#Grandpa synth husband

[jackiegaytona]

"Hey Nicky! I may have told Danse that I've seen your synth dick. I may have also described it in detail. I then may have promised to ask you to show him because he doesn't believe you have one. Love ya, Hancock" (in case you can't read my writing)

Terribly quick doodle, but had to do something for Nick Valentine's Day. My headcanon for Nick's anatomy changes like the wind. Does he have a dick? Does he not? It doesn't matter either way, he still fucks in several ways.

[strangealiencollectinggalaxies]

For all your foxy grandpa needs  ;;;))))) I just really wanted to draw a lil synth detective haha

[leavethememorybehind]

‘I’ve lived more ... I’ve got more to write about’: unstoppable Simon Le Bon

By Michael Dwyer

Nobody bet on Duran Duran lasting 40 years. Pop music is transient by nature. Couture doubly so. Plus we were all doomed anyway according to Planet Earth, their first sci-fi single of ’81. Any civilisation that makes its gods from so much hair gel, Max Factor and pirate blouses is on borrowed time. But the Birmingham lads are impervious to such sneery brickbats. There are 100 million record sales in the bank and their 15th album, Future Past, is stronger than many of its predecessors.Singer Simon Le Bon calls his critics “the Cool Nazis”.

“Yeah, they definitely got to me at times,” he admits.Though sprung from punk, Duran Duran’s embrace of MTV boy band glamour was never going to fly with the cred police. “But then, it doesn’t take much to remind yourself what you’re really there for,” he says. “If you really love music and if it makes you thrill, like we do when we come up with something new … it just smears the Cool Nazis off the plate.”

At home in posh Roehampton, south-west London, the husband of supermodel Yasmin Le Bon is relishing his post-holiday tan while contemplating another big run of US arenas with fellow survivors Nick Rhodes (keys, lipstick), John Taylor (bass, handsomeness) and Roger Taylor (drums).The addition of Blur guitarist Graham Coxon speaks of the band’s skill for blending cool new ingredients into a sonic template – oodles of synth, slapping funk bass, thwacking ’80s drums, dramatically pitched vocals – that remains utterly identifiable with classics such as Girls On Film and Hungry Like the Wolf.

“Mark Ronson! Giorgio Moroder! Mike Garson!” Le Bon elaborates of the guest list. Japanese rock girls CHAI turn up, too: More JOY! is a song that insists on the titular good stuff despite lyrics that, overall, lean towards the more bleak and ominous side of the human experiment. “But life is bleak, isn’t it?” Le Bon responds. “Part of living is getting used to the bleakness of life and going, well, that’s what it is, and accepting it.”

Hence the grim empathy of first single Invisible, which addresses the perfect storm of isolation wrought by modern power structures, technology and COVID-19. Or the title track, which invites us to wave stadium scarves to the inevitable demise of the very moment we’re enjoying.

“You can’t relive the past, but you can remember it,” the singer says. “The real point of the song is that every moment you’re living now is going to be a memory in the future. It will be a future past.”

As pop idol turned grandpa, he knows of what he speaks. “I think I’m less of a fantasist now. I think my lyrics are more about real things. I’ve lived more. So I’ve actually got more to write about. I don’t have to make it up so much.”

Does reality worry him? “I feel that we’ve got a lot of people trying to worry us. OK, so climate change is a big worry, but I think the worry is starting to work and people are starting to do something about it...“The rise of repressive regimes ... that does worry me a bit. But I also have faith in youth and in humanity. And I think youth and humanity will win out.”

He sounds like he means it. Even back in the MTV days that launched a million fantasies, he insists he never felt pressured to make anything up for brand purposes: “No, never … That’s called being self-conscious. Which to me is the absolute enemy of creativity. As soon as … you try to see yourself as other people do, then you lose your connection, because you’re really talking to yourself. Not to anybody else. I always thought that what I had to communicate was more important than the way I looked doing it.”

It’s a big statement for a man who always looked so great. The yachting lark of Rio and the Mad Max vibe of Wild Boys helped set the pace for pop video in the ’80s. Invisible furthers the band’s futuristic reputation as the first video made by artificial intelligence. It’s a bit rubbish, frankly, compared to the intelligence that designed the music video to Girl Panic! in 2011 (directed by Jonas Akerlund, styled by Dolce & Gabbana). A brilliant satire of pop excess, it features Duran Duran played by supermodels with the band as music journalists asking sycophantic questions.

“You have had some truly shocking reviews over your career,” Rhodes tells himself, played by Eva Herzigova. “Damn,” she enthuses. “I’d love to read all of those.”

“We really do love music,” Le Bon concludes. “It’s a lifelong passion. And I think we’ve been getting better at it. It’s much easier for us to figure out which are the good ideas and which ones aren’t so good. So we spend less time working on stuff that’s not going to make it onto the album. Which is more time to play with your dog and your grandchildren.”

Full article on The Sydney Morning Herald.

[huskeddevotee]

Music tastes because this game owns my soul

Amara: Nothing but calm, peaceful indie worship for meditation, or Partali Rap for everything else. Does enjoy the occasional rock opera, but not enough to make a Playlist for it.

Ava: Emo grunge and sad lo-fi. Typical sad 13 year old girl songs, but the sadness level varies. Sometimes its "ah, 13yo blues", sometimes "Oh, yeah. This is a child who's gone through some sh*t and is clearly not coping." Everyone uses her Spotify as a mood tracker to check in on her.

Axton: Bluegrass country, old school rock, and - god bless - the most basic pop in the world. Like, retail pop. Radio pop. Pop music no one likes and only hit the charts because of grocery stores playing it on repeat. He genuinely likes it, too.

Brick: R&B and jazz. Most people assume its violent screamo, but why would he want to listen to that when he's relaxing? That's punching music, not kicking back music.

Clay: Either super catchy and suave, or a blatant cry for help. Classy Jazz and touching Southern Gothic, Jimmy Buffet. Songs about confidence, Jimmy Buffet. Ballads for smuggling and general crimery, Jimmy Buffet. Why is he listening to Jimmy Buffet? He doesn't know. He just is. Wainwright has a therapist on speeddial for the day when Clay has listened to nothing but Jimmy Buffet for three weeks.

Fl4k: Anything dark and moody, actual genre doesn't matter. Prefers quieter, slow paced songs. Songs about leaving home for the better fill their main playlist.

Gaige: Screamo metal. The most offensive screamo metal you will ever hear. Has hearing problems from this. Don't use full volume, kids.

Hammerlock: Jazz, classical, folk, orchestra - elegent stuff, as per usual. He isn't stuffy about it like some people. Varied taste, he just has some quirkiness with his preferences. Rap is fine, he just likes old rap from his youth. Will absolutely grumble about it getting worse each year .

Krieg: Doesn't like music, it freaks him out. But, he is known to listen to someone singing. Axton's humming in the garage, Maya's shower concerts, Lilith's quiet memorial songs when she thinks no one can hear her. He doesn't like music. He likes singing.

Lilith: Rock sung by female leads, female rappers, and girl power ballads. Just appeals to her. The only male singer she liked was Roland.

Lorelai: Same as Lilith, but kicked up to a level that makes you think she's part of a coven. Does like the occasional country power ballad, though; songs about community and sticking together and such.

Maya: Music you could fall asleep to. Its the calmest, most zen playlist you could ever find. It's very vocal, with emphasis on slow instruments. The music you listen to when you want to study or transcend. do not find her guilty pleasures playlist.

Mordecai: He could tell you every artist he has ever listened you, and you will have heard of none of them. It's not intentional, he just fell down a rabbit hole and moved in. His taste is very folk, indie, rural country - lots of guitars and percussions.

Moxxi: Carrie Underwood country. That genre of country thats just women killing men. Sure, she likes a sultry jazz, maybe a suggestive pop, but her heart is meant for a raspy-voiced woman with a guitar crooning about poisoning her husband.

Moze: She likes a lot of things, especially old synth-pop. Upbeat rock with old sounds the remind you of fruit for some reason? Her jams. Her favorite song is a mystery, though. Its in a different language you've never heard of, it has no identifiable instruments, the title is Track 1. Someone listened to the entirety of it and died the next day. Definitely haunted. She says it's just a national hymn from her home planet, but no one buys it.

Salvador: Back-porch country and ballads. He likes things that come from the heart. His favorite songs are ones of people singing about their home with pride. He has a soft spot for emotional climax songs from musicals, too. Detests bro country and retail pop.

Tannis: Hates music, but likes wind chimes. That's it.

Tina: Has 218 playlists for every conceivable mood. Her library of saved songs is over 10k. Has no favorite genre, but her favorite songs tend to lean towards the alternative or rap variety.

Troy: If you look at his Spotify he will cry. Barely any his playlists have a title, just keysmashing. The only one that has a title is just an eggplant emoji and it's nothing but dominatrix power balleds. His most played playlist is filled with songs about Cain and Abel. As for genre? Rap. Rock. Punk. Screamo. Everything your mother doesn't like.

Tyreen: Not an active music listener. But! Her Spotify is nothing but love ballads. Her top 50 each year are the sappiest romance songs known to man. A lot of soundtracks of musicals and movies, too. The genre does not matter, what matters is if someone's name pops into your head when you listen to it.

Wainwright: Emo country. Like, Southern Gothic if it was even more depressed and spooky. He has not evolved from his taste as a 13 year old in an unhappy family. Only started listening to happier music when he met Alistair. Would die of embarrassment if this got out.

Zane: Likes literally everything, but has a soft spot for the rock and folk that came out of Pandora during the Gold Rush times when the corps were fighting for tech and power. Those songs stuck with Pandora, and the songs are important for every clan. They're about greed, apathy of corporations, the mystery of the Eridians, the harshness of Pandora. He gets in a mood when he listens them, like a grandpa watching the news report on the war he just got back from. He tells stories when he gets like this. Sometimes they're sad, sometimes they're bitterly hopeful.

Zer0: Techno that sounds like someone vomiting out their soul. Moody, atmospheric, unsettling techno. They say they refuse to listen to anything that has color in its album art.

And it's all a lie.

Zer0 likes the pinkest bubblegum pop and the stupidest meme songs. Carmelldansen? They've listened to it for 1000 hours.

The only person to find their secret Spotify was Rhys and he was too busy admiring this strange account's taste in music to realize that every playlist title and description was a haiku, and that the account was called "atlas.n1nja.b0ps". Rhys brought it up to Zer0 like "I found my soul mate, we have the same favorites!" And Zer0 would have sh*t themselves if they could have.

[jackiegaytona]

I found a poseable Nick model, look out friends