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Hi Daisie! I was scrolling Instagram and saw this https://www.instagram.com/p/CofU4r_M2lr/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Were these properties already well known in the fandom?
Hi dear,
Yes, we've known about all of these for years :)
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The Lizzo one was Harry's first LA house he got in 2014. It was demolished and rebuilt:
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myvintagespace · 2 years
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Five of my fav 80s bands!
Tears for fears (obv!) Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith... they're my number one. Their eclectic music (which goes to synth rock,dark wave, and even picking rock and jazz atmospheres) helped me a lot especially the last year, with their lyrics, which are incredibly relatable to my personal life, The Hurting mostly. I've spent so many evenings watching their music videos, live concerts and interview. I listened to Songs from the big chair thousand of times riding my bike. Now they're just like "old friends of mine", in some way. Roland's voice makes my heart melt everytime, and Curt's bassist is catchy & awesome. That Head over heels structure, with intro - song - outro (using Broken) is something I got addicted to very quickly. I can't explain all the goosebumps they made me feel! And all the positive vibes of The seeds of love... makes me desire to be in the 80s even more! Even if I knew them since I was born, I got into their stuff just recently, and I'm glad I did!
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Kajagoogoo a band I'm getting passionate to even more recently. I knew them since forever too, and I always liked Limahl as a singer. But I discovered their (sadly, only few) works just during these days, but it's enough to be considered as one of my fav 80's band. I've listened obsessively their White Feathers album, and also Island, the one without Limahl. Their sound is catchy and the bassist, Nick Beggs, is one of the best I've ever heard. (I was a bassist too, during teenage years) I wish they did some more music with those funky/electro synth vibes before splitting up.
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Level 42 I guess I have a sort of preference for bands with a heavily prominent bass sounds. Infact, Mark King, the main frontman of Level 42, is another incredible bass player. Their music makes me think about the space, the Universe, not just because of the name of the band, which is a clear reference to a famous sci-fi novel (Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy) but also because of the melodies, which are funky and otherwordly at the same time. Star Child is a good example of what kind of vibes they give to the listener. I listen to them everytime I want to dream about space life and extraterrestial. It's weird, yes. But I like it!
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Lotus Eaters Sadly, these two british guys weren't too much well-known during 80's. But their music is truly great. Romantic, melancholic, just like a late summer evening. Their melodies, with fine guitars and that blurry Peter Coyle's voice can fill their songs with a permeanting nostalgic feeling. Take a listen to their most famous song "You don't need someone new". Trust me, is worth.
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Talk Talk Not just their hits are great, timeless and listened to nowadays, but most of all their discography is just amazing. There's no song of Talk Talk which is meaningless or stupid. Mark Hollis was a genius, ironic and clever. He made Talk Talk's music full of deep lyrics with also sophisticated and refined sonds, arrangements and melodies. "The party's over" Is my favorite work of this incredible band, the synth here is prominent but never boring or repetitive. It truly rides the 80's vibes and atmosphere! No need to mention the greatness of their second album "It's my life", which contains also the most well-knowed hits of the band.
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yaoxsblog · 6 months
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Can you give us some mother Herzegovina headcanons?
tbh it probably won't be a lot, but sure thing
TW: short mention of potential miscarriage
doesn't seem like it, but she is super protective
teaches Ilija how to safely use a gun ( does that mean he now knows how to cause another massacre? well, yes but at least he knows how to do it and not hurt himself)
she absolutely will go soft if she sees a baby, literally just melts.
On that note, gets super shocked when asked if she wants to hold one. And when she does it’s like a trance, she loses perception of the outside world
"I'm not mad, just dissapointed"
both her and Enis discipline Ilija, the only difference is Bos does it physically with a slipper, and she does verbally (either yells at him, or actually sits him down and says something like "your dad and I are very dissapointed in you")
This is gonna sound weird but whenever srpska does something dangerous she’s obv mad but also… weirdly proud. She’s like ugh what Did he do this time and then upon learning he set government buildings on fire she tears up a little and goes „my boy…”
This makes Enis explode btw. He hates it when she does that
Actually always calls srpska her son. Enis calls him names or just says „serbia’s son” but herze? Never
Also possibly calls him „my little terrorist”
I don’t think Ilija was ever a baby, maybe a toddler a long time ago but more or less stayed the same age all his life, which is a Real shame because Idri would totally have an album filled with stuff like pics of him as a toddler holding an ar15
Im not sure wether i should add this because it’s sort of like an au? But some time ago I was thinking about a possibility of herze having a miscarriage (maybe more than one) and then her relationship with srpska being stranded because of that, because of the fact she wanted biological children and instead got a mean little serbian tot.
I wrote some very short fic about it but i font think I’ll ever publish it or even talk about this au more because really it’s too heavy and serious of a topic for my silly tumblr acc
This is more about me because im constantly on the fence about this: is where ilija actually came from, but for now my headcanon is he just… appeared from the ground. Idk maybe it was a blood moon and a storm was raging and a thunder struck the ground and he jumped out of there. Idfk but the important part is what it was like for herze: Bos one day came home with a kid. Thats it.
Last point doesn’t apply if you’re a true vukist - then you know the story in the bible
Puts notes in his lunchbox. Some of them are like „i love you, have a great day” and others are „don’t blow up the school today (optional)”
Ok i think thats it byeeee
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paradoxi-callum · 2 years
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Criti-Cal book reviews: Good Pop, Bad Pop, by Jarvis Cocker.
I haven't got a clue how I came to know of Jarvis Cocker.
The most likely answer would be through his music, but I have a more vivid memory of watching him on Celebrity Catchphrase before I even knew the chorus to Running The World (a simple, yet effective bit of writing to be fair to it).
The episode of Celebrity Catchphrase aired Christmas 2019, predating Hot Chip's 2020 single Straight to the Morning which features Jarvis so that isn't it either.
Does it really matter? All I remember is my first proper musical exposure to Jarvis was through JARV IS… the confusingly named band that he formed. They did the soundtrack to the BBC drama This Is Going To Hurt, an amazing show based on the equally amazing book by Adam "Dry Wit" Kay, and I fell in love with the score. That was my gateway into the songwriting brilliance of… no, wait, sorry I've just remembered something.
During the UK's 1st Lockdown I was sent to work in a shop, and I distinctly remember listening to the song Further Complications while I picked stuff up and put it down somewhere else, so where the hell do I know him from? Did my Dad put his music on? No, he hates anyone who came from the Brit Pop scene (except Albarn, obvs, it's hard to hate him). Do I know anyone with a Cocker Spaniel named Jarvis? No, that's not it. Has Cocker been hiding subliminal messages in YouTube videos of old cassette decks? Maybe, actually… I can't really disprove that one to be honest.
Wait! I've got it! In 2019 JARV IS… released the single Must I Evolve, and I got a bit obsessed with the Must I Revolve remix on the B-side! Off the back of that, I decided to listen to the Further Complications album and thought "Oh, rock isn't my thing" and left it to gather dust in my music library. The title track stuck with me through to those early days of COVID because of a single line, it's a very weirdly whitty lyric that makes a lot of sense when you think about it, and it goes "Your life is like a carrier bag, fill it and the straps will snap". Genius!
This kick-started the vague interest I had in Jarvis, but I don't buy signed copies of books by people I'm only vaguely interested in. The thing that made me love Jarvis was the soundtrack for This Is Going To Hurt that I mentioned before; around the time the soundtrack was released I was going for a design job that would have me working closely with the NHS, so it felt fitting to watch the show/listen to the music. I didn't get the job, apparently you have to actually be good at speaking to people to get an office job, but I did gain a proper love for Pulp, Jarvis, JARV IS… fuck, even Relaxed Muscle. We're now 500 words in, and I haven't even mentioned the book.
I promise that is deliberate, what I was doing is celebrating something a bit inconsequential because Good Pop, Bad Pop has made me realise that what we store in our lofts might say more than what we show on our mantelpiece; that first half was me clearing out my mental loft, you see? Thank you for joining me for it, and I'm happy you've stuck around to hear that I adore this book.
It's a strange book for a musician to make, as it doesn't really talk about Pulp as the megastars they grew to be, in fact… it isn't really about Pulp, it's about tat. I previously mentioned a mental loft, but Jarvis is clearing out his actual loft and giving us a look at some of the gems he finds, as well as the worthless junk; it doesn't really matter as every item tells us a little bit about the mind of Jarvis Cocker.
If that makes this book sound pretentious, then that's on me because Good Pop, Bad Pop is a delight to read; I got through it in about a day and was left wanting so much more, but also knowing that what I'd been given was still great. A creative manifesto, of sorts, that shows how we create art shouldn't be so detached from the world around us, and that it's honestly ok to go at your own pace and make your own rules when it comes to creativity. If there's a set formula, you should be pushing the boundaries of that formula for fun because the end result can be magnificent.
Take, for example, the actual Good Pop, Bad Pop book; it's a stunning piece of design packed with kitsch graphics and interesting typographic treatment that you very rarely find in something with a hardback cover, even if it's a horrifically expensive illustrated novel from the Folio Society. The design breaks so many rules of book design, often forcing you to stop for a minute to just process how to read a page as the text has gone all wonky or there's a comic book-ish exchange between a TV which Jarvis is living inside and Jarvis's collaborator Chilly Gonzales.
This pushing of boundaries sets Good Pop, Bad Pop apart from the crowd of boring band biographies and moody musical memoirs; it's become an essential piece of pop art that doesn't even cost a lot. It's absolutely Good Pop.
I rated Good Pop, Bad Pop 5 stars on Goodreads, and honestly think it'll be my book of the year.
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citialiin · 4 years
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THE POSITIVE & NEGATIVE; Mun & Muse - Meme.
fill out & repost ♥ This meme definitely favors canons more, but I hope OC’s still can make it somehow work with their own lore, and lil’ fandom of friends & mutuals. Multi-Muses pick the muse you are the most invested in atm. tagged by: @forseenclade thank you ! man i am so bad at doing memes.  tagging: @blossomingbeelzebug @zhrets @lupichorous @dansiere yayayayayayayaya
My muse is:   canon / oc / au / canon-divergent / fandomless / complicated [ z/iggy stardust is DEFINITELY not my original character, but 683 is, and every single part of how i rp ziggy from his backstory to his personality was made up by me. that being said, ziggy is still a character that exists in media. ]
Is your character popular in the fandom?  YES / NO. [ im pretty sure ziggy is tied with the thin white duke as one of b*wie’s most famous fictional personas? ]
Is your character considered hot™ in the fandom?  YES ? / NO / IDK.
Is your character considered strong in the fandom?  YES / NO / IDK.
Are they underrated?  YES / NO / IDK. [ maybe a little overrated ]
Were they relevant for the main story?  YES / NO.
Were they relevant for the main character?  YES / NO / THEY’RE THE PROTAG.
Are they widely known in their world?  YES / NO.
How’s their reputation?  GOOD / BAD / NEUTRAL. [ celebrity rock god of limitless talent vs inevitable overrated washup. most celebrities are polarizing anyways ]
How strictly do you follow canon?  — there isnt much canon to go off of i think? the album barely even states if ziggy is an alien and b*wie himself got really wishy washy about it (sometimes saying z is a human who was contacted by aliens, he was an alien himself, etc). i dont think we know anything about him besides what he looks like (red hair / weird eyes / pale / “well hung” lmao) and he has a band called the spiders from mars, he plays the guitar left handed, he’s bisexual + androgynous, and he’s charming and popular with the teens but inevitably is a victim of his own ego. and he dies.  that too.  but that’s literally it! we know Nothing else about him.  so i filled in all the gaps because my brain has worms.  theres a little bit of the story that verges on fantasy (that he’s some sort of messiah messenger for “the infinites,” whatever the fuck THAT means, david) so i nix that because i prefer hard scifi.  and theres one BIG part that i just ... deleted out of his canon, in that the world is ending in 5 years in his timeline, and he’s like ... aware of this ?  but that’s dumb and confusing.  i legit dont care anymore. my OC now.
SELL YOUR MUSE! Aka try to list everything, which makes your muse interesting in your opinion to make them spicy for your mutuals.  —  im so embarrassed i know i could be genuine and actually try but i have brain blockajjolajlakala33lak33klak333ak3jka3akjj323j3 i guess it’s like ... ziggy is truly the ultimate expression OF humanity because he reveals everything both wrong and right about the human condition, he literally embodies the best of humanity and the worst at the same time, he’s a really interesting critique on the idea of genuineness/earnestness vs commercalism in art, the perils of fame, and also how humans are so inherently corrupting?  a lot of thematic stuff i like exploring is like what is innate to humans vs what is learned behavior, what are things that humans do naturally that ziggy mimics out of his desire to be like us?  i think he has a really good story arc -- he went from being a literal nameless CLONE in a society full of pragmatic forward thinking science-oriented people to a sell out rockstar celebrity in a society of people that value individualism and self expression and art, but in the process completely lost his mind and himself and gave into the worst that humanity has to offer like rampant selfishness, drug abuse, self destructive tendencies, etc. characters changing is always interesting and ziggy truly changes for the worse -- but he is never just black and white, he was never good and then suddenly evil, he just was always the same person putting on different facades and trying to be himself by constructing an identity that maybe was who he wanted to be versus who he actually is.  i dont know what im talking about. hes just an alien trying to be too hard to be human in all the wrong ways.   i just like how “gray” ziggy is. he isnt good or bad, he can be very nice and he can be very mean, he’s overtly showboating confident but at the same time deeply afflicted with self-consciousness (why tf else would anyone be So obsessed with how they present themselves?).  hes an icon of individualism but also commercialism.  he’s freakishly alien but is almost more human than humans themselves.  he struggles as lot in his head -- which makes for interesting writing, i guess !!  Im so emabrrased im not going to go back and read what i wrote so if i typoed dont look at me
Now the OPPOSITE, list everything why your muse could not be so interesting (even if you may not agree, what does the fandom perhaps think?).  —  i think ziggy comes across as really mean and nothing else.  his horrible bitchy rudeness comes across as hee hee hoo hoo sassy isnt he a rascal when it’s supposed to be more like ... he’s so far gone into the celebrity delusion he’s conflated aggressive rudeness with charmingness because no one told him otherwise and everyone worships him to the point where he’s just given into the delusion that he can do no wrong.  i think theres the general simplification problem that happens with a lot of fictional characters, it’s easy to see him as just a whacky sassy glittery quirky rockstar when i guess it avoids the inherent tragedy of like ... everything else about him. his totally fake and false sense of identity built up from superficial things like fame and labels and stardom.  maybe my version of ziggy is just too weirdly depressing and sad when i know his original iteration wasn’t quite so ... grim.  im not very sure tbh.  
What inspired you to rp your muse?  —  hmmm ... a lot of things! i just really got into b*wie stuff in early 2019, i’ve ALWAYS loved aliens and sci-fi, and i was really shocked that db sets up such great visual storytelling potential but does it through music.  i just really liked ziggys “story” and i like any chance to think about aliens so i just got invested into piecing together a little backstory for him using, like, the cumulative knowledge of literally every other piece of science fiction ive ever consumed in my life.  this was summer 2019 when i was making initial pitches for my thesis film, and so i just randomly decided to pitch “animated version of ziggy stardust” as one of the potential ideas.  shockingly everyone liked it a lot and so did my professor who thought it was really cool, and then i just ended up sticking with the character and working on him for an entire year.  ziggy became my hobby but also my homework.  he was such a fun character because everything about him was interesting to me and i had just enough source material to have a starting point but so much room to take him in any direction i wanted to.
What keeps your inspiration going?  —  honestly, yooooou guyssssss. i have some really amazing fwends that ive met thru here .... and some of our dumb stupid stories have literally become NOVEL length. it just self generates inspiration because you realize the limitless amount of stories you could tell with this one single character when your character enters his story or he enters their story and etc. etc.  ive drawn endless amounts of comics and stuff for him ... ziggy is just so endlessly interesting ...   cringe be cringed bro but recently (i know this sounds dumb bear with me or die.) ive kind of realized a lot of how i rp z comes as some metaphor for the experience of being an asian immigrant/being asian in the US -- his home “culture” is a lot stricter than the rampant selfish individualism of the usa (he only lives in the uk and usa, so he thinks the whole planet is like this), he’s dissuaded from standing out from his community and his selfishness becomes a community burden rather than a personal flaw, and when he does come to earth, he goes through such awful culture shock, literally nothing makes sense to him and everything is Different.  and while some things are different in a Nice way, something things are different in an Awful way, and he’s given the option between losing his true personal identity as an atominan and giving it up to be a human.  the allure of being a human is a little too much but losing yourself like this is traumatic, in a way.  obvs like ... a little silly and definitely not something that i actively intended to put into his story arc, its just something that fell into place cuz i guess i worked so closely with my own personal experiences and feelings of “alienation” (pun intended) to try to understand how he would feel being a literal alien an shid. its cathartic to write about him. but he also has a lot of my own personal interests just thrown in -- 70s fashion, scifi, science, tryhard implications about human nature, art history, whatever dumb nonsense i get into
Some more personal questions for the mun.
Give your mutuals some insight about the way you are in some matters, which could lead them to get more comfortable with you or perhaps not.
Do you think you give your character justice?  YES / NO / SOMETIMES?
Do you frequently write headcanons?  YES / NO  [ i would prefer information to spring up organically in the story but cuz threads always get dropped i end up just telling people outright. i didnt want anyone to know his home planet/his old name but barely anyone writes enough with ziggy to get to that point to reveal it (i legit managed to do it organically Once) so i just had to write it in a post lmao orz ]
Do you sometimes write drabbles?  YES / NO [ wrote a ton of drabbles ! drew a ton of comics! ]
Do you think a lot about your Muse during the day? YES / NO 
Are you confident in your portrayal?   YES / NO / I DUNNO?
Are you confident in your writing?  YES / HAHA NO.
Are you a sensitive person?  YES  / NO. / IDK ? 
Do you accept criticism well about your portrayal?  —  definitely!  like i said ... my version of ziggy ended up being the protag of my thesis film and for 1 yr straight his characterization, backstory, design, and even how i wanted to animate his fucking movements (ziggy stardust timing charts.) were beaten to death in a classroom environment, torn apart and rebuilt into something better.  had i stayed with what i originally wanted to go with, ziggy would be so different than how i write him 2day. amazingly my pre production professor is a literal two time emmy award winning storyboard artist and animator so he definitely helped me design him (my version of ziggy is meant for ... a cartoon, obviously, not real life) and give him a better backstory?  and my post production professor is a retired disney animator who worked on hercules and a bunch of old disney channel shows?  had i gone wah wah wah i dont want to hear ur critiques i wouldnt have made him better.  if you ever think ziggy seems inconsistent or poorly written ... tell me !! i literally major in ... animation. cartoons. entertainment.  my job is to entertain you. if you are not entertained, there is a problem.  ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED ????
Do you like questions, which help you explore your character?  —  I LOVE QUESTIONS? i love ... answering questions ... if you ask me something ill come kiss you.
If someone disagrees to a headcanon of yours, do you want to know why?  —  sure! i dont know why that would happen, though, because i mean ... he’s an OC. but i gues someone could be like “i feel like this is incongruous to things you’ve previously established in his character” or somethin
If someone disagrees with your portrayal, how would you take it?  —  i feel like a lot of b*wie stans would find my version of ziggy weird but i mean thats fine!  i guess my goal is to have a well written character, not necessarily an accurate version of ziggy
If someone really hates your character, how do you take it?  —  if you hate MY version of ziggy thats fine but if u hate ziggy stardust in general (like the bowie concept) then u need some taste what the fuck is cooler than a egomaniac genderless bisexual rockstar alien with red hair? nothing. go back to watching your CW shows you dirty filthy normie
Are you okay with people pointing out your grammatical errors?  —  yes! dm me though. dont clown me on the dash like that.  i usually write your replies 12 AM - 4 AM so it’s expected.
Do you think you are easy going as a mun?   —  hmmm ... maybe! i do like to talk to people and i am VERY nice, trust me, if youre ever sad ill do everything i can to make you feel better. but im quiet! i dont really reach out to people and i tend to just keep to myself.  im not very social or extroverted at all haha i barely can make ooc posts without feeling like god’s coming to beat my head in with a brick. im sitting here at 5:30 AM with this meme feeling like if i post it i will die (BUT I MUST)
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the-big-sue · 5 years
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FOUR (years later)
Summary: the best album they ever made. Perfect for their moment, perfect for their plans, perfect for them. If things weren’t like… falling apart behind the scenes and they picked better singles, this should've been their grammy moment. Grrr.
it’s timeless, would listen on repeat a lot, did listen on repeat often, gonna keep listening now.
SMG
This was such a let down  after the fireproof free single
How did they not get sued? That chord progression is from Faithfully by Journey
I guess if you had to pop-ify a song on this album, with the sonic identity of everything else, but make it for radio, this had to be it.
Fine.
Further evidence of Julian's meatgrinder vocal production for niall
4/10
RTR
The drum fill #iconique
The O-ohs in the chorus #iconique
The guitar call and responses in chorus #iconique
The dreamy soaring bridge #iconique
10/10
WDBHG?
Literally niall on the lead verse???? Sounding like 2017 niall????? Foreshadowing
God the POWER CHORDS. Made to be screamed in stadiums. I want to hear this live again before die pls lord help me.
Are you sleeping baby by yourself
Or are you giving it to someone else?
Is a thesis statement for half the Pink Album lolololol
The harry and louis interplay in the final chorus!!!!
10/10
18
Ed sheeran
CHONCE
I can't help but zoom in on Niall's parts now, help meeeeee
3/10
Girl Almighty
The fleetwood mac guitars in the pre-chorus!!!!
The claps in the chorus!!! The worship music vibes!!!!
Genius compares this to Mrs. Robinson and they are not wrong
Niall
The way harry says girl alMI-tay is *chef's kiss*
8/10
Fool's Gold
Aka when Harry gets to be Shania twain
It's hard to decontextualize this from niall now
9/10
Night Changes
Y'all weren't dads why did you sing a dad song stop
The sonic is cute, but the lyrics are why
FUNny HOW harRY gets THE bigGEST parts ON the SINGles
KEY CHANGE
4/10
No Control
SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAPS
*hip thrusts*
Nothing has ever suited louis more jesus h. christ
In the HEEEEAAAAAAATTTT where you LAY
Side note: remember when someone consistently FORCED zayn to enunciate? Good times.
10/10
Fireproof
Incredible visceral memory of running back up to my apartment to download this free track, syncing it to my phone, playing my entire commute, and crying
The guitar bridge? The fleetwood mac vibes? The harmonies? The falsetto?
10/10
Spaces
Foreshadowing???
Who's gonna be the first to say goodbye? Zayn.
Ugh this is hard to listen to.
It's harder to reach ya even though I tried / even my phone misses your call by the way
5/10
Stockholm Syndrome
Sorry to say haroldo, your version is excellent, but the slick 80s vibes are DOING IT FOR ME TODAY
Also harry rushes through some parts, and the steady chugging beat vs. the slow down in the pre-chorus is really essential here.
This is also a song that SLAPS you. Like actually SLAP baby look what you've done to me… SLAP baby look what you've done now
This is an all-timer
10/10
Clouds
*drowns in OTRA vibes*
This may be the perfect blend of pop songwriting in the verses and rock choruses
Even their intonation is so perfect and snarky, GAH
This may be underrated??
I'm really sinking fast here. I regret not seeing them sing this 20 times.
Also this is 10000000% something I could see them all sing tomorrow without any cringing so everyone can suck it.
Louis on the final chorus!!!!
10/10
Change Your Ticket
Yes I also loved the 1975 back in 2014
Still a bit of a bop
5/10
Illusion
I get why it was a bonus. It fits with the album but it's not as good as most
The talky verses don't do it for me.
give liam better songs to lead gdi
3/10
Once in a Lifetime
Possibly the only one I would actively skip over
Basically the precursor to IWAWYAS?
Really good vocal from harry
Actually some of the harry vocal reminds me of stuff he did on HS1
Whoa whoa whoa this feels different post-HS1. the pre-chorus and chorus fit in with that, even the echo backing vocals. If you dialed the harmonies down a bit, this would sit nicely right next to MMITH???? WTF????? (sans the verses obv)
2/10
Act My Age
GOD HOW DID THIS EVEN HAPPEN
HORAN YOU BEAUTIFUL IRISH BASTARD, he didn't even write and yet…
I really hope they had an amazing time recording this one.
The beatles bridge!!!
RE - UN - ION - TOUR
10/10
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thelifetimechannel · 6 years
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ROXY: so ur the 1 w/ all the answers ARADIA: is there something youd like to know? ROXY: well apparently uve got cosmic info + hells of motivational one liners so can u tell y it has 2 be this way ROXY: why this game gotta suck so hard ARADIA: can i let you in on a secret ROXY: im not so gr8 w/ those ROXY: spill stuff when i shouldnt or sit on stuff i should spill ARADIA: ill have to trust you anyway ARADIA: i dont have all the answers ARADIA: just what ive learned from talking to people or trying things out and making mistakes ARADIA: trial and error thats how a lot of things work ARADIA: thats what got us here ROXY: and wut left all those ghosts out there ARADIA: yes ROXY: which brings me back 2 my question ROXY: why does this game suck ARADIA: some things just do ARADIA: but i am inclined this time to say because it was made this way ROXY: by callie ROXY: the other 1 ROXY: thats what i heard ARADIA: see you have more information than me in that respect! ARADIA: the waking world is not my area of expertise ARADIA: out in the bubbles i knew what to expect ARADIA: this is new and harder to navigate ROXY: were all in the dark rn ROXY: but thats my place ARADIA: ive been a maid for a long time ARADIA: cleaning up what i could and making the way easier ARADIA: maybe a rogue from outside the system has a different perspective ROXY: i bet other ppl have more ideas n schemes but if ur lookin 4 the roguish attitude uve come 2 the rite place ROXY: i can give u lessons on being feisty + a rule breaker + lookin damn good while ur at it ROXY: did u ever encounter my brand before out there ARADIA: nope! ARADIA: there arent many humans out there ARADIA: youre new territory for me ROXY: oh ROXY: guess there was only the 1 ROXY: it wouldve been nice for her have some1 there ROXY: id want that if i was dying and alone ROXY: but enough of the heavy shit ROXY: we just met and im already being a PARTY POOPER ROXY: u said u were a maid ROXY: guess thats obvs bc uve got the same kinda outfit as jane ROXY: does that mean ur also nice n cute but morph into a terrifying badass when necessary ARADIA: it has been known to happen ROXY: honestly i havent met a troll girl who wasnt a terrifying badass ROXY: we ladies r def carrying this adventure ARADIA: flarp is called a game for girls for a reason ROXY: flarp? ARADIA: a live action roleplaying game four of us used to play ROXY: that sounds wicked awesome ROXY: i always wanted 2 do something like that but my friends were all long distance and sburb ended up being a little TOO immersive ARADIA: we had a lot of fun playing together ARADIA: unfortunately it led to some... accidents ROXY: maybe we should all try playing sometime ROXY: w/ our powers it could be rly cool ROXY: even snowball fights are gonna have the intensity and firepower of a world war ARADIA: i can ask terezi if she has any copies of the rulebook that arent defaced ARADIA: or we could write our own rulebook! ARADIA: that might be fun, and we could make it safer for the players ROXY: what happened 2 u guys anyway ARADIA: tavros broke his torso column ARADIA: terezi went blind ARADIA: vriska lost a few body parts she could live without ARADIA: i died ROXY: k thats more than i was thinking when you said accidents ROXY: usually its more like some1 got hit w/ 3 draw 4s in a row and rage quit or u slipped on some dice and fell on ur ass ARADIA: none of that was the fault of the game though ARADIA: vriska did most of it, egged on by an otherworldly meddler with objectives of his own ARADIA: working in a few tweaks theres no reason it should result in so much carnage ROXY: if u say so ROXY: ive had my fill of killer games ROXY: u couldnt pay me 2 go a round of jumanji ROXY: maybe ill stick to my retro computer games where i can only die digitally ARADIA: oh, those are fun too! ARADIA: you have to find entertaining things to do indoors when its not safe to go exploring outside ROXY: trust me im an expert at whiling away cabin fever ROXY: but i dont think weve got any danger of that now ROXY: there r gonna be so many wacky shenanigans w/ all of us hanging out together i can already visualize it ROXY: sweet sweet shenanigans ROXY: every moment worth snapshotting and putting in a picture album to preserve it 4ever ROXY: hopefully none of these shenanigans will end up w/ ppl getting broken tho that doesnt sound like good times for all ARADIA: we will have to avert any incoming disasters ARADIA: whether they arise from injudicious game selections or otherwise ROXY: a bunch of badasses like us shouldnt have any problem ROXY: well make games safe and fair ROXY: and well figure out how 2 take on this world on xpert mode ARADIA: sounds like a plan
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bitchronan · 6 years
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This might sound silly, but how do you use these templates?
not at all! using templates can be confusing at first, I’ll try and explain it under the cut
1. first I’ve opened the template in photoshop (I have cc 2015) and I’m gonna edit all the text (the song info, time & battery percentage) I should have aligned all the text so that you don’t have any problems w changing what it says
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2. now I’m going to centre the album & artist (because I used the line tool instead of a dash as the dashes apple uses are very long it’s not automatically centred however you could delete that and put the album & artist in one text box so you don’t have to re-centre it if that makes any sense)
So I’m going to select the album, dash and artist and centre them, on a mac you can hold down the command button to see something’s placement
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3. now I’m going to change the length of the slidey thingy that shows you how far through the song you are
I like to actually calculate how far across it should b bc im extra like that but obv that’s not necessary
You might also want to change the battery fullness depending on the % you wrote down (as it is when you download it it’s at 80%)
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4. Now the last thing that left to do is to put in the album art so I’ll put in the picture, resize it to the right size and then clip it to the ‘album art’ shape that’s already there
on a mac this is done by holding alt and then hovering over the join between the image and the shape you want to clip it to until this icon appears
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then I’m done!
BONUS: The colour of the album, artist, and the icons at the bottom are currently the default apple colour but I’ll explain below how to change them
To change the artist & album title it’s just a case of changing the font colour:
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to change the dash between the album and artist select the ‘dash’ layer
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make sure you have the shapes tool selected
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and change the ‘fill’ colour
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All the bottom icons are located in the ‘BG’ folder, you will have to use clipping masks to change the colour of these:
simply select the icon you wish to change the colour of
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insert a new ‘solid color’ layer in the colour you wish to change the icon to
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and clip this layer to the icon in question
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for the ‘broadcast’ icon you can clip the mask to the whole folder as I have made the 3 rings more transparent to make the colour lighter and so they do not need to be made a different colour
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This is the end result:
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I’m sorry if this was confusing I’m not v good at explaining stuff like this :// if there’s anything else you want help w / anything you want me to explain more in depth just ask!
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blovebugg · 4 years
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Lockdown log. Day fifty-two.
Busy day today! We did lots of cleaning which was good. Gave the living room a good tidy, dust and hoover, cleaned the bathroom and did a little tiny bit of packing. Do feel that packing is tempting fate but we do need to get on with it as move is 3 weeks on tuesday! Which sounds so soon but I just wanna get in before anything else happens. Then we had pretzel dogs for lunch and a little chill. I sorted out my memory box which is basically a giant plastic tub filled with photo albums and scrap books and Taylor Swift tshirts and tour programmes. Due to lack of space here we have a lot of stuff in tubs which will make it easier to move I suppose. I then sorted out the craft box (another giant plastic tub) and threw a lot of crap away. Attempted some writing on the laptop. Want to write more but havent been in the mood and obvs during the week David needs it for work. We had Paprika pork medallions and homemade wedges for dinner.
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Although I havent been very productive during this lockdown time; like some others who have been learning a new skill or getting fit and just generally being better than me; what I do think is that my cooking has improved. I've never been a bad cook but I'm more adventurous now (slightly) and willing to research and take time to cook whereas before it was whatever is quick and easy. We ate a lot of pasta and Mexican before now I am trying different things. David has so far approved of all and I would repeat most. Am looking forward to the kitchen in the new house as it's big and new and shiny so hoping I will continue on this foodie journey. We watched Lilo & Stitch 2 after dinner which I liked a lot. I love stitch so much, hes too cute. Now having a nice chilled read as I feel like I've been a busy bee today!
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zucchinigal · 7 years
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So I was tagged by @thewillowfarm to do this thing, and as much as I hate to seem like a copy cat, I will also be doing the Moody Blues. Because I lov them
1. Introduce them: Hokay. So, the Moody Blues started in Birmingham (the one in England obv) in the mid 60s and were an R&B group that wore snazzy blue suits and had exactly One (1) hit: ‘Go Now!’ But due to lineup changes and the fact that they only managed that one hit, they ended up ditching the R&B thing to do... something else. That something else turned out to be weird wonderful psychedelic music when they made ‘Days of Future Passed’ (even tho they were supposed to be doing a rock version of the New World Symphony). And thus the Moody Blues as we know them were born! The classic lineup of this period was Justin Hayward (guitar), John Lodge (bass), Ray Thomas (flute and various other things), Mike Pinder (keyboards), and Graeme Edge (drums). All of them but Graeme sing.
2. When did you get into them: Late March of 2016 I think. Just kinda, a lot of signs had been saying “go listen to these nerds” for a while, but that’s when I took the plunge
3. What drew your attention: ’Gemini Dream’ was bop (that was the first song I was conscious was the Moodies), but beyond that. The harmonies and the very layered instrumentation. Their music is some of the most colorful music I’ve ever heard (fun fact, sometimes I interpret sounds as colors), and ‘Days of Future Passed’ is literally the most colorful album I’ve ever heard. It’s wonderful! 
4. Favorite thing about them: Can I say everything? Because like, idk if I can pick just one thing to be my favorite. Like I said before, the harmonies, and the instrumentation, the fuckening Mellotron and Ray’s flute. The way that every single song on “Days of Future Passed’ has it’s own distinct color. Idk man
5. Is there anything you dislike about them? I’m not terribly fond of their 80s stuff beyond ‘Long Distance Voyage’. It’s not as colorful. 
6. Tell us a little-known fact. Um. Wow, why is it whenever someone asks me for a random Moody fact I forget literally all of them? Uhhhhh, apparently Graeme had Mike read most of the spoken word bits because he felt his own voice was too squeaky at the time
7. Tell us how much you love them: I! LOVE! THEM! I LOV THEM SO MUCH! THEY ARE SUCH WONDERFUL GOOD BOYS AND I LOOOOOOOVE THEM. Especially Graeme!! He is smol and he is drum and he is so good!!!
8. Is there anything you associate with them? A couple of really wonderful peops on here. The entirety of my junior year of college (and a bit of my sophomore year, where they kinda became my mental lifeboat). Feeling happy and excited. 
9. How do they make you feel? so many. Like, it really depends on the song. They can make me feel happy, pumped up and ready for anything, chill, content, okay. If I close my eyes on the right songs, like I’m floating in space. I feel safe listening to them, it’s comforting
10. Free Space! Anything you want to add, anything goes! promote them, have they inspired you to do anything?, favorite ________ from them, little things that make you squee….anything. :D
GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! I LOV HIM AND HIS SMOLNESS AND HIS DRUMNESS. HE IS FABULOUS AND MAKES QUESTIONABLE FASHION CHOICES AND I LOVE HIM
In other news, I’m gonna get to meet these losers in 8 days and I’m gonna fuckin die hoooooly shit. But I finally get to know how tall Graeme is and I’ll hopefully get to show him the project I’ve been working on (i’m illustrating his poetry book! I only have 3 poems left andjkslnfasioganfowhfuow)
Mike is a chocolate covered pretzel. Most of the time he’s very sweet and kind and enjoyable but sometimes he’s salty as fuck
I have a cassette tape of Mike Pinder reading children’s stories that you can’t buy from his website, and it’s signed by him. It was a surprise included in an order of things you *can* actually buy from his website, and I still don’t understand why he was so nice to me ;v;
Apparently I earned cool points with my roommate’s dad since he likes the Moody Blues too, and I have been facilitating bonding between them on account of Theo knows way too much about the moodles cos I won’t shut up, and can use this knowledge to impress their dad
Me n Theo summon mellotrons periodically before bed during the school year. Like how you summon Beetlejuice in the movie. We like to assume the mellotrons end up in Mike Pinder’s basement and that we are confusing him and slowly filling his basement with mellotrons
Last thing! Theo and I once came up with the plot to a gay buddy cop movie based solely on a single photo of the moody blues and the fact that Theo thought Mike looked like the leader of a communist country. Idk it was finals and so much shit was hitting the fan that anything went (if you wanna know about it tho, feel free to ask)
Idk I’m not gonna outright tag anyone cos I don’t know who to tag. I guess I’ll do the usual ‘if you see it and wanna do it, go for it’
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tetsuroutxt · 7 years
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haikyuu characters + kpop
basically, which haikyuu characters would listen to kpop and and what would they enjoy realistically?
as the kpop industry is kinda saturated with idols, obv i couldnt include every group/artist. also its important to note that kpop would be a really niche interest unless they’re a trending group (eg. twice), regularly promoting in japan (ie. bts, apink, ikon, shinee), have established themselves because of hallyu (eg. dbsk, suju, big bang, snsd). if a artist/group met any or more of those conditions, the more i took them into consideration for this. 
I also took into consideration characters who are more likely to enjoy browsing the internet. those who put in a good amount of effort to look for music are very much more likely to come across it!
bokuto koutarou: only aware of kpop songs that go viral. often the very high-energy & catchy songs.
really really loves bts:  DOPE / war of hormone (HELLO HELLO)
he just really loves their intense choreography & how energetic their music is
just imagine him finding dope for the first time.
always attempts to learn the choreography, maybe just parts of it that he thought was the coolest
favourite korean songs thats not bts:
call me baby (he LOVES every single part of this song..)
RHYTHM TA the dance is simple & the song is his style
sugawara koushi: generally an open-minded individual... has the ability to appreciate many kinds of music
likes surfing through various mvs on youtube when he's bored, so he’s prob seen like most of ur favs, and surprisingly keeps tabs on the ones he likes.
likes shinee’s releases because enjoys the harmony of all their voices blending, very smooth and light. 
replay / your number / dont let me go
also likes charting/trending korean songs that aren't necessarily idol/kpop based like this
good vocals and songs with warm tones are a must 
azumane asahi, yamaguchi tadashi, yachi hitoka: the three of them enjoy cute & soft music
yamaguchi & yachi are both huge huge fans of iu. they love you & i, as well as good day!
peach is another strong favourite!
asahi loves how sweet kissing you sounds. he also likes nonono because the lyrics (its there in the vid!) are always super encouraging and comforting.
while they like mainstream songs, its not far-fetched to imagine them surfing the internet, due to their introverted natures, and uncovering sweet sounding korean indie music like rainy day and how do you think. yachi and yamaguchi like to share songs with each other since they trust each other’s taste.
tsukishima kei, akaashi keiji, ennoshita chikara: anything that’s layered and made with artistry. 
akaashi was almost a kpop anti (hates rhythm ta so fucking much lol) but then he found this and thought otherwise
just once you hit that part of youtube, the same type of music fills the entire sidebar. its a whole new world of music which is exactly what tsukki, akaashi, and ennoshita are after.
part of ennoshita's fascination of this music is the cinematography also he likes being unique for the music vids. its undeniable how high quality kpop music videos are... the camera-work, the selection of sets and props & lighting to create certain moods such as across the universe
tsukki is just an avid listener of music and enjoys being informed and up to date on all kinds of music. very attracted to tracks that are very well produced and well crafted such as bawling
akaashi is naturally thorough and doesnt like to settle for music readily available around him, he truly loves the meeting new sounds and styles, especially anything thats a clever/creative hybrid of genres such as neon bunny’s romance in seoul (jazz + electro) 
oikawa tooru: open-minded, but mostly he loves anything feel-good and cute.
enjoys often very catchy and upbeat hits:
cheer up - twice /  very nice - seventeen / party - snsd 
usually a pleasant hummer and has a nice soft voice when singing. knows how to be obnoxious though
he cant help it because the songs are so FUN iwa-chan, 
also songs that make him feel nostalgic and longing, especially if the vocalist is good at conveying emotion
like taeyeon’s rain ... also loves why though. dbsk’s why did i fall in love with you?
though updated with some trends (twice, seventeen), only truly familiar with older generation of idols.
hanamaki & mattsun: always looking for entertainment, yall know how they’re like lmfao.
they know kpop thanks to oikawa who showed them cheer up... found it cute and rly love dancing to the “sha sha sha” and chorus.
both curious, they did their own research and exploring and came out with their own likes and dislikes.
prefer sexier/non-cute groups: mini skirt -aoa
also ring ding dong (started liking it ironically to piss off hajime but now finds genuine enjoyment in it. they know the chorus dance)
it g ma because kohh features (they were shook) but also because of its meme factor. listen to it please oh my god [TW: lots of BRIGHT flashes in that mv..] the squawking and yelling annoys hajime so much wtf which may or may not contribute to why they both like this song so much. oikawa doesnt like it either ("its so ugly!")
generally prefers k-hip hop scene over kpop 
sunshine - verbal jint feat chancelor / jet lag - paloalto
kuroo & yaku: idol fanboys confirmed (see ch 200.)
as confirmed in ch 200. they are both huge fans of perfume, an electropop girl band, even to the point where they are familiar with the names of the members
thus i think its fair to say out of all the hq characters, its these two who are most likely to get to know their idol groups & not just be passive listeners.
upbeat, quirky electronic groups... the nu abo album by f(x) basically embodies this...
kuroo didnt care about kpop until he decided to give super junior’s hero album a listen during the time it was just released and very hot and popular on the charts. unexpectedly really loved the tracks & shared with yaku and kai. kai likes it too but isnt into idol stuff (more into rock) as much as yaku and kuroo. this was gateway into kpop for them. they’re mostly familiar with idols from sm ent.
iwaizumi hajime:
kpop anti
with oikawa being relentless singing the same repetitive hook choruses over & over ("cheer up baby! cheer up baby!" "gee gee gee gee baby baby~") & hanamatsu joining in because they’re hanamatsu
he hates it 
like A Lot
(needs better company)
(would probably like baby baby & winner's rock influenced music tbh)
give him time
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