#masselements

[ghostsessioned]

what's new on the radio ?

[crypitick]

Finally... Planetshine

Olivia Massell || Oxenfree II

[d-criss-news]

Via Benj Pasek's Instagram Story (December 6th, 2024)

[shriekinghavoc]

Planetshine.

Olivia from Oxenfree II! If you haven't seen or- better yet- played it, check it out!

[finchhollow]

good morning oxenfree enjoyers.

[susie-dreemurr]

Love how my playthrough of Oxenfree ii was basically this

[digirainebow]

cinderella slips into a dream like a curse

you could mistake it for heaven at first

04/11 - happy birthday to olivia massell

[oxensfree]

olivia's yes and no

[dorothy16]

via benj pasek’s instagram story.

[walkingtilwefall]

Ben Fankhauser was supposed to perform at 54 Below last night and his song got cut and I’m super bummed. Like, the show was still phenomenal but he was why I bought the ticket 😭

[ghostsessioned]

there's no other way this story goes.

[pandakong]

Botober day 25 - Pizza sage

Pizza sage or pizza for Sage or?

(For @ghostsessioned)

[s-ccaam-era-crepe]

olivia massell and sophia wynecross are very similar characters, in this essay i will-

[banffcentrelibraryandarchives]

🐣🐇 ARTIST BOOKS APRIL 2025 🌧️☂️

Dakwäkãda Warriors in Sha catcher. Cole Pauls. [British Columbia]: Moniker Press, 2016.

The Vikings Who Came to Fly. Dona Paul Massel. [London, Ontario] : Third Eye Press, 1983.

When Seeing Fails. Paul Wilson. [Saskatoon, Saskatchewan] : JackPine Press, 2006.

At the Hour of Tea. Paul Sietsema. [San Francisco] : Rite Editions, 2014.

Fancy Action Now: The Art of Team Macho. Paul Dallas, Gary Taxali. [Toronto, Ontario} : Magic Pony, 2007.

YES: A Play in Search of Mary: A Poem. Dona Paul Massel. [Kitchener, Ontario] : Yellow House Press, 1983.

Pop Quiz. Dave Dyment. [Toronto, Ontario] : Paul + Wendy Projects, 2010.

Pantone 185C. Jon Paul Florentino. [Calgary, Alberta] : No Press, 2012.

Faulty Basis: Found(er)ed. Paul Dutton. [Toronto, Ontario] Curved H&Z, 1989.

The Book of Takes. Paul Zelevansky. [New York, New York] : Zartscorp Inc., 1976.

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

by Eliana Johnson and Aaron Sibarium

Texts between Susan Chang-Kim, the vice dean of Columbia College, and Joseph Sorett, the dean of Columbia College. Chang-Kim says panelists' concerns about anti-Semitism are "difficult to listen to."

The text messages, which were captured by an audience member sitting behind Chang-Kim who photographed the vice dean tapping away on her phone, also used vomit emojis to describe an op-ed about anti-Semitism by Columbia's campus rabbi.

Chang-Kim's messages and those of her colleagues are clearly visible in the photographs. The Free Beacon verified the authenticity of the photographs with the person who took them.

The text messages betray an attitude of ignorance and indifference toward the concerns of Jewish students on a campus where protesters have called to "burn Tel Aviv to the ground" and said that "Zionists don't deserve to live." The exchanges also raise questions about Columbia's ability to combat anti-Semitism if its top administrators not only dismiss the problem but also sneer at those who speak out about it.

Sorett, Chang-Kim, Kromm, and Patashnick did not respond to requests for comment. An auto-response from Schizer's email indicated he was offline for a Jewish holiday. The other panelists, Massel, Cohen, and Rottenberg, did not respond to a request for comment.

A spokesman for Columbia said the school is "committed to combatting antisemitism and taking sustained, concrete action to ensure Columbia is a campus where Jewish students and everyone in our community feels safe, valued, and able to thrive."

The administrators expressed skepticism that Jewish students had experienced targeting or discrimination. As Massel, who published a news report in the Columbia Spectator about Jewish students who felt "ostracized," was asked to dilate on "the experience of Jewish and Israeli students on campus," Chang-Kim fired off a text to Kromm and Patashnick: "Did we really have students being kicked out of clubs for being Jewish?"

[orchidsandtulips]

Lesser-Known Musical Recommendations Part 1

I have a habit of getting attached to woefully obscure musicals. Here are a few of my favorite obscure soundtracks if you’re looking for more stuff to listen to. They need love.

Superhero - Follows the story of a comic-book enthusiast boy and his single mother when they meet a mysterious, perhaps heroic neighbor. Kyle McArthur (from the National tour of Wicked) plays the boy, Kate Baldwin (From the Big Fish musical) plays the mother, and Bryce Pinkham (From Helluva Boss, Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder) plays the superhero neighbor. Had an off-broadway run.

Placebo - Follows the story of the two sons of a renowned pharmacist. When their father dies and financial struggles ensue, the brothers decide to market a bunch of placebo pills as a miracle to the town. Then the plot happens. Samantha Massel (Recent Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof) is in it. She plays Jessica, the singer of “Isn’t it Miraculous.”

Goosebumps: Phantom of the Auditorium - Based on the book by the same name! Has the same composer as Placebo, but a vastly different music style. The recording features Krystina Alabado (From The Mad Ones, and either the national tour or broadway run of Mean Girls, etc), Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice), and Stephanie Styles (Kiss Me, Kate).

I’ll be back with more at some point. I still need to give a listen to a few of the brand-spanking new musicals everyone is talking about.