#war & pax

[kryptonitecore]

Re-Read: Autocracy, #1-12

Okay, how to respond to Autocracy… I will admit this is one of those books I had never read before. It’s a lot and I’m finding it quite difficult to decide whether I like it or not.

Ramondelli’s art works quite well here, with some shots being atmospheric, and I’ve always liked how he draws winged characters. The darkness and scale of his art suits the tone of the story, as I think this amps up the edge more than the previous instalments, and we see far more places. I also think this book does a more effective job of establishing the scale of the pre-war conflicts, especially recognising just how much of the population is ‘neutral’. The pace also means that there is always movement, without necessarily being frantic - the 12 issues gave this book more room to breathe.

It’s interesting character-wise for Hot Rod/Rodimus, though I’m going to have to keep an eye on how this is integrated going forward. His approach to leadership earlier on in the book, an opposition to ‘big picture’ idealism of the kinds practiced by Megatron and Optimus, is rather interesting - though that seems to drop off towards the end, as he falls in line with Optimus more. Starscream’s growing irritation with Megatron is a sudden jump from Origin, but also makes quite a lot of sense, as this is a fairly self-indulgent version of Megatron.

Some of the continuity issues were there even for me, though, and that’s with a fairly incomplete knowledge of the continuity. The little thing is Springer knocking about pre-war, but I think Roche’s Sins of the Wreckers backstory came later, so that’s not avoidable. No, the big thing is Starscream being a Senate delegate despite the… events of Megatron: Origin, which is very jarring. I think that could have done with a bit more explaining, also just when Starscream got into politics, as I don’t remember that coming up previously? (I’m starting to realise how little concrete backstory I have even for some relatively major characters…). I can probably find in-story reasons to justify it if I reach hard enough, but it would be difficult and I suspect it was just a miscalculation.

Speaking of characters, this book is a mixed bag. You get a lot of characters, but on the other hand if you were hoping for gradual character arcs happening on page, then this is not the story for you. By the time this book gets going both Megatron and Zeta Prime have gone off the deep end and Orion Pax is most of the way there, too. This is particularly bad for Megatron and Zeta in the sense that it cuts short the time they get to be more grounded characters, which could have been narratively valuable. Rodimus’ characterisation is interesting, but I also went back and forth about whether it’s going to add texture as my re-read goes or, or whether this is a characterisation that was largely dropped by later writers. In a way, it felt like I was reading a character who was already at the end of a character arc that we didn’t get to see.

This comic fell off for me towards the end, especially when the Matrix reappeared. I have very mixed feelings about the Matrix in IDW1, which might become a bit of a theme... The book shifted from the rather edgy tone it had earlier to go more optimistic (?), which I found a bit jarring. The jump from early story Orion Pax to Optimus Prime thinking it’s a good idea to line up all of Megatron’s challengers in a tightly-knit column outside the defended walls of Megatron’s new base, seemingly because of the symbolic value of those panels rather than any in-story decision, was weird, not simply because it makes the Autobots look silly, but also because it’s like I could feel the author’s hand trying to pull me towards a more hopeful version of the narrative. 

My feelings are still mixed, but it was certainly interesting. Spotlight: Wheelie comes next, and I think I I remember it being in rhyme?

[don-lichterman]

MAESTRO: WAR & PAX #1 Trailer | Marvel Comics

MAESTRO: WAR & PAX #1 Trailer | Marvel Comics

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A Dinner Date With Doom: Previewing 'Maestro: War & Pax' #5

A Dinner Date With Doom: Previewing ‘Maestro: War & Pax’ #5

Cover by Dale Keown Written by Peter David Art by Javier Pina Pencils German Peralta DOOM. The Maestro thought he knew his enemy. He thought he was facing a band of gods. The truth…is so much worse. Maestro: War & Pax #5 is out Wednesday 26th May from Marvel

[askvectorprime]

What is Dipstick's "redundant" alt modw? And if certain characters without mobile alt modes (Rewind, Rung, Soundwave, Blaster, Tripodeca, Amp/Kaon, Forestock/Vos, Mainframe, Diptstick, Ravage, Perceptor, Quark, etc) adopted vehicular or even animalian alt modes, what would they turn into?

Dear Alt-Mode Alarmist,

Dipstick is one of the few Triple Changers whose secondary alternate mode is a similar kind of vehicle as his primary one—in his case, he has the choice of becoming a three-wheeled truck or a four-wheeled car. Some have suggested that having an alt-mode considered “redundant”—the common label for such bots—is to blame for Dipstick’s ornery temperament, but never to his face.

As for the other bots you mention, let me see… Perceptor was also a Triple Changer, turning into either a microscope or a tracked vehicle. Soundwave gained a wheeled form after the end of the great war, adapted into an APC disguise upon his return to Earth. Blaster, at varying points in his life, was a hovercraft or a wheeled vehicle. Amp had a drill-tank mode, long before he became Kaon. Likewise "Forestock" only assumed his gun mode (and name) out of a desire to be useful to Megatron—before then, he was a forklift called Stockade.

The rest never adopted vehicular alt-modes in the specific universe I assume you are referring to. In a branch reality where Quark did not perish, he adopted a scientific exploration vehicle for an alternate mode. One Mainframe survived until the signing of the Pax Cybertronia, assuming a leonine alternate mode and changing his name to "Maneframe". For Rung, Tripodeca, Rewind, and Ravage, not having a vehicle form was very much part of who they were as people, and one must look far afield to find incarnations possessed of mobile alt-modes.

[tfw-no-tennis]

mtmte liveblog issue 36

time travel arccccccccccccc yessssssssss

I have been waiting SO LONG to reread this arc hhhhh yessss

starting off strong with the sexy roller cover. nice

I love the disconnect of ‘orion pax: outlaw’ compared to the last time we saw him in shadowplay where he was orion pax: supercop

he’s still punching people for JUSTICE or whatever so I guess not much has changed

oh my god this is the issue with the many many two-page spreads...the first time I read this issue I didn't realize that was a thing and GOD I was SO fucking confused. there's already a lot going on in this issue/arc but this made things so much worse hvbhjkdfbsk. I powered thru and still managed to understand most of the arc despite reading half this issue out of order (essentially) bc the website I read it on split the pages up and I couldn't tell they were supposed to be doubled (and also I'm dumb so I didn't figure it out)

anyways, the actual issue...windcharger is out here using his powers to rip a dudes arms clean off. wow!

and there's skids getting punched in the face. Ls

and glitch! a totally minor character of course...

MANNNNN I SO adore the panel of all the lost lighters appearing in a cloud of purple smoke, all posing epically....SO fucking good, peak sci-fi coolness vibes, A++

as usual jro killing it w/the titles, ‘elegant chaos’ is such a great name for a time travel arc

also reading the tfwiki has shown me that many of jros titles are song or album titles, to which I say - that's epic and I love it. with jro doing it, I feel like it straddles the line between referencing music and the very fanfic-esque ‘title things after music’ vibe. I love it

oh god I forgot they use bs cybertronian time units in this sometimes lmao...I mean of course they do but still like, what the fuck is a cycle. is that a day. I feel like these words all have no meaning/the meanings change drastically depending on continuity. I cant keep up and also I'm lazy and don't care enough to try

I love rodimus did u know

poor riptide looks so confused lmao

IS....IS REWIND PIGGYBACKING TAILGATE...THATS SO FUCKING CUTE....I cant fully tell bc of the page layout but ooomg so precious. minibot buddies

whirl saying ‘chuff’ just reminded me how british jro is hvbhakjhdsfbs sometimes it just Jumps Out in mtmte and I'm like Oh God Britain Is Real

I really like the mtmte approach to time travel and paradoxes and whatnot. its just complex enough to be interesting but not too convoluted that it bogs down the story. perfect sci-fi fun!

mannnn chromedome talking abt brainstorm :( I'm sad abt those two hhhhh

and I love how at this point, nobody in the cast ACTUALLY knows brainstorm well enough to know what he’s really doing - including chromedome, who’s ostensibly his closest friend, somebody he’s known for a while - and even the readers don't really know what he’s up to...I like the mystery tbh

cant believe rewind wrote orion pax’s biography, omg. completely forgot abt that detail

cd saying ‘I love it when he talks history’ about rewind....hhhh I love cdrw so muuuuch

godddd the line rodimus says abt whirl - how they need people like whirl around who are ‘happy to get in the way’ of danger and death - that shit haunts me man like...rodimus is basically saying that he’s bringing whirl along to potentially die in place of someone like orion pax (nevermind the fact that whirl dying would ALSO fuck up the timeline)...like, how deep does it go?? is he saying that bc he knows whirl has been trying to get himself killed for a while now, or just bc whirl likes violence? mannn I cant...the character intricacies...man

anyways...I love rodimus he’s such an interesting character. you have that fucked up moment and then in the next panel he’s saying ‘if you want to call it a time phone, I wont stop you’ about the quantum walkie-talkie. he has the RANGE

oh and then rodimus casually volunteering chromedome to do mnemosurgery on anyone who might accidentally find out about them time traveling, which is again fucked up on multiple levels. the raaaaange

vjaksbhdhfusajbfdjk that panel of the lost light squad just standing there like idiots reminds me of that post where someone said abt that panel ‘these characters have a collective 3 brain cells’ or something hvbjadkfnksfdl

rodimus IMMEDIATELY breaking his own rules by trying to reassure pax that they're good guys by pointing at his autobot badge, even tho the autobots DONT EVEN EXIST YET at this point...my boy PLEASE go purchase some brain cells from the store 

and the fact that rodimus introduced himself to pax w/his real name...shouldn't he go by an alias or st??? that seems like a good time travel rule since optimus and rodimus definitely know each other later 

and like, did they not anticipate that some of the people in the past would recognize some of the lost lighters hgbajkhdjfnjksf like cd and whirl get Instantly recognized...great job guys

they are all SO bad at this hvbahskjdhfbasjkf I cantttt luckily for them the orion crew is handing them easy alibis 

‘the dugout’ is that a baseball reference????

also I love the scenery here, the bg looks like rock but there's metal piping and stuff running thru it, its so cool...really adds to the whole ‘cybertron biomes are made of metal’ thing

‘ancient history’ rodimus are you KIDDING ME-

cyclonus time travels to the past and IMMEDIATELY finds a window to stare broodingly out of. icon

tailgate thinking orion pax is SUPER COOL continues here from shadowplay and I love it...tailgate is so cute

and the tg saying ‘don't you think that's awesome, cyclonus?’ hhhhh so cute

one reason I love this arc so much is that this is the arc where the gay Really amps up 

TRAILBREAKER.... oh man ;_;

are you telling me that this outlaw base they're in has ONE bed for all of these people. what the hell vhbaksjhfnsal

cant believe rung sampled roller’s steroid juice box

also cant believe robot steroids exist. except yes I can and I love it

oooh roller’s a 0/1%er? I forgot abt that 

cant believe orion pax just grabs some random phone that belongs to these weird new people and answers it. WHO does that

goddddd megatron and orion’s conversation....destroy me

HHHHHH like...the HISTORY....the regret...the missed opportunities...its all so palpable....goddddddd

and of COURSE, the whole thing is steeped in tragedy...the ideological differences that will become the foundation for a 4 million year long war...megatron, who believes that you need to burn things down and start again to really make change stick, and then orion, who says ‘reform is the answer, not revolution’....AUGHHH the intricacies. mannnn

‘you sound lost’ 😭😭😭

‘its tragic.’ yeah, that about sums up their relationship, especially at this stage and in this continuity 

anyways. [cries about old man megatron talking to young naïve orion pax] goodbye

AUGHHH and then we jump to rodimus ONCE AGAIN breaking his own rules and trying to save trailbreaker...IT HURTS MAN...god I love rodimus, I feel like him being broken up about crewmembers like trailbreaker dying is one part regular sadness over people he knows dying for tragic reasons, and one part personal guilt at someone under his command dying, even if he’s not involved/at fault. I love the dichotomy of this emotional reaction that comes only partially from empathy/emotion, but also comes from a kinda self-centered need for success as measured by people under your command staying alive. and taking into account rodimus’s life it totally makes sense that he’d act like that...GAH I love it. the complexity of it all!

orion pax saying ‘you should read [megatron]. it’s powerful stuff’ I'm screaming, so many LAYERSSSSS

I fucking love time travel AHHHHHHHHH like the opportunity for interactions like these....chefs kiss

‘hey, best friend! miss you!’ rodimus is such a shit hvbdajkfksjhfd 

‘very sus’ rodimus ahead of his time w/the among us lingo

oooh and then they realize that the senate is trying to kill the sparks...gotta save the babies!

tailgate scolding cyclonus for bluntly stating that you'd wanna be subtle when killing newborns...hhhvbhsdfhhhhhh I love them sm

ooooh and rewind has an interesting suggestion - that the senate is actually trying to irradiate the sparks into being outliers...rewind is so smart I love him

and the fact that he’s using history from his database...love it

rodimus sending cyclonus and whirl out like pokemon

ROLLER NOOOO DONT GO OUT THERE

also wow this is literally the 5th (I think) double page spread in this issue...the confusion I felt the first time I read this...lmao 

and now this is literally one of my favorite issues so I'm glad I know what's going on lmao

oh man rodimus telling cd not to erase trailbreakers memory even tho that could jeopardize the entire timeline... :( 

oh man I didn't even notice but roller getting debris blasted into his face like that makes the whole ‘roller is tarn’ theory even more legit considering tarn’s face scars....

‘tighter the better’ hhh don't say that orion. but also, that’s the companion phrase to megatron saying ‘the deeper the better’ hvbhasjkhdfbaksjlf

I do love the semi-campy action hero antics that orion pax gets up to. its just so fun, even when the stakes are high and things are serious

‘this is the greatest thing I have ever seen’ tg ily

THE REVEAL THAT THE SPARKS WENT TO NYON...so rodimus just saved himself, basically...time travel is so trippy

GODDDD ND THEN TRAILBREAKER...HVHHHHHh 😭😭😭 THATS SO CRUEL MAN

oh man that last panel of trailbreaker holding up roller’s juice box...iirc the first time I read this I thought that was roller (cause of the juice box I guess? idk I'm an idiot) so I was like oh ok he must've come back or something. very much related but I didn't really think about tarn being a particular pre-established character and totally didn't read the whole ‘roller is tarn’ thing that was going on 

which in my defense ruth also didn't pick up on any of that while reading this and eventually like 2 issues before the reveal I had to prompt her like ‘you should maybe be wondering WHO tarn is’ vhbahjksdfbaksjdf

so! issue 37! this issue is a solid favorite of mine, id say definitely top 5 or even 3. I'm super biased bc I fucking LOVE time travel, it’s seriously one of my favorite tropes ever, and this issue hits all the time travel beats I love. characters traveling to the past and interacting with people they know! conversations that have multiple meanings bc of TIME TRAVEL! trying to save someone who meets a terrible fate in your future! fun time travel action! the time traveling characters being generally terrible at hiding the fact that they're time travelers! ITS SO GOOD. 

and I love the clever way everything is tied together here - where we get a nice continuation of shadowplay, with this taking place shortly after that with a lot of the same cast, and time travel classics like the good ole ‘if we hadn't travelled back in time and done what we did, the future we came from wouldn't have existed at all,’ in the flavor of ‘rodimus saving his baby self’ and ‘rodimus NOT saving trailbreaker’ and ‘everyone forgot about roller :(’ 

ok but like, did the lost lighters just go ‘oh well, guess rollers gone now.’ like they DID realize that the outlaw crew would have no idea what happened to him if they got their memories erased, right?? did the lost lighters figure that since roller never reappeared after this time period, that was how history was ‘supposed’ to go and they shouldn't mess with it? am I overthinking it? as usual: yes, probably. I love overthinking about comics, in case that wasn't obvious

basically...I love this issue soooo much. so so good and a bunch of fun tropes that I love. I mean the whole arc is like that for me since I love time travel so much. so I cant wait to (re)read more!!

[uneminuteparseconde]

Des concerts à Paris et autour

Septembre 19. Fumo Nero + Chafouin + Siren's Carcass – Cirque électrique 19. Bader Motor – La Station 19. F.L.U. + Uzhur + Extreme Precautions (fest. OFFF) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 20. The Brian Jonestown Massacre – La Cigale 20. Jean-Philippe Gross + Franz Hautzinger + Jealousy Party (fest. Crak) – église Saint-Merry 20. Lil Louis + Dopplereffekt + Kiddy Smile (dj) + Clara 3000 + Cerrone (Climax Party) – Wanderlust 20. Trash Knife + Cookies + Urine – La Comedia (Montreuil) 20. Butch Mckoy + Paulie Jan (fest. OFFF) – La Marbrerie (Montreuil) 21. Sheik Anorak + Anna Henriksson – Le Zorba (gratuit) 21. Chris Abrahams + Tarawangsawelas + Low Jack (fest. Crak) – église Saint-Merry 21. Crisis + Plomb – Petit Bain 21. Stratocastors + Thee Maximators + Joujou Jaguar + Princesse Gilbert + Th Da Freak (fest. OFFF) – L'Aérosol 22. Eve Aboulkheir + Prune Bécheau + Jean-Luc Guionnet + Muddersten + Ingar Zach – Cneai (Pantin) 22. On Ceim & Le UN ensemble : "Time Elleipsis" + Le UN ensemble : "Unkino" (fest. Crak) – église Saint-Merry 22. The Wedding Present – Point FMR 22. Atonalist avec Gavin Friday – Petit Bain 22. Gerostenkorp – Scandle 22. Zëro, Virigine Despentes & Béatrice Dalle – Auditorium du théâtre (Chelles) 22. Bajram Bili + Abschaum + Polycool + Grand 8 (fest. Pschit) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 22. Paula Temple + LSD + Tommy Four Seven + W.LV.S + Shlomo + Kolde... (Dream Nation fest.) – Docks de Paris (Aubervilliers) 23. Marc Hurtado & Olivier Brisson – Galerie Laurent Gaudin (gratuit) 23. Spiritualized – Cabaret sauvage 23. Sigha + Inigo Kennedy + D. Carbonne + Exal + LGML + Elomak + Greg Rivière + David Some (Dream Nation fest.) – Plage de Glazart 24. Holy Esque + Jaguwar – Supersonic (gratuit) 24. Oneohtrix Point Never (Red Bull Music fest.) – Le 104 26. Bisou de Saddam – Omadis (gratuit) 26. Sleaford Mods + Consumer Electronics – Le Trianon 26. Chassol + Thomas de Pourquery + Flavien Berger + Jacques + Ala.Ni + Quentin Rollet + Gaspar Claus + Jocelyn Mienniel + Low Jack + Lucie Antunes + Christine Ott + Serafina Steer + Ghedalia Tazartes + Mathieu Edward + Mélissa Laveaux (Red Bull Music fest.) – Cabaret sauvage 26. Common Eider, King Eider + Drekka + Inselberg – Olympic café 27. Part Chimp + Spectres + Sextile – La Station 27. Yuzo Koshiro & Motohiro Kawashima + Kode9 & Koji Morimoto + Oklou & Krampf + Teki Latex & DITC + Konx-Om-Pax (Red Bull Music fest.) – Gaîté lyrique 27. Scratch Massive – croisières électroniques 27. Bas Mooy + Ayarcana + Brulée b2b Apothicaire + Mercury 200 + LLY – Glazart 28. Rebeka Warrior + La Chatte + Sexy Sushi + Jardin – La Station 28. La Mverte + Markus Gibb – La Java 28. Terrine + Spoliatûre + Mamiedaragon + Blenno Die Wurstbrücke – Treize 28. Dj Scotch Egg + Takami Nakamoto & Sébastien Benoits + Kyoka Kondo + Aki-Ra Sunrise & Ben Vedren – Centre Pompidou 28. Chosen Few + Dano + Tellurian + Casual Gabberz – Rex Club 28. Zadig + The Driver + Nimä Skill – Le FDP 29. Gaël Segalen + Best Available Technology – Le Zorba (gratuit) 29. Terry Riley & Gyan Riley – La Maroquinerie 29. Aurora Halal + Roberto Succo + Elena Colombi + Jasss + Nihiloxica + Front de cadeaux + Julianna + Oko dj + Miley Serious + Jita Sensation (Red Bull Music fest.) – La Station 29. Bleib Modern – Olympic café 29. Alien Rain + AnD + AWB + Parfait + Speedy J – tba 30. King Dude + Kaelan Mikla + The Dark Red Seed – Petit Bain 30. Eryck Abecassis & Francisco Meirino (fest. Maad in 93) – Instants chavirés (Montreuil)

Octobre 02. The Melvins – L'Alhambra 03. Vanilla Poppers + Pierre & Bastien + Stratocastors – Olympic café 03. Maoupa Mazzocchetti + Opéra mort + Jean Carval – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 04. Jean-Louis Costes + Monte Verita : hommage à Daniel Johnston – Médiathèque musicale de Paris (gratuit) 04. Oiseaux-Tempête, Mondkopf & G. W. Sok + Princess Thailand – Centre Barbara-FGO 04. Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal – La Seine musicale (Boulogne-Billancourt) 05. Sathönay + Bell Lungs – Le Zorba (gratuit) 05. Go!Zilla + Jessica 93 – Petit Bain 05. Clara De Asis + Simon Henocq & Jean-Sébastien Mariage + Farida Amadou, Olivier Benoît & Julien Desprez – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 05. Mokado + Franck Vigroux & Kurt D'Haeseleer : « Centaure » + Konpyuta & Méryll Ampe (Rouxteur fest.) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 06. Melik Ohanian : perf. musicale autour de l'expo. d'Abdelkader Benchamma (Nuit blanche) – Collège des Bernardins (gratuit) 06. Nicolas Horvath : nuit Eric Satie + Xavier Veilhan, Chloé & Vassilena Serafimova, Mikhail & Sacha Rudy, Ève Risser, Yannis Kyriakides et Andy Moor : Nuit Studio Venezia + Bryce Dessner : Ymusic (Œuvres d'Andrew Norman, Nico Muhly, Sufjan Stevens, Son Lux, Annie Clark, Gabriel Kahane, Shara Worden...) (Nuit blanche) – Philharmonie (gratuit) 06. Leif + Black Zone Myth Chant + Toma Kami + Marylou + Carlton + MMPP + De Grandi b2b Sunareht + Emma b2b Marcorosso – La Station 06. Infecticide + Christeene + Domina Pizzo + Calling Maria + Angel Karel – Le Dépôt 06. Walter Dean + Monolithe noir + Vernacular + O89 + Stienis & Eqko + Arnaud Laffond & Wael Alkak (Rouxteur fest.) – Mains d'oeuvre (Saint-Ouen) 09. Bérangère Maximin + Brutter + Gosheven (Biennale Nemo) – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 10. Richie Hawtin – Olympia 11. John Carpenter – Salle Pleyel 12/13. Les Négresses vertes – Cabaret sauvage 12. Thorofon + Control + Te/DIS – Les Voûtes 12. Les Ramoneurs de menhir vs SP32 – Gibus 12. The Mugwump + Mourn + Camera + Jessica93 (dj) + France sauvage + Lastrack (dj) + Teki Latex (dj)... – La Station 12. Villejuif Undergournd + Le Réveil des tropiques + Casse Gueule – Théâtre d'Ivry 12. Shifted + Shxcxchcxsh + Antenes + You Should Not Care + JPLD – Concrete 12. Détente + Dear Abra + Françoise Pagan + Peanuts – La Java 12. Hyphen Hyphen (dj) + Arnaud Rebotini + Jennifer Cardini + Rag + Sônge (dj) – L'Olympia 13. Françoiz Breut + David Fenech : hommage à Daniel Johnston – Médiathèque musicale de Paris (gratuit) 13. Low – La Gaîté lyrique 13. En attendant Ana + Duds + Yen Yen + Saint DX...– La Station 13. Aquaserge + Mohamed Lamouri + P.r2b – Théâtre d'Ivry 13. SNTS + Shdw & Obscur Shape + Boston 168 + Under Black Helmet + Airod + Illnurse + Silent-One – tba 15. Lloyd Cole – Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord 15. Nicolas Vérin : "L'Apocalypse de Jean" de Pierre Henry – Athénée 15. The Necks – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 15. Petra Pied de Biche + Thharm + Fiasco – La Comedia (Montreuil) 16. Feromil + In Bear Suits + Seine – tba 17. Blurt – Espace b 17. Mark Morgan + La Race – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 18. Max Cooper – La Gaîté lyrique 19. Tiny Tramp + Forme étrangère + Trottoir – La Pointe Lafayette 20. Les Hôpitaux + Danse avec les Shlags – Le Zorba (gratuit) 20. Tallinn Chamber Orchestra : Fratres, Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten, Adam's Lament, Salve Regina et Te Deum d'Arvo Pärt – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie 20. Les Tétines noires + Dear Deer – Petit Bain 22. Dead Meadow – Petit Bain 24. Motorama – Petit Bain 25. Marissa Nadler – Point FMR 25. Fews – Olympic café 25. Cat Power – Trianon 25. Die Selektion + Structures – Petit Bain 26. Jon Hopkins – Trianon 27. Killing Joke – Cabaret sauvage 27. CAR + Sentimental Rave – Petit Bain 27. Silent Front + Le Mal des ardents + La Coupure – tba 27. CJ Bolland + 999999999 + 747 + Jibis + JKS b2b Mayeul + Jaquarius – La Machine 30. David Eugene Edwards & Alexander Hacke – La Maroquinerie 30. Mariachi & Maria Bertel + Rafael Toral – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 31. Acid Mothers Temple + Bambara (Le Beau fest. off) – Glazart 31. Thierry Balasse joue Pierre Henry – La Gaîté lyrique 31. Terrine + Regalec + Victime – La Pointe Lafayette 31. Marie Davidson + Oktober Lieber – Petit Bain 31. Phill Niblock & Thierry Madiot + Trio Grands Lacs – Instants chavirés (Montreuil)

Novembre 01. Elysian Fields – La Maroquinerie 01. Casual Hex + Hyäne – La Pointe Lafayette 01. John Maus + Mac DeMarco + The Voidz + Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever + Étienne Daho... (Pitchfork Music fest.) – Grande Halle de La Villette 02. [Fever Ray : ANNULÉ] + Blood Orange + Chvrches + Chromeo + Bagarre + Car Seat Headrest + Dream Wife + Lewis OfMan + Boy Pablo + Kaytranada... (Pitchfork Music fest.) – Grande Halle de La Villette 03. Bon Iver + dj Koze + Jeremy Underground + Stephan Malkmus & The Jicks + Unknow Mortal Orchestra + Avalon Emerson + Snail Mail + Daniel Avery + Muddy Monk... (Pitchfork Music fest.) – Grande Halle de La Villette 02. Emma Ruth Rundle – Petit Bain 04. Peaches Christ Superstar – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 04. Deena Abdelwahed – Concrete 05. Colin Stetson – Café de la danse 05. Echo & The Bunnymen – Bataclan 05. David Byrne – Zénith 06. Soft Kill – Olympic café 06. Agnostic Front + Fishing With Guns + Blackened – Gibus 08. Cold Cave – Petit Bain 09. Le Syndicat – Centre d'animation Vercingétorix 09. Rendez-Vous + Prurient + Silent Servant + Poison Point + Crave + Low Jack b2b Moyo + Clara 3000 & Coni – La Machine 09>11. Baba Commandant & The Mandigo Band + Senyawa + Brothers Unconnected (Alan & Richard Bishop) + Porest Group + King Gong + Robert Millis & Jesse Paul Miller – théâtre Berthelot (Montreuil) 13. Hot Snakes – Point FMR 13. MellaNoisEscape + Puts Mary – Petit Bain 13. Sophie Agnel, Joke Lanz & Michael Vatcher – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 14. Peter Murphy & David J jouent "In the Flat Fields" – Bataclan 15. Méryll Ampe + Emmanuelle Bouyer + Anne Flore Cabanis + Matthieu Crimersmois + Frédéric Mathevet + Colin Roche + Anton Mobin... (Extended Score #2) – Le Cube (Issy-lès-Moulineaux) 16. Parquet Courts – Elysées Montmartre 16. Noir Boy George + Officine – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 17. The Damned – Elysées Montmartre 18. Ensemble Links : « Drumming » de Steve Reich – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 21. The Breeders – Le Trianon 21. Lydia Lunch & Ian White – Espace B 22. Scout Niblett – Petit Bain 22. Serge Teyssot-Gay, Christian Vialard & Éric Arlix : Hypogé – Le Cube (Issy-lès-Moulineaux) 23. Michael Nyman : "War Work: 8 Songs with Film" – Salle Pleyel 23. Ennio Morricone – Bercy Arena 23. Kollaps + Trepaneringsritualen + Verset Zero – Gibus 23. Saravah revisité (Areski, The Recyclers, Arlt, Bojan Flames...) + Hyperculte + Waltraud Blischke (dj) (BBmix fest.) – Carré Bellefeuille (Boulogne-Billancourt) 24. Endless Boogie + Pan American + Facs + Von Limb + Waltraud Blischke (dj) (BBmix fest.) – Carré Bellefeuille (Boulogne-Billancourt) 24. Frustration + Twin Arrows – Rack'am (Br��tigny/Orge) 25. Satan + Kill + Necrodancer – Espace B 25. Evan Crankshaw & The Dead Mauriacs + The Mauskovic Dance Band + Waltraud Blischke (dj) (BBmix fest.) – Carré Bellefeuille (Boulogne-Billancourt) 27. Mudhoney – Trabendo 27. Etienne Jaumet – New Morning 28. Andy Moor & Anne-James Chaton – Cité de l'architecture (gratuit) 28. Adult. – Petit Bain 29. Interpol – Salle Pleyel 29. Esben & The Witch – Point FMR 29. CHDH + Mariachi + Lårs Akerlund + Sten Backman (fest. Bruits blancs) – Le Cube (Issy-lès-Moulineaux)

Décembre 01. Deux boules vanille (fest. Marathon!) – La Gaîté lyrique 02. Beak> – Café de la danse 03. Idles + John – Bataclan 05. Julia Holter – Petit Bain 05. Sudden Infant + Massicot – Centre culturel suisse 06. La Tène avec Jacques Puech, Louis Jacques, Guilhem Lacroux & Jérémie Sauvage – Centre culturel suisse 06. The KVB + M!R!M – Badaboum 07. Antoine Chessex + Nina Garcia + Francisco Meirino – Centre culturel suisse 08. Père Ubu – Théâtre Berthelot (Montreuil) 08. The Horrorist + Federico Amoroso – L'Officine 09/10. Moriarty – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 12. Nova Materia – La Maroquinerie 14. New Model Army – Trabendo 14. Hangman's Chair + Jessica93 + Revok – Les Cuizines (Chelles) 15. Gaspar Claus – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 18. Drab Majesty – Point FMR

2019

Janvier 22. Emmanuelle Parrenin & Dominique Regref – La Ferme du Buisson (Noisiel) 26. Chloé – Elysée-Montmartre

Février 02. The Residents – Gaîté lyrique 06. Brendan Perry – Petit Bain 07. VNV Nation – Le Trabendo 22. Nils Frahm – Le Trianon

Mars 20. Oomph! – La Machine 29. Perturbator – Le Trianon

Avril 14. Arnaud Rebotini joue la BO de "120 Battements par minute" – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 27. She Past Away – La Machine 27. Chloé : Lumières noires – Le 104

Mai 10/11. Dead Can Dance – Grand Rex 17. Philip Glass : Études pour piano – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie 18. Bruce Brubaker & Max Cooper : Glasstronica – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie

Juin 26. Magma – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie

Septembre 13. Rammstein – La Défense Arena (Nanterre)

en gras : les derniers ajouts / in bold: the last news

[truthblockchain]

Blockchain Analysis: No Significant Changes In Bitcoin Holdings Due To Ukrainian Crisis

Blockchain Analytics firm Crystal Blockchain monitored the hot wallets of the major cryptocurrency exchanges working with the Russian ruble and Ukrainian hryvnia, inluding peer-to-peer marketplaces like LocalBitcoins and Paxful, and found no significant fluctuations related to the war and migration.

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/04/11/ukraine-crisis-is-not-propelling-crypto-market-activity-blockchain-data-shows/?outputType=amp

[writer59january13]

The Lunatic Inside Me iz a hen pecking noose hens.

The majority of mine lxiii years

expended delving deep into imagination,

yours truly escaped, loosed, thwarted...

reality courtesy bookland roaming cerebral cortex terra firmae

did not amp pulley satiate

seemingly depression found me (an uncompetitive, oversensitive,

intuitive, contemplative bookworm) with scrunched pate,

a day short and a dollar late

one dime a dozen lad

hood scrimp and scrape,

a familiar pattern typified fate

viz - hand to mouth bleak how zing existence aye equate

extant throughout three score

plus three years date

journeys round el sol,

this varsity schlepper, procrastinator,

malingererdid create

current emotional state

mottled with sea henna tint

financial, emotional and

psychosocial characteristics stint

aye serum eyes while

in utero the blueprint

indelibly etched analogous

brand York Peppermint

also analogous to musician recording tracks upon primed glint

ting digitized compact disc

clear polycarbonate plastic substrate,

a reflective metallic layer,

and a clear protective coating

of acrylic plastic

breakable as flint.

Though afflicted with severe

panic/anxiety attacks

suffering became manifest destiny

for decades housed née sequestered

in abominable barracks (one common joe biden his time)

made debut during prepubescence,

ambivalent toward and quite lax

concerning mien kampf, when adolescent/puberty at max

metamorphosis from boy

to man found me strongly in pax

averse to growing up

Anorexia Nervosa latched did tax

developmental height and weight,

whence this grown male did wax

nostalgic for his boyhood-

literally starved himself -

not quite to death,

or unconditional self-acceptance by peers.

Mine psyche felt ship

wrecked upon the jagged shoal

of abject apathy, self-injury,

and jury-rigged penury now a pall

duh, these psychological idiosyncrasies

perfect breeding ground to maul

and rent asunder psychic ground

for lack of pride slinking along hall

ways resonating with flapping wings, his doppelganger exhibited gall

wherein yours truly remained

face down from a major fall

when both parents alive

(thine mum deceased

almost eighteen plus years,

when grim reaper didst call

now octogenarian widower pop,

who since this initial writing passed away about sixteen months ago)

espied sense to bawl

upon death ova

me mum, and sensibility

evinced inquisitive kindled

linked opportunistic quest

misunderstanding, avoiding

whirled wide web

as a young whippersnapper -

wait, that iz not awl.

Inform me if you wanna explore

additional tidbits glore

cuz long poem comprises more lines offering metaphorical tour within me body electric akin to teenage wasteland after internal near deadly war.

[boardgametoday]

PAX Unplugged 2017: Ares Games to present Hunt for the Ring, Sword & Sorcery, This War of Mine TBG, Last Friday and Divinity Derby

#PAXUnplugged: Ares Games Brings a Whole Lot of #Games #boardgames

Ares Games will be at PAX Unplugged 2017, (November 17th-19th, Philadelphia-PA), the first extension to tabletop gaming of the popular PAX videogame events. Located at booth #1015, Ares will introduce for the first time to the public several new games, including the hidden movement, deduction and adventure game Hunt for the Ring, “prequel” to War of the Ring, and the race and betting…

[sparkpulse-blog]

What’s your favorite (or if you can’t chose, Top Whatever) episode of TFP? What made it stick out of the bunch?

Whoops, I missed a day! And on a fun question, too! Well, let’s break it down by season!

In season one, my favorite episodes are easily Deus Ex Machina and Speed Metal. These two episodes introduced my favorite characters, and set the standards for their personalities and interactions. However, Scrapheap and Stronger, Faster also rank highly on the list. One set off my love for Rafael Esquivel, and the other is just outright hilarious... and shows that Ratchet might have some feelings about the war that he’s kept to himself quite a bit. I like the twist on his usual character and what it says about what might lie beneath.

In season two we get the Orion Pax three-parter, which offered some amazing backstory and fleshed out Optimus Prime a lot. The Human Factor amped up the creepy just a bit, and I loathe what they did to Breakdown, but Knock Out’s revenge still manages to secure this one on my favorite’s list. And this season also gives us both Grill and Patch, my two favorite recap episodes ever. I’ve never before seen a recap episode in another series that I would watch just for the fun of it. 

Season three hails with Plus One and, ironically, Minus One... the two really have nothing to do with each other, but I love them both. Plus One has some fantastic human interactions and plenty of my favorite mech, and Minus? Primus! Watch it for yourself! Thirst also ranks high, as I get to see the end fates of my least-favorite character in the series. If I go too much into specifics here we’re going to have a twelve-page essay, though!

[infactforgetthepark]

[Free eBook] Infomocracy by Malka Older [Award-Nominated Science Fiction Technothriller]

Infomocracy by Malka Older, a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, is the 1st novel in the Centenal Cycle trilogy of political science fiction technothrillers, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Macmillan's Tor Books imprint.

This placed 3rd in the 2017 Locus Awards in the Best First Novel category, and is the featured B&N Free Fridays selection for the weekend, presumably to help promote sales of the 2nd novel, Null States, which is currently discounted to just $2.99 at all North American retailers in anticipation of the release of the 3rd novel later this year and also in recognition of the Centenal Cycle's finalist nomination for the current Hugo Awards in the Best Series category.

The trilogy is set in a post-cyberpunk future world where information technology has radically altered the political landscape from dominant nation-states to global micro-democracy. This story focuses on an upcoming election where the new status quo may be due for its own upheaval, as various political players seek to once again change the game.

Offered in Canada & US (possibly also other countries worldwide), available DRM-free at multiple retailers.

Free for a limited time @ Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Kobo, iTunes, Google Play, eBooks.com, BookShout (online reading & in-app download) (looks like the freebie was available in Canada & US and possibly alsoother countries worldwide when I spot-checked assorted regional stores, YMMV, and some retailers may only provide the freebie in certain countries)

Description It's been twenty years and two election cycles since Information, a powerful search engine monopoly, pioneered the switch from warring nation-states to global micro-democracy. The corporate coalition party Heritage has won the last two elections. With another election on the horizon, the Supermajority is in tight contention, and everything's on the line.

With power comes corruption. For Ken, this is his chance to do right by the idealistic Policy1st party and get a steady job in the big leagues. For Domaine, the election represents another staging ground in his ongoing struggle against the pax democratica. For Mishima, a dangerous Information operative, the whole situation is a puzzle: how do you keep the wheels running on the biggest political experiment of all time, when so many have so much to gain?

[thecomicon]

The Maestro On The Mount: Previewing 'Maestro: War & Pax' #3

The Maestro On The Mount: Previewing ‘Maestro: War & Pax’ #3

Written by: Peter David Art by: Javier Pina, Wilton Santos and Oren Junior (inks) Cover by: Dale Keown CASUS BELLI! The Pantheon has the Maestro on the ropes – or so they think. But the Maestro’s true enemy is about to show his face… and no one is going to like the future he has planned. Maestro: War & Pax #3 is out Wednesday 24th March from Marvel  

[loudcreationsublime]

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Twitch Prime members, get ready to drop the bass in Dub Wars!

Twitch prime offers up the game that PAX founders, Gabe & Tycho, deemed “a national treasure”. If you’re not a Twitch Prime member, you can sign up for a free trial at twitchprime.com.

DubWars is an action-packed arcade shooter that successfully combines music and gaming in a way never seen before. The game has been compared to the likes of Geometry Wars and Rez but the comparisons end once you realize that there is no ‘fire’ button.

Wait, a twin-stick shooter with no fire button? How can that be?

In DubWars, the music becomes your weapon as they fire in sync to the rhythm of the song. The developers teamed up with incredible EDM and Dubstep artists to create unique weapons and power ups that fire to the beat of the music. Bass, up beats, and, of course “The DROP” of each song all factor into each level’s excitement (and difficulty). You’ll need to analyze the risk and reward of taking on enemies, collecting ‘wubs’, or just frantically surviving the song.

10 custom-built levels with amazing visuals and effects!

Discover and support both up-and-coming musicians and your favorite established artists!

Learn about the artists and where you can follow them, as well as download their other music

Progress through three difficulty modes by mastering the music and upgrading your ship

Complete objectives and Steam achievements, collect Trading Cards, and top the leaderboards!

“One game really stood out and quickly provided long hours of play, lots of cheers……and head-bobbing. That game was DubWars.�� NerdFu

With music, we’ve all experienced the buildup and anticipation waiting for that beat to “DROP”. DubWars amps that feeling up to 11 and, if you can survive long enough to experience the payoff, destroying a powerful enemy with a massive wall of noise is one of the most satisfying twin-stick experiences out there today.

“If ever there was a game for EDM — it is DubWars” 5 Stars — Without the Sarcasm

The game features ten (10) stages that span underwater levels to a “Giant Alien Brain DJ” headlining a concert. Each stage has multiple levels of difficulty which ramp and amp up the challenges to insane levels. The game also allows you to discover and support both up-and-coming musicians and your favorite established artists including:

- Omni — Urban Metaphor

- Dubsective — Synergy

- Spock — Break It Up

- Minecraft Universe — Eclipse

- Celldweller — Tough Guy (Tim Ismag Remix)

- Varien — Metalworks

- Minesweepa — Leviathan

- Totally Sick — Distorted

- Summer School — Choose Your Weapon

- NGHTMRE — MTRD

- James Egbert — Menu Music

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Jennifer Gemstar Winters-Darby Pax by 

Rowena-BenselThis is really old, I'm surprised I hadn't uploaded it before. This is a doll of an TFP OC I made a couple years back as a personal response to a fic that had potential, but really fell flat where it should have really amped the drama. That fic was about a dragon-girl who was actually Optimus Prime's adopted daughter, sent to Earth for safety during the War, and right where she was "reunited" with Optimus, the author added (unnecessary, imho) drama by making her run away, supposedly get killed by the Decepticons, and then find baby dinobots and started living on her own with them. (I do not mean to flame the author, but it really could have been executed a lot better than it was.) So, I created this girl, who is honestly the most Mary Sue of all my OCs, so I think.

BACKSTORY: The planet Amialda was discovered sometime during the Age of Exploration, and Cybertron established relations with the planet, though not initially friendly. The first Amialds to leave Amialda were kidnapped and sold as pets to various cybertronians, until it was discovered that they were indeed a sentient species and laws were put in place to make owning them forbidden. Amialds themselves are a species of humanoid shapeshifters, each Amiald having the ability to switch between their natural form and an animal form at will (after some initial training as young children). They also have a survival instinct that allows them to take the appearance and physiology of another organic humanoid species or of an organic species with close resemblance to their animal form. They are extremely long lived for organics, the average natural lifespan being 1,500 years, but as such they also age at a much slower rate than other species, roughly 1 human "year"'s worth of physical and mental development in 20 years. The exceptions to that rate are the first two "years" of development, which are compressed into roughly 5 years, or if the Amiald is in a survival mode disguise, in which case they age according to the development of that species. Amialds are divided into different clans, with each clan having the ability to change into a different kind animal, which the clan is named after.

OC Full Name: Jennifer Elle Gemstar EliTa Winters-Darby Pax. Species: Amiald (Survival Mode Disguised as a human) Clan: "Ta", translates as "Dragon" in English, "Predacon" in Cybertronian. Age: 102, mentally 16 (spent 92 as Amiald, 10 as human) Appearance: Pale skin, White hair cut to her chin, Violet eyes, 5'4"  Family: Kitsune EliTa (Mother, deceased), Orion Pax/Optimus Prime (Adopted father), Analise Winters (Adopted mother, deceased), June Darby (Godmother/Guardian), Jack Darby (Honorary brother) Autobot Guardian: Optimus/Arcee, later Smokescreen Friends: Miko Nakadai, Raf Esquivel, Arcee, Smokescreen, Team Prime, Agent Fowler, (later) Predaking, Knockout

Bio: Jennifer was born Gemstar EliTa on Cybertron to her mother Kitsune EliTa, an illegal pet slave to a wealthy Kaonite. When she was 2, she and her mother were being sold in an auction house when Orion Pax found and rescued them. In the groons to follow, Orion and Kitsune grew fond of each other's company, and Gemstar began to see Orion as her "Baba" (the Amiald word for "Father"). When the war broke out, Kitsune and Gemstar were sheltered in the Hall of Records, but an assassin managed to break in and kill Kitsune, while Gemstar only barely escaped. Optimus decided the only way to truly protect her was to send her to Amialda in a stasis pod, where she would be found and revived and live out her life in safety. However, by accident or design, the stasis pod was knocked off course and ended up landing on Earth.    Analise Winters was hiking with her best friend June Darby and her son Jack Darby when they find Gemstar's pod. Gemstar's survival mode kicks in and she turns into a human girl, though in the process her memories of her life before are mostly blocked. Analise decides to raise her as her own, and named her Jennifer Elle based on the little bits they were able to pick up of her trying to say her name phonetically. Jen spends the next eight years very happily, growing up in Jasper while learning to control her shape shifting. Then shortly after her 14th birthday, Analise dies in an accident during a trip out of town, leading to June becoming Jen's guardian.    Two years later, Jack meets the Autobots, and the topic comes up about other aliens being out there, including Amialds. After being told what they are and the fact Optimus had adopted one way back, Jack has a suspicion that Jen might be an Amiald. This is confirmed when Jen tells him a bit of her dreams that her Baba was called Optimus and wore armor of red and blue. Jack takes Jen to base and she and Optimus are reunited at last. The rest of her story would be either a total retelling of TFP with Jen along for the ride, or I might think of some major change her existance might cause which will alter how things go. Some facts for these plotlines: - Smokescreen becomes Jen's Autobot guardian when he arrives, and eventually the two become a couple. - Canon Plot: When AOO1 is under attack from the Decepticons and the 'Bots have to evacuate, Jen refuses to leave Optimus's side and has to be forced into Smokescreen's backseat. As a result, she is with Smokescreen and Optimus during the Darkmount Arc, and the event draws the two of them closer. - Predaking might have a small crush on Jen in her dragon form, though that will disappear over time. Jen does become Predaking's friend, however, and during Cybertron's reconstruction, she helps him with the new Predacons (despite being to much smaller than all of them). - When Jen starts spending time on base, she will change into her Amiald form, which looks like her human form, except her skin is opalescent and scaley (like snake skin), her hair is short and very fine, and often she will have her dragon wings out to stretch.

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Preview - Doctor Doom Comes Calling In 'Maestro: War & Pax' #2

Preview – Doctor Doom Comes Calling In ‘Maestro: War & Pax’ #2

Cover by: Dale Keown Written by: Peter David Art by: Javier Pina “DEUS IN DEUS! The Maestro thought he was the biggest supernatural force left on the planet — but he’s not the only would-be immortal around! The Pantheon sees all…including a Hulk too powerful to leave alive.” Maestro: War & Pax #2 is out Wednesday 24th February from Marvel