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Project Moon Reading list
this is mt attempt at a comprehensive list of the references in Project Moon Games.
if you have any that arent listed, feel free to share them.
Lobotomy Corporation:
SCP-049 (Plague Doctor) (Speculated)
Portrait of Dorian Grey (Portrait of Another World; Mirror Of Adjustment) (Speculated)
Bible (One Sin and Hundreds of Good Deeds, Plague Doctor, Skin Prophecy, Flesh Idol, Burrowing Heaven, Express Train to Hell, Whitenight, Carmen)
Midsummer Nights Dream (Fariy Festival)
[Radio Station] UVB-76//The Buzzer (1.76Mhz)(Speculated)
Necronomicon//General Lovecraft (Skin Prophecy)
Colour Out of Space (Fragment of the Universe) (speculated; Thematically almost certainly lovecraft inspired)
The Little Match Girl (Scorched Girl)
Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
The Red Shoes (Red Shoes)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow searching for wisdom; Warm Hearted Woodsman)
Colour Out of Space (Child of the Galaxy) (speculative)
The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen)
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Rudolta of the Sleigh)
[Opera] Der Freischutz (Der Freischutz)
Snow White and the seven dwarves (Snow White's Apple)
Alarune (Alriune) (speculative)
The Little Prince (Little Prince)
Little Red Riding Hood (Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary; Big and Will be Bad Wolf)
Three Little Pigs (Big and Will be Bad Wolf)
The Six Swans (Dream of a Black Swan) (Speculative)
[Music] Bethoven's Moonlight Sonata (Il Pianta De La Luna, Silent Orchestra)
[Film] Spirited Away (Mountain of Smiling Bodies) (Design) (Speculative)
Wonderlab specific:
Alice's adventures in wonderland (Red Queen, Hookah Butterfly)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Scaredy Cat and the road home)
The little mermaid (Piscence mermaid)
Midsummer nights dream (Titania)
[Conjecture/Heavy Speculation] Snow Queen or Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (Nobody Is)
Rapunzel (Tangle)
Lady in the Lake (White Lake)
Mythology and Folklore:
[Buddhist] Preta (Clouded Monk)
[Celtic] Faerie (Fairy Festival)
[German] Der Freischutz "The Freeshooter" (Der Freischutz)
[German] Doppelganger "Double Walker" (Nothing There) (thematic)
[German] Nachtkrapp "Night raven" (Big Bird) (Speculative; Personally unconvinced)
[Greek] Stymphalian birds (Punishing Bird) (Speculative)
[Greek] Pygmalion//Galatea (Pygmalion)
[Japanese] Baku (Void Dream)
[Japanese] Jubokko "Tree Child" (Grave of Cherry blossoms)
[Jewish] Kabbalah (Tree of life, Malkuth, Yesod, Netzach, Hod, Tifret, Gevurah, Hesed, Chokma, Binah, Keter, Ayin)
[Jewish] Succubus//Incubus (Porccubus)
[Korean] Urban Legend regarding "Grape Welch Soda" (An Opened Can of Welcheers)
[Norse] Yggdrasil (Parasite Tree) (Speculative: Giant Tree Sap)
[Roman] Justicia // Lady Justice (Judgement Bird)
[Roman] Laetitia (Laetitia)
[Russian] Zhar-ptitsa "The Firebird" (The Firebird)
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Library of Ruina:
Library of Babel
Do Androids dream of electric sheep? (Thematic, Achievement name)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (The Adult Who Tells Lies, Scaredy cat and the road home)
The Marvelous Land of Oz (Ozma)
Town Musicians of Bremen (The Musicians of Bremen)
The Jaunt (WARP trains)
Nosferatu (Nosferatu)
Macbeth ("And then is Heard no more")
[Film] The hour of the wolf (Tanya)
[tarot] The fool (Jester of Nihil)
[poetry] Sky, Wind, Stars, and Poem (SPB&TP mili song) (thematic)
[poetry] Orlando furioso /& Orlando Innamoratto. (Roland and related cast (Argalia, angelica, etc.))
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Limbus Company
The Divine Comedy (Dante & surrounding cast)
The Wings (Yi Sang & co.)
Faust (Faust)
Don Quixote (Don Quixote)
Hell Screen (Ryoshu)
The Stranger//L'etranger//The Outsider (Meursault)
Dream of the red chamber (Hong Lu)
Wuthering Heights (Heathcliff & Co.)
Moby Dick//The Whale (ishmael & Co.)
Crime and Punishment (Rodion & Sonya)
Demian (Sinclair & Co.)
The Odyssey (Outis, Cyclops)
The Metamorphosis (Gregor)
Limbus Company - Minor References:
Peter pan (Smee)
Sherlock Holmes: (Timekilling Time Stage Names)
Scandal in time (Scandal in Bohemia)
A Case of the Gallows (A Case of Identity) (speculative)
The Adventure of three detectives (The Adventure of Three Students)
The White Scarved League (The Red Headed League)
The Clock Tower of Fear (Valley of Fear)
The Final Problem (The Final Problem)
Midsummer night dream (Midwinter Nightmare EGO gift)
The Time Machine (Hubert from TKT) (Speculative)
The Stars (Alfonso and Stephanette)
The Old Man and The Sea (Indigo elder) (Speculative)
Murder on the Orient Express (Murder on the WARP express)
Vampire the Masqurade (Casseti) (Speculative)
The Masque of the Red Death (Casseti) (Speculative)
The one who rules (Stage name "the one who lords") (speculative)
Real People:
League of nine:
Kim Kirim (김기림) (Rim)
Yi Hyoseok (이효석) (Aseah)
Lee Jong-myeong (이종명) (Yurang)
Kim Yu-yeong (김유영) (???/ Unnamed Member)
Chi-Jin Yoo (유치진). Pen name: Dongrang (동랑) (Dongrang)
Cho Yong-man (조용만) (Aneung)
Lee Tae-jun (이태준) (Sang-heo)
Jeong Ji-yong (정지용) (Young-ji)
Lee Mu-young (이무영) (Gap-ryong)
Park Taewon (박태원) (Gubo)
Kim Hae-Gyeong (김해경). Pen name Yi Sang (이상) (Yi Sang)
Park Pal-yang (박팔양) (???/ Unnamed member)
Gim Yujeong (김유정) (Dongbaek)
Kim Hwan-tae (김환태) (Nul-in)
other(s):
Agatha Christi (Grade 1 Fixer Agatha)
Kim Sakkat (Bamboo Hatted Kim)
Alphonse Daudet (Alfonso)
Vergil (Vergillius)
EGO and Abnormalities:
Midsummers Night Dream (Midwinter Nightmare) (EGO gift)
Carmilla (400 roses Anormality) (Carmilla EGO gift)
Metropolis (Resident of Metropolaris) (Speculative)
Snow White and the seven dwarves (Ebony Queen's Apple)
Pride and Predgudice (Spider of Marrige)
Poem of a dying butterfly (no.10 Crows Eye View) (A Dying Butterfly
Rudolph the red nosed Reindeer (Sandolph)
[Religion, Abrahamic religions] (Skin Prophet) (Heavenly Executioners throne) (Sign of Roses) (Heavenly Commanders Throne) (Broken Wings) (ichthys (Headless ichthys))
[Religion, Buddhist] (Ya Śūnyatā Tad Rūpam EGO) (My Form Empties)
[Folklore, Celtic] Faeries (Fairy Long-Legs, Fairy Gentleman, Faelantern)
[Folklore, German] Der Freishutze (Der Freishutze) (Der Fluchshutze)
[Folklore, Korean] The Green Frog (Blubbering Toad)
[Folklore, Korean] Dol hareubang (Wishing Cairn) (Pagoda Veneration)
#project moon#limbus company#limbus#lcb#essays i wrote primarily while half asleep#projmoon#library of ruina#lobotomy corporation#lor#lob corp#lobotomy corp#Reading list#oh god im not going to tag every different book
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So I was thinking of a Greek myth I read a long time ago:
"The lover of beauty." And the story is about a man named Pygmalion who is devoted to his art. He spends hours working on sculptures that are absolutely gorgeous and one day he begins to work on a sculpture of his ideal type. And he's besotted, he's dropping his chisel for hours on end to just stare at his work, lost in his own fantasy. She's appearing in his dreams and he is slow to finish the construction just imagining the joy he'd feel if she were living. When he finally finishes the statue he can only look at her and sigh. However, just around the time that he's finished the festival of Aphrodite begins and as a devotee he goes to pay his respects.
Afterwards he comes home and sees the statue move and he takes Galatea in his arms as she breathes for the first time. The next day they go to pray to Aphrodite, one grateful for being given life and the other grateful that the goddess answers his dreams.
(This is heavily paraphrased but I just wanted to share it cause it's interesting)
#I also really like the one about the golden apples#In the story they end up as lovers and I really don't know how to feel about that like on one hand it's cute but on the other 😬#at first I was like oh yeah fic with AI reader or character cute/horny#now I'm thinking of it being more of a study of love angsty/realistic cause while it's all good and dandy for the creator#if you were given life only for anothers purpose? the conflict of it all considering you sort of owe your being alive to them 🫨#how can you truly love and live if you've never been given the freedom to find it for yourself?#this bitch is yapping#inspo#better yet his love was all projection all based on her physical beauty what about substance what's left when beauty fades?#hashtag Lana del Rey young and beautiful lmao#this fits my other blog better except that this will probably be fic a very tragic one.. happy ending pending.. depends on the weather tbh#I have a character in mind for this and I feel a bit cruel to do this to him but it's in the name of art 🤧
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Holidays 9.19
Holidays
Aortic Disease Awareness Day
Armed Forces Day (Chile)
Arms Designer Day (Russia)
Bestselling Books Day
Biosphere Day (Australia)
Blessed Rainy Day (Bhutan)
Celebration of Labour (French Republic)
Children’s Day (Elder Scrolls)
Civil Aviation Day (Moldova)
Cosmetic Bridge Day
Day of the First Appearance of the Slovak National Council
Eleven Days of Global Unity, Day 9: Freedom
Fawlty Towers Day
Festival of Convictions (French Republic)
Frank Zappa Day (Baltimore) [also 8.9]
Hermione Granger Day
Holy Batman Day
Indra Jatra (Kathmandu Valley, Nepal)
International Aortic Dissection Awareness Day
International Athletic Training & Therapy Day
International Hop Like a Kangaroo Day
International Snakebite Awareness Day
International Talk Like A Pirate Day [ website ]
International Women's Commerce Day
Iota Phi Theta Day
Kenny Chesney Day (Tennessee)
Meow Like a Pirate Day
Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday (China)
Miners Memorial Day (Australia)
Moscow Day (Russia)
National Day of Chamame (Argentina)
National Cat DNA Day
National Ear Health Day
National Food Not Phones Day
National Jude Day
National Orthotics & Prosthetics Day (Canada)
National Meow Like a Pirate Day
National Service Day (Belize)
National Stillbirth Prevention Day
National Theater Day (Brazil)
National Woman Road Warrior Day
North Texas Giving Day (Texas)
919 Day (North Carolina)
919 mm Day
Smiley Face Emoticon Day
Thai Museum Day
Trollface Day
Visit a Sick Friend Today Day
What the Fork Day
Women’s Suffrage Day (New Zealand)
Food & Drink Celebrations
National Butterscotch Pudding Day
Popcorn Day
World Day of the Apertif
Independence & Related Days
Constitution Day (Nepal)
Hosamia (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
Meytallia (Declared; 2013) [unrecognized]
Saint Kitts and Nevis (from UK, 1983)
3rd Thursday in September
Ask An Atheist Day [3rd Thursday]
Free Queso Day [3rd Thursday]
International Day of Listening [3rd Thursday]
National Donor Recruitment Professionals Day [3rd Thursday]
National Family Business Day (UK) [3rd Thursday]
National PawPaw Day [3rd Thursday]
National Sour Beer Da [3rd Thursday] (also 9.20)y
National Teach Ag Day [3rd Thursday]
RAINN Day [3rd Thursday]
Responsible Dog Ownership Day (AKC) [3rd Thursday]
Theater Thursday [3rd Thursday of Each Month]
Thirsty Thursday [Every Thursday]
Three for Thursday [Every Thursday]
Thrift Store Thursday [Every Thursday]
Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]
Transit Safety Thursday [3rd Thursday]
Turkey Thursday [3rd Thursday of Each Month]
Weekly Holidays beginning September 19 (3rd Full Week of September)
Sour Beer Week (thru 9.25) [Begins 3rd Thursday]
Festivals Beginning September 19, 2024
Adirondack Balloon Festival (Glens Falls, New York) [thru 9.22]
AppleJack Festival (Nebraska City, Nebraska) [thru 9.29]
Bourbon & Beyond (Louisville, Kentucky) [thru 9.22]
Clarkson Honeyfest (Clarkson, Kentucky) [thru 9.21]
Clay County Golden Delicious Festival (Clay, West Virginia) [thru 9.22]
Draft Horse Classic and Harvest Fair (Grass Valley, California) [thru 9.22]
Dwight Harvest Days (Dwight, Illinois) [thru 9.22]
Euphoria (Greenville, South Carolina) [thru 9.22]
Fantastic Fest (Austin, Texas) [thru 9.26]
The Frankenmuth Oktoberfest (Frankenmuth, Michigan) [thru 9.22]
Greek Festival (Columbia, South Carolina) [thru 9.22]
Harvest Moon Celebration (Farmington, Michigan) [thru 9.21]
Mid-South Fair (Southaven, Mississippi) [thru 9.29]
Montana Brewers Conference (Missoula, Montana) [thru 9.20]
Nappanee Apple Festival (Nappanee, Indiana) [thru 9.22]
Nez Perce County Fair (Lewiston, Idaho) [thru 9.22]
North Georgia State Fair (Marietta, Georgia) [thru 9.29]
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) [thru 9.22]
OPA!HOMA (Tulsa, Oklahoma) [thru 9.21]
Plano Balloon Festival (Plano, Texas) [thru 9.22]
Pygmalion Festival (Urbana, Illinois) [thru 9.21]
Ravenna Balloon A-Fair (Ravenna, Ohio) [thru 9.22]
Sugar Creek Music Festival (Benton, Illinois) [thru 9.21]
Walnut Festival (Walnut Creek, California) [thru 9.22]
Wenatchee River Salmon Festival (Wenatchee, Washington) [thru 9.21]
Feast Days
Alonso de Orozco Mena (Christian; Saint)
Arthur Rackham (Artology)
Augustin Pajou (Artology)
Emilie de Rodat (Christian; Saint)
Eustochius, Bishop of Tours (Christian; Saint)
Feast of Gula (Ancient Babylonia; Goddess of Birth; Everyday Wicca)
Feast of Mato (The Bear Spirit; Lakota & Oglala Sioux)
Feast of Our Lady of La Salette (Roman Catholic; France)
Feast of San Gennaro (Christian; Saint)
Feast of Thoth (Egyptian God of Wisdom & Magic)
Feralia (Day of Purification; Pagan)
Frederick Ruple (Artology)
Ganesh Chaturthi (Indian Elephant God Festival)
Goeric of Metz (Christian; Saint)
Grape Pear Crisp Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Ingrid Jonker (Writerism)
International Forgiveness Day (Jainism)
International Talk Like a Pirate Day (Pastafarian)
Januarius (Western Christianity)
Jubilee of the Moth Moons (Shamanism)
Laurie R. King (Writerism)
Lucy (Christian; Saint)
March of the Reanimated Corpses Day (Church of the SubGenius)
Nine Ages of the Faery Kind (Celtic Book of Days)
Our Lady of La Salette (Christian; Saint)
Pablita Velarde (Artology)
Peleus, Pa-Termuthes, and companions (Christian; Martyrs)
Racine (Positivist; Saint)
Sequanus (a.k.a. Seine; Christian; Saint)
Slimey Ole Tom (Muppetism)
Theodore of Tarsus (Anglican Communion, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon (Christian; Saints)
William Golding (Writerism)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 43 of 60)
Premieres
Amadeus (Film; 1984)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon (Novel; 2000)
Away From the World, by The Dave Matthews Band (Album; 2012)
Best in Show (Film; 2000)
Block Party or The Happy Hedsman (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 110; 1961)
Blue Velvet (Film; 1986)
Boardwalk Empire (TV Series; 2010)
The Book of Merlyn, by T.H. White (Novel; 1977)
Bosko Shipwrecked! (WB LT Cartoon; 1931)
Doogie Howser, M.D. (TV Series; 1989)
East of Eden, by John Steinbeck (Novel; 1952)
The Egyptian, by Mika Waltari (Novel; 1945)
ER (TV Series; 1994)
Fawlty Towers (UK TV Series; 1975)
Fine Feathered Friend (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)
Fishing by the Sea (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1946)
Fly, by The Dixie Chicks (Album; 1999)
Funny Girl (Film; 1968)
Goodfellas (Film; 1990)
The Good Place (TV Series; 2016)
Gossip Girl (TV Series; 2007)
Gramps to the Rescue (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)
Grendel, by John Gardner (Novel; 1971)
Hector and the Search for Happiness (Film; 2014)
Hobo’s Holiday (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)
How I Met Your Mother (TV Series; 2005)
Igor (Animated Film; 2008)
I’ll Never Crow Again (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1941)
L.A. Confidential (Film; 1997)
Lady and His Lamp (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1964)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series; 1970)
The Maze Runner (Film; 2014)
Moneyball (Film; 2011)
Monkey Business (Film; 1931)
Oh Teacher (Ub Iwerks Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Disney Cartoon; 1927)
Pedagogy of the Oppressed, by Paulo Freire (Philosophical Book; 1968)
Pluto’s Party (Disney Cartoon; 1952)
Rhythm Nation 1814, by Janet Jackson (Album; 1989)
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (WB Animated Film; 2006)
Secondhand Lions (Film; 2003)
Spice, by the Spice Girls (Album; 1996)
Squirrel in the Scope of Ring Around the Rocky (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 109; 1961)
A Thousand Acres (Film; 1997)
Toy Town Hall (WB MM Cartoon; 1936)
2 Broke Girls (TV Series; 2011)
Uncle Joey Comes to Town (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1941)
Underworld (Film; 2003)
The Virginian (TV Series; 1962)
Yanks (Film; 1979)
Zipping Along (WB MM Cartoon; 1953)
Today’s Name Days
Arnulf, Igor, Jnuarius, Wilma (Austria)
Emilija, Januarije, Suzana, Teodor, Željko (Croatia)
Zita (Czech Republic)
Constantia (Denmark)
Erna, Marna (Estonia)
Reija (Finland)
Émilie (France)
Januarius, Thorsten, Wilhelmine (Germany)
Savatios (Greece)
Vilhelmina (Hungary)
Gennaro (Italy)
Muntis, Varnesis, Verners (Latvia)
Girvinas, Vilhelmina, Vytė (Lithuania)
Connie, Konstanse (Norway)
Alfons, Alfonsyna, January, Konstancja, Sydonia, Teodor, Więcemir (Poland)
Konštantín (Slovakia)
Genaro, Jenaro (Spain)
Fredrika (Sweden)
Monroe, Morgan, Morgann, Morganna, Morganne, Precious, Sawyer (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 263 of 2024; 103 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 4 of Week 38 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 19 of 28]
Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 17 (Bing-Xu)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 16 Elul 5784
Islamic: 15 Rabi I 1446
J Cal: 23 Gold; Twosday [23 of 30]
Julian: 6 September 2024
Moon: 96%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 11 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Voltaire]
Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 13 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 92 of 94)
Week: 3rd Full Week of September
Zodiac: Virgo (Day 29 of 32)
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"THE KARNIVAL"
Is an OCT hosted on both discord ﹠ tiktok by @.1600q / diangelical#5448 . The tournament takes place in a fictional, post - apocalyptic, dystopian city called"The Karnival." [ heavily based off of both Venice and the Karnival festival (†_●†) ]With 14 competitors and 8 spectators invited by the character " Pygmalion " through a 'hallucination' , they will meet a diverse cast as the tournament progresses in the Karnival. Including strange humanoid residents known as "The spirals" ..The spirals used to be human once, but they seem to be stuck in a trance of some sort where they believe they are still human.Their own goal is to celebrate the festival of Karnival [ until the city falls apart from the lack of the artifact when the finalist is granted their wish ]for eternity along with the contestants and spectators. That is, unless someone manages to get their hands on the archaic wish - granting artifact .. Who will be the lucky winner .﹖
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Lauren Mayberry by dvdmzjr
These aren't my favorite shots from the Pygmalion festival, but they're my latest edits. I'm not fond of what transpired with the last batch I uploaded elsewhere, so this is what Tumblr gets.
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"Stan eases into the role, suggesting the young Trump without venturing into an SNL-like impersonation. He captures him precisely and believably throughout"
The Deadline Report
‘The Apprentice’ Review: Sebastian Stan And Jeremy Strong Soar As Young Donald Trump And His Ruthless Mentor Roy Cohn In Devilish Origin Story – Cannes Film Festival (click for article)
Pete Hammond
May 20, 2024 10:00AM PDT
But the political Trump is not in Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi‘s compelling film, which instead zeroes in on a specific period of Trump’s life in the early ’70s when he was in his 20s and struggling to make a name for himself in the world of real estate in New York City. But it isn’t just about him — it is equally focused on his unique relationship with his lawyer, the notorious Roy Cohn, often referred to as vicious, cruel, ruthless and sadistic, a take-no-prisoners cutthroat attorney who would win at any cost. The filmmakers have cited movies like Midnight Cowboy, Frankenstein and Barry Lyndon as partial inspirations for their approach, the latter about an 18th century social climber who stands for nothing himself.
Don’t be confused about the title The Apprentice. This is not a movie version of the NBC reality TV series in any way, but instead a smart, sharp and surprising origin story of the man who hosted it. In this case the actual “apprentice” is Donald Trump, infamous real estate developer, former President of the United States and current presumed GOP nominee for 2024.
Trump and Cohn would become an odd couple, helping each other achieve their end goals at the time. That is the story of The Apprentice, which had its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday and still has its U.S. distribution rights for sale.
Will it sell, and will it be released before November’s election? We shall see, but this is not a hit job on Trump, and actually considering the 77-year-old we see today at MAGA rallies and dozing off in courtrooms defending his indictments on various charges including starting an insurrection to overturn the 2020 election. Instead, it presents a person somewhat driven but awkward, a man striving for the approval of a tough-love father, unsure but determined to succeed and even oddly charming at times. Yes, I said that. Cohn, responsible for helping Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s reprehensible anti-communist crusade in the ’50s as well as putting away convicted spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, was the man pulling the strings — until he wasn’t. Think of it as a twisted Pygmalion with Cohn tutoring and training Trump the way Henry Higgins did with Eliza Dolittle.
“Where’s my Roy Cohn?” Trump once uttered after a tirade about a current lawyer he was unhappy with. Cohn (Jeremy Strong) was his first fixer, and basically adopted the uneasy Trump (Sebastian Stan) upon spotting him looking nervous and alone in the exclusive NYC club Trump weaseled himself into. He took him under his wing and drilled into him the three golden rules he lived by, which considering the Trump of today are prophetic to say the least. Rule 1: Attack. Attack. Attack. Rule 2: Admit nothing. Deny everything. Rule 3: Always claim victory and never admit defeat.
The latter was the one Cohn emphasized above all as the most important thing to remember. He also told Trump no one likes a loser. “Everyone wants to suck a winner’s cock,” he tells Trump, who convinced his cold-hearted father Fred Trump (Martin Donovan) that they needed a lawyer like Cohn to take on a case the DOJ had launched over their housing developments (after being indicted for discriminating against Black tenants). In his own inimitable way he got the government to settle with no fines, thus endearing him to Donald. “You have to be willing to do anything to anyone in order to win,” Cohn says.
The lawyer even dresses his mentee, who was born in Queens; not exactly the right breeding ground. “Is this gonna be a guy from Flushing or 5th Avenue?” he asks, getting an affirmative on the latter. He then puts him on the phone with a New York Times society columnist, and the result is a puff piece comparing his looks to Robert Redford and marking him as an up-and-comer. One of the key Cohn lessons is always chase the press, be in the newspapers every day.
Trump started moving up the ladder, with Cohn bringing him to a party with Rupert Murdoch, George Steinbrenner and others, cheekily (and now ironically in hindsight) telling him, “If you’re indicted, you’re invited.” Cohn himself had been in major legal hot water for tax evasion and also handled shady underworld characters, but he knew how to help Trump’s dreams of finishing Trump Tower come to fruition, essentially rigging a planning commission meeting to get $160 million tax abatement for which Trump was begging.
Separately, he introduced him to a friend, Roger Stone (Mark Rendall), whose “specialty” is dirty tricks and who touts candidate Ronald Reagan’s campaign slogan “let’s make America great again” (a slogan Trump would later steal as his own when he ran for president). And when the top of the still unfinished first-ever all-concrete hotel in NYC is set on fire, Cohn brings Trump to a meeting with some of his mob clients who deliver Trump a come-to-Jesus moment demanding the “f*cking concrete guy” gets paid. Trump is shown already as being notorious for not paying his construction workers.
The film shows his darker side, that scene included, as he is changing, becoming more ruthless himself — even to Cohn, by double crossing his lawyer whose partner has contracted AIDS and needed help in getting a room at the Hyatt; Trump reluctantly agreed but later sent him a bill. Soon Cohn himself contracts AIDS, but they make up when Trump comes to his birthday celebration with a gift of “diamond” cufflinks that say “Trump” on each one. Ivana later tells Roy they were fake.
The personal side of Trump is also on display here as he endlessly pursues Ivana (Maria Bakalova) for a date and after several turndowns finally wears her out. They marry, after she at first refuses to sign the absurd pre-nup Cohn had drawn up (she later does), and it is quite the social occasion. She becomes his partner in the garish design of Trump Tower. They have kids, but even before Trump Tower is completed he has set his eye on the casinos in Atlantic City, convincing Cohn he knows what he is doing (they all later went bankrupt). The marriage also went downhill, with the unfaithful Trump admitting to Ivana he was no longer attracted to her after she initially seemed to be in the mood for some lovemaking. She lashes out, calling him fat, ugly, bald, and orange-faced. A physical encounter ensues in which they have intense sex on the floor. Whether or not it was consensual is questionable at best and likely to be controversial, especially in light of sexual assault accusations and the E. Jean Carroll suit which he lost. Public knowledge of these lawsuits (not in the film) could paint the viewer’s opinion. It appears violent though.
This exceptionally well-researched first screenplay by Gabriel Sherman, who had profiled Trump for various publications and thought the Trump-Cohn story would make a good movie, has turned out a tale that is essentially a Faustian deal between the two. Although they have both been described as monsters in different circles, they are really given an empathetic treatment here, at least in part, and at least in an attempt to show us what led to historical change in America, and what may well continue in a story whose end has yet to be written.
Trump has never seemed so, well, human, as his own early years show a man trying desperately for his father’s approval while at the same time trying to come out from under his shadow. Progressively the two-hour film shows him doing just that, but also losing some of that humanity in the process. I wouldn’t describe the portrait as flattering, but it is not a hatchet job — perhaps part of the reason is a foreign director who didn’t even know Trump before he came down those stairs to announce his presidential bid in 2015. The goal is to show the makings of that man, not who he would later become – no matter what your opinion of that man is. I have a feeling his base of voters, the ones he dug up from under a rock, might look at these early years and give their approval, warts and all. Ironically though the first image in the film is that of Richard Nixon swearing “I am not a crook.” What the filmmakers’ intention with that choice is certainly intriguing.
Special notice to Sean Samsom’s seamless hair, makeup and prosthetics work here which never brings attention to itself.
Stan eases into the role, suggesting the young Trump without venturing into an SNL-like impersonation. He captures him precisely and believably throughout. Cohn has been portrayed in other projects like Al Pacino did in Angels In America, but Strong is ideal casting, going all in and delivering a three-dimensional portrait of this complicated man. Bakalova is excellent in her few scenes, as is Donovan as father Fred who early on tries to explain he is not racist. “How can I be racist when I have a Black chauffeur?” he asks at the dinner table while berating his sons. Charlie Carrick as Trump’s older brother Fred Jr. is also very fine, showing a man who just couldn’t live up to his father’s expectations. Scenes between the two siblings show Donald has at least some empathy.
Producers are Daniel Bekerman, Jacob Jarek, Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde, Louis Tisne and Abbasi.
Title: The Apprentice
Festival: Cannes (Competition)
Director: Ali Abbasi
Screenwriter: Gabriel Sherman
Cast: Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova, Martin Donovan, Charlie Carrick, Mark Rendall
Sales agent: Rocket Science
Running time: 2 hr
#sebastian stan#the apprentice#donald trump#its a shame that theyre names may be forever linked#the apprentice review
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Let’s talk about Pygmalion. ONEUS recently dropped their new logo motion for their 9th mini album Pygmalion. So, who or what is Pygmalion? It can refer to one of two things.
First is the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. Pygmalion was a talented sculptor in Ancient Greece, most known for his ivory statue's life like appearances. Because of his work as a sculptor, putting beauty into ivory, he did not have time to admire actual women and their beauty. He saw flaws in the way women were portraying themselves and therefore decided to only concentrate on his ivory statues. One day, he carved a statue of woman in what he believed to be beauty. he carved this woman from ivory, sculpting her carefully so she could be unparallel to any other woman he had ever seen. He carved her in his image of beauty, and when Pygmalion was done, he stepped back and admired her. In his eyes, his ivory statue was the most beautiful woman, and he falls in love with his own creation. He showers this statue in gifts, kisses her with such care, decorating her with the cloths and ornaments. He spent countless days and nights, a sense of joy overcoming him. He was so in love with his ivory woman, whom he named Galatea, and wished for her to be his wife. Eventually, Aphrodite’s festival comes around, and Pygmalion makes an offering to the goddess. He prays to her, venerating so deeply, that she would make Galatea into a real woman. Aphrodite, touched by Pygmalion’s deep veneration, decided to see this statue. When she saw Galatea, she was amazed by how life like the statue was and how close to beauty the statue was to her. So, she granted Pygmalion’s wish, answered his prayers and made Galatea into a real woman. That night, when Pygmalion returned to his workshop, he kissed Galatea and was shocked to feel how warm her lips were, and how soft she was to touch. Pygmalion was overjoyed to learn that Aphrodite answered his prayers. Years later, Pygmalion and Galatea had a son named Paphos together. Truly, a story about the love an artist has for their own creation.
The second is something called the Pygmalion effect. The Pygmalion effect refers to situations where someone's high expectations improve our behavior and therefore our performance in a given area. Presented by psychologists Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson, high expectations lead to better performance and low expectations lead to worse, both effects leading to self-fulfilling prophecy, a prediction that comes true in part of a set expectation or belief. The opposite of the Pygmalion effect is the Galatea effect, which one’s belief in themselves increases their performance.
Now, looking at the new logo, we can see a white background, most likely referring to the ivory that Galatea was made from or the high expectations from someone else. Then a drop happens, then suddenly the white is stained and overcome with black, covering on an otherwise ethereal white. It is no longer unblemished, no longer beautiful in the eyes of the beholder. The expectations someone placed on were wrong, and we failed them in their eyes. We may not think we failed, but to them we did. The logo shatters, leaving nothing but shards left to be picked up or forgotten.
Now knowing what Pygmalion means, the myth and the effect, what could this mean? In terms of the monarchs, could it refer to them, once bright rulers now forgotten by the ones they loved? Could it be that the monarchs are the “Galatea” of this story, someone, Helios perhaps or someone new, made them who they are and have high expectations for them? Are the monarchs no longer loved or have failed expectations? Who knows? Only time will tell.
But that’s just a theory. A ONEUS theory! Thank you for reading.
(Please add on if you wish!)
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Review of Monarch Lore + Musing on Pygmalion
Come Back Home Concept Film
Human world ruled by monarchs
Monarchs were jealous of Helios (I think the translation is supposed to be Helios was jealous of the monarchs but the English v/o says it this way)
Ppl worship monarchs instead of Helios
Helios threatens to take away the sun
The humans sacrifice the monarchs to Helios
Helios exiled the monarchs and their servants
Helios makes them vampires
Monarchs only drink from evildoers, continue to protect humans
Cursed servants bitter about their curse/humans betraying them, so they massacre any humans they find
Servants worship moon and wait for child to be born on day of eclipse
Use child for ceremony to bring eternal night
Child is born
War between monarchs and servants to protect child lasts 10 yrs
In final battle, monarchs win
When killing last leader of the servants, he tells monarchs “when red moon comes back, i will too for the kid”
Then night sky turned red
TBONTB Story Film #1
Souls of defeated servants sealed inside necklace
Monarchs realize that as long as they exist together, humans could “never escape the bridle of pain”
“Call Us Ishmael”* monarchs also put their souls in the necklace
* = in Islamic theology, Ishmael (among being a prophet and patriarch) is the son of Ibrahim (Abraham) who Ibrahim almost sacrifices to show his devotion to God--only stopping when God tells him that he's shown his devotion to God.
monarchs consider their sacrifice a sign of devotion to humans?
TBONTB Story Film #2
Helios grieves Phaethon
Helios turns grief to anger, directs anger toward monarchs
Helios takes away monarch’s powers, imprisoned them in shattered remains of sun chariot*, puts them in endless slumber
Only way to escape is to get blood of prophetic child’s descendants
Hundreds of years pass
* = In Greek mythology, Phaethon dies after attempting to control his father Helios's sun chariot. After many complaints "from the stars in the sky to the earth itself," Zeus strikes Phaethon down with a lightning bolt and his corpse falls back to earth.
Pygmalion
In the Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Pygmalion is a sculptor who, upon finding faults with human women, sculpts an ivory woman so perfect he falls in love with it. After treating the statue like a romantic partner (kissing it, buying it gifts, making a bed for it), Pygmalion makes offerings to Aphrodite’s altar on the goddess’s festival day. He wishes for a bride who would be “the living likeness” of his ivory statue. He returns home, kisses the statue once–finds the lips warm–twice–the ivory is no longer hard. Pygmalion ends up marrying the statue-turned-woman, and they have at least one child.
Logo motion shows ivory background turning to black
Suggests corruption? Or perhaps a dark side? Perhaps the monochrome palette, like the yin and yang of Chinese philosophy, represents the balance of natural dualities (e.g. winter vs summer, disorder vs order)
Track list
Intro: Lethe
In Greek mythology, Lethe is one of the rivers in the underworld. Whoever drinks of the river “experiences complete forgetfulness”
According to Ovid, the Lethe flows through the cave of the Greek god of sleep, Hypnos, and the river’s murmuring “induces drowsiness”
Connection to monarchs’ endless slumber?
Erase Me (title track)
Unforgettable
Counter-track to first two tracks?
Echo
Lyrical and compositional contributions by Leedo woop woop
In Greek mythology, Echo is a mountain nymph. The king of the gods, Zeus, often visits nymphs on Earth, and Hera, his wife, becomes suspicious of these visits and sneaks to Earth to attempt to catch Zeus with the nymphs. Zeus orders Echo to protect him from his wife, so she endures Hera’s rage and Hera curses her to “only be able to speak the last words spoken to her”.
In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Echo, after being cursed, spots a man hunting deer with his friends. Echo falls in love with the man, Narcissus, at first sight and follows him. Narcissus becomes separated from his friends. He calls out, “is anybody there?” and Echo repeats his words back to him. He calls out “come here” and once again, Echo repeats his words back to him. Given that nobody has come out of their hiding spot so Narcissus can see them, Narcissus believes the person he’s talking to is running away from him. He yells, “this way, we must come together!”--which has Echo, believing his words to be a confession of reciprocal love, say “we must come together!” Echo runs out to Narcissus and attempts to embrace him, but he scorns her and she runs away humiliated. Despite the rejection, Echo only continues to love Narcissus more and more. Narcissus falls in love with his reflection and wastes away in front of it, and Echo mourns over his body. When Narcissus says his final words, “Oh marvelous boy, I loved you in vain, farewell”, Echo says, “farewell”. Echo herself begins to waste away. Her beauty fades, her skin shrivels, and her bones become stone. All that remains of her is her voice.
Halley’s Comet
A comet visible from Earth every 75-79 yrs
The only known short-period comet that is regularly visible to the naked eye from Earth
Will next appear in 2061
Miscellaneous
In the track list, Intro: Lethe is superimposed over what appears to be a white statue
In track list, Erase Me has modern theatre masks below the song’s title
In ancient Greek theatre, actors wore masks to more immerse themselves into their characters–since they weren’t showing their face, they could ‘melt’ into the mask’s face and “vanish” into the role
Said masks often wore exaggerated expressions intended to inform audiences about the character’s disposition/characteristics (e.g. social status, sex, etc.)
The masks also allowed actors to portray multiple distinct characters without the audience knowing
As such, masks also aided in transitioning from one character to another
In the track list, Unforgettable has what appears to be a television beneath the title
In the track list, Echo has what appears to be a water ripple beneath the song’s title
In the track list, Halley’s Comet is superimposed over what appears to be flowers
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PYGMALION AND THE STATUE
- Ovid's Metamorphoses
Pygmalion saw these women waste their lives
in wretched shame, and critical of faults
which nature had so deeply planted through
their female hearts, he lived in preference,
for many years unmarried.—But while he
was single, with consummate skill, he carved
a statue out of snow-white ivory,
and gave to it exquisite beauty, which
no woman of the world has ever equalled:
she was so beautiful, he fell in love
with his creation.
It appeared in truth
a perfect virgin with the grace of life,
but in the expression of such modesty
all motion was restrained—and so his art
concealed his art. Pygmalion gazed, inflamed
with love and admiration for the form,
in semblance of a woman, he had carved.
He lifts up both his hands to feel the work,
and wonders if it can be ivory,
because it seems to him more truly flesh. —
his mind refusing to conceive of it
as ivory, he kisses it and feels
his kisses are returned. And speaking love,
caresses it with loving hands that seem
to make an impress, on the parts they touch,
so real that he fears he then may bruise
her by his eager pressing. Softest tones
are used each time he speaks to her. He brings
to her such presents as are surely prized
by sweet girls; such as smooth round pebbles, shells,
and birds, and fragrant flowers of thousand tints,
lilies, and painted balls, and amber tears
of Heliads, which distill from far off trees.—
he drapes her in rich clothing and in gems:
rings on her fingers, a rich necklace round
her neck, pearl pendants on her graceful ears;
and golden ornaments adorn her breast.
All these are beautiful—and she appears
most lovable, if carefully attired,—
or perfect as a statue, unadorned.
He lays her on a bed luxurious, spread
with coverlets of Tyrian purple dye,
and naming her the consort of his couch,
lays her reclining head on the most soft
and downy pillows, trusting she could feel.
The festal day of Venus, known throughout
all Cyprus, now had come, and throngs were there
to celebrate. Heifers with spreading horns,
all gold-tipped, fell when given the stroke of death
upon their snow-white necks; and frankincense
was smoking on the altars. There, intent,
Pygmalion stood before an altar, when
his offering had been made; and although he
feared the result, he prayed: “If it is true,
O Gods, that you can give all things, I pray
to have as my wife—” but, he did not dare
to add “my ivory statue-maid,” and said,
“One like my ivory—.” Golden Venus heard,
for she was present at her festival,
and she knew clearly what the prayer had meant.
She gave a sign that her Divinity
favored his plea: three times the flame leaped high
and brightly in the air.
When he returned,
he went directly to his image-maid,
bent over her, and kissed her many times,
while she was on her couch; and as he kissed,
she seemed to gather some warmth from his lips.
Again he kissed her; and he felt her breast;
the ivory seemed to soften at the touch,
and its firm texture yielded to his hand,
as honey-wax of Mount Hymettus turns
to many shapes when handled in the sun,
and surely softens from each gentle touch.
He is amazed; but stands rejoicing in his doubt;
while fearful there is some mistake, again
and yet again, gives trial to his hopes
by touching with his hand. It must be flesh!
The veins pulsate beneath the careful test
of his directed finger. Then, indeed,
the astonished hero poured out lavish thanks
to Venus; pressing with his raptured lips
his statue's lips. Now real, true to life—
the maiden felt the kisses given to her,
and blushing, lifted up her timid eyes,
so that she saw the light and sky above,
as well as her rapt lover while he leaned
gazing beside her—and all this at once—
the goddess graced the marriage she had willed,
and when nine times a crescent moon had changed,
increasing to the full, the statue-bride
gave birth to her dear daughter Paphos. From
which famed event the island takes its name.
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favortive reylo regency au fanfics?
Brilliant question @aparnasworld , I do love a regency AU
This is Reylo, hot and interesting, I love an A.B.O. that explores the science a bit.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/37413466
This one of from the CS fandom and it has some of the best snappy dialogue it's written by @zaharadessert who writes some of the best banter in any fandom.
Is another CS story and one I have gone back to time and time again, @ineffablecolors writes a tale that is sweet and haunting and beautiful and stays in your head
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12991242
Pure regency festive fluff.
Pygmalion AU, very well written and very funny.
Honestly I could go on and on, asking me for recs is a nightmare because I love them all!
Great question x
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So many new cast members have been added to The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2: Oliver Alvin-Wilson, Stuart Bowman, Gavi Singh Chera, William Chubb, Kevin Eldon, Will Keen, Selina Lo, and Calam Lynch.
Bios and headshots below (no roles named as of yet).
Oliver Alvin-Wilson’s television credits include The Bay (ITV), as “Guy Townsend,” Murder in Provence (ITV) as “Luc Martinez,” Collateral (BBC) as ”Chips Benson” and Lovesick (Netflix) as “Alex.” In film, Oliver has been seen in Harkness, Wonder Woman 1984, and The Huntsman. He has appeared on stage in All of Us (National Theatre), Henry VI Rebellion/War of the Roses (Royal Shakespeare Company), The Twilight Zone (Almeida Theatre/Ambassadors Theatre), The Doctor (Almeida Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Young Vic Theatre) and Nine Night (National Theatre/Trafalgar Studios) among many others.
Stuart Bowman can currently be seen in the television series The Pact (BBC), Karen Pirie (ITV), and The Control Room (BBC). He has previously played recurring roles in Alex Rider (Prime Video), Guilt (BBC), Bodyguard (Netflix), Versailles (Netflix), Grantchester (ITV), and Deadwater Fell (Channel 4) opposite David Tennant. Stuart’s work in film includes Man and Witch, The Cursed, Sunset Song, and Slow West. His recent theatre credits include Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre) as “Macduff.”
Gavi Singh Chera was most recently seen in the television series The Undeclared War (Channel 4) and The Lazarus Project (Sky). Other television credits include Vera (ITV) and Doctors (BBC). On stage, Gavi has appeared in productions including The Cherry Orchard (The Yard Theatre), Our Generation, Behind the Beautiful Forevers (National Theatre), Duck, 1922: The Waste Land (Jermyn Street Theatre) and Pygmalion (Headlong).
William Chubb is a prolific actor whose television credits include Vampire Academy (Peacock), The Sandman (Netflix), Pistol (Hulu), Quiz, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (BBC), Law & Order: UK (ITV)and House of Cards (BBC). On stage, William has appeared in numerous productions including The Tempest (Theatre Royal Bath), The Taxidermist’s Daughter (Chichester Festival Theatre), Witness for the Prosecution (County Hall, London), Othello (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre) and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Old Vic). His film credits include Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light, A Week in Paradise, and Adrift in Soho.
Kevin Eldon is a well-known performer in television, film and theatre. On television, Kevin has starred in Game of Thrones (HBO), Shadow And Bone (Netflix), Inside Number 9 (BBC) and has had recurring roles in Trigger Point (Peacock) and Dad’s Army. He also appeared in The Crown (Netflix), Criminal: UK (Netflix) and Doctor Who (BBC). In film, he has been seen in Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, Hot Fuzz, Four Lions and Set Fire to the Stars opposite Elijah Wood.
Will Keen will soon start production on Prime Video’s My Lady Jane. He most recently wrapped the indie feature Borderland opposite Felicity Jones and Mark Strong, as well as the TV series The Gold (BBC1/Viacom). He was most recently seen in Ridley Road (BBC) and The Pursuit of Love (BBC) opposite Andrew Scott and Emily Beecham. His other TV credits include His Dark Materials (HBO), The Crown (Netflix), Genius: Picasso (National Geographic), Wolf Hall (BBC) and The Musketeers (BBC). Stage credits include Patriots (Almeida Theatre), Ghosts (Almeida Theatre), Waste (Almeida Theatre), Quartermaine’s Terms (Wyndham's Theatre), The Arsonists (Royal Court) and The Coast of Utopia (National Theatre).
Selina Lo is a British-Asian actress and former martial arts champion, whose film credits include starring in Boss Level (Hulu) as “Guan Yin” and Hellraiser (Hulu) as “The Gasp.” Her work in television includes a recurring role in One Child (BBC) as “Xu Lian.”
Calam Lynch was most recently seen in Bridgerton (Netflix) as “Theo Sharpe.” Other television credits include Derry Girls (Channel 4) as “John Paul O’Reilly” and Mrs. Wilson (BBC) as “Gordon Wilson.” In film, Calam starred in Black Beauty (Disney+), Benediction opposite Jack Lowden, and Dunkirk. He has appeared in theatre in productions including Much Ado About Nothing (The Rose Theatre) and Wife (The Kiln Theatre).
#the lord of the rings#the rings of power#lotr trop#Oliver Alvin-Wilson#Stuart Bowman#Gavi Singh Chera#William Chubb#Kevin Eldon#Will Keen#Selina Lo#Calam Lynch
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Holidays 9.19
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Peleus, Pa-Termuthes, and companions (Christian; Martyrs)
Racine (Positivist; Saint)
Sequanus (a.k.a. Seine; Christian; Saint)
Slimey Ole Tom (Muppetism)
Theodore of Tarsus (Anglican Communion, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon (Christian; Saints)
William Golding (Writerism)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 43 of 60)
Premieres
Amadeus (Film; 1984)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon (Novel; 2000)
Away From the World, by The Dave Matthews Band (Album; 2012)
Best in Show (Film; 2000)
Block Party or The Happy Hedsman (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 110; 1961)
Blue Velvet (Film; 1986)
Boardwalk Empire (TV Series; 2010)
The Book of Merlyn, by T.H. White (Novel; 1977)
Bosko Shipwrecked! (WB LT Cartoon; 1931)
Doogie Howser, M.D. (TV Series; 1989)
East of Eden, by John Steinbeck (Novel; 1952)
The Egyptian, by Mika Waltari (Novel; 1945)
ER (TV Series; 1994)
Fawlty Towers (UK TV Series; 1975)
Fine Feathered Friend (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)
Fishing by the Sea (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1946)
Fly, by The Dixie Chicks (Album; 1999)
Funny Girl (Film; 1968)
Goodfellas (Film; 1990)
The Good Place (TV Series; 2016)
Gossip Girl (TV Series; 2007)
Gramps to the Rescue (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)
Grendel, by John Gardner (Novel; 1971)
Hector and the Search for Happiness (Film; 2014)
Hobo’s Holiday (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)
How I Met Your Mother (TV Series; 2005)
Igor (Animated Film; 2008)
I’ll Never Crow Again (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1941)
L.A. Confidential (Film; 1997)
Lady and His Lamp (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1964)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series; 1970)
The Maze Runner (Film; 2014)
Moneyball (Film; 2011)
Monkey Business (Film; 1931)
Oh Teacher (Ub Iwerks Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Disney Cartoon; 1927)
Pedagogy of the Oppressed, by Paulo Freire (Philosophical Book; 1968)
Pluto’s Party (Disney Cartoon; 1952)
Rhythm Nation 1814, by Janet Jackson (Album; 1989)
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (WB Animated Film; 2006)
Secondhand Lions (Film; 2003)
Spice, by the Spice Girls (Album; 1996)
Squirrel in the Scope of Ring Around the Rocky (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 109; 1961)
A Thousand Acres (Film; 1997)
Toy Town Hall (WB MM Cartoon; 1936)
2 Broke Girls (TV Series; 2011)
Uncle Joey Comes to Town (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1941)
Underworld (Film; 2003)
The Virginian (TV Series; 1962)
Yanks (Film; 1979)
Zipping Along (WB MM Cartoon; 1953)
Today’s Name Days
Arnulf, Igor, Jnuarius, Wilma (Austria)
Emilija, Januarije, Suzana, Teodor, Željko (Croatia)
Zita (Czech Republic)
Constantia (Denmark)
Erna, Marna (Estonia)
Reija (Finland)
Émilie (France)
Januarius, Thorsten, Wilhelmine (Germany)
Savatios (Greece)
Vilhelmina (Hungary)
Gennaro (Italy)
Muntis, Varnesis, Verners (Latvia)
Girvinas, Vilhelmina, Vytė (Lithuania)
Connie, Konstanse (Norway)
Alfons, Alfonsyna, January, Konstancja, Sydonia, Teodor, Więcemir (Poland)
Konštantín (Slovakia)
Genaro, Jenaro (Spain)
Fredrika (Sweden)
Monroe, Morgan, Morgann, Morganna, Morganne, Precious, Sawyer (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 263 of 2024; 103 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 4 of Week 38 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 19 of 28]
Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 17 (Bing-Xu)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 16 Elul 5784
Islamic: 15 Rabi I 1446
J Cal: 23 Gold; Twosday [23 of 30]
Julian: 6 September 2024
Moon: 96%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 11 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Voltaire]
Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 13 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 92 of 94)
Week: 3rd Full Week of September
Zodiac: Virgo (Day 29 of 32)
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Pymalion and Galatea
Pygmalion was a sculptor par excellence, a man who gave to every one of his ivory a life-like appearance. His deep devotion to his art spared him no time to admire the beauty of women. His sculptures were the only beauty he knew. For reasons known only to him, Pygmalion despised and shunned women, finding solace only in his craft. In fact, he was so condemning to women that he had vowed never to marry.
One fine day, Pygmalion carved the statue of a woman of unparalleled beauty. She looked so gentle and divine that he could not take his eyes off the statue. Enchanted with his own creation, he felt waves of joy and desire sweeping over his body and in a moment of inspiration he named the figurine, Galatea, meaning "she who is white like milk". He draped over her the finest of cloths and bedecked her with the most dazzling of ornaments, adorned her hair with the prettiest of flowers, gave to her the choicest of gifts and kissed her as a sign of adoration. Pygmalion was obsessed and madly in love with his creation. The spell the lifeless woman cast on him was too much to resist and he desired her for his wife. Countless were the nights and days he spent staring upon his creation.
In the meanwhile, the celebration of goddess Aphrodite was fast approaching and preparations were well under way. On the day of the festival, while making offerings to goddess Aphrodite, Pygmalion prayed with all his heart and soul, beseeching the goddess that she turns his ivory figurine into a real woman. Touched by his deep veneration, Aphrodite went to the workshop of Pygmalion to see this famous statue by herself. When he looked upon the statue of Galatea, she got amazed by its beauty and liveliness. Looking better at it, Aphrodite found that Galatea looked like her in beauty and perfection, so, satisfied, she granted Pygmalion his wish.
Upon returning home the master-sculptor went straight to Galatea, full of hope. At first, he noticed a flush on the cheeks of the ivory figurine but slowly it dawned upon him that Aphrodite had heard his pleas. Unable to restrain himself, he held Galatea in his arms and kept her strongly. What had been cold ivory turned soft and warm and Pygmalion stood back in amazement as his beloved figurine came into life, smiling at him and speaking words of admiration for her creator.
Their love blossomed over the days and before long, wedding vows were exchanged between the two lovers with Aphrodite blessing them with happiness and prosperity. The happy couple had a son, Paphos, who later founded the city of Paphos in Cyprus. Some say that Pygmalion and Galatea also had a daughter, Metharme. The bottom line is that the couple lived happily ever after.
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Pygmalion Festival - Rose Bowl Tavern, Urbana, IL
Emily the Band, Fiona Kimble, Lutalo, Tim Atlas, Claud, Lauren Mayberry
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Lutalo - “Push Back Baby”
AGAIN by Lutalo
Lutalo gained a love for Jazz, Classical music, and MF Doom when they grew up in the Twin Cities. Their new EP, AGAIN, will be out August 25th on Winspear. With its smoked out, subtle guitar riffs; “Push Back Baby” is a DIY-anthem that will get stuck in your head. Lutalo asks listeners to imagine a better world: “I want to help people question the way they’re living so we can create a better reality for us to exist in together.” They will play the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on Monday, September 25th w/ Claud (Buy Tickets)
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Tue. Aug. 1 - Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s * Wed. Aug. 2 - Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups * Thu. Aug. 3 - Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Eccentric Cafe * Fri. Aug. 4 - Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle * Sun. Aug. 6 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club * Tue. Sept. 19 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground % Wed. Sept. 20 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig % Fri. Sept. 22 - Cleveland, OH @ Mahall's % Sat. Sept. 23 - Champaign, IL @ Pygmalion % Mon. Sept. 25 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry % Wed. Sept. 27 - Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck % Thu. Sept. 28 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City % Fri. Sept. 29 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada % Sat. Sept. 30 - Houston, TX @ Secret Group % Sat. Nov. 11 - Paris, FR @ Pitchfork Music Festival Paris ^ Sun. Nov. 12 - London, UK @ Pitchfork Music Festival London # * w/ Katy Kirby % w/ Claud ^ w/ Sophie May, Kid Apollo # w/ Youth Lagoon, Barrie
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