#Collin Miasma

[mugsy]

My stupid little emo mundie I hope he explodes

[sunlitsorrows]

finally reading the hunger games (i struggle with first person stories for reasons i used to think were autism reasons but after further examination i suspect maybe be due more to later trauma/gaslighting) but tBoSaS was third person and that seems to have been a good enough bridge/intro to the world that at this time in my personal healing/recovrry process it wasn’t so difficult to get past the first couple pages

and—I’m on chapter 6 now, and

i am having two very strong, very conflicting emotions

1. it feels like coming home, it feels like discovering poetry, or that first time a song stabs you straight in the heart, it feels the same way discovering autism did, like being given language to describe how i’m feeling

2. i do not think i would have survived reading these when i was a child, or during my marriage.

obviously no i’ve never been thrown into a killing game, but the inescapable miasma of danger and despair and… the feelings of knowing there was no one who was going to protect you and not knowing where your next meal was going to come from unless you went out and got it and that carried its own dangers and having every decision feel like it was life or death because some weren’t but some were and you had no way of knowing which ones? the only feelings of safety coming from viewing every gesture of kindness as coming with strings and being able to strategize accordingly?

and the sick fear when you slipped? took something at face value or gave a slightly too honest answer?

i realize these books aren’t about mental health/illness/paranoia/anxiety/autism/abuse/hypervigilance but SUPERHEATED WATER RESERVOIR does Collins know how to describe how it feels

[thethirdromana]

Given how relevant it is to the current epoch, I did a bit of reading into treatment of typhus in the 1840s. TL;DR: oh god, poor Marian.

Content warning: discussion of grim historical medical practices.

The Woman in White was written in 1860 and set in 1849-1850, which is right at the beginning of germ theory. It was only widely accepted by the 1880s. All the doctors in the Woman in White most likely believe in miasma theory; they aren't aware that typhus is a bacterial infection.

Mr Dawson prescribes a "saline" treatment. A Short Treatise on Typhus Fever, by George Leith Roupell in 1840, recommends "saline substances" and refers to "their agency in rendering the blood florid, and duly stimulating the heart and other organs." In practice:

Salts are the combination of acids with salifiable bases; those recommended by Huxham, are carbonate of potassa or sesquicarbonate of ammonia with lemon juice and nitrate of potassa

I don't really have enough medical knowledge to judge but this doesn't seem obviously harmful? Or even if it is... not compared with some of the alternatives below.

The History, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Typhoid and of Typhus Fever by Elisha Bartlett in 1842 runs through the treatments available.

Dr Jackson of Boston suggests complete bedrest, an emetic and enema, and if "vomiting and purging" aren't followed by great relief, bloodletting. Tartarised antimony (a strong emetic) should be given every two hours in increasing doses and the bowels kept open. If the patient has diarrhoea, they should be given opium. However, if the patient has advanced to the second week of the disease, none of this will be effective. Food should be very limited and bland.

Dr Nathan Smith thinks no treatment should be given if the disease seems to be running its course naturally. (Phew). There should be bloodletting of up to half a litre of blood only in severe cases of uncommon pain in the head. He would also recommend emetics only in cases of nausea and only the use of gentle laxatives. Mercury shouldn't be used. However, the most effective thing is to uncover the patient's body and sprinkle it with pure, cold water.

Chomel in Paris mostly favours refreshing drinks, emollients, sponging the body with vinegar or water, "mucilaginous injections" several times per day, and moderate bleeding at the onset of fever. In cases of severe pain, he suggests leeches. But if the disease is severe or inflammatory, the patient should not be allowed any food (even in liquid form) and there should be more bleeding and more leeches. He also suggests "cinchona, wine, camphor and ether", thinking that cinchona is better than quinine.

(I think this suggests that Fosco is right about experts recommending "brandy, wine, ammonia and quinine".)

Louis says much the same as some of the others. He doesn't think bloodletting is particularly effective but recommends up to half a litre "once or twice" anyway. He is in favour of quinine.

Bouillard is also in favour of bloodletting:

The number of his bleedings varies from one to five or six, of from twelve to sixteen ounces each; and nearly or quite an equal quantity of blood is taken from the patient by means of leeches or cups.

Unless "ounces" means something wildly different here (and the British fluid ounce, US fluid ounce, and ounce of blood by weight aren't that different), this means a maximum blood loss of 96 ounces or... 2.8 litres?? That's about what was taken from Byron when he died, and in all likelihood it contributed to killing him.

All this leaves me with no idea what message we're supposed to take from this chapter. Mr Dawson's approach does seem to be old-fashioned compared with what Fosco proposes. Some contemporary doctors would agree with the new physician, but others would think him dangerously hands-off. Maybe we're just not supposed to know what the correct approach is.

But from the perspective of medical knowledge that there's no way Wilkie Collins could have had, Marian is lucky to be alive.

[parkerbombshell]

Ice Cream Man Power Pop And More #526

Mondays 10am EST bombshellradio.com bombshellradio.com #IceCreamManPowerPopAndMore #PowerPop #Mod #NorthernSoul #Punk#60sClassics #Ska #60sGarage #Surf#Itunes#BombshellRadio #recordcollector #musiclover#powerpopgrunge #powerpopgirls #newmusic #rocknroll Greg Anderson - I Feel Good (Single) Couchboy - Second Chances (Single) Freecloud - Suit Still Fits (The Eclectic Eccentric LP) Rob Moss and The Skin Tight Skin - We Just Don’t Know (Single) Cherry Twister - You’d Rather See Me Lonely (Cherry Twister LP) Melody Fields - Indian MC (1901 LP) Klinger - Wrong Way (Single) The Paragons - The Tide Is High (Single) Allyrgic Reaction - I Found Out (Single) Small Steps B Side My Raining Stars - Summer’s Gone (Single) The Yardbirds - Evil Hearted You (Single)  The Why Oh Whys - I Saw Her Last Night (Dead Or Alive LP) The Celibate Rifles - Temper Temper Mr Kemper (The Turgid Miasma Of Existence LP) The Mark Three - Meant To Be (Paisley Paradise LP) The Fountains Of Wayne - Hey Julie (Welcome Interstate Managers LP) Timmy Sean - In California (A Tale From The Other Side LP) Dot Dash - Jackanory Stories (16 Again LP) Television personalities song The Pozers - Her Facade (Something Pop LP) Paul Collins - Go (Out Of My Head LP) Read the full article

[calvin-af-crone]

This is an interesting article w/ sufficient proof of similarities to support the copyright lawsuits & a theory about how this happens in general & why it is specifically happening to this song. The punch line is this attack may be revenge by the management company Dua dumped after they helped take her to the top.

None of this would have crossed my radar except my Google News Alerts tagged it for mentioning Calvin.

It's no secret that music producers of all statures have "ghost-producers". Some, like Dr. Dre and Tiesto employ armies of them. Some like Calvin Harris have a few steadfast and loyal ones.

That last sentence made me arch an eyebrow & ask, "Really?" I mean, are they "ghost producers" when they get named in the credits? I'm thinking of Starrah who contributed to a few tracks on FWBv1. For a moment, I wondered if the Love Regenerator Project might be a way to reward other DJ/Producers for the beats & bass lines they may have contributed to the Calvin Harris brand over the years. But, nah.

In fact, the entire DJ scene is heavily based on sampling. And that is not the same as using a ghost-producer. When I recognize a bass rhythm line originally created by Bootsy Collins in the midst of a Calvin Harris song, I don't think Calvin "stole" it or got it under the table from Bootsy himself. I believe he simply absorbed it from the miasma that is EDM or got it directly off one of Deflected Records Samples by Copyright albums.

Like, ya'know, it might be hard for anyone to create an entirely original bass rhythm because Bootsy may have already done every possible variation over the course of his long career. Or, if you were to trace any element on any EDM track, you would eventually arrive at a DJ in a Detroit warehouse back in the 70s. EDM & DJing have always been created upon an incestuous blending & building upon existing themes. That's not a ghost producer thing. It's a CULTURE.

IMHO

[atinyrabbit]

Since 8tracks is messed up and playmoss is gonna disappear, I’m posting some of my mixes here. This is a list of songs about feeling disconnected that I made a few years ago.

If you have Depersonalization Disorder, listening to these songs might make it worse. Dwelling on it can make it worse.

Stay In Your Coma - Alias Conrad Coldwood Far Away - Washed Out Seemingly Sleepy - Late Night Alumni Salt - Bad Suns After hours - The Velvet Underground Head Cold - Lights Will I Ever Care - VELVETEARS I'm Always Tired - Joyce Manor Break Apart - Glow Drifting Away (feat. Ofelia K) - Felix Cartal Make Me Real - she Exodus Honey - Honeycut Silhouettes - AURORA I'm Feeling Nothing - Dada Catacomb - Emptyself Disconnected - Lindsay Lohan Disappear Always - Wild Nothing I Don't Feel So Well - Vienna Teng Painbirds - Sparklehorse Don't Wake Me Up - Nico Collins Imaginary - Evanescence Hole - Kelly Clarkson Nowhere - Hypnogaja Guts - Gazelle Twin empty crown - Yas I Think I'll Be A Good Ghost - Say Hi Turning Into Stone - Phantogram I'm Only Sleeping - The Beatles Static - Colette Carr

Is - POP ETC Conscious - Broods Sugarbread - Soap&Skin Help Me Close My Eyes - Those Dancing Days Insane - Flume & Moon Holiday Sierra Lift - Blue Hawaii Alien Observer - Grouper Living Dead - Marina and the Diamonds Solitaire - Marina and The Diamonds Telescope - Cage the Elephant I'm So Tired - Fugazi Hologram - Katie Herzig How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead I Don’t Feel [Explicit] - Tapping The Vein All Is Lost - Katie Garfield Seven Twenty Seven - Natalie Claro Medicine (Sound Remedy Remix) - Daughter The Spectator (Album Version) - The Bravery Soft Control - Laura Welsh The Noise Inside My Head - Assemblage 23 Eyes Shut - Years & Years What's In The Middle - The Bird And The Bee Weighty Ghost - Wintersleep Within - Daft Punk   Sleep - Poets Of The Fall Miasma Sky - Baths Help me warm this frozen heart - Piano Magic Deception - Journal Pinch Me - Barenaked Ladies Easy - Son Lux The Nothing - Baths Harsh Realm - Widowspeak Big Black Nothing - Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band Don't Care About Anything - Alex Winston On and On - The Etiquette Leave Me Alone - FIDLAR Echo - JubyPhonic I Am An Illusion - Rob Thomas Goner - twenty one pilots Out At Sea - Heartless Bastards Sleep Paralysis - Gabriel Bruce If I Ever Feel Better - Phoenix The Chase - Hungry Lucy Raise the Dead - Rachel Rabin Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping (feat. N. Hannon) - Air Alone And Sublime - Mother Mother Purgatorying - Alanis Morissette Ghost Story - Coldplay Downpour - Backstreet Boys Habits (Stay High) - Tove Lo Invisible - 5 Seconds of Summer Touch - Daughter the same things happening to me all the time - teen suicide So Far (feat. Arnor Dan) - Ólafur Arnalds Nothing's Real - Shura Where Is My Mind? - Pixies Man suit - Bears and Dolls Ghost - Conjure One feat. Kristy Thirsk Dragonfly - M. Craft Street Spirit (feat. Tallulah Rendall) - The Eden House Rainy Days - Late Night Alumni Inhale - Stone Sour Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd Black Out Days - Phantogram In The Sea - Ingrid Michaelson Isolation - Alter Bridge Wasted Daylight - Stars In The Pretend World - Scarling So Far Away - Red Isle unto Thyself - ミラクルミュージカル Ghost Song - Patrick Wolf Daydream In Blue - I Monster Slow Wave - Esben and the Witch 1st Person - Stone Sour To Be Alone - Ben Howard Bodysnatchers - Radiohead By This River (2004 Digital Remaster) - Brian Eno Anymore of This - Mindy Smith & Matthew Perryman Jones The Fog - Ghost Culture Carve Out The Face Of My God - Infinite Body Cardiff - Stone Sour Tha - Aphex Twin Dreamer - Sub Pop Unreal - Helalyn Flowers She Called - Peggy Sue Dead - Phoebe Ryan The Way I Feel - Asa 13 Angels Standing Guard Round The Side Of Your Bed - A Silver Mt. Zion Conversion - Queer Sounds Static - Hypnogaja

[thesunlounge]

Reviews 223: Seahawks

Seahawks are perhaps my favorite producers, with the duo of Pete Fowler and Jon Tye making frequent and far-out excursions into the musical worlds I love most: phaser-blasted new age, sea-foam space music, ambient dream fusion, coastal jazz exotica, mystical dolphin drone, meditative saxophone prog, rainbow toned krautrock, and tropical lounge pop. They’ve been on a hot streak as of the last few years, starting with 2017’s Escape Hatch and Starways, which collected some of their most confident and focused sonic explorations, including the balearic pop masterpiece “Valparaiso” (and the equally breathtaking remix by Nick Mackrory). Then last year, Jon and Pete joined forces with vibratory healer Laraaji for Eternal Beams, an incredibly beautiful expanse of new age spiritualism and restorative rain magic. Now, Seahawks have released Eyes of the Moon on Cascine, an LP inspired by the Hopi Tribe and Sufi teacher Hazrar Inayat Khan that musically explores smeared out zones of aquatic space synthesis and meditative Mu-Tron Bi-Phase mesmerism, while also working in sea-blue guitar atmospheres, island breeze rhythms, psychedelic chill-out rituals, world jazz drifts (featuring the EWI wind-controller/synth), and dreampop sways wherein mermaid choirs and angel voices swim together through oceans of starlight. The artwork by Yoshirotten is also something to behold…an immersive and otherworldly visual experience featuring paradise panoramas of pink, purple, and blue and futuristic landscapes fading into granular hallucinations.

Seahawks - Eyes of the Moon (Cascine, 2019) In “Emergence,” phaser-waves wash over airy shaker rhythms and machine cymbal taps as Amy Gedgaudas flows over top with a quasi-stoned monologue…like some sort of spaced out god floating amidst clouds of every color. Angelic choral progressions and intergalactic pad orchestrations pan back and forth as their melodies uplift the soul, the whole thing evoking early 90s The Orb at their most zoned out and euphoric. The phaser motions suffusing the mix are heavily modulated as everything is slowly obscured into galactic ether, all while vague hints of palm-muted guitar tropicalia from Alik Peters-Deacon waft through synthetic approximations of intergalactic transmissions and satellite calibrations. The vibe shifts dramatically at some point as shadows move in, bringing with them a sensual darkness built from bass pulses, underwater EWI and saxophone ambiance, and vibrato smothered guitars playing themes for alien deserts, all while the cymbal and shaker rhythms continue their fantasy glide. Eventually the effervescent orchestrations and narcotizing choir ecstasies return...their sea-spray motions wrapping around the spirit as dolphin mystics cast spells of light. But the effect is all-to-brief, as the conclusion of the track sees the ominous energies returning, with sparkling idiophones and bubble-clouds of chiming treble swelling above smeared out sequences, enveloping bass currents, and haunted string synth swirls.

Flowers of static bloom within wavering bass motions at the start of the "Eyes of the Moon”, as marimbas are slowly sequenced through tropical dream patterns. Citizen Helene’s synth-shrouded voice flows like a warmly pulsing body of light in an ocean of ether as tranced out phaserwaves descend over the mix (reminding me of Experimental Audio Research in the process). Kosmische sequences flow alongside seaside idiophones and chiming tones ring out from eternal mountaintops as a pulsating throb emerges, built from hushed drum movements that flange and phase wildly. Crystalline tones create balearic tapestries of aquamarine, electronics mimic seabirds, tambourines jangle away, and squelching sequences build in strength while soft cascades of synthetic fire glide through new age drone smears, eventually leading to a coda of meditative static and ominous shadow magic. “Color Temples” follows with an interstellar samba shuffle that features woodblocks and cymbals dancing playfully over warm kick drums. Dan Hillman’s EWI-generated feedback streaks intertwine with Jake Calladine’s spirit guitar, all soaring leads and wigged out prog descents dazzling the mind. As the rhythms cut away, they leave behind a dreamscape of strangely flowing pad movements, with resonant trails and phaser streaks weaving dayglo mirages. And when the subdued exotica rhythms return, they are surrounded by slow motion vortices of heart-melting enchantment while gaseous leads hint at glorious melodies…like themes for cosmic castles and mermaid kingdoms obscured through foggy fx layers.

Rapidly revolving whirlpools of white noise move through amorphous bodies of dream synthesis in “Astral Echoes” while whalesong drones wrap around modulating brass pads. Faith House’s lonely cyborg voice drifts freely amidst blowing space winds and sad string fantasias while feedback bodies glow like an infinite web of gemstones. A playful arp moves through the mix only to be repeatedly overwhelmed by boiling bodies of electronic ether while sorcerous siren songs flow out from a mysterious island hidden within the sonic miasma. Dan Hillman's cosmic sax blends into the myriad layers of synthetic sound and as Alik Peter-Deacon’s sparkling guitars vibrate through the air, we flow into a smokey outro of twilight jazz enchantment and tremolo riff intoxication. Then in “Run Through My Mind,” schools of rainbow fish swim through static oceans and pan-pipes introduce a spellbinding synth arp that sometimes wavers and wiggles as if threatening to split into two…like some sort of synthesizer cell division. Pianos are smeared into an LSD dreamfog as smoldering waves of noise crash onto some interstellar shore and during a dramatic drop out, everything seems like it is being sucked backwards through a blackhole. After the resulting stretch of silence, triumphant synth chords reintroduce the sequential fantasy melodies while the body is overwhelmed by white light drone hazes and pearlescent clouds of meditative noise that swirl forever…these multilayered vortices obscuring melodic fever dreams and kosmische color crystals floating deep with the hallucinogenic space storm.

In “Over & Over,” swinging exotica basslines ride an energetic downbeat rhythm of pillowy kicks, shuffling cymbal sizzles, and woodblocks and rimshots ring-modulating towards a sunset horizon. The heavenly horns of Dan Hillman and Simon Dobson are stretched and transformed into intergalactic goo…their harmonizing leads, scatting breaths, desperate wails, and gaseous moans surrounded by psychedelic wisps of fusion synth soloing. Things sound as if beamed in from an alternate dimensions…the sounds spectral, faded, and vaporous. And as the song works towards big band climax, poppy old world brass harmonies waltz over bongo and conga cascades while sea-creatures breach and dance together on shimmering blue wave crests. Morphing and mutating waves of granular noise splash off of Alik Peters-Deacon’s romantic guitar meditations in “Dancing Inner Space,” with golden arpeggios and chords flowing on liquid vibrato currents. All around swell blistering clouds of noise-drone transcendence and the seaside percussion of Charlie Michael works into a fantasy jazz rhythm…this pitch-perfect balearic sway moved around by seaside fusion tones and ambient space drones. Breaths and voices lurk deep within the amorphous synth haze and at some point the track zones out completely, seeing starshine electronics, heavily effected saxophones, and diamond-toned clusters emanate from the center of the cosmos as hovering drones merge with purifying blasts of white light.

“5th World Symphony” starts with tones of primordial creation…as if the birth of our universe is being told through a Mu-Tron Bi-Phase…layer after layer sweeping together through deeply hypnotic and vocal resonances. Lush e-pianos enter with bass chords floating the soul and high-up leads wandering through new age cloudrealms as tropical hand drums flow alongside the kind of intoxicating and fusion-leaning synthbass perfection that dominated Escape Hatch and Invisible Sunrise, all bubbling and bouncing lines exploring crystal caverns and underwater expanses. As ocean birds flit through rainbow hazes, we build towards a glorious climax of Phil Collins ethno-jazz led by double time cymbal patterns and paradise leads that swell the heart, all until the track breaks down into a cosmic slop of modulating sonic vapors and indescribable color radiations. When the basslines return, they now flow untethered from any beat and are thus transformed into a hypnotic dreamsequence leading a deep dive into some glowing star ocean. Everything seems increasingly obscured by purifying washes of starlight until suddenly, a swaggering slow motion disco beat emerges from the celestial void, bringing with it vibes of dubbed out dancefloor magic. Mystical flutes drift above tranced out synth repetitions while cymbals phase chaotically and piercing lasers background guitars that sound more like harps…their enchanting lullabies emanating from far below the surface of an eternal sea…each note rippling through the water and trailed by golden clouds of glitter.

(images from my personal copy)

[patriotsnet]

How Do Republicans Feel About The Impeachment

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How Do Republicans Feel About The Impeachment

State Republican Parties Blast Members Of Gop Who Voted To Impeach Trump

New Poll Reveals How Americans Feel About Trump Impeachment

State-level Republican parties are blasting GOP members such as Rep. John Katko of New York for voting in favor of impeaching President Trump on Wednesday. Chip Somodevilla/APhide caption

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State-level Republican parties are blasting GOP members such as Rep. John Katko of New York for voting in favor of impeaching President Trump on Wednesday.

Some Republicans who broke from the GOP to back the Democrats’ historic second impeachment resolution for President Trump are facing heat from their local Republican parties for how they voted.

More than a year ago, all House Republicans voted against the president’s first impeachment. On Wednesday, 10 GOP members joined with every Democrat to impeach Trump, some of whom were the sole representative from their state’s delegation to vote that way.

Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, Jaime Herrera Beutler Washington, John Katko of New York, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Peter Meijer of Michigan, Dan Newhouse of Washington, Tom Rice of South Carolina, Fred Upton of Michigan and David Valadao of California voted to impeach.

The choice to split from the party’s majority comes with a risk that those members could face political blowback for their votes and lose support altogether from their state’s Republican Party come the next election.

Cheney, the No. 3 in the House Republican leadership as the GOP conference chair, is getting flak from the Wyoming Republican Party and her congressional colleagues.

Senate Votes To Acquit Trump In Historic Second Impeachment Trial

The Senate voted to acquit former President Donald Trump of inciting the January 6 riot at the Capitol in his second impeachment trial. Seven Republicans joined all Democrats in voting guilty for a majority of 57 votes but Democrats failed to get the two-thirds majority needed to convict.

The Republicans who joined with the Democrats were: Richard Burr of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.;

Although he voted to acquit, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a blistering statement calling Mr. Trump practically and morally responsible for the riot, but he felt it was unconstitutional to convict a former office holder. The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president, McConnell said.

Mr. Trump issued a statement Saturday afternoon thanking his legal team, as well as the Republicans in the Senate who found him not guilty and GOP House members who voted against the article of impeachment last month. He did not acknowledge the riot in his statement.;

Opinionthe Unfortunate Reason Republicans Like Rand Paul Are Already Attacking Biden

The callousness of lawmakers like Hawley is now a distressing image that stands beside the shouts of rioters calling for the lynching of then-Vice President Mike Pence as testaments to how far the GOP has fallen.

Republicans like Hawley may flee to the gallery when our nation needs leadership, but they wont be able to outrun their complicity in supporting the far-right radicals who raided their workplace. If they arent held accountable by voters at the ballot box, the impeachment trial will forever serve as a testament to their dark role in American history.

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How Long Will The Trial Last

How long the trial will take is not known, but most people believe it will be much shorter than the three-week trial the last time Trump was impeached over his actions over Ukraine, when he was accused of abusing his power and obstructing Congress. The verdict could come after just a couple of days.

It is unclear yet whether the Senate will vote to allow the legal teams to call witnesses in person, although the trial is highly unusual in that the jury are witnesses, as senators were present in the Capitol and were forced into hiding as the mob invaded the very chamber where the trial will be held.

Gop Largely Sides Against Holding Trump Impeachment Trial

WASHINGTON All but five Senate Republicans voted in favor of an effort to dismiss Donald Trumps historic second impeachment trial on Tuesday, making clear a conviction of the former president for incitement of insurrection after the deadly Capitol siege on Jan. 6 is unlikely.

While the Republicans did not succeed in ending the trial before it began, the test vote made clear that Trump still has enormous sway over his party as he becomes the first former president to be tried for impeachment. Many Republicans have criticized Trumps role in the attack before which he told his supporters to fight like hell to overturn his defeat but most of them have rushed to defend him in the trial.

I think this was indicative of where a lot of peoples heads are, said South Dakota Sen. John Thune, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, after the vote.

Leahy presided over the trials first procedural vote, a 55-45 tally that saw the Senate set aside an objection from Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul that would have declared the impeachment proceedings unconstitutional and dismissed the trial.

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The First Next Step: Trump And The 2022 Elections

Now that the impeachment trial is behind him,;Trump is likely to first test his strength among Republicans in congressional and state elections including divisive primaries.

Trump and his supporters;vowed to back primary challengers against Republicans who supported impeachment, particularly the House Republicans who voted for it.

That target list ranges from Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the House’s third-ranked Republican, to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and;Secretary of State Brad;Raffensperger, both of whom rejected Trump’s demands to reverse the election results.

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Challenging primaries don’t always translate to losses.;

The Trump factor could hurt Republicans in general elections in states and congressional districts that are closely divided among the GOP, Democrats;and independents.

Trump is “still the 800-pound gorilla within the GOP,” pollster Frank Luntz said, “but he has no support outside the party.” Republicans will need those voters to win enough House and Senate races to reclaim Congress.

Republicans who oppose Trump are preparing to campaign for those who believe the party needs to move on from the impeached president.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., who voted for impeachment and created a political action committee, told CNN, “I;don’t fear the president at all.”

Here’s What The Gop Believes

Cynicism comes easy in an era of maximal polarization. Different parties embrace different ideologies, agendas, and sometimes even entirely distinct constellations of facts and truths. From inside either closed world, the other one appears shot through with delusion with its leaders blamed for actively encouraging deception for the sake of political gain.

That’s what I’ve accused Republicans of doing in a pair of recent columns. I’ve called them cynics who manipulate voters by intentionally deceiving them with lies and sometimes even by eliding the distinction between truth and falsehood altogether for the sake of winning political advantage. But there is something more than a little cynical about this very accusation itself. Some, like President Trump and his most loyal minions in Congress , may well be comfortable spreading a miasma of epistemological confusion out of political expediency. But that’s not all that’s going on on the Republican side of the debate about impeachment.

There is at least one story that Republicans are telling themselves about impeachment that rises above cynicism. I find it largely unconvincing, but it is not reducible to a clamoring for power at all costs or an indifference to the distinction between truth and lies. Many on the right actually believe it to be true and defensible. And it’s worth making an effort to understand it from the inside, so that we can better understand our fellow citizens.

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Letters To The Editor Sept 26 2021

A group of House Republicans have filed articles of impeachment against President Biden over his handling of the immigration crisis at the southern border and his chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to a report.

Rep. Bob Gibbs , who is leading the;effort, said Biden violated his oath of office,;in the three articles he filed on Tuesday.

Yesterday, I filed three articles of impeachment against President Biden based on what I believe to be clear violations of his duties as president, .

He is co-sponsor of the articles along with Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona and Brian Babin and Randy Weber of Texas.;

His willful negligence of the border crisis is a failure to maintain and defend American sovereignty. Bidens attempts to extend a federal eviction moratorium despite the Supreme Courts warning and his own admission that he has no power to do so is a blatant and intentional action that violates the separation of powers, Gibbs continued.

Gibbs claimed in the articles that Biden released thousands of migrants into the US without ordering them to appear in court for an immigration hearing on a specific date.

Biden also allowed migrants who tested positive for the coronavirus to enter the US, Gibbs said.;He said Biden extended the eviction moratorium despite a ruling by the Supreme Court urging him to get congressional approval first.

Gibbs;filed the articles because he was prompted by Bidens debacle in Afghanistan.

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Wednesdays opening argument exposed a president who gleefully ratcheted up his acid rhetoric to the point of violent insurrection, and a Republican Party mostly unwilling to face the terrible cost of their attempts to undermine the integrity of our recent election. The GOPs blindness isnt merely symbolic: When footage was played of rioters reading Trumps tweets through a megaphone, multiple Republicans turned away rather than accept what their party enabled. The impeachment prosecution means GOP senators can no longer feign ignorance.

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Trump’s Iron Grip Loosens

With just a week left in his term, it now appears all but certain that Donald Trump will become the first president to be impeached twice.

Unlike his first go through the process, this vote will have the support of at least a handful of Republicans – including Liz Cheney, a member of the party’s House leadership team. There is also, unlike January 2020, a chance the Senate has enough votes to successfully convict the president. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s recent signals of approval are evidence of that.

Of course, the primary consequence of Senate conviction – removal from office – seems of limited relevance with so little time left in the Trump presidency. Democrats, however, view impeachment as a formal way of marking their outrage at the president’s behaviour, not just last week, but during his months of challenging and undermining November’s election results.

A successful conviction could also result in Trump’s being banned from ever holding federal public office again and stripped of the privileges enjoyed by ex-presidents.

That prospect alone, in the minds of Democrats , makes impeachment worth the effort.

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The Wyoming GOP issued a lengthy statement early Thursday lambasting Cheney. The party alleges it has received harsh comments from its members, saying, “Our telephone has not stopped ringing, our email is filling up, and our website has seen more traffic than at any previous time.”

Those comments accused Cheney of aligning herself with “the Beltway elites” and “with leftists.”

The organization said, “We as a Party respect our elected officials and assume that they will respect and represent their constituents. We are receiving the message loud and clear that what happened yesterday is a true travesty for Wyoming and the country.”

Cheney said her vote to impeach was one of conscience.

She said, “The President could have immediately and forcefully intervened to stop the violence. He did not. There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.”

New York, South Carolina weigh in

Katko and Rice were also slammed by their state’s conservative groups. So far, however, those organizations have yet to comment on whether they will continue to support the lawmakers through the end of their terms.

The Conservative Party of New York State said the organization was “very disappointed” in Katko’s vote in favor of impeachment.

“We consider his action ill-informed. It will do nothing to end the national divide and will likely further aggravate it.”

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Republican Enthusiasm For Second Trump Term Lags As Impeachment Trial Nears End

By David Morgan

3 Min Read

WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans, while likely to acquit former President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial, showed little enthusiasm this week for a possible second White House bid in 2024 after reliving his supporters deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol.

Following days of graphic videos of the melee presented by House managers, Republicans expressed concern about his post-election behavior, including his repeated false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him – even as they insisted that his trial on a charge of inciting insurrection is unconstitutional.

Trump, the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice, could run for another term in 2024 unless the Senate votes to bar him from future office, an unlikely feat.

But the prosecution case by nine Democrats from the House of Representatives stirred painful memories of Jan. 6, when violent Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, interrupting Congress as it worked to certify President Joe Bidens victory and forcing lawmakers to flee. Five people died.

A Senate Republican aide on Friday said as many as 10 out of 50 Republicans could vote to convict the former president, more than the six who voted that the trial was constitutional, but still short of the 17 Republicans who would need to join Democrats for a conviction to stick in the 100-seat chamber.

Let me decide if hes guilty or not, Cassidy told reporters when asked if he could vote for Trump again.

Bill Clinton: Impeached In 1998

President Clinton walking to the podium to deliver a short statement on the impeachment inquiry, apologizing to the country for his conduct in the Monica Lewinsky affair and that he would accept a congressional censure or rebuke.

J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

Clinton was plagued by legal troubles and scandals from the moment he entered the White House. In 1993, Clinton and his First Lady, Hillary, were the subject of a Justice Department investigation into the so-called Whitewater controversy, a botched business deal from their days in Arkansas. And in 1994, Clinton was sued for sexual harassment by Paula Jones, who claimed Clinton exposed himself to her in a hotel room in 1991.

Interestingly, it was a combination of both legal cases that would ultimately lead to Clintons impeachment. Independent counsel Kenneth Starr was appointed by the Justice Department to investigate the Whitewater affair, but he couldnt find any impeachable evidence. Meanwhile, lawyers for Jones got a tip that Clinton had an affair with a 21-year-old White House intern named Monica Lewinsky, a claim that both Lewinsky and Clinton denied under oath.

When the story went public, Clinton was forced to address the accusations on national television.

I want you to listen to me, Clinton famously said. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time, never.

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Inside The Republicans Bunker

Its hard to be worried when you dont really like the guy. Thats what one senior Republican Senate aide had to say when I asked how concerned conservatives are about Donald Trumps fate.

The truth is, Trump fatigue is a condition that knows no party, and many Republicans are as tired of this shit as anybody else. Thats not to say theyre outraged, or motivated to Make a Difference. Theyre just tired. You can live inside the right-wing bubble in a state of depression, resigned to the fact that, yeah, every five minutes or so, the president is probably going to do something norm-shattering or potentially impeachable, and no, you probably wont or cant do anything to change that. Sad!

Im totally bored by the story, one person who speaks regularly with the president told me. Theres nothing to it. I already know all the details. This person is bored more generally, too with the topic of Donald Trump. When we talk about what it would take for the presidents defenders to turn on him, this crucial piece is missing: You cant feel outraged if you can no longer feel anything at all.

If you were to turn on Fox News, this is what you would hear. I called up Newt Gingrich the other day, and it was like he was just reading directly from these emails, which suggest a strategy of partisan bullying and obfuscation. In other words, no real counterargument or legal defense to speak of.

*This article appears in the October 14, 2019, issue of;New York Magazine.

House Manager Uses The Words Of Republicans Against Trump

The House impeachment managers presented senators with videos of their colleagues fleeing a pro-Trump mob, which breached the US Capitol shouting “stop the steal.” They showed the rioters searching for then-Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and rummaging through the senators’ desks on the chamber floor.

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Name: Ayubi M. Valentina Nicknames: Ayu, Bibi, Ai Age: 24 (Main Verse), age varies verse Gender: Female Species: Human - Former ( Verse dependent ) / Now Revanant ( Main Verse ) Blood code:  Queenslayer Family:  Sophia (Sophie) Valentina ( Mother - Deceased ) , Lydia Valentina ( Aunt - Deceased ) Unknown ( Father - Deceased ) - Deceased via collapse - - - Below is future family - - - Jack Rutherford ( Husband ) Melody Rutherford ( Daughter ) Traveling Companions: Louis Akamiya, Io , Elizabeth Cross, Oliver Collins & Co ( Later Jack and Eva ) Biography       Sophie grew up in poverty and no way to obtain an education. However, as she grew older many men came along to Sophie and praised her for her beauty. They would even give the girl money for it or just for her to speak to them. Sophie then came up with the idea of becoming an escort. ( Please NOTE an escort is a person who attends social events and/or entertainment                             for money. They do not have sex for money! )     This earned her quite a bit of money, so much to the point she was able to get new wardrobe, a good home to live in and furniture. With her charm and beauty, she became actively sought out for, and it helped her get out of the streets and into an actual life. However, as life began to continue Sophie fell in love with one of her clients she actively worked alongside, and one thing led to another, and became pregnant. Sophie feared for the worse, as unfortunately clients were very picky in the her looks and how her body appeared. So Sophie only had a matter of time before she would start showing. By no means was she going to get rid of the baby, despite the father wanting her too, but she adamantly refused and cut ties with him all together.     During the first months Sophie worked herself to near exhaustion to earn enough money to at least keep her on her feet and keep her baby healthy for the first 5 years. Quickly before she knew it, she was giving birth to her little girl, Ayubi.      The first 5 years for Sophie was relatively peaceful for her. As she had prepared enough money to give them a realtively easy life, and everything for Ayubi by then. But time passes quickly when you are so happy right? Soon 1 year turned to 5 years, and Sophie had to begin to pick up cliental again, which was hard as many knew of her being a mother now. But it was enough for her to put food on the table for her little girl, and enough to pay for a cheap apartment to keep them out of the cold. However, this took a tool on Sophie as she constantly skipped meals as there was not enough money for rent, and food the for both of them. So she would opt out on food and have Ayubi eat. ~~~ Below is now Ayubi’s perspective and her background! ~~~     Years went by and the same life style continued as Ayubi’s mother worked tirelessly to provide for her daughter and herself (Despite she was neglecting herself far too much). Making sure Ayubi was able to attend school, have clothes and such. Ayubi watched as her mother worked and it broke her heart. Even to the point she was left alone often due to her mother working. Yet, Ayubi didn’t mine because she knew her mother was doing it for her own happiness, and she picked up painting as a pass time, which would grow to be a major role in her life to turn into her passion.      One day when Ayubi came home (she was 16) from school, she found her mother on the ground unconsious and not responding. Later at the hospital her mother was diagonosed Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy a disease that makes the heart thick and makes it hard for the heart to pump blood. Ayubi’s mother was one of the few patients that was in need for surgery and medication. However, them already having a hard time could not afford the treatments. So Ayubi dropped out of highschool and picked up a job in a local grocery story for part time. (This is the same store which Jack’s family runs.) However, not long even a year later her mother succumbed to her illness and passed away. Leaving Ayubi alone and in depression.     If not for the promise she had made to her mother, and her friend Jack Ayubi would have allowed her depression to take her life as well. However, she promised her mother she would go back to school and go to college for her passion. ~~~ Below is the events leading up the Code Vein history~! ~~~    Time skip ahead, Ayubi graduated highschool and had gone to college for art paid fully by a scholarship she earned! During this time she was happily looking around for a job with her best friend, Jack Rutherford (who she had feelings for a very long time now), who has been by her side ever since she began to work in his shop when she was 16. Now 24 she was now beginning her life, but fate was not kind on her, as during this time is when the events of the great collapse was happening. Jack and Ayubi just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time..when the building was coming down upon them, Jack had pushed Ayubi out of the way and leading to his death. Yet not long after, Ayubi too still was killed within the ruble.      It was later shown when Jack awoke that he and Ayubi were picked as one of the first test for the new parasyte BoR. Turning he saw Ayubi sleeping and it was then he was told that not all test subjects awaken. Jack then volunteered to go into the now rest mist the confined the horrors of the great collapse in a barrier from the outside world. In return they would allow Ayubi to stay alive and not recycled ( which they did after a certain time period if the subject would not awakened ), in return for his hard work, which would later he would be ahead of the operation Queen Slayer. Little did he know Ayubi would awaken just few months later. Hearing what had happened with Jack, Ayubi as well volunteered to be apart of the operation and soon was placed in the mist. Soon Jack and Ayubi met again and reconsiled with one another, and proceeded with the operations.     ~~~ After the defeating of the Queen ~~~ After the Queen was defeated from Jack & co (the final blow being from Ayubi), Ayubi stabs her through the heart with her Blood Veil, killing her, but inadvertently draining some of the Queen’s blood in the process. With Ayubi pushed to the edge of frenzy by the Queen's blood, Gregorio and Jack solemnly thank them for her bravery and sacrifice, with tears in his eyes Jack kills her with the intent of ending her suffering before she became fully corrupted. Which lead her to fall off a cliff but she survived however, awakening years after the fact at the bottom of a ravine, her memories of the incdent having been lost. She was kept company by Io, a mysterious girl in white who treats her with the utmost care as she tends to Ayubi and nurses her back from the brink of frenzy. Unfortunately, she is soon accosted by scavenging Revenant faction and taken captive, with Ayubi being forced to hunt for Blood Beads, incentivized by an apparent threat to Io's well-being, Ayubi departs with her assigned partner, Oliver Collins. Their mission changed however after meeting Louis Amamiya & Elizabeth Cross mid-hunt.      Not long afterwards, Ayubi encounters Oliver nearly on the verge of having succumbed to the miasma. With the help of Elizabeth fixing his mask and giving her blood, while Ayubi feding off the Lost, the managed to get Oliver out and into saftey for the mean time, before they faced one of the revanants before them, who had turned into a Lost themselves. After defeating revanant, Ayubi discovers a Vestige which Louis warns her not to touch. Io seems to know something she doesn't however and with her encouragement and support, Ayubi forgoes Louis' warning and picks up the Vestige.      Though it initially begins to cause frenzy in Ayubi, Io soothes her and continues calmly coaching Ayubi through the process. Finally, Ayubi then unleashes the power of the Queen's Blood, purifying the Vestige and entering the memory of revanant they killed. After the encounter, an amazed Louis suggests that Ayubi use her power to help save the Revenants in Vein from starvation and ultimately, extinction. As Io helps her stand, Ayubi accepts Louis's offer and the duo join him and the rest of the Revenants on their quest to save Vein. Along their journey, Ayubi discovers another vestige in the Cathedral of the Sacred Blood. Upon absorbing it, the vestige is revealed to belong to Ayubi herself, containing her forgotten memories of Operation Queenslayer and granting her access to her original blood code, "Queenslayer".         This also helps Ayubi reconcile fully when she remeets Jack, which at the time she did not remember him at all. More on this will be on another ~!

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VICTUS

Difficile dire ora quali siano state le circostanze che mi abbiano portato in quella realtà alterata, ricordo però di essere stato sveglio e lucido quando vidi il mondo trasformarmisi intorno. Avevo deciso di isolarmi dal caos e dal frastuono della città, che generavano forti allucinazioni e paranoie nella mia malandata testa. Mi trasferii in un piccolo chalet sulle Alpi, distante un paio di chilometri da Bolzano. La casa aveva un solo piano, divisa in una cucina-salotto, un bagno e una stanza singola. Non avevo bisogno d’altro, anche perché tendevo a stare pochissimo chiuso dentro. L’unico conforto all’interno di quelle quattro pareti era il grande camino nel soggiorno. Quando calava la notte, e le temperature invernali mi rendevano impossibile stare all’aperto, mi sedevo a terra, di fronte al camino, a guardare il fuoco crepitare, a scrivere e leggere Baudelaire. Come ho già detto, passavo intere giornate all’aperto, passeggiando per i boschi innevati che ingoiavano lo chalet. L’aria fresca, la neve soffice e i rumori della natura riuscivano a badare al mio povero cervello in frantumi. Ormai erano un paio di settimane che non avevo disturbi di nessun tipo, fino a questa mattina almeno. Era una giornata soleggiata, resa ancora più luminosa dal manto di neve fresca che rifletteva la luce, sentivo versi fiorenti di bestie e uccelli tutti intorno a me. Stavo vagando da circa cinque o sei ore ed il sole ormai aveva raggiunto lo zenit. Mi trovavo nel pieno della foresta ma a un centinaio di metri i grossi pini lasciavano intravedere un grosso spazio aperto. Raggiunta la fine di quegli imponenti alberi si aprì davanti ai miei occhi un piccolo paradiso terrestre. Un minuscolo altopiano, largo 500 metri e lungo circa la sessa misura, ricoperto di erbetta soffice e grosse macchie di stelle alpine. Di tanto in tanto spuntavano dal terreno rocce di diversa grandezza, ricoperte da un muschio di un verde smeraldo. Al centro della piccola radura notai uno strano particolare. Un piccolo laghetto nel quale non si rigettava nessun torrente e dal quale non usciva nessun ruscello. Fosse stata solo questa la stranezza non ci avrei fatto molto caso, (molti laghi vengono generati da sorgenti sotterranee), ma quello che il mio occhio notò immediatamente fu la forma del lago stesso: la roccia corrosa dall’acqua creava un bacino perfettamente circolare, di precisione innaturale. La domanda mi venne spontanea: Chi l’aveva costruito? Perché? Cominciai ad addentrarmi nello slargo naturale, e mi resi conto di una cosa: Faceva un caldo tremendo. Mentre mi dirigevo verso lo specchio d’acqua notai un particolare che fino ad allora era rimasto nascosto dietro la meraviglia e lo stupore della scoperta, li non c’era neve. Questo era dovuto probabilmente all’alta temperatura in quella zona. La causa di quell’afa mi rimane e forse mi rimarrà per sempre indefinita. La mia testa è ormai allo stremo, e anche se riuscissi a mantenere la sanità mentale non mi rimarrebbe molto da vivere. Mi affretto dunque a raccontare il resto della vicenda nella speranza che qualcuno possa leggere queste pagine. Raggiunsi la pozza d’acqua, aveva un diametro di una trentina di metri, il fondale aveva una forma emisferica e nel punto centrale, raggiungeva la profondità massima di una 15 di metri. Una semisfera perfetta. L’acqua era perfettamente limpida, incolore, e riuscivo a vedere chiaramente sotto la superficie anche nella parte più profonda. Quello che vidi al suo interno generarono in me un terrore puro che non sono in grado di descrivere, un terrore che però non mi immobilizzava, al contrario mi spingeva ad indagare, sperando di smentire il tutto dando la colpa ad uno dei miei deliri. Ancorati sul fondo roccioso dello stagno trovavano posto alghe di un azzurro opalescente, con steli rosso cremisi che sembravano emanare luce propria, provai a immergere la mano per afferrarne una ma questa rimbalzò contro lo specchio d’acqua che rimase piatto, immutato. Si vennero a creare soltanto alcune increspature nel punto in cui la mia mano aveva cercato di immergersi. Non sapevo più cosa pensare, in preda ad una curiosità morbosa mi rimisi in piedi e provai a poggiare un piede, sembrava reggere. Riuscii ad arrivare al centro dello stagno camminando su quello strano liquido, ma una volta essermi fermato nel mezzo di colpo sprofondai fino alle caviglie e la prodigiosa acqua assunse lo stato solido in un attimo, bloccandomi lì, come se avessi i piedi nel cemento solido. Preso dal terrore, in quel momento avevo rinunciato a credere che si trattasse di un allucinazione. Provai a liberarmi ma fu tutto inutile, quella maledetta acqua rimase immobile nonostante avessi cercato di liberarmi con tutte le mie forze. Ero allo stremo quando un forte rumore che non sono in grado di descrivere mi invase le orecchie. Un onda sonora proveniente da sotto la superficie che mi risuonò nelle ossa, come delle pulsazioni di un enorme cuore annegato in quello stagno. Guardando in basso vidi le alghe emettere luce al ritmo di quelle palpitazioni. Successivamente gli steli cominciarono a rilasciare uno strano liquido rosso, colorando l’intero stagno di sangue. Da quest’ultimo emersero tre spade da cavaliere di un acciaio splendente, con l’ elsa rivolta al cielo. Io mi trovavo al centro, e dopo essere arrivate all’altezza delle mie spalle cominciarono a ruotarmi lentamente intorno. Sul dorso delle lame erano impressi simboli incomprensibili, ma non appena tentai di decifrarli il metallo comincio a contorcersi e i simboli divennero pian piano lettere latine. Quello che lessi in quel momento, nonostante la mia ragione sia quasi svanita del tutto, riesco ancora a ricordarlo perfettamente: Voi siete sordi – Io sono quiete Voi siete muti – Io sono silenzio Voi siete ciechi – Io sono oscurità. Non appena riuscii a leggere le tre incisioni le spade rivolsero le punte contro di me, all’altezza del collo accelerando la loro rotazione. Cominciarono a stringersi, ad avvicinarsi a me fino a quando non mi tranciarono la testa di netto, almeno così mi sembrò. Ricordo un buio improvviso, e poi il folle risveglio sotto un cielo crepuscolare. Mi tirai su e lo spettacolo raccapricciante che mi si presentò di fronte mi fa rabbrividire al solo pensiero. Avevo i piedi immersi in un liquame nero che emanava un miasma di morte e putrefazione, intorno a me si ergevano colossali spadoni di pietra, alcuni grandi quanto me stesso altri grossi come colline. Le loro else grondavano sangue, che colando sulle lame andava a finire in quella melma pestifera. Di fronte a me vidi un enorme spada alta una cinquantina di metri, abbastanza inclinata da poter essere scalata, ci corsi incontro e mi trascinai in cima cercando di scappare da quel puzzo indescivibile. Arrivato in cima la vista di un orizzonte interminabile di terra nera, invasa da quella orrenda melma frantumò completamente la mia ragione. Sentii le mani bruciarmi all’improvviso e osservandole le vidi ricoperte del sangue che colava dalla spada su cui mi ero arrampicato. Sentii le gambe molli e svenni di colpo. La mia mente si era arresa di fronte a tanto orrore. Poi la normalità. Mi risvegliai nel soggiorno dello chalet affianco al camino, ancora turbato da ciò che avevo visto o sognato, ma cosciente del fatto che fosse stato solo un sogno. Decisi subito di andarmene, la pace che avevo trovato era sparita con quel sogno ed era ora ti trovare un altro rifugio per la mia anima. Raccattai quel poco che mi ero portato, ma quando feci per uscire dal portone d’ingresso un pugnale cadde giù dal cielo trafiggendomi la coscia. É circa un ora che sono chiuso in casa e una pioggia di spade, lance e pugnali continua a martoriare lo chalet. In alcuni punti il soffitto è crollato riversando quella pioggia d’acciaio all’interno. Non importa che io muoia dissanguato o per merito di quella pioggia mortale, sto per levarmi la vita io stesso. Non posso reggere un altro minuto con questo dannato martellare nelle orecchie e questo terrore nel cuore. Lascio questo diario nel camino in pietra sperando rimanga illeso a testimonianza dell’accaduto. V.G.

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Yeah sure I’ll post these. I love roleplay guys it’s so fun and I’m so not emo over it nooo not at all

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Waiting on the edge

Prompt: Nine minutes left. (Realistic fiction challenge)  (Credit to u/Nate_Parker on Reddit for the prompt.) ---

Nine minutes left.

Nina stared at the clock on the wall. It was round and clinical and cold, a sharp reminder of reality sticking out of the otherwise analgesic room. A waiting room, aptly named, for the uncomfortable sense of anxiety and longing sitting in it produced.

Nina shifted in her seat. The woven plastic-cloth mix creaked beneath her. Soft greens and beiges surrounded her vision. The scent of sanitizer was heavy in the air.

Nine minutes left until the test results came back.

Occasionally a figure in scrubs would rush by; a flash of teal contrasting with the walls. They passed without words and only offered her glances, for that was all they could part with at the time. Nina envied them. They had tasks. Things that waited on them, urgently calling for every drop of their attention and focus.

Nina had no such thing. Eight minutes left.

Eight minutes between the ruling of life and death. Between normality and reality. She had started feeling sick a few weeks ago, her appetite decreasing, a feeling of a lump in her stomach. Then came the aches, and the coughing, and the blood.

This couldn't be her reality. Nothing about it felt real. Just a month ago she had been vacationing in Hawaii, swimming with her friends. . .

Seven minutes left.

How are you supposed to feel before the end of the world? Perhaps that was an exaggeration. She felt silly for a moment at the thought, but this room and this time was not conducive to silliness so it quickly dispersed.

Maybe it was not the end of the world as a whole- there were people across the world or across the continent or even just across the city who would keep on living their lives just as normal, after all -but for her it was the end of everything she had ever known.

Six minutes.

She sat on the brink of the unknown. There would be a quantifiable "before" and "after". Before the diagnosis. After the diagnosis. Nothing would be the same. Was it too poetic to call it the end of an era?

Nina felt her phone buzz against her side. She rooted through her purse and pulled out the device. A white notification graced its screen. A text from her mother. "Got the results?"

Five minutes left.

"Still waiting," Nina replied. The sweat and oil from her hands smeared itself over the screen, and the words were slightly warped. "I'll call you."

Her mother knew the results would come today but Nina did not afford her the privilege of when. Time had become an intimate companion in her sojourn to this day; her only witness, her only confident- to share it would be to let it run away from her even faster.

Before, and after. After and before.

Four minutes left.

Was she getting too pretentious? Perhaps she shouldn't give this so much thought. Just a diagnosis, that's all this was, and it would tell her if the lump in her stomach was real or if there was another cause to her troubles. Or maybe there was nothing wrong at all. Wouldn't that be wonderful? Nothing would change. This would all fade into the distant dream of memory.

But maybe it wouldn't. Maybe this was all real. Maybe the words that came out of the doctor's mouth today would determine the trajectory of her life forever. Her life would be filled with medications and doctors and sickness and waiting rooms just like this one where the artificial calm tried to wrap itself around her and force itself into her lungs.

Three minutes. The utilitarian clock told the time without bias or care. Cold and white and round.

Nina pictured the doctors like pieces of the clockwork, announcing their messages about death and pain with straight faces to yet another anxious human being passing through. Nina knew she would not be the first person the doctor saw today, nor would she be the last.

To be the bringer of such burdens seemed an impossible task. She decided she couldn't blame them.

Two minutes.

"Nina Winters?" A voice called into the waiting room. "Dr. Collins will see you now."

A nurse stood in the doorway, giving Nina his full attention instead of a mere passing glance. She stood at attention and the nurse waved for her to follow.

Perhaps the clock measured time in a calculating way, but doctors did not, so Nina decided that the two were different after all.

Her legs felt weak as she brought herself to follow. Each step was heavier than the last, the miasma of tan and green weighing down upon her. The room begged for her to stay- it was a waiting room, after all -and she was tempted to heed its call. Beyond the doorframe lay the unknown.

She steps out of the room. The nurse asks her questions as they walk down the hospital halls, but she barely listens, for she has crossed the threshold.

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The Plumbing Tree by Medium Judith

Sylvan Oswald on The Plumbing Tree

The queer family has a gas leak. A character named Miasma, the voice of the gas itself, narrates its encroaching occupation of what might be an ordinary household. But for Medium Judith, the collaborative experimental theater “host” entity of Amanda Horowitz and Bully Fae Collins, this oddball clan is under siege from within. This is the exhausted American Family Play as civic debacle – the kind in which poisoned water contaminates entire towns, and even air in some public housing is not safe to breathe. The queer theater of Medium Judith, posits that the family play itself may be unfit for consumption.

Polarized politics play out among the queer spawn of Celetta (Flannery Silva) in her pregnant-Orthodox-Jewish-matriarch drag. When the gender nonconforming Yves (Christiane Oyen) proposes a “dragabond” flag with “Islamic aesthetics” for the front lawn, his* sister Jodi, an androgynous nationalist in a pilgrim outfit (the subversively charming Julia Yerger), worries what the neighbors will think. As the argument ensues, the Homer Simpson-eque subletter Lars (Arne Gjelten) and neighbor Augustine (Elizabeth Sonenberg) weigh in. Jodi’s riposte is a shrine to female military veterans decoupaged onto a huge yellow ribbon. Yves fires back, planting his flag with such vigor that a pipe bursts, spewing septic ooze and vapors that put the family in a trance. “A character is best played in a less than conscious state,” intones Miasma as the existential front lawn drips with Shit. The Plumbing Tree is not just a battle over national/personal domestic politics, but over the soul of the well-made-play.

The latter may appear to be of less pressing urgency given our moment in history. However, the American Family Play has often functioned as a referendum on national shame. Whether the revelation is fraud, addiction, abuse, or beyond, our post-Freud playwrights have built structures that reveal the repressed. We can trace this from the likes of Arthur Miller and Lorraine Hansberry through newer plays like Paula Vogel’s And Baby Makes Seven (1993), Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’s Appropriate (2013), Taylor Mac’s Hir (2014), and Jackie Sibblies-Drury’s Fairview (2018) (and many more – it’s a vast genre).

The Plumbing Tree critiques blind spots within the queer community, such as thinking of ourselves as part of “the solution,” to what ails society. If “perfection is for assholes,” as Taylor Mac says, then with our glorious deviance we hold a space of inclusion, acceptance, and process-as-constant. These are values queer folks ostensibly represent. Yet, Queer is no monolith. We cannot ignore that the white supremacy and institutional oppression that exist in society-at-large exist within our own communities – and our own non-profits as well. It’s all too easy to police the boundaries of otherness.

As the queer family onstage crawls over each other, out of their minds from Miasma’s attack, I saw one lost world inside another. But it didn’t feel like nostalgia. Medium Judith’s The Plumbing Tree ends with a rousing punk number. The cast wrinkles their noses, “and smells the audience as if they smell like shit.” We’re full of it. And it’s time to look it in the face.

*Medium Judith has informed me that the character Yves uses male pronouns while exploring transfemininity but does not yet formally identify that way.

Sylvan Oswald is an interdisciplinary artist who makes plays, texts, publications, and video. He is an Assistant Professor of Playwriting at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film & Television.

Fiona Duncan on The Plumbing Tree

I suffer from claustrophobia in elevators, relationships, discourse, and media. The first act of The Plumbing Tree had right wing vlogging, trans and queer worship, uncouth men as the butt of jokes—hyper contemporary hot topics in the U.S. I was raised in Canada, and in the last 3 years, have come to appreciate how subtly different our nations are, as I witness my age and same ideals proclaiming peers here, in the States, mostly incapable so far, in their shares at least, of imagining true collective difference; their politics tend to be reactionary in content and form (loud, advertorial me meme forms), which is fair-ish re: content (the powers that be are powerful and awful! it's hard out here). But, what if: she who opposes force with counterforce reinforces that which she opposes and is formed by it. Anyway, I was happy when The Plumbing Tree devolved into collective shit, figuratively and figurally. Sewage burst from below the set of the house, like colonial, industrial, and patriarchal history is beyond haunting us now. The stage was brown and mucky and its character all got puke and mad sick from a stink indifferent to their differing identities and ideals.

I refuse to talk about shit with most anyone. I don’t find poo jokes funny. You should leave the room if you’re going to fart. It’s my one prudery; notorious, friends make fun of me for it. And yet I loved The Plumbing Tree’s shit brown metaphor and set, something about it not being just my shit, or your shit, or their shit, but so much shit, a world of shit, made it less cringeworthy, embarrassing, disgusting. This shit was even, refreshing.

Fiona Alison Duncan is an LA-based Can-American writer, bookseller, and organizer. She is the organizing host of Hard to Read, a monthly lit series, and Pillow Talk, community organizing on sex, love, and communication.

Brian Getnick on The Plumbing Tree

For the last year and a half I’ve watched Amanda and Bully’s The Plumbing Tree grow at PAM, from an installation of sculptures and diagrams in the stairwell to public readings of the script and workshop productions of the play. At its recent debut at Highways Performance Space, The Plumbing Tree has blossomed and grown some very bitter fruit.

At Highways, the stage was littered with abstract brown assemblages, a quilted flag and an enormous yellow ribbon adorned with regiments of proud female soldiers. These objects are sculptures that pose as props. They don’t sit meekly in service of the plays narrative; their surfaces are worked with detailed, micro narratives of their own. And, because their material processes are explicit, they also function as psychological prosthetics of the characters that made them. The flag is meticulously quilted by non binary-artist Yves, the soldier ladies are crudely rendered in local color by Jodi, the neocon daughter.

I understood the cartoonishly frenzied energy of the performers as a way to grapple with the fact that the characters they played are more or less composites of ideological signs and symbols that Amanda and Bully have poetically strung together as a script. If one mistakes their competitions, attacks, and craft making with the complexity and paradoxical nature of being it is because we, in our daily rhythmic interface with social media, resemble them.

For instance, the mother, Celetta, wants only the signs and none of the burdens of motherhood: an engorged but hollow belly. Her children appeal to her dreamily as floating potentialities of her creative powers. Celetta: “I saw my children before they were born and they were smoke. And they could be anything.” Celetta resents that her actual children have abandoned their post inside the belly and are beside her warring for attention. In Act III, she pantomimes the agonies of birth to regain it.

When the language in The Plumbing Tree makes a shift away from parody and into a nearly autonomous materiality the characters release word torrents reminiscent of Asher Hartman and Reza Abdoh. This became most evident in the character Jodi, the Pilgrim hatted conservative. The polemics she espouses read like an Antifa passion play. Jodi: “Knock knock, who’s there?, Socialism, Socialism who? Socialism is a failed a system Shame on you America!” Then: “Fuck your faggot prophets. Here my hate has stewed me through. Prosper porridge, pungent forest sow and owl fertilize. Taste my musket, piggy squalor, measles mumps disease deceased repeat repent release your lands and logs in rolling throngs.” The language invites ecstatic interpretation, a song, a scream. It bursts through a  parody of conservative rants and goes down, flung from Jodi’s mouth, into a witch’s cauldron.

In the third act, the performers crawl, they attack, they sing and dance, they blow a cluster of rape whistles and begin a chant. I remembered this line: “An object named is a fish out of water” It seemed to point to what the authors want and don’t want from writing for theater. I spoke with Amanda about this sentence and her answer was (I paraphrase here): that to name a thing is to isolate it from the force that gives the thing movement, agency, breath, and life. But these artists don’t write in a breath of fresh air; it’s a gamey fart that erupts when a flag is staked in the yard breaking open a subterranean sewer. At this rupture, the voice of the fumes bellows forth and the inhabitants that have piled out of the house indulge in a collective hallucination. The shit smell is named Miasma: all powerful language unleashed from the body.

Brian Getnick is an artist, curator and writer about contemporary performance in Los Angeles. He is the director of PAM Residencies, a showcase and residency program for performers making long form work (30+ minutes). He is the founder and co-director with Tanya Rubbak of Native Strategies, a journal documenting performance art in LA since 2011.

The Plumbing Tree happened at Highways on October 19 and 20, 2018.

Medium Judith is a host for an interdisciplinary methodology for writing experimental theater works. The company originated in 2012 in Baltimore, MD with works composed by Bully Fae Collins and Amanda Horowitz. 

Video stills by Pete Ohs.

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Regular portion of lies, typical for a rotten America:

The conquest of space in the middle of the last century was an important thing for world powers, because that directly indicated their strength and power. The success of Soviet cosmonautics has become a frankly thrown challenge to the United States, forcing America to accelerate work in the field of space exploration and find a way to furnish its main rival, the USSR.

April 12, 1961, on the spaceship "Vostok", launched from the Baiknur cosmodrome, Yuri Gagarin was the first to fly to the Cosmos. Russian people. The first victories in the space race were for the USSR. The succession of successes of Soviet cosmonautics has become a frankly thrown challenge to the United States, forcing America to accelerate work in the field of space exploration and find a way to eliminate the main competitor-the USSR. The first artificial earth satellite, the Soviet Sputnik-1 (October 4, 1957), the USSR. The first flights in the space animals- the dog-cosmonaut Laika, the first animal put into orbit of the Earth! (1954-3 November 1957) of the USSR. The first spaceships on the Moon-Soviet 'Luna-2'. However, for the first time the Moon was reached by the Soviet spacecraft Luna-2 on September 13, 1959, that is, the Soviet spacecraft appeared on the Moon for 10 years before the American cosmonauts landed on the Earth's satellite. Despite the desire of many countries to take part in this difficult and interesting case, the main serious struggle was between the two superpowers - the Soviet Union and the United States of America. America managed to launch his astronauts to the moon in the distant 1969. ‘’The Apollo 11’’ spacecraft, with a crew of astronauts on board, was Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin.

Many remember the photo, when on the surface of the Moon July 20, 1969, Armstrong proudly sets the flag of the United States.

Does this mean that America simply lied to their people? Yes! Because, always wanted to run ahead of the locomotive! The most annexed, miasma, lying, the most aggressive country in the world, America.

You lying bastards.

The theory of the falsification of the lunar program of the United States received the most vivid expression in the feature film "Capricorn-1", filmed in the same USA in 1978. He talked about how NASA with the help of special effects falsified the flight. True, not to the moon, but to Mars, but the hint was obvious. Never Americans were first on the moon. The video footage of the first steps of the people on the Moon also disappeared, films with telemetry recording of the operation of the lunar module systems were also lost, and data on the health of Armstrong and Aldrin transmitted via telemetry to Earth during their stay on the Moon. Missing 700 boxes with different kinds of films. Everything is lost. The evidence had legs and they escaped.

America is a lying country living on the body of the planet at the expense of the blood and death of other countries.

Регулярная порция лжи, типичная для гнилой Америки:

Завоевание космоса в середине прошлого века было важным для мировых держав, поскольку оно прямо указывало на их могущество и силу. Успех советской космонавтики стал откровенно брошенным вызовом для Соединенных Штатов, заставив Америку ускорить работу в области освоения космоса и найти способ предоставить своего главного конкурента, СССР.

12 апреля 1961 года на космическом корабле 'Восток', запущенном с космодрома Байконур, Юрий Гагарин первым вылетел в Космос. Русский человек. Первые победы в космической гонке были за СССР. Последовательность успехов советской космонавтики стала откровенно брошенной задачей для Соединенных Штатов, заставив Америку ускорить работу в области освоения космоса и найти способ устранить главного конкурента- СССР. Первый искусственный спутник земли, советский Спутник-1 (4 октября 1957 года) СССР. Первые полеты в космос животных- собака-космонавт Лайка, первое животное, выведенное на орбиту Земли! (1954-3 ноября 1957) СССР. Первые космические корабли на Луне- советская Луна-2. Однако, впервые Луны достиг советский космический корабль «Луна-2» 13 сентября 1959 года, то есть советские космические аппараты оказались на Луне на 10 лет раньше высадки американских космонавтов на спутник Земли. Не��мотря на желание многих стран принять участие в этом нелегком и интересном деле, основная нешуточная борьба разворачивалась между двумя сверхдержавами, Советским Союзом и Соединенными Штатами Америки. Америке удалось запустить своих космонавтов на луну в далеком 1969 году. Космический корабль " Аполлон-11", с экипажем астронавтов на борту-это были Нил Армстронг, Майкл Коллинз и Базз Олдрин.

Многие помнят фотографию, когда на поверхности Луны 20 июля 1969 года Армстронг с гордостью устанавливает флаг Соединенных Штатов.

Означает ли это, что Америка попросту лгала своему народу? Да! Потому что, всегда хотела бежать впереди паровоза! Самая аннексированная, миазменная, лживая, самая агрессивная страна в мире, Америка.

Теория фальсификации лунной программы США получила наиболее яркое выражение в художественном фильме «Козерог-1», снятом в тех же США в 1978 году. Он рассказывал о том, как НАСА с помощью спецэффектов фальсифицировало полет. Правда, не на Луну, а на Марс, но намек был очевиден. Никогда американцы не были первыми на Луне. Также исчезли видеозаписи первых шагов людей на Луне, также были потеряны фильмы с телеметрической записью о работе систем лунного модуля, а данные о здоровье Армстронга и Олдрина, переданные через телеметрию на Землю во время их пребывания на Луна. Отсутствует 700 коробок с различными видами фильмов. Все потеряно. У доказательств появились ноги, и они убежали. Америка-это лживая страна, живущая на теле планеты за счет крови и смерти других стран.

[atinyrabbit]

Since 8tracks is messed up and playmoss is dead, I’m posting some of my mixes here. This is a list of songs about feeling disconnected that I compiled about five years ago. Mainly songs I attribute to the Depersonalization disorder I had for several years when I was younger and songs that have surreal lyrics. Songs get a little weird toward the end of the list.

Stay In Your Coma - Alias Conrad Coldwood Far Away - Washed Out Seemingly Sleepy - Late Night Alumni Salt - Bad Suns Through Glass - Stone Sour After hours - The Velvet Underground Head Cold - Lights Will I Ever Care - VELVETEARS I'm Always Tired - Joyce Manor Break Apart - Glow Drifting Away - (feat. Ofelia K) Felix Cartal Make Me Real - she Exodus Honey - Honeycut Silhouettes - Aurora Catacomb - Emptyself Disconnected - Lindsay Lohan Disappear Always - Wild Nothing Painbirds - Sparklehorse Don't Wake Me Up - Nico Collins Imaginary - Evanescence Hole - Kelly Clarkson Ghost Town - Bo Bruce Nowhere - Hypnogaja Guts - Gazelle Twin empty crown - Yas I Think I'll Be A Good Ghost - Say Hi Artifice - Sohn Turning Into Stone - Phantogram Static - Colette Carr Sugarbread - Soap&Skin Conscious - Broods Help Me Close My Eyes - Those Dancing Days Sierra Lift - Blue Hawaii Waves - Mr Probz Alien Observer - Grouper

Solitaire - Marina and the Diamonds Living Dead - Marina and the Diamonds If I Ever Feel Better - Phoenix Telescope - Cage the Elephant I'm So Tired - Fugazi How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead I Don’t Feel - Tapping The Vein All Is Lost - Katie Garfield Seven Twenty Seven - Natalie Claro Medicine (Sound Remedy Remix) - Daughter The Spectator - The Bravery The Noise Inside My Head - Assemblage 23 Eyes Shut - Years & Years What's In The Middle - The Bird And The Bee Weighty Ghost - Wintersleep Within - Daft Punk   Sleep - Poets Of The Fall Miasma Sky - Baths Help me warm this frozen heart - Piano Magic Deception - Journal Pinch Me - Barenaked Ladies Easy - Son Lux The Nothing - Baths Big Black Nothing - Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band Don't Care About Anything - Alex Winston On and On - The Etiquette I Am An Illusion - Rob Thomas Sleep Paralysis - Gabriel Bruce Out At Sea - Heartless Bastards The Chase - Hungry Lucy Raise the Dead - Rachel Rabin Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping - (feat. N. Hannon) Air Alone And Sublime - Mother Mother Purgatorying - Alanis Morissette Downpour - Backstreet Boys Habits (Stay High) - Tove Lo Invisible - 5 Seconds of Summer Touch - Daughter the same things happening to me all the time - teen suicide So Far - (feat. Arnor Dan) Ólafur Arnalds Nothing's Real - Shura Where Is My Mind? - Sunday Girl (Pixies cover) Ghost - Conjure One feat. Kristy Thirsk Dragonfly - M. Craft Inhale - Stone Sour Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd Black Out Days - Phantogram In The Sea - Ingrid Michaelson So Far Away - Red Ghost Song - Patrick Wolf Daydream In Blue - I Monster Slow Wave - Esben and the Witch St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley 1st Person - Stone Sour Bodysnatchers - Radiohead By This River - Brian Eno Anymore of This - Mindy Smith & Matthew Perryman Jones Cardiff - Stone Sour Dead - Phoebe Ryan The Way I Feel - Asa

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Dirty Mouth: The Best of The Week

Lil Yachty, Photo: Capitol Records

  It’s still hot as Hell outside, but that’s okay because the summer tours are still rolling through town. This week we’ll get visited by the likes of Lil Yachty, White Denim and Rod Stewart, to name a few, while locals like Pecos Hank, LACE and Mojave Red will round out the week. Houston, here’s your road map for the next seven days.

  Wednesday you can begin at Raven Tower when Houston-born and Austin-transplant Buenos Diaz returns to perform on the back patio. Diaz has an infectious sound that’s kind of like if Elvis Costello was born here in Texas. His latest release, Buenos Diaz, is full of songs you can’t help but love, and his live sets are a mix of fun and rock energy. The all-ages show gets going around 7:30 pm and it’s free.

  On Thursday, you can head to the greenroom at Warehouse Live for the dirty rock-and-roll of Austin’s Fair City Fire. Supporting last year’s The Simple Truth, these guys sound like their bluesy grooves might be worth making it out for. The rock of Houston’s Londale will be on as direct support, while the indie folk noise of Virginia Beach’s Feral Conservatives will go on prior. The ambient rock of Houston’s East of Eado will open the all-ages show with doors at 7 pm and tickets between $7 and $10.

  Bert Kreischer, Photo: LEG Management

  Over at Improv, a weekend of laughs with Bert Kreischer will kick off. Kreischer may be best known for his stories of growing up in Russia, or perhaps the nickname “the machine,” but he’s seriously one of the funniest comics going. Host of Travel Channel’s “Trip Flip,” he’s been on Letterman, WTF with Marc Maron, and is a globe-trekking comic that regularly sells out his shows. Two of Houston’s better up and comers will be on as host and feature acts for the 18 & up shows. The Thursday set has doors at 7:15 pm and tickets between $25 and $25.

  At White Oak Music Hall upstairs, the hip hop of Seattle’s Ryan Caraveo will be on full display. Caraveo made his name as a positive force through his infectious tracks — but that doesn’t mean that he’s soft. While his music contains electro-pop elements, his latest, Maybe They Were Wrong, is as catchy as it is legit. The electronica of Houston’s MIEARS will be on hand as direct support and opener for the all-ages show with doors at 8 pm and tickets between $10 and $13.

  Substance, Photo: Josh Robicheaux

  Rito’s Bar will have the feminist punk of Illinois’ PRYSS. Rumored to be an intense band to catch, their album Sisyphus is pretty heavy and dark. The crazy rolling-on-the-floor-punk of Houston’s Substance will provide direct support, while FRISK will play for the first time beforehand. The show is seemingly all-ages and gets going around 8:30 pm with a $5 or pay what you can cover.

  Friday you could start off at Cactus for the Author Session for the book Women In Punk Vol. 1 from Houston’s David Ensminger.  Of course, Ensminger plays drums for The Hates and performs in other bands, but music history is really where he shines. There will be performances from Screech of Death, No Love Less and Mel Hell and the Texas Mod Crushers as well.  The free all-ages event gets going around 6 pm, and there should be gratis beer for the adults.

  St Joseph Professional Building, Photo: Jordan Asinas

  Insomnia Gallery will have a pretty cool show called Through The Viewfinder. Featuring photography from the likes of Jordan Asinas, Daniel Jackson, Scott Holleman, Jorge Luna and many, many more, the show should offer a glimpse of what photographers see in the everyday world. There will be a DJ, food trucks, and some form of donation based “bar.” The all-ages event gets going around 7 pm, there’s more information available here, and the $5 cover goes towards the showcase for the following year.

  At Satellite Bar, the New York-born and Austin-transplanted indie folk pop of Sherry will be on full display when the band performs their set. Sherry blends acoustic pop with garage undertones all over their latest, Not Brandy, Not Whiskey, which came out this year. The dream pop of Houston’s Such Marvelous Monsters will be on as direct support and openers for the all-ages show with doors at 8 pm and a free cover for the adults or $7 for the kiddos.

  Washed Out, Photo: Paradigm Agency

  At White Oak Music Hall downstairs, you can get down to the chillwave sounds of Washed Out. Best known for his song “Feel It All Around,” or the theme to the show Portlandia, this guy makes songs that make you wanna get down or make out — or both. His latest drop, this year’s Mister Mellow, keeps the jams flowing, and it should make for a legit live show. There’s no word of support or openers, but that could change on the all-ages show with doors at 8 pm and tickets between $18.50 and $22.

  Stereo Live will host the always fun and groove-heavy sounds of Laidback Luke. The popular producer, hailing from the Netherlands, brings plenty of heat to his live sets, and his latest single, “With Me,” keeps the temperature high. So get ready to get down! The 18 & up show has doors at 9 pm and tickets for $15.

  Pecos Hank, Photo: Jay Dryden Photography

  Continental Club will have a barn burner when Pecos Hank and Craig Kinsey stop by to perform. Hank has been going strong between storm chasing and releasing a full-length as well as just releasing a video for “Drive Under the Moon.” Kinsey has been holed up outside of town living a more bohemian life, but his last release, The Nylon Sessions, is a true tour de force. The two are definitely worth making it out for on the 21 & up show that has doors at 10 pm and a $10 cover.

  On Saturday, you could begin at Satellite Bar for the ATX vs. HOU Punk Fest. The all-day affair will feature sets from Austin acts like Yikes and All Opposed as well as many others. The Houston side of things features Dead to The World, Patterns, Revels and many more. There’s more information available here for the all-ages event that has doors at 3 pm and a $12 cover.

  Later on at Smart Financial Center, rock legend Rod Stewart will bring his soulful voice to the Sugarland venue. Of course, with The Faces, Stewart rivaled acts like the Rolling Stones. As a solo artist, he’s racked up hits like “Maggie May,” Do Ya Think I’m Sexy,” “All For Love,” and many, many more. His last album, 2015’s Another Country, proved that the singer hasn’t lost his touch. His live shows are pretty impressive for a guy his age. Eighties pop star Cyndi Lauper will be on as opener and direct support for the all-ages show with doors at 6 pm and tickets between $94.50 and $154.50.

  Of course, I’d guess most of you would be at Warehouse Live in the ballroom,where Lil Yachty will bring his hop hop to town. Supporting his latest, Teenage Emotions, the Atlanta rapper will be worth making it out for, as he’s been popping off as of late. There’s no word of support or openers, but that may change. Every prepaid ticket receives a physical CD of the new album on the al- ages show with doors at 6:30 pm with tickets between $29.50 and $35.

  Mark Drew, Photo: Henry McRae Dillard

  Over at House of Blues, Houston’s Mike Jones will return with his chopped and screwed era hip hop. That’s not to say that Jones has been sleeping, but he’s also due for a new record, as his last album was over eight years ago with The Voice. Doeman will bring his heavy hitting rap on as direct support, while the mic prowess of Genesis Blu will go on prior, as will the skills of T2 The Ghetto Hippie. Mark Drew will come from behind the mixing board to drop a set as well, while Chain$moke will get the all-ages show started. The doors are at 7 pm and carry tickets for $15.

  Walter’s will host the indie-emo-goodness of Rome Hero Foxes. While their least release, this year’s I/O, was an acoustic, stripped down album, the previous one from last year, For When You’re Falling Backwards, is a pretty impressive one. Full of hooks and catchy melodies, their live shows are definitely worth making it out for. The alt rock of Houston’s Shalva will be on as direct support, while the surf rock of Sleepy Dog will go on beforehand. Peach Creek will open up the all-ages show with doors at 7 pm and tickets between $10 and $12.

  Mojave Red, Photo: Dani Willie

  Continental Club has the cassette release party for Houston psych rockers Mojave Red. While they’re definitely stretching their legs with their latest, “Fading Out,” teaming up with new label Wallflower Records is definitely a step in the right direction. Mix in their solid live sets and you have a nice recipe for success. Austin’s Summer Fires will be on as support, while the high energy of Houston’s texture:Yellow will open the 21 & up show with doors at 8 pm and an $8 cover.

  Over on William Street, you can get your groove on for the Dog Daze show. With a headlining set from NYC’s J. Albert and performances from Miguel Flaco back to back with Noey Lopez, this should be a burner of a show. Kona FM will bring her DJ jams on as well, while Collin Hedrick will go on prior. DJ Naomi will open things up with doors at 9 pm and a $10 cover for the BYOB show.

  Zack Palmer, Photo: Jordan Asinas

  On Sunday, you could roll by Little Dipper for some afternoon weirdness from Zack Palmer and Andrew Sainz of Walter’s fame. The two will drop DJ sets of music you probably won’t hear anywhere else, and it should make for a nice way to cool off in this Summer heat. The 21 & up event starts at 3 pm and runs until 6, and it’s free to attend.

  Later on at Walter’s, the dark punk of Philadelphia’ Blank Spell will swing through to perform. Like taking the elemental darkwave and new wave elements and placing them on punk, this three piece is an act you should see, as they rarely roll through our city. Their latest release, this year’s Miasma, is pretty legit. The post punk of Pennsylvania’s Haldol will be on as direct support, while the hardcore of Houston’s LACE will go on beforehand. Rough Sleepers will open things up for the all-ages show with doors at 8 pm with an $8 cover.

  Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble, Photo: Olia Eichenbaum

  On Monday, Walter’s will host France’s Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble over for a very rare performance. Sadier, best known as lead singer for the ’90s electro-pop group Stereolab, has been carving out a respectable solo career for the past fifteen years. While this year sees her solo efforts coming to full force with Find Me Finding You, the release is one of the most beautiful and intriguing electronic works you can hear. Almost like a modern day version of “The Girl From Ipanema,” this is definitely a show you won’t want to miss because it doesn’t come this way very often. Heather Trost of Neutral Milk Hotel will be on as direct support, while Houston’s El Lago will bring their dreamy indie rock on as openers. The all-ages show has doors at 8 pm and a $12 cover.

  Tuesday in the greenroom at Warehouse Live, Whitney Flynn of the band Days N Daze will kick off her solo tour. While I’m not certain what that will sound like, I’m sure it’ll be worth making it out for. The Celtic punk of The Real McCoys will be on as direct support, while the trippy pop of Motion Hotel will go on prior. The hip hop of Baytown’s Virgil Wolfe will get things started on the all-ages show with doors at 6 pm and tickets for $5 or $8 for the kids.

  Over at Rudyard’s they will host Grown-Up Storytime, the popular show series from Bootown. Of course, you probably know about the story reading series because it’s become a well-known thing for visitors to our city. What you may not know is that both of these shows at 8 pm and at 10 pm can easily sell out. So if you want to attend the 21 & up shows with a $5 cover, you should get there early.

  That’s about it around town this week. No matter what you do and where you go, please remember that a safe ride home is just an app away.

Dirty Mouth: The Best of The Week this is a repost