#ashley x walter

[accidental-spice]

Best of Walter Foley, part five: Enoch's Ghost

Four pages into the first chapter, and he's already made a pun

Gosh I love these three

Him stepping in front of Karen to protect her when there's danger

And when he dives to catch her

"A term of endearment?"

*sobbing*

GOSH I love him

I love how worried he is about Ashley, and how hard he tries to show her God's love

He really is just. The Luis from Antman of Dragons In Our Midst, huh?

Walter and Gabriel team-up my beloved

Walter being protective of Karen my beloved

*something about the vibes of how Ashley knows exactly what Walter's plan is because they know each other so well*

*snickers* ahhhhhh, Walter. This is why we love you

The very last scene. Just ALL of it. Makes me cry

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[lands-of-fantasy]

Titular Women in Live-action Superhero Media

Cathy Lee Crosby as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman in Wonder Woman (1975)

Lynda Carter as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman in Wonder Woman (1975-79)

Helen Slater as Kara Zor-El / Linda Lee / Supergirl in Supergirl (1984)

Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-97)

Ashley Scott as Helena Kyle / Huntress, Dina Meyer as Barbara Gordon / Oracle, Rachel Skarsten as Dinah Redmond in Birds of Prey (2002-03)

Halle Berry as Patience Phillips / Catwoman in Catwoman (2004)

Jennifer Garner as Elektra Natchios in Elektra (2005)

Melissa Benoist as Kara Zor-El / Kara Danvers / Supergirl in Supergirl (2015-21)

Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter in Agent Carter (2015-16)

Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones in Jessica Jones (2015-19)

Gal Gadot as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman in Wonder Woman (2017) and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

Olivia Holt as Tandy Bowen in Cloak & Dagger (2018-19)*

Evangeline Lily as Hope van Dyne / The Wasp in Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018) and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

Brie Larson as Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel in Captain Marvel (2019)

Sophie Turner as Jean Grey / Phoenix in X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Ruby Rose as Kate Kane / Batwoman in Batwoman Season 1 (2019-20)

Margot Robbie as Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Helena Bertinelli / The Huntress, Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Dinah Lance / Black Canary, Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya, Ella Jay Basco as Cassandra Cain in Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)

Margot Robbie as Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)

Brec Bassinger as Courtney Whitmore / Stargirl in Stargirl (2020-22)

Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch in WandaVision

Javicia Leslie as Ryan Wilder / Batwoman in Batwoman Season 2–3 (2021-22)

Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane in Superman & Lois (2021-)

Scarlett Johansson Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow in Black Widow (2021)

Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop in Hawkeye (2021-?)**

Kaci Walfall as Naomi McDuffie in Naomi (2022)

Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel in Ms. Marvel (2022-?)

Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters / She-Hulk in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022-?)

Letitia Wright as Shuri /Black Panther in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Brie Larson as Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel, Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau, Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel in The Marvels (2023)

Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez in Echo (2024-?)*

________________

*While not directly reffered as such in their shows, "Dagger" and "Echo" are, respectively, Tandy's and Maya's codenames in the comics.

**This also goes for Kate and the "Hawkeye" codename, but in her case the show implies she will use it in the near future with the blessing of Clint Barton (the original Hawkeye, who also stars in the show).

[queerism1969]

Here are 50 books Texas parents want banned from school libraries:

"Drama," by Raina Telgemeier

"When Wilma Rudolph Played Basketball," by Mark Weakland

"Lawn Boy," by Jonathan Evison

"Better Nate Than Ever," by Tim Federle

"Five, Six, Seven, Nate!" by Tim Federle

"The Bluest Eye," by Toni Morrison

"Out of Darkness," by Ashley Hope Pérez

"Ghost Boys," by Jewell Parker Rhodes

"l8r, g8r," by Lauren Myracle

"Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," by Jesse Andrews

"White Bird: A Wonder Story," by R.J. Palacio

"Ground Zero: A Novel of 9/11," by Alan Gratz

"Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic," by Alison Bechdel

"Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)" by L.C. Rosen

"City of Thieves," by David Benioff

"Gender Queer," by Maia Kobabe

"This One Summer," by Mariko Tamaki

"We Are the Ants," by Shaun David Hutchinson

"The Breakaways," by Cathy G. Johnson

"All Boys Aren't Blue," by George M. Johnson

"The Perks of Being a Wallflower," by Stephen Chbosky

"Michelle Obama: Political Icon," by Heather E. Schwartz

"Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You," by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

"New Kid," by Jerry Craft

"Class Act," by Jerry Craft

"Salvage the Bones," by Jesmyn Ward

"Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice," by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Olivia Gatwood

"Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness," by Anastasia Higginbotham

"How to be an Antiracist," by Ibram X. Kendi

"A Good Kind of Trouble," by Lisa Moore Ramée

"We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices," by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson

"On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God," by Louise Rennison

"The Kite Runner," by Khaled Hosseini

"It's Perfectly Normal," by Robie H. Harris

"Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out," by Susan Kuklin

"Monday's Not Coming," by Tiffany D. Jackson

"Happier Than Not," by Adam Silvera

"George," by Alex Gino

"What Girls Are Made Of," by Elana K. Arnold

"I Am Jazz," by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings

"So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed," by Jon Ronson

"King and the Dragonflies," by Kacen Callender

"Go With the Flow," by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann

"Last Night at the Telegraph Club," by Malinda Lo

"Weird Girl and What's His Name," by Meagan Brothers

"Flamer," by Mike Curato

"Milk and Honey," by Rupi Kaur

"A Court of Mist and Fury," by Sarah J. Maas

"47," by Walter Mosley

"Girls Like Us," by Gail Giles

[ghelgheli]

The Stuff I Read in June/July 2023

Stuff I Extra Liked is Bold

I forgot to do it last month so you get a double feature

Books

Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee

Heteropessimism (Essay Cluster)

The Biological Mind, Justin Garson (2015) Ch. 5-7

Sacred and Terrible Air, Robert Kurvitz

Wage Labour and Capital, Karl Marx

Short Fiction

Beware the Bite of the Were-Lesbian (zine), H. C. Guinevere

Childhood Homes (and why we hate them) by qrowscant (itch.io)

piele by slugzuki (itch.io)

بچه‌ای که شکل گربه میکشید، لافکادیو هرن

بچه های که یخ نزدند، ماکسیم گورکی

پسرکی در تعقیب تبهکار، ویلیام آیریش

Küçük Kara Balık, Samed Behrengi

Phil Mind

The Hornswoggle Problem, Patricia Churchland,  Journal of Consciousness Studies 3.5-6 (1996): 402-408

What is it Like to be a Bat? Thomas Nagel, (https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674594623.c15)

Epiphenomenal Qualia, Frank Jackson, Consciousness and emotion in cognitive science. Routledge, 1998. 197-206

Why You Can’t Make a Computer that Feels Pain, Daniel Dennett, Synthese, vol. 38, no. 3, 1978, pp. 415–56

Where Am I? Daniel Dennett

Can Machines Think? Daniel Dennett

Divided Minds and the Nature of Persons, Derek Parfit (https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118922590.ch8)

The Extended Mind, Andy Clark & David Chalmers, Analysis 58, no. 1 (1998): 7–19

Uploading: A Philosophical Analysis, David Chalmers (https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118736302.ch6)

If You Upload, Will You Survive? Joseph Corabi & Susan Schneider (https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118736302.ch8)

If You Can’t Make One, You Don’t Know How It Works, Fred Dretske (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4975.1994.tb00299.x)

Computing Machinery and Intelligence, Alan Turing

Minds, Brains, and Programs, John Searle (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00005756)

What is it Like to Have a Gender Identity? Florence Ashley (https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzac071)

Climbing towards NLU: On Meaning, Form, and Understanding in the Age of Data, Emily M. Bender & Alexander Koller (10.18653/v1/2020.acl-main.463)

On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜 Emily M. Bender et al. (https://doi.org/10.1145/3442188.3445922)

The Great White Robot God, David Golumbia

Superintelligence: The Idea that Eats Smart People, Maciej Ceglowski

Misc. Articles

Ebb and Flow of Azeri and Persian in Iran: A Longitudinal Study in the City of Zanjan, Hamed Zandi (https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110694277-007)

WTF is Happening? An Overview – Watching the World Go Bye, Eliot Jacobson

Using loophole, Seward County seizes millions from motorists without convicting them of crimes, Natalia Alamdari

Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens, Cathy J. Cohen, Feminist Theory Reader. Routledge, 2020. 311-323

Is the Rectum a Grave? Leo Bersani (https://doi.org/10.2307/3397574)

Why Petroleum Did Not Save the Whales, Richard York (https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023117739217)

‘Spider-Verse’ Animation: Four Artists on Making the Sequel, Chris Lee

Carbon dioxide removal is not a current climate solution, David T. Ho (https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00953-x)

Fights, beatings and a birth: Videos smuggled out of L.A. jails reveal violence, neglect, Keri Blakinger

Capitalism’s Court Jester: Slavoj Žižek, Gabriel Rockhill

The Tyranny of Structurelessness, Jo Freeman

Domenico Losurdo interviewed about Friedrich Nietzsche

Keeping Some of the Lights On: Redefining Energy Security, Kris De Decker

Gays, Crossdressers, and Emos: Nonormative Masculinities in Militarized Iraq, Achim Rohde

On the Concept of History, Walter Benjamin

Our Technology, Zeyad el Nabolsy

Towards a Historiography of Gundam’s One Year War, Ian Gregory

Imperialism and the Transformation of Values into Prices, Torkil Lauesen & Zak Cope

[birdlungg]

The Watcher 2

Walter Marshal x Reader

He’s home very late that night. You’re lightly dozing in bed, unable to sleep without him. You hear him reset the alarm and take his heavy shoes off by the door.  You sit up to greet him, turning on the lamp on your side table as he walks into the bedroom, rubbing your bleary eyes gently. 

“Hi, baby,” he murmurs to you from the closet as he removes his clothes. You smile softly at him and pull back the blankets on his side of the bed so he can climb in. He wraps his big arms around you as you rest your head on his bare chest, sighing at the feeling of his warm body against yours as you tangle your legs together. 

“Any leads?” You hum softly as he rubs at your shoulder, winding down from his day. 

“No,” he replies sullenly. “We’re hoping it was just a crime of passion, but something about it isn’t right.” You nod in understanding before sitting up just enough to kiss him soundly on the lips. He accepts immediately, holding you to him with a big hand on the back of your head. You’re happy to say that even after years together, you and Walt are still in the honeymoon phase. 

“You’ll catch ‘em. You always do.” You lean over and turn off the light, sending the room back into darkness as you dive back into his arms.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

The next day finds you answering emails in your office at the art museum that you work at. You wish you could be out on the floor showing people around, but such is the life of a manager.

You’re just planning on a break when your assistant Ashley knocks on the door of your office.

You smile brightly at her before giving her a confused look at the mischievous grin on her face. She’s holding her hands behind her back and you know this has a 50/50 chance of being bad news.

“We just got a delivery from a certain someone…” she trails off, building up the anticipation before finally showing you what she snuck in. It’s a bouquet of your favorite flowers, complete with a cute pot painted your favorite color. You gasp when you see it and she smiles even wider. “There’s a note with them.”

She hands you a small ivory notecard with beautiful black writing on it. The ink glints against the overhead lights as you read the words, ‘For you.’

“Honestly,” Ashley says, placing the flowers down on your desk with a flourish, “he needs to stop showing off. He’s giving every other guy in town a bad name.” 

She swoons playfully and you act like you’re going to throw something at her. She laughs as she exits the room with a wink, and you pick up the vase and take a big sniff of the fragrant petals. They’re absolutely perfect. 

You pull out your phone and take a quick selfie with your face half buried in the blooms. You normally try not to distract Walter at work but want to let him know you received his gift, deciding to shoot him a quick text. 

‘Thank you for the flowers, handsome!’ with a heart emoji is all you write. Sweet and to the point, just like him, you think happily. You set your phone aside and get back to work, needing to get things taken care of for the upcoming art open house. Sometime later, your phone pings with a new message. You stretch your arms out in front of you, kicking your heels off beneath your desk. You grab the phone and smile when you see that it’s Walter who messaged you but it quickly turns to shock and confusion. 

What flowers?

[naturalbornworldshakers]

THE TSY WORLDSHAKER ARTIST SPOTLIGHT | WALTER PARKS SWAMPY SOUTHERN GROOVE

Ashley Smalley of TSY interviews family friend and renaissance man Walter Parks–internationally renowned blues / jazz guitarist, singer, songwriter on his musical beginnings, history, and latest CD — Swamp Cabbage “Jive” available now here. (Join us in the TSY shop on Saturday, October 29th 7:30pm for a private live performance by Walter Parks in the TSY shop in New Hope, PA! Purchase a TSY x…

[twistedtrust]

Escape rosecliff island wallpaper

#ESCAPE ROSECLIFF ISLAND WALLPAPER FOR MAC#

#ESCAPE ROSECLIFF ISLAND WALLPAPER MAC OS X#

^ a b 'Winners of 11th Indian Telly Awards'.

Archived from the original on 20 August 2010.

^ 'Sonal Jha to enter Mann Ki Awaaz Pratigya!'.

^ 'I am unaware about my return on Pratigya: Sajjan Singh - Times of India'.

^ 'Parvati Sehgal quits Pratigya - Times of India'.

'Arhaan Behl gearing up for his next show'.

^ 'Arhaan Behl: I am too young to get married! | Bollywood Life'.

^ 'Remember 'Mann ki Awazz - Pratigya' girl Pooja Gor? She has majorly transformed into a fashionista'.

^ 'Watch StarPlus Serials & Shows Online on '.

Rohit Khurana was finalized for Krishna's role but rejected it as he was busy with Uttaran at that time.

Aarya Dharamchand Kumar as Kartik Saxenaįalaq Naaz was originally signed to play an uneducated village girl Shakun in the show who was Abhimanyu's wife but things couldn't worked out as she chose another show of Star Plus Khamoshiyan later her role got scrapped from the show.

Abhishek Rawat as Tanmay Srivastava, Arushi's ex-husband.

Mohit Malik as Abhimanyu, Sajjan Singh's illegitimate son.

#ESCAPE ROSECLIFF ISLAND WALLPAPER FOR MAC#

Escape Whisper Valley for Mac lies within Games, more precisely Puzzle. The bundle id for Escape Whisper Valley for Mac is. The most popular versions of the software are 2.0 and 1.0.

#ESCAPE ROSECLIFF ISLAND WALLPAPER MAC OS X#

Asha Sharma as Dadi, Krishna's grandmother A Rosy Long Island Escape A Posh Park Avenue Duplex, by Ashley Whittaker Ashley Whittaker Energizes a Florida Town House New Year's Resolutions 2013 December. The latest version of the application is supported on Mac OS X 10.4 or later.Soni Singh as Menaka, Shakti's second wife.Eklavya Ahir as Samar, Kesar and Shakti's son.Kalpna Bohra/Aalika Sheikh as Kesar, Shakti's wife.Jaswant Menaria as Shakti Sajjan Singh, Krishna's brother.Asmita Sharma as Thakurain Sumitra Singh, Krishna's mother.Anupam Shyam as Thakur Sajjan Singh, Krishna's father.Unknown as Chinki Adarsh Saxena Adarsh and Komal's daughter.Parvati Sehgal as Komal Sajjan Singh, Krishna's sister, Adarsh's wife.After inspecting the body of Walter you will begin your investigation. You will be a detective, Jack Norm, who will have to solve the murder of a multimillionaire Walter Jones, owner of a hotel on the island. This is another game of the creator Benoit Sokal. Electronic Arts Escape Rosecliff Island (Digital Code) 17.72. Sinking island is an adventure game developed by White Birds Productions and Microids. Ankit Gera / Aniruddh Singh as Adarsh Shyam Saxena, Pratigya's brother, Komal's husband Shop All Wall Coverings Peel & Stick Tile Peel & Stick Wallpaper Wall Decals Wallpaper.Avantika Hundal as Arushi Shyam Saxena, Pratigya's sister.Monika Singh as Naina Shyam Saxena, Pratigya's mother.Shahab Khan as Shyam Saxena, Pratigya's father.

[kjissexy1994]

Words of Shakespeare: Happy 20th Anniversary Supanova!

On the weekend of the 18th and 19th of June 2022, I went with six friends and two support workers (and of course my old friend Richard and other friends Sam and Hayden) went to the Supanova Comic and Gaming convention at The Dome at Sydney Olympic Park (my favourite entertainment fortress of solitude!).

Throughout the weekend, we saw a variety of cosplayers from Anime such as My Hero Academia and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, video games from my childhood such as Pokémon, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon and Games from the previous decade including Undertale and Deltarune, cartoons and animated movies such as Steven Universe, the popular Disney adventure cartoon The Owl House and classics such as Beauty and the Beast and Mulan, web cartoons such as Vivienne Medrano’s Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss and Rooster Teeth’s RWBY, childhood animations such as Pingu, Characters from cult shows such as Monkey from the British gag dub of the same name that aired on ABC in the early eighties and of course cosplay from sci-fi movies and tv shows such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who and Marvel and DC comic books and movies including classic heroes and villains such as Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Loki, Superman, Batman, The Joker, Harley Quinn and the rest.

A majority of the well designed displays of the cosplayers were also shown at the Cosplay Showcase at the Cosplay Theatre across from The Dome at Hall 5.

I was also amazed by how many male cosplayers can cosplay as female characters like for example, when I saw a male Tawna Bandicoot cosplayer and females cosplaying as Deku from My Hero.

At Supanova when I first entered The Dome, there was a wall of Supanova Posters from the past 20 years starting with 2002 up until this year, my much loved Convention has hosted a plethora of well known guests from movies, tv shows, anime and cartoons including Sean Schemmel (voice of Goku from the Dragon Ball anime), Dan Green (voice of Yugi Mutou/ Pharaoh from Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic and Knuckles the Echidna from Sonic X and the various Sonic games from 2003-2009), Barbara Eden (From I Dream of Jeannie), John Barrowman (From Doctor Who) David Hasselhoff (from Baywatch) The late Verne Troyer (Mini Me from the Austin Powers movie franchise) and Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia Organa of Star Wars) , Richard Horvitz (voice of Invader Zim and Alpha 5 from the earlier Power Rangers seasons Mighty Morphin to Turbo and currently the voice of Moxxie from Helluva Boss), Jeremy Shada, John DiMaggio, Olivia Olson and Jessica DiCicco, the Adventure Time cast of Finn, Jake, Marceline and Flame Princess/Phoebe respectively, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers cast members Jason David Frank (Tommy), Austin St John (Jason), Walter Emmanuel Jones (Zack), Johnny Yong Bosch (Adam), David Yost (Billy), Karan Ashley (Aisha) and of course the late legendary godfather of Marvel Comic Book superheroes Stan Lee who appeared in the 2014 edition of Supanova in Sydney. I have been attending Supanova Comic Cons since 2011 with the exception of 2015 when I was experiencing financial and physical burnout from my Melbourne trip and 2020 which was unable to be held due to well…horrid stuff and seeing those old posters of previous cons made me feel very nostalgic.

Supanova had a variety of stalls which you could buy various merchandise such as comics, pop vinyl figures, statues, trading cards, plush dolls of anime characters and video game characters and vintage merchandise such as action figures from tv show and cartoon franchises including Transformers, Power Rangers, He-Man, Batman the animated series, Star Wars, Star Trek and older comics from the eighties and nineties. Supanova also had a stall where you could buy autographs from previous years conventions.

For those who want some physical enjoyment, there was the archery target course and of course, my new favourite from last year, the Battlecry LARP sword fights. Richard and I had a great time taking down a burly ax wielding knight with rubber swords as you get a lot of exercise out of it as well!

There was also Star Wars Lightsaber demonstrations and testing your might as you try to lift Thor’s Hammer Mjölnir!

For those who love gaming, there were gaming areas where you could play Rocket League, Super Smash Bros and Ubisoft’s Just Dance whilst there was also gaming tournaments and demonstrations as well and of course board and dice games such as Dungeons and Dragons!

Looking through The Alley seeing all the prints of artwork and comic books by independent artists made me feel amazed inside, I bought a print of Spyro the Dragon and stickers of Stolas and Blitzø of Helluva Boss from Bunsanity and a commission of the character Wizarmon/Wizardmon from Bandai’s Digimon virtual pet, anime and video game franchise from art by Cyanide. I really loved how well designed Wizarmon looked even though if the artists never got into the Digimon franchise.

I even had my fortune told via Pokémon trading cards by a Mimikyu cosplayer!

There was also comic book artists from Australia such as Alex T. Trip who did illustrations for The Phantom, Jamie Johnson who did illustrations for IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and Dean Rankine who did illustrations for Simpsons Comics and Oggy and the Cockroaches (France’s answer to Tom and Jerry). One of the comic books I bought was by independent comic book artist Bad Harvie and his Ozploitation anthology comic book series modelled after Grindhouse low budget horror movies from the seventies and eighties. Definitely not for those with a weak stomach if I say so myself.

I was also happy that there wasn’t any offending stalls at the Alley unlike last year when Supanova was embroiled in controversy where there was a stall selling right wing extremist and Neo Nazi merchandise as conventions are a place of celebrating who we are and we do not condone any hate here.

For the con-goers who were looking for an appetite, Dominos Pizza was serving up pizzas, garlic bread and Pepsi drinks as usual and the cafés inside the Dome sold Pies, burgers and Bagels. Outside the dome had stalls such as Chips on a Stick, Wally’s Hot Dogs, Hot Dog on a Stick, Cheese on a Stick (who would usually be there at the Sydney Royal Easter Show) and Ian’s Ice Creams.

Now it was time for the main attraction and a mainstay for Supanova since the beginning, the guests! This year’s Sydney Supanova was the first edition with overseas stars in three years caused by well…again…bad stuff and the guests included Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum aka Clark Kent and Lex Luthor from Smallville, Michael Biehn from The Terminator and The Mandalorian, Mark Shepperd from Supernatural, Emile De Ravine from Once Upon a Time, James and Oliver Phelps aka the Weasley Twins from the Harry Potter films, the part of the Supanova furniture, John Jarratt who is a very friendly fellow despite playing one of the most infamous horror characters in Australian film history which is Mick Taylor from the Wolf Creek movies (which gave me uncontrollable bowel movement when I was younger and Jarratt never appeared on an episode of Play School in the eighties for those who are a victim of the “Mandela Effect!”), and of course, one of the first few guests from Supanova’s inaugural convention in 2002, Veronica Taylor, the original voice of Ash Ketchum from the 4Kids English dub of the Pokémon anime series and movies from 1998 to 2006.

Even though I was very determined to wait two and a half hours to obtain Taylor’s autograph and photo with her (and a much needed interval to use the restroom and chow down on a hot dog on a stick!), it was definitely worth the $60 to greet Taylor and to acknowledge her as one of the voices of my childhood growing up watching the Pokémon anime in the late nineties and early 2000’s on Cheez TV hosted by Jade and Ryan (who also appeared at the 2016 Edition of Supanova).

Taylor was also a very lovely person to talk to as well as I discussed all those precious memories!

I also attended a seminar at the Cosplay theatre where the Phelps Twins discussed their time playing as the Weasleys in the Harry Potter films with a number of funny stories to tell too!

This year’s Supanova was a roaring return to form and without any controversies or kerfuffles after what happened last year in the artist’s alley. Supanova is such a great way to dress up as your favourite character, meet new friends, join and explore new fandoms, be involved in activities, meeting your favourite celebrities and of course, reliving your childhood in the process (like I did when I met Veronica)!

My only negatives for this year’s convention was the long waiting time in groups to see big name celebrities and only a minuscule number of voice actors appearing. After all, we are still in a dwindling health crisis and we should get to see more well known voice actors from cartoons and anime next year (Still praying for Richard Horvitz!) and of course, more well known guests from movies and tv shows!

I give this year’s Supanova an 8 out of 10!

This has been another Supa review of Words of Shakespeare!

Stay Amazing and Happy Trails!

[stim-shop]

Hello there, lucky finder of this shop! I'm mod Brock or Mod Byron, and I'll be attending you and all of your stim and flag needs!

But first let's clarify some stuff, shall we?

🎶 - Personal stuff

- I use He/Him Pronouns

- My first language is spanish, so sorry if I fuck the english up

- I have a blog for general edits (@luxs-editing-garden) and an art blog (@shinandlux) so check those out

🍭 - What you can order (Source list)

- Fandoms

- LGBTQ+ identities

- Specific stims

- Colors

- Really anything that isn't in my blacklist!!

💭 - Non negotiable prices (Blacklist)

- Pico's school

- Any Vivziepop works

- Yandere simulator

- South park

- Harry Potter

- Camp Camp

- Spy X Family

- Chainsawman

- Any kind of yaoi media

- Aot

- Dream smp or any other Youtuber stuff

- Any other icky works (Please ask first if you aren't sure if I consider the work "Icky")

- Buttons (The clothing item)

- Tenko Chabashira

- Ishimondo

- Any romantic ships with Byron, Belle, Tara, Piper or Barley

🎭 - My personal favourites (My Fandom list)

Brawl stars

Pokemon

Vocaloid

Tua

Ragnarok (Netflix)

Undertale/Deltarune

Epithet Erased

Your turn to die

Danganronpa

Until Dawn

Team fortress 2

Love Nikki Dress Up Queen

Liar Liar

Slime Rancher

Yuppie Psycho

The Hunger Games

Cookie Run

Don't Starve

🧁 - Indulging is good sometimes (Whitelist)

Rain world

Drag Race

- Anything about Brawl stars

- The Townsfolk Trio, The Retropolis Gang, The Arcade Trio, Tara, Nita, Belle, Rosa, Jacky and Mr. P

- Pastels

- Creepy Cute

- Isolde

- Ramsey Murdoch

- Sunday

- Guzma, Avery and Allister

- Macne Nana, Gakupo Kamui and Gumi Megpoid

- Kaja and Orlando

- Doshi and Marta Sosa

- Kai Satou, Ranmaru Kageyama, Anzu Kinashi and Kazumi Mishima

- Engi and Demo

- Walter Warly and Wigfrid (Don't Starve)

- Food stims

- Jacky & Bibi (Queerplatonicly)

- Piper & Belle (Queerplatonicly)

- Tara & Bo (Platónicly)

- Piper & Byron (Platónicly)

- Crow & Byron (Platónicly)

- Science party

- Swordsvan

- Kumiho Cookie

- Pancake Cookie

- The grape sibilings

- Avocado Cookie

- Ashley Brown and Chris Heartly

🍧 - The sign says "No horrids allowed on this store" (DNI)

LGBTQ+ phobes

Exclusionists

Terfs/Radfems

Nsfw blogs

Nazis/Neo nazis

Super Straights

Maps

Anti antis / Pro shippers

If you consume problematic media uncritically

If you support the creator of Fnf

And that's that for now! I sincerely hope you enjoy your stay

[accidental-spice]

Ninety-nine follower prompt list

Right-o, here's how I see this going:

Tell me the character(s) or ship

Give me a song to go with them, and if you've got a specific set of lyrics in mind, mention which ones

If you don't have a song from either playlisy that you vibe with, feel free to DM me and ask about a different song, or a quotation, poem, anything like that!

And tell me if you want it in color or a pencil sketch

I won't do anything even remotely NSFW, for the record

Okay, fandoms:

Star Wars, particularly the animated series.

Ships: Kanera, Sabezra, Hanleia, Anidala, Foxiyo, Blyla, Talon Karrde x Shada D'ukal, Luke x Mara Jade, Obitine, Bo-Katan x Fenn Rau, Merrical, Quinlan Vos x Asajj Ventress, Face Loran x Dia Passik

Keeper of the Lost Cites.

Ships: Sokeefe, Gredaline, Tamella, Tiana, Dizznacker, (Yeah not sure who I ship Biana, Tam, or Dex with, soooooo....) Wylinh

The Silver Eye

Ships: Aperlyne, Chanel, Donicus, Runo, Gutair

Dragons In Our Midst/ Oracles of Fire

Ships: Bonnie x Billy, Sapphira x Elam, Ashley x Walter, Shiloh x Gabriel

Agents of SHIELD

Ships: Philinda, Fitzsimmons, Huntingbird, Mackelena, Dousy

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Ships: Kataang, Maiko, Sukka, Tokka

And if there are any other

Platonic playlist

And here's the romantic one!

Feel free to DM me if you've got any questions. Thanks!

[narrowtriangle33-blog]

This has to stop.

Yet again there are books being pulled this time from Texas School Districts. In Texas books about race and sexuality are being pulled from multiple Texas School Districts. 75 formal requests by students' parents and community members have been sent to school districts in Texas to ban certain books from libraries.

According to NBC News here are 50 books certain Texas Parents want banned.

1. "Drama," by Raina Telgemeier

2. "When Wilma Rudolph Played Basketball," by Mark Weakland

3. "Lawn Boy," by Jonathan Evison

4. "Better Nate Than Ever," by Tim Federle

5. "Five, Six, Seven, Nate!" by Tim Federle

6. "The Bluest Eye," by Toni Morrison

7. "Out of Darkness," by Ashley Hope Pérez

8. "Ghost Boys," by Jewell Parker Rhodes

9. "l8r, g8r," by Lauren Myracle

10. "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," by Jesse Andrews

11. "White Bird: A Wonder Story," by R.J. Palacio

12. "Ground Zero: A Novel of 9/11," by Alan Gratz

13. "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic," by Alison Bechdel

14. "Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)" by L.C. Rosen

15. "City of Thieves," by David Benioff  

16. "Gender Queer," by Maia Kobabe

17. "This One Summer," by Mariko Tamaki

18. "We Are the Ants," by Shaun David Hutchinson

19. "The Breakaways," by Cathy G. Johnson

20. "All Boys Aren't Blue," by George M. Johnson

21. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," by Stephen Chbosky

22. "Michelle Obama: Political Icon," by Heather E. Schwartz

23. "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You," by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

24. "New Kid," by Jerry Craft

25. "Class Act," by Jerry Craft

26. "Salvage the Bones," by Jesmyn Ward

27. "Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice," by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo and Olivia Gatwood

28. "Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness," by Anastasia Higginbotham

29. "How to be an Antiracist," by Ibram X. Kendi

30. "A Good Kind of Trouble," by Lisa Moore Ramée

31. "We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices," by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson

32. "On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God," by Louise Rennison

33. "The Kite Runner," by Khaled Hosseini

34. "It's Perfectly Normal," by Robie H. Harris

35. "Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out," by Susan Kuklin

36. "Monday's Not Coming," by Tiffany D. Jackson

37. "More Happy Than Not," by Adam Silvera

38. "George," by Alex Gino

39. "What Girls Are Made Of," by Elana K. Arnold

40. "I Am Jazz," by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings

41. "So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed," by Jon Ronson

42. "King and the Dragonflies," by Kacen Callender

43. "Go With the Flow," by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann

44. "Last Night at the Telegraph Club," by Malinda Lo

45. "Weird Girl and What's His Name," by Meagan Brothers

46. "Flamer," by Mike Curato

47. "Milk and Honey," by Rupi Kaur

48. "A Court of Mist and Fury," by Sarah J. Maas

49. "47," by Walter Mosley

50. "Girls Like Us," by Gail Giles

This has to stop these type of people could have an agenda if they do, it's a bad one of course.

[ilyasorokinn]

Congrats on 1.5k!! May I have a mini playlist pls 🍇 thank uuuu

p - party favor by billie eilish

e - everything i say by carry brothers

r - revenge party from mean girls, the muscial

p - primadonna by marina

e - electric love by børns

t - graceland too by phoebe bridgers

u - unwritten by natasha bedingfield

a - it's alright, it's ok by ashley tisdale

l - lush life by zara larsson

l - give me love by ed sheeran

y - yellow by coldplay

a - hold it against me by britney spears

n - all nighter by overstreet

x - couldn't find a song in my playlist that started with x

i - i love you so by the walters

o - somewhere over the rainbow by isreal kamakawiwo'ole

u - unsaid emily from julie and the phantoms

s - sit still, look pretty by daya

[kanerallels]

111 Followers Fic Ask Prompts!!

Alrighty, this is not going to go exactly how I thought it was, but I shall do my best!! Let's get going, my good hobbi-- FOLLOWERS I MEANT FOLLOWERS

Rules: Choose a fandom, and two characters and/or a ship from that fandom. Then, choose a prompt/au-- you can have two of those. Send them to me in an ask, and I'll get you a ficlet asap!!!

I will not be writing any smut/explicit sex/NSFW content, and if your ship isn't on the list, I probably won't write it.

Fandoms:

1. Star Wars. Ships: Kanera, Obitine, Merrical, Foxiyo, Damerey, Jyn x Cassian, Finnrey, Blyla, Hanleia, Skyjade, D'ukarrde, Vos x Ventress, Fenn Rau x Bo-Katan. I'm most comfortable writing for SWR, but I will write for the sequels, TCW, the original trilogy, Rogue One, Star Wars Legends, The High Republic, etc. There are very characters I won't write about (hint: Rush Clovis, Arinhda Pryce, Lux Bonteri)

2. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Ships: Mackelena, Philinda, Fitzsimmons, Huntingbird, Staticquake, Dousy (although that one might take a little longer)

3. Six of Crows duology/ Nikolai duology. Ships: Kanej, Zoyalai, Adrik x Leoni, Genyadavid, Helnik

4. The Ascendance Series. Ships: Jaron x Imogen, Tobias x Amarinda

5. The Silver Eye. Ships: Runo, Donicus, Aperlyne

6. Avatar: The Last Airbender. Ships: Kataang, Maiko, Sukka

7. Dragons in Our Midst/Oracles of Fire: Ships: Bonnie x Billy, Walter x Ashley, Sapphira Adi x Elam

(list of prompts under the cut)

Prompts:

- Soulmates

- Time Travel

- Platonic Soulmates

- Fix It

- Unlikely friendship

- Loss

- Holiday

- Domesticity

- Princess Carry

- Disney Movie Au

- First Meeting

- Lost a bet

- Working together as cops

- Karaoke

- Crossover (send two fandoms!)

- Rescue

- Doug Judy Au

- Found family

- Dancing

- Waffles

- Bailing out of jail

- Band on tour

- Sparring

- Stars

-Bending (ATLA style)

- Grisha

- PAIN

- Art/singing

- Modern au (crossovers are basically mandatory. Jk, but they're high key welcome!)

- *gets adopted by the Ghost Crew* (crossovers welcome!)

-Fake relationship (romantic or platonic)

- Send your favorite quote from a Marvel or Star Wars movie

- Imagine your OTP (I'll choose from a list of prompts)

It's worth noting, some of these are specifically geared towards couples, while others could work for platonic with ease. I'm totally happy to accept platonic requests as well!!

Alrighty, that should be about it!! I'll link this in my original post so people can find it easily. Send me an ask if you have any questions, and let's hope this doesn't blow up in my face!

[corie-the-writer]

Ignite - Ch.4

Tag List: @talicat713 @letsstarsfalling @samantha-chicagos @shikshinkwon

Chapter 4

By the grace of God, Chloe and Adam were let into the night club by the bouncer who couldn't take his eyes off of Chloe's cleavage as she leaned against Adam, acting completely stoned out of her mind. 

Being in the dimly lit building for about a half hour, Chloe and Adam quickly realized that they had walked into a sex trafficking and drug ring. It was for the rich men of Chicago, most of the women dressed as sexy as they could for their slender bodies, barely able to hold their head up as men flocked to them. 

"This place creeps me the fuck out." Chloe whispered into Adam's ear since she had to acted stoned out of her mind. 

"Bogie approaching." Adam spoke quietly to Chloe's forehead, making it seem like he had placed a kiss on her forehead, so the team could keep watch from the camera hidden in his blue dress suit. 

"I haven't seen you two here before..." The man approached, sitting down on the other side of Chloe, his eyes scanning her toned legs, seeing the dress had rode up a little bit.

"Oh I'm here on business from Indianapolis, heard about this place through the grapevine, so I figured we would check it out." Adam explained, sticking his hand out, "Howie Douglas." Adam introduced himself. 

"Vincent Matthews." The man shook his hand, "And who might this beautiful woman be?" Vincent questioned, using his free hand to run a finger down her leg. 

"This is Brittney." Adam introduced her, "She's had a little too much fun." Adam chuckled, watching as Vincent grew interested in Chloe. 

"Would she be up for a little more fun?" Vincent questioned gripping Chloe's thigh to get her to stir awake, "Hey sweetheart, you want to have a little fun?" Vincent questioned to Chloe and she mumbled incoherently but nodded her head, "Here Howie, why don't you get introduced to Ashley here, while I get to know Brittany?" Vincent suggested snapping his fingers, causing Adam to look to the red-head approaching, to see that it was in fact the woman Walters had been seeing. 

"Okay." Adam nodded then leaned to Chloe, "Be have yourself Brittany." Adam watched as Vincent helped a heavy Chloe up from the couch she had been on, his arm going around her lower back, practically holding her to him as he disappeared behind a black door. 

Ruzek, get Ashley out of the building. She needs to be questioned. 

Adam heard Hank Voight's voice through the ear piece hidden, but he refused to leave Chloe alone in the building with the man, and turned his attention to Ashley, "Is there somewhere more private we can go?" Adam questioned to the red head and watched as she nodded her head. 

Ashley took his hand, pulling him up from the couch and he had laid his glass cup on the small table and allowed her to follow him towards the same black door that Chloe had disappeared behind with Vincent. 

Apples.

Breach Breach Breach.

Adam grew tense at Chloe using the safe word and before he could register what was happening, Intelligence and Chicago PD were running into the building with their guns draw. Adam immediately rushed through the black door. 

"CHLOE!?" Adam shouted, pulling his gun out that was tucked in his suit. Adam was dodging women that were running out of rooms, men following pulling up there pants, and heard a loud crash coming from the end of the hall. Adam rushed to the door, not bothering to check the door handle, but kicked in the wooden door. Adam saw Vincent on top of Chloe choking her as she tried like hell to punch at the man's face. He rushed to the man and held the gun to the back of his head. "Chicago PD asshole." Ruzek growled watching the man let go of Chloe's neck, noticing that her lip was busted and her forehead was bleeding, "You good?" Adam questioned his gun still aimed at the back of Vincent's head and watched as Chloe gave a nod, "Vincent Matthews you are under arrest, put your hands behind your back." Adam instructed as Chloe crawled away from the man, and then helped herself up using the bed. 

Adam handcuffed the man, turning him around to face him and noticed the broken nose he was sporting, along with the start of a black eye, extremely proud of his partner. 

Adam led the man out of the room and Chloe followed, as they walked down the hallway Hank Voight met them at the black door and gave Chloe her gun, "You good?" Hank questioned noticing the bruising around Chloe's throat starting to form, her forehead bleeding and her lip busted. 

"Yeah. Might need stitches." Chloe pointed to her forehead, from where Vincent had threw her into the corner table, causing her skin to rip open. Chloe had taken the cloth from her father to hold it against her forehead as she walked into the main club area to several men getting arrested, a large table filled with narcotics and several women crying, and Chloe immediately scanned the faces to find Cleo, Samantha and Veronica, and a sigh left her lips. 

"Go to med and get checked out. We'll meet back at the district." Hank instructed, "Ruzek go with her, we got it from here." Hank added. . . Six stitches later, Chloe was walking up the stairs to see Kelly Severide still sitting at her desk, and the sight of her had him jumping out of his chair. "What the hell happened?" Kelly questioned, his cheeks going red at the sight of the dark bruises forming around her neck, her lip dried with blood, and a large butterfly band-aid on her forehead. 

"I'm okay..." Chloe assured, "Just got launched into a table." Chloe tried to joke. 

"You should see the other guy though." Adam piped up clapping a hand on Chloe's shoulder, "Proud of you for breaking his nose." Adam commented causing Chloe to let out a small laugh, "You need to fill him in, I'll go help the others, remember the deal." Adam added. 

"Yes dad." Chloe rolled her eyes while Kelly looked at the partners confused.

"Deal?" Kelly questioned. 

"Come on..." Chloe sighed, walking past Kelly towards her desk, and sat down, taking her high heels off, and shrugging off the leather jacket, and pulling the mic out from her dress as Kelly pulled up a chair. 

"So what is going on?" Kelly questioned, resting his elbows against his knees, looking intently to Chloe. 

Chloe had dug out her cell phone from her jacket and unlocked the screen to show Kelly the texts she had received, "This came in this morning." Chloe commented handing the phone over to Kelly for him to see. Chloe watched as Kelly's eyes instantly narrowed, the sound of the Marylin Manson's song playing for a moment, and then watched as his hand turned white around the device, "I also got flowers this morning and this card." Chloe reached for the card on the desk and let him read the note. 

"This has got to be the same person who started calling me earlier." Kelly growled, reaching for his phone to show the number of calls from an unknown number, "I ended up blocking the number after the fifth call." Kelly stated. 

"Adam and I tried tracing the texts but it kept bouncing between towers within a twenty block radius." Chloe explained, "I told Adam that I would tell Hank about it once this case got closed." Chloe added. 

"So it's obviously someone I pissed off and is targeting you because of us." Kelly stated after a few moments of silence. 

"Any idea who it could be?" Chloe questioned as she leaned back in her chair. 

"I think it would be easier to make a list of who I haven't pissed off in my lifetime." Kelly tried to joke causing them both to let out small laughs. 

"Adam said that you needed to talk to me?" Hank Voight entered the room, noticing that Kelly Severide was still sitting there with Chloe, "Isn't it a little late for work visits?" Hank questioned approaching the desk causing Chloe to roll her eyes. 

"Actually, this involves him too." Chloe stated, grabbing her phone, "So this morning I got flowers with this card." Chloe handed the card to her father, "Then uh I got some texts from an unknown number. There was a photo of me and Kelly..." Chloe shifted uncomfortably, "being intimate, and then this creepy ass song..." Chloe opened her phone to play the song for a moment, "Then the same photo of me and Kelly, with a fire emoji over his face and then a big red X over it." Chloe sighed, "Then this was sent." Chloe handed the phone over, making sure that her father couldn't see the intimate photos, letting him read the final text that said Kelly was using her, that she needed to be saved. 

"Any idea who this could be?" Hank questioned handing the phone back to Chloe as he looked to Severide. 

"No idea." Kelly shook his head, "I started getting unknown calls and after the fifth one, I blocked the number." Kelly explained. 

"Adam and I tried tracing the texts but it bounced between several different towers in a twenty block radius." 

Hank handed the phone back to his daughter, crossed his arms over his chest after running a hand down his face, "Tomorrow we will start checking security cameras around your apartment, maybe we can catch something from the night of the fire." Hank spoke to Chloe and then turned his attention to Severide, "Can you get into the apartment to see what started the fire?" Hank questioned. Kelly gave a nod, knowing that the paperwork had been sent of OFI but had yet to get through because of being backed up, "I want you both to watch your backs until we figure out what we're dealing with." Hank added, "And Chloe, I don't want you alone at all." 

"Okay..." Chloe grumbled but knew that she needed to play it safe for right now, "We're gonna head out." Chloe added, "I'm getting a killer headache." 

Hank gave his daughter a nod and watched as she grabbed her things and headed out with Kelly Severide.

[newagesispage]

                                                                        MAY                 2021

The Rib Page

*****

George Takei is sweatin’ with the oldies. He stars in a fitness app for gay seniors, Bar Belles. It was his April Fool’s day joke.

*****

Fox will bring us Crime Scene Kitchen on May 26 with host Joel McHale.

*****

Joel Hodgson has launched a new kick starter to create a new independent season of MTS3K, The goal is $2mil.

*****

Bob Odenkirk will release: Comedy, comedy, comedy, drama: A Memoir on Jan. 18 2022

*****

Leslie Jones will host the 2021 MTV Awards.

*****

$3 mil was raised for Next for Autism with help from Conan, Kimmel, Charlize, Chris Rock, Jack Black and Sarah Silverman.

*****

Have ya noticed that Gayle King looks great in yellow.

*****

Some people are not too happy that Elon Musk will host SNL on May 8. Miley Cyrus is the musical guest.** Musk tweeted: Let’s find out just how live SNL really is. Cast member Bowen Yang tweeted back, : What the Fuck does this even mean?

*****

Oh Seth Meyers: Every time I see the sea captain on your show, I miss him so much!!

*****

There is a spotlight on Foxconn which made a big splash for Trump at the start of his presidency. The company has done a lot of nothing but still gets tax cuts. Homes were demolished, roads were widened to nowhere and money was spent. Wisconsinites are upset that this big business is just folly and a big glass orb.

*****

Mike Lindell is a kook but he did try to appear to be a good sport on Kimmel.

*****

When will weed be legal on a federal level? When will drug testing for employment be illegal? We hear so much about personal rights with the gun laws and vaccines and masks. What about the right to do what we want with our bodies when we are not at work. Think of the administrative costs that could be saved if we just removed drug testing. Our experience and work ethic should mean more that what we do with our free time. This is not a problem at all companies. There are places in this country where it is near impossible anywhere in your area to get hired without a drug screening. One joint on a random Saturday night could keep someone from a great opportunity. A person in pain who reaches for an edible might miss out on the job that saves their lives.

*****

NASA sent the first flight to another planet. The Mars flight made history with the 30 sec feat.

*****

What? The Menendez brothers are popular again? From the Ramsey case to the Manson murders or Bundy, it all comes back around again.

*****

The Lizzie Borden house just sold for $2mil to Lance Zaal of U. S. Ghost Adventures.

*****

Quarantine and so much television et al proves one thing, the pharmaceutical and insurance companies have way too much $.

*****

Trump told everyone to boycott Coke and is later seen drinking diet Coke.** Trump sent out a statement about how bad the Oscars are. They threw it right back in his face. ** Federal agents have searched Giuliani’s Manhattan apartment. It stems from the 2 year investigation into activities in Ukraine.

*****

X-VP Pence is said to have pressured the Navy to reinstate former Mo. Gov. Eric Greitens. Greitens was accused of tying up, blindfolding, taking explicit photos of and blackmailing a woman.

*****

There is a crisis in schools with the lack of civics and history being taught.

*****

Hulk Hogan was hit with a chorus of Boo’s at his latest event.

*****

The latest sexual harassment news: Matt Gaetz  is being looked into for sex with a minor and sex trafficking.  Bill Barr opened the investigation.** Tom Reed has been accused of sexual misconduct by former lobbyist, Nicolette Davis.** Marilyn Manson has been sued by Game of Thrones, Esme Bianco for sexual abuse.

*****

What is going on with Bank of America? I am hearing from multiple people that often they do not get their statement in the mail. Is this a bad Postal service? Is this bad business practice? How many late fees had to be paid because of this? Not everybody wants to pay their bills online.

*****

Jack Hanna has revealed that he has dementia.

*****

Tiny Tim : King for a day is a new doc I must see. The film contains footage shot from Warhol’s Factory. There are excerpts from Tim’s diary read by Weird Al Yankovic and the story of how Tiny’s friend, Bob Dylan wanted to make a film with him.

*****

Lindsay Lohan’s Father, Michael has been charged with 5 counts patient brokering and 1 count of attempted patient brokering. This is an apparent scam of steering addicts into rehab for cash.

*****

Aaron Sorkin and Paulina Porizkova are dating. Pete Davidson and Phoebe Dynevor are dating.

*****

JB Smoove has a new podcast brought to you by TeamCoco.

*****

Hey.. People working on the new Law and Order: Organized Crime….. TOO MUCH MELONI!!

*****

*****

Zach Avery, actor, was arrested for his participation in a $690 mil Ponzi scheme.

*****

President Biden has restored aid to the Palestinians.

*****

MLB put up a wall in Georgia but the Masters stayed.

*****

Hank Azaria has brought Brockmire to a new podcast.

*****

Tommy Chong isn’t allowed on FB because of his weed posts but they allow an imposter to use his name to sell weed.

Pennsylvania is trying to push thru 14 voter suppression bills.

*****

Joe Manchin. Ugh!!** Marjorie Taylor- Greene has let go of her America First caucus.** Ted Cruz has allegedly used $154, 000 of his campaign funds to buy up copies of his book to boost sales. This is an old trick but still illegal.

*****

For the first time, The Carter Center became involved in a U.S. election. They published videos and live webcasts as well as deploying observers across Georgia.

*****

Most health programs in Uganda, Nigeria and Ethiopia have resumed after Covid.** Tom Vilsack from the Dept. of Agriculture has announced the USDA will provide assistance to 30 million kids.** It is sad to me that we have to entice people to vaccinate. Football games, Church’s and shot for shot in bars?? Really? Saving the lives of others should be enough. WTF?

*****

Alec Baldwin, Alec Mapa and Kelsey Grammer are shopping around a new comedy that ABC decided to pass on.

*****

Chauvin was found guilty.

*****

Days alert: C’mon Ben, calm the fuck down! Don’t prove how out of control you are like everybody thinks. ** Xander is so funny right now.** How many people will Kristen be and how many times can one person melt down?? **Bring Carrie back!! **Jackee’ seemed a bit nervous in the beginning but she is fitting right in. More!

*****

The SAG awards came and went. With the Trial of the Chicago 7 winning best ensemble, Michael Keaton is the first person to be in 3 best casts for SAG’s.** Other winners include Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Daniel Kaluuta, Youn Yuh-Jung, Mark Ruffalo, Anya Taylor- Joy, Jason Bateman, Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek and The Crown.

*****

The Oscars were held on April 25. It was a bit of a yawner and why would a show set themselves up for an awkward end?? There was a commercial from P&G right before the broadcast that stated, “ Widen the screen so we can widen our view.” Nice sentiment.  Mank had so many noms and only 2 wins. People looking their best to me were Leslie Odom Jr., Glenn Close, Riz Ahmed, LaKeith Stanfield, Colman Domingo, John Batiste, Mia Neal, Questlove (gold crocs and a mask!), Desmond Roe, Travon Free, Trish Summerville, Marlee Matlin, The Lucas Brothers, Andra Day, Carey Mulligan, Amanda Seyfried, Nicolette Robinson, Regina King and Margot Robbie. Laura Dern looked like Big Bird, there were just too many feathers. Tiara Thomas had feathers but they looked great.  Angela Bassett had some power sleeves and Tyer Perry looked like a little boy.  Hooray for Emerald Fennell for her win for original screenplay but not sure about the dress. And Viola Davis?? Dana Murray?? Ashley Fox?? Hmm?? Winners seemed to have trouble getting to the stage. They often refused the steps or the walkway and sort of climbed up the side. I did love the intimate setting and it did remind me of the old clips of years before. Sound of metal and Ma Rainey both won. Tyler Perry and for the first time, an organization, the motion picture and television fund, took home the humanitarian award. I was thrilled to see My Octopus Teacher win for Doc. I loved Crip Camp too, that was a hard category.  The acting winners went in all directions.  Many critics complained that the films were real downers . Nomadland won best picture. Michael Moore put it best I think. Of the films this year, he said, “They force you to look backward with 2021 eyes.”

*****

Why the Fuck do we need a militarized police force?

*****

R.I.P. victims of the multiple mass shootings, victims of police shootings, the crush in Israel, Cosette Brown, Midwin Charles, DMX, Paul Ritter, Ethel Gabriel, G. Gordon Liddy, Buddy Peppenschmidt,  Prince Philip, Anne Beatts, Diane Adler, Vartan Gregorian, Monte Hellman, Jim Steinman, Michael Collins, Michael wolf Snyder, Johnny Crawford, Eli Broad and Walter Mondale.

[jgthirlwell]

2019 year in review

This year I also invited some friends and colleagues to reflect on 2019

JG Thirlwell

Composer Foetus Xordox Manorexia Steroid Maximus Venture Bros Archer

www.foetus.org

30 Albums of 2019 (although not all of them came out in 2019) Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble Where Future Unfolds (International Anthem) Le Grand Sbam Vaisseau Monde (Dur et Doux Caravaggio Caravaggio 2 & Turn Up (La Buissonne) Swans Leaving Meaning (Young God Records) 13 Million Year Old Ghost (Chaykin) Ben Frost Dark Cycles 1 & 2 (Invada) Sote Parallel Persia / Sacred Horror In Design (Diagonal) 33EMYBW Arthropods (SVBKVLT) Anna Meredith Fibs (Moshi Moshi) Kelly Moran Ultraviolet (Warp) Thom Yorke Anima  (XL) Hildur Guðnadóttir Joker Soundtrack (Water Tower Music) Lingua Ignota Caligula (Profound Lore) Igorr Savage Synusoid (Metal Blade) Oli XL  Rogue intruder Soul Enhancer (Blo-onm) Red Fang Murder The Mountains (Relapse) Michael Kiwanuka Kiwanuka (Polydor) Richard Dawson 2020 (Weird World) Idiot Flesh Fancy / The Nothing Show / Tales Of Instant Knowledge and Sure Death (YouTube) Ikarus Echo / Mosaiasmic (Ronin Rhythm Records) Poil Sus / Mula Poil (Dur et Doux) Orange Goblin A Eulogy For The Damned (Candlelight) Nivhek After its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house (Yellow Electric) Ni Pantophobie (Due et Doux) Andrew WK You’re Not Alone (Sony) Rustin Man Drift Code (Domino) Kishi Bashi Omoiyari (Joful Noise) Liturgy HAQQ (YLYLCYN) Croatian Amor Isa (Posh Isolation) Schnellertollermeier Rights / X /  Zorn einen ehmer üttert stem!! (Cuneiform) Scandinavian Star Solas (Posh Isolation) Synth Sisters Euphoria (EM records) JPEGMAFIA Veteran + All My Heroes Are Cornballs (EQT)

Notable Concerts I went to dozens of concerts and events in 2019. Here are some of the most notable. All in NYC except where noted.

Jan 8  Matt Marks Tribute at  Protoype Festival. Roulette Jan 19  Lemon Twigs MHOW Jan 26  Julia Wolfe /  NY Philharmonic Fire In My Mouth Lincoln Center Feb 16  Lucretia Dalt Issue Project Room Feb 23  Willliam Basinski  Ambient Church Mar 13  Lou Reed Drones St John The Divine Mar 18  This Heat LPR + July 31 at Elsewhere Mar 20  Oran Ambarchi  Fridman Gallery Mar 28  Fire! at Zurcher April 11  Aphex Twin Avant Gardner May 4  Zombi El Cortez May 11  Lawrence English Knockdown Center May 13  The Who + Orchestra Madison Square Garedn May 15  Alva Noto Metropolitan Museum June 11  Andrew Cyrille Marathon Roulette June 13  Christeene / Nastie Band Brooklyn Bazaar June 26  Simon Hanes National Sawdust July 27  Nick Zinner 41 Strings Rockefeller Center July 30  Flaming Lips / Lennon Claypool Delirium Capitol Theater Portchester Aug 2-4  Bang On  A Can LOUD Festival Mass MOCA Notth Adams Aug 27  Pharmakon St Vitus Sep 5  JD Emmanuel Issue / First Unitarian Church Sep 18  Lingua Ignota St Vitus Set 21  King Crimson  Radio City Oct 10  Melvins Warsaw Oct 19  Helm Cafe Oto Nov 1  Marc Almond Brooklyn Bazaar Nov 6  JPEGMAFIA Bowery Ballroom Nov 23  Caterina Barbieri Unsound Fest, Knockdown Center Nov 30  Knower Bowery Ballroom

Film & TV These films were flawed but resonated with me.

Chernobyl Ozark Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Joker Midsommar The Irishman Uncut Gems

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Matt Johnson

The The https://www.thethe.com/

Looking back on 2019 I decided to list a handful of political / alternative news websites rather than films, albums or books. In the UK the corporate media stooped to shocking new lows during our recent General Election campaign. Such dirty tactics are to be expected of conglomerates owned by the likes of Rupert Murdoch and his fellow right wing billionaires but this time around, previously ‘liberal’ outlets such as the BBC and Guardian also fully participated in the outrageous lies, smears and character assassination against the leader of the opposition Labour Party. The British population were now being forced fed the Establishment’s propaganda du jour from every possible direction. Personally I try to gather my information from as many alternative outlets as possible to contrast with the 24 hour corporate brainwashing we’re subjected to these days. I’ve listed just five sites from the dozens I regularly visit and although I certainly don’t agree with everything expressed on these sites I do feel that it essential that in supposed free and democratic societies we are at least exposed to a variety of viewpoints and opinions - rather than being trapped inside social media echo chambers in an Internet that is increasingly controlled and censored by sophisticated algorithms and where politically correct digital lynch mobs accuse anyone with an opinion that contradicts the official narrative of being a Russian agent! Anyway, a Happy New Year to you all and here’s hoping 2020 sets the new decade off in roaring style!

https://www.medialens.org/

https://www.truthdig.com/author/chris_hedges/

https://www.corbettreport.com/

https://thesaker.is/

https://thoughtmaybe.com/about/

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Tristan Perich

Composer www.tristanperich.com

Here is a rather random selection of 10 of my favorite tracks of 2019, mostly courtesy Spotify recommendations over the year...

Full playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6OUSFLqLsAwhRQRF44yxWN?si=r33XRUuGR_iIOZHg4thuyA

Lechuga Zafiro: Para Abajo feat Matmos & Seba TC https://open.spotify.com/track/2xMnSTIBNZ8AT6w6TdZyU9

Kelpe: A Year and a Day https://open.spotify.com/track/4ANoLzEjtGOBl5qCvEiLov

Shida Shahabi: All In Circles https://open.spotify.com/track/5qMnq88JPMJQ81x5szpN3t

The Vernon Spring: Strength of a Young Man https://open.spotify.com/track/0zQUqR1UcXoPRSrTt0WuPs

Dessert: Thunderbird https://open.spotify.com/track/5rAguSvXxyo5zBq9a5RQWd

Yves V w/ Icona Pop: We Got That Cool (Robert Falcon & Jordan Jay Remix) https://open.spotify.com/track/1lEtudJvZNiibWzXc5m4mh

Selena Gomez: Look At Her Now https://open.spotify.com/track/4yI3HpbSFSgFZtJP2kDe5m

Masahiro Sugaya: Umi No Sunatsubu https://open.spotify.com/track/43egCanD1UNNvoCo2K4veC

Konradsen: Baby Hallelujah https://open.spotify.com/track/6TBnYhxTzSiiVmMBjpZ3gH

Slow Magic: Girls (DJ Clap Remix) https://open.spotify.com/track/31Sdj7aF1h4emCJtkxdy1A

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James Ilgenfritz

Composer https://infrequentseams.com/

James Ilgenfritz's favorite witnessed events, by month:

Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future (January, Guggenheim) Anaïs Maviel: who is this ritual for and from? (February, Roulette) Roscoe MItchell, SPACE, Wavefield Ensemble (March, Park Avenue Armory) Blank Forms: Nadah El Shazly (April, Brooklyn Music School) Barre Phillips Solo (May, Zurcher Gallery) Heiner Goebbels: Everything That Happened And Would Happen (June, Park Avenue Armory) Zodiac Saxophone Quartet: Charles Waters, Ras Moshe Burnett, Claire Daly, Lee Odom (July, Scholes St) Tie: Judith Berkson: Partial Memories & Juho Laitinen: Robert Ashley's The Wolfman (August, Ostrava Days, Czech Republic) Zeena Parkins / William Winant / Ikue Mori (September, The Stone) Vinnie Golia / Bobby Bradford Quartet (October, Edgefest in Ann Arbor) LA Philharmonic: Wubbels, Macklay, Sabat, Smith, Perich (Los Angeles, November) Art Ensemble Of Chicago (December, Washington, DC)

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Carl Michael Von Hausswolff

Artist / Composer

https://cmvonhausswolff.net/

10 special artists of 2019 in no specific order: • Hildur Guðnadóttir - her film music • sunn o))) - their Life Metal and Pyroclasts albums • Ilpo Väisänen - his concert in Stockholm • Cindy van Acker - her choreographic work • Jónsi & Alex - their old Riceboy Sleeps album and 2019 tour • Swans - their leaving meaning album • Flowers Must Die - their Där Blommor Dör album • Bigert & Bergström - their climate awareness art • Vanessa Sinclair & Carl Abrahamsson - all their work during 2019 • Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Tim Story - their Lunz 3 album

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Ryan Martin

Label Boss, Dais Records

www.daisrecords.com

Richard Youngs & Raül Refree "All Hands Around the Monument" Sarah Davachi "Pale Bloom" James Hoff "HOBO UFO (v. Chernobyl)" Wojciech Rusin ‎"The Funnel" Caterina Barbieri "Ecstatic Computation" Solange "When I Get Home" Kali Malone "The Sacrificial Code" Deathprod "Occulting Disk" Vatican Shadow "Kuwaiti Airforce" Ben Vida "Reducing The Tempo To Zero" JPEGMAFIA "All My Heroes Are Cornballs" Dean Hurley "Anthology Resource Vol. II: Philosophy of Beyond" Sean McCann "Puck" Oren Ambarchi "Simian Angel" Tyler, The Creator "IGOR" Helm "Chemical Flowers" JAB "Erg Herbe" Emptyset "Blossoms" E-Saggila "My World, My Way" Jacob Kirkegaard "Black Metal Square" Boy Harsher "Careful"

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Weasel Walter

Composer/performer / label head https://weaselwalter.bandcamp.com/

2019 was far from my favorite year. Regardless, I managed to release not one, but two new double albums by The Flying Luttenbachers (as well as two European tours with the unit) in addition to the usual slew of improvised music gigs and releases, and co-ordinating and producing an archival release of vintage NYC weirdness (Ozone). I also rocked Mexico City with Lydia Lunch Retrovirus, played a ridiculous gig with Encenathrakh, and disbanded Cellular Chaos (for now, at least).

When I become obsessed (or re-obsessed with something), it usually leads to a ton of proselytizing Facebook status posts. Combing my 2019 posts, it seems that my musical obsessions this year weren't very highbrow. Ha ha ha. Yes, I'm super into Xenakis, Cecil Taylor and whatever else, but dumber music can supply great creature comfort, and I guess I needed that in large amounts, so that's what it was. Sometimes badass modernists have to take time out to stay in bed all day and read comics because it's a hard cold world out there.

Weasel Walter top 10 musical obsessions of 2019 1. Kid Creole and the Coconuts (1980-1985 era) 2. Redd Kross 3. The Saints "I'm Stranded" 4. Jane Aire and the Belvederes 5. Miles Davis 1972-1975 6. Khanate "Things Viral 7. Mandy Zone & Ozone "Live at Max's Kansas City 1981" 8. Mayhem "Grand Declaration of War" 9. Comedy Bang Bang Episode #554 w/ Middleditch, Sanz 10. Weezer "Pinkerton"

Weasel Walter worst thing about 2019

1. Windows 10

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C.Spencer Yeh

Composer / Performer https://twitter.com/cspenceryeh?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Ten live music highlights of 2019 - The Brandon Lopez Trio (Lopez/Steve Baczkowski/Gerald Cleaver) at Fridman Gallery, June 18 - DeForrest Brown Jr., Pennies From Heaven series at CONTROL, January 15 - Charmaine Lee, Nothing Changes at Saint Vitus, January 30 - Bloodyminded at Apartment 202, December 14 - Longmont Potion Castle live QnA, Spectacle Theater, March 23 - Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society, Roulette, July 1 - Helm, Elsewhere, September 21 - Korn, Radiohead, Red Light District, October 26 - Mdou Moctar, Max Fish, September 1 - Mayo Thompson plays "Corky's Debt to His Father," Le Poisson Rouge, December 8

Speed round – five various still on the mind at the end of 2019 - Charlotte Moorman / Nam June Paik long sleeve t-shirt, Boot Boyz - Acacia leaf omelet and shrimp in sour curry, Jitlada, Los Angeles - Lynnée Denise, presentation for Omniaudience (Side Two) presented by Triple Canopy/Nikita Gale/Hammer Museum at Coaxial Arts, May 4 - PARASITE (2019) - ANIARA (2018)

Also, Spectacle Theater turns ten in 2020 and you should really come visit us.

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DJ Food

Artist / composer / DJ / curator

www.djfood.org

Music / podcasts: Pye Corner Audio - Hollow Earth LP (Ghost Box) Various - Corroded Circuits EP 12" (Downfall Recordings) Chris Moss Acid - Heavy Machine 12" (Balkan Vinyl) King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Fishing For Fishes LP (Flightless) Pictogram - Trace Elements cassette (Miracle Pond) Vanishing Twin - The Age of Immunology LP (Fire Records) Big Mouth podcast (various) (Acast) Beans - Triptych LP (Gamma Proforma) Roisin Murphy - Incapable single (Skint) Ebony Steel Band - Pan Machine LP (Om Swagger) People Like Us - The Mirror LP (Discrepant) Coastal County - Coastal County LP (Lomas) Adam Buxton podcast (various) (Acast) Ghost Funk Orchestra - A Song For Paul LP (Karma Chief) Jon Brooks - Emotional Freedom Techniques LP (Cafe Kaput) King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Organ Farmer (from Infest the Rat's Nest LP) (Flightless) Jane Weaver - Fenella LP (Fire Records) Polypores - Brainflowers cassette (Miracle Pond)

Design / packaging: Pepe Deluxé - The Surrealist Woman lathe cut 7" (Catskills) Various - Science & Technology ERR Rec Library Vol.2 (ERR Records) DJ Pierre presents ACID 88 vol. III LP (Afro Acid) Mark Ayres plays Wendy Carlos - Kubrick 7" (Silva Screen) Tomorrow Syndicate - Citizen Input 10" (Polytechnic Youth) The Utopia Strong - S/T LP (Rocket Recordings) Jarvis - Sunday Service LP (ACE records) Andy Votel - Histoire D'Horreur cassette (Hypocrite?) Sculpture - Projected Music 5" zoetrope picture disc (Psyché Tropes) Lapalux - Amnioverse LP (Brainfeeder) Hieroglyphic Being - Synth Expressionism / Rhythmic Cubism LP (On The Corner Records)

Film / TV: Sculpture - Meeting Our Associates (Plastic Infinite) This Time with Alan Partridge (BBC) Avengers: Endgame (Disney/Marvel) Imaginary Landscapes - Sam Campbell (Vinyl Factory) What We Do In The Shadows (BBC2) The Mandalorian (Disney+)

Books / Comics / Magazines: Beastie Boys Book - Mike Diamond & Adam Horowitz (Spiegel & Grau) Cosmic Comics - A Kevin O'Neill Miscellany (Hibernia Books) Electronic Sound magazine (Pam Com. Ltd) Moebius - 40 Days In The Desert (expanded edition) (Moebius Productions) Rock Graphic Originals  - Peter Golding w. Barry Miles (Thames & Hudson) 2000AD / Judge Dredd Megazine (Rebellion) Silver Surfer Black - Donny Cates/Tradd Moore (Marvel) Help - Simon Amstell (Square Peg) The Scarfolk Annual - Richard Littler (William Collins) Wrappers Delight - Jonny Trunk (Fuel)

Gigs / Events: Vanishing Twin @ Prince of Wales Pub, Brighton Stereolab @ Concorde 2, Brighton People's Vote March 23rd March, London Wobbly Sounds book launch @ Spiritland, London Confidence Man @ The Electric, Brixton, London Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival, Moseley, Birmingham Bluedot Festival, Jodrell Bank, Manchester HaHa Sounds Collective play David Axelrod's Earth Rot @ Tate Exchange, London School of Hypnosis play In C @ Cafe Oto, London Palace Electrics, Antenna Studios, London The Delaware Road, New Zealand Farm, Salisbury Breaking Convention closing party, Greenwich, London Jonny Trunk & Martin Green's Hidden Library @ Spiritland, Southbank, London Negativland / People Like Us @ Cafe Oto, London HaHa Sound Collective plays the David Axelrod songbook @ The Church of Sound, London, Sculpture, Janek Schaefer, Mariam Rezaei + the 26 turntable ensemble @ The Old Baths, Hackney, London Vanishing Twin & Jane Weaver's Fenella @ Studio 9294, Hackney Wick, London

Exhibitions: Sister Corita Kent @ House of Illustration, London, Augustinbe Kofie @ Stolen Space, London, Victor Vasarely @ Pompidou Centre, Paris, Mary Quant @ V&A Museum, London, Stanley Kubrick @ The Design Museum, London, Tim Hunkin's Novelty Automation Museum, London, Keith Haring retrospective @Tate, Liverpool, Nam June Paik, Tate Modern, London, Takis @ Tate Modern, London, Shepard Fairy @ Stolen Space, London, Damien Hirst 'Mandalas' at the White Cube, London, Bridget Riley @ The Hayward, London, Museum of Neo-liberalism, Lewisham, London.