#Ash Keeler

[zoartswa1]

Ash being a big sweet teddy

#hell and high water #Ash Keeler #Cael Maddock #THIRDS #Charlie Cochet #fanart #boy love #yaoi

[m-heyd]

"… Cael are you filming? We are watching the last moments of Ash Keeler's life. He lived like a true man warrior, but died like a worm after losing in Monopoly to Rosa Santiago"

#charlie cochet #thirds #thirds book #sloane brodie #dexter daley #ash keeler #cael maddock #ethan hobbs #rosa santiago #calvin summers #julietta guerrera

[crow-kit]

two types of siblings

#thirds #charlie cochet #dexter daley #cael maddock #ash keeler #sloane broadie #i feel like i shouldnt need to say this but ill say it anyways this is not ship art #purely familial love #my art

[myshiptrashcan]

Laughing dove Salim

He had been afraid then, yes, but more than that he was devastated he wouldn't be returning to his son. How he was leaving him.

But then Jason came back for him, even when his friend and superiors had all said against it. Jason came back for him.

Something more than relief settled in his chest at the sight of the man. The need to protect had been just as strong as Salim's need to survive, deeper than their first truce, Jason was his friend.

His shield.

His-

"Jason!"

He hadn't thought about it, he had only thrown his rusted weapon as hard as he could muster and they were both lucky that his aim was true.

And he laughed, surrounded by fire and vampires, Salim laughed. The sound of his bird coo mixing in just underneath the surface of his voice. As afraid as he was, as devastated as he had been, now he felt brighter than the sun with Jason by his side.

By his side, as if he'd always been there and always will.

As Salim would soon find out that's all he ever wanted Jason to be now. In an odd light being Captured by Centcom granted him that opportunity.

#gotta love that edith keeler quote from star trek #my art i guess #house of ashes #my writing #hoa salim #hoa jason #hoa jalim #hoa wing au #At His Side

[jmswallow]

GARRO: KNIGHT OF GREY is out this month!

Every hero’s journey has an end, and this one has been a long time coming. Over a decade ago, I first wrote about the character of Nathaniel Garro in The Flight of the Eisenstein, the stalwart ‘straight-arrow’ legionary of the Horus Heresy saga, and in the intervening years, I’ve guided Garro’s story over novels, audio dramas and short stories – but now that adventure is about to reach its conclusion…

As the epic battle for Terra rages and the future of mankind hangs in the balance, former Knight Errant Nathaniel Garro fights among the ashes and fire of the embattled Imperial Palace as the shadow of Horus Lupercal’s triumph looms.

From the brutal betrayal at Isstvan to the desperate flight of the starship Eisenstein, through his missions as Malcador the Sigillite’s Agentia Primus, Garro’s path has drawn him inexorably toward a destiny that can only end in bloodshed.

As he struggles to protect Euphrati Keeler, the first Saint of the Imperial Church, from the horrors of this titanic war, Garro must face his greatest enemy – Mortarion, his former master and the monstrous liege-lord of the traitorous Death Guard – in a final, shattering confrontation.

Taking place between the events of the Siege of Terra novels Mortis and Warhawk, the epic story of the novella Knight of Grey will released at the end of January; as well as a hardback version with a fantastic cover by Neil Roberts, there’s also an eBook, audiobook and a Special Edition limited to 2500 copies.

I’ve got complex feelings about this book, I have to admit; as I say in the novella’s afterword, Knight of Grey marks an end-point for something that was a major element of my prose writing career for over fifteen years. Writing Nathaniel Garro’s odyssey has been an honour and a privilege that has rewarded me both personally and professionally in ways I never expected – along the way, I’ve met some incredible people through these stories, creators and fans alike, and it’s been an epic journey. My thanks go out to everyone who has followed along.

Garro: Knight of Grey releases on January 21st in all editions; the hardcover can be ordered at this link, and the eBook and audiobook editions can be found here.

#Nathaniel Garro #Horus Heresy #Siege of Terra #Warhammer 40000

[louislamour]

In the short story SAND TRAP from The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour Volume 6 (Vol. 6.1 in paperback) - https://www.louislamour.com/shortstory/collectedShortStories6.html - Louis L'Amour's personal experiences and intimate knowledge of the desert allow the main character to, in the noir style of the times, turn the tables on his antagonists. Sand Trap - From the Listening Hills BEFORE HE BECAME fully conscious he heard the woman’s voice and some sixth sense of warning held him motionless. Her voice was sharp, impatient. “Just start the fire and let’s get out of here!” “Why leave that money on him? It will just burn up.” “Don’t be such an idiot!” her voice shrilled. “The police test ashes and they could tell whether there was money or not…don’t look at me like that! It has to look like a robbery.” “I don’t like this, Paula.” “Oh, don’t be a fool! Now start the fire and come on!” “All right.” Monte Jackson held himself perfectly still. Despite the pounding in his skull he knew what was happening now. They believed him dead or unconscious and, for some reason, planned to burn the house and him with it. LATER IN THE STORY, MONTE USES HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE DESERT TO ... ENCOURAGE HIS ANTAGONISTS TO CONFESS THEIR CRIMES . . . Monte took a pull at the canteen and rested in the shade of a clump of brush. Walking was okay but the running did not do his head any good. When he looked again they had started on and made almost half a mile. Paula Burgess looked beaten. After a while he moved to follow, staying in the shade from the nearby ridge. When he again saw them they had stopped and were seated near some salt bush. They had reached the fork of the old desert trail. From this point it branched south and then west to Keeler and north across the vast waste of the Saline Valley, waterless and empty. Paula had her shoes off and so did Ash. Obviously, they’d had enough although they’d come just five miles from the jeep. From where he crouched in the shadow of a rock he could see their faces were beginning to blister, and their lips looked puffed and cracked. #louislamour #westerns #shortstory #sandtrap https://www.instagram.com/p/CqBpciWPp_K/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#louislamour #westerns #shortstory #sandtrap

[positivegreenford]

Third from the left, the headstone tells little of Alfred Keeler's sad and extraordinary story. An Acton man, he served with the Middlesex Regiment as a Private, taken prisoner by the Japanese he survived the sinking of the Lisbon Maru, which meant he had avoided being drowned, shot, dismembered by the ship's propeller or killed by sharks attracted by the blood of the less fortunate. Recaptured, Alfred eventually worked as slave labour in Japan but was killed during an air raid, dying on VJ Day, August 15th 1945. His body was cremated, his ashes stored at a Buddhist Temple, and that is why he is a rare example of a Japanese PoW whose remains were repatriated. He made it home to Acton in the end. You will see a number of small tanks in front of these graves, some made from kits, others improvisations. I have no idea who made them but they are a respected addition to these war graves, one last game of soldiers. Acton Cemetery, Victoria Road, Acton, London Borough of Ealing, London, UK, August 2022. #lestweforget #PrisonerofWar #VJDay #Acton #LondonBoroughofEaling #London #UK #August2022#suburbs #suburban #suburbia #photography

#grey #lestweforget #PrisonerofWar #VJDay #Acton #LondonBoroughofEaling #London #UK #August2022 #suburbs #suburbia #suburban #photography

[thirds-destructive-delta]

Oh Ash...  😂

#Ash Keeler #thirds books #Yoga #No coffee for Cael EVER!

[zacekova]

Tagged by @kalira9

Rules: Tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better.

Top 3 ships: Uggghhhhhh. How about Kurofai (Tsubasa Chronicle), Kurofai 2.0 aka Wangxian (Mo Dao Zu Shi/The Untamed), and Keeler/Encke (Starfighter comic) because I’ve got lots of renewed feels for them today with the most recent pages

Lipstick or chapstick: Chapstick. I’ve never tried to find a lipstick color I like

Last song: I don’t remember the name of the song anymore, but this thing with Xiao Zhan and Na Ying because their duets are all amazing, but this one is my favorite. I keep listening to all their songs together like every night

Last movie: Probably still Promare, although I think I watched The Garden of Words after that.... I don’t remember, it’s been weeks or months since I last watched a movie

Reading: these dreams like ashes (float away) by AStarlightMonbebe.

13 years ago, Wei Wuxian ran away from what he had done, turning his back on his friends, his family, his future, and the one person who had began to matter to him the most.

Now, on the cusp of thirty, Wei Ying finds himself back where it all started with a low profile job, exactly two friends in all of the country, a masked neighbor who seems to be a different person entirely than what everyone says, and too many memories he would rather forget.

At the same time, his old classmates are turning up dead in a grisly manner...and the prime suspect is him. Worst of all, the head investigator for the case is none other than Lan Wangji, the person Wei Ying wants to avoid at all costs.

The murder mystery is really sucking me in with two of my favs beign the prime suspects but it can’t be either of them! I won’t believe it! LWJ and WWX are as precious and supportive and doting as ever. But it’s XY and MXY that are tugging at my heartstrings right now. They are so soft together and I am a puddle.

Tagging: @wichols @thelionshoarde @akai-vampire @limitless-paper @party-with-books @ptw30 @heartamplifier @bosstoaster @raikovart

#about me #ask meme #fic rec #mdzs

[beautyofthend]

hmmmmm so clare higgins played katherine dukes in ‘the greater good’, she also played the first detective of series 1

william ash played major sealy but he also played christopher mead in waterloo road who had a big storyline with karen fisher who is played by, of course, amanda burton

now mead slept with her daughter jess fisher

in ‘deadhead’ the aviation person happens to be called jess fisher.........

also not really silent witness related but isn’t it weird how in white house farm, amanda burton played the grandmother at the beginning and richard lintern played the qc at the end, both of which have scenes with freddie fox and we also had william gaminara on our tv with the trial of christine keeler (even having a 2 second scene with emilia)

funny little coincidences

#silent witness #we had all of the heads of the lyell centre on our screens roughly around the same time #just ignore me im rambling

[route22ny]

Street scene in Ash Fork, Arizona, circa 1915. The photo accompanies a brief story from True West Magazine about news of the town’s cleanup in 1912:

It is well known that nothing in New York, Chicago or anywhere else in the East is worse than the sporting district of Ash Fork was before Sheriff Keeler and his officers made their raid. Yesterday, Keeler and his party stepped off a train when it arrived at Ash Fork and swooped down on the dens of vice for which Ash Fork has become notorious.

#1910s #Ash Fork AZ #arizona #street scene #dens of vice

[greensparty]

Album Reviews: The Raconteurs / Holy Ghost! / Chris Shiflett

Albums, Albums and More Albums. There’s a ton of highly anticipated new albums I recently got the chance to review, so I have combined them into one review.

The Raconteurs Help Us Stranger

On June 21, Third Man is releasing the third album from The Raconteurs, also their first in over a decade. During the peak of The White Stripes in the mid-00s, guitar hero Jack White surprised everyone with a new side project The Raconteurs he formed with bassist Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler (both of The Greenhornes) and guitarist Brendan Benson (a solo musician). With the minimalism of the 2-piece White Stripes, a traditional 4-piece rock band seemed like the opposite. I loved the band’s 2006 debut Broken Boy Soldiers and their 2008 follow-up Consolers of the Lonely had its moments. Since the late 00s, the band members seemed to be focused on other endeavors. After the 2011 break-up of The White Stripes, White has become a solo artist (his solo albums have been hit or miss), the head of his own label Third Man Records (fighting the good fight for vinyl), and he’s been a part of The Dead Weather (as much as I like them, it feels weird having White play drums), which is what makes the return of The Raconteurs so exciting. 

Help Us Stranger album cover

Since White’s solo debut Blunderbuss its been a mixed bag for his albums. Its also been a while since we had some great garage rock like we had during the 00s. Because of all this, The Raconteurs seem so fresh and original in 2019. This is by no means White’s greatest music (that would be The White Stripes by a landslide), but Raconteurs are a straight ahead blast of blues, punk, garage, and indie rock that make you want to turn up the stereo and air guitar like you’re 13! Case in point: “Sunday Driver”. As a quartet, White also gets the chance to indulge in his classic rock tendencies in ways he didn’t in his other bands. Just listen to their cover of Donovan’s “Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)”. Here’s hoping we don’t have to wait 11 years for the next Raconteurs album!

For info on The Raconteurs: https://theraconteurs.com/

3.5 out of 5 stars

Holy Ghost! Work

On June 21, West End Records (Yes, the famous dance music label) will be releasing the third album from NYC synth-pop duo Holy Ghost! From the ashes of the hip-hop group Automato, Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser formed Holy Ghost! [Full disclosure: Frankel is a relative of mine]. The duo were embraced by James Murphy (of LCD Soundsystem and DFA Records). I saw the band at Bowery Ballroom in 2010 before their 2011 self-titled debut was released on DFA. With the release of 2013′s Dynamics (which I named my #5 Album of 2013), I saw them both opening for New Order and headlining on their own. I enjoyed the group’s 2016 EP Crime Cutz, but I’ve really been waiting for a new full LP. 

Work album cover

With the recording of this album, they actually scaled down and moved into a new space with only two synthesizers. The press notes for this album mention how they were influenced by David Bowie’s Low album, which was also recorded using only two synths. While this might not be the same as say, the Foo Fighters recording Wasting Light analogue on tape in a garage, it is a scaled back approach that only helps HG’s 70s disco throwback sound. This is definitely disco-infused dance music, but its dance music in the vein of LCD Soundsystem, where indie rockers will love it just as much as club DJs. Its going to take some time for me to see how this holds up to the first two albums, but I have to say, the beats and grooves are infectious. Especially on “Nicky Buckingham”, their homage to a certain Fleetwood Mac guitarist, and the epic closing track “Escape from Los Angeles”. Here’s hoping I don’t have to wait 6 years for the next album!

For info on Holy Ghost!: https://www.holyghostnyc.net/

3.5 out of 5 stars

Chris Shiflett Hard Lessons

On June 14, East Beach Records and Tapes released the second solo album from possibly the hardest-working musician today, Chris Shiflett. When I say hardest-working musician, I mean it: In addition to his “day job” as the guitarist for Foo Fighters, he is the host of the Walking the Floor podcast, and Hard Lessons marks the follow up to his 2017 solo album West Coast Town. Although he has been with Foo Fighters since 1999, Shiflett has roots in the punk world from his work with No Use for a Name and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Since joining FF, he has also explored side projects including Jackson United and The Dead Peasants. If you listen to his podcast, you know he is super passionate about country music. His new solo album was recorded in Nashville with producer and frequent collaborator Dave Cobb.

Hard Lessons album cover

In July 2018, I was lucky enough to see Shiflett do an intimate acoustic concert at City Winery in Boston (read my concert review here) only a night before he played Fenway Park with Foo Fighters (both shows tied for my #1 Concert of 2018). Seeing both shows in one weekend was super exciting to see his musical range of bringing it at a stadium rock show as well as a smaller club show. At City Winery, he played some tracks off West Coast Town, but he mostly played new material he hadn’t recorded yet, which ended up being tracks on this new album. While much of this material falls into the category of classic country, he doesn’t sway far from his rock tendencies. I’m not even the biggest country fan (I don’t hate country music, but don’t expect to see me at a country line dance any time soon) but this is a phenomenal album where each song on the album hangs together as a whole. Highlights on this include “This ol’ World” and “Welcome to Your First Heartache”, which he wrote for his son. At the pace Shiflett is cranking out new music, he’s about to be the busiest musician since, well, Dave Grohl!?! 

For info on Chris Shiflett: http://www.chrisshiflettmusic.com/

4 out of 5 stars

#the raconteurs #jack white #holy ghost #Chris Shiflett #Foo Fighters #album review #music nerd #donovan #holy ghost!

[m-heyd]

Ethan the Splendid loaf Ash the Spicy cinnamon roll Sloane the Special extrachocolate bread Cael the Sweet chocolate chip cookie

#thirds #thirds book #charlie cochet #sloane brodie #ash keeler #ethan hobbs #cael maddock

[sniperct]

Star trek for the shipping meme?

give me a fandom and i’ll reply to you with my:

lowkey otp: Data/Geordi, Tilly/Burnham,Kira/Jadzia, Kirk/Spock, Kirk/Edith Keeler, Bashira/Garek, bashir/O’brien/kira/jadzia/keiko, janeway/seven, janeway/torres. 

highkey notp: Kira/Dukat, Worf/Troi

[softly] don’t notp: Sisko/Kira or Kirk/Uhura, troi/riker, ash/burnham

highkey otp but i’m scared of saying it because it’s not a very popular choice: Eh?

highkey otp and anyone on my tumblr knows it: I’m not even sure I have one? Jadzia and ladies in general? Most of my trek OTPs are lowkey

#star trek #shipping meme #trans-cir-el

[stickthisinyourearpodcast]

The Afghan Whigs. September 28, 2017. Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Review by Rich Richmond 

A really great rock and roll show is best experienced among friends. Last night about 1000 friends came together in Corryville and were treated to just that, a really great rock n roll show. The Afghan Whigs were back in town and were welcomed home in a big way. “The Congregation” as they’re informally known, are nowhere more reverent than in the Whigs hometown of Cincinnati. The faithful worship at the altar of Dulli and breathe in every word, every riff, every moment. This was the homecoming game, bonfire, and dance all at once.

There is no common fan, I’ve never met a casual Afghan Whigs fan. Of course, this is no common band.

Born in the ashes of the post-punk, pre-grunge era, The Afghan Whigs don’t have hits. Their songs don’t have regular verse-chorus, verse-chorus structure. Their albums are mini noir movies, not concept albums necessarily, but concepts (love, sex, regret) strung together singularly to tell a shared story. And last night they shared their story with us. Not willing or able to rely on hits or rest on their laurels, The Afghan Whigs played a show full of songs both new and old. And the congregation devoured it. This is a band of artists. Committed to the music, the lyrics, the passion. They make new art. This tour is a tour supporting their new album so that’s from which most of the songs came from. There is no beer song or pee break. There is the music.

The show opened with a new song, “Birdland” from their latest record, In Spades. Dulli performed the song, alone, and a cappella, striding on stage like a conquering hero returning to claim his glory. The fans could feel the opening song in their bones. “It's going to be “Birdland” I commented. Several nodded in knowing approval.  The band remained focused on the new album most of the night. “Arabian Heights”, “Toy Automatic”, “Into the Floor” were all performed. And unlike bands who present new songs from a new album as a warning, a permission slip to hit the head, Dulli and gang approached them with the same ferocity as they did their classics. It's rare that he even bothers to introduce a song, other than via the opening chords. The exceptions being an extended (and completely unnecessary) and very fun introduction to the original version of Going to Town, complete with an (also unnecessary) invitation to sing along; we did, and a heartfelt dedication of “Can Rova” from Do to the Beast to late guitarist Dave Rosser who lost his battle to cancer earlier this year. It was the first time I wept, but not the last. Har Mar Superstar, the amazingly surprising opening act, joined the band on stage to sing the lead single from this album, Demon in Profile. It was a highlight. Fortunatly, HMS had put a shirt back on by this time...

“Can Rova” was not the only time the band visited their previous album Do to the Beast. “Matamoros” was an early set crowd pleaser and the albums thunderous opener “Parked Outside” served as the beginning of the epic closing encore. Again showing their dedication to making and embracing new music. 

Of course, it was the classic songs that really brought out the beast. “My Enemy”. “Debonair”. “Somethin’ Hot”. “Summer’s Kiss”. “Faded”, but we’ll get to that. The classic songs exploded from the stage every time. Dulli wasted no breath on introducing them, he saved that for screaming these songs for the thousandth time with the same passion and energy as the first time he probably sang them. And the congregation replied. Loudly. To every word, verse, nuance. Even the sniffles. “My Enemy” had the crowd screaming, “Something’ Hot” had them jumping up and down and dancing wildly, as much as you could on the packed floor and “Summer’s Kiss” had every single person remembering their youth, their first Whigs show, their first lingering summertime kiss, their first heartbreak. It was a collective experience. It always is.

The emotional tribute to late guitarist Dave Rosser before “Can Rova” added additional emotional heft to the tune. But emotional heft is what Dulli is all about. His lyrics are deep, dark, personal. Very personal. A sharp wit and a curt tongue lead the stage banter. (it wouldn’t be an Afghan Whigs show without a lecture from Dulli on flash photography) he has fun, the band has fun, clearly demonstrated by bassist John Curley’s miles of smiles and epic dance moves. But The Afghan Whigs take the art seriously. This is a performance. An event. A moment in time. To them, there is no difference between an album, a painting, a novel or a rock and roll performance. The art is what matters. Taking in the moment is important. While he lectures us on our cameras (few were even out for any length of time- a refreshing change) he also passionately pleads with us to be in the moment with the band “This is happening right now, this is happening for the first time, the last time, the only time this evening,” Greg said reminding us of the immediacy of the performance, the power of the moment.

Greg makes real connections with the fans emotionally recognizing Cincinnati as their hometown, welcoming his mom to the show along with the Curley family. He also recognized Curly’s god-like status among local music circles calling him eminence at one point.

The show weaved in and out of new and old but never felt dated, stagnant, or cold. At times I was transported back to my youth, a time when Corryville was a dimmer, darker place dotted with rock shops, head shops, record stores and rock and roll laundrymats instead of clean streets, condos, and chain restaurants. It felt modern and fresh, even the Imagine Dragons like the moment when Dulli brought a singular drum out to bang for a song felt appropriate. Even the covers sounded fresh and awesome. The Whigs have a talent and mastery of turning others people songs into their own. Tonight The Beatles Dear prudence and Bonnie Raitt’s I Can’t Make You Love Me seemed as familiar to the fans as original Whigs songs rather than classic covers.

There’s not much to say about Bogarts as a hall. It’s clean now, but the floors are still sticky and the sound blows. There’s no pitch to the floor so where you stand is what you see. Usually the back of some dude’s head. But the mix was good. Curley’s bass resonated through your chest. Patrick Keeler’s (part Dave Grohl, part Taylor Hawkins, part Stewart Copeland) drums echoed through the room. The highlight, of course, is Greg’s voice. Flavored by years of smoke, bourbon and screaming, it was in fine form tonight. A welcoming blanket of sound screeching poetry about regret, loss, love, sex and even hope.

The show ended with an encore. The congregation learned their lesson from the last time The Whigs played Bogarts and Dulli famously denied us this celebrated return to stage deeming the audience not “into it” enough and thus not worthy. The crowd stomped their feet, clapped in unison and shouted song titles at the top of their lungs until the band returned to the stage. Our reward for our loyalty. After conferring with Curly, Dulli launched into “Parked Outside”, the HEAVY opening track from 2015’s Do to the Beast. I’m sure Bogart’s has seen some heavy shows, but probably never had a heavier moment than this song. Its crunchy guitar and thunderous drums ripping through the house. “Summer’s Kiss” was next, an exhilarating moment where everyone was 17 again. And, after an incredibly reverent and amazing run through of the first verse and chorus of Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me”, “Faded”. Many bands have their closing song. The song that puts the exclamation point on the evening and let you know it's ok to go home. You know a Guns N Roses show is over for example when All tosses his microphone deep into the crowd near the end of “Paradise City” for example. The Whigs have “Faded”, the emotional 8 plus minute closer from many fan’s favorite album Black Love. It’s the perfect album closer and translates to the perfect show closer. Slow, brooding, emotional, there's not much that can be said about this song. More tears. From me and from my friends new and old around me as we shouted the song to the roof of Bogart’s and beyond letting Dulli know we hear him, we understand him and we appreciate this art he has made.

I can appreciate that this band is something of an acquired taste, but once you taste it there is nothing sweeter. Thanks gentlemen for a truly great moment.

[bookstattoosandtea]

Series Review: THIRDS, Books 5-7 By Charlie Cochet

Series Review: THIRDS, Books 5-7 By Charlie Cochet

THIRDS Series in Review Books 5 By Charlie Cochet Narrated by Mark Westfield Action. Comedy. Romance. And that one weird guy. Against the Grain THIRDS: Book Five (Ash & Cael’s Story)

As the fiercest Defense Agent at the THIRDS, Destructive Delta’s Ash Keeler is foul-mouthed and foul-tempered. But his hard-lined approach always yields results, evident by his recent infiltration of…

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#Book Love #Charlie Cochet #Gay Book Review #Gay Romance Authors #LGBTQ #LGBTQ Books #MM Romance #Re-Release #THIRDS #THIRDS Series