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[sugoi-writes]

Scream Machine - An Alastor x Reader fic

(Not sure if this will be a multipart yet or not, but hopeful for it to be! I hope you enjoy some brain rot with me! For reference of the song, look up Scream Machine by Maynard Ferguson on Youtube!)

Reader is a musician who started playing in their time in hell, and likes wearing heels/dresses. Alastor is brought to a "classy" speakeasy by Husk, and is perfectly content with watching your performance...

No warnings, past minor implications/pining and mentions of blood and darker intentions. Have fun! 🎙❤️

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The hellish speakeasy was bellowing with lively chatter, instrumentalists setting up for a new set. As Husk adjusted his mouthpiece, Alastor gives him a beckoning wave, eyebrow twitching. Shit

Knowing his goose could be cooked, Husk trudges his way over, his tenor saxophone hanging lazily around his neck," What's the matter?"

Alastor, expression blunt, says" So I'm supposed to assume that this next chart... ugh, Scream Machine... is going to be... tasteful?" The Radio Demon looked forlorn, ears drooping slightly. He had been promised performances that were more his style. But all that he's observed and heard is BAD jazz. He had half a mind to think that his 'associate' had done this on purpose.

"I have to admit, Husker, while these pieces could certainly be called JAZZ... it's not quite to my tastes." Husk rolls his eyes, ears perking up when his name is called from the stage. Husk waves Alastor off dismissively, his saxophone being slung back to a playable position.

"Some new hot-shot features in it... 'figured you might give it a shot. You might just find a new 'pet' to listen to..." Alastor all but cackles, wiping a stray tear from his eye," Replacing you, dear Husker? Don't be absurd!" Alastor gives his henchman a cheeky wave of his fingers, making the anthropomorphic cat growl. God, Husk hated that fucker...

But, to Alastor's surprise, his eyes did befall a nearly angelic sight. Your shoes clicked loudly as you entered the stage, calling forth attention from the room. It quickly fell to silence as everyone waited for the performance to start.

Alastor's eyes narrowed as he watched you shake hands with the vile, modern jazz conductor... Your grip seemed firm, domineering almost. He was quick to note the flinch he gave you, that nervous smile of an intimidated man. What a curious creature you were; you oozed confidence and bravdo.

There you were, dressed in a long, elegant gown that drug along the floor. Alastor's posture straightens as the jazz conductor let you take your place, before counting the band off. The intro was quiet, featuring only a small handful of instruments. Alastor nearly leaned in as it grew, the trumpets coming in to the fray after a few measures. He realized then that you must be a trumpet player and the hot shot soloist that Husk mentioned. His interest in you grew as he eyed you from across the room.

Your hands were slender, though not quite as slim as his... and much smaller. But, they did seem very nimble. As you gracefully glided through different fingerings and positions, Alastor found himself distracted by your hands. He saw how you seemed to have a loose, almost nonchalant grip, while your soul gave the performance of your life. A perfect juxtaposition between your handshake and now; that fascinated him. He wondered if your bravado was your mask, or if that was the REAL you...

His hair nearly blew back from his face as the chorus kicked in, eyes wide in disbelief. Indeed, that's why it's called Scream Machine. All the right notes, the chords were perfectly struck...but there was still a zanny dissonance that had him gritting his teeth. How gauche...

But, when you began your solo, his ears couldn't help but flick and flex towards you, absolutely devouring your tone and clarity. You cut through the ensemble like a well sharpened knife, your style and timbre undeniable. It almost made the song forgivable, in his eyes. He rested his chin on his hand's plateau, eyes lidded. Despite the jazz being more bombastic and modern... he could get used to this if you were at the helm...

You sauntered towards the front of the ensemble as you blazed into another solo, your fingers and tongue articulating quickly. You were effortlessly setting the newfound tone. He was impressed, to say the least. Improv or not, the solo was quite a tricky one. One that even he would struggle with on a piano. As you walked across the stage, you struck a powerful pose, before the conductor grabbed the edge of your dress and tugged. Hard.

For a moment, a flash of anger crossed Alastor's forced smile, until he was hit with the "reveal".

In a quick flourish that matched the highest note of your solo, you stood in a now short, golden dress that hugged your figure. It seemed that Alastor didn't mind the show... in fact, he was nearly enslaved by your performance.

You shot the crimson and pitch demon a devious look, winking as your solo continued. Alastor felt his mouth salivating, swallowing harshly to get rid of the access fluids. It was strange enough to find himself this entertained... more so than his heightened curiosity.

The way your throat bellowed and constricted when you were playing... the way your cheeks puffed just a bit was you sustained insane, high notes... the way your eyes would flit about the room, but always land on him. Maybe he wasn't the only one caught staring...

The Radio Demon's mind landed on a simple notion: tasting the metallic tang of your lips, fresh from the kiss of your mouthpiece. Would it taste metallic and jarring like blood, he wondered? Would you be breathless from your performance, or just getting warmed up? Alastor shook his head with a start. What a strange thought to have... especially for him. He tried to dismiss it, foot tapping instinctively to the beat.

As the song continued, it suddenly grew quieter, the piano, drumkit, and string bass the only instruments playing. He watched as you blew slow, hot air in your horn, keeping it warm as you rested. Your lips were red, slightly puffy from your efforts. Even as a talented as you were, you had a crack in your mask: you were definitely a little winded.

As he kept watching you, Alastor couldn't help but focus on how your pulse beat in time with the music on stage... His devious mind cooked up the idea of sinking his teeth into your quivering heartbeat... Perhaps he would lure you out back, to a quiet place...

Again, he surprised himself. He had to clear his mind as he tried to focus anywhere but your neck, fingers and face.

Then suddenly, the main motif hit again, and he nearly fell backward in his chair. His own heart thumped madly, matching your own. Your eyes didn't meet his, but even so, he felt like you were playing just for him. He WANTED you to play just for him.

Alastor gripped the sides of his chair harshly, elongated talons splintering the wood. That settles it. Husker was right about one thing... you were a fascinating sight... one to behold, and maybe even held...

As the song wound towards its conclusion, you gave a wide twirl of your hips, before striking your final note. The accompaniment roared life, sustaining the final note before hitting it again, resolutely. Applause echoed throughout the room as Alastor felt the need to join. He was not keen on appearing rude or uncultured. His characteristic smile stretched his thin face as you beamed and bowed. Your eyes, wide with awe, glanced his way. Alastor noted the way your face heated, nodding and giving him a flattered smile.

Indeed that settles it; he would speak with you. Now. Alone... And from there, who knows what he'll do? Alastor slunk into the shadows, Husk unaware that his master was taking a quick detour...

Backstage, you were being fawned over and cheered for, the instrumentalists and crew happily contesting how talented you were. You would always smile and chuckle, doing your best to wave off the compliments. Truth be told, you did enjoy the hell out of them, but you didn't want it all to go to your head. Not yet, anyway~

Even now, you were humble, as a unfamiliar shadow formed behind you. Instinctively, you flinched and turned towards the figure, having to look up to meet the gaze.

It was none other than Alastor, the Radio Demon.

"I must say... that was quite the riveting performance, dear. Quite the act! I wanted to give you my gratitude for making something so loud and gauche bearable to listen to." Alastor offered a sweet, welcoming hand, outstretched for you to take. Come on, he thought... shake his hand like you had the conductor's.

You had sized him up, knowing fully well who was paying you the backhanded compliment, "Alastor, sir... 'pleasure to be meeting the Radio Demon in the flesh." Your hand met his, and just like he suspected; you nearly held him in a vice grip. The sinister smile on his face doubled, a chuckle and a quirked brow sent your way.

"My, do my ears deceive me? Am I in the presence of a fan~?" The tone of his microphone filter made his voice smooth as velvet. His voice forced you to suppress a shiver. You roll your eyes, before an uncharacteristically soft smile graces your face; one that didn't match your firm grip.

"You could assume that, I suppose... I've been an active listener to your broadcasts for a while now. 'Gotta keep up with who got got... and who has the best music on the air."

If Alastor smiled any wider, he would be entering his full-demonic form. But for now, he controlled himself.

"Well, isn't this a treat then..." Alastor leans down to your height, his face mere inches from yours," I dont intent to be forward or crass, but perhaps you could accompany me on a quick stroll?"

You swallowed the lump in your throat as you processed his words. Knowing that he was an overlord, his words were a demand, not a request. If you refuse, you may die. If you go with him... you may die just the same. Every fiber in your being demanded that you turn him down. Lie, and say you have one more set...

You puffed out your chest, a brave grin on your face," Sure... My chops are busted from that last set. Let's bounce."

Alastor offered you an arm, something you weren't expecting. You hesitated a beat longer than you should have before taking it. Alastor's grip now firm, you felt yourself bend and wane before solidifying just outside the joint you played in. Your head turned quickly towards the door, then him.

"So you can teleport other people too...," Good to know, you thought, as Alastor laughed.

"Dear, why fight the crowd? I figured it would be easier this way, don't you think?" You returned a nod to him, keeping your mask sharp as the two of you started your way down the block. You realized then you'd have to return tomorrow for your trumpet. But again, that wasn't the most worrying thing on your mind just yet...

You were weary of the entire encounter, but continued to follow the Radio Demon, who seemed a little too hellbent on getting you alone...

[riseriot]

Some stuff I doodled instead of going back to bed after I woke up in the middle of the night. We got Maynard, Chonny, my friend’s cat personified into Soil, and “The bride and the ugly ass groom” except it’s just the ugly ass groom.

[wrenisreading]

COMFORT CHALLENGE

Saw this on Insta ages ago and decided I needed to see my tumblr mutuals get in on it 💜 so list your comforts and tag some friends.

📚 Comfort Books:

Lola & the Millionaires (Part 1 & 2) - Kathryn Moon

Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead

Soul Eater - Lily Maynard

📝 Comfort Parings:

KakaSaku

KisaSaku

AsaYama

ItaFushiKugi

NanaGo

This section could get dangerously long…

🍿 Comfort Movies:

Howls Moving Castle

Leap Year

Bridget Jones’s Diary

Catch & Release

📺 Comfort Anime:

Love is Hard for Otaku

The Ancient Magus’ Bride

🎶 Comfort Music:

City & Colour

Ghost

Lindsey Stirling

💜 Comfort Things to Do:

Reading romance books

Fic Writing

Taking a nap with my cats

Curling up on the lounge by the window with a coffee

Tagging: @longliveustherecklessandthebrave @hellotheremaryrose @phlebasphoenician @dumbblossomv2 @woofgang69

I won’t take everyone’s tag ideas and leave it at that 😂

[a-painful-ordeal]

5. Satanic and Chained Up

Cw: Slavery, slapping, extremist ideology in a fantasy setting, whumper believes in the Divine Right Of Kings, religious justification of torture, stress position, threats of a flogging, description of a flogging that hasn’t occurred.

Note: whumper and whumpee’s religious stances do NOT reflect my own. This is an exploration of ‘The Divine Right of Kings’ and general extremist bullshit. Evan’s views also are me playing with how atheism can manifest in a world where the gods frequently interact with mortals. Lord Maynard is a paladin and this is a subversion of the usual stereotypes.

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Evan’s heart races as he stands in a huge bedroom with a four-poster bed. The beauty and size dwarves him in comparison. Beautiful curtains hang from the wooden frame above the bed. To one corner of the room is an ornately painted screen to change behind. The screen stands next to a well-decorated wardrobe. In the other corner, sits a wooden table with a bowl of exotic fruits that Evan has never seen before. A fire sits not too far from the bed, glowing gently in the absence of its master.

Evan moves around the room, checking and double checking the windows for an exit. They are locked. Fuck. They are locked.

His anger and fear blend together. Why couldn’t he have just gone along with those guards and pretended. Maybe no one would have noticed. At least that way, he wouldn’t have gotten a thrashing and- whatever this is…

Deep breath in. And out. Calm. He tries to relax as an eternity passes. Waiting. Focus on something else. Anything else. What would he be doing now…? If he hadn’t been so stupid to think someone would genuinely try to help a street kid. He’d be… bickering with Meg maybe. Arguing about her dumb fictional crushes which he had never been able to relate to. Or maybe he’d be telling her to put another flea-ridden cat she found back where she found it, or so help him… it was always an empty threat. Meg enjoyed the bickering. And in all honesty, so did he. Or, maybe he’d be trying to wash her smelly unicorn toy. That thing was disgusting. M, would probably be hanging around watching, or taking Meg’s side. M had always been soft when it came to the little ones, letting things slide that she’d chastise him for with a grin now. She’d looked out for him like that once, too. A long time ago. But now she counts on him being able to help her look after all three of them. Counted. But she counted on him helping her look after all three of them of them. What would she do now?

Evan rubs his eyes with the heel of his hand. No. He will see them again. This is not the end. He’ll get out of here…. Somehow…and move his way back to…. Wherever they were before. It’ll be fine. Or maybe they will rescue him? Find out what’s happened and come to save him.

The doors swing open, cutting off his train of thought, as the large, well-dressed figure of Lord Maynard enters. Evan finally gets a good look at him as the man strides into his chambers. He’s a human man, with well-kept black hair. He has large, broad shoulders and styled black hair. If Evan had seen him around the town, he might have assumed he was a merchant.

Maynard moves towards Evan, like a lion assessing an antelope. Evan swallows, exhaustion from earlier being chased away with a fresh bout of fear. He fights the urge to move back, instead, standing his ground. He raises his chin and puffs his chest out, swallowing back the pain from his beating.

“So. You must be the little slave who stole food and tried to escape?” the Lord asks. His tone is light, with a hint of danger to it.

Evan stays silent. His mouth begins to dry and the urge to back up begins to scream at him.

Maynard steps close. “Answer me when I’m talking to you.” His demands echoes around the room.

Evan feels his legs beginning to shake. Answer or not… this is a trap. Anything he says… he’s fucked.

Maynard walks forwards and strikes Evan. The rings on his hand scour two bloody lines across the cheek. The lines cut into the already yellow and blue cheek, which hasn’t fully recovered from earlier. “You will give me a response or I will have a finger taken off for your insolence.”

Evan’s breath hitches in his throat as he feels his throat begin to constrict. He feels all bravery leave him. “Y-” he coughs “Yes. I am.”

“You will address me as Sir or Master. Understood?”

“Yes… Sir…”

Maynard smiles “That was easy, wasn’t it?”

Evan stays quiet. Unsure what he could say in response.

“Now. Let’s get one thing clear. I will not tolerate disobedience from scum. The gods have placed me on this world to protect the good people from devils like you. And if that causes me to have to whip the evil out of you, then so be it. I will be doing my duty.” Maynard says this with pride in his voice, like man who has achieved something grand.

“You will obey me. And you will learn the place that the gods have allocated to you. Understood?”

Evan blinks. He fights the urge to call this man absolutely fucking nuts. Best not to do that when trapped in a room with him. “Yes…Sir.”

“Good. Now. You will kneel when I enter a room. Understood?”

Evan blinks, taking a small step backwards. His body shouts to run whilst his brain pushes him to fight. A surge of resilient pride runs through him for a moment, just long enough for all sense to be lost. “No-”

What he said suddenly registers, and he wants to kick himself.

“No?” There is a quiet rage in Maynard’s voice.

“Wait, I mean-” Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Fear shoots through him. Just comply. Stay alive and live to fight another day.

Evan drops to his knees with a thud that causes him to wince. He stares at the ground. Let that be enough. Please.

“Don’t you dare say no to me.” The Lord growls “But no. By all means. If you don’t want to kneel. Don’t.”

He grabs Evan’s thin wrists in one hand, roughly pulling Evan to his feet and dragging the boy across the room to the four-poster bed. Evan’s wrists are shifted from Maynard’s left hand to his right hand as he grabs some cord that holds the bed-curtain together. He throws it over the wood at the top of the bed, before wrapping the other end, tightly around Evan’s wrists. Maynard then begins to wrench Evan’s weight up, until the boy is on his tiptoes.

“There. Now you don’t have to kneel. How does that feel? Boy? Better. I hope so.” Maynard spits, his voice full of righteous anger.

Evan’s wrists scream at him as the cord tightens, digging into his wrists. His jaw trembles slightly from the pain as the skin on his hip is stretched out. He lets out a small whine.

“I asked you a question. Does that feel better?”

Evan’s mind races. Yes? Or no? What does the man want to hear? Anything. Say what he wants. Fuck bravery and resilience. He wants to make it out of this in tact. Evan makes a split second decision. “No... Master.” His skin crawls at the word. The word fills him with a strange repulsive nausea but he continues. “I would… prefer to kneel…” There is a foul taste on his tongue as he finishes the sentence. He wants to swear and spit and shout… but so far, that had just gotten him hurt. Maybe this will work better? Do what Trygve said… keep his head down?

“That is a shame… you can kneel in the morning. Before I have you flogged for your little scene earlier.”

Evan blinks. That… didn’t work… wait. Flogging. What?

The boy’s shock is clearly evident on his face as Lord Maynard looks at him “You didn’t think that you wouldn’t be punished for your act of dissidence did you?” He shakes his head as he causally begins to the screen to undress for bed. There is the click as he undoes his belt. The sounds of fabric rubbing together.

Evan can see an arm stretch to grab a night shirt.

“You stole from me and injured my employee. Clearly, you deserve some punishment. Otherwise the gods wouldn’t have brought you into my hands. No. But don’t fear. I’m not unjust. The punishment will fit the crime. You stole from around twenty meals. And injured a guard. I’d say thirty lashes should suffice.”

Evan’s stomach drops. And heart races in his throat.

Maynard reappears. “You can stay there till the morning, I think. Until you realize that kneeling for me really isn’t that bad.” He moves a candle to his bedside table. And spends a couple of moments pulling the bed’s covers back, causally. As if there wasn’t someone else in the room. He then climbs into bed. “Thirty lashes. Unless you wake me up. If you make a sound I will make sure that they flay the skin from your back. Understood?”

Evan nods quickly, blinking back tears.

“I didn’t hear you.”

“Y-yes… Sir…”

Evan’s face has gone pale during this speech. As the realization begins to set in. He’d seen floggings before. Thieves who’d gotten caught, or someone who’d started a fight. He’d seen ten lashes bring a grown man to tears as his skin was abused by knotted leather. Evan’s whole body trembles.

“Good. Much better.” With that, the Lord blows out the candle and nestles down in his bed. Curling up to sleep off the feast.

Evan stands there, hanging silently. His elven blood allows him perfect sight of the dark, grey room and the glowing embers from the fire. Despite the darkness that covers the room. His calves hurt as cramp sets in.

He blinks and hangs there. His wrists hurt as his hand’s circulation begins to go and the cord bites into his flesh.

Big tears begin to well in Evan’s eyes as he just wants to curl up and go home. Fuck why couldn’t he have stayed with Meg? Life had sucked in places before but this… this was worse. Why couldn’t he have decided not to meet those fucking men? Why can’t he just keep his fucking mouth shut?

The prospect of a flogging makes his chest heave deeply in a sob. He wants to sniff. To shakily cry and scream openly but he doesn’t. He uses all his willpower to keep himself from sobbing. He will not dig himself a deeper hole. A deeper grave to lie in.

He shifts his weight from one foot to the other. His knees hurt. Fuck. He tries to stretch out one leg to disperse the cramp, but that makes the other hurt more.

He wishes the morning would come sooner. And then wishes that this would last longer. Before his back gets torn open. Skin ripped from flesh. What kind of whip would be used? A bullwhip looks lethal, but what if this man preferred to use a sailor’s whip? Or maybe he would use one which is metal-tipped. Fuck fuck shitting fuck. Evan’s throat contracts slightly as his breathing increases.

Evan had seen the scars before. Of course he had. The only way to avoid a flogging if you were caught stealing or some other crime, was to pay. Gold will get you anywhere. The scars were ugly, and humiliating. They told the world what you have done and there was almost nothing that could undo that.

His legs tremble. He feels sick. Tears won’t stop falling. He silently inhales, allowing the shaky sobs to be as silent as possible. He hangs there, exhausted and terrified. Silently waiting and dreading the dawn.

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AN: Hopefully that was alright!! I decided to not put it through grammarly this time so hopefully the grammar and spelling isn't Wattpad levels of bad 🤣🤣

Again please do not mistake any of the characters beliefs for my own. I'm mostly just playing around in a DND setting. Lord Maynard would be a Paladin of Conquest and I'm playing with subverting paladins as a 'noble' class. If you want, feel free to guess Evan's class!

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Life Finds a Way

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Summary

It can be dangerous and lonely in the black. The only thing you can do is cling together and protect those you love. Reavers aren't the only thing to fear in the black.

Will life find a way? Or will they die an early and horrific death?

Notes: This is a Firefly Au with a few additions and changes of my own. They are in a polycule, but the main couples are Danny/Maynard and Justin/Adam.

I also have no clue how many chapters there will be, and if you think something is a reference to something. It probably is.

Chapter One: Inspection

 Justin opened his eyes and stretched. “Adam.” He gently shook the man sleeping next to him. Two weeks ago he had his own bunk. A tiny space on the ship to call his own. Now he slept in the captain's quarters, but he was just the pilot. “Adam, wake up.” 

Justin opened the hatch to their bunk and climbed up to the walkway that led from the galley to the bridge. The crew bunks lined the walkway. The two biggest were across from each other where the four of them slept.

Maynard smirked before stepping down into the kitchen to make breakfast. “You two still fucking like cats in heat?”

“Least I don’t fuck Danny in the engine bay. With the door open.” Adam squeezed Justin’s shoulder before heading to the bridge. 

“You're the only one on this ship who doesn’t.”

“You two should just move in together,” Danny said.

“We already did.”

“When?” Danny his way towards the gallery, stomach growling.

“Bout a week ago,” Justin answered then turned to head up to the bridge. 

“I told you they would.” Maynard held his hand out to Danny. “Come on, pay up.”

“How? Thanks to you we have one account. How would that work?” 

“Then you do laundry for a month. Cover both our turns.” 

“Why laundry?” 

“I need a break from washing your stinky socks." Maynard turned back to the pancakes cooking on the ship’s small stove. “Pancakes, Pancakes, sure do love them pancakes.” He handed the ship foodie the first plate of his sweet delicious creation. “Pancakes, pancakes, Danny loves my pancakes. “ 

“Danny! Will you wake her up? Breakfast can wait.” Adam’s voice came from the bridge. 

Danny mumbled through a mouthful,  that sounded something like “But a growing boy needs his breakfast.”

“Fine! I’ll do it.” Their captain grumbled as he passed the other two. Once in the engine bay, he ran his finger over the metal of her hull. “Time to wake up. It’s everyone’s least favorite day of the year.” He pressed the button that made the engine start spinning. “It’s only for a couple of days then we’ll find a job, and you’ll be flying through the black again.” Adam made his way back up to the bridge.

Justin flipped a few switches and started driving the ship forward. "Wot time is her appointment?" Their boat was due for her yearly inspection. So once a year every ship had to go to a moon located in the inner planets and let the feds look all over their beloved home. 

"Hour and a half," Adam answered.  He fell back into the captain's chair. Across from where his young pilot was. "When is-"

"Atmo in one hour. Go change.” The green and blue planet and its grayish mood slowly grew bigger amongst the stars. “ N braid yer hair it makes you look a bit more polished.”

“Only for you.” Adam left the bridge once more to pull the long coat that identified him as a captain out of his entirely black wardrobe. He was only captain because he owned the ship and he made some of the tough decisions as well as found jobs that put food on the table. Other than that they voted, without rank. 

They landed softly in their inspection slot. Adam walked down the cargo bay door which doubled as a ramp. 

"Registration for ship and crew?" The inspector asked. 

Adam handed over the paper sheets. "Firefly class B midbulk cargo ship. 6th model. "

"Name?" 

"Shadow."

"Crew?"

“Adam Thomas Jones - Captain. Danie Edwin Carey - Mechanic (and one half of security), Maynard James Keenan- medical ( second half of security and cook ) - Justin Gunner Walter Chancellor - Pilot. (the pretty one )”

"License?" Justin handed over the little metal rectangle. The inspector studied it and read the notes that came up on his handheld screen. His eyebrows raised and his mouth and lips curved down into a frown. He then looked at the man in front of him. Long curls and dressed in shorts and an old t-shirt. "You've got remarkably high marks. And you sure look a little young to piolet a ship by yourself."

"Mum said I was born to fly." He grinned. 

"I'll need one more person to look at this. "

Adam sighed and rolled his eyes." yeah. So he graduated top of his class and is already one of the best pilots in the verse. No need for that. How long will we be here?”

“Well, these Firefly models have quite a few hiding spaces. Common for smugglers and pirates to fly. So it will be two days. But I’ll give you extra night credits since you were early. How many do you need? 4?”

“Two.” Adam took the two plastic hotel keys from the inspector. Then walked over to the rest of the crew. Grumbling about paranoid and corrupt government.

"You're the paranoid one," Danny said just loud enough for him to hear.  

"Someone always stays on the ship."  That was the only rule Adam had. “Someone could steal her.”

"Only your paranoid ass thinks that."

"She was once!"

"Paul's fault," Maynard added.

"You mean the betrayer?" Adam hissed.

“Least it only happens once a year.” Justin tried to soothe the irritation in the air.

"So once a year we all have to be off the ship. Big deal!”  “ It's just a ship."

"Her name is "Shadow!"" The other three said together. 

They had split up. Danny and Maynard to stock up on food. Justin and Adam went to check into their room for the night. 

"Ask Miranda" was graffitied on a few walls, trash bins, benches, and signs. 

"Wot zackly happened with Miranda? I only heard rumors as a kid." Justin asked, walking next to his captain, shoulders almost touching. He was the youngest of the crew, and just a kid when the verse changed forever. 

"So I guess a Firefly like ours but the  3rd model went there. Found out the feds created the reavers. Apparently, they fucked with the atmo to make people more relaxed.  Some went too far. Didn't care about anything.  Not food. Breathing.  Just laid down and died. But a small population went the opposite way.  Went insane and became cannibalistic. And the reavers were born. Then they stuck the memories in the verse-wide broadcast channel. So everyone knows what they did. There were rebellions. Nearly started another war."

"But why ask Miranda?"

"Cus that was the planet where it happened.  And they had a government-created psychic that as it and which made them go there." Adam pulled the other closer by the hip.” More on this later. I need a distraction from all this stupid shit.”

“Strawberrie galaxy?” Justen read the name on the bottle of lube. “Again?”

“It’s basically tradition at this point.” Each time they had to stay in the hotel waiting for inspections to be over they fucked. Distractions could hold back any paranoia. And Justin was always the main part of the distraction. Normally Adam wanted to last longer than he did. Justin liked to push them both toward the edge and then jump over it, dragging Adam with him. This was different. The longer they fucked. The less everyone had to deal with the paranoia. 

“Where ya going?” Adam wrapped his arms around his pilot's bare hips. Dark hair out of their braids, hanging down in slight waves.

“Shower. Want to join?”

The huge tub had a bench built into one side of it. Perfect for Justin to sit on the bottom and Adam to reach down and wash those long curls.

“This feels good?” a content hum answered him. “We both needed this.” Last time they were there they weren’t an official thing. One night after they fucked on the bridge under the stars, that changed. On their last job, Justin nearly died and realized how much he cared for the captain. “Okay, rinse.”  Justin sunk down under the warm water, letting the suds flow out of his hair “No. let this sit.” Adam kept him from washing off the lavender-scented conditioner. 

“Why do ya, always do this?”

‘Cus I don’t want your curls to turn into a ball of frizz.”

[uppastthejelliclemoon]

@storyweaverofgondor's cats-pril day 7: Name

so i thought i'd share my Third Name hcs for a few of the canon cats + my OCs!!

Mistoffelees:

First Name: Eclipse

Second Name: Mistoffelees

Third Name: Quaxo

Tugger:

First Name: Leo

Second Name: Tugger

Third Name: Maynard

Munkustrap:

First Name: James

Second Name: Munkustrap

Third Name: Pheneus

Serafina:

First Name: Misty

Second Name: Serafina

Third Name: Ailia

Quasi:

First Name: Quasi

Second Name: Ezra

Third Name: Wianelly

Hestia:

First Name: Stella

Second Name: Hestia

Third Name: Naravesta

also idk but there's something slightly emotional and personal about sharing all three Names of my favorite + most used OCs, and it makes sense that i'm sharing them during one of my best friend's events for the fandom 🥰

[daddy-issues-99]

Songs I associate with TFP Characters

Autobots~

Optimus:

“Centuries”-Fall out Boy

“Warriors”-Imagine dragons 

“Cults”-Gilded Lily

Ratchet:

“you can be the boss”-Lana Del Ray

“Guys My Age”-Hey Violet 

Arcee:

"In My Mind"-Lyn Lapid

“Till It Happens To You”-Lady Gaga 

Bumble Bee:

“Teenagers”-My Chemical Romance

“American Idiot”-Green day 

Bulkhead:

“Super Freaky Girl”-Nicki Minaj 

“Lolly”-Maejor & Juicy J 

Wheeljack:

"Shut Up And Drive"-Rihanna

“Cherry Bomb”-The Runaways

"She Keeps Me Up"-Nickelback

Smokescreen:

“18″ Anarbor

"Dear Maria, Count Me In"-All Time Low

“Royalty”-Conor Maynard

Ultra Magnus:

“Hall of Fame”-The Script 

“Daniel In The Den”-BASTILLE 

Decepticons~

Megatron:

“Feeling Good”-Michael Buble 

“Arabian Knights”-Will Smith 

“E-GIRLS ARE RUINING MY LIFE!”-CORPSE 

Starscream:

“Queen”-Loren Gray 

“Hiding In The Blue”-TheFatRat 

"Blow My Brains Out"-Tikkle Me

Soundwave:

“Carnival Of Carnage”-CALYPSO

“They Call Me A God”-NEFFEX

”bad guy”-Billie Eilish

Knockout:

“Hit and Run”-LOLO

“UNHOLY”-Sam Smith

”Sucker for Pain”-Lil Wayne

Breakdown:

“Dance to Forget”-TryHardNinja

"I'll Be Good"-Jaymes Young

Arachnid:

“Dangerous Women”-Ariana Grande 

“The Man”-Taylor Swift

“BOYTOY”-Halle Abadi 

Dreadwing:

"Rockstar"-Post Malone

“Need To Know”-Doja Cat 

“Lights Down Low”-Bei Maejor

Shockwave: 

"HOT DEMON B!TCHES NEAR U!"-CORPSE

“Such A Whore”-jvla

“Misfit Toys”-Pusha T & Mako 

Predaking: 

“Replay”-Lady Gaga

“King For A day”-Pierce The Veil 

[celtfather]

Come Adventure With Me #281

Do you ever get nervous or anxious? Sometimes the toughest thing to do, to overcome your fear, is to just take those first steps forward. Come Adventure With Me is the title track to my brand new album inspired by the 1977 Rankin & Bass film, The Hobbit. You can learn all about it today on Pub Songs & Stories #281

0:20 - Marc Gunn “Selkie’s Life” from Come Adventure With Me

Learn more about Selkie and Call of the Sea in show #234.

3:57 - WELCOME TO PUB SONGS & STORIES

I am Marc Gunn. I’m a Sci F’Irish musician and podcaster living in Atlanta, Georgia. And I compost non-meat scraps.

Come Adventure With Me comes out on March 4

If you’re new to the show, please subscribe. You can do that PubSong.com or Just send me an email to follow@celtfather.

New Poll: What are your favorite songs on Come Adventure With Me?

Little River Video of “Wherever I May Roam”

New Merch Bundle: CD, Album Pin, Poster and Songbook for $90

Folk on Foot Podcast

7:21 - UPCOMING SHOWS

MAR 9: Senoia Beer Company, Senoia, GA @ 7-10 PM

MAR 17: Wings Cafe & Tap House, Marietta, GA @ 3-7 PM

MAR 23-24: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX

MAR 28: Dragon Con Filk Music Concert w/Brobdingnagian Bards @ 8 PM

MAR 30-31: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX

Make sure you check the calendar on the Marc Gunn homepage to see the latest list of performances.

8:47 - Mànran "Crow Flies" from Ùrar

12:04 - JOIN THE CLUB

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14:04 - THE STORY OF COME ADVENTURE WITH ME

1977 Rankin & Bass film, The Hobbit from In The ‘Verse podcast #2.2

Features Sam Gillogly on violin and Rich Brotherton on guitar

The original story behind “Come Adventure With Me” was published on Patreon.

First saw The Hobbit in 6th after moving to Texas from Maryland.

Inspired my Love of Dungeons & Dragons

Story of transformation and overcoming fear.

70’s songwriter feel with the minor chord change.

Come Adventure With Me

Lyrics and music Marc Gunn

There's a secret door to a hall unknown Inside are fears that Turn me to stone Do I step forward Or head back home Which is the path for me I raise my head and Take one step more The ground it shakes. I look back to the door Feel like I’m caught and stuck to the floor And so I cut myself free

* This world’s a treasure that is full of strife Every moment can enrich your life Just face your dragons with the edge of a knife It’s a better life you see Come adventure with me.

There are ugly goblins doing scary things Deep down in dungeons there are magic rings Live or die with the riddles we bring You’ll find your way through the dark My Precious life Has so many memories Fluttering birds, butterflies in trees My home is comfort, comfort is a breeze But there’s another way to live

So many wars. It’s an endless fight To slay our dragons that soar through our night But I’m no coward. I’ll do what is right. Before I make my way home. Now I’m back with stories that ring A truth That soars up on eagle wings Let’s not forget the songs elves sing Oh the joy that they bring!

25:25 - Marc Gunn “Come Adventure With Me” from Come Adventure With Me

29:54 - CLOSING

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[xghosttown]

On the way to put my cat Timmy down, I had my boyfriend play Tool in the car while driving to the vet. Timmy used to fall sleep in front of my laptop every single time I had Tool/APC/Pucifer playing. I always joked that he loved listening to Maynard sing. I only felt it was right that he got to hear the music one last time.

[cruelanais-blog]

I'm wayy too old for this

Ben dünyaya küskünüm, o üzmüş beni de, ben affetmeliyim her an

affetmediğim her nefes ölüm (o yüzden 0 light let in since 1983)

anlamam lazım ki affedeyim

bakayım ki anlayayım

(siz kimsiniz ulan?)

eğer çocuk kaybettiysen o andan sonraki 100 davranışından biri yastan gelecek. inkar etme.

etrafımdaki en breedable genç erkekle evlenmem şaka mı?

değil.

bakmak için dikkatimi yöneltmem gerekir ki, dikkatim zaten rare commodity

işte üzülürüm, sebep lazım

evde üzülürüm, ah ben kıyamam

kendimi üzerim, bak ama neden ki?

sevemem anlayamazsam

dünya baya mal çünkü.

ve beni üzdü çünkü.

ve bütün bu güzellik bütün bu rezalet...

e hepsi benim

hepsi bana ait

ret mi edeyim?

kaosunuzdan beslenen tarafımı alışkanlıklar konusunda eğitmeliyim

zevke giren kısımlar olmuş

e yaşlanmak bu işte.

eğlenceli, en sonunda eğlenceli.

ne gelirse, ne giderse eğlenceli.

(dünya çok mal)

hani bana na-mallık borcu olduğunu sanmak da benim mallığım :)

3600 saniyenin her birinde dünyayla barışmasam ne olur?

peşinden koşmasam pişmanlığının?

ne o benden özür dilese, ne ben ondan razı olsam?

teslimiyet razılığı da sollar gidermiş, olsun, yoldur.

(yıldızların arasında bir yıldız, hem de en ufacıklarından)

kendime aşık olsam, dünyanın fuckbuddy kafalarını kovalamaktan vazgeçsem?

aseksüelim biliyorum da, şu aromantikliği de mi bir düşünsek?

çüküm kurban istiyor zira.

I wanna get naked, but oblivious.

And I don't know how.

There's a moment you arrive in life and say "Well, I'm old". In Turkey we have this older/younger brother thing. An older woman doesn't have to be my friend, they can be an older brother - not an auntie, maybe a sister a couple of years older than you.

I feel like a creep when approaching beautiful people. I feel like I'll soil them with my attention. I feel like every attempt at love towards myself has been made by people not fully capable of understanding what an ordeal that was.

And they hurt me.

I've been the one that hurt and I feel like if I approach someone and love them as I was loved before, I'll make people unhappy.

(You've got that ready! said Maynard.)

I need to define, no shape, no discover what love is in me.

As a person who's only ever loved their brother, their lover, their 2 cats, their mother, and, to a lesser extent, their father.

But loved them in ways she can hide somewhere in all the words.

The gestures.

So yes I need to find what I love and let it kill me.

Kafa karışıklığı Covid sonrası mecburi.

Çok yazık oldu bize, çok.

[chrancecriber]

Antenne Vorarlberg Chillout Lounge (July 06, 2023)

23:56 Esteban Garcia - Para Mi 23:49 Worakls - By The Brook 23:46 Schiller - Once Upon A Time (Cahill Remix) 23:41 Afterlife - Solstice (Vocal Mix) 23:38 The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card 23:35 Alle Farben & Flynn - I Need To Know 23:32 Thomas Jack Feat. Nico & Vinz - Rivers 23:28 Passenger 10 - Serving The World 23:25 Jan Blomqvist & Bloom Twins - High On Beat (Sofi Tukker Remix) 23:20 Shaun Feat. Conor Maynard - Way Back Home 23:12 Armin Van Buuren & Avira Feat. Sam Martin - Mask 23:09 Kush Kush & Sickmellow Feat. Kazhi - Blacklight 23:04 Fluff - Late Night Session 23:01 Consoul Trainin Feat. Steven Aderinto & Duoviolins - Obsession 22:58 Alphawezen - Gai Soleil 22:51 Monolink - Don't Hold Back 22:47 Moli - Cloud No9 (Montmartre Remix) 22:43 Ancient Astronauts - Until The Stars Go Out 22:39 Schiller - Summer In Berlin 22:36 Martin Trevy Feat. Hedara - Talking To The Silence 22:33 Jones & Brock Feat. Anica - Join Me 22:30 Lunax - I Like 22:21 Dino Lenny Feat. Artbat - Sand In Your Shoes 22:17 Thor - Chamka 22:12 David Guetta, Robin Schulz, Cheat Codes - Shed A Light (Blank & Jones Remix) 22:07 Röyksopp Feat. Astrid S - 02 Let's Get It Right 22:03 Thomas Newman - Any Other Name 21:58 Mr.da-nos - San Francisco 2k20 21:53 Atb With Enigma - Enigmatic Encounter 21:47 Consolidation Feat. Moguai - Ode To Joy 21:44 Shouse - Won't Forget You 21:37 Dj Disse - Riders In The Storm (Original Mix) 21:33 Fritz Kalkbrenner - Kings & Queens 21:28 Worakls - Caprice 21:22 Blüchel & Von Deylen - Gymnopedie No. 1 21:19 Munich Monstrs - Shine 21:16 Together Alone - Let Go 21:10 Klangkuenstler Feat. Alice Phoebe Lou - Man On The Moon (Original Mix) 21:06 Kyla La Grange - Cut Your Teeth 21:05 Above & Beyond - Quieter Is Louder (Original Mix) 20:57 Sébastien Tellier - La Ritournelle 20:50 Beyhude - Alabora 20:46 Agron - Love My Soul 20:39 Jean-michel Jarre - Equinoxe, Pt. 4 20:36 Twisted Harmonies Feat. Mougleta - You & Me 20:32 Chicane Feat. Bo Bruce - Still With Me 20:28 Klangperlenspiel & Puzzls - Kyoto (Wish You'd Move On) 20:25 Sam Feldt Feat. Lateshift - The Riddle 20:22 Lilly Wood & The Prick And Robin Schulz - Prayer In C 20:13 Jan Blomqvist - Empty Floor 20:06 Blank & Jones - White Light 20:03 Tokkoi - 45 Minutes (Original Mix) 20:00 Kidsø - Finja 19:57 Kygo & Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It 19:50 Kendi Underground - Chasing Cars (Hed Remix) 19:45 Schiller - Free The Dragon 19:36 After Sunrise - Deep Breath (Extended Mix) 19:29 Christopher Von Deylen - Opaque 19:26 Armin Van Buuren & Garibay - Phone Down 19:21 Morcheeba - Trigger Hippie 19:17 Majestic & Boney M. - Rasputin 19:14 Jean-michel Jarre - Equinoxe, Pt. 5 19:08 Joel Jungell - Autumn Painted Leaves 19:03 Cats On Bricks Feat. Zach Alwin - Planes Over Ushuaia 18:57 Hakan Kayis, Furkan Sarikas, Cinar Gedizlioglu - A Night In Alacati (Original Mix) 18:54 Armin Van Buuren Feat. Josh Cumbee - Sunny Days (Original Mix) 18:51 Topic, Robin Schulz, Nico Santos, Paul Van Dyk - In Your Arms (For An Angel) 18:47 Elderbrook & Bob Moses - Inner Light 18:40 Nora En Pure - Birthright (Club Mix) 18:33 Edx - Conundrum 18:28 Pang! - Lion (Original Mix) 18:20 Mashk & Soul Button - Pensées 18:11 Christopher Von Deylen - Heaven Can Wait 18:07 Lemongrass - Comme Toujours 18:02 Schiller X Tricia Mcteague - Miracle 17:59 Robin Schulz & David Guetta - On Repeat 17:55 Blank & Jones With Jan Loechel - Secret Hideaway 17:49 Twocolors - Together 17:46 Robin Schulz - Never Know Me (Radio Mix) 17:42 Fritz Kalkbrenner - Void 17:37 Tinlicker Feat. Roos Jonker - Come Back Home 17:33 Kygo Feat. Will Heard - Nothing Left 17:29 Blank & Jones - Fallen 17:26 Mike Candys & Jack Holiday - Saltwater (Rework) 17:20 Mathieu & Florzinho - Maha - Amba 17:18 Dimitri Vegas - Pull Me Closer 17:14 Alle Farben & Fools Garden - Lemon Tree 17:09 Aphrodelics - Rollin On Chrome 17:06 Brando - Don't Call Me (Galantis Remix) 17:01 Christopher Von Deylen - Euphoria 16:57 Max Johann Feat. Pearl Andersson - Bette Davis Eyes 16:55 Steve Forest, Te Pai - Never Gonna Give You Up 16:50 Schiller Feat. Jael - Tired (Live) 16:47 Jubel - On The Beach 16:42 Tinlicker Feat. Hero Baldwin - Rebirth 16:40 Edx - Ecletric (Mixed) 16:36 Robin Schulz - Headlights 16:34 Nora Van Elken - Honshu 16:29 Schiller - Mittelerde 16:26 Kygo With Avicii & Sandro Cavazza - Forever Yours (Tribute) 16:23 Gamper & Dadoni - My Lovin' 16:18 Lissat & Voltaxx Feat. Jennifer Kae - Sweet Love (Extended Mix) 16:15 Sanah - Invisible Dress (Maro Music X Skytech Remix) 16:06 Moby - Too Much Change 16:02 Lexer Feat. Audrey Janssens - Till Dawn 15:58 Purple Disco Machine - Hypnotized 15:54 Lstn - Times Of Sorrow 15:50 Mark Ronson Feat. Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart 15:46 Klangkarussel & Poppy Baskcomb - This Love 15:43 Robin Schulz - Above The Clouds 15:39 Alle Farben - Berlin 15:32 Blond:ish Feat. Shawni - Wizard Of Love 15:24 Framewerk - Electric Religion 15:22 Nora Van Elken - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) 15:19 Dj Antoine & Flip Capella Feat. Evelyn - Dark Love 15:14 Parra For Cuva Feat. Anna Naklab - Wicked Games 15:08 Röyksopp Feat. Susanne Sundførd - Oh, Lover 15:04 Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd - Moth To A Flame 14:58 Schiller Feat. Sarah Brightman - The Smile 14:51 Julian Wassermann - People 14:46 Tinlicker Feat. Nathan Nicholson - Always Will 14:41 Nebu Mitte Feat. Jaselle - With You (Oriano Remix) 14:39 Lizot - Daddy Cool 14:33 New Age Kings - Illusion (Instrumental Remix) 14:30 I Will, I Swear - Long Days 14:24 Lamb - Wonder 14:21 Moby - Lift Me Up 14:19 Vize & Leony - Dolly Song (Devil's Cup) 14:15 Thomas Gold Feat. Bright Sparks - Seventeen 14:09 Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit (Claptone Remix) 14:05 Alex Breitling - Lilie 14:00 Three Drives On A Vinyl - Greece 2000 (Sebastian Davidson & Melosense Remix) 13:55 Sean Hayman - See Of Love (Whisper Mix) 13:51 Christopher Von Deylen - Infinity 13:47 Tom Novy & Dan Le Blonde - Let's Dance (Tom Novy Remix) 13:42 Vargo - The Moment 13:40 Carstn, Jason Walker - Could You Love Me (Munich Monstrs Remix) 13:37 Nightcall X Henri Purnell Feat. Eke - When The Morning Breaks 13:33 Selena Gomez & Marshmello - Wolves 13:30 Nora Van Elken - Sumatra (Lstn Remix) 13:27 Dj Shog - In The Air Tonight (Sway Gray & Lokee Remix) 13:24 Vievie - Blue Island 13:20 Tinlicker Feat. Nathan Nicholson - Be Here And Now 13:17 Morcheeba - Under The Ice 13:14 Fedde Le Grand Feat. Vince Freeman - Devils 13:11 Mousse T. - Boyfriend (Alle Farben Remix) 13:07 Sise - The Rain (Where Do I Begin) 13:04 Glockenbach - Dirty Dancing 13:00 Trinix - Vision Deluxe 12:55 Hannah Ild - Right Beside You 12:49 The Last Atlant - Twin Of The Sun 12:45 Tomas Skyldeberg - Chillin With You 12:40 Blondee & Marc Werner Feat. Fabienne Rothe - Wonderful Days 12:37 Nora En Pure - Branches 12:31 Relaxraum - Endless Horizons 12:28 Avaion, Paulwetz, Nu Aspect Feat. Yuma - Sleepless 12:26 Tiësto & Karol G - Don't Be Shy 12:21 Rue Du Soleil - Missing 12:18 Sons Of Maria - Always 12:13 Goa Foundation - (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight 12:07 Boozoo Bajou - Under My Sensi 12:04 Kamrad - Feel Alive 11:59 Atb & Anova - Route 66 11:55 Air - You Make It Easy 11:52 Blank & Jones - Alone In This Rhythm 11:48 Kryder & Natalie Shay - Rapture 11:44 Melloton - See You Again (Extended Mix) 11:40 Alex Breitling - Faith 11:36 Music On Canvas Feat. Tabitha - Upside Down 11:32 Nora En Pure - Enchantment 11:25 Soul Button - Circadian Rhythm (Hraach Remix) 11:19 Faro - Dreaming In Orange 11:17 Minelli, Filatov & Karas Remi - Rampampam 11:12 Enui - Adieu (Arielle Lb Remix) 11:07 Nick Sinckler, Lukas Termena - Get Up (Original Mix) 11:04 Loud Luxury Feat. Morgan St. Jean - Aftertaste 11:01 Gestört Aber Geil & Anna Grey - Thank You 10:55 Jose Padilla - Bosaxi (Touched Mix) 10:49 Joachim Pastor & Signum - Something You Need (Extended Mix) 10:46 Above & Beyond Feat. Justine Suissa - Little Something 10:40 Daniele Mastracci Feat. Allegra - Something Great 10:38 Alok & Timmy Trumpet - Underwater Love (La Vision Remix) 10:31 Adana Twins - Strange 10:29 Christopher Von Deylen - She Never Told Him Her Name 10:25 Nora En Pure - Fibonacci 10:22 Karen Ramirez - Looking For Love 10:16 Deep Dive Corp. Feat. Dennis Le Gree - Water 10:13 Kygo & Sasha Sloan - I'll Wait 10:07 Alle Farben - Sonoro (2018 Rework) 10:04 Lost Frequencies, Zonderling & Kelvin Jones - Love To Go 10:00 Edx - Vommuli 09:56 James Bright - Sarabande 09:53 Gil Glaze Feat. Dante Thomas - West La 09:50 Blank & Jones Feat. Zoe Durrant - Erase Rewind 09:47 Lost Frequencies & Aloe Blacc - Truth Never Lies 09:43 Paul Oakenfold, Bolier, Luis Fonsi - The World Can Wait (Bolier Remix) 09:38 Mari Boine - Gula Gula (Chilluminati Mix) 09:35 Stepha Schweiger - When I Was A Bird 09:31 Hugel - Can't Love Myself (Feat. Mishaal& Lpw) 09:23 Trinidad - L'oiseau (Original Mix) 09:14 Blond:ish Feat. Bahramji - Omnipresent 09:11 Gibbs - Waiting For Lonely 09:07 Lenny Ibizarre - Pretty As You Feel 09:04 Sono - Keep Control (Artbat Remix Edit) 09:00 Jean-michel Jarre - Oxygene, Pt. 4 08:57 Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes 08:53 Sans Souci - Nanda 08:50 Fritz Kalkbrenner - Daylight Is Falling 08:44 H. Garden Feat. Joi - Gentle Rain 08:39 Avira & Kiko Franco Feat. Nathan Nicholson) - Ocean 08:36 Armin Van Buuren & Garibay Feat. Olaf Blackwood - I Need You 08:32 Ambyion - Motion 08:29 Alina Baraz & Galimatias - Fantasy (Felix Jaehn Remix) 08:26 Tom Walker - Just You And I 08:23 Sam Feldt & Sam Fischer - Pick Me Up (Vavo Remix) 08:20 Magnofield - Lupino 08:15 Nardis - Sunrise 08:08 Le Roy - See The Light Ahead (Extended Mix) 08:03 Glide - Y Môr 08:00 Gary B. - Lead Me Home 07:54 Sirius & Nyla - Infinity (Remastered Remix) 07:49 Rìfìs Du Sol - Alive (Anyma Remix) 07:45 Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle 07:42 Carstn & Ten Tonne Skeleton - Safety Dance 07:38 Thievery Corporation - It Takes A Thief 07:35 Pirra Feat. Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas Remix - Limousine Lies 07:30 Robert Manos - Silver 07:24 Kinobe - Slip Into Something More Comfortable (Shibumi Remix) 07:21 Dj Antoine Feat. Craig Smart - Good Vibes (Good Feeling) (Dj Antoine Vs Mad Mark 2k19 Mix) 07:17 Basixx - Stay In Your Sunlight 07:14 Sting - Fragile 07:11 Nora En Pure - Stop Wasting Time 07:06 Blank & Jones Feat. Zoe Durrant - One Evening (Lofi Selection) 07:02 Moca - Flotter Tag 06:55 Rìfìs Du Sol - On My Knees (Oliver Schories Remix) 06:52 Blank & Jones - Swept Away 06:45 Mr. Sam Feat. Kristy Hawkshaw - Split 06:42 Dizkodude & Dj Antoine - Your Eyes (Dj Antoine Vs Mad Mark 2k21 Summer Mix) 06:38 Smoke City - Underwater Love 06:34 Tycho - Horizon 06:28 Beyhude - Rüzgar 06:21 Parra For Cuva, Anna Naklab - True Thoughts (Original Mix) 06:19 Alok & James Arthur - Work With My Love 06:13 Airstream - Your Tears (Del Mar Mix) 06:10 Rita Ora Feat. Alesso - Anywhere 06:07 Sans Souci - Take My Breath Away (Original Mix) 06:03 The Ocean Piano - Piano Mi Camino (Blue Wave Mix) 06:00 El Profesor - Bella Ciao (Hugel Remix) 05:56 Nora En Pure - Dry Sobbing 05:51 Mike Candys & Jack Holiday - La Serenissima 05:46 Chris Malinchak - So Good To Me 05:43 Together Alone - Ain't Nobody 05:37 Amanaska - Tide 05:35 Felix Jaehn, Cheat Codes Feat. Bow Anderson - I Just Wanna 05:30 Blank & Jones - Twilight Moon 05:24 Rene, Alex Hook - Right Now (Matvey Emerson Remix) 05:21 Parov Stelar - Fire 05:19 Lunax & Zana - Gone Tomorrow 05:11 Troels Hammer - Trans/ For/ Mation 05:08 Ac Venture - Rain In Spain (Roberto Sol Remix) 05:04 Daniel Portman - Sensual Desires 05:00 Dj Shah & Adrina Thorpe - Who Will Find Me (Acoustic Mix) 04:57 Bolier - Another Blue 04:53 Shallour & Riah - Lie 04:47 Jens Gad - El Momento 04:44 Matoma Feat. Jonah Kagen - Summer Feeling 04:39 Phil Mison - Just Landed 04:36 Klingande, Wrabel - Big Love 04:32 Nora Van Elken - Interstellar 04:28 Light Of Aidan Feat. Note For A Child - Loving You 04:26 Avian Grays & Azteck - Endlessly 04:23 Edx Feat. Jess Ball - Take Me Home 04:17 Groovecatcher - Never Alone In New York 04:14 Blank & Jones Feat. Coralie Clément - Cest Mieux 04:09 Dreamerproject - Horizons (Glenn Main Remix) 04:05 Ayoe Angelica - Dr. Jekyll 04:02 Daniel Portman - Vulnerable 03:56 Goldfish - Love Everlasting (Extended Mix) 03:50 Benny Royal, Dani Hageman - Tigereye 03:48 R3hab, Timmy Trumpet, W&w - Distant Memory 03:43 Aromabar - Renegade 03:40 Amely & Lvndscape - Losing My Mind 03:37 Viva La Panda & Finding Molly - Bring It On (La La La) 03:33 Aural Float - Be As You Are 03:29 Audax Feat. Ron Caroll - Falling For You 03:24 Faithless Feat. Nathan Ball & Caleb Femi - I Need Someone 03:21 Nora En Pure - Homebound 03:16 Lyke - Stay With Me 03:12 Lstn - Sky & Sand 03:08 Nicos - Secret Love 03:01 Garlington - Falling To Pieces (Extended Mix) 02:58 Armin Van Buuren Feat. Jake Reese - Need You Now 02:53 Jasmine Thompson - Adore (Teemid Remix) 02:50 Dante Klein & Jordiz Feat. Megan Brands - Life 02:43 Chicane - Offshore 02:37 Beyhude - Akasha 02:33 Mount & Emdey - Venus 02:28 Danijel Kostic - Vinternatt (Club Mix) 02:25 Möwe - Bad Intentions 02:19 Bay Area - Dolphin Rider (Pianodreamsession) 02:15 Bedouin Soundclash - Brutal Hearts (Flicflac ) 02:13 Famba Feat. Brando & Mkla - Games We Play 02:10 Dj Antoine & Dead-line - Shout 02:06 R Plus - Summer Dress 02:00 Nora En Pure - Oblivion (Extended Mix) 01:56 Eli & Fur - Come Back Around 01:52 Eelke Kleijn Feat. Ost - Lost Souls (Nora En Pure Remix) 01:50 Buchs Feat. Nokyo - Cheverolet 01:47 Starley - Lovers Strangers 01:44 Chaël Feat Kaii - Don't Speak 01:40 Brendon Moeller - Emerging 01:34 Fous De La Mer - Esse Sonho 01:30 Above & Beyond - Is It Love? (1001) (Original Mix) 01:28 Digital Camel - Shine Bright 01:22 Chris Zippel - Mirror Dawn 01:18 Laniia - Fireflies 01:15 Freischwimmer - California Dreamin 01:12 Deepend - Only Love 01:08 Karsten Kiessling Feat. Helin - Fight Like A Lion 01:02 Exstra - Comet (Extended Mix) 00:59 Galantis Feat. Onerepublic - Bones 00:54 Thomas Lemmer & Andreas Bach - Sweet Lullaby 00:51 Alphawezen - 4043 00:48 Mike Candys, Sb Mont & Salvo - Turned To Dust 00:42 Monolink - Otherside (Club Mix) 00:40 Sylvering - Is There Anybody Out There 00:37 Alok, Zeeba And Iro - Ocean 00:34 Ck West & Sassi K - C Song 00:28 8000below - Turnaround 00:23 Bolier & Leandro Da Silva - Floripa (Extended) 00:19 Passenger 10 - The Lonely Boy Who Wanted To Make Friends 00:15 Discover. - Lost In Music 00:07 True & Berger - Imprint Of Pleasure 00:05 Kamrad - I Believe

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 5.4

Holidays

Alice Goes Down the Rabbit Hole Day

Anti-Bullying Day

Bird Day (US)

Cassinga Day (Namibia)

Coal Miners Day (India)

Compliment Someone's Smile Day

Dave Brubeck Day

Director’s Day (India)

Dodenherdenking (Remembrance of the Dead; 2 minutes of silence observed at 8 pm; Netherlands)

Firefighters’ Memorial Day (UK)

45 Day

Frustrating the Fairies Day (Ireland)

Greenery Day (a.k.a. Midori no Hi; Japan)

International Firefighters' Day

International Payroll Day

International Respect for Chickens Day

Journalistic Discrimination Awareness Day

Kent State Shootings Remembrance Day (Ohio)

K.I.N.D. Day (Kids in Need of Diapers)

Literary Day (China)

Maynard Ferguson Day

Memorial Day (Curacao)

Milan Rastislav Štefánik Day (Slovakia)

National Fitness Day

National FPIES Awareness Day

National Kids Fitness Day

National Library Legislative Day

National Weather Observer's Day

Petite and Proud Day

Relationship Renewal Day

Remembrance Day for Martyrs and Disabled (Afghanistan)

Remembrance of the Dead (Dodenherdenking; Netherlands)

Renewal Day

Star Wars Day (a.k.a. Luke Skywalker Day)

St. Florian's Day (patron saint of brewers, coopers & barrel-makers)

TFMR Awareness Day (UK)

Work At Home Day

World Give Day

Youth Day (China, Fiji)

ZZ Top Day (Texas)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bourbon Independence Day

Candied Orange Peel Day

National Orange Juice Day

1st Thursday in May

Idaho Gives Day (Idaho) [1st Thursday]

Make-a-Book Day [Thursday of 1st Full Week]

Mom's Night Out [Thursday before Mother's Day]

National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day [Thursday of 1st Full Week]

National Day of Prayer [1st Thursday]

National Day of Reason [1st Thursday]

National Student Nurse Day [Thursday of 1st Full Week]

Thank a Dance Teacher [1st Thursday]

Thank a Youth Worker Day [1st Thursday]

World Password Day [1st Thursday]

Independence Days

Klitzibürg (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Latvia (from USSR, 1990)

Rhode Island (from Great Britain, 1776)

Feast Days

Bona Dea (Old Roman odes of Women's Mysteries)

Ceferino Giménez Malla (Christian; Saint)

Chewie the Cookie (Muppetism)

English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era (Church of England)

Feast of the English Martyrs (UK)

F.C.D. Wyneken (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod)

Florian (Christian; Saint) [Austria, barrel-makers, brewers, coopers]

Godard (Christian; Saint)

God of Medicine Day (Taiwan)

Gotthard of Hildesheim (Christian; Saint)

Ilmarinen’s Day (Pagan)

José María Rubio (Christian; Saint)

Judas Cyriacus (Christian; Saint)

Keith Haring (Artology)

Ma Zu (Birthday of Goddess of the Sea; Buddhism, Taoism)

Michal Giedroyc (Christian; Saint)

Monica of Hippo (Christian; Saint)

Pesach Sheni begins at sundown (Second Passover; Judaism)

Philopoemen (Positivist; Saint)

Sacerdos of Limoges (Christian; Saint)

Space Pirates Day (Pastafarian)

Star Wars Day (Pastafarian)

Tiberius Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Venerius of Milan (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [27 of 71]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

Accidents Will Happen, by Elvis Costello (Song; 1979)

The Avengers (Film; 2012)

The Barkleys of Broadway (Film; 1949)

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Film; 2012)

Bloodline, by Sidney Sheldon (Novel; 1978)

Cheese It, the Cat! (WB LT Cartoon; 1957)

Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (Novel; 1939)

Good Thing, by Leon Bridges (Album; 2018)

Happy Together (Film; 1990)

Hush My Mouse (WB LT Cartoon; 1946)

If You Had My Love, by Jennifer Lopez (Song; 1999)

Luther (UK TV Series; 2010)

The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury (Novel; 1950)

The Mummy Returns (Film; 2001)

RBG (Documentary Film; 2018)

Rid Of Me, by PJ Harvey (Album; 1993)

Sixteen Candles (Film; 1984)

The Skies of Peru, by Anne McCaffrey (Novel; 2001)

Spider-Man 3 (Film; 2007)

Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Animated TV Series; 2021)

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Film; 1990)

Today’s Name Days

Florian, Guido, Valeria (Austria)

Cvijeta, Cvjetko, Florijan, Iskra, Silvije (Croatia)

Květoslav (Czech Republic)

Florian (Denmark)

Roosi, Rosalie, Saale, Saali, Sale (Estonia)

Roosa, Rosa, Ruusu (Finland)

Florian, Sylvain (France)

Florian, Guido, Valeria (Germany)

Melia, Pelagia (Greece)

Flórián, Mónika (Hungary)

Ada, Ciriaco, Efisio, Porfirio, Silvano (Italy)

Flora, Florians, Viola, Vizbulīte (Latvia)

Dargailas, Florijonas, Mintautė, Monika (Lithuania)

Mona, Monika (Norway)

Florian, Grzegorz, January, Michał, Monika, Paulin, Strzeżywoj (Poland)

Pelaghia (Romania)

Florián (Slovakia)

Florián, Godofredo (Spain)

Mona, Monika (Sweden)

Alvina, Eunice, June, Palahna, Una (Ukraine)

Mona, Monica, Monika, Monita, Monique, Web, Webb, Webster (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 124 of 2024; 241 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 18 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 19 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Bing-Chen), Day 15 (Ren-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 13 Iyar 5783

Islamic: 13 Shawwal 1444

J Cal: 3 Bīja; Threesday [3 of 30]

Julian: 21 April 2023

Moon: 90%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 12 Caesar (5th Month) [Philopoemen]

Runic Half Month: Lagu (Flowing Water) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 46 of 90)

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 15 of 30)

Birthdays

George Marti (1856)

Heather Kozar; St. Pauli Girl 2002 (1976)

Events

Jan Primus, a.k.a. John I, Duke of Brabant, and possibly the inspiration for King Gambrinus, died (1294)

George Schmitt died (1897)

Alvin Donally patented a Bottling Apparatus (1897)

Florian Dauenhauer patented a Method and Apparatus for Picking Hops (1954)

Carl Schmock patented Refrigeration Equipment for Beer Cooling (1954)

John Miller patented a Transfer Mechanism for Conveyor Keg Palletizing Device (1965)

Redhook Brewing Co. incorporated (1981)

Alaskan Brewing became 1st brewery to install a CO2 reclamation plant (1998)

Russian River's Beatification 1st brewed (2004)

James Carter patented an Insulated Container for Keg Beer (2004)

Colin Johns patented a Brewing Process (2005) 

San Miguel Corp. patented a Method of Making Colorless and Artificially Colored Clear Beer (2006)

Tre Fontane approved as Trappist Brewery (Italy; 2015)

Brewery Openings

Nutfield Brewing (New Hampshire; 1994)

Cross Plains Brewery (Wisconsin; 1995)

Pelican Pub & Brewery (Oregon; 1996)

Cleveland Chop House & Brewery (Ohio; 1998)

[rhythm-catsandwine]

Fan

Notes: Or the one where you can't tell if it's the heat or beer getting to them. Oh and IPA jokes. Dink the pinecone and keep going.

It was hot and the air from the fan felt like satans fart. Inside temps that would make a global warming denier question everything drained them of any little energy, they had left. The gig was over and the cooler full of ice had lost half its beer in 60 seconds flat.  Danny had a beer bottle in one hand and another held against the back of his neck. Rivers of condensation and sweat ran down his back. The blue sleeveless shirt with a Jayhawk on it clung like a second skin. “Get the one in the corner. It’s from a brewery in KC.” He watched Adam sort through cubes of frozen water. “It’s better than the horse piss they call beer.” He tilted his head to the owners of the place. “There’s nothing else to drink. I checked.”

“Sure it’s good if you like drinking pine cones covered in citrus juice.” Maynard smirked. 

“I think it’s called an IPA.” Adam took his first drink of alcohol in months. 

“If it is true and you are what you eat. Don’t come crying to me when you turn into a pinecone.” Maynard opened a bottle of Chardonnay he got from seemingly nowhere. 

“Least you don’t have curls,” Justin complained. 

“Curly Q can’t stand the heat?” Danny tossed one beer in the bin and then grabbed another. ‘Or is that the Brit in ya?”

The metal propeller out of water sputtered and slowed to a halt. “Bloody fan stopped.”

“Then maybe we’ll all die and then haunt this place until the end of the universe. “ Adam was already halfway through the hazy golden liquid in a bottle. “What would it be like to be a ghost?”

“Floaty?” Maynard drank from the bottle like it was fancy grape juice. 

“That’s being drunk.”

“Some theories say ghosts don't know they are dead. Or if they are intelligent then they go between worlds through a portal.” Danny explained.

“The portal here would be satans ass.” 

“Satan my ass.”

“Wot?”

“Danny gets delusional when he drinks too much.”

“Maynard gets easy.”

“You get easy.” Danny countered. 

“You both start acting like cats in heat.” Adam had a quarter of beer left.

“How much did you have to drink or does Chewbaccas wilt in heat?” Danny opened yet another beer.

“Where’d Justin go?” Maynard looked around. 

“Aliens!”

“Apparently the little green men got them both.”

"Spontaneous combustion?"

[brookston]

Holidays 5.4

Holidays

Alice Goes Down the Rabbit Hole Day

Anti-Bullying Day

Bird Day (US)

Cassinga Day (Namibia)

Coal Miners Day (India)

Compliment Someone's Smile Day

Dave Brubeck Day

Director’s Day (India)

Dodenherdenking (Remembrance of the Dead; 2 minutes of silence observed at 8 pm; Netherlands)

Firefighters’ Memorial Day (UK)

45 Day

Frustrating the Fairies Day (Ireland)

Greenery Day (a.k.a. Midori no Hi; Japan)

International Firefighters' Day

International Payroll Day

International Respect for Chickens Day

Journalistic Discrimination Awareness Day

Kent State Shootings Remembrance Day (Ohio)

K.I.N.D. Day (Kids in Need of Diapers)

Literary Day (China)

Maynard Ferguson Day

Memorial Day (Curacao)

Milan Rastislav Štefánik Day (Slovakia)

National Fitness Day

National FPIES Awareness Day

National Kids Fitness Day

National Library Legislative Day

National Weather Observer's Day

Petite and Proud Day

Relationship Renewal Day

Remembrance Day for Martyrs and Disabled (Afghanistan)

Remembrance of the Dead (Dodenherdenking; Netherlands)

Renewal Day

Star Wars Day (a.k.a. Luke Skywalker Day)

St. Florian's Day (patron saint of brewers, coopers & barrel-makers)

TFMR Awareness Day (UK)

Work At Home Day

World Give Day

Youth Day (China, Fiji)

ZZ Top Day (Texas)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bourbon Independence Day

Candied Orange Peel Day

National Orange Juice Day

1st Thursday in May

Idaho Gives Day (Idaho) [1st Thursday]

Make-a-Book Day [Thursday of 1st Full Week]

Mom's Night Out [Thursday before Mother's Day]

National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day [Thursday of 1st Full Week]

National Day of Prayer [1st Thursday]

National Day of Reason [1st Thursday]

National Student Nurse Day [Thursday of 1st Full Week]

Thank a Dance Teacher [1st Thursday]

Thank a Youth Worker Day [1st Thursday]

World Password Day [1st Thursday]

Independence Days

Klitzibürg (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Latvia (from USSR, 1990)

Rhode Island (from Great Britain, 1776)

Feast Days

Bona Dea (Old Roman odes of Women's Mysteries)

Ceferino Giménez Malla (Christian; Saint)

Chewie the Cookie (Muppetism)

English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era (Church of England)

Feast of the English Martyrs (UK)

F.C.D. Wyneken (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod)

Florian (Christian; Saint) [Austria, barrel-makers, brewers, coopers]

Godard (Christian; Saint)

God of Medicine Day (Taiwan)

Gotthard of Hildesheim (Christian; Saint)

Ilmarinen’s Day (Pagan)

José María Rubio (Christian; Saint)

Judas Cyriacus (Christian; Saint)

Keith Haring (Artology)

Ma Zu (Birthday of Goddess of the Sea; Buddhism, Taoism)

Michal Giedroyc (Christian; Saint)

Monica of Hippo (Christian; Saint)

Pesach Sheni begins at sundown (Second Passover; Judaism)

Philopoemen (Positivist; Saint)

Sacerdos of Limoges (Christian; Saint)

Space Pirates Day (Pastafarian)

Star Wars Day (Pastafarian)

Tiberius Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Venerius of Milan (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [27 of 71]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

Accidents Will Happen, by Elvis Costello (Song; 1979)

The Avengers (Film; 2012)

The Barkleys of Broadway (Film; 1949)

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Film; 2012)

Bloodline, by Sidney Sheldon (Novel; 1978)

Cheese It, the Cat! (WB LT Cartoon; 1957)

Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (Novel; 1939)

Good Thing, by Leon Bridges (Album; 2018)

Happy Together (Film; 1990)

Hush My Mouse (WB LT Cartoon; 1946)

If You Had My Love, by Jennifer Lopez (Song; 1999)

Luther (UK TV Series; 2010)

The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury (Novel; 1950)

The Mummy Returns (Film; 2001)

RBG (Documentary Film; 2018)

Rid Of Me, by PJ Harvey (Album; 1993)

Sixteen Candles (Film; 1984)

The Skies of Peru, by Anne McCaffrey (Novel; 2001)

Spider-Man 3 (Film; 2007)

Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Animated TV Series; 2021)

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Film; 1990)

Today’s Name Days

Florian, Guido, Valeria (Austria)

Cvijeta, Cvjetko, Florijan, Iskra, Silvije (Croatia)

Květoslav (Czech Republic)

Florian (Denmark)

Roosi, Rosalie, Saale, Saali, Sale (Estonia)

Roosa, Rosa, Ruusu (Finland)

Florian, Sylvain (France)

Florian, Guido, Valeria (Germany)

Melia, Pelagia (Greece)

Flórián, Mónika (Hungary)

Ada, Ciriaco, Efisio, Porfirio, Silvano (Italy)

Flora, Florians, Viola, Vizbulīte (Latvia)

Dargailas, Florijonas, Mintautė, Monika (Lithuania)

Mona, Monika (Norway)

Florian, Grzegorz, January, Michał, Monika, Paulin, Strzeżywoj (Poland)

Pelaghia (Romania)

Florián (Slovakia)

Florián, Godofredo (Spain)

Mona, Monika (Sweden)

Alvina, Eunice, June, Palahna, Una (Ukraine)

Mona, Monica, Monika, Monita, Monique, Web, Webb, Webster (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 124 of 2024; 241 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 18 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 19 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Bing-Chen), Day 15 (Ren-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 13 Iyar 5783

Islamic: 13 Shawwal 1444

J Cal: 3 Bīja; Threesday [3 of 30]

Julian: 21 April 2023

Moon: 90%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 12 Caesar (5th Month) [Philopoemen]

Runic Half Month: Lagu (Flowing Water) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 46 of 90)

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 15 of 30)

Birthdays

George Marti (1856)

Heather Kozar; St. Pauli Girl 2002 (1976)

Events

Jan Primus, a.k.a. John I, Duke of Brabant, and possibly the inspiration for King Gambrinus, died (1294)

George Schmitt died (1897)

Alvin Donally patented a Bottling Apparatus (1897)

Florian Dauenhauer patented a Method and Apparatus for Picking Hops (1954)

Carl Schmock patented Refrigeration Equipment for Beer Cooling (1954)

John Miller patented a Transfer Mechanism for Conveyor Keg Palletizing Device (1965)

Redhook Brewing Co. incorporated (1981)

Alaskan Brewing became 1st brewery to install a CO2 reclamation plant (1998)

Russian River's Beatification 1st brewed (2004)

James Carter patented an Insulated Container for Keg Beer (2004)

Colin Johns patented a Brewing Process (2005) 

San Miguel Corp. patented a Method of Making Colorless and Artificially Colored Clear Beer (2006)

Tre Fontane approved as Trappist Brewery (Italy; 2015)

Brewery Openings

Nutfield Brewing (New Hampshire; 1994)

Cross Plains Brewery (Wisconsin; 1995)

Pelican Pub & Brewery (Oregon; 1996)

Cleveland Chop House & Brewery (Ohio; 1998)