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Spacebar 10/21/23

Third Space Saturday

Tasting Notes:

I’ve been on vacation from my day job all this week. So I ostensibly had more time than usual to prepare, but I was spending it going through the detritus that had built up over the last 29 years of homeowning, child raising, earning a living and being a closet hoarder. And record collector. Is there really a difference? Yes and no. It’s nice to have this archive to draw from, but it’s so out of control that I lose track. I’m not sure if that is a minus. It certainly makes the sets interesting. My friend Andy, in an excerpt from his unpublished book “Extinct-Ophonics,” 1) describes it as “accumulation,” not “collecting,” and this certainly applies to me and my process. I try to exist on the edge of knowledge and discovery. Of exploration and storytelling, even if the story writes itself. I am continually in awe of other people’s creations, and I try to honor them. Even though some things are amusing to me, it’s definitely not a joke. I genuinely like what I play.

I did manage to show up on time and not cause a lot of chaos doing it. Elevator worked for me, so I didn’t get trapped in it like last time. I was greeted almost immediately by the 36th St. Crew: S8n and Geneva, Leah and Airman Mike. It was great to see them there. They are family. And, instead of me playing records at the party like I used to, I did it in public. My son Sam and his person Maddy, along with a couple of other friends, came by later. And stayed late, too.

I started with the Shannon cut I wrote about last month, but did not go back to the compilation it came from again, even though I left “Easy Lover” out of the crate in favor of “Sususudio,” which I didn’t end up playing. I had so many new 12” records to get to. The set cruised pretty well, and I felt good. Technically, it was the best I’ve performed since I started working as a DJ again. I did struggle with the sound, which Julie came up and helped with. I am so grateful to her. She is a great person to work with.

The highlight of the early crowd were the people who came in dressed up in old people costumes. S8n came up and asked me how it felt being in an episode of “Golden Girls.” I told him they were so much fun. Door person Samson told me that he thought it was a mixture of actual old people and young people pretending to be old. Whatever, I thought they were great.

As a matter of fact, all the crowds that filtered through were really great to play for. I apologized to the listener who requested “Pinball Wizard.” I don’t play requests, but I would have played that. Going to look for a 7”. I asked her which version, and she said “Oh, the original.” It follows that a DJ playing an arcade would have that song. My bad.

Things flowed well. I managed to establish a good vibe, and did the things that I do well, better than usual. Maybe I’m more confident, perhaps having loved ones in attendance helped, I don’t know. I played a few tracks that got Tavis dancing behind the bar, which is always inspiring. I threw in some reggae tracks that flowed nicely. I’m not a genre DJ, which I don’t have enough discipline to do, or interest in doing in the first place. I was having such a good time that I forgot to enter the tracks in my log; I think I reconstructed things right, but who knows. You get the drift.

The big moment was when Sean Patton and David Cross came into the bar. Will had invited them, and they included us in their post-show downtown crawl. Will instructed Cyberjewel to play the track “Do They Know It’s Halloween?” by the North American Hallowe’en Prevention Initiative. It was a surprise, and I of course, being a disorganized old, didn’t have a clue what it was about. Jules got it on YouTube, and I wedged it in after the OMD>Closer>NORF NORF combo. Mr. Cross came up and asked me where I found it, and I pointed to Julie. I felt like a total dweeb. I just looked it up, and found out it came out in 2005, and promptly ordered a vinyl copy to have in the crate; it may prove useful next to Band Aid in the Christmas Mix. The celebs bailed after that. I can’t believe we pulled it off, frankly, although if I had mixed the record in, it would have sounded better.

TommyTime came in after the Blonde Redhead show, stayed for the Bush Tetras track, and then left. “Someone’s got to open the store tomorrow!” Hashtag Tommy Time.

I managed to pick up where I left off, and put on the Bob Seger cut “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man,” which just thunders. Great drum sound. The remainder of the night was a good representation of what I’m trying to do when everything works, cutting back and forth across the decades. One of the good things about the “blob of information” 2) is that surprisingly, people are open to things outside the mainstream, which doesn’t really exist anymore anyway.

I was feeling so inspired that I tacked an extra hour onto the set, starting with the Gorillaz cut. I was trying out some things that I had just acquired, putting some contemporary artists next to old pop records and seeing how things worked together.

I ended promptly at 0200. Packed up my stuff, wiped down the surfaces and got out of the bar staff’s hair. Just a really great night.

Thank you. Next Third Space Saturday is November 18th, 2023. Drop in if you can.

1) Interested readers can read the full excerpt in Maggot Brain #14, available at Third Man Records. Hopefully, someone will put this book out soon. It is brilliant.

2) Another quote from my man Andy. Really, you should pick up the latest issue of Maggot Brain if you haven’t already. I know print is horribly passe, but then again, so are vinyl records. Right Lefsetz?

The Track List

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Let The Music Play, Shannon (LP cut)

Let’s Dance, David Bowie (12” single)

Kiss You All Over, Exile (7” single)

War Ina Babylon, Max Romeo (LP cut)

I’ve Been Thinking About You, LondonBeat (12” single)

Rise, Herb Alpert (12” single)

The Magnificent Seven, The Clash (7” single)

Pressure Drop, The Maytals (LP cut)

The Things That Dreams Are Made Of, Human League (LP cut)

Outstanding, Gap Band (LP cut)

Things We Do For Love, 10CC (7” single)

Let It Whip, Dazz Band (7” single)

Whip It, DEVO (7” single)

Word Up, Cameo (12” single)

Every 1’s A Winner, Hot Chocolate (LP cut)

Pumped Up Kicks, Foster The People (LP cut)

Hippychick, SOHO (12” single)

Jive Talkin’, Bee Gees (7” single)

Rock With You, Michael Jackson (7” single)

Got To Be Real, Cheryl Lynn (7” single)

Couldn’t Get It Right, Climax Blues Band (7” single)

Roxanne, The Police (7” single)

Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Queen (7” single)

Drivin’ My Life Away, Eddie Rabbit (7” single)

Wanderer, Donna Summer (7” single)

Can’t Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head, Kylie Minogue (12” single)

Meaning Of Love, Depeche Mode (12” single)

Knock On Wood, Amii Stewart (12” single)

Walking The Dog, Rufus Thomas (7” single)

Cheap Sunglasses, ZZ Top (LP cut)

Too Many Creeps, Bush Tetras (7” single)

Scratchcard Lanyard, Dry Cleaning (7” single)

Joan Of Arc, O.M.D (12��� single)

Closer, Nine Inch Nails (LP cut)

Norf Norf, Vince Staples (LP cut)

Some track that we played for David Cross, who came up and asked me where I found it.

Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man, Bob Seger System (LP cut)

Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose, James Brown (7” single)

DO THE DU, A Certain Ratio (12” single)

Pick Up The Pieces, Average White Band (LP cut)

Fire-Eater, Rusty Bryant (LP cut)

Only So Much Oil In The Ground, Tower Of Power (LP cut)

Boogie Oogie Oogie, Taste Of Honey (LP cut)

Pressure, Ari Lennox (LP cut)

Dirty Rat, Orbital (LP cut)

West End Girls, Pet Shop Boys (12” single)

Dancing With Myself, Gen X (7” single)

Ex’s & Oh’s, Elle King (LP cut)

Black Sap Scriptures, Plague Vendor (LP cut)

Hair Of The Dog, Nazareth (LP cut)

Walk This Way, RUN-D.M.C. (12” single)

What’s Inside A Girl?, The Cramps (12” single)

The Futures So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades, Timbuk 3 (LP cut)

Pay To Cum, Bad Brains (7” single)

Blood Of The Prophets, Max Romeo (LP cut)

Them Changes, Thundercat (LP cut)

YAH, Kendrick Lamar (LP cut)

America’s Most Blunted, Madvillain (12” single)

She’s Crafty, Beastie Boys (LP cut)

Charley Says! (Roller Boogie Baby), King Tim III (LP cut)

Clint Eastwood, Gorillaz (12” single)

Declaration Of Rights, Abyssinians (LP cut)

Promises, Promises, Naked Eyes (7” single)

blue bones (deathwish,) billy nomates (LP cut)

This Life, Kendra Morris (7” single)

Genius Of Love, Tom Tom Club (12” single)

Uptown Top Ranking, Althea and Donna (LP cut)

Down By The River, PJ Harvey (7” single)

Keep Your Fingers Out The Jam, Fatback (Tribute to IGA) (LP cut)

Time (Clock Of The Heart,) Culture Club (7” single)

Magic, Olivia Newton John (7” single)

Remembering Me, Cate le Bon (LP cut)

Ms. Fat Booty, Mos Def (12” single)

Money Ain’t A Thing, Jay Z w/ Jermaine Dupre (LP cut)

Madison Time, Ray Bryant Combo (LP cut)

Pipeliners Blues, Moon Mullican (LP cut)

Say Man, Bo Diddley (LP cut)

Hang ‘em High, Booker T (LP cut)

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ELLA DISCUSSES: BOOKWORMS UNITE PH - YEAR 4 + RELAUNCH GIVEAWAY!

Is it too late to write my own recap? I certainly hope not! While I may not have taken as many pictures as I should have (mainly because I was so focused on having fun I hardly had time to bury my face in my phone the whole event), I will be able to share some of the amazing things that occurred in Bookworms Unite PH’s fourth gathering! 

This was my first time attending, and the first time I’ve ever heard of Bookworms Unite PH at all. So I was so ecstatic when I saw the event pop up somewhere on my Facebook feed. And the whole time I was pre-registering, I kept asking myself over and over like a broken record, “Why have I never heard of you beautiful people before?” I’ve never been more happy than I was when I finally clicked that registration button. I wasted no time paying for that registration fee too because I was so psyched into attending. 

And lo and behold, it was everything I’ve ever hoped for in a gathering full of crazy-awesome book lovers! I’ll get into some of the more important highlights, and hopefully, don’t bore you with my dabbling.

Also, there’s a GIVEAWAY down below that you might wanna check out! :’)

Let’s get onto it, shall we?

UPON ARRIVAL

I was one of the first seven to arrive on the 21st of July in the Rizal Library. I actually almost got lost the whole way into Ateneo, and had actually met Mighta (@MightaZerie) beforehand. We went into it together, and soon we met the rest of our crew. The whole time waiting, I was floored by how easily I connected with the other early birds. Cue selfies I took with the lot!

First two photos on the left: Top is with Ailla (@MioneJeanPotter), Bottom is with Shai (@themeanderingsoul)

Three photos to the right: Top is with Angel (@whimsy_wanders), Bottom left is with Mighta (@MightaZerie) and Bottom right is with Joanna (@JoannaDerpina)

We’ve pretty much called ourselves #LADYBIRDS considering how we were the early birds of the event. And let me tell you, meeting these gals was perhaps (and I’ve said it once on Twitter) one of the best that’s ever happened on BUPH. Getting to meet a group of girls that I instantly connected with through our love of books makes me thank BUPH for creating such a fun-loving event!

Apart from meeting such fantastic ladies, I managed to get some awesome swag from my little registration kit, which you can find some of them surrounding Reign of the Fallen below!

THE GAMES

There were, essentially, three games during this whole event. And, believe it or not, I actually placed a spot in all three of them! 

I joined the first game: Truths and a Lie: YA Edition with Angel and Shai as my teammates. And we easily took one of the first place of two with all our lucky guesses. My first price was Our Dark Duet by V.E. Schwab which was such a lucky pick! 

The second game was Young Adulting: A YA Trivia Game which I teamed up with Mighta and Ailla and placed third on. Now, for the record, these were all pretty lucky guesses too, since we haven’t read nearly half of what they presented. But lucky guesses gets people places sometimes, so hooray! I got Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh as my second prize of the day.

And the final game was an absolute clincher, because we did a Guess the Cover game and let me tell you, oh boyyyyy, this one was the toughest game of all. The hosts did not make it easy, but somehow, back with the OG team of myself, Angel and Shai, we managed to place fourth by a landslide. I got Rookie on Love by Tavi Gevinson as my final win of the day!

From left to right: Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr, Don’t Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout,  Heart of Glass by Jill Marie Landis, All We Can Do Is Wait by Richard Lawson, The Last Girl On Earth by Alexandra Blogier, Rookie On Love by Tavi Gevinson, Puddin’ by Julie Murphy, Our Dark Duet by V.E. Schwab, and Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE

Of course, how can I forget the amazing Book Blind Date that occurred after the whole mayhem of games and fun? I gave out two books for the blind date, and received two back! 

Though if we’re being honest, I got (3) because one of the guests gave me one of the books she got from the blind date pile. I unfortunately forgot her name, and I wish I had gotten it, because she was so generous into giving me my third one, which had a description about the 1800′s, and I could not believe my luck because I love books about the 1800′s!

The books I got for the Book Blind Date are: Heart of Glass by Jill Marie Landis (the 1800′s book, thank you ate girl, I really wish I got your name ahhh), Don’t Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr.

These were such fantastic books and I cannot wait to read them!

THE HOSTS

I can’t close up this recap without thanking the generous and awesome-sauce hosts of Bookworms Unite PH: JM (@bookfreakrevelations), Hazel (@staybookish), Inah (@thebibliophileconfessions), Miel (@bookishandawesome) and Bianca (@notoriouslaylow)!

This event would not be possible without all of their amazing effort into allowing bookworms like me gather with other bookworms in a safe and fun environment! I truly cannot thank you guys enough for all your hard work. Y’all are the real MVP! And I can’t wait to see you guys in this year’s Philippine Readers and Writers Festival happening on August 12. Me and my #ladybirds will come along as one of the firsts once more! :’)

From left to right: Miel, JM, Inah, Hazel (insert Bianca omg where u at gurl)

RELAUNCH GIVEAWAY ! the honest to Merlin one y’all have been waiting for

I salute you for reading through that very long and arduous recap. Or if you didn’t read it, that’s also fine, #noshame! But here we are, and to celebrate the relaunch of thebookishgoddess, I have decided to host a little giveaway for all the amazing support I have gotten from my friends (new and old) and old followers here on Tumblr for my little return. This giveaway is to share one of the wonderful books I have gotten from BUPH, so!

ONE (1) lucky bookworm will get a chance to win my ARC copy of THE LAST GIRL ON EARTH BY ALEXANDRA BLOGIER and A BUTTON PIN OF CHIBI HARRY POTTER!

I’m throwing in Harry in there just for a little extra, and to celebrate his upcoming birthday this July 31st! And here’s some fun stuff, this is open INTERNATIONALLY! Also, if you’re underaged, please ask for permission from your parents. I don’t want the coppers coming after me if your parents find out a stranger on the internet sends you stuff, haha!

GIVEAWAY RULES

MUST be following me on Instagram @thebookishgoddess 

EXTRA ENTRY #1: Reblog this post and follow me on Tumblr (@thebookishgoddess)

EXTRA ENTRY #2: Follow me on Twitter (@mdsummcrs) and reblog my giveaway post!

EXTRA ENTRY #3: Check out Instagram details here

Giveaway ends on 8/7 at GMT+8 (a day before my birthday)! Winners will be chosen via random generator. The winner must respond within 48 hours upon contacting them, otherwise their winning spot will be given to another bookworm!

Thanks so much for reading, and see you all very soon! :’)

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I’M BACK BITCHES‼️

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octavian x HSR au where he is following the path of harmony (sunday reference) and wants to keep his home (new rome/penacony) safe from the IPC (the greek trio)…

Leo is Aventurine,Piper is Topaz and Jason is Dr.Ratio

thank me later ;3

someone needs to write a ff about this…

ANYWAYS VALGRACE/AVENTIO DOMINATION!!