#27 May 2023

[sunshineandlyrics]

I also noticed the moving light boxes during Out of My System (FITFWT Gilford, 27 May 2023)

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[uroboros-if]

Update Post - 27th of May, 2023

Hi guys! This might be my last weekly update post for a while, but don't worry—I don't attempt to disappear in that time. In fact, I've come with news as far as how I should be tackling on workload from now!

I've decided setting a consistent schedule for myself would be beneficial, so here's tentatively how it is:

I'll be answering a bunch of asks over the weekend, and then queue them for throughout the week. Maybe 2-4 asks answered daily.

Tuesdays and Wednesdays are my special writing days. My wish is to write everyday, but that's not always feasible; setting aside a couple of days just to write would be super helpful to focus on them!

During this time, I will also be working on my full-time work in real life, which is pretty much a 24/7 thing—but I will set aside Friday and Monday as my special IRL work days to get projects done.

Nothing is set in stone, but I wanted to be transparent about this so you guys know that I am committed to writing this IF, as having a little structure might help speed things along!

I am working on asks as we speak; I took a break earlier to give people's feed a little break from this blog, too. Hopefully I can get back into the rhythm of answering (currently, I have 12 posts in queue, including this). I've been trying to balance compliments and general remarks with RO + parent scenarios/asks, so that there's some variety!

Thanks for everyone's patience 💕💕 I am grateful for everyone's support! It took me a long time to finally have a demo, so I wanted to say again: thank you for those who supported me knowing they were tentative times. 🫂

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[scarletstatic]

15 Days of FatT Day 11- Two Things Happen

I thumbnailed a whole 2 page comic for this one and then lowered my expectations so I could post this today lol! This part has lived rent free in my head since I first heard it!

[louiswearbook]

Louis Tomlinson performing in Gilford, NH for show #2 of the Faith in the Future World Tour | May 27, 2023

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Marni x Carhartt WIP Logo T-Shirt in Green

[£190, $260]

[royalarchivist]

Badboyhalo: WHAT THE FUDGE! Why does he do that every time I talk to him?! What the fudge- WHAT THE FUDGE! Every single time- every single time! Do you remember when after you had that nightmare and died, and I said, "Hey Vegetta, Dapper just died" and he flipping left? Can you believe this little muffinhead?! That's flipping it- THAT'S FLIPPING IT! PEACE?! Agh- you can rest in pieces! We're breaking in Dapper-

A tragedy in two parts:

[glimmerofawesome]

[dogstomp]

Dogstomp #3069 - May 27th

Patreon / Discord Server / Itaku / Bluesky

[pineapplefulfillseveryneed]

The Revenge Of Two Hands One Mouth - O2 Academy Bristol (November 27, 2013) by Adam Gasson

After 11 years of not finding a single photo from this show, I found these yesterday! I can not begin to express what this means to me, I nearly cried and I couldn't sleep last night. I was still a rather new fan and this was my first time going to a show in the UK, the first show I went to see with a friend, and my first time meeting that friend, too. And these above photos are SO GOOD! Not much was preserved from this show at all, there was no recording allowed (no charcoal drawings either), and to my knowledge not even the full setlist for this specific show was preserved anywhere. So better late than never, but here's what I remember (with some help from these photos!) and the things I've puzzled back together:

If there was opening music or an opening act, i don't recall, but Russell entered the stage alone. It was dramatic and impactful, and it went quiet as he gave an intense stare into the audience and did a drawn out "ahhh" into the microphone. After a little moment of quiet, it turned out the microphone had been connected to a sequencer which now started repeating "ah ah ah ah ah ah". Suspense, excitement. Russell added: "Hold, hold, hold, hold". (...I was definitely freaking out.) While that started looping on top of the ah ah ah sequence, he made stop signs with his hand as we all listened. A few repeats passed. "I'm getting mixed signals, mixed signals - mixed, mixed, mixed signals".

^ the only seconds of this show I recorded as I didn't yet know it wasn't allowed - security signed at me and I put the camera away. It was fine. (Here's a recording of it made during the US tour later that year - recording seemed to be less frowned upon at that point.)

I don't recall when Ron entered the stage at this show, whether it was during the song or after, but what a way to open! And what an amazing song choice!

The performance that left the biggest impression on me at this show though was Nicotina. It was a choice I didn't see coming, but also the way Russell sang it! Falsetto heaven. (Sadly not a single video is to be found of Nicotina from this tour. But for your falsetto heaven needs, I hope you can find a video of Here In Heaven that they also performed on this tour, because that will also kill you.)

As everyone here probably knows I am quite big on Bergman, which at the time was heavily promoted during the tours, and, the excerpts they played on this tour were different from what they played during Two Hands One Mouth! They played "I Am Ingmar Bergman", The Studio Commissary (my favourite song on Bergman), Limo Driver (but sang by Russell, and HOW!) and "Oh My God". (Here's a video of it from one of the American shows. It's extremely good. People who've been around for a while have seen me lose it over this video many times.)

The most unexpected song choice was probably Katherine Hepburn. Me and my friend had been joking for absolute months that we were going to see Sparks and they'd play Katherine Hepburn (as if that would ever happen, we were obsessed with that song though!). And here we were, and they were playing Katherine Hepburn right in front of our eyes. (What is reality.)

Falling In Love With Myself Again had me losing it over the organ sounds, always a fan of Ron on organ, and I LOVE that song. Russell sang a line in my direction (I died), and he managed to throw another line at me during Those Mysteries ...I died a few times that night. As you might expect. That was kind of the whole THOM/TROTHOM experience anyway. Lots of dying. But the variety of dying where you end up in heaven. (You're at a Sparks show after all.)

They wrote a song especially for this tour, which was not released but only ever played live: Revenge Of Two Hands One Mouth. What a thing to experience! A very dark song, but wonderful. (REVENGE! REVENGE REVENGE!)

At the end of the show Ron took a photo of Russell with the audience. I don't really remember that happening, but the photo exists and it really was not a thing they did often back then. We had been a good audience :)

Here's all the songs that were probably played that night in random order:

Your Call's Very Important To Us. Please Hold., B.C., Good Morning, Here In Heaven, Academy Award Performance, Those Mysteries, Falling In Love With Myself Again, Big Boy, Nicotina, Popularity, This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us, excerpts from The Seduction Of Ingmar Bergman, Tryouts For The Human Race, Katherine Hepburn, Revenge Of Two Hands One Mouth. They likely also played The Number One Song in Heaven, When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way' and Suburban Homeboy. (I see mentions of How Are You Getting Home? and How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall? in setlists for this tour as well, which they very well might have played but I very sadly have zero memory of ever hearing those songs live.)

This tour had a real air of mystery, possibly even more so than Two Hands One Mouth, as the lack of existing footage definitely adds to it. But luckily some of it *is* out there, and I am so grateful for these photos :) On top of the songs I especially mentioned above, I would also advise people to look for recordings of Tryouts For The Human Race and Popularity from this tour, because the arrangements are probably not going to be the way you expect them to be. And as you might expect: B.C. is stunning live. (I could start a whole rant about Good Morning and Suburban Homeboy live but I think I sufficiently screamed about both in my personal notes on THOM the year prior.) Final note: I know Russell had some sort of dance move for Big Boy because me and another friend couldn't stop talking about it for months. I don't remember what he did, but both THOM and TROTHOM were wonderful for Russell dances <3

[card-of-the-day]

Today's Card Is: Kiseitai

[sunshineandlyrics]

Cute🍹 (27 May 2023)

[mermaidinthecity]

taylorswift: Last night in Jersey was 🤯💕🌙🪐🙏✨💥 !!! The way the whole stadium screamed when Ice literally popped up unannounced 😆- Getting to world premiere the Karma music video I directed with my dancers who were in it - Playing Getaway Car with Jack and hearing everyone shout the lyrics - I love you @icespice I love you @jackantonoff I love you all in that crazy crowd last night - can’t wait to get back out there tonight ☺️

📷: @kevinmazur / @gettyimages / @mattswen

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[serickswrites]

Second Mouse Gets the Cheese

Warnings: threat of violence, kidnapping, knife, threat of death

Whumpee rounded the corner, chest heaving from running for so long away from Accomplice, only to freeze. They had come to a dead end. 

“Well, well, well,” a voice came from behind Whumpee. “Looks like second mouse does indeed get the cheese.” The stranger twirled a knife in their hands as they advanced on Whumpee. 

“Please, I’ll do anything. Help me! Accomplice is trying to kidnap me! Please I’ll give you anything. Accomplice--”

“Works for me,” Whumper said as they smiled. “And I’ve been waiting a long time to get my hands on you, Whumpee.”

[hotmonkeelove]

LeeWeek Appreciation

Day 7: Coolest Thing Ever - Christopher Lee and Vincent Price celebrating their shared birthday by throwing a party in the Chamber of Horrors at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, London.

How I wish I could have gone! Granted, I wasn't born yet...

[touchd0wn-boy]

they're so weird