#benjamin fuchs

[krautjunker]

Halb so wild

Buchvorstellung von Benjamin Rüger Einleitung Ist halb so wild nur halb so gut? Zwangsläufig stellt man sich diese Frage, wenn einem im das Buch-Cover des neusten Buches von Viktoria Fuchs aus dem Versandkarton entgegenlächelt. Gespannt öffnete ich das Buch für ein erstes, schnelles Page Turning – wie man es in der Beratung immer nannte – und wurde sofort vom signalorangefarbenen Innendeckel…

[txttletale]

niceys positive anon!! i don't agree with you on everything but you are so clearly like well read and well rounded that you've helped me think through a lot of my own inconsistencies and hypocrises in my own political and social thought, even if i do have slightly different conclusions at times then u (mainly because i believe there's more of a place for idealism and 'mind politics' than u do). anyway this is a preamble to ask if you have recommended reading in the past and if not if you had any recommended reading? there's some obvious like Read Marx but beyond that im always a little lost wading through theory and given you seem well read and i always admire your takes, i wondered about your recs

it's been a while since i've done a big reading list post so--bearing in mind that my specific areas of 'expertise' (i say that in huge quotation marks obvsies i'm just a girlblogger) are imperialism and media studies, here are some books and essays/pamphlets i recommend. the bolded ones are ones that i consider foundational to my politics

BASICS OF MARXISM

friedrich engels, principles of commmunism

friedrich engels, socialism: utopian & scientific

karl marx, the german ideology

karl marx, wage labour & capital

mao zedong, on contradiction

nikolai bukharin, anarchy and scientific communism

rosa luxemburg, reform or revolution?

v.i lenin, left-wing communism: an infantile disorder

v.i. lenin, the state & revolution

v.i. lenin, what is to be done?

IMPERIALISM

aijaz ahmed, iraq, afghanistan, and the imperialism of our time

albert memmi, the colonizer and the colonized

che guevara, on socialism and internationalism (ed. aijaz ahmad)

eduardo galeano, the open veins of latin america

edward said, orientalism

fernando cardoso, dependency and development in latin america

frantz fanon, black skin, white masks

frantz fanon, the wretched of the earth

greg grandin, empire's workshop

kwame nkrumah, neocolonialism, the last stage of imperialism

michael parenti, against empire

naomi klein, the shock doctrine

ruy mauro marini, the dialectics of dependency

v.i. lenin, imperialism: the highest stage of capitalism

vijay prashad, red star over the third world

vincent bevins, the jakarta method

walter rodney, how europe underdeveloped africa

william blum, killing hope

zak cope, divided world divided class

zak cope, the wealth of (some) nations

MEDIA & CULTURAL STUDIES

antonio gramsci, the prison notebooks

ed. mick gidley, representing others: white views of indigenous peoples

ed. stuart hall, representation: cultural representations and signifying pratices

gilles deleuze & felix guattari, capitalism & schizophrenia

jacques derrida, margins of philosophy

jacques derrida, speech and phenomena

michael parenti, inventing reality

michel foucault, disicipline and punish

michel foucault, the archeology of knowledge

natasha schull, addiction by design

nick snricek, platform capitalism

noam chomsky and edward herman, manufacturing consent

regis tove stella, imagining the other

richard sennett and jonathan cobb, the hidden injuries of class

safiya umoja noble, algoriths of oppression

stuart hall, cultural studies 1983: a theoretical history

theodor adorno and max horkheimer, the culture industry

walter benjamin, the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction

OTHER

angela davis, women, race, and class

anna louise strong, cash and violence in laos and vietnam

anna louise strong, the soviets expected it

anna louise strong, when serfs stood up in tibet

carrie hamilton, sexual revolutions in cuba

chris chitty, sexual hegemony

christian fuchs, theorizing and analysing digital labor

eds. jules joanne gleeson and elle o'rourke, transgender marxism

elaine scarry, the body in pain

jules joanne gleeson, this infamous proposal

michael parenti, blackshirts & reds

paulo freire, pedagogy of the oppressed

peter drucker, warped: gay normality and queer anticapitalism

rosemary hennessy, profit and pleasure

sophie lewis, abolish the family

suzy kim, everyday life in the north korean revolution

walter rodney, the russian revolution: a view from the third world

[hussyknee]

From the blog of K. J. Charles dated 19th April 2024, copy-pasted for Tumblr history nerds and historical fiction writers.

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Eponymosity!

A quickie blog post today, inspired by Benjamin Dreyer’s entertaining rant on the distinction between eponymous and titular (it’s in footnote 1 for a clearer explanation than I am inclined/able to provide), and also by the fact that one of these sneaky little bastards nearly got me in a recent book.

So. An eponym is simply a word taken from a person’s name. Obamacare is an eponym, so is Reaganomics. If you hoover your carpets, the verb comes from the eponymous brand of vacuum cleaner. (We do not use the capital letter, no matter what the Hoover corporation may think: that ship has sailed, as demonstrated by the fact that I hoover with a Dyson.)

If you write historical novels, eponyms are one of those damn things. They tend to be extremely and usefully specific in meaning, but they are also extremely specific in dates, meaning you can’t rely on the old “well it was probably around for decades before it made it into the dictionary” line.

Here for your advisory is an incomplete list of eponyms that may trip you up, depending on period.

Boycott: The name comes from 1880 (Ireland, Charles Boycott, a shitty land agent who was socially and economically ostracised). The practice is older: there was a widespread boycott in the UK of slavery-produced sugar starting in 1791, during which sales plummeted by something like 40%. It is totally historically plausible to have a consumer or personal boycott in your Georgian or Regency novel, but you can’t call it a boycott for several decades more.

Chauvinist: Named for a French vaudeville character. Meaning ‘blinkered nationalist’ it dates from 1840; you can’t use it for a male pig until 1960.

Fedora: The hat beloved of men who spend too long on the internet getting angry about Star Wars sequels actually used to be a symbol of female liberation and cross dressing. Comes from the 1887 play Fédora starring Sarah Bernhardt.

Fuchsia: You will be able to spell this if you remember it’s an eponym for Mr Fuchs. The flowers are so named in the UK in the 1750s, the colour not till the 1920s. Do not put your Regency heroine in fuchsia, is what I mean.

Maverick: Supposedly from a US cattle owner, Samuel Maverick, who let his calves run wild. 1880s US at the very earliest, more probably 1930s. Yes, that is irritating.

Mesmeric: He may have compelling eyes but they ain’t mesmeric before the 1860s. The hypnotist Mesmer flourished in the late 1700s, giving us mesmerism (hypnosis); mesmerise wasn’t a verb till the end of the Regency, and even then it still meant ‘to put into a hypnotic trance’.

Sadistic: Marquis de Sade, as you already know, but NB that sadist/sadistic aren’t in general use till the 1890s or so when sexology got going, along with masochism (also an eponym).

Sandwich: 1762 since you ask.

Silhouette: The outline picture is named for French finance minister Etienne de Silhouette. Used in France from 1760. However, despite there being a craze for silhouettes in England, the actual word didn’t come here till the mid 1820s, which is sodding annoying if your novel about a silhouette cutter happens to be set in 1819 I’M JUST SAYING.

Sweet Fanny Adams: This UK usage originally referring to something no good, now often used as an alternative to ‘sweet FA/fuck all’, came in from 1869 and cannot be used before 1867. You really don’t want to know where it comes from but here if you must (be warned, it’s genuinely grim). (My note: tw for CSA and child murder.)

Thug: Originally from India. Used to describe the Thuggee (as Brits then called it) sect from 1810. Didn’t become generalised to all violent lowlifes till 1839. You can’t be assaulted by thugs in a Regency unless they are actually Thugs.

Trilby: Another hat your Regency gentleman can’t wear. Comes from George du Maurier’s mega hit Trilby published 1894, which also gave us svengali (the name of the baddie in the book).

Feel free to add to this in the comments, there’s always something!

Death in the Spires, my Oxford-set historical murder mystery, is out now. The silhouette book, The Duke at Hazard, publishes in July.

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End c+p.

KJ Charles is one of my absolute favourite writers in the world and the contemporary star in the crown of the MM historical romance genre. Her blog is also worthy of following because she reads incredibly widely and diversely and posts book recommendations as well as good advice about writing.

Re: Dreyer's rant, I am absolutely a prescriptivist, and if you use the word "nonplussed" in that unholy way I'm blocking you. We colonized folk of the former Raj didn't learn the intricacies of this cussed language for you to change meanings on a dime because you couldn't be bothered to crack open a dictionary.

[letters2fiction]

Welcome to Letters2fiction!

The concept here is to send in a question or a letter request, and you’ll get a response from your fictional character of choice, from the list below. Please stick to the list I’ve made, but of course, you can ask if there’s some other characters I write for, I don’t always remember all the shows, movies or books I’ve consumed over the years and I’m sure I’m missing a lot 😅

Status: New Characters added - Thursday June 19th, 2025

TV SERIES

A Discovery of Witches:

Matthew Clairmont

Baldwin Montclair

Gallowglass de Clermont

Marcus Whitmore

Philippe de Clermont

Jack Blackfriars

Sarah Bishop

Emily Mather

Diana Bishop

Ysabeau de Clermont

Miriam Shepard

Phoebe Taylor

Gerbert D’Aurillac

Peter Knox

Father Andrew Hubbard

Benjamin Fuchs

Satu Järvinen

Meridiana

Law and Order:

Rafael Barba

Sonny Carisi

Joe Velasco

Mike Duarte

Terry Bruno

Peter Stone

Hasim Khaldun

Nick Amaro

Mike Dodds

Grace Muncy

Kat Tamin

Toni Churlish

Amanda Rollins

Olivia Benson

Rita Calhoun

Casey Novak

Melinda Warner

George Huang

Sam Maroun

Nolan Price

Jamie Whelan

Bobby Reyes

Jet Slootmaekers

Ayanna Bell

Jack McCoy

Elliot Stabler

Kate Silva

One Chicago:

Jay Halstead (Could also be Will if you want)

Antonio Dawson

Adam Ruzek

Greg "Mouse" Gerwitz

Dante Torres

Vanessa Rojas

Kevin Atwater

Sean Roman

Matt Casey

Kelly Severide

Joe Cruz

Sylvie Brett

Blake Gallo

Christopher Hermann

"Mouch"

Otis

Violet Mikami

Evan Hawkins

Mayans MC:

Angel Reyes

Miguel

Bishop

Coco

Nestor

911 verse:

Athena Grant

Bobby Nash

Henrietta "Hen" Wilson

Evan "Buck" Buckley

Eddie Diaz

Howie "Chimney" Han

Ravi Panikkar

T.K. Strand

Owen Strand

Carlos Reyes

Marjan Marwani

Paul Strickland

Tommy Vega

Judson "Judd" Ryder

Grace Ryder

Nancy Gillian

Mateo Chavez

The Rookie:

Lucy Chen

Tim Bradford

Celina Juarez

Aaron Thorsen

Nyla Harper

Angela Lopez

Wesley Evers

John Nolan

Wade Grey

Bailey Nune

Tamara Colins

BBC Sherlock:

Greg Lestrade

Mycroft Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Moriarty

Molly

Bridgerton:

Anthony Bridgerton

Benedict Bridgerton

Simon Basset

Daphne Bridgerton

Eloise Bridgerton

Kate Sharma

Edwina Sharma

Marina Thompson / Crane

Colin Bridgerton

Penelope Fetherington / Bridgerton / Lady Whistledown

Outlander:

Jamie Fraser

Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser

Frank Randall

Black Jack Randall

Brianna Fraser

Roger MacKenzie

Fergus Fraser

Marsali Fraser

Jenny Fraser Murray

Ian Murray Sr.

Ian Fraser Murray

Murtagh Mackenzie

Call The Midwife:

Shelagh Turner / Sister Bernadette

Dr. Patrick Turner

Nurse Trixie Franklin

Nurse Phyllis Crane

Lucille Anderson

Nurse Barbara Gilbert

Chummy

Sister Hilda

Miss Higgins

PC Peter Noakes

Reverend Tom Hereward

Narcos:

Horacio Carrillo

Javier Peña

Peaky Blinders:

Tommy Shelby

Downton Abbey:

Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham

Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham

Lady Mary Crawley

Lady Edith Crawley

Lady Sybil Crawley

Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Isobel Crawley

Matthew Crawley

Lady Rose MacClare

Lady Rosamund Painswick

Henry Talbot

Tom Branson

Mr. Charles Carson

Mrs. Hughes / Elsie May Carson

John Bates

Anna Bates

Daisy Mason

Thomas Barrow

Joseph Molesley

Land Girl:

Connie Carter

Reverend Henry Jameson (Gwilym Lee's version)

Midsomer Murder:

DCI Tom Barnaby

Joyce Barnaby

Dr. George Bullard

DCI John Barnaby

Sarah Barnaby

DS Ben Jones

DS Jamie Winter

Sgt. Gavin Troy

Fleur Perkins

WPC Gail Stephens

Kate Wilding

DS Charlie Nelson

Sergeant Dan Scott

Once Upon A Time:

Regina / The Evil Queen

Mary Margaret Blanchard / Snow White

David Nolan / Prince Charming

Emma Swan

Killian Jones / Captain Hook

Mr. Gold / Rumplestiltskin

Neal Cassidy / Baelfire

Peter Pan

Sheriff Graham Humbert / The Huntsman

Jefferson / The Mad Hatter

Belle

Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood

Will Scarlet

Zelena / Wicked Witch

Alice (Once in Wonderland)

Cyrus (Once in Wonderland)

Jafar (Once in Wonderland)

Gideon

Tiger Lily

Naveen

Tiana

Granny

Ariel

Prince Eric

Aladdin

Jasmine

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Hercules

Megara

Tinker Bell

Merida

Red Riding Hood

Mulan

Aurora / Sleeping Beauty

Prince Phillip

Cinderella

Prince Thomas

The Vampire Diaries / The Originals:

Stefan Salvatore

Damon Salvatore

Caroline Forbes

Elena Gilbert

Bonnie Bennett

Enzo St. John

Niklaus Mikaelson

Elijah Mikaelson

Kol Mikaelson

Rebekah Mikaelson

Freya Mikaelson

Finn Mikaelson

Mikael

Esther

Marcel Gerard

Davina Claire

NEW! Ghosts UK / US:

Katherine "Kitty" Higham

Thomas Thorne

Julian Fawcett MP

Lady Fanny Button

Pat Butcher

Robin the Caveman

Alison Cooper

Mike Cooper

The Captain

Mary

Humphreys

Hetty Woodstone

Trevor Lefkowitz

Flower

Sasappis

Isaac Higgintoot

Pete Martino

Thorfinn

Alberta Haynes

Jay Arondekar

Sam Arondekar

Shadow and Bone:

The Darkling / Aleksander Morozova

Alina Starkov

Mal Oretsev

Nikolai Lantsov

Tolya Yul-Bataar

Tamar Kir-Bataar

Zoya

Nina Zenik

Inej Ghafa

Wylan van Eck

Kaz Brekker

Matthias Helvar

Jesper Fahey

Genya Safin

David Kostyk

Baghra

MOVIES

The Pirates of the Caribbean:

Captain Jack Sparrow

Barbossa

Will Turner

Elizabeth Swann

James Norrington

Kingsman:

Merlin

Harry Hart

Eggsy Unwin

James Spencer / Lancelot

Alastair / Percival

Roxy Morton / Lancelot

Maximillian Morton / The Shepherd

Orlando Oxford

Jack Daniels / Whiskey

Gin

BOOKS

Dreamland Billionaire series - Lauren Asher:

Declan

Callahan

Rowan

Iris

Alana

Zahra

Dirty Air series - Lauren Asher:

Noah

Liam

Jax

Santiago

Maya

Sophie

Elena

Chloe

Ladies in Stem - Ali Hazelwood books:

Olive

Adam

Bee

Levi

Elsie

Jack

Mara

Liam

Sadie

Erik

Hannah

Ian

Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros:

Xaden Riorson

Dain Aetos

Jack Barlowe

Rhiannan Matthias

Violet Sorrengail

Mira Sorrengail

Lillith Sorrengail

Bodhi Durran

Liam Mairi

[erikiara80]

Analysis of the Hawkins Post article in S3: twelvegate, Willel, gates and more

I just love analyzing the newspapers.

Finalmoondragon pointed out that in the article Larry is reading in S3, the name of the Mayor is different: Brian Williams. This is like when Hopper says that Martin Brenner runs the lab (1x03), but the name in the article is Richard Brenner. Like the different articles in 1x08 and 2x01, or when Robin reads Vengeful demon killed family, but the title is "Ancient demon", after she and Nancy mention Elvis cloned by aliens. Imo, another hint at different timelines/time loop. Like Henry's line: 'Each life a lesser copy of the one before'. Or the Horoscope in 4x01: 'in the year following your birthday, sending your copy...'

When Steve, Dustin and Lucas talk about Vecna, they even show both the titles. That's why I think these are hints, not errors.

Ok. So, there are so many interesting things in the S3 article. Many mentions of 11 and 12, doors (gates), heat and water, the elements associated with Will and El. Nancy, and even Clarke.

First line: the country's 209th birthday. Birthday, 209= 11

Then the Mayor's name: Brian Williams, not Larry Kline. Plural, like the name engraved on the grandfather clock. Williams is the judge of the competitive Float Contest, and the winners will be announced around 12 noon. So, the article starts with a mention of 11, then Williams and 12. This is really about Willel.

And there are other possible connections. The other judges are: Sherry Milbourne and Robert Franklin. Milbourne-> "mill near a stream" -> the Forever Clock that Dustin gives to Will looks like a mill. And Franklin is also mentioned along with a man named Martin.

Williams, twelve, a mill (Forever Clock), Martin (Brenner), (Upside) Down. And re-elected Judge Franklin might also be a hint at both time loop and powers. Franklin-> Benjamin Franklin-> lighting, electricity, powers. The lifeguard in 3x03: "No one in the pool until 30 minutes after the last strike. You wanna get electrocuted, go climb a tree."

Secretive task... had to move the location... creating new locations for the launch point... Hint at the new gate beneath the Mall?

This is even more interesting. There are two people with the same last name, Fuchs. They must be related, and they both mention kids. I think they represent Joyce, Hopper and their kids, Will and El. Nancy(*) Fuchs and the frequent pool-goer Jeff Fuchs, who says about the pool: 'The pool water did look a little murky, but I figured it was just from kids tracking dirt into the water.'

Fuchs is a german last name that means fox. EDIT: This could be a reference to Michael J. Fox, who plays Marty in Back to the future. Will wears Marty outfit in S1-> so the Fuchs could really represent Willel's parents, Joyce and Hopper. But the fact that it's a german name could be a reference to BTTF as well. Doc's family immigrated from Germany in 1908 and changed their name from Von Braun to Brown in WWI.

(*) If Nancy and her family are related to the Creels... another connection to time.

Also, possible reference to the experiments conducted by Nazi doctors on twins, and a connection to Dr Brenner? There's a mention of a german name connected to him in S1. Interestingly, the english variant of that name is Shepard, the guy killed in the UD that Brenner calls son. I don't think he was really his son, but it's an interesting detail, and that scene in a flashback in 4x08, when El and Brenner talk about Henry.

Anyway, sometimes the name Fuchs is used to describe someone with red hair. A possible connection to Barb, Nancy's friend, who has many parallels with El. Barb died in a pool, El is associated with water. And there are many hints throughout the show that something bad might have happened to her in a lake in the past (my car crash theory)

Nancy Fuchs works for Parks and Recreation. Here a mention of 11 and family. I really think the Fuchs represent the Hoppers, and their life is really an Obstacle Course, lol

But back to the pool, the owners are also related, and one of them is named Steve. In S3, Steve and Robin are the "twins", Tweedledee and Tweedledum. They're too connected to water (the sailor outfits), they're the ones who talk about Back to the future and time travels, and they get stuck beneath the town (the UD). Here some hints at the UD and One, and mentions of doors and leaks.

I'm also intrigued by these mentions of 1-2 (1-2 days, 1-2 surprises) because Murray seems confused about how many keys they need to close the gate. One, no, sorry, two keys. I think this could mean that everybody knows about El's powers but Will is the big surprise. The other key to save the world. Also, firework? Willel are associated with fireworks. They are the Satan's babies...

Mother of two, hm

Other 11 and 12 mentions: 39 still in Beirut... 6:15 am and 11 am... Precautions should be taken to prevent heat stroke among people over the age of 65 and under 12...

...Take time to partecipate in indoor or outdoor activities, like the pool and the Riverforest Zoo (UD?)... Explore your backyard (like the shed? Or is it a reference to the past?) Remember your Hawkins pride...

There is a mention of Lover's Lake and the library, which I'm sure will be important in S5.

And a mention of a girl, Stacey Clarke. S. Clarke. Interestingly, she's 13, like Georgie, the kid mentioned in 3x01 (I'm thinking about Henry "George Smith" Creel) S. Clarke has her whole routine planned out to audition for one of the fifteen spots...

Talent show, kids who have to prove their skills, 15 spots. This reminds me of the lab kids. Yeah, I have some thought about Mr Clarke and his role in the story...

So much to think about

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 1.17

Beer Birthdays

Benjamin Franklin (1706)

Ron Kloth (1959)

Jeff Mendel (1961)

Edu Villegas (1976)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Muhammed Ali; boxer (1942)

Jim Carrey; actor (1962)

Zooey Deschanel; actor, singer (1980)

James Earl Jones; actor (1931)

Betty White; actor (1922)

Famous Birthdays

Luis Alvarez; physicist (1911)

Naveen Andrews; actor (1969)

Noah Beery; actor (1883)

Anne Bronte; writer (1820)

Al Capone; gangster (1899)

David Caruso; actor (1956)

Troy Donahue; actor (1937)

Steve Earle; singer, songwriter (1955)

Leonhard Fuchs; German botanist (1501)

David Lloyd George; British politician (1863)

Steve Harvey; comedian (1957)

Susanna Hoffs; rock musician (1959)

Rock Hudson; actor (1925)

Andy Kaufman; comedian (1949)

Nora Kaye; dancer, ballerina (1920)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; environmental lawyer (1954)

Kid Rock; rock musician (1971)

Eartha Kitt; singer, actor (1927)

Shari Lewis; puppeteer (1933)

George Lyttelton; English writer (1709)

Vido Musso; jazz musician (1913)

Michelle Obama; first lady (1964)

Maury Povich; television talk show host (1933)

Vidal Sasson; cosmetologist (1928)

Mack Sennett; film director (1880)

Moira Shearer; ballerina (1926)

Thomas Stafford; astronaut (1930)

Konstantin Stanislavsky; actor, acting coach (1863)

Mick Taylor; rock guitarist (1948)

Paul Young; rock singer (1956)

[theimpossiblescheme]

a pair of plausible fellows: playlists for mungojerrie and rumpleteazer

mungojerrie: 01. london calling - the clash | 02. movin’ out (anthony’s song) - billy joel | 03. leroy and me - no more kings | 04. parklife - blur | 05. all along the watchtower (instrumental) - devlin | 06. hold out your hand - brandi carlisle | 07. quiver a little - benjamin clementine | 08. devil may care - charming disaster | 09. be who you are - the kooks | 10. color on the walls - foster the people | 11. something for sellers - henry mancini | 12. tubthumping - chumbawumba | 13. catch me if you can - matt walden | 14. smooth criminal - alien ant farm | 15. secret worlds - the amazing devil | 16. come on eileen - dexys midnight runners | 17. drive It like you stole it - sing street | 18. sunflower - vitamin string quartet ft. thatviolakid | 19. how far we’ve come - matchbox twenty [x] rumpleteazer: 01. helter skelter - dana fuchs | 02. we are golden - mika | 03. all through the night - cyndi lauper | 04. lowlife - poppy | 05. sweet child o’ mine - postmodern jukebox | 06. suite v electric overture - janelle monáe | 07. should i stay or should i go - the clash | 08. red tide - neko case | 09. harder, better, faster, stronger - pomplamoose | 10. authority song - john cougar mellencamp | 11. and everything becomes a blur - hellogoodbye | 12. into the wild - lp | 13. lollipops and roses - herb alpert and the tijuana brass | 14. it’s for my dad - nancy sinatra | 15. making a lady - daniel pemberton | 16. freak show - ingrid michaelson | 17. everywhere - fleetwood mac | 18. venom - ravyn lenae | 19. goodbye yellow brick road - yola [x]

[lesser-known-composers]

Kenneth Fuchs - RUSH: Concerto for Alto Saxophone

Hunter Hellard

This performance is from the winners concert of the 2023 Ithaca College Concerto Competition with the IC Wind Symphony. Conductor: Benjamin Rochford

[apinchofm]

I wonder if Matthew and Diana ever meet Benjamin Fuchs' hybrid descendants. Apparently they got to live over a century but it decreased with each generation?

Well in the books, there is Janet Gowdie who is Benjamin's great (?) granddaughter - and so is actually powerful enough to hide from Diana. The Brighborns are such an interesting subgroup of witches and vampires!

[goalhofer]

2024 olympics Austria roster

Archery

Elisabeth Straka (Hamburg, Germany)

Athletics

Markus Fuchs (Vienna)

Raphael Pallitsch (Eisenstadt)

Enzo Diessl (Leibnitz)

Lukas Weisshaidinger (Schärding)

Julia Mayer (Vienna)

Susanne Gogl-Walli (Vienna)

Victoria Hudson (Vienna)

Badminton

Collins Filimon (Vienna)

Canoeing

Felix Oschmautz (Maria Saal)

Corinna Kuhnle (Vienna)

Viktoria Wolffhardt (Tulln An Der Donau)

Climbing

Jakob Schubert (Innsbruck)

Jessica Pilz (Haag)

Cycling

Felix Grossschartner (Wels)

Marco Haller (St. Veit An Der Glan)

Maximilian Schmidbauer (Vienna)

Tim Wafler (Kitzbühel)

Max Foidl (Vienna)

Anna Kiesenhofer (Kreuzstetten)

Christina Schweinberger (Schwaz)

Mona Mitterwallner (Silz)

Laura Stigger (Innsbruck)

Diving

Anton Knoll (Vienna)

Equestrian

Gerfried Puck (Vienna)

Christian Schumach (Murau)

Florian Bacher (Vienna)

Harald Ambros (Linz)

Max Kühner (Munich, Germany)

Katharina Rhomberg (Dornbirn)

Vici Max-Theurer (Linz)

Lea Siegl (Linz)

Golf

Josef Straka (Vestavia Hills, Alabama)

Emma Spitz (Göllersdorf)

Sarah Schober (Leibnitz)

Gymnastics

Benny Wizani (Absdorf)

Charlize Mörz (Linz)

Judo

Samuel Gassner (Ottensheim)

Aaron Fara (Vienna)

Wachid Borchashvili (Wels)

Katharina Tanzer (Gresten)

Lubjana Piovesana (Vienna)

Michaela Polleres (Vienna)

Rowing

Lara Tiefenthaler (Vienna)

Magdalena Lobnig (St. Veit An Der Glan)

Louisa Altenhuber (Vienna)

Sailing

Lukas Mähr (Eichenzell, Germany)

Lukas Haberl (Mondsee)

Benjamin Bildstein (Bregenz)

David Hussl (Bregenz)

Valentin Bontus (Poetto, Italy)

Alina Kornelli (Munich, Germany)

Lorena Abicht (Hamburg, Germany)

Lara Vadlau (Feldbach)

Tanja Frank (Vienna)

Shooting

Andreas Thum (Innsbruck)

Martin Strempfl (Graz)

Alexander Schmirl (St. Pölten)

Nadine Ungerank (Hall In Tirol)

Sylvia Steiner (Schwarzach)

Swimming

Martin Espernberger (Linz)

Jan Hercog (Linz)

Heiko Gigler (Vienna)

Felix Auböck (Bad Vöslau)

Simon Bucher (Innsbruck)

Anna-Maria Alexandri (Vienna)

Eirini-Marina Alexandri (Vienna)

Table tennis

Daniel Habesohn (Vienna)

Sofia Polcanova (Vienna)

Taekwondo

Marlene Jahl (Vienna)

Tennis

Sebastian Ofner (St. Marein Im Mürztal)

Julia Grabher (Dornbirn)

Triathlon

Tjebbe Kaindl (Klosterneuberg)

Alois Knabl (Innsbruck)

Julia Hauser (Vienna)

Lisa Peterer (Villach)

Volleyball

Julian Hörl (Saalfelden)

Alexander Horst (Vienna)

[scarredthought]

Walter Benjamin: »Schmetterlingsjagd«

»Gelegentlicher Sommerreisen unbeschadet, bezogen wir, ehe ich zur Schule ging, alljährlich Sommerwohnungen in der Umgebung. An sie erinnerte noch lange an der Wand meines Knabenzimmers der geräumige Kasten mit den Anfängen einer Schmetterlingssammlung, deren älteste Exemplare in dem Garten am Brauhausberge erbeutet waren. Kohlweißlinge mit abgestoßenen Rändern, Zitronenfalter mit zu blanken Flügeln vergegenwärtigten die heißen Jagden, die mich so oft von den gepflegten Gartenwegen fort in eine Wildnis gelockt hatten, in welcher ich ohnmächtig der Verschwörung von Wind und Düften, Laub und Sonne gegenüberstand, die dem Flug der Schmetterlinge gebieten mochten. Sie flatterten auf eine Blüte zu, sie standen über ihr. Den Kescher angehoben, erwartete ich nur noch, daß der Bann, der von der Blüte auf das Flügelpaar zu wirken schien, sein Werk vollendet habe, da entglitt der zarte Leib mit leisen Stößen seitwärts, um genau so reglos eine andere Blüte zu beschatten und genau so plötzlich, ohne sie berührt zu haben, sie zu lassen. Wenn so ein Fuchs oder Ligusterschwärmer, den ich gemächlich hätte überholen können, durch Zögern, Schwanken und Verweilen mich zum Narren machte, dann hätte ich gewünscht, in Licht und Luft mich aufzulösen, nur um ungemerkt der Beute mich zu nähern und sie überwältigen zu können. Und so weit ging der Wunsch mir in Erfüllung, daß jedes Schwingen oder Wiegen der Flügel, in die ich vergafft war, mich selbst anwehte oder überrieselte. Es begann die alte Jägersatzung zwischen uns zu herrschen: je mehr ich selbst in allen Fibern mich dem Tier anschmiegte, je falterhafter ich im Innern wurde, desto mehr nahm dieser Schmetterling in Tun und Lassen die Farbe menschlicher Entschließung an, und endlich war es, als ob sein Fang der Preis sei, um den einzig ich meines Menschendaseins wieder habhaft werden könne. Doch wenn es dann vollbracht war, wurde es ein mühevoller Weg, bis ich vom Schauplatz meines Jagdglücks an das Lager vorgedrungen war, wo Äther, Watte, Nadeln mit bunten Köpfen und Pinzetten in der Botanisiertrommel zum Vorschein kamen. Und wie lag das Revier in meinem Rücken! Gräser waren geknickt, Blumen zertreten worden; der Jagende selber hatte als Dreingabe den eignen Körper seinem Kescher nachgeworfen; und über so viel Zerstörung, Plumpheit und Gewalt hielt zitternd und dennoch voller Anmut sich in einer Falte des Netzes der erschrockene Schmetterling. Auf diesem mühevollen Wege ging der Geist des Todgeweihten in den Jäger ein. Die fremde Sprache, in welcher dieser Falter und die Blüten vor seinen Augen sich verständigt hatten – nun hatte er einige Gesetze ihr abgewonnen. Seine Mordlust war geringer, seine Zuversicht um so viel größer geworden. Die Luft jedoch, in der sich dieser Falter damals wiegte, ist heute ganz durchtränkt von einem Wort, das seit Jahrzehnten nie mehr mir zu Ohren noch über meine Lippen gekommen ist. Es hat das Unergründliche bewahrt, womit die Namen der Kindheit dem Erwachsenen entgegentreten. Langes Verschwiegenwordensein hat sie verklärt. So zittert durch die schmetterlingserfüllte Luft das Wort »Brauhausberg«. Auf dem Brauhausberge bei Potsdam hatten wir unsere Sommerwohnung. Aber der Name hat alle Schwere verloren, enthält von einem Brauhaus überhaupt nichts mehr und ist allenfalls ein von Bläue umwitterter Berg, der im Sommer sich aufbaute, um mich und meine Eltern zu behausen. Und darum liegt das Potsdam meiner Kindheit in so blauer Luft, als wären seine Trauermäntel oder Admirale, Tagpfauenaugen und Aurorafalter über eine der schimmernden Emaillen von Limoges verstreut, auf denen die Zinnen und Mauern Jerusalems vom dunkelblauen Grunde sich abheben.«

[dzismis]

Krotko i zwiezle; wiadomosci z Izraela dzien po dniu 10.7 - 11.7

Szef Centralnego Dowództwa Sił Obronnych Izraela, gen. dyw. Yehuda Fuchs, jednostronnie podważył oficjalną politykę rządu, zmniejszając liczbę sił przeznaczonych do ścigania palestyńskich naruszeń budowlanych w Judei i Samarii, Zespół Izraelczyków przybył w piątek do Arabii Saudyjskiej, aby wziąć udział w globalnym konkursie gier wideo. Premier Izraela Benjamin Netanjahu powiedzial, że…

[daughterofhecata]

Ich schließe mich an an alles, was du gesagt hast.

Ich bin unglaublich dankbar für deutsche Bands, für Die Toten Hosen und Oomph! und ASP und In Extremo und Schandmaul und Megaherz.

Für Löwenzahn und das Sandmännchen und Herrn Fuchs und Frau Elster und Pittiplatsch und Schnatterinchen und Pumuckl und die schiere Menge deutscher Märchen und Krimi-Filme.

Für Bibi Blocksberg und Benjamin Blümchen und Bibi und Tina und Elea Eluanda. Und das gesamte Drei Fragezeichen Universum, das von den deutschen Autor:innen und Sprecher:innen aufgebaut und fortgeführt worden ist und wird.

Für Cornelia Funke (weil man sie nicht oft genug erwähnen kann) und Otfried Preußler und die Unmenge an weniger bekannten Autoren, insbesondere im Kinder- und Jugendbuch-Bereich. Und auch für Goethe und Schiller und Kafka und Heine und Tucholsky und Heym und Trakl und Rilke und Hoffmann und Schnitzler und Wedekind.

Und und und.

Deutsche Medien (im Sinne von Film, Musik, Literatur) haben eine ziemlich schlechte Reputation im Internet und überhaupt, deswegen möchte ich jetzt mal meine Dankbarkeit dafür ausdrücken, dass ich mit deutschsprachiger Kultur aufwachsen konnte.

Ich bin dankbar für Die Sendung mit der Maus und Käpt'n Blaubär und die Känguru-Chroniken. Ich bin dankbar für Ulrich Seidl und Michael Bully Herbig. Ich bin dankbar für die Hörspiel-Kultur, für Wendy und Asterix und ja, ich bin dankbar für die Drei Fragezeichen. Ich bin dankbar für die unfassbare Arbeit die hierzulande in Synchron gesteckt wird. Ich bin dankbar für Wir sind Helden und Deichkind und Thees Uhlmann und Rio Reiser. Ich bin dankbar für Bernd das Brot und Bravo und Viva. Ich bin dankbar für Cornelia Funke und Erich Kästner und Christine Nöstlinger und Bertolt Brecht und Loriot. Für Falco, für Nino aus Wien, für Hader.

Deutschsprachige Pop- und Subkultur ist so so reichhaltig und ich bin extrem dankbar, dass ich die Möglichkeit hatte, sie von Kind auf ohne Sprachbarrieren zu erleben.

[heroesandpowers]

"With knot of ten, it begins again." - Diana Bishop A Discovery Of Witches

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 1.17

Beer Birthdays

Benjamin Franklin (1706)

Ron Kloth (1959)

Jeff Mendel (1961)

Edu Villegas (1976)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Muhammed Ali; boxer (1942)

Jim Carrey; actor (1962)

Zooey Deschanel; actor, singer (1980)

James Earl Jones; actor (1931)

Betty White; actor (1922)

Famous Birthdays

Luis Alvarez; physicist (1911)

Naveen Andrews; actor (1969)

Noah Beery; actor (1883)

Anne Bronte; writer (1820)

Al Capone; gangster (1899)

David Caruso; actor (1956)

Troy Donahue; actor (1937)

Steve Earle; singer, songwriter (1955)

Leonhard Fuchs; German botanist (1501)

David Lloyd George; British politician (1863)

Steve Harvey; comedian (1957)

Susanna Hoffs; rock musician (1959)

Rock Hudson; actor (1925)

Andy Kaufman; comedian (1949)

Nora Kaye; dancer, ballerina (1920)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; environmental lawyer (1954)

Kid Rock; rock musician (1971)

Eartha Kitt; singer, actor (1927)

Shari Lewis; puppeteer (1933)

George Lyttelton; English writer (1709)

Vido Musso; jazz musician (1913)

Michelle Obama; first lady (1964)

Maury Povich; television talk show host (1933)

Vidal Sasson; cosmetologist (1928)

Mack Sennett; film director (1880)

Moira Shearer; ballerina (1926)

Thomas Stafford; astronaut (1930)

Konstantin Stanislavsky; actor, acting coach (1863)

Mick Taylor; rock guitarist (1948)

Paul Young; rock singer (1956)

[holly-mckenzie]

You’re nothing if not persistent. I had hoped you had reconsidered my proposal. Unless you had considered the obstacle too great.

Benjamin Fuchs & Satu Järvinen in A Discovery of Witches (3.04)