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Top Gear Sydney Festival (2013.): worn-out jeans

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James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg Interview: Poise, Levity, and Easygoingness

Photo Credit: James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg

BY JORDAN MAINZER

All Gist (Paradise of Bachelors), the third album of guitar duets from exploratory, thoughtful players James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg, sounds like what it is: two longtime friends and collaborators playing together, equal parts casual and focused. Since their 2015 album Ambsace, each has been busy, separately and together. Elkington's released three solo albums, played as part of Eleventh Dream Day, Brokeback, and Jeff Tweedy's live band, and recorded with Steve Gunn, Nap Eyes, and many more. Salsburg's dropped a bevy of albums and has played on records by Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Shirley Collins, and others. Meanwhile, the two have come together on four records by Salsburg's partner Joan Shelley, and Elkington produced Salsburg's Psalms, his 2021 album of arrangements of Hebrew psalms. Their duo records, however, are born of the most natural collaboration, each bringing to the table melodies they think--perhaps know--the other will respond to, combining them, and being open to feedback or changing gears entirely.

All Gist, specifically, carries the distinct quality of the Chicago winter during which it was recorded: You can picture Elkington and Salsburg sitting around the kitchen table, each culling from their vast repertoires and tendencies, creating something to warm their bodies and hearts and perk their heads and ears, unaware of any blusters outside. The songs are reflective of their shared artistic interests and inspirations, and they're rounded out by the presence of musical contemporaries with whom each has fostered relationships over the years. Opener "Death Wishes to Kill", which takes its title from T.F. Powys' Unclay, sports lilting guitar melodies that offer an affable sway, along with Wanees Zarour's violin solo. The minimal "Explanation Point" bounces along a groove that sounds bigger than it is, almost gestalt, as Jean Cook's strings and Anna Jacobson's brass shimmer. Moments of percussion come from other instruments like hand drums ("Long in the Tooth Again"), along with Wednesday Knudsen's woodwinds ("Nicest Distinction"), or as part of the sheer tactility of guitar scrapes and textures. The self-reflexive "Numb Limbs" gets its title from the physical aftereffects of playing a song that took forever to come together; you feel the spritely guitar picking and breakneck tempo in your own fingers.

Of course, All Gist has a few interpolations, namely a gentle, quiet, start-stopping version of Howard Skempton's "Well, Well, Cornelius" and a taut, concise combination of two traditional Breton dance tunes in "Rule Bretagne". Easily, the most unexpected song on the album is a version of Neneh Cherry's classic late 80s jam "Buffalo Stance". Oscillating and slowed down to an expanse, one guitarist plays Cherry's lyrical line, the other the song's instrumental melody, making something both recognizable and nostalgic as well as emblematic of the duo's adventurous nature. That combination, indeed, is the gist of Elkington and Salsburg.

Earlier this month, both guitarists answered some questions over email about All Gist, their creative process, covering songs, and their sometimes-overlapping, oft-diverging taste in art. Read their responses below, edited for clarity.

Photo Credit: Joan Shelley

Since I Left You: Why was it time again to make an album together? James Elkington: We’d been talking about it since we made the last one, but the truth is that we’ve both just been too busy. I started making solo records again after the last one, plus I got to produce one for Nathan, and we both help out with Joan Shelley’s records, so it never felt like we weren’t working together anyway. We were just working on projects in a different way. I think that Nathan and I both think there’s something about the duo’s music that is different from the other things we do, so we were keen to get back to it at some point. Fortunately for us, we got an invitation to play at a guitar festival in Chicago, and we used that as an excuse to start working on new material. I should also mention that our wives kept bugging us to do it again.

SILY: How was your collaboration on All Gist unique as compared to your other records together, and how was it similar? JE: We hadn’t played together like this for something like 7 years, so I was interested to see if we could even do it. But our writing together was as quick and easy as it ever was, and in that sense, it was really similar to how we worked before. Nathan has always worked with longer forms than me, but this time, I wanted to follow his lead a bit more in terms of writing longer pieces with less changes and more textures. We weren’t concerned this time with being able to play all of this stuff live, so we left more space for orchestration and overdubs. Nathan Salsburg: We’ve each lived through a world of experiences in the past ten years, musical and otherwise. Now that we’re each squarely into our middle age, I think the poise, levity, and easygoingness that should be attendant on this period of life show up in the music at [the] pitch they didn’t in the past.

SILY: Was there a lot of improvisation in the process of combining the different instrumental motifs you each brought to the recording session? JE: Because we don’t have a great deal of time to work together, we find things go much quicker if we come up with rough musical sketches by ourselves and then present them to the other. Nothing is ever written in stone, and the level of trust is very high. Anything Nathan suggests for one of my ideas is going to improve it. Both of us are more concerned with coming up with something that sounds cohesive and keeping the ball rolling than having any personal agenda for how this thing should be, and we always leave enough space for us to be surprised by what we end up with. I rarely have any idea what Nathan is playing, but I like how it sounds when it’s finished. We did experiment with recording something completely improvised and liked the results, but it sounded like a different record, so we didn’t use it. Maybe that’ll be the next one.

SILY: How or at what point in making each song do you determine whether it needs more musical accompaniment, from other instruments and/or players? JE: That’s a good question, and I’m not sure I have an answer, but the plan seems to be to write a piece that can stand by itself for the two guitars, record that to our satisfaction (which is nearly always the first take we can manage that has all the right parts), then start throwing other instruments at it to see what sticks. Most of that approach is me in my studio adding things and then taking them off again. There are certain pieces where, as were writing them, we can hear that a solo instrument would sound great in a certain part. Wannees Zarour’s solo in "Death Wishes To Kill" was like that. There are songs, like "All Gist Could Be Yours", where for a repeating chord sequence to have the effect we’re going for, its going to need a lot of support from other instruments, and we talked about that as we were writing it.

Cover art by Chris Fallon

SILY: Do you have a backlog of other people's songs you think might be fun or fulfilling to cover or reimagine as a guitar duet? What makes a song fit for a cover from your two artistic voices? JE: Well, I’m a little concerned that there’s a potential novelty aspect to our doing a lot of covers, but maybe it's okay. We certainly didn’t go out of our way to think of any for this record. Nathan suggested "Buffalo Stance" early on just because he loved the song and all the parts. I was resistant at first, just because I thought there wasn’t enough there for us to work with harmonically, but there’s so much good stuff going on with the synths and the bassline in that tune that it became more a process of picking and choosing what aspects of the song we wanted to shine a light on, at what time. Our Smiths cover from the last record is like that, too. It switches from the guitar line to the vocal depending on where we’re at or what seems to be most important, so I suppose we have a system for doing this. I think the only criteria we have for picking a song is whether one of us really really likes it and the other one can get their head around it.

SILY: "Death Wishes To Kill" takes its title from a T.F. Powys novel you both read. Do the two of you tend to recommend books, films, albums, etc. to each other a lot? Do you ever find you're about to recommend the same thing to one another? JE: I was going to write that we don’t have a huge amount of overlap, but I’m remembering going to his house when we hadn’t known each other long and being confronted with what appeared to be a wall of my own books. Its not as if we like exactly the same things, but there are some writers and records that we both like that NO-ONE else I can think of likes, so when Nathan suggests a book, I usually get to it pretty quickly. I think Nathan was reading the Powys novel, Unclay, and sent me a screen shot of one of the passages in the book with the caption "this is for you" underneath. He also sent me a link to an Australian liquor store commercial from the early 90’s because he knew it would make me laugh for a day and a half, and it did. NS: I remember we made common cause over Max Beerbohm not long after we met—Zuleika Dobson, maybe—but yeah, we each have some preoccupations that the other couldn’t give much of a shit about. Like, I can’t say mid-century British horror movies do a whole lot for me. I’m remembering when Jim spent the better part of an hour trying to explain the appeal of U.S. Maple, and I can’t say he succeeded. And Jim couldn’t care less about rural American string-bands of the late 1920s. But when we have an overlap—Unclay, say, or the totally under-appreciated Yorkshire singer-songwriter Jake Thackray, or Alan Partridge—and yes, these overlapping things do tend to all be English—it’s always stuff we’re super, super jazzed about.

SILY: Can you tell me about the cover art for All Gist? NS: The artist’s name is Chris Fallon, an old friend of mine from when I lived in New York City 20+ years ago. He’s a phenomenal painter, and I love his figures, his palette, and the scenes/settings that he dreams up. I asked him to create a portrait of us, and this is what he did. He’s never met Jim and hasn’t seen me in quite a few years, but I feel like he nailed something of Jim’s and my dynamic, equal parts earnest, bizarre, silly.

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ok i'm done i did it here it is ( i got done with this last night but i knew it wouldn't get any traction if i posted it last night)

and now i will list off every book on this list so you guys can know

list under cut cus listing 50 books is long af

the west: the night before christmas in nevada by sue carabine, The Twelve Days of Christmas in Oregon by Susan Blackaby, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas in Washington illustrated by Jo Parry, The Twelve Days of Christmas in Arizona by Jennifer J. Stewart, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas in New Mexico illustrated by Jo Parry, 12 little elves visit colorado by trish madson, santa's sleigh is on it's way to wyoming by eric james, 12 Little Elves Visit Montana by trish madson, The Night Before Christmas in Idaho by sue carabine, Santa Is Coming to Utah by Steve Smallman, santa's sleigh is on it's way to alaska by eric james, Hawaiian Christmas Day by Beth Greenway and you already know cali's book.

the south: Santa Is Coming to Tulsa by Steve Smallman, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas in Arkansas illustrated by Jo Parry, Christmas Stories from Mississippi by Wyatt Waters,I Saw Santa in Alabama by JD Green, The Twelve Days of Christmas in Georgia by Susan Rosson Spain, the Charleston 12 Days of Christmas by Vickie Trippe, The North Carolina Night Before Christmas by E. J. Sullivan, The Twelve Days of Christmas in Tennessee by Alice Faye Duncan, An Old Kentucky Christmas by pat lucas, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas in West Virginia illustrated by Jo Parry, Santa's Visit to Maryland by Lynn Roxy Gambrill, I Saw Santa in Virginia by JD Green, Santa's Sleigh Is on Its Way to Delaware by Eric James, The Twelve Days of Christmas in Washington, D.C. by Candice Ransom, you guys already know what tex, loui and flo's books are.

the midwest: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas in North Dakota illustrated by Jo Parry, Santa Is Coming to South Dakota by Steve Smallman, 12 Little Elves Visit Nebraska by trish madson, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas in Kansas City illustrated by Jo Parry, The Twelve Days of Christmas in Missouri by Ann Ingalls, Santa Is Coming to Iowa by Steve Smallman, A Minnesota Christmas by Ryan Jacobson, The Twelve Days of Christmas in Wisconsin by Erin Eitter Kono, The Twelve Days of Christmas in Illinois by Gina Bellisario, The Twelve Days of Christmas in Indiana by Donna Griffin, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas in Ohio illustrated by Jo Parry, A Michigan Night Before Christmas by Norma Lewis.

the northeast: Pennsylvania Dutch Night Before Christmas by Chet Williamson, The Twelve Days of Christmas in New Jersey by Margaret Woollatt, Santa Is Coming to Connecticut by Steve Smallman, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas in Rhode Island illustrated by Jo Parry, Santa Is Coming to Massachusetts by Steve Smallman, now maine has two books one is The Lobsters' Night Before Christmas by Christina Laurie and the second one is One Maine Christmas Eve by Douglas Coffin, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas in Vermont illustrated by Jo Parry, and lastly Santa's Sleigh Is on Its Way to New Hampshire by Eric James and you guys already know ny's book.

ok now enjoy this post bye

[motherofplatypus]

Bisan Owda is a journalist in Gaza that keeps updating about the barbaric genocide actions that israel committed with weapons supplied mainly by US, all the while living through that genocide itself.

Over 30k+ has been killed, and over 15k+ of those are children and babies.

The celebs and artists who wanted to rescind Bisan's nomination are as follow:

Ari Ingel, Executive Director, Creative Community for Peace

David Renzer, Former Chairman/CEO Universal Music Publishing Group, CCFP Chairman & Co-Founder

Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive & Music President, Electronic Arts, CCFP Co-Founder

Rakefet Abergel, Actor/Director, Cyclamen Films

Orly Adelson, Former President of ITV Studios, America

Marty Adelstein, CEO, Tomorrow Studios

Anne-Marie Asner, Co-Founder, Animation Israel

Jeff Astrof, TV Producer/Showrunner, Other Shoe Productions

Michael Auerbach, Partner, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein

Dean Bahat, Attorney, Ziffren Brittenham

Andrea Ballas, VP Comms, CBS

Jackie Barrie, A&R Manager, Nvak Collective

Richard Baskind, Partner & Head of Music, Simons Muirhead & Burton

Aton Ben-Horin, Executive VP of Global A&R, Atlantic Records Group

Steven Bensusan, President, Blue Note Entertainment Group

Adam Berkowitz, Founder and President, Lenore Entertainment Group

Sharon Bialy, Casting Director, Bialy/Thomas & Associates

Josh Binder, Co-Founder and Partner, Rothenberg Mohr & Binder, LLP

Neil Blair, Founding Partner, The Blair Partnership

Selma Blair, Actress, Author, Advocate, Sainted Productions

Rebecca Blumberg, SVP Ad Sales, Paramount

Evan Bogart, Songwriter & CEO, Seeker Music

Benjamin Budde, CEO, Budde Group GmbH

Bruce Burger, Producer, RebbeSoul

David Byrnes, Attorney, Ziffren Brittenham

Civia Caroline, Social Impact Consultant, CLiC Impact

Pamela Charbit, Director of A&R, Warner Music Group

Emmanuelle Chriqui, Actor, Yellow Ray Entertainment

Leanne Coronel, Talent Manager, The Coronel Group

Raye Cosbert, Managing Director, Metropolis Musi

Paul Craig, Ceo, Nostromo Management

Doug Davis, NATAS Member, 2x Emmy winner, The Davis Firm

Rebecca De Mornay, Actor

Jamie Denbo, Co-Executive Producer, Grey’s Anatomy, ABC/Disney

Josh Deutsch, Chairman/CEO, Premier Music Group

Avi Diamond, Director, Film/TV Sync, Warner Music Canada

Craig Dorfman, President and Owner, Frontline MGMT

Rachel Douglas, Manager, Range Media Partners

David Draiman, Frontman, Disturbed

Jeremy Drysdale, Screenwriter, bigbamboo

Craig Emanuel, Ryan Murphy Productions

Hannah Epstein, Agent, CAA

Rami “Kosha dillz” Even-Esh, Rapper/Comic/Actor

Lindsay Fabes, Actor

Ron Fair, Record Producer & CEO, Faircraft Inc.

Sharon Farber, Composer, Score by Score Music

Danny Federman, Owner, Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball Club

Eric Feig, Attorney and TV Academy Member, Feig/Finkel

Patti Felker, Attorney, Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP

Ken Fermaglich, Partner, United Talent Agency

Ross “Remedy” Filler, Artist

Shalom Fisch, President, MediaKidz Research & Consulting

David Fishof, CEO, RRFC Films, LLC

Siri Garber, Publicist, Platform

David Gardner, President, Artists First

Barbara Garshman, CEO, Garshman Productions LLC

Gary Gersh

Gary Ginsberg, Senior VP, SoftBank Group Corp.

Brian Ralston, Composer/Producer, Studio 74 Music, LLC

David Glick, Founder & CEO, Edge Group

Zusha Goldin, Celebrity Photographer, Zusha Goldin

Michael Goldwasser, President, Easy Star Records

Andrew Gould, President, Music Publishing

Scott Greenberg, Partner, LBI

Steven Greenberg, Founder and President, S-Curve Records

Daniel Grindlinger, Writer

Ronnie Harris, Partner, Harris & Trotter

Michael Hirschhorn, Manager, Streaming and Sales, Atlantic Records

Linda Edell Howard, Attorney, Novick Law

Rich Ingram, Artist/Creator

Neil Jacobson, Former President, Geffen Records, Founder & CEO of Hallwood Media

Michael Kaplan, Writer/Producer

Sam Katz, Music Manager, Homebase MGMT, LLC

Zach Katz, CEO & Co-Founder, Fixated

Ketura Kestin, Film Producer, Serendipity Productions

Amanda Kogan, Manager, Aaron Kogan Management

Keetgi Kogan Steinberg, Writer/Producer/Showrunner

Jason Kozel, Creative Executive, Range Media Partners

Rick Krim, CEO, Krim Music + Media

Evan Lamberg, President, North America, Universal Music Publishing Group

Sherry Lansing, Former CEO, Paramount Pictures

Colin Lester OBE, Founder/Chairman, JEM Music Group

Sean Liebowitz, Agent

Koura Linda, Founder & CEO, Space Dream Productions

Marci Liroff, Intimacy Coordinator/Casting Director

Cory Litwin, Managing Partner, Range Media Partners

David Lonner, CEO, The David Lonner Company

Ben Maddahi, President, Unrestricted Publishing & Mgmt

Gabriel Mann, Composer

Deborah Marcus, Executive, CAA Foundation

Susan Markheim, Full Stop Mgt., The Azoff Company

Amanda Markowitz, Actor/Producer, SAG/AFTRA & PGA

Orly Marley, President, Tuff Gong Worldwide

Devra Maza, Screenwriter

Debra Messing, Actor/Producer

Hilary Michael, Agent and Partner, WME

Beth Milstein, Writer

Jennifer Morrow, Actor, CAA

Patrick Moss, Writer, Moroccan Boychik

Robert Munic, Writer/Showrunner, Pull The Pin Productions, Inc.

Lisa Nupoff, Manager, iminmusic management

Scott Packman, Founder and Managing Member, SSP Partners LLC

Mark Pinkus, President, Rhino Records

Jonah Platt, Actor/Producer

Wendy Plaut, SVP Music & Celebrity Talent, Paramount Global

Jessica Poter, Writer, Gustavo Anibal Productions

Golan Ramraz, Writer/Producer, EGX Film Factory

Bruce Resnikof

Frederic Richter, Producer, Writer & Researcher

Wendy Robbins, Executive Producer, Creators Inc

Dan Rosen, President, Warner Music Australasia

Rick Rosen, Co-Founder, Endeavor, WME

Aaron Rosenberg, Partner, Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light

Gregg Rossen, Screenwriter

Michael Rotenberg, CEO, 3 Arts Entertainment

Joshua Rothstein, CEO/Founder, Ice Cream For Dinner

Haim Saban, Chairman and CEO, Saban Capital Group

Glenn Sanders, Writer/Director/Creative Director, Masonry Creative

Ayelet Schiffman, SVP Head of Promotions, Island Records

Paul Schindler, Senior Partner, Greenberg Traurig LLC

Jordan Schur, CEO and Chairman, Mimran Schur Pictures and Suretone Entertainment

Adam Schwartz, Writer

Sam Schwartz, Partner, Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency

Jay Schweid, Founder/CEO, ephelants/Village

Adam Segal, President, The 2050 Group

Ben Silverman, Chairman and Co-CEO, Propagate Content

Ralph Simon, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Mobilium Global Limited

Tamar Simon, Owner/CEO, Mean Streets Management

Martin Singer, Attorney, Lavely and Singer

Halle Stanford, President of Television, The Jim Henson Company

Mimi Steinberg, Writer/Producer

Jonathan Steinsapir, Partner, Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir

Gary Stiffelman, Founder, GSS Law

Traci Symanski, CEO, Co-Star Entertainment

Aaron Symonds, Film Composer

Fernando Szew, President, Fox Entertainment

Tal Tavin, Actor

Adam Taylor, President, APM Music

Michael Testa, Casting Director, Michael Testa Casting

Fred Toczek, Partner, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan LLP

Eric Tuchman, Writer/Producer, MGM-TV

Noa Vinshtok, Streaming, Range Media Partners

Joshua Washington, International Recording Artist, JoDavi Music LLC

Avi Weider, Filmmaker, Loop Filmworks

Jon Weinbach, President, Skydance Sports

Nola Weinstein, Tech Executive

Ilana Wernick, Writer/Producer, Fox

Modi Wiczyk, Co-Founder, MRC

Evan Winiker, Managing Partner, Range Music

Seth Yanklewitz, Casting Director, Yanklewitz Pollack Casting

Sharon Tal Yguado, Founder & CEO, Astrid Entertainment

Ky Zaretsky, Manager, Range Media Partners

David Zedeck, Global Co-Head of Music

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[z34l0t]

Was a little-known editor named Sid Jacobson responsible for shaping Spider-Man into the character we know today?

[most-mistreated-characters]

THE MATCH UPS (Round 1)

Left Side

Jesus vs. Tori Vega

Trina Vega vs. Yellow Guy

Scott Evil vs. Todd Jacobson

Jesse Pinkman vs. Candace Flynn

Jack Kline vs. Megamind

Sheldon Cooper vs. Sunny Baudelaire

Isadora Quagmire vs. Leafpool

Morrigan Crow vs. Filthy Rich

Bubble vs. Theodore Templeton

Dr Heinz Doofenshmirtz vs. Butters

The Cabbage Merchant vs. Meg Griffin

Starscream vs. Sam Puckett

Freddie Benson vs. Spiders

Ants vs. Tony Stark

Mabel Pines vs. Amy Pond

Mary Jane Watson vs. Nathan Byrne

Bees vs Alberto Scorfano

Finn vs. K1-B0

Wheatley vs. Bucky Barnes

Klaus Hargreeves vs. Will Graham

Viktor Hargreeves vs. Harry Dresden

Crosshair vs. Bruce Banner

Jaskier vs. Anya Jenkins

Saw Gerrera vs. Kira Yukimara

Chloe Valentine vs. Christopher Lightwood

Xion vs. Loki

Aaron Hocthner vs. Mouse Gerwitz

Sasuke vs. Marcus

Matsuda vs. Kanji Tatsumi

Hades vs. Ursala

Sam Winchester vs. Yamcha

Gamzee Makara vs. Tavros Nitram

Right Side

Bill Woodward vs. Charlotte

Jonathan Sims vs. Tim Stoker

Violet Baudelaire vs. Donald Duck

Klaus Baudelaire vs. Hunter De Vil

Skylar White vs. Peeta Mellark

Miles O'brien vs. Chloe

Alicent Hightower vs. White Out

Gwen Cooper vs. Sera

Sadness vs. Logan Sanders

Steve Harrington vs. USA

Will Byers vs. gary gergich

Papyrus vs. Hunter

Hooty vs. Nico Di Angelo

Raine Whispers vs. Sally Acorn

Shadow vs. Zuko

Ken (The Bee Movie) vs. Mike Hanlon

Mammon vs. Frodo

Boromir vs. Castiel

Juzo Sakakura vs. Tasha Yar

Klavier Gavin vs. Faramir

Ellie vs. Skoodge

Vanessa vs. Anders

Asgore Dreemurr vs. Malyen Oretsev

Sara vs. Derek Hale

Dylan Dalmatian vs Sansa Stark

Luis Cabrera vs. Chara Dreemurr

Lance McClain vs. Guillermo de la Cruz

Ian Rider vs. Ezreal Leasra

Yumena Kyusaku vs. Asriel Dreemurr

Denji vs. Rachel

Bain vs. Colin Robinson

Noel Levine vs. Sakura Haruno

[jules-has-notes]

Michaeleficent (Unexpected Musical) — PattyCake Productions music video

Most Disney villains revel in their evilness to some degree, but few are more deliciously vindictive than Maleficent. And few pop superstars have embodied self-confidence and thwarting detractors in their musical performances like Michael Jackson. When the PattyCake guys decided to combine the two for their Unexpected Musicals series, they created a bit of magic of their own.

Details:

title: Unexpected Musicals — Michaeleficent

performers: Leah Lowman (Maleficent); Paul Kaleka (King Stefan); Doris Stein (baby Aurora); Bebe Caliberr Mercy (Aurora / additional vocals); Jason James (Phillip / additional vocals); Hannah Juliano & Eli Jacobson (additional vocals)

original songs / performer: all songs by Michael Jackson — [0:14] "Bad"; [0:25] "Beat It"; [1:09] "Human Nature"; [1:48] "Smooth Criminal"; [1:58] "Thriller"; [2:54] "Will You Be There"

written by: "Bad" by Michael Jackson; "Beat It" by Michael Jackson; "Human Nature" by Steve Porcaro & John Bettis; "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson; "Thriller" by Rod Temperton; "Will You Be There" by Michael Jackson

arranged by: Layne Stein & Tony Wakim

release date: 12 May 2017

My favorite bits:

Leah's fantastic villain laugh

interweaving "Bad" and "Beat It" as a conversation

Phillip and Aurora's meet-cute sequence

Leah giving her best Vincent Price at the start of "Thriller"

cool dragon! 🐲

the excellent use of ♫ "kiss me and free me" ♫

that last shot of Maleficent leaving room for a sequel

Trivia:

The dedication "for Maggie" refers to Maggie Wakim, Tony's younger sister, who is also a singer and actor. She later appeared in the Princess Academy series.

The interior scenes for this video were filmed at the Maitland Art Center historic landmark. With the right set dressing and lighting, the building's Maya-influenced Art Deco stone structure made a pretty decent Medieval castle.

Jason James is the son of Jeremy and Shalisa James from Vox Audio, who Layne and Tony had known through both the theme park and a cappella worlds, and a talented performer in his own right.

Jaimz Dillman once again served as location and production manager, as well as appearing on screen as one of the courtiers.

The PattyCake guys had worked with Paul Kaleka for many years in his capacity as VoicePlay's sound engineer for their live shows and occasional audio mixer for their studio recordings. But this was their first opportunity to feature his acting talents.

Layne and Tony had filmed another incarnation of Maleficent two and a half years earlier in VoicePlay's video for "Once Upon A Dream".

When the Maleficent sequel film was announced, the boys got to work on a sequel of their own. Leah returned for a rendition of Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy" just in time for Halloween 2019.

If you venture into the YouTube comments, be aware that there are a lot of pedants griping about the ending being taken from Sleeping Beauty rather than the live action Maleficent film. (They did it for the portmanteau, folks. No need to be so stringent.)

[muppetydyke]

Muppet Mainstage, January 31st, 2024

“Jungle Boogie” was written by Gene Redd and Kool & the Gang in 1973. The song made its Muppet debut on the Muppets’ YouTube page in 2015. The song was performed by Doctor Teeth (Bill Barretta) and the Electric Mayhem (Eric Jacobson as Animal, Matt Vogel as Floyd, David Rudman as Janice, Dave Goelz as Zoot, and Steve Whitmire as Lips). The group performs the song but are interrupted by Sam the Eagle (Eric Jacobson) and it is later revealed that Sam was dreaming the whole scenario.

[notinsomanywords]

2024 Movies & TV Shows

1. Maestro (2023) - dir. Bradley Cooper

2. Saltburn (2023) - dir. Emerald Fennell

3. Mad About You Season 1 (1992) - by Paul Reiser and Danny Jacobson

4. Mad About You Season 2 (1993) - by Paul Reiser and Danny Jacobson

5. Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024) - developed by Albert Kim

6. Dune: Part Two (2023) - dir. Denis Villeneuve

7. Physical: 100 Season 2 (2023) - created by Jang Ho-gi

8. Troy (2004) - dir. Wolfgang Petersen

9. *Monkey Man (2024) - dir. Dev Patel

10. Bee Movie (2007) - dir. Steve Hickner & Simon J. Smith

11. Asteroid City (2023) - dir. Wes Anderson

[groovycat18]

Curious question for Muppet fans...

When you read Muppet stories, whether official ones or fanfiction ones, do you read the characters dialogue with their original puppeteer’s voices or their more recent ones?

Like do you read Kermit’s dialogue as Jim Henson’s, Steve Whitmire’s or Matt Vogel’s?

Janice as Richard Hunt or David Rudman?

Fozzie as Frank Oz or Eric Jacobson?

[are-they-z]

Supporters of #NoHostageLeftBehind Open Letter to Joe Biden - Part 2/2

Gabe Turner

Gail Berman

Gary Barber

Genevieve Angelson

Gideon Raff

Grant Singer

Greg Berlanti

Guy Nattiv

Hannah Fidell

Hannah Graf

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Harold Brown

Henrietta Conrad

Howard Gordon

Iain Morris

Imran Ahmed

Inbar Lavi

Jackie Sandler

Jake Graf

Jake Kasdan

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Jaron Varsano

Jason Fuchs

Jason Biggs & Jenny Mollen Biggs

Jason Segel

JD Lifshitz

Jeff Rake

Jen Joel

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Jesse Sisgold

Jill Littman

Jody Gerson

Joe Hipps

Joe Quinn

Joe Russo

Joe Tippett

Joel Fields

John Landgraf

Jon Bernthal

Jon Glickman

Jon Liebman

Jonathan Baruch

Jonathan Groff

Jonathan Tropper

Jonathan Marc Sherman

Jonathan Steinberg

Jonathan Tisch

Josh Goldstine

Josh Greenstein

Josh Grode

Julia Lester

Julie Greenwald

Karen Pollock

Kelley Lynch

Kevin Kane

Kevin Zegers

Kitao Sakurai

KJ Steinberg

Laura Pradelska

Lauren Schuker Blum

Laurence Mark

Laurie David

Lee Eisenberg

Leslie Siebert

Leo Pearlman

Limor Gott

Lina Esco

Liz Garbus

Lizanne Rosenstein

Lizzie Tisch

Lorraine Schwartz

Lynn Harris

Lyor Cohen

Mandana Dayani

Maria Dizzia

Mara Buxbaum

Marc Webb

Marco Perego

Mark Feuerstein

Mark Shedletsky

Mark Scheinberg

Mathew Rosengart

Matt Lucas

Matt Miller

Matthew Bronfman

Matthew Hiltzik

Matti Leshem

Dame Maureen Lipman

Max Mutchnik

Maya Lasry

Meaghan Oppenheimer

Melissa Zukerman

Michael Ellenberg

Michael Aloni

Michael Green

Michael Rapino

Michael Weber

Mike Medavoy

Mimi Leder

Modi Wiczyk

Nancy Josephson

Natasha Leggero

Neil Blair

Neil Druckmann

Nicole Avant

Nina Jacobson

Noa Kirel

Noah Oppenheim

Noreena Hertz

Odeya Rush

Oran Zegman

Pasha Kovalev

Paul Haas

Paul Pflug

Peter Traugott

Rachel Riley

Rafi Marmor

Ram Bergman

Raphael Margulies

Rebecca Angelo

Rebecca Mall

Reinaldo Marcus Green

Rich Statter

Richard Kind

Rick Hoffman

Rick Rosen

Robert Newman

Rob Rinder

Roger Birnbaum

Roger Green

Rosie O'Donnell

Ryan Feldman

Sam Trammell

Sarah Baker

Sarah Bremner

Sarah Treem

Scott Tenley

Seth Oster

Scott Braun

Scott Neustadter

Shannon Watts

Shari Redstone

Sharon Jackson

Shauna Perlman

Shawn Levy

Sheila Nevins

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Simon Tikhman

Skylar Astin

Stacey Snider

Stephen Fry

Steve Agee

Steve Rifkind

Susanna Felleman

Susie Arons

Todd Lieberman

Todd Moscowitz

Todd Waldman

Tom Freston

Tom Werner

Tomer Capone

Tracy Ann Oberman

Trudie Styler

Tyler James Williams

Vanessa Bayer

Veronica Grazer

Veronica Smiley

Whitney Wolfe Herd

Will Graham

Yamanieka Saunders

Yariv Milchan

Ynon Kreiz

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Title: The Muppets

Rating: PG

Director: James Bobin

Cast: Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones, Steve Whitmire, Peter Linz, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, Alan Arkin, Bill Cobbs, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Jim Parsons, Eddie Pepitone, Kristen Schaal

Release year: 2011

Genres: comedy, music

Blurb: When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human and his puppet roommate swoop in to help the gang put on a show and raise the ten million dollars they need to save the day.

[nexthomeresidential]

Fairway’s Steve Jacobson is ’focused on speed’ as he builds company culture https://www.housingwire.com/articles/fairway-mortgage-steve-jacobson-speed-company-culture/

[unblogparaloschicos]

Cine: The Journey of Jared Price (2000)

Dustin Lance Black ganó un premio de la Academia de Hollywood en 2009 merced a su guión de "Milk", película que celebra la vida de Harvey Milk, ícono de la lucha política de la comunidad LGBTQ+. Nueve años antes se produjo su debut en la pantalla grande con una coming-of-age en la que brillan la inteligencia de sus diálogos y la potencia visual de sus imágenes, en la que el erotismo está presente.

"El viaje de Jared Price" alude, desde luego, al viaje interno del protagonista, más alla de su mudanza de su Georgia natal hacia la populosa y complicada Los Angeles. Interpretado por Corey Spears, el personaje del título, que intenta seguir sus sueños actorales en Hollywood, se aloja en un hotel de pocas estrellas. Allí conoce a Robert (Josh Jacobson), un muchacho abiertamente gay que le conecta con su verdadero ser, aún cuando ya haya tenido una vida heterosexual, con novia y todo. Buscando un trabajo que le ayude a cumplir sus anhelos y, mientras tanto, le permitan sobrevivir, encuentra un lugar al servicio de la Sra. Haines (Rocki Craigg). La mujer, que vive en una mansión, resabio de su matrimonio con un exitoso director de cine, es ciega y mantiene una relación distante con su hijo, Matthew (Steve Tyler), pero desarrolla con su empleado una relación que se vuelve abierta y entrañable.

La humildad y belleza angelical de Jared conquistan a Matthew, quien desea añadir al muchacho a la vida sexual que mantiene con su pareja prometiéndole una vida de lujo y despreocupación, pero el amor que siente por Robert le siembra la duda sobre su porvenir.

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Characters in the bracket

here's the list, I'll post the match ups in a separate post.

Jesus

Sadness

Scott Evil

Alicent Hightower

Jonathan Sims

Skyler White

Gwen Cooper

Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz

Finn

Tori Vega

K1-B0

Peeta Mellark

Bill Woodward

Jesse Pinkman

Megamind

Papyrus

Sheldon Cooper

Sera

The Cabbage Merchant

Steve Harrington

White Out

Wheatley

Morrigan Crow

Jack Kline

Tim Stoker

Yellow Guy

Nathan Byrne

Yumena Kyusaku (aka Q)

Todd Jacobson

Mike Hanlon

Mammon

Isadora Quagmire

Miles O'Brien

Violet Baudelaire

Klaus Baudelaire

Sunny Baudelaire

Leafpool

Bubble

Juzo Sakakura

Amy Pond

Klavier Gavin

Asgore Dreemurr

Bucky Barnes

Castiel

Kira Yukimura

Harry Dresden

Will Graham

Jaskier

Anders

Butters

Logan Sanders

Chloe Valentine

Donald Duck

gary/jerry/larry/terry gergich

Sara

Malyen Oretsev

Nico Di Angelo

Sally Acorn

Sansa Stark

Christopher Lightwood

Bruce Banner

Hunter De Vil

Anya Jenkins

Filthy Rich

Hooty

Dylan Dalmatian

Charlotte

Derek Hale

Lance McClain

Raine Whispers

Crosshair

Xion

Mouse Gerwitz

Aaron Hotchner

Trina Vega

Luis Cabrera

Skoodge

Frodo

Boromir

Guillermo de la Cruz

Starscream

Hunter

Meg Griffin

Theodore Templeton

Mary Jane Watson

Asriel Dreemur

Mabel Pines

Candace Flynn

Marcus

Will Byers

Chara Dreemurr

Ezreal Leasra

Ellie Williams

Tony Stark

Tasha Yar

Alberto Scorfano

Klaus Hargreeves

Viktor Hargreeves

Saw Gerrera

USA

Ants

Bees

Faramir

Vanessa

Sasuke

Loki

Spiders

Chloe

Shadow

Matsuda

Sam Puckett

Ken (The Bee Movie)

Freddie Benson

Ian Rider

Kanji Tatsumi

Zuko

Yamcha

Colin Robinson

Hades

Ursala

Rachel

Sam Winchester

Denji

Bain

Gamzee Makara

Noel Levine

Tavros Nitram

Sakura Haruno

[ulkaralakbarova]

A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Jerry Fletcher: Mel Gibson Alice Sutton: Julia Roberts Dr. Jonas: Patrick Stewart Agent Lowry: Cylk Cozart Mr. Wilson: Steve Kahan Flip: Terry Alexander Cynic: Alex McArthur Justice Guard: Rod McLachlan Justice Guard: Michael Potts Justice Guard: Jim Sterling Public Works Man: Rich Hebert Clarke: Brian J. Williams Piper: G. A. Aguilar Henry Finch’s Secretary: Cece Neber Labao Alice’s Secretary: Saxon Trainor Grouchy Nurse: Sage Allen Nurse – Roosevelt Hospital: Joanna Sanchez Cop – Roosevelt Hospital: Michael Shamus Wiles Lawyer: Andrew Lauren Tech: Danny Smith Surveillance Operator: Sean Patrick Thomas Helicopter Pilot: Al Cerullo Cleet: Dean Winters Night Security – Federal Building: Rick Hoffman Surveillance Operator: Peter Jacobson Intern: Troy Garity Alice’s Father: Bert Remsen Jonas’ Aide: J. Mills Goodloe Old Man in Book Store: Leonard Jackson Film Crew: Director of Photography: John Schwartzman First Assistant Director: Jim Van Wyck Original Music Composer: Carter Burwell Producer: Joel Silver Editor: Kevin Stitt Producer: Richard Donner Casting: Marion Dougherty Assistant Editor: Kris Cole Associate Producer: Julie Durk Writer: Brian Helgeland Co-Producer: Richard Solomon Art Direction: Gregory Bolton Editor: Frank J. Urioste Co-Producer: Dan Cracchiolo Co-Producer: J. Mills Goodloe Post Production Supervisor: Ilyse A. Reutlinger Unit Production Manager: Helen Pollak Unit Production Manager: Nan Bernstein Freed Second Assistant Director: John G. Scotti Set Decoration: Casey Hallenbeck Set Designer: Lauren Cory Set Designer: Joseph G. Pacelli Jr. Set Designer: Thomas Betts Leadman: Steven Curtis Husch Still Photographer: Andrew Cooper Video Assist Operator: Martin Glover Underwater Director of Photography: Pete Romano Second Second Assistant Director: Sean McCarron Unit Publicist: Stephanie Pond-Smith Script Supervisor: Sioux Richards Key Grip: Les T. Tomita Best Boy Grip: Audie Aragon Dolly Grip: Brad Rea Location Manager: Robbie Goldstein Location Manager: David E. Kaufman Negative Cutter: Mo Henry Color Timer: David Orr “A” Camera Operator: Mitchell Amundsen Steadicam Operator: Neal Norton First Assistant Camera: Christopher Duskin First Assistant Camera: A. Anthony Cappello Second Assistant Camera: Thomas D. Lairson Jr. Second Assistant Camera: Charles B. Katz Camera Loader: Jacobus Marcus Supervising Sound Editor: Mark A. Mangini Supervising Sound Editor: George Simpson Sound Editor: Richard L. Anderson Sound Editor: Mike Chock Sound Editor: John Dunn Sound Editor: Julia Evershade Sound Editor: Eric Lindemann Sound Editor: Geoffrey G. Rubay Assistant Sound Editor: Oscar Mitt Assistant Sound Editor: Sonny Pettijohn Music Editor: Adam Milo Smalley Scoring Mixer: Michael Farrow Orchestrator: Sonny Kompanek Supervising ADR Editor: James Simcik ADR Editor: William C. Carruth ADR Editor: Denise Horta ADR Mixer: Troy Porter Sound Re-Recording Mixer: John T. Reitz Sound Re-Recording Mixer: David E. Campbell Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gregg Rudloff Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Jeffrey J. Haboush Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Kevin E. Carpenter Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Dan Hiland Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gary D. Rogers Foley Editor: Solange S. Schwalbe Foley Editor: Aaron Glascock Production Sound Mixer: Tim Cooney Boom Operator: Todd Bassman Chief Lighting Technician: Andy Ryan Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Brian Evans Assistant Costume Designer: Christopher J. Kristoff Costume Design: Ha Nguyen Production Design: Paul Sylbert Costume Supervisor: Kimberly Guenther Durkin Makeup Supervisor: Lee Harman Makeup Artist: Richard Dean Makeup Artist: Mel Berns Jr. Key Hair Stylist: Stephen Robinette Hairstylist: Lyndell Quiyou Hairstylist: Monique DeSart Property Master: Erik L. Nelson Assistant Property Master: Christopher Amy Special Effects Coordinator: Michael Meinardus Stunts: S...