The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2023)
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The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Let's GO Team Venture Teaser for The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart movie out this year! #VentureBros #AdultSwim #WBDHE #Titmouse
You gotta see the first film clip … Go Team Venture Heart
All I can say is TAKE MY MONEY! The cliffhanger from Season 7 has been on my mind and for the movie to answer well I can’t wait for the first Venture Bros. movie! Fans had a lot of questions and we are ready for the answers to be told in The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart. Brock is going to find Hank <yahoo> and…
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Archangel
directed by Guy Maddin, 1990
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W A T C H I N G
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Lingthusiasm Episode 87: If I were an irrealis episode
Language lets us talk about things that aren't, strictly speaking, entirely real. Sometimes that's an imaginative object (is a toy sword a real sword? how about Excalibur?). Other times, it's a hypothetical situation (such as "if it rains, we'll cancel the picnic" - but neither the picnic nor the rain have happened yet. And they might never happen. But also they might!). Languages have lots of different ways of talking about different kinds of speculative events, and together they're called the irrealis.
In this episode, your hosts Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne get enthusiastic about some of our favourite examples under the irrealis umbrella. We talk about various things that we can mean by "reality", such as how existing fictional concepts, like goblins playing Macbeth, differ from newly-constructed fictions, like our new creature the Frenumblinger. We also talk about hypothetical statements using "if" (including the delightfully-named "biscuit conditionals), and using the "if I were a rich man" (Fiddler on the Roof) to "if I was a rich girl" (Gwen Stefani) continuum to track the evolution of the English subjunctive. Finally, a few of our favourite additional types of irrealis categories: the hortative, used to urge or exhort (let's go!), the optative, to express wishes and hopes (if only...), the dubitative, for when you doubt something, and the desiderative (I wish...).
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Announcements:
Thank you to everyone who shared Lingthusiasm with a friend or on social media for our seventh anniversary! It was great to see what you love about Lingthusiasm and which episodes you chose to share. We hope you enjoyed the warm fuzzies!
In this month’s bonus episode, Gretchen gets enthusiastic about swearing (including rude gestures) in fiction with science fiction and fantasy authors Jo Walton and Ada Palmer, authors of the Thessaly books and Terra Ignota series, both super interesting series we've ling-nerded out about before on the show. We talk about invented swear words like "frak" and "frell", sweary lexical gaps (why don't we swear with "toe jam!"), and interpreting the nuances of regional swear words like "bloody" in fiction.
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Here are the links mentioned in the episode:
'Irrealis' entry on Wikipedia
'How do you get someone to care about Shakespeare? Two words: Goblin Macbeth' on CBC
xkcd comic 'Conditionals'
'Pedantic about biscuit conditionals' post on Language Log
'The pragmatics of biscuit conditionals' by Michael Franke
Lingthusiasm episode 'This time it gets tense - The grammar of time'
'Realis and Irrealis: Forms and concepts of the
grammaticalisation of reality' by Jennifer R. Elliott
'If all the raindrops' on YouTube
'If I Were a Rich Man (song)' entry on Wikipedia
'Rich Girl (Gwen Stefani song)' entry on Wikipedia
'Louchie Lou & Michie One' entry on Wikipedia
'Louchie Lou & Michie One - Rich Girl' on YouTube
'Semi-Toned - Rich Girl (acapella)' on YouTube
'Subjunctive mood' entry on Wikipedia
'Céline Dion - Pour que tu m'aimes encore' on YouTube
WALS entry for 'Feature 73A: The Optative'
Lingthusiasm bonus episode 'How we make Lingthusiasm transcripts - Interview with Sarah Dopierala'
Lingthusiasm episode 'Listen to the imperatives episode'
'Dubitative' entry on Wikipedia
'A grammatical overview of Yolmo (Tibeto-Burman)' entry on WikiJournal of Humanities
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Lingthusiasm is created by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. Our senior producer is Claire Gawne, our production editor is Sarah Dopierala, our production assistant is Martha Tsutsui Billins, and our editorial assistant is Jon Kruk. Our music is ‘Ancient City’ by The Triangles.
This episode of Lingthusiasm is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license (CC 4.0 BY-NC-SA).
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It was 7.30pm, on 6 July 1972...
“Starman” is David Bowie’s Christmas carol. It offers a promise of deliverance, that the human race has been redeemed by greater powers, with a chorus built for a crowd to sing it... 'Starman' entry on Pushing Ahead of the Dame
Handwritten Starman lyrics
“Starman” seems like a revision of “Space Oddity”—“Space Oddity” had placed a frail human figure against the unfathomable expanse of space and cast him loose to drift into the unknown. It was submission to the void, the human race reaching its limits. In “Starman” the unknown is domesticated: the alien comes to visit us, in our homes, whispering through our radios, speaking softly, promising release. The stoicism of “Planet earth is blue/and there’s nothing I can do” is replaced by “he’s told us not to blow it/’cos he knows it’s all worthwhile.” ... “Starman” is also a pop song about pop music…it’s how pop music can instantly create secret societies, break up the tedium of your life, liberate you from your parents. Starman' entry on Pushing Ahead of the Dame
The essential moment comes when Bowie starts to sing the first chorus and Ronson tentatively approaches the mike. Bowie notices him and sweeps his arm over Ronson’s shoulder, pulls him to the mike. It’s a sweet moment of inclusion, the alien embracing the rocker, and, by proxy, all of the nation’s misfits. “Starman” left community in its wake; its promise came true. Starman' entry on Pushing Ahead of the Dame
"I immediately put on some of my older sister’s make-up. I loved how odd it made me look, and the fact that it upset people. You put on eyeliner and people started screaming at you. How strange, and how marvellous.” -Robert Smith, The Cure
”I was hooked. The Top Of The Pops performance changed lives. In 1972, I’d get girls on the bus saying to me, ‘Eh la, have you got lippy on?’ Until he turned up it was a nightmare. All my other mates at school would say, ‘Did you see that bloke on Top Of The Pops?’ He’s a right faggot, him!’ And I remember thinking, ‘You pillocks’, as they’d all be buying their Elton John albums, and Yessongs and all that crap. It made me feel cooler.” -Ian McCulloch, Echo and the Bunnymen
"The way Bowie pointed that finger, smilingly draped an arm around Mick Ronson, and looked beyond the camera to engage the audience sitting at home, stickily hemmed in by disapproving members of their immediate family, seemed of a piece with the new Ziggy Stardust persona we’d been reading about. It felt like an arrival long delayed." David Hepworth, The Guardian
“I just couldn’t believe how striking he was. That ambiguous sexuality was so bold and futuristic that it made the traditional male/female role-play thing seem so out-dated. Bowie was the catalyst who’d brought a lot of us, the so-called Bromley Contingent, together. And out of that really small group of people a lot happened.” Siouxsie Sioux, Siouxsie and the Banshees
Starman page from Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns and Moonage Daydreams by Michael Allred
"I remember the first time Bowie appeared on TV ... Suddenly, here comes a guy dressed as a gay alien from outer space, singing gay alien songs from outer space .... I remember TOTP was family viewing, and I remember watching it with my Mum and Dad. "Oh, shouldn’t be allowed". And there was one bit in the chorus when Bowie puts his arm round Ronson’s neck and they sing together? My Dad was like "Poofter" ... My mother’s intense disapproval made me think ‘Well, there must be something GREAT going on here"...
(maybe people who celebrate song's birthdays are cringe but fuck that post and happy birthday to the broadcast of this song)
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Wings; Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Jimmy McCulloch, Denny Laine and Geoff Britton. 1974. Photo taken by Michael Putland.
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ever since I learned about the “turned comma,” the rotated comma type that typographers once used as a superscript “c,” Michael G. Collins, M‘Culloch and the Turned Comma, 12 Green Bag 2d 265 (2009), I can’t help but notice when people get it wrong
Justice Kagan, for example, got it wrong in Kahler v. Kansas, No. 18-6135, slip op. at 2 (U.S. March 23, 2020):
but it’s actually M‘Naghten’s Case (1843) 10 Cl. & Fin. 200, 8 Eng. Rep. 718 (HL), as the report reveals:
word processors can’t rotate type, but we could approximate the “turned comma” much better if we used a single open quotation mark (‘) instead of an apostrophe (’), as Justice Kagan does here
or we could just use “c,” as we do for McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 316 (1819), even though the report reads:
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Rejoice Team Venture the complete series is coming home
The Venture Bros complete series Box Set & Digital Download out June 20th #VentureBrow #AdultSwim #BoxSet
All 82 episodes of Adult Swim’s The Venture Bros. will be released as a DVD Box Set & digital bundle
Just in time for rewatching my favorite dysfunctional family and archnemesis on June 20, 2023 (My bday is in June if you’re asking what to give me). You can’t put a price on my accident-prone boys but if you must it’s $79.99 digital download and the stylish DVD box set is $134.99.
The beloved…
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The Best Album Per Year for Sixty Years
No-one asked for it, of course, but I do like making lists, so here's me pondering what have been the best Long Players in the album artform the past 60 years. I originally tried to keep it to just one per year, but many years that proved impossible: when listing multiple albums I have tried ranking them with the one I feel narrowly edges out the others first, and I use lower case to indicate an album that is not at the same level as others on the list but was the best I've heard from that time.
Feel free to have fun with the list and make up your own.
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1962 Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
1963 The Freewheelin' - Bob Dylan
1964 another side of - bob dylan
1965 Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
1966 Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys / Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan / Revolver - The Beatles
1967 Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles / The Velvet Underground & Nico / Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme - Simon & Garfunkel / Safe As Milk - Captain Beefheart
1968 Astral Weeks - Van Morrison / The White Album - The Beatles / Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel / We're Only In It For The Money/Lumpy Gravy - Frank Zappa
1969 Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones / Abbey Road - The Beatles / In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
1970 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel / Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
1971 Imagine - John Lennon / Blue - Joni Mitchell / What's Goin' On - Marvin Gaye/ 2 - Moondog
1972 Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones / Discover America - Van Dyke Parks / Clear Spot - Captain Beefheart / Ege Bam Yasi - Can
1973 Raw Power - Iggy And The Stooges
1974 Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
1975 Horses - Patti Smith / Discreet Music - Brian Eno / Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd / Velvet Donkey - Ivor Cutler
1976 The Ramones - The Ramones
1977 Low - David Bowie / New Boots & Panties - Ian Dury / Marquee Moon - Television / 77 - Talking Heads
1978 Music For Airports - Brian Eno / This Year's Model - Elvis Costello / Third (Sister Lovers) - Big Star / More Songs About Music & Food - Talking Heads
1979 Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division/ Fear of Music - Talking Heads / Into The Music - Van Morrison / Sheik Yerbouti - Frank Zappa / Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young
1980 Remain In Light - Talking Heads / Closer - Joy Division / One Trick Pony - Paul Simon / Common One - Van Morrison
1981 Faith - The Cure
1982 Thriller - Michael Jackson / 1999 - Prince / 4 - Peter Gabriel / Too Rye Ay - Dexys Midnight Runners / Big Science - Laurie Anderson / Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
1983 Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits / Murmur - R.E.M. / Hearts & Bones - Paul Simon / Off The Bone - The Cramps
1984 Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution / Hatful Of Hollow - The Smiths / Various Positions - Leonard Cohen / Reckoning - R.E.M. / The Unforgettable Fire - U2
1985 Don't Stand Me Down - Dexys Midnight Runners / Rain Dogs - Tom Waits / Around The World In A Day - Prince & The Revolution / Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega / Hounds of Love - Kate Bush / Hunting High & Low - A-ha
1986 Parade - Prince & The Revolution / So - Peter Gabriel / The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths / Graceland - Paul Simon / Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout / Blood & Chocolate/King of America - Elvis Costello
1987 Sign O The Times - Prince / Strangeways Here We Come - The Smiths / The Joshua Tree - U2 / Actually - Pet Shop Boys / Tango In The Night - Fleetwood Mac
1988 Irish Heartbeat - Van Morrison & The Chieftains / Green - R.E.M. / Viva Hate - Morrissey / The Serpent's Egg - Dead Can Dance / Surfer Rosa - Pixies / Naked - Talking Heads / Introspective - Pet Shop Boys / I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen / Blue Bell Knoll - Cocteau Twins
1989 Disintegration - The Cure / Technique - New Order / Doolittle - The Pixies / Oh Mercy - Bob Dylan / Avalon Sunset - Van Morrison / Rei Momo - David Byrne / Behaviour - Pet Shop Boys / Candleland - Ian McCulloch
1990 Extricate - The Fall / The Good Son - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Songs For Drella - Lou Reed & John Cale / Jonathan Goes Country - Jonathan Richman
1991 Screamadelica - Primal Scream / Achtung Baby - U2 / The Bootleg Boxset - Bob Dylan/ Having a Party with - Jonathan Richman
1992 It's A Shame About Ray - The Lemonheads / Henry's Dream - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Automatic For The People - R.E.M. / Good As I Been To You - Bob Dylan / The Future - Leonard Cohen
1993 Debut - Bjork / Dubnobasswithmyheadman - Underworld / Neroli - Brian Eno / Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair / Come On Feel - The Lemonheads / Zooropa - U2 / Vena Cava - Diamanda Galas
1994 Selected Ambient Works Vol. II - Aphex Twin / Toward The Within - Dead Can Dance / Let Love In - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Dummy - Portishead / Autogeddon - Julian Cope / Vauxhall & I - Morrissey
1995 Anthology - The Beatles / The Ugly One With The Jewels - Laurie Anderson
1996 Boys For Pele - Tori Amos / Gone Again - Patti Smith
1997 Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space - Spiritualized / The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan / Vanishing Point - Primal Scream
1998 Up - R.E.M. / I'm So Confused - Jonathan Richman
1999 Play - Moby / I See A Darkness - Bonnie Prince Billy
2000 XTRMNTR - Primal Scream / All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2 / The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem / Kid A - Radiohead / KY - Lemon Jelly
2001 Vespertine - Bjork / Love & Theft - Bob Dylan / No More Shall We Part - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2002 The Eminem Show - Eminem
2003 Room On Fire - The Strokes / The Man Comes Around/Unearthed - Johnny Cash / The Wind - Warren Zevon
2004 Has Been - William Shatner / How To Dismantle An Atom Bomb - U2 / You Are The Quarry - Morrissey / The Milk-Eyed Mender - Joanna Newsom / Smile - Brian Wilson
2005 Another Day On Earth - Brian Eno / Le Fil - Camille
2006 Modern Times - Bob Dylan / Surprise - Paul Simon / Love - The Beatles
2007 for emma, forever ago - bon iver
2008 vampire weekend - vampire weekend
2009 No Line On The Horizon - U2 / The XX - The XX
2010 show me the face - michelle gurevich
2011 Angles - The Strokes / So Beautiful or So What - Paul Simon
2012 Life Is People - Bill Fay / Old Ideas - Leonard Cohen
2013 Comedown Machine - The Strokes / Crimson Red - Prefab Sprout
2014 Ghost Stories - Coldplay / 1989 - Taylor Swift
2015 ★ - David Bowie
2016 Lover, Beloved - Suzanne Vega / Stranger To Stranger - Paul Simon
2017 American Dream - LCD Soundsystem / antisocialites - alvvays
2018 music for installations - Brian Eno
2019 weezer (teal album) - weezer
2020 rough & rowdy ways - bob dylan
2021 happier than ever - billie eilish / lindsey buckingham - lindsay buckingham
2022 dragon new warm mountain i believe in you - big thief
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I've got so many wips and fics to add on here. So...
The Juice Box Jubilee (Characters: Jason Todd, Bart Allen, Cassie Sandsmark, Conner Kent, Cissie King-Jones, Tim Drake, Grant Emerson, Roy Harper)
I Bet You're Wondering (Characters: Michael Jon Carter (Booster Gold), Ted Kord, Michelle Carter)
Wild Eyes (Characters: Bane, Jason Todd, Birdy, Bruce Wayne)
Almost There (Character: Bart Allen, Thad Thawne, Owen Mercer, Meloni Thawne, Don Allen, Digger Harkness, Wally West, Linda Park)
Ango (Dwelling in Peace) (Characters: Connor Hawke, Oliver Queen, Dinah Lance, Roy Harper)
Traveler's Guide to Yesterday (Characters: Owen Mercer, Axel Walker, Leonard Snart, Lisa Snart, Evan McCulloch, Mark Mardon, Meloni Thawne)
Phantom Grin (Characters: Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon, Tim Drake, Cass Cain)
Eyes and Ears (Characters: Jason Todd, Barbara Gordon, Jim Gordon, Dick Grayson, Sheila Haywood, Bruce Wayne)
Sweet Honey Bee (Characters: Thad Thawne, Bart Allen, Meloni Thawne, Don Allen, President Thawne)
Harvest Moon (Characters: Wally West, Linda Park)
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Tales from the Gimli Hospital
directed by Guy Maddin, 1988
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