#R.I.P SOCIETY RECORDS

[metalsongoftheday]

Monday, October 23: Riot, "On the Wings of Life"

R.I.P. Mark Reale (1955-2012)

Sons of Society continued Riot’s run of power metal records, though on the margins it began to get a bit bluesier and invoke touches of their mid ‘80s discography, especially when it came to Mike DiMeo’s vocals.  “On the Wings of Life” opened the record with killer drumming from Bobby Jarzombek that arguably had more personality than the riffing.  It wasn’t as frantic or OTT as Thundersteel, but it was better as a result, since Jarzombek’s accents and fills were multi-dimensional and pushed the song (and by extension the rest of the band) forward in not entirely linear ways.  Over all of this, DiMeo was throatier in his singing, and while it generally consistent with his vocals on previous Riot platters, it was less overtly metallic and a bit more spacious.  The challenge with “On the Wings of Life” was the same conundrum that Riot always faced: it was somehow associated with a well-known sound while also sounding out of place, and while that should’ve redounded to their benefit by virtue of sounding both familiar and unique, it more often left the band without a real foundation or home.

[makeste]

BnHA Chapter 328: Pandora’s Box of Discourse

Previously on BnHA: DEKU TOOK A BATH.

Today on BnHA: 

Also Naomasa grew a beard. Goddamn. 

please let this be a cool chapter that plays nice with my ADHD lol

(ETA: lol I feel guilty because a lot of people hated this chapter, but I’m just happy there was a lot of stuff to make fun of, and also that I have another week to work on my backlog of meta posts since the kids were MIA.)

around one month ago?? ah, okay, so we’re gonna find out what was in that Tartarus security file huh

I love that they just randomly set the place on fire

was it necessary to do this in order to escape? no. was it a good idea to set the island they were occupying on fire while they were in the midst of still occupying it? uh. was it cinematic as fuck? fuck yeah

wow it’s a pervert!!

that’s so great that the villains set loose this fine fellow who I’m sure is definitely not a serial rapist. truly the LoV is so noble and misunderstood. they’re just trying to free society from its chains people

oh my god??!

SHANKED!!! oh my god I cheered for Stain before I realized what I was doing. time to have an identity crisis I guess

so he’s all “hey what’s going on.” which, while a respectable question, is something I personally would have waited to ask until I had put a bit of distance between myself and the fiery murder island. but that’s just my personal preference

Stain you really are tenacious I’ll give you that

“what’s the point of escaping prison if you’re not gonna be smart about it” well shit. anyways yeah you’re dead right, society is in the process of collapsing and the outside world is in total chaos, good call there

oh shit

I mean it’s not like we really expecting anything otherwise, but still. fucking brutal. I feel like these guys’ fates were decided the minute that one guy called AFO “scum” back in chapter 94. AFO is unmatched at getting long-term revenge

??

ahh, was it the security footage??

fdsdfk he’s still alive??

and he’s immediately launching into an inappropriately theatrical monologue even as the darkness closes in on him fdlfksjdlk. you know, was it ever confirmed that the other guy back in chapter 297 was Seiji’s dad? I’m just saying

very impressed that he’s still coherent enough to weigh the pros and cons before making the decision to gamble on giving this info to Stain, who at the very least has his own moral code and isn’t allied with AFO. it was definitely still a risk, but as we now know it was also the right call

what a weird alliance. so Stain tells him that he’ll give it to a just person, and the guy is all,

okay for real though I’m gonna need someone to run a DNA test on this guy. maybe it was some kind of cuckold situation?? the other guy had the family resemblance, but this guy absolutely 100% raised Shishikura Seiji and you are not going to convince me otherwise

anyway, so Stain is all,

PRISON GUARD: “???? ??????? what the hell. what the fuck does that fucking mean. I’m dying here, jesus christ, whatever man fuck you”

(ETA: I kind of feel like this might have been Stain’s last appearance in the manga, given all the fanfare. there’s not really much else he can do for the story at this point, and he seems to have gotten all the character development Horikoshi was planning on giving him. so if this really is it, hasta la vista and good riddance I guess.)

DWLFDKSLDK MEANWHILE, OUTSIDE

(ETA: I feel like this is meant to be evocative of that Sermon on the Mount painting, but in a really fucked up way lol.)

if it were me stumbling upon this scene I would just shake my head and walk right back into the flaming building. not getting involved in that mess. sorry not sorry. I’ll take my chances with the fire, especially given that it’s half-assed neutered BnHA fire lol

blah blah blah and so he decided to pass the info on to All Might -- HOT DAMN, HOLY SHIT

NAOMASA HOLY SHIT. THE APOCALYPSE LOOKS GOOD ON YOU, BOY

“I really like that facial scruff thing Aizawa’s got going on, I think I’m gonna get in on that” yes sir. “also thinking of ditching the tie in favor of the bulletproof vest look. also thinking of getting totally fucking jacked.” good lord. except I’m pretty sure that’s just body armor, but also I don’t care. anyway I should probably stop staring and actually read the fucking speech bubbles here lol

“All Might first handed this information over to Nao, and then went to see Deku, and then came back to Nao” thanks for that tidy little summary Horikoshi. we are capable of piecing events together in sequential order, I just want you to know that. but thank you

“so has Deku finally gotten a bath? also, sucks that Stain saved the day, but what are you gonna do” Nao I missed you so fucking much and didn’t even realize. how am I just now realizing that you are the perfect man

for a second I was gonna ask why Tartarus’s security systems would be cut off from the outside world, and then I remembered that’s a basic security control, and then I actually got impressed by how sensible that is. like, it’s been a while since I could genuinely say that the good guys (excluding class 1-A) did something smart. not that it helped them much in the end, but still

anyway so they’re talking about how AFO was able to coordinate the attack by communicating between his horcrux self on the outside and his ugly peanut-faced self on the inside

huh

okay you have my attention. I am taking notes here lol please continue

ah okay so he says that prior to Jakku, the transfer of information between him and his Vestige self was only one-way. but post-Jakku when Deku was in the hospital, he was able to tell what was happening inside the OFA Radical Lisa Frank Dead People Book Club Realm when he touched him. I feel like we established that before, actually. but he didn’t talk about how it actually felt, though

boy we already know this lol. yes AFO can talk with his horcrux self. and he can also communicate with his little bro in OFA too, let’s talk about that sometime why don’t we. what exactly does that imply, based on the rules we’ve established here

my god I cannot get over Naomasa and his fucking facial hair

no wonder All Might was in such a hurry to leave Deku and get back here

like I have no idea what this radio waves nonsense is but my god, people

that jawline. also so it’s a quirk, I see. except last I checked Deku didn’t have a radio waves quirk, so that doesn’t really explain his connection to AFO. but whatever, hopefully we’re at least getting closer to some kind of reveal here

(ETA: since I sometimes forget that other people’s lives don’t revolve around my theory posts, here are the two relevant links if you by chance want to know my thoughts about this.

Hagakure is still The U.A. Traitor™ regardless of whether Deku is passing information on to AFO through his psychic link, which he almost certainly is.

speaking of said psychic link, Deku is a horcrux.

just posting these now, because whenever trippy OFA stuff happens I tend to get an influx of theory asks. so hopefully this will be a bit of a time saver lol.)

-- wait, what

THAT’S what the recording was??!? holy SHIT. I genuinely was not expecting that. y’all wiretapped his fucking telepathy. fucking quirks, man. wild

AND THEY USED THAT POWER TO DETERMINE WHAT WE ALREADY KNEW, HUZZAH. GOOD SHOW

-- oh shit wait lol, except I forgot we’re not talking about 38 days from the present, we’re talking about 38 days from the date the conversation was recorded. heh. um

yeah that’s the face I would make too if All Fucking Might just casually told me we had eight days left until the end times

oh, pardon me. three fucking days

r.i.p. anyone who thought we were going to have another band arc sob. I sure hope Deku is enjoying that nap

(ETA: I realize people were hoping for a longer rest period here, but given that the man warned us all the way back in chapter 306 that we were entering the final act, you can’t really blame him too much when that turns out to be true. anyway but I do recognize that we’ve reached the point in the story where this kind of discourse is going to become a weekly occurrence, simply because there’s no possible way for Horikoshi’s actual endgame to line up perfectly with the variable headcanons of millions of fans, all of whom have wildly differing and in many cases contradictory expectations which can’t possibly all be fulfilled. anyway, so I’m already bracing myself for that lol. this coming year is going to be a wild ride.)

damn, U.A. out here looking like the motherfucking United Nations

-- is this U.A.?? I actually just realized, U.A. is four interconnected buildings, not two. wait holy shit is this Shiketsu?

wait holy SHIT

based on the overwhelmingly powerful vibes of bureaucratic incompetence, I’m thinking this really is the (future) U.N., or whatever organization it is that deals with international hero stuff

“just let them handle it themselves I’m sure they’ll be fine” yeah okay, thanks guys. appreciate it

wait oh shit did he say that it’s not just Japan?

soooo, what you’re telling me is that AFO is this close to bringing about the end of not just Japan, but the entire world, and you guys don’t think it’s a good idea to help the Japanese heroes stop him? so, genuine follow-up question: are you guys already planning your rich people exodus into space a la Wall-E, and that’s why you don’t give a fuck?? like, what??

omg international heroes

these guys are from World Hoodie Mission, right? is this Horikoshi’s way of reminding me to buy tickets

(ETA: and it worked too lol.)

WHO??? WHAT???

don’t tell me you’re introducing yet another badass new female character for me to fall in love with only to watch as you dismember them and/or blow them up, Horikoshi. I’m getting tired of playing this game my dude. don’t lie and tell me this time will be different. we’re not doing this again goddammit

noooooooooooooooooooo

god fucking dammit lmao. [sighs and rips the previous paragraph into shreds]

on behalf of Americans I apologize for our superheroes always being Like This

I also apologize because I love her already and I’m gonna be shameless about it. so fucking shameless you guys

is her fucking hair red white and blue. it is, isn’t it

this is the volume cliffhanger, 100% lol. it will take every ounce of Horikoshi’s willpower not to put her on the volume cover. he’ll have to settle for the spine or the inner cover this time because Deku VS his class 1-a superpals takes precedence. but it will be a close thing let me tell you

tbh it’s that smile that does it for me. she’s definitely All Might’s protege. get out there and show them how it’s done girl. and maybe call Salaam and BRD and see if you can’t convince them to play hooky from their governments as well. why not. world’s ending in three days you guys. “sorry, I’m busy this weekend” ain’t gonna cut it lol

so while I am not fully caught up with Vigilantes, I have read far enough to know that there’s an American hero named Captain Celebrity whose superpower from what I recall is being a humongous douchebag. and while I haven’t read far enough to know what happens to this guy, I can’t say I’m very disappointed to learn that he’s no longer the number one hero in the U.S. (actually, didn’t they kick him out and that’s why he moved to Japan to begin with?). anyway, so my thanks to Horikoshi for having a marginally higher opinion of Americans than Furuhashi, even though we have definitely not done anything to warrant said opinion lately, and you may have inadvertently opened the door to a pandora’s box of discourse lmao

(ETA: lol I went into the tags and they don’t disappoint. “why is she dressed like a flag” because she’s an homage to Captain America and Major Victory and literally every other character on this list. again, I apologize for fictional American superheroes being Like This. “oh boy another thicc waifu to make the fanboys happy” look, tumblr fandom never seems to have a problem thirsting over Dabi or Tomura or Aizawa or Nao, lol, I’m just saying. “where is Captain Celebrity” idk, probably murdered by the exploding bee cartel, let’s just be grateful for our good fortune and try not to Beetlejuice the man.)

anyway, so let’s see if Horikoshi’s recent character development with regards to making Mineta not terrible anymore will apply to other aspects of his writing as well. I know I was making light of discourse just now, but I do think the complaints about him introducing yet another new character at the 11th hour to be cannon fodder in the final battle are absolutely valid. and again, it wouldn’t be a problem if he didn’t keep maiming/killing off his female characters one by one instead of developing them and letting them kick ass long-term. but that said, I will never complain about Horikoshi adding another female character to the series, regardless of how clumsy the attempt may be. go ahead and pander away, just give us more girl power lol

anyway so we’ll see how it goes, but I think I’m gonna be optimistic and let myself hope once again, even though I’m probably gonna regret it lol. it is what it is. she is standing on an airplane just chilling for fuck’s sake. I’m only human. anyway fingers crossed

[midnightcitv]

i will try to be brief (spreadsheet edition)

tracklist

Runs in the Family by Amanda Palmer

Runs in the Family by Amanda Palmer

(10)

Father by The Front Bottoms

The Louvre by Lorde

(9)

A Burning Hill by Mitski

Daddy Issues by The Neighbourhood

Kyoto by Phoebe Bridgers

(8)

Class of 2013 by Mitski

(7)

Business Man by Mother Mother

I Know The End by Phoebe Bridgers

Indigo Night by Tamino

Nobody by Mitski

R.I.P. 2 My Youth by The Neighbourhood

Savior Complex by Phoebe Bridgers

The Adults Are Talking by The Strokes

(6)

A Better Son/Daughter by Rilo Kiley

Cemetery by COIN

Hayloft by Mother Mother

Is There Somebody Who Can Watch You by The 1975

Should Have Known Better by Sufjan Stevens

That Funny Feeling by Bo Burnham

Washing Machine Heart by Mitski

(5)

Are You Satisfied? by MARINA

Boys Don't Cry by The Cure

Brand New City by Mitski

cowboy like me by Taylor Swift

How to Be a Heartbreaker by MARINA

Hurt by Johnny Cash

Like Real People Do by Hozier

Motion Sickness by Phoebe Bridgers

No Children - Jordan Lake Sessions Volume 1 by The Mountain Goats

Problems by Mother Mother

Saint Bernard by Lincoln

Writer In The Dark by Lorde

(4)

26 by Paramore

A Sadness Runs Through Him by The Hoosiers

A Well Respected Man by The Kinks

Are You Bored Yet? (feat. Clairo) by Wallows,Clairo

Brother by Gerard Way

Cringe - Stripped by Matt Maeson

Diet Soda Society by The Maine

Dust Bowl Dance by Mumford & Sons

Dynasty by Rina Sawayama

First Love / Late Spring by Mitski

Friday I'm In Love by The Cure

Grave Digger by Matt Maeson

I Bet on Losing Dogs by Mitski

I Don't Smoke by Mitski

ICU by Phoebe Bridgers

Last Words of a Shooting Star by Mitski

Little Lion Man by Mumford & Sons

mirrorball by Taylor Swift

Prodigal Son by Rationale

Say My Name - Recorded At Spotify Studios NYC by Hozier

The Mask by Matt Maeson

The Outsider by MARINA

Townie by Mitski

(3)

...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

33 “GOD” by Bon Iver

Achilles Come Down by Gang of Youths

Be Nice To Me by The Front Bottoms

Big Brother - 2016 Remaster by David Bowie

Body by Mother Mother

Bones by The Killers

brutal by Olivia Rodrigo

Burning Pile by Mother Mother

Bust Your Knee Caps - Johnny Don't Leave Me by Pomplamoose

cellophane by FKA twigs

Chinese Satellite by Phoebe Bridgers

Cleopatra by The Lumineers

Daddy Lessons by Beyoncé

Dead Inside by Younger Hunger

Dead Sea by The Lumineers

Dinner & Diatribes by Hozier

Everybody Talks by Neon Trees

Favorite Liar by The Wrecks

Fine, Great by Modern Baseball

First Class by Rainbow Kitten Surprise

Foreigner's God by Hozier

Freakin' Out On the Interstate by Briston Maroney

Ghosting by Mother Mother

I Am Not a Robot by MARINA

I Gave You All by Mumford & Sons

I'm Not In Love by Kelsey Lu

Jackie And Wilson by Hozier

Kids by Current Joys

Let It All Out (10:05) by COIN

Little Pistol by Mother Mother

Material Girl by Madonna

Mind Over Matter (Reprise) by Young the Giant

mirrored heart by FKA twigs

Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) by Taylor Swift

My Mom by Kimya Dawson

New Year’s Day by Taylor Swift

no body, no crime (feat. HAIM) by Taylor Swift,HAIM

Pleaser by Wallows

Poor Little Rich Boy by Regina Spektor

Portrait I by The Howl & The Hum

Salt In The Wound by Julien Baker,Phoebe Bridgers,Lucy Dacus

Secrets and Lies by Ruelle

Talk by Hozier

The Archer by Taylor Swift

The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel

Use Somebody by Kings of Leon

White Blank Page by Mumford & Sons

Working for the Knife by Mitski

Your Best American Girl by Mitski

Youth by Daughter

(2)

20 Something by SZA

A Mask of My Own Face by Lemon Demon

Abbey by Mitski

Ain't No Grave by Johnny Cash

All the King's Horses by Karmina

All the Rowboats by Regina Spektor

American Money by BØRNS

Angel Eyes and Basketball by Foot Ox

As the World Caves In by Sarah Cothran

Bad Bad Things by AJJ

Bathtub by The Front Bottoms

Beautiful Crime by Tamer

Because of You by Kelly Clarkson

Behind These Hazel Eyes by Kelly Clarkson

Big Black Car by Gregory Alan Isakov

Billy Brown by MIKA

Bird Song by Florence + The Machine

Black Eyes by Radical Face

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

Bottom of the River by Delta Rae

Brazil by Declan McKenna

Brother by Kodaline

Busy Boy by Chloe x Halle

Candles by Daughter

Carmen by Lana Del Rey

Carry That Weight - Remastered 2009 by The Beatles

Chemtrails Over The Country Club by Lana Del Rey

Choke by I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME

Cigar by Tamino

Cigarette Daydreams by Cage The Elephant

Coffee by Jack Stauber's Micropop

Cold Cold Cold by Cage The Elephant

Criminal by Fiona Apple

Cry by Carly Rae Jepsen

Cupid's Chokehold / Breakfast in America by Gym Class Heroes

Curses by The Crane Wives

Dancing With Your Ghost by Sasha Alex Sloan

David by Noah Gundersen

Death of a Bachelor by Panic! At The Disco

DeMarcus Cousins & Ashley by Hobo Johnson

Demons by The National

Do I Wanna Know? by Arctic Monkeys

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood by Yusuf / Cat Stevens

Dread In My Heart by Mother Mother

Dreams - 2004 Remaster by Fleetwood Mac

Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears

False Confidence by Noah Kahan

Fucked My Way Up To The Top by Lana Del Rey

Girl With One Eye by Florence + The Machine

Girls in the Hood by Megan Thee Stallion

Golden Dandelions - Acoustic by Barns Courtney

Golden Slumbers - Remastered 2009 by The Beatles

Gun Song by The Lumineers

Haunted Heart by WILD

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - 2011 Remaster by The Smiths

Heirloom by Sleeping At Last

Here Come the People in Grey by The Kinks

Hermit the Frog by MARINA

Homemade Dynamite by Lorde

Human - Acoustic by Jon Bellion

I Exist I Exist I Exist by Flatsound

I Know It's Over - 2011 Remaster by The Smiths

I Miss Having Sex But At Least I Don't Wanna Die Anymore by Waterparks

I Wanna Get Better by Bleachers

I Will Survive - Single Version by Gloria Gaynor

I'm not a good person by Pat The Bunny

Impostor Syndrome by Sidney Gish

Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls

It Takes a Lot to Know a Man by Damien Rice

It's Alright by Mother Mother

Judas by BANKS

K. by Cigarettes After Sex

Kiss Her You Fool by Kids That Fly

Kiwi by Harry Styles

Lent by Autoheart

Liability by Lorde

Little Dark Age by MGMT

Lone Star by The Front Bottoms

Look Who’s Inside Again by Bo Burnham

Lovefool - Radio Edit by The Cardigans

Loving Is Easy by Rex Orange County,Benny Sings

Masterpiece by Big Thief

Me and My Friends Are Lonely by Matt Maeson

Millstone by Brand New

Moment's Silence (Common Tongue) by Hozier

Money Power Glory by Lana Del Rey

Mother & Father by BROODS

Mr Loverman by Ricky Montgomery

My House by Declan McKenna

Neptune by Sleeping At Last

No Surprises by Radiohead

Numb by MARINA

Oh No! by MARINA

One by Harry Nilsson

Poplar St by Glass Animals

Promiscuous by Nelly Furtado,Timbaland

Rät by Penelope Scott

Real Men by Mitski

Relay by Fiona Apple

Remember My Name by Mitski

Ruler of Everything by Tally Hall

Saint Bernard 2 by Lincoln

Scene Two - Roger Rabbit by Sleeping With Sirens

Secrets by OneRepublic

Seventeen by MARINA

Shadowboxing by Julien Baker

Ship To Wreck by Florence + The Machine

Sign of the Times by Harry Styles

Simmer by Hayley Williams

Six by Sleeping At Last

Smack a Bitch by Rico Nasty

Social Cues by Cage The Elephant

Something Has to Change by The Japanese House

Sorrow by The National

Space Song by Beach House

Still Don't Know My Name by Labrinth

Still Sane by Lorde

Stoned at the Nail Salon by Lorde

Swimming Pool by The Front Bottoms

Take Care by Beach House

Teen Idle by MARINA

Telescope by Cage The Elephant

Tennis Court by Lorde

The Fall by half•alive

The Kids Aren't Alright by Fall Out Boy

The Man with the Axe by Lorde

The Stand by Mother Mother

The Wolves (Act I and II) by Bon Iver

This December by Ricky Montgomery

this is me trying by Taylor Swift

Thousand Eyes by Of Monsters and Men

tolerate it by Taylor Swift

Tribulation by Matt Maeson

Trouble by Cage The Elephant

Twin Size Mattress by The Front Bottoms

Uncomfortable by Wallows

Unfaithful by Rihanna

Vienna by Billy Joel

Wait by M83

When We Were Young by Adele

Where'd All the Time Go? by Dr. Dog

Work Song by Hozier

You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son by Wolf Parade

You Get Me So High by The Neighbourhood

You Never Give Me Your Money - Remastered 2009 by The Beatles

You're Gonna Go Far, Kid by The Offspring

(BONUS TRACK)

Kyoto - Spotify Singles by Phoebe Bridgers,Jackson Browne

Class of 2013 - Audiotree Live Version by Mitski

That Funny Feeling by Phoebe Bridgers

Hurt - Live From Werchter by Mumford & Sons

Cringe by Matt Maeson

Dust Bowl Dance - Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire, 2010 by Mumford & Sons

Friday I’m In Love - Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC by Phoebe Bridgers

mirrorball - the long pond studio sessions by Taylor Swift

Say My Name by Destiny's Child

...baby one more time by The Marías

...Baby One More Time by Bowling For Soup

Bust Your Kneecaps by Pomplamoose

Daddy Lessons (feat. The Chicks) by Beyoncé,The Chicks

I Gave You All - Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire, 2010 by Mumford & Sons

Mind Over Matter by Young the Giant

The Boxer by Jerry Douglas,Mumford & Sons,Paul Simon

The Boxer - 2002 Remaster by Emmylou Harris

Ain't No Grave by Crooked Still

As the World Caves In by Matt Maltese

Billy Brown - Live from Sadler's Wells, London/2009 by MIKA

Bohemian Rhapsody - Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, London by Queen

I Know It's Over by Jeff Buckley

Iris by Chris Lanzon

One - Single Version by Three Dog Night

You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son (feat. Dan Mangan) by Astral Swans,Dan Mangan

[militantinremission]

Giving Biz Markie his Flowers

As Family, Friends, & Fans say their farewell 2 Biz Markie, I feel compelled 2 say a few words about Our Brother. Mainstream Media seems 2 B as confused about Our love 4 Biz, as They were w/ DMX. They keep referencing 'Just A Friend' as his 'Breakout Hit', but Biz Markie already had several hits spanning 6Yrs when that song dropped. This got me going. Madison Ave. Record Execs have been methodical in their mongrelization of HipHop over the last 30Yrs, but The Original Concept is a Root that cannot B destroyed.

Western Society, being Left Brained, seems compelled 2 label everything in terms that They can understand. 2 Them, Biz Markie is an enigma. As an Artist, Biz doesn't fit the 'Street Thug' image that has been portrayed by Record Cos. over the last 30Yrs. But he was loved & respected on Streets from Coast 2 Coast. Old School Heads remember his Early Days, when Biz could B found hanging @ Albe Square Mall in Downtown Brooklyn. He was The Same Cat that U saw the Night before On Stage... The Brother was genuine.

2day's generation doesn't seem 2 know HipHop History, so They, like Mainstream Media, don't understand what Biz Markie brought 2 'The Game'. As a Human Beat Box, he was exceptional. Doug E. Fresh gets credit as the first. Buffy, The Human Beatbox of 'The Fat Boys' (Disco 3) [R.I.P.], was the most commercial. Biz wasn't Doug or Buffy. He did his Own Thing. He was a trendsetter from the Era when Black Entertainers still lived in 'The Hood'. His dedication 2 Self Promotion took him everywhere. The Brother was in Brooklyn so much, that I was surprised 2 find out that he was from Suffolk County.

The early days of HipHop was about Talent & Originality. Biz Markie's genius was the comedic timing that he put into his songs. He embodied the fundamentals of Peace, Unity, Love, & Having Fun... B-Boys used HipHop as an escape from the everyday life of The Street. We didn't glorify it, We tried 2 rise above it. Biz embodied this better than most of Us. He was a straight up 'Fly Guy'- he wore the clothes & jewelry, & drove the cars; but he was someone U could approach & talk 2. This is why U would see Biz wearing ''Dookey' gold chains in areas where others got robbed. He was Our HipHop Ambassador.

His contributions 2 The Culture R many. He did it all w/ grace & humility. From his appearances in 'Men In Black' & 'Yo Gabba Gabba', 2 his charitable work & the thousands of parties that he deejayed, Biz gave 100%. He was the consummate entertainer. His Style was uniquely his, & We loved him 4 his dedication & determination. He willed himself 2 Greatness, & encouraged Us 2 do the same. I see him like I see DMX, as a Prophet. While Earl Simmons was the Warrior sent 2 battle 4 The Souls of Blackfolk, Marcel Hall was sent 2 remind Us of The Joys of Life. The importance of Family & Friends, doing Good Deeds; & of course, Working Hard & Playing Hard.

-The Brother left a beautiful legacy 2 follow. Well done King!

#RestInPower

#Icon

#StrongIsland

[amethystcria]

AFTER 291 - Revisiting Twice: Was Dabi listening the whole time?

Lmao I’m so mad I didn’t post this before the leaks because wow...I was right. 

Had to re-edit some parts here but here are the evidences I believed Hori left to implied that Dabi was in fact using Twice. Whether his death was plan or not is still to be decided but... Twice was bait.

I am of the unpopular opinion that both Dabi and Hawks are responsible for Twice’s death.

CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR 291

(FYI: This is rather long bc I haven’t done theories in awhile so I don’t know when to shut up and overdramatic as Dabi sometimes lol.)

It could be just a plot hole Horikoshi didn’t realize he left but it’s been simmering in my mind since all the foreshadowing of Dabi’s upcoming broadcast. And with Dabi admitting how he did think of killing Shoto, his brother, for his goals... This theory doesn’t seem so crazy now. 

Now that we know of the elaborate scheme Dabi has been planning for many years (and good for him!) coming to fruition at last! I have to wonder what role was Twice gonna have in his plan? Was Hawks apart of it too? Had they been playing their part this whole time? (Edit: With the leaks 291 the answer is yes.)

When the mansion got invaded it was so strange to me that while everyone was heading to battleground, Dabi, turned the other way. He was heading toward Twice. Why? How? We all knew that when the raid started Skeptic put the blame on Twice + Hawks and tried to find them. He couldn’t because Hawks had removed the mini cams by then. So how did Dabi know where Twice was located and that he was being targeted?

The only way Dabi would know is if he had been keeping tabs on Twice and Hawks. Becoming familiar enough with their habits and thinking to make the conclusion that Hawks would trap Twice in that specific room. We already know Dabi never trusted Hawks and yet he allowed him to get close to Twice. Why? Especially if he could guess that Twice had become Hawks intended target in his double agent agenda. Unless this is what he wanted...

Which is already pretty bad using an ally like this. If Dabi didn’t want Hawks to get Twice he would have mention it beforehand. He had to have wanted this. But hey let’s give Dabi the benefit of the doubt that maybe he allow this because he thought he had high possibility of avoiding the worst outcome: Twice’s death

But then that would mean Dabi was willing to risk Twice’s life in luring Hawks which is what I think he did. 

But did he really?

(I’ll be using the official viz’s translation for these lines quotes but the japanese raws to show there’s no differentiation between word usage in the images itself.)

Chapter 265 Dabi: Looks like sentiment tripped you up after all, hero! Hawks: I could never allow mere sentiment to trip me up.

We know that when Dabi finally reached Twice’s location that he did not immediately come to his rescue. He waited for an opening and him throwing Hawks’s words back at him then always seem like an indication of his arrival time.

However in the following chapter, 266: Happy Life, Dabi retorts one of Hawks’ line again. It’s easy to miss since it’s only one word this time and not a whole sentence. I didn’t catch it until several rereads later.

Dabi: He was just 'unlucky,' huh? Maybe by your screwed-up standards

Hawks: You've just been unlucky, but you can make a fresh start once you pay for your crimes.

We can see that Dabi is quoting a phrase in his thoughts. He is not saying this. And ordinarily this would be fine except when Hawks said this line to Twice, Dabi was nowhere near to hear this. We see at the end of chapter 264 that Dabi is still running up the stairs...

Unless Hawks was yelling this line which I doubt. Or the time passage between these two panels are different somehow, again: press doubt, Dabi should have not been able to hear this line but he did. How? Either this is an overlook on Horikoshi’s part or Dabi somehow had bugged the room. Pretty wild of a guess especially when Hawks would have taken out any cameras I think...but if Dabi had been overhearing their conversation this whole time then it make sense why he had certain trail of thought passed his mind in this panel.

Panel Above Dabi: Twice. This isn't your fault. As always... scummy heroes are to blame.

Twice was despairing in this chapter blaming himself for once again falling for a trap. I always thought it was very nakama-like that Dabi could SOMEHOW sense Twice’s plead and reply to his soul. “This isn’t your fault” is the closest to an apologize from Dabi, because really isn’t his fault. It’s Dabi’s. And god if he had been listening this whole damn time no wonder he thought this when he did. Of course he could’ve also just heard Twice’s agony scream (sfx seen on the top)...

I could go on longer about how Dabi faked shock on Hawks escaping his hold, how his little show of comradery with Twice in combating Hawks was an act in itself. And his reaction toward Twice’s death, the word choice usages, the tone of it all was quite theatrical. Good show, Dabi!! 

It had to have been if it was being recorded. Gotta play the good ally, right?

I always did wonder why there was such a focus on his hand on these panels in the infamous black speech bubble chapter. It’s not like the other panels where the focus is there because of his burns. He had something in his grasp to hide.

Chapter 291 Spoiler:

It was one of Skeptic’s cameras. 

That makes me wonder something though. Was this when he cut off the film? And if so, why? If he knew Skeptic was gonna see it and the world why end the recording there after torturing Hawks? Y’know aside from obviously saying he doesn’t care about the league, etc.

Are we really so sure that this bubble had his name? Or could there be something else? There’s a good chance this censor wasn't just a tease but indication of when the camera stop for a moment.

I gotta say if Dabi’s pre recording still going on then I fear for his next card drawn. What are the chances he recorded some students on the battlefield as well? Students who shouldn’t be there in the first place whose parents have no clue their child/ren are a participant of war. As far as they know they’re suppose to be on a field trip for their work study program. Oh man are hero society gonna have a field day if that’s reveal~

One thing for sure though. Twice was bait. Whether it went according to Dabi’s original plan can be up for debate(as in his death being the goal...since 291 SPOILER: Dabi’s pre-recording voice only mention Hawks killing Jeanist, not Twice) but Dabi was satisfied with the end result either way. R.I.P. TWICE You were such a swell guy but too easy to use. It happens. You had a good life.

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Joy Divison frontman Ian Curtis took his life today Forty years ago, 18th May 1980. On the 35th anniversary of Ian’s passing, the bands bassist Peter Hook played a gig of every Joy Divison song, 44 songs in total, you can watch this video below for one day only. The gig was recorded at Christ Church (the church in which Ian sang as a choirboy in his youth) Macclesfield (Ian’s Home town) on the 18th May 2015. Anniversary Concert Broadcast For The First Time To Celebrate The Life Of Ian Curtis And Joy Division. Beware this video is nearly three hours long, but is well worth watching.

The stream is entirely free but we are asking that people if they are able, please make a donation to Epilepsy Society HERE.

A DVD of the broadcast is also to be released in mid-June by Live Here Now, again proceeds to Epilepsy Society. Details HERE.

Tracklist

At A Later Date

Novelty

Warsaw

No Love Lost

Leaders Of Men

Failures

Glass

Digital

From Safety To Where

Autosuggestion

Exercise One

The Kill

Walked In Line

The Drawback

Disorder

Day Of The Lords

Candidate

Insight

New Dawn Fades

She’s Lost Control

Shadowplay

Wilderness

Interzone

I Remember Nothing

As You Said

Incubation

Komakino

Sound Of Music

Only Mistake

Dead Souls

Atmosphere

Atrocity Exhibition

Isolation

Passover

Colony

Heart Soul

Twenty Four Hours

The Eternal

Decades

Ice Age

Something Must Break

Transmission

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Ceremony

In A Lonely Place

R.I.P. Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 - 18 May 1980) Your music will live forever!!

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𝐏𝐘𝐑𝐑𝐇𝐈𝐂 𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐊 𝐎𝐎𝟏: 𝘖𝘖𝘊 𝘘𝘜𝘌𝘚𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕𝘕𝘈𝘐𝘙𝘌. 

NAME/ALIAS: nora

ANY NICKNAMES?: technically nora’s a nickname cos im an eleanor by birth but….. noreen…. noodles….. hm… definitely others…. at school ppl called me eleawhore which made no sense bcos it was a catholic school  :/

TIMEZONE: GMT

PRONOUNS: she / her.

WHAT’S YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?: libra sun, saggitarius moon, cancer ascendent. 

MBTI?: enfp / infp turbulent, i go between the two xx

FAVORITE FICTIONAL CHARACTER(S)?:   nymphadora tonks, shelly and bobby from twin peaks, rayla from the dragon prince, rue in euphoria, richie tozier, amma crellin, connell from normal people, clementine kruczynski, fraser from wawwa, penelope frm a bigger splash, paddington bear……..

ANY FAVORITE SHOWS?: ummm…  euphoria, freaks n geeks, unreal, stranger things, sex education, sharp objects, glow…. more recently the queens gambit n normal ppl…. 

FAVORITE MOVIES?: oh god oh fuck,…. ok it changes every day cos i work in film stuff but atm ladybird, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, thoroughbreds, dead poets society, coraline, suspiria (new version unpopular opinion ik), my life as a courgette, a bigger splash, mamma mia, baz luhrmann’s romeo + juliet, little women, knives out….. we’ll stop ther…..

FAVORITE VIDEO GAME?: red dead redemption 2 catch me hogtieing angry teenage weebs in the saloon fuck those guys. i also rlly like the sims n stardew valley.

FAVORITE MUSIC ARTIST, ALBUM, OR SONG?: LCD soundsystem, bjork, phoebe bridgers, the avalanches, florence + the machine, billie eilish, king gizzard n the lizard wizard, girlpool, skinny girl diet, courtney barnett……. 

FAVORITE BOOK?: hmmmm maybe the virgin suicides….. idk…. or lolita i loved tht in high school, problematic i kno…. currently im reading white oleanders by janet fitch

DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?: no but my friends  black labrador is my son

IF YOU COULD TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD YOU GO?: hm im not sure, maybe ireland cos most of my family r ther n i’ve only been twice….. or maybe somewher in italy, or new zealand….. nows not really a good time to travel

WOULD YOU RATHER FIGHT ONE HORSE SIZED FUCK OR 10 DUCK SIZED HORSES?: horse sized duck i cant be dealing w them hooves i got kicked by a horse once when i ws workin on a farm n i had to go to hospital lmfao

FMK ( BARRY BEE BENSON, SHREK, OR THE ONCELER ): i mean none of these r good options ur either a nonce or u commit bestiality so this is totally off record but i’d fuck shrek, marry onceler, kill the bee.

ANYTHING YOU’D LIKE TO LINK? THINK YOUR PINTEREST, MAIN, W/E: ummm…. my main is @poxwench​, my pinterest is drugstoreglitter, my twitter is nurphymora.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN RPING FOR?: a fucking decade….. my first experience rping was as a jane from the volturi facebook account R.I.P

DO YOU HAVE ANY FAVORITE TYPES OF CONNECTIONS? ( THINK FRIENDS, ENEMIES, ETC. ): i fUCKING LOVE angsty shit, especially enemies to lovers, i eat that shit up. also slow burn, mutual yearning and pining, where small hand touches make both characters literally die. anythign w a lot of tension basically. i’m also big enough to admit that i enjoy writing smut esp when the characters cant stand each other, i think its a fun time

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE RP EVENTS?: im GMT so i tend to miss them but i love it when theres a chatzy theyr always so chaotic. i rlly like balls n big party events. i thrive, truly. or anything thats like…. people in assigned groups doing like capture the flag or whatever ldgkslg

DO YOU HAVE ANY FAVORITE RP TASKS?:  hmmm maybe character development ones like interview / interrogation ones or character secret tasks.

ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE MAIN CONTACTING YOU IN THE FUTURE FOR RP PLOTS? WE WON’T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT RUNNING IT PAST YOU FIRST: please do, i fuckin love to be torn apart by wolves and eaten by the pack

ANYTHING ELSE?: yea im still not over the fact that u asked me to think about fucking barry bee benson, shrek and the onceler, now i need therapy and i can’t sleep x

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BnHA Chapter 300: Days of Our Todorokis

Previously on BnHA: Hawks was all “hey Jeanist, wanna go on a road trip with me to my mom’s house?” Jeanist was all “you know it,” and so they hopped into Jeanist’s jercedes and took off. Hawks took a nap and had a flashback to his Dickensian childhood living in a abject poverty with his jerk mom and jerk dad, thinking heroes were make-believe until one day Endeavor arrested his dad and Baby Hawks was all “OH SHIT.” And then he saved a bunch of people, and the HPSC was all “what do we have here,” and blah blah blah, you know the rest. Back in the present, Hawks was all “well my life is currently in shambles, but on the plus side there’s no one bossing me around anymore so that’s pretty cool,” and then decided he was going to talk to Endeavor. Fandom was all “I can’t believe Hawks would side with his childhood hero over the man who burned his wings off and posted a video calling him a violent murderer who took after his abusive dad,” so that was fun and stuff. I can’t wait to see what piping fresh takes this new chapter will bring.

Today on BnHA: Our old friend Carbonation Carl tries to loot a Starbucks and gets his ass kicked by a senior citizen. Society is all “YEAH, WE’RE REALLY STARTING TO GET SICK OF THIS SHIT.” Old Man Samurai is all “this room won’t stop me because I can’t read it” and abruptly decides to retire, which, fun fact, is literally THE LEAST HELPFUL THING ANYONE HAS EVER DONE. Anyway so then a bunch of other punkasses follow suit, and while I won’t say that I’m actually starting to root for Stain to kill some peeps, just for the record I’m not not saying that either. Back in the hospital, Endeavor cries some tears because his life sucks, and then is confronted by his entire family, LED BY QUEEN REI, FIRST OF HER NAME, BACK IN BUSINESS AND LARGE AND IN CHARGE. Rei is all “fuck feeling sorry for yourself, we have a rogue Murder Son on the loose” and I swear to god I have never felt so alive.

so here we go! and just for the record, even though the last two chapters have been phenomenal, I don’t necessarily have any sky-high expectations for chapter 300, mostly because chapters 100 and 200 consisted of Mei Boobs, and Toadette and her horrific quirk lmao. so go ahead Horikoshi, what are you gonna pull out of your hat for this one

oh, back to this stuff again. sob

I guess there was only so much time we could spend having hospital antics and exploring Hawks’s past before we got back to dealing with the whole “the world has gone to absolute shit” issue huh, lol

omg

what’s with these bizarrely cute Noumus. why do I want to pet them

so the narrative text is going on about how people have been super paranoid about the Noumu ever since the USJ incident a year ago. so yeah, I guess the fact that there are now a bunch of them confirmed to be running around is really freaking people out even on top of everything else

wtf is happening here

what did this poor lil glass ever do to anyone. r.i.p.

OH MY FUCKING GOD

SODA SAM IS BACK ON THE LAM

tsk tsk tsk. my man has graduated from snatching purses to raiding cafes. going after that big money. this man has no business sense whatsoever lmao

OH BUT WATCH IT NOW!!

OH SNAP THE PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING BACK. WHATCHA GONNA DO NOW SAM

THIS MAN IS 172 YEARS OLD AND HE’S NOT HERE TO PLAY GAMES!!

WTF IS HE LIGHTING THIS THING ON FIRE OR SOME SHIT. GETTEM GRANDPA YEAHHHH HE’S CHARGING AT EM YEAHHHHHH

lmao so that was fun. and now we’re cutting to Wash!! omg. look at him

he’s so dedicated. too bad you don’t have a car like Best Jeanist. probably takes a while when you’re just running everywhere

you see?? you were too slow!!

NOOOO, GRANDPA. he defeated Pepsi Pete, but lost his life in the process. this is too tragic

anyway so the good news is that the cafe has been saved! but the bad news is, there really isn’t much of a cafe left. huh. I guess that’s one of the reasons why people are supposed to get a license to use their quirks like this

oh snap and now everyone is coming outside, and they’re none too happy to see poor old Wash over here

seriously Wash, get a bicycle or something. also the way this guy is gesturing so dramatically with his hand in this sort of “YOU SEE!! YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS!!” manner is sending me

OH MY GOD

HE SPEAKS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS. IT MEANS JEANS PUNS ARE YESTERDAY’S NEWS, FOLKS!! MAKE WAY FOR THE LAUNDRY PUNS. CAN’T WAIT TO WATCH THIS ALL... UNFOLD

“the heroes had dwindled away” okay real talk you guys, it is literally only a matter of time before they press-gang the children into picking up their slack. I still don’t know how to feel about that, but it is happening one way or the other regardless. Child Soldiers 2 Electric Boogaloo. wonder if we’ll see a rise in vigilante action as well

OHO WHAT’S THIS? THIS IS A CHAPTER OF GRANDPAS HUH

-- no fucking way

WOW. WOW. WOWWWWWW

wow. so he didn’t do a fucking thing while the rest of the top ten were being turned into red mist in the previous arc, and now that it’s all over and they need his help more than ever, he decides... THAT IT’S TIME TO RETIRE. holy shit. “fuck you” doesn’t even begin to cover it my guy. you stand there and soak up those boos you coward

ohhhhhhh shiiiiit you guys. oh shit

the “I am not here” breaks my fucking heart for real though y’all. oh man. everything he worked for is gone just like that

(ETA: okay so a couple of the takes I’ve seen on this make it seem like All Might is somehow the bad guy here?? “this is what happens when society puts a bunch of glorified cops on a pedestal”, “finally the cracks in hero society are showing”, etc. etc. so, just a friendly reminder that this isn’t happening because of too much trust and a lack of critical thinking; this is happening because the villains killed all the heroes and broke a bunch of murderers out of jail. it’s happening because an organized league of terrorists succeeded in terrorizing, and so society is now understandably awash in fear and panic. like, it’s just wild to me that AFO is RIGHT FUCKING THERE, and yet week after week fandom still has their “IT’S ALL THE HEROES’ FAULT” signs still up on their lawns. BUT WHATEVER, MOVING ON.)

also though, so exactly how much time is passing here now? I wanted to go straight back to the hospital and see what happens with Deku and the Todorokis. please don’t tell me we’re jumping ahead sob. my aaaaangst

OH SHIT

STAIN. LISTEN UP BUDDY. I KNOW WE’VE HAD OUR DIFFERENCES, AND I STILL DESPISE YOU FOR CRIPPLING TENSEI AND TRYING TO KILL MY BEST BOY TENYA. BUT AS IT HAPPENS, THERE ARE ONE OR TWO OTHER HEROES OUT THERE NOW WHO I WOULDN’T MIND YOU PAYING A VISIT I’M JUST SAYING

LOL BUT IT ACTUALLY ISN’T THIS MAN, FFFFFF

sob. yeah I was talking about Old Man Samurai actually but YEAH. HEY THERE ENJI

also is this entire hospital actually run by characters from Super Mario Bros though. first Yoshi and now this guy, come the fuck on that is not a coincidence

lmao they stuck him in another one of these cavernous creepy hospital rooms

wtf is it with Horikoshi and these giant fucking rooms lately. Kacchan’s in chapter 298, then Tomie’s colossal house furnished with like one table and a TV, and now this. and the weirdest thing about it though is that “huge space with nothing to fill it up” is like the exact opposite of what you’ll usually find in Japanese homes lol

so now Enji is just sitting there thinking things like “my head is fuzzy” and “I’m alive” lmao okay. not quite all there yet, huh. I’ll give you a minute

I’m so fucking curious as to who his first visitor is going to be omg. either way it’s going to be interesting af, and either way fandom is probably going to feel some way about it but OH WELL

okay now his thoughts are getting more coherent! and he’s remembering Touya, and feeling regret for freezing up and forcing Shouto to deal with everything instead

!!! OH HERE GOES BRACE YOURSELVES Y’ALL IT’S ABOUT TO GET SPICY

NO TOUYA PLEASE DON’T CRY HONEY NO PLEASE

ohhhhhhh man

okay, I mean I didn’t expect you to, but so instead then you’re just going to do... what? lie there and wallow in regret and self-pity for the rest of your life? son you know that’s not how we deal with our problems here in Shounen

though also, I totally do get it though. honestly, thinking on it, I probably would have been disappointed with any other response. but so this is where the rest of his family (including his adopted son) come into play now though, because like it or not they’re all in this thing together. and so friends, I am once again asking you WHO IS GOING TO BE THE ONE TO VISIT ENJI FIRST

AHHHHHHH

KRANCH!!!! OMG AND THE OTHERS ARE SO TINY NEXT TO HIM THAT I ALMOST DIDN’T SEE THEM AT FIRST. IT’S BECAUSE THEY’RE TWENTY MILES AWAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS REGULATION HOCKEY RINK OF A ROOM

holy shit I’m so excited lkjlklhlglkasdsjldfk

SDKFJLSKHLKJL

the way she has him by his collar lmaoooo. “lol nah you’re not going anywhere pal.” damn straight, siblings have to be ride or die in situations like this. banding together for survival. strength in numbers

OH MY STARS I’M JUST WARNING YOU NOW THAT I’M ABOUT TO DISSECT EVERY LAST REMAINING PANEL OF THIS CHAPTER PROBABLY YOU GUYS. WE COULD BE HERE A WHILE

love how Fuyu has absolutely no idea how to segue into THE SINGLE MOST AWKWARD CONVERSATION SHE’S EVER HAD, so she just GOES FOR IT in pure small talk mode like they’re meeting up for brunch somewhere

I KNOW IT’S A SMALL THING, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT THE FIRST THING ENJI ASKS IS WHETHER THEY’RE OKAY

lastly while I can’t wait for more of this delicious Natsu angst, I also just have to say that Enji has as much reason to cry right now as anyone on the planet. you can’t deny that being confronted by your not-dead-but-you-thought-he-was-dead son who’s all “SURPRISE DAD I GREW UP TO BE A MASS MURDERER AND I HATE YOU AND EVERYTHING IS ALL YOUR FAULT AND NOW I’M GONNA MAIM YOUR OTHER KID” with a side order of “EVERYONE HATES YOU AND SOCIETY IS CRUMBLING AND NOTHING WILL EVER BE GOOD EVER AGAIN” is enough to bum pretty much anyone out. there’s a Pagliacci the Clown joke here somewhere. BUT DOCTOR, I AM THE NUMBER ONE HERO

oh man lol he is seriously falling apart

damn. like you guys, I’m sorry, go ahead and cancel me, but I do feel compassion for the man. it’s therapeutic for me to see an abuser actually feel remorse and be truly sorry and want to change and want to make it up to his family. and it’s also compelling as fuck to read a narrative about a family that’s trying to grapple with that, because let me tell you straight up, as someone who’s done a version of that song and dance -- it is exhausting. it is a piping hot mess. it’s a gigantic mishmosh of extremely volatile emotions that all somehow all contradict one another. love, hurt, hope, anger, betrayal, resentment, attachment, longing. it’s something you can both be desperate for and also want nothing at all to do with. and attempting to portray all of that and write about it is a monumental task, and one which Horikoshi has done so, so delicately thus far, and damn but I appreciate it. anyway, so I’m here and I’m ready for my latest helping of Todoroki Fam Feels you guys

GASP

oh man. OHMANOHMANOHMAN. CAN IT REALLY BE. IS THIS THE REDEMPTION ARC OF CHAPTERS 100 AND 200???

LMAO SHE’S ALL “WE ALL FEEL BAD YOU JACKASS STOP CRYING ABOUT IT”

LAY INTO HIM REI!! SORRY ENJI YOUR PITY PARTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN FAVOR OF A “SO WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT” PARTY COURTESY OF QUEEN ELSA OVER HERE. THE PEOPLE TOOK A VOTE AND WE WANT LESS WHINING AND MORE ACTION

oh my god look at this lady folks

NOTE THE HAIR BLOWING IN THE NONEXISTENT WIND. NOW WE KNOW WHERE SHOUTO GOT THIS POWER FROM

(ETA: btw guys, seeing Rei handle this crisis like an absolute champ despite everything she’s been through is everything, though. I’m reminded of Hawks’s line last week about people sometimes unexpectedly finding liberation when they’re backed into a corner. like things may be shit but goddammit her kiddos need her.)

THE CHAPTER IS ALREADY ENDING SOB, IT’S ONLY A 17-PAGER THIS WEEK, BUT GODDAMN WHAT A WAY TO CLOSE

oh my god. oh my god oh my god. AND FUCK YOU HORIKOSHI FOR CUTTING IT OFF THERE sob. it’s like each week the wait for the next chapter becomes more painful. the Todofam is about to get real, and on top of that Hawks is gonna crash the party at some point down the line, and on top of that we’re still waiting for Kacchan to have his own heartfelt discussion about What The Fuck Are We Supposed To Do Next with his best friend who’s currently in a coma. all I want to do with my life is read about these three things, and all I can do is simply wait as they are portioned out in agonizing, addicting little installments every week

anyway! tune in next time as we answer the question of whether or not fandom will finally run its train of logic all the way through to its natural conclusion and somehow manage to cancel Noted Abuse Apologist Todoroki Fucking Rei. don’t act like it can’t happen. you all know nothing is sacred lol. anyways but I’m ready for anything lol, bring it

[tweiganglonely]

R.I.P Wu Mengda died of illness at the age of 68

Muxi 16 hours ago

At about 17:00 on February 27, the famous Hong Kong actor Wu Mengda died of liver cancer. According to a spokesperson for Wu Mengda of Hong Kong's Sha Tin Yan'an Hospital, "Uncle Da has just left, and he is walking peacefully."

Wu Mengda applied for the TVB artist training class in 1973. At the same time, Chow Yun-fat and famous director Lin Lingdong graduated in fifth place. Since 1974, he has been participating in performances on TVB, and he has participated in countless but almost all supporting roles. His earliest performance was in the "Folk Legend" series; it was not until 1979 that he began to receive attention with the part of "Hu Tiehua" in the "Legend of Chu Liuxiang".

According to Wu Mengda when he first debuted, because of his arrogant and unruly gambling nature, he not only owed a high gambling debt of 300,000 Hong Kong dollars in 1980, but also faced no play and wanted to commit suicide. Later, he cultivated his mind and cultivated his temperament, re-studied acting skills, and finally succeeded in making a comeback and paying off his gambling debt. Not only did he reappear on the TV screen, he also appeared in the first film of his life, The Law Enforcer, in 1981. Wu Mengda later recalled that he was very grateful to Zhou Yunfa for not lending him money, otherwise he would not be where he is today.

And he is best known for co-starring with Stephen Chow in 1989 in the comedy performances in "The Hero" and "He Comes From the Rivers and Lakes". These performances have opened up the two people who love father and son on the screen for more than ten years. relationship. Since then, Wu Mengda has become popular, and even the movies he will make in the future are almost all starring Zhou Xingchi. He began to be active in the film industry in 1990. In that year, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards with "The Saint of Gamblers" starring Stephen Chow. The following year, he won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Academy Awards for his performance in "Heavenly Love". Wu Mengda has been in the film career for decades, only "The Gambler Continuation: Gambler" and "The Fusing News Line" are the first actor, most of them are supporting actors, and a few are the second actor, who are typical supporting actors . However, compared with other full-time supporting actors, Wu Mengda is one of the few actors who have become popular in Chinese society by playing supporting roles. Many of his films are starred by other movie stars, such as Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, etc., but most of the fans’ impression of Wu Mengda is still the movie starring Stephen Chow. Since 1990, Wu Mengda has achieved great success in cooperation with Stephen Chow. He has participated in many films of Stephen Chow, including "Tricky Expert", "Sacred Gambler", "Gambling Man", "Shanghai Beach Gambling Sage", "Playing Truant" "Weilong", "The Deer and Ding Ji", "Fast Back to School 2", "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier", "The Judgment Officer", "Nine Grade Sesame Official", "The God of Cookery", "The King of Comedy", "Shaolin Football", "One-stop transportation" and so on. Among them, the "Sacred Gambling" staged in 1990 had a box office revenue of over 40 million Hong Kong dollars, breaking the box office record of historical Hong Kong films. Five films starring Zhou Xingchi in 1992 arranged the top five in the box office of the year, and three of them also had Wu Mengda in the performance. As of 2001, the "Shaolin Football" he participated in once again broke the box office record of Hong Kong-produced films, reaching more than 60 million Hong Kong dollars However, when Zhou Xingchi started filming "Kung Fu" in 2004, Wu Mengda was rumored to be at odds with Zhou, which prevented Wu Mengda from cooperating with Zhou Xingchi. Wu Mengda once publicly stated: "The protagonist of "Kung Fu" was originally me" and "Zhou Xingchi asked me to play the protagonist. I only acted." Wu Mengda later mentioned in an interview that the two did not have a relationship, but gradually changed because of the different circle of friends. The line drifts away. He said that the friendship and tacit understanding of the past are gone. It may be that everyone's identities and ideas have been different. He described a feeling of being old and dead, but he still has some regrets about the current situation. He hopes to sit down and talk with the other party. He also said that the other party had invited him to perform "Mermaid", but he refused on the grounds of poor health. On February 22, 2021, friend Tian Qiwen revealed that Wu Mengda was suffering from liver cancer and had completed surgery and started chemotherapy. During the interview, Tian said: “He is resting and recuperating. He doesn’t want to visit him, but will increase his mental load and pressure.” Mrs. Dako has arrived in Hong Kong from Malaysia. The epidemic must be isolated before she can go to the hospital to accompany her husband. Arrange for Dago's children studying abroad to return to Hong Kong. On February 27, Tian Qiwen revealed that Wu Mengda had multiple organ failures due to the spread of cancer cells, and was transferred to the Intensive Care Department for medical treatment. He died of liver cancer on the same day.

[dealgemeneverwarring]

De Algemene Verwarring - 29 March 2021

The forty-sixth episode of De Algemene Verwarring was broadcast on Monday March 29, 2021, and you can listen to it by clicking on the Mixcloud widget below. And if that does not work, here’s the direct link to the Mixcloud page:

https://www.mixcloud.com/MedialabKortrijk/de-algemene-verwarring-46-29-maart-2021/

Pictured below is the Austrian goth/industrial duo of Angie Mörth and Martina Aichhorn, together they are Astaron. I already played a track of that reissue of their untitled full length a few weeks ago, and since then the album has been  growing on me. It’s an intriguing ride, the whole album. There’s elements of goth and industrial but also folk and pure ethereal pop music. It’s a haunting album, and I’m really glad I picked it up at local record store Records & Things. Speaking of which, nowadays we have to make an appointment to go shop for records, can you believe it? I mean, there’s less that I love more than go into a shop and dig into the crates for a few hours, but no, now you get half an hour and then you’re supposed to piss off. I know it’s all for a good cause and all, but please get me that vaccine and let me go to record shops and gigs like we used to back in the days, ok? Thanks. 

Anyway, I also recently bought this pre A Frames band Bend Sinister LP so gladly took the occasion to kick off this show with some A Frames and The intelligence, there’s old punk and new punk from Art Attacks and Mystic Inane, I also played two tracks that are high on my want list but way too expensive to buy and there’s some droney electronics at the end of the show by Galya Bisengalieva, Phil Julian and Zaimph. And beneath the photo you can find the playlist for the show. Enjoy!

Playlist:

A-Frames: Crutches (7” “Crutches” on Royal Records, 2003, also on the “333” compilation)

Bend Sinister: Better now (LP “Tape2” on Homeless Records, 2018)

The Intelligence: Pony People (LP “Fake Surfers” on In The Red Recordings, 2009)

Kitchen’s Floor: Regrets (7” “Regrets” on R.I.P. Society, 2013)

Cheater Slicks: Mystery Ship (LP “Don’t Like You” on In The Red Recordings, 1995)

Art Attacks: Neutron Bomb (LP “Punk 45: There Is No Such Thing As Society - Get A Job, Get A Car, Get A Bed, Get Drunk! - Vol. 2: Underground Punk And Post-Punk In The UK 1977-81” on Soul Jazz Records, 2014, originally released on a 7” “I Am A Dalek” in 1978 by Albatross records)

Mystic Inane: Peckerwood Nero (7” “Natural Beauty” on La Vida Es Un Mus Discos & Cleta Patra Records, 2020)

Carambolage: Tu doch nicht so (LP “Carambolage” on David Volksmund Produktion, 1980)

Buba & The Shop Assistants: Something To Do (7” “Something To Do” on Villa21 Records, 1984)

Typical Girls: Las Palmas (7” “Typical Girls EP” on Happiest Place Records, 2021 repress, originally released in 2020)

Bathouse: Song For Rawkers (LP “Bathouse” on Happiest Place Records, 2020)

Swervedriver: Rave Down (CD “Raise” on Creation Records, 1990)

Astaron: In An Absence (LP “Astaron”, reissue on Sealed Records, 2020, originally released in 1988 on Ton Um Ton Records)

Cabaret Voltaire: Kneel To The Boss (LP “The Voice Of America” on Rough Trade Records, 1980)

Facit: Orphan Island (LP “Beach Music” on Discreet Music, 2021)

Galya Bisengalieva: Barsa-Kelmes (LP “Aralkum” on One Little Independant Records, 2020)

Phil Julian: ost3 (digital self-release “Obstacle” on bandcamp, 2020)

Zaimph: Between Two Whiles (digital release “Control Risks” on Zaimph bandcamp, originally released on cassette on Yew Records, 2012)

[noloveforned]

no love for ned on wlur – august 20th, 2020 from 1-3pm

artist // track // album // label young guv // cold in the summer // cold in the summer digital single // run for cover lures // new boy // new boy 7" // salvaged kawaguchi masami's new rock syndicate and kryssi battalene // two hearts // kawaguchi masami's new rock syndicate and kryssi battalene // c/site baby bulldog // rodney // rodney ep // twenty two twenty * neutral shirt // salton sea // daisyworld // lost sound tapes kicking giant // that summer feeling // chinny chin chin- four new york bands compilation // see eye brower // two thousand twenty new tanks // two thousand twenty new tanks ep // (self-released) helvetia // reaktor // this devastating map // joyful noise * r.m.f.c. // reader // reader 7" // anti fade raw prawn // none left // none left 7" // r.i.p society big joanie // it's you // cranes in the sky 7" // third man public eye // i might go // music for leisure // pop wig le ren // the day i lose my mind // morning and melancholia ep // secretly canadian * matthew de gennaro // will and wishes // laughing lost in the underground // soft abuse julianna barwick featuring mary lattimore // oh, memory // healing is a miracle // ninja tune * nicholas krgovich, joseph shabason and chris harris featuring christine bougie // friday afternoon // philadelphia // idée fixe bryony jarman-pinto // sweet sweet // fish factory sessions ep // tru thoughts ron carter // third plane // third plane // milestones heart of the ghost with dave ballou // v // live at rhizome // dagoretti theatre west // children of tomorrow's dreams // soul love now- the black fire records story, 1975-1993 compilation // strut anderson .paak featuring jid, noname and jay rock // lockdown (remix) // lockdown remix ep // aftermath jamila woods // sula (paperback) // sula (paperback) digital single // jagjaguwar kacy hill // just to say // is it selfish if we talk about me again // (self-released) eddie chacon // hurt // pleasure, joy and happiness // day end video age // maybe just once // pleasure line // winspear * tenniscoats // tomorrow boy, tomorrow girl // changing // majikick bill baird // time after time // (bandcamp mp3) // (unreleased) girlpants // touch of the mania // touch of the mania ep // (self-released) boat // in a pickle // in a pickle ep // (self-released)

* denotes music on wlur’s playlist

[scotianostra]

The leading Scottish suffragette, Evelina Haverfield, was born at Inverlochy Castle on August 9th 1867.

Evelina's birth is recorded as 'Honourable Evilena Scarlett', she took the name Haverfield from her husband. Her childhood was divided between London and the Inverlochy estate. In 1880 she went to school in Dusseldorf, Germany, after which she married Major Henry Haverfield at the age of 19., who was 20 years her senior. The marriage is said to have been a happy one they had two together, The Major however died in 1896. Evelina married again two years later, a another military man, Major John Blaguy. This was not a happy union and after some time they drifted apart. The rest of her life was informed by devotion to a cause.

She became an enthusiastic supporter of the suffragette movement and was arrested during suffragette demonstrations in London for hitting an escorting police officer. Her only regret was not hitting him hard enough, promising to bring a revolver next time. During that heady time she met Vera Holme. Their companionship was to last the rest of her days.

At the outbreak of the First World War the suffragettes supported the war effort by founding a Women’s Voluntary Emergency Corps and a Women’s Voluntary Reserve Ambulance Corps. Evelina became commandant in chief of the latter, looking, it was said, every inch a soldier in her khaki uniform, although she later left after a disagreement of an undisclosed nature.

Evelina joined the Scottish Women's Hospitals and devoted the next two years to overseas service with them.  She served in Serbia with Elsie Inglis, as a hospital administrator and was part of a small group taken prisoner when the armies of the Central Powers overran Serbia in October and November 1915. Under appalling conditions of poverty and military oppression, Evelina and those with her, struggled heroically through the winter to provide food and basic care for their wounded Serbian patients and some of the local civilian population.  In the spring of 1916, Evelina and the other 'Scottish Women' were released through the International Red Cross and returned to England.

In August 1916 Evelina went to Romania in charge of 18 ambulance and transport vehicles as part of two units of the Scottish Women's Hospitals.  These units were in support of Serbian soldiers fighting on the eastern Allied front.  The stronger enemy invading armies drove the Russian, Romanian, and Serbian defenders out of southern Romania and north of the Danube river delta. During this two-month retreat by the Allied forces, Evelina and the transport drivers were working non-stop under constant enemy fire, in desperate situations, while rescuing wounded soldiers and driving them to safety.

By early 1917, with the fighting on the eastern front over, and unable to return to Serbia because of the enemy occupation there, Evelina returned to England, where she remained until after the Armistice of November 1918.  In England she raised money for clothing and canteens for Serbian soldiers, gave public speeches on behalf of Serbian relief, and helped to found a Serbian Red Cross Society in Britain.

After the Armistice she returned to Serbia to supervise the distribution of much needed food, clothing, and medical supplies.  When this was done, in 1919, she made plans to found a home for Serbian war orphans in a Serbian mountain village.  It was there, in Baijna Bashta, that she contracted pneumonia, probably brought on by overwork and fatigue, and died prematurely at the age of 52, revered and honoured by the Serbs for her five years of humanitarian work on their behalf. The Serbs issued a stamp commemorating this remarkable women in 2015, a woman few Scots have even heard of.......

Buried in Serbia today, Evelina’s gravestone reads:

‘Hear lies the body of the honourable Evelina Haverfield youngest daughter of William Scarlett 3rd Baron Abinger and of Helen ne Magruder his wife of Inverloky Castle Fort William Scotland who finished her work in Bajina Bashta March 21st 1920 through the war 1914-1920 She worked for the Serbian people with untiring zeal. A straight fighter astraight rider and a most loyal friend. R.I.P’

Click here to read an extended feature article on the life of Evelina Haverfield.

[huahsu]

YEAR OF THE BUTTERFLY

previous years: A SONG THAT DEGRADES EACH TIME YOU PLAY IT :: 2018 A CHURCH AND JOHN LENNON’S “IMAGINE�� :: 2017 SIKH DEVOTIONAL MUSIC :: 2016 SPOOKY BLACK :: 2015 this year: I’ve spent the past few months working on a book that I’ve always wanted to write but never figured I’d make the time for. At a really basic level, it’s about listening to music with friends. A couple weeks ago, I devoted a few days to reading a stack of books and articles about the emotional experience of music. They were written by philosophers, critics, cognitive scientists, historians. I took from them two overarching questions. First, what does it mean to assign a piece of music a feeling, like “happy” or ��sad?” Is the song itself “sad,” or does it just model a kind of sadness proximate to how we feel? What elements of a song do this? The fraying of a voice? Minor keys? Tempo? Is it all a trick of memory? None of the answers really satisfied me, since music is such an intimate thing. A song makes us feel a way for reasons that are often either blindingly obvious or remote and mysterious. An expert can tell you that humans are wired to feel joy when a certain configuration of notes are struck in tandem, but maybe it just reminds you of looking at the front door.

The other question was whether music itself facilitates any unique emotional possibilities--a mode of feeling that we can’t get anywhere else. Music doesn’t mimic the real world, it doesn’t make arguments. One writer suggested that the thrill of music was its capacity to remind you, foremost, that music can thrill you. In essence, each time we hear something new and feel something, we are being reminded of all the times we’ve felt this way before. We’re living in the echo of a former enchantment. Maybe you’ll hear it again, process it, assign it a genre or context, and the mystique evaporates. But music is one of those things that doesn’t happen on our time. We don’t stand in front of it and train our gaze on this quadrant or that. We don’t flip back to make sure we didn’t miss something. You can’t slow it down as it is happening, you merely let it happen. 

In the spring, the Museum of Chinese in America in Manhattan showed “The Moon Represents My Heart,” an exhibition I worked on with MOCA’s curators, Herb and Andrew. The basic idea was to look at all the ways music had enriched immigrant life, from early opera troupes touring America’s Chinatowns to karaoke bars, church choirs, and after-school violin lessons, fifties doo-wop trios to garage punks and self-taught dance music producers. There’s no legible tradition of Chinese American music so we just wanted to present it as a textured and everyday thing--the experience of the fan could be as legitimate as that of a Mando-pop superstar. While working on the show, people would often ask me for a playlist, but I didn’t really have any to share. It wasn’t really about the music itself, which could sound derivative or amateur to some. It was about the fact that they sought to express themselves through music, in contexts that made them outliers and oddballs. I came to love all the music in our show because of that second-hand thrill--that sense that these moments had been deeply meaningful to everyone in the room. 

You can hear it in the voice of Stephen Cheng, who ended up being the show’s most memorable star. He put out a rocksteady gem in the sixties and then spent the next decade in New York trying to get the Dragon Seeds, his Chinese “folk-rock” band, off the ground. Cheng died years ago, but Andrew found his children, who brought some reels of unreleased music to the museum. I remember staring at them, wondering what was on them. It was a kind of anticipation and wonder that I often miss, when the operative feeling I associate with music-listening on the internet is the frenzy of opening and closing windows, clicking links, proving my humanity to a captcha.

Stephen’s singing wasn’t great, but it was perfect. His version of “Yesterday,” all warbly and over-the-top, has now supplanted the original for me. Somehow, we played some of Stephen’s songs on the radio, including one about butterflies and love. Somehow, one of the people listening was a butterfly expert, and he was about to marry another butterfly expert. Who knew such a song was possible, the groom-to-be told me. Stephen was too obscure to be properly forgotten. Or maybe his song was just dormant all these years. It awaited just the right listener, and now, over forty years later, he would get his propers, sandwiched somewhere between the vows and Kool and the Gang, a couple minutes of people scratching their heads, searching for the right smile, saying Can you believe this? to one another.

### TEENAGE DREAM

Warren Defever/His Name is Alive, All the Mirrors in the House

EXCELLENT USE OF “P.S.K.” Kindness feat. Robyn, “Warning” EXCELLENT USE OF A TELEPHONE Mavi, “Guernica” TECHNICALLY 2018, BUT TAIWAN’S ANSWER TO COIL, JOY DIVISION, ETC SEN, “The Cicada” SAME (2018) BUT TAIWANESE DREAMBOAT VIBES Linion, “Can’t Find” ANOTHER, KINDA BILLY BRAGG-Y Wayne’s So Sad, “Wanderer’s Guide to Taipei” SUMMER IN TAIWAN, AND SO I BOUGHT A LOT OF CDs, INCLUDING THE LIMITED EDITION SIGNED 9M88 DEBUT 9m88, “Love Rain” THEY ARE VERY INTO THE “FUTURE SOUL” THING Andrea, “You Better Kiss Me” THIS GUY HAS THE SAME NAME AS MY COUSIN Yo Lee demos LOTS OF BACKPACKS Hsien, Lately AMAZED TO SEE LIM GIONG REISSUES THERE, THIS IS THE DANCE ALBUM HE RECORDED IN 1994 IN THE UK BEFORE BRINGING RAVE CULTURE BACK TO TAIWAN Lim Giong, Entertainment World (IF YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH LIM GIONG, THIS IS THE GREATEST SONG EVER Lim Giong, “A Pure Person) AND HERE’S 9m88 COVERING “PLASTIC LOVE” 9m88, “Plastic Love” AIR SUPPLYERS Oso Leone, Gallery Love Sunset Rollercoaster, Vanilla Villa I ENJOYED THIS WHEN IT CAME OUT BUT HONESTLY FORGOT IT CAME OUT THIS YEAR, OR THAT I ENJOYED, BUT FOR THE LONGEST TIME MY “2019″ EMAIL DRAFT JUST READ “CHIEF KEEF HNIA KAIL MALONE (sic)” Chief Keef and Zaytoven, GloToven

ANOTHER DEVASTATING DUO Pink Siifu and Akai Solo, Black Sand

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[rockandrollstorytime]

Rock and Roll Storytime #6: The Rolling Stones Against the Establishment (Or: The time 3/5 of them went on trial for drug posession)

Let’s face it, I think every now and again, we all have those moments where we’re glad that we live in the time and place we do at this very moment. This particularly goes out to the musicians, who seem to get in trouble for drugs less frequently nowadays, in favor of worse charges... 

But that wasn’t always so. 

Once upon a time, the threat of rock stars getting long prison sentences for first time offences was very omnipresent, and this story is about that bygone era. A time and a place where even a hint of subversive behavior meant that adults lost their shit and went on literal moral crusades. 

Enter Sgt. Norman Pilcher, or, as John Lennon called him in “I Am the Walrus”, Semolina Pilchard. He was a detective in his 30′s and was dead-set on getting drugs off the streets, which meant that, invariably, he primarily set his sights on rock stars. His list of arrests includes Donovan, John Lennon, George Harrison, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Brian Jones. He would’ve nabbed Eric Clapton, but Eric bolted out the back door as soon as he heard there was someone at his doorstep with a “special delivery.”

For now though, we’re just going to focus on the Stones, and how this whole drug trial business may have accelerated the decline of one of its members. 

Given how trying to get rock stars busted for drugs was practically a sport in 1967, the now-defunct tabloid News of the World decided to capitalize on this by publishing a three-part “story” entitled, “Pop Stars and Drugs: Facts That Will Shock You.” In it, the tabloid alleged that many popular musicians of the time were not only doing drugs, but also holding drug parties at their homes, including Donovan, Pete Townshend, and Ginger Baker (R.I.P). Part Two seems to have primarily targeted the Rolling Stones, and it was alleged that Mick Jagger had taken several Benzedrine tablets, displayed a bit of hashish, and invited his companions back to his flat for a smoke, one of whom just so happened to be an undercover reporter. As it turns out, the person in question was actually little Brian Jones, who was being way too casual with his drug use. Mick tried to sue the paper over that one. 

I just want to ask, how the hell did they mix up Mick and Brian? One’s blond and has a cherubic face, and the other’s brunette and has massive lips!

In either case, like with how Donovan was arrested and charged after the first issue came out, the article attracted the attentions of authorities, and in particular, one Semolina Pilchard. News of the World was also more than a little interested in avoiding a major lawsuit, even to the point of allegedly wiretapping and paying off informants (it’s shit like that which is the reason why they ultimately became defunct in 2011, after a phone hacking scandal). Ultimately, on February 12, 1967, eighteen police officers raided Keith Richards’ home, Redlands. Mick, Keith, and an art dealer friend, Robert Fraser were arrested and charged with amphetamine possession, allowing his home to be used for the smoking of cannabis, and heroin possession respectively. 

In addition, salacious rumors started to swirl around that Mick was found eating a Mars Bar out of Marianne Faithfull’s... nether regions. Truth of the matter is, while Marianne was only wearing a fur rug, there weren’t any orgies taking place. She even wrote in her autobiography, “The Mars Bar is a very effective piece of demonizing. It was so overdone with such malicious twisting of the facts. Mick retrieving a Mars Bar from my vagina, indeed! It’s a dirty old man’s fantasy – some old fart who goes to a dominatrix every Thursday. A cop’s idea of what people do on acid.”

Their manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, was supposed to help these kids figure out what to do about the impending drug trials, but instead, he fled to America, leaving his role to Allen Klein (Andrew was fired in September). Lawyers told Mick, Keith, and Brian that, essentially, since they were the most visible of the Rolling Stones, to not talk to the press and even to temporarily leave the country. And so, Mick, Keith, and Brian (bringing along his girlfriend, Anita Pallenberg) set off for Morocco. This is something I’m going to have to go into more detail about another time, but suffice it to say, it ended with Anita leaving Brian for Keith and Brian being stranded in Morocco for about two days. 

On May 10, Mick, Keith, and Robert were marched into court where they were formally charged with the aforementioned charges. Mick and Keith decided to plead not guilty, Robert pled guilty, and all three elected to undergo trial by jury. That same day, twelve officers raided Brian’s home, and though he allegedly tried to clean up the place before the coppers arrived, they still managed to find a “purple Moroccan-style wallet” with cannabis in it. Needless to say, Brian and his friend, Prince Stanislaus “Stash” Klossowski were also arrested and charged with drug possession. On June 2, they were formally charged in court and elected to undergo trial by jury. However, Brian decided to plead guilty, a move that would come back to bite him in the ass later on. 

Starting with Mick, Robert, and Keith’s trial, the odds were against them from the very start. For one thing, the judge they were up against, Judge Leslie Allen Block, was notoriously unforgiving. Given that two of the people on trial were Rolling Stones, it quickly became apparent that the people running the show would very much be gunning for long jail sentences. It can also be argued that, since Pilcher knew what press would come if he made some high-profile celebrity arrests and didn’t arrest anyone with a status lower than Donovan, it could easily be argued that he was only making these arrests to gain some serious cred for his task-force. Going back to the original point though, at one point, as Mick’s trial was wrapping up, the judge even told the jury to dispel any notion of reasonable doubt. 

The last time I wrote this, that sounded seriously ethically dubious, even considering that the usual phrase here would be “innocent until proven guilty” (though it usually plays out the other way around, it seems). Well, I did eventually ask my mom about it (she’s a paralegal and she knows a thing or two about U.S.A. law), and she said that it would depend on the case and if the reasonable doubt presented was excluded by a previous court order. 

Granted, I know that’s dealing with U.S.A. law and that I can’t find anything saying that there was a court order barring reasonable doubt, but I guess that’ll have to do. 

In either case, on June 27, Mick was found guilty of illegally possessing Benzedrine (despite the fact that it was purchased legally in Italy), but because Keith’s trial hadn’t begun yet, Mick and Robert were sent to Lewes Prison overnight. 

Keith’s trial began in earnest the next day, and Keith really didn’t help his case when he said, “We are not old men. We are not worried about petty morals.” However, the trial remained unfinished at the end of the day, so Mick and Robert (who were being held in a cell under the courtroom) were escorted back to Lewes. 

The trial finally came to a close on June 29, and all three of the defendants were summarily sentenced. Mick was sentenced to three months for the aforementioned drug possession charges, Robert was sentenced to six months for heroin possession, and Keith was sentenced to twelve months for allowing cannabis to be smoked in his home. Additionally, all three were fined. Mick was sent to Brixton and Robert and Keith were sent to the notorious Wormwood Scrubs. 

By today’s standards, these would definitely be considered harsh sentences, and might not even happen the same way (I’ll save more of these details for the ending). Back then though, surprisingly, there was actually quite a bit of support for the Stones and not just from fans. Even newspapers that had once viciously mocked them, voiced their support. In fact, William Rees-Mogg, a well-known conservative, wrote an article for The Times called “Who Breaks a Butterfly Upon a Wheel” in which he criticized Mick Jagger’s sentence, essentially saying that the only reason he got three months was because of his being a Rolling Stone, and that had he not been, the consequences would have been much less severe, considering he was a first-time offender. The Who also voiced their support for the Stones, saying “The Who consider Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have been treated as scapegoats for the drug problem and as a protest against the grave sentences imposed on them at Chichester yesterday, The Who are issuing today the first of a series of Jagger-Richards songs to keep their work before the public until they are again free to record themselves.” The New Law Journal wrote, “The three-month prison sentence on Jagger for a first offence, and the introduction at this trial of evidence about a girl in a skin rug are two disturbing features of the case.” Some fans even protested outside News of the World’s headquarters, including Keith Moon’s girlfriend (later wife), Kim Kerrigan. 

However, there were still some sources who agreed with the judge’s decision. In particular, Charles Curran wrote for the Evening News: “I hold that people who break the law ought to be punished. The law that Jagger and Richards broke is not a trifle either. For it seeks to prevent people from using dangerous drugs for fun... Look at Jagger and Richards. Each of them is a millionaire at twenty-three. How does it come about that they are so rich? Their wealth flows from the fact that they are manufactured pieces of wish-fulfillment... Their lives tend to represent, in reality, what their admirers’ are in fantasy. So as long as the pop idol sticks to bawling and wailing- well, we can put up with that. But once he starts to add drugs to his drivel, society must take immediate note of it.”

The next day, Mick and Keith were released on appeal, and went to appeals court on July 31. Years later, Bill Wyman wrote, “The appeal was on five grounds: (1) That the evidence made a cornerstone of the case by the prosecution was wrongly admitted. The evidence of the girl, her dress or undress, was ‘wholly inadmissible’; (2) That if it was held to be admissible, the evidence should have been excluded by the discretion of the judge, because it was so prejudicial; (3) That the chairman misdirected the jury about what the prosecution had to prove as to the meaning of the word ‘permitting’; (4) That he failed to detail the lack of evidence regarding the knowledge of the cannabis drug; (5) That he failed to put fully the defence to the jury.” Keith’s sentence was completely overturned, while Mick was sentenced to a year’s probation, though he wound up spending another night in jail. 

Robert, who ended up serving his full sentence, apparently alleged that everything at Keith’s house that night had been his, and that he’d been taking heroin pills for an upset stomach (sort of like how Kurt Cobain claimed to be on heroin because of a stomach condition that may well have been psychosomatic). 

With Brian’s trial, it is important to note that, as I’ve said, he didn’t really take the affair as seriously as he could have, Also, there’s the fact that Allen Klein, in a misguided attempt at trying to protect Brian, told him to stay away from the other Stones as much as possible, which had the effect of isolating Brian from his band even further at a time where he needed them most. In fact, according to Stash (who was later acquitted), “Brian was not OK within a month of us getting busted. I was at Robert Fraser’s apartment when Brian came in, and, much to my horror, he proceeded to hit about twenty objects, banging into the walls and ricocheting across the room like a ping-pong ball. That was the terrible effect of those downers. He took them because he felt alienated, worried, and it was the only way he could isolate himself into some kind of security blanket. It was a one-way street. He had a disaster written in neon lights all over him and none of us could do anything about it.”

In fact, Brian was in such dire straits, he wound up being admitted to the Priory Clinic for psychiatric analysis on July 5, and was discharged as an out-patient on July 12. When his trial finally came around on October 30, he admitted in court to possessing cannabis without authority, but denied that he’d used cocaine or methedrine. His defense pleaded with the judge not to send him to jail, since he’d taken responsibility for the cannabis (the prosecution was more willing to accept that Brian might not have known about the stronger drugs) and that Brian had a nervous breakdown after the arrest and had suffered greatly. In fact, Detective-Sergeant David Patrick said that, while all drugs were serious, the amount of cannabis found was relatively small, and Brian’s psychiatrist said that his client should be hospitalized rather than imprisoned, and that Brian wouldn’t be able to handle prison. 

However, it all came to naught, as the judge, Reginald Seaton, sentenced Brian to three months in jail for cannabis possession, nine months for allowing his home to be used for smoking cannabis to be served concurrently, and a fine, stating, “I have given your case anxious and careful consideration. The offence of being the occupier of premises and allowing them to be used for the purpose of smoking cannabis resin is very serious indeed. This means that people can break the law in comparative privacy and so avoid detection for what is a growing canker in this country at the present moment. No blame attaches to you for the phial of cocaine, but there are people who come to this sort of party and that is how the rot starts, from cannabis to hard drugs. You occupy a position by which you have a large following of youth, and therefore, it behoves you to set an example... Although I am moved by everything I have heard, I would be failing my duty if I did not refer to the seriousness of the offences by passing sentence of imprisonment.” Brian ended up spending the night in Wormwood Scrubs, where, apparently, guards threatened to cut off the long, blonde hair he was so proud of. 

Looking at pictures of Brian right after his initial arrest and right after his sentencing, the toll that these proceedings took on his physical and mental health becomes quite clear. 

As with Mick and Keith’s sentences, Brian’s conviction caused an uproar. Eight people were arrested as a peaceful protest practically turned into a riot, including Mick’s brother, Chris. In addition, The Daily Sketch wrote, “...dishing out a nine-month sentence is as likely to turn a pop star into a martyr as to deter his fans. Besides, if the Appeal Court later reduces or quashes a harsh sentence, as happened in the case of Jagger, the authority of the law is lessened.” Similarly, The Sun (yes, the same guys who botched their coverage the Hillsborough Disaster and got largely banned from Liverpool) wrote, “Such a sentence, far from convincing young people that cannabis (hemp) is harmful, is too likely to make a martyr of this wretched young man and invest it with false glamour.” 

Brian, though shaken, was released the next day on appeal. What helped his case, though, was when Judge Block made a rather tactless statement: “We did our best, your fellow countrymen, I, and my fellow magistrates, to cut these Stones down to size, but alas, it was not to be, because the Court of Criminal Appeal let them roll free.”

Though Block later claimed he was being sarcastic, Les Perrin issued a statement of his own: “In view of Brian Jones being on bail it seems deplorable that a member of the judiciary should so contravene the normally accepted practice in a case being sub judice, as to joke and poke fun. He made an unprecedented observation both on the trial he conducted at Chichester, and the subsequent findings of the Court of Criminal Appeal. Is this the kind of justice Brian expects? Is this man typical of those who hold the title, the high and esteemed office to try and sentence people? How can the public believe, in the light of this utterance by Judge Block, that the Rolling Stones can get an unbiased hearing? His statement smacks of pre-judgement, a getting-together, ‘to cut the Stones down to size’ because of who they are. It is a pity that he did not observe the ethics of sub judice in a like manner to Mr Jagger, Mr Richards, Mr Jones by remaining silent.”

At the appeal on December 12, Brian’s doctors again said that he had become potentially suicidal as a result of the trial, and its effect on his mental health. When all was said and done, his sentence was reduced to three years’ probation under the condition that he pay a £1,000 fine and that he receive psychiatric help, with the judge saying, “Remember, this is a degree of mercy which the court has shown. It’s not a let-off.”

Later on, Stash would note, “An artist can be hounded into a state in which his mental health will deteriorate and that’s what happened to Brian, I’m sure. I was very angry and blamed the authorities, but ultimately, an individual has to blame himself.”

On December 14, Brian’s chauffeur found him collapsed in his flat and called 999. After an hour, Brian walked out, against doctors’ orders that he should stay overnight. He went straight to the Priory Clinic, and the next day, went in to the dentist to get two teeth pulled due to having a raging toothache. Brian later said that the collapse had been a reaction to the trial. 

And even so, that is not where the story ends, though I honestly wish it did. On May 21, police showed up at Brian’s door again, this time being led by Detective-Sergeant Robin Constable. Once again, police found cannabis, and Brian was utterly distraught, saying such things as “This can’t happen again, just when we’re getting on our feet”, “Why do I always get bugged?”, and “Why do you always have to pick on me?”

Speculation exists to this day that this second search was a carefully orchestrated plant, but whether or not it was will likely never be known for certain.

While the substance was taken away for testing, Brian found himself being dragged to the courthouse shortly before 10 AM. You can probably imagine the press had a field day, and by this point, Brian was completely mentally drained. 

Brian appeared in court on June 11, 1968, where this time, he pled not guilty to the charges of cannabis possession. By this time, there was a new procedure under the Criminal Justice Act, preventing the need for evidence to be given in detail in court (which was a provision that hadn’t been present the first time around). Brian also elected to once again undergo trial by jury. 

Brian’s second trial occurred on September 26, 1968. He was also looking very sickly; his skin was pale, he’d gained weight, and the bags under his eyes were more pronounced now than at any other time in his life. Brian was charged with illegally possessing 144 grains of cannabis, and once again, he entered a plea of not guilty. Brian’s defense was that he’d been staying in the flat that actress Joanna Pettet had moved out of just two hours before while a house that he’d recently purchased was being decorated. Pettet later claimed that she’d left the ball of wool there, but denied any knowledge of the cannabis found inside it. Brian also claimed to have been receiving medical treatment since the last trial, and his doctor said, “Nothing suggested to me that Jones was playing around cannabis. If I put a reefer cigarette by this young man, he would run a mile.”

Chairman Reginald Seaton (the same guy at Brian’s first trial) in his last address to the jury said that the burden of proof should rest with the police, considering that all that was found in Brian’s flat was the cannabis, but no evidence that it had been smoked. Despite this though, the jury returned 45 minutes later to pronounce Brian guilty. Luckily for him, Seaton took pity on him, only giving him a fine, stating, “I think this was a lapse and I don’t want to interfere with the probation order that already applies to this man. I am going to fine you according to your means. You must keep clear of this stuff. You really must watch your step. You will be fined £50 with 100 guineas [£105] costs. For goodness sake, don’t get into trouble again or you really will be in serious trouble.” 

Of this second trial, Brian himself later said, “When the jury announced the guilty verdict, I was sure I was going to jail for at least a year. It was such a wonderful relief when I heard I was only going to be fined. I’m happy to be free. It’s wonderful. This summer has been one long worry to me. Someone planted the drug in my flat, but I don’t know who. I will state till my death that I did not commit this offence.”

The rest, as most would say, is history. Brian continued to spiral out of control, losing interest in the Stones until he was eventually fired on June 8, 1969, and replaced by Mick Taylor. Twenty-five days later, Brian drowned in his backyard swimming pool at the tender age of 27, becoming one of the first members of what would eventually be dubbed the “27 Club.”

I do have a theory that Brian’s death was primarily caused by sleeping pills and alcohol, maybe even some combination of heart failure, liver failure, and/or undiagnosed epilepsy exacerbated by the side-effects of some of the drugs he was allegedly prescribed right before his death, but that, dear readers, is another story. 

Meanwhile, the Stones are still rolling and Mick and Keith are still alive (obviously), the latter of whom celebrated his 76th birthday while I was writing this, by some miracle. 

While I was unable to ascertain whether using one’s home for drug abuse still carried the steep penalties it did in 1967, I was able to find UK law regarding drug possession. Sentencing largely depends on the quantity of the drug and whether or not there was an intent to sell, but amphetamines and cannabis can still land you with a fine and a jail sentence of up to five years. 

If there is a silver lining to be found in this whole mess, Pilcher was eventually found guilty of perjury (though not for possibly planting dope on rock stars), and was himself sentenced to four years in prison for claiming a drug smuggler was innocent and had served with the police (not true in the slightest, as he was actually caught red-handed in the act of selling). 

What can I say? Karma’s a bitch. 

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