#annie hits 500

[diceriadelluntore]

Storia Di Musica #314 - Susan Tedeschi, Live From Austin TX, 2004

Le storie di chitarre femminili di febbraio volevano sviluppare, lo ricordo per questo ultimo appuntamento, una questione che avevo sentito per radio (ho recuperato pure i particolare): durante la trasmissione Morning Glory di Virgin Radio, condotta da Alteria, alla domanda "quale sarebbe il tuo mestiere dei sogni" una giovane ascoltatrice scrisse "diventare una famosissima chitarrista, perchè non c'è ne sono". Alteria, che è anche musicista, ha subito cercato di smentire, ricordando Sister Rosetta Tharpe, la grandissima blueswoman e cantante gospel degli anni '30-'60 del 1900. Tuttavia, e alla fine di questo percorso che è sempre anche un'occasione per imparare qualcosa di nuovo, sono arrivato alla conclusione che, dal punto di visto della fama e della riconoscibilità, aveva ragione l'ascoltatrice, non c'è mai stata per gli indicatori appena descritti una chitarrista riconoscibile come Hendrix, Blackmore o Jack White, per citare tre chitarristi di epoche differenti. Allo stesso tempo, non vuol dire che non ci siano state chitarriste tecnicamente e musicalmente eccezionali, e le scelte di Febbraio 2024 sono solo un antipasto di un viaggio che lascerà deliziati chi vorrà continuarlo. Per concludere la carrellata, oggi vi porto a Norwell, Massachusetts, dove all'interno di una famiglia di origini italiani, i Tedeschi (che sono facoltosi, proprietari di una famosa catena di supermercato in tutto lo stato) nasce nel 1970 Susan. Sin da piccola è un prodigio nelle recite e a sei anni ha una piccola parte in un Musical itinerante che una compagnia locale porta in giro nella contea. Cresce in mezzo ai dischi, e per quelle strane ascendenze del gusto, si appassiona ai ritmi e alle atmosfere del blues. Susan Tedeschi frequenta il Berklee College, come Emily Remler (la prima protagonista delle storie di Febbraio) e si specializza in canto gospel e a 20 anni si laurea. Ne ha pochi di più quando fonda la prima Susan Tedeschi Band, con Adrienne Hayes, Jim Lamond e Mike Aiello che, dopo una fondamentale gavetta nel locali di Boston e dintorni, vengono notati da un musicista e produttore, Tom Hambridge (che vincerà nella sua carriera 7 Grammy Awards), che li mette sotto contratto per la piccola etichetta Tone Cool e produce il primo disco, che per scelta sua vedrà a luce solo a nome Susan Tedeschi: Just Won't Burn del 1998 è un grandissimo debutto, con la seconda chitarra di Sean Costello (uno dei più grandi talenti chitarristici di quegli anni, stroncato a 28 anni da complicanze della sua dipendenza dalla droga) che ha due hit da classifica in Rock Me Right e It Hurt So Bad, scritte con Hambridge. Il disco venderà tantissimo per un disco blues di una piccola etichetta, 500 mila copie, e porterà Susan Tedeschi a suonare per gente come John Mellencamp, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, The Allman Brothers Band, Taj Mahal e Bob Dylan. Nel 2003 apre quasi tutti i concerti americani del Licks Tour di un certo gruppo inglese, appena arrivato ai 40 anni di attività, i Rolling Stones, acquisendo una fama crescente, anche per le sue meravigliose qualità artistiche, che penso si esprimano al meglio nel disco di oggi.

È chiamata, per la terza volta, ad esibirsi per l'Austin City Limits, uno dei programmi musicali più famosi degli Stati Uniti, che trasmette un concerto dal vivo di 60 minuti sui canali della PBS, che è la televisione pubblica negli USA. Insieme a lei, William Green all'organo Hammond, Jason Crosby alle tastiere, violino e ai cori, Ron Perry al basso e Jeff Sipe alla batteria. Live In Austin TX esce nel 2004 ed è un delizioso esempio di classe e maestria musicale: la chitarra e la voce di Susan giganteggiano, senza mai strafare, ma lasciando evidenti tocchi di bellezza (tra l'altro vi invito a fare caso alla differenza che ha la sua voce quando canta e quando, quasi timida, ringrazia con un Thank You gli applausi). E la sua chitarra è una espressione di questa dolcezza: mai ossessiva, ma affilata e precisa, con assoli eleganti e morbidi, accompagnati da inserimenti degli altri strumenti. In scaletta pezzi del suo repertorio solista (It Hurt So Bad, la sofferta I Fell In Love, Wrapped In The Arms Of Another), altri scritti per lei (The Feeling Music Brings dal futuro marito Derek Tucks) ma soprattutto una meravigliosa collezione di cover, dove viene fuori il suo canto di impostazione gospel e tutto il suo talento: You Can Make It If You Try di Sly And The Family Stone, Gonna Move di Paul Pena, Alone di Tommy Sims (che produsse Streets Of Philadelphia di Bruce Springsteen), Love's in Need Of Love Today di Stevie Wonder e un suo cavallo di battaglia, sia su disco che dal vivo, Angel From Montgomery di John Prine, che è così strettamente identificata con Bonnie Riatt, altra grandiosa cantante e chitarrista, il cui testimone è preso da Tedeschi in questo senso. C'è il soul di Voodoo Woman di Koki Taylor, uno strumentale meraviglioso come Hampmotized e c'è la cover più bella e sentita di Don't Think It Twice, It's All Right di Bob Dylan: la versione originale del grande di Duluth era basata su un folk tradizionale, Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons When I'm Gone?, e riprendeva un verso da una rielaborazione dello stesso brano fatta da Paul Clayton, che rititolò il brano Who's Gonna Buy Your Chickens When I'm Gone. Il brano ha una leggenda in sé: si dice che fu scritto da un giovane Dylan (il brano fa parte del leggendario The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan del 1963) preoccupato e "geloso" del fatto che la vacanza della sua allora fidanzata, Suzie Rotolo (che è la ragazza che appre nella copertina dello stesso disco a braccetto con lui), in Italia si stesse allungando troppo, immaginando quindi come sarebbe stato raccontare un litigio. In realtà come scrisse Nat Hentoff nel libretto originale (Hentoff è stato critico musicale del Village Voice per 51 anni) è probabilmente il primo degli innumerevoli "discorsi con sè" di Dylan, "un'affermazione che magari puoi dire per sentirti meglio… come se stessi parlando da solo". l'arrangiamento slow blues di Tedeschi è fantastico, con il violino e l'organo Hammond, e diventerà per anni uno dei momenti più attesi dei suoi concerti.

Concerti che saranno sempre il fulcro principale della sua attività, soprattutto dopo l'incontro, prima sentimentale e poi artistico, con Derek Trucks, altro chitarrista formidabile, erede della dinastia Allman Brothers, con cui formerà dal 2010 una Tedeschi Trucks Band, vincendo nel 2012 un Grammy con il disco Revelator. Una grande artista e un'altra grande chitarra da scoprire.

[conradscrime]

Caroline Mary Luard

February 29, 2024

Caroline Mary Luard was born in 1850. On July 1, 1875 she married a man named Charles Edward Luard. On August 24, 1908, around 2:30 pm, Caroline and her husband left home and took their dog for a walk.

According to Charles, he wanted to go get his golf clubs from the clubhouse at Godden Green Golf Club, but his wife wanted to go get some exercise before returning home as she was expecting a Mrs. Stewart for afternoon tea.

At 3 pm, the pair separated, at a wicket gate by St. Lawrence's Church. The gate led down a path to a house called "La Casa" owned by neighbours of Caroline and Charles. It was considered a summer house. Past that, through the woods, would get Caroline home.

Charles was seen many times between 3-4 pm. At 3:20 pm, Charles was seen by Thomas Durrand at Hall Farm. Between 3:25-3:30 pm, he was seen by a labourer, around the golf links, and again seen by the same man about 5-10 minutes later. At 3:35 pm, he was seen by the Golf Club Steward on the links.

At 4:05 p, Charles met Rev. A. B. Cotton. Charles was carrying his golf clubs and the Reverend offered to take the clubs in his car. Around 4:25 pm, Charles was dropped off at Ightham Knoll.

When Charles got home, Mrs. Stewart was at the house waiting for Caroline. Charles, knowing Caroline should've made it home by now went to search for his wife. He found her at 5:15 pm, on the verandah of the summer home. The home was locked and empty. Caroline had been shot in the head, and 3 of her rings and purse were missing. The only thing found at the scene were some "disappearing footprints."

The estimated time of the murder was around 3:15 pm, when Charles would have been walking towards the golf clubhouse. Three shots were heard by two witnesses at that time. Annie Wickham and Daniel Kettel, both heard them.

Wickham said she heard the shots come from the direction of the summer house, she was only about 500 yards away from the location.

The inquest was held on August 26, 1908. Caroline had been initially hit on the head, which knocked her to the ground, and she vomited. Her killer shot her behind the right ear, with the second shot into her left cheek.

Charles did claim to have owned 3 guns, but he was unable to remember where he kept the ammunition for them. It was concluded that the bullets came from a .320 revolver, which was fired a few inches from Caroline's head at close range. A gun expert claimed none of Charles' guns would have been able to fire those bullets, since they were smaller.

One of Caroline's pockets had been ripped off her dress, and police were hoping that would lead them to her killer. The pocket was found by a maid on the day before the funeral, at Ightham Knoll. The maid had been shaking out the sheet in which Caroline's body had been carried back to the house. Caroline's 3 rings were never seen again, despite police hoping someone would pawn them.

Many people believed Charles had murdered his wife, and Charles received anonymous letters accusing him of such. Charles decided to leave the area, and was staying with Colonel Charles Edward Warde.

On September 18, Charles wrote a letter to his son, who was supposedly on his way back from South Africa, after learning his mother had died, as well as a letter to Colonel Warde. He then walked the railway line at Teston, hid in bushes, and then jumped in front of the train.

He pinned a note to his coat that read, "Whoever finds me take me to Colonel Warde."

Caroline's murder police believed was committed by someone she knew, and that it had been planned. They did not think the real motive was robbery. Charles death was ruled a suicide due to him being "temporarily insane."

Some people think John Dickman was Caroline's killer, in 1910 he was sentenced to death for murdering a man on a train.

[whumperwithwings]

Traditional Ice Fishing

Story: River Watchers (Part 1)

Words: Just under 500

Content: Near Drowning, Bad friends (kinda), Bad Caretaker(s) (also kinda mostly in upcoming chapters), Injuries, concussion, I think that’s it but let me know if I should add anything pls, also this is my first story I ever posted so if anything wrong just tell me

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  There was a time, many years ago, when Jonathan used to watch his family go ice fishing. His dad and two older brothers would get all their morning chores done, they would bundle up in the warmest clothing they owned, and they would come back hours later cold and wet yet somehow happy, carry buckets of savory fish for his mother and sisters to fry. Jonathan was just a small child then, to young to go with them, but he always wondered what exactly they were doing out there on the water.

  This is what, he thought, as he slipped under into a deep, freezing black abyss. This is what they were doing.

  Jonathan steeled his nerves and opened his eyes, only to regret it instantly when he was hit with an even greater rush of cold pressure as water rushed in. To make matters worse, it didn’t even help him see any better in the pitch black void of a river his buddies told him to go in.

  I just need one fish, he told himself, as if making a promise to the world. One fish and I’ll win the bet.

  Just minutes before this moment, Jonathan’s friends had told him to jump in the river and catch a fish.

  “Come on, it’s traditional ice fishing. Everyone can do it! Or was your family so weak as to have never taught you?” One of them had jokingly mocked, daring him catch a fish the traditional way, even with the freezing cold and iced over river.

  “Ha, of course I can. I’ll do it right now, in fact!” He proudly boasted before jumping in, neglecting the fact that he had never actually been taught traditional ice fishing before. His mother said it was too dangerous, after two of his brothers nearly drowned while fishing, and forbade him from doing it. He very much regretted neglecting that fact now.

  His shoulder hit a rock protruding from the riverbank, but he was to numb to feel its impact, all sensations except for the cold and the darkness being overpowered by the water rushing around him.

  It turned and tousled him around, leaving him without much control at all where he was going. To make matters worse, he did something wrong while diving in, and was now being swept away by the strong current. Just when he was beginning to consider panicking, he hit the ice on the surface of the river hard.

  That was when he remember that the word ‘ice’ in traditional ice fishing was not there for exaggeration, and he began to stop considering panicking and start actively panicking.

  Air. Air. Air. I need Air. His mind screamed at him, but no matter how much he tried, he just couldn’t break through the solid barrier of ice on the top of the river. Is this… really the end? He thought. His mother, father, brothers, sisters, everybody he’s ever known, would this really be the last they’d see of him?

  No- not like this- Was his last thought. He intended on continuing it, but was robbed of the chance when the current swept his head into a sharp rock, ending what was probably the worst few moments in his entire lifetime.

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  When Jonathan came to, his head was pounding in agonizing pain, his clothes were sopping wet, and his body unapologetically shaking as if he were a clothes washer on high. Sounds buzzed from behind him, but he couldn’t make out what they were saying, or if they were saying anything at all. He could feel something lightly touch his shoulder, and he let out a small moan of pain as it moved ever so slightly.

  “Thomas, Annie’s telling me that there’s somebody there. We have to check it out. They could be hurt!” Jonathan could faintly make out somebody saying in the distance.

  “Are you sure, Nina? Their probably dead if they washed up from the river this time of year. It’s been frozen over for the past week.” A man, presumably Thomas, said calmly.

  “I know, but what if we’re not? We can’t just let somebody die on our research site!” The other voice, that he could know make out to be a young woman, replied indignantly.

  “Very well. Let’s hurry, then.” Thomas replied. Jonathan could start to hear hurried footsteps in the distance as they sped up toward his location.

  Jonathan opened his eyes carefully, not wanting to disturb the relative comfort he had too much. There were ice crystals on his  eyelashes, that pulled apart with an odd sensation.

  As he opened his eyes, he saw two people rounding the corner, quickly hurrying toward him. The man and woman were both wearing matching light grey coats and black snow boots, and the man had a brown leather backpack on, while the woman was carrying a clean white box in her arms. She let out a gasp as she then ran toward him, dropping the box at his side.

  “Oh my gosh! Who are you? Are you hurt? Thomas, do you have any first aid supplies in your rucksack?” The woman who was probably named Nina asked hurriedly, worry plaguing her voice.

  “Of course I do.” Thomas replied smoothly, jogging over to where Jonathan laid on the ground and setting down his pack in front of himself. “It’s a mandatory item for excursions, and I knew you weren’t bringing your rucksack considering you brought Annie with you.”

  “Oh, right!” The woman exclaimed while the man pulled a first aid kit out of his backpack, as if just having remembered something. “Annie, return.”

  A small robotic drone flew into the box that the woman was carrying, before making an electronic chime the likes of which Jonathan had never heard before.

  “Wh-what’s that?” Jonathan asked weakly, he teeth chattering so much that he could hardly talk. Immediately after, Thomas stuck a thermometer in his mouth, immediately silencing him.

  “Shh, don’t worry about it. Your body temperature is incredibly cold, and you’re probably injured after bumping into a rock or several down there. You’re very lucky we found you, you know. Now, are you injured anywhere?” He said calmly and reassuredly, as if nothing was ever wrong in the world, before pulling the thermometer out of Jonathan’s mouth.

A/N: That’s the first part of River Watchers! Expect the next part in a couple of days. I’m so glad to be posting whump after lurking for so long. Also, pls tell me if you have any criticism or think I should change something, I always welcome advice!

[toranekooo]

HAPPY 3RD ANNI, TORANEKOOO!

hi hi, everypony! in honor of hitting 500+ followers and celebrating this blog's 3rd anniversary, i'll be holding a simple and quick event! consider this a big thank you for all the support and kindness you've given me so far that i've actually managed to stay in this blog for over three years lol ^_^ old pinned here!

you've returned, reader-chan. the rules for this game are simple:

it's a gacha game! every requester is provided a set ten (10) nekocoins, which they can use as currency to roll for edits. there will be no increase from this number, sorry! anons will need a sign off to participate. now, while the rules may be familiar, there's an added twist!

TWIST: rather than being able to spend the coins and budget them on your desired edit types, as this is a gacha game, you'll only be allowed to specify a character and aesthetic! the edit type will then be randomized based on how much nekocoins you used to roll~

the edit types will cost as follows:

icons - 3 coins for 6 icons | 5 coins for 9 icons

layouts - 6 coins for standard layouts | 10 coins for full blog setups

moodboards - 4 coins for regular moodboards | 7 coins for gif/moving moodboards

stimboards - 8 coins

gifs - 10 coins

example event request:

"hello! may i please roll for akito shinonome with 6 coins?" <- rolls like these can either land on layouts or two sets of 6 icons!

"good day! could i use 9 coins to roll for ako udagawa? thank you!" <- this could land supposedly on a set of 9 icons and a regular moodboard OR it could land on stimboards with one nekocoin being returned to the requester!

if there are any questions, feel free to direct them in my ask box! this event will go on indefinitely, so feel free to have fun ^_^

with that out of the way, i've been ia for so long i may not know many people so could i ask for a promo? feel free to ignore and lmk if i should remove your @!

@5seraphim @prismdol @enananhearts @garikei @thornybenevolence @warmteabake @angelldose + anyone else who wants to!! thank you so much~

[ailendolin]

hey! your fics are honestly some of my faves, i can’t believe you’ve only just reached 500 followers - you deserve so much more recognition ^^

for the drabbles could i please request ❤️‍🩹 with dissectus and voltari? totally cool if not! <3

Thank you very much for your kind words, anon! 💙 They're very much appreciated. I know writers are supposed to write for themselves first and foremost but it's honestly such a wonderful feeling and privilege to be able to bring joy to other people with my stories, and I really your Disstari ficlet does exactly that! As all the others, it's set in my Second Chances verse.

Next up:

🎮 Games - Mary, Annie and alive Kitty

🌧️ Rainy day activities - Humphrey & Sophie

🩸 Patching up a wound - Alison/Mike

🥰 Saying ‘I love you’ without saying it - Thomas/Isabelle

🛁 platonic bathing - Ian/Gabriel

Ask Game is here. Filled prompts are here, here & here on AO3.

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Free

❤️‍🩹 Reunited after a long time apart

It was done.

Voltari still found it hard to believe, even now as he was on his way upstairs to open the Chamber doors for the Elders. Cuddly Dick had been defeated and the other Overlords rounded up and secured. Their plan had actually worked and Voltari – Voltari was free. No more mind games, no more torture and punishment dealt out with sickening smiles, no more constant vigilance. For the first time in his life, he could just be, and the realisation hit him so hard that his steps faltered on the stairs and he had to stop and take a deep breath to calm his racing heart.

There was, of course, still the lingering fear that the Elders, now that they had no use for them anymore, would go back on their word and not pardon him and Dissectus like they had promised. A lifetime of mistrust made it difficult, nearly impossible, for him to believe in the good of people now. But Voltari wanted to believe. He wanted to believe so badly even though he and Dissectus probably didn’t deserve a second chance – definitely didn’t, Voltari amended, thinking of all the things he’d been forced to do to survive in a world where showing even the smallest sign of weakness could mean certain death. But that didn’t stop him from wanting a new life, a better one – one without secrets, pain and loneliness. And after what he’d been through these last few weeks he wasn’t below begging the Elders for it.

His ruined eye began to throb under the eye piece, a painful reminder of everything he was walking away from right now. Voltari resisted the urge to reach up and rub at the mutilated skin as he continued on his way: up the stairs, then down the winding hallways until he finally reached the large wooden doors that had held him prisoner this whole time. His hands were shaking when he inserted the key and pulled them open.

The Elders were waiting outside and turned towards him as one. Voltari couldn’t deny his surprise when they all broke out into smiles, almost as if he was a long lost friend they hadn’t seen in a while. One of them, the scribe, let out a noise of unbridled excitement before she came forward and threw her arms around him in a hug.

Voltari froze.  

“Oh, sorry,” she said in embarrassment and hurried to step back. “I’m just so grateful to be home again!”

With that, she shuffled past him, the others close behind her. Voltari blinked after them, not quite able to comprehend what had just happened, before the soft clearing of a throat drew his attention back to the person behind him.

“You’ll get used to them,” Dissectus said, a smile tugging at his lips, and Voltari forgot how to breathe. He drank in the sight of his oldest, his only friend like a parched man, cataloguing all the things that were different about him; from the dark blue tunic he now wore in place of his uniform to the lack of make-up on his face. He looked gentler without both, Voltari thought, and lovelier if such a thing was even possible.

Something eased in his chest, then; something that had been tightly coiled ever since Cuddly Dick had summoned them for the first time and grown incredibly painful when Dissectus had left him behind to provide a cover for Negatus and secure their future. Without warning, tears pricked at his eyes and Dissectus’s face softened in spite of Voltari’s attempts to swallow them.

“It’s okay,” he said in a tone that had only ever been reserved for the privacy of their bedchambers before, the only places they could allow themselves to be vulnerable. “It’s over, Tari. We made it.”

Voltari knew that, of course. Yet hearing Dissectus say it was different, somehow; made it more tangible and real. He exhaled shakily and a moment later found himself drawn against a warm chest with more gentleness than Dissectus had ever shown openly before. Arms came up around his back, and when one of Dissectus’s hands found its way into his hair, Voltari closed his eyes and let his head be guided onto one shoulder.

“It’s over,” Dissectus murmured again and this time, Voltari didn’t fight the tears. He curled his fingers into the soft fabric of Dissectus’s tunic and let the tension, fear and pain of the last few weeks fall away from him. It was a much needed moment of comfort, even if it only lasted briefly before Voltari pulled back. Ducking his head to hide the redness around his eye, he gestured at the doors. “We should head inside. There’s still much work to be done.”

“Of course,” Dissectus said gracefully. His soft smile said that he had seen right through the deflection and was choosing not to mention it – just as he was choosing not to mention the angry marks around Voltari’s eye piece or the way Voltari’s hands were still trembling faintly in the afternoon light.

Voltari had quite forgotten what it felt like to be seen, but rather than letting it unsettle him, he revelled in the sensation and allowed himself a small smile as they took the first steps of their new lives together.

[crystalelemental]

Unit Teambuilding - Battle Tower (Alt) Leon

I hate that it’s alt, but I guess “Battle Tower Leon” is a lot more to write out, so they went with Alt Leon.  Sure.  Thankfully, he got the cool outfit, and the cool Ghost Pokemon, so he’s-Dragon type?  Really?  Come on.

General Overview Leon is a Dragon Tech, who really should’ve been a Striker.  Leon’s main selling point is Dragon Darts, an effectively 200BP move.  This is excellent, and is actually stronger than SS Serena’s Core Enforcer.  With just this and a trainer move that performs the standard +4/+3 self buff, and an excellent speed tier of over 500 with +1 speed on TM, Leon really didn’t need for much more.  But he got it, in Piercing Blows.  Not only is his damage excellent, his gauge control is strong, and his damage cannot be stopped.  Adding a Max Move for burst damage makes this even more threatening.  Impervious, while generally inconsequential, does permit Leon some tools that will likely do well in Gauntlet.

So why do I not feel as impressed with him?  I think it comes down to expectation vs reality.  Leon’s a Tech, and his conditions are...painful.  Burn requirement but no Go Viral until 4/5, and needing as many debuffs as possible but only getting maybe 4 at a time is incredibly damning.  His opening sync is very slow acting and kind of a pain, and legitimately I think it’s less worth it to run his Buddy move if he’s the star of the show.  Just throw out Dragon Darts, it’ll do more.  His sync damage is around the standard for Tech, which means a bit better than Lucas and Drasna but not as good as Anni Raihan or C!Iris.

Leon is still really good.  I love debuffs, so I’m kinda partial to the kit, but he’s also really...odd.  He reminds me a bit of SS Cyrus, in the sense of “pick one thing and only do that.”  If he’s supporting another striker, just spam Buddy move.  If he’s dealing damage, just spam Dragon Darts.  There’s basically no reason to ever burn someone yourself.

EX and Move Level? Because he’s a Tech, EX is generally recommended.  That said, I do stand by the belief that his strength is DPS and having a Max Move.  1/5 is likely serviceable.  His sync multipliers are a rough time anyway, and he’s not getting great boosts to DPS since it’s only Burn Synergy 3, which is hard to set up.  I don’t agree with it.  But, there is a strong case to be made for 4/5, sadly.  Go Viral is legitimately fantastic when you’re running Burn multipliers and...*sigh*...Breaking Swipe: Hit Burned Opp Stat Down 9.  Guys, I know these skills are meant to be descriptive so people know what they do, but can be please just go back to using keywords?  You sound ridiculous.

Team 1: Alt Leon, H!Caitlin, Lucas Did someone say caps crit but needs a bit of attack?!  Hello naughty children, it’s Caitlin time!  Truth be told, she’s likely overkill, you can use something lower tier than that, but favoritism.  Lucas is chosen for the Zone, but admittedly, this is an issue with Leon.  He’s physical, and the Dragon Zone is special.  CS demands reallocation of points as a result.  Which isn’t great, but it’s manageable if desired.

Team 2: Alt Leon, V!Agatha/Bugscyther, H!Morty/V!Kiawe If only Bugscyther were real.  Anyway, the focus of this is on Leon’s sync.  H!Morty is a decent partner here, thanks to Spread Burn.  V!Kiawe can at least set up Power Play, and with Defense Crush lucky skill, actually contributes meaningfully to anything.  Bugscyther tops off attack and gets Leer debuffs, but in absence of him, any defense debuffing support like V!Agatha can work out.

Team 3: Alt Leon, Skyla One of the nice things about Leon is that he has Piercing Blows, and the ability to debuff, making him a pretty solid Gauntlet Duo choice.  Skyla in particular is great.  Defense buffs complement his attack debuffs, and the speed keeps gauge rolling.  Potion for survival, and you’re set to go.

Team 4: Alt Leon, C!Iris, Sonia Alt Leon’s debuffs are basically a buffed Leer that deals respectable damage in addition.  It’s a worthwhile consideration!  It’s especially worthwhile when you’re dealing with a partner who can hit for roughly eleventy billion damage on a single target, provided some debuffs are present.  C!Iris is a great partner to Leon.  Leon’s DPS is super strong, but C!Iris is the sync nuking monster that capitalizes on it all.  I actually ran this exact team this morning, with Leon 1/5, and we actually cleared before Iris could sync.  Leon’s spread damage is very respectable, and Iris’ Dragon Rush is more than enough to kill on-type.

Final Thoughts Here’s a question for you.  It’s the month before anniversary.  All of this is bait, and you might be looking at your gem stash, cautiously considering whether it’s really worth it to get any of these new pairs.  What does Leon offer you that doesn’t already exist?  That you don’t already have?  AoE Atk/Def/Spd debuffing?  SC Steven does that while pumping your damage up to infinity.  Burn?  Not until 4/5 he doesn’t, and SS Lysandre is far more significant for off-type clears given the absurdity of his damage and Buddy move.  Dragon damage?  It’s top of the chart, but I don’t think it’s necessary to pick up.

I think Leon is good; very good, even.  If you’re a paying player looking to pick something up this month, he’s not a bad choice.  But if you’re not?  If you’re saving for anniversary?  Why break for him?  What’s he offering that doesn’t exist elsewhere?  Is this necessary?  And if it is...do you need anything beyond 1/5?

[true-trauma]

Il concerto di Bonez Mc e Raf Camora all’Olympiahalle di Innsbruck è stato una celebrazione in grande stile del loro sodalizio artistico iniziato nel 2016, quandi i due decisero di incidere l’album di coppia Palmen aus plastik. Dopo di esso, son seguiti Palmen aus plastik 2 nel 2018 e Palmen aus plastik 3 nel 2022. Ovviamente, tutti e tre han segnato dei goal potenti per il deutschrap. Numerose sono state le hit che sono state estratte da questi tre dischi. E hanno tutte convissuto in questo show, che segna una sorta di prosieguo del loro tour avvenuto tra fine 2022 e inizio 2023, seguito alla pubblicazione del loro terzo volume della saga.

Ad aprire il concerto ci ha pensato Maxwell, unico ospite d’eccezione, e membro, insieme a Bonez e ad altri, della 187 Strassenbande. Maxwell ha anche duettato qua e là durante lo il concerto. Non solo: ha anche dato spettacolo di sé fornendo un ottimo contributo alla realizzazione del progetto. Intrattenimento allo stato puro. Musica, ma anche altro.

Le hit.

Il concerto vero e proprio, dopo tre o quattro canzoni cantate da Maxwell (tra cui Safari, originariamente interpretata anche con lo stesso Camora), è iniziato con Letztes mal, che è stato anche il primo singolo estratto da Palmen aus plastik 3. Subito dopo Letztes mal, 500 ps, tratto dal secondo capitolo della saga. E ancora, e ancora, e ancora.

Si può dire che di hit non ne sono certamente mancate. Anzi, è stato uno spettacolo caratterizzato quasi solo ed esclusivamente da hit. Via, pertanto, pezzi sì importanti ed introspettivi come Ruhe nach dem sturm e Risiko, tra i migliori della trilogia, e spazio alle varie Kontrollieren, Sommer (sulla quale Maxwell ha fatto il suo ingresso surfando la folla a bordo di un canotto, cadendo peraltro tra il pubblico, tra le risate generali) e Beste leben.

Sold-out.

Non è la prima volta che Raf Camora e Bonez Mc si ritrovano a comunicare una data “ausverkauft”, o come diremmo noi “sold-out”, preferendo la forma anglosassone per eccellenza al posto del termine tedesco. Tutto esaurito, e a dispetto di quanto si possa pensare, non c’era un limite di età. Il pubblico nel parterre è stato certo un pubblico giovane, ma sugli spalti non erano poche le persone “più in là con gli anni”. Si prenda l’espressione con le pinze, in quanto certamente non si sta parlando di ultra-cinquantenni, ma neanche poi così tanto giovincelli. Questo a riprova del fatto che il rap non è solo “un genere per ragazzini”. Non in tutte le nazioni, almeno.

Gli ospiti (assenti, ma presenti).

Oltre a Maxwell, Bonez Mc e Raf Camora hanno deciso di giocare un po’ con l’aspetto legato ai visual sui maxischermi posizionati ai due lati del “bühne” (“palco”). Infatti, sui due maxischermi sono apparsi a più riprese due nomi che han collaborato con i due artisti: Luciano e Gzuz.

Luciano ha condiviso da poco un pezzo già diventato hit con Raf Camora, tale All night, tratto dal suo disco XV (il titolo deriva dal fatto che quest’anno il rapper viennese festeggia i suoi 15 anni di attività, XV a numeri romani corrisponde proprio al numero 15). Per impegni già precedentemente presi, Luciano non ha potuto prendere parte fisicamente allo spettacolo.

Stessa cosa vale per Gzuz, assente invece per problemi giudiziari, con cui ha a che fare da svariati mesi a questa parte, e a più riprese i due colleghi hanno citato il motto “free Gzuz”, mentre le sue strofe scorrevano sottoforma si pupazzo sul maxischermo.

L’orario del concerto.

Contrariamente a quanto si fa generalmente in Italia, il concerto di Raf Camora e Bonez Mc è iniziato alle 19:30, quando Maxwell ha fatto improvvisamente irruzione sul palco, iniziando a rappare alcune sue strofe per iniziare a scaldare il pubblico. Una breve pausa, gli ultimi accorgimenti, e il concerto è iniziato definitivamente poco prima delle 20. Dalle 20 alle 21:30, un continuo no-stop di spettacolo e di musica. E una volta giunti agli sgoccioli, il pubblico in sala ha iniziato ad inneggiare ad un “bis”, come generalmente si fa ad i concerti: i vecchi “fuori”, ovvero i nuovi “se non metti l’ultimo, noi non ce ne andiamo”.

È interessante notare come la scelta dell’orario di un concerto possa influenzare la serata. Porre un concerto che inizia alle ore 9 di sera, come generalmente accade in Italia, per poi farlo terminare alle ore 11, quando ormai molte attività commerciali sono sul punto di chiusura, equivarrebbe quasi costringere i ragazzi a tornarsene alle proprie abitazioni. Al contrario, un concerto che inizia e termina in una fascia oraria antecedente, permette agli spettatori di essere quasi “semplicemente” intrattenuti dagli artisti che si esibiscono prima di proseguire con la serata fuori dal luogo del concerto, decidendo eventualmente cosa fare e dove andare, senza ansie e senza stress.

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Happy Birthday to the Gaelic Folk sing Julie Fowlis.

Julie Fowlis is a multi-award winning Gaelic singer who is deeply influenced by her early upbringing in the Outer Hebridean island of North Uist. With a career spanning five studio albums and numerous high profile collaborations, her ‘crystalline’ and ‘intoxicating’ vocals have enchanted audiences around the world.

Nominated as ‘Folk Singer of the Year’ at the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and ‘Best Artist’ at the Songlines World Music Awards, Julie is a warm and engaging live performer who has graced stages around the world, from village halls in the Highlands to stages in New York, The Philharmonie de Paris and Shakespeare’s Globe in London.  Recent invitations to perform have included a return to world-class Festival of Voice in Cardiff, the World Festival of Sacred Music in Fez, Morocco, to collaborate with the BBC Concert Orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall for the Proms and to support Scottish icons ‘Runrig’ to an audience of 50,000 during their farewell concert weekend in August 2018. She sang live at the closing ceremony of the Ryder Cup in Chicago in 2012 to a TV audience of 500 million, an event that was only eclipsed by singing live at the opening ceremony of the Glasgow XX Commonwealth Games in 2014, to a TV audience of over 1 billion people.

Since of the release of her otherworldy album ‘alterum’ in 2017, she has been in demand – touring with the world-class Transatlantic Sessions, sell-out shows in London and throughout the UK, and is currently working on a major new 14-18 commission with celebrated Highland musician Duncan Chisholm, commemorating 100 years since the ‘Iolaire’ tragedy.

She will forever be recognised for singing the theme songs to ‘Brave’, Disney Pixar’s Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA winning animated film, set in the ancient highlands of Scotland. The track was recorded when Julie was eight months pregnant with her second child, and has since been a worldwide smash hit, and the song ‘Touch the Sky’ was indeed long listed for an Oscar nomination in 2013.

Julie’s latest album, Alterum was released in 2017, as well as songs by Annie Briggs and Archie Fisher it  featured traditional songs arranged by Fowlis and her production team.

Julie made history as the first Gaelic solo artist to win a Scottish Music Award in December 2014.

In January this year  Julie released an EP  a new three-track  which feature a number of special guests, was recorded to accompany the Source To Sea podcast series in which Lee Craigie and Jenny Graham travel the length of three major Scottish rivers (The River Dee, River Tay and River Clyde).

Julies voice sends shivers up your spine, I have chosen  Smeòrach Chlann Dòmhnaill (‘The Mavis of Clan Donald’).  It’s a scottish gaelic song in which the poet praises Sleat MacDonalds and North Uist. It was composed by John MacCodrum (Iain Mac Fhearchair 1693–1779) one of the earliest of the “village poets”‘, who penned it as an ‘antiquarian’ re-creation of the Celtic bard Ossian in the 1760s

Gaelic lyrics.

Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ail il ó Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ró i Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ail il ó Smeòrach le Clann Dòmhnaill mi I Smeòrach mis’ air ùrlar Phaibil Crùbadh ann an dùsal cadail Gun deòrachd a théid nas fhaide Truimid mo bhròin, thòirleum m’ aigne II Smeòrach mis’ air mullach beinne ‘G amharc gréin is speuran soillear Théid mi stòlda chòir na coille Bidh mi beò air treòtas eile III Ma mholas gach eun a thìr féin Cuim’ thar éis nach moladh mise? Tìr nan curaidh, tìr nan cliar An tìr bhiadhchar fhialaidh mhiosail IV ‘N tìr nach caol ri cois na mara, An tìr ghaolach, chaomhnach, channach, An tìr laoghach, uanach, mheannach: Tìr an arain, bhainneach, mhealach. V An Cladh Chomhghain mise rugadh, ’N Àird an Rùnair fhuair mi togail, Fradharc a’ chuain uaibhrich chuislich, Nan stuagh guanach cluaineach cluiceach. VI Measg Chlann Dòmhnaill fhuair mi m’ altrum Buidheann nan seòl ‘s nan sròl daithte Nan long luath air chuantan farsaing Aiteam nach ciùin rùsgadh ghlas lann VII Na fir eòlach stòlda stàideil Bha ‘s a’ chòmhstri stròiceach scaiteach Fir gun bhròn gun leòn gun airtneul Leanadh tòir, is tòir a chaisgeadh VIII Buidheann mo ghaoil nach caoin caitean Buidheann nach gann greann san aisith Buidheann shanntach ‘n àm bhith aca Rùsgadh lann fo shranntraich bhratach

English translation *

Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ail il ó Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ró i Hoilibheag hilibheag hó ail il ó A mavis (1) of Clan Donald I A mavis I on Paible‘s flatland Huddled in a drowse of sleep unwilling to go any further in the depths of my sorrow my spirit made a mighty leap II A mavis I on a mountaintop Watching the sun and cloudless skies I will approach the forest quietly and I’ll be living on other sustenance III If every other bird praises its own land Why then should not I? Land of heroes, land of poets/The abundant, hospitable, estimable land. IV The land not narrow near the sea, The delectable, mild, comely land, The land of calves and lambs and kids, The land of bread and milk and honey. V ln Comgan’s Churchyard I was born, In Àird an Runnair I was reared, In sight of the proud throbbing sea, Of the sportive, fickle, playful waves. VI Among Clan Donald I was nursed Company of sails and coloured banners Of swift ships on wide oceans A people not mild when baring grey blades (2). VII Men experienced, steady, stately Haughty and keen in battle Men without sorrow, without wounds, without weariness Who would follow in the rout and who could also stop one VIII My beloved company, not smooth of temper A company resolute in war A company ambitious when it was necessary To bare their blades beneath fluttering banners

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Carole King

Carole King, la cantautrice e compositrice di maggior successo della seconda metà del Ventesimo secolo, è stata un modello per diverse generazioni di musiciste e musicisti.

Le sue canzoni sono state riprese e interpretate da artisti come Quincy Jones, Rod Stewart, Bee Gees e Manhattan Transfer.

Cento diciotto sue canzoni sono entrate nella Billboard Hot 100 e sessantuno nella classifica inglese.

Con la sua fortunatissima You’ve Got a Friend è stata la prima donna della storia a vincere il Grammy nel 1972.

Nata col nome di Carol Klein, a New York il 9 febbraio del 1942, ha mostrato un precoce talento come pianista e autrice. Era alle scuole superiori quando ha formato il quartetto vocale Co-Sines. Poi è passata ai Tokens, la band del suo fidanzato di allora, Neil Sedaka che aveva scritto una canzone che porta il suo nome.

Arrivata al Queens College aveva conosciuto una serie di promettenti artisti, tra cui Paul Simon e Gerry Goffin, che sarebbe diventato suo marito e co-autore con cui ha sfornato pezzi che hanno fatto la storia della musica,

Il loro primo successo Will You Love Me Tomorrow, composto per le Shirelles, raggiunse la vetta della Billboard Hot 100 il 1˚ gennaio del 1961 quando Carole King doveva ancora compiere 19 anni.

Insieme hanno prodotto hit per i nomi più grandi dell’epoca, dagli Animals ai Byrds e i Monkees, fino al capolavoro ‘You Make Me Feel (Like A Natural Woman)’, realizzata per Aretha Franklin.

La costruzione musicale dei loro successi si discostava dagli stereotipi dell’epoca per il loro stile nelle armonizzazioni, che hanno ispirato anche i primi Beatles.

Dopo il divorzio da Goffin, nel 1968, si è trasferita a Los Angeles con le due figlie per vivere in una comune creativa dove ha conosciuto Joni Mitchell, James Taylor e la sua compagna Toni Stern con cui ha scritto It’s Too Late, una tappa fondamentale nel percorso per divenire una songwriter in autonomia. È stato un periodo difficile della sua vita, ma che le è servito per acquisire consapevolezza delle sue capacità e potenziale.

È stato in quella fase che ha composto molti dei brani finiti nell’album Tapestry, inclusa You’ve Got a Friend, ispirata a un verso della canzone di James Taylor Fire and Rain. Il disco, posizionato dalla rivista Rolling Stone al 36º posto nella classifica dei 500 migliori album di tutti i tempi, ha venduto ventidue milioni di copie in tutto il mondo e le ha portato ben quattro Grammy per miglior album dell’anno, migliore canzone, migliore composizione dell’anno e migliore interprete femminile, facendole detenere per 20 anni il record femminile di permanenza in classifica.

Questo disco dal successo strepitoso ha contribuito a rendere un genere popolare il cantautorato confessionale e le donne del rock hanno trovato un modello da seguire.

Superando gradualmente la sua timidezza e insicurezza a mostrarsi in pubblico, ha suonato capolavori come It’s Too Late e I Feel the Earth Move davanti a platee sempre più grandi, fino al mega concerto gratuito a Central Park del 26 maggio 1973, quando si è esibita davanti a una folla di 70000 persone.

Oltre alla musica, passione di una vita, Carole King ha sempre avvertito una forte attrazione per la natura incontaminata e la libertà.

Dopo l’esperienza della comune californiana, si è trasferita in una piccola città di montagna, nell’Idaho, e da questa dimensione è cominciato così il suo attivismo ambientale, più volte si è recata a Washington con l’Alliance for the Wild Rockies.

Nel 1990, è stata inserita, insieme a Goffin, nella Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nella categoria non-esecutori per il suo successo come autrice musicale.

Nel 1996 è stato realizzato un film ispirato alla sua vita, Grace of my heart.

Ha riscritto la canzone Where You Lead (I Will Follow) per adattarla al telefilm Una mamma per amica, cantandola con la figlia Louise Goffin. È anche apparsa in qualche episodio, nel ruolo della proprietaria del negozio di musica.

Ha prodotto diversi altri dischi, mai uguagliando il successo di Tapestry, ma ha continuato a suonare, adorata dal pubblico e dalla critica.

Tanti i premi che le sono stati riconosciuti nella sua carriera, tra i quali spiccano la stella col suo nome nella Hollywood Walk of Fame, il Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song conferitole da Barack Obama e il Kennedy Center Honors.

Nel 2014 ha debuttato a Broadway il musical sulla sua vita, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

La timida figlia dei fiori newyorkese che si è imposta sulla scena internazionale, con la sua voce limpida e la delicata sensibilità, pregna delle utopie degli anni Settanta, non si è fatta mai travolgere dallo star system, conservando integra la sua grazia iniziale intrisa di grandi ideali.

Negli ultimi anni si esibisce poco, mentre è rimasto immutato il suo impegno per l’ambiente.

[thetoxicgamer]

League of Legends Patch Notes – 13.7 Update Nerfs Meta Junglers, Phew

As we approach MSI there’s a new round of League of Legends patch notes to sink our teeth into – literally, as the MOBA‘s beloved Cats vs Dogs skinline has made a comeback post-April 1. If you pick up the Nidalee skin you’ll probably get the chance to make good use of it, as meta junglers Lee Sin, Sejuani, and Vi are taking the nerf hammer to the face in 13.7. Lee Sin, Sejuani, and Vi all get nerfed I’d be a liar if I said writing that didn’t give me an awful sense of satisfaction. All three junglers have dominated the meta – especially in pro play – and as a result are getting taken down a few pegs ahead of MSI. Lee Sin’s base attack damage and armour have been knocked down by a couple of points each, and Vi has been shifted towards AD to negate her building tank items but dealing out huge amounts of damage. Sejuani’s Arctic Assault (Q) and Glacial Prison (R) now also have longer cooldowns, and her passive’s damage cap has been decreased to stop her easily beating up epic monsters like drakes and the Baron. League of Legends patch notes – 13.7 update Below are the champion changes from League of Legends patch 13.7, as well as a list of any upcoming skins and chromas. Champion Adjustments Kha’Zix Q – Taste Their Fear - Isolation Range: 425 ⇒ 375 W – Void Spike - Evolved Slow: 60% ⇒ 40% - Evolved Slow Against Isolated Targets: 90% ⇒ 75% R – Void Assault - Buff Duration: 10 seconds ⇒ 12 seconds Thresh Q – Death Sentence - Cooldown Refunded On Hit: 3 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds Champion Buffs Alistar Base Stats - Base Armor: 44 ⇒ 47 - Base Health: 670 ⇒ 685 Azir Base Stats - Base Armor: 19 ⇒ 22 - Attack Speed Growth: 5% ⇒ 6% Passive – Shurima’s Legacy - Duration: 30 seconds ⇒ 45 seconds - Cast Range: 500 ⇒ 700 Q – Conquering Sands - Mana Cost: 65/70/75/80/85 ⇒ 70/80/90/100/110 - Stab Range: 370 ⇒ 325 W – Arise! - Magic Damage: 0−110 (based on level) (+50/60/70/80/90) (+55% AP) ⇒ 0−92 (based on level) (+50/67/84/101/118) (+55% AP- (Note: Assuming W max, this is a damage per hit buff that scales from +0 to +10 by level 11 and then stays there). - Mana Cost: 40 at all ranks ⇒ 40/35/30/25/20 Miscellaneous - Recommended Skill Order: The game will now recommend maxing W first. Graves Passive – New Destiny - Critical Strike Bonus Per Pellet: 20% ⇒ 30% R – Collateral Damage - Cooldown: 120/90/60 seconds ⇒ 100/80/60 seconds Kalista Base Stats - Attack Damage Growth: 3.5 ⇒ 3.75 Passive – Oathsworn Bond - Oathsworn Ceremony Duration: 12 seconds ⇒ 8 seconds (Note: This begins when Kalista activates her Black Speak.) - Ride Together, Channel Together: Kalista is now forced to channel on the Black Spear while her Oathsworn is reviving Katarina Passive – Voracity - Sinister Steel Dagger Magic Damage: 68−240 (based on level) (+ 60% bonus AD) (+65/75/85/95% (levels 1/6/11/16) AP) ⇒ 68−240 (based on level) (+ 60% bonus AD) (+70/80/90/100% (levels 1/6/11/16) AP) R – Death Lotus - Physical Damage per Dagger: 18% (+30% per 100% bonus AS) bonus AD ⇒ 16% (+50% per 100% bonus AS) bonus AD Yasuo Passive – Way of the Wanderer - Shield Amount: 100/105/110/115/120/130/140/150/160/170/180/200/220/250/290/350/410/475 ⇒ 100/105/110/115/125/135/145/160/175/195/220/250/275/325/375/425/500/575 E – Sweeping Blade - Damage Increase per Stack: 25% of E’s base damage ⇒ 15-25% of E’s total damage (scales linearly, levels 1-18) - Maximum Stack Amount: 2 ⇒ 4 Champion Nerfs Annie E – Molten Shield - Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 seconds ⇒ 12/11.5/11/10.5/10 seconds - Shield Amount: 60/100/140/180/220 (+40% AP) ⇒ 60/95/130/165/200 (+40% AP) Lee Sin Base Stats - Base Attack Damage: 68 ⇒ 66 - Base Armor: 36 ⇒ 34 Olaf Passive – Berserker’s Rage - Attack Speed: 60-100% (based on level) ⇒ 50-100% (based on level) Q – Undertow - Physical Damage: 70/120/170/220/270 (+100% bonus AD) ⇒ 65/115/165/215/265 (+100% bonus AD) Rammus W – Defensive Ball Curl - Bonus Armour: 35 (+40/55/70/85/100% total armour) ⇒ 35 (+40/50/60/70/80% total armour) Sejuani Passive – Fury of the North - Damage Cap against Epic Monsters: 300 ⇒ 250 Q – Arctic Assault - Cooldown: 18/16.5/15/13.5/12 seconds ⇒ 19/17.5/16/14.5/13 seconds R – Glacial Prison - Cooldown: 120/100/80 seconds ⇒ 130/110/90 seconds Veigar Q – Baleful Strike - AP Ratio: 60% at all ranks ⇒ 45/50/55/60/65% W – Dark Matter - AP Ratio: 100% at all ranks ⇒ 70/80/90/100/110% E – Event Horizon - Sneaky Stuns: Veigar can no longer hide his E VFX from enemies by placing it inside certain walls. R – Primordial Burst - AP Ratio: 75% at all ranks ⇒ 65/70/75% Vi Q – Vault Breaker - Minimum Physical Damage: 55/80/105/130/155 (+70% bonus AD) ⇒ 45/70/95/120/145 (+80% bonus AD) - Maximum Physical Damage: 110/160/210/260/310 (+140% bonus AD) ⇒ 90/140/190/240/290 (+160% bonus AD) E – Relentless Force - Physical Damage: 10/30/50/70/90 (+110% AD) (+90% AP) ⇒ 5/20/35/50/65 (+120% AD) (+100% AP) Wukong Base Stats - Attack Damage: 68 ⇒ 66 W – Warrior Trickster - Cooldown: 22/19.5/17/14.5/12 seconds ⇒ 22/20/18/16/14 seconds E – Nimbus Strike - Bonus Attack Speed: 40/45/50/55/60% ⇒ 35/40/45/50/55% Zeri Base Stats - Health Growth: 115 ⇒ 100 Passive – Living Battery - Shield Absorption: 60% of damage dealt ⇒ 45% of damage dealt R – Lightning Crash - Magic Damage: 175/275/375 (+100% bonus AD) (+110% AP) ⇒ 175/275/375 (+85% bonus AD) (+110% AP) League of Legends patch 13.7 skins The following skins and chromas will be released this patch: - Kibble-Head Kled - Kittalee - Shiba Yuumi - Woof and Lamb Kindred The full patch notes can be found on the League of Legends website, but they’re quite long so get ready to read. While the Cat vs Dog skins aren’t for me – thankfully I won’t need to check how much I’ve spent on League of Legends this month – those jungle changes (especially the Lee Sin ones) absolutely are. Hopefully it knocks some of the more meta junglers down the League of Legends tier list a bit, and lets some new faces rise to the top – specifically Evelynn. I like Evelynn. Read the full article

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“Mister Moneybags” Annie Besson

Emojis: 🚹 💰

Name: “Mister Moneybags” Annie Besson

Pronouns: She/Her (He/Him when the mood strikes)

Nicknames (insulting): That bitch, that bastard

Nicknames (affectionate): That bitch, that bastard , Genderfuckery Icon, Queen, King

Character Profile: Daughter of the original Mister Moneybags, Annie Besson opted to keep her father’s nom-de-guerre wholesale rather than alter it into a variant like “Miss Moneybags” or “Madame Moneybags”. Proud inheritor of her father’s legacy, Annie Besson brings the same swaggering confidence to her work. Able to rouse the anger of any crowd with a well placed flex or cutting insult (garnished with a soupçon of a French accent), the modern Mister Moneybags makes a fine antagonist in any storyline. Unlike her father, Annie favours a hard-hitting Strong Style enriched with a variety of infuriating holds. Mister Moneybags’ preferred tactic is to target one spot of her opponent’s repertoire (be that the limb they need for their finisher or a weakspot) and to work it until she can end the match with one smug and devastating hold. Prospective opponents should be warned against challenging her confidence, however, as an enraged Mister Moneybags has been known to lose matches on a DQ by breaking her opponent’s limb. While laying her opponents out for months on end while they recover always incurs a heavy fine, they don’t call her Mister Moneybags for nothing. Indeed on several occasions she has simply tossed a wad of cash to the ref with a smug grin on her face while her injured opponent is being carted out on a hospital gurney.

Finisher: The Torture Rack (called the Torture 500), the Backbreaker (inhereted from her father, called the Bankbreaker). Bankbreaker into Torture 500 is a combination reserved only for her most hated foes.

Design: Just as I had decided to make a concerted effort to add more women to the roster… I rolled up the Mensroom and a Moneybag. Thus while the title “Mister Moneybags” immediately sprung to mind I decided to take it in a more Charlotte Flair inspired direction and have her be an inheritor to the mantle. Other than that my aim with Annie Besson was simply to create a BEEG BUFF WOMAN whom you would thank for breaking your arm, and I think I succeeded. The Mister Moneybags logo was fun to design as well, consisting of a dollar symbol and a mars symbol merged into one.

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ACONTINUING - AMAZON.com - AMAZON - PRIME - THEY’RE -

TELLING - U - WITH - CHEAPER - THAN - SAMSUNG TABLET -

OVER - $100 - U - DON’T - PAY - BAD - CREDIT - WE - WILL -

REPORT - U - MUST - PAY - AMOUNT - OWED - VERIZON -

WIRELESS - GAVE - $500 - GIFT - CARD - 4 - TRANSFER -

BUT - VERIZON - STORE - NOWHERE - SAYS - U - MUST -

B - THEM - 1 YEAR - OR - RETURN - $500 - OVER - 2 HRS -

VERIZON - GAY - CHRISTOPHER - 2 - ADD - ME - SINCE -

HE - ENTERED - MY - FORT MYERS - ADDRESS - AS MY -

STATE - ID - WHERE - APT 1 - JEANETTE RIVERA - AS -

HISPANICS - ALWAYS APT UNO - FRONT - OF LIBRARY -

GAVE - ME - BLUDGEONING - AS - BARBER - SHOP -

HAIR - LESBIAN - LOVES - TELLING - ALL - AS - SHE -

HER - MOTHER - 2 - CHAIN - SMOKERS - LAUGHED -

BLINDNESS - AND - AMPUTATION - HAPPENS - HER -

MOM - DIED - OF - HEART - ATTACK - EVEN BEFORE -

AMPUTATION - DURING - SURGERY - MY - PAW PAW -

BRUCE LEE - WHY - WAS - SHE - ABLE - 2 - HIT - ME -

I’M - PARTIALLY - BLIND - BUT - SHE - SMELLS - SHE -

EATS - HARRY CHAPIN - FOOD - KITCHEN - EXPIRED -

HOT DOGS - EXPIRED - MILK - EXPIRED - MEATS -

EXPIRED - FOOD - SMELT - HER - BREATHE AND -

I’M - PARTIALLY - QUADRAPLEGIC - DIDN’T FEEL -

A - THING - HER - SMOKING - WENT - BELOW -

AND - KILLED - TENANT - OF -  APT 1 - WHO -

TRANSFERRED - FR - APT 4 - FOR TENANT -

MARC SWEENEY - APT 9 - SMOKED 2 - KILL -

APT 10 - SUCCEEDED - HE - DIDN’T - KNOW -

HE - ALMOST - KILLED - BELOW - PATRICIA -

MOM - WHO - WAS - IN - APT 4 - ILLEGAL - PROPERTY -

MANAGER - FAILED - 2 - CONTINUE - 2 - PROVIDE THE -

SECTION 8 - HUD - NOT - EASY - 2 - ENTER - AS THERE -

ARE - CRIMINALS - OUTSIDE - JUST - SLIDING - DOORS -

AND - OLD - AND - FORT MYERS - POLICE - AND - THEM -

THEIR - ILLEGAL - OFFICE - OWNER - ILLEGAL - THE -

OWNER - OF - LOONY - BIN - BAKER - ACT - ALSO XO -

ILLEGAL - FLORIDA - STARTED - THAT - WRINKLED -

OLD - PRUNE - BAGS - 2 - STOP - WEDDINGS PROM -

COLLEGE - GRADUATIONS - OLYMPIC - TEAMS - TO -

REPRESENT - USA - INCLUDING - ILLEGAL - 2 - GET -

JURY - JEANETTE RIVERA - KNEW - SSI - BLINDNESS -

WHAT - I - GET - AND - PARTLY - QUADRAPLEGIC THE -

LESBIAN - ILLEGAL - PSYCHIATRIC - MEDS - MADE -

HER - SUPER - STRONG - MORE - THAN - 37 - YES -

BULLETS - 2 - STOP - THEM - STILL - NOT - DEAD -

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WON - MISS UNIVERSE - 2018 - THEY - APT 2 - AND 1 -

ATTACKED - ME - ‘MOTIVE’ - SHE - WAS - ACTUALLY -

RAPING - ME - AS - SHE - RAPED - DAUGHTER - OF -

PATRICIA - WHY - POSSIBLE - KATE - BEEN DOING -

HEROINE - SINCE - KIDS - HER - OLDER - SISTER -

DID - THAT - AND - EVENTUALLY - SOLD HEROINE -

STILL - IN - PRISON - KATE - MORE - BEAUTIFUL -

THAN - MARILYN MONROE - HER - HEIGHT - MY -

HEIGHT - MONROE’s - BIRTHDAY - BOTH - DIED -

OF - SUICIDE - IN - THEIR - 30s - KATE - KILLED -

HERSELF - AFTER - RAPE - BY - HEROINE - XO -

YES - I - WAS - THERE - BUT - SINCE - I - DID - LOTS -

2 - BLOCK - SOUND - SHE - RAN - 2 - MY - APT - 2ND -

FLOOR - 7 DAYS - APT 7 - FIRST - APT - FR - FIRST -

STAIRS - DIGITAL - DOORBELL - FRONT - DIGITAL -

ENTRY - AMAZON - PRIME - AND - EBAY - STICK -

BRASS - ‘PLEASE - RING - DOORBELL’ - YET THE -

POLICE - BANGED - BANGED - MY - DOOR - BUT -

PEEP - HOLE - CONCEALED - WEAPONS PERMIT -

COLOR - PHOTO - FIREARMS - MACHINE - GUNS -

COMBAT - KNIVES - DYNAMITE - EXPLOSIVES WE -

CAN - USE - IN - FLORIDA - AND - STATES - THAT -

AGREE - AND - SUPPORT - BUT - KATE - WANTED -

2 - RING - MY - BELL - BUT - SHE - HEARD - ME -

SINGING - ‘YOU’RE - NEVER - FULLY DRESSED -

WITHOUT - A - SMILE’ - ANNIE - 1990 - I - WAS -

SINGING - AND - DANCING - SO - SHE - JUST -

SAW - ME - NEXT - DAY - AND - I - GAVE - HER -

THE - SIMPLY - SAFE - VIDEO - HER - BREAST -

SHOWING - (EMBARRASING) - AS - I - GAVE -

HER - 2 - VIDEOS - I - HAVE - HIDDEN - YES -

CAMERAS - WITH - SOUND - AND - COLOR -

LEE - COUNTY - COURTHOUSE - NOW YOU -

NEED - EVIDENCE - BUT - MY - R ARM - NO -

BRUISES - BOXED - MANY - TIMES - 4 - YES -

PARTLY - QUADRAPLEGIC - LESS BRUISES -

NO - PAIN - POLICE - WANTED - 2 - ARREST -

HANDCUFF - ME - BY - SURPRISE - 4 - YES -

BEATING - FAT - PIG - JEANNETTE RIVERA -

SHE - SAID - I - BEAT - HER - THEY CALLED -

IT - ‘BREACH - OF - PEACE’ - WRONG TIME -

WRONG - OFFICERS - NAME - SAID - BLKS -

MAN - WOMAN - WITNESSES - NO TENANTS -

WITNESSED - ‘BREACH’ - LIES - LIES - LIES -

MY - OPTALMOLOGIST - FEMALE - IS - ON -

MY - LEFT - LOOKING - AT - EVANS AVE

EYE - CENTERS - OF - FLORIDA - WHY

I - NEEDED - 2 - LIVE - THERE - PAID BY

MEDICAID - EYEGLASSES - AND EXAMS

ALL - FREE - THUS - AMAZON.COM - GIVES -

ILLEGAL - CONTROL - TOOK - MORE - THAN -

35 MIN - 2 - TYPE - BELOW - ALL - CAPITAL -

LETTERS - 4 - I’M - PARTIALLY - BLIND AND -

AND - ZOOM - INCREASING - FONT - IS YES -

CALLED - BY - MICROSOFT - DISABILITY - DESK -

FREE - ‘MAGNIFIERS’ - NEW - THINGS LEARNED -

AT - THE - END - I - USUALLY - HANG UP ON THE -

PINOYS - ANSWERING - THEY - AIN’T - ATENEO -

UNIVERSITY - COMPUTER SCIENCE - BASIC -

LANGUAGE - AMAZON - FIRE - TABLET OVER -

$100 - WERE - TRYING - 2 - MAKE - MY - CAPITAL -

LETTERS - SMALL - LETTERS - ALSO - BECAUSE -

AMERICAN - CALLS - CAPITAL - LETTERS - LIKE -

WORDS - ARE - SCREAMING - TECHNICALLY -

EXCUSE MATH - 3 DAYS - 2 HRS - 45 MINUTES -

UNITED STATES - OF - AMERICA - IS AT LEAST -

245 YRS - OLD - THIS - NATION - FIRST - TRUE -

DECLARED - INDEPENDENCE - FR - GREAT BRITAIN -

04 JULY 1776 - THE - 18TH CENTURY - ON - SUNDAY -

COLUMBIAN - MALE - OFFICER - TOLD - ME - U HAVE -

2 B - HANDCUFFED - IN - THE - USA - THAT’S - WHY -

PHILIPPINES - LEAVING USA - OVER - 4 MILLION -

AT - LEAST - SOUTHERN - CALIFORNIA - THAT’s -

PASADENA - ROSE - PARADE - GLENDALE BIG -

SMOG - HURTS - EYES - GLENDALE GALLERIA -

U - WILL - FIND - US - MORE - THAN - 100 OF US -

AND - ALSO - BORN - IN - USA - WE - ARE - YES -

OFFERING - MONEY - PER - HOUR - AS - WE -

PICK - THEM - UP - ON - AUTO - AIRPLANES -

THEY - MAY - BRING - FRIENDS - KIDS AND -

MANY - FAMILIES - WILL - B - GIVEN MONEY -

IN - PLANES - NO - PASSPORTS - NEEDED -

JUST - GOT - IN - ENGLISH - FINALLY - YES -

MY - REMINDER - DR SONG - BUSY - NOT -

THERE - OTHER - DAYS - SO MONDAY -

MORNING - FULL - THUS - THIS - WED -

WEDNESDAY - 9A - MY ACUPUNTURE -

ACTUALLY - I FORGOT - SO - NOTICE -

IS - COOL - ‘DELINQUENT - ACCOUNT’ -

BUT - I - GOT - MY - MESSAGES - AND -

NOTICES - ALL - CARRIERS - USES XO -

THIS - MESSAGE - APP - REMOVE SIM -

REMOVE - GOOGLE FI - AND - THEIR -

MESSAGE - ONLY - TOOK - 5 MIN TO -

HAVE - WITH - FREE - SIM CARD AND -

TOOL - MY - GOOGLE FI - BUT - THE -

VERIZON - WIRELESS - ‘HELLO’ - NO -

SOUND - STILL - THERE - BUT - AFTER -

REMOVING - APPS - AND - MY - CARD -

INFO - WILL - THROW - IN - TRASH FL -

SECRETLY - SAMSUNG - GALAXY S10 -

WHITE - AMERICAN - MALE - SAID - YOU -

CAN’T - REMOVE - GOOGLE FI - UNLESS -

U - ASK - BY - PHONE - THEY’RE - 24/7 -

NOT - VERIZON WIRELESS - SLANDER -

MALICE - PERJURY - MAX - $750,000 -

PER - INCIDENT - AMENDMENT BILL -

$73.15 - WHEN ADVERTISED - $65 - AND -

NO - LATE - FEE - ‘WHEN - AMOUNT - IN -

QUESTION - IS - OVER - $20 - THE RIGHT -

2 - TRIAL - BY - JURY - SHALL - B - PRESERVED -

BREAST - JEWELRY - CLITORIS - JEWELRY AND -

ROLEX - WATCHES SURRENDERED - US POLICE -

FORT MYERS - POLICE - BECAUSE - BATTERIES -

POUND - SONY - WALKMAN - CDs - BECAUSE AS -

TRAINED - 4 - EXPLOSIVES - ‘DESTRUCTION OF -

PUBLIC - PROPERTY’ - US - POLICE - LOVED -

HIROSHIMA - AND - NAGASAKI - WORLD’s 1st -

ATOMIC - BOMBS - CONSENT - OF - ENGLAND -

OVER - 200,000 - BABIES - KIDS - PREGNANT -

FEMALES - EXPLODED - MILITARY - CITIES -

OAHU - HAWAII - AIR FORCE - BASE - AND -

CIVILIANS - DEATH - OVER - 2,000 - AS THE -

MIDGETS - OF - JAPAN - DURING - WWII -

WORLD - WAR 2 - SUNK - THEIR BATTLE -

SHIP(s) - AND - MORE - NEVER EXPLODED -

WATERS - BECAUSE - THEY - LOVE SUSHI -

DEMOCRAT - PRESIDENT - HARRY S TRUMAN -

WHO - BEGAN - EACH - DAY - WITH BOURBON -

ENGLAND - AND - HIM - DELIGHTED - IN - YES -

SENDING - BOMBS - 2 - END - THIS - WORLD -

WAR - ADOLPH HITLER - CHRISTIAN - WHO -

KILLED - IN - EUROPE - OVER - 6 MILLION -

JEWS - GASED - THANKS - 2 - USA LARGE -

NO - OF - BOYS - THEY - DIDN’T - SEND - THE -

BOMBS - THERE - BUT - JAPAN - ALL ISLAND -

THEY - WANTED - EXPLODED - LESS - THAN -

25 MILLION - YEARS - OLD - BYE BYE SMALL -

EYES - BUT - FAILED - ONLY - HIROSHIMA -

NAGASAKI - SO - GOOGLE FI - IS - SAYING -

AMAZON - IS - SAYING - CAN - BOMB - US -

PAY - $73.15 - PAY - WITH - EBT - FOOD -

STAMPS - $7.05 - OR - BOMBING - BOO -

HOO - 2 - END - GOOGLE - FI - JUST - REMOVE -

SIM - CARD - THEY’RE - ENDED - KEEP - THAT -

SIM - CARD - VITAL - NO - ALTERNATIVES AND -

THEY - KNOW - IT - ARE - U - READY - HOME -

INTERNET - MIAMI - TALL - BUILDINGS BACK -

2 - AT&T - FIBER - OPTICS - AMERICAN - TELEPHONE -

AND - TELEGRAPH - ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL USA -

INVENTED - PHONE - 2 - CANS - ALUMINUM - A - TIE -

IN - BETWEEN - CONNECTING - THEM - INVENTED -

THE - WORLD’s - FIRST - TELEPHONE - THUS THE -

IMPORTANCE - OF - AT&T - THAT’s - IN - MIAMI FL -

1,000 MBPS - 1 GBPS - $150 - GIFT - CARD - 35 XO -

SECONDS - PER - EACH - FILM - DOWNLOAD YES -

LIGHTNING - FAST - MAX - OF - 5,000 MBPS - THUS -

IF - NEED - B - REMOVE - GOOGLE FI - SIM - CARD -

YOUR - LAPTOP - SMARTPHONE - TABLET - IS YES -

NOW - USING - THEIR - NETWORK - ENTER YOUR -

PASSWORD - CHOSEN - 4 - SUPERNATURAL - YES -

SPEED - 4 - YOUR - DEVICES - WHILE - INSIDE -

PANORAMA TOWER - 85 FLOORS - FRONT OF -

BISCAYNE BAY - OCEAN - VIEW - CITI - LEVEL -

4 - SCARED - OF - HEIGHTS - SKY - LEVEL - 4 -

THOSE - NOT - SCARED - WOOD - FLOORS & -

GRANITE - KITCHEN - TOP - BIG - WASHER -

AND - DRYER - HARD - 2 - FIND - BALCONY -

DEPENDING - ON - RENT - THE - SIZE - SO -

NICE - STAINLESS - STEEL - DISHWASHER -

MICROWAVE - REFRIGERATOR - SO - NICE -

NOT - SO - MANY - APTS - EVEN - $4,600 -

PER - MONTH - LA HAVANA - LITTLE HAVANA -

MIAMI - AND - DOWNTOWN - MIAMI - ($2,600) -

RENT.com - UNITS - AVAILABLE - TODAY AND -

7 DAYS - 4 - TO - SEE - UNITS - NO - HOA -

DOORMAN - 24/7 - FREE - GYM - LOTS OF -

TREADMILL - MANY - EXERCISE MACHINES -

RESTAURANTS - IN - THE - BUILDING THUS -

NO - DESIGNATED - DRIVERS - NEEDED XO -

ELECTRICITY - PLUGS - 4 - KIA - EV - ELECTRIC -

VEHICLES - I - THINK - SO - IT’s - CHEAPER YES -

THAN - U - THINK - ALSO - MANY - APT - BLDGS -

ALSO - OFFER - STORAGE - UNITS - 4 - US - SO -

COOL - ME - SOUNDPROOFING - NICE - BLUE -

TINT - THEY - CAN’T - SEE - US - WE - CAN XO -

SEE - THEM - AND - DECREASES - HEAT - SO -

CHEAPER - ELECTRICITY - ENERGY - AND XO -

REMOTE - CONTROL - BLINDS - AND - MORE -

GIVING - MESSAGE - 2 - MY - ACUPUNCTURE -

OPEN PHONE - APP - AND - CALL - FROM XO -

LAPTOP - UNIQUE - THAT - GOOGLE - VOICE -

TRIED - 2 - DUPLICATE - BUT - YOUR - EARS -

HURT - BECAUSE - USING - YOUR - TEL NO -

OPEN PHONE - $17 - THEIR - FEMALE VOICE -

2 - ANSWER - NICE - VOICE - GREAT SOUND -

VOICEMAIL - 2 - TEXT - BUT - NOT - QUITE -

EXACT - WEBSITE - BLOCK THIS NUMBER -

LOVES - GETTING - AUTO PAY - THE 14TH -

DAY - B 4 - PAYDAY - 15TH - SO - IT’s - OK -

NO - ONE - LIKE - OPEN PHONE - THEIR -

PEOPLE - LESS - THAN - 1 MIN - 2 - YES -

ANSWER - THE - BEST - AND FRIENDLY -

CANADA - USA - FREE - HAWAII - AND -

ALASKA - TOLL - FREE - VANITY TOLL -

FREE - OR - LOCAL - NO - THIS - TOLL -

FREE - REJECTED - BY - AOL - MANY -

FREE - EMAIL ADDRESS - TEXT NOW -

NO LONGER - WORKING - REJECTED -

BY - OPEN PHONE - I - CAN’T - CALL -

MYSELF - SO - INFORMING - ACUPUNCTURE -

MIAMI - CENTER - NOW WITH - OPEN PHONE

[djs-party-edm-italia]

14/01 BMB Bon Jovi Tribute Band fa scatenare Caballo Loco - Seriate (BG)

Sabato 14 gennaio '23 al Caballo Loco - Seriate (BG) c'è un concerto da non perdere per chi ama il rock. Sul palco va la BMB Bon Jovi Tribute Band (nella foto), specializzata nel riproporre live il repertorio di una delle rock babd più amate degli anni '80 e non solo... 

Dal 2004, la BMB porta la musica dei Bon Jovi in Italia ed all'estero con ormai più di 500 date all'attivo! Lo show, molto energico e coinvolgente, punta a ricreare l'energia che sprigionava la band del New Jersey nel suo periodo d'oro e ripropone tutte le hit storiche nella loro veste originale, che ritrovano il loro splendore grazie al carisma di Alessandro Stucchi alla voce ed all'energia della band! Non mancano ovviamente le chicche per i fan più esigenti e trovano spazio anche alcuni momenti di personalizzazione, mai fine a se stessa, per dare al pubblico un assaggio della nostra variegata personalità musicale. Lo show viene presentato inoltre in un formato acustico (voce, pianoforte, chitarra) molto personale per i locali più piccoli e le situazione più intime.

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Dedicato agli appassionati  d live music, serate con dj set e di musica latino americana, Caballo Loco è situato a Seriate (Bergamo) in via Buonarroti 38. E prima di ballare o ascoltare tanta musica, chi ne ha voglia, spesso ha la possibilità di cenare al Caballo Loco, gustando la sua ottima pizza. Caballo Loco è un circolo privato associato Entes.

Caballo Loco

via Buonarroti 38 Seriate (Bergamo)

Info:  338 300 0769

https://www.facebook.com/CaballoLocoClub

https://www.instagram.com/_caballo.loco_/

[tarditardi]

14/01 BMB Bon Jovi Tribute Band fa scatenare Caballo Loco - Seriate (BG)

Sabato 14 gennaio '23 al Caballo Loco - Seriate (BG) c'è un concerto da non perdere per chi ama il rock. Sul palco va la BMB Bon Jovi Tribute Band (nella foto), specializzata nel riproporre live il repertorio di una delle rock babd più amate degli anni '80 e non solo... 

Dal 2004, la BMB porta la musica dei Bon Jovi in Italia ed all'estero con ormai più di 500 date all'attivo! Lo show, molto energico e coinvolgente, punta a ricreare l'energia che sprigionava la band del New Jersey nel suo periodo d'oro e ripropone tutte le hit storiche nella loro veste originale, che ritrovano il loro splendore grazie al carisma di Alessandro Stucchi alla voce ed all'energia della band! Non mancano ovviamente le chicche per i fan più esigenti e trovano spazio anche alcuni momenti di personalizzazione, mai fine a se stessa, per dare al pubblico un assaggio della nostra variegata personalità musicale. Lo show viene presentato inoltre in un formato acustico (voce, pianoforte, chitarra) molto personale per i locali più piccoli e le situazione più intime.

//

Dedicato agli appassionati  d live music, serate con dj set e di musica latino americana, Caballo Loco è situato a Seriate (Bergamo) in via Buonarroti 38. E prima di ballare o ascoltare tanta musica, chi ne ha voglia, spesso ha la possibilità di cenare al Caballo Loco, gustando la sua ottima pizza. Caballo Loco è un circolo privato associato Entes.

Caballo Loco

via Buonarroti 38 Seriate (Bergamo)

Info:  338 300 0769

https://www.facebook.com/CaballoLocoClub

https://www.instagram.com/_caballo.loco_/

[crystalelemental]

Unit Teambuilding - Champion Marnie

"What’s my favorite type?  Dark, of course!”  Marnie you had four alts and zero Dark-types.  What is your response to this?  Apparently catching Galarian Moltres.  That’s a pretty good answer.  And I really like this dress, this is my favorite look for her.

General Overview Champion Marnie is a Master Fair with some absolutely batshit firepower.  500 base special attack is always absurd.  Fiery Wrath is a more powerful Dark Pulse.  She gets Protect for some reason.  Her trainer move is +6 special attack, +4 speed, +2 evasion, and Endurance, but she loses 10% HP.  Which kicks off her Mind Over Matter 4 passive that grants 40% more special attack.  Note, this is not a 40% damage buff.  Meaning this scales to 20/20, includes Dark-type gear, and potential matched theme skills.  Hitting over 900 special attack with her is not just possible, it’s likely routine.  But of course, there’s more.  A lot more.

Her other passives give +3 crit on entry, Head Start 1, 40% recovery when she first hits under 50%, and then also +3 stacks of special moves up next when she hits that same HP threshold.  This then leads to her Buddy Move, Buddy Fiery Wrath.  When a sync move is used, this move activates.  200BP.  Hits all foes.  50% chance to flinch.  Piercing Blows and Extend Range but also the flinch chance isn’t reduced with multiple targets either.  Also it ignores all passives that would reduce damage or prevent crits.  So it’s the midpoint between SST Red and SS Lysandre, a powerful AoE nuke that cannot be stopped, and is repeatable use but not spammable.  Oh, and keep in mind, Galar Spirit.  This move will truck stages.  And that’s before grid adds sync and move damage multipliers for being under 100% HP, and adds Super Preparation 9 on Protect for no real reason.  Marnie’s damage is really, really good.  Oh, but don’t get it twisted.  Damage is not all she does, for that Endure effect?  3/5 grid offers her the ability to guarantee a second Endure.  With that and Protect, we have another Ash situation on our hands.  Marnie is at that level, no question in my mind.  Sure, Buddy move doesn’t reach the same single-target DPS, but she’s also wildly more disruptive than Ash is, and has less competition in the type.

If there is a reason to not acquire Marnie, and there’s...there’s really not a great one...it’s the buddy move condition.  If it were the same as SST Red, then there would be no question.  But its inconsistent use means that she doesn’t truck every Legendary Arena, and therefore must play by some of their rules.  The fact her buddy move can miss is a particularly notable limitation from being impossible to stop, as it means this doesn’t remove the threat of Cresselia or Latias.  There’s also something to be said for gauge issues.  Even with +4 speed, a four-bar spam can be hard to supplement for dual strike.  But I’m also being wildly nitpicky.  Marnie’s damage is nothing short of ridiculous, and the fact that all of it comes with a coin flip or better odds to flinch really makes her quite the disruptive powerhouse as well.

EX and Move Level? Marnie is, thankfully, a return to Master Fairs that function at 1/5 just fine.  After the frogs, I was worried.  Her only love in 3/5, aside more more multipliers, is Aggravation 2 on Fiery Wrath.  Which is nice.  But you know what stops attacks better than flinch?  Killing them.  It’s also worth noting that, with her power, the buddy move is probably gonna clear sides.  So EX is also not a requirement at all.  She’s that good at what she does.

Team 1: C!Marnie, SS Cyrus, SS Brendan You ever just want to see how far you can push the numbers?  Cyrus provides Zone, SS Brendan has special defense debuffs on his main move.  Go ham.

Team 2: C!Marnie, Anni Raihan, Sawyer/Cheren Marnie has Head Start 1 in her kit, and that means Anni Raihan fast-ramping is a possibility.  Mind Boggler 9 also means debuffs to special defense, if you need them.  Sawyer is a Dark-type support for theme skills, and can supplement another potential flinch, while Cheren is listed to bring up the fact Marnie is so strong you’ll probably still win anyway.

Team 3: C!Marnie, Brycen/Lisia, Cheren/Evelyn Anti-Latias, potentially Anti-Cresselia.  The main thing to keep in mind with Marnie is that she can miss, and otherwise checks no gimmicks.  As such, you really, really want to be on top of evasion debuffing against fights that try to play that game.  Brycen is the F2P champ of this with Haze, while Lisia offers an interesting role as a tank tech unit that can probably last long enough given Marnie’s abilities.  Cheren is actually relevant here, as he has Full Heal to clear out status against Cresselia, but in the case of Latias who is more likely your threat, I’m bringing up Evelyn because of Gradual Healing and defense boosts to take Latias’ repeated hits and Sure Crit +4 Earthquake.  Granted, Evelyn is likely a poor choice, but I couldn’t think of a support that gave everyone Gradual Healing and was a better fit.

Final Thoughts Marnie’s one of those units that defines what it means to be a striker, due to her ridiculous offensive threshold.  However, I think it’s also interesting that Marnie got such a good flinch rate too.  We see this pretty often, but I don’t think we’ve ever seen it take the form of such wild numbers.  Usually it’s like...Dark Pulse or Iron Head.  Respectable moves, but nothing near damage numbers like she’ll be pumping out.

[weaversweek]

#Uncool500 - the big list (part 1)

Remember the #Uncool50 music biography I did in October and November? A lot of other people did it as well, and contest sponsor @nonoxcol@twitter.com has compiled a full #Uncool500 from our nominations.

Each nomination was worth 10 points, but we could each nominate four singles for 11 points, and one song for 12 points. ("Since yesterday" was my 12-pointer, the 11s went to "Constant craving", "You oughta know", "The middle", "Bulletproof".)

Ties are broken in a lot of ways. It's all inspired by "This is Uncool", a handbook of great singles from the last quarter of the 20th century. Anything in that book gravitated to the top of the tie; anything from this century followed, and songs from the 20th century and not in the book came further down.

@nonoxcol decided to use the "split vote quotient", acts that had a lot of songs nominated once or twice went ahead of acts with just the one big hit. Where a player had nominated the same act three or more times, the singles they'd nominated got relegated to the bottom of the tie - this happened to Duran Duran a lot.

Finally, @nonoxcol used editorial discretion to freshen up the 20 points section - 55 of about 350 singles were selected to represent decades other than the 1980s, and genres other than indie-rock. As I feared in my index post provocation, the largest minority on Music Twitter tends to be male, pale, and - if not stale - then certainly stuffy.

This post covers positions 500 to 227, songs qualifying on no more than three nominations. Positions 226 to 109 and 108 to 1 are in other posts.

20 points 500 CREAM - Wu-Tang Clan 499 Chewing gum - Annie 498 Chaise longue - Wet Leg 497 Chandelier - Sia 496 It was a good day - Ice Cube 495 Don't falter - Mint Royale ft Lauren Laverne 494 Bloodbuzz Ohio - The National 493 Texas sun - Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 492 Call me maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen 491 Thank u, next - Ariana Grande 490 Danny nedelko - Idles 489 Cranes in the sky - Solange 488 Point and kill - Little Simz ft Obongjayar 487 Serpents - Sharon van Etten 486 Once twice melody - Beach House 485 The look - Metronomy 484 Pure shores - All Saints 483 You want it darker - Leonard Cohen 482 Green light - Lorde 481 Kool thing - Sonic Youth 480 Professional widow - Tori Amos 479 Get lucky - Daft Punk 478 Love on a farmboy's wages - XTC 477 Long hot summer - Style Council 476 All apologies - Nirvana 475 Call the shots - Girls Aloud 474 Toxic - Britney Spears 473 The words that maketh murder - PJ Harvey 472 Family affair - Mary J Blige 471 Try again - Aaliyah 470 Picture this - Blondie 469 Girls and boys - Blur 468 Under me sleng teng - Wayne Smith 467 Planet rock - Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force 466 Celebrity skin - Hole 465 Doo wop (that thing) - Lauryn Hill 464 California love - 2Pac 463 No diggity - Blackstreet 462 Umbrella - Rihanna 461 Everything flows - Teenage Fanclub 460 Setting sun - Chemical Brothers 459 Lie dream of a casino soul - The Fall 458 Felicity - Orange Juice 457 Venus as a boy - Björk 456 Fastlove - George Michael

21 points 455 Fanfare - Eric Matthews 454 Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel 453 Bring the noise - Anthrax & Public Enemy 452 America's boy - Broadcast 451 Closest thing to heaven - The Kane Gang 450 Alex Chilton - The Replacements 449 Hilly fields - Nick Nicely 448 Rock me Amadeus - Falco 447 Mary's prayer - Danny Wilson 446 What a fool believes - Doobie Brothers 445 Yes, sir, I can boogie - Baccara 444 I know a place - Muna 443 You oughta know - Alanis Morissette 442 Happy hour - Housemartins 441 Dog days are over - Florence + the Machine 440 Blues for Ceausescu - Fatima Mansions 439 Modern love - David Bowie 438 Absolute beginners - David Bowie 437 Talk about the passion - REM 436 Nightswimming - REM 435 Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel 434 Glittering prize - Simple Minds 433 Too much too young - The Specials 432 Constant craving - k d lang 431 Creep - Radiohead 430 Christine - House of Love 429 Money's too tight (to mention) - Valentine Brothers 428 You got the love - The Source ft Candi Staton 427 Jesus built my hotrod - Ministry 426 Mr blue sky - Electric Light Orchestra 425 Sunshine on Leith - Proclaimers 424 Blindfold ep (Ten little girls) - Curve 423 A lady of a certain age - The Divine Comedy 422 Luka - Suzanne Vega 421 Back in black - AC/DC 420 Every little thing she does is magic - The Police 419 Crucify - Tori Amos 418 Word up - Cameo 417 Nag nag nag - Cabaret Voltaire 416 Watching the detectives - Elvis Costello

22 points 415 Holidays in the sun - Sex Pistols 414 Psychonaut - Fields of the Nephalim 413 It's a hit - Rilo Kiley 412 Wolf like me - TV on the Radio 411 Trouble - Sub Focus & Rudimental 410 Love song - The Damned 409 I wanna be adored - The Stone Roses 408 Another nail in my heart - Squeeze 407 A new England - Kirsty MacColl 406 Bachelorette - Björk 405 Only you - Yazoo 404 Stayin' alive - The Bee Gees

23 points 403 The final countdown - Europe 402 Rebel without a pause - Public Enemy

30 points 401 Ordinary world - Duran Duran 400 Gorecki - Lamb 399 I can't wait - Nu Shooz 398 Poison - Bell Biv Devoe 397 Dignity - Deacon Blue 396 Cruel to be kind - Nick Lowe 395 The way it is - Bruce Hornsby and the Range 394 No more tears (enough is enough) - Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand 393 The number one song in heaven - Sparks 392 Something good - Utah Saints 391 Touch me I'm sick - Mudhoney 390 Headhunter - Front 242 389 Food for thought - UB40 388 Give me the night - George Benson 387 Papua New Guinea - Future Sound of London 386 Self control - Laura Branigan 385 Supernature - Cerrone 384 Lovely day - Bill Withers 383 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton 382 Tightrope - Janelle Monae 381 Evil - Interpol 380 The rat - Walkmen 379 Seasons (waiting on you) - Future Islands 378 My girls - Animal Collective 377 We live here - Bob Vylan 376 Groovejet (if this ain't love) Spiller ft Sophie Ellis Bextor 375 Up with people - Lambchop 374 Mad world - Tears For Fears 373 La tristesse durera (scream to a sigh) - Manic Street Preachers 372 Heaven knows I'm miserable now - The Smiths 371 Borderline - Madonna 370 This is the day - The The 369 Push the button - Sugababes 368 The girl and the robot - Royksopp ft Robin 367 Sunrise / The trees - Pulp 366 The drowners - Suede 365 So. central rain (I'm sorry) - REM 364 Man on the moon - REM 363 It's different for girls - Joe Jackson 362 Lose yourself - Eminem 361 Zerox - Adam and the Ants 360 Made of stone - The Stone Roses 359 She bangs the drums - The Stone Roses 358 The cutter - Echo and the Bunnymen 357 Souvenir - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 356 Just like honey - The Jesus & Mary Chain 355 Never let me down again - Depeche Mode 354 Street spirit (fade out) - Radiohead 353 The first big weekend - Arab Strap 352 Cattle and cane - The Go-Betweens 351 Under the Milky Way - The Church 350 Not too soon - Throwing Muses 349 Basket case - Green Day 348 One chord wonders - The Adverts 347 Close (to the edit) - The Art of Noise 346 Archie, marry me - Alvvays 345 99 Luftballon / 99 red balloons - Nena 344 Crazy - Gnarls Barkley 343 French navy - Camera Obscura 342 Christine / Tilted - Christine & the Queens 341 No-one knows - Queens of the Stone Age 340 Kung Kunta - Kendrick Lemar 339 Damn, dis-moi / Girlfriend - Christine & the Queens 338 Pink Frost - The Chills 337 Bonzo goes to Bitburg - The Ramones 336 Do ya wanna funk - Patrick Cowley ft Sylvester 335 Our lips are sealed - The Go-Gos 334 Because the night - Patti Smith Group 333 Missing (Todd Terry remix) - Everything But the Girl 332 Ghosts - Japan 331 Can't stand me now - The Libertines 330 Roscoe - Midlake 329 Oblivion - Grimes 328 Time to pretend - MGMT 327 There goes the fear - The Doves 326 Blinding lights - The Weeknd 325 Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions 324 Planet of sound - The Pixies 323 Don't talk to me about love - Altered Images 322 Race for the prize - Flaming Lips 321 Ice hockey hair - Super Furry Animals 320 Somebody told me - The Killers 319 Hazy shade of winter - The Bangles 318 Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel 317 Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 316 Games without frontiers - Peter Gabriel 315 All I want is you - U2 314 Upside down - Diana Ross 313 New year's day - U2 312 Destroy the heart - House of Love 311 Music sounds better with you - Stardust 310 Praise you - Fatboy Slim 309 One - U2 308 Can I kick it? - A Tribe Called Quest 307 Return of the mack - Mark Morrison 306 Being boring - Pet Shop Boys 305 The adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the wheels of steel - Grandmaster Flash 304 There there my dear - Dexy's Midnight Runners 303 Take a chance on me - ABBA 302 Treason (it's just a story) - The Teardrop Explodes 301 What do I get? - Buzzcocks 300 Pretty vacant - Sex Pistols 299 Only love can break your heart - Saint Etienne 298 (I don't want to go to) Chelsea - Elvis Costello & the Attractions 297 The model - Kraftwerk 296 Upside down - The Jesus and Mary Chain 295 Beetlebum - Blur 294 Back to life - Soul II Soul ft Caron Wheeler 293 Uptown top ranking - Althea & Donna 292 Outdoor miner - Wire 291 Genius of love - Tom Tom Club 290 The sun rising - The Beloved 289 Sweet dreams (are made of this) - Eurythmics 288 No scrubs - TLC 287 Perfect skin - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions 286 Sexy boy - Air 285 Mirror in the bathroom - The Beat 284 Walk this way - Run-DMC & Aerosmith 283 Fairy tale of New York - The Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl 282 At home he's a tourist - Gang of Four 281 Oh bondage up yours - X-Ray Spex 280 Back on the chain gang - The Pretenders 279 Ray of light - Madonna 278 Fake plastic trees - Radiohead 277 Our house - Madness 276 Totally wired - The Fall

31 points 275 The reflex - Duran Duran 274 Bette Davis eyes - Kim Carnes 273 Surrender - Cheap Trick 272 The logical song - Supertramp 271 The middle - Jimmy Eat World 270 You are the generation that bought more shoes and you get what you deserve - Johnny Boy 269 The drugs don't work - The Verve 268 The modern age ep - The Strokes 267 Heartland - The The 266 Wood beez (pray like Aretha Franklin) - Scritti Politti 265 Higher than the sun - Primal Scream 264 Someone somewhere (in summertime) - Simple Minds 263 Fall on me - REM 262 Overload - Sugababes 261 My favourite dress - The Wedding Present 260 Overkill - Men At Work 259 The story of the blues - Wah! 258 Fade into you - Mazzy Star 257 Zombie - The Cranberries 256 Black steel - Tricky 255 In the air tonight - Phil Collins 254 Shallow - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 253 Our lips are sealed - Fun Boy Three 252 Bad romance - Lady Gaga 251 Steppin' out - Joe Jackson 250 Blank space - Taylor Swift 249 Dress - P J Harvey 248 Sour times - Portishead 247 We found love - Rihanna ft Calvin Harris 246 50 ft queenie - P J Harvey 245 Paranoid android - Radiohead 244 Rent - Pet Shop Boys 243 Straight to hell / Should I stay or should I go - The Clash 242 Monkey gone to heaven - The Pixies 241 The winner takes it all - ABBA 240 Hit me with your rhythm stick - Ian Drury and the Blockheads

32 points 239 Weekender - Flowered Up 238 House of jealous lovers - The Rapture 237 Everything is embarrassing - Sky Ferreira 236 Last train to trancentral - The KLF 235 I want your love - Chic 234 Rain - The Cult 233 Vogue - Madonna 232 When love breaks down - Prefab Sprout 231 That's the joint - Funky 4+1 230 The 'sweetest girl' - Scritti Politti 229 Complete control - The Clash 228 (White man in) Hammersmith Palais - The Clash

33 points 227 Temptation - New Order

A few footnotes:

347 - It wasn’t clear whether nominators were for one side or the other. 345, 342, 339 - Different language versions of the same song have been combined 297 - Separated from “Computer love”, which may chart separately 243 - All nominations for “Straight to hell”, originally the AA-side.