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Website : https://www.tomcattt.com
Address : Toronto, Ontario, Canada
TomCattt, a Toronto-based singer-songwriter, captivates audiences with a unique blend of new-age Beatles vibes and chill melodies. His music, featuring albums like "Hiiyaaaaaaaaaaa," "Sinophilia," and "Cattt Man Do," resonates with a diverse fan base. Embracing the digital era, TomCattt's presence spans various online platforms, offering an eclectic mix of reggae, blues, and rock 'n' roll. His lyrical prowess and musical versatility make him a standout artist in the Canadian music scene.
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"A dancer dies twice — once when they stop dancing, and this first death is the more painful."
- Martha Graham
BTS (방탄소년단) ‘Black Swan’ Live Orchestra Concert in San Francisco
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Why I didn't know about the existence of this masterpiece?!!! Classical music + BTS : perfection!!!
#classical music#cover song#bts#black swan#storytelling through music#art#martha graham#storytelling through dance#quotes#quoteoftheday#bookblr#dance#music#orchestra
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MAN I'm seriously so sad about season 2. Bc I wish act 2 had the same emotional impact on me as it appears to have on so many others. But rn I'm just somewhere between unable to care and actively annoyed by some of those writing decisions. Seriously the more I think about it the less I like it.
#act 3 come through please 🙏#I don't think it can salvage some of the things I have contentions with but still... please...#don't ask me about the silco vander flashback with jinxs + vis mom#or the bizzare choice to do so much of the storytelling through this weird music video format they've got going on#completely stripping it of the weight these plot beats could've had if they were... normal scenes#and also missing the point of how the music was used in season 1 and what made it so effective#bc it was complementary to instead of replacing the storytelling#seriously don't ask me about these things I will spontaneously implode on the spot#whyyyyy would they recontextualize season 1 like this with that flashback#to me it kind of ruins the character dynamics and themes in s1. it just makes me so sad you have no idea#also what even are they doing with Jinx rn for real#aaarghhhh just... so many things that are making me scratch my head#also I'm so terribly sorry but I could not care less about Isha sorry lol#like i get that its sad conceptually but she was such a non-character that i struggle to feel impacted at all#same with sky tbh. i thought her role in s1 was alright but there is so much emotional weight put on her now#in terms of her relationship to Viktor but that was barely established so it's weird to have her around#and clearly you're supposed to care but they haven't given me much reason to#isha and sky were non-characters just there to die to further the development of other characters#they didn't really have anything going on on their own and that's just a type of character and plot device that does nothing for me#also i thought the war between zaun and piltover + internal struggles in zaun bc silcos gone would be the main focus#but that stuff seems so sidetracked rn#also sorry i dont like what they did with vander and warwick either. that man should've stayed dead lol#it honestly just makes his death feel less impactful and i dont know what this is supposed to do for the story or the themes???#that just feels like a pointless plotline that is taking up time that could've been spent on other things#i just... i could go on like this for a while like there are so many things that just puzzle me#it's so weird considering how tight and thematically consistent season 1 was#let's see where act 3 goes but... i kinda have a bad feeling about it ngl#obv im glad others are enjoying it and this is just my opinion! also a lot of this are probs just my personal tastes anyway#arcane spoilers
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if john paesano isn’t doing the score for daredevil: born again i will be absolutely crushed
#it literally isn’t going to FEEL like daredevil without that score. like i NEED him to be a part of it#he was my top artist and i was in the range of his 0.00001% of listeners that year. like i was the ONLY one bumping his music THAT hard#i will forever be his number one fan and i NEED to find out who’s doing the score cause i just fell in love with his way of storytelling#through the music of that show. it’s incredible#chelsea speaks#daredevil#daredevil: born again
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sometimes I run into discourse about The Odyssey vs. EPIC: The Musical and I get tired
this is why I think we need to start taking a more oral tradition approach to stories like the Odyssey tbh, and I'd argue stories in general
The original and the adaptation being different, or the characters being different, doesn't make one or the other Wrong.
EPIC isn't claiming to be a direct retelling of the Odyssey, and the Odyssey doesn't need to be put under a moral microscope just to prove that "Odysseus was a Bad Guy Actually i can't believe you like EPIC" or "The Actual moral of everything is This."
Analysis is good, but we don't have to do it to spite other people's enjoyment of a piece of art!
One of the most beautiful things about many oral traditions is that the story changes over time. It grows to fit the ideas and needs of the people it's being told to and the place it's being told in. Each storyteller remembers different details more vividly, or adds a little flair, or forgets a few words, or adds a few words, and it grows.
EPIC doesn't have to be the Odyssey, and the Odyssey doesn't have to be EPIC. Enjoy them both. Adaptations and spins off of stories aren't a bad thing in themselves, even if they're different.
Heck, the Odyssey was almost Definitely an adaptation, conglomeration, or re-telling of other stories that were told orally before it was written down. And I'd bet that it continued to evolve and change even after it was put to paper. I highly doubt The Odyssey the only version of this story there was, long before our time.
It's fine if you dislike one or the other in any adaptation! Hell knows I've absolutely despised some adaptations of media i enjoyed in the past. That's not a bad thing. But one story isn't objectively morally better or worse compared to another in adaptations.
Basically, my whole point is that both the Odyssey and EPIC are Great to me personally, but they aren't completely the same thing and that's what makes them great.
And I think people maybe need to be ok with that!
#i will admit though i was a little sad when Odysseus didn't torture Poseidon with his own trident the first time i read through the odyssey#but eh i enjoy it in epic and enjoy all of the awesome stuff the odyssey has to offer other than that!#it's ok guys#you don't have to prove which one is better they can both be good#or you can just dislike them#and that's okay#this was inspired by my 14 year old brother dunking on epic for not being completely accurate to the odyssey.#dude. do you even know how long the Odyssey is??? yeah some plot devices were changed because some parts were cut#and frankly things like them hiding under the sheep to escape polythemus probably just wouldn't fit into the songs lol#a musical is a very different format than a poetic epic orginally recited aloud so things are bound to change. my brother.#the audacity of this boy. he said it so condesendingly too#and then i caught him listening to the music later so who really won in the end lmao#and then spiralled into me starting to look for sources on the mindset of story changes in oral vs. written storytelling traditions#so that's an essay im writing when i head back to college after break lol#i can convince my indig studies teacher to let me write it for a grade I Know It#the odyssey#epic odysseus#epic the musical#epic the vengeance saga#epic#epic the musical ithaca saga#odyssey#odysseus#odysseus of ithaca
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i’ve said this countless of times but hayden is easily one of the greatest sonic storytellers of our generation and could probably rank amongst the greatest of all time— as in all of time; in consideration of the past, present AND future. this is my genuine opinion of her works, i couldn’t be any more serious. she’s simply gifted and has clearly worked hard to strengthen her craft. listening feels like a blessing
#evidence of life#tagging so i can have ppl scream about it with me and also i’d love to stir some discussion about sonic storytelling because#when considering storytelling through music lyricism is mostly what is harped on which leaves instrumental ambient minimal vocal tracks out#hayden anhedönia#ethel cain#daughters of cain#children of cain#this is what i listen to most (i finally went on ngen and… my stats on wordiness is so funny like there will be no talking….cállate porfa..)#so i wanna talk to more people who like these genres too music is so dominated by vocals so it’s like hard to find community outside of#those parts of it yk#ANYWAYS#erm did daughters of cain get backlisted..
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got reminded Falsettos exists and decided to watch it again at 2 am. holy fuck this musical is so good
#damien.txt#gonna go through my 70s & 80s american history hyperfixation again bc of this bro..........#literally this musical is a fucking masterclass in storytelling ahhhhh. the revival's staging too. holy fuck#this show literally makes me SICK with emotions. literally could dissect this whole thing for hours#15-16 year old me was based when i was like 'yeah this and spring awakening are my favorite musicals' that's so real for me#ahh im just. the implications of it all.#falsettos
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Do you watch hazbin hotel and helluva boss?
As a guilty pleasure, yeah -
I don't intend on posting much about it though, I have plenty of friends & mutuals that aren't particularly a fan of Hellaverse & out of respect and love for them I don't wanna put it on their dashboards
#jibber jabber#not tickles#having said that my parents & i have watched through both shows#we have a soft spot for animated musicals & heretically themed storytelling lmao
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shout-out to the true master of playing with characters like dolls: country and folk music. no one else puts little guys in situations like true country and folk music. shout-out Devil Went Down to Georgia. shout-out I hung My Head. shout-out Banded Clovis. like, yes!!! tell me a story!!! make some shit up!!!! slay queen, this song is NOT AT ALL related to the artist's life!!!!
#we're doing a gamily road trip and we just listened to#the highwomen#purgatory by tyler childers#sailor's guide to earth by sturgill simpson#and now American IV by Johnny Cash#and god I love songs that are just. entirely fiction#like yeah!!! preserve the art of storytelling through song!!!! make us a world to live in for a few fleeting moments!!!#love and light to music that relates personally to the artist's life but goddamn it I love when people put a little guy in Situations
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obsessed with their different reactions to being called starcrossed lovers
#im gonna pretend mattie didnt die and visits them sometimes back in toronto#it's such a cute dynamic they have#the two evil (affectionate) sisters who just loving teasing laura#also one of my favourite things abt this show is the choreographing they do for the static camera#i bet it's so annoying to have to think about but i love watching them all move so coordinatedly through the frame#somehow still making it look natural#also i know laura is the storyteller one and i dont really know enough abt romanticism to make any definitive claims abt carmilla#but having scrolled her blog a bit to figure out her tastes in music and art#i wonder if theres a part of carmilla that kind of enjoys being starcrossed. or doomed in a sense#or maybe she that she wouldnt have CHOSEN this story necessarily but that she has resigned herself to it#on account of her vampire nature#and sees a certain beauty in it#that all her romances are doomed#idk. im still figuring her out#also im reinterpreting that exchange mattie and carmilla have in this scene#carmilla calls mattie a utilitarian which is probably right#mattie then callls her a nihilist and carmilla corrects that to existentialist#and mattie says absurdist at best#but those arent designations like back and forth as i had read it before#it's just carmillas philosophy theyre arguing about. i THINK. or maybe it's both of them#putting a pin in that until ive read more books#also kind of obsessed with how laura and danny and maybe the other humans are so quick to ascribe a morality to the vampires#based just on the 'shes a vampire!!' while obviously by necessity the vampires have spent wayyyyyyyyyy more time thinking abt their ethics#or maybe not by necessity for all of them but to mattie and carmilla it definitely seems like a necessity. or inevitability#they mustve spent countless hours over the centuries talking abt this if they can joke abt it in this way now#and in different states too like i can imagine distraught Im A Monster type conversations but also just sort of academic debates and also#carmilla reading some new book that has come out and mattie being like what newfangled thing are you into now#i guess utilitarianism was also newfangled at some point. theyre both older. but you know#carmilla is a poet. dont know if she writes poetry but she looks at things in a poet's way i think#also dont think shes entirely a romantic but i do think some of her tastes lean more toward the romantic
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TRANSSWEET COMEBACK MUSICAL NERDS DOODLES RAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
mn - r0b0-writes [smiles]
#prince art#musical nerds au#ft tjs skeleton bros#ANYWAYS HIIIII#I STILL DRAW THEM PRETTY MUCH DAILY JUST NOTHIGN WORTH POSTING#BUT I LIKE THESE SO IM BACK RAAAHHHHHHHHH#I LOVE MUSICAL NERDS I LOVE STORYTELLING THROUGH OUTFITS RAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
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LEAN ON ME, ON THE NIGHT ANDY FLEW OUT TO SUPPORT HIS FIANCE AND TOSH PINCH HIT ON DRUMS
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every dishonored game (with the exception of DotO) ends with the Outsider narrating what came after, when the story came to a close, and it does give the game the quality of one - a story recounted to you, in detail, by a master storyteller that explains what came after, what fate the characters you grew to love in the tale met, before it all fades to nothing. and it conjures ideas of human Outsider relaying strange stories like this to others, those of the plague and of the coup, tales of the Knife of Dunwall, or the tales of the witch-Empress before she became an Empress at all. maybe even presents the idea of the third game being, at the end of it all, a retelling of what human Outsider lived through, but now he is a little older, a little less otherworldly.
#dh#dishonored#li.txt#sory just thinking about dh3 as a concept. a possibility#Im obsessed with stories that are revealed to be stories told by someone?#the kinda book you read and in the last chapter it is revealed that it is one of the characters relaying the tale of their youth#kinda like bilbo and frodo did in hobbit/lotr#but this time instead of the outsider talking of how the characters went on to live out their lives as a deity that is unconcerned#he tells it as someone who lived it through and talks of what became of his friends#i just really love the story-like epilogues he gives us#'she lead dunwall into a golden age. and then at the height of her reign buried corvo by her mother's side'#'billie lurk wanted to be a pirate-'#like the way its formatted is SO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!#outsider as a storyteller#such a wonderful concept#i heard the shrine music dakota posted and it flipped a switch#missing my son hours
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think this is the best way lucy's music has ever been described
#also lucy dacus fans PLEASE check out odette#she has this incredible way of storytelling through music that reminds me of lucy#and her voice is just incredible#lucy dacus#boygenius#odette#music stuff#cybil speaks
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Shuffle your favorite playlist and post the first five songs that come up. Then copy/paste this ask to some of your mutuals. 💌💜
thank you!!! 🥰
the universe has selected these shuffled songs to represent my beautiful daughter, a meticulously curated character/fandom playlist I've been intermittently adding to for years:
Accelerate by Jungle
Bomba by Deorro
Break it to Me by Muse
The Way It Was by Coast Modern
You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb by Spoon
#this was so fun to do. love an unintentionally though-provoking question that has me quantifying what 'favorite' means.#i ended up digging through the golden age of my playlist making and settling on the one that i absolutely should have clocked from the begi#beginning as my favorite but it took me looking at the tracklists of a few before the revelation hit. like ohhhh yeah my shining star#my pride and joy#after doing this i ended up listening to the whole playlist in order and it made me really happy. she absolutely stands the test of time.#so listenable. so representative of the chosen characters if i let my mind focus on/wander to them. delightful.#ask games#music#playlists that have me going 'music videos are the highest form of art. because of the images. and the songs.'#but i'm talking about the videos i direct in my head#i do really love the dynamic and unstructured and just plain sick storytelling and imagery you can create in the medium
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finally began reading the infamous if. current mc is maverick/maeve de soto (they/she) & their band's name is VENUS' HAVEN, they are an alternative r&b for reasons unknown to me bc they have such a rock band vibes but whatever. probably a sevenmancer bc i love a good enemies to lovers and bc i can't have rowan 😔
#rena.txt#it took me under 3 seconds to like rowan. while reading his description i was already like this is my man. but okay. FINE. we ball#i still don't know what's the deal with maeve. they are cocky and arrogant but have a good heart. probably. maybe. i feel like she would#get involved in soo many scandals but idk. i will just have them flesh themself out and i'll just sit & look skfjskfsj#also i'm so not made for ifs tbh bc my attention span surely isn't on my side but i really like the vibe of the story so far :]#oh the band's first album is called far from home which i find funny (making me insane) since the name is venus haven so it's like. we are#far from that haven rn. we are going on a journey to get back there (through the albums) and idk love a storytelling through music#it has seven related reasons ofc bc i love drama skfjskdjs#also how are all my sexy mutuals pickings fcs for this like. this is the hardest job ever nothing fits as i want to HMM#also 2x. no idea if venus' haven is correct english or smth my grasp of this language sometimes it's so feeble when it comes to ' send help
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