#Aug. 20

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The Andrews Sisters—from left, Patty, Maxene, and Laverne—at the U.S.O. Camp Show headquarters on West 40th St. on August 20, 1945. The trio returned from a month's tour of Italy for the United Service Organization during World War II.

Photo: Associated Press

[intermundia]

can you believe they filmed these on the same day

[thecinderninja]

Venti 🦠? Only if you want to tho :3

I had a lot of fun with this. As soon as I saw the prompt I knew what I wanted to do.

Find me on Ao3 as The_Cinderninja

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He is passed out in a corner of the Angel’s Share, arm thrown over his eyes to block out the bright light of the sun shining down through the clouds. The storm barrier falling, crumbling, dissolving to reveal the light of Celestia burning through him.

He is curled up on the floor of a crawlspace within the church, thin tent flaps whipping around with the blizzard raging outside. The sounds of people screaming, crying, children laughing, children dying. There are hymns in the church below him, and they reverberate through the walls. 

He is in a warm pocket with a steady heartbeat behind him. He is so small in a world that’s so large. He’s just been born and he’s already dying.

Mondstadt is ash. Mondstadt is shining. Mondstadt is growing brick by brick from the ground up. Monstadt shrinks beneath the storm barrier. Monstadt breaks beneath Durin. Mondstadt is falling, has fallen, will fall. The cycle begins again.

The winds of time are shoved inside a human mind.

Sometimes, something so fragile breaks and needs to be rebuilt. 

Such a little thing, he could fit in the palms of their hands. But such an impossibly large thing; he could never fit all of himself into a human soul. (He’s tried, will try, is trying).

There are hands on his shoulders shaking him. Green eyes open to squint outwards at red hair. He sees all of their faces at once. 

Venti, they ask him, in all of their voices, what’s wrong?

In every timeline he smiles. A weak laugh, and shrugs them off. Just a hangover!

Sometimes they believe him, sometimes they don’t. It doesn’t matter.

Nothing a little time won’t resolve!

Something as vast as him is bound to break the human mind he insists on keeping. But humans have such interesting turns of phrase; time heals all wounds.

His mind fractures, splits open, and time bleeds out. But given more time still, he’ll stitch himself back together again. The cycle begins again.

[lsd-l]

[briefcasejuice]

funny comments from the daredevil subreddit (edit: this was a draft, these are from 2021/early 2022)

[starstruckodysseys]

babe wake up new mentopolis oc just dropped

her name is adrian allen (aka adrenaline, she/they) !! still sort of workshopping her design but. this is it for now. i made the first picrew and then remembered mentopolis is like. 1920s so i frantically made the second one LMAO

[scandalouslamb]

me and the three notebooks I've filled up this year by being insane about felix ravinstill

[dilf-in-peril]

Punk rocking the Bret boots when he turned heel...

respect him

[mikeywayarchive]

Oklahoma City // Aug 20th 2022 // @ ihavehands_wtf on Twitter

[vocalsynthbdays]

happy birthday nagone mako(utau) [20 aug] !!!!!!!

(main illustration)

Nagone Mako (aka Nagone Maco) is a japanese synth released in 2008. her character birthday is 20 aug 1987 according to utau wikidot and the vocal synth fandom wiki, though that could just be taken from subtracting her age (21) from her release year. also i think she was previously 19yo. shes voiced and created by Makonaka, and managed by Kenchan. the artist of her main illustration is unknown. mako also has banks for SugarCape(18 aug 2010), NIAONiao(16 feb 2012), Renoid(20 jul 2013), MikoVoice(1 mar 2015) for which mako is the only voice, and her mikovoice SofTalk version(19 jul 2022). she is between 158cm and 160cm tall. she is a ninja for hire. her character item is a plum. she doesnt have a definite appearance nor an "official" outfit, though she is usually presented with tied up, long black hair, and in an outfit with an "underlining ninja feel"(from utau fandom wiki). she has an official genderbend called nagone makoto.

art by pug

art by makonaka

[newyorkthegoldenage]

August 20, 1934, Inwood Hill Park.

Following the consolidation of the City's parks system under Commissioner Robert Moses in January 1934, the Parks Department announced plans to establish day camps for 2,500 children, with both an educational and recreational mission. The activities were jointly managed by Parks Department play leaders and staff from the Board of Education. The day camp depicted here was at the northern tip of Manhattan near the "old House of Mercy," and afforded views from the bluffs overlooking the Hudson. The programs consisted of games, nature and geology studies, arts and crafts, story telling, drama, and community singing among various activities, and children were provided free transportation and lunch.

Photo: NYC Parks Photo Archive

[in-death-we-fall]

The Songs That Saved My Life

Kerrang 1633, August 20 2016

This Iowan drum demon has been a bit quiet of late. But now he’s back, we couldn't resist the offer of getting together with him to crank up some metal. And Stevie Wonder…

This week: Joey Jordison, Sinsaenum

(drive link)

The song that reminds me of home is…

Celebrate Me Home Kenny Loggins

“This is so hard because there’s tons for me. I grew up on music, I’ve been listening since I was in the fucking womb, man. But I think the song would be Celebrate Me Home. When I was growing up, Kenny Loggins was played heavily by aunts, uncles and parents in their households. I was very young, so now when I’m on tour sometimes, I think about that song. It comes from before I discovered metal or even hard rock at all. It always has this deep, gloomy, kinda sentimental place in my heart.” FIND IT: Celebrate Me Home (1977)

The song that made me want to be a musician was…

Little T&A The Rolling Stones

“My dad brought their Tattoo You album home after work once, this must have been around 1981. It’s still, to this day, in my top 10 favourite records of all time. My dad had built these huge-ass speakers in the basement of where we lived. I heard those riffs cranked up and they hit me. I thought, ‘Whatever it is, that’s what I’m doing!’ Little did I know when I was five years old and hooked on this record what T&A actually was. I remember asking my parents – and they tried to call it something different! Keith Richards [Stones guitarist] was just on fucking fire on this and Mick Jagger’s voice, the riffs, the drums, the way it’s produced… This song is unbeatable!” FIND IT: Tattoo You (1981)

The song I’d like to cover is…

Deuce KISS

“My friends, my bands, my management and my lady will tell you the list of songs I want to cover is very long. They’re all like, ‘Fucking enough with those cover ideas!’ You gotta make sure you do it justice and be really careful about how you do it. I bought [1975 live album] KISS Alive! when I was super-young. I saw them on TV and I had to have that cassette. The reason I bought a live record first was because of the cover and how many songs it had on it. It wasn’t like a regular record – I was like, ‘Oh my God, this album’s so long!’ Deuce was the first song, and KISS Alive! is still, to this day, one of my favourite fucking records of all time.” FIND IT: KISS Alive! (1975)

The song that makes me want to stage-dive is…

Suit And Tie Guy D.R.I.

“Have you ever seen the video? Look it up on YouTube – it’s the ultimate stage-dive video. It’s like, you hear that song, and even if you don’t like stage-diving, you’re gonna have to! Otherwise you’re not a fan. If you look back at old Slipknot videos, I always used to stage-dive. In Murderdolls, I’d jump 20 feet down from a PA stack. There was this one time I was barely caught – I swear I must have been, like, 10 inches from landing on my fucking ass before they got me! I used to crowd-surf with the guitar. I almost broke my ass, literally my tailbone. I just don’t do it any more. If someone’s gonna stage-dive, catch their ass and be supportive – don’t be a fucking asshole and get out of the way!” FIND IT: 4 Of A Kind (1988)

The heaviest song ever is…

Black Sabbath Black Sabbath

“The heaviest song ever written is still, to this day, fucking Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath. It’s unbeatable and will never, ever fuckin’ be out-heavied. It’s the most evil song ever, easy. It’s the most eerie song ever, it’s the heaviest song ever – the lyrics could not be more creepy. The album cover is the fucking best, and it started a whole fucking generation. Besides the bridge where it gets climactic, there’s three notes in the fucking heaviest song of all time! No-one has ever come close to that scariness for me, and, to be honest, I don’t think anyone will come out with something that tops it.” FIND IT: Black Sabbath (1970)

A secret about one of my songs is...

Iowa Slipknot

"We recorded my drums in a small room. Everyone was in there, right in my space. When we did the song, we all drank, we each got a little bottle of cough syrup and slammed it – we were all tripping balls on it! We went in, turned the lights down, the producers were in there, the techs were in there and you could not move. We were right in each other's faces, drank all this remedy liquid and I counted in the song. We were in such a fucking zone, it could never, ever be recorded again like that' FIND IT: lowa (2001)

The last song I listened to was…

Take Me Out To The Ballgame Melvins

"I'm a huge Melvins fan. They're pretty much my favourite band of all time. I was just listening to their new record, Basses Loaded, so the last song I actually listened to was Take Me Out To The Ballgame, which is the last track on it. That record just came out, make sure you check it out – as well as Ozma, Bullhead, Houdini and The Maggot. Go and graze on the amazing back catalogue and the genius of this band!” FIND IT: Basses Loaded (2016)

The hardest song of mine to play is…

Scissors Slipknot

“Fuck! Man, this is fucking tough. You know what, I won’t say it’s hard to play, necessarily, but it’s very intricate as far as the space and time of things that need to happen within the song, and that song is Scissors – the last song on the first Slipknot record. It’s not technically difficult, but the many things going on and which need to happen to make the song sound right are all controlled by the drums. There’s so many things going on, so if my tempo is too fast, this song sucks. It’s a very emotional movement – that’s why it’s the last song on the record. We really needed to be in the zone for this one because you cannot play that song if you’re not in the mood. When we used to play this song live, I’d do a fucking insane drum solo before the end. The song is like a fucking head-fuck and you have to have your emotion and your head in it to even start it. That’s a tough one.” FIND IT: Slipknot (1999)

The song you wouldn’t expect to find on my iPod is…

More Than A Woman Bee Gees

“There’s a ton. I actually have the entire Bee Gees collection on my iPod. Which song? I don’t know… fucking More Than A Woman? They are the kings of falsetto, for sure. I don’t even care the fuck you are, you just cannot go wrong with the Bee Gees. You know, before I discovered KISS, when I was five years old, the Bee Gees were my band. Then I turned!” FIND IT: Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (1977)

The song that makes me want to cry is…

Isn’t She Lovely Stevie Wonder

“It’s gotta be Isn’t She Lovely by Stevie Wonder. This one gets me every time! He’s the man, an absolute musical genius. You sit there and you try to learn it, and you stop yourself after a couple bars, like, ‘How in the hell did he write this?’ It pisses me off! So, cheers, Me Wonder, this song gives me the eye fountains. I salute it!” FIND IT: Songs In The Key Of Life (1976)

The greatest song ever written is…

N.I.B. Black Sabbath

“Nothing beats this riff! People can try all they want, but no-one’s gonna get close. First of all, i love the song because it’s catchy – one of the catchiest riffs of all time. Then on top of that, it’s heavy. Tony Iommi [guitar] is simply unbeatable. Bill Ward [drums] will forever be the forefather and god of metal drumming. And Geezer Butler [bass] is the only guy that can pull off a bass solo through a whole song and still hold a rhythm.” FIND IT: Black Sabbath (1970)

[wilxfyre]

2023.

Johnny Silverhand [1/?]

Mods

[lsd-l]

أضغَاث أحلام ،

كابوس جديد .. النوم

الشيء اللي كنت بهرب بيه من كل حاجة بتواجهني، وكنت لما أحس إني مش قادرة أنام من كُتر التفكير كنت بلجأ للمنومات بس عشان أهرب بالنوم لوقت طويل، دلوقتي وفي الكام ليلة دول بالأخص، النوم بقى كابوس، أحلام غريبة كلها عبارة عن عقلي الباطن وكل حاجة بحاول مافكرش فيها بأي شكل وأنا صاحية بلاقيها بتجيلي وأنا نايمة، اللي بيخوفني إن الإحساس بيكون حقيقي، مفيش حاجات خيالية عشان أقول إن ده حلم، يا بتكون روتيني اليومي .. واللي هو في الحقيقة كابوس لأن معناه وِحدة قاتلة وخوف، يا بيكون إني بواجه حاجات جديدة وغريبة، والشعور اللي بيتملكني وأنا نايمة وقتها بيكون خوف وتوهان، حد تايه بيخبّط في أي حاجة، بصحى فاكرة كل حاجة كأنها حقيقية، وعلى مدار اليوم ببدأ أتصرف على أساس إنه ماكانش حلم، بتصرف على أساس إنها حاجة حصلت فعلاً لدرجة إني ممكن أكلم حد في حاجة حصلت هي أصلاً ماحصلتش في الواقع، وساعات حاجات بتحصل في الواقع وأنا بطنشها تماماً لأن عقلي بيصورهالي على إنها كانت حلم، والصدمة بتبقى لما أعرف إنه مش حلم ولا حاجة، بقيت كل يوم قبل ما أدخل أنام بفكر هحلم بإيه النهاردة، أنا مش عارفة أنهي عالم فيهم اللي حقيقي، أنا بسافر وأنا نايمة؟ ولا أنا مسافرة دلوقتي وواقعي هو حلمي؟ و حقيقي ماعنديش فكرة أنا حقيقية ولالأ، اللي عايشاه دلوقتي ده ممكن أصحى منه فجأة ولا ده سجن هفضل محبوسة فيه طول حياتي؟

بس أنا في أحلامي ببقى أكثر حرية وأعتقد إن ده خيال، أظن الحرية الكاملة مش شيء حقيقي أوي، ببقى أكثر حرية بس أكثر خوف برضو لأن بيكون معايا ناس مش عايزة أكون معاهم ومش عارفة أهرب منهم، إيه التناقض ده؟

مش عايزة أنام تاني، بس الحياة مرعبة أكتر .. مش عايزة أفضل صاحية طول الوقت عشان أكيد هخلّص على نفسي، ومش عايزة أنام وأحلم لأن ده مخليني تايهة أكتر ما أنا تايهة ومابقتش عارفة فين الحقيقة وفين الخيال،

بتمنّى عقلي يسيبني في حالي على الأقل وأنا نايمة، كل اللي بتمناه بس شوية راحة .

[abybweisse]

Guess the character anon. Yes it was Claude, he may not be canon but he is piece of hunk~ 🕸️🕷

My official opinion on Claude is that he had the potential to be an interesting character. Not a good person, of course, but interesting. And that opportunity was passed up for what we got instead.

Even Sebastian finds demons like Claude and Hannah to be lowly... to be aesthetically displeasing. I'm not sure what he would think about the triplets, other than they must not be independent of Hannah, and he probably doesn't find that pleasing either.

Hannah and the triplets at least have some Germanic and Celtic lore tied to them. Claude doesn't even seem to have that. He's like what Sebastian would be... if Sebastian had fewer rules or aesthetics to follow.

[akasanata]

I hate this

Very soothing, I'd be 100% convinced he wouldn't hurt me

And the manga places the last bit three days later, which makes more sense