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GIRLSCHOOL

The School Report 1978-2008 (2023)

HNE Recordings Ltd - HNEBOX161

Great Brittain / London / U.K. 🇬🇧

If you was lucky enough to have pre-ordered early you may have got a autographed card (sadly enough, i was not).

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• In-depth box set, delving right back to the band’s pub rock roots right up until the present.

• A celebration of Girlschool’s 40 plus years of rocking the globe, kicking off with their independently released 45 ‘Take It All Away’ b/w ‘It Could Be Better’.

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Formed at school in the mid-70s, when friends Kim McAuliffe on guitar and bassist Enid Williams joined forces as Painted Lady, Girlschool formed in 1978, swept up as part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement that also gave us Iron Maiden, Def Leppard and Saxon, recruiting lead guitarist Kelly Johnson and drummer Denise Dufort in April 1978.

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Debut LP ‘Demolition’ made it into the UK Top 30 in 1980, and the girls even found time while recording their follow up album ‘Hit And Run’ (1981) with producer Vic Maile, to record the ‘St Valentines Day Massacre’ EP with label mates Motörhead as HeadGirl.1982’s ‘Wildlife’ EP would be Enid’s last outing with Girlschool for a while, as she was replaced on bass by Gil Weston for ‘Screaming Blue Murder’ (1982).

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Their fourth album, ‘Play Dirty’ (1983), was issued in the States on Mercury Records, who also picked up the option to release their fifth, ‘Running Wild’ (1985). The first album to be released without Kelly Johnson, it saw founder members Kim McAulliffe and Denise Dufort joined by Gil Weston, Jackie Bodimead (lead vocals, keyboards) and Cris Bonacci (guitar).

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A new deal with GWR saw albums ‘Nightmare At Maple Cross’ (1986) and ‘Take A Bite’ (1988), by which time the bass slot had been filled by former Rock Goddess Tracey Lamb. Their eighth studio album, the self-titled ‘Girlschool’ came out in 1992 and 2002’s ‘21st Anniversary – Not That Innocent’ marked the beginning of a more prolific time for the band, as they would follow it up with ‘Believe’ (2004), ‘Legacy’ (2008).

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CD 4 features many rare B-Sides and non-album cuts, as well as demos dating from 1978 up to 2002 and CD5 boasts an ultra rare live recording from the pre-Girlschool Painted Lady.

This five disc set comes with an extended essay from NWOBHM expert John Tucker, and features plenty of pages of rare photos and sought after memorabilia.

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Box Set Credits

Release Coordination : Hugh Gilmour & Steve Hammonds

with special thanks to Giles Lavery

Liner Notes & Compilation : John Tucker

Mastering Andy Pearce & Matt Wortham at Wired Masters

Design & Artwork Gilmour Design, London

Demolition Girls (1979-1983)

1-1 Take It All Away (A-side)

1-2 It Could Be Better (B-side)

1-3 Emergency

1-4 Nothing To Lose

1-5 Demolition Boys

1-6 Not For Sale

1-7 Take It All Away

1-8 Breakdown

1-9 Race With The Devil

1-10 Yeah Right

1-11 Please Don’t Touch (with Motörhead)

1-12 Hit And Run

1-13 The Hunter

1-14 (I’m Your) Victim

1-15 Watch Your Step

1-16 C’mon Let’s Go

1-17 Tush

1-18 Don’t Call It Love (Wildlife EP)

1-19 Screaming Blue Murder

1-20 It Turns Your Head Around

1-23 You Got Me

1-22 Take It From Me

1-23 1-2-3-4 Rock And Roll

Playing Dirty (1983-1988)

2-1 20th Century Boy

2-2 Play Dirty

2-3 Running For Cover

2-4 High & Dry

2-5 Going Under

2-6 Burning In The Heat

2-7 Nowhere To Run

2-8 Are You Ready?

2-9 Let Me Go

2-10 Running Wild

2-11 Love Is A Lie

2-12 Nasty Nasty

2-13 Back For More

2-14 All Day All Night

2-15 You’ve Got Me (Under Your Spell)

2-16 Let’s Go Crazy

2-17 Play With Fire

2-18 Head Over Heels

2-19 Action

2-20 Love At First Bite

2-21 Too Hot To Handle

Still Not That Innocent (1992-2015)

3-1 My Ambition

3-2 Can’t Say No

3-3 Can’t Do That

3-4 Take Me I’m Yours

3-5 Innocent

3-6 Knife

3-7 Coming Your Way

3-8 Mad Mad Sister

3-9 Let’s Get Hard

3-10 Secret

3-11 You Say

3-12 Passion

3-13 Other Side

3-14 I Spy (Dio/Iommi Mix)

3-15 Legend

3-16 Metropolis

I Told You So – Singles, B-Sides (1980-1983)

4-1 Furniture Fire (B-side)

4-2 Nothing To Lose (7″ edit)

4-3 Bomber (St Valentine’s Day)

4-4 Emergency (St Valentine’s Day)

4-5 Tonight (B-side)

4-6 Demolition Boys (Live B-side)

4-7 Tonight (Live B-side)

4-8 Wildlife

4-9 Don’t Stop

4-10 Tush

4-11 Don’t Call It Love

4-12 1-2-3-4 Rock And Roll (ext ver)

4-13 Like It Like That (B-side)

Demos (1978-2002)

4-14 Let’s Spend The Night Together

4-15 Just Don’t Care

4-16 Nothing To Lose

4-17 Baby Doll

4-18 Not For Sale

4-19 Running Wild

4-20 Love Is A Lie

4-21 I Told You So

4-22 Have A Nice Day

4-23 London

The Pre-School Years – Painted Lady Live (1978)

5-1 I Wanted To Boogie

5-2 Be My Lover

5-3 Smoke On The Water

5-4 King of The Blues

5-5 Sometime World

5-6 Rub It In

5-7 I Saw You Standing There

5-8 All Along The Watchtower

5-9 Paper Plane

5-10 Johnny B. Goode

5-11 Shoot Shoot

5-12 How Can I Tell You

5-13 Can’t Get Enough

5-14 All Right Now

5-15 Knocking On Heaven’s Door

5-16 Gimme Some Loving

5-17 Honky Tonk Women

5-18 Change’s Coming

5-19 Hey Joe

5-20 You Keep Me Hanging On

Credits

Bass Guitar – Bernice Cartwright, Jackie Carrera

Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Gil Weston, Tracey Lamb

Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals – Enid Williams

Drums – Denise Dufort, Tina Gayle, Val Lloyd

Keyboards, Lead Vocals – Jackie Bodimead

Lead Guitar – Cris Bonacci, Deirdre Cartwright, Kathy Valentine

Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals – Jackie Chambers

Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals – Kelly Johnson

Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals – Kim McAuliffe

#Girlschool #The School Report 1978-2008 #5CD #Boxset #2023 #HNE Recordings Ltd #HNEBOX161 #Great Brittain #London #U.K.#🇬🇧#Classic Rock #Hard Rock #Heavy Metal #NWOBHM #YouTube

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lindsaywesker · 9 months

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Deaths In 2023

January

1: Fred White (67, American drummer, Earth Wind & Fire)

3: Alan Rankine (64, Scottish musician/producer, The Associates)

6: Gianluca Vialli (58, Italian football player/manager)

10: Jeff Beck (78, English guitarist, The Yardbirds/The Jeff Beck Group/Beck Bogart & Appice)

11: Yukihiro Takahashi (70, Japanese singer/drummer, Yellow Magic Orchestra)

12: Robbie Bachman (69, Canadian drummer, Bachman Turner Overdrive)

Lisa-Marie Presley (54, American singer/songwriter, daughter of Elvis, mother of Riley Keough)

16: Gina Lollobrigida (95, Italian actress)

18: David Crosby (81, American singer/songwriter, The Byrds, Crosby Stills Nash & Young)

27: Sylvia Sims (89, English actress, ‘Ice Cold In Alex’)

28: Barrett Strong (81, American singer/songwriter, co-wrote ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’/‘Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone’

Tom Verlaine (73, American musician/songwriter/producer, Television)

Lisa Loring (64, American actress, ‘The Addams Family’)

February

2: Calton Coffie (68, Jamaican singer, Inner Circle)

3: Paco Rabanne (88, Spanish fashion designer)

8: Burt Bacharach (94, American songwriter, co-wrote ‘Walk On By’/‘Anyone Who Had A Heart’/‘A House Is Not A Home’/‘Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head’)

10: Hugh Hudson (86, film director, ‘Chariots Of Fire’)

12: David Jolicoeur a.k.a. Trugoy The Dove (54, American rapper, De La Soul)

15: Raquel Welch (82, American actress)

16: Chuck Jackson (85, American soul singer, ‘Any Day Now’/‘I Keep Forgettin’’)

18: Barbara Bosson (83, American actress, ‘Hill Street Blues’)

19: Richard Belzer (78, American actor, ‘Homicide: Life On The Street’/’Law And Order: Special Victims Unit’)

Dickie Davies (94, British television personality, ‘World Of Sport’)

23: John Motson (77, English football commentator, ‘Match Of The Day’)

March

2: Steve Mackey (56, English bassist/producer, Pulp)

Wayne Shorter (89, American jazz saxophonist, Weather Report)

3: Carlos Garnett (84, Panamanian jazz saxophonist)

Tom Sizemore (61, American actor, ‘Saving Private Ryan’)

5: Gary Rossington (71, American guitarist, Lynyrd Skynyrd)

8: Topol (87, Israeli actor, ‘Fiddler On The Roof’/’Flash Gordon’)

10: Junior English (71, Jamaican reggae singer)

12: Dick Fosbury (76, American high jumper)

13: Jim Gordon (77, American drummer, Traffic/Derek & The Dominoes)

14: Bobby Caldwell (71, American singer/songwriter)

15: Greg Perry (singer/songwriter/producer)

16: Fuzzy Haskins (81, American singer, Parliament/Funkadelic)

17: Lance Reddick (60, American actor, ‘The Wire’/’Oz’/’John Wick’ films)

23: Keith Reid (76, English songwriter, Procol Harum)

Peter Shelley (80, English singer/songwriter/producer, ‘Gee Baby’/’Love Me Love My Dog’)

28: Paul O’Grady a.k.a. Lily Savage (67, English comedian)

Ryuichi Sakamoto (71, Japanese musician/composer, Yellow Magic Orchestra, composed theme to ‘Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence’)

29: Charles Sherrell a.k.a. Sweet Charles (80, American bass player/singer, The JBs, ‘Yes, It’s You’)

April

5: Booker T. Newberry III (67, American singer, Sweet Thunder, ‘Love Town’)

6: Paul Cattermole (46, English singer, S Club 7)

8: Michael Lerner (81, American actor, ‘Barton Fink’)

12: Jah Shaka (75, Jamaican sound system operator)

13: Dame Mary Quant (93, English fashion designer)

14: Mark Sheehan (46, Irish guitarist, The Script)

16: Ahmad Jamal (92, jazz pianist)

17: Ivan Conti (76, jazz drummer, Azymuth)

22: Barry Humphries a.k.a. Dame Edna Everage (89, Australian comedian/actor)

Len Goodman (78, English TV personality)

25: Harry Belafonte (95, American musician/actor/civil rights leader)

27: Wee Willie Harris (90, English rock & roll singer)

Jerry Springer (79, English-born, American TV host)

28: Tim Bachman (71, Canadian guitarist, Bachman-Turner Overdrive)

May

1: Gordon Lightfoot (84, Canadian singer/songwriter, ‘If You Could Read My Mind’)

3: Linda Lewis (72, English singer/songwriter, ‘Rock-A-Doodle-Doo’)

18: Jim Brown (87, American football player/actor, ‘The Dirty Dozen’)

19: Pete Brown (82, poet/singer/lyricist, ‘Sunshine Of Your Love’/’White Room’/’I Feel Free’)

Andy Rourke (59, English bass player, The Smiths)

24: Bill Lee (94, American jazz musician/composer, Spike’s dad, scored ‘She’s Gotta Have It’/‘School Daze’/’Do The Right Thing’

Tina Turner (84, American-born, Swiss singer/actress, ‘River Deep Mountain High’/’Nutbush City Limits’/’What’s Love Got To Do With It?’)

26: Reuben Wilson (88, American jazz organist, ‘Got To Get Your Own’)

June

1: Cynthia Weil (82, songwriter, ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’’/’Here You Come Again’)

6: Tony McPhee (79, English guitarist, The Groundhogs)

12: Treat Williams (71, American actor, ‘Hair’/’Prince Of The City’)

14: John Hollins (76, English football player, Chelsea/Arsenal/England)

15: Glenda Jackson (87, English MP/actress, ‘Women In Love’/’Sunday Bloody Sunday’)

27: Julian Sands (65, English actor, ‘A Room With A View’)

29: Alan Arkin (89, American actor, ‘Catch 22’/’Little Miss Sunshine’)

30: Lord Creator (87, Trinidad-born, Jamaican singer/songwriter, ‘Kingston Town’)

July

3: Vicki Anderson a.k.a. Myra Barnes (83, American soul singer, Carleen’s mum)

Mo Foster (78, English songwriter/musician/producer)

5: George Tickner (76, American guitarist, Journey)

16: Jane Birkin (76, French/English actress/singer, ‘Je t’aime … moi non plus’, banned by the BBC in 1969)

21: Tony Bennett (96, American singer, ‘I Left My Heart In San Francisco’)

22: Vince Hill (89, English singer, ‘Edelweiss’)

24: Trevor Francis (69, English football player, Birmingham City/England)

26: Randy Meisner (77, musician/songwriter, Poco/The Eagles, ‘Take It To The Limit’)

Sinead O’Connor (56, Irish singer, ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’/songwriter, ‘Mandinka’)

30: Paul Reubens a.k.a. Pee-Wee Herman (70, American actor/comedian)

31: Angus Cloud (25, American actor, ‘Euphoria’)

August

4: John Gosling (75, English keyboard player, The Kinks)

7: DJ Casper (58, DJ/artist/songwriter, ‘Cha Cha Slide’)

William Friedkin (87, American film director, ‘The French Connection’/’The Exorcist’)

9: Robbie Robertson (80, Canadian musician/songwriter/singer, The Band)

Sixto Rodriguez (81, American singer/songwriter, subject of 2012 documentary ‘Searching For Sugar Man’

13: Clarence Avant (92, owner of Sussex Records/Tabu Records, film producer, ‘Jason’s Lyric’)

Magoo (50, American rapper, Timbaland & Magoo)

16: Jerry Moss (88, music executive, the ‘M’ in A&M Records)

17: Bobby Eli (77, guitarist, MFSB/songwriter, ‘Love Won’t Let Me Wait’)

Gary Young (70, American drummer, Pavement)

19: Ron Cephas Jones (66, American actor, ‘This Is Us’)

24: Bernie Marsden (72, English guitarist, Whitesnake/songwriter, ‘Here I Go Again’/’Fool For Your Loving’)

29: Jamie Crick (57, English radio broadcaster, Jazz FM)

31: Gayle Hunnicutt (80, American actress, ‘Dallas’)

September

1: Jimmy Buffett (76, American singer/songwriter, ‘Margaritaville’)

4: Gary Wright (80, American singer/songwriter, ‘Dream Weaver’/’Love Is Alive’)

Steve Harwell (56, American singer/rapper, Smash Mouth)

8: Mike Yarwood (82, English comedian/impressionist)

13: Roger Whittaker (87, Kenyan-born English singer/songwriter, ‘Durham Town’)

16: Sir Horace Ove (86, Trinidadian-born, English film director, ‘Pressure’)

Irish Grinstead (43, American R&B singer, 702)

25: David McCallum (90, Scottish actor, ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’/’N.C.I.S.’/musician)

28: Michael Gambon (82, English actor, ‘Harry Potter’ movies)

30: Russell Batiste Jr. (57, American drummer, The Meters)

October

2: Francis Lee (79, English football player, Manchester City/England)

8: Burt Young (83, American actor, ‘Rocky’)

11: Rudolph Isley (84, American singer, The Isley Brothers/songwriter, ‘That Lady’)

12: Michael Cooper (71, Jamaican musician, Inner Circle/Third World)

14: Piper Laurie (91, American actress, ‘Carrie’/’The Hustler’)

19: DJ Mark The 45 King (62, DJ/musician/producer, ‘The 900 Number’)

20: Haydn Gwynne (66, English actress, ‘Drop The Dead Donkey’)

21: Sir Bobby Charlton (86, English footballer, Manchester United/England)

24: Richard Roundtree (81, American actor, ‘Shaft’)

28: Matthew Perry (54, American-Canadian actor, ‘Friends’)

November

12: Anna Scher (78, founder of the Anna Scher Children’s Theatre)

19: Joss Ackland CBE (95, English actor, ‘White Mischief’)

22: Jean Knight (80, American soul singer, ‘Mr. Big Stuff’)

25: Terry Venables (80, English footballer, Chelsea/Tottenham Hotspur/England manager)

26: Geordie Walker (64, English guitarist, Killing Joke)

29: Sticky Vicky (80, Spanish dancer and illusionist)

30: Shane MacGowan (65, English-born Irish singer, The Pogues/songwriter, ‘Fairytale Of New York’)

December

1: Brigit Forsyth (83, Scottish actress, ‘Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?’)

5: Denny Laine (79, English musician, The Moody Blues/Wings, songwriter, ‘Mull Of Kintyre’)

7: Benjamin Zephaniah (65, English poet/writer/actor, ‘Peaky Blinders’)

8: Ryan O’Neal (82, American actor, ‘Love Story’/’Barry Lyndon’/’Paper Moon’)

Nidra Beard (71, American singer, Dynasty)

11: Andre Braugher (61, American actor, ‘Homicide: Life On The Street’/’Brooklyn Nine-Nine’/’Glory’)

Richard Kerr (78, English singer/songwriter, ‘Mandy’)

15: Bob Johnson (79, singer/songwriter/musician, Steeleye Span)

16: Colin Burgess (77, Australian drummer, AC/DC)

17: Amp Fiddler (65, singer/songwriter/producer)

#mixcloud #mi soul #dj #music #new blog #lockdown #coronavirus #books #weekend #democracy

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nozomuaoyama · 1 year

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SEKAI-ronpa, but make it a wheel.

...look, I don’t know these characters enough to write for them yet.

I’m spinning for cast (16 characters as is usual for DR), roles (protag, helper, rival, mastermind (which includes the people who aren’t in the cast)), cases, and which chapter the double murder may or may not be in.

Cast:

Ichika Hoshino, Ultimate Guitarist

Saki Tenma, Ultimate Keyboardist

Honami Mochizuki, Ultimate Baker

Shiho Hinomori, Ultimate Bassist

Haruka Kiritani, Ultimate Idol

Shizuku Hinomori, Ultimate Model

Kohane Azusawa, Ultimate Singer

An Shiraishi, Ultimate Street Artist

Akito Shinonome, Ultimate Rapper

Touya Aoyagi, Ultimate Pianist

Nene Kusanagi, Ultimate Diva

Rui Kamishiro, Ultimate Roboticist

Kanade Yoisaki, Ultimate Composer

Mafuyu Asahina, Ultimate Nurse / Doctor

Ena Shinonome, Ultimate Artist

Mizuki Akiyama, Ultimate Fashionista

Protag: Shiho Hinomori

Helper: Honami Mochizuki

Rival: Haruka Kiritani

Chapter 1

Victim: Haruka Kiritani (whoops, we need a new rival)

Killer: Saki Tenma (I’m sorry Myth)

Rival: Kanade Yoisaki (...how does. how does this work?)

Chapter 2

Victim: Kanade Yoisaki (JESUS IT HAPPENED AGAIN)

Killer: Kohane Azusawa

Rival: Mizuki Akiyama

Chapter 3

Victim: Akito Shinonome (this was so close to landing on Shizuku oh my god)

Killer: Shiho Hinomori (...)

Protag: Ena Shinonome (looks like your brother dying gives you a lot of motivation)

Chapter 4

Victim: An Shiraishi

Killer: Ichika Hoshino (poor Honami, all her best friends are killers)

First chapter with no role swap! Let’s keep it up.

Chapter 5

Victim: Mafuyu Asahina (I can see it)

Killer: Rui Kamishiro (I can also see it. Less, but I can also see it.)

Chapter 6

Mastermind: Nene Kusanagi (This is actually pretty suitably dramatic. Also Tsukasa and Emu are probably dead by now, I don’t make the rules.)

Survivors

Honami Mochizuki [Helper]

Shizuku Hinomori

Toya Aoyagi

Ena Shinonome [Protag]

Mizuki Akiyama [Rival]

Wow MMJ! How come the wheel lets you have three survivors? (...survivors by technicality since the other two aren’t in the game but whatever)

#me #project sekai #danganronpa

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gungieblog · 2 years

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TODAY IN HISTORY OCTOBER 29

1965 "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" is published

On October 29, 1965, nine months after its subject’s assassination, The Autobiography of Malcolm X is first published. The non-traditional autobiography of a singular figure in Black history, the book tells the story and establishes some of the core elements of the legacy of the ...read more

1971Guitarist Duane Allman dies in motorcycle accident

Duane Allman, a slide guitarist and the leader of the Allman Brothers Band, is killed on October 29, 1971 when he loses control of his motorcycle and drives into the side of a flatbed truck in Macon, Georgia. He was 24 years old. After Allman’s death, his band continued to tour ...read more

1901President William McKinley’s assassin is executed

On October 29, 1901, President William McKinley’s assassin, Leon Czolgosz, is executed in the electric chair at Auburn Prison in New York. Czolgosz had shot McKinley on September 6, 1901; the president succumbed to his wounds eight days later. McKinley was shaking hands in a long ...read more

1948Killer smog claims elderly victims

Killer smog continues to hover over Donora, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 1948. Over a five-day period, the smog killed about 20 people and made thousands more seriously ill. Donora was a town of 14,000 people on the Monongahela River in a valley surrounded by hills. The town was ...read more

1956Israel invades Egypt; Suez Crisis begins

Israeli armed forces push into Egypt toward the Suez Canal, initiating the Suez Crisis. They would soon be joined by French and British forces, creating a serious Cold War problem in the Middle East. The catalyst for the joint Israeli-British-French attack on Egypt was the ...read more

GREAT BRITAIN

1618Sir Walter Raleigh executed

Sir Walter Raleigh, English adventurer, writer and favorite courtier of Queen Elizabeth I, is beheaded in London, under a sentence brought against him 15 years earlier for conspiracy against King James I. During Elizabeth’s reign, Raleigh organized three major expeditions to ...read more

#history #today in history

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rastronomicals · 7 months

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6:04 PM EST February 27, 2024:

Robin Trower - "Jack And Jill" From the album Victims of The Fury (1980)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Trower sort of has this reputation as a low-rent imitator of Jimi Hendrix, but I tell you what: in many cases, I prefer the best of Trower's work to much of Hendrix'. Trower is definitely underrated, and definitely one of the most soulful electric guitarists who has ever lived.

#Robin Trower #Victims of The Fury #Jack And Jill

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Great Jazz Guitarists: Wes Montgomery (1923-1968)

Great Jazz Guitarists: Wes Montgomery (1923-1968) Best Sheet Music download from our Library. Please, subscribe to our Library. Thank you! The Very Best of Wes Montgomery (Full Album)

Great Jazz Guitarists: Wes Montgomery (1923-1968)

Wes Montgomery was the first ( and one of the few ) jazz guitarists to become a star beyond the purview of jazz lovers. His flirtation with pop idioms and audiences was deemed a gross infidelity by his initial ( and most ardent) supporters. “He was very unhappy and disturbed by this attitude,” recalled his disciple, George Benson. “He died a very sad man.” It’s tempting to depict Wes Montgomery as a tragic figure, a victim of his own success. There may be something to this view, but the joyous figure seen in this video, vividly counters it. Any great talent struck dead by a heart attack at age 43 is, in a sense, tragic. But Montgomery’s creative triumphs endure. Critic Marc Gridley hailed him as “ probably the best hard bop guitarist.”

Joe Pass ranked Montgomery in a trinity alongside Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt: “ the only three real innovators on the guitar.” Montgomery’s jazz-pop forays have not diluted his repu-tation among those who really heard him play, as he does in these 1965 performances on the BBC’s Ja zz 6 25 program. Given Montgomery’s enduring impact, it’s remarkable that less than a decade elapsed between his 1959 discovery and his death in 1968. With an understatement analogous to his style, Montgomery succinctly said: “I had to play and tell my story.” John Leslie Wes Montgomery’s story began in 1925. The Indianapolis native was already grown and married when he fell in love with the guitar in 1943. The reason? It was a recording by a man who had died the previous year, Charlie Christian’s “Solo Flight.” “That was it for me,” Montgomery recalled. “There was no way out . That cat tore everybody’s head up…he said so much on records.” Christian’s records were Montgomery’s constant companion for months as he labored over a guitar in hopes of coming close to Christian’s sound. “I started off practicing with a plectrum,” he recalled. “I did t his for about 30 days. Then, I decided to plug in my amplifier and see what I was doing. The sound w as too much even for my next-door neighbors. So I took to the back of the house, and began plucking the strings with the fat part of my thumb. This was much quieter. To this technique, I added the trick of playing the melody line in two different registers at the same time —the octave thing.” “The octave thing” would become Montgomery’s stylistic signature. “Voicing lines in octaves was not new to jazz guitar,” observed Marc Gridley in Jazz Styles, “but Montgomery’s use of this device did much to popularize the approach.” At first, however, Montgomery was just looking for a gig. “A cat hired me for the Club 440,” he recalled. “I’d play Charlie Christian’s solos, then lay out.” Montgomery worked around Indianapolis, occasionally venturing out on the road with a touring band, and earned his first break in 1948 when Lionel Hampton hired him. “He allowed me to keep my amp on during the entire length of the numbers we played,” Montgomery recalled, “not just during my solos.” Encouraged, Montgomery rose to the occasion: “I began working hard and experimenting with the techniques,” he recalled, “seeking out the ones that felt good and were most expressive of my thoughts. My explorations continued for quite a while. My technique improved, developing out of particular playing situations. More and more of me passed through my amplifier to those who took time to listen.” For years, however, listening to Montgomery meant showing up at the Turf Bar or Missile Room in Indianapolis. After a two-year stint with Hampton, he settled into a grueling routine, which divided his energies between daytime employment at a radio parts factory and nightly gigs. Montgomery had seven children and took his parental responsibilities seriously. “Some musicians might…cut off the rest of the world to concentrate exclusively on their thing,” said Montgomery. “What sort of person would I be,” he asked rhetorically, “if I’d devoted all my time to the instrument…? There are other things going on, you know.” And the grind which kept his family fed also tempered Montgomery the musician: “From all that scuffling,” he reflected, “I learned a lot about discipline as an entertainer.” In 1959, Cannonball Adderly heard Montgomery at the Missile Room and called Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews of Riverside Records with news of his find. Within a matter of weeks, Montgomery and his Missile Room trio had recorded the material for two Riverside albums, Boss Guitar (Riverside RLP 67301) and ‘Round Midnight (Riverside RLP 673099) . Acclaim was instantaneous: critics compared Montgomery to John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. down beat awarded him it s New Star honors in 1960, the same year Billboard called Montgomery the “most promising instrumentalist of the year.” That promise was fulfilled on further Riverside recordings and a touring schedule which eventually moved Montgomery to San Francisco. “When Wes came on the scene,” reflected veteran San Francisco critic Ralph Gleason, “he was so innovative and so powerful that he just swept the other guys away into the studios.” When Riverside folded in 1964, Montgomery’s talents were enlisted by producer Creed Taylor at the Verve label. There, Montgomery’s music took a turn which disappointed his jazz fans, but which earned him a far broader audience. “He took today’s better pop tunes and played them with such jazz feeling and power that he caught the ear of the pop listener by w h a t he was playing,” wrote Dom Cerulli, “and the imagination of the jazz listener by h ow he was playing what he was playing.” Not all jazz listeners w ere captivated, but Montgomery’s version of “ Going Out of My Head” claimed the 1966 Grammy for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance. To his critics, Montgomery said frankly: “Those who criticize me for playing jazz too simply and such are missing the point. There’s a jazz concept to what I’m doing, but I’m playing popular music, and it should be regarded as such.” Luckily, at least one significant ‘pre-pop’ performance by Montgomery exists on videotape. Pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Arthur Harper, and drummer Jimmy Lovelace join him in a 1965 performance for the BBC’s Jazz 6 25 program. “Twisted Blues,” a Montgomery composition, gives generous solo space to Mabern and Harper as well as offering a plenitude of Montgomery’s signature shimmery, swooping octaves. “Jingles,” another Montgomery original, showcases the tightness of this quartet driving through bluesy bop terrain. By contrast, the pop chestnut “ Yesterdays” finds its wistful melody swung in a cool way. (A 1933 Jerome Kern tune, “Yesterdays” debuted in the musical Roberta in which a young Bob Hope appeared in the stage production.) Montgomery plays it punchy without grandstanding, an art tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin admired in his old jamming partner: “He had a fantastic creative force,” Griffin said of Montgomery. “Everything he did in life was rounded out, definitive. No waste of energy or emotions.”

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did you ever get around to fully finishing stranger things? what did you think of the ending? love hearing your Thots and Onions lol

To be honest my friend and I are waiting on the second half of the s4 finale until s5 is out. Yeah, that's weird, but I know most of what happens and it's mostly a bumner, so we haven't felt motivated to finish after she fell asleep mid-ep, and we got into Yellowjackets instead.

I do still have opinions though...

like I think Mike sucks this season and I don't buy him and El this season; they were so cute in the beginning but now they're all performative, lies and superheroes and I'm not sure he even sees her as a person, it's Very Important that El has people who care about her as a person and not as a magical deus ex machina. I do know he's gonna say he loves her like 6 times, I'm sure he believes it, I don't buy it.

I also feel like this season has a plot about trauma/survivor's guilt (via vecna/victims) and abuse (via el and a bit max) and I'm not sure very thoughtful about what it's saying about them. Forcing El to go work with her abuser, Max grieving hers, the relationship between Max and Nancy and El and others in terms of survivor's guilt... these are super complex interesting things that get barely touched on. And with Chrissy's apparent trauma seeming relatively mundane compared to what literally every major character has been through (and I forget what Patrick's is, is his name Patrick?), vecna's choices seem kinda weak. Maybe he says something in the second half but I'd rather them have all been dealing with survivor's guilt specifically.

I felt like the guitar scene was anticlimactic and weird for how much buildup eddie the guitarist had, and the plan seemed kinda bad? I guess it's harder for me to say how things should work though because the rules of the Upside Down have substantially changed since s1, like in this Upside Down Will and Barb could've just hid in someone's house with barely any tentacles, there seem to be lots of safe places.

What else... I think Jason was more worried about people thinking Chrissy was cheating on him than Chrissy's death. I think the jock death mob has vibes of that hyena episode of Buffy, and overall I think we could have a lot less of them (I like Lucas being caught in the middle but otherwise they're uninteresting). I wish Eddie was a little less musical theatre in that first scene, it just felt like he was in a totally different show than anyone else (possibly Rent, or Glee). The issues for Nancy & Jonathan feel very contrived and the show trying to throw Steve at Nancy is just annoying. There was no logical reason for her to date him twice, let again another time. Also could've done with less Hopper torture porn, like we get that it sucks. Similarly with the bullying, it's so over the top that it took me out of things rather than really hitting me. I think I've posted already about how the characterization of Robin changed so much and while she has great lines, it doesn't feel like her (and like is it because we know she's a lesbian now that she can't be snarky coolgirl anymore and has to be dorky mess?).

The positives! Love Argyle. The scenes with Will & Mike and Will & Jonathan are lovely heartstring pulls, so well done. (Will deserves better than Mike, but he's young and stupid so). I don't overall love how separate everyone is this season but for that setup, love the whole pizza freezer thing. I love Murray, I love Joyce&Hopper (even though irl I would 100% tell her not to touch a man with that much assault history with a 10-ft pole). Lucas finally gets material to work with and his acting has gotten so good! Running Up That Hill is obviously a great song. I am biased by fic but after that initial scene, I like Eddie and his face. I love the humor.

I'm probably forgetting a lot! I'm sure I'll be bummed about how only Dustin and Wayne seem to care about Eddie's death, and how much of the season was about protecting him just to have him die anyway. I'm sure I'll be annoyed they don't kill vecna. I'm sure I'll be worried about Max.

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“Lincoln Stinks” (UMass-Amherst #5487, Burbank, “Dave Champlain”)

Economic Hitman Movements:

EON: Under control of Britain.

Marvel: Under control of Disney.

Lucas Arts: George Lucas’ pimp contract broken.

DC Comics: Lodge family permanently given broker status to Time Warner Cable.

Ubisoft: Removed from Comcast care.

Nintendo: Given suit from Sega, over stolen work, by Sega, from Nintendo (private agreement, between spouses).

Fox: Removed from leadership of Murdochs, given to Irish-Fenian founders (Canadian Aces).

Lobster: Given Nova Scotian prisoner’s status (giant shark removed, means unknown).

UPenn: Gifted clearesy strategy, Arizona Catholic destroyed forever (SuperMax, shut down, by IDF).

Dylan Klebold: Founder of ISIS, liquor rights for Africans and Arabs. “The American”, Red Dawn theme, the Prom Song.

Cyberpunk 2077: The Chinese Revolution, “M”, taken from study of Josh Moen, fellow Bruce; mutual Lorre line.

Halal: Marlboro Blacks to return Somalia to peace, black pepper bacon for gymnasts and wrestlers, ketchup ham for collegiates.

Counter-Teamster Hits:

Russian Forces Defeated (Reason: Likud Muskau, Wares on Refusal to Own, Fraud Trials):

Napster/RIAA: Armenian-Mob, Suspect Carlin Sarkesian. Died of pork hot dog burning on frying pan, couldn't pass bowels. Meneitsch al-Shetvietz. Found with an overdose of ibutephrine, craving for cigarettes or overdose on heroin, in the left cerebrum. Parents used it to invent Narcodan, treatment for heroin users, with nicotine substrate, later lithium pipe cigarettes, the "vape".

Insane Clown Posse/American Bounty Hunter Guild: Detroit-IDF, Suspect Phil Enfield. Died of prison beating, screaming that Spider-Man was a pedophile. Borf al-Shadan. Samurai shamed, after Prince William's response, outing royal families of Europe as being under Japanese control, of Uma Thurman's line. Insane Clown Posse shut down, militarized outside of MI-6.

Pirate Bay/INTERPOL: Amsterdam NOMRL hunt team, Pirate Bay. Suspect Keith Valesquez Died of Raid spray, produced from Amsterdam Labs, sprayed on marijuana, "mids grades", taken from a local tobacco rice farm. Sprays discovered as reason for toxic weed. Menschen Menschen Al-Menescheitvz. Marijuana legalized, for safety.

Canadian Forces Defeated (Reason: Conscription considered law through rumor of Fenian Brotherhood, Fox News Cable; Conscription illegal, since 1776, establishment of US Congress and US Executive Office):

Nick Maynard is in a fugue state.

Josh Moen is an inebriate from cocaine and crack usage.

Ryan Cunningham has a rape tattoo across his shoulders.

Brian Monaghan is on medication for Down's Syndrome.

Ivan Tomasic has the phantom illusion of a gun to his head as a Damocles.

Christopher Sweeney has a learning inability to understand others he manages.

Justin Walsh is a heroin addict that reports sobriety as using heroin.

Stephanie Tomasic is an FRU inside Planned Parenthood.

Travis Long lost his liver function.

Bernice Lamb is a Roxycodone victim.

ritish Forces Defeated (Reason: Psychiatric panels used on children in families forced homosexual, homosexual considered inappropriate touching or hugging or gripping between families and to children, child molestation and pederasty, however still married heterosexual, without striking or arrest for homosexual displays of dominance):

Weinstein’s on Nolan TV.

Soros is on Ubisoft Crosshair.

Bonosorno has Army Reserve casualties (Obey Oberto).

Barack Obama is on a flying buttress (Gotham is Shoulders, Ace Comics).

Dogg the Bounty Hunter can’t find the Patracas (him).

Hillary has a Jethro Tull Flowchart from Marilyn Manson.

Netanyahu (Batman?) killed the other Whitey (that’s bug eyes).

Israeli Forces Defeated (Reason: Assumption of fealty for pederast overture towards child or adult, through marker of possession or sight of witness, violation of chattel slavery laws, Union, Civil War):

Great Uncle Anatole: Proven to be a spy posing as a gangster for INTERPOL, revealed to Georgette Charlebois and executed by priests.

Guitarist Timothy: Informed to his mother that he had mooned me with greasy orange shit in his ass crack, placed in juvenile incarceration for the mentally deficient.

Scholar Rory: Tricked into creating the term pillow biter, regarding a boy pillow fighting, framed self of pedophilia and placed in juvenile incarceration, film Batman Forever made for him with him as Batman, shown in corrections, revealed to be Riddler because he did not smoke cigarettes; Batman invented the cotton tobacco filter, my family's pedigree (as well as the neutron bomb hood, my creation, 6th grade, held by the Canadian Defense Industry).

UMass-Amherst Hillel House: Placed in charge of Student Union Internationale for Hillel House, biotropic foods department, vegan and dairy from whole fat calf of dog's rind (sheep hound).

African Forces Defeated (Reason: Assumption of sexual relationship, for viewing the buttocks or breasts, promiscuous conduct disorder, female rapist, protected by ignorance of negro community):

Christine Warren: Back chiseled out of lower ligament, caused by snake charmer’s gene, listening to Guns’n’Roses, “You Could be Mine”.

Cassie Leigh Stock: Violent overdose on Wild Turkey, masturbating to ass worship porn for 8-9 hours.

Jenna Williamson: Hot air balloon into power lines, revealed that You’ve Got Mail and Sleepless In Seattle, was her arch-nemesis, House of Montague; Capulets lose, Jenna has a peg leg. Pirates win, Tom Brady goes to the Buccaneers.

General Havoc:

OJ Simpson goes to prison.

George Lucas takes over LucasArts, sells it, free from dominatrix contract.

Pornographic film shot, with mature dominatrix, tens of thousands granded.

Agent John Connoly cleared, reunited with long-lost daughter.

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Stevie Ray Vaughan

October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990

Stephen Ray Vaughan was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Although his mainstream career spanned only seven years, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians in the history of blues music, and one of the greatest guitarists of all time.

Vaughan's grandfather, Thomas Lee Vaughan, married Laura Belle LaRue and moved to Rockwall County, Texas where they lived by sharecropping.

Stevie's father, Jimmie Lee Vaughan, was born on September 6, 1921. Jimmie Vaughan, also known as Jim and Big Jim, dropped out of school at age sixteen and enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After his discharge from the military, he married Martha Jean (née Cook; 1928–2009) on January 13, 1950. They had a son, Jimmie, in 1951. Stephen was born at Methodist Hospital on October 3, 1954, in Dallas. Big Jim secured a job as an asbestos worker. The family moved frequently and lived in other states such as Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma before ultimately moving to the Oak Cliff section of Dallas. A shy and insecure boy, Vaughan was deeply affected by his childhood experiences. His father struggled with alcohol abuse and often terrorized his family and friends with his bad temper. In later years, Vaughan recalled that he had been a victim of his father's violence. His father died on August 27, 1986, exactly four years before Vaughan himself.

In the early 1960s, Vaughan's admiration for his brother Jimmie resulted in his trying different instruments such as the drums and saxophone. In 1961, for his seventh birthday, Vaughan received his first guitar, a toy guitar from Sears with a Western motif. Learning by ear he diligently committed himself, following along to songs by the Nightcaps, particularly "Wine, Wine, Wine" and "Thunderbird". He listened to blues artists such as Albert King, Otis Rush, and Muddy Waters, and rock guitarists including Jimi Hendrix and Lonnie Mack, as well as jazz guitarists including Kenny Burrell. In 1963, he acquired his first electric guitar, a Gibson ES-125T, as a hand-me-down from Jimmie.

Soon after he acquired the electric guitar, Vaughan joined his first band, the Chantones, in 1965. Their first show was at a talent contest held in Dallas' Hill Theatre, but after realizing that they could not perform a Jimmy Reed song in its entirety, Vaughan left the band and joined the Brooklyn Underground, playing professionally at local bars and clubs. He received Jimmie's Fender Broadcaster, which he later traded for an Epiphone Riviera. When Jimmie left home at age sixteen, Vaughan's apparent obsession with the instrument caused a lack of support from his parents. Miserable at home, he took a job at a local hamburger stand, where he washed dishes and dumped trash for seventy cents an hour. After falling into a barrel of grease, he grew tired of the job and quit to devote his life to a music career.

In May 1969, after leaving the Brooklyn Underground, Vaughan joined a band called the Southern Distributor. He had learned the Yardbirds' "Jeff's Boogie" and played the song at the audition. Mike Steinbach, the group's drummer, commented: "The kid was fourteen. We auditioned him on 'Jeff's Boogie,' really fast instrumental guitar, and he played it note for note." Although they played pop rock covers, Vaughan conveyed his interest in the addition of blues songs to the group's repertoire; he was told that he wouldn't earn a living playing blues music and he and the band parted ways. Later that year, bassist Tommy Shannon walked into a Dallas club and heard Vaughan playing guitar. Fascinated by the skillful playing, which he described as "incredible even then", Shannon borrowed a bass guitar and the two jammed. Within a few years, they began performing together in a band called Krackerjack.

In February 1970, Vaughan joined a band called Liberation, which was a nine-piece group with a horn section. Having spent the past month briefly playing bass with Jimmie in Texas Storm, he had originally auditioned as bassist. Impressed by Vaughan's guitar playing, Scott Phares, the group's original guitarist, modestly became the bassist. In mid-1970, they performed at the Adolphus Hotel in downtown Dallas, where ZZ Top asked them to perform. During Liberation's break, Vaughan jammed with ZZ Top on the Nightcaps song "Thunderbird". Phares later described the performance: "they tore the house down. It was awesome. It was one of those magical evenings. Stevie fit in like a glove on a hand."

Attending Justin F. Kimball High School during the early 1970s, Vaughan's late-night shows contributed to his neglect in his studies, including music theory; he would often sleep during class. His pursuit of a musical career was disapproved of by many of the school's administrators but he was also encouraged by many people, including his art teacher, to strive for a career in art. In his sophomore year, he attended an evening class for experimental art at Southern Methodist University, but left when it conflicted with rehearsal. Vaughan later spoke of his dislike of the school and recalled having received daily notes from the principal about his grooming.

In September 1970, Vaughan made his first studio recordings with the band Cast of Thousands, which included future actor Stephen Tobolowsky. They recorded two songs, "Red, White and Blue" and "I Heard a Voice Last Night", for a compilation album, A New Hi, that featured various teenage bands from Dallas. In late January 1971, feeling confined by playing pop hits with Liberation, Vaughan formed his own band, Blackbird. After growing tired of the Dallas music scene, he dropped out of school and moved with the band to Austin, Texas, which had more liberal and tolerant audiences. There, Vaughan initially took residence at the Rolling Hills Club, a local blues venue that would later become the Soap Creek Saloon. Blackbird played at several clubs in Austin and opened shows for bands such as Sugarloaf, Wishbone Ash, and Zephyr, but could not maintain a consistent lineup. In early December 1972, Vaughan left Blackbird and joined Krackerjack; he performed with them for less than three months.

In March 1973, Vaughan joined Marc Benno's band, the Nightcrawlers, after meeting Benno at a jam session years before. The band featured vocalist Doyle Bramhall, who met Vaughan when he was twelve years old. The next month, the Nightcrawlers recorded an album at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood for A&M Records. While the album was rejected by A&M, it included Vaughan's first songwriting efforts, "Dirty Pool" and "Crawlin'". Soon afterward, he and the Nightcrawlers traveled back to Austin without Benno. In mid-1973, they signed a contract with Bill Ham, manager for ZZ Top, and played various gigs across the Southern United States, although many of them were unsuccessful. Ham left the band stranded in Mississippi without any way to make it back home and demanded reimbursement from Vaughan for equipment expenses; Ham was never reimbursed.

In 1975, Vaughan joined a six-piece band called Paul Ray and the Cobras which included guitarist Denny Freeman and saxophonist Joe Sublett. For the next two-and-a-half years, he earned a living performing weekly at a popular venue in town, the Soap Creek Saloon, and ultimately the newly opened Antone's, widely known as Austin's "home of the blues". In late 1976, Vaughan recorded a single with them, "Other Days" as the A-side and "Texas Clover" as the B-side. Playing guitar on both tracks, the single was released on February 7, 1977. In March, readers of the Austin Sun voted them as Band of the Year. In addition to playing with the Cobras, Vaughan jammed with many of his influences at Antone's, including Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, Jimmy Rogers, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Albert King.

Vaughan toured with the Cobras during much of 1977, but near the end of September, after they decided to strive for a mainstream musical direction, he left the band and formed Triple Threat Revue, which included singer Lou Ann Barton, bassist W. C. Clark, and drummer Fredde "Pharaoh" Walden. In January 1978, they recorded four songs in Austin, including Vaughan's composition "I'm Cryin'". The thirty-minute audio recording marks the only known studio recording of the band.

In mid-May 1978, Clark left to form his own group and Vaughan renamed the band Double Trouble, taken from the title of an Otis Rush song. Following the recruitment of bassist Jackie Newhouse, Walden quit in July, and was briefly replaced by Jack Moore, who had moved to Texas from Boston; he performed with the band for about two months. Vaughan then began looking for a drummer and soon after, he met Chris Layton through Sublett, who was his roommate. Layton, who had recently parted ways with Greezy Wheels, was taught by Vaughan to play a shuffle rhythm. When Vaughan offered Layton the position, he agreed. In early July, Vaughan befriended Lenora Bailey, known as "Lenny", who became his girlfriend, and ultimately his wife. The marriage was to last for six and a half years.

In early October 1978, Vaughan and Double Trouble earned a frequent residency performing at one of Austin's most popular nightspots, the Rome Inn. During a performance, Edi Johnson, an accountant at Manor Downs, noticed Vaughan. She remembered: "I'm not an authority on music—it's whatever turned me on—but this did." She recommended him to Manor Downs owner Frances Carr and general manager Chesley Millikin, who was interested in managing artists and saw Vaughan's musical potential. After Barton quit Double Trouble in mid-November 1979, Millikin signed Vaughan to a management contract. Vaughan also hired Robert "Cutter" Brandenburg as road manager, whom he had met in 1969. Addressing him as "Stevie Ray", Brandenburg convinced Vaughan to use his middle name on stage.

In October 1980, bassist Tommy Shannon attended a Double Trouble performance at Rockefeller's in Houston. Shannon, who was playing with Alan Haynes at the time, participated in a jam session with Vaughan and Layton halfway through their set. Shannon later commented: "I went down there that night, and I'll never forget this: it was like, when I walked in the door and I heard them playing, it was like a revelation. 'That's where I want to be; that's where I belong, right there.' During the break, I went up to Stevie and told him that. I didn't try to sneak around and hide it from the bass player [Jackie Newhouse]—I didn't know if he was listening or not. I just really wanted to be in that band. I sat in that night and it sounded great." Almost three months later, when Vaughan offered Shannon the position, he readily accepted.

On December 5, 1979, while Vaughan was in a dressing room before a performance in Houston, an off-duty police officer arrested him after witnessing his usage of cocaine near an open window. Vaughan was sentenced with two years' probation and was prohibited from leaving Texas. Along with a stipulation of entering treatment for drug abuse, he was required to "avoid persons or places of known disreputable or harmful character"; he refused to comply with both of these orders. After a lawyer was hired, his probation officer had the sentence revised to allow him to work outside of the state. The incident later caused him to refuse maid service while staying in hotels during concert tours.

Although popular in Texas at the time, Double Trouble failed to gain national attention. The group's visibility improved when record producer Jerry Wexler recommended them to Claude Nobs, organizer of the Montreux Jazz Festival. He insisted the festival's blues night would be great with Vaughan, whom he called "a jewel, one of those rarities who comes along once in a lifetime", and Nobs agreed to book Double Trouble on July 17, 1982.

On the following night, Double Trouble was booked in the lounge of the Montreux Casino, with Jackson Browne in attendance. Browne jammed with Double Trouble until the early morning hours and offered them free use of his personal recording studio in downtown Los Angeles. In late November the band accepted his offer and recorded ten songs in two days. While they were in the studio, Vaughan received a telephone call from David Bowie, who had met him after the Montreux performance, and he invited him to participate in a recording session for his next studio album, Let's Dance. In January 1983, Vaughan recorded guitar on six of the album's eight songs, including the title track and "China Girl". The album was released on April 14, 1983, and sold over three times as many copies as Bowie's previous album.

With the success of Let's Dance, Bowie requested Vaughan as the featured instrumentalist for the upcoming Serious Moonlight Tour, realizing that he was an essential aspect of the album's groundbreaking success. In late April, Vaughan began rehearsals for the tour in Las Colinas, Texas. When contract renegotiations for his performance fee failed, Vaughan abandoned the tour days before its opening date, and he was replaced by Earl Slick. Vaughan commented: "I couldn't gear everything on something I didn't really care a whole lot about. It was kind of risky, but I really didn't need all the headaches." Although contributing factors were widely disputed, Vaughan soon gained major publicity for quitting the tour.

On May 9, the band performed at The Bottom Line in New York City, where they opened for Bryan Adams, with Hammond, Mick Jagger, John McEnroe, Rick Nielsen, Billy Gibbons, and Johnny Winter in attendance. Brandenburg described the performance as "ungodly": "I think Stevie played every lick as loud and as hard and with as much intensity as I've ever heard him." The performance earned Vaughan a positive review published in the New York Post, asserting that Double Trouble outperformed Adams.

After acquiring the recordings from Browne's studio, Double Trouble began assembling the material for a full-length LP. The album, Texas Flood, opens with the track "Love Struck Baby", which was written for Lenny on their "love-struck day". He composed "Pride and Joy" and "I'm Cryin'" for one of his former girlfriends, Lindi Bethel. Although both are musically similar, their lyrics are two different perspectives of the relationship. Along with covers of Howlin' Wolf, the Isley Brothers, and Buddy Guy, the album included Vaughan's cover of Larry Davis' "Texas Flood", a song which he became strongly associated with. "Lenny" served as a tribute to his wife, which he composed at the end of their bed.

Texas Flood featured cover art by illustrator Brad Holland, who is known for his artwork for Playboy and The New York Times. Originally envisioned with Vaughan sitting on a horse depicting a promotable resemblance, Holland painted an image of him leaning against a wall with a guitar, using a photograph as a reference. Released on June 13, 1983, Texas Flood peaked at number 38 and ultimately sold half a million copies. While Rolling Stone editor Kurt Loder asserted that Vaughan did not possess a distinctive voice, according to AllMusic senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine, the release was a "monumental impact". Billboard described it as "a guitar boogie lovers delight". Agent Alex Hodges commented: "No one knew how big that record would be, because guitar players weren't necessarily in vogue, except for some that were so established they were undeniable ... he was one of the few artists that was recouped on every record in a short period of time."

On June 16, Vaughan gave a performance at Tango nightclub in Dallas, which celebrated the album's release. Assorted VIPs attended the performance, including Ted Nugent, Sammy Hagar, and members of The Kinks and Uriah Heep. Jack Chase, vice president of marketing for Epic, recalled: "the coming-out party at Tango was very important; it was absolutely huge. All the radio station personalities, DJs, program directors, all the retail record store owners and the important managers, press, all the executives from New York came down—about seven hundred people. We attacked in Dallas first with Q102-FM and [DJ] Redbeard. We had the Tango party—it was hot. It was the ticket." The Dallas Morning News reviewed the performance, starting with the rhetorical question; "what if Stevie Ray Vaughan had an album release party and everybody came? It happened Thursday night at Tango. ... The adrenalin must have been gushing through the musicians' veins as they performed with rare finesse and skill."

Following a brief tour in Europe, Hodges arranged an engagement for Double Trouble as The Moody Blues' opening act during a two-month tour of North America. Hodges stated that many people disliked the idea of Double Trouble opening for The Moody Blues, but asserted that a common thread which both bands shared was "album-oriented rock". Tommy Shannon described the tour as "glorious": "Our record hadn't become that successful yet, but we were playing in front of coliseums full of people. We just went out and played, and it fit like a glove. The sound rang through those big coliseums like a monster. People were going crazy, and they had no idea who we were!"

In January 1984, Double Trouble began recording their second studio album, Couldn't Stand the Weather, at the Power Station, with John Hammond as executive producer and engineer Richard Mullen. Layton later recalled working with Hammond: "he was kind of like a nice hand on your shoulder, as opposed to someone that jumped in and said, 'let's redo this, let's do that more.' He didn't get involved in that way at all. He was a feedback person." As the sessions began, Vaughan's cover of Bob Geddins' "Tin Pan Alley" was recorded while audio levels were being checked. Layton remembers the performance: "... we did probably the quietest version we ever did up 'til that point. We ended it and [Hammond] said; 'that's the best that song will ever sound,' and we went; 'we haven't even got sounds, have we?' He goes, 'that doesn't matter. That's the best you'll ever do that song.' We tried it again five, six, seven times - I can't even remember. But it never quite sounded like it did that first time."

Couldn't Stand the Weather was released on May 15, 1984, and two weeks later it had rapidly outpaced the sales of Texas Flood.It peaked at number 31 and spent 38 weeks on the charts. The album includes Vaughan's cover of Jimi Hendrix's song, "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)", which provoked inevitable comparisons to Hendrix.

In March 1985, recording for Double Trouble's third studio album, Soul to Soul, began at the Dallas Sound Lab. As the sessions progressed, Vaughan became increasingly frustrated with his own lack of inspiration. He was also allowed a relaxed pace of recording the album, which contributed to a lack of focus due to excesses in alcohol and other drugs. Roadie Byron Barr later recalled: "the routine was to go to the studio, do dope, and play ping-pong." Vaughan, who found it increasingly difficult to be able to play rhythm guitar parts and sing at the same time, wanted to add another dimension to the band, so he hired keyboardist Reese Wynans to record on the album; he joined the band soon thereafter.

During the album's production, Vaughan appeared at the Houston Astrodome on April 10, 1985, where he performed a slide guitar rendition of the U.S. national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner"; his performance was met with booing. Upon leaving the stage, Vaughan acquired an autograph from former player for the New York Yankees, Mickey Mantle. Astrodome publicist Molly Glentzer wrote in the Houston Press: "As Vaughan shuffled back behind home plate, he was only lucid enough to know that he wanted Mickey Mantle's autograph. Mantle obliged. 'I never signed a guitar before.' Nobody asked Vaughan for his autograph. I was sure he'd be dead before he hit 30." Critics associated his performance with Jimi Hendrix's rendition at Woodstock in 1969, yet Vaughan disliked this comparison: "I heard they even wrote about it in one of the music magazines and they tried to put the two versions side by side. I hate that stuff. His version was great."

Released on September 30, 1985, Soul to Soul peaked at number 34 and remained on the Billboard 200 through mid-1986, eventually certified gold. Critic Jimmy Guterman of Rolling Stone wrote: "there's some life left in their blues rock pastiche; it's also possible that they've run out of gas." According to Patoski and Crawford, sales of the album "did not match Couldn't Stand the Weather, suggesting Stevie Ray and Double Trouble were plateauing". Vaughan commented: "as far as what's on there song-wise, I like the album a lot. It meant a lot to us what we went through to get this record. There were a lot of odds and we still stayed strong. We grew a lot with the people in the band and immediate friends around us; we learned a lot and grew a lot closer. That has a lot to do with why it's called Soul to Soul."

The Live Alive album was released on November 17, 1986, and the only official live Double Trouble LP made commercially available during Vaughan's lifetime, though it never appeared on the Billboard 200 chart. Though many critics claimed that most of the album was overdubbed, engineer Gary Olazabal, who mixed the album, asserted that most of the material was recorded poorly. Vaughan later admitted that it was not one of his better efforts; he recalled: "I wasn't in very good shape when we recorded Live Alive. At the time, I didn't realize how bad a shape I was in. There were more fix-it jobs done on the album than I would have liked. Some of the work sounds like [it was] the work of half-dead people. There were some great notes that came out, but I just wasn't in control; nobody was."

In September 1986, Double Trouble traveled to Denmark for a one-month tour of Europe. During the late night hours of September 28, Vaughan became ill after a performance in Ludwigshafen, Germany, suffering from near-death dehydration, for which he received medical treatment. The incident resulted in his checking into The London Clinic under the care of Dr. Victor Bloom, who warned him that he was a month away from death. After staying in London for more than a week, he returned to the United States and entered Peachford Hospital in Atlanta, where he spent four weeks in rehabilitation, and then checked into rehab in Austin.

In November 1986, following his departure from rehab, Vaughan moved back into his mother's Glenfield Avenue house in Dallas, which is where he had spent much of his childhood. During this time, Double Trouble began rehearsals for the Live Alive tour. Although Vaughan was nervous about performing after achieving sobriety, he received positive reassurance.

As the tour progressed, Vaughan was longing to work on material for his next LP, but in January 1987, he filed for a divorce from Lenny, which restricted him from any projects until the proceedings were finalized. This prevented him from writing and recording songs for almost two years, but Double Trouble wrote the song "Crossfire" with Bill Carter and Ruth Ellsworth. Layton recalled: "we wrote the music, and they had to write the lyrics. We had just gotten together; Stevie was unable to be there at that time. He was in Dallas doing some things, and we just got together and started writing some songs.

After Vaughan's divorce from Lenora "Lenny" Darlene Bailey became final, recording for Double Trouble's fourth and final studio album, In Step, began at Kiva Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, working with producer Jim Gaines and co-songwriter Doyle Bramhall. Initially, he had doubts about his musical and creative abilities after achieving sobriety, but he gained confidence as the sessions progressed. Shannon later recalled: "In Step was, for him, a big growing experience. In my opinion, it's our best studio album, and I think he felt that way, too." Bramhall, who had also entered rehab, wrote songs with Vaughan about addiction and redemption. According to Vaughan, the album was titled In Step because "I'm finally in step with life, in step with myself, in step with my music." The album's liner notes include the quote; "'thank God the elevator's broken," a reference to the twelve-step program proposed by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).

After the In Step recording sessions moved to Los Angeles, Vaughan added horn players Joe Sublett and Darrell Leonard, who played saxophone and trumpet respectively on both "Crossfire" and "Love Me Darlin'". Shortly before the album's production was complete, Vaughan and Double Trouble appeared at a presidential inaugural party in Washington, D.C. In Step was released on June 13, 1989, and eight months later, it was certified gold. The album was Vaughan's most commercially successful release and his first one to win a Grammy Award. It peaked at number 33 on the Billboard 200, spending 47 weeks on the chart. In Step included the song, "Crossfire", which was written by Double Trouble, Bill Carter, and Ruth Ellsworth; it became his only number one hit. The album also included one of his first recordings to feature the use of a Fuzz Face on Vaughan's cover of the Howlin' Wolf song, "Love Me Darlin'".

On Monday, August 27, 1990, at 12:50 a.m. (CDT), Vaughan and members of Eric Clapton's touring entourage played an all-star encore jam session at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in Alpine Valley Resort in East Troy, Wisconsin. They then left for Midway International Airport in Chicago in a Bell 206B helicopter, the most common way for acts to enter and exit the venue, as there is only one road in and out, heavily used by fans. The helicopter crashed into a nearby ski hill shortly after takeoff. Vaughan and the four others on board—pilot Jeff Brown, agent Bobby Brooks, bodyguard Nigel Browne, and tour manager Colin Smythe—died. The helicopter was owned by Chicago-based company Omniflight Helicopters. The Elkhorn coroner's inquest found that all five men died instantly.

The investigation determined the aircraft departed in foggy conditions with visibility reportedly under 2 mi (3.2 km), according to a local forecast. The National Transportation Safety Board report stated: "As the third helicopter was departing, it remained at a lower altitude than the others, and the pilot turned southeasterly toward rising terrain. Subsequently, the helicopter crashed on hilly terrain about three-fifths of a mile from the takeoff point." Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records showed that Brown was qualified to fly by instruments in a fixed-wing aircraft, but not in a helicopter. Toxicology tests performed on the victims revealed no traces of drugs or alcohol in their systems. Vaughan's funeral service was held on August 31, 1990, at Laurel Land Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. His wooden casket quickly became adorned with bouquets of flowers. An estimated 3,000 mourners joined a procession led by a white hearse. Among those at the public ceremony were Jeff Healey, Charlie Sexton, ZZ Top, Colin James, Stevie Wonder, Bonnie Raitt and Buddy Guy. Vaughan's grave marker reads: "Thank you ... for all the love you passed our way."

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x japan iceberg explained;

before i start, i probably didnt explain something right and if u want to correct me or add something, feel free and even dm me about it! + i will add trigger warnings for possible triggering content in this post

formed in 1982 - x was formed in 1982 after toshis and yoshikis previous band disbanded

X --> X JAPAN - they changed their name from X to X JAPAN in 1992 in order to distinguish themselves from the american punk rock band X

Saw IV - a horror movie from 2007, x japan did a theme song I.V. for the movie, it was their first song released since 1998

new album - an new x japan album that was supposed to be released lots of times over the 10+years but still (to this day) wasnt released

coachella 2018 - x japan performed at coachella 2018, many fans are saying how the sound was bad (usually blaming it on the sound production team?? or whatever its called) and apparently sugizo and yoshiki were seen arguing with the sound production team

we are x - a 2016 documentary about x japan (or rather yoshiki, because apparently it was mainly focusing on him)

psychidelic violence crime of visual shock - a slogan, mainly seen on the blue blood album cover, the term visual kei was derived from the slogan yoshiki, toshi, hide, pata, taiji - the most known lineup, from 1987 to 1992

2. tw// suicide mention

violet uk - one of unfinished yoshikis projects, started in 2002, didnt even debut but was supposed to in 2012

V2 - unit of yoshiki and tetsuya komuro, was active in 1992, they released one single and did one concert

ra:in - patas band, active since 2002, members are - pata, michiaki, die (also former member of spread beaver), ryu

noise/dynamite - toshis and yoshikis first band, formed in 1977 as dynamite, then they changed the name to noise, noise disbanded in 1982

s.k.i.n. - superband (group) of yoshiki, gackt, miyavi and sugizo, their only activity was in 2007 and it was live, they announced more activities but they were stopped

xfreaks - an international xjapan fan forum created in 2006

dope headz - band that had heath and pata as members, active from 2000 to 2003

hide with spread beaver - hides live band, other members were kiyoshi, k.a.z, hiroshi watanabe, satoshi miyawaki, d.i.e, i.n.a

zilch - supergroup formed by hide in 1996, other members were ray mcveigh,paul raven, joey castillo and i.n.a

lynx - one of heaths band, active from 2004-?, the vocalist for this band was issay from der zibet

yokosuka saver tiger - hides former band, he was member from 1981 to 1986 sugizo - luna sea guitarist, he joined x japan in 2008

hides death - hide committed suicide in 1998 (he hanged himself) update: this is what authorities said and what is official

3. tw// suicide

taijis death - in 2011 taiji was flying from japan to saipan, on the flight he got into fight with his manager (or flight attendant?), he was arrested after they landed in saipan and then he hanged himself with bedsheet in his cell

x japan translations - an site that had xjapan translations (like toshis book etc...), the site was active and up until 2018

taijis departure from X - taiji left X in 1992, but we dont know the exact reason why he left

toshi was in cult - toshi was member of cult known as home of heart from the late 90s (1998?)

1997 - the year x japan disbanded

yoshiki and queen elizabeth incident - in 2019 during royal windsor cup yoshikis scarf accidentally landed on queen elizabeth

yoshiki knows everyone - (not everyone ofc) but he met a lot of celebrities, politicians (barrack obama, johnny depp, prince phillip, bts etc,,)

art of life - a 29 minute song released released in 1993, it was was recorded only in english, the theme of the song are yoshikis suicidal tendencies, art of life was meant to be released in the jealousy album (1991)

yoshikis father - yoshikis father committed suicide when yoshiki was 10 years old

taijis cut off joint on finger - taiji when he was kid, showed his hand into a factory machine (his family owned factory) and cut off his first joint on his finger

yoshikis health problems - yoshiki has tons of health problem since he was child (asthma, he was always sick and spent most of the time in hospitals etc,,) and suffers from many of health problems even now

toshis healing music - toshis music he made during the home of heart era

kaori moritani & masaya - kaori moritani is toshis ex wife, they met in around 1993 when they played in rock opera hamlet, they got married in 1997 and divorced in 2010, she introduced him to masaya (and got him, or rather manipulated him, into home of heart)

masaya - real name tōru kurabuchi - musician and leader of home of heart

-more about home of heart and the whole situation here: https://bloodydesertrose.tumblr.com/post/96662764536/support-toshi-dont-buy-or-listen-to-any-of-his-songs

debut in usa - x japan was supposed to debut in usa in the 90s (and even changed their name because of it, x-->xjapan)

extasy record - label formed by yoshiki in 1986, the first release under extasy records was x orgasm ep, the label had bands like xjapan, luna sea, glay, zi:kill tokyo yankees and more

yoshiki paid for taijis new teeth - after hides funeral yoshiki noticed that taijis some teeth were missing or chipped, so he handed him around 2 million yen (around 18 497 usd) to get his teeth fixed

l.o.x. - punk rock supergroup, yoshiki was drummer in this band, they also used to be named masami & l.o.x (masami was their vocalist), masami collapsed and fell into coma in 1989 and died in 1992 due to pneumonia in coma, l.o.x released one album with different vocalist (one of them which was toshi and yoshiki went by the alias shiratori rei here on the album) in 1990, l.o.x. released one song in 2002 in memory of masami

standing sex promotional shot & single cover - the promotional shot & single cover basically shows yoshiki nude (with his intimate parts covered of course + this wasnt the only time yoshiki has done something like this)

rose & blood -indies of x- - an unofficial album with demos and unreleased x songs

unreleased & old songs - there are a lot unreleased songs + unreleased old songs or just old songs that dont get played anymore

rosenfeld - crows in black - blue blood has similar guitar riff (i dont know how to say it) to this song (crows in black / b was firstly recorded on demo in 1986)

former members - x japan has big amount of former members - 11 former members (excluding taiji and hide from this)

terry - a former member of x, he was one of the original members (being a member from 1982 to 1985), terry died in 2002 in car accident

yoshiki got sued by hides brother - yoshiki got sued by headwax (hides company which hides brother owns) for using hides photos, apparently they had a contract but it expired and yoshiki still used hides photos even though the contract expired

x japan condoms - they were released in 1993 with the intent to help increase awareness and prevent the spread of AIDS. the reason why they probably did this is that toshis fan died at the age of 19 due to AIDS (toshi even dedicated a song to him - passion of love and became a active member and sponsor of association of struggle against AIDS)

heath cow story - when heath joined xjapan they celebrated it by drinking and then driving 2 hours to cow farm, then they drove to aquarium but it was already closed

heath leaving x japan - in 2009 there was a rumor that heath would leave x japan, apparently this was caused due to heaths contract problems (?) dementia - taijis former band, he was member from 1984 to 1985 and went under the name ray

pata was roadie for x - before joining x in 1987, he was roadie for x (or the member hally) around the time in 1986 (1985?)

pink spider was a suicide note - this one is a rumor/theory that is circulating around, fans analysed the lyrics and came to conclusion that its suicide note

x stayed at different hotels than other bands - when x was on tour with other bands they were staying at different hotels than other bands, because one time (on tour with other bands and in hotel) hide got into drunk fight with juichi morishige (lead vocalist of ziggy) and sprayed the entire hotel lounge with fire extinguisher

taiji was homeless - taiji was homeless for around 2 years (1996-1998), due to financial issues + he got divorced at this time

heaths myspace account - there was heath myspace account, but it wasnt him, it was someone pretending to be him

weekend pv theory - (i dont know if i should have put this here to be honest) a theory that x members chose what their death would be in weekend pv (yoshiki - suicide, hide - suicide in drunken rage??, taiji - murder, pata - alcohol poisoning, toshi doesnt die in the pv)

hide vocaloid - hides unreleased song co gal got finished via vocaloid (using his voice samples from various songs of his)

yoshiki lead singer - before toshi was chosen to be the lead vocalist for x, yoshiki was the vocalist (there is also a recording of stab me in the back with mostly yoshiki on vocals!)

hide and marilyn manson meet up story - im gonna just attach a screenshot of the story

taiji was murdered - taiji committed suicide in 2011 in his cell on saipan, but there are some things that point to the possibility that he was murdered (his manager insisted on cremating his body and got cremated without autopsy, money got transfered on his account, information missing from the internet?? etc,,)

juns tape - demo tape recorded in 1986 by at the time X guitarist jun, tape contains instrumental recordings of unreleased songs right now, only way, tune up and one unnamed song.

ill kill you single cover - cover of 1985 X single ill kill you, it contains photos of victims of the vietnam war

feel me tonight - demo tape from 1985/1986, it contains songs feel me tonight and stab me in the back (all of them are under one minute here) sung by their at the time guitarist hally (apparently there aslo should be yoshiki version of it, but i dont know how much we can trust metal archives)

8. tw// eating disorder mention

yoshiki hired someone to kill taiji - this one is a rumor!!!, yoshiki was supposed to get/hire yakuza to kill taiji hide had an eating disorder - this one is unconfirmed!!! hide suffered from bulimia (yoshiki walked on him purging - and this story was also apparently told by yoshiki???)

#long post #xjapan #x japan #iceberg #this was supposed to be posted on twitter #but when i was in the half i couldnt add more things to the thread anymore #tw eating disorder mention #tw suicide mention #jrock #visual kei #vkei

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confinedmadness · 4 years

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ChroNoiR Moments I Love

I did not include anything from videos linked in my post on favorite ChroNoiR collabs.

I included moments where ChroNoiR isn’t together but the two of them are talked about or have some sort of interaction.

I included habits or things that both of them do repetitively.

Keeping this at 10 because if I don’t put a limit, I’ll end up linking every single video where ChroNoiR is so much as mentioned.

★ Kanae Immediately Understanding Kuzuha’s Message

This is from the 2019-08-18 Project Winter collab with Sasaki, Lize, Ange, Fairys, Tsukasa, Shiina, Kuzuha, and Kanae. Most of the time, when talking about ChroNoiR in this collab, people mention the match where both of them were traitors and perfectly coordinated to win.

While that was great and exciting, my personal favorite ChroNoiR moment in this collab is when Kuzuha chilled Shiina, and Kanae, who saw that, immediately understood that Kuzuha was trying to tell them Shiina was a traitor. From Kanae’s POV, this is around 40:30, while in Kuzuha’s POV, this is around 40:45.

If you watch from Kuzuha’s POV, you can also listen to him just praising Kanae and saying how he knew if anyone were to understand it would be Kanae.

★ Kuzuha’s Perfect Kanae Impersonation

This is from a PUBG collab with Ran, Sentan, Kuzuha, and Akabane. When Kuzuha comments that the others’ impersonations of Kanae were off, they ask Kuzuha for an example of what a good Kanae impersonation would be. Kuzuha delivers with what is now one of his memorable lines 「SE方面敵いるよ葛葉」(”Kuzuha, there’s an enemy in the SE direction”), and the other three, as well as the comment section, erupt in excitement over it. It’s around 52:45 in Baneki’s video.

Later, in the last ChroNoiR.tv episode, Kanae says the same line at around 15:00 as Kuzuha and the comment section note that they’re finally hearing the real version. Kanae even includes the “kyaaaaaaaaa” reaction from the original collab above.

(Note: Kanae actually says 「方向」while Kuzuha said「方面」but the phrase means basically the same thing.)

★ Kuzuha Talks About Kanae Tweeting a Formal Apology

In his solo stream, one of the topics Kanae talked about with his viewers were gropers and their victims. Unfortunately, some people interpreted part of his words negatively, so Kanae took down the archived video later on and also posted an apology on twitter.

Kuzuha, in his own stream , laughed when he saw Kanae’s apology, saying that he’s sure it’s because Kanae said something easy to misunderstand again. (Timestamp: 11:20:38) When his own viewers explained what caused the buzz, Kuzuha said that he can’t believe this is what the VTuber world has come to, and says that if the internet pitchfork mob is after Kanae for something like this, then they should come for him as well.

Personally, I thought it was really nice that Kanae tried to understand why it isn’t easy for victims to call for help. Yes, he did say he couldn’t understand why they couldn’t do something that seems easy, but it’s also true that he discussed these and listened to his viewers’ explanations with what I thought was a very genuine desire to understand. A Japanese viewer even commented that as a victim, she was glad Kanae had this conversation.

★ Kuzuha Blaming Kanae for Something He Said

Kuzuha mentions in his solo stream (1:03:03) that his image of guys who play guitar are those who like hitting women. Upon realizing that he said something that could be taken negatively, he immediately backtracks and puts the blame on Kanae saying, “it was Kanae who told me that, but he probably won’t remember.” (Kanae’s character is someone who supposedly has amnesia)

In Kanae’s solo stream (26:05), his own viewers let him know about what Kuzuha said. Kanae only said that “if Kuzuha says that I said so then maybe I did, but I don’t remember”.

At the end of their ChroNoiR Donkey Kong stream (2:05:55), as Kuzuha jokingly blames Kanae for various things again, Kanae brings up the guitarist line blamed on him. As Kuzuha emphasizes that Kanae is currently confused and asks him to talk to his lawyer, Kanae responds with a threat to sue him and the stream ends with Kanae saying “see you at court”. This last interaction was especially funny for me.

★ ChroNoiR Introducing Themselves as Each Other

In ChroNoiR collabs, Kuzuha and Kanae frequently introduce themselves as each other. I just find it cute, especially when they both make fun of each other during the impersonation.

In one of these instances, Kanae tries mimicking Kuzuha’s introduction line but accidentally says 「ヴァンパイア吸血鬼葛葉です」 (Literally “I’m vampire vampire Kuzuha”) instead of the actual 「吸血鬼VTuber葛葉です」(”I’m vampire VTuber Kuzuha”). Unfortunately, I can’t find the original stream when he said that.

In an ARK collab (7:20:15), when Kanae successfully introduces himself as Kuzuha with the correct introduction, Kuzuha notes that he got it right this time. More recently, during their 2020 Christmas collab (0:27), Kanae once again introduces himself as Kuzuha using the wrong version (this time seemingly on purpose).

★ Kuzuha is 7 Hours Late; Kanae Gets Strawberry Au Lait

At their 2018 Christmas collab, Kuzuha is 7 hours late to their agreed meeting time (1:35). Later on (6:20), when Kanae says that wants one of the 3 cups of strawberry au lait that Kuzuha has, Kuzuha didn’t want to give one to him but relented in the end because Kanae reminds him that he was late. Because of this, Kanae is sometimes referred to as “the man who forgave 7 hours of lateness with a cup of strawberry au lait”.

★ Kanae Praising Kuzuha’s Singing

Kuzuha mentioned before that he doesn’t like singing in front of other people because of a previous experience where someone he called “Mysterious Mushroom Man” corrected his singing while they were in karaoke. So I actually love the times when either Kuzuha or Kanae mention that they went to karaoke together.

My favorite is this moment in one of their Apex collabs where Kanae mentions this one song Kuzuha sang in karaoke that he considers his favorite among the songs Kuzuha sings. Kuzuha admits that he was happy to hear Kanae tell him his singing was good, and that he ended up singing that same song a lot in karaoke since then. It’s around 1:38:10 in Kanae’s POV and around 1:36:14 in Kuzuha’s POV.

★ Kuu-chan and Kanakana

Kanae sometimes calls Kuzuha “Kuu-chan” in order to tease him. This happened more often early in their careers, but still happens every now and then. Aside from the cute name, there is also the fact that Kuzuha will always reply with「やめろその呼び方」(”Don’t call me that.”) like clockwork.

Kuzuha doesn’t allow anyone to call him Kuu-chan. In fact, the only one in Nijisanji he has given explicit permission to use -chan with his name is Moira who calls him Kuzuha-chan. On the other hand, Kanae is called by a lot of nicknames, both by his collab partners and his fans. The most common one is Kanakana.

During one of Kanae’s chat streams (18:49), one commenter asked how he would react if Kuzuha called him “Kanakana”. In response, Kanae says that he probably wouldn’t be able to take it *insert disgusted noises* and just die on the spot.

I find it so cute they hate the nicknames, especially from each other. And personally, while I love Kanae teasing “Kuu-chan”, I do adore the fact that they call each other by name.

★ "Because it’s Kuzuha”

This is from one of the CR cup practice matches when Kanae was part of Kanaminto (Kanae, Admin, Kamito). When Kanae’s party encountered Kuzuha’s, Kanae asked for time from his team to execute the finishing move on Kuzuha (1:25:03). “Because it’s Kuzuha”. Hearing the reason, his teammates immediately agreed as if it’s the most natural thing in the world.

During their team practices, Kanae did in fact tell his team beforehand that he would like to perform the finishing move if they encounter Kuzuha. It was so cute how excited he was to be able to actually do it.

★ Kuzuha Not Realizing that Kanae was Streaming

This apex stream is definitely one of the most memorable even just for the fact that Kuzuha was unaware that Kanae was streaming for a whole 30 minutes. Kuzuha joined the voice chat at around 27:25. When Kanae informs him that he’s streaming, Kuzuha asks to confirm that he really is streaming, but mishears Kanae’s answer「うん、そう」(”Yeah, I am”) as「嘘」(”That was a lie.”).

They continue to talk, with Kuzuha mentioning some unusual food preferences among others, until finally at 1:00:25, Kuzuha realizes Kanae is streaming when Kanae tells him about something from the comment section. The sudden change in Kuzuha’s energy was amusing to watch. It was probably partly due to the shock because Kuzuha mentioned he was just about to talk about confidential matters right around the time he finally realized.

♥ ChroNoiR ♥

#posts #nijisanji #vtubers #vtuber #chronoir #kanae #kuzuha #にじさんじ #くろのわ #クロノワール #叶 #葛葉

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Fat Parade Chapter 4

So.

It’d come to this.

6 years since the band broke up and America had gone Floridada. The suburbs may have stopped their sprawl but the septicity had continued to spread. Now they were going to build a wall to keep it all in, trap it in one space and let it fester. They’d lock up all who opposed and blame Benghazi. The White House was down but Olympus had risen; hysteria was everywhere, and Ebony had seen it coming.

Hadn't it been obvious to anyone else? Had nobody but her noticed the corporate creature creeping forth, slowly swallowing up riot grrls and digesting them into girlbosses? The Rainbow had been ingested too, now a brand before a label, a sales tactic plastered on soft drinks and sandwiches for a single month of the year. All had been absorbed, aside from race theory: that was merely sat on, shat on and hidden beneath big business’ monstrous backside. It didn’t suit their narrative, after all.

And so, having folded all opposition into their assets, the suits could now frame themselves as the victims. They were the oppressed ones, they said, mutilated by the wave of wokeness they’d bought upon themselves. It was the immigrants who were stealing your wages, or Obamacare, or the activists: the details didn’t really matter. All that mattered was themselves and the lie that they were all that mattered, and those with the power to spread the truth had already sold out.

Rap was a shell of its former self. Party rock may have left the house but it’d taken rebellion with it. Nobody said “fuck the police” anymore, only “fuck my ex”, and racism didn’t matter to the 20 million other white rappers who’d emerged a decade after Eminem’s prophecy. People didn’t want politics, they wanted Gucci or Versace and, if there was any room left for sticking it to the man, all anyone had to do was seem shocking next to the six or so sanitised celebrities who otherwise dominated the genre. Overextended dicks? Despite the misogyny, they’d do the trick. And pop was no different, literally no different any more, except when it was pasty pre-pubescent acoustic guitarists offending everyone from Galway to Guadalajara, or narcissists refining the emo Ebony knew into fuel for their own egos. The alternative, if there truly was any left, consisted almost entirely of indie landfill from the 2000s getting a second wind out of Spotify payola and teens too starved of genuine counterculture to know better. Or else, it was a paean to unremembered Reaganomics, neon nightmares framing rebellion as bloodless flesh and new-old-wave cock rock incel anthems urging supermen to say their stupid lines.

But then again, she realised grimly, her generation hadn’t been much different. If she’d been Brendon’s bride she'd probably have been a whore too, slamming the goddamn door behind her as she left his misogynistic ass at the altar. Perhaps a decade defined by Funeral, flat whites and Jack White had made everyone stop caring. The world might have been collapsing but people had taken for granted that it had already happened. They’d embraced the Internet aristocrats and worried themselves instead with whether they were losing their edge. They’d made love and listened to Death From Above and sang along with their preppie oppressors as they cried Kwassa Kwassa.

So she couldn’t have stopped it, Ebony knew that now. She’d never been authentic enough to begin with, and now? Now she was a mess. The clock had well and truly ticked out for her voluptuous hourglass figure. In its place was an unrecognisable blob, with a belly like the molten middle of a chocolate pudding. And Ebony would know: she’d eaten enough lately. Her breasts too repulsed her; her breasts were always enormous, sure, but not like this, they never sagged: was it with age, obesity or both? Most horrible of all, however, was her lower half; though it paled in size compared to her stomach, the way it felt was far worse. The way her flabby thighs rubbed themselves sore, the way her massive ass wobbled up and down as if trying to tear itself free from her flesh, the pressure on her pudgy feet: it was enough to make Ebony dread the mere act of walking. So she stayed sedentary, consoling herself with calorie bombs, moving only between the bed, the bathroom and the fridge as she watched the world outside her window burn down through her TV. She was no rebel anymore: merely an overinflated sex doll, blown up to the point of busting, numbing herself with food. A pig, in a cage, on antibiotics.

If this bulky body really was software version 7.0, it was an unwelcome upgrade. Like that time Ebony had been stuck with Bono’s boastful dirges on her iPhone for weeks. That same iPhone had now burrowed into her flesh, into everyone’s, fenced souls to socials that had always looked lame next to MySpace, and she’d just ignored it, as she had everything. All she ever cared about was fame and food.

Maybe things could have gone differently. Maybe the band could’ve singlehandedly saved emo somehow, managed what Nirvana and NWA never could, actually won. Maybe they could’ve been more political back in the day, joined in on Rock Against Bush, screwed the cash and branded themselves buzzkill like Dixie Chicks. Maybe they could’ve reached more people, toured more often, done that dumb Bionicle commercial after all instead of AAR. But that was all egotism, Ebony knew. The truth was her voice had always been noiseless, and whilst that was exceptional she couldn’t help hating herself for this. And for that, she wanted to believe all of this was her fault, and hers alone.

Ebony needed help.

***

“Oh, my…”

“I know.”

Willow had been expected Ebony to have changed a lot in the years since she’d last seen her former bandmate and best friend, but the transformation really was remarkable. Her face was still recognisable, if anything the extra softness served to counteract the ravages of ages on her cheeks, but the rest of Ebony’s body was completely unfamiliar. In place of its old supermodel-skinny waist was a truly titanic tummy, bulging over the hem of her sweats and covering her crotch completely. Even from a distance Willow could tell just how supple it was, as it jiggled with every minor motion; a doughy orb of pure fat. Ebony’s ass had ballooned too: once so pert, it was now so plump as to be visible even from the front. Most shocking of all however, was the chance in her chest: those famously huge tits were bigger than ever before, expanded to truly mammoth sizes, not by silicone, but by soft, squishy adipose. She was massive. She was a mess.

She was even more gorgeous than before.

“Ebony, you look…”

“Disgusting.”

“I was going to say,” Willow smiled, “different.” Her lips trembled.

“Spare me the cliches,” Ebony sighed, “I haven’t the energy.”

“Then why invite me?” It’d been six years after all, and without a word from her bandmate Willow had assumed Ebony simply wasn’t interested in hanging out with the short, mousy drummer anymore. Looking at the state Ebony was in now, Willow was deeply regretting that assumption. Typical Willow, letting egotistical anxiety ruin her life until the chaos became contagious. How had she ever played Wembley?

“I don’t know,” Ebony spluttered, “I don’t know, because… because I was selfish, I guess? Because I wanted a friend.”

“Ebony, when did you last go out?”

“I can’t go out anymore. The Enquirer would have a field day, they could set up tent on my ass it’s so big—”

“Ebony,” Willow repeated sternly, “when did you last leave the house?”

“Fine!” Ebony cried, petulantly. “Lemme see, there was Greece, then Rome which looked basically the same as Greece from where I was sat—”

“Sat?”

“It’s been a while, okay? I…” Willow slumped unto her bed with a plop, her blubbery shoulders bouncing with the motion. “I don’t remember how long.”

“Oh, Ebony…” Willow sat down beside her friend, and clasped her hand.

“I thought it was over, Willow. I told them all that I’d beaten it, that they could beat it too. All fairytales. This isn’t Enchanted, it’s Orwell, and now I’m rambling again like the narcissist I am—”

“Ebony—”

“You know Arcade Fire are doing Disney tracks now? For those shitty live-action remakes…”

“We were never Arcade Fire.”

“No, we were worse, at least they tried to be authentic for a while, we were sell-outs from the start. Monetising mental illness—”

“It was never about that Ebony. Not for any of this.”

“But we still did it, didn’t we? We stood by and let the businessmen suck out our blood, and I’m talking like a Coupland character because beneath it all I’ve never had substantial to say, except that I was sad, not even angry, just sad, and now I’m old and bitter and I’m everything today’s kids should be hating except they aren’t because they take for granted the corporations have already won just like we did and I hate them for that even know I know its hypocrisy and I can’t stop it, I can’t stop anything, I just swell and swell and swell with second-hand self-importance—”

“Ebony, you’re hyperventilating. Please try to relax.”

“That’s what got us into this mess!” The shrillness of the scream surprised Ebony more than Willow. Upon noticing it, Ebony realised too how short of breath she really was, how much she was sweating… She began to cry. “We can’t relax,” she whimpered, quietly. “We shouldn’t have that luxury, and yet we do… I do. I indulge. All the time.”

“But that’s okay,” Willow assured her.

“No it isn’t. I’m an asshole, Willow. I left you for so long.”

“Nah. You wanna see an asshole,” Willow smirked, “check out Raven. Real big with Pitchfork these days, hipster poptimist bitch.”

“Don’t hate her. Sure, she’s part of the problem, but at least she’s oblivious. Us, we know what we did, what we said, we know what… what we have to do….”

Willow didn’t need to hear the rest.

“I don’t think it’s that drastic Ebony. I really don’t.”

“You don’t know jack shit,” spat Ebony, “you don’t know the lies I spewed, and I’m being arrogant again and I’m ignoring you and I need to…”

“No.” Grabbing Ebony’s chubby cheeks, Willow forced her friend to stare into her sunny eyes. “I can’t leave you like this. I’m sorry, I know that’s patronising I really do but I just can’t. I… I care about you too much.”

“I’m only going to make you feel you shit.”

“You can try. And I can try to cheer myself up.” Suddenly, she started giggling slyly. “Remember that time you thought you’d bought coke from Fiddy at the MTV awards?”

“Oh god,” Ebony chuckled through the tears, “why’d you have bring that up?”

“I mean you and Raven looked like you were having fun…”

“I just wanted to try it, okay? We were kids, it’s not like it ever became a habit or anything…”

“I mean it wouldn’t, it was only flour after all, but you two were convinced you were high—”

“We were pretty drunk.”

“Drunk enough to sleep with him—”

“He looked like Fiddy!”

“Well, it was his cousin…”

“25 Cent!”

In the joyous of laughter and tears, it felt as if the last decade had rolled back, and the pair were on top of the world again: not this world, but a world they recognised, a world they could both, for all their angst, find joy in. Eating real ramen street-shop in Tokyo and spilling it over their tops fleeing the paparazzi; crashing a tour bus after whacking a roadie in the head with a Wiimote; pillow fighting with Paramore so hard the cops got called: all those perfect moments seemed to be happening again all once. Not merely feeling happiness, but sharing it… neither of them had known that pleasure for quite some time.

“Come here, Ebony.”

Sighing softly, Ebony shuffled her bulky body along the bed and let Willow envelope her in her arms. Her hands felt so warm and tender as they rubbed Ebony’s chubby back up and down. As their bodies pressed together, Ebony noticed the way the subtle softness of Willow’s stomach yielded so gently to her own pillowy tummy, the way Willow’s breasts nestled so snugly in the crease between her boobs and belly. It wasn’t sexual, merely intimate, intimate yet exhilarating, like they were each other’s most treasured teddy bears.

Maybe, Ebony thought, being big wasn’t so bad after all.

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From above the stars - Chapter 3

This one is short... but painful

TW: Major character death, blood

Chapter summary:

Marinette discovers a truth she wasn’t aware of...

AO3

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CHAPTER 3

It was two days after being discharged from the hospital when the policeman from the other time returned to interrogate her.

After the courage to live on given by a sad song that matched her heart, Marinette was ready to answer their questions and face her new unwanted reality at last. 'Don't surrender', she reminded herself. ‘For Adrien’.

She was, of course, asked about that day - the day her life had stopped. She told them how she and Adrien went to the party, danced together, had some drinks… And how Adrien drove his car eagerly, drifting at the curves of the road up the mountain. Marinette was struggling to answer, but words found their way out thanks to the peace from the melody that remained in her heart.

The policemen seemed interested in her witness. What they wanted to verify was if DUI was what caused the accident to fill the official documents and end the investigation soon. Seeing it was the case, both of them were relieved. Still, they needed to write down all the details, even if they hated to make the fragile looking woman go through her painful memories once again.

"What happened during the accident?" One of them asked. Marinette's lips pressed together and exhaled deeply to calm down before speaking again.

"Adrien was going to do one final drifting at the last curve. He controlled his car perfectly despite the alcohol. The road was pitch black and it was difficult to see the surroundings… The rails of the road were what guided him, I think. But then…. A car appeared from out of nowhere and… the lights blinded us- and-". She shut her eyes strongly at remembering the fatal events of that night. Tears were already spilling down her face.

"It's ok, take your time. Want some water?" The other policemen offered.

Marinette grabbed the glass and drank the water, choking on it between her crying.

"Easy, easy. We can come back some other time if you prefer. Whenever you feel ready"

"No", she said between sobs and hiccups. ‘I need to do this now. I need to accept it. For Adrien…’

"Ok. Just let us know if you need to stop, will you?"

Marinette noded, wiping her tears with a tissue from the box the sympathetic policemen handed her. She nodded once again after cleaning her running nose. Having calmed down, the agents asked again.

"What happened next?"

"The lights were too bright and I couldn't see properly but… Adrien… " she stopped for a moment to inhale some air. Her next words left her mouth as a sigh. "Adrien saved me… he turned the car to the right so the impact only affected him… It was so bright behind him… and then the front and side glass pieces were flying towards me and I can't remember anything else…"

"I see", he said, checking the other agent was properly writing it down on a laptop. "Did you really not see the other car?"

"I didn't. It was dark and a tree covered the view… and the mountain too, I think"

"We'll check it", said the tallest agent, giving some indication to some other agents that stood by the door. "Anything else you remember and want to share? Any little detail, anything is important"

"I- Ad- Adrien saved me. But not only that… Before the crash he apologized to me… I can't get the face he made out of my head. It's haunting me in my dreams! I- Adrien was a good person-! I hate it when people say he was bad! He saved me!". The tissues the agents had handed her were getting wetter by moments. "Is it that wrong he drove under influence…? He didn't want to die… It was an accident. Adrien took a price too high for his mistake. He already paid for it- a price too high! He didn't deserve to die just for drinking some alcohol!"

With Marinette's unstable and uncontrollable sobs, the agents exchanged looks, worried. They kept wondering if they should tell her what they knew and she probably didn't, but they decided to stay quiet and ask her one final question, not wanting to cause her further mental damage.

"Was this the car you collided with?" The shortest agent asked, showing her a photo.

"I don't know… it was a small car, I think…" Marinette gulped as she realized for the first time she never paid attention to the counterpart of the accident. She had only cared about herself and Adrien. She felt horrible at her new realization. "What… what happened to the other car…?"

But she obtained no answer and the interrogation was called off.

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Later that day, the accident was in the news and on a debate program. They talked about Gabriel Agreste and his loss of a successor after his only son died and how he would cope with everything, especially his fashion business. They also talked about how irresponsible for him to educate his son so badly. The harsh bad-mouthing seemed to have no stop.

Only then Marinette came to see and hear images and details of the aftermath of the accident she wasn't aware of. She listened to what was said on TV.

"This is how the cars involved in 'the Adrien Agreste accident' ended up. According to the police, the two occupants of the other vehicle and Adrien Agreste died instantly from the crash. Adrien's girlfriend could be saved after being in a critical condition for days and she has recently been discharged from the hospital"

"What do we know about the other victims? The true victims of the Agreste family evilness" Marinette's heart skipped, hurt by the word 'evilness'.

"The occupants of the pink car involved were two 21-year-old girls- Rose Lavillant and Juleka Couffaine. According to their friends and relatives, they had been recently engaged. They had lived together with the Couffaine family after Miss Lavillant was kicked out of home for having a girlfriend and dishonoring her conservative family".

"How tragic!". The debate continued, fueling the drama. "They could never get married or have the happy future that could await them! If only Adrien Agreste Agreste had stayed out of the way…"

"Exactly! It's all Agreste's fault! Both son and father are to blame"

The debate continued but Marinette was not listening anymore. She couldn't hear. Not the TV, not her heart, not the music that healed her when she needed it the most… Silence.

Marinette's blood froze. She remembered how she had seen that family name before… at the cemetery. The guitarist's sisters… The young man that gave her the strength to face her depressing reality and gave her hope, had lost his will to live because of Adrien- because of her.

Her lament couldn't be stopped by the blue-haired man's music anymore.

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