#chocolate usa

[ohc-and-the-music-tapes-archive]

Interview with Julian Koster, about his art and music, origins, Orbiting Human Circus, "Quartet Plus Two" record, Japan, upcoming tours… (there is so much covered in it, give it a read)

[polaringcircus]

Now playing : Chocolate USA’s albums All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today and Smoke Machine

[jitterjay]

21, male, earth migrant, not very opinionated, very lonely. i like music but i like people more. i believe most people have good intentions, but i feel like an outsider.

[money-and-dandellions]

I am totally fine

...Lester, who saw that Meg was like him, while observing her and her Beast...

...(and who didn't admit to himself, that he had a Beast too)...

...Meg who was so scared and worried out of her mind that Lester is in dander and is going to die in the cave of Trophonius that she kept trying to catch his attention and started singing in order to guarantee his safety...

...Lester, who selflessly agreed to give his life only if Meg is going to live; and then proceeded to put himself under risk of being suffocated...

...Meg who was helplessly watching how [her] dummy stabbed himself in the heart and fell limb (I am sure that for a second she was not sure if it was the end or not)...

...Lester who watched people he knew only for a few hours were killed for his sake, clearly not understanding why they would sacrifice themselves for him ("and, for some reason, Jason Grace decided that I would not die today too")...

...Meg, who was watching how her best friend was dying from poison; she didn't want him to die, she cried because she didn't want him to die...

...Lester who helped her to kill her Beast Nero... (I am sure that he is very proud of this achievement of hers)

...Lester, who promised her to come back, no matter what, because the sun always comes back...

Apollo, who did.

They, who became each other's family, because their families are shit (not all of the people/gods).

[thelcsdaily]

Melissa Coppel Chocolates

I love chocolates. These days, there are a lot of chocolate options. I adore the uniqueness, flavor, color, and aroma that every chocolatier imparts.

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.” ― Charles M. Schulz

[vintagepromotions]

M&M's Christmas advertisement (1985).

[mysharona1987]

When you literally don’t understand how boycotts actually work.

They are still getting the money, regardless. They don’t care what you do with it.

[celluloidrainbow]

CHOCOLATE BABIES (1996) dir. Stephen Winter Welcome to the front lines of AIDS activism, where the latest enemy raids are being run by a band of unlikely warriors. An underground group of queer, self-described “raging, atheist, meat-eating, HIV-positive, colored terrorists” make headlines as they expose and fight back against homophobic, conservative and corrupt politicians on the streets of New York City. (link in title)

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Limp Bizkit - Boiler

[ohc-and-the-music-tapes-archive]

Double review of “Chocolate and Cheese” by Ween and “Smoke Machine” by  Chocolate USA in The Tampa Tribune, October 14, 1994.

transcription:

WEEN, Chocolate and Cheese (Elektra) — ***1/2; CHOCOLATE U.S.A., Smoke Machine (Bar/None) — **1/2 Clever co-worker Curtis calls Ween and Chocolate U.S.A. two of the most annoying bands in the world. I agree, and we mean that in the best sense of the word.

Dean and Gene Ween, the “Push 'th Little Daisies” duo from Pennsylvania, and Chocolate U.S.A., the former Tampa band headed by precocious pop experimentalist Julian Koster, share a self-consciously dweeby approach, a love of camp, satire and nonsense, and eclectic tastes.

Ween, the more polished of the two groups, outdoes itself this time, with dead-on takes on the Doors fronted by Tom Jones (“Take Me Away"), sweet soul music ("Freedom of '76"), Prince-style R&B (‘Roses Are Free"), giddy folk-pop ("Baby Bitch"), campfire strumming ("Drifter in the Dark"), a spaghetti western ditty ("Buenas Tardes Amigo”), the Byrds ("What Deaner Was Talkin’ About") and the Beatles (the unprintable final tune).

Weeners Mickey Melchiondo and Aaron Freeman, for good measure, also toss in funny-poignant disease song “Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)’; the grinding industrial funk of “I Can't Put My Finger on It"; “A Tear for Eddie,” an impressive guitar-dominated instrumental rock ballad; and the social consciousness of “The Hiv Song,” underscored by dafty circus music.

“Chocolate and Cheese” makes us smile, both for the mercurial brilliance of the clown duo and the sheer good-natured silliness of it all.

Koster and Co, are into more routine alternative” rock, combining heavy, churning guitars and stop-start rhythms with the leader's sing-songy vocals, sampled noises and dialogue, violins and banjos.

Overall, it's messier and less accomplished than 1992's “All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today.” — Philip Booth

[cienie-isengardu]

Shadow warriors need love too.

[wannely]

Plates with ice cream near figs and chocolate cakes

[coochiequeens]

How the hell was this guy walking around free to terrorize a community? He should have been still locked up for his previous crimes.

By Anna Slatz April 14, 2024

A serial sex offender has been convicted of assaulting a disabled teen girl in Wisconsin. Adam Hetke, who identifies as a female vampire named Sabrina, has a lengthy criminal history involving multiple sex offenses against women and outstanding charges related to a homicide.

Hetke, 35, was charged in July of 2021 with first-degree sexual assault by threatening the use of a dangerous weapon and second-degree sexual assault of a mentally ill victim. The assault occurred in Waukesha, and involved a 16-year-old cognitively disabled girl Hetke had met at a local gas station.

According to the complaint, Hetke terrified the girl, telling her he was a “vampire” who would harm her if she did not comply with his demands. He then followed her to her nearby home and sexually assaulted her. During the assault, Hetke kept a knife nearby and threatened to use it to harm her before the girl jumped out of a bedroom window and fled for help.

When he was arrested, he was wearing a one-piece swimsuit under his clothes and was holding a knife.

During trial, Hetke underwent a number of assessments to determine his ability to stand trial, but was found to be competent and deemed ineligible for the insanity plea. On April 11, Hetke was convicted on both counts he was charged with, and is set to be sentenced on June 7.

Hetke as of 2024. Photo Courtesy of the Waukesha Police Department.

But this is not Hetke’s first run-in with law enforcement.

Hetke is a registered sex offender in the state of Wisconsin, dating back to a 2007 conviction for second degree sexual assault. At the time, Hetke had been staying at a residential facility, and he physically overpowered a female staff member before groping her repeatedly. The victim was able to escape his grip and get away.

For the assault, Hetke was sentenced to 8 years in prison with 4 years on extended supervision, and was ordered to the sex offender registry for life.

Just before his release on January 26, 2016, the Waukesha Police Department warned the community that Hetke was at “high risk” to reoffend. In the announcement, they noted Hetke had no fixed residence, but that he would be monitored by a GPS tracker.

In 2019, Hetke was convicted once more of sexual assault involving a female victim, and was released from prison in 2020. The police bulletin again noted that Hetke was homeless and would be subjected to GPS monitoring, but also indicated that Hetke had begun identifying as a “woman.”

Following his second release from prison, Hetke was allegedly involved in a homicide in Milwaukee, for which he has yet to stand trial.

According to the complaint in that case, Hetke reportedly strangled a man to death using a power cord in April of 2021, though he apparently blamed the murder on a “demon.” He told Milwaukee police that the victim was “possessed by a demon” and began stabbing himself in the chest with tongs.

Hetke said he was only trying to exorcise the demon from the victim, but that the demon caused the victim to wrap a cord around his own neck and pull the ends. But a witness in that case has testified that Hetke admitted to murdering the man because he “disrespected” him, and that Hetke told the witness he was an incarnation of Satan.

Hetke is set to appear in court for that case on April 30.

According to the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry, Hetke goes by a number of aliases including: Sabrina, Morrigan, Black Dragon, White Chocolate, Katie, and Andre.

[trabandovidas]

-Che, y que vas a hacer por Halloween? 👻🥳🎃🏡👻🥸🎉

-Boluda, tamo en Uruguay. Aparte es martes, que mierda querés que haga además de ir a la facultad y comerme todo el día en la Urssdelar estudiando

[Painting of a gaucho drinking mate. His face is of tired judgement]

[murderousink23]

10/18/2023 is National Necktie Day 👔🇭🇷, World Menopause Day 🌎, Spiritual Consent Day 🇰🇿, National Chocolate Cupcake Say 🧁🇺🇲, National No Beard Day 🧔🇺🇲, National Exascale Day 🇺🇲, BRA Day USA 👙🇺🇲, Hagfish Day 🐟🇺🇲, Medical Assistants Recognition Day 🇺🇲, Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce 🇺🇲

[vintagepromotions]

‘Can’t Get Enough Peanuts?’

PayDay candy bar Halloween advertisement (1999).