#stuart armstrong

[woso-scotland]

Stu Armstrong to Vancouver reunites him with Gauldy 🥹 just need them to sign GMS, and Ciftci now a proper reunion

[mychameleondays]

Paul McCartney: Give My Regards To Broad Street

GFS

MPL/Parlophone 1C 064-26 027 1

Released: October 22, 1984

[grandhotelabyss]

I hope Tumblr can forgive the piquant way these Twitter anons phrase some things, because the above mapping is basically correct, except that the phenomenon mapped is bigger than America's recent generational divides—bigger, in fact, than America. I give you, for example, the peroration of an article by friend-of-the-blog Nancy Armstrong. The article was published in 2001, before social media and when the Zoomers were still in the cradle. Armstrong's polemical target is Richard Rorty, whom she likens to the Victorian English liberals Mill and Arnold, seeing all three as panicked by the encroachment of popular heterogeneity upon the sphere of a unified national culture, whether late-19th-century English culture or late-20th-century American culture. For the purposes of anon's framing, Rorty (b. 1931) is a Boomer and Armstrong (b. 1938) is a Zoomer, but, as you see from the dates, that can't be right. What anon takes to be American Zoomer ideology goes back at least to the first Late Victorians who rebelled against Arnold (Mill/Arnold = Boomers; Pater/Wilde = Zoomers), themselves the distant founders of our queer politics defined by the separation of sign (gender) from referent (body), which, as anon rightly says, have become the power politics of empire today in a world-historical incidence of what I have in a narrower but related circumstance traced as the path "from counterculture to hegemony."

In our present cultural milieu, it is even less practical to believe that the cultural turn can be reversed by detaching politics from culture and restoring the mimetic priorities of old-fashioned realism than to long for the aesthetic autonomy of New Criticism or look for hope in the inspirational works of our literary tradition. To come to this conclusion is to admit that any responsible political action rests on understanding the degree to which the world we inhabit actually depends on the way that we read and represent the things and people in it. Changing an established world picture is an admittedly monumental task that may well begin and end in the literary classroom. But precisely because our Victorian forebears were so successful in establishing their picture of the world as the world itself, the fantasy that one can remake one’s culture through criticism is not only a legacy that they bequeathed to us. That fantasy also offers an effective means of displacing the picture of a world divided into homogeneously populated nations that our Victorian forebears worked so hard to put in place. The crises that arise when that old ideal of the nation is severely challenged do not disrupt or threaten American culture. Our culture is a culture in crisis, and some of us like it that way.

—Nancy Armstrong, "Who's Afraid of the Cultural Turn?" differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies, 12.1 (2001)

[stardreamer28]

so I can’t vid anything til at least October when it cools down but am looking for ideas & music suggestions. I do have a backlog to do but those are more ones I have music for but not ideas. so currently obviously I have Gerhardt’s planned & several for Eliot/Parker, but if ya’ll have anything for Frankenwolf, Sark/Rachel, Nico & Ruby (Abc’s Somewhere Between), Jack/Sara (Betrayal), Ray/Katey (ER), Jake/Leslie, Arthur/Gwen, Robin/Kate (BBC Robin Hood), Ragman etc, send em to me!

[suekreandtheidiots]

Some 1980s goodness, because I adore Craig and Sofia's story so much and sometimes I just wanna draw them. Mostly him, to be fair, but... sigh. Them.

[legallybrunettedotcom]

2024 favourites <3 it was such a pain trying to find 10 2024 movie releases i liked lmao

music - 2024 albums

Romance - Fontaines D.C.

brat - Charli XCX

Alligator Bites Never Heal - Doechii

MEGAN - Megan Thee Stallion

Cartoon Darkness - Amyl and The Sniffers

Charm - Clairo

Songs Of A Lost World - The Cure

Amen - Joy Guidry

Verbathim - Nemahsis

Midas - Wunderhorse

music - non-2024 releases

Skinty Fia - Fontaines D.C. (2022)

Akoffa Akousah self-titled (1976)

Lord of Lords - Alice Coltrane (1972)

Blonde Venus - Sam Quealy (2023)

For The Sake of The Song - Townes van Zandt (1968)

Afro-Harping - Dorothy Ashby (1968)

Coming From Reality - Rodriguez (1971)

Jutland - Chandeen (1995)

Raven - Kelela (2023)

Teatro Lúcido - La Femme (2022)

books

Margery Kempe - Robert Gluck

Agua Viva - Clarice Lispector

Imagining the Balkans - Maria Todorova

Mungo - Douglas Stuart

Conditions Of Love - John Armstrong

Confabulations - John Berger

The Denial of Death - Ernest Becker

The Society of the Spectacle - Guy Debord

Close to the Knives - David Wojnarowicz

Stoner - John Williams

movies - 2024 releases

Challengers

Conclave

Lisa Frankenstein

Love Lies Bleeding

The First Omen

A Real Pain

Bird

Queer

That’s It For Today

Girls Will Be Girls

movies - non-2024 releases

Dinner in America (2020)

Perfect Days (2023)

La Chimera (2023)

3 Women (1977)

Drylongso (1988)

Splendor (1999)

Il Sorpasso (1962)

Creep (2014)

Kissed (1996)

Angela (1995)

[grants-blue-eyed-stare]

Oh?! A 19th-century US military uniform? I wonder what-

:| (this is at the Reagan museum)

Yeah uh interesting...they did John Brown dirtyyyyyy

I wish they got into shenanigans in this movie instead of trying to kill John Brown and sex a lady :/

what the FUCK is this cast list

[marcmarcmomarc]

Camp Camp 4-D Attraction

Max: KRISHNA KUMAR

Nikki: ELIZABETH MAXWELL

Neil: YURI LOWENTHAL

David: MILES LUNA

Gwen: KAITLIN BECKER

Cameron Jr. “C.J.”: ARMANDO TORRES

Neil Armstrong Jr. “Space Kid”: LINDSAY JONES

Dolph Houston: JAMES WILLEMS

Harrison: YOTAM PEREL

Nerris: BLACKKRYSTEL

Ered Miller: JEN BROWN

Nurf Nurfington: BLAINE GIBSON

Preston Goodplay: NICHOLAUS WEINDEL

Quartermaster: SHANNON McCORMICK

Cameron Campbell: TRAVIS WILLINGHAM

Edward Pikeman: KIRK JOHNSON

Billy “Snake” Nikssilp: DANTE BASCO

Jermy Fartz: JORDAN CWIERZ

Sasha: SAMANTHA IRELAND

Erin: BLACKKRYSTEL

Tabii: SAMANTHA IRELAND

Platypus: JORDAN CWIERZ

Squirrels: COLE GALLIAN

Barkeep, Bonquisha, the bouncer of Muffin Tops, Buzz Aldrin, Candy, Carl, Clark Campwell, the cute waitress, Dang, Ered’s dads, the Flower Scouts, Geezers 1 and 2, Harrison’s parents, Hwan, Jacob, Louis, Moe Lester, Mrs. Nurfington, Mrs. Nurfington’s officer, Muriel Campwell, Nerris’ parents, Penelope Priss, Preston’s Gram-Gram, Lt. Stuart Houston, Sheriff Sal, XxAznAnimeBoixx, and Vera have non-speaking roles

[scotianostra]

12th January 1777 saw the death of Brigadier-General Hugh Mercer, the Scottish-born American revolutionary general.

Hugh Mercer was born in 1726 to Ann Monro and William Mercer, a Presbyterian Minister, near Rosehearty Aberdeenshire. He earned his doctorate in medicine at the University of Aberdeen and, later, served as a surgeon in the army of Charles Edward Stuart, a during the Jacobite uprising of 1745, Mercer became a fugitive in his own country. He managed to flee Scotland for the American colonies, where he settled in Pennsylvania and established a medical practice.

In 1756, Mercer, like many Jacobites, was serving the same army that had been his enemy only a decade earlier. During the Seven Years’ War, he received a commission as captain of a Pennsylvania regiment that accompanied Lt. Col. John Armstrong’s raid on the Indian village of Kittanning. Mercer was wounded during the raid but managed to escape through the woods, wandering injured, alone, and hungry for days until he reached Fort Shirley. He was subsequently promoted to the rank of colonel and, as a result, became close friends with fellow colonel George Washington.

In the early days of the Revolution, Mercer took command of a small force of Virginia Minute Men from Spotsylvania, King George, Stafford, and Caroline Counties. Eventually, he rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Continental Army, and in the winter of 1776 accompanying his old acquaintance, George Washington, in the New York City Campaign, and subsequent retreat to New Jersey.

Following the Patriot victory at Trenton, New Jersey, Mercer led a vanguard of 350 soldiers toward Princeton, New Jersey with orders from Washington to destroy the Stony Brook Bridge. On January 3, 1777, Mercer met a larger British force at Clarke’s Orchard. The struggle between these two forces quickly turned into a race to secure the strategic position on the heights of a nearby hill. During the struggle, musket and rifle fire turned to hand-to-hand combat with bayonets. Unfortunately, an overwhelming majority of Mercer’s men had no bayonets on their muskets. As his men began to fall back, Mercer stepped forward and desperately rallied his men with the words “Forward! Forward!” His command was met by the forceful thrust of British bayonets to his chest, and he fell to the ground.

Finding Mercer still alive, Continental soldiers removed him to a nearby oak tree, which would later bear his name, and finally to the field hospital in the Thomas Clarke House, where he died of his wounds on January 12th, 1777. The Patriots ultimately succeeded in driving the British from Princeton, and the legacy of General Mercer’s courageous efforts became a rallying cry for American troops.

[viir-tanadhal]

Pet Shop Boys' song picks for various radio interviews for Nonetheless

BBC Radio 2 with Jo Whiley (April 25, 2024)

Chris

Black Beauty theme (childhood song)

Bedsitter by Soft Cell

Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now by McFadden & Whitehead (death song)

Neil

The Young Ones by Cliff Richard and the Shadows (childhood song)

Bedsitter by Soft Cell

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams (death song)

BBC Radio 6 with Lauren Laverne (April 26, 2024)

Chris

Was That All It Was by Jean Carn

This Time Baby by Jackie Moore

Native New Yorker by Odyssey

Last Night A DJ Saved My Life by InDeep

Neil

Borderline by Madonna

I Want You by Marvin Gaye

Born Slippy by Underworld

Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin

Greatest Hits Radio with Jackie Brambles (April 28, 2024)

Chris

Baby Love by The Supremes

For Once in My Life by Glen Campbell

Rhythm is a Dancer by Snap!

Neil

Girl Don't Come by Sandie Shaw

Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin

Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack

BBC Radio 3 with Jess Gillam (June 8, 2024)

Neil

Ich Habe Genung (Cantata No 82) by J.S. Bach

Générique by Miles Davis

Symphonia Virginum: O Dulcissime Amator by Hildegard von Bingen

September Song by Kurt Weill; sung by Lotte Lenya

Tracks of My Years with Vernon Kay (June 9, 2024)

Chris

Stop! In the Name of Love by The Supremes

Fame by Irene Cara

Never Give You Up by Sharon Redd

Let Me Love You For Tonight by Kariya

A Love So Beautiful by Roy Orbison

Neil

I Am The Walrus by The Beatles

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone by The Temptations

Do Anything You Wanna Do by Eddie and the Hot Rods

This Is Not America by David Bowie

Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack

Artists in Residence - Queer (Nov. 11, 2024)

Homosexuality by Modern Rocketry

Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat

Walk On The Wild Side by Lou Reed

I Was Born This Way by Carl Bean

Dizzy by Olly Alexander

Shoot Your Shot by Divine

Menergy by Patrick Cowley

Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen

Never Give You Up by Sharon Redd

Hideous by Oliver Sim (ft. Jimmy Somerville)

In the Evening by Sheryl Lee Ralph

If Love Were All by Judy Garland

Artists in Residence - Producers (Nov. 12, 2024)

I'm So Hot For You by Bobby O

Hey DJ by Worlds Famous Supreme Team (Stephen Hague)

Slave To The Rhythm by Grace Jones (Trevor Horn)

I Like You (Shep Pettibone Mix) by Phyllis Nelson (Shep Pettibone)

Point of No Return by Exposé (Lewis Martineé)

Axel F by Harold Faltermeyer

Hold That Sucker Down - Builds Like a Skyscraper Mix by OT Quartet (Rollo)

Balcony Scene from Romeo + Juliet by Craig Armstrong

So Hard - D Morales Red Zone Mix by Pet Shop Boys (David Morales)

The Loving Kind by Girls Aloud (Xenomania)

Say You Will by Kanye West (Andrew Dawson)

It's Automatic by Zoot Woman (Stuart Price)

The Meeting Place by The Last Shadow Puppets (James Ford)

Artists in Residence - Miserablism (Nov. 13, 2024)

Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You by Stevie Nicks

One Day I'll Fly Away by Randy Crawford

Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths

Baltimore by Nina Simone

Alfie by Cilla Black

Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime by The Korgis

Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinéad O'Connor

Parlez-moi de Lui by Françoise Hardy

By The Time I Get To Phoenix by Glen Campbell

Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) by Marvin Gaye

I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore by Dusty Springfield

I'm Not In Love by 10cc

Let's Stay Together by Tina Turner

I Can't Give Everything Away by David Bowie

Artists in Residence - Remixes (Nov. 14, 2024)

Girls & Boys (Pet Shop Boys Remix) by Blur

Young Offender - Jam and Spoon Trip-O-Matic Fairytale Mix by Pet Shop Boys

Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys Remix) by David Bowie

Flamboyant (Michael Mayer Kompakt Mix) by Pet Shop Boys

Insanely Alive (Pet Shop Boys Radio Edit) by Wolfgang Tillmans

Miserablism (Moby Electro Mix) by Pet Shop Boys

Queen of Ice (Pet Shop Boys 7" Mix) by Claptone

I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Anymore (Peter Rauhoffer's Roxy Anthem Mix) by Pet Shop Boys

Think Of A Number (Pet Shop Boys Magic Eye 12" Remix) by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Can You Forgive Her? (M.K. Remix) by Pet Shop Boys

Love Comes Quickly (Shep Pettibone Mastermix) by Pet Shop Boys

Dancing Star (Solomun Remix) by Pet Shop Boys

A Red Letter Day (Trouser Enthusiasts Autoerotic Decapitation Mix) by Pet Shop Boys

[mangoescananimate]

OH i forgot. uhh. here's a version with just the background + the reference image i used for the location

as is evident i still... really gotta work on my perspective. (but hey! this is how you learn.)

ripping up a transfer and a photograph of you

admittedly not my best -- but i'm still pretty happy with how it turned out! (especially for having been from over a year ago atp.) uhh. based off of Green Day's song Stuart and the Ave. (and a little inspiration from Standing In The Rain, by Billy Talent -- those two are inextricably linked in my head for some reason.) this was -- not the look i originally envisioned, if anything i was originally going to try something stylistically based off of a couple Billy Talent album covers (Billy Talent & Afraid of Heights) -- but . c'est la vie

uhh. oh yeah this was done in ibispaint x!

that's all i got really

wait actually. stuart and the ave. was really fun to learn on mandolin.

(now that's it.)

[brokehorrorfan]

The Universal Classic Monsters Collection will be released on 4K Ultra HD (with Digital) in digibook packaging on October 3 via Universal. Designed by Tristan Eaton, the eight-disc set is limited to 5,500.

It includes 1931's Dracula, 1931’s Frankenstein, 1932’s The Mummy, 1933’s The Invisible Man, 1935’s The Bride of Frankenstein, 1941’s The Wolf Man, 1943’s Phantom of the Opera, and 1954’s Creature from the Black Lagoon.

All eight films are presented in 4K with HDR10. The Spanish version of Dracula is also included. Special features are listed below, where you can also see more of the packaging.

Dracula is directed by Tod Browning (Freaks) and written by Garrett Fort (Frankenstein), based on Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel. Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, and Edward Van Sloan star.

Dracula special features:

Alternate score version by Philip Glass

Dracula (1931) Spanish version directed by George Melford

The Road to Dracula

Lugosi: The Dark Prince

Dracula: The Restoration

Dracula Archives

Monster Tracks

Trailer gallery

Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.

Frankenstein is directed by James Whale (The Indivisible Man) and written by Garrett Fort (Dracula) and Francis Edward Faragoh (Little Caesar), based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel. Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, and Boris Karloff star.

Frankenstein special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer

Audio commentary by historian Sir Christopher Frayling

The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made A Monster

Karloff: The Gentle Monster

Universal Horror

Frankenstein Archives

Boo!: A Short Film

100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics

Monster Tracks

Trailer gallery

Dr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster out of lifeless body parts.

The Mummy is directed by Karl Freund (Dracula) and written by John L. Balderston (Dracula). Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, and Arthur Byron star.

The Mummy special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Paul M. Jensen

Audio commentary by Rick Baker, Scott Essman, Steve Haberman, Bob Burns, and Brent Armstrong

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

Unraveling the Legacy of The Mummy

The Mummy Archives

100 Years of Universal: The Carl Laemmle Era

Trailer gallery

An Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes is his long-lost princess.

The Invisible Man is directed by James Whale (Frankenstein) and written by R.C. Sherriff (Goodbye, Mr. Chips), based on H.G. Wells’ 1897 novel. Gloria Stuart, Claude Rains, William Harrigan, Dudley Digges, and Una O'Connor star.

The Invisible Man special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer

Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed

Production Photographs

100 Years of Universal: Unforgettable Characters

Trailer gallery

A scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.

The Bride of Frankenstein is directed by James Whale (Frankenstein) and written by William Hurlbut. Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, and Elsa Lanchester star.

The Bride of Frankenstein special features: 

Audio commentary by film historian Scott MacQueen

She’s Alive! Creating The Bride of Frankenstein

The Bride Of Frankenstein Archive

100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics

Trailer gallery

Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.

The Wolf Man is directed by George Waggner (Operation Pacific) and written by Curt Siodmak (I Walked with a Zombie). Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi, and Lon Chaney Jr. star.

The Wolf Man special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Tom Weaver

Monster by Moonlight

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney Jr.

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

The Wolf Man Archives

100 Years of Universal: The Lot

Trailer gallery

Larry Talbot returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where they meet a mysterious gypsy fortune teller.

Phantom of the Opera is directed by Arthur Lubin and written by Eric Taylor (The Ghost of Frankenstein) and Samuel Hoffenstein (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). Claude Rains, Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, and Edgar Barrier star.

Phantom of the Opera special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Scott MacQueen

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked

Production Photographs

100 Years of Universal: The Lot

Theatrical trailer

An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy’s career.

Creature from the Black Lagoon is directed by Jack Arnold (The Incredible Shrinking Man) and written by Harry Essex and Arthur A. Ross. Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, and Whit Bissell star.

Creature from the Black Lagoon special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Tom Weaver

Back to the Black Lagoon

Production Photographs

100 Years of Universal: The Lot

Trailer gallery

A group of scientists try to capture a prehistoric creature luring in the depths of the Amazonian jungle and bring it back to civilization for study.

Pre-order Universal Classic Monsters Collection.

[titanicnerd-blog]

Those who have travelled to the moon:

Neil Armstrong

Edwin Aldrin Jr.

Michael Collins

Pete Conrad

Dick Gordon

Alan Bean

Jim Lovell

John Swigert

Fred Haise

Alan Shepherd

Stuart Roosa

Edgar Mitchell

Dave Scott

Al Worden

Jim Irwin

John Young

Ken Mattingly

Charlie Duke

Gene Cernan

Ron Evans

Jack Schmitt

Soon, there will be more names on this list: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, Jeremy Hansen

[swiftiephobe]

books read in 2024

royal assassin by robin hobb (02/01, epic fantasy) ★★★★★

assassin's quest by robin hobb (06/01, epic fantasy) ★★★★★

my sweet audrina by vc andrews (10/01, gothic horror) ★★★★★

this ragged grace by octavia bright (12/01, memoir) ★★½

nightbirds by kate j armstrong (14/01, historical fantasy) ★★★½

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon (21/01, epic fantasy) ★★★★★

a day of fallen night by samantha shannon (02/02, epic fantasy) ★★★★

nothing more to tell by karen m mcmanus (04/02, mystery thriller) ★★★

death in her hands by ottessa moshfegh (06/02, psychological fiction) ★★

a pale view of hills by kazuo ishiguro (07/02, psychological fiction) ★★★★★

before the coffee gets cold by toshikazu kawaguchi (11/02, magical realism) ★★★★

tales from the cafe by toshikazu kawaguchi (20/02, magical realism) ★★★½

before your memory fades by toshikazu kawaguchi (12/03, magical realism) ★★★

before we say goodbye by toshikazu kawaguchi (14/03, magical realism) ★★★½

dune by frank herbert (30/03, planetary romance) ★★★★

one of us is lying by karen m mcmanus (01/04, mystery thriller) ★★★★

one of us is next by karen m mcmanus (03/04, mystery thriller) ★★★

one of us is back by karen m mcmanus (08/04, mystery thriller) ★★★★

leviathan wakes by james sa corey (14/04, space opera) ★★★★

the butcher of anderson station by james sa corey (15/04, space opera) ★★★★

caliban's war by james sa corey (04/05, space opera) ★★★

drive by james sa corey (04/05, space opera) ★★★

gods of risk by james sa corey (04/05, space opera ★★★★

abaddon's gate by james sa corey (18/05, space opera) ★★★★

the last murder at the end of the world by stuart turton (18/06, supernatural mystery) ★★

the churn by james sa corey (21/06, space opera) ★★★★

piranesi by susanna clarke (31/07, magical realism) ★★★★★

the hating game by sally thorne (24/08, contemporary romance) ★★

second first impressions by sally thorne (12/09, contemporary romance) ★

cibola burn by james sa corey (14/09, space opera) ★★★

holes by louis sachar (15/09, adventure) ★★★★★

the stolen throne by david gaider (04/10, epic fantasy) ★★★

prophet song by paul lynch (08/10, dystopian) ★

nocturnal animals by austin wright (18/10, psychological thriller) ★★★★★

blue sisters by coco mellors (02/11, contemporary family drama) ★★★★

la belle sauvage by philip pullman (26/11, high fantasy) ★★★

a language of limbs by dylin hardcastle (07/12, lgbtq+ historical) ★★★

nemesis games by james sa corey (16/12, space opera) ★★★½

down sand mountain by steve watkins (28/12, historical coming-of-age) ★★★½

murmur by will eaves (31/12, psychological fiction) ★★★★

[haywardfreud]

POLITICS AND THE COURT JESTER

Robert Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress / Anatoly Lunacharskii, The First Soviet People's Commissar of Enlightenment, 1964 / Barbara Swain, Fools and Folly During the Middle Ages and Renaissance / John Dawson Watson, Friends in Council / Andrea Shannon ""Uncouth Language to a Prince's Ears": Archibald Armstrong, Court Jester, and Early Stuart Politics" / On Jesters and Stańczyk / Ralph Lerner, Playing the Fool: Subversive Laughter in Troubled Times / Jan Matejko, Stańczyk during a ball at the court of Queen Bona in the face of the loss of Smolensk, 1862 / Beach House, Master of None / Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire / Alice Phoebe Lou, New Song / Arthur Price as The Court Jester in 1909 / Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, Laughing Jester, c. 1500 / a quote from Sergei Eisenstein