#Dave Morris

[spilladabalia]

The Celibate Rifles - God Squad

[downthetubes]

Fighting Fantasy Fest returns in September, celebrating 40th anniversary of "Deathtrap Dungeon"

Fighting Fantasy Fest is back in September, to mark 40 years of Sir Ian Livingstone's bestselling Fighting Fantasy gamebook, Deathtrap Dungeon.

[otakunoculture]

Dave Morris' Sentimental 52 Stories Returns For a One Night Engagement

Playing Oct 5, 2024 Georges P. Vanier Secondary 4830 Headquarters Road Courtenay, BC Tickets available through Eventbrite Who needs the Bard of Avon when Dave Morris is around? After a successful run at the Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival, he’s confirmed his latest work, 52 Stories, will not be shelved, but rather be transformed into an autobiography, and he’ll bring this show back upon request…

[fictionz]

The good life.

[rozmorris]

Festival of joy, there is no short answer, I'm judging a competition for memoir and creative nonfiction (do enter!), meet me at the London Book Fair, a little horse https://mailchi.mp/8fba187597a3/festival-of-joy-there-is-no-short-answer-competition-for-memoir-and-creative-nonfiction

[artparks-sculpture]

A sculpture titled 'South American Trade 7 (Bronze Lifesize Chili sculpture)' by sculptor Dave Morris. In a medium of Bronze on Portland Stone.

[operafantomet]

Jan Hartley-Morris as Christine in West End

She started out as u/s Christine, I wanna say in 1987. She then became the Christine alternate in the spring of 1988, with Claire Moore as the principal, and remained so until autumn 1989. Her Phantoms include Dave Willetts, and James Patterson, and her Raouls Michael Ball and Michael Cormick. Above she is depicted with Dave Willetts and Michael Cormick.

[arotheosis]

It’s all Whirred Up (NSBU Swap AU concept)

Essentially I started thinking about what it might be like if the action heroes were the ones in the real world, and the video world characters were the action heroes. I tried my best to switch things up so it feels different enough, although I’m still a little unsure about some character roles.

Will I ever actually sit down and write this properly? Who knows

In an old strip mall in Lake Elsinore sits one of the last remaining video rental stores in the country: Slater’s Video Superstore.

With the rise of streaming and digital media, however, the store is on its last legs. Its last week in fact, and its employees prepare to close down and find a new road to take in life.

Steven “King” Skin is a Princeton student with a bright future in politics. He’s nearing the end of his gap year, and wondering whether he really wants to go back to school after all. He works on the finances of the video store.

As he almost mindlessly balances the the store’s financial spreadsheets, he watches on one of the video store screens: Liv Skyler, master thief. Her name is whispered amongst criminal circles like a legend, because she can steal without even leaving a single trace behind.

Victor Ethanol is a young man with a dream of pursuing Formula 1 racing, but working several odd jobs to provide for his family. He does occasional maintanance/ plumbing work for the businesses in the strip mall, including the video store, which he visits frequently.

Trying to get him to take a break from working so hard, his brother Shaun asks if he wants to watch a movie. The movie’s protagonist? One Wendell Morris, former biker gang member who has become an informant for several underground organizations. He’s the black sheep of the Morris family, and their falling out is shrouded in mystery.

G13 is a young hacker who got caught attempting to access classified files, and was sentenced to community service. He’s supposed to be cleaning trash around the strip mall, but he mostly stays inside the video store using the crusty old public computer they have, since he’s no longer allowed to use any at home.

While attempting to bypass the many blocks on that ancient desktop computer, he sees a trailer for an old movie. It depicts Usha Rao, more commonly known by both her allies and enemies as Grandmother. She’s the head of a widespread criminal organization, and despite her sweet seeming appearance is someone to be feared. She’s been alive longer than anyone knows, she’s seen everything and knows everything, so if you mess with her family you cannot escape her wrath.

Working over by the more adult section of the store, is Jack Manhattan. After suffering through a grueling divorce with his wife and losing custody of his two children, his life is essentially at a standstill. He is very vocal about how much he prefers not being tied down, and talks about having many partners, but it’s clear that in reality he is not dealing with the separation well and is very lonely.

Unable to even look at the more unsavory content in front of him without thinking about the love he lost, he switches the channel only to see a movie starring crime investigator Paula Donvalson. While many overlook her based on her wild and sporadic personality, the crazy deductions she makes are more often than not entirely on the money, and the FBI begrudgingly hires her for many of their cases.

Jennifer Drips is a woman who does not stay in one place for far too long. Drifting quickly from town to town, she never sets up roots, but leaves a trail of lovers behind her. She is currently staying in a crappy apartment near Lake Elsinore, and working at the video store for some extra cash before she moves on.

On a screen behind her as she’s packing up the store’s inventory, plays a movie led by Russel Feelds, a mechanic developing gadgets for every organization under the sun. A self described lone wolf, he has no loyalty to any side, as long as you can pay his prices.

Greg Stocks is a wealthy man who owns nearly every storefront in the strip mall, except for the video store. He heads in every day attempting to make an offer that Slater will accept, but even as the store is close to shutting down, the video store owner remains stubborn.

Walking by the front of the store he sees, on one of the display TVs, a film about a man known only as Dang. Dang is the world’s deadliest assassin, and his methods are all just as strange as the man himself. After every kill he leaves behind his calling card, the word “rashab”. No one has deciphered its meaning yet.

[personinthepalace]

from Bryony Corrigan's The Other Palace instagram takeover

[itsgrapes-exe]

a newsies doodle page

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their names just get worse and worse from lowest to highest

[spilladabalia]

The Celibate Rifles - Sean O'Farrell

[noodlekru]

New Dimension 20 show beloved, some reason I had to draw these guys having a movie night in the middle of their shift. Can’t wait for the absolute chaos of this season.

[the-hottest-band-tournament]

Round 5 of The Hottest 80s Band Tournament

Depeche Mode 

Defeated opponents: Anthrax, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Formed in: 1980

Genres: Synth-pop, electronic rock, new wave, dark wave, alternative rock

Lineup: Dave Gahan - vocals

Martin Gore - guitar and keyboard

Alan Wilder - drums and keyboard

Andy Fletcher - bass

Albums from the 80s: 

Speak & Spell (1981)

 A Broken Frame (1982)

Construction Time Again (1983)

Some Great Reward (1984)

Black Celebration (1986)

Music for the Masses (1987)

Propaganda: The music. The LOOKS. The voice. (The sexual tension?) And they’re still going strong. My colleague saw them in the UK when they were only starting out and said they were so nervous. I find the juxtaposition of the confidence of their sound (not to mention the black leather) and that anecdote really endearing.

idk how much this counts as propaganda but I feel like it's very important to acknowledge that Depeche Mode specifically makes kinky synth for bisexual sluts. Like that's it, that's the band. They even managed to make their cover of "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" sound like it's about selling ass on the interstate. Slutty legends.

Joy Division

Defeated opponents: The Judds, Cinderella, Black Flag, Faith No More

Formed in: 1976

Genres: post-punk 

Lineup: Ian Curtis - lead vocals, guitar

Bernard Sumner - guitar, keyboard

Peter Hook - bass

Stephen Morris - drums

Albums from the 80s: 

Closer (1980)

Propaganda: 

Visual propaganda for Depeche Mode:

[fictionz]

The value of a thought.

[joeythefrog]

the newsies arguing what the definitions of slut, bimbo, himbo, and twink are while Les and Dasher play hand clap games in the background

[artparks-sculpture]

A sculpture titled 'Snail Tapas with Beer and Wine (Carved Wood sculpture)' by sculptor Dave Morris. In a medium of Hard, soft wood.