#charly jordan edit

[manipheaven]

Rudy Pankow x Charly Jordan. // For anonymous.🖤🖤

[character-estudio]

Charlie & Lucifer in Hazbin Hotel The Show Must Go On S1x08

[bigirlsdontc5y]

FOREVER X LIMOREAU

[classongoing]

Hello everyone! It's week 4, and our second 'in-between' week, of our re-run through the Class Ongoing story so far! If you haven't checked it out already, you can find our last episode re-release from last week here.

Today we're resharing our third side-story, Leaving Bannerman Road, written by @intuitive-revelations, with cover art by @liria10.

After a surprise appearance from Sky Smith in Episode One: Fallen Soul, we go back to Bannerman Road, five years after the events of the Sarah Jane Adventures: Series 5, to find out what she's doing here in Coal Hill. Available here.

We also have the second installment of our new tie-in, The Lost Diary Entries of a Rhodian Prince, written as collab between @intuitive-revelations (who also illustrated), @avariciousambitions (who wrote this entry), and @bazwillendinflames. This time, Charlie writes about the events of Call of the Void, and their impact on Matteusz and himself.

As a reminder, The Lost Diary Entries of a Rhodian Prince is meant to double as a spoiler-filled recap of each episode from Charlie's perspective, so do not read if you're in the middle of reading that story, or planning to do so.

Please also be aware that Call of the Void and this entry directly discussing those events each contain mentions/depictions of attempted suicide. Please proceed with caution if these themes are at all damaging or distressing.

A text version is available here, at the same link as previously, PDF now updated to include Part 2.

[omniuravity]

Other Characters people in Hazbin Hotel played: Broadway Edition

This will only include major credits in Broadway musicals, TV musicals, and Movie musicals. If some characters are not on here, they didn't have those credits.

Also no more than three credits cause some of these people have credits a mile long like Jeremy Jordan and Keith David.

Tags: @bloodypeachblog @fatgumsurpremacy-remastered @dynogadget @moths-and-mantids

Main Cast:

Charlie (Erika Henningsen): Cady from Mean Girls

Vaggie (Stephanie Beatriz): Mirabel from Encanto, Carla from In The Heights (the movie)

Husk (Keith David): Dr. Facilier from Princess and the Frog

Niffty (Kimiko Glenn): Dawn from Waitress

Sir Pentious/Adam (Alex Brightman): Dewey from School of Rock, Beetlejuice from Beetlejuice the Musical, Fizzarolli from Helluva Boss (duh)

Supporting Cast:

Vox (Christian Borle): Emmett from Legally Blonde, Shakespeare from Something Rotten

Velvette (Lilli Cooper): Sandy from The SpongeBob Musical

Lucifer (Jeremy Jordan): Jack Kelley from Newsies, Light from Death Note the Musical

Carmilla (Daphne Ruben-Vega): Daniela from In The Heights (the movie), OG Mimi from Rent

Zestial (James Monroe Iglehart): Ozzie from Helluva Boss (duh), Genie from Aladdin (the Broadway show)

Mimzy (Sara Stiles): Spinel from Steven Universe (should this count?)

Rosie (Leslie Kritzer): Delia/Miss Argentina from Beetlejuice the Musical

St. Peter (Darren Chris): Harry Potter from A Very Potter Musical, Blaine in Glee (should that count?)

[charlicpace]

name masterlist: love island uk edition ! some folks like to stick to names that are more 'realistic' & my favourite place to look for those names is reality tv, because... well, that's their names ! so here's a list of every name that's ever popped up on the uk version of love island ( seasons 1-8 ) so all these names are perfect for characters aged 18-40 if we're going off ( uk-based ! ) actual likelihood.

aaron

abigail

adam

afia

alex

alexandra

alexi

amy

anna

andrea

andrew

anton

amber

amelia

arabella

belle

ben

bethany

billy

biggs

brad

brett

callum

cally

camilla

cara

caroline

charlie

ched

cheyenne

chloe

chris

chyna

clarisse

coco

craig

curtis

daisy

dale

dami

dan

daniel

danielle

danica

danny

darylle

davide

dean

deji

dennon

demi

dom

ellie

elma

ellisha

emma

eva

eve

ekin-su

eyal

faye

finn

francesca

frankie

gabby

gemma

george

georgia

grace

greg

hannah

harley

harry

hayley

hugo

iain

idris

ikenna

india

jack

jacques

jade

james

jamie

jake

javi

jay

jazmine

jess

joanna

joe

john

jonny

jordan

josh

kady

kalia

katie

kaz

kazimir

kem

kendall

kieran

lacey

laura

lauren

lavena

lexi

liam

liana

liberty

lillie

lucie

lucinda

luis

luke

malia

malin

marcel

marino

maura

maria

mary

marvin

matthew

maya

max

medhy

megan

michael

mike

molly

montana

nabila

naomi

nas

natalia

nathan

niall

olivia

oliver

ollie

omar

ovie

paige

paul

poppy

priscilla

priya

sam

salma

samira

savanna

scott

shannen

shaugna

sharon

sherif

siannise

simon

sophie

summer

stephanie

stevie

steve

rachel

rebecca

remi

reese

rob

rosie

rykard

tasha

teddy

terry

theo

tina

toby

tom

tommy

tony

travis

troy

tyla

tyler

tyne

wallace

wes

yewande

zara

zoe

[astros-star-field]

no one asked for it but.... here's what color I think different agggtm characters would be! (really specific edition)

Pip - #6e329c

Ravi - #a89945

Lauren - #a84573

Ant - #233b23

Cara - #c486ae or #7a4668

Naomi - #6d98b3

Elliot - #060540

Nat Da Silva - #6a90ad

Daniel Da Silva - #a66c2e

Detective Hawkins - #87413d

Zach Chen - #3b3636

Connor Reynolds- #eda547

Jamie Reynolds - #b86e7c

Josh Amobi - #afe0de

Victor - #63798a

Jason Bell - #122e0a

Andie Bell - #f08bee

Becca Bell - #5c3c5b

Sal Singh - #16308c

Howie Bowers - #423c2c

Charlie - #92a874

Hariet - #b89756

Isla Jordan - #9c6aa8

Dawn Bell - #6aa8a3

Stanley - #debfdb

Max Hastings - #000000

Stella Chapman - #ffffff

If there's anyone I missed please let me know!!!

[beanghostprincess]

i saw youre making the hazbin hotel-OP edit and it got me thinking

what if i raise you lucifer-dragon and alastor-shanks with charlie-luffy??

plus if you think about it alastor and vox have strong shaggy energy

also! charlie and vaggie have so much zolu energy

i dont know if its just me but i feel like this makes so much sense lol

You're SO real for this. Kissing you on the lips for your fantastic brain.

Okay, so initially when I was thinking about making the edit my first thought was Dragon/Shanks fighting for Luffy too HOWEVER I don't,,, Have,,, That many scenes of them,,, So I decided to go for another vibe. But you're so right for this. Shanks and Dragon fighting over Luffy is so good, the lyrics match so well, and Lucifer/Dragon parallels kill me. Idk. Sobbing here. (<- Lucifer being my favorite character doesn't have anything to do with this. Actually, he's not even my favorite but he is Jeremy Jordan and I love Jeremy Jordan).

AND ALASTOR/VOX HAVING SHUGGY ENERGY KILLS ME HELP I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT 😭 When Vox is all like "THIS IS BETTER THAN SEX" seeing Alastor ""die""??' That sent me. In general, yes, I agree. Ex-something energy. I mean, Vox and Alastor have more of a "You refused to fuck me so now I am your worst enemy because I am resentful like that, bitch, you weren't even that hot to begin with (<- wants him desperately)" vibe, but I can definitely see where you're coming from. Vees might be the Cross Guild of this show idk.

Charlie and Vaggie being Zolu was not something I had thought about?? I can definitely see it, though. Vaggie's devotion to Charlie like she basically owes her her life and feeling like she has no worth if she isn't capable of protecting everyone feels very Zoro-like. Aside from, like, obviously the personalities.

[manipheaven]

Charly Jordan x Rudy Pankow. // For anonymous. 🖤

[satanscure]

hello hello ! my name is sammy , i'm twenty five and go by they / them pronouns . welcome to satanscure , a discord exclusive roleplay account where i am reblogging resources such as : wanted fcs , wanted plots , mature content and other aspects that relate to my writing wants .

as a partner , i'm really big on worldbuilding . be prepared for me obsessing over our things , creating manips / edits , playlists , headcanons , threads , and more .

i also write fxm , mxm , fxf ships as well as poly ships . i do not prioritize ships over another so expect fun times all around .

for triggers / limits , i will go as far to say that i relatively do not have any boundaries but i will not write anything involve : noncon , dubcon , incest , scat or anything too .. in that realm of things .

below the cut as a list of my favorite faces + could also serve as a most wanted list as well !

femme :

aisha potter . ana de armas . alexa demie . becky g . camila morrone . chloe bailey . cindy kimberly . dina denoire . dua lipa . ester exposito . hailee steinfeld . halle bailey . laura harrier . lily - rose depp . leigh - anne pinnock . madelyn cline . madison bailey . melissa calma . mishti rahman . nicole wallace . normani . priscilla quintana . ryan destiny . sabrina carpenter . samantha logan . shay mitchell . sofia carson . sydney sweeney . victoria monet . yara shahidi . zahara davis . zendaya .

hommes :

abel carden . aj saudin . andre lamoglia . alex fitzalan . alex pastrana . alvaro mel . aron piper . avan jogia . casey deidrick . charlie hunnam . charles melton . chase stokes . cody christian . corrado martini . dacre montgomery . dominic fike . drew starkey . dylan o’brien . evan mock . fai khadra . fernando lindez . froy gutierrez . gavin leatherwood . gus kenworthy . hootie hurley . jacob elordi . jonathann davis . jordan fisher . keith powers . luke hemmings . luis capecchi . manu rios . mason gooding . matthew daddario . matthew noszka . michael evans behling . niall horan . nick jonas . omar apollo . oscar issac . rafael silva . sebastian stan . sergio momo . tom hardy . tom holland . tommy martinez . trevor jackson . tyler posey .

[hannahhook7744]

My descendants fancast redone part 1;

Charisma Star as Jordan, daughter of the Genie.

Jennifer Veal as Ally Liddell, daughter of Alice Liddell in Wonderland.

Joey bragg as Pin, son of Pinocchio.

Paris Berelc as Ariana Rose, granddaughter of Queen Leah. Niece of Aurora and Philip.

Matt Dillon as Clay Clayton, son of William Clayton.

Christian Slater as Rick Ratcliffe, son of Governor John Ratcliffe.

Coco Jones as Opal, daughter of Mama Odie (sans the honey blonde hair since honey blonde hair is hard to give).

Emily Tosta as Tiger Peony, daughter of Tiger Lily.

River Phoniex as Artie Pendragon, son of King Arthur Pendragon.

Halsey as Mad Maddy, granddaughter of Madam Mim.

Jessica Barden as Arabella, niece of Ariel and Eric (edit made by me, design inspired by @panthera-tigris-venenata ).

Joey King as Carina Potts, daughter of Mrs. Potts.

Dylan O'Brien as Bobby Hood, son of Robin Hood and Maid Marian.

Jiang Xin as Yi-Min, daughter of Yao (and maybe Mei).

Stella Walker and Maya Hawke as Jane Darling, daughter of Wendy Darling.

Jacob Tremblay and Daniel Sharman as Daniel "Danny" Darling, son of Wendy Darling.

Michael and Travis Vossler, Lindsey Lohan, James and Oliver Phillips, and Kai and Bodhi Schulz as the Tweedledum and Tweedledum cousins (I named them Nathan, Nelson, Natalie, Nadie, Flex, Felix, Fisher, and Fletcher in that exact order). The Tweedle twins' kids.

Saffron Henderson, Sarah Hyland, Lauren Alaina, Ruby Rose, and Ariel Winter as Madam Mim's other granddaughters (I named them Wacky Wrenley, Loony Lilias, Insane Imogen, Crazed Clara, and Batty Blair in that order).

Karen Gillian, Trevor Stines, Rupert Grint, Jamie Kennedy, and Amybeth McNutty as the Stabbington cousins (I named them Darlina/Grenny, Iggy/Cheekbones, Rex/Nosey, Cormac/Brunet, and Tega/braids in that order). They are the stabbington Brothers' kids.

Charlie and Max Carver as Gaston Junior and Gaston the 3rd, the twin sons of Gaston.

Alejandra Alonso as Yzla and David Henrie as Zevon, daughter and son of Yzma.

Kaya Scodelario as Harriet Hook and Sabrina Carpetener, daughters of Captain James Hook.

Holland Roden as Claudine Frollo, daughter of Claude Frollo.

Lucy Hale as Ginny Gothel, daughter of Mother Gothel.

Jake Abel as Sammy Smee, son of First Mate Smee.

Lauryn McClain as Freddie Facilier, daughter of Dr Facilier.

Alyson Hannigan as Eliza, Fairy Godmother's niece.

Dane Dehaan as James Brown Jr./Jim Jr. , son of Jim Dear and Darling.

Brec Marie Bassinger as Ruby Fitzherbert, daughter of Eugene Fitzherbert and Rapunzal.

Raffey Cassidy as Melody, daughter of Ariel and Eric.

Dejan Loyola as Aziz, son of Aladdin and Jasmine.

Tanner Stine as Herkie, son of Hercules and Megara.

Ross Butler as Li Shang Jr., son of Fa Mulan and Li Shang.

Jessica Rothe as Scarlet, daughter of an unspecified royal.

Edit: Jim Dear and Darling have a daughter in the live action version. So here she is her fancast.

McKenzie Jefferson as Lulu Brown, daughter of Jim Dear and Darling.

Also I forgot about the live action movie when I made Aziz. Sooooo..... sorry... which disney descendant do you want to see next?

[classongoing]

When a tear opens in the middle of the old school hall leading to the interior of a bizarre alien spaceship, the team decides to investigate. Unfortunately, they’re not the only ones interested…

And now, in week 7 of our rerun, we go back to our latest full episode (so far) with a new edition of Episode 4: The Ship!

This story was written by Matt Jordan (@intuitive-revelations) and Scout Hutchinson (@avariciousambitions), with an illustration provided by Anne-Laure Tuduri (@liria10).

Available here!

[prpfs]

♡︎︎ hiii people!

currently looking for 18+ roleplayers who are down to do a harrypotterbased roleplay or a harry potter roleplay.

harrypotterbased roleplay ↦︎ our original characters living within the wizarding world with no mention of the canon characters or their families.

harry potter roleplay ↦︎ we roleplay as canon characters or have our original characters live in the same timeline as the canon characters.

canon characters i roleplay as ↦︎

☆︎ marauders era ( james potter, sirius black, remus lupin, lucius malfoy, narcissa black, bellatrix black, regulus black )

☆︎ trio era ( hermione granger, harry potter, draco malfoy, blaise zabini, the weasley twins, luna lovegood, neville longbottom )

☆︎ extra side characters ( lee jordan, marcus flint, oliver wood, angelina johnson, dorcas meadowes, marlene mckinnon, charlie weasley)

pairings/ships ︎↦︎︎

დ︎ original character ships are almost always lgbt+. but i love trans!aus, femboy!aus, gay!aus. sometimes i even like to edit canon characters, (example: trans!sirius ).

დ︎ would love to do ( sirius black/remus lupin, james potter/lily potter, harry potter/draco malfoy, lee jordan/george weasley, angelina johnson/fred weasley )

დ︎ can do ( marcus flint/oliver wood, draco malfoy/hermione granger, severus snape/lily potter )

where to find me!

discord ( sweet ♡ tooth#2408 )

tumblr ( like and i’ll ping you! )

sweet ♡ tooth#2408

[deep-dive]

2022

albums: Alex G - God Save the Animals Alex G - We're All Going to the World's Fair Anthony Naples + DJ Python - Air Texture VIII Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You Björk - Fossora Bladee & Ecco2k - Crest Broadcast - Maida Vale Sessions Carla dal Forno - Come Around Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loneliest Time Cass McCombs - Heartmind Charli XCX - Crash Daphni - Cherry Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn - Pigments Hikaru Utada - Bad Mode Huerco S. - Plonk Isabella Lovestory - Amor Hardcore Junior Boys - Waiting Game Kali Malone - Living Torch Malibu - Palaces of Pity Marina Herlop - Pripyat Oren Ambarchi - Shebang Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin - Ghosted Organ Tapes - 唱着那无人问津的歌谣 / Chang Zhe Na Wu Ren Wen Jin De Ge Yao Phoenix - Alpha Zulu Physical Therapy - Teardrops on My Garage PPJ - Trindade Rachika Nayar - Heaven Come Crashing Raum - Daughter Sally Shapiro - Sad Cities Sam Prekop - The Sparrow Sam Prekop & John McEntire - Sons Of Shinichi Atobe - Love of Plastic Shygirl - Nymph The Soft Pink Truth - Is It Going to Get Any Deeper Than This? Torus & DJ Lostboi - The Flash Two Shell - Icons The Weeknd - Dawn FM William Basinski & Janek Schaefer - “ . . . On Reflection “

songs: Alex G - JLB's Drawing Bibio - Off Goes the Light Björk - Ancestress (ft. Sindri Eldon) Bladee & Ecco2k - Faust Bladee & Ecco2k - The Flag is Raised Call Super - Swallow Me Carla dal Forno - Side by Side Carly Rae Jepsen - Anxious Carly Rae Jepsen - Talking to Yourself Cass McCombs - Belong to Heaven CFCF - After the After (Bodysync Remix) Charli XCX - Sorry If I Hurt You Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - Haha Coco & Clair Clair - Bad Lil Vibe Cole Pulice - City in a City Daphni - Take Two Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn - Sandstone Demi Lovato - Substance DJ Heartstring - Can't Stop the Night Doss - Look (All Night Mix) Doss - Strawberry (Singin' Club Mix) Double Virgo - Kicked Out by Seven Ecco2k & Bladee - Amygdala Ela Minus & DJ Python - Pájaros En Verano Embaci - Tiniest Whisper Hikaru Utada - Somewhere Near Marseilles Hudson Mohawke - Bicstan Isabella Lovestory - Exibisionista Job - Lore Junior Boys - Thinking About You Calms Me Down Kelela - On the Run Luis - Jack Anderson Malibu - Iliad Marina Herlop - Abans Abans Merely - The Killing Sun Mr Twin Sister - Resort Mura Masa & Erika de Casier - e-motions Objekt - Ballast Oren Ambarchi - I Organ Tapes - Burnout Organ Tapes - heaven can wait Physical Therapy - Chain Reaction PinkPantheress - Boy's a liar PPJ - Dar Um (Lauer Remix) Purelink - Butterfly Jam Rachika Nayar - Gayatri Raum - Walk together Sally Shapiro - Sad City SG Lewis & Tove Lo - Call on Me (SG's Dub Edit) Shinichi Atobe - Love of Plastic 1 Shygirl - Firefly Two Shell - Unrequited Yasmine - Doce Atração Yung Lean - Lips Yves Tumor - God Is a Circle

games: Elden Ring Kirby and the Forgotten Land Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Signalis Sonic Frontiers Squaredle Tactics Ogre: Reborn

film: Aftersun (Charlotte Wells) Ambulance (Michael Bay) Avatar: The Way of Water (James Cameron) Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg) Decision to Leave (Park Chan-wook) I Thought the World of You (Kurt Walker) Jackass Forever (Jeff Tremaine) Kimi (Steven Soderbergh) Nope (Jordan Peele) Orphan: First Kill (William Brent Bell) Pacifiction (Albert Serra) Sharp Stick (Lena Dunham) Stars at Noon (Claire Denis) Tár (Todd Field) Three Thousand Years of Longing (George Miller)

[therecordchanger62279]

THE RECORDCHANGER YEAR-END EDITION 2023

       My annual year-end review of my favorite records and books.

 TOP NEW ALBUM RELEASES

     Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos – Yuja Wang & The Los Angeles Philharmonic

     I Inside The Old Year Dying – PJ Harvey

     The American Project – Yuja Wang with The Louisville Orchestra

     Hackney Diamonds – The Rolling Stones

     Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day? – Galen & Paul

     Relentless – Pretenders

     The Future Is Now – The Chick Corea Elektric Band

 TOP REISSUES/ARCHIVE RELEASES

     Evenings At The Village Gate – John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy

     Anthology – Charlie Watts

     Hollywood Blues Summit-Live At The Ash Grove – Muddy Waters

     Live At Mabuhay Gardens – Romeo Void

     Grrr Live! – The Rolling Stones

     All Around Man: Live In London – Rory Gallagher

     A Night In San Francisco – Missing Persons

 FINDS OF THE YEAR

   (Catalog titles that slipped under my radar when first released)

     Yesterday’s Wine – Willie Nelson (1971)

     Let England Shake – PJ Harvey (2011)

     Concerto In B. Goode – Chuck Berry (1969)

     Live In Bremen 1975 – Gary Bartz NTU Troop (2021)

     Cool Heat: The Best of CTI Records – Various (2017)

     Force Majeure – Doro Pesch (1989)

     Bound For Hell On The Sunset Strip – Various Artists (2022)

 THE YEAR IN REVIEW:

     If anyone had told me that 2023 would see new releases from both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, I’d have suggested a sanity check. But a live archive release from The Stones early in the year was followed by the all-new Hackney Diamonds in October, while The Beatles released one more song, Now and Then, to cap their career once and for all. Of course, both were bittersweet. Hackney Diamonds was the first Stones release of new material following the death of original drummer Charlie Watts in August 2021. And though Watts appeared on two tracks finished in 2019, Steve Jordan took over the drum chair for the band with mixed results. The Beatles resurrected yet another John Lennon demo first attempted for their Anthology project in 1995, but left unfinished then because of technical issues. New technology allowed them to finally finish the track in 2023, but guitarist George Harrison had passed in 2001. That left Paul and Ringo along with late producer George Martin’s son Giles to complete the recording. So, these releases are really in name only because both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones we all came to know and love had already left the building. Still, both projects were successful, and well-received, and while The Beatles claim their record is indeed the end, The Rolling Stones are already back on the road, and promising another album of new material (and one last Watts recording) as early as next year. (I wouldn’t put any money on that, however, unless you can afford to lose it.)

     For those of us who took Charlie Watts’ passing to heart, there was some comfort in the release of the Charlie Watts Anthology this year that collected some of the drummer’s best Jazz recordings. And once again, some master sleuth managed to unearth a previously unheard, and unreleased recording by the late John Coltrane. Evenings At The Village Gate with Eric Dolphy, a rehearsal for a 1961 date at the Village Gate transcends less than perfect sound to remind everyone that 1961 was John Coltrane’s year, and that everything he touched that year turned to gold.

     The musical event of 2023, as far as I’m concerned was Yuja Wang’s marathon performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic of all four Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos in one go in February, released a few months later. The genius pianist also released The American Project, a new work by composer Teddy Abrams with the Louisville Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. She toured sold out venues all around the world, and continues to push the envelope by making innovative, and fresh choices in her repertoire to draw more attention to the Classical music genre in the 21st century. As Classical musicians go, Yuja Wang is a Rock star.

     One of the year’s best surprises was the return of Clash bassist Paul Simonon as part of a duo working under the name Galen & Paul. Galen is Galen Ayers, daughter of the late British singer-songwriter Kevin Ayers. Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day recalls the music Serge Gainsbourg made with Jane Birkin in the late 1960s. Sophisticated, smart, charming, and funny, and the last thing I’d have expected, but it works, and was one of my favorite records of the year. The new Pretenders album, Relentless, was another welcome addition to their catalog, and my collection. And PJ Harvey’s latest, I Inside The Old Year Dying, her first new album in seven years, re-establishes her as an artist who continues to move forward, and challenge listeners by constantly reinventing herself.

     Finally, a great new live album from Chick Corea’s Elektric Band, prepared for release by Chick before he passed in 2021 paved the way for the reissue of the band's five studio albums for GRP in new digipak editions with excellent sound. Candid did the honors.

     Closer to home, vinyl and cassette prices continue to rise while the availability of CDs continues to make buying a physical copy of almost anything a genuine headache. I waited three months for an online seller to supply me with Yuja Wang’s Rachmaninoff Concertos CD, and on the day of release, I visited eight retailers online or in store before I could find a copy of the new Rolling Stones album on CD. The store was 40 minutes from my house, and it dampened the excitement of getting the band’s first album of new material in eighteen years. I guess the record industry doesn’t need long time collectors any longer now that vinyl and cassettes are a hit with twenty-somethings with deep pockets. If CDs disappear completely, I’m finished buying music because I refuse to rent it.

     I did, however, manage to find one vinyl record I wanted this year that was actually reasonably priced and available from a reliable online seller. Chuck Berry’s Concerto In B. Goode is kind of a “wild card” in the Berry catalog. His last release for Mercury in 1969 before he returned to Chess, the album has four new originals on side one, but side two features the title track only – eighteen minutes of Berry’s trademark licks and lines. There’s nothing else like it in Chuck’s catalog, and for that reason alone, it was worth getting. It’s hardly a masterpiece, but it is a great listen, and the pressing on Elemental is pristine.

     Another great find this year was Willie Nelson’s 1971 album Yesterday’s Wine. I’d never heard it. I only knew it by reputation. But it was even better than I’d heard – easily as good as Shotgun Willie, Phases and Stages, and even Red Headed Stranger.

     I’ve always (until this year) been behind on PJ Harvey releases, but this year I caught up with Let England Shake, released in 2011. It’s the best album in what has become one of the most impressive catalogs of any contemporary Rock artist.

     Gary Bartz’s Live In Bremen 1975 with the NTU Troop was issued in 2021. I was looking for something interesting from that period, and stumbled on this one. Five years removed from his time with Miles Davis’s electric band, this lands between stints with Kenny Burrell, and Donald Byrd. Free Jazz with a Funk and Soul influence, and the politics of the day are what Bartz’s band was all about, and they are in fine form here. The music just washes over you like a soul cleansing shower.

     All in all, not a bad year for good music – if you could find it, and if you could afford it. The future doesn’t look too bright for collectors like me, but I’m not ready to hang it up just yet – no matter how bumpy the road gets.

     In closing, I’ll mention briefly that I read 40 books this past year, and several were among the worst I’ve ever read. I won’t waste your time discussing those. Instead, I’ll recommend the last one I read which happens to be a music memoir. Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl by Sleater-Kinney guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder Carrie Brownstein is one of the most engaging books I’ve ever read by a musician. Her honesty and candor are disarming, and while most memoirs are not usually what you would call “page turners,” this one certainly is. I read it in just two days, and I expect to read it again one day. Very highly recommended, and you don’t even need to be a fan of the band (though you might become one by the time you finish).

     Most of the best books I read in 2023 were the crime novels of Ross McDonald featuring his sleuth Lew Archer, and Ian Fleming’s James Bond books. I also read a couple of books by Rock writer Gene Sculatti. For The Records and Tryin’ To Tell A Stranger ‘Bout Rock and Roll were great fun to read, and after the garbage I encountered through most of the year, welcome relief.

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[danielkhent]

Art Farmer – Farmer's Market

Alto Saxophone – Gigi Gryce (tracks: C1 to C4) Art Direction – Tony Lane (2) Baritone Saxophone – Danny Bank (tracks: B3 to B5), Oscar Estell (tracks: B1, B2) Bass – Addison Farmer (tracks: C3, C4 to D4), Monk Montgomery (tracks: B1, B2), Percy Heath (tracks: A1 to A4, B3 to C2) Drums – Joe Jones* (tracks: C3, C4), Art Taylor (tracks: B3, B4, B5), Elvin Jones (tracks: D3, D4), Herbie Lovelle (tracks: D1, D2), Kenny Clarke (tracks: A1 to A4, C1, C2), Sonny Johnson (tracks: B1, B2) Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder Liner Notes [Summer 1973] – Dick Hadlock* Photography By [Cover] – Lee Tanner Piano – Duke Jordan (tracks: C3, C4), Horace Silver (tracks: A1 to A4, B3 to B5), Kenny Drew (tracks: D3, D4), Quincy Jones (tracks: B1, B2), Wynton Kelly (tracks: D1, D2) Producer – Bob Weinstock Remastered By – Mike Reese Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Rouse (tracks: B3 to B5), Cliff Solomon* (tracks: B1, B2), Hank Mobley (tracks: D3, D4), Sonny Rollins (tracks: A1 to A4) Trombone – Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: B1 to B5) Trumpet, Horns, Flugelhorn – Art Farmer