (Mustafa)

Logan (Logan) & Donna (Stephanie)

Randall (Randy) & Conner (Brian)

Keith (Keith) & Lucas “Luke” (Mick)

Sydney (Maxxine) & Jessica (Gilda)

Brittany (Britt) & Carmen (Lola)

Milena (Rosa) & Taylor (Lilou)

Ashley (Shotzi) & Gisele (Rhonda)

Allyssa (Kayden) & Spencer (Gabriel)

Aoife (Lyra) & Dominic “Dom” (Roddy)

William (Christian) & Emilio (Kevin)

Trevor (Ricochet) & Rosalie (Anastasia)

Macey (Lacey) & Sebastian (Grayson)

Sarah (Valhalla) & Jasper (Riley/ m)

Elizabeth (Scarlett) & Luke (Vince)

Stephanie (Mia) & Enrique (Dash)

Ron (R-Truth) & Angela (Asahi)

Shayna (Shayna) & Kate (Mia)

Simone (Ava/Ava Raine) & Sammy (Itsuki)

Layla (Layla) & Dion (Gabriel)

Catherine (Cathy) & Titus (Aiden)

Michael (Shawn) & Mick (Nathan)

Kira (Taya) & Suki (Hawk)

Victoria (Raquel) & Velvet (Asahi)

Mark (The Undertaker) & Clarissa (Paige)

Taylor (Jacy) & Theodora (Lilou) 

Windham (Bray) & Austin (Tyler)

Priscilla (Gigi) & Elizabeth (Kanna)

Patricia (Trish) & Eric (Terry)

Eduardo (Eddie) & Renesmée (Riley/ f)

Jeffrey (Jeff) & Edward (Ted)

Kiera (Kiera) & D.J. (Mustafa)

Mercedes (Sasha) & Quil (Jackson)

Steffanie (Tegan) & June (Gayle)

Serena (Serena) & Embry (Luigi)

Ettore (Big E) & Ashley (Emma)

Adam (Edge) & Royal (Roddy)

Amy (Lita) & Charles (Lucas)

Samantha (Samantha) & Becca (Nastya)

Živilė (Aksana) & Jonathan (Logan)

Kristen (Kris) & Gisell (Becky)

Dwayne (The Rock) & Jasmyne (Olivia)

Daria (Sonya) & Lauren (Olga)

Brodie (Luke) & Rob (Rio)

Kevin (Kevin Nash) & Samuel (Wally)

Bryan (Daniel) & Flynn (Mickie)

Catherine (Lana) & Tara (Gilda)

Jake (Jake) & Vixen (Mario)

Amanda (Mandy) & Beth (Christy)

Joseph (Solo) & Eleazar (Chris)

Kenneth (Montez) & Sam (Mantaro)

Celeste (Kaitlyn) & Matthew “Matt) (Jimbo)

Sarona (Tamina) & Luna (Kanna)

JoJo (JoJo) & Arianne (Falcon)

Kacy (Katana) & Paul (Brett)

Nicola (Nikki Cross) & Bronson (Kaito)

Adam (Braun) & Garrett (Gabriel)

Phillip (CM) & Sean (Mickie)

Rena (Sable) & Roman (Grayson)

Anriel (Lash) & Colleen (Dahlia)

Allen (AJ Styles) & Leah (Lilou)

Renee (Renee) & Jason (Ron)

Angela (Zayda) & Tanya (Olivia)

Kia (Kharma) & Lee (Mick)

Kaori (Kairi) & Theo (Brett)

Todd (Ivar) & Riley (Jules/ m)

Danielle (Willow) & Jane (Riley/ f)

Stephen (Sheamus) & Tara (Ember)

Ashley (Dana) & Sue (Emma)

Jazmin (Mercedes) & Bridget (Alexa)

Melina (Melina) & Han (Mustafa)

Franklin (Bobby) & Bree (Lola)

Faith (Nikkita) & Archie (Haruto)

Ronda (Ronda) & Makenna (Kanna)

Pamela (Bayley) & Samantha (Emma)

Gail (Gail) & Vyolette (Kanna)

Colby (Seth) & Leann (Donna)

Skye (Skye) & Alice (Katya)

Karen (Wendy) & Mariana (Nastya) 

Steve (‘Stone Cold’ Steve) & David (Alexander)

KiLynn (KiLynn) & Kirk (Logan)

Austin (Xavier) & Elle (Gilda)

Alexis (Alexa) & Jakob (Lucas)

Adrienne (Athena/Ember) & Esme (Riley/ f)

Matthew (Matt Hardy) & Earnest (Mario)

Stephanie (Nikki Bella) & Bella (Anastasia)

Thea (Zelina Vega) & Deckard “Deck” (Terry)

Glenn (Kane) & Priya (Olga)

Mary (Maria) & Mae (Anastasia)

Jillian (Jillian) & Aro (Shane)

Michelle (Michelle) & Nicole (Katya)

Lisa (Victoria) & McKayla (Nia) 

Mickie (Mickie) & Kate (Stephanie)

Lilián (Lilian) & Esmeralda (Candice)

Leva (Leva) & Clara (Itsuki)

Toni (Toni) & Nicholas (Jimbo)

Gary (Angelo) & Murray (Mario)

Shinsuke (Shinsuke) & Jennifer (Olivia)

Saraya (Paige) & Lauren (Ember)

Karlee (Maxine) & Ashely (Jules/ f)

Cody (Cody) & Jacob (Jack)

Shelly (Ariel) & Aaron “Hotch” (Louis)

Tom (Aleister) & Emily (Sasha)

Carla (Roxanne) & Alec (Ron)

April (AJ Lee) & Sam (Roddy)

Victoria (Alicia) & Marissa (Chyna)

Danielle (Summer) & Kendall (Jack)

Matthew (Matt Riddle) & Tarrence (Nathan)

Jessica (Billie) & Whitney (Beth)

Stacy (Stacy) & Allen (Alexander)

Joan (Chyna) & Sasha (Hawk)

Jonathan (Dean) & Ophelia (Amelia)

Natalie (Eva) & Tatum (Reo)

Jade (Jade) & Jennifer “JJ” (Riley/ f)

Joe (Roman) & Marcel (Roddy)

Oscar (Rey) & Xavier (Shane)

Kimberly (Piper) & Annelise (Mia)

Leah (Carmella) & Rebecca (Gilda)

Torrie (Torrie) & Irina (Emma) 

Tenille (Emma) & Noel (Nathan)

Dori (Ruby) & Rachel (Gayle)

Eve (Eve) & Ettore (Logan)

John (John Morrison) & Brian (Riley/ m)

Andrew (Drew) & Mary (Candice)

Rami (Sami) & Edythe (Chyna)

Katarina (Katie) & Lance (Luigi)

Cassie (Peyton) & Vera (Lilou)

Kofi (Kofi) & Vallie (Becky)

Laura (Allie) & Annissa (Sasha)

Chelsea (Chelsea) & Jess (Zoe)

Joshua (Jey) & Elyssa (Ruby)

Raymond (Erik) & Russ (Kid)

Ashley (Charlotte) & Leticia “Letty” (Lilou)

Deonna (Deonna) & Logan (Wally)

Kanako (Asuka) & Vince (Mario)

Barbara (Kelly Kelly) & Julyanna (Rhonda)

Lina (Nia) & Eleanor (Stephanie)

Brianna (Brie) & Jared (Ted)

John (John Cena) & Jack (Haruto)

Mike (The Miz) & Henry (Jackson)

Debrah (Alundra/Madusa) & Douglas (Ron)

Claudio (Cesaro) & Laurent (Vince)

Ariane (Cameron) & Stephen (Tyler)

Brandi (Eden) & Erica (Stacie)

Kevin (Kevin Owens/KO) & Derek (Luigi)

Jessika (Jessika) & Jesse (Logan)

Candice (Candice) & Anne (Olga)

John (Johnny Gargano) & Ben (Jimmy)

Debra (Debra) & Jessamine (Jules/ f)

Seth (Riley/ m) & Tyler (Aiden)

Rowena (Donna) & Victor (Kid)

Tej (Elijah) & Sullivan (Mustafa)

Penelope (Becky) & Emily (Stacie)

Evangeline (Olga) & Beth (Stephanie) 

Carine (Layla) & Emmett (Wayne)

Alex (Emma) & Jedidiah (Shane)

Gina (Anastasia) & Mia (Nastya) 

Presley (Louis) & Edward (Kaito)

Gabriel (Brett) & Cain (Alexa)

Ramsey (Katya) & Katie (Nia)

Rubie (Emma) & Eloise (Katya)

Mike (Louis) & Cherylyn (Becky)

That's the full ship list. Hope you guys enjoy it.

[montesfamilyblog]

Heritage In Concert: Live! Worship Songs with Celebrities World Tour

Heritage In Concert: Live! Worship Songs with Celebrities World Tour is an upcoming concert tour that it will be made by an American gospel group Heritage Singers (founded by the late Max Mace and his wife Lucy, with their two children Valerie Ann and Gregory James) to promote their newest upcoming studio album Back to Life. The tour will sometime began on 2025 or 2026, and coming soon, one of the shows will be filmed at Loma Linda University Seventh-Day Adventist Church, also, to be released into a DVD, streamed on Peacock, premiered on YouTube, and on Television, sometime on 2026 or 2027.

Intro Welcome & Prayer

Set list    1.    I Speak Jesus (Charity Gayle cover; Scott Reed, Shani Judd Diehl, Val Mace Mapa)    2.    Perfect / Rest (Ed Sheeran / Jaci Velazquez covers, Tim Davis, Scott Reed, Miguel Verazas ft. Pentatonix & Tori Kelly)    3.    Joyful Joyful (Henry van Dyke cover, Tim Calhoun ft. Lauryn Hill & Beyoncé)    4.    Second Chances (Anointed cover, from “Jonah: a VeggieTales movie”, Tim & Melody Davis ft. Jennifer Hudson)    5.    Peacespeaker (Shani Judd Diehl, Tim Davis, Melody Davis, Val Mace Mapa, Summer Joy Davis)    6.    I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe cover; Scott Reed, sign by Holly Reed)    7.    Como dijiste (also "Come Like You Promised" in English, Christine D'Clario cover, ft. Anna Kendrick & Stephanie Beatriz)    8.    Our God (Chris Tomlin cover, Val Mace Mapa ft. Olivia Rodrigo, Camila Cabello, Tori Kelly, Jennifer Hudson & Pentatonix)    9.    Sometimes It Takes a Mountain (Scott Reed, Shani Judd Diehl, Miguel Verazas)    10.    I Am Not Ashamed (Shani Judd Diehl)    11.    Praise (Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore cover, ft. NSYNC)    12.    Song of Glory (Scott Reed, Tim Davis)

Meet the Heritage Singers Group Photoshoot

   1.    I Wanna Praise You (also "Quiero Adorarte" in Spanish bilingual, Impact SDA Multicultural Church's “United In Christ” music group cover, Val Mace Mapa ft. Rosalie Chiang, Isabela Merced, Halle Bailey, Sabrina Carpenter)    2.    What a Day That Will Be (Val Mace Mapa, Scott Reed)    3.    That Sounds Like Home to Me (Scott Reed, Max Mace)    4.    The Lighthouse (Max Mace, Miguel Verazas, Summer Joy Davis, Marcelo Constanzo, Dave Bell)    5.    Oh Happy Day/Nothing But The Blood (Tim Davis)    6.    The Blessing (Kari Jobe & Cody Carnes cover, ft. LADY GAGA, BARBRA STREISAND, JOSH GROBAN, ARIANA GRANDE, CELINE DION, JASON DERULO, IDINA MENZEL, KELLY CLARKSON, TAYLOR SWIFT, PENTATONIX, JANE LYNCH, TORI KELLY, JENNIFER LOPEZ, STEPHANIE BEATRIZ, ANNA KENDRICK, NSYNC, CECE WINANS, KEKE PALMER, SABRINA CARPENTER, ROSALIE CHIANG, ISABELA MERCED, HALLE BAILEY, JASON MRAZ, JOSH DELA CRUZ, ALLY BROOKE, LAUREN DAIGLE, OLIVIA RODRIGO, LAURYN HILL, BRUNO MARS, BEYONCÉ, ANDREA BOCELLI, MILEY CYRUS, PATTI LABELLE, USHER, JENNIFER HUDSON, JUSTIN BIEBER, SELENA GOMEZ, LECRAE, TOBYMAC, SHAKIRA, KATY PERRY & MEGHAN TRAINOR)    7.    What More Can I Give (also "Todo Para Ti" in Spanish, Michael Jackson and the All Stars cover, ft. LADY GAGA, BARBRA STREISAND, JOSH GROBAN, ARIANA GRANDE, CELINE DION, JASON DERULO, IDINA MENZEL, KELLY CLARKSON, TAYLOR SWIFT, PENTATONIX, JANE LYNCH, TORI KELLY, JENNIFER LOPEZ, STEPHANIE BEATRIZ, ANNA KENDRICK, NSYNC, CECE WINANS, KEKE PALMER, SABRINA CARPENTER, ROSALIE CHIANG, ISABELA MERCED, HALLE BAILEY, JASON MRAZ, JOSH DELA CRUZ, ALLY BROOKE, LAUREN DAIGLE, OLIVIA RODRIGO, LAURYN HILL, BRUNO MARS, MICHAEL JACKSON, BEYONCÉ, ANDREA BOCELLI, MILEY CYRUS, PATTI LABELLE, USHER, JENNIFER HUDSON, JUSTIN BIEBER, SELENA GOMEZ, LECRAE, TOBYMAC, SHAKIRA, KATY PERRY & MEGHAN TRAINOR)    8.    We Are the World (USA for Africa cover, ft. LADY GAGA, BARBRA STREISAND, JOSH GROBAN, ARIANA GRANDE, CELINE DION, JASON DERULO, IDINA MENZEL, KELLY CLARKSON, TAYLOR SWIFT, PENTATONIX, JANE LYNCH, TORI KELLY, JENNIFER LOPEZ, STEPHANIE BEATRIZ, ANNA KENDRICK, NSYNC, CECE WINANS, KEKE PALMER, SABRINA CARPENTER, ROSALIE CHIANG, ISABELA MERCED, HALLE BAILEY, JASON MRAZ, JOSH DELA CRUZ, ALLY BROOKE, LAURYN HILL, OLIVIA RODRIGO, LAUREN DAIGLE, BRUNO MARS, MICHAEL JACKSON, BEYONCÉ, STEVIE WONDER, LIONEL RICHIE, DIANA ROSS, ANDREA BOCELLI, MILEY CYRUS, PATTI LABELLE, USHER, JENNIFER HUDSON, JUSTIN BIEBER, SELENA GOMEZ, LECRAE, TOBYMAC, SHAKIRA, KATY PERRY & MEGHAN TRAINOR)

Singers    •    Dave Bell    •    Tim Calhoun    •    Marcelo Constanzo    •    Melody Davis    •    Tim Davis    •    Cindy Haffner •    Becki Trueblood Craig    •    Shani Judd Diehl    •    Val Mace Mapa    •    Scott Reed    •    Summer Joy Davis    •    Miguel Verazas

Band    •    Art Mapa – guitars    •    Austin Mapa – drums    •    Nino Ocampo – bass    •    Joel Umali – keyboards

Technical    •    Tim Davis – vocal arranger and producer    •    Greg Mace – sound engineer    •    Lucy Mace - assistant stage manager    •    Art Mapa – music arranger, producer, programmer    •    Holly Reed - stage manager

Dancers    •    Amber Mace    •    Tommy Reed

Featured artists    1.    LADY GAGA    2.    BARBRA STREISAND    3.    JOSH GROBAN    4.    ARIANA GRANDE    5.    CELINE DION    6.    JASON DERULO    7.    IDINA MENZEL    8.    KELLY CLARKSON    9.    TAYLOR SWIFT    10.    PENTATONIX (Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, Matt Salee)    11.    JANE LYNCH    12.    TORI KELLY    13.    JENNIFER LOPEZ    14.    STEPHANIE BEATRIZ    15.    ANNA KENDRICK    16.    NSYNC (Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick, and JC Chasez)    17.    CECE WINANS    18.    KEKE PALMER    19.    LA DIVA QUARTET (Rosalie Chiang, Isabela Merced, Halle Bailey, Sabrina Carpenter)    20.    LAURYN HILL    21.    JASON MRAZ    22.    LAUREN DAIGLE    23.    JOSH DELA CRUZ    24.    ALLY BROOKE    25.    BRUNO MARS    26.    LAURYN HILL    27.    ANDREA BOCELLI    28.    MILEY CYRUS    29.    PATTI LABELLE    30.    BEYONCÉ    31.    JENNIFER HUDSON    32.    JUSTIN BIEBER    33.    SELENA GOMEZ    34.    LECRAE    35.    TOBYMAC    36.    SHAKIRA    37.    KATY PERRY    38.    MEGHAN TRAINOR    39.    OLIVIA RODRIGO    40.    USHER

Tour dates North America    •    Loma Linda, California, USA - TBA    •    Sacramento, California, USA - TBA    •    San Diego, California, USA - TBA    •    San Francisco, California, USA - TBA    •    Anaheim, California, USA - TBA    •    Los Angeles, California, USA - TBA    •    Salem, Oregon, USA - TBA    •    Portland, Oregon, USA - TBA    •    Vancouver, Washington, USA - TBA    •    Olympia, Washington, USA - TBA    •    Walla Walla, Washington, USA - TBA    •    Seattle, Washington, USA - TBA    •    Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - TBA    •    Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - TBA    •    Dallas, Texas, USA - TBA    •    San Antonio, Texas, USA - TBA    •    Houston, Texas, USA - TBA    •    Corpus Christi, Texas, USA - TBA    •    Louisville, Kentucky, USA - TBA    •    New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - TBA    •    Atlanta, Georgia, USA - TBA    •    Ringgold, Georgia, USA - TBA    •    Collegedale, Tennessee, USA - TBA    •    Ooltewah, Tennessee, USA - TBA    •    Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA - TBA    •    Nashville, Tennessee, USA - TBA    •    Memphis, Tennessee, USA - TBA    •    Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA - TBA      •    Stone County, Missouri, USA - TBA    •    St. Louis, Missouri, USA - TBA

 •    Charlotte, North Carolina, USA - TBA    •    Tallahassee, Florida, USA - TBA    •    Jacksonville, Florida, USA - TBA    •    Brandon, Florida, USA - TBA    •    Tampa, Florida, USA - TBA    •    Orlando, Florida, USA - TBA    •    West Palm Beach, Florida, USA - TBA    •    Miami, Florida, USA - TBA    •    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - TBA    •    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - TBA    •    Battle Creek, Michigan, USA - TBA    •    Chicago, Illinois, USA - TBA    •    Columbus, Ohio, USA - TBA    •    Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - TBA    •    Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - TBA    •    Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - TBA    •    Albany, New York, USA - TBA    •    New York City, New York, USA - TBA    •    Washington D.C., USA - TBA    •    Québec City, Québec, Canada - TBA    •    Toronto, Ontario, Canada - TBA    •    Ottawa, Canada - TBA

Latin America and Caribbean    •    Mexico City, Mexico - TBA    •    Guadalajara, Mexico - TBA    •    Buenos Aires, Argentina - TBA    •    Bogotá, Colombia - TBA    •    Caracas, Venezuela - TBA    •    Lima, Peru - TBA    •    Santiago, Chile - TBA    •    Panama City, Panama - TBA    •    Guatemala City, Guatemala - TBA    •    Havana, Cuba - TBA    •    Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - TBA    •    San Juan, Puerto Rico - TBA    •    Brasília, Brazil - TBA    •    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - TBA    •    São Paulo, Brazil - TBA

Asia, Middle East and Africa    •    Beijing, China - TBA    •    Shanghai, China - TBA    •    Taipei City, Taiwan - TBA    •    Fukuoka, Japan - TBA    •    Tokyo, Japan - TBA    •    Nagoya, Japan - TBA    •    Osaka, Japan - TBA    •    Yokohama, Japan - TBA    •    Manila, Philippines - TBA    •    Quezon City, Philippines - TBA    •    Singapore City, Singapore - TBA    •    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - TBA    •    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - TBA    •    Dubai, United Arab Emirates - TBA    •    Jerusalem, Israel - TBA    •    Algiers, Algeria - TBA

Oceania    •    Melbourne, Australia - TBA    •    Sydney, Australia - TBA    •    Wellington, New Zealand - TBA    •    Auckland, New Zealand - TBA

Europe    •    Warsaw, Poland - TBA    •    Vienna, Austria - TBA    •    Linz, Austria - TBA    •    Graz, Austria - TBA    •    Prague, Czech Republic - TBA    •    Brussels, Belgium - TBA    •    Berlin, Germany - TBA    •    Cologne, Germany - TBA    •    Hamburg, Germany - TBA    •    Munich, Germany - TBA    •    Paris, France - TBA    •    Amsterdam, Netherlands - TBA    •    Rome, Italy - TBA    •    Milan, Italy - TBA    •    Budapest, Hungary - TBA    •    Zurich, Switzerland - TBA    •    Lausanne, Switzerland - TBA    •    Lugano, Switzerland - TBA    •    Manchester, England, United Kingdom - TBA    •    London, England, United Kingdom - TBA    •    Dublin, Ireland - TBA    •    Madrid, Spain - TBA    •    Barcelona, Spain - TBA    •    Lisbon, Portugal - TBA    •    Porto, Portugal - TBA

Visit the Heritage singers' website at:

[ulkaralakbarova]

Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers what life is worth. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Kenneth Feinberg: Michael Keaton Camille Biros: Amy Ryan Charles Wolf: Stanley Tucci Lee Quinn: Tate Donovan Priya Khundi: Shunori Ramanathan Dede Feinberg: Talia Balsam Karen Donato: Laura Benanti Frank Donato: Chris Tardio Darryl Barnes: Ato Blankson-Wood Gloria Toms: Carolyn Mignini John Ashcroft: Victor Slezak Law Student Barron: Logan Hart Law Student Patel: Vihaan Samat Law Student Nguyen: Laura Sohn Bart Cuthbert: Marc Maron Defense Lawyer / William: Alfredo Narciso Plaintiff Lawyer / Gary: Jason Kravits Oliver: Clifton Samuels Older Man (Speaking Spanish): Louis Arcella Attorney 2: Melissa Miller Translator: Ana Isabel Dow Tom Schultz Sr.: Ian Blackman June Schultz: Connie Ray Senator Kennedy: Steve Vinovich Senator Hagel: Bill Winkler Michael Myers: Jeff Biehl Katherine Wolf: Stephanie Heitman 9/11 Mother / Cathy: Deborah Hedwall Blue Collar Man: Tom Bruno Airline Lobbyist: Bradford How Large Fireman: Chris Cardona Richard: David Fierro Laura: Lynne Wintersteller Don: Jon Wenc Jim: Wass Stevens Myrna: Zuzanna Szadkowski Maya: Gayle Rankin Joan: Catherine Curtin Janice: Shernita Anderson Graham Morris: Andy Schneeflock Jose: Brandon Hernandez Carlos: E.R. Ruiz Usher: David Edward Jackson Ruth: Johanna Day Victor: Joseph Ragno Fedex Carrier: Panama Redd Mail Woman: Kay Walbye Fay: Miriam Morales Airline Lobbyist #2: Stephen Reich James: James Ciccone Anthoula: Anthoula Katsimatides Dancer: Jaime Verazin Dancer: Alessandra Marconi Dancer: Lindsey Hailes Dancer: Marc Heitzman Dancer: Jacob ‘Seven Feet’ Melvin Dancer: Jeffery Duffy Meeting Attendee: Billy Lefkowitz Film Crew: Director: Sara Colangelo Producer: Max Borenstein Casting: Kerry Barden Casting: Paul Schnee Original Music Composer: Nico Muhly Costume Design: Mirren Gordon-Crozier Editor: Julia Bloch Production Design: Tommaso Ortino Director of Photography: Pepe Avila del Pino Executive Producer: Nik Bower Executive Producer: Deepak Nayar Executive Producer: Ara Keshishian Executive Producer: Kimberly Fox Unit Production Manager: Charles Miller Executive Producer: Edward Fee Executive Producer: Allen Liu Producer: Marc Butan Producer: Anthony Katagas Producer: Michael Sugar Producer: Brad Dorros Producer: Sean Sorensen Producer: Michael Keaton Set Decoration: Olivia Peebles Makeup Department Head: Ivy Ermert Makeup Artist: Diane Calfee Makeup Artist: Charles Zambrano Visual Effects Supervisor: Eran Dinur Executive Producer: Mary Aloe Set Medic: Bop Tweedie Choreographer: Mark Stuart Production Accountant: James Stayne Producer’s Assistant: Anthony Santos Producer’s Assistant: Laura Pilloni Production Coordinator: Amanda O’Reilly Assistant Production Coordinator: Marilyn Majich Location Assistant: Cenia Hampton Payroll Accountant: Catherine ‘Annie’ Eklund Stand In: Dillon Egyes Production Assistant: Michael Egues Dialogue Coach: Jessica Drake Production Secretary: Dana Darby Post Production Accountant: Nathaniel Carota Script Supervisor: Erika Sanz Corbacho Music Editor: Suzana Peric Music Supervisor: Rupert Hollier Music Supervisor: David Fish Location Manager: Dennis Voskov Assistant Location Manager: Brit Smith Location Scout: Tom Sexton Location Assistant: Lindsey Lambert Location Scout: Eric Jordan Nussbaum Location Assistant: George Marro Location Scout: Sarah Crofts Color Assistant: Ben White Digital Intermediate Editor: Samantha Uber Digital Conform Editor: Josh Perault Finishing Producer: Michael Maida First Assistant Editor: Gordon Holmes Post Production Assistant: Dillon Henry Assistant Editor: Dan Grbic Colorist: Sam Daley Additional Editor: Tariq Anwar Costumer: Kaitie Galligan Assistant Costume Designer: Caitlin Doukas Key Costumer: Sawyer Devuyst Wardrobe Supervisor: Jillian Daidone Set Costumer: Mary Caprari Costume Coordinator: Talia Brody-Barre ADR Voice Casting...

[personal-reporter]

Una mostra su Ulisse a Venezia

Palazzo Bonvicini di Venezia fino al 23 febbraio 2025 proporrà  la mostra Ulysses. We are all Heroes, che fa rivivere lo spirito del poema epico di Omero, l’Odissea, nel contesto del nostro mondo contemporaneo. Quattro artisti internazionali come Gayle Chong Kwan, Stephanie Blake, ISAO e Didier Guillon  danno nuova vita al racconto classico. Continue reading Una mostra su Ulisse a Venezia

[cyarskaren52]

Twitter reacts to R. Kelly’s guilty verdict

The embattled singer was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking in a New York federal court.

Today (Sept. 27), it’s been announced that the jury overseeing R. Kelly’s trial have reached a decision. The embattled singer was found guilty of all charges related to racketeering and sex trafficking. The verdict follows six weeks of testimony from R. Kelly’s accusers, as well as former employees that have worked under him. As previously reported by REVOLT, the jury, consisting of seven men and five women, heard from dozens of witnesses for a little more than three weeks. 

Kelly — who’s full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly— was arrested by U.S. Homeland Security and the NYPD in Chicago back in July of 2019, months after being hit with 10 charges related to aggravated criminal sexual abuse. A day after said arrest, the number of charges then increased to 18, and included child sexual exploitation, child pornography production, kidnapping, forced labor, racketeering, and obstruction of justice. Additional filings in Chicago and New York raised that number again to 22 in February and March of last year.

For many, the jury’s decision helps to add closure to a saga that has lasted for decades, beginning with R. Kelly’s relationship with the late singer Aaliyah. In January of 2019, Dream Hampton teamed up with Joel Karsberg, Jesse Daniels, and Tamra Simmons to executive produce the Lifetime documentary “Surviving R. Kelly,” which detailed Kelly’s past sexual abuse allegations and saw appearances from artists like Chance The Rapper, John Legend, and Stephanie “Sparkle” Edwards throughout. Since that series premiered, several of Kelly’s former collaborators condemned him in response — RCA Records subsequently dissolved their working relationship with him. Kelly later sat down with Gayle King for a “CBS This Morning” interview, where he vehemently and emotionally denied all of the allegations and charges made against him.

Check out some Twitter reactions to R. Kelly’s guilty verdict below.

Grateful to the survivors. The ones who talked and the ones who didn’t.  #RKelly — dream hampton (@dreamhampton) September 27, 2021

#RKelly survivors have endured so much and this verdict won’t end the pain but it does matter. — Maya Wiley (@mayawiley) September 27, 2021

R. Kelly found guilty of racketeering not even 5 minutes ago https://t.co/nEQKmcwTNl — local bIogger (@fergoe) September 27, 2021

FINALLY. R Kelly found guilty of racketeering, “of being the ringleader of a decades-long scheme to recruit women and underage girls for sex.” #SurvivingRKelly #MuteRKellyhttps://t.co/Z2Dwl2ozJD — April (@ReignOfApril) September 27, 2021

R. Kelly pack got my lungs levitating frfr pic.twitter.com/VoMm9J6wir — Izzi (@_CloutCobain_) September 27, 2021

This song is irrelevant now and entirely wrong.https://t.co/xYyEyqpl9x — Marcus K. Dowling (@marcuskdowling) September 27, 2021

Turns out you can hate the American justice system / prison industrial complex and still want to see R. Kelly get put away for decades — Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) September 27, 2021

About bloody time. Lock him up and melt the key.  R. Kelly has been an entitled rapist for decades. A danger to girls.  A music industry monster. Enabled by those around him & who benefited from his success.  I interviewed him once. Found him creepy.https://t.co/YgmCcWQxdJ — Sonia Poulton (@SoniaPoulton) September 27, 2021

Breaking: R. Kelly found GUILTY! Now do Matt Gaetz. — Jack Cocchiarella (@JDCocchiarella) September 27, 2021

R Kelly faced more justice and legal consequences than Trump — Oliver Willis (@owillis) September 27, 2021

R. Kelly is going to prison for the rest of his life pic.twitter.com/2hblHeLVSR — m a y a (@KioshiWarrior) September 27, 2021

BREAKING: R. KELLY FOUND GUILTY ON ALL SEX TRAFFICKING AND RACKETEERING CHARGES! #MuteRKelly — Ernest Owens (@MrErnestOwens) September 27, 2021

*R Kelly https://t.co/x3DPcAJwzs — Fiona Applebum says #BlockShaunKing 🍎 (@WrittenByHanna) September 27, 2021

BREAKING: According to Reuters, R Kelly has been found guilty of racketeering, which carries a possible 20-year sentence. MAY HE ROT IN PRISON. — BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) September 27, 2021

Sent from my iPhone

[whileiamdying]

Tina Turner's Life in Photos

Tina Turner's 50-year career was one of the most prolific in music history. Following her death at age 83, take a look back at her life in photos

By Stephanie Sengwe  Updated on May 24, 2023 03:43PM EDT

Tina Turner's Early Life

Born Anna Mae Bullock on Nov. 26, 1939, Tina Turner came from humble beginnings. Her parents were struggling sharecroppers, who split up when she was 11 years old and left Tina and her sister, Alline, to be raised by their grandmother in Nutbush, Tennessee. Her father would go on to remarry shortly thereafter, while her mother moved to St. Louis after leaving the abusive marriage.

After her grandmother died when she was 16, Tina also moved to St. Louis. It was there where she got involved in the music scene and met her future husband, Ike Turner.

Tina Turner's Star Turn

In 1965, during a performance with his former band, Kings of Rhythm, Ike called on the then-17-year-old Tina to sing onstage. Enamored by her innate stage presence and raspy vocals, Ike was keen to develop her budding talent and allowed her to hang around the band.

Preparation met opportunity when the singer who was booked to record "A Fool in Love" didn't show up for the recording session, and Tina rose to the occasion.

"A Fool in Love" was an instant hit and Ike realized he needed Tina in his troupe. He changed her name to Tina Turner and she became the lead vocalist for what became known as Ike & Tina Turner Revue.

Ike and Tina Turner's Marriage

Though Ike and Tina's relationship was platonic at first, with Tina admitting in the HBO Max documentary, Tina, she viewed him as a big brother, their connection gradually escalated to romance and they got married in 1962.

But their union was no sweeping love story. For one, the pair got married in Tijuana in a ceremony the "Proud Mary" singer found out about the same day.

"When Ike asked me to marry him, I knew it was for a reason," she told Gayle King in an interview for CBS Good Morning. "But I had to say yes, I knew, or it was going to be a fight."

Ike was famously abusive and the marriage ultimately ended in divorce 16 years later.

Tina Turner's 'Proud Mary'

While the association between "Proud Mary" and Tina is indelible, the song is actually not an original Ike and Tina record.

According to Biography.com, the song was written by John Fogerty, lead singer of the band Creedence Clearwater Revival, in 1967 and became a crowd favorite when Ike and Tina Turner Revue would perform.

As the duo was working on their second album, Workin' Together, Tina suggested Ike add the song since it had so much success on the road. Ike added the famed guitar riffs and other production elements to make it the hit we know today.

"Proud Mary" reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the R&B chart in 1971, Biography.com reports. The song sold more than 1 million copies and earned the duo a Grammy Award for best R&B vocal performance by a group.

Tina Turner Reclaims Her Name

You" singer chose not to fight over any of the assets they had accrued together, though she did want the rights to her stage name, which she won.

Tina Turner's Comeback

After divorcing Ike, Tina found herself in financial arrears. Not only were there business debts to settle, she was also in charge of the four kids the couple shared as proceedings dragged on.

To make ends meet, she went back on tour and began her comeback performing covers.

In 1983, she was signed to Capitol Records, with whom she released Private Dancer. The album housed hits such as the titular song, "Private Dancer," "What's Love Got to Do With It," and "Better Be Good to Me."

The album earned three Grammy Awards and has been dubbed one of the biggest comebacks in music history.

Tina Turner's Private Dancer Tour

Following the release of the hit album, Tina embarked on a tour from February 1985 to December 1985. The Private Dancer tour encompassed a whopping 182 dates throughout Europe, North America, Australia and Asia.

Tina Turner Headlines the Super Bowl XXXIV Halftime Show

In 2000, Tina lit up the stage at The Georgia Dome in Atlanta when she headlined the Super Bowl halftime show that year. It would be one of her last performances before she went on hiatus for a few years.

Tina Turner at the Kennedy Center Honors

In 2005, Tina was among one of the artists who received a Kennedy Center Honor for her contribution to the culture. In her class were other legends such as Robert Redford, Tony Bennett, Suzanne Farrell and Julie Harris.

Tina Turner Finds Love Again

In 2013, Tina tied the knot with her long-term beau, music producer Erwin Bach, after 27 years together. They spent their time quietly together in Zurich, Switzerland.

The pair first met in 1986 at Cologne Bonn Airport where Bach was assigned to pick the singer up. The connection was instantaneous.

"He was [16 years] younger [than me]. He was 30 years old at the time and had the prettiest face. I mean, you cannot [describe] it," Tina stated in an HBO Max documentary about her life. "It was like insane. [I thought], 'Where did he come from?' He was really so good-looking. My heart [was beating fast] and it means that a soul has met, and my hands were shaking."

Tina Turner's 50th Anniversary Tour

After taking some much-deserved time off — eight years away from the public eye, to be exact — Tina announced while on The Oprah Show that she'd be hitting the stage one more time. She was 68.

The 50th Anniversary Tour began in October 2008 and went through May 2009 with a total of 84 sold-out dates across North America and Europe.

This would be her final tour, as she announced her retirement once the tour wrapped.

Tina Turner on Broadway

In 2018, the living legend made one last foray into the public eye when Tina: The Tina Turner Musical premiered on Broadway. Like What's Love Got to Do With It — a 1993 film following Tina's life in the spotlight — the play chronicled her illustrious life and career, but focused more on her comeback era and mega hits.

Tina Turner: A Career for the Ages

Throughout her five-decade-long career, Tina amassed a slew of awards, including eight Grammys, three AMAs, seven Billboard Music Awards and many more.

She received three Grammy Hall of Fame Awards for "What's Love Got to Do With It," "River Deep, Mountain High" and "Proud Mary."

She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice — the first time in 1991 with Ike, and the second time in 2021, weeks ahead of her 82nd birthday.

On May 24, 2023, Tina died at age 83 after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland.

“With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model,” her spokesperson, Bernard Doherty, said in a statement.

[yellowmagicalgirl]

Thanks for the tag! At first I tried to make this all from my programming playlist and then I realized there were too many letters and not enough songs starting w/that letter

Your Reality ~ Dan Salvato

Enemy  ~ Imagine Dragons

Love and War ~ Fleurie

LA Devotee ~ Panic! At The Disco

Oh Death ~ Spiros Maus ft. Bellabeth

world.execute (me) ; ~ Mili

Master of Tides ~ Lindsey Stirling

Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene ~ Hozier

Get Jinxed ~ League of Legends ft. Djerv

I Pushed the Button ~ Stephanie Mabey

Cafes and Cliches ~ Oublaire

abcdefu ~ GAYLE

Laid in Blood ~ The Mechanisms

God Knows I Tried ~ Lana Del Rey

I Found ~ Amber Run

Run Baby Run ~ The Rigs

Last of Me ~ Steve Aoki ft. RUNN

I’ll tag (participation is optional) @pirate-melody, @icyandthefrostbites, @elizabethemerald, and @njckle​

tagged by @ectomorphichabod to make a playlist from my url! dragging @batemanofficial @happi-tree @frogsfangs and @thegayestpossum into the fold >:)

C - the current [demo] // passing on the right [go listen to my friend's band]

R - roshambo // the network

E - everything is awful // the decemberists

A - ...and if i did you deserved it // will wood

T - the cape // art sorority

U - under my skin // jukebox the ghost

R - Redundant // green day [it was only a matter of time before they showed up here]

E - el principito // ajj

B - bang bang // green day

R - rejoice //ajj

A - against the kitchen floor // will wood

I - i will follow you into the dark // death can for cutie

N - nights like these // pigeon pit

[thenovelincubator]

Writer 911: What’s Your Emergency?

Writer 911: What’s Your Emergency?

This past week I’ve heard from a lot of writer friends who are having a tough time, mostly with their writing. As one friend put it, “hard to write with all this treason.”

It got me to imagining a 911-type number for struggling writers. This service would be staffed by real authors, and it would go a little something like this… (more…)

[portersqbooks]

Idyll Hands, the latest Thomas Lynch novel, by Stephanie Gayle out on 9/4

[wellhalesbells]

What are you reading right now? Anything good?

i’m pretty hesitant to try to judge a book before the finish, especially as that is where so many stories fall apart, but i can give you my impressions so far of everything i’ve got going at the moment!

it, by stephen king (pg 251/1156).  as you can see, i am not that far in.  i started this one and the next towards the start of november, then life conspired for a few weeks to distract me from them.  so far though, i’d have to say that i think this is going to be one of the stephen king books i really enjoy.  he’s a pretty evenly split author for me; i’d say i’ve read about eight of his books?  and i’ve hated four and loved four.  when he’s on, he’s on and when he’s off?  he’s just really, really off.  this one has been giving me some serious the stand vibes though, in the sense that it’s a whole complete world with a handful of branching characters that you cannot wait to intersect with each other, and considering the stand is my absolute favorite stephen king book (and also just one of my favorite books in general), i am LOVING this so far.  it’s well-written and encompasses an entire universe, both derry and the characters populating it feel very real, which is always something i really like when i’m reading.  that feeling that you could drop me into the pages and i wouldn’t feel lost because i have a real sense of the place.

the goldfinch, by donna tartt (pg 233/771). stalking donna tartt’s work (after reading and loving the secret history), i would say, has only paid off for me so far.  i adore her writing.  granted, it tends to take me a while because her work is admittedly pretty dense, but it’s proven to be worth it up to this point.  she is such a wonderful writer and the richness of her worlds and characters is really a treat!

idyll fears, by stephanie gayle (pg 123/320).  i think this is my favorite thing i’m reading at the current moment.  it’s the sequel to idyll threats, which i enjoyed a bunch (and this is shaping up to be even better!), and it’s hard to be at work and not reading it honestly.  i’ve been trying to figure out what it is that i love about it so much (i mean, the LGBT aspect is an obvious draw of course but i read a lot of LGBT stuff and don’t have this reaction to it) because really it’s not that different from other detective/small-town cop mysteries and i think what it really is, is that it’s a test.  everything in it is testing whether or not people are inherently good, whether they can rise above and be better.  not just: can people in a dimmer decade when it comes to LGBT-acceptance put aside their homophobia and see our protagonist as a person and not a sexuality but also smaller battles, can people with past grudges with police get past that to work with them now, etc.  i know what i want the answer to be, i know that what i need/want/am desperate to see: that people can coexist in harmony despite their differences because very few people are painted as bad, even if they’re wrong, which means their opinions can evolve because their core isn’t evil and i just--i really, really want to see that (and it’s written with a very caring hand, which means i’m hopeful it’s coming) so it’s hard to put the book down before i get to!

playlist for the dead, by michelle falkoff (pg. 106/304).  okay, so, pretty much every young adult/contemporary book i pick up is there to kind of ease my brain into sleep at the end of the day.  it’s a palette cleanse, doesn’t take a lot of processing power and is almost always big text, lotsa dialogue, and just plain easy, so i’m even less cool about judging these because i have literally no expectations for them.  i don’t want to say it’s good just because it fits the criteria of being an easy-ass read like i wanted, y’know?  plus, ya books, for me, really live or die as a totality.  it’s harder to judge them in part because it’s usually a story-focus first, rather than characters or writing, and you can’t know how that all hangs together until... you know how that all hangs together, right?  but, uh, so far so good?  i really like the way the chapters are split by the songs on the playlist and i’m not annoyed by any of the characters at all yet (which happens pretty immediately in quite a few of these things i pick up) but i probably won’t remember anything about it in a week or two?  that said, it’s serving its purpose perfectly and it’s not something i dread getting to at all (as also sometimes happens).

hope this is what you were looking for, nonnymoose!

[swanlake1998]

gayle mckinney griffith, lydia abarca, stephanie dabney, yvonne hall, virginia johnson, mel tomlinson, roslyn sampson, melva murray-white, and ronald perry photographed by dth archives