#dishel

[thebowerypresents]

The Moldy Peaches – Brooklyn Steel – August 10, 2023

The Moldy Peaches rose out of the downtown antifolk scene around the turn of the millennium, becoming a cult band thanks to their live performances and several recorded releases (including some on CDR). They broke into the mainstream when the chart-topping Juno soundtrack came out in 2007. And a year later, the Moldy Peaches were broken up. But you can’t keep a good band down, and after playing three dates in Europe this past spring, the reunited Moldy Peaches put on their first headlining U.S. show in two decades last night at a very welcoming Brooklyn Steel.

Before taking the stage, they put on the Moldy Peaches Talent Show with performances by band members doing two-song sets: Guitarist Toby Goodshank went first, followed by Bass Race (featuring bassist Steven Mertens), then Only Son (guitarist Jack Dishel) and the pop duo Candy Boys (with drummer Brent Cole).

After the talent show, Kimya Dawson’s aunt Patrice Jetter, a disability-rights activist, addressed the audience. Then the Moldy Peaches took the stage in costumes. They played straight through with no encore, Dawson joking that they’d played all 21 of their songs. But for the finale, she and Adam Green performed as a duo, like they first did when they began in the late ’90s.

(The Moldy Peaches play Brooklyn Steel again tonight.)

Photos courtesy of Edwina Hay | thisisnotaphotograph.com

[thebreakfastgenie]

Weirdest fucking thing about AfterM*A*S*H is there are writers who wrote genuinely great episodes of M*A*S*H just writing atrocious episodes of AfterM*A*S*H.

[thethcministry]

[lilnasxvevo]

I was listening to a Regina Spektor song on YouTube the other day (it’s a demo that isn’t available on any streaming sites) and idly reading the comments and one of them was like “It’s crazy that she’s actually Russian because she sounds like she was born and raised in Brooklyn!”

Brother. She moved from Russia to the Bronx when she was 9. She sounds like she grew up in New York because she did.

[variousqueerthings]

no actually what I would like to ask alan alda and/or mike farrell about (or loretta swit or jamie farr, if they’d have any opinions on it, but I haven’t yet delved quite so deeply into how they interact with the show post-making) is the references to transsexuality/transvestitism, as something that was made about 50 years ago writing it as in the public knowledge in some form or other/to one extent or another 70 years ago

(and here is where we take an interlude to mention that glen or glenda was made in 1953, so right around the same time as this show is set)

I’m curious about how commonly occurring it was that they had sidney offer it as an out to klinger in s2 (albeit with consequences, because it would be on his record), I’m curious about radar of all characters from the middle of nowhere understanding its existence, although with the small-town attitude that comes with it, and I’m especially curious about inga offering klinger gender affirming surgery 

jokes of course, but none of them age badly when looking at them head-on either (perhaps the part that ages slightly worse is how klinger reacts when assumed trans, but even that makes sense for the time it’s set in, regardless of how one reads klinger’s gender)

and I don’t think necessarily that these musings can be turned into an easily answerable question + the person to really talk to would presumably be walter dishell (whose rundown videos on youtube I still need to watch), but what I’m wondering broadly about is a bit how the characters-as-medical-professionals would have been aware, a bit how the non-medical-characters would have been aware, a bit how the writers and cast would have been aware, and a bit of how the audience would have been aware -- these reference don’t exist in a vacuum after all

one of the things one is constantly facing is this absurd notion that “people” (as a vague whole) have never been aware of transness until the 21st century, or even that transness didn’t exist properly until the 21st century, and while there is plenty to show that this is simply incorrect -- texts, academia, personal anecdotes, oral histories, movies, popular music, art, etcetc. -- especially coming from inside the community, it’s interesting (and heartening) to see it mentioned several times in one of the most popular shows ever made in America, also considering the time period the show is set in 

maybe “question” is incorrect. would like to have a conversation about it, whether or not there was any real intentionality in it (and tbh if there wasn’t -- as I suspect there may not have been, beyond the simple fact that it existed -- I don’t consider that a negative, because that’s simply another fascinating inclusion of note that was done simply Because. that is still a rarity in film and tv made by and for cis people, especially film and tv with the reach that MASH had) 

I think teasing out these bits and pieces about marginalised people would be an interesting conversation to have with the people who were involved in the making of it (especially alan, as he wrote and directed inga), to gain another little puzzle piece about how trans people have existed throughout time

also, youknow. getting all of the above to say trans rights would be neat

[wellntruly]

M*A*S*H - Viewguide, S8

Are you interested in the long-running anti-war situation tragicomedy M*A*S*H (1972-1983), but there are simply so many asterisks and so many episodes?

Well I can’t help you with the asterisks, but nor can I help myself: I started watching all 11 seasons of M*A*S*H, and bringing back for you my viewing selections, chosen for The Qualities.

— — —

Season 8: Klinger stops wearing dresses and it immediately sets this whole edifice on the fucking wobble.

Maybe this season more than any set I’ve put together yet I’m aware could give an entirely different impression if I’d picked even just a couple different episodes than I did. As is, I made my selections by asking the following questions: Is it good? Is it interesting? And, Does it make me want to slap it up on the x-ray illuminator, point at it, and yell, “What!!?” If you (an episode) reach two of these criteria, you’re in!

Enjoy this more petite but dare I say piquant collection:

M*A*S*H - Season 8 Recommended sequence

8x04-05 ‘Goodbye To Radar, Parts 1 & 2’ - Although they, curiously, did not, we gotta start here. M*A*S*H has finally figured out how to do a farewell episode for a departing cast member, and it’s for my ridiculous sincere little buddy Radar. 💔 Ohh man, if you wanna talk end of an era!! Gary Burghoff as Corporal O’Reilly has been with this show from when it was a Robert Altman movie, almost just fucking molecularly, he IS M*A*S*H, and it’s only through a neat bit of acting Gary pulls that I was able to find a little bit of peace with it: here at long last, Radar O’Reilly finally feels like he’s grown up. It’s time for him to leave home. But I’m gonna miss him!!

8x06 ‘Period of Adjustment’ - Incredibly, we had this chat, and then the very next episode I watch is this one. LOL. This episode looked me straight in the eye and said “‘I could fix him’ well I could make him worse <3,” and then left my ass in pieces. Just, come here, be here with me. Pull up a patch of floor. We’ve got this one on the light box. 

8x09 ‘Mr. and Mrs. Who’ - And now for something completely different: something so familiar. Remember years ago when like half of M*A*S*H episodes were about goofy half-forgotten drunken escapades on R&R interwoven with a sticky little medical problem the doctors are trying to solve under adverse conditions? For one night only, we’re bringing that back! Get your tix.

8x11 ‘Life Time’ - Honk honk! EXPERIMENTATION STATION. Alan Alda co-writes a 25 minute real-time surgical episode with their medical consultant, actual doctor Walter Dishell, M.D. When that little ticking clock face chyron got tossed up in the corner, oh girlie, absolutely. Also notable for BJ fully transporting back to his first season thoughtful sad sweetie register (??) (!), and, since it’s not otherwise a cold episode, Alda coming up with a localized reason for at least him personally to still get to pretend to be cold.

8x15 ‘Yessir, That’s Our Baby’ - A baby is left at the MASH, and every man in camp is immediately like, (tenderly) I AM MOM. Unmissable. Unbelievable. I am torn between laughing, cooing, and the I GUESS!!! guy.

8x23 ‘War Co-Respondent’ - After his very rewarding directorial debut last season, Mike Farrell returns to the chair with a script of his own this time, and it’s a jewel! Witty and referential, from Cole Porter lyrics to how in Charles’s first season his and BJ’s great war was Massachusetts vs. California. And that’s not all Farrell hearkens to in M*A*S*H past: Hawkeye as an incorrigible yet endearing flirt (it’s the shamelessness), and how whenever BJ has struck a Romantic figure, capital R, it’s always been so rooted in his quietness. Mike...!

8x22 ‘Dreams’ - Everyone’s SO COLD and been working for two sleepless days straight, and as it finally eases just enough for them to start covering for each other’s naps, said naps are all strange nightmares about war surgery. That’s right, it’s Alda again (could you tell by the overcoats? and TRAUMA?) and god, he really effectively renders the way dreams can seem kind of banal and then just bend at the wrong angles. Of course my favorite of the season, and your unusual, haunting finale.

Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 • Season 5 • Season 6 • Season 7 • Season 8 • To be continued

#M*A*S*H hours

[enk1du]

Regina Spektor& Jack Dishel - We're Not Supposed To Be Lovers

megjelent végre az év legfontosabb lemeze, a Moping In Style: A Tribute To Adam Green, ez meg a kedvenc ZöldÁdi dalom. és hát így is csodálatos.

[mysticstars1201]

Diston and Myshell being cute <3

Now would this ship's name be Dishell or Myston? Eh. Who really cares, it's some art of two non-binary Cosmics being sweeties.

I would also like to mention that these two and the rest of the Katamari OCs I own aren't blood-related to each other.

[citylifeorg]

Luminaries From Television’s Most Iconic Shows Gather to Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of ‘The Interviews: An Oral History of Television’ in Hollywood

Luminaries From Television’s Most Iconic Shows Gather to Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of ‘The Interviews: An Oral History of Television’ in Hollywood

Jonathan Murray, from left, Judy Crown, Julie Ann Johnson, Margaret Loesch, Lori Openden, Alan Perris, Asaad Kelada, James Hong, Geri Jewell, John Shaffner, Dr. Walter Dishell, Don Enright, Bob Mackie, Lloyd J. Schwartz, JoAnne Worley, J. Michael Straczynski, Michael Learned, Ron Cowen, Sandra Lee Gimpel, Daniel Lipman pose for a group portrait at The Interviews 25th Anniversary Celebration at…

[kenjikoyama]

HONEY最新号☆今回もいい感じ(^_^;) #雑誌 #honey #dishel #長谷川潤 #surf #beach #seaside (DISHEL【ディシェル】)

[thebreakfastgenie]

When I was writing that fic I was trying to find the balance between Margaret having some complicated feelings in canon and not wanting to suggest she was anything other than relieved after getting the abortion. "I'm also sorry" "So am I" has always bugged me a little. I understand what they're going for and I think it's plenty realistic but like just let a woman not want to be pregnant and be happy that she's not and that's the end of it!

I also did some googling and I found out the Maude abortion episode, Maude's Dilemma, aired in 1972 (which... damn, before Roe? set in a legal state I believe but wow), while What's Up Doc? aired in 1978. I'd have to research this more, but I think it's possible abortion was an even more controversial topic for networks a few years after Roe when the modern "pro-life" movement had become more entrenched.

It's also worth noting that Dr. Walter Dishell, the medical advisor for M*A*S*H, was also the medial advisor for a ton of other shows and often suggested topics, which included therapeutic (medically necessary) abortion, but as far as I know he never covered elective abortion.

I wonder if anyone writing for M*A*S*H would have even considered talking about abortion seriously (there's one mention of it when Henry says Hawkeye and Trapper look like freelance abortionists but I don't think that counts) because of the setting. A show like Maude can show a woman obtaining a legal abortion in the United States, which I think goes over differently.

There used to a blog doing a series call Remember The Abortion Episode? that I would love to track down again because it was a good resource for the history of how abortion was covered on television.

[professor-of-somanoutics]

During a stretch of the morning where he found a break between his work and his workouts, Oswyn found himself sitting in a lounge chair at the Villa, tapping his lip with his pencil while he tries to recall something to draw from the past week. His mind wanders back to the Fight Club, and the four challenging opponents he faced there. The one which easiest comes to his mind first is Dishel, as he’d fought the man once before, and before had been bested by him. It was with no small amount of joy that Oswyn had found he had improved enough to be an equal to the fighter that day.

@disheldinwell

[shibbypictures]

“LPs” by Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage (2019)

Incredibly thankful for the opportunity from Jeff Lewis to make a music video from his new album. There’s also some celebrity cameos in it!

From Jeffrey Lewis: “This video was filmed in NYC by Jak Kerley in February 2019, along with one other music video which will be coming soon! Ironically, of course, it happened to be the coldest, most freezing day of the entire winter when we had to film many of the outdoor scenes, like the Jeffrey/Mem/garbage-dumpster stuff. At least it was sunny. I really do have this feeling that CDs are about to come into style! In this song, my usual method is playing my usual acoustic guitar, and stomping on a distortion pedal at various times for that loud dynamic. This whole style was something that I learned from Mike Rechner, who I first became obsessed with 1998-1999. I had never seen somebody do that before, the acoustic guitar playing just a couple chords, with the distortion pedal brutally punctuating certain sections for maximum dramatic impact. It became a cornerstone of my idea of what a song is, and I use Mike’s style all the time, like in this LPs song. “So I started getting - (POW!) LPs, they only cost a little and these (POW!) - LPs, were all the ones I needed…”

[mash-notes]

(*DISPATCH*) s08e11: Life Time & s08e22: Dreams

In season 7, MASH decided to take an experimental turn with “Point of View,” which replicated a soldier’s vision through his adventures at the hospital. Season 8 boasts two more experiments, as the series mushrooms into greater and greater grandeur. It’s rare for mainstream TV shows to venture this far from their proscribed structure—audiences don’t like it—but in this case, the show was ripe for innovation. With MASH’s audience in the palm of its hand, it was free to take viewers to strange new places, so long as their favorite characters joined them.

Of the two season 8 experiments, “Life Time” seems to be the more quotidian. Its gimmick is that it purports to take place in real time, focusing on a surgery that needs to last under twenty minutes in order to be successful. An animated clock helps us keep track.

In fact, “Life Time” is quite sophisticated. It breaks the rules of TV, which almost always dictate that certain moments in a story are boring enough to be cut. Here, every second counts, in the dramatic action as well as in the delicate surgery, which also requires a mortally wounded patient to die so that his aorta can be transplanted into one with a fighting chance. It’s both amazing and unsurprising that the trick works so well (the surgery, too)—in those twenty minutes we find room for Hawkeye’s medical procedural; BJ’s drama with the dying man’s angry friend; and a good amount of levity via Winchester. In other words, the “clock” portion of this show is like a normal episode on the face (haha) of it, until we realize everything has happened without a single pause.

The series of dreams in “Dreams” is extraordinary. Overtired personnel of the 4077th falling asleep is hardly new territory, nor is an ever-deepening exploration of these people’s psychology. Anyone would agree, though, that this is the deepest yet. The seven dreams, many of them wordless, are really, heartbreakingly beautiful, and not one is the slightest bit out of character. Of course each of them has a dream that’s exactly like this. I’m loath to describe the dreams, because I couldn’t do them justice, but they are lyrical, tender, and sad. Notable too that this is the debut of Catherine Bergstrom as Peg.

“Life Time” is frequently shown in reruns; “Dreams” is not—my guess is that forty years later that episode still comes off as weird, even disturbing. (In Margaret’s and Father Mulcahy’s dreams in particular, there’s ample censor bait.) But both represent what’s undeniably a new plateau for MASH. In these two shows, the series has decided, boldly, to use its hyper-popularity for good rather than settle into the predictable. Alan Alda wrote and directed both, “Life Time” with co-writer Walter Dishell, the show’s medical consultant.

[nofatclips]

Bleeding Heart by Regina Spektor from the Live on Soundstage album - Director: Joe Thomas

[pavlovsstepson]

jackdishel @reginaspektor @cyndilauper & @amandapalmer side of stage at Cyndi’s Home For The Holidays show at Beacon Theater Saturday night ... Regina got to sing “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” with Cyndi onstage! 🤯🤯🤯 Many amazing performers for a good cause - again🏆