#David Byrne my beloved

[letsflypige0n]

heaven,, best talking heads song ever mayhaps?

[stygmatus]

in case you didn’t already know 🧡🫁

[mellotronmkll]

Like I genuinely feel like a lot of fans of like late 70s/early 80s new wave and post-punk especially the 'weirder' and more artsy and high concept stuff would love early they might be giants Like can you not get enough of elements of the avant-garde in pop music do you love when music is sarcastic and irreverent and witty and surreal and absurd and DARK do you like when music sounds a bit scary and challenges and unsettles you do you like when its been made with DIY production on the cheapest crunchiest instruments and is performed in gritty underground clubs and presented to audiences in novel ways do you like when artists seek to play with and redefine the relationship between artist and audience or do you also just like when frontmen get down autistic silly and sensitive style and freak everyone out with the way they incorporate performance art into their live shows like just. please contact me so we can listen to the 1983 demo tape while holding hands and I tell you all about it and then I play you a bunch of hissy staticy recordings that were ripped off of an answering machine 40 years ago and you will be changed

[sugaronmytonguedotmp3]

hbd to my bf btw

[jupitersflytrap]

I FOUND OUT THE DOLL PICS WERE REAL A COUPLE DAYS AGO IM LITERALLY OBSESSSEEDDDDD its really hard to find pictures of them but theres a couple on his website http://davidbyrne.com/explore/superego/photos ANYWAYS MWAHHH

whyyyyy do these images exist this is so funny i love it (also oh my GOD is it called superego i was just having to read some stupid freud stuff for uni today I CAN'T ESCAPE)

[alchemylive]

tagged by my beloved @kafkaguy to post 5 songs ive got on repeat <3

okay anyone who wants to do this pls say i tagged you cos i wanna see your music but i will also tag ummmm @jaimeroyalrobertson @concordewillfly @bazpitch @inmyskin2002 @omgniatheapricot

[firethekitty]

okay you reblog a lot of albums ive never heard of and am curious about but it’s hard to get myself to sit down and listen to a whole album so please please, Top Ten-ish Songs To Get To Know You kind of list? pretty please?

i literally daydream about people asking me stuff like this LOL. so this is hardly a comprehensive list of all my favorite songs ever but here are some songs that are really important to me!!! this got REALLY long so i put it under a read more

1. meet me in the woods by lord huron

my absolute favorite song Ever like of all time. means everything to me. i could listen to this every single day and never get tired of it. INSANELY fun, incredible vibes, makes me want to go outside and shoot a beam into somebody. lord huron is an Experience. all their albums are concept albums and there’s actually a fair amount of lore going on. on the physical CD for strange trails it actually has the characters’ names next to their respective songs

for meet me in the woods, it sounds very upbeat and happy, but listen closely and you’ll realize it’s not quite as it seems… in-universe, it’s narrated by a woman named francine lu, and the song has the same chords as the first track of the album (and another of her songs) “love like ghosts”. she also narrates “the night we met”, easily LH’s most famous song. francine lu is not having a normal one. what’s her problem? listen to find out…..

2. crystals by of monsters and men

this was my favorite song ever for about 6 years until meet me in the woods ranked just a tiny bit higher. sooo fucking fun, itches a part of my brain that’s only accessible via icelandic stomp & holler. makes me very happy and always cheers me up! of monsters and men was the first new (at the time) band i ever really discovered on my own without hearing about from my parents or other people, and i’ve been listening to them ever since (almost 13 years!!) they are incredibly important to me and i highly recommend all of their albums

3. sunblind by fleet foxes

relatively new but became a favorite as soon as i heard it. this is also one of the most Me songs i can think of on top of just being so fucking gorgeous and raw and heartfelt. this song is a tribute to deceased musicians who influenced robin pecknold (the lead singer and songwriter for fleet foxes) and how their music is pretty much the reason he’s even alive today. my favorite lines are “only way that i made it for a long time / but i’m loud and alive, singing you all night”. this entire album is sincerely a masterpiece and i highly recommend listening to it all. fleet foxes have really beautiful and unique lyrics, they remind me of mitski’s lyrics in that they’re very poetic and personal and emotional but still subjective enough that you can connect them to your own life

4. this must be the place by talking heads

specifically the stop making sense live recording, which i still half-refuse to believe is a live recording because it’s just THAT fucking good. whenever someone says david byrne can’t sing i direct them here, because he does sincerely have an incredible voice and he simply Chooses to sing weirdly bc he’s a quirked up white boy with autistic swag.

this is just a really sweet and romantic song from a band that otherwise stays far away from love songs and it works extremely well. this entire album is fucking incredible and easily the best live album of all time. half of them are BETTER than the studio recordings, and you can also watch david byrne leap straight up backwards like a full 4 feet

highly recommend watching stop making sense just the entire film

5. vein of stars by the flaming lips

back in 2014, i watched a very beloved streamer play a game called “space engine”, in which you explore as much of the universe as we’ve theorized to exist. this was a little before copyright laws got so fucking strict on youtube and twitch, so mr. vinny vinesauce could play any music he wanted while planet-hopping. one of those songs was vein of stars, and it’s been one of my absolute favorites ever since.

the flaming lips are definitely an acquired taste. wayne coyne does Not have a very good voice and it can get extremely grating, especially to someone who hasn't heard them before. but when it works, god it works. this song is so pretty and nostalgic to me, always calms me down whenever i’m In A Mood. it’s nihilistic but not in a depressing way, more like “yeah maybe we aren’t here for any particular reason, maybe there’s nothing after this life. there’s nothing we can do about that, so why worry?”. very peaceful. REQUIRED listening when stargazing

6. good old-fashioned lover boy by queen

one of the first songs i ever truly hyperfixated on. unfortunately i listened to it SO fucking much it kind of ruined it for me, but i still do really love it. i may not listen to it that often anymore but i felt obligated to put it here bc it had a Profound Effect on my developing brain

7. too much time by john vanderslice

the year is 2012 and you're halfway through the newest episode of the hit podcast welcome to nightvale. cecil announces the weather. little do you know that you will carry the next 3 and a half minutes with you for the rest of your life. this one is just absurdly nostalgic to me (and not to mention incredibly vash the stampede coded). beloved song!!!

8. waltz for zizi & the real folk blues by the seatbelts & mai yamane

well it’s no secret that i think cowboy bebop has the greatest anime soundtrack of all time and one of THE greatest soundtracks of all time Ever. this is just an objective fact actually.

i believe this is because the seatbelts and specifically the composer yoko kanno studied real jazz, blues, and bebop to make the ost. like it's not just "jazz-flavored", there is genuine, deep respect and you can hear it in every single track. waltz for zizi gives me physical goosebumps every single time i listen to it, it's absolutely perfect. i've made it a ritual to listen to every time i visit the shore at night and go stargazing. sincerely transcendent experience

9. cuckoo song by cosmo sheldrake

hhhhhrrr this entire fucking albummmm hhhhhhhrhhhhrhhhaauuuuUUUUOOOGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!! AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

back during my final semesters of college, i had to take a course for art degree seniors. we’d pick something we were passionate about, make art for it, and it would be hung up for a week in the exhibition room. i chose birds of course, but wake-up calls inspired me to shift that choice to something more important than just random funny bird drawings. i focused on bird species that have gone extinct within the last 60 years because wake-up calls is made almost entirely out of endangered bird songs.

i’ll be honest i can barely listen to this song or anything on the album because i WILL literally start sobbing like in real life. cuckoo song in particular just makes me start crying every single time i listen to it, it’s like a magic spell. it’s not even necessarily sad but just viscerally bittersweet. the art for the album is made by flora wallace. here’s the spotify canvas i made a gif just for you 👍

10. take you back by orville peck

and finally………….. the song that made me realize that i actually DO love real country music a lot, and that the derivative “bro country” sub-genre that developed in the early 2000s has absolutely destroyed any positive opinion of country music in society. we NEED to go back, and orville peck is more than doing his part. this is the first song i ever heard by him and it's just so goddamn fun. i am completely unable to not sing along to this when it comes on

not only do i highly recommend orville peck but also any country music from the 50s and 60s, especially marty robbins, charley pride, conway twitty, and of course mrs. dolly parton. and later country rock/folk rock bands like america and creedence clearwater revival. it’s SO good i’m so serious

orville peck is the only modern country singer i can think of who's not afraid to bring back the harmonicas and whistling and steel guitars and whip cracks and yeehaws. it's fantastic. he's also gay and an outspoken trans ally. i believe this gives him the power to revive country music from the dead 🙏

[nico-di-genova]

Thanks for tagging me @my-beloved-lakes!

Three Ships:

Charles Leclerc/Max Verstappen (in a fictional sense not irl) - F1

Evan Buckley/Eddie Diaz - 911

Gabriel Boutin/Annalise O’Brien/Nathan Byrne - The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself

First Ever Ship:

Sam/Jules from Flashpoint. I have vivid memories of watching this show with my mom. They’re also the reason I stumbled across tumblr and fanfiction!

Last Song:

Felix Amica from the Saltburn score

Last Film:

Saltburn

Obsessed!! The height of cinema!! I need all films to be like this one moving forward, please.

Currently Reading:

Physically Reading:

Kill All Your Darlings by David Bell

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (reading alongside the episodes as they come out)

Audio Book:

Stone Cold Fox by Koller Croft

DNF’d:

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yaros (it was reminding me way to much of Divergent and wasn’t really my vibe)

Currently Consuming:

A lovely Cesar pasta salad I made for lunch, and the maps for the walking trails at wdw I’m planning to go to this week!

Currently Craving:

The sweet release of freedom from my job. 5 pm is not coming fast enough. Free me.

Tagging:

@lestappenforever @mewtwowarrior @wittyjasontodd @cupidskissx

[libratxt]

it’s that time of year again… 🎄🎅🎉🎊 no. the highlights of your 2023 media consumption of course! just like last year, i want to know your top 5 films, books, tv shows, songs/albums, pop culture moments if that’s your thing, and as a bonus: any favourite personal moment/achievement in the last year? new to you, new in release, either works! can’t wait to see your response and wishing you a happy new year! 😁🩷

yay!! i was so excited to receive this in my inbox again this year 💖 overall i feel like i consumed less media than last year? but here's a roundup of some of my favorite things this year:

movies

so most of the movies i really really enjoyed this year didn't actually come out this year lol but i really enjoyed:

skinamarink - i love horror and while this one might be too much of a slowburn for people, it really filled me with dread so yay!

birdman (or the unexpected virtue of ignorance) - i'd been meaning to get around to this one for a while and finally did! totally worth it. the writing and acting: immaculate!

stop making sense - one thing about me is i will enjoy a music doc. the energy in this is so so wonderful. i love david byrne, i love talking heads. left the theatre in a great mood

saltburn - a controversial pick probably. but i had fun! don't really care for the criticisms that it fails at being class critique. it's about being a little pathetic freak and wanting to crawl into someone else's skin for me.

crash (the cronenberg one) - another one i'd been meaning to get around to for a while. i've seen most of cronenberg's stuff and i deeply deeply enjoyed this one. it's about sex, it's about violence, it's about desire, it's about all the weird things the human body can do. i love cronenberg and this one was perfect to me. mwah!

music

crash (charli xcx) - i know, i'm a little late. i listened to this religiously this year. having seen cronenberg's crash this year also added a little extra flavor. obsessed. love it. several songs are on my spotify on repeat as we speak.

this is why (paramore) - ahh so much fun! i love paramore, love getting a new paramore album. the remix album is great too. i also got to see them this year and had a blast! paramore was the first concert i ever went to so getting to see them again is full circle for meee.

desire, i want to turn into you (caroline polachek) - fun!! i do prefer pang but i had fun!

skylight (pinegrove) - sleepy, twangy indie album. i enjoyed! it was soothing this year.

joy as an act of resistance (idles) - the opposite of a sleepy, twangy album! i'm hoping to catch idles in the new year since they're stopping in town :)

tv

not a great tv year for me tbh

succession - succession my beloved! banger of a final season. it will go down in the annals of my favorite tv shows for the rest of all time. kendall roy you will always be famous.

adventure time - revisiting adventure time for the first time in forever. it's fun, it's sweet, i have a soft spot for it. i'm on its final season but have yet to finished because i'm emotionally attached at this point.

video games

baldur's gate - all i've done with my time lately is play baldur's gate. eat, sleep, breathe baldur's gate. i have not touched my sims in months because i have no space but for baldur's gate on my computer. finally got a ps5 and immediately got baldur's gate so that i can finally play it properly because my mac can only barely run it!!! i'm emotionally attached to my little tiefling cleric. i am already fantasizing about my next playthrough.

top me moment!

lol as for personal successes this year: i got a fellowship with a really well-recognized poetry organization in my city that i have so much love for and that truly does so much good work for our community. i have been slowly working my way through the ranks. i started as a mentee last year, taught some poetry classes for them, and this year helped run their month-long festival, and am now working directly with them to help plan their month-long festival for next year. it feels so aligned with the kind of career i'd like to have in my life. next goal is to hopefully lock-in some kind of permanent position with them once my fellowship is over. hopefully i will have good news about that in next years wrap up! thanks again for asking this, i truly get a kick out of it!!

[generalb]

A hundred years ago……

One of my beloved mutuals, @rowanoke , tagged me in a selfie chain. I as per usual planned to make a grandiose selfie and therefore put it off since forever. Several days ago however my mutual tags me in a music post. So I figure, why not kill two stones with one bird!

And so behold:

My Top 10 songs + selfie*

*quick note here: these songs are not in order of most liked to least liked, these are all equally loved except for Turn to Stone, which will be my funeral song. End note.

1. Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat

This song was one of my favorites since early teen hood, back when I romanticized the feeling of escaping everyone to be truly free. It was later when I saw the deeper meanings, and gained an ever greater love and appreciation for the song.

2. Turn to Stone by Electric Light Orchestra

Turn to stone is my number 1 song, no other song will hold a place in my heart like this one. It truly sounds like a glorious ending, where everyone is happy. I love it.

3. Ghost by Mystery Skulls

Back in the glory days of amv’s there lived a god by the name of MysteryBen27. They’re still around but they used to upload music videos based on songs by Mystery Skulls. Usually the videos came out every 2 years, but they’re late and I don’t know the future. Undoubtably one of my favorites.

4. I Don’t Feel Like Dancing by Scissor Sisters

Now it was a heavy debate between this or I Can’t Decide, but overall this song holds more importance to me. This song I grew up with and it permanently infused into me the love for the groove. And my parents wonder why I like disco.

J

5. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) by Journey

TRON LEGACY FANS STAND UP! One of the best rock songs I know, infinite banger.

(Editors side note: my phone is extremely hot. End note)

6. The Adults Are Talking by The Strokes

Yeah I’m a neocranium fan, why do you ask?

7. Out with a Bang by Self

Rest in Peace Kitty0706.

8. Deep Sea Pastures by Joe Hisaishi

Ponyo was one of the earliest movies I remember seeing, and will always hold a spot in any top 10 I make. 20/10 soundtrack, 100/10 animation.

9. Father Kolbe’s Preaching by Wojciech Kilar

Another movie that will always hold a place near to my heart, The Truman Show. The utter and raw emotions you feel when this song plays in the film is staggering.

9. This Is A Life by Son Lux, Mitski, David Byrne

Another song from a beautiful movie. The feelings for me are indescribable.

10. Don’t Quite Belong (demo) by Dodie

Fuck man. If you have autism this song hits hard, really hard. Great song.

https://youtu.be/EEsvIK526tg?si=PIo-8VRhe3w7Qbzw

(Editors side note: According to tumblr I’ve hit video limit. Shame.)

Now:

The Selfie

Behold my magnificence

In all seriousness, I coudl have gone higher quality but it’s 3 in the morning.

Now who shall I tag? @underestimated-heroine @captain-crabbo @latte-cucumber @noritaro @spaciebabie @splatoonmaster69 there! Now I can go to sleep. Goodnight y’all!

[mountain-in-springtime]

david byrne my beloved

[lugosis]

6, 18, 21 for the music asks ^_^

6. a song that makes you want to dance

i don’t dance a lot bc i’m scared but this is a strong classic contender

18. a song from the year you were born

i couldn’t find anything in my library released in 2002 so here’s my favorite david byrne solo song which was released in 2001. close enough.

21. a favorite song with a persons name in the title

gay rights is all i have to say

[randomvarious]

Today’s compilation:

The Chill Pill 2000 Trip Hop / Downtempo / Pop / Breakbeat / Deep House / Dub

I seriously *cannot believe* that this double-disc comp isn't on Discogs, you guys. You'd think that they'd have nearly every electronic release in the world indexed on there by now since that's been their specialty as a music database since jump, but they somehow missed this one. And it's from a label that's a subsidiary of Sony, for fuck's sake!; not some random-ass, low-budget, barely existing label no one's ever heard of! Plus, it has Portishead, David Byrne, Suede, Primal Scream, Jamiroquai, Björk, Kylie Minogue, Leftfield, and the Happy Mondays on it! Those are all huge names! I mean, how do we still not have a full accounting of someone like Björk's discography of appearances on Discogs in 2022?!? Humanity has failed us.

Anyway. Throw this one on the rather large pile of excellent big label chillout collections that came out at around the turn of the millennium. Seems like every major record company put at least one of these things out every year while trying to cash in on the chillout CD craze and this is yet another shining example of all that relaxing, loungey bliss 😌.

But don't let the Eastern-looking statue on the cover fool you; there's nothing that's really Eastern about this thing at all. What a slight majority of this is though, is a showcase of trip hop music in many of its different forms, from the magically chunky and silly electro-funky kind, courtesy of frequent Beastie Boys collaborator Money Mark, to the dramatic and cinematic orchestrally dubby kind by Björk and David Arnold, to more varyingly poppy strains from Kylie Minogue's "Breathe" and Moodswings' early 90s new agey oasis, "Spiritual High," that features Chrissie Hynde on lead vocals and was partially co-written by Vangelis and Jon Anderson from Yes.

And we've also got plenty of non-trip hop stuff too, like a pair of deep house cuts from Dubtribe Sound System and The Beloved, the latter of which is a late 80s Ibiza-flavored remix by Danny Rampling; Primal Scream's "Higher Than the Sun," another Ibiza-sounding one that was produced by ambient house duo The Orb that's transcendently experimental and features on PS' 1991 landmark album, Screamadelica; back-to-back slices of acid breakbeat from Endorphin and Leftfield; and Brazil's Deodato delivering a nine-minute, early 70s jazz-funk take on Richard Strauss' late 1800s composition that was used as the theme music for 2001: A Space Odyssey, "Also sprach Zarathustra," whose abridged single version actually peaked at #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 😮.

Yet another fantastic turn-of-the-millennium chillout-type comp to sink your teeth into. A little more eclectic and retrospective than most. Check out other big label chillout-type comps I've dug into over the years here, here, and here. All of them are mostly on a similar type of vibe, but there's really not much overlap in selection between them. So if you've never really taken the plunge before, consider the totality of these posts to be your little chillout starter pack 😎.

Highlights:

CD1:

Bob Marley vs. Funkstar De Luxe - "Sun Is Shining (Sand in My Shoe remix)" Morcheeba - "Blindfold" Moodswings - "Spiritual High" Portishead - "All Mine" Money Mark - "Push the Button" Dubtribe Sound System - "Loneliness in Dub" Eumir Deodato - "Also sprach Zarathustra"

CD2:

Suede - "Asbestos" Primal Scream - "Higher Than the Sun" Jamiroquai - "Destitute Illusions" Alex Gopher - "The Child" Finley Quaye - "Even After All" Björk feat. David Arnold - "Play Dead" Kylie Minogue - "Breathe" Endorphin - "Solar Flare (Disaster Area remix)" Leftfield - "Storm 3000" The Beloved - "The Sun Rising (Danny's "Love Is..." mix)"

[404pagehasbeenfound]

CelebArt 🖼

Hello everyone, the old page of the day is CelebArt from 1997. What caught my attention on this site, is that it was created by a 15 year old teenager using photo effects and filters that are so common today, but back in the day it was really a new world to be discovered. It just reminded me of myself when I was 12, and I figured out how to put an orange light effect on my hand in a photo, and I thought it was so cool because it looked like I was manipulating fire and so I showed this to everyone I knew, I was very proud of my "art". So let's take a look in her "arts".

The first is her beloved one, Brad Pitt, like all the teenagers around me had him or other celebrities as a crush minus the weirdo here lmao.

I really find funny how this effects for us is so simple but for her it made Tom Cruise "sooo ugly" lol.

Oh she was nice to Jodie Foster and ended up putting just some stars in her face, unlike what she did to her beloved Brad Pitt.

Yeah, I really hope this person nowadays knows how to use the filters in Instagram and Snapchat to put any effects that she want in the face of Mel Gibson and any other person.

Ok in this one, I tryed to reload the page but there it's a bug in the original photo of Denzel Washington but afterwall this is a site from 1997 hosted in the Soho of Geocities, so it's a miracle we are seeing this page.

Also I really appreciatte that she took her time to explain and write something about these celebrities, like this page about Rene Russo and Kevin Costner.

I didn't finded what programs she used to do all of this but I really imagining her have a fun time doing this with Tom Hanks.

Now I want to know, what Jenny McCarthy did to you Rachael? Why you hate her so much?

Our tallentousy artist even receive a requested to put some effects in this picture of Ani DiFranco.

Others celebrities that she put some effects was Kirsten Dunst...

...Gillian Anderson...

...David Duchovny... yeah guys we need to remember that she made this in 97...

...and Gabriel Byrne that was also requested. And yes, I tried to enter in the pages of these people that requested but they no more exist along with others links that were in the inicial page of CelebArt.

That's it. I find really funny how she put like a simple effect of bricks in the photo and then was like "ooooooh myyy gooosh" because I did exactly this to with my photos and this bring back good memories of a time that won't come back, the time that tecnology was new and could impressed us all in the good way. If someone wanna visit this site, here it is the link: https://geocities.restorativland.org/SoHo/1161/index.html#example

~ The Archeologist

[mywifeleftme]

26: Empire Bakuba // Empire Bakuba [1986]

Empire Bakuba [AKA Obosini Kisomele] Empire Bakuba 1986, Syllart

Every few years some branch of ‘world music’ sweeps through the American and European charts. Today, reggaeton/Latin trap is probably the trendiest; in the 1980s it was a bramble of interrelated African dance music genres like Afrobeat, highlife, jit, and soukous. Soukous is a Congolese form, marked by giddy rhythms and sugarcane guitar improvisation, usually led by a charismatic vocalist who doubles as a hype man. With roots in American R&B and Cuban rumba, it’s a kind of pan-Black form of music—and yet, the guitar style is also faintly reminiscent of bluegrass. So, of course, it’s easy to see why white people, most notably Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, and David Byrne, went nuts for it.

I have a handful of mid-‘80s soukous LPs, mostly French pressings on account of it being a craze there at the time. It’s always exciting sliding a record out of the sleeve and seeing the huge rings—soukous LPs were meant to soundtrack lengthy dance parties and the tracks, usually two per side, average from 8 to 14 minutes each. Empire Bakuba were a locally beloved band with a considerable discography, including a few self-titled releases; this one, which I’ve also seen referred to as Obisini Kisomele after its opening track, is from near the height of their popularity in 1986. It’s endlessly listenable, like most of what I’ve heard by them. They understood their job to be making people move, found a sound that irresistibly did so, and stuck to it.

There’s something about their music that feels like someone has slipped a very, very long finger into my ear so they can rub on my brain’s pleasure centres. After each side, I almost feel sore from all the direct stimulation—but then I stagger over, give it a flip, and check in for twenty minutes’ more bliss.

26/365

[thecavavoice]

The Biggest Moments, Wins, and Comebacks of the 2023 Oscars Ceremony

by Peyton C.

Image of Michelle Yeoh after her historic Oscar win on Sunday (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

The Academy Awards ceremony is a pivotal moment in both cinema and popular culture. Not only does it showcase the hard work and dedication that goes into filmmaking, but it honors those who are considered the best at what they do. From awards ranging from Best Animated Feature Film to Best Picture, the Oscars honor all who achieve greatness in their work. This year’s ceremony was no different, with many talented people nominated for their devotion to the arts. The 2023 Oscars ceremony featured many iconic moments, historic wins, and massive comebacks. 

To start the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Pictures played a montage full of nominated films like “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” & “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” to name a few. After that, the host, comedian Jimmy Kimmel, entered the stage via parachute to parody the nominated movie “Top Gun: Maverick.” During Kimmel’s introduction monologue, he poked fun at some of the ceremony’s attendees. He joked about the vast number of Irish nominees by saying, “It was some year for diversity and inclusion. We have nominees from every corner of Dublin.” But he also referenced the incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock that occurred on-stage at last year’s show. He said, “We have strict policies in place. If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point in the show, you will be awarded the Oscar for Best Actor and permitted to give a 19-minute-long speech.”

But besides Kimmel’s hilarious jokes, there were other iconic moments throughout the show, such as the incredible performances from singers nominated for the Best Original Song category. For her performance of “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” Lady Gaga changed out of her stunning black Versace dress into regular clothes and took off all of her makeup to create a vulnerable performance. Gaga spoke of what the song means to her, “It’s deeply personal for me, and I think that we all need each other. We need a lot of love to walk through this life. And we all need a hero sometimes.” Other performers included Rihanna for “Lift Me Up” (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”), David Byrne and Stephanie Hsu for “This Is A Life” (“Everything Everywhere All At Once”), Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava for “Naatu Naatu” (“RRR”), and Sofia Carson and Diane Warren for “Applause” (“Tell It Like a Woman”).

This year’s awards ceremony was also full of historic wins for some nominees. Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win the Best Actress category for her role in the hit movie, “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” During her acceptance speech, Yeoh said, “For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities.” The film “RRR” also received a historic win for the first song in an Indian movie to earn the Best Original Song award for “Naatu Naatu” by M.M. Keeravani and Chandrabose. Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” also earned a historic win for its costume department. Ruth E. Carter, the costume designer for the film, became the first Black woman to ever win two Oscars. Carter previously won for her amazing work in the first “Black Panther” movie back in 2018. Carter thanked the Academy in her speech by saying, “Thank you to the Academy for recognizing the superhero that is a Black woman.”

But many have called the 2023 Oscars a year for comebacks, especially for two beloved actors. Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan have resurfaced in Hollywood after staying away from the mainstream media for years. Fraser recently starred in “The Whale,” which earned him a nomination for Best Actor. During the ceremony, Fraser won the award for his respective category and received a standing ovation from the audience. Meanwhile, Quan starred alongside Michelle Yeoh in the critically acclaimed movie, “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” Quan’s performance earned him the nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Quan also won the award in his respective category, giving an emotional acceptance speech on stage. Quan said, “My journey started on a boat. I spent a year in a refugee camp, and somehow, I ended up here on Hollywood’s biggest stage.” Later in the night, Quan was able to reconnect with his former “Indiana Jones” co-star Harrison Ford, in an emotional reunion as he presented the award for Best Picture to Quan’s movie. After both of their wins, many look forward to the continued appearance of Fraser and Quan in other big projects.

As one of the longest traditions in Hollywood, the Oscars are a time when the movie industry and its contributors can come together and celebrate cinema. Whether you win or not, the Oscars acknowledge those who are some of the most creative and talented people. They are also a time when we as an audience can laugh, cry, and rejoice for our favorite actors and creative visionaries. The Oscars are also a time diversity in cinema can be celebrated. Films like “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “RRR,” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” are just some of the diverse and extraordinary films from 2022. After the 95th Oscars ceremony, many look forward to seeing what films will gain recognition and become a part of this prestigious institution next year.