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TORRES, My Brightest Diamond, & Aisha Burns Live Show Review: 1/18, Lincoln Hall, Chicago

TORRES' Mackenzie Scott

BY JORDAN MAINZER

Many times throughout TORRES' set Thursday night at Lincoln Hall, Mackenzie Scott remarked how polite the audience was. While we're from the Midwest and are certainly very nice, I think we were just enraptured. First and foremost, Scott is an intense songwriter whose lyrics are diaristic, who puts her whole body into her guitar playing. Live, she demands attention. You never know when she's going to scream--she chose a good moment on "Helen in the Woods"--or show vulnerability with a creaky falsetto, like on love devotional "Gracious Day". Meanwhile, her scraggly guitars followed her vocal delivery on "Skim", as she shredded, leaning towards the crowd. Her atonal laying on "Sprinter" provided a sharp contrast to J.R. Bohannon's shimmery pedal steel. Over 10 years into playing as TORRES, traversing aesthetics and soundscapes, Scott has developed the stage presence to match the ferocity of the songs themselves.

From left to right: J.R. Bohannon, Rosie Slater, Scott, & Erin Manning

But then there was another reason we wanted to remain silent and soak it all in: the new TORRES songs from What an enormous room, out this Friday via Merge. For many in the crowd, this past Thursday was the first time hearing tunes bound to become new favorites in the catalog. I watched smiles form on the faces of folks realizing the plucky "Jerk into joy" will become an anthem, as Scott sang, "What an enormous room / Look at all the dancing I can do!" As as it was the band's second night playing these songs on tour, each member relished their opportunities to stand out, from Rosie Slater's driving drums on "Forever home" to Erin Manning's fried synths on "Happy man's shoes". Towards the end of the set, someone yelled, "Play 'Honey'!," referring to the song that made many of us fall in love with TORRES' music in the first place. They never played it. Had this been the last time TORRES played Lincoln Hall, I might have walked away disappointed. But years later, 6 records in, Scott's catalog runs deep enough that the supposed enormity of "Honey" is a small hike compared to the canyon sounds of her most recent material.

My Brightest Diamond

Jake Woodruff (left) & Aisha Burns (right)

Opening for TORRES was two artists who haven't released full-length albums since 2018 but are experimenting live with new material: My Brightest Diamond, the long-running chamber folk project of singer-songwriter Shara Nova, and multi-instrumentalist/former Balmorhea member Aisha Burns. Nova played solo, using percussion backing tracks and samples, walking out to the audio clip of the late, great Sinead O'Connor saying, "Fight the real enemy" on Saturday Night Live after tearing a picture of Pope John Paul II following her a capella rendition of Bob Marley & The Wailers' "War". Many of Nova's songs, both new and old, responded to O'Connor's fearless spirit. Nova's vocals were show-stopping on "Fight the Real Terror (for Sinead)", controlled over the harmonics of the recorded drums on "Imaginary Lover". Finger-snapping new single "Black Sheep" expanded on themes of ostracization and its oft-permanence even when the court of public opinion changes its mind, pertinent to O'Connor's story. In context, All Things Will Unwind standout "Be Brave", too, acted in spirit with Nova's newer material. "Imagine all the flutes and bass clarinets," Nova quipped to old-school My Brightest Diamond fans, but she didn't need to ask us; lines like, "Shara, this is going to hurt," tugged at our emotions more than any instrumentation could.

Woodruff & Burns

Really, it was up to Aisha Burns to yield happy tears from instruments. Accompanied by guitarist Jake Woodruff, she graced us with atmospheric loops, violin, guitar, and falsetto vocals. Songs from 2018's Argonauta (Western Vinyl) hypnotized the crowd, the dual guitar sway of "I Thought I Knew You Well" and impassionedly picked and sung "We Were Worn". And yes, she performed her great cover of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game", her vibrato and vocal harmonies with Woodruff standing tall against the sensuousness of the original. The performance got me excited for whatever comes next for Burns, whether original material or more clever covers.

Woodruff & Burns

[murcielagatito]

yes i'm normal about her. i need to gnaw on her like a no. 2 pencil

[thatwritererinoriordan]

[wronghandcomic]

Here’s the whole ROYGBIV gang.

[jackbatchelor3]

This Rosie & Jim reboot looks crap.

🤭⛴️

[dekaohtoura]

[rededgerp]

The following accounts have 48 hours after their hiatus is over to post or they will lose their roles:

Damon Henderson (Zack Merrick FC)

Mariana Florez (Selena Gomez FC)

Rosalie Collins (Shelly Hennig FC)

Paco Florez (Tyler Posey FC)

Jade Florez (Lauren Jauregui FC)

Juniper Slater (Camila Mendes FC)

Draco Florez (Camila Cabello FC)

Promise Grey (Lucy Hale FC)

Adam Smith (Joe Jonas FC)

Camille Wolff (Lily Collins FC)

Rosie O’Ward (Danielle Campbell FC)

[lands-of-fantasy]

Titular Women in Live-action Superhero Media

Cathy Lee Crosby as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman in Wonder Woman (1975)

Lynda Carter as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman in Wonder Woman (1975-79)

Helen Slater as Kara Zor-El / Linda Lee / Supergirl in Supergirl (1984)

Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-97)

Ashley Scott as Helena Kyle / Huntress, Dina Meyer as Barbara Gordon / Oracle, Rachel Skarsten as Dinah Redmond in Birds of Prey (2002-03)

Halle Berry as Patience Phillips / Catwoman in Catwoman (2004)

Jennifer Garner as Elektra Natchios in Elektra (2005)

Melissa Benoist as Kara Zor-El / Kara Danvers / Supergirl in Supergirl (2015-21)

Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter in Agent Carter (2015-16)

Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones in Jessica Jones (2015-19)

Gal Gadot as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman in Wonder Woman (2017) and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

Olivia Holt as Tandy Bowen in Cloak & Dagger (2018-19)*

Evangeline Lily as Hope van Dyne / The Wasp in Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018) and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

Brie Larson as Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel in Captain Marvel (2019)

Sophie Turner as Jean Grey / Phoenix in X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Ruby Rose as Kate Kane / Batwoman in Batwoman Season 1 (2019-20)

Margot Robbie as Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Helena Bertinelli / The Huntress, Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Dinah Lance / Black Canary, Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya, Ella Jay Basco as Cassandra Cain in Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)

Margot Robbie as Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)

Brec Bassinger as Courtney Whitmore / Stargirl in Stargirl (2020-22)

Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch in WandaVision

Javicia Leslie as Ryan Wilder / Batwoman in Batwoman Season 2–3 (2021-22)

Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane in Superman & Lois (2021-)

Scarlett Johansson Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow in Black Widow (2021)

Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop in Hawkeye (2021-?)**

Kaci Walfall as Naomi McDuffie in Naomi (2022)

Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel in Ms. Marvel (2022-?)

Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters / She-Hulk in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022-?)

Letitia Wright as Shuri /Black Panther in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Brie Larson as Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel, Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau, Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel in The Marvels (2023)

Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez in Echo (2024-?)*

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*While not directly reffered as such in their shows, "Dagger" and "Echo" are, respectively, Tandy's and Maya's codenames in the comics.

**This also goes for Kate and the "Hawkeye" codename, but in her case the show implies she will use it in the near future with the blessing of Clint Barton (the original Hawkeye, who also stars in the show).

[leelee-ortega]

alisa ortega. lawyer. if i don’t pick up on the first call something is definitely wrong. never lose your heart to a hawthorne.

@the-hawthorne-heiress - my favourite (and only) client, pain in my ass sometimes bc you’re so stubborn, really needs to stop getting in to trouble

@cowboy-cupcaketester - is the reason I take antidepressants, we don’t talk but I wish we did

@libby-grambs - the second reason I take antidepressants, nash’s girlfriend, a nice person really i’m just petty

@jameson-hawthorne - grew up with you, you’re annoying, can you stop doing illegal shit bc there’s only so much I can cover up

@thegraysonhawthorne - grew up with you, I think you need therapy but who am I to judge, probably the smartest person I know

@xander-hawthorne-is-the-best - you give me a headache, you’re brain moves at 100 miles an hour, love you like my little brother

@motherfaxingmax - you’re a bad influence on avery but she loves you so I have to accept that

@rebeccalaughlinsblog - grew up with the hawthornes, dating thea

@theaaacalligaris - I don’t trust you but you probably don’t care, dating rebecca

@evelaughlin - your great-grandfather kidnapped me you bitch

@mattias-slater - you help the girl whose great-grandfather kidnapped me you bitch

@rohan-his-lordships-successor - I have no clue who you are and neither do I care unless you are a threat

@omg1g1 - a ball of energy, will probably do something illegal at some point in the near future

@savannahgrayson - literally gray’s female form it’s creepy

@lyraisonthephone - the phone girl I’ve been told to track

main account : @rosie-bookoholic

[multiplebirthinwebcomics]

Elan and Nale, Dani and Dorian, Iori and Lori and Calmia and Ellua are qualified for the bracket !

[murcielagatito]

most important sapphic episodes in television to ME

[kwebtv]

 A Christmas Carol  -  TNT  -  December 5, 1999

A Hallmark Entertainment Production

Running Time:  95 minutes

Stars:

Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge

Richard E. Grant as Bob Cratchit

Joel Grey as Spirit of Christmas Past

Ian McNeice as Albert Fezziwig 

Saskia Reeves as Mrs. Cratchit

Desmond Barrit as Spirit of Christmas Present

Bernard Lloyd as Jacob Marley's Ghost

Dominic West as Fred

Trevor Peacock as Old Joe

Liz Smith as Mrs. Dilber (Charwoman)

Elizabeth Spriggs as Mrs. Riggs (Laundress)

Kenny Doughty as Young Ebenezer Scrooge

Laura Fraser as Belle

Celia Imrie as Mrs. Bennett

John Franklyn-Robbins as Mister Crump (Undertaker)

Claire Slater as Martha Cratchit

Ben Tibber as Tiny Tim Cratchit

Barnaby Francis as Young Boy Cratchit

Tabitha Francis as Young Girl Cratchit

Tim Potter as Spirit of Christmas Future

Jeremy Swift as Mr. Williams

Rosie Wiggins as Fran (Scrooge's sister)

Crispin Letts as Topper Haines

Helen Coker as Betsy

[talion-graves]

D&D Classes - Talion

bold what definitely applies to your muse. - italicize what somewhat applies to your muse.

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𝙱𝙰𝚁𝙱𝙰𝚁𝙸𝙰𝙽 »   toothy grins, stories around the campfire, clothes covered in pet hair, hot temper, old jeans, heartbeat in head, potatoes and steak, beaded jewelry, bruise like galaxies, mementos, backpack stuffed full, craigslist furniture, spontaneous road trips, air ripped from lungs.

𝙱𝙰𝚁𝙳 »  homemade bread, white lies, easily excited, trying on hats, band geek, pep talks, no impulse control, sunsets, vintage fashion, long showers, selfies, following dreams, rosy cheeks, song mash-ups, pink lemonade with tequila, loves easily, animated storyteller, full of comebacks.

𝙲𝙻𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙲 »  list of wishes, biting their tongue, band-aids and neosporin, shoulder to cry on, morning sun, necklaces, trial and error, homemade quilts, formal clothing, astrology fan, messages in bottles, pleated braids, speaking up for friends, feathers, motivational quotes, vivid dreams.

𝙳𝚁𝚄𝙸𝙳 »  bird watching, shy kid, wind chimes, trying to whistle, summer camp, apple orchards, lost in their head, glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling, hoodies, thrift shopping, saving worms off the sidewalk, pig latin, bare feet, thunderstorms, numb fingers, braided hair, naming potted plants.

𝙵𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃𝙴𝚁 »   goosebumps, leather jackets, adventure, chewing nails, cares deeply but can’t show it, bronze locks, no sleep, taste of iron, netflix binges, never forgets, combat boots, stories behind scars, table for one, official soundtracks, sore calves, trusts themselves the most.

𝙼𝙾𝙽𝙺 »  always trying to be better, wanderlust, meditation, sweatpants, old photographs, yoga, sleeping in hammocks, nostalgia, minimalist design, breath of fresh air, baby animals, volunteering, perfectionist, doesn’t care about fashion, healthy snacks, noticing the little things.

𝙿𝙰𝙻𝙰𝙳𝙸𝙽 »   school uniforms, thick jackets, sleeping with the windows open, logical advice, scrapbooking, compasses, I fight for my friends, sculpture gardens, cold morning air, big soul, likes routine, secret romantic, last to get jokes, sunflowers, practical presents, misty weather.

𝚁𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙴𝚁 »  herbal tea, smell of rain, blinking away tears, camping trips, collecting bones, swiss army knives, first impressions, anxious thoughts, bobby pins, burnt marshmallows, too competitive, clothes lines, messenger bags, holding grudges, gets along better with animals than people.

𝚁𝙾𝙶𝚄𝙴 »   flirtatious sarcasm, candid photos, lost phone chargers, adrenaline rush, picking dirt out from beneath their nails, social chameleon, clashing clothes, self-deprecating jokes, claw machines, sits in chairs wrong, smudged eyeliner, has too many sunglasses, eats nothing or everything.

𝚂𝙾𝚁𝙲𝙴𝚁𝙴𝚁 »   infectious laugh, family trees, shivers down their spine, lipstick and roses, mood swings, clumsy, believing in destiny, high expectations, sleeping in darkness, collection of nail polish, passionate, good grades but never studies, poetry books, blowing kisses, not knowing their own strength.

𝚆𝙰𝚁𝙻𝙾𝙲𝙺 »   knowing everyone’s secrets, backpack covered in pins, envy, being in walmart late at night, earl grey, selective memory, conspiracy theories and cryptids, keysmashing, need to know basis, can’t cook, bags under eyes, experimental art, flickering bulbs, black clothing all year long.

𝚆𝙸𝚉𝙰𝚁𝙳 »  piles of books, cat in lap, keeping a diary, indecision, scented candles, studying alone in a café, lingering touches, museum dates, unanswered questions, taking on too much responsibility, collections, chalk dust, comfy robes, unnecessary apologies, coming home after a long day.

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Winning Class: Wizard (It’s somewhat fitting for him, he’s 100% guilty of lingering touches.)

tagged by: @mimble-sparklepudding ((ty for the tag Mimble sorry for the wait!))

tagging: @charm-in-spades , @lettersnorth , @allyennah , @osric-slater-ffxiv , @captainkurosolaire , @empyria​ , @damienward-ffxiv​ . If you’re seeing this and you feel like doing this character meme go for it!

[leanstooneside]

The Matrix (FASCIA)

ROSIE O'DONNELL'S VINYL FIST

ALICIA SILVERSTONE'S BOHEMIAN HEAD

JAKE PAVELKA'S DOTTED ANKLE

DEAN MCDERMOTT'S PRICIER TOE

MIRA SORVINO'S SMOTHERED BREAST

LAUREN GRAHAM'S SUNSHINE TOE

JESSICA CHASTAIN'S CAREFREE ELBOW

SOFÍA VERGARA'S SIMPLISTIC BREAST

EDIE FALCO'S PROLIFIC SHOULDER

JOE FRANCIS'S PICTURESQUE WRIST

JULIANNE MOORE'S UPPITY TOE

SCOTT SPEEDMAN'S INTERPRETED HAND

CAREY MULLIGAN'S LUSTY TOE

B.J. NOVAK'S RAZED FOREHEAD

RICK SALOMON'S DOZEN NOSTRIL

JASON MESNICK'S SCHEMING EYEBROW

LO BOSWORTH'S NITROUS KNEE

BRAD PAISLEY'S ANSWERABLE UPPER ARM

PARIS HILTON'S STICKY EYELASH

JESSE JAMES'S SHORT-LIVED LOWER LEG

RACHEL BILSON'S ESOTERIC EAR

BRIDGET MOYNAHAN'S ONE-YEAR NOSTRIL

PINK'S SLEEPLESS HIP

TIGER WOODS'S EVERGREEN LIP

JOHN STAMOS'S SCATTERING CHEEK

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL'S SYNCHRONIZED TONGUE

SAMMI GIANCOLA'S GOLD-PLATED ARM

BLAKE SHELTON'S NORTH SHOULDER

JOEL MADDEN'S PULLED CALF

GARY SHIRLEY'S INTOLERABLE ANKLE

WINONA RYDER'S AWAKE ELBOW

KEVIN DURANT'S DEPARTED CHIN

BRITTANY SNOW'S MOLECULAR ARM

CAMILA ALVES'S INTUITIVE HAIR

JESSICA SZOHR'S FRAGRANT CHIN

LEE DEWYZE'S SYNONYMOUS FIST

NATASHA RICHARDSON'S THREATENING ARM

LAUREN CONRAD'S ANTIRETROVIRAL FOREARM

MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG'S UNFAZED UPPER ARM

HUGH GRANT'S TERRAN FOOT

TERI HATCHER'S VERSED BREAST

LEIGHTON MEESTER'S ORDINATE NOSE

DANIELLE STAUB'S SUSPENDED ARM

TAYLOR SWIFT'S TAILED CHIN

SANDRA BULLOCK'S PULLED LIP

DAISY DE LA HOYA'S PASTEL KNEE

JAMES WOODS'S RESULTANT WAIST

KEVIN CONNOLLY'S CONCEDING HIP

NAOMI WATTS'S PROLIFIC ANKLE

CHRISTIAN SLATER'S COMPROMISING EYEBROW

[webionaire]

The Greening” was published at a convulsive time: Richard Nixon had won a bruising presidential election two years before, the Vietnam War had expanded a few months earlier with the invasion of Cambodia, and college students protesting at Kent State and Jackson State had been shot and killed in clashes with authorities.

The New Yorker article began: “There is a revolution under way. It is not like revolutions of the past. It has originated with the individual and with culture, and if it succeeds it will change the political structure only as its final act. It will not require violence to succeed, and it cannot be successfully resisted by violence. It is now spreading with amazing rapidity, and already our laws, institutions, and social structures are changing in consequence. Its ultimate creation could be a higher reason, a more human community, and a new and liberated individual. This is the revolution of the new generation.” ... The most common criticism of “The Greening” was that it was naïve. Gary Wills, for example, criticized Reich for “swoon[ing] over the kids” and “giv[ing] us a rosy-colored politics of Disneyland.” Over time, this criticism has persisted.

It’s worth noting that while the excerpt of “The Greening” in the New Yorker largely tracked the book, there were differences between the two texts. Notably the first sentence in the magazine article was more optimistic than in the book. Compare: “There is a revolution under way” with “America is dealing death, not only to people in other lands, but to its own people.” In his book, Reich seemed clear-eyed, not naïve, in describing American society at a fractured time.

Much of the article consisted of social science criticism in the manner of David Riesman and John Kenneth Galbraith. Reich explained how the self-reliant individualism of early America (“Consciousness I”) yielded to the status-driven conformity of the corporate state (“Consciousness II”); criticized consumerism as a dominant, yet unsatisfying, form of self-expression; and described the failures of the modern corporate state, citing the Vietnam War, poverty, and destruction of the environment.

A Typology of Intellectuals: III Melanie Klein, Psychoanalysis, and The Revival of Public Philosophy". Salmagundi. 70–71. Spring–Summer 1986.

----- He was best known then for his article “The New Property” (1964), which defended an individual’s right to privacy and autonomy against government prerogative.

That article was cited in 1970 in a landmark United States Supreme Court decision, which broadened the definition of property rights to include licenses, contracts and welfare benefits.

That same year, as the rebellious fervor of the 1960s appeared to be peaking, The New Yorker published a 39,000-word excerpt from “The Greening of America,” giving flower children a powerful intellectual rationale and their worried parents a measure of comfort by casting the younger generation’s values, built on personal happiness instead of material success, as constructive and benign.

Alvin Toffler’s “Future Shock” and Philip Slater’s “The Pursuit of Loneliness.”