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skyhighdisco · 13 days ago
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Top Gear Sydney Festival (2013.): worn-out jeans
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sinceileftyoublog · 6 months ago
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James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg Interview: Poise, Levity, and Easygoingness
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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.
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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.
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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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fandomgeeknerd · 1 month ago
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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)
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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
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motherofplatypus · 3 months ago
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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:
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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 · 1 year ago
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Was a little-known editor named Sid Jacobson responsible for shaping Spider-Man into the character we know today?
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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
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jules-has-notes · 7 months ago
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Michaeleficent (Unexpected Musical) — PattyCake Productions music video
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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
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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.)
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muppetydyke · 9 months ago
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Muppet Mainstage, January 31st, 2024
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“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.
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notinsomanywords · 9 months ago
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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
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groovycat18 · 2 years ago
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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?
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are-they-z · 1 year ago
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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
Harlan Coben
Harold Brown
Henrietta Conrad
Howard Gordon
Iain Morris
Imran Ahmed
Inbar Lavi
Jackie Sandler
Jake Graf
Jake Kasdan
Jamie Ray Newman
Jaron Varsano
Jason Fuchs
Jason Biggs & Jenny Mollen Biggs
Jason Segel
JD Lifshitz
Jeff Rake
Jen Joel
Jeremy Piven
Jesse Itzler
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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movies-to-add-to-your-tbw · 9 months ago
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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.
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Oh, I’m not a superhero. That’s for billionaires and narcissists. And adult orphans for some reason
► GENERAL INFORMATION
FULL NAME & ALIAS: jennifer sue walters / she-hulk CURRENT TEAM(S): n/a PREVIOUS ALIASES: none AGE: 30′s SPECIES: human mutate MULTIVERSAL ORIGIN: earth-199999 ( mcu )
GENDER IDENTITY: cisgendered female SEXUALITY: bisexual NATIONALITY: american ETHNICITY: white
► APPEARANCE
FACECLAIM: tatiana maslany SPECIAL / RECOGNIZABLE FEATURES: is occasionally almost 7′ tall and green HAIR COLOR: black / green tinted as she-hulk EYE COLOR: hazel / green as she-hulk ACCENT: light californian CURRENT COSTUME: the luke jacobson jumper & sneaker combo from she-hulk
► BACKGROUND
CURRENT HOME: new york, new york / formerly los angeles, ca PAST OCCUPATION: deputy district attorney  CURRENT OCCUPATION: head of superhuman affairs at glk&h SNAP STATUS: survived
► RELATIONS
SIBLING(S): none PARTNER(S): matt murdock ( technically ) CHILDREN: none PARENT(S): morris & elaine waters
► HEADCANONS/FUN FACTS
routinely breaks the fourth wall
cousin of bruce banner / his blood transformed her
eats cheetos with chopsticks
has a crush on steve rogers’ his ass is her phone background
maintains her mental cognizance when hulking out
was ambivalent towards the color green prior to becoming she-hulk
has known nikki for a decade 
previously had dating profiles as she-hulk, but she’s taken them down after a string of bad luck
quite likes smashing matt murdock
at first, being the she-hulk was uncomfortable. it felt like she was in someone elses skin. now, it feels familiar. it feels like jen, and she’s proud of who she is
almost exclusively wears luke jacobson
new york feels temporary, but she’s trying to hit her stride 
is a possible avengers candidate 
► WANTED CONNECTIONS
mary macpherran - the thorn in her side
nikki ramos - best friend for life
wong - complicated client
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nexthomeresidential · 21 days ago
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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/
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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
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Cine: The Journey of Jared Price (2000)
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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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