#teresa wang

[binging-asian-dramas]

Delicious Destiny. 8.5

Story: 9

Acting: 10

Chemistry: 10

Comparable to: the Perfect Match (Taiwanese drama) ; Chocolate (kdrama) ;

This is one of those melodramas that are highly frustrating, that suck you in even though you scream and roll your eyes at everyone’s antics. Especially when practically half the cast is manipulative and evil. I mean you have a few of the main characters and her side of the family who are just the pushpins for the the villains to torture. And yes, I’m looking at you grandma and Ye Yi Lan! I don’t know which one was worse (well probably grams since she tried grooming her granddaughter into her so yeah.) I also doesn’t help that the main male lead is dumb and naive as the female lead. I hate to use dumb too, but I don’t know how many times he blankly trusts his ‘female best friend’ after she tries to sabotage everything fifty million times. Nevertheless the drama is highly engaging, very entertaining and enjoyable. Would I watch it again. Hell no, but I would definitely recommend it once for those who like it melodramatic and soapy.

[czarinakanaeva]

Some of my favorite ribbon shots by Indrek Kask

[porcupine-girl]

At the moment, you can also find this video on YouTube, but I don't trust their overzealous copyright bots to ignore that this is clearly fair use so I'm uploading it to Tumblr, too.

In Episode 9 of Season 3 of 我们的歌/Our Song, Da Zhangwei and Wang Sulong sang a medley of twelve songs titled We All Have a Home. Having never heard any of them before, I was curious, so I found all the original songs. Since some are things like folk songs, these are obviously not THE original recordings of all of them, but previous performances of the traditional version of the song.

Their performance (if you haven't seen it before, definitely watch first!) The full episode of Our Song

My other sources are below the cut:

Usuri/Wasili Boat Song

Birds on Trees in Pairs - from the opera 天仙配 (Fairy Match)

Love Song of Kangding

Feng Yang Flower Drum

Guests From Afar Please Stay - from the movie Ashima

Brother Liu's Speech is Too Biased - from the opera Hua Mulan

Nunchucks by Jay Chou

Big Bowl of Tea at the Front Gate by Li Guyi

Beijing's Bridge by Cao Guoqing

Back to Mother's Home by Teresa Teng

Great China

Sa Hua by Da Zhangwei

[patchworkofravens]

Of course my favourite character would turn out to be the guy who killed hundreds (thousands?) in his past life as a corrupted king why did I not see that coming

[respectthepetty]

Sun x Moon in The On1y One

I wrote briefly earlier about the “looking at the moon” scene in episode eleven of The On1y One, but regardless of how this cookie crumbles in the last episode, I think this conversation was excellent.

The boys are the sun and the moon, which I wrote about at the midway point of the series.

Wang is sun-coded. He is yellow and orange. He is openly friendly to his peers and warm toward them.

And the show has stated that he is the sun like when Wang was teasing Tian about the love poems he marked in the book, all the love poems were about the sun!

A girl's shyness is like a tender cherry under the sunlight; 16- and 17-year-olds are like fruits in the morning sun, sparkling

Therefore, the love poems were about Wang.

Tian is moon-coded. He is blue (and black). He isolates himself from his peers and is cold toward them. And now the show is stating that.,

But just like the book of love poems that revealed how Tian feels about Wang, we get an indirect glimpse of how Wang feels about Tian through this conversation.

It doesn't matter how good or bad the subtitles are because the focus is that Tian views the moon as something bad.

Life has it's ups and downs just like the moon waxes and wanes. It feels like everything connected to the moon is sad and full of regret. The moon shines on Earth every day, but only lights up half of it. Is that half kind of an eternity?

Tian thinks of himself and his life as sad. Everything that is connected to him, he thinks is full of regret. And he only allows people to see his outside by never letting others in. Yet Wang started this conversation off by stating his mom loved the moon and the Teresa Tang song, which we all of know since it was also featured in Moonlight Chicken!

"The Moon Represents My Heart" is an extremely popular Chinese song:

You ask how deeply I love you And just how great my love is My affection does not waver And my love doesn’t change The moon represents my heart

So not only has Wang established that he was raised to love the moon, but he also mentions this song which declares that he feels very deeply for his love and the fullness of the moon represents that love, which is probably why in the fourth episode, he was on the moon when his rocket ship came to get him.

In response to Tian's comments about the moon, Wang offers his take on the moon:

I don't agree with that. I think the moon often symbolizes light and hope, so even if it's only half, or just a moment, a second, as long as it's imprinted in your mind, it's eternal.

The conversation began because Wang's mom would ask his dad to pick between the moon and the sixpence, and in this, we see the great debate of love versus money, the future versus the present, and the abstract versus the practical. The moon is far and can't be held yet the sixpence is close and can be held. The moon would take time to get to, but the sixpence is within reach. The moon is a thought since it holds no value that can be seen, but the sixpence is money that can be used! And that's why the moon is love. And that's why Tian is the moon.

The Eclipse, Big Dragon, and Moonlight Chicken are just some BLs that gave us this sun and moon,

And the thing that they all get right is that the moon isn't the negative while the sun is positive.

The sun can burn. The sun can blind. The sun can harm. So it isn't always the positive entity that people tend to make it out to be. But the moon offers light in darkness. The moon guides the water in and out of the shores. The moon gives hope and guidance to those struggling.

So Wang's mom wanted him to pick the moon because she wanted him to pick love. She wanted him to see the possibilities rather than settle for what he had, which wasn't much. She wanted him to look to the future instead of worrying the present. She wanted him to not fear the distance, but instead know that the moon would guide him toward it. She wanted him to have hope.

And Tian gave him all of that.

So the conversation is lasagna. It has layers. It's about all these different things, but all these different things are the same thing. It's about Wang's mom. It's about the moon. It's about Tian. It's about love.

And it's about hope because regardless of what happens and no matter the distance, the moon always shines in the darkest of times, and guides those who are lost.

So even if everything looks bleak and all hope is lost, the moon will guide you home.

[panelshowsource]

i’d love to know, what are some panel show moments you think about a lot?

omg like just off the top of my head?

just the whole episode of cats after jimmy's tax avoidance scandal

"good evening your majesty you tax-dodging bitch"

david mumbling "chancellor of the exchequer" in small font

when the horne section was doing macarena on catsdown and the rose was so limp WHY WAS IT SO LIMP

the greatest breath smeller game

"this makes me so angry because they wouldn't show the clip of me attacking my mother with a taser! i thought it was really funny!"

josh groban being an absolute wizard at singing intros followed by martin freeman being an absolute wizard at guessing them to the point production asked him to slow down giving the answer because he was too good

when stacey solomon said she likes teresa may and jimmy carr, gino d'acampo, and carol vorderman were absolutely speechless

alex’s reaction after joe says he has pineapple in his ass

when jimmy used the 30 seconds to wax his leg??

the way the queen’s pussy being haunted was like genuine headline news

mark sending greg 148 texts and getting 0 points ("what a terrible waste of time")

when that nude model came on for jimmy to (pretend) to live draw and lee mack was so gobsmacked at that man's penis he violently elbowed david o'doherty going "look at that!"

"you wouldn't do that during shakespeare, would you?"

on outsiders when joe wilkinson couldn't believe david mitchell is only 47 and literally said "do you live outside"

phil wang roasting ed gamble and saying "ed's girlfriend is such a dog i tried to eat her"

"you cannot imply that only gay people eat vegetables"

♪ but bin men get sad ♪

when those podcasters were reading joe wilkinson his own tweets and he was sweating so much and then just covered his eyes and went "what's wrong with me..."

"stephen fry wouldn't read 'pussy-friendly finger'"

when johnny vegas was literally eating a tin of fucking dog food and kathy burke was like "what's happening??" and jimmy so nonchalantly went "we're just eating dog food :)"

when noel ate some of alex's beard and greg said "you are aware that when we're at home alex is only allowed to move around like a snake?"

every joe & rachel hug ever here's a cute one :')

claudia completely bodying this lie and everyone's animals being so cute and funny and rob and lee complaining just the whole thing

on rhlstp when richard was Being Richard for the last hour and louis theroux was Over It and richard went "have you ever tried to suck your own cock?" and louis just died and then muttered "...do we have to..."

"i don't really eat potatoes it feels a bit irish :/"

johnny vegas pulling something out of rhod gilbert's pants, sniffing it, and then scandalising the entire room by saying "i've been told i smell better from behind than i do from the front, lovers have told me"

gosh my rotted brain is always rattling around panel show moments ..i wish to be cured

[ladyloveandjustice]

My final round of cosplay pics from Momocon. If you're one of these cosplayers, let me know, I'll add your blog!

pic 1: Korra and Asami from The Legend of Korra

Pic 2: Teru from Mob Psycho 100

3: Wang Fire (Sokka in disguise) from Avatar: the Last Airbender

4: Yona from Yona of the Dawn

5 and 6: Richeh and Easthies from Witch Hat Atelier

7: Teresa of the Faint Smile from Claymore

8: sparkly furby

[morally-grey-girlbosses]

Bracket is up! Matchups are in text form under the cut. Reminder that all of these matchups were chosen randomly, and that this bracket will be run in a double elimination style, so a character failing out in round one does NOT prevent them from proceeding into the tournament.

Ursula Boulton (Merge Mansion) vs. Betty Grof (Adventure Time)

Evelyn Wang (Everything Everywhere All At Once) vs. The Coin / Boss (Blaseball)

Morgan Le Fay (Fate) vs. Edelgard Von Hresvelg (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

IMOGEN (Stellar Firma) vs. Amalexia (Elder Scrolls)

Maeby Funke (Arrested Development) vs. Manon Blackbeak (Throne of Glass)

Taylor Hebert / Skitter (Worm) vs. GLaDOS / Caroline (Portal)

Cleo DeNile (Monster High) vs. Nico Robin (One Piece)

Helen Richardson / The Distortion (The Magnus Archives) vs. Calanthe (The Witcher)

Irving Braxiatel (Thieves & Tardises) vs. Nefera DeNile (Monster High)

Alina Starkov (Shadow & Bone) vs. Lady Barbrey Dustin (A Song Of Ice & Fire)

Eclipsa Butterfly (Star vs. the Forces of Evil) vs. Jennifer Check (Jennifer’s Body)

Moira O’Deorain (Overwatch) vs. Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Carribbean)

Iron Maiden Jeanne (Shaman King) vs. Artemis (Greek Myth)

Tomie Kawakami (Tomie) vs. Dame Obsidian (Murdle)

Rachel (Animorphs) vs. Juri Han (Street Fighter)

Shego (Kim Possible) vs. Asajj Ventress (Star Wars)

Tabitha Scarlet (Scarlet Hollow) vs. Morte Asherah (Sands of Destruction)

Theresa (Fable) vs. Morgana Pendragon/Le Fey (BBC Merlin)

Nailgun Sue (IRL) vs. The Witch (Into the Woods)

Chara / The Fallen Human (Undertale) vs. Nimona (Nimona)

Klaasje Amandou (Disco Elysium) vs. Margot “gottiewrites” Garcia (An Unauthorized Fan Treatise)

Prince Ianthe Naberius the First, the Lyctor Prince, the Saint of Awe, previously known as Ianthe Tridentarius, the Princess of Ida, heir to the House of the Third, Mouth of the Emperor, the Procession, House of the Shining Dead (The Locked Tomb) vs. Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade Series)

Anna Croft (Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint) vs. Sailor Galaxia (Sailor Moon)

Ms. Pauling (Team Fortress 2) vs. Lady Alcina Dimitrescu (Resident Evil)

Charlie Magne/Morningstar (Hazbin Hotel) vs. Vriska Serket (Homestuck)

Willie Jack (Reservation Dogs) vs. Gretchen Klein (The Wilds)

Rachel (Tower of God) vs. Galadriel (Lord of the Rings)

Charlie (Don’t Starve) vs. Pomegranate Cookie (Cookie Run)

Rose Quartz / Pink Diamond (Steven Universe) vs. Filo (Shield Hero)

Tokiko Shigure (Ai: The Somnium Files) vs. Sandy (TokiDoki Cactus Friends)

Shion Sonozaki (Higurashi When They Cry) vs. Banica Conchita (Evillious Chronicles)

Mima (Touhou) vs. Yūko Ichihara (xxxHolic)

Yuno Gasai (Future Diary) vs. Laerynn Coramar-Seelie (Critical Role)

Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs. Granny Weatherwax (Discworld)

Catherine Earnshaw (Wuthering Heights) vs. Susie Haltmann (Kirby: Planet Robobot)

Lae’Zel (Baldur’s Gate 3) vs. Starlight Glimmer (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Rocky Horror Picture Show) vs. Angela (Library of Ruina)

Miranda Vanderbilt (Monster Prom) vs. Jinx (Arcane / League of Legends)

Rose Thorburn Jr. (Pact) vs. Eva (Umineko When They Cry)

Empress Phillipa Georgiou (Star Trek) vs. Shiv Roy (Succession)

Paige Duplass (The Silt Verses) vs. Akua Sahelian (A Practical Guide to Evil)

Poison Ivy (DCEU) vs. Nickel (IDW Transformers)

Joyce Messier (Disco Elysium) vs. Reagan Ridley (Inside Job)

Kalina (Fantasy High) vs. MegaGirl (Starship)

Sloane Parker (Eidolon Playtest) vs. Power (Chainsaw Man)

Marcille Donato (Dungeon Meshi) vs. Raiden Ei / Beelzebul (Genshin)

Patty Bladell (Insatiable) vs. Remy “Thirteen” Hadley (House MD)

Tanya von Degurechaff (The Saga of Tanya the Evil) vs. Fang Runin (The Poppy War)

Nomi Malone (Showgirls) vs. Han Sooyoung (Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint)

Wu Zetian (The Iron Widow) vs. Lariska (Bionicle)

Teresa Agnes (Maze Runner) vs. Emma Perkins (Hatchetfield Series)

Lucrecia Mux / Maligula (Psychonauts) vs. Nadja of Antipaxos (What We Do In The Shadows)

Akako Koizumi (Magic Kaito) vs. Junko Enoshima (Danganronpa)

Blackberry (Chicory: A Colorful Tale) vs. Malva (Pokemon)

Vermouth (Detective Conan) vs. Kumoko / Shiraori (So I’m a Spider So What)

Eleanor (Do Revenge) vs. Bryony Halbech (Red Valley)

Asuka Langley Soryu (Neon Genesis Evangelion) vs. Terezi Pyrope (Homestuck)

Leliana (Dragon Age) vs. Archbishop Rhea/Seiros (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Grimora (Inscryption) vs. Anthy Himemiya (Revolutionary Girl Utena)

Audrey Redheart (Wandersong) vs. Kyoko Sakura (Puella Magi Madoka Magic)

Fujiko Mine (Lupin III) vs. O-Ren Ishii (Kill Bill)

Anne (WOE.BEGONE) vs. Gwendolyn Poole (Marvel Comics)

Lappland Saluzzo (Arknights) vs. Avrana Kern (Children of Time)

Harley Quinn (DCEU) vs. Cassandra Jones (Rise of the TMNT)

Faith Lehane (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) vs. Rosalyne-Kruzchka Lohefalte / La Signora (Genshin Impact)

Revan (Star Wars) vs Rue Kuroha / Princess Kraehe (Princess Tutu)

Eve (The Bible) vs. Prospera Mercury (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury)

May Angelica Jones Goodwin (It Takes Two) vs. Elle Williams (The Last of Us)

Marina (Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas) vs. Naksu / Mudeok (Alchemy of Souls)

Patrick Bateman (American Psycho) vs. Sucre (OFF)

SHODAN (System Shock) vs. Cocolia (Honkai: Star Rail)

Alana Bloom (NBC Hannibal) vs. Halea Haumea (Phantomarine)

Delirium of the Endless (The Sandman) vs. Arcee (IDW Transformers)

Morganthe (Wizard 101) vs. Wu Zetian (History)

Jude Duarte (Folk of the Air) vs. Miranda Pryce (Wolf 359)

Perihelion/ART (The Murderbot Diaries) vs. Kanamori Sayaka (Keep your Hands off Eizouken!)

Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum (Adventure Time) vs. Anais Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball)

Croix Meridies (Little Witch Academia) vs. Lady Macbeth (Macbeth)

Harrowhark Nonagesmius (The Locked Tomb) vs. Big Mama (Rise of the TMNT)

Katherine Pierce (The Vampire Diaries) vs. White Gladys the Orca (IRL)

Doctor Carmilla (Doctor Carmilla & the Mechanisms) vs. The Handler (Umbrella Academy)

Catra (She-Ra & The Princesses of Power) vs. Liliana Vess (Magic: The Gathering)

Jasnah Kholin (Stormlight Archive) vs. Liraz (Daughter of Smoke & Bone)

Lilith Clawthorne (TOH) vs. Medea (Greek Myth)

Odin (The Bifrost Incident) vs. Enma Ai (Jigoku Shoujo)

Mordred (Fate) vs. Nana Daiba (Revue Starlight)

Beatrice (Umineko When They Cry) vs. Hester Shaw (Mortal Engines)

Balalaika (Black Lagoon) vs. Any Female Praying Mantis (IRL)

Veronica Sawyer (Heathers) vs. W (Arknights)

Angelica Pickles (Rugrats/All Grown Up) vs. Eleanor Guthry (Black Sails)

Asha Rahiro (Kubera One Last God) vs. Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

The Administrator (Team Fortress 2) vs. Shadowheart (Baldur’s Gate 3)

Noi (Dorohedro) vs. Leopardstar (Warrior Cats)

Sue Miley (Your Turn to Die) vs. Beatrix Kiddo (Kill Bill)

Juliette Cai (These Violent Delights) vs. Rat God (Mad Rat Dead)

Petra Solano (Jane the Virgin) vs. Kycilia Zabi (Mobile Suit Gundam)

Franziska Von Karma (Ace Attorney) vs. Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club)

Anne Boleyn (History) vs. Cinder Fall (RWBY)

Kokomi Teruhashi (Disastrous life of Saiki K) vs. Major Margaret Houlihan (M*A*S*H)

Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd) vs. Enyo (Granblue Fantasy)

Claudia (Interview with the Vampire) vs. Essun/Syenite/Damaya (Broken Earth Trilogy)

Lady Eboshi (Princess Mononoke) vs. Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower (Bloodborne)

Entrapta (She-Ra & The Princesses of Power) vs. Ilsa Faust (Mission: Impossible)

Princess Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender) vs. Dahlia Hawthorne (Ace Attorney)

Samantha Groves / Root (Person of Interest) vs. Charlotte “Lottie” Matthews (Yellowjackets)

Shanoa (Castlevania) vs. Sally Reed (Barry)

Evil Lynn (He-Man) vs. Makima (Chainsaw Man)

Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls) vs. Raphaella La Coginzi (Doctor Carmilla & The Mechanisms)

Edalyn Clawthorne (The Owl House) vs. Yennefer of Vengerberg (The Witcher)

Toriel Dreemurr (Undertale) vs. Monaco (Hetalia: Axis Powers)

Elizabeth Swann (Pirates of the Carribbean) vs. Vala Mal Doran (Stargate)

Wanda Maximoff (MCU) vs. Adelina Amouteru (Young Elites)

Mapleshade (Warrior Cats) vs. Amy Dunne (Gone Girl)

Gertrude Robinson (The Magnus Archives) vs. Hornet (Hollow Knight)

Homura Akemi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) vs. PearlescentMoon (Double Life SMP)

Lady Bone Demon (Lego Monkie Kid) vs. Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson Series)

Jung Sun Ah (Devil Judge) vs. Muu Kusonoski (Milgram)

Romanadvoratrelundar (Doctor Who) vs. Electra (Starlight Express)

Rouge the Bat (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs. Akane Kurashiki (Zero Escape)

Wen Qing (The Untamed) vs. Yubel (Yu-Gi-Oh)

Ponyo (Ponyo) vs. Renata Glasc (League of Legends)

Aubrey (OMORI) vs. Menou (The Executioner and Her Way of Life)

Olivia Octavius (Into the Spiderverse) vs. Anna Limon (Mabel)

HG Wells (Warehouse 13) vs. The Shapeshifter (Odd Squad)

Miles “Tails” Prowler (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs. Isabella (Promised Neverland)

Riley Grace Davis / Bonesaw (Worm) vs. The Fairy Godmother (Shrek 2)

Misty Quigley (Yellowjackets) vs. Nami (One Piece)

Olivier Mira Armstrong (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs. Lucretia (The Adventure Zone: Balance)

[indepwom101]

🇱🇺 The Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg

Saturday, May 20, 2023

“The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess visited, this Saturday, the Cannes International Film Festival on the occasion of Luxemburg Day. They were welcomed, at the Festival Palace, by MM. Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister, Guy Daleiden, Director of Film Fund Luxembourg and by Marc Ungeheuer, Ambassador of Luxembourg in Paris.

The trip to Cannes opened with a visit to the "Film Market" where 12,500 cinema professionals from 121 countries gathered to present and discover 4,000 films (including a dozen Luxembourgish productions) adapted to the technological and creative requirements of cinema. The Grand-Ducal Couple stopped in particular at the German, Belgian, French, Portuguese, Irish Quebec and European pavilions before joining the Luxembourg pavilion.

The Head of State presented decorations of honor to Myriam Achard, head of the New Media Partnerships of the Centre Phi de Montreal, and Guilhem Caillard, General Director of Cinémania, the Montreal Film Festival, for the excellence of the ties established with the Grand-Duché.

A Luxembourgish reception was organized in the evening with professionals from the audiovisual sector of the Grand-Duché.

This year, five Luxembourgish co-productions compete at the 76th Cannes Festival: Wang Bing's "Youth" (Official Competition), Rodrigo Moreno's "Los Delincuentes" and Ali Asgari and Alireza Khartami (Official Look Competition), Bertrand's "Conann" Mandico (Fifteen Film Artists Selection) and Vladimir Perisic's "Lost Country" (Critical Week selection).

The winners will be announced on May 27.”

[niconote]

NicoNote •• Bio Info

NicoNote (It/A) alias artistico creato nel 1996 da Nicoletta Magalotti Sound poetry artist, autrice, performer e cantante. Agisce nei territori di musica, teatro, installazioni, clubbing, radiofonia, con produzioni artistiche e curatele – la sua identità artistica si manifesta nella ibridazione dei linguaggi. Nel 2010 crea la sigla NicoNote Dream Action, per indicare il suo gruppo di lavoro, costellazione fluttuante e nomade. La sua ricerca vocale si intreccia all’incontro con maestri quali Yoshi Oida, Roy Hart Theatre, Gabriella Bartolomei, Akademia Ruchu, François Tanguy. Tra il 1984 e il 1988 è la voce dei Violet Eves, band della new wave italiana molto amata da Pier Vittorio Tondelli. Come musicista e cantante ha collaborato con artisti di estrazione molto diverse – come Patrizio Fariselli, Mauro Pagani, Teresa De Sio, Mauro Sabbione, Piero Pelù e Andrea Chimenti, Ghigo Renzulli, Roberto Terzani, Antonio Aiazzi, Mas Collective, Mikael Plunian, Andrea Felli, Alfredo Nuti, Luca Bergia, Davide Arneodo, Massimo Zamboni, Enrico Gabrielli, Stefano Pilia, Dj Rocca, Extraliscio, Alfredo Nuti, Andrea Felli, Elisabeth Harnik, Howie B, Klemens Hannigan, Leifur Björnsson, Paolo Cattaneo, Andrea Belfi, Woytek Blecharz, Solistenensemble Kaleidoscop e altri. Ricercatrice trasversale e non definibile, frequenta i club quanto i teatri, senza alcun pregiudizio: negli anni ‘90, al Cocoricò, crea il Morphine con il dj David Love Calò, realizzando la prima chillout room italiana. Come attrice è stata diretta più volte da registi quali Romeo Castellucci e Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio, Patricia Allio, Maurizio Fiume, Francesco Micheli, Fabrizio Arcuri, Silvia Costa, ha creato Storytelling con Luca Scarlini, NicoNote si è dedicata in parallelo alla realizzazione di drammaturgie e performance sonore sovente diventate produzioni discografiche. Autrice di un’avventurosa discografia dal 1985 ad oggi, è stata protagonista di tournée musicali e teatrali in Europa, Canada, Argentina, Brasile. Negli ultimi anni ha pubblicato su Music from Memory, Mille Plateaux, DSPPR, Cinedelic e altre. Realizzato con il produttore Wang Inc. per Rizosfera / Rough Trade, l’album “Limbo Session Vol I” è stato tra i 10 migliori album del 2021 per la rivista Blow Up. È una voce del progetto Donnacirco ( La Tempesta dischi). Conduce regolarmente masterclass sulla vocalità e collabora con Tempo Reale Firenze, Accademia Kataklò Milano. Recentemente NicoNote ha contribuito allo spettacolo di teatro musicale sperimentale “Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight”, basata sull'omonima favola utopica di Ursula K. Le Guin. Regia di Silvia Costa e musiche di Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop e dei compositori Andrea Belfi e Wojtek Blecharz. Prodotto e rappresentato a Radialsystem Berlino, luglio 2024. In uscita nel settembre 2024 REGOLA suite in 9 quadri ispirata a Hildegard von Bingen, concept album elettronico immersivo - prodotto da NicoNote / Demetrio Cecchitelli / Daniele Marzi - vinile e digitale su etichetta NIM New Interplanetary Melodies /Big Doings. Syntonic è il suo programma mensile su Radio Raheem. https://linktr.ee/NicoNote

[jiahao22]

The Role of Taiwanese Artists in Shaping the Modern Sound of Asia

Taiwan has been a cultural melting pot for decades in Asia, with longstanding heritage that melds together traditional Chinese culture and contemporary influences. The island's popular music, rock, and indie have influenced the soundscape of current Asian music. The Taiwanese artists haven't just become vociferous in the evolution of Mandopop but also in its amalgamation and integration of various styles which has given it the disruptive sounds that defined its path and gave it a unique place in the world.

Emergence and Early Sounds

During the 1980s and early 1990s, Taiwan experienced a pioneering wave of Mandopop with Chinese Mandarin pop music from its home artists. Artists like Teresa Teng and Jacky Cheung paved the way for the direction the genre subsequently took and contributed to leading subsequent generations of musicians. Taiwan's music industry- an ideal blend of Western influences, interwoven into the fabric of traditional Asian melodies-provided the excellent space for experimenting with innovation. Taiwanese artists began establishing a niche blending the sounds of Western pop with local Taiwanese, Chinese, and even global musical trends.

The Integration of Genres and Inter-Cultural Cooperation

Taiwanese musicians entered the 21st century with an experience of inter-cultural cooperation. They experimented with various styles-a true lotus blossom when it came to the integration of various genres: rock, hip-hop, R&B, electronic music, and jazz. This probably was caused by openness in cultures of Taiwan as a country at the crossroads between East and West. Taiwanese artists had been inspired by the global pop scene but were generally a distinct phenomenon in the local flavor.

One of the most influential artists in this wave of innovation is Wang Leehom also known as the “King of the Chinese pop”. Wang Leehom has written himself into history due to his ability to introduce sounds of modern China into modern pop, R&B, and hip-hop. Wang has therefore earned himself one of the most influential figures in Mandopop. He even transcended the cultural bounds as his way of music placed him at the credit line to popularize "Chinked-out" music, where Chinese instruments and melodies could be fused with the Western urban music. His ability to join old with new made him a trendsetter in Taiwanese music and a modern Asian sound ambassador.

Taiwan as a Launchpad for Global Success

Whilst serving as a presence in the Mandopop environment, Taiwan is home to the new wave of artists who have started to influence world markets. Taiwanese pop gained greater notoriety throughout Asia and also into Western marketplaces thanks to artists such as Jolin Tsai, Jay Chou, and A-mei. Not to mention one artist alone Jay Chou is generally regarded as an icon of today's Mandopop and is able to integrate traditional Chinese musical ideas with hip-hop, rap, and rock influences.

Additionally, the independent music scene in Taiwan has exploded in recent years, as groups like 831, Sodagreen, and Mayday brought an alternative, eclectic sound to the table that was heard by young people throughout the region. These musicians challenge a mainstream at the same time while holding fast to a strong sense of Taiwanese identity, proving that Taiwan's influence on modern Asian music is both diverse and far-reaching.

Impact on Asian Music Scene

Taiwanese artists influence not only the production of music but also trend in the world of fashion, video production, and even the influence on the general culture. In many ways, music videos have become such a strong force of creativity, allowing artists to provide their visions and reach fans across the globe. Many of these pop stars, like Wang Leehom who is Taiwanese by origin, use visualization stories that accompany their music and create experiences that resonate with audiences in Asia as well as around the world.

Conclusion

Taiwan has surely shaped the sounds of modern Asian. Taiwanese artists have always been at the center of developing the Mandopop and beyond. Mandopop, even from its early times, had musicians who were always bent towards innovation-from the genre-blending groupies of today to the authentic sound that emerged in the earlier stages of Mandopop, Taiwanese musicians have always been at the forefront of Asia's musical innovation, be it the generous ratings they garner or the influence they share with various actors and groups around the world. In particular, Wang Leehom still represents the biggest figure in this movement as he never ceases to further push the history of Asian music and continues punching bigger holes in the cookie jar of global domination. With Taiwan's music industry always developing, it remains a driving force shaping the future of Asian pop and beyond.

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Alexis Cole and the Taipei Jazz Orchestra JAZZ REPUBLIC; TAIWAN, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE FREEDOM OF SWING

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Episode 194 - Indie Publishers

This episode we’re discussing the topic(?) of Indie Publishers! We talk about how to define an indie publisher, weirdo metro stories, song lyrics, and more!

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In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards

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Things We Read (or tried to…)

Trial of the Clone: An Interactive Adventure! by Zach Weinersmith and Chris Jones

Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante

Songs of Love, Death and Pleasure by Hazel Jane Plante

Video of the reading that Jam bought their books at last year!

A Short Journey by Car by Liam Durcan

Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli

Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power by Rebecca Solnit

Of Thunder & Lightning by Kimberly Wang

Other Media We Mentioned

What About Crowdfunded Comics? by Matthew Murray 🦇 and Mara L. Thacker

Podcast version

How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler's Memoir by Amber Dawn

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith

The Platform Edge: Uncanny Tales of the Railways edited by Mike Ashley

When I Arrived at the Castle by E. M. Carroll

Boy Island by Leo Fox

Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers edited by Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett

Links, Articles, and Things

Image Comics (Wikipedia)

Creative Commons

SkyTrain (Vancouver) (Wikipedia)

Oulipo (Wikipedia)

Podcast episode where one host tries not to say the letter “e”

Denver Small Press Fest

Spaghettieis (Wikipedia)

“spaghetti ice cream”

45 New & Forthcoming Indie Press Books by BIPOC Authors 

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

Fiction

Weird Black Girls: Stories by Elwin Cotman (AK Press)

False Idols: A Reluctant King Novel by K’Wan (Akashic Books)

Sister Deborah by Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Mark Polizzotti (Archipelago Books)

Bad Land by Corinna Chong (Arsenal Pulp Press)

These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere (Catapult)

The Coin by Yasmin Zaher (Catapult)

Cecilia by K-Ming Chang (Coffee House Press)

Fog & Car by Eugene Lim (Coffee House Press)

We’re Safe When We’re Alone by Nghiem Tran (Coffee House Press)

A Woman of Pleasure by Kiyoko Murata, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter (Counterpoint Press)

Bad Seed by Gabriel Carle, translated by Heather Houde (Feminist Press)

The Default World by Naomi Kanakia (Feminist Press)

The Singularity by Balsam Karam, translated by Saskia Vogel (Feminist Press)

I'll Give You a Reason by Annell López (Feminist Press)

Tongueless by Lau Yee-Wa, translated by Jennifer Feeley (Feminist Press)

Outcaste by Sheila James (Goose Lane Editions)

Silken Gazelles by Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth (House of Anansi Press)

Dad, I Miss You by Nadia Sammurtok, illustrated by Simji Park (Inhabit Media)

Secrets of the Snakestone by Pia DasGupta (Nosy Crow)

The Burrow by Melanie Cheng (Tin House)

Masquerade by Mike Fu (Tin House)

The World With Its Mouth Open: Stories by Zahid Rafiq (Tin House)

I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both by Mariah Stovall (Soft Skull Press)

Non-Fiction

RAPilates: Body and Mind Conditioning in the Digital Age by Chuck D and Kathy Lopez (Akashic Books)

All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey by Teresa Wong (Arsenal Pulp Press)

Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging by Jessica J. Lee (Catapult)

My Pisces Heart: A Black Immigrant's Search for Home Across Four Continents by Jennifer Neal  (Catapult)

Beyond the Mountains: An Immigrant's Inspiring Journey of Healing and Learning to Dance with the Universe by Deja Vu Prem (Catapult)

Out of the Sierra: A Story of Rarámuri Resistance by Victoria Blanco (Coffee House Press)

Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha LaPointe (Counterpoint Press)

Born to Walk: My Journey of Trials and Resilience by Alpha Nkuranga (Goose Lane Editions)

Jinny Yu (At Once/À La Fois) by Jinny Yu (Goose Lane Editions)

Log Off: Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix by Katherine Cross (LittlePuss Press)

Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home by Chris La Tray (Milkweed Editions)

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments  by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Milkweed Editions)

Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life by Sofia Samatar (Soft Skull Press)

The Story Game by Shze-Hui Tjoa (Tin House)

Black Meme: The History of the Images That Make Us by Legacy Russell (Verso Books)

Poetry

i heard a crow before i was born by Jules Delorme (Goose Lane Editions)

We the Gathered Heat: Asian American and Pacific Islander Poetry, Performance, and Spoken Word edited by Franny Choi, Bao Phi, Noʻu Revilla, and Terisa Siagatonu (Haymarket Books)

A Map of My Want by Faylita Hicks (Haymarket Books)

[...] by Fady Joudah (Milkweed Editions)

Comics

A Witch’s Guide to Burning by Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn & Quarterly)

Oba Electroplating Factory by Yoshiharu Tsuge (Drawn & Quarterly)

Lost at Windy River by  Jillian Dolan, Trina Rathgeber and Alina Pete (Orca Books)

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Then on Tuesday, June 18th it’s time once again for One Book One Podcast as we each pitch a book we think we should read and you (the listeners) get to vote!

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The Arts Annual at Creative Pinellas is always a great way to see what the artists in the area are creating. For 2023’s larger than ever edition, there is also a separate space for a video program that includes short films, theater productions, poetry readings, musical performances and more.

Artist included in the exhibition-

Tatiana Baccari, Elizabeth Barenis, Christina Bertsos, Daniel Barojas, Chomick + Meder, Courtney Clute, Neverne Covington, Sheila Cowley, Patricia Kluwe Derderian, Nikki Devereux, Javier T Dones, Dunedin Music Society, Sara Ries Dziekonski, Sarah Emery, Roxanne Fay, Jean Blackwell Font, John Gascot, Denis Gaston, Mason Gehring, Donald Gialanella, Jim Gigurtsis, Kevin Grass, Sheree L. Greer, Jason Hackenwerth, Steph Hargrove, Patrick Arthur Jackson, Reid Jenkins, Kenny Jensen, Charlotte Johnson, Victoria Jorgensen, Steven Kenny, Candace Knapp, Akiko Kotani, Teresa Mandala, Cora Marshall, Carol Mickett & Robert Stackhouse, Miss Crit, Mark Mitchell, Chad Mize, Desiree Moore, Zoe Papas, Gianna Pergamo, Rose Marie Prins, Gabriel Ramos, Babs Reingold, George Retkes, Heather Rippert, Ashley Rivers, Marlene Rose, Ric Savid, Tom Sivak, Sketzii, Emily Stehle, Rachel Stewart, Erica Sutherlin, Takeya Trayer, Judy Vienneau, Kirk Ke Wang, Angela Warren, and Joseph Weinzettle

The show is on view until 12/31/23.

Below are some additional selections.

Reid Jenkins, “Holding Court”, Acrylic

Candace Knapp, “What the Blue Heron Sees” and “The Light Within” Acrylic on canvas

Daniel Barojas, “Future Ancestor”, Gouache, acrylic, gold leaf on canvas and “Future Ancestor #3”, Gouache and resin on paper

Rachel Stewart, “Caribbean Currents” Colored pencil, oil stick and collage on Archers archival paper; “Under a Different Sky”, Wall installation Painted relief wood construction with cooper and mixed media materials; Printing Ink and collage on rice paper

Mark Mitchell, “The BurgHive”, Acrylic on Hexagonal canvases

Sketzii,”Out of the Pink Concrete”, “Reclamando Mis Raices” and “A Señora’s Dream”, Acrylic on canvas

Steph Hargrove, “Catch You Later”, Acrylic paint, paper on canvas

Marlene Rose, “Three Bell Tower”, Sandcast glass and “Map Triptych” Sandcast glass

Heather Rippert, “Shakti” (center) and “Hawk 1, 2, and 3”, acrylic on canvas

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Coming up with unexpected solutions

- MARIO LOPEZ'S ASTRINGENT TOE

- JAMES FRANCO'S TART TOE

- JASON RITTER'S CLOSED TOE

- WILL ARNETT'S BRILLIANCE TOE

- LAMAR ODOM'S TOASTY TOE

- JESSE JAMES'S REFINED TOE

- VERA WANG'S LEAN TOE

- RICHIE SAMBORA'S CIGAR BOX TOE

- MANDY MOORE'S DENSE TOE

- MARK WAHLBERG'S LASER-LIKE TOE

- MACI BOOKOUT'S LEATHERY TOE

- ADAM BRODY'S CREAMY TOE

- KYRA SEDGWICK'S LEATHERY TOE

- ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY'S ROUND TOE

- PARIS HILTON'S LEES TOE

- BILLY RAY CYRUS'S REFINED TOE

- TRACY MORGAN'S FLESHY TOE

- KRISTA ALLEN'S JAMMY TOE

- KRISTEN WIIG'S CHARCOAL TOE

- HUGH HEFNER'S FULL TOE

- FELICITY HUFFMAN'S TOAST TOE

- COLIN FARRELL'S BRIGHT TOE

- MELISSA GORGA'S MINERALLY TOE

- DANIEL RADCLIFFE'S TAR TOE

- ANDY COHEN'S HOT TOE

- BRAD PITT'S SOUR TOE

- SOPHIE MONK'S VANILLIN TOE

- TERESA GIUDICE'S TART TOE

- JAY LENO'S LEGGY TOE

- RICKI LAKE'S SUPPLE TOE

- ELISABETH HASSELBECK'S CHEWY TOE

- OPRAH WINFREY'S SILKY TOE

- CHRIS KLEIN'S CORKED TOE

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Renungan 9Okt2023

Bacaan Injil Luk 10,25-37

Kemudian seorang guru Taurat datang untuk memerangkap Yesus. Dia bertanya, “Guru, apakah yang harus saya lakukan supaya mendapat hidup sejati dan kekal?” Yesus menjawab, “Apakah yang tertulis di dalam Alkitab? Bagaimana tafsiranmu?” Orang itu menjawab, “ ‘Kasihilah Tuhan Allahmu dengan sepenuh hatimu, dengan segenap jiwamu, dengan segala kekuatanmu, dan dengan seluruh akalmu’; dan ‘Kasihilah sesama manusia seperti kamu mengasihi dirimu sendiri.’ ” Yesus berkata kepadanya, “Jawapanmu itu benar. Berbuatlah demikian, dan kamu akan mendapat hidup sejati dan kekal.” Tetapi guru Taurat itu hendak membela diri, lalu bertanya, “Siapakah sesama saya?” Yesus menjawab, “Seorang lelaki turun dari Yerusalem dan pergi ke Yerikho. Di tengah perjalanan, dia diserang penyamun. Mereka merompak dan memukul dia setengah mati, lalu meninggalkannya di tepi jalan. Kebetulan pada masa itu seorang imam lalu di situ. Apabila dia melihat orang itu, dia menyeberang jalan dan meneruskan perjalanan. Demikian juga seorang Lewi lalu di situ. Dia mendekati orang itu untuk melihatnya, lalu menyeberang jalan dan meneruskan perjalanan. Tetapi seorang Samaria yang sedang lalu di situ, tiba di tempat orang itu terbaring. Ketika dia melihat orang itu, hatinya penuh belas kasihan. Maka dia mendekatinya lalu membersihkan luka-lukanya dengan wain dan mengubatinya dengan minyak. Selepas itu dia membalut luka-lukanya dan menaikkan orang itu ke atas haiwan tunggangannya sendiri. Dia membawa orang itu ke rumah tumpangan dan merawat dia di situ. Keesokan harinya orang Samaria itu memberikan dua keping wang perak kepada tuan rumah tumpangan itu dan berkata kepadanya, ‘Rawatlah dia, dan sekiranya wang ini tidak cukup, saya akan membayarnya apabila saya kembali ke sini.’ ” Lalu Yesus mengakhiri ceritanya dengan bertanya, “Menurut pendapatmu, di antara ketiga-tiga orang itu, siapakah yang menjadi sesama orang yang dirompak itu?” Guru Taurat itu menjawab, “Orang yang menunjukkan belas kasihan kepadanya.” Yesus berkata pula, “Pergilah dan berbuatlah demikian!”

Demikianlah sabda Tuhan

Terpujilah Kristus

Siapakah saudara kita? keluarga sendiri? mereka yang seiman dengan kita? Tuhan Yesus mengajarkan pengertian yang tak terduga. Dia menyebut orang miskin, orang sakit, orang asing, dan orang tahanan sebagai “saudara-Ku” (ay 40). Dalam perumpamaan kisah orang Samaria yang baik hati, imam dan orang Lewi yang dipandang sebagai orang baik justru menghindari orang yang terluka namun justru orang Samaria yang bermusuhan dengan Israel pada waktu itu justru tergerak hatinya oleh belas kasihan untuk menolong bahkan membawa ke penginapan dan merawatnya. 

Yesus mengajarkan hukum Kasih dalam ayat 27 untuk ”Kasihilah Tuhan, Allahmu, dengan segenap hatimu dan dengan segenap jiwamu dan dengan segenap kekuatanmu dan dengan segenap akal budimu, dan kasihilah sesamamu manusia seperti dirimu sendiri”. Pada ayat 29 Yesus meminta mengasihi ‘sesama’ yang mewakili kaum lemah, tidak berdaya, bisa jadi tertindas dan terpinggirkan. Mereka memerlukan uluran pertolongan, namun justru kerap diperlakukan sebagai sampah masyarakat. Apa yang dilakukan Yesus sungguh mengejutkan, Ia justru merangkul orang-orang rendah itu sebagai “saudara”, dan menganggap perlakuan terhadap mereka sebagai perlakuan terhadap diri-Nya. Dia memilih bersolidaritas dengan orang-orang yang dianggap hina itu karena Yesus justru datang “bukan untuk memanggil orang benar, tetapi orang berdosa, supaya mereka bertobat” (Luk 5;32) karena semua orang berdosa dihadapan Allah jadi kita menerima karya keselamatan hanya karena kasih karunia Kristus, bukan karena kebaikan kita

Bacaan Injil malam ini kembali mengingatkan saya akan film "The Letters" yang menceritakan tentang pelayanan bunda Teresa, penindasan politik, semangat religius, dan semangat tak terpatahkan dalam karya pelayanannya di India. Bunda Teresa memiliki hasrat untuk melayani, dengan kata-katanya sendiri, "yang tidak diinginkan, yang tidak dicintai, dan yang tidak diperhatikan". Dengan bekal uang lima rupee pemberian Uskup Agung Kalkuta, sandal pemberian suster-suster di Patna dan salib yang disematkan pada bagian bahu kiri kain sarinya serta iman dan visi panggilan Tuhan ia memulai tugas karya misi melayani dan hidup di tengah-tengah kawasan kumuh Motijhil sesuai kisah perutusan dalam bacaan Injil malam Yesus meminta tidak membawa apa-apa, kecuali tongkat. Tidak boleh membawa roti, bekal apa pun termasuk uang, tidak boleh membawa dua baju. Setiap hari Ibu Teresa memulai hari barunya dengan persatuan dengan Yesus dalam Ekaristi, lalu kemudian pergi dengan rosario di tangan, untuk mencari dan melayani Yesus dalam “mereka yang terbuang, yang teracuhkan, yang tak dikasihi” meski mendapatkan berbagai penolakan, ancaman dan penderitaan namun bunda Teresa tetap berteguh akan misi pelayanannya hingga akhirnya perjuangan Bunda Teresa mulai mendapat perhatian dan usulan Kongregasi Misionaris Cinta Kasih yang meletakkan dasar untuk membantu orang-orang "termiskin di antara kaum miskin” disetujui Vatikan seperti tertulis dalam Mat 25;40 “Aku berkata kepadamu, sesungguhnya segala sesuatu yang kamu lakukan untuk salah seorang dari saudara-Ku yang paling hina ini, kamu telah melakukannya untuk Aku”

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