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sunnydaleherald · 8 months ago

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Saturday, September 28

GILES: That's the flora kua alaya. A native of Paraguay, if my botany serves. WILLOW: Is there anything you don't know everything about? GILES: Synchronized swimming. Complete mystery to me.

~~BtVS 7x01 “Lessons”~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Cherry on Top (Buffy, PG-13) by veronyxk84

Divine Comedy in the Pool of Lethe (Angel/Darla, E) by CoffeeHunt

Steamy Pleasure (Buffy/Willow, E) by TacoFett

not a rosary (Buffy/Faith, T) by watcherless

Mouthfuls of Thaumaturgy (Spike/Drusilla, E) by SomeKindOfADeviant

[Untitled] (Wesley, Spike, not rated) by fevers-and-emeto-oh-my

Raising the Stakes (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by cawthraven

[Chaptered Fiction]

The More Things Change..., Chapter 1/? (Buffy/Faith, Stargate xover, T) by storiwr

Be Back Before Dawn, Chapter 1/19 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Blissymbolics

The Right Swipe, Chapter 10/? (Buffy/Giles, E) by DancingAngel0013

Supporting Loki (and Thor), Chapter 16/18 (Willow, Buffy, Marvel xover, M) by SomeMeaninglessName

The Usurper, Chapter 3/4 (Buffy/OMC, Willow/OMC, Cordelia/OMC, E) by CambrianBeckett

Secrets That We Keep, Chapter 9/? (Ensemble, multiship, M) by NegaCorgi

One Girl in All the World, Chapter 44 (Buffy/Faith, T) by Brenna's Urbangirl Projects

The Adventures Of Cordelia Chase and Xander Lavelle Harris vol.4: New Beginning, Chapter 11 COMPLETE! (Xander, Anya, Cordelia, T) by Lizzy100

The Adventures Of Cordelia Chase and Xander Lavelle Harris vol.5: New Happenings, Chapter 6 COMPLETE! (Xander, Anya, Cordelia, T) by Lizzy100

[French Language] Infiltré, Chapter 16 COMPLETE! (Buffy/Spike, T) by MissKitty28

Soul Mate Magic, Chapter 7 (Giles/OC, M) by EmmaMBlack

Stupid Thing, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Misti

Be Back Before Dawn, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Blissymbolics

Little Light, Chapter 10 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Melme1325

Supporting Loki (and Thor), Chapter 16 (Willow, Buffy, Marvel xover, M) by NobodyAtAll

To All We Guard, Chapter 26 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by simmony

1632 Revello Drive, Chapter 1 by MiaththeRed

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork: Collage #179 (Spike/Drusilla, worksafe) by thedecadentraven

Artwork: [drawing of Joyce and Giles from "Band Candy"] (worksafe) by canciqer

Artwork: Please please please I want so badly to think that Spike is Billy Idol (Spike, worksafe) by canciqer

Gifset: Every Tara look: S4E18 Where the Wild Things Are (worksafe) by lovebvffys

Artwork: Drew buffy black once a bit ago and then I thought about it a lot and now it’s the only way I draw her + summerberg (worksafe) by pzyii

Gifset: Dawn Summers + Outfits (Season 5) (worksafe) by clarkgriffon

Gifset: Buffy Meme: [4/8 Episodes] 4x16 Who are you? (worksafe) by lovebvffys

Artwork: — so much damn confusion before my eyes / ramones, poison heart (Spike, worksafe) by silkspectred

Artwork: Spike & Buffy no-erase pencil sketch from “Wrecked,” about 40 minutes in the sketchbook (slightly NSFW) by thegothicalice

Moodboard: Buffy the vampire slayer 1997 – 2003 (worksafe) by la-was-here

Artwork: Another William Pratt, in a poet shirt (worksafe) by isevery0nehereverystoned

Artwork: William the Bloody Awful Poet (worksafe) by isevery0nehereverystoned

Artwork: Pic by me, text by EF and Ao3’s cawthraven aka Stiney (William, Buffy, worksafe) by isevery0nehereverystoned

Icons: Faith Lehane — Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 7 (worksafe) by nostalgc

DIY Buffy Fashion: Fear, Itself Buffy costume (worksafe) by Nocturnal-Nycticebus

Video: Sinner (Buffy/Spike, ensemble, M) by SweetPollyOliver

Video: My Own Dance (Buffy/Spike, ensemble, T) by periru3, Tafadhali

[Reviews & Recaps]

PODCAST: Find the Snort (S4E22) by It Stakes Two

[Recs & In Search Of]

Coffee by MrsGordo (Buffy/Angel, M) recced by iwillrememberyoumarathon

ISO: Can anyone recommend a dress that looks like Buffy’s white dress in Prophecy Girl? requested by Agile-Heron6761

ISO: Chronological Spike/Angel Flashback FanEdit requested by reyalsyffub

[Community Announcements]

[18+ Ropleplay Community] SEEKING MUSES FROM BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER! by tinytownoregonrp

[Fandom Discussions]

Honestly Gunn and Fred are lowkey the relationship I’m striving for by april-the-fan-girl

[reblog thread on 'how does a soul work' meta by trealtox] by ennairea

The buffy fandom would rather ship buffy x giles than bangel by becomingpart2

[anon ask] what’s your opinion on willow rosenberg? answered by sulietsexual

Anyway i’ve finished season 4 of buffy, but i already know more or less what will happen in later seasons [...] And now i swear i can’t even continue with the episodes because i just feel sick every time i think about what buffy has to go through by thecryofmadness

the cut between anya singing about xander to the present with a sword through her chest in s7 e5 selfless gets me EVERYTIME by canseethebrushstrokes

i just think the way spuffy flips the script on romcom tropes is so important by slugessence

willow standing on the rooftop away from the fight observing from a distance and telepathically telling everyone what to do by lesbianmarrow

i can’t imagine watching the last few episodes of btvs s5 and the last few episodes of angel s2 at the same time by lesbianmarrow

Can’t believe ppl think that Xander is the worst yet hail Spike when they are literally the same - creator’s pet/self-insert by prudeau

it’s actually so nuts to me that no one across both shows objects to giving angel the gem of amarra by moistvonlipwig

I love the amount of effort Spike and Angel put into their hair despite how difficult it would be for them to even know what they looked like by thequeenofsastiel

[anon ask] How’s it going with Buffy? A strong love/hate relationship already budding? answered by thetriangletattoo

To the older ones!! B&A question! continued by ILLYRIAN

Dead Things by Trixieswizzle

Why weren't slayers taught magic? by Grimdotdotdot

Continuity between I Was Made to Love You and The Body by Tuxedo_Mark

Slayer Logic? by Jonesybell

What’s an episode where you love the A-plot and hate the B-plot? by thetizzlewizzleshow

I don’t understand the complaints about Wesley’s attraction to Fred by DevilManRay

The show is fabulous at bizarre/shocking/funny cuts from 1 scene to another. Is there a better cut than the one from the end of Anya's song in "Selfless"? by Al_Bee

What happened to the left over bringers after the first was sealed off? by Pangeasrighthand

How does the First appear as Warren? by friendofathena

What perfume do you guys think Buffy/the characters would wear? by user230224

Differences in the fandom between the early seasons and later? by redskinsguy

I am i the only person who disliked the trio of nerds? In particular Andrew. by Prudent_Border5060

What do you think they would’ve done with Cordelia if she stayed on Buffy by DevilManRay

Asking for advice on how to watch Buffy & Angel by _3lleee

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

PUBLICATION: James Marsters Addresses Returning As Brainiac In Tom Welling & Michael Rosenbaum's Smallville Sequel Show by ScreenRant

PUBLICATION: ‘Buffy’ Pop-Up Deploys Candy Corn Malort for a True Chicago Nightmare by Eater Chicago

PUBLICATION: Availability of Spike (Punk) Funko Pop in Europe and US by James Marsters News (on X)

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gren-arlio · 1 year ago

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We are so back. Well, I somewhat am. Welcome to Episode 11 of (Waku) Puyo Extras.

(What a lovely image of Rulue and Minotauros as a team. Surely nothing bad will bestow him...seriously, this image is amazing.)

Hey everyone, Gren here, back from my break. It was a nice break, and I was able to focus on schoolwork. We don't talk about my Pre-Calc grade (just know I got a C) but I got an A in every other class. This episode is a little late because I was focused on the Splatoon 3 Splatfest (I was Team Handshake, GGS to all,) but it's here nevertheless.

As the year is slowly coming to an end, my workload increases. I think this'll be the last Extras episode until the NEW Episode of Waku Puyo Translations. Which means me dying to Kikimora text. Fun, yeah? Yeah.

So, with my absence, what game will we cover this time around? Well it's one I've mentioned a couple of times, which is...actually kind of nice, no researching history for me; Rulue's Spring Break of Fists...or Rulue's Iron-Fist Spring Break. For today, I'll use the first version.

This game is thankfully one of the easier ones to get footage of. Besides, the game itself is fairly interesting with its current casting, with people that you don't really see every day. And hey, this is the first time we've properly covered Rulue here, so there's a first for everything.

With this, I really hope you enjoy this and my derusting of my skills.

Oh, and random thing. My account turned 2 recently, though I began posting...in April of this year? Wahoo.

What's the Origins for the Game itself?

Similar to many games I've covered here (if only I had a good computer, I would probably make a funny YouTube series,) Rulue's Spring Break of Fists is a Disc System game released on Volume 14 of Disc Station Magazines in 1997.

(The opening to the game. Nothing amazing, but certainly an...opening?)

The game itself is somewhat of a Choose Your Own Adventure game, with you playing as the lady herself, Rulue. Here, you get to...choose your own adventure. There's three main things you can do:

Find the five divine treasures.

Explore the land. Or "The Wonderful Land".

Gather ingredients to cook.

It's interesting how the character most associated with fighting has a game where... you kinda don't fight unless it's a very specific circumstance, which I'll get into later.

Visually, I won't deny, it depends from person to person. If you like the 90s Moe eyes, then this artstyle is genuinely amazing, but if not, lotta characters look weird.

(This is a prime example, with Kikimora. Her eyes are huge, and personally I like them, but I can totally see why someone doesn't.)

So for this episode, I'll throw a question/poll:

This'll last a week, and I'm curious to see.

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How About Gameplay?

Something I want to note for this game is that in this... there's a LOT of different dialog choices. You're gonna have split paths all the time, though to my knowledge, they more just impede you until you guess right...or get a bad ending.

(Something like this. Also, rare Black Kikimora appearance, though...with an item Rulue gets, she transforms back into Kiki? It's odd.)

Whilst exploring and doing the routes, something you'll note is that there's a lot of quizzes, questionnaires, etc. Now why does this matter?

Because some of these questions are fucking hilarious man

What do I mean? Well, y'all know Momomo? Silly little shopkeeper? Well, they ask you a question for a quiz, and guess what the question is?

How much Yen will it cost to buy Disc Station Magazine Vol. 1 through 13 on their online store?

(This is Rulue trying to solve that question. Lowkey...I forgot the answer.)

This guy really thinks I know. And I think inflation has really made these prices seem cheap in the long run...

Oh, and another question, one I've mentioned before. You encounter Witch in one of the routes (oh boy), and she gives you a quiz also, albeit one that's...certainly biased towards her, asking stuff is "How cool am I?" And them sorta deals. Though, one question is literally "What is the size of my top?"

This game loves its odd questions.

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So, What's the Story? Well, Stories?

Well, simply put, apparently this game is after Chaotic Final Exam, and is MUCH calmer than said game. People from the game apparently have new personalities due to the events of the game, and Rulue...is delivering letters given via Masked Prince.

As stated prior, there's three routes in this game:

Characters that appear on all routes are Arle, Rulue, Masked Prince, and I believe Momomo.

Route A:

Rulue sets to find 5 magic items. Most notable characters here are Apparently Schezo, Serilly, Draco, Minotauros, and shockingly, Count and Vamp.

(Quite the shock, eh?)

This route...is certainly interesting. Between seeing Mino battered and bloodied by a fight, a literal possessed Arle by Count (or Vamp,) you FIGHTING Arle due to that, same deal goes for Schezo, he also got possessed, and a final fight with Count if he was overly buff...it's certainly one hellva route.

(This is...wow. What an experience.)

Route B:

Rulue, with envelopes given via Masked Prince, has one of them stolen by something, and she goes to investigate it. Getting sucked into a "Wonderland," younalso get some backstory about Rulue, notably hearing her grandmother. I'll tell y'all, I was given help by people who work on the Puyo Nexus and other Puyo Translations:

Rulue and her grandmother were very close, and she gave Rulue a music box when she was about 5 years old, under a Sakura tree. When she turned 6, her grandmother fell ill, and Rulue, upset that she wasn't spending time with her on her birthday, breaks the music box.

However, when Rulue sleeps, she has a dream about her grandmother, with her saying to not be upset with her...and when Rulue woke up, she felt like she'd never see her grandmother again.

(Edit:

Notable characters here are Kikimora and Black Kikimora, Serilly, Rulue's grandmother, and Demon Servant. Yeah, he's alive in this game.

I forgot to credit the main person who did this part, @klug. That's completely on me, my apologies. They did help quite a good bit for this, so thank them for the research and info. Wouldn't have gotten this without them. Again, apologies for not putting credit.

Here's their Puyo Nexus page. Go check em out.)

(YOU'RE ALIVE IN THIS GAME?)

So you know when I said this game was a lot more casual? I look real silly saying that now.

Route C:

Easily the most casual route, Rulue...is trying to cook. The grill calls for her name. I'm not joking when I say that the only characters here are Momomo and Witch. I guess Witch can cook?

This route is uh, odd. You spent most of the time doing quizzes and route splits because...I guess Witch and Momomo feel devious today. This route is notable for Witch asking that question in her quiz and only having 5 endings...Yep. 5 endings.

Something I've neglected is the ending to these routes.

There's about 30 of them.

Yeah. Good luck.

(Autism be damned, Witch can apparently cook. Just have fun on the quiz.)

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So, The OST and Final Verdict?

The games ost is honestly decent. I can't describe it well but a lot of the music is just flat out solid, with no real complaints here. I'd say check it out at least.

And the final verdict?

The game itself is honestly very fun to browse and look around. The game gives us Rulue lore RANDOMLY that I'll gladly accept, Demon Servant, Count, and Vamp make an appearance, and the game, while confusing, is really fun to watch.

I'd say for Disc Station, it's very solid.

With that...that'll be all for today. Next week I won't post due to Thanksgiving and spending time with my family, but next time we meet, we'll finally continue our Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon translations after SO long.

See y'all then. Hope you enjoyed the show.

#madou monogatari #japanese translation #puyo puyo #sega #arle nadja #rulue puyo puyo #disc station #satan puyo puyo #witch puyo puyo #puyoposting #why did this game give me rulue angst

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30032 · 3 years ago

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sieclesetcieux · 4 years ago

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In response to this part:

I do not think he 'changed the world', but he left some impact (more research is needed on my part, I am still a student).

Here are some areas for further study:

1) He was the first to suggest the motto Liberté-Égalité-Fraternité. Something even the French government officially recognizes, which is quite impressive considering he's still a controversial figure.

2) He and his fellow Montagnards understood the importance of the concept of "fraternity" and how it was necessary to conciliate "liberty" and "equality". It was fundamental in laying the foundations of socio-economical rights, added to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 (after the horrors of WWII made it clear how important human rights were, and how their previous neglect led to atrocities). These are some of the most fragile rights, fiercely fought for throughout the 19th century, strongly debated and reluctantly added in 1948 to minimize the draw towards communism, currently weakened and constantly under attack since the fall of the USSR by neoliberalism.

On this topic and the next, see for one example: Jean-Pierre Gross, Fair Shares for All: Jacobin Egalitarianism in Practice, 1997, which is available as a pdf online at The Charnel-House, if you google it (can't direct link from my phone).

3) The Declaration of 1793 played an extremely important role in the revolts and social struggles of the 19thc. It was both an inspiration and a rallying point. Robespierre's version was even more advanced than the one finally adopted, and ends on a section that prefigures international rights, organizations such as the UN, and the notion of crimes against humanity, already brought up in his speech on Louis XVI, December 3 1792.

4) A little-known quote that I absolutely adore to cite as often as possible:

« Vous avez chassé les rois : mais avez-vous chassé les vices que leur funeste domination a enfantés parmi vous ? »

[My translation: "You have driven out the kings: but have you driven out the vices that their baleful domination has bred within you?"]

- Première lettre à ses commettans, Œuvres complètes de Robespierre, vol. 5 : « Les journaux », Paris, Société des Études Robespierristes, 1961, p. 17.

I believe it shows his deep understanding, or at least awareness, of the many fights to come in the next centuries--fights the French Revolution unknowingly unlocked (which is something reactionaries, conservatives and even some liberals can't forgive neither the Revolution nor Robespierre).

The French Revolution transformed a society based on divine right and networks of servitude--that's what feudalism was. The revolutionaries opened a sort of Pandora's Box, except it contained all the good things we still have to fight for. It unleashed the potential to free everyone and to change everything: the nature and structure of family, the vital role of education, the desintegration of domesticity and servitude, the inevitable questioning of racial divides and gender roles, etc. It created the world we live in now. It went much farther than they originally planned in 1789, and Robespierre was one of those who understood it (albeit not perfectly, or to the extent that we would eventually go).

He was a leading prominent and essential advocate of human rights and social justice, but easily forgotten due to his legacy being tarnished by the Thermidorians and their scapegoating of the Terror--which is called the black legend of Robespierre. (They scapegoated him for their own crimes, but also some of them knew that by villifying him, they could finally halt and put an end to the radical progress of the Revolution, which Robespierre had come to incarnate. This radical progress, which was the path to democracy, has been decried by François Furet and his school of interpretation; they call it the "dérapage" ('skidding off course' or 'derailing') of the Revolution.)

Hi there. I would like to know why you adore the historical figure Maximilien Robespierre. What made him a hero? How did he change the world for the better? How does he beneficially impact your life today? Thank you.

First of all, I do not view Robespierre as a celebrity crush or whatever.

I was already interested in the French Revolution and my regular textbook described Robespierre and 'the dictator of the Terror' or the 'man behind the Terror'. When I read about his earlier views on the death penalty (he was against it), I question the 'average' view on Robespierre. Robespierre (and most of history) is a complicated person. You cannot see him as either a villain or a hero. History is not divided in heroes and villains (but, unfortunately, history is mostly written by the victors who put shame on the losers). Robespierre tried to achieve something with the French Revolution; creating a 'virtuous republic' with love for the patrie. I do not think he 'changed the world', but he left some impact (more research is needed on my part, I am still a student). I am interested in his complicated persona and I really want to write my thesis (bachelor's and maybe my master's) on him, especially about his emotional state.

#robespierre #maximilien robespierre #influence on the modern world #social and economical rights #jean pierre gross #international rights #social justice #human rights #françois furet #robespierre's black legend #french revolution

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ulezak · 8 years ago

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Putiferio (poltergeist serenade) - chapter 1 (don’t feed the animals)

Internet Archive (download & stream) - Mixcloud - SoundCloud - HearThis

a satanic (aural) comedy courageously mixed/blended & recorded live by maux (aka mauxuam) during the 20/21/22/23 august 2017 at the Ormus Lounge in Frank Zappa Straße, Marzahn.DDR/Berlin.EU. calling the ghosts: Daevid Allen / Negativeland / Alan Vega / Leonard Cohen / Prince / Lucio Battisti / Fabrizio De Andrè / Frank Zappa / Kim Fowley / Snakefinger / Muslimgauze juiced, cut & baked with trust at Sandokan Bay studio incidentally dislocated in Frank Zappa Straße Marzahn.DDR on the early days of september 2017 during the full moon phase .. while desperatly skint sinking too close to the bone .. dedicated to my ghost … forever longing for the Pearl of Labuan.

total play time: 6 hours 13 minutes 34 seconds

TRACKsLISTing: 001 - Johanna M. Beyer : Music Of The Spheres [An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music vol.2 - 1938] 002 - Vincente Price : How To See Ghosts or Surely Bring Them To You [A Hornbook For Witches, Stories and Poems For Halloween - Caedmon Rec. 1976 - LA]003 - Sun Ra : There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You of) [Lanquidity - 1978]004 - Franco Battiato : Il Silenzio del Rumore [Pollution - 1972 - Sicilia]005 - Lucio Battisti : La Collina dei Ciliegi [Il Nostro Caro Angelo - 1973 - Roma]006 - Mono Pause : Come Into The Future [America The Beautiful - Reccomended Rec 1994]007 - Throbbing Gristle : Convincing People [20 Jazz Funk Greats - Industrial Rec. 1979 - London]008 - The Residents : We Are An Happy Family [Commercial Album - Ralph Rec. 1980 - SF]008 - Vampire Rodents : Bosch Erotique [America The Beautiful - Reccomended Rec 1994]010 - Kim Fowley : 1983 - Don't Feed The Animals [Snake Document Masquerade - Island Rec. 1979]011 - Kevin Ayers : Song From The Bottom Of A Well [Whatevershebringswesing - 1974 - UK]012 - Van Der Graaf Generator : Necromancer [The Aerosol Grey Machine - 1969 - London]013 - W. Biggers : Underdog [Television's Greatest Hits vol.2: More From The 50’s & 60'Ss - ? - Hollywood]014 - Wiseblood : Grease Nipples [PTTM - 1991 - NY]015 - The Swingle Singers : Country Dances [The Swingle Singers - Stax Rec. 1973 - Chicago]016 - The Flying Lizards : Mandelay Song [The Flying Lizards - Virgin Rec. 1979 - London]017 - Tuxedomoon : Ninotchka [Divine - Crammed Rec 1982 - SF/Bruxelles]018 - Tomita : Golliwog's Cakewalk [The Newest Sound of Debussy: Snowflakes Are Dancing - 1974 - Japan]019 - Gershon Kingsley & Leonid Hambro : Summertime [Switched-On Gershwin - 1970 - France]020 - The Pointer Sisters : That's How I Feel [The Pointer Sisters - 1973 - ]021 - Frank Zappa : Let Me Take You To The Beach [Studio Tan - 1978]022 - Laibach : Take Me To Heaven [We Come In Peace - Mute Rec 2012 - Lubjana]023 - Bud Tutmarc : My Beautiful King of Kings [Sacred Hawaiian Melodies - ? - Hawaii]024 - Kostas Bezos Hawaiian Orchestra : Ta Aspra Sta Vouna / The White Bird In The Mountains [1930 - Rembetika - Greece/Hawaii]025 - Wilmoth Houdini : Blow Wind Blow [I Dont Feel At Home In This World Anymore 1927—1948 - ?]026 - Leader Cleveland : Babylon Is Falling Down [God Give Me Light 1927-1931 - Missisipi]027 - John Lurie & Tom Waits : World of Adventure [Fishing With John - 1998]028 - Max Steiner : King Kong March [King Kong OST - 1933 - Hollywood]029 - Material feat. Killah Priest : Temple of The Mental [Intonarumori - Axiom 1999 - NY]030 - Lesego Rampolokeng & The Kalahari Surfers : End Beginnings [End Beginnnings - Reccomended Rec 1993 - Soweto]031 - Allen Ginsberg & Hal Wilner : Ode To Failure [The Lion For Real - ? ]032 - Bee Gees : Lay It On Me [Mythology - ? ]033 - Iceberg Slim : Broadway Sam [Reflections - 1994]034 - Douglas Adams : Life Is Terribly Unfair [The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - BBC ? - London]035 - Snakefinger : There Is No Justice In Life [Night of Desirable Objects - Ralph Rec. 1992 - SF]036 - VVV (aka Alan Vega) : Resurrection River [Resurrection River - ? - NY]037 - Tino Contreras : Santo [Astonishing Stuff! - 1966]038 - Zelwer : Evviva l'amore [The Gods Are Angry / Made to Measure vol.36 - Crammed Discs ? - Bruxelles]039 - Tin Hat Trio : Width of The World [Helium - 2000]040 - Lindsay Cooper : Stitch Goes The Needle [Rags - 1980]041 - Exuma : Seance In The Sixth Fret [Exuma - 1970 - Bahamas/NY]042 - Nurse With Wound : Black Teeth [Huffin' Rag Blues - 2008]043 - Wiseblood : Hey Bop A Ree Bop [PTTM - 1991 - NY]044 - The Church Universal and Triumphant : Invocation for judgement against and destruction of rock music [The Sounds of American Doomsday Cults - 1984 - US]045 - Snog : The New Cocksucker Blues [Babes In Consumerland - 2013 - Australia]046 - Black Flag : Family Man [Family Man - 1984 - US]047 - Banta : Banta Trance Speech 1948 [Okkulte Stimmen - Mediale Musik: Recordings Of Unseen Intelligences 1905-2007 - Ubuweb 2016 - Germany]048 - Amanda Lear : It's a Better Life [Diamonds For Breakfast - 1980 - Italia]049 - Diana Ross : No One Gets The Prize [The Boss - 1979 - US]050 - Adriano Celentano : Happy To Be Dancing With You [Geppo Il Folle - 1978 - Italia/Milano]051 - Defunkt : We All Dance Togheter [Defunkt - 1980 - NY]052 - Earth, Wind and Fire : Moment Of Truth [Earth, Wind and Fire - 1971]053 - Prince : Family Name [The Rainbow Children - Parsley Park 2001 - US]054 - James Chance & The Contortions : Dish It Out [No New York - 1978 - NY]055 - The Pop Group : We Are All Prostitutes [We Are All Prostitutes - Rough Trade 1979 - London]056 - Rip Rig & Panic : It's Always Tit For Tac You Foolish Brats [Storm The Reality Asylum - Virgin 1982 - London]057 - Kim Fowley Jr. : Fred Loves Betty [Son of Frankenstein - ]058 - Geza X and The Mommymen : We Need More Power [You Goddam Kids! - 2002 - LA]059 - Germs : What We Do Is Secret [G - 1980 - LA]060 - Bad Brains : Pay To Cum [Bad Brains - 1982 - NY]061 - King Krimson : Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With [The Power To Believe - 2003 - London]062 - Butthole Surfers : The Lord Is A Monkey [Electriclarryland - 1996 - Seattle]063 - Frank Zappa : I'm So Cute [Sheik Yerbouti - 1979 - US]064 - Captain Beefheart : Floppy Boot Stomp [Bat Chain Puller - 1976 - US]065 - Pere Ubu : Rhapsody in Pink [The Art of Walking - 1980 - NY]066 - Snakefinger : The Picture Makers vs. Children Of The Sea [Greener Postures - Ralph Rec. 1980 - SF]067 - Superspirit : We Belong To The Cosmos [Permission To Come Aboard - Tummy Touch 2009 - NY]068 - Rip Rig & Panic : Leave Your Spittle In The Pot [Storm The Reality Asylum - Virgin 1982 - London]069 - David Thrussell : Turn Muzak On It's Head [The Voices of Reason - 2001 - Australia]070 - Robert Ashley : The Bar (side B) [Perfect Lives (The Bar) - Lovely Music 1980 - NY]071 - Harry Hoogstraten : The Do-Dah [K7 Baobab Magazine issue #1 - 1978 - Italia/ ]072 - The Residents : The Moles Are Coming [Intermission - Ralph Rec. 1981 - SF]073 - Akira Mitake : Can't Touch, Even Watch [Out Of Reach - 1983 - Tokyo]074 - Eddy Detroit : Seed of The Oyster [Jungle Captive - 1997]075 - Roger Ruskin Spear : Drop Out [Trouser Freak - 1972]076 - Kim Fowley : Bubble Gum [Bubble Gum - 1967 - US]077 - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper : This Land Is For Everyone [ - US]078 - Violent Femmes : I'm Not Done [We Can Do Anything - 2016 - US]079 - Tom Waits : Step Right Up [Small Change - 1976 - US]080 - Damon : The Road of Life [Song of A Gypsy - 2009]081 - Charles Manson : Spaceman [Commemoration - 1995 - US]082 - Danielle Dax : When I Was Young [Dark Adapted Eye - 1988 - NL]083 - Edith Piaf : Non, Je Ne Rgrette Rien [Je Ne Rgrette Rien - 2011 - France]084 - Fabrizio De Andrè : Il Gorilla [Volume 3 - 1970 - Genova]085 - Donna salentina : E Mujerima Pe La Musica Pazza Pazza [Musiche Tradizionali del Salento - - Salento/Italia]086 - Carrettiere del Salento : Canto del Carrettiere [Musiche Tradizionali del Salento - - Salento/Italia]087 - Men's Group From Vlore : What Have Ianina's Eyes Seen ? [Albanie: Vocal And Instrumental Polyphony - 1988 - Albania]088 - Francois Muduya : Chant Avec Cithare [Burundi : Musiques Traditionnelles Recorded by Michel Vuylsteke - 1970 - Burundi]089 - Diamanda Galas : I Put A Spell On You [ - Ellakis]090 - Nurse With Wound : Devil Is This The Night [Dark Fat - 2016 - US]091 - X-TG feat. Antony : Janitor of Lunacy [Desertshore / The Final Report - 2012 - London]092 - Lindsay Cooper : The Chartist Anthem [Rags - 1980]093 - Leonard Cohen : First We Take Manhattan [I'm Your Man - 1988 - Canada]094 - Fred Frith : Too Much Too Little [Cheap At Half The Price - Reccomended Rec 1983]095 - Brion Gysin : From Here To Go [10%: File Under Burroughs - 1996 - NY]096 - Queen : Flash [Flash Gordon OST - - London]097 - Art Bears : Freedom [The World As It Is Today - Reccomended Rec 1981]098 - Robert Wyatt : At Last I Am Free [Wanna Buy A Bridge? - Rough Trade 1980 - UK]099 - Rufus Zuphall : I'm On My Way [Phallobst - 1971 - Germany]100 - Kingdom Come Arthur Brown : Simple Man [Galactic Zoo Dossier - 1971 - US]101 - Edith Perrin : When I Die [1941 - somewhere]

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Osunlade

Osunlade (/oʊ.sᵿn.ˈlɑː.deɪ/; born March 13, 1969) is an American-born musician and music producer.

Biography

Osunlade was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He composed music for Sesame Street during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Afterward, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he worked with artists such as Patti Labelle and Freddie Jackson. After a stint there, he moved to New York, where he founded Yoruba Records because of The continued need to create the music i wanted. To date he has worked with such artists as Roy Ayers, Nkemdi, Salif Keita, and Cesária Évora. In 2006, he released an album titled Aquarian Moon, in 2007, he released an album titled Elements Beyond on the revived Strictly Rhythm Records, and, in 2009, he released the album Passage. He is a priest of the Yoruba religion of Ifá. Because of his beliefs, Osunlade's music has a deep spiritual root in Yoruba traditions that are also reflected in the name of his record label, album covers, and also the titles of some of the tracks he has remixed such as "Obatala y Oduduwa" and "Yemeya."

Discography

Singles

1999 "Native Tongue"

2000 "Beats de los Muertos Vol. 1"

2000 "Power to Conquer/Aldeia de Ogum", as Latina Café

2001 "Cantos a Ochun et Oya"

2001 "Diamant"

2001 "Rader Du/Blackman" (with Wunmi)

2001 "The Deep"

2001 "Versatile Family Sampler"

2002 "Obatala Y Oduduwa"

2002 "Native Tongue Revisited" (with Jaffa)

2002 "Beloved"

2002 "Pride" (with Nadirah Shakoor)

2002 "New Day", as Atelewo

2003 "Chimes of Freedom", as Atelewo

2004 "The Year of the Monkey"

2004 "Pride (Remixes)" (with Nadirah Shakoor)

2004 "Same Thing" (with Maiya James)

2005 "The Fifth Dimension"

2005 "New Day/Macaco", as Atelewo

2006 "Flow/Sokinsikartep"

2006 "I Don't Know"

2006 "Everything in its Right Place" (with Erro)

2007 "April"

2008 "Momma's Groove"

2008 "My Reflection" (with Divine Essence)

2012 "Envision" (released on Defected Records)

Appears on

2000 Ebbo - "The Way"

2001 Stephanie Cooke - "Here with my Best Friend"

2001 Masters at Work feat. Lynae - "Life Is But a Dream"

2003 Lonesome Echo Production - "Soul Galactic"

2003 Siji - "Feelslike"

2004 Sin Palabras - "Yemaya"

2004 Siji - "Sanctuary"

2005 KB - "El Musica"

2006 Isoul8 feat. Rasiyah - "Speak Your Word"

2007 Afefe Iku - "BodyDrummin"

Production for other artists

1991 Gerardo - "Rico Suave", "Fandango" (programming, composer, additional production)

1992 Patti LaBelle - "All Right Now"

1993 Me 2 U - "Alone Wit U", "Want U Back"

1993 YT Style - "You'll Never Find Another"

1994 BlackGirl - "90's Girl" (original version), "Nubian Prince"

1994 Freddie Jackson - "Was It Something"

1994 Eric Gable - "Process of Elimination"

1996 Eric Benét - "Femininity"

1997 Martha Wash - "Come"

1999 Marie St. James - "Closer I Get"

1999 Eric Benét - "Poetry Girl"

2000 Musiq Soulchild - "Mary Go Round"

2001 Eric Roberson - "Change for Me"

2002 DJ Jazzy Jeff feat. Erro - "Rock Wit U"

2003 Vivian Green - "Emotional Rollercoaster"

2003 Larry Gold - "Just a Dream"

2004 Wei Chi - "Dream"

2005 Nadirah Shakoor - "Just a Breath Away"

2005 Frank-I - "Let the Record Play"

2006 Nadirah Shakoor - "Love Song"

2006 Malena Pérez - "Praise the Day"

2006 Bah Samba - "Tired Little One"

2007 The Piscean Group - The Piscean Group

2007 Mellow Madness - "Now Your Calling"

Albums

2000 Yoruba Records: El Primer Año

2001 Paradigm

2006 Aquarian Moon

2007 Elements Beyond

2010 Rebirth

2011 Pyrography

2013 A Man With No Past Originating The Future

2014 Peacock

Mixed compilations

2002 Offering

2005 Re-Offering

2006 Soul Heaven (with DJ Spen)

2008 Passage

2009 Mix the Vibe: King Street Goes Yoruba

2012 Defected presents Osunlade In The House

2014 Atonement

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She's repository of knowledge whose depth of scholarship was overwhelming and enviable.” - Buhari Mourns Late Aisha

After he received the News about the Death of Aisha Ahmed Lemu, the Nigerian President was shocked Over her Death as he described her as “a repository of knowledge whose depth of scholarship was overwhelming and enviable.” Aisha Lemu was a British-born author, she was Born in 1940, she's a religious educator who converted to Islam in 1961 and lived most of her life in Nigeria. She died on 5th January, 2019 in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. According to President Buhari, “she admirably dedicated her life to scholarship and moral uplifting of her society, producing massive literature on religious education during her remarkable life on earth.” The President explained that, “as a Western woman who converted to Islam, Mrs. Lemu had demonstrated that knowledge was not about inheritance, but about curiosity, enthusiasm and dedication to expand our intellectual horizons.” He recalled that she wrote many books on Islamic education which had impacted positively and greatly on her community and the larger society. President Buhari added that her immeasurable contributions to learning would not be forgotten for years to come because those contributions would live after her. While praying to Allah to bless her soul and reward her good deeds abundantly with paradise, President Buhari extended his condolences to Sheikh Ahmed Lemu and his family well as the Niger State government over this great loss. He prayed to Allah to grant the family the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss of a great woman scholar. Ahmed Lemu has made many publication for the Islamic Religion. Torixus Made a Full list of her 37 publication.

A student's introduction to Islam . Macmillan Education, London 1971.

Gabatar da addinin Musulunci ga dalibi . Northern Nigerian Pub. Co., Zaria 1976.

with Fatima Heeren : Woman in Islam. Papers delivered at the International Islamic Conference, held in London from 3 to 12 April 1976 . Islamic Council of Europe, Leicester, 1976. ISBN 0-86037-004-6 . New edition Islamic Foundation, Markfield 2007. ISBN 978-0-86037-004-8 .

with Fatima armies: Kvinden i islams verden . Scientific Research House, Kuwait and Islamisk Ungdomsforbund, Valby 1978. ISBN 87-980656-4-5 .

Islamic citizenship and moral responsibility . Islamic Education Trust, Minna 1979.

Students' Islamic Society Branch Organization ( Islamic Education Trust Guidelines series ). Islamic Education Trust, Minna 1979.

Methodology of primary Islamic studies. A handbook for teachers . Islamic Publications Bureau, Lagos 1980.

A critical look at the theory of evolution (= IIFSO 46). International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations, Salimiah [Kuwait] 1982.

A degree above them. Observations on the condition of the northern Nigerian Muslim woman . Islamic Education Trust, Minna and Gaskia Corporation respectively, Zaria 1983.

The theory of evolution from the Islamic perspective (= International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations, p . 46). Translated by Ayisha Niazi. IIFSO, Salimiah (Kuwait) 1983.

Tawhid and fiqh. Belief and jurisprudence (= Junior Islamic studies . Book 1). Islamic Education Trust, Minna.

Lessons on the Qur'an (= Junior Islamic studies, Book 2A). Hudahuda, Zaria and Hodder & Stoughton, London 1986. ISBN 0-340-32791-X .

Junior Qur'anic Arabic (= Junior Islamic studies . Book 2B). Hudahuda in association with Hodder and Stoughton, Sevenoaks, and Zaria, 1986. ISBN 0-340-32790-1 .

Tahdhib (moral education) and Sirah (= Junior Islamic studies . Book 3). Islamic Education Trust, Minna.

The Ideal Muslim Husband . Islamic Education Trust (Publications Division), Minna 1987. Reissue at Al-Saadawi Publications, 1992. ISBN 1-881963-03-9 resp. ISBN 978-1-881963-03-5 .

Islam, the religion of the future . The Islamic Union of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 1988.

Islamization of Education. A Primary Level Experiment in Nigeria . In: Muslim Education Quarterly, volume 5 No. 2, 1988.

The role of Muslim women in the 15th century Hijrah . In: Ramatu Abdullahi, Muslim Sisters Organization of Nigeria (eds.): The Muslim woman. Challenges of the 15th Hijra . Woye & Sons, Ilorin and Islamic Publications, Lagos 1988. *** "

Gari ya waye (Nazari akan matsayin mata Musulmi an Arewacin Najeriya) . Translated by Shuayb Haruna Gambo Langen. Mosque Foundation, Kaduna 1989.

Islamic studies for senior secondary schools . Book 1. Islamic Publications Bureau, Lagos 1989. ISBN 978-2470-27-9 .

Islamic studies for senior secondary schools . Book 2. IET, Minna 1990.

Muslim women and marriage under the Shariah rights and problems faced . In Awa U Kalu and Yemi Osin Bajo (ed.): Women and children under Nigerian law (= Federal Ministry of Justice, Law Review series Vol. 6.). Federal Ministry of Justice, Lagos, 1990. ISBN 978-2439-06-1 .

Laxity, moderation, and extremism in Islam . Islamic Education Trust, Minna, 1991. ISBN 978-30722-2-6 .

The Ideal Muslim Wife . Islamic Education Trust (Publications Division), Minna 1992. ISBN 978-2159-06-9 .

Animals in Islam . Spectrum Books, Ibadan and Islamic Education Trust, Minna 1993. ISBN 978-2462-33-0 .

Laxisme, modération et extrémisme en Islam (= Occasional papers . 5). Translation of Michèle Messaoudi. International Institute of Islamic Thought, Herndon, Virginia, and London, 1995. ISBN 0-912463-96-1 .

Islam and Alcohol. Edited version of a lecture delivered at Advanced Teachers' College Minna on the occasion of Id-al-Maulud, February 1981 . Al-Saadawi Publications, Alexandria (Virginia) 1996. ISBN 1-881963-02-0 .

Islamic 'aqidah and fiqh. A textbook of Islamic beliefs and jurisprudence . IQRA' International Educational Foundation, Chicago 1996. ISBN 1-56316-061-7 .

Sikap ekstrem. Penyakit dakwah Islam . International Institute of Islamic Thought, Petaling Jaya 1996.

Islamic tahdhib and akhlaq. Theory and practice . IQRA' International Educational Foundation, Chicago, 1997. ISBN 1-56316-320-9 .

with Fatima Grimm : Woman and family life in Islam (= series of writings of the Islamic Center Munich, no. 20); translated by Abdullah Hammam. 3. Edition. Islamic Center Munich, Munich 1999. ISBN 3-89263-020-8 .

A holistic approach to teaching Islam to children. A paper presented at the Conference on Private Islamic Schools, 12–13 August 1994, held in Minna by the Islamic Education Trust on behalf of the Nigerian Da'wah Coordination Council (NDCC) . IET Publications Division, Islamic Education Trust, Minna, 2001. ISBN 978-2159-45-X .

Child upbringing and moral teaching in Islam. A paper presented at Abuja Muslim Forum Seminar on Child Upbringing, a Divine Obligation, a Complementary Responsibility, December 1977 . Islamic Education Trust, Minna, 2001. ISBN 978-2159-44-1 .

Islam, one God, one humanity. A paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Islamic Society of North America, Chicago, USA 3–6 September 1999 . IET Publications, Minna, 2001. ISBN 978-2159-41-7 .

Revelation and the Scriptures. An Islamic perspective. A paper presented at a seminar organized by the Catholic Biblical Movement of Nigeria, Minna, September, 1992 . IET Publications, Niger State 2001. ISBN 978-2159-42-5 .

Women in Da'wah. A working paper presented at the International Council for Islamic Information, Markfield Da'wah Center, Leicester, UK, July 1996 . IET Publications Division, Islamic Education Trust, Minna, 2001. ISBN 978-2159-43-3 .

Teaching for tolerance in Nigeria . In: Recep Kaymakcan, Oddbjørn Leirvik, Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief (eds.): Teaching for tolerance in Muslim majority societies . Center for Values Education (DEM) Press, Istanbul, 2007. ISBN 978-975-6324-98-1 .

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DMX: It's Dark and Hell is Hot

Earl Simmons suffered a lonely and abusive childhood where as a troubled kid he would sometimes wander the streets and befriend stray dogs. Uprooted from his native Baltimore at a young age, the Yonkers transplant did several stints in New York’s Children’s Village group home, where he first started fiddling with drum machines and beatboxing as a means of escape. He segued from DJing to rapping as a young adult, taking the name DMX from the drum machine he used. The young rapper made a name for himself on New York’s battle circuit with a commanding voice and overwhelming tenacity. Aggressiveness would become his calling card as an MC, a defense mechanism held over from when the days when armed robbery helped him survive on the streets. His battles to live and cope both in and outside of rap would lead to 1998’s It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, his haunting debut, a tragically clear-eyed criminal manifesto that dared to greet damnation with defiance and a psalm.

Rocking a skull-embroidered hat, DMX the Great appeared in The Source’s Unsigned Hype column in January 1991, garnering comparisons to LL Cool J, PMD, and Hit Squad’s K-Solo (whom DMX had met in prison). The earliest DMX demos were tedious, without the defining presence he’d grow into. But it was in the ring that he truly built his rep, making an indelible mark on the underground scene with heavily rhythmic flows and a battler’s bluntness. When he traded bars with Jay Z in a cramped Bronx pool hall in the late ’90s, head bobbing violently, cigarette in hand, he proved himself to be a raw, almost boorish alternative to Hov’s shifty slick talk. The energy in the room clearly favored X’s style. Jay would later ask industry maneuverer mutual friend Irv Gotti, “You think he’s better than me?” to which Gotti replied, ‘If you look in the hood, there’s less niggas like you and more niggas like him.”

The Unsigned Hype column was known for producing deals. True to form, DMX signed to Columbia Records imprint Ruffhouse in 1992 and immediately cut a promotional single called “The Born Loser.” The track introduced his depressive tone, an ominous and confessional space that would later bring life to his most discomforting scenes. But true to its title, it failed to generate any buzz or airplay, and his overbooked label let him off the hook. (DMX claimed he was under-promoted because of groups like Kris Kross and Cypress Hill.) A few years later, Puff Daddy, head of the burgeoning Bad Boy Records, took interest in X and fellow Yonkers corner boys the LOX, but in the end chose to sign the latter over the former, deciding that X had no commercial prospects. “One thing I respect about Puff, at least he told me to my face what he felt,” DMX told “Drink Champs.” “‘His voice is too rough, he’s not marketable.’” DMX returned to the underground scene, emerging on LL Cool J’s 1997 album Phenomenon with a verse on the now infamous posse cut “4, 3, 2, 1.” Buzzing once more, he followed Gotti to Def Jam.

When Gotti pushed for Def Jam to sign DMX in his first meeting, he got laughed out of the room. “I remember when I left the office, [A&R executive] Tina Davis said, ‘if DMX don’t sell, your ass is fired,” Gotti remembered in an interview with Complex. He didn’t seem to fit with the rap moment. This was a year dominated by Puff Daddy and Bad Boy, who landed six of the seven highest-charting rap songs, delivered a huge critical and commercial success in Harlem World, and won Best Rap Album at the Grammys for the 7x-Platinum album No Way Out (famously and controversially defeating Wu-Tang Clan’s Wu-Tang Forever). Putting money behind DMX would run counter to Bad Boy’s “shiny suit” era of glam rap.

But X brought Def Jam executive Lyor Cohen up to Yonkers for an early Ruff Ryder session and convinced him to sign the MC. At the time, DMX’s mouth was wired shut because of an altercation he’d had with some guys he was accused of stealing from. In an interview with DJ Vlad, Ja Rule remembered the ferocity through which he ripped through the wiring: “He had got into a fight or somebody got jumped... and he was rhyming with the fuckin’ wires in his mouth. Crazy shit. Like the shit about to pop. I was like ‘Okay, I like this dude.’” When they left, Cohen turned to Gotti and proclaimed, “We got the pick of the litter.”

Through his connections at Bad Boy (namely, his friends the LOX and Ma$e), DMX began working on his debut album with a producer from Harlem named Dame Grease, a fellow Yonkers product named P.K. (or P. Killer Trackz), and Grease’s unknown protege from the Bronx, Swizz Beatz. Under direction from Irv and Lyor, Grease, P.K., and X worked up a single called “Get at Me Dog” in ’97, and released it in February of ’98. It functioned as an abrasive prelude, but was at least partially aimed at X’s longtime rival K-Solo. They brought the song to Hot 97 DJ Funkmaster Flex, who aired it and added it to the first volume of his Big Dawgs mixtape. It soon took off, peaking at No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 that May. Gotti remembers the video as the turning point: “We back to the hood, and X is the leader of this revolution.” Filmed at New York’s Tunnel nightclub, packed, sweaty, and shot in black and white, X’s crusade is articulated in its opening seconds: “Let’s take it back to the streets, motherfuckers!”

“Get at Me Dog” set the stage for It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, which explores the furthest depths of the human experience. But there is no more fitting introduction to the album than the Swizz Beatz-produced “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem,” a confrontational, fang-bearing mark of ferocity. The song functions much like a warning shot: Cross this threshold at your own peril. “It’s about to get ugly/Fuck it dog, I’m hungry,” he snaps. The song was a defining moment for both DMX and Swizz Beatz, but it almost didn’t happen. Swizz made the song in Atlanta when he was just a DJ and then moved back to New York to join the Ruff Ryders. DMX didn’t like the song initially, claiming it was some “rock’n’roll track” and he needed some hip-hop shit: “I’m not doing that. It’s not hood enough,” he told the producer. But Swizz and other members of the Ruff Ryders team pushed him to make the record, and it became the theme song of a movement.

It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot was not only the springboard for the Ruff Ryders campaign—launching the careers of Swizz Beatz, Eve, Cassidy, and Jin—it was the catalyst for a greater shift on the New York rap scene and beyond. It was a reset button for street rap, setting the stage for runs from 50 Cent and G-Unit and Cam’ron’s Diplomats crew. “Hittin’ niggas with gashes to the head/Straight to the white meat but the street stays red/Girls gave me head for free cause they see/Who I’ma be, by like 2003,” X rapped on the intro. It didn’t even take that long.

Like Dante’s Inferno, DMX’s It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot is a fiendish epic that explores the nature of sin, highlighting acts of violence, wrath, greed, treachery, and lust. The album exposes an internal struggle waged between a man and his demons—a man searching for one light in an all-consuming darkness. He has a talk with god (“The Convo”), but the devil is constantly whispering in his ear and wearing him down. He’s unsure whether his rhyme skills are the product of a contract with the devil (“I sold my soul to the devil, and the price was cheap”) or the generosity of a loving creator. It’s this duality that makes up one of the most gripping psychological studies in all of rap lore: What happens when a God-fearing man makes the devil his ally?

The centerpiece is “Damien,” a winding back-and-forth saga between X and his Hadean accomplice. The album builds to this moment, where X is seduced by his greatest admirer. In the throes of his own greed and pain, DMX embraces wickedness as a fair price for freedom from destitution. By the end, the song becomes a parable about the dangers of giving into desire when Damien coerces X into crimes he doesn’t want to commit: “Either do it or give me your right hand, that’s what you said,” he threatens. “I see now, ain’t nothing but trouble ahead.” Traces of “Damien” can be heard throughout the “Lucy” thread on Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, which also examines the points where fame and sin meet. (Kendrick has cited It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot as a major influence.) But “Damien” is even more tightly wound, the relationship more clearly articulated and its energy more affecting. The dynamic “Damien” is a microcosm of It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, which is either in constant motion or disclosing ongoing conversations—whether internal, interpersonal (“How’s It Goin’ Down”), or divine (“Prayer”).

It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot debuted atop the Billboard 200 in May and was certified platinum by June. DMX quickly released his sophomore album, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, in December of ’98, and it was double platinum by January. In between the two, he starred in Hype Williams’ directorial debut, Belly, alongside Nas, and the film almost immediately became a cult hit among rap fans. So in a grand total of eight months, DMX became the biggest rapper on the planet. His moment was so colossal that in 1999 Jay Z boycotted the Grammy ceremony (the year he won Best Rap Album for Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life) because DMX was not nominated.

“That was the year DMX took over the world,” Nas remembered in a 2013 interview with Pitchfork. Already a star on New York’s rap scene, the Queens rapper was standing in close proximity when the DMX atom bomb dropped. “There was a guy who worked on Belly with me and DMX who’d heard the record, and every day he would try to tell me how incredible this music that was about to come out was,” Nas recalled. “I tried to get a description, like, ‘What do you mean?’ And he just couldn’t say anything. He just kept saying, ‘It moves your soul.’ He did not lie.”

Nearly 20 years later, there is still no album like it. So many of the songs on It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot document violent crimes and the flood of emotions they induce. They move swiftly, jerking around corners and through alleyways, simulating a rising heart rate and a racing mind. His peers were shooting stills, but X was dealing in savage action sequences (“ATF”) and the shadows they cast (“Let Me Fly,” “X-Is Coming”). Everything about the music—from the harshness of his voice, to the murkiness of his beats, to the bruising nature of his flows—was in service of a supreme hardness. In ‘98, the biggest MCs on the New York scene were narrators using radically different sounds to tell their stories. Busta erupted with pure energy. Big Pun enchanted with an effortless fluidity. As Wu-Tang swarmed, Tribe was in the midst of their love movement. Black Star were a conscious voice for hood theorists. Jay Z brought business acumen to the drug trade. All were reporting live, sharing their powerful perspectives from different city blocks.

But DMX wasn’t a rapper in the trenches; he was a messiah in the gutter, painting a portrait of a community laid desolate by corruption, and the sociopaths its conditions were breeding. He was the voice of the street corners and the graveyards, telling stories of the lost and the damned. From on high, he demanded empathy for man, who were cold to murder and unapologetic for their crimes because he knew it’s hard to be good in a world this broken. “There’s a difference between doing wrong and being wrong, and that ain’t right,” he says on “Let Me Fly.” He breaks the moral compass, then drags you into the abyss.

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 9 months ago

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"... IT'S MINDBOGGLING HOW YOU CAN FIT INTO THAT LITTLE OUTFIT! WHAT DO THEY DO -- POUR YOU INTO IT?"

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a splash page of Caitlin Fairchild, founding member of superhero team Gen 13, guest-starring in "Divine Right: The Adventures of Max Faraday" Vol. 1 #4 ["The Love Connection"]. December, 1997. WildStorm Productions/Image Comics.

STORY/SCRIPT: Jim Lee.

ARTWORK: Jim Lee.

INKERS: Scott Williams, John Dickenson, & Guy Major.

COLORISTS: Joe Chiodo, Alex Sinclair, & Wildstorm FX.

Source: www.lastdodo.com/en/items/3397711-divine-right-4.

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MORE & MORE TUMBLR COVER PHOTOS GALORE – MY VERY OWN PERSONAL “MAXI-SERIES” STILL @!*#$%& CONTINUES!!

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the first of two sets of Tumblr cover photos for the month and year of September 2024, a.k.a., my birth month. Finds already utilized and upcoming include:

A splash page of Christine Blaze, from the WildStorm comic book series “Divine Right” Vol. 1 #1, c. 1997. Artwork by Jim Lee.

English hardcore punk band DISCHARGE, performing live at the Santa Monica Civic on October 8, 1982. 📸: Marla Watson.

A Marvel house advertisement for “Howard the Duck” and “Tomb of Dracula” B&W magazines published by Marvel Comics in 1977.

Edo Period Fire Brigade woodblock prints, from the series Flowers of Edo for Children’s Amusement, artwork by Utagawa Yoshitora (active 1840-1880).

English stoner/DOOM metal power trio, ELECTRIC WIZARD, during the band’s first North American tour in 2001.

Partial cover art to “Batman: Harley & Ivy” (2016) trade paperback, originally published by DC Comics in 2004. Artwork by Bruce Timm.

Back cover art to HELLHAMMER’s “Satanic Rites” 1983 demo on CD format, a bootleg release by the illusive Hellhammer Maniac Records label.

Opening double page spread of a winged dragon with the front legs of a European brown bear, artwork by Eric Carle for his 1988 children’s book of poetry, “Dragons Dragons and Other Creatures that Never Were.”

Sources: www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2018/02/20/divine-right-1-1997, X, Dark Horse Wikia, Pinterest, TPL Records, Picuki, Reddit, various, etc…