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"It was his fans who defined the word 'devotion' and it was Elvis who was propagating the faith."
— Alfred Wertheimer about Elvis interactions with his fans in the 50s.
June 30, 1956: Elvis and Barbara Gray (Elvis' date that day and the girl immortalized in a photograph with him in what would be known as one of Elvis' most iconic and sexy portraits by Alfred Wertheimer, shoot that same day, a portrait known today as 'The Kiss'). On the first picture they were at Jefferson's hotel restaurant, and in the second picture they were with Elvis' cousin, Junior Smith, inside a cab on their way to the Mosque Theatre in Richmond, VA, where Elvis would perform in a few moments. Alfred Wertheimer's recollections of this moment:
"The cab drove up Main Street, drifting through the still heat until it landed at the rear of the Mosque Theatre. I had expected Elvis to march directly up the backstage ramp, — it was only twenty minutes to show time, — but, instead, he laid back and held court with the few young ladies who had gathered, all primly dressed in their Sunday best and ready with their Brownie cameras. For someone who was moving up pretty fast he never seemed to be in a rush. He always had time for the fans. The blond in the black chemise (Barbara Grey, Elvis' date) and Junior stepped aside. "Elvis, can my girlfriend take a picture of you and me?" asked one of the young ladies. "Sure, honey." "Elvis, are you going to sing 'Heartbreak Hotel?'" "Maybe. Are you gonna watch me tomorrow night on television?" "Oh, yes." Elvis was not a celebrity who had some vague love of the people or a star who, with a wave of hands, would acknowledge some generalized gratitude for all who had made this possible. He was specific, giving his attention to each, as the Pope gives a personal audience. It was his fans who defined the word "devotion" and it was Elvis who was propagating the faith. He may not have known what he had but it was clear they knew he had it. I was still trying to find out what "it" was.
Excerpt from "Elvis '56: In The Beginning" by Alfred Wertheimer
Fans backstage at the Mosque Theatre, Richmond, Virginia - Some with their Brownie Kodak cameras, as mentioned by Mr. Wertheimer. June 30, 1956. © Alfred Wertheimer.
Elvis onstage at the Mosque Theatre, Richmond, Virginia on June 30, 1956. Photo by © Alfred Wertheimer.
#i bow to you my king 👑#EP you'll never be forgotten#your love for your fans was so generous and everlasting is reverberates through time... we can feel it even today#this guy has my heart and my endless respect#thank you for everything you make us feel even tho most of us didn't even got to see you not even once#i'll never get tired of spreading to the four winds how loving and caring elvis presley was 🥹#elvis the king#elvis presley#elvis and his fans#elvis fans#elvis fandom#icon#the king of rock and roll#the king of hearts#the king of the entire universe#best performer ever#rock and roll history#again... thank you God for Elvis Presley
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LINKIN PARK: Numb Live in Texas (2003)
#linkin park#chester bennington#mike shinoda#numb#linkin park numb#live in texas#linkin park edit#meteora#2000s#2000s metal#2000s bands#my gifs#yes giffing chester is my new obsession ok#linkin park and chester brainrots are back after years and i'm here for it#live in texas is THE BEST live performance EVER and whoever says otherwise is just lying#me and my siblings used to watch it NONSTOP 😭#i watched it the other day after years and i was so surprised!#IT NEVER GETS OLD#just sheer raw energy#one good song after the other#chester's vocals at their best#I LOVE THEM SO MUCH#and i miss the 2000's#good times
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You asked me to teach you chess, and I've done that. It's a useful mental exercise. Through the years, many thinkers have been fascinated by it. But I don't enjoy playing. Do you know why not?
Because it was a game that was born during a brutal age when life counted for little and everyone believed that some people were worth more than others. Kings and pawns.
I don't think that anyone is worth more than anyone else. I don't envy you the decisions you're going to have to make. And one day I'll be gone, and you'll have no one to talk to. But if you remember nothing else, please remember this:
Chess is just a game. Real people aren't pieces. You can't assign more value to some of them than to others. Not to me. Not to anyone. People are not a thing that you can sacrifice.
The lesson is: Anyone who looks on the world as if it were a game of chess deserves to lose.
— Harold Finch, not knowing how to explain to his AI offspring that it should care about people (but doing his best), Person of Interest 4x11 “If-Then-Else”
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#person of interest#harold finch#michael emerson#if then else#remains on the shortlist for 'best episode of television i've ever seen'#i posted this monologue once years ago but the formatting on old tumblr quote posts gets super mangled so let's see if this is any better#as a bonus now it can come with a clip of emerson's actual performance#the whole ep being framed by flashbacks of him teaching his machine chess and then this one laying it all out... destroys me. every time.
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max's mechanics are so funny..
#not specifically related to lando but#i get so annoyed with sports' need to push the 'this was one of the best ever' narrative#is it really special when u are frequently trying to tell me what ive just watched was one of the best performances ever#like most of the time it was just good enough to earn the win in that moment#no more than that
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#most beautiful woman in the world 42 years running#some of the best performance candids I’ve ever seen #the return of the bodysuits!#katya#katya zamo#katya zamolodchikova
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Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance Link Attack - Paw Groove
#kingdom hearts dream drop distance#khddd#sora#necho cat#dream eaters#link system#my gif#you can hear a disembodied crowd cheering for you while performing this link#big fan of the one handed hand stand it's actually really impressive lol#and his little... chicken dance idk what to call that but i'm happy that he's having fun#c'mon everybody let's get up and do the sora#some of these came out kind of rough. the program i use hates constant moving backgrounds but what can ya do#was it the character files that sora thought singing and dancing in kh2 atlantica was the best feeling ever?#because that's adorable i'm glad he can have silly moments like this and have fun
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this is very in-text but i love that zoro gets attuned to kiku from the get-go not only because of this sword wielder code that he's followed through all extremes of the practice, from brook to kin'emon -- recognizing and respecting all masters -- but because her existence is the solid evidence, the living proof that kuina was wrong
#zokiku#in the sense that if he squints long enough and whips his head to a certain angle super fast for a fraction of a second he can see his best#friend towering over him and being the most badass samurai ever#also zoro has only seen kuina in 3 other ppl but that's a post for another day#i'm at onigashima and like he's never cared about someone that isn't a strawhat this much since johnny and yozaku#who mind you are his FRIENDS meaning zoro sees her as a friend an equal and a force to be reckoned with#op log#zoro#roronoa zoro#how could i forget to add him to the tags when most of my watching experience is prodding into that seaweed head of his w some tweezers#last but not least#op okiku#okiku#i adore her#something something gender is a performance and kiku wears both the armor and the kimono#last 2 cents on this i swear and hopefully i'm not transgressing into spoiler territory too much but when kiku is in danger like big i need#help danger he uses wado and wado only to come by her side#which could mean nothing#but it's still a beautiful way to tie it all back to kuina and his mourning process
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yeah still thinking about this actually
#the fact he got down on his hands and knees specifically for *that* bit of the song#like#SPECIFICALLY#and don't even get me started on his expression#or the fucking WIGGLING#jesus christ 🫣#WHAT a delivery honestly#this performance of moonage daydream is insane from start to finish though#and also (obviously) fucking incredible#i'm still mad they didn't record an official cover because it's genuinely one of the best bowie covers i've ever heard#anyway#i'll be thinking about this for the rest of the day so now you all have to too 🫠#alex turner#eycte era#the last shadow puppets#tlsp#moonage daydream#alex vid#milex#lulu posts
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"People come into our lives for a reason."
#gelphie#glinda upland#galinda upland#elphaba thropp#wicked#wicked musical#jana stelley#willemijn verkaik#s: for good#this is one of the best performances of this song EVER
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If i told you i died so many times that evening, would you believe me
#käärijä#where even came this whip from??#he did *not* have to perform the whole song with this while in his bulbasaur backpack harness#and yet he did#for us 🙏🏽💚💗#eurotour 2024#probably the best pictures i'll ever be able to take 😅#cologne gig
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soliloquy
(edit once again i drew something with my ipad screen brightness too high and now that i've posted it nothing is visible. sad!)
#orv#omniscient reader's viewpoint#kim dokja#art i made#sort of a quick lighting study i suppose??????#can't really explain this one i just keep thinking about#i dont remember if i ever talked about it on here but for my theatre studies performance project last semester i set up the lights so like#for one scene me and my groupmate would have 2 spotlights on us and after his character dies his light goes out and then its just#me with the spotlight and i didnt realise how fucking dark the lecture theatre would be with no lights on and i swear to god#for like those 3 minutes it really felt like nothing else existed in the world except me and that spotlight#genuinely one of the most haunting emotional experiences i ever had. idk i think about it a lot#there was an old post i saw a while back about how theatre is the best medium for portraying loneliness and its like. i watched a recording#of the tempest a few years back and that last scene of prospero alone on stage addressing the audience? yeah#anyway. time for somethig more respectable (mizisua angst) (?????)
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missing them
#joker out#nace jordan#jan peteh#jance#nat's gifs#i hate giffing with blue lighting#this gig has the best nv version they've ever performed i think#but all five of them are playing so i prefer when jancejure can have their cuddles all song rather than just the first minute#but wow it builds so beautifully - the bass and jan's part ohhh it's so good (that's often the way in joker out songs sfghds)#missing them as always. can't wait for the tour dates oh my goddd
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Thinking about Harvey's little
"...be safe and b-be good, Bruce Wayne..."
So, to overanalize it: I don't think text can convey how big of a confession that is? I don't mean romantic. I mean like, this is Harvey's most personal, hardcoded language. This is the stuff he tells himself all the time. Survive. Be a good person. It's him showing his inner machinations, his innermost thoughts and fears, and maybe, just maybe he regrets saying it halfway through bc of it and he trails off.
Bruce says "I love you," pretty nonchalantly and tries to play it off as casual ("knock it off") and it's clear he's more used to treating ppl this way. But of course, Bruce knows Harvey and how he is, he understands. Of course he does. He'll do anything for Harvey.
#two face#batman#harvey dent#bruce wayne#batman arkham series#arkhamverse#arkham shadow#arkham shadow spoilers#for future reference because holy shit this is the kind of characterization i always asked myself if DC would ever dare provide#Harvey knowing he's mentally ill and fearing rejection and trying his best and failing but the idea wont leave him ough#bruharvey#Troy Baker's performance kills me man#i wanna do uhhh a voice analysis am i insane#cause theres so much
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And lastly, these photos also have similar vibes
#mclennon#john lennon#paul mccartney#john and paul#two of us#i really hope for their sake#that john and paul had the best and most steamiest make out session ever after this performance#mwah 😘#part 3
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Movies That Made Me: Back to the Future (1985)
#filmedit#bttfedit#motionpicturesource#80sdaily#back to the future#moviesmademe#gifs: movies#*#this had to be the first pick for this meme#i saw this on a class trip in fifth grade and it changed my perception of movies#obviously it's considered one of the best films ever made with one of the most perfect scripts ever and honestly? i agree#biff still being in their lives at the end is weird af but i get why the writers did it#i have known this script word for word since i was probably 14. even rewatching it for this gifset i was just mouthing the words#my hot take in the ~fandom is that there never has been and never will be anyone who can play marty except for mjf#one of the reasons (aside from the music being atrocious) that i do not like the musical#“back to the future made me a feminist” essay also sums up my thoughts perfectly#the CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE that is earth angel bleeding into the score during the kiss#crispin glover's heel turn from fear into courage during the car scene is one of my favorite performances in any movie#we do not give him enough flowers i fear
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Love the reoccurring trend in midnight burger where everyone’s favorite Latina powerhouse restaurant manager is always the best character no matter what the situation
#I LOVE YOU GLORIA#this is a certified gloria midnight burger appreciation post#like you’re telling me that she practically waged war with an cross galactical empire#AND performed the equivalent of menacingly waving her chancla at a raccoon in the back alley except it was her yelling at the#interdimensional being that’s been somewhat manipulating the diner stafffor the past who knows how long?#like she’s obviously the best character in this entire fucking podcast#and I hope you all agree#midnight burger podcast#midnight burger#midnight burger spoilers#gloria midnight burger#she’s truly one of the characters ever and I stand my her no matter what#she could commit multiple accounts of murder and I’d be there nodding along appreciatively
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