#peter and carl dancing

[helenoftroy23]

Thank you for posting this. I had lost it and was very sad. But now I’m happy again. Rb for safekeeping 💕

They are RIDICULOUS 😭❤️

[mymelodic-chapel]

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[eppysboys]

Interview with Nancy Lee Andrews, March 2008 for 'Daytrippin'.

Daytrippin’: Let’s start from the beginning. When did you first meet Ringo Starr?

Nancy Lee Andrews: I met Ringo on a Monday afternoon in May 27, 1974.  John had rented actor Peter Lawford’s infamous Santa Monica beach home where he and May Pang hosted many get-togethers. Girlfriends and wives were cooking in the kitchen and kids were swimming in the pool.  It was a family get-together, rock ‘n’ roll style.  A seat was offered to me at the poker table and I found myself next to Ringo.  He was so charming, playful, witty and cute as hell. He might have had sad eyes, but they were twinkling at me that day.

Two months later, I got a call from May, who announced she and John were back in town.  They shuttled back and forth between New York and Los Angeles so I kept their funky ’68 Barracuda in my garage.  She asked me to bring the car to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and we would hang out and have some dinner.  I knocked on the door to the suite expecting to see John or May, but Ringo answered instead.  It took me by surprise and I said, “Oh, hello.”  Ringo smiled and said, “I remember you… you’re my poker partner!”

After we exchanged flirtatious pleasantries, we headed down to Sunset Sound Studios where Ringo was working on Goodnight Vienna. John, May and I spent hours encouraging Ringo as he laid down vocals.  When he finished we ventured to The Fiddler, a favorite Sunset Strip hangout that stayed open late and served delicious fried fish and chips.  It had an old Wurlitzer jukebox. The two boys drank, dropped quarters in the jukebox, singing and discussing women, wives and life while May and I chatted, watching them.

Ringo turned more melancholy as we approached two in the morning, holding my hand, touching my face, and looking at me with those big blue watery eyes.  He weaved his way to the jukebox and punched in Charlie Rich’s “The Most Beautiful Girl In The World” over and over again.  At one point he was on his knees, resting his head against the speaker, which was at the bottom of the Wurlitzer.

“That poor guy,” I said to John and May.  “He’s still in love with his wife. Look at him, his heart is broken.” John said softly, “Nancy, he’s a good lad… give him a chance… you two will be good together.”  At that moment I didn’t realize just how prophetic John’s statement would be.

Daytrippin’:  So you knew John Lennon before you actually met Ringo?

Nancy Lee Andrews:  Yes.  I met John through my old boyfriend and legendary bass player, Carl Radle.  Carl played bass for Leon Russell and Eric Clapton and did many sessions in LA.  So I met John at a recording studio.  I can’t recall exactly what session it was but May and I instantly became friends that night and John gave me the thumbs up.

Daytrippin’:  So what was John like as a person?

Nancy Lee Andrews:  He was high energy.  He loved a good conversation. He liked facts about a subject.  And he was simple when it came to his needs, music, food and friends.  He was a night owl and liked to go to the movies after midnight.  One night we went downtown to a funky theater with Bob Dylan to see a Bruce Lee marathon.  Those were the days when a Beatle could make a run in the middle of the night to Pinks for a pig out on hot dogs.  He would get so excited in the recording studio and start sort of dancing when he was hearing what he wanted.  He just loved to get groups of us at the microphone for backup vocals. We had a lot of fun.

Daytrippin’:  And you met George Harrison before all of them. (Her boyfriend at the time, Carl Radle, played bass on All Things Must Pass and The Concert for Bangla Desh.)  What was George like?

Nancy Lee Andrews:  George was quiet but had this intensity when he talked to you.  Again, this guy loved music and it was all about the music.  His wife at the time, Pattie Boyd, was great to hang out with.  She’s a creative woman and a wonderful person.  A few years later Ringo and I went to visit him and Olivia at Friar Park in 1979.  They were so happy.  Olivia cooked a delicious dinner, he played the guitar and we wandered around that huge mansion while he told us its history.  He opened a door, I think it was in the kitchen and handed us candles and told us to follow him.  I thought, Oh, we’re going to the spooky cellar but the stairs kept going down and down and finally we landed on a flat surface.  I looked, and couldn’t believe what I saw… it was a cave complete with stylolites. Walkways through a cavern.  There was even a stream running through it!  I had my camera with me and we had a hilarious time shooting with and without the flash.  I have so many incredible pictures of us in that cave.

After that we settled in his study/music room and he handed me a bowl of rubies… big ones, small ones that were all cabachons.  It was days before my birthday and he said to pick what ever I want and have something made.  While he and Ringo talked and played the guitar I settled in front of the fireplace and designed a necklace with lots of hanging rubies.  One of those nights I’ll never forget.

Daytrippin’:  So after John set you up with Ringo, how did your relationship develop?

Nancy Lee Andrews:  After our first date we were hooked on each other.  We just continued until one day we were looking for a house together and we were a couple.  Our world was fast and on the move all over the world.  We had a place in Monte Carlo, England, Amsterdam and LA.  Between the recording studios, movie premieres, promotion tours, traveling nine months a year and juggling the children, friends and family we were gypsies — elegant gypsies.  Sometimes we would unplug the phones and hide out in our own house not letting anybody know we were in town.  Just a few days of old movies, some home made popcorn and our favorite meals.  Those days were some of our best times.

Daytrippin’:  Your new photo book, A Dose of Rock ‘n’ Roll, chronicles your life with Ringo (1974-1980) as well as the decade of the 1970s.  How did you go from an Eileen Ford Model to becoming a rock photographer?

Nancy Lee Andrews:  I always had a camera in my hand and recorded what was happening in front of me.  Thinking back, there are so many times I wish I had clicked the shutter instead of feeling the moment was too personal and awkward to take a picture.  But you know there are thousands of images from our life and the people who just happened to be there and I would click.  Like the great images of George at the Grand Prix in Monte Carlo… click, click… they’re in the book.  But not all of them, so I’m going to introduce many new images in the gallery shows.  If I used half of what I have the book would be many, many volumes.  You know looking back I had the ultimate all access pass and nobody ever told me to put my camera down.

Daytrippin’:  How did the camera figure into your relationship with Ringo and how did he help boost your career?

Nancy Lee Andrews:  The camera was a huge part of our lives.  We were both posers and loved to give it up for the camera.  He loved the way I saw things and encouraged me to shoot.  One day he said he needed a new head shot for the new album and said, “You shoot it.”  We went out by the side of our house where the light reflected beautifully and we did our little session.  After that we did his next two album covers — Ringo the 4th and Bad Boy, the “Ringo” TV Special and various other publicity images.  He is a natural in front of the camera.  There are images I took of him while in Morocco that are breathtaking.  He actually looked like he could be a Bedouin lord… a flowing Black cape with a long hood… he merged with the culture and they accepted him as one of their own as we strolled through the Medina.  We were living in our own personal movie in a foreign world and I was shooting it.  What a trip!

Daytrippin’: You also helped Ringo write a song, the lovely “Las Brisas” on Ringo’s Rotogravure. How did that come about?

Nancy Lee Andrews:  We were in Acapulco, I think it was the first year of our relationship, and it was so romantic at the Las Brisas Hotel. Everything was pink — pink jeeps, pink flowers floating in the pool, etc.  I was fascinated with the language and was asking someone to translate words for me and writing them down on a napkin in a poem form.  A band was playing and Ringo picked up the napkin and stared singing the words.  We worked on it over the next few days and it became our little song.

Daytrippin’:  You also took the cover and back shot of Ringo’s next album, Ringo the 4th.  What inspired you?

Nancy Lee Andrews:  Fantasy, fairy tales, sword and sorcery, not sure but evolved from a nice bottle of champagne and maybe a book we had been reading.  I think I put that sword in his hands to represent him slaying his demons.  There was this big empty closet in our suite at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan.  I mean, it would have been a bedroom in some apartments. Any way it was the perfect light box when the flash went off.  We had the best time shooting in that closet with my girlfriend, Rita, on his shoulders.

Daytrippin’:  There’s a famous shot of you, Ringo and Paul and Linda McCartney on 5th Avenue in New York.  What was Paul like and how did that photo come about?

Nancy Lee Andrews:  We were strolling down 5th Avenue back to the Plaza Hotel and we hear someone calling Ringo’s name.  I turned and saw Paul and Linda across the street.  I mean what is the chance of that?  Paul had a photographer following him so when he caught up with us the photographer snapped away.  Paul and Linda came back to the hotel with us and we ordered some tea up to the suite.  I found Paul very charming and down to earth.  He and Linda were a real couple; you know, they were a unit.  Linda had a wonderful sense of humor.  We never hung out with them.  They were always on the farm and Paul had his own music.  He did write a song for Ringo’s Rotogravure, Pure Gold. Paul said it was about me for Ringo, so he recorded it.

Daytrippin’:  Ringo once again called upon you to take publicity photos for the “Ringo TV Special” in 1978.  What do you recall about that shoot and how did Ringo approach the project?

Nancy Lee Andrews:  He took the role seriously because it was the first vehicle that revolved around him.  American TV was a very important vehicle to promote his music.  We had just acquired a house in the Hollywood Hills and it was empty, so we decided to use the living room as our studio.  It was great fun working with an art director and director.  Ringo was surrounded by some great performers who just loved him.

Daytrippin’: You met a lot of famous people through Ringo.  Who was the most memorable?

Nancy Lee Andrews:  The Duke!  We were having dinner one night at the El Padrino Room at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and I was beside myself because John Wayne was sitting a table away.  He was in my line of sight, but not Ringo’s.  I was fidgeting and terribly distracted.  Ringo finally asked me what was wrong with me and I gushed, “I can’t believe this but John Wayne is sitting right over there.”  Ringo’s eyes lit up and we sat there like two starstruck kids.  When John Wayne was leaving he walked right by our table and Ringo stopped him to say hello.  He was so nice and very tall.  Ringo asked him if he would give me a kiss and he said sure.  He put out his hand and pulled me up from the table and laid a Maureen O’Hara big one right on my lips.  I was a puddle with a stupid grin on my face as Ringo laughed and the other diners smiled at me.  Now that was a man and a legend!

Daytrippin’:  You’ve got some great photos of Ringo and Keith Moon at Trancas Beach in Malibu.  What was your relationship with “Moonie” and was he as crazy as he has been portrayed in the past?

Nancy Lee Andrews:  Keith had two sides.  Some of those pictures in Malibu capture the soft cuddly side of him.  The other side was the Mad Hatter who could make any tea party interesting.

Daytrippin’:  You also developed close friendships with other Beatle cohorts such as Harry Nillson, Dr. John and Donovan.  Give me a brief thumbnail of each person.

Nancy Lee Andrews:   I loved Harry Nilsson like a brother.  One of the most brilliant and fascinating men I have ever met.  Dr. John was all about the music, too.  He loved his kids, a southern gentleman.  Donovan is very impish and fun.  He loves to entertain and gets everyone involved when he knows he has your attention.  A great subject to shoot.

Daytrippin’:  The book portrays a very fast-paced, jet-set lifestyle that you shared with Ringo, including trips to England, Japan, Monte Carlo, Morocco, Mexico and the Yucatan. Didn’t you nearly die in a plane crash in the jungle in the Yucatan?

Nancy Lee Andrews:  Here’s what happened:  we were having a nice time in the Yucatan for about a week until Ringo suddenly became restless.  He woke up one morning and said, “Get me off this island.  I don’t care how you do it, but get me outta here.”  In a matter of hours I managed to book a twin-engine plane to Merida that seated six people.  Our party of four, the two pilots and our embarrassing amount of luggage put us well over the plane’s weight capacity.  Despite that and a looming tropical storm, no one could talk Ringo into staying another day.  The pounding storm forced us to fly so low that the bottom of the plane was brushing against the tops of the trees.  I was trying to calm my friend Susan S. Fair down, who was sure that our plane was going to go crash in the jungle and our remains would never be found.  Hilary Gerard, Ringo’s manager, was holding Tibetan prayer beads up against his third eye, furiously chanting and wishing for a cigarette.  While everyone was frantic and on the verge of breaking down, Ringo was as calm as could be.  He said very matter-of-factly, “Don’t worry, it’s not my time to go, so we’ll all be fine.”

Daytrippin’:  You went out with Ringo during the height of the disco era.  I have it on good account that he took ballroom dancing as a kid and is pretty light on his feet?

Nancy Lee Andrews:  Oh my god, he was a fabulous dancer.  We loved to go to the discos in Monte Carlo and Regine’s was our favorite.  The DJ knew that we loved “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye and would play it at least twice while we were there.  Ringo would jump up and pull me to the dance floor.  He had moves that were so simple but looked so good.  Also we loved to go to Tramps in London… they had the best bangers and mash (sausage and mashed potatoes).  We would gobble it down around 2 a.m. before we went home.  If other women wanted to dance with Ringo they didn’t ask — they  knew I would scratch their eyes out.  As far as ballroom dancing I honestly did not know that about him.  Hmmm, maybe that’s where he got such good timing.

Daytrippin’:  Your relationship with Ringo came to an abrupt end when he met Barbara Bach on the set of Caveman in 1980. You were actually engaged to Ringo at the time.  How did you find closure?

Nancy Lee Andrews:    It took time.  I thought he would come home to me but he fell hard for Barbara Bach.  I put my focus on photography.  I had a business called Headshots for Women and advertised in Variety.  My beauty lighting had the girls lined up.  This was before photoshop.  I had an air brusher and he would wipe the lines away and the women loved it!  Love my computer.  I had a couple of committed relationships over the next ten years and finally gave up.  That’s when I met my husband and we are now coming up to our 15th anniversary… not to mention the few years of courting.

Daytrippin’:  Tell us about your life today and what are your future plans?

Nancy Lee Andrews:  Well, life is very exciting these days.  The book is coming out and will show my photography, even though it’s a flashback to the ’70s.  My friend, May Pang, is also coming out with a book of never before seen photos of John.  We’re going to be doing gallery exhibits and book singings together this spring in Scottsdale, Arizona; Palm Springs, California and NYC.  I have a wonderful exhibit at the Tennessee State Museum this summer, a combination of A Dose of Rock ‘n’ Roll and a dash of country.  I also head up IconicPhotos.com, a Web gallery showcasing some fine photographers work at prices that won’t dent your wallet.  I’m currently negotiating gallery exhibits in London, Paris, Amsterdam and San Francisco.  Whew, this is only a few months into the year and everything seems to have just taken off.

[balanc3d-p3nguin]

headcanon accepted

i liked my last doodles with my human! peter the panda so now i imagine him and perry being in a dysfunctional friendship after meapless in seattle

[inators]

From that one prompt that said 'Heinz Doofenshmirtz has died'

The main console nearly bowed to the power of Perry's fists as he slammed them down, chair behind him clattering to the ground from the force at which he stood. He glared up at the screen, murder in his eyes and a ferocious curl to his lip. That was not funny.

Major Monogram and Carl glanced at each other, then back down at Perry with some amount of trepidation. Everyone knew of Perry's less-than-professional connection to Heinz Doofenshmirtz; they just didn't know how deep that connection ever went. "We understand that this might come as a bit of a... shock. We just got the news ourselves."

Perry's fists clenched even harder, if such were possible; his nails dug into his palms as he ground his teeth. Heinz, dead? Impossible. He had just thwarted him yesterday. The resultant explosion from his self-destruct button shouldn't have been near enough to cause serious harm. Not to the most resilient man he knew. Could it be? Did someone finally manage to thwart his nemesis? But that was his job. Who else... What else...?

( If this was Peter's work, he thought savagely, then OWCA would have a rogue agent on its hands in no time flat. )

「Show him to me,」demanded the agent without preamble, his signage snapped out restlessly. He held up a finger when Carl opened his mouth to object.「Now.」

Carl pressed a button. A pneumatic tube appeared next to Perry, which he tried not to hurry into. His mind was still reeling from the news... If it was news. Some elaborate plan, perhaps — or a duplicate, a clone, a doppelgänger of some sort. He'd cloned Perry before. Why not himself? He felt sick. His stomach was tying itself in knots. It was as if his body knew, even if he refused to believe it himself. Don't be dead, Heinz, he prayed, his heart beginning to ache as its beat thundered in his ears. Don't. Don't. Don't.

The morgue was clean in a way that was disturbing even to Perry. Every inch of it gleamed with a sickening promise. I will take him, it whispered as Perry exited the tube. I will take him and tear him apart.

He was so small.

Perry swallowed hard and approached the gurney, his body beginning to shake. Monogram and Carl stood nearby the tube, but he didn't care about his audience just now. Heinz — wonderful, ridiculous, extraordinary Heinz — lay there cold and lifeless. His arms were missing; someone had put them to the side in preparation for the autopsy, he guessed, but it only served to make his nemesis look... Tiny. Frail. Helpless. His fingers danced over his narrow forehead, down his cheek and along his neck where he finally stopped to check for a pulse. He bent, listening for a cough, a breath, anything, but nothing came. His own breath caught in his throat. No. No-no-no.

Ever so slowly, ever so painfully, Perry realized that yes, he was looking at his esteemed beloved cherished nemesis. He could remember every burn, every scar, both pink and grey, old and new. They were all there. Every single mark, every single story, mapped out on the stiff body displayed before him.

Perry choked.

Was he sick, or was that a sob? There was a constriction in his throat that he didn't recognize, and a wetness in his eyes that he refused to name. He breathed hard through his mouth, tried to let the pressure out, but he couldn't. For once, Perry the Platypus couldn't control himself. His fingers clenched on the side of the gurney as he tried and failed to stem his tears, determinedly blinking them away. Heinz wouldn't want him to cry. He would never want Heinz to see him crying. He needed to be the personification of unstoppable, dynamic fury that Heinz knew. For Heinz, he needed to be Agent P.

I never got to tell you, he lamented, and let his fingers trace over Heinz's cheek again. I never got to tell you... but I will show you.

He took one last look at Heinz, not knowing what his expression looked like — not wanting to know what his expression looked like — and turned away, heading back for the tube.

"Agent P — " Monogram tried; but Perry shouldered past him and took the tube back to his lair, where he shouldered his jetpack and headed straight for Doofenshmirtz Evil, Inc. He would find out who did this if it took his last breath.

And they would pay.

[jesuisgourde]

Okay, All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade is out in the states, so time for a listen and a rambling track by track reaction. I'm listening to the whole album through and writing my thoughts, and then listening to it once more and adding any other observations.

I've already heard Run Run Run, and like I said before, it feels very classic Carl track. It's very catchy. I think I have the same complaint as everyone else, which is that it feels over-produced. No one should autotune the Libs, the whole point is that they're a bit wonky. Also I don't like that they've fucked with the equalizer and the vocals sound weirdly muffled? Also, upon this listen-through, this song reminds me a little of Frank Turner, which is a weird musical callback to like 2012. My favorite thing in any song is when the instrumentals cut out and it's just drums and vocals, so I love that as the ending of the song. This whole album has so many varied cultural references which I find very entertaining. Does Peter yell "Get your pants off" or "Get your hands off"?

Already I like the lyric to Mustangs A LOT. Feeling a Lou Reed influence there. Love Peter's high-pitched backing vocals and also the Pigman reference. I really love Libs songs where it's just a little scene set to music. And this is exactly that, in such a good way. Again, not a fan of the mixing. What is it with producers these days and mixing so shittily that the vocals get lost in the background instruments, and everything gets muddied? I had the exact same complaint with the last Manics album. Anyway, love the little jokey bits at the end. The second verse about the nun is such fantastic imagery. (Lastly, I thought it was Mustang, singular? But it's plural on Spotify?)

I Have A Friend has an AMAZING chorus I love it. Also that solo guitar bit from Carl right after, I literally could see him hopping up and down in my head. Love Peter's rolled R's. Okay, upon listening the second time round I really really really like this song. The lyrics are incredible. I think they're my favorite on the album. Social commentary but also absolutely beautiful and amazing imagery.

Merry Old England has a bit of a Hamburg Demonstrations vibe to it, which I love. The further I get into this song, the more I love it. It's such a creative and sarcastic critique of Tory policies and all that. Again, I've criticisms about the mixing. Also the pretty violins makes me miss Miki Beavis's wonky violin in Madres, which I think suits Peter/The Libs way better. Still, they add a nice touch.

Ohhh I love Man With The Melody, the clear pretty vocals. I like that each of the Libs have their own verse, that's so cool! Fuck the autotuning though. I really like this song. Melodically it sounds like a sequel to Milkman's Horse, and thematically a sequel to Fame And Fortune. It sounds like a "reply" or a look back at Anthems. Very pretty, with the lovely piano and minimalist guitar.

Hahahha Oh Shit! feels soooooo early 2000s American pop, in a fun way. It reminds me of something but I can't quite put my finger on it. Something that was on the radio a lot in like 2003 or 2004 maybe? This is clearly a Fun Song, like a slosh your drinks around while dancing all goofy type song. Peter's "And that was the news today" at the end is so silly. I think this track is my least favorite but it is fun.

I already know I love Night Of The Hunter. Firstly because anything that uses the Swan Lake motif has my heart instantly. But also because I love the lyrics, I love when Peter writes songs about noir-type vignettes. Finally, some good shared vocals that aren't drowned out by instruments. Gosh, I love the lyrics of this song, I love the dual meaning in that it is technically about an actual noir film but could easily be talking about Peter's past as well. I really like that the lyrics get priority on this one and the instrumentals are pushed back in the mix with the Swan Lake motif coming forward sometimes. It feels like it needs that minimalism.

The guitar on Baron's Claw is already great from the start. I hear Peter's taking a leaf out of Daniel Darc's book with the close-in breathy vocals, which I'm so into because since I learned about Daniel Darc from Peter and Frederic Lo I've actually fallen in love with his music too. Melody-wise it's very close to The Glassblower from the Fantasy Life album, which is my favorite song off that album, so I'm not surprised I like this song too. I like the story in the song and I like the jazzy brass and piano and Peter's vocals. It feels like it's being sung in a smoky jazz bar. This one is so good.

Shiver is sooo catchy. I find myself humming it sometimes at work even though I haven't yet absorbed all the lyrics in my memory. This is also the real "Libertines mythology" song, so of course it's good. The fact that the lyrical subject matter is made up only of criticizing the monarchy and talking about specific Libertines lore is just so them. It's so short, though! I wish it were longer!

The guitar on Be Young is so chaotic lol. It reminds me of Horrorshow a bit. Okay, actually this whole song is chaotic. Melodically, lyrically, it sounds like they were crashing around in the studio while recording, which is very fun. The random calypso bridge bit is so....random! I like it, just a surprise in terms of musical style change. Suddenly they're the Clash! A fun way to pay homage to influences, I think. Also Carl yelling "Woo!" and then collapsing into a cough at the end is really really funny.

I can definitely hear the early-ness of Songs They Never Play On The Radio. You can tell the scaffolding is there from that early set of Libertines-to-Shambles transition songs like East Of Eden/Love Reign Over Me/Merry Go Round etc. I really really like the guitar on this one. And the vocals are so nice. Again I don't like the mix, where Peter's voice is a bit overtaken by the muddiness of the backup singers and instrumentals. But I do like this song a lot. The lyrics are pure Libertines mythology. Ahahah the dogs howling! The bit of acoustic and messing about and chat, I really like that. I think it's a really lovely ending to the album, just a glimpse of them obviously being friends and having fun. It's like a beautiful reply to the question "What became of the likely lads?"

As I've only listened through the album in full twice at this point, I'm sure my thoughts will change over time. But at the moment I think my favorite is torn between Night Of The Hunter and Baron's Claw. I Have A Friend and Songs They Never Play also are just so lyrically good. Least favorite is definitely Oh Shit. I'm excited to see which songs grow on me and in what ways.

[rohirric-hunter]

Here's the promised playlist. It's not really exhaustive, and will definitely be updated in the future, if YouTube lets me update it without crashing my browser. Songs are in alphabetical order, so as to keep them out of the order that would have been major spoilers for Blood of the Covenant. Also one song has been redacted for spoilers. (I know I mentioned that I was thinking of redacting two, but the one I took out like. Literally spelled out a major plot point. The other one probably won't make anyone leap to any particular conclusions out of context.)

Also I feel like I should note, if there seems to be a bit of mood whiplash at times, that this playlist also includes songs related to the Let There Be Fire 'Verse, since that's a sub-AU of the Wind Will Set Me Racing 'Verse.

If you want to play a little ask game, feel free to send me a song and I'll say something about it and why it's on the playlist -- just be warned that the answer might be, "BotC spoilers," "it was on my writing playlist and the association became too strong," or "I have no idea but past me was onto something."

Song list under the cut:

Note: This list does not always link to the video used in the playlist. Because that was a playlist, I prioritized videos that were just the song without added sound effects or commentary, and so often passed on videos that are actually on the artist's channel. This list always links to the version on the artist's channel or the YouTube-generated channel for that artist's music (when applicable -- if it's a fan remix or obscure or the artist doesn't have a presence on YouTube it just links to whatever video I have on hand), even if that version has commentary or whatever.

Also Ray Pherz has a habit of deleting videos on his own channel (or constantly getting copyright claimed for his own work) and reuploading it, so links to his stuff will probably break at some point. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Nothing I can do about it.

Ale House Hornpipes by Alexander James Adams/Heather Alexander.

All About Us by He Is We feat. Owl City

Alternia by Seth "Beatfox" Peelle

... And the Sky Turned Black by Eldrvak

Apocalypse State of Mind (Acoustic Version) by Aviators

The Banishment of Éomer by Howard Shore

Believer by One Voice Children's Choir

Blackberry Wine by Adele McAllister

Blacksmith, Blacksmith by Chase Noseworthy

Blossom in the Rain by Blobb

Bonfire (A Rest) by Aviators

Born Alone Die Alone by Madalen Duke

Born to be a Killer by Chase Noseworthy

Brother by Madds Buckley

Burn by Aviators

Catalyst by Aviators

Come Wayward Souls by Samuel Ramey

Country Roads - Orchestral Remix by Carl Abelgas (Kāru)

Dance of Forgotten Souls by Ray Pherz

Dance of Life by Sergey Ivanov

Darkest Hour by Christopher Hanson

Dear Fellow Traveller by Sea Wolf

Diggy Diggy Hole Ultimate Combo by StingAttack

Do you Remem8er Me by Malcolm Brown

Dragon's Lair by Giorg¡a

End of the World by Beth Crowley

Even if you Fall by Ray Pherz

Even if you Lose by Ray Pherz

Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Lorde

Far Ahead the Road Has Gone by Stephen DiGregorio

Far from Home (The Raven) by Sam Tinnesz

Fear Not This Night by Clamavi De Profundis

Fireflies by ShowMeYourBenitals

The Fixer by Brent Morgan

For the Dancing and the Dreaming by The Hound + The Fox

For the Dancing and the Dreaming by Peter Hollens feat. Evynne Hollens

Golden Sky by Rachel Rose Mitchell

Gray Valleys by Kristina Budzhiashvili

The Grey by Icon for Hire

Grow As We Go by 27 On The Road

Happily Ever After (Acoustic) by He Is We

Hard to Kill by Beth Crowley

Heartbeat/Hope by Rachel Rose Mitchell

Heaven Knows by Aviators

Heaven Knows by Ray Pherz

Here's a Health to the Company by The Longest Johns

Heroes & Thieves by Vanessa Carlton

Home by Vanessa Carlton

Homeward Bound by Peter Hollens

Honor and Might by Clamavi De Profundis

If My Heart Was a House by Owl City

In Memoriam by Ray Pherz

In My Arms by Plumb

In the Blood by Home Free

In the Rain by Jeremy Zag*

Iron Will by Clamavi De Profundis

I See the Light by Brent Morgan

Isolation & Revenant by Syr

It Can Wait by The Hound + The Fox feat Kevin "K.O." Olusola

(I will finish listing out the tracks later, but I want to publish this while it's still the weekend)

*I am not confident on this attribution, as it's kind of hard to find artist information for the soundtrack for this show. I know Jeremy Zag composed at least some of it, and the only other artist attributions I could find related specifically to the theme song, not other parts of the soundtrack. If anyone knows with any more confidence, please let me know!

[afrotumble]

Dawnn Jewel Lewis (born August 13, 1961) is a songwriter, film, television & stage actor, and a series TV creator/producer. Lewis is best known for her role as Jaleesa Vinson–Taylor on the NBC television sitcom A Different World from the series beginning in 1987 until the end of its fifth season in 1992, in addition to being on the show; Lewis co–wrote the theme song. Dawnn Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Carl and Joyce Lewis, who are of African-American and Guyanese descent. Lewis began singing at the age of four and acting at eleven. At sixteen, Lewis graduated from the High School of Music & Art in New York City, now known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. In college, she majored in musical theatre with a minor in journalism, graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree, cum laude, from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, in 1982. From August 1, 1985 to July 6, 1986, Lewis performed and understudied in the National Tour of the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid under the name "Dawnn J. Lewis".

In September 1992, Lewis began starring in ABC''s Hangin'' with Mr. Cooper alongside Mark Curry and Holly Robinson. Lewis and Holly Robinson, along with R&B quartet En Vogue, performed the theme song for season one of Hangin'' with Mr. Cooper.

Lewis provided additional voices in the video game, True Crime: New York City. She portrayed Deloris Van Cartier in Peter Schneider''s Sister Act the Musical, which opened at the Pasadena Playhouse on October 24, 2006. Lewis has voiced Storm of the X-Men in three games, most recently Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. She also voiced Granny Grim on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and voiced the female Shokan (Sheeva) in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm. Lewis has also done voice work as LaBarbara Conrad, wife of Hermes Conrad, in the animated TV series Futurama, Detective Terri Lee on Spider-Man: The Animated Series, villainess Di Archer on Bruno the Kid, and voiced a number of characters on The Boondocks. Additionally, she voiced the character Sharona on King of the Hill.

In 1988, she was in the movie ''I''m Gonna Git You Sucka'' as Cheryl Spade. In 2006, Lewis starred as Melba Early in the film adaptation of Dreamgirls.

In March 2016, Lewis was cast in Disney Junior''s animated series Doc McStuffins as the voice of Grandma McStuffins.

--Lamar (Facebook)

[missoneminute]

"Carl had come to meet me at the prison gates, and this rift, this split up of the band after the burglary and everything, all that was put aside when he met me at the prison gates, and we were going to dance hand-in-hand into the sunset, and get the band going again. And it kind of did happen, for a couple of hours". - Peter on the Freedom Gig, Radio 6, August '24.

[patinathing]

I've never been religious. If there is a St. Peter who asks what I did to stem the flood of horrors in our lives - and I answer "I made a silly video called 'Carl Segan Lab Grown Herpes [Official Visualizer]' and I dance!"

I maybe then ask why I was delegated to stem said flood? Why so many floods? Why horrors? Why me? Especially with this brain chemistry? Send a flood of silly squishy frog friends next time.

I'm working on saving the world gimme like 20 more minutes.

Cmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmon Peter. Just a quick 20. I'll post a banging resurrection video - really get the fans going. Then BAM you take me out again. WE COULD HAVE A BLAST PETER. JUST LEMME DO A LIL' RESURRECTION.

pwease?

pweaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase?

>:(

Fine. Send me to heck. I've already played solo-queue CS:GO, I can't imagine the devil is worse conversation.

[kevinmchalenews]

Further cast joining Kevin McHale in Sondheim’s The Frogs revival confirmed Further company members have been confirmed for the London revival of The Frogs, led by Kevin McHale.

The musical comedy has music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Burt Shevelove and Nathan Lane. Directed by Georgie Rankcom, the production reimagines Aristophanes’ ancient Greek satire, which was originally written in 405 BCE. The story follows Dionysos, the god of theatre, and his servant Xanthias on a journey to the underworld in search of a solution to societal strife. Along the way, they encounter frogs who resist change and challenge their mission to save civilisation.

Kevin McHale will make his UK stage debut as Xanthias, while joining him will be Dan Buckley as Dionysos, Joaquin Pedro Valdes as Herakles, Carl Patrick as Charon, Bart Lambert as Shakespeare and cover Xanthias, Martha Pothen as Shaw and cover Dionysos, Alison Driver as Ariadne and swing, Evonnee Bentley-Holder as ensemble and cover Shaw and Charon, and Milo McCarthy as ensemble/dance captain and cover Shakespeare and Herakles. Further casting for the role of Pluto will be announced shortly.

The show will play at Southwark Playhouse Borough from 23 May to 28 June 2025. It is presented by the Grey Area, (following their WhatsOnStage Award-nominated 2022 staging of Anyone Can Whistle at Southwark Playhouse) alongside Samsational Entertainment, Benson Drive Productions, Melissa and Bradford Coolidge, Thomas Hopkins Productions, Nelson and Tao and Eric Kuhn for Folk Productions.

Making up the creative team are Ben McQuigg as musical supervisor, Yshani Perinpanayagam as musical director, Matt Nicholson as choreographer, Libby Todd as set and costume designer, Samuel Biondolillo as lighting designer, Joshua Robins as sound designer, Tim Sutton as orchestrator, Peter Noden as casting director, Elliot Aitken as assistant director, Fletcher Dobinson as associate choreographer, Adam Smith as production manager, Waverley Moran as stage manager and Evie Graham-Brown as assistant stage manager. Rebecca Pitt has made the show artwork, Sam Barnes is sound number one and Luke Pisano is wardrobe supervisor.

Tickets are on sale via the venue website.

[inevitablemoment]

WILLOW OLSON - OC INFO

FULL NAME: Willow Brianna Olson

NICKNAMES: Will (by everyone), Willie Bree (by her parents)

FACECLAIM: Marilu Henner

FANDOM: Ghostbusters (1984-1989; 2021)

BIRTHDAY: February 11, 1952

ZODIAC SIGN: Aquarius

SEXUALITY: Demisexual

GENDER: Female (she/her/hers)

OCCUPATION: Waitress (1968-1970) || Summer performer in Branson (1968-1970) || Salesgirl at Macy's (1970-1974) || Actress, singer, and dancer (1968-currently)

BIRTHPLACE: St. Louis, Missouri

LIVES IN: St. Louis, Missouri (birth-age 18) || Branson, Missouri (age 16-18, summers) || New York City (age 18-currently)

NATIONALITY: American

FAMILY:

Raymond "Ray" Stantz (husband, married 1990)

Addison Stantz (daughter)

Natalie Stantz (daughter)

Grace Stantz (daughter) [adoptive]

Maxwell "Max" Olson (father, deceased 2000)

Eloise Olson [nee Finnegan] (mother, deceased 1996)

Suellen Nelson [nee Olson] (sister)

Michael Nelson (brother-in-law)

Michael Nelson, Jr. (nephew)

Beau Olson (nephew)

Abigail "Abbie" Olson [nee Prescott] (sister)

Margaret "Maggie" Olson (niece)

Elliot Olson (nephew)

Anna Klein [nee Olson] (sister)

Quinlan Klein (brother-in-law)

Anthony Klein (nephew)

Lindy Klein (niece)

Marcus Klein (nephew)

Jocelyn Klein (niece)

Gerald Stantz (father-in-law, deceased 1982)

Louisa Stantz [nee Crabtree] (mother-in-law, deceased 1982)

Carl Stantz (brother-in-law, deceased 2021)

Sandra Stantz [nee Foa] (sister-in-law)

Justin Stantz (nephew)

Zachary Stantz (nephew)

Lindsay Stantz (niece)

Jean Stantz [formerly Garland] (sister-in-law)

Evangeline Garland [nee Stantz] (niece)

Grace "Gracie" Finnegan (maternal aunt, deceased 1996)

Cathleen Spengler [nee Paige] (honorary sister-in-law)

Egon Spengler (honorary brother-in-law)

Callie Spengler (honorary niece)

Marie Spengler (honorary niece)

Trevor Spengler (honorary grandnephew)

Phoebe Spengler (honorary grandniece)

Peter Venkman (honorary brother-in-law)

Dana Barrett (honorary sister-in-law)

Oscar Venkman [born Wallance, formerly Barrett] (honorary nephew)

Eliana “Elly” Venkman (honorary grandniece)

Andrew Venkman (honorary nephew)

Kelly Venkman (honorary nephew)

Janine Melnitz (honorary sister-in-law)

Louis Tully (honorary brother-in-law)

Lily Tully (honorary niece)

MOODBOARD

CHARACTERISTICS: Ambitious, creative, friendly, kind, competitive, chatty, self-assured, mildly vain, dreamy, determined, protective, musical, desperately tries to be elegant and refined, somehow both extremely confident and not confident at all

LIKES: Performing, living in the city, wearing costumes, spending time with Ray and her daughters, babies, chocolate, Mandy Patinkin, Disney movies, Halloween, spooky stories

DISLIKES: The Spenglers (from 1993-2021), losing, Daisy Eagan (for "stealing" the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 1991), altos, camping

WEAPON OF CHOICE:

Her rep book

Her makeup collection

Her wardrobe

Her impressive mezzo/soprano mix belting voice

Her dancing skills

OTHER PERSONAL INFO:

During summers in her last two years of high school, she performed for tourists in Branson, Missouri, living with her Aunt Gracie.

She met Cathleen Spengler when they were in an off-off Broadway production of Kiss Me, Kate; Cathleen was playing Katharine/Lilli Vanessi and Willow was playing Bianca/Lois Lane. The two struck up a friendship, and shortly after Cathleen gave birth to her second daughter Marie, she introduced Willow to her friend Ray Stantz. After a whirlwind courtship, the two tied the knot on Halloween 1990.

She was nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Musical at the Tony Awards in 1991 for her role as Sister Ruth in a musical adaptation of Black Narcissus, but lost to Daisy Eagan.

She would later win Best Leading Actress in 2001 for her role as Polly Kern in Red as the Curtain, a Drowsy Chaperone-style vaudeville satire mixed with the blood and guts of Chicago.

Both of her pregnancies were rough-- her pregnancy with Addison was especially uncomfortable and the labor/delivery was fraught with complications, while during her pregnancy with Natalie, she was still dealing with the emotional fallout of the Spenglers' perceived betrayal.

INSPIRATION: Glinda Upland (Wicked), Ivy Lynn (Smash), Elliot Reid (Scrubs), Effie Newsome (Murdoch Mysteries), Cathy Hiatt (The Last Five Years), Erika (Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper), Jenny Lind (The Greatest Showman/Barnum), Wendy Darling (The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy)

NAME ANALYSIS:

Playlist available here

[p1325]

Here's the list of the mixes I used: Tori Amos - China (Matt Moss Extended Mix) Tori Amos - Winter (Carles 2022 Remix) Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl (Speedbliss Club Quarantine Dance Mix) Tori Amos - God (The Rainforest Resort Mix) Tori Amos - Talula (BT's Synethasia Mix) Tori Amos, BT - Blue Skies (Paul Van Dyk's Blauer Himmel Mix) Tori Amos - Professional Widow (Armand Van Helden Remix) Tori Amos - Hey Jupiter (Saelem Trance Mix) Tori Amos - In The Springtime Of His Voodoo (Hasbrouck Heights Mix) Tori Amos - Raspberry Swirl (Sticky Extended Vocal mix) Tori Amos - Jackie's Strength (Wedding Cake Club Mix) Tori Amos - don't make me come to vegas (Timo On Tori Breaks Remix) Tori Amos - Sweet the Sting (Sweet Bootleg Mix) Tori Amos - Bouncing Off Clouds (HYPERBOUNCE Remix) Tori Amos - 500 Miles (Bring Me Bread Remix) Tori Amos - Flavor (Peter Rauhofer Big Room Mix) Tori Amos - Trouble's Lament (Underground Home Girls' Mix) Tori Amos - Spies (Absurd Remix) Tori Amos - Tequila (Paul Woolford Club Mix)

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#toriamos #fanvidfeed #viddingisart #remix #megamix #house #edm #pop #popmusic #inidiepop

[theahole]

most of the books (excluding a big art book) I read for the first time this year that I am keeping

Sorry about the blurriness, I am mad tired..

Woe, Lucy Knisley Once Upon a Tome, Oliver Darkshire The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul Tremblay (I probably only want to read this once more, but it counts) My Love in Stitches, Emily Gossman The Play That Goes Wrong, Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields Nightflyers, George R.R. Martin (recently got a story collection with this in it, so may switch it out at some point, but am definitely keeping the story in some form) White Cat, Black Dog; Kelly Link Vampires in the Lemon Grove, Karen Shields Dance of the Reptiles, Carl Hiaasen Adulthood is a Gift, Sarah Andersen What Feasts at Night, T. Kingfisher Slasher Girls & Monster Boys (anthology) Aftermarket Afterlife, Seanan McGuire Far Sector, N.K. Jemisin & Jamal Campbell A Sorceress Comes to Call, T. Kingfisher Tidal Creatures, Seanan McGuire Mislaid in Parts Half-known,Seanan McGuire Eerie Tales from the School of Screams, Graham Annable How the Multiverse Got Its Revenge, K. Eason Somewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune The Book of Grickle, Graham Annable Mythic Journeys (anthology) Twigs and Knucklebones, Sarah Lindsay The Second Delightful Graham Annable Doodle Collection (may still be available here) The Last Girl Scout, Natalie Ironside A is for Angry, Sandra Boynton Velveteen Vs. the Early Adventures, Seanan McGuire Under My Skin, K.J. Parker Bleeding Shadows, Joe R. Lansdale Screams from the Dark (anthology) The Proper Thing, Seanan McGuire Sir Hereward & Mister Fitz, Garth Nix Paladin's Faith, T. Kingfisher Peter & Ernesto, Graham Annable Peter & Ernesto the Lost Sloths, Graham Annable Peter & Ernesto: Sloths in the Night, Graham Annable Bad Dreams in the Night, Adam Ellis Christmastime, Sandra Boynton Monsters 101, Cale Atkinson Olivia, Ian Falconer

Runners up--books I liked so much I'm giving them away:

Into the Broken Lands, Tanya Huff How to Murder Your Employer, Rupert Holmes Promise Not to Tell by Jennifer McMahon

..and probably a few I forgot.

What books did you like best this year?

[weirdasizzie]

Tiger & Bunny Mixtapes

This is something a little different and I actually made these months ago, but here is a mix of songs I thought fit the main cast of Tiger & Bunny. Either songs I headcanon that are special to them, or songs they simply love to dance to. It's a mix of songs I personally enjoy that I found fitting and some songs and/or bands the characters canonically listen to (mostly for Kotetsu). If you have any songs you feel represent these characters or playlists you've made, please feel free to link me, I'd love to listen to what other people come up with. ^^ I have some ideas for other character's themes i.e Agnes, Kaede, etc. but not full playlists (yet). Here's all songs and the links to the playlists on YouTube for anyone interested:

Kotetsu

Highway Call – Dickey Betts

Hooked on a Feeling – Blue Swede

Sunshine Special – Elvin Bishop

Get Up, Stand Up – Bob Marley and the Wailers (Kotetsu’s Theme)

We Are The People – Empire Of The Sun (Song for Barnaby)

Come and Get Your Love �� Redbone

Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses

Falling for the First Time – Barenaked Ladies

Pass The Dutchie – Musical Youth

Nothing From Nothing – Billy Preston

Not Ready To Make Nice – The Chicks

Glitter Queen – Hydra

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Song for Kaede)

Come And Go Blues – The Allman Brothers Band (Song for Tomoe)

Barnaby

The Only Exception – Paramore (Song for Kotetsu)

As the World Caves In – Matt Maltese (Barnaby’s Theme)

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John

All My Favorite Songs – Weezer ft. AJR

The Great Gig In The Sky – Pink Floyd

Way Less Sad – AJR

All My Friends – Counting Crows

Fertile Rondo – Julie Nathanson

Little Dark Age – MGMT

Blossom and Blood – Midnight Oil

To Cut A Long Story Short – Spandau Ballet

Expert In A Dying Field – The Beths

Wicked Little Town – Stephen Trask

Clarity – Vance Joy

Karina

Groovejet – Spiller ft. Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Aphrodite – Kylie Minogue (Karina’s Theme)

POP/STARS – K/DA

Lovefool – The Cardigans

Thunder – Imagine Dragons

Paper Bag – Fiona Apple

I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston

Girls Just Want To Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper (Song for Ryan)

Dear Winter – AJR

Woman in Love – Barbra Streisand

What You Waiting For? – Gwen Stefani

Wise Up - Aimee Mann

What’s Love Got To Do With It – Tina Turner

Everybody – Backstreet Boys

Ryan

Under The Bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers

Gold Guns Girls – Metric (Ryan’s Theme)

Malibu – Hole

It’s Only Me (The Wizard of Magicland) – Barenaked Ladies

Look What You Made Me Do – Taylor Swift

Only Happy When It Rains – Garbage

The Good Life – Weezer

Do I Wanna Know? – Arctic Monkeys

Wish You Were Here – Avril Lavigne

Get Over You – Sophie Ellis-Bextor (Song for Karina)

You’re The One That I Want – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John

Hung Up – Madonna

Paradise City – Guns N’ Roses

Get Outta My Way – Kylie Minogue

Nathan

I’m Still Standing – Elton John

Levitating – Dua Lipa (Nathan’s Theme)

You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) – Sylvester

Better Than Today – Kylie Minogue

You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) – Dead Or Alive

Eros and Apollo – Studio Killers

Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel

I’m Your Man – Wham!

I’m So Excited – The Pointer Sisters (Song for Keith)

DARE – Gorillaz

Americano – Lady Gaga

You Need To Calm Down – Taylor Swift

September – Earth, Wind & Fire

One More Time – Daft Punk

Keith

Uptown Girl – Billy Joel

Starman – David Bowie

Happy – Pharrell Williams

Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra (Keith’s Theme)

Paradise – Coldplay

Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive – Men At Work

I’m Not in Love – 10CC

O-o-h Child – The Five Stairsteps

Don’t Get Me Wrong – Pretenders (Song for Nathan)

Dreams – Fleetwood Mac

Safe And Sound – Capital Cities

Love Me Again – John Newman

19-2000 – Gorillaz

This One – Paul McMartney

Pao-Lin

Say Hey (I Love You) – Michael Franti & Spearhead

Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas (Pao-Lin’s Theme)

Rebel Heart – The Shelters (Song for Lara)

MAGICIAN – Lexie Liu

Teenage Dirtbag – Wheatus

Cherry Bomb – The Runaways

Walk This Way – Run-DMC

Skinny Ape – Gorillaz

Can’t Beat The Feeling – Kylie Minogue

ballad of a homeschooled girl – Olivia Rodrigo

Intergalactic – Beastie Boys

Funhouse – P!nk

Thunderstruck – AC/DC

On My Own – Miley Cyrus

Lara

Underneath My Raincoat – Studio Killers (Song for Pao-Lin)

Kiss Me – Sixpence None The Richer

Dog Days Are Over – Florence + The Machine (Lara’s Theme)

Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles

dance dance – Lexie Liu

Black Sheep - Metric

Stampede – Alexander Jean ft. Lindsey Stirling

I Can’t Wait (Instrumental Version) – Bond

Miss You – Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz

Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa (Song for Zamira)

Grown – Little Mix

Love Story – Taylor Swift

Buttercup – Jack Stauber

Somebody Told Me – The Killers

Antonio

Jump Around – House of Pain

Everlong – Foo Fighters (Song for Ivan)

Tangerine Sky – Kottonmouth Kings

Can’t Stop – Red Hot Chili Peppers

Little L – Jamiroquai

My Brave Face – Paul McCartney

Cigarettes & Alcohol – Oasis

Slide – Goo Goo Dolls (Antonio’s Theme)

Some Girls – Racey

Clint Eastwood – Gorillaz

Escape (The Piña Colada Song) – Rupert Holmes

Happily Married Man – Duane Allman

You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC

Sweet Talkin’ Woman – Electric Light Orchestra

Ivan

Ride – twenty one pilots (Song for Edward)

Don’t Dream It’s Over – Crowded House

NIGHT DANCER – imase

Onion Skin – Boom Crash Opera

One Week – Barenaked Ladies (Song for Antonio)

Walking On A Dream – Empire Of The Sun

Alive And Kicking – Simple Minds

YASASHISA – Fujii Kaze

Steven’s Last Night in Town – Ben Folds Five

A Little Less Conversation (Official JXL Remix) – Junkie XL & Elvis Presley

Big Time – Peter Gabriel

The World Has Turned And Left Me Here - Weezer

Do You Really Wanna Know? – Sea Girls (Ivan’s Theme)

GOD SAVE THE MUSIC – Wienners

Subaru

Tribute – Tenacious D

In The Meantime – Spacehog (Subaru’s Theme)

Crickets – Drop City Yacht Club ft. Jeremih

My Hero – Foo Fighters

Stop Drop Roll – Can’t Stop Won’t Stop

Humility – Gorillaz

Sunflower – Post Malone & Swae Lee

Dancing With Myself – Billy Idol

Unstoppable – The Score

Don’t Bring Me Down – Electric Light Orchestra

Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) – The Offspring

Battle Of Who Could Care Less – Ben Folds Five (Song for Thomas)

Feel It Still – Portugal. The Man

Dancing In The Storm – Boom Crash Opera

Thomas

Bones – Imagine Dragons

New Ceremony – Dry the River

Can You Afford to Be An Individual? – Nothing But Thieves

Before I Forget – Slipknot

Kiss The Go-Goat – Ghost

Throne – Bring Me The Horizon (Thomas’ Theme)

St. Eriksplan – Low Roar

INTO THE DARK – Void Of Vision

Her – eery

Dark Necessities – Red Hot Chili Peppers

Do You Feel It? – Chaos Chaos (Song for Ruby)

Like A Villain – BAD OMENS (Song for Subaru)

Stressed Out – twenty one pilots

Me, Myself & I – G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha

[otmaaromanovas]

The Lost Grand Duchesses: Part 1 - Anna Petrovna

Anna Petrovna was born in January 1708, officially out of wedlock. Her father, Peter ‘the Great’, had six daughters; Ekaterina, Anna, Elizaveta, Maria Natalia, Margarita, and Natalia. Peter planned to marry every daughter that survived infancy to a European house in order to consolidate alliances and friendships with Russia. Peter did not raise Anna, instead giving her to his younger sister Natalia Alexeievna and her husband Alexander Danilovich to raise. Peter’s plan to use the girls as alliance pawns influenced their childhood greatly; their education included embroidery, literature, dancing, and etiquette in order to be perceived as proper and lady-like. By her teenage years, Anna could speak five languages, no doubt to make her more attractive to European houses. Meanwhile, Peter’s sons were taught geography, history, and mathematics.

In 1721, serious marriage was on the table. Karl Friedrich of Schlewsig-Holstein-Gottorp was called to Russia, in order to meet Anna and her father. Karl had just entered his twenties, and his denouncers insisted that he was rude and arrogant. In comparison, Anna was barely thirteen years old, and incredibly shy.

This did not deter Peter, who was incredibly attracted by the idea of a Schleswig-Russian alliance. After a few years of shopping for other potential candidates, the marriage contract was signed. Ironically, the bride was not on the contract, and it was her father Peter and Karl Friedrich who signed. When the men signed the contract, Anna’s right to the Russian throne was instantly revoked.

In 1725, less than a year after the marriage between Anna and Karl Friedrich, Peter ‘the Great’ fell seriously ill. He called for Anna, whom he asked to write his will under his dictation. There has been great speculation over whether Peter planned to name Anna his heir; even though she had been forced to revoke her right to succession when her marriage was arranged, the Tsar of Russia still retained the power to elect his own heir regardless of the marriage contract terms. Peter was unable to speak, passing away shortly after, before declaring his heir. Whether or not Peter desired to make Anna heir remains one of history’s big ‘’what if’ questions.

In 1727, Anna and her husband Karl Freidrich moved to his native Kiel. Anna was deeply unhappy, missing her sister and nephew Peter Alexeievich; the Grand Duchess loved children. She wrote copious letters to her sister, Ekaterina, detailing her depression at being taken away from her home country. The rumours of Karl Freidrich’s arrogance appeared true; he preoccupied himself with affairs, leaving a pregnant Anna isolated.

In February, Anna gave birth to a baby boy, named Carl Peter Ulrich. Just days after, Anna contracted Puerperal fever, then known as ‘childbed fever’, a postpartum infection most likely caused by contaminated medical equipment and/or the medical staff not practicing proper hygiene. Anna became gravely ill, and requested to be buried back in her homeland, alongside her father in St. Petersburg. Her son Carl Peter survived the labour, and outlived his father, becoming the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. When his aunt Elizaveta, Anna’s sister, died in 1762, Carl Peter became the Tsar of Russia, adopting the name Peter Feodorovich, Peter III.

Despite refusing to parent Anna himself, trying to marry her off when she was a child, and signing a marriage contract without Anna’s signature of consent, Peter claimed that Anna was his ‘favourite daughter.’ Only three of Peter’s fifteen legitimate children survived into adulthood. Anna died when she was only twenty years old. Her brother, Alexei Petrovich was imprisoned and tortured under the order of his father, dying from the torture. Only Anna’s beloved sister Elizaveta survived unscathed - the only out of fifteen siblings.