#Lee Lorenz

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In the Cold Light of Day

In the Cold Light of Day

When Rockefeller Center’s design was unveiled in 1931, New Yorker architecture critic Lewis Mumford wrote that it followed ”the canons of Cloudcuckooland.” Dec. 23, 1933 cover by Helen Hokinson. Today we know 30 Rock as one of the most iconic and beloved places in Manhattan, but after Mumford saw the plans for this future “Radio City” he went into exile in upstate New York, upset over the “weakly…

[mostmetalcats]

More musicians and their cats

1, Henry Rollins

2, Andy Black (Black Veil Brides)

3, Amy Lee

4, Joe Perry (Aerosmith)

5, Marilyn Manson

6, Christian Lorenz (Rammstein)

7, Steven Adler (Guns 'n' Roses)

8, Mike Patton

9, Christina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil)

[sheepishmastectomy]

10 Characters, 10 Fandoms

rules: list your ten favorite characters from ten separate fandoms, then tag ten people!

hi @sasheneskywalker! thanks for tagging me ^^ i will be so good and not use all dc

Joey Wilson Current obsession. I think about him so much… He really can do it all. I think he should have another ooc villain arc (as a treat).

Ryou Bakura The OG… I know he wasn't explored that in depth in the manga but he's so important to me. Really love that he is a huge nerd.

Nanami Kiryuu She is the calf bringing herself to slaughter, unknowing… She's so special to me. Her rivalry with Anthy is my everything.

Luo Binghe This guy, on the other hand, is bringing himself to slaughter with a knife and begging for it (but also doing the cutting… Complicated young man).

Rock Lee He never stopped believing, and I love him for that. My man!!! I miss him sometimes. He was cute in Boruto, too.

Spinner Done a great disservice by Horikoshi but HE LIVED BITCHHHHHHHHHHH. Okay sorry I am just so happy he didn't die. MHA spoilers ig. Ultimate gamer who I have to stan.

Lorenz Hellman Gloucester I told myself I would not fall for his dubious charms when I started playing. That was a lie. My man is so complex… Number one guy I miss roleplaying.

Zack Fair Wahhhhh he is destined for a terrible fate but he cares so much… IDK man I imprinted on him as a teenager like a baby duckling.

Jean Moreau Reading the Sunshine Court over and over because I'm so invested in his journey. Literally jumping out of my skin banging on the door for the next book.

Hideyoshi Nagachika

HE LOVES KANEKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the way he came back was so so so cool and he's so dedicated and he's so SMART and he's such a badass and he is THE SPECIAL GUY OF ALL TIME!!!! ppl did not believe me when i said signs were pointing to him being alive... they said it was wishful thinking... FOOLS!!!!!! FOOOL!SSSSS!!!!

okay anyway :) if you'd like to play, i'd love to see ur faves! @myriadism @vagueconfusion @beemotionpicture @dennydart

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THE BEST WRITTEN SONGS OF ALL-TIME

     Because I have zero innate musical ability, the idea that someone can sit down with a musical instrument, and create an original song out of thin air is magic to me. Songwriting is a craft, but it’s inspiration that makes a good song into a great one. There are songwriters who seem able to turn out high quality songs in perpetuity. There are others who write maybe one or two great songs, and are never heard from again. So, I made a list of what I think are the 50 best written songs I’ve ever heard. These are in no particular order. I’ve listed the title followed by the songwriter or songwriters, and in parentheses is the performer I most enjoy hearing do the song – although most of these songs have been recorded countless times by a variety of artists. You can probably find all of these on YouTube or any of the streaming services. Most have lyrics, but some do not. But, it’s hard for me to imagine any of these songs being recorded by anyone with talent, and not retaining the brilliance with which the song was written.

Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy (Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra)

Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin (Zubin Mehta & The New York Philharmonic, Gary Graffman, piano)

A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke (Sam Cooke)

Coal Miner’s Daughter by Loretta Lynn (Loretta Lynn)

Hello Walls by Willie Nelson (Faron Young)

I Left My Heart In San Francisco by George Cory and Douglass Cross (Tony Bennett)

God Bless The Child by Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday (Billie Holiday)

Eleanor Rigby by Paul McCartney and John Lennon (The Beatles)

Blind Willie McTell by Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan)

A Remark You Made by Wayne Shorter (Weather Report)

She’s Always a Woman by Billy Joel (Billy Joel)

Roll Me Away by Bob Seger (Bob Seger)

Margie’s At the Lincoln Park Inn by Tom T. Hall (Bobby Bare)

Angel From Montgomery by John Prine (Bonnie Raitt and John Prine)

Rainy Night in Georgia by Tony Joe White (Brook Benton)

You Never Can Tell by Chuck Berry (Chuck Berry)

Where or When by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (Dion and The Belmonts)

American Pie by Don McLean (Don McLean)

It Was a Very Good Year by Ervin Drake (Frank Sinatra)

Gentle On My Mind by John Hartford (Glen Campbell)

Early Morning Rain by Gordon Lightfoot (Gordon Lightfoot)

Book of Rules by Harry Johnson and Barry Llewellyn (The Heptones)

Highwayman by Jimmy Webb (The Highwaymen)

American Music by Ian Hunter (Ian Hunter & Mick Ronson)

That’s Entertainment by Paul Weller (The Jam)

Song of Bernadette by Leonard Cohen (Jennifer Warnes)

Jazzman by Carole King and David Palmer (Carole King)

Talking Back to The Night by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings (Steve Winwood)

My Favorite Things by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (John Coltrane)

Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home by Joe South (Joe South)

Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down by Kris Kristofferson (Kris Kristofferson)

Heart Like a Wheel by Anna McGarrigle (Linda Ronstadt)

I Am a Town by Mary-Chapin Carpenter (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)

Footprints by Wayne Shorter (Miles Davis Quintet)

Pleasant Valley Sunday by Gerry Goffin and Carole King (The Monkees)

This Old Town by Jon Vezner and Janis Ian (Nanci Griffith)

Brooklyn Roads by Neil Diamond (Neil Diamond)

Thrasher by Neil Young (Neil Young & Crazy Horse)

Box of Rain by Robert Hunter and Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead)

Is That All There Is? By Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (Peggy Lee)

Louisiana 1927 by Randy Newman (Randy Newman)

King of the Road by Roger Miller (Roger Miller)

America by Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)

The Sound of Silence by Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)

Children’s Crusade by Sting (Sting)

My Girl by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White (The Temptations)

Green, Green Grass of Home by Claude “Curly” Putnam, Jr. (Tom Jones)

Downtown Train by Tom Waits (Tom Waits)

The Whole of The Moon by Mike Scott (The Waterboys)

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys by Sharon Vaughn (Willie Nelson)

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Hotel Adlon Kempinski

In the heart of Berlin, facing the Brandenburg Gate and only a few steps from the government district, you will find the legendary five-star luxury Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin. A total of 385 elegant rooms and suites, 3 top-tier restaurants, including Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer, which has been awarded with 2 Michelin stars, and a spacious spa meet the highest demands of every guest!

Under the cut is the roommates list. Couples have been roomed together and everyone else was randomized by a generator. If you have been roomed with another fc that you play, please message us politely and we will fix it asap! Roommates are subject to change due to unfollows, follows, activity check etc. so please like this post to keep up to date on any changes.

UPDATED 9/27 @ 7:20 PM EST

Demi Bennett (Rhea Ripley) - Ashley Fliehr (Charlotte Flair) 

Fergal Devitt - Renee Young

Hwang Hyunjin - Bang Chan

Sarah Paulson - Jessica Lange

Lee Know (Minho) - Lee Felix

Park Jinyoung - Lim Jaebeom

Awsten Knight - Miley Cyrus 

Kim Jisoo - Christian Yu

Choi Minho - Kim Ahyoung (Yura)

Tyler Hoechlin - Maura Higgins

Maika Monroe - Dylan O'Brien

Kim Mingyu - Sana Minatozaki 

Zoey Deutch - Geoff Wigington

Kelsea Ballerini - Joe Keery

Shay Mitchell - Andy Biersack

Zendaya - Timothee Chalamet

Vanessa Hudgens - Austin Butler

Dua Lipa - Maya Hawke

Yoo Siah (Yooa) - Kim Minjeong (Winter)

Xiao Dejun (Xiaojun) - Yoo Jimin (Karina) 

Min Yoongi - Kim Namjoon

Kim Hongjoong - Diamanté Quiava Valentin Harper (Saweetie)

Julianna Margulies - Cate Blanchett

Jung Yoonoh (Jaehyun) - Lee Taeyong

Jackson Wang - Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul (Ten)

Sebastian Stan - Margot Robbie

Colby Lopez (Seth Rollins) - Rebecca Quin (Becky Lynch)

Pamela Martinez (Bayley) - Mercedes Justine Varnado (Sasha Banks)

Lucas Wong - Kim Jungwoo 

Lee Taemin - Kim Jongin 

Tom Holland - Natalia Dyer

Akanishi Jin - Lee Sunmi

Mark Lee - Lee Donghyuck (Haechan)

Zoë Kravitz - Lili Reinhart

Beyoncé Knowles - Gong Yoo

Lupita Nyong'o -Tessa Thompson

Sarah Drew - Brett Tucker

Gareth Southgate - Kendall Jenner

Choi Soobin - Sofia Carson

Ryan Gosling - Cha Eunwoo

Jensen Ackles - Jonathan Good (Jon Moxley)

Hwang Yeji - Camila Morrone

Park Seonghwa - Romee Strijd

Lee Jeno - Louis Tomlinson

Jung Wooyoung - Mazz Murray

Byun Baekhyun  - Harry Kane

Choi San - Taylor Zakhar Perez

Olivia Rodrigo - Elizabeth Olsen

Hailey Baldwin - Megan Jovon Ruth Pete (Megan Thee Stallion)

Florence Pugh - Carrie Underwood

Selena Gomez - Anya Taylor-Joy

Liam Hemsworth - Kang Seulgi

Adelaine Kane  - Chace Crawford

Jang Gyuri - Molly-Mae Hague

Jessica Chastain - Ross Lynch

Sydney Sweeney - Park Seoham

Park Jihyo - Sam Claflin

Ben Feldman - America Ferrera

Taylor Momsen - Blake Lively

Bill Skarsgard - Jacob Elordi

Nicholas Galitzine - Mason Mount

Sabrina Carpenter - Jenna Ortega

Niall Horan - Ariana Grande

Kim Taehyung - Wong Kunhang (Hendery)

Samantha Gibb - Leati Joseph Anoa'i (Roman Reigns)

Joey King - Joshua Wong

Lauren Jauregui - Min Yoongi

Taylor Swift  - Naomi Scott

Lucy Hale - Emma Mackey

Jeon Jungkook - David Corenswet

Otto Wood - Madelyn Cline

Halle Bailey - Brittany Baker (Britt Baker)

Cillian Murphy - Chris Evans

Chris Hemsworth - Na Jaemin

Lily James – Glen Powell

Olivia Culpo - Danny Amendola 

Bruno Mars - Gigi Hadid

Josephine Skriver - Aaron Taylor Johnson

Harry Styles - Sofia Carson

Nick Jonas - Jennie Kim

[hooked-on-elvis]

"Blue Moon" (not specially from Kentucky)

"Blue Moon" is a song first release in 1934, written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and has become a standard ballad. Early recordings included those by Connee Boswell and by Al Bowlly in 1935. The song was a hit twice in 1949, with successful recordings in the U.S. by Billy Eckstine and Mel Tormé. — Wikipedia

— "Blue Moon" by Connee Boswell (1935)

This ballad was recorded and performed by many artists over the years including Frank Sinatra, Patsy Cline, The Platters, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald and many others, including our dear Elvis Presley.

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The first time I ever heard a bit of the song "Blue Moon" tho, was performed by actress Rebecca Lee Meza who played young Selena Quintanilla in the movie about the Mexican-American star, "Selena" released in 1997 — *Talk about Jennifer Lopez in that role! She's stunning and so lovely!* — I love that movie beyond words because it's a childhood memory I hold dear, watching this movie with my mom and sister, and I also got to know what Selena Quintanilla meant (who sadly was murdered the very year and month I was born, March 1995. I was just a few weeks old.). Later in life, when I was old enough to make my own choices, I got to learn and appreciate Selena's real self, her songs, admiring her career, her beauty, her talent and charisma, and that I do 'til this very day. The movie did great in portraying her life, but then... the song became something more to me — I'll get there but I wanted to share the the videos and other version of "Blue Moon".

— Oldies Medley: "Blue Moon/We Belong Together" from "Selena" movie (1997)

I didn't find a recorded version with Selena's real vocals, but The Vidal Brothers recorded the song which was featured in the opening credits in "Selena" (1997 movie). The song Selena used to sing as a child was an arragement by Abraham Quintanilla, Selena's father and manager. He performed the song when he was a member of the male group "The Dinos" in the 60s. He then passed it to Selena and her siblings, "Los Dinõs", who used it in home rehearsals, as the movie "Selena" (1995) shows (the scene above).

Abraham Quintanilla about The Vidal Brother's version below:

"This are the Vidal brothers from Kingsville texas, I brought them to Q productions Recording Studios taught them the kind of harmonies we used to  do  (The Dinos) they done an excellent job and we used their singing for the beginning of the SELENA movie, the song is a cover song that we The Dinos sang back in 1965." — Mr. Abraham Quintanilla, Selena's father. His comment is from 9 years ago, as he left it on this Youtube video with that song.

"Blue Moon" by The Vidal Brothers.

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As I said, "Blue Moon" was a familiar tune to me, which I already appreciated but I just had listened so far to the versions featured on the "Selena" movie. And then just a year ago or so, was the first time I heard Elvis singing that song (man, it happened a few times, listening to Elvis singing songs I knew previously from other artists) and my jaw dropped.

It did hit me home listening to my newfound favorite artist singing a song so dear to me.

"Blue Moon" by Elvis Presley, recorded at Sun Studio on August 19, 1954.

The song was released as single by RCA Victor in 1956 and then featured on Elvis' first LP "Elvis Presley" (1956). The tune gained its rightful place when released on "Elvis: Sunrise" (1999), a compilation album of Elvis Presley's SUN recordings and again on the album "A Boy from Tupelo: The Complete 1953 to 1955 Recordings" (2012).

Sun Records never released Elvis' version on Sun Records. It was among the unused Presley recordings turned over to RCA when it purchased Elvis’ contract in late 1955. It was released, along with three other discarded Sun cuts, on Presley’s first RCA album in March 1956. In September that year, RCA released Blue Moon as a single backed with another Sun recording, Just Because, as part of a mass singles release. It soon became apparent that of the seven singles, Blue Moon/Just Because was selling the best. In its September 22 issue, Billboard listed that single in both its “Coming Up Strong” and “This Week’s Best Buys” lists. “This disk, with emphasis on ‘Blue Moon,’ is stepping out and starting to move,” Billboard reported. Source: elvis-history-blog.com

Some may like Elvis' version, some not, but to me this is an all-time favorite song and Elvis Presley's version is one I'll forever cherish. In spite the sadness in the lyrics, it's a beautiful, loving ballad, and I love his voice on it.

♥

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JUST TO MENTION something I find cool about Selena and Elvis, both artists I high appreciate:

ELVIS AND SELENA AT THE HOUSTON ASTRODOME, HOUSTON, TX [1970/1995]

Selena had a great splendid moment in her career performing at one of the same venues as Elvis, coincidentally the same month even (not the same year tho), a place where he also had one of the greatest moments of his career: The Houston Astrodome, Houston, Texas.

Selena performed there on February 26, 1995. While Elvis was much earlier (and a few times after his first performance there) on February 27, 1970.

Selena - "Como La Flor" at the Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX, on February 26, 1995.

Elvis at the Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX, on February 27, 1970.

In 1970, on February 27, 28 and March 1, Elvis Presley performed six times at the Houston Astrodome, setting a new attendance record - around 180,000 people attended.

[ulkaralakbarova]

The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne’s basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called “Wayne’s World” on local public access television. The show comes to the attention of a sleazy network executive who wants to produce a big-budget version of “Wayne’s World”—and he also wants Wayne’s girlfriend, a rock singer named Cassandra. Wayne and Garth have to battle the executive not only to save their show, but also Cassandra. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Wayne Campbell: Mike Myers Garth Algar: Dana Carvey Benjamin Kane: Rob Lowe Cassandra: Tia Carrere Stacy: Lara Flynn Boyle Dreamwoman: Donna Dixon Security Guard: Chris Farley Noah Vanderhoff: Brian Doyle-Murray Alan: Michael DeLuise Tiny: Meat Loaf Bad Cop / T-1000: Robert Patrick Alice Cooper: Alice Cooper Glen: Ed O’Neill Mrs. Vanderhoff: Colleen Camp Terry: Lee Tergesen Russell Finley: Kurt Fuller Davy: Mike Hagerty Ron Paxton: Charles Noland Elyse: Ione Skye Frankie Sharp: Frank DiLeo Waitress: Robin Ruzan Officer Koharski: Frederick Coffin Old Man Withers: Carmen Filpi Film Crew: Original Music Composer: J. Peter Robinson Screenplay: Mike Myers Executive Producer: Hawk Koch Director of Photography: Theo van de Sande Director: Penelope Spheeris Producer: Lorne Michaels Editor: Malcolm Campbell Stunts: Hannah Kozak Stunts: Alisa Christensen Associate Producer: Dinah Minot Associate Producer: Barnaby Thompson Screenplay: Bonnie Turner Screenplay: Terry Turner Casting: Glenn Daniels Production Design: Gregg Fonseca Second Unit Director: Allan Graf First Assistant Director: John Hockridge Second Assistant Director: Joseph J. Kontra Set Decoration: Jay Hart Camera Operator: Martin Schaer “B” Camera Operator: David Hennings First Assistant Camera: Henry Tirl First Assistant “B” Camera: Peter Mercurio Steadicam Operator: Elizabeth Ziegler Script Supervisor: Adell Aldrich Sound Mixer: Tom Nelson Boom Operator: Jerome R. Vitucci Additional Editor: Earl Ghaffari Assistant Editor: Ralph O. Sepulveda Jr. Assistant Editor: Ann Trulove Assistant Editor: Brion McIntosh Supervising Sound Editor: John Benson Sound Effects Editor: Beth Sterner Sound Effects Editor: Joseph A. Ippolito Sound Effects Editor: Frank Howard Dialogue Editor: Michael Magill Dialogue Editor: Simon Coke Dialogue Editor: Bob Newlan Supervising ADR Editor: Allen Hartz Foley Supervisor: Pamela Bentkowski Assistant Sound Editor: Carolina Beroza Assistant Sound Editor: Thomas W. Small Foley Artist: Ken Dufva Foley Artist: David Lee Fein Foley Mixer: Greg Curda ADR Mixer: Bob Baron ADR Voice Casting: Barbara Harris Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Andy Nelson Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Steve Pederson Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom Perry Music Supervisor: Maureen Crowe Supervising Music Editor: Steve Mccroskey Set Designer: Lisette Thomas Set Designer: Gae S. Buckley Special Effects Makeup Artist: Thomas R. Burman Special Effects Makeup Artist: Bari Dreiband-Burman Makeup Artist: Courtney Carell Makeup Artist: Mel Berns Jr. Hairstylist: Kathrine Gordon Hairstylist: Barbara Lorenz Hairstylist: Carol Meikle Costume Supervisor: Pat Tonnema Costumer: Janet Sobel Costumer: Kimberly Guenther Durkin Location Manager: Ned R. Shapiro Assistant Location Manager: Serena Baker Second Second Assistant Director: John G. Scotti Property Master: Kirk Corwin Assistant Property Master: Peter A. Tullo Assistant Property Master: Jim Stubblefield Leadman: Robert Lucas Special Effects Coordinator: Tony Vandenecker Chief Lighting Technician: Jono Kouzouyan Production Office Coordinator: Lynne White Unit Publicist: Tony Angelotti Still Photographer: Suzanne Tenner Craft Service: Vartan Chakarian Transportation Coordinator: James Thornsberry Color Timer: David Bryden Negative Cutter: Theresa Repola Mohammed Title Designer: Dan Curry Second Unit Director of Photography: Robert M. Stevens Stunts: Tony Brubaker Stunt Double: Steve Kelso Movie Reviews: tmdb15435519: I wish I could dress the exact same every day and still be cool.

[thesituationroom]

3 & 6 ☀️

3. What were your top five books of the year?

my cheat #1 being station eleven bcos i reread it, here’s my real ones: 1. they can’t kill us until they kill us by hanif abdurraqib, 2. an absolutely remarkable thing by hank green 3. scatter adapt and remember by annalee newitz, 4. someone who isn’t me by geoff rickly, 5. truth of the divine by lindsay ellis

6. Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?

Obviously . always. some: seconds by bryan lee o’malley, extremely online by taylor lorenz, so you’ve been publicly shamed by jon ronson, the third ancillary whatever book. i forget the name

[thecolacorporation]

CASTRO 638 - CIA 0

THE PERFECT RECORD

Exploding cigar

Exploding seashell

Exploding podium

Poison capsules

Poisoned writing pen

Poisoned SCUBA suit

Hiring hitmen straight off the FBI's Most Wanted list

These harebrained schemes might call to mind Wil E. Coyote's attempts to ensnare the Roadrunner, but they were in actual fact developed by the so-called intelligence officers at the CIA, with the intention to kill Fidel Castro. Strangely, given the Cuban leader's well-known love for baseball, the brain trust at Langley didn't try to sneak nerve agents into Castro's leather glove or at the very least smear icy hot inside his jock strap.

The Agency came up with a more straightforward assassination plot while concocting the Bay of Pigs invasion, which called for snipers to target the Cuban leader. Those plans collapsed along with the larger invasion after the US withdrew air support, stranding the 1500 insurgents it had trained and financed. Abandoned by the USA, the insurgents surrendered to Castro, which humiliated the United States and lionized Castro among Cubans and anti-imperialists worldwide.

The CIA once again tripped over its own dick when it enlisted Marita Lorenz, one of Castro's lovers. In a 1993 interview with Vanity Fair, Lorenz recounted that after being supplied with deadly pills by the CIA, she faltered when Castro suspected her plans and directly challenged her to take him out, saying:

He leaned over, pulled out his .45, and handed it to me. He didn’t even flinch. And he said, "You can’t kill me. Nobody can kill me." And he kind of smiled and chewed on his cigar ... I felt deflated. He was so sure of me. He just grabbed me. We made love.

Sound far-fetched? So does Lorenz's claim that she rode shotgun to Dallas with rifleman Lee Harvey Oswald. But it's no more ridiculous than tainting a cigar with botulinum toxin, or infecting a wetsuit with tubercle bacilli. By following grandiose planning with inept field work, the CIA gave Castro an air of invincibility, ultimately making him a living folk hero.

Aboard an airplane bound for New York City in 1979, a reporter asked Castro if he was wearing his bulletproof vest. "What vest?" Castro asked. "Everyone says you wear a bullet-proof vest," the reporter said. Castro, heading into a country that had tried to kill him hundreds of times, unbuttoned his olive-green military shirt to reveal his bare chest. He smiled at the reporter and explained, "I have a moral vest."

Further reading Ann Louise Bardach, "The Story of Marita Lorenz: Mistress, Mother, C.I.A. Informant, and Center of Swirling Conspiracy Theories,” Vogue, November, 1993.

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currents.24/2023

selections from my week in media [11-17 june 2023]

[anticipating]

The SHINee comeback is so close I can taste it. The skirt suits in the teaser photos they dropped this past week killed me dead. They all look gorgeous.

[listening]

Bouncy / ATEEZ - I’m not sure what I love most about it. Hongjoong’s electric blue hair? The goat? Conga line choreo? Chipmunk effect? Mingi in that hat? Yes to all of it. (But especially the goat.)

[reading]

Heart of the River by meyari - Jiang Yanli pov MDZS elementals fix-it AU - Stayed up way too late reading, but boy was it worth it.

Horns of Light by Morlin Lorenz - A darling little graphic novel about a young cow and her quest for horns. The illustrations are beautiful and the story is very sweet, with a touch of fantasy. I have the Kickstarter book, but I’ve linked the webtoon comic.

Old-Fashioned Cupcake by Sagan Sagan - The English language edition of the manga was released this week.

[watching]

Big Dragon - A quick and easy rewatch for when I couldn’t concentrate on new stuff. It was so much better the second time, without the expectations I had going into it and knowing in advance the general tone and quality I was in for. This is why I rewatch shows. They are almost always better the second time through (especially if I originally watched week to week.) I don’t know if we’ll be getting a season two, but I’d love to see the two leads do another project together.

Bokura no Shokutaku, ep 10.5 - I am a bit disappointed we didn’t get the epilogue from the manga. They followed the rest of the book so closely, that I was sure we’d get that last glimpse of the future. Other than that, I liked it as much as the rest of the show. I’m going to miss this little family.

King the Land - Lee Junho! Yoona! Together in a chaebol kdrama! I’ve been looking forward to this since it was announced last year and the first episode did not disappoint. The first ep covered a lot of groundwork, but I think it did it well. We’ve got a good sense of who Yoona’s character is (less so with Junho’s - I have so many questions) and an even better idea of the worlds that they inhabit and how they will intersect. I’m going to really enjoy watching it this summer.

Love Tractor - I’m enjoying it, despite the uneven tone. This might be another one I like better on rewatch when I can run through the episodes all at once.

Shigatsu no Tokyo wa (April in Tokyo is) - I love this show so far. My first impression is that it’s beautifully filmed and the two leads are very comfortable with each other. They’re so easy with each other, it’s a joy to watch them. And the young actors in the flashbacks are also very good. I’m excited to see where the story goes and am resisting looking up the manga it’s based on to see what I’m in for.

Step By Step - Episode 8 was a rollercoaster: a painful break-up; a delightful “not date-date”; moody sunbathing; drunken crying in a bar; and the best lightbulb moment to cap it all off.

previous Currents posts

[ticklystuff]

OMG ANOTHER LEE CLAUDE ENJOYER?!!?

I NEED TO WRECK THAT SLY LITTLE THING I COULD HARDLY PLAY HIS ROUTE WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT HOW HE NEEDS TO GET HIS SHIT WRECKED

Besides Hilda and Byleth who else do you think would get him? I feel like Lysethia would go for it at some point

OMG YES I NEED ONE OF HIS PRANKS TO BACKFIRE OR SOMETHING AND HE ENDS UP STUCK SOMEWHERE HES ASKING TO BE WRECKED and also i feel like there’s hardly any tickle art of him it makes me sad bc he’s perfect :(

listen i haven’t played three houses in so long but lee!claude is constantly on my mind

yea definitely lysithea and also lorenz too! maybe just the whole golden deer house should just destroy claude aldkslalsksksm

also edelgard and dimitri tag teaming him and tickling him till he cries alsnsksmsl i have a great need

[docnad]

"That Krushchev is kind of cute when he wants to be." Robert Weber The New Yorker, October 26, 1963 Lee Lorenz:  Madder Music https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2022/12/lee-lorenz-madder-music.html #RobertWeber #TheNewYorker https://www.instagram.com/p/CmNCuJFPnNr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Arrivals & Departures 17 October 1932 – 08 December 2022 Lee Sharp Lorenz

Lee Sharp Lorenz was an American cartoonist and editor most notable for his work in The New Yorker.

Lorenz was born in Hackensack, New Jersey and was an alumnus of North Junior High School in Newburgh, New York (where he starred in student productions), and Carnegie Tech and Pratt Institute. His first published cartoon appeared in Colliers in 1956, and two years later he became a contract contributor to The New Yorker, which has published more than 1,600 of his drawings. He was The New Yorker's art editor for 25 years, from 1973 until 1993, continuing as cartoon editor until 1997.

Lorenz was a musician who played cornet with his own group, the Creole Cookin' Jazz Band.

Lorenz edited and wrote books on the art in The New Yorker, as well as the artists themselves, including The Art of The New Yorker (1995) and The World of William Steig (1998).

Lorenz is featured drawing in Lyda Ely's documentary film Funny Business (2009), which visited the studios of 11 cartoonists for The New Yorker.

Lorenz died on December 8, 2022, at the age of 90.

[blooming-lily-petals]

Fire Emblem: The Three Hopes, Warriors

If they were to do musicals, who they’d be casted as:

Hamilton:

Hamilton - Claude

Burr - Dimitri

Angelica - Mercedes

Eliza - Marianne

Peggy - Annette

Maria - Shezette (an mc)

Reynolds - Balthus

Washington - Dedue

Laurens - Sylver (an mc)

Hercules - Holst

Lafayette - Lorenz

Charles Lee - Caspar

Seabury - Bernedetta

King George III - Ferdinand

Philip - Ashe

George 1 Eaker - Lysithea

Jefferson - Sylvain

Madison - Ignatz

SIX:

Catherine of Aragon - Ayla (an oc) + Eilert (an oc) for a dance partner

Anne Boelyn - Shezette (an mc) + Ferdinand for a dance partner

Jane Seymour - Edelgard + Hubert for a dance partner

Anne of Cleeves - Shez (an mc) + Dimitri for a dance partner

Catherine Howard - Sylver (an mc) + Claude for a dance partner

Catherine Parr - Lorenz + Ignatz for a dance partner

Heathers:

Veronica - Shez (an mc)

J. D. - Dimitri

Heather McNamara - Annette

Heather Duke - Lysithea

Heather Chandler - Hilda

Martha Dunstock - Mercedes

Mrs. Fleming - Hapi

Kurt - Sylvain

Ram - Ferdinand

Kurt’s Dad - Rodrigue

Ram’s Dad - Holst

Les Misérables:

Fantine - Dorothea

ValJean - Claude

Javert - Dimitri

Child Cosette - Flayn

Cosette - Shezette (an mc)

Éponine - Petra

Marius - Ferdinand

Enjolras - Felix

Grantaire - Sylvain

Joly - Ignatz

Courfeyrac - Caspar

Combeferre - Lorenz

Jehan - Linhardt

Bahorel - Hashid (an oc)

Feuilly - Ludwich (an oc)

Boussuet - Rashid (an oc)

Gavroche - Ashe

Madame Thénardier - Hilda

Monsieur Thénardier - Balthus

The Forman - Yuri

The Soldier - Christoph (an oc)

Bishop - Seteth

Sweeney Todd; The Demon Barber of Fleet Street:

Sweeney - Hubert

Anthony - Ferdinand

Mrs. Lovett - Mercedes

Johanna - Shezette (an mc)

Lucy - Edelgard

Judge Turpin - Yuri

Beadle - Balthus

Pirelli - Lorenz

Toby - Ashe

The Greatest Showman:

B. T. Barnum - Claude

B. T. Barnum (child) - Cyril

Charity Barnum - Sylver (an mc)

Charity Barnum (child) - Lysithea

Philip Carlyle - Ferdinand

Anne Wheeler - Shezette (an mc)

Jenny Lind - Hilda

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Birthdays 5.2

Beer Birthdays

Bruce Paton (1955)

Anders Kissmeyer (1956)

Brian Hunt (1957)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Jerome K. Jerome; English writer (1859)

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson; actor, wrestler (1972)

Pinky Lee; burlesque entertainer (1907)

Charles McCabe; writer (1915)

Manfred von Richthofen; World War I flying ace (1892)

Famous Birthdays

Lily Allen; pop singer (1985)

Maury Allen; sportswriter, actor (1932)

Christine Baranski; actor (1952)

David Beckham; English footballer (1975)

Theodore Bikel; singer, actor (1924)

William Camden; English historian (1551)

Naomi Campbell; model (1970)

Vernon Castle; dancer, actor (1887)

Catherine the Great; Russian queen (1762)

Bing Crosby; singer, actor (1904)

Connie Crothers; jazz pianist (1941)

Thomas Aloysius Dorgan; cartoonist (1877)

Leslie Gore; pop singer (1946)

Lou Gramm; rock singer (1950)

Lorenz Hart; composer, lyricist (1895)

Theodore Herzl; Zionist (1860)

Hedda Hopper; gossip columnist (1885)

Englebert Humperdinck; singer (1936)

Elijah J. McCoy; inventor (1843)

Lorenzo Music; voice actor (1937)

Novalis; German writer (1772)

Michael Rabin; violinist (1936)

Alessandro Scarlatti; composer (1660)

Benjamin Spock; baby doctor, writer (1903)

Donnatella Versace; fashion designer (1955)

Jenna von Oy; actor, country singer (1977)

Link Wray; rock guitarist (1929)