#martina horror style

[frc-ambaradan]

Well, I did know Topolino made a parody of Dylan Dog...

I didn't know Dylan Dog made a parody of Duckburg!!!

Topolino #3094 and Dylan Dog Oldboy #4 "Per pagare e per morire" by Tito Faraci and Sergio Gerasi

Here's the official synopsis: "A young lady shows up at No. 7 Craven Road claiming she has been stolen a little coin with magical powers. Victim of a spell, the Investigator of Nightmares agrees to go with her and retrieve the coin from a terrible old man who seems to dominate an entire village…"

Here's the young lady:

And here's the coin and the terrible old man (name Scott McDoug)...

...who dominates the village in Scotland from his fortress on the hill...

...sorrounded by very familiar signs...

This happened two years ago, and I didn't know!!! I need to find this issue. Right now!!!

IT'S A PARODY IN REVERSE!!! 😱

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Chapter 3 Character Profile Descriptions

Yuma Kokohead A Trainee Detective with amnesia. His small build is unsuitable for physical confrontation. A lack of self-confidence results in a tendency to frequently complain. However, he posses a strong sense of justice and selflessly tries to help anyone in need.

After solving the Aetheria Academy case, he took the true culprits' lives, deeming it necessary for the truth. He decided to continue trying to be the heroic detective, believing the truth could save more lives.

Desuhiko Thunderbolt A Master Detective dispatched to the Nocturnal Detective Agency by the World Detective Organization. His goal is to become famous as a mystery-solving superstar detective. He's an optimistic ladies' man whose "investigations" usually entail trying to pick up girls around the city. These attempts are rarely successful due to his goofball nature, though he doesn't mind. Uncomfortable around blood and corpses, he prefers undercover investigations to those involving murder.

After providing him the opportunity to sneak around Aetheria Academy, he began referring to Yuma as "my man."

His Forte is Disguise, the ability to change his voice, appearance, and build, visually and mentally masquerading as the targeted person. The backpack he always carries is required to use this ability.

Fubuki Clockford A Master Detective dispatched to the Nocturnal Detective Agency by the World Detective Organization. Although she's a beauty with outstanding style, her airheaded tendencies can frustrate the people she talks to.

She ran away from her pampered life as a lady of the world-famous Clockford family to seek adventure. Her Forte is Time Leap, the ability to rewind time and redo things. However, if time has been turned back once, it cannot be turned back beyond that point.

Yomi Hellsmile The director of the Amaterasu Corporation Peacekeepers. Despite having the face of a handsome young ma, he is cold-hearted and cruel, finding joy in the misfortune of others, especially from miseries he devised himself. He holds great power within Amaterasu and treats his underlings like expendable tools.

He can't stand Makoto, but doesn't seem to directly antagonize him.

Martina Electro The vice director of the Amaterasu Corporation Peacekeepers. A tall, elegant, intelligent, bespectacled woman who ruthlessly crushes the opposition and has no mercy for those who defy her. She's obedient only to Yomi.

As punishment for being outwitted by the detectives during the Aetheria Academy case, the Peacekeepers took her away to be crushed in a presser.

Makoto Kagutsuchi The enigmatic Masked Man that lives on the top floor of Kanai Tower. His tendency to speak in riddles make it difficult to ascertain his true nature, but he seems to have ulterior motives.

Makoto Kagutsuchi The always-masked CEO of Amaterasu Corporation. He lives on the top floor of Kanai Tower. While Yomi is ostensibly his employee, the two are always at each other's throats. His tendency to speak in riddles make it difficult to ascertain his true nature, but he seems to have ulterior motives.

Dominic Fulltank Second-in-command of the Amaterasu Corporation Peacekeepers Counterterrorism Squad. A big, burly man capable of tearing a person limb from limb with his bare hands. He's not overly astute, and leaves the thinking to Guillaume, though complex orders may be difficult for him to follow.

Guillaume Hall Leader of the Amaterasu Corporation Peacekeepers Counterterrorism Squad. A boisterous, fast-talking woman who tackles her work with enthusiasm and vigor. She has a gift for telling fortunes, but as they always foretell bloodshed and horror, the recipient is invariably left shaken. Not adept at fighting, she leaves the rough stuff to her partner, Dominic.

Kurumi Wendy A student at Aetheria Academy. Hungry for knowledge, she seeks out anything she wants to know with unwavering tenacity. Thanks to her cheerful demeanor and excellent communication skills, she's quick to get along with people she meets. Having a lifelong fascination with detectives, she couldn't pass up an opportunity to talk with one and shadowed Yuma.

She was about to be arrested for the theater club murder, but was released after Yuma revealed the truth.

She holds deep trust in her rescuer, Yuma.

Aiko Kurumi's friend and a member of the theater club at Aetheria Academy who died six months ago. The Peacekeepers declared she committed suicide by jumping off the roof, but she was actually murdered by Karen.

Yoshiko A member of the theater club at Aetheria Academy. A beauty whose maturity makes it difficult to think of her as a high school student. She's popular in the theater club and is on par with Waruna and Karen in terms of acting ability. Mild-mannered and quiet, she values the team more than the individual.

She was once close friends with Waruna, Kurane, and Aiko, but after Karen murdered Aiko, she plotted revenge with her two remaining friends and killed Karen onstage during a performance.

With the Mystery Labyrinth solved, her soul was reaped by Shinigami, resulting in her death.

Waruna A member of the theater club at Aetheria Academy. She puts on the flashiest and trendiest makeup, which further accents her aggressive personality. Although she intimidates everyone around her, she has no desire to overshadow anyone. She genuinely enjoys acting and being on stage, innately capable of playing any role.

She was once close friends with Yoshiko, Kurane, and Aiko, but after Karen murdered Aiko, she plotted revenge with her two remaining friends and killed Karen onstage during a performance.

With the Mystery Labyrinth solved, her soul was reaped by Shinigami, resulting in her death.

Kurane A member of the theater club at Aetheria Academy. She doesn't talk much and prefers to spend time alone. Because it's difficult for her to express her emotions, no one really knows what she's thinking. But her acting skills place her among the best in the club.

She was once close friends with Yoshiko, Waruna, and Aiko, but after Karen murdered Aiko, she plotted revenge with her two remaining friends and killed Karen onstage during a performance.

With the Mystery Labyrinth solved, her soul was reaped by Shinigami, resulting in her death.

Karen A member of the theater club at Aetheria Academy. She has long, beautiful hair and the elegant aura typical of a lady. She's enthusiastic about acting, possessing a stoic philosophy about it. However, because of that, she tends to be uncooperative and rarely interacts with the other students.

Six months ago, after quarreling with Aiko over the lead role, she murdered Aiko and made it seem like a suicide. Yoshiko, Waruna, and Kurane enacted revenge by poisoning and killing her on stage.

Shachi The leader of the Resistance looking to overthrow Amaterasu Corporation. His outstanding leadership skills and charisma draw people to him. He believes that ruthless measures are necessary to defeat Amaterasu.

He was found dead on the roof of the Resistance hideout. There was a gunshot wound in the side of his head.

Servan A member of the Resistance looking to overthrow Amaterasu Corporation. Though short in stature and physically weak, his mechanical expertise puts the best Amaterasu engineers to shame. He completely loses himself in tinkering though, forgetting to eat and sleep.

Icardi A member of the Resistance looking to overthrow Amaterasu Corporation. Her has the slim, muscular build of an excellent swimmer. He works as a courier for the Resistance. He doesn't seem very interested in people and, for better or worse, doesn't involve himself with others.

Iruka A member of the Resistance looking to overthrow Amaterasu Corporation. Despite her dour and gloomy exterior, she cares deeply for her comrades. Highly skilled with weapons and guns in particular, she's in charge of procuring arms for the Resistance.

Margulaw A member of the Resistance looking to overthrow Amaterasu Corporation. He is a former Amaterasu employee fronting as an antique art dealer. Having lost his family to Amaterasu's treachery, he harbors a bitter hatred for his former employer. He puts his accounting prowess to good use by managing the Resistance's funds.

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TMBS Book 1 Brain Dump

~An Embarrassingly Long Post~

I don’t know why I’m writing this or why I’m so determined to do it. Maybe to finally assume my true form and become a mega dork on main, or maybe just for fun!

This is basically a compilation of all the main points running through my head after reading The Mysterious Benedict Society (2007) for the first time. Rather than posting a ton and spamming the tag, everything’s here in one neat package! (hopefully this gets it all out of my system rip)

Contents:

The Book Itself

The Book Itself, for real this time

The Characters

A Funny Parallel

The S.Q. Section

Lines & Scenes I Liked

Spoilers abound!

The Book Itself

Upon acquiring the first three books (don’t judge me pls), I was surprised at just how long they are. Like, they’re still pretty light being paperbacks and all, but these books are hefty lads.

The first book has this Disney+ Original Series circle thing printed on it, which is kind of unfortunate. Regardless, I love the cover illustration and yellow is actually my favorite color :D It made me weirdly quite happy whenever I saw the book lying around in my room

Also, it’s really cute how there’s a letter from Mr. Benedict at the end! (It only reveals that you can find out his first name if you “know the code”, meaning the bit of Morse printed below the summary on the back.) Shock and horror, though, as I realized I’m starting to recognize some of the letters

The Book Itself, for real this time

It’s wonderful how the tone of the book really shone through to the show adaptation. Something about the deliberateness of the aesthetic, from the set designs to the fashion to scene compositions, that really sells that particular style— like it’s very clear that this story is being told to us, rather than one we’re seeing unfold, if that makes sense.

Where that narration style stood out to me the most was the first chapter. We are told (rather than shown) how Reynie gets himself to the point of the second test, and there’s this whole twisty time maneuver for that whole sequence of events that’s really interesting

A super secret fun fact about me is that I wanted to be a writer when I was younger! So this particular balance of show vs. tell is really neat, since it runs counter to my own tendencies. The sheer amount of commas in every sentence is also kind of comforting, since Ahah, I Do That in those few serious-ish attempts at writing lol

Overall this book’s style reminds me a lot of Roald Dahl’s books, which are very nostalgic for me :D The whole “kids are more competent than adults” angle helps a lot too haha

The Characters

Oh boy here’s where I get a little bit critical! Overall I did really like this book!! it’s just that that expresses itself in all this weird “”analysis”” lol

Reynie - much better in the books than in the show

It’s sort of a lukewarm take but I feel like show!Reynie is kind of boring? He doesn’t have a lot going on flaw-wise, and obviously since he’s the protagonist he can’t have too many weird traits or else the kids watching can’t project themselves onto him as easily

(I call it the difference between an aspirational protagonist and a vessel protagonist. Going off of the Roald Dahl vibes, think Matilda vs Charlie. show!Reynie is more of a Charlie)

Thus when we get to see him really struggle with the Whisperer and doubt himself it gives him a lot more dimension, at least in my opinion

It is a federal crime that the white knight scenes were not adapted into the show

Sticky - my son

I’ve long held to no one besides myself and my long suffering sister that Sticky is The Best Member of the Society

He happened to hit a lot of the Bingo squares of Stuff I Like In Characters: glasses, anxious, nice :), kind of a coward but ultimately is there for his friends, etc

For some reason I don’t talk about him nearly as much as you-know-who, but I love him just as dearly

Kate & Constance - I don’t have much to say

Kate is really interesting in this book! I like how we get to see more of her depths, in particular that one passage about her belief that she is invincible being the only thing that keeps her from falling apart? :c

Also her constant fidgeting is relatable lol

Constance is somehow a lot more tolerable in the book. I think I’m just one of those people with no patience for small children, unfortunately lol

(Some of) The Adults

It’s interesting that they had such an offscreen presence for most of the book. Giving them more time was probably one of the stronger changes of the show

However if that decision was made at the expense of the white knight scenes I think the choice should have been clear

I like the way Rhonda and Number Two are written

Milligan always on sad boy hours 😔✊

The “mill again” passage is touching but kind of messes up the pacing of the getaway, at least for me. Maybe I should read it again to make sure I didn’t miss something

Miss Perumal is much better in the show. We see so little of her in the book she doesn’t function well as an emotional anchor for Reynie, imo

The Institute Gang

Jackson and Jillson serve their purpose well, and Martina was surprising to say the least. I like the direction they took her in the show! I can’t imagine how funny it must have been to watch the tetherball subplot come out of nowhere lolol

These sections were written out of sequence, so random tidbit I couldn’t fit in The S.Q. Section: I like how he stumbles over his words. relatable

Mr. Curtain

While I think I know why they decided to not give Curtain the wheelchair in the show, we were totally robbed of Actor Tony Hale’s performance for the reveal during the final confrontation

Speaking of the wheelchair, it’s such a powerful symbol of his need for control or rather, his fear of losing it

The Contrast between him and Mr. Benedict. This point is expanded on in A Funny Parallel

Mr. Benedict

Oh boy, Mr. Benedict… How do I say this

I find it hard to trust Mr. Benedict, unfortunately

I mean to say, I do in the sense that I know he would never hurt the kids, thanks to knowing that a) this is a children’s book series and b) the meta (tumblr) states that he is really nice and lovable and stuff, but seriously. Why do the kids trust him at first?? I probably missed something somewhere

I like to think I’m an optimistic person, but unfortunately I’m also super paranoid. The premise of “a bunch of vulnerable orphans team up with a strange old man” is just so odd to me I don’t know how to explain it

I don’t know!!! I really want to trust Mr. Benedict

One of the strengths of the show is that we get to see him more often, and thus he gets to acknowledge more often that the plan is weird and that he feels really badly for putting the kids in danger and that he’s trustworthy and genuine

But his lack of presence for most of the book just makes him into something of a specter, invisible and unknowable, speaking only in riddles from across the bay

Which is why the white knight scene is so important!! I loved that scene ;-;

Because here’s an actual emotional connection! We can actually see it happening, rather than only being told that it exists

Reynie asking for advice and receiving encouragement, in words that demonstrate that Mr. Benedict actually cares about him and worries about him and agghh

It is a federal crime that the white knight scenes were not adapted into the show

But overall this whole issue didn’t ruin my enjoyment of the book at all! It’s just ->

A Funny Parallel

Okay, ready for my biggest brain, hottest take ever??

Mr. Benedict and Mr. Curtain…. are… the same

I mean obviously not entirely, given that one is benevolent and kind and the other is… Mr. Curtain

But seriously. Genius old man seeks out children (mainly orphans) to enact a plan. Said children often end up incredibly devoted to his cause and deeply admire him this is a little flimsy

Undoubtedly that’s intentional and is supposed to show the difference between them, like some kind of cautionary tale? “Let yourself be vulnerable and let others help you, lest you turn eeeeviiillll”

I guess that’s where the aforementioned epic contrast comes in. You get Mr. Curtain, strapped into his wheelchair and hiding behind those mirrored sunglasses, terrified (but unwilling to admit it) of ever showing the tiniest hint of vulnerability, vs. Mr. Benedict, who can let himself fall knowing that someone will catch him :’)

Anyhow I have nothing against the parallels, I just think it’s funny

The S.Q. Section

The S.Q. Quarantine Thread so it doesn’t leak out everywhere else <3

I’d like to meet the emo angstlord genius who read this book and decided to make SQ into Dr. Curtain’s son. What in the world

Okay I should probably preface this by saying that I absolutely adore both book!S.Q. and show!SQ with all my heart. Somehow, despite being a completely different character in both mediums, he has managed to be one of the best characters in either and certainly one of my favorites (besides Sticky of course) in the entire franchise, despite the fact that I’ve only read the first book/watched the show so far. I am confident in this statement.

But seriously! How?? Why?? I could probably write a whole other essay about why show!SQ is such an interesting character, and the change works so incredibly well. I’m just. Baffled

Okay, focus. book!S.Q. is such a sweetheart, oh my goodness. Like, 100% one of the most endearing characters in the book. Poor guy. I don’t even know where to start!!

He just seems to be a genuinely good guy at heart, despite being technically one of the bad guys. He’s genuinely happy for Reynie and Sticky when they became Messengers and helped Kate when she “fell” and was concerned about Constance when she looked sick and how he was in that meeting with Mr. Curtain and Martina?!!? aaahhhhghgh ;-; he just wants people to be happy TT-TT

Comparing him against literally every character at the Institute is probably what makes him so endearing tbh. When everyone else is so awful to the kids, it really makes him stand out. Like a cheerful little nightlight in the worst, most humid and rank bathroom you’ve ever been in

It’s kind of pointless to theorize about a book series that’s already concluded (I think?) but. Is the implication of S.Q.’s forgetfulness supposed to be that Mr. Curtain used him in brainsweeping experiments somehow? The timeline probably definitely absolutely doesn’t line up but like. How did he get to being a Messenger being the way he is now, given how cutthroat the process is? And then of course Mr. Curtain keeps him around as an Executive because he’s fun to mess with and presumably his loyalty. I’m very curious as to how their relationship develops in the other books, if at all. Those are probably where the seeds of the “let’s make them family” logic were planted

But wouldn’t it be hilarious if the reason we don’t know what “S.Q.” stands for in the books is that he just. Forgot

Another thing that occurred to me. Given that he and the other Executives were Messengers at some point, what were their worst fears? What is S.Q.’s worst fear?? Inquiring minds need to know

One last horrible little anecdote: I was thinking about book!S.Q. while eating breakfast, as one does, and suddenly it hit me.

I want to believe The Author Trenton Lee Stewart had the name for a character, S.Q. Pedalian, and was like, “Hm! What sort of quirky trait should this young fellow have?” Because, of course, in this style of fiction every character has to have at least one cartoonish or otherwise distinguishing trait to stand out in the minds of children. (For instance, Kate has her bucket, Sticky has his glasses, Constance is angry, and Reynie is Emmett from the Lego Movie)

Anyhow, he looks around the room, searching for inspiration. Suddenly he comes across a jumbo box of plastic wrap. Completely innocuous in design, save for one line of text. 300 SQ FT.

“…large… S.Q. …feet? THAT’S IT!” i’m sorry

Lines & Scenes I Liked

In no particular order!

Sticky quotes Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Evil combination aerobics/square dancing in the gym with the Executives

Everyone being happy at the end :’)

Everyone partying after Sticky reunites with his parents, and later finding Mr. Benedict asleep at his desk from the moment they shook hands :’’)

Literally any scene with Sticky in it

Any time Kate says “you boys” or “gosh”

[“Um, sir?” S.Q. said timidly, raising his hand. “A thought just occurred to me.” / Mr. Curtain raised his eyebrows. “That’s remarkable, S.Q. What is it?”] clown prince of my heart </3

S.Q.’s determined monologue about searching for clues after he bungled up the first time

Literally any scene with S.Q. in it (please refer to The S.Q. Section)

Reynie trying to resist the Whisperer.

[Let us begin. / First let me polish my spectacles, Reynie thought. / Let us begin. / Not without my bucket, Reynie insisted. He heard Mr. Curtain muttering behind him. / Let us begin, let us begin, let us begin. / Rules and schools are tools for fools, Reynie thought.]

NO MORE HURTIN’ WITH CURTAIN

Milligan showing up on the island!!

Remember the white knight hhhhhh

“controle”

A Super Secret Bonus Section

I would be extremely surprised if anyone read through all the way down here lol. Regardless, here’s a little acknowledgements section :D not tagging anyone since I don’t want to bother all of these people

Special shoutout to tumblr blog stonetowns for unknowingly yet singlehandedly demolishing my reluctance to read the books by posting a ton of cute quotes. Thank you for your service o7

Thanks to the two OGs that liked the post I made right before this one, for being my unwitting enablers and for sticking around despite being a) technically an internet stranger (hello!) and b) someone I haven’t spoken to irl in literal years (hey!!)

Last but not least thankz 2 my sister for putting up with me ranting about the book when I first got it and for asking about “CQ” sometimes lol. (i desperately hope you’re not reading this orz)

[longhairedlouismybeloved]

Tag game

Thank you @sociallyawkwardburritos-blog for tagging me! 💕

Name: Martina

Birthday: 21 August

Sign: Leo

Height: 1,62 m (5' 3.8")

Hobbies: Reading, listening to music, drawing, watching tv shows. Also... can I say daydreaming?

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite books:

• Pride and prejudice - Jane Austen

• Uno, Nessuno e Centomila - Pirandello

• The little prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Last song listened to: Everywhere - Niall Horan

Last movie watched: I don’t remember the title, but it was a very poor horror movie :/

Inspiration: Misha Collins, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles always inspire me to be a better person; also I'd say that my life experiences are also an inspiration, 'cause they helped me to mature as a person.

Dream Job: I don't work in my dreams.

Okay, joking apart, I'd like to become a teacher or a tourist guide, idk lol.

Tagging: @soldouthaz @herefortommo @merrrrrrrrry @eddie-kaspjack @youweremybcause and anyone else who wants to do this!

[pottsclue]

meet CASPAR GONZALEZ.

Caspar is  a marriage and family therapist/counselor. He's lived in mispitch his entire life, kind of a quiet type but seriously so kind could give a pastor a run for his money on being like the nicest man alive. He's kinda goofy and genuinely a good guy. He grew up with an immigrant family that moved to Mispitch before he was born and takes pro bono cases for families that are undocumented that need services of any kind. hH kind of serves as a connection between families and services that they need he's a lil bit of a loner. He is very personable which makes his job easy when trying to get to know clients. 

Basic Information

Full Name: Caspar Jorge Gonzalez

Nickname(s): Cas

Age: 45

Date of Birth: October 2nd

Hometown: Mispitch

Ethnicity: Caucasian

Nationality: Canadian

Gender: Cis-male

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Orientation: Bisexual/Biromantic

Religion: Christian

Political Affiliation: Liberal

Occupation: Family and Marriage Counselor

Living Arrangements: Apartment

Language(s) Spoken: English, French, Spanish

  Physical Appearance

Face Claim: Pedro Pascal

Hair Colour: Brown

Eye Colour: Brown

Height: 5’11

Tattoos: Small tattoo on his hand.

Piercings: none

Clothing Style: jeans, button downs, dress pants, suits

 Health

Physical Ailments: None

Neurological Conditions: None

Allergies: dust

Sleeping Habits: Sleeps regularly

Exercise Habits: occasionally

Emotional Stability: 9/10

Sociability: 9/10

Body Temperature: warm natured

Drug Use: none

Alcohol Use: occasional wine drinker

 Personality

Label: The Therapist

Hobbies: cooking, reading, writing

Habits: waking up really early

 Favourites

Weather:  Cloudy

Colour: orange

Music: classical, rock

Movies: horror, documentaries

Sport: Footbol

Beverage: Wine

Food: Pasta

Animal: dogs

Family

Father: Antonio Gonzalez

Mother: Martina Gonzalez

Sibling(s): Viviana Gonzalez 40, Emilia Gonzalez 35

Niece(s)/Nephew(s): Florencia, 10

Children: N/A

Pet(s): Brown Lab, Al

[thebastardmeteocrusherpilot]

Answer 17 questions about yourself and tag 17 users you’d like to know better.

1. Name & Nickname(s): Martina, Martinita (by my family) Marti (my most used nickname, especially in this blog), Martha (name used by my high school classmates), bichi (nickname used by my older sister) and gordis (nickname used by me boyfriend ).

2. Zodiac: Taurus moooooooo ~

3. Height:  1′ 50.

4. Hogwarts House: Uh, i don’t know. I’m not a Harry potter fan.

5. Last thing I searched: Sing ( 2016 ) fanfics... yeah.

6. Song(s) stuck in my head: Uhmmm... i have a lot but Fly me to the moon by Frank Sinatra was a huge obsession for me.

7. Following: 692...I use my accounts with the same Hotmail, so I share the followers of my personal blog. Besides, there are many blogs about art, music, etc.

8. Followers: For my Rp blog, we are 69 ( THE FUNNY NUMBER )

9. Amount of sleep I usually get: It depends, many times I find myself tired and sleep twice a day ... or more.

10. Lucky number(s): I don’t have one.

11. Dream job(s)/career(s): Become a professional artist and be able to create my comic about furrys with a single androgynous human in the middle.

12. Currently wearing: I have been wearing black clothes with a drawing of a catrina since Halloween.

13. Favorite song(s): Fly me to the moon ( Frank Sinatra), Throw me away ( Korn ), Take a Bow ( Muse ), El mañana ( Gorrilaz ) Black, Just breath and Alive ( Pearl Jam ) Starlight ( Starset ), Over and Over ( Three days Grace ) The Kill ( 30 seconds to mars ) Sonne ( Rammstein ) Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre dame ost  I LOVE ALL OF THEM ) and Drift away and  It's Over Isn't It by Steven universe’s ost. 

14. Favorite movie(s): Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Disney’s The beauty and the beast ( THE ORIGINAL ONE), Spirited away, Sing ( 2016 ) ,Dead silence , Kung fu panda 2, A goofy movie ( 1 and 2 ), and uuh... i need to remember more.

15. Instruments: I don’t play any instrument but bass, guitars, drums, piano, violin and DJ shit are my daaaaamn taste.  

16. Random facts: Since I started watching Steven Universe and re-watching a lot of Disney movies, and with that seeing some musicals, I'm really thinking of wanting to make a musical to my Starwolf and Venom fanfic ... and I don't know how to do that? I know there are song fics, but I can't think of a way to combine the action of the characters with the music. But yes, there you have one of my random facts.

17. Aesthetics: Seal, cute, gore, horror, pastel gore, vintage, fancy style, fantasy, gothic fashion, cartoon, manga/anime, flowers, pink, red, green, 50′s, 60′s, 70′s, 80s and 90′s style,

Tagged by : I stole it from @leaderisms​ >83

Tagging : @androsswannabe​, @themajorastrangeocs​ , @thekursedone-lylat​, @overworkedmouse​ , @icantlose​

[twistednuns]

May 2019

Leah Rieck’s book Sag dem Abenteuer, ich komme - she started out in Munich and travelled the world on her motorcycle, alone. I loved how down-to-earth it was, it didn’t glorify the places she visited. Reading it gave me the final impulse to hand in the application for my sabbatical in three years. Now I just have to sign up for Spanish class at uni.

Being sick - good for losing Canada weight. And getting better really quickly, too! I was already prepared for a horrible flu but after one feverish, painful day I was as good as new! Strange magic.

Andre sending me a very old photo of himself, sitting in a 90s bedroom, shirtless, playing a red electric guitar. He has long-ish hair and looks up into the camera. He looks like a seductive young Kurt Cobain.

Reading Meike Winnemuth’s book about gardening. Another book which kinda gives me the desire to have my own garden. Well. For now I’m just sprucing up the balcony.

My new Dyno vinyl label maker. Exactly the right thing for someone with a passion for sorting, labeling and organising.

Eating ripe peaches and strawberries.

Wearing my cowboy boots from Montréal. I love making click clack sounds while walking.

More literature: Finally reading Hesse’s Siddhartha for the first time. / Bela B Felsenheimer’s debut novel. / A very pretty graphic novel I got in Québec: Anne… La Maison Aux Pignons Verts / And another feminist dystopia, one of my favourite genres: Christina Dalcher’s Vox.

An evening with Maxim and Martina at Flex. Playing pool with the computer scientist and his girlfriend from New Zealand. Needing help for the foosball match - fortunately the guy from Kairo was on the spot. Grasovka and Gauloises on a Monday night. Living a little, you know? / Related: getting better at pool even though I have to play with idiots #horribletinderdates

Finding that sticker of Grumpy Cat saying “Don’t be racist - hate everyone!”

This list here is list number 100 of my Things I Love series. Ha. I’ve been doing this for a really long time now.

Long days, short nights. Twilight. Riding my bike in the evening. The smell of lilac in the air.

Reading about multipotentialism; thinking about my passions, skills and interests. Maybe it’s time to expand my portfolio. Get myself out there. Take on a part-time job or find a new project.

The little bird using my balcony as a playground.

Lit Cities - Where do you want to travel to? Just pick the right book. This literary world map will help you choose.

Me, the Queen of Bad Dates, the Realm of Being Single and Sky-High Standards despite Insecurities Galore sometimes needs to hear something like this.

Making my own crisp bread for the first time. With sea salt, rosemary and pine nuts.

Avocado green and beetroot magenta next to each other on a sunflower seed bun. A great colour combination.

Virginia Woolf inventing the ODTAA (One-Damned-Thing- After-Another) Society.

Seeing a girl one morning from the tram window. She rode her bike downhill in the morning sun without holding on to the handles. She wore a light jacket and the wind pushed it back over her shoulders. She looked free.

I love finding partyblowers in men’s pockets. That’s why I sometimes put them there. I think it started with Hannes after watching the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the cinema. For my birthday, Manu got a green one for his leather jacket. I always instruct them to keep it there for me to find next time.

Drawing a stripper greeting card for Sarah because I didn’t think Leoni was able or organise a real one for her.

Waiting for Lexi in front of the water fountain at Prinzregentenplatz when I saw a bunch of balloons rising up in the sky in the sunshine. I hope someone made a wish. Or a little kid was crying, who knows.

Spending time with Lexi! Bun and litchi mojitos as Thao, ice-cream at Ballabeni. Watching the cats at Katzentempel from outside. Shopping at Edited, Words’ Worth and Mikado (where I ran into Dani who showed me his Harley… what a coincidence).

Also: somehow motorcycles are a recurring theme at the moment. I’d like to get a scooter or my motorcycle driver’s license.

I’m a big fan of sculptures with little legs.

“Everything about this aesthetic is working! Can I buy you a drink?” (Jonah) - one of the best pick-up lines ever used on me. Sadly - of course - by a weirdo toymaker with a bimbo fetish. But hey, he had a very nice voice.

The yellow cascade blossoms on the tree in front of my balcony.

Watching videos by a foster mum for rescue kittens.

My birthday! I treated myself to ramen and pistachio ice-cream at Viktualienmarkt in the afternoon. In the evening I met Barbara, Maike, Lena, Obi, Lexi, Yanic, Bibi, Manu and Frank at Keg. It was karaoke night so I sang the Pina Colada song and I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight by Cutting Crew. I made a fool of myself but that’s fine. Gin and tonic and having an awesome time with my friends helped me get over it. I even got super nice presents: a colour-changing umbrella from Bibi (whose eyes looked especially beautiful that day), a book about epic road trips and &otherstories earrings from Lexi and Yanic, a Rivers of London graphic novel from Barbara and Maike and Lena and Obi gave me a happy llama DIY kit (such fun!) and a voucher for a hike with alpakas and llamas. My mum gave me Avène Antirougeurs face cream and a plant holder. Sounds weird but both items had actually been on my wish list.

Frank and Manu’s bromance. They just kept talking about Quake, ignoring me completely. It’s fine. I did a good deed by getting those two together.

An afternoon at the cinema watching Detective Pikachu with Manu, Isi, Andi, Dani and Martin.

The power of imagination: I get a physical reaction when I imagine cutting my finger on the edge of a metal can.

Planning on making a collection of hand sculptures and prints with different materials and media.

Taking part in iraville’s little drawing challenge (#drawthisinyourstyle) - she posted an illustration (‘Matcha Girl’) and asked her followers to use it as an inspiration to draw the same motif in their own personal style.

Drawing more in general. Actually using the huge set of Polychromos coloured pencils I bought.

Wolfgang Herrndorf’s poem Das Elend und die Welt.

Motto week at school. Getting to wear your pyjamas to work is awesome.

Going to England with the students. There were some small incidents but all in all I had a very good time. As a matter of fact I’m one of those rare teachers who enjoy class trips. Everything is better than routine. So we stayed at a host family with a small zoo - they had three cats, their son brought another one on the first day, and in the garden we’d get visits from foxes, seagulls and the neighbours’ cat, too. Sara’s Iranian cuisine was amazing. So much better than anything we had in a restaurant that week. Her granddaughter Liana was quite a handful but adorable. I love it when children have a British accent. I had never been on the Dover-Calais ferry before and seen the chalk cliffs.

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Hi I’m here for the ships if you are still doing them! (Bill skarsgard &/or Cody Fern characters) My name is Layn. As for my appearance I’m 5’11, blue eyes and blonde hair past my waist, slightly alternative style. I love music especially all genres of rock. I love film too. Horror is a passion of mine, books, movies, true crime, I love it all. I’ve always been quite funny and I guess you could call me an extroverted introvert. I’m very blunt/ real and down to earth/ not high maintenance. 💖💖

Hey sweetie,

First of all thank you for choosing ‘Martina ShipsTM’!

First of all let’s start with Bill’s ship, because it was what immediately came up to my mind: Mark.

I know that he is an unloved puppy with quite some anger and trust issues (but can you blame him? All that movie was entirely too fucked up and on his blog we think about him having an happy ending and growing out of the idiot phase) but I do think that he’d certainly love your quirks.

Although I do have to admit that sadly, he isn’t somebody who can watch through an horror movie (once he tried to and he was shaking so badly but still pretending to be all cool and corageous for his ‘soft lady’ and you were just ‘... you are an idiot baby).

I do think that with ‘true criminals’ it’d be a different thing and he’d enjoy it far more, although he’d hold you at night just a bit stricter and would lose even more faith in humanity...

He’d apprecciate your blunt and down to earth personality, mostly because it’d show him that you are somebody who he can trust and somebody that can actually handle him and you show it each time you check his own arrogance out, but without putting him down, something for which he is grateful.

For the Cody Fern Character, I do think that it’d be interesting to see you with Outpost! Michael, mostly because he’d certainly have the same reaction as Mark to horror movies (he might be the Antichrist, but that blood on those perfect clothes seem quite a nightmare to get out) but he’d also have his own moments in which he’d be like ‘... this low key suck...’.

(Don’t make him watch ‘Rosemary’s Baby’, he literally almost killed a purple, meanwhile you were in the Outpost the following day, just because he was annoyed by it. Plus we don’t talk about the director...).

I also do feel like he’d need an easygoing person who’d balance out his own flamboyant and yet mysterious character, and he’d be your biggest supporter of your interest for true crime (there are a lot of lengths that he’d go through to keep you happy, believe me!).

(I do hope I didn’t disappoint with this, since again... I am rusty with these things).

Hope you’ll like this!

Have a nice day!

-Heco Hansen.

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Watch This Wrestling 20 (5/18—27)

So, yet again, this took me a little more time than usual to produce. What's different about this week is that I've put more days of research (read: me watching as much wrestling as I can, with a notebook at my side) than usual. Here on out, the reports will start on Sundays and end on Saturdays.

As for when reports will come out? I'm hoping Sundays, but could see it happen on Mondays or Tuesdays at the latest. It all depends on how much wrestling there was. As you'll see below, there's a shitton of graps going on in New Japan Pro Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors. On top of that, I'm putting time into starting PROGRESS, which might lead to me putting notes from that into this.

In marvelous news, though, we get Lucha Underground back this week! Yay!

One final note, I skipped the ROH TV show this week, because it was all Honor Rising material I saw in February.

As always, if I'm missing anything that can be accessed without too much trouble, @ me on twitter: henrytcasey.

What I Watched

NJPW Best of The Super Juniors, Odds and ends of matches from 5/18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27

Being The Elite Ep. 53, 54, 5/18, 23

EVOLVE 84, 5/20

EVOLVE 85, 5/21

PROGRESS Ch. 48: Bang The Drum, hit VOD 5/21

WWE Backlash, 5/21

Monday Night Raw, 5/22

SmackDown LIVE, 5/23

205 Live, 5/23

Talking Smack Live, 5/23

NXT, 5/24

WCPW World Cup Canadian Qualifier, up on YouTube 5/26

Upcoming Watch List

NJPW Best of The Super Juniors, 5/28, 5/29, 5/31, 6/1, and 6/3

Monday Night Raw, 5/29

ROH Wrestling, 5/29

SmackDown LIVE, 5/30

205 Live, 5/31

Talking Smack Live, 5/31

Lucha Underground Season 3.5 Premiere, 5/31

Non-WWE Segment of The Week

Who Will Keith Lee Challenge?

EVOLVE 85, 5/21

EVOLVE doesn't do as much theatrical storytelling in the style you see from WWE, so clashes like these mean something. Lee shows up with a decision to make, challenge WWN champ Matt Riddle, or take on EVOLVE champ Zack Sabre Jr. (note to fans: make a ZSJ to Zack Sabre Jr. text shortcut, it's worth it). What happens next, is delightful.

EVOLVE 85 is available on FloSlam.

Honorable Mentions:

the arm is bye bye..., Darby Allin/WWN Live 5/18

After The Press Conference...Being The Elite, 5/19

Ep. 54: A Curtain CallBeing The Elite, 5/23

Non-WWE Match of The Week:

Bushi vs Kushida

NJPW Best of The Super Juniors, 5/23

I had originally picked Dijak vs Lee for this, but hot damn did Bushi and more specifically Kushida change my mind. As of this moment, Kushida isn't in the lead in the Best of the Super Juniors tour, but it's bringing the fire back to his performances, after getting buried to set up that Ricochet/Takahashi match.

And yes there are a lot of matches in this below list, pick based on your favorites if your time is limited.

New Japan's Best of The Super Juniors tournament is available on NJPW World.

Honorable Mentions:

Donovan Dijak vs Keith Lee, Evolve 84, 5/20

Ethan Page vs Zack Sabre Jr. (c), Evolve 84, 5/20

Kyle O’Reilly vs Matt Riddle (c), Evolve 84, 5/20

Will Ospreay vs Ricochet, NJPW Best of The Super Juniors, 5/18

Ricochet vs Hiromu Takahashi, NJPW Best of The Super Juniors, 5/21

Matt Riddle vs Tyler Bate PROGRESS Ch. 48: Bang The Drum, 5/21

Jinny vs Session Moth Martina, PROGRESS Ch. 48: Bang The Drum, 5/21

Marty Scull, Yujiro Takahashi, and The Gorillas of Destiny vs David Finlay Jr., Ricochet, and War Machine NJPW Best of The Super Juniors, 5/22

Ryusuke Taguchi vs El Desperado, NJPW Best of The Super Juniors, 5/22

Will Ospreay vs Jushin Thunder Liger, NJPW Best of The Super Juniors, 5/23

Taichi vs Hiromu Takahashi, NJPW Best of The Super Juniors, 5/23

El Desperado vs Volador Jr., NJPW Best of The Super Juniors, 5/25

Speedball Mike Bailey vs Brent Banks, WCPW World Cup Canadian Qualifier, up on YouTube 5/26

Taichi vs Marty Scurll, NJPW Best of The Super Juniors, 5/26

Taka Michinoku vs Hiromu Takahashi, NJPW Best of The Super Juniors, 5/26

WWE Match of The Week:

Pete Dunne vs Tyler Bate (c)

NXT: TakeOver Chicago, 5/20

The WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament two-day event may have been big, but this one match did more for UK wrestling as a whole. Not only does it give Pete Dunne the shine he so greatly deserves on an NXT TakeOver special, but it stole the damn show away.

After this show, TakeOver Brooklyn III neeeds it some Pete Dunne. Hell, we all do. Sure, Pete was the biggest rising star outside of the WWE, but now it’s Network-official. 

Honorable Mentions:

DIY vs AOP, NXT: TakeOver Chicago, 5/20

The Usos vs Breezango, Backlash, 5/21

The Usos vs Breezango Pts 1 & 2, SmackDown LIVE, 5/23

Akira Tozawa vs The Brian Kendrick, 205 Live, 5/23

WWE Segment of the Week:

TakeOver Chicago Ends

NXT: TakeOver Chicago, 5/20

Even if you saw it live, it's time to watch this again:

Everything about this is great. It being a post-credits-bug moment, the first since Owens turned on Zayn. The crowd's shock and boos and horror at it all. The fact that only those who knew about a mistaken and deleted tweet (regarding Gargano getting new solo music) saw it coming. The social media kayfabe thereafter.

This, is how you break up a tag team. Unless you want ironic THANK YOU GOLDDUST chants.

Honorable Mentions:

Shattered Dreams Productions, Monday Night Raw, 5/22

Money In The Bank Entrants Announcement, SmackDown LIVE, 5/23

Are The Fashion Police turning in their badges?, SmackDown LIVE, 5/23

Cold Open: The Brian Kendrick Promo, 205 Live, 5/23

Hi, I'm Drew Gulak, 205 Live, 5/23 

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Tydzień w telewizji: Królowe życia, Po prostu Martina, Mistrzowie remontu, Czarna Pantera, Heathers, Chirurdzy ...

Od poniedziałku do piątku: Teoria wielkiego podrywu kilka odcinków od 21:30 na Comedy Central. Graham Norton Show od około 23:55 na BBC Lifestyle. Córka inna niż wszystkie o 16:00 na Discovery Life. Chirurdzy 3 o 08:40 na METRO TV. Współczesna rodzina 5, 4x od 18:16 na Fox Comedy. Młody Sheldon, od 21:00 na Comedy Central. Seks w wielkim mieście od 20:00 na Comedy Central Family. Chirurdzy, o 19:00 na Super Polsat.

Poniedziałek: Wstydliwe choroby o 23:00 na PULS 2. Gogglebox. Przed telewizorem o 22:00 na TTV/Player.pl.Top Model, o 21:30 na TVN. #Sława o 20:40 na TVN Style. The Walking Dead 9, odc. 1 o 22:00 na FOX

Wtorek: Wstydliwe choroby o 23:00 na PULS 2. 9-1-1, odc. 6 o 22:00 na FOX. Sposób na morderstwo, odc. 7 o 00:35 na TVN 7. Królowe życia 5, odc. 4 o 20:50 na TTV. Przodem do tyłu o 18:05 na Paramount Channel.

Heathers, odc. 6 o 21:00 na HBO. Paramount Network USA wyemituje kontrowersyjny serial Heathers, wiele razy był przełożona premiera, wiele scen wycięto, miedzy innymi wysadzona szkoły. W oryginalnym filmie Heathers bohaterowie sądzą, że są lepsi od wszystkich innych.

Środa Gogglebox. Przed telewizorem o 23:30 na TTV. Grey's Anatomy: Chirurdzy 14, 2x od 21:05 na FOX. Śpiewajmy razem. All Together Now o 20:30 na Polsat. Ameryka Express, o 21:30 na TVN.

Czwartek: American Horror Story: Apokalipsa, odc. 5 o 23:00 na FOX. Po prostu Martina o 19:55 na BBC Lifestyle. Martina Navratilova, gwiazda światowego tenisa, wiodła niezwykłe życie. W dokumencie nie zabraknie także wątku jej ślubu z wieloletnią partnerką, Julią Lemigovą.

Robin Williams: W mojej głowie o 22:05 na HBO. Film ukazuje karierę i niezwykłe życie Robina Williamsa opisane głównie jego słowami. Podczas kręcenia dokumentu wykorzystano nigdy wcześniej nie publikowane materiały. W filmie również nie brakuje rozmów z najbliższymi osobami z otoczenia aktora, które nakreślają jego styl pracy. Występują m.in.: Billy Crystal, Eric Idle, Whoopie Goldberg, David Letterman, Steve Martin, Pam Dawber oraz syn Robina - Zakie. Reżyserem filmu jest dwukrotna zdobywczyni nagrody Emmy Marina Zenovich (Roman Polański. Ścigany i pożądany).

Piątek: Przegląd tygodnia: Wieczór z Johnem Oliverem o 21:00 na HBO 3. American Horror Story, odc. 11 o 00:55 na TVN 7. World of Dance - Polska o 20:05 Polsat. Królowe życia 5, odc. 5o 22:00 na TTV. Przegląd tygodnia: Wieczór z Johnem Oliverem o 21:00 na HBO 3  Po prostu Martina o 13:00 na BBC Lifestyle.

Sobota: Mistrzowie remontu o 15:00 na Discovery Life. Domy za grube miliony 2x o 19:00 na Lifetime. Twoja Twarz Brzmi Znajomo 10 o 22:10 na POLSAT. Terapeuci Los Angeles, odc. 4 o 23:55 na TVN Style. Seks w wielkim mieście 2  o 20:55 na TVN 7.

Niedziela: Ekipa z Newcastle o 23:00 na MTV Polska. Córka inna niż wszystkie od 19:00 na Discovery Life. Królowe życia 5, odc. 4 o 23:30 na TTV. Po prostu Martina o 14:45 na BBC Lifestyle. Mistrzowie remontu o 20:00 na Discovery Life.

Czarna Pantera o 20:10 na HBO. Charyzmatyczny T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) to afrykański książę, który po śmierci ojca powraca na łono ojczyzny, by objąć należny mu tron. Wkrótce okazuje się, że Wakanda, wbrew pozorom wysoko rozwinięte państwo w sercu Afryki, nad którym sprawuje teraz pieczę, jest zagrożone przez dwóch sprzeniewierzonych przeciwko niemu potężnych wrogów - wśród nich jest kierowany resentymentem Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan). Młody monarcha w przebraniu Czarnej Pantery musi stawić mu czoła. Najpierw chce jednak wzmocnić swoje szanse i w tym celu zawiera sojusz z Everettem K. Rossem (Martin Freeman) - agentem CIA, i innymi reprezentantami służb specjalnych. Film zawiera w sobie dużo tropów i odwołań do innych produkcji. Został pięciokrotnie uhonorowany nagrodą Saturna (za najlepszą adaptację komiksu, charakteryzację, reżyserię, scenografię, a także za najlepszą aktorkę drugoplanową) oraz wieloma innymi nagrodami i nominacjami.

[grapsandclaps]

After a 2 week break from the graps, it would have only 1 week but due to PCW cancelling in Blackpool due to the current britwres line of "logistics". There is only so much watching Eurovision semi finals and trying to study for the winner of the 3:30 at Chepstow to tie me over, So here we start again on the #80showyear trail. Show number 29 of the #80showyear took me to just outside of Bolton and to Hindley for GPWs 3rd show of the year so far and one which on paper looked like a fun show was in store. This show was double headlined by Cyanide (minus facepaint and who has also found time to recycle his binbag trousers to a slick pair of green and black tights) vs Joey Hayes (who must have got the memo to wear green and black as well). This match was actually very good but with a very sudden finish when Joey Hayes perfected the JKO on Cyanide to get the 3 count. Now im probably not one of Joeys biggest fans but his work in GPW and PCW recently has been entertaining to watch. Cyanide as well has been doing good things in GPW and Futureshock, plus he can move well for a big lad, i would definitely hope to see him booked in a few more places than he currently is. The other main event was a rematch from January between Dylan Roberts (Champion) vs Ashton Smith. Now the 1st match between the two was a cracking match but with a screwy finish due to incompetent official Mike Fitzgerald being ko'd, so to take the mantle of Special Guest Referee in this rematch was none other than "Deadly Dangerous Chicken" Damon Leigh who earlier in the night was inducted into the GPW Hall of Fame. Now onto the match, i do feel even though it was good in places it lacked the intensity of their first encounter. It featured a walk and brawl spot that is becoming a feature of GPW Main events, when eventually order was restored it was Dylan who got the stoppage win to retain his title and more than likely will be facing Damon Leigh at a future show. Other happenings on the show included the North West's number one biggest little man - Big Joe win the fast track 4 way vs Isiah Quinn, Nicholas Cartier and L.A Austin. Good opener to start off with, Austin looked great to say he has been off for 3.5 yeard and didn't look out of place. Big Joe would eventually use his title opportunity later on to win the Tag Titles for The Bad Lads when they pinned the stricken Island bros. Big Joe for someone who hasn't been on many shows has gotten over brilliantly in GPW and has connected with the audience to get a reaction to boo him and his short man syndrome antics, but yes definitely one with a BIG future and one to note. Best two things on the show though involved resident top worker - Bubblegum. The first of which was a 6 man tag with him, Matt brooks and Jimmy Jackson vs Don Meacho and The Hate League. Non stop action in this one, with "Licky Lips" referee losing control of the action from the outset, eventually Meacho pinned Jackson with a Driver type manoueuvre to get the win but this is one that should look good on a watch back. The 2nd great thing with Gum in it was a interview segment with WWE UK star Sam Gradwell. This very much blurred the lines going into some very personal stuff aimed at Bubblegum about being a failure in life and calling his kids. Amazing segment which included the word SHIT on a family show, hopefully they build it up to be like GUMs previous feud with T-Bone and the match eventually will be fantastic. Overall this show was a 7/10 for me, some good things apart from the disappointing main event but another fun and enjoyable show to watch. Beer prices - The pub before the show was the Bird in'th hand which has plenty of Sky Sports and cheap ale at £2.40 a pint for an ale from The Theakstons range of ale. As always The Rose Club prices were cheap at £3 for Carlsberg which even though its a weak lager is passable for quaffing at shows. So we now go onto Show number 30 of the #80showyear which took me to Manchester and The Ritz for Progress Wrestling. Now as ever with these shows it seems like the Spoons on Oxford Road is the opening call of duty for the local graps gang. To be fair the effects of drinking into double figures at Haydock Races and the horror of not getting the right winner on Eurovision made it a very lethargic start to proceedings. So after leaving there it was a further 2 pints in The Font and highly recommended -The Salisbury who are now selling snacks from Beehive foods including pork pie and scotch eggs. I tried the Full English Breakfast Scotch Egg which at £2.50 was very lovely and i would say go and give them a try if spotted in many local pubs. Now onto the show, not much was hyped up for this due to Strong Style 16 being upcoming but it did have a couple of standout matches - Matt Riddle (who has abs of granite and the best hair since Kevin Nash) vs Tyler Bate and also Trent Seven vs Travis Banks. These two matches delivered for me despite 2 screwy finishes with Trent low blowing Banks and using THE MOST DANGEROUS MOVE IN WRESTLING - A CHEEKY ROLL UP!!!! Trent then caused interference in the Bate vs Riddle match which is understandable due to wrestling politics 🙄. But yes these are great for you on demand viewers. The Main Event was a 3 way between Mark Andrews/Mark Haskins/Pete Dunne for the Progress title. It was just an ok match for me with Dunne retaining after shenanigans with BSS. But what proceeded next was one of the loudest reactions i have heard in recent Progress history - The arrival of CCK to chase off British Strong Style, literally 5 quid pints were being thrown up in celebration and even i was losing my shit to say the least. A great moment to be their live and opens up many avenues Progress could go down now. Other matches on the card included Rockstar Spud vs Nathan Cruz and James Drake vs Flash Morgan Webster for SSS16 qualification. Now i would say the latter of the 2 matches was the better but apart from 30 seconds at the start of the match, Webster got a poor reaction from the crowd. Drake on the other hand got all the Arseface stuff but he is at least getting a reaction unlike Flash which is a shame. Cruz vs Spud i felt was a bit too one sided for Cruz, but it will be good to see Cruz in SSS16 as he is very good at being a smug heel. It should be noted that Turn the Page by Metallica has been replaced by generic bollocks no.127, this combined with changes to other wrestlers tunes spoilt the atmosphere for them 30 seconds where wrestlers get to show off their entrance. The London Riots vs Sweet Jesus i felt was under appreciated by some sections of the audience. It raised my expectation level of this match and both teams looked good here but i cant see Sweet Jesus beating either BSS or CCK. The only dud i thought was Jinny vs Martina, now some of the comedy was alright but i think in the early stages there was a couple of slip ups from both sides that took the match down a notch. After everything was finished at 630pm, it was back to Wetherspoons for the debrief on the show and also great to put names to faces that i have seen elsewhere, luckily unlike the last Manchester show i didnt get chopped so i remained unscathed. It was straight to bus where i probably deafened people with my rendition of Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond 😣. Beer prices - 2nd mortgage prices at The Ritz £5.40 was the dearest for Tuborg, even a bottle of water was £2.50 😮!!! Tory society for you. #grapsandclaps

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Smothered in tape-hiss and reverb, the seasick synthesizer miniatures "Italian Cinema" and "Dragon Breath" channel the twilit DIY whimsy of Flaming Tunes and Call Back The Giants. The drum machine and bassline of "DB Rip" are pure Chicago house, but then its dark choral drones nod to Dalis Car's dreams of blood-spattered Cornwall stone. "Dry The Rain" drinks from a stream of moon-musick that runs through Coil, In Gowan Ring, Third Ear Band, even the Raincoats's Odyshape (1981). Macchi, Egisto: Biologia Animal Vegetale 3LP $54.99New lower pricing. Triple LP box set version. Cinedelic records present a reissue of one of Egisto Macchi's major works, Biologia Animale e Vegetale, produced by Renato Pent. Biologia Animale e Vegetale was recorded in Torino in 1976 and originally published as double LP. Egisto Macchi, often remembered as a member of Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, the historic Italian improvising collective (that also included Franco Evangelisti and Ennio Morricone, among others), was a major figure within the contemporary music field from the fifties to the eighties. The life path of Egisto Macchi seemed to be devoted to the multiplicity of aesthetic choices and musical expressions. While tracing his life and work, one notices an interesting duality based both on a very inclusive approach towards all kind of expressive needs and full control of the level of communication. A complex personality revealing the coherence of a man trying to connect elements usually kept separate; the inherent need for approaching different sources and the ability to be inspired by a wide range of intuitions. Macchi has explored and experimented in the field of sound and music without ever forgetting about his moral and civil engagement. His compositional work takes shape from the idea that music and arts should be able to create a symbiotic contact between the creator (composer) and the beneficiary (listener). All his work finds its origin in the need to integrate the sound language with the feeling of a new developing society. In fact music was just one factor in a more complex chain which included his humanistic and sociological engagement; a syncretic philosophical narrative and a symbolic tale revealing deep anthropological aspects. The 3LP box set is a limited edition of 600. The 3LP box set also comes as 180 gram vinyl and includes a download code. ZOS KIA/COILTransparent 2LP  $32.99Double LP version. Comes in a gatefold sleeve with a 12" booklet of unseen images and includes a download card. The entire Transparent recordings released for the first time, completely remastered from the unedited tapes. Zos Kia was formed by John Gosling (Mekon), John Balance (Coil) and Min - with guest Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson (Throbbing Gristle). Their one and only album, Transparent, was released on August 23rd, 1983 in a cassette only edition on the now defunct Austria label Nekrophile. They were the first released recordings of both Coil and Zos Kia. It was reissued years later by Coil (Threshold House/Eskaton). Includes two previously unreleased bonus tracks by Ake (pre-Zos Kia). The music on Transparent is genuinely unsettling and disturbing, with a more primal Industrial feel than the Coil album which followed; Scatology (1984). An essential insight into the very early work of these extraordinary artists and an undeniable link between Coil and Throbbing Gristle. YOUNG, NATERegression LP  $19.99Wolf Eyes' Nate Young's Regression series has provided some of the most compelling dread-electronics spewed out by the North American underground in years, with instalments released by Demdike Stare's DDS label and Aaron Dilloway's Hanson, as well as NNA Tapes and others. It all began back in 2009 with this first volume issued by Joachim Nordwall's Ideal label, an incredible set that's now being released on vinyl here for the first time ever. Young is one of those artists whose output is instantly recognizable, his take on primitive electronics is both innovative and unnerving, and in recent years has really dominated the stylistic direction pursued by Wolf Eyes. It's a kind of creaky, bare-boned deconstruction of classic horror scoring jolted by noise and industrial motifs, sounding somewhere between Demdike Stare's early work, John Carpenter, and Mica Levi's by-now-classic soundtrack to Under The Skin (2014). You could neither classify Regression as a noise record nor an ambient one, instead the synth dissections and tape treatments more closely reference early electronic music. "Trapped" offers little of the claustrophobia suggested by its title, although the continual woody knocking sounds and filthy oscillations do engender a sense of unease, while "Dread" brings to mind the Desmond Briscoe soundtrack to Nigel Kneale's The Stone Tape (1972). "Under The Skin" returns to the more esoteric, intangible sound designs that characterized the album's opening, writhing around in a spluttering, tactile fashion that's at once sonically rather beautiful but deeply sinister, modulating through grisly synthesizer gestures while more textural, percussive sounds flood through dub-style tape delays. Young has an uncanny ability to make sonic extremes sound incredibly seductive, and this volume is perhaps the most engrossing exposition of that unique ability. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering. Edition of 500. VA: Britxotica! 3CD BOX on TRUNK $25.99  At last, all three killer Britxotica! LPs now available as a three CD box set. So that's 48 super rare and extraordinary exotic British masterpieces over three genre-defining albums. Britxotica! (pronounced "Britzotica") neatly describes an odd and yet undocumented pre-Beatles British musical scene where famed UK composers, as well as unknown singers and bandleaders, threw convention on holiday and went wild. For this very special box set Trunk have gathered the first three amazing and groundbreaking Britxotica! albums. Thought up and put together by legendary "smashing" DJ and co-creator of The Sound Gallery (1995) Martin Green and maverick collector Jonny Trunk, here are 48 incredible, unusual, inspiring, and super rare British tracks, set across these three magical and very different albums: Britxotica! London's Rarest Primitive Pop and Savage Jazz (JBH 057LP, 2015), Britxotica Goes East!: Persian Pop And Casbah Jazz From The Wild British Isles! (JBH 059LP, 2016), Tropical Britxotica! Polynesian Pop And Placid Jazz From The Wild British Isles! (JBH 062LP, 2016). So sit back, relax and let Britxotica! take you to musical places you have only ever dreamed of. Comes in a clamshell box; Each CD comes in a slipcase - a mini replica of the original vinyl LPs: the classic black and white Britxotica! post-war exotic style; Includes an eight-page booklet with comprehensive notes about the artists, bandleaders, and all the forgotten Britxotica! stars. Features: Lyn Cornell, Ted Heath, Allan Bruce, Rawicz and Landauer, Lucille Mapp, Sounds Incorporated, Nadia Cattouse, Brian Fahey, Tony Mansell and Johnny Dankworth, Reg Owen, Harry H Corbett, Laurie Johnson Orchestra, Edmundo Ros, Maxine Daniels, Cherry Wainer, Jerry Allen, Beverley Sisters, Chico Arnez, Stanley Black, Johnny Keating and the Z Men, Charles Blackwell, Philip Green and His Mayfair Orchestra, Kenny Day, Tony Osborne, Johnny Keating Kombo, Laurie Johnson, Roy Tierney, Ray Ellington, Frank Weir, The Sound of Ed White, Ron Goodwin, Geoff Love, Marion Ryan, Dick Katz, George Melly and Kenny Graham, International 'Pops' All Stars, Johnny Gentle, Kenny Graham, Betty Smith and The Malcolm Lockyer Group, Martinas and His Music, and Norrie Paramor. BEZOS AND THE WHITE BIRDS, KOSTASKostas Bezos And The White Birds LP+CD  $20.99"The first-ever compilation of 'Xabagies', the nearly forgotten Hawaiian-influenced music of 1930s Greece, focused on the compositions of Kostas Bezos and his ensemble White Birds. A world-class slide guitarist, political cartoonist, and sleepless Bohemian, Kostas Bezos created some of the most unique music of any era: surrealist guitar portraits blurring Athens and Honolulu, haunting tropical serenades, wild acoustic orchestras, and heartbreaking steel guitar duets. LP version includes a 28 page booklet with extensive notes by Tony Klein and Dimitri Kourtis, unpublished photographs, lyrics, obituaries, and a bonus CD containing 18 additional tracks. Mastered from original 78s by Michael Graves. Co-released by Olvido Records, edition of 1000." Oliveros, Pauline: Electronic Music Studio CD $17.99 "1 Of IV" and "Big Mother Is Watching You" were both made in the summer of 1966 at the University of Toronto Electronic Music Studio. "1 Of IV" was previously released in 1967, on Odyssey, alongside works by 2 other young composers - "Come out" by Steve Reich and "Night music" by Richard Maxfield. "Big Mother..." is a previously unreleased piece. The 3rd (and final) piece on this compilation was made at the San Francisco Tape Music Center in 1965 and was first released in 1977 on the compilation New Music For Electronic And Recorded Media, released on 1750 Arch Records. The 3 pieces on this CD are all live experiments, which at the simplest level use either an array of oscillators and filters, a mixer and one spool of tape feeding a series of (variously set up) stereo tape machines. Long delay lines, pile ups of noise and rich sonorities are the stuff of this music. The third piece also uses samples taken from Pucini's Madame Butterfly. All 3 pieces on this CD are not included on the 12 CD boxset of early electronic music by Oliveros, released by Important Records. ENGLISH, LAWRENCECruel Optimism LP  $25.99LP version. "Cruel Optimism is a record that considers power (present and absent). It meditates on how power consumes, augments, and ultimately shapes two subsequent human conditions: obsession and fragility. . . . This edition owes its title and its origins to the wonderful text of the same name by American theorist Lauren Berlant. . . . In Cruel Optimism, I found a number of critical readings around the issues that have fueled so much of the music I have been making recently. Beyond her keen analysis of the relations of attachment as they pertain to conditions of possibility in the everyday, it was particularly her writing around trauma I found deeply affecting. It was a jumping off point from which a plague of unsettling impressions of suffering, intolerance, and ignorance could be unpacked and utilized as fuel over and above pointless frustration. When I made Wilderness Of Mirrors (RM 460CD/LP, 2014) clouds of unease were overhead. As I have worked through Cruel Optimism, what seemed an unimaginable future just a few years prior, began to present as actual. Over the course of creating the record, we collectively bore witness to a new wave of humanitarian and refugee crisis (captured so succinctly in the photograph of Alan Kurdi's tiny body motionless on the shore), the Black Lives Matter movement, the widespread use of sonic weapons on civilians, increased drone strikes in Waziristan, Syria and elsewhere, and record low numbers of voting around Brexit and the US election cycle, suggesting a wider sense of disillusionment and powerlessness. Acutely for me and other Australians, we've faced dire intolerance concerning race and continued inequalities related to gender and sexuality. The storm has broken and feels utterly visceral. Cruel Optimism is a meditation on these challenges and an encouragement to press forward towards more profound futures. Beyond the motivations forging the record, the process by which this edition was created was unlike many of my other records. Having worked largely alone in recent years, I wanted to shift away from that approach. . . . I count myself exceptionally fortunate to have been able to call on so many fine musicians in the making of this album. . . . I couldn't be more pleased to share Cruel Optimism with you." --Lawrence English, October 2016 Contributions in various forms from: Mats Gustafsson, Mary Rapp, Tony Buck, Chris Abrahams, Werner Dafeldecker, Norman Westberg, Brodie McAllister, Australian Voices, Vanessa Tomlinson, Heinz Riegler, and Thor Harris. VA - Where the Mountains Meet the Sky: Folk Music of Ladakh LPSublime Frequencies  $22.99Music from Ladakh recorded during the making of the film The Song Collector (2014) by director Erik Koto, with additional material recorded by Bill Kite in 1992. "Situated high in the Western Himalaya, Ladakh is one of the great cultural crossroads of Asia. For centuries, it sat at the hub of ancient trade routes that connected the Silk Road to India, Tibet, and Kashmir. Each year, once the winter snows had melted from the high passes surrounding Ladakh, its markets would buzz with merchants from throughout central Asia. They brought spices, wool, salt, and silk. They also brought their instruments and their folks songs. Over time, these diverse musical influences laid the foundation of Ladakh's unique folk traditions. Folk music became central to the daily life of the Ladakhis with song serving as an essential form of communication, documentation, and entertainment. This collection of songs is intended to offer a sampling of the range of Ladakh's folk music. These songs also celebrate one of the great folk artists of Ladakh, Morup Namgyal. Morup is an avid preservationist and during his 30-year career working at Ladakh's only radio station (All India Radio, Leh) he recorded a vast archive of Ladakhi folk songs. This collection of over 1,000 recordings was unlike anything else in Ladakh and formed a crucial link to a dying folk tradition. Tragically, it burned to the ground in 2002 when a fire raged through the old wooden radio station building. The loss was devastating, but Morup immediately set about recreating the archive. Five of the songs on this album, recorded in 1992, are among the handful of tracks to have been spared by the fire. Today, Ladakh's marketplaces bear little resemblance to the buzzing markets of old. Gone are the camel trains and merchants, replaced instead by Indian trucks belching smoke. Seemingly vanished too are the folk musicians, pushed aside by the synthetic beats of the latest Bollywood hit. But the folk artists have not vanished entirely, and if you wander beyond the blare of the latest pop song, you'll discover a folk tradition that, thanks to the efforts of Morup Namgyal and others like him, is alive, evolving, and poised to endure the challenges of modernization." --Erik Koto. LP comes with a full-size insert containing historic photos, song lyrics, and liner notes by Erik Koto. Riley, Terry : Descending Moonshine Dervishes  LP $26.99Beacon Sound present a reissue of Terry Riley's Descending Moonshine Dervishes, originally released in 1982. Recorded live in Berlin in 1975, and largely improvised, Riley plays a modified Yamaha organ with variable resistors to facilitate tuning in just intonation. This is a 50+ minute recording divided into two halves for vinyl. Terry Riley turned the music world upside down with his 1964 work In C, a revolutionary concept based on 53 modules that can be improvised upon by any number of musicians for an indeterminate amount of time over a pulsing C note typically played on piano or mallet. Performed live for the first time by Steve Reich, Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnik, and Jon Gibson, it has since been performed by everyone from the Shanghai Film Orchestra, Adrian Utley of Portishead, and the Malian musicians of Africa Express (featuring contributions by Brian Eno and Damon Albarn). Though referred to as the "father of minimalism", the 81-year-old Riley has ranged widely in the intervening decades, deeply influenced by jazz, North Indian classical music, and a distinctly West Coast strain of radical spirituality - and in turn influencing practically everyone: The Who ("Baba O'Riley"), The Velvet Underground, collaborators The Kronos Quartet, as well as the legions of cutting-edge electronic musicians and contemporary composers making genre-defying music today. A resident of Grass Valley, CA, Riley is still touring the world. "Great for meditating to the cosmos" --Thurston Moore. Remastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri. . Riley, Terry : Songs For The Ten Voices of the Two Prophets  LP $26.99Beacon Sound present a reissue of Terry Riley's Songs For The Ten Voices Of The Two Prophets, originally released in 1983. Recorded live in Munich in 1982 using two Prophet synthesizers and voice, this album is a reflection of Riley's ongoing interest in melding improvisation, electronic music, and the raga vocal stylings of his mentor, Pandit Pran Nath. Terry Riley turned the music world upside down with his 1964 work In C, a revolutionary concept based on 53 modules that can be improvised upon by any number of musicians for an indeterminate amount of time over a pulsing C note typically played on piano or mallet. Performed live for the first time by Steve Reich, Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnik, and Jon Gibson, it has since been performed by everyone from the Shanghai Film Orchestra, Adrian Utley of Portishead, and the Malian musicians of Africa Express (featuring contributions by Brian Eno and Damon Albarn). Though referred to as the "father of minimalism", the 81-year-old Riley has ranged widely in the intervening decades, deeply influenced by jazz, North Indian classical music, and a distinctly West Coast strain of radical spirituality - and in turn influencing practically everyone: The Who ("Baba O'Riley"), The Velvet Underground, collaborators The Kronos Quartet, as well as the legions of cutting-edge electronic musicians and contemporary composers making genre-defying music today. A resident of Grass Valley, CA, Riley is still touring the world. Remastered by Raphael Anton Irisarri. Includes original insert; Edition of 300. "His voice twists and curves in complicated arabesques, recalling Indian music, and especially the singing of Mr. Riley's colleague and teacher, Pandit Pran Nath, who is also associated with Mr. Riley's long-time friend LaMonte Young. The synthesizers create a hushed, meditative counterpoint of slowly unwinding melodies and cross-rhythms... the Prophet 5, a polyphonic synthesizer that is capable of rich viola-like sounds, is a winning instrument for Mr. Riley's improvisations. After years of playing a Yamaha electric organ, he has turned to the synthesizer, which theoretically offers an infinite assortment of sounds. Rather than take advantage of the instrument's ability to mimic vocal sounds and timbres, as composers like Jon Hassel and Brian Eno have done, Mr. Riley plays the synthesizer as a keyboard instrument, with a luminous sound and the ability to bend or inflect notes." --New York Times, Feb 1984 Ulrich Schnauss and Jonas Munk: Passage LP $29.99LP version. Passage is the second collaborative album from London-based synth-wizard Ulrich Schnauss and Danish producer Jonas Munk. 11 tracks of breezy, blissed-out electronica and colorful ambient. As the album title denotes, there's a sense of movement in the music these two producers create together: a Schnauss and Munk composition starts one place and ends up someplace very different - something that can only rarely be said about electronic music, which traditionally has focused its energy on texture rather than composition. Sometimes their vivid, expansive soundscapes feels like the sonic equivalent of gliding towards the horizon through a panoramic landscape on a train. One's perspective changes slightly when in motion from one place to another - continuously approaching new things and leaving others behind. There's a prismatic, multi-dimensional quality to these 11 tracks, likely stemming from the fact that these two producers each have worked with a wide range of styles and musicians throughout their 15+ year careers: Ulrich cut his teeth as a drum and bass producer in Berlin, before releasing a string of highly influential neo-shoegazy records on labels such as Domino and City Centre Offices. Since moving to London in 2006, he's been a member of bands such as Engineers and Longview and remixed artists ranging from Depeche Mode and Pet Shop Boys to Mojave 3, and since 2013 he's been a member of legendary band Tangerine Dream. While Jonas Munk initially became known to the post-rock and electronica communities via his Manual albums on Morr Music and Darla Records, he's also had his hands in psychedelic rock (he's a noted producer in the European psych scene and is in the band Causa Sui) as well as film soundtracks and experimental minimalism. Both Ulrich and Jonas, however, have the skills of seasoned producers to weave the multitude of influences together in a well-defined sonic aesthetic. The result is a compelling set of melodic electronic music that echoes the past, yet feels fresh. Cluster: Zuckerzeit LP+CD $26.992017 repress. Originally released in 1974, Zuckerzeit marked a turning point for these seminal German space rockers. Recorded shortly after their move away from the metropolis of Berlin, it sees some of the abrasiveness of their earlier material slightly diffusing. With the addition of proto drum machines and the producing talents of Michael Rother, their sound here - while remaining firmly in anchored in experimental territory - has more pop sensibility. Newly packaged with the CD of the album. Soares, Elza : Woman At The End of the World  CD $16.99Repressed; LP version. Septuagenarian Brazilian music icon Elza Soares teams up with the cream of São Paulo's avant-garde musicians for an album of apocalyptic, experimental samba sujo ("dirty samba") that tackles the burning issues of 21st century Brazil: racism, domestic violence, sex, drug addiction and global warming. The Woman at the end of the World is Elza's 34th studio album and her first to feature previously unrecorded material, exclusively composed for her. Voted "Best Album of 2015" by Rolling Stone Brazil after its domestic release, it will now be released worldwide by UK based label Mais Um Discos. Over a sprawl of distorted guitars, squalling horn, taught strings and electronic shards, samba is savaged by rock 'n' roll, free jazz, noise and other experimental music forms. A true legend of Brazilian music Elza has an incredible musical oeuvre that stretches back over seven decades mixing samba with jazz, soul, funk, hip hop and electronica, whilst her life story is a rags-to-riches-to-rags rollercoaster of triumphs and tragedies that has made her a voice for Brazil's repressed female, black, gay and working class populations. Her music career began in the late 1950s as she sung in clubs and hotels, sometimes being forced to perform off stage because of her skin color. The '60s was a career defining period with a run of classic albums for Odeon. After decades of hardships and artistic exploration, her latest muse is São Paulo's hyped samba sujo scene. Soares presents an album that walks a tightrope between post-rock and post-samba. "I knew this album would be a bold, modern sound" she says. "These songs are tense they do not allow you to relax". The album opens with "Coracão do Mar (Heart of the Sea)" with Elza reciting a poem from celebrated Brazilian modernist poet Oswald de Andrade. Title track "Mulher do fim do Mundo" uses carnival as a metaphor for the apocalypse and according to composer Romulo Froes "translates Elza's strength and indestructability". With The Woman at the End of the World, Elza forces the joy and sadness that personifies samba to confront the dirty truths of modern day São Paulo. Fjellstrom, Marcus : Skelektikon LP $23.99LP version. Includes download code; Edition of 500. Six years after his last album on Miasmah, Schattenspieler (MIA 013CD/LP, 2010), it's great to find Marcus Fjellström resurrected after several long years spent composing his audio-visual opera Boris Christ. Born out of shattered dreams and an obscured vision of the future, Skelektikon is a delirious yet lucid exploration of the farthest and most conflicted reaches of the heart, teeming with confusion, passion, and ghostly shadows. Being no conventional composer in any way, Marcus stumbles further down his musical domain of detuned orchestral (re-)arrangements and pain-inducing synth passages, arriving at a most unique and personal result. Where Schattenspieler gave way to noir filled alleyways, Skelektikon fills them with paranoia. It's the sound of limbo, of dancing amoebas, of deviant skeletons, nostalgia, and futurism, or quite possibly none of that. Inhabited by the bizarre and the beautiful, Marcus's music is a blurred yet encouraging representation of how you can never trust your own feelings - or eyes and ears for that matter. And yet, you can't shake the idea that the truth is to be found somewhere within this alien language, as delivered to us through the speakers. After the listener opens their eyes after the final track has dissipated, they shouldn't be surprised to find someone or something there, staring at us, in silent and unsettling knowledge. Skullflower: Black Iron LP   $26.99The inception of an audio trilogy concerning the Darkness of Aegypt: the shadow stuff from whence dark dreams come. The Triad: dark, light and the animating serpent power are delineated by the Egyptian Gods Set, Horus, and the Apep serpent. Volume one comprises of three received transmissions from the tunnels of Set via the physical envelopes of Matthew Bower and Samantha Davies operating as the occult cell known as Skullflower. The working, the concept, and guiding hand comes from Nashazphone, purveyors of artifacts, dreams and koans, who are currently re-creating and re-writing the myths and cycles of their native land. Mittoo, Jackie : Keyboard King $23.99LP version. Radiation Roots present a reissue of Jackie Mittoo's The Keyboard King, originally released in 1976. Jackie Mittoo's contribution to reggae music is immeasurable. Of mixed Indian and African-Jamaican heritage, the man born Donat Roy Mittoo was a gifted musician that played piano in The Skatalites at the age of 16. He was a very important part of reggae's evolution, having been a crucial member of the Studio One house band from its very foundation, being employed as the main keyboardist and musical arranger for an extended period, working closely there with Lee 'Scratch' Perry and countless other important figures, as well as relegating Leroy Sibbles to the bass. Although Mittoo migrated to Canada in the late 1960s, he frequently returned to Jamaica to record, maintaining his Studio One connection, and also issuing a sublime series of albums for Bunny Lee in the mid-1970s. The Keyboard King was first issued on Third World in 1976, and features Mr. Mittoo's delightful organ workouts, completely reconfiguring hits by John Holt, Johnny Clarke, Cornell Campbell, and Bunny & Skully, among others. Pablo, Augustus : At King Tubby's LP $23.99LP version. Radiation Roots present a reissue of Augustus Pablo's Augustus Pablo At King Tubbys, originally released in 2005. The visionary musician and record producer Augustus Pablo made some of the most unique and individual recordings in the history of reggae. As with his friend and mentor, Jackie Mittoo, the man born Horace Swaby was of mixed Indian and African heritage, and although his middle-class background might have pointed him in a very different direction, the lure of Jamaica's sound system culture captured him at a young age, particularly after debilitating health problems saw him drop out of school. He began recording as a session keyboardist as the '60s gave way to the '70s, but everything changed when a school-friend introduced him to the melodica, a small plastic keyboard operated by a mouthpiece, which he used on seminal recordings for producer Herman Chin-Loy, credited to Augustus Pablo on the release. During the early 1970s, Pablo crafted melodica instrumentals for all of the leading reggae producers, scoring "best instrumental" for "Java" in 1973, and launching the Rockers label to showcase self-produced work at the same time. This multi-faceted compilation, first issued on Bunny Lee's Attack label in 2005, compiles memorable melodica interpretations of some of Lee's greatest productions, recorded over dub cuts of immortal numbers such as Cornell Campbell's "Queen Of The Minstrel" and John Holt's "My Desire". VA: Poco Loco LP $23.992017 repress. Ultra-rare gems extracted from 45 and 78 records released in the '50s and early '60s by obscure record labels. A unique mix of genres, perfect for a successful exotic party: tropicalypso, Persian cha-cha-cha, Latin and roll, Japanese rhumba, Hawaiian swing, Polynesian surf, Bahamian drums, Mexican monsters, and Brazilian exotica. The craziest compilation of music from all over the world. This comp collates a worldwide mixture of painfully obscure, crud-a-phonic dance craze platters from the '50s and '60s. A brilliant and bonkers concoction of exotica and international nonsense novelties. If you need something new to listen to after you've worn out yer Las Vegas Grind and Jungle Exotica records, then this is for you. This platter will liven up any party -- lurch-eriffic, tropical crazes and totally daffy mix-n-match foreign language tracks that'll make your eyes and ears alike pop just like corn. Long live the University of Vice. VA - Poco Loco in the Coco Vol. 4 LP  $23.99The craziest compilation of music from all over the world, Poco Loco in the Coco Vol. 4 collates a worldwide mixture of painfully obscure crud-a-phonic dance craze extracted from 45s and 78s platters from the '50s and early '60s by obscure record labels. A brilliant and bonkers concoction of exotica and international nonsense novelties - if you need something new to listen to after you've worn out your Las Vegas Grind and Jungle Exotica records, then this is for you. A unique mix of genres perfect for a successful exotic party: Arabian swing, cha-cha-cha, bebop, Singaporean garage ye-ye, rumble rock from Thailand, Mexican troglodyte garage punk, and more. This platter will liven up any party! Lurch-eriffic tropical crazes and totally daffy mix-n-match foreign language tracks that'll make your eyes and ears alike pop just like corn. Long live the University of Vice. Features: Abdul Alexi Freeman, Teddy Martin, Los Albinos, Billy Nash, Gaston Y Sus Thunders, Zhang Xiao Ying, Dany Maurice, Los Dorman, The Goyos's Cats, Les Kili-Cats, The Modern Orientals, Rosendo Ruiz Jr., Jack Ary, and Johny's Guitar. EL CLUB UPCOMING SHOWSremember - tickets are cash only. this saves us all the service charges!! lemuria wed feb 8th  $13.00delicate steve  thurs feb 9th  $12.00mike doughty  fri feb 24th   $18.00moon duo sat april 22nd  $13.00 Upcoming events at TrinosophesHappy new year everyone- it's going to be quite a year, guaranteed.  Lots of Feb and March to be added in the next week! every Thursday: Nick Schillace noon residencyThe second of this month-long residency! One of the finest finger-pickers in Michigan, Nick Schillace has the even rarer quality of being a strong musical artist. His guitar chops are always at the service of making good music and as stunning as they are, they never showboat.  Although he’s steeped in old-timey folkloric material, his own solo compositions are firmly in the big-eared Tacoma camp of John Fahey and company.   A founder of Lac La Belle and Duo Unduo, Nick’s played with numerous regional groups, from picking electric guitar with Indoor Park to comping banjo with Detroit Pleasure Society. Trinosophes is excited to be presenting Nick on Thursdays in January and February at noon. Free! 2/21 The Necks2/24 Mostly Other People Do the Killing   3/3 Baby Dee  4/15 Peter Evans Quartet 4/20 J@K@L4/21 Seraphine Collective presents R Ring, Split Single4/27 Poetry Slam Festival