#Merry Jo Carter

[rwpohl]

bobbie jo and the outlaw, mark l. lester 1976

[vonter-voman]

Lynda Carter in Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976)

[ratbits]

Berry Retch - Merry Jo Carter 9 x 12; acrylic, watercolor, matte medium, assorted glitter ig: MerryJW Etsy: Litany Bazaar

[proteuus]

board of directors as assigned lotr kins but I know you know enough lotr characters there are a billion of them so this time dont cheat (lmao ❤❤)

thank you for this ask i am in fact a lotr expert and absolutely the person to come to for this

ceter im sorry you wont want to hear this but i think it has to be frodo unless you would rather have merry, one of the two certainly 

@orc-hestral - ok i think you should be sam but Not because you’re both named sam. i guess all sams are just similar idk, the resemblance is striking if you ask me (alternatively, theoden) 

@nostalgic-romantic - pippin :-) 

@timetravelspider - liv i hate to do this to you but it’s got to be eowyn 

@zagreus-eats-your-bread - elf king elrond but only because i think he looks vaguely like spock star trek (lol) 

@mx-pat-henrietta-julian-carter - faramir ! 

(and then below are answers i haven’t changed since i cheated last time [lmao]) 

elle - galadriel ! 

james - my favorite character aragorn

isla - arwen  !

liza - i’m going to give you elf king thandruil since jo got elrond 

[haveamagicalday]

Fairy Tale/Mythology Books Recommendations

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

House of Salt and Sorrow by Erin A. Craig

Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George

Wildwood Dancing by Juilet Marillier

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer

Sun and Moon, Ice and Sun by Jessica Day George

Snow White

Dark Shimmer by Donna Jo Napoli

Fairest by Gail Carson Levine

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly 

Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman

Winter by Marissa Meyer

Beauty and the Beast

Beastly by Alex Flinn

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

For the Wolf by Hannah F. Whitten

Nocturne by Alyssa Wees

Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones

Rapunzel

Cress by Marissa Meyer

Zel by Donna Jo Napoli

Cinderella

Cinder by Marissa Meyer 

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George 

The Shadow in the Glass by J.J.A Harwood

Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

Goblin Market

Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalina

The Little Mermaid

Ashes on the Waves by Mary Lindsey

Coral by Sara Ella

Into the Heartless Wood by Joanna Ruth Meyer

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning

To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

The Nutcracker

The Enchanted Sonata by Heather Dixon Wallwork

Hiddensee by Gregory Maguire 

Nutcracked by Susan Adrian 

The Nutcracker Bleeds by Lani Lenore

Winterdream by Chantal Gadoury

Little Rid Riding Hood

For the Wolf by Hannah F. Whitten

Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Sleeping Beauty 

The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black

The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman 

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

Bluebeard

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher

The Goose Girl

The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

The Six Swans

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier 

The Frog Prince 

The Prince of the Pond by Donna Jo Napoli

Rumpelstiltskin

Gilded by Marissa Meyer

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Hansel and Gretal

After the Forest by Kell Woods

Russian inspired Fairy Tales

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter

Multiple Fairytales

Greymist Fair by Francesca Zappia

The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl

The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo

The Merry Spinster by Mallory Ortberg

The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley 

Original Fairytales

Blackthorn and Grim by Juilet Marillier

The Blue Salt Road by Joanne M. Harris

Fairyland Series by Catherynne M. Valente 

Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid

Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris

Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by Guillermo Del Toro

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

The Waking Forest by Alyssa Wees

A Warning About Swans by R.M. Romero

[lesbian-books]

Lesbian Authors

A.J. Adaire  Pat Adams-Wright  Dorothy Allison  S.W. Anderson  Elizabeth Andre  Mavis Applewater  Ann Aptaker  J.A. Armstrong  Michelle Arnold  Clare Ashton  K. Aten  Victoria Avilan  Darla Baker  Roslyn Bane  Ann Bannon  Solia Panche Bealti  Alison Bechdel  Georgia Beers  Sharon Marie Bence  Bridget Birdsall  Harper Bliss  Andrea Bramhall  Jaye Robin Brown  Anna Burke  Amalie Cantor  Brandee Carbo  Suzie Carr  Dawn Carter  C.L. Cattano  Becky Chambers  Kate Charlton  Sharon Cho  Barbara L. Clanton  Hannah Abigail Clarke  Shelby Cochran  Helen Corcoran  Jeanne Córdova  Audrey Coulthurst  Delores Cremm  Maggie Dane  Emily M. Danforth  Sandra de Helen  Barbara Dennis  Nicole Dennis-Benn Stefani Deoul  K.E. DePalmenary  T.L. Dickerson  Jennifer Diemer  Sarah Diemer * Jane DiLucchio  J.M. Dragon  Moondancer Drake  K.B. Draper  Cassandra Duffy  A.L. Duncan  Nann Dunne  Sarah Ettritch  Lillian Faderman  Sara Farizan  Leslie Feinberg  Anna Ferrara  Fannie Flagg  Jane Fletcher  Laura Foley  Katherine V. Forrest  Diane Fortier  Giselle Fox  Anna Furtado  Elisa M. Galbreath  Lynn Galli  S.L. Gape  Nancy Garden  Lyn Gardner  S. Anne Gardner  Pauline George  Ana B. Good  Parker Gordon  Erin Gough  Kimberly Cooper Griffin  Nicola Griffith  Agnes H. Hagadus  Anne Hagan  Radclyffe Hall  S.M. Harding  Ellen Hart  Nancy Ann Healy  Fran Heckrotte  Natasja Hellenthal  Dotti Henderson  Claire Highton-Stevenson  Gerri Hill  E.M. Hodge  Dayna Ingram  Isabella  Jae  Adiba Jaigirdar  Jo Jennings  Heather Rose Jones  E.A. Kafkalas  Karin Kallmaker  Riley LaShea  Stacey-Leanne  Lez Lee  Malinda Lo  Ann-Marie MacDonald  Renee MacKenzie  Prudence MacLeod  Lise MacTague  Lucy J. Madison  Rachel Maldonado  Siera Maley  Laurie J. Marks  Julie Maroh  Michelle Marra  Paula Martinac  Arkady Martine  Q.C. Masters  Andi Marquette  Pamela Mauldin  Robbi McCoy  M.K. McGowan  Gill McKnight  Ann McMan  Heather McVea  Mary Meriam  Ronni Meyrick  Martha Miller  Rogena Mitchell-Jones  K.A. Moll  Sallyanne Monti  Annette Mori  Bonnie J. Morris  Jaycie Morrison  Niamh Murphy  Charlene Neil  Natasha Ngan  Nik Nicholson  Baren Nix  Ocean  Paula Offutt Chinelo Okparanta  Chris Parsons  Angela Peach  Julie Anne Peters  B.J. Phillips  Ashley Quinn  Radclyffe  Cheryl Rainfield  Adan Ramie  Nina Revoyr  Rhavensfyre  Julia Diana Robertson  Nita Round  Morgan Routh  Joanna Russ  Laurie Salzler  Shamim Sarif  Lacey Schmidt  Sarah Schulman  Tina Sears  Cass Sellars  Merry Shannon  Fiona Shaw ** Kaden Shay  Djuna Shellam  Jen Silver  Jennis Slaughter  Adrian J. Smith  E.H. Smith  Vanessa Snyder  Alison R. Solomon  Raven J. Spencer  Ali Spooner  Rose Stone  Carren Strock  Rebecca Sullivan  Leandra Summers  Mariko Tamaki  Michelle L. Teichman  Keira Michelle Telford  Rae Theodore  M.E. Tudor  Vanda  Elle Vaughn  Missouri Vaun  Anastasia Vitsky  Tillie Walden  Sarah Waters  HollyAnne Weaver  Laney Webber  Louise Welsh  Caren J. Werlinger  K.D. Williamson  B.L. Wilson  Catherine M. Wilson  Barbara Winkes  Lee Winter  Jeanette Winterson  Chris Anne Wolfe  T.J. Wolfe  Jacqueline Woodson  Fiona Zedde  Kristen Zimmer 

* Also writes under the pen names Elora Bishop and Bridget Essex

** Not to be confused with the Irish actress of the same name

This list is subject to changes. Compiling a list of lesbian authors is a challenge because not all authors are out and my sources of information are limited. I had to rely on finding author bios, interviews, tweets, etc. in which an author mentions her sexual orientation. I also got many of these names from the Lesbian Authors Guild. 

[peterstanslizzie]

Re-watching Lizzie Mcguire: Episode 1.7 (Here Comes Aaron Carter)

Aaron Carter Hype

- During lunch break, Lizzie storms into the school cafeteria and eagerly informs Gordo and Miranda that tween pop star, Aaron Carter is coming to their town to shoot a Christmas-themed music video. Our favorite ‘know-it-all‘ Gordo doesn’t know who Aaron Carter is. Really, Gordo? You know x,y and z about everything else but you aren’t aware of one of the biggest teen heartthrobs to emerge in the late 90s and early 2000s? Oh wait, it’s because he’s a 13-year old straight boy. No shade though.

- I also want to know why Aaron and his team decided to film their video in that specific town? Where does Lizzie and co. live anyways? I’m thinking it’s some small town in California.

- Lizzie is curious to know where exactly the filming location will be and this opens up the opportunity for Gordo to utilize his knowledge of film and set locations to help her figure it out. Besides meeting him, Lizzie wants to also interview Aaron for the school web-zine and Miranda wants to sing for him in person. Gordo is thinking of using this opportunity to make a behind-the-scenes video of the video shoot.

Brainstorming Session

Let’s go get the tea on this video shoot location

- Our trio are coming up with possible locations for the filming to take place. They do a good job brainstorming places that are big enough for production but the problem is, they have a least a list of 40 locations to narrow down from.

- Matt enters Lizzie’s room and observes what they have been doing and he seems to know where exactly the filming location is because Lanny, his silent but not mute best friend told him. This is the first ever mention of Lanny in the series. I actually like Lanny; He is just as playful and adventurous as Matt but I think he has more charm to him than Matt. I think it’s because he doesn’t talk, like at all lol. But this might be an unpopular opinion.

- I don’t know why they trust in him and Lanny knowing where this place exactly is but regardless, they decide to ask Matt to reveal the location and he will only do that if he is able to come along with them. They agree and he tells them that it will be held at a warehouse and as siblings usually do, Lizzie double crosses Matt and tells him he can’t go but Matt does a comeback and threatens to rat them out to their mom. Lizzie gives in and Matt is able to tag along. 

- So what if their mom knows? It’s not like she would be against the idea since Lizzie is planning to interview Aaron for the school web-zine. It’s kinda like a class assignment but only cooler.

Plot Twist

It’s such a random coincidence that Sam got backstage passes from his client

- Sam Mcguire comes home late from work and reveals to Jo that his client gave him 2 backstage passes to Aaron Carter’s Winter Wonderland-themed music video shoot. Jo, elated by this, tells him that they should surprise Lizzie and her pals with those passes but in fact, we know that they are planning to lie to her parents and go to the video shoot and leave a note saying they are out working on a school project. Again, Lizzie should have been honest and told her parents the truth from the get go.

Operation Sneak-In

- Lizzie, her friends and Matt arrive at the compound of Ren-Mar warehouses and they devise a plan to walk right up to the entrance and walk past security like they own the place.

Doesn’t this scene remind you of the Beatles album cover where they were walking along a pedestrian crossing on Abbey Road?

- They do a good job at first but when a security officer lays his eyes on them, they panicked and bumped into one another. He requests for them to show their passes but Lizzie says that she a member of the press and she’s allowed to be there. That’s great and all but when your press badge is a measely piece of paper that looks cheap, it’s just not gonna cut it. And as expected, they are denied entry.

- Sam and Jo Mcguire reads Lizzie’s note about being away for a school project and Jo suggests to her husband to head over first to the video shoot while she waits for them to come back home so that she can bring them over. Yikes! This doesn’t look so good for Lizzie and her friends.

- Matt tells the group he devised a Plan B and takes out an elf costume from a sack he’s been carrying around. Apparently, he kept elf costumes since last Christmas when he and his family took pictures for their family Christmas card. He suggests they dress up like elves so that they can blend in with the Christmas-themed set and performers.

Matt isn’t going to dress himself up as an elf. Nope, he is going in as Aaron Carter. At first, I thought he was joking but he was actually serious and tricked a producer to think that he is a stand-in for Aaron. Good job Matt but the producer needs to get his eyes checked asap.

- Lizzie, Gordo and Miranda weren’t so lucky and were denied entry once again. Lizzie isn’t quick to lose hope and she comes up with another plan to get them in. She spots a car pulling up to the security check and leads her friends to hide by the side of the car, away from the security officer’s view. I’m guessing they haven’t installed security cameras in the area yet because they successfully manage to sneak their way in.

- Turns out, the person driving that car was her father, Sam! He spots Lizzie for a second but she quickly ducks away before he could realize that it was actually her. This adds on to the list of things Lizzie needs to worry about today.

Looks like things are getting more complicated than before

Getting In Was Hard, But Staying In Is Harder

- Just when Gordo is about to film a short video intro of Lizzie and Miranda for his documentary, the same security officer spots them and we then get a funny but childish chase sequence. They find themselves at the waiting area for the video shoot that is also used for crafts service and Lizzie’s dad is also at the same area.

- Meanwhile at the Mcguire home, Jo listens to a voice message left by the security officer at Ren-Mar warehouses who tells her that Lizzie is causing some trouble over there. Jo immediately goes into ‘mom mode’ and starts charging her way to find her daughter and probably ground her for all of eternity.

- Lizzie, who is hiding under a red sack on a sleigh spots ‘Aaron’ when it was actually Matt. I don’t get how she manages to confuse the two; Matt is way shorter than the real Aaron and she should know that. They stumble onto the stage where rehearsals are taking place and they are spotted by the director of the shoot and the same security officer who has been giving them a tough time.

- We then get the same, stereotypical troupe of the overweight security guy chasing a bunch of kids and the kids are too fast for him. I probably enjoyed this chase-scene when I was younger but now as an adult, I am just not amused.

- But I did enjoy the scene where the security officer tells Jo that he doesn’t know where Lizzie is and she freaks out on him. That was gold! But she was detained afterwards and held in a detention room. Sam joins her pretty soon afterward because he tried to eat one of the donuts from the crafts service table.

Aaron Carter!

- Lizzie, Gordo and Miranda are hiding inside a room, which turns out to be Aaron Carter’s dressing room. Convenient much? Is the security around here that incompetent? Suddenly, Aaron’s manager enters the room and demands to know what are these kids doing here.

- Lizzie tries to butter her up and explains to her that meeting Aaron would be the best thing ever and it would mean a lot to them if at least one of them gets to meet him. The manager agrees and Lizzie actually sacrifices her chance to meet him by giving it to Miranda.

Lizzie, you really did not have to give up your chance like that.

- WHAT!? Lizzie really did not have to do that. She did most of the work to get them there and she was the one who first heard about Aaron coming to town. And she gives it up just to let Miranda sing to him and get his autograph? That’s being too much of a good friend. Miranda should have insisted Lizzie went instead. I’m beginning to understand why Miranda is not such a liked character overall by the fandom.

- Luckily, everything ends up being A-okay because we have another convenient plot point where Lizzie left her tape recorder at Aaron’s dressing room and goes back to find it. She knocks on the door and standing in front of her with Lizzie’s tape recorder in his hand is Aaron in the flesh.

Rant Time!

Ohh puh-leaze!

- He gives her tape recorder back and he wishes her Merry Christmas and they share a KISS under a Mistletoe!!!??? I love Lizzie Mcguire and all but that moment was completely and utterly ridiculous! I’ve never heard of a fan meeting their idol-crush and then 5 seconds later, he gives that fan a kiss on the LIPS (NOT CHEEKS), LIPS without asking their permission. It’s so mind-boggling and unrealistic, even for a tween show on Disney.

- It’s very clear that Hilary Duff and Aaron Carter were dating at that time and the producers just had to slip in a kiss scene between the two of them in this episode to take advantage of their cute relationship. 

I Want Candy!

- The video director and Matt find Lizzie and her friends and all thanks to Matt, they also get to be a part of Aaron Carter’s music video.

Cue the music video

Overall Thoughts

- I think this was a fan favorite episode of Lizzie Mcguire due to how they managed to bring in Aaron Carter to guest star and perform his ‘I Want Candy’ song. It’s a really cute and fun episode to watch. But obviously, this episode lacks real substance. The kiss scene between Lizzie and Aaron was cute but totally unnecessary (read my Rant section). It also felt weird seeing Lizzie having no problem or showing no remorse when easily lying to her parents and disobeying authoritative figures and such. It was a little out of character, don’t you think?

- Despite all of my complaints about this episode, I will give it a pass because this is considered to be a ‘special’ episode in a way and certain things should be brushed aside for entertainment value. Plus, it was nice to see a young and adorable Aaron Carter thrive in a time before going through so much difficulties in his life from drug abuse to his various personal health issues.

[pennywaltzy]

Final List For WIP Big Bang!

So because I’m assuming sign-ups are going to start in a little less than two weeks, this is the final list of fics that I am planning to submit for the 2019 round. All this means is that I will stop posting updates whenever I get around to signing up for these fics, but I will still be writing them and be willing to send updates of fics to people who I am writing them for if you’d like (aka, you requested it/I gifted it to you...just drop me a line with the fic title and your email address).

I whittled it down to 30, taking out the ones people wanted more frequent updates from and substituting a few I found while I was recently going through 63 pages of my Sherlock fic that I reread and want to finish:

EDITED 3/22/18 - I took a few stories off and added...a bunch. I’m crazy.

The Paths We Take, Glittering And Entwined – Star Trek AOS: Kirk/Spock, McCoy/Chapel

Been Around The World A Few Times, All That’s Missing Is You – Sherlock; Sherlock/Molly

All The Troubles In The Universe Just Sitting At My Doorstep – Superwholock; Lestrade/Molly, Rory/Amy

On The Case Again – Sherlock/Criminal Minds; Sherlock/Prentiss

It Can Be As Real As You Or I – Sherlock; Sherlock/Molly, John/Mary, Janine/OMC

Life And Death Are Of No Importance To Us – Sherlock; Sherlock/Molly

Serendipity & Coincidence – Treklock; McCoy/Molly, Kirk/Carol

The Head Knows What The Heart Wants – Sherlock; Moran/Molly

Life’s Lessons – Star Trek AOS; Kirk/Spock

My Chosen Queen, To Rule By My Side – Sherlock; Sherlock/Molly

When In University… – Wholock; Sherlock/Amy

Something The Heart Longs For – MCU; Coulson/May

Reconnecting – Bleach; Ishida/Rukia

A Potential Loophole To Exploit – MCU/Sherlock; Thor/Jane, Sherlock/Molly

To Find Oneself – Sherlock; Irene/Molly

Adventures In Unexpected Places – Doctor Who/St. Trinian’s; Rory/Amy

Super Secret Spies & Stuff – Star Trek AOS; Kirk/Spock

Welcome Back, Professor Hooper – Potterlock; Sherlock/Molly, Neville/Luna

The Detective And The Hound – Wholock; Sherlock/Amy

Feared Never To Be Seen Again – Sherlock; Sherlock/Molly

Nothing's Changed That Matters – Sherlock; Sherlock/Molly

What Could Have Been, What Will Be In Its Stead – Sherlock; Mycroft/Molly

On The Road From Friends To More – Sherlock; Sherlock/Molly

In Anticipation Of Christmas – Sherlock; Lestrade & Sally

The Greatest Prank Of The Millennia (And What It Wrought) – Sherlock; Sherlock/Molly, John/Mary

The Forgotten Wife – MCU/Sherlock; Stephen/Molly

Ever Changing, Ever Growing – Sherlock; Sherlock/Molly, John/Mary, Mycroft/OFC

The Pesky Virginity Issue – Sherlock; Sherlock/Molly, John/Mary

A Boon For You, A Boon For Me – Sherlock; Mycroft/Molly

The Babe On The Doorstep – Sherlock; Mycroft/Anthea

What Started As Petty Revenge – Sherlock; Lestrade/Sally, OC/OC

The Undesirables – Sherlock; Sherlock/Molly

To Fight For The One You Love – Star Trek AOS/Sherlock, Khan/Molly

This Isn’t Storybrooke Anymore – Eureka/OUAT; August/Emma, Zane/Jo, Carter/Allison, Henry/Grace

As Long As You Love Me Truly – Sherlock; Sherlock/Molly

Not A Slayer Anymore – Buffyverse; Larry/Jonathan, Oz/Cordelia, Giles/Jenny, Xander/Willow, past Angel/Willow

A Merry Christmas After All – Sherlock; Mycroft/Sally, background Sherlock/Molly

Living A Life Unlived – Doctor Who, past Rory Williams/Amy Pond

Rectifying Past Mistakes – Sherlock; Sherlock/Mary

To Live Again – Sherlock; unrequited Mycroft/Mary, past John/Mary

Twist Of Fate – CSI: NY; Flack/Angell

Dangerous Kisses – Star Trek AOS/MCU, Kirk/Daisy

The Tale Of The Ruined Vacation – Elementary/Sherlock; Sherlock!Lestrade/Joan, Elementary!Sherlock/BBC!Irene

Theraputic – CSI: NY/Law & Order; Danny/Lindsay

Heads Will Roll – Star Trek AOS; Spock, Kirk, Pike, Spock Prime, Sarek

[joyffree]

Stand for UkraineThe New Romance Cafe Collection (#13)

★✩★ RELEASE BOOST ★✩★

Stand for Ukraine

The New Romance Cafe Collection (#13)

A Multi-Author Anthology

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60546251/

Hosted by DS Book Promotions

AMAZON

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Blurb:

Protect the innocent.

Provide for families.

We stand with Ukraine.

Across the globe authors have come together to provide stories filled with hope, heart and understanding, inspired by the events of February 2022.

STAND FOR UKRAINE is a collection of romance, women’s fiction and poetry. Proceeds go to Save the Children’s efforts to provide Ukrainian children with food, warmth, shelter and psychological support.

Participating Authors:

Aarti V Raman,Ally Vance, Amanda Cuff, A McCarty, Andie Bale, Pandora Snow, Anna Klein, Anna Volkin, Annee Jones, April A. Luna, April D. Berry, M.A. Lee, A.M. Roark, Sarah Stein, Riana Everly, Lesley Hoover, Bria James, C.A. Rene, Caraway Carter, Cassie Simon, Corinne M Knight, Dakota Willink, Danielle Pays, Dawn McGraw, D A Nelson, Debra Elise, Demelza Carlton, Diane Jones, Sharon A. Mitchell, Emily Rose, EmKay Connor,Eva Moore, Ginger Ring, Dylan Quinn, Gwen Dylan, Caia Daniels, Harlow Layne, Harper Michaels, Heather D’Agostino,Heather Scarlett, Helena Novak, Carol Van Den Hende,Iuliana Foos, Jakki Frances, Jane Suen, Jeanette Taylor Ford, Jen Stevens, Jennifer M. Miller, Jenny Fenshaw, JCC Downing, Tasha Blythe, J. P. Uvalle, K Leigh, Karigan Hale, Kasey Hill, Élodie Garroway, Katherine Moore, Katie Rae, Kimberly Halstead, Kristie Leigh, Olivia Rhymer, Kristin T. De La Garza, Dakota Star, Lisa Wells, M.Culler, S.C. Principale, Maida Malby, Mandy Bee, Margaret Madigan, Maria Macdonald, Megan Ryder, M Jameson, Melissa Riddell, Lissa Lynn Thomas, Merrie Destefano, Chele Maccabe, Michelle Iannarelli, Maya Lemaire, Leila Coltyn, Kathleen Ryder, N.J. Ember, A.R. Bell, Remy Reigns, Renee Dahlia, Leann Castellanos, RJ Gray, Robin Andrews, Cass K, Rosie Wylor-Owen, Rubi Jade, Liz Martinson, Candace Sams, Guinevere Jordan, Shannon O'Connor, Miranda Jameson, Simone Leigh, Skye MacKinnon, Skye Turner, Sofia Aves, Jo Seysener, J. T. Silver, Susan Horsnell, Suki McMinn, Tanya Dawson, Tanya Nellestein, Taya Rune, T.R. Weatherly, T Wells Brown, Tina Glasneck, Tracy Broemmer, Tracy Reed, Trinity Wood, Yolanda Olson, Zoey Indiana, Daniel Cade Quinn, Sabrina Silvers, Kari Ganske, Faith Justice, Nina Knight, Michelle L. De La Garza, Sloane Nicole

@horsnells @DS_Promotions1

[tmbacorbett]

Release Blitz: Stand for Ukraine

  Title: Stand for Ukraine Series: The New Romance Cafe Collection (#13) Genre: Women’s Fiction, Romance, Flash Fiction, Poetry Model: Kevin R Davis Photographer: Golden Czermak Cover Design: The Cover Fling Charity: Save the Children Ukraine Publication Date: March 25th, 2022 Hosted by: Lady Amber’s PR

Blurb:

Protect the innocent.

Provide for families.

We stand with Ukraine.

  Across the globe authors have come together to provide stories filled with hope, heart and understanding, inspired by the events of February 2022.

  STAND FOR UKRAINE is a collection of romance, women’s fiction and poetry. Proceeds go to Save the Children’s efforts to provide Ukrainian children with food, warmth, shelter and psychological support.

NOW LIVE!

Participating Authors: 

  Aarti V Raman,Ally Vance, Amanda Cuff, A McCarty, Andie Bale, Pandora Snow, Anna Klein, Anna Volkin, Annee Jones, April A. Luna, April D. Berry, M.A. Lee, A.M. Roark, Sarah Stein, Riana Everly, Lesley Hoover, Bria James, C.A. Rene, Caraway Carter, Cassie Simon, Corinne M Knight, Dakota Willink, Danielle Pays, Dawn McGraw, D A Nelson, Debra Elise, Demelza Carlton, Diane Jones, Sharon A. Mitchell, Emily Rose, EmKay Connor, Eva Moore, Ginger Ring, Dylan Quinn, Gwen Dylan, Caia Daniels, Harlow Layne, Harper Michaels, Heather D’Agostino,Heather Scarlett, Helena Novak, Carol Van Den Hende,Iuliana Foos, Jakki Frances, Jane Suen, Jeanette Taylor Ford, Jen Stevens, Jennifer M. Miller, Jenny Fenshaw, JCC Downing, Tasha Blythe, J. P. Uvalle, K Leigh, Karigan Hale, Kasey Hill, Élodie Garroway, Katherine Moore, Katie Rae, Kimberly Halstead, Kristie Leigh, Olivia Rhymer, Kristin T. De La Garza, Dakota Star, Lisa Wells, M.Culler, S.C. Principale, Maida Malby, Mandy Bee, Margaret Madigan, Maria Macdonald, Megan Ryder, M Jameson, Melissa Riddell, Lissa Lynn Thomas, Merrie Destefano, Chele Maccabe, Michelle Iannarelli, Maya Lemaire, Leila Coltyn, Kathleen Ryder, N.J. Ember, A.R. Bell, Remy Reigns, Renee Dahlia, Leann Castellanos, RJ Gray, Robin Andrews, Cass K, Rosie Wylor-Owen, Rubi Jade, Liz Martinson, Candace Sams, Guinevere Jordan, Shannon O’Connor, Miranda Jameson, Simone Leigh, Skye MacKinnon, Skye Turner, Sofia Aves, Jo Seysener, J. T. Silver, Susan Horsnell, Suki McMinn, Tanya Dawson, Tanya Nellestein, Taya Rune, T.R. Weatherly, T Wells Brown, Tina Glasneck, Tracy Broemmer, Tracy Reed, Trinity Wood, Yolanda Olson, Zoey Indiana, Daniel Cade Quinn, Sabrina Silvers, Kari Ganske, Faith Justice, Nina Knight, Michelle L. De La Garza, Sloane Nicole

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[vonter-voman]

Lynda Carter in Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976)

[blackkudos]

Billy Eckstine

William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American jazz and pop singer, and a bandleader of the swing era. He was noted for his rich, resonant, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. Eckstine's recording of "I Apologize" (MGM, 1948) was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999. 

The New York Times

 described him as an "influential band leader" whose "suave bass-baritone and "full-throated, sugary approach to popular songs inspired singers like Joe Williams, Arthur Prysock and Lou Rawls."

Biography

Eckstine's paternal grandparents were William F. Eckstein and Nannie Eckstein, a mixed-race, married couple who lived in Washington, D.C.; both were born in 1863. William F. was born in Prussia and Nannie in Virginia. His parents were William Eckstein, a chauffeur, and Charlotte Eckstein, a seamstress of note. Eckstine was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; a State Historical Marker is placed at 5913 Bryant St, Highland Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to mark the house where he grew up.Billy's sister, Maxine (married name Whedbee), was a well-respected Spanish teacher at Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh.

He attended Peabody High School before moving to Washington, DC. He attended Armstrong High School, St. Paul Normal and Industrial School, and Howard University. He left Howard in 1933, after winning first place in an amateur talent contest. He married his first wife, June, in 1942. After their divorce in 1952, he remarried shortly after to actress and model Carolle Drake in 1953, and they remained married until his death. He was the father of four children by second marriage and two step-children, including Ed Eckstine, who was a president of Mercury Records, Guy Eckstine, who was a Columbia and Verve Records A&R executive and record producer, singer Gina Eckstine, and actor Ronnie Eckstine.

Heading to Chicago, Eckstine joined Earl Hines' Grand Terrace Orchestra in 1939, staying with the band as vocalist and trumpeter, until 1943. By that time, Eckstine had begun to make a name for himself through the Hines band's juke-box hits as "Stormy Monday Blues" and his own "Jelly Jelly."

In 1944, Eckstine formed his own big band and it became the finishing school for adventurous young musicians who would shape the future of jazz. Included in this group were Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Charlie Parker, and Fats Navarro, as well as vocalist Sarah Vaughan. Tadd Dameron, Gil Fuller and Jerry Valentine were among the band's arrangers. The Billy Eckstine Orchestra is considered to be the first bop big-band, and had Top Ten chart entries that included "A Cottage for Sale" and "Prisoner of Love". Both were awarded a gold disc by the RIAA.

Dizzy Gillespie, in reflecting on the band in his 1979 autobiography To Be or Not to Bop, gives this perspective: "There was no band that sounded like Billy Eckstine's. Our attack was strong, and we were playing bebop, the modern style. No other band like this one existed in the world."

Eckstine became a solo performer in 1947, with records featuring lush sophisticated orchestrations. Even before folding his band, Eckstine had recorded solo to support it, scoring two million-sellers in 1945 with "Cottage for Sale" and a revival of "Prisoner of Love". Far more successful than his band recordings, these prefigured Eckstine’s future career. Eckstine would go on to record over a dozen hits during the late 1940s. He signed with the newly established MGM Records, and had immediate hits with revivals of "Everything I Have Is Yours" (1947), Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s "Blue Moon" (1948), and Juan Tizol’s "Caravan" (1949).

Eckstine had further success in 1950 with Victor Young’s theme song to "My Foolish Heart," and the next year with a revival of the 1931 Bing Crosby hit, "I Apologize".

His 1950 appearance at the Paramount Theatre in New York City drew a larger audience than Frank Sinatra at his Paramount performance.

Eckstine was the subject of a three page profile in the 25 April 1950 issue of LIFE magazine, in which the photographer Martha Holmes accompanied Eckstine and his entourage during a week in New York City. One photograph taken by Holmes and published in LIFE showed Eckstine with a group of female admirers, one of whom had her hand on his shoulder and her head on his chest while she laughed. Eckstine's biographer Cary Ginell, wrote of the image that Holmes "...captured a moment of shared exuberance, joy, and affection, unblemished by racial tension." Holmes would later describe the photograph as the favorite of the many she had taken in her career as it "...told just what the world should be like". The photograph was considered so controversial that an editor at LIFE sought personal approval from Henry Luce, the magazine's publisher, who said it should be published. The publication of the image caused letters of protest to be written to the magazine, and singer Harry Belafonte subsequently said of the publication that "When that photo hit, in this national publication, it was if a barrier had been broken". The controversy that resulted from the photograph had a seminal effect on the trajectory of Eckstine's career. Tony Bennett would recall that "It changed everything...Before that, he had a tremendous following...and it just offended the white community", a sentiment shared by pianist Billy Taylor who said that the "coverage and that picture just slammed the door shut for him".

Among Eckstine's recordings of the 1950s was a 1957 duet with Sarah Vaughan, "Passing Strangers", a minor hit in 1957, but an initial No. 22 success in the UK Singles Chart.

The 1960 Las Vegas live album, No Cover, No Minimum, featured Eckstine taking a few trumpet solos and showcased his nightclub act. He recorded albums for Mercury and Roulette in the early 1960s, and appeared on Motown albums during the mid to late 1960s. After recording sparingly during the 1970s for Al Bell's Stax/Enterprise imprint, the international touring Eckstine made his last recording, the Grammy-nominated Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter in 1986.

Eckstine made numerous appearances on television variety shows, including on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Nat King Cole Show, The Tonight Show with Steve Allen, Jack Paar, and Johnny Carson, The Merv Griffin Show, The Art Linkletter Show, The Joey Bishop Show, The Dean Martin Show, The Flip Wilson Show, and Playboy After Dark. He also performed as an actor in the TV sitcom Sanford and Son, and in such films as Skirts Ahoy, Let's Do It Again, and Jo Jo Dancer.

Culturally Eckstine was a fashion icon. He was famous for his "Mr. B. Collar"- a high roll collar that formed a "B" over a Windsor-knotted tie. The collars were worn by many a hipster in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

In 1984 Eckstine recorded his penultimate album, I Am a Singer, arranged and conducted by Angelo DiPippo and featuring Toots Thielemans on harmonica. Eckstine's final recordings were made in November 1986, with saxophonist Benny Carter and released on the 1987 album Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter.

Illness & Death

Eckstine suffered a stroke while performing in Salina, Kansas, in April 1992, and never performed again. Though his speech improved in hospital, Eckstine later had a heart attack, and died a few months later on March 8, 1993, aged 78. Eckstine's final word was "Basie".

Tributes

His friend Duke Ellington recalled Eckstine's artistry in his 1973 autobiography Music is My Mistress: "Eckstine-style love songs opened new lines of communication for the man in the man-woman merry-go-round, and blues a la B were the essence of cool. When he made a recording of Caravan, I was happy and honored to watch one of our tunes help take him into the stratosphere of universal acclaim. And, of course, he hasn't looked back since. A remarkable artist, the sonorous B." ... "His style and technique have seen extensively copied by some of the neocommercial singers, but despite their efforts he remains out front to show how and what should have been done."

Sammy Davis, Jr. made several live appearances and impersonated Eckstine. Not just for comedy reasons, but because Eckstine was a close friend and a supporter of Martin Luther King. Eckstine was a pallbearer at Davis' Funeral in 1990.

Quincy Jones stated in Billboard: "I looked up to Mr. B as an idol. I wanted to dress like him, talk like him, pattern my whole life as a musician and as a complete person in the image of dignity that he projected.... As a black man, Eckstine was not immune to the prejudice that characterized the 1950s." Jones is quoted in The Pleasures of Jazz as also saying of Eckstine: "If he’d been white, the sky would have been the limit. As it was, he didn’t have his own radio or TV show, much less a movie career. He had to fight the system, so things never quite fell into place."

Lionel Hampton: "He was one of the greatest singers of all time.... We were proud of him because he was the first Black popular singer singing popular songs in our race. We, the whole music profession, were so happy to see him achieve what he was doing. He was one of the greatest singers of that era ... He was our singer."

The Title of a 1956 promotional movie by the C. G. Conn Company, Mr. B Natural, is derivative of Eckstine's nickname "Mr. B." (The title character bears no resemblance to Eckstine.)

Discography

Albums

With Howard McGhee

1948 Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (Savoy [rel. 1955])

LP/CD releases/compilations of note

1960 Mr. B: The Great Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (Audio Lab) – 12" LP reissue of The Great Mr. B from DeLuxe/King

1963 Billy & Sarah [with Sarah Vaughan] (Lion) – compilation

1971 Billy Eckstine Together (Spotlite) – 1945 live "radio broadcast" recordings

1979 Billy Eckstine Sings (Savoy Jazz) – compilation

1986 Mister B. and the Band: The Savoy Sessions (Savoy Jazz) – compilation

1986 I Want to Talk About You (Xanadu) – This compilation features Eckstine's earliest recordings, thirteen selections from his 1940–1942 Bluebird sides with the Earl Hines Orchestra; plus three ballads from a 1945 live "radio broadcast" with his big band.

1991 Everything I Have Is Yours: The Best of the MGM Years (Verve/PLG) – 2-CD anthology with 42 tracks (note: the original 2–LP set was issued in 1985 with 30 tracks)

1991 Compact Jazz: Billy Eckstine (Verve/PLG) – compilation

1994 Jazz 'Round Midnight: Billy Eckstine (Verve/PLG) – compilation

1994 Verve Jazz Masters (Volume 22): Billy Eckstine (Verve/PLG) – compilation

1996 Air Mail Special (Drive Archive) – reissue of the 1945 live "radio broadcast" recordings.

1996 The Magnificent Mr. B (Flapper/Pearl) – anthology/compilation of material recorded with Earl Hines (for the Bluebird label), and Eckstine's recordings with his orchestra (for the DeLuxe and National labels).

1997 The Chronological Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra 1944-1945 (Classics) - anthology/compilation

1999 The Chronological Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra 1946-1947 (Classics) - anthology/compilation

2001 Mr. B (ASV/Living Era) – anthology/compilation

2002 Timeless: Billy Eckstine (Savoy Jazz/Denon) – compilation

2002 The Legendary Big Band 1943–1947 (Savoy Jazz/Denon) – 2-CD anthology (all of Eckstine's recordings for the De Luxe and National labels).

2003 The Motown Years (Motown/UMe) – 2-CD anthology

2004 Love Songs (Savoy Jazz/Denon) – compilation

2004 A Proper Introduction to Billy Eckstine: Ballads, Blues and Bebop (Proper) – anthology/compilation

2005 Jukebox Hits 1943–1953 (Acrobat) – anthology/compilation

2005 Early Mr. B: 1940–1953 (Jazz Legends) – anthology/compilation of material recorded with Earl Hines (for the Bluebird label), and Eckstine's recordings with his orchestra (for the DeLuxe, National and MGM labels).

2006 Prisoner of Love: The Romantic Billy Eckstine (Savoy Jazz/Denon) – this is a reissue of Timeless: Billy Eckstine.

2008 All of My Life (Jasmine) – 2-CD anthology (contains 35 tracks recorded for MGM; includes all 10 of his 1956 RCA recordings; and 10 of his 1957–1958 Mercury recordings).

2013 Billy Eckstine: Seven Classic Albums (Real Gone Jazz) – 4-CD reissue package includes these 7 albums, Billy Eckstine's Imagination; Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan Sing the Best of Irving Berlin; Billy's Best!; Basie-Eckstine Incorporated; No Cover, No Minimum; Once More With Feeling; At Basin Street East.

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You like country? I don't really like it but I'll give anything a try. Can you suggest some songs?

I’m just gonna make a bunch of lists for ya.

Katie’s All Time Favorites

Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton

Make Me Wanna - Thomas Rhett

Yours - Russell Dickerson

Heart of the World - Lady Antebellum

Wide Open Space - Dixie Chicks

All We’d Ever Need - Lady Antebellum

Mud on the Tires - Brad Paisley

Drinking Class - Lee Brice

Fallin For You - Dierks Bentley

Blue Ain’t Your Color - Keith Urban

Cowboy Take Me Away - Dixie Chicks

You Were Mine - Dixie Chicks

Free - Zac Brown Band

She’s Everything - Brad Paisley

You’ll Think of Me - Keith Urban

Bed of My Chevy - Justin Moore

Like There’s No Tomorrow - Justin Moore

Til My Last Day - Justin Moore

Flyin Down A Back Road - Justin Moore

A Woman Like You - Lee Brice

You're Still The One - Shania Twain

Golden Oldies

Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash

Hurt - Johnny Cash

Jolene - Dolly Parton

Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver

Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson

Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette

Hello Darlin’ - Conway Twitty

I’d Just Love To Lay You Down - Conway Twitty

Crazy - Patsy Cline

Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man - Loretta Lynn

I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams

Always on My Mind - Willie Nelson

Amarillo by Morning - George Strait

All My Ex's Live in Texas - George Strait

The Classics (From My Childhood)

When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Kraus

Strawberry Wine - Deana Carter

Islands in the Stream - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

Independence Day - Martina McBride

Carrying Your Love With Me - George Strait

Ocean Front Property - George Strait

Ol’ Red - Blake Shelton

XXX’s and OOO’s - Trisha Yearwood

When Boy Meets Girl - Teri Clark

Heads Carolina, Tails California - Jo Dee Messina

Any Man of Mine - Shania Twain

Chattahoochie - Alan Jackson

Fishin’ in the Dark - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

God Blessed Texas - Little Texas

I Like It, I Love It - Tim McGraw

I Will…But - SHeDAISY

Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks

Rodeo - Garth Brooks

Mountain Music - Alabama

Song of the South - Alabama

Maybe It Was Memphis - Pam Tillis

If I Could Make A Living - Clay Walker

Down on the Farm - Tim McGraw

Backwards Baseball Cap Country

Body Like A Backroad - Sam Hunt

Chillin’ It - Cole Swindell

Dirt - Florida Georgia Line

This Is How We Roll - Florida Georgia Line

Sun Daze - Florida Georgia Line

Crash My Party - Luke Bryan

Thinking of You - Dierks Bentley

See You Tonight - Scotty McCreery

Drunk on a Plane - Dierks Bentley

Drunk On You - Luke Bryan

Gonna Wanna Tonight - Chase Rice

Later On - The Swon Brothers

Women Singin’ About Dumb Men

Gunpowder & Lead - Miranda Lambert

Goodbye Earl - Dixie Chicks

Two Black Cadillacs - Carrie Underwood

That Don’t Impress Me Much - Shania Twain

My Give A Damn’s Busted- Jo Dee Messina

Songs That Would Make Good AU Fics

Austin - Blake Shelton

Something Like That - Tim McGraw

Fancy - Reba McEntire

There Goes My Life - Kenny Chesney

He Didn’t Have To Be - Brad Paisley

The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia - Reba McEntire

Colder Weather - Zac Brown Band

Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks

Merry Go Round - Kacey Musgraves

Break Down Here - Julie Roberts

Nothing on But the Radio - Gary Allan

80s Mercedes - Maren Morris

Heartbreak Songs

Like We Never Loved at All - Faith Hill and Tim McGraw

More Like Her - Miranda Lambert

Do I? - Luke Bryan

Somewhere With You - Kenny Chesney

I Can’t Love You Back - Easton Corbin

Tomorrow - Chris Young

There’s Your Trouble - Dixie Chicks

Songs About Rain - Gary Allan

Break Up in a Small Town - Sam Hunt

Feel Good Summer Song -Scotty McCreery

If I Knew Then - Lady Antebellum

Stay - Sugarland

Straight Tequila Night - John Anderson

Watching Airplanes - Gary Allan

Your Side of the Bed - Little Big Town

[tentori21]

SLBP My Playlist Master Post

The other post felt a bit unruly so I made this one so it’s a bit cleaner. The latest update is 07/15/2017.  Here’s my personal playlist so far. I’ve only been through 600/3,456 songs on my Spotify playlist though so this should fill out nicely soon!

If you want to get in on the fun, here’s the link to some song category ideas. http://tentori21.tumblr.com/post/162699614282/slbp-playlist-meme 

  Nobunaga

Reminds me of him: “I Want Candy” https://youtu.be/G6Vw9RGm1tM

Nobunaga to MC: “Everywhere to Me” Michelle Branch https://youtu.be/HLCasyAh7ic

MC to Nobunaga: “Spells” Orgy https://youtu.be/sG-yFf3SyWs

His go to song when he’s sad: “Annani Isshou Datta Noni” by See Saw https://youtu.be/uYcERWBQCXA

(Lyrics:  http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/gundamseed/annaniishoudatta.htm ) “We Used to be so close together but…” This guy is used to everyone betraying him, even people close to him. Yet, he soldiers on.

Reminds me of their story: “Ikusa” Wagakki Band https://youtu.be/Y5zj3dwNxJw

Song he’s embarrassed he likes: “Candy” Mandy Moore https://youtu.be/NkVsJGl5d6E

Act Two: “The Garden of Imperfection” Miro and A’Qila https://youtu.be/gobHCaQA3gI and “When Darkness Comes” Shelby Merry https://youtu.be/Z9–uTfjP2o

  Mitsuhide

Mitsuhide to MC: “Into your Arms” Capital Kings https://youtu.be/D_0B7POXzSQ

MC to Mitsuhide: “Resuscitate Me” September https://youtu.be/51vB15OgHrw

Divine Ending: “Sacrifice” Zella Day https://youtu.be/TAncvkA_-ds

    Yukimura

Yukimura to MC: “Way Back Home” Mako https://youtu.be/r2F6Ralr43I (bonus remix: https://youtu.be/TsTMAOpSGvY )

MC to Yukimura: “Anchor” Tritonal https://youtu.be/JkOXrWGjz_M (bonus remix: https://youtu.be/oyJBdlHFimE)

Reminds me of their story: “The Best Thing” Savage Garden https://youtu.be/R4lf0JRWW90

    Saizo

@yoolee Did a Saizo playlist! http://yoolee.tumblr.com/post/162825831547/slbp-playlist-meme-saizo

Reminds me of him: “Remember We Die” Gemini Syndrome https://youtu.be/kUHsY6gPCys

Saizo to MC: “My Hell” Aaron Richards https://youtu.be/viPofENEZZY

MC to Saizo: “Crucify” Emma Hewitt https://youtu.be/BicDOam1tUg

Reminds me of their story: “When you Wake Up” Dead by April https://youtu.be/ZkqdDgmnQDs I imagine this is more like the MC telling this to Saizo rather than the other way around but I could see it working for Saizo too. 

Saizo’s sad song: Taylor Swift and the Civil Wars “Safe and Sound” https://youtu.be/RzhAS_GnJIc

Saizo’s angsty song: “Redemption” Gackt https://youtu.be/LXp0v93ZRTs (lyrics: http://saishi-gackt.livejournal.com/17067.html )

    Masamune

Masamune to MC: “Curly Sue” Takida https://youtu.be/zRUxhEmzRzY

MC to Masamune: “Atonement” Anberlin https://youtu.be/8rD1zXSTnlc

Reminds me of their story: “Just a Kiss” Lady Antebellum https://youtu.be/v_yTphvyiPU

      Kojuro

Kojuro to MC: “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” Frank Sinatra https://youtu.be/C1AHec7sfZ8

Reminds me of their story: “All My Life” KC & Jo-Jo https://youtu.be/DXvMT_mVbqw

The event story where MC is gone for like 3 whole days and Kojuro is a mess: “Fall to Pieces” Velvet Revolver Seriously, this guy falls apart when MC is gone for a few days…

      Hideyoshi

Reminds me of him: “Just to be Somebody” Runaway Zoo https://youtu.be/fhBx-hW6hPA

MC to Hidyoshi: “Heartbeat Song” Kelly Clarkson https://youtu.be/d4_6N-k5VS4 (Bonus Remix which I personally like better https://youtu.be/VIxRDQVrC8I )

His go to sad song: “Hurt” Johnny Cash  https://youtu.be/vt1Pwfnh5pc (Another awesome version: https://youtu.be/lrEy46OkVXg )

      Toshiie/Inuchiyo

@hajeema Made a full Toshiie list! https://hajeema.tumblr.com/post/162988371821/slbp-playlist-meme-inuchiyo  

Reminds me of him: “The Jolly Roger” Vamps https://youtu.be/AV9UKkT9eLw

Toshiie to MC: “My Heart I Surrender” I Prevail https://youtu.be/4LiymHEuSOA

Song he sings in the shower/car: “Night by Night” Chromeo https://youtu.be/6XCcWlgVqHA (OMG the video reminds me more of Shingen though…)

Song that reminds me of their story: “Let’s Get Married” Jagged Edge https://youtu.be/9XwPCVvMcuE (Bonus Remix: https://youtu.be/Mo1HaVN1Pt0 )

Song he would sing in the car/shower: “Separate Ways” Journey

Angsty/Sad Song: “Calling” Dead by April https://youtu.be/9ycOIsMOTy8 I posted a lyric video because this song could really go either way, Sad song or Angsty Song

Toshiie to MC in Hideyoshi’s Route: “Fool’s Gold” Aaron Carter https://youtu.be/ugskNSdZbac

    Ieyasu

Reminds me of him: “Blue Monday” Orgy https://youtu.be/aJZTfl3DmCU

Ieyasu to MC: “Enjoy the Silence” Depeche Mode https://youtu.be/m0AKJMGxwpE  (Bonus version by my favorite band: https://youtu.be/cpD5695Kfis )

MC to Ieyasu: “This is Love” Cappa  https://youtu.be/wNHuolLp-RM and “Knife” Nola Wren https://youtu.be/e3xQvfQoCHQ

Embarrassed the he likes it/Should play for Mc but won’t: “I Really Like You” Carly Rae Jepsen https://youtu.be/qV5lzRHrGeg

    Mitsunari

MC to Mitsunari: “Stranger Ways” Anberlin https://youtu.be/E_yan51myNI and “On and On” Agnes https://youtu.be/tJJBajoexGg

Reminds me of their story: “Under Your Spell” The Birthday Massacre https://youtu.be/O-8IYWMltIg

    Kenshin

@lilmisscastle made a full Kenshin list! http://lilmisscastle.tumblr.com/post/162939754786/slbp-playlist-meme

Reminds me of him: “Birds of Prey” Anberlin https://youtu.be/gutxQBORnNo

Kenshin to MC: “Start of Time” Gabrielle Alpin https://youtu.be/yWcGtLblBxs

MC to Kenshin: “Glow” Tony Anderson https://youtu.be/-161eYBXnGY

Song the reminds me of their story: “Tsuioku” Wagaki Band https://youtu.be/6SIsSa23RAE (lyrics: http://www.jpopasia.com/wagakkiband/lyrics/289606/yasouemaki/tsuioku-%E8%BF%BD%E6%86%B6/ )

His sad song: “One” The Birthday Massacre https://youtu.be/zyYcS5kidhw

His angsty song: “I’m not an Angel” Halestorm https://youtu.be/TyAKdS3lk3Y

Kenshin’s Divine Ending: “Tears of an Angel” RyanDan https://youtu.be/gg4zxY1vF1w

His MC’s sad/angsty song: “Without You” The Birthday Massacre https://youtu.be/zRRUtLlQzQY

    Shingen

Reminds me of him: “Forever and Never” Cinema Bizarre https://youtu.be/FPShFK0g7qs

and “Animals” Maroon 5 https://youtu.be/qpgTC9MDx1o

MC to Shingen: “Stay with You” Clare https://youtu.be/XNnLewM6A7I

Sings in the Shower/Car: “Dance Like We’re Making Love” Ciara https://youtu.be/Fw_crqWYBCM

Go to party song: “All for You” Janet Jackson https://youtu.be/xvkblzKP29g

His angsty song: “As a Butterfly” Dead by April https://youtu.be/yfgGBpV0ARk He knew he was going to die before her, he always knew that…

His MC’s angsty/sad song: “Guernica” Brand New https://youtu.be/BJQv1WnRXD0

Chapter where they burn the castle down: “Chaos” I Prevail https://youtu.be/KrzWkeVHUJw

    Shigezane

Shigezane to MC: “You and Me” Lifehouse https://youtu.be/ac3HkriqdGQ

Shigezane to every woman Kojuro stole from him: “Don’t You Forget About Me” Simple Minds https://youtu.be/CdqoNKCCt7A (Bonus Cover version: https://youtu.be/zBdQVBJ34pw )

  Bonus Tracks

“Creatures of the Night” Menno de Jong (Ninja theme) https://youtu.be/OqS7CjkU6Yk

“The Heart Wants What it Wants” Selena Gomez (MC and Kotaro’s theme) https://youtu.be/ij_0p_6qTss

“Starstrukk” 3Oh!3 and Katy Perry (Kirigakure Yuki) https://youtu.be/4dUlhq-tc0I

“Release Me” Agnes (MC to Nobuyuki) https://youtu.be/0G7eDpMGe1k

[uacboo]

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme has died of esophageal cancer and complications from heart disease, according to published reports. He was 73 years old.

Demme is best known for directing “The Silence of the Lambs,” the 1991 horror-thriller that was a box office smash and a critical triumph. The story of an FBI analyst (Jodie Foster) who uses a charismatic serial killer (Anthony Hopkins) to track a murderer became only the third film in history to win Academy Awards in all the top five categories ( picture, actor, actress, director, and adapted screenplay), joining the ranks of “It Happened One Night” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”

Though he had his greatest success terrifying audiences, most of Demme’s work was looser and quirkier. He showed a great humanism and empathy for outsiders in the likes of “Melvin and Howard,” the story of a service station owner who claimed to have been a beneficiary of Howard Hughes, and “Something Wild,” a screwball comedy about a banker whose life is turned upside down. He also scored with “Married to the Mob” and oversaw “Stop Making Sense,” a documentary about the Talking Heads that is considered to be one of the great concert films.

Following “The Silence of the Lambs,” Demme used his clout to make “Philadelphia,” one of the first major studio films to tackle the AIDS crisis and a movie that won Tom Hanks his first Oscar for playing a gay lawyer.

The director most recently made 2015’s “Ricki and the Flash,” starring Meryl Streep as an aging rocker who must return home to Indiana due to a family crisis.

He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for directing “Swimming to Cambodia” in 1988, and his 2009 feature “Rachel Getting Married” drew Indie Spirit nominations for best feature and director.

Demme won the International Documentary Association’s Pare Lorentz Award in 1997 for his film “Mandela,” and his docu “Jimmy Carter Man From Plains” picked up the Fipresci Award at the Venice Film Festival in 2007. He made two documentaries about Haiti, 1988’s “Haiti Dreams of Democracy” and 2003’s critically acclaimed “The Agronomist.” Of the latter the New York Times said, “The turbulence that led to the removal of Jean-Bertrand Aristide from Haiti’s presidency gives ‘The Agronomist,’ a superb new documentary by Jonathan Demme, a melancholy timeliness. Its hero, Jean Dominique, embodies the fragile, perpetual hope that Haiti might someday nurture a just and decent political order.” Another standout documentary was 1992’s “Cousin Bobby,” about Demme’s cousin, an Episcopalian priest in Harlem.

In addition to “Stop Making Sense,” Demme did documentaries on the Pretenders, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young, and he also directed quite a number of music videos, drawing a Grammy nomination in 1987 for best long form music video for “Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid.”

After the enormous success of “The Silence of the Lambs” (ranked No. 23 on IMDb’s Top 250 movies; worldwide gross $273 million), Demme returned a couple times to the conventional Hollywood thriller genre with 2002’s lighthearted “Charade” remake “The Truth About Charlie,” which starred Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton and proved a disservice to the classic Stanley Donen original, and 2004’s big-budget, high-profile remake of “The Manchurian Candidate,” starring Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber and Meryl Streep, which just about broke even but had its fans among those who had not seen John Frankenheimer’s classic original.

Demme’s very conventional 1993 film “Philadelphia,” starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington, brought the subject of AIDS to the attention of Americans previously uninterested or biased against the disease’s perceived victims. Hanks starred as a man with AIDS wrongfully fired because of his condition, and Washington played his lawyer. The film won Oscars for Hanks’ noble, courageous performance and for Bruce Springsteen’s song “Streets of Philadelphia,” and Ron Nyswaner’s script was Oscar nominated. His 1998 adaptation of Toni Morrison novel “Beloved” starred Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey.

Demme came to the attention of Hollywood with the 1980 film “Melvin and Howard,” in which Jason Robards starred as a bearded, bedraggled Howard Hughes encountered by struggling Everyman Melvin Dumont, who helps Howard out — only to be left $156 million in a Hughes will of dubious authenticity. The film worked because it was not about Hughes but about Dumont, played by Paul Le Mat (one of Demme’s favorite actors). Roger Ebert said: “Dummar is the kind of guy who thinks they oughta make a movie out of his life. This time, he was right.” The film drew three Oscar nominations, winning for best supporting actress (Mary Steenburgen) and original screenplay (Bo Goldman), while Robards also drew a nomination.

The 1984 film “Swing Shift,” a romantic dramedy set on the homefront during WWII and starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, was directed by Demme but taken out of his hands by the studio and recut, reportedly to make Hawn’s characterization more flattering.

The same year, however, he also directed Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense.” Reviewing it when it was re-released in 1999, the San Francisco Chronicle wrote of the “tingle of satisfaction” that comes “when a piece of entertainment is so infectious, so original and so correct in its judgments that a viewer can sink into his seat — secure in the knowledge that you’re in good hands. Has there ever been a live concert film as vibrant or as brilliantly realized?”

In 1986 Demme perfectly paired Jeff Daniels and Melanie Griffiths in the offbeat, New Wave-flavored indie comedy “Something Wild” and drew an erotically anarchical performance from Griffiths — she quickly convinces Daniels’ ordinary business guy that she’s capable of anything. The first hour of the film is, as Roger Ebert suggested, “filled with such a headlong erotic charge that it’s hard to see how he can sustain it” — and Demme couldn’t, but even the second half wasn’t bad. The film featured an impressive debut from Ray Liotta as Griffiths’ lunatic ex-boyfriend as well as performances by John Waters, John Sayles and cult band the Feelies.

Film Quarterly declared in 1987 that Demme’s career in the 1980s “represents the interesting case of an American director experimenting with film-making at once trendy and radical.” This was exemplified by both “Stop Making Sense” and “Something Wild.”

Demme next shot brilliant monologuist Spalding Gray’s “Swimming to Cambodia” for the screen, with excellent results all around. The Austin Chronicle said, “Laurie Anderson’s tribal score and Demme’s perfectly executed direction take us right inside the mind of this eccentric genius.”

The director’s 1988 comedy “Married to the Mob,” starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Alec Baldwin, with excellent supporting performances by Dean Stockwell as the Mafia boss and Mercedes Ruehl as his far fiercer wife, was a critical and popular success. The New York Times said: “Jonathan Demme is the American cinema’s king of amusing artifacts: blinding bric-a-brac, the junkiest of jewelry, costumes so frightening they take your breath away. Mr. Demme may joke, but he’s also capable of suggesting that the very fabric of American life may be woven of such things, and that it takes a merry and adventurous spirit to make the most of them. In addition, Mr. Demme has an unusually fine ear for musical novelty, and the sounds that waft through his films heighten the visual impression of pure, freewheeling vitality. If making these films is half as much fun as watching them, Mr. Demme must be a happy man.”

The 2008 film “Rachel Getting Married,” which bore some similarities to Noah Baumbach’s 2007 effort “Margot at the Wedding,” starring Nicole Kidman, while prefiguring Demme’s own “Ricki and the Flash,” provided an excellent vehicle for Anne Hathaway to demonstrate acting ability in a largely unsympathetic but intriguing role of a young woman, out of rehab long enough to attend the wedding of the sister she’s jealous of. It was also a celebration of multiculturalism, which struck some critics as didactic or politically correct.

Demme directed an adaptation of the Ibsen play “The Master Builder,” penned by and starring Wallace Shawn, in 2013. In 2015, in addition to “Ricki and the Flash,” he directed the docu-series “The New Yorker Presents,” bringing to life the iconic magazine.

Robert Jonathan Demme was born in Baldwin, Long Island, New York, and attended the University of Florida. Like John Sayles, he began his directing career in Roger Corman’s stable, helming women’s prison exploitation film “Caged Heat” in 1974; nostalgic road trip film “Crazy Mama,” starring Cloris Leachman, in 1975; and Peter Fonda action film “Fighting Mad” in 1976.

The Altman-esque look at small town residents who are CB radio users “Handle With Care” (aka “Citizens Band”) (1977), starring Paul Le Mat and Candy Clark, earned a review (albeit not a glowing one) in the New York Times: “Handle With Care” is “so clever that its seams show. Mr. Demme’s tidiest parallels and most purposeful compositions are such attention-getters that the film has a hard time turning serious for its finale, in which characters who couldn’t communicate directly come to understand one another at long last.”

He followed “Handle With Care” with the Hitchcockian thriller “Last Embrace,” starring Roy Scheider and Janet Margolin, but his next film, “Melvin and Howard” shared the sensibility of “Handle With Care” but showed an assured, mature director, and the acclaim it received firmly established Demme’s Hollywood career.

In 2006 Demme was presented with the National Board of Review’s Billy Wilder Award. Demme’s nephew, director Ted Demme, died in 2002 at age 38.

Demme was married to director-producer Evelyn Purcell. He is survived by second wife Joanne Howard and their three children: Ramona, Brooklyn and Jos.

RIP Jonathan Demme. Nice write up about his interesting career from Carmel Dagan in Variety.