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[bookiesandcream]

Previous Book Selections

07/12/22: More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez

06/24/22: The Rose Code by Kate McQuinn

05/19/22: The Lobotomist Wife by Samantha Greene Woodruff

04/21/22: No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

03/17/22: Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

02/10/22: Beartown by Frederik Backman

01/07/22: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

11/28/21: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

10/24/21: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

09/19/21: Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller

08/06/21: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

07/12/21: The Vanishing Half

06/17/21: The President’s Daughter by Patterson and Clinton

05/21/21: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

04/23/21: The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

03/23/21: The Authenticity Project by Clare Poole

02/19/21: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

01/22/21: City of Girls

12/18/20: The Newcomers by Helen Thorpe

11/13/20: Such a Fun Age by Leanne Treese

10/02/20: Untamed by Glennon Doyle

08/27/20: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

07/24/20: White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

06/15/20: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

05/18/20: Red, White, Royal Blue by Casey McQuistion

04/20/20: Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery 

03/23/20: The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Hadish

02/24/20: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

01/23/20The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

12/2019: L.A.M.B: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhoold Pal

11/2019: Educated by Tara Westover

9/30/19: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

08/05/19: The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates

07/10/19: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

06/12/19: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

05/16/19: Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance

04/17/19: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

3/18/19: Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

02/04/19: Good Luck with That by Kristan Higgins

12/2019:  The Power by Naomi Alderman

11/2019:  The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson

10/08/18: The Night Circus by Erin Morgensterm

08/21/18: Turtles All The Way Down by John Green

07/10/18: Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings

06/04/18: This Is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel

05/07/18: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

03/19/18: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

01/28/18: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

12/11/17: Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

11/13/17: Rules of Civility by Armor Towles

10/09/17: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

09/06/17: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

07/16/17: The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince by Mayte Garcia

06/13/17: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

05/11/17: Shrill by Lindy West

03/30/17: Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore

02/23/17:  Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking 

01/18/17 - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

12/14/16 -  Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

10/19/16 - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Ami Polonski

09/14/16 - Year of Yes by Shonda Rimes

07/13/16 - Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein

06/15/16 - Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

05/18/16 - The 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

04/21/16 - So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

03/18/16 - When She Flew by Jennie Shortridge

02/17/16 - The Year of Living Biblically: by A.J. Jacobs

01/13/16 - Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari

12/02/15 - I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb

11/04/15 - The Martian by Andy Weir

10/07/15 - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

08/26/15 - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

07/22/15 - Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim

06/03/15 - The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

04/15/15 - Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon

03/18/15 - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

02/18/15 - Deep Down Dark: The untold stories of 33 men buried in a Chilean Mine and the miracle that set them free by Hector Tobar

01/14/15 - Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman

12/05/14 - The Light Between Oceans  by M.L.Stedman

11/05/14 - Orphan Train  by Christina Baker Kline

09/24/14-  Horns by Joe Hill

08/28/14-  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

07/23/14- The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson

06/18/14- Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker

05/21/14- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

04/30/14- A Bad Idea I’m About To Do by Chris Gethard

03/27/14- Heartburn by Nora Ephron

02/19/14- Gang Leader for a Day by Sudir Venkatesh

01/08/14- David and Goliath by Malcom Gladwell

12/04/13- Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple

10/30/13- The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

09/18/13- A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

08/14/13- Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

07/10/13- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

05/22/13- How to Be a Woman by Caitlan Moran

04/24/13- Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History by Greg Campbell

03/27/13- Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer

02/13/13- The House at Riverton by Kate Morton

01/07/13- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

12/05/12 - Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

10/24/12 - Paris, I love you but you’re bringing me down by Rosecrans Baldwin

09/19/12 - Born Standing Up by Steve Martin

08/22/12 - The Book Thief by Mark Zusak

07/18/12 - Them: Adventures with Extremists by Jon Ronson

06/27/12 - Starvation Lake: A Mystery by Bryan Gruley

05/30/12 - Plainsong by Ken Haruf

04/25/12 - You’re Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations by Michael Ian Black

03/21/12 - Room by Emma Donaghue

02/22/12 - Just Kids by Patti Smith

[leifandthorn]

Thanks to the Volume 2 backers

This is the post where I credit everyone who backed Leif & Thorn Volume 2!

Without these people, the book wouldn’t get to exist — so browse the list, click some links, and shower them with appreciation.

Professional Rock Stars

Dorothea W. Clara Danao

Magical Girls (boys, etc)

Dan Michael Fielding Svirdilu helen-louise Barbara Alienea Chimervera gladdecease yamiangie

Knights of Ceannis

shizamura Izzy “Strontium” Hall Sailor-Cresselia Flyboy254 Olivia Montoya Lenora Rose Ada and Robert Kerman John Irvine Shard Kris Preusker Naomi Butcher Simone Pietro Spinozzi B. Sawyer Janet neeneko Tom Allman Daniel Lin Beth Culp Liz the Lucky KendallPB Eva S. Steph Fir TM Jocelyn John Albinsson Sydney Savoy N. Jay C. paralianBlue Tracy Denali audible_smiles Judith Owens MsM Dinglehopper Julie Spradley

Embassy Tech Support

Kristen Kiomall-Evans DialMforMara Poetry CJ Gibson Esther Alaina R maileguy Jens Bejer Pedersen Susan Wilson Michelle Owens Hannah Rae Anaxphone Brett Bennett H. Kat Ware Lielac Zaza D Erin Subramanian

Amateur Karaoke Stars

Jaime Dear

(Read the original post on Leif & Thorn.)

[thesweetpianowritingdownmylife]

update on the shelf of shame

I had a New Year’s resolution of reading 50 books in a year... But I’ve done it in half a year!

1.       Electric Dreams – Phillip K. Dick

2.       Dark Alchemy: Magical Tales from Masters of Modern Fantasy – (several authors)

3.     Los diarios del diablo – M.J. Weeks

4.     La porta dels tres panys – Sònia Fernández-Vidal

5.     Nausicää 1 – Hayao Miyazaki

6.     Nausicää 2 – Hayao Miyazaki

7.     Nausicää 3 – Hayao Miyazaki

8.     Nausicää 4 – Hayao Miyazaki

9.     Jessica Jones: Alias – Brian Michael Bendis

10.   Pecado – Laura Restrepo

11.   Uncle Scrooge & Donald Duck – Don Rosa

12.   A lion among men – Gregory Maguire

13.   Pare de rates – Joan Barceló i Cullerés

14.   The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

15.   Más allá del planeta silencioso – C.S. Lewis

16.   My solo exchange diary – Nagata Kabi

17.   Claudine – Riyoko Ikeda

18.   Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë

19.   La Belle Sauvage – Phillip Pullman

20.   Grimm Tales – Phillip Pullman

21.   Positively Queer – Auraboo

22.   Viidakon Tuliainen – R.L. Stine

23.   Left hand of darkness – Ursula Le Guin

24.   Orange is the new black – Piper Kerman

25.   Orlando – Virginia Wolf

26.   Los ojos del dragón – Stephen King

27.   Teoria King Kong – Virginie Despentes

28.   Big Mushy Happy Lump – Sarah Andersen

29.   Chewie and the Porgs – Kevin Shinick/Fiona Hsieh

30.   Cris & Cris – Maria Felicitas Jaime

31.   El bosque profundo – Sofia Rhei

32.   Nueve cuentos malvados – Margaret Atwood

33.   The scarecrow and his servant – Phillip Pullman

34.   Los escarabajos vuelan al atardecer – Maria Gripe

35.   Ewald Tragy i altres textos de joventut – Rainer Maria Rilke

36.   Un pavo rosa – Diana Gutiérrez

37.   El príncep i el captaire – Mark Twain

38.   The Ghost Prison – Joseph Delaney

39.   Little Women – Louisa May Alcott

40.   Heidegger i un hipopòtam travessen les portes del cel – Daniel Klein / Thomas Cathcart

41.   Nälkäpeli – Suzanne Collins

42.   Else & Barbulette – Susana Arrabal

43.   A feast of sorrows – Angela Slatter

44.   Pandora – Anne Rice

45.   La expedición – Stephen King

46.   El misterio del cuarto amarillo – Gaston Leroux

47.   Moss Dash – Apila Pepita

48.   The bride was a boy – Chii

49.   10 Dances – Inouesatoh

50.   Hän on kannoillasi – R.L. Stine

Some were borrowed, but most were from my Shelf Of Shame (that is still...very full bc I keep buying books or taking them from bookcrossing spots at the library).

Some of them (like the Stephen King ones) had been there since I was 14yo. Others (like 4, 13, 40, and 46) had been gifts from relatives who only knew I liked to read and had no idea of which genre.

I’m not gonna comment on the classics in here, I liked some and some I didn’t, and I’m not willing to disclose which ones. Probably 23 was my favourite of this group though.

The Finnish titles I had already read in either English or Spanish, and re-read them in Finnish to practice the language. 21 and 47 are by independent Finnish artists/authors and in English, they have queer themes and are cool.

I liked most of the mangas (5,6,7,8,16,17,48,49) and some of the comics (28,29).

Was a bit disappointed with the Phillip Pullman books that weren’t n.19, but mostly bc I expected something different when I bought them.

Special mentions:  

A feast of Sorrows, I found second hand for free and it was really, really good, and up my alley in what I’m interested right now: new fairy tales, with women protagonists, and just damn thrilling.

Nueve cuentos malvados, surprised me because the protagonists of the tales were elderly people, an age group that I’ve barely read about, and it was an interesting persepective.

El bosque profundo is a collection of microtales and it was!!! so!!! good!!! Sadly it’s in Spanish and hasn’t been translated yet. I’m half-way through another book of the same author and I’m liking it a lot.

 Most of the books I have left now are very thick, so I won’t be able to read them as quickly, but maybe I could try to aim for 25 more books before the end of the year? But it’s a soft objective because I have already read so much. I’m currently re-reading Good Omens (which doesn’t count) and I have like, three more books started, the rest of the Hunger Games in Finnish, etc.

[khelinski]

Stuffs/thangs/lists/and moments in 2018.

Books I’ve read in 2018:

What Does This Button Do?, by: Bruce Dickinson Fire and Fury, by: Michael Wolff The Great and Secret Show, by: Clive Barker All the President’s Men, by: Carl Bernstein/Bob Woodward In a Dark Dark Wood, by: Ruth Ware The Colorado Kid, by: Stephen King The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by: Brian Selznick The Sirens of Titan, by: Kurt Vonnegut Almost Famous, by: Cameron Crowe Sharp Objects, by: Gillian Flynn Everville, by: Clive Barker What Dreams May Come, by: Richard Matheson Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell, by: Paul Kane Columbine, by: Dave Cullen Hellraiser – The Toll, by: Clive Barker/Mark Alan Miller You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost), by: Felicia Day Hellbound Hearts, by: Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane Gerald’s Game, by: Stephen King Wild, by: Cheryl Strayed The Scarlet Gospels, by: Clive Barker A Clockwork Orange, by: Anthony Burgess The Night Circus, by: Erin Morgenstern Fevre Dream, by: George R.R. Martin The Godfather, by: Mario Puzo A Good Life, by: Ben Bradlee The Handmaid’s Tale, by: Margaret Atwood Girl Interrupted, by: Susanna Kaysen Breaking Bad – The Official Book, by: David Thompson Looking for Alaska, by: John Green Strange Weather, by: Joe Hill Robin, by: Dave Itzkoff Writers Dreaming, by: Naomi Epel The Lamb Was Sure to Go, by: Jackie Sonnenberg Nightflyers, by: George R.R. Martin Boredom Kills – A Serial Killer Love Story, by: Melissa Gibbo The Outsider, by: Stephen King Kitchen Confidential, by: Anthony Bourdain The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by: Neil Gaiman Braveheart, by: Randall Wallace This Star Won’t Go Out, by: Esther Grace Earl 20th Century Ghosts, by: Joe Hill Purpose for the Pain, by: Renee Yohe Still Here, by: Rowan Blanchard Useless Magic, by: Florence Welch The Dark Half, by: Stephen King Orange is the New Black, by: Piper Kerman The Trumpet of the Swan, by: E.B. White The Books of Blood Vol 1-3, by: Clive Barker Fear, by: Bob Woodword The Haunting of Hill House, by: Shirley Jackson Hocus Pocus & the all-new sequel, by: A. W. Jantha Stargirl, by: Jerry Spinelli Elevation, by: Stephen King Love - Stargirl, by: Jerry Spinelli Fantastic Beasts – The Crimes of Grindelwald, by: J.K. Rowling If You Feel Too Much, by: Jamie Tworkowski Pillow Thoughts, by: Courtney Peppernell Pillow Thoughts II, by: Courtney Peppernell Seeds Planted in Concrete, by: Bianca Sparacino The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, by: Stephen King

Short stories I’ve Read in 2018:

Lost Souls, by: Clive Barker Report on the Barnhouse Effect, by: Kurt Vonnegut Epicac, by: Kurt Vonnegut Unready to Wear, by: Kurt Vonnegut Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by: Kurt Vonnegut Harrison Bergeron, by: Kurt Vonnegut 2BRO2B, by: Kurt Vonnegut Laurie, by: Stephen King Blue Rose, by: Peter Straub Reaper, by: Robert Bloch The Transfer, by: Edward Bryant

Top ten favorite films:

10) Christopher Robin 09) Black Panther 08) Halloween 07) Eighth Grade 06) Ready Player One 05) Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 04) Annihilation 03) Avengers:Infinity War 02) The Post 01) A Star is Born

Honorable mentions:

Deadpool 2, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Hereditary

Disappointments:

A Wrinkle in Time, A Quiet Place, Skyscraper, Bohemian Rhapsody

Worst film of the year:

The Cloverfield Paradox

On my ‘to watch’ list:

How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Mary Shelley, Adrift, The Incredibles 2, Fahrenheit 11/9, The House with a Clock in its Walls, Bad Times at the El Royale, First Man, Suspiria, Dr. Seuss' The Grinch, The Girl in the Spider's Web, Overlord, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Mary Poppins Returns, Bird Box

Favorite shows:

05) Everything Sucks

04) Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

03) Castle Rock

02) Sharp Objects

01) The Haunting of Hill House

Classic films I saw on the big screen:

Die Hard, Gone With the Wind, Schindler’s List

Concerts I’ve been to:

Sons of Apollo, Nightwish, Evanescence/Lindsey Stirling

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Must See Tv Shows On Netflix

Best TV Shows on Netflix Right Now Scattered one of the better TV shows on Netflix are more and more of the streaming platform’s own unique sequence. Watching Television on Netflix has gotten better and better as the support continues to add to its amazing catalog of network and cable collection, not to mention the proliferation of flashy Netflix originals. In truth, the organization that invested its formative years in order to to see movies has since become to the world’s major enabler of binge-watching. Our listing of the finest TV shows on Netflix is here to assist you find the next Television series to devour, and we’ve appeared through the enormous catalog (USA only, sorry) to find these recommendations.

Master of None

Creators: Aziz Ansari Stars: Aziz Ansari Eric Wareheim Kelvin Yu Bobby Cannavale Premiered: 2015 The extended-awaited second time of Aziz Ansari’s masterful Master of N-One begins by having an homage to Bi Cycle Burglars and ends having a nod to The Graduate. In between are beautifully nuanced episodes as Ansari’s Dev Shah tries to navigate his love life and his job. Even when the display goes the conventional sitcom route—the will-they-or-won’t-they romance of Dev as well as the engaged Francesca (Alessandra Mastronardi)—the dialogue and interactions are decidedly not conventional. They talk like real folks perhaps not ones produced in a writer’s room. “New York, I Adore You,”which stepped from the primary characters to showcase the lively diversity of the town and “Thanksgiving,”which chronicled Dev’s childhood friend Denise (Lena Waithe) being released to her family, are easily the time high lights. The display is fun to observe, emotionally satisfying and thought provoking. Unlike any such thing else on television, Learn of N One is not only one of the better shows of Netflix, but perhaps one of the most of the most important in a long, lengthy time.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Creator: Rob McElhenney Stars: Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson Network: FX The idea behind Sunny is simple yet brilliant—bring together the most narcissistic and cruel figures imaginable and let them wreak havoc on the planet. Dennis, Dee, Mac, Charlie, and Frank all run Patty’s Pub together, though that endeavor never seems to keep them occupied for lengthy. The group hatches one scheme after another, to entertain themselves. “The D.E.N.N.I.S. System,” for example, is Dennis’ foolproof method for manipulating women’s emotions so that they’ll love him. To provide you with an idea of the way that it operates, the strategic acronym starts with “Demonstrate value”and ends with “Separate entirely.”

Judging Amy

Lost

Creators: J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber, Damon Lindelof Stars: Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Naveen Andrews, Michael Emerson, Terry O’Quinn, Josh Holloway, Jorge Garcia, Yunjin Kim, Daniel Dae Kim Network: ABC When J.J. Abrams first marooned his plane-crash survivors on a remote island, no one realized the show’s name was a double entendre: It took crowd-sourced blogs to make feeling of all the hidden clues, relevant connections, time shifts and intertwined storylines, and every season has provided u-s significantly more questions than answers. But there’s some thing refreshing in regards to a Network-tv show that trusts the mental rigor of its audience in the place of dumbing every-thing down to the lowest common denominator. Sometimes it’s great to be a little misplaced.

Cheers

Creator: James Burrows, Glen Charles, Les Charles Stars: Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman, Nicholas Colasanto, John Ratzenberger, Woody Harrelson, Kelsey Grammer, George Wendt Network: NBC It was mo-Re than a bar where everyone knows your title. It was a life-style. Cheers rarely left the confines of the bar, but was able to weave slapstick comedy, romance and drama into the 11 seasons it was to the air. It started as the worst-rated series (74 out of 74) but climbed its way to the best 10 during the third-season. Two casting modifications couldn’t even slow it down. The ensemble forged all won awards in performing, in addition to the present winning four Outstanding Comedy Sequence awards. Unlike many sitcoms that touch on social issues that were seri ous, the show never felt like an afterschool special. Everything was done with superior humor.

The West Wing

Creator: Aaron Sorkin Stars: Allison Janney, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Martin Sheen, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, Dulé Hill, NiCole Robinson, Melissa Fitzgerald, Rob Low E Stockard Channing Kris Murphy, Timothy Davis -Reed Network: NBC Television’s quintessential political drama started in the Clinton era, soldiered on through Bush and 9/11, and ended in the earliest times of the Age of Obama. Weirdly, the show’s political climate was more secure than actuality itself. And maybe that was its attractiveness. The West Wing showed us government maybe not as it was, but as it could be—a White House operate by quippy, tireless, big-hearted public servants who believed in governing with decency. President Josiah Bartlet would give any of his real life counterparts an operate for their money.

Mad Men

Creator: Matthew Weiner Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Bryan Batt, Michael Gladis Rich Sommer John Slattery Network: AMC Look, you don’t need us to tell you that Mad Males is is among the the one of the biggest TV dramas of all time; you've the complete Internet for that, and frankly, that’s time you may be spending watching more Mad Guys. But with his tale of 1960s (and eventually, early ‘70s) ad men and women and the American Dream, Matthew Weiner has done something really extraordinary: proven that there’s drama in everyday activity. Unlike almost every other TV drama, this one doesn’t offer with cops, doctors or lawyers; there aren't any mafia dons or drug lords going down in a hail of bullets. It’s just a bunch of folks functioning together in an office, attempting to push forward and navigate perhaps one of the most of the most compelling decades in American background. Sure, it’s glamorous and brilliantly written, as well as the fact that Elisabeth Moss never won an Emmy for this is legal, but ultimately, it’s oddly relatable, and that’s what fantastic Television is supposed to do—show us ourselves.

Stranger Things

Creators: The Duffer Brothers Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono Network: Netflix The only query viewers tend to inquire about concerning the standard of Netflix’s Stranger Issues isn’t “Is this a fantastically entertaining show?”but “Does it matter the show is s O homage-large?”Our take: No. Since springing into the cultural consciousness instantly with its to produce month ago, Stranger Points has been hailed as a revival of old-school sci-fi, horror and ‘80s nostalgia that's far mo Re successful and immediately gripping than most other examples of its ilk. The influences are far too deeply ingrained to independently checklist, although imagery evoking Amblin-era Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper films drips from not quite every body. Using a stellar forged of child actors and lots of different characters whose hidden strategies we desperately want to see explored, Stranger Issues hits every notice essential to motivate a weekend- Netflix binge. As queries now swirl about the course of Time Two, following the first season’s explosive summary, we’re all hoping that the sam-e team of characters will be able to re-conjure the chilling, heart-pumping magic of a perfectly constructed eight-episode sequence. Please, TV gods: Don’t permit Stranger Points go all Correct Detective on-US.

Orange is the New Black

Creator: Jenji Kohan Stars: Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Michael J. Jason Biggs, Harney, Michelle Hurst, Kate Mulgrew Network: Netflix Orange is the New Black is perfectly suited for the Netflix shipping method, if only since it could have been agonizing to wait a week for a new episode. But there’s more; the construct felt cinematic and compared to your average display, and I couldn’t help but feel that the all-at once re-lease plane freed the creators to make some thing less episodic and more free-flowing. Taylor Schilling stars as Piper Chapman, a lady living a content modern life when her past rears up abruptly to tackle her from behind; ten years earlier, she was briefly a drug mule for her lover Alex Vause (the superb Laura Prepon), and when Vause needed to plea her sentence down, she threw in the towel Piper. The tale is centered on the real life activities of Piper Kerman, whose book of the same title was the inspiration, but but you the screen model is miles better. Schilling is the motor that drives the plot, and her odd mixture of natural serenity combined together with the growing rage and desperation in the late change her life has has brought strikes the perfect tone for life inside the women’s prison. Within the first few episodes, prison is handled like a nearly-quirky novelty she’ll need to experience for 15 months, as well as the wisest option director Jenji Kohan made (and there are many) was to heighten the stakes so that what begins as an off kilter journey soon assumes the severe proportions prison lifestyle demands. And as great as Prepon and Schilling are together, the cast is so universally outstanding that it beggars belief. You can find too several characters who make gold making use of their constrained screen time to mention individually, but suffice it to say that there’s enough comedy, pathos and tragedy here for several shows. The reality that they fit s O efficiently in to one makes OITNB a triumph that is defining .

The Civil War

Creators: Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward Stars:: Sam Waterston, Julie Harris, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman, Garrison Keilor Studs Terkel Network: PBS First aired in the fall of 1990, Ken Burns’ pioneering docu-series attracted a now-unthinkable 40 million viewers on the span of five nights, and re-established the Civil War as the central hinge of American history. This alone is no mean feat; include the series’ profound aesthetic impact, in the pans and zooms that enliven its archival pictures (now called “the Ken Burns effect”) to the use of well-known actors to give voice to the era’s letters and diaries, and The Civil War emerges among the the most essential works of non-fiction ever to air on American television. One might dangereux its interpretation of activities, in certain Burns’ choice to paper over the sabotage of Radical Reconstruction and only the more optimistic narrative of re-unification, but the elegiac note on which it concludes never fails to bring tears to my eyes. “History isn't ‘was,’ it’s ‘is,’”the historian Barbara J. Fields remarks, as a piano taps out its lonesome rendition of “My Region, ‘Tis of Thee.”“The Civil War is, in the present as well as in the past.”

[bayareabackstage]

Like Christmas in July we Celebrate Summer In December!!

Cali Style and Rocking Slightly Stoopid Vibes.

Beaches, Bikini Go Go Dancers and throw in Santa wearing vintage OP Shorts.

Shot In Santa Cruz.

Tour Bus Memories ?

Super Fun awesome bunch.

Like Smoking with Willie.

Just as Epic.

everything you'd expect even more

They're rock stars.

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Bay Area Backstage is on Creatv San Jose

the 501c3 non profit TV station and education Lab.

Basically an underground broadcast always playing what we want.

Not what's cool or on pop radio.

This is part of Bay Area Backstage's annual programming!.

We always air a Holiday Special and this year we have Rush, Exodus, Kiss, Metallica,Trapped Under Ice, Krokus , Black Sabbath and always will end it with King Diamond.-No presents for Christmas

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Bay Area Backstage vs California Extreme expo.

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Chad Hardin is one of my favorite Harley Quinn Artists.

We caught up with him and asked questions .

Questions like his introduction to the craft.

First Comic he bought.

Advice for the aspiring students of Comic Art.

Channeling My 15 year old self !!-

I blurted the question -the ultimate question for Comic Nerds !!

will there be an uncensored Harley Comic Available ?

Hammer Crushing Goons Heads peppered with the hint of Skin like Heavy Metal Magazine ?

You'll have to watch for answers.

Chad Hardin freelance artist, co-creator of Temerity and Owner of Hardin Comics! Probably best known for his work on DC Comics: Harley Quinn, Wonder Woman, and Zatanna. Dark Horse Comics: Dragon Age. Boom Studios: The Traveler, and Warhammer. Marvel Comics: Spider-Man (Web-of and Family).

[bayareabackstage]

My Favorite Poster in my Collection?

Probably Ace and His Smoking Guitar from 1977 !!

It’s in a frame.

I have 3 from that era.

Ace ,Gene and Paul.

I never bought the Peter Criss one.

He’s sitting down crooning Beth.

So. Nope.

Ace is awesome.

Ace Frehley

Live in Monterey Ca.

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Bay Area Backstage.

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Jeff Beck

Johnny Depp

On a tour Supporting their current musical collaboration.

It's unique.

Not Like Corey Feldman unique but has a similar charm.

Meaning- Actors Name alone gets people in the seats.

Yes. Johnny had a bunch of middle age women in the house screaming .

It was an older crowd

I noticed all types of Grey hair colors were represented.

Jeff Beck?

Freeway Jam and Starcycle?

I could have left happy after hearing them live but I stuck around.

The Fictional Lead Guitar Character in spinal tap was created using Jeff Beck as the inspiration

His amps do go to 11.

Jeff was portrayed in press from the old days as temperamental too.

Tonight's Show?

No issues.

Smiles

Guitar heroics and Cool Vibes.

Opening the festivities?

Straight from New Mexico / Max Gomez.

Singer Songwriter throwback and he would have been touring with Trini Lopez for the folkie crowds if he was born in that Folk music heyday.

His music was good but at times hit like a folk act at Woodstock

Like The Time slot between Sha Na Na and Jimi Hendrix

Don't get me wrong.

he had charisma and skills.

Riffed on Being from New Mexico

even wrote a song about it.

led a sing along too.

Had the Civic singing on cue and that was unique.

Has potential.

Jeff Beck was the reason I was there.

He's a certified Guitar Genius.

His set included Starcycle and Freeway Jam

Price of admission basically hearing those jams.

Rumble

The Rock Anthem was the first song introducing Mr. Depp to his adoring fans.

It's an instrumental.

Next up were cuts from their latest project.

it sounds gothic very outsider and maybe throw in a spaghetti western .

His guitar work was non existent and why would it be any other way.

He was going up against a living Guitar titan.

what can you do ?

Sing ,strut around maybe play a few chords .

It was fun. The music was interesting.

Check out my Pics.

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R. I. P. Jeff Beck.