#time Walker 1982

[fanofspooky]

Scream King - James Karen

[80smovies]

[thezombiegeekinthehawaiianshirt]

[diceriadelluntore]

Storia Di Musica #358 - Killing Joke, Night Time, 1985

Se c'è un luogo che esprime il rapporto tra la musica rock e Berlino è un edificio di Köthener Straße, la Meistersaal, eretto nel 1913 come sede della Società Edilizia della città, ristrutturato dopo gli ingenti danni subiti durante la Seconda guerra mondiale. Nel 1964 due fratelli, Peter e Thomas Meisel, in alcune stanze di questo edificio costruiscono uno studio di registrazione musicale, gli Hans Ton Studios, conosciuti nel mondo della musica come Hansa By The Wall Studios perchè fisicamente erano situati al confine con il muro divisorio della città, vicino a Potsdamer Platz. Li Bowie con Eno, e poi decine di artisti, tra cui Cave (come visto la settimana scorsa), i Depeche Mode (che registrano missano qui Construction Time Again del 1983 e registreranno poi Some Great Reward, 1984, e Black Celebration del 1986), tanti gruppi new wave, post punk, i R.E.M. nel 2011 con Collapse Into Now registrano il loro ultimo disco in studio. C'è a tal proposito uno stupendo documentario, Hansa Studios: By The Wall 1976-90 diretto da Mike Christie che racconta un po' di storia di questo luogo leggendario.

Che fu il teatro delle registrazioni del disco di oggi, di una delle più innovative e all'epoca dirompenti formazioni della prima metà degli anni '80. Questa band emerge con forza dall'ondata new wave innescando la musica con cose molto particolari: i Killing Joke. Jaz Coleman, voce e tastiere, la fonda con Kevin "Geordie" Walker alla chitarra, Martin "Youth" Glover al basso e Paul Ferguson alla batteria. Sono sin dalle prime registrazioni indicati come rock d'avanguardia. Prendono il loro nome, Killing Joke, da una scenetta di uno spettacolo dei Monthy Python, e lo "scherzo che uccide" stupirà gli appassionati con un suono che mischia punk, dark, hard rock, dub creando in Gran Bretagna il seme della musica "industrial" e, per molti, persino della musica Techno. Cantano di depressione, di sensazioni apocalittiche, quasi con idee divinatorie (ne parleremo tra poco) e brani come Requiem e Wardance, dal loro omonimo esordio Killing Joke del 1980, e come Follow The Leaders dal successivo What's This For! (dell'anno successivo, 1981) divengono dei piccoli culti musicali di una band che ha ancora poco successo ma è adorata dai fan. Nel 1982 succede qualcosa: Youth si chiama fuori, e fonderà di lì a breve un nuovo gruppo, i Brilliant, ma soprattutto Coleman, immedesimandosi in un novello Nostradamus, preannuncia la fine dei tempi e se ne va in Islanda. Non si è mai capito quanto fosse una stramba copertura per un ritiro creativo, dove Coleman incontra e frequenta numerosi artisti locali di musica elettronica, ma ha una certa eco all'epoca. A questo punto, rimpiazza Youth con Paul "Raven" Vincent al basso e scrive un disco dove, a detta dei musicisti, usano delle droghe per trovare il giusto editing: Fire Dances (1983) ha la prima canzone "normale" in Let's All Go (To The Fire Dances) ed è ben accolto da critica e pubblico.

Tutto cambia l'anno successivo: Coleman va a "respirare decadenza" a Berlino e decide lì di scrivere il prossimo disco. In risposta alle prime critiche sul fatto che la furia iconoclasta degli esordi si fosse trasformata in qualcosa di noioso (che è la critica di ogni band che ha successo, più o meno relativo) esce fuori un disco che riprende soprattutto la ritmica iconica del suono Killing Joke, le tematiche scure e dolorose, ma le riveste in un'atmosfera nuova, vista la storia musicale della città berlinese (questo aspetto, anticipo, sarà la chiusura del viaggio di queste settimane), che vira verso suoni dance. Night Time esce nel Febbraio 1985, ridando nuovo lustro al gruppo che riesce a mettere insieme il suono esplosivo e trascinante che lo ha reso famoso con canzoni più mirate, alcune delle quali diventeranno degli inni generazionali. Geordie Walker, che fino ad allora ne era sempre stato avarissimo, tira fuori alcuni assoli sbalorditivi tra i suoi riff feroci (vedasi Night Time), mentre Paul Ferguson mescola e abbina molto bene i ritmi elettronici con i suoi naturali della batteria. Jaz Coleman è un personaggio strano, ma è anche un cantante formidabile, capace di fare di tutto, dal growl degli esordi ai toni taglienti e acuti come in questo disco, dove non forza mai la mano. Le canzone del disco sono due: Love Like Blood, dal testo gotico, che ebbe un certo successo anche per via del videoclip all'epoca definito dark, ma che oggi fa tutt'altro effetto, ma soprattutto Eighties: i Nirvana, tra tutti i gruppi, hanno clonato completamente la linea di chitarra acquosa al centro del brano per Come As You Are. Il disco vende moltissimo, ed è bellissimo, a mio parere, il commento che il New Musical Express fece del disco all'uscita: "suonano così diversi che fanno sembrano gli Smiths come Simon & Garfunkel".

Eppure all'apice, come spesso succede, arriva la crisi creativa: dissidi artistici e di linea musicale (con la decisione di rifare in pratica all'infinito il mood di Love Like Blood) portano a cali drastici di qualità e ad una sorta di isolamento di Coleman, che in pratica scriverà dischi solisti a nome Killing Joke, ed esempio massimo in questo sono il parlato sermonico suo su esoterismo, magia e occulto in The Courtard Talks del 1989 (addirittura doppio lp).

Rimangono un esempio seminale di contaminazione di generi, e i primi 4 dischi sono meravigliosi: dalle loro note nascerà tantissimo in tutta Europa, e ancora una volta è stata l'aria berlinese che ha dato la quadra.

[s-soulwriter]

Queer Classics

Some queer classics that are great to read.

"Giovanni's Room" by James Baldwin (1956) - This novel explores the story of an American man living in 1950s Paris who grapples with his own sexual identity and his relationship with an Italian bartender named Giovanni.

"Orlando" by Virginia Woolf (1928) - This novel follows the life of the titular character, who changes gender and lives for centuries, exploring themes of gender, identity, and time.

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde (1890) - The story revolves around a young man named Dorian Gray, whose portrait ages while he remains youthful, as he becomes entangled in a life of hedonism and moral decay.

"Maurice" by E.M. Forster (1914) - This novel tells the story of Maurice Hall and his experiences as a gay man in early 20th-century England, including his relationships and struggles with societal norms.

"Carmilla" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (1872) - A gothic novella featuring a female vampire, Carmilla, and the mysterious, intimate relationship she forms with the story's female protagonist, Laura.

"The Well of Loneliness" by Radclyffe Hall (1928) - The novel follows the life of Stephen Gordon, a lesbian in early 20th-century England, and her struggles to find acceptance and love.

"Patience and Sarah" by Isabel Miller (1969) - Set in the 19th century, this novel tells the love story of two women, Patience and Sarah, as they navigate societal expectations and build a life together.

"The Color Purple" by Alice Walker (1982) - The novel explores the life of Celie, an African American woman in the early 20th century, and her deep emotional connections with other women, particularly Shug Avery.

"Nightwood" by Djuna Barnes (1936) - A modernist novel focusing on the complex relationships of its characters, including a woman named Robin Vote who challenges traditional gender and sexual norms.

"The City and the Pillar" by Gore Vidal (1948) - This novel tells the story of Jim Willard, who explores his homosexual identity and relationships while facing the social constraints of the mid-20th century.

[scotianostra]

Happy Birthday James “Midge” Ure born October 10th 1953 in Cambuslang.

Born to a working class family Ure attended Cambuslang Primary School and Rutherglen Academy in Glasgow until he was 15 years old. For the first 10 years of his life he lived in a one-bedroom tenement flat. After leaving school Ure attended Motherwell Technical College and then began to work as an engineer, training at the National Engineering Laboratory (NEL), in nearby East Kilbride.

Midge started playing music in a Glasgow band called Stumble in 1969, before joining Salvation, a Glasgow-based group that became the bubblegum band Slik in 1974. Upset in the change of direction, Ure left the band to join the Rich Kids, a punk-pop group led by former Sex Pistol bassist Glen Matlock. The Rich Kids only released one album, 1978’s Ghosts of Princes in Towers, before breaking up later that year. Ure spent a brief time with the Misfits (not the American band) before forming Visage with drummer Rusty Egan and vocalist Steve Strange; he left the group to replace Gary Moore in Thin Lizzy, who had left in the middle of an American tour. After the tour was finished, Ure fulfilled an agreement to join Ultravox as the replacement for John Foxx.

Once he joined the band in 1980, Ure helped make Ultravox a mainstream success; during this time he also worked as a producer, making records with Steve Harley and Modern Man. In 1982, Ure released a solo single, a cover of the Walker Brothers’ hit “No Regrets”; it climbed into the U.K. Top Ten. Ure and Bob Geldof formed Band Aid, a special project to aid famine relief efforts in Ethiopia, in 1984. The two wrote the song “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and assembled an all-star band of musicians to record the single; it sold millions of copies over the 1984 holiday season.

In 1985, Ultravox was put on hiatus and Ure began to pursue a full-time solo career. Recorded entirely by Ure, his 1985 solo debut, The Gift, launched the number one single “If I Was,” as well as the minor hits “That Certain Smile” and “Call of the Wild.” The following year, he recorded the final Ultravox album; in 1987, the band broke up and he began recording his second solo album. The resulting record, 1988’s Answers to Nothing, was less successful than The Gift in the U.K., yet it charted in the U.S., which is something Ure’s previous album failed to do. Three years later, Ure released his third album, Pure; while it didn’t do any business in America, the album featured the Top 20 British hit “Cold, Cold Heart.” He attempted a comeback in 1996 with Breathe, which went ignored by both the American and British markets. Four years later, his score for the Jon Cryer drama-comedy Went to Coney Island was issued by the Evenmore label.

Ure’s recording activity during the 2000s began with Move Me, which featured some surprisingly hard rocking material. A few years later, he published an autobiography, If I Was, and then, with Geldof, arranged the Live 8 concerts.

Following the release of the covers-oriented 10 IN 2008, Ure participated in an Ultravox reunion and continued to record as a solo artist. Fragile was issued in 2014, and featured the Moby collaboration “Dark, Dark Night.” In 2017, he collaborated with composer Ty Unwin on the album Orchestrated, which featured orchestral reworkings of Ultravox songs, as well as songs from his solo career.

In 2020 Midge released an album Soundtrack 1978-2019, he was one of the lucky artists to have completed his tour promoting this in February that year.

Midge has recently revealed why he turned down an offer to join the Sex Pistols, telling The Telegraph that he considered that taking up the invitation from the band's manager Malcolm McLaren would have been like "joining a slightly edgier Bay City ­Rollers". He received the offer to join the fledgling punk band back in 1975, while on a visit to McCormack’s instrument hire shop in Glasgow.

In an interview published in the Telegraph he said;

"I was stopped in the street by the Clash’s manager, Bernie Rhodes, who then introduced me to Malcolm McLaren, I didn’t know who either of them was, but they literally asked me to join the Sex Pistols without even asking what I did. To me it would have been like joining a slightly edgier Bay City Rollers, so I turned them down.

Last October Midge celebrated seven decades of music with a concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

Concerts coming up for Midge are, 24th October: Tvonica Culture - Zagreb , 31st October: Stadfeestzaal - Aarschot, Belgium with Lena

Lovich, before 27 dates in Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales ending in December, he then travels to United Arab Emirates for a gig in February, March sees the hard working Scot play 11 nights in Sweden and Germany.

Midge Ure is one of Scotland’s all-time most successful musicians. He is married with four daughters and lives in Somerset.

The video is Midge, with Pilot,s David Paton from a Live Hogmanay show in 1995.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Darrell Lucus at Loud, Liberal, Christian:

It’s an article of faith among the most diehard supporters of Donald Trump that his foes were not willing to let him do his job as president. Never mind that time and again, he demonstrated that he never even began to understand what his job as president was, let alone do it. Clearly, he still hasn’t done so, based on the people he has nominated for his return to the White House. Trump wants Robert Kennedy Jr., a chest-beating anti-vaxxer and AIDS denier, as his Secretary of Health and Human Services. He wants Tulsi Gabbard, a woman with a dangerous tendency to amplify conspiracy theories and propaganda from a hostile power, as his intelligence chief. He wants to give the Pentagon to Pete Hegseth, a guy who paid hush money to make an accusation of sexual assault go away. And he wanted to make Matt Gaetz, a man who has been credibly accused of sexual misconduct and rampant drug use, his attorney general. But as bad as these nominations have been, one nomination is almost as odious, but hasn’t been talked about—at least not as much as the others. A week before Christmas, Trump nominated former NFL player and 1982 Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker as ambassador to the Bahamas. Trump and Walker have been friends for over 40 years, dating back to Walker’s time with the USFL’s New Jersey Generals Incredibly, we haven’t had a full-time ambassador in the Bahamas since 2011—Obama’s first term. As much as we should want that vacancy filled, anyone who paid attention to Walker’s behavior during his run for a Senate seat in Georgia in 2022 would conclude that Walker is among the last people who should even be on the list for that post. After all, unless you have a MAGA hat glued to your head, you would have seen that Walker’s behavior proved not just beyond reasonable doubt, but ALL doubt, that he is not fit for office. He piled up gaffes by the barrelful on the campaign trail, so many that Chris Cillizza—then of CNN—called him “a walking gaffe machine.” He said—with a straight face—that the Green New Deal was a waste of time because “bad air” from other countries�� simply gets dumped here. He has also claimed that there are 52 states, and suggested that it’s possible to walk through a building that could kill off COVID. His response to the Uvalde school shooting devolved into word salad.

[...] All things considered, Walker shouldn’t have been running for Senate in 2022, and shouldn’t be considered for an ambassadorship now. He should be getting help. But the biggest issue of all surrounding Walker can’t be entirely chalked up to concussions and possible CTE. A month before Election Day, his son, Christian, revealed that he and his mother had suffered horrific abuse at Walker’s hands for years. According to Christian, they moved at least six times in as many months to get away from him. Anyone who wants to know why Christian kept quiet over the years got their answer when NBC News interviewed a number of Atlanta-area Black conservatives who said the reports about Walker’s depravities didn’t dissuade them in the least from supporting Walker. To a (wo)man, they all said that all that mattered to them was getting Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock out and Walker in. Reading this angered me on a personal level. Like Christian, I was basely betrayed by my own father. He refused to switch from night shift to day shift, even though my mother was a teacher and he had two sons at home—meaning that my parents only saw each other a few hours out of the week when school was in session. It turned out he was staying on nights to facilitate cheating on my mother. [...] And now Trump is essentially giving Christian the finger again by nominating his father to be an ambassador. Granted, we already knew that Trump’s standards for diplomacy are absurdly low. Remember, his ambassador to Germany for much of the latter portion of his first term, Richard Grenell, seems to think that calling out Trump’s disturbing and outright fascistic comments on the campaign trail amounted to “fomenting violence.” But if he believes a man with Walker’s history is fit to represent our country on the international stage, then he has no right to complain that we aren’t letting him do his job. It cannot be repeated enough—this is evidence that he hasn’t even begun to understand the nature of his job.

Nominating Heisman winner-turned-walking disgrace Herschel Walker to any post, especially an ambassadorship to Bahamas, is embarrassing on the world’s stage.

[21stcenturyschizoidcat]

Fleetwood Mac: timeline

1967

Lineup:

Peter Green: Vocals, Guitar

Jeremy Spencer: Vocals, Guitar

Bob Brunning: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums

Single: I Believe My Time Ain't Long / Rambling Pony

Peter Green: Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica

Jeremy Spencer: Guitar, Vocals, Piano

John McVie: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums

1968

Album: Fleetwood Mac

Single: Black Magic Woman/The Sun Is Shining

Album: Mr. Wonderful (feat. Christine McVie and Horns)

Single: Need Your Love So Bad

Peter Green: Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Cello, Bass, Percussion

Danny Kirwan: Vocals, Guitar

Jeremy Spencer: Guitar, Vocals, Percussion, Piano

John McVie: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion

Single: Albatross/Jigsaw Puzzle Blues

Compilation: English Rose (US only)

1969

Compilation: The Pious Bird of Good Omen

Single: Man of the World/Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite (As Earl Vance and the Valliants)

Album: Then Play On

Single: Oh Well (Pts. I & II)

Album: Blues Jam At Chess

1970

Single: The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) / World In Harmony

Danny Kirwan: Vocals, Guitar

Jeremy Spencer: Vocals, Guitar, Piano

John McVie: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion

Album: Kiln House

Danny Kirwan: Vocals, Guitar

Jeremy Spencer: Guitar, Vocals

Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals

John McVie: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion

1971

Single: Dragonfly/The Purple Dancer

Danny Kirwan: Guitar, Vocals

Bob Welch: Guitar, Vocals

Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals

John McVie: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion

Album: Future Games

1972

Album: Bare Trees

1973

Bob Welch: Guitar, Vocals

Bob Weston: Guitar, Banjo

Dave Walker: Vocals, Harmonica

Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals

John McVie: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion

Album: Penguin

Bob Welch: Guitar, Vocals

Bob Weston: Guitar

Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals

John McVie: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion

Album: Mystery To Me

1974

Bob Welch: Guitar, Vocals

Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals

John McVie: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion

Album: Heroes are Hard to Find

1975

Lindsey Buckingham: Guitar, Vocals, Banjo, Bass, Keys, Drums

Stevie Nicks: Vocals, Percussion, piano

Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals

John McVie: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion

Album: Fleetwood Mac

1976

Single: Go Your Own Way/Silver Springs

1977

Album: Rumours

1979

Album: Tusk

1980

Live Album: Live

1982

Single: G***y/Cool Water (Non-Album B-Side)

Album: Mirage

1987

Single: Big Love/You and I, Pt. 1 (Non-Album B-Side)

Single: Seven Wonders/Book of Miracle (Non-Album B-Side)

Single: Little Lies/Ricky (Non-Album B-Side)

Album: Tango In The Night

1988

Stevie Nicks: Vocals

Billy Burnette: Guitar, Vocals

Rick Vito: Guitar, Vocals

Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals

John McVie: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion, Spoken Word

Compilation: Greatest Hits

1990

Album: Behind The Mask

Billy Burnette: Guitar, Vocals

Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals

John McVie: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion

1992

Single: Love Shines

Single: Paper Doll (Recorded '88)

1993

Billy Burnette: Guitar, Vocals

Dave Mason: Guitar, Vocals

Bekka Bramlett: Vocals

Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals

John McVie: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion, Spoken Word

1995

Album: Time

1997

Lindsey Buckingham: Guitar, Vocals

Stevie Nicks: Vocals, Percussion

Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals

John McVie: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion

Live Album: The Dance

1998

Lindsey Buckingham: Guitar, Vocals, Keyboard, Bass, Percussion

Stevie Nicks: Vocals, Keyboard

John McVie: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion

2003

Album: Say You Will

2013

EP: Extended Play

2014

Lindsey Buckingham: Guitar, Vocals, Keyboard, Bass, Percussion

Stevie Nicks: Vocals, Percussion

Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals

John McVie: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion

2017

Album: Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie (Sans Stevie Nicks, as Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie)

2018

Stevie Nicks: Vocals, Percussion

Neil Finn: Guitar, Vocals

Mike Campbell: Guitar, Vocals

Christine McVie: Keyboards, Vocals

John McVie: Bass

Mick Fleetwood: Drums, Percussion

2022

Christine McVie died of a stroke on November 30. Fleetwood Mac concludes.

[existentialcrisistime]

Look what arrived! I won these three Star Trek zines for an absolute bargain price on eBay (£2.50 each, I was the sole bidder), and I'm so happy to have them

Plak Tow is a gen TOS anthology, this issue from 1982 and featuring a story by Della Van Hise of Killing Time fame. Cover art by Christine Myers

Obsession is a Kirk-centric zine, this issue was the final and published in 1984, featuring a few mildly spicy pull-out pinup style Kirk art pieces. Cover art by Barbara Walker

Otherwhere Otherwhen is a K/S slash zine with a focus on AU stories, this issue published in 1992. Cover art by Marilyn Cole

[haveyoureadthispoll]

A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance and silence. Through a series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to God, then the sisters to each other despite the unknown, the novel draws readers into its rich and memorable portrayals of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery and Sofia and their experience. The Color Purple broke the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, narrating the lives of women through their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery. Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, Alice Walker’s epic carries readers on a spirit-affirming journey towards redemption and love.

[konmics-n-stuff]

Everyone who has ever, even slightly, been Robin

*In official, DC-endorsed media 

Total: 100 (i think)

FYI:

my definition of a ‘Robin’ is extremely vague. For example, I’m counting Lois Lane because she went to a costume party as Robin, and I’m also counting ‘Boy’ from Batman: the Return of Bruce Wayne because he had the domino mask paint and was clearly a stand-in for Robin. Et cetera.

They’re organized chronologically by their first appearance as Robin

Also this is heavily dependent on DC Fandom Wiki, so please let me know if I missed anyone or if anything is inaccurate

KEY

Red = actually Robin for a significant portion of time (more than a few in-universe days & more than one issue/episode/movie/etc)

Italics = was never Robin in main continuity (i.e. Earth Two [before Earth One existed], Earth One, New Earth, and Prime Earth)

Bold = I actually acknowledge them as Robin in my heart

Dick Grayson (Apr 1940)

Julie Madison (Mar 1941)

Ricky (Dec 1944) [possible future]

Mary Wills (Apr 1950) [Earth-Two]

Bruce Wayne (Dec 1955)

Vanderveer Wayne (Jun 1962)

Alfred E. Neuman (Sep 1966) [Mad Magazine]

Lance Bruner (May 1969)

Jimmy Olsen (May 1970)

Jason Todd (Mar 1982)

Boyd, the Robin Wonder (Apr 1983) [Earth-C-Minus]

Carrie Kelly (Jun 1986) [Dark Knight Returns]

Tim Drake (Oct 1989)

Robert Chang (Apr 1990) [Digital Justice]

Redbird (Jan 1993) [The Blue, the Gray, and the Bat]

Thomas Wayne (Jan 1993) [Robin 3000]

Bane (Apr 1993) [rejected elseworlds]

Robin Redblade (Jun 1994) [Earth-494]

Tengu (Sep 1994) [Narrow Path]

Alfred Pennyworth (Feb 1996) [Batman: Dark Alligiances]

Jubilation Lee (Apr 1996) [Amalgam Universe]

Tris Plover (Jun 1996) [Legends of the Dead Earth]

Darkbird (Jul 1996)

Bruce Wayne Jr. (Feb 1997) [Earth-3839]

Lois Lane (Oct 1997)

Rodney the chimpanzee (Nov 1997) [Batman: Dark Knight Dynasty]

Marya (1998) [I, Joker]

Barbara Gordon (Feb 1998) [Earth-37]

Robin the Toy Wonder (Nov 1998) [DC One Million]

Rochelle Wayne (Feb 1999) [Reign of Terror]

Kon-El (Mar 1999) [Hypertension]

Clark Wayne (Mar 1999) [Earth-3839]

Squid Wonder (Aug 1999)

The Robin (Mar 2000) [Earth-40]

Robin Drake (Feb 2002) [Riddle of the Beast]

Stephanie Brown (May 2004)

Koriand’r (Jan 2005) [Teen Titans (2003 show)]

Garfield Logan (Jan 2005) [Teen Titans (2003 show)]

Rachel Roth (Jan 2005) [Teen Titans (2003 show)]

Victor Stone (Jan 2005) [Teen Titans (2003 show)]

Robbie the Robin (Jun 2005) [Krypto the Superdog]

Control Freak (Oct 2005) [Teen Titans (2003 show)]

Damian Wayne (Nov 2006)

Robin Olsen (Oct 2007) [Earth-8]

Bizzaro Robin (Nov 2007)

Unnamed penguin (Jun 2010) [Tiny Titans]

Boy (Jul 2010)

Robin Robin (Jul 2010) [Tiny Titans]

M’gann M’orzz (Nov 2010) [Young Justice (2010 show)]

Jericho (Dec 2010) [Tiny Titans]

Kid Devil (Dec 2010) [Tiny Titans]

Wildebeest (Dec 2010) [Tiny Titans]

Kroc (Dec 2010) [Tiny Titans]

The Joker (Jan 2011)

Lance Heart (Feb 2011)

Fransisco Ramirez (Feb 2011)

Christopher Ward (Feb 2011)

Robin John Blake (Jul 2012) [Dark Knight Trilogy]

Helena Wayne (July 2012) [Earth 2]

Robin’s Egg (Jan 2013) [Farm League]

Super Robin (Jul 2013) [Teen Titans Go!]

Selina Kyle (Mar 2014)

Damien Wayne (Jun 2014) [Infinite Crisis Video Game]

John Thomas Grayson (Dec 2014) [Earth 2]

Nibor (Jan 2015) [Teen Titans Go!]

Daxton Chill (May 2015)

Dre Cipriani (May 2015)

Riko Sheridan (May 2015)

Duke Thomas (Jul 2015)

Troy Walker (Jul 2015)

Kat-R-ina (Aug 2015)

Isabella Ortiz (Aug 2015)

BlackDomino (Oct 2015)

Darkestdawn (Oct 2015)

SideKicker (Oct 2015)

Yellowcape (Oct 2015)

Shug-R (May 2016)

Robinbot (May 2017)

Dinesh Babar (May 2017)

Rabid Robins (Oct 2017) [Earth -22]

Cult Member Robins (Apr 2018)

Rosie (Apr 2018)

Matt McGinnis (May 2018) [Futures End]

Harley Quinn (Apr 2019)

Jarro (Oct 2019)

Billy Batson (Oct 2019)

Six of Hearts (Dec 2019)

Maps Mizoguchi (Dec 2020)

Talia Kane (Feb 2021) [Earth 11]

LeBron James (Jul 2021) [Space Jam: A New Legacy]

Drake Winston (Oct 2021) [Batman ‘89]

Anita Jean (Oct 2021)

Kiki (Nov 2021)

Son of Don Mitchell Jr. (Mar 2022) [The Batman (2022 movie)]

Gan (Mar 2022)

Jon Kent (Jul 2022)

Amish Boy Wonder (Nov 2022) [The Last Harley Story]

Darcy Thomas (Nov 2022)

Elizabeth Prince (Jan 2024) [Possible Future]

Bruce Wayne clone (Jul 2024)

[dear-indies]

hi! i hope you dont mind the ask! im looking to set up a period fc and just looking to get some fc help! i want the group to be diverse as possible and was hoping you could help with some fc suggestions?

Kathy Bates (1948) - American Horror Story as Madame LaLaurie.

Richard Ridings (1958) - Dickinson.

Michelle Yeoh (1962) Chinese Malaysian - The School for Good and Evil.

Zahn McClarnon (1966) Hunkpapa Lakota, Sihasapa Lakota, White - History of the World, Part II.

Sophie Okonedo (1968) Nigerian / Ashkenazi Jewish - The Wheel of Time, The Hollow Crown.

Adrian Lester (1968) Afro Jamaican - Mary Queen of Scots.

Yuliya Aug (1970) - Ekaterina.

Warwick Davis (1970) - Willow - has spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita.

Danny Sapani (1970) Ghanaian - in Harlots.

Nick Frost (972) - The Nevers & Into the Badlands.

Matt Berry (1974) - Year of the Rabbit.

Caroline Chikezie (1974) Igbo Nigerian - The Shannara Chronicles.

Ashlie Atkinson (1977) - is queer - The Gilded Age.

Karthi (1977) Tamil Indian - Ponniyin Selvan.

Oscar Isaac (1979) Cuban-Guatemalan-Spanish - In Secret.

Nonso Anozie (1979) Igbo Nigerian - Cinderella.

Adeel Akhtar (1980) Pakistani / Indo Kenyan - Enola Holmes.

Chrissy Metz (1980) - American Horror Story as Ima ‘Barbara’ Wiggles.

Angel Coulby (1980) Afro Guyanese / White - Merlin.

Mahesh Jadu (1982) Indo Mauritian - The Witcher.

Ella Smith (1983) - The Nevers.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (1983) Zulu South African / White - Belle.

Joel Fry (1984) Afro Jamaican and White - Drunk History UK.

Freida Pinto (1984) Konkani Indian - Mr. Malcolm's List.

Sterling Sulieman (1984) African-American - Still Star-Crossed.

Zawe Ashton (1984) Ugandan / White - Mr. Malcolm's List - has spoken up for Palestine!

Sonoya Mizuno (1986) Japanese / Spanish-Argentinian, White - House of The Dragon.

Jodie Turner-Smith (1986) Afro Jamaican - Anne Boleyn.

Deepika Padukone (1986) Indian - Bajirao Mastani.

Lashana Lynch (1987) Afro Jamaican - Still Star-Crossed.

Susan Wokoma (1987) Nigerian - Enola Holmes - has spoken up for Palestine!

Pippa Bennett-Warner (1988) Jamaican and Kittitian - Harlots.

Stefanie Reinsperger (1988) - Maria Theresa.

Aiysha Hart (1988) Saudi / White - Atlantis - has spoken up for Palestine!

Gratiela Brancusi (1989) Romani and White - 1883 - has spoken up for Palestine!

Dalmar Abuzeid (1990) Sudanese - Anne with An E.

Sophia Nomvete (1990) Iranian and Black - Rings of Power.

Himesh Patel (1990) Indian - The Aeronauts and The Luminaries.

Lolly Adefope (1990) Nigerian - in Ghosts - has spoken up for Palestine!

Paapa Essiedu (1990) Ghanaian - Anne Boleyn - has spoken up for Palestine!

Jacob Anderson (1990) Black Caribbean and White - Interview with the Vampire.

Ebonee Noel (1990) Afro Guyanese - Still Star-Crossed.

Dianne Doan (1990) Chinese - Warrior.

Katie Findlay (1990) Chinese, Portuguese-Macanese, White - Walker: Independence - is queer (they/them) I'm unsure if they're referring to gender and/or sexuality as queer but I'm under the assumption it's both! - has spoken up for Palestine!

Liu Yuning (1990) Chinese - A Journey to Love.

Dev Patel (1990) Gujarati Indian - The Personal History of David Copperfield.

Sope Dirisu (1991) Nigerian - Mr. Malcolm's List.

Medalion Rahimi (1991) Iranian, Mizrahi Jewish - Still Star-Crossed.

Ashley Park (1991) Korean - Mr. Malcolm's List.

Ronke Adekoluejo (1991) Nigerian - Chevalier.

Kiran Sonia Sawar (1991) Pakistani - The Nevers.

Denée Benton (1991) African-American - The Gilded Age - has spoken up for Palestine!

Emma D’Arcy Actor (1992) - is non-binary (they/them) - House of Dragons - has spoken up for Palestine!

Anna Shaffer (1992) Black and White / Jewish - The Witcher.

Devon Terrell (1992) African-American / Anglo-Indian - Cursed.

Crystal Clarke (1993/1994) Trinidadian and Guyanese - Sanditon.

Kelvin Harrison Jr. (1994) African-American - Chevalier.

David Licauco (1994) Filipino - Maria Clara at Ibarra.

Julie Anne San Jose (1994) Filipino - Maria Clara at Ibarra.

Kit Young (1994) Ugandan / White - Shadow and Bone.

Lola Petticrew (1995) - is non-binary (they/them) - Anne Boleyn.

Jack Wolfe (1995) - is queer - Shadow and Bone - has spoken up for Palestine!

Maddison Jaizani (1995) Iranian / White - Versailles.

Alisha Boe (1997) Somali / White - The Buccaneers - has spoken up for Palestine!

Madeleine Madden (1997) Eastern Arrernte, Arrernte, Kalkadoon, White / Gadigal and Bundjalung - The Wheel of Time.

Chen Muchi (1997) Chinese - The Starry Love.

Archie Renaux (1997) Indian and White - Shadow and Bone.

Sophie Wilde (1998) Ivorian / White - Tom Jones.

Josie Totah (2001) Palestinian / Lebanese and White - is a trans woman - is a trans woman - The Buccaneers.

Aaron Cobham (?) Black British - The Spanish Princess.

Stephanie Levi-John (?) Black - The Spanish Princess.

Akil Largie (?) Black - Sense and Sensibility.

Bayo Gbadamosi (?) Black British - The Great.

Thalissa Teixeira (?) Afro Brazilian - Anne Boleyn.

Matthew Broome (?) Black - The Buccaneers.

Colette Dalal Tchantcho (?) Cameroonian / Sunni Kuwaiti - Dangerous Liaisons.

Scott Turner Schofield (?) - is a trans man - The Conductor.

Gladly! I'd also suggest checking out @periodfcnetwork's amazing directory and page, maybe they can help find more disabled, fat and/or trans suggestions not listed because I sadly couldn't find many!

[haveyoureadthisqueerbook]

books (assuming it’s okay to submit more than one):

Ángeles Vicente, Zezé (1909)

Rosa Guy, Ruby (1976)

Deborah Hautzig, Hey, Dollface (1978)

Samuel R. Delany, Tales of Nevèrÿon (1979)

Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower (1979)

Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind (1982)

Alice Walker, The Color Purple (1982)

John Preston, Franny, the Queen of Provincetown (1983)

Samuel R. Delany, Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (1984)

Timothy Findley, Not Wanted on the Voyage (1984)

Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)

Chrystos, Not Vanishing (1988)

Ian Iqbal Rashid, Black Markets, White Boyfriends, and Other Elisions (1991)

Crìsdean Whyte (Christopher Whyte), Uirsgeul / Myth (1991)

Carlos Sanrune, El gladiador de Chueca (1992)

Tom Lennon, When Love Comes to Town (1993)

Fernanda Farias de Albuquerque and Maurizio Jannelli, Princesa (1994)

Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile (1994)

Shyam Selvadurai, Funny Boy (1994)

Gregory Maguire, Wicked (1995)

Christos Tsiolkas, Loaded (1995)

Nina Revoyr, The Necessary Hunger (1997)

Lola Van Guardia (Isabel Franc), Con pedigree (1997)

Tom Lennon, Crazy Love (1999)

Micheál Ó Conghaile, Sna Fir (1999)

Laurie J. Marks, Fire Logic (2002)

Nalo Hopkinson, The Salt Roads (2003)

Esdras Parra, Aún no (2004)

Barry McCrea, The First Verse (2005)

Manuel Tzoc, Gay(o) (2010)

Tama Wise, Street Dreams (2012)

Dane Figueroa Edidi, Yemaya’s Daughters (2013)

Jamie Berrout, Otros Valles (2014)

Niviaq Korneliussen, Homo sapienne (2014)

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, This Accident of Being Lost (2016)

Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler, Wrist (2016)

Trifonia Meliba Obono, La bastarda (2016)

Sofia Samatar, The Winged Histories (2016)

Kai Cheng Thom, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars (2016)

jia qing wilson-yang, Small Beauty (2016)

Billy-Ray Belcourt, This Wound Is a World (2017)

Elliot Cooper, Rogue Wolf (2017)

Kevin Lambert, Querelle de Roberval (2018)

Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed (2018)

Masande Ntshanga, Triangulum (2019)

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies (2020)

Tlotlo Tsamaase, The Silence of the Wilting Skin (2020)

Bendi Barrett, Empire of the Feast (2022)

Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water (2022)

Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall, Tauhou (2022)

if you’d rather keep it to one book at a time: Samuel R. Delany, Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (1984).

Thank you so much for this fantastic list! They're all queued.

[behindthemirrorofmusic]

For #womenshistorymonth a look at some of the most important women in the history of The Phantom of the Opera.

Number 15. Claire Moore

Claire Moore was cast as the alternate Christine Daaé in the original cast of The Phantom of the Opera. She played three shows each week. When Sarah Brightman left the production after a year, Claire took on the role full-time.

In 1989 she left the role to play Ellen in the original London production of Miss Saigon.

A while later Claire returned to the role of Christine, most famously with Ethan Freeman.

Claire and Ethan were voted "favourite Christine and Phantom" by the Phantom Appreciation Society. This win led to a contract at Jay Records for a highlights album featuring them both.

She was due to return to in September 2013, this time to play Carlotta Guidicelli, but her run was cancelled due to injury.

Claire's early work includes appearing alongside Richard Harris in the 1982 London production of Camelot and playing the lead role of Audrey in the 1983–85 Comedy Theatre production of Little Shop of Horrors.

From 2000 to 2001, Claire played Mrs Anna (as alternate for Elaine Paige) in the London Palladium production of The King and I. She has also starred as Fantine and Madame Thenardier in Les Misérables.

In the 2019 National Theatre production of Follies, she played former Follie girl Hattie Walker and sang one of the shows most popular songs, ‘Broadway Baby’.

[latveriansnailmail]

I Hunger

Not that anyone asked, but here's a non-inclusive list of beings I've had crushes on over the course of my life. Some are corporeal and some are lines and paint. Some are celebrities and some are roles played. Each of them has made me scream HOLD THE GODDAMNED PHONE!!! I'll put them in rough chronological order but certain ones I wouldn't become aware of for much later. For example, Veronica Lake's entire career happened before I was born but I became aware of her around 2015. Long time followers will probably not be surprised by these. Onward!

Veronica Lake, first featured under that name in 1941. I fell for her around 2015.

Grace Jones, mainstay icon of the 70s, 80s, and 90s, though I probably first saw her in 1984's Conan the Destroyer.

Princess Aura from Flash Gordon (1980) played by Ornella Muti.

Kiri from The Beastmaster played by Tanya Roberts in 1982.

Atsushi Sakurai of Buck-Tick, first formed in 1983 but I only found him recently, say late 20teens.

Sorsha from Willow played by Joanne Whalley in 1988.

Sean Brennan of London After Midnight, first EP in 1992 but I first started listening around 2001.

She played by Anna Falchi in Cemetery Man, 1994. I probably first saw it a couple years later.

Shirley Manson of Garbage, first album made in 1995.

Zechs Merquise/Milliardo Peacecroft from Gundam Wing, American premiere in 1997.

Ten/ Melanie Walker from Batman Beyond, 1999.

Meyer Link from Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, 2000.

Androids 17 and 18, Dragonball Z, Cell Saga, aired in America around 2001.

[burlveneer-music]

My WVUD playlist, 1/11/2024

(Filling in on Java Time)

Vic Mars - The Obelisk Belbury Poly - The Path Peter Gabriel - Road to Joy (Bright-Side Mix) David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire) David Bowie - Loving the Alien (Single Remix) -M- & Gail Ann Dorsey - Space Oddity Metropolitan Jazz Octet - Changes (feat. Paul Marinaro) Filharmonie Brno, Dennis Russell Davies, Angélique Kidjo & Christian Schmitt - Philip Glass, Symphony No. 12 "Lodger": IV. Boys Keep Swinging Imany - Take Me to Church Dolly Parton - Wrecking Ball (feat. Miley Cyrus) Trevor Horn - Personal Jesus (feat. Iggy Pop & Lambrini Girls) Juliana Hatfield - Can't Get It Out of My Head Michele Thomas - Can't Find My Way Home Sleaford Mods - West End Girls The Fusion Syndicate - The Bottle (feat. Bootsy Collins, Brian Jackson, Carmine Appice & Fernando Perdomo) The Feelies - Sweet Jane The Gold Needles - Village Green Preservation Society Simple Minds - Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel (Live From Paisley Abbey) ABC - Poison Arrow (Live) Joni Mitchell - Help Me (feat. Celisse) (Live at the Newport Folk Festival, 7/24/2022) Brendan Perry - Sarabande (Live at The ICA) Scott Walker - Big Louise April Wine - Electric Jewels April Wine - Tonite Is a Wonderful Time to Fall In Love (Live) April Wine - Roller (Live 1982) Crack the Sky - Lady in the Lake Ana Frango Elétrico - Boy of Stranger Things