MEET MY OCS (harry potter)
name: astrid fortescue
love interest: marlene mckinnon
era: marauders | golden trio
house: ravenclaw
occupation: astronomy professor
faceclaims: kaylee bryant, olivia cooke
name: alice marlene diggory
love interests: george weasley, adrian pucey
era: golden trio
house: gryffindor
faceclaim: florence pugh
name: atticus archie dalton
love interest: fred weasley
era: golden trio
house: hufflepuff
kind: werewolf
faceclaim: dylan sprayberry
name: nicholas 'nico' fletcher
love interest: neville longbottom
era: golden trio
house: ravenclaw
faceclaim: dylan o'brien
name: christopher 'chris' fletcher
love interest: theodore nott
era: golden trio
house: gryffindor
faceclaim: jeremy shada
name: lancelot 'lance' durand
love interest: percy weasley
era: pre + golden trio
house: slytherin
occupation: chudley cannons keeper
faceclaim: rudy pankow
name: miles abbott
love interest: cedric diggory
era: pre + golden trio
house: gryffindor
faceclaim: taron egerton
name: maxwell greer
love interest: oliver wood
era: pre + golden trio
house: ravenclaw
occupation: pro quidditch player
faceclaim: kedar williams-stirling
name: leon anderson
love interest: charlie weasley
era: pre + golden trio
house: ravenclaw
occupation: journalist
faceclaim: george mackay
name: aurelia lovegood
love interest: nymphadora tonks
era: pre + golden trio
house: ravenclaw
faceclaim: anya taylor joy
name: calliope longbottom-fletcher
love interest:
era: next gen
house: ravenclaw
faceclaim: hailee steinfeld
name: florence longbottom-fletcher
love interest: james s potter
era: next gen
house: gryffindor
faceclaim: maude apatow
name: luca longbottom-fletcher
love interest:
era: next gen
house: gryffindor
faceclaim: zackary arthur
name: montgomery 'monty' finnigan-thomas
love interest:
era: next gen
house: hufflepuff
faceclaim: teo briones
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name: atlas rowe
love interest:
era: marauders | golden trio
house: ravenclaw
kind: werewolf
faceclaims: daniel sharman, andrew lincoln
name: cassiopeia rowe
love interest: lily evans
era: marauders | golden trio
house: ravenclaw
faceclaims: alycia debnam-carey, vera farmiga
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"Affaire Fact & Furious" - 3 articles à relire pour mieux comprendre
On reparle de "L'Affaire Fact & Furious" suite au témoignage de son fondateur, Antoine Daoust, après des mois de silence.
Je vous propose un exercice : remettez-vous dans le bain de ce qui se savait à l'époque.
En effet, des témoignages et des infos sont sorties depuis et vont continuer à sortir (notamment parce que la justice avance). Ce que je vous invite à faire c'est de vous replonger sur ce qui était déjà sorti au début de l'affaire, fin-novembre et dans les premiers jours de décembre 2022.
Ce peut être utile notamment pour bien comprendre et évaluer les réactions des uns et des autres.
Je vous propose 3 articles en particulier, que je vous invite à lire. Je me contente, pour chacun, d'en partager le lien, avec un petit extrait, sans plus de commentaires.
Commençons par un article de Conspiracy Watch, publié le 26 novembre 2022.
Mais les accusations enflent de plus en plus. Ceux qui, parmi les détracteurs les plus actifs des complotistes, ont été, de près ou de loin, en contact avec le fondateur de « Fact & Furious » – sans qu'aucun mystère ne soit du reste entretenu par quiconque à cet endroit – sont présumés coupables d’appartenir à un vaste réseau de barbouzerie informationnelle où des personnes puissantes tapies dans l’ombre auraient « commandé » à Antoine Daoust des articles visant à détruire la réputation de personnalités trop dérangeantes pour le « pouvoir ». On les soupçonne aussi d'avoir eu connaissance des faits pour lesquels son épouse le poursuit en justice et d'en être ainsi les complices.
Sur Twitter, Xavier Azalbert dresse une liste de « noms des personnes impliquées avec Fact and Furious et/ou commanditaires ». On y retrouve l'infectiologue Karine Lacombe (récemment relaxée des poursuites en diffamation engagées contre elle par Didier Raoult), les journalistes Pierre Plottu et Maxime Macé (qui collaborent régulièrement à Libération, à Street Press et ont également collaboré à Conspiracy Watch), le vidéaste Sylvain Cavalier, de la chaîne anti-complotiste « Débunker des Etoiles », Thomas Durand, de la chaîne sceptique « La Tronche en Biais », Ari Kouts, consultant en services numériques, ainsi que Tristan Mendès France et Rudy Reichstadt (Conspiracy Watch). Tous ont pour point commun d’avoir usé de leur droit à critiquer la ligne éditoriale conspirationniste de FranceSoir ou encore les fausses informations et contenus à caractère complotiste propagés par Idriss Aberkane. Et ils sont nombreux, comme on peut par exemple le constater ici, là, là ou encore là.
Deuxième article, celui publié dans Libé le 28 novembre.
A plusieurs reprises dans sa vidéo, Aberkane affirme que l’agence aurait été prévenue des faits de violences dont aurait été victime Malika Daoust le 23 mars et aurait décidé de protéger Antoine Daoust, ce dernier étant le «prestataire» ou un «sous-traitant» de l’AFP.
Ce qui est inexact, Fact & Furious ayant simplement été, par convention de partenariat, et sans aucune rémunération, associé à un projet collectif ponctuel, et tout ce qu’il y a de moins secret, liant 23 médias lors de la campagne présidentielle. «Vous avez été menacé de mort, vous avez subi des violences, vous les avez fait constater par un médecin, vous avez déposé une plainte pour ça, et quand vous en parlez à l’AFP, silence total», dénonce Aberkane. Dans une interview, Azalbert livrera le même récit : «Ça s’appelle de la collusion. C’est quelque chose qui demandera une enquête judiciaire.»
Ce récit est mensonger. Malika Daoust a bien contacté l’AFP pour dénigrer son mari. Mais «à aucun moment, il n’est fait mention de violences conjugales, précise l’AFP à CheckNews. Malika Daoust traite Antoine Daoust de “menteur” et de “manipulateur”, mais cela ne va pas plus loin». CheckNews a eu accès aux échanges, qui confirment la version de l’agence de presse. La discussion ne comporte aucune mention des faits de violence que Malika Daoust reproche à son mari. Et pour cause : l’échange avec l’AFP, le 15 mars, est antérieur d’une semaine à celle des faits de violence selon Malika Daoust, le 23 mars.
Non content d’inventer que l’AFP a «couvert» Antoine Daoust, Idriss Aberkane étend cette accusation à la totalité du «réseau» des fact-checkeurs : «Ce réseau-là pratique l’omerta. J’ai l’impression qu’on a là un réseau qui a un comportement presque mafieux.» Aucun élément n’est pourtant donné sur les personnes supposément alertées.
Le 3ème article que je vous propose vient aussi de Libé. Il est daté du 3 décembre 2022.
La thèse (alambiquée) développée par Aberkane, détaillée notamment sur Sud Radio au micro d’André Bercoff, est celle d’un circuit de fabrication puis de «blanchiment» de fausses informations, destinées à nuire, sur commande, à des personnalités.
De faux «organismes de fact-checking» (dont le site Fact & Furious) se seraient ainsi spécialisés dans la création «de fausses preuves» pour «stigmatiser» certains individus : «Une fois que c’est dans Wikipédia, c’est à vie. C’est écrit de vous, à vie. Et ça, c’est du character assassination, ça, c’est commandé par le pouvoir pour discréditer des gens.» «Ces agences […] sont là pour coller des étiquettes aux gens», affirme-t-il sur Sud Radio. «Disons, je veux qu’André Bercoff, demain, soit étiqueté complotiste, eh bien […] je commande à Fact & Furious. Je dis : “Ce serait bien que tu dises qu’André Bercoff est complotiste.” Ensuite, on a un autre journal plus sérieux, on pense à l’AFP, on pense à l’Express […], ce journal va écrire : “Nous, on a lu dans Fact & Furious qu’André Bercoff était complotiste.” A partir de là, le lendemain, c’est dans Wikipédia. Parfois même, pas besoin de passer par l’Express : ça passe directement par Fact and Furious, et ça arrive dans Wikipédia direct.»
Notons qu’au-delà de sa trame complotiste, cette déclaration seule porte déjà en elle une contradiction : le site Fact & Furious aurait été créé pour produire des informations reprises dans des articles de médias ayant pignon sur rue, lesquels pourraient être cités par Wikipédia. Or, dans le même temps, ainsi qu’Idriss Aberkane l’explique lui-même, Wikipédia autorise la mention directe du site Fact & Furious.
Voilà pour ma petite sélection.
Si vous voulez comprendre plus, je ne peux que vous inviter à fouiller l'activité de l'époque sur les RS.
Cela vous permettra notamment de prendre la mesure de la violence des attaques menées par la complosphère suite à ces "révélations".
Il y a aussi d'autres articles remontant à cette période que je peux recommander.
L'Express avaient publié un très bon résumé de toute l'affaire à ce moment-là. Thomas Durand (dit Acermendax, de la Tronche en Biais) avait analysé cela à sa manière, lui qui avait dénoncé les méthodes d'Idriss Aberkane il y a des années déjà, à l'époque où il était encore "mainstream". Heidi News ont écrit sur un sujet bien précis : comment I Aberkane a utilisé "l'Affaire Fact & Furious" pour s'en prendre à une de leurs journalistes.
Enfin, vous pouvez jeter un œil sur le site Fact & Furious lui-même, ou plutôt sur la sauvegarde qui en a été faite, pour voir quel type de contenu y était diffusé.
Le site a cessé toute activité à l'éclatement de l'affaire, comme c'est expliqué dans le communiqué ci-après.
Cette affaire, je m'y suis passablement intéressé. Je me suis passablement exprimé sur les RS, par exemple sur cet autre billet de blog (qui partait de l'article de Heidi News cité plus haut).
Si le sujet vous intéresse vous aussi, je vous recommande vraiment cet exercice-ci. Laissez un peu de côté ce que vous avez appris récemment et replongez-vous sur ce qui était déjà sorti dans les premiers jours de l'affaire.
Qu'est-ce qu'on pouvait déjà savoir à l'époque ? Quelles étaient les informations à disposition de celles et ceux qui auraient voulu s'intéresser à cette affaire ?
Et bien-sûr je ne peux que vous encourager à continuer à vous informer, et à découvrir notamment les explications et les témoignages partagés par Antoine Daoust...
...et par Yogina, la compagne d'A Daoust et victime souvent oubliée, voire occultée, dans cette affaire...
Dès les premiers jours de l'affaire, Yogina avait été ciblée, affichée, dénigrée en public par de gros comptes sur les réseaux sociaux. Elle le raconte elle-même dans ce témoignage :
Tout s’enchaîne rapidement, car désormais, ce sont des gros comptes de la complosphère
qui me traquent, me cherchent.
Tweet : Qui est Yogina ?
Tweet : Qui est Yogina maîtresse d’Antoine Daoust ?
Des photos de mon visage circulent.
Voilà ce qu'il se passait.
C'était public.
Et ça l'est encore.
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Names generated from the lyrics of Mark Forster's "Chöre" and Brythonic deities.
Abancadt Abarz Abeln Aberit Abernen Abest Abnobiss Abnos Abnote Abnoten Adrobaris Adsucamos Adsucete Adsullauf Adsusulus Aerius Aernus Aerst Aerstadt Agrond Agrus Agunus Alassona Alata Alatobor Alatonus Alatout Alicurch Alios Allio Allos Ameten Amona Ancadt Ancas Andambis Andamogus Andia Andius Andrast Androtadt Anemarum Anemst Aneris Anius Aniusus Ankona Anniann Annus Anobor Anoboris Antia Antrichst Araba Arabell Araness Aranichst Arauf Arauns Araus Aring Arnus Artios Arudina Arvens Arverios Arvor Ateponos Atobis Atona Atonus Atucarum Aufandius Aundiusus Averis Averneris Avete Avetou...
Banemerst Banen Bantus Bardu Bardurch Begens Begenus Begrast Begrus Belatehe Belatut Belbelen Belbell Belbellos Belen Belensch Belich Belichts Belio Belis Bellisand Bellist Bello Bellos Bellotast Boris Borverinn Borvor Boxens Boxensch Brebis Bregnete Bregrote Bremara Bremenus Bremsta Brich Bridamor Bridaris Bridia Brios Brisamich Brisanna Briss Brister Brita Britast Buxen Buxovita Buxovo Cadroba Cadronnug Cadsus Camarum Camio Camna Camogus Camonis Camos Campes Campess Campest Candra Canich Canoden Caras Carta Casgus Casguta Caste Celens Cetis Cetoba Chwarz Chwast Cichis Cidich Cimbrich Cimbrisus Clotadt Clotobis Clotus Cocis Cociss Cocius Collenus Collos Condassis Condraus Conich Contis Conus Covanugus Coventio Covis Covitast Dambis Damerst Damerting Dametis Damicurch Damio Damiomm Damnamich Damonna Dampes Dampesus Damulugus Dartiaer Dartrest Darus Datata Datertata Datinos Datonnis Datou Deiflich Deiflisus Deigand Deiganos Deina Deindati Deindonus Deing Deingen Deinos Deinta Deintus Deinus Denschütt Denug Denunus Denus Derigania Dernug Dernus Dertrema Diann Dianobis Dicollo Diehe Dingen Dinnugust Dintios Diris Diros Duinenus Duing Durand Durannus Duraus Durchist Essonius Esullenus Fagre Fagrebiss Fagrollo Fagrota Fagruf Fagrum Fagrübeln Fankou Fannus Gegnenus Gegomaruf Gegrübest Gensch Genus Grankoma Graus Greiflich Groboxen Gronus Grusina Grübernus Gusucis Gutarus Haufagre Hauns Haunus Huete Hueti Huett Hörste Ichis Ichst Ichörst Imbris Inobor Intuta Inusus Iomarus Komara Konamio Kontio Lastrios Latia Latus Latutarz Leucaris Leucassio Luintis Luister Luxen Macht Machwarus Maponna Mapontre Maponug Marnen Marta Menus Meris Mertris Michts Mogut Monna Monnich Monus Mosegrein Mullen Mullenus Mullis Muluis Nemeris Nernus Nesus Netiria Nextia Nextiris Nextis Nianich Nichst Nicurch Nobor Nodein Noden Ogmich Ogmichst Ogmit Ogmiti Rantis Rassiehe Rebis Regness Reiflis Robis Rollen Rollich Rollis Rollos Roteh Rotenus Rotonn Rotou Rotout Rotuceln Rotut Rudie Rudir Schis Schst Schwania Schwaraus Schüttia Schüttio Sedamo Sedasgus Sedast Segen Segenus Segnen Segnenus Segomarum Segrum Segrus Segunus Segus Seheten Sehst Selaus Selist Sinextia Sintut Sissieh Smensch Smenus Smeris Smertio Smetis Smett Steppich Sucampess Sullatas Sullos Tadsuceta Tarta Teris Ternus Terta Tobanos Tobaris Tobist Tonius Tonna Tonus Trebis Trebius Treguta Trita Tritis Unbellos Unber Unberia Undiehete Undinos Undonn Undonos Unnus Vensch Venus Veridamor Verios Verist Verius Vetir Vhett Vinambist Viner Vinnugus Vinnus Vinos Vinunbess Vinus Viris Vironamo Vitanus Vitarz Vorich Vorrum Vorvor Vosehstre Waniannis Wanodein Wantio Wardurand Wartater Wartindir Wartio Wartrein Warufagus Warvo Wasgus Wassonus Wasta Waster Wiehe Wovand Wovanete Wovettist Wovis Wovius Wovos Zeiganos Zeing Zeinus
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HELLO , i’m abby . here’s connell and his intro . give this a like or message me for plots , thank you .
( rudy pankow. cis male. he / him. to be so lonely & harry styles. ) that’s CONNELL O’RILEY, isn’t it? they’re always hanging around the UNAFFILIATED pack, so it’s rare to catch them alone. i heard they’re TWENTY TWO years old, and they’re currently a BOOKSELLER at DURAND BOOKS. when dusk falls, you can usually find them heading home to QUEENS by TRUCK.
inspired by : connell waldron , henry fox mountchristen windsor , luke crain , diego hargreeves and finnick odair .
the story of connell o’riley is a sad one . growing up , there was nothing he loved more than training with his siblings . connell instantly loved it , he had a talent whether it came to knife throwing , hand in hand combat or shooting connell loved it all . he’s a member of the o’riley family , training and being a hunter since he was a young boy . he’s always honored the code , only killed when necessary and always protected his family .
it was one faithful night ( about a year ago ) , he was with his sisters when an unexpected werewolf attack happened . things seemed to be going their way , connell had everything handled when he turned around noticing a werewolf coming right for his sister . he saved her but not quick enough because he got bit . connell has been a werewolf for about a year now becoming one of the very things he’d been trained to kill since he was a child . it was hard . it still his hard . sometimes he looks at his siblings and wonders if they’ve thought about sticking a silver bullet through his chest like they used to practice together .
connell knew about werewolves pre being bitten but he didn’t know what it took to be one . he often feels like ever since he got bit , he’s on the outside with his siblings the literal black wolf of the family - a disgrace . he wonders what their parents would think , yet he doesn’t regret it saving his sisters being useful . it was the last time he felt needed . as for being a werewolf , he’s not in a pack and hasn’t really found his footing or place .
connell works at durand books , he loves reading - everywhere he goes he brings a book . connell enjoys his job , he likes talking to people about books and suggesting them . he has stacks in his truck ( the beat up white one that once belonged to his father who had it for decades - connell refuses to give it away ) .
connell is bisexual , enough said .
connell plays the drums - only when his sisters aren’t home ( he’s not that annoying ) . also lives with his sisters , what a catch , guys .
FOR PLOTS . i want them all i want people who have crushes on him , music friends , old hunting friends , new werewolf friends teaching him things , father figures , mother figures , brother figures , ex partners , someone who dumped him when he turned into a werewolf , someone he has feelings for now , fwb , enemies to lovers / friends to lovers .
in summary : former hunter protege turned book selling drum playing smoker werewolf who probably would cry if someone hugged him like really hugged him .
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WHEN DUSK FALLS … welcome to new york, CONNELL O’RILEY — you look an awful lot like rudy pankow, don’t you ? please be sure to pick up a subway map on your way in, and send in your account within the next 24 HOURS.
( rudy pankow. cis male. he / him. to be so lonely & harry styles. ) that’s CONNELL O’RILEY, isn’t it? they’re always hanging around the UNAFFILIATED pack, so it’s rare to catch them alone. i heard they’re TWENTY TWO years old, and they’re currently a BOOKSELLER at DURAND BOOKS. when dusk falls, you can usually find them heading home to QUEENS by TRUCK. ( abby. nineteen. she / her. est. ) *o'riley brother.*
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I want to say thanks for the post on relics, because it really annoys me how the everyone seem to forget what they are, even IS! On every promotional material we see the Lords with the relics like they're just prf weapons like, idk, the Renais twins's. Idk, it's as if Elena's remains were turned into Ragnell and Ike fights with it, never acknowledging what it is. It pisses me off.
You’re welcome anon!
Worst offender of them all is SSBU’s Sothis though - that one is a very hard pill to swallow (you’re funny you turned in a woman when i said too much swordsmen here take my son’s femur and my daughter’s collar bone, they were turned into weapons after being butchered but hey it’s your reward you made me laugh rofl).
I know it wasn’t on purpose, but FEH giving the Brave Heroes other weapons instead of relics really made me happy, maybe after the infodump Claude gives Failnaught to the Church and Dimitri does the same post-AM after freeing Rhea and learning her story, and, uh, for Edel... maybe she says she doesn’t need Aymr anymore when Uncle dies or doesn’t want to use anything related to lizards ever again, idk.
I haven’t checked L!Eliwood’s line to see if he has some sort of commentary on Durandal - iirc in FE7 he doesn’t want to use it after the Ninian incident but finally pulls it out against Nergal in the final chapter.
Imagine a VW’s final chapter where Claude and the randoms from the GD using a relic refusing to use them against Nemesis and the Dudes after learning what they are - and Rhea tells them not to feel guilty for what their ancestors did, they’re not the Elites, and please use the Relics to save Fodlan, that’s what her sibs would have wanted or some stuff like that.
But nope :)
FE16 doesn’t give a fuck about Nabateans, relics or whatever crests are. It’s just some kind of appetizer that’s never followed by a complete meal.
We can’t ask much of FEH’s team, because FE16 never cared and doesn’t want to care. FEH can build something for Bramimond, FEH can invent something for Altina, but for Sothis? No, FE16 didn’t want her to be relevant despite her importance, so Winter!Sothis will never remember her kids, if she used to party with other people “a long time ago” or something like that.
We’re very, very far from Hardin’s canonical but still heart-wretching “I loved her until the very end”.
otoh feh dared to try to paint rudy as a good dad Alm would have wanted to interact with, so...
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It took four years after its announcement for Rudy Durand’s pinball movie Tilt (1979) to see its release.
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MY OCs GENDERSWAPPED (harry potter)
florence pugh as alice diggory
charlie plummer as alec diggory
dylan sprayberry as atticus dalton
emily rudd as atley dalton
dylan o'brien as nico fletcher
danielle campbell as nicole fletcher
jeremy shada as chris fletcher
katelyn nacon as christina fletcher
rudy pankow as lance durand
madelyn cline as leonie durand
taron egerton as miles abbott
louisa harland as mila abbott
kedar williams-stirling as maxwell greer
carlacia grant as maxine greer
anya taylor joy as aurelia lovegood
tarjei sandvik moe as ambrose lovegood
hailee steinfeld as calliope longbottom-fletcher
curran walters as caleb longbottom-fletcher
maude apatow as florence longbottom-fletcher
charles gillespie as frank longbottom-fletcher
zackary arthur as luca longbottom-fletcher
lola flanery as lucy longbottom-fletcher
teo briones as monty finnigan-thomas
iman vellani as emery finnigan-thomas
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"A Joyful Sound" 🎄 is a future soul classic with all the elements of a classic R&B record, but simply with a joyful holiday lean. With an all-star supporting cast of who's who from the contemporary soul scene this record is truly a family affair with Kelly at the wheel. Featuring members of Durand Jones & The Indications, The Dap-Kings, Ghost Funk Orchestra, Monophonics, Thee Sinseers, Orgone, Ikebe Shakedown, Jason Joshua & The Beholders, The True Loves, Neal Francis, Jungle Fire, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Ben Pirani, The Jive Turkeys, The Harlem Gospel Travelers, Rudy De Anda, Alanna Royale, and more! Inspired by records like Phil Spector's "A Christmas Gift For You" and Rotary Connection's "Peace" this album will be a record that will appeal not only to lovers of holiday music, but lovers of SOUL music in general! (at Piranha Records) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIoz6d0pVfq/?igshid=1rlzel0hqeava
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Astrud Gilberto & Stanley Turrentine
Gilberto with Turpentine
@1971 Japan Pressing
*****
One “greatest hits” compilation, or even one track on a various-artists compilation, is about all the Astrud Gilberto the average music fan will ever want or need. Her famously breezy, lightweight boss nova, though the very essence of “cool”, generally lacks the substance for album-tracks-and-all scrutiny.
This is why Astrud Gilberto With Stanley Turrentine is such a nice surprise; an overlooked “fan favorite” that’s worth discovering. Released in 1971, it came nearly a decade after Gilberto’s “Girl From Ipanema” heyday. But several factors make this album truly unique. First, it’s the only album Gilberto made for the CTI label, after a long relationship with Verve. Secondly, on several tracks she’s paired with the great saxophonist and then-labelmate Stanley Turrentine (why not?!?). And finally, the album was produced and arranged by schlock-jazz mastermind Deodato.
Put it all together and you have a fun, dreamy record that sounds oddly contemporary. Listening to ...With Stanley Turrentine, the entire careers of bands like Saint Etienne, Stereolab, and the Sea and Cake flash before your eyes. Gilberto’s naïve, earnest cooing has always been the touchstone for so-amateur-they’re-sexy vocalists like St. Etienne’s Sarah Cracknell and Ivy’s Dominique Durand. Here, Deodato adds a pop flash that’s lacking on Gilberto’s more stately Verve material. This combination of cool reticence and clever, sometimes cloying melody has since become an indie template.
And for good reason. “Wanting Things” and “Where There’s a Heartache”, the pair of Bacharach/David tunes which bookend the album, are airy, almost impressionistic swatches of atmosphere. “Brazilian Tapestry” is the album’s high point, with Deodato’s melodramatic flute/viola arrangement segueing into an effortless sigh of a chorus that finds Gilberto completely in her element. “Zazueira” is another uptempo delight that’s driven along by Deodato’s electric piano and Ron Carter’s bass; “soulful” isn’t a word that’s often associated with Gilberto, but it applies here. Turrentine’s energetic blasts add to the fun. The minor-key “Solo el fin (For All We Know)”, on the other hand, finds Gilberto and her accompaniment in a suitably resigned, reflective mood. Gilberto’s singing is markedly stronger than on her ‘60s material, though she’ll never be mistaken for Billie Holliday.
Apparently, Gilberto wasn’t so impressed with the material or arrangements; she walked out of the sessions before ...With Stanley Turrentine was completed. That explains the two instrumentals, a muzak version of Stephen Stills’ “To a Flame” that not even Turrentine can enliven, and the slightly groovy “Vera Cruz”, on which Deodato’s piano takes Gilberto’s place. And it’s easy to understand why Gilberto was less than thrilled with the helplessly slight, Deodato-penned “Traveling Light” or a Spanish-language troll through the theme from Love Story. Of the three bonus tracks, only the lovely, playful, Deodato-less rendition of Harry Nilsson’s “The Puppy Song” is a keeper.
As for this reissue, which is identical to a 2003 British issue, the remastered sound is crisp but not extremely warm, which suits the material. Original engineering by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder can’t have hurt.
All in all, Astrud Gilberto With Stanley Turrentine includes only three songs that feature both Astrud Gilberto and Stanley Turrentine. Despite that incongruity, it’s sweet, slightly fey fare for those who prefer their music in pastels.
John
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The chubby man in the dark suit was Lev Parnas, a Soviet-born businessman known to few at the time. Now, the 47-year-old Florida resident is famed as Giuliani's associate in pressing for an investigation that could discredit former Vice President Joe Biden, a Trump rival in the 2020 presidential race, by digging up dirt in Parnas' native Ukraine. Parnas' relationship with Giuliani wasn't all business. He'd honored Giuliani by naming him godfather of his young son. Just a few weeks before the final farewell for the nation's 41st president, Giuliani invited Parnas to join him at Shelly's Back Room, a clubby Washington retreat for cigar and whiskey aficionados. «Sounds good I'll meet you there,» Parnas answered via text. Pete Sessions, a Texas Republican and longtime Giuliani ally who had just lost his seat in the midterm elections. Parnas' uninvited attendance at the funeral illustrated the meteoric rise and curious position of a man who played Sancho Panza to Giuliani's Don Quixote, a status enabled in part by large contributions to Republican politicians and Trump-related campaign committees. I'm officially part of team trump Parnas is no longer cigar buddies with America's Mayor. Instead, he's dishing about his work with Giuliani in Ukraine and providing reams of messages and documents to House impeachment investigators. While Parnas has described his turnabout and prime-time TV interviews as patriotic truth-telling, he's also angling for leniency in a campaign finance case brought against him by federal prosecutors in New York. Parnas' journey to a state funeral and Manhattan federal court started with his family's emigration from Odessa, Ukraine, to the U.S. when he was three years old. By March 2019, jetting around the world with Giuliani, he seemed to have reached a milestone. That may have been true until last week, when House impeachment investigators disclosed the trove of material Parnas turned over. «President Trump knew exactly what was going on,» Parnas told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. «I went from being a top donor, from being at all the events where we would just socialize, to becoming a close friend of Rudy Giuliani's, to eventually becoming his ally and his asset on the ground in Ukraine,» Parnas told CNN's Anderson Cooper. One business venture after another Parnas said his first connection with the Trump family came early in his career, selling Brooklyn apartments for Fred Trump, the president's father. Records of his addresses from the mid-1990s link him to a real estate company not far from the elder Trump's office. By 1997, Parnas was living in Boca Raton, Florida, where he registered to vote as a Republican. Parnas was a broker for three companies that were expelled by a Wall Street association that self-regulates financial brokerages and brokers. Durand and actor Jack Nicholson met with Pues in Manhattan's swank Carlyle Hotel to discuss the project, the court filing shows. Pues said he was impressed. He agreed to provide a short-term, $350,000 loan from his family's trust. He hasn't been repaid, despite years chasing Parnas in court. A federal judge in Brooklyn issued a $350,000 judgment against Parnas and his Parnas Holdings company in late 2015. Instead, a Parnas associate responded by saying the company couldn't repay. Pues said he felt conned by the man he once trusted. « He used to call me family,» he said in a court hearing. Durand, who appeared in court as a witness for the Pues family trust, testified «that at one time he liked and trusted Lev, but that he later found him to be a con artist,» according to the judgment. Trump donations open doors Despite the debts, Parnas still had access to funds. On the same day that month, Parnas contributed $50,000 to the Trump Victory political action committee and $2,700 to the Donald J. Trump for President campaign committee, the maximum allowed for the general election. He hadn't donated to federal campaigns before, elections records show. Parnas' company, which offered products and services to guard against investment fraud, had no sign of any customers at the time of the contributions. However, it later received a $1.5 million investment from Magnolia Ventures, a New York City-based venture capital fund. 〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓 This presentation contains images that were used under a Creative Commons License. Click here to see the full list of images and attributions: https://ift.tt/2B7RwzJ 〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓 #news #media #politics
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"Ici c’est le Sud" : la Région Sud primée pour son film
"Je suis très fier que le film « Ici c’est le Sud » ait été primé à l’occasion de ce grand rendez-vous national de la communication, a déclaré Renaud MUSELIER, Président de la Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. C’est pour supprimer définitivement l’acronyme PACA que j’ai lancé la marque Région Sud et doter Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur d’une signature qui reflète sa diversité, son territoire, son attractivité. Nous avons ainsi créé une identité renouvelée, modernisée et résolument tournée vers le monde. Ce film symbolise la renaissance de notre territoire, celui de la Provence, des Alpes et de la Côte d’Azur, celui du Sud, a-t-il ajouté. Je remercie les personnalités emblématiques qui ont participé à sa réalisation. Ils ont su évoquer en quelques mots leur amour pour notre région et les trésors qu’elle recèle. Eux aussi, ils sont du sud et ils ne l’oublient pas !". 700 000 vues sur YouTube
Réalisé pour lancer la marque Région Sud en juin 2018, le film a généré plus de 3 millions d’impressions sur Facebook et Instagram, 700 000 vues sur YouTube. Il a également été diffusé sur BFM TV, France 3 et dans les salles de cinéma de la région entre juin et juillet 2017. Pour la production, la Région a fait appel à l’agence WDM-Digital et à Raphaël VITAL-DURAND, réalisateur et artiste peintre, qui a su sublimer le territoire à travers neuf ambassadeurs : les acteurs Michèle LAROQUE, Kad MERAD, Dounia COESSENS, l’architecte Rudy RICCIOTTI, le chef étoilé Alexandre MAZZIA, la chanteuse IMANE, les apnéistes Julie GAUTIER et Guillaume NERY, ou encore le champion olympique de snowboard Pierre VAULTIER. Voir le film « Ici c’est le Sud »
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