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athena, scowling as she gets bullied into marrying the people she pined over for the last 1000 years, suddenly realising something: wait a minute
odysseus: what?
athena, frozen: wait a damn minute you know what this gives me rights to do
penelope, also realising: oh fuck yes
odysseus: I don't like the sound of whatever's happening here what are you two fucking talking about?
athena, grabbing the marriage wine and tossing it back, then kissing her new wife and husband and handing penelope a spear as she picks up a mace: we'll be back shortly, you can start celebrations without us.
penelope: do u have anything that can start a fire
athena, pulling out an old contract and scanning it before throwing it over her shoulder: yes. are you scared of heights or can we fly.
penelope: fucking bring it I've waited years for this moment
zeus: where are they going
hermes, picking up the contract: they're going to... Ogygia? Oh fucking shit they're going to fucking kill Calypso- hey, hello, WAIT-
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The idea for me Max to be the “wife” in treasure island only works if they remain miserable and constantly wanting different people but also…the familiar company keeps them going. They will outlive everyone but they’ll stop wanting too. They both made the choices that lead them here and now they can only stare at each other knowing it didn’t have to end this way.
Like I don’t know if it’s mean, but sometimes I think it cheapens the tragedy if like…Max ends her life happy. Like if anything, she needs her Jim Hawkins to be a clear sign of change but she can’t do it. And in the end, her and silver are still stuck clawing at surviving.
I know this fandom isn’t a musical one. But Max and Silver reminded me a lot of the songs in “Lempicka” especially “Here it Comes” and “In the Blasted California Sun.”
oh for sure. that situation on nassau we leave max in is NOT a stable one, not by any means, and it's only a few years after the end of the series that jack gets executed and anne disappears. I imagine that that's probably when max finally pulls the plug and flees to bristol.
I don't know if I'd say the tragedy is cheapened by max having that smug power shot overlooking the tavern. I think the tragedy is complicated by it. a pyrrhic victory, of sorts. yes, she got the thing she claimed to have wanted-- the image of a little girl in the muck peering through the window at the safety and warmth afforded to people Not Like Her-- but look at all that had to be destroyed to achieve it. how long can it possibly last? even with the reinforced backing of colonial rule, not nearly so ephemeral as some independent pirate haven, this place is still just sand. it still cannot love her back. other people have articulated this point better than I can right now.
also when I said I like writing madi in bristol because I like tragedy and misery, that's not to say I think everyone would be fine and happy if max were there instead lmao. I just mean that the dynamic of two people who thought they loved each other once trying and failing to make a life in circumstances neither of them could ever have wanted is particularly compelling to me. like. for a few months in her mid-20s madi had Everything. she had a vision of the future that would see the world changed and her people freed; she had authority over a community who not just respected her but revered her; she had the good love of a good man. and ALL of that got eviscerated in an instant by that very same man, and now for the rest of her life if she wants to have a life at all she must be anchored to that man as she knows him less and less; is forced to leave her home and travel across an ocean where she scrapes a living servicing englishmen; will die long before the end of the transatlantic slave trade. how can she ever move on from silver's betrayal? how can she ever get over it? silver isn't over it. silver stays fixated on it for the rest of his life, too. silver names his parrot captain flint. silver goes back to skeleton island to find that fucking cache and when he finally gets his share he disappears just like he always dreamed of doing-- one big prize, and with it freedom-- and where does that leave madi? alone, in fucking bristol, running the spyglass, playing barmaid to white english sailors until she dies. and this, according to silver, is better than her having died in the war? what if her death had meant their victory? he still wants her to believe that THIS is preferable to that? that HE finds this preferable? still? does he even bother pretending he still loves her? does she believe he ever did anymore? did he ever tell her a single thing that's true? she cleans spilled beer off the floor. her father died a king. this is not what she wanted.
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KERRANG! - 'they're going to explode . . .' [glassjaw: brownies, ny / pg. 39]
just in! this HD scan talks about where daryl draws inspiration for his stage presence, emo-core guitar elements in the song 'piano' , lineup changes, and how glassjaw members jump like frogs on stage - all accurate descriptions if you ask me. enjoy!
[one of my all time favourite stills of daryl . . they indeed did explode as a band.]
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For those who missed Omega WUSB's Summer-ending Steve Albini tribute, you can find all ten hours of it here:
Omega Steve Albini Tribute (August 5 & 19, 2024)
Both playlists are found here if you want spoilers:
Omega WUSB: August 5, 2024 (#382)
Omega WUSB: August 19, 2024 (#383)
Thanks to all followers, supporters, and listeners of ours and WUSB.
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Omega Radio for July 20, 2019; #201.
Public Enemy “Tie Goes To The Runner”
Public Enemy “Don’t Believe The Hype”
Public Enemy “Can’t Truss It”
Public Enemy “Black Steel In The First World”
Sister Souljah “The Final Solution: Slavery’s Back In Effect”
Public Enemy “Get Off My Back”
Public Enemy “Brothers Gonna’ Work It Out”
Public Enemy “Give It Up”
Public Enemy “Public Enemy #1″
Terminator X “Buck Whylin’”
Public Enemy “911 Is A Joke”
Public Enemy “Burn Hollywood Burn” (ft. Big Daddy Kane & Ice Cube)
Public Enemy “Fear Of A Black Planet”
Public Enemy “Shut ‘Em Down”
Professor Griff “It’s A Rap Thing”
Public Enemy “Yo! Bum Rush The Show”
Public Enemy “Swindler’s Lust”
Public Enemy “Welcome To The Terrordome”
Public Enemy “Death Of A Carjacka’“
Public Enemy “White Heaven / Black Hell”
Professor Griff “Rap Terrorist”
Public Enemy “You’re Gonna’ Get Yours”
Public Enemy “Air Hoodlum”
Public Enemy “Power To The People”
Terminator X “Back To The Scene Of The Bass”
Public Enemy “Can’t Do Nuthin’ For Ya’ Man”
Public Enemy “Cold Lampin’ With Flava’”
Public Enemy “Hitler Day”
Public Enemy “Rebel Without A Pause”
Sister Souljah “The Hate That Hate Produced”
Public Enemy “Do You Wanna’ Go Our Way?”
Public Enemy “Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic”
Sister Souljah “Killing Me Softly: Deadly Code Of Silence” (ft. Ice Cube)
Public Enemy “By The Time I Get To Arizona”
Public Enemy “Fight The Power”
Public Enemy “Bring The Noize (ft. Anthrax)
Public Enemy “He Got Game”
Public Enemy “Hazy Shade Of Criminal”
Public Enemy tribute broadcast.
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"So just one more beer, then grow up.
So just one more beer, then grow up.
So just one more beer.
Go to work.
Pay your bills.
Eat a dick.
One more beer, THEN grow up."
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