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Master in Dallas Example of a large transitional master brown floor and dark wood floor bedroom design with brown walls

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YA Books About Armenia 🇦🇲

Master Book List for the YA World Challenge for 🇦🇲 Armenia

YA Like Water on Stone, Dana Walrath ⌛ Forgotten Fire, Adam Bagdasarian 💚🛩️⌛ Daughter of War, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch 🛩️⌛ Lake of Sighs, Meli Sarkissian 💚🦋 One Man Guy, Michael Barakiva 💚🛩️🌈 As the Poppies Bloomed, Maral Boyadjian 💚⌛

NA/Coming-of-age All the Light There Was, Nancy Kricorian 💚⌛🛩️ The Gray House, Mariam Petrosyan 💚🦋 The Gimmicks, Chris McCormick The Spice Box Letters, Eve Makis ⌛🛩️ A Place Far Away, Vahan Zanoyan 💚 My Name is Aram, William Saroyan 💚🛩️

Memoir Four Years in the Mountains of Kurdistan, Aram Haigaz 💚 Vergeen: A Survivor of the Armenian Genocide, Mae Derdarian

Childrens A Weave of Words: An Armenian Tale, Robert D. San Souci

Adult books to consider Three Apples Fell from the Sky, Narine Abgaryan 💚⌛ The Sandcastle Girls, Chris Bohjalian 💚⌛ Rise of the Phoenix, T. Isajanyan 💚🦋 Mayda, Srpuhi Dussap 💚⌛

💚 Native Author 🛩️ Immigrant or diaspora 🏖️ non-native characters in or about the country (ex. vacation/adventure) ⌛ Historical 🦋 Fantasy 🌈 LGBT

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a mirrored picture of my old man a plato fanmix  [listen]

01. Little Shadow - yeah yeah yeahs | 02. Bitter Milk - ibi | 03. Such a Shame - talk talk | 04. Payback - jan hammer  |  05. Deformative  - black eyes | 06. A Chronicle of Early Failures - Part 1 - the dead texan | 07. Mis-Shapes - pulp | 08. Haunted (Instrumental) - radical face | 09. Disarm - the smashing pumpkins | 10. Smalltown Boy - bronski beat | 11. II. Largo assai ed espressivo (excerpt) from Piano Trio No. 4 in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost" - ludwig van beethovan | 12. My Eyes - the lumineers | 13. Vivaldi Variation (Arr. for Piano from Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 156) - florian christl  | 14. Unwell - matchbox twenty | 15. Once Upon a Dream - invadable harmony | 16. I’ve Just Seen a Face (Acoustic Cover) - the moon loungers  | 17. Memory of That Waltz - frozen silence | 18. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - the dream academy | 19. They Move on Tracks of Never Ending Light -  this will destroy you | 20. Cambodia - Single Version - kim wilde |  21. "Happy End" (ハッピー・エンド) -  yellow light orchestra |   22. Superstitious Feeling - harlequin | 23. Masquerade (Suite): 1. Waltz Excerpt - aram khachaturian, london symphony orchestra, stanley black  | 24. The Family Jewels - marina  | 25. The Nutcracker, “A Pine Forest In Winter” - pyotr illyich tchaikovsky, heribert beissel, bonn classcal philharmonic |  26. Seventeen Going Under - sam fender | 27. Serenade for Strings in E Major, “II. Tempo di valse” - anton dvorak, prague chamber orchestra, petr skvor  | 28. Release - michael nesmith | 29. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, “Moonlight” - ludwig van beethoven, brodsky quartet | 30.  Race Among the Ruins - gordon lightfoot | 31. Pavane, Op. 50  - gabriel faure, sinfonieorchester basel, ivor bolten | 32. Man Made Lake - donovan woods | 33. Unflappable - vampire step-dad  | 34. Keep Up The Fight - gowan

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surrealism

nightingale of paradise - baha’i victory chorus

serpentskirt - cocteau twins

the augusta - mike higham

kiss breakdown - michael brook

lost forever - hallow

implanted memories - infinity frequencies

hook rug dance - angelo badalamenti

land of the dead - aram bajakian

lost in the woods - honey magpie

all the voices in my head - kate brunotts

czas pracy - wiktor stribog

the letter - lubos fiser

montage from twin peaks - angelo badalamenti

shelly - angelo badalamenti

le vent nous portera - noir désir

charlotte’s thong - connan mockasin

siamese twins - the cure

voyager - isaac delusion

barbarian kings - morgan delt

rotundo - finnebassen

can’t hardly stand it - charlie feathers

no werewolf - allah-las

white rabbit - shannon & the clams

basak saclim - bunalimlar

matador - mickey 3d

darkest light - lafayette afro rock band

naked when you come - the lollipops

lookin’ for you - savages

maazallah - lin pesto

habu raminibu - ayani huni kuin

link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2YWG0dcBYAXu5kIylQiDPy?si=0d9bc02c6c51452f&pt=decdb7aba01c8e92f5d6e369fbdc5ad6

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Friday, March 31st

Guest blogger: Charlie

Woke up - and I really did not want to get up - but once I did I got up and got dressed really quickly. We ate toast and packed up to go to Peggy's. We got a cab this time because of all the stuff. 

There were subways going over the Manhattan bridge which I thought was interesting. I wondered if we could take a subway just to go over the bridge. It might not sound that interesting but since I'm a tourist it's the most amazing thing in the world. 

When we got to Peggy's we dropped off stuff and got a couple crackers for the road.

Our first stop was the Michael Aram store, where there was gold everywhere, left-right-front-back. We were looking for something for some about $105 dollars for a prize that Melissa won when she was 15. We picked a silver peacock feather that we think would look good hanging on her wall. We dropped that at Peggy's and headed to SoHo for the Museum of Ice Cream.

When we got there there was a huge line. We finally got our tickets and we got inside. As we walked inside there was a huge whoosh of sweet air and everything was very pink. But they told us not to stop - and we continued walking into the admission room which was a hallway with ice cream cone patterns and a ice cream history timeline. Then we went into a room where we chose our ice cream name. My name was Chocolate Charlie with Whipped Cream. Melissa was Baked Alaska. We continue to a big room with a tiny stage and lots of ice cream. The choices were cherry sorbet and pink vanilla - but it was really vanilla with marachino cherry juice.  Delicious! I recited: “To be or not to be. To be... eaten.”

The whole place was very very pink: the walls are pink, the ice cream is pink and the workers are wearing pink. We went upstairs with vivid pink lightning that led to a yellow room, with doors that would open with scenes of milk being poured, and ice cream being scooped.

Then there was a subway that looked like you were flying and everything was pink. There was a room full of bananas and so many phone calls!  Then I bounced in the tiny bounce house. There was a room where it looked the walls were ice cream that were being scooped by giant scoops. They where serving ice cream in that room (obviously). The options were cotton candy and vegan strawberry. I got vegan strawberry. Then there was the only museum part of the museum: historical ice cream scoops and ice cream facts.

Further on there was a slide. It was such a good slide. It was twirly. You were handed a potato sack. You would twirl until it was black. You would arrive at your destination - a lovely melting cave with dimly lit lanterns. In that room there was more ice cream. The options were soft serve chocolate soft serve and pineapple. There were puzzles and a word search. 

The next room was like a playground with jungle gym and arcade serving cotton candy and lots of fun. Then there were wonky mirrors and then you went up a long hallway with red vents on each side of you with gentle light. You went up the ramp getting close until you could peek through. Then you reach lockers. What where you going to do there? It was a pool of sprinkles! It was amazing. It moved and sounded like water. We spent a ton of time there. Then we grabbed our shoes and reached the end. But no! We turn around and did half the museum again in reverse. We got some more cotton candy and played with everything again. 

We were walking down the street to go back to Peggy's and I suddenly said "Hello Mother!" because my mother was walking down the street.

  Then we to a concert and had dinner. It was overwhelming. Grandma said that's what Italian restaurants are like. It was stressful and noisy.

I wish my flight was cancelled until next week.   But the ice cream museum was definitely the highlight of it all.

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AN AMERICAN SATAN - Review

DISTRIBUTOR: Omnibus Entertainment

SYNOPSIS: In 1966 in California a former organist and lion tamer named Anton Szandor LaVey founded the Church of Satan. Over the years it has often been surrounded by mysteries, scandals and moral panics. In this documentary some of today’s active members of the church and other free-styled Satanists share their views, memories, ritual practices and personal stories about how they got involved with Satanism. They discuss the false myths that still surround the movement. It is an immersive journey into one the most fascinating phenomena of American religious pluralism.

REVIEW: As a New Yorker, a horror fan, and a member of several literary genre organizations you would assume that I most likely would be aware of the Church of Satan, “The Satanic Bible,” and Anton LaVey. In fact I am. However, I first encountered “The Satanic Bible” as part of a world religion class that I was taking my junior year at an all boys Catholic School. Later on I became acquainted with Peter H. Gilmore, who was the head of the New York Chapter for the Church of Satan and was editing a small press horror journal at the time. Through our friendship I came to know other members of the church. In the late 80’s I had the opportunity to interview Anton LaVey, once live on air and the second pre-recorded and edited, for the radio station I was working at. So I was eager to view AN AMERICAN SATAN.

Aram Garriga’s documentary does an excellent job of painting a well developed portrait of LaVey through archival recordings and interviews of people who had direct contact with him and knew him well. The film also lays out the founding of The Church of Satan, the splinter groups that formed, and where the church stands today. It’s interesting to see how it evolved from its Californian roots to now have its foundation on the East Coast in New York.

The film helps put LaVey’s life in context. Still many of the things LeVay claims about his past as shown in the archival footage is not disputed. Many researchers have tried to substantiate his claims of working for a carnival/circus, as a photographer for the San Francisco Police Department, or working as an organist at the Mayan Theater during burlesque shows, but none of it could be substantiated beyond a reasonable doubt.  While the film offers no rebuttal to his claims, it is clear from old footage and the interviews that he was “quite the showman.” Not only did he create flair and theatrics to his rituals. He was a charismatic character that could muster an audience.

The film does a nice job of placing the founding of the church within the historical context of the 60’s and 70’s, and you can understand it as a reaction to the philosophies of free love and American puritanism creating so much noise that LeVay was reacting to. If the following years of hysteria caused by “Rosemary’s Baby,” The Exorcist,” and the rise of so called secret satanic cults and child abuse that plagued the talk shows had never happened he very well might have gathered a larger following. LeVay took to the stage and defended his belief system. The showman was in the right place, but at the wrong time. He became the public’s poster child for what they want to believe. Still, it did not inhibit him.

Garriga does an excellent job of contextualizing the man, the events, and the current state of the church he founded. It’s interesting how the Church of Satan is still out there in the world but is not so much in the public’s zeitgeist. In some ways the film serves as a reminder of its existence. That there are still practicing members and other splinter groups. In examining where things stand now, it seems that the church has almost returned to its founder's roots of his self claimed experiences with the carnies and sideshow performers.

AN AMERICAN SATAN is an entertaining and thought provoking look at a period in time which gave rise to a more self fulfilling belief system born out of a frustration with the Catholic religion and church goers with double standards. It’s interesting that years later the 1987 film “Wall Street” gave us the clean cut Wall Street trader Gordon Gekko who uttered, “Greed is good!” One of many beliefs of the Church of Satan, but it received a different reaction. AN AMERICAN SATAN offers viewers a challenge to understanding what we believe in light of who is delivering the message, its packaging, and branding. It might just be that the Church of Satan isn’t what we ever needed to fear.  

CAST (Interviewees): Peter H. Gilmore, Stanton LaVey, Aden Ardennes, Adam Cardone, David Harris, Heather Harris, Michael Antony Mandrake, Ruth Waytz, Peggy Nadramia, Raul Antony. CREW: Director - Aram Garriga; Screenplay - Aram Garriga & Xavi Prat; Cinematographer - Benet Román; Score - Erisian, Aram Garriga, & Xavi Prat; Visual Effects - Abel del Castillo & Laurent Pallarès. OFFICIAL: N.A. FACEBOOK: N.A. TWITTER: N.A. TRAILER: https://youtu.be/ER8nyYPO11o RELEASE DATE: Digital Platforms April 27th, 2021

**Until we can all head back into the theaters our “COVID Reel Value” will be similar to how you rate a film on digital platforms - 👍 (Like), 👌 (It’s just okay),  or 👎 (Dislike) Reviewed by Joseph B Mauceri

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A short horror film is a brief-but-effective form of horror media; unlike full length movies, a horror short aims to frighten the viewer with a scary story told within the span of mere minutes. I’ve compiled a list of my favorite short features from several different horror sub-genres, and have also included links to where the entire short can be watched for free. Please be aware that any of the films listed below may contain jump scares, flashing lights, or depictions of subject matter that you find distressing or offensive. Image art is from “Winston”.  

EERIE: creepy atmospheres, macabre settings, ghostly figures, and unwelcome visitors from the supernatural realm. 

Father’s Day by Anthony Scott Burns  

The Jigsaw by The Al-Safar Bros.

Intruders by Santiago Menghini   

The Last Seance by Laura Kulik  

Whisper by Breakneck Films

Abandoned by Jordan Hudecz

Downstairs by The Boxleitner Brothers

A Tap at the Window by GPx Horror

CREATURES: monsters, wraiths, ghouls, and things that lurk in the woods.

The Little Mermaid by Nicholas Humphries

Rue by Derek Franson

The Birch by Crypt TV

Evaded by Johannes Persson & Rasmus Wassber

The Bells by Virat Pal

Don’t Look by Christopher Cox

Clap Clap by Brandon Piskorik

The Moonlight Man by Danny Donahue

ANIMATED: artistic terror illustrated beautifully--and horrifically--through moving images, free from the constraints of mortal flesh and blood. 

Winston by Aram Sarkisian  

Looking Glass by Erik Rosenlund

The Backwater Gospel by Bo Mathorne 

Macabre by Jerónimo Rocha and João Miguel Real

Alma by Rodrigo Blaas

The Midnight Parasites by Yōji Kuri

DREAD: tension and suspense, crafted with the intention of keeping the viewer in an escalating state of apprehension before the final chilling reveal. 

The Ten Steps by Brendan Muldowney 

In Extremis by Gregory Crosbie 

Alone Time by Rod Blackhurst

The Bridge Partner by Gabriel Olson

The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow by Rodrigo Gudiño and Vincent Marcone

Two Birds by Brendan Beachman

Peekers by Mark Steensland

Don’t Fall Asleep by Aaron Van Maanen

The Thrift by Stanley Azarcon

OCCULT: demons, possessions, rituals, prophecies, and entities that exist beyond human comprehension. 

3 Versos by FindaStoryTV 

The Maiden by Michael Chaves

La Boca del Leon by Alfonso Garcia

Don’t Go Down to Wildor by Bloody Cuts Films

The Outer Darkness by ALTER

Behind by Kendy Ty

CREEPYPASTA: inspired by Internet horror lore, also known as “creepypastas”. 

The Russian Sleep Experiment by Framed Pictures

NoEnd House by Ethan Linder

White with Red by Brandon Christensen

I Heard It Too by Matt Sears and Tim Knight

The Rake by Shun Otsubo

Ben Drowned by Jake Pound

UNSETTLING: explorations of particularly disturbing subjects, such as extreme mutilation, ultraviolence, and body horror. Not safe for work and not recommended for those upset, offended, or repulsed by graphic content. 

Point of View by Justin Harding 

The Disappearance of Willie Bingham by Matt Richards 

Don’t Move by Bloody Cuts Films

The Smiling Man by A.J. Briones

Capstone’s Oak by Will Phelps

Turn Around by Loste Films

Dead Man’s Lake by Bloody Cuts Films

ENJOY!

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Eurovision 2010s: 105 - 101

105. Mariya Yaremchuk - “Tick tock” Ukraine 2014

Conform with the “GODDESSES ONLY” clause of their Eurovision contract, Ukraine once again have blessed us with an amazing opener (Seriously. First Melovin, then Eduard, now this? WE WERE ROBBED OF MARUV OPENING THE FINALE). 

"Tick tock” is a bit too elementary to put into my top 100, HOWEVER that is also why it’s such an easy song to get into. High (production-)quality Ukranian trashpop 😍 Which won Vidbir as an unintentional incest anthem 😍 (if you don’t know, the original version opened with “We belonged to each other, like a sister to a brother” Cersei Lannister is quaking.) 

Naturally, the main reason why Mariya ranks this high is, of course, the staging. THE HAMSTER WHEEL IS LEGENDARY:

Mariya casually flinging herself on top of that giant spinning contraption and torturing her poor hot dancer. 😍 I’d say the staging makes no sense, but then I realized Ukraine probably went with this act because it’s DIRT CHEAP <3 (which is funny as long as you don’t think about why they went with a lowbudget act 😭). It’s just so... honorarily Moldovan? 😍 Ukraine and Moldova using each other as horcruxes <3 Name a more epic ESC alliance, I will wait. Until then,

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104. Sanja Vucic - “Goodbye (Shelter)” Serbia 2016

... let us celebrate this glorious cross-over between “Molitva”, “Running” and “l’Amore è femmina”. 😍 “Shelter” takes the best aspects from these three entries and combines them into a increasedly shouty mess. As you can imagine, I LOVE this witches’ cabal of hackneyed hand choreos, shredded leather and facial gymnastics. Most ESC performers would keep their miming to the precise amount of what they need, but Sanja is (and has always been) so UNPLUGGED with her irate facial expressions. A reel:

Which, in a song with such a HEAVY topic as spousal abuse is actually quite appropriate. You show those awful shit husbands, girl!!! 

And you’d think that would be *IT*, but nope you’re wrong because :TEEHEE: I also think “Shelter” is a great song even without the messy misandry. The song is catchy, moody and highly relistenable. It’s one of the better mid-tier bops of this ranking. No wonder it got televotes from all over Euro-

oh. (🤣)

CONGRATZ BOJANA ON BEING THE HIGHEST RANKED SERBIAN ENTRY.

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103. Alyona Lanskaya - “Solayoh” Belarus 2013

HI 🙂 MY NAME IS ALYONA LANSKAYA 🙂 I AM FROM BELARUS 🙂 MY SONG SOLAYOH.  🙂

2013 is mostly remembered as the year of ‘splicing unnecessary dubstep into your song’, but there is another recurring trend which was even better. The ‘female performer enters the stage with STYLE’ and as far as stylistic entrances go, Alyona’s is one of the best. This emissary  from the planet Solayoh emerged immediately from her discoball-shaped Escape pod upon landing to tell us all the love and joys of her homeworld 😍

What follows is a lametastic banality anthem, riddled with ESL sentences (”We can make it into hot night” 😍.) and of course, a few iconic hand choreographies:

Topping off the hilarity is the idea of a well-off socialite such as Alyona Lanskaya singing about how “she had work hard all day :lip pout:” while wiggling her dress’s cerulean bossom fringes. 😍😂 Bribing juror being such hard work. <3 We stan lazy queens. 😍

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102. Sofi Marinova - “Love unlimited” Bulgaria 2012

DO REN DEM DEM DEI 

Speaking of lazy queens, remember when Bulgaria send an act that consisted entirely of a haggard ponytailed garuda wiggling her diddeys around like-a-so: 

I’m only a recent convert to the Church of Marinova, only seeing the light during my last rewatch and I mean, how could I not fall in love eventually? “Love unlimited” is such a lowbudget afair, a basic dance track whose sole gimmick is saying “I love you” in like 46 different languages. 😍 

As such, "Love unlimited” totally shouldn’t work... and yet it absolutely does? It’s a similar deal to Jurij, except the person taking the stage here is a lovably dimwitted middle-aged hagress who is completely oblivious to the fact that she has no chance to qualify and is giving still giving it her damn’ all, in doing so ALMOST reaching the final from a lost position. WHAT A TROOPER. I LOVE *YOU* SO MUCH, Sofi-Trophy. 😍

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101. Conan Osiris - “Telemóveis” Portugal 2019

A lot of people blame several artistic decisions behinds Conan’s NQ, but I’ve had my doubts even before the rehearsals began: this is what I wrote a full month before the semi: 

Conan’s main problems rise from the fact that he tries to be artistic and humorous at the same time, and the two cancel each other out somewhat.

(...) There’s a very high chance “Telemóveis” highbrow message will  fly over the heads of the audience and there’s an equally high chance it will backfire on Conan when it does. 

Portugal faces severe competition from the other acts. They compete with Slovenia for the “This Is High Quality” value-seeking vote, with Iceland and Australia for the novely vote and with Czech Republic and Greece for the “yeah this is actually really fucking clever” highbrow vote. He even competes with Serhat somehwat, both being OTT acts that are on later in the semi. 

It could very well mean death by a thousand cuts for Portugal.

SURPRISE, I actually got it right for once!! 

Of course, “Telemóveis” was less good in Tel Aviv than it was during FdC (people incorrecly blame the dress. I personally thought it was a combination of nerves, João spraining his knee and technical difficulties, much more than the dress). 

Anyway, even if he wasn’t as good in Tel Aviv, a lesser “Telemóveis” is still pretty damn great so idk why everyone was is tripping? The song was still a disarmingly weird acid trip of fado funk, snappy vocals and a bonkers choreography that left the average viewer utterly GOBSMACKED. 😍 It’s one of those entries where, when looking back in a few years, everyone will say was way AHEAD of the curve and that’s never a bad demograph to be a part of. 

CONGRATZ SUZY ON WINNING PORTUGAL!!! But moreover,

CONGRATULATIONS TOP 100!!!! K time for a little recap of who is still in this ranking:

Albania: 2 (Juliana, Eugent) Armenia: 2 (Aram, Iveta) Australia: 1 (KMH) Austria: 2 (Conchita, Zoë) Azerbaijan: 2 (Farid, DiHaj) Belarus: 3 (Litesound, IVAN, NAVIBAND) Belgium: 4 (Tom Dice, Loic, Laura Tesoro, Blanche) Bosnia & Herzegovina: 1 (Dino Merlin) Bulgaria: 3 (Elitsa & Stoyan, both Poli’s) Croatia: 0 Cyprus: 2 (Minus One, Eleni) Czech Republic: 1 (Lake Malawi) Denmark: 1 (Rasmussen) Estonia: 5 (Malcolm Lincoln, Ott, Birgit, Stigelina, Elina Netchayeva) Finland: 4 (Kuukuiskaajat, Krista, Softengine, Norma John) France: 3 (Jessy, Madame Monsieur, Amir) Georgia: 4 (Sopho N., Shin&Mariko, Nina S., Nika) Germany: 2 (Lena 2.0, Michael) Greece: 2 (Giorgos, Koza Mostra) Hungary: 4 (Kati, Andras, Joci 1.0, AWS) Iceland: 3 (Hera, Greta 2.0, Hatari) Ireland: 1 (Molly) Israel: 3 (Nadav, Hovi, Imri) Italy: 4 (Emma, Francesca, Francesco, Mahmood) Latvia: 3 (Aarzemnieki, Aminata, Justs) Lithuania: 2 (Fusedmarc, Ieva) Macedonia: 1 (Jana) Malta 2: (Gianluca, Michela) Moldova: 4 (Pasha, Aliona, Sunstroke 2.0, DoReDoS) Montenegro: 1 (Who See & Nina Z.) the Netherlands: 4 (Joan, Anouk, Common Linnets, Duncan) Norway: 2 (JOWST, KEiiNO) Poland: 1 (Cleo) Portugal: 1 (Suzy) Romania: 1 (Paula & Ovi 1.0) Russia: 1 (Polina) San Marino: 1 (Crisalide) Serbia: 1 (Bojana) Slovakia: 0 Slovenia: 5 (Maja, Tinkara, Maraaya, Lea, ZalaGasper) Spain: 2 (Ruth, Miki) Sweden: 2 (Loreen, Måns) Switzerland: 3 (Sebalter, ZiBBZ, Luca) Turkey: 1 (maNga) Ukraine: 2 (Zlata, Jamala) United Kingdom: 1 (Lucie)

LINK TO THE FULL LIST SO FAR (IMGUR)

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Extremely Large Pile of Halloween Music Recs!

Many of these are retro-futuristic (or just retro), but I figured there’d be at least a few appreciators of electronica among my followers as well. All of these links go to YouTube to make them easy to add to your playlists, but it’s not difficult to find them on pretty much any other streaming or purchasing platform. Enjoy!

Classical

Come Little Children - Erutan (ethereal classical)

Transylvanian Lullaby - Erutan (ethereal classical)

Transylvanian Lullaby - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestral classical)

A History of Horror (album) - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Double Trouble - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (classical)

Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium - Camille Saint-Saens (eerie classical)

Danse Macabre - Camille Saint Saens (dark classical ballet)

Uranus, the Magician - Gustav Holst (orchestral classical)

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice - Paul Dukas (orchestral classical)

Night on Bald Mountain - Modest Mussorgsky (orchestral classical about witches)

In the Hall of the Mountain King - Edvard Grieg (classical)

In the Hall of the Mountain King - Apocalyptica (Metal cellos. Cello metal?)

In the Hall of the Mountain King - Duke Ellington (jazz)

In the Hall of the Mountain King - Portsmouth Sinfonia (experimental orchestra from the ‘70s - google them, you absolutely will not regret it)

Dies Irae - Mozart (threatening choral/orchestral classical)

Don Giovanni, a cenar teco - Mozart (growly baritone/bass opera - the bit where Don Giovanni gets dragged to hell, both in the supernatural religious sense and in the modern internet slang sense)

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Bach (classical pipe organ)

Flowering Vines - Unwoman (ominous cello waltz)

The Carny of Mr Dark - Deathwatch Beetle Repairman (goth pipe organ)

This Is Halloween - Vitamin String Quartet (classical string quartet)

Vitamin String Quartet Performs The Nightmare Before Christmas (album)

The Vampire Masquerade - Peter Gundry (classical)

Waltz of the Bone King - Peter Gundry (classical)

Masquerade Suite: Waltz - Aram Khatchaturian (dark classical waltz)

The Comedians, Op. 26: Waltz - Kabalevsky (uneasy waltz)

Rock, alternative, rockabilly

 Haunted - Ashcan Orchid (folk rock)

The Last Steampunk Waltz - Ghostfire (rock waltz)

Shoot The Zombies - Andrew Huang / Songs To Wear Pants To (sing-along folk)

Shoot The Zombies (Pink Fluffy Unicorns Remix) - Andrew Huang (happy pop)

Something Wicked That Way Went - Vernian Process (circus rock)

Dark Carnivale - Frenchy and the Punk (indie rock)

Come Alive (War Of The Roses) - Janelle Monae (rock)

Gallows - Coco Rosie (goth indie/alternative)

The Devil Wears a Suit - Kate Miller-Heidke (alternative)

Toxic - Yael Naim (neo-folk)

Crazy For You - Venus de Vilo (indie rock)

Haunted - Frantic Flintstones (rockabilly)

Freaked Out and Psyched Out - Frantic Flintstones (album)

Zombie Riot - Batmobile (rockabilly)

Alice in psycholand - Nekromantix (rockabilly)

She's My Witch - The Radiacs (rockabilly)

Werewolf - Southern Culture on the Skids (rockabilly)

Circus punk, dark cabaret

Charmed, I'm Sure - Circus Contraption (dark circus cabaret)

We're All Mad - Circus Contraption (dark circus cabaret)

The Last Waltz - The Magnificent Seven (dark cabaret waltz)

Tango de la Muerte - The Magnificent Seven (rock tango)

Bloody Bones - Beats Antique (dark circus waltz)

Monster Tango - Mucca Pazza (circus punk marching band)

Rumanian Dance No. 1 - Mucca Pazza (circus punk marching band)

Mr. Spider Goes Home to Spiderland - Mucca Pazza (circus punk marching band)

The Trouble - Birdeatsbaby (dark cabaret)

Theatre Noir - Robyn Cage (dark cabaret) (music video)

Jekyll and Hyde - Theoretics (hip-hop)

Lament for a Toy Factory - Dr. Steel (circus rock)

Bogeyman Boogie - Dr. Steel (circus rock)

Circus Apocalypse - Vermillion Lies (dark cabaret)

When You're Evil - Voltaire (dark cabaret)

BRAINS! - Voltaire (dark cabaret)

Americana, bluegrass, blues, soul, funk

In Hell I'll Be In Good Company - The Dead South (Americana)

Stranger - The Devil Makes Three (Americana)

Ghosts of Mississippi - The Steeldrivers (bluegrass)

7 Devils - The Goddamn Gallows (bluegrass, rock)

Old devils - William Elliot Whitmore (bluegrass)

Death Come Creeping - Stefan Grossman (bluegrass)

The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie - Colter Wall (Americana)

Voodoo Woman - Koko Taylor (blues)

Your Hoodoo Man - Studebaker John & The Hawks (blues)

Voodoo - The Neville Brothers (New Orleans soul)

Voodoo - Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons (soul, funk)

The Witch Queen of New Orleans - Redbone (funk)

I Put a Spell on You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins (rock 'n roll)

I Put a Spell on You - Nina Simone (slow jazz)

I Put a Spell on You - Morgan James (slow jazz)

I Put a Spell on You (no movie dialogue) - Winifred Sanderson (pop musical)

Jazz, swing

Old Devil Moon - Frank Sinatra (jazz)

Black Magic Woman - Janice Hagan and Kenny Vehkavaara (jazz)

I'd Rather Be Burned As A Witch - Eartha Kitt (jazz)

Thriller (1930s Jazz Cover) ft. Wayne Brady - Postmodern Jukebox (swing) (alternate link)

The Devil With The Devil - Larry Clinton Orchestra (swing)

Swingin' at the Seance - Glenn Miller (big band swing)

Spooks - Louis Armstrong (swing)

The Headless Horseman - Bing Crosby (swing)

Skeleton Jangle - Dan Levinson's Roof Garden Jass Band (swing)

Resurrection Waltz - Lee Presson and the Nails (big band waltz)

Spooky - Puppini Sisters (Andrews Sisters-style swing)

Headless Horseman - Kay Starr (swing)

Hell (Remastered 2016) - Squirrel Nut Zippers (swing)

Ghost of Stephen Foster - Squirrel Nut Zippers (swing)

Memphis Exorcism (Remastered 2016) - Squirrel Nut Zippers (swing)

Boogie Man - Lee Presson and the Nails (swing)

Rattlin' Bones - Preservation Hall Jazz Band (New Orleans swing)

Save My Soul - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (New Orleans swing)

Skeletons in the Closet - Louis Armstrong

Skeletons in the Closet - The Moon-Rays (swing)

The Mack - Beat Circus (swing - doesn’t seem very Halloween at first, until the tuba player gets murdered in the middle of the song)

Balrog Boogie - Diablo Swing Orchestra (swing)

Voodoo Mon Amour - Diablo Swing Orchestra (swing)

Electro-swing

Fear & Delight - The Correspondents (electro-swing)

Midnight - Caravan Palace (electro-swing) (alternate link)

Midnight - Swingrowers (different electro-swing)

Old House - Dirty Honkers (electro-swing)

Devil’s Samba - Sim Gretina (Latin-flavored electro-swing)

Cuphead: Railroad Wrath (Electro-Swing Remix) - The Musical Ghost (electro-swing)

Cuphead: One Hell of a Time (Electro-Swing Remix) - The Musical Ghost (electro-swing)

Bendy and the Ink Machine: The Devil's Swing - Fandroid (electro-swing)

Bendy and the Ink Machine: The Devil's Swing (Glitch-Swing Remix) - The Musical Ghost (glitch-swing)

Undertale: Spider Dance (Glitch-Swing Remix) - The Musical Ghost (glitch-swing)

Undertale: Spider Dance (Sim Gretina Remix) - Sim Gretina (funk/glitch/chiptune)

Luigi's Mansion (Remix) - Qumu Music (chiptune, electro-swing)

Undertale: Ghost Fight & Dummy (Peggy Suave Swing Remix) - Sim Gretina (electro-swing)

Electronica, EDM

Backstreet Bones: Everycorpse - Sim Gretina (uhhh...spoopy Halloween EDM remix of Backstreet Boys? If you click on nothing else, click on this one. It's very worth it, I promise.)

Macabre Rotting Girl Feat. Kathy-chan - Sim Gretina (adorable electro)

Sim Gretina feat. Kathy chan: Let The Monsters Free (µThunder Remix) - µThunder (EDM)

Grim Grinning Ghost (Remix) - The Living Tombstone (EDM)

Undertale: Megalovania (Sim Gretina Remix) - Sim Gretina (EDM)

Undertale: Spooktune (Sim Gretina Remix) - Sim Gretina (EDM)

Spooky Scary Skeletons (Remix) - The Living Tombstone (EDM)

Warren Zevon: Werewolves of London (Daheen Rmx) - Daheen (psytrance)

Interlude: Limbo - Yoshimasu Kamiya (ambient horror)

Halloween Funtime REMIXMONSTRousMASHup - Pretty Lights (EDM)

HALLOWEEN Theme Song (DJ Deville Trap Remix) - DJ Deville (trap)

The Oogie Boogie (Man) - Duke Skellington (glitch-hop)

Stranger Things Theme Song (Michael Jobity & The Foreign Machine Remix) - Michael Jobity, The Foreign Machine (synthwave - my personal favorite remix of this theme)

Stranger Things Theme Song (C418 REMIX) - C418 (synthwave)

Stranger Things (Louis Futon Flip) - Louis Futon (chillstep)

Stranger Things Theme (Slicey Remix) - Slicey (trap)

Ghostbusters (Kill Paris Remix) - Kill Paris (EDM, future funk - by far my favorite remix of the Ghostbusters theme)

The Ghostbusters Theme (Remix) - The Living Tombstone (EDM)

Ghostbusters Remix - Matheo (EDM)

Gangnam Busters - FAROFF (Ghostbusters/Gangnam Style mashup - annoyingly, it works far better than you think it will)

Lady Gaga: Monster (Starfuckers Remix) - Starfuckers (EDM)

Lady Gaga: Monster (Chew Fu Remix) - Chew Fu (electro-house)

Michael Jackson: Thriller (James Egbert Remix) - James Egbert (electro-house)

Michael Jackson - Thriller [The Reflex Halloween Disco Edit] - The Reflex (moody, indescribable IDM(?))

Beetlejuice (Dubstep Mix) - Figure (dubstep)

The Addams Family (Figure Remix) - Figure (dubstep)

Hedwig's Theme (KE KRA's Trap Remix) - KE KRA (trap)

Things I thought were funny

Werewolf Bar Mitzvah - 30 Rock (parody novelty record)

A Hard Days Night of the Living Dead - The Zombeatles (zombie rock)

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Michael Aram Black Orchid Table Lamp ❤ liked on Polyvore (see more onyx lamps)

[shellygregoryslushlife]

Michael Aram Rock Floor Lamp ❤ liked on Polyvore (see more rock lamps)

[informer82]

Titel: SINCE SHE (2018) by Dimitris Papaioannou / DUET performed by Breanna O'Mara + Scott Jennings Text: Dimitris Papaioannou SINCE SHE (2018) duet performed by Breanna O'Mara + Scott Jennings staged on a TRADITIONAL GREEK SONG from ASIA MINOR conceived – visualized + directed by DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU with RUTH AMARANTE, MICHAEL CARTER, SILVIA FARIAS HEREDIA, DITTA MIRANDA JASJFI, SCOTT JENNINGS, MILAN KAMPFER, BLANCA NOGUEROL RAMÍREZ, BREANNA O’MARA, FRANKO SCHMIDT, AZUSA SEYEMA, EKATERINA SHUSHAKOVA, JULIE ANNE STANZAK, OLEG STEPHANOV, JULIAN STIERLE, MICHAEL STRECKER, TSAI-WEI TIEN, OPHELIA YOUNG set design TINA TZOKA costumes THANOS PAPASTERGIOU light design FERNANDO JACON, STEPHANOS DROUSSIOTIS sound design THANASIS DELIGIANNIS music arrangement THANASIS DELIGIANNIS, STEPHANOS DROUSSIOTIS artistic consultants TINA PAPANIKOLAOU, STEPHANOS DROUSSIOTIS rehearsal director BARBARA KAUFMANN sculptor NECTARIOS DIONYSATOS collaboration costumes RIKE ZÖLLNER artistic photography JULIAN MOMMERT music CHRISTOS CONSTANTINOU, RICHARD WAGNER, CHARLES IVES, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, ARAM KHACHATURIAN, GUSTAV MAHLER, GIYA KNACHELI, MARIKA PAPAGKIKA, WAYNE KING, LEO RAPITIS, MANOS ACHALINOTOPOULOS, SERGEI PROKOFIEV, GIUSEPPE VERDI, TOM WAITS world premiere 12 MAY 2018 duration 80’, no intermission commissioned by the artistic director + intendant (at that time) ADOLPHE BINDER produced by TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL PINA BAUSCH co-produced by THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE – PARIS / LA VILLETTE – PARIS (France), SADLER’S WELLS (United Kingdom), HOLLAND FESTIVAL (Netherlands), ONASSIS CULTURAL CENTRE – ATHENS (Greece) supported by KUNSTSTIFTUNG NRW the work of dimitris papaioannou is supported by MEGARON - THE ATHENS CONCERT HALL filmed by NIKOS NIKOPOULOS, SEBASTIAN BERGFELD, GRIGORI CHAKHOV, JULIAN MOMMERT, CHRISTIAN SCHOLZ edited by DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU dimitrispapaioannou.com fb.com/papaioannou.page twitter.com/papaioannou_d vimeo.com/papaioannou, Hochgeladen von: Dimitris Papaioannou, https://ift.tt/1DR20RT

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Palm Decor

Palm Decor by kusja featuring a flower stem ❤ liked on Polyvore

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Z Berg- I Fall For The Same Face Every Time

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (9/27-9/30/18)-

Thursday

Hammer Museum celebrates the restaging of David Antin's Sky Poems (taking place on Saturday over LACMA and Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego) with a convening of a group of poets, artists, and scholars, including Blaise Antin, Eleanor Antin, Julien Bismuth, Steve Kado, Aram Moshayedi, Marjorie Perloff, Jerome Rothenberg, and Hamza Walker, to discuss Antin and his legacy.

LACMA has a free screening of The Old Man & The Gun, and a post-screening conversation with writer David Lowery moderated by Gregory Ellwood.

Ukranian quartet DakhaBrakha are performing at The Theatre at Ace Hotel

Wye Oak is opening for Ben Howard at the Shrine Auditorium

For MOCA Music at MOCA Grand Avenue, Danke and Yialmelic Frequencies will be performing (free)

HOLYCHILD are playing at the Moroccan Lounge with Jen Awad opening

Friday

Ai WeiWei will be speaking about his work at LACMA with LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director Michael Govan (free but standby line only- get there early)

Beck is playing at the Hollywood Bowl with St. Vincent DJ'ing

The Van Nuys Arts Festival returns for its second year with art installations, live music, art making workshops and more (free)

The Presets are playing at The Fonda Theatre with Blood Red Shoes opening

The Beths are playing at The Roxy Theatre with Ariel View opening

Gateway Drugs are opening for The Pink Slips at The Hi Hat

Friday through Sunday

Ohana Festival is taking place all weekend at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point with bands that include Norah Jones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Plague Vendor, Beck, Johnny Marr, and more

Saturday

DUBLAB is celebrating its 19th Anniversary with an all evening (until 2am) fundraising party at Zebulon featuring live music by performers that include The Pantones, Linafornia, Prophet, and Ann Magnuson, DJs, video artists, and more

Artist Nina Chanel Abney will be in discussing her solo exhibition at The California African American Museum with curators Jamillah James and Naima Keith (free but register)

Pop-Up Magazine's live magazine night returns to The Theatre at Ace Hotel with "photography, film, radio, and original music mixed together and performed live onstage by a cast of talented people"

The Broad's final Summer Happenings event, A Journey That Wasn't, Part 2, "will explore how artists manipulate time through memory, appropriation and repetition" with performances by Kim Gordon and YoshimiO, The Banjee Ball creating a "vogue opera" with performances by the LA ballroom dance community, and more

The Range of Light Wilderness are playing at the Bootleg Theater with Luke Temple of Here We Go Magic opening

The New Division and Nite are playing at Union nightclub

Saturday and Sunday

Music Tastes Good returns to Marina Green Park in Long Beach with lots of great bands including New Order, Joey Bada$$, Santigold, Lil B, Big Thief, Cherry Glazerr, Janelle Monáe, Ezra Furman, De Lux, and more

Sunday

Z Berg is playing at the Bootleg Theater with Benmont Tench, Ethan Gruska, Natalie Bergman, Bobcat Goldthwait, Joseph Keefe, Paige Anderson and special guests

CicLAvia is partnering with the LA Philharmonic for its centennial celebration and closing off streets between the Walt Disney Concert Hall and Hollywood with six hubs that will have live music, dance performances, art and more along the route. Also make sure to check out WDCH Dreams, media artist Refik Anadol's projections on the concert hall (starting Friday and running until 10/6)

The Watts Towers Jazz Festival is a free day of music and art and a chance to see the famous sculptures

Curators Cynthia Burlingham and Allegra Pesenti will be at the Hammer Museum to discuss the background of the exhibition Stones to Stains: The Drawings of Victor Hugo

[king-of-snow-and-iceland]

So I know things haven't been the greatest for a lot of people recently, and so I thought I'd gather some songs that I usually listen to when I'm upset that help me and share them. So. Yeah...

https://youtu.be/dVoxOYNdMR4 Heard You Crying By Michael Schulte

https://youtu.be/iS6ywB3x0l0 You'll Be Okay By Michael Schulte

https://youtu.be/LX3lvwks7NU You're Enough By Sleeping At Last

https://youtu.be/7egYKkIKqDs Light By Sleeping At Last

https://youtu.be/f_FkM0S-PgY Safe And Sound By Taylor Swift

https://youtu.be/QMW61Jva00s Guitar

https://youtu.be/WxM45dOrb10 Music Box

https://youtu.be/tE1dqmcajEk Kalimba

Literally any version of The River Flows In You by Yiruma

https://youtu.be/zCce7QWbcTw Missing You By All Time Low

https://youtu.be/AgJP_1UtHa4 Not Alone By Aram MP3

https://youtu.be/wD8LMYQL_9A A Million Voices By Polina Gagarina

https://youtu.be/81DAIb6l9jI Thistles And Weeds By Mumford And Sons

https://youtu.be/znHtGpCAfGY Little Lion Man By Mumford And Sons

https://youtu.be/sZeVx_9au5g King by Lauren Aquilina

https://youtu.be/HhZ1BdMtw_Q Little Wonders by Rob Thomas

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THE INSTITUTE - Review

DISTRIBUTOR: Gravitas Ventures

SYNOPSIS:  Daniel and Marie seem to be out of options to have a baby after Marie’s reproductive organs are left mangled due to a bad surgical procedure. Daniel comes across what may be their last hope, Dr. Arthur Lands and his The Landis Institute. Desperate to have a child, they begin treatment at a renowned doctor's secluded facility. However, the couple becomes suspicious when the medical regimen brings on psychological side effects. As they attempt to learn the truth about The Institute things take a dark turn and they begin to realize they might be the captives of their mistake.

REVIEW: There have been several films recently released that do an excellent job of combining human and women rights issues and abuse with the horror genre that shines a light on the subject and gives the viewer something to think about. You might consider them socially relevant horror films. THE INSTITUTE is not one of them.

Hamza Zaman’s screenplay attempts to put a contemporary veneer on a genre cliched. Instead of a young couple in an old dark horse, the home of a mad scientist, this couple is motivated by their desire to have a child to this clinic set deep in the woods, far from civilization or cell signals. There are some shady lab assistants and misshapen henchmen lurking about. There’s not much meat on the bone here as early on you can see where this is going and there is not much to these characters. They feel superficial and cliched. There a numerous sex scenes and back in the day the film might be considered “soft porn.”

The cinematography, costumes, and location look great and elevate the film a bit. The effects are kind of kitschy and the Dr.’s fertility lab looks like a contemporary “Flash Gordon” set. The editing adds some momentum to the film, but there are some choppy cuts. The fight sequences were a bit humorous, and I’m not sure they were supposed to be.

The cast is okay. I’m not sure if it is simply the script or the direction, or the combination of both, that often have these performances feeling like nails on a chalkboard. When the cast is together there is this static feeling that prevents the viewer from entertaining the drama. There are moments early on when Ignacyo Matynia and Victorya Brandart are likable. Mark Lobene is okay as Dr. Arthur Lands, but when he ups his intensity I felt like I was watching “Plan Nine From Outer Space.” Okay, so the director, Hamza Zaman, plays the Yogi. His big scene leads the group to an orgy scene. Give me a break!

THE INSTITUTE feels like it should have taken place in a mental institution rather than a fertility clinic. Not one to watch with the kids, and not sure it’s much of a “date night” film for genre fans. It seems like a good idea, but there is no gravitas to the story. The film has more of a sitcom tone than a genre film. This is an old school film that may find a small audience, but lacks the vision to be reimagined for a present-day audience. It lacks a clear vision as to what it wants to be and given some of the plot points it goes off the rails and into a confusing ditch.

CAST: Ignacyo Matynia, Victorya Brandart, Mark Lobene, Joy Donze, Claire McClain, Louisa Bradshaw, Jarred Harper and John Easterlin. CREW: Director/Screenplay - Hamza Zaman; Producers - Victorya Brandart, Robert Eisenberg, Jeff Kirby, Jonathan Sethna, Tom West and Iram Zaman; Cinematographer - Aram Bauman; Score - Paco Periago; Editors - Michael Patrick Kelly & Spencer Smith; Production Designer - Naomi Indira; Costume Designer - Chelsea Roth; Special Effects - Beatrice Sniper; Visual Effects Supervisor - Ethan Abramson. OFFICIAL: lands.institute/lirs/ FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/headlessfilm TWITTER: twitter.com/hamzazaman TRAILER: https://youtu.be/JAgZ19-petM RELEASE DATE: VOD platforms, Satellite & Cable networks, & Blu-Ray\DVD on March 22nd, 2022.

**Until we can all head back into the theaters our “COVID Reel Value” will be similar to how you rate a film on digital platforms - 👍 (Like), 👌 (It’s just okay),  or 👎 (Dislike)

Reviewed by Joseph B Mauceri