#this is mike w/ his ex-wives.
🔪😱🙌 🗣👀😕😰📺💉👻📖😒👌😂⚰️🤢💀👽😡🎵
hi i worship the groung u walk on and if u think i wont answer each and every one of these,,, ya got another thing comin’ 💖🦇🎃
🔪 Favorite Slasher film
alice, sweet alice (1976)
silent night, bloody night (1972)
black christmas (1974)
the collector (1965)
😱 Scene that always terrifies you
okay so like. lately? nothing rly shakes me to my core, which is. a fuckin shame tbh, b u t. i was like. fourteen when i first watched the shining and that scene. jack nicholson staring at the scale maze and then,, cutting to his wife and son walking in the actual thing,,,, yeP that stayed
🙌 Favorite Horror film director?
me, vibrating at a frequency that can shatter glass: yea i like jeremy saulnier a normal amount
aNYWAY saulnier. eggers. corman. bava. amirpour. rollin
🗣 Favorite Cult Classic horror?
here and also. bc u asked so im contractually obligated to offer some more
phantasm (1979)
the abominable dr. phibes (1971)
phenomena (1985)
torso (1973)
👀 2 sequels that were better than the original
okay but. objectively aliens is better and braver and gayer than alien and halloween iii: season of the witch is simply. superior. like. it says so on the title. witches.
also. army of darkness. no further explanation needed
😕 Movie that scares everyone else that you’re not afraid of
uhh that would be. p much all modern high-profile horror franchises? not to sound like a complete film elitist, which i absolutely am, but. most of them just. dont hit the mark. they have all the elements, the atmosphere and the setting and the costumes, but. ehhh usually sth’s off
😰 First ‘scary’ movie you saw as a kid
aksfa;sf i feel like everyone has this one ghibli film that literally ruined their entire childhood and traumatized them forever and thAT would be spirited away for me ! those fuckin pigs still haunt my dreams
📺 That one really bad horror movie that you love to watch
rip to those who hate the babysitter but i have taste
💉 Most fucked up horror film you’ve seen
(i love all of these,, So Much)
audition (1999)
the descent (2005)
eden lake (2008)
the void (2016)
martyrs (2008)
raw (2016)
👻 What scary movie you’ll be watching this Halloween?
ive been meaning to watch kuroneko (1968) for a while now and also. she dies tomorrow (2020) bc if there’s anything i love more than an amy seimetz film is an amy seimetz film starring kate lyn sheil, and also. probably some kinda 80s slasher too. to. yk. set the mood,, this one and this one look p sweet
ive been meaning to rewatch coraline too but i also have a chapter and the last half of a fic to write so uhhh we’ll see how that goes
📖 Best book to movie horror
the haunting (1963) is one of the most terrifying movies ive ever seen and just. gets shirley jackson’s tone and atmosphere? just. gorgeous and horrifying
also mike flanagan is a god and the haunting of hill house is a gift and that’s that on horror
😒 Most annoying character in a scary movie
,, men
👌 Your most underrated horror film
here and also!
most beautiful island (2017)
honeymoon (2014)
we are the night (2010)
kiss of the damned (2012)
😂 Unintentionally funniest horror film
here and not to be like that but. hereditary was fuckin hilarious
⚰️ Best death scene
i know there are hundreds others im forgetting but uhhh the unmade scene in suspiria (2018),, come under my wings indEED
🤢 Grossest horror movie
like. yeah okay cannibal holocaust was super yucky and the turtle scene was Extremely Unsettling but. uhh climax was rly gross? everyone was so,,, sweaty,,
💀 Favorite Zombie film
here ! maN i love zombiez
👽 Favorite Sci-Fi Horror
night of the comet (1984)
beyond the black rainbow (2010)
annihilation (2018)
ex machine (2014)
altered states (1980)
village of the damned (1960)
the void (2016)
tarantula (1955)
the stepford wives (1975)
😡 The sequel/prequel that pisses you off
y i kes i watched the last halloween movie recently and it was just,, so bland,, boring,, unnecessary,, pls im so tired
🎵 Scariest Soundtrack
suspiria is obv the first choice like. goblin went off w that, and ive been listening obsessively to the osts of haunting hill and bly manor, and also. under the skin by mica levi is,,,
🎃 Horror Movie Asks 🎃
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I have a list of ~900 albums from 2019 that I still want to eventually listen to / review [IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT ALERT]
For this project (already 125+ releases deep), which is just impossibly daunting and makes me head hurt. IDK how to streamline this process or is any “critic” out there really listening to “all” the good music? It’s impossible I guess... BUT needless to say, these have made this list from an even larger pool of music that I either listened to briefly and immediately dismissed or (gasp!) never even came across my radar (radar = many many music blogs I follow via RSS).
Anyway, because I’ll most likely never get to this (whatever this is, an Xgau parody or something)... Here is the list (please ignore some of my notations/typos):
1 matana roberts, coin coin chapter four
2 jeffrey lewis
3 negativland
4 camedor
5 the darkness
6 jai paul [leak]
7 shikoswe
8 anatolian weapons
9 cakedog, doggystyle
10 carly rae jepsen (LP, plus single w Gryffin)
11 parsnip
12 the comet is coming
13 girl in red
14 ezra furman
15 the kvb
16 freddie gibbs & madlib
17 say sue me (single)
18 denzel curry
19 fatamorgana
20 vivian girls
21 wobbly, monitress
22 helado negro
23 anamanaguchi
24 paul demarinis
25 comet gain
26 personal best
27 king princess, LP? big little lies single
28 marble arch
29 mini dresses
30 matt christensen
31 jade bird
32 black mountain
33 body meat
34 pat, Love Will Find A Way Home
35 acid arab
36 the 83rd
37 common holly
38 wicca phase
39 mark ronson
40 spirit in the room, single
41 rebe, “pienso en ti a todas horas” [just a single?]
42 a giant dog, neon bible cover LP
43 hey collosus
44 moon king (meh/ or *)
45 vanity productions
46 velvet negroni
47 g perico
48 budokan boys
49 skryptor
50 oscar scheller
51 the muffs
52 larry gus
53 these new puritans ***
54 angel olsen
55 bleu nuit
56 meatraffle
57 josephine wiggs
58 jennifer vanilla
59 big|brave
60 rico nasty
61 friendship, dreamin'
62 mike, tears of joy
63 bellrope
64 gbv
65 machìna, archipelago
66 toy, songs of consumption
67 ayankoko
68 the intelligence
69 drahla
70 corridor, junior
71 urochromes
72 david hasselhoff
73 aMAZONDOTCOM
74 kehlani
75 ne-hi EP (final)
76 avey tare
77 bonnie "prince" billy
78 battles
79 snapped ankles
80 mannequin pussy
81 toro y moi, soul trash
82 twen
83 self discovery for social survival comp
84 bad heaven ltd
85 eric frye
86 the mattson 2
87 duncan park
88 pure bathing culture
89 arthur russell, iowa dream
90 wild pink
91 flaming lips
92 pan amsterdam
93 flaural
94 knife wife
95 hannah peel & will burns
96 klein
97 meat puppets
98 tnght
99 james ferraro
100 royal trux / ariel pink
101 new rain duets
102 black marble
103 sui zhen
104 liam the younger
105 the mountain goats, welcome to passaic
106 frank hurricane and hurricanes of love
107 sebadoh
108 xylouris white
109 lindstrøm
110 franck vigroux
111 joyero
112 dorian electra
113 ride
114 crumb, jinx
115 nonconnah
116 cup, spinning creature
117 brutus
118 bjarki
119 khotin
120 alexander tucker
121 gunna
122 operator music band
123 tony molina
124 nanami ozone
125 sad planets
126 bemydelay
127 laurie anderson et al, songs from the bardo
128 teebs
129 deerhunter, timebends
130 tr/st (2 LPs)
131 dolores catherino
132 liturgy
133 floating points
134 sasami, LP + xmas EP
135 trikorder23
136 moor mother
137 have a nice life
138 la dispute
139 lingua ignota
140 lina tullgren
141 earl sweatshirt
142 entrail
143 alexander noice
144 shock narcotic
145 rakta
146 munya
147 el drugstore
148 buck gooter
149 caribou, single - more?
150 rosenau & sanborn
151 kevin abstract
152 pile
153 e for echo
154 animal collective, new psycho actives vol. 2 + live album
155 harlem
156 sudan archives
157 lil peep, posthumous ep
158 young guv, i and ii
159 orville peck
160 75 dollar bill
161 institute
162 tove lo
163 the chocolate watchband
164 foie gras, holy hell
165 french vanilla
166 chuck cleaver
167 kollaps
168 spirits having fun
169 game
170 badgirl$
171 medhane
172 alberich
173 show me the body
174 the night watch, an embarrassment of riches
175 inus, western spaghettification
176 pregoblin, singles?
177 ra ra riot
178 de lorians
179 kool keith
180 kaspia & stride
181 glen hansard
182 dpeee
183 berlin taxi
184 foghorn
185 ionnalee
186 american sharks
187 sitcom, dust single
188 pip blom
189 j balvin & bady
190 fenella
191 tanya tagaq
192 sean o'hagan
193 j robbins
194 peter ivers (comp)
195 neon indian, not sure if single is part of larger proj?
196 triad god
197 yeule
198 roland tings
199 schoolboy q
200 ava luna EP
201 fried eggs
202 drugdealer
203 half japanese
204 todd anderson-kunert
205 emily reo
206 christelle bofale
207 brion starr
208 jan jelinek (reissue)
209 peaer
210 devin townsend
211 vik
212 young m.a
213 default genders
214 night lovell
215 rocketship
216 kim gordon
217 ellen arkbro
218 george clanton and nick hexum [single?]
219 the minus 5
220 penguin cage
221 felicia atkinson
222 take offense
223 moon duo
224 chemical brothers
225 nef the pharaoh
226 daniel norgren
227 unkle
228 pup (?)
229 baroness
230 velvet bethany
231 resavoir
232 gruff rhys
233 lana del ray
234 empath
235 burial and the bug, flame 2
236 russian baths
237 quelle chris
238 corpse flower
239 roy montgomery [reissue]
240 clinic
241 a.g. cook, [single]
242 why?
243 beck
244 francis lung
245 thom yorke
246 warmduscher
247 uv-tv
248 aa bondy
249 max richter, ad astra ost
250 younghusband
251 stereo total
252 julie's haircut
253 aa matheson
254 eartheater
255 kelly moran
256 mana (seven steps behind)
257 c.h.e.w.
258 sarah mary chadwick
259 midsommar ost
260 beabadoobee
261 life, a picture of good health
262 dumb, club nites
263 dame dolla
264 endless boogie
265 burna boy
266 lungbutter
267 wand
268 future punx
269 yves jarvis
270 kim petras [LP, halloween EP]
271 bts world
272 pikelet
273 panda bear, single
274 samiyam
275 red river dialect
276 ryan pollie
277 ryuichi sakamot (reissue)
278 jackie mendoza
279 dark blue
280 jay som
281 stephen mallinder
282 neutrals, kebab disco
283 foodman
284 capitol, dream noise
285 new pornographers
286 mark korven, the lighthouse ost
287 gauche
288 the japanese house
289 cave (re-issue)
290 ybn cordae
291 the vacant lots
292 arwen
293 rhucle
294 lil b, @ least 2 releases?
295 tea service
296 chai
297 black pumas
298 program, show me
299 marika hackman
300 sonny and the sunsets
301 lillie mae
302 mean jeans
303 the stroppies
304 poppies
305 twin shadow
306 vanishing twin ***
307 portrayal of guilt [EP + split single]
308 lucki [2 lps]
309 absolutely free
310 girl band
311 black midi
312 torche
313 perfume (best of)
314 white denim
315 clipping
316 the hu
317 big business
318 metro crowd
319 ex-vöid, 7"
320 broken social scene
321 lil pump
322 uranium club
323 doon kanda
324 hesitation wounds
325 sorry girls
326 bibio
327 red mass
328 the shins, single
329 lil keed
330 yeasayer
331 bts / blackpink KPOP
332 galen tipton, fake meat
333 the world, reddish
334 lanark artefax, ep
335 ladytron
336 g.s., schray
337 just mustard [single, more?]
338 mdou moctar
339 rangers, spirited discussion
340 tyson meade
341 dj nate
342 kelly lee owens
343 bambara
344 kilo kish
345 lusine
346 ralph heidel / homo ludens
347 psychic graveyard
348 homeshake
349 wives, so removed
350 proto idiot
351 let’s eat grandma, ost ep
352 foals
353 caroline shaw & attacca quartet
354 juan waters
355 mount eerie with julie doiron
356 mestozi
357 patio
358 oh baby, the art of sleeping alone
359 earth
360 haybaby
361 anna meredith
362 the caretaker (6)
363 rich brian
364 sunn o))), [two LPs]
365 alessandro cortini
366 ty segall
367 injury reserve
368 elucid
369 budos band
370 tim hecker
371 waqwaq kingdom
372 william doyle ***
373 innercity ensemble
374 filthy friends
375 prurient
376 shlohmo
377 bon iver
378 sean henry
379 yeesh
380 faye webster
381 megan thee stallion
382 squid, town centre
383 simulation (hausau mountain)
384 flying lotus
385 horse jumper of love
386 rap, export
387 lansky jones
388 the gonks
389 cate lebon
390 rome fortune
391 chain cult
392 empty set
393 big thief (2 lp's)
394 laura cannell [and polly wright album ?] or is there just a laura c album too ? }}
395 froth
396 thugwidow
397 organ tapes
398 the new pornographers
399 zonal
400 bbg baby joe
401 whitney
402 guards
403 anemone
404 sheer mag
405 nots
406 fujiya & miyag
407 kool aid, family portrait ep
408 frankie cosmos
409 kaputt
410 quelle chris
411 operators
412 marco benevento
413 elvis depressedly
414 school of language, 45
415 rob burger
416 pozi
417 redd kross
418 randy randall
419 yatta
420 hide, hell is here
421 bobby krlic, midsommar ost
422 planet england
423 kev brown
424 robedoor
425 tropical fuck storm
426 haram, 9/11 ep
427 candy, super-stare single
428 sly and the family drone
429 kevin morby
430 porches, rangerover [single]
431 odae
432 pottery
433 saint pepsi
434 slowthai
435 iggy pop
436 swans
437 iLOVEMAKONNEN
438 mukqs
439 feels
440 luke temple
441 oli xl
442 orphan swords
443 post pink
444 deli girls
445 nilüfer yanya
446 idk, is he real?
447 interpol
448 priests
449 galcher lustwerk
450 smokepurpp, various?
451 kindness
452 ex hex
453 sampa the great
454 methyl ethel
455 ellis, the fuzz ep
456 jeanines s/t
457 water from your eyes
458 twin peaks
459 sam cohen
460 fontaines dc
461 spiral stairs
462 the hecks
463 nicola ratti
464 four tet, various (inc. "wingdings" alter ego side proj)
465 holy ghost
466 half stack
467 cherubs
468 juana molina, forfun EP
469 jpegmafia
470 bedouine
471 fury
472 melvins/flipper
473 the curls
474 izambard
475 heart eyes
476 drinking boys and girls choir
477 big search
478 glenn branca
479 rose elinor dougall
480 bat for lashes
481 young knives, [single, more?
482 hot chip
483 alex lahey
484 hemlock ernst & kenny segal
485 dj seinfeld
486 joni void
487 rema rema
488 spencer tweedy
489 trash kit
490 dry cleaning [2 ep's]
491 mega bog ***
492 saudade
493 monster rally
494 wilco
495 chromatics, LP + EP
496 slayyyter
497 maral
498 blarf
499 pernice brothers
500 la neve
501 marie davidson
502 tredici bacci
503 deathprod
504 lowly
505 russian circles
506 angel witch
507 fires were shot
508 amy o
509 q da fool
510 clams casino
511 automelodi
512 paradox
513 dababy (2)
514 david kilgour
515 missy elliot
516 baby smoove
517 boris
518 thanks for coming
519 yves tumor [single w/]
520 ΜΜΜΔ
521 falcon/falkland
522 noel wells
523 ecstatic vision
524 amyl & the sniffers
525 barrie
526 bianca scout
527 katie dey
528 prince rama
529 control top
530 duster, comp + new LP
531 foxes in fiction
532 slowthai x denzel curry [single]
533 the murlocs
534 plaid
535 ela orleans
536 gobby
537 cfm
538 carla del forna
539 pale spring
540 pixx
541 širom
542 lightning bolt
543 cate lebon & deerhunter
544 channel tres
545 sigrid
546 help, s/t
547 shellac, live
548 crack cloud, pain olympics (ongoing) / s/t (2018)
549 notes underground
550 fat white family ***
551 gloop
552 equiknoxx
553 nakhane
554 czarface meets ghostface
555 the rubinoos
556 shannon lay
557 tim heidecker
558 droneflower
559 john vanderslice
560 your old droog
561 bats, alter nature
562 zvi
563 justus proffit
564 lower dens
565 anna of the north
566 yg
567 holly herndon
568 good fuck
569 clark, single
570 charli xcx
571 the nativist
572 low life
573 jonsi & alex somers
574 kazu
575 günter schickert
576 odonis odonis
577 kelsey lu (+ remix EP)
578 young thug
579 thaiboy digital
580 hatchie
581 hiro kone
582 cocorosie
583 sabiwa
584 oh sees
585 rex orange county
586 311
587 erland cooper
588 jtamul
589 the brilliant tabernacle
590 free love, extreme dance anthems
591 jeff lynne's elo
592 dutch courage
593 booji boys
594 giggs
595 ceschi
596 inter arma
597 psychic sounds ensemble
598 eli kezsler EP
599 thelma
600 haiku salut
601 julia jacklin
602 otoboke beaver
603 colin self
604 mark mulcahy
605 rosalia, single "a pale" more?
606 chris lott
607 royal trux
608 weyes blood
609 mikal cronin
610 hissing tiles
611 grace ives
612 vic bang
613 nick cave
614 sugar world [single]
615 herzog
616 offset
617 mike adams at his honest weight
618 real life buildings
619 aldous harding
620 pye corner audio
621 doja cat
622 bleached
623 book of shame
624 kate davis
625 i was a king
626 pendant, through a coil
627 joseph arthur
628 great grandpa, four of arrows
629 modern nature
630 stef chura
631 spaza, s/t great
632 the alchemist
633 pond
634 aiden baker, etc
635 kirin j. Callinan
636 possible humans
637 greys
638 kizuna ai
639 little simz
640 big bend
641 membranes, what nature gives…
642 young nudy
643 car seat headrest (live)
644 seahawks
645 dumbhop's party
646 julien chang
647 pacific yew
648 pharmakon
649 lomelda
650 versing
651 olden yolk
652 mekons
653 the dream syndicate
654 the gotobeds
655 amy klein
656 bABii
657 bill callahan
658 grlwood
659 van dale
660 ziúr
661 delicate steve
662 debby friday
663 dehd
664 south city hardware
665 kesha
666 (sandy) alex g
667 computer slime
668 fka twigs
669 rob halford, celestial
670 dean hurley
671 school of language
672 nicolas godin
673 blue hawaii
674 leggy
675 ceremony
676 his name is alive
677 third eye blind
678 sadgirl
679 ariana grande
680 skepta
681 dylan moon
682 jay mitta
683 the drums
684 kero kero bonito, ep
685 charly bliss
686 lee renaldo etc
687 rina mushonga
688 ulla straus
689 cherushii & maria minerva
690 slaughter beach, dog
691 maps
692 dj shadow
693 tool LOL
694 diiv
695 pixies
696 cuco
697 black peaches
698 subhumans
699 gurr
700 cashmere cat
701 brockhampton
702 fire-toolz
703 lambchop, LP + EP
704 messthetics
705 neuland
706 westkust
707 haelos
708 sturgill simpson
709 maria usbeck
710 king gizzard (2)
711 earthgang
712 paranoid london
713 fet.nat
714 bethlehem steel
715 neil young with crazy horse
716 tengger
717 guerilla toss
718 spelling
719 lizzo
720 wiki
721 dr00p, mkULTRAHD
722 ghost orchard
723 jane weaver
724 usa/mexico
725 carl stone
726 richard dawson ***
727 rafael toral
728 test dept
729 sacred paws
730 big krit
731 mallrat
732 jenn champion
733 moE/Mette Rasmussen, tolerancia picante
734 facs
735 yung lean, single (blue cup) and ep, more?
736 pissgrave
737 moodyman
738 sing sinck, sing
739 tyler the creator
740 sleater-kinney
741 dean blunt, zushi
742 cursive
743 barker, utlity
744 gemma
745 octavian
746 pronoun
747 girl ray
748 julia shapiro
749 nodding god
750 daniel saylor
751 jakob ogawa
752 richard youngs
753 diät
754 w00dy
755 omar souleyman
756 vōx EP
757 topdown dialectic
758 penelope islea
759 gbv
760 glass beach
761 james hoff, hobo ufo
762 euglossine
763 dream ritual
764 terry allen
765 office culture
766 ghostie, devour
767 beat detectives
768 red channel
769 octo octa
770 julien baker [toyko single]
771 shackleton as "tunes of negation"
772 sons of raphael
773 lena raine
774 fitted, first fits
775 velf
776 cvn
777 black country, new road, [2 singles only?]
778 chief keef
779 andrew bird, LP and EP
780 tamaryn
781 vagabon
782 zelooperz
783 brian jonestown massacre
784 angel dust
785 pere ubu
786 vatican shadow, church...
787 spencer radcliffe
788 mr muthafuckin exquire
789 earth to mickey
790 beak>
791 byron westbrook
792 major murphy
793 nicole yun
794 the divine comedy
795 sote, parallel persiao
796 the radio dept.
797 prince daddy & the hyena
798 mudhoney
799 truth club
800 shura
801 underworld, drift
802 lil texas
803 that dog
804 gary wilson / r. stevie moore
805 divino nino
806 spiral heads
807 claire cronin
808 devendra banhart
809 c.y.m. EP
810 dude york
811 sangri
812 vegyn [2 lp's?]
813 brooke candy
814 caroline polachek
815 hurt valley
816 O.L.I.V.I.A, modo avion
817 ziúr
818 pepper mill rondo, it's christmas time
819 ben vida
820 nick hexum/george clanton
821 meara o'reilly
822 tyler holmes, devil
823 blood incantation
824 guenter schlienz
825 gavilán rayna russom
826 loraine james ***
827 lithics, Wendy Kraemer EP
828 navel, ambient 2, in space
829 the proper ornaments
830 jon hopkins & kelly lee owens, single
831 julianna barwick
832 park hye-jin
833 bea1991
834 men i trust
835 erika de casier
836 ducks unlimited
837 lyzza
838 refused
839 jim o'rourke, to magnetize ...
840 analemma, 2 singles on a comp?
841 zack fox, "the bean kicked in"
842 real life rock n roll band
843 prefab sprout
844 daniel lopatin, uncut gems ost
845 kaytranada
846 the voidz, 2 song single + video?
847 grandaddy, single (add scissors icon)
848 dark thoughts, must be nice
849 loose nukes
850 sam mallet
851 very good, adulthood
852 henge, nothing head
853 kaleidobolt
854 nebula, holy shit
855 terminal cheesecake
856 uzeda
857 wet tuna
858 sean mccann
859 black dresses, love and... (2nd LP)
860 nefew
861 taylor swift ???
862 lala lala, the lamb
863 jenny lewis
864 33EMYBW
865 blood orange, angel's pulse
866 caterina barbieri ***
867 yusu
868 white reaper
869 rozi plain
870 bamboo, daughters of the sky
871 seragina steer
872 clear channel, hot fruit
873 patience, dizzy spells
874 mope grooves, desire
875 current affairs, object & subject
875 comfort, not passing
876 bill orcutt
877 bonnie baxter
878 carl stone
879 thurston moore
880 alameda 5
881 john zorn
882 the membranes, what nature gives...
883 meemo comma
884 ana roxannne
885 whistling arrow, s/t
886 dis fantasy
887 giant swan, s/t
888 buck young, buck ii
889 abdu ali
890 ifriqiyya électrique
891 $hit and $hine, doing drugs, selling drugs
892 ghold
893 theon cross
894 yao bobby & simon grab
895 solange *sure whatever ok
896 the comet is coming
897 the utopia strong, s/t
898 karenn, grapefruit regret
899 brìghde chaimbeul
900 nav, bad habits
901 chance, big day
902 nostalgia critic's the wall
903 uboa, the origin of my depression
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You're an amazing writer who does wonderful things with these characters! If you're looking for prompt ideas, how about a semantics issue w/ the twins telling someone that their aunt and uncle got married? Or Mike and Evelyn sibling cuteness?
Thank you!! That’s really sweet of you to say❤️ I’m playing a little mix and match with this one because @monkshoodr also asked for Mike’s first day as a WAG. I hope you enjoy this!
This fits post-the moral comments of the neighbors and the long game but works as a stand-alone.
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In theory, children, no matter how well behaved, were not allowed in the Padres Suite. The Padres Suite and its perfect view of the field was the realm of bigwigs and owners and the WAGs who didn’t have offspring to supervise. The ones who did could “enjoy” the family room down off the clubhouse.
In practice, Evelyn Sanders did not care.
She was no fool. She knew that leaving her two thirteen-year-olds—God, she was the mother of teenagers; how messed up was that?—unattended in a Major League stadium, even in the shelter of the Padres family room with its dedicated attendants/babysitters, was a recipe for disaster. Her boys might not be typical troublemakers, they made sure not to ever get caught at the least, but Evelyn wasn’t about to give them more leeway than they deserved.
They could work and scheme for their chances at mischief the way Evelyn had. It would build character or something.
Anyway, it was Opening Day. Marcus and Gabe deserved to see their dad take the field from the best seats in the house. Plus, it wasn’t every day that they got to skip school and watch their honorary aunt pitch in her first home opener.
If they got into trouble up here, at least she’d know what it was right away.
That was her intention, anyway.
Of course, Evelyn’s vision of trouble was pretty tame. She knew her boys; maybe they’d spill something on the new carpeting or demolish the appetizer spread in an effort to fill the yawning abysses of their stomachs. At worst, their newly gangly limbs would send them crashing into something and there’d be a spot of property damage. She could handle that. Evelyn herself had done much worse, not that she’d ever let them know that.
What she hadn’t imagined, though, was that the twins would entangle the General Manager of the San Diego Padres in their nonsense.
She really shouldn’t have underestimated them.
She also probably shouldn’t have taken her eyes off of them, not even for a second. However, she’d been a little distracted by Mike Lawson swaggering out onto the field to make his first ceremonial pitch as a retired man. Evelyn had promised Ginny she’d have a full report on his performance after the game, and she intended to keep her word.
Watching from the outdoor deck, Ev had an excellent view of Mike’s delivery to Blip—a little high, but nothing to be embarrassed over… if he weren’t an ex-professional athlete; as it was, Evelyn planned to roast him mercilessly for failing to execute an easy fastball in the zone at the first possible opportunity—and the manful hug they shared out on the mound before posing for pictures. Evelyn didn’t bother trying to get a picture of her own; it definitely paid to be friendly with the team photographer.
She turned to head back inside only to run straight into Oscar Arguella, Gabe and Marcus trailing—guiltily if she wasn’t entirely off base, and Evelyn Sanders never was—along behind him. Casting a cursory, critical eye over the Padres General Manager for any sign of foul play, she offered him a semi-apologetic smile.
“I hope these two aren’t getting underfoot.”
Her teenagers rolled their eyes, but Oscar just laughed, flashing a pearly white smile. If he didn’t hold the entirety of her husband’s future and career in his strong, manicured hands, Evelyn would probably like him more. She'd always had a weakness for a pretty face, and his face was one of the prettiest. Also, she’d seen pictures of Arguella back in his playing days; he’d been a fan of a snug fit to say the least.
“No, no,” he assured, tucking his phone into his breast pocket. His hands seemed strangely empty without it. “We were just talking about the wedding. I didn’t realize Blip had a sister.”
“He doesn’t,” she replied. Then, as the rest of his words sank in, Evelyn froze. Just for a fraction of a second, but a pause nonetheless. “Wedding?”
Oscar didn’t bat one long, naturally curled eyelash. “Your boys said their aunt got married over the offseason? It must have been your sister. Congratulations.”
“Thank you,” she murmured, eagerly smoothing over the fact that her own sister had been married for three years already. The only offseason wedding any of the Sanderses cared about, they hadn’t even been invited to. Not that Ev harbored any lingering bitterness over that. Both of her sons sheepishly avoided her suspicious glance. Evelyn smiled, resisting the urge to drag her boys away by the ears. “That’s so nice of you to say.”
Oscar smiled, polite as ever, but he was already reaching for his phone again. He glanced at the screen and excused himself, leaving Evelyn and her progeny alone.
Without her even having to say anything, they both started babbling out excuses and accusations.
“It wasn’t my fault! Marcus—”
“Gabe was totally the one who—”
“—said he was sick of looking at wedding pictures! I didn’t do anything!”
“—told him it was our aunt, like that made it any better! And you did, too, you liar!”
“Enough.” Evelyn didn’t even need to raise her voice for her teenagers to fall silent, and not just because they knew to listen to their mother. On the one hand, it was a little comforting to know her boys couldn’t keep a secret if their lives depended on it. On the other, who had even raised them? “I told you very specifically not to tell anyone about that wedding. And what did you two nearly do?”
“Tell someone about the wedding,” they mumbled in that funny twin-sync they still sometimes channeled.
“Exactly. Now if you can’t follow directions, then—”
They were saved from the rest of her threat by the entrance of Mike Lawson into the suite. Marcus and Gabe took their chance and made a quick escape. Their mother didn’t stop them; she had other fish to fry.
Even at a solidly over-the-hill age—Ginny’d cackled a few years ago when she’d ordered his birthday cake with Over the Hill You Go piped across it in cheery blue; since Evelyn had wheedled a firsthand account of the ways in which Ginny had eventually made up for that dig, she didn’t feel all that bad for thinking it now—and with his career firmly behind him, Mike Lawson knew how to command a room.
In all his years as a Padre, he couldn’t have had much occasion to come up to the suites, let alone watch a game from one, but that didn’t stop him from looking utterly at home as he greeted his former teammates’ wives and girlfriends and parents. He cheerfully chatted, looking more at ease in retirement than anyone who knew him would have expected.
Of course, no one who knew him knew the source of that ease quite as well as Evelyn Sanders.
Leisurely, like he hadn’t spotted Evelyn when he first walked in, Mike made his way through the room, drifting closer and closer to the balcony where she waited impatiently.
“Ev,” he greeted, jovial enough in spite of the wicked glint in his eye. He was up to something, and Evelyn was pretty sure she didn’t like it.
“Mike,” she said anyway, bussing an air kiss to his cheek. “The boys almost spilled the beans.”
His smile didn’t drop, but he did dart a quick glance around the room. Oscar hovered several feet away, but only offered a distracted smile and nod. Since his attention was all on his phone call and he hadn’t gone apoplectic with surprise, it was a safe bet that Mike and Ginny’s news was still safely contained. “They did, huh? I thought you told them it was a secret.”
“Of course I did,” she returned, waspish. Like she would be so careless.
“Then you must be slipping, Ev,” Mike teased, his shoulders dropping an inch as he forced himself to relax. His grin was lopsided and, yes, Evelyn could admit, at least a little charming. She didn’t get the appeal for herself, but if it worked for Ginny... “Didn’t quite put the fear of God in them this time around.”
“It’s not my fault they need the fear of God in the first place. I mean, who had to go and get hitched without telling anyone?” Evelyn muttered out of the side of her mouth. She didn’t huff and cross her arms over her chest, but that was only because she didn’t want to crease this blouse; the silk was delicate and it was such a pain to iron.
Mike had no such reservations. His arms crossed and he frowned around the suite, dropping the prodigal son act. Still, there was no mistaking the twinkle in his eye when he muttered back, “C’mon, Ev. It’s not the ‘anyone’ that annoys you. It’s the ‘you.’”
“You’re damn right, Lawson,” she bit out. “I should’ve been at my best friend’s wedding.”
“I’m flattered.”
His shit-eating grin faltered when her elbow dug into his ribs, hard. “Don’t be. If Ginny weren’t so happy with her small, island wedding and the husband she got out of it, I’d have no problem teaching you some manners.”
“I think I’m past saving there.”
“Tell me about it,” she muttered, earning an eye roll from Mike. If he wasn’t careful, his face was gonna stick that way. It’d be so much easier to convince Ginny to leave him. Just so Evelyn could plan the wedding that her best friend deserved, of course. Because not even an unfortunate facial tic was going to be enough to permanently keep Ginny Baker and Mike Lawson apart.
Mike nudged her, far softer than she’d done to him. Lowering his voice as a few more Padres family members circulated out to the deck as the count to the first pitch wound down, he said, “You know we would’ve had you there if we could’ve. It wasn’t like we planned it this way.”
Evelyn would have to beg to differ.
She had seen the proposal pictures. (Every last one of them, which was the only way she’d allowed herself to even begin to be mollified when they broke the news.)
The pretty landscapes of pristine sand and sparkling water in Mike’s camera roll quickly gave way to his favorite subject: Ginny. Ginny laughing as she splashed through the waves. Ginny clutching her sunhat as an errant breeze threatened to toss it down the beach. Ginny shocked as Mike’s hand entered the frame, holding an unmistakable light blue box. Ginny turned away from the camera as she fought off tears, her hands pressed to her lips, incidentally showing off a gorgeous oval-cut diamond.
Then, of course, there was the slew of selfies where she pressed kiss after kiss to Mike’s dazed, elated, bearded face.
Ginny’d taken the phone back before Evelyn could get to anything really good.
(”You asked for the proposal, Ev,” Ginny had laughed, using her long arms to beat her friend at keep-away, “not what came after!”
“I don’t care about you and Mike getting frisky,” she’d replied, mostly truthfully. “Now, show me the goddamn wedding pictures, Ginny.”)
Based on the time stamps, there were less than three hours between the proposal and Mike and Ginny walking out of some tiny Hawaiian chapel as husband and wife.
They looked good. Better than good. Happier than Evelyn had ever seen either of them, and she’d watched them win a World Series.
Still, she wasn’t going to budge on the real sticking point.
“You should’ve told me what you were going to do the minute you knew.”
“You were still pretending not to know Ginny and I were even dating,” he pointed out, so mildly it made her blood boil.
Evelyn ignored him. “You knew that you were going to pop the question. Just like you knew there was no chance you were coming home without walking down the aisle first.”
He sighed but didn’t deny it. Rubbing a big hand through his beard, which he had yet to get rid of in spite of all of Evelyn’s dropped hints, Mike asked, “Blip told you what I said to him when he found out about me and Ginny and he accused me of trying to use her to relive my glory days, didn’t he?”
“No,” she said, stubborn. Evelyn absolutely did know, but she wanted to hear Mike say it.
“I told him I wasn’t just sleeping with her.” Mike’s gaze had gone a bit hazy, a half smile playing over his mouth. “Just a minute with her was better than the best game I ever played, every homer I ever hit. And the minute she agreed, I was gonna marry her.”
Evelyn kept frowning.
Mike huffed, clearly expecting her to soften. Nice try, buddy, but Evelyn wasn’t the softie that her husband was. “It didn’t quite happen the minute she said yes—filling out a marriage license takes longer than you’d think—but I wasn’t gonna put it off if I didn’t have to. Besides, it wasn’t like Ginny was all that eager to wait, either.”
It was the way he thumbed at the discreet gold band on his left-hand ring finger, grinning sweetly behind that mountain man beard the whole time, that finally got Evelyn to melt. Just a little.
She was still annoyed, but she got it. She did. After all, she and Blip hadn’t exactly waited around to plan out a big, elaborate ceremony and reception. They couldn’t exactly afford it on a minor league salary and with two buns in the oven, but they didn’t really want to, either. They’d just wanted to be married, to start a life together.
“Fine,” she said, grudging even now. It wouldn’t do to have Mike thinking he could win her over this easily all the time. “I forgive you. But you’re still letting me plan the reception for whenever you two decide to come clean and you need to earn everyone else’s forgiveness.”
Mike chuckled. “Fair enough. Actually, I think that’ll be sooner than—”
The sudden uptick in noise all around the stadium should have been sign enough that something big was happening. Instead, Evelyn and Mike took a much quieter, if closer, cue.
“Oh, my word,” breathed Dusty’s mother, one hand flying up to her mouth.
Both Ev and Mike followed her gaze straight out to left field. More specifically, the Jumbotron towering above the second deck. There, blown up for all of Petco Park to see, was Ginny Baker taking the mound for the Padres home opener.
Only, she wasn’t just Ginny Baker anymore.
Crowded across her back, almost too many letters to fit, was her new name.
BAKER-LAWSON
As one, nearly every eye in the suite turned to the grantor of that second name on Ginny Baker’s jersey.
Mike Lawson just stood there, looking smug as hell. He didn’t quite tip his cap to the camera blowing his face up on the Jumbotron, but it was a near thing.
A polite smattering of applause broke through the Padres suite, punctuated by a few calls of “Congratulations!”
Oscar, on the other hand, looked anything but congratulatory. He abruptly ended his call, staring blankly out at the screen. His handsome features were arranged in something approaching a smile, though the fact that his face was also rapidly turning purple didn’t do much to project an aura of calm confidence. Clearly, he was struggling not to blow a gasket. Evelyn could almost sympathize. He pivoted to face Mike, the movement as slow and controlled as his smile was strained.
“Care to explain?” he asked, probably cursing the missed opportunities for PR more than anything else.
“Not much to explain. That’s my wife,” was Mike’s only response. He shrugged and looked away, but the proud, elated grin on his face made it pretty hard to pull off nonchalance.
Oscar closed his eyes, no doubt running through some kind of calming technique that only almost worked. At the very least, when he opened his eyes again, his color had become far less concerning. Probably because he accepted defeat. He shook his head as he turned from Mike, writing him off as a lost cause.
Naturally, his gaze fell right on Evelyn.
“Your sister’s wedding?” he sighed, sounding far too put-upon for a man who still looked the way he did.
Evelyn smiled, not even halfway apologetic this time, and shrugged. Oscar just shook his head again and went back inside, no doubt to start up the spin machine of the team’s PR office.
At her side, Mike snorted. “Does that make me your brother-in-law now?”
Her nose wrinkled as she thought the proposition over. Mike was too cool a customer to fidget as he waited, but Evelyn knew how to push his buttons as well as any sister could.
She hummed thoughtfully. “I guess there are worse things you could be.”
“Like what?” He grinned, and it really wasn’t such a wonder that Ginny was absolutely gone for him. Mike could be downright charming when he wanted.
“Competition,” Ev replied bluntly. “Don’t think that just because you were a Padre yourself that you have a leg up on me in elections for President of the WAGs’ charitable organization.”
“That doesn’t sound very inclusive,” he mused, smirk tucked into the corner of his mouth. Scratch everything Evelyn had thought about Mike’s charm. “Shouldn’t it be W-silent-H-AGs now?”
“Like you’d settle for anything silent,” she jabbed.
Mike barked out a laugh. “Fair point. What if we just agreed to be co-presidents? We could run this town, Ev.”
“It’s cute,” she said, patronizing and loving the sour twist it gave his face, “that you think I don’t already, Lawson.”
Still, she’d think about it. There were probably worse people to have as her right hand than Mike Lawson.
And after all, they were pretty much family.
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Sunday, November 21, 2021 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)
WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?:
THE MATING GAME (discovery +)
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"Wait however, if these defined me, I would be a pretty messed up person, can we use another word?" Johnson joked, referring to his choices of "Brazil", "Ghostbusters" and "8 1/2". Description of Netflix: This grainy biopic of brutal boxer Jake LaMotta depicts a tormented soul rising to the top of his sport, only to be defeated by his demons. Gabrielle Union listed “Bad Boys II” as one of her favorite movies. legend Gabrielle Union tweeted about the 2003 movies. For her list of four films that define her, the actress of "Bring It On" chose the 2003 film, which stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, Description of Netflix: Miami cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett return to investigate a Cuban cartel as ecstasy enters Florida in the midst of a mob war and internal strife. Ross Lynch explained that "the theory of everything" made him "enjoy life". legend Ross Lynch said that "The Theory of Everything" made his list of favorite movies. “It was also a film that struck me quite hard. "The theory of everything." I like what she says about life, "he told Rotten Tomatoes. Lynch added, "It made me appreciate life, about everything. In the end, I think these are some of my favorite movies, where you leave the theater, you sit back and you want to be a better person, or you want to enjoy life more. " Description of Netflix: As his self-esteem grows in the physical world, Stephen Hawking's body is ravaged by ALS, forcing his growing dependence on his devoted wife, Jane. He also said he liked "About Time" and called it "uplifting film." legend The singer also said he liked "About Time". "I'm still debating whether or not I want this on my list, but have you ever seen 'About Time' with Domhnall Gleeson? Same thing. An uplifting film," said the singer during a interview with Rotten Tomatoes. Lynch continued, "Makes you appreciate the time you have." 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HOUSTON — George H.W. Bush, who shaped history as America’s 41st president and patriarch of a family that occupied the White House for a dozen years, is going to his final rest Thursday in Texas.
More than 11,000 people paid their respects to Bush as his casket lay in repose all night at a Houston church where his family worshipped. Some visitors waited for hours to pay tribute to Bush, who will be buried following a funeral at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church.
Thursday’s service began with “America the Beautiful” and a robust rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
It attracted local sports stars including Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt and was featuring eulogies from Bush’s grandson, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, the only member of the famous family still holding elected office, and James Baker, his former secretary of state and a close friend for decades. Hymns being sung were chosen and loved by the former president, said the church’s pastor, Rev. Russell J. Levenson Jr.
Performing were some of Bush’s favorite country music stars including the Oak Ridge Boys doing “Amazing Grace” and Reba McEntire offering “The Lord’s Prayer” as three days of official ceremonies in Washington gave way to more personal touches for the former president in Texas.
As a military band played, pallbearers carried the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush into Houston’s St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, where the Bush family regularly worshipped. (Dec. 5)
The nation’s capital bid him goodbye Wednesday in a Washington funeral service that offered high praise for the last of the presidents to have fought in World War II — and a hefty dose of humor about a man whose speaking delivery was once described as a cross between Mister Rogers and John Wayne.
Bush’s casket returned for the services in Houston, a ride on a special funeral train and eventual burial at his family plot on the presidential library grounds at Texas A&M University in College Station. His final resting place is alongside Barbara Bush, his wife of 73 years, and Robin Bush, the daughter they lost to leukemia at age 3.
In the service at Washington National Cathedral, three former presidents and President Donald Trump looked on as George W. Bush eulogized his father as “the brightest of a thousand points of light.”
The cathedral service was a tribute to a president, a patriarch and a faded political era that prized military service and public responsibility. It was laced with indirect comparisons to Trump but was not consumed by them, as speakers focused on Bush’s public life and character — with plenty of cracks about his goofy side, too.
“He was a man of such great humility,” said Alan Simpson, former Republican senator from Wyoming. Those who travel “the high road of humility in Washington, D.C.,” he added pointedly, “are not bothered by heavy traffic.”
Trump sat with his wife, a trio of ex-presidents and their wives, several of them sharp critics of his presidency and one of them, Hillary Clinton, his 2016 Democratic foe. Apart from courteous nods and some handshakes, there was little interaction between Trump and the others.
George W. Bush broke down briefly at the end of his eulogy while invoking the daughter his parents lost in 1953 and his mother, who died in April. He took comfort in knowing “Dad is hugging Robin and holding Mom’s hand again.”
It was a family that occupied the White House for a dozen years — the 41st president defeated after one term, the 43rd serving two. Jeb Bush stepped up to try to extend that run but fell short when Trump won the 2016 Republican primaries.
The elder Bush was “the last great-soldier statesman,” historian Jon Meacham said in his eulogy, “our shield” in dangerous times.
But he also said that Bush, campaigning in a crowd in a department store, once shook hands with a mannequin. Rather than flushing in embarrassment, he simply cracked, “Never know. Gotta ask.”
Meacham recounted how comedian Dana Carvey once said the key to doing an impersonation of Bush was “Mister Rogers trying to be John Wayne.”
None of those words would be a surprise to Bush. Meacham read his eulogy to him, said Bush spokesman Jim McGrath, and Bush responded to it with the crack: “That’s a lot about me, Jon.”
The congregation at the cathedral, filled with foreign leaders and diplomats, Americans of high office and others touched by Bush’s life, rose for the arrival of the casket, accompanied by clergy of faiths from around the world. In their row together, Trump and former Presidents Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton stood with their spouses and all placed their hands over their hearts.
Simpson regaled the congregation with stories from his years as Bush’s friend in Washington. More seriously, he recalled that when he went through a rough patch in the political game, Bush conspicuously stood by him against the advice of aides. “You would have wanted him on your side,” he said.
Simpson said Bush “loved a good joke — the richer the better. And he threw his head back and gave that great laugh, but he never, ever could remember a punchline. And I mean never.”
George W. Bush turned the humor back on the acerbic ex-senator, saying of the late president: “He placed great value on a good joke, so he chose Simpson to speak.”
Meacham praised Bush’s call to volunteerism — his “1,000 points of light” — placing it alongside Abraham Lincoln’s call to honor “the better angels of our nature” in the American rhetorical canon. Meacham called those lines “companion verses in America’s national hymn.”
Trump had mocked “1,000 points of light” last summer at a rally, saying “What the hell is that? Has anyone ever figured that one out? And it was put out by a Republican, wasn’t it?”
Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney praised Bush as a strong world leader who helped oversee the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union and helped bring about the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico, signed into law by his successor, Clinton.
With Trump, a bitter NAFTA critic, seated in the front row, Mulroney hailed the “largest and richest free trade area in the history of the world.” The three countries have agreed on a revised trade agreement pushed by Trump.
On Wednesday morning, a military band played “Hail to the Chief” as Bush’s casket was carried down the steps of the U.S. Capitol, where he had lain in state. Family members looked on as servicemen fired off a cannon salute.
His hearse was then driven in a motorcade to the cathedral ceremony, slowing in front of the White House. Bush’s route was lined with people much of the way, bundled in winter hats and taking photos.
Waiting for his arrival inside, Trump shook hands with Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, who greeted him by saying “Good morning.” Trump did not shake hands with Bill and Hillary Clinton, who looked straight ahead.
Bill Clinton and Mrs. Obama smiled and chatted as music played. Carter was seated silently next to Hillary Clinton in the cavernous cathedral. Obama cracked up laughing at someone’s quip. Vice President Mike Pence shook Carter’s hand.
Trump tweeted Wednesday that the day marked “a celebration for a great man who has led a long and distinguished life.” Trump and his wife took their seats after the others, briefly greeting the Obamas seated next to them.
Bush’s death makes Carter, also 94 but more than 100 days younger, the oldest living ex-president.
By WILL WEISSERT, NOMAAN MERCHANT and CALVIN WOODWARD – Dec 6. 2018 – 11:18 AM EDT
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Weissert reported from Austin, Texas. Woodward reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Laurie Kellman, Ashraf Khalil and Darlene Superville in Washington and Juan A. Lozano and David J. Phillip contributed to this report.
Texas Bids Bush Farewell With Sports Stars, Funeral Train HOUSTON — George H.W. Bush, who shaped history as America’s 41st president and patriarch of a family that occupied the White House for a dozen years, is going to his final rest Thursday in Texas.
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Everything you need to know about Donald Trumps inauguration
When is the inauguration?
Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States on January 20. The ceremony is scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m., with a musical prelude beforehand. Afterward, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are slated to participate in the traditional inaugural parade, which is scheduled to start at 3 p.m.
Where can I watch the inauguration?
If you’re in Washington D.C., there is both ticketed and non-ticketed viewing locations for the ceremony. Security gates will open at 6 a.m. Tickets were distributed by members of Congress and the inaugural committee. If you’re not in Washington, major broadcast and cable networks will show the ceremony, and POLITICO will stream the ceremony.
The parade route will follow Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol to the White House, and much of it will be open to the public and unticketed. It will pass right past Donald Trump’s hotel in the Old Post Office.
Who is going to be at the inauguration?
Besides Trump, his family and the Obamas, several living ex-presidents will be in attendance. Jimmy Carter was the first to say he will attend, and so will George W. Bush. Former Vice President Dick Cheney also said he will be there. Both former President Bill Clinton and 2016 presidential election nominee Hillary Clinton are also slated to attend. A George H. W. Bush spokesman said he will not be there, citing health concerns.
Prominent faith leaders like Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan and the Reverend Franklin Graham will also be there.
Donald Trump encouraged his supporters to set an “all time record” for attendance, but planners are expecting about 800,000 people, well below President Obama’s first inaugural.
Who is going to perform at inauguration?
The list thus far lacks the star power of events past. Three Doors Down and Toby Keith have also been added to the lineup, joining some of the Rockettes, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and “America’s Got Talent” runner-up Jackie Evancho, who will sing the national anthem.
For his part, Trump tweeted that he didn’t want any celebrities, writing: “the so-called ‘A’ list celebrities are all wanting tixs to the inauguration, but look what they did for Hillary, NOTHING. I want the PEOPLE!”
Tom Barrack, the chair of the inaugural committee also told reporters that there will be a “soft sensuality” for the inauguration with a “much more poetic cadence.”
What’s the order of the ceremony at inauguration?
The ceremony opens with the call to order from Sen. Roy Blunt, followed by readings and invocations and music from the Missouri State University chorale. Mike Pence will then take the Vice Presidential oath of office, administered by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs, and then Donald Trump takes the presidential oath of office, administered by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.
Trump will give his inaugural address, followed by more readings and a benediction and close with the national anthem. The complete program is here.
What should we expect for Trump’s inauguration speech?
Donald Trump tapped Stephen Miller to pen his much-anticipated speech. Miller frequently served as the warm-up act on the campaign trail for Trump. Early discussions of the speech focused on structural problems within the country and setting an agenda for Trump’s first 100 days and beyond.
What about the parade?
The inaugural committee announced the parade lineup in late December, which includes high school bands, police troops and civic groups found across the country. The statement also said that all branches of the military will be represented.
A minor controversy broke out over the parade’s announcer. Charlie Brotman, an 89-year-old who has announced every inaugural parade since President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s second term, was replaced by Trump’s inaugural committee. Brotman is instead “Announcer Chairmen Emeritus.”
What is the rest of the inauguration weekend schedule?
The inauguration festivities are not confined to just the day-of events. Trump will attend a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Ceremony on January 19 and then host a “Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration” at the Lincoln Memorial that evening, which is open to the public. After his inauguration, Trump will attend inaugural balls that evening — but only three, a sharp decline when compared to President Obama in 2009.
“The balls are kind of a confusing quagmire because the states themselves have their own celebratory events,” Barrack told ABC News. “We’ll have basically three balls. Two in the [Washington] Convention Center, one called the Commander in Chief ball, which is a traditional military ball. And then we’ll have a series of private dinners.” The new president will also attend a national prayer service at Washington National Cathedral on January 21.
There’s also plenty of unofficial events taking place. Three separate pro-Trump biker groups are organizing rallies honoring the new president, and there’s a litany of unofficial inaugural balls.
The weekend is also expected to draw a lot of anti-Trump protests. The largest is expected to be the Women’s March on Washington. Organizers of the march predicted 200,000 people will attend in a permit application. Other rallies, both pro and anti-Trump, predict anywhere from 100 to 50,000 attendees.
What will President Obama do at inauguration?
President Obama and Donald Trump will meet at the White House prior to the latter’s inauguration, according to Barrack. The pair will ride with their wives to the inauguration from the White House. After the inauguration, Obama and his family will take one final flight on Air Force One to an as-of-yet-announced destination, which is customary.
I live in D.C. and want to avoid the crowds. What’s shut down during inauguration?
Much of downtown D.C. will be closed for inauguration events. Closures in the “red zone” start at noon on January 18 and won’t reopen until the January 23. Green zone streets become restricted to D.C. residents and businesses the morning of January 19. Additional streets around Capitol Hill, the Lincoln Memorial, Union Station, the convention center and the National Cathedral will be closed at various times during the weekend for inaugural events.
Five of the Metro’s stations – Archives, Mt. Vernon Square, Federal Triangle, Smithsonian and Pentagon, will be shut down on Inauguration Day. Metro says that there will be frequent service on all lines from opening until 9 p.m.
Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States on January 20. The ceremony is scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m., with a musical prelude beforehand. Tickets were distributed by members of Congress and the inaugural committee.
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