#underworld park gary

[underworld-park-offical]

Masterlist!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Part 13

Part 14

Part 15

Part 16

Part 17

Part 18

You Dun Scrwedd Urp

Part 19

Part 20

Part 21

Part 22

Part 23

Craig's Annoucement (Interlude)

Part 24

Part 25

Part 26

Those BRIGG !

Part 27

Part 28

Part 29

Part 30

Part 31

Part 32

Part 33

Part 34

Part 35

Pip's Indication of a Denny's Extravaganza

Part 36

Part 37

Part 38

Part 39

Part 40

Part 41

Part 42

Gregory_Cutie_Pie_3rd's Intro Post

Part 43

[lolzitstheo]

heheh slay, Gregory

also

imagine

both

AND

(AU from @underworld-park-offical )

[cardest]

Russia playlist

Gorbachov! Tear down that wall.......and turn up this Russia playlist! The Cossacks are dancing to this one and the yaks are singing. Russia, Siberia, Moscow, St Petersburg and a cold war. It’s all here in this Russia playlist. Hit play: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC18F7oDKY8zH1IOplzHM05MY

We begin the journey in Siberia and make our way across Genghis Khan territory towards Omsk and beyond. We have a look at Chernobyl, Ukraine for a look around and make our way up to Moscow, We finish up this playlist in St Petersburg. Hope you enjoy it.

RUSSIA

001 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE 007 OST - Main theme 002 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train 003 The Beatles - Back in The USSR 004 Iron Maiden - Mother Russia 005 Sisters of Mercy  - Dominion / Mother Russia 006 Ramones - Cretin Hop 007 Sting - Russians 008 Russkaja - Peace, Love & Russian Roll 009 Robert Simon Thomas - Troika  (balalaika) 010 Jello Biafra, The Guantanamo School Of Medicine - We Created Putin 011 The Cult -  Siberia 012 Mastodon -  Siberian Divide 013 Yes - Siberian Khatru 014 Pesnokhorki Barnaul - Cossacks songs of Siberia 015 Diablo Swing Orchestra - Siberian Love Affairs 016 The Kills - Siberian Nights 017 The Night Flight Orchestra - Siberian Queen 018 Altai Kai - Traditional Siberian music 019 Vallenfyre -  My Black Siberia 020 Skyhooks - Jukebox In Siberia 021 MISERY INDEX - Siberian March 022 Wooly Mammoth - Mammoth Bones 023 Grumbling Fur -  Siberian Priest 024 Iron Maiden - Genghis Khan 025 Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Night enchanted 026 The Locust -  Live From The Russian Compound 027 ACCEPT - Russian Roulette 028 Cavalera Conspiracy - Genghis Khan 029 Diaframma - Siberia 030 Renaissance - Mother Russia 031 Echo & The Bunnymen - Siberia 032 Dschinghis Khan - Genghis Khan 033 Bad News -  Warriors Of Ghengis Khan 034 The Hu - The great Chinggis Khan 035 Shah - Escape 036 Ray Stevens - Surfin USSR 037 Ramones - Locket Love 038 Heirs -  Russia 039 The Dillinger Escape Plan - Hero of the Soviet Union 040 Natalia Albychakova - Takhpakh 041 Svetlanas - Go Fck You Self 042 Maloletka - Irkutsk Path 043  Kuban Cossack Choir - The hat all around 044 The Lords of the New Church - Russian Roulette 045 Paul Lay Trio - Irkutsk 046 Elvis Hitler - Rocking Over Russia 047 Russian Circles - 309 048 Thylacine - Irkutsk 049 Valeriy Voloshin and gruppa Pyatiletka - Irkutsk 050 DEVO -  Cold War 051 Güiro Meets Russia - It's Not The World, It's You 052 Powerwolf - Nightside of Siberia 053 Altai Kai - Oilo oilo altai 054 Arkona - Yarilo 055 Depeche Mode - People Are People 056 Gorky Park - Bang 057 Igor Stravinsky -  The Rite of Spring, Part 1- 3 Game of Abduction 058 Martika - Toy Soldiers 059 Transvision vamp    - revolution baby 060 The Stranglers -  No More Heroes 061 Gari Gari - Russian gypsy  music 062 Russian Sailors - Dance Yablochka 063 Manic Street Preachers - Revolt 064 Elton John - Nikita 065 Krokus - Russian winter 066 Prince - Ronnie Talk to Russia 067 Soviet SOunds - Baikal-Amur Railroad 068 Genesis - Land of Confusion 069 Duran Duran - Planet Earth 070 Today Is The Day -  The Russian Porn Ballet 071 Nytt Land - Ballad of Gjallarhorn 072 Rotting Christ - Ветры злые - (featuring Irina Zybina) 073 Metallica - Blackened 074 Anneke van Giersbergen, Árstíðir -  Russian Lullaby 075 Der Kommissar - After the Fire 076 Czas relaksu - Andrzej i Eliza 077 korobushka - Folk Russian 078 Peter Gabriel - Red Rain 079 FEAR - Bomb the Russians 080 Rush - Heresy 081 RUSSKAJA - Energia 082 Megadeth -  Peace Sells 083 King Crimson - One More Red Nightmare 084 Sodom - Nuclear Winter 085 Bruce Cockburn - If I Had A Rocket Launcher 086 Talisman - Hey you Horses! 087 Styx - Cold War 088 Grateful Dead - Throwing Stones 089 Gimines - Kai armonika tyliai užgros 090 EXHUMED - Coins Upon the Eyes 091 Mastodon -  The Czar 092 CCCP - American Soviets 093 Sapce Rockit - Supersonik Elektronik 094 Septic Flesh - The Eldest Cosmonaut 095 Quicksand -  Cosmonauts 096 Arkona - Zimushka 097 Abracadabra - Damned Dances 098 Pink Floyd - Two Suns In The Sunset 099 Prince - 1999 100 Trololo Guy - Sean Sell Duck with Fake Subtitles ( Buffalax Style ) 101 Armonika - Gromatele Parašiau 102 Diablo Swing Orchestra - Vodka Inferno 103 Accept -  Balls to the wall 104 Killing Joke - New Cold War 105 UB40 - The Earth Dies Screaming 106 RAMONES - Bonzo Goes To Bitburg (My Brain Is Hanging Upside) 107 TCHAYOK - Zavarka - Mi-minable 108 COH - Soii Noir 109 Vircator - Tunguska 110 Scorpions -  China White 111 Tears For Fears  - Everybody Wants To Rule The World 112 The Stalin - 解剖室 113 KAIRA - OХ РA 114 Alexander Robotnick - Ce n'est q'un début 115 Tunguska Electronic Music Society - Alpha Kawu 116 Arkona - Odna 117  Cist - Antisceptic 118 Sabaton -  Nuclear Attack 119 Leningrad Cowboys - Katjusha 120 PRONG - Rude Awakening 121 Imperial Age - And I Shall Find My Home 122 Так - пела метель 123 Fear Konstruktor - Nonexistence 124 Oneohtrix - Russian Mind 125 Police - Every Breath You Take 126 dEpEchE modE - Two Minute Warning 127 Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes 128 Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11 129 Metallica - Fight Fire With Fire 130 David Bowie - Heroes 131 woven hand - my Russia 132 Survivor - Burning Heart (Rocky IV OST) 133 Forest - As a Shade Above This Land 134 Tesla - Modern Day Cowboy 135 Colossus Form - Son Of Nature 136 The Flying Lizards - Russia 137 Djivan Gasparyan - A Cool Wind Is Blowing 138 Iron Driver (feat. Pasha Mrachek) - Prisoner of time 139 Pussy Riot - CHAIKA 140 Boris Alexandrov - Катюша (Katyusha) 141 DEVO - Going Under 142 Motor - Yak 143 Nuclear Assault - Nuclear War 144 Edward Artemiev - Station (Solaris OST) 145 Soviet Valves - Puritan Blues 146 Verasy - Polet 147 FAVALLI - Yuri Gagarin 148 Wolfmother - Cosmonaut 149 Yuri Gagarin  - Psychological Discontinuity 150 Witchfinder General - Soviet Invasion 151 Korrozia Metallah - Russian Vodka 152 Russkaja - Kosmopolit 153 Dio -  Gypsy 154 The The - slow train to dawn 155  Blues Pills -  Gypsy 156 Rush - Red Lenses 157 Corey Hart - Komrade Kiev 158 Master - Metal Doctor 159 Howlin Rain - Phantom In The Valley 160 ARKONA - Liki Bessmertnykh Bogov 161 Pitchblack - IHATEU 162 Ozzy Osbourne - Killer of Giants 163 Scorpions - Wind of Change 164 Yat kha - Chorumal Bodum 165 Nadezhda Babkina, Russkaja Pesnja 166 Ramones - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow 167 Russian radio - red flag 168 Manicure - Atomic Summer 169 The Dillinger Escape Plan -  The Threat Posed By Nuclear Weapons 170 Love Among Freaks - Berserker 171 ARIA - HERO OF ASPHALT 172 Temnozor - Fatherland 173 Walknut - Motherland Ostenvegr 174 Weird Al Yankovic - Now That's What I Call Polka! 175 Underworld - Underneath the Radar 176 Skyclad - Polkageist 177 Helloween - Russian Roulé 178 John Coltrane - Russian Lullaby 179 Julian Cope - russian revolution blues 180 Rodrigo y Gabriela - The Russian Messenger 181 Kate Bush - Babooshka 182 ВИА - Чаривни гитары 183 Mastodon - The Last Baron 184 Hovert – Omyt 185 Minsk -  Consumed by Horizons 186 Kypck - Stalingrad 187 Def Leppard -  Gods of war 188 Black Country Communion  - Big Train 189 Sabaton -  Stalingrad 190  Doomsquad - Russian Gaze 191 Soviet Soviet - Human Nature 192 Murray head    - one night in bangkok 193 The Korgis - Young n Russian 194 Chelsea Light Moving - Communist Eyes 195 Helix - Champagne Communist 196 UDO - Train Ride In Russia 197 Mr Weebl - Russian Dancing Men 198 Jamie Jones   - Siberian Express 199 They Might Be Giants - Sold My Mind to the Kremlin 200 Ed Khuild - lolololololololol 201 Sepultura - Itsari 202 Vy Pole - Enormous 203 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow 204 Gogol Bordello -  Gypsy Auto Pilot 205 Buffalex - Horse Eat My Nipple 206 Municipal Waste - Wolves of Chernobyl 207 Drudkh -  Cursed Sons II 208 Chernobyl - A song for the fallen 209 Russkaja - Hometown Polka 210 Toxic Holocaust -  Out of the Fire 211  Hail Caesar! Soundtrack - 19 Soviet Man 212 The Blow Monkeys  - The Man From Russia 213 The Devil's Blood - The Anti-Kosmik Magick 214 Orchid - Cosmonaut of Three 215 Vergeltung - Cold War 216 KYPCK - Alleya Stalina 217 Cabaret Voltaire -  Calling Moscow 218 Red Army Choir - Polyushka Polye 219 Iron Curtain - Ready To Strike 220 Porcupine Tree - Russia on Ice 221 Sigue Sigue Sputnik - 21st Century Boy 222 Al Stewart - Roads to Moscow 223 The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil 224 Soviet Soviet - ecastacy 225 KREMLIN - Will You Feed Me 226 AC/DC - Heatseeker 227 ANJ - Gorbachev 228 Katyusha (Катюша) - Aleksandr Marshal & Valeria Kurnushkina 229 ARKONA - Stenka Na Stenku 230 Black Obelisk -  The wall 231 Skyclad - Catherine at the Wheel 232 Pussy Riot - Kropotkin-vodka (Kill the sexist!) 233 Brian Eno -- Stedelijk 234 Zola Jesus - Siphon 235 Insect Inside - The First Shining of New Genus 236 MR. ZIVAGO - Little Russian 237 The Real McKenzies - Midnight Train to Moscow 238 Red Army OST - KGB 239 The Toasters - Night Train to Moscow 240 Thy Catafalque - Urania 241 The Apogee - Hieronymus Bosch 242 Sabaton - Panzerkampf 244 RUSSKAJA - Barada   245 Oneohtrix Point Never - KGB Nights 246 Faith No More -  A Small Victory 247 Mike and the mechanics - A Call To Arms 248 Michael Jackson - Stranger In Moscow 249 Blondie - Contact In Red Square 250 Rammstein - Moskau 251 Pseudogod - deathwomb 252 KGB - Subway Sleepwalker 253 Igor Butman Big Band - Moscow at 3am 254 Genghis Khan - Moscow 255 Demon - Blue Skies In Red Square 256 Type O Negative - The Profit of Doom 257 COH - Red Square 258 Cougars - Red Square 259 Ray Conniff - Moscow Nights 260 INDIANS IN MOSCOW - Indians in Moscow 261 Radio Moscow - 250 Miles 262 Kingdom Come - Crown of Moscow 263 Powerwolf - Moscow after dark 264 U.D.O. - Decadent 265 System Of A Down - Störagéd 266 Closure In Moscow - Pink Lemonade 267 VIBRATORS - DISCO IN MOSCO 268 IRA PETROWA - MOSKAUER NÄCHTE 269 Visage - Moon Over Moscow 270 Farmers Market - Red Square Dance 271 Wonderland -  Moscow 272 Courtney Pine - Red Square Gagarinesk 273 Stray Cats - Storm The Embassy 274 German Shepherds - Communist Control 275 Moloko - Radio Moscow 276 March of the defenders - Moscow 277 Takako Nishizaki - Podmoskovnye vechera( Moscow Nights) 278 Simple Minds - Moscow Underground 279 The Spotnicks - Moscow 280 The Russian Jazz Quartet - Journey from Moscow 281 Bob Crewe Generation - Miniskirts In Moscow 282 MODERN TROUBLE - FLY TO MOSCOW 283 Gorky Park - Moscow Calling 284 BB Gabor - Moscow Drug Club 285 Doe Maar - De bom 286 Manicured noise - Moscow 287 Russkaja - Ras Dwa Tri 288 PLANET P PROJECT - Armageddon 289 Clan of Xymox - Muscoviet Musquito 290 Gogol Bordello -  60 REVOLUTIONS 291 Uriah Heep   - Gypsy 292 Living Colour - Cult Of Personality 293 The Hollies - Russian Roulette 294 Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen - Red Square 295 Frank Chacksfield - Under Moscow Skies 296 Thomas Dolby - Eastern Bloc 297 The Redskins - Kick Over The Statues 298 The Alchemist - Moscow Mornings - Sunrise 299 N.O.T.A. - Moscow 300 Svetlanas - Where Is My Borscht? 301 Against Me! - Russian Spies 302 James Horner - Gorkij park (Gorky Park 1983) OST 303 Hetalia Russia - Moscú 304 Roberto Jacketti & The Scooters - Moscow Nights 305 Ram J Holder - The Blues in Moscow 306 Ivan Rebroff sings Russian folk songs - Moscow nights 307 Jethro Tull - Crest Of A Knave Said She Was a Dancer 308 Men At Work - Its a Mistake 309 Skeewiff - Moscow Mule 310 The Clash - Ivan Meets G.I. Joe 311 Captain Sensible - Glad its all over 312 Ulfdallir - Steel Armor 313 Arkona - Oi Ti ne Vecher (Oh Not That Evening) 314 Lena Katina - No Voy A Olvidarte 315 JOHNNY M5 - Moscow Nights 316   Eddy Huntington - U.S.S.R. 317 Selsius - Moscow 318 WINTERUS - MOSCOW 319 Mr. Zivago - Love in Moscow 320 Brutto - Moscow Calling 321 Udo Lindenberg - Moskau 322 Aliza Kashi - Moscow Nights 323 Angelic Upstarts - Last Tango In Moscow 324 ASIA - Russian Dolls 325 Blaze Bayley & Thomas Zwijsen - Russian Holiday 326 Kate Bush - Breathing 327 Roger Waters and David Bowie - When the wind blows 328 Roky Erickson & The Aliens - Sputnik 329 Moscow - Orange Juice 330 Ivan Rebroff - Cossack Patrol 331 Alexandr Gradsky - Как молоды мы были 332 James Horner - Gorky Park - Following KGB 333 B.T.R - Moscow City 334 Gogol Bordello -  Hats Off To Kolpakoff 335 CCCP - Sputnik [Cosmos] 336 Russkaja - Go Sputnik 337 Red Spektor - Cosmonaut 338 Bald Red Lady - Cosmonaut 339 Ulver - Russian Doll 340 Hawkwind - Sputnik Stan 341 Bad Acid Trip - Putin Fears Pussy 342 Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime 343 Dark Tranquillity -  Arkhangelsk 344 TOTAL REJECTS (This Night) I'm Going To Be Destroyed 345 Manic Street Preachers - The Next Jet to Leave Moscow 346 Billy Joel - Leningrad 347 Victor Smolski    - The Heretic 348 Boney M - Rasputin 349 Type O Negative - Tripping A Blind Man 350 Leningrad Cowboys - Leningrad 351 Accept - Stalingrad 352 Russian Folk Music - Russian Winter 353 Cavalera Conspiracy -  Rasputin 354 Kontrust - Rasputin 355 Bersarin Quartett - St. Petersburg 356 Folkearth - From Volga to Bosphorus 357 Anastasia - Rumor in St. Petersburg 358 Retox - Soviet Reunion 359 Fireside - Let Rasputin Do It 360 Mastodon - Oblivion 361 St.Petersburg Ska Jazz Review - Volga River Boat Man 362 THERION - The Khlysti Evangelist 363 The Mountain Goats - Evening in Stalingrad 364 Rage - Soul Survivor 365 Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine 366 ARKONA - Slavsia Rus 367 Russian Folk Music - Kalinka (balalaika) 368 Catch 22 - The Decembrists Song 369 Joanna Stingray - City of Lenin 370 Aria - Attila 371 KAUAN  - Khurum 372 Balalaika Ensemble Wolga - Cossacks Dance 373 The Liminanas - Russian Roulette 374 Vasiliy Shumov - Porridge 375 U.D.O. - I GIVE AS GOOD AS I GET 666 Russkaja - Change

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC18F7oDKY8zH1IOplzHM05MY

[leoswritingcorner]

an oracle in olympus pt. 3

i’m sorry for how long this took, but i’m back at it again! shout out to @headcanonsfromanelfblossom for being my beta and all of you for inspiring me! <3 part 3 of ?

Olympus, the home of the gods. Mighty and grand, and in all its splendor!

...basically looked like something out of a vintage Aspen postcard. There was no plumes of clouds swirling over golden roads. Chariots and pegasus weren’t racing across the skyline. There wasn’t even a single Corinthian pillar in sight. 

Lucky shoves her hands into the pockets of the 90’s print neon windbreaker Lucy lent to wear over her party dress from the night before. The wind is chilly, even for late Summer. She looks around, taking in the sight of the mountain ranges in the distance, and the closer rolling hills lined with pine trees. In the center of it all, a simple looking town laid there.

So far off from what she would draw of Olympus as a kid.

“Luce, just take Avernus Lake Boulevard, it’s the easiest way.” Jamie says, fishing her phone out of a glittery clutch bag.

Lucy shakes her head. “Alkyonian Lake Drive is what I used before, so I’ll use it again.” she argues. She swings the door of her Volkswagen open and looks to Lucky. “Ready?” She calls out. “We gotta hurry, traffic is a killer around the breakfast rush.”

Lucky looks away from the town with a pout. “Olympus is just like Aspen?” She asks a bit disheartened. “That’s another thing, why aren’t y’all in Greece?” She questions, climbing into the car.

In the front seat, Jamie buckles herself in. “We go back, like, now and then. But ever since mortals lost sight and belief in us,”she trails off and shrugs. “We just roam around, but Ran- er, Zeus took a real liking to Colorado so, we’ve been here for, like, the last hundred centuries.” She explains easily. 

“Oh.” Lucky says nodding. “Looks like y’all like keepin’ it modern, too?”

Lucy starts up the car, pulling out of the driveway. “Well yeah. You’d expect us to just be in the Bronze Age forever?” She asks back. “We like a bit of modernism, too.”

A sheepish look crosses Lucky’s face. “I guess that makes sense.” She says quietly. Lucy chuckles, catching Lucky’s eyes in the rearview mirror.

“But sometimes Zeus feels nostalgic and we’ll have a day or two when this place looks a bit more how it used to.” She adds. 

It would have been a quiet ride into town if it hadn’t been for a Gary Newman song blaring on the speakers.

Lucy taps her fingers in beat to the song on the steering wheel. Jamie’s own fingers tap rapidly the screen of her phone. Lucky leans up slightly, catching a glance of the name of who she was texting ‘A❤️💖 💝💘💗💞💕💓😍’ 

Smiling slightly Lucky slumps back down. ‘A’, she had a slight idea who that might have been. Absently, her hand lifts up and her fingers brush the lines of the splotchy birthmark on her chest. 

What if she really was some reincarnated oracle from Ancient Greece?

‘No.’ Lucky pushes away the thought. ‘No, I am not Tyche. I’m Lucky.’

For the briefest and scariest second, a sense of uncertainty fills her. 

‘Aren’t I?’

“So.” Lucky speaks up to stop her thinking from going any further. “Y-Y’all have mentioned some guy named Clyde. Who is he?”

The song comes to an end and finally silence fills the car. 

Lucy draws out a long “Uuuhhh…”

Jamie pats her friend’s shoulder a few times as if to reset her. “He was, like, a good friend of Tyche.” 

“He was a really good friend of hers.” Lucy adds, her voice dipping a little at ‘really’.

Before Lucky could respond, Jamie claps her hands. “Oh, let’s stop at Tweek’s!” She suggests. “We need to, like, make change and I could go for, like, some pastries.”

Lucy nods, flipping on the turn signal. “Good idea.” She agrees. They pull into a small plaza that sits nestled in the shadow of a mountain. Lucky leans forward, peering from between Lucy and Jamie. She hadn’t even noticed they passed by the town and were nearing a mountain range, a more shadowy looking one of all of them. Lucky starts to feel a heaviness grow in the pit of her stomach as they cruise by various shops in the rundown plaza.

‘Grief Counseling by Penthos’ read one sign. Next to it, another sign read ‘Geras’ Old Age Vintage Shop’. Lucy pulls up to the end of the shops, passing into a drive through. ‘Tweek Bros Coffee’ was painted across the window, the word ‘Curae’s’ had clearly been scraped off.

Rolling down the window, Lucy leans out as a static voice yelps from the drive thru. 

“Gah! H-How can I help you?”

Lucy lifts her sunglasses. “Hey, Tweek. Give me and Jams our usual, please.” She orders. Turning to Lucky, she asks. “Want anything?”

“Uh.” Lucky blinks. “N-No. I think I’m okay. Don’t have much of an appetite right now.” 

Lucy shrugs, calling back out. “And that’ll be it.”

“Y-Your total is f-five dollars. Aw, jeez!” The voice exclaims. Lucy zooms around the corner and plucks the ten dollar bill Jamie hands to her. At the window, a young man with wild blonde hair stands twitching and trembling. 

“How’s it going, Tweek?” Lucy asks politely, taking the cups of beverage and bag. Tweek shakes, looking over his shoulder.

“Awful!” He cries. His head twitches and his eyes shut tight. “Pete!” He points to one of the shops in the plaza. “He’s going to kill me and take my shop, I just know it!” The girl follow his finger to look to the store front simply marked ‘Phobos’ where a sullen young man with dark hair stood, staring right at them. 

Unblinking. Unmoving. 

All three grimace and look away.

“I’ll try and talk to him.” Lucy offers. “We’re gonna see Cherry, Tweekie. Can I get coins as my change?”

“Rrgh.” Tweek replies, taking the money. He fumbles with the register before dropping three silver coins into Lucy’s hands. “Here!”

“Thanks, Tweek.” Lucy says sweetly. She gives a wiggly-fingered wave and drives off. Lucky finally finds her voice.

“That...that was Curae? Anxiety?” She asks, her voice pitching slightly. Lucy sips at her drink.

“Mmhm. Not a lot of mortals know that.” Lucy nods, making a check shape in the air with her finger. “Another point for the reincarnated Oracle!”

Lucky scoffs. “I have a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Classical Studies, majoring in Greek Mythology. I’m also working on earning my PhD in the field as well. And!” She lifts her pointer finger. “I was just hired as a docent at the Denver Art Museum heading the Greek Mythos exhibit so…” She makes an exaggerated air check mark. “Point for Lucky Siddalee Day, girl who worked her ass off in college!”

Lucy and Jamie peer at each other. 

‘Nerd’ Lucy mouths.

Lucky folds her arms over her chest, looking out the window as the mountain comes closer as the Volkswagen drives on. “But, um, those names back in that plaza.” She says hesitantly, pointing over her shoulder  “Those...guys are the ones you’d kinda meet before…” Lucky trails off, unsure if she wants to even think of finishing the sentence she was about to speak.

The looming shadow of the mountain covers the car. Lucky looks out the window and feels her heart leap into her throat.

An immaculate sign made of white stone greets them. It’s black letters carved meticulously, into it, reading; 

Welcome to Underworld Co.

A cool chill seems to settle over the Volkswagen as they drove further down into the cavern of the mountain. Any traces of the sun vanishes completely, and only the light of torches lit with flames guide them along. Rows and rows of cars occupy the parking spaces; cars ranging from decade to decade. Lucky swears she sees a Rolls-Royce 10 hp as they drive by.

Lucy turns the steering wheel left, then right, then left again. “Dick!” She exclaims when a wall comes up. Lucky blinks and rubs her eyes. Was that wall there before? Lucy shares a few choice swear words in modern English and ancient Greek as she throws the car into reverse. 

Again, she turns left, then right...right one more time. Jamie shakes her head as another wall seems to magically appear. Lucky looks around. “What is all this?” She asks, ignoring Lucy’s agitated grumbling.

Jamie looks over her shoulder to her. “Parking garage. If Lucy, like, took, Avernus Lake Boulevard like I told her, we would’ve had valet parking.”

“Jamie.” Lucy rolls her eyes. “The last time I used valet, the harpies practically tore my car to shreds. And- aha!” Lucy veers the car to a sharp left into an empty spot. “See? Barely took us even twenty minutes.”

The three climb out of the Volkswagen and Lucky looks around the parking garage. It was a maze. Literally. The ramps shifted and turned, while walls appeared and vanished. A car zooms by them and screeches as the road turns and sends it crashing into a dead end. Lucy winces. “Hope they got insurance.” She comments lightly. The three avoid more cars speeding by and make their way to an elevator. 

A wispy ghostly figure of a man is there to welcome them as the elevator doors slide open. Lucky yelps, covering her mouth. He turns his head and Lucky winces when she sees the gruesome way he met his end, with a long slash stretches across his throat. Lucky is sure her chest is pulsing visibly with each pound of her heart. Jamie easily catches her from tumbling off the curb.

“Going down?” The ghost asks politely. Lucy nods, as they step in. She passes a silver coin to the ghost who smiles. “Ah, going way down. Elevator Styx to Main Lobby!” It calls out, cranking a lever. The doors seal shut behind them, and Jamie grips onto the railings, bracing herself. Lucy does the same and looks to Lucky.

“Better hold on tight.” She warns.

Lucky isn’t sure what is more terrifying, the elevator plunging downward or the sound of the muzak cover of Lady by Styx blaring over the speakers. Either way, her screams echo the entire way down.

*

Lucky can barely appreciate the Corinthian columns she thought she would have seen earlier. She clings tightly to Lucy’s arm as they walk down the hallways of white marble walls accented with ebony and gold designs.

It was all so elegant, and yet, so cold.

“Oh, poor Lucky.” Jamie says, gently trying to push down the curls of Lucky’s hair that stuck up on end from the elevator ride. “It’s, like, taken me over, like, a thousand years to get used to that drop. Are you going to be alright?” She asks

Lucky nods. “J-Just waitin’ for my soul to catch up with my body.” She replies weakly. 

A high pitched nasally voice speaks up as they step into the main lobby. “Welcome to the Underworld Co, what d’ya want?” 

Lucky jumps, and looks up to catch sight of a harsh looking woman sitting at the front desk. Her hair seemed to slither, but not with snakes. Her skin was a pale grey and her hallowed eyes stare the three visitors down, as if they interrupted something very important.

“I said.” Comes her nasally voice again. “What. Do. You. Want.” She bites out, pointing her nail file at them with each word. “All My Demigods is on and you’re wasting my time!”

“Hey, Erinyes, um, One?” Lucy greets. The woman’s eyes seem to darken more. “Two.” Lucy corrects herself quickly. The woman relaxes a bit and goes back to filing her claws. “We need to see Cherry.”

Erinyes Two snorts. “Yeah? You and half of Olympus and the Mortal World. You’ll need tah schedule a meeting with the boss like everyone else.” 

Lucy frowns slightly. “Listen, can you just tell her that Dionysus and Aphrodite are here to see her?”

At that Erinyes Two gasps over dramatically and puts a hand to her chest. “Oh, we have name-dropping gawds here! I’ll get right on that!” She nods. Lucy narrows her eyes as Erinyes Two smirks. “Sit down, wino-head. I’ll see if the boss can squeeze you in.”

Lucy takes one, two, and three breaths as Jamie guides her away from the front desk and to the waiting area. The chairs- actually, chaises were comfortable at least. Lucky sits down between Lucy and Jamie. Lucy sat nearly seething.

“I can’t stand dealing with Erinyes. Any of them.” She says, snatching up a magazine titled “Better Hearth and Home”. Across the room a wide screen flat TV showed the scene of a gorgon woman, slapping a Minotaur across the face.

Erinyes Two cackles. “He had that comin’” She says mainly to herself.

Lucky sits back. Lucy wasn’t kidding when she said that Olympus was keeping up with modern times, maybe even a bit more advanced. A wisp of another ghost floats down the hallway, a woman who appeared to be from another time and age, followed moments later by a man who looked like he stepped out of a 1950’s movie set. At the desk Erinyes Two sighs dreamily as he passes.

Lucky’s jaw drops slightly and she turns to Jamie. “Was that…?” She whispers in astonishment. 

Jamie glances up from her phone and nods. “Yeah, that’s him.” She replies, there’s almost a hint of a sigh in her voice as well. “Who knew a ghost of a mortal would be such a star here in Olympus too?”

Another hour passes and Lucky begins to feel restless. There’s only so much daytime television that one can watch, in the Mortal world and Olympus. She feels like she’s read through all the magazines on the table; Demeter’s Fine Gardening, Chronos, Olympus Weekly. But Lucy and Jamie seem barely fazed by the dragging of time. That must’ve been one of the perks of being a goddess.

A loud banging of a door opening wide shakes the room. Erinyes Two jumps and stands at attention. “Good Afternoon, sir.” She greets politely. Any and all traces of the rudeness that she had greeted them with early disappeared entirely.  

Lucky leans forward to see a man coming in. As wide as he was tall. He wore a black suit, designed with tiny floral prints of blood red roses, and twisting green stems. If one looked quick enough, hints of skulls could be caught between the prints of flowers. Was...was this Hades?

“Ooooh Koooore.” Lucy sing-songs teasingly, standing up.

At that, the man blisters and whips his head around towards them. There’s an angry color on his cheeks as his eyes narrow.

Oh. Oh no. Oh no freaking way.

Lucky giggles in disbelief, and covers her mouth to hide the sound. It’s too late, Persephone heard her. 

“Who the hell are you?” He demands, storming over. Lucky stumbles, dropping her purse as she goes to stand up. Persephone is before her, practically towering above Lucky. There’s a light scent of flowers followed quickly by almost metallic smell. Lucky holds her breath and peers up at him.

Persephone pauses, his eyes widening slightly before his steely glare returns. “I said who the hell are you? Speak up, mortal!” He snaps- literally snapping his fingers with each word.

“Oh come off it, Kore.” Lucy cuts in, gently tugging Lucky away from his imposing figure. “Where’s Cherry?”

Persephone grunts in frustration. “Stop callin’ me that, you dumb drunk. Did you come here just to bother me?”

“Dear.” Comes a new voice. Soft and light. It’s spoken in a tone almost above a whisper, but it carries so well across the marble walls. At the voice, Persephone’s anger melts away, replaced with a charming smile and light in his eyes.

“Darling.” He calls back. “Your friends came to visit, seems they brought us another stray.” He shoots them a secret look, just before a woman comes around the corner. 

Lucky stares in awe of the god of the underworld. Hades.

The very picture of elegance in a black dress of lace and satin, designed to match her lover’s; twisting patterns of vines and skulls. The red curls of her hair twisted carefully into a pilat crown.

Her gaze is slow, careful, and observant as she looks over Lucky. In that moment, Lucky isn’t sure if she should bow or curtsy. Or faint. That’s what she really felt like doing. 

“Cherry.” Lucy greets, smiling. She’s standing by Lucky now, hanging an arm over her shoulders. “This is our new friend. We need your help.”

Persephone makes an agitated grunt. “You know we don’t spare mortal souls.”

“Eric.” Cherry says. So that was his name. Lucky thinks it suits him a bit more than Persephone. However, Persephone did have it’s darker meaning. Cherry gives her husband a gentle smile. “You are right. We do not spare souls so easily, however, she is not dead.” Her eyes look to Lucky again.

Lucky smiles weakly. “Well, guess ya wouldn’t be the ruler of the underworld if ya didn’t know that.” She jokes, hoping to ease the growing tension. Eric seems to bristle again.

Cherry doesn’t laugh, but her smile doesn’t falter either. “What is your name?” She asks.

“It’s…” Lucky begins. Her tongue nearly betrays her when she feels the letter T forming on her lips. “Lucky.” She says quickly. “It’s Lucky. That’s my name.” 

At that, Cherry lifts her eyes to Lucy and Jamie. Lucky doesn’t see the way the two goddesses nod. 

Jamie speaks up. “Cherry, do you think, like there may be a chance, like, she could be…”

Cherry turns her stunned gaze back to Lucky. “Tyche.” She says in a whisper.

Eric’s eyes grow wide. His body seems to freeze on the spot. He barely hears the way Cherry asks the three visitors to follow her to the Archive Room. He watches the short brunette follow after them. It could not be her. He regains feeling in his body and finally his brain begins to think again, saying the first thought that came to him.

“Oh, shit.”

*

The Archive Room is not unlike any other office space. Save for the floor to ceiling filing cabinets, long ladders and winged monsters soaring back and forth.

Lucky sits across from Cherry, watching as the goddess takes a box from one of the monsters, nodding her thanks. “I apologize for the mess.” Cherry says. “We are beginning to go...digital.” She finishes with a sigh.

Eric is not too far, drinking a large cup of mead. “It’s going to really help us be more organized and keep track of all these souls and more.” He points out. “It was my idea.” He adds grinning.

Lucy snorts. “Humble as always.”

Eric shows her a view of one of his fingers in a quick motion.

“These are the T files. Tyche’s name should be here.” Cherry’s fingers barely seem like they even graze the tips of the file tops. Lucky glances to Jamie and Lucy nervously. They smile back to her, and Jamie takes her hand, giving it a small squeeze.

“Don’t worry.” Jamie assures her.

Lucky watches as Cherry wordlessly scans the file from top to bottom. Her eyes moving in a swift but steady motion. Eric downs his mead and swallows loudly, watching the scene closely.

Cherry inhales sharply, her movements coming to a halt. “I do not...understand.” Cherry says. “Tyche is not listed here.”

“What?” Lucy, Lucky and Jamie all blurt out at once.

Eric is quick, he comes to Cherry’s side and takes the file box in his arms. “We’re in the process of going digital remember?” He points out. “Maybe her file was just taken out of order.”

Lucy doesn’t seem to accept the answer. “She has a mark. The one mortals carry if their souls return.”

Cherry opens her mouth, but Eric is the one to reply. “That rarely ever happens. Even then it takes a mortal nearly thousands of centuries of penance.” He explains quickly. “Your friend is...just some coincidence.” 

“Yeah, I think we came here to talk with Cherry.” Lucy growls. “You know, the actual ruler here?”

Eric’s face goes red. “What makes you so sure about her anyway?!” 

Lucky shoves away from the table, and stands. All eyes turn to her as she snatches the windbreaker up, “If no one has answers. I want to go home. Oracle or not.” She says. With a swift turn, she storms out of the room.

Jamie and Lucy begin to follow before Cherry lifts her hand to stop them. Wordlessly, she follows after Lucky.

*

Lucky leans against the wall, her head tilted back. Her eyes trace the patterns of gold traced through the marble. She counts to ten and closes her eyes. Still a strong unease racks her body. 

What and why the hell was this happening to her? 

This week began so, well, normally. Now all of a sudden…

“Dear, will you be alright?”

Lucky gasps and opens her eyes. Cherry is standing beside her. There’s a concerned look on her face. “I am sorry about everything that happened back there.” She continues. “I can only imagine how overwhelmed you may be feeling.”

Lucky grunts. “I am beyond overwhelmed.” She mumbles, crossing her arms. “Nothin’ is makin’ sense anymore. In the span of nearly 24 hours, I feel like I’ve been thrown into a bad dream I can’t wake up from. Suddenly, I can’t stop...doubting who I am.”

Cherry listens carefully. “You are having doubts. Do you feel less like yourself?”

“Ever since I heard Tyche.” Lucky sighs. “Tyche...Tyche. Lucky…” She pushes a hand to her head. “I can’t be some ancient oracle. It’s just ain’t possible.”

“Yet, you are here. The Underworld, Olympus…” Cherry says, motioning around. “Lucy says you are clear of drunkenness.”

Lucky laughs dryly. “My stars how I wish I was.” She rubs her arms and looks around the hallway before looking back to Cherry. “Do ya think I’m...I could be her?”

“It is possible. Yet, I would not understand how. Eric may be...severe. But he is correct. The way souls can return is quite rare.” Cherry explains. “However, something does present itself as odd.” 

Right, the whole issue of Tyche’s name being missing. Maybe her file was replaced or lost in the transition. Lucky hums and closes her eyes.

“There is a way.” Cherry speaks up. “If you truly wish to find out if you are Tyche or not.”

Lucky looks to her again. “How?” She asks. 

“Drink from the River Mnemosyne.” Cherry replies. 

Lucky breathes in. Of course the River Mnemosyne could help. If she was Tyche, her memories would come back. She’d…

She’d no longer be Lucky.

“No.” Lucky says quickly. “No, no. I can’t” She shakes her head. 

Cherry nods in understanding. “I respect that. Yet, you should know...word spreads fast in Olympus. Oracle or not. Your presence here is known.”

Lucky pales as Cherry finishes her warning. She seems every bit of the goddess of the underworld as her eyes seem to darken and her voice sends trembles through Lucky’s very bones “Some gods and goddesses will be eager to know the truth, my dear. Take care.”

*

Lucky breathes in the scent of her apartment. Cinnamon and worn books.

It’s so comforting. 

Jamie thinks so as she lounges across the couch. “I’ve never stayed a whole night in the mortal realm in, like, years!” She says happily. “Or been to a sleepover!”

Lucky rolls her eyes and presses the popcorn button on the microwave. “Let’s not make it a habit.” She says. Lucy opens the fridge and takes out a bottle of root beer. 

“I can make this wine, you know.” She offers. Lucky goes green slightly at the memory of the night before. Lucy shakes her head. “I guess not. Hey…”

“Hm?” Lucky prompts, fishing in a cabinet for a bowl. 

“I’m sorry.” Lucy apologizes. “I got a bit extra with Eric and the news. Also, kidnapping you to Olympus.” She adds sheepishly. Lucky turns to Lucy and smiles slightly.

“Thank you.” She says, coming up to Lucy. “Promise you’ll ask me next time? And...keep helping me find out the truth? Slowly.”

Lucy grins tugging Lucky into a tight hug. “Promise.” She says. Lucky laughs, pulling away as the popcorn finished. They all pile onto the couch with Jamie and start the movie. Back to the Future.

After a while. Lucy lifts her hand. A long slender blunt is balanced between her fingers. “So...we’re against getting drunk. But, what about high?”

Jamie and Lucky share a look. 

“Oh, what the hell.” Lucky sighs with a shrug. “I may or may not be some reincarnated oracle.”

Lucy lights it up, smiling. “That’s the spirit.”

*

Lucky sits on the floor and at the TV, the credits rolling. Behind her on the couch, Lucy and Jamie lay deep in their sleep. Their high being slept away slowly. They miss the way Lucky’s green eyes cast a slight glow in the darkness.

“Alas.” Lucky speaks up, her voice distant, reaching across time. “How mistrust will lead to misfortune. A great shadow hovers over Olympus. Ruin and dust shall be the gods kingdom.” 

The TV goes dark and Lucky slumps over.

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aurorastereo: pick up the phone - saved ringtones 2006-21

Pár hónapja éppen csengőhangot cseréltem a telóban, és elkezdtem nyomkodni a betöltött csengőhangokat, amiket a menü egyből indít, ha rányomok. A vége az lett, azon vettem észre magam, tíz perce a csengőhangokból dj-zek magamnak. Innen jött az ötlet, végül is mind el van mentve egy mappában, igen szép gyűjtemény, kb 100-120 darab, mind értékes lenyomata zenei koroknak, irányzatoknak, mondjuk rohadtul eklektikus, de mi lenne, ha megpróbálnám összegyúrni egy mixtúrává.

Így lett ez a mix, ami nem mix, inkább mix and cut csengőhangokból.

Bevallom, sose szerettem a telefonomat. Nem kell szihomókusnak lenni, hogy az introvertált jellem bélyegeként értelmezze valaki ezt a kijelentést, de ez lényegtelen. Ami tény, azok közé tartozom, akik idősödve egy nehezebben veszik rá magukat, hogy telefonáljanak, csak azért, hogy beszélgessenek sőt ügyet intézzenek. Még talán az is kijelenthető, hogy gyakrabban hívnak, és hívok vissza valakit az illem és közteherviselés gesztusaként, és ritkábban csörgetek. Valahogy a telefonhívás nekem mindig olyan volt, mint valami, ami éppen becsapódik a zajló jelenbe.

Talán ebből fakad, hogy az elejétől fogva kiemelt jelentősége volt a csengőhangoknak. A zenéhez való szeretetteljes kapcsolódás mindig is létfontosságú volt számomra, és az is hamar kiderült, bár nem tudatosult, hogy a csengőhang tompítja, eltereli a telefonhívás fent említett hatását, sőt hangulatba hoz. Szóval az évek során bőszen cserélgettem a csengőhangjaimat, volt, amelyik bevált és sokáig használtam, és volt, amelyik katasztrofális mellélövés lett, és pár nap után lecseréltem. Vannak itt technikai feltételek is, hiszen egy telefon hangszórója a hangkép komoly részét elnyeli, még akkor is, hogyha a készülékek evolúciója ezen sokat segített. A jó csengőhang szignálszerű, lehetőleg az elejétől hallható, na és a társadalmi aspektusa.Van az a közeg – mondjuk egy bankban sorbaállás esetén – ahol nagyon nem mindegy, mi és hogyan szólal meg. A túl jó csengőhang pedig az, amelyiknél nincs kedved felvenni a telefont, mert még szeretnéd megvárni, hogy ott 35 mp-nél bejön az a rész... Mivel szeretem az abszurdot, volt pár nagyon bevállalós csengőhangom, pl sms-ként sokáig használtam a South Parkos „ifjú márklár, ez bölcs és igazságos márklár volt” szignált. Párszor néztek rám hülyén. Még egy érdekes aspektus, hogy létezik egy hasznos funkció a személyekhez rendelhető csengőhang. Az, hogy tudhatom 3-4 méterről, hogy ki hív, nagyon hasznos tud lenni. Az is érdekes asszociációs játék, hogy kihez milyen zenét párosít az ember. Szóval ebben a mixben sok olyan csengőhangom van, ami évekig a húgomhoz, barátaimhoz, munkatársaimhoz volt (van) kapcsolva. A szignálokból elkészült anyag elég tömör, 51 perc, 72 track, nagyon sokféle és viszonylag töredezett. 01. 00:00 KFT - Laár András lebeszéli a honoluluiakat (2007, Youtube) 02. 00:00 Juantrip - Shadows (1999, F-Communications) 03. 00:59 International Peoples Gang - Waiting Room (2006, em:t) 04. 02:07 Orbital - Know Where To Run (1999, FFRR) 05. 02:30 Space ‎- Magic Fly (1977, Vogue) 06. 03:41 Front 242 – Art Strategy (1992, New Dance, New Dance, New Dance) 07. 04:13 Haujobb - Sinus Problem (2001, Metropolis) 08. 04:38 Pete Namlook & HIA - Inner Sense (1999, Fax +49-69/450464) 09. 04:52 Coil - First Dark Ride (1997, Threshold House) 10. 05:12 The Chemical Brothers - Piku (1997, Astralwerks) 11. 05:55 Meat Beat Manifesto - No Words Necessary (2002, Run) 12. 06:33 Beck - Cellphone's Dead (2006, Interscope) 13. 06:51 Art of Noise – Paranoimia (1986, Chrysalis) 14. 07:31 The Future Sound of London - We Have Explosive, Pt. 3 (1997, Astralwerks) 15. 08:54 Meat Beat Manifesto - Simulacra (1996, Nothing) 16. 09:04 Orbital – What Happens Next (2004, Orbital Music) 17. 10:09 Underworld - Mmm Skyscraper I Love You (1994, Junior Boy's Own) 18. 10:59 Marklar monológ (1999, Kákabélű az űrben, South Park) 19. 11:12 Aes Dana – Onset Data (2002, Ultimae) 20. 11:29 Tori Amos - Precious Things (1991, Eastwest) 21. 12:01 Pete Namlook – Travelling Without Moving – Trip 6 (1994, Ambient World) 22. 12:40 Coil – Another Brown World (1995, Ars Nova) 23. 13:49 Leftfield - Rino's Prayer (1999, Hard Hands) 24. 14:22 The Orb – Prime Evil (2003, Cooking Vinyl) 25. 14:53 Download – Uhm (2007, Sub-Conscious Communications) 26. 15:25 Meat Beat Manifesto – Present for Sally (2019, Flexidisc) 27. 15:56 Underworld – Surfboy (1994, Junior Boy's Own) 28. 16:33 Edit – Blue (2001, Novamute) 29. 17:06 Female – Serve (Re-Group Edit)(2005, Tresor) 30. 17:18 Rabbit In The Moon - FLooRI.D.A (Dynamix II 's Non Stop Electro Bass)(1998, Hallucination) 31. 17:57 Illuminatus – Hope (1997, DMD) 32. 19:18 LFO – Blown (2003, WARP) 33. 20:29 Solar Fields – Blue Moon Station (2003, Ultimae) 34. 21:14 Front 242 – Crushed (1993, Epic) 35. 21:49 Gary Numan – Are Friends Electric? (2003, Jagged Halo) 36. 22:13 Kraftwerk – Techno Pop (1986, Kling Klang) 37. 23:07 Kraftwerk – Der Telefon Anruf (1986, Kling Klang) 38. 24:38 The Orb – Pluto Calling (Twinkle) (2005, Malicious Damage) 39. 25:10 Damon Albarn & Einar Örn Benediktsson – Dub Lola (2001, EMI) 40. 25:45 Strangers in the Night - Sampled from Kin-Dza-Dza (1986) 41. 26:55 Renegade Soundwave - Positive Mindscape (1995, Mute) 42. 28:37 Meat Beat Manifesto – No Echo In Space (2002, Run) 43. 28:52 Queen & David Bowie ‎– Under Pressure (1981, EMI) 44. 29:13 Kispál és a Borz – Dal teázáshoz (1996, 3T) 45. 29:29 Men at Work – Catch a Star (1988, CBS) 46. 29:59 Talk Talk – Live’s What You Make It (1986, EMI) 47. 30:41 Goldfrapp – Tiptoe (2002, Mute) 48. 30:57 Daft Punk – Da Funk (1996, Virgin) 49. 31:23 Leftfield – Release the Pressure (Adrian Sherwood Mix)(2017, Hard Hands) 50. 31:40 Wham – Everything She Wants (1984, Epic) 51. 32:35 Mike Oldfiled – Lake (1984, Virgin) 52. 34:14 Prodigy – Skylined (1994, XL) 53. 36:06 Mouse On Mars – Kanu (1995, Rough Trade) 54. 36:53 Hybrid – Formula of Fear (2008, Distinct'ive) 55. 38:03 Meat Beat Manifesto – Retrograde Dub (2004, Tino Corp.) 56. 38:24 Scanner – Speechless (2002, Not on Label) -sms 57. 38:26 Biosphere – The Third Planet v.1 (2014, Biophon) 58. 38:55 Pete Namlook & HIA - Begend (1999, Fax +49-69/450464) 59. 39:30 Massive Attack – Mezzanine (1998, Virgin) 60. 40:20 Nine Inch Nails – Dead Souls (1994, Atlantic) 61. 41:34 Nitzer Ebb – Getting Closer (1990, Mute) 62. 42:39 New Order – Blue Monday (1988, Factory) 63. 43:21 a-ha - Train Of Thought (1985, Warner) 64. 43:49 Meat Beat Manifesto – Radio Babylon (1996, Nothing) 65. 43:52 Coil - First Dark Ride (1997, Threshold House) 66. 44:35 SWAT – Japan (2006, Demo) 67. 46:05 Jean Michel Jarre – Night in Shanghai (1982, Polydor) 68. 46:48 Yazoo – Ode to Boy (1983, Mute) 69. 47:48 Streetwalker - Straight Face (2013, Cititrax) 70. 48:10 Autechre - Kalpol Introl (1993, Warp) 71. 48:16 Autechre - Further (1994, Warp) 72. 50:41 Plastikman – Disconnect (2003, Novamute)

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Samuel L. Jackson's 10 Best Movies, According To Rotten Tomatoes

Samuel L. Jackson is an actor who has appeared in a lot of movies, so to be among his 10 best (according to the critics who contribute to their Rotten Tomatoes scores) is quite an honor. This is an actor who has played a key role in the highest grossing movie franchise of all time (the Marvel Cinematic Universe) and a key role in the second highest grossing franchise of all time (the Star Wars saga), as well as regularly collaborating with the guy who is considered by many to be one of the greatest directors working today (Quentin Tarantino).

RELATED: Samuel L. Jackson's 10 Best Performances, Ranked

So, here are Samuel L. Jackson’s 10 Best Movies, According To Rotten Tomatoes.

10 TIE: Spider-Man: Far From Home (90%)

Earlier this year, Samuel L. Jackson’s initial contract with Marvel Studios ran out with Captain Marvel. However, that didn’t stop him from appearing in Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home, with the latter setting up a large role for his character Nick Fury in the future in its post-credits scene. Jackson said recently he’d be happy to keep playing the character for another decade.

In Far From Home, he takes on the role of Peter Parker’s adult mentor, which was vacated by Tony Stark’s death in Endgame, except it turns out (SPOILER ALERT!) he was a Skrull in disguise, so he was never really there – he was in outer space the whole time.

9 TIE: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (90%)

By the time we catch up with Nick Fury in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, he’s two years into seeing the success of his 20-year struggle to get a superhero team together for S.H.I.E.L.D. – and then he finds out that S.H.I.E.L.D. has secretly been run by Nazis for decades.

They send a highly trained, brainwashed assassin after him. He’s killed off before too long but midway through the movie, it’s revealed that he just faked his death remarkable well (like, stopping his own heart rate and getting a death certificate well). The Winter Soldier is a visceral, riveting, impeccable spy thriller that also happens to be a comic book movie.

8 Jurassic Park (91%)

When Samuel L. Jackson was cast in Steven Spielberg’s mega hit adaptation of Michael Crichton’s novel Jurassic Park, he wasn’t the huge A-list star he’d go on to be. The character he played in the movie, Ray Arnold, was based on John Arnold from the book. His name was changed to distinguish him from John Hammond, but the role was drastically cut down.

He has the same personality as the character from the source material, but he’s in far fewer scenes. We don’t even see his death on-screen; we just see his severed arm flop onto Ellie to insinuate it.

7 TIE: Pulp Fiction (92%)

Samuel L. Jackson’s longstanding working relationship with Quentin Tarantino began in 1994 with Pulp Fiction, a darkly comic tapestry of crime stories set in L.A. Jules Winnfield is the role that made Jackson a star and it’s arguably still his most iconic character.

RELATED: Pulp Fiction: Jules' 10 Most Articulate Quotes

From tasting a burger belonging to a guy he’s about to whack to complaining about having to clean pieces of skull out of his car after Vincent accidentally shoots a kid in the face, Jules is responsible for around 90% of the movie’s most memorable moments. Jackson walked away with an Oscar nomination and ludicrously regular work.

6 TIE: The Avengers (92%)

After hanging around in the shadows in supporting roles at best and post-credits scenes at worst throughout the MCU’s Phase 1, Samuel L. Jackson’s take on the comic book icon Nick Fury finally got a chance to shine in Joss Whedon’s ensemble team-up The Avengers. Fury had spent years being called crazy by S.H.I.E.L.D.’s higher-ups for his proposed superhero team, but when an alien army came to New York, who did they call?

Funnily enough, Jackson had been asked years earlier for his permission to use his likeness as the rebooted Fury in the comics. When Fury finally made it to the big screen, casting the role was easy.

5 TIE: True Romance (92%)

Although Quentin Tarantino wouldn’t direct Samuel L. Jackson in a movie until he helmed his sophomore effort Pulp Fiction, Jackson spoke his words a year earlier. True Romance was directed by Tony Scott, but the script was written by a young, struggling Tarantino. All that Scott changed from the original text was streamlining the nonlinear narrative.

While Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette play the lead roles and Gary Oldman plays the primary villain, Jackson plays a key supporting role as Big Don. His scene shows us just how ruthless Oldman’s villain is, establishing him as a formidable force in the criminal underworld.

4 Do the Right Thing (93%)

Written and directed by Spike Lee in one of his earliest big-screen efforts, Do the Right Thing tells the episodic tale of racial tensions boiling to the surface on the hottest day of the year. Samuel L. Jackson plays a radio host named Mister Señor Love Daddy who broadcasts to the section of Brooklyn where the movie is set.

Do the Right Thing is a movie with a very strong cultural and geographical identity, which makes it feel very personal. The movie has been lauded by none other than Barack and Michelle Obama, who went to see it on their first date.

3 Incredibles 2 (94%)

Pixar’s sequels rarely fail to live up to the original (Cars being the obvious exception – it started mediocre with the first one, became dreadful with the second one, and then returned to mediocrity with the third one). Every Toy Story movie has been a knockout and they’re four installments deep.

Incredibles 2 released last year into a crowded superhero movie market and managed to emerge as Pixar’s highest grossing movie ever. Writer-director Brad Bird responded to the cult success of Samuel L. Jackson’s supporting character Frozone by giving him a much meatier role in the sequel, without losing sight of the story’s focus.

2 Goodfellas (96%)

Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas is one of the greatest gangster movies of all time – maybe the greatest. Ray Liotta stars as Henry Hill, a real-life mobster who rose through the ranks of organized crime before his drug addiction became his downfall and he ended up ratting out all of his friends and cutting a deal with the feds.

RELATED: 5 Reasons The Godfather Is The Best Mob Movie Ever Made (And 5 Why It's Goodfellas)

Samuel L. Jackson only has a minor role since the movie was made before he was famous, but given how iconic he’s gone on to become, there’s no mistaking him now. He’s killed off basically as soon as he’s introduced but it’s one of the movie’s most shocking and violent scenes, which makes it unforgettable.

1 The Incredibles (97%)

Pixar’s take on the superhero genre, The Incredibles, is one of their finest films, due to its balance of comic book spectacle and grounded family situations. Samuel L. Jackson wasn’t the star of the movie, and his character Lucius Best – also known by his frosty superhero alter ego Frozone – isn’t a member of the titular family, but he is there when they need him.

As Bob Parr’s best friend, he has an integral role in the plot. More importantly, he’s responsible for a lot of the movie’s most memorable scenes (“Honey, where is my super suit?”). There’s also a fun nod to Jackson’s role in Die Hard with a Vengeance in a jewelry story.

NEXT: Nicolas Cage's 10 Best Movies, According To Rotten Tomatoes

source https://screenrant.com/samuel-l-jacksons-rotten-tomatoes/

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Monthly Listening: June 2017

This month might be the first where the non-2017 albums list looks big as the 2017 albums one. And that sure did feel like the trend during the latter half of June. Older album are somehow starting to draw more interest for me, which has not ever been the case. I’ve been especially bad at listening to albums before the ‘90s, but the ‘80s has and continues to intrigue me.

This month’s highlights, from left to right:

Sugababes -- Angels with Dirty Faces (2002)

Hey Violet -- From the Outside (2017)

Gang Parade -- Barely Last (2016)

Amber Coffman -- City of No Reply (2017)

Prurient -- Bermuda Strain (2011)

Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft -- Passive Aggressive (2017)

various artists -- Mono no Aware (2017)

Ryuichi Sakamoto -- Beauty (1989)

SOB x RBE -- SOB x RBE (2017)

You can read some words from me about few of the albums on this list on my Listening column earlier in June. Here are all of th ealbums I listened to this month.

2017 albums

2 Chainz -- Pretty Girls Like Trap Music (6)

9Muses -- Music Diary, Part 2: Identity (6)

Agent Bla -- Agent Bla (6)

Allie X -- COLLIXTION II (7)

Amy Coffman -- City of No Reply (8)

Apink -- Pink Up (6)

Batu -- Marius EP (6)

BiS -- Re:Stupid (6)

Bleachers -- Gone Now (6)

Cayetana -- New Kind of Normal (6)

Chastity Belt -- I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone (6)

Chief Keef -- Thot Breaker (7)

Chino Amobi -- Paradiso (6)

Chung Ha -- Hands on Me (6)

Cornelius -- Mellow Waves (6)

DADARAY -- DADAMAN (7)

DADARAY -- DADAX (7)

Day6 -- Sunrise (6)

DJ Orange Julius -- The Grove (6)

Heize -- You, Clouds, Rain EP (6)

Hey Violet -- From the Outside (7)

Hirone-chan -- Yume no Yume (7)

Hundred Waters -- Currency EP (6)

Ikonika -- Distractions (6)

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma -- On the Echoing Green (7)

Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft -- Passive Aggressive (7)

Karriem Riggins -- Headnod Suite (6)

Laurel Halo -- Dust (6)

Lorde -- Melodrama (7)

Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie -- Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie (6)

MAMAMOO -- Purple EP (7)

Marika Hackman -- I’m Not Your Man (6)

Mondo Grosso -- Nande demo Atarashiku Umareru (7)

Mozzy & Gunplay -- Dreadlocks & Headshots (7)

NCT 127 -- Cherry Bomb (6)

Nikki Lane -- Highway Queen (5)

O+S -- You Were Once the Sun, Now You’re the Moon (6)

Payroll Giovanni -- Payface (5)

Perera Elsewhere -- All of This (6)

Perc -- Bitter Music (6)

Phoenix -- Ti Amo (6)

Playa Gotica -- Amigurumi (6)

Porter Ricks -- Anguilla Electrica (8)

Proc Fiskal -- The Highland Mob EP (5)

Ricardo Villalobos -- Empirical House (8)

Saint Etienne -- Home Counties (6)

Sayonara Ponytail -- Yume Miru Wakusei (6)

SOB x RBE -- SOB x RBE (7)

SZA -- CTRL (6)

T-ARA -- What’s My Name? (7)

T-Pain & Lil Wayne -- T-Wayne (6)

TALsounds -- Love Sick (6)

Tee Grizzley -- My Moment (6)

Terrence Dixon -- Like a Thief in the Night EP (7)

Tigers Jaw -- Spin (7)

Turinn -- 18 1/2 Minute Gaps (6)

Various Artists -- Mono No Aware (8)

Vatican Shadow -- Rubbish of the Floodwaters EP (6)

WJSN -- Happy Moment (6)

Young Dolph -- Bulletproof (7)

Young Thug -- Beautiful Thugger Girls (7)

Non-2017 albums

Adam and the Ants -- King of the Wild Frontier (6)

Akina Nakamori -- Possibility (6)

Akina Nakamori -- Bitter and Sweet (7)

Ayumi Hamasaki -- A One (6)

Batu -- Murmur EP (6)

Bell Biv Devoe -- Poison (6)

BiS -- Who Killed Idol? (6)

BiSH -- Fake Metal Jacket (7)

Blanck Mass -- Dumb Flesh (7)

Blondie -- Autoamerican (6)

Boards of Canada -- In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country EP (7)

The Cars -- The Cars (7)

Devo -- Freedom of Choice (7)

The Distillers -- Sing Sing Death House (7)

Dreams Come True -- Love Unlimited (6)

Duran Duran -- Notorious (7)

The Egyptian Lover -- On the Nile (8)

Electronic -- Electronic (7)

Gang Parade -- Barely Last (7)

Gary Numan -- The Pleasure Principle (7)

Haruomi Hosono -- SFX (6)

Hitomi Toi -- The Memory Hotel (7)

Ice-T -- Rhyme Pays (7)

James Ferraro -- Far Side Virtual (7)

Jay-Z -- The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (7)

Juju & Jordash -- Techno Primitivism (7)

Junior M.A.F.I.A. -- Conspiracy (6)

The KLF -- The White Room (7)

Mariah -- Utakata no Hibi (6)

Matias Aguayo -- Ay Ay Ay (6)

Miki Matsubara -- Pocket Park (6)

My Chemical Romance -- The Black Parade (7)

Newcleus -- Jam on Revenge (6)

Playaz Circle -- Supply & Demand (6)

Primary -- 2 (6)

Prodigy of Mobb Deep -- H.N.I.C. (6)

Prurient -- Bermuda Drain (8)

Ryuichi Sakamoto -- Beauty (7)

Sugababes -- Angels with Dirty Faces (8)

Underworld -- Dubnobasswithmyheadman (7)

Yunomi -- Yunomi ni Ocha Shite EP (6)

[worldcafe]

The perfect song choice can make a film scene absolutely unforgettable, and the perfect movie moment can change the way you hear a song forever.

Since none of us are members of the Academy, we'll leave celebrating Original Songs and Scores written for movies to the Oscars. Check out our Spotify playlist of tunes from some of the most magical musical moments in cinema over at World Cafe on NPR Music - and come on back for your answer key below!

“This Is Not America” – David Bowie & Pat Metheny, from The Facoln and The Snowman “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen, from Wayne’s World “Lust For Life” – Iggy Pop, from Trainspotting “You Should Be Dancing” – Bee Gees, from Saturday Night Fever “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” – Simple Minds, from The Breakfast Club “Tiny Dancer” – Elton John, from Almost Famous “Just Like Honey” – Jesus & Mary Chain, from Lost In Translation “New Slang” – The Shins, from Garden State “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down” – Nancy Sinatra, from Kill Bill Volume 1 “Louie Louie” – The Kingsmen, from Animal House “The End” – The Doors, from Apocalypse Now “Eye Of The Tiger” – Survivor, from Rocky III “Johnny B. Goode” – Chuck Berry, from Back To The Future “Fight The Power” – Public Enemy, from Do The Right Thing “I Got You Babe” – Sonny & Cher, from Groundhog Day “Layla” – Derek & The Dominos, from Goodfellas “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Now” – Urge Overkill, from Pulp Fiction “Jessie’s Girl” – Rick Springfield, from Boogie Nights “Sister Christian” – Night Ranger, from Boogie Nights “Hip To Be Square” – Huey Lewis and the News, from American Psycho “Still D.R.E.” – Dr. Dre, from Training Day “Stuck In The Middle With You” – Stealers Wheel, from Reservoir Dogs “Where Is My Mind” – Pixies, from Fight Club “Tubular Bells” – Mike Oldfield, from The Exorcist “Mad World” – Gary Jules, from Donnie Darko “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” – Kenny Rogers and The First Edition – The Big Lebowski “Born To Be Wild” – Steppenwolf, from Easy Rider “Careless Whisper” – George Michael, from Deadpool “Hello Stranger” – Barbara Lewis, from Moonlight “Late For The Sky” – Jackson Browne, from Taxi Driver “Please Mr. Postman” – The Marvelettes, from Mean Streets “Everybody’s Talkin’” – Harry Nilsson, from Midnight Cowboy “Don’t Be Shy” – Cat Stevens, from Harold and Maude “The Sounds of Silence” – Simon & Garfunkel , from The Graduate “As Time Goes By” – Dooley Wilson, from Casablanca “I Wanna Be Loved By You” – Marilyn Monroe, from Some Like It Hot “Puttin On The Ritz” – Young Frankenstein “I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow” – The Soggy Bottom Boys, from O Brother, Where Art Thou? “The Rain, The Park, & Other Things” – The Cowsills, from Dumb and Dumber “Runnin’ On Empty” – Jackson Browne, from Forrest Gump “These Days” – Nico, from The Royal Tenenbaums “Unchained Melody” – The Righteous Brothers, from Ghost “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” – The Rolling Stones, from The Big Chill “My Sharona” – The Knack, from Reality Bites “Perfect Day” – Lou Reed, from Trainspotting “Didn’t I (Blow You Mind)” – The Delfonics, from Jackie Brown “In Dreams” – Roy Orbison, from Blue Velvet “Thus Spoke Zarathustra” – Richard Strauss, from 2001: A Space Odyssey “Playground Love” by Air, from The Virgin Suicides “Born Slippy” - Underworld, from Trainspotting “That’s Amore” - Dean Martin, from Moonlighting “Lose Yourself” - Eminem, from 8 Mile “The Only Living Boy in New York” – Simon & Garfunkel, from Garden State “Cat People (Putting Out Fires)” – David Bowie, from Inglorious Basterds “Amoreena” – Elton John, from Dog Day Afternoon “The Harder They Come” by Jimmy Cliff, from The Harder They Come “Motion Picture Soundtrack” by Radiohead, from Romeo + Juliet “Anyone Else But You” by Moldy Peaches, from Juno “Expecting To Fly” by Buffalo Springfield, from Coming Home “How It Ends” by Devotchka, from Little Miss Sunshine “Brazil” by Geoff & Maria Muldaur, from Brazil “Sisters Of Mercy” by Leonard Cohen, from McCabe & Mrs. Miller “Making Time” by The Creation, from Rushmore “Rebel Rebel” by Seu Jorge, from The Life Aquatic “Heroes and Villains” by The Beach Boys, from The Fantastic Mr. Fox “Seven And Seven Is” by Love, from Bottle Rocket “Summer Noon” by Tweedy, from Boyhood “Fox On The Run” by Slade, from Dazed And Confused “Edge Of Seventeen” by Stevie Nicks, from School Of Rock

[underworld-park-offical]

TOLKIEN: Zzzzzzzzrzrzrzrrzzzz

TOLKIEN: Zzazzazazezezezezezrzrzzrrzrrr

PHONE: ♪ I'M A BARBIE GIRL ♪

PHONE: ♪ IN THE BARBIE WORLD ♪

PHONE: ♪ LIFE IN PLASTIC ♪

PHONE: ♪ IT'S FANTASTIC ♪

TOLKIEN: Huhhheheehdbfd…

TOLKIEN: Huh

TOLKIEN: What

TOLKIEN: What the fuck?

TOLKIEN: Why is my phone going off?

TOLKIEN: Are the fucking queers calling me again?

TOLKIEN: Eeeeyup its them

TOLKIEN: What

GARY: Have you ever been beaten by a wet spaghetti noodle by your girlfriend cuz she has a twin sister and you got confused and fucked her dad, well that’s how it feels to drive a Ford F-250. That sounds really cool. But you know what else is cool? The new 2020 Ford F-150, winner of 10 J.D. power awards. Perfect for hauling big things and going long distances. But you want to go offroad? Try the new Raptor Edition, which cannot just go offroad, it is perfect for going extreme off-roading. You can go rock climbing or across a desert, really quickly. It is also good for the great American thing - BBQs! In fact, you can haul MORE than one oven! That's pretty cool, huh? So hurry, and buy the new 2020 Ford F-150, now for sale at your local Ford dealership. RED: Wgat RED: Stop RED: Stop speaking BEBE: Girl get the tape from the backseat RED: Already on it NICHOLE: Heyyyy Tolkien NICHOLE: Did I wake you?

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: No..

NICHOLE: Oh NICHOLE: That’s  NICHOLE: That's good

TOLKIEN: What's going on

NICHOLE: So uhm NICHOLE: Ahahaha NICHOLE: Funny story

TOLKIEN: Nichole what did you do??

TOLKIEN: Did you fuckin

TOLKIEN: Commit fraud?

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: Again?

NICHOLE: What NICHOLE: No NICHOLE: Of course not NICHOLE: I am a law abiding citizen NICHOLE: Except for when it comes to the Barbie Movies

TOLKIEN: Okay? We’ve all  pirated a Barbie Movie

TOLKIEN: What makes you special?

TOLKIEN: If it's not fraud or piracy what did you even do

NICHOLE: There’s a sentient advertisement in our Porsche now

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: Excuse me?

NICHOLE: Yeah uh NICHOLE: We saw Gary NICHOLE: Or G-4R-Y if you wanna use his actual name? NICHOLE: Fuck I don't know anymore NICHOLE: He was walking in the cold for some reason? NICHOLE: And you know how he only speaks in ads?

TOLKIEN: We all do

BEBE: Wait BITCH do you think we could reprogram him to be like

BEBE: An ALEXA???

GARY: Need some music for that impromptu dance off? Ask Alexa to play songs or playlists from Prime Music and Spotify so you're always ready to show off your sweet moves-if that's what you call them ;) "Amazon Echo: Alec Baldwin and Missy Elliott Dance Party Commercial" via @popisms :https://www.popisms.com/TelevisionCommercial/126873/Amazon-Echo-Commercial-2016 GARY: I really don't want you to see me like this. You need some entrance music. Alexa, play Alex dance playlist. Playing Alex playlist. That's dance music? Alexa, play Pep Rally by Missy Elliott. Really? Perfect! I got a little something for you. It's beautiful. Does this mean I'm gonna be in your next video? Let me see what you got. (Lyrics) Anything you want me to (Lyrics) Pep rally, pep rally, pep rally Oh, this a pep rally Pep rally, pep rally, pep rally Bounce, biggity bounce, biggity-biggity bounce, bounce Where my clappers that stomp? Now rock with it Bounce, biggity bounce, biggity-biggity bounce via @popisms : https://www.popisms.com/TelevisionCommercial/126873/Amazon-Echo-Commercial-2016 GARY: I’m Gary! The Mormon who advertises! RED: I mean RED: I’ll become a mechanic if it gets him to stfu 💀💀💀 WENDY: No- RED- NO PUT THE WRENCH DOWN! RED: FUCK YOU GARY: The future. You used to chase it. Now you’re living in it. The Wavefront is an all-electric automobile that propels driving into a new era. With sleek, aerodynamic design, and ultrasonic sensors that prevent collisions, there’s no more getting left behind. Life’s short. Drive fast.  GARY: I’m Gary! The Mormon who advertises! RED: SHUT THE FUCK UP!! WENDY: RED!! NO!! BEBE: GIRLY POPS AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOU BEBE: I'M GONNA HIT A DEER IF YOU ALL DONT HUSH RED: WENDY LET ME GO I'M GONNA KILL HIM WENDY: WE ARE NOT KILLING THE AD NICHOLE: SHUT THE FUCK UP IM ON THE PHONE BEBE: SHUT THE FUCK UP I'M DRIVING!!!! RED: CAN I THROW HIM OUT OF THE FUCKING CAR??!?!?!?!?!? WENDY AND NICHOLE: NO!!! NICHOLE: Tolkien I'm gonna have to let you go NICHOLE: We might die- NICHOLE: RED PUT DOWN THE WRENCH YOU'RE GONNA KILL SOMEONE! RED: THAT'S THE GOAL!! GARY: As a parent, I want to know that my kids are safe wherever they are. That includes riding in the car. With the new Carpool Optic from Solar I can breathe easy knowing my kids will arrive where they need to safely – whether I am the driver or not. RED: AUGHHHH!!!!!! NICHOLE: I’m hanging up now NICHOLE: MMMMMMMMMOKAYBYE

TOLKIEN: Bye?

(Beep Beep Beep)

TOLKIEN: Jesus christ

TOLKIEN: (Yawn)

TOLKIEN: Man

KENNY: Hey

TOLKIEN: Ah!

TOLKIEN: Oh my god I got jumpscared by a fucking queer!

KENNY: Oh hardy har har har

KENNY: You got games on yo phone?

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: What

KENNY: Do you got games

KENNY: On yo phone

TOLKIEN: I mean like

TOLKIEN: I got like

TOLKIEN: Subway surfers??

TOLKIEN: If

TOLKIEN: If that works???

TOLKIEN: Uh

TOLKIEN: Ok?????

TOLKIEN: Here

KENNY: Thanks

KENNY: Oh yeah, can I call my sister while I play subway surfers?

KENNY: I gotta make sure she’s not

KENNY: Yknow

KENNY: Fuckin’ dead

TOLKIEN: No you’re gonna kill my damn battery

TOLKIEN: Just call your sister you dont need to play fucking subway surfers

KENNY: Fine

KENNY: Killjoy

TOLKIEN: Ugh

KAREN: I can't believe McDonald's served me that lukewarm fucking patty 

KAREN: And then had the AUDACITY to tell me KAREN: That it gets cold over time!?!?

KAREN: I think they just undercooked it ON PURPOSE to make ME look like an idiot

TRICIA: Damn, that's crazy

(🎵 KAREN METAL 🎵 )

KAREN: OH MY GOD

KAREN: WHO'S CALLING ME AT EXACTLY 1:59 IN THE MORNING?!?!?

TRICIA: Bro just say 2 AM 💀

TRICIA: …

TRICIA: I can’t believe I just said that out loud

KAREN: WHAT?!?!?

KENNY: Hi

KAREN: WHY ARE YOU CALLING ME?!?!?

KAREN: DO YOU KNOW HOW LATE IT IS?!?!?!

KAREN: I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOUR MANAGER

KENNY: Sis it's me

KAREN: UGHHHHH

KAREN: You missed your nail appointment

KENNY: Shiiiit that was today?

KAREN: You still owe me the money for it

KENNY: … KENNY: Karen, we don't have money, we’re poor

KAREN: Get a job

KENNY: …I do have a job

KAREN: Okay so then you have money?

KENNY: No

KAREN: That doesn't make sense

KENNY: Anyways- KENNY: You alive?

KAREN: Clearly

KENNY: Okay cool KENNY: So uh KENNY: There's demons around, I hope they find you and kill you and you die bye

KAREN: …What?

KAREN: Tricia do you know what the fuck he’s talking about?

TRICIA: No

TRICIA: Also stop calling on speakerphone

TRICIA: You remind me of my brother (derogatorily) 

TRICIA: …

TRICIA: WHY DO I KEEP DOING THAT!?!??!

TRICIA: UGHHH

TRICIA: I’m gonna go yell at my brother by cursing me into the influencer gene pool

TRICIA: You wanna come?

KAREN: If I get to yell at someone, of course

TRICIA: Be-

TRICIA: …

TRICIA: I'm not even gonna say that 

CRAIG: Who the fuck where you talking to

CRAIG: I feel like they were talking shit smh my head

KENNY: Oh just my bitch sister and your bitch sister

KENNY: Told her she was gonna die soon

CRAIG: LMAOOOO I’m dead 💀💀💀

KENNY: Lol it was funny she was so mad

TOLKIEN: I swear to god you guys are the same person sometimes

CRAIG: Smh my head no literally untrue

KENNY: Common Tolkien L

TOLKIEN: I want you both dead

CRAIG: …

KENNY: …

TRICIA: Okay where tf is blud

TRICIA: I'm gonna kill his ass

KAREN: Ugh

KAREN: He probably set up Kenny to fucking prank us

KAREN: Going to yell at them both when we find them

TRICIA: For real

TRICIA: Smh my fucking head

TRICIA: OH MY GOD CAN I STOP DOING THAT!?!?

KAREN: There's his door

KAREN: Should I kick it down?

TRICIA: No he will literally kill me

TRICIA: Instead we’re gonna go in his room

TRICIA: Steal all his shit

TRICIA: And fucking burn it

KAREN: Ohh yay! Property damage! My favorite!

TRICIA: Shhh shhh shhhh

TRICIA: Stfu

TRICIA: He’ll hear us

KAREN: No

KAREN: You're not the boss of me

TRICIA: Okay

TRICIA: On three

TRICIA: One- Two-

KAREN: THREE

KAREN: Ew it's so dark in here

KAREN: It smells like fucking Ccool Ranch Doritos in here

TRICIA: Shut the fuck up

TRICIA: He’s gonna hear you

TRICIA: I know where he keeps his Supreme hoodies

TRICIA: HOOOOOLY SHIT IS THAT A DEAD BODY!??!?!?!?

KAREN: AAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

KAREN: WE ARE GONNA DIE

KAREN: GET THE MANAGER!!

TRICIA: SHUT THE FUCK UP THE KILLER COULD STILL BE HERE YOU QUEERMO

GREGORY AND ESTELLA: Shhhhh he eepy

TRICIA: …

KAREN: …

TRICIA: …

KAREN: …

TRICIA: …

KAREN: …

TRICIA: …

KAREN: …

TRICIA: …

KAREN: …

TRICIA: …

KAREN: …

TRICIA: …

KAREN: …

KAREN AND TRICIA: AAAAAAAAAAA-

TRICIA: Okay

TRICIA: HAILLLL NAWHHHHH

KAREN: I’m calling the police

TRICIA: That is the smartest thing you could ever do

KAREN: Hello? 911?

KAREN: Hi yeah, there's some queers in our house

KAREN: Please come

KAREN: Bye

(Edits made by @pissblanket and @cattpup5)

[lolzitstheo]

i can’t sleep so G4ry or Gary whatever.

(first attempt it’s not very good)

silly

Gary is NOT listening

i love this Au too much :3

[dangan-aesthetic]

im not sure if this counts as a request or not and you can absolutely delete it if it does but... if im not mistaken mod twogami has a fondness for broadway so... could they recommend any shows? i've been trying to get into more shows and such...!

It doesn’t count as a request! don’t worry, you’re fine! oh my gosh though I love Broadway SO MUCH I am SO HAPPY to make a list for you I LOVE talking about stuff I like! 

one warning I should maybe give is that I tend to be more into modern musical theater, so the majority of shows I really like are from after like 2000 if that’s okay with you. I’d be happy to recommend some older stuff if you’d prefer, I’m just not as knowledgable about it. another warning: I am incapable of brevity. this list is way too long… i’m so fuckin sorry… i’m really really sorry. 

comedy:

♡ the producers (2001). the show that really got me into musical theater. it also won more tony awards than any show, ever. about two broadway producers who try to create the worst musical ever, ergo hilarity ensues. maybe not the best pick if you’re uncomfortable with content that makes fun of nazis, but if it helps, the writer is jewish (and I’m jewish and don’t have a problem with it). there’s also some adorable gays, and a movie version that’s very faithful to the show, so that’s nice. you want the 2005 movie if you want songs (the 1968 movie isn’t a musical). also, if you like this, young frankenstein is a great show by the same creators with a similar sense of humor.

♡ the book of mormon (2010).two mormon missionaries go to uganda. absolutely hilarious. pretty crass though, and i’m sure problematic as hell (by the creators of south park, if that’s any indication), so be warned. but it’s just… such a fun time.

♡ a gentleman’s guide to love and murder (2014).a rare musical comedy that’s actually not that crass. about a man in edwardian england who learns he’s ninth in line to inherit an earldom, so he kills everyone in his way to the position. actually a very lighthearted comedy. bonus points for a love triangle that turns into a really cute poly triad.

♡ avenue q (2003).sesame street, but about issues faced by people in their mid-twenties: a kindergarten teacher tries to snag a boyfriend, a recent college grad tries to find his purpose, a gay republican struggles to come out of the closet, gary coleman is just kind of there. song titles include “the internet is for porn” and “everyone’s a little bit racist.” puppet sex. a good time.

♡ a funny thing happened on the way to the forum (1962).slapsticky, very clever, hilarious if you like roman history, funny even if you don’t. about a roman slave who wants to earn his freedom, his young master falling in love for the first time, pirates, soldiers, sex workers, a lot of stuff. the movie is very good. I’m also partial to the 1996 cast album because I love Nathan Lane.

drama:

♡ sweeney todd (1979).just… a masterpiece of a musical score tbh. about a barber who seeks revenge for his tortured past. people get baked into pies. if you haven’t noticed, i really like musicals that make light of murder (although i’m guessing you like funny media about murder too, since you came to a danganronpa blog to ask this?). funny, moving, dark, creepy, powerful. I’ve never actually seen the movie and don’t really recommend it from what I’ve heard, but a production of the show is on DVD with most of the original cast, and it’s definitely worth a watch. also, if you like this, i recommend p much anything stephen sondheim’s ever written. he’s a genius.

♡ spring awakening (2007).takes place in the late 19th century, but is very, very relevant to issues kids face today. covers stuff like the importance of sexual education, child abuse, the pressure placed on kids by school, and the confusion teenagers go through when discovering sexual desire. very heavy, but very beautiful (note: this is maybe the musical I know that is the most difficult to get a sense of the plot by just listening to the score, so I’d recommend maybe reading a plot summary or watching a bootleg or something. there was a cool production last year where a lot of the cast was deaf and it was bilingual in english and asl! idk if there’s a bootleg of that anywhere, but it was a good time). tw for rape, suicide, abortion, child abuse… yeah, it’s dark.

♡ next to normal (2009).about a family dealing with their mom’s mental illness, and covers stuff like how her life is affected by her illness, how fucked up the process of getting treatment is, and how mental illness affects her relationship with the people around her. I find it very realistic, very moving, and very relatable. of course tw for mental illness and suicide. i am dan goodman.

♡ natasha, pierre, and the great comet of 1812 (2012).just reopened on broadway! based on part of war and peace, so you’ll know the plot of war and peace and look really smart. about a woman who gets swept up in an affair while her husband is at war in 19th century russia. the plot isn’t really what’s interesting so much as the gorgeous musical score and really cool things they did with the staging / mixing the 19th century and the modern day.

stuff that’s a mix of the two genres:

♡ the frogs (2004).a comedy that gets more and more serious until it’s… not really a comedy anymore. dionysus and his slave go to the underworld to bring back george bernard shaw and make the world right again. shakespeare is there. hades is gay. was on broadway for all of like four months and is pretty damn obscure, but it’s SO GOOD, I promise.

♡ heathers: the musical (2014).another comedic musical about murder. I love comedies about murder. a girl befriends her high school’s popular clique and gets a sort of fucked up boyfriend. shit goes down. I feel like it does a very good job of representing what high school is really like (my high school experience, anyway), and is a good mix of funny and serious. heavy tw for suicide and mental illness (and briefly for eating disorders, but it’s just a couple of comments).

♡ matilda the musical (2010).based on the roald dahl book! about a little girl who is extremely intelligent, but is surrounded by neglectful parents and an abusive headmaster – so she fights back against them. what a genuinely fun, heartfelt time. great lyrics, super creative, and has a scene where someone eats a whole cake, which is always a plus and very relatable (note: im twogami, what were you expecting). tw for child abuse, but the musical is meant for kids, so it’s not very graphic.

♡ my fair lady (1957).thought maybe I should throw in some older stuff as well. early 1900s england, an upper class linguist asshole tries to turn a lower class flower seller into a “lady.” the movie is very, very good. is based on a very feminist play but was made into a slightly misogynistic romance for hollywood, so I’d recommend reading pygmalion if you’re unsatisfied with the ending (but it’s not like the movie doesn’t do its fair share of calling out higgins’s misogyny).

♡ 1776 (1969).also has a very good movie. about the founding fathers and the signing of the declaration of independence. maybe don’t watch this if you’re mad that hamilton is glorifying slave owners (note: I like hamilton, but I didn’t put it on this list because I’m kind of tired of it by now, and anyway I’m sure you know about it). a very good mix of funny and historically accurate. 

anyway I hope you enjoy this list and can forgive me for… info dumping rlly heavily on u… love u, hope ur havin a good day, thanks for letting me talk about this. tell me if you end up checking out any of these shows and liking them! - Mod Twogami

[radiofreejro]

BYOV NIGHT - 8/25/16 @ Tap and Barrel

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The ten shows opening on Broadway in April include six plays and four musicals. Several are familiar titles presented in unfamiliar ways: Glenda Jackson as King Lear; an avant-garde, diverse Oklahoma; two much-anticipated movie adaptations — Tootsie and Beetlejuice. But the show that garnered the most votes in a Broadway Spring poll  is Hadestown, which marks the Broadway debut of Anaïs Mitchell, who created it first as a concept album by Anais Mitchell and took fire Off-Broadway. Another artist making his Broadway debut is downtown darling and MacArthur “Genius” Taylor Mac, who has written Gary, a startling comedy billed as a sequel to Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedy.

Star power is lighting up the Great White Way: Broadway favorites like Nathan Lane, John Lithgow and Laurie Metcalf, screen stars Annette Bening and Adam Driver, British theater royalty like Glenda Jackson and Jonny Lee Miller. And let’s not forget the playwrights, directors and composers, some of whom are better known than any performer. Like Shakespeare.

Glenda Jackson, King Lear

John Douglas Thompson

Annette Benning, All My Sons

Pedro Pascal, King Lear

Rebecca Naomi Jones, Oklahoma

Alex Brightman, Beetlejuice

Director Alex Timbers

Andre De Shields, Hadestown

Playwright Arthur Miller

Benjamin Walker, All My Sons

Eva Noblezada, Hadestown

Composer David Yazbek, Tootsie

Bertie Carvel, Ink

Director George C. Wolf

John Lithgow, Hillary and Clinton

Jonny Lee Miller, Ink

Julie Halston, Tootsie

Julie White, Gary

Kelvin Moon Loh, Beetlejuice

Nathan Lane, Gary

Keri Russell, Burn This

Kristine Nielsen, GAry

Rob McClure, Beetlejuice

Lilli Cooper, Tootsie

Patrick Page, Hadestown

Reeve Carney, Hadestown

Santino Fontana, Tootsie

Laurie Metcalf, Hillary and Clinton

Adam Driver, Burn This

Ruth Wilson, King Lear

Sophia Anne Caruso, Beetlejuice

Playwright Taylor Mac

Tracy Letts, All My Sons

Anais Mitchell, songwriter, book writer

William Shakespeare

But even in a month when so many shows crowd the calendar to open by the deadline for Tony Awards eligibility, there is exciting theater opening outside Broadway as well — some of it way outside. Ars Nova launches its new programming at Greenwich House Theater with a new devised work by the Mad Ones.  Ivo van Hove directs an opera at BAM. There is innovative immersive theater in a downtown park (for free!) and in a Chelsea brownstone.

Below is a selective list of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and other New York theater offerings opening in March, 2019, organized chronologically by opening date, with each title linked to a relevant website. Color key of theaters: Broadway: Red. Off Broadway: Black, Blue, or Purple. Off Off Broadway: Green. Theater festival: Orange. Puppetry: Brown. Immersive: Magenta.

To look at the Spring season as a whole, check out my Off Broadway Spring 2019 preview guide and my Broadway 2018-2019 season guide

April 1

Oasis (Third Rail Projects at Winter Garden)

For ten minutes twice a day, five performers unexpectedly find themselves swept into a mirage, unite and create their own sanctuary.  After a two-week series of these daily lunchtime vignettes at Winter Garden at Brookfield Place (near the World Trade Center site), the full-length, culminating performance will take place in the evening on Friday, April 12. These performances are free. (This is not an April Fool’s Day joke)

  April 2

Do You Feel Anger? (Vineyard)

In this play by Mara Nelson-Greenberg , Sophia is hired as an empathy coach at a debt collection agency

April 3

The Cradle Will Rock (CSC)

new production of Marc Blitzstein’s 1937 play in music, which is most famous for having been shut down by the authorities before opening night. In Steeltown, USA, laborer Larry Foreman struggles to unionize fellow steel workers against mounting attacks from a greedy industrialist

April 4

King Lear

Cort Closing: Jul 07, 2019 Author: William Shakespeare Director: Sam Gold Cast: Glenda Jackson, Jayne Houdyshell, Elizabeth Marvel, Aisling O’Sullivan,John Douglas Thompson, Ruth Wilson, Sean Carvajal, Russell Harvard, Matthew Maher

April 5

Diary of One Who Disappeared (BAM)

In 1917, Czech composer Leoš Janáček became obsessed with a married woman 40 years his junior. In the throes of despair, he penned more than 700 love letters and a haunting 22-part song cycle called Diary of One Who Disappeared, about a village boy who falls in love with a Romany girl. Director Ivo van Hove, in collaboration with Flemish opera company Muziektheater Transparant, brings his trademark physicality and stripped-down aesthetic to bear on Janáček’s opera.

April 7

the St. Ann’s Warehouse production

Oklahoma!

Circle in the Square Closing: Sep 01, 2019 Authors: Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Music by Richard Rodgers Director: Daniel Fish Cast:

The sixth revival of the groundbreaking Rodgers and Hammerstein musical  about love and conflict in the territory just after the turn of the century. This one one the hip production transferring from St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, where the golden haze is a bit dark and the corn not as high. (My review of the show at St. Ann’s)

  April 8

Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie (Ars Nova at Greenwich House)

The latest devised theater piece by the Mad Ones: The creators of a 1970s children’s television program have commissioned a focus group to probe the parents of the show’s target audience. Over stale coffee and donuts, a group of strangers navigates the murky waters of American belief and perception.

  April 15

17 Border Crossings (NYTW)

With a chair, table, and bar of lights,  Thaddeus Phillips conjures barricaded Venezuelan bridges, a rusty Croatian ferry, perilous international flights,  etc. — all based on his actual adventures.

April 16

Burn This

Hudson Theater Author: Lanford Wilson Director: Michael Mayer Cast: Adam Driver, Keri Russell, Brandon Uranowitz A revival of Wilson’s 1987 play about four New Yorkers who are brought together after the accidental death of their friend, a young dancer.

Socrates (Public)

A new drama about the Greek philosopher written by Tim Blake Nelson and directed by Doug Hughes. Michael Stuhlbarg portrays Socrates.

April 17

the National Theatre production

  Hadestown

Walter Kerr

Author: Anais Mitchell Director: Rachel Chavkin Cast: Singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s musical, widely acclaimed at New York Theatre Workshop (my review), follows two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of king Hades and his wife Persephone — as it invites audiences on an epic journey to the underworld and back.

April 18

Hillary and Clinton

John Golden Theater Author: Lucas Hnath Director:Joe Mantello Cast: Laurie Metcalf, John Lithgow. Behind closed doors in the state of New Hampshire during the early days of 2008, a former first lady named Hillary (Metcalf) is in a desperate bid to save her troubled campaign for President of the United States. Her husband, Bill (Lithgow), sees things one way; her campaign manager, Mark, sees things another

    April 21

  Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Booth Writer: Taylor Mac Director: George C. Wolfe Cast: Nathan Lane, Kristine Nielsen, Julie White Marking the Broadway debut of acclaimed theater artist Taylor Mac (A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Hir.), “Gary” is set just after the blood-soaked conclusion of William Shakespeare’s first tragedy, Titus Andronicus. Civil war has ended and the country is in the hands of madmen. Casualties are everywhere;  Lane and Nielsen portray servants charged with cleaning up the corpses

April 22

All My Sons

Roundabout’s American Airlines Theater Author: Arthur Miller Director: Jack O’Brian Cast: Annette Bening, Tracy Letts A revival of Miller’s first hit. In the aftermath of WWII, the Keller family struggles to stay intact and to fight for their future when a long-hidden secret threatens to emerge, forcing them to reckon with greed and post-war disenchantment.

  The Pain of My Belligerence (Playwrights Horizons)

Halley Feiffer’s play about an eight year relationship between journalist Cat and devilishly charming Guy, which charts a rapidly changing America.

April 23

  Tootsie

Marquis Theater Music and lyrics: David Yazbek Director: Scott Ellis Cast: Santino Fontana, John Behlman, Julie Halston, Lilli Cooper A musical adaptation of the 1982 film about an out-of-work actor who assumes the role of a woman on a soap opera, and pretends to be a female actress.

April 24

Ink

MTC’s Samuel Friedman Writer: James Graham Director: Rupert Goold The rise of a brash, young Rupert Murdoch and the U.K.’s most influential newspaper starring Bertie Carvel (Matilda) as Murdoch and Jonny Lee Miller as his rogue editor.

  April 25

Beetlejuice

Winter Garden Theater Book by Scott Brown and Anthony King Music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect Director: Alex Timbers

Based on the Tim Burton movie, which ells the story of Lydia Deetz, a teenager obsessed with the whole “being dead thing.” Lucky for Lydia, her new house is haunted by a recently deceased couple and a degenerate demon who happens to have a thing for stripes.

Paul Swan is Dead and Gone (Civilians)

In a Chelsea brownstone, playwright Claire Kiechel resurrects the famous salons held by her great-great uncle Paul Swan, a dancer who was once billed as the most beautiful man in the world. She reimagines his salon as an “electrically charged theatrical space where the forces of life, death and art do battle.”

April 30

The Plough and the Stars (Irish Rep)

The final play of the Rep’s O’Casey Cycle, plays written by Irish playwright Sean O’Casey in the 1920s. “Pretty young newlywed Nora Clitheroe is the talk of her tenement as she tirelessly works to lift her family out of their impoverished circumstances. She tries to keep her husband Jack from the revolutionary fervor sweeping through Dublin. But Jack becomes a Commandant in the Irish Citizen Army, and when the Easter Rising of 1916 begins, he leaves a pregnant Nora to help lead the fight…”

  April 2019 New York Theater Openings The ten shows opening on Broadway in April include six plays and four musicals. Several are familiar titles presented in unfamiliar ways: Glenda Jackson as King Lear; an avant-garde, diverse Oklahoma; two much-anticipated movie adaptations -- Tootsie and Beetlejuice.

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Former Everton defender Pat Van den Hauwe reveals he held a gun to a man’s head

& # 39; If I had pulled that trigger, I wouldn't be sitting here now & # 39 ;, says Pat Van den Hauwe. & # 39; He wouldn't be around either. & # 39;

& # 39; He & # 39; is the South African acquaintance who has avoided a debt and has ended up paying his life within a split second by a double English First Division champion and a fourfold FA Cup finalist.

To tell the story of the Belgian-born, London Van den Hauwe, a stylish but tenacious Defend the nickname & # 39; Psycho Pat & # 39 ;, you have to start on that sultry evening in Cape Town, to ask the question: how did he ever get so close to committing murder?

Pat Van den Hauwe revives the night that I nearly shot a man in Cape Town, But first to the beach bar in Camps Bay, more than 20 years ago.

But while he once put the blue shirt of Birmingham, Everton and Millwall or the whites of Tottenham in his shorts, now he was wearing a gun, he had become so paranoid amid cocaine indulgence and underworld figures. So what happened?

& # 39; I nearly shot someone & # 39 ;, says the 58-year-old, with his birth. Why?

& # 39; His arrogance, and because he continued to restrain me for the money I had lent him. I was drinking with friends and walked by. I shouted: "When are you going to pay me? It's months ago."

No chance. So I walked over to him and put the gun on his head and said, "Where's my money?"

& # 39; I had a hair puller. It doesn't need much pressure. I also had hollow point bullets. They blow your head away. If I had done that, I would still be in prison.

& # 39; They have split seconds … if some noise had gone off, or if it had gone for me, I would have pulled that trigger. It was a millisecond decision. It was life-changing.

& # 39; The next day I thought, "What kind of fuck did I do there?"

& # 39; Van den Hauwe had won the First & # 39;

& # 39; But what I did not do that evening, it has haunted me since. & # 39; Division and European Cup Winners & Cup with Everton in 1985 and two years later his goal in a 1-0 win over Norwich in May 1987 helped regain the title.

He raised the FA Cup with Spurs in 1991 and played for Wales, a handsome poster boy with a cockney charm.

But during his time on White Hart Lane I met two people who would steer his life naturally – Ossie Ardiles and the Mandy Smith model.

Van den Hauwe first deals with Ardiles, the Argentinian installed the Spurs manager in 1993.

It happened more than 20 years ago when I ended up in South Africa to escape from England

& # 39; I immediately knew something was wrong. He said to me: "You are not in my plans." Why? & # 39; Do you remember that match in Birmingham? & # 39;

Van den Hauwe imitates dropping his jaws. & # 39; I did it in a tackle when I played for Spurs ten years earlier.

& # 39; At the time, there was little conflict between England and Argentina. I stood over him and said a few words. But I was a kid, I didn't know what I was saying.

& # 39; He had remembered it. So that was that, from playing every week to doing nothing. He then blocked me from joining another First Division club.

& # 39; I felt like throwing him through his f ****** counter. I had a few years left at the top.

We return to Smith, the former wife of a Rolling Stone that I met in a wine bar after an introduction by Spurs teammate Paul Walsh

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They married in 1993 with the photos splashed about Hello! magazine. But the relationship, he said, was dysfunctional and was controlled by Smith's mother, who lived with them. They divorced within two years.

& # 39; If I could do it all again, I would never come close. The biggest mistake I've ever made. It was a different life and I hated it.

& # 39; Like f ****** that! & # 39;

Sportsmail & # 39; s photographer starts to click away Van den Hauwe is animated. I can not stand it! Years ago I would have chased you f ******! & # 39;

Our man lowers his lens.

& # 39; It became too much, I couldn't handle it. Three times we were on the cover of Hello! – It was a joke. Her mother was all about the money.

Some people thrive on celebrities, not me. I even let one of the Krays ask me to visit him in prison! I refused. "

& # 39; Mick is a lovely guy, but if you cross him … he was so fond of, & # 39; Come then, if you want something? & # 39 ;. But I honestly had given up.

& I knew the end was and it was the end too early.I played in the Second Division and live at home with my parents.

& # 39; I called Mick and said: & # 39; I'm ready. & # 39; I was a gentleman and they paid my contract. & # 39;

If that had a sad ending – I moved to South Africa soon afterwards – then the start and the middle were much more fun. He had made his debut in Birmingham City in 1978, where Mick Harford was a teammate. He laughs before he recalls one story.

& # 39; One evening we were on the road with our partners to drive through the city when a car cut us to pieces. It really turned Mick off, and when that happened, he didn't stop him.

& # 39; We have been chasing them for about 20 minutes. Eventually they stopped – three of them. "Ah s ***!"

& # 39; But Mick jumped out, opened his shoe, got this big golf club and broke their engine. They quickly got it. "

If Van den Hauwe had tried to play the peacemaker on that occasion, he would soon be the troublemaker.

& # 39; That came at QPR when I was one of their players on the Howard Kendall (Everton boss) said: "That was the best I've seen you play, but I still rate two weeks' wages"

& # 39; I was furious until I found out went to an end of the season p *** up in Magaluf! & # 39;

I met a girl on the first day, she was beautiful. I haven't seen the boys for the week. She asked me to move to Alaska and work at her ranch.

& # 39; I would give it all up. It was only Howard who stopped me. "

& # 39; I was caught, right? & # 39; I ended up in the hospital with a blood disease. My ankle was swollen and the virus turned out to be pretty serious. That was difficult, missing games. & # 39;

But Van Den Hauwe did not miss the big one, such as Everton & # 39; s 3-1 win over Rapid Vienna in the cup winner's final or the semi-final win over Bayern

He was three times losing to Everton in the FA Cup final but won the medal of his winner with Spurs against Nottingham Forest, the last notorious for Paul Gascoigne & # 39; s injury

& # 39 I am often asked if the senior pro & # 39; s could have calmed him down. No chance. I turned around before we left the tunnel. & # 39;

& # 39; But we wanted it winning for him after he left. I loved Gazza, the best I played with. "

I have no idea! There was no Welsh blood.

We meet at the Blue Base, in an Everton

It was for Liverpool that Van den Hauwe returned from South Africa three years ago. community center where he works, spends time with dementia sufferers. He is also a hostess at Goodison Park.

I am happy, I feel alive, he says.

That last comment, we learn, is a reference to how low he felt before the end of his time in South Africa.

I was just divorced (for the third time). One day you are awake and you are dead the next day.

& # 39; I spent 20 years there and had to sell all my medals, work a lifetime. I would have been caught and lost money. I was drained.

& # 39; The thought of starting all over again was too much. But then you think: & # 39; I have something to give & # 39 ;.

& # 39; It was not easy. When I returned, I didn't think anyone would remember me. I was stiff again when I spoke for the fans.

& # 39; Now my confidence returns. I have a lot to be thankful for, I just had to realize that. & # 39;

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Secret witness box off, repeating hold-ups delay neglected Krejcir instance

On the sixth floor of the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, in a gangland murder case most have forgotten about, there’s a slow-burning standoff unfolding and the delays are costing taxpayers millions of rands.

Beyond the bevy of armed guards and metal detectors, four men including Czech convict and former underworld boss Radovan Krejcir, are on trial for a 2013 hit on Lebanese drug dealer Sam Issa aka ‘Black Sam’ or ‘Cripple Sam’. Issa was gunned down outside Bedford Centre early on a Saturday morning while driving his black Audi Q7.

Read: ‘The cripple, the loose-mouthed Serb and the drug deal gone wrong’ – Extract from Krejcir, the book

The trial has been running before Judge Winston Msimeki for exactly two years and has been postponed dozens of times, with more than 50 days of testimony so far.

Each court day, the accused are rushed to the courthouse in a cavalcade of armoured vehicles, blue lights flashing down Pritchard Street. At least 40 heavily armed Correctional Services officials and SA Police Service officers are deployed to courtroom 6E while it is in session, and journalists and members of the public are required to pass through an x-ray machine to gain access.

There have been numerous postponements as a result of Krejcir’s poor health, some due to various applications the accused brought and because of conflicts in lawyers’ diaries.

Now, one of the State’s key witnesses is digging in his heels and it seems, is refusing to return to the stand. The situation is resulting in continued postponements that are stalling the trial, leaving the accused and their lawyers frustrated.

Lucky Mokoena, a self-confessed hitman and robber, has been testifying for the prosecution against Krejcir and his co-accused. These include Siboniso Miya aka ‘Zuluboy’, Nkanyiso Mafunda and Simphiwe Memela, also known as ‘Baba ka Jesu’.

A fifth accused, Bulgarian Lyubomir ‘Boris’ Grigorov, has also turned State witness. Grigorov spent more than 30 days in the witness stand under cross-examination.

Another key player, who has gone by the pseudonym ‘Jacob Nare’, is also waiting in the wings to testify. He was controversially taken into the witness protection programme by forensic consultant Paul O’Sullivan and then dropped from it.

Mokoena has finished his evidence in chief and is now due to be cross-examined. It’s understood that he has been offered a deal in terms of Section 204 of the Criminal Procedure Act, which will give him indemnity from prosecution in this case in exchange for his testimony if the court deems fit. However, those involved in the matter say Mokoena is unhappy that he has lost an appeal on a separate house robbery case and a warrant has been issued for him in that matter. It appears as though he is seeking blanket indemnity from the NPA, however, the prosecuting authority has not confirmed this.

Party held to ‘celebrate’ hit

The NPA’s spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane says that Mokoena remains a State witness and he is expected to return to the witness stand yet again on Wednesday.

In his evidence-in-chief, Mokoena testified about how he was introduced to Krejcir by convicted drug dealer and businessman Glenn Agliotti. He explained how Krejcir requested Mokoena to rob Issa’s house and then kill the Lebanese man after stealing his firearms and jewellery. Grigorov had also previously testified about how the robbery had taken place two weeks before Issa was gunned down. Four men wearing balaclavas had forced their way into Issa’s house, covered his head with a hood, cable-tied his arms and legs and beat him. His attackers made off with jewellery, an AK-47 and other firearms.

Mokoena has also testified about how he was present at Krejcir’s Money Point shop in Bedfordview when he allegedly instructed the accused to shoot Issa and how the men responsible told him that the job had been done. He has also further implicated Agliotti, claiming that he was present when Krejcir gave the instruction to kill Issa at a party that was held to “celebrate” the hit.

Agliotti has strongly denied that he was in any way involved or that he introduced Mokoena to Krejcir. In an interview last year, Agliotti said he was at Money Point the Friday afternoon before Issa was killed.

“It was like a Friday afternoon, they were drinking vodka, I had a double espresso. I said goodbye to them and I left. It was so friendly like f****ng, kissing and cuddling. Very friendly, no hostility, nothing whatsoever. It was 4pm in the afternoon; they used to drink right through the night. I left and the next morning I hear the s**t on the news so I f****ng phone Krejcir and say jeez what happened to Sam? He said, ‘Can you f****ng believe it?’ I said ‘What the f**k happened and he said he didn’t know; he was going to get his guys to find out.”

Agliotti says he was interviewed by the Hawks about the murder.

ALSO READ: Former Gauteng Hawks head Sibiya denies all Krejcir corruption claims

“I was interviewed by the Hawks in the Sandton police station. The Hawks called me in; I was coming back from Swaziland. I got this call from a colonel in the Hawks and I said, sure, no problem. He said he wanted to interview me about Issa, Krejcir and Mokoena. I went there and asked what they wanted.

“He said: ‘Lucky Mokoena’. I said that Lucky Mokoena was a two-bit gangster so he’s trying to implicate me. He’s a hustler. He’s got like 60 cases against him – drugs, theft – all sorts of shit. You’ll always see him driving in a Ferrari with the best labels, but he scams. If you look at his cases they are either robbery or armed robbery or whatever.”

Mokoena’s allegations are to secure freedom

Krejcir’s lawyer previously said they believe Mokoena is making these allegations to secure his own freedom. The accused deny the charges against them and are expected to call several witnesses in their defence.

However, that could mean that this trial will drag on for several years still. Prosecutors are also waiting to finalise this trial before they get going on another case involving a plot to assassinate Paul O’Sullivan and ex-policeman Nkosana ‘Killer’ Ximba in 2014.

Parallel to this is a separate process involving Krejcir’s potential extradition to the Czech Republic.

Last year, the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court ruled that Krejcir could be extradited and now it is up to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services to decide his fate.

Krejcir is currently serving a 35-year prison sentence after being convicted of attempted murder and kidnapping in 2015.

Ironically, this prolonged matter in courtroom 6E pales in comparison to the trial running in the courtroom just next door where Tigon accused Gary Porritt is facing more than 3 000 charges of fraud, racketeering and contraventions of the Income Tax Act, the Companies Act and the Stock Exchange Control Act. That case has been on the court roll since 2002 and is still rolling.

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