#natalie peterson

[nevermorenight]

Various drawings I've done for the FNAF fic Home by @mable-stitchpunk , some are references for myself and the other doodles, I am going through an art block so I am posting these to not be as inactive.

[mable-stitchpunk]

What about Natalie’s character creation? I find these super interesting!

Sure thing! And thank you!

Natalie was a peculiar case. As the first completely original character, she was initially just an additional character to add life to the world and give Mike a friendly co-worker. I wasn't sure how people would react to her, so initially her role was rather small.

The main goal with creating Natalie was to give Mike a friend who wasn't connected to Freddy's but whom he still had a bond with. There were never any intentions to make Mike and Natalie have any kind of romantic connection.

When everyone was pretty positive about her, I decided to bring her in a little more to balance out the cast. Somewhere around that time I considered having her get with Foxy, but then changed my mind. I started to have her and Fritz get together on a whim, and it wasn't long before I realized they were actually quite good together.

In fact, I would argue that Fritz and Natalie became one of the most important couples. Unlike many of the other relationships which tended to have their own trials and revelations before coming together, Fritz and Natalie didn't. They just enjoyed being together so they became a couple, then organically grew a life together. There's something genuinely sweet and spectacular about how simple it is.

Over the first two books, Natalie kind of grew into her own in a way not unlike how Fritz did. She definitely brought her own angle to the group, bringing a sisterly and mellow vibe to it. She had a lot of moments and played an important role, but didn't really have her own focused arc.

...And then suddenly having a blond woman with immediate connections to the main cast became incredibly useful. XD And that's where we are now.

[ohnoballoons]

Made a little video with my favorite moments from the dancers and the band ♡

[bettyshoweduptotheparty]

Welcome back Rebekah 💅🏼

For those that are still mourning the loss of the Last Great American Dynasty performance from the eras tour, I’ve just noticed that Rebekah may have left a legacy in the So High School performance. During this number, the dancer Taylor sits next to on the ‘bleachers’ (the one she’s definitely not flirting with 😉) has her hair sometimes in a bun and sometimes in a ponytail.

We will see if it will end up fully down like Rebekah’s hair did. Fun fact, these two dancers are also both called Natalie. And I want to draw attention to the caption of Natalie Peterson’s post of this exact scene on her instagram after the Lyon shows (during Pride month!):

Hm.. so when she’s being a bit flirty with another woman she’s being celebrated for being her authentic self? Ok got it. 😘 And I love the implication of that for a song the whole stadium thinks is about how much Taylor loves a dude 😝

[cassieoz]

Delivery Rooms

"More Nurse, inject more into the patient! She needs to push harder and longer."

Natalie convulsed wildly as the powerful drug forced her pushing to become stronger and harder. She cried and begged for assistance. The medical staff continued to focus on the birthing head.

"The drug is increasing the readings, Doctor! 70 and rising rapidly. Extreme contraction levels!"

Bianca pushed and howled as the powerful medicine forced her baby downwards. Her body squeezed violently in response to the drug's administration. Bianca bore down, unable to stop the tsunami of birthing pain.

Doctor Peterson smirked as she watched both deliveries from her computer in her private office. She loved listening to the women birthing. The screaming, the begging, the sheer struggle of pushing the biggest babies out in total agony. She wanted to be the next surrogate. She needs to apply to the board. She was ready to be actively involved in special program.

[lifeinpoetry]

Free/Inexpensive/Small Press (Mostly Poetry) Books (2022/11/14)

Free Ebooks

From A to Z by Etel Adnan

A Spell for Living by Keisha-Gaye Anderson

This Body I Have Tried to Write by Ja’net Danielo

Criptiques, ed. Caitlin Wood

The Awful Truth by Diana Hamilton

Okay, Okay by Diana Hamilton

for the joy of it by anaïs peterson

Machete Moon by Arielle Cottingham

Dela Torre by Dani Putney

FeralScape by Michelle Detorie

Pay-What-You-Can Ebooks

Gay, Black, and Non-Binary Is by Prince Bush

sour milk by natali celeste tautou

Cisness or Pleasure by Alice Stoehr

What About the Rest of Your Life by Sung Yim

Prone to Separation by Mariel Fechik & Taylor Yocom

Inexpensive Ebooks

<personal fashion> by Sara Matson

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Seagull (Thinking of You) by Tina Satter

DEEP ELLUM by Brandon Hobson

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Drifting Bottles by Arden Hunter

PLACES by Charlie D’Aniello

From This Soil by Casey Bailey

DADDY ISSUES by Sal Kang

Stranger in the Pen by Mohamed Asem

The End, by Anna by A. Light Zachary

The Life of the Party Is Harder to Find Until You're the Last one Around by Adrian Sobol

Is God Is by Aleshea Harris

Brief Chronicle, Books 6-8 by Agnes Borinsky

Borrow/Read Online

BEHIND TEETH by Emily Brandt

Small Press Ebooks (not on Amazon/Kobo/etc.)

Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn't My Rapist by Cecilia Gentili

gospel of regicide by Eunsong Kim

Beast Meridian by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

You Da One (2nd edition) by Jennif(f)er Tamayo

These Days of Candy by Manuel Paul López

Indictus by Natalie Eilbert

Transgressive Circulation: Essays on Translation by Johannes Göransson

GeNtry!fication: or the scene of the crime by Chaun Webster

Slim Confessions by Sarah Minor

[SQUELCH PROCEDURES] by MLA Chernoff

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Objects from April and May by Zena Agha

an identity polyptych by Tameca L Coleman

Free Audiobooks

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Small Press Audiobooks (not on Amazon/Kobo/etc.)

Porn Carnival: Paradise Edition by Rachel Rabbit White (also includes PDF)

[figureskatingfanblog]

Early 2024-25 Program Announcements

Men

Corey Circelli (ITA) - SP:  “Mon Dieu” by Édith Piaf; choreo by Guillaume Cizeron

Matteo Rizzo (ITA) will be keeping both his programs from last season.

Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ) - SP: Dune soundtrack, choreo by Ivan Righini

Jaekun Lee (KOR) - SP: "Movement"; FS: "Archangel" (Crusaders of the Light/Oratio Sanctus); choreo by Misha Ge

Deniss Vasiljevs (LAT) - SP: "La Bayadere;" choreo by Vadim Muntagirov

Sena Miyake (JPN) - SP: "LOVE"; choreo by Misha Ge

Rio Nakata (JPN) - SP: "Aroul/Uccen"

Koshiro Shimada (JPN) - SP: ""You're Just Too Good to Be True" by Shawn Mendes; FS: "Danse Macabre"

Sota Yamamoto (JPN) - SP: "Split;" "Postcards from Far Away" by Ezio Bosso; choreo by Benoit Richaud

Kyrylo Marsak (UKR) - SP: To Build a Home by The Cinematic Orchestra; choreo by Monika Lindfors

Joseph Klein (USA) - SP: "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Lorde; FS: "Scotland" by the Lumineers mixed with "Northern Attitude" by Noah Kahan & Hosier; choreo by Silvia Fontana; Joseph Klein

Women

Hetty Shi (CAN) - SP: I Will Wait For You (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg); choreo by Misha Ge

Nataly Langerbauer (EST) - SP: "13 Beaches" by Lana del Ray; FS: "No More Fight Left in Me" by Imany; choreo by Rostislav Sinicyn

Niina Petrokina (EST) - SP: “Soldier” by Fleurie & Tommee Profitt; FS: Dune soundtrack by Hans Zimmer; choreo by Mark Pillay

Yuna Aoki - FP: Popsical

Mai Mihara - SP: "Grief" by Tony Ann; choreo by Misha Ge

Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN) - SP: "Un homme qui me plaît" (from Love Is a Funny Thing)

Wakaba Higuchi (JPN) - SP: Dune: Part Two soundtrack by Hans Zimmer; FS: “Nature Boy” by AURORA/Alien: Convenant soundtrack; choreo by Shae-Lynn Bourne

Minsol Kwon (KOR) - SP: James Bond Medley; choreo by Misha Ge

Yelim Kim (KOR) will be keeping her programs from last season.

Yujae Kim (KOR) - FP: Swan Lake; choreo by Misha Ge

Yuseong Kim (KOR) - SP: "Clare de Lune" by Claude Debussy

Young You (KOR) - SP: "Mosaic" (Modern Arabic); choreo by Misha Ge

Starr Andrews (USA) - SP: "Fur Elise" by Faouzia; choreo by Adam Rippon; FS: Selections from the Euphoria soundtrack

Sonja Hilmer (USA) - FP: "You're The First, My Last, My Everything" by Barry White; "Now and Then" by The Beatles; "Electric Energy" by Ariana DeBose, Boy George, and Nile Rodgers from the Argylle soundtrack; choreo by Sonja Hillmer

Mia Kalin (USA) will be keeping her short from the 2023-24 season. FP: Romeo & Juliet

Wren Warne-Jacobson (USA) - SP: "What Was I Made For"(from Barbie) by Billie Eilish; choreo by Kate Charbonneau Shurts

Pairs

Sofiia Holichenko / Artem Darenskiy (UKR) - FP: "Сosmic Love" by Florence and the Machine

Valentina Plazas & Maximiliano Fernandez (USA)- SP: "Never Enough" by Kelly Clarkson; choreo by Jim Peterson; FP: Dune soundtrack by Hans Zimmer; choreo by Christina Carreira; Anthony Ponomarenko

Anastasia Vapian-Law / Luke Digby (GBR) - FP: "Survivor;" "Gangsta's Paradise"

Ice Dance

Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont (CAN) - RD: Lady Marmalade/Le Freak

[emotionaldashtoons]

Here's my poster of my official version of my version for my DisneyElseWorld's Pixar's...

INSIDE OUT 2!

I saw the new Inside Out 2 trailer, and they made Anxiety, Ennui, Embarrassment, and Envy bad by betraying the old emotions. Lots of crazy stuff is about to happen! We don't know what's going on, lots of details are there too. But what would the ElseWorld version be like?

SO!

For my idea. I have 6 new emotions, the OC emotions like, Courage, Surprise, Pride, Trust, Shame, and Frustration.

MAIN VILLAIN

I am using on of my oc's Ego de Spite, to be the main villain of the au second movie.

OTHER CHARACTERS

Characters like Nia, the assistant of Ego, she runs the business with him but she tries to avoid him to help others. Bud, Courage's blood cell buddy, he doesn't speak but he's sweet, nervous, cute and got some attitude. And Brain, the big boss of Riley's mind, and the emotions need his help to stop Ego.

Returning Cast like...

Amy Poehler as Joy, Bill Hader as Fear (YES! I'm bringing Bill Hader back! He's so much funnier then I expected), Lewis Black as Anger, Phyllis Smith as Sadness, Kensington Tallman as Riley, Diane Lane as Mrs. Andersen, and Kyle MacLachlan as Mr. Andersen.

Recast Alert!

I actually like Liza Lapira playing Disgust. After what Mindy Kaling did in Velma, it wasn't enough for me. Because the show and her are piles of shit to me.

With All-Star Cast like...

Chris Pratt (The Garfield Movie, Onward, & The LEGO Movie films) as the new outside leader emotion known as Courage, Sam Richardson (Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken) as Surprise, Kate McKinnon (Ferdinand & Saturday Night Live) as Frustration,

Andrew Rannells (Trolls 3) as Trust, Randall Park (Paw Patrol: The Movie) as Pride, Jim Gaffigan (The Bad Guys and The Office) as Melancholy, Paula Pell (Saturday Night Live) as Aunt Feely & Mrs. Andersen's Anger, Eric Idle (the Mighty Python films & Shrek the Third) as the mind algorithm/brainiac boss of the mind known as Brain, Nathan Fillion (Monsters University & Cars 3) as the villainous and hilarious, but very evily whiny, Ego de Spite,

Zooey Deschanel (Surf's Up and Trolls) as Ego's sarcastic female assistant, Nia, Michael Cera (Scott Pilgrim & Superbad) as Yes Man, Will Forte (the Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs films) as Mind Gate Guard Jimmy, Peter Sohn (Ratatouille, Lightyear, and Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse) as the emotions new best blood cell companion buddy named Bud,

Natasha Rothwell (the Sonic films) as Riley's middle school P.E. coach, Mrs. Hutch, Brady Noon (TMNT: Mutant Mayhem) as Jordan, with Marsai Martin (Good Burger 2) as Grace, Haley Tju (Big Hero 6: The Series) as Bree, and Jack Bright (The Good Dinosaur) as Riley's bully.

CREW

Written & Directed by Josh Cooley

Co-Directed by Bob Peterson and Ronnie Del Carmen

Produced by Mark Neilsen, p.g.a.

Executive Produced by Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, and Jonas Rivera

Story by Josh Cooley and Pete Docter

Edited by Kevin Nolting

Cinematography by Patrick Lin and Kim White

Production Designer Craig Foster

Story Supervisor Peter Sohn

Additional Dialouge by Dan Scanlon, Bill Hader, and Amy Poehler

Visual Effects Supervisor Bob Pauley

Supervising Animators Jerome Ranft

Music by Michael Giacchino

Score Cordinator Andrea Datzman

Casting by Kevin Reher & Natalie Lyon

[best-childhood-book]

Preliminary Round Winners

Round 1: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

Eliminations: none

Round 2: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Eliminations: Legend by Marie Lu

Round 3: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Eliminations: none

Round 4: Little House by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Eliminations: Lux by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Round 5: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien

Eliminations: none

Round 6: Septimus Heap by Angie Sage

Eliminations: Last Survivors by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Round 7: Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz

Eliminations: none

Round 8: The Immortals Quartet by Tamora Pierce

Eliminations: none

Round 9: Nevermoor by Jessica Townshend

Eliminations: none

Round 10: The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper

Eliminations: none

Round 11: American Girl by Various Authors

Eliminations: Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

Round 12: Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol

Eliminations: none

Round 13: Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson

Eliminations: none

Round 14: Tiebreaker ongoing

Eliminations: none

Round 15: Ever by Gail Carson Levine

Eliminations: none

Round 16: Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George

Eliminations: none

Round 17: The Hardy Boys by Franklin D. Dixon

Eliminations: none

Round 18: Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown

Eliminations: none

Round 19: Ever After High by Shannon Hale

Eliminations: none

Round 20: The Icemark Chronicles by Stuart Hill

Eliminations: none

Round 21: Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke

Eliminations: none

Round 22: My Teacher Is an Alien by Bruce Coville

Eliminations: none

Round 23: Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Eliminations: Killer Unicorns by Diana Peterfreund

Round 24: Upside-Down Magic by Emily Jenkins, Sarah Miynowski, and Lauren Myracle

Eliminations: none

Round 25: Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Eliminations: none

Round 26: Fairy Wings by E. D. Baker

Eliminations: Iron Hearted Violet by Kelly Barnhill

Round 27: The Puppy Place by Ellen Miles

Eliminations: none

Round 28: Animal Ark by Lucy Daniels

Eliminations: none

Round 29: A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

Eliminations: none

Round 30: Ten Kids, No Pets by Ann M. Martin

Eliminations: none

Round 31: Magic Puppy by Sue Bentley

Eliminations: none

Round 32: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry

Eliminations: The Country Child by Alison Uttley, Corydon by Tobias Druitt

[carmodance]

TDA Las Vegas 2023 Predictions

I know this is more than 20 in each lol but I really couldn’t narrow it down! I always want everyone to do so well!

MINI TOP 3: Elsie Sandall, Brooklyn Ward, Lilly Anderson

TOP 10: Mila Ayshford, Tatum Self, Bella Charnstrom, Kendyl Miller, Mika Takase, Mya Lanigan, Lucia Piedrahita, Emery Duffin, Stevie Menne, Malia Scott, Melina Biltz, Harper Anderson, 

TOP 20: Madisyn Amos, Neala Murphy, Tillie Kuhl, Alivia Hughes, Addyson Paul, Stella Brinkerhoff, Ruby Taylor, Tabitha Nan, Savannah Jackson, Ruby Kramer

JUNIOR TOP 3: Kiera Sun, Kelsie Jacobson, Savannah Manzel

TOP 10: Kinsley Oykhman, Kate Baldwin, Roxie Onellion, Aria Du, Kate Jarboe, Ingrid Wirtz, Fiona Wu, Keelyn Jones, Channing Embry

TOP 20: Aurora Andreski, Avery Maycunich, Harper Ducale, Tiara Sherman, Sasha Milstein, Esprit Frank, Alexis Alvarez, Tessa Ohran, Karyna Majeroni, Lyric Okrusch, Piper Perusse

TEEN TOP 3: Crystal Huang, Izzy Howard, Isabella Lynch, Keira Redpath

TOP 10: Kortlynn Rosenbaugh, Claire Monge, Makaia Roux, Leila Winker, Tori Chun, Madison Ronquillo, Kylie Kaminksy, Brooke Toro, Mya Tuaileva, Kamri Peterson, Kira Chan, Maliah Howard, Laci Bloss

TOP 20: Amaya Weeks, Tiffany Robinson, Sofia Andrus, Sophia Sands, Victoria Johnson, Alexis Mayer, Vivienne Mitchell, Jenna Jarboe, Natalie Breen, Ceilidh McSeveney, Lily Allen, Dilyn Bray, Stella Condie, Addison Middelton

SENIOR TOP 3: Carley Thinfen, Ava Wagner, Emma Donnelly

TOP 10: Hailey Meyers, Emma Hellenkamp, Rylee Arnold, Kaitlyn Tom, Courtney Chiu, Ayla Rodriguez, Isabella Jarvis, Gianna Mojonnier, Brooklin Cooley, Avery Lau, Kennedy Barry

TOP 20: Emily Haas, Gigi Van Den Bosch, Cayla Bennish, Addison Leitch, Mia Ibach, Phoebe Campbell, Michelle Cheng, Natalie Bowen, Sami Sonder, Mia Larkin

[zine-garden]

There are SO many types of zines, sometimes it’s hard to keep track of! Here is a list of common zine categories with links to either free to read zines, descriptions, or artist shops and zine distros to buy from!

art zine - Zines that are filled with art, photo, collage, etc. This could be a sketchbook zine, drawings under a singular theme, or a general compilation of art. This is the most common type of zine produced by artists!

Subject of Devotion, Sabrina Mellado (For Shortbox Comics Fair). This was a digital collection of sketchbook scans available for free, compiled on her website

comic zine - Writing and drawing a self produced and printed comic! Another popular category of zines for artists. Also: Diary comic zines, Auto-bio Comic Zines.

How to Survive a Haunting, Jade Zhang Duende, Elle Shivers

fanzine - Fan-drawings, comics, writing, meta, fiction, etc. compiled into a self-published work!

I know the internet has taken over what many people, especially in fandom, understand a zine to be, but anyone can make a zine and anyone can make a fanzine. At the zine library I used to help maintain, there was an 8 page mini that was just a bunch of Idris Elba pics with cute kaomoji’s saying “i love uwu idris elba <3”. The first media fanzine was published in 1967, for Star Trek called, “Spockanalia.” Seriously, all you need to do is be impassioned by a subject to write, collage, or draw something about it!

Stitching Together, Annie Mok (Available to read for free, but I encourage you to send her a tip as she has recently been in recovery from surgery and is also on food stamps https://ko-fi.com/heyanniemok/shop) Good Chicken, Natalie Mark (Me! Is self promo okay?)

info zine - A zine that shares information. This can be informational, or it can be an instructional zine such as a “DIY Zine” or a “Recipe Zine.”

Trans/Disabled Bibliography, Saul Freedman. I don’t have a link to this one, but it was a really wonderful and short zine of both citations and a love letter to the works cited. Instead, I have linked you to Saul’s zine page on his website 🤠 Patchwork Primer: how do we find what we’re not looking for?, kaythi and seiji. This info zine was created for an event I organized for people creating zines on the margins. I invited the two of them to co-program an activist book club for the event!

litzine - A “literary zine” can be a collection of fiction, poetry, prose, etc. that is self published and distributed as a zine. Also called “lit zine”, or “literary zine”. Some people prefer “chapbook”, or “poetry zine” for poetry.

My favourite litzines are not available anywhere online, so I will describe one of them for you? Todo Parecia de Cristal / “Everything Looked Like Crystal”, Laura Rojas is a collection of photos of the artist’s mom and her siblings growing up paired with journaling between 2015-18. They couldn’t bring photo albums with them when the moved to Canada from Colombia, and the photos had been mailed to her years prior to the making of the zine.

perzine - A “personal zine” focuses on the artist’s life, opinion, or thoughts in some capacity. A zine about yourself, your experiences, your life, a particular memory, your feelings, etc. This is my favourite type of zine!

Sonali Menzes/glittermagpie has some really awesome perzine and info zines about anxiety and mental illness. I have her zines, So you’re anxious as fuck, and You’re so Exotic. Keet Geniza/Make! Shift! Love! is another favourite zinester! I love Keet’s perzine series, Picking Bones, which are full of reflective auto-bio comics and prose. Your Whiteness is Boring: A Gender Perzine, Cleo Peterson.

political zine - Dealing with political topics, anarchy, communism, social justice, historical movements, and present day issues.

An Illustrated Struggle for Housing from Canada to the Philippines, Julie Guevara Autonomous Resistance To slavery and Colonialism, Russell Maroon Shoatz. (Note, the prices on Brown Recluse Distro are for BIPOC only, white people and institutions are asked to donate an extra $5 USD)

[artisticlegshake]

THE DANCE AWARDS LAS VEGAS RESULTS 2023

Judge’s Pick awards that didn’t place top 10 in Senior Solos:

Melanie Wills - SOUTH TULSA JP!

Kaitlyn Cates - SOUTH TULSA JP!

Abby Clement - EXPRESSENZ JP!

Lauryn Williams - EXPRESSENZ JP!

Sofia Mah - DANCEOLOGY JP!

Jonah Benyamin - CLUB JP!

Bianca Zorrilla - DANCEOLOGY JP!

Caroline Durbin - EXPRESSENZ JP!

Bayli Ramey - CSPAS JP!

Kamryn Williams - EXPRESSENZ JP!

Emersyn Dickson - CSPAS JP!

Olivia Elliot - EXPRESSENZ JP!

Ella Lawrence - EXPRESSENZ JP!

Madison Goulding - CSPAS JP!

Emily Haas - EXPRESSENZ JP!

Angelica Keamy - ELITE DANCE JP!

Jessica Henry - ROYAL DANCE WORKS JP!

Jordan Wood - SOUTH TULSA JP!

Tori King - EXPRESSENZ JP!

Camille Kapsalis - EXPRESSENZ JP!

Emily Chen - SOUTH TULSA JP!

Sofi Paulk - REVOLUTION JP!

Sarah Kate Kurzius - NEXT STEP JP!

Chloe Slone - CLUB JP!

Cecelia Thielen - LARKIN JP!

Logan Peterson - NEXT STEP JP!

Charly Frost - BOBBIE’S JP!

Ayla Pilrain - LARKIN JP!

Natalie Bowen - BOBBIE’S JP!

Samantha Holck - DC2 JP!

Aidan Skelte - NEXT STEP JP!

Austin Tredemeyer - NEXT STEP JP!

Erica Manzo - STUDIO FUSION JP!

Mia Leyva - BUNKER JP!

Karleigh Radke - BUNKER JP!

LeeAsia Smith - BUNKER JP!

Cara Ricciardi - THE COMPANY SPACE JP!

Kate Abernathy - THE DANCE KOLLECTIVE JP!

Morgan Miller - ACADEMY OF NV BALLET JP!

Bella Ricciardi - THE COMPANY SPACE JP!

Brielle McCoy - KIM MASSAY JP!

Joshua Vasquez - ELEMENTS JP!

Leo Abrahamse - THE COMPANY SPACE JP!

Brecklyn Brown - THE DANCE KOLLECTIVE JP!

Kyrsten Ham - ROYAL DANCE WORKS JP!

Alexis Leistner - EXPRESSENZ JP!

Kennedy Barry - DANCEOLOGY JP!

Ryder Hettick - THE DYNAMIC JP!

[theimpossiblescheme]

soldiers, poets, and queens - playlists for ulysses, rosaline, prufrock, and caprizant for @bombawife‘s OC week (album art by @thedragonchilde)

ulysses: 01. setting up the courtroom - joby talbot | 02. bone + tissue - gallant | 03. still - colton ryan and molly gordon | 04. god bless the child - billie holiday | 05. how i am - jason howland | 06. thunder in a blue sky - namo feat. aedan peterson | 07. the nutcracker, op. 71, act I, scene 1: no. 4, arrival of drosselmeyer - pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky | 08. paper forest (birds) - emmy the great | 09. birdhouse in your soul - they might be giants | 10. hello my old heart - the oh hellos | 11. howl - black rebel motorcycle club | 12. when your feet don’t touch the ground - ellie goulding | 13. fragile - poets of the fall | 14. reflets dans l'eau - claude debussy | 15. relay - fiona apple | 16. god only knows - clay hine, drew mcmillan, tim brooks, and tim reynolds | 17. a long way past the past - fleet foxes | 18. lean - oh land feat. vitamin string quartet | 19. any other world - mika [listen]

rosaline: 01. mother and child reunion - paul simon | 02. garden song - phoebe bridgers | 03. la niaise - leila huissoud | 04. all of the women - allison russell | 05. just my imagination - the cranberries | 06. more than close - oneke | 07. what it is - amber mark | 08. i lost something in the hills - sibylle baier | 09. joy - nataly dawn | 10. glowing - the oh hellos | 11. the healing process - koh lantana | 12. night still comes - neko case | 13. blue skies - kathryn calder | 14. flower garden - joe hisaishi | 15. back in my body - maggie rogers | 16. olalla - blanco white | 17. te regalo - carla morrison | 18. it ends with us - steve mokwebe | 19. je suis pret - brooke fraser [listen]

prufrock: 01. the croquet match - joby talbot | 02. learning to fly - the weepies | 03. in my city - ellie goulding | 04. grace kelly - mika | 05. good old-fashioned lover boy - queen | 06. the 59th street bridge song (feelin' groovy) - simon and garfunkel | 07. song of the baron - yuji nomi | 08. on the street where you live - bill shirley | 09. romeo - donna summer | 10. everybody talks - postmodern jukebox | 11. king of the world - young rising sons | 12. shining star - earth, wind, and fire | 13. un sospiro - franz liszt | 14. into a fantasy - alexander rybak | 15. heavy balloon - fiona apple | 16. ain't no mountain high enough - diana ross | 17. feel it still - portugal. the man | 18. rounds - the oh hellos | 19. if the world turned upside down - goo goo dolls [listen]

caprizant: 01. six weeks - of monsters and men | 02. patience worth - faith and the muse | 03. hurricane - ms mr | 04. ivory tower - nova twins | 05. flowers - in love with a ghost feat. nori | 06. i know the end - phoebe bridgers | 07. so afraid - janelle monáe | 08. where did i leave that fire - neko case | 09. the girl i mean to be - daisy eagan | 10. supergirl - krystal harris | 11. cuando seas grande - miguel mateos | 12. hey you - pink floyd | 13. mood indigo - duke ellington | 14. pepper'n'sand - ingrid and the ministers | 15. s.p.c.l.g. (society for the prevention of cruelty to little girls) - the society girls | 16. bad trash - switchblade symphony | 17. four pink walls - alessia cara | 18. my friends - oh wonder | 19. ready now - dodie [listen]

[spurgie-cousin]

I can’t remember if you were into true crime or not, but I wanted to know your thoughts about the Gilgo Beach murderer being caught.

I do like (the ethical consumption of) true crime! I saw that they had a suspect but didn't know he'd been officially charged omg. I did see that his wife divorced him though.

It is wild to me that this case isn't covered more by true crime media considering how many victims there were, I hadn't heard about it until I saw the Netflix film maybe a year or two ago. It frustrates the absolute shit out of me that there are so many cases that if you swapped out the real victims for rich/middle class victims, they'd probably be among the most famous true crime stories of all time. But because the victims are low income or sex workers, they get maybe a tenth of the attention they should, like imagine how famous that case would've been if all the girls were Natalie Holloways or Laci Petersons.

Anyway I'm glad they're making head way and hopefully this Rex guy is the right person so the families can get some justice.

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UNDER THE RADAR: APRIL 2023

April's Under The Radar brings new releases from Porteau, The Evan Williams Project, Grace Chiang, Hotel of the Laughing Tree, Down the Lees and Odum Abekah.

1) Porteau - “Split Screen Eyes”

Sometimes, it takes a hurtful dynamic to uncover quiet strength.

“Split Screen Eyes” is helmed by inner monologue—an emotional push and pull from “caring for someone with mental illness and concurrent substance use.” Victoria Williams and Craig Stevenson acknowledge the codependence and create distance with some whimsical, less orthodox language. The single combines Williams’ winsome vocals, relaxed guitars, synths, harmonies, and a hint of harmonica. “Aberration is uncomfortable but it’s what I need,” Williams sings, setting boundaries and deepening the sentiment simultaneously. Porteau’s sophomore album What I Need is out June 2, 2023.

Written by: Natalie Hoy

2) Hotel of the Laughing Tree - “Faraway Friends”

“Faraway Friends” is a fun and throbbing melody despite isolating emotions. It was lyrically inspired by the majority of their band members moving away from New York, and is sung from the perspective of vocalist AJ Estrada, who remained in their home state. “No need to let go, please keep me in your world / Back in your old back seat / Time never slows when I want to leave the scene...” Time can be unforgiving when you’re going through a period of change and uncertainty. The result is woozy, beautiful, bracing—vocals, drum machines, keys and guitars trying to shake the rearview mirror.

Hotel is comprised of Estrada, Brandon Peterson and Jonathon Streker. “Faraway Friends” is the title track off their fifth full-length album, out now.

Faraway Friends by Hotel of the Laughing Tree

Written by: Natalie Hoy

3) Grace Chiang (featuring Rebecca Sichon & Amanda Na) - “Played”

A modern day love triangle that leans on the shared experiences of women is at the core of “Played.” Encapsulating the manipulation and betrayal of a lost lover, the song’s use of two female vocalists plays on the misplaced anger and fraught emotion. It’s a sublime debut single from producer/songwriter Chiang, creating notes and tones that are sultry, distracted and resentful. The harmonies and vocal runs between Sichon and Na are sweet to the ear – a division and predicament that reaches an understanding towards each other. In the pop/R&B realm with a soulful lining, soft piano is richly elevated by punchy hip hop beats.  

I couldn’t be more thrilled to hear that Chiang is collaborating with other female artists and creatives from underrepresented communities, in a project set for release later this year. “Played” celebrates the strength of emerging women in music and encourages us to let go of those who don’t show us the same loyalty and respect.

Written by: Chloe Hoy

4) The Evan Williams Project - “Contact”

“I know that prison in the palace of a demagogue / Is ever better than the curse of being free.” 

Scott McGowan’s struggle with his spiritual belief is heard in “Contact,” omnipresent thoughts that err on regret and a looming end. They bring a new definition to raw—creating music while going through an honest bout of questioning one’s faith and mental health. It is less of the heavy, hard rock found in past releases, instead having a progressive, ambient feel built by vocal layering, clean guitar leads, and reverb. McGowan and his sister Launey have a perpetual quality to their voices that linger in the weight of Christianity and desperation. They have a mysterious, almost vigilant sound rooted in questioning reception and our existence; a very compelling listen and a story far from its conclusion.  

The Evan Williams Project is fronted by McGowan, with Allayne (Launey) McGowan (drums), Isaac Robinson (keys) and Jaxon Russell (guitar). Their new album Willpower is out now.

WILLPOWER by The Evan Williams Project

Written by: Chloe Hoy

5) Down the Lees - “Dead and Over”

Oh so bleak and penetrating as they veer into frustrating territory in “Dead and Over,” a release of negative emotions felt over the course of the past few years. Laura Lee Schultz fronts the post-rock/shoegaze act, carrying a piece of her soul and a jaded energy to elevate the single. Her voice is tired and anxious, angry and embattled in a losing fight. I love the mystifying sound, it’s both biting and tormenting as instruments crash in and out. In addition to the general overcast of the pandemic, they address artist mental health struggles and ageism in the challenges faced by older female musicians (“No one gives a f*ck about aging women”). 

For any creatives who have faced doubts about ability, recognition, assumed retirement or expiration, the band carves out the best of what is left—which is plenty of passion and perspective. Something to remember. Down the Lees is Schultz, Chris Carlson (bass) and Andy Ashley (drums).

Dead and Over by Down the Lees

Written by: Chloe Hoy

6) Odum Abekah - “GOOD FOR YA”

Odum Abekah’s “GOOD FOR YA” started with a sinuous beat, and blossomed into a dancefloor special with its lush layers and persuasive tone.

Originally from Fredericton, NB and now based in Calgary, Abekah is a graduate of both Humber College and Mount Allison University music programs. His sound is uplifting and put-together—retrowave mixed with modern rock guitars and sturdy drums. Abekah’s slick vocals play the part of wooing a potential lover well (“But the world they capture's digitized black and white / You deserve some colour”). “GOOD FOR YA” is a song with no regrets; leaving everything on the line for a shot at something special.

Written by: Natalie Hoy

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Jump then fall | face claims

Okayyyy since the next chapter of jump then fall is Soo close to being posted I’ve decided to show you guys two of my oc’s that are featured in the next chapter.

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Stephanie Anderson

Age - 16

Face claim - Sophia Bryant

Shawn Peterson

Age - 17

Faceclaim - jack champion

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