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[dustedmagazine]

Sarah Shook and the Disarmers — Revelations (Abeyance/Thirty Tigers)

Photo by Brett Villena

“I built my life on the edge of a knife when nobody believed that I could,” rasps River Shook, the tough but tender leader of this kicking cowpunk band. The song is “You Don’t Get to Tell Me How to Feel,” a boot-stomping statement of purpose, as the guitars flare,  the drums bolt upright like a scared horse, and Shook makes the case for constructing their own narrative in no uncertain terms. 

Shook came of age in Bible belt America, forbidden as a child from any contact with secular music.  Still these things have a way of back-ending.  The artist learned the piano, then the guitar, then formed a series of bands under their birthname Sarah Shook; they switched to River a few years ago as a personal identifier but continue to record under the old name.  Their music, however, remains sharp and unsentimental, punk in energy, country in its twang and sway.  Move over Beyoncé, you’re not the only one pushing out the boundaries of what Americana can represent. 

And so, Shook delivers gender inclusive busted romances in old-school juke joint style. Pedal steel flies through the jangling twang of “Backsliders” while an in-the-pocket country band keeps two-stepping time.  There’s a cheating partner and a wounded one, just like in all the old songs, but the trick is neither one is a dude.  “I’m a real piece of shit and you’re a vixen in a dress/I thought we was moving on/I was wrong I guess,” Shook cracks, out of the corner of their mouth, like Johnny Cash but different. 

The very real pleasure of this collection of songs comes in how the love of tradition collides with raucous rule-breaking energy.  You’ve got your outlaw country, sure, but did any of those guys write a song called “Motherfucker” and carry it off?  Shook does.   

Not every song stomps.  Some are plaintive and yearning, like the lovely “Jane Doe,” others full of anthemic slow-rocking swirl like “Nightingale.”  But all insist on direct emotional engagement and brutal honesty and acceptance of a very specific point of view.  River Shook is definitely not your grandma’s idea of a country powerhouse, but they are one all the same.   

Jennifer Kelly

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Sarah Shook & The Disarmers Live Preview: 8/15, Robert's Westside, Forest Park

Photo by Jillian Clark

BY JORDAN MAINZER

For Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, Revelations (Abeyance) is, as its title suggests, an album about clarity. Though River Shook had publicly come out as nonbinary before the release of 2022's Nightroamer, their fourth album with longtime band The Disarmers is their first wholly born out of two other weights off their chest: Shook's journey to sobriety and dealing with diagnoses of ADHD and borderline autism spectrum disorder. The output is not necessarily an album about any of that as it is Shook's most empathetic record to date, a result of exercises in songwriting as the means to embrace oneself and others.

Revelations succeeds because its exclaims are simple, as direct as, "We don't need no god to feed each other good" on country rocker "You Don't Get To Tell Me", an argument for each life's inherent value. Sure, there's bad in Shook's world, from the ex who'll be "six circles deeper" in hell than them, or the domestic abuser on "Jane Doe", but Shook spends most of their time focusing on the person on the other end, overcoming despite it all. The haze of Blake Tallent's guitar and thuds of Jack Foster's toms emulate the "black cloud following me around" on the title track, the heavy head of clinical depression in a world subsumed by religion and capitalism. Nevertheless, Shook persists: "I'm done listenin' when the old guard tells me what my word is worth." "I built my life on the edge of a knife when nobody believed that I could," they sing on "You Don't Get To Tell Me".

Further, on "Dogbane", Shook posits that there is growth in the burning. Over a rollicking beat and sprinkled guitars, they sing, "Well it's lookin' like the end of days / If it ain't underwater, it's ablaze / And we got hope and heartache in each gaze." They look back at times of thriving in, or despite, chaos, hooking up on "Backsliders", leaving their ex on "Motherfucker". "When I die and split hell wide, gonna be some sight to see," Shook claims on the latter. Acoustic guitars and Nick Larimore's pedal steel complement Shook's nasal twang that momentarily becomes a yodel when they sing, "Sick to death of you," the very showy moment they promise in the song. Shook's always been an expert presenter of the high and lonesome in classic country, whether through their vocal performance or the versatility and expansiveness of The Disarmers. Revelations is their first album on which the very existence of its songs is a paean to survival.

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers headline Robert's Westside tomorrow night. Local singer-songwriter and Sad Cowgirl of Chicago, Reilly Downes & The Acid Cowboys open. Doors open at 6:30 PM, Downes goes on at 8, and Shook goes on at 9. General admission tickets still available at time of publication.

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Alt. Announce New Record, 'Abeyance'

ABEYANCE: a state of temporary disuse or inactivity. More accurately, the polar opposite to Adelaide rockers alt.’s modus operandi, emerging from a turbulent few years armed with rejuvenated focus and ferocity, as well as their debut full-length album ABEYANCE ready to stupefy the senses and catapult one of the city of churches’ brightest stars further into the spotlight.  Due out on Friday 16…

[andrewjbernhard]

Motion Abandonment By Appeal – Common Law Abandonment Doctrine in Florida After Amendment to Rule 9.020

Don't get abandoned! Check out this helpful note on motion abandonment after appeal in Florida.

The Trial Court rules against you at trial. You want to appeal, but first you want the Trial Court an opportunity to rethink the order. You file a motion to reconsider, rehear, vacate, set aside, or other post-order motion. The calendar is full and the 30-day deadline to give petition or notice of appeal arrives. Unsure of whether your motion tolls the deadline, you file your appeal. What happens…

[labellehell]

Sylvaine - Abeyance (official music video)

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Mastering Romans 11

I have come to the conclusion that the reason why Romans 9, 10 & 11 were written by Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles during what is clearly the age of grace and were inserted into this particular epistle was to inform those living during this time what actually happened to Israel and why, and because of this, she no longer enjoys the elevated status she once had of being both the light to the…

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[12pt-times-new-roman]

so I understand why people think Essek would be a massive liability should the self-loathing demon get ahold of his mind. but let's not forget that that wizard has been there, done that in the final fight with the Somnovem. he's already had his guilt and self-loathing weaponized and used against him. there's no way that Essek, after seven years, doesn't have mind blank permanently up, especially while exploring Aeor.

[soulsanctuary]

I always lose track of time in August and every day feels like a late Friday the beginning of a weekend

[cupidskissx]

Art as Dialogue

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🌷All Tied Up🌷 ~2k

“What are you—” Charles’ words stall on his tongue as his bandana is looped around his wrists, “Max…” Max winks and double knots the fabric.

🌷Breathlessly Devoted🌷 ~1k

They didn’t do this so openly, so publicly, it’s something that remained hidden away in dark hotel rooms. But Charles couldn’t deny him, not now, not today, not when he needed it the most.

Temptation’s Trajectory

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✨Monaco Malaise✨ ~8k

Using the reflection in the mirror above the vanity, he steals occasional glances into the bedroom as he wets the cloth and cleans himself off. Charles is still on his forearms and knees, face buried in his pillow, he doesn’t look like he’s going to be moving any time soon.

✨Azerbaijan Abnegation✨ ~17K

This week has been correction after correction, managing the fierce oscillation between wanting Charles and wanting to stop wanting him and now he has his arms full of opposite lock. Charles, yet again, has a front row seat to watch Max spin out of control towards the barriers.

Stairwell Scene Art Work

✨Part 3: Austria Abeyance - WIP✨

[hirakiyois]

if mork becomes a chef, gee is never letting day live it down

[tomb-mold]

I WAS PROMISED A UTOPIA

[genesisarclite]

WIP fic asks: 1, 12, & 15!

1. What are you most excited about when you start to write it/publish it? A: Honestly? I think I'm most excited about Deus Ex Abeyance. As a sequel to MD (and thus the end of Jensen's story), and because it picks up in early 2030, the timeline of DX is chock-full of stuff to explore. It's actually kind of insane. I'm most excited to explore my interpretation of the events - we know so few details about the years between MD and DX1, and it's not going to be pretty to write. Exciting? Sure. Lots of whump? Absolutely. Fun to see the world fall apart and millions suffering? Not so much.

12. How far have you planned ahead? A: All the way to the end. I'm one of Those Writers: I plan out big setpieces or specific events I want to see, then knit them together as I write. I don't always know how things will play out in between, but I pretty much always know how it will end. I know what the final paragraph is going to be.

15. Do you have any unwritten scene that you think about a lot? A: Oh yes. Oh yes. Obviously, I don't want to give away spoilers, but I will say there's a key scene relatively early that acts as Adam's emotional pivot and changes the flow of his story. It also has far-reaching effects on the environment, the world, and characters. The cracks are showing, and they're spreading fast. Things don't get better from there, so you can consider foreshadowing of Abeyance's take on the Rucker scene in MD, or Tai Yong in HR: the Golden Age is well and truly over, and it's all downhill from here. No one can stop it. Not even Adam, as much as he desperately tries.

[hi-crawler]

everybody is posting their end of season fit checks so here's mine ig lmao (she/her pronouns for hunter please!)

[unblogparaloschicos]

Cine online: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Freshman Year (2022)

“El diario de Greg“ (o “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”) es una franquicia literaria y cinematográfica que no necesita mayor presentación. Una saga, creada por Jeff Kinney en 2007, de ya diecisiete libros, cuatro películas en live-action y, por el momento, dos filmes animados que pueden verse en Disney+. No es extraño que una obra tan popular reciba un “homenaje“ cinematográfico o televisivo en forma de parodia, pero este cortometraje presenta tal minuciosidad en los detalles que es plausible el afecto con el que está realizado.

Un Kinney (MacGregor Lakes) en paro y algo decadente recibe la carta de un fan de la serie que le pregunta por qué Greg Heffley aún no ha avanzado en sus estudios y pone manos a la obra. La nueva historia lo acerca a un personaje de “Supercool” (”Superbad”, 2007) antes que al Greg que ya conocemos. Una fiesta que realiza en su casa aprovechando la ausencia familiar adquiere un nuevo cariz cuando la tragedia le toca muy de cerca. 

Pero, claro, es una parodia y no un drama: el absurdo reina en un relato dirigido con gran pericia por Luke Seals y Alex Wright en el que no faltan las consecuencias del famoso “toque del queso”, demonios traviesos, asesinatos, un Rowley muy exitoso y aún un amorío entre Greg y un personaje importante en el universo creado por el verdadero Kinney. Hermosamente demencial, hay que destacar las actuaciones de Isaac Skidmore (Greg), John Orr (Rowley), Abe Yates (Fregley), Pamela Cveticanin (Susan Heffley) y Eli Hayden (Rodrick). 

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Not me learning new words from tumblr essays. And yes they were both about media. In fact one was about Scott Pilgrim.