#white christmas peggy sue

[superherokisser]

my f/o list :D

ok so bolded means i’m uncomfortable sharing them but it is (probably) ok if we are mutuals/friends and if you have them as a platonic/familial f/o!!!

also it is a long ass list😭 i have a lot of love to give. alssooo group tag for all my kids is kiddos <3 bc im lazy and some f/os i feel rlly strong about and some are just for fun yk!!!

-lloyd garmadon from ninjago (it’s complicated but i love him dearly)

-michael afton from fnaf (romantic) tag: terchael <3

-henry emily from fnaf (parental figure/dad)

-espresso cookie from crk/cookie run (romantic) tag: esence <3

-jeremy fitzgerald from blueycapsules/fnaf (romantic) tag: jerence <3

-thoma from genshin impact (romantic) tag: teroma <3

-aether from genshin impact (romantic) tag: terraether <3

-sammy from my mind/oc (kid/familial) 

-gregory from fnaf (kid/familial)

-charlie/charlotte emily from fnaf (sister/familial)

-maven calore from the red queen series (romantic)

-alex from stardew valley (romantic)

-christopher lightwood from the shadowhunter chronicles (platonic)

-princess peach from nintendo (platonic)

-peggy carter from marvel (romantic) tag: every girl has her rose <3

-daniel sousa from marvel’s agent carter (queerplatonic)

-logan howlett from marvel (romantic) tag: logence <3

-natasha romanoff from marvel (platonic)

-diana prince from dc (platonic, maybe romantic??)

-pepper potts from marvel (platonic)

-sam wilson from marvel (romantic) tag: tersam <3

-steve rogers from marvel (romantic) tag: red white and irish blue <3

-magnus bane from the shadowhunter chronicles (platonic)

-apple white from ever after high (queerplatonic) tag: whipped apples <3

-bruce wayne from dc (romantic) tag: batarangs pierced my heart <3

-clark kent from dc (queerplatonic) tag: 💙❤️

-simon lewis/lovelace from the shadowhunter chronicles (queerplatonic i think)

-sharon carter from marvel (platonic/shes my niece technically)

-damian wayne from dc (familial/kid)

-jason todd from dc (familial/kid)

-dick grayson from dc (familial/kid)

-cass(andra) cain from dc (familial/kid)

-barbara gordon from dc (familial/kid)

-steph(anie) brown from dc (familial/kid)

-tim drake from dc (familial/kid)

-duke thomas from dc (familial/kid)

-laura kinney from marvel (familial/kid)

-sue richards/storm from marvel (platonic)

-alfred pennyworth from dc (platonic)

-selina kyle from dc (platonic)

-gabrielle kinney from marvel (grandkid💔)

-patrick bateman from american psycho (romantic) tag: 🎧♥️

-terry mcginnis from batman beyond (familial/kid)

-harper row from dc (familial/kid)

-johnny cade from the outsiders (hes my nephew<3)

-darry curtis from the outsiders (romantic) (fine with sharing but not like. in canon ships yk)

-t’challa from marvel (platonic)

-sodapop curtis from the outsiders (basically my kid/familial)

-ponyboy curtis from the outsiders (basically kid/familial)

-coriolanus snow from the hunger games (romantic) tag: 🖤❄️

-luke fox from dc (platonic)

-lucius fox from dc (platonic)

-mar'i grayson/nightstar from dc/titans (MY GRANDKID!!!!!!!)

-conner kent from dc (nephew)

-jon kent from dc (nephew)

-cassie from fnaf (niece)

-fred from the muppets christmas carol (nephew)

-herb cookie from cookie run (nephew)

-willy wonka from wonka 2023 (nephew)

-cullen row from dc (kid)

-daken akihiro from marvel (kid)

-dex poindexter from daredevil/marvel (romantic) tag: terdex <3

-abdonis from ringfit adventure (romantic)

-hank hall from titans/dc (platonic)

-dawn granger from titans/dc (platonic)

-karen page from daredevil/marvel (romantic) tag: 🤍📰

-amora (the enchantress) from marvel (romantic) tag: enchant me with your love <3

-sally jackson from percy jackson (romantic) tag: 💙✏️

-devon cassidy from i met a girl (platonic)

-dinah madani from the punisher/marvel (romantic) tag: terah <3

-amy bendix from marvel/the punisher (kid)

-the uno wild card/+4 uno wild card from uno (romantic)

-ryder page from roblox piggy (romantic)

-zizzy from roblox piggy (queerplatonic)

-pony from roblox piggy (queerplatonic)

-the warden from minecraft (romantic)

-the queen from a deck of cards (romantic)

-odysseus from the odyssey and any other media with him in it ig (romantic)

[justforbooks]

One of the most subversive and original figures in 1980s popular culture was a whey-faced, cherry-lipped, matchstick-thin child-man who wore a red bow tie, white tasselled loafers and a shrunken grey suit, and lived in a giant playhouse with sentient furniture and a floating head. This was Pee-wee Herman, created and played by the actor Paul Reubens, who has died aged 70 of cancer.

The character appeared on stage in The Pee-wee Herman Show during the early 1980s but did not become known internationally until the release of the film Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985), which marked the doolally debut of the director Tim Burton. US cinema in the Reagan era drew heavily on the iconography of the 50s and early 60s, whether for purposes sweet (Back to the Future, Peggy Sue Got Married) or unsavoury (Blue Velvet, Parents); this big-screen outing for Pee-wee, who was already suffused with the spirit of bygone children’s shows such as Howdy Doody and Captain Kangaroo, fell somewhere in between. As with the stage and TV incarnations, the film’s undercurrent of kinkiness and innuendo never contaminated its air of gleeful innocence.

In a story modelled on the Italian neo-realist classic Bicycle Thieves, Pee-wee travels across the US in search of his beloved stolen bike. Along the way, he meets the undead truck driver Large Marge, poses as the wife of a convict, charms a gang of snarling bikers by dancing on the bar in platform heels, rescues the occupants of a burning pet shop (saving the snakes for last because he’s scared of them) and ends up at the premiere of a Hollywood movie about himself.

Pee-wee’s nasal voice and honking laugh seemed cultivated to irritate every bit as much as his playground rejoinders (such as “I know you are, but what am I?” repeated ad infinitum). But Reubens’s single-minded focus on playing him utterly straight – if that’s not the wrong word for a character steeped in camp – was vital to his success, which ballooned with the children’s TV show Pee-wee’s Playhouse (1986-90).

“We never tried to do ‘a-kids’-show-but-weird,’” he said in 2014. “I feel like my commitment to Pee-wee, the concentration required to stay in that character, makes it real to me.

“It’s a throwback and has lots of homage elements to it, but I always considered it a full-on real kids’ show even though it had all this adult humour in it. I took a lot of pride in being able to figure out ways to do stuff that could be seen by kids and grownups.”

Pee-wee’s Playhouse pushed the surrealism of the film even further. In one episode, Pee-wee marries a bowl of fruit salad, which is wearing a wedding veil. Years later, the scene was held up as an example of the character’s progressiveness, though in truth it would be a challenge to find a moment from Pee-wee’s oeuvre that did not serve that function.

Whether filling his 1988 Christmas special with LGBT+ performers and allies such as Grace Jones, kd lang, Cher and Little Richard, or hiring strapping, shirtless construction workers to build an extension made of fruitcake on the side of his playhouse, Pee-wee personified queerness without frightening the horses. One of the show’s messages, said Reubens, was that “nonconformity isn’t bad”.

Bumps in the road arrived in the form of a lacklustre film sequel, Big Top Pee-wee (1988), and two scandals: the first in 1991 when Reubens was arrested and fined for masturbating in an adult cinema, and then in 2002 when a police search of his collection of vintage erotica resulted in a misdemeanour charge for possession of child pornography, later reduced to probation for possession of obscene material.

He was born in Peekskill, New York, to Judy (nee Rosen), a teacher, and Milton Rubenfeld, a former founding pilot of the Israeli air force, who went on to sell cars and to own a lamp store. When Reubens was nine, the family moved to Sarasota, Florida. He was educated at Sarasota high school and Boston University, and studied acting at the California Institute of the Arts, where his classmates included��David Hasselhoff.

He became a regular fixture on the comedy club circuit, and appeared 14 times on The Gong Show, the competitive TV variety series. “You could go on more than once if you were in disguise,” Reubens explained; he acquired membership of the Screen Actors Guild after winning the contest.

It was as part of the Los Angeles improvisational comedy group the Groundlings that he first developed Pee-wee Herman. He also went on The Dating Game (known to UK audiences as Blind Date) as Pee-wee, having filled out the application form and auditioned entirely in character.

After failing an audition for the 1980-81 season of Saturday Night Live, Reubens borrowed $5,000 from his parents to produce The Pee-wee Herman Show. It ran for five months in Los Angeles, later touring the US, and led to a one-off HBO special as well as absurdist turns on Late Night with David Letterman, during which Reubens never broke character.

“I always felt it was conceptual art, but no one knew that except me,” he said. “I went out of my way to make people feel Pee-wee was a real person. It worked way better if people were going: ‘Who the hell is that?’”

His non-Pee-wee appearances were largely restricted to the years after Pee-wee’s Playhouse ended in 1990. Burton gave him a cameo as the Penguin’s father in Batman Returns, and he played a vampire in the original film version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (both 1992).

He starred in the family comedies Dunston Checks In and Matilda (both 1996) and played a flatulent superhero in the comedy Mystery Men (1999) as well as a pot-dealing hairdresser in the crime drama Blow (2001). Most of his subsequent roles took the form of animation voice-work or eccentric guest spots on sitcoms, such as 30 Rock (2007) and What We Do in the Shadows (2019).

Pee-wee’s periodic returns were always greeted with affection. A new version of The Pee-wee Herman Show, which reached the stage in 2010, and the delightful, Judd Apatow-produced Netflix film Pee-wee’s Big Holiday (2016), gave Reubens a chance to repair definitively any lingering damage done by his arrests.

“I wrecked it to some degree, you know?” he told the New York Times. “It got made into something different. The shine got taken off it. At a certain point, I just wanted to have a better end to my career.”

He is survived by his sister, Abby, and brother, Luke.

🔔 Paul Reubens (Paul Rubenfeld), actor and writer, born 27 August 1952; died 30 July 2023

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Le canzoni di Natale da ascoltare quest'anno per disintossicarsi da Mariah Carey

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[korora12]

Tagged by @corisanna

1. What is your favorite relationship type to write/read? Romantic, platonic, familial, and any subtypes.

I like romantic relationships that don’t rely solely or primarily on physical attraction, but instead on a deep similarity between the two characters. I like when two people meet eyes and realize that “You understand me. You get me better than anyone else I’ve ever met, and I feel less lonely knowing that someone else sees the world the same way I do.”

2. How much or what kind of research do you do for your fiction? If you don’t write, has a fic ever made you curious enough to research something?

Only as much as is necessary. I usually use research as a springboard for inspiration when I hit a block, letting myself wander the fields of Wikipedia until I stumble upon something that knocks the block loose.

Of course, sometimes I research stuff just for fun, with no relation to my writing whatsoever, until some random point down the line where it suddenly does and I’m super happy I already know [Random Fact #237].

3. What was the first work of fiction you remember becoming completely engrossed in?

Hmm. Probably Animorphs. I remember doing everything I could to hunt down the numerous books in the series (back in the ancient, pre-Amazon Prime days). I’d prowl the various school and public libraries near me, ask for specific books in the series for Christmas and birthdays, and even buy the occasional book at the yearly Scholastic Book Fairs, using what little money I got for an allowance.

I made it most of the way through the series, but then there was one book, near the end, that I couldn’t find, no matter how hard I looked. And it was an important, plot-changing, book that I had to read before continuing. Which meant I never actually finished the series.

Of course, nowadays you can find them all online as pdfs. Maybe I should revisit the series sometime and finally finish it. I already know how it ends, but I still feel like those last few books deserve to be read.

4. What work(s) had a lasting influence on you or your writing style?

Going back to Animorphs again. There is a straight-line connection between me reading that series as a child, through my elementary school friends Brooke, who was obsessed with dogs, and Caitlin, who was even more obsessed with dolphins (I used to find pictures of dolphins in magazines and cut them out just to give to her), through my Grandma’s love of science, all the way to my decision to study Zoology in college. If I had never read those books, I wouldn’t have developed the passion for animals and animal behavior that has shaped my life for over two decades.

Also, stylistically speaking, I really respect that series for how it treated its readers. Its target audience was grade schoolers, and yet it never shied away from showing the realities of violence and war. I don’t know that I’ll ever write children’s literature, but I’ll always have this series to remind me of what kids are capable of understanding and handling.

5. What kind of sound environment do you prefer for writing/reading? Silent, white noise, music with/without words, sitting in a public place with the ambient noise of humanity, etc.

Depends on how well my brain is cooperating. Pure silence is ideal, but more often than not there’s some manner of song stuck on repeat in the background of my mind, and the only way to drown it out is with non-lyrical music of some sort. Usually I try to pick songs that match the mood of whatever scene I’m trying to write.

6. Are you or do you like authors who are teases, in story or out?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I’m a big fan of the Death of the Author trope, so I tend not to get too worked up by whatever the author may be saying and just let the story speak for itself.

My first instinct is to say that an author shouldn’t worry too much about what their fans think and should write the story they want to write, and it will find readers that appreciate it. However, I recognize that the nature of serial online writing, such as fanfiction, changes the game a bit. Such authors have a much more immediate, direct connection with their readers than authors who release one or two physical books every year or so. Some authors take that to an extreme, turning stories almost into a dialogue with their readers, each new chapter in some way defined by how people reacted to the previous one. And that doesn’t even touch on Quests, a type of story on forums sites such as Spacebattles and Sufficient Velocity that require player input on a regular basis to continue. In these types of situations, I can hardly blame an author for playing with their readers heads a bit. The reactions they have can be a form of entertainment all their own.

7. Have you ever experienced a “the characters write themselves” or “character rebellion” mental state?

Not yet. For the time being, I remain in complete control of my universes, but I recognize the hubris of assuming this to be a permanent state.

8. Do you have a favorite franchise crossover? Like Bleach/Harry Potter, Madoka Magica/Card Captor Sakura, etc.

I don’t know if I have a particular favorite. I was really fond of Secret Trio for a while, which is Danny Phantom, American Dragon Jake Long, and Randy Cunningham 9th Grade Ninja. I’m still very fond of the Disney/Square Enix megacrossover that is Kingdom Hearts, despite being very disappointed in the most recent game in the series. Then there’s Kino’s Journey/Anything, mostly because I love Kino’s Journey, and I love seeing her response/reaction to various other worlds.

Also, Stargate/Anything. The only reason I ever started watching the show was because I’d read several different fics, all in different fandoms (Avatar, Yu-Gi-Oh, Star Wars, Naruto), and all of which crossed over with Stargate. Despite the similarities, both being sci-fi stories set around the turn of the millennium involving mind-controlling aliens, I’ve yet to see a good Stargate/Animorphs crossover. It’d be pretty easy to do, too. There’s a point in the Animorphs series where they decide to bring knowledge of their guerrilla war to the attention of the US government. If they’re already in the Stargate universe, I’m sure the president will quickly pass the problem along to the experts, and suddenly you’ve got the perfect setup of adults who think they know how to handle the problem, are mostly right, and don’t want kids fighting in a war, vs child soldiers who have no intention of giving up the fight so near its end, even if the adults are more competent than they expected.

I’m gonna have to write it myself, one of these days, if no one else gets around to doing it.

9. Do you remember anything about the first fanfic you ever read?

Two Halves by DameWren. My first fandom was Naruto, and my first fanfic was a NaruHina fic that both introduced me to the concept of fandom, and also sold the ship for me in a way that I’ve never shaken. I remember very little beyond that, except that it managed to correctly predict that Naruto would go on a training trip, despite being written before such an event happened in canon.

10. Is there a work of fiction that you are annoyed doesn’t have much if any fic? Like Bizenghast.

Kino’s Journey, Cowboy Bebop, Double Arts (just never got enough attention in general)

11. What fictional character do you strongly identify with?

Weiss Schnee, from RWBY. While I’ve never been accused of being rich, I am a middle child with a much older sister that cut ties with the family when I was young and a younger brother that I never got along with while growing up. My parents were also abusive, my father physically and both of them emotionally, and they taught me a number of unhealthy ideas about race, amongst other things, that I’ve had to put serious effort into unlearning. And I have, since becoming an adult, traveled long distances across the world, partially for my own benefit, and partially to distance myself physically from a family I’ve never felt particularly close to, resulting in a drastic personality shift that took a couple years to complete, but ultimately left me a very different, and much better, person.

So, yeah, Weiss is basically my favorite RWBY character, and one I really need to write more often, all things considered.

That was fun! I’ve never been tagged in anything like this before. My turn for questions!

1. What is your the most recent fandom you’ve gotten involved in? Have you made any content for it?

2. Do you have a favorite AU/plotline that you love regardless of fandom (ie. Peggy Sue, Coffee Shop AU, Space AU, Self-Insert)? What about it do you like?

3. If you write, how do you go about deciding a character’s sexuality? If not, do you ever have any sexuality headcanons for characters?

4. What’s the longest fanfic that you’ve ever read, beginning to end?

5. How often do you make something you’re proud of? Doesn’t have to be writing, just has to be something that wouldn’t exist if you hadn’t made it yourself.

6. What are your opinions on OCs in fanfiction?

7. What is your favorite storytelling medium (ie. television, written word, spoken word, video games, song, etc.)?

8. What was the last song you had stuck in your head, and what was it about?

9. Do you prefer reading/writing stories set in fictional worlds, or stories set in the real world/real world analogous (ie. Supernatural or Marvel Comics)?

10. If you could bring one fictional character into the real world, who would it be and why?

11. Pick your favorite of the questions I was asked to answer for yourself.

I just realized that I don’t know how many of my followers are writers. I guess @hunkygoddess @tmifangirl21 @queendarktigress @ladyvallhalla @i-mushi @xekstrin @shinobicyrus and anyone else who sees this and might be interested. No pressure, it’s just for fun!

[rollingstonemag]

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Georges Lang, the last DJ des émissions de radio

Celui que célébrait Tom Petty, que nous étions allés voir ensemble au Grand Rex le 27 juin 2012, c’est lui. L’homme à la voix grave et chaude, qui travaille spécifiquement pour l’antenne de RTL où il présente ses légendaires Nocturnes depuis quarante-cinq ans, c’est lui aussi. Bon anniversaire Georges !

Il fallait l’observer, tout seul dans son studio en haut d’un étroit escalier, aux manettes de sa grande console et de ses racks en forme de U, avec ses jingles, ses milliers – “il a des millions de disques”, dit sa promo – de CD et de fichiers, ses jingles (“Power Play”, “Nostalgia”), le casque poussé à fond enserrant ses épais cheveux blancs, les lèvres collées à la bonnette en éponge synthétique de son micro comme un crooner, pour comprendre combien ce fantasme de radio américaine des glorieuses années FM (de là-bas), nourri de Casey Kasem, Wolfman Jack, Robert “W” Morgan, “The Real” Dan Steel et Jim Ladd, ne vit plus aujourd’hui qu’à travers ce frais septuagénaire passionné. “Il fallait”, car RTL rejoint ces jours-ci M6 à Neuilly, dans des locaux aseptisés sans rapport avec ceux de l’ancien lupanar de la rue Bayard dont on a démonté la façade pop Vasarely et dont la cantine servait jadis à conserver les costumes de la Comédie-Française.

S’il est le dernier des passeurs de musique majeurs de l’ère rock, celui qui a survécu à toutes les modes, toutes les crises, toutes les tentations, c’est qu’il a évolué avec son temps et possède une curiosité insatiable (je lui ai, ces dernières années, fait découvrir Bill Fay ou Jason Isbell), mais ne s’est jamais renié : il voue toujours la même admiration et fidélité à Elvis, aux Beatles, à Elton John, aux Beach Boys, à Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young ou à Pink Floyd, à la country qu’il connaît mieux que personne dans ce pays, à la musique californienne et à la soul qui habitent sa Collection soyeuse.

Ce Lang de Metz (Jack est de Nancy), ville de garnison, découvre le rock à l’occasion d’une prestation de GI’s stationnés à la caserne Colin, qui reprennent le répertoire instrumental des Ventures. Il n’a qu’une dizaine d’années, mais babysitte déjà dans des familles dont il dévore les disques de Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Paul Anka, les Platters, mais aussi John Coltrane et Art Blakey, dont il complète la connaissance grâce à l’antique poste à lampes de sa grand-mère à l’écoute de Pour ceux qui aiment le jazz et du rock’n’roll pionnier diffusés par la radio des forces américaines en Europe. Le transistor lui permettra plus tard de capter les stations pirates anglaises offshore (Radio Caroline, Radio Veronica, Wonderful Radio London) et le Pop Club de José Artur et de Pierre Lattès, qui scelle sa vocation.

Mais c’est à Beyrouth qu’il réalisera ses premiers rêves radiophoniques ! Avec cinq copains de lycée, après s’être fait sponsoriser par l’ORTF et Coca-Cola, il part en expédition autour de la Mare Nostrum dans une vieille 2 CV, et débarque au Liban en pleine guerre des Six Jours. Ils sympathisent ainsi avec les équipes de Radio-Orient et s’éclatent dans l’immeuble Najjar en face, où se trouvent les studios français, écoutant Sgt. Pepper’s à fond sous les étoiles pendant le couvre-feu. “C’était un paradis, surtout qu’à cause de l’instabilité dans la région, il n’y avait pas de touristes. Une vie nocturne avec ses discothèques sur les plages, les escapades en pleine nuit à Byblos, nous vivions comme en Californie : insouciance, cheveux longs, feux de bois sur le sable, filles, et la musique psychédélique de l’époque où certains planaient avec quelques substances très à la mode”. 

Après un timide passage par France Inter Lorraine, sa carrière débute véritablement lorsqu’il entre à RTL en décembre 1971, à la fameuse Villa Louvigny où il côtoie la dream team de Radio Luxembourg 208 en anglais, “Your station of the stars” (David “Kid” Jensen, Paul Burnett, Mark Wesley, Mike Read, Emperor Rosko, Bob Stewart, Benny Brown, etc.). C’est là qu’il officiera pendant vingt-huit années, des Nocturnes en WRTL le week-end, racontant les “Sagas” du rock en compagnie de leurs acteurs, avant d’intégrer un studio hi-tech sur le plateau du Kirchberg au-dessus de l’Alzette. Il vient alors à Paris tous les débuts de semaine dans sa grosse Mercedes, rencontrer les maisons de disques, assister aux concerts, prendre des vols pour les États-Unis ou l’Angleterre, nouant des amitiés avec Michel Berger, Murray Head ou aujourd’hui Cali.

Parallèlement, le 1er mars 1987 en fin de matinée, c’est lui qui ouvre l’antenne de M6, y diffusant les premiers clips. Mais c’est principalement en Belgique qu’il va faire carrière à l’image (son Chewing Rock y est resté légendaire), épousant au passage une Bruxelloise, Claire Fabry, rencontrée lorsqu’il anime Le Train de Noël sur RTL Télévision (leur fils Arthur vit à Los Angeles, où sa sœur Jenifer espère le retrouver). Georges est chez lui dans la capitale belge, où il est souvent revenu présenter ses émissions dans la cave inouïe du Delirium Tremens ou à la RTL House, où Salvatore Adamo n’avait chanté pour lui que des classiques rock (“That’s Alright Mama”, “Peggy Sue”, “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”, “The Sound of Silence”, “The Letter”, “Yesterday”) et Selah Sue nous avait scotchés en blues mama, seule avec sa guitare sèche.

C’est que si un (trop long) temps, Georges a pu apparaître archaïque, défendant une musique dépassée par la furia punk, la branchitude parisienne ou la vogue électro, il incarne aujourd’hui le rock classique dans toute sa splendeur, et ceux qui ne le considéraient plus se pressent maintenant dans ses Nocturnes du mercredi. Pour leurs quarante ans, c’était Johnny lui-même qui y présentait sa programmation. Jack White, Ben Harper, Jonathan Wilson, Beth Hart, Melody Gardot, Diana Krall, Rumer, Katie Melua, parmi tant d’autres, se sont produits pour lui dans le Grand Studio de RTL.

Au Luxembourg, où il réside, près de Mondorf-les-Bains où les frères Schleck passent devant chez lui en allant à la pêche, il classe ses 380,000 albums et possède un studio dans lequel il peut enregistrer ses émissions, et envisage, à terme, de lancer sa webradio. C’est que si Christopher Baldelli, patron de la station, le maintient résolument en poste, son temps d’antenne s’est réduit, ces dernières années. Rien de comparable à 2000, où Lang avait été viré avant d’être réintégré avec Philippe Bouvard quelques mois plus tard sur la pression des auditeurs, qui le suivent désormais jusqu’en Australie grâce à la diffusion sur rtl.net. C’est qu’à RTL, désormais, il n’est pas seulement la culture d’entreprise à lui tout seul, il est aussi pour les auditeurs les plus fidèles du PAF, celle de leur(s) génération(s) : sixties dans sa Beach Party, seventies dans sa Collection, rock pour les Nocturnes, sans oublier WRTL Country, si chère au cœur de l’unique Français récompensé par l’industrie américaine : en 1995, la Country Music Association lui remettait le prix Wesley Rose pour ses interviews de Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton et Emmylou Harris ; en 2007, les mêmes lui décernaient le prix du Diffuseur International pour la promotion du country à l’étranger. Nashville est d’ailleurs le thème de son avant dernière compilation de quatre CD lancée en 2011, qui compte à ce jour quatre numéros de la Collection, deux Beach Party, deux Nocturnes et un volume consacré aux chansons de Noël (Christmas). Toutes figurent régulièrement dans les meilleures ventes du genre, pour le plus grand profit de Warner, qui les commercialise.  Et pour célébrer comme il se doit le 45e anniversaire de son émission, Georges en a profité pour composer le best of des best of avec son nouveau coffret « Les Nocturnes – 45 ans de Power Play », qui vient d’arriver dans les bacs.

Cette nouvelle activité s’inscrit naturellement pour lui dans un monde de playlists, lui qui continue, quand tous les autres ou presque ont abandonné, à faire de la free form radio, au feeling, à l’inspiration du moment, en fonction de l’actualité – il a dû ramer toute la nuit du 25 juin 2009 lorsqu’on ne savait si Michael Jackson était mort – ou pas. RTL : Radio Télévision Lang…

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Sonic Overlook -- Episode #207 “Holiday Mixtape, Vol. 4″ -- December 22, 2019

Download the show and take it to go.

SETLIST:

JEMS - High For The Holidays

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Mattiel - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)

Alice Bag - No Gifts For Nazis

Saintseneca - Winterbreaking

The Know - Jingle Bell Rock

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Baby Rose - To You

Now, Now - Lonely Christmas

Jacque Hammond - Christmas With You

BIIANCO - Carol Of The Bells [feat. Cassandra Violet]

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Molly Burch - New Year Love

Francis Lung - To Make Angels In Snow

Saw Black - Christmas In The Background

Peggy Sue - White Christmas

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Grandmother Corn - Snowball Season

The Romantidote - [Have Yourself] A Very Maudlin Christmas!! 

Coyle Girelli - Christmas And Me Are Through

Nancy - The World's About To Blow (Thank God It's Christmas)

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Freedom Fry - Angels We Have Heard On High

Ramsey Lewis Trio - Christmas Blues

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Catch new episodes of Sonic Overlook every Sunday at 12pm ET/9am PT at KChungRadio.org! 

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25th Anniversary Celebration of Disney on Broadway at D23 Expo & A New VR Experience

Disney on Broadway is thrilled to return to D23 Expo, in Anaheim, California, to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Join Broadway’s brightest stars as they present an exclusive concert, Disney on Broadway: A 25th Anniversary Celebration, in Hall D23 on Saturday, August 24, at 3:30 p.m. Hosted by Tony Award®-nominee Gavin Lee (Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast), the 75-minute concert will feature Heidi Blickenstaff (Freaky Friday, The Little Mermaid), Ashley Brown (Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast, On The Record), Kissy Simmons (The Lion King), Josh Strickland (Tarzan) and Alton Fitzgerald White (The Lion King). A six-piece band, led by Jim Abbott, will accompany performers as they lead the audience through Disney on Broadway’s Tony Award-winning catalogue. The performance will feature songs from Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Aida, Tarzan®, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, Newsies, Aladdin, Freaky Friday and Frozen. (Talent is subject to change) Disney on Broadway fans can also celebrate this milestone anniversary by visiting the VR (virtual reality) theatre on the D23 Expo floor. The brand-new VR experience puts you center stage in Aladdin, Frozen and The Lion King’s biggest Broadway production numbers, featuring Broadway’s Caissie Levy (Elsa), Major Attaway (Genie), Telly Leung (Aladdin) and Tshidi Manye (Rafiki).

About Disney on Broadway: A 25th Anniversary Celebration performers: (Talent is subject to change) Heidi Blickenstaff most recently created the body-swapping role(s) of Katherine (and Ellie) in Disney’s Freaky Friday for Disney Channel and Disney Theatrical Productions (Helen Hayes and Outer Critics nominations). On Broadway, Heidi was most recently seen as Bea Bottom in the 10-time Tony-nominated Something Rotten! (Outer Critics and Grammy® nominations). Disney on Broadway audiences might remember Heidi as Ursula from Disney’s The Little Mermaid.  Other Broadway credits include The Addams Family (Alice Beineke), The Full Monty and Tony-nominated [title of show], the original Broadway musical Heidi and her friends made about four friends making an original Broadway musical. Some favorite regional shows include Next to Normal(Diana) at the Weston Playhouse and First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb at the Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre and recorded for PBS. Heidi can be seen and heard on the DVDs of Freaky Friday and PBS’s First You Dreamas well as on many Broadway and concert albums available wherever music and DVDs are sold. www.heidiblickenstaff.com Ashley Brown originated the title role in Mary Poppins on Broadway for which she received Outer Critics, Drama League and Drama Desk nominations for “Best Actress.” Ms. Brown also starred as Mary Poppins in the national tour of Mary Poppins where she garnered a Garland Award for “Best Performance in a Musical.” Ms. Brown’s other Broadway credits include Belle in Beauty and the Beast, as well as starring in the national tours of Jack O’Brien’s The Sound of Music and Disney's On the Record. Ms. Brown has starred in both Oklahoma! and Showboat at Chicago’s Lyric Opera and has performed with virtually all of the top orchestras in North America including the Boston Pops (twice), the New York Philharmonic, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at Disney Hall, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall (five times), Fort Worth Symphony, the Cincinnati Pops and Philadelphia Orchestra (twice). Ms. Brown’s PBS special called Ashley Brown: Call Me Irresponsible received a PBS Telly Award. Other television credits include NBC’s The Sound of Music. Ms. Brown is the voice of Disneyland celebrating its 60th anniversary singing the newly penned Richard Sherman song “A Kiss Goodnight.” Ms. Brown’s album of Broadway and American Songbook standards, Speak Low, and her newly recorded Christmas EP, The Secret of Christmas, are available on Ghostlight/Warner Brothers. Gavin Lee just finished playing Lumière in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. In New York, he most recently played the Grinch at Madison Square Garden. Before this, he originated the role of Squidward in SpongeBob SquarePants the Broadway Musical (Drama Desk Award and Tony Award nomination). Before that, he played Thenadier in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables. He originated the role of Bert in the West End and Broadway productions of Mary Poppins (Drama Desk and Theatre World Awards, Olivier and Tony Award nominations). Gavin has appeared at Carnegie Hall in Showboat and in the world premiere of Holiday Inn at Goodspeed Opera House. TV credits include Law and Order: SVU, The Good Wife and White Collar. His favorite London theatre credits include Top Hat, Crazy for You, Peggy Sue Got Married, Me and My Girl, Over My Shoulder, Oklahoma!, Contact and Singin’ in the Rain. Gavin has performed his solo cabaret in New York, Chicago and on Disney Cruise Line. Kissy Simmons is a native of Floral City, Florida, and graduated from the University of South Florida with a B.A. in Speech Communications. She was also a NCAA Division 1 Track and Field athlete. Kissy grew up playing the keyboard and singing in church, and was a State Champion high jumper at Citrus High School. After graduating from the University of South Florida, she got her professional theatre debut at the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts where she was seen in Little Shop of Horrors (Ronnette), Jacques Brel and other seasonal cabaret shows. Broadway credits include: The Lion King (Nala). First national tour: The Lion King (Nala). Las Vegas: The Lion King (Nala). TV credits include Smash, Hope & Faith, 30 Rock, 6 Degrees and many commercials, voiceovers and print. Thank you, God for your grace and to my biggest fans Anthony and Sadie! Josh Strickland is a native of Charleston, South Carolina. In 2006, Strickland created the leading role of Tarzan in Disney’s musical Tarzan® on Broadway. In 2009, he made his starring Las Vegas debut in Peepshow at Planet Hollywood Casino & Resort while concurrently co-starring in the hit E! reality show Holly's World. Strickland debuted his first single "Report to the Floor," which skyrocketed to the top five on the iTunes Dance Charts the first week of its release, followed by “Last Dance.” In 2013, Strickland joined the cast of Vegas! The Show at the Planet Hollywood Casino & Resort in Las Vegas in a starring role. Strickland has also appeared internationally with the all-star cast of Disney’s Broadway Hits, including the Emmy -winning concert at Royal Albert Hall in London, England. He most recently reprised his role as Tarzan in Disney’s musical Tarzan® in Oberhausen, Germany at the Stage Metronom Theatre. Twitter & Instagram: @joshuajstrick Alton Fitzgerald White performed a record-breaking 4,308 performances as King Mufasa in The Lion King on Broadway. Alton recently added author and keynote speaker to his list of titles. His book, My Pride: Mastering the Challenge of Daily Performance, filled with secrets to fulfillment and joy in work and life, was recently published by Disney Editions. Other Broadway starring roles include Mister in The Color Purple, Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime, Ken in Smokey Joe’s Cafe, John in Miss Saigon and The Hawker in The Who’s Tommy. Alton has performed concert dates all over the world. His best-selling CD Disney My Way!, along with autographed copies of his Disney book, are available at www.altonfitzgeraldwhite.com. Alton has had guest star roles on the hit TV series Law & Order, Bull, The Blacklist, The Good Fight, Code Black, Elementary, Mindhunter and Madam Secretary. He was most recently featured in the Pulitzer Prize-winning production of Rent which was performed live on Fox television. Please join him on his Facebook fan page, @WhiteAlton on Twitter, and @Alton2459 on Instagram.

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Albums and Songs Recorded By The Beach Boys

1962 - Surfin' Safari (Capitol) Surfin' Safari * County Fair * Ten Little Indians * Chug-A-Lug * Little Girl (You're My Miss America) * 409 * Surfin' * Heads You Win - Tails I Lose * Summertime Blues * Cuckoo Clock * Moon Dawg * The Shift 1963 - Surfin' USA (Capitol) Surfin' USA * Farmer's Daughter * Misirlou * Stoked * Lonely Sea * Shut Down * Noble Surfer * Honky Tonk * Lana Surf Jam * Let's Go Trippin' * Finders Keepers 1963 - Surfer Girl (Capitol) Surfer Girl * Catch a Wave * The Surfer Moon * South Bay Surfer * The Rocking Surfer * Little Deuce Coupe * In My Roon * Hawaii * Surfer's Rule * Our Car Club * Your Summer Dream * Boogie Woodie 1963 - Little Deuce Coupe (Capitol) Little Deuce Coupe * Ballad of Ole' Betsy * Be True to Your School * Car Crazy Cutie * Cherry Cherry Coupe * 409 * Shut Down * Spirit of America * Our Car Club * No-Go Showboat * A Young Man is Gone * Custome Machine 1964 - Shut Down Volume 2 (Capitol) Fun, Fun, Fun * Don't Worry Baby * In the Parkin' Lot * Cassius Love vs. Sonny Wilson * The Warmth of the Sun * This Car of Mine * Why Do Fools Fall in Love * Pom, Pom Play Girl * Keep an Eye on Summer * Shut Down, Part II * Louie, Louie * Denny's Drums 1964 - All Summer Long (Capitol) I Get Around * All Summer Long * Little Honda * We'll Run Away * Carl's Big Chance * Wendy * Do You Remember? * Girls on the Beach * Drive-in * Our Favorite Recording Sessions * Don't Back Down 1964 - The Beach Boys Concert (Capitol) Fun, Fun, Fun * The Little Old Lady from Pasadena * Little Deuce Coupe * Long, Tail Texan * In My Roon * Monster Mash * Let's Go Trippin' * Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow * The Wanderer * Hawaii * Graduation Day * I Get Around * Johnny B. Goode 1964 - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (Capitol) Little Saint Nick * The Man with All the Toys * Santa's Beard * Merry Christmas Baby * Christmas Day * Frosty the Snowman * We Three Kings of Orient Are * Blue Christmas * Santa Claus is Comin' to Town * White Christmas * I'll Be Home for Christmas * Auld Lang Syne 1965 - Today! (Capitol) Do You Wanna Dance * Good to My Baby * Don't Hurt My Little Sister * When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) * Help Me, Rhonda * Dance, Dance, Dance * Please Let Me Wonder * I'm So Young * Kiss Me, Baby * She Knows Me Too Well * In the Back of My Mind * Bull Session with the Big Daddy 1965 - Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) (Capitol) The Girl from New York City * Amusement Parks U.S.A. * Then I Kissed Her * Salt Lake City * Girl Don't Tell Me * Help Me Rhonda * California Girls * Let Him Run Wild * You're So Good to Me * Summer Means New Love (instrumental) * I'm Bugged at My Ol' Man * And Your Dream Comes True 1965 - The Beach Boys' Party! (Capitol) Hully Gully * I Should Have Known Better * Tell Me Why * Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow * Mountain of Love * You've Got to Hide Your Love Away * Devoted to You * Alley Oop * There's No Other (Like My Baby) * Medley: I Get Around/Little Deuce Coupe * The Times They Are a-Changin' * Barbara Ann 1966 - Pet Sounds (Capitol) Wouldn't It Be Nice * You Still Believe in Me * That's Not Me * Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) * I'm Waiting for the Day * Let's Go Away * Sloop Sloop B * God Only Knows * I Know There's an Answer * Here Today * I Just Wasn't Made For These Times * Pet Sounds * Caroline, No 1967 - Smiley Smile (Capitol) Heroes and Villains * Vegetables * Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (Woody Woodpecker Symphony) * She's Goin' Bald * Little Pad * Good Vibrations * With Me Tonight * Wind Chimes * Gettin' Hungry * Wonderful * Whistle In 1967 - Wild Honey (Capitol) Wild Honey * Aren't You Glad * I Was Made to Love Her * Country Air * A Thing or Two * Darlin' * I'd Love Just Once to See You * Here Comes the Night * Let the Wind Blow * How She Boogalooed It * Mama Says 1968 - Friends (Capitol) Meant for You * Friends * Wake the World * Be Here in the Morning * When a Man Needs a Woman * Passing By * Anna Lee, the Healer * Little Bird * Be Still * Busy Doin' Nothin' * Diamond Head * Transcendental Meditation 1969 - 20/20 (Capitol) Do It Again * I Can Hear Music * Bluebirds Over the Mountain * Be with Me * All I Want to Do * The Nearest Faraway Place * Cotton Fields * I Want to Sleep * Time to Get Alone * Never Learn Not to Love * Our Prayer * Cabinessence 1970 - Sunflower (Brother/Reprise) Slip On Through * This Whole World * Add Some Music to Your Day * Got to Know the Woman * Deirdre * It's About Time * Tears in the Morning * All I Wanna Do * Forever * Our Sweet Love * At My Window * Cool, Cool Water 1970 - Live in London (Capitol) Darlin' * Wouldn't It Be Nice * Sloop John B * California Girls * Do It Again * Wake the World * Aren't You Glad * Bluebirds Over the Mountain * Their Hearts Were Full of Spring * Good Vibrations * God Only Knows * Barbara Ann 1971 - Surf's Up (Brother/Reprise) Don't Go Near the Water * Long Promised Road * Take a Load Off Your Feet * Disney Girls (1957) * Student Demonstration Time * Feel Flows * Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) * A Day in the Life of a Tree * Til I Die * Surf's Up 1972 - Carl and the Passions - "So Tough" (Brother/Reprise) You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone * Here She Comes * Marcella * Hold On Dear Brother * Make It Good * All This Is That * Cuddle Up 1973 - Holland (Brother/Reprise) Sail On, Sailor * Steamboat * California Saga/Big Sur * California Saga/The Beaks of Eagles * California Saga/California * The Trader Living * Leaving This Town * Only With You * Funky Pretty * Mt. Vernon and Fairway - Theme * I'm the Pied Piper (instrumental) * Better Get Back in Bed * Magic Transistor Radio * I'm the Pied Piper * Radio King Dom 1973 - The Beach Boys in Concert (Brother/Reprise) Sail On, Sailor * Sloop John B * The Trader * You Still Believe in Me * California Girls * Darlin * Marcella * Caroline, No * Leaving This Town * Heroes and Villains * Funky Pretty * Let the Wind Blow * Help Me, Rhonda * Surfer Girl * Wouldn't It Be Nice? * We Got Love * Don't Worry Baby * Surfin' USA * Good Vibrations * Fun, Fun, Fun 1977 - Love You (Brother) Let Us Go On This Way * Roller Skating Child * Mona * Johnny Carson * Good Time * Honkin' Down the Highway * Ding Dang * Solar System * The Night Was So Young * I'll Bet He's Nice * Let's Put Our Hearts Together * I Wanna Pick You Up * Love Is a Woman 1978 - M.I.U. Album (Brother) She's Got Rhythm * Come Go With Me * Hey Little Tomboy * Kona Coast * Peggy Sue * Wontcha Come Out Tonight * Sweet Sunday Kinda Love * Belles of Paris * Pitter Patter * My Diane * Match Point of Our Love * Winds of Change 1979 - L.A. (Light Album) (Brother/CBS) Good Timin' * Lady Lynda * Full Sail * Angel Come Home * Love Surrounds Me * Smahama * Here Comes the Night * Baby Blue * Goin' South * Shortenin' Bread 1980 - Keepin' the Summer Alive (Brother/CBS) Keepin' the Summer Alive * Oh Darlin' * Some of Your Love * Livin' with a Heartache * School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell) * Goin' On * Sunshine * When Girls Get Together * Santa Ana Winds * Endless Harmony 1985 - The Beach Boys (Brother/CBS) Getcha Back * It's Gettin' Late * Crack at Your Love * Maybe I Don't Know * She Believes in Love Again * California Calling * Passing Friend * I'm So Lonely * Where I Belong * I Do Love You * It's Just a Matter of Time * Male Ego 1989 - Still Cruisin' (Capitol) Still Cruisin' * Somewhere Near Japan * Island Girl * In My Car * Kokomo (from Coctail) * Wipe Out (with the Fat Boys) * Make It Big (from Troop Beverly Hills) * I Get Arond (from Good Morning Vietnam) * Wouldn't It Be Nice (from the Big Chill) * California Girls (from Soul Man) 1992 - Summer in Paradise (Brother) Hot Fun in the Summertime * Surfin' * Summer of Love * Island Fever * Still Surfin' * Slow Summer Dancin' (One Summer Night) * Strange Things Happen * Remember (Walking in the Sand) * Lahaina Aloha * Under the Boardwalk * Summer in Paradise * Forever 1996 - Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 (River North) Don't Worry Baby (with Lorrie Morgan) * Little Deuce Coupe (with James House) * 409 (with Junior Brown) * Long, Tall Texan (with Doug Supernaw) * I Get Around (with Sawyer Brown) * Be True to Your School (with Toby Keith) * Fun, Fun, Fun (with Ricky Van Shelton) * Help Me, Rhonda (with T. Graham Brown) * The Warmth of the Sun (with Willie Nelson) * Sloop John B (with Collin Raye) * I Can Hear Music (with Kathy Troccoli) * Caroline, No (with Timothy B. Schmit) 2002 - Good Timin' Live at Knebworth England 1980 (Brother/Eagle) Intro * California Girls * Sloop John B * Darlin' * School Days * God Only Knows * Be True to Your School * Do It Again * Little Deuce Coupe * Cotton Fields/Heroes and Villains * Happy Birthday Brian * Keepin' the Summer Alive * Lady Lynda * Surfer Girl * Help Me Rhonda * Rock & Roll Music * I Get Around * Surfin' USA * You Are So Beautiful * Good Vibrations * Barbara Ann * Fun, Fun, Fun

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22 New Songs Out Today

Listen to new songs by Travis, Hinds, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Bowie cover), Mountain Man (Wilco cover), Squirrel Flower, Peggy Sue ("White Christmas" cover), and more.

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Jim Carrey: 10 cose che non sai sull’attore

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Jim Carrey: 10 cose che non sai sull’attore

Jim Carrey: 10 cose che non sai sull’attore

Jim Carrey: 10 cose che non sai sull’attore

Jim Carrey è uno di quegli attori che ha fatto la storia del cinema grazie al suo essere istrionico e capace di adattarsi a qualsiasi genere cinematografico.

Nel corso della sua carriera ha saputo esprimere, in maniera eccellette, tutte le sue doti comiche e drammatiche, facendosi amare ed apprezzare da una gran parte del pubblico mondiale.

Ecco, allora, dieci cose da sapere su Jim Carrey.

Jim Carrey film

1. Jim Carrey: i film e la carriera. La carriera dell’attore canadese è iniziata nel 1980 quando partecipa alla serie The All-Night Show, per poi continuare con la televisione grazie al film tv Una vacanza fuori di testa (1983) e alle serie Buffalo Bill (1984) e The Duck Factory (1984). La sua carriera, però, si concentra sul cinema, debuttando nel 1983 con The Sex and Violence Family Hour, per poi lavorare in Peggy Sue si è sposata (1986), Ace Ventura – L’acchiappanimali (1994), The Mask – Da zero a mito (1994) e Scemo & più scemo (1994). In seguito, lavora in Batman Forever (1995), The Truman Show (1998), Man on the Moon (1999), Io, Me & Irene (2000) e Il Grinch (2000), per poi apparire in Una settimana da Dio (2003), Se mi lasci ti cancello (2004), Yes Man (2008) e A Christmas Carol (2009). Tra i suoi ultimi film vi sono I pinguini di Mr. Popper (2011), Kick-Ass 2 (2013), Scemo & + scemo 2 (2014), The Bad Batch (2016) e Jim & Andy: The Gret Beyond. The Story of Jim Carrey, Andy Kaufman and Tony Clifton (2017).

2. Non solo autore, ma anche doppiatore, sceneggiatore e produttore. Nel corso della sua carriera, Jim Carrey ha avuto la possibilità di sperimentare altre professioni del cinema. L’attore, infatti, ha prestato la propria voce per il doppiaggio del videogioco Una serie di sfortunati eventi (2004) e per il film d’animazione Ortone e il mondo dei Chi (2008). In quanto sceneggiatore, ha collaborato alla stesura degli script degli speciali Comin Relief IV (1990) e Comic Relief V (1992), del film Ace Ventura – L’acchiappanimali e delle serie In Living Color e I‘m Dying Up Here (2017). Come produttore, invece, ha lavorato alla realizzazione dei film Una settimana da Dio e Dick & Jane – Operazione furto (2005) e delle serie I’m Dying Up Here e Kidding – Il fantastico mondo di Mr. Pickles (2018-2019).

Jim Carrey: Il Grinch

3. Si è dovuto sottoporre a ore di trucco. Secondo il truccatore Rick Baker, il trucco posticcio di Jim Carrey ha richiesto circa due ore per essere applicato e un’ora per essere rimosso. Pare che l’attore si sentisse così a disagio nelle pelle di lattice, tanto da cercare dei consigli da un agente della C.I.A. che gli ha insegnato diverse tecniche di resistenza alla tortura.

4. Aveva delle lenti a contatto fastidiose. Sembra che non sia stato solo il trucco a far sentire l’attore a disagio. Infatti, le lenti a contatto gialle di Carrey erano così scomode che non era in grado di indossarle e tenerle tutto il tempo delle riprese. Alcune di esse, infatti, sono state ritoccate in post-produzione.

Jim Carrey moglie

5. Si è sposato due volte. L’attore si è sposato la prima volta il 28 marzo del 1987 con l’attrice Melissa Jaine Womer, da cui ha avuto la figlia Jane, nata il 6 settembre dello stesso anno. Dopo aver divorziato nel 1995, Carrey si è risposato il 23 settembre dell’anno successivo con la collega Lauren Holly: tuttavia, il loro matrimonio è durato meno di un anno.

6. Ha avuto diverse fidanzate famose. Dalla fine del suo secondo matrimonio, l’attore ha avuto diverse fidanzate per lo più famose e di età inferiore alla sua. Tra esse, si citano Laurie Holden, Anine Bing, January Jones e Renée Zellweger con cui, pare, avesse in programma di sposarsi nuovamente. Dal 2005 al 2010 ha avuto una relazione importante con la collega Jenny McCarthy.

7. È stato accusato per istigazione al suicidio. Negli ultimi anni Carrey ha passato un periodo decisamente per nulla felice. Nel settembre del 2015, infatti, la sua ultima fidanzata, Cathriona White, è stata trovata morta nel suo appartamento di Los Angeles. La ragazza ventottenne aveva una relazione altalenante con l’attore che, a un certo punto, ha deciso di troncare. Dopo pochi giorni, la ragazza si è suicidata e l’attore è ha ricevuto accuse da parte dalla famiglia di lei per istigazione al suicidio. In seguito, l’accusa è caduta e la causa è stata archiviata.

Jim Carrey: The Mask

8. I denti del personaggio non erano stati programmati per l’intero film. I denti sovradimensionati del personaggio di The Mask erano originariamente da utilizzare solo durante le scene mute. Alla fine, però, l’attore aveva imparato a parlare con quei denti posticci per la maggior parte del tempo e si è optato per farglieli tenere sempre, rendendo il suo personaggio più stravagante.

9. Il ruolo di Stanley Ipkiss è stato riscritto per l’attore. Nel momento della stesura dello script, il personaggio di Stanley Ipkiss è stato realizzato avendo Jim Carrey in mente. Quando l’attore ha ricevuto la sceneggiatura, ha rivelato di sentirsi come se fosse stato scritto proprio per lui.

Jim Carrey: età e altezza

10. Jim Carrey è nato il 17 gennaio del 1962 a Newmarket, in Ontario, Canada, e la sua altezza complessiva corrisponde a 188 centimetri.

Fonti: IMDb, Biography, The Sun

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Jim Carrey è uno di quegli attori che ha fatto la storia del cinema grazie al suo essere istrionico e capace di adattarsi a qualsiasi genere cinematografico. Nel corso della sua carriera ha saputo esprimere, in maniera eccellette, tutte le sue doti comiche e drammatiche, facendosi amare ed apprezzare da una gran parte del pubblico […]

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PR: VARÈSE SARABANDE RECORDS PRESENTS 40th ANNIVERSARY SET

VARÈSE SARABANDE RECORDS PROUDLY PRESENTS

VARÈSE SARABANDE: 40 YEARS OF GREAT FILM MUSIC 1978-2018

To celebrate, Varèse Sarabande will release limited edition packages for both the 40th anniversary 2CD set & the 40th anniversary 2LP set

(November 6, 2018 – Los Angeles, CA) – Varèse Sarabande will release VARÈSE SARABANDE: 40 YEARS OF GREAT FILM MUSIC 1978-2018 on November 16, 2018 with a 2 CD set and 2 LP set available to all retailers. Special bundles featuring limited edition merchandise are also available exclusively on VareseSarabande.com. One celebration bundle is for CD listeners and limited to 200 units.  An LP and CD bundle is limited to just 40 units!

This is a celebratory collection of the biggest composers and albums to grace the Varèse Sarabande`s catalog during an unparalleled 40-year history as the preeminent soundtrack label. The greatest composers; Bernard Herrmann, Alex North and Jerry Goldsmith of Hollywood’s Golden Age to the Modern Age of Hans Zimmer, James Horner and Brian Tyler. These composers and more are represented with some of their finest compositions; Vertigo, Spartacus, Aliens, Driving Miss Daisy, The Matrix, The Omen, Whiplash, and Star Trek.

The 40th Anniversary CD bundle, limited to 200 units, includes:

A Copy of the 2CD set, Varèse Sarabande: 40 Years of Great Film Music 1978-2018

A set of 3 enamel pins showing the evolution of the Varèse logo over 40 years. Comes in an acrylic keepsake case. Sets are individually numbered 1-250 via a stamp on the back of our current logo pin

A black t-shirt with our 40th anniversary album logo where the left breast pocket would be. 100% cotton. Available in five different sizes, ($2 extra for XXL)

A natural colored multi-purpose canvas tote bag featuring the current Varèse Sarabande logo

Strictly limited to 200 packages

This 40th Anniversary LP/CD bundle, limited to 40 units, includes:

A Copy of the 2LP set, Varèse Sarabande: 40 Years of Great Film Music 1978-2018

A Copy of the 2CD set, Varèse Sarabande: 40 Years of Great Film Music 1978-2018

One set of LP test pressings shipped direct from the manufacturing plant. Only 40 sets were made, and each come hand numbered 1-40

A white turntable slipmat with an alternative interpretation of our 40th anniversary album logo in red and black ink

Set of 3 enamel pins showing the evolution of the Varèse logo over 40 years. Comes in an acrylic keepsake case. Sets are individually numbered 1-40 via a stamp on the back of our current logo pin

Black t-shirt with our 40th anniversary album logo where the left breast pocket would be. 100% cotton.  Available in five different sizes, ($2 extra for XXL)

Natural colored multi-purpose canvas tote bag featuring the current Varèse Sarabande logo

Strictly limited to 40 packages

Varèse Sarabande will release VARÈSE SARABANDE: 40 YEARS OF GREAT FILM MUSIC 1978-2018  on November 16, 2018 with a  2 CD set and 2 LP set. To purchase, please visit  https://found.ee/40thCDBundle & https://found.ee/40thCDLPBundle

LP Side One

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD) Main Title / Coronation Procession - Varujan Kojian, Utah Symphony Orchestra (4:44)

THE RIGHT STUFF: YEAGER’S Triumph (Bill Conti), London Symphony Orchestra (5:13)

THE SECRET GARDEN (ZBIGNIEW PREISNER) Colin Opens His Eyes (2:02)

A LITTLE PRINCESS (PATRICK DOYLE) The Good-Bye (4:19)

MY LEFT FOOT (ELMER BERNSTEIN) Mother (3:39)

THE PLAYER (THOMAS NEWMAN) The Player (3:08)

Side Two

PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (DANNY ELFMAN) Breakfast Machine - John Coleman, National Philharmonic Orchestra (2:38)

BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART III (ALAN SILVESTRI) End Credits (4:03)

LOST:  SEASON 4 (MICHAEL GIACCHINO) There’s No Place Like Home (2:35)

AGNES OF GOD (GEORGES DELERUE) End Credits - David Newman, Varèse Sarabande Symphony Orchestra • Sara Andon, flute(3:27)

DRIVING MISS DAISY (HANS ZIMMER) End Titles (4:53)

RUDY (JERRY GOLDSMITH) Main Title (3:37)

Side Three

SPARTACUS (ALEX NORTH) Main Title (3:18)

VERTIGO (BERNARD HERRMANN) Prelude And Rooftop (4:42)

THE OMEN (JERRY GOLDSMITH) Ave Satani (2:34)

THE CROW (GRAEME REVELL) Birth Of A Legend (3:10)

SCREAM (MARCO BELTRAMI) Sydney’s Lament (1:39)

THE SIXTH SENSE (JAMES NEWTON HOWARD) De Profundis (2:23)

THE MATRIX (DON DAVIS) Main Title / Trinity Infinity (3:51)

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (TREVOR JONES) Main Title Joel McNeely, Royal Scottish National Orchestra (1:53)

Side Four

WHIPLASH (JUSTIN HURWITZ) Overture (3:20)    

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (CARTER BURWELL) Mildred Goes To War (1:24)

FAST FIVE (BRIAN TYLER) Fast Five (3:05)

THE BOURNE SUPREMACY (JOHN POWELL) Bim Bam Smash (5:09)

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (JOHN POWELL) This Is Berk (4:12)

STAR TREK (MICHAEL GIACCHINO) Enterprising Young Men (2:42)

CD 1

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (Erich Wolfgang Korngold) Main Title / Coronation Procession (4:44) Varujan Kojian, Utah Symphony Orchestra

WITNESS (Maurice Jarre) Building The Barn (5:00)

RAISING ARIZONA (Carter Burwell) Way Out There (1:56)

THE RIGHT STUFF: YEAGER’S Triumph (Bill Conti), London Symphony Orchestra (5:13)

ALIENS (James Horner) Futile Escape - Cliff Eidelman, Royal Scottish National Orchestra (5:48)

THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR (Dave Grusin) Theme (from Screen Themes) John Scott, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (4:00)

PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED (John Barry) Peggy Sue’s Homecoming (3:28)

MY LEFT FOOT (Elmer Bernstein) Mother (3:39)

THE SECRET GARDEN (Zbigniew Preisner) Colin Opens His Eyes (2:02)

A LITTLE PRINCESS (Patrick Doyle) The Good-Bye (4:19)

THE PLAYER (Thomas Newman) The Player (3:08)

PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (Danny Elfman) Breakfast Machine - John Coleman, National Philharmonic Orchestra (2:38)

BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART III (Alan Silvestri) End Credits (4:03)

AGNES OF GOD (Georges Delerue) End Credits - David Newman, Varèse Sarabande Symphony Orchestra • Sara Andon, flute (3:27)

DRIVING MISS DAISY (Hans Zimmer) End Titles (4:53)

FATHER OF THE BRIDE (Alan Silvestri) Main Title (2:29)

Emma (Rachel Portman) Theme  Joel McNeely, Royal Scottish National Orchestra (2:58)

UNFAITHFUL (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek) (2:36)

Elf (John Debney) Buddy’s Journey (2:39)

PLEASANTVILLE (Randy Newman) Real Rain (4:35)

RUDY (Jerry Goldsmith) Main Title (3:37)

CD 2

SPARTACUS (Alex North) Main Title (3:18)

VERTIGO (Bernard Herrmann) Prelude And Rooftop (4:42)

2001: A Space Odyssey (Alex North) Space Station Docking Jerry Goldsmith, National Philharmonic Orchestra  (2:23)

THE MATRIX (Don Davis) Main Title / Trinity Infinity (3:51)

THE OMEN (Jerry Goldsmith) Ave Satani (2:34)

THE CROW (Graeme Revell) Birth Of A Legend (3:10)

SCREAM (Marco Beltrami) Sydney’s Lament (1:39)

THE SIXTH SENSE (James Newton Howard) De Profundis (2:23)

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Trevor Jones) Main Title - Joel McNeely, Royal Scottish National Orchestra (1:53)

NANNY McPHEE (Patrick Doyle) Snow In August (7:03)

MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Clint Eastwood) Blue Morgan (4:30)

CAST AWAY (Alan Silvestri) End Credits (3:46)

LOST: SEASON 4 (Michael Giacchino) There’s No Place Like Home (2:35)

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (Jerry Goldsmith) Bloody Christmas (2:52)

RUSH HOUR 2 (Lalo Schifrin) Main Title (2:22)

FAST FIVE (Brian Tyler) Fast Five (3:05)

THE BOURNE SUPREMACY (John Powell) Bim Bam Smash (5:09)

HOUSE OF CARDS (Jeff Beal) Theme (1:51)

SICARIO (Jóhann Jóhannsson) The Beast (3:15)

WHIPLASH (Justin Hurwitz) Overture (3:20)

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (Carter Burwell) Mildred    Goes To War (1:24)

SHREK (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell) Transformation and The End (3:27)

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (John Powell) This Is Berk (4:12)

STAR TREK (Michael Giacchino) Enterprising Young Men (2:42)

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Title Drops

Editor Roman Holiday compiled this fun video of ‘Title Drops’ where an actor or actress says the title of the film in the film itself. It’s a fun trip down memory lane and may make you want to re-watch some old classics. All told, there are 150 titles in this compilation, you can check out the full list of flicks below!

00:01 – Suicide Squad (2016) 00:09 – Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) 00:11 – 50/50 (2011) 00:12 – Angels In The Outfield (1994) 00:13 – From Dusk Til Dawn (1996) 00:14 – Bend It Like Beckham (2002) 00:16 – Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) 00:17 – Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) 00:18 – Big (1988) 00:19 – Double Jeopardy (1999) 00:20 – Double Indemnity (1944) 00:22 – Bride Of Frankenstein (1935) 00:24 – The Third Man (1949) 00:25 – Witness For The Prosecution (1957) 00:27 – A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 00:28 – Ace In The Hole (1951) 00:29 – On The Waterfront (1954) 00:30 – Some Like It Hot (1959) 00:31 – To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) 00:33 – Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) 00:35 – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 00:36 – Vertigo (1958) 00:37 – Rear Window (1954) 00:38 – Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958) 00:41 – Me And You And Everyone We Know (2005) 00:46 – Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) 00:47 – The Right Stuff (1983) 00:49 – Tough Guys Don’t Dance (1987) 00:50 – Point Break (1991) 00:52 – Vanilla Sky (2001) 00:54 – Full Metal Jacket (1987) 00:58 – Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) 01:02 – The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain (1995) 01:05 – Clear And Present Danger (1994) 01:06 – A Bridge Too Far (1977) 01:08 – I Love You, Man (2009) 01:10 – I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) 01:12 – I Love You Philip Morris (2009) 01:14 – Eight Legged Freaks (2002) 01:16 – Wild At Heart (1990) 01:18 – Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) 01:20 – Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014) 01:22 – Death Proof (2007) 01:24 – This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 01:25 – Kingdom Of Heaven (2005) 01:27 – Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967) 01:29 – Any Given Sunday (1999) 01:30 – Are We There Yet? (2005) 01:32 – Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000) 01:33 – I Know Who Killed Me (2007) 01:34 – Demolition Man (1993) 01:35 – Total Recall (1990) 01:37 – Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969) 01:40 – What About Bob? (1991) 01:42 – We Bought A Zoo (2011) 01:44 – Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) 01:47 – First Blood (1982) 01:48 – Do The Right Thing (1989) 01:49 – Free Willy (1993) 01:50 – Layer Cake (2004) 01:51 – Snatch (2000) 01:52 – The Italian Job (2003) 01:53 – Pain & Gain (2013) 01:54 – Lethal Weapon (1987) 01:55 – The Big Lebowski (1998) 01:57 – Face/Off (1997) 02:01 – Sleepless In Seattle (1993) 02:02 – Home Alone (1990) 02:03 – Evil Under The Sun (1982) 02:05 – A Perfect World (1993) 02:06 – Above The Law (1988) 02:07 – You Only Live Twice (1967) 02:08 – For Your Eyes Only (1981) 02:10 – A View To A Kill (1985) 02:12 – The Living Daylights (1987) 02:13 – License To Kill (1989) 02:14 – The World Is Not Enough (1999) 02:15 – Die Another Day (2002) 02:17 – Our Idiot Brother (2011) 02:18 – Clueless (1995) 02:19 – The Hard Way (1991) 02:20 – She’s All That (1999) 02:21 – Failure To Launch (2006) 02:22 – Chinatown (1974) 02:23 – As Good As It Gets (1997) 02:24 – Premium Rush (2012) 02:26 – Back To The Future (1985) 02:27 – The Godfather (1972) 02:28 – The Exorcist (1973) 02:29 – The Curse Of The Mummy’s Tomb (1964) 02:31 – Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974) 02:33 – The Man Who Shook The Hand Of Vincente Fernandez (2012) 02:36 – The Eagle Has Landed (1976) 02:38 – Law Abiding Citizen (2009) 02:40 – Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (2011) 02:41 – Deep Blue Sea (1999) 02:43 – Inherent Vice (2014) 02:45 – Sound Of My Voice (2011) 02:47 – I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell (2009) 02:48 – Hobo With A Shotgun (2011) 02:52 – That Was Then… This Is Now (1985) 02:55 – They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) 02:58 – My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (2009) 03:01 – Truly Madly Deeply (1990) 03:02 – Paper Towns (2015) 03:03 – Taxi Driver (1976) 03:04 – Raging Bull (1980) 03:05 – The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013) 03:07 – All That Jazz (1979) 03:09 – Definitely, Maybe (2008) 03:11 – Trouble With The Curve (2012) 03:12 – Maximum Overdrive (1986) 03:13 – Vertical Limit (2000) 03:14 – Sudden Death (1995) 03:15 – Con Air (1997) 03:16 – Rush Hour (1998) 03:17 – Training Day (2001) 03:18 – Cashback (2006) 03:20 – Unthinkable (2010) 03:21 – Superman Returns (2006) 03:23 – Eye In The Sky (2015) 03:24 – Saving Private Ryan (1998) 03:26 – A Million Ways To Die In The West (2014) 03:27 – Hell Or High Water (2016) 03:28 – They Came Together (2014) 03:30 – Sleeping With Other People (2015) 03:31 – Let’s Be Cops (2014) 03:32 – Just Go With It (2011) 03:35 – Around The World In 80 Days (2004) 03:37 – Around The World In 80 Days (1956) 03:39 – True Grit (1969) 03:40 – True Grit (2010) 03:42 – Assassin’s Creed (2016) 03:44 – What Women Want (2000) 03:45 – A Room With A View (1985) 03:47 – Moonlight (2016) 03:48 – Rogue One (2016) 03:50 – Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (2016) 03:53 – The Imitation Game (2014) 03:55 – The Departed (2006) 03:56 – Spies Like Us (1985) 03:58 – City Slickers (1991) 04:00 – White Men Can’t Jump (1992) 04:02 – The Squid And The Whale (2005) 04:03 – Chasing Amy (1997) 04:05 – Dig Two Graves (2014) 04:07 – Gone Baby Gone (2007) 04:10 – Good Night, And Good Luck (2005) 04:14 – American History X (1998) 04:18 – Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)

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The Vintage Travel Trailer Needs a Name!

K’s vintage camper trailer renovation project needs a name!

Remember this?

If you don’t, I really can’t blame you from blocking this mess from your recent memory. A brief history:

Where It Started

K has an old family travel trailer that hasn’t moved from his family’s land since the 80s (hence the flat tire). I first saw it last fall, when I went to hang out with his family for a bit and help them move to their new home in Tennessee. K had been trying to talk me into the idea of restoring this thing long before I saw it in person, and has been a major topic of conversation during the winter months as we started setting goals for 2018.

What would it take? What would it cost? Would we have even the slightest clue where to start? Do I call it a camper or a trailer? Who would pay for what? Wouldn’t it look really cool with a giant white stripe going down the top?? And black lacquered floors?!?! (Ok, those last few were totally me.)

At one point, this 1940s Spartan Manor (still not sure of the exact year) was used as an old workshop. The inside of it is pretty grimy, too:

Pictured: nightmare fuel.

Finally Convincing Me

As you might say with a house that’s seen better days, it has good bones. Or perhaps, since we’re talking about a trailer, it has good shell? The rest is a complete gut job. Even in the state it’s in, as I’ve seen from research, it still has considerable value. More importantly, K is pretty invested in it emotionally since it belonged to his dad and grandfather before him.

I said “maybe,” and kept saying it for months. K’s response was to keep talking about it very ambitiously until I said yes.

Honestly though, I was sold on the idea minute he suggested it; I just wanted him to show me he was serious and had a plan. Because that? That sumbitch needs a PLAN.

The Details (So Far)

Here are the details I have for you guys up to this point:

Zero werewolves, zombies, or Freddy Kruegers have resided in this trailer. I thought I’d share that first to put us all at ease.

Spartan Manor travel trailers were manufactured by the Spartan Aircraft Company starting in 1946. This particular look (with that Art Deco style) was made from 1946 to ’50/51 and had either a mahogany or birch interior. It is not an Airstream; the Spartan Aircraft Company went defunct in 1961, so these are no longer made, even in modern versions. So, it’s a cool score, but it makes finding replacement parts that much tougher.

When it was used as a workshop, all of the interior was pretty much ripped out. So, no interior items can/will be salvaged. All insulation and interior walls will be part of the gut job.

I have found multiple examples of the original floor plan, but that kind of planning is too far off to be concerned about at the moment.

The windows (even the glass) appear to be intact; research tells me that’s a very good thing!

The exterior is really nasty looking, but when it’s restored, it will be that shiny “silver bullet” look you might already be familiar with. That will probably take the most work, but will also be the biggest payoff.

This is not going to be cheap, nor quick; K and I are working out the actual finances since this will take a couple of years. If this were the only thing either of us had going on, then obviously it would be a shorter timeline, but the house, shed, etc. are still my bigger priorities. I know you guys are probably curious on this since we’re not married, so just trust me for now that ownership, insurance, etc. are part of the discussion going on to make it equitable for when/how much I get involved. (He also mentioned wanting to contribute to the blog and Youtube from his POV as he works on this, so that will be interesting… we’ll see how that shakes out, but that’s a very new idea.)

K has a few things that are early wins, such as being pretty savvy with mechanics and engineering (he’s a design engineer by profession, so he does a lot of 3D modeling and has all of those adorable nerdy skills that will come in very handy here). The company he works for does a lot of custom work in-house, so there are additional resources available should we need more expertise.

This will be a restoration-slash-upgrade project. The exterior will be a restoration as much as possible, while the interior, plumbing, electronics, etc. will be modern so we have an efficient and very “us” space to travel in.

We totally want to take this on the road when finished!

K’s eventual dream is to also find an old truck or car to lug this thing around. It’s a pretty romanticized view, so I’ll be bringing my 7 year’s worth of DIY experience with me to keep him from biting off too much too fast.

If anything on this blog could be called an ugly duckling, then this travel trailer definitely meets that criteria!

Getting Inspired

Every winter around the start of a new year, I feel like my creative mojo is zapped. After the frenzy of hosting both Christmas and New Years at my place (small recap forthcoming), I felt especially tank-on-empty this time around. To fill ‘er up, one of the things I like to do is buy a fresh batch of art supplies. Inexpensive, but usually gives me the color/creativity boost I need. This year, I chose a set of colored pencils. My first completed subject was a sketch of the travel trailer!

I need your suggestions!

The one thing I’d love to figure out, though? THE NAME. I want to name this guy/gal something awesome and fun and make it REAL. Names like The Nugget and Mavis and other blogs and accounts I’ve found online have me salivating over this. So, can YOU help me out? I have a box o’ random DIY goodies to send to someone if they come up with a perfect name! Here are all of the names I’ve got in my head right now:

Sylvester (because it’s silver, get it?)

Murray

Henry/Hank

Lydia

Mona

Shelly/Sheldon (because of taking it down to the shell, ha!)

Waiting until we figure out the exact year and then picking from the top 10 baby names of that year

Barb/Barbie

Patty

Dottie (my Granny’s name; she and my grandfather spent years traveling in their own RV to see all 50 states)

Bruce

Marge

Peggy

_ Sue (Peggy Sue, etc.)

Ruth

Doris

Something from Greek mythology (since this is a “Spartan” Manor), such as Leda

See? I’m ridiculously undecided at the moment. Thanks for your help!

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The Vintage Travel Trailer Needs a Name!

K’s vintage camper trailer renovation project needs a name!

Remember this?

If you don’t, I really can’t blame you from blocking this mess from your recent memory. A brief history:

Where It Started

K has an old family travel trailer that hasn’t moved from his family’s land since the 80s (hence the flat tire). I first saw it last fall, when I went to hang out with his family for a bit and help them move to their new home in Tennessee. K had been trying to talk me into the idea of restoring this thing long before I saw it in person, and has been a major topic of conversation during the winter months as we started setting goals for 2018.

What would it take? What would it cost? Would we have even the slightest clue where to start? Do I call it a camper or a trailer? Who would pay for what? Wouldn’t it look really cool with a giant white stripe going down the top?? And black lacquered floors?!?! (Ok, those last few were totally me.)

At one point, this 1940s Spartan Manor (still not sure of the exact year) was used as an old workshop. The inside of it is pretty grimy, too:

Pictured: nightmare fuel.

Finally Convincing Me

As you might say with a house that’s seen better days, it has good bones. Or perhaps, since we’re talking about a trailer, it has good shell? The rest is a complete gut job. Even in the state it’s in, as I’ve seen from research, it still has considerable value. More importantly, K is pretty invested in it emotionally since it belonged to his dad and grandfather before him.

I said “maybe,” and kept saying it for months. K’s response was to keep talking about it very ambitiously until I said yes.

Honestly though, I was sold on the idea minute he suggested it; I just wanted him to show me he was serious and had a plan. Because that? That sumbitch needs a PLAN.

The Details (So Far)

Here are the details I have for you guys up to this point:

Zero werewolves, zombies, or Freddy Kruegers have resided in this trailer. I thought I’d share that first to put us all at ease.

Spartan Manor travel trailers were manufactured by the Spartan Aircraft Company starting in 1946. This particular look (with that Art Deco style) was made from 1946 to ’50/51 and had either a mahogany or birch interior. It is not an Airstream; the Spartan Aircraft Company went defunct in 1961, so these are no longer made, even in modern versions. So, it’s a cool score, but it makes finding replacement parts that much tougher.

When it was used as a workshop, all of the interior was pretty much ripped out. So, no interior items can/will be salvaged. All insulation and interior walls will be part of the gut job.

I have found multiple examples of the original floor plan, but that kind of planning is too far off to be concerned about at the moment.

The windows (even the glass) appear to be intact; research tells me that’s a very good thing!

The exterior is really nasty looking, but when it’s restored, it will be that shiny “silver bullet” look you might already be familiar with. That will probably take the most work, but will also be the biggest payoff.

This is not going to be cheap, nor quick; K and I are working out the actual finances since this will take a couple of years. If this were the only thing either of us had going on, then obviously it would be a shorter timeline, but the house, shed, etc. are still my bigger priorities. I know you guys are probably curious on this since we’re not married, so just trust me for now that ownership, insurance, etc. are part of the discussion going on to make it equitable for when/how much I get involved. (He also mentioned wanting to contribute to the blog and Youtube from his POV as he works on this, so that will be interesting… we’ll see how that shakes out, but that’s a very new idea.)

K has a few things that are early wins, such as being pretty savvy with mechanics and engineering (he’s a design engineer by profession, so he does a lot of 3D modeling and has all of those adorable nerdy skills that will come in very handy here). The company he works for does a lot of custom work in-house, so there are additional resources available should we need more expertise.

This will be a restoration-slash-upgrade project. The exterior will be a restoration as much as possible, while the interior, plumbing, electronics, etc. will be modern so we have an efficient and very “us” space to travel in.

We totally want to take this on the road when finished!

K’s eventual dream is to also find an old truck or car to lug this thing around. It’s a pretty romanticized view, so I’ll be bringing my 7 year’s worth of DIY experience with me to keep him from biting off too much too fast.

If anything on this blog could be called an ugly duckling, then this travel trailer definitely meets that criteria!

Getting Inspired

Every winter around the start of a new year, I feel like my creative mojo is zapped. After the frenzy of hosting both Christmas and New Years at my place (small recap forthcoming), I felt especially tank-on-empty this time around. To fill ‘er up, one of the things I like to do is buy a fresh batch of art supplies. Inexpensive, but usually gives me the color/creativity boost I need. This year, I chose a set of colored pencils. My first completed subject was a sketch of what this travel trailer might look like if we bring it back to its former glory!

I need your suggestions!

The one thing I’d love to figure out, though? THE NAME. I want to name this guy/gal something awesome and fun and make it REAL. Names like The Nugget and Mavis and other blogs and accounts I’ve found online have me salivating over this. So, can YOU help me out? I have a box o’ random DIY goodies to send to someone if they come up with a perfect name! Here are all of the names I’ve got in my head right now:

Sylvester (because it’s silver, get it?)

Murray

Henry/Hank

Lydia

Mona

Shelly/Sheldon (because of taking it down to the shell, ha!)

Waiting until we figure out the exact year and then picking from the top 10 baby names of that year

Barb/Barbie

Patty

Dottie (my Granny’s name; she and my grandfather spent years traveling in their own RV to see all 50 states)

Bruce

Marge

Peggy

_ Sue (Peggy Sue, etc.)

Ruth

Doris

Something from Greek mythology (since this is a “Spartan” Manor), such as Leda

See? I’m ridiculously undecided at the moment. Thanks for your help!

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The Vintage Travel Trailer Needs a Name!

K’s vintage camper trailer renovation project needs a name!

Remember this?

If you don’t, I really can’t blame you from blocking this mess from your recent memory. A brief history:

Where It Started

K has an old family travel trailer that hasn’t moved from his family’s land since the 80s (hence the flat tire). I first saw it last fall, when I went to hang out with his family for a bit and help them move to their new home in Tennessee. K had been trying to talk me into the idea of restoring this thing long before I saw it in person, and has been a major topic of conversation during the winter months as we started setting goals for 2018.

What would it take? What would it cost? Would we have even the slightest clue where to start? Do I call it a camper or a trailer? Who would pay for what? Wouldn’t it look really cool with a giant white stripe going down the top?? And black lacquered floors?!?! (Ok, those last few were totally me.)

At one point, this 1940s Spartan Manor (still not sure of the exact year) was used as an old workshop. The inside of it is pretty grimy, too:

Pictured: nightmare fuel.

Finally Convincing Me

As you might say with a house that’s seen better days, it has good bones. Or perhaps, since we’re talking about a trailer, it has good shell? The rest is a complete gut job. Even in the state it’s in, as I’ve seen from research, it still has considerable value. More importantly, K is pretty invested in it emotionally since it belonged to his dad and grandfather before him.

I said “maybe,” and kept saying it for months. K’s response was to keep talking about it very ambitiously until I said yes.

Honestly though, I was sold on the idea minute he suggested it; I just wanted him to show me he was serious and had a plan. Because that? That sumbitch needs a PLAN.

The Details (So Far)

Here are the details I have for you guys up to this point:

Zero werewolves, zombies, or Freddy Kruegers have resided in this trailer. I thought I’d share that first to put us all at ease.

Spartan Manor travel trailers were manufactured by the Spartan Aircraft Company starting in 1946. This particular look (with that Art Deco style) was made from 1946 to ’50/51 and had either a mahogany or birch interior. It is not an Airstream; the Spartan Aircraft Company went defunct in 1961, so these are no longer made, even in modern versions. So, it’s a cool score, but it makes finding replacement parts that much tougher.

When it was used as a workshop, all of the interior was pretty much ripped out. So, no interior items can/will be salvaged. All insulation and interior walls will be part of the gut job.

I have found multiple examples of the original floor plan, but that kind of planning is too far off to be concerned about at the moment.

The windows (even the glass) appear to be intact; research tells me that’s a very good thing!

The exterior is really nasty looking, but when it’s restored, it will be that shiny “silver bullet” look you might already be familiar with. That will probably take the most work, but will also be the biggest payoff.

This is not going to be cheap, nor quick; K and I are working out the actual finances since this will take a couple of years. If this were the only thing either of us had going on, then obviously it would be a shorter timeline, but the house, shed, etc. are still my bigger priorities. I know you guys are probably curious on this since we’re not married, so just trust me for now that ownership, insurance, etc. are part of the discussion going on to make it equitable for when/how much I get involved. (He also mentioned wanting to contribute to the blog and Youtube from his POV as he works on this, so that will be interesting… we’ll see how that shakes out, but that’s a very new idea.)

K has a few things that are early wins, such as being pretty savvy with mechanics and engineering (he’s a design engineer by profession, so he does a lot of 3D modeling and has all of those adorable nerdy skills that will come in very handy here). The company he works for does a lot of custom work in-house, so there are additional resources available should we need more expertise.

This will be a restoration-slash-upgrade project. The exterior will be a restoration as much as possible, while the interior, plumbing, electronics, etc. will be modern so we have an efficient and very “us” space to travel in.

We totally want to take this on the road when finished!

K’s eventual dream is to also find an old truck or car to lug this thing around. It’s a pretty romanticized view, so I’ll be bringing my 7 year’s worth of DIY experience with me to keep him from biting off too much too fast.

If anything on this blog could be called an ugly duckling, then this travel trailer definitely meets that criteria!

Getting Inspired

Every winter around the start of a new year, I feel like my creative mojo is zapped. After the frenzy of hosting both Christmas and New Years at my place (small recap forthcoming), I felt especially tank-on-empty this time around. To fill ‘er up, one of the things I like to do is buy a fresh batch of art supplies. Inexpensive, but usually gives me the color/creativity boost I need. This year, I chose a set of colored pencils. My first completed subject was a sketch of what this travel trailer might look like if we bring it back to its former glory!

I need your suggestions!

The one thing I’d love to figure out, though? THE NAME. I want to name this guy/gal something awesome and fun and make it REAL. Names like The Nugget and Mavis and other blogs and accounts I’ve found online have me salivating over this. So, can YOU help me out? I have a box o’ random DIY goodies to send to someone if they come up with a perfect name! Here are all of the names I’ve got in my head right now:

Sylvester (because it’s silver, get it?)

Murray

Henry/Hank

Lydia

Mona

Shelly/Sheldon (because of taking it down to the shell, ha!)

Waiting until we figure out the exact year and then picking from the top 10 baby names of that year

Barb/Barbie

Patty

Dottie (my Granny’s name; she and my grandfather spent years traveling in their own RV to see all 50 states)

Bruce

Marge

Peggy

_ Sue (Peggy Sue, etc.)

Ruth

Doris

Something from Greek mythology (since this is a “Spartan” Manor), such as Leda

See? I’m ridiculously undecided at the moment. Thanks for your help!

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The Vintage Travel Trailer Needs a Name!

K’s vintage camper trailer renovation project needs a name!

Remember this?

If you don’t, I really can’t blame you from blocking this mess from your recent memory. A brief history:

Where It Started

K has an old family travel trailer that hasn’t moved from his family’s land since the 80s (hence the flat tire). I first saw it last fall, when I went to hang out with his family for a bit and help them move to their new home in Tennessee. K had been trying to talk me into the idea of restoring this thing long before I saw it in person, and has been a major topic of conversation during the winter months as we started setting goals for 2018.

What would it take? What would it cost? Would we have even the slightest clue where to start? Do I call it a camper or a trailer? Who would pay for what? Wouldn’t it look really cool with a giant white stripe going down the top?? And black lacquered floors?!?! (Ok, those last few were totally me.)

At one point, this 1940s Spartan Manor (still not sure of the exact year) was used as an old workshop. The inside of it is pretty grimy, too:

Pictured: nightmare fuel.

Finally Convincing Me

As you might say with a house that’s seen better days, it has good bones. Or perhaps, since we’re talking about a trailer, it has good shell? The rest is a complete gut job. Even in the state it’s in, as I’ve seen from research, it still has considerable value. More importantly, K is pretty invested in it emotionally since it belonged to his dad and grandfather before him.

I said “maybe,” and kept saying it for months. K’s response was to keep talking about it very ambitiously until I said yes.

Honestly though, I was sold on the idea minute he suggested it; I just wanted him to show me he was serious and had a plan. Because that? That sumbitch needs a PLAN.

The Details (So Far)

Here are the details I have for you guys up to this point:

Zero werewolves, zombies, or Freddy Kruegers have resided in this trailer. I thought I’d share that first to put us all at ease.

Spartan Manor travel trailers were manufactured by the Spartan Aircraft Company starting in 1946. This particular look (with that Art Deco style) was made from 1946 to ’50/51 and had either a mahogany or birch interior. It is not an Airstream; the Spartan Aircraft Company went defunct in 1961, so these are no longer made, even in modern versions. So, it’s a cool score, but it makes finding replacement parts that much tougher.

When it was used as a workshop, all of the interior was pretty much ripped out. So, no interior items can/will be salvaged. All insulation and interior walls will be part of the gut job.

I have found multiple examples of the original floor plan, but that kind of planning is too far off to be concerned about at the moment.

The windows (even the glass) appear to be intact; research tells me that’s a very good thing!

The exterior is really nasty looking, but when it’s restored, it will be that shiny “silver bullet” look you might already be familiar with. That will probably take the most work, but will also be the biggest payoff.

This is not going to be cheap, nor quick; K and I are working out the actual finances since this will take a couple of years. If this were the only thing either of us had going on, then obviously it would be a shorter timeline, but the house, shed, etc. are still my bigger priorities. I know you guys are probably curious on this since we’re not married, so just trust me for now that ownership, insurance, etc. are part of the discussion going on to make it equitable for when/how much I get involved. (He also mentioned wanting to contribute to the blog and Youtube from his POV as he works on this, so that will be interesting… we’ll see how that shakes out, but that’s a very new idea.)

K has a few things that are early wins, such as being pretty savvy with mechanics and engineering (he’s a design engineer by profession, so he does a lot of 3D modeling and has all of those adorable nerdy skills that will come in very handy here). The company he works for does a lot of custom work in-house, so there are additional resources available should we need more expertise.

This will be a restoration-slash-upgrade project. The exterior will be a restoration as much as possible, while the interior, plumbing, electronics, etc. will be modern so we have an efficient and very “us” space to travel in.

We totally want to take this on the road when finished!

K’s eventual dream is to also find an old truck or car to lug this thing around. It’s a pretty romanticized view, so I’ll be bringing my 7 year’s worth of DIY experience with me to keep him from biting off too much too fast.

If anything on this blog could be called an ugly duckling, then this travel trailer definitely meets that criteria!

Getting Inspired

Every winter around the start of a new year, I feel like my creative mojo is zapped. After the frenzy of hosting both Christmas and New Years at my place (small recap forthcoming), I felt especially tank-on-empty this time around. To fill ‘er up, one of the things I like to do is buy a fresh batch of art supplies. Inexpensive, but usually gives me the color/creativity boost I need. This year, I chose a set of colored pencils. My first completed subject was a sketch of what this travel trailer might look like if we bring it back to its former glory!

I need your suggestions!

The one thing I’d love to figure out, though? THE NAME. I want to name this guy/gal something awesome and fun and make it REAL. Names like The Nugget and Mavis and other blogs and accounts I’ve found online have me salivating over this. So, can YOU help me out? I have a box o’ random DIY goodies to send to someone if they come up with a perfect name! Here are all of the names I’ve got in my head right now:

Sylvester (because it’s silver, get it?)

Murray

Henry/Hank

Lydia

Mona

Shelly/Sheldon (because of taking it down to the shell, ha!)

Waiting until we figure out the exact year and then picking from the top 10 baby names of that year

Barb/Barbie

Patty

Dottie (my Granny’s name; she and my grandfather spent years traveling in their own RV to see all 50 states)

Bruce

Marge

Peggy

_ Sue (Peggy Sue, etc.)

Ruth

Doris

Something from Greek mythology (since this is a “Spartan” Manor), such as Leda

See? I’m ridiculously undecided at the moment. Thanks for your help!

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