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got tagged by dear @hesterias ! yes, i have been listening to the very same bands for about 10 years, how did you notice?

i'm gonna tag @jetskisonyourmoat, @eaudeintegrity and whoever would like to do this one! ✨

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✨Anways✨

New fic for the @shadowmonkeysbigbang (@subtle-as-an-earthquake and @uhbasicallyjustmilex)

With wonderful art from @sorethpid who has been an amazing collaborator ☺️

Summary: 'He’s hit a wall now. The sheets of half finished song lyrics scattered all over the floor are like traps he has laid out to trip himself up. It’s beginning to feel like there is nowhere else to go.’

Alone at home in LA, Alex reflects on his life as he struggles against writer’s block. He works through memories of: the breakdown of his relationship with Miles, his struggles to socialise, mental health, his closest friendships and the progression of his career. Alex begins to unfurl and wonders if he is truly ruined before a glimmer of hope, in the form of Miles, lifts him back up out of his misery.

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[1/? Interpol Music Videos] 

PDA (2002) 

Yours is the only version of my desertion That I could ever subscribe to That is all that I can do

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DK’s red socks appreciation 🥰

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DANIEL KESSLER: a masterclass on evasive movements & fancy footwork

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Adam Cooper and Scott Ambler in Swan Lake.

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Franz Kafka, Sketches from around the time of The Trial

“Please burn every bit of it,” he wrote

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TAOTU Milex！

My commission plz do not repost / use

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Hide // The Power of the Doctor

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guyeppel: @arcticmonkeys // Highline Ballroom, NYC. August 4th, 2009. Never posted this one of Turner before. Hope you dig it. This was on assignment for the NME. (Posted on 14/05/2024)

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David Byrne for the Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime music video.

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sour

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If one thing had been different, would everything be different today?

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i'm genuinely so obsessed with the twelve/clara dynamic. like,,,,

you're telling me you're normal about THIS????

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as it’s been 13 years since the release of Suck It and See, i had give special recognition to one of my all-time favourite arctic monkeys records. 

although it’s not as lyrically clever or deeply layered as its predecessor Humbug or as critically acclaimed as AM, to me it holds up as one of their best albums. 

i think there’s a mindset that simplicity doesn’t equate to greatness but i couldn’t think more the opposite. the fact that they stripped down the sound and brought it back to place of coherence makes it all the more captivating and accessible. and after all, sometimes the best things in life are simple. 

i always think about alex talking about the emotional impact of a song outside of the lyrical elements and leon russell’s lyric: and if my words don’t come together, listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding, and i believe that applies perfectly to Suck It and See. one listen to ‘that’s where you’re wrong’ and that opening chord and jangling guitar riff alone captures a indescribable feeling and transports you to another world. 

it’s the ultimate summer album and best enjoyed outside in the warm sunshine or on the beach or driving along the coastline. it captures the feeling of pure, unadulterated happiness. the entire album sounds incredibly nostalgic but also timeless.

i don’t know what else to say besides the fact that i just love this album with my entire being and that alex during this era will forever reside in a special little place in my heart.

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If you like frogs. Or possums. Or cool builds. Or happiness. This is the video for you.

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The Reluctant Genius of Alex Turner by Keith Cameron (Q Magazine, July 2007)