#Rodney Whitaker

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Vampyr Headcanons

I figured that today of all days would be a good one to share my Vampyr headcanons. Be warned; I’m tying this to over to another favorite game of mine.

Having only Embraced those whose life was about to end (Dr. Edgar Swansea) or whose continued existence would harm others (Clay Cox, Edwina Cox, Father Tobias Whitaker, Seymour Fishburn, Venus Crossley, and Carolyn Price), Jonathan is able to convince Elizabeth to not take her own life. He immediately begins research on finding a way to completely purify her of the Blood of Hate.

Old Bridget takes care of their needs, bringing them supplies at scheduled intervals. At times, she will act as Elizabeth’s companion while Jonathan goes to visit his aging mother. After her death and funeral, which he is present at, he stays at the castle full-time, looking for the cure. His family’s butler, Avery Cork, comes with to serve and aid the last living Reid.

After over twenty years of hard work, he finds it at long last. After administering the cure, Jonathan, Elizabeth, and Avery wait with bated breath as he tests her blood for the Blood of Hate. To their eternal joy, the test comes back negative.

They return to London to find it much changed: The city has recovered from the Great War, from the Spanish Flu, and from the Skal Epidemic, and is flourishing. They make contact with their old friends and acquaintances from during the Epidemic.

For example, Charlotte Ashbury is overjoyed to reunite with her mother. Things have gone well for her cause; the fight for women’s rights and the equality between men and women has made great strides throughout the 1920s and ‘30s in the United Kingdom. 

At the Pembroke Hospital, Dr. Waverly Ackroyd has become its administrator. He isn’t too happy to see Dr. Reid after he disappeared into the blue. He has done well, both for himself and as the administrator of Pembroke, though, and Reid is happy for him on that account. 

Others have turned darker. Albert Palmer has risen through the ranks of the Wet Boot Boys, becoming their leader, and he is arguably worse than Clay or Edwina ever were.

Sadly, others have died in their absence. Darius Petrescu and Enid Gillingham have both died of old age. Both Rodney Grader and Archer Woodbead were brutally murdered, and Albert Palmer is the prime suspect.

Much to Jonathan’s annoyance and displeasure, he learns that a second Great War has begun. Only a couple of months earlier, the “Allied” troops were driven out of Europe and forced to evacuate in the “Miracle at Dunkirk”.

Jonathan and Elizabeth’s return couldn’t have been worse timed, as a few days after their arrival, the German Luftwaffe begins bombing London in what would become known as the “Blitz”. Jonathan Reid returns to the medical field as he begins working at Pembroke again with the influx of bombing victims.

A few months later, Geoffrey McCullum walks into Pembroke. During Dr. Reid’s absence, McCullum has softened his stance upon vampires, seeing as he has become one. When his status as a “Leech” was discovered, it created a new schism within the Guard of Priwen. Those loyal to McCullum joined him in creating a new faction, which rejoined with the Brotherhood of St. Paul’s Stole. Those who wished to kill him and continue indiscriminately killing vampires continued on as the Guard of Priwen.

McCullum is here to recruit Dr. Reid into the Brotherhood. As it turns out, the Nazis have their own counterpart to the Brotherhood, the “Thule Society”. Their goal is to uncover and weaponize various occult artifacts against the Allies, and their most effective tools are Ekons. A good number of Nazi officers, especially within the SS, are Ekons themselves.

There is a good chance that the Thule Society will try to cause another Disaster, such as the one that Dr. Reid stopped. As a powerful Ekon who has experience fighting other Ekons and stopping Disasters, Jonathan is a prime candidate to be inducted into the Brotherhood, which is currently working with the Allies.

Elizabeth is against it, but she ultimately concedes. She and Jonathan part ways as he goes to once again fight for King and Country. 

Between fighting German soldiers and vampires, and Embracing targets, Dr. Reid begins realizing the potential he denied him during the Epidemic. He soon finds himself catching up with McCullum, and then surpassing him, which is only right as his Vampiric parent.

Without a doubt, Jonathan hates the Nazi doctors in the concentration camps more than even the members of the Thule Society. They are a mockery of everything he has ever valued; they don’t deserved to be called “Doctor”. They are nothing more than sadistic butchers with scalpels instead of cleavers, and he Embraces them without hesitation. 

After the end of the Second World War, and after having stopped the Disaster that the Thule Society attempted to trigger, Jonathan returns to London and reunites with Elizabeth. They begin to travel, having long been confined by necessity and by duty.

Later in the ‘40s, an American tycoon tracks them down with an offer. He asks Jonathan to come and join a new society he is building, one “where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality”. This is the wrong message, as Jonathan cares greatly about the “petty morality” that this man so greatly despises. When Jonathan tells him about the cures he gave away for free during the Epidemic, the man leaves quickly, leaving behind a few choice words about altruism.

In early 1967, Geoffrey McCullum comes across a helmeted, suited figure attempting to make off with a child from the Docks. The fight with it is intense, as it is strong, fast, and can throw fireballs from its hand. After losing several good men, and nearly being set on fire, McCullum succeeds in bringing it down.

Taking off the helmet gives him one hell of a shock: It’s a teenage girl by the looks of it. She’s extremely tall for her apparent age, and very frail despite her perceived strength. Something’s not right about her, and McCullum knows just the man to find out what.

Thankfully, Dr. Jonathan Reid happens to be in London, and McCullum wastes no time sending for him. What Reid finds is... disturbing.

For a start, the girl has been mutated. Her blood is much like a Skal’s, the cells unstable, yet the mutations are very different. The powers that McCullum and his men reported about are very different from anything that an Ekon or any other kind of vampire is capable of, and in fact they’re very lethal to vampires (Fireball + Ekon = Dead Ekon). 

Besides the unusual height or the mono-color eyes (which reportedly glowed while she was alive), the oddest thing about her is a tumor of sorts on her stomach. It’s not like stomach cancer, like her own cells turning cancerous; this looks like it was something else originally, and then was grafted onto her stomach. Its cells are the most unstable and mutated in her entire body. Reid is at a loss as to where she came from or what she is.

Later, Jonathan and Elizabeth notice more and more reports of little girls being kidnapped in coastal towns and cities on both sides of the Atlantic. Remembering that the “Diver” was trying to take a child, they begin looking further into these incidents. They learn of an American named Mark Meltzer who has been drawing the same conclusions as they are in his own investigations. They decide that it’s high time they pay the States a visit again.

After arriving in the US, they just miss Meltzer before he leaves the country. After figuring out where he’s headed, they follow after him, coming to a spot off the coast of Iceland. They arrive just in time to see Meltzer’s boat attacked by monstrous creatures that emerge from surfacing spherical submersibles, that begin attacking their boat too.

To escape the creatures, Jonathan and Mary jump into the water and make it to one of the submersibles, hijacking it and setting it to take them back underwater. They are amazed when they see the sphere’s destination: A city resting on the sea floor. Jonathan is amazed further when he sees a statue bearing the visage of one Andrew Ryan, the very same man who came to him with his offer over twenty years earlier.

Andrew Ryan’s city of “Rapture” is real indeed. 

Thoughts?

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Michael Dease The Other Shoe – The Music of Gregg Hill

Michael Dease The Other Shoe – The Music of Gregg Hill Origin You may well recognize that trombonist and composer Michael Dease is the second major artist to cover the music of Gregg Hill, who co-produces.  Bassist Rodney Whitaker, who is a guest of Dease’s ensemble here for The Other Shoe – The Music of Gregg Hill, delivered his own Oasis in late 2022 honoring the composer. We covered that on…

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Shining Example featuring Rodney Whitaker [A Column about Acts of Kindness] Negativity and selfishness gets great p...

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Alredered Remembers Rodney William Whitaker, American film scholar and writer, on his birthday.

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Mulgrew Miller & Rodney Whitaker - 2001-04-21, Stanley H. Kaplan Penthou...

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Endea Owens and The Cookout Live in NYC

Tickets / Website / Instagram / YouTube Known as one of jazz’s most vibrant emerging artists, Endea Owens is a Detroit-raised recording artist, bassist, and composer. She has been mentored by jazz icons the likes of Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker, and Ron Carter. She has toured and performed with Wynton Marsalis, Jennifer Holliday, Diana Ross, Rhonda Ross, Solange, Jon Batiste, Jazzmeia Horn,…

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Black dynamite season 1 episode 5 uncensored

The series ended on Januwith a total of 20 episodes in two seasons. Most episodes of the show were rated TV-MA (akin to the R rating of the movie itself) for bloody, stylized violence, strong sexual references (including nudity, references to prostitution, and depictions of sex acts), profanity and humor derived from racism and discrimination. The original music is by Adrian Younge (who also composed score for the hit film) for season 1 and Fatin "10" Horton for season 2. LeSean Thomas is creative producer/supervising director. Scott Sanders, White and Minns are producers. It was produced by Ars Nova, Jon Steingart, Carl Jones and Jillian Apfelbaum are executive producers, with Brian Ash as co-executive producer. as the restaurant owner Roscoe and Arsenio Hall as Tasty Freeze. Throughout the first and second seasons, Cedric Yarbrough also reprised his film role as Chocolate Giddy-Up, along with Jimmy Walker Jr. Debra Wilson as Amazon Moon Bitch Leader, Lil' Orphan Penny, Eartha K.I.T.T., Euphoria, Li'l Orphan Arnold, Li'l Orphan Rodney King, Li'l Rodney Munchkins, Givinya Morehead, Child Services Lady, Hotel Employee, Hoe Crowsīlack Dynamite actors Michael Jai White, Byron Minns, Tommy Davidson and Kym Whitley reprise their film roles as Black Dynamite, Bullhorn, Cream Corn and Honeybee, respectively.Gary Anthony Williams as George Washington Carver III, Radio DJ, Reporter.Denzel Whitaker as Donald the Accountant, Jermaine Jackson.Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins as Pam Grier, Reverse Strip Club Owner.Smoove as That Frog Kurtis, That Bastard Kurtis Kevin Michael Richardson as Melvin Van Peebles, Don Cornelius, Bill Cosby, Fred Berry.Christopher "Kid" Reid as John the John, Sun Tzu, Black Lucky, Jamaica Labour Party Member.Donnell Rawlings as A Cat Named Rallo, A Slave Cat Named Rallo.Clifton Powell as Crenshaw the Slime, Daddy Dynamite.Tim Blake Nelson as Chief Humphrey McGillihorn, The Wicked Bitch of the West Side, Donald Sterling, Television Executive, Cracker Cop, Director.Charlie Murphy as A Cat Named Rollo, A Slave Cat Named Rollo.Lil Mo as Nurse, Teacher, Rondell's Mom.Jonathan Kite as Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, James Bonds (Sean Connery and Roger Moore), News Reporter, Elvis Presley.Orlando Jones as Basehead, Flying Junkies, Stewie's Brother, James Brown.Carl Jones as Frank the John, Crenshaw Pete, Puppet Minion, Shark Victim, Stewie Fig Newton, Announcer, The Mayor of Beach City, Teacher, Laughing Prisoner.Eddie Griffin as Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney.John DiMaggio as Rip Tayles, Female Cop, J.Wu, Chinatown Assassin, R.A.C.I.S.T., Bill Cosby's Assistant, Dick Clark, Newscaster, Child, Reporter Erykah Badu as Fatback Taffy, Hoe Crows, Rita Marley, Wolf.Tichina Arnold as Tinbee's Singing Voice.Tommy Davidson as Cream Corn, The Boss Man.Byron Minns as Bullhorn, Rudy Ray Moore, Singer.Michael Jai White as Black Dynamite, Jim Kelly.Agent and full-time ladies man, Black Dynamite, who's out to avenge the death of his brother against kung-fu masters, drug-dealing pimps, and The Man. This animated blaxploitation action comedy-spoof follows ex-C.I.A. There is no place like KissAnime with free anime online so I uploaded this full anime here, now each person can watch this anime from here for free.Black Dynamite further chronicles the exploits of the central character, Black Dynamite and his motley crew. You do not have to fall in love with a action & adventure to enjoy this anime. My favorite anime of this director, and that’s saying something! This anime online seriously is incredible. Everytime I watch this anime online, I really enjoy the music, it is just pure soul of that anime. The anime is openly dreamlike, and like most dreams it moves uncertainly down a path with many turnings. action & adventurecategory did not create a better anime and you can now watch for free on this website. Strike the Blood is one of the biggest surprises of the year 2013. Forced together by circumstance, the two form an unlikely alliance as Kojou comes to terms with his abilities and they both struggle to protect the city from various emerging chaotic forces. Fearing Kojou’s destructive potential, the Lion King Organization sends in an apprentice sword-shaman, Yukina Himeragi, to monitor, and should he become a threat, kill the boy deemed the world’s most powerful vampire. It isn’t long before he is thrust into the center of attention when it is discovered that he is the fourth primogenitor, an immensely powerful vampire whom most consider to be merely a legend.

Kojou Akatsuki’s days as an ordinary high school student in the Demon District of Itogami Island come to an abrupt end after a fateful encounter leaves him with the remarkable abilities of a vampire.

[mostlymonk]

Four In One

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

Rhythm Section Richard Johnson – piano Rodney Whitaker – bass Herlin Riley – drums

Trumpets Wynton Marsalis (soloist) Marcus Printup Ryan Kisor Seneca Black

Trombones Vincent Gardner (soloist) Andre Hayward Ron Westray

Saxes Ted Nash (soloist) Victor Goines Wes Anderson Walter Blanding Joe Temperley

[warningsine]

When I hear middle-class people complain about the poor buying luxuries for their kids when they don’t even have enough for groceries, I remember the lavish Christmases my mother gave us, even at the risk of breaking up the family. Prudence is a bourgeois virtue, because the rich have something worth saving. The poor splurge because they need desperately to make a colorful splash across the drab fabric of their lives. The hungry don’t dream of brown rice and vegetables; they dream of cake.

Trevanian (William Whitaker), The Crazyladies of Pearl Street

[vinceverbatim]

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Önce... özel biri olduğumu söylemeliyim.  Bu dünyadaki en lüzumsuz adamım. Yiyecek sıkıntısına düştüğümüzde feda edilecek ilk kişi ben olurum herhalde. Ya da sevgi yokluğunda. Ben azar azar her türlü yeteneğe sahip biriyim. Zekiyim ama asla akıllı biri değilim. Sözlerimde hiçbir derinlik yoktur hepsi kaçamak cevaplardır. Sevecenimdir ama asla sevgi veremem. Sadece eleştiririm, asla yaratıcı olmam. Eğlenirim ama mutlu olmam. Üzülürüm ama incinmem. Çok konuşurum ama asla ne düşündüğümü belli etmem. Her şeyle ilgilenirim, hiçbir şeye bulaşmam. Büyüleyiciyimdir ama içten değilimdir. Hile yapmakta üstüme yoktur! Maddenin benim için hiç önemi yoktur, beni biçim ilgilendirir. Son olarak, en basit tanımıyla, neyim, bilmek ister misin? Tamamen istediğim gibi olan biriyim.

- Nicholas Seare, 1339 ya da Öyle Bir Yıl

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Francisco Mora Catlett - Mora! I&II - Far Out Recordings reissue of two rare LPs by a onetime Arkestra member

Far Out Recordings is delighted to present Mora, and for the first time ever on vinyl Mora II. Mexican-American percussionist and former member of the Sun Ra Arkestra, Francisco Mora Catlett originally recorded and released his debut solo LP as a private press in 1987, but the sequel he recorded over the course of the next few years with an expanded Detroit jazz brass section was shelved for decades to follow. A pan-American melting pot of hypnotic afro-cuban rhythms, frenetic batucadas and fiery sambas, Mora I & II are holy grails of latin jazz, masterminded by an unsung hero of the genre. All tunes composed and arranged by: Francisco Mora, Jr. Personnel Francisco Mora: Drums and Percussion Emile Borde: Steel Drums and Percussion Vincent Bowens: Soprano/Tenor Saxophones & Flute Ken Cox: Piano Jerome Le Duff: Berimbau and Percussion Teresa Mora: Vocal and Percussion Alberto Nacif: Quinto, Congas and Percussion Rodney Whitaker: Contrabass Additional Musicians on Mora II: Sherman Mitchell: Trombone Marcus Belgrave - Trumpet John Douglass - Trumpet and Flugel Horn Alex Harding - Baritone Sax and Bass Clarinet ‘Amazona Prelude’ String Quartet: Michele May - 1st Violin Pat Moore - 2nd Violin Nina White - Viola Tanya Bennett - Cello

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Michael Dease GROVE’S GROOVE

MICHAEL DEASE GROVE’S GROOVE Le Coq Records Michael Dease, baritone saxophone/composer/arranger; Bill Cunliffe, piano; Rodney Whitaker, bass; Ulysses Owens Jr., drums; Jocelyn Gould, guitar/vocals/arranger; Alex Acuna, percussion; Terell Stafford, trumpet; Steve Davis, trombone/composer/arranger. The title tune, “Grove’s Groove” opens this album with bluster and bravado. The album title is a…

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"Korkaklar her zaman için cesur insanlardan daha tehlikeli olurlardı. Bir kere sayıları daha fazlaydı. Sonra, arkadan vururlardı. Vurdukları zaman da kötü vururlardı. Çünkü sağ kalırsanız öç alacağınızdan korkarlardı."

— Rodney William Whitaker (Trevanian)

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“The Eiger Sanction”    published in 1972

“The Loo Sanction” published in 1973

Two novels about the government assassin Jonathan Hemlock by  Rodney William Whitaker writing as Trevanian.

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Stand - Eric Reed (2008)

Not exactly a joyful noise, perhaps, but exuberant and driven just the same, especially when Reed is gathering clusters of resounding chords and punctuating them with darting single-note runs.

Eric Reed, piano

Rodney Whitaker, bass

Willie Jones III, drums