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Will Byers: Be gay do crime, amirite?

Growing up means putting away childish things, choosing between marrying a woman or remaining celibate, becoming a wage slave with no free time, and accepting that this is how life works.

Fuck that!

Will would rather spend his time doing things he actually enjoys with the people he loves, and if he has to break some of society’s rules to do so... well, clearly the rules were bullshit to begin with and deserve to be broken.

But the spark of defiance we see in the van is a smoldering ember compared to the fire of S3.

Will jokes about Vegas and D&D, but that’s all it is -- a joke. Getting to spend the rest of his life with Mike has begun to feel like a silly fantasy, akin to using superpowers to commit fraud as a minor.

It doesn’t occur to him that Mike’s cries for help could be because he wants to escape comphet, not be pushed further into it. He weeps quietly over his self-inflicted heartache, back turned and mouth smothered, like there’s something unreasonable about his feelings.

What happened to the brazenly authentic boy who openly admitted that he expected to spend his life with Mike? Where’s the offended boy who called Mike out on his performative heterosexuality? The furious boy who screamed and sobbed and swore as he felt society’s homophobic standards closing in on him with all the inevitability of growing older?

Will is authentic and headstrong, but even he is getting slowly crushed under the boot of forced conformity.

Some of the GA think this is an acceptable outcome; just an inevitable part of growing up gay in the 80s. It’s realistic and relatable. Great queer rep!

Others decide that Will should become a villain -- after all, hasn’t he earned the right? The narrative has done nothing but torture him, so doesn’t he deserve to go a little apeshit? As a treat?

Henry Creel: Be gay do crime, amirite?

Henry is scathingly critical of society’s rules. He refuses to compromise his true nature by playing along, and no amount of punishment can force him to change.

His backstory is presented in a way that makes it difficult to sympathize with him -- I mean, ok, maybe he didn’t deserve to be jailed and tortured when he was just a child, but surely the Soteria was necessary, right? He’s dangerous.

But the real threat that Henry poses isn’t his willingness to kill -- it’s the power he has to rewrite the rules. And both he and his oppressors know it.

By locking him up (forcing him into the closet), torturing him (subjecting him to homophobia), and implanting him with Soteria (castrating him), they stripped him of agency and reduced his options to a rock and a hard place:

Continue suffering in obedient silence.

Go apeshit and commit whatever atrocities are necessary to escape. Embrace his role as the villain in a story where people like him aren’t allowed to be the heroes anyway.

(Hmm, those are same options that Will is expected to choose from. What an interesting yet surely meaningless coincidence.)

The tragedy of Henry’s story is that he did end up conforming to the rules in the end.

He didn’t choose the option his oppressors would have preferred, but he did choose an acceptable one -- he became the monster they’d already branded him as. Once upon a time his fellow outcasts might have gladly allied with him, but now they’re forced to stop him.

I love the symbolism of this shot. El’s rainbow is larger and pushes Henry back, while his is upside down, foreshadowing how the battle is going to end -- but more than that, it symbolizes their approaches in battle.

The motivation that Henry is using comes from the same place as El’s -- a desire for self-preservation, to defy authority, to fight for the rights of fellow outcasts -- but his has been twisted. He advises her to use a memory of injustice that makes her feel angry and sad...

...and while it’s very effective, it’s not enough. It isn’t until she thinks of a memory that makes her feel loved that she’s able to gain the upper hand.

Interestingly, the lights surge around her as she does this, bathing her in an ethereal white glow:

It fits the symbolism of the rainbow room perfectly -- after all, what is white light if not a focused rainbow?

But more importantly: where have we seen this before?

Will Byers carries the light with him wherever he goes, because he has the benefit of something Henry was cruelly robbed of: the unconditional love and acceptance of his family and friends, which helped hinder society’s efforts to crush the authenticity out of him.

So why should Will suffer the same fate as Henry? What’s stopping him from being the hero and earning the happy ending he wants, instead of the tragic ending homophobes expect him to settle for?

Like Henry, Will has the power to rewrite the rules -- and this time, they’re actually going to be rewritten.

[justinsentertainmentcorner]

Alex Bollinger at LGBTQ Nation:

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has made opposition to the existence of trans people central to her brand in her time in Congress, but she has claimed that she’s OK with gender nonconforming behavior, going so far as to wear a tuxedo herself to a D.C. event. She claims to only have an issue with people assigned male at birth identifying as women and using women’s facilities, but that she doesn’t care about how people live their lives. But now she’s outraged that Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness wore a dress to the Golden Globes. Mace has made national headlines since November for her crusade against Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), the first transgender person elected to Congress. Mace introduced a resolution to ban McBride from using the women’s facilities at the Capitol complex, has posted hundreds of times to social media attacking transgender people, and has made numerous media appearances to promote anti-transgender policies.

Throughout this battle, she has maintained that she is fine with gender nonconformity and even claimed that trans people’s existence is a threat to gender nonconforming people. For example, in December she tweeted, “Girls who are tomboys are still girls,” a reference to the false anti-transgender claim that kids who don’t follow their gender’s stereotypes are being forced to transition. Mace herself faced attacks from her fellow conservatives in 2023 when she wore a tuxedo to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. [...] It seems that Mace’s support for gender nonconformity has run out. Anti-LGBTQ+ hate influencer Chaya Raichik – who goes by Libs of TikTok on social media – posted a picture of Van Ness in a green dress from the red carpet of the Golden Globes this past weekend. “Grown man dresses up as a woman,” Raichik wrote about Van Ness, who is nonbinary. “He looks absolutely ridiculous.” Sharing Raichik’s post, Mace wrote, “An actual woman wouldn’t be seen in public wearing that.” Van Ness does not identify as a woman, and it’s unclear why she claimed that no woman would want to wear the satin Christian Siriano gown.

Van Ness came out as nonbinary in 2019 and often wears clothing associated with all genders in public. They have also been on the receiving end of transphobic comments about their appearance for years. “Also I love all these transphobic comments in here,” they wrote in response to hate they received after wearing a dress to the Creative Arts Emmys in 2018. “The guy in a dress’ is insulting and for anyone that doesn’t see the implications is blind. F**king rood people I’m too tired.” Mace has been using transphobia to build her political career since before she was elected to Congress. In her first campaign for Congress, she made up a law that she claimed required “transgender equality in the military,” said that her Democratic opponent was responsible for it, and said that it would result in a Marine Corps base in her district getting shut down. It was all a lie – there was no such law and the Marine base is still in operation today – but it helped her secure her seat in Congress. In her second run for Congress, she accused her opponent of providing “SEX CHANGE SURGERY. PUBERTY BLOCKERS. GENDER CHANGING HORMONES. FOR CHILDREN?” in an ad, even though her opponent was a doctor who worked at a hospital that didn’t provide gender-affirming care for trans people at all. Her opponent was forced to resign from her job.

Spoiled brat crybaby Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who once wore a tuxedo to the 2023 WHCD, threw a baby fit over nonbinary actor Jonathan Van Ness’s Golden Globes dress.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Julianne McShane at Mother Jones:

At a rally in Wildwood, New Jersey on Saturday, former President Donald Trump made many questionable comments. He called Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “Fat Alvin.” He claimed migrant children “don’t speak English.” And he said that, if he’s re-elected, he will deport pro-Palestinian, antiwar protesters. “When I’m president, we will not allow our colleges to be taken over by violent radicals, and if you come here from a violent country and try to bring jihadism, or anti-Americanism, or antisemitism to our campuses, we will immediately deport you. You��ll be out of that school,” Trump said, to the crowd’s cheers. (You can watch the full comments for yourself at the 1:30:41 mark.)  This is not the first time Trump has made similar promises: Back in the fall, he said he “will implement strong ideological screening for all immigrants,” and that those who “sympathize with jihadists” and “want to abolish Israel…[are] not coming into our country.” He added: “We aren’t bringing in anyone from Gaza.”

The comments come amid Republican-led efforts to brand all anti-war protesters as supporters of terrorism and a continued push to criminalize protest. 

[...] These efforts seem to ignore the reality on the ground: As my colleagues and I have reported, many protesters and organizers have said they condemn antisemitism and have insisted that gatherings on campuses—including some in which administrators have called the cops—have been peaceful.  Some of those on the right condemning all anti-war protesters have gone beyond calling for enforcement. Last month, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said people “who get stuck behind the pro-Hamas mobs blocking traffic” should “take matters into your own hands to get them out of the way.” (He later claimed he wasn’t endorsing violence.) And earlier this month, Cotton introduced a bill called the “No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act” that would make anyone convicted of a crime in connection with a campus protest ineligible for student loan relief.

Donald Trump and Republican politicians such as Sen. Tom Cotton and Rep. Beth Van Duyne are giving to support vile bills deporting protesters supporting Palestine against Israel’s genocide in Gaza and criminalize protests against Israel Apartheid under the guise of stopping antisemitism.

[simply-ivanka]

To Understand Trump’s Staying Power With the White Working Class, Look at Michigan Supporters remain loyal to former president’s policies, personality

Tuesday February 27, 2024 Wall Street Journal

By Jimmy VielkindFollow and Ariel Zambelich

DEARBORN, Mich.—At its peak, more than 100,000 people streamed in and out of the massive 

Ford Motor factory here along the Rouge River. In addition to cars and trucks, the behemoth plant helped mint the American middle class.

The thousands of people who still work here and at other factories across Michigan and other Midwest states helped forge those states’ politics. These blue-collar voters were for many years reliable Democrats, but in 2016 a big group of them, mostly white, helped Donald Trump capture the presidency—including an unexpected win in Michigan.

His supporters said they remain loyal to him thanks to a mix of economic policy proposals and a unique personality that they haven’t seen from many other Republicans, according to recent interviews conducted by The Wall Street Journal for its “Chasing the Base” podcast series.

His policies? They shined. They shined…I made more money than I ever had. My money went  further.— James Benson

I just love Trump’s enthusiasm and positivity, he’s positive, he’s  enthusiastic…But I like to see an American leader that says we can be great again, we can be number one.— Joe Pizzimenti

The United Auto Workers endorsed President Biden in January, but union officials acknowledge that a sizable portion of their members back Trump. More than 100,000 people in the Detroit metro area work in auto manufacturing alone. It is still home to the headquarters of marquee American auto brands such as Ford, Chrysler and General Motors.

Trump lost Michigan to Biden in 2020. Democrats made up the difference in white-collar suburbs, including Oakland County northwest of Detroit. They made some inroads in blue-collar areas like Macomb County, northeast of Detroit, but Trump still carried the day.

So did former Rep. Andy Levin, a Democrat who won the portion of his district in that county by 36,000 votes. He said Democrats need to be bolder to blunt the GOP. (Levin lost his seat in 2022 due to an intraparty fight following redistricting.)

Republicans were able to peel off people over culture war issues like abortion and guns and LGBTQ rights… They wouldn’t have succeeded if Democrats had—if the average workingclass person could say, well obviously I know what side my bread is buttered on.— Former Rep. Andy Levin

There are other dynamics that will be important in the general election. Biden has dispatched foreign-policy and political advisers to meet with Muslim and Arab-American leaders upset with the administration’s handling of the war in Gaza. The mayor of Dearborn, home to a major Arab-American population, has said the Biden administration “failed to act to protect the lives of innocent men, women and children.”

John Sellek, a Republican political consultant, said a loss of support from Arab-American and younger voters over the Middle East conflict was as important for Trump as his continued hold on the white working-class.

Macomb County is a bastion of the latter group. It is home to strip malls, sports bars and massive auto plants that cropped up as people moved from Detroit to the suburbs in the latter part of the 20th century.

Trump brought many new voices into the Republican Party here, and that has caused a fight about who controls it at the state level. Stacy Van Oast, 59 years old, said at a monthly coffee hour held at the Macomb County GOP office that one result has been dysfunction.

Peter Kiszczyc emigrated from Poland in 1984 and worked for decades at area factories. He said it was great that the former president has broadened the party’s appeal.

He’s changing the party…He’s appealing to many blue-collar workers especially, not only [in] Macomb county, but Michigan So I am Christian, [a] patriot, and I support Donald  Trump 100%.— Peter Kiszczyc

[becomingkatie]

Mattress Saga - I don't know if I shared any of this story before, so you're getting the whole thing now, even if some of it is a repeat.

Short version: we bought a mattress, it was terrible, the return process was difficult, and then we bought a new mattress.

Last fall, we decided to upgrade from a queen to a king bed based on how much better we sleep when we're in a big bed at a hotel. We were sleeping separately more often than not, or starting together and then one of us moving to the other bed because we needed space to flop to try to get comfortable. We ordered a bedframe to be delivered months later, and then bought a mattress recommended by a trusted source. She and her husband are similar in size to us and sleep in the same positions, and they loved this mattress, so I was like that sounds good.

The mattress we got was a DreamCloud Premier - one of the mattress-in-a-box ones. On their website it made it seem like it was medium-firm, more on the firm side than soft. OH MY GOODNESS it was SO SOFT. Like sinking down into it. It felt luxurious to lay on it and sink into it, but that level of support (none) was terrible overnight. My back was deeply unhappy.

Like most of the direct-to-consumer mattresses, there's some sort of guarantee and return window, and it was hurting me enough that we decided we had to return it. They don't let you initiate a return until you've slept on it for 30 days since bodies need to adjust, so I slept on it as much as I could and then have been sleeping in the guest room. When we were able to initiate the return, they were like "yep our return partner will come get the mattress from you" but then the return partner was like "we don't have reps in your area, so your options are to trash it or donate it and then prove you did that and don't still have it."

I didn't want to throw away a basically-brand-new mattress, but it's really hard to find charitable orgs that will take them. I know I could have donated it to a member of the community via facebook marketplace or similar, but I haven't had good experiences giving away free things on there (people require tons of back-and-forth and then never show up) so I asked around and found an org in Maryland that takes mattresses. That's almost an hour from us, but they do pickups for some items, including mattresses! Woohoo! Except they only come to our area every other month, and we had 30 days from initiating the return to proving we'd disposed of the mattress. Boo.

So we made plans to drive this mattress to Maryland, but then on the morning of, Ken is like "I don't think this is gonna work with my truck." And he was right, but maybe we should have thought of that sooner. We've moved full and queen mattresses on the truck before, but the king was going to be bigger than the truck bed by a lot, and we wanted to keep it as clean and nice as possible since we were donating it. New plan: we rent a small U-haul to pick up immediately and return in a couple hours.

The U-haul pickup process was its own miniature nightmare, but then we did okay at getting the mattress out of the house, down the stairs (townhouse! multiple sets of tight stairs! annoying!), and into the U-haul. Traffic was another miniature nightmare with parts of 495 closed, but we made it! And then we returned the van, and this morning I got the receipt from U-haul and it did not have any unexpected charges, which I was worried about. I sent in the appropriate forms to the return partner to prove we donated it, but it says to allow 2 business days before reaching back out. I'm anxious they'll somehow refuse our refund.

That was Saturday, and yesterday morning Ken pulled up consumer reports. They rank the mattress we had as a 2/10 on the firmness scale. That is MUCH more aligned with our experience than DreamCloud calling it something like a 7 on their website. He found us a few options he thought would be good based on our sleeping positions and we went to the store and laid on them. It is hard to get the salespeople to stop sales-ing, even when you're like "I want to lay on these three mattresses and pick one and buy it and not buy any extras. Nothing you say will alter this." The one we liked the best ended up being the cheapest of the three. We were looking for the specific ones Ken had identified, and when we found that one and started to lay on it, the guy was like, "Oh, that's a really cheap mattress. It's for students. You want one of the others." But then when he realized we liked it and were going to buy it and not one of the others, he was like, "That's a great mattress! You like it? You should buy it today!"

The checkout process was another nightmare. Sales guy was armed with a tiny tablet but not great at using it. He said our receipt would be emailed but I asked for a print version so I could look at it and make sure he'd put everything in right, since there were multiple stages during the checkout process where he made mistakes. But it looks like in the end we got the one we wanted, and it should come tomorrow. We paid for white glove delivery. Someone else can carry that up all those stairs - we've done it enough times by now.

Fingers crossed that this one feels good! I feel like it's so hard to tell by laying on it for a few minutes, but I could tell the other one was wrong immediately, so I think this should be fine. And only one more night together on the small bed!

[fuckyeahvanhalen86-95]

Guy Fieri and Sammy Hagar's tequila business took a major hit after two of their freight trucks carrying $1 million in products were stolen.

The celebrity chef, 56, and the former Van Halen singer, 77, are the co-owners of the tequila brand Santo Spirits. A representative for Hagar told Fox News Digital that the trucks were hijacked over the weekend of Nov. 9 in Laredo, Texas.

The missing trucks were carrying 24,240 bottles of Santo Blanco and Reposado as well as a specially made Extra Añejo, which was created over the course of 39 months.

Hagar's rep said "it appears this was an organized crime effort where the trucks were illegally double brokered to different carriers who transferred the product to their trucks" after they crossed over the border from Mexico to Texas.

"For a growing company like Santo, it's really a shame for something like this to happen in the middle of our strongest year to date and right before the holidays!" Hagar said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

"Anyone that knows business knows that this is a huge setback for any company in a hugely competitive market," the "I Can't Drive 55" rocker added. "But Guy and I will survive. Most of all, we're glad that nobody was hurt during this crime."

In an interview with People Magazine, Fieri said that he and Hagar learned of the heist on Nov. 14.

"We've worked so hard," the Food Network star said. "This is our best year we've ever had in Santo. We just had all this momentum, and now whatever's on the shelf is all people are going to get."

Fieri told People that workers at their Mexican distillery were "on a 24/7 schedule right now" to replace the stolen tequila.

However, Fieri said that it was unlikely that they would be able to fully replenish their tequila supply in time for the holidays, during which Santos Spirits typically sees its highest volume of sales.

The "Ultimate Recipe Showdown" alum told People that "someone could be trying to break the momentum" that their tequila business had gained in the marketplace.

Fieri also expressed his surprise that two trucks were targeted by the thieves.

"I mean, one is one. But now you've got to have double the amount of people to pull off the double heist," Fieri said. "It just seems so much riskier to take two trucks."

Santo Spirits president Dan Butkus told People that he was worried about how the theft of the total 440 cases of tequila would impact their distillery and their employees.

"Our distiller is an independent distiller who's dependent on our sales for his livelihood and that of his team," Butkus said. "My sales team, my marketing team, the entire Santo Spirits team is dependent upon these sales."

"That's sort of the piece that's most hurtful to me," he added. "We've got to support these people both at the distillery and in the U.S., and we can't do it right now without the revenue from these cases."

People reported that the crimes are being investigated by Laredo Police Department, Los Angeles' Cargo Criminal Apprehension Team and the federal cargo theft prevention and recovery network CargoNet.

Fieri is offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who can locate the missing trucks.

He told People that he is especially hoping to recover the Extra Añejo. "It's like the crown jewel of the company, something that we've been working on," he explained. "You can't reproduce something that takes four years to make."

"It's like a movie — I never in a million years thought this was coming down the pike like this," Fieri said of the heist. "But it's real."

[trash-bats]

First off, thank you for your enthusiasm Wintyr :D

There's at least three AFI notes I could think of -- the invite from Clandestine, the Miss Murder note, and the invite from Hidden Knives. I needed something to rep Blood so I went with HK in the sketch, but I'm reconsidering it since it's not as iconic or legible. It's hard to think of other Blood rep besides putting the triangle/blood drops logo somewhere. (A Snow Cats themed plush does sound cool, like if it had a "cutie mark" of the logo??) Miss Murder should get representation though. Would a few knives poorly hidden within the piece count as a Hidden Knives reference...?

The icy grey pants + pink shoes would probably only work if I do the piece in full color, but also damn I want to reference it lol! Maybe alternatively I could hide a muddy bike to represent the "filthy bike-o"? I'm also now thinking about a) including the AFI-branded Vans, and b) drawing only a single shoe to thinly reference the iconic "is that not you're fucking shoe? You just wanted it because I touched it?!" from my first AFI concert.

I def need something from the Five Flowers mystery -- I actually took part of my name from it! (chopped the "char" off of "charlottenothing"). Will have to do some sleuthing to see if I can get any image references of the secret show tix. I have the ticket stub for "The Nightmare After Christmas" show in 2002 with the TNBC art on it, but maybe I can fit both.

Thinking about some other additions. I need is something to represent STS20 -- probably going with the leaf confetti for that. Also could use a 337 somewhere. I think I'm missing SYMAOYE rep...I considered doing the magic box where the album art was taken from, but that would be awfully complicated. Can't exactly do the entire ice cream truck from the Third Season mv. Something to do with threes??? Maybe I should go over the lyrics to try and find something. Black Sails needs something too -- perhaps a Malleus Maleficarum book?

Going off of your idea of using a photo of a kid with a mohawk, I think I could maybe pull off including at least one Polaroid & it would be fun to reference an old photo of Davey in particular. I know exactly which one I'd want to do, too. I can't find it offhand, but it's from the mid-90's when he had a mohawk & he's making a ridiculous face.

More possible ideas: the shovel from my beloved "goth mom" photoshoot circa 2002. Flowers referenced in their lyrics, perhaps the bouquet of flowers from the Dulcería mv. A pumpkin from the Totalimmortal mv. A (vegan) muffin, to reference Davey's quote in the Punk Rock Museum. CD's/vinyl of some of their big inspos like Misfits & The Cure.

I certainly have a lot to think about & research >:3

[thiaschuessler]

2022 Roundup

Here we are again. And by "we" I mean just me, because not even my momma asked for this year-end summary.

Per usual, 2022 had its ups and downs:

DOWN: The commercial agent who signed me in April 2021 left the company at the end of the year to start his own. He never got me one single commercial audition in those ~9 months.

UP: Their new commercial agent decided to renew my contract in April 2022 after a zoom meeting. She got me a handful of commercial auditions within her first few months for legit clients like Estee Lauder, Forward, NBC Universal, and Kate Spade.

DOWN: In July, the agency decided to dissolve their commercial department altogether. Womp womp.*

UP: Also in July, the short film I made with my cousin Marisa in July 2021 finally premiered at home at the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, and our supportive family got to come see it on the big screen with a packed audience. Being of the horror genre, it had a surge of screenings at genre festivals around Halloween both at home where it was shot and in LA where Marisa and I live. We even won BEST FILM and BEST EXPERIMENTAL at two horror fests.

Other than that, I did lots of self-taping and had a few callbacks - both on zoom and in person (which I'm mentioning for the sake of historical reference). I was cast in a feature that was then cut down to a short film, and my character was cut with it. I did get to shoot an Amazon demo for their new palm payment technology + a music video with a lifelong musician friend.

I joined an actor training group in May that I wish I had known about during the pandemic. It's all online and covers all facets of acting: the craft, the business, and the mentality.

For the second half of the year, a lot of my energy went towards my brand new camper van rental business venture. Inspired by the newfound prospect of a "free" filming location, I spent September outlining a feature film starring my new Sprinter van. Hopefully, I'll get around to shooting something in it next year.

*Since this blog is really just for me... for the sake tracking my acting career... let me just write out my history of representation:

My 1st agency out of college repped me in exchange for free labor (internship). I was with them for 2.5 years, until they dissolved their entire agency. (March 2010-Sept 2012)

My 1st manager repped me, because I sent her a blind submission email asking to meet with her. We met, and she liked me. Very straightforward. I was with her for a little over 3 years, until she decided to focus on coaching and managing her child actor clients. (Jan 2012-March 2015)

My 2nd agency repped me, because I took acting classes from the commercial agent. My manager had suggested her class to me, so I took it for 1.5 years, and she loved me. They signed me across the board. I was with them for almost 3 years, until they decided to rep only their literary clients and dissolved their entire acting division. (June 2013-Sept 2016)

My 3rd agency added me to their commercial roster because of a blind submission (one email and one phone call). I was with them for a little less than two years, until they dissolved their commercial department. (April 2021-Dec 2022)

If the business is hard for actors, it's just as hard for their reps. If I'm not making money, they're not making money.

Apparently, I went without representation for most of the years when I was producing my own work through Shy Ruby (2013-2019). My agent/manager hiatus also perfectly aligns with the moment in Hollywood when Casting Director workshops were being shut down and exposed for the cons that they were (c. 2016). From the moment I graduated from theatre school in 2009, I was signing up for 2-3 workshops per week ($50 each), to sit through about 30minutes of Q&A before performing a quick scene for a Casting Director (or more likely, a Casting Associate or Assistant). I spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars. I got so many compliments and words of encouragement, but maybe only a handful of actual auditions from essentially paying to audition for them. Read all about the scam here.

Anyway, it's just interesting (to me) to follow that trajectory and understand why I was jaded enough to step back from Hollywood and only work on my own stuff for the latter half of the 2010s.

[newmovers2023]

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From the moment you pick up the phone to discuss your next home or office move, to the moment your friendly removals team offer you a hearty handshake and wish you every happiness in your new property, you’ll be working with reliable professionals who treat your valuables as if they were our own.

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Forget no-jitos and yoga, gen Z is brining back the messy raves that had once been forgotten in the past few years. Gen-Zs party mentality rivals that of Gen-X creating a new budding rave-relationship between the 2 generations. New gen DJs like SOSA and PAWSA have done the rounds on TikTok, introducing a whole new era of house music, along with the classics like Armand Van Helden finding a brand new audience .

So what has sparked this sudden resurgence of dance music and club culture? I think that nostalgia is to blame. I grew up on clubland classics that have now shaped the way I listen to music and view culture. As a kid I promised myself that I would never listen to the music that my dad listened to since it wasn’t cool enough, but now I know that he was the cool one all along...

Since I wanted to gather a wider perspective on the resurgence of dance music I really wanted to get in contact with and old school 90s raver. I didn’t have to look far as my dad took up the offer immediately. My dad is currently in his 50s and he still goes out regularly, opting for a more sophisticated boat party now as opposed to a sweaty club. I was particularly interested on his opinion on mixing with the new younger crowds when he attends events now. As well as this I wanted to know just how he really feels about some of the biggest djs on the scene right now.

Have you noticed an increase in the amount of young people attending dance music events?

“Definitely, there was this point around 2016 where the culture felt dead, music was sh*t, the crowds were sh*t, nobody wanted to have fun anymore.”

Do you think the music has gotten better recently?

“Nothing will ever beat the golden age of Carl Cox and Fatboy Slim at their best, now everything is like a fusion, you cant just make house it has to be fused with another genre, but its better than whatever the mid 2010’s EDM rubbish was.”

Do you find the new younger crowd to be accepting of you as an older member?

“The younger crowd love it, they always want to get in with my group. We always end up running into someone we knows son or daughter and they’re happy to stick around with us.”

Even though they have a bad rep?

“Anyone my age unhappy with young people in the crowd needs to let go of the past and grow up. They’re just trying to enjoy themselves just like we were?

What do you think the biggest change has been to the scene?

“Everything costs so much money now, I used to be able to go to the bar at a festival and buy a pint for £2 now its something like £11, and its just not worth it, and security is so high now, there's no space for anything mental to happen because it gets shut down immediately.”

“Overall though I’m glad that the scene hasn’t just been left to rot and die like what I thought was going to happen a few years ago. I think it’s important for young people to get out there and party. Previously it’s as though everyone has been so conservative its nice to see the new generation let loose a little bit and enjoy themselves.”

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Friendly Removal in India from your local moving specialists

Entrust your valuable goods to a removals company you’re sure you can rely on by talking to  about all your home and business moving requirements

If you’ve ever entered your favourite coffee shop and been served by an unfriendly barista, or had to call up a service provider’s customer support line and ended up in something of a battle with a sullen, unhelpful phone rep, then you certainly don’t need us to tell you how disheartening it can be.

At best, it’s a sour spot in what was otherwise probably a very enjoyable day, at worst, it’s the kind of service that leaves you feeling as though the business you’re dealing with don’t necessarily value you as a customer, and even to question whether they’re creating your products or services with as little effort as they put into their customer service.

Of course, you can always opt for a new coffee shop to get your morning caffeine fix, or simply pick up the phone to switch service providers if you’re unhappy with the service, yet when it comes to moving your most valuable goods from one place to another, there really are no second chances.

happy movers unloading a van

Because Service With a Smile Matters

Let’s be honest, whether you’re moving into a new home or relocating offices, it’s going to be a stressful day already without the added pressure of worrying whether your removal team are going to treat your prized possessions with the care and attention they need

It’s for that reason that many home and business owners here in India choose a friendly removals service from their local specialists here at , where you’re always guaranteed professional service delivered with a smile. All our friendly Packers and Movers Coimbatore are fully trained and carry years of experience under their belts!

Big Enough to Deliver, Small Enough to Care

When we first launched our friendly moving company a few years ago, we did so with one clear goal in mind: Provide India residents with the same kind of high quality moving support they’d get from one of the large national removals brands, whilst at the same time staying just the right side of being a small business in order to guarantee a friendly, personal approach to every job we undertake.

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A Personal Service from Your Local Friendly Removals Team in India

From the moment you pick up the phone to discuss your next home or office move, to the moment your friendly removals team offer you a hearty handshake and wish you every happiness in your new property, you’ll be working with reliable professionals who treat your valuables as if they were our own.

That means working with our trained packing and unpacking team when required to guarantee that every item is effectively packaged for secure transportation, loading and unloading with care and attention, and planning the most efficient route through India so that your goods arrive quickly without compromising on a safe journey.

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Friendly Removal in India from your local moving specialists

Entrust your valuable goods to a removals company you’re sure you can rely on by talking to  about all your home and business moving requirements

If you’ve ever entered your favourite coffee shop and been served by an unfriendly barista, or had to call up a service provider’s customer support line and ended up in something of a battle with a sullen, unhelpful phone rep, then you certainly don’t need us to tell you how disheartening it can be.

At best, it’s a sour spot in what was otherwise probably a very enjoyable day, at worst, it’s the kind of service that leaves you feeling as though the business you’re dealing with don’t necessarily value you as a customer, and even to question whether they’re creating your products or services with as little effort as they put into their customer service.

Of course, you can always opt for a new coffee shop to get your morning caffeine fix, or simply pick up the phone to switch service providers if you’re unhappy with the service, yet when it comes to moving your most valuable goods from one place to another, there really are no second chances.

happy movers unloading a van

Because Service With a Smile Matters

Let’s be honest, whether you’re moving into a new home or relocating offices, it’s going to be a stressful day already without the added pressure of worrying whether your removal team are going to treat your prized possessions with the care and attention they need

It’s for that reason that many home and business owners here in India choose a friendly removals service from their local specialists here at , where you’re always guaranteed professional service delivered with a smile. All our friendly Packers and Movers Coimbatore are fully trained and carry years of experience under their belts!

Big Enough to Deliver, Small Enough to Care

When we first launched our friendly moving company a few years ago, we did so with one clear goal in mind: Provide India residents with the same kind of high quality moving support they’d get from one of the large national removals brands, whilst at the same time staying just the right side of being a small business in order to guarantee a friendly, personal approach to every job we undertake.

from of van from the side

A Personal Service from Your Local Friendly Removals Team in India

From the moment you pick up the phone to discuss your next home or office move, to the moment your friendly removals team offer you a hearty handshake and wish you every happiness in your new property, you’ll be working with reliable professionals who treat your valuables as if they were our own.

That means working with our trained packing and unpacking team when required to guarantee that every item is effectively packaged for secure transportation, loading and unloading with care and attention, and planning the most efficient route through India so that your goods arrive quickly without compromising on a safe journey.

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Friendly Removal in India from your local moving specialists

Entrust your valuable goods to a removals company you’re sure you can rely on by talking to  about all your home and business moving requirements

If you’ve ever entered your favourite coffee shop and been served by an unfriendly barista, or had to call up a service provider’s customer support line and ended up in something of a battle with a sullen, unhelpful phone rep, then you certainly don’t need us to tell you how disheartening it can be.

At best, it’s a sour spot in what was otherwise probably a very enjoyable day, at worst, it’s the kind of service that leaves you feeling as though the business you’re dealing with don’t necessarily value you as a customer, and even to question whether they’re creating your products or services with as little effort as they put into their customer service.

Of course, you can always opt for a new coffee shop to get your morning caffeine fix, or simply pick up the phone to switch service providers if you’re unhappy with the service, yet when it comes to moving your most valuable goods from one place to another, there really are no second chances.

happy movers unloading a van

Because Service With a Smile Matters

Let’s be honest, whether you’re moving into a new home or relocating offices, it’s going to be a stressful day already without the added pressure of worrying whether your removal team are going to treat your prized possessions with the care and attention they need

It’s for that reason that many home and business owners here in India choose a friendly removals service from their local specialists here at , where you’re always guaranteed professional service delivered with a smile. All our friendly Packers and Movers Coimbatore are fully trained and carry years of experience under their belts!

Big Enough to Deliver, Small Enough to Care

When we first launched our friendly moving company a few years ago, we did so with one clear goal in mind: Provide India residents with the same kind of high quality moving support they’d get from one of the large national removals brands, whilst at the same time staying just the right side of being a small business in order to guarantee a friendly, personal approach to every job we undertake.

from of van from the side

A Personal Service from Your Local Friendly Removals Team in India

From the moment you pick up the phone to discuss your next home or office move, to the moment your friendly removals team offer you a hearty handshake and wish you every happiness in your new property, you’ll be working with reliable professionals who treat your valuables as if they were our own.

That means working with our trained packing and unpacking team when required to guarantee that every item is effectively packaged for secure transportation, loading and unloading with care and attention, and planning the most efficient route through India so that your goods arrive quickly without compromising on a safe journey.

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Friendly Removal in India from your local moving specialists

Entrust your valuable goods to a removals company you’re sure you can rely on by talking to  about all your home and business moving requirements

If you’ve ever entered your favourite coffee shop and been served by an unfriendly barista, or had to call up a service provider’s customer support line and ended up in something of a battle with a sullen, unhelpful phone rep, then you certainly don’t need us to tell you how disheartening it can be.

At best, it’s a sour spot in what was otherwise probably a very enjoyable day, at worst, it’s the kind of service that leaves you feeling as though the business you’re dealing with don’t necessarily value you as a customer, and even to question whether they’re creating your products or services with as little effort as they put into their customer service.

Of course, you can always opt for a new coffee shop to get your morning caffeine fix, or simply pick up the phone to switch service providers if you’re unhappy with the service, yet when it comes to moving your most valuable goods from one place to another, there really are no second chances.

happy movers unloading a van

Because Service With a Smile Matters

Let’s be honest, whether you’re moving into a new home or relocating offices, it’s going to be a stressful day already without the added pressure of worrying whether your removal team are going to treat your prized possessions with the care and attention they need

It’s for that reason that many home and business owners here in India choose a friendly removals service from their local specialists here at , where you’re always guaranteed professional service delivered with a smile. All our friendly Packers and Movers Coimbatore are fully trained and carry years of experience under their belts!

Big Enough to Deliver, Small Enough to Care

When we first launched our friendly moving company a few years ago, we did so with one clear goal in mind: Provide India residents with the same kind of high quality moving support they’d get from one of the large national removals brands, whilst at the same time staying just the right side of being a small business in order to guarantee a friendly, personal approach to every job we undertake.

from of van from the side

A Personal Service from Your Local Friendly Removals Team in India

From the moment you pick up the phone to discuss your next home or office move, to the moment your friendly removals team offer you a hearty handshake and wish you every happiness in your new property, you’ll be working with reliable professionals who treat your valuables as if they were our own.

That means working with our trained packing and unpacking team when required to guarantee that every item is effectively packaged for secure transportation, loading and unloading with care and attention, and planning the most efficient route through India so that your goods arrive quickly without compromising on a safe journey.

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Friendly Removal in India from your local moving specialists

Entrust your valuable goods to a removals company you’re sure you can rely on by talking to  about all your home and business moving requirements

If you’ve ever entered your favourite coffee shop and been served by an unfriendly barista, or had to call up a service provider’s customer support line and ended up in something of a battle with a sullen, unhelpful phone rep, then you certainly don’t need us to tell you how disheartening it can be.

At best, it’s a sour spot in what was otherwise probably a very enjoyable day, at worst, it’s the kind of service that leaves you feeling as though the business you’re dealing with don’t necessarily value you as a customer, and even to question whether they’re creating your products or services with as little effort as they put into their customer service.

Of course, you can always opt for a new coffee shop to get your morning caffeine fix, or simply pick up the phone to switch service providers if you’re unhappy with the service, yet when it comes to moving your most valuable goods from one place to another, there really are no second chances.

happy movers unloading a van

Because Service With a Smile Matters

Let’s be honest, whether you’re moving into a new home or relocating offices, it’s going to be a stressful day already without the added pressure of worrying whether your removal team are going to treat your prized possessions with the care and attention they need

It’s for that reason that many home and business owners here in India choose a friendly removals service from their local specialists here at , where you’re always guaranteed professional service delivered with a smile. All our friendly Packers and Movers Coimbatore are fully trained and carry years of experience under their belts!

Big Enough to Deliver, Small Enough to Care

When we first launched our friendly moving company a few years ago, we did so with one clear goal in mind: Provide India residents with the same kind of high quality moving support they’d get from one of the large national removals brands, whilst at the same time staying just the right side of being a small business in order to guarantee a friendly, personal approach to every job we undertake.

from of van from the side

A Personal Service from Your Local Friendly Removals Team in India

From the moment you pick up the phone to discuss your next home or office move, to the moment your friendly removals team offer you a hearty handshake and wish you every happiness in your new property, you’ll be working with reliable professionals who treat your valuables as if they were our own.

That means working with our trained packing and unpacking team when required to guarantee that every item is effectively packaged for secure transportation, loading and unloading with care and attention, and planning the most efficient route through India so that your goods arrive quickly without compromising on a safe journey.