#cerys matthews' welsh stuff

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hello!

my name is Ariadne, it is nice to meet you! my pronouns are they/it, and I use all gendered terms

linguistics and anthropology are my favorite things ever, so if you want to tell me about language, culture or history, do so!

I love asks, talk to me, ask questions, give opinions, whatever!

I don’t really get context clues so apologies if I mess up! bigots of every breed go away, I will block you

my personal tags are #ari says some stuff for me being silly and talking, #ari likes things for stuff I love, #ari is confused for when I am confused and have questions and #ari draws some stuff for when I post my drawings! If you have any poetry requests, art requests or prose requests, I do them for free! I love creating but inspiration is hard to come by for me

if you use my art in anything, please credit me!

I love mutuals so much, lmk if you want to be taken of this list or added, I forget a lot lol

@ang3lic-t3ars @whydousernamesevenexist @garden-of-runar @prongsbitch @aesthetic-writer18 and some other people I’m sure! artists I heavily recommend and/or my favorite albums by them

MARINA, I love her so so much, very dramatic pop

Les failles by Pomme, my French is minimal by their music is so beautiful, like poetry

the record, and the rest by boygenius, AHHHHHHHH nuff said

Me by Brooke Alexx, sounds like bubbles

Tir by Cerys Matthews, a lot of Welsh folk songs and lullabies

Anything Conan Grey has ever made, istg

The Fool In Her Wedding Gown and Coyote Stories by the Crane Wives, and everything else really, but those are my favorites

Malfunction by Dead Posey, very brain scratchy rock

HOLY FVCK by Demi Lovato, I like it very much and FREAK is so good

WELCOME TO THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA

Love me not and Scatterbrain by Emei, sounds like a mental breakdown but fun!

Gayle, especially their singles

Black Soul Ceremony and Fool and the Thief by THE HARA

I Love It and Light Me Up by Icona Pop! I love it so much such a jam

Human Again by Ingrid Michaelson, genuinely one of the most heart wrenching thing I’ve ever listened to

Applause by Lady Gaga

born to die (the album) by Lana Del Ray

EVERYTHING LAUREN ALAINA HAS MADE IN HER GORGEOUS EXISTANCE also good if you want none problematic country music I saw her at the Grand Ole Oprey and I think I died

Maddie Zahm is so Marlene to my if I have to write her POV I turn on one of hers

Unbroken and Scar by Missy Higgins, her voice is so iconic

Je te laisserai des mots by Patrick Watson (my American ass keyboard hates me for that)

All of the Queen classics, they are so good

How to be me by Ren, the harmony is sooo gorgeous here

Weight of the World by Shayfer James

stupid and happy face by Tate McRae

All I Can Never Be by Trash Boat

Runnin with the Devil by Van Halen

XXI Century Blood by The Warning, I LOVE THIS ALBUM MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF I SING IT EVERYDAY

Eden by Willowbrook, so pretty!!

Neotheater and OK Orchestra by AJR

ABBA

ROCKISDEAD by Dorothy, country folk rock sorta thing, I love her so much

Paris Paloma, specifically Its Called Freefall and drywall, they are engraved on my heart

Harbinger by Kiki Rockwell

DEAR READER by PEGGY

Little Girl Gone by Chinchilla

CHAPELL ROAN MY LORD AND SAVIOR

The Mean Girls soundtrack

Hazel Eyes by Sabrina Jordan

Florence + the Machine

Yaelokre <3

GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo, I scream her songs like i have an ex to scream at ( i don’t)

Come Away and Irish Eyes by Rose Betts

Rich Man by Emhahee, it’s just a demo but I love it so much

Rät and Lotta True Crime by Penelope Scott

and finally, the Ride the Cyclone soundtrack

Yall better take my recommendations this took almost an hour to type out

anyways, I have no consistency and I like it like that :)

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gotten really into non-english music lately and i am VIBING i love not knowing what the hell is being said!!!! it’s like rediscovering fall out boy and mcr

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11, 15 and 18 for the music asks :)

I was gonna do a bunch of YouTube links, but I got lazy (what else is new?). But I answered it! So yaay!

11. bring out my inner feminist

Salute by Little Mix. Yaaaaaaaaaas.

Woman by Peggy Lee. It's a very heterosexual view of what a woman does, because it's from like the fifties early sixties, but damn I love it.

Woman by Kesha. I like Kesha and I like swearing. Boom.

15. are in a different language 

International Velvet by Catatonia. I was already half in love with Cerys Matthews and the band when they released Mulder and Scully, so when I heard this on the album I would just scream it out loud.

Ysbryd y Nos by Edward H Dafis. This is just such a gentle love song, but someone could do a proper power ballad version and it would *work*.

Cariad, Cariad by Mega. Normally I say the first band I ever saw live was Fall Out Boy, but the first pop group I saw was Mega when I was about eleven. They were cool af (read: not really), and sung in Welsh. I got their autographs and everything. Fast forward to now, and their songs are still great (there's a break up song on the album called Heb Poen na Chur and it is an underrated bop). Anyways, I chose this one because my favourite sung lead on this. XD (Last I saw of any of the Mega boys, one was doing radio stuff for BBC Cymru and another was acting in Pobol y Cwm. Dunno about the other two.)

18. tell a story

Cassandra by ABBA. It's about the battle/siege of Troy, in a pop song!

The Day Before You Came by ABBA. I actually asked my dad once why would they write a song like this. I can't remember the answer he gave, but I still like it.

I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You by Juliet Turner (but there's a bunch of versions as well as Juliet's cover). It's a Brief Encounters, snapshot of a moment, the what if, and damn I love it.

[alystudor]

— ♔ In the past, people were born royal and for ALYS TUDOR the TWENTY-SIX-year-old CROWN PRINCESS of WALES, that is a tradition SHE intends to keep. To others, SHE looks an awful lot like MADELAINE PETSCH and has been painted as THE MEEK SPARE but behind closed doors, SHE is TIMID & BLUNT but also DIGNIFIED & STOIC. It has also been said they are BETROTHED to MATTHEW GOODE, WILLIAM MOSELEY, ALEXANDER LUDWIG, AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON, OR UTP. 

BASIC INFORMATION

NAME: Alys Cedwyn Tudor

NICKNAMES: Aly-Cat [her brother]; Wyn [her father]; Aly [her parents & closest friends]; Al [her betrothed; a nickname in which she despises]

DATE OF BIRTH: April 16, 2094

AGE: 26

HOME TOWN: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Russia

OCCUPATION: Crown Princess of Wales

LANGUAGES: Welsh, English, Italian 

PARENTS: King Ewen Ceri Tudor (father); Queen Anna Caitrin Tudor [ née Jones ] (mother)

BROTHERS AND SISTERS: Prince Alwyn Dafydd Tudor (deceased).

HUSBAND OR WIFE: Prince xxxx xxxxx (betrothed; fiancé)

SIGNIFICANT OTHERS: Her Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Dylan;  Emiln Evans (best friend)

RELATIONSHIP SKILLS: While Alys is rather reserved and tends to remain quiet, she listens intently. She is kind and surprisingly openminded to more than she lets on. While she has become good at feigning interest, particularly at royal functions, if she is annoyed, upset, or bored, she will politely let you know and move on. She’s loyal to those she cares about most in this world and would sooner keep a secret for someone than to destroy their good name, unless it’s going to be at the expense of her family or someone she deeply cares about. The only person she has come to despise most in this world is the man she is supposed to marry, despite trying her hardest to genuinely love him. And while hate isn’t a word she takes lightly, she has determined that if she ever meets the perpetrator who murdered her brother, she’s likely to return the favor; but little does she know, it’s the man she’s trying to love.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

(TW: Dyslexia mention)

HEIGHT: 5′6″

HAIR COLOUR: Red.

EYE COLOUR: Brown

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Alys’ most distinguishing features are her red hair and fair skin tone.

DRESS STYLE: Alys prefers to dress casually in jeans, sweaters, and the occasional t-shirt, unless in the eyes of the public. Then you can find her wearing dresses and things tailored for her body type. While she’s never been one for keeping up with fashion trends, her stylist does know just how to dress her to keep her current with the times.

PHYSICAL HABITS: Alys does not partake in vices such as drinking, smoking, or drugs.

MANNERISMS: Alys is a very poised and polite person. Her etiquette training came from her grandmother, who believed women should be seen as ladies. She has a particular way of doing things, which sometimes confuses people or gets an unwarranted laugh because of how old fashioned Alys can come off as, but she does know when to relax, and that’s usually in the company of her closest friends. However, when she’s nervous or anxious, she rubs her hands together without really realizing. It’s also very clear when she’s annoyed or angry, but instead of yelling, she remains eerily calm, sometimes expressing her anger through the tension in her voice or simply walking off.

HEALTH: Alys is in peak physical health. She exercises regularly, including riding horses. She goes for morning runs and enjoys swimming laps, when no one else is in the pool. She’ll occasionally visit the gym, but tries to get outside as much as she can. She eats fruit and veg with very little red meat, preferring poultry and seafood. She does treat herself to sweets every now and then, especially traditional Welsh cakes. Alys does have dyslexia. Only a very select few people know this about her. And she has worked very hard to overcome it, though she still struggles on occasion. 

BACKGROUND

(TW: Murder, Death)

     For Alys, growing up second to her brother was as much of a challenge as a rat trying to free itself from an inhumane glue trap…impossible. His bright personality and commanding presence had always lit up the room as if King Ewen, himself, had already entered the building. And it didn’t take the younger of the two to realize her place in the world; silent and in the background. Though extremely bright and well rounded in her studies, the young woman remained quiet watching as her brother grew more fit and apt to take the crown someday. Of course, no one saw what was coming. In everyone’s minds, the belief that Alwyn would one day rule Wales, and quite successfully, had come as default. But of course, there had to be a set path for Alys. Like any great spare, she was set to marry.

     Arranged to a man she quietly despised, Alys didn’t counteract her mother and father’s wishes. Though loving him didn’t come easy. While she could tell he longed to be in the spotlight, much like her brother, she thought nothing of it. Instead, she went about her daily life, sometimes bluntly wrangling him back into his place by reminding him of whom he would be marrying. Life carried on until a trip to Rome. King Ewen, trusting in his son to negotiate policies with the leaders in Italy, sent the young Crown Prince, and his wife. And with some convincing, Alwyn managed to bring along his sister and future brother-in-law.

     The trip was a success. The Crown Prince had brought together two nations just as his father had hoped; a sign that he would be a great ruler someday. And to celebrate, Alwyn, along with Alys’ betrothed; a young liaison who had been present at the meeting of the two countries; and a young diplomat to Rome, left the women of their own accord for a night out in Tor Bella Monaca to celebrate. Not exactly the greatest place for two princes, but the perfect coverup for the heinous crime that Alys’ betrothed was about to commit.

     Word of the Crown’s death came sometime over the next several hours and the next several months were like a blur. No one had suspected a thing, and the one coherent witness that was there that night was threatened to great lengths. However, in all of this, Alys’ life was thrown upside down when she was soon announced as the new Crown Princess of Wales.

     Mourning her brother’s passing would be put on hold as she would take over a role she never expected. But relations between the country of Wales and Italy had turned sour. And with tensions mounting elsewhere in the world, Alys’ father and mother felt it best to send her off to Russia for protection. Losing their pride and joy had nearly destroyed their family, and the idea of possibly losing their daughter as well, and the right to hold the throne in the future, couldn’t be fathomed. But what they didn’t know was that the murderer of their son was engaged to their daughter and set to be the future King of Wales, if all continued to go according to his plan.

HEADCANONS

Though her brother was the center of attention and the apple of their parents’ eye, Alys was still extremely close to him. They would often come to each other and have conversations about life. Him, spilling the details and annoyances of holding the title of Crown, and her, explaining how invisible she had felt at times. Surprisingly enough, this helped to keep their relationship solid, and if one was ever jealous of the other, they would speak it out loud. They were each other’s rock, so when Alwyn was killed, Alys had felt like she had truly lost a part of herself.

Because of how open Alwyn was with her about his duties as the Crown Prince and how observant she was over the years, Alys does have more of an understanding of what is expected of her than her parents and the media think.

While she seems rather reserved and quiet in the public eye, Alys does enjoy having a good time with her closest friends. However, alcohol and recreational drugs have never been a desire of hers.

Horses are a passion for her. Coming from a long line of horse breeders, she knows her stuff. It was also her biggest escape, when the focus would be on her brother. She has many trophies and ribbons from the competitions she’s entered over the years.

Dylan, her Pembroke Welsh Corgi, is whom she misses the most. Despite being betrothed and having her parents back home, the small dog has been the one that’s heard her sobs, seen her tears, and somehow managed to make her laugh despite how broken hearted she’s felt since her brother’s death and the passing of the title of Crown.

Alys enjoys jazz and classical music. It helps her relax and to clear her mind. But she secret loves hard rock. Only Alwyn knew this about her, and they would have jam sessions together to let out the day’s frustrations.

She enjoys studying history and how the world came to be in its current state; a quality vital to ruling Wales someday. She particularly enjoys reading about rulers of the past and the United States fascinates her greatly. She also enjoys reading biographies, but does enjoy a good dystopian tale every now and then or a book about the stars and space.

More to come...

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in the span of the last three hours: I’ve started to listen to five books only to abandon them few minutes in, spent half an hour progressing my welsh on duolingo, listened to cerys matthews’ sosban fach song n-times singing along, browsed artstation, browsed more audiobooks on youtube, listened to other welsh songs, browsed tumblr mindlessly, listened to some more random audiobooks, browsed artstation, did more duolingo excercises, ended up in some welsh pronunciation hell on youtube, only to find myself in Learn Various British Accent With This Nice Old Lady fifteen minutes later,

things I didn’t do so far: the stuff I planned to do today.

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Voltage Podcasts 020 With Jon CONNOR by VOLTAGE Records

Welcome to episode #020 of #VOLTAGE Podcast Series! This time, the owner of #bubblejam records, #Jon #Connor, will take the wheel for the next week! Enjoy this 90 minute set and of course, as always, you can download it by clicking on the "Free Download" button Discover VOLTAGE Records online: WEB: www.Voltage-records.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/voltage.label/ About Jon Connor: ------------------------------------------------- “I like these tunes, Jon, it sounds like my biscuit tin getting thrown down the stairs.” It’s not everyday the late Howard ‘Mr Nice’ Marks offers his eloquence to describe your thundering techno. But then Jon Connor is no everyday DJ. Real name Jon Lundstram, the decade spanning artist ID is less a reference to Terminator’s leader of the resistance, and everything to do with his first son. A fact that seems less random for a biography once you understand a little about the man in question. Loyalty, family, and keeping it real being operative words. One of the UK’s lesser-sung, but highly-respected techno dons, to trace his story all the way back requires cutting to the chase. Learning his trade in the sweat and chaos of Wales’ free party scene in the mid-1990s, it wasn’t long before foot stomping amid the crowd led to a physical approach to mixing in the booth, buying turntables aged 16. Graduating to clubs with a booking at Rhyl’s Orange Peel venue- following in the footsteps of regulars like Carl Cox and Sasha- the talent was clear to see. Hence the residency at another British institution, North, and a reluctant entry into the Dog’s Bollocks DJ competition. But perhaps it’s best to let Connor do some talking. “It was more like a battle in those days,” he says of the contest. “Quite a bit of cockiness and rowdiness. Almost like going into a boxing match. This one guy tried to stitch me up by getting his mate to come up to the decks and knock the table. The needle jumped, I caught it, and landed back on the beat.” Crowned champion in 2001, bookings came thicker and faster than the beats Connor plays. Relocating to Cardiff to study music production- joining classmates like Kosheen, Cerys Matthews, and Sharn Evans- he found himself on the podium at the Welsh Music Awards. It’s here the aforementioned Marks made the aforementioned comment during a set before some 3,000 revellers, on a bill of luminaries like Rob Tissera and Graham Gold. “I moved back up to North Wales then, and put on a very successful event at Bangor University,” Understandably he was left disillusioned. Looking beyond the world of BPMs, he found a new career in offshore wind; working huge industrial locations which, acoustically speaking, share common ground with the genre that got him to this point. Today Connor remains a fully qualified technician, spending six months on site and six months off, the latter split between loved ones and his beloved music, re-launching Bubblejam events and label in 2016. Now a home for his own album, Steam, which landed midway through 2017, the collection is best summarised in his own words; “beauty, funk, drive and dirt”. With the brand hosting sessions from Liverpool to Lithuania, where it draws thousands to various Vilnius locations on a regular basis, a sister label, Bubblejam Gold caters for the dark side stuff, betraying the contrast in the bossman’s own sets. From solid grooves to nosebleed drills. All of which is before we mention Bubblejam Estate, an electro-arm waiting in the wings, about to add yet another chapter in the story of a true underground techno purist, who nonetheless remembers the fundamental rules of the scene. Solid music should not mean less fun. Enough said, he’ll see you front and centre.