#swingin london

[conformi]

Federico Fellini, La dolce vita, 1960 VS Patrick Procktor, Dominic Prima, 1981

[ludmilachaibemachado]

🌺Jane Asher and Paul McCartney at the Premiere of the film ‘Alfie’ at the Plaza Theatre in London on 25th March, 1966🌺

🌺Via @lovely_janeasher on Instagram🌺

[togainumochi]

i loveeeeeeeee it when doctor who tries to make a character who's Just A Regular Everyday Modern Girl Next Door and they accidentally make like. a snapshot of the time period she was written in that's so perfect it's almost caricature

like, rose is one of the best examples of chav fashion you could possibly ask for. sarah jane is a militant second-wave feminist. polly is a swingin' london mod party girl.

idk man. it's just so cool to me that doctor who is a show about history and it manages to feel Historical even when it doesn't mean to

[superfallingstars]

Playlist for Snupin dancing in the kitchen?

(from Remus-poopin btw)

send me playlist prompts! please i still want them!

Gnjfhfjjdkfjsk this is like the ideal playlist ask THANK YOU

This is a playlist of warm and sunny 60s/70s/80s songs to dance and cook to, with a healthy amount of (slightly complicated) love songs. I'm gonna go thru this song by song because as per usual I have shit to say

Track list:

Todd Rundgren - Can We Still Be Friends?: so Snupin is kinda an enemies-to-lovers thing, right? So this lovely little song – "Let's admit we made a mistake, but can we still be friends?" – is rather fitting. Also I just love Todd Rundgren and his warm jazzy 70s piano songs, he makes great kitchen music.

Laura Nyro - Stoned Soul Picnic: I'm going to need to remove the phrase "warm jazzy 70s piano songs" from my vocabulary by the end of this, but that's exactly what this song is. Also I'm just a huge Laura Nyro fan and looking for an excuse to talk about her. Unrelated but also she looks like how I imagine Eileen Prince

The Cleaners from Venus - Lukewarm Love Song: IMO this is the best song on this playlist. Like I mentioned in the Remus playlist ask, The Cleaners from Venus (with their adorable jazzy lo-fi jangle pop songs) are peak Remus to me. This song is one of my favorites of theirs and imo fits the Snupin dynamic very well. The lyrics are SO ambiguous in the best way possible: "I would not be with you unless I wanted to" could be a comforting reassurance if that person is, well, with you, but if you're in a complicated enemies-to-lovers situationship, it might mean something else...! In this context, I read it as someone (let's be real probably Snape) convincing themselves that they don't like the other person, even though they are with them, and they do call them, and they think about them all the time (as the rest of the lyrics go)... and maybe THEN they realize that they're doing all of this because they want to. You done gone and fell in love idiot!

Shira Small - My Life's Alright: Ok I just have to say this album is amazing, this is Shira Small's only album and she made it in college and it's just the loveliest most comforting jazzy 70s thing in the world and I love it so much that I transcribed all the lyrics on Genius and it's great. To me this song is about slowing down and noticing the small things and being grateful for being alive and dancing in the kitchen and I like it!!!!

Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London: I like to imagine that Snape antagonizes Lupin with this song but Lupin begrudgingly enjoys it. I should finish that comic I started about this

Todd Rundgren - Izzat Love?: another W for Todd Rundgren and his warm jazzy 70s love songs

Shira Small - Here I Stand: A lovely little song of platonic or romantic devotion that also is surprisingly matter-of-fact. Here I stand with you but also you need to make up your mind about whether you want to enjoy life or not. Aka Lupin @ Snape

Orange Juice - Falling and Laughing: This is just kinda of one of the best love songs ever, I don't make the rules

The Replacements - Swingin' Party: This is very, we're cleaning up after everyone's gone home from the party but the music is still on and we're not quite sober yet. Also "if being afraid is a crime, we hang side by side" ?!!!! screaming crying throwing up

Ronnie D'Addario - Nice Meeting You Again: I think this song is very fun in the context of two people who met a long time ago and fucking hated each other. "With every day, I see the way our love's brand new again" – CUTE.

Thank you so much for this ask and letting me gush about all of these songs. I have such brainrot for this ship. Hopefully this playlist shows the dynamic I'm going for and doesn't just make me look insane 👍

[orpheuslament]

you have a bf?? omgg details?? (imagine me lying in bed swingin' my legs and looking at you with big eyes) (also no pressure if its private lol)

he messaged me here on tumblr a few months ago & then we met irl at trans pride + tboys club in london back in the beginning of summer but he spent all night making out w my friend so we didnt really talk LMAO (ill never let him live it down). at the second tboys club in september we ended up kissing & i couldnt stop thinking about it for weeks. after that he came to my city & we spent the entire time pretty much glued at the hip & well. the rest is history. hes sweet & caring & kind & beautiful & i am very lucky to have him

[fantastictyphoonpeanut]

Swingin' 60s: Linda Goldstraw winner of the 1969 Lady Cantrece 'Million Dollar Legs' competition gets the bus home from the Royal Lancaster Hotel London. (FTP)

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (24-30 Dec 2023)

*delighted* this show went straight to full musical episode in only the second season. amazing.

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🥰 Hither, Page (Page & Summers #1) (Cat Sebastian, author; Joel Leslie, narrator) - reread; christmas-set post WW2 cozy mystery (vibes are basically 'agatha christie but queer')

🥰 The Missing Page (Page & Summers #2) (Cat Sebastian, author; Joel Leslie, narrator) - reread; the further adventures of Leo & James

😍 We Could Be So Good (Cat Sebastian, author; Joel Leslie, narrator) - reread; this was one of my fave books of the year tbh; loved the setting and the characters and the vibe

😍 Bells Are Ringing (A We Could Be So Good Holiday epilogue) (Cat Sebastian) - so grateful that Cat S gifts us a holiday epilogue every year!

🥰 The Things We Hide (ThePirateStorm) - 109K, stucky no powers omegaverse/accidental mpreg with fantastic amounts of pining and a great cast of fully realized supporting characters; I fucked up my sleep schedule to finish reading this and had zero regrets.

🥰 I'd Swing With You for the Fences (nontoxic) - 86K, Schitt's Creek AU with MLB player Patrick and David (who's still mostly canon David) - very warm and sweet and absolutely DELIGHTFUL

🥰 Third Eye (Felicia Day, author; full voice cast) - comedy fantasy audio drama about Laurel, who 15 yrs ago was the Chosen One and who…failed. Now her life is sad but she gets a 2nd chance when a terrible teen (who may also be the Chosen One) cannonballs into her life. Had a lot of fun listening to this, great voice cast featuring FD, Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, London Hughes

💖💖 +186K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

[PODFIC] A Nativity of Oranges (Tanouska) - MCU: stucky, 9K - great podfic, reread, great Stucky holiday fic

How The Elf-King Stole Khuzmus (DeHeerKonijn, PointlesslyPoetic) - LOTR: 1.3K - a The Hobbit/Dr. Seuss mashup, very clever, great art

[Podfic of] Spaceships & Laserswords (blackglass, klb, luvtheheaven (VioletEmerald), reena_jenkins, Shmaylor, silverandblue, wordsaremyfaith) - Star Wars: finnpoe, 4K - great podfic of a short but hilarious & very sweet fic - modern AU where weirdo hermit Luke joins the (college-age) 'kids' D&D game & volunteers his sister to DM

[Podfic] Mission Impossible (quietnight) - MCU: shrunkyclunks, 20K - hilarious shrunkyclunks fic, great podfic version of it

flow through (rainbow_nerds) - Stranger Things: steddie, 6K - a gift for me! I requested @rainbow-nerdss continue in the universe created by sharp temporary walls and it was everything I could have wanted!!!! 💜

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2023

The Legendary Rick Perry and the Art of Dimension 20

D20: Fantasy High: Sophomore Year - s4, e21-22

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - s1, e7-10; s2, e1-10

Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby Road (2023 special #4)

Midsomer Murders - s24, e1-2

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

⭐ Hit Parade - Second-Chance Hits Edition

Vibe Check - 2023, Don’t Let The Door Hit You…

Ologies with Alie Ward - Alieology (YOUR HOST): an Ask-Me-Anything Goofy Hang

It's Been a Minute - Why grief sometimes looks like a hyphy party

One Year - The Making of One Year: 1990

⭐ Code Switch - The Fallout of a Callout

Hit Parade - The Posthumous Hits Edition, Live from Seattle

Pop Culture Happy Hour - 2024 Pop Culture Predictions

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Fun Christmas Oldies

my Dolly Parton Christmas playlist

Swingin' Christmas

Presenting Lindsey Stirling

Power Ballads Forever

[rastronomicals]

8:44 AM EDT August 17, 2024:

Tomorrow - "Caught In A Web" From the album 50 Minute Technicolor Dream (1998)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

File under: Kings of Swingin' London

[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

Swingin' London: Roy Fox & Al Bowlly - If I Didn't Have You, 1932

[notyour-valentine]

Livin' for the fame...

Singin' in the old bars, Swingin' with the old stars

Everyone knows which London clubs to go to in the hope of rubbing shoulders with the people that illuminate the silver screen and light up the stages on both sides of the Atlantic - not everyone knows who owns them and what risks and benefits a possible entanglement could bring...

Written for @shelbydelrey and her 400 Follower celebration. I am awfully ashamed of how little of your incredible writing I've been familiar with so far, but that way I have a whole catalogue of amazing writing for me still to go through and I honestly can't wait. So I hope I'm not overstepping with this contribution to your celebration, but the theme was just irresistable. I hope you enjoy this little scene I've set xx Val

[techmomma]

even li’l Mod teens in Swingin’ 60s London gotta go brood. (maybe especially so; they’re stuck in London in the 60s. i’d brood too, TB)

[singeratlarge]

MONDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO “Josephine” by Tim Andrews a.k.a Chris Andrews, who wrote and sang this psych-pop anthem to a woman of the late 1960s Swingin’ London times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms4IHSSkeVw ...The arrangement comes laden with echoplexed harpsichords and strings—right out of the 60s “chamber pop” playbook, when classical music forms and instrumentation are integrated with psychedelic rock, a style championed by The Beach Boys, Beatles, Bee Gees, Left Banke, etc. Recorded at Abbey Road, this track was produced by Tony Hall and David Mackay (Gene Pitney, Cliff Richard, Bonnie Tyler) and arranged by Paul Buckmaster—the great composer and orchestrator who’d soon go on to work with Elton John. On a cosmic jukebox this song would play between early Bee Gees, Edison Lighthouse, “See Emily Play” (Pink Floyd), and “Sugar On Sunday” (The Clique). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms4IHSSkeVw

#josephine #timandrews #chrisandrews #chamberpop #britpop #psychedelicrock #echoplex #harpsichord #beachboys #beatles #beegees #leftbanke #parlophone #abbeyroad #tonyhall #davidmackay #paulbuckmaster #pinkfloyd #sydbarrett #clique #sugar #Sunday #tommyjames #edisonlighthouse #london #baroquepop

[illustraction]

WONDERWALL (1968) - JANE BIRKIN: A VISUAL HOMMAGE (Part 8/10)

By 1968 JANE BIRKIN was a famous figure of the Swingin' Sixties, a staple of Mod era London. She was cast as the model Penny Lane in this psychedelic fantasy movie, mainly remembered because Beatles' George Harrison composed the soundtrack

The movie was a flop but gained later acclaim when it was re-released in the mid 90's particularly in Japan where this unique poster originates from

Director: Joe Massot

Actors: Jane Birkin

Goodbye Jane (1946-2023)

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[notwiselybuttoowell]

I caught this as part of a CBC From the Vaults program that gave some of the context and more of the interviews they did for original, including one with author Tom Wolfe. The inclusion of modern day commentary from the hosts was also a nice touch, with Adrienne Clarkson remarking on the scene as a sort of “phosphorescence of decay” of the England that was.

[fantastictyphoonpeanut]

Swingin' 60s: Hylette Adolphe, London 1965

[kelloggjkellogg]

PART 32: LADIES CASUAL WEAR

This is from a Sears catalogue and there's no real theme here except it's casual and unassuming. A far cry from the swinging Mod scene in London, this is a more modest look...barring the skirt length.

Anya wears... Hair: Paranormal Stuff Eyelashes: Eyelashes: 3D Lashes | Kijiko (kijiko-catfood.com) Eyeshadow: The Sims Resource - Retro ReBOOT Twiggy's Eyeshadow Eyeliner: Base game Blusher: Base game (MAC) Lipstick: The Sims Resource - Juncea Lipstick Top: The Sims Resource - Retro ReBOOT - Lesley Sweater Skirt: Cats and Dogs Tights: File available on request Shoes: Base game

Gillian wears... Hair: EnriquesS4 Money hairstyle Posts tagged mycc | ENRIQUE (tumblr.com) Eyelashes: Eyelashes: 3D Lashes | Kijiko (kijiko-catfood.com) Eyeshadow: The Sims Resource - Simxties Eyeshadow Eyeliner: Base game Blusher: Base game (MAC) Lipstick: The Sims Resource - Simxties - Jackie Lips Earrings: Base game Scarf: Mystery Inc. Pack | Patreon Top: adrienpastel — 📑 Setra Shirt· back to the female cc and named... (tumblr.com) Skirt: Cats and Dogs Shoes: 60's Pack | Patreon Jane wears... Hair: Outdoor Retreat Eyelashes: Kijiko 3D Lashes | Kijiko (kijiko-catfood.com) Eyeshadow: Swingin' Sixties Makeup | Patreon Eyeliner: Base game Lipstick: The Sims Resource - Simxties - Jackie Lips Blusher: Base game Top: The Sims Resource - Retro ReBOOT - Lesley Sweater Pants: Serenity X Enrique - Back To The 60s Collection, 22 items | Patreon Shoes: Base game